Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 359, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, DECEMBER. 25, 1899.

to-night. She has on board the remains of the Maine dead, taken aboard at Havana Thursday. Wfitmlniter'i Hotly Cremated. LONDON". Dec. 21. The remains of the Duke of Westminster, who succumbed to pneumonia last Friday at his town residence. Grosvenor House, were cremated today at Woking Cemetery. The deceased had been' active in the promotion of cremation, and was president of the Chester Cremation Society.

MOODY'S ASSOCIATE. Ira II. Sankey Vajn Tribute to the Dffld Kvangrllit. New York Times. TrA D. Sankey, the singer, who was at one time associated with Mr. Moody, received a telegram at his home, 143 South Oxford street, Brooklyn, yesterday, notifying him of Mr. Moody's death, although Mr. Sankey knew that Mr. Moody was seriously 111. the news- of his death was a surprise, as he. had been led to believe that his friend was improving. He said last evening: "Mr. Moody's death comes upon us with a suddenness that is very trying, as we have . been . receiving letters every day from XorthfieM speaking of hs improvement, as indicated by his sleeping and resting better. One letter spoke of his telling his son-in-law a little story of how he and I were caught on one occasion by the incoming tide near Sunderland, on the north coast of England, and of how "we had to wade through the water and climb a high cliff to reach the land. Had we remained a few minutes longer our escape would have been cut off. "I mention this just as one instance of Mr. Moody's frame of mind as described In these recent letters. "I went to see him a week ago to-day, but as he was very weak I refrained from going Into the room where he was. Had I thought then that there was so great danger of hi dying I would have gone in to have a last word with him. "We wer' connected in revival work for twenty-seven year. We began our joint work at Indianapolis in 1S70. He and I were delegates to a Young Men's Christian Association convention there and we then became acquainted. Mr. Moody urged me to give up the government position I then held and join him in religious work in Chicago. I did so after six months' persistence on his part. Until he ?po.e to me About It I had never had any idea of engaging in' this work. "The story that we ever separated is without the slightest foundation. It is true that I have been holding meetings, singing and speaking both,' but this course met with Mr. Moody's entire and hearty approval. "We last appeared together at Dr. Storrs's church last summer. The last time I spoke to Mr. Moody was on the last Sabbath he was presiding in Dr. Hall's church. I called upon him at the Murray Hill Hotel and we had a long talk. I have not seen him since then. The last letter I received from him was just as he was starting on his trip to the West. He wrote to me that he wculd stop at the Murray Hill Hotel while in New iork on his way West and would be pleased to ?ee me there. I was In Rochester at the time. As soon as I received his letter there I telegraphed him that I would start for New York that night and would call upon him. I arrived at the Murray Hill Hotel the next morning, but Mr. Moody had already gone West to the meeting where he was taken ill. "What was the greatest meeting we ever addressed? The one in Agricultural Hall, London, during our first visit abroad In 1S74. We had an audience of 17.000. Our biggest meeting in the United States was in the Wanamaker building in Philadelphia in 1S75. "In my opinion Mr. Moody was one of tho greatest men of this century In the marvelous common sense he exhibited. In his earnestness in his life work and in his desire to help people and to do good. He was tho most unselfisn man I ever knew, and I believe he died without one dollar of money belonging to himself. He careu nothing for money for himself, but raised large sums for others. "He was the greatest revivalist oi his age. Tens of thousands havo professed conversion under his preaching In this and in the old country. He appeared In every city in this country and in every State from California to Maine, in winter and in summer, in sunshine and In shadow, and never had to give up an appointment on account of ill-health.' Mr. Moody's health had been running down for years. Ho knew it. The doctors five years ago told him that he must cut down the number of his sermons from three to two a day." FLOODS IN WASHINGTON. Ilrldgen "Washed Oat and Farm Lands Overflowed. TACOMA. Wash., Dec. 24. Heavy rains and deep snows In the mountains, accompanied by chlnook winds, have combined to send an Immense flood of water down western "Washington rivers. The White, Stuck, Cowlitz. Chehalls. Skagit, Skohomlsh and Neksaks rivers are overflowing the lowlands along their banks, doing great damage. The greatest trouble so far has occurred In Nooksak valley, where tho river yesterday ' rose two feet. The big railroad bridge of the Bellingham Bay & British Columbia Railroad, at Everson,a 115-foot span, went down last night, together with several county bridges. Citizens of Everson and other Nooksak valley towns have been cutting brush and neaping stone for twenty-four hours in an attempt to save the remaining bridges. Many farms In the Nooksak valley are flooded, and considerable stock has been lost. At Deming all families on the water front were compelled to move, and water covers the floors of business houses. Similar results have followed floods In the Cowlitz and Skagit valleys. Thousands of acres of the finest farming lands In Stuck valley are under water. CHRISTMAS WEATHER. Generally Fair, with Continued Cold To-Day and To-Morrow. - WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Forecast for Monday and Tuesday: For Ohio Snow on Monday; fair on Tuesday; diminishing west to northwest winds. For Indiana and Illinois Generally fair, with continued cold on Monday and Tuesday; fresh northerly winds. Local Observations on Sandny. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Pre. W'ther. 7 a. m.. 23.CS 32 75 N'west, 0.01 Clear. 7 p.m. .29.63 27 t$ N'west. T L't snow. Maximum temperature, 32; minimum temperature, 27. Following Is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation Dec 24: , Temp. Pre. Normal 33 0.10 Mean 30 0.01 Departure 3 0.09 Departure since Dec. 1 12 0.22 Departure since Jan. 1 171 5.C3 Plus. CF.lv. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. . Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Mln. Max. 7 p. m. Chicago. Ill 18 28 is Cairo. Ill 31 41 34 Cheyenne. Wyo 2S M 42 Cincinnati. 0 30 Zti 20 Davenport. la 20 2t 20 Des Moines. Ia 20 2J 20 Kansas City, Mo 21 2i 24 Little Rock. Ark. 40 M 10 Memphis, Tenn 40 51 M Nashville. Tenn 3 4 40 North Platte. Neb 2S 54 3S Oklahoma. O. T 30 5S Omaha. Neb 22 3-) 22 Pittsburg. Pa 2S 40 2S Pari I City, S. I 2f 44 42 Salt Lake City, Utah 2i 40 30 Ft. Louis. Mo 21 3.S 2S Springfield. Ill 21 32 21 epr!TignId. Mo. 34 42 36 Vlckburg. Miss 31 M 54

WRECKBELOWHATTERAS

TWEXTV-OXE MEN DROWNED FROM BRITISH SHIP ARIOSTA. Nine Only Were Saved, and These Were Rescued by Life SaversShip Is Not In a Dad Position. CAPE HENRY, Va.. Dec. 2i.-The weather bureau official at Hattefas, N. C, reports that the British steamship ArlQsta, Captain Balnes. from Galveston to Norfolk for coal, thenco to Hamburg, loaded ulth cotton, corn, wheat and meal, stranded on Ocracoke beach, south of the Hatttras weather bureau office, at 4 o'clock this morning. She carried a crew of thirty men. Twenty-one men abandoned the steamer and took to the boats soon after fhe stranded. The boats were wrecked in the heavy seas and the entire twenty-one were drowned. Captain Balnes and the remaining eight men were taken from the ship to-day by Captain James Howard and crew of the Ocracoke lif-3 saving station. The rescue was effected with difficulty, owing to the heavy "sea, the landing taking almost the enthv day. Captain Balnes and the eight survivors of the crew are now being cared for at the Ocracoke life-saving station. Some water is making in the hold of the vessel, but she is still In good condition and probably can be saved If prompt assistance is rendered. Wrecking tugs are on the way from here to the scene of the wreck, and if they reach the stranded vessel in time may save it, as the wind to-night is in the wrecked vessel's favor. The Arlosto wreck Is the worst on these shores since the German ship Elizabeth went ashore in 157, when fifty-five people were drowned. Thick fogs have prevailed along the Virginia and North Carolina coasts for several days, and a number of vessels have narrowly escaped. Last night, however, the air was clear, but the wind averaged from forty to fifty miles an hour, and the sea was furious around the point which has been designated as the "graveyard of American shipping." The coast patrol from Ocracoke was returning to the station about 4 o'clock this morning when he discovered a big ship ashore. He immediately lighted a signal to notify those aboard that they were discovered, and ran to the station to arouse those of the life savers who were not on duty. Against the fierce wind the life savers then dragged the heavy apparatus, consisting of the Lisle gun, breeches and life car, and it was almost daylight when they reached the scene of the wreck. They could see the outlines of a big steamer, but could not accomplish anything until daybreak. The wind caught up particles of sand, which were blown into the faces of the life saveis until their cheeks were cut as if by a rawhide. When daylight broke the sailors were seen huddled together on the wrecked ship, waving their -arms in an appeal to be saved. To launch a boat In such a sea would have meant instant death so the llfesavers placed their gun in position and fired. The Arlosto was obut 600 teet out and the line fell short. Line after line was fired to the stranded ship, but all failed to reach. In the meantime the waves were dashing over the ship and Captain Balnes called his men together for a consultation, explaining to them that the chances were about even if they should take to the small boats or wait for the llfesaving crew to fire a line on board. So far as he was concerned the captain said he would wait for the llfesavers, but he left it to the crew to decide among themselves. Eight sailors said they would stick by the captain. These were saved. Twentyone declared they were doomed If they remained on board and they left tne ship In small boats, which were soon overturned. The sea swallowed the unfortunate men only for an Instant, for they appeared hign on the crest of a wave, making a. last desperate fight for their lives. Finally, one by one, they sank out of sight. Captain Baines, on the wrecked vessel, as he saw his men perish, a mariner who had sailed the world oer for twenty-five years, wept like a child. Meanwhile the Ocracoke lifesaving crew stood Its ground and contiued firing lines to the stranded ship. About four hours after the Arlosto first 3truck a lifeline was cast over the ship's side. Capt. Baines and his remaining men made it fast and an hour later they had dragged the big hawser aboard. The llfesavers slowly ran out the breeches buoy and it reached the ship in safety. Through blinding spray the men were then one by one hauled to shore, more dead than alive, and by nightfall all were saved. WILL BE INVESTIGATED. Ltfe-Savin&: Bureau Sends an Officer to North Carolina. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Superintendent Kimball, of the Life Saving Bureau, tonight received the following dispatch: "British steamer Ariosta. Captain Baines. stranded at Ocracoke beach at 4 o'clock this morning. Twenty-one drowned and nine saved in breeches buoy. -HuV;.ilD, Keeper." Superintendent Kimball, to-morrow, will Instruct Lieutenant Johnson, of the revenue cutter service, who is attached to his omce. to proceed to the scene of the wreck and make a report of tne circumstances attending the loss of life. This Is the practice always followed by the life-saving service, when tnere is loss of life attending an accident to a steamer to which the surfmen have given assistance. Tho superintendent believes the distressing loss of life Is probably due to the hurried efforts of the men to get away from the ship, instead of waiting until the breeches buoy could be rigged up between ship and shore, and their rescue effected. As the vessel appears still to be In good condition the men, he thinks, mignt have remained on her an indefinite time before there was any real danger of losing their lives. Ships hands of "ueep water" boats, he thinks, take to the boats too often, a practice not followed by men devoted to coast navigation, who know the opportunities for rescue. Nevrburyport Steamer Wrecked. NEWBURYPORT, Mass., Dec. 24.-From wreckage which came ashore during the night, and the washing ashore of two bodies to-day, it became positively known A that the small steamer Laura Marlon, of this port, was wrecked in attempting to cross Newburyport bar last night. Capt. F. W. Sargent, of Groveland, her owner. Engineer Nathan Johnson, also of Groveland, and Capt. William J. Pettlngil. of this place, who were on board at the time, perished, the bodies of the first two named being washed ashore in the surf last night. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-Arrived: Alsatla, from Genoa, etc.: Montcalm, from London; Maasdam, from Rotterdam. PORTLAND. Me.. Dec. 21. Arrived: Laurentla, from Liverpool. Sailed: Dominion, for Liverpool. QUEENSTOWN. Dc. 24 -Sailed: Tauric. from Liverpool, for New York. MOVILLE, Dec. 21. Arrived: Numidian. from Portland, for Liverpool. THEME FOR THE PROPHETS. But It Is Well Not to Accept All Their Assertions. New York Commercial Advertiser. General Methuen's check i has roused from their torpor the newspaper wiseacres that penetrate the secrets of chancelleries and balance the destinies of empires In their minds. The loss of two more battles In South Africa will set their heads wagging In the good old way. The ? will be mysterious but significant expeditions Into Mumbojumboland, In respect to which France has long had unmentionable defigns. Russia will In slowly reaching forward somewhere, and German gold will be pouring out like water somewhere else. From which It will be as clear as day that the route to India Is threatened. British control in Egypt wholly undermined, and the Pacific ocean destined to become a Russian lake. Coaling stations, r.aval bases and strategic keys to the whole situation will play their nsual parts, and if any one doesn't" understand the symbolism he will not dart Vj eay bo. What with ententes and ra;-

prochements and diplomatic impasses and all the other queer goings on, your Ignoramus had better keep quiet. Russia, will get India, of course, and France Egypt, and the Sultan -vlll be the vassal of the Hohenzollern. The world's hegemony thus passes to the Slav. It takes nerve to deal with these huge symbols, but your diplomatic astrologer does not lack for nerve. He can take a map of the world as a palmist takes your hand and check off destinies for a continent while he eats his breakfast. This part of It ought not to be very hard, after all. The skill and nonchalance may come with training. But the solemnity of the man how does he manage to keep it up? And after dooming empires, especially the British empire, every year or so, how can he help growing blase as a doomer? Yet he will doom you one to-morrow as buoyantly as if he had never done it In his life. CUBA SEEMS SATISFIED

GEN. WOOD'S WORDS HAVE MARKED EFFECT FOR GOOD. A iioratlo Ilnbens, Also, Is Creating an Excellent Impression Trouble at Havana Over Customs Frauds. IIAVANA, Dec. 24. The events of the last few days have had a great effect on Cuban politics. The circumstances attending the arrival of General Wood and the departure of General Brooke, taken with the speech of the former at the farewell banquet to the latter, in which the intentions of the United States government were Testated, have satisfied the Cubans that Cuba will certainly be Independent within a reasonable time. More than this, the arrival and public and private utterances of Horatio Rubens have increased the restful feeling that now, apparently, exists among all classes. Mr. Rubens has, without doubt, considerable influence. Wherever he goes he is cheered by the people; his room at the hotel Is thronged with Cuban officials seeking an interview, and altogether he is regarded somewhat In the light of an oracle. Every influence Is being brought to bear to stop the proceedings against the customhouse appraisers now under arrest on charges of fraud. The Judges, the Strpreme Court fiscal and many other important officials are related to the persons under suspicion. General Wood says that if the appraisers are guilty they must be punished, no matter who is hurt. If their relations to tne Judges is such as to disqualify the latter from giving them an Impartial trial, a Judge or Judges from some ether province will be assigned to try them. General Wood declares that if Judges decline to perform their duties, they will be impeached in Cuba, Just as they would be any where else. The Patria, commenting upon General Wood's remarks at the farewell dinner to General Brooke, says: "It was a most satisfactory speech, with a pleasing military simplicity. Obviously, the United Slates government intends to fulfill the terms of the joint resolution, and General Wood is the man selected as the instrument for this task." ,M0NEY IS NEEDED. Stnmbllner Block In the Way of the Silver Brick Suit. DENVER, Col., Dec. 24.