Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 90, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1900 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1900

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BOND WI2 OPPER $95,000 Spencer Co., Ind. . . 3is $25,000 Lawrence Co , Ind. . . 4s Price and particulars upon application. CAMPBELL, WILD & CO. 2U5 Stevenson tsuiiaiag. . Useful Articles for Invalids. Reclining and Rollins Chalr for parlor and street. Carry" Chairs. Wheeled Couche. Food fctrlllzrs and Desiccators. Feeding and Spit Ct. Electric Itelts. Insoles and Batteries. Bath Cabinets. WM. II. ARMSTRONG & CO., ZZ-rx South Meridian street. Indianapolis. Ind. landed some distance up the river, and were allowed to take the mortally wounded out of the boat and place them on shore, and to arrange the tourniquets to the wounds. The seriously wounded we carried with us to the commandant's office, about a mile and a half distant. "We were under a strict guard. The officer in charge of us would not allow the mortally wounded to be taken with us. The officer said they had a medical officer and would send Mm down to attend the men. I never could uncertain whether this was done, as the next day all who could move were marched across the country to San Ysidro. At the commandant's office I requested to be allowed to write to the commanding officer of tl;e Yorktown to notify him of the facts and to request medical attendance. This was allowed, but I found later that the letter was never sent. "Before ending this report I will mention men whom I particularly noticed. AH, however. behaed well. "II. Walton, for his coolness In the bow of the boat with the Colt gun. fie had the vizier of his cap shot off and coat pierced by balls In the first volley, but stood to his gun and worked it until it was thrown out of action. "Paul Voodolt. who assisted at the bow with the gun. and to whose knowledge of the Spanish language I am especially Indebted. He was under fire of the enemy all of the time In the bow, and I recommend him for coolness and bravery. "J. Ellsworth, who. In his capacity of coxswain, handled the boat well and was especially cool under fire, being In the expose,! position of coxswain, and only leaving the coxswain's box to assist In swimming the boat out. "Rynders, for staying at his oar, although seriously wounded In. both arms;, und doing everything to assist in backing the boat out. His coolness and bravery, although suffering from his wounds, cannot be too highly praised. "Van Vllle, for his bravery and coolness under fire, endeavoring to get a clip out of Ie? rifle for me. and. although wounded fcrlously four times, stayed in position. He 1.; a young man of exemplary habits, only seventeen or eighteen years of age. and showed remarkable coolness and bravery. "IM wards and Woodbury, for coorness In trying to swim the boat out. and the former, with Peterson, for attending the wounded afterward. "In conclusion I trut that my action In attempting to save Knslgn Standley and the quartermaster from Imprisonment, if rot death, will be approved. My sole thought was to do this, and. although the expedition turned out so disastrously, I have suffered for It. My only regret Is that my boat's crew should have to suffer with me." THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. Three of Its Officer Namfd-Serre-taryshlp Offered to C. 31. Pepper. WASHINGTON. March 30. The Philippine Commission held Its second meeting to-day. and spent some time in conference upon the work to be undertaken. In the afternoon the members called at the War Department and were received by Secretary Root, who, having discussed the subject at the Cabinet meeting earlier in ihe day, had some- additional verbal instructions for them. It was definitely decided -by the secretary and . the commissioners that nothing should be made public at this time indicative of the nature of the written Instructions. It is known, however, that it is the purpose of the President to make the civil government of the Philippines represented by the commission, superior to the military in all matters pertaining to the government of the islands rot strictly military In character. It Is tielicvt-d that Judge Taft, before he accepted the chairmanship of the commission, had a perfect understanding with the President ns to the relations which should exist between the civil and military authorities, and also that from the time the commission arrives In Manila Its authority will be ru;reme, under the President, as to all matters of government. To-day was the last meeting of tne entire commission In Washington, as three of the members depart for thrlr homes to-night anil to-morrow. Chairman Taft announced the names of the officers of the commlsffon." with the exception of that of secretary, whos.? selection has not yet been definitely determined. Arthur W. Fergusson. of Washington, wno Is about forty-four years old. is to be the Spanish secretary. At present Mr. Ferguson is chief translator of the Bureau of American Republics, which brings him In close contact with the Latin races of South America. During the sessions of the peace commission at Paris he was the Interpreter for the commission, and during fkcretary Blaine's incumbency of the State Department he accompanied the PanAmerican Congress on Its trip through the United States. Frank A. Branagan. a native of Ohio. Is to be the disbursing officer and accountant of the commission. He acted In a similar

