Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 360, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1900 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 190D.

all others, even to the efficiency of the navy subsidy." TtaMinns Friendly to American. ST. PETERSBURG. Lec. 25. The Novoe Vrcmya, discussing the English newspaper indictment of the United States Senate for its "unparalleled attempt to overturn the Clayton-Bulwer treaty." says: "The case b not unusual. Conditions have changed iml the treaty must change. Russia afforded au example In 1370, in declaring that the was no longer bound, by her promise not to maintain war vessels in the Black tea." The Bourse Gazette say?: "Russia is gratified . by America's diplomatic victory over England. Western Europe dislikes the Monroe doctrine because it desires to grab tenltories everywhere. Russia, which has sympathized with America since her Independence, which liquidated American posisrions to America, has nothing against the Monroe doctrine, and the old sympathies have grown more cordial in China."

Duke of 3Ianrhenter'a Debt. LONDON, Dec. 23. The payment of the Duke of Manchester's debts 1 not yet an accomplished fact. Negotiations have been In progress .for, a . settlement on terms which would warrant an annullment of his bankruptcy. Th-j duke's actual debts mount to $113,823, $33,000 of which is represented by dealings with money lenders at high rates of Interest. The remainder Is due to tailors, horse dealers, jewelers and other tradesmen. While he is willing to- py the later in full, Mr. (Zimmerman ha demanded terms from the former, who htfve refused to abate their claims. The legal expenses of bankruptcy proceedings are $3.5oo. and Mr. Zimmerman must pay that in addition to the total of the claims. Donaser Lndr Churchill Ueatl. LONDON. Dec. 23. The dowager Lady Churchill, senior lady of the bedchamber, and an intimate friend of the Queen, was found dead in her bedroom at Osborne this morning. On retiring last night she' complained of cold, but no alarming symptoms manifested themselves, and her Indisposition was not thought to be of a serious nature. The Capr-to-Cnlro Telegraph Line. LONDON, Dec. 26. A dispatch from Durban to a news agency here anounccs that the Capo-to-Cairo telegraph line is now in operation to a point fifty miles north of Kasma and a hundred miles beyond the southern end of Lake Tanganyika. . Arreat of Polo. VIENNA, Dec. 25. A dispatch from "Warlaw Kays llfty-two Poles .have been arrested there, being accused of complicity in a political conspiracy. . STRIKE IN A POSTOFFICE. Chicago Employe) Object to Working Fourteen Hoar a Day. CHICAGO, Dec. 23. A strike among the clerks of the registry division of the general r.ostofflce yesterday menaced for a time the prompt delivery of thousands of Christmas gifts. Extra hours of work was the grievance of a score of operatives, who, during the holiday rush, have been ..compelled to labor fourteen hours a day. Tvs trouble was quickly adjusted by the postoffice authorities, who suspended the leader Of the strikers. The rank and file of the protesting clerks returned to their labors. Superintendent Marr, of the registry dlvilon, said: "The. malls were Hooded this year, ami there is no other way than to nake the clerks work. We are handling IS per cent, more work this year than in 1$. I have thirty-six men atslstins: the regular force, and I would add still more bu: for the fact that there are no experienced hands and we cannot break in green ones. Some of the employes complained to me, but after explaining the situation they returned t work, and i anticipate no further trouble. The leader of the strikers refused to work any longer, and there was no course left Oien tor us but to suspend him." MEXICANS WORSTED. Ynqufa Kill Toar Officers and Thlity Men in One Flgbt. EL' PASO. Tex., Dec. 23. Mexican troops In Sonora. Mexico, were recently attacked by a band of Yaqul Indians and four officers and about thirty men were killed outright, and Col. Francisco Peinado. one of the leading ofilcers of the army, was shot through the stomach and seriously wounded. C. V. Light, of Guaymas, who was there when the report was made to General Torres, gave the news out here. lis Bays the soldiers were crossing the country, and were lird on from ambush near Ijamisa, about fifty miles from General Torres's headquarters. The severe press censcrshlp has kept the news from the public. lie says he had no chance to learn exactly how many soldiers were killed. Colonel Peinado, the wounded officer, is one of the most popular officers in th-i army. WEATHER FORECAST. XTalr To-Day und To-JIorrtMv, with Writ to North Wind. WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.-Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday: For Indiana Fair on Wednesday and Thursday; freh west to north winds, becoming variable. , For Kentucky Fair on Wednesday and Thursday; variable winds. For Ohio Fair on " Wednesday, except now In extreme north portion. Thursday fair; fresh vesterly winds. For Illinois Fair, on Wednesday; warmer In northern portion. Thursday fair; variable winds. For Lower Michigan Cloudy on Wednesday; snow in northern and - western portions. Thursday fair; variable winds. Loral Observation on Tuesday. Bar. Ther. R.II. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m.. 30.02 22 6 West. Cloudy. T 7 p. m..3U0 23 73 S'west. Cloudy. T Maximum temperature. 23; minimum temperature, 20. Following Is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation for Dec. 23: Temp. Pre. Normal I .13 Mean , 22 T Departure 10 .10 Departure since Dec. 1 G 1.17 Departure since Jan. 1 fixi 4.73 Plus. C. F. IL WAPPENIIANS. Iocal Forecast Official. Yesterday Temperaturen. Stations. Min. Max. Atlanta, Gu 30 Bismarck. N. D 24 Calgary. N. W. T 32 Chicago. Ill 12 IS Cairo. Ill 30 42 Cheyenne, Wyo 22 24 Cincinnati. O 2i 22 Concordia. Kan 34 Davenport. Ia ...10 IS Des Moines. Ia It 22 CSalveston. Tex Gl Helena. Mont 2i Jacksonville. Fla GO Kansas City. Mo 20 2$ Lltle Rock. Ark 22 M Marquette. Mich 22 Memphis. Tenn 31 f,2 Nashville. Tenn 34 4i New Orleans, I .a 62 New York city 44 North Platte. Neb 24 4i Oklahoma. O. T 32 M Omaha. Neb 14 25 PHtsburg. Pa 23 Si Qu Appelle, N. W. T 20 Rapid City, S. D 28 42 Bait Lake City 22 4i 8t. Louts, Mo 22 36 St. Paul. Minn 12 Sprlnüfleld. Ill 13 30 gpringf.eld. Mo 22 4I Vlcksburg. Mlfs 43 62 Washington, D. C , 14 p. m. 41 24 23 18 S3 30 2Ü 16 20 CO 30 CO 21 51 43 43 H 4) 4-i 26 2i S8 42 Z6 10 20 42 6 40

