Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 361, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1900 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY,' DECEMBER 27, 1900.

treaty permanent In Us nature, leaving it open to question whether, in the event v( war with us, the canal should become a facility afforded by us and at our cost fur cn attack upon us. It would seem to be wise if It wis our purpose to close the canal against a licet hostile to us to say 0, In order to exempt Us?. If we exercise that right hereafter, from the well founded charge of having violated a solemn treaty vb!l-;atiun. "Second At the time the Davis amendment w.vj proposed and adopted Article 3 Vas in ho treaty. That article bound both Ureat Britain and the I'nlted States to secure the adherence of other governments to the terms of the IIay-launofote treaty, livery power which 'adheres' to a treaty ir, what is the sam-j thing, becomes a arty to it 'by accession is entitled to the ne:!ts of ltd stipulations, and without the Davis amendment or an equivalent many think that if v;e closed the canal at least against any adhering power hostile to us we would thereby afford foundation for the claim by all the adhering powers that we had violated the treaty and furnish them with a casus belli against u which miht lead to a combination against us hostile in character or might at least be taken to Justify a refusal to enforce the neutral rules of international law. This -could not be true with the Davis amendment adopted because' every adhering nation would become a party with knowledge of thl3 reserved right of self-defense. Later the third article for the adherence of other nations was stricken out. "With these three amendments the treaty was ratified, .and It leaves the United States agreeing with Great Britain upon broad rul.?3 for international use of it upon terms of equality in peace and in war, subject to our right to close it against an enemy where su"h action Is necessary to our national defense. "As originally drawn with provision for unqualified neutralit the legislative department could not bo Justly criticised for It, as It was In harmony with tho policy which had prevailed up to the time of the passage of the Hepburn bill through the Ilnuse. "It Is not surprising that the executive department should not feel at liberty to reverse the broad policy of neutrality. Many reasons could be given for this, which I cannot now take the time to indicate. Wo wish the canal to be used by the vesehi of fall nations. Wo have under the llayPauncefote treaty, as It was drawn, the rigt to maintain such military police along the canal as we- see fit to protect it from lawlessness and disorder. The power to fortify it at either end. many have thought, would Indicate too much a purpose to make of It a military rather than a commercial canal; and furnish motive ,and interest to other governments to complete or secure the comnletirn of a competitive canal, which would be detrimental to the interest of the Unlied States-In many ways in peace and in war. It I? a large subject and much needs to be thought of in connection with It by those wha act for the people in the matter. "One thing is certain. It seems to be settled that there must be a canal; that the TTnited State shall build it. and maintain it. Nothing In the amendments was Intended, to be offensive to Great Britain cr should be considered offensive by Great Iiritaln. I hopo and believe the amendments will receive the approval of that government. If It should be otherwise I am quite certain that the Clayto . Ilulwer treaty will not be permitted by the United States much longer to prevent the construction by the United States of a waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Buc in attaining that end. we will not, I am very sure, be led into any breach of national honor or International courtesy." CAPT. HAFT AT BOSTON.

II Think the Lamon Cup Defender ' Will lie n Good One. BOSTON. Dec. 26.-Capt. Henry C. Haff, the veteran sailing master of four cup defenders, arrived here to-day and made a friendly visit to George Lawley. Afterwards the captain reluctantly admitted that he visited tloston on invitation of Thomas W. Lawson and Designer Crowninshleld for a conference on private matters. Asked what he thought of the design of the Lawson boat he said that he had not seen it, but from what he had heard he thought she would be a very good boat. The captain epoke highly of the merits of a ninety-foot center-boarder. "Work on the Xevtr Cup Defender. BRISTOL. R. T.. Dec. 26. The work of uncovering the lead keel for the new cup defender, which Is In process of construction, was besun to-day. A large amount ol clay was banked around the keel mold to keep It from spreading during the cooling of the lead and considerable work will be necessary to remove this. The next step will be cleaning and trimming up the keel. "Work on the angle line for the smaller frame at bow and stern is progressing rapidly as Is the boring of bolt holes in the Tobln bronre plates for the hull. The larger angle Irons for the midship section are expected to arrive to-night and the work of setting up the boat's frame will be commenced as soon as the steel is ready. Itoyalty 31 ay See the Ilnces. LONDON. Dec. 27.-"The New York Tacht Club," says the Dally Express, "will Invite Emperor William and the Prince of Wales to witness the cup races, and President McKinley will alo send notes expressing the pleasure their visits would give." Sir Thomas Upton, who has been Interviewed on the subject for the Daily Express, raid he thought It within the range of possibility that the Trince of Wales would accept such an invitation. FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY. Colder Thronuhout Indiana To-Tilor-row, with Northwesterly Wind. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. Forecast for Thursday and Friday: For Ohio Fair on Thursday and Friday; .winds mostly fresh westerly. For Lower Michigan Fair on Thursday and Friday; fresh westerly winds. For Indiana and Illinois Fair on Thursday and Friday; colder on Friday; southerly winds, becoming fresh northwesterly. For Kentucky Fair Thursday and Friday; colder Friday In western portions; variable winds. Local Observations uu Wed-ttesday. Bar. Ther. H.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m.. 30.11 21 71 Swest. Cloudy. 0.00 7 p.m... "0.25 23 7S S'west. PtCldy. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 23; minimum temperature. 22. Following is a comparative statement of the moan temjerature and total precipitation for Dec. 2J: Temp. Pre. Normal , 2: 0.10 Mean 24 0.00 lparture from normal 3 o.io Departure since Dec. 1 1 2.07 Departure since Jan. 1 til 1.&3 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPEN II ANS. Ijocal Forecast Offlclal. Yrilfrtlnjr'a Temperatures. Stations. 'Atlanta, Ga. ... Bismarck. N. D Min. Max. 7 p. m. . . . .40 Mi 25 26 .... 8 - Y.'.'.zi ....13 . .20 ....20 ....21 ....2 ....10 ....10 Buffalo. N. T Calgary, N. W. T. is 22 31 2S M. 43 26 22 C2 23 t4 ss to 40 40 Ds " s; ca 28 10 - WW 31 24 26 2 40 K Chicago, III. Cairo, III Cheyenne, Wyo. Cincinnati. O. ... Concordia, Kan. 43 2S 24 W 26 - 61 34 ft. 44 II 2$ W 4i CS ft 4$ M 40 :.s is 40 zs Zti 1 44 4 O Davenport. Ia. ... Ds Moines. Ia. Galveston. Tex. ., Helena, Mont Jacksonville, Fla. Kansas City, Mo. Little Rock, Ark. Marquette. Mich. Memphis. Term. .. Nashville. Tenn. , New Orleans. La. 0 t .....40 1 . a . vO .....42 42 . . . . 4-S CO v 1 - 2S 2 New York. N. Y North Platte, Neb Oklahoma. O.-T. . Omaha, Neb Pittaburg. Pa Qu Appelle. N. W. liapid City. S. D. . Gait Lake City, Uta fc'U Iuls. Mo St. I'aul, Minn Springfield. 11L , CnrlngtleM. Mo , T. h !io ....2S . . . ....28 .... 6 ....:o ....44 Vieksburgr. Miss. ... Washington, D. C. .

ACCIDENT AFTER CRIME

PltlXCETOX MAN FATALLY HURT A FT 111 STABBING lilS IV IF 12. Saloon Wrecked by n Ilnrllnuton Mob Hail of John Dlehl .Made Heavier Indiana Trials for Murder. Sperlcl to th3 Indianapolis Jourr.cl. PRINCETON. Ind., Dec. 26.-John Fluke r. thirty years old. Is dying here to-night as the result of a series of tragic occurrences . yesterday. Christmas morning he became Intoxicated and quarreled with his wife. He stabbed her several times, and, thinking she wa3 dead, attempted to escape by a freight train. In boarding the moving train his limbs were drawn beneath the wheels and crushed. His death is certain. The young wife is not dangerously cut and will recover. Accused of Burglary nnd Forgery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind., Dec. 2G.-Charles Miller, son of A. J. Miller, a merchant of this city, was arrested this afternoon on the charge of burglarizing M. E. Thresher's store on the night of Dec. 2T. Thresher's safe was drilled Into and an attempt made to blow It, but the efforr was unsuccessful. About J20 was secured from the money drawer. Soon after Miller had been arrested on this charge he was arrested on the charge of forcing a note on R. A. Allen for Miller's arrest was a shock to the city. He prote3ts his innocence. Forged Check Discovered. WARSAW, Ind., Dec. 26. The forged signature of Abe Rrubaker, cashier of the State Bank of Warsaw, was discovered today on a check sent here for collection by the Anderson Banking Company, of Anderson. Ind. The check was made payable to Mrs. Amos R. Woods, whose husband got the check cashed at Anderson. Wood3 was formerly deputy revenue collector, with headquarters at Kokomo, and is well known here, where he lived a short time. Died After Taking Poison. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Dec. 26.-Charles A. Thornton, who tcok carbolic acid last Saturday with suicidal intent. Is dead after lour days of suffering. He was about fortylive years old and left a widow and two sons LYDA-COX MliM)i:it TRIAL. State Rents Its Case nnd Defense Calls First Witness. MONTICELLO, Ind., Dec. 26. The State rested Its case this morning in the I.ydaCox murder trial, and counsel for the defense made Its opening statement. George Austlla, Brother of Mrs. Lyda, widow of the alleged murdered man. was the first witness for the defense. He had known the dead man since his marriage and had seen him frequently tlurlng the last three years of his life. Lyda, he testified, had never complained to him of having kidney trouble or pains in the back until the day he died. Of the details immediately surrounding L.yda's death the witness was unuble to tell any more than had been told by previous witnesses. Pheriou Trial at Franklin. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN. Ind.. Dec. 2C. After a reces of two days tho trial of William Pherson for the murder of Milton Knapp was resumed to-day. Mont Knapp, Gus Knapp and Everet Elklns testified as to the finding of a piece of board In the road a short distance from the hogpen where Knapp'ü body was found. Several gray hairs were found sticking to the board. This evidence b supposed to bear out the claim that Knapp was nssaulted twice, the first time in the road. Professor Owens testified that he. had examined the hairs found on the board; that most of them were human hairs, and that several were discolored by tobacco. This afternoon Deputy Prosecutor Dobbins and Marshal Dunlavy were on the stand and recited the story of Pherson's arrest and his confession. They said he lirst denied his guilt, but later confessed to killing Knapp with a club and gave as a reason that Knapp had been too intimate with tho defendant's daughter P.uth, and that on the afternoon of tho killing he found Knapp crawling away from the Pherson home. He had warned Knapp before to keep away or he would kill him. He claimed to have letters proving . Knapp' s guilt. DIelil's llond Increased. Sjeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 26. John Diehl, of this city, who was convicted at New Castle for procuring the death of Mary Fanvlg, of Richmond, was taken before Judge Dundy, the trial judge, to-day, and his ball bond was Increased from $1,000 to S'J.OOO. Dlehl gave the required amount. The State asked that the defendant be incarcerated In the county jail pending tho ruling of Judge Bundy on the motion for a new trial. The court did not rule on the question and Dlehl Is a free man for the time, being. FOIWD IX TIE WOODS. Dody of an Unknown, Genteel-Appear-lujr Man, Xear Princeton. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON. Ind., Dec. 2G.-The body of an unknown man was found under a log In a tract of woods near here to-day. The coroner was notified and an Inquest held. No one could identify him. He was dressed In a stylish suit of blue-black clothes, wore a white shirt and a black felt hat. The man was six feet tall, with ilorid complexion, red hair anf mustache, weight 150 pounds and aga about forty years. There was no sign of "violence on the body or clothing. On a slip of paper was found the following names: W. 1. Pulllan. Russell ville, Ky.; A. G. Bird well, Birmingham, Ala.; Thomas Edwards, Yankeetown. Shoulder Shattered by n Shot. Special to the Indianarolls Journal. MAXWELL, Ind., Dec. 2G.-Roscoe Cooper, seventeen-year-old son of Wlllard Cooper, of this place, while hunting to-day with seme companions, accidentally discharged one tarrel of his gun ard the charge entered the shoulder joint, almost tearing the arm from the body. He was standing on a fence reloading the gun. after shooting a rabbit, when he dropped the weapon and it was discharged. The arm was amputated, but he Ia not expected to recover. lJo- Drownrd AYliIIe SkatliiK. facial to th? Indianapolis Jcurral. COVINGTON. Ind.. Dec. 26. Grovcr Tilley, fourteen years old, the son of Thomas Tilley. while skating was drowned this afternoon in Coal creek, near Snoddy's Mills, seven miles south of here. The body was recovered. ESTABLISHED A FACT. Death of a Hammond Man Prored Virulence of Snake Rite. CHICAGO. Dec. 26. Edmund J. James, professor In the University of Chicago and president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, has been working for twenty years In an effort to obtain a well authenticated Instance of death from snake bite In the United States, and at last he has been successful. Ho said yesterday: "I have read so frequently and hear so man stories about this and that and the other person having been bitten by a rattlesnake nnd dying from the effects thereafter, that I concluded years ago to make a eollectlon of such canes, but I fouul cn investigation that every case I had heard of turned out to be either entirely without foundation or reslls? on' somo evidence

which no intelligent person would think of accepting for a moment In regard to any other matter; being evidence at the third or fourth remove. "I read some weeks ago that Edv.arJ Swanson, of Hammond. Ind., had been oitten by a rattlesnake at Fort Valley. Ga., and had died In a short time from the results of tho bite. I succeeded In obtaining a statement from the physician who attended him, which shows that the man died from paralysis of the heart caused by the poison of the snake bite. IMJIAXA OUITLARV.

Father Fidelis de Voight, a .ntlve of Indiana, at Trenton, X. J. TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 26. The Rev. Fidelis de Volght, formerly Catholic chaplain of the New Jersey State Prison, died at St. Francis Hospital to-day of apoplexy, aged forty-five years. Father Fidelis was a member of the Order of Minor Conventuals and besides being stationed at Trenton, had served as rector at the Lady of Angels Church in Albany and St. Joseph Church In Utica. His parents live in Jetfersonville, Ind., and have been notified of his death. Father Fidelis had been at St. Francis Hospital for several months. Other Indlanu Xecrologry. ANDERSON. Ind., Dec. 2C.-S. E. Younge, of Alexandria, one of the leading citizens of that city, and one of the most prominent and wealthy men of Madison county, died at his home this morning. He had been actively engaged in business till a few years ago. He was the pioneer miller in Alexandria and afterwards engaged in banking business, assisting in starting the first bank in the town. He has been in oor health for a number of weeks. Mrs. Young is a sister of J. Q. Van Winkle, of the Big Four, residing In Indianapolis. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. SC. Mrs. Amos Caldwell died at her home in Milton, aged forty-nine years. Her death was due to consumption. Her husband and six children survive. Benjamin H. Vansant died yesterday at the residence of his nephew, R. R. Vansant. His age was eighty-four years. Mrs. Matilda Anderson died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. N. Cox. Her age was sixty-seven years. CONNERS VILLE, Ind., Dec. 20. Mrs. J. B. Jones dropped dead this morning at her home, northeast of this city, of heart disease. She was a member of one of the most prominent local families, her husband being the largest landholder In the county. The Rev. Charles Tingle, of Indianapolis, will officiate nt the funeral, Saturday morning. STniPKS TAKEN OFF. Forty-Five Reformatory Inmates filven Second-Grade Conduct Clothes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFFRSONVII.LE, Ind.. Dec. 23. The broad black and white-striped suits, formerly so conspicuous about the Reformatory, are missing, and to-day was the first time since the old southern Indiana prison was established here that there was not a suit of stripes worn In the Institution. When the prison was converted Into a reformatory three grades of clothing were adopted to distinguish the standing of the Inmates. Those in the lirst class wore a solid gray suit, scarcely distinguiahable from an ordinary suit seen every day on the streets. The men in the second grade were fitted out in small-cheeked suits, and those In the lowest grade bore the humiliation of having to wear the well-known prison garb of black and white stripes. Yesterday there were forty-five men wearing these suits, and Superintendent Hert had every one of them advanced to the second grade and given the check suits. By good behavior they can win the grey clothing, but any Infraction of rules will throw them back into the stripes. The inmates have a time-honored dislike for the broad stripes, and there are but few who do not strive to conduct themselves so as not to be compelled to wear them. WILL Bl'ILD THEIR OWX ROADS. Madison County Farmers Planning to Break tp a Combination. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 26. The farmers of Stony Creek township recently voted to pulld twenty-one miles of free gravel roads at an estimated cost of about $30,000. The contracts f.re to be awarded the first week in January. It developed early last week that there had been formed a combination among the gravel road contractors to keep up the price of construction. A number of the leading farmers, to break the so-called 'trus:t," have offered- their teams at $2 a day and labor at Jl a day to any responsible contractor who will bid with them on the work. In this manner they will build the roads themselves, as the farmers are to be given preference in hiring teams and labor. They agree to furnish as many teams as desired at the price named and to provide- competent and sufficient Ialor at Jl a day to complete the work. Signed articles of agreement have passed and the farmers think it is a good way In which to work out their "pike tax" in winter time. thought sun was jilted. Cnnse of the Suicide of Miss CulbertMon, of Rush. County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Dec. 26.-Coroner Wooden has completed an investigation of the facts concerning the suicide of Miss Bertha Culbertson, the school teacher who killed herself yesterday. Charles May, her sweetheart, before leaving for Montana, wrote her a letter bidding her good-bye. He said his courage failed him when it came to telling her of his Intended departure, and thought he would let her know by letter. Two hours after receiving this letter Miss Culbertson penned a reply. In which she said she had concluded to kill herself and advised May to marry some other girl. The tone of May's letter did not Indicate that he had jilted the girl, but that conclusion was inevitable from Miss Culbertson's missive. May, before his departure, purchased several Christmas presents for Miss Culbertson. which arrived yesterday after her death. WRECKED WITH DYXAMITE. The Blue Goose' Saloon at Burlington Destroyed by a Mol. FLORA, Ind., Dec. 26. The Burlington. Clubhouse, better known as "The Blue Goose," was again wrecked by a mob last night. The windows were broken, the doors smashed and the liquor barrels rolled into the street and their contents poured In the gutters. Burlington has figured In the eiispatchts before on account of Its stand against the saloon, and the building In which the business was located has time and again been wrecked with dynamite, but tho proprietor, George Black, always repaired tho eiamage and resumed business. For several months he has been without license, but he conducted a clubroom. Since tho recent decision of the Supreme r?ourt relative to signing remonstrants by power of attorney Black has announced that he will again apply for license, and last night's action of the mob Is a forerunner of what will happen If the license Is granted. Stone River Survivors. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 26.-Resl-dent survivors of the battle of Stone River, which was fought on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 and 2 thirty-eight years ago, have planned a fitting celebration for the anniversary of the first day's fight. The executive committee has decided that the principal event shall be a noon banquet at the Grand Hotel, at which the survivors and their wives and invited guests shall meet and over the festal board recall the stirring incidents of Thero will be a camp fire at the courthouse at 10 o'clock, which will be adjourned In time for the banquet. Joseph. K. Mcllhenny, of Martinsville, is secretary of the executive committee. Xlnety-Thlrd Xntal Observance. Special to thi Indianapolis Journal. HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Dec. 26. A noteworthy birthday anniversary was celebrated on Christmas day at the home of Mr. and Mrt. Ellsha Brown, of this place. It was the ninety-third birthday of Mr.

Brown, and many of his descendants assembled to celebrate the occasion. Mrs. Brown Is tut one year her husband's junior. Both are ia good health. Mr. and Mr. Brown have been married seventy years, am In February will celebrate the seventyfirst anniversary of their marriage. All of their married life has been spent In this township.

Weddlnsr Rudely Interrupteil. Special to the Inr.lanai.olis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 2G. A wedding cerenjony was Interrupted at the home of William Rush, in this city, last night. The guests had assembled and the Rev. Mr. Martin, of Madison-avenue Methodist Church, was in the midst of the ceremony when police officers entered the house at tront and rear. The service came to a halt, but both bride and groom demanded that It proceed and Mr. Martin concluded. The officers then arrested the groom, Chester Iiwson, on the charge of stealing chickens. Lawson spent the night in jail, as he was unable to secure bond. Awards at Very Low Prices. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLES VILLE, Ind., Dec. 26. Bids were opened to-day for the Hamilton county supply contracts, and tho awards wer? made at very low prices. W. B. Burford secured the contract for Class 1 at $559.54. and Class 2 at $177.11. Levey Brothers & Co. got Class 3 for JS3.64 and v:iass 4 for ?22.75. The total amount for all the goods was. $$49.04. while last year the total was $1,567.07. Glass Men Will Raise Prices. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Dec. 2C. The Independent glass combination, recently organized will, on Jan. 1, advance the price on all window glass 15 per cent. Indiana Xotes. Maurice Thompson, of Crawfordsville, is now able to sit up a short time, after being confined to his bed for several weeks. St. Louis dispatches announce the marriage of Miss Esther Wallace, of Richmond, to Oscar Sission, the well-known theatrical man, of St. Louis. The new officers of the Crawfordsville wire and nail works are W. P." Herron, president; I. A. Detltlon, vice president; C. D. Voris, secretary and treasurer. A warrant is out for the arrest of George Osborne, charging him with assault and battery on Charles Benjamin, who had Osborne arrested, charged with selling his vote. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hathaway, of Milton, Wayne county, have accepted the general t-uperlntendency and matronship of the orphans' home at Mhhawaka. Ind. They will take charge the iir:t of the. year. Several houses at Hagerstown were entered Tuesday night and money and jewelry secured from each, the entire amount secured being valued at several hundred dollars. The robbers left no clew as to their Identity. The Christmas entertainment at Hemlock, Howard renin ty, was broken up Tuesday night by the entrance of a local tough, who. Intoxicated. entered the church, wrecked the Christmas tree and threw the presents out of the windows. The sheriff is hunting for him, but he cannot bo found. RECRUITS RETURN HOME IXDL'CEIl XOT TO TAKE STRIKERS PLACES AT SCHAXTOX. Company Is Very Short-Handed Chi cräjro Hod Carriers Desert Central Union Home for John Mitchell. SCRANTON, ra.. De.. 26.-Fifty-thrce more men -recruited in New York to take places of strikers of the Scranton Railway Company arrived to-night, but before the train had come to a full stop the strikers and their sympathizers boarded the car containing the New Yorkers, and, by using arguments and exhortations, induced all but eighteen of them to desert and agree to go back to New York. They are being cared for at strikers' headquarters and will be furnished with transportation home. There was no violence and no angry words, although not infrequently the company's agents and the strikers missionaries would be working on the same man at the same time with their different exhortations. Eleven of the twenty-nine men brought cn from New York last night were returned this morning and eight more of them went away this afternoon. The company had only twelve men left to run tho cars to-day. Five cars were run, but there were very few passengers carried. The company is Utting up an improvised hotel in the Linden-street car barn for the accommodation of these imported men. The hotels refuse to receive them and the merchants refuse to furnish them supplies. Three men were coaxed off the cars ths afternoon and sent away by the strikers. General Manager Stlllman says tho company will have cars ruunillng on all the lines to-morrow. Have Left the Central Union. CHICAGO, Dec. 2S. The membership of the Building Trades Council will bo reduced by 3,500 as a result of the action of tho Hodcarrlers and Building Laborers' Union, which sent a communication to the Chicago Master Masons' Association to-day stating that the union had withdrawn. The Hodcarriers' and Building Laborers' Union is numerically tho strongest that has yet left the central body. Home for John Mitchell. HAZLETON, Pa., Dec. 26. The United Mine Workers of the Seventh anthracite district, comprising the Hazleton region, will hold their annual convention Saturday afternoon in this district, wben action will be taken on a proposition for the erection of a home for National President John Mitchell, in recognition of hi3 work In behalf of the miners during the late strike. The anthracite miners will contribute all the funds needed for this project. EACE RIOT IN FLORIDA. Whites Go Gunning for Blacks Who Insulted White Woman. MACCLENNY, Fla., Dec. 26. There was a serious race riot In this place yesterday afternoon. At 4 o'clock a number of young ladles visited a photograph gallery and a negro woman who was also In the gallery lz alleged to have used obscene language. She was commanded to keep quiet by a white man present. A negro man accompanying the negro woman took the matter up and It is alleged used insulting language to the young ladles. The negroes retired and In a few minutes a mob of negroes armed with pistols and rifles assembled. One of them named Washington cpened fire on T. M. Herndon with a Winchester rille. By this time a crowd of whites had assembled and opened fire on Washington, who ran, Wring back at the crowd. He was pursued to a swamp near by and disappeared. The excitement Increased, but there was no further firing until 9 o'clock last night, when several shots were fired In the business section of the town. When the smoke had cleared John Hunter, a negro, was found dead in the street. The coroner's Jury returned a verdict of killed by gunshot wounds inflicted by a party or parties unknown. Tho town is well guarded by officers to prevent a recurrence of tho trouble. I'rospeetlve Lynchinir, WHITE HALL, 111.. Dec. 2G.-Early this morning a gang of about fifty men surrounded the Greene county Jail, at Carrolltown, and a committee searched the jail for Albert Shenkle, of this city. The committee learned that Shenkle had been taken to Alton for safety. The gang, at 1 o'clock, started on their return home. It is believed that Shenkle's return to the county will be followed by certain lynching. He is under arrest on the charge of attacking and robbing Miss Grace Giller, of this city, on the streets several nights ago. She was grabbed by the throat and so severely injured as to require the attention of physicians.

