Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 337, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1900 — Page 2

TIIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1D0O.

announced h!s budget, stating that the budget of l"-l!X)t at present showed a deflclt of 13.(M),0v lire, of which 1Z.W).V lire must be charged up to the expenses of the China expedition. The minister said, however, that In view of the continuing Increase of the revenue over the estimates this deficit certainly would bo greatly reduced before the end of the financial year. He pointed out also that while the estimates of 11-12 showed a deficit of 1S,öoO.OOü lire, here again no allowance had been made for increasing revenue, which probably would reduce the deficit. Signor Kublni explained that these .mall deficits arose from the paying off of the debt and from the outlay for railroad construction. The budget situation he characterized as essentially pood, but ho insisted that it was "absolutely imperative to abstain from all increase of taxation and fresh loans in order to secure a budget which, by raisin? credit and confidence In the country, will enable the government to proceed with much desired, extensive and useful reform." ENGLISH DISPLACES FRRXCII.

Emptror William Inrt a Decree Governing Higher Schools. BERLIN, Dec. 2. Emperor William's decree regarding the reform of the higher schools provides that. In consequence of the importance attaching to the English language, special attention shall be given hereafter to this branch In the gymnasia, where It Is made equal with Greek In the under classes and shall displace French as an obligatory study In the upper three classes, French being made optional In the latter. Special emphasis Is laid In the decree on the Importance of speaking the modern languages taught, and the reform plan contemplates, also, more attention to Latin In the Oberrealschule. COXTIIACT SIGNED. Cramps to Hallrt a Ship for Turkey Indemnity 1 the Price. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 2. Hassan Pasha, Ottoman minister of marine, and General William?, representing the Cramp Ship-building Company, of Philadelphia, have signed a contract for the construction of the cruiser for the Ottoman navy. The price to be paid is ),000, which includes 23,000 as indemnity to the United States for losses suffered by Americans during the Armenian massacres. Capt. C. M. Chester, of the United States battleship Kentucky, with a number of officers of the battleship. Is expected hero soon, and probably will remain several days. German Industrial Notes. BERLIN. Dec. 2. Navigation companies havo done an unusually profitable business thLs year, mostly Increasing their dividends. The earnings of the North German Uyod Company to Oct. 31 are estimated at D.OW.OCu marks above the ligures of liOt). The South German cement syndicate has been renewed hut production will bo restricted 50 per cent. Tha prohibition of the Importation of canned meats caused unusually heavy imports up to Sept. 50, in anticipation of the law becoming effective, the total import being 5,441 tons, as against 2,927 for the corresponding period of the pervious year, and of this total 4.U0Ü tons came from the United States, as against 1J9. Probable Cabinet Change. BERLIN. .Dec. 2. It is announced that the forthcoming retirement of Dr. Von Siemens from the directorship of the Deutsche Bank is due to the 'pressure of political duties," and this is generally ini - " WEATHEB TORECAST. Fair and Colder, with Winds Shifting to the Northwest. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. Weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday: For Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Generally fair on Monday and Tuesday; winds mostly light and southerly. For Lower Michigan Generally fair on Monday and Tuesday. For Illinois Fair on Monday, and colder, except In the northern portion. Tuesday will be fair, except in tho north; winds becoming northwesterly. For Indiana Colder on Monday; Tuesday, fair; winds becoming fresh northwesterly. For Kentucky Fair on Monday and Tuesday; south to west winds. Local Observations on bandny. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. Ta. ra. .30.22 30 81 Seast. Clear. O.Oo 7 p. m..30.1C 50 61 South. Pt. cl'dy. 0.00 Maximum temperature. 56; minimum, 2S. Following is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation for Sunday, Dec. 2: Temp. Pre. Normal 35 .11 Mean 42 .JO Departure 7 .11 Departure since Dec. 1 10 .22 Departure since Jan. 1 4D0 2.W Plus. C. F. R. WAFFENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday's Temperaturen. Stations. Mln. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta. Ga 5S 60 Bismarck, N. D 2G 21 Buffalo. N. Y 40 3S Calgary. N. W. T 42 4) Chicago. Ill 32 52 Ki Cairo. Ill 42 ft) 54 Cheyenne. Wyo 22 30 21 Cincinnati. 0 2S 56 4$ Davenport, la 32 43 3J Des Moines. Ia 32 42 21 Galveston. Tex 62 M Helena. Mont 34 31 Jacksonville. Fla Gl &i Kansas City, Mo 40 43 42 Little Rock. Ark 33 C2 34 Marquette. Mich 38 31 Memphis. Tenn 44 CO 50 Nashville, Tenn 22 60 ' 62 New Orleans. La 62 U) New York city 48 41 North riatte. Neb 2S 41 32 Oklahoma. O. T 54 46 Omaha. Neb 34 33 31 Pittsburg. Pa 33 50 42 Qu Appelle. N. W. T. 22 20 Rapid City, S. D 32 44 32 Salt Lake City 30 42 . 3X St. Louis. Mo 33 66 51 St. Paul. Minn 35 31 Springfield. Ill 32 CO 50 Springfield. Mo 40 6S 54 Vicksburg. Miss 40 66 5' Washington, D. C 54 W November Meteorological Report. Following Is a summary of meteorological conditions for the month of November, as observed at the Indianapolis station: Mean atmospheric pressure, 30.11; highest, 30.68. on the 16th; lowest, 23.6y. on the L'7th. ' Mean temperature. 42; highest, 74, on the 22d; lowest, IS. on the 14th; greatest daily range. 31, on the 22d; least daily range, !, on the 24th. Mean temperature for the month In 1S71. ; 172. CT; 1S73. 37: 1S74, 42; 1X73, 40; 7C. 41; 177. 4.1; 17S. 45: 17!, 45; lv0, SI; 1S.S1, 43; lv2, 42: IVO. 45; lS4. 42: 1S5. 42; lifcS, 40; 17. 40; 44; l.vo. 41: lüW, 46; KU. : IMC. S; 41. 1K. 3y; M5. 42; 1S. 45; ISJl. 41; lstis, 40; Iii. 46. Mean temparture for the month tor thirty years, 41; average excers of daily man temperature during month. 1; accumulated excess of daily mean temperature since Jan. 1, 4"D; average dally excess emce Jan. 1, 1. Prevailing direction of wind, south and northwest; total movement, S.570 miles; maximum velocity of wind, direction and date. 51 miles, west, on the 21st. Total precipitation. 4.12 Inches; number of days with .01 inch or more of precipitation, II. Total precipitation In Inches for the month In 1S71, 3.51'; 1S72. 0M; 1S73. 2.55; l!74. iyl; 175. 3.0; 1S76. 2.2; 177, 3.64; 1S7 2.S7; ln, 5.82; is'. 2.5s; 1M, Ü.G5: issj. isxi. 6.u; ISM, 1.4.; IS 3. 2.71; ImJ, S.S7; 17. 3.71; Ivns, 5.U7; lvsy, 4.7; 1M. 3.C5; iMd, 5.cs; IXC, 4.i; 1V13. 3.25; liW, 1.55; lr;5, 5.M; lKC, 4.1D; IVJl, t;.7; 1VJS. 2.ZJ; lou. 3.21. Average precipitation for the month for thirty year?, 2.yl Inches; total execs In precipitation Curing month. 0.21; lie-cumulated deficiency in precipitation since Jan. 1, 2.65. Number uf clear day., 5; partly cloudy, 5; cloudy. 20. Date of Frost Heavy on the 2d and 3d; killing on the Cth.

