Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 26, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 January 1901 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2ß, 1901.

tl.n of an amendment X""" Idir!g an ai-

rropriatlon of 1.0,,' for the furt.ur hnjirovtir.cp.t of the ir.br harbor r.t Mlchigan C:ty. Tht paragraph was omitted when the bill pa.-.-e-d :h. Houe. but it 1 understood it will be Ir.seitii by the Senate committee. The Continental National Bank, of Chicago, has been approved as a, reserve agc-üt for the American National Bank oC Indianapolis. Indiana po.-tmasttr were uprointcJ today na follows: At Alto, Howard county, C. F. drecken, vice C. P. Howard, rel:r.ckcfci:rr haJ signed, through J. W. I linn. vice W. A. Gr. e, rcp!iTi.-t ; at Sandusicy. Lfcatur count j. J. T. CU-mmons. vice A. M. Kct-u, resle.nu.1. Action of Courcmlonnl Committees Crncrnl nntl Personal. The President has nominated Second Lieutenants William Kelly, of the Second Cavalry and G. T. Summerlin. Eighth Cavalry, to be first lieutenants In the regular army. The House committee on invalid pensions has reported favorably the Myers bill for the creation of a court of appeals for the final adjudication of pension cases. The measure is strongly urged by the G. A. It. The President has appointed commissioners to test and examine the weight and fineness of the coins reserved at the several mints during the calendar year 1000. under Section 3517 cf the Revised Statutes. No Indlanians are In the list. Satisfactory assurances have been received that the Turkish government h?s arranged to meet the American claim lor Indemnity on account of the destruction of the American missionary property at Harpoot. The details of the arrangement have tot teen made public. The House committee on foreign affairs haj tcted favorably on the bill of Representative Jenkins, of Wisconsin, to regulate ther coming of Chinese into this country and making more effective the present exclusion laws. The bill makes stringert provisions do prevent the bringing of Chi-r.fi-e across' the border. The Senate committee on Territories has decided to report favorably an amendment to the Alaska laws undT which excess of license moneys designated for school ues may be applied to municipal purposes In that territory. The committee postponed the Arizona Statehood bill for this Congress. The report that the Senate committee in thf amendments it suggested to the war revenue reduction bill removed the tax from cosmetics, ! erfurnerles. chewing gum and sparkling wines Is erroneous. The committee reduced the tax on some medicinal preparations and removed it from others, but l-ft it on the articles mentioned, as In the exlatlng-law. Acting on instructions from Washington Ambassador Choate nas presented to the British government the claims of several American citizens for reimbursement on account of elamages suffered through war operation In the South African Republic, including cases of loss of property, arbitrary detention and expulsion. The cases arc now under investigation. Representative II. C. Smith, of Michigan, yesterday introduced a bill for a "national freight commission." and to fix. adjust and regulate freight rates. The commission Is to be composed of twelve life members who are to have general supervision, regulation and classification of freight, the tlxlng of per cent, of division on freight rates between various railroads, etc. . The fortification appropriation bill, providing for the coast defense.? of the country, was reported to the J louse yesterday by the House committee on fortifications. The estimates on which the bill is based aggregate $12.411,133. of which sum there Is recommended In the bill appropriations amounting to I7.S27.4C1. which is X13G.167 less tl an was appropriated in the fortifications act. . The resolution of Representative Sherman, of New York, providing for a congressional Investigation of alleged hazing practices at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis has caused quite a stir in congressional circles interested In the navy and the academy. Mr. Sherman said yesterday he proposed to follow up the resolution and he had no doubt the investigation would bo ordered. Senator Deboe. Representative Roreing, Maytr Charles Weaver, of Louisville, Dr. T. II Raker, postmaster, and E. T. Frank, collector of Internal revenue, at Owenstoro. Ky.. have extended to th-j President an Invitation to visit Louisville t;i the occasion of the Knights Templars' conclave lite in August next. The invitation was a most cordial one and the President Faid it would give him great pleasure to consider It and if ihere was an opportunity for him to go, lie would be very glad to do so. Strong efforts afy making to Induce Speaker Henderson to fix an early date for consideration of the Rrosslus pure food bill. The measure has attracted widespread interest among grocers, druggists, etc. It aims to prevent adulteration of foods and drugs. Some opposition bas developed on the part of the dealers In certain lines of goods, but it is understood amendments will be accepted which, it is said, will remove these objections. The speaker has not yet concluded what disposition win be made of the bill. The consular and diplomatic appropriation bill, carrying something over $1,700.000, was reported yesterday by the House committee on foreign affairs. It provides $10.000 for purchasing land at Peking for the United States legation there. Minister Conger having advised the extension. Other changes made by the bill are: Salary of minister to Bolivia increased from $5,000 to $7.500; consulate established at NeuwChwang. China, at $3,000 and at Moscow, Russia, at $1,500; consulate at Chung-King, China, abolished; consul general at Constantinople made United States agent at Sofia, Bulgaria, and salary raised from 22,&o0 to $3.000.. WEATHER FORECAST. Warmer, with Occnslonnl Itnln or Snoir To-Dnj-l'nlr ToMorroir, WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. Forecast for Saturday and Siinday: For Ohio Snow or rain and warmer Saturday; winds becoming southerly, fresh to brisk on the lake. Sunday fair, except occasional rain or snow In the northeast portion. For Illinois Occasional rain or snow on Saturday; warmer; southerly winds, fresh to brisk on the lake. Sunday fair. For Indiana-Occasional rain or snow and warmer on Saturday; southerly winds, fresh to brisk on the lake. Sunday fair. Lonl Observation on I'rltlny. Bar.Ther. U.U. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m...Z0.YJ 12 W) N'west. Cloudy 0.02 7 p. m... 30.30 25 71 West. Cloudy 3.00 Maximum temperature, 25; minimum temperature. 12. Following Is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation for Jan. 25: Temp. Pre. formal 2D 0.10 Mean IS 0.02 Departure 11 dm Departure since Jan. 1...... 110 1.25 Plu?. C. F. R. WAPPEN HANS, Local Forecast Official. 1 mtrrdto-'a Temperature.

