Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 335, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1900 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUKNAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBETl 1, 1900.

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The "Season's Accumulation" Of "Odds and Ends," Bröken Lines," 'Irregulär and Incomplete Color or Size Assortments," "Discarded Brands," 'Salesmen's Sample Lines," etc, etc., MUST ALL BR CLOSED OUT Prior to our usual inventory in December, and we shall make very low prices to effect a prompt and thorough clearance. We continue to maintain fairly complete lines more nearly unbroken than will be found in many competing: markets of seasonable merchandise in present active demand.

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(EXCLUSIVELY Useful Articles for Invalids. Reclining- and Holling Chalra (or parlor and street. Carrrln Chairs. "Wheeled Couches. Food bterlliier ar.'J Desiccators. Feeding and Spit Cups. Electric Dein. Insoles and Batteries, liath Cabinet. 1YM. II. AKM5TKOG & CO., 224 -.M 226 S. Meridian street. Indianapolis. Ind. FAILURES IN NOVEMBER fePLXIAL CIIICU31STA.CES 31 A KU TILS RUCOItD UNSATISFACTORY. Examination Shows DuslneM to Do In Good Shape Advance In Doots and Shoe Cereals and Textiles. NKW YORK. Nov. SO. R. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade to-morrow will say: Commercial failures In November .were 850 In number and $12.300.316 In amount of liabilities, against 782 in October, for J9.C72.791. and In November last year, when liabilities were only JK.046.S4S. Manufacturing defaults were but 1& In number and 53.S&J.165 In amount, the bulk of the mortality occurring In trading concerns, of which 617 failed, for $7,50S.35S. There were forty other commercial failures, with liabilities of $310,313. Four banking and financial companies defaulted, for $$23,000. At first glance tne govern Der statement, appears very unsatisfactory, but it must be remembered that a few heavy failures In wool and other textile industries account for a large share of the reported liabilities. Aside from this one branch of trade, which has naturally suffered heavily from the tardy approach of winter, the figures show business to be on a good foundation. Holiday retail trade starts off well. The week has been characterized by many advances In prices, but the most significant Is the small rise in boots and . shoes, which, of all the great industries, has been slowest to conform to the general improvement. A larger demand for goods for current consumption la the report from nearly all directions. The dry goods trade, recovering after recent liquidation, shows business expanding, but Irregularly and slowly. Cotton goods show the best results; fine brown sheetings advancing from 6 to 6.25 cents, bleached shirtings from 7.41 to 7.62 cents and brown sheetings from 5 to 5.12 cents. There is little curtailment of output of cotton goods, but some mills which usually run on export trade are diverting mahinery to light weights for home use. Railroad earnings for November to date how 1 per cent, gain over UdO and 11.1 per cent, over 18&. Good news continues to come from iron nd steel sections. Sales of pig iron in three weeks have aggregated 200,jo0 tons at Chicago and idle furnaces are going Into blast, indicating a much larger, capacity now than on Nov. 1. Buying of all finished forms Increases and some orders are replaced at slightly higher quotations. Railroads are purchasing most liberally and machinery is in special demand. As yet tha advance In cotton goods is not at all in proportion to the gain in raw material. The wool market is recovering from the chock of heavy failures and sales at three chief Eastern markets increased about half a million pounds for the week. Prices are somewhat easier, particularly for the cheaper grad"?. Abundant estimates that the cotton yield will not reach ten million bales failed to affect prices, for traders are beplnning to appreciate tho fact that a decrease in consumption Is an unavoidable concomitant of unusually high quotations. Wheat is further from a dollar than at any time since that ptice was predicted by a high authority, and the usual rumors of damage from lointlng before frost fall as fiat as they liavr done In previous years. An ample corn crop did not prevent a clever manipulator from securing control of the available stocks at Chicago and forcing the price up to 51 cent for the current month's delivery. Heavy receipts of cattle at Chicago depress the price and the average in this market for live beef fell to J1.70, against a year ago. TJtADK SITUATION IS GOOD. tncil!el Weather and Holiday Are Only Slight Drawback. NEW YORK. Nov. 30. Ilradstreefs tomorrow will say: -Unsettled weather and holiday are a drawback to retail and Jobbing disturbances In many markets, but the general situation is still a most satis factory one. and the iron and steel. coafN boot and shoe, hardware and lumber trade are conspicuously well situated. The industrial situation also is deserving c? note because of the striking absenco cf complaint as to Idleness or as to pendlZ or futile lnbor troubles. While the volume of new orders in crude material continues moJorate when compared with th? enormous activity for some time pat. Lvrlr.r.-i.i in Iron and Eter-1 i steadier, and ct a rule held tetter hi hand. "Advices from the V.'ci-t are- of a larRe business ' Z l-i r'Z Iron, whlly rails, structure)

