Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1901 — Page 5

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JANUARY G, 1E01.

A SEW BALL LEAGUE IT WILL, rnOFIAIlLV DC KNOWN AS A M 1 : 1 1 1 C AX ASSOCIATION. President Wntkln quits the American LfaKoe to Join the New Organization. ATTEB BAIT JOHNSON'S SCALP THE NATIONAL LEAGIE IS BC1IIND THE LATEST SCHE3IE. Meetintr of Magnates at LonisTilli Six-Day Bicycle Pace "Won by Waithour. "WV II. Watklns, president of the Indianapolis Baseball Club, returned last night from Louisville, but absolutely declined to talk baseball. An Associated Press dispatch from that city late last night said: 'The war of the National League against Ban Johnson and the American League Is to be to the knife, and the first blood is with the National League. "Indianpaolis has broken away from the American League and there are prospects that Detroit will do likewise, while Louis ville, which had been looked upon as favorable territory by Johnson, has gone over to the league's new organization. "At a meeting held at the Louisville Hotel this afternoon papers were signed for the eighth club of what Is to be the American Association, backed by and with the hearty support of the National League. The circuit may, however, not be confined to eight clubs, but may be ten. It all depends upon Detroit. There were present at the meeting W. II. Watklns, of Indianapolis, Harry Pulliam, formerly secretary of the Pittsburg club, and John J Sanders. II. Ii. Burford and John J. McCloskey, who represent the Louisville territory'"As a result of the meeting it can be said that an agreement has been signed by the eight clubs Interested and that in two weeks a meeting will be called and steps taken for the granting of recognition and the disposition of the surplus players over the limit of sixteen by the clubs of the Na tional League. The new circuit is to be as follows. the name mentioned being either the manager or the financial backer or both: Boston Arthur Irwin and Ilavemeyer, Charles River Park. New York Andrew Freedman, Manhattan Field. Baltimore Von Der Horst, McGraw and Robinson, Union Park. Washington The Wagners, League Park. Louisville McCloskey, Saunders and Burford. St. Louis Al Spink. Indianapolis W. IL Watklns. Milwaukee II. D. Quinn and Koch. In addition Detroit may be induced to follow the lead of Watklns. If so, the franchise will be given to Burns and Stalling, and to balance the circuit the old Athletics will be resurrected In Philadelphia and F. C. Richter given the franchise there. There may be one or two changes in this circuit, all depending upon how Johnson acts. If he shows desperate fight two more towns may be added, perhaps Buffalo and a Western city now having an American league team. If he enters St. Louis to fight the League an association team there may not be started, but instead be transferred tc one of the towns where the American League has the field. Harry Puiliam, it s raid, is to be made secretary to Nick Young end upon the organization of the American Association he will probably be given charge of it, though still retaining his posi-, t:on as recretary of the League, Nick Yourw fetili being president. Freedman in New York is expected to split his team, one Ttelng at the Polo grounds and the other at Manhattan Field. To Freedman is said to be due the credit for bringing McGraw around. Will De n Clans A Lencne. PITTSBURG. Jan. 5. After a conference with Mautner, of Ft. Wqyne, and Armour, of Daytcn, in this city, to-day. President C. B. Power, of the Interstate League. said: The Interstate League this year will be minor' In name only. We propose branching out and will operate under the National League as Class A League. We have applications from Indianapolis and Louisville, and the national board has been asked to grant us protection for those cities. We now have Toledo. Dayton. Ft. Wayru, Columbus and Mansfield, while other excellent cities are asking for admission. We are not going to mix in any baseball war, but will direct all our energies toward forming one of the most substantial baseball leagues in the country." MONK WAYMAN WON. Captured the Auilabon Stakes from Strängest at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 5. The Audobon takes, to-day's stake feature, was a drive from end to end of the mile and a sixteenth. Strangest was favorite in the betting all through, with Albert Vale a strong second cohice. while Monk Wayman. who opened at threes, went back to fives. Atter racing Ida Ledford into submission Monk Wayman had to deal with Strangest and won from the Eastern horse by a scan n.ck in v. hard drive. The steeplechase v.as a chapter of accidents, though none Interfered with the success of the favorite, liarve B. Ml at the sixth jump., but Williams remounted and finished second. 'Don Clarencio stumbled as he lande!" from the third Jump, and Herting fell over his head. b:it also remounted and finished. Sue Johnson. Orion am Isen were the winning favorites. Tho California officials have notified the stewards of the local meeting that Jockey Coburn, whoso Ftrvices are claimed by Atkins and Lottridge. is on his way here with the intention of riding, and ask that he be notified tc return to California within ten days under penalty of revocation of his license. Summariei: First Race Sallle J., 7 to 2 and even, v.on; Barrlca second. Fluke third. Time! Second Orion, C to 5 and 1 to 2, won; Lady Curzon second. Dick Furber third Time. 1:2S. Third-Isen, 1 to 2 and out, won; Harve B. second, Don Clarencio third. Time, Fourth Monk Wayman, 5 to. 1 and 2 to 1, on; Strangest second, Albert Vale third. Time. 2:C1U. Fifth Sara Gamp. 0 to 1 and 3 to 1, won; Ean second. Georgia Gardner third. Time. .Sixth Sue Johnson, 6 to 5 and 3 to C, won;

