Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1901 — Page 5

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910.CC0 Knox County, Ind 20,000 S-ott County, Intl .'. 4.. B50.O0O J-ickson Comity, Ind 4 81,000 Crawfurdsvllle, Jnd 44 14.000 Citizens Mrwt Kallway bs ILautv Fertilizer Company 1'ref erred Stock. J elt Ii. j;. Common Mock, llelt It. It. Preferred Mock. iiidiana,olU 1-ire Insurance Co. Stock. In tit una Title Uuarunty & Loan Co. Stock. Price and jurtirulars ujon application. CAMPBELL, WILD & CO. 'C Stevenson Building. Useful Articles for Invalids. Reclining nd Holling Chair for parlor and street. Carrying Chain. Wheeled Couches. Food fctert;i2rs and Desiccators. Feeding and Spit Cups. Electric Belt. Insoles and lotteries. Bath Cabinet. W3I. II. AKMSTHONG & CO.. Z21 arvl 22 S. Meridian street. Indianapolis, Ind. BATCH OF FRESH NEWS HOT FIIOSI THIS WIRES AND SCRVGD WITHOUT TItI3I.MI.NGS. A Little of Everything, nnd Certain to IMense 4 lie Palates of Readers AY ho Like Facts Cut to the Done. Lieutenant . Colonel Pochhammer was killed at JJerlin yesterday by an electric car. Four new cases of smallpox were reported to the New York Board of Health yesterday. They are all residents of Brooklyn. V. L. Hopkins, one of the oldest residents of Yuma, A. T Is lost on the desert near Mesqulte. There is no hope of finding him alive. Suit was filed at Tampa, Fla., yesterday by the Hockley heirs for possession ot an old government reservation valued now at more than 5300,000. The wage scale of the National Steel Company for the year 1001 Is in a fair way of being settled and no shut down at Sharon, Pa., will result. II. H. Hammond was appointed receiver for the Excelsior iron works, having Its riant at 97 Columbia street, Cleveland. The receiver furnished bond In the sum of $25.000. By a cave-In at the Champion (Mich.) mine, which occurred yesterday, John llorngreen and George Williams were precipitated Into an abyss. Their bodies will net be recovered. Noah McGinnis was hanged at Butler, Ho., yesterday for the murder of Frederick M. Barcherling. He confessed that he had no Intention of shooting Barcherling,' but only shot to scare him. Amadora Morales, a Mexican, ran- amuck at Morenci. A. T. Deputy Constable Kepler attempted to arrest him. The Mexican drew a revolver and tried to shoot the officer, but the latter was too quick and killed Morales with his first shot. A Dawson dispatch of Dec. IS to Skaguay States there had been five deaths in us many days from pneumonia and that many persons were still suffering from it. Typhoid has been also epidemic, but is subsiding since the cold weather set In. A private dispatch received In Atlanta, Ga., yesterday contained the information that Edward G. Kauffman, the alleged absconding general manager of the Southern agricultural works, of that city, had committed suicide in New York city Sunday night. The steam whaler Fearless, long overdue from tho Arctic, has reached San Francisco, having been delayed by severe storms. She reports a catch of four whales and 10,'V pounds of bone. Harry Spencer, a young seaman, died on the voyage and was burled at Cape Bathurst. One thousand union bridge workers of Pittsburg and vicinity will strike to-day to enforce a demand for an advance in wages from 27 cents an hour for an elghthour day to 331-3 cents an hour for a ninehour day. The concern most seriously affected will be tho American Bridge Company. Mrs. Harriet Sheffield Van Buren, widow of Gen. Thomas II. Van Buren, once United States minister to China, is dying at the home of her sister, widow of the lale William Phelps, at Tea Neck. N. J. She is the daughter of Joseph E. Sheffield, founder of the Sheffield Scientific School, at New Haven Conn. Charles D. Snapp. defaulting confidential clerk and 'cashier of Caldwell & Smith, investment brokers, at Memphis, was released from Jail yesterday. His brother, Howard Snap;), and Judge De Bell, of Joltet. 111., have settled with the firm by transferring properties valued at ?21,SsW. the amount of the defalcation. Traffic was resumed on all the lines of the Scranton,(Pa.) Hallway Company, yesterday, la accordance with Sunday night's compromise agreement giving the employes an increase In wages. About 300 laborers were required to remove the obstructions which the strikers' sympathizers had placed on the tracks all over the county. M. Jules Cambon, the French ambassador t Washington, who has been abroad for five months on leave of absence, has returned to the United States on the French liner Ea Gascogn. He refused to talk for publication. M. Hermitte, of the embassy, and Edmond Bruwatrt, consul general for France, in New York city, also were passengers. Funeral services were held in Washington yesterday over th body of Samuel McDonald, who died from wounds, selfinflicted, after ho had killed Auditor Morris. Tho services consisted of the rimpl Episcopal rite nnd tho Grand Army services, loiter in the day the body was sent to Baltimore, where if. will be cremated nnd ultimately the ahes will be sent to his home In Ohio, for Interment. Ira D. Sankey. the evangelist, conducted services In the Tombs prison. New York, on Sunday. Sitting in their cells, listening to his voice, there were three noted prisoners Dr. Kennedy, accused of killing Dolly Reynolds; Lawyer Patrick, held in connection with the Jtlct? will mystery, and McDonald, the gamM'r, who. it charged, shot four men, in Harlem. last week. The Interstate Building and Loan Association, the last of the corjKrations of the kind In Atlanta, Oa., was placed in the hands cf a receiver yestmiay by Judge Don A. P.