Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 336, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1900 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS WÜRWAL, SUNDAY, DECEUBER 2, iCOO.

gress Is likely to do than either Messrs. Piatt or E'hlns, Is doubtful of the passage of the ship-subsidy hill and puts It In the category of subiJry bills that can as well be deferred to a more convenient season than a crowded short session. A X X Tho general committee of men prominently identilled with the shipping interests of tho country, which was appointed by Senator Frye three years ago to promote legislation in that interest, held a meeting at tho Arlington Hotel to-day for the purpose of considering ways and means for securing action bn the shipping subsidy bill at tho approaching session of ConUTkh3. C. A. Oriscom, president "of the American line, presided, and about twenty of the twenty-Jive members of the committee were present. Senators Hanna and Fryo and Representative Grosvenor also were in attendance. The comlttee considered at length the objections which have been urged against the bill as it stands, and decided to recommend a few unimportant amendments. The committee also decided to urge the utmost dispatch in getting the bill before Congress for consideration. Senator Frye. who has charge of the shipping subsidy bill, announced to-day that he would call up that bill in the Senate next Tuesday and endeavor to have it made the unfinished business, displacing the Spooner Philippine bill. Senator Frye will make a speech, explaining the bill, and will then resume the chair, leaving the management of the bill to some senator on the floor. lie alfo said that h expected to secure the indorsement of this programme by the committee on order of business, which will meet Monday aftemocn. XXX Governor-elect and Mrs. Durbin arrived In Washington to-day and will be the guests of Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks until Monday, when they will leave for home. XXX Senator Beverldge has arrived and is staying at the Gordon. XXX Representatives Robinson, Griffith and Watson arrived to-day. the latter accompanied by Chairman Hernly. xxx George M. Allen arrived to-day and will resume his official duties next Monday. xxx The House military affairs committee expects to have the bill for the reorganization of the army perfected on Monday, and it probably will be presented to the House on Tuesday. Most of the staff ffature cf Secretary Root's bill, it Is understood, will be rejected by the committee. The oidnance staff, it is stated, will remiin permanent with surgeon general's, judge advocate general's and paymaster general's staffs, and the only concession to the secretary's desire for staff details from the line will be in the cavalry and infantry branches of tho service, ar.d in those only below the grade of major. Deüitis fro:n the line for staff duty in these branches wul be made up to and including th? rank of captain. As soon as the latter graue is past the ofilceis will become permanent additions to the staff. The provision in the secretary's bill which authorizes tl.e President to appoint the heads of bureaus, it is said, also will be eliminated. The Democratc leaders have been consulting abcut the position to be assumed by them toward ifie proposed permanent reorganization of the army, and a caucus has been called for Monday afternoon. Tho consensus of opinion seems to favor an extension of the present provisional army as a substitute for a permanent increase, and at the meeting, on Monday, Representative Hay, of Virginia, one of tho prominent Democratic members of the military committee, and the chairman of the Democratic caucus, will offer a bill extending the provisions of the present law for three years as a substitute for the reorganization bill. XXX Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, ba3 completed his fifteenth annual report. It is a compilation of wages in commercial countries and embraces data relative to highest, lowest and average wages paid, and the hours of labor in ninety-two countries, provinces and colonies, exclusive of forty-seven States and Territories in this country. Thl3 compilation is taken from authentic official sources, and Is not the result of original inquiry. The very nature of the work prevents any summary. It gives quotations for each country as far back as any offlct.l statement was to be found, and down to the present year. These quotations are for -1.42) occupations, and subdivisions of occupations. The facts are taken from nearly 1.5(0 different offlclal reports and they cover 000,009 definite rates. XXX Commercial Agent Felix Johnston, at St. Albridge, Quebec, has furnished the State Department with official statistics concerning Canada's trade with Great Britain during the past year. A material increase in the export of wheat,-oats, bacon, cheese, fish and swan wood to the mother country is noted, together with a considerable falling: off in the amount of the flour and butter sent to England. British exports to Canada have enjoyed material increases in the matter of cotton and piece goods, woolen tissues, tinplates, salt, pig iron and many other articles, while there has been a notable decrease In the export of railroad iron. XXX

President McKinley has Issued an executive order, directing the United States Civilservice Commission to render such assist ance as may be practicable to the civil service board created by the Philippine commission to establish and maintain "an honest and efficient civil service" in the Philippines. The commission is instructed to conduct clvll-servlce examinations there on the request of the board undr regulations hereafter to be agreed upon between the two bodies. xxx In the action "in prize" instituted by Admiral William T. Sampson against the Spanish vessel of war Infanta Maria Teresa, Justice ITagner, presiding in the district branch of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, lias overruled a mo tlon to strike out the answer filed by the United States in the cause. xxx The population of Wisconsin, as an nounced officially, to-day, 13 2,0,012, as against 1.CS5.SS0 in 100. This is an increase FAIR WEATHER. Probably "Warmer In Central Portion of Indiana Variable Winds. WASHINGTON, Dec l.-Forecast for Sunday and Monday: For Kentucky and Ohio Generally fair on Sunday and Monday; light variable winds. For Lower Michigan rartly cloudy on Sunday and Monday; variable winds. For Illinois Fair on Sunday and prob ably on Monday; fresh south to west winds. For Indiana Fair on Sunday, probably warmer in central portion; Monday fair; variable winds. Local Observation on Satnrdny. Dar. Ther. IUI. Wind. W'ther. Pre. 7 a. m..3).ll 33 I0 North. Clear. 0.01 7p.m..C0.20 S3 SO N'east. Clear. 0.C0 Maximum temperature, 42; minimum tern perature, 22. Following is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipita tion for Dec. l: Temp. Ire. Normal 34 0.11 Mean 37 0.03 Departure 3 0.11 Departure since Dec. 1 3 0.11 Departure since Jan. 1 133 2.S3 Plus. C. F. IL WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yesterday Temperatures.

