Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 356, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUBNAI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER" 22, 1899.

contly soldierly and as' having, the ring which It Is claimed should mark the rela

tions between the Anglo-Saxon people?. J Although it arrived too late for the usual ' editorial comment on its contents, the display headlines show that his references to ! American friendliness and Canada's patriotism, and his repudiation of the charges of Irish disloyalty, are widely approved. The splendid patriotism of the volunteers continues to be evidenced on all Fides. The newspapers note with satisfaction the effect of this display of British spirit and the evidences of the resources the empire is able to command is having on continental critics. The Westminster Gazette, however, sounds a note of alarm. It thinks the moment la peculiarly unpropitlous .o vend abroad the home defenders, since no one Is quite easy as to the effect the proceedings in South Afrlrn -'" 'ave on Great Britain's European neighbors. The Ouiiard line steamer Umbria. which arrived at Liverpool Dec. ID from New York, has been chartered by the British government for use as a troopship. The Allan line steamers Laurentian, Parisian and Pomeranian have been chartered for the purpose of conveying Canadian troops to South Africa. Interest centers for the moment in the preparations , to send out reinforcements. The various city guhds have given an additional 12.0S for the expenses of the Imperial volunteers, besides gifts of horses, ambulances and other paraphernalia. Royal letters signed by the Queen are beins circulated by the archbishop to the bishops of the various dioceses authorizing a collection In the churches throughout England on Jan. 7 in aid of the fund for sick and wounded soldiers and their families. . The chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, has Issued a formal denial that any differences exist in the Cabinet regarding war expenditures. DE.OL.CE THE AVAR. French Canadians Outspoken in Condemning Ilrltnlu'n Conduct. NEW YORK, Dec. 22. A special to the World from Ottawa says: "The outspoken sympathy among French-Canadians for the Dutch people of South Africa in their present struggle for liberty and Independence is not confined to the leading men In the Liberal party of Quebec. Of the prominent French Conservatives known to be Boer sympathizers the most recent to publicly declare himself is the famous orator and politician, Charles Thebault, of Waterloo, Quebec. Speaking last night at a Joint political meeting In Sherbrooke county, he said: "Tho war against the Boers is a criminal war, and t warn Canadians against any support to British. I blame Laurier strongly for supporting England in this unjust war against a small but brave people like the Boers, who are fighting with magnificent courage and patriotism for the freedom of their country and In the defense of their hearthstones. I accuse him of making himself the instrument of Joe Chamberlain and Cecil Rhodes. This war against the Transvaal Is an act of brigandage. It Is a war disloyal anu shameful for England and samef ul for Humanity, which suffers It without intervening." Thebault Is called Sir Charles Tupper's political lieutenant In Quebec province, and his speech has created consternation among the Conservatives, who claim to be the loyalists In Canada. The French journal. La Fa trie, of Montreal, the personal organ of the minister of public works, Tarte. and owned by his sons, in Its issue or yesterday thus holds Britain up to ridicule: "The imperial government has expressed to the governor genera! of Canada its wish to obtain a new contingent to be added to the volunteers of this country already on the battlefield in Africa. How many men and how much time will England need to settle with the two small republics with which she Is at war? We do not Ignore that many wellthinking persons think It's the duty of the colonies to aid England under the circumstances and discuss later the new situation created for us. However this may be, it is a unique spectacle in history to see a rmall teODle. surh OS th Tlner nutlnn check for even, a few days the empire on which 'the sun never sets"' -. ZOLA HITS AMERICANS. He la Sorry to Say Imperialism Exists In This Country. ..LONDON. Dec. 22. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post telegraphs the substance of an interview with Emile Zola, explaining why French opinion Is on the side of the Boers. M. Zola, while expressing sentiments friendly to Great Britain, said: The great mass of the French people are unacquainted with the details of the "more or less complicated dispute which culminated In war. In the eyes of the unreasoning mob a powerful nation Is assailing a small, weak people. The impulses of the mob, although unreasoning, lire frequently generous. Herein is the explanation of public opinion in France, Germany and Russia. I am sorry to say fhat Imperialism exists even In the United Rates." Kitchener En Route to Maltn. CAIRO, Dec 21. The train conveying Ekneral Lord Kitchener, now on his way from the Soudan to South Africa, via this City, was derailed north of Luxor. Happily It onfy retarded the general's arrival here. General Kitchener subsequently arrived In this city and was given an ovation by Lord Cromer, the British consul general n Egypt, and others. He immediately bearded a train bound for Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA. Dec. 21. Lord Kitchener Arrived this evening, from Cairo and went on board the British second-class cruiser Isis, which immediately sailed for Malta. Warn It a Doer IMotf VICTORIA. B. C. Dec. 21. Wrhether or Iot there was an attempt to blow up the Jrulser Leander, as reported a few nights tgo. the Esquimau authorities have be;ome more strict. Where there was one WEATHER FORECAST. Generally Fair To-Day and To-Mor-row, Tvtth Variable Winds. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-Forecast for Friday and Saturday: For Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Generally fair on Friday and Saturday; variable winds, mostly fresh southerly. Local Observations on Thursday. Bar. Ther. Wind. Pre. Weather. It. ra TJ 70 S'wesL .00 Clear. J p. m 42 M West. Q.W Clear. Maximum temperature, 43; minimum temperature, zs. i-'ollowlnjc is a comparative statement of the bean temperature ana total precipitation Dec. 21: ' Temp. Pre. Normal i 34 0.1 iltan 33 0.00 Departure 4 rt.p) Departure since- Dec. 1 3 .45 Departure since Jan. 1 1S2 5.2$ rius. C. F. R. WAPrEXHAN'S. Local Forecast Oiflclal. Yesterday Temperatures.