TO BE DECIDED ON JAN. 9

ARG I" 31 E X T S IX THE CA STELLAXE CA!t AT PARIS COXCLIDRD. I Relnpae Suffered liy Lord W. TL.. lt. V. Beresford. a DiKtlnKnished British Army Officer. PARIS. Dec. 2G.-Before the first civil tribunal of the Seine to-day Maltre Bonnat resumed his speech, begun Dec. 20. when the case was adjourned for a week, in behalf of Count and Countess De Castellane la the suit of Charles Wertheimer, a London bric-a-brac dealer, to recover payment for art objects sold to the defendants. In an elaborate argument counsel set forth the 'counter claim of the Castellanes, whü demand a reduction of the debt, provisionally estimated to be at least 2.000,000 francs, and the restl utlon of objects taken in exchange by Werthelmer under the penalty of 1,000 francs for each day's delay In the restitution from the day of Judgment, finally claiming damages to the amount of 20,000 francs. Counsel suggested that experts be appointed to appraise the articles Involved, and suggested that these experts be chosen from an ordinary list or from amoug the presidents of the exposition 'juries. He explained that George J. Gould, cf New York, in aiding the Castellanes In this suit, desired to accomplish a duty which the court had previously confided to him, on which the Castellanes, after throwing off Wertheimer's yoke, brought the case into court because they thought the publicity of the hearing was better than the mystery of the suspicious pacts and equivocal arrangements.. In so doing, counsel asserted, they did an act of dignity and courage. Maltre Foucald, counsel for Werthelmer, replied, saying that the authenticity of only five articles, of the value of IkK).000 francs, could possibly be questioned, and",' while Werthelmer affirmed their genuineness, he would consent to another expert examination, on the understanding that f the articles were declared spurious the 500,000 francs was to be struck out of his bill, but if they were declared genuine the Castellanes were to pay tho full price, no reduction being admitted. Mr. Werthcimer, counsel added, opposed the restitution ot the art works which the Count De Castellane gave him in ptodge tor payment of the total of the bill on the eve of his departure tor America. Maltre Bonnat again spoke, affirming that the Castellanes only secured delays in payment and the withdrawal of Wertheimer's tuit by fresh purchases of articles for 250,000 francs, which were barely worth 15,0U0 francs. This, counsel claimed, was telling delays at usurious. rates. The Castellanes, counsel eontinued, demanded an expert valuation of all the: purchases, and r.ot of a few articles. The case was adjourned until Jan. 9, when judgment will be delivered. SUFFERS A RELAPSE. Lord William Leslie La Poor Beresford In a. Serious Condition. LONDON, Dec. 27. It is announced that Lord, William Leslie La Poer Beresford, who' has been suffering from peritonitis, but whose condition on Christmas day was somewhat improved, has had a rather serious relapse. Lord Beresford Is the third son of the late Marquis of Waterford, who was succeeded in the title by the eldest son, Henry. Lord Charles went Into the navy and Lord William has fairly distinguished himself in the army. After his graduation at Eton ho joined the Ninth Lancers in 1S67, and was lieutenant colonel of the regiment until 1894. He was aid to Lord Lytton when the latter was viceroy of India and served as military secretary to Lords Ripon, Duffcrln and Lansdowne when these peers were governors general of India. Beresford was married in 1SD5 to the famous Lily, Duchess of Marlborough, and is her third husband. When she married the late duke she was Mrs. Louis Hammersley, the daughter of Commodore Cicero Price, of the United States navy. Mr. Hammersley was himself descended from a good old English family. Ills ancestor, Sir Hugh, was lord mayor of London In 1627. LorU William Beresford has the Victoria Cross the rarest British decoration for distinguished bravery at the battle of Ulandi, and is a knight commander of the Indian empire. (liieer Condnot of n Rnian. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. .-To-day's Oriental advices state that the Russian minister to Korea was recently received in audience by the King of Korea, whereupon the minister proposed that he should have the privilege of interfering in Korea's civil administration, with the object of aiding reforms, also that negotiations with other powers should be referred to tho Russian minister before taking action. The King called a meeting of his Privy Council to consider the proposals. The government became very uneasy and In an official communication a?ked the Russian minister if he was in earnest. The minister then backed down, stating that he had no recollection of making such propositions. He was granted special privileges, however. One of these permits Russia to increase its military strength in Korea and construct a large fort at the port of Masampho. Clerical Fraud Sentenced. PARIS, Dec. 26. The Appeal Court has confirmed the sentence of five years' imprisonment imposed, on an ingenious ewindler named Goffray, who posed In clerical circles here in April last as tho "cardinal bishop of Washington," soliciting funds to convert the young Indians ot New Mexico. Several times Goffray succeeded in celebrating mass, and once was nearly arrested when on the point of celebrating mass at Strassburg. Finally he appeared ut Montelimar, in the department of Drome, where he lectured to the Trappist monks on his terrible adventures In the Rocky mountains, where, he said, ho was scalped by the Indians to whom he was preaching the gospel. The fraud was discovered by Goffray pretending that the Indians of the Rocky mountains were Esquimaux. Lord Cromer Talks to Africans. KHARTUM, Egyptian Sudan. Dec. 2G. Lord Cromer, the British diplomatic agent,' reviewed the Egyptian troops of the Sudan under the sirdar, Maj. Gen. Sir Francis R. Wlngate, to-day. He assured a deputation from the Dlnka tribe, which formerly f-uffered severely from slave raids, that the British and Egyptian flags guaranteed them against a recurrence of such raids and insured lcspect for their ancient customs. The chiefs departed expressing gratitude. Aretle Explorer Buys n Ship. LONDON. Dec. 2C Evelyn B. Baldwin, the Arctic explorer who Is arranging for the Baldwin-Zeigler expedition, has purchased the Esquimaux, the largest and stanchest of the whaling fleet, and fitted her with modern appliances and named her the America. The rival bidder was the British Antarctic expedition, whose organizers desired to secure the Esquimaux as a substitute ship. , The Cxar'a Health Restored. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2G.-The Russian minister of the interior, M. Eipiaguine, who arrived here to-day from Livadla, where Emperor Nicholas Is convalescing, asserts that the Czar is now completely restored, being able to take long walks and drives dally. M. Siplagulne has had three audiences with the Emperor since his llmess. raderewskl Not Killed. PARIS. Dec. 27. 5 a. m. Inquiries In quarters most likely to be correctly informed on the subject show that nothing Is known In . Paris to justify the report circulated in the United States that iKuace raderewskl. the pianist, has been killed In a duel In France. Chnnire of Presidents In Liberia. SIERRA LEONE, west coast of Arrica, Dec. 21 The President of Liberia, W. D. Coleman, resigned Dec. U owlnj ta ta

disapproval by the Legislature of his Interior policy. G. W. Gibson, the secretary of state, was elected President by the Legislature.