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Macie Marie second, Seguranca third. Time, Results at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-The Pride won the Naglee selling stakes, the feature of the programme at Oakland to-day. He had to be much the best to win, as he got away poorly. He caught the leaders at the stretch turn and won cleverly. Results: First High Hoe, 6 to 1. won; Isaline second, Tenny Belle third. Time, 1:12. Second Telamon, 9 to 1. won; Malay second, Greenock .third. Time, 1:23. Third Dorine", even, won; Yankee Dame second. J. V. Kirby third. Time, iST1, Fourth The Naglee selling stakes: The Pride, 1 to 3, won; Meehanus second, Grand Sachem third. Time, 1:281-4. Fifth The Fretter, 3 to 1, won; Lennep second, Lady Meddlesome third. Time, l:4a. Sixth Morinet, 3 to 1. won; Lou Rev second, Donator third. Time, 1:56. - WON IT BY TWO LAPS. First Prize in Six-Day II I cycle Race Taken by Walthonr. BOSTON, Jan. 5. In another of the cyclone finishes for which he is famous, Bobby Waithour, of Atlanta, the Southern champion, and the seventy-three-hour world's champion, won the international six days' bike race at Park-square Garden, which ended to-night. He did not let himself out until the last lap, and when he did it did not seem as If any of the others were riding at all. Will C. Stinson, of Cambridge', came In second place, while Archie McEachern, of Toronto, wa3 third. The distance was 1,009 miles and 2 laps. The final score, sixtieth hour, follows: Waithour (leading by two lengths), 1,099.2; Stinson, 1,009.2; McEachern. 1,090.2; McLean, 1,009.2; Fischer, 1,099.2; Kaser, 1,099.2; Downey. 1,009.2. Among the most sensational features of the day were the gaining of laps by Babcock and Müller during the evening. The riding has been uniformly good and was marred by no serious accidents. There were fully ten thousand people in attendance during the evening. The racing has been ten hours each day during the week and ended at 11:09 to-night. Babcock and Müller, who left the track after the fiftyninth hour, so that the leaders could have a clear field, had scored 1.0S1 and 1,071 miles, respectively. The winnings of the men are as follows: Waithour, $750; Stinson, $500; McEachern, $i00; McLean, $250; Fischer. $150; Kaser, $100; Downey, $75; Babcock, $60; Muller, $10. Elliott Killed Ninety-Four" Birds. NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City at Interstate Bark, Queens. L. I., defeated Louis T. Duryea, shooting under the name of Davenport, by a score of 91 to 87. in their match at one hundred birds for $250. The afternoon proved perfect for the competition, and, according to the shooters, the birds were fast. Thi match was decided in a little more than one hour. General Sporting: News. Yale closed last night the series of four games against the teams of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League without having won a game. The contest last night was with the Pittsburg Athletic Club and resulted: P. A. C, 6; Yale, 2. Yale University basket ball team defeated Tliram College at Cleveland last night by a score of 22 to 7. Clarke, of the Y'ale team, took the honors, scoring nine goals from the field and two by fouls. Otherwise the teams were evenly matched. One thousand people were present. Tom Sharkey and Kid McCoy were matched yesterday by Manager Jim Kennedy, of the Twentieth Century Athletic Club, of San Francisco, to meet in a twenty-six round bout there on Feb. 28. Manager Kennedy has also engaged Terry McGovern to meet some man to be selected later. The second fight will take place In May. Edward Corrigan, the well-known turfman, arrived at New York last night from San Francisco, en route to Chicago. Mr. Corrigan said he would sail for England on Jan. 15. "Ten of my horses were shipped from New York to-day," he said. "They are Corsine, Sardine and eight unnamed two-year-olds. This lot will make my string In England number twenty-six. J. Waldo and W. Waldo have been signed to ride for me abroad and. will sail with me." The Harlem Jockey Club has announced its list of stakes for the spring and summer meetings of 1001. The stakes close Feb. 13, the principal ones being as follows: Twentieth Century handicap. $5,000 added, estimated value $7,509; Harlem handicap, $4.000 added, estimated valua $6,000; Chicago stakes, $2,50) added, estimated value $4,0uö; Austin selling stakes, $1,500 added, estimated value $3,100; Garden Citv handicap, $1,500 added, estimated value $3.000. RAILWAY DEAL. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) fair to all parties and communities. There may be some difference of opinion as to what is fair, but I will do my best. The Southern Pacific will endeavor to give to every point everything to which It Is entitled. The great terminal at Galveston will be completed, as It is indispensable." Over the "Dixie Flyer" Honte. CHICAGO, Jan. 5. The Illinois Central Railway and the Nashville. Chattanooga & St. Louis, beginning Sunday, Jan. 13, will Inaugurate a dally Pullman buffet sleeping car service from Chicago to Jacksonville. Fla., over the "Dixie Flyer" route, through Nashville. Chattanooga and Atlanta. The service will be in connection with the Illinois Central limited. Leaving Chicago at 6:10 p. m.. Nashville will be reached, at 9 a. m.. Chattanooga at 2:35 p. m., Atlanta at 7:30 p. m. and Jacksonville at 8 a. m. Ohio to Have a Nevr Road. COLUMBUS, 0..Jan. C The Cleveland. Youngstown & Pittsburg Railway Company, of Cleveland, was Incorporated by the secretary of state to-day with $10,000 capital stock. The incorporators propose to build and operate a steam railway from near Lowellville to the mouth of the Chagrin river, In Lake county, passing through Mahoning. Trumbull. Portage, Geauga. Cuyahoga and Lake counties. Passenger nates Cut! HELENA. Mont., Jan. 5. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern Pacific railways have notified their agents that, beginning Feb. 1. passenger rates In Montana will be reduced from 4 to 3 cents per mile. It Is expected the Oregon Short Line, Great Falls & Canada, Burlington and other roads will do likewise. President Will Go to Canton. CANTON, O., Jan. 5. President and Mrs. McKinley are expected here Thursday evening to attend the funeral Friday of James Saxton Barber, their nephew, who died in Hong-Kong of typhoid fever, white or. duty as paymanter in the navy. The body reached San Francisco on the transport Grant and is expected here Tusrdi-7.

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ALL WITNESSES YESTERDAT GAVE III3I A HIGH CHARACTER. Testimony of Residents of Bristol, Pa., Who Knew the Late Yonng West Point Cadet. DE. ALLISON EXAMINED AGAIN SAYS IIIS SER3ION AT THE FUNERAL WAS CORRECTLY' REPORTED. Case of Hobart Green, Late a Cadet at the Annapolis Academy, May Be Investigated. BRISTOL, Pa., Jan. 5. The congressional committee which Is Investigating the alleged hazing of Oscar Booz completed its work here late this afternoon and will reconvene In Philadelphia on Monday morning. Most of the testimony heard to-day related to Oscar Booz's mental, physical and personal characteristics. Every witness called spoke of the high character of the young man. He was considered in good health before he went to West Point, and many persons testified as to his changed condition .when he returned from the academy. It was also brought out that" he was proficient in his studies. The feature of the two sessions held was the examination of tho Rev. Alexander Allison, pastor of the Bristol Presbyterian Church, at which the Booz family worshiped. Dr. Allison delivered the funeral sermon at Uie obsequies of Booz, In which he made what the committee thought were? implied charges of severe hazing of cadets at West Point. The committee had newspaper extacts of the sermon read to the pastor, which he pronounced as correct. The members of the committee, especially Mr. Driggs. of New York, tried hard to have Dr. Allison go over the statements In the sermon. This, however, he could not uo, saying he based most of his remarks on wha the family had told him and of what he knew of Oscar Booz himself. The committee probably will finish Its work in Philadelphia Monday and will begin the taking of testimony of the cadets at West Point on Tuesday. The committee's examination of witnesses here and at Philadelphia has been most searching, and the congressmen say they will also make their West Point investigation a thorough one. Dr. Wm. H. Martin, the Bristol physician who examined Oscar Booz as to his physical condition previous to his entrance into West Point, was the first witness at Bristol to-day. He was merely asked to identify the report he made to Congressman Wanger, who appointed Booz to the Military Academy. He was followed by Dr. Willis P. Weaver, of Bristol, thö Booz family physician, who did not complete his testimony yesterday. Dr. Evan J. Groom, of Bristol, who attended Oscar, said he treated him last year for acute tubercular laryngitis. The witness thought tobasco sauce would affect a throat ,treated for laryngitis, but did not believe that it made him less able to resist the lodgment of tuberculosis germs. Dr. Groom corroborated Dr. Weaver, who had preceded him, in every detail as to the personal characteristics of Booz. He did not think, however, that tho young man was suited for a soldier. He did not think he could stand tho rigor of such a life. Dr. Allison was on the stand for more than an hour. Harry Larzelare, Lewis Spring, jr., and Albert Baker, companions of Oscar Booz, were called in the order named. Each paid a high tribute to the deceased young man. Larzelare said that Oscar told him