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capacity for the Paris peace commission, and is now the chief of the bureau of accounts in the State Department. Rutherford Corbin, a son of Adjutant Corbin. of the army, has been chosen assistant secretary of the commission. Mr. Corbin is about twenty-five years of age, and has had considerable experience in this line of work, having tilled positions of importance with the Paris Peace Commission and the Philippine Commission. It Is reported that Charles M. Pepper, a well-known newspaper correspondent, has been offered the place of secretary. A dispatch tendering him the place was sent to him at Ponce, Porto Rico. Mr. Pepper is acquainted with most of the members of the commission. President McKinley gave a dinner at the White House this evening to the members of the newly appointed Philippine Commission. The members of the Cabinet and a few other guests were also invited. Those present included the following: Judge W. H. Taft, Prof. Dean C. Worcester, Hon. Luke E. Wright. Hon. Henry C. Ide. Prof. Bernard Moses, Secretary Gage, Secretary Root, Attorney General Griggs, Postmaster General Emory Smith. Secretary Long, Secietary Hitchcock, Secietary Wilson. Senator Turley, Representatives Cannon and Henry A. Cooper, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Col. Charles Denby, Col. Thomas H. Barry and Mr. George W. Perkins, of New York. KILLED A.D WOODED. Latent. List of Casualties Amonfr Cienerul Otlss Troop. WASHINGTON. March SO. General Otis' s latest casualty list is as follows: Killed In Luzon. Forty-fifth Infantry, March 20. at Camlllg. Company M, James T. Hill. In Saman, Forty-third Infantry, March 8, at Mataguin, Company H, Eldridge H. Webster: March 11, . at Lanag. Company I. Ferdinand W. Myer. In Panay, Eighteenth Infantry, March 22. at Cabuycabug, Company L, Max Hohne, ccrporal. Wounded In Luzon. Twenty-second Infantry. March 21. at Penaranda, First Lieutenant Orrin R. Wolfe, lung, severe: Thirty-fourth Infantry, Company C. James K. Murphy, elbow, severe: Thirty-seventh Infantry. March 20, at Camlllg. Company G. Floyd Hummer, sergeant, feet, serious: Forty-fifth Infantry, March 18. at Polangul. Company A, Odls Smith, corporal, thigh. slight: Forty-seventh Infantry. March 14. at Guinobaton, Company I, Thomas J. Gould: March 20, at Camlllg. George II. Momeny. corporal: . Forty-third Infantry, March 13, at Hllongos, Company C, James F. Burns, chest, serious. In Panay. Eighteenth Infantry. March 22. at Cabuycabug. Company L, John G. Carl, sergeant, mortally. TWO FILIPINOS EXECUTED. Hanged In Front of a Church for Kill Inst n Countryman. MANILA. March SO. Morales and Gonzales, who were found guilty of murdering a countryman were hanged at noon to-day In the plaza In front of the church at San Carlos, province of Pangasin. an officer of the Seventeenth Infantry presiding at the execution, which was witnessed by the principal citizens of the place. There was nc demonstration. Anlnnlrt Im Said to Vlalt Manila. TACOMA. Wash.. March 30.-Capt. Conradi. of the transport Garonne, which hs arrived from Manila, reports that Aguinaldo. according to reports current there, is able to visit Manila In disguise almost as often as he wishes. How tnls is accomplished no one seems to know, but it Is known positively that he attended a grand masque ball at Manila on New Year's night and has been sevn there several times since. He Is heard from occasionallyas being first In one place and then In another. CASE OF F. E. GREENE. Naval Officer Who Commmltted Snlclde at Slontevldeo Last January. CHICAGO, March SO.-The Chronicle's Washington's correspondent says that Lieutenant Commander Francis K. Greene, of the cruiser Montgomery, who committed suicide at Montevideo last Jantjary, was charged with Intoxication and under suspension at the time of his death. It is alleged that Commander Merrill, of the Montgomery, prejudged the case of the lieutenant commander, making it difficult for him to secure a hearing before Rear Admiral Schley, commanding the squadron. The evidence adduced In the case shows, It Is said, that several members of the ship's company saw nothing unusual In the actions of Lieutenant Commander Greene at the time he was charged with intoxication, while Lieutenant White said that Greene's condition was maudlin. The dispatch also says that proper respect was lacking at the funeral of the dead officer. Lieutenant Commander Greene was formerly an Indiana man. and his widow now resides at VIncennes. She has received no statement from the Navy Department covering the findings of the board in regard to her husband's suicide. Movement of Steamers. CHERBOURG, March S.-Salied: Kaiser Friedrich, from Hamburg and Southampton, for New York. NEW YORK. March SO.-Arrlved: Germanic, from Liverpool: Phoenicia, from Hamburg. QCEENSTOWN. March :a.-Salled: Dominion, from Liverpool, for Halifax and Portland. HAVRE. March 3. Arrived: Ii Gascogne, from New York. YOKOHAMA. March 5). -Sailed: Goodwin, for Tacoma. Insure tvitU The Indianapolis lire Insurance Company John M. Spann, ecretary. HS E. Market it.