iations. Min. Max. 7p.m. rV I "tx 2S 34 Risma.ck. N. I) IS -L! 26 Buffalo. N. Y :i ZI 22 a!gary. N. W. T 22 Ti 22 Chicago. Ill 12 1; 21 Cairo. Ill 21 3; ?. Cheyenne. Wyo 22. M H6 Cincinnati. O If ; 24 Concordia. Kan 22 -js Davenport, la 12 : 2l Des Moiiit-?. la h .tj 32 Galveston. Trx 51 : ;,'3 Helena. Mint 22 "S S, Jacksonville. Fla 4 :2 4Ü Kansas City. Mo... 21 ?. 26 Little Kock. Ark 22 4 4j Marquette, Mich 11 20 10 Memphis, Ter.n 32 -M 4 Nashville. Tnn 2; 22 New Orleans. , T,r, $ New York city :: 4.' ::; North Platte. Neb .11 i't m Oklahoma. . 'f 'A - -.j Ornahn. Nt-h K n,i FittsbuTjc. Pi .1 -s "j Qu'Arp;-. n. w. v ; : Rtrj'd City. S. V ;i Fait Like City :) ;;s r, fit. Lwl. Mo 2. 3j VJ Ht. Paul. M!nn 1 y; PprlngritM. Iii it o) 24 Pptir trti1! J. Mo 2 42 40 Vit-ksburg. Miss 02 54 45 V.'arNr.fctor.. D. C :i ;j CcVur Coal Comssry tells the be: Com,

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SALES OF IMHASA II EUE FORDS AT THE KANSAS CITV SALE. Severe 1'enaltr for Vote-Selling $ 18,OOO Fire nt Muncie Indlnnn Debater Defeat Illinois. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 25. At the Hereford sale here to-day Carnation, a three-year-old cow, brought $3,700, which is Eald to be the highest price ever paid in this or any other country for a Hereford cow. The animal was owned by Clem Graves, of Bunker Hill, Ind., owner of the "Dale" show herd of cattle, and was bought by Jesse C. Adams, of Moweaqua, III., a well-known breeder. Carnation was bred by the Shadeland Stock Company, of Lafayette, Ind. The bidding was exciting, the price advancing by jumps of $100. Other big sales from the Graves herd to-day follow: Columbia II, three-year-old cow, to Jesse C. Adams, $1,325; Columbia and calf, dam three-year-old, to J. C. Adama, $l,0u0; Lassie and calf, dam imported, and four-year-old cow, sold to T. H. Caruthers, Ryan, la., $700; Fedora and calf, dam throe-year-old, sold t- E. S. Bent, Hazard, Neb., $r); Lucretia and calf, dam Blx-year-ol3, sold to T. H. Caruthers. Ryan, la., $550; Beatrice, heifer, sold to S. L. Brock, Mason. Mo., $515. Judge W. S. Vannatta's herd of thoroughbred Hereford cattle at Fowler, Ind., has ben sold to Judge C. F. Strop, of St. Joseph, Mo. The price paid and the future home of the herd, which is one of the biggest and most valuable In the country, have not been made public. Judge Vannatta, who 13 attending the Hereford sale, admits that he has disposed of the herd, but eleclines to make the details of the sale public. E. C. Scarlet, manager of the Riverside Hereford farm, at Ashland, Neb., negotiated the sale, and It was rumored that the Humphreys, owners of the Riverside herd, formerly the Adams, Earl Shadeland herd, of Shadeland, Ind., were the real purchasers. This Is denied by every member of the Riverside Company. KILLED HIS ritlEND. Ioey County Farmer' Son Fntnlly Stabbed Another A Girl the Cnnit, EVANSVILLE. Ind., Jan. 23. Lee Walker, a farmer's, son, twenty years old, stabbed to death Edward Brown, a life-long friend, at a church in Toint township, Posey county, "Wednesday night. The young men had for several months past sought the compahy of the same young woman. Walker took her to prayer meeting Wednesday night, and after the meeting Erown met them on the outside. A few words followed and Walker drew a barlow knife and began cutting Brown. "Don't kill me!" he cried as he fell at the feet of the young woman. After he fell Walker stabbed him several times. lie then walked up to the girl and wiped the knife on her apron, with this remark: "I guess you are satisfied now. You chose him In preference to me." Walker escaped. Two Snfe-lllower Captured. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Jan. 25. Part of the gang of safeblowers who secured about $100 from the saloon of Schnuer Brothers, at Andrews, Thursday morning, were captured to-day at North Manchester. The cracksmen, on leaving Andrews, stole a horse and buggy, and when they reached North Manchester were under the influence of liquor. The marshal had been notified to look out for them and made the arrests without difficulty, two of the three in the gang being locked up. Some of the coin taken from the safe was found on their persons. The stolen horse broke down from overdriving. The prisoners decline to give their names, and ap'parently are tramps. Burglars nt Marlon. MARION, Ind., Jan. 23. An 'unknown burglar last night entered the home of John Clark, city treasurer, and secured $200 in booty. He next entered the home of William Buchanan. The latter grappled with the burglar p.s he entered the room. The two men rolled down stairs. The burglar broke away and escaped. Burglars also entered the homes of Sol Allman. Dr. W. R. Francis, and Ell Halderman, but secured little booty. INDIANA AVOX DEBATE. Defeated Illinois with the Wrong Side of a Very BIrt Question. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. j CHAMPAIGN, 111., Jan. 23. The third annual debate between the University of Illinois and Indiana University was held here this evening, Indiana winning for the first time In the three years. The question was: "Resolved, That Congress should enact a law further restricting Immigration."Illinois was represented by Wallace O. Humphrey, Ralph P. Bundy and Nuba M. Fletcher. They supported the affirmative, arguing that the present Immigration into this country Is a menace to our social, industrial and political institutions. They claimed that the present laws restricting immigration were elefectlve and attacked especially that provision placing Its enforcement In the hands of the steamship companies, who are most interested In violating them. Indiana's representatives were Benjamin F Long, Francis E. Gilkinson and Lewla Holman. On behalf of the negative they argued that the existing laws are sufficient, if properly enforced. They denied that such Immigrants as are permitted to enter the United States under present restrictions are undesirable, and maintained that the additions to our population can be assimilated without serious danger to American Institutions. The Judges were Judge Woodfln. D. Robinson, of Princeton, Ind.; Judge Francis M. Wright, of Urbana. 111., and Sheldon D. Spencer, of St. Louis. They decided in favor of the negative by a vote of 2 to 1. CHILD Bl'RMUI) TO DKATII. Fell Into n Fire mid Then Ran, with Her Clothing All Aflnme. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WIN AM AC, Ind., Jan. 25. Maggie Berger, six years old. was burned to death today. She was playing in tne yard, where her grandfather was burning brush. She stumbled and fell Into the fire and then, her clothes all aflame, ran across the field. Her aged grandfather was unable to catch her, and she ran until she fell, with all her clothing burned away. When the old man reached her she was dead. AVell-Known Woman I'onnil Dead'. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. FARMLAND, Ind.. Jan. 25. Mrs. Ella Norvell. widow of the late Dr. R. D. Norvell, a well-known phyr,lc'.an In this State previous to his death a few years uo, was found dead at her home here this afternoon with a bullet hole through her h?ad. She probably was demented, as she recently rt turned from a courr e of treatment in a St. Louis sanitarium. She left considerable property, which will go to Frank Norvell, of Indlariapt.Hf. a son of Dr. Norvell by a previous marriage. Sne was about fifty years oid and had lived In Farmland nearly all her life. Capta'n Nerve II. v.bo is the well-known ov.r.cr of the" Iirci.I u::p!e f iTr.r.u-rs. was notified of Vm sftf p-no'her's Ii:;: ewr.lns l le : I t I f"i" Farmland. Acti:ltied : Insanity Fle:i. ;5:tclJl to th l:u'.:airi;it Jmal. ANDERSON. Ind.. Jan. 25.-Jojnn Lock. v.ho was sentenced hcr-i recently for a j,rave crime and was placeel on trial a becond time th'..- week, charged with murder, was acquitted by a Jury to-day. The trial lasted four days and the Jurors deliberated all nlsht before arriving at a conclusion. They YOted. six and six till biter

midnight and then voted to acquit on the ground of insanity. The verdict was a great surprise to thö community in general, l.ocke was adjudged sane by a commission tome months ago and the plea did not ttjure in the ether case against him.

