Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 360, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1899 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1899.

ponsed on no large a scale and the Salva

t!on Army people have been working like beavers for a month to make this prodigi ous dispensation a success. Although pro vision was made for feeding: 2O.UO0 people, at least half again that number appeared and the Army officers, by dint of strenuous ercorts. met the requirements. It was announced that the dinner this evening would be given at 6 o'clock, and long before noon hundreds of men. women and children of all ages and conditions appeared before the great doors of the garden. At 2 o'clock the doors were thrown open, so that the poor people would pot be compelled to wait outside In the cold. They flocked Into the great building and were seated In the galleries. Commander Booth Tucker formally opened the dinner when he arose and asked the gathering to sing the Doxology. It was a sight to arouse sympathy. On the floor were the young and the old. who were honest and respectable, but poor; beside them were criminals and ex-convlcts. black and white, healthy and diseased. Commander Booth Tucker read a telegram from Governor Roosevelt saying: "Hearty thanks. Warm Christmas greeting and good wishes to all." It was in reply to one wishing the Governor and his family the season's greeting, and It was enthusiastically cheered by the thousands In the garden. The scene when the people were seated at the tables, was one of animation Stretched from end to end of the great building were the tables, covered with clean white paper, with a chair for each ciner. To each person was supplied tur key or meat, steaming vegetables, hot coffee and plum pudding, and It was demonstrated that there were many people to whom a well-cooked and bounteous Christ mas dinner was a God-send. The wants of the people were attended by over 200 of the officers of the Salvation Army, who hastened, to and fro, serving deftly and quickly. Over all myriads of electric lights shone, while the army's band kept the crowds in good humor throughout the evening. In all the public Institutions the inmates were generously provided with Christmas cheer by the authorities. The newsboys came In for their share of good things at Grace Memorial Hall and various other places. Every Sunday-school In the city either has had Its Christmas tree to-day or to-night, or will have festivities some time this week. Many of the public school classes held exercises In various halls. Owing to Christmas . having fallen on Monday, an opiortunlty was afforded people to leave town and many took advantage of the occasion. It Is reported by the railroads . tnat the out-of-town travel on Saturday was unprecedented and the incoming traffic of country visitors seemed to have been as great. At the theaters it is reported that ine demands for seats exceeded that of last year and Christmas performances seemed to be as popular now as the proverbial pantomimes of years ago in England. At most of the churches In the city there were elaborate musical programs and there was a large attendance at all of tue services. Kvery Employe Given $3. CLEVELAND, Dec. 25. Every employe of the American Express Company throughout the country to-day received a check for F as a Christmas gift from the company. A circular accompanying the checks states that the gift is made for faithfulness In the performance of duty. As the company operates between Maine and Oregon, there are several thousand employes. It Is estimated the aggregate sum of the gift will reach JGO.000 or $70,000. Many Poor People Fed and Clothed. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-Christmas in this city witnessed as never before the fruits of charity. The destitute received food and clothing, the sick were given medical attention, and poor children were rendered happy by gifts of necessities, PAIR AND COLD. Christina Weather Will Continue in Indiana Tito More Days. WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.-Foreca.st for Tuesday and Wednesday: For Ohio Fair; continued cold on Tuesday and Wednesday; fresh westerly winds. For Indiana Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday, probably preceded by snow in southern portion on Tuesday mcrnlng; continued cold; fresh west to north winds. For Illinois Fair and continued cold on Tuesday and Wednesday; fresh west to north winds. Yesterday Temperature. Stations. MIn. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta, Ga 2G 2S Bismarck. N. D 14 4 Buffalo. N. Y 20 16 Calgary, N. W. T ZS 30 Chicago. Ill 8 i 22 14 Cairo, 111 20 30 21 Cheyenne, Wyo 34 5-' 42 Cincinnati, O IS 22 20 Concordia, Kas 22 Davenport. Ia 10 16 14 Des Moines, Ia 10 16 14 Galveston, Tex 3 58 Helena. Mont 50 44 Jacksonville. Fla 6G . 56 Kansas City, Mo 16 24 22 Little Rock. Ark 34 44 40 Marquette, Mich 8 8 Memphis, Tenn 2S 38 34 Nashville. Tenn 20 GO 2S New Orleans, La 64 58 New York. N. Y 30 26 North Platte, Neb 24 2 38 Oklahoma. I. T 32 52 46 Omaha. Neb 14 IS IS Pittsburg. Pa 16 ' 20 16 Qu'Appelle, N. W. T. 10 6 Rapid City, S. Dak 24 58 24 Salt Lake City, Utah... 20 30 26 St. Louis, Mo IS 24 20 St. Paul. Minn 10 8 Springfield. Ill 14 20 18 Springfield. Mo 14 26 24 Washington. D. C 32 26 Vlcksburg". Miss 46 54 48 Local Observations on Monday. Time, Bar. Ther. IUI. Wind. Pre. Wea. 7 a, m...29.77 14 57 Nor west T Clear 7 p. m... 23.86 IS 81 Nor west O PtCly Maximum temperature, 19; minimum tmperature, 12. The following Is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation for Dec. 25: Tem. Pre. Normal 32 .10 Mean temperature and total precipitation 16 T Departure 16 .10 Departure since Dec. 1. 1S99... 4 .22 Departure since Jan. 1 153 5.43 Plus. CP. R. WAPPENIIANS. Local Forecast Official. . Little Snow Anywhere. The amount of snow on the ground at the places named at 7 o'clock last night is given below: Parkersburg, W. a T Des Moines. Ia 3.0 Cairo, 111 T St. Louis, Mo t Springfield. Mo... T Kansas City. Mo T Nashville, Tenn , T Grand Haven. Mich 2.0 Grand Rapids, Mich T Omaha, Neb 1.0 Lauder. Wyo 2.0 Denver, Col T Grant! Junctton, Col 1.0 Salt Lake City. Utah T Cedar City, Utah T Figures indicate inches. T indicates trace or amount too small to measure. Steamers In a Gale. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Dec. 25.-A thlrty-five-mlle northwest gale Is blowing on Lake Michigan off this port to-night and steamers arriving are thickly coated with ice. The steamers Elphicke and Cumberland, coal-laden from Cleveland, arrived to-night. The Lyons and City of Rome, also carrying coal en route from Cleveland and for Milwaukee, are still out. but no anxiety is felt ns to their safety. The Chicago-Milwaukee liners and the steamers plying across the lake are running on time. The thermometer registers close to zero. ( A Christmas Illlisard. CLEVELAND. O.. Dec. 25. A furious tnowstorm. accompanied by a forty-five-mile gale, has been raging through northern Ohio and over Lake Erie fcr tho past twenty-four hours. The thermometer registers li degrees above. In this city streetcar traffic 1 badly impeded as a result of the heavy snow drifts piled on the tracks. Trains on the trunk-line railways are nearly all lata

sweet-meats ami knick-knacks. A dinner for 8,000 people was provided by the Salvation Army, and baskets of food were distributed among poor families. The American Volunteers furnished dinners In a similar way to about 500 poor children, and the Protestant Episcopal mission furnished about l.ouo individuals. The Children's Christmas Club gave its annual dinner to l.OuO poor boys and girls, and distributed toys among them. Hospitals were remembered by the Flower Mission, and the Children's Aid Society distributed gifts among 8,000 children.

Qnlet Day at the White Honse. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. Christmas, always quiet at the Nation's capital, was unusually so this year. All of the executive departments were closed and practically all the members of both branches of Congress are out of the city. Services were held In many churches, and as tne dinner hour approached the streets were deserted. At the White House a quiet day was spent. About 10 o'clock the President took a walk alone through the grounds at the south of the mansion, and tnen Joined Mrs. McKInley in the family living room. There were no callers and no guests. Neither attended church, and at the usual hour they dined alone. The Day at Havana. HAVANA. Dec. 25. All the stores in Havana closed at 10 o'clock to-day and the rest of the day was devoted to convivialities. Only two newspapers appeared with the usual Issues. Americans generally visited friends, most of those having families here giving dinners and. inviting others of their acquaintance. Gen. Leonard Wood dined with Capt. L. M. Young, commander of the port, and Mrs. Young. It was remarked that seven of the party dined together on Christmas day last year in Santiago. Fed by Salvationists. CINCINNATI. O.. Dec. 23.-The Salvation Army fed 3.500 poor at a dinner to-day and also distributed 1,500 baskets of provisions, which together are equivalent to giving a dinner to each of eight thousand poor people. Ianna Distributes $.',000. CLEVELAND, Dec. 23.-The Cleveland City Railway Company, known locally as the Little Consolidated, of which Senator Hanna Is president, has distributed nearly J3.000 among its employes in Christmas gifts. NO HOPE FOR THE STEAMER. Captain Dalnes Says the Arlosta Cannot He Saved. NORFOLK, Va Dec. 25. Captain Baines, of the British steamer Arlosta, which ran ashore four miles south of the Cape IJatteras life saving station yesterday morning, to-day reported to the agents here that his ship will prove a total loss. The tug Rescue, which reached the Arlosta this morning, has been unable to do anything toward floating her because of the rough sea off the coast. A message received at the weather bureau here states that the Rescue has not yet been able even to approach the Arlosta near enough to put a line aboard her. The steamer lies broadside on and appears to be making considerable water. The weather bureau official at Hatteras furnishes the following list of those saved from the wreck: Captain Baines, Warren Reed, Pettonen, Anderson, Saline, Holslng, Petterson and Henroth. Movements of Steamers. GLASGOW. Dec. 23. Sailed: Hibernian, for Boston. PORTLAND. Me.. Dec. 25.-Arrlved: Cambroman, from Liverpool. A. K. Stlllwell to Retire. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 25. Announcement was made here to-day of the retirement of A. E. Stlllwell from the presidency of the Guardian Trust Company. This corporation, which was formerly known as the Missouri. Kansas and Texas Trut Company, had its headquarters in Kansas City until a fw months ago, when the name was changed, the capital increased from 11.250,000 to $2,500,000 and the general offices removed to Chicago. Most of the new stock was taken in Chicago by men of large wealth, including John W. Gates, John Lambert, A. L. Singer and T. M. Thadbourne. Jr. Mr. Stillwell's retirement Is said to be due to differences of opinion between the president and a majority of the board of directors as to the policy to be pursued by the company. It Is stated that Mr. Stlllwell will return to Kansas City. Mall Pouch Stolen and Hilled. CLEVELAND. O.. Dec 25. The police are hard at work to-day trying to discover who stole and cut open a United States mall pouch filled with out-going mall. The bag was either taken from a mail wagon or from the Union Station. It was found on the streets by a policeman, empty. Subsequently it was learned that a vacant room on an upper floor at No. 32 Bank street had been used to examine the stolen mail. The floor was littered with open letters and other evidence that showed the abstracted letters had been thoroughly rifled. It Is not known how much booty the thlevs obtained nor how they secured the pouch. John Carroll has been arrested on suspicion. The police think he was concerned In the robbery. Cole Awaiting Arrest Warrant. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dec. 23. The attorney for Charles H. Cole, former president of the Globe National Bank of Boston, and now being detained here on a charge of embezzlement, said to-day that his client will remain here and that no move Is contemplated until the complaint now on the way from Boston Is received and the warrant issued and served. The character of the complaint, he says, will determine the action he will take, though it is probable habeas corpus proceedings will be tried. Mr. Cole is living quietly with his wife and son at the Vannuys. He refuses to be interviewed and refers all who call to his attorney. Europeans UainK American Coal. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Dec. 25.-The Italian steamship Venus, Captain Trapanl. ar rived yesterday from Ancona, In ballast to load. upward of five thousand tons of coal for Genoa. This will be the third shipment of this kind within the period of a month. It Is stated that fifty thousand tons of coal will be shipped from here to Italy for use on railroads. American coal is also being exported to French Mediterranean points, and the British steamship Inca will soon begin loading four thousand tons at Newport News for Marseilles. Welcomed Hack to New York. NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-Nat C. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott were warmly welcomed to-night at the Knickerbocker Theater, where they appeared in the melodrama by Clyde Fitch. "The Cowboy and the Lady." The stock company of the Empire Theater, returning home after a provincial tour. appeared to-night at the Empire and pre sented a play by 1. v. Esmond, called "My Lady's Lord. ' The leading parts were taken by Jessie Millward and William Faversham. Knlffhts of Zlon. CHICAGO, Dec. 25. The second session of the three days convention of the Knights of Zlon was held to-night. Grand Master B. Horwich presided. Resolutions were passed deploring the fact that armed conflicts between nations are taking place at the present time and stating that It was the conviction of the delegates that the teaching of their order would do much toward restoring peace and bringing about the Idea of universal brotherhood of man. A Fine Portrait. Chicago Journal. Speaking of George Washington, It does not seem to be known generally that the Postofflce Department is now selling beautiful steel plate profile portraits of him. printed in pink ink, for the modest sum of two cents each. A Horrible Possibility. Chicago Times-Herald. Salisbury Well, Joseph, the worst has come to pass. Chamberlain Great heavens, speak! Has Billy Mason offered a resolution of sympa thy for us?

BUSINESS BLOCK BURNED

FOin-THOlSAXD-nOLLAH FIRE OCCURRED AT EL WOOD. Death of n Seymour Woman and Her Mother Within an Hour State Elsteddfod Mysterious Shooting. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind.. Dec. 25. Fire broke out at noon to-day in the bakery of Davis & Roberts, In the heart of the business district. The department responded promptly, but was unable to do good work owing to the fact that the water froze as fast as it fell. The fire was communicated to the two-story building occupied by C. Qulnn as a meat market and to the millinery store of Miss Flora Davis, adjoining. The buildings were wrecked and most of the goods ruined. The loss is Ji.OQO, partly covered, by insurance. Residence Darned at Clay City. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CLAY CITY. Ind.. Dec. 23. Fire destroyed the two-story resldnce of W. H. Chilson. former county superintendent of schools, at 7 o'clock to-night. The loss is about 53,000; Insurance, ?2,5o0. XKW Lt.'TIIKIlAX CHl'HCH. A Handsome Structure Is Dedicated nt Hartford City. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 23. Today the new J10.0UO Lutheran Church was dedicated. There was a large attendance from Marion, Muncie and Union City. The dedicating services were held in both English and German. The morning services began at 10 o'clock, at' which two sermons were delivered, one in German by the Rev. E. Gerfen, of Union City, and the other In English by the Rev. J. C. Schact, of Marlon. The latter also delivered a sermon this afternoon. The evening services were conducted by the Rev. S. F. Mlttler, of Covington, O., and the Rev. E. Gerfen. of Union City. The completion of the Lutheran Church makes five new and costly brick and stone church edifices built in Hartford City within the past six years. Iledford M. E. Church Dedicated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD. Ind., Dec. 25. The new Methodist Church of this city was dedicated yesterday, Dr. J. W. Iiamllron preaching the dedicatory sermon. A number of prominent Indiana ministers are present and will take part In the services which will last through the week. Among this number are Dr. J. W. Hamilton, the Rev. J. E. Brandt, the Rev. E. R. Best. Dr. M. S. Hemmenridge, the Rev. William Telfer, Dr. John Poucher and the Rev. J. A. Ward. These exercises will be followed by a month's series of revival meetings. The church building Is of Bedford stone of the most modern architectural plans and cost $17,000. STATE EISTEDDFOD. Second Annual Event. Held nt EN wood, Was Very Successful. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Dec. 25. The second annual State Eisteddfod was held in this city to-day. The weather was bright, though cold, and the crowd in attendance was much larger than had been anticipated. Visitors were present from Indianapolis, Anderson, Muncie, Alexandria, New Castle, Gas City, Orestes, Mlddletown and other cities, and most of the places had representatives entered In the singing contests. The exercises were held at the Opera House. Mayor Harbitt presided at the morning session, F. N. Simmons at the afternoon session and Attorney C. M. Greenlee at night. Prof. Harry E. Jones, of New Castle, Pa., was present as adjudicator. Local ministers served as judges for the English and Welsh recitations. Various cash prizes, from $S5 for a mixed choir of not less than fifty voices to $1 for a solo, were offered, and there were a number of contestants for each. The bands of Elwood, Gas City, Anderson, Montpeller and other cities were entered in the band contests. There was great spirit shown In the rendering of "America" by all the bands and a chorus of 300 voices, and it vas followed by the Welsh national air. INDIANA OBITUARY. Sycamore "Woman and Her Aged Mother, Within a Single Hour. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 25. Two deaths occurred In a prominent family of Sycamore to-day. At 3 o'clock Miss Millie Garr, sister of Dr. J. O. Garr, died of cancer, aged fifty-five years, at the home of her mother. The mother, Mrs. Lucy B. Garr, aged eighty-seven years, who had been In a feeble condition for several years, said, when told of her daughter's death: "We have lived together on the old farm fifty years, and we will die together." She died in less than an hour. They will be buried together to-morrow. Child 3IrsterlonsI- Shot. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD. Ind., Dec. 23. News of a mysterious shooting affair, which occurred in the country east of Bedford, Friday afternoon, was received to-day. The flve-year-old son of John Hart was playing in the yard when it received a charge of birdshot from a still unknown source. Thirty-two shot have been taken from the child's body, and others have not been extracted. Its condition is serious. Serlonsly Hurt by a Train. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Jnd., Dec. 23. Ralph Nichols, a New Castle man who was struck by a Pennsylvania train and brought to St. Stephens Hospital, this city, Is in a serious condition and little hope for his recovery is entertained. Nichols was crossing the track in a buggy when struck. A man named White was withvhim but escaped unhurt. Smallpox In Delaware County. Associated Press Dispatch. MUNCIE, Ind.. Dec. 23.-Smallpox has appeared near Daleville, In this county. Charles Dent, a farmer, Is the victim. Dr. Cowing, county health officer, was summoned and all possible precautions were taken to-day to prevent the spread of the disease. Jloy Accidentally Kills a Comrade. DECATUR. 111.. Dec. 25. Frank Moore, aged fourteen years, son of William Moore, of Blue Mound township, while hunting on I. B. Gordon's farm this afternoon. In company with his cousin. Cecil Baldridge, aged thirteen years, of Illiopolls, aecidently discharged his gun, killing young Baldridge instantly. Indiana Notes. Elder O. P. Shrout, of the Greencastle Christian Church, has resigned to accept a pastorate at Kansas City, Mo. Taxpayers of Flora are preparing to take the question of the time of paying town taxes into the courts. The taxes have been collected heretofore In advance, and the property owners contend they should be paid on the same basis as the county taxes. Albert and John Isbel, at Sullivan, got into a Sunday morning row with the proprietor of a low resort nnd slashed him with a rator. One hundred and iifty stitches were required to pew up his wound?, from which the victim is not expected to recover. The essallants escaped. A meeting of northern Indiana and northwestern Ohio theater managers will be held at Decatur next month to discuss means to eliminate "barnstorming" companies from the circuit. The press of the smaller towns is blamed, by those interested, for

the success which that class of theatrical ventures is attaining, from a monetary standpolnL OBITUARY.

Daniel S. Ford, Owner and Editor of the Yonth's Companion. Daniel Sharp Ford, for more than forty years the proprietor, publisher and editor in chief of the Youth's Companion, died at his home yesterday morning. In spite of advancing years and frail health he had been active In work within a few weeks of his death. Mr. Ford was born in Cambridge, Mass., April 5, 132. In early life he learned the printer's trade, and while still very young formed, with the late Rev. Dr. John W. Olmstead, the partnership of Olmstead & Ford, publishers and editors of a Baptist weekly newspaper then known as the Christian Watchman and Reflector. In 1S57 they purchased from Nathaniel Wells, Its founder and editor for forty years, the Youth's Companion. Mr. Ford had an ambition to make the Watchman the leading religious paper In the country, and devoted his efforts to the publishing of that paper while acting as editor of the Youth's Companion. Differences as to the policy between the partners led to an amicable separation of interests and a division of the property. The division was by lot, and greatly to Mr. Ford's regret the Youth's Companion was his share. In order to avoid the confusion of accounts with the Watchman it was published for some years under the fictitious and wholly invented name of Perry Mason & Co., and under that form it has continued to be published to the present time. Mr. Ford transferred all his energies to the development ot the Youth's Companion, and to him are due the marvelous growth and the present standing of that paper. His business insight and forethought, his own Inventive genius in devising new ways of increasing the circulation, his ready adoption of methods proposed by others, and his courageous expenditure of money in the process stamp him as one of the great publishers of the country. No man ever kept a more watchful eye upon the contents of his paper, down to the most insignificant paragraph. Even at times when he had strength for nothing else he read and reread and criticised and amended to the proof sent to him, lest by any chance something shou be printed whicn wouid impair ne standing of the Youth's Companion. Yet, so far as is known, the name of Mr. Ford has never once been printed in the Youth's Companion, for he was as modest as he was strong. With him generous giving and personal activity In doing good did n'ot begin when he had accumulated so much wealth that giving involved no sacrifice. It was a characteristic from the beginning, and as wealth Increased his Riving increased In greater proportion. No list of his benevolences could be made now, nor could have been made even by him. His sympathy with distress everj'where, his broad-minded philanthropy and his childlike tender-heartedness left no limit to his efforts to promote good causes. For several years the circulation of the Youth's Companion has been more than half a million copies a week, and Mr. Ford leaves an enormous fortune. William Chapman Poynter. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 25. William Chapman Poynter, father of Governor Poynter, died to-day at his home, at Albion, aged seventy-nine. He was born in Kentucky, lived many years at Eureka, 111., and has been a resident of Nebraska fifteen years. Governor Poynter was with his father when he died. Dushrod I'nderwood. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. Bushrod Underwood, who achieved fame as a scout in the Army of Northern Virginia, died here to-day, aged fifty-six years. Many deeds requiring great coolness and courage were credited to him by Gen. R. E. Lee and Col. John S. Mosby, of the Forty-third Virginia Cavalry, to which command he belonged. William Woodruff. DENVER, Dec. 23. William Woodruff, of Chicago, well known and having several mining interests in Colorado, particularly at Ward, dropped dead in his room at the Oxford Hotel to-night. . llaron Lndlovr. LONDON, Dec. 23. Baron Ludlow, of Heywood, former recorder of Exeter and subsequently judge of the Court of Appeals, died to-day In his seventy-third year. Robert C. Crowell. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 23. Robert C. Crowell, a well-known local politician, who was Kansas City's first surveyor of customs, died to-day of pneumonia. LEFT. NO FIERY TRAILS. These Meteors Seemed to Shoot Off Explosive Electric Rails. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25. Captain Fleetham and the crew of the British steamship Grossmont, which Is now lying at the Delaware breakwater, after a successful run from Java, witnessed a splendid meterolo display on Dec. 9, when the vessel was in latitude 33.14 and longitude 32.51. A brilliant meteor was sighted in the heavens towards the southwest. It ascended to an alti'udo of ten degrees, where it remained an iiisfant and then shot away in a northerly direction, followed closely by a dozen other meteors of the brilliancy of the planet Venus. A peculiar part of the display was the non-appearance of the fiery trails usually seen with meteors. Instead of these there was a brilliant show of. exploding electric balls. NEGRO RUNS AMUCK. Attempts to Pitchfork Everybody, and In Shot by a White Mnn. HANNA, Wyo., Dec. 23. A negro named Lucius Miller, employed at a Union Pacific grading camp on the Hanna-Dana cutoff, armed himself with a pitchfork yesterday, and, swearing he ould kill every man in camp, started on his mission. He cracked the heads of several graders and was having everything his own way when he went to the contractor's supply wagon. .where he met Troy Pendleton, a white man. Pendleton watched his chance, whipped out his revolver and fired full in the negro's face. Miller fell to the ground mortally wounded and died not long afterward. No arrest was made, as the shooting appeared to have been done in self-defense. Wonmn JIurrierer l'ordoned. fni.TTMHT'S. O.. Dec. 25. Mrs. Mary Garlett, one of the most noted of women prisoners In the Ohio penitentiary, was parrlr.n..! to-.lnw She entered the orison Oct. 5, 1SSS, under sentence of death, carrying a babe in her arms, having been convicted cf cremating her two Imbecile stepchildren at Spencer. Medina county. Governor Foraker commuted ner sentence to me im prisonment. John S. HosIiulPs Sentence Commuted. BALTIMORE. Dec. 25. John S. Hoshall, who was sentenced about eight months ago in the United States Circuit Court to ten years Imprisonment in the city Jail for a violation cf the postal laws, has been released from Jail, his sentence having ben commuted by President McKInley. Hoshall was a medical student at one of the colleges here at the time of his arrest. A Poker-lloom Tragedy. CLINTON. 111.. Dec 23. At Weldon, ten miles southeast of here, to-day, Harry Summers. Jr.. a carpenter, and "Doc' Marcum, a farm hand, engaged in a quarrel in a poker room and Marcum shot and killed Summers. Marcum, who was Intoxicated, Is a Kentucklan and is about twenty-live years old. His victim was about thirty years old. to criti: a cold ixoms day Take Laxative Uromo Quinine Tablet. All druggist refund the money if it fall to cure. E. Y. Grove' signature U on each box. 25c

CASE OF TROOPER DAVIS.

Soldier Who Tried to Imltnte n Kip ling Tommy Atkins In Insane. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-The case of Nicholas Davis, of Troop B, Third Cavalry, having been reported to General Merritt, commanding the Department of the East at New York, he has authorized the commitment of the man to the government hospital for the Insane . near this city. Davis is an enlisted man from Kentucky, who became Insane over fancied wrongs inflicted by members of his troop at Fort Myer, Va., and who, inspired by drink, duplicated at Fort Myer the main Incidents In Rudyard Kipling's story "In the Matter of a Private." Obtaining a Kraag-Jorgensen rifle and a supply of ammunition, he barricaded himself in the troop's quarters and began firing through the open windows at every person who came within range of his weapon. Fortunately he failed to hit anybody. The commandant at the fort, after exhausting all possible efforts to capture the crazy trooper without sacrificing the lives of any of his men, finally ordered him shot and a sergeant and squad were detailed for that purpose. Instead of ordering a volley fired, however, the sergeant, who is a crack marksman, took a single shot at the crazed soldier. Only Davis's head and the stock and barrel of his rifle could be seen above the window sill. The sergeant's bullet broke the ammunition chamber of the Kraag-Jorgensen, driving the pieces of metal into Davis's face and head, stunning but not killing him. WILL USE ALUMINIUM. Copper Too Dear for TelegrBph and Telephone Companies. NEW YORK, Dec. 25. The long sustained price of lG1 cents a pound on copper, as fixed by the Amalgamated Copper Company, will result In Important and farreaching Industrial changes, according to the statement of William II. Baker, vice president and general manager of the Postal Telegraphic Company. "The telegraph and telephone companies," said Mr. Baker to-day, "with the electric light and trolley cfcr concerns, consume a large part of the copper produced. But we cannot pay the present exorbitant price. Our company has reached the conclusion that aluminium wire is preferable. The wire must be twice as large to obtain the same conductivity, but in spite of its increased size it is much lighter than copper and already cheaper. If the present price of copper holds aluminium will be generally adopted by all concerns which require wire to transmit electricity. If the light metal comes in it will come to stay." NEGROES AS LAND OW.EWS. One of the Very Important Feature of the Censua of lOOO. Cleveland Leader. The