-irdcr. in the t.'niud States Circuit Court. W. H. Scott was aprmir.ted receiver o t the application of J. William Flynn ami A. Ii. lleywood. Jr.. of Iilchiand county. South Carolina. Asset, JlfX),COO; UaMim??. Articles of association of the Detroit ITnitrd Hallway Cotnpanr. capitalized at .:.l:',.. ere MM with th Michigan secretay of stite yesterday, together with a franchise fe of JC.000. The new company will take? over the franchises and property cf the Detroit L'kctrie Street Hallway. Detroit, Fore Wayne M Ille isi Hallway. Lvtrcit Citizens' tftrcst Hallway and De

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troit Suburban Hallway Company. The incorporators are Jl. T. Wilson, M. O. Wilson, James M. Edwards, of New York; Jere C. Hutchinsons and Albert B. Peters, Detroit; Henery A. Everett, Ralph A. Harmon, of Cleveland. Arthur P. Davis, a member of the government Hydographic Bureau, has arrived at Phoenix, A. T., from Washington to conduct soundings in the Gila river, with a view to the construction by the government on that river of one of the biggest storage reservoirs in the world. The main view of the purpose is the relief of S.000 Indians whose water for irrigation has been diverted by white settlers. Caseneau McLeod was found dead in the bathroom of his residence at Richmond, Va.. with a bullet hole in his head and a pistol lying by his side. It is believed he committed suicide. McLeod was a Confederate soldier and afterward private secretary to Governors Fitzhugh Lee and I'. W. McKinney. He had been secretary of the Tobacco Exchange for about twenty years and held that position at the time of his death. Frank Hodges, an actor, has begun suit at Spokane, Wash., against Edward P. Carpenter, a mining man of Republic, asking $50,000 for alienation of his wife's affections. Hodges claims that the woman eloped with Carpenter from a town in Michigan three years ago, taking with them Hodges's eleven-year-old child. He says he has been trying to trace them ever since. Carpenter is said to be the son of a millionaire. Contracts have been signed which will secure for the battleship Illinois, when she goes into commission next summer, a handsome service of silver plate. The grft is one from the people of Chicago and consists of two punch bowls, ladles, tray, candelabrum, epicurean bowl and two fruit dishes, ten pieces In all. costing In the neighborhood of $10,000. The largest plecj of plate will be a punch bowl, having a capacity of ewelve gallons. W. B. Cameron, a prominent English civil engineer has arrived at New York, from Central America, where he has been inspecting mines for English capitalists. Discussing the proposed construction of the Nicarapruan canal by the United States he said: "Most of the Americans with whom I have talked assume that the Central American republics will give the United States carte blanche to build and manage the canal without recompense." George D'Essauer, who was arrested in New Orleans last week under the name of Dr. Carle, appeared in court yesterday and admitted that he was in reality D'Essauer. He declared there was no charge pending against him in Chicago and that he was entitled to his freedom. D'Essauer says he has assumed the name of Carle because he did not desire to be bothered by reporters. D'Essneur was held to await arrival of an officer from Chicago, where Chief of Police Kipley says he 13 "wanted badly." Reports from the northern part of the States of Chihuahua and Sonoro, Mexico, tell of frequent raids on ranches and settlements by bands of Apache and Yaqui In- ' dlans. They have driven off much live stock which is believed to have been driven South. The outlaws are said to bo led by a white man. The Yaquis are probably members t a party which has been warring with Mexican troops and the Apaches are from a part of a tribe which has been living in northern Mexico since they were driven out of . Arizona fifteen years ago. -. It is announced that the community of celibate priests, known as the Order of the Holy Cross, formerly resident in New York, but for a number of years established in Westminster, Md., will roon remove from its present home and. re-establish itself within the limits of the episcopal diocese of New York. The Rev. James O. S. Huntington, the father superior, who is a son of Bishop Huntington, announces that a plot of land for the new monastery has already been purchased at West Park on the banks of the Hudson river, about seventy-five miles from New York. Governor Tanner, of Illinois, hag granted a commutation of sentence to nine months in the case of George L. Magill, convicted In Chicago in April last of receiving deposits in his bank after lt was insolvent and sentenced to Jollet prison under the Indeterminate sentence law. The petition for executive clemency was signed by some of the leading men of Chicago, among them being H. H. Kohlsaat and Lyman J. Gage, Magill wa3 president of a savings