Central Fair Schedule. Special to the Indianapolis JoumaL CRAWFORD8VILLE, Ind.. Jan. 25. The secretaries of the fair associations in the CentraLIndlana circuit met here to-day and arranged dates for the fairs next fall, which will be as follows: Bainbrldge. Aug. 13-20; Lebanon, Aug. 20-23; Frankfort, Aug. 27-20; Eos well, Aug. 27-30; Lafayette, Sept. 3-6; Crawfordsville, Sept. 10-13; Covington, Sept. 17-20; Indianapolis, Sept. 17-20. It was alsj decided to abolish the rule making drivers and riders carry a certain amount of weight, and let each carry as much weight as desired. $1.8,000 Fire nt Mnneie. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 25. The large brick building used by xl. J. HIckson & Co., furniture dealers, as a warehouse, was destroyed at midnight by fire, causing a loss of $18,000, well insured. An adjoining house and barn were burned. The detailed losses are: Hickson & Co., $5,000; McCormick Reaper Company, on machines stored, $3,000; George W. Bowers, building. $3.000. Small losses swell the total another $1,000. Fonnd n Long-Lost Voice. WARSAW, Ind., Jan. Lu. Mrs. Scott D. Junkin, of Warsaw, wife of the clerk of the Kosciusco Circuit Court, lost her voice suddenly while attending .a prayer meeting four years ago and during that time was unable to utter a sound. To-day at dinner her power of speech returned as suddenly as it had left her. Disfranchised for Vote-Selling. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 25. Ora Leon" Brown was arrested to-day on tho charge of selling his vote. He pleaded guilty, and Judge West elisfranchlsed him for twelve years. Forty-two other similar cases will be tried next week. Indiana Obituary. ELKHART. Ind.. Jan. 25. Leonard Dinehart, who had been a resident of this city since 1844 died at his home here early thU morning, aged eighty-three years. He left eight children. Mr. DInehart was a native of New York, and his paternal grandfather, a native of Germany, was a soldier of the revolutionary war, serving in the continental army. WABASH, Ind., Jan. 23. Mrs. Thomas Mote, an old resident of Wabash, and the wife of one of its wealthiest citizens, died here to-day aged seventy years, of pneumonia, from wldch she suffered two weeks. Mrs. Mote came to Wabash when a girl, and married Mr. Mote in 1S3S. The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon. ALEXANDRIA, Ind., Jan. 23. Frank Morris, treasurer of the city of Alexandria, died at 10 o'clock this morning, after a brief Illness with grip. He had been prominent In local politfcs and was a member of Elks. Odd Fellows and Knights of Phythias. NEW ALBANY. Ind., Jan. 23.-John Stephens, the oldest man in southern Indiana, died at his home in this city, to-day. He was born In Randolph county. North Carolina, on Aug. 23, 1S01. AURORA, Ind., Jan. 23. Henry Mengner, an old citizen and business man, of this place, died this morning, at the age of seventy-two years. Indiana. Notes. IK IJ. lipid. thA N c-rv v nrlr tinnlnfA mn f- - , --- - - - - . . . nate, has given the Richmond chapter of the Eastern Star a $000 piano. The government has given Richmond two two-hundred-pound cannon and forty eightinch shells to place in her parks. Thomas R. Jessup, Richmond, grand master of the Indiana Odd Fellows, will deliver an address at the golden anniversary of Jeffersonville Lodge on Jan. 20. Governor Durbln will be asked to pardon William Pherson, recently convicted at Franklin for killing a man nametl Knapp. Petitions are being circulated to that end. Site and railroad facilities have been secured at Ridgeville for a large new elevator, which will be built by Goodrich Bros., of Winchester, and will be completed not later than April 1. OUa Young, a fifteen-year-old Muncle girl, was adjudged to be Insane yesterday. Grief over the recent death of her father is the assigned cause of her dementia,whlch developed suicidal tendencies. Roland Perry. late of the Fourteenth Infantry, who was killed in the fighting before TIen-TsIn, was burled with military honors at his home in Vincennes. Company A. First Indiana National Guard, was the guard of honor. Advices from Laporte say there Is no truth in the story sent out from that point that Joseph Brill, of Cleveland, will not bo prosecuted for shooting Lawyer Weir. On the other hand, it is said the prosecution will be vigorous. Ten students were graduated from the Muncie high school yesterday. They were Rollin Wood, Paul Richey, Edna Ionlck, Delia Lonlck, Merrill Naptzger, George Webb, Elizabeth Daniels. Herbert Smith, Herbert Snyder and Nellie Jewett. Odd Fellows of Ridgeville went to New Pittsburg, Thursday night, and instituted a lct ge. No. 7CG, of the Indiana Jurisdiction, with twenty charter members and twenty applicants. W. C. McCartney is noble grand and J. A . Ritenour is secretary. The Oliver Hotel at South Bend, has changed managers. Charles Baur, who has managed the house since It was opened, has retired, and Is succeeded by George E. Wolf, who has be-en Mr. Baur's assistant. The Oliver is one of the finest hotels in the country. Workmen making an excavation In the heart of Muncle yesterday unearthed a skeleton which has been identified by the teeth as that of Mace Howell, who disappeared eighteen years ago and who at the time was believed to have been murdered and robbed of $1.800. Truln Frlarl, a glass worker, recovered a verdict for $000 damages against Larry Keegan In the Howard Circuit Court yesterday. Keegan was foreman of the mill and discharged Frlari. and in a quarrel which ensued, shot him, shattering his arm, and Frlarl sued. A district meeting of Knights of Pythias was held at Franklin yesterday, all the lodges in four counties being well represented. Deputy Grand Chancellor Martin Sellers presided. Exemplification of degree work by Grand Instructor Monyhan and a banquet were leading features of the meeting. Thomas Henderson, who deserted his wife and child In Evansvllle. seven years ago. and went South, where he accumulated a fortune, returned to his former home to tile, about ten days ago. He effected