FtaUons. Mltu Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta. Ga 3 &i 4$ Humarck. N. D H 43 34 Uu3alo. N. T Z4 1 40 traijrary. N. W. T 6 41 S3 Chicago. Ill 30 44 4') Cairo. Ill 2i 4S 44 Cfi'Wie. Wyo 12 44 2i Cincinnati, O S 54 42 Concordia. Kan 4) M 4) Davenport, la 23 4V Zi I-s Moines, la 24 42 34 Gulvestun, Tex 42 41 4 litVna. Mont IS &) 49 Jacksonville. Fla Z2 H M Kansas City. Mo 3) S4 44 Little Rock. Ark... 41 52 4 Marquette, Mich 30 & 36 Mrmphli. TVnn 34 50 44 Naihvtlle. Tenn 28 fc-i 44 Ktw Orl-an. I .a 4 Zt New York. N. Y 32 45 42 .North riatte, Net 3 4t 34 Oklahoma. O. T 34 4! 3 Omaha. . 24 44 H Pi'tshurir. Pa 3 5 41 Qu Ar!!Ie. N. W. T 24 43 40 Kar l l City. S. I .'. 24 44 34 ttit Lake City, Utah 2 24 St. L;ui3, Mi... 3 frJ 4i t'l. Paul. Mina 2i 42 38 H;Tin0fll. Hi Zi . VI 4J i rrif- sl'J, M.j 32 So 44 utthurg, JJUj 44 W 5J Vaj&lEa-twn. J. C 21 12 41

officer In charge of the dockyard at night there are now two, and twelve additional marine sentries patrol the navy yard. Visitors are refused admission and the big gm commanding the port is now manned by a crew of gunners nlht and day. The officers disclaim all knTSjcdce of the reported plot against the Leander.

Hermit for the Boer Army. NEW YORK. Dec. 21. In the steerage of the French liner L'Asqultaine, which sailed for Havre to-day. there were twenty-five stalwart men, who. It Is supposed, are going to enlist in the Boer army. The men came to the pier in a body, under the evident leadership of one man. and all were noncommittal as to their plans. Most of the men appeared to be Holland Dutch. A SENSIBLE PRINCE. Xepliew of i:i-Qneen LllluoUnlanI Xct Worrying About Crowns. CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Prince David Kawauauka. of the royal family of Hawaii, is In Chicago. He has been visiting his aunt. ex-Queen Lllluokalanl. in Washington, and Is on his way to Honolulu. Since the annexation of the islands he has dropped his title and calls himself an American citizen. "I was not In favor of annexation," sMd the young man to-night, "but since it is an accomplished fact I have turned in with the tide. I propose to make the best of the situation. Instead of expecting to wear a crown and ruling a kingdom I am trying to gather twenty-dollar goldpieccs. After all. they are better than crowns. They will sustain one much better than great expectations. My visit to the United States has been withojt any political significance. 1 have not been taking part In the legislation relating to the islands." MAILS DELAYED. "Withdrawal of Atlantic Liners Interfering with Prompt Delivery. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. The withdrawal of the three White Star liners Majestic, Cymric and Britannic, and tLe Cunard liner Umbria, all royal mail steamships, from such service for the purpose of being turned into British army transports, has upset the plans of the postoflice authorities for the prompt delivery of Christmas letters from European countries. The withdrawal of these four steamships necessitates the use of slower traveling steamships running to Boston and most likely Philadelphia. This change will cause considerable delay in the handling of thousands of mall bags. Obituary. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21. Gen. James M. Lewis, a well-known attorney, ex-vice president of the Board of Police Commissioners and former adjutant general of the State of Missouri, died at his home in this city to-night of pertonltis. . aged forty-one years. General Lewis had been ill only a few days. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. The death is announced at St. Petersburg, Dec. 8, of the Chevalier Anton De Kontski, the famous pianist, aged eighty-two years. He was the author of the celebrated work, "The Awakening of the Lion." WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Surgeon General Sternburg received a telegram to-day saying that Lieutenant Colonel David L. Huntington, a retired officer of the medical department, died at Rome yesterday. PARIS, Dec. 21. Jean Lamoureaux, a celebrated musical conductor, died to-day after two days illness. He introduced Handel, Bach and Wagner to French audiences. Movements of Steamers. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 21. Arrived: Oceanic, from New York, delayed by fog, but only sixteen hours behind her record trip. NEW YORK. Dec. 21. Sailed: L'Aquitaine, for Havre; State of Nebraska, for Glasgow. GENOA, Dec. 21. Arrived: Auguste Victoria, from New York, via Naples. BREMEN, Dec. 21. Arrived: Trave, from New York, via Southampton. HONG-KONG, Dec. 20. Sailed: Empress of Japan, for Vancouver. QUEENSTOWN. Dec. 21.-Sailed: Germanic, for New York. AMSTERDAM. Dec. 21. Sailed: W'erkendam. for New York. BOSTON. Dec. 21. Arrived: Ultonla, from Liverpool. British Steamer Seized.. VICTORIA. B. C. Dec. 21. According to the Hong-Kong press the British steamer Labuan. which left San Dakan on Nov. 25, with clearance papers, was seized by the United States gunboat Castine at Caldera bay and sent to Manila under a prize crew. Captain Pfort, master of the Labuan, reported that permission was sought to proceed to Cota Batu to bring away several families, as they were in danger of being killed by the Moros, but that the permission was refused, and the commander of the Castine ordered the British vessel to be seized. A prize crew was then put on board and the steamer sent to Manila. The seizure was at once protested by the master of the steamer. Conrtin&r Removal by Plnjcree. LANSING, Mich.. Dec. 21. Adjutant General Case to-day sent a letter to Governor Pingree refusing to comply with the Governor's request for his