that upper-class men "had treated him like a dog." Baker testified that he had, received a letter from Oscar, in which he said several of his teeth hid been loosened as the result of his fight. Howard Booz, Oscar's younger brother, v.ho became ill while testifying yesterday, was recalled to-day. Howard related how he went to West Point to see his brother, on which occasion he waited thlrty-fiva minutes, and then had to leave without seeing him on account of a storm coming up. Howard said he wented to go to West Point after Oscar had returned home, but the latter said: "You will be killed if you do." Mr. Driggs asked: "Did Oscar In his resignation given as a reason falling eyesight Instead of hazing for the purpose of avoiding notoriety?" "I think he did," was the reply. "He did not want to give the place a bad name." After William II. Booz, Oscar's father, and Miss Nellie Booz, his sister, had testified to a few minor details regarding Oscar's illness and his school studies, John K. Wlldman, president of the board of school directors of Bristol, also testified to the good character of the young man. The committee then adjourned to meet in Philadelphia on Monday morning. CASE OF IIOIIART GREEN. J. A. .MncGreßor' Charges Denied by Superintendent WalnTrright. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Secretary Long to-day received the report of Commander Richard Wainwrlght, superintendent of the Navy Academy, In the matter of the sickness and death of Hobart Green, a private In the United States marine corps. This case was brought to the notice of the Navy Department by Representative Rixey, of Virginia. It was represented that Green's death was dtie to Improper treatment by the officials at the Naval Academy. Secretary Long referred all the papers in the case to the superintendent of the academy, with instructions to make a full Investigation and report the result to the department. Superintendent Wainwright's report considers the written charges of J. A. MacGregor and the various newspaper articles in reference to the case seriatim, and says: "The charges have been carefully investigated, as directed. There Is not the slightest foundation lor any of the charges." Secretary Long said this afternoon that the Navy Department was prepared to make Itself, or permit to be made, any investigation within reason. If It should be thought necessary to follow up the report of Superintendent Wainwrlght on the conditions under which the marine, Hobart Green, died at Annapolis. At Representative Rixey's Instance he had directed Superintendent Wainwrlght to summon to Annapolis at the government's expense and examine before the board conducting the inquiry the clergyman referred to by Representative Rixey as having some knowledge of the case. The Inquiry closed and the report was forwarded by the board before this instruction reached Commander Wainwrlght, but there will be no objection on the part of the department to the reopening of the case If Representative Rixey so desires, or, as Secretary Long put It. "to doing anything within reason to develop the facts." DO NOT LIKE IT. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) upon tlm whole Chinese nation. His Imperial Majesty therefore directs me to instruct you to take stringent measures, so that war shall be conducted with the inexorability inherent to all warfare only against Chinese troop3 and armed citizens. They must be defeated, deprived of their arms and the fortifications destroyed. But tho peaceful residents, their homesteads and their property must not be touched by our valorous soldiers or by border Cossacks. . No unnecessary cruelty or devastation should be allowed. Destruction of cities or villages and burning of farms may be resorted to only in extreme cases as punishment for heavy and bloody crimes. Such measures incense the population against us. Any kind of looting by soldiers or Cossacks must, be punished with the utmost severity, including the courtrrrüäl et cricr.-rc. Ail cui-UUnca pro

vided by the inhabitants shall be paid for la cash. " Terrible In battle our soldiers must, in Manchuria as they have always been everywhere and at all times, be kind and humane, not only to the peaceful citizen, but also to the conquered foe. The very next day after the battle you must exert yourselves to be on a friendly footing with the- Inhabitants. So have we always done, with great success, in the Caucasus and In central Asia. In' giving you these instructions his Imperial Majesty Is confident that the brave troops under your command will not dim their glory by any kind of cruelty to peaceful, unarmed citizens. The Emperor expects that every man will do his best to maintain good and friendly relations.' "Information received in an official quarter here is to the effect that the instructions as given above have been carefully observed. Reports are current here that because of the recent decree insued by Russian officials In Manchuria, seeming to imply a protectorate over that Chinese province, the United States might have asked from the St. Petersburg government an explicit explanation of its purposes. So far as can be