a reconciliation with his wife, and died Wednesday. His widow receives his propel ty and $40,000 in life insurance. Late Thursday night, at Franklin, the jury in the Lewis Baker murder trial, which had been out more than sixty hours, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, and fixed the punishment at life imprisonment. No juror accepted the Insanity plea, and the division In sentiment was on the question of fixing the penalty at death. "LEGALIZED CONCUBINAGE." Chicago' Mnrrinjcc nnd Divorce Laws Denounced by n Juugrc. CHICAGO. Jan. 25. "The law of marriage and divorce, as it prevails here, is nothing less than legalized concubinage. I am net an alarmist, but J do say that our present divorce law must necessarily resuit In the debasement of public morals. I should amend the law w to permit absolute divorce only for InfiJelity and lmpoUncy." This i the recommendation of Judge John Gl'ibons. made in a letter to Chief Justice r.jö: cf tho Supreme Court of the St:;e. whkh he n:ade public t -day. The .I'.u'rre. nr.': In 47 the enactment of a now law. v'.U-r fjrihtr: "It !: the .Mcvca of all tho r.-:!.-:r.;;t d portion f tiio !'.i;v.an family to v :!; ce in fre-r love. 1: a mm !ccorrcs di ati"iii ! with hi" w'fo. rr r wlf re'er unuLh'.r to her hr.l!. 1 d. here It? or she: a;plles.for a dlvorc without x::uch danger of Its b-:lr.g refused. If the Legislature should ryot be prepared to go as far as I suggest. .It "'stu to be made a misdemeanor for the guilty party to remarry either in this State or elsewhere within a certain number of years of the granting of the divorce." For n Cold In the Head Laxative Bromo-Qulniae Tttl:t2,

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HOT FROM THE AVI RES AXD SERVED WITHOUT TItlMMI.NGS. A Little of Everything, nntl Certain to Please the Falliten of Header W ho Like Fact Cut to the Bone. Arthur Pierre, the negro murderer of Henry Nell, was hanged at Franklin, La., yesterday. The German' cruiser Venetla arrived at New Orleans yesterday and was given a noisy welcome. The annual convention and exposition of the National Carriage and Harness Dealers' Association will be held in Chicago next week. Two freight trains on the Plant System collided nar Dlmmick, Ala., yesterday. Engineer Adams, Fireman Morris and an untoown brakeman were killed. Joint ballots yesterday In the legislatures of Oregon, Nebraska, Montana and Delaware did not break the Senatorial deadIccks. There was no material change In tho voting. The Oregon Senate yesterday passed a bill providing that the people shall be given the right to express by ballot at their regular State elections their choice for United States senator. The Prairie, from Havre, France, arrived at the Brooklyn navy yard yesterday, with the government exhibits at the Parl3 exposition and the exhibit of Amerlcau paintings. The latter will be sent to Buffalo. George C. Johnston has been appointed receiver for the Odd Fellows' Endowment Association, of Pennsylvania. The liabilities of the association are $70,0u0 and the assets $30,000. The association has about 2,000 members. Martin Stickle was hanged at Kalama, Wash., yesterday, for the murder of W. B. Shanklin. near Kelso, in 1S99. He had confessed this crime and also that he killed Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Knapp Nov. 2S, 1100. Ills motive was robbery. Dr. John Hair, of Addyston. a suburb of Cincinnati, was shot and probably fatally v ounded yesterday by George Bowman, living in the fame house. The quarrel arose over an accusation by Bowman that the elector was paying undue attention to Bowman's wife. At the Bricklayers and Masons' international convention. In Milwaukee yesterday, a resolution was adopted against convict labor and urging subordinate unions to work through national and State representatives to do all possible in furtherance of the movement. A call has been issued by Oliver W. Stewart, chairman of the national committee, for a national prohibition conference to be held at Buffalo in August, The purpose, as stated in the call, is to discuss questions of Interest to State and county chairman and local workers. Ashea Waba, an actress, attended the matinee at the Crescent theater. New Orleans, and would not remove her hat. She was arrested and yesterday fined $15 or fifteen days in Jail. This is the first arrest that has grown out of the enforcement of the high hat law in New Orleans. Two deaths frdrn smallpox were reported to the Chicago health department yesterday, the first that have occurred there since the recent outbreak of that disease. So far sixty-three cases have been reported. Tho health authorities believe danger of an epidemic is now past. By the death of the late Benjamin D. Sllliman, of Brooklyn, Yale will obtain from the estate of his, brother, Austin E. SIlllman, en endowment of JSO.OOO for a lectureship. The lectures must be of a nature to illustrate the presence and wisdom of God as expressed in the works of nature. The New York Journal and Advertiser says: Andrew Carnegie has secured control of the Pressed Steel Car Company, which Is paying over $2.000,000 a year In dividends. By securing control of the Pressed Steel Car Company it Is .said Mr. Carnegie will bo able to control the manufacture of steel cars. J. M. Carpenter and J. A. Stone, backed by a Pennsylvania syndicate of $10,000.000, have purchased 40.00ü acres of timber, iron and copper lands in , Monroe county, Tennessee, paying $300,000 for the property. They say they will build a railroad to the property and will develop every product of tho tract. John IT. Gordon, of "Woodbury, Tenn., charged with burning his wife to death last Sunday morning, cut hl3 own throat to escape arrest. Officers pursuing the alleged murderer found his body in Warren county, near Luclcey, soon after death had resulted. Five small children are mado orphans by the double tragedy. Judge Kirkpatrick, in the United States Court at Trenton, N. J., denied the application of Benjamin K. Taylor for the appointment of a receiver for the Cuban Land and