Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1901 — Page 8

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THE H LIEBER COMPANY. SI Wret Washington Street. New Styles OFT HAT We have two new style soft hats that are beauties for These are Fprlnf? hats and come In some very handsome colors. Danbury Hat Co. o. S East Wash. St. Loaned Salaried People We advance money to honest salaried reople on their own noteä without indorsement. If you need money for any purpose whatsoever you need not wait until you lave It up, for we will advance It to you und you can pay us bark in small wekly or monthly payments. We do not consult your employer. Busines strictly confidential. Call and get our plan. Security Mortgage Loan Co. 207 Indiana Trust Building. WHOEVER BUYS VYi save a erent deal of money by buying them '0Vand J IF. UK. Through very advantageous importations we OWJN an Immense Ktock very line atones considerably below to-day's market value. We will sell t hem corre pondIn rly low, and will make aperial designs and estimates for mounting thm In any form deiLrcd. (iuantntec given with each purchase. J. C. SIPE, Importer of Diamonds, Poons 2, 3 and 4, !S North Meridian St 13TOIAX AfOLIS. .J IND. Kid Ladies fine Dress and Street Gloves, 75c, SI, $1.25, $1.50 and up. Also, new line of Ladies' Mochas. lO CAST WASHINGTON STREET. 7ACKS0U HEH0E1AL INSTITUTE. rfae Work of Soliciting Fnnda Will Begin ToOIorrow. The work of soliciting subscriptions for the William N. Jackson Memorial Institute, a free kindergarten normal school, will be started to-morrow. A subscription bock will bi opened at the office of the Union Trust Company and subscription blanks will be circulated among the members of the Free Kindergarten. Mrs. II. S. Tucker, treasurer of the Free Kindergarten, and largely interested in this new project, urges that the people of Indianapolis subscribe liberally to the Kindergarten Normal School, and no amount will be too small for acceptance. Mrs. Tucker rays the city is much in need of such a building, as the school Is now shifted from cne building to another, making it both Inconvenient for teachers and pupils. This week the school vyill have to meet !n Plymouth Church, owing to the low pressure of gas in the present school. It has been estimated that the building will coat about J50.000, including $3,000 for a lot. There are two lots under consideration, both in the northeastern part of the city and the defigns and plans of the building have been prepared. The plans provide for a building 70 feet front and 100 feet deep, with accommodation for 100 students, besides recitation rooms for the normal training school department and the kindergarten division. The building will be three stories high, the two upper floors to be used for the living rooms, the first for the class rooms, etc., and the basement for the kitchen, dining room and laundry. When the building is erected and paid for it will not only be self-supporting, but will support the free kindergartens of the city as well and make an Income. The movement has been received with hearty approval by everyone interested in such work and has received the indorsement und the plans have been approved by John 2 Frenzel. John II. Ilolllday. II. II. Hanna. T. H. Fpann, Rev. Joseph A. Milhurn, Judga Alexander Ayers and "William S. Fish. The rubscriptlons provide for the payment of eight equal quarterly Installments, vdthout relief from valuation or appraisement laws, and with attorney's fees, the hubscriptlon to be binding when $30,000 shall have been subscribed for the pupose of erecting such Kindergarten Normal School. The first Installment shall be payable thirty ilaya after subscribed. Mr. Milburn Is very enthusiastic in the work and has promised his support until the project U fairly launched. Mr. Alllburn will solicit subscriptions for the building this week. In Honor of the Legislature. George II. Thomas Fest, G. A. R, has arTftnKed to hold a special meeting in its hall. In the Pierson building, on North Delaware street, Tuesday evening, at S o'clock. Invitations have been sent to the members vi both branches to bo present with ladies. Twenty-four senators have sent the post c-cmmamler a note declaring their purpc. to be pres nt. The invitation is to all members of the Legislature and State offleers. Professor Graham or some representation of the Knlghfstown Home, with several of the children, will participate in the exercises. The names of those Invited to make short addrr?es will be announced btreaftcr. Fnnfral of Capt. II. C. Lantr. The funeral of the late Capt. Henry C. Lons will take place at the family residence. No. 11H Pennsylvania street, to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends are Invited, but the burial will be private. The honorary pallbearers will b John II. Holiday. T. C. Day. W. II. JI. Miller. Thomas Fpann. Conrad Foltz. J. T. Leckllder. Admiral Drown and Horace Fletcher. The active pallbearers are Frank Ulackledgc, Louis Heese, Newton Todd. Robtrt Mart.ndale, W. W. Knight. J. M. Iritchard. yew Aaaoclatlons. The following articles of incorporation vera filed yesterday: The A. IL Colborn Company, of Michigan City, dealers in lumber and other timber. Capital stock, JTA000; 'directors, A. II. Colborn. F. C. Carton. The Indiana Investment Company, of Lafayette and El Reno. O. T. Capital tock. 23.$uO; directors, M. Ream. George ilineh, C. Branson. A liberal share of your fire insurance cueht to be given to the Indianapolis Fire Ir.surt.nce Company, a safe, sound and euccrul company, organized with home c-tpital by Indiana men, who will give cur business prompt attention. OHcc. L:. 113 Uzit Ilarktt street.

