Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1901 — Page 3

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TA 7 THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1901.

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Special For This Week 66 Oscar Sauce" Prepared by Oscar, of the Waldorf-Astoria. Fine for Oysters, Fish, Game and Meats. ...REGULAR 50c... Onr Price This Week 25c THE N. A. MOORE CO. Fancy Grocers, 162 and 164 North Illinois St. Phones 892. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUV Diamonds... As they are as low as they will be in years to come. Resetting and making of new mountings our specialty. Diamond Merchant 15 North Illinois St. The Bates House is Just across the street from me. AHTJSEMENTS. James A. Herne in ''Sag Harbor' at Engliab'a. Once" more a large number of patrons of English's Opera House have slighted a great play and a great company. That James A. Herne and his group of talented associates thould present a play like "Sag Harbor" to such- an Inadequate audience as assembled In English's Optra House last night would not have been forecasted by even the most pessimistic observer of the manner in which the fickle theater-going: public of this city usually treats brilliant productions. James A. Heme is a veteran actor of established reputation. "Sag Harbor," as anybody might have known full well, who keeps abreast of the times, is and has been one of the moat pronounced dramatic successes in recent years. To those who thoroughly enjoy lifelike plays that are brimful of the purest gems of humor and pathos, "Sag Harbor" Is thoroughly satisfying. The scenes of the drama all take place In the little town of Sag Harbor, Me., which has an actual existence a place that Is prolific of Interesting and curious people. A number of these people appear on the stage, and. so far as the closest ob server can detect, they are real. Kurther than this, the production haa been staged In a manner to keep up the illusion to the very last moment. The curtain rising on the first act dlsclo.es one of the most beautiful marine views thit has been placed on the local stage In many seasons. Captain Dan Marble's 'scolloping' vessel Is In plain view on the docks, drawn up high and dry for repair. In the background the sea stretches out In the dim distance, placid and beautiful beneath a Mayday nun. Here Captain Dan find 3 courage to tell the old yet ever new story to Elizabeth Ann Turner, a comely and atti active spinster. Here also is given the opening chapter of one of the mos: dramatic entanglements or hearts ever described in a play. Just as a message of Joy or sorrow can better be borne by a friend than by a stranger, so the story of "Sag Harbor" can best be told by the people to whom It is tnoft familiar. Mr. Herne has never produced a play quite equal to this latest effort, nor has he provided himself with a more delightful character than that of Capt. Dan Mirble, the Jolly old "ea do?." who 1 always trying tn make people happy, but who accaslonally reads his compass awry. The fictitious narrative he reels off In the Iat act in order to straighten out the heart complication involving the Turner boys and Martha la a harpy conception and is delivered with rare power and feeling b the veteran author-actor. A ha!f-dozn or more characters stand out with the same cameo sharpness that marks that of Captain Dan. The part of Ben Turner, interpreted with faultless discretion by Forrest Robin? on, is one of these. Another Is the brother Frank, admirably portrayed by J. Wooster Dean. Frank Monroe, as William Turner, agent for the slow-going steamer Antelope, portrays an old resident of the village, whose presence makes the picture complete and' causes many a hearty laugh. A characterization that is absolutely unique and splendlly portrayed by W. T. Hodge, is that of Freeman Whltmarsh. house, sign and ornamental painter, glazier, leader of the church choir and purveyor of gossip to the village. As an illustration of the pains that have been taken to secure a strong company, it may be stated that Mrs. Sol Smith, the delightful old character actress has been engaged to play the minor role of Mrs. John Russeel. Mrs. Froith's talent is of that high order which s'mrly cannot be held in repression and It burst its bonds several times last night, winning for her as hearty applause as ruarked the work of the principals. Chrystal Heme, a daughter of the veteran ictor, li vests the lesser part of Jane Cau:dwell with a grace and power that show her to he an heir apparent to her father's histrionic ability. She shares her inheritance equally, however, with her sister Julia, whose delineation of the fascinating character of Martha Heese, the orphan who was the Innocent cause of the tragic complication, stamps her a an actress of exceptional talent. Mollic Revel ha the character bit of Frances Towd, Freeman Whltmarsh's associate In the painting business, and although she makes but one appearance, contrives to leave a distinct lropres.-Ion. One of the most r.ttrutlve members of the company and one .f the rr.ost talented Ij " Marlon Abbott, whose dallr.eatlon of the spinster Elizabeth Ann Turner is enly kept from perfection t-y her rrreat beauty of face and form. Her readrig of the lines In which she, as Mrs. MarfcW, conveys to Cautain Dan news of the