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ALL MACHINISTS WILL RETl It TO WOnil ,EXT 3IOXDAY. Settlement nt Chicago nnd Elsewhere That Will Avert the Calllnfc Out of ino,000 Tollers. VICTORY FOR THE EMPLOYES LMO TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE 31 A X I' FA CT l'RCRS. Question of Wage. Honrs. Etc. to Be Arhltrnted-SerJouN lllot at Pennsylvania Mines. CHICAGO. March 30. A settlement of the strike In the machine shops of Chicago was reached to-day at a conference held In the Fisher building between officials of the unions and representatives of the employers. It is a settlement which is to be national in Its sco:e, and under Its terms the general strike, which was intended to Involve the 150,000 machinist of the country, about April 1, will be averted. ; Work is to be resumed on Monday here, as well as In Cleveland. Paterson, N. J., and Philadelphia. At Columbus, the fifth city, where a strike was in force, a settlement was declared to have been reached on Thursday afternoon. In all these five cities the men agree to return to work, pending arbitration of the Issues In the controversy. The number of workmen affected by the decision to resume work Is estimated to be about ten thousand. Of this total, five thousand are Chlcagoans, most of whom have been out of work since the issuance of the order for the strike that wen I Into general effect here on March 5. From the terms of the settlement, as drawn up and executed In writing, the strikers aro figuring out a victory. This claim is not disputed to any extent by the manufacturers, who admit that concessions have been made. Recognition of the union was granted and the men will return to work pending arbitration of wages, hours and other differences. Although the final settlement Is to be worked out in detail by a board of arbitration, it is claimed by the union officials, and admitted by the manufacturers, that assurances have been made that will guarantee the concession of the nine-hour day or Its equivalent in working hours, and also will secure a slight increase In average wages of the workmen. In return for the concessions National President James O'Connell. Organizer Stuart Reid and Local Business Agent Roderick agreed to call off the strike in Chicago. Before formally signing an agreement the three union officials asked for time to submit the issue of calling off the strike to a referendum vote at a mass meeting of the strikers to-morrowt afternoon. This gathering, however. Is expected to be more of a celebration than anything else as It Is admitted on all hands that the rank and file of the men is strongly in favor of the settlement. The terms of the settlement grant re cog nltion of the union and provide that the present differences as to wages and hours are to be submitted to a board of arbitration. This board is to consist of the president of each national organization, he to choose two others and the board of six to pass finally on all that tnere is under dispute. Pending the decision of the board of arbitration on the present differences, the men are to return to work. Whatever is decided as to wages and hours is to be effective from the time the men return to work. "All differences will be amicably adjusted now," said President O'Connell. "It is almost certain that the men will be satisfied with the proposition which we will submit to them to-morrow. It is in line with their wishes. It gives us what we have been struggling for. I believe that with the adoption of terms of settlement drawn up at our conference to-day there need be no strikes among machinists In the future." Much money has been lost on both sides by the strike. It Is estimated that the men have lost in wages J1SO.000 during their rive weeks of Idleness. Several firms have lost heavily through delay In finishing contracts. No estimate of the loss to the manufacturers is obtainable. Assaults (ironinK Out of a Strike. CHICAGO. March SO. In defending himself from an assault made by two strikers, Albert Gottschalk, a steam fitter at Swift & Co.'s. shot one of his assailants, William Gerllch, the bullet striking him back of the neck. Rrazinp the spinal cord and lodging in the lower Jaw. Goltschalk is locked up. A murderous assault was made on James II. French, a nonunion foreman at the Butler building. Just after quitting time four men attacked him. He was felled with a blow by a "billie and savagely kicked about the head. He was picked up for dead and was unconscious for hours. TRADES l.MOXS COXDEMXED. Employers of Lahor Before the Industrial Commission. CHICAGO. March 30. Employers of labor appeared before the subcommittee of the Industrial Commission to-day and gave testimony as to the effect of labor unions on business conditions and worklngmen. John M. Stiles, a painter and decorator and member of the Builders' and Contractors Council, denounced the Painters Union, saying Its history since Its incorporation was one of oppression. Intimidation and crime. He cited numerous Instances of attacks on nonunion men In his employ in 1837 and 1S08. and said that in 1S3S work was suspended on a job of his because his own son, a nonunion man, was employed. Stiles was compelled to give a bond of 1500 to employ none but union men. The policy and methods of the Painters Union, said Mr. Stiles, tended to set at variance employer and employe. John A. Miller, a sheet metal manufacturer, said that a member of the Sheet Metal "Workers' Union was practically a slave, as once joining he could never leave it. He claimed It was as much as a man's life was worth to antagonize the unions and that unionism as a whole was a curse to the workingman. Union organization, said Mr. Miller, had resulted In higher wages per hour, but not in higher Wtfges per year on account of their unjust demands. The only remedy, in his opinion, lay In an appointive Judiciary Instead of an elective one. J. J. Walker, president of the Ooss Printing Press Company, declared there was nothing to arbitrate with the local machinists' union.. The true remedy for the situation lay in congressional action and a national committee to investigate and pass upon labor troubles. He believed that the politics of the City Hall w ; the worst factor In the problem. "If the strike lasts three months," he concluded, "we shall be In great luck to have room for one-half the men." A. W. Bonner, member of the Contractors Council and president of the Mantle and Tile Dealers' Association, flung some fresh comparisons Into the lists. The Building Trades Council had "their wrecking crew" and "flying squadron." They were the "Molly McGulres of Chicago."

Their business was "murder," slugging and the driving of workmen and business men out of Chicago.

