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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUltNAL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1901.

erect a public building at Hammond, at a total cost of JIJS.Ux. Representative lndis has recommend-? 1 R. S. Tidrick fur postmaster at Brlnghurst, Carroll county, vice Charles McCracken, rested ; also Hany B. Laymon for postmaster at Whltcsville, Montgomery county. Capt. H. C Adams, of Indianapolis, stopped off here to-day on his way home from Boston. Indiana postmasters were appointed - today as follows: Klmdale, Montgomery county, James Swank, vice Garret .irew, - resigned; Tower, Crawford county, Joseph 1. Carbon, vice Mary Ralnbolt; removed. The action of -the House committee on invalid pensions in refusing, by a vote of 5 to 7 to report the CJ. A. It. hill for a court of pension appeals. Introduced !n the House by Representative Shaw, of New York, formerly commander-in-chief of the G. R- was due to the opposition of Secretary Hitchcock, of the Intcrio'r Department. He antagonized the bill with a proposition that five tost cases be carried to the Supreme Court to have decided finally certain points. He carried the majority of the committee with him. It is expected the committee will report the department bill favorably next Monday. . TUCASlItY STATL'3ILT.

Decrease of $4,505,432 la the Public nlt I.nm Month. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Tho monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business Jan. 31, 1901, the deb, lets cash, in the treasury, amounted to $1,034,503,875. a decrease for the month of K50o,432. The debt Is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debt $1,001,500,200 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity 2.02C.I&0 Debt bearing no interest 384,035,4Oy Total $1,337,008,851 This amount, however, does not Include $783,537.273 In certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal .amount of cash on hand held for their redemption. The cash In the treasury 13 classltied as follows: Gold reserve fund $150,000.000 Trust fund 7C3.537.27J General fund 123,57ö,Cli In national bank depositaries to credit disbursing officers and to tho treasurer of the U. S... 97,3X1,036 Total $1,131.472,931 Against which there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $41.4iy,953, leaving a cash balance on hand of 1:33,012,The comparative statement of the receipts and expenditures of the government, issued to-day, shows that the total receipts from ail sources during January, 1001, were $47,52O,2S0, a decrease as compared with the corresponding month last year, of about $492.000. The expenditures for the month were 140,100,707. which leaves the surplus for the. month $7,411,0. The receipts from the several sources of revenue are given a3 follows: Customs, $21,673.915, decrease, $420,000; Internal revenue, $23,709,003. increase, $000.000; miscellaneous. $2.467.367, decrease. $070,000, The expenditures are given as follows: Civil and miscellaneous. $12.525,058, Increase, $300,000; War Department, $3.3S8,643, increase. $36.000: Navy Department. 55.163,577, decrease, $147,000; Indians, $.540,902, decrease. $107.000; pensions. $10.215,352, decrease, STSO.OuO; interest. $1.970,163, increase, $400,000. During the last seven months of the present fiscal year the receipts exceeded those for the corresponding month's last year by $10,2W,ono. Export of Mineral Product. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Mineral products, . crude and manufactured, have ' become In recent years a very important feature of the domestic exports of the United States. Of the $1,563.22S,C06 exports of domestic products, including gold andsllver. in the year 1900 $125,227,477 in value were composed of mineral products. Thus 2S per cent, of the total domestic exports originated beneath the surface of the earth, FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY. Probably Ilnln or Snow In Southern Indiana. To-Morrovr. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: For Ohio Generally fair on Saturday and 8unday; fresh westerly winds, becoming variable. For Illinois Generally fair in northern, rain or snow in southern portion on Saturday; Sunday probably rain or snow; variable winds. For Indiana Fair on Saturday; Sunday probably rain or snow in southern, fair In northern portion; westerly, shifting to southerly winds. Local Observation on Friday. Bar. Ther. H.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a.m. .30.02 15 77 S west. Clear. 0.00 7 p.m. .30.16 23 81 West. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 26; minimum temperature. 15. . Following Is a comparative statement of the teniperature and precipitation Feb. 1: Temp. Pre. Normal 27 0.12 Mean 20 0.00 Departure from normal 7 0.12 Departure since Jan. 1 50 1.51 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Yestertlay Temperature. Stations. MIn.' Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta. Ga 26 45 40 Bismarck. N. D 8 20 14 Buffalo. N. Y 15 20 16 r y 0 IN W IS Chicago 10 16 12 Cairo, 111 26 42 S3 Cheyenne. Wyo 6 24 18 Cincinnati 22 20 23 Concordia, Kan 16 23 24 Davenport, la 8 18 16 Des Moines. Ia 12 32 '26 Galveston. Tex 50 5S 62 Helena, Mont 15 2G 22 Jacksonville. Fla 34 54 43 Kansas City. Mo 13 32 26 Little Rock. Ark 23 43 43 Marquette. Mich . 4 16 12 Memphis, Tenn 22 46 42 Nashvi.Ue, Tenn 23 44 40 New Orleans 40 55 50 New Ycrk 15 28 24 North Platte. Neb 8 34 20 Oklahoma. O. T 20 45 42 Omaha, Neb 12 34 30 Pittsburg 14 24 22 Qu' Appelle, N. W. T.... M G 2 Rapid City. S. D 3 30 22 Fait Lake City. Utah.... 22 32 WD St. Lou!s 24 33 33 St. Paul. Minn 2 12 1.! Springfield. Ill LS 32 22 Springfield, Mo 22 44 42 icksourg. MlS 34 53 50 Washington. D. C 16 35 Z0 Below zero. January Meteorological Report. Following Is a summary of the local meteorological conditions for the month ended on Jan. 31: Mean atmospheric pressure. C0.11; highest. 80.CS. on the 2d; lowest. 20.53. on the 15th. Mean temperature, 30; highest, CO, on the 15th; lowest. 2, on the Cist; greatest dally rsnge. 23. cn the 20th; least dally range, 4, cn the 7th. Mean temperature for the month In 1S72, 28; 173, 25; 174. 36; 1375, 20; 1376, 3S; 1S77, 26; 17S, 34; 179. 25: 1SSÖ, 45; lSL 23; 1SS2. 34; 1SS.1. 14: 1SS4. 21: 1SS5. 23; 1SS6. 23; 1SS7. 24: 1S8S. 24; 1S3, 34; lSuO. 37: 1SJ1. 31; 1V.2. 21: 1h:3, IS; litfl. So: bL6, 23; iv.. 30; 117. 25; KJS. 34; im 23; 33. Mean temperature for the month for thirty year. 2s; average excess of daily mean temperature during month. 20; accumulated excess of dally mean since Jan. L 62. ITevalllng direction of wind, west: total movement. S.T'Jl mile: maximum velocity ot wind, direction and date, 3y, south, on the lOtr.. Totcl precipitation. 1.53 inch; number of days with .01 Inch or more of precipita tlon, 11. Total precipitation in inches for the month in 1572. 1.17. 1S73. 4.50; 1S7I. 3.75: 1ST. 1.01; 1S76, 4 H; 1377. 1.C5; 1S78. 2.28: 1S73. 1.47: im. 5.22; lssl. 2.10; 12. 3.74; 1SW, 1.22; 1SS1. 1.05; i-sNö. 3 3i; 4.UL': isi. Hi: lssi, 2.iI: J&. 2.52; 1K. 10.20; lWl. 2.00; 132. 1.55: Isj'J. 2.77; 14, 1.43; 1&5, 3.12; lMrf. l.co; is,;, 3.71: 4.03: im 3.52; 13-00. 1.54. Average precipitation for the month for thirty years. T.'Jl Inches; total deficiency in precipitation during month, 1.33 ir.ch. Number of clear days, 5; partly cloudy. t, ciouuy, i.

though of course much of their selling value was added by the labor which turned them Into form required for the use of man. The exports of iron and steel, for Instance, amounted in llMJ, in round terms, to J130.000.0t, mineral oils of all classes to J73.HU,U00. copper to nearly $,0o,0u0, coal and coke over 22.0h0.0"0, parafhne more than KOOO.OOO, phosphates more than tö,f.fj.0, while the gold production exported amounted to JC2.7S7.523 and the silver to J5a.272.OjS.