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its provisions KXPLAixnn m atTORXCY MURUILL MOORES. Horr the Ronded Indebtedness of Indianapolis Is to He Eventually Liquidated. SANITARY SCHOOL HOUSES A RILL SANCTIONED RV THE STATE ROAR I) OF 1 1 HA LT 1 1. The House Judiciary Committee Act on Bills Legislative Gossip of Interest. The bill providing for a sinking fund for cities of more than lOOXO population' and designed especially to provide a fund of this kihd for Indianapolis, which was introduced In the Senate a few days ago was prepared by Deputy Attorney General Moores after a conference with Controller Johnson and other city officials. Concerning the measure Mr. Moores said, yesterday: The bill provides for an absolute tax of two cents on each $100. That will produce at this time between $24.000 and $23,000 a year. For ten years the city's taxables have increased at an average rate of $1,000,000 a year, and now amount to $123,000,000 on which a 2 per cent, tax will produce $24,00"). During the next eight years the city's debt will mature at an average of $12.200 a year. In 1009 bonds will mature to the amount of $110,000. At the present valuation of property the tax realized in eight years will be about $200,000 which will pay the $122,000 of bonds that mature in that time, and will leave $73.000 to be applied in payment of the $140,000 that will mature' in 1909, so that approximately $100,000 of that can be paid, leaving but $10.-. 000 to be refunded. After that time the city will have plain sailing in the matter of finances until the year 1321, when over a million dollars of bonds mature. By that time, however, the fund ought to have so Increased that this amount can be very materially reduced. "Generally throughout the United States in the last twenty years sinking fund laws have been in disfavor," continued Mr. Moores, "for the reason that those in existence all provided that sinking fund commissioners should have absolute control of the fund in their hands, and the temptation to speculate with the funds of cities, has been great enough to ruin many commissioners and to prevent the increase in funds which might have been reasonably expected, under honest management. "The endeavor in this new bill has been to avoid speculation in the funds by putting them beyond the reach not only of the mayor and council but of the commissioners themselves. The bill provides for three sinking fund commissioners, one of whom shall be the controller, the other two to be elected by the majority and minority of the council for the time being. The bill provides for a minority representation in this way. The two commissioners must be elected on the same ballot and each member of the council may cast, at his option, one vote for two men or two votes for the same man. These can serve for four years when their successors will be elected in the same way. The commissioners are required to advertise every year for a depository. The depository must be either .a trust company or an incorporated bank. The commissioners estimate the amount of funds to be in the hands of the depository during the year and the bank or trust company offering the highest rate of Interest is chosen as the depository and must qualify by giving to the city a bond in twice the amount of the deposit. All interest received goes into the fund. The commissioners must redeem bonds presented at par whether due or not, but preference must be given to bonds that are duet or about to mature. The treasurer is required to turn over to the depository each month all sinking fund taxes. No bank or trust company in which a commissioner is an officer or stockholder can be chosen as a depository nor can any money whatever be drawn from the sinking fund for any purpose other than for the redemption of city bonds." SANITARY SCHOOLIIOt'SES. Rill That "Will Have the Sanction of the State Health Board. The State Board of Health, at a meeting held yesterday decided to draft a bill regulating the sanitary principles which n:ust enter into the construction of schoolhouses. This step is made at the request of some of the teachers in the Legislature and of societies throughout the Stata. The bill will require that hygiene and sanitary science be taught in the public schools, and that all building sites shall bo perfectly dry. being made so by efficient drainage and that there shall be no noiss-niak-ing industry or unsanitary conditions prevailing nearer than 1,000 feet to any school house. In the matter of ventilation the bill will require that ventilating shafts shall be provided, which will change the air in