tcrpreted to mean that he will succeed Dr. Von Mlquel as minister of finance. Dank of Spain Still finlnn Gold. MADRID. Dec. 2. The report of the Dank of Spain for the week ended yesterday shows the following: Gold In handincrease, t5,'K0 pesetas; silver in hand, decrease. 253,000 pesetas; notes in circulation, decrease, 7.769wo pesetas. Modified Crrman Demand. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 3. The TurkoGerman difficulty regarding a coaling station in the Red sea has been settled. Germany Intimating that she only wants a station during the Chinese crisis. American Woman Take u Decree. I? ERLIN, Dec. 2.-Ml?s Stewart, an American, has taken the doctor's decree at the Tniverslty of Berl.n. INDIAN LANDS TO BE OPENED.

Hundred of Men In Line AValtlna: (or the Lrgnl Time to Arrive. CROOKSTON. Minn.. Dec. 2. A line of men was formed last night, extending from the United States land office for several blocks, with the intention of remaining In their places until Tuesday morning so that they may have an early chance to file upon t!ie lands of the White Earth Indian reservation, which have been opened for settlement. It Is estimated that there will be half a dozen fdings for each claim, and the contests that will follow will keep the land attorneys busy for the rest of the winter. Bloodshed may ensue between the squatters and those who have abided by the law. OPENED TO THE PUBLIC CHICAGO LIVE STOCK EXHIBITS "WEHE VIEWED I1Y THOUSANDS. Mlnier from Hramll Will Make a Special Report Cn 11 I med for n National Live Stock Convention. CHICAGO. Dec. 2. Though the formal opening of the live stock exposition does not take place until to-morrow evening, the gates were opened to-day and the exhibits viewed by fully 10,000 people. Most of the exhibits have been installed, especially in the animal department of the exposition, which' Is in shape for the work of the Judges, who begin making awards to-morrow morning. A number of delegatlonsfrom outside cities and agricultural colleges arrived during the day. Don J. F. De Assiz-Brasll, minister from Brazil o the United States, got In to-night from Washington. He is a stock raiser in the South American republic and president of one of the live stock associations. He will make a special report to his government on the exposition. CALL FOR CONVENTION. National Live Stock Association Will Meet in Salt Lake City Jan. 15. CHICAGO, Dec. 2. A call has been issued by the National Live Stock Association for a convention to be held in Salt Lake City on Jan. 13. The convention will deliberate on the extension of the industry and Its general Improvement. Every State and Territory Is entitled to representation, as are State live stock sanitary boards, railroads, chambers of commerce, stockyard companies, and all allied Industries. Somo of the subjects that will come up for discussion will be: Resolution favoring government instead of State inspection of live stock. Resolution against the passage of the Grout bill. Report of special committee on amendment of the land laws. The use of the forest reservations for grazing purposes. The census of live stock and methods to secure annual vital statistics In relation to live stock Industry. Irrigation and Its relation to the grazing of arid lands of the West. Methods of securing more universal laws regarding live stock in the various States and Territories. Export trade and methods of building up the same. Transportation of live stock by railroads. Work of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States, and methods for aldlns the bureau to extend its work In the interest of the Industry. .All matters of a general or practical nature pertaining to the live stock Industry may be brought before the convention. SMALLPOX IS HAGING. Over Fonr Hundred Cases, bat No Deaths, in Winona, Minn. WINONA, Minn., Dec. 2. In consequence of the outbreak of smallpox In this city the local Board of Health has, in - accordance with the wishes of Dr. Bracken, secretary of the State Board of Health, Issued orders to the street-car company to stop Us cars at Liberty street, the western boundary of the infected district, in order to prevent the residents of that district from riding on the cars and thus spreading the disease. The Washington and Kosciusko schools were also ordered closed for the present, as were also two steam laundries. As yet there have been no deaths, though there are over four hundred cases. Axtell Back nt Terre Haute. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 2.-Axtell, the trotting stallion, has arrived at his old home at Warren Park. He was sold at the New York sale last week to Fred Moran, of Chicago, a member of the syndicate that bought him In 1SS9, and Mr. Ijams, owner of Warren Park, has bought from Mr. Moran an Interest In the horse. Wants to Take On. Kid Ilrond. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 2.-Samuel Harris, manager of Terry McGovern, the champion lightweight pugilist, to-night announced that he was willing to back McGovern againsU. Kid Broad In a twentyround bout for any sized purse. Harris also stated that if Broad should last fifteen rounds he would give him all of the purse, whatever it may be. First Hull Flpht of the Season. EL PASO. Tex., Dec. 2. The first bull fight of the fiesta season was the event of the afternoon in Juarez. The bulls were Just from the mountain ranges and fought fiercely. Two horses were killed under th? picadores and two men injured. Over two thousand Americans were present from El Paso. The fiestas are now in full blast and will continue until Dec. 25. GEN. PAGETS FIGHT. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGK.V and "without ill feeling toward a conquered foe." lxrd Roberts has visited Colenso and the surrounding battlefields. Canadians Acclaimed in London. LONDON, Dec. 3. Yesterday morning the members of the Royal Canadian continent attended service at Westminster Abbey, where Archdeacon Wilherforcc delivered an appropriate discourse. Later In the day they visited Buckingham Palace, the Zoological Gardens and other points of Intercut, being greeted everywhere with enthusiasm. l'tttsliuru: Coal Fleet Sunk. HUNTINGTON, W. Va.. Dec. 1-The steamers Tom Dodsworth and Volunteer. Loth Pittsburg towboats. collided twenty miles above here this morning. Almost thirty coal boats, containing eijUM) bushels of coal. sank. The loss la JlOO.WX). Uoth the steamers and the coal are-owntd by the Pittsburg coal combine.