Steamship Companj'. The Judge said he would not assume fraud on the part of the officers of tho company, and therefore denied the application. An ordinance providing for the Issuance of bonds to the amount of $5,000,0u0 for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition was given its first reading in the St. Louis City Council last night. The Council unanimously voted to convene this afternoon to give the bill its second reading, and a special meeting will be held Monday to pass it. Deputy United States Marshal M. D. Rubin left Syracuse, N. Y last night under orders from Atterney General John W. Griggs to tako fourteen Chinamen from Utica and two from Albany and conduct them to San Francisco for deportation. They had entered New York State from Canada at Malone, in violation of the exclusion act. Randolph Willis nnd Thomas Taylor, both convicted of burglary, and under sentence of three years in the penitentiary, escaped from jail at Pomeroy, O., yesterday, and are now being pursued by bloodhound3 through the hills of West Virginia, They sawed out the steel bars of their cell and dug a hole through the wall of the Jail building. , A daring hold-up occurred in the heart, of the business district of Msmphis at 9 o'clock last night, w?hen two masked men entered the Climax saloon, at Second and Monroe streets, and, covering a half dozen people with revolvers, made them throw up their hands. After securing all the money in the cash drawer ($00) the robbers escaped. Letters have been received at New Bedford, Mass., announcing the loss of a boat's crew of six men from the whaling schooner Charles II. Hodgdon, of Bedford, at sea on Dec. 28. The men had put off in chase of a school of wales, but were caught in the school. Before help could reach them they disappeared. All were natives of Cape Verde Island, but belonged in Bedford. The grand Jury at Williamsburg. Ky., yesterday returned eleven indictments against the Shotwells and their associates charging them with ' conspiracy to murder Kolla White at Corbin. when the grocery store of White's brother was blown up with dynamite4, and also with the murder of Susan Cox nnd Sutton Farrls. All but one are In Jail. The trials will begin next week. W. W. Baldwin, an insurance agent of Chattanooga, Tenn.. was arrested at Knoxville, Tenn., yesterday on a warrant sworn out by the Third National Bank of Chattanooga, charging him with forging indorsements on a note which the bank discounted for $5,0i0. It Is said Baldwin had collected S2.0W on the note, but the entire sum was recovered. Earl Burnham. a postoffice clerk, who last summer shot and killed Mrs. Annie Tyson and wounded her husband, Samuel Tyson, because of an attack on Mrs. Burnham, was yesterday found guilty of manslaughter In the fourth degree at Kansas City anl given a sentence of three months in the county Jail and to raj' a fine of $100. He was indicted for murder in the first degree. A el?cree has been entered In the Circuit Court at Nashville In the case of General Russell A. Algrer vs. T. R. Andersen et a!., upon a mandate from the United State Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth District whereby General Alger is given a rersonal Judgment for $201.014.97. The litigation arose out of the purchase of several tracts of coal and mineral lands In Franklin county, Tenns.ee. Tumor A. Real!, of New York, representing the Eastern Tube Company, yesterday signed a contract with the tJitlzens League, of Zar.osvllle, O., for the erection of a million dollar tube plant in that city. The plant is to have a capacity of tons of iinlshed product a day and will give employment to 1.S00 men. The plant is to be in operation by June 1 next. William E. Farms, former president of thi Ohio Mino Workers, and his two sons, William, Jr., aged thirty-two, and Adam, aged twenty-two, were received at the Ohio penitentiary yesterday to serve one year each for assault to kill. The object of their Attack was Martin Surre 11, a neighbor.

Tho elder Farms took rart in the fray when his boys were being w.orsled, and Surlell's skull was fractured. The Standard- Oil Company Is now In control of the entire production of the Manhattan Oil Company. This gives the Standard absolute control of the entire production of both the North and South Lima (O.) fields. The Manhattan retains control ot Its pipe . lines. The transfer Includes the product of all the wells of the Manhattan Company in all the various fields. The Ohio Oli Company Is nominally In control. The. Investigation of charges made against Superintendent C. S. McGowan, of the Lacrosse (Wis.) Insane Asylum opened at West Salem, yesterday and Is being conducted by a special committee appointed by the county board. The charges are that McGowan struck patients in the face with his first, locked them up for tmriy-six hours without food or water and fed them on sour bread and rotten meat. James R. Howe, reslgster of KIng3 county, New York, who some time ago declared that the fees to wrhlch the incumbent of his office is by law entitled were excessive, and said he would not apply them to his own use yesterday issued a statement outlining his intentions relative to the disposition of those fees. His proposition is to erect in Brooklyn a statue of George Washington. The entire cost of the statue will be defrayed by Mr. Howe. J. S. Sweeney. Prof. Burke and Walter A. Day, of Kentucky, who were ousted from the offices of State auditor, superintendent of schools and commlsslonershlp of agriculture, respectively, by Goebel Democrats In the famous contest for State offices last April, held a conference at Lexington Thursday night, and will meet again next week jn Louisville when they expect to take steps to re-open In the Court of Appeals an application to restore them to the offices to which they say they were elected. In the Circuit Court at Lexington, Ky., yesterday, E. C. Loss & Co., Illinois railroad contractors were enjoined from removing their pay rolls and books from the State. The railroad company alleges that the company abandoned a