Arrest of Three Hundred Stndents. LONDON. Dec. 27. Three hundred students have been arrested in St. Petersburg, according to a dispatch from Berlin to the Daily Express, for propagating socialist doctrines. Cable otes. Dr. H. F. Wlllard. who has been In Berlin several weeks, organizing a party for a Christmas tour of Russia, left, on Tuesday, with twelve Americans. The brother of Andree. the missing aeronaut, says a dispatch from Copenhagen, despairing of his return from the Arctic regions has finally opened his will. Harry Vardon. who was a passenger from New York on the White Star steamer Majestic, in an interview at Liverpool yesterday said the American perle "had treated him most hospitably, but that the American golfers had still much to learn, as neither players nor the links were'up to the mark. OBITUARY. The Iter. Thomas Murphy, an Eminent Presbyterian Sllntster. PHILADELPHIA. Dee. 26. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Murphy, one of the most eminent Presbvterlan clergymen of Philadelphia and a leading writer of ecclesiastical literature, died to-day at his home here, after a brief illness from bronchial pneumonia, Thomas Murphy was born in County Antrim. Ireland, on Feb. 6. 1S23, and came to the United States In 1S31. He was graduated from Princeton with second honor in 1S43, and received the divinity degree from his alma mater In 1S72. In 1S01 Washington College, Tennessee, made him an LL. D. He married on June 15, 1S43. Ann Sorter, of Blawenberg, N. J. He was pastor of Frankford Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia, 1S43-91. and since then pastor emeritus, delegate ten times to the Presbyterian General Assembly, commissioner in 1873 to the general assemblies of Scotland and Ireland, and in the Irish Assembly offered the resolution which was the first step toward the holding of the great Panrresbyterlan Council; took the lead, as chairman, in organizing twenty-two new churches in the Philadelphia Presbytery; and presided at the "Log College" anniversary on Sept. 5. 1SS9. He was the author of many religious works, among which are "Messages to the Seven Churches of Asia," "Cradle of the Presbvterlan Church in America," "Pastoral Theology," "Pastor and People," "Reminiscences of a Raptor," "History of Frankford Presbyterian Church." "Memoirs of the Rev. J. G. Ralston," and "Duties of Church Members to the Church." Other Deaths. KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 26. Evan P. Warner, secretary and treasurer of the Lafollette Coal. Iron and Railway Company nnd superintendent of the Tennessee Northern -Railway, died to-day. He was until five years ago a resident of Lexington. Ky. GALVESTON. Tex.. Dec. 26.-A. H. Pierce, the richest cattleman" In Texxtf , died to-day at Pierce station. He wasmany times a millionaire, with a large variety of interests In Texas. LONDON. Dec. 27. Jules Riviere, the famous musical conductor, Is dead. LUMBER CAMP MELEE. " Fight In Which Twenty or 31ore Persons Were Hurt, Some Fatally. BANGOR, Me., Dec. 26. A bloody fight occurred Christmas eve at Adams & Knowiton lumber camp on Chase stream, upper Kennebec river. Tho fight started in a dispute between a man known as "Wild" Hennessy and a Frenchman named Philip Oullette over religion, Hennessy being a Protestant and Oullette a Catholic. The two fought first with fists and soon resorted to club?. In a few minutes the fight became general and about thirty men engaged in a terrific battle with axes, limbs of trees and lumps of ice. A teamster named Wilson attempted to stop the fight and was laid senseless with a blow on the head. Then a teamster named Taylor took a hand as peacemaker, and laid about him with all kinds of weapons. In a few minutes the ground was strewn with victims of Taylor's powerful blows and those who had been injured in the general mix-up. It is thought that of the twenty or mors hurt some will die. ALL ORDERED TO MARRY. o .Single egroe Will Re Permitted to Live nt lied Top. CHARLESTON. S. C, Dec. 26. Magistrate Strohrekery of Red Top, a notorious negro settlement, gave orders to-day that all negrces living there would have to marry. Since notice was made several days ago that such orders would.be Issued by the magistrate seVenty-five couples, it Is said, have been married. Magistrate Strohreker maintains that a man will fight quicker lor his paramour than for his wife, and to stop the run of crime in that locality has directed the negroes to become legally man and wife. APACHES ON THE WARPATH. Robbing: Isolated Ranches and Stealine: Cattle in Mexleo. PHOENIX, Ariz.,. Dec. 26.-A message from ChihuahutL, capital of the State' of Chihuahua, Mexico, says the Apaches are on the warpath in that State, and the inhabitants of Granda have organized to meet the redskins. The Indians, it Is fctated, are In the mountains, and robbing isolated ranches and stealing cattle. It is likely they belong to a part of the tribe which escaped from tho White river reservation several yars ago. "BOOZE" WASTED. Fifty Justs of Christmas Whisky Poured Into the Gutter. WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 26. A dispatch received here to-night from Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, states that Indian Policeman Hamp Willis visited the express office early yesterday morning, and, finding twenty jugs of Christmas whisky consigned to citizens from friends in Texas, took them Into his possession and emptied them into the gutter. The previous night he made a similar raid and found thirty jugs, which he smashed. He boasted that Ardmore would have a dry Christmas, and he kept his word. The express company will take the matter to the Interior Department. Losses by Fire. CHICAGO. Dec. 21 A stockyards fire early to-day caused a panic among the guests of the Transit House and resulted In the destruction of the noted O'Leary clubhouse, entailing losses aggregating $50,000. Aside from the clubhouse, the building of four stories contained a white lead factory, gum factory and a hardware store, the stock in nearly all of which was almost destroyed. The Transit House, which was across the street from the burned building, was at no time in danger. HOUGHTON, Mich., Dec. 26.