Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 319, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1900 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1900.

other power? should closely define Von Waldersee's functions." Continuing the Japan-Russian discussion, the Novoo Vrtmyu says: "The Englis-u journ.il In the Japanese ports are conincoU the Japanese can easily vanquish the Russians. However, the English back down in the ca?e of Pert Arthur has opened Japanese eyes. The present campaign gavi the armies of the two powers an opportunity to learn and esteem each other." Several of the paiers take their cue from the Novoe Vrernya. and follow up its argument in the same strain. The Roiirse Gazette observes that "Ail the nations are keeking a Japanese alliance, but Russia's alone a valuable." The paper adds: "Russia and Japan will dictate the future of cast Asia."

Von Ketteier' 3Inrder. BERLIN", Nov. 14. The Foreign Office published reports front the German legation at Peking, düted from May CI to Au'. 21. The late Raron Von Ketttler's dispatchos described exhaustively the progress of the Boxer movement, demonstrating the suilt of the Chinese government. Secretary of Legation Von Rueiow, dealing with the disturbances at Peking, from June 12 to Juas Z0. says that, with the appointment cf Prince Tuan to the presidency of the Tsung LA Yamen, notification of which was given Juno h) tu the foreign ministers, the Chinese government "let fall the mask." lie adds that it was equivalent to a declaration of war. A German official of the German legation, in these reports, narrates the death of Raron Von Ketteler. lie says it was a carefully planned act of vengeance on the part of certain high representatives of the Chinese governrmnt whom Von Ketteler had repeatedly accused, even to their faces, of double dealing. Pence exotln Hons Harmonious. PEKING. Nov. 12, via Shanghai. Nov. H. A . protracted conference of the foreign ministers was held to-day, at the conclusion of which there was a general expression of gratification at the progress made toward reaching a settlement. It was stated that most of the minor points had lx-vii disposed of and that an agreement h..d been reached on several Important -jues-. tlons. The meeting developed fewer differences over important points than was expected, which is largely due to the fact that the ministers have received definite instructions from their home governments. United States Minister Conger said he was encouraged to believe that propositions would be ready to submit to the Chinese plenipotentiaries at an earlier date than he had heretofore hoped. A Cieriuuti Pmiitlvt Expedition. BERLIN. Nov. 11. The War Office has . received the following dispatch from Count Von Waldersee, dated Peking, Nov. 11: "The former Chinese garrison of Peking is now between IIuai-Lai and Ksuen-IIua (also written Suan-Ilua), fifty-two and eighty-nine miles, respectively, northwest Of IVkln" On h!u o i.. cause of a request from Bishop Favier for protection for Catholics threatened in that district, an expedition has been sent, under Count Von Wartenberg, consisting of the rirst battalion. First Regiment, Colonel Jaeger commanding, a company of the Second Squadron, a train of mountain artillery, a company of Austrians, a battalion of Italians and a mounted battery." Soldiers und Diplomat Disagree. BERLIN. Nov. ll.-The Frankfurter Zeitung prints a dispatch from China saying that discord prevails In Peking between the military and the diplomatists, and that the latter are also at loggerheads among themselves. The Vorwaerts. the Socialist organ, says: "We are Informed that the Kaiser is in dlgnant over the letters from soldiers in China showing German atrocities there, and has ordered an immediate investigation. An army order of this character is in preparation. It is incomprehensible, however, that such letters should cuse displeasure in army circles, since they only show that the soldiers correctly execute the orders given by their superiors." Chinese Court May Return. TIEN-TSIN. Nov. 13. It is reported that an Imperial edict has been issued announc ing that Emperor Kwang Su and the Em press dowager will return to Peking. A Russian column of CSO men, with four STuns. which left here Nov. 4. returned oh Nov. D. having eniraeed th chinp At Ilsia-Tsang the Russians fought 2.Ö0Ü Chinese troops, dispersing them and killing me itussians nau no casualties. The population of the cit now reaches O.MJ00 Chinese, und ihn nll!. are strengthening the garrison against a possiDie surprise, it is supposed that oneujiru ot tne innaDitants are Roxers. Loot ins: of the Tombs Condemned. LONDON, Nov. 15 Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times from Peking Monday, and re ferring to the German expedrtion to tho tombs of the MInsr dvnastv nnd Kni says: "Opinion here condemns the looting cf the tombs, although no punishment coum ue excessive ior tne cruelties recently revealed. One English missionary had his eves burned In their sorkt witH in cense sticks. He survived his agonies for inirty-six nours. "A loyal Chinaman to-day discussed with me the probability of General Tung Fu xisianm raising a reDcinon among the dis contented Moslems in western China." WEATHER FORECAST. Fair To-Day and To-Morrovr, Tlth An other Cold Spell Coining. WASHINGTON, Nov. ll.-Forecast for Thursday and Friday: For Illinois Generally fair on Thursday and Friday; colder on Friday in southern portion; southerly winds, becoming fresh to brisk northerly winds. For Indiana Fair on Thursday and FrI day; colder on Friday; southerly winds, be coming fresh to brisk northerly. For Ohio Generally fair and continued cold on Thursday and Friday; fresh wes to south winds. Local Obxrrvntloni un Wednesday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre 1 p. m.. ju.it 4;s S'west. Cloudy. 0.00 7 a. m..Z0.2) 10 s,i West. Clear. T Maximum temperature, 32; minimum ternDerature. IS. Following Is a comparative statement of tne mean temperature and total preclDlta tion for Nov. 14: v Temp. Pre normal 40 q.11 Mean Departure 13 O.lt iyuriure fince sov. i i Departure since Jan. I 3 Plus. C. F. TL WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official.