bank in Chicago which had made some bad loans nnd failed. His violations of law seemed to been the result of Ignorance. The revolver used In the murder of millionaire merchant Frank Richardson, at Savannah, Mo., on Christmas eve, has been found. Bessie rhllllps. the domestic of the Richardson home, was the principal witness at yesterday's session of the coroner's Inquest. She testified that George Crowley and Stuart Fife, both business partners of the dead man, had been frequent visitors at the Richardson home to see Mrs. Richardson during the absence of her husband. She said she had seen Crowley and Mrs. Richardson enter a bedroom and lock the door. II. E. Tatura, a sweetheart of tho domestic, testified to seeins he same thing. General Sporting? Nevs. The stable of Sam Hlldreth was suspended yesterday, owing to the showing made by Bangor in the fifth event at the Oakland (Cal.) track. Race winners At Oakland, Cal.: Vohlcer, 5 to 1; Rollick. 4 to 1; Bard of Avon. 3 to 1; GIbraller, 9 to 10; Speclac. 5 to 1; Wyoming. 7 to l. At New Orleans: Plaintaln, 9 to 2; Shut Up, 5 to 2; Don Cupid, 5 to 1; Strangest, 9 to 10; Ed Gartland, 4 to 1; Gracious, 3 to 1. The actual lines of the Lawson cup defender were laid down at the South Boston yards of Lawley's Shipbuilding Company yesterday. The lines were taken from the model of Designer Crowninshleld, and George Lawley, Fred Lawley and Draughtsman Daniels, of Designer CrownInshleld's oßlee, superintended the operation. A GREAT BUSINESS YEAR. The Neiv York Life Inmrance Company's "Wonderful Showing. NEW YORK. Dec. 31. 1300. The closing day of the year Indicates freat prosperity in every business direction. The large mercantile houses, the various banking institutions and the trades generally are quite enthusiastic with the records made. The Are insurance business has rot resulted in great protlts for stockholders, owing to the poor rates obtained, but the regular, cr old-lino ll!e insurance companies, on the other hand, will make a splendid showing. The leader In the business obtained and In force will undoubtedly be the New York Life, as Iresldent McCall has Issued a statement that the new applications to hU company in 1100 will exceed three hundred nd twenty millions of dollars, or more than a million a day for every working day in the year. The company's new paid for business in Um, excluding risks rejected, etc., is IS,0M.üuo. The total paid for Insurance in force is Jl.L'Oü.Ouo.OuO u Kajn of tlt0.uu).o:j over the previous year. It 1 believed Jn financial circles that many of tho foreign governments will be applicants for large loans m this market early in the New Yfar, and the orders from Europe generally for steel rails, engines, asricultural ImplercentH and machinery of all kinds, are in excess of all rrevlous year

PROBLEM AT MANILA

MONEY QUESTION WORRYING THE riHLiri'INE COMMISSION. Sliver Currency Needed to Take the Place of the 31exlcnn Dollar, Which Uns Taken Wings. MUNICIPAL BILL PREPARED MEASURE THAT PROVIDES CIVIL GOVERNMENT FOR FILIPINOS. Arrlv.nl nt San Francisco of the Transport Grant from ManilaCasualty List from MncArtkur. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. TLo secretary of war has communicated to Congress a cablegram from the Philippine commission, indicating a grave crisis In the monetary affairs of the archipelago. The message was communicated to Congress In connection with a mass of memoranda bearing on the problem which Is now to be solved, as to the coinage of some kind cf silver to take the place of the Mexican dollar in tho Philippines. The commission has cabled that the stork of silver in the islands is rapidly diminishing, and it urgently requests an answer to the message sent on Sept. 5, setting out the necessity for prompt action, and asking what remedy shall be applied. It has been found impossible, apparently, to continue the ratio of 2 to 1, established and maintained arbitrarily, and the Mexican money is being drained away very rapidly towards China and India, making it difficult for tho army disbursing; officers to transact their business. MANILA, Dec. 31. The Philippine commission has completed the preparation of a general municipal government bill. The provisions. In many respects, are similar to General MacArthur's order, establishing municipal governments and authorizing elections, but they are much more elaborate, covering all details. The most important new feature is the establishment of land taxation and doing away with the sedula (or head tax) and taxation on people's occupations. A feature new to the Philippines is that the revenue from land taxes is to be expended where It is collected. The manner of holding elections, and the duties of officers are prescribed. A decision in the San Jose Medical College case has been deferred until Saturday. IvlI.LLII) AND WOUNDED. Casualty List from 3IncArthnr and Death List from Clinffee. WASHINGTON, Dec. SI. General MacArthur's latest casualty list from Manila is as follows: "Killed Nov. 28, at Cabanagan, Luzon, Company E, Sixteenth Infantry, Joseph Rockbud; Dec. 14, at Calinog, Panay, Company B, Thirty-eighth Volunteer Infantry, William Mansker. Younded At Pass!, Panay, Company B, Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry, Sergeant Roy