contract on the Ohio & Kentucky Railroad in Breathitt county, and that angry laborers threaten to tear up the tracks and prevent further work by force, unless paid. In the petition the railroad says It will pay the debts which it alleges Loss & Co. leaves unpaid to the amount of $22,500, if given the payrolls. Governor Odell and Curtis Guild, Jr., of Boston, were the guests of honor at the annual dinner of the West Side Republican Club of New York, held last night at tha Waldorf-Astoria. Justice John Troctor Clark, president of the club, presided. A standing toast was drunk to President McKinley and Vice President-elect Roosevelt. Justice Clarke then called upon the diners to drink to "that good woman, Queen, defender of the faith. Empress Victoriamay she rest in peace." This was also done. Governor Odell and Mr. Guild were the principal speakers. Note from Other Lands. Abdul Hamid received In audience In great state yesterday the German mission sent to open the fountain at Stamboul presented by Emperor William. M. Waldeck-Rousseau, president of the French Council of Ministers, is suffering from a slight attack of the grip. Emperor William has confirmed the honorary doctorate recently conferred upon United States Ambassador White by the Berlin Academy of Science. A German company has purchased the German and Dutch rights from the Austrian Welsbach Company for a new electric Incandescent lamp, paying 667,000 marks for the acquisition. It is seml-officlally announced that 197,000,000 marks Is the estimated amount required for the German-China expedition during the financial year of 1901. The amount of the German -Imperial loan and the date of Issue are uncertain; but there is no question of negotiating it in the United States or Great Britain. The monument of Emperor Frederick III, wrhlch is to be erected outside the Brandenburg gate, is now being executed at Berlin. It Is In marble and of heroic size and will be flanked by the Blumenthal and Helmholz monuments, which are smaller. The ceremony of unveiling has been fixed for Oct. IS, the anniversary of the Emperor's birth. From the Prussian Diet budget, It appears that Emperor William now owns eighty-three estates in Prussia, aggregating 08,740 hectares and yielding C5L631 marks net. Next in order in Prussia is th Prince of Pless. with 51.112 hectares. The King of Saxony has 51,000 hectares, the Duke of Rationr 33,096 hectares, and the Duke of UJest 39,742 hectares. The British secretary of state for India has received the following d"?palch from the viceroy. Baron Curzon, of Ivedleston: "A grave condition of affairs exists in Guzerat. the Deccan and the Carnatlc districts of Bombay, owing to the early cessation of the monsoon in September and the absence of rain. Heavy relief expenditure is entailed for the coming fiscal year. The affected area also includes Badowa and a part of Hyderabad." The grand palace, one of the few permanent buildings of the Paris exposition, and the structure in which the art exhibits, including the United States section, were located, was reopened yesterday with an automobile and cycle show. The vast glass-roofed edifice lends Itself admirably to the purposes of an exhibit hall, to which it Is now devoted. A large and fashionable assembly attended the opening. Several American firms are represented among the exhibitors.

General Sporting News. William Mahony, who was shot by Richard T. Nugent, a racenorse owner, at Lexington, Ky., on Thursday, died last night and the charge against Nugent has been changed to murder. Tim Callahan was given the decision over Eddie Gardner, of Wheeling last night in a twontv-five-round contest before the lahoning Athletic Club, of Youngstown, O. Gardner was severely punished. The Milwaukee American Association Baseball Club was incorporated yesterday with a capital of $30.000. Harry D. Quinn is president, Henry Bauman vice president and Charles S. Havenor secretary-treasurer. Yesterday's race winners: At New Orleans Admentus, 8 to 5; Kenove, 7 to 2; Domadge, 15 to 1; Cluster, 8 to 5; Fleuron, 3to 5; Eugenie, 6 to 1. At San FranciscoImpromptu, 13 to 5; Crusados, 30 to 1; Topmast, 8 to 6; Janice, 11 to 10; Josephine B, 13 to 6; Theory, 7 to 5. Edward G. Gardner stopped Frank Kenny Ir the billiard game at New York last night. The Passaic Club's star won easily by 300 to 139. The result of this game makes a tie between A. R. Townsend and F. A. Kenny for the championship title and trophy offered by the Hanover Club, Brooklyn, in tho amateur billiard players' tournament. By this victory Edward W. Gardner tiea with J. Byron Stark for third prize. DEADLY EXPLOSION. Two Men Killed, Eight Injured, and a Match "Warehouse Destroyed. DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 25. Two men were killed and eight injured, three of the latter eerlously, by an explosion of chlorate of potash during a fire in the warehouse cf the Walkerville (Ont.) Match Company, in Walkerville, this evening. The dead are: George R. S. Phillips and William Brindle, firemen. The injured: Charles Housen and Northcutt, boys, fatally; Chauncey Bennett, seriously; Chief Reld. of the fire department; W. C. Russell. Alex. Langlols, Frank Desmarais, John Stagg. The explosion which destroyed the building was heard for a mile and a half. The property loss was $35.000. Movements of Steamers. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 25. Arrived: Germanic, from New York; Waesland, for Philadelphia. Sailed: Cymric, for New York. BOSTON. Jan. 23. Arrived: Ivernla and New England, from Liverpool. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Arrived: Auguste Victoria, from Hamburg. MARSEILLES, Jan. 3. Arrived: Fatrla, from New York. HAVRE, Jan. 25. Arrived: La Champagne, from New York. GLASGOW, Jan. 25. Arrived: Peruvian, from Portland. Judce W. J. Allen HI. SPRINGFIELD., 111.. Jan. 25.-News has reachtd here that Judge William J. Allen, of the United States District Court, Southern district of Illinois. Is very 111 of pneumonia at Hot Springs, Ark., and may not live through the nlsht.