Yfitrrday'a Trmprrnturrx. stations. Min. Max. 7 p.m. Atlanta. Ga 4t) 54 s Plsmarck. N. D 8 IS s Buffalo, N. Y 21 2S 26 Calgary. N. W. T ltJ 40 ir Chicago. 11L Iß 2i 'JS Cairo, III 26 4) CS Cheyenne, Wyo 2S 60 40 Cincinnati. 0 24 z 32 Concordia, Kan 22 52 4G Davenport, la 13 30 Des Moines. la K 31 32 Galvoton. Tex 7) ,$ Helena. Mont 30 41 3a Jacksonville, Fla 4! 70 fS Kansas City, Mo 21 41 42 Little Rock. Ark 31 51 56 Marquette, Mich 12 20 h Memphis. Tenn 32 43 4J Nashville. Tenn IS 42 3 New Orleans. La 4$ 70 DS New York city 35 42 Sti North .Platte, Neb 2J GS 41 Oklahoma. O. T 22 C2 &4 Omaha. Neb 20 42 40 littfburg. Pa 2S 32 52 Qu' Appelle, N. W. T 0 6 0 Rapid City. S. D 26 4'i M fcalt Lake City 3t 6S w ht. IxjuIs, Mo 2t 40 ;s Ft. Paul. Minn 10 ,) h'pringlitld. Ill IS 34 32 prinnel. Mo 4 12 Yik!uru. Miss It 01 M Washington, D. C 31 41 31

Ullzznrd In Wlsconalu. L-V CnOSSE. Wis., Nov. H.-A grnulne blizzard Ij raging in this city to-nlht. A Lllndln? snow, accompanied by a Idsh wind. Is falling, and the mercury Lj near me zero mar.

WAR AGAINST A TRUST

KELLY AX COMPA.W 1IILI1IG A FACTO It Y TO WAG 12 IT. Costly Improvement of u Kuknmo 31 1 1 1 Qneer Criminal Cnne sit n-bailt-Womuu' Club Jn ScmsIou. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind.. Nov. ll.-The Kelly Ax Manufacturing Company has let a contract for a large steel and brick building to be used "for the purpose of manufacturing scythes and sickles. The ax trust has raised the price of these goods and has announced a cut in the price of axes. This was done to cripple the business of the Kelly company and to checkmate this action the Kelly company is starting its new manufactory. The new plant will employ about two hundred men. Improvement to Cost $oO,(H)0. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 14. The Kokomo plant of the Pittsburg Tlate Glass Company has closed one casting hall to rebuild the furnaces. The improvements will cost &0,0u0. Thirty men will be out for a short time, pending the reconstruction. ) FOL" -Ml IX A 111:1-1). IUenened lion en of n Florn Mnn Who Killed Hin Wife Lnmt June. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FLORA, Ind., Nov. li. The bleached bones of Perry E. Parnard, who murdered his divorced wife, Jennie Davis, and seriously wounded hl3 four-year-old daughter and mother-in-law on June 17 last, were found In a field only half a mile from this place this forenoon by a party of hunters. During the hunt for Barnard this field was searched time and again, but because of he high weeds the body was not found. A reward of $500 was offered for his capture, and many reports that he had been seen at-different points wero spread, the lst being that Sheriff Bridge had captured 1dm last Saturday and lodged him in the Monticello jail. There is no doubt that the body 13 that of Barnard, as he was a painter by trade, and the clothing found is recognized, both by the style of the garments and the paint upon it. A bullet hole through the skull shows how the man ended his lite. Danville Post office Robbed. DANVILLE, Ind.. Nov. 11. The safe In the postofHce, on the public square, was dynamited during the night by burglars and about $300 in cash and stamps were carried off. The burglars secured entrance by, forcing a rear door. The force of the explosion hurled the door of the safe across the room, breaking some of the lock boxes. No one seems to have been aroused by the explosion, and the burglars disappeared at their leisure and are supposed to have caught the 3 o'clock train for Indianapolis. The draft book of the money order department was found after daylight in an alley, where it had been dropped. The interior of the building was not much damaged. GAI IX THE SECOXD DISTRICT. Republicans 3Inde Heavy Inroniln nn the Democracy In All Counties. Fcla! to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Ind., Nov. ll.-The official returns from all of the counties of the Second district show very heavy Republican gains since the general election of 1S96. Bryan's plurality in the district the first time he ran was 2,021. It Is but 1.596 th3 year, and yet thcro were but 330 Populist votes cast In the district. The Prohibitionists gained in the district 57S votes, of which at least 500 formerly wero McKinley men. Republicans never had a eloper organization for vote-getting in the Second district than during the campaign Just closed, and the great gains in the counties of Daviess, Lawrence, Martin and Monroe, where Bryan's loss was 1,552 votes, are most gratifying. There was a net Republican gain in the entire district, as based on the total vote, of 1,423. If each of the thirteen districts in the State had shown the same ratio of Republican gains the State would have given the McKinley electors a plurality of 35.706, or more than double the plurality of 1S9S. In the congressional fight in the district there was no falling