ATTACKED BY STRIKERS. Nonunion Miners Assnultetl and Three Persons Wounded. DUBOIS. Pa.. March Co.-The striking miners at the Horatio mines of the Ber-wlnd-White Coal Mining Company .attacked the few men who have remained at work when they came from the mines to-night. A miner named Dlbblebls and his two sons were attacked by a crowd of men, women and children armed with clubs and stones, and were forced to battle for their lives. Dlbblebls and his sons- were reinforced by the other men who have been working, and both sides drew revolvers and began shooting. Over one hundred shots were fired, resulting in the serious wounding of three persons. Dibblebin received a severe flesh would in the arm and a cut on the head, and a boy named McClure and a Hungarian lad were both shot In the body. The two latter belonged to the strikers. The mine officials Immediately called on Sheriff Chestnut, of Jefferson county, for assistance, and that officer, with a force of deputies, went to the scene at once and arrested forty men and women who participated in the fight, taking them to Punxsutawney. where they will be given a hearing to-morrow. The strikers are in an uglymood and further trouble is expected at any moment. The sheriff is now guarding the property of the company and affording protection to the men who are now at work. It is not thought that any of the wounded will die. PLAYHOUSE IN RUINS COLUMBIA THEATER AT CHICAGO DESTROYED BY FIRE. Several Persons Injured Loss, $100,OOO Klaw & Erlanajer Among the Sufferers. CHICAGO, March CO. The Columbia Theater, one of the oldest and most popular playhouses in the city, was destroyed by fire this afternoon, entailing a total loss of $190,000. The fire was discovered In the laundry of the Iroquois Club, which occupied apartments on the sixth floor of the building. It Is supposed that some hot coals dropped from the stove to the floor. The flames spread with great rapidity, and within ten minutes after the discovery of the fire the theater was beyond saving. Occupants of the building and employof the theater and the club were drtvv to the street in such haste that In the excitement three women were overcome. Before the fire was extinguished the following were injured: FRANCES MILLER, overcome by smoke and her face cut: taken from the sixth floor by John Crllly, a porter of the Iroquois Club. JOHN BURNS, tlreman, hit by falling glass and cut about the face and head. JOHN COURTNEY, policeman, struck by falling cornice and -4 glass, head cut and shoulder bruised. 1 MARIA ELLIS, fell down stairs, wrist sprained and head cut. MRS. MARY ROBINSON, hurt about the face and head. The losses are distributed as follows: Columbia Theater Amusement Company, of Chicago, owner of the building. 5123,000; Klaw & Erlanger, proprietors of the Rogers Brothers' company, $35.000; Iroquois Club, $10.000; D. M. Bernstein, Jeweler, $5,000; Howland block, $3.000; Hannah & Hogg, saloon, $3.000; Chicago National Bank, $3,000; Bellevue Medical Institute. $3,000; miscellaneous''' losses," $3,000; total,' $100,000. A company owned by Klaw & Erlanger, of New York, and headed by Rogers brothers, presenting "Rogers Brothers In Wall Street," was playing an-engagement at the theater. The fire Interrupted the progress of a rehearsal and twenty men and women in costume were driven to the street In haste. They were not notified of the fire before the department had arrived and was sending streams of water into the upper floors where the fire had originated. When an excited stage hand rushed Into the theater and shouted r that' the theater was on fire there was a wild rush on the part of the players for the street, and a frightened crowd of performers shivered In a neighboring saloon while' friends went in search of suitable clothing tor them. The early part of the fire was marked with gallant rescues of girls employed in the laundry of the Iroquois Club, where the flames started. Two firemen climbed the fire escaie to the sixth floor and carried the women, who had grown hysterical, to a place of safety. The rescuers were urged on by the cheers of thousands massed In the street below. The two girls who made the perilous Journey under the guidance of the firemen were Frances Miller and Marie Ellis. The others were escorted down the stairway through the blinding smoke. A few minutes after the discovery of the fire the roof of the building fell with a crash, and to many it sounded like a great explosion. The collapse caused a general stampede among the spectators, and in the rush several were slightly bruised. Later when the cornice of the front of the building fell several firemen had narrow escapes. The heaviest losers outside of the owners of the building were Rogers Brothers, who have been playing an engagement at the theater. They had valuable scenery and costumes to the amount of $35,000 stored on the stage, and all this was eaten up by the flames. The insurance upon the theater amounts to $100.000, and all other losses aro also protected. L. Werba, the business manager of the Rogers company, representing the owners, Klaw & Erlanger, stated that the insurance carried on the scenery and effects was $20.000. The Columbia Theater was built by J. II. Haverly a short time after the Chicago fire, and after it passed from his hands in 18S4 it was rechrlstened the Columbia by Ellen Terry at ihe time of her first appearance In Chicago with Sir Henry Irving. The lease of the Columbia Amusement Company expires May 1, laoo. and would not have been renewed, as the company is now building a theater of Its own. The Iroquois Club, whose home was destroyed, Is the largest Democratic club In Illinois and has among Its members many of the prominent Democrats of Chicago. SUICIDE IN A BATHROOM. Former Speaker of the loir a House of Representatives Kills Himself. WATERLOO. Ia., March CO.-Former Speaker of the House Lore Alford was found dead in the bathroom of his home today with his throat cut. The body was In a kneeling posture, with the head hanging over the bathtub, into which the blood was spurting. Despondency orer poor health is supposed to be the cause for the act. Four years ago he attempted suicide by shooting but recovered. Mr. Alford was a -prominent lawyer and was speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives in ISM. Over Mascara Falls. NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y., March 30. A sensational suicide occurred this morning on Goat island, near the spring. A man waded out as far as he could, shot himself three times in the head, pitched forward Into the water, and was swept down between Luna and Goat Islands, going over the falls at the Cave of the AVinds. From papers and letters left behind he Is thought to be Hippolyte Schneider, of Pittsburg. Letters In French were found addressed to Madame Lillian Russell. Infanta Dahlln and the Westlnghouse Company, of Pittsburg. In one letter he blames the woman Lillian R. Russell for his death and leaves her all his property. The letters were rambling and Indicate that the man was insane. Naturalization papers were found on him. dated March 9. 1SS2. at Pittsburg. riTTSBURG. Pa., March SO.-Wppolyte Schneider was a machinist, and until three weeks ago worked for the Westlnshouse Electric Company at East Pittsburg. 13 lost his position and left Pittsbur-r.

