Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 343, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1899

the onlr Hring demonstration of the survival of a great organization which refused to learn anything. At the opening of the session Mr. Dalzell. from the committee on rules, presented the amendment to the rules agreed on by the committee for the creation of a committee on Insular affairs, to consist of seventeen members, to have Jurisdiction "over all matters excepting thoe affecting the revenues and the appropriations (pertaining to the Islands which came to the United States through the treaty of with Spain, and to Cuba) and to Increase the membership of the committees on foreign affairs, merchant marine and fisheries, public land3. military affairs, naval affairs and District of Columbia from fifteen to seventeen members, and the committee on territories from thirteen to fifteen." The resolution was adopted. Mr. Dalzell then offered the resolution for consideration of the currency bill, lie said there was no disposition on the part of the majority to unduly press the bill. It presented single propositions which had already been debated In the House. The committee on rules was of opinion that the rule offered ample time for debate. Mr. Richardson, on behalf of the minority, said he dissented most emphatically from the proposition advanced by Mr. Dalzell that the bill to be considered contained nothing radically new. For the first time In the history of the country t was proposed by statutory provisions to fasten the gold standard on the country. If such a suggestion had been made two or three years ago, ho said, half the other side would have been up In arms against it. He considered the rule unusual and unjust to the minority. Hut one day was to be given the minority to study the bill, wnile members of the majority had six months in w.lch to prepare themselves. Mr. Richardson taunted the majority for their sudden change of base. Mr. Bailey declared that the proposed course of the majority was without precedent or defense. He made an elaborate argument to prove that it was 4 proposition to hastily determine a question to which the best and most careful consideration should be given. The minority was entitled to present Its objections after mature deliberation, in order that at the proper time the appeal could be taken from the American Consrrcss to that higher tribunal, the American people. Furthermore, the special order denied the right of the minority to recommit, a privilege hitherto never denied the minority. Mr. Growvenor. in support of the rule, argued that it could not b Justly said that It would unduly curtail debate and consideration. As to the charge that members of the majority would find It difficult to explain their change of front, he said it was one cf the proudest boasts of the Republican party that It was wiser now than it wts a good many years ago. 'The Democratic party," said he, "was the only well-recognized demonstration of a great organization which had survived a long period without learning anything." Applause and laughter. J If gentlemen on his side were obliged to apologize, said Mr. Grosvenor, he predicted that gentlemen on the other side would find it difficult to hold themselves together. "The past of the Republican party." said he, "is behind it. of its present it Is proud, and its ruture is assured. Can the gentleman from Tennessee say as much?" "Was the future of this bill assured until after the caucus had been held?" asked Mr. Richardson, amid Democratic applause. "There never was a caucus in this House," replied Mr. Orosvenor, "which came together with such unanimity of nu -pose as that which indorsed this bill."' (Republican applause. Mr. Cannon, in response to the thrust of Mr. Richardson, frankly said that he had voted for free coinage of silver in 1878, but he had done so because of the Impending resumption of specie payments when the Democratic party was howling for fiat money. Rut specie payments had been resumed without disaster, despite the Democratic howls. Since then the country had been on the gold standard. Mr. Dalzell closed the debate by recalling some of the rules under which the Democrats had forced through Important blll3 In the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. He referred particularly to the adoption of the conference report of the fifty-second Congress on the tariff bill which the greatest Democrat since Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland derisive laughter on the Democratic side, had pronounced a piece of party perfidy and dishonor." He described this procedure as a "rape of all precedents," and cited other cases where, he said, "gag rule" had been employed.

Mr. Richardson attempted to reply to these statements, .but Mr. Dalzell refused to yield, and the special order was adopted 153 to 144 a strict party vote. Mr.. Robertson, of Louisiana, then announced the death of the late Representative 8. G. Balrd. of Louisiana, and after the adoption of th customary resolutions, at 1:Z0 p. m.. as a further mark of respect, the House adjourned until Monday, . TnC GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. ?fo Oasis for the Rumor that Britain Wants Them. WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. Senator Lodge called at the State Department to-day to talk with Secretary Hay about his Galaragos Islands resolution. As to the basis of his resolution of Inquiry he said that all the Information he had as to the reported attempt of the English government to secur the Islands was derived from newspaper sources. The State Department Itself had no direct Information of any .recent movement looking to the acquisition of the Islands, but will refer the resolution of Inquiry to United States Minister Sampson at Quito for a response. It would rot be surprising, it is said here, if the ultimate result of the broach'ng of this subject now were the acquisition of a coaling station on these islands by the United States government. The Navy DepartSEOWEEY WEATHER. Rain Predicted for Indiana To-Day and To-llorrow. WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: For Ohio Fair on Saturday and Sunday; probably rain; variable winds, becoming fresh easterly. For Indiana Showers on Saturday and probably on Sunday; fresh easterly winds, shifting to westerly Sunday. For Illinois Showers on Saturday; colder on Sunday, with fair in western; probably showers in eastern portion; fresh southerly winds, shifting to westerly Sunday. Local Observations on Friday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Pre. W'th'r. 7 a. m. .30.35 30 7S West. .00 Pt. Cl'y. 7 p. m.. 30.26 42 W South. .00 Clear. Maximum temperature, 43; minimum temperature, 30. The following is a comparative statement . of the mean temperature and total precipi tation ror Dec. s: Temp. Normal 31 Mean 40 Departure 6 Pre. 0.10 0.00 0.10 Departure since Dec 1 10 0.74 Departure since Jan. 1 H,J 3.S3 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yesterday's Temperatures. Mln. Max. 7 p. m.