Emlgh, moderately; Dec. 16, at Duero, Bohol, Acting Assistant Surgeon Edward P. Rockhill, slightly; Dec. 19, at LImbonas Cove, Luzon. Troop B, Fourth Cavalry, Andrew S. Steen, ear, slight; Nov. 23, at Palauma, Luzon, Ernst Hagedorn, second lieutenant, in leg, above knee, slight; Nov. 8, at Augadanan, Luzon, Company L, Sixteenth Infantry, Edward L. Kershner, chest, serious; Dec. 1. at JImlnes, Mindanao, Company G. Fortieth Volunteer Infantry. Sergeant Walter Huff, thigh, serious: Nov. 5. at Baruga. Leyte, Company I, Forty-third Volunteer Infantry, Julius A. Percival, arm, moderate; Company H, Forty-third Volunteer Infantry, Corporal Robert C. Mahon, thigh, serious; Nov. 21, at Cobo, Luzon, Company C, Firty-seventh Volunteer Infantry, William F. Howard, arm, serious; John B. Goold, arm, serious; Dec. 12, at Teson, Panay, Company K, Eighteenth Infantry, Sergeant William J. Ay res, elbow, severe; Nov. 22, at Hllongas, Leyte, Company A. Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry. Evans F. Benier, thigh, serious; George B. Rezner, foot, moderate; Nov. 21. at Camillg. Luzon.. Troop E, Ninth Cavalry, Corporal Martin Bacon, foot, slight; William B. Rushingbo, above knee, serious. General Chaffee's latest casualty list from TIen-Tsin follows: "Dec. 22. at Peking, ' George Bell, Company I, Ninth Infantry, pneumonia: Dec. 23, Corporal Charley Cooper, Troop K, Sixth Cavalry, gunshot wound left thorax; Dec. 25, Frank Claplin, Company C. Ninth Infantry, phthisis pulmonalis. Arrival of the Transport Grnnt. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31. The transport Grant arrived after a run of fifty days, nine hours from Manila; twenty-five days, eighteen days, eight hours from Nagasaki. thirteen hours from Hong-Kong, and On board are fifty-seven cabin passengers and 536 sick and discharged soldiers. There were four deaths during the voyage. The cabin passengers are principally officers and civilian employes. The Grant also has on board the remains of CDS officers, soldiers and civil employes of the War Department, who died in Ilawall, the Philippines and China, including those of Lieutenant -Barber, the President's nephew. Situation nt Gaam. MANILA, Dec. 31. Captain BIddle, chief of engineers, has returned on the transport Meade from the Island of Guam. He says the conditions there have greatly improved, by the planting of trees. The Arethusia CAmerlcan water-carrying ship) laden with supplies, arrived there Dec. 21, after a tempestuous voyage from Cavlte, during which her boats were swept overboard. There is much suffering from hunger in the outlying districts of Guam but no starvation. Two-thirds of the population are in Agana, the chief city of the island, and In its vicinity. Filipinos Trying to Escape. MANILA. Dec. SL Gen. Frederick D. Grant, wires that General Alejandrino's men are trying to escape from Mount Arayat. Two of them were killed Sunday. There is no water on the mountain and food is scarce. An official report saj-s that the Fourth Infantry and the Fourth Cavalry, in Cavite province have captured 109 armed insurgents and took possession of their camps at Anabo and Malagran. Recruits Arrive nt 31nnlla. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. Adjutant General Corbln received a cable mesage from General MacArthur this morning saying that the transport Buford, with S00 recruits, ; under Colonel Kline, from New York, arrived at Manila yesterday, and that the transport Warren sailed for San Francisco with 500 convalescent soldiers and a few other passengers. Movements of Transports. WASHINGTON. Dec. Sl.-Accordlng to cable advices received at the War Department this morning, the transport Port Stephens has left Nagasaki for Seattle and tho transports Conemaugh, Fredoria and Westminster have left the same port for San Francisco. Gunboats Start on Lontr Trip. WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. The Annapolis. Frolic, Wompatuck and Flscataqua, comprising what I known as the Mosquito lleet. sailed from Hampton Roads for Bermuda yesterday, on the way to Manila. Obituary. WORCESTER. Mass.. Dec. 2L-James E. Frewell, secretary and general manager of the Ridgely and the Masonic Protective Associations, doing business amona Masons and Odd Fellows, died at his horns here to-day of heart disease. Ho was forty-two years old. He was the originator

of the methods of business employed by the protective associations. CLEVELAND. O., Dec. 31. John T. Wamellnk, the head of the J. T. Wamelink & Sons Piano Company, died unexpectedly of heart disease at his home early this morning. He was one of the most prominent business men of Cleveland, and one of the best known musicians of the Middle West. LAWRENCE, Kan.. Dec. 31. Captain Simpson Hollister, aged seventy-four, died at his home here to-day. He served as a captain of the Second West Virginia Cavalry and came to Kansas in 1S6S. OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 3J. Henry H. Eastman, one of the few survivors of Commodore Perry's expedition that opened the Japanese ports many years ago, died today, at his home in Berkely. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 31. James Gilbert, city gas inspector, died to-day of pneumonia. 'He was a prominent member of the Masonic order. NAILY SUCCEEDS PABKEB.