ascertained, officials here have no such purpose. Other reports asserted that this government had sounded or would sound European powers with reference to Russia's conduct in northern China. It is stated emphatically here that no negotiations are in progress respecting China except those in Peking. " Korean Boxers Plotting. VICTORIA, B. C. Jan. 5. Copies of the North China Daily News, received by the steamship Tacoma, have a long article on .the plot by Korean Boxers to massacre foreigners and follow the recent Chinese Boxer programme in Korea. The Seoul correspondent of that paper says that without question there have been orders sent to every prefect to this end during November. The French are demanding a concession In south China for having sent gunboats to Canton at. the Invitation of the viceroy to protect that city during the southern rebellion. The Japanese, emboldened by this French request, have also asked-for concessions, and the Germans are expected to do likewise. The Canton correspondent reports that Sun Yan Set, a southern rebel leader, offered to surrender, and the viceroy reEorted that pardon would be given if he rings in the heads of Kang Yu Wei and Lung Ki Chicw. About $400 worth of Jewelry, curios, etc., were recently stolen from the United States consulate at Hong-Kong while Consul General and Mrs. Wlldman slept. Papers were missing after the burglars' visit. - Yu Hslen Executed. PARIS, Jan. 5. The Foreign Office is advised from Shanghai, under date of Jan. C, that advices from Si-Ngan-Fu confirm the reports of the execution of Yu Hslen (the former Governor of Shan-Si, guilty of massacring about fifty missionaries whom he had invited to accept his protection) Dec. 19, by order of the dowager Empress. Prince Tuan Is still at Nlnghla. There are 20,000 Chinese regulars at Si-Ngan-Fu. The court has made no preparation to return. . " Ordered to Cense Hostilities. SHANGHAI, Jan. 5.A dispatch received here from Tlen-Tsln says: "Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee has notified his staff to cease hostilities, but that some of the commanders have not been Informed of these instructions. It Is explained that they are in the field after Boxers. Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang have again urged Count Von Waldersee to ask tho commanders to desist from hostilities."

Krupp Gans Captured. TIEN-TSIN, Jan. 4. The German expedition which started Christmas for Lien-Cheng-IIsu, under' command of Colonel Greuder, returned Thursday. Colonel Greuder reports the capture of three Krupp field guns and the destruction of two thousand rifles and large quantities of ammunition. Russia to Negotiate -with China. LONDON, Jan. 5. A special dispatch from Peking, under yesterday's date, says: "According to an official Chinese source, Russia has arranged to make a treaty with China at St. Petersburg. The Chinese minister there has been appointed to act for China." ANOTHER ' 6ÖMBLNATI0N. Manufacturers of Glassware Trying to Form a Trust. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5. A number of glassware manufacturers of Pennsylvania, and the Eastern States have held dally meetings here within the past week, looking to a combination In the trade. Joseph P. Whitney, of the Whitney glass works, is said to be the leader of the movement. Twenty of tho largest concerns are said to have signed an agreement regulating the business. The signers are the large bottle, demijohn and goolet manufacturers of the United States, and the combination is to stop the fight in prices and to establish uniform rates for the different grades of products in this line. The concerns thus far in the combination represent more than $20,000,000. Permanent Receivers Appointed. NEW YORlC Jan. 5. Justice Samuel T. Maddox, in the Supreme Court, special term, in Brooklyn, handed down a decision to-day dissolving the Anglo-American Savings and Loan Association in the suit brought by the attorney general of the State of New York against that corporation for its dissolution on the-ground that it was insolvent. Two temporary receivers were appointed some time ago Joseph N. Dickey and Edward Dickinson. To-day Justice Maddox appointed St. Clair McKelway and Charles Wilbur, who was formerly state superintendent of the federal census In New York, as permanent receivers, each to file a bond In $100,000. St. Clair McKelway this evening sent a letter to Judge Maddox saying that ho could not accept the appointment, as he had not the time to devote to It. Absorbed by an English Company. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 5. The United Railway Trading Company, of England, Qulnton Hogg, chairman, to-day consummated a deal by which the corporation acquired the Kenilworth Sugar Estate, limited, and a controllng interest 'in the Louisiana Southern Railroad. The price paid for tho Kenilworth. properties, which comprise 10,000 Acres of as fine sugar lands as there are in the State and costly refinery, was $1,GS),000. The consideration involved in. the railway deal could not be ascertained. It was the Intention of the English corporation to erect a factory for the manufacture of paper out of bagasse, a product of sugar cane, which now goes to waste. The principal revenue of the Louisiana Southern has been derived from the Kenilworth estate, so the absorption of the railroad was to have been anticipated. Alleged to Be Insolvent. BALTIMORE, Jan. 5. William E. Albertson, secretary-treasurer of the Atlantic Tiust and Deposit Company, filed a bill today asking for the appointment of a receiver for the company. He claims the company owes him $S04 back salary and Is insolvent. The company's first business venture was to purchase the Atlantic Trust building for $130,000, in payment for which mortgages were given: The treasury of the company was depleted in fixing up the building. The amount of the company's indebtedness. It is alleged, will exceed $100,000. Receiver Wanted for R'naf B'rlth. BALTIMORE, Jan. 5 Judge Wiekes signed an order to-day requiring the Supreme Order of B'nai B'rlth, of Baltimore, 0 w to show cause on or before Jan. 21 why a receiver should not be appointed to settle up its affairs. This action was taken on a petition of Minnie Harris, who says that her dead husband was a member of a subordinate lodge of the order. Mr. Harris is said to have secured a benefit certificate which entitled Mrs. Harris to receive $1,000 when he died, in September, 1000. Assessments were levied, but the money was not paid. Indemnity Paid by Colombia. COLON, Colombia. Jan. 5. The Indemnity to be paid bv the Colombian government to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company for the seizure and use of the British steamer Taboga for conveying troops and munitions of war to Buena Ventura, has been settled at $G,&00. The steamer has been returned in good condition. The British fias was aala hoisted ca fcocrd cf fcsr yzster-

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GOLD III THE TREASURY MORE YELLOW COIN AND BULLION THAN EVER BEFORE IN STOCK. Nearly Half a Billion Dollar in the Government Strong Boxe Miscellaneous Washington News. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The gross gold in the treasury to-day, said Ellis Roberts, United States treasurer. Is . $4S0.703.003, breaking all records. At the end of March, 1S99, the treasury had $228,233,901, which was the largest sum accumulated during any administration In recent years until within the last two or three years. Our immense gold holdings are due, of course, to the great prosperity of the country, to the increased production of gold in all directions, and In large part to the fact that the United States is now the creditor nation of the world." Mr. Roberts thought that for the present, at least, there would continue to be an increase in the treasury holdings of gold, but it might be reduced somewhat should the reduction of the war revenue tax be so heavy as to run the expenditure close to the receipts. Seattle May Get a Battleship. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The secretary of the navy has arrived at the conclusion that the law relative to the building of new ships required the department to allot one of the vessels to the Pacific coast. Therefore, he has announced that he wfll award the contract for one sheathed battleship to Moran Bros., of Seattle; one to the Bath works, of Bath, Me., and one tb the Newport News Shipbuilding Company. These awards will be made conditional upon the bidders named bringing their proposals within the $3,600,000 limit of cost fixed by Congress and restoring many important Items cut out of the specifications of the department by them. Moran's bid was $3.SS3,U0O; Bath, $3,530.000. and the Newport News, $3,503.000. If the bidders decline to accept the department's conditions the department will amend the specifications and readvertise. . Sweeping; Proposition. WASHINGTON, Jan.. 5. Senator Bacon to-day introduced the following resolution: "Resolved by the Senate, That any and every public document, paper or record on the files of any department of the government relating to any subject whatever over which Congress has any gfant of power, jurisdiction or control under the Constitution, is subject to the call or Inspection of the Senate for Its use in the exercise of Its constitutional powers and Jurisdiction." The resolution went over. Taxation of Dank Capital.WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The attorney general has rendered an opinion In which he holds. In effect, that Congress, In taxing capital, meant to tax only the capital of the bank In Its strict technical sense, under the banking laws, and that. In taxing surplus, it meant the funds formally set apart by the board of directors as surf)lus in its restricted and technical sense n banking. - GENERAL NEWS. niscellaJieons Notes About Persona, the Departments and Legislation. Cecrctary Hay is asaln conilaedto hla home by a eevere cold. - A. L. Lr.T7: i:?, au-itcr for the n:i" rir.::, jj Uz rccts to Prcz'.Zzzt : ;-