Atlanta, Ga 35 58 So Plsmarck. N. D 20 40 32 Buffalo, N. Y 38 4ti 34 Calgary, N. W. T.. 22 44 40 Chicago. Ill 33 43 42 Cairo, 111. 31 W DO Cheyenne. Wyo 20 Zl 32 Cincinnati, 0 30 f 42 Concordia. Kan 32 50 43 Davenport, la 32 DO 42 Des Moines, la 30 4S 4S Galveston. Tex 60 to 61 Helena. Mont 32 3S 36 Jacksonville. Fla 50 64 54 Kansas Cltr. Mo 31 M 4S Little Rock, Ark 42 62 5S Marquette. Mich 34 42 31 Memphis, Tenn 4! 64 5S Nashville. Tenn 32 50 50 New OrUans. La 52 60 . 54 New York. N. Y 30 4 42 North Platte. Neb 2S 54 40 Oklahoma. O. T 41 fy) 43 Omaha, Neb 32 45 42 Pittsburg. Pa 3S 4G 42 Qu' Appelle. N. W. T.... 22 ST, 30 Rapid City. 8. D 2 52 42 Knit Lake City. Utah 24 36 34 St. Louis. Mo 26 54 62 Fprlngfield, III 30 43 40 Fprtngfleld. Mo 35 52 45 Vicksburg. Miss 44 63 62 Washington, D. C 24 C3 43

ment has been making an Investigation of the facilities there with that object In view. Commander Tanner was dispatched to Galapagos Island just after the conclusion of the war with Spain to make a personal examination of the conditions existing. He found that the Ecuadorian government had some years ago abandoned Its penal station on Charles island, leaving behind a large number of domestic animals In a half wild state, and these Hocks had enormously Increased. Only one of the dozen islands was Inhabited, namely, "Chatham island, and that island had but one inhabitant In the person of a Mr. Corboss. He was of Ecuadorian birth, out was a naturalized American citizen.

Ilrltlah OindalM Astonished. LONDON. Dec. 8. So far as can be ascertained by the Associated Press Great Britain Is not negotiating for the purchase of the Galapagos islands from Ecuador, nor has she any Intention of securing the Islands. Official ignorance Is professed on the whole matter, and there is some astonishment at the action of the United States Senate In passing. Senator Lodge's resolution requesting President McKInley to inform the Senate regarding Ecuador's proposed sale of the Islands. Ecuador Is said to have no Intention of parting with the islands at any price. Whether or not unofficial steps were taken by Great Britain with a possible view of their purchase is ?. mere matter of surmise. Rut it is ceraln that according to the highest British officials these steps never reached the stage of official negotiations. Special cable dispatches from the United States interpreting the Senate's action as emphasizing the United States' adherence to the Monroe ooctrine have caused no stir in official circles here, as It Is believed the international relations between the two countries have been so changed since the Venezuelan affair . that Monroeism will never again cause a misunderstanding. IDAHO 3IIXIXG TROUBLES. 31 r. Lents Wants CharRra Airalnut Gen. Merrinm Investigated. WASHINGTON, Dec 8. Representative Lentz, of Ohio, to-day introduced a Joint resolution reciting the charges growing out of the presence of United States troops under Brigadier General Merrlam at the centers of mining troubles in Idaho, and asking for an investigation by a special committee of nine members, to be appointed by the speaker. The resolution says that it is a matter of general information that United States troops were , sent to Idaho in defiance of and contrary to the federal Constitution, at the Individual request of the Governor, when no riot or insurrection existed, and without consulting the Legislature or the local sheriff. It is asserted that General Merrlam declared martial law and, "arbitrarily and without warrant of law, arrested hundreds of citizens," and held them under "most brutal and tyrannical conditions." The arrests, it is charged, included many members of the miners' union and the local sheriff. It Is asserted that many men were imprisoned In a "bull pen, a place unfit for human habitation." Allegation is made that one prisoner became Insane from the treatment, and escaping was shot as he Jumped into a river. In another case, it is charged, a dying prisoner was denied spiritual consolation. Specific acts of cruelty are given, including compulsory standing erect for seven hours each day in the hot sun, under penalty of death If attempt was made to move or sit down. It is alleged also that a captain under General Merrlam "amused himself by calling prisoners cowardly, curs while these punishments were being Inflicted." The resolution also recites that the wives and families of miners were insulted by soldiers, and It is alleged that responsibility for tne various actions recited rests wltii the mining companies of the localities. Other New Dills. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Representative Hltt, of Illinois, to-day Introduced a bill to provide a territorial form of government for Hawaii. It is similar to the measure reported to the House last year, providing a territorial Governor, appointed by the President, and a Legislature of two houses. Mr. Sherman, of New York, introduced a bill authorizing the postmaster general to contract with an American cable company to send official messages to Hawaii, the Philippines, Japan and China, for twenty years, at not to exceed J4UO.0UO a year. Other bills are: By Mr. Little, of Arkansas, to prevent monopolies 'and trusts, and for the free coinage of gold and silver: by Mr. Kerr, of Ohio, admitting veterans of the war with Spain to the homes for disabled soldiers; by Mr. Flynn, of Oklahoma, for additional homestead lands to soldiers who participated in the war with Spain or with the Philippines; by Mr. Corliss, for a bridge across the Detroit river at Detroit; by Mr. Hill, of Connecticut, authorizing the establishment of national banks in Cuba, Porto Rico and tho Philippines: by Mr. McRae, of Arkansas, extending tho contract labor laws to Hawaii; by Mr. Rodenburg, of Illinois, to create a commission to pass on claims of United States citizens, growing cut of the war with Spain. Mr. Joy, of Missouri, by request, introduced bills granting right of cable connection with Cuba and Porto Rico to the United States and West Indian Direct Telegraph Company, and to authorize the West Indian Development Company to acquire franchises, etc., in Cuba and Porto Rico. Mr. Corliss, of Michigan, Introduced a bill for the construction of a regulating dam at the foot of Lake Eric, for controlling the level of the lake, Detroit river, Lake St. Cialr and St. Clair river. GENERAL NEWS. Marine Corps Appointment Dispatch from Consul Mncrnm. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The President ha3 appointed the following named second lieutenants in the marine corps: Herbert Mather, of New Jersey; H. T. Roosevelt, of New York; Jay M. Salladay, of Illinois; Rush R. Wallace, of Tennessee; Fred A. Esllck, of Tennessee, and Macker Babb, of West Virginia. These young men were the only successful competitors In the recent examination out of a list of over twenty candidates. There are still twenty-two vacancies in the list of second lieutenants of marines, and another examination will be held at the navy yard in this city on the 2d prox. for the purpose of filling the complement of the corps. The Cabinet meeting to-day was unimportant. Some minor diplomatic matters were brought up, among them the reported purchase by England of the Galapagos islands, but it was said nothing official had been received and nothing of a definite character was known in regard to It. Secretary Root read the dispatches from Gen. Otis in regard to tho reported uprising in Negros. Mr. Macrum has broken his long silence and in a cable message received at the State Department to-day, dated Pretoria, he announces that he will sail on the ISth Inst, via Naples for the United States. This is an indication that he has received the department's cablegram granting his application for a leave of absence. Mr. Adelbert Hay. who Is going to Pretoria to replace Mr. Macrum. will leave Washington to-morrow to begin his Journey. a The cruiser Detroit has sailed from Carthagena for Colon, where she will await orders from the Navy Department, the revolutionary movement In Colombia being regarded as at an end. The captain of the Detroit reports, however, that the Colombian government Is massing troops on the Venezuelan border, and the understanding is that they are about to attack General Castro's, forces In revenge for the assistance which the general Is supposed to have extended to- the Colombian revolutionists. . An analytical comparison of the estimates for this year, the appropriations of last year, .and the various Increases, was Issued to-day by : Messrs. Cleaves and Courts, the clerks of the Senate und House appropriation committees, respectively. It shows total estimates this year, $73.STo,2S, against $4,Ot.4sy last year. The estimates this year are $lll.2',,S.57S more than the amount actually appropriated last year. The chief Increases are: Army, $47,281,929; fortifications, Ki9.036; navy. $26,145,539; postoffices, $5,143.(il; sundry civil. $21.G&J,777. The total estimates for this year exceed

the total estimated revenue for 1901 by $710S1.994, but, counting the sinking fund, this excess is reduced to 18.0S1.934. Captain Greene, commanding the naval station at Havana, reported to the Navy Department to-day that the work of disinterring and placing' In sealed caskets the remains of the victims of the Maine who were burled at Havana will be completed by the 15th Inst. The Texas arrived at Norfolk to-day, and ns soon as she has coaled she will proceed at once to Havana to take aboard the caskets. Surgeon General Sternberg has prepared a bill tor presentation to Congress providing for a material increase of the modi1 cal department of the army to meet the greatly Increased demands of the existing military organization. Tho addition to the corps of four assistant surgeon gcnorals, with the rank of colonel, ten deputy surgeon generals, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, thirty surgeons with the rank of major and eighty assistant surgeons with the rank of first lieutenant, who rhall have the rank of captain at the expiration of five years of service, is asked. It Is provided that the vacancies thus created in the grade of colonel, lieutenant colonel and major t-hall be filled by seniority promotion, In accordance with established laws and regulations. Representative Berry, of Kentucky, said to-day that he would use every effort to secure early consideration of the joint reso-' lutlon giving the thanks of Congress to Rear Admiral Schley. The commissioner of Internal revenue has decided that aerated distilled water Is entitled to exemption from tax, even If advertised as a remedy or cosmetic. Nathan A. Taylor, of the N. & G. Taylor Company, Independent tin-plate manufacturers, of Philadelphia, was before the Industrial Commission to-day. He said that the black plate manufactured In the United States Is Immensely superior to that made abroad, and also that soirte improvements in the tinning process had been made' in the United States. He, however, considered a tariff necessary to prevent foreign makers from at any time dumping any surplus of plates they might have on hand and thus demoralizing the market. He said the American Tin-plate Company had manifested no disposition to take advantage of its opportunity to increase prices. m Lieutenant Brumby, the flag secretary to Admiral Dewey at the battle of Manila, is lying critically ill at the Garfield Hosplal in this city. He Is suffering from a fever contracted as a result of his long stay In the tropics, and has been at the hospital for about two weeks. The physicians at the hospital express the belief that he will recover.