coming to their home of one whom he had hoped and prayed for ardently i3 one of the most delicious bits in the production 3rd handled with marvelous delicacy and naturalness. The other members of the cast, whose roles are comparatively trifling, V. F. Whitman, John D. Garrlck. T. H. Burke. Robert Gillig. Florence Horsfall nnd Edith Skerrett, each and all contrive to show that they were wisely chosen. "Sag Harbor" fairly scintillates with gems ot homely, native wit and it Is fully supplied with all the other elements essential to enduring popularity. Nor must the baby be forgotten. It Is one of the tiniest and most lovcable mitts of humanity .ever brought into the glare of the footlights. Desp.te the uncomplimentary size of his audience Mr. Herne was generous to those who were present and made a graceful curtain address at the close of the third act. As has been intimated, "Sag Harbor" 13 filled with delightful situations, too numerous to recount in detail, but one cannoi resist mentioning the delightful scene In the second act. In which champagne Is ordered Into the workshop to celebrate Martha's acceptance of Ben Turner. The exquisite realism of this scene may be guessed from the fact that Capt. Dan "accidentally" allowed a cork to pop out Into the audience, thereby provoking an uproar of merriment. "Sag Harbor" will be repeated to-night, to-morrow afternoon and for the last time to-morrow night. There can be little doubt of its reception after the first presentation. "A Ride for Life" at the Park. "A Ride for Life" is the fetching title of a bright new melodrama that had Its first presentation in this city yesterday afternoon at the Park Theater. The play Is full of interesting incidents, tinged alternately with pathos and humor. The thrilling feature, so necessary to successful plays of this type, has been given careful attention by tho author, Walter Fessler. The sennational escape on a swift-running locomotive in the third act is a clever and effective piece of stage realism and arouses much enthusiasm In the audience. Mi. Fessler Is the inventor of this device. An excellent bit of character acting is done by William Sellery in the dual role of Richard Powers and Capt. Dave Woodruff. Mr. Sellery also supplies a pleasing specialty in the form of a witty take-off on Edmund Hayes's "Wise Guy," and sings Hayes's famous song even better than the original. Ross Snow as Happy Dan, a tramp, and Carrie Ezler, as "an up-to-date gal," keep the audience in a continual uproar o merriment with their lulicrous make-ups, funny songs apd bright remarks. Mr. Snow Is readily recalled by his excellent work in "1492" and "Jack and the Beanstalk." Alleen May, who impersonates Annie Powers, Is sifted with an attractive personality and displays much ability as an actress. Little Erina, who portrays Rosetta Woodruff, Annie's sister, is scarcely more than six years of age, and is the best child actress seen here in a long time. The rest of the company, with the exception of Robert Harvey as Jack Woodruff, h appropriately cast. The play is provided with handsome scenery. It will remain the week out, with matinee and night performances daily. Butterfly Borlesqners. A wholesome change from the filth of other performances is to be noticed in the performances of the Butterfly Burlesquers which opened yesterday afternoon at the Empire Theater, to remain during the rest of the week. There Is not a suggestive remark during the course of the show and no pauses or incoherent lines to show that anything has been eliminated. The chorus, while not large, makes up In strength of voices, but the singing of the soloists with the exception of Miss Amy Nelson, is very weak and can hardly be heard beyond the footlights. "Life in the Metropolis," the title of the opening burletta,. seems not to fit the piece as there is little in the acting that suggest anything in a big city. The comedy Is furnished by Messrs. Perry, Barth. Leslie and Curdy, and is very silly. Miss Nellie Stapleton with the assistance of thet chorus gives the Southern melody, "Cindy." Miss Amy Nelson opens the olio with several songs which pleased. J. W. Leslie and J. M. Curdy have a sidewalk turn that took up a great amount of time. Fred Barth and Delia Fleming have a grotesque sketch in which Barth showed his ability In contortion work. Gilson and Perry are on the programme as two Irish comedians. The Metweff duo, two Russians, give a series of native dances. For the last burlesque a revival of an old-time act Is used, "Scenes in a Divorce Court." that is practically devoid of merit. At to-day's matinee Gus Huhlln will appear and give a boxing exhibition with Ms sparring partner, "Denver Ed" Martin. On the 15th of next month Ruhlin is matched against Champion Jim Jeffries, the contest to come off at Cincinnati. Notes of the Stage. Manager Jules Murry will star Archie Boyd next season in a new pastoral play by Charles Barnard. XXX Sandol Mllliken will, It Is said, soon succeed Josephine Hall in the leading feminine role In Jeff De Angelis's musical comedy, "A Royal Rogue." XXX Charles Leonard Fletcher is on the programme at the Grand next week, and it Is ald that his act is one of the most unique and entertaining given here in a long time. XXX Dr. A. Conan Doyle is said to have requested William Gillette, the author-actor, to collaborate with him in editing the "Sherlock Holmes' memoirs which are soon to be published. XXX John Philip Sousa and his peerless band, which was the official musical organization of the Paris exposition, have been secured by Dickson & Talbott for one concert the evening of Monday, March IS. In Tomlinson Hall. XXX In the new Klaw & Erlnnger opera "Foxy Qulller," soon to be presented at English's Opera House, that greatest of all comic opera detectives. Impersonated by Jerome Syke?, will be seen In new surroundings and In more ludicrous situations than in "The Highwayman." xxx Hoyt's "A Brass Monkey." which is booked at the Fark the first three day of next week, is described as an exceedingly bright and clever satire on a popular superstition. The piece Is provided with an xccllent cast headed by Mazle Trumbull, a good looking young woman who is a clever einger and dancer. xxx To-day the Zoo will be in the hands of the Central Labor Union. Tho occasion Is a labor benefit. Every arrangement has been made to make it a success. There will be laboring men In the ticket offices, and laboring men at the doors. Every department will be under their supervision. The Cingalese dancers are still attracting attention. XXX The engagement of Mme. Morelll, queen of Jaguars, at the Zoo for two weeks, commencing Monday, had to be called off on account of an attack on her by her ferocious pets. This occurred at the Baltimore Zoo yesterday. A telegram from Mr. Rostock described the occurrence. Just as soon as she recovers from her wounds she will appear at the Zoo in this city. t xxx In the cast of thirty people who have speaking parts In "Lost River," at English's next Monday and Tuesday nights, will be found several promising young players who belong to theatrical families and who are gaining their stage training in small parts. Among them are Miss Jorle Loverlng, niece of Daisy Lovering. of the Tannhauser stock company; Miss Edna Bert, daughter of Mabel Bert; Martha Albaugh, daughter of the famous old actormanager, John W. Alhaugh. and Charlys Farrtngton, brother of Miss Adele Farrington, of the "Cadet Girl" company. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. and Mrs. John C. New will leave on Tuesday for New Orleans and California. General and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison have isuued invitations for Friday evening, Feb. 1. Miss Frances Thomas, of Elkhart, Is visiting Mrs. A. W. Allen at the Delaware Flats. Mrs. Ashley, who Is vlstlng Mrs. Charles I0eler. will return to her home, in Toledo, to-day.! Mrs. Walcott and Miss" Stella Wal.Jtt