the school-rooms every twenty minutes. A heating appliance which will maintain a temperature of 72 degrees in s.ero weather will also be provided for. The bill will also provide against the open water bucket and tin drinking cups. Investigations have shown that tho water left in drinking buckets in school house is frequently charged with diphtheria pus and other germs. The bill will further provlds that the water used shall be brought from deep-driven wells or other source3, which the local health officer may select. The smooth, heavy drinking glass shall be used, instead of the tin cup. The bill provides that if from any cause the temperature of a schoolroom falls below &) degrees the teacher shall dismiss tho school until the fault Is corrected. The teacher shall send home any pupil who is perceptibly ill. In order to make the law self-en forcing In regard to the construction of school buildings the bill will be so drawn that the plans and specifications of all contemplated buildings shall be submitted for approval so far as sanitary condition are concerned to the superintendent of public Instruction and to the State Board of Health, and the contract for any eheol building, the plans of which have not been approved by the above-named authorities, shall be void. It is expected that the bill will be introduced the early part of this week by P.epresentatlve Clem, of Terre Haute. In regard to the proposed bill Dr. Hurty tnd Superintendent Jones say that sanitary schoolhouses cost only from 3 to 5 per cent, more than the disease-producing box schoolhouse. "WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE. Important Thing's Done In the Seventeen Days of the Session. The past week has been an exceedingly busy one with the lawmakers In both branches of the Legislature. Sessions lasting until long after the noon hour have been the rule, and the remainder of each day has been consumed by committee meetings, where bills have been killed and advanced rapidly. Notwithstanding the immense amount of labor that has been performed, there have been no bills, with the exception of the one appropriating money for the expenses of the General Assembly, that have passed both branches of the Legislature. Several bills, however, have been passed by each house, and of these probably the most important Is Senator Harrison's bill making electrocution the legal mode of execution.' which passed the Senate Saturday afternoon. The fact that so little opposition wa3 c.Tered to the bill when it was pliced upon its final passage occasioned ccriridtrable surprls, ta it hzi

been currently reported In and around the lobbies of the Senate that when tho bill came up for Its last read In? there would be a strong effort made to defeat Its passage, and It was expected that it would bring about a lively debate, but, on the contrary, the senators were practically unanimous In their support of the bill. It is thought there will be no serious opposition offered to the bill in the House, and Senator Harrison now feels that the chances for his pet measure becoming a law are exceedingly good. During the last week the House has practically killed the bill prepared by the state fee and salary commission by the adoption of an unfavorable committee report. The bill Is still in the hands of the Senate committee, and It Is net yet known what action it will take, but it is presumed by many that the action of the House will have its weight with the Senate committee in Influencing an unfavorable report. Senator Osborne, chairman of the Senate committee on fees and salaries, said Friday that it was Impossible to say Just what the committee would do with the bill. There is a disposition, he said, to strike out that part of the bill relating to the salaries of state officers and amend that part of the bill which contemplates an equalization of the salaries of county officers, so that it will Increase salaries in a number of the northern counties of the State, and then report the bill favorably. It is believed, however, that if a favorable report were made by the Senate committee it would be of no avail, as, it is said, the bill would bo killed In the House. While there U some opposition manifested toward the primary election bill, it is believed that it will be finally passed almost in Its present form. It has been reported favorably by the House committee on elections, and, although the Senate committee has not yet considered its provisions, a number of Senators, one or two of whom are on the'Senate election committee, have spoken favorably of it. Th3 reapportionment bill, introduced by Senator Osborne, although In the hands of the committee, has as yet been given no consideration, but it Is believed that it. or a bill nearly akin to it, will be passed by both branches some time within the next A mass of bills of minor Importance to those mentioned are In different stage3 of growth, or have been killed entirely. Altogether, the Legislature has been In session seventeen days, and In that time 263 bills have been introduced in the House and 212 in the Senate. . HOI SC JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.