The Brooklyn at Singapore. WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The Brooklyn arrived at Singapore on her way to Manila yesterday. No word has been received of the New. Orleans since she left Colombo, Ceylon, but she must be close behind. BICYCLE RACE SCORES. Miller mid Waller hut One Lap Ahead Uarly This 3Iorninff. NEW YORK, Dec. 9. The leaders of the great team six-day bicycle race, at Madison-square Garden, are nearly four hundred miles ahead of the record. At 2 o'clock this morning Miller and Waller had coyered 2,354.9 miles. Walthour, the Southern champion, had a lead of several miles for the individual prize. The 2 o'clock a. m. scores follow: Miller-Waller, 2.54.9; Maya-McEachern, 2,354.8; Glram-Plerce, 2.354.6; Fischer-Chevalier, 2.354.5; StevensTurville, 2.354.2; Babcock-Stlnson, 2,351; Schlner-Borster. 2,325.2. Individual scores: Walthour, 1,220.4; Aronson, 1,015.1. Colonels Sold to Plttshurff. PITTSBURG, Dec. 8. The Pittsburg Baseball Club bought the pick of the Louisville team to-day for a sum said to be $25,000 cash. Fred Clarke, of Louisville, wid manage the Pittsburg team. Mr. Dreyfuss gives up all connection with the Louisville club, and becomes president of tne Pittsburg club. Mr. Pulllam will remain with the Louisville club, and has been awarded the following players: Gould, Dowling, Wllheim, Chesebro, Magee, Fox, Deal. Wills, O'Brien, Madison, Ktlngman, Ketcham, Hoy and Dexter. Puhlam will go to tne Iphpiip mpf tlnp with this team. If there is a reduction in the circuit decided upon, then he will sell tne players to tne nignest bidder. If the twelve-club circuit league remains intact, then tne iouisvuie chid will continue as a member with Pulliam as president and probably manager. An Unpopular Decision. CHICAGO, Dec. S.-Jack Bennett, of McKeesport, Pa., was given the decision over Owen Zeigler, of Philadelphia, here tonight, after six rounds of the hardest kind of work. The decision was very unpopular, as the majority of the spectators appeared to be of opinion that the Phlladelphlan, who had forced the fighting all the way, should have had the big end of the purse. General Snorting News. Tom Sharkey will train James J. Corbett for his coming flsht with Champion Jeffries. The football elevens of the Universities of Wisconsin and Chicago will meet at Madison to-day in a post-season game for the Western championship. George Walcott, the Barbadoes negro, and Joe Choynskl, of California, have been matched to box twenty-five rounds at catch weights on Jan. 12 at the Broadway Athletic Club, New York. v . Dnrmeie Princess at Her Dath. Julian Ralph, in Harper's Magazine. One day, when we were feasting our eyes upon the wondrous dally morning scene of the ablution of the pious multitude at the sacred city of Benares, a. Burmese princess joined . the throng. She was as royal in' beauty and attire as in rank. It is not given to many tourists in India to catch even a glimpse of a native lady, and that is why we hope to be forgiven for watching her so closely as she picked her dainty way down through the terraced lines of worshipers upon the maslve steps. About her slender shapely form a cloud of silk of the hue of pale heliotrope fluttered and clung. Gold set with diamonds few, but brilliant flashed upon one small wrist. Her feet were slippered In gold. Her face was almost as white as my own a proud face, yet gentle and exquisitely fashioned. She stepped out of her Flippers and into the water. "What a beautiful picture! How romantic!" you say. Yes, but wait another second; remember this was In India. She stooped to begin her devotions by drinking from the stream. Then we saw that three feet from her there rested, at the water's edge, the backbone and a few ribs of a human body newly thrown from a near-by pyre. Two crows were perched upon it feasting. Philadelphia HnlsinK Her Illd. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 8. Solicitors were sent out to-day by the Citizens Republican National Convention Association to get pledges to the campaign fund of $100,000 which is being raised to secure for Philadelphia the national convention of 1900. It is proposed by the executive committee to have the fund as large as possible before the week ends so that the work in behalf of the movement may be started in other directions. Two Killed, Two Fntnlly Hnrt. ST. LOUIS, Dec. suburban passen ger train on the Burlington road ran down a handcar bearing five men a hundred vards west of the bridge at Alton, 111., to day. killing two men outright and fatally Injuring two. 'ihe nrtn man escaped in ury by jumping. The dead are Henry De lancy and Patrlcx Foer. The fatally In jured are Robort Bryant and Albert Bellstein. All me men were irom Alton. llrutal Asonult by Tramp. JEFFERSON, Wis.. Dec. 8. The entire county is aroused over a brutal attack made to-day upon John Thoson, a farmer llvinrr near Golden Iike, and his sIsUt, who were set upon in their home by two tramps. Miss Thoson's life is despaired of. A posse of 100 men in charge of the sheriff are hunting ror tne assailants. bud Couiulexlons .Need Champlln's LIqmd Pearl. 50c A lovely. harmless beautmer. ro eauai.