off in the Republican vote, but the Populists joined with the Democrats In a desperate onslaught on tho Republican county tickets in four of the counties, and the Democratic candidate for Congress profited by this, while the Republican candidate suffered. The Populist candidate for Congress in 1S96 polled 2,w votes, and this breaking tip paralyzed the Republican local tickets this year. In addition to this is the great influx of coal miners to the Linton field, where there are about 1,100 miners now, as against less than 200 in ISlHi, and the great majority of these are Democrats. This addition to the population of Green county virtually makes a Democratic county of this former Republican stronghold. CRIME Oil SOMNAMBULISM. One or the Other Han Got n Wabash Porter Into Trouble. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Nov. 14. James Dennis. a colored porter of this city, Is in Jail tonight, charged with attempted murder. Dennis boards at the home of Walter Davis, and last night, Mr. Davis avers, he ras awakened, and when he extended hl3 arm his hand struck Dennis's head. Davis states that he Jumped out of bed and took Dennis prisoner, while Mrs. Davis went after an officer. It is also said that Dennis was in the act of chloroforming Davis when the latter was aroused, for the purpose of robbery. Dennis had access to all parts of the house, and money untouched was In the bureau drawer. Davis avows that Dennis either Intended to murder him, to attack Mrs. Davis or to effect the robbery, w-hile Dennis says he was walking in his sleep, and wandered Into Davis's room, and knew nothing until he was seized by Davis. He is held in $30) bond. IXDIAX.V OBITUARY. Two Sudden Deaths Iteeordrd, One In Howard, One at Marlon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 11. Last evening John Burgan, a well-known resident of Taylor township, started home from Greentown but died on the way, being found dead in the buggy at his home, near Center, late at night, the horse making the journey with a corpse for a driver. Burgan died of heart trouble shortly after starting home. and. although several persons passed him, no one suspected that the upright form was lifeles?. Mr. Burgan was vixty years of age and left a widow and six grown sons. MARION. Ind., Nov. 11. This morning when Mrs. Lucy Cany, widow of the late Simon B. Carey, of this city, undertook to arise from her bed she was attacked by a stroke of apoplexy and died instantly. Her health had been poor for some time, though her physicians did not consider her death imminent. Mrs. Carey war. seventy-two years old and was numbered among Marlon's oldest residents. But one child survives her, a daughter. Mrs. E. 1. McCIure. Pioneer Found Demi In III Chair. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind.. Nov. II. Phlncas Taylor, a pioneer resident of this county, died suddenly at his home near Memphis last evening. He was apparently In the best of health during the day, and was found dead In his chair. The deceased was seventy-six years old. On Monday Mr. ami Mrs. Taylor celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and entertained a large number of friends. Mr. Taylor then seemed to be in the best of health. Other DeatliM in the State. VINCENNES. Ind.. Nov. It An unusu.M and pathetic ?i,-?ht was witnessed here today. Father Edwin Kassens. O. S. B., of Atchison, Kan., came here and celebrated xeuulera high mass over the bojy of hid

father, the late Theodore Kassens. at the St. John's German Catholic Church. He was assisted by Fathers Chrysostomus and Pacificus. of Cincinnati. GUEENSBUIIG. Ind.. Nov. li.-Thomas J Powell is dead of Bright's disease. He was for ten or fifteen years, engaged in the furniture business In this city and was prominently identified with the K. of P. and Red Men's orders. He left a widow and two children. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Nov. II. Mrs. Nelson Leonard, mother of Elmer Leonard, district committeeman, died early this morning, aged seventy-eight. She was torn in Virginia, being a descendant of the Llewellyns. Her death had been constantly expected for lully a year. SEYMOUR, Ind., Nov. 14. This morning. John S. Weathers, aged seventy-four years, died after a long Ihnes, of lung trouble. He had been a resident of this county for Feventy-two years. He was the father of Mrs. Swift, of Indianapolis, wife of the Rev. J. A. Swift. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. II. Thomas Spiccr, .one of the oldest residents of Bioomington, and for twenty years Janitor of the Indiana University buildings, died this morning. He was a native of Scotland, and was born the same day as Queen Victoria. RICHMOND, Ind.. Nov. II. Mrs. Mary A. Spinning, one of the pioneer residents of the city, died this afternoon. Her age was eighty-six . years. Frank W. Spinning, a well-known Richmond business nan, Is her son.