CHRISTMAS FOR SUICIDE

Ill'SII COl'XTV YOTMS YV03IAX SHOT AM) KiLLi:o m:iti:i.F. Canse Not Known Victim of Cravrfordavllle Shooting Suj;ar lleet Ilaising; n Failure in I'nlnnki. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSH VILLI?, Ind., Dec. 23.-Miss Bertha Culbertson, twenty-one years old, a schoolteacher, committed suicido this morning at her home, near Glenwood, by shooting herself through the heart with a revolver. Miss Culbertson belonged to a well-to-do and well-known family, being the daughter of James Culbertson, a prominent farmer. She taught school at Henderson, Rush county, and was at home for th holiday vacation. For many months Miss Culbertson has kept company with Charles May, a young farmer living near Fayetteville. Yesterday May left for Glendive. Mont., for permanent residence, and before hi? departure saw Miss Culbertson. What passed between the young people is not known. Miss Culbertson participated In the usual Christmas eve festivities of tho family, but it was remarked that her spirits were somewhat depressed. This morning at 5:30. while the family still fiept. Miss Bertha arose. The first intimation of her suicidal Intention came with- the report of the fatal shot. The tragic death of the girl, to a great extent, caused a cessation of Christmas festivities among the young people of the Glenwood neighborhood, with whom Miss Culbertson w-as very popular. The Crnwfordnvllle" Shoot ins;. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAW FORDS V I LLE, Ind., Dec. 23. The condition of Charles Doyle and Frank Parish, who were shot by Joe Douglass Sunday afternoon, is about the same, and it Is only the strong constitutions of tho two that has kept them alive. Parish, and Doyle will not say a word concerning the shooting, though they have given their side of the matter to the" coroner. Proceedings will not be. taken against Douglass until the two injured men die 'or recover. LAPOHTi: SILM THIEF. Relieved to De Under Arrest nt ChicagoMany Silks Retaken. CHICAGO, Dec. 23. John Murray, alias William Davis, alias "Bloomlngton Red," was arrested here to-day while at Christmas dinner and is being. held pending Investigation of recent silk robberies at lielolt and Janesville, Wis.: Elkhart and Laporte, Ind.; Ottawa. Quincy and Monience. 111.; Dubuque, Ia.; Detroit, Mich., and at other points in the middle-western Staten. Silks to the value of $3.0UD. said to have been stolen from a store in Quincy. 111., last night, were found. in Murray's imjsscssion. ACQUITTAL OF OFFICF.il WAITE. Union City Policeman Justified in Killing Fred llnrdvrlck. Special to th" Indianapolis Journal. UNION CITY, Ind., Dec 23. Tho jury in the case In which Offleer C. V,". Walte, of this city, was tried for the killing of Fred Ilardwlck, while the latter was resisting arrest last April, retired last night at C o'clock, and soon after 12 o'clock returned with a verdict of justifiable homicide, and Walte was released. On tho first ballot the jury stood ten for acquittal and two for conviction. Tho , verdict gives general satisfaction as it probably will be conducive to a better observance of law and order in this city. Dr. Sprecher' Ninetieth Ilirthday. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. Dec. 23. On Dec. 23 Dr. Samuel Sprecher, of Springfield, O., will celebrate tho ninetieth anniversary of his birth. He Is ex-president of Wittenberg College, having been at the head of that institution for twenty-flve years. In addition to being a teacher there fifteen years longer. Some time ago Dr. Jacob W. Kapp, of this city, a graduate of Wittenberg under Dr. Sprecher' administration, took up the work of securing letters from others of his students to send on hl3 birthday. Ninetynine were secured and have been bound Into a handsome volume which, will be sent in time to reach the aged educator on his birthday. Sugar licet Rnisiiig n Failure. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINAMAC, Ind., Dec. 23. John C. Marion, of thi3 county, planted five acres to sugar beets and from his crop received $74.57 from the Kalamazoo Beet Sugar Company. He kept an account of his expenses and found thjit thissum was just $3.43 more than it cost to raise the beets and sell them. Sugar beet raising in this county has been a failure. Two Yonng Men Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BUTLER. Ind., Dec. 23. While driving to a Christmas dance at Blakeslee, O., twelve miles east of this city, Charles Cannon and Wayne Crawl, both of Montpelier, O., were struck by Wabash express No. 3, and both were instantly killed. Indlnnn Xotes. The new Masonic Hall at Ladoga, Montgomery county, will be dedicated on Tnursday evening. Paul Gerard, of Crawfordsville, died on Monday night from pneumonia on both lungs, the result of being poisoned with phosphorous while at work in a match factory. The degree rtaff of Whiter! ver Lodge of Odd Fellows. Richmond, has been invited to exemplify the first degree work at tho meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, at Indianapolis, In September. George Leitch, a Spencer policeman, and Len Wilson, a negro ex-convict employed by him, had a quarrel Christmas eve, and Wilson threw a stone at Leitch. It struck and seriously injured Noah Pickens, and Wilson hastily left town to avoid rough treatment by the bystanders. LOST AT SEA. Government Rarer Loaded with Coal for Cnbn The Crew Saved. KEY WEST, Fla.. Dee. 23. The steam tug Potomas has arrived from Norfolk and reports that on the lDth Inst., while she had . the government barge No. 2 in tow with 1.S0G tons of 'coal. the barue sprung a leak, and after days of hard work had to be abundoned and was lost at sea. Members of the crew were saved, but their iersonal effects were lost. The coal was for Cuba. Menmer Antllla Floated. NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-The British steamer Antllla, which went ashore on Great Egg harbor shoals yesterday, during the prevalence of a heavy fog, was floated this morning with the assistance of four wrecking tugs. The vessel was apparently uninjured, as she started immediately for New York under her own steam. The Antllla left Nassau, W. I., on Dec. 20, for New York. She carries a small general cargo. There were only two passengets cn board, and they were taken off yesuroay by a life-saving crew, after the vessel stranded. Disasters on Pacific Coast. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. Dec. 23. Each tugboat arriving from Cape Flattery brings fresh news of marine disasters along the coast and when full returns are in the damage by the recent succession of galei will be the largest In the history of chipping along the Pacific coast. The German ship Carl, wheat laden, from Ticomat for