Nevr General Superintendent of the Postal Telegraph Company. CHICAGO, Dec. 31. Leander D. Parker, general superintendent of the Postal Telegraph Company, has resigned, and E. J. Nally, assistant general superintendent, has been appointed to the office. The resignation and appointment will take effect to-morrow. The post is one which entails the management of all the wires, offices and business of the Postal Company west of Pennsylvania, north of New Orleans and east of Arizona. Mr. Tarker has held the position since 1SS3 and Mr. Nally has been his assistant since 1S00. Mr. Farker's retirement was due to poor health. General Superintendent Nally was born In Philadelphia, April 11. 1SC0. He moved with his parents to St. Louis In 186$, commencing work in 1S70, with about two years intervening of school life up. to 1S75, when he started with the Western Union Telegraph Company in September of that year as a messenger boy, and has not lost one day's wages since. Mr. Nally was promoted In 1878 to a position of junior clerk in the office of the assistant general superintendent, then held by Colonel dowry; was advanced to important clerical positions, leaving in March.. 1SS1, to go to Minneapolis and take a place In the office of I. McMlchael, superintendent of the eighth district. Western Union Telegraph Company, who had been Mr. Nally's old chief in St. Louis. Mr. Nally was appointed chief clerk to Superintendent McMlchael in 1SS6, resigning in October, 1SW. to accept the position of assistant to General Superintendent L. D. Tarker, of the Postal Telegraph Company, at Chicago. A short time later Mr. Nally was given the full title of assistant general superintendent, which position he has held up to this time. At one time he was the only allnight messenger boy in St. Louis and while there were enough messages to keep him occupied at night there was no great rush. Newspapers now connected directly with wires leading to all news centers, then depended on the delivery IV messenger of their press dispatches sheet by sheet. He has seen the telegraph business grow during the quarter of a century from a comparatively small volume to its present Immense aggregate, and has especially been in touch with the extension and great growth In the South and West, through his connection with both companies. SBBBBBBSSSSSBBSBSBSSSBSSBSSSBSSSSBSSSBBSSSSBSBBSSSBSBBBSBBBBBBBSSS SENATE PLANS. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) Mexicans escaped to Cuba. It probably will be held that if General Wood can honor the demand of a foreign government for the surrender of a fugitive he cannot refuse a similar request from the government of the United States. ORDERED TO LAG U AYR A. Gunboat Scorpion to Protect American . Interests in Venezuela. ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. The Navy Department has ordered the Scorpion to proceed at once to La guayray Venezuela, to replace the Hartford at that port. Disquieting reports as to the conditions in Venezuela are coming to Washington through unofficial sources, though It is not difficult to obtain more or less positive denials of the accuracy of these reports. It is said that Hernandez, the dreaded "El Mocha," and one time aspirant for the presidency, who has been in confinement for more than a year, has regained his liberty and there are expectations of a rebellious outbreak. Minister Loomls'a, latest report Is a mail advice, and, while dealing principally with the questions that have arisen respecting the rival asphalt concessions in Venezuela, also tends to show the existence of a feeling of unrest in the country. The dispatch of the gunboat Scorpion Is due to the troubles growing out of asphalt concessions and the purpose Is to afford all due protection to American life and property, should either become endangered. At the same time the relief of the Hartford will permit that ship to go to Port of Spain, in the near vicinity, and exchange crews with the cruiser Buffalo, which arrived there to-day, en route to Manila, No serious significance is attached by naval officials to the dispatch of the Scorpion, although it is admitted that it is directly connected with the troubles in Venezuela. Although a comparatively small boat, the Scorpion has demonstrated her effectiveness in action. During the Spanish war she engaged three Spanish gunboats In the harbor of Manzanllla. driving them ashore and blowing them up with her five-Inch guns. This performance, together with her speed, has given her a record of marked efficiency in the navy. The trip from San Juan, where she is now, to La Guayra will take about three days. Protests Ignored. CURACAO, Dec 31. The diplomatic controversy over tho rival asphalt Interests in Venezuela is approaching an acute stage. The Venezuelan government Ignores the protests of Washington against the semiofficial conspiracy to deprive the New York and Bennudez Company illegally of the Bcrmudez asphalt lake. Francis B. Loomls, United States minister at Curacao, is striving lor a peaceful solution of the difficulty. The financial situation of the country is excellent. Miles May Not Reply to Alser. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. General Mile was beset to-day by newspaper men, seeking to secure from hl:m some expression of opinion as to the recently published article by former Secretary Alger relative to the beef supply of tho United States army during the Spanish-American war. The general had nothing of substance to add to what he had said last night upon this subject. He was still undecided as to whether he should make any answer to the criticisms passed on his course, or whether he should ignore what he denominated as the false statements contained in the article, on the ground that the American public had already passed on the controversj', which had no new features as the result of this resurrection. The general was In consultation during the day with some of his close adherents and friends in the army and in civil life. Root nnd the President Confer. WASHINGTON, Dec. CI. Secretary of War Root had a long conference with President McKinley to-day, at which they reviewed in detail the army situation. They were together over an hour and a half. So s important was the conference that the President sent out word that he could not be disturbed, and several senators and representatives who had called, grew tired of waiting and left. When Secretary Root departed, he was very uncommunicative. Beyond saying that the President and he had gone over the entire situation, rot only in China and the Philippin, but In Cuba and Porto Rico, he declined to mnkc any statement. The Pensacola, Fla., Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, with u capital stock of JüoO.OüO, has been organized. The incorporators are William Henry White, J. T. V an Syckle, Henry T. Knowlton, Percy Ü. Williams and Francis G. Gotham, of New York, and George W. Wright and Charlci II. Dishman, of Pensacola.