will leave early next month to spend some time in California. Mrs. Harriet A. Bingham has issued Invitations for a luncheon Thursday in honor of Mrs. Holden, of Camden, N. J. Mrs. Henry Lane Wallace received informally yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs. W. 11. Andrews, of Chicago. Mrs. John H. Holliday will give a small company Saturday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Albert Fletcher, of Scranton, Pa. Mrs. William IT. Woodward and little son' will arrive Sunday to visit Mrs. Woodward's mother, Mrs. J. J. Bingham, at the St. Clair flats. Mrs. J. A. Sutcliffe will Issue cards today for a tea Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 30, in honor of her guest, Mrs. Lawrence Ciump, of Chicago. The Misses Walpole received informally yesterday afternoon for Mrs. WiHodhby Walling, of Chicago, who is with Captain and Mrs. English. Mrs. Frank W. Wood and Miss Hettie Adams have Issued Invitations for a tea in honor cf Miss Wood, of Piqua, O., Thursday afternoon, Jan. 31. Mrs. Alexander Taggart and Miss Taggart entertained at luncheon yesterday in hoDor of Miss White, Miss Gardner and Miss Jenks, guests of Miss Amy Kothe. Miss Thomas and Miss Black, of Springfield, O.. who have been with the Misses Anna and Louise Spann, have returned to Springfield, called by the sudden death of Miss Thomas's father. Mrs. Marvin Rice Maxwell will receive informally this afternoon for her guests, Mrs. Haymond and Mrs. Blackford, of West Virginia. The hours are from 3 to 6 o'clock. There are no invitations. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Krauss, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Leighty, Mr. Frank Hirschman and Mr. Carl Hirschman and Mr. William A. Saltan, of Indianapolis, are registered at the Tampa Bay Hotel, Florida. The members of the Woodruff Place Club enjoyed an Informal dance last night at the clubhouse, the hostesses being Mrs. Russell M. Seeds, Mrs. Charles Robinson, Mrs. H. S. Hacker, Mrs. Goheen and Miss Knubbe. Mrs. Charles A. Hamlin, assisted by Mrs. Fred E. Hamlin and Mrs. George Faber, received at her home, 3521 Kenwood avenue, yesterday, from 2 to 5 p. m.. In honor of the birthday anniversary of her daughter, Mrs. J. Will Welch. Mrs. Mabel Loomis Todd will talk on 'Carthage" before the Girls' Classical School this morning at 11:15. The audience will be limited to the pupils of the school, their mothers and the members of the alumnae. Mrs. Todd will leave at noon for Bioomlngton. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sutcliffe gave a dinner at the Columbia Club last night in honor of their visitors, Mrs. Lawrence Crump, of Chicago, and Mr. Charles Finney, of New York. The handsomely-appointed table was placed In a private dining-room and adorned with flowers. Mrs. Walter C. Marmon gave a hearty party yesterday afternoon in honor of Miss Paxton, of Princeton, who is the guest of Miss Caroline Marmon. Mrs. Marmon was assisted by Mrs. Frederick E. Matson, Mrs. Charles S. Wiltsle and Miss Marmon. The rooms were prettily adorned with daffodils, yellow daisies and carnations. Heartshaped prizes were given to the successful contestants. Miss Stella Walcott gave a small tea yesterday afternoon at the Denison ITotel in honor of Mrs. Haymond and Mrs. Blackford, guests of Mrs. Marvin Rice Maxwell, and Miss Higbee, who is Miss Virginia Keep's guest. Miss Walcott was assisted by her mother, Mrs. Walcott, Mrs. Benjamin Walcott, Mrs. William Garrard Comly, Mrs. Marvin Rice Maxwell, Mrs. Clifton Comly, Miss Keep and Mrs. Hatch. The daintily appointed tea table was adorned with roses and carnations. Mrs. Thomas Taggart entertained the wemerf of St. Paul's Church yesterday afternoon informally. Mrs. Taggart was assisted by Mrs. W. J. Holliday, Mrs. S. Elliott Perkins, Mrs. A..B. Conduitt. Mrs. M. B. Hawiey, Mrs. Frank L. Bingham, Mrs. Robert T. Oliver, Mrs. George E. Hume, Mrs. W. A. Vail, Mrs. John Gibney, Miss Lucy Taggart, the Misses Vail, the Misses Hardy, Miss Josephine Morss, Miss Lucy Palmer and Miss Mary Sullivan. The rooms were adorned in the church color, red carnations and polnsettias being used Mrs. Oliver T. Byram was the hostess for a large tea yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Winfield Taylor Durbln and her visitor, Mrs. McFadden. of Savannah, Ga.. r.nd Miss Daisy Clark. Mrs. Byram was assisted in the hospitalities by Mrs. N. S. Byram. Mrs. Valentine Shuler,, Mrs. William N. Gates. Mrs. Guy Hawkins, Mrs. N. S. Driggs. Mrs. Henry G. Byram, Miss Florence Coffin, Miss Pearl Haines. Miss Mary Reaume, Miss Mera Tousey and Miss Anna McKenzie. Among the callers were Mrs. Holden of Camden, N. J., with Mrs. Wood; Miss Pape, of Cincinnati, with Mrs. Iiobert Churchman, and Miss Tompkins of New York, with Miss Malott. The various rooms were prettily decorated with red roses and carnations and the lights through the house were shaded with red shades. NATION PRITCHARD. . DUBLIN, Ind., Jan. 24. Miss Bertha Pritchard, of Cambridge City, and H. R. Nation, of New Lisbon, were quietly married this evening at the home of the groom. The bride is the daughter of Justice Pritchard, of Cambridge City, and the groom is a young business man of New Lisbon, where they will live. BOEKS ON WEST COAST.