CAN'T LIVE IN GERMANY

AMERICA! IXSECTS IMPORTED WITH FRL1T NOT HARMFUL. Well-Known Expert's Statement Con cerning the Colorado Bagr and the San Jose Scale. BERLIN. Nov. 8. The seizures and vexa tious inspection of American fruit have begun again. The Nation to-morrow will contain a timely article by Dr. Dohern, the well-known expert, based mainly on a book by Dr. I. Kruger, to which a prize was re cently awarded by the Stettin Pomologlcal Society, in which the writer furnished strong evidence that, owing to climatic dif ferences between the United States and Germany, particularly the American winters, American insects cannot spread here. Dr. Dohern emphasizes Dr. Krueger's de molition of the long-held hypothesis that the Colorado bug and the San Jose scale did severe damage here. Summarizing his conclusions Dr. Dohern expresses astonish ment that Professor Frank, in a book issued last year by the Imperial Health Bureau, should have totaly ignored the acknowledged deductions of Marlatt, the entomologist, showing the manner of exterminating the tscale and also the climatic conditions amid which It alone can floursh. "Since our government experts them selves," says Dr. Dohern, "now acknowledge the scale cannot spread here, it is high time to abolish measures that are still enforced against American fruit, measures which heighten the price. There are instances in which the cost of inspection amounts to one-eighth of the market value of the fruit. If the imperial government of its own accord will not stop this nui sance, let us hope that the Reichstag will." A Foreign Office official made the following statement to the correspondent of the Associated Press to-day regarding several timely matters: "A proposition to appoint a joint commission for Investigating export food stuffs has been. made and Is very fa vorably received in Germany. The govern ment faces it systematically, but before committing ourselves definitely we must commit the various state governments." A bill has . Just reached the Bundesrath Imposing a number of restrictions on Imports because of the past danger. Details of the measures have not yet been made public, but, according to the Foreign Office, it will in no case affect American interests. Tho Foreign Office official already men tioned, when asked to-xlay regarding Ger many's intention as to the poilcy of the "open door" In China, said: "Germany has already given assurance of her willingness to maintain the open door in far Asia, and she will also undertake to give a written assurance to that effect as soon as all the other powers interested agree to do the same. The Berlin Chamber of Commerce has presented a memorial to Prince Hohenlohe, the Imperial chancellor, asKing reform in the consular service. The memorialists urge an increase in the number of profes sional consuls, the making of consular education more practical and the establish ment of export sample commercial mu seums like that in Philadelphia. Antl British Speech Cheered. PARIS, Dec. 8. During the debate in the Chamber of Deputies to-day on the colonial budget, Firmen Faure, anti-Semite, urged the necessity of strengthening the defenses of the colonies and the colonial army, in addition to a system of French-owned cables. He pointed out that while Mr. Chamberlain's Leicester speech was, perhaps, only his personal view, the fact that a British minister had Indulged in such language towards France was sufficiently grave cause for its consideration by the Chamber; and, he added, it was high time to take notice of Mr. Chamberlain's warn ing. M. Faure also intimated that British emissaries were overrunning Tunis, dis guised as Protestant missionaries, and sell ing ammunition to the Arabs. The antiBrltlsh remarks were heartily cheered. Sensation In Italy. ROME, Dec. 8. A great sensation has been causd throughout Italy by the trial of two railroad men on the charge of murdering and robbing in a railroad car near Palermo, SIgnor Notarbartolo, a former di rector of the Bank of Sicily, and one of the most notable citizens or raiermo. ine inai was attended by a number of dramatic incidents, the murdered man's son accusing SIgnor Pallzzelo, a member of the Chamber of Deputies from Palermo, or giving tne order for the murder or signor isotaroartolo. As a result of this accusation, the rhnmhpr nf Deputies met to-day In special session and authorized the prosecution of . a M f 1 SIgnor l'aiizzeio, wno was arrestea in -ruiermo this evening. A Rosa Doheur Prlie for Artists. PARIS, Dec. 8. Mile. Anna Klumpke, the sole legatee of Rosa Bonheur, has In former M. J. P. Laurens, president of the Societe des Artistes Francais, of her in tention to found an am ual prize of the value or l.&w irancs in memory 01 ivo Bonheur. The prize will first be given tt i to h awarded by the salon jury to the best painting, whether by a man or a woman, rrencn or loienu. Higher Wnjres for Many Thousands. BOSTON, Dec. 8. The executive commit tee of the American Woolen Company voted to-day to make a general increase of t in wapps of employes. The inpr90 will n ffert mills In all section of New England and will benefit 26.000 bands, ine advance will take effect Jan. 1. The wages of over 30.000 cotton mill operatives have also been advanced 10 per cent, this week. Will Maintain the Open Door. LONDON, Dec. 9. The Berlin corre spondent of the Standard says: "All the powers concerned have favorably received rirnnnciiia nf the United States regardI r rr f n a ma nJPtl3T1P( (II IHC UUfH UWUl 111 China, each offering to sign the desired asa. 1 ' , 1 1 fti cn surance 11 ine omeis vm Pope Leo Celebrates 31ass. ROME, Dec. 8. Despite the rainy weather and the advice of his physicians, the Pope celebrated ma.s in his private cnapei ioday. Cahle Notes. c.nov mivipr nf the British colonial ofllce, has been appointed colonial secre tary for Jamaica. The British Cabinet held a two hours session yesterday. Lord Salisbury nau. recovered his health sufficiently to preside. Advices received from Samoa, dated Nov. s lv that the news of the Uerman anr.exalljn of the islands as a result of the Samoan agreement was received by the na tives with apparent indinerence. The London Appeal Court has dismissed th anneal of the Eauitable Insurance So ciety of New York against the decision of the Queens Bench division 01 ine ingn rrnrt rsf TistJr. rpndfrpd last Mav. con firming the decision of the lower court as sessing the company for Income tax. An Outrage to Natlonnl Pride. To the Editor of the Indlanaiolls Journal: In line with the recent movement for the protection of the American flag from dese cration a matter which has aroused my indignation for ten or fifteen years I would like to suggest an amendment to prohibit by law the desecration of Presi dents, ex-Presidents and other high of ficials of our Nation. The Garfield tea ad vertisements have always awakened re sentment In my patriotic breast, and at one time a full-length picture of Abraham Lincoln waving an American llag over a cask of somebody's beer was widely circu lated in the advertising pages of a N?v York magazine. Such advertisements disgrace and outrage our national pride, and should not be permitted. E. C New Albany, lnd., Dec. 8. Vast Steel Plant Projected. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Dec. 8. The Illinois Steel Company la projecting improvements