-Judge A. W. Rucker has returned from St. Louis, where he conferred with a number of leading silver men of the country concerning the proposed silver brick suit which is to be carried into the Supreme Court of the United States. The judge says no final plan was adopted, as it is necessary to consult with others before the movement it put under way. He found many Democrats in sympathy with the Idea, but Mr. Bryan is yet to be heard from. "Judging by the expressions of prominent men who came to St. Louis to talk over the question," said the Judge, "the feeling is quite strong for the measure. It was shown that two suits are now rending, one from Michigan and the other from Illinois, in which, perhaps, the principles are to be decided as in the case which has been under discussion. I was invited to go to Washington and appear oefore the Supreme Court in those cases. It is possible that the whole question may be determined in the opinions in the cases now pending. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, and George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, have volunteered to assist in the legal fight without compensation and others are eager to do the same thing. It is necessary, however, to raise $200,000 or $500,000 for expenses and that is the question to be decided soon." Judge Rucker, as president of the Monetary League, has called a meeting of the league to bo held In this city next Tuesday evening, when tne methods of procedure will be discussed and also the best means of raising money for the work. The indications are that if a new case !s instituted it will not be commenced in the name of the State of Colorado. The ground taken is that Congress has no right under the Constitution to demonetize either gold or silver, therefore the act of 1873 is void. Judge Rucker says he Is receiving scores of letters from all parts of the country indorsing the movement. Dubois Sees Hope for Silver. CHICAGO, Dec. 24. "If the war In the Transvaal continues two or three months longer the cause of sliver will have been won," said former United States Senator Dubois, of Idaho, one of ine Silver Republican leaders, who was in Chicago to-day. "The short time it has been in progress," he said, "it has furnished proof of the contention of the friends of silver that there is not enough gold in the world to form the basis of the world's money, and if the war continues the length of time I have indicated, the truth of this will have become too apparent for successful contradiction. I believe the Transvaal war will be a mighty influence in the campaign of next year in this country, and that the object lesson will convince the people of this country that it is not safe to place on gold the entire burden of the monetary volume of the world. It may be interesting to observe that the panic in New York was simultaneous with the passage of the House gold-standard bill. Now, if the panic haa followed the passage of a silver freecoinage b..l. the wise men and the press of the land would have attributed it to the passage of the bill." "''SSaSBSBSSSSISSS NO GAME TO-DAY. Scores in the International Chess 31atch at Vienna. VIENNA, Dec. 24. All the adjourned games from previous rounds of the National Masters Chess Tournament were finished to-day. Maroczy disposed of both Kortle and Alapln; Brody beat Albln and Poplel and Zlnkl drew. Owing to Christmas day there will be no round played tomorrow, but the contests will be resumed on Tuesday. The scores of all the competitors to date follow: Won. Lost. Alapln 2 3 Albin 2H 2H P.rody 4 1 Kortie 2 3 Marco 1H 3H Maroczy 4 1 I'opll 2i 2H Prock 0 5 Schlechter 3Vi richwarz 2u 2H Wolf . 3 2 Zinkl 24 2H Ills Bent Friend. New York Press. The statement of Agulnaldo's maternal relative that she doesn't think he is civilzed enough to run a government Is. after all. another demonstration of the old refrain "A man's best friend is his mother."

HE FORGED FOR A RING

JEFFERSO.WILLE YOUNG MAX WHO HAD A "BEST GIRL Landed In Jail for His Generosity Seven-Thousand-Dollar Fire at Wabash Other Indiana Xem. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind.. Dec. 24. Charles Cl'une, a well-known young man of this city, is in serious trouble through his desire to give a young woman a handsome Christmas gift. Yesterday young Clune sent to George J. Llebel, a local jeweler, an order for a ring valued at $6.50 and with it a promissory note bearing the signature of E. C. Eaken, a wholesale' grocer. After delivering the ring Liebel became suspicious and telephoned Eaken, asking him if the note was genuine. He was informed that it was a forgery, and Liebel at once notified the police. Clune was at once arrested. He Is a son of former Pump Contractor Dennis Clune and a brother of Moxie Clune, who Is now serving a term in the prison at Michigan City for burglary, when questioned by Captain Applegate young Clune said that his girl, who lives in Louisville, had given him a ring and he desired to return the compliment. THE BOOM IX OIL. Men .and Teams Are Needed, and Xo String of Tools Is Idle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 21.