resignation. General Case says he was not present at the meeting of the State Military Board, at which the alleged dishonest deal in military supplies was ordered, and had no part in the transaction. He asserts further that the records of the board show no action inimical to the State. The Governor has received the resignations of Quartermaster General White and Inspector General Marsh. Both assert that they can establish innocence on their trials. Apartment House Bnrned. NEW YORK. Dec. 21. Fire to-day destroyed a large seven-story apartment house owned by Morris Kandelstern. which was in course of construction at Ninetyseventh street and Madison avenue. Eighty men were at work on the structure, but no one was injured. The building when completed would have been valued at $100,000, and it is estimated that the loss will reach more than $70,000. The walls will have to be torn down and built anew. Deronlede's Seat Vacant, PARIS. Dec. 21. The minister of Justice, M. Monis, to-day formally notified M. Dechanel. president of the Chamber of Deputies, of the condemnation of M. Deroulede to two years imprisonment yesterday on the charge of libeling senators. M. Peroulede's seat in the Chamber Is thus made vacant. Women "Who Have Little to Do. NEW YORK. Dec. 21. The Woman's National Sabbath Alliance Is about to send a letter to the department stores in New York city respectfully requesting them not to advertise in Sunday papers, and a list of establishments who do not do this will, it is said, be posted at the office of the al llance. .groe Barred from Sleeping Cars. ATLANTA. Ga.. Dec. 21. Governor Candler to-day signed the bill prohibiting the sleeping car companies operating in the State from furnishing berths to negro passengers, except in coaches used especially for the accommodation of negroes. The measure Is now a law. Definition. Philadelphia Record. Willie Pa. what's the meaning of "fin de siecle?" Pa Oh, that's aw one of these water bicycles with fins on it like a fish. Now you go to bed. Hack at 111m. Philadelphia North American. The Husband My dear, I hope you will not buy me any cigars this Christmas. The Wife I won't if you'll promise not to buy me dress material of your own selection. Buy him a box of Y. B. 10c Cigars. For sale by ail dealers, or at 101 South Meridian ttreet.

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ACCUSATION AGAIXST A YOUXG MAX IX JAIL AT 112 II U. Brother Wife Indicted for Compileity Jorper Miller Sentenced at Itnshville Scurcity of Labor. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERL. Ind.. Dec. 21. Henry Quick was put in jail to-night and Mrs. Edith Quick will be arrested to-morrow on grand Jury Indictments charging murder. In August last William Quick, aged twenty-one years, died in great agony from what proved to have been a dose of arsenic. His bride of a month, aged eighteen years, and his brother wer suspected of having poisoned the husband. They were arrested and had a preliminary hearing, but were released by a Justice of the peace on a technicality. The grand Jury has Just caused the case to be reopened. Henry Quick was found at his father's home in Columbia City. Mrs. Quick has not left Peru. IXIHAXA OBITUARY. Col. Lambdln 1. MllllKan, a X'oted . Figure In National History. HUNTINGTON. Ind., Dec. 21. Col. L. P. Milligan died at. his home in this city today. He was eighty-seven years old and his name is familiar in national history. In 1S64 he was arrested on the charge of treason and placed in a military prison at Indianapolis. A military commission found him guilty and he was sentenced to be hanged May 19, 1SG3. The scaffold was erected, but the sentence was commuted to life Imprisonment. Later the case was presented to the Supreme Court and James A. Garheld made one of the arguments in Colonel Milllgan's behalf. The prisoner was released. Colonel Milligan returned to Huntington and resumed the practice of law. In which he continued until 1S07, when he withdrew from the bar because of defective hearing and other infirmities. A complete resume of Colonel Milllgan's long and eventful career was printed in the Journal in the issue of Tuesday, Dec. 12. Other Deaths. PENDLETON, Ind., Dec. 21. Woolston Swain, seventy-eight years old, a retired farmer of Fall Creek township, and one of the pioneers of Madison county, died h iIdenly at his home, three miles east of Pendleton, this afternoon. Woolston Swain was the father of Joseph Swain, president of Indiana University, and for many years has been a leading and intluential citizen of the county. Ho has been president of th Friends' Association, whose Yearly Meetings are frequently held in Spring Valley, of Fall Creek township. Interment will be Sunday. PARIS, III., Dec. 21. Jacob M. Bell, member of the Edgar County Board c.f Supervisors, died here to-day very suddenly of heart disease. He was sixty-seven years old, and has been twice elected mayor of this city, and was serving his second term on the Board .of Supervisors. He was a member of Company F, Twenty-first Illinois Volunteers, Grant's regiment, during the war of the rebellion, and was a meny ber of the G. A. It., Odd Fellows and Masonic fraternities. CONVERSE, Ind., Dec. 21.-Mrs. Martha Hill Vore, a pioneer resident of Miami county, llvins: south of Converse, died today at the advanced age of seventy-eight years. Mrs. Vore was the mother of fifteen children, seven of whom are living. FLORA, Ind.; Dec. 21. Joshua Minton, a well-known resident of Deer Creek, was found dead in bed this morning, death having resulted from rheumatism of the heart. He was sixty-nine years old. SOT EXOUGII WORKMEN. Indiana Glass Factories Unable to - Fill Their Complements. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 21. The fires In all the trust window-glass plants in Madison county have been lighted and active preparations are being made to "blow in" during the first week in January. The managers of these factories are already experiencing much trouble in securing a full quota of men to man the plants. Since the last fire a number of cooperative and Independent factories have been built and have absorbed a large number of the best blowers, gatherers and cutters, so it is now estimated that the demand for glass workers is In excess of the eligible list by more than two hundred. This state of affairs will mean that in many of the factories there will be a number of "spare pots" and that the production will be cut for the short fire of possibly five and a half months. The managers of the North Anderson and Victor plants in this city will advance "market money" to those who have been engaged for the coming fire and the money will be paid Friday. Many Plants Unionized. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind.. Dec. 21. National Organizer Rowe and Thomas King, of Alton, 111., a member of the executive committee of the American Flint Glass Workers' Union, were in the city last night calling upon the members of the organization in this city. The officers say the condition of their trade at the present time is better than it ever has been. By the recent organization of the National Glass Company (the glass tableware trust) seven of the largest glass factories in the United States which have always been operated with nonunion employes became unionized and the men were taken into the flints' union. Mr. Howe said that the glass factory at Dunkirk, formerly known as the BeattyBrady Company, which has always opcrated nonunion, is one of the plants which will start Jan. 1 with union employes. SEXT FOIl HIS CLOTHES. Bnrglar AVI to Was Surprised in n Hartford City House. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind Dec. 21. Shortly after last midnight Geo. Wasson, a local expressman who lives on North Walnut street, was awakened by a noise In his kitchen. He slipped out of bed and unlocked the door leading from the dining room into the kitchen and was surprised to see a man standing by the stove. The intruder had removed his coat, vest and boots. Wasson ordered the intruder out, but the stranger showed. right and Wasson went into the dining room and locked the door, preparatory to dressing and going for heli). When the door was opened the stranger was missing, but had left his apparel in the kitchen. Entrance had- been gained through the woodhouse. Wasson went to bed and was soon asleep, but about two hours later was aroused by a knock at the door. The new visitor was a woman who asked for the clothing and- other articles left by a man a few hours before. She was closely questioned but carefully evaded revealing the identity of either the man or herself. The woman was given the articles and disappeared immediately. MISSING .MAX'S WILL. Suit to Break It to He Entered by Howard County Heirs. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 21. Papers have been prepared by Kokomo attorneys to break tho will of the late Col. W. H. Tribbltt, of Terry, Miss. Tribbitt died two years ago leaving an estate of $300,000, which he bequeathed to trustees to educate the children of his brother and two sisters and their descendants for fifty years, after which the estate was to go to the adult relatives then living. The direct heirs, Mrs. L. K. Landon. of Illinois, and Mrs. Denton Simpson and Marlon Ttabue, of Howard county, were given $C0Q a year

each. They want the 'estate in bulk and think that by uniting in the action the will can be broken. They proceed on the ground that the Instrument is too remote and is a violation of the heirship law. Thirty children of the brother and sisters are being educated under the will. Colonel Tribbitt was missing from here thirty years and death disclosed that "Tribbitt" was the long-lost W. II. Trabue. 3 TREASURY IS EMPTY.

All the Shelby Treasurer "Will Say About the Situation. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind.. Dec. 21.-The situation in this county is becoming more strained each day as more facts are discovered. Early In the spring the county commissioners issued $.0,000 bonds which were sold to Campbell. Wild & Co., of Indianapolis, last week a bill was presented in the name of Campbell, Wild &. Co. for $1,600 for interest and afterwards withdrawn. Another was then presented by a county offical and sworn to for Campbell, Wild & Co. for J1.C00 due as financial agents for the county. This bill has disappeared and cannot be found. It is claimed that the bill was presented without the authority of Campbell. Wild & Co. in an effort to straighten a deficiency in the accounts. Treasurer Wilson, when interviewed about the situation, refused to talk, further than to say that the treasury was empty, and that several of the funds were ovedrawn and he had been paying allowances out of the common fund. He said that some time ago he had warned the commissioners of the state of the treasury, but they had pais no attention, but kept on allowing bills. He would not say how much he thought the shortage would be, but the most conservative estimate places it at $20,000. FIRST IX THE STATE. Suit at Anderson for Damages Under Stnte Labor. Statute. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 21. Frank W. Guisinger has brought suit against the American Tin-plate Company for damages to the amount of $10,000. In October Guisinger's son, who is fifteen years old, had a hand taken off at the wrist by a machine in the works. The suit is the first in the State under a law passed by the last Legislature. It requires that in all factories the machinery be properly guarded, and, furthermore, that no person under sixteen years old be allowed to oil or clean machinery in motion. Guisinger was cleaning the roll when the cloth caught in the cogs and drew in his hand. Bidders Iguorcd the Law, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 2L Montgomery County Commissioners today opened bids for the county printing for next year, under the new county reform law. W. W. Morrison, of Indianapolis, received the contract for all the three classes, namely: For blank books, etc., $1,1.50; pens, ink, etc., $277.G0; printed matter, $350.70. All the printing offices in the city had bids in, but they were not considered because they had not filed a bond for the faithful performance of the work or a sworn statement that they had not entered Into any combination on their bids. ANDERSON, Ind.. Dec. 21.-Madison County Commissioners awarded the contract for county printing and stationery supplies to-day to Wilson & Co., of Logansport. The local, printers bid on the supplies but were ruled out on an unfortunate blunder, not one of them filing a bond or an affidavit, as required by law, though two of the bids were lower than the successful bidder. Three Forged Cheeks. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind.. Dec. 21. Three forged checks for $100 each, purporting to have been Issued by A. B. Hatfield and signed by Joe R. Voris, cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Bedford, have been detected by the return of one for collection to the latter bank. They are in favor of W. H. Reed. They had passed through two Philadelphia banks and one Chicago and one Louisville bank, and sent from the latter to Bedford for collection. There is no A. B. Hatfield here, and the forger doubtless intended to use the name of Al. Hatfield, proprietor of the Hatfield Hotel. No attempt was made to imitate the signatures of the two men. Reward Paid, Suit Withdrawn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Dec. 21. The reward for the finding of the body of Stephen Whitmore,, for which suit had been brought In the Cass Circuit Court by the claimants, has been paid over to them by Prosecutor Kistler, the plaintiff's having dismissed their action in the court and having given the prosecutor a satisfactory bond indemnifying him against any possible future claimants for the reward, and also indeirfnifying him against any possibility of the present claimants in the future being proved to b6 not justly entitled to the money for any cause whatever. Duone Courthouse Cane Decided. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLES VILLK, Ind., Dec. 21. Judge Neal rendered his decision this morning in the Boone county courthouse case, which was sent here on change of venue and tried some months ago. The judge found for the plaintiffs, the taxpayers of Boone county, and permanently enjoined the Board of Commissioners from proceeding with the construction of a courthouse. The judge held that, so far as the evidence showed, there was no fraud or corruption on the part of the commissioners, but that they had acted unwisely and contrary to law. Pleaded Guilty of Forgery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., ,ec. 21. William E. Miller, who has been under arrest since last June for forging notes purporting to have been received in payment for Insurance policies, pleaded guilty to-day and was sentenced to the Michigan City prison for two to fourteen years. Miller did not wish to stand trial, as his record in Texas, showing him to be an ex-convict for an Identical crime and a bigamist, had been secured and would have been placed in evidence. His forgeries amounted to nearly $3,500. Home Wrecked and Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO. Ind., Dec. 21. An explosion in the residence of A. H. Reading today knocked cut the walls of the house, after which it caught fire and was destroyed, together with Its contents. The fire is supposed to have been caused by an explosion of coal gas in the stove. The loss was $2,500. Yonng AVoman Arrested for Theft. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind.. Dec. 21. Mamie Gavin, aged eighteen, a domestic, employed at the home of Secretary C. W. Creighton, of the radiator factory, was arrested to-day, charged with taking $500 from Mr. Creighton's overcoat pocket Saturday. She confessed the crime and restored the money. Indiana Notes. Alexander Keyes. of Flora, Is first sergeant of Troop I, Eleventh Cavalry, which was with Lawton at San Mateo when the general was shot. P. L. Mounce, for more than eight years Western Union manager at Richmond, has been transferred to the management at Terre Haute, of effect Jan. 1. The postofflce at Eckerty, in Crawford county, was robbed Wednesday night. About $10 were secured, mostly in ouppers. The robbers had a key to the front door. The Montgomery county farmers closed a successful institute session at Crawfordsville, yesterday. Jacob Hansbarger was elected president and W. B. Waufch secretary. Bartholomew county farmers are holding their annual institute at Hope. Colonel Husselmann and Mrs. Erwin are tho principal speakers. Attendance is l.irgo and much Interest Is shown. - The Decatur and Bartholomew county friends of .Thomas E. Davidson, of Greensj burg, will present his name to the Repub lican district convention, which meets at

I North Vernon, Jan. 16, for central commit- ! teeman. Ripley county probably will sup- ; port him.