omlnntlnn ly the President. WASHINGTON, Feb. l.-The President to-day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Grover H. Luffburrow, of New Jersey, assistant :vppraiser of merchandise In the district onNew York. Army Volunteer: Edward N. Dower, of Massachusetts, acting assist.' at surgeon United States army, to be assistant surpeon of volunteers, wi:h rank of Captain. Regular. Second Lieutenant D. K. Major, jr.. Fourteenth Infantry, to be first lieutenant. Navy Capt. Mortimer T. Johnson to be a I ear admiral. Commander Frannlin Hanford to be a captain, Lieui. Franklin J. Schall to be a lieutenant commander; lieutenants (junior grade) to be lieutenants, George Malllson, Waltsr Ball and Joel it. Frlr.gle. nida for Constructing Cralien. WASHINGTON. Feb. l.-BIds for the construction of three protected cruisers were opened at the Navy Department today. Neiffy & Levy, of Philadelphia, at J2.740.000. the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, at J2.741.000, and the Bath Ship building Company, at J2,i50,000, appear to be the successful bidder for the three cruisers. Reservations made on each bid, however, prevent a positive statement. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Topics Dlacnitaed by the Cabinet Ac tion of Congressional Committees. Postmaster General Smith has accepted the Invitation of the Michigan Club to deliver an address at its annual banquet at Detroit Feb. 22. His subject will bo "Republican Faith In American Policy." The House committee on judiciary has reported favorably bills for two additional United States judges in Oklahoma and Increasing the salaries of judges from J3.X)0 to J4.000; for a division of the judicial dis trict of Texas and for the federal incorporation of the American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists' Association. The secretary of the navy has received an interesting letter from Governor Allen,' of Porto Rico, formerly assistant secretary of the navy and a warm personal friend of the secretary. The communication bets at naught the many alarming reports that have come to hand telling of dire dis tress and poverty among the islanders, and chronicles a constantly growing meas ure of prosperity in Porto Rico. At tho Cabinet meeting yesterday Secretary Hay spoke at some length upon the situation in China. It developed that the plenipotentiaries of the powers are not rcaking as rapid progress towards a settlement as was hoped, and that many disturbing questions have arisen In consequence. Whether our forces in China should De in creased and the question of whether It would be necefsary to make arrangements lor more permanent quarters for those who ore now there than has been thought proper were among the questions touched upon. The Cuban constitution was also a subject of discussion. Much regret was expressed at the setml.ng deadlock In the constitutional conventicn by which the adoption of a constltuticn may be long de layed. NEW YORK'S BIG FIRE TWO HUGE FACTORIES AXD OTHER PROPERTY DESTROYED. Fire Department Apparatus Damaged Two Policemen MIssInß Actor . . Whlteslde'a Los. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. The extent of the destruction wrought by the fire that destroyed nearly a whole block of buildings at Thirty-first street and First avenue last night could be better appreciated when day dawned this morning. The huge factory of the William WIke Company was almost level with the ground. Other property destroyed was the six-story factory building Nos. 404, 406 and 403 East Thirtysecond street, the five-story tenement at 54G and 543 First avenue, the five-story tenement at 403 East Thirty-first street, Jackson's iron foundry, extending from 402 Eat Thirty-first street to the river, and a twostory brick building at Thirty-first street owned by the Swift Dressed-beef Company. The property partly destroyed includes the tenements at 550 and 552 First avenue and 522 and 524 First avenue. About seventy families were rendered homeless by the burning of the tenements. Bouckhout's lumber yard, on the north side of Thirtieth street, between First avenue and the river, was partly destroyed. One of the features of the fire was the damage suffered by the fire department to its apparatus. Engine 21 was almost completely wrecked, as it stood at the hydrant in front of the burning building. Water tower No. 3, which had been placed in position in front of the burning factory, was also badly damaged, and will have to be overhauled before it can be used. Engine 23, on its way to the fire, collided with a car at Fourteenth street and Third avenue. Both the car and the engine were damaged, and the fire horses were so badly hurt that one of them had to be shot. Engine 23, on its way from the fire to its headquarters on Fifth street, this morning, broke down. An axle of one of the rear wheels snapped. None of the firemen was hurt. The fire department also lost several thousand feet of hose and connections. The hose was burned as it lay on the street or was covered by fallen walls. The blttor cold made the work of the firemen very difficult. After the flames had been got under control those lines which were almost submerged in V water became frozen to the pavements, and the firemen had to thaw the connections with boiling water. Policeman Thomas J. Fitzpatrick. who wa3 sent out on duty at the fire at 6 o'clock last night, has been reported missing. John Mullen, another policeman, who was on reserve duty, also is reported missing. Walker Whiteside's Loss. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 1. The destruction by fire last night of the old Coates Opera House caused an aggrgate loss of J15u.000. The building was valued at J75.OO0. the furnishings at J50.000, and the property of the Walker Whiteside company, which had just begun a week's engagement was valued at S25.000. The opera house and contents were insured for but J40.0UO. while Whiteside carried absolutely no fire protection. Mr. Whiteside lost, in addition to his trunks and properties, several valuable manuscripts of plays that were to have been produced shortly. The company arrived recently, and the entire costumes and property of Hamlet," "Heart and Sword'' and "Eugene Aram" were destroyed. Manager Snyder had intended having the property insured to-day. BiUT Stock of Millinery Burned. CLEVELAND. O., Feb. l.-Fire early today destroyed the big wholesale millinery establishment of Foote, Reed & Co., occupying a four-story brick' building on Bank street, between Lake and St. Clair. Frederick Koesler, a night watchman in the building, Is missing and is supposed to have perished in the flames. The loss of Foote, Reed & Co. on ntock is estimated at J250.000; on bullding. JJ0.0J0. Foote, Reed & Co.'s loss Is partly covered by Insurance. The flames spread to the adjoining flvestory building occupied by Root &. McBrlde Bros., wholesale dry goods, as a storehouse, causing 13,000 damage, insured. The wholesale rubber and shoo establishment of Adams & Ford was damaged to the extent of J13.UO0; fully covered by insurance. TO CURE THE GRIP IX TWO DAYS Laxative Brorao-Quinlne removes the cause.