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CLAIMS AffinKfIATIG SEVERAL .MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. f Loutl Postal Dill Amended hy the Com inittee and to Re Reported Back to Congress. UTAH POSTMASTER OUSTED REMOVED BECAUSE HE WAS FOTXD TO BE A POLYGAM I ST. Civil Service Law Amended by the President aval and Postoffice Bills Prepared." WASHINGTON, March 30. The House devoted the day to war claims. The bill to remunerate the British Cable Company for expenses Incurred in repairing the Manila cable, cut by Admiral Dewey, which was under consideration several weeks ago, was consigned to oblivion, as was the bill to refer to the Court of Claims the claims of citizens of certain border counties of Pennsylvania who suffered losses during the various incursions of rebel forces Into that State during the civil war. This bill has been before Congress for many years, and Involves about $3.450,000. Three bills were passed: To refer the claims of George W. Lawrence (Involving $17,000) in connection with the construction of the monitor Wassuc to the Court of Claims; to refer the claim of Hiram Johnson and others for cotton burned In East Tennessee by the Confederate force to the Court of Claims, and to pay Mathlas Pcderson. of Spring Valley, Wis., $300. By a curious coincidence Mr. Cox. of Tennessee, who commanded the Conferedate forces which destroyed the cotton in East Tennessee for which the government is now to pay, occupied a seat on the floor when the bill passed. ' During the debate on the Pennsylvania claims Mr. Johnston, of West Virginia, asked why there should not be an omnibus bill to cover the claims of all the border States, Missouri. Ohio, Indiana. Kentucky, Illinois and Kansas. Mr. Mahon pointed out that these claims had all been proven under acts of the Pennsylvania Legislature. No other State except Missouri, stood in the same position. The purpose of the bill, Mr. Mahon declared, was simply to determine the legal right of the claimants. The claims were based upon the constitutional guarantee of the United States to protect the States against Invasion. If the court decided that the claimants had no rights, that was the end of the matter. By a vote of 26 to 63 the committee refused to lay the bill aside with a favorable recommendation, and, instead, ordered it laid on the table. The Loud bill, relating to second-class mall matter, was agreed to in an amended form by the House committee on postotfflces and post roads to-day. This bill was recently recommitted by the House to the committee because of certain objections raised. The amended bill eliminates the points of objection, particularly that referring: to the country newspapers. In its new form the bill Is quite brief and Is as follows: "That mailable matter of the second class shall embrace all newspapers and other periodical publications which are issued at stated Intervals and as frequently as four times a year, provided that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to admit to the second-class rate publications purporting to be issued periodically and to subscribers which are merely books, or reprints of books, whether they be Issued complete or In parts, whether they be bound or unbound, whether they be sold by subscription or otherwise, or whether they purport to be premiums or supplements or parts of regular newspapers or periodicals. "Sec. 2. That news agents shall not be allowed to return to news agents or publishers at the pound rate unsold periodical publications, but shall pay postage on the same at the rate of 1 cent for four ounces." The Senate committee on interstate commerce to-day heard arguments In support of the proposition to amend the interstatecommerce law by James L. Langley, of the Merchants Association of New York, Edward P. Bacon, a grain merchant of Milwaukee, and H. F. Dousman, of the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Langley said he represented 33,000 of the largest business houses in the United States, 1,200 of them being in New York. They wanted the hands of the Interstate-commerce Commission strengthened, Mr. Iangley said, feeling that they were "as much at the mercy of the secret rate harpies as prior to 1887." Mr. Bacon thought the law should either be made effective or stricken off the books. He also expressed the opinion that the Interstate Commission should have the power to convict In cases where the members were convinced of violation of the law, even where the proof did not reach the strict technical requirements. Mr. Dousman complained especially of discrimination In rates on the part of railroad companies, and wanted the law amended so as to