May Try to Secure Munitions of "War Landed by Filibusters. CAPE TOWN. Jan. 24. It Is believed that the presence of Invading Boers in proximity to the western coast Is due to preconcerted plans with European filibusters to land a large consignment of arms and ammunition at some point between Port Nolloth and Lamberts bay. Many traitors have succeeded In enlisting in the local forces, and there have been numerous arrests. Tho sale of Reinold's Weekly Newspaper, of London and the Review of Reviews and Truth, has been prohibited here, as it was found that they have been circulating among the Dutch. PREPARING TO ATTACK. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) have elected Daniel Bell chief, this being part of a preconcerted plan made with the Creeks last fall. They acknowledge the leadership of Crazy Snake, the Creek chief. They ride about in small squads, well armed. They will not talk to whites or others whom they suspect of being against them. The leaders have picked their men, and have been secretly arming for some time. It Is reported that there is to be a big conference Sunday, but the place is secret. Two hundred well-armed Choctaws are encamped eight miles northeast of this city where they have been In continuous consultation for the past two days. United States Marshal Grady has wired to the Department of Justice for permission to swear in extra marshals, which, if granted, will suffice to protect South McAlester and other large towns. Gov. Dukes on the Situation. FORT SMITH, Ark., Jan. 24.-Choctaw Governor G. W. Dukes, who has been in the city all week as an attorney In the Towne murder case, left to-day for Muskogee to investigate the reported Snake Indian uprising among the Choctaws. II thinks no troops will be needed against the Choctaws. He was shown the dispatch from South McAlester stating that he had been deposed by the full-bloods. He seemed nettled, and. said: "That is the first I have heard of it. But I am Governor and I will remain so. However, I will Investigate this when I get to Muskogee. As to tho message sent me telling me of my removal. It is a canard pure and simple." Frlendllcs Seek Protection. EUFAULA. I. T.,Jan. 24.-Ex-Chlef Rol?y Mcintosh, of tne treaty party and about twenty of his followers have taken refuge in Eufaula. John Cruke, a leader of one of the insurrectionary Creek Indian bands, and several of his bands are watching Mcintosh.' The latter say the rest of this Snake band are concealed near town and they contemplate capturing Mcintosh and his people. Mayor C. C. Foley, of this city, has deputized a posse and will protect the ex-chlef and his people within the city limits of Eufaula. Hint to Cleveland. Detroit Journal. . If if? all t the same to hlra we would much pcefvr to hear Mr. Cleveland tell a fish story or two, if only to vary the monotony of hii to-be-contlnued tale of woe to the Republic

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AX AROUXD-TIIE-WORLD FLOATING EXPOSITION PROPOSED. Project for Advertising American , Products Advocated Before the National Board of Trade. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-0. P. Austin, chief of the treasury Bureau of Statistics, to-day delivered a short address before tho National Board of Trade, in advocacy of a project he outlined for an around-the-yvorld floating exposition. He suggested that a half dozen vessels be loaded with properly selected and advantageously displayed samples of American merchandise and sent from port to port along the eastern and western coasts of South America, thence across the Pacific, stopping en route at the Hawaiian Islands, thence to Japan, China and the Philippines, Australia and India, then through the Mediterranean, and thence to the cities of western Europe, occupying two' or three years' time . on the trip and touching at all the trade centers to be reached tj sea. By this Mr. Austin thought merchants of all parts of the world would be given a better acquaintance with American products and American business methods, while at the same time representatives of American interests accompanying the exhibits would acquire a beneficial knowledge of foreign trade wants and customs. He thought Congress, if applied to by a properly organized exposition association of business men, might loan for this purpose a sufficient number of government transports when . the close of the war in tho Philippines should terminate the service for which they were purchased. The board vcted to refer the subject to a special comrrittee for consideration and future report. A report favoring the extension of the presidential term. to six years, the Incumbent to be ineligible to re-election, waa adopted with only a few dissenting votes. The proposition to make retiring presidents life members of the senate was voted down by a large majority. Resolutions were adopted favoring further appropriations by Congress to complete the collection of foreign trade samples, etc., for the Philadelphia Commercial Museum; strongly favoring the immediate passage by Congress of the Nicaragua canal bill; recommending action by Congress looking to the improvement of tho Ohio and Mississippi rivers on plans recommended by the government engineers; urging Congress to provide for the early and permanent removal of the bar obstructing the southwest pass of the Mississippi; asking Congress to provide for the construction of a ship canal from Lake Michigan, via the Chicago sanitary canal, the Desplaines and Illinois rivers, to the Mississippi; providing for the appointment of a commltteo tc take under consideration and report at the next meeting a plan for the extension of the membership of the National Board of .Trade, so as to Include all national commercial and trade organizations of the country, and a resolution requesting Congress to take such action as will give to the country a competing cable line between the United States and Cuba. The meeting then adjourned until Jan. 21, 1902. CUT $40,000,000. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) leaves the existing tax upon all tickets costing more than $30. The House repealed the entire tax. The House removed all proprietary medicines and other proprietary articles, including perfumeries, medicines, cosmetics and chewing gum, from the taxable list. Tho Senate modified this octicn with reference to medicines only. OF INTEREST TO INDIANIANS. Jaccb II. Turner Erlog Petition from Mndlsonlans Yonng Oircni'i Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Senator Fairbanks to-day received a communication from the Commercial Club of Madison urging an appropriation to build a dam across the Ohio river at the head of the Louisville falls. The contemplated project is to widen anddeepen the harbor at Madison by placing a series of wing dams at the head of the falls. Senator Fairbanks will introduce an amendment to the river and harbor bill appropriating a sum for a preliminary survey of the proposed improvement. Information was received at the White House to-day from Hot Springs, Ark., that Jacob H. Turner, of Muncie, is lying at the point of death. He was one of the staff of employes at the White House under this and the Harrison administrations. He was taken seriously ill before the election, but recovered sufficiently to go home in time to vote. He was not able to return, and, as a last resort, was sent to Hot Springs. He was one of the most efficient and popular employes at the White House. Charles Owens, formerly a cadet at West Point, and an oppolntee of Representative Overstreet, is in Washington and will doubtless leave for his home in Indianapolis this week. Cadet Owens failed in his examination this month, and was in consequence let out. Representative Overstreet said to-night that, while deeply regretting the failure of Cadet Owens, he could not see his way clear to recommend the reinstatement of the young man. He came to this reluctant determination after a long talk with Cadet Owens. I. S. Gordon, of Indianapolis, left for home to-night. .