and additions to its Bay View plant in this

.nj, iiaa win cost j.uw.wju or more. Superintendent Jlies said this afternoon that t h rnrnnanv lt at A a t n tvn 1 1.1 npw blast furnaces, rolling mills and Immense converters. The plan is to make steel here right from the ore by the Bessemer process. It will take about two years to complete improvements, when it is expected 1,200 uure men win oe given employment. ABANDONED IN MID OCEAN. Steamer Albano Unable to Tovr DIsnhled Jlanlca. J NEW YORK. Dec. 8. The German steamer Albano, Captain Kudenholz, which arrived to-night from Hamburg, reports that on Dec. 2, latitude 43:05 north, longitude 41:49 west, she fell in with the steamer Manica, from Shields, for New York, with shaft brokin. She was taken in tow, but after towing her for two hours all the lines had been broken, and the Albano was compelled to abandon her. The Manica was from Halifax. In the track of steamers coming west. The Manica is a steel screw steamer of 1,770 tons register, and is owned by Bucknall Brothers, of London. Her New 1 ork agents are Norton & Son, 11 Produce Exchange, New York. Lnke Steamer Probably Lost. PORT COLBORNE, Ont., Dec. 8.-It is believed here to-night that the Canadian steamer Niagara has foundered in Lake Erie and that all hand3 were lost. The crew probably comprised sixteen persons all told. Of these Captain Henry McGlory, master of the lost steamer, is the only one known here. The Niagara had a cargo of lumber and shingles, bound from Georgian bay to Buffalo. On Tuesday the Niagara was sighted off Long Point in the heavy gale and snowstorm. The steam ers Orion and M. T. Greene arrived this afternoon from Buffalo and reported pass ing a great quantity of wreckage. It con sisted of lumber, shingles and pieces of a wooden steamer. No name was visibly on any of the wreckage. The Niagara is the only boat known to be missing. Movements of Steamers. GENOA, Dec. 8. Arrived: Werra, from New York via Naples. Sailed: Fuerst Bis marck, from Genoa, for New York. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 8. Arrived: Cam pania, from New York, for Liverpool and proceeded. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. Arrived: Lucanla, from Liverpool and Queenstown. GLASGOW, Dec. 8. Arrived: Pomeran ian, from New York. LIVERPOOL. Dec. 8. Arrived: Cymric, from New York. HAVRE, Dec. 8. Arrived: La Normandle, from New York. TAYLOR WINS. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) station or seeking political preferment to call to his aid or assistance the militia of the State. Such conduct is not merely reprehensible in the first place, but It can-j not be tolerated for a moment by the An glo-Saxon blood which is represented In the citizenship of this commonwealth. Nolaw writer of any respectability, and no court. has ever agreed that a thing like this could be done In time of peace with Impunity." The opinion quotes extensively from Cooley's constitutional limitations in support of the positions assumed, and continues as follows: "The doctrine announced above is the law of every State in this Republic, and in a proper case, with the facts properly shown before a tribunal having Jurisdiction to deal with the subject, the conclusion to which such tribunal would come is not, in our opinion,, clothed by the slightest shadow of doubt. But for reasons already discussed this board may not now sit in Judgment on that Question, nor does it In tend by what it has said to commit itself to any hard and fast lines of action in the future. Once more, counsel for the Demo cratic candidates urged upon this board that it ought to reject the vote of the city of Louisville on account of the official acts of a circuit judge who, as counsel contend, with writs of mandamus and mandatory Injunctions, not only forced, as it Is claimed, the officers of election to admit persons to the polling places who legally had no right to be there, but who, by man datory process, required election officers to certify returns which it is suggested to us were not in fact true. An of this, for the reasons stated, is apart from the Jurisdic tion of this board as at present constituted. It is enough, however, in this connection, to say that this is not a government by in junction, and when the question Is properly presented before a tribunal having Jurisdic tion to deal with the subject we predict with confidence that the judgment of sueh tribunal will be swift and certain, and that it will be distinctly held that such perform ances on the part of any Judge in this State, whether of high or low degree, are usurpations which cannot and will not be sanctioned by law. If the people of Ken tucky are noted for anything it is for fair dealing. Any attempt at intimidation. coercion or overdrawing is resented by ev ery citizen of, the State, and no officer can with Impunity exercise tho functions of his place for the purpose of controlling the lawful actions of the citizens or to put him in fear, except as he has committed some public offense. "We regret we have regarded it neces sary, in view of questions before us, to ex tend this opinion to such length. It results from what has already been said that the certificates, on the face of the returns be fore us, should be issued to William S. Taylor, the Republican candidate for Gov ernor, and to the other candidates on the Republican State ticket with him, and it is so ordered." The Mluorlty Report. Following is the gist of the minority re port by Commissioner Poyntz: "I agree with my fellow-members of the state election board that the Democratic candidates were legally elected at the gen eral state election held Nov. 7, and thi3 fact Is shown by the certificates made to this board by the several county election boards. Mr. Poyntz then goes briefly over the tissue ballots, declaring that in his opin ion their use should have rendered void the election In the counties of Pike. Johnson, Knox and MjJ&offln. The charges of mili tary intimidation at the polls in Louisville is then discussed and the opinion given that the election in Jefferson county should be declared void. The opinion concludes as follows: 1 1 am no lawyer, but 1 believe flaws are intended to bring about justice, and believe that the law does not require the giving of certificates of election to candidates who are shown by the returns before this board to have been defeated. I am unwilling to certify fraud and to turn Kentucky over to the control of the bayonet, Gatling gun and the fraudulent tissue ballots. I therefore respectfully decline to join with my colleagues in granting certificates to the Republican candidates and believe certifi cates of election should be issued to the Democratic candidates." THE M-2UICASKA SEXATOHSIIIP. Governor Poynter Trsred to Call Spe cial Session of Leslilntare. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 8. Governor Poynter has been called from the capital by the illness of his father and this has caused a slight break in the light for the appointment of a United States senator to succeed Hayward. The friends of both former Senator Wm. V. Allen and Gilbert M. Hitchcock, of the World-Herald, of this city, are busy. It appears certain that one of the two will get it. The fusion members of the last Legislature are practically unanimous in urging Allen's nomination. As they ar aOl Populists nd Gov-