The Buckeye Window-shade Company, of Anderson, has been reorganized with $20,Ch) paid-up capital. The directors are Valentine and William A. PtVion, of Danville, 111., and Albert Harper, of Anderson. The Elkhart Carriage Company, of Auburn, has decided to erect a 150 by 40 feet, two-story addition to the present plant, which will double the capacity. A rubber tire factory will be added. Work on the foundations began yesterday. William Moody, a brakeman, of Terre Haute, was fatally injured, and J. W. Lines, a trainman, of Lebanon, was badly hurt in a rear-end collision by a work train and a freight, in the C. & E. I. yards, at Anderson, Wednesday night. James O. Barrett, assistant manager of the Indianapolis & Greenfield Electric Railway, announces, at Hagerstown. that the line will be extended, during the coming summer, from Greenfield to Richmond, and a branch built from Knightstown, through New Castle, to Hagerstown. Dublin business men have been "taken In" in large numbers on a biographical "write-up" plan, which was to give them a book, with a sketch and portrait at J3 per man. They signed "indorsements" for the work, which have turned up as note? for $15 each, on which they are being sued in the courts. A GIRL'S CONFESSION. liaised Checks to Buy a Hat Like the Heroine of n Story. CHICAGO, Dec. 21. The desire to emulate the heroine of a romance who was partial to Gainsborough hats brought Miss Josie Rice Into Justice Duggan's court yesterday morning to answer to the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. The girl confessed that she had raised a pay check from Armour & Co. from $5.S5 to $15.95, and another from $1.C5 to $14.C5. "Why did you wish to obtain money In this way?" asked Justice Duggan after her confession. "To buy a Gainsborough hat," sobbed the girl. "Indeed," said the justice. "And where did you hear of Gainsborough hats?" "In a story, sir. The girl wore one, you know." The girl asked for an opportunity to pay back the money, and was given twentyfour hours in which to induce her father to make good the discrepancy. B. Wartelsky, owner of a department store at 3741 Halsted street, and William Lloyd cashed the checks. Pntti's Fiftieth Anniversary. New York Evening Post. Patti Intends to celebrate In 1900 the fiftieth anniversary of her first appearance as a child of seven at a charity concert in New Yo.rk, surprising her hearers by her fluent delivery of Jenny Lind's favorite, Eckert's "Echo" song, and of the final rondo from "La Sonnambula." For three or four years she traveled with the late Maurice Strakosch. who had married her sister Amalla, and then for some years came a rest, Maurice wisely determining that Pattl's voice should not be forced (during the period that It was changing from the child's to the woman's. On Nov. 24. 1S5D. Madame Patti made her stage debut at New York as Lucia, singing a dozen other roles ' during the season. Maurice Strakosch agreed to pay her the modest fee of $400 a month during the first year, $J00 for the second, $S00 for the third and $1,000 a month for the fourth year, but after her great success he tore up her contract and for many years shared profits with her. He spared her all fatigue, wrote all her letters for her, sang for her her part at some of the earlier rehearsals, and it was whimsically said even once offered to sit for her photograph. Patti. went to England in 1SG1 under a contract with E. T. Smith for Drury Lane, where she was to receive $2,000 a month. But Smith, bought out by Frederick Gye, Mid not open, and Gye refused to engage her. as he wanted no .more prima donnas. Eventually Gye agreed to let Patti give three trial performances at Covent Garden for nothing, and afterwards to pay her $750 a month for the first year, rising to $2,000 for the fifth year, two representations a week being given. Pattl's sensational London debut in 1SG1, when she at once became the star of the season, is a matter' of history, and for the extra nights, over two a week, Gye was soon glad to -pay her $500 a representation. In Brussels she got $200, and in Paris a year later $250 a night, in Vienna in 1SG3 $500 a month, and after 1S70 In London 200 guineas a night. &he last received for opera in London $2,50 and in America $5,000 a night, while for concerts in England Messrs. Harrison pay her- $2,500 a night in the provinces and $4,000 in London. Mckel-in-the-Slot Gas. Philadelphia Record. Although the slot gas meter, which furnishes illumination only when it Is fed with quarters, has proven an unprofitable innovation, there are several still in use in Philadelphia, although it is said that no more will be put in. A young man with a red tie was recounting his experience with one to a number of other young men with red ties in a Chestnut-street' billiard foom yesterday afternoon, and he spun the yarn after this fashion: "I was callin' on me lady friend the other night. She lives out in West Philadelphia, an' her old man has one o' them there gas meters what you have to drop the cash In before you git any light. Well, we were a-gettin along all right, an havin a nice, sociable time, when the light begins to sort o' flicker an git dim like. I knowed what was up, but I didn't say nothin', and she begins to fidget. The old man and old woman was both out, an I seen right away she didn't have the price. After a while the light was so low it was almost out, an' she says: 'Charlie, have you got a quarter in yer clothes?' I tells her yes, but it's a-goin' to stay there. 'Well,' says she, 'If you wanter stay here you better go down cellar an drop it in the slot, 'cause the gas is goin' out.' 'I don't go out with the gas. says I, jokin' like. 'If you don't. I'll kill you. says she." The young man with the red tie lit a fresh cigarette and gazed dreamily into space, as though that ended the matter. "Then what happened?" asked one of the listeners after a pause. He of the red tie winked knowingly. "You ain't seen me death notice in any o the papers, have you?" he asked. A Qualified Handler. Catholic Standard. Managing Editor I admit the value of your college education, and don't doubt that you have some talent for journalism, but to be a successful city editor there is one important requirement. Have you ever had an experience in handling men under you? Applicant Have I? Well, you should have seen me Jump into the scrimmage In the Thanksgiving day game when Princevard fumbled on our five-yard line. Chiniiuie's Miscue. Judge. Angellne Did ye hear 'bout Chimmie Murphy? Got pinched for swipln a candycane an railroaded to de reform school till he's twenty-one." Claude Great Scott and Scott great! And on'y next week he wuz goin ter start in tryin ter be good fer Chris'mus. Wot's de use fer ter be intendin fer ter be startin fer to be tryin fer ter be good? Nutfn! Chimrcle's left at de post. lie's wuss he's left 'fore he even got ter de post. They Xeed a Funston. Pittsburg Dispatch. Gen. Fred Funston's press agent views with 111 concealed scorn the amount of fuss and trouble that Buller and Methuen make in setting across the Modder and Tugela rivers. Calmness. Springfield Republican. "The country's calm will again surprise the continent," comments the Pall Mall Gazette. As the performer said in the play: "I will be calm; oh, my God, how calm I am!" Finish. Detroit Journal. No young person is to be considered finished until she has graduated from a school where the terms are called semesters. , Hopeful. Philadelphia Press. The real Philadelphia will be better understood after the convention. Buy him a box of Y. B. 10c Cigars. 