leaders among the Afro-Americans who have given thought to the subject believe that in farming lie the best possibilities of their race in this country. Scattered through Ohio are a number of little thrifty colonies founded by freed slaves or their children during and immediately alter the civil war. In a general way they are prosperous. One of the leading Afro-Americans of this State recently said: "The solution of the so-called negro problem, in my opinion, would be greatly simplified if a large percentage of our people would be influenced by the conduct of these worthy farmers. White men go out from Europe in quest of land. They find it in different parts of the world, improve it, and become the lords of that land. They own and rule the world. Why can't colored men follow their example? Why will we simply follow, to serve, after the white man has gone and possessed the land?" One Important feature of the next census will be that which deals directly with the ownership of land in city and country by the negro, and it is already reasonably sure that the race will be found to have made gratifying progress where it has applied itself to agriculture. The only statistics on tho subject now obtainable by the census officials are the reports from Southern States which assess the property of the white and colored owners separately. The statistics relating to Virginia have already been examined and they bear out the expectations. The farm property owned by colored men in that State in 1S92 was assessed at 2.74 per cent, of all similar property, and In lbi8 at 3.62 per cent. This is a relative gain of 22 per cent., or nearly one-third in six years. The ownership of property in Virginia cities by colored men was less in 1858 than it was in lsy2, but in the small towns there was an increase of 17 per cent. Between 1S92 and 189S the ownership of personal property by the negro In the eighteen largest cities of Virginia decreased, while in the State, outside of those cities, it increased very perceptibly. The census officials call attention to the fact that if the other States make the same showing as Virginia, and the present rate of progress is kept up by the race, one hundred years will place the negroes upon the same basis as the white people in the ownership of real and personal property in this country. SOME STAGE EFFECTS. How Some of the Remarkable Spectacle Are Produced. W. B. Robertson, in Cassell's Magazine. Stage mechanics are now so advanced that horse races and even rapidly-passing rallwav trains can be vividly presented for quite satisfactory periods of time. The general principle upon which these Illu sions are based can be readily understood when one reflects how utterly Impossible It Is for horses to continue galloping across a stationary stage that they can almost cover with one leap. The stage must move, and obviously it must move In a direction opposite to the direction the horses are heading in. In railway scenes the illusion is produced by a long and thick screw of wood, placed under the tle3 and striped in the groove of the spiral. When this screw Is put in action the ties appear to move, and though they are not moving at all, they appear to move at the rate at which me brightly-painted groove Is dis appearing. The effect is complete when the dummy of the train is pulled slowly across the stage simultaneously with the rapid rotation of the screw, and the spectators receive the impression that the en gine and coaches are going at a terrific rate. If the rate were as great as it, appears to be. needless to add the moving figures would not be perceptible, the train itself would be smashed to pieces every night, and considerable damage done to stage scenery to say nothing of the actors and scene shifters who would now and thn be slaughtered. In racing scenes the horses do run at full speed; they run, however. not on the fixed stage, but on what may be called treadmills, which keep the horses in front of the house for longer or shorter periods according as they are moved quickly or slowly. A picket fence, placed between .-e audience and the course, not only makes the scene more realistic; it also hides the mechanism of the treadmills. This fence has contributed In another way to add to the effect by being moved In opposition to the direction of the horses, and so lending to their apparent speed. As to the sounds made by the footfalls of horses to be heard as though passing outside an interior scene, they are reproduced by the dried .oofs of dead horses, or wooden imitations mounted on handles and hammered against surfaces of stone, gravel, sod. or whatever the occasion may demand. They are also more elaborately manufactured by revolving a cyunoer witn pins protruding from the surface. These pins are arranged, like the spurs on a hand-orgran roller, to imitate trotting, galloping or walking when struck against other substances. If the sound of a carriage is to be added to the tramping of horses, wheels are run on sand. Good nottom In the Slum. Jacob A. RIIs, in December Atlantic, A vigorous optimism, a stout belief In one's fellow-man, Is better equipment in a campaign for civic virtue than stacks of tracts and arguments, economic and moral. There Is good bottom, even in the slum. for that kind of an anchor to get a grip on. A year ago I went to see a boxing match there had been much talk about. The hall was Jammed with a rough and noisy crowd, hotly intent upon its favor ite. Ills opponent, who hailed. I think. from somewhere In Delaware, was greeted with hostile demonstration as a "foreigner." But as the battle wore on. and he

was seen to be fair and manly, while the New Yorker struck one foul blow after another, the attitude of the crowd changed rapidly from enthusiastic approval of the favorite to scorn and contempt, and in the last round, when he knocked the DeUwarean over with a foul blow, the audience rose in a body and yelled to have the fight given to the "foreigner" until my blood tingled with pride, for the decision would leave It practically without a cent. It had staked all It had on the New Yorker. "He is a good man," I heard on all sides, while the once favorite sneaked away without a friend. "Good" meant fair and manly to that crowd. TWO NEW GOVERNORS.