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irvi joüüeics, WHOLESALE) material, plates and bars are being ordered In heavy volume. Mills turning out finished products are very generally ordered six to eight weeks ahead, and January, 101. deliveries are being called for in some cases. Whatever changes aie expected are looked for In the shape of advanced prices. Southern ig iron has been sold heavily and an advance from $11.25 for No. 2 is predicted for Dec. 1. Tin plates are reported selling well. Expert trade in iron and steel is less attractive, owing to lower prices abroad. "Among textiles the situation In woolen goods and wool is, perhaps, the least encouraging of any, but even here the strength of the raw material, in face of the hand-to-mouth demand from manufacturers, is notable. In tho face of a slight decline In the price of raw cotton, the effect of smaller export movement and realizing by holders, cotton goods are, as a rule, firmly held, and the opening of epring trade is awaited with confidence. The one unsatisfactory feature in cottons in fact, is the depression in tho export branch, which tends to weaken brown goods. Bleached cottons of many grades have been advanced this week. "Relatively the best trade reports come from the South and Southwest, while the most backward are from sections of the East, where unseasonable weather is complained of, and from sections of the spring wheat region, which suffered most fron) the shortage in yield. It is notable, however, that the better situation in lumber has stimulated trade in northern Minnesota. "The feature In the grain market this week was the carrying to a successful conclusion of the November corn corner in Chicago. Following the private settlement oi the shorts, at a basis of 50c a bushel, came a drop to 41c. At New York the influence of this corner one' of the few successful corn corners on record was to advance prices slightly, owing largely to the deflection of supplies. Wheat has been irregular, but the undertone was bearish because of larger supplies and discouraged speculative liquidation. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week ag gregate 2,47.8S0 bu. against 3.S27.20G last week. 3,639,400 in the corresponding week of 1VJ9 and 7.4S3.D59 in lSfS. From July 1 to date wheat exports are 77,739,207 bu, against 89,167,942 last season and 90,608,042 in 1S9S. Corn exports for the week aggregate 4,SOl.020 bu. against 5.235.SG8 last week, 4.441.514 in this week a year ago and 4.723.9SS ir U9S. From July 1 to date corn exports are 74.681.691 bu, against ,618,002 last season and 05.546,750 in lS'JS. "Failure for the week number 1S4. as against 215 last week, 177 in this week a year ago, and 212 In 1S3S." This Week's Bank Clearing. NEW YORK. Nov. 30. The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended Nov. 30, with the percentage of increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week la?t year: New York $1,203,929,700 Inc...C2.1 Boston 11S.001.051 Inc.. .14 0 Chicago 113.325.583 Inc.. 8.1 Philadelphia &0,440,99f Inc.. 5.7 St. Louis 29,748.629 Inc.. 11.9 rittsburg 30.429.364 Inc.. 27.0 Baltimore 1S.22Ö.3G7 Inc.. 7.0 San Francisco 17.0rj5,4iS Dec. 0 6 Cnclnnati 12,703,450 Inc.. 2.3 Kansas City lf.Stö.978 Inc.. .34.4 New Orleans 14,525,014 Inc.. .41 2 Minneapolis 10,434.670 Dec. .11 2 Detroit 6.947,615 Inc.. 7.S Cleveland 8.2S5.201 Dec. 2 0 Louisville 6.039,539 Inc.. 2.8 Providence 5.644.100 Inc 5.8 Milwaukee 5,137.23 Inc.. 3.0 St. Paul 4,590.558 Inc... 22.0 EvansvUle, Ind S52.9S4 Dec. 6.0 Omaha 5.633.503 Inc. .17.4 Indianapolis 5.903,202 Inc... 201 Columbus. 0 4.009,2'JO Dec. 16.0 Totals United States.J1.7S2.744.ai3 Inc...2IÖ Totals outside N. Y.... S578.Si4.32; Inc.. 9.S COLLEGE FRATERNITIES. Olllcerx Elected by the Phi Delta Tlieta General Convention. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Nov. .TO.