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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES ailCII INTEHEST1XG NEWS PRE SEXTED IX COXDEXSED FORM. It emu of Interest to Toilers and Capitallnts, Lawyers and Merchant, Politicians and Sports. The New England societies of several cities celebrated Forefathers' day with banquets last night. Between thirty and forty Chicago poolrooms were closed by order of Chief of Police Klpley yesterday. The trial of Julia Morrison, who killed Stage Manager Frank Leyden at a Chattanooga theater, has been set for Jan. 4. Sportsmen of Illinois are agitatlnjr the project of Importing and "planting" the game birds of India and other? countries, as well as quail. The annual catalogue of Yale University was issued yesterday. It shows that there are 2,517 students in the university, against 2,511 a year ago. The yellow ware pottery manufacturers have agreed to advance their selling price lists 5 per cent., the increase to take effect Immediately. Chicago druggists have joined hands with the National Association of Retail Druggists in the war on jobbers who sell to "rate-cutters." Ex-United States Senator James W. Bradbury Is dangerously ill at Augusta, Me. lie Is in his ninety-eighth year and is not expected to recover. Jesse Dean, a bad man from Texas, and Henry Speelman fought a duel with revolvers at Gillette, Wyo. Dean died swearing vengeance. Cause, whisky. Judge Bradbury, of the Ohio Supreme Court, will resign In a few days to become counsel for the National Salt Company, commonly called the salt trust. Louisiana Democrats have nominated W. "W. Heard for Governor, State Senator Estinopel for lieutenant governor and John T. Mitchell for secretary of state. The converted cruiser Dixie arrived at New York from Philadelphia yesterday, having on board 300 landsmen from the Mississipppi valley who are to be converted into sailors. The grievance committee of the Big Four telepgraph operators left Cincinnati yesterday after failing to get any arrangement with the officials. The committee will meet there again Jan. 3. Governor Candler, of Georgia, after a conference with many physicians, vetoed a bill passed recently by both houses of the General Assembly permitting and regulating the practice of osteopathy. The boiler of a freight engine on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway exploded at Foster, Ky., last night killing Patrick Malory, of Covington, Ky., and badly scalding a fireman and one of the brakeman. The State law, "to prohibit bookmaking or poolselllng or horseraclng and other forms of gambling," has been decided constitutional by the Alabama Supreme Court. This will put a stop to horseraclng in that State. The Eastern Furniture Manufacturers Association, composed of many manufacturers east of Pittsburg, has advanced prices on certain lines of furniture 10 per cent. The advance will go into effect Jan. I. Henry F. Corbett, who was arrested on suspicion of having shot Rev. Daniel B. Cheney and wife, at Racine, Wis., two weeks ago, was taken before the Cheneys yesterday and positively identified as the guilty man. The Chicago drainage canal trustees and the Illinois and Michigan canal commissioners have settled their differences by signing an agreement which practically insures the opening of the sanitary channel within a few weeks. D. C. Ripley, president of the United Glass Company, of Pittsburg, announced yesterday that the wages of the blowers and gatherers in their employ would be advanced 5 per cent, on Jan. 1. The increase will affect about 1,200 employes. President Rice, of the Distilling Company of America, announbes that the proposed plan of increasing the capital stock of the company has been abandoned for the present on account of the condition of the money market, which rendered it Impracticable. The American Political League has Issued a call for a national convention for the nomination of candidates for President and Vice President to be held In Boston. Mass., July 11. 1900. The councils of each State are directed to appoint two delegates at large. President Scull, of the British-American League of the Chicago Board of Trade, has cabled $5,000 to the chairman of the soldiers' relief commission in London, the money to be used for the relief of families of British soldiers killed In the South African war. Samuel Goldberger. saloon keeper and Tammany election district captain of the first election district of the Eighth Assembly district. New York, who was convicted of colonizing in the recent election, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment in Sing Sing. William V. Wilson, jr., & Co., Baltimore lumber dealers, made an assignment yesterday for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities, IS0.OW; assets, $50,000. Mr. Wilson is in a serious condition at a hospital from the effects of a bullet wound accidentally self-inflicted last Monday. Jailer Wm. M. Shockley and his son. Harry E. Shockley, of Columbus. O., have been acquitted of the charge of complicity in the escape of Capt. Ike T. Jobe, late of the Sixth United States Volunteer Infantry. Jobe made his escape from the Franklin county jail on Dec. 1. The Mullanphy Building and Loan Association of St. Louis assigned yesterday. Its liabilities, represented in loans, amount to 510,000. The resources aggregate $S4,500. The operation of the association was Impeded by the condition of the real-estate market, and it was thought best to assign. Ferdinand Lemleux. Montreal manager of the defunct Ville Marie Bank, was yesterday found guilty of preparing and sending to the government false statements as to the bank's condition and was sentenced to three years In the penitentiary. The president of the bank is in jail and two of the directors are still to be tried. Judge Weiss, of Harrisburg, Pa., has granted a temporary Injunction against the State Council of Pennsylvania xnd the National Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, restraining the board of officers of the State Council from k vying and collecting the per capita tax of T1 cents for the support of the National Council. Colonel Charle Page Bryan, minister to Brazil, with his three secretaries. Edward Winslow Ames, of Boston. Graham Jones, of Chicago, and Charles M. E. Hyatt, of Wheaton. 