Stations. Min. Max. 7 p.m. Chicago. Ill 32 40 CS Cairo, 111 Zi Ii Z2 Cheyenne, Wyo 32 43 32 Cincinnati, 0 31 4 ZS Concordia. Kan ?3 5$ s Davenport. Ia 31 S3 Des MoIr.es, Ia :i 45 CS Kansas City, Mo 34 J yo Little Rock, Ark 32 C4 5 Memphis. Tenn 40 CO .16 Nashville. Tenn 2 W L0 North Platte. Neb 2d 51 44 Oklahoma. O. T 34 -1 52 Omaha. Neb 32 ii 4S Pittsburg. Pa 3 4S 41 Ilapid City, S. D 31 M 3S Salt Lake City 2S 41 4. St. Louis. Mo 33 L0 4i Eprlnsfleld. III.. 30 CS Co Csrlngfleld, Mo ZI vj U VIclutuTff, Hill. 41 C U

of 3S2.1C2. or 22. C per cent. The population

or mciiaif Territory is Wl.iw, as against 10,1 S2 In im. This is an increase of 221,- ., or 11.; per cent.. XXX At a meeting of the officers of the. Treas ury Department to-day appropriate resoutions unon the death of Internal Rev enue Commissioner George W. Wilson were adopted. Secretary Gage, in a brief address, extolled the character of Commissioner Wilson, declaring him to have been a model official, the basis of his notable success having been his absolute integrity. XXX Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has had his name placed on the Republican caucus list. He has been a silver party man tor me last eight years. xxx After serving as postmaster and assistant postmaster continuously for thirty-eight years. John Pynn. of St. George. Utah, has resigned. He is eighty-five years of age, and only a few postmasters have outranked him in point of service. xxx It Is stated on excellent authority that Joseph II. Manley, of Maine, has been re quested by the President to accept the commlsslonershlp of internal revenue, made vacant by the death of George W. Wilson. Mr. Manley has not yet indicated what his decision will be. A disDatch from Augusta, 2Jc, says: "Jo seph H. Manley, chairman of the Republican state committea and chairman of the executive committee of the national committee, in an interview with the Associated Press to-night, said regarding the Wash ington dispatches as to his probable appointment of commissioner of internal revenue: 'I absolutely know nothing regard ing the appointment, only what I nave read in the press. As all that I know thus far Is paper talk, and as I have received no notification from official sources, I cannot state whether I will or will not accept the position. I am a candidate for speaker or the next House of Representatives of Maine Politicians In Maine early predicted that Mr. Manley's resignation as chairman of the Republican state commit tee was due to the probability or nis ac cepting gome position under this adminis tration. He can be elected speaKer or tne next House (state), as all candidates -ho arplred for the place have withdrawn.' XXX Senator Hänna, accompanied by his fam ily, arrived here to-day. He will remain In this city until after the inauguration. XXX The United States ambassador to Mexico has telegraphed to the State Department information received by him from the Mex ican government to the effect that a vessel named "Czar," of San Francisco, Cal., was found capsized oft El Paso recently. The vessel was towed to Las Pas, near San Bias, apparently loaded and with her hull In good condition. The local Mexican au thorities have been instructed to take all necessary steps to care for the vessel and her crew. xxx The contract with the Bethlehem Steel Company, of Pennsylvania, for armor plate for naval vessels was signed at the Navy Department to-day, thus concluding the armor plate contract In its entirety, as the contract with the Carnegie Company was signed yesterday. The Bethlehem's con tract was exactly similar to that of Carnegie, viz.: 1S.502 tons of armor for $3,188,S70.50. xxx The President informally entertained at dinner to-night Secretary Long and Senators Frye, Aldrlch, Elklns, Piatt of Connecticut, Allison and Hanna. XXX Secretary Cortelyou to-day announced the following1 programme of receptions and dinners at tho executive mansion for the season of 1001: Jan. 1, President's public rception, 11 a. m. to 11:30 p. m.; Jan. 2, Cabinet dinner, 8 p. m.; Jan. 9, diplomatic reception, U to 10:30 p. m.; Jan. 16, diplomatic dinner, 8 p. m.; Jan. 23, Judicial reception, 9 to 10:30 p. m.; Jan. 30, congresslola reception, 9 to 10:30 p. m.; Feb. 6, Supreme