TARRED AND FEATHERED

ALEXANDRIA MAN WHO INSULTED S I'M 31 IT VI LLE WOMEN Token from the Carcel by Mob Kokomo's Snuday Observance Death of a Prominent Physician. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SUM MIT VI LLE, Ind., Dec. 2,-DurIng the last week a number of women have been met on the street, after night, by some man, and subjected to Indignities, but no clew to the perpetrator could be obtained. Last night he became bolder and knocked at the backdoors of several residences, and when the doors were opened he would make Indecent proposals. He even went so far as to attempt an assault on a Miss Lenora Wright. The marshal was notified, and after 'a search arrested Frank Osborn, a brickmason, who makes hl3 home at Alexandria, and placed him in Jail. Soon after midnight a dozen masked men compelled tha marshal to give up his keys and then locked him In one of the cells. They took the prisoner from Jail, applied a UDeral coat of tar and feathers and then turned him loose. He returned from Alexandria to-day with some friends, to learn the names of those engaged in the affair, and asserts that ho is innocent of the charge. Smith was identified in tho Police Court, however, by several women, as the man who had insulted them. OXFORD'S NEW PRESIDENT. John Hampton Thomas the Fourth to Ocenpy the Position. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. OXFORD, O., Dec. 2. The Inauguration of the Rev. John Hampton Thomas as the fourth president of Oxford College took place In the college chapel, yesterday afternoon. President Thomas is the successor of Dr. Faye Walker to the presidency cf the institution. Yale Is the alma mater of President Thomas, from which university he received the degree A. M. The same degree was conferred upon him by Hanover College and' the degree of D. D. by Miami University An Impressive feature of the occasion was the presence of the young ladles of the college, all wearing the collegiate cap and gowns. On the platform were seated, beside the participants In the programme, the faculty of the college, the senior and Junior classes and a number of guests. HE SHOCKED EM. Sam Jones Talked to the Teachers at the Muncle Institute. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. N MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 2. The annual meeting of the Delaware County School Teachers Association adjourned last evening. A feature of the meeting was an address by Sam Jones, who lectured in his "plaintalk" manner at High-street M. E. Church. Some of his remarks were rather shocking, one being the accusation that Muncle girls did not wear enough dress, for the reason that they were cut off at the bottom for bicycles and on top lor the ballrooms. Professor Lowes and Dr. Wlnshlp were other lecturers. ' John . Watson was elected president, Cyrus Rector secretary and J. Crooks treasurer. Plans for Mnsle Convention. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 2. There was a meeting of State officers of the Indiana Music Teachers Association with the local committee last night to mako preliminary arrangements for the State convention, which is to be held here next June. The State officers present were President J. S. Bergen, of Lafayette; President-elect Oliver Wlllard Pierce, of Indianapolis; Hugh McGlbeny, chairman of the programme committee, of Indianapolls; W. J. Stabler, of the executive committee, of Indianapolis, and Arthur W. Mason, of Columbus. There will be twelve concerts or recitals and every line of music work will be represented. Modified Sunday Closing Lavr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 2. The Kokomo Tollce Board has adopted a settled policy in regard to Sunday closing. After one puritanical Sunday, In which all business houses were hermetically sealed the entire day, the board this morning permitted everything to open as usual, and from this time forth the Sunday law will bo enforced only as to the saloons and gaming houses. These must remain closed. The board has banished the slot machines, they being prohibited both Sundays and week days. Enrlhnm Well Satisfied. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., Dec. 2. The Earlham College football team is well satisfied with the showing made the past season. It played eight games, winning and losing an equal number. It lost to Indiana University, De Pauw (twice) and Purdue. They won from Miami, Butler, Wabash and the Eastern Indiana Normal University. The Quakers now hold two world's records one for the largest score ever made in a single game and the other for "the largest number of place kicks. Bishop Alerdlna's First Letter. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Dec. 2.-The first pastoral letter of Bishop Alerdlng was read in all the Catholic churches to-day. Bishop Alerdlnic probably will not make any extensive changes until after the njxt diocesan synod, which will be held at Notre Dame next August. In his letter the bishop congratulated the people upon the excellent condition of the diocese and asks for aid in the future. Terre Haute Revenue Collections. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Dec. 2. The collections of the Seventh internal revenue district for November were $1,600,000. a falling off frcm October, when the amount was ?1.713,0o0. Gaugers De Baun and Andrlck have been transferred from the Merchants' distillery here to the Interstate at Vincennes. and Hunt and Lynch will come from Vincennes to this city. 31 r. Druniniond nt Death's Door. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Dec. 2. Representative-elect C. L. Drummond is lying at the point of death. His Illness, originally typhoid fever, has become complicated with kidney and heart troubles, and the chances are against his recovery. Endeavor Convention Closed. LAFAYETTE. Ind., Dec. 2. The thirteenth annual con-entlon of the Christian Endeavor Society of Indiana closed its session this evening. Officers were elected yesterday. All the local pulpits were occupied by Endeavorers to-day. Indiana Obituary. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Dec. 2.-Georgo Johnson, a railroad man, forty years old, died suddenly this morning while dressing to go out on the road. He had been called and was preparing to start when he fei across the bed dead. Paralysis of the heart caused It. GREENCASTLE, Ind.. Dec. 2. Dr. E. W. Fisk died at his home in this city thi morning, after a long illness. Dr. Fisk was one of the oldest and best known ministers of the Iresbyterian Church in Indiana. 1 Guects nt the President's Eoard. WASHINGTON. Dtc. 2. The President had as iruests nt dinner at the White House this evening Secretary Root. Ceaa-