THE WOMRX'S CLl'HS. SeNMion Will Open To-Day at South Bend Meeting and Entertainment. special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 1. Mrs. Rose Budd Stewart, of Muncie, president of the Indiana Federation of Women's Clubs, was the first to arrive to attend the initial meeting of the recently organized federation in this city. Shfe' came to-night, and is a guest of Mrs. Jane McM. Smith, president of the Progress Club. The convention will be called to order in the Commercial Athletic Club to-morrow by the president. The Rev. Henry Webb Johnson, pa3tor of the First Presbyterian Church, will offer prayer. Mayor Colfax will welcome the federation on behalf of the city, and Mrs. Jane McM. Smith on tchalf of the South Bend clubs. Mrs. Stewart will respond for the federation. A lecture will be given by Miss Minnetta T. Taylor, of the Century Club, Greencastle. Her subject will be "Nature and Use of Government." Thursday, from 4 to 5 and from 7- to 7:30, the committee on credentials and entertainment will be at the club to receive and register delegates and assign them to places of entertainment. It is understood that the c! legates from Auburn will come prepared to urge the federation to meet there In 11,01. The Progress and Economic clubs, which are entertaining the federation, have arranged that immediately at the close of Friday afternoon's session they will glvo a dinner at the Oliver Hotel to all delegates. This will be followed by a reception to visiting clubs at the residence of exRepresentative George Ford. Burled Well Digger Rescued. SULLIVAN, Ind., Nov. 11. Thomas McPheeters, who was buried In a well In Gill township, Monday, was rescued to-day. After several abortive attempts to get him out, a force of forty men was put to work last night and a large well was dug alongside the Imprisoned man, after which a tunnel was run through into the other well, all of which was curbed as rapidly as com pleted. This work continued unremittingly until 8 o'clock this morning, when Mcl'heeters was rescued after thirty-eight hours' ' imprisonment. He received no injuries, with the exception of a bruised shoulder, from which he will soon recover. He was removed immediately to his homo at Palestine, and his early convalescence is assured. Kennel Claim In Field Trials. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., Nov. 14. At Bicknell, Knox county, the annual field trials of the Independent Kennel Club are in progress. Many sportsmen and dogs arc attending. The judges are C. P. Mingst, Evansville: George O. Maxfield, Indianapolis, and John Hoover, Bicknell. The winners of tho first event are as follows: First, Columbia Girl, owned by C. P. Mingst. Evansville; second, Colonel Shott, owned by Col. WriRht Jordan, Indianapolis; third, Count's Lady Stone, owned by G. T. Kerr, Indianapolis; fourth. Lill's Mark, owned by John Horn, liickneii. Woinnn'N Building for I. S. U. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Nov. 14. A move ment was Inaugurated to-day to raise $20,000 with which to erect a woman's building on the campus of Indiana Ur.i verslty. The money for the building wili be raised by contributions from friends of the university everywhere, and from the sale of articles which will be made or given by friends of the school, by entertainments and a number of other plans now under consideration. Chicago & Erie Directorate Otogen. WABASH, Ind., Nov. 14. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Chicago & Erie Railroad Company was held to-day at Huntington. The following directors were chosen: Jame3 II. Benedict, G. H Cummlng, Abram S. Hewitt. F. B. Jennings, Samuel Spencer and F. E. William son, or New York; Lowthr Welsh, Phila delphla; E. B. Thomas. New York: J. Ci McCullough, Bennington, Vt.; Simon Per kins, Sharon, Fa., and Marcus A. Hanna. cia wui Damage Wanted for Lo of Place. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., Nov. H.-Sult for $5,000 damages was filed here to-day by Peyton R. Gibson against John W. Barmess, ex-postmaster of Beall. Knox county Gibson charges that owing to a letter sent Ytr ATr lt;irmpss Yip lrist a orw-I zettln. with the Mutual Life Insurance Company 01 j-.ouisviue, ivy. Flora Slnve Works Darned. Sf octal to the Indianapolis Journal. FLORA, Ind., Nov. 14. The Flora stav works, owned and operated by Brayer Voiqht, burned to-night. The loss wa 0,000. Tndlnnn Xolox. District Attorney E. A. Mock, of Wind fall, was elected by 1,200 plurality in Tip ton and Howard counties. He has ap pointed C. O. Willetts, of Kokomo, his Howard county deputy. The murder charge pending against Oscar Speer, for alleged complicity with Charles Suttles in the murder of Robert Weaver. at New Point last July, has been dismissed under Instructions from Judge Ford at Greens burg. Darius Council. Princes of Jerusalem, conferred the fifteenth and sixteenth degrees on a class of fifteen at Fort Wayne yesterday. II. W. Mordhurst, of the thirty-third degree, presided at the banquet last night. Judge C. A. Galbraith. of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, is visiting at his former home in Seymour. Judge Galbraith, who is a Democrat, appointed uy President McKinley, speaks in enthusiastic terms of the new American territory. The Fourteenth district convention of the Christian Church of Indiana met at the First Christian Church In Jeffersonville, yesterday, for a three days,' session. Delegates are present from a number of counties, and an unusually large attendance is anticipated. SUBMARINE TELEPHONE. Captain Lorcher'M Invention Sold to Work Sncesftf nil)-. LOUISVILLE. Ky., Nov. 14. The CourierJournal to-morrow will say: "Captain Lorcher, standing under ten feet of water In the Ohio river at Evansville, Ind., talked to a reporter In the Courier-Journal office last r.lKht over the long-distance telephone. He used his own submarine telephone, which operated under a pressure of about four pounds to the square inch. The words of Captain Lorcher were easily audible. His conversation with the men manning iho air pumps on the surface of the water vas also very easily understood.