Court dinner, 8 p. m.; Feb. 13, army and navy, 9 to 10:30 p. m.; Feb. 19, public reception, 9 to 10:30 p. m. XXX Secretary Gage to-day Issued a circular letter calling the attention of national banks to the circular of Nov. 21, discontinuing refunding operations under the circular of March 14, and in that connection setting- forth the relative advantages of the different classes of United States bonds a a basis for the issue of circulating notes by national banks. This is illustrated by an accompanying table, which shows the profit on national bank circulation obtainable upon a deposit of $100,000 par value of bonds, where the prevailing rate of interest on money loaned is 6 per cent, per annum. The market value of the bonds, as shown in the table, is derived from the quotations Nov. 21, 1100. "It will be observed," says the secretary, "that the government tax on circulation issued on the 2 per cent, consols of 1&50 is onehalf the tax on circulation based on all other classes of bonds. It will be also observed that the sinking fund to be set aside to extinguish the premium on the 2 per cent, consols of 1930 Is exceedingly small as compared with the sinking fund required on other classes of bonds." XXX Mr. Neill, United Str.tes charge ad Interim at Lima, Peru, has communicated to the State Department an executive decree creating a new piovince, Santiago de Chuco, In the Department of La Libertad, Peru. XXX Cable advices to the War Department show that the Fifteenth Infantry embarked on an army transport at Tong-Ku on Nov. 29, bound for Manila. XXX A cablegram from Havana announces that Dr. F. A. Barbour, chief of the division of stamps and supplies of the Cuban service, has been taken to a hospital as a yellow fever suspect. His family reside in this city. OFFERED A SENAT0RSHLP. Loren W. Collins 3Iay Succeed the Late C. K. Daria If He Wishes. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 1. Loren W. Collins, Republican associate Justice for the State Supreme Court, was to-day pri ately offered by Democratic Governor Lind the United States senatorshlp made va cant by the death of Cushman K. Davis. Mr. Collins has not yet accepted. The man appointed by Governor Linu will hold until a senator is elected by the State Legislature, which convenes soon. DUKE AND DUCHESS. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) Natchez. There they will spend threo days visiting the duke s grandmother, They will then go as far West as San Francisco, returning by way of Denver and Salt Lake City to New York. Mme. Zembrich and her husband. Professor Zembrich, were also on board. The singer, after remaining in New York dur ing December, during which time she will give song recitals, will make a tour of the country with her own opera company. starting directly after New Year for tho Pacific coast. The return East will be as far as Indianapolis, and then she will go to Cincinnati and New Orleans. Dr. Donaldson Smith, of Philadelphia. well-known as an African explorer, was also a passenger. He returned from his second trip to the interior of Africa, In speaking of his travels he said: "In 15l and 1S95 I went to the Lake Rudolph region in Africa, but this time I decided on a different course. With a party of fifty, on of whom was a, bcotcn taxidermist, we wtnt from the Lake Rudolph region to the Nile. I found the men there more intellectual than many I had met, and two tribes that formerly were hostile proved to be friendly this time. All the natives are cannibals. I discovered five distinct srecics cf mammalia, chiefly antelope. They were peculiar as regards their markings and had different forms of horn. e traveled CO) miles alto trother through entirely unexplored coun try. On my return to Europe I spent two months In Switzerland, resting, and then vent to London. A week ago la3t Sat urdav I lectured before the Royal Geo graphical "Society of London, and Jan. 2 will lecture in j'miaucipnia. before the GeocraDhical Society there. Another passenger on the St. Louis was Mile. Mllka Ternya. one of tho leading members of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Mile. Ternya will Join the company when it returns from the Pacific coast. and in the meantime will ein? In concerts