Europe, was towed to Port Angeles to-day by the tug Boyden in a water logged condition. The cargo of wheat was saturated and it became necessary to Jettison a portion of it.

cw Line to )Innlln. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 23. A direct line Of Steimels between Portland and Manila will be In operation by Feb. 26. The Oregon & Oriental Company, In order to accommo- i dale the growing trade between the ports, has decided to put into commission the steamers Monmouthshire and Carmarthenshire. Movement of Steamer. ' NEW YORK. Dec. 23. Arrived: Amsterdam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne; Antllla. from Nassau, N. P. SOUTHAMPTON. Dec. 23.-Sailed: Kensington, from Antwerp, for New York.. CHEISTMAS RACES. jockcr Tod Sloan. Failed to Win on III First Mount at Tan torn n. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23. Jockey Tod Sloan, on Vesuvian, made his first appearance in the saddle .since his return from England at Tanforan to-day, in the Christmas handicap. His mount was favorite, but the race was won by Eddie Jones, an outsider, with Jenkins up. It was also Jenkins's first mount since returning from England. Greyfeld and Advance Guard received strong support, while Eddie Jones and Mortgage wcrj coupled at 5 to 1. The start killed Greyfeld's chances. Andrlsa set the pace, but tired before the stretch wa.3 reached. Eddie Jones assumed the lead in the last quarter and beat Vesuvian three lengths. The Lady was a close third, a neck In front of Advance Guard. Sloan was warmly applauded and presented with a floral piece when he rode to the post. "Imp. Mint Sauce Won Again. NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 25. Imported Mint Sauce, which on Saturday placed the $2,000 Crescent City handicap to the credit of his owner, A. , R. Co wser, to-day t added the $1.000 Christmas handicap to the score. The English-bred gelding was always favorite, though his price receded from 4 to 5 to 9 to 10, in response to the play on Sir Florid, which was backed from 4 to 7 to 2 to . The othors had but trifling support. Tom. Kingsley set a hot paco for six furlongs, then tired and quit, relinquishing the lead to Mint Sauce, which, carefully rated by Me Joint, was never worse than third. Sir Florian took the longest route, and, though he ran a very fast quarter at the end, could never reach Mint Sauce, which won easily by a length. Cyclers nt Boston. BOSTON, Dec. 25. The stars of the cycling world invaded Boston to-day to make ready for the month of indoor racing in this city. In the party were Gougoltz, Fisher, of Alsace-Lorraine; Kaser, Ryser, Muller, Accoutrier and Fredericks, of Paris. Some of the American riders will come tomorrow and join Stlnson. McLean and Waller in their training. In the twentyfive mile race of Saturday evening it is not improbable that twenty-five men will start. The mile professional handicap and the half-mile amateur oi?n race will have large lists of starters. l)lon Hid .ot FiKht. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 23. George Dixon, ex-champion featherweight, did not box Jimmie Davenport, of Chelsea, at the Isoterio Club to-night, to the intense disappointment of a big crowd. Dixon had agreed to fight at the featherweight limit, but Davenport came to the ringside weighing at least 135 pounds against Dixon's HSV. Dixon was at the -ringside, but did not go on, and Andy Daley,, of Maiden, featherweight, was substituted. Daley and Davenport fought a draw. CHEISTMAS WET GOODS. South Carolina Bought. Whisky and llottles by the Trnlnlonil. COLUMBIA. S. C, Dec. 23. The largest order ever given for liquor supplies for Immediate delivery was filled by more than a dozen firms In different parts of the United States. They were "Christmas goods" for the South. Carolina dispensary. This department Is conducted on a cash basis, and when the goods were delivered more than IGOO.OoO was paid for them. Perhaps the most remarkable order ever given by a liquor establishment wras that to a Pittsburg house for 150 carloads of glass half-pint, pint and quart Masks. This glass was shipped in five trains of thirty cars each, this being about as heavy loads as can be handled on the Southern roads. Immediately on the order being given every freight soliciting agent in this part of the country took train for Pittsburg. Such opportunities do not occur more than once in a lifetime on these, roads. There were several trainloads of liquor, the order for that of the cheaper grades aggregating 2,200 barrels. The- purchasing board finds the business has expanded enormously recently, and expects the increase to continue as long as cotton stays up. Purchases for one month's supply were as large as they ever sent in formerly, but now stocks are ordered and paid for to run the big "rum mill" for ninety days. Bottles are counted by the million and corks by the ton. MUST PAY ?375 FOR KISSES. Iowa, Man Mulcted by Snprenie Court for Forcible Oscnlatlon. DES MOINES, Ia., Dec. 23. Miss Mr.e Brenner's Judgment of $375 damages against R. W. Boeger for forcibly hugging and kissing her at Leon, Ia,, has been affirmed by the Supreme Court In an opinion In which the court declares that there was no reason why sha should not receive this amount, as the hugging and kissing were forcible and against her will. One of the reasons given by Boeger's lawyers why judgment should not be affirmed was that the young woman led loe?er to think that the kisses would not be unacceptable. "BOUTELLE TO RESIGN. Will Sarrender Ilia Place in the House Early Xext March. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. The resignation of Captain Charles A. Boutelle, of Bangor, Me., as a member of the House for the Fifty-seventh Congress, will be tendered about March 4, according to an understanding with President McKinley. The resolution passed by Congress a few .days ago through the efforts of Senator Hale and others of the Maine delegation, authorizing the appointment of Captain Boutelle to the retired list of the navy with the rank of captain, will be effective before that time. The President, however, will not make tho appointment until the resignation from the House occurs. f Salvation Army Chunges. BOSTON. Mass., Dec. 25. LJeut. Col Wm. J. Cozens, divisional chief of the New England department of the Salvation Army, with a considerable portion of his i-taff. has been transfetred by Commander Booth-Tucker, official head of the army in America, to Philadelphia, whence Colonel Oorens will command the division including Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia. Maryland. Delaware. West Virginia and a part of New Jersey. This change was made at a council of the ten divisional officers of the United States in New York a little more thnn n week ago. but has t ot been known here. Lieutenant Colonel Evan?, of Snn Francl?co, and his father, Lieut. Col. Richard Evans, will assume the direction of the work of the Salvation Army in New England a few days after Colonel Cozens leaves. Stole Ninety-Five Bolt of Silk. QUINCY, 111.. Dec. 23. Burglars broke Into the Kespohl-Mohrenstecher Company's store some time last night and Ftole ninetyfive bolts of silk, valued at $1.000. To Cnre n Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund themoney If It falls to cure. E. w. Grove'8 signature Is on each box. CSa

EQUAL TO THE IMPORTED

SU 31 AT RA TOn.UCO CAN RE GROWS IX Tili: l.MTEl) STATES. Successful Experiment by the Agricultural Department That 3Iay Prove of Benefit to Farmern. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-The following notice was posted to-day by the secretary of agriculture: "Milton Whitney, chief -of division of soils, reports a successful termination of experiments conducted In co-operation with the Connecticut experiment station in the production of Sumatra tobacco near Hartford. One-third of an acre was planted under a cheese cloth shade nine feet high, ami cultivated and fermented under the direction of M. L. Floyd, tobacco expert of the department. The yield of cured tobacco was seven hundred pounds, making an estimated yield for one acre of 2,100 pounds. This lost about 10 per cent, in the fermentation. The crop has just been sold by L. B. Hass & Co., of Hartford, to Mlehaelson & Hibbard. of Kansas City, for 5173.70, making an estimated value for one acre of $1,421. The cost of production, including the whole cost of the shade the frame for which will last five years will not exceed $300 per acre, leaving a "net profit of over $000 per acre. This was an average price of seventy-one 'cents per pound. The crop grown in the same field, without shade, and fermented in the same way, yielded about the game quantity and brought 27 cents per pound, or at the rale of $507.87 per acre. Deducting the cost of cultivation, fertilization and treating, this would leave, a profit of about JS00 per acre. The ordinary crop of the Connecticut valley brings the farmer about 20 cents per pound, or $300 per acre, and, deducting the cost of expenses, leaves a profit of about $21 per acre. The Sumatra tobacco, grown under shade, has been submitted to New York and Philadelphia merchants, and has been pronounced entirely satisfactory and fully equal to imported Sumatra. "These facts, taken in connection with the award at the Paris exposition of two points for the Florida-grown Sumatra over that given for the imported Sumatra show that we can grow Sumatra tobacco of the highest quality in this country and save our farmers between $.000,0u0 and $7.0u0,0oQ. which is now sent abroad annually for the foreign-grown leaf. This work is the result of soil survey made in the Connecticut valley two years ago, and similar results can be expected only from very similar areas, where the soils and climatic conditions are similar to those in the Connecticut valley and in Florida." GUSTAV KINDT ARRESTED. Hx-Convict Who Invented n Device for lue In Prisons. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23. Seventy-year-old Gustav Kindt, an ex-convict, said to be known to the police of many cities of the country, was arrested to-day, charged with having robbed tho safe In the wholesale liquor store of John T. Sloan, at 303 Collovvhlll street, in this city. When caught he was equipped with all the tools of au expert cracksman. Chief of Detectives Miller recognized him as "French Gus," who had served terms 'in many States of the Union. According to the criminal records at police headquarters Kindt came to this country In the early sixties. Ho was born in Belgium and Is known to the police as Frank Lavay, lsador Marshall, Perrle Marecall and "French." While serving a Urm in Sing Sing Prison he Invented a device for opening and closing simultaneously all thp doors in a tier of cells. The device Interested the Governor of New York and Kindt offered it to the authorities, providing they would pardon him, but the öfter was not accepted. The prisoner, however, finally escaped and was arrested here in lsj)2 and sentenced: to five years in tho Eastern Penitentiary for. forgery. He has been held without bail pending a further examination. INDUCED TO QUIT WORK. Imported Men Persuaded to Leave Scrnnton Only Two Run. SCRANTON. Pa., Dec. 23. Owing to the successful work of tho scouts of the striking car meh, ten of thirteen men brought from Syracuse, N. Y., to take their places were sent home to-day and two others were induced to quit and agree not to go back to work. One of them was willing to leave town, but refused to accept money from the strikers. He said he would walk every step to Syracusebefore taking money out of the strikers treasury. He also said he was told that there was no strike here and that if things were not satisfactory when he arrived here he would be furnished his fare home. . Only two cars were run In the whole county to-day. One of these, on which Superintendent Patterson was motorman, ran off the track at 11 o'clock and was so badly damaged It had to be taken to the barn. No other car, was sent to replace it, and at 1:30 the other of tho two cars was taken In and housed. Thirty-one men arrived to-night from New York city to take the strikers' places, but seventeen quit at the railroad station at tho solicitation of the strikers' scouts and promised to go back to New York. They say they were recruited through advertisements, in the papers to come to Scranton to work on a new road and that none of them had any idea there was a strike lu progress here. Pneumonia nt Damon, VICTORIA, B. C Dec. 25.