111., sailed from New York yesterday for Brazil, via Havre, on the steamer l'Asqultnlne. of the French line. Colonel Bryan has been on a sixty days' furlough. Th-3 Automobile Club, of Chicago, has been organized and articles of incorporation filed at Springfield. The incorporators are J. O.lgen Armour. E. Walter Herrick. Samuel Insull. F. K. Pulsifer and Andrew It. Sheriff. The new club has for its objtcts' the promotion of the automobile and social relations among users of the horseless vehicle. At Memphis the Jury in the case of E. D. and Frank Thompson, charged with conspiracy to violate the law with reference

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to pauper dead, brought in a verdict of guilty and the defendants were fined each. Frank Thompson was recently arrested in St. Louis with four dead bodies which, it Is alleged, were being shipped to medical colleges in the North. Lester Iteifif and his brother John, whose performance on the English turf last summer attracted the attention of tho racing: world, returned to their home at Cygnet, an Ohio oil town, yesterday. Tl o v entire town turned out to welcome ther.i. The llelff home is a humble cottage. Tho Jockeys will build a more pretentious residence before they return to England., John F. rell. the Milwaukee expert on handwr was on the stand nearly all yesterda . New York, In the trial of Roland B.- dlneux, charged with the murder of M Katherlne J. Adams. The testimony of Tyrell was entirely technical and dealt, in opinions concerning the "pen habits" "and. . "mental conception" noticed In the admitted handwritings of the defendant and in the address on the poison package. In the Federal Court at Dubuque th case of D. D. Langen. of Clinton, la,, against the Aetna, Palatine, German Alliance and Spring: Garden Insurance companies for $20,000, was decided for the plaintiff by Judge Shlras. The 6uit was to recover fire insurance. The companies refused to accept- the award of arbiters agreed onby both parties. Judge Shlras ruling is for the full amount of the policies and 6 per cent, interest. The Baltimore immigration authorities are making desperate efforts to keep contract laborers out of the country, and last week thirty who arrived here on the steamer Munchen were returned to Germany. On the xianover, which arrived on Monday, were 100 men who have no money and who" are bound for Pennsylvania. It Is suspected they are contract laborers, and they are detained at the Immigrant house at Locust Point pending an invest!gation.; ' 1 ' .. General SportIns Newi. Puglllst'Tom Sharkey and his sparring! partner. Bob Armstrong, are at Hot Springs, Ark. Charley Goff. of San Francisco, knocke-l out Geoffrey Thome in the second round at New. York last night. "Spike" Sullivan knocked out Martin Flaherty In the twentieth round of their fight at Troy, N. Y., last night. Eugene Bezenah. of Cincinnati, and Eddie Burns, of Detroit, fought a twentyround draw at Bradford, Pa., last night. Joe Choynski and Jack McCormlck have signed a contract to meet in a six-round bout before the Milwaukee Athletic Club on Jan. 19. Signed contracts from Joe Choynski and ' Stockings" Conroy have been received at Youngstown to meet Jan. 23 for twenty rounds at catch weight. D. T. Tobin, a well-known sporting man of San Francisco, who has offered eoO.OOO in behalf of a syndicate to secure the Jeffries-Corbett fight for that city, has secured an option of sixty days in which to make a satisfactory deposit. Tne contest may take place during daylight, in the open air. Articles of agreement have been signed for a twenty-five-round bout at 135 pounds between Frank Erne, champion lightweight, of Buffalo, and Jack O'Brien, of New York, to take place at the New Broadway Athletic Club, in New York, on Jan. 19. A guarantee purse of $3,000. or 50 per cent, of the pate receipts, is the incentive, of which 75 per cent, will go to the winner and 25 to the loser.

Cnble !Votea. A tunnel line under the Spree has Just been opened, connecting Treoto with Berlin. Sir Thomas Llpton has been unanimously elected rear commodore of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club. Oscar S. Straus, the United States minister to Turkey, left Constantinople for the United States yesterday on leave of absence. Slgnor Marconi is experimenting in wireless telegraphy with the German postal authorities on the Island of Borkum. at the mouth of the Ems. Mahmoud Pasha, the Sultan's son-in-law, who recently fled from Constantinople with his wife's Jewels and all the money he could collect, has arrived at Marseilles. Prince Arenberg. a lieutenant In one of the German colonial contingents, has Just been court-martialed for killing a native without provocation. He will be sent to Germany for sentence. Germany imports her peculiar press laws into her colonies. Herr Eggers, editor of the Deutschaslat Warte. in Kaio-Chou. has been sentenced t three weeks' imprisonment for unduly criticising the authorities. The project for the Berlin underground railroad, now ready for the Municipal Court, comprises inner and outer belt lines and transverse lines, south to north and east to west, the whole outlay being about IGO.000.000 marks. The Prussian authorities, by proclamation, ask residents of ports on the North sea and the Baltic to destroy rats in their various towns. A premium is offered. The local authorities at Flensburg, at the west end of Flensburg fiord, are paying bounty of 5 pfennigs per rat. Compulsion. Detroit Journal. "I shall compel social recognition!" hisses Genevieve. Suiting the action to the word, she has a telephone put in her home. Still the neighbors hold aloof. "Ha!" cries Genevieve, more determined than ever. When Monday comes she hangs out a lovely washing, and presently the neighbors are calling upon her in numbers. "Ha. ha!" laughs this resourceful woman. In triumph. Conditions Changed. Philadelphia Press. "Their married life Isn't happy, ehr "She says such sharp and sarcastic things to him. it's becoming unbearable. "Why he told me before he married her that that was what he admired most about her." "Yes. He considered It wlf then." Buy him a box of Y. B. 10c Cigars. For sale by all dealers, or at 104 South Meridian street