with th Ecstoa Dymphc7 Orchestra.

BURNING CIGAR STUMP

IT CAUSED AN EXPLOSION AND FIIIE AT ULOOailXGTOX. Clinton Commissioners Contract for a Battery of Voting: 3Inchlnes The Endeavor Convention. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 1. By an ex plosion of powder and gas this morning the front of the large building occupied by the Braman department store was wrecked and a loss of J3.D00 was augmented by water damage to the stock. A can of powder was ignited from a hole burned In the floor, thought to be from a cigar stump. Sanar a Sonic Daring the Fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. UNION CITY, Ind.. Dec. 1. A large au dience sat through a performance at the Union Grand Theater this afternoon while a fire was raging in the scenery on the stage, without knowledge of the danger. The employes discovered the fire and a drop curtain was lowered, after which George Fisher, son of the manager, climbed into tho loft with a line of hose and put out the fire. Mr. Miller, of the stock company, sang a song all during the commo tion, and undoubtedly prevented a panic. Brickyard Fire at Greenfield. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENFIELD, Ind., Dec. l.-FIre broke out in the engine room at F. G. Banker's brick factory at 3 o'clock this morning. The large gas engine, brick machine and a large drying shed were destroyed. The building is beyond the city limits, hence the fire department could be of no use. There was no insurance. The loss was be tween $4.000 and $3,000. Mr. Banker will rebuild at once. lie Is the president of the Indianapolis & Greenfield Rapid Transit Company. CRIMINAL CASE DISMISSED. Wnbmh Court Ilolda that Statute of Limitation Prevents Prosecution. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Dec. 1. Judge Co has dismissed the criminal case brought against Lessel Long, the defaulting treas urer of the tow nof Andrews, ten miles east of this city. While Long held the office money was appropriated to pay $3,000 worth of town bends. The Town Council supposed Long had redeemed the ( obligations and only recently discovered ' that Long had kept up the interest, even after his retirement from office, but had used the entire amount, and is without property to reimburse tho town. He was indicted, but the court decldes that the statute of limitations bars prosecution after two years from the time of the qualification of a public ofilcer'a successor. The bond given by Long Is worthless. Indianapolis Drummer Robbed. WASHINGTON, Ind., Dec. 1. F. E. EdWards, a drummer for an Indianapolis house, was knocked down and robbed last evening near the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railway station. The highwayman relieved Mr. Edwards of $120, tore his pock ets and bruised his head. Ed Lyons, a young man of this city, is under arrest, charged with the assault and robbery. NEW ASSOCIATION LAUNCHED. Amalgamated Glaea Trades In Control In the Gas Belt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. l.-The Window Glass Workers Association. L. A. 300, Knights of Labor, was launched today and all four trades are again united. The affairs of the Cutters League and the Flatteners Association were turned over to the executives of the amalgamated trades to-day. The four trades have equal representation on the executive board and wage committee and each trade will elect Its respective representatives. General officers, such as president, etc., cannot serve over two consecutive terms. - The basis of waees is to becoma effertlv Jnlv 1. lyOl, so there will be no change of wages this year unless the American Window Glass Company recognizes the new association. It is stipulated that if any of the trades leave the organization it will have no cfalm on the association. It is said the new organization has arranged a meeting with the trust officials. VOTING MACHINE CONTRACT. Clinton County Commissioners SI an for New Election Appliances. FRANKFORT. Ind., Dec. L-Following close on the decision of the Clinton County Commissioners to adopt voting machines for use in elections, the board has con tracted for the machines, to be delivered In time for the next election. The price to be paid is $G0O for each machine. The voting-machine proposition has been a regular hornets' nest in this county for some time, and if threats materialize the end of the trouble has not been reached even though contracts have been regularly signed. The first trouble arose over frlc tlon between the County Commissioners and the County Council. This delayed the purchase. On Wednesday of this week the commissioners again considered the pur chase, and it was evident that a majority of tha board favored the Investment in the machine made by the United States Voting Machine Company. Before the final step could be taken injunction proceedings were sought against the board by W. R. HInes, in whose name the elec tric light injunction suit was brought som months ago. The court was asked to prevent the purchase of the United States machine, because it was not shown that tho machine would comply with the elec t?on law, and because the call for the commissioners' meeting had not been made in legal form. A temporary injunction was granted by Judge Kent, but was dissolved a few hours later. Yesterday the commissioners accepted the proposition of the United States Com pany. A warm scene followed between D. A. Coulter, of the Wallace Manufacturing Company, which had offered it3 machines at $440 each, and the commissioners; and Mr. Coulter, in decided terms, criticised the beard, claiming: it had squandered 1,500 of county funds in purchasing twenty-two machines at $G00 each, when the Majors machine could be bought at 5110 each There was considerable ill feeling shown on both sides, but the contract was signed The machines are to be delivered here by Dec. 10, 1901. The company agrees that the machines shall provide, for seven questions and seven amendments (yes and no vote), and seven political parties, with places for forty-threa names for each party, and an additional key for voting the presidential electoral ticket for each party; also a de vice for voting a scratched electoral ticket. upon which a voter can vote an Independ ent or irregular ticket, or for irregular can didates. The machines are to be so constructed that the mechanism can be adjusted SO that the party candidates at large, the county councilman, members of the Legislature, school boards, etc., can be arranged in groups, thereby enabling the voter to vote for the legal number to be elected at large, and no more. In the event the coming Legislature should change the voting machine law, the machines are to be made to conform to the law. The company ia also to provide a competent man t-- Instruct election officers until they become competent to handle the machines. It 13 said that an injunction will be scught against the commlssior ers, for tho purpore of preventing the board from carrying out the contract. Contract for a NcvV Uridine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION. Ind., Dec. L The Indiana Bridge Company of Munde has Just been awarded the contract for the construction ci a nrrr Iren tri; -a tcrcra Uij Ulzzizzl-