RAY'S CASE IS STATED

Fit A NIC BURKE OPENS FOR DEFENSE, AMI TESTIMONY FOLLOWS. Montgomery Election Bribe Ca newThird Saloon Fire nt Munde To DeatliM Due to Accidents. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Feb. 1. Attorney Burke made the opening statement for the defense in the George M. Ray case this morning, giving as the line of defense that Ray had no financial Interest in the claim, was acting as the agent of his sisters, who were the owners of the Democrat; that the blanks furnished were furnished in such large quantities because that would be a saving to the county; that it had been the custom in every county office in Indiana prior to the passage of tho county i t form law to ignore the law of 1S75, under which this indictment was. drawn. Henry Oltman, county auditor, was the first witness. He Identified various bills filed by Ray; the steps taken for payment of the bills being detailed. The witness was then temporarily excused and was not cross-examined. Ex-Auditor Carson Identified the claims filed by Raj' while the witness was in office. The warrants issued in payment of the claims were also identified. This . witness was also temporarily excused without cross-examination. The claims were offered and accepted as evidence. Most of the afternoon was sflent In presenting papers and claims and reading them to the jury. County Clerk Frank Glessner testified that he had been clerk since Nov. 13. 198. Some time In 1S99 Ray went into his office and told him that he was able to print blanks for the county offices cheaper than they were being printed. Glessner told him that he did not need any blanks, the office being well supplied. Ray then asked if he had an order from the commissioners would he take the blanks, and Glessner replied if the commissioners saw fit to put them in the office he could not prevent them. In November and December, 1&99, witness declared, Ray delivered a dray load of blanks of various kinds at the clerk's office and they were put In the vault and are there yet, none having been used. Glessner Identified seventy-eight forms of blanks as those furnished by Ray, for which the alleged false claim was filed. Ray went to the office and got samples of the blanks himself out of the file cases. Ray furnished 1.000 of each, making 78.000 in all. On cross-examination Glessner testified that prior to the passage of the county reform law when he wanted supplies lor the office he ordered them from W. B. Burford. Court adjourned with the cross-examination unfinished. More Vote Seiler Disfranchised. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Feb. L The court is grinding along with the cases of the men who promised to vote the Democratic ticket at the last election, and signed receipts fpr Jl each, given them as an advanced payment, and up to this morning twenty-eight of the forty-seven cases had been dlsoosed of. The fact that the law gives J100 to the informer for each case of conviction has been the cause of considerable talk about the motives of Charles Benjamin and Taylor Thompson two Democrats who paid the Jl and took the receipts from the men. It has developed during the trials that whatever reward is obtained that Benjamin is to have a third, Thompson a third and a third is to go to their attorney, Finley Mount. The following persons entered pleas of guilty to-day, and each was disfranchised for twelve years: David Freeman, Isaac Andrews, Frank Osborne, John Cox and Thompson Hedges. Morton Lindamood and Harry Baum stood trial by jury, and Lindamood was disfranchised for twenty years and Baum for twelve. The rest of the cases will not be tried for several days, as there are other cases set for the attention of the court. There have beenseven cases tried by jury, one before the judge and the others have pleaded guilty. LIVES SNUFFED OUT. One Man Killed by the Can, Another ia n Runnwny. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 1. Clarence Poor, a wealthy farmer, aged twenty-five years, who lived a few miles, south of this city, was killed instantly, this afternoon, at a Panhandle crossing a mile east of Anderson. Poor was returning home from this city, driving a team, and drove in front of the fast passenger train for Chicagd. The pilot struck the wagon at the front wheels, killing the horses and crushing the driver- into a shapeless mass. The body was brought to Anderson on the train. Poor's ears were covered, as protection against the cold, and it is supposed he did not hear the train. BEDFORD, Ind., Feb. 1. John Hopper, who was removing from Lebanon to a farm north of this city, was fatally injured last night. His team ran away, throwing him under the wagon, the bed on top holding him helpless in the intense cold, where he remained all night. When found this morning he was unconscious, and he died tonight. SALOON FIRE AT 3IIWCIE. It Calla Forth a Paean of Prnlae from the Kansas Smasher. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. l.-Muncle had another saloon fire to-day, and for a time was threatened with a general conflagration. The fire started in the rear of James Shepp's saloon. Harry Cox's restaurant r.nd James Smith's barber shop, with the Ileckenhaur carriage Works, were scorched. Tht whole block was in great danger. The burning of three saloons recently has caused the following comment from Carrie Nation, who wired a local newspaper, on the fires as follows: "Praise Cod; fire Is a purifying element. Ail Christians should be glad to hear, of the obstruction of the Sodoms. Saloon 6r men, which?" Roy Committed Sniclde. Fpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., Feb. 1. Leroy McDowell returned from town to his home two miles south last night, and after putting away his team, went to his room and killed himself, putting a revolver bullet through his heart. McDowell, who was the sixteen-year-old son of Oscar McDowell, a farmer, was weeping and melancholy on reaching home and ended his life without speaking to the family. Discharges In Bankruptcy. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Feb. 1. In the United States Court, In this city, to-day, the following were discharged in bankruptcy: James M. Preston and David J. Beam, of Lagrange; Frank M. Hackett, of Angola, and Frank E. Purcell. of Fort Wayne. Indiana Obituary. BEDFORD. Ind., Feb. 1. Jesse A. Mitchell, a life-long resident of this cjty, died at his home here this morning:, after an illness of eiftht days. Mr. Mitchell had heen troubled with asthma for a number of years and contracted grip which proved loo much for a man of his age seventy-eight years. His life has ben one of continued activity up to his illness. One of his daughters is Mrs. W. P. Malott, of Indianapolis, and another is Mrs. V C. Wlnstandley, of Bedford. NEWPORT. Ind., Feb. 1. Samuel G. Malone. a prominent citizen of Dana, died this morning of lung fever. He was at one time wealthy, but lost his property In securing other men. He left a widow and several children. Indiana Notes. The Thompson Club, of Terre Haute, will make an effort to secure the 1X2 meeting

of the State Lincoln League of Republican clubs. The farmhouse near Westland owned by H. L. Strickland, a Greenfield grocer, burned jesterday morning, the loss bein.