-The Thi Delta Theta convention adjourned to-day t- meet two years hence in New York. The following olficers were elected: President, Hubert II. Ward, Ohio State Universitysecretary, Frank J. R. Mitchell, Northwestern University;: treasurer, J. jr. pe. witt, VanderbUt University; reporter and editor of the Scroll, Hugh Th. Miller, Indianapolis University; historian. R H Switzler, Missouri State University; trustees. F. 1). Swope. Hanover College- Dr McCIurg Radclirfe. Lafayette Colic pe; J c1' Moore. University of Pennsylvania;' Fred S. I'.all. Ohio State Universitv; editors of catalogue. C. F. Lampkln and Ceorge II English; librarian. J. E. Brown. Kappa Sigma Officers. I'll I LA DELPHI A. Nov. 30. -The Kaipa Sigma fraternity to-day concluded the business sessions of the annual convention with the election of the following officers: David Fletcher Hoy. registrar of Cornell University, worthy grand master; Frederick Neal Denver. Col., worty master of ceremonies' Dr. Richardson, of Arkansas, procurator' II. M. Martin, of Danville, Va., suit; Stan-lej-M. Martin, of Danville, Va., treasurerJ. II. Covington. Easton, editor-in-chief of the Gadens, and George Vauhan, Hot Springs, Ark., editor of the Catalogue. A liberal share of your fire Insurant ought to be given to the Indianapolis F'rlnsurance Company, a rale, sound and fcuccessful company, organised with home capital by Indiana men. who will give your business prompt attention. OSce, No, 113 lxt llarket street.

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VICTIMS OF THE SA FRAXCISCO ACCIDC.XT I.XCKEASIXU. Some of the 3Iany Injured Have Succumbed to Their XVonndn and 3Iore Probably AVI1I Die. 300 wre on the ventilator XVIIEX IT COLLAPSED, AXD lOO PEOPLE DROPPED FORTY-FIVE FEET. 3Iany IH on AVIiIte-Hot Class Retorts and XVere IlragKed Off with the Aid of Iron Pokers. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 30. Five persons injured in the glas works accident yesterday died this morning, making the total number of dead eighteen. Several more of the injured will die. About the morgue to-day there have been crowdä of anxious inquirers, relatives and friend3 of thoso who are known to have been victims of the accident. The dead have all been identified. Until all tho dead havo been viewed by" the coroner's jury, no bodies will bo permitted to be taken away from tho morgue. All of the hospitals are ciowded with the maimed and Injured, and a large staff of physicians and nurses is at work. Following is a revised list of the dead: JOHN BROUGH. aged nineteen years. ROBERT HABRISON, aged fifteen. LAWRENCE MIEL, schoolboy. TALLEYRAND BAHNE WELL, fifteen. H. ECKFELDT. twelve. ' EDWARD FLAHVEN, fifteen. LEONARD GIRARD. seventeen. CHARLES MONAGHAN, thirty-two. HECTOR M'NEILL, fifteen. ROBERT MILLER, fifteen. J. A. MULROONEY, miner, thirty-eight, Spokane, Wash. VIRGIL, NEWBY, eighteen. WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN, fifteen. THOMAS J. RIPPON, twenty-four. MEKKE VAN DYK, forty-six, known as Mark Von Nura, miner, recently from Nome. WILLIAM VALENCIA, eighteen. DANTE MONACO, eighteen. CHARLES M'MAHON, twelve. -Injured "Who Will Die. ELLERY CRANDELL. fifteen years old. CHAP.LES HENRY CUMMING3, fifteen. EDWARD DUGGAN, fifteen FRED F. LILLY, twenty-one. THOMAS C. PEDDLER, twenty-five. The name of E. C. Putney is given by a morning paper In the list of dead, but the morgue has no record of the death. Robert Harrison, one of the dead, was the son of Thomas Harrison, a prominent attorney of Topeka, Kan. He ran away from home with a boy companion. ' Not in the city's history has an accident happened approaching in horro" that of yesterday, when more than a hundred men and boys who were viewing the Stanford-California football game from the roof of an adjoining glass manufactory were suddenly precipitated into the interior of the building, many on top of the white hot furnaces. The ventilator annex to the roof, on which they were perched, collapsed under the strain and, without warning, they were hurled to a frightful death or serious injury. The injured now being cared for in hospitals or at their homes number eighty, and of these several cannot survive. Nearly all of the fatalities were caused by the fore 3 of the fall; in only a few cases was contact with the furnaces the Immediate cause of the death, for ready hands quickly dragged into the open air those who were in danger of being burned alle. Charles Yost, oven man of the glass works, was raking the fire when tho crash came, and narrowly escaped being struck by the falling bodies. He says those killed either struck the heavy bands that surround the glass oven or were crushed by those who fell on top of them. Many succeeded In staying their descent for a moment by clutching the beams, but before they could be reached they were obliged to release their hold and drop to the floor, forty-live feet below. Clarence Jeter, a furnace tender, pulled eight people off the top of the retorts, where the heat was about 500 degrees. The oil pipes were full and the fire did not go Hrkwn until thev were emDtled. Some of the men and boys were terribly burned. They were urawn away iroiu me reions wun lone iron nokers. used in testinz the class. While aiding in removing the dead and wounded, T. J. Parker, a fireman, found his own son among those injured. The lad probably will die. Tho mannirerä of the elass works sav that it was impossible for them to keep a a t ( Ii Ii.. m tne people on. ineir ounuings. iney dis claim an responsibility ior ine accident, .it 1? psfimated that over three hundred nople were on the ventilator when it collapsed for its entire length of one hundred feet. Some were thrown to tho main roof or tne Duiiding ana escaped unhurt, but of those who fell to tho furnaces nearly all were either killed or seriously maimed. Four 3Ien Drowned. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 3-0. Four lives were lest here to-night by the capsizing of a ferry boat in the Spokane river. The dead are L. Simons, colored. Jack Lovett and two unknown Italians. MAY STIR UP STRIFE. "If" Governor LInd Should Appoint u Republican to the Senate. ST. PAUL. Minn., Nov. SO. Attracted to the city by Senator Davis's funeral and in cidentally by the fact that a successor to that statesman will have to be elected within a few weeks, many members of both houses were about tho hotels to-day dis cussing the possibilities. The field of prob able candidates is large, but all such await the action of Governor Lind as to an appointment for the brief vacancy till the Legislature can act. It will be for a term of six weeks or more and much seems to depend on the appointment, in the eyes of the politicians. If Governor Lind appoints a Democrat, the matter will be very sim ple, for then tbe Republicans can fight it out without any one having an advantage However, if the Governor, who was until four years ago a leading Republic an, should appoint a Republican to th vacancy with the Idea that the term Is s'aort it would serve no party nd to name a Democrat, the Republican legislators anticipate that such an appointment might stir -jp party strife. The Republican majority on Joint billot ia over ninety, so the fight Is within the party ranks. Moses E. Clapp. ex-Governor W. R. Merriam and former State Senator W. B. Dean, of St. Paul; Thomas Lowry. P. II. Peavy, Congressman Fletcher, C. A. Smith, T. II. Shelvln. ex-Senator Washburn and R. G. Evans, of Minneapolis; Congressmen Tawney. Heatwole. McCleary and Morris, Tarns Bixby. chairman of the Dawes Indian commission, former Senator D. M. S bin and many others are talked of. but as yet the talk has not centered sufficiently to indicate the strength of any of the possibilities. It It, however, very apparent that the fight will be a lively one. The present proposal is that when th caucus me'ets the long term for the succession to Senator Knute Nelson be disposed of finally before the vacancy is considered. Vift ranehlNcineut of Students. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. SO.-The matter of the disfranchisement of college students in eleven States and the removal of this disability Is the chief subject beforo the eighth biennial convention of the .rr!can Republican Colico lA-c-ue, x;tlzli txv-

gan here to-day. F. B. Whitney, of Williams Colleges the league's representative with the Republican national committee during the presidential campaign, submit

ted a report of tne wortt accompiisnea oy the students in doubtful States. The stu dent vote, he said, was especially effective in Indiana, South Dakota and some'otnfr States, and he clalmtd that it practically carried Nebraska for McKinley. About J per cent, of the student vote, he said, was Republican, the voto in Indiana alone totaling 3X00. Addresses were made by H. B. Kirtland. of Harvard, and Hi race R. Bancroft, the latter representing William J. Bryan's old college in Illinois. Cleveland May De Named for Senator. NEW YORK, Nov. SO. The World says: "New Jersey Democrats are Interested In a suggestion that Grover Cleveland be given the complimentary nomination for United States senator. Some hope the caucus to be held Dec. 7 will name Mr. Cleveland. Before the caucus it is the purpose, it is said, to have a committee call on Mr. Cleveland and ascertain where he stands regarding the proposition. There are nineteen Democrats in the New Jersey Legislature, against twenty-two Republicans." TO EXAMINE THE BOOKS COMMITTEE NAMED J1Y THE CINCINNATI HOARD OF EDUCATION. Alleged Defalcation of the Late George It. Griffiths to Dc InvetlKatcd Many False Entries. CINCINNATI, Nov. CO. The Board of Education at its special meeting held this afternoon took prompt action to ascertain the exact facts in reference to the astounding revelations of the past few days regarding the alleged defalcation of George R. Griffiths, deceased, its late clerk. A committee of five was appointed with Instructions to employ expert accountants to examine the books and determine the whole extent of the shortage. This total from present indications will exceed 1100,000. It has already been mado apparent that false entries were made in the books in tho very first year of his first term of office, and he held the position thirteen consecutive years. The discovery is tha more astonishing because of the high esteem in which Mr. Griffiths was held by all his acquaintances. .No one ever dreamed that George R. Griffiths could falsify an account, or forge a treasurer's receipt, yet