ernor Poynter Is also a Populist, this Is

counted on to have its effect. The Democrats are apparently united on HJtchcock and are making their strongest right on the plea that the Democrat have not heretofore received their share of offices under the fusion arrangement. Before leaving Governor Poynter received a letter from Orlando Tefft, chairman of the Republican state central committee, pe titioning him to call a special session of the Legislature for the purpose of tilling the senatorial vacancy, or if that be deemed Inadvisable to appoint some wellknown Republican agreeable to the majority in the Legislature. Socialists Wave lied Flngs. PARIS. Dec. S.The Socialist Congress, which has been in session here, decided tonight to meet annually and to elect an executive committee. It also resolved to form In the Chamber of Deputies a single Socialist group under the direction of a parliamentary committee, with a view of controlling the Socialist vote. When the congress broke up red flags were displayed and revolutionary songs were suns. The police interfered and blows were struck. but the delegates were dispersed without difficulty. FALL OF AN OPERA SINGER. Lillian 3IarIon Knott In a Workhouse on n Charge of Larceny MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Dec, 8. Lillian Marlon Knott, well known on the operatic stage, is in the workhouse here charged with petit larceny. Her case is a most singular one. She is the daughter of the manager of the Wabash Iron works at Terre Haute. She has been out of work, penniless and finally ill with typhqjd fever at the City Hospital in St. Paul. Upon re covery she wrote her father, to whom she had hitherto been too proud to apply for assistance. He promptly replied that he had sent money and a ticket to take her home. There was some error in issuing the ticket, and while waiting for it to be remedied by wire she was arrested for stealing a cloak from an abandoned colored woman. She explained to the police Judge that the woman's husband had loaned her the cloak in her great need and she had no intention of stealing it. The Judge gave little credence to her story and sent her up for forty daj-s. He also sent her accuser up for a similar period on an old charge. Miss Knott tearfully asserts her innocence and seems on the verge of nervous col lapse. In private life she is Mrs. Joseph Barrett, having married Mr. Barrett when he was musical director of "McGinty, the Sport," and she was In the company. Her husband, however,- has left her. BOOM FOR A WOMAN. President Urged to Send Mrs. Potter Palmer to Paris. CHICAGO, Dec. 8. The Times-Herald to morrow will say: "President McKInley is being asked by club women all over the country to appoint Mrs. Potter-Palmer, of Chicago, as one of the commissioners to the Paris ' exposition of 1900. There is a rumor that President McKInley hesitates to place the name of a woman on the commission on the ground of legality.-The act of Congress creating the commission, it is claimed, does not contain the word woman Thereupon tho women, who declare it does not contain the word 'man' for that matter, unite in urging that their sex have representation on the commission. Not only have the presidents of the great national organizations of women interested themselves in this movement during the last few days, but so have individual members of prominence. Among the women who have written to the Presi dent may be mentioned Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotln, of Chicago, honorary president of the General Federation of Women s Clubs; Mrs. Rebecca Lowe, of Atlanta, presi dent of the same federation; Mrs. Daniel Manning, of New York, president of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Miss Susan B. Anthony, of Rochester, president of the National Suffrage Association; Mrs. Henry Solomon, of Chicago, president of the National Council of Jewish Women, and Mrs. Fanny Humphreys Gaffney, of New York, president of tne National Coun cil of Women." HABEAS CORPUS WRIT Granted In the Cace of John Reese, Labor Agitator. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 8. Judge Thayer, In the United States Court, to-day granted a writ of habeas corpus in the case of John Reese, a member of the executive council of the United Mine Workers, and who is now in jail In Fort Scott, Bourbon county. Kansas, for contempt of court. The writ was made returnable Dec 27, when arguments as to the Jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Bourbon county will be heard. Ball was fixed at $3.0o0. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. 8. A let ter received in this city from Washington, quotes United States Senator Baker, of Kansas, with saying that he thinks Presi dent McKInley soon will pardon John P. Reese, the labor leader, under sentence at Fort Scott, for, contempt of court. Recent ly a petition signed by all the miners In and about this city, requesting him to secure Reese's pardon was forwarded to Sen ator Baker, who writes that he has pre sented tne document to the President. ' KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Dec, 8. W. L. A. Johnson, state labor commissioner of Kan sas, has returned from Pittsburg. Kan.. where he went to head off. if possible, a big strike among the coal miners there, and expresses the opinion that the men will not now go out. The miners threatened to quit worK next Monday, ir by that time the l-ederal Court should have not released John 1. Reese, the Imprisoned mlneworker. i think I am safe in saying." said Mr. Johnson, "that the miners will not strike." LINCOLN WILL REMAIN. Will De PreHldent of the Combined Palace Car Companies. CHICAGO, Dec. 8. The Tribane to-morrow will say: "President Robert T. Lincoln, of the merged Pullman and Wagner palace car companies, will remain at the head of the new corporation. It has been reported from time to time that W. Seward Webb, brother-in-law of W. K. Vanderbllt, would 'succeed Mr. Lincoln, and yesterday the report was renewed. Mr. Lincoln was asked if the story were true. He replied: 'It is news to me Further than this he declined to discuss the affairs of the company. However, from other sources it was learned that the executive management of the new company would be largely the same that has conducted the Chicago corporation with notable success. Dr. Webb, Instead of becoming president, will remain a director, serving in that capacity more or le.s prominently as his other affairs permit." A New York Philanthropist. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Who Is that shabby looking man who Is creeping alonp in the shadow of the building over there?" '"That man is a philanthropist." "I3ut why does he act as if he hnd been stealing sheep?" "He wants to keep out of s.'ght of the polite." "Why should a philanthropist do that?" "llecause hU philanthropy took the form of a get-rich-quick syndicate." For Ills Stoetthair. Any man who is a smoker will be more than satisfied If he gets a box of those good Y. B. 10c Cigars for Christmas. On sale by ail dealers.