Reports Prepared on n. Number of Nevr Measures. The Judiciary committee of the House has decided to indefinitely postpone Mr. Owens' bill giving prosecuting attorneys authority to administer oaths and to acknowledge all instruments of writing. Mr. Whitcomb's bill giving a married woman the right to pledge the insurance policy on her husband's lief, where she Is the beneficiary, as security for funds with which to pay her husband's debts, will also be postponed. House bill No. 164 by Mr. Trout, defining vagrancy, loitering, etc., will be postponed, these offenses being covered by statutes already enacted. House bill No. 142 by Mr. Trout, to regulate the granting of divorces Is indefinitely postponed. House bill No. 194 to prevent constables, marshals, policemen and judicial officers from giving legal advice, introduced by Mr. Morton, is postponed. House bill No. 127 by Mr, Cotner, to prevent courts from making- final decrees in divorce cases until all costs are paid, is also to be Indefinitely postponed. House bill No. 209 by Mr. Horsfield, will be Indefinitely postponed, but the committee will recommend Mr. Adamson's bill providing for a new legislative manual, for passage. Lauehlne at the Story. The statement contained in an afternoon paper that Senator Stlllwell, Democrat, would attempt to put the Republicans in a hole by Introducing a resolution in the Senate declaring that if Governor Beckham of Kentucky issues another requisition on the Goyernor of this State for the return of Taylor and Flnley, it will be the duty of Governor Durbln to honor it. is being laughed at by a number of the Republican Senators who read the article. Such a resolution, they say, would be declared out of order the moment it was Introduced, because of its impotency to accomplish Its expressed purpose. If such a resolution was passed, they maintain, it could in no way Influence the action of the Governor, and therefore it would not be worthy of the Senate's recognition. To Consider Railroad Bills. The Senate committee on railroads will hold an open meeting in Room 121, in the Statehouse to-morrow morning, for the purpose of hearing representatives of railroads and interurban lines on the bills that have been Introduced pertaining to railroad legislation. One of the bills that is exciting considerable interest and which will probably be considered Is that of Senator Brooks, to Include electric roads in the provisions of the law making the auditor of state the adjustor of the question of who shall bear the expense of placing Interlocking switches at the crossing of interurban and steam railway lines. It is understood the bill will be opposed by Interurban representatives. LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP. Stories Picked Up from the Corridors of the Capitol. A resolution of sympathy for the Boers is In the hands of a member of the minority in the Senate and will be introduced during the coming week. - XXX Senator Oscar C. Minor is an enthusiastic sportsman, having a particular leaning towards fishing. He is greatly interested In the proposed fish and game bill to be introduced simultaneously In both branches of the Legislature this week. Senator Minor objects strenuously to the provision making the months of April and May in each year a closed season to fishermen. He says that the people of southern Indiana arc unanimously in favor of the open spring: season for hook and line fishing, anyway. It seems to be northern Indiana against southern Indiana, as the sentiment in the northern part of the State is practically for the closed season. Mr. Minor and other senators and representatives from southern Indiana propose to make a strong fight to gain their point, either In the joint session of the House and Senate committees in Room 122 Wednesday night or afterwards on the flocrs of both branches of the Legislature. xxx "Without expressing my own Inclination In the matter," said Representative Cyrus E. Davis, leader of the House minority, "I will give it as my present opinion that the fierce competition from various cities and towns in this State for the location of the epileptic village In their midst will result in a compromise. I think the bill providing for such an Institution will pass, but I believe that it will not contain the name of any place for a location, but leave that matter to a bi-partisan commission to be appointed by the Governor. And I feel confident if