the records bear silent but conclusive testimony against him. The temptation seems to have come to him by reason of tho absolute lack of system for detecting Irregularities in the handling of the school funds. He was not the disbursing officer, but he received large sums of money belonging to the school fund, and was required to pay them over to the city treasurer, but the treasurer had no means of knowing how much the clerk received, and the Board of Education had absolute control over its funds with no accountability to any officer. It is shown by the clerk's report to the county auditor of money received from tuition fees, fines and other sources in a given year, that a discrepancy of over 57,000 existed between that report and the report made to the Board of Education covering the same receipts. It la shown also that in reporting to the auditor the amount received from taxes, which amount the auditor had means of knowing definite ly, he gave the correct figures, but In re porting to the Board of Education he gave a much smaller amount. To the auditor he described the item as "district tax." while to the Board of Education he called It "local tax for school and schoolhouso purposes." Singularly enough there Was no officer whose duty it was to compare these varying reports. It is difficult to see what practical end can bo served by the proposed investigation by the Board of. Education. Grlffiths's estate is said to be insolvent, and his bond. which wai only for 55.000, is likely to be valueless from neglect in the matter of its approval. NEW RULE FOR ATHLETES BLOW AT STUDENTS WHO GO FB,OM ONE COLLEGE TO ANOTHER. Cannot Play forJYear After Leavinc the First, Institution Annnal Athletic Sleet. CHICAGO, Nov. 30. Members of the boards of control of the nine leading col leges of the middle West met to-day and enacted legislation controlling college athletic affairs, which is of concern to ail the colleges of the West. The members of the conference were: A. II. Pattenglll, University of Michigan; A. A. Stagg,-Uni versity, of Chicago; Professor White. Northwestern University; Professor Bar ton, University of Illinois; Professor Smith. University of Iowa; Professor Schlecter, University of Wisconsin; Prof es s-or Jones. University of Minnesota; Pro feasor Waldo, Purdue University; Profes soi Sampson, University of Indiana. Tho conference, after little debate and practically no opposition, adopted a resolution to be incorporated in Section 1 of the Intercollegiate Rules, which makes clear the clause prohibiting a player from going from one institution to another and engaging in athletics until he has been at the new college one year. The reso lutlon, which was presented by Professor Sampson, of Indiana, and unanimously adopted, follows: "No student who has participated in any intercollegiate game. as u member of a col lego team shall be permitted to play on the team of another college during the sue cctding season devoted to that game." The question of whether the playing of a student in his preparatory year was to be considered a part of his tour-year elig; blllty to the team was also discussed, and it was decided that service during the pre paratory year was not to be recorded against a student.Following tho discussion of the eligibility rules came a radical action by which the conference took upen itself the duty of conducting the next meet of the Western Intercollegiate Athletic Association. This meet has been conducted annually in Chicago in June. Heretofore it has been conducted by the Western Intercollegiate Athletic Association, an organliation much larger in scope than tho nine institutions represented at to-day's conference Nev ertheless, the conference decided unanimously to take the control of this annual meet into its own hands.- but to muke the meet open to all .Western co'loes that obstrve the Western Interculltgiate rul-s. It was agreel to have each of the nina colleges represented In tho conference appoint one man to make up a committee on arrangements for the meet. It Is expfceted tluit these men wi.M be appointed toon In order that the committee may begin preparations for the next field day. Messrs. Pattengill of Michigan. Jones of Minnesota and Barton of IMJnois were chosen a committee on credentials to serve the coming year. Professor Pattenglll is the chairman of the board of control, and Professor Jones continues as secretary. It was decided that the members of the conference would discourage aii athletlo relations with minor colleges that did not make the conference rules a part of their modus vivendi. Still Another Victim. LOWELL, Mass., Nov. CO. Louis Gilmore, captain of the High School football team died to-night as result of Injuries sustained la a fierce scrimmage In the High SchoolBeechmont football game at the fair grounds Thanksgiving day. A dislocation of the third tervicle vertebrae t-aused his body to be paralyzed from the shoulder down. He was eighteen years of age.