tor Fairbanks, Representatives Payne, Hull. Cannon, Dalzell, and Grosvenor and Secretary Cortelyou. WASHINGTON STREET LINES.

They May Pass L'nder Control of a Boston Syndicate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. The Post tomorrow will say that a deal by which the consolidated street-railway properties of the Washington Traction Company may pass Into the control of the Boston streetrailway syndicate represented by Stone & Webster, of that city, Is under way, and may be consummated Wednesday, in New York, when the bondholders of the Washington company will meet the representatives of the Boston people and capitalists Interested In the matter, including Jacob Firth, president of the Puget Sound National Banlc, of Seattle, Wash., and A. W. Baldwin, of Savannah, Ga. Mr. Firth, who has been In consultation In Boston, the past week, with Messrs. Stone & Webster, was in Washington to-day looking over the properties the New York bondholders control, and to-night expressed himself as very much pleased with what he had found. He says that while It Is by no means settled that the representatives of the various interests will be able to come to terms, he is In Washington to look Into the properties and report to the gentlemen with whom he Is Interested. The officers of the Washington Traction Company here say they have no knowledge of the proposed deal. SAYS HE IS A VICTIM LAWYER PATRICK PRESENTS A NEW PHASE OP RICE CASE. Validity of First Will Will Be Attacked, Thus Open In ff the Way to Prove the Second One Genuine. NEW YORK, Dec. 2. The Press says: "Instead of being the head and front of a conspiracy to obtain possession of the estate of William Marsh Rice, the Texas millionaire, Albert T. Patrick, the lawyer confined in the Tombs on the charge of Torgery, has declared he will be able to prove that his arrest and all the subsequent stories affecting his character are part and parcel of a plot on the part of others to gain control of real estate and wealth. "Through his attorneys, Logan, Demond & Harby,- Patrick says that when the first will of the old man Is offered for probate on Thursday many startling facts will be presented, and the tables will be turned on his accusers. It will be conceded that tho will executed In 1S98 had attached to It two signatures of witnesses, loth wiltten by one hand. It will not be charged that the signature was a forgery, but that tho signature of one of the witnesses was, and this will be the basis for the revelations that are to follow. There will be no attempt to oppose the probate of the first will on the ground of undue Influence, but on the ground of forgery and fraud. If PatrlcE's lawyers can prove that the will made In USLti Is In any way fraudulent it will clear the way for them to prove the second will to be genuine. This, they assert, they can do. "It is the first intimation that the validity of the first will was to be attacked, and Mr. Harby, who is the chief of Patrick's advisers, says if fraud is established It will discredit those who are fighting the will executed last June, which makes Patrick the chief beneficlarcy." 0BITUAEY. Joseph W. 3IrClurir, Republican Governor of Missouri, 1SGS-70. LEBANON, Mo., Dec." 2. Ex-Governor Joseph W. McGlurg, ' aged eighty-eight years, died here to-day of hemorrhage of the stomach. He was elected Governor of Missouri as a Republican in 1868,1, and served one term. He served In Congress from 1862 to 1868. Cnrtvrright Eustls. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 2. Cartwright Eustls, a prominent business man of Ntw Orleans, died in Milwaukee to-day of acute pneumonia. Mr. Eustis underwent an operation for some internal affection, a short time ago, and was rapidly recovering when he caught a cold which developed into pneumonia. Mr. Eustis was a member of tho Board of Public Works of New Orleans and a member of the board of administration of Tulane University. He was a prominent Confederate in tho civil war. Funeral of Band Blaster Baldwin. BOSTON, Nov. 2. In the presence of a nctable gathering of musicians from many cities the funeral services for J. Thomas Baldwin, the bandmaster, was read at the Columbus-avenue Universalist Church this afternoon. The Masdhs had charge of the arrangements.and Rev. S. H. Roblin, the pastor, addressed his eulogy to tho rites of the Templars. Jndoje O. II. .Wymnn. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 2. Judge O. B. Wyman, of the Sixth judicial circuit of Wisconsin, died of cancer this morning at Buffalo, N. Y., where he had been under treatment for some time. Sarah A. Snow. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 2.-Sarah A. Snow, onejof the wives of President Lorenzo Snow, died to-day of heart failure. She married Mr. Snow In Ohio in 1846. Herr Splnola, German Councilor. - BERLIN, Dec. 2. Herr Splnola, privy councilor and director of the Charity Hospital, is dead. THREE HUNDRED KILLED. Terribly Fatal Explosion of n Powder MaRaxIne nt nnUInsr. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Dec. 2. A special from Tacoma to the Times says: The steamer Empress of India brings details of the terrible powder explosion at Nanking, China, which killed over 300 people last month. " During a violent thunderstorm lightning struck a powder magazine containing half a million cartridges, which exploded. The result was to utterly obliterate the small valley where the magazine was located. Throughout the district were found heaps of mangled and twisted bodies. The rescu ing of the bodies was carried on for a week by Chinese soldiers, 100 being recovered the first day. Wolves Attack a Fnnernl Party. BEMIDJI, Minn., Dec. 2. While a party of settlers near Roseau were burying a little girl an attack was made by wolves," who severely bit several persons In their endeavors to get at the body. The animals were finally driven away by fire. llrlckynril Fire in Georgia. ATLANTA, Dec. 2. The entire plant of the Chattahoochee Brick Company, near this city, was destroyed by fire to-day. except the stockade, where several hundred convicts are kept. The loss Is JW.000, partly covered by insurance. Warm Weather Checks Lumbering. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2. Lumbering operations In Minnesota are practically at a standstill on account of the warm, unseasonable weather, and unless there Is a change at once lumber men will be heavy losers this winter". Dedicated hy Cardinal Gibbous. AUGUSTA, Ga.. Dec. 2. The new church of the Sacred Heart was dedicated here this morning by Cadinal Gibbons, ft is a repllcit of the Catholic church destroyed 1: the recent Galveston ftorm ir.d cost