put a stop to the practice. A large delegation from New York, Philadelphia and other cities appeared before the insular affairs committee of the House to-day In behalf of the bill introduced by Mr. Glllett. of Massachusetts, to prohibit the Importation into, sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors In Porto Rico. Ilawall or the Philippines. m They adduced many facts to prove that, especially in the Philippines, there had been a large increase In the sale of Intoxicating liquors since the advent of the Americans, with drunkenness and other attendant evils, and argued that entire prohibition was the only remedy for the condition of affairs existing and prospective. Among those who spoke were Rev. J. B. Dunn, of the National Temperance Society, of New York; Rev. E. C. Dinwiddle and Hon. S. E. Nicholson, of the National AntI-sa!oon league, and Mrs. S. E. Ellis, cf the W. C. T. U. The House committee on naval affairs to-day approved the naval appropriation bill and directed Its report to the House. Several efforts were made to change the bill as heretofore practically agreed on, but no material changes were made. As the bill will be reported. It provides for two battleships, three armored cruisers and ten protected cruisers of the dimensions heretofore given and armor plate for the ships of the Maine class now urgently In need of armor, is authorized at a price not exceeding $545 per ton. The proposition for a government armor factory was again brought forward to-day and caused animated discussion, but no conclusive action was taken. The effort was also renewed to secure the construction of one or more of the new ships In government yards, but the matter did not reach a vote. The bill carries approximately S61.Quo.000. In reply to Inquiries from this country in regard to openings for Americans In Nicaragua, Consul Donaldson, at Managua, writes to the State Department that American engineers, physicians, surgeons and dentists may find remunerative employment In his country. There arc no chances, the consul says, for our undergraduates in the Nicaragua schools, as the salaries are Insignificant and the customs so different that Americans rarely prove successful. There are very few native engineers and this field affords probably the best opportunity for Americans, although dentists are very scarce, and hence In demand. Consul Donaldson adds that the wives of officials, planters, lawyers, doctors and even of politicians have each their little shop In Niearaguan towns find that buying and Sellin; Is the favorite occupation of the natives. The pcrtoCT.cs err.:, nally tttn rrt- 3 vz r-.'ttj cn : : - t::i s a- : t -

largest item Is, as usual, that for carrying the malls on railways, viz.. $X.S7o.(H which Is only a slight increase from the allowance of last year. The rural free delivery Item ,1s $1.750.000. and that for pneumatic tubes service S75.0A the latter being an Increase of $500,000 requested by the Postoffice Department. What is known as the "fast mall subsidy for fast mall trains from New York and other points to the South.-and also on the Santa Fe route Is retained as heretofore. The Bureau of Foreign Commerce. State Department, has been informed by Mr. James B. Simpson, of Dallas. Tex., In regard to a specimen of Texas wheat sent to France to be tested as to Its fitness for use In the manufacture of macaroni and like pastes, that "It has been demonstrated beyond question that all northern Texas Is perfectly adapted to the $n"owth of the hard, glutinous wheats now In such great demand In France and Italy. The economic postage bill was favorably acted upon by the House committee on postofflces and post roads to-day. The bill authorizes the use of a device by which postal cards are paid for only in case of use. and it is designed to facilitate commercial transactions. The amount of bonds received at the treasury for excange for the new 2 per cents to March 30 Is J1S1.924.400. of which $10.735.600 is from Individuals other than national banks. It was announced at the Postoffice Department to-day that J. C. Graham had been removed as postmaster at Provo, Utah, on March 28. and a temporary successor in the person of Read Smoot appointed In his stead. Mr. Smoot was selected by the bondsmen of Graham and will retain the office until some one Is selected to take permanent charge. Graham was removed as a result of an Investigation by the House postofflce committee of charges that he was a pobgamist. The committee found that he was guilty as charged, but exonerated the President and all officials of the Postofflce Department of any knowledge that he was guilty of polygamy at the time of his appointment.