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AMERICAN SAILORS DISPLAY THE STARS AND STRIPES IX R03IE. March, Through, the Streets to St. Peter nnd Are Received ly the Holy Father McCnuley's Report. WASHINGTON. Dec. 32. The Navy Department has received a report of a trip taken by Ensign Edward McCauley, jr., attached to the United States ship Dixie, together with five warrant officers and 101 petty officers and men of that vessel, from Naples to Rome early in December, when tho Dixie was cruising down the Mediterranean. The party was formed and conducted as a pilgrimage to the city of Rome during this the jubilee year, and as such tho men were housed and cared for most hospitality. Tho party was controlled as a military formation and carried the national flag at the head of the column, which latter, says Ensign McCauley, elicited considerable enthusiasm and show of patriotism on the part of resident and tourist Americans. The party was given free access to many famous sights and places In Rome to which entrance, as a rule, is prohibited. The appearance and behavior of the men while on their tour through the city is described as being exemplary in every"way. Tha American rector, Monsignor Schmitz, was untiring in hi3 efforts to place all possible privileges in the way of the visitors. As a fitting climax to their stay in the city the men obtained an audience of the Pope, which Ensign McCauley describes as follows: , "The forenoon of Friday, Dec. 7, was the time set for the audience with the Pope. We marched through the Vatican into St. Teter's, and were assigned a place immediately fronting and on the right of the altar, with an unimpeded view of the service and ceremonies. I have no idea of the number at the audience, but lt is sufficient tc say that the whole of St. Peter's was crowded, which means many thousands, nor was every one who came admitted, for each one was required to have the usual ticket. "The Pope was carried in in state, accompanied by the Noble and Papal Guards and a retinue of household chamberlains, priests of the church and choristers. The acclamation, greeting and applause was tremendous, and several times during the procession our men gave 'three cheers and a tiger for the Holy Father.' The Pope, In passing us. rose in his chair as he gave the benediction. After a short service the Pope's chair was placed for the presentation of the few who were allowed the honor ot approaching him. and the American officers were called up immediately following the bishops. "I thanked the Pope for his great kindness to the American sailors, and he replied by extending to us a cordial welcome and by expressing his pleasure and interest in every way. He made some greeting or show of kindness to each officer in turn.'' THEY RUSHED A GUN. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) down by the hardships and privations of a prolonged and not exciting campaign. It is estimated that no fever than fifteen hundred Cape Dutch have joined the Boer invaders, who have penetrated further south than ever. Colvllle n Victim of Forgery. LONDON, Dec. 31. Since his arrival in London, Major General Sir Henry Colville has received information tending to show that Lieutenant Colonel Spragge actually received a forged telegram, purporting to be signed by Gen. Colvllle, dated Llndley. May 23. saying: "I am badly in want of mounted troops. Come here at once." This telegram was sent off three days before General Colvllle reached Llndley, and was the cause of Lieutenant Col. Spragge hastening there. One of the principal charges against Gen. Colvllle Is that after appealing to the yeomanry for help he abandoned them to their fate. "I never heard of this telegram," said General Colvllle, "until now. But it explains the mystery of my alleged message to Colonel Spragge. It was known at the time that some one was tampering with the wires near Llndley In the interest of the Boers."" General Colvllle reported himself at the War Office to-day. General Sir Evelyn Wood, the adjutant general, merely sent a subordinate to meet the general. Train Held Up and Soldiers Captured. PORT ELIZABETH, Dec. 31. Reports are in circulation here that the train which was held up near Rosmead was not empty, but had sixty of the Prince Alfred Guards on board, who wero returning from the front, and about forty passengers, women and children.. The Boers numbered 200, with supports that could be seen in the distance. The soldiers defended themselves until their small quantity of ammunition was exhausted, when all were captured, though subsequently released. The passengers had narrow escapes, as the bullets of the Boers perforated their carriages. An officer and three soldiers were severely wounded. The railway traffic has been stopped, but the Boers do not appear to havo injured the permanent way. KroRcr Trying ARnln. LONDON, Jan. 1. Mr. Kruger Is again Importuning Queen Wllhelmlna, says the correspondent of the Daily Mall at The Hague, to write personal letters to Emperor Nicholas, President Loubet and Emperor William, with a view of stopping the war. It is reported that the Queen is not unwilling, but that the Netherlands Ministry is divided. Princess of Wales Asks for Money. LONDON, Dec. 31. The Princess of Wales has written to the newspapers appealing for further funds for the Soldiers' and Sailors Families Association, of which she is president, to maintain the families of the men engaged in the war. NOISE AND FIRE. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) position, were combined in a grand celebration to-night. Thousands of persons thronged the brilliantly illuminated streets and when the midnight signal was displayed from the United States hydrographic office on top of the Prudential building there was a deafening blare of tin horns and a shrieking of steam whistles. Brilliant displays of fireworks were set off from the roofs of the highest buildings in the city and the celebration was under full swing. To make the display more impressive all electric lights on Main and adjacent streets were shut off at 11:55 and turned on when the midnight signal was given, the sudden illumination of electric lights and pyrotechnics resulting in an impressive spectacle. A big parade consisting of fraternal orders and clubs marched through the principal streets. " Illumination at Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 21. The citizens of Detroit ushered in the new century with a great blaze of light just as the hour of 12 was tolled. In response to the suggestion of Mayor Maybury residences' In all parts of the city were brilliantly illuminated at midnight, while from the tops of the down-town buildings great quantities of red fire were burned. The city hall was outlined in electric lights and an electric Elgn on the front of the structure blazed out 'Welcome to the twentieth century" as the first stroke of 12 was struck. Just at midnight a copper box was sealed up In the mayor's office, which contained articles written by prominent citizens on ail topics of present Interest. It Is to remain Intact until the opening of tho twenty-first century, when it will be opened by the then mayor of the city. In Costumes of Colonial Days. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 31. The century bail, the function to which all Kansas City people have been looking forward for wetia past, was the social feature cf ths I!:t Year's celebration fctre. TI-" c!' icZ'.'

ball in Convention Hall was reached at 12 o'clock when 50 men and women, dressed in the picturesque costumes of the colonial days, danced the minuet. A copper box was so placed in the hnll that every one could drop in it a card with name, address and appropriate sentiment thereon. Besides such cards, photographs of the ball in progress and newspaper accounts of It were placed In the box. The box is to be Imbedded in one of the columns of Convention hall.