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DAMASK 64 Inches wide, all pure linen, select line of new designs, regular Cn 75c quality OVC DAMASK 70 inches wide, pure lin- AO en, regular Gc quality DAMASK Full 2 yards wide, soft finish, regular 50c quality Napkins BLEACHED; size, double damask, beautiful line of patterns, regular 2:0 OQ $4 quality P VO BLEACHED size, Scotch make, all pure linen, splendid selection of OR patterns, regular $2.50 quality 4 A .-JO CREAM DAMASK 20x20, free from dress ing, pure German linen, our reg- C: fQ ular $1.50 quality , .vf a 9 a BLEACHED ?i size, full line of new QQ, patterns itterns, regular $1.23 quality 39c GRASS BLEACHED 63c quality Notions and Dress Findings DARNING EGGS, 5c kind for HOOKS AND EYES, with hump, 2 dozen for NEEDLE BOOKS, containing 60 needles, 3c kind for HAIR PINS, hard enameled, 30 for HAT ELASTIC, black and white, per yard SAFETY PINS, nickel plated, 3c kind, per dozen DRESS SHIELDS Seamless Choice of this lot, stockinet, 6c Kleinert's make, 12c kind, per pair SKIRT BINDING 14 inches wide, Ben velveteen, 5c kind, per yard BRUSH BRAID Silk mohair, black and colors, our 7c leader, per yard.. .2c 5c BRUSH BRAID with bias velveteen top, S. II. & M. make, 12c kind, per Cr yard ov. DRESS STAYS Chic and Duplex, 20 and 25c kind, per dozen 10c DRESS STAYS Twin steel, sateen covered, silk stitched, 15c kind, set of Qr 12 assorted sizes u CURLING IRONS-Large size. Prin- qh cess and Trilby, 8c kind HOSE SUPPORTERS Baby, Miss and Ladles' sizes, with rubber cushion button, 12c kind AK HOSE SUPPORTERS, with sateen belt, 15c kind PINS Best English needle point, 5c kind CORSET CLASPS Warranted not to rust, 10c kind J .3c 6c Remnants of White Goods 1,000 Yards of 40-inch Lawns and India Linens, in short lengths, from 1 to 10 yards. Come early and get the choice pieces; regular prices from 25c to As 35c per yard; to close in remnants. Klnley yesterday, prior to his departure for his new post. Senator Fairbanks Introduced a bill yesterday pensioning Scottie E. McClure at $50 monthly. The Senate has confirmed Frederick E. Rittman, of Ohio, to be auditor for the War Department. The postofllce at Progress, Delaware county, Indiana, has been ordered discontinued after Jan. 15, and mail sent to Tabor. The builder's trial trip of the battleship Illinois will take place Feb. 15, off Capo Henry. All the armor plate except that for the turrets is on the ship. J. A. Kasson, who represented the United States government in negotiating the reciprocity treaties, appeared before the Senate committee on foreign relations yesterday and explained the provisions of the treaties covering the islands of St. Croix and San Domingo. The committee voted to favorably report both these treaties. Speaker Henderson was much improved yesterday, although still confined to bed with a-severe cold. He felt well enough to sit up during the morning and attend o his most important correspondence, but it was not deemed advisable for him to go to the Capitol. The attending physician is satisfied with the progress of the patient, and the attack has not been of a character to give any alarm. The postofllce inspector at St. Louis has advised the department of the arrest of Luther Lambdin, postmaster at Haiti. Mo., for embezzlement. On Dec. 26 he wired that his Office had been robbed of two registered letters, one containing $1,000. Upon his arrest, the dispatch says, he confessed that he embezzled the letters. Seven hundred dollars of the stolen money has been recovered. The postofllce has been turned over to the sureties of the office. The text of the report on the river and harbor . bill, which appeared yesterday, makes a severe arraignment of the large expenditures, aggregating $10.903,500, on the Missouri river, with an array of figures showing that the traffic is insignificant compared with that of other waterways, which have received far less from the government. As a result the repeal of the act creating the Missouri River Commission is recommended. s The principal witness before the Senate committee on agriculture at Its hearing on the oleomargarine bill yesterday was Mr. Tilllnghast, representing the Vermont Manufacturing Company, of Providence, B. I. He opposed the bill and contended for a free field for the oleomargarine industry. He asserted that no deleterious substance is used in the manufacture of that article and said that chemical experiments demonstrate its complete healthfulness. It Is proposed that one of the most conspicuous features of the forthcoming Inaugural parade shall be a section composed ol college men from all the leading universities of the United States. Arrangements are making to secure the attendance of a very large contingent of these, and assurances have been received at inaugural headquarters Indicating the presence in the parade of delegations of from fifty to two hundred men each from forty-three educational institutions. It is proposed that each body of students shj.ll wear the distinctive colors or insignia of the "college or university it represents. Prof. Frank II. Parsons, of Boston, continued his testimony before the Industrial committee yesterday upon government ownership of public utilities. He. favored such ownership of railroads and then reviewed telephone and telegraph conditions. He claimed that the charges for both telegraph and telephone service are excessive and that such service could be furnished at greatly reduced rates. He said that the rates in this country are much higher than those in countries where telegraph and telephone are owned by the government. In his opinion the conditions here do not seem to Justify such high rates. Sio-nal Corps Veterans. NEW YORK. Jan. 5. The annual meeting of the Signal Corps Veterans Association of the Spanish-American war met to-night at the Arena and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Major F. T. Lclh. New York commander; Captain C. H. Martin. Illinois, senior vice commander; H. H. Wells. Brewster. N. J., junior vice command-- " MsbiT. .Tarnica, L I., adjutant; C V. Heast!, Nerr Ycrlr. quarter-rr.