ACTION OF THE MINERS

IT MAY II AVK A DETEUMIMNG EF FECT OX ENGINEERS STRIKE. Owner Avrnlt Result of Miners' Effort Concurred Scale Agreement Wanted -.The Gins Strike. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. XoV. H.-The In diana coal operators to-day have been awaiting developments In the well-understood efforts of the United Mine Workers to force the Brotherhood of Mine Hoisting Engineers to continue at work at the present scale until the interstate joint conference of miners and operators in January, when the miners annual scale of wages is agreed on, and at which time the scale for the engineers "and other outside mine labor could be taken up and the scale year made concurrent for all. The operators are satisfied to let the miners fight It out with the engineers. At first yesterday there was apprehension that the miners would support the engineers to the end, as they had entered into an agreement to do, but the miners are being heard from, and they are incensed at the new organization of engineers because the G00 engineers in the State have stopped the labor of 8,000 miners when they were getting in full time at work every week. The miners are especially aggrieved because they had no advance notice of a strike from the engineers, and the failure to give this notice is thought to operate as a release for the United Mine Workers from the agreement to support the engineers, an agreement that was bringing upon the miners a complication with the operators, with whom they had contracted to labor until next April, with no condition imposed as to the grievances of engineers or any one else- Moreover, most of 'the miners regard theNJ75 a month pay under the present scale, and which the operators offer to continue until April, as very good wages. It is more than the average earnings of the miners. President Wilson, of the block coal miners, says the men in his field are very impatient under the conditions enforced onl them by the engineers. President Van Horn, of the bituminous miners, says the men in his district also are dissatisfied. That the national board of the United Mine Workers is at work quietly trying to settle the strljjje there is no doubt. National Committeeman Purcell came hero to-day and went at onceyto Chief Taylor, of the engineers. The United Mine Workers want to avoid the issue with the operators and also want to absorb the outside labor at the mines that is, the engineers, firemen and blacksmiths. Last spring the Indiana United Mine Workers asked that this labor be included in the wages contract but the operators objected. The argument made to-day to the engineers is that they cannot win strikes or gain points in wage conferences if they are alone. The Indiana engineers listen to this suggestion with more credence than the Illinois engineers, who have been under the organization for more than a year, while the Indiana engineers have been organzed for some months only. All the national officers of the organization are Uli-" nois men. Two States only are now organized, but the promoters of the organization have been expecting to organize Ohio and other States. The operators would have preferred that the different kinds of labor be organized in separate unions, something after tlia manner of the railway labor brotherhoods, but they will no longer object, it is aid, to signing a yearly wage contract that covers all mine labor. The United Mino Workers have said from the beginning that separate organizations could not accomplish their respective purposes. With all classes in a consolidated organization, the miners say, something can bo accomplished. To-night a conference was held between the United Mine Workers and engineers. National Committeeman George Purcell. representing President Mitchell, President Wilson, of the block" coal district. President Van Horn and Secretary Kennedy, of the Indiana bituminous district, represented tho United Mine Workers, and Chief Taylor and Secretary Jenkins the Brotherhood of Hoisting Engineers. No positive action was taken, and they will meet again to-morrow. Committeeman Purcell said the conference was for the purpose of arriving at a better understanding; that the two organizations had not been together in ordering the strike, and that it is hoped that a settlement of the strike in a satisfactory manner could be brought about In a day or two. The press report printed this morning that ten operators had signed the scale presented by the engineers was misleading. No operator in the State has signed for an advance in wages. The ten that signed own small mines of less than 200 tons capacity, from which coal is hauled by wagons, in the Evansville district, with the exception of two which are in Sullivan eounty. The engineers asked for no advance at such mines, and the operators have simply done what the operators of larger mines offer to do, which is to pay the old rate of wages until January. Dloek Coal District Conditions. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL. Ind., Nov. 14. Notwithstanding that some of the operators in the bituminous district have signed the scale submitted by the hoisting engineers, there is no indication at present that a settlement will be reached here soon. The local operators maintain that there is a vast difference between the conditions of tho Illinois field and the block coal district. For Instance, the output of some of the mines in Illinois reaches l.fcOO tons, while the best block coal mine here will not hoist over 400 tons daily. Hence,' in case the block operators should pay the Illinois scale as asked by the engineers, they would be paying as much for hoisting less than one-fourth as much coal as is produced In the Illinois district. A prominent operator said to-day that many of the owners of block coal mines would be forced out of business If the scale proposed by the engineers was adopted here. The leading miners Interested say an effort will be made to have a general settlement of wages and hours for all persons employed about the mines mado ia the spring, when the miners scale is signed, which will prevent constant trouble later on. Progrem of the Snapper Strike. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Nov. 14.-None of the strikers is at work In the two trust glass factories here, and the blowers and gatherers In some shops are working with out them. While this can be done, the output is greatly lessened, from the fact that the blower Is unable to make as many rollers. The Hurrle plant, an independent concern, is paying the wages asked by the snappers, and there Is no trouble at this plant. SAYING LITTLE. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) to its proper state any property of this kind damaged during the recent big Hood there XXX The postoffice at Harveysburg, Fountain county, Ind., has been superseded by rural rree delivery. .Mall to Kingman. XXX The postofflces at Malta, O., and Charles A T 1 1 1 . a . . ion, urn., nave Deen auvanceu irom tne fourth to the third class, thus making them subject to presl lential appointment xxx Major Willard S. H. Matthews, surgeon of United States volunteers, has been hon orably discharged from the service, his services being no longer required. xxx Sweden's solicitude for her poor Is set forth in a communication to the State De partment from United States Consul General Winslow at Stockholm. In lvys, states Consul General Winslow, 241.077 citizens received relief from the poor funds. These latter aggregated 13,D0u,0u0 crowns, or SG.CIS,V Admiral Dewey to-day called on Admiral Richard, commanding the French Atlantic squadron, it the' French embassy, return ing a simuar counesy paiu mm by the flCiaii bUIIIil til .UIM1UJ J Uiil. xxx Quartermaster Ludington is informed that the transport Sumner sailed from Nagasaki to-day for Manila with four

troops of the Sixth Cavalry and four batteries of the Third Artillery. It also is reported that the four companies of the Fifteenth Infantry left Taku to-day. bound for Manila. The troops mentioned comprise the last of the United States army 1. China withdrawn for service in the Philip

pines. The only troors of the United State: now in China are the legation guards at Peking, in command of General Chaffee. UrsflnB: a eiv Cabinet OHlee. CHICAGO, Nov. II. Resolutions were passed to-day by the executive committee of the National Business Men's League asking President McKinley to urge, in his next message to Congress, early legislation favorable to pending bills establishing the department of commerce and industries and the reorganization of the consular service. TORPEDO BOAT ASHORE. The Stockton, a Xevr Vessel, Fast on the Horn Point Shoals. WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. The Navy De partment has received a dispatch from Annapolis that the torpedo boat Stockton has gone ashore on Horn Point shoals. She struck at 9 o'clock Tuesday night. There are small chances of getting her off until the wind changes. The Stockton is one of the new torpedo boats and was about to have her trial trip, the board of inspection being on her. Two Harnett and Cremt LoMt. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13. F. W. Muon, of this city, to-day received a dispatch from Captain Haley, of the tug Teaser, at Providence, R. I., to the effect that tho coal barges Hudson and Robert Ingle Carter had been lost. The barges. In tow of the Teaser, left here a week ago for Providence. It is believed all on board were lost. On board the Hudson were Captain Leicester Webber, ot Waketleld, Mass., his brother John and an assistant. Capt. L. F. Bartlett and three assistants were on the Carter when she became lost. , The St. I'nnl at Cramp' Yurd. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 14. The American line steamship St. Paul arrived at Cramps shipyard to-day, where she will undergo repairs. On her last voyage to New York the St. Paul met with an accident, in which her starboard engines were badly damaged.. It is believed her injuries cannot be repaired in less than three months. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Arrived: Westernland, from Antwerp; Majestic, from Liverpool. Sailed: St. Louis, for Southampton: Germanic, for Liverpool; Southwark, for Antwerp. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 14.-Arrived: New England, from Boston for Liverpool, and proceeded; Teutonic, from New York for Liverpool. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 14.-Arrived: Deutschland, from New York for Hamburg. Sailed: Cape Frio, from Hamburg for New York. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 14. Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from Bremen for New York, via Cherbourg. CHERBOURG, Nov. 14. Arrived: Graf Waldersee, from New York for Hamburg. BOSTON. Nov. 14. Sailed: Commonwealth and Wlnifredian, for Liverpool. BREMEN, Nov. H.-Arrived: Weimar and Trier, from New York. LONDON, Nov. 14. Arrived: Menominee, from New York. OBITUARY. MnJ. Charles Alfred Ilooth in Charge of the Arsenal nt St. Louis. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 14. Mai. Charles Alfred Booth, U. S. A., in charge of the United States arsenal at St. Louis, died here to-day of pneumonia at the "home of his father-in-law, former Governor John Young Brown. On Saturday Major Booth arrived here with his wife who came to visit her parents. He was then only slightly indisposed, but soon afterward pneumonia developed. Until late last night it was believed he would recover. Major Booth entered the volunteer service in 1SG3, from New York, and was mustered out in February, 18C6, as brevet lieutenant colonel. In March, 1SC7, he was appointed second lieutenant in the regular army. He was promoted to first lieutenant in 1S78, was made captain and assistant quartermaster in 1SSG, and was promoted to major in the quartermaster's department in 1S0C. For the past four years he had been stationed at St. Louis. He married Miss Virginia Brown. Henry Ellin?. HELENA, Mont., Nov. 14.-Henry Filing, a pioneer of Montana, and president cf six banks in this State, died to-day at his home in Virginia City, after a brief illness. He was born in Prussia in 1S42, coming to the United States in 1S57. When he came to Montana he was penniless, but died many times a millionaire. LOSSES BY FIRE. Virginia College Burned and. Effects of Girl Students Destroyed. ROANOKE, Va., Nov. 14.-Virglnla College, an institution for young ladles, situated just outside of the city limits of Roanoke, was burned early this morning. The 150 girl students escaped without mishap, but many of them were thinly clad and they lost nearly all their effects. The tire started in the boiler room and the buildings were entirely destroyed. The loss is $75,000, with $23,000 insurance. The buildings belonged co Miss Harris and Mrs. Boatwright. Iron Works Damaged. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 14.-Fire, which started in the engine room of the Detroit bridge and iron works early to-day, did between $C3.000 and $75.000 damages. Five hundred men are thrown out of employment. The loss Is considerable. Repairs will be begun immediately and the works started again as soon as possible. REPUBLICAN BUREAU. Secretary Heath Says One Will Be Maintained in Washington. NEW YORK, Nov. ll.-Perry Heath, secretary of the Republican national committee, Just before leaving for the West on a two weeks' hunting trip, discussed the question of permanent headquarters for the national Republican committee. Immediately after Mr. Heath's return to Washington he will open the temporary headquarters or tne national committee in that city. Mr. Heath said that it had not been decided yet to make the Washington headquarters permanent. In an interview he said: "There is a feeling that we ought to have In constant operation in Washington a kind of bureau of current history that shall keep a clear record of the attitude of the party in Congress and of the acts of the administration. If we had done that last year we should not have had to con sume so much time this fall in explaining the beneht, for example, ot such a meas ure as the new currency law. We could have kept the people, through the medium of the press. Informed as to the merits of different new measures." Return of nn Absconder. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. Nov. ll.-Wil-liam L. White, the absconding quartermaster general of the Michigan National Guard, who disappeared at. out a year ago when the notorious military scandals in which ho was tho chief figure developed, returned to the city to-night from Chicago, accompanied by a brother and a sister. It is understood his relatives have made full reparation for his defalcations, and that he will plead guilty and throw himself upon the mercy of the court. Stops the Cough and vrorks off the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Quinlne Tablets cure a cold In one day. No cure, no pay. Trice 25 cents.

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ARRIVAL AT ST. PETERSIU RG OF PROF. G. F. WRIGHT AM) SOX. Spent Five Month In Siberia ami Cen tral A in Saw Dead Chinese in Amur River. ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 14. Prof. G. Fred Wright, of Oberlin College, and his son. Mr. Fred Rennet Wright, have arrived here after a five months' Journey In Siberia and central Asia. They sailed fionv San Francisco on the same steamer that carried Mrs. Conger, wife of the United States minister to China, and Mrs. Willard, spending a month in Japan, and reaching Peking about the end of last April. Mr. Conger procured for them a permit to travel in the interior of China. Ihey spent a week on the Mongolian plateau, and returned to Peking May 25. When going to Mongolia they observed "Boxers" drilling and practicing contortions outside of Peking, with wooden swords and spears. Upon their return they heard Chinese gun practice fifteen miles distant from the capital, which was ridiculed in Peking. While in Tien-Tsin they . were stoned by the mob until they bribed the police to interfere. The Russian Vice Admiral Alexieff forwarded them, on June 4, by a construction train "and wagon, under Cossack guard, to Harbin, the triangular crossing point of the Siberian railway, where American material is brought up by way of the Amur and the Sungari rivers. Eighty miles below Blagovestchensk, capital of Amur government, communications were obstructed, but they got within thirty miles by wagon. The Chinese were expected to attack the village, and the entire population, with the exception of Professor Wright's party and the Cossacks, lied. Professor Wright observed Cossacks burning Chinese villages and be passed through a burning city of 10.000 people. He counted a hundred bodies in the Amur river within live minutes. Ultimately he managed to secure a boat going up tho river to the railway at Vrotinsk, and reached Omsk after a fortnight. At this point Professor Wright and his son left the railway, taking the Irtish river to Pavlodar. Thence they proceeded fourteen hundred miles by wagon to Tashkend, making seventy miles as a daily average, and one day covering 132 miles. They visited Samarkand, Baku, Titlis, Vladikavkas and Moscow. The object of the Journey Mas to study glacial phenomena