newa river, between Gas City and Jones- j

boro. The structure is to cost apoui $jj,uw. Work will begin on it at once. . . LAST BUSINESS SESSION. SucccKKfnl Meeting of the Endeavor Convention at Lafayette. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 1. This, has been a red letter day in the proceedings of the Indiana Christian Endeavor Union, the features of the programme being mission ary and juvenile topics. After the usual Bible study at the Second Presbyterian Church the delegates returned to Trinity Methodist Church for a song service and business session, the event of which was a conference on missionary' work, conducted by Mrs. C. J. Euchanan. Miss Caroline Palmer, of Indianapolis, introduced "The Macedonian Phalanx," after which there was a picturesque presentation of banners by members of the phalanx. A pleasing feature was the singing of a solo by little Ruth May Rallsback, of Indianapolis. The Rev. Mr. McDonald, of Logansport, conducted the quiet hour, and the subject, "Seven Ways of Giving," was discussed by Miss Sylvia Patterson, of Muncle. Treasurer Da Vol, of Lebanon, reported a slight deficit in the finances of the union, ana this was more than wiped out by a collection. Prof. Stanley Coulter was to have spoken on "Citizenship and the Dependent Class," but unavoidable absence from the city required the substitution of Charles S. Medbury. who made an inspiring address on general work for the union. In the afternoon Miss Anna L. MInnich, of Indianapolis, conducted Junior League work, the programme being of a character especially designed to interest the children. Numerous songs, a drill by the Boys' Brigade and short, appropriate talks were indulged in by several of the delegates and awarding of banners was gone through with. Meantime all the denominational rallies were going on in various churches, from which considerable new enthusiasm was garnered. ' At the general meeting to-night, after the usual introductory exercises, Miss Ella Applegate, the state secretary, submitted her annual report, in which the society was shown to bo in a flattering and promising condition in point of membership, interest and earnestness. The nominating committee then made the following report on officers and place of next meeting, which was adopted: President, the Rev. R. V. Hunter, Indianapolis; vice presidents, Oliver P. Nusbaum, Richmond; C. S. Medbury, Angola; W. D. Landls, Princeton; Sylvester Newlan, Kokomo; J. L. Marquis, Evansvile; H. T. McElfresh, Muncle; A. Powell, Portland; secretary. Miss Ella Applegate. Knightstown; treas urer, Will J. Devol, Lebanon; junior superintendent. Miss Anna L. Mlnlch, Indianapolis. The choice of the place for the next meeting was referred to the executive committee. . Following came an address, "Who is Responsible?" by Mr. Charles Plymate, of Crawfordsville, another "quiet hour", under direction of the Rev. Mr. McDonald and an address by John Willis Baer, of Boston, general secretary, on "Christian Endeavor Iaeals." To-morrow the Endeavorers will conduct services in all the churches, and to-morrow night the convention will ad journ. Found a Lone Lost Brother. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Dec. 1. Mrs. Christian K. Hostetler, of this city, has received from her husband, who is traveling In Illinois and Wisconsin in the interest of the Elkhart Institute, a letter stating that ho has succeeded in locating at Clear Lake, Wis., her brother, whom she had not seen since he was less than a year old, when they were separated by the death of their mother, twenty-three years ago. She was aware of his existence, though neither she nor her sister, brother and father was aware of Iiis whereabouts. The new-found brother, however, did not know that he had any relatives living. He is the eon of B. F. Shanower, of South Newbury, O., and was placed In an orphans' home at Masslllon, O., soon after his mother's death. Remarkable Snrfflcal Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Dee. L-On Oct. 10 James Laughlin, of this city, fell and eeverely injured his knee. He w&!s able to get homo and as the Injury did not prevent him walking, he paid no attention to it, supposing it would soon be well. To-day he was examined by a sugeon, who found that his knee cap had been broken by his fall and that tho Assure at the point of fracture Is a full half inch in width. The surgeon says the break can never be repaired. That Mr. Laughlin should have hobbled around on it for six weeks with no appreciation of tho serious nature of the injury Is considered extraordinary. Teachers Want Special Legislation. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., Dec 1. The Wayne County Teachers Association, which met here yesterday and to-day, appointed a committee to confer with State Superlntndent Frank L. Jone3 and plan to secure from the State Legislature the passage of a bill providing for a week's county institute, during the sessions of which the teachers shall receive pay. They want it held at some time during the winter months, and want it to take the place of both the county institute held in the summer and the meeting held at this time of tho year. The teachers say such a law is operating satisfactorily in Pennsylvania and other States. Testimonial to Judfire Shavr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINC3NNES. Ind., Dec. l.-Judge Geo. W. Shaw retired from the Knox County Circuit Bench "last night,' after fourteen years' continuous service. The attorneys of the bar showed their high esteem for him by giving a banquet in his honor at the Union Depot Hotel. They presented to the judge a fine gold watch. Toasts were responded to by L. A. Mayer, G. W. Shaw, O. H. Cobb. S. W. Williams. J. S. Pritchett, J. W. Ennson, H. S. Cauthorn, jr., O. C. Phillips. J. T. Goodman, B. M. Willoughby, J. F. Lewis and J. P. L. Weems. W. H. De Wolf was toastmaster. Judge O. H. Cobb succeeds Judge Shaw. Frank B. Darke Will Speak. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Dec. l.-The local lodge of Elks will hold memorial services to-morrow afternoon at Root's Hall. Frank B. Burke, of Indianapolis, will deliver the. address. The ritualistic services will bo conducted by p;xalted Ruler P. S. Florea. But one member has been called by death, out of a membership of 130 during the three years of the lodge's existence. Boy Smothered at Greenville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENVILLE, O., Dec. L Roy Conaway, aged thirteen, was smothered by sliding down the corn bin in Helm & RIes's elevator, while it was in operation, this afternoon. Benjamin Morningstar, a wellknown farmer and civil war veteran, fell from a load of hay this afternoon. Three ribs and one leg were broken, and he was internally injured. Caug-ht In a Fir Wheel and Killed. MODOC, Ind.. Dec. 1. David Harty, thirty-six years old. was instantly killed here last evening. He was adjusting a belt on a fly wheel in the Gaddis grain elevator, when his clothing was caught in a projecting bolt. Ills neck and back were broken and his death was Instantaneous. Mr. Harty was a prominent Odd Fellow, and the lodge will take charge of the burial. He left a widow and two small children. Indiana Ohltnnry. RICHMOND. Ind., Dec. 1. Mrs. James Van Deusen died this morning, after several days' illness. She had reached the advanced aso cf eighty-one years. Her husband and four children survive. The best-known of the children are Miss Kate Van Deusen and Mrs. Eupene Pric. of this city, and Frank Van Deusen, of Pittsburg, first assistant general passenger Rgcnt of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg. MARION, Ind.. Dec. 1. Daniel Bradford, aged eighty-six years, living in Washington township, this ccunty, died to-day. He had lived in Grant county over sixty years, and died on the farm which he catered from the government when he first fettled here. He always had voted the Whig and Republican tickets. Mrs. E. J. Eldrldss dird ct her heme, la

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prayer at a cottage prayer meeting held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Jay. After rising from her knees, Mrs. Eldridge entered the next room, fell unconscious to the floor, and did not recover consciousness. She was sixty-five years old.