Chicago "Was Noisy. CHICAGO, Dec. 31. Thousands of people throughout the city to-night celebrated the dawn of the new century. Watch meetings were held in tho churches, and in the business districts crowds of men and boys marched up and down the streets blowing horns and cheering, while every steam whistle In the city was turned loose on the stroke of twelve. It was the noisiest greeting ever extended to a new year in Chicago. Gift of Reference Libraries. CHICAGO, Dec. 31. Reference libraries will be opened to-morrow by the Wells Fargo & Co. express company at all of Its terminal points. They will be in the nature of a New Year's gift to the company's employes, who number between S.0O0 and 10,000 in all. and they will be maintained at the company's expense. CARRIE NATION QUARANTINED. W. C. T. U. Crusader Now Has Smallpox, Instead of Drluk, to Fight. WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 31. The jail of this county, in which federal prisoners are also kept, was quarantined to-day for smallpox. The Prohibitionists alleged that the quarantine was put on by pressure of saloon Interests as an extra punishment of Mrs. Nation, tho saloon smasher, who is confined there, but this is denied. No prisoners will be allowed In or cut of the jail and the federal and district courts, which will open next Monday, are compelled to postpone all trials until April. Mrs. Nation, in the course of an appeal to women everywhere to aid in the crusade against saloons, begun by her in Wichita, says: "I can stay in jail and eat my bread and gravy In a tin pan and with a spoon. I can stay here and be quarantined from seeing my friends. I can sleep on a bed without a pillow and take the fare of the poor criminals and feel this a small sacrifice. Can you not do something? Take your consecrated rocks, hatchets, brickbats and anything that comes handy and you can clean this curse out. Don't wait for the ballot. I have exhausted every ordinary means and looked into the faces of mothers, wives, daughters, who were broken-hearted, till I have become almost desperate, and I am doing the best I can. the worst I can, and all I can, and expect to continue if it ends at the stake. I expect to lay my ashes here, even if my body shall be cremated by the whisky element." Soldiers Home Quarantined. LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. Dec. 31. Smallpox has broken out at the soldiers' homo and tho entire institution was placed under quarantine last night. There are two fully developed cases of smallpox, the sufferers being negro veterans, and several more veterans In Company G show signs of the disease. Wholesale vaccination and strict quarantine will be enforced. The two negro veterans down with the diease have been placed In a board shed and tent near the north entrance gate in a strip of timber. A temporary pesthouse will be established there. There are more than three thousand veterans in the home, and they are quarantined in brick barracks, each buildlng.holding about 150 men. FORMING BATTLE LINES. Rival Forces Lining: Up at Harrlsburj? for the Senatorial Fight. HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 31. The Democrats and anti-Quay Republicans of the Legislature held separate caucuses, to-day, and appointed committees to confer and formulate a plan of fusion against the Quay forces. Senator Washburn, of Crawford, confirmed, to a committee of Democrats, the correctness of the statement that ho had affiliated with the regular Republican organization on all lines, and would support Mr. Quay. The Republican State committee held a meeting, to-day. and conferred with the legislative leaders relative to caucus plans. At the Republican House caucus to-night Marshall, of Allegheny, received 102 votes for speaker, which presages a Quay victory, but the anti-Quay men say five of these votes were bogus, which would give the Fusion Democrats and anti-Quay men control. The "Stalwarts" control the' Senate. The Democratic senatorial caucus will bo held to-morrow. Colonel Guffy undoubtedly win be the nominee. FIRST WATER DIAMONDS. Discovered by Accident In the Nevr Mexico Volcanic Hills.' EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 31. A discovery of diamonds in the volcanic hills near Capltan, Otero county. New Mexico, has created Intense excitement among mining men there and in this city. The discovery was made by J. J. Blow, general manager of the Linderman Coal Company, who picked up four gems in an ant heap, where they had been brought to the surface and deposited by the large red Insects. He took them to a jeweler, who pronounced them genuine diamonds of the first water. Blow then dug into the ant hill, and at a depth of twelve feet uncovered a bed of the precious stones. Prospectors are flocking to the Capltan district. EXPLOSION IN A MINE. Five Hundred Men at Work, lint All Escaped Injury Except Two. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Dec. 31. A heavy explosion of gas occurred in the Hollenbeck mine of the Lehigh & Wllkesbarrc Coal Company. It set fire to the woodwork, but was quickly extinguished. Five hundred men were at work at the time. All succeeded In getting out safely with the exception of two, who were badly burned. They are Ignatz Crary, miner, burned internally and a laborer, name not given, badly burned. The mine is one of the most gaseous in the anthracite region. When the men reached the surface they rejoiced over their escape. ARMISTICE IN CHINA. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) gotlatlons, or endeavor to ameliorate the terms before the final signatures are affixed. In any event, lt is felt that the graver features of the trouble are overcome by the submissive attitude of the Emperor, but little remains now but to perfect the details of the peace treaty on the general lines heretofore laid down. Minister Wu is back from his trip to Montclalr, N. J., but is still without advices from Peking as to what has been done. The report of an edict from the Emperor directing an acceptance has not reached the minister, so that he had no occasion to-day to confer with the State Department. Tribute to American 3IlssIonarles. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 31. M. Posdneyeff. a Russian official, who has just returned to St. Petersburg from China, In the course of an Interview to-day paid the following tribute to the American missionaries: "Europe 1 greatly indebted to the missionaries from the United States in China, as their talent for organization was of the greatest service during the siege of the legations in Peking, they having largely elaborated the whole plan of defense." Kivanic Hsu to Cxar Nicholas. SHANGHAI, Dec. 2l.-The Universal Gazette publishes a letter from Emperor Kwang Hu to Emperor Nicholas conCratulatinsr th latter on his recovery, and c"rer-lr.j cratitude for Ruhla's proposed r - ":-"ll:-a to China cf lls.z.z'zr'. U--

native land of Emperor Kwang Hsu and the resting: place cf his ancestors. STAMPING PLANT BURNED.