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AGAINST BUCKET SHOPS. Chicago lloard of Trade Inaugurates a Ileforiu Morement. CHICAGO, Dec. 8. Reform on the Board of Trade, without sacrifice of the special charter from the State, was decided on today when the committee on revision ot rules formulated a scheme for submission to the directors next Tuesday. The plan contemplates the conforming of the board as nearly to the model of tho New York Stock Exchance as Is possible under the charter. Stringent rules against bucket shops and against any suspicious connections of board members with bucket shops will be inserted. An Important point to bo insisted on in the report is the establishment of minimum penalties for violations of the board rules, and the making of these mandatory. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The steamer Umbria, sailing from New York for Europe to-day, will take out 435 UU0 ounces ef silver. The Ida B Wells Woman's Club, of Chicago, a colored organization, wants Chris' tlans to unite in condemning the burninj of Coleman at Maysville, Ky. ' George McFadden, of New York, defeated Tim Reams, of Boston, in a hard-fought battle of twenty-five rounds before tht Broadway (New York) Athletic Club last night. Because of family trouble John Curtis shot ami killed N. B. Thompson, and wounded Henry Smith, near El Reno. O. T. Curtis gave himself up. Smith will re cover. The Yale Alumni Association of Netl York city to the number of 3J5 gave a com pllmentary dinner to th president of Yal University, Arthur T. Hadley, at Sherry' last nhjht. , Mrs. Ida Llndinger. aged thirty years. was shot and killed fn hpr nnartmpnt nt Memphis yesterday. Kobert Llndinger, her nusDana. is neia by the police, charged with the killing. The members of the national organization committee of the People's party met in Memphis yesterday. The committee urged the national executive committee to call the national convention in February. 1900. Commissioner General Peck has appointed John R. Buchanan, a prominent member of the New York Yacht Club, to the office of expert in charge of the yachting and marine exhibit at the Paris exposition of im Charles M. Harper, a popular and In fluential real estate agent of Spinner's Point, a suburb of Norfolk. Va.. last night shot and killed David Ross, cf Norfolk. The shooting is believed to have been Justifiable. The fifth annual reunion of the Army of the Frontier, composed of survivors of regiments engaged In the Southwest during tho civil war, wa3 held at Cedar Rapids, la., Thursday. A largo delegation of tho vetterans attended. Samuel G. Brooker, who was a clerk In the city auditor's department of Cleveland during the administration of Mayor McKisson, was arrested yesterday on indictments charging him with obtaining money from the city on false bills. Jos. Huttheus, living a mile and a halt east of Adel, la., beat his wife to death with a club Thursday and then blew out his brains with a shotgun. He was about sixty-five years of age and had been married about forty years. At a meeting of the mill managers of the Augusta, Ga., Manufacturers' Association it was decided to Increase the wages of operatives 10 per cent., the new schedule to take effect Jan. L The advance will affect nearly eight thousand operatives. Peter Magaued, an Italian, shot and probably fatally wounded Ella Robinson in a saloon at 413 Clark street, Chicago, yesterday. Magaued then shot himself below the heart, inflicting a fatal wound. The shooting is supposed to have been the result of jealousy. The fifteen-year-old son of Widow Rhodes killed Wm. Jones and mortally wounded John Prultt while they were attempting to force an entrance into his mother's home, in Grenshaw county, Alabama. They battered dqwn tha door with a fence rail, when the boy fired. Lucy Carbon and her child In arms were killed at Adalrsvllle, Ga,, yesterday by Jim Mayfield. Frank Bird was also wounded by the same shot which killed the mother and daughter. The men were at the woman's house, and quarreled over some trivial matter. The murderer escapM. When W. J. Bryan retunis to Austin, Tex., from his duck hunt he will be tendered one of the handsomest residences In the city for the use of himself and family as long as they desire to remain in the city. County Judge E. S. Walker, a warm admirer of Mr. Bryan, is the donor. Willis J. Abbott, well known in new-paper circles throughout the United States, has been selected to take charge of the press bureau of the Democratic national conmittee. Mr. Abbott is a personal friend of Mr. Bryan, and has been identifled with the Tammany organization in New York. Judge Buckland, of Sandusky, O., haa overruled the motion for a new trial for David Wingett, an Inmate oft the Soldiers Home, at that place, who recently murdered Frederick Blanck. a farmer, who lived near the Home, and has sentenced Wingett to be electrocuted on May 1L 1300. Harry Hamberger. the twenty-year-old Detroit youth arrested on suspicion of beaIng the slayer of John M. Relndel, yesterday confessed the crime. He said that while the victim was reading a paper in his place of business he struck hrm over the head with a club. Ills motive was xobbery. Ferdinand W. Peck has declined re-elec tion as president of the National Business League. His duties as commissioner general to the Paris exposition will make his presence in Paris necessary during the coming year, and he his notified the directors of the league that he will not be & candidate for another term. Essential Facta. 4 Philadelphia North American. 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