-The steamer Danube brings news that on Dec. 18 there had been five deaths in A week at Dawson from pneumonia. The epidemic of typhoid was subsiding. Smallpox had almost disappeared and there were but two cases in the district. Five thousand vaccine points reached Dawson Dec. 18, and compulsory vaccination was Immediately started. It is reported that discoveries of rich quartz mines have been made on Bonanza creek and elsewhere in the Klondike district. Six automobiles have reached Dawson, and will be used on runs to the creeks. Profits Shared with Employes. FALL RIVER. Mass.. Dec. 23. The employes of the Bourne mills, who are entitled to a part in the profit-sharing plan in use by the corporation, have received a bonus of 32 per cent .on the wages earned from June 'J to Dec. 8. of this year. This is the twenty-third semi-annual dividend that ha3 been paid by the corporation 'Jnder thl3 plan. It will net more to the participating operatives than usr.al from the fact that a high scale, of wages has been In use since December of last year, and steady employment has been given. The p mount each participant will receive for Christmas from the profit-sharing plan varies from $2 to $15. Funeral of Frank II. Morris. CLEVELAND. O.. Dec 23. The body of Frank H. Morri?, the murderel auditor for the War Department, was brought here today from Washington, being accompanied by the widow and son of the deceased. Brief funeral services were held In the chapel at Lakeview Cemetery; which were attended by quite a number of friends and acquaintances of the family. The body was placed In a vault. Among the many floral tributes was one from the clerks in the War Department. Special Trnlnload of Cattle. FLORA, 111., Dec. 25.-The largest shipment of cattle from southern Illinois and probably from the State of Illinois within recent years left this city last right on a special train of twenty-seven cars, over the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, fcr New York, and from there they will go direct to Liverpool. The tralnload of cattle, which number over 400 head, and sent ty one shipper, represent a market value slightly in excess of $40.000. John T. MeCutcheon Condition. CHICAGO. Dec. 23.-John T. MeCutcheon. the well-known cartoonist and newspaper man. who Is suffering from an attack of pneumonia, was reported In a precarious

condition last night. The attending physician has hopes of his recovery, but cannot tell the outcome of the disease until the critical stage of the disease is passed. OBITUARY.

Charles R. Hale, IHfthnp Coadjutor of the Sprlnfffleld, ill., Diocese. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 25. Word was received here by Bishop George F. Seymour that Rev. Charles Reuben Hale, bishop coadjutor of the Springfield diocese of the Episcopal Church, died at Cairo at 1 o'clock this afternoon of valvular disease of the heart. Deceased was born in. Pennsylvania. March 14. 1S37. He had held his present position since 192. He had been ill for two years. Bishop Seymour will officiate at the funeral, which will probably be held Thursday. The Interment will be at Philadelphia, Pa. No children survive him. Col. Henry R. Harshnw. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Dec. 23. Col. Henry B. Harshaw, former State treasurer of Wisconsin, died in Milwaukee to-day, at the residence of his daughter. Mrs. Dr. Thomas H. Hay. Death was due to cancer of the tongue. Colonel Harshaw's home was in Oshkosh. He served in the Iron Erigado during the civil war. Edward L. Ilrnml. CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-Edward L. Brand, for forty-two years one of the prominent photographers in Chicago, died at his home to-day. He had been sick for two months. Overwork and overstudy on a new process of 'photography contributed principally to Mr. Brand's death. 25,000 Deaths from the Plague. CALCUTTA, Dec. 23. Lord Curzon of Kedlestone, the viceroy of India, in the course of a speech to-day said that since the appearance of the bubonic plague, in ISPS, 25.000 deaths from the disease have occurred In the Mysore state. SALT MAKES HEART BEAT IXTERKST1N E.IKltIMENTS BY TWO CHICAGO PHYSIOLOGISTS. Fallacy of the Itellef that the Heart Bents Because It Is Full of Blood Alleged to Have Been Shown. 1 CHICAGO, Dec. 25. The Record to-morrow will say: "Experiments on turtles have convinced D. Jaques Loeb and Prof. I. J. Llngle, physiologists at the University of Chicago, that common .salt In the blood makes the heart beat. What Is more, they claim that not only does salt keep tho heart in action, but that It possibly may cause the heart to beat again after it has once stopped. For several months Dr. Loeb and Professor Llngle have been experimenting to secure the necessary results to prove their theory. They have conducted a series of delicate scientific tests bearing on the pulsation of the heart, and to-day made public the announcement that the results they obtained had verified beyond a doubt their theory that the presence of salt in the blood caused the beats of the heart. "In the experimental work conducted by the two physiologists turtles were used almost exclusively. After snipping oft the head In as humane a way as possible the lower, part of tho shell was removed and the heart taken possession of. Instead of taking the organ as a whole, a small strip from ono of the ventricles was used. The blood was removed and the piece of flesh suspended In different solutions. In this way their conclusions were adduced. "Dr. Loeb and Professor Lingle claim that the fallacy of the early belief that kho heart beats because it is full of blood Was quickly shown when a strip of the turtle's heart was suspended in a solution of sodium chloride and a regular series of beats began. Separated from all nerv connections, the lifeless strip of heart muscle responded perfectly to the presence of the salty solution. For weeks the experimenters worked to ascertain what qualities salt possessed to cause this rhythmic beating of the heart that were not possessed by calcium or potassium, the salts of which enter into the composition of the blood. They found a solution of the problem In the fact that the action of sodium chloride was due to the peculiar character of the sodium. In making the Investigation they discovered that a pure sodium chloride solution was destructive of heart tissues and that by mixing calcium and potassium solutions with the sodium solutions they found that the poisonous effects of the sodium chloride were destroyed." TELEPHONE EXPERIMENT. Words Conveyed by Regular ' Cable from Key West to Havana KEY WEST. Fla.. Dec. 25.