Loss $100,000. and Insurance ?375,OOO No Work for TOO Employes. ' CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Fire destroyed the Bellaire Stamping Plant at Harvey, III., today, causing a loss of $100,000, and throwing 700 men, boys and girls out of employment. Insurance to the value of $375,000 was carried on the plant. A high wind carried great quantities of burning embers about the village, threatening Its destruction. Citizens formed a bucket brigade and prevented the spread of the flames. At 3:30 a. m. the water supply gave out. To add to the excitement several tanks, two of them filled with naphtha, exploded. Fragments of Iron flow almost everywhere, but no one was seriously Injured. When the water failed, the firemen left tho factory which was burning fiercely, to its fate, and turned their attention to surrounding property. Several buildings suffered slight damage. Other Losses by Fire. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. SL William U Vandervoort, of the wholesale dry goods firm of Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney, of this city, died at his home In .New York city to-day. Death was due to senility and to a general collapse in health. Mr. Vandervoort was seventy-three years old. For twenty years he had represented the firm in New York ns Eastern buyer. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Dec. 21,-Tha entire plant of the Grand Rapids Book Case Company was destroyed to-day, together with the greater part of the season's output. The loss is about $50,000. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 31.-A fire at Baku has destroyed twenty-five naphtha springs and three warehouses. BICYCLE RECORD BROKEN. One Hundred Miles Ridden by Kaie-r In I:27j2i3.:. at Boston. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 31 .-The one-hun-dred-mlle record in the six-day bicycle racs here was biokcn by ICaser in 4:27:21 3-5. The previous record was held by Charles W. Miller, 4:41. Kaser. in the lead, completed the one-hundred-and-fiftleth mile in 6:53:22 2-5. The tenth hour score and day's firlsh figures were as follows: Waithour. 210.3; Stinson. 210.3: Gougoltz. 210.3: Kaser. 210.3; McLcad, 210.3; McEachcrn. 210.3; Dowrey. 210.3; Fischer. 210.3; Frederick. 210.2; Ballack. L0:.G; Ryder. 200.2: Müller. 2C2.3; Aucoutrier, 1M7; Dubo's, 123.4. MnrrlaKe Licenses. Charles Roesner and Fanny Clark. William J. Hogan 'and Mayme Lugerf elter. George P. Roseu.-ock and Ruby B. Mor ga n. Samuel B. Kelly and Stella B. Trencs. Victor Emanuel Silverburg and Ida May Clifford. Eber McKinney and Sarah West. John II. Myers and Margaret L. Gardner. George A. Short and Anna C. Heil. Anthony Gedig nnd Nora Aiken. John Addington and Jennie M. Conners John W. I'pdesraff and Louise Rassman. John M. lleatcn and Isabella iL Y, Prltchard. Dore King and Martha Dlggs. eharle W. l'ugh and Elizabeth Weaver. Isaac L. Sablosky and Fanny Joffa. John A. Stone and Martha Brennaman. Terry C. Seaton and Harriett Wills, Mansfield O. Martin and Ida GImbel. Wllhelmlna to Wed on Feb. 7. THE HAGUE. Dec. 21. The marriage of Queen Wllhelmlna to Duke Henry', of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, has been officially fixed for Feb. 7, liKll. JOHN VAN RANGES, RELIABLE STEEL RANGES, VAN COFFEE URNS. HOTEL SUPPLIES. INDIANAPOLIS HARDWARE CO., 35 South Meridian Street. I&TABU3HC3 i3oa Hlghesl gradt cf excellent. From our FAO IOU1ES to your HOME. D. II. BALDWIN A CO.. 14." N. Penn. , Manufacturers. 1-"' SAME SHAPE TWO QUAUTILS r2 W' DAVID GirSON, " ARCHITECT, WILL ACCEPT A LIMITED NUMBER OF MODERATE COST DWELLING HOUSES, TO BE DONE IN ORIGINAL AND EXCLUSIVE DESIGN. 1129 LAW BUILDING, INDIANAPOLIS EDUCATION Ai RuSiriESS C0LLEG JreJ rss)ft234. rssrrsrt fists Method? copyrighted. Tita sod 0027 mvcJ. ftcond larceM in lh world. HOWF MILITARY SCHOOL llV IT LIMA, INDIANA. Prrar th"roush!y f"" C'cJler. Scientific -thools or liuflnffn. liest advantages at moderate ex.pem"". Manual training (el'Ctlv. 1'ersonal attention Klvtn to earh t.-?j Fin athkttc field and Wautiful laK'-s. Many Indianapolis jatrons. t'vr iliutratd tatali-tTie, Addrens Hi:V. J. II. MCKENZIE. Hector. The rector of How Schcwl mill txs t th Dates llm.se Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. lt and 2nd, from 1') to 12 o'clock, and will I happy to me t thoft w ljhlnz Information In rtgard to Howe School. 0GOMA0 COKSI5TS SoH only nt THE Witt. H. BLOCK CO. Pull Set, $3.03 Gold. Force lata Crowes.. FUlicx 50c Teeth UNION PAINLESS DENTISTS lnr ilt rrd Circle, Fat of Monument. A.B.MEYER t CO.

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