-Indi-ana oil is still $1.12 per barrel, but operators are sanguine that , the quotation will reach more than $1.25 before spring. . The excitement Is greater now than lthas been in the history of the iielu previous. It is impossible to find an Idle 'string of tools, and for the want of teams many producers are two or three days behind in getting their moving done. The supply stores are unable to keep up with their orders and in many instances they falW to fill them and call on another store of their kind for various articles. Contractors find a shortage of drillers, tool dressers and tank builders and, in fact, oil field labor of all kinds. A number of good wells in the Blackford county field are expected. If the decision of the United States Supreme Court is favorable to the oil men the Indiana field will be the scene of the wildest activity. Indiana OH Men in Egypt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., Dec. 24. A gang of eight Indiana gas and oil drillers have arrived at Cairo, Egypt, where they are under contract with the Khedive and an American syndicate to sink a number of deep wells on tho banks of the Red sea in the hope of discovering natural gas or oil, or both. A letter received from one of the drillers by a friend here tells of the safe arrival of the party and their plans. The first wells will be drilled about 400 miles down the Red sea. A duty of 8 per cent, on their tools cost them $1,000. BRISK FIRE AT "WABASH. Millinery Store and Stock Succumb to the Flames. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Dec 24. Fire, supposed to have originated from a stove In the millinery store of Miss Allee, in this city, early this morning, destroyed the stock and building. The former was valued at $3,000, and the latter, belonging to O. W. Conner, $2,000; insurance, $3,600, divided among several companies. Burns anil the Glass Trust. PITTSBURG, Dec. 24. The American Window-glass Company Is making preparations to start the fires in all of its plants next Saturday. Simon Burns, president of tho Window-glass Workers Association, refuses to state what action will be taken concerning the Bradford glass works, at Hazelhurst, Pa., lately leased by the American Glass Company. Mr. Burns has notified the officials of the American Glass Company not to attempt to start the works until the judgment held by the glassworkers against the property is satisfied. Golden Unfile Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Dec. 24. Absalom Miller, a farmer of Spice Valley township, shot and killed a fine specimen of the golden eagle near his home. The bird measured seven feet and two inches from tip to tip, and weighed twelve pounds. Indiana Obituary. PARIS. 111.. Dec. 24 -Capt. W. O. Plnnell died to-night at 8 o'clock In his seventysixth year. He came to Edgar county in 1S55 from Oldham county, Kentucky, and bought a large tract of land near Kansas. He was president of the First National Bank of Kansas for a number of years. He was elected county clerk of this county and also mayor of Paris for one term, and was appointed postmaster of Paris by President Harrison. He leaves a widow, two sons and one daughter. His two sons are now president and cashier of the bank at Kansas. MADISON, Ind.. Dec. 24.-Engineer Mark Molyneaux, of the Pennsylvania road, who was stricken with paralysis ten day ago, died to-day at his home in Madison. Indiana Notes. Edith May Quick, who was arrested at Peru, charged with poisoning her husband, was taken to Kokomo and lodged in jail for safe keeping. Her alleged accomplice, the dead man's brother, was not removed. The Hamilton County Commissioners, at Noblesville, awarded the contract for the county printing to W. B. Burford & Co., of Indianapolis, at $1,567.07, a saving of fully $2,000 from prices that prevailed a few years ago. AGED BUILDING BURNED Eighty Thonsnnd Dollars Damage by Fire in New York. NEW YORK. Dec. 24. The six-story brick building at Nos. 124 and ISC William street was gutted by fire to-day, and the adjoining structures at Nos. 132 and 138 were damaged considerably. The fire resulted In a loss of about $S0,000. The burned building, which was ninety years old, was occupied by the Berlin-Jones Envelope Company, whose loss is estimated at $35,000. The building at No. 132 William street was occupied by Henry Allen, wholesale druggist, whose loss Is $10,000. No. 13S was occupied by Thurston & Bradlsh, importers of gum, whose loss Is $15,000. More than three hundred girls employed by the envelope company will be thrown out of work. Prairie Fire in South Dakota. ABERDEEN, S. D., Dec. 24. During a high northwest wind Saturday evening a prairie fire started east of Eureka and swept over the country, causing great destruction of hay and grass on the ranges. No reports from the burned districts have been received, but many farmers must have been entirely burned out. The fire was the most expensive for years, embracing a track several miles wide and five miles long. Great anxiety is felt for the safety of people in the path of the fire, as the wind carried the fire with terrible rapidity through the tall prairie grass. Immense Icehouse Burned. GRAND HAVEN. Mich.. Dec. 24.-The mammoth icehouse of the Spring Lake Ice Company, located on Spring lake, two miles northeast of this city, was totally destroyed by fire this morning, entailing a loss of upward of $100,000. It was built

one year ago by Chicago capitalists, headed by the Barry brothers, of the Chicago independent tug line. About 70,000 tons of ice of last year's cut still remained in the building. The building was COO feet long. 285 feet wide and contained all of the modern facilities for storing Ice and also for loading it on vessels. It was fuly Insured.