NO EXEQUATUR YET

Tilt KEY HAS NOT RECOGNIZED OUR CONSUL AT HAIIPOOT. NeTT Ilelatlnsr to Movements of the Battleship Kentucky Censored by the Turkish Authorities. DEBATE HI THE KEICHSTAG GOVERNMENT CRITICISED FOR BORROWING AMERICAS GOLD. Mormon "Whipped by Three Hundred Irate Hungarians, Then Flossed hy Half a Dozen Maids. LONDON, Nov. 30. A Reuter dispatch from Constantinople says it is suggested that Russia is prompting the Porte to refuse to grant an exequatur to Dr. Norton. The dispatch adds: "It is an open secret that they dislike the foreign consuls in Asia Minor,, especially the Americans, whom they suspect of aiding the American mission work in Armenia." Nothing in regard to the battleship Kentucky is coming from Smyrna. The authorities there are evidently censoring all news. Another dispatch from Constantinople says: "The opinion Is expressed in diplomatic circles that the American claims arising from the Armenian massacres may now be regarded as 'practically settled, as an irade providing for the building of a cruiser in the United States is officially promulgated. The question of the consulate at Harpoot remains open, the Porte persisting in its refusal to grant an exequatur to Dr. Thomas H. Norton. The moral effect, however, created by the presence of the United States battleship Kentucky at Smyrna In support of the representations of the American legation, taken in conjunction with the settlement of the other claims, leads the legation to hope for an early arrangement of all outstanding difficulties." "It Is probable," says the Constantinople correspondent of the Standard, "that the contract for a cruiser to be built In the United States will be canceled as soon as the Kentucky departs, for it is difficult to sey how the money is to be found." WASHINGTON, Nov.- 30. No proposition has come to the United States government from Turkey looking to the payment of the missionary claims, under the guise of an order for a warship to be built in the United States. While it is hardly expected that any formal proposition of this kind Willi be forthcoming, it is. of course, beyoncT the power of the State Department to prevent or interfere with any arrangement that the Turkish government may enter into with American shipbuilders and individual claimants. The point is, after all, to have the claims paid, and the State Department officials are not very particular as to the form in which the payments are made. Terhaps they are indifferent In this respect because of knowledge of the fact that the Turkish government might be terribly embarrassed by the pressure of European creditors were the United States government to Insist upon certain forms of procedure In, this case. There are no developments hi the negotiations respecting the exequatur of Dr. Norton,, who would be United States consul at Harpoot. The matter 13 still one of correspondence, and the authorities here are confident that the Turkish government will in the end yield on this point. No Word Received by the Cramps. PHILADELPHIA, NoV. SO.-Official confirmation of the report that the j Cramps Shipbuilding Company, of this city, had been awarded the , contract for the construction of a cruiser for the Turkish government has not been received by that firm. Charles II. Cramp said to-day that he knew nothing more than what he read in the newspapers. "It is true negotiations are pending," said the shipbuilder, "but whether we will get the contract or not is something I cannot say. The clause in the cabled report that the 'price agreed upon will give a sufficient surplus to poy the American indemnity' I do not understand at all. I cannot .see how the price of a boat for the Turkish government will secure the penalties demanded by our government for any breach of international courtesy that may have been committed." Jill. THIELMAN EXPLAINS. Tells Why the Recent German Loan Was Placed in America. BERLIN, Nov. 30. In the Reichstag, today, during the debate on the loan bills, Dr. Von Thielmann, secretary of the imperial treasury, was asked why the loan for 80,000.000 marks was placed In Americai He replied that the German money market in September was in an unfavorable condition and that the government had been urged to avoid doing anything to reise the rate. Therefore, it was considered desirable to draw money from America and Great Britain. In as they both had a great abundance of casft, especlaly the United States, and the government had to be careful not to deplete the German money market towards the end of the year. Count Von Kanitz,' the Agrarian leader, said he regretted