this is done a location that will be best adapted to the needs and advantages of these unfortunate people will be chosen." XXX The discussion in the House over the bill proposing to compel Insurance companies to pay the full amount of a policy in case of a total loss has taken a sudden and Interesting turn. Representatives from rural districts were at first" blush rather inclined to support the measure, but they have been studying over the matter and discovered that the law would effect farmers mutual Insurance companies as well as other organizations doing a fire Insurance business. This has caused them to pause and hesitate as to whether they will champion the measure any longer. It is said also that lobbyists In the interest of what are known as the "old line" Insurance companies are holding this phase of the subject over the heads of some of the rural representatives as a sort of club. It does not look now as if the measure would become a law, say a number of wellinformed members of the House. y XXX 'I had a strange and interesting dream or rather vision the other night," said Lieutenant Governor Gilbert yesterday. 'I saw in this vision the Indiana Legislature working under a new order of thins. The Ctate Constitution had ben amended so as to rzalis Uislative tezz'.zz ct IzZzZzils

length and changing the pay of senators and representatives from the present rT diem to a straight salary per year. The plan worked beautifully. In my dream, of course. The members of both houses carried on their business with the greatest celerity, because they were absolutely without an object for prolonging the session. They received their salariesi Just the same, whether they remained in session ten days or ninety. But, coming down to sober reality, don't you think there is merit in the Idea? You know, as things are conducted at present In the Indiana Legislature, there is nearly always something of importance turning up near the close of the feesslon. We may be running along quietly and smoothly without having anything extraordinary to do, when suddenly up comes a delegation from this senator or that representative's district, presenting a matter that they are Just crazy to have attended to. Then, you feel like you must buckle to It and bring about the reform your constituents so ardently desire. All this would be done away with if members were paid straight salaries and could stay as short or as long a time as they deemed necessary. They could get through with the important business before the legislature as quickly as possible, adjourn and go home because thereby they could save money. Under the per diem system, the legislature has always remained in session sixty-one days the constltutiinal limit. It is human nature to get all one can. They would sit here 90 or 123 days if the constitution premitted. under the present per diem plan of compensation." XXX State Trlnter William B. Burford was not a little surprised when he was confronted with one of Lieutenant Governor Gilbert's schemes for expediting the busi

ness of the Indiana Senate yesterday. The plan is to have the committee amendments to bills printed in their proper places in the body of the bill, using italics to show at a glance that they are amendments. The plan also includes the use of type with lines running- through the letters for the purpose of printing parts of bills that committees recommend to be stricken out. Under this mode of printing measures. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert believes there will be fewer erros creep into engrossed bills. A GUARD ON THE ROOF XECESSARY' POSITION TO KEEP A STRICT QUARANTINE. A Case of Smallpox Discovered on Kentucky Avenue Thirty People in the House. Smallpox was discovered yesterday in the heart of the city, and the city Board of Health at once took steps to prevent any possible spread of the disease. The patient Is Robert Dawson, a colored man, who lives in the thickly populated tenement house at 25t Kentucky avenue. As soon as the case was reported Dawson was hurried to the detention hospital at the City Hospital and the tenement house placed under a strict quarantine. It was found that there were thirty colored people living in the house, and all were placed under quarantine. Dr. Clark, secretary of the Board of Health, said last night that he had ordered three guards placed at the house to prevent any person entering or leaving the building. These