Indiana Notes. The safe in James L. Allen's harness and implement store, at Covington, was opened by burglars. Friday night, and a considerable sum of money was taken. The Indianapolis & Lebanon Traction Company has petitioned the commissioners of Boone county to grant a fifty-year franchise over the Lebanon and Frankfort road. Randolph county teachers closed a successful two days' session at Winchester by electing the following officers: President, L. L. Driver; secretaryJohn Potter. Nearly IS) teachers were presert. The Montgomery Coutlly Teachers Association closed yesterday. The new ofllcers ere: President. W. A. Miller; vice president. D. II. Gllkey; secretary, Mary D. Hall; treasurer, Okel Hall. John Endsley, a farmer living southwest of Richmond, lost his arm in a corn shredder yesterday. His hand was caught and drawn in and the forearm so badly mangled that amputation was necessary. Prof. C. E. Douglass, of Central Indiana Normal College. Danville, was the lecturer at the Hancock County Teachers' Institute, held at Greenfield, Friday and yesterday. George Richardson was elected president. .. Knox county teachers, at their Vlncennes meeting, elected the following ofllcers: President, J. M. Glenn; vice president. E. N. Haskirs; secretary, Miss Rena Dunn; treasurer, J. S. Hoover. Prof. W. W. Glenn, of Illinois Normal, was the instructor. The Hancock County Agricultural Association met at Greenfield, yesterday, and elected a new directorate and the following officers: President, Dr. W. A. Justice; vice president, Frank Chandler; secretary, Charles Downing; treasurer, W. C. Barnard; superintendent, E. 8. Tyner. SPECIAL STORM F0EECAST. Prof. Willis Extending: the Work of the Weather Bureau. WASHINGTON, Dec. L - The Inauguration of a system of special storm forecast for the North Atlantic region in the near future is promised In the annual report of Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau. Prof. Moore says this Innovation becomes possible by the completion of a cable system connecting Libson, the 'Azores and New York city. It is proposed to Include Bermuda and a number of important points on the western coast of Europe in the new system of republics. The report continues as follows: "The original experimental work of the bureau during the year was confined to an investigation of the possibilities of wireless telegraphy as a method of establishing communication between vessels at sea a,nd exposed points along lake and sea coast. Satisfactory progress was made, but the time is not ripe for communicating the details of the work." Tho report says the forecast service has been strengthened and improved by the extension of the system of observing stations over the West Indies and the Caribbean sea and by the active co-operation of the meteorological service of the Republic of Mexico. The approach of all dangerous tropical storms, the movement of cold waves, and the occurrence of killing frosts and heavy snow have been accurately forecasted." STEAMER ST. MARIE LOST. Forty-Five Passengers and Part of the Crew Drowned. LONDON, Dec. L A special dispatch from Naples says the steamer St. Marie, trading between Naples and Marseilles, has been wrecked and that forty-five of her passengers and a prt of her crew have been lost. Stenmshlp Belgla Disabled. QUEENSTOWN. Dec. 1. The Cunard line steamer Umbria, from New York, Nov. 24, for Liverpool, which arrived here today, reports having passed, Nov. 29, In Latitude 51 north, and Longitude 2G west, the Hamburg-American line steamer Belgla, which left Hamburg Nov. 24, bqund for Baltimore. The Belgla had stopped for the purpose of repairing her rudder, which had become disabled, but It was expected she would proceed on the following day. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, Dec. 1. Arrived: Etruria, from Liverpool; Patricia, from Hamburg; St. Louis, from Southampton. Sailed: Staatendam, for Rotterdam, via Boulogne; Campania, for Liverpool; Minneapolis, for London; Cap Frio, for Hamburg; Californian, for Glasgow; Werra, for Genoa and Naples. GENOA, Dec. L Arrived: Fuerst Bismarck, from New York, via Naples. Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm II, for New York. HAVRE, Dec. 1. Arrived: L' Aquitaine, from New York. Sailed; Bretagne, for New York. CHERBOURG, Dec. 1. Sailed: New York, from Southampton, for New York. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 1. Arrived: Umbria, from New York, for Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 1. Sailed: Georglc and Lucanla, for New York. BREMEN, Dec. 1. Arrived: Deutschland, from New York. ANTWERP, Dec. 1. Sailed: Southwark, for New York. WOMEN'S CLUBS. An Avred Male Editor Decides that They Are Serious Things. New York Commercial Advertiser. In case there is any man left who take3 a light view of the woman's club movement, he should bo made to read the official organ of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. It will prove to him at once that this movement 13 the most serious thing on earth. Tho mort striking feature of it is the immense amount of purpose that a woman must have about her when she join3 a club. "What Is your aim to be in club life this winter?" asks the editor of the official organ. And here are a few of the questions that each member Is supposed to ask herself: "What is the club going to be to me this winter.'" "Shall we enter the club to seek and perhaps find an oiflce? To dawdle the time away? To work ourselves to death?" "Or shall wo enter our club life onc more with the determination to take things calmly and not overwork or overworry in th matter?" It is almost sacramental. Along with intense exaltation of spirit must go perfect self-control. Cool, steady hands are what they need for this grim business none of your alarm-clock women that buzz for a little and then run down. No man's club ever saw the like of it. Cromwell's Ironsides are the nearest thing io it in history. It is a gigantic but not necessarily a hostile force. "And then let us try to make the average man see the value of the club movement.; He will if he does not have to eat too many cheerless dinners and spend too many lonely evenings in consequence of It." Toss a word to the lonely, red-eyed husband now and then. The strain of the work cannot be appreciated by an outsider, but some slight notion of It may be had from an outline of what the Carrie Prentiss Club of Wellington, Kan., had planned to do with Kipling as a poet. His poems were first to be tested one by one, beginning with the "Seven Seas," and answering such questions as: (1) "A Song of the English" "Is its dominant note pride of race?" "How show sympathy with expansion?" "How is matter suited to thought?" (2) 4 'Mc Andrew's Hymn" "Sympathy with the engineer; service td mankind. The lesson: Law. order, duty and restraint, obedience, discipline." "Analyze carefully the clever workmanship of this poem. Has it the spontaneity of a master of poesy?" And so forth. Then there are any number of "research questions" to answer. "Do you feel that the poems In the "Seven Seas reflect the restless energy of the English, impelling them to subdue the globe?" "Do you realize that the greatest thing for Kipling Is power fcr work, hence his deep Interest In engines, men and empires? How does he make us in love with life? Show how Kipling's poetry stands for the highest qualities of the English race, as its virility, readiness to accept responsibility, its tremendous energy, its faith in itself." Finally, they were to write a paper on "Kipling's Messags to the Twentieth Century," or csmtthjnj cf thit ccrL au o :t fcr nfr j " a r--t.