the loan was not placed in Germany. America, he added, might easily become the banker of Europe. Herr Beusing, national Liberal, observed that patriotic heart-burnings were unnecessary. Great Britain had also placed a loan in America. But, in his opinion, a elau.se should have . been Inserted prohibiting America from placing a loan in Germany. Dr. Von Thielmann, replying to his critIcs, declared the apprehensions of Herr Beusing were groundless. Should a scarcity of money occur in America (a contingency which, after the re-election of President McKinley, he did not fear) Americans would only be able to return the loan to Germany at a loss. "I can assure Count Von Kanitz," concluded Dr. Thielmann, "that we did not run after the Americans. They came to us." Dr. Arendt, secretary of the German Bimetallic League, approved placing the doan abroad. He said Its Issue in America protected tho market from rises of disccunt. Herr Koch, president of the Imperial Bank, also approved the way the loan was placed. He said he did not entertain fear that the loan would be used by America to draw gold from Germany. Dr. Von Siemens, president of the National Bank, said it was unnecessary to go abroad lor money. After further discussion the subject was dropped. . MORMONS MOBBED. One Forced to Run the Ganntlet and Afterwards Whipped by 3Ialds. . VIENNA Nov. 30. Advices received from Temas var. South Hungary, record the rough treatment received there by two Mormon elders, emissaries from Salt Lake City, Utah. The two elders had hardly commenced to enunciate their views on polygamy when the audience stormed the platform and ejected the pair from the. hall. One ot them was compelled to run the gauntlet of three hundred irate citizens, armed with sticks, straps or knotted cords, and wearing hob-nailed shoes. He was afterwards stripped to the waist and thrashed by half a dozen maids of Temasvar. The second Mormon was ducked in a horse pond.. Finally the two ciders were itscued by the police. The minister of the interior has prohibited further Mormon attempts to proselyte aa being a danger to 4the well-being of tho state. The Czar Still Improving:. L1VADIA, Nov. GO. The improvement in the condition of the Czar continues, as shown by the following bulletin issued by his physicians: 'The Czar 'passed an excellent day yesterday and slept very well last night. His Majesty's condition is very

satisfactory. At 9 o'clock last night his temperature was 97.5, pulse GO. This morning his temperature was 16.4. pulse C2."

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 30. InformaHon received through private sources fully cenfirms the recent favorable bulletins re ferring to the Czar's health. His Majesty has made such genuine improvement that his condition seems to promise certain recovery. Twenty Moldavian Peasants Shot. BUCHAREST, Roumanla, Nov. 30. A rising of Moldavian peasants against the new tax on prune spirits has taken place. The military have shot twenty men and hava made many prisoners. Cable Notes. The Municipal $mncll of Speyer has adopted a resolution to place a commemorative tablet on fhe house where the late Henry Willard was born. Count Von Goetzen. former military attache of the German embassy in Washington, will be appointed, according to the Deutsche Zeitung, Governor General of German East Africa. Subscriptions to the new issue of 3.0ün.&O 3 per cent. Britlüh Exchequer bonds, repayable in 1D05, yesterday totaled up i;6.203.5oJ. The tenders ranged from I5 to 100. The average price was iS 2-10. Sir Lowthlan Bell addressing a meeting of engineers in London last evening on tha Iron and steel industries, expressed skepticism as to the "ability of our friends across the Atlantic to sweep those of us on thij side out of existence." "At the meeting of the Royal Society In London last evening it was announced that the projected national Antarctic expedition would start next autumn, and that the construction of a vessel, to be named Discovery, had already been commenced at Dundee. The Paris papers print sympathetic articles referring to the resignation of Prince Munster Von Doneburg, the German ambassador to France. The semi-official Temps says he contributed all .his influence towards the maintenance of peace and the growing improvement In the relations between the two countries. In the Sheriff's Court, at London, yesterday, the London and Westminster Contract corporation was awarded 66,40) against Joseph Hamilton Brotherton, formerly an American citizen. It appears from the testimony that Brotherton and an alleged confederate, E. J. Vance, came