will be kept at the place each night and two other guards will do duty in the daytime. It is necessary for one of the guards to occupy a place on the roof so as to command a view of one of the entrances to the building. Dr. Clark said if the five guards were not sufficient to keep the place under quarantine he will increase the number. The building will be under quarantine fourteen days, unless there should be another case of the disease" develop in that time. The guards will cost the city about $5 a day, -and the city will feed the occupants of tha-bulldlng at a cost of about 15 cents a day for each person. DEATH OF ARTHUR PRESTON. Sudden Demtse of the Organist of the First Baptist Church. Arthur P. Preston, organist and choir director of the First Baptist Church, died at the Deaconess Hospital yesterday morning, tho result of blood poisoning and pneumonia, superinduced by an operation for an abscess which he had undergone a tevr weeks ago. He was born In England and came to this country when nineteen years old, having been educated by his father as an organ builder and choir director. In the death of Arthur Preston the First Baptist Church lost a valuable auxiliary to its efficiency, not only in the music, but In his readiness to assist In any religious service where he could be of benefit. Until Sunday, Jan. 6, for seventeen years, with whatever church he was connected, when services were being held in such church he was at the organ and led the choir connected with it, his great musical fort being in large chorus choirs. Six years ago. when the Rev. D. J. Ellison was called to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church, one of the conditions on which he accepted the call was that Mr. Preston, who had for eleven years led the choir and acted as organist in his church at Jersey City, should come to Indianapolis and take charge of. the church music. When Mr. Ellison retired on account of ill health Mr. Preston, at the urgent request of the church, remained in Indianapolis and proved a valuable aid to Rev. T. J. Vlllers, present pastor of the church. Mr. Preston took great interest in the Sabbath school, and at all prayer meetings led the music. Although It was known for several days that he was seriously ill, the announcement of his death came as a shock to the membership of the church, who had learned to love him personally and to appreciate the part ho took in all religious services. The deceased leaves a widow and five children under ten years of age. He carried a policy for $3,000 in the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa and one of $2.00v) in the Connecticut Mutual Life, and was a member of the Royal Arcanum and of ono of the Masonic orders.4 The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his home. Memorial services will be held at the First Baptist Church to-day at 11 a. m. EMMA GWINN'S ARREST. She Is Charged with Having: More than EnonKh Husbands. Emma Gwinn, who has been living at 923 Harrison street and there known as Mrs. Britton, was arrested yesterday by Bicycle Policemen Bray and Griffin on a warrant charging bigamy. The warrant upon which she was arrested charges that on Jan. 25, 1900 In the city of Frankfort she married George M. Gwinn and that on May IS, 1900, without having secured a divorce and while yet married to Gwinn she married the complalntant, Cornelius Britton, at Lebanon. She refused to talk of the matter further than to say her arrest was due to "a little spite work." Confidentially she told the matron she had first married her first cousin and was afterward told that the marriage was illegal. She was desirous of continuing the married state and wedded Britton. who she claims deserted her several months ago and Is now defendant In proceedings for desertion in the Criminal Court here. An Office In tNe Street. A ticket seller's office, erected by the street railway-company at Washington and Illinois streets is an object of much curiosity to cltixens. There is much speculation as to whether or not it will be allowed to remain. It was built and put In place by, order of John Grant before he left the city. Members of the Board of Works say no permission was given to put the booth in that location. Mayor Taggert said he hid given no one such permission and that the Board of AVorks only had the right to Issue such permit. A similar office, erected about a year, ago. was removed by order of the Mayor.