Chrlstinns Presents Destroyed. ST. PAUL. Minn., Dec. 24. An old frame building near the Union Depot, used by the United States Express Company as a transfer warehouse, was destroyed by fire this evening. The warehouse was packed full of Christmas packages and many people will be disappointed at not receiving them. No accurate estimate of the loss can be made. Chairman Johnson's Mother Burned. PEORIA, 111.. Dec. 24. Mrs. Johnson, seventy years old, mother of J. G. Johnson, chairman of tho Democratic national committee, was severely burned to-night and cannot live. Mrs. Johnson was lighting a lamp and the match fell from her hand, setting fire to her dress. Her clothes were burned from her body and she inhaled flame and smoke. Costly Flonrlne 31111 Fire. AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 24. J. M. Berry's flour and meal mill was to-night destroyed by fire, the origin of which is unknown. The mill had a capacity of six thousand barrels per day. The loss is as follows: Stock, $35,000; building, $25,000; machinery, $33,000; insurance, $S3,C00. IMMENSE STEEL MILLS Will Be Built on Squaw Island, in -Niagara River. BUFFALO, X. Y., Dec. 24. The Courier says that Eastern and Western capitalists have purchased for $700,000 Squaw island, situated on the Niagara river just below this . city. ' The Island contains 175 acres of land, and on it the purchasers propose establishing immense blast furnaces and malleable steel works In addition to extensive warehouses to serve as a distributing station for Minneapolis flour to Eastern points and for export. Several large docks are to be built. TO TAKE PANAY. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) corporal, Company K; Dec. 19, Twenty-first Infantry, Henry C. Merriam, Company G. Dec. 17, Sixth Infantry, John I. Free. Company K; Dec. 22, United States transport Hooker, James Conoway, cable man;. Dec. 23, Fourteenth Infantry, William Schnebele. Peritonitis: Dec. 20, Twenty-ninth Infantry. Paul Gains, Company L. Malaria: Dec. 15, Twelfth Infantry, George Burg, Company I: Dec. 8, Twenty-second Infantry. Kenneth Rodenberger. Company A; Dec. 20, Twenty-fifth Infantry. Isaac Watson, Company F: Dec. 21, Thirteenth Infantry, Paul H. Klyck, Company H; Dec. 12, Twenty-fourth Infantry, James Booker, Company K: Dec. 13, Twenty-fourth Infantry, Henry Cunningham, Company F. Dys-' entery: Dec. 19, Twenty-first Infantry, Edward Swanson. Company M; Dec. 5. Twenty-second Infantry, D. Buck, Company A; Dec. 4. Thirty-fourth Infantry, Fred Morfoed. Company K; Dec. 22. hospital corps, Albert Dushlig; Dec. 22, Fourteenth Infantry, Oscar Proske, Company G. Drowned: Dec. 14, near Nlrblcan, Luzon, accidentally. Thirty-third Infantry. William S. Axtell. Company K. Intestinal trouble: Dec. 15, Twenty-second Infantry, George H. McLean, Company F. General debility: Dec. 11, Twenty-fourth Infantry. George Motley, Company H. Diarrhoea: Dec. 22, Twentyfirst Infantry, William Blouchir, Company I." Officers Not to Blame. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Admiral Watson, has cabled the Navy Department the results of the court of inquiry Into the causes of the wreck of the United States cruiser Charleston, on an uncharted reef off the north coast of Luzon, some timo ago. The information contained in the dispatch agrees with that given out in tho Associated Press dispatches, and relieves the officers of the ship from responsibility for the disaster. The findings of the court will render unnecessary any court-martial proceedings by the department. Transports Out and In. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 24. The United States transport Valencia arrived to-day, forty-two days from Manila, via Nagasaki. The Valencia experienced very heavy weather the entire trip, and was compelled to put back three times for shelter. Her passenger list consisted of three civilians. The United States transport Westminster sailed for Manila to-day, with four hundred head of horses and mules. Zionist Convention at Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. 24. Delegates of the Order of the Knights of ZIon opened a threedays' convention her to-nignt. There was a large attendance. The society is the only fraternal Zionist organization of Jews in this country that has branches throughout Europe. Important changes in the bylaws and constitution will be made. The most important work before the delegates, however, is to elect new officers for the Supreme Lodge and to put the organization on a more substantial business basis. Will Appoint Mrs. Palmer. CHICAGO, Dec. 24. Mrs. Louise L Mann, secretary of the woman's national auxiliary to the Blue and Gray Legion, has received a letter from President McKinley saying that Mrs. Potter Palmer will be appointed director of the American woman's department at the Paris exposition. The auxiliary had sent a communication to Washington asking that Mrs. Palmer be appointed. Minors in the Navy. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2!. Judge De Haven, In the United States District Court, has decided that minors over eighteen years old do not require the consent of their parents to enlist In the navy, and when once enlisted they must serve their terms. The decision was made In the case of Edward L. Norton, aged nineteen years. His mother sought his release on a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied. Death of a Children's Friend. BOSION, Dec. 24. Daniel S. Ford, owner of the Youth's Companion, died to-day, aged seventy-seven years. The name of Mr. Ford was rfver p-lnted in the Companion. The name "Perry Mason & Co.," by whom the magazine purported to be published, was wholly fictitious, Mr. Fora looking after both editorial and business departments. Terrible Possibility. New York Evening Telegram. In New Haven, Conn., Andrew Bradley, charged with intoxication, asked a little leniency on account of his age. The astounding fact came out that he was 101 years old. Thus a horrible example of the life-giving propensity of somebody's brand of poison is launched on a commercial age. V - Subscriptions at St. Loals. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 24. Mr. Charles Parson, who was selected to receive and forward money donated to the Lawton fund, has telegraphed $1,200 to Adjutant General Corbln as the result of the first day's subscriptions. Most of the sums subscribed were In amounts of $50 and $100. The work will be continued next week. Rising. Detroit Journal. "She Is certainly rising In the social scale." "Yes?" "Oh, yes. Indeed! She is snubbed by a better class of people each succeeding year." Then He Went. Harlem Life. "That's a lovely song. It always carries me away." She If I had known how much pleasure It could give us both I would have sung it earlier in the evening. Five Killed in a Wreck. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24. A Chronicle special from Pomona, Cal., says: A Southern Pacific train was wrecked here tonight. Five persons were killed and many injured. Tho train Is a complete wreck.