to England In 1805 and promoted a number of doubtful mining companies. HIGH PRICES FOR HORSES THE ABBOTT. "WORLD'S CHAMPION TROTTER, SOLD FOR $20,500. Onward Silver Rid In at $3,700 and Let Go Again at $4,200 Rex Americas Bousht by Sterlins Holt. NEW YORK. Nov. SO. There was a large crowd In Madison-square Garden to-day, the attraction being the announcement that The Abbott, holder of the world's trotting record of 2:03U. w-as to go In the auction sale. The scheduled hour for .the sale was 4 o'clock. There was much discussion as to whether the price for the famous trotter would equal or exceed the $41,000 paid for Sunol. The Abbott is a bey gelding, foaled In 1893, by Chimes-Nettle King, and was sold by the Village Farm of C. J. and Harry Hamlin, at East Aurora, N. Y., to J. J. Scanneil, of New York, for $26,500. The bidding was short. Ed Tipton, of New York, acting for T. W. Lawson, of Boston, made J the first bid, 526,000. Fire Commissioner Scannell raised him JoOO and tne horse was sold to Mr. Scannoll.. It was thought the latter might have purchased 'the animal for Mr. Croker. He announced later that he had bought the horse for his own use and that The Abbott would remain In the hands of Ed Geers for further training. Although the sale of The Abbott was the most interesting event of the day. a number of other valuable horses went at good figures. The pacing stallion Besure, 2:00. from the Patchen Wilkes stock farm, Lexington, Ky., was purchased by Dr. II. D. Gill, New York, for $2.220. w-hlle Dr. Buckner, 2:29, the bay gelding rom the consignment of Charles Taner, of Cleveland, O., went to Harry Darlington, of Pittsburg, for $2.300. All of the stock from the Village farm of C. J. & II. B. Hamlin. East Aurora. N. Y., went at good figures. Onward Silver, 2:11, was bid in at $3,700 by Samuel McMillan, New York, and sold in private later to James Bobbins, Bay Shore, L. L, for a $j00 advance. The black stallion Heir-at-Law, with a pacing record of 2:054. was captured by A. G. Danforth & Sons," Washington, 111., for $2,550. Rex Amerlcus, a stallion with a record of 2:lHi as a four-year-old, was bought by Sterling R. Holt, of In dianapolis, while The Earl, the nve-year-old chestnut stallion who went a mile in his third year at 2:17, was bought by John H. Shults. Parkvllle. L. I., for $1.C50. Exclusive of a team and one single hor3e resold from Thursday, there were eighty two horses disposed of to-day, for a total of $9,945, an average of $3.4.93 per head, the highest yet reached during the sale. Runnlns Race Winners. At New Orleans Isobel, 13 to 5; Tally, 10 to 1; Sir Christopher, 3 to 2; Kohn wreath, 6 to 5; Donna Rita. 3 to 1. At San Francisco Cougar, 2 to G; Elgardo, even; Novia, 4 to 1; Sir Kingston, 4 to 1; Amasa, 4 to l. At Benning Island Prince, 50 to 1; JIls Greenwood, 5 to 1; Sir Fitzhugh, 8 to 5; Queen Carnival, 7 to 10; Ellis B., 20 to 1; Decanter, 7 to 5. WILL VISIT CUBA. Members of the Conductors Insur ance Company Harry Their Work. ST. LOUIS. Nov. 20. The Conductors' Insurance Association of the United States and Canada, which met in thirty-third annual convention at the Planters' Hotel today, transacted business in fast. time. The meeting was called to order by President W. O. Beckley, of St. Louis, at 10 a. m. sharp, and the convention adjourned sine die at noon. President W. O. Beckley was elected for the eleventh consecutive time. The other officers elected were: First vice president, W. B. Chlslett. Pittsburg; second vice president, J. L. Lewis. Jollet. 111.; third vice president, James W. King. St. Louis; executive committee, E. E. Evans and E. S. Pershing, both of Columbus, O.; secretary and treasurer, Edwin Morrell. Columbus, O. Tho next place ot meeting will be decided by the executive committee. The members of the association took up the question of amalgamation with the Conductors' Mutual Aid Association. A committee was appointed to talk the matter over, and It may be arranged by correspondence. Members of the association to the number of about fifty, many of them accompanied by their wives, will depart to-morrow morning for Cuba. They ulll leave St. Louis over the Mobile & Ohio. The trip will take thj greater part of three weeks. LOOKS LIKE HOSES. Allesed Swindler Who Resembles n ''Cnrpetbas' Governor. NEW YORK. Nov. SO.-Charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, a man representing himself as Dr. William A. Ferguson, formerly of Galveston, Tex., but who is alleged by the police to be ex-Gov-etnor Moses, of Charleston. 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