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THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT CONTAINED THIRTEEN RESOLUTIONS. A Ten-Cent Flnt Increase Demanded in Order to Secure Greater Uniformity. DEMAND TOR DAY LABORERS 3IUCII TIME SPENT IN CONSIDERING THE COM3IlTTEES REPORT. Conditions in the Anthracite Field Changes Recommended In the Constitution. Tho United Mine Workers spent all day yesterday, with the exception of an hour In the afternoon, in executive session. The purpose of this secret session was to consider what is always the most Important business of the miners conventions the report of the scale committee. The report was in thirteen resolutions, but the last three were the important ones. A run of mine system was demanded for the entire competitive coal district which comprises Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania,, a differential of 7 cents between pick and machine mining, a uniform wage scale for all inside and day laborers based upon the Illinois scale, and an Increase of 10 cent3 flat on the ton in the thick vein districts of the bituminous and soft coal regions, and an increase of 15 cents in the thin vein districts. The figures were based upon the Illinois wage scale. There was a lengthy discussion ovei th-a Increase to be asked for, whether to demand a 10-cent fiat increase of a 20 per cent, increase. A 20 per cent, increase is the greater advance upon Its face, although there Is very little difference, but it would not be uniform. The matter of uniformity has been the paramount question before this convention, and to carry out a more just scale the 10-cent flat was adopted. The difference in ine two propositions is that in districts' where the highest price is paid for mining, the miners would receive an advance of 16 cents on the ton, while in the cheaper districts and where the run of mine system is the base for the scale, the increase would be a fraction less than 1C cents flat. FOR DAY LABORERS. The demand for day laborers is as follows: Hoisting engineers, $2.70 a day; carpenters, $2.10; blacksmiths, $2.10; plpemen, $2.40; first machine men, $2.70; second machine men, $2.40; third machine men, $2.10; car loaders, 12 cents a ton, and all other employes, $1.80. These demands are equivalent to an approximate increase of 15 per cent. The consideration of the scale committee's report lasted till 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when it was adopted, and the convention went into open session. In the open session a resolution was passed asking Congress to take active steps toward framing a new exclusion act lor the Chinese. The present exclusion act expires in May, and the miners are desirous that active measures shall be taken to prevent the Importation of Chinese, on account of their cheap labor. Several other resolutions, including a stand against arbitration by force, were passed, and the convention again went into executive session to receive the report of the anthracite delegation that had been in session the greater part of the day. The anthracite delegates insisted upon making their own scale, but asked the United Mine Workers to give the assistance of the entire organization in attempting to force the operators to meet with them in joint conference and adjust the wage scale. This the miners consider the most Important issue of the anthracite question, and all available forces will be applied to bring about a better condition in the anthracite field. The general scale committee will consider the scale of the anthracite miners, but will take no official action other than passing upon its Justness. The matter will then be left with the anthracite miners, while the national organization will do what it can to bring the miners and operators together. ON CONSTITUTION. The committee on constitution also reported during the executive session and some radical changes are proposed in the constitution, which has undergone an entire revision at the hands of the committee. Among the important, changes is the taking away of considerable power heretofore vested In the national president, and placing it In the hands of the executive board. The executive board is increased from eight to ten members by the new constitution. This provision is made for the appointment of two members from the anthracite district that has heretofore had a material representation in the national union. The national secretary-treasurer shall not have more than $15,000 of the treasury funds subject to his order any amount over that being subject to the order of the executive board. The new constitution provides that the salary of the president shall be $2,000 a year, an increase of $500; the secretarytreasurer, $1,625, an increase of $325; the vice president, $1.500, an increase of $300. The pay of the members of the executive board and auditing and credentials committees is $3.50 a day. The power that is vested in the executive board Is unlimited, placing the full control of the organization under that body In the following terms: "The executive board shall constitute a national board of conciliation and arbitration; shall execute' the orders of the national convention, and between conventions shall have full power to direct the workings of the organisation, also to levy and collect assessments when necessary. It shall hold in trust for the United Mine Workers of America all money deposited in the name of the executive board by the secretarytreasurer, but under no circumstances shall said money be drawn upon except upon the written order of seven members of the. board." INAUGURATION OF STRIKES. The inauguration of strikes is in the power of the district officers subject to the approval of the national officers when the grievance does not affect other districts. As to jurisdiction of the United Mine Wrorkers over all employes In and about mines Section 9 of the constitution sets that at rest In the following manner: "Local unions shall be composed of miners, mine laborers and other workmen, skilled and unskilled, working in and about the mines, except mine manager and top boss, and shall be given such number as the national secretary-treasurer may assign them." To make the matter more explicit as to the absorption of the engineers, firemen and blacksmiths, another section reads: "Separate locals may be organized, composed of engineers, firemen, blacksmiths and other skilled outside trades, whenever, in the judgment of the national officers, it is deemed expedient or necessary to conserve the interests of the organization." For the third consecutive convention the committee on appeals and grievances reported that it had no grievances to bring before the convention. This pleasant condition of affairs is the result of the settlement of all troubles and the adjustment of a wage scale la joint conference with the operators. INCREASE IN SALARIES.