FIRE LOSS OF $550,000

FIRM OF riTKI.N & BROOKS, OF CHICAGO, SUFFERS SEVERELY. AVholcunlers of Glassware and CrockerySeveral Firemen InjuredFires at Other Places. CHICAGO, Jan. 25. Fire of a mysterious origin destroyed the big wholesale glassware and crockery store of Pitkin & Brooks, Lake and State streets, early this morning, causing a loss of $550,000 arid Injuring several firemen. The latter were hurt by falling glassware or were scorched by flames which suddenly burst from the windows. The firo was first discovered In the rear part of the second story and evidently had been burning slowly some time. Adjacent buildings, though seriously threatened, were saved. In front of the Pitkin & Brooks building is the Union Elevated Loop Railway, which was damaged somewhat by the Intense heat. The loss on the building is $50,000; on stock, $500,000, all well insured. The firm of Pitkin & Brooks Is one of the oldest In Chicago. Other Fires. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. The four-story brick building at No. 12S William street, occupied by Lehn & Fink, wholesale dealers in drugs and druggist supplies, was destroyed by fire and water to-night. The employes in the building had left only a moment before the blaze was discovered. The fire spread rapidly to all the upper floors and communicated to an eight-story brick building adjoining, which was also damaged. The loss is estimated at $200,000; partly insured. MONTREAL. Jan. 23. The stores of J. A. McPherson, W. A. Johnson and Nicholas I-itt, in William street, were destroyed by fire to-day, together with their contents. McPherson is said to have controlled the bulk of the cheese in Canada. The total loss is estimated at $250.000. ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 23. Fire late tonight in the wholesale grocery store of H. B. Straight gutted the four-story brick building and caused a loss estimated at jeo,ooo. HUNTINGTON. W. Va.. Jan. 25. Wilson's Sons lumber mills near Guyandotte, burned to-day, together with all the lum ber In th3 yards. The loss will reach $G5,000; no Insurance. ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 23.-FIre to-night destroyed the canning factory of C. M. Nails. Loss JSO.OuO. BOERS AFTER KITCHENER. They Dynamite Ills- Train and Open Fire In Force. PRETORIA, Jan. 24. Yesterday a train, with Lord Kitchener and a body of troops, proceeded toward Middleburg, an armored pilot engine preceding. It was derailed by dynamite near Balmoral. The Boers, who were In force, opened firo and the British replied. Ultimately the Boers were driven off. The British sustained no casualties. GUISEPPE VERDI DEAD. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) part'ment of Missouri. He was courtmartlaled in 1S75 on the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman for cursing and threatening to cane Captain Charles P. Eagan, who was afterwards made commissary general. Duron Wilhelm Yon Rothschild. FRANKFORT. Jan. 25. Baron Wilhelm Von Rothschild, head of the banking firm of that name, died at noon to-day. . The deceased, who was sevnty-three years of age, was head of the Frankfort house of the Rothschilds for fifty years. Ho was an uncle of the three members of the London house, and handled many of the largest German government loans. Cardinal Sebastlno Galeatl. 1 ROME, Jan. 26. Cardinal Sebastlno Galeatl, archbishop of Ravenna, is dead. He was born in 1S22, and was raised to the cardlnalate In 1S90. Other Deaths. CLEVELAND, O.. Jan' 23.-Hugh Blee died at noon to-day at his home here of pneumonia. He had been sick for two weeks. Mr. Blee was a brother of the late Robert Blee, who served one term as mayor of Cleveland. He was about sixty-one years old. He was born In Cleveland and had lived here all his life. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 25. Jeff Bybee, widely known In turf circles on the Pacific Coast, died here to-day, aged eighty-three. He came to Oregon in 1S47, and for many years was engaged in raising and training thoroughbred horsesl GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Jan. 25. L. E. Steinman, of the furniture firm of Steinman & Co., Chicago, died here this afternoon of heart disease. His wife was with him. Mr. Steinman was widely known in the furniture trade. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 25. Jacob Stotler. a Kansas pioneer and veteran newspaper man, lately editor of the Perry, O. T., Republican, died in this city early this morning after an illness of two weeks. NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-Ben Leavitt, well known throughout the country as a theatrical manager, died at his home in Paterson, N. J., to-day, aged forty-five. HAMILTON, N. Y.. Jan. 25. The Rex Dr. Philellus B. Spear, treasurer of Colgate Uiiverslty from 1S64 to 1SS9, died here to-day aged ninety years. BERLIN. Jan. 25. Herr Zelle, former mayor of Berlin, Is dead. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. Havoc by Fire and Hurricane In Australia and New Britain. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 23. The destruction by bush fires in Australia, according to mail advices by steamer Aorangi, have been appalling. Many people are dropping dead from heat, the thermometer running up to 115 and 120 In the shade. Hundreds of families have been burned cut. Many marvelous rescues were mad.. One man In a farmer's wagon drove 169 persons from the fire circle and sure death, three miles to a river where they all remained immersed with their mouths and noses above the water only, until the fire passed over them. Many miles of grain have been destroyed and great droves of sheep and cattle. A terrible hurricane has spread death and destruction in New Britain. The force of the waves after the wind subsided was terrific. At Herbertshore, the whtte settlement, the whole town was demolished. One hundred and forty-eight boats, large and small, were smashed to kindling wood. All the wharves were wrecked. The treers were uprooted and the banana fields extending lor miles laid waste. Almost every attempt to save property resulted In loss of life. The elcath list among the natives was large. No human being could live in the storm, and those who wished to save themselves retreated to dense forests inland. WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE. fl,.m Reward for the ''Invincible Thieve, a Hand of Assassins. ALTON, 111.. Jan. 25. The "invincible thieves." who attempted to extort with threats large sums of money from the Eat Alton farmers, have at last shown their hand. They attempted to-night to assassinate George Schillinger, one of the farmers who refused to pay them. Bchlllinger, fearing the blackmailers would dynamite his home, as they had threatened, moved to Choteau island. In tha Xliislxslppi river.

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