The House committee on commerce today agreed to report the Senate bill for a Chlno-Japan commission to investigate the commercial opportunities of the Orient with an amendment striking out the provision of the bill proposed by Senator Hoar directing that no senator or representative in Congress shall be named on any commission appointed by the President. Senator Davis to-day introduced a bill for the extension of 'the provisions pf the laws relating to the soldiers homes of the States and Territories so as to Include soldiers who participated in the Spanish war and the wars succeeding, and also to those participating in the Indian wars. The President has amended the civil service law so as to authorize the Civllservice Commission, acting In accord with the heads of the department interested, to fix maximum age limitations with respect to entrance to positions for which such maximum age limitations are not now fixed by the civil service rules; and. In addition to the age limits already fixed In that section of the rules, he has fixed the age limits for apprentice In mints and assay offices." at eighteen to twenty-four years, for "keefAr. assistant keeper, and officers of light ships in the lighthouse service" at eighteen to fifty years, for "matron and assistant matrons, in the Indian service," at twenty-five to fifty-five years, and for "observer In the weather bureau servicV," at eighteen to thirty years. Soldiers and sallora who are granted preference under Section 1754, Revised Statutes, are alreaay exempteu from all age limitations as such. Secretary Gage occupied some time at the Cabinet meeting to-day In making a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the government. He stated that since July 1, 1&09. there had accumulated a surplus of revenues over receipts of about $53.000.000, and that by the end of June of this year It probably would amount to over $60.000,000. This surplus Is accounted for by large receipts from customs and by a material reduction in the expenditures on account of the war. The secretary is of the opinion that the present rate of taxation might safely be reduced to some extent, and it was with a view to a possible rccommedation to Congress by the President on the subject that the secretary made his statements. . Representative Hemenway presided over the House In committee of the whole, this afternoon. Mr. Overstreet left for Indianapolis today. . Representative Hemenway and Attorney General Taylor made an argument, this afternoon, before the House committee on war claims for the pay of Indiana's war claim, a bill to pay which was passed by the Senate, recently, at the Instance of Senator Fairbanks. In the executive session of the Senate today the protocol to the peace treaty agreed upon between the representatives of JLhe United States and Spain was received. The protocol extends for a year the time within which residents of the Philippines can decide as to allegiance. ! Freeman R. Green, thirty-five years old, formerly of Fort Wayne. Ind., who had been employed as a $1.400 clerk in the miscellaneous division of the coast geodetic survey for twelve years, committed suicide shortly after 6 o'clock last evening, by shooting himself through the right temple at his home. U01 Flint rtreet. Brlghtwood. He died within twenty minutes after he fired the first shot. No definite motive has been assigned for the deed. Green was a man of peculiar temperament, and lived very much within himself. He was quiet and affable at work and In his home. The controller of the currency has approved applications for the organization of the following banks in Indiana of the $25.000 and $50.000 classes, provided for by the new law: First National, Greenfield, L. E. McDonald. $r.000: First National. Hillsboro, John M. Frazler. $23.000; First Nattonal, Oxford. William Burdette. $25,000; First National. Lowell, J. G. Ibach, $25,000; First National, Greensburg, Webb Woodflll. $50.000; First National. Montpelier, C. Q. Shull. $50,000. Lieutenant Batson, famous as the leader of the little band of native scouts which rendered such effective service In the campaign in Luzon, has been honored by Secretary Root by being selected as the organizer of a battalion of Macabebes. which is to wrve as the nucleus of the force of the native Filipinos to be raised hereafter. Lieutenant Batson Is at present In Washington on leave of absence from Manila, having been severely wounded In tne foot In one of the movements last winter. He will return to Manila with the rank of major, and proceed at once to raise the new battalion. ARSENIC IN THE OATMEAL. Servant Irl Confesses to Assisting In Poisoning: Four People. CINCINNATI, O., March 30. An attempt to poison a family resulted In the serious illness of four persons Mrs. F. A. Aiken. Miss Allle M. Galvin. Harold Winold, aged six, and Francis Winold, aged three. Mrs. C. O. Winold. another of the children and daughter of Mrs. Aiken escaped. The persons poisoned had eaten oatmeal for breakfast. They were Immediately and violently attacked. A physlctan was quickly called, and all were soon out of danger, though still suffering severely. Suspicion pointed to the servant girl. Violet Foster, who was arrested and at first denied her guilt, but soon admitted that she had procured the arsenic. She said she was instigated thereto by Mr. C. O. Winold. father of the children, who visited them last Week. Very bitter feeling has existed In the family. The father once kidnapd the children, and Mrs. Winold recovered them after lengthy litigation. The police found that a half ounce of crude arsenic had been bought by a girl on Thursday afternoon at a drug store near by nd that the name signed by the purchaser was Lena Heigh, in her confession Violet Foster admitted she bought the arsenic and fcljned as Lena Heigh. She then rU that three weeks aso a man came to Irr !rtn on.1 raid he was Mrs. Winold's I " ! c-1 t:!5 fcsr ell his troubles, en- ' rrl-y he call?3 - c! t.L5 fr .!-

"Durability .is Better Than Show" The wc4lth of the multi-mHuorurres is not equdl to good hedth. Riches wiihovt heJLllh sue a curse, nd yet the rich, the middle cUsscs and the poor tlike fuvc, in Hood's SArs&piruU, a valuable ssbt&nt in getting and truintzirlng perfect hczlih.