There Will Be Some Opposition Among Miners to It. While the miners have been In session one week and everything has passed off without the slightest friction and little controversy, when the session begins to-morrow morning there prpmitts to ba a lively discusrlon over the adoption cf ti:s 1:2: constitution m-r:icrted by ths c- - - iitt 4 rr. 1 c . - ------- , t.

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be over the proposed increase in salaries for president, vice president and secretarytreasurer. The principal discussion will be over the advance in the salary of the president. Last yeoi the convention gave the president an increase of $300, and tne secretarytreasurer an increase because it was thought to bo justifiable. Since copies of the revised constitution have been submitted manv delegates have complained about the proposed Increase in salaries. It is argued that the successive Increases of salaries is following in the steps of tho old Knights of Labor and unless it is stopped the United Mine Workers will meet a similar fate. While there are some against the proposed Increases, others contend that the duties of officers have increased in proportion to the increase in membership of the organization, and a material advance should be ma4e. WORK OF THE TELLERS. Result of Election Will Re Made Known To-Morrotv. The election tellers expect to be able to report to the convention to-morrow the result of the contest for members of the executive board, the credentials and auditing committees. There were 1,500 ballots cast and when the tellers quit work last night 1,100 had been counted. The contest for members of the executive board is the closest ever known In any convention of the mine workers. Eight members are to be elected, and all the old members are candidates. Besides these, two new ones are foremost in the contest. They are John Fahy, of Pennsylvania, and William Morgan, of Ohio. So far, the tellers are unable to decide who Is elected and It will require the complete count to tell who are the successful candidates. The election of William Falrley, of Alabama, Edward McKay, of Pennsylvania, and Joseph Pendleton, of Arkansas, is almost assured, and the remainder of the five seats are contested by Fred Dilcher, of Ohio; Benjamin James, of Pennsylvania; James Boston, of Illinois; Henry Stephenson, of West Virginia; George Purcell, of Indiana; Fahy and Morgan. "Mother" Jones and 31 r. Debs. Eugene V. Debs and 'Mother" Jones will deliver public addresses in the Criminal Court room to-morrow night. Mrs. Jones will speak especially to the women. and particularly to women who belong to labor or trades organizations. To-morrow afternoon Mr. Debs will speak to the miners at their convention. Danlap'a Celebrated Hat At Seaton's Hat Store. SEW FLORIDA SERVICE Via C, 11. it D. It y. On Monday and Thursday of each week solid train Indianapolis to St. Augustine leaving 5:15 p. m., arriving at Jacksonville 7:30, St. Augustine 8:30 next evening only one night out. For reservations and details consult ticket agents. H. p. ALGEO, D. P. A. Insure with German Fire Insurance of Indiana. General offices 2D South Delaware street. Fire, tonuado end explosion. Feed your horse JANES'S Dustless Oats. New Century Cahraph. Ball Bearinc Denamore and Tost typewriters represent la varlel combiuaUons th highest development of tToewriter construction. UNITED TYPEWRITER AND SUPPLIES COMPANY. Monument pla-a and East Mark. Phone 1549. For Diamonds and Watches Marcy's is the best place for good bargains. Forty years In th market with a'ronstant Increase in salet tells the tale for Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne. lOO NEW . . . Steinis Will arrive Monday morning direct from New York city, where they were received last Wednesday from Europe. AH of these are samples, aud we will have one only of each. Columbia Club Members Invited to inspect the assortment r -j- 1 k. . 0 - "T. v- 1"3

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