in Asia for comparison with the American phenomena. To-morrow Professor Wright and his son Trill call upon Professor Nitikin. the Russian geologist, who was able to facilitate greatly their work of exploration. END OF LAKESIDE RACES. Goehel Cnnhle to Defeat Emma II. In u Five and a Half Farlong Event. CHICAGO. Nov. 14. Racing for this year on Chicago tracks has ended. Lakeside wound up Its final fifteen day meeting today. Goebel burned up a barrel of money for his admirers in the first race, because the old horse wanted to Ftop and play. Emma R. beat him out a head at the wire. Algareta and Money Muss have had many battles lately and the Latter always came out victorious. To-day, however, the two-year-old tried to go half a furlong further than usual and was beaten in the second race by the marc. Algareta was forced to clip a quarter of a second oft the track record, going the distance in 1:07 Hat. Winners in order: Emma R., 11 to 5;, Algareta, 3 to 1; May Beach, 13 to 20; Aloha II, 11 to 10; Major Manser, 4 to 1; Brownie Anderson, 4 to 1. Opening: Day nt Newport. CINCINNATI, Nov. 14. The second fall meeting of the Queen City Jockey Club opened to-day at Newport, with favorable weather and a fast track. The attendance was large. Duelist, the crack two-year-old from St. Louis, went down to defeat before that game little filly Ethel Wheat in the filth race. Duelist was favorite at 7 to 10. The Newport judges have reinstated Jockey Eddie Ross, recently set down for a bad ride on G. II. Whitney. Jockeys Boland and Wonderly have also been reinstated. They were under suspensions at Latonia. Winners of to-day's events: Horseshoe Tobacco, 8 to,l; Prima, 5 to 1; Sauber, 7 to 2; Sevoy, 2 to 1; Etuel Wheat, 4 to 1; Left Bower, 7 to 10. Disastrous Day for Players. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Three outsiders and three second choices divided the card at Aqueduct to-day, one favorite after another going down in quick succession. It was a disastrous day for the players. Winners in order: Bastile, 20 to 1 and 8 to 1; Orienta, 8 to 1 and 5 to 2; Toluca. 5 to 2 nnd 4 to 5: Philippine, 5 to 2 and 7 to 10; Queen Carnival, 3 to 1 and even; Maple, 15 to 1 and 6 to 1. STUDENT "PRANKS: Sophomores Abduct nn Omnibus Load of Girls to Dismay of Juniors. BELOIT, Wis., Nov. 14. The annual banquet of the Bclolt College freshmen was held this evening, but one busload of young women did not arrive until late, and a number of young freshmen, deprived of their partners, suffered many heartaches and misgivings. The banquet was given at a hotel, and the freshmen succeeded in dodging the hostile sophomores and getting there on time. Many of the more timid ones went early in the afternoon In order to avoid abduction. Meanwhile the thirtyfive young women who were to grace the occasion with their presence had congregated at a near-by residence, where they prepared for the function, sturdy policemen patrolling the vicinity to see that none of them was kidnaped by the sophomores, who were out in full force. When the time came to begin the banquet It was discovered that one busload of ypung women had been stolen. They had fallen into the clutches of the sophomores. Through the interference of juniors who had pledged themselves to stand by tho freshmen and act as escorts to the girls, the busload of freshmen girls were intercepted in the outskirts of the city and the fair prisoners were escorted to the hotel under police protection. They were received with a great demonstration on arriving at the hotel. During the evening som freshmen girls were persuaded to ride in a hack, under the lelief that it was furnished by the freshmen class. It proved, however, that the sophomores were In charge of the hack, and the young women were driven to the outskirts of the city, far from the hotel, and detained by the sophomores until rescued by the juniors, who followed in a carriage. The banquet then progressed as planned, and is pronounced a great success. ' CONFESSED HIS CRIME. Murder of n Schoolgirl Admitted by a Vouiik Xexro. DENVER. Col.. Nov. 14. After withstanding the pressure of the sweatbox at the city Jail for four days. John Porter, the sixteen-year-old negro who was arrested Sunday charged with the murder of eleven-year-old Louise Frost, near Limon Col., tonight broke down and confessed every detail of the hideous crime. The little gtrl was the daughter of a ranchman living four miles from Llmon, and attended school in town, driving back and forth. On Wednesday last, while on her way home, she was waylaid, assaulted and murdered, her body showing no less than fourteen knife weiunds. On Sunday Preston Porter, colored, and his two sons, Arthur and John, who hac been working on the railroad near Llmon. were arrested here en route to tholr home in Lawrence, Kan., and John Porter was charged wUh the crime. Only circumstantial evidence was brought against him, and ho told a straight story, adhering to it so

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There was a mutiny at the Kcarnty Military Academy to-day, which resulted in an entire change in the management of the school. The trouble arose over a disagreement between tho principal. Dr. E. 11. Chittenden, and Professor Russell, chief instructor, and resulted In Russell handing In his resignation and leaving the school instanter. The other teachers and the boys, to the num- , ber of about forty, believing that Professor Russell .had not been fairly dealt with, quit the academy in a body and came to town. The boys, who are nearly all nonresidents of Kearney, had nowhere to go, and Russell secured lodging for them at a hotel, and this morning began arrangements to open a school of his own. 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