SaUa baiii and said he would give her 55 if she wouM get the polton. She refused and he offered ?10, threatening her if she did not comply. She consented. He said he only wanted Mrs. Winold poisoned. He called again this morning and put the poison in the oatmeal himself. When he left he told her if Mrs. Winold died to wrile to him at Springfield. O. She did not pet the $100 because be said he put the poison In himself. All efforts are being directed towards the apprehension of Winold. the divorced husband. The pojlce have been unable to lo cate him here or at Springfield and have telegraphed the officers in every city In tho country. A warrant was issued for Winold as soon as the girl was arrested. The Ambrose family recently advertised for a. Irl. and they believe Winold sent Violet Foster to them, as he was in the city at that time and has been seen here recentl The family states that the Foster girl insisted on Mrs. Winold taking oatmeal after she refused It. It is thought that Winold has gone back to New York, at L'att that he started for that city. MR. GARDINER SCORED LONG PRKSKXTMKNT 1IWDKD IP BV TUB (iHAM) JIHV. Xew York. District Attorney Severely CrltlcUed An Investigation Asked by the. Accused Official. NEW YORK, March 30.-Th. March grand Jury, concluded Its labors this afternoon by handing up to Recorder Goff a presentment, some seventy typewritten pages long, which arraigns In severest terms the police department and the city government, the Third-avenue railway wreckers, the district attorney and the newspapers. Among the papers handed to the recorder were all the letters which have been exchanged between the district attorney ottlce and the Jury. George Haven Putnam, the foreman of the Jury, In making the report, explained that the grand Jury had not dropped the Third-avenue Investigation. The Inquiry into .the wrecking of that road should go on, he said, and he handed over to the court for the use of the April grand Jury all the papers in that case. The presentment says that the grand Jury "undertook to inquire into and secure knowledge, as fer as possible, concerning the work and methods of the police department In its relation to violations of the law on the part of the managers of such resorts. They report further that In such endeavor they have failed to receive from the district attorney any practicable help or effective co-operation. The grand Jury were In duty bound to find indictments as so advised by the district attorney against a comparatively inconspicuous official. But they were of opinion, and they so stated to the district attorney, that if this offlcal was guilty of criminal negligence In permitting open violation of law to flourish in his precinct his superiors were criminally responsible even to a greater degree for the existence of such conditions. The district attorney, In reply to our specific written questions, stated in his specific written answer that no complaints have been made nor did he know of any violation of law and that he had no evidence to present on this question of the responsibility of a higher official." The grand Jury expresses the opinion that with a capable and earnest district attorney the police department would find it "both difficult and dangerous to permit or to tolerate certain conditions In our city which are almost flagrant in the defiance of law and order. The presentment handed up was promptly reflected in the hearing of the City Club charges against District Attorney Gardiner. When the hearing convened Mr. Cntcrmyer, counsel for Colonel Gardiner, arose and called attention to the presentment and stated that Colonel Gardiner had prepared a telegram to be sent to Governor Roosevelt asking for an Investigation. Mr. Untcrmyer then read the dispatch, as follows: "A majority of the grand Jury of this county has- to-day made a presentment against me and concerning the conduct of the office of district attorney of this county which is monstrously unjust and is unsupported by so much ns a semblance of evidence. I am convinced that the present action is Inspired and is due to the active advice of one whose personal hostility to me hs been a matter of public notoriety and the subject of newspaper comments from the time I assumed office. Contrary to the Immemorial usages of grand Juries, Its communications with me. have been almost exclusively in the form of correspondence, all hough an assistant and "deputj" assistant were regularlv on- duty with them and present every day, and although on reveral occasions I personally attended before them. This unusual course I have assumed to have been reported to In the hope of procuring in that way a foundation for a prepentment. 1 am mot anxious that the correspondence and all the transactions be. tween the grand Jury and myself and my office shall be the subject of your Immediate InvestlpUlon. "I. therefore, respectfully request 3011 to refer this presentment and statements contained In It to the commissioner appointed by you who Is now taking testimony on the charges preferred against rne. For the purpose of expediting this course I hereby consent to any mode of procedure that the attorney general may deem legal for that purpose, end that any supplemental charges based on this subject may be filed with the commlslsoner or with you without further notice to me. and T ask that the hearing upon them be proceeded with forthwith, to the end that nil concerned may know as speedily as possible upon what. If anv. fact this presentment was lmsed. "ASA BIRD GARDINER." Police f'aptaln Andrew J. Thomas, of the Tenderloin district, against whom three Indictments were found for falling to suppress disorderly houses, neglect of dutv, etc. was arraigned before Recorder Goff to-day. A plea ofNnot guilty was entered. His bond was fixed at $l.rt. pahkiii nvrx yii:vk. The Ilev. Dr. Thinks There Are High Criminals Oat of Prison. NKW YORK. March 30.-The Rev. Dr. Charles II. Parkhurst said to-night of the grand Jury's presentment: "This presentment Is in the spirit of that made b' the grand jury of March, KO. and which contributed so materially to the overthrow of Tammany in 1601. We have a right to expect that the presentment of to-day will make a similar contribution to a similar overthrow In ll01. A good many are going to be disappointed that a large numler of high officials have not been indicted, and that, instead, a presentment is made against the police department in its entirety. When I was Iefore the Jury in I stated that what, In my Judgment, was mostly needed was not Indictments, but ai searching arraignment of the entire department, and that was what was Jone. And when I was before this Jurj that has Just been dismissed I ventured to express the same hope, and. of course. I am rejoiced to discover they have adopted the same. The grand Jurj"having made a presentment, let the citizens now do the indicting at the polls in November. 1M1. "We have now had it authoritatively declared to the citizens of New York that the 'officials of the police, rrom the roundsman up to the commissioners, are guilty of criminal Ignorance and criminal negligence. That is to declare that York and his accomplices are criminals, that Ievery Is a criminal and his accomplices are criminals, and if I were the grand Jury I would have added that the mayor is a criminal tor so Ignoring his high resiwr.lbllity n the head of the administration a not ta have moved in the matter and ni;jr r.t least an attempt to prove t!- r- '- enJI-hten Ii:? f-r.r:---? r c " crir :tv .'--