YounK nnd Hood to Rule Over Northern Portion of Luzon. MANILA, Dec. 25, 9 a. m. General Young has been appointed military governor of the provinces of northwestern Luzon, with headquarters at Vlgan. His command Includes the Thirty-third Infantry, under Col. Luther R. Hare, and the Third Cavalry. He will establish permanent stations at San Fernando and Laoag, with outposts wherever needed. The Sixteenth Infantry will proceed to Aparrl, garrisoning such towns as may be deemed necessary in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabella and Nueva Vizcaya, of which Colonel Hood has been appointed military governor. General Young and Colonel Hood are establishing civil municipal governments, and the ports of northenr Luzon will be opened for trade about Jan. 1. Transport Pntn Dnok. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.-The transport Westminster, which sailed from here Sunday with 400 horses and mules and a cargo of fodder, put back into port today, having met with a slight accident to her machinery. The vessel will probably go to sea again to-morrow. AS TO BOUNTY JUMPERS. Miscreant of the Civil War Wh o Should Xot De Forirlven. Washington Post. It is stated on high authority that a considerable number of bounty jumpers have succeeded in getting their names on the pension roll by special acts of Congress. Had strict justice and sound policy prevailed in the treatment of these execrable creatures during our great war, every one of them who was caught would have been shot. Humanity dictated that course, for it would have checked that species of crime before It assumed formidable proportions. But mistaken mercy spared the miscreants, and instead of being executed they were sent to some one of the many regiments In which they had enlisted. They numbered many thousands. Five hundred of them were marched through the streets of Indianapolis, in a single procession, iu the autumn of 1854, with placards on their backs Inscribed "Bounty Jumper" and that was the extent of their punishment. To pension these men now for any cause other than that of wounds actually received in action is an outrage on the men who fought the battles which saved our Union, and It is also robbery of the people. Thc Boston Post is Justly severe in its condemnation of a bill introduced by Senator Cullom removing the disabilities of soldiers of the civil war who deserted or were dishonorably discharged and admitting them to the pension list. Our Boston contemporary says it is incomprehensible that such a measure should be seriously proposed. Senator Cullom is quoted as saying that "the time has arrived when the government can be magnanimous and forgive any little Indiscretion of the soldiers of the civil war." There may be some "deserters" whose offense was merely technical. If, in any such cases, disabilities have not been removed. Congress might properly wipe out the disgrace. But no bounty-Jumping deserter, unless he was actually injured by wounds received in battle, should have any consideration. In sparing the forfeited life of a bounty jumper the government exhausted the possibilities of Justifiable mercy. His crime was not a "little indiscretion." Whnt Is the Rohm Like? Jacob A. Rlis, in the December Atlantic. As to this boss, of whom we hear so much, what manner of man is he? That depends on how you look at him. I have one in mind whom you would accept instantly as a type, if I were to mention his name, which I shall not do for a reason which I fear will shock you; he and I are friends. In his private capacity I have real regard for him. As a politician and a boss I have none at all. I am aware that this is taking low ground in a discussion of this kind, but I am concerned in telling you what I know about- him. not what you may be thinking of me.v He was once a police Justice at that time he kept a saloon and I never knew one Vith more commonsense, which happens to be tho one quality especially needed in trat office. Up to the point where politics came in I could depend upon him entirely. At. tmt point he let me know bluntly that ht was in the habit of running his district to -suit himself. The way he did it brought hi?n under the Just accusation of being g illty .of every kind of rascality known to politi's- When next our paths would cross eacll other it would very likely be on some errand of mercy, to which his feet were always'swlft. I recall the distress of a dear and, gentle lady at whose dinner table I once, took his part. She could not believe that here was a"' good in him; what he did mipt be done for effect. Some time after tt she wrote, asking me to look after an I;as Side family that was in gr&at trouble. It was during the severe cold spell of last- winter, and there was need of haste. I A111 oyer at once, but although I had lost. time, I found my friend, the boss. ahea meIt was a real pleasure to me tt De ' report to my correspondent th1 he had seen to their comfort, and to add that It was unpolitical charity altoget1161" , The. family was that of a Jewish widowith a lot of little children. He is A Roman Catholic. There were no mcr- consequently no voters, in the house, which was far out of his district, anyhow; aij" aS tr effect, he was rather shamefaced at '"y catching him at it. I do not belh-ve that a soul has ever heard of the cae ",m him to this day. Women in Xeir Vork. k New York Evening Post. The great necessity for a "woma3 no" tei" Is conceded alike by the old r?s,dent and the new. Miss Grace H. DddEe. a member of the committee, estimate' nfter a careful survey of the facts, there i-re 10" 000 women in the city needing such a self-support injj women and students Men of all ranks may find a place suited tc their station and purse, but women of the same classes have to battle bet Aeen seml-barl" table or religious institutions an the boarding house, too high-priced for their weans, or, when within their mean un desirable. It is estimated by offlc?rfl of the leading art schools that there an 2,000 art students in this city every year, and on pood authority the number of muslca ptudents is placed at 2.0)0. The Young' " J" man's Christian Association receives 10.000 requests a year for permanent quar"tersFrom fifty to one hundred guests are flally denied admission to the Margaret LU'a Home, because there Is "no room." If the "woman's hotel" project meets with sj" dent support. It will solve a problemf" many women. No restrictions are to he imposed other than those customary n any first-class hotel. ! Lnivton'n Sarcasm, Washington Post. When called upon by a Georgia audlce the late General Lawton said: "I ail1 a The Safest and Household ; The RICHNESS of APEMTA renders it the inost valuable and (safest