REVISION OF THE CREED

PRESBYTERIAN COMMITTEE TO HOLD ITS FIRST SESSION TO-DAY. Analysis of the Vote of the Presbyterlcs Plans and Means for Rais Ing: the Twentieth Century Fund. CHICAGO, Dec. 2. The committee appointed by the last General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to reconsider the revision of the creed of the church will meet In Washington, Tuesday, and Dr. Herrick Johnson, of McCormlck Theological Seminary, who Is the chairman, will leave Chicago to-rnorrow to preside. The vote which Dr. Johnson will present to the committee is as follows: For revision, 67; for a supplementary creed, 67; for a substitutional creed, 13; for an explanatory statement, 11; for a dismissal of the subject, 45. Besides these there are forty presbyteries which have not been heard from, most of them being either in China, India or Mexico. Dr. Johnson said: "The popular vote of the Presbyterian Church Indicates that change In our creed is demanded. Exactly what that change or changes will be I cannot say, but It Is probable that the committees will recommend to the next General Assembly that a supplementary creed be adopted. "I should say that the new article would be another standard of doctrine In addition to the four great principles now contained in the old creed and authorized and sanctioned by the Presbyterian Church. All the essentials of our faith probably will be contained In this supplement, but put in such a form as to be clear to the popular mind. Some of our creed has been misconstrued and that is why some presbyteries have' asked for merely an explanatory statement. PRESBYTERIAN FUND. Expense of Raising It Provided for bySeveral Generous "Men. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2. The committee pf the General Assembly having in charge the raising of the twentieth cen tury fund of the Presbjderian Church, J states that the enjire expense of the work necessary to the gathering of this fund has been provided for by certain generous gentlemen. Every dollar, therefore, contributed to special objects or the general fund by churches or individuals, will go as directed by the donors. The Rev., Dr. Charles A. Dickey, moderator of the General Assembly, has been granted a leave of absence from his duties as one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital, In Philadelphia, and as pastor of Bethany Presbyterian Church, In order -.hat he. may, at the urgent solicitation of the committee, undertake the work of representing the fund before the church. ABANDONED AT SEA. Norwegian Bark Bolivia in a Waterlogged Condition Crew Rescued. NEW YORK, Dec. 2. The Lamport & Hall line steamer Olbers, Captain Bralthwalte, which arrived this morning from Brazilian ports via St. Lucia, brought Captain Haarkonson and fourteen seamen of the Norwegian bark Bolivia, which was abandoned at sea in a waterlogged condition on Nov. 29. The Bolivia left Darlen Nov. 20 and sailed from Sapelo on the 23d for Hull. On the 26th the vessel ran Into a gale lasting forty-eight hours. She labored and strained badly, causing her to spring a bad leak. Heavy seas also boarded the vessel and when the storm subsided she was waterlogged. All hands were kept at the pumps, but In spite of their efforts the water steadily poured In at the bows and stern, where her seams opened. On the 29th the steamer Olbers was observed bearing down. She stood by while the crew abandoned the bark and took all hands safely on board. The Bolivia was then seen to be fast settling in the water. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, Dec. 2. Arrived: La Gascogne, from Havre. Sailed: Astoria, for Glasgow, via Movllle; Phlladelphlan, for Liverpool; Bolivia, for Palermo, Marseilles, etc. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 2. Arrived: Waesland, from Philadelphia, for Liverpool, and proceeded. Sailed: Lucanla, from Liverpool, for New York. KINS ALE, Dec. 2. Passed: Cambroman, from Liverpool, for Halifax. ANTWERP, Dec. 2. Arrived: Westernland, from New York. PORTO RICAN DELEGATE He Says the Island Is Getting There' in Matters of Progress. NEW YORK. Dec. 2. Porto Rico's first delegate to Congress, Frederick De Getau, Is In this city. He arrived on the steamer San Juan. Saturday night, and will stay here to visit friends for a few days before he goes to Washington. He has a great desire to study the English language. "My people want to become, root and branch, American," he said to-day. "We cannot do It too quickly. We recognize that we are naturally Americans, and that our future is part of the future of this country. After centuries of sleep Porto Rico is getting there with great alacrity. The first sign Is the development of the natural resources of the Irland. Their natural evolution, their development, their education and their enrichment will follow. The only question now In Porto Rico Is between the Federalists, who want to hurry up and be made a State with an autonomous government at once, and the Republicans, who want to go slow and first be made a Territory with a territorial government, and later graduate into full statehood." Senor De Getau is a Republican and was chosen by a large majority over his Federalist opponent. He Is about forty-three years old. His home is In Ponce, where he formerly edited La Isla de Porto Rico. HAPPILY UNCOMMON. " The Painful Disease from Which n Ten-Yenr-Old Boy Is Suffering:. Boston Transcript. There Is, now under treatment In the Melrose Hospital a boy, ten years old. suffering from a condition almost unknown to physicians. Last June he experienced an attack of typhoid fever, which ran its usual course, and from which he apparently perfectly recovered. He went to the seashore for the rest of the summer, swam in the sea dally, grew strong and robust, and was to all appearances quite well. After being at home in Melros for a short time, one day about six weeks ago. after riding during the afternoon with his parents, the boy complained of pain in his left ankle The next day Dr. Charier C. Odlln. of Mtlrose, was summoned. L'pr.n examination tho doctor found no swelling or rednes? of the ankle, but after a week or more the ankle began to swell and grow red. and the shoulder and arm on the Fame side became similarly affected. Upon the appearance of these symptoms the doctor made free Incisions Into both ankle and arm, which wer followed by a copious ' discharge of pus. As the discharge continued It was determined that there must te necrosis of the bone, and the boy was removed to the Melrose Hospital to be operated upon for the removal cf the decayed bone. When Dr. Odlin opened the leg for this purple he was surprised to find the whele bone absolutely rotten, even the marrow being black and decayed. In ordtr to save the boy's life it was necessary to amputate the leg halfway between the knee and the ankle. Thf arm was then opened im to the hoc.lder JMnt. and the bone found in so bad condition . tint tho doctor fears he may be obliged to remove a portion of It. No member of the hospital staff had ever seen such a case;