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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Bishop Seymour, at Springfield, III., last night said there svre no changes in the condition of Bishop Hale, of Cairo, who is critically ill. John Corn, a well-known minim? man, was shot and killed near Silver City, N. M., by Jules "Welgehausen, a prominent stockman. "Welgehausen claims self-defense. The steamship Centennial, which has arrived at Port Townsend from Nome, brought twenty-two federal prisoners, bound for McNeill's island, to serve various sentences. . .A posse is in pursuit of GIbonf the Ashland, Ky man accused of killing his two-year-old stepdaughter by running a red-hot poker down her throat, and it is expected he will be captured. The blast furnace operated by the Union Iron and Steel Company, at Ironton, O., was bid in at sheriffs sale by the Ohio Iron and Steel Company for $50,000. The purchasers held first mortgage bonds. Charles II. Cummlngs, a boy, died 3esterday from injuries received in the collapse of the glass furnace roof at San Francisco during the Thanksgiving day football game, making the number of fatalities nineteen. Four convicts, two white and two colored, were killed and several others Injured yesterday by-the falling of a wall at the old prison in Nashville, Tenn. The men were engaged in removing tho wall when it collapsed. Kid Parker, of Denver, and Joe Gans, of Baltimore, have been matched for a return fight of ten rounds for a purso of $2,000. The contest will take place at the Colorado Athletic Club, Denver, Jan. 4, the winner to tako all. After an Idleness of five months the furnaces in the Lebanon valley of Pennsylvania operated by the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company, of Scranton, will resume operation, giving employment to about 1,100 men. The steam schooner Santa Ana, which has arrived at Port Townsend, brought back the shipwrecked crews of the schooner Seven Sisters, and the steamship Cleveland, lost to the north and west of Sinrock during a fog early in the season. George Green knocked out "Soldier" Phil Green in the sixteenth round of what was to have been a. twenty-round bout before the National Athletic Club, at San Francisco. Except in the last few rounds the contest was a tame affair. Juneau advices state that the proposed telegraph line between that city and Skagway will surely be built next spring. A rate of $1 for ten words will be established between Juneau and Skagway, -the distance being just one hundred miles. The price of salt to the trade at San Francisco jumped from 93 cents to $2 a bag yesterday. The Federal Salt Company has acquired complete control of the salt industry in Alameda county and of the entire output west of the Rocky mountains. Sheriff Armstrong, of Custer county, Missouri, has arrested "William Oxley, at Louisville, Neb., near Lincoln, on the charge of murdering V. 11. Fullhardt, a wealthy Custer county ranchman, who was found dead near his home last Monday. Deputy Game Warden 'Sonn arrived at Meeker, Col., yesterday with five hunters who had two wagons loaded with game and hides. The men are said to be from Utah. A posse of deputies has gone west in pursuit of another party of fifteen poachers, including a number of desperate characters. Frank Young, a farmer, living near Plymouth, Mo., was killed by his twenty-year-old son, Klmer. Young was drunk, and started in to annihilate his family with a knife. He had succeeded in wounding his wife, when the son shot him in the neck with a shotgun, almost severing the head from the body. Orders have been received by the Burgess steel and iron works, of Portsmouth, O., a member of the Crucible Steel and Iron Company, to close down the plant as soon as the work now on hand is completed. This action will result in &0 men being thrown out of work. The reason for the shutdown is announced to be for the purpose of making repairs. Leaders of the general strike at Tampa declare they have a communication from President Gompers saying that all transportation of Tampa-made cigars will be stopped by the American Federation of Labor. Representatives of the Trades Ascembly say they have assurances that the boxmakers in a New York factory will refuse to make boxes for Tampa manufacturers. Official returns compiled by J. W. Lysons, of the Republican committee of Washington State, show that the Republicans will have a two-thirds majcrity of each branch of the coming Legislature. In the Senate the Republicans have twentysix out of thirty-four members, a majority of eighteen. In the House there are sixty Republicans and twenty Democrats, a majority of forty. Tho Akron & Cuyahoga Falls Electri Railroad has been sold to a syndicate o Bridgeport, Conn., capitalists, headed by Andrew Rädel, who assumed possession yesterday. The consideration is reported to be $135,000 and outstanding obligations. The property will be extended from Kent tf Barberton, and will be double tracked. The purchasers are owners of other lines in the same territory. At Spokane, Wash., yesterday, the jury in the suit of Emmett L. Holme vs. the Washington Water Power Company returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. Holmes was refused food at a restaurant ovned by the company because he was a colored man. He demanded damages. It is claimed that by this decision colored men can bo excluded from any restaurant or saloon. . A band of over 200 Indians who have been slaughtering game and starting fires on tho Gila forest reservation, have been returned to the reservation In Arizona by twenty mounted police trom Ft. Defiance, The Indians returr.cd without trouble. The band consisted of Navajos and Apaches and the settlers were greatly alarmed, fearing depredations. The action was taken at the instance of the authorities at Washtncrton. Ju:-j Ch:ii- c: e- Crcr:t Cz-zX ct