-- Col. Russell B. Harrison is still trying to find out why he was dropped from the army. He has finally succeeded in securing an audience with the President, only to find that he knew nothing of Harrison's discharge until after it had been made. Senator aFirbanks to-day favorably reported to the Senate a bill to, provide New York city with an additional postoffice building, to cost about $2.500.000. The plan i3 to erect a suitable building for the postoffice and some ' other government office uptown, about the Forty-second-street station of the New York Central Railway. In connection with this bill It seems proper to say that Speaker Henderson has declared that no public buildings bills shall go through at this session. Charles S. Hernly was called home to-day by a telegram from his son stating that Mrs. Hernly is very 111. Dr. F. M. Pickens has been appointed a pension examining surgeon at Indianapolis. J. G. Wheaton, W. C. Grlle and John B. Shepard, letter carriers at Seymour, have been promoted from $G0O to $S50 each. Additional rural free delivery has. been ordered established Feb. 13, at Booriville, Warrick county; length of route, 21 miles; area covered, S'i square miles; population served. 500; number of houses on route, 12ö; carried, B. B. Allen. DEBATE ON THE NAVAL BILL. Mr. Cannon "Warns the House that Appropriations Are Grovrlnjr. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.VThe House today considered the naval appropriation bill all day and completed it, with the exception of one paragraph. The item for Increase of the navy will remain as reported, namely, two battleships and two cruisers. Some opposition was manifested to any increase of the navy and Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, sounded a note of warning as to the size of our annual appropriations and added that with the present appropriation $310,000.0V) would haveibeen sper-t on our new navy, and we should stop. Pettlgrew Will Not Flllinster. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. The Senate devoted the day to the Indian appropriation bill and made only fair progress. The chief feature of the debate was a sharp attack by Mr. Pettlgrew on the Dawes commission, which, he said, was extravagant and was accomplishing llttl' In the way of results. An interesting announcement made by him was that he. did not purpose to filibuster against any bill. ,The shipping bill was not taken up. but to-morrow will witness a speech on it by Mr. Depew. It then will give way to appropriation bills, Mr. Frye saying to-day he did not wish to delay them. At the opening to-day the Senate adopted the Pettlgrew resolution concerning the reported deportation of A.

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. Altai Y BILL AGREEMENT. Chnnges Explained by Chairman Hull of the House Committee. WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.ChaIrman Hull, of the House military committee, thus sums up the essential points of the agreement on the army reorganization bill, on which an agreement Was reached yesterday by the conferees of the two houses: "The artillery corps of organization is adopted, with a chief of artillery, who will serve on the staff of the general commanding the army. The battery becomes the unit of artillery organization. The strength of the staff corps is left as the two houses provided, except the quartermaster's department, in which a compromise is made adding two majors and six captains, and providing for retaining twenty-five volunteer quartermasters as long as their services are needed. In the nurses corps provision is made that the head shall be a graduate of a hospital training school of two . years' service. The Senate provision on veterinary surgeons Is retained. The pay corps is left as provided by the Senate, with the exception that the number of majors is to be twenty instead of nine, as provided by the Senate. The signal corps is finally fixed to include one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, four majors, fourteen captains, fourteen first lieutenants, with authority to retain five first and five secend volunteer lieutenants as long as required. "The detail system of the staff is accepted, with provision that all appointments to original vacancies created by this act shall form part of the permanent staff and not be subject to detail. All details to the staff are to be for four years, the words unless sooner removed' being struck out. Instead of the present system of chiefs of staffs, they are to be appointed by the President and be confirmed by the Senate, for a term of four years and as long as the permanent staffs remain the chiefs shall be chosen from the staffs. Lieutenants appointed to the line are to be chosen from first and second lieutenants under forty years old, and enlisted men of the regulars or volunteers may be appointed subject to the laws now In force, except that one year's service qualifies, instead of two, as now required. "The advance and retirement of Generals Shafter, Lee and Wilson is assured by the retention of provision for two brigadiei generals, retired, and one major general." Mr. Hull expects to get the conference agreement before the House at once. 3IOXEY PARITY BILL. Hill's Gold Standard Measure to De Favorably Reported. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-By a party vote of nine to six the House committee on coinage to-day ordered a favorable report on the bill of Representative Hill, of Connecticut, "to 'maintain the silver dollar at parity with gold." This was done after the committee had refused to defer action on the pending bills to permit the minority members of the committee to be heard, and a communication from William J. Bryan to be received. This, however, was without purpose to exclude Mr. Bryan's communication, which will be received and printed as a part of the hearings. Chairman Southard presented a dispatch received from Mr. Bryan at Lincoln, Neb., Eaylng: "Inconvenient to visit Washington, but shall be pleased to submit views in writing if you will send me copies of pending measure." The Hill bill, as reported, is as follows: "Be it enacted, etc, that the secretary of the treasury is hereby authorized to cola the silver bullion purchased under the act of July 14, 1S90, Into such denominations of subsidiary silver coin as he may deem necessary to meet public requirements, and thereafter, as public necessities may demand, to recoln silver dollars into subsidiary coin, and so much of any act as fixes a limit to the aggregate of subsidiary silver coin outstanding, and as much of any act as directs the coinage of any portion of the bullion purchased under the act of July 14, 181)0, into standard silver dollars, is hereby repealed. "The secretary of the treasury is hereby directed to maintain at all times at parity with gold the legal tender silver dollars remaining outstanding: and to that end ho in hereby directed to exchange gold for legal tender silver dollars when presented to the treasury in the sum of five dollars or any multiple thereof, and all provisions of law for the use or maintenance of the reserve fund In the treasury relating to the United States notes are In the discretion of the secretary of the treasury hereby made applicable to the exchange of legal tender sliver dollars." Wolcott May Succeed Conger. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. It Is reported hero that Minister Conger has expressed a desire to be relieved of his diplomatic duties at Peking. It is further reported that Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, will be appointed to the Chinese mission in his stead. Wolcott's term expires March 3 nfrxt, and a Democrat has been elected in his place. National Capital Notes. Senator and Mrs. Foraker have announced the engagement of their eldest daughter. Miss Florence, to Rudolph Matthews, of Cincinnati, and of their youngest daughter. Miss Julia, to Francis King Wainwrlght, of Philadelphia. Representative Sherman; of New York, has introduced a resolution to-day which was referred to the naval committee providing for a select committee of members of the House to investigate the hazing at the Naval Academy at Annapolis. The agricultural appropriation bill has been reported to the House. It carries approximately 14,500,000, covering the usual requirements of the Agricultural Department, experiment stations, etc., together with a rearrangement of several of the divisions of the department in the interest of simplifying the service. The Navy Department haB practically completed arrangements for sending a party of scientists to the Island of Sumatra to observe the total eclipse of the sun on the 17th of May next. The expedition will be in charge of Professor Skinner of the naval observatory. It will start from San Francisco between Feb. 20 and March next. A large and influential delegation representing those interested in the Louisiana Purchase World's Exposition, to be held at St. Louis in 1903. was heard yesterday by the special committee of the House of Representatives having charge of that subject. The delegation wants to make sure of an appropriation of $5,000,000, which Congress has promised. Representative McCleary, of Minnesota, from the committee on library, has reported favorably to the House the bill to appropriate $4,000 for a pedestal for a statue to the poet, Henry W. Longfellow, which is to be erected in this city by the Longfellow Memorial Association. The bill also carries a provision for the donation of a gite upon one of the government reservations. A brief cablegram from Commander Sargeant, of the gunboat Scorpion, announces that he sailed on Wednesday from Laguayra for Curacao. It is his intention to take on a supply of coal at the latter port and It is probable he will return to Laguayra. The commander makes no reference to the existence of any trouble at Laguayra, hence it is inferred that conditions in Venezuela are quieter. The Senate committee on the Philippines has decided to report favorably the bill fTOVidlng for the maintenance of a soldiers' ibrary at Manila. The resolution introduced by Senator Teller providing for the printing of the Filipino petition presented to the Senate by him was considered and an adverse report ordered upon it. The Stewart bill for the creation of a Supreme Court for the Philippines was discussed, but the opinion prevailed that the time had not come for action in that direction. Among the callers at the White House yesterday was Captain O. J. Humphrey, of San Francisco, who was presented to the President by Senator Perkins. Captain Humphrey visited the Executive Mansion as the special envoy of California Commandery No. 1, Knights Templars, of San Francisco, to personally present to President McKinley an Invitation from the commandery to meet with it upon his visit to the Pacific coast the coming spring. It is probable the President will accept the invitation. , - A Forgotten Definition. San Francisco Post. - General Kitchener is" accused of using "harsh measures to subdue the Boers." This protest is probably raised by persons who fail to accept General Sherman's definition of war.

GENERAL NEWS IN BRIEF

YAIUETY OF DISPATCHES ROBBED OF SUPERFLUOUS VERBIAGE. Items that WIH Interest Business men, Toilers, Politicians and All Classes of Ileaders. The Norwegian cruiser Elllda Is at New Orleans. The vessel Is under the command of Captain Rosenzvist, and carries 1, men. The battleship Iowa, which has been on a cruise to the south as far as Central America, has arrived at San Diego, Cal., with Admiral Kautz. some years ago. The court is asked to declare certain stocks and bonds now standing In Mrs. Ritchie's name to be the property of the defendant in order that they may be levied upon. At Lexington, Ky., yesterday, Richard Nugent, a race track followed, shot and Tatally wounded Will Mahoney. a saloonlst. Nugent, a race track follower, shot and to give an account of the cause. Charles W. Bingham, administrator of the estate of the late Henry B. Payne, began suit at Akron. O.. yesterday to recover J113.079 from Samuel J. Ritchie, a sum alleged to be due on a Judgment given Payne J. T. Patterson has asked the Atlanta police to find his son, Alonzo Patterson, a thirteen-year-old boy, who disappeared from his home In that city last Tutsday. Mr. Patterson believes his son has been kidnaped. Grave fears for the safety of the British steamship Liverpool are entertained. She sailed from Philadelphia on Aug. 23 last for Hiogo, Japan. A day or two ago a premium of twenty guineas was paid on her insurance. Mrs. Brazil Haywardm, who lives near Pana, III., was thougat to be dying on Wednesday. The doctors administered a tablespoon of salt warm water hypodermically. Last evening the patient was apparently out of danger. By an explosion of hot metal at the Bellaire (O.) steel works, yesterday. Thomas Murphy was burned to a crisp and Chester Lowe. Harry Thomas (manager). Jack Hore and Blaine Redman were badly burned. Lowe may die. A Hamburg syndicate has purchased the estate of the late President Crespo, In the Orinoco district of Venezuela. It has an area of 10,000,000 acres and on it there are 0,000 head of cattle. The syndicate intends to control the meat market of the West Indies and also the packing industry. The bondsmen of City Clerk Miller, of Sandusky, O., who has been found many thousands short In his accounts, havo agreed to settle with the city for 50 cents on the dollar. A meeting of the Council will probably bo held next Monday evening, when the proposition will be submitted to the members. At