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EXAMINER WING THROWS LIGHT ON GLOBE BANK AFFAIRS. Had Compelled Repayment of Overdrafts for Which Cole Was ResponsibleSteps to Prevent Failure. P.OSTON. Dec. 24.-Natlonal Bank Exam'nrr 1 G Wing, temporary rece'v-r t th'i Globe .alicnal Bank, gave out a sUfivitient to riglit in which he says that in lle ccurro of his regular examination of lit; bank's littahs, Sept. 9, he found StV yi of Gl.-bo clicks outstanding whlcn tl!i not appear vj.n tho books. PssidMit CM. .V Cole adra'ted this to be his rsonal loan. Feeling that to close the bank at that time would cause dire results, Mr. BIgelow, the only director within reach, Mr. Cole and Mr. Wing went to Washington and laid the matter before Controller Dawes. Mr. Wing then says: "Mr. Bigelow agreed to personally guarantee that Cole's shortage should be made good to the bank at once. Cole having turned over certain securities to him and Messrs. Clark and Coolldge assisting in guaranteeing Mr. Bigelow. Tie controller of the currency directed that Mr. Cole should resign at once as president; that the whole matter should be laid before the directors and that I shtuld at the proper time report the fact to the district attorney. At this time Messrs. Coolldge and Clark were each borrowing not more than $100,000 of the bank, with plenty of security, and each had about $75,000 cash on deposit. Mr. Bigelow owed not more than that and had more than enough on depos.. to pay his loan. "On the following Monday Coolidge and Clark gave Cole $$0,000, Cole added $120,000 of his own money and repaid $200,000 of the $600,000. The balance. $400,000, was repaid In three days by the sale of Cole's securities, a part being bought by Coolldge and Clark through their respective brokers. The bank's assets were thus bettereu by $600,000 in cash. "About a month later the facts, so far as known, were laid before the full board of directors, and further Investigation showed that there were $300,000 more of checks outstanding not on the books, and that the indebtedness of the Lovell Arms Company was really much In excess of the amount shown by the books, and that Mr. Cole was himself personally the holder of nearly $500,000 of the Lovell paper. There was also found an apparent overdraft of the Squires amounting to $G23.0o0, in addition to their regular loan, which itself was In excess of the one-hundred-thousand-dollar lln.it. "Mr. Cole admitted his responsibility for this overdraft, either to the banic or to the Squires, and turned over to the bank his own securities. Including, the Lovell paper owned by him. to secure the entire indebtedness, for which he admitted responsibility. This amounted to nearly $1,000,000. and the securities turned over, at their then market value, were considerably in excess of this amount. The six directors and Messrs. Coolidge and Clark then entered into a written guarantee that the securities should be sufficient to make good the Cole indebtedness. "Mr. Stevens, who was elected president Nov. 8, the directors and Messrs. Coolidge and Clark have, since then, done everything In their power and made great personal sacrifices to save the bank from failure. The bank's assets are better off today by about $300,000 cash, over $1,000,00-) of notes and securities and the personal guarantee of these gentlemen than It was at the time I brought the condition of affairs to the attention of the controller. "The connection of Cole with the socalled copper Interests was not the cause of the Globe National Bank's failure, but his connection with these companies had provided him with securities amounting. In the aggregate, at the then market prices, to nearly $1,500,000. These securities were not in the bank when 1 examined, but were put up later by Mr. Cole to secure his indebtedness. I make this statement at this time to correct the various rumors now in circulation as to the failure of tho Globe Bank. In justice to Mr. Bigelow it should be stated that, as on Sept. 9 he was the largest individual depositor in the bank, he also was the largest when the bank closed its doors." An official of the Globe Bank, when shown Receiver Wing's statement to-night, said: "Matters are progressing smoothly with us, and I think we shall open our doors again next week. A new board of directors will be appointed, and the former stockholders have been given options on their stock. One of the propositions incident to the reopening of the bank is that the depositors shall agree to allow a certain per cent, of their deposits to remain with the bank for three months, and papers embodying this agreement have been signed by many already." ROBERTS'S CASE AT HOME. The "Seventy' Have Not Yet Formnlly " Declared in His Favor. Salt Lake Letter In New York Evening Post. Of course the church by which I mean the "seventy" who sit in Its secret councils and govern It as absolutely as any dictator ever governed a feeble republic has made no public declaration on the subject, but Its attitude may be Judged by the columns of the Deseret News, the official Mormon paper. It supports Roberts vehemently and is very bitter in its denunciation of those who are trying to have him kept on the . congressional doorstep, and its advocacy of his case gives one the Impression that it does so as a church matter and not because of politics. It must be understood that the great majority of Mormons are not polygamists in the sense that they have entered the polygamous married state. Not even all of those high in the church councils have, or at any previous time had, plural wives. As for the common people, they find that it Is task enough to provide for one family at a time; yet they fire sincere believers in everything In the Book of Mormon, as enlarged and amended by Brigham Young, and in everything the church authorities declare must be believed, and in this way they are supporters of polygamy. Hence, to them Roberts .is a martyr because he adheres to a tenet of the faith. I had a good opportunity, if but a brief ill flfji mm