-FIre early to-day destroyed the Young block, which ccntalned stores on the street floor and fiats above. Several persons escaped with difficulty by rear windows. Loss about 112.Oou, with small Insurance. Heavy consignments of Christmas packages In the Western Express office were burned. CALGARY. N. W. T., Dec. 2J. The most destructive fire In the history of Calgary raged to-day and wrought damage estimated at 1100.000. Several of tht finest business structures, including the Clarence, Eau Cl're and new Norrnan blocks wero destroyed. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Dec. 26,-As the result of fire caused by the explosion of an air-tight etove, the Providence Methodist Episcopal Church (colored.4, was partly destroyed this morning and the pastor. Rev. J. L, Leonard, wts fatally turr.si

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It was more than a merry Christmas for (ho 110 passenger! on the belate-d Allan liner State of Nebraska. Nineteen days out from the Clyde, eight days overdue.the Nebraska crept into pert here with tmashed lifeboats, demolished lighthouses and broken and twisted rails. It was the lirst clear day the voyagers had seen Mnce Dec. 7, when the Nebraska eteamed out of Movlllo, Ireland, In the face of a gale that swept her deck. On board the Allan liner when h left Glasgow on Dec 6 were ten saloon, thirty second-cabin passengers and seven ty steerage passengers. Ofllccrs and passengers declare the wreckage on deck gave but a faint idea of the horrors cf the voyage. Three times the machinery broke down an! the vessel had to be hove to. Gales and head seas swept the thlp from the moment she left Mcville. At midnight on Dec. 11 the feed pipes of the engines gave out and the Nebraska was hove to for three hours headed into the seas washing over her. It was at this time that a wave smashed tho two lighthouses containing the tide lights. The vessel was rolling and lifting to the seaS or plunging Into them. The steerage passtngers were all in terror and the cabin voyagers clung to their berths. The feed pipes were repaired and improvised side llgnts placed. The engines could not force her forward at more than three knots an hour. Sometimes she moved at less than two knots. Two of the lifeboats on the port slda forward were smashed to splinters on Dec. 15. The vessel logged but llfty miles for that twenty-four hours, and for tdx days she made less than ninety miles. The engines had to be stopped on the 15th to cool fcome overheated Journals and the next day the main steam pipes gave so much trouble another stop had to be made. The only one of the crew Injured. In the long voyage was William Thompson, a iireman, who was hurled against the deck rails and had two ribs fractured. Capt. David Ingram,-of Vancouver, who has circled the globe twice, was one of the passengers. He said that three tinu-s the voj-agers felt that all hope was gone. Not a meal could be served In the saloon auring .the voyage. Grndarnifi'llavc n IlousU VorRKf. NEW YORK. Dec. 2G.-The Normandlr. of the French line, which has Just arrived here from Havre after a stormy voyage, brought five French gendarmes in full uniform who are going to Tahiti, the principal Island of the Society group in the south Pacific, which Is owned by France. They were in charge of a sublieutenant and came from Lyons. They will relieve a like number now in Tahiti. They will cross this continent to San rranclsco and will there embark for their destination. Unknown Steamer Ashore. MIAMI, Fl., Dec, 26. An unknown American steamer is ashore on the reefs a few miles south of Miami. The sea has been running so high that the wreckers have been unable to reach her or ascertain her Identity. The Key West station has been notified, and the tug Dewey, which is here, will go to the disabled steamer. Seventeen Persons Drowned. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 27 The Japanese government dredger Sente foundered last evening off Cork harbor, twelve personi out of seventeen on board being drowned. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. Dec. 26. -Arrived: Anchoria and Laurentlan, from Glasgow; Aller, frcm Naples. Sailed: Bulgaria, for Hamburg: St. Louis, for Southampton; Vaderland, for Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 26. Arrived: Majestic, frcm New York; Pennland, from Philadelphia. Sailed: Cymric, for New York. PLYMOUTH. Dec. 26. Arrived: Graf Waldersee, from New York, for Hamburg, via Cherbourg, and proceeded. GLASGOW, Dec. 26. Arrived: Corean, from Philadelphia, DELIA POX H AHMED. Ier Husband Is John Levy, and She," Gave Her Aire as Tvrent y-FiTe. BALTIMORE. Dec 2C Delia Fox. the actress, was married to-day to John Levy, of New York, In the office of the clerk of the Court of Common Picas. Rev. William W. Way, pastor of Emmanuel Reformed Church, performed the ceremony In the presence of the bride's rnald and a few of the court officials. It Is announced that after the completion of her engagement in this city this week Mrs. Levy will retire from the vaudeville stage with the Intention of returning shortly to comic opera. The marriage license, which was Issued today, gives the &gt of Miss Fox at twentyfive years, single and a resident of New York, while Mr. Levy said he was thirtyfive, lived In New York and has no rela Uvea. Farmer Sehnrf 'Iluncoed. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Dec. 26. F. J. Scharf, a farmer, living near Kpencer. Ia.. discovered to-day that he had been buncoed out of a carload of horse. Monday h brought the hordes here for Kale and fell Into the hand of two crooks, who induced him to take a boRus order for $1. for fourteen head of horses. The ord-r ws rayable at a local bank to-day, but wtien Scharf presented it he found the order worthless. Stops the Coach and Works OS the Col3. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets eur g cold In one day. No cure, no pay. Pries