yesterday's session of the Bricklayers and Masons' International Union at Milwaukee General Organizer Tholoas O'Dea replied to the charges that he derived benefits to the extent of $10.000 during his eight months' incumbency. Mr. O'Dea made a lengthy talk and stated that his revenues amounted to less than $1,200. Armour Institute, at Chicago, is to be the nucleus of a great technical school and will be affiliated with either the University of Chicago or Northwestern University. Philip D. Armour before his death arranged for the future of the Institution which bears his name and his will provides an endowment of $1,000,000 for it. The seventy-fifth annual ball of the Old Guard was given last night at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Major S. Ellis Briggs, commander of the Old Guard, acted as master of ceremonies. Generals of the army, officers of the navy and representatives of the diplomatic corps at Washington were present. The Vandemllt heiress, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbllt, born Nov. 23, was christened Muriel Vanderbllt yesterday in the private chapel of Archbishop Corrlgan's residence at New York. Clarence Mackay and Miss Isabel Kemp acted as godfather and godmother to the child. Rev. Father Thomas Murphy officiated. It is said, at Los Angeles, that pending the signing by the President Of the bill extending the mineral laws over Saline lands. George Durbrow, of the Standard Salt Company, with a force of men, has squatted on government lands near Salton. in the Mojave desert, from which the Liverpool Salt Company is said to derive its suprly. Trouble is expected. The so-called New York agreement between the Metal Trades Association and the International Machinists' Association is said to be in jeopardy owing to a strike of half a hundred of machinists employed at the Christensen engineering works in Milwaukee. The trouble was caused by the Introduction by the Christensen concern of the premium system. Five hundred of the colored citizens of Kansas met in Topeka last night and adopted resolutions denouncing the burning of the negro Alexander by the Leavenworth mob. The Governor and the authorities of the State are called upon to see that complete Justice be done to the lynchers and that no effort be spared to capture and bring them to trial. In two families at Crestline. O.. there are twelve cases of smallpox. Owing to a row rmong the members of the Board of Health no quarantine was established. The matter was called to the attention of Secretary Probst, of the State Board of Health, and he has taken the matter in charge. Two members of the local board have resigned. The schools have been dismissed. Arthur Oakes, who claims to be a son of Peter Oakes. a millionaire candymaker, of St. Louis, was sentenced at Boston, yesterday, to serve six months imprisonment at Deer island, on a charge of assaulting his wife with a razor. It Is alleged that Oakes attacked his wife after locking her in a room and forcing her to sign a confession of having been unfaithful to him. After suffering for more than two years with Cuban fever Alfred Rosetzsky, who is said to have been the first American soldier to ford San Juan creek, where the fiercest of the Spanish fire was directed in the battle of San Juan hill, has Just died in a Newark, N. J., hospital. He contracted the fever In Santiago and was a mere skeleton when he got home. The Supreme Court of Ohio has dismissed the contempt case brought by former Atterney General Monnett against F. B. Squire, secretary of the Standard Oil Company, for refusing to produce the books of the company when ordered to do so by the court Thus the last vestige of Mr. Monnett's trust cases has disappeared from the Supreme Court's dockets. Clark Bell, president of the Medical and Legal Aid Society at New York, has announced that his society has determined to take up the Maybrick case at once, and that the chances are now more favorable than ever for the pardon or acquittal after fair trial of the American woman under sentence of life imprisonment in England charged with murdering her husband by poison. The family of Bass Frazer, who is believed to have been kidnaped two weeks ago from the Georgia School of Technology, has given up hope of ever seeing him again. Frazer's brother, who left Atlanta for his home In Alabama yesterday, has no idea that the $500 In gold which he paid a negro who promised to restore the student to his family will ever be recovered. The, police are at work on both cases. Sergt. James Hickman, of the mounted division of the St. Louis police, had a pistol duel with a horse thief in the western city limits near Manchester and Macklin avenues yesterday cnorning and was severely wounded in the left arm. The robber escaped, though it is thought he was badly wounded. The sergeant's horse received two bullets in the neck, and another bullet from the robber's revolver went through the officer's tap. Previous entries regarding dividends declared in the assignment cases of ex-Governor Foster and Foster & Co. have been ordered set aside at Tiffin, O., and final ones declared as follows: In the Foster caw: Liabilities. $6.570; assets, $13.97aj3; dividend, 3 84-100 per cent. In Foster Cc Co. case: Liabilities. $341.3S4.3S; assets. En.715.75: dividend, 9 29-100 per cent. The cases have been pending since 1833 and Assignee Gormley at one time offered to pay 2Ti cents on the dollar on the claims. Advices' from Dawson and Yukon valley report that that section of Alaska has Just passed through the coldest weather recorded since white men inhabited that country. The climax was reached on Jan. Iß. when the thermometer at Dawson fell to 6S degrees below zero. A message from Fortymile the same day said that it was 7S below. The coldest recorded before this was grefs btlow zero. A message from Fortymile the same day said that it waa 7$ be

ing Jan. 18 at Dawson was S3 below zero. All the time a dense fog hung over the entire valley. Arrangements have been completed whereby all the corrugating plants in Ohio have been put under one management. While the same officials will have charge of the mills as heretofore, they will be undr the direction of one superintendent. J. IL Franz, of Piqua, O., who Is alo the manager of the Piqua plant of the American Sheet Steel Company. Instructions have been issued to start several plants which have been shut down for some time. The product of all the mills In Ohio will be under the control of the American Sheet Steel Company. The Supreme Court holds that the stato supervisor of election (the secretary' of state). Is the final Judge of all controversies arising under the election laws of the State of Ohio. The court says: "The decision of the state supervisor of elections as to matters in controversy submitted to him by the deputy state supervisors Is final. It is the duty of such deputy state supervisors to obey such decision of the state supervisor of elections; and it is error for a court, by mandamus or otherwise, to order such deputy state supervisors to perform an act contrary to such decision of the state supervisor of elections." Without religious ceremony of any kind and with but one carriage following the-