about J700, partly insured. Terre Haute school children will visit Indianapolis, under the guidance of their teachers, to-day, to see the animals in the Zoo and the Indiana Legislature. White county teachers are holding their twentieth annual institute at Monticello, with about 150 present. The chief speaker is Prof. E. B. Bryan, of the State University. The wife of Louis Lepper, physical instructor in the Terre Haute schols, has sued him for a divorce and J5.000 alimony. She says he frequently beat her, without provocation. Representative Faris will present the merits of Capt. George Bigler, of Terre Haute, to the War Department and the President, in an effort to secure for him a captaincy in the regular army. Hlte & Clark, of Franklin, have let the contract for a large three-story carriage factory. The firm has been in business a number of years, and increasing business demands more extensive quarters. Representative Faris has named Herman Welte, of Terre Haute, as an alternate for examination for the naval academy at Annapolis, and he will go to Annapolis Monday to prepare for the examination. James Stokes, who was arrested at Alexandria, suspected of complicity in the death of the unknown man who was run over by an L. E. & W. train on Wednesday, has been released, there being no evidence against him. The Deprez ice factory. In Franklin, was sold yesterday to three Indianapolis men M. J. Friedmann, Harvey Coons and Hubert Woodsmall. The factory was built last year, and has a monopoly of the business locally. The midwinter commencement of the Covington High School was held Thursday night. The graduates were Nina Savage. Claude Livingstone, Guy Hart and Fred Bell. The Rev. Charles R. Hart, University of Chicago, will preach the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday morning. TELEGEAPHIC BREVITIES, The legislatures of Oregon, Nebraska, "Trn tn n i nnil nolnn'-ire nr still dfd'locked on the election of senators. William A. Howard, a patient in Bellevuo Hospital, New York, who hanged himrelf, was the son of a wealthy planter in Cuba . John Kiefer was convicted at Ravenna, O., yesterday of forging the name of his brother Wesley to a note for J1.500, and next week will be tried for an attempt to assassinate the same brother. John Gibson, who was Indicted for the murder of his stepdaughter in Catlettaburg, Ky and who has been on trial there, was yesterday found guilty of murder in the first degree and a life sentence was imposed. John P. Mason, aged forty-five, defaulting clerk of the Continental National Bank. New York, who was to have been called for examination yesterday, committed suicide early in the day by shooting himself In the head. The Ohio steel plant of the National Steel Company on Sunday will begin a run on lrw.OOO tons of steel rails, which will keep the plant running for the next three months. The plant has a capacity of 1.700 tons per day. Charles W. Fisk has been appointed lecelver of the Universal Bolt and Lock Company, of Cleveland, on the application of A. J. Mcintosh, a director and vice president of th company. The concern is capitalized at J50.000. Made despondent by poor health and business reverses, C. II. Layton, former cashier of the Commercial National Bank of Upper Sandusky, O.. committed suicide at Toledo yesterday by shooting himself through the head. By an explosion of nitroglycerin at the Giant Powder Company's works five miles from Victoria, B. C, John Fenton was killed and George Phillips so badly Injured he died shortly afterward. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Governor Yates, of Illinois, has appointed Edward S. Brown, of Kvanston, a member of his military staff with the rank of colonel. Colonel Brown was formerly treasurer of tho Republican national committee and is a prominent Republican. Bottom fillers and helpers in Mahoning valley furnaces have accepted a 10 per cent, wage cut. and the threatened strike is averted. There is a strike of fifty-five employes in the Laura Republic mill, 'n Youngstown. but it is expected to be settled to-da.y. A dispatch from Port of Spain, Trindad, says the Venezuelan government continue to maintain a defiant attitude toward the United States and that Castro will send a regiment to ulspossess the Americans at Titch lake. The South Carolina Legislature, for the second time, has killed a bill to prohibit child labor in cotton mills. Its action was based upon the fact that six thousand mill operatives in the Piedmont section presented petitions asking to be let alone. Rather than submit to hazing, Claude W. Norton anc Harry Powles, each aged fourteen years, cadets at the Wentworth Military Academy, at Lexington, Mo., ran away from It Tuesday night. They were arrested in Kansas City and will be sent back. The Porto RIcan Assembly, whose sixtyday continuous term expired Jan. 31. adjourned yesterday at 2:15 a. m., although the clock of the House conveniently registered 11:50 p. m. The total number of acts that came into being during the term waa thirty-six. . Demetrius Karidis, a natlvo of Bosena, Greece, charged with the murder of his cousin, Xenophon Kardis, in the Grecian town last October, was arrested in Chicago on Thursday by two detectives after a struggle during which the Greek attempted to stab the officers. The National Mutual Life Insurance and the Northwestern Life Association, both having headquarters at Minneapolis, will bo consolidated Feb. 21 with President W. L. Bechtel, of the National, at the head of the new organization and Dr. J. F. Force, president of the Northwestern, .as vice president. Charles May has been convicted in Chicago of marrying two sisters without a divorce. He married one in Tennessee in 1S92, and two years later eloped with the other and married her in Atlanta, Ga. Th y moved to Chicago, and May deserted the second wife for the first, and the abandoned woman had him Indicted. Pete Turney Camp, Confederate Veterans, of Winchester, Tenn., has sent a formal petition to Gen. John B. Gordon, commanding the United Confederate Veterans, asking that another city be naraed for the meeting of the United Confederate Veterans if Memphis persists in its Invitation to President McKinley to be present In that city at the time -of the reunion. The national couvenfen of custom cutters, in session at Cincinnati, yesterdayabolished its system of prizes on gentlemen's coats and ladies' costumes. Awarding of medals and diplomas has been the source of