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makes htm i of that good Sie, ms aughter gives hiia hot biscuit, and his wifa follows with deli cious ice cream. Presently the man has that unpleasant ( feeling in the stomach which is the beginning of a dyppeptic condition. His nerves become unstrung, and he makes mother, wife and daughter miserable with his moodiness. His liver is torpid. His blood is being poisoned by the impurities which the broken-down organs are incapable of taking care of. He 1 in just the condition to receive the germs of any disease. He is a shining mark for the germs of consumption. To that disease too, he becomes a victim one day or another, unless saved by the use of such a remedy as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. This will put him on his feet again. It is a tonic and appetizer, a blood purifier, a liver invigorator, a nerve restorer, a strengthener for the weak, a cure for weak 'and bleeding lungs, bronchitis, lingering cough and kindred ailments, which if neglected or improperly treated lead up to consumption. Perhaps you think no medicine can cure so many ailments, but when you remember that all these diseases start in the stomach and nutritive system, and that "Golden Medical Discovery" corrects that fault or derangement at the starting point, it isn't so strange after all that it does so much. Mrs. Ellen K. Bacon, of Shutesbury, Franklin Co.. Mass., writes: I firmly believe I should be in a very bad state now if I had not takes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Prior to September 1897, 1 had doctored for my stomach trouble for several years, going through a coarse of treatment without any real benefit. In September 1896, I hafi Terr sick spells and grew worse; could eat but little. X commenced ia September 197. to take the 'Golden Medical Discovery' and in a short time I could eat and work. I have gained twenty pounds in two months." Tube Works WroojbMron Pipe for Gu Steam and Water, Boiler Tubes. Can ana Malleable Ircn Fitting (black an3 galvanized). Valves. Stop Cocks. Enene Trimming. Staa.ni augta. PlP Ton-, Pip Cutters, Vista, Screw Flates an1 Dies Wrenches, Ft-am Trap. Pumrat Kitchen Sink. Roc. Belting. Iiabblt Metal. Solder. White and Colored Wljplnf Waste, and all other Supplies used In connectlo with Gas. Steam and Water. Natural Gas SupFlies a tpaclaltr. Steam leafing Apparatus foe Public Duildlncs. Storerooms, Mills. Shop, Fao torles. Laundries, Lumber lry Houses, etc Cut and Thread to order any slraj Wrought-iron Pipe, from i inch to 12 Inches diank etsr. KNIGHT & J1LLS0N, in to trr 8. PEN XL, VAN LA, poldier, not a speaker; a regular, and not a hero." But there were other heroes on hand to do the talking, and the audience was not dismissed on Law ton's account. Negroes in Sonth Africa. London Letter. A word finally as to the temper of the negroes of all South Africa, 3.000,000 in number, with DOO.000 ablebodied men, among whom the war between the British and the Boers is eolnp forward. By all accounts. they detest white men, whether Kngllsh or Dutch, nearly equally. The English have made them work in their mines under conV dltlons that they resent. Somo of their wiser chiefs and much common rumor anticipate that these conditions will grow more burdensome after the English conquest of the Transvaal. The Dutch have made them work on their farms under still harder conditions than those that prevail in the mines. In time pat the Dutch held them as slaves. Rumor, again, runs among them that If the Dutch defeat tho English they will revive this slavery. Thus far, the natives have been content to watch the war, less restlessly than many informed observers anticipated, lying indeed Impartially, but restraining their instinct to loot. According to letter from South Africa they are likely to continue in this mood. If. however, the war should be long, until even the victorious side is comparatively exhausted and the country wasted far and wide then the temptation to revolt would be keenest, and wars with the natives in South Africa have not been short or easy. One Gratefnl Son. Chicago Tribune. This," said the guide, "Is the grave of Adam." Historic spot! With reverential awe, nay, with a feeling of deep thankfulness, the wealthy merchant tailor on his first trip to the Orient drew near and cast a flower on the tomb. "Erring ancestor," he murmured, "I should be the last man on earth to revile your memory. To your sin I owe my prosperity." The Point of View.. Xew York Commercial Advertiser. It was at a women's club and the members had been discussing child culture. "It's odd. isn't it, in this enlightened age that many mothers should be no prejudiced as to think their children better than everybody else's children?", said -one woman. "It is, indeed," answered her companion, gravely. "Now, If all children were like my Dollle It would not seem strange." Another Sla-Day Illeycle Race. NEW IJEDFOKD, Mass.. Dec 23. A sixday bicycle race, eight hours a day, began at Adelphi Kin, this afternoon. At 11 p. m., when the race ended for the day, the score was: John Dubois. Brockton. Mass.. 14X9; Xat Butler, Cambridge, Maw., 147.6; Kudolph Larex, Uelclum, H7.3; Joe Downey, Boston. 113.7: Iluch McLean. Chelsea. Mass.. 144.5; lien Munroe, Memphis. Tenn., 143.5; J. L. McDanlels, New York, 76.2. We Wonder. New York Herald. One of the objects of the national reform convention Is "a concerted movement for Immediate practical effort against the evil of seven-day Journalism." We wonder how many of the clergymen who discuss this topic would be willing to do without their Monday morning newspaper, which is th one that requires the most Sunday labor? Tom Heed, Heformer. Boston Globe. Tom Reed is still saying things. Just as he did when be was speaker. When Representative McClellan, of New York, asked him the other day what he thought of politics he drawled in answer: "I don't think of politics. I am a reformer now, and reformers don't think of anything except making money." Most Reliable Aperient WATER In natural saline aperienti laxative and purgative.

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