1 hearse to the grave, the remains of the late Count Joseph De Suslnl. descendant or a great Corsican family with the right to wear on his breast the Insignia of thirtyeight orders, and once a leader In the Cuban tobacco Industry with a fortune rated at millions, were buried at New York yesterday. The count died on Monday last after a lingering illness In the East Side tenement where he had lived in obscure, poverty since the loss of his fortune years ago. Dr. W. A. White, of the Stewart-avenue Church, Chicago, in a speech before the Mid-continent Congress of Religions In that city yesterday, declared against the subsidizing of great American universities by" milllonarles. Institutions which have been so endowed and subsidized are to lose their power of spreading education, are to become narrow and restricted, and, finally, are to suffer Absolute disintegration." wer: the views of Dr. White expressed. He declared that events at various universities and colleges had caused a suspicion In the public mind that an autocratic influence had already been thrown over professors and students. Doings of State Legislatures. Delaware legislators yesterday failed to elect a Senator for either the short or the long ternj. Yesterday's ballot for senator In Oregon' stood: Corbett. 2S; McBrlde, 13; Hermann. 6; Fulton, 6; Moore. 2; Williams. 2; Lowell. 1; Smith, Dem. 25. Governor Docker7 sent a message- to ths Missouri Legislature advocating the passage of a law Inflicting the death penalty in cases of kidnaping for ransom. The seventh Joint ballot for Senator by the Nebraska Legislature resulted: Allen, fusion, 55; W. 11. Thompson, fusion. &3;1 Crounse, 6; Currle, 19; Halner, 4; Illnkhaw, 15; Hitchcock, fusion, 4; Melklejohn, SI; Martin, 7; Rosewatcr, 15; D. E. Thompson, 35; scattering. 12. In the Rhode Island Senate yesterday a resolution was adopted, instructing Rhode Island's representatives in Congress to work for an appropriation for the raising and preservation of the Niagara, flagship of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, of this State, '.n the battle of Lake Erie. Bills have been introduced in the Tennessee Senate to grant 1,500 acres near Johnson City to the federal government to be used, for a soldiers' home, and to cede such lands as may be deemed necessary for a forest reservation. The United States Agricultural Department estimates that 2.000.000 acres in East Tennessee are required for forest preserve. General Sportlnsr ISeTrs. , Arthur Townsend wor. from J. Byron Stark by a score of 300 to 137 in the amateur billiard tournament at the Hanover Club, Brooklyn, last night. Ho Yow, Chinese Consul general at San Francisco, is going Into the business of raising trotting horses for profit and pleasure. He has completed negotiations for a farm near San Jose, which will be operated practically exclusively by Chinese. Manager Hugh Duffy, of the Mllwauk Baseball Club, left Boston for Chicago l$st. night. "If the Boston League club chooses to withhold from me my release." he said, "1 shall have to get along without L Its action will not deter me from playing with the Milwaukee club If I see fit." Yesterday's race winners: At New Orleans Prince Real, 8 to 5, disqualified. Hood's Brigade second; Syncopated Sandy. 17 to 10; Major Mansur, 3 to 1; Andes, J to 1; Semplre, 3 to 2; Fair Deceiver, 5 to 1. At San Francisco Theory, 7 to 1: Advance Uuard. 8 to 5; Silurian. 4 to 5; Boundlee, 15 to 1; Wyoming, 15 to 1; Florinel II, 10 to 1. The Protective League of Baseball Players Is apparently on the verge of disintegration. The officers of the organlration, have not been able to resist the alluring bait thrown out to them by the National League managers. Captain J. Kelley, of the Brooklyns, is especially indignant at the action of William Clark and Hugh Jennings. The fight between Al Neal, of Chicago, and Jim Scanlon, at Hot Springs, Ark., last night was declared a draw at the elo?e of the twentieth round. Thomas Sharkey acted as timekeeper for Neal. 8harkey announced to the house that he would chai-. lenge the winner of the Jeffries-Ruhlln fight and hoped to be champion before the end of the year. , , George West, known the world over asa trainer ana unver ot ironing normen, died yesterday at hii home in Chicago, after a long illness. West was a pupil of Budd Doble, when th latter was famous as a relnsman. Over twenty-five horses trained by West have made records better than 2:20. One of ftis greatest races wma his win with Monette In the Was h I nrn Park Derby of 1S34, a distance of two miles. West waa forty years of age. "I think there is a strong t nance of fyob FItzslmmons accepting the offer I am f:oing to make him to flJtht the winner (of the matCii between Jeffries and Ruhlitr." said Dan Stuart, tHe. fistic promoter (at Chicago yesterday. "You see, if my present plans are carried out, I will be atijle to offer FItzslmmons something pretty goci,i in the way of a purse, and that, I thlnl will fetch him. If Jeffries whips Ruhlin it, Cincinnati, he is almost sure to fight lif Carson City again FItzslmmons." Stuart la on his way from New York to Hot springs Ark. j Cable Notes. Clarence King, the geologist. Is ill' at Londen. An operation was performed on Mr. Kruger' eyes at Utrecht yesterday by Profs. Nellen and Drehmanns. The operation whj perfectly successful. Sixteen thousand leather cushions are going to the German troops in China, to b affixed to knapsacks, with a view of preventing eoreness during marches. The Czar left Livadia yesterday on the royal yacht, taking a train for Bebastopoh leaving in the evening for St. Petersburg, . where the court will go in mourning. A bill creating a special province of Berlin will be ready for introduction in the Prussian Diet as soon as Emperor William har signed it, after his return from England. The German Foreign Office confirms the reports that 25.0u0 Chinese troops have appeared near the French sphere, but it :s asserted that thus far they have shown no Mgns of hostility. It is asserted that th British first-class battleships Ocean and Canopus have !ecn ordered to hurry to Chinese waters from the Mediterranean in connection with tho dispute with Russia over the Elliot and Blonde islands. At a meeting of the German Naval Society, Prince Wied presiding. It was announced that during 1j0 the membership rose from 240J7 to 5,141. In the same period the society was resjonsible for the delivery of 3.600 lectures, most of them In south Germany, and distributed more than 6.000.000 books and pamphlets. During the debate on the budget in the Folkthlng (lower house of the Danish Parliament), yesterday. Chairman Hafe. of the finance committee, announced that a majority of the committee were disposed tt sell the Danish West Indies to the United States If satisfactory conditions were obtainable. He attded that, from a purely economic Ftandpoint. it was advisable la sell the islands, as they cost the treasury mure than they are worth. Saponaceous. Brooklyn Eagle. Mr. Bryan refused a lucrative "ad" frcr a soap company for the last psge of the, first issue of his coming paper. No soap in his. He Intends to appeal to the unwashed Democracy, the while ho Utlcra Republicans.