--t:r; I-.;!ne Weld, New Ycrl:. hlstcrtrz, v. i, A., .... c

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Persian bands and entire fronts-, with collar and cuff effects to match, in pattern lengths of 23 yards each. ' Those that sold for $2.50 per pat- Jjj() Those that sold for $3.50 per PatjJ)248 Those that sold for $4 per Pat"JJJ273 Those that sold for $G.W per Pat"473 PRINTED FLANNELS All-wool. dot?, stripes and fancy figures; this season's best styles and combinations; our regular 75c and K5c quality. iQc CO.. and PLAIN COLORS-All-wOoI, complete lino of colors The 75c quality The COc quality 48c SPECIAL SALE OF Heavy Skirtings and Ladies' Tailorings CASSIMERES Neat effects In stripes and checks, no lining required, to-mor-morrow MELTONS The kind that require no lining, the desirable shade of Oxford OO. gray, special cjcjo MELTONS 5? inches wide, extra AQ,, heavy, the $1 quality vlO KERSEYS 56 inches wide; will make a splendid rainy-day skirt or suit, CQ the $1.23 quality OJJ IRISH FRIEZE All-wool. t,3. Inches wide, a 2S-ounce cloth, the $1.&0 qua!- fjQ VENET I ANSXil-woo'l! ' 54 ' inches wlde, this season's most favorite ladies tailoring; complete line of colors; the no $1.25 quality VOC chaplain; G. B. Lamb, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., sentinel. Among the letters of regret read was one from General Greely, chief signal officer United States army, who wa3 unable to be present owing to stress of business in Washington. PK0SECUTI0NS HAY ENSUE. . Report of the New York Fire 3Iarshal on the Tarrant Tragedy. NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Fire Marshal Seery, who, in connection with Assistant District Attorney Walsh, has been investigating the fire and explosion in the building. occupied by Tarrant & Co. In October, In which seven persons were killed and seven buil iings destroyed and thirty-five others damaged, with a loss of $l.0uu,0oO, made his report to Fire Commissioner Scanneil to-day. The report concludes: "In view of the loss of life and the destruction of property, I respectfully recommend that the testimony taken be transmitted to the district attorney, in order tht he may aid us in determining if there is afcy criminal neglect on the part of tha said corporation." Mr. Seery said ho had examined forty witnesses. The testimony showed that the whole building was given over to the manufacture of drugs and the storage of chemicals. The basement and first floor were occupied by Tarrant & Co., the second and a portion of the third floor was used for storage. On the fourth floor there was stored by various firms thirty-five tons of chlorate of potash, one hundred barrels of sulphur, forty-four barrels of flour of suphur, fifty-five kegs of chlorate of potash. 16C kegs of nitrate of strontium, sixty kes of nitrate of potash and other chemlcula of various descriptions. It appeared from the testimony that no one knew anything about the chemicals stored in the building, except Mooresnoue. who was killed. The report shows that Inspector George E. Murray, of the Bureau of Combustibles, did not gTant a permit for the storage of chemicals In large quantity?, but had granted a permit for the storage of chemicals in small quantities. Shot by an Incendiary. WINSTON. N. C. Jan. 5. Charles Cox, of Cox & Son, tobacco manufacturers, near here, upn going to the factory last night to investigate a noise he heard there, waa arsaulted by an unknown man with a razor, and after being seriously cut about the neck and shoulders was' shot in the thigh. When assistance came his assailant had escaped. The factory was on fire nnl burned. The loss is about $10.V). Mr. Cox's wounds are not considered fatal. Russian Grip Influenza The cable reports that Grip Inf.ucnra is raging in St. Petersburg attacking especially the rich and nobles of high stationWhen an epidemic of Grip starts in the Russian capital, it never ceases until It circles the globe, so be prepared. Dr. Humphreys Specific "Seventy-seven" Is a preventive as well as a perfect cure. CHECKED CIRCULATION is the causa of nearly all Colds, the use of "77 starts the blood tingling through the veins until it reaches the extremities, when the feet warm up and the Cold Is broken. . At all druggists. 25c, or by mall. Ner' pocket edition of Dr. Humphcya Manual of all diseases, mailed free. Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co, Cor. William and John Sts.. New York. .J