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Y., to dismiss the actions brought by the State of New York ta collect $-UX),(M0 penalties for he alleged illegal sale of oleomargarine i this State. The State was represented by Attorney General John C. Da vies and Frederick K. Schroub, former commissioner of agriculture. The motion was upon th charge that nothing had been done in th prosecution of the action for three years, and that there was no intention to proceed. The court took the papers In the case. Railway 'itc. The board of directors of the Hockirj Valley Railway Company has declared u stml-annual dividend of '2 per cent, on iL preferred stock, payable Jan. 1, V.Jl. Three hundred men employed on the Baltimore . &. Ohio extension in Ohio struc k yesterday against a reduction to II. VJ for nine hours' work. Work is tied up from Fostoria to Attica. The men demand Jl.lS. The United States Court at Pcnsacola, Fla., has granted an injunction against State Controller Reynold, ani the sheriff of Leon county, restraining them from selling at public outcry, on Monday next, the Florida Central & Peninsula Railroad. Tha corporation's property had been levied on and advertised for sale for taxes alleged ta be due the State for the years 1 and lbfcl, amounting to about $tt,0oo. The purpose of the large meeting of railroad men to be held at Newark. O., to-day is said to be "for the good of the order," meaning the Order of Railway Conductors, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, th Brotherhood- of Locomotive Firemen, the Order of Railway Telegraphers and th Brotherhood of Locomotive Kngineers. It is said to be the purpose of tht. meeting tc federate these organizations on the Baltimore & Ohio tystem. Suit has been begun In the United States Circuit Court, at New York, by John 1. Crlmmins, against the Baltimore A: Ohio Railroad Company, asking for a temporary injunction, restraining the company from paying to holders of common stock the 2 per cent, dividend declared payable March 1, until a dividend shall be declared in favor of holders of preferred stock of what shall be a proportionate part of all u l earnings during the year ended June 'Ji, im The Great Northern Railway has completed a contract with the Loyland lints whereby it charters five boats of that line five years to carry grain between Qi:el-c port and Great Britain. This will tnabla the Great Northern to run a weekly service between Quebec and England. Th Great Northern announces that some "f the largest steamers now running to Boston will be brought to Quebec next reasoa for their export trade. Members of the Transcontinental Tassrnger Association put in yesterday wrestling with th problem of a $V) round-trip rate from Chicago and St. luis to h-ix Francisco for the meeting of the Epworth League next summer. No progress was made. The rate will unquestionably M put into effect, the point of argument ting whether the round-trip- tickets shall lie good over one line Rolng and a seeend hne returning, or over one line ia both directions. The Carriage Vog, The Cornhill. It is commonly believed that the fpotM carriage dog, once so frequently kept in England, wer? about the most useless creatures of the dog kind, maintained only for show ar.d fashion. This 13 a mistake. They were used at a time when a traveling carriage carried, besides its owners, a large amount of valuable proixrty, an 1 the dogs watched the carriage at n!c.t when the owners were sleeping at country Inns. We feel that we owe an apology to the race of carriage degs. They are not useless even now, but on the con t ran, very useful animals, and no one appreciates them more than the coachmen f whose horses they are the inseparat' companions. The coachman of the late Prince Batthyani told the writer that these dogs were the best of aids in training s; ir Ited young carriage horses. The horse constantly looked out for the dog as it ran by its side, paid attention to it, and wai so much engaged in thinking of it? stable companion, the dog. that It was far lest nervous, fidgerty, and shy than when taken out alone. On? of his dogs was. ia Ml phrase, the "pride of the park." Some readers may remember this dog. It u?d ; to place Itself exactly beneath th poll i chains when the carriage was driven out. ' and, trotting fast, would maintain its plac there to an inch either In the park or ia i the streets In th crowd of a London rea son. In the ftables, which were large, tfca carriage dog always had one favorite horse, which he lept with. But when the stud was gent Into the country by road, he mounted guard at the door of tho lr.n stables at night, and sometimes refured to let the Indigenous ostlers and groom eater or to go near the rugs and harnes. A Step Too Far. ! Chicago Post. I? not the readiness of Rev. Dr. Sheldon to ppeak for the Deity beginning to vers rather closely on the sacrilegious? Hi motives ixay be of the b-st. but n attempt to decide whether Christ would play football Fcems like making a bur!e4''of a subject that above all things shouM be treated reverentlv. At the very loaU it shows that the Topeka clergyman UckJ dignity. Texn Vote Wnu Light. AUSTIN. Tex.. Dec. l.-Texas's vote fcr residential electors, as cast Nov. et th eneral election rni. lirmn McKinley, 121.173; Donnellv, ri.l: in- GC.V Bryrn'o plurality is HS.-J- TfcJ vet rr-3 elirt ct tt ciit 1-

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