-An interesting experiment has just been made here. In the presence of several prominent persons the officers of a well-known telephone company connected the telephone wires here and at Havana with the Gulf cable between the two cities. For a few minutes a roaring noise prevented any communication, but finally this subsided and the officials heard from Havana distinctly the words: "I cannot understand you," clearly transmitted. Havana, however, failed to clearly understand. The first experiment was regarded as highly successful. BRYAN IS LIKE CLEVELAND. He Hopes the People AVI 11 Soon Re turn to Teachings of Fathers. LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Dec. 23. William J. Bryan to-day, wiring from Lincoln, Neb., to the Evening Standard, sends the following: "Please present greetings to my political friends of Leavenworth and of Kansas. The principles of Democracy Ftill live and the policies for which th fusion forces fought will yet be vindicated. We can enter the twentieth century with the confident belief that the people will scon return to the teachings of the fathers and the traditions or tne Republic." Admiral Barker's Advice. . UTICA. N. Y., Dec. 23. In an interview on the Philippine situation. Admiral Barker said: "The difficulty has been that we have not had soldiers enough in the Philippines. The Filipinos have not felt that they would be protected from the Insurgents in their lands. If they should come out boldly in favor of the Americans there is no telling when the insurgents would swoop -down on them. We have not enough troops in the Inlands to prevent them. But things are better now than they have been, although we should'by no means withdraw our troops without replacing them. With the passage of the army bill we can send our regulars over there to take the place of the volunteers when - they are called homo In the spring. This not only should be done, but must be done if the islands are to become quiet under the American flag. Then again, every official whom Uncle Sam sends to the Philippine Islands should exercise the strictest integrity and honesty In his methods. Just at this time the people of the Islands would hanL a man for lying, as quick as they would for murder, so great Is their Buspiclon. Niece of the Prealdent Married. YOUNGSTOWN. O.. Dec. 23 -Miss Mamie Stambouch, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Daniel B. Stambough. and Philip Gerald Cook, a prominent lawyer of Clarendon. N. Y were married to-day at the Stambough heme In this city. The bride Is a niece of President McKinley. Half o Village Darned. " ST. JOSEPH. Mich.. Dc. 25. A destruc tive fire In Eau Claire, fifteen miles east of this city, to-day resulted In reducing half the business section into ashes. Total less, $30,000; partly insured.

COLONIES IN NEW YORK

THREE TIMES AS SIAXV v FOREIGN COMMlMTIIiS AS TEX VKAIIS A(iO. The Wnllaks nnd Clnlltxlns. Two Xew Jewish Types, Ln scars and Malays, Sought the Promised Land. New York Evening Tost. The swift revolution which has made New York the greatest world-city of the glote is constantly producing odd results throughthe segregation of foreign population within its limits. Twenty years ago good Knickerbockers were amazed by such features of city life as Chinatown, the French quarter. Irlshtown, Dutchtown, and the negro quarter. Then came "Little Italy" and the Ghetto. Ten years ago saw the beginning of the Bohemian and the Spanish quarters. In the last decade the number of foreign communities has more than trebled. Some of these seem to be more or less permanent, the members obtaining employment in the metropolis. Others are transitory, the members remaining here a short time and then going to other places. A noticeable 'group is, that of the Greeks, whose headquarters are down town near the East river around James and Oliver streets. The first .comers took the chestnut-roasting and peddling, but their successors went into the fruit and especially the flower business. In the last two years many who gained a colloquial knowledge of English have left New York so far as Is known, they have gone to other cities to embark in their favorite callings. Very few have taken to agriculture or to manufactures. The Ghetto has been Increased in popula.'on ana in variety by two heretofore unfamiliar Hebrew types. These are the Wallaks and the Galiizins. The former come from ;he ex-principal ;ty of Wallachia, now a part of the kingdom of Roumania. Queerly enough, their name throws an interesting light upon the name and race of the famous actor, Lester Wallack, who was of Jewish extraction. The Wallaks are bmt.ll of datura, mod.