neither had Dr. Scudder. of the Massachusetts General Hospital, who Is a consulting surgeon of the Melrose Hospital, and who saw the case with Dr. O.ilin after he had operated. A careful microscopic examination by Dr. Leonard, the pathologist of the hospital, of the pus. bone and tissues showed that the disease commenced In the marrow of the bone, but failed to disclose its character. It is probable that it Is a consequence of the fever, but it is certainly a unique and Interesting case. THE H0RNA AGAIN.

"Commodore" Weaver at San Francisco, His Vacht at Honolulu. San Francisco Dispatch. Denver Times. "Commodore" Nicholas J. Weaver, gentleman of leisure, man of the world and owner of the yacht Noma, Is at the Talace. , Weaver says he Is on his way from London to Samoa. His card reads: "N. J. Weaver, Managing Director, the Samoa Estates, Limited, Apia, Samoa." He says he still owns the Noma and that sho Is now in Australia. There are stories of the Noma having evaded port charges at various Pacific points, so desperately In need of funds at times was her owner. Plantains in the South sea islands are said to navo been good game for him at critical times. On June 10, 1SU9, the Kobe Maru landed Weaver and a Mr. and Mrs. Perclval In Yokohama. Weaver soon gained admittance to the best society. Several Americans backed him socially. Perclval was English, and had some money. Mrs. Perclval was oi French extraction, pretty and Interesting. With delightful abandon Weaver made it known that his two companions and himself got a little wearied of his yacht and for a change came on ahead of It to Yokohama on the regular steamer. The yacht would be in port in a few days. Then he wanted all his dear friends to partake of his hospitality, Mrs. Perclval doing the honors for the lady guests. On June 26 the Noma arrived at Yokohama. A night or two later there was a party on board. Before the crowd broke up Weaver had had a lively poker game, winning as usual. Other parties followed. There was plenty of poker, with Intervals, it Is said, and some lively songs by Mrs. Perclval. Yacht parties finally paled on Yokohama's swell set, so heavily had been the 1osfs of some of Weaver's guests. Besides ho had borrowed money from them, and they got tired of that, even if he was, as he pretended to be, a former commodore of the New York Yacht Club. Early in August, 19, Weaver's guests began to compare notes. They had all been "touched" for loans. Perclval hearing the gossip, let It be known that he had a bottomry bond on the yacht for a loan of 555 and that on Aug. 5 the same was to be liquidated before United States Consul Mclvor, then stationed at Yokohama. 'On the night of Aug. 4, Weaver left Yokohama harbor with his yacht. Mr. and Mrs. Perclval were left behind. Mrs. Perclval had to pawn her diamonds to get money to carry her hut-band and herself to this city. En rout at Honolulu, they employed Paul Neumann to attach the Noma for 555 bottomry bond If she ever put into that port. The yacht arrived at Honolulu several months later and Neumann attached her. Weaver had a hard time lifting the attachment. He finally came here and raised the money. That was the last heard of Weaver until he arrived at the Palace. He insists that he has raised $250.000 in England for a cocoa and rubber tree plantation he has in Samoa. CHINA'S EMPEROR. Kwnng Hsu Indebted to Ills Father for Ills Progressive Ideas. W. E. Curtis, in Chicago Record. ( The Chinese Emperor, Kwang Hsu, got his progressive ideas from his father. Prince Chun, who was known as the seventh prince, because he was the seventh son of the father, Hien Feng, the late Emperor. Chun was fond of study, and eager to learn about affairs in the outer world, although he- never passed beyond the boundaries of the province of Pe-Chi-Li, in which he was born. He was the most learned of all his family in Chinese literature, and had passed many examinations, but he had no taste for official life and court Intrigues, and held a practically unimportant position as governor of the city of Peking and commander of the military guard of the capital. These positions were nominal, and he never took any active part In affairs. He had to relinquish them and retire to seclusion In the country before the coronation of Kwang Hsu, because the highest law of Confucius requires sons to reverence their parents, and the Emperor of China is too exalted a personage to reverence any one until after they are dead. It also requires all subjects to reverence their sovereign, and It Is impossible for a father to reverence a son. This complication of obligation and etiquette made it necessary for Prince Chun to keep away from court, as Prince Tuan will have to do If they don't hang him. and his fourteen-year-old boy, P'u Chun, ever comes to the throne. . The Emperor's father died In 1S04, lust before the Japanese war, and his mother cied under mysterious circumstahces in August. 1896. The gossips of the court gave vsrious versions ot the manner of her death, ar.d the one most generally accepted was that It followed a quarrel with the Empress dowager, cf whom she was bitterly jealous. The two ladles were sisters-in-law, but the Emperor's mother had no power or authority t nd Is said to have been a woman of most violent passions. At that time the Empress dowager resided at Eho Park, several miles in the country, pnd required the Emperor to visit her there frequently, whenever she had instructions tc give or desired tc se- him on any matter. The Emperor's mother felt that this was a Flight upon her son. and remonstrated with the dowager. This led to a quarrel, in which the mother was attacked with a fit of hysterics, burst a blood vessel and died of apoplexy. Only One of Many. Detroit Free Press. After the street-car conductor had permitted the carrying of an estimable lady three blocks beyond her proper destination, he asserted his authority by ringing the bell and had the car stopped. "See here!" she exclaimed with that emphasis which is forbidding to man when he gives due weight to the consideration of his personal safety, "you are a novice and a bungler or a man who does wrong with malice aforethought. Didn't I tell you to stop at Ersklne street?" "Don't keep the car waiting, madam. We have a schedule on this system and there Is no time for us to stand here arguing." "Of course you hive a schedule," was the unexpected reply. "You have a plant, a management, a gridiron layout of tracks, rolling stock, attorneys, adjusters, motormen, conductors and a schedule. It must be maintained if everything else goes to the wall. The schedule Is the unrivaled fetich, .s You see that I read the papers, and I nave stood on the corner scores of times to be passed by, a sacrifice to the schedule. Didn't I tell you to stop at Er"Suppose you did? I can't keep track of every passenger. Either get off, madam, or ride to ths limits with us." "i n do neither. You failed to call the streets, and 1 can't see through window glass covered with mist. Stop that down car, put me on. and tell the conductor to let me off at Ersklne." The conductor signaled to go ah?ad. The woman signaled to slop. The car was going bi' jerks, and the other passengers sided with the woman. One big man went up and told the motorman whpt was expected of him. Another big man Interviewed the conductor, and It was made very plain that the lady would run the car until she was 'taken care of. When she was transferred she turned smilingly ard said: "If I've broken that nchedule I'll enjoy Thanksgiving" a great deal better than I had hoped to." A FaIth-CureM Death. Chicago Po3t. Death has entered the household of John Alexander Dowie as a result of the faith healer's teaching against the use of medicine. Mrs. Samuel Stevenson, wife of the "deacon" who came to Chicago last summer from England, where he was a lacemaker, to help the head of ZIon introduce the lacemaklng Industry In his Lake county city, passed away while crossing the ocean. Mrs. Stevenson had gone to England with her husband, and last week left her father there a,nd started on the return voyage. She was taken with pneumonia on shipboard, but medical attendance was not given her and sh died. She was burled nt sea. Her huaband has arrived In Ner? Yrrl: r.nd Is c.n his wiy to Chlcazo. Dcr.ccn C.rvcr.icn ur.d Dowle's daughter tvers r rrl:l ut Z'.on Tabtraatle In C-icr-T ! Z:'.y, c cercr.cny r.cn n t ;: c . 1 r - r; I : -j followers cl to - - T

NATIONAL TubeWorko Wrott-froa Pipe :cr Gu, Stein jls J Witr. Fol WTnb. Vxxt rA M &!!- vu lai. iuer. w u.i4 tM Ciu-r! v. ij.ne vv&a. n4 ail fiber MijvU utM ia enrietton tali ;a. sum n4 VYatr. Natural Uaa tappiie a pv:ait7. stean. beafn Anemul for Publif HulWlnr. Hior-rnoms. ! tu. Jsbopa. Karf nrte, Lsoa ritt. Lumber Dry-Houses, . Cut anl T1rrad to or any r.i9 Vnu?bt-lro9 ripe, from H ükä tm XJ KNIGHT JILLSOM, in to ir .PENNSYLVANIA ST. CALIFORNIA OLIVES. Unfortunate Conditions Owing to Ignorance of Varletlm and Soli. San Francisco Post. ' The Department of Agriculture has Just' Issued a bulletin containing: an exhaustive report from the California station relating to .the olive Industry in this State. Recent Investigations at the station show that the Industry as a whole is still In a somewhat unsatisfactory condition, owing largely to confusion in regard to the selection of suitable soil and varieties, and a knowledge of right method. of culture and manufacture. Competition with cotton-seed oil and other oils sold as olive oil also tends to retard the Industry. This uncertain and experimental condition is immediately unfortunate, for there Is at the present time a growing demand al! over the United States for olive products. It is the opinion of the Investigators of the California station that in the circumstances the surest profit of olive culture la this State lies chiefly In the production of pickles, using the larger fruit for this purpose and the smaller for oil. It has been definitely determined that olives will not thrive In regions where the temperature falls below twenty degrees, and they succeed best where the mean temperature of the coldest months does not fall below forty-three degrees. The region extending from Santa liarbara southward, therefore, is an Ideal olive country unsurpassed even by the northern littoral of ih Mediterranean or the famous provinces of Spain. As a result of these Investigations systematic cultivation of orchards to retain soil moisture is urged. Irrigation should ba given where the rainfall Is light, and ia localities where water In summer Is sc&rca winter Irrigation may be practiced with excellent results. The olive is sensitive to an excess of water, but It must have as much as any other tree If good, well-developed and mature fruit is desired. This knowledge may be useful to those growers who have been under the Impression that the olive can thrive In any soil and with little irrigation. The theory that the olive needs no pruning has also been found to be erroneous. There is perhaps no tree that requires more constant and systematic pruning than the olive, and wherever rational pruning wa practiced by the growers of California regular crops were found to be the invariable result. The key to olive pruning Is found In the fact that the tree bears fruit only on wood of the preceding year's growth and never twice In the same place; further, that the tendency of the tree when left to Itself Is to produce vertical wood branches. If these wood branches are deflected from the vertical they become enfeebled and thus more Inclined to the production of fruit, and the greater the deflection the greater the fruit production up to the point of becoming too feeble to make growth or furnish sufficient sap for the nourishment of the fruit. The problem of the pruner, therefore, is the proper regulation of the kind and amount of branches on the tree in order to secure a constant supply of fruit-bearing wood, and in this work the element of Judgment plays an Important part. "With a feeble tree severe pruning for wood branches Is desirable, while a vigorous tree may be checked by converting the wood "branches by deflection into fruit branches. .Trees may be pruned early In the season, but the most convenient time 13 believed to be Immediately after the harvest, as at that time no fruit Is lost. Young trees should receive two or more light annual prunlngs, and heavily fruited trees can be economically pruned by pinching back the too vigorous shoots. Low pruning is generally advised, since it facilitates the operations of both pruning and picking, but on low ground, where frosts are to be feared, high pruning should be practiced. The factors of air and light must be considered, as in pruning of other orchard trees. A vast shape. Inclining more to spherical when the branches are heavy with fruit, is advocated. There are about seventy different varieties of olives grown In California. It is a tree of slow growth, evergreen, and of great longevity and productive-. In some of the older countries about the Mediterranean trees hundreds of years old and sometimes twenty feet or more in circumference have been reported. When grown naturally the tree attains a height of forty feet or more, and has somewhat rounded form. There is no spcclflc variety known as the "queen" olive, but any large variety may be so designated. U.APIIti:CIATIVI2 3IKX. St. Paul Ilnllroaders Who Will Hare) ,o More Girl Typewriters. New York Commercial Advertiser. The men of St. Paul are the hardesthearted In the world. They have no appreciation whatever of the gentler, more esthetic side of business life. Every one knows the reformatory effect that the woman typewriter has had on the business world. She has brouf ht into the office a charming shirt-waist atmosphere of refinement, liut these men have so little appreciation of her 'nfluence that they are golnsr to turn away every woman stenographer In their employ, at leant thl I threafc-n-tl In the offices of a large corporation in that city. It Is plain that what they want Is a lelurn to their old. unregenerute ways of office conduct. They want the privilege of smoking without apology, of condemning what displeases them in frank language, of clearing the office of millinery, itut the excuse they give the public is that the young women hold places which. If held by young men, would put the latter directly la the line of promotion. Now, did any one ever hear of a young woman objecting to promotion? It Is agreed, even by these hard men of St. Paul, that young women make better stenographers than men, but the latter are preferred for the reason that the general knowledge they acquire In taking dictation from superiors soon qualifies them for higher positions. There is hut one good reason why a woman should not be advanced. As soon as she becomes invaluable to her employer he maj- marry and leave the portion. When a man In h similar position marries he redoubles his' ffcrts to please so he may reeele promotion for his family's nake; wh-n a woman marries she leaves the position and retires into domesticity. Hut all women stenographers are not eligible for matrimony. Many are already married, and, having children dependent upon them for support, would make the most eager asMstants to a business man. The iopular Idea of the stenographer Is a girl who uses this employment as a stepping stone between schoolda and matrimony, but no one need look far to find Ip the ranks older women who are ta iding between their families and want. The'r responsibilities are identical with thosj of men; if their services are satisfactory, is It juet that they should be debarred becau of sex? Shrllflsfa. Philadelphia Press. "People sometimes find pearls In oyj do they not?" inquired the young as the waiter placed a steaming bvtore her, "Vcs." replied the popular l;url tress, who had asked her out to I: "And," he continued, with u f..u:r: her Jeweled Tnsirs. "ocction '-Uy t ::3 a diamond out of a lot.ur.: tcrr. rlrl. rizj To Cnre n C ! .1 I i C : "3 I-"t!Y-j : z r: ... -

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