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It Is needless to enter into description of the church buildings, about which so much has been said and written, except to remind those who have heard, but forgotten, that the templo and the tabernacle are two distinct structures as unlike each other as any two buildings ever evolved from the brain of an architect. The many-splred structure Is the Tcap!e of the Lord, sacred to the sventy, whjj is not to be profaned by the foot of cvea the Mormon of common degree. The tabernacle is quite a different structure, and Is the auditorium where churcli services arc held. Its ground plan Is oval, and Its roof as well, so that it somewhat resembles a huge balloon cut in two abov the center and set upon the irroundV Around the buildings and well-kept grounds is a high stone wall, on one corner of which is a signboard bearing the information that visitors are not admitted to the temple and ground?, but are admitted to the tabernacle and grounds from 10 o'clock a, m. to 5 o'clock p. m., except Sunday, and on the latter day are invited to attend services in the tabernacle at 2 o'clock p. m. It was In pursuance of this invitation that I attended services yesterday and found communion in progress. The hugo structure will seat 15,000 people, and it was easily half full. I studied the countenances of the few hundreds tlfat sat within my easy observation or passed along tha aisles, and especially those who served at ushers and bearers of the communion, and the impression I received was that ot an extremely low average of Intelligence, education and refinement, coupled with an extremely high devotion to and support of the church. One somehow gets the Idea that there Is practically no Independence of thought or action, the whole atmos phere seeming to be charged with the un disputed authority of the church, as represented by those who sit in its secret councils. Possibly some of this Impression came from the expression of the people's faces, possibly some from the manner In which they received the communion, and possibly some from the style la which certain business affairs were transacted I have attended political conventions where the slate was smashed amidst riotous proceedings, and I have attended others where the peace and quiet were like a starry night in June, and nie slate wont througn without a scratch; but I never before saw business transacted with such dispatch and unanimity of sentiment a3 yesterday in the Mormon Tabernacle. It seems that the council, in Its wisdom, had made a number of church appointments, elders, missionaries, heads of societies, etc.. several hundred In all. I should judge, and many of them desirable positions. nnl these names were submlttea for the approval of the people. If ever a nomination was equivalent to an election It was so In this Instance. Nominally the Mormon Church is one of the people, but actually a more complete hierarchical government does not exist. No communicant would think of questioning any appointment the seventy might make or any edict it might issue. As the various names or groups oC names were read by the apostle presiding, he called for those who favored sustaining the persons named to raise their right hands, at the same time raising his own. The hands popped up all over the church. He then called for those opposed to use the same sign, but refrained from raising his own hand to show them what to do. Instead he looked about as if to challenge any one to dare oppose. Several times ho added the words, "if any there be," to his call for opposing votes, but there never appeared to be any. It is certainly an Ideal and happy condition of affairs for the seventy. Amonjf such a people. If the church backs Roberta up, what real opposition can he have? If the church still keeps polygamy as one of its tenets, though not publicly advising its practice, where is opposition to it to come from, except through those outside the church, and their educational Influence upon tae rising generation within it? Fortunatelj', this influence is increasing and. will continue to increase, through the medium of the public school. Until nine years ago there was no public school in Salt Lake City. The Mormons had their church schools, and so did other d 'nominations; but in 1S30 the municipal control fell into the hands of the gentiles, after years of struggle, and a pubhc school system was Inaugurated. Now Salt Lake City has one of the best school systems and some of the finest public school buildings In the United States, entirely unsectarlan. the teachers being selected irrespective of their church affiliations. Under su-rh conditions polygamy is doomed, especially if the people of the United States never fall to put the seal of their condemnation upon It wherever it shows its head. Murder In Kentucky FRANKFORT, Ky., Dec. 24. Willie Kher, a quiet young drug clerk, shot nnl killed Sam Sanders. Jr., a well-known young man. in Holmes's drug store, tonight. Sanders drew his pistol and attempted to shoot Kher. but the Iattr clinched, pulled the pistol out of Sanders's hand and shot him twice, while still struggling, killing him instantly. Sanders Is highly connected, his father t?! a retired steamboat owner. Kher is a German who has lived here ten years. Anson nnd AVnnninaker. CHICAGO. Dc. 24. Captain Anson, former manager of the Chicago baseball team, who returned from the Iast to-day. says that he has the backing of ex-Postmaster General Wanamaker to start a company for the manufacture of baseballs. Anson also asserts a- large department store in Chicago is ready to back him. owing to the difficulty In securing other balls, which are sold direct from manufacturer to consumers. mimi OF. BEEP

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