-rately cark in complexion, and bear the marks of ihe eppres-sien under which they have lived for centuries. They are orthodox even to fanaticism, and exceedingly superttitkus They are not popular with the Slovaks, Polaks or Llthuaks. who constitute the majority of the Ghetto. Less popular than the Wallaks are the Galltzins, who come from Galicia. and especially the province of Crakow In the northeast of Austria-Hungary. These people have probably had the hardest lot or all the Jewish communities in southeastern Europe. During nearly four centuries they were subject to Polish rule, which was Romanist and fiercely ' intolerant. At the partition of Poland their country became Austrian, but theÄchange was like the proverbial one of the: frying pan into the fire. They still had the Polish nobles as masters, and over these there were a new and hungry horde of Austrian nnd Hungarian officials. Durinir the brie life of the republic of Crakow a few of tnem joined the revolutionary movement, and when that republic was suppressed the whole race suffered as a penaltv. They ere said to number Soo.ono, and most of them have .an Intense, desire to emigrate. At least one-half are enthusiast Ir y.l.mlit while the other half looks to the United States as the promised land. They have Fettled in the neighborhood of Allen and Stanton streets, nnd may bo recosrnized bv their poor physiques, unhealthful com plexions and general air of honelossness They d. not mingle mt'ch with their fel-low-rellglonlsts, and, strange to say, have sironv vantipatny to tlu German Jews, whom they regard as utterlv heterodox. EAST SIDE SLAVONIANS. From both Austria and Russia are now coming .In considerable numbers the Slavonians.. Most of these are from the Slav provinces of Austria. They settle far up on the East Side along with the Bohemians, of whom they are blood cousins. They are strong, sturdy. addlcted to drink, and many of them to gambling. Their stay in New York Is usually brief, most of them leaving at the first opportunity for the mining districts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. They are slightly clannish, and are active in schemes of mutual helpfulness. Thus they depend upon their fellow-countrymen for their outfit and transportation from New York to the coal country. They are somewhat belligerent, and In their new homes have gained the respect of the fighting element which lives near them. Northwestern Russia Is now the scene of a powerful struggle between tho Russian Cabinet at St. Petersburg and the people of Finland. The Czar's advisers have determined to Russify Finland at any cost, and the latter is equally determined to retain its ancient rights and privileges. The contest, though heroic, is futile, and is so recognized by a large fraction of the Finns. These are now leaving their native land for freer realms. A small percentage goes to Sweden, a larger one to England and Canada, and the great bulk to the United States. They are mainly men from agri cultural classes, and do not care much for the great cities. They remain a short period in New York and then go to the central Western States, where they have many nourishing communities. Their favorite State is Minnesota, and after this Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. A goodly number, however, remain in Gotham, where they form two distinct colonies. One Is uptown on the East Side in the Swedish quarter, and the other is in the Borough Park district in Brooklyn. In the latter place they have a new church, conducted by an able Lutheran clergyman, the Rev. Dr. Hukkancn, and a very creditable newspaper. GROWTH OF THE JAPANESE. The Japanese population grows slowly but substantially. The more prosperous live in the neighborhood of Twenty-seventh street and Seventh avenue, while those less favored by fortune are to be found In boarding houses near Catharine Ferry. They have one or two restaurants and some fif teen stores, but most of them are engaged as clerks in American houses or as cooks and domestic servants. The Scandinavians are very much in evidence in the greater city. They have now a large and fine colony in the very center of Brooklyn, of which the nucleus Is at the corner of At lantic avenue and Bond street. There are some ten thousand In the City of Churches, and as many more In Manhattan. They run to storeKeepmg ana tne skilled trades Those who come from the farming country of Norway and Sweden stop over a brief while In the metropolis and then go to the Northwestern States. The Spanish-Cuban colony Is nearly all engaged in cigarmaking or some other branch of the tobacco trade. So far as residences are concerned, they are quite evenly distributed through the county, but in tneir aany ton rorm a genuine Spanish quarter around Maiden lane and Pearl street. Here they have some seven or eight restaurants and a few clubs and labor unions. In three of the restaurants the at mosphere is essentially that of Havana as are the cooking and Its characteristic smells. Poor Armenia Is well represented in our local population. Five years ago the Ar menlan headquarters were far down town, around Greenwich and Washington streets. They then moved up town, and are now in the district around Third and Second avenues and Twenty-sixth street. They have their own church, restaurant, and social organizations. Their restaurants have won considerable popularity among their neigh bors. Their bill of fare is rather curlou. the favorite and chief meat being mutton. siewea or roasted, with string beans, toma toes. Chill peppers, onions, and all sorts of Asiatic spices. They use fruit largely In their rooking, and also preparations of which the leading ingredients are curds and whey. The Ievantlne colony is a little world in itself, and is made up of many nationalities and even races. It I located in Washington street, and makes New York its trade headquarters, and carries its trade throughout the country, nearly all of its members being peddlers and hawkers. The largest element among Levantines Is Syrian; then come the Turks, the heterodox Armenians. Arabs, and 8emltlc Africans They all look more or less alike, having ovai races, long, thin noses, narrow Hps. white teeth, blue-black hair, and a kln almost as dark as a mulatto. Unlike most other foreigners, they "are not especially religious. Some deny any faith whatever; others claim to be nominal Romanists,

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Greek Catholics, Armenian Catholics, Copts, and Mohammedans. They arc energetic and are quite skillful in their callings. They make tinseled Jewelry, rosaries, cm broideries, metalwork, and bric-a-brac PORTUGUESE AND DRAZILIANO. On the upper East Side is a small colony of Portuguese, which includes a few Drazllians. For many years there has been an odd lov e for Uncle Sam among the cltizent of Portugal and small but steady flow of their people to t.iese shores. Most of thera go to Boston and other Massachusetts cities, but a few hundred settle here for good. They are proud little men, and usually take offense when mistaken for their next door neighbors, the Spani?h. from whom, as a matter of fact, they are almost Indistinguishable. A notable feature of the Portuguese jis their freedom from all race prejudice and the raclc mlscegnation which has marked their history for tho last two centuries Those of Macao in Portuguese China are two-thirds Mongolian blood. Those of Brazil are one-quarter Indian and one-quarter 'negro blood. Those of Goa are half-Tamil and of Lorenzo Marques halfKaffir. The result is often startling when a crowd of Portuguese come together. A man of pure' blood from the mountains may have yellow hair and brown eyes, being a descendant (of the old Gothic conquerors of the land. ; Next to him will be a seeming Chinaman elbowed by an Indian behind whom towers a black. The Hungarians are now so numerous as to excite no' curiosity. They are well distributed on the East Side, being thickest ia Second avenue, near Ninth street. They Americanize rapidly, and become active. puDiic-spiriUMi citizens, iney nave tneir own papers; clubs, magazines, churches, stores, restaurants, and, what is worthy of special mention, musical societies. They are sticklers for education, and are among; the best ratrons of our public schools. It la the well-to-do who remain in New York, the poor worklngmcn going westward to engage in mining and agriculture. Of lab years there has been quite an Influx of French and Spanish negroes from the Vet Indies. Times haae been very hard down there for at least a decade, the sugarbounty system of Germany, Austria, and France having ruined the chief industry of the Islands. They come to New York, lured by stories, of its vast wealth, but do not eem to make much headway. They are slow, if not slothful, and are not adapted to our weather changes and often severeclimate. At present they form three group, one In the neighborhood of Twenty-sixth street and Sxth avenue, a second around Thompson street, and a third about Mott and Pell streets. We have a small number of Malays and Lascars in the sailors" boarding house district, which is situated near the Kaht and North rivers, down town. The Malays are chiefly Manila men. although many com from Batavia, Samarang and Singapore. The Lascars are from Inula. They are all o dark as to be taken easily for negroes, but their features are Caucasian, and their hair is straight, stiff and wiry. They ans peaceable nnd orderly up to u certain print, and then they lose all self-control and generally ' resort to the knife. The number varies from fifty to four and five hundred. They are inveterate smokers, and many of them use opium as well as tobacco. A curiious colony, which Is never th mmciwo days, consists of Scotch and Welsh quarrymcn and stonn cutters, and Is a result of the difference in wages in Great Urttain and America. Cnder the rule of the labor unions these men get from 1 to a day in the United States, while at home they seldom receive more than a :ound a week. The vast body comes over in the spring, stays here a few days, and then goes nway to the quarries. It runs to the city now and again for a vacation, and in late October and November gravitates to New York and embarks for home. They belong to that class of immigrants commonly referred to as "birds of hiF.saKe." Tha bulk of the movement is to Boston, but a fair share comes to the metropolis. They patronize boarding houses and small hotels kept by their fellow-countrymen. FELL FB0M HIS H0ESE. Austin T. Drew, Cenernl Freight Agent of M., K. & T. Bond, Killed. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Dec. 23. Austin T. Drew, general freight agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, while horseback riding to-day In Forest Park, fell from his horse, causing concussion of the brain. This. In con junction with ureamla, from which Mr. Drew has long been a sufferer, caused his death at 10 o'clock to-night. Mr. Drew was born at Parsons. Kan., and has been connected with the M., K. & T. road for twenty years. Thrown from Ills Home nnd Killed. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 23.-Vhile riding cross country to Join the Chester valley hunt to-day,v Henry L. Wilbur, aged fortytwo, son qf H. O. Wilbur, the well-known cocoa and chocolate manufacturer, of. thl city, was thrown from Ms horse and killed on the farm of A. J. Cassett, near Valley Forge. Mr. Wilbur lived at Bryn Mawr, and leaves a widow. COKE SELLING LOW. Producer In Pennsylvania Cnttlnff Prleea to Furmcc 31 en. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 23. The producers of coke have become involved In a price war over the contracts for furnace ecke, which are now being closed for delivery during the first half of the new year. The result Is that some of the Independent nonConnellsville producers are selling furnace coke as low as $1.40 per ton. Involved in the conflict over the coke prices are chiefly the IL C. Frick Company, the J. W. Ratney Coke Company, the Washington Coal and Coke Company and the Bessemer Coke Company. The Frick Company Is said to be holding to a minimum price of $1.73 per ton on furnace coke at the ovens, while independent competitors are quoting as low as the figure named, and one of the largest of these interests is holding to $1.15. Wrong Mnn Arrested. DECATUR. 111.. Dec. 23. Merrill Wakefield, arrested last evening for the murder of Dick BfVins, at Warrensburg. on Sunday, has been released, being the wrong man. The coroner's jury found Anderson Burnslde, a farm hand, guilty. Burnside has fled. First lteunlsltlon on Cuba. LANSING, Mich., Dec. 23. -Governor Pia pree has Issued a requisition on the Governor of Cuba for Charles Jenner Thompson, who is wanted In Detroit for forgery. This is said to be the first requisition on Cuba ever Issued. Suicide In Pollee Station. NEW YORK. Dec. S.-Obreeht Rciber. a prisoner charged with attempted feloniou assault, committed suicide in his cell ia the West Twentieth-street btatlon houo layt night by hanging: himself with bis handkerchief. Proposed Ship Canal SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 23. General plans for the Lake Washington ship canal hav been completed. It is certain that a contract for u preliminary channel win ba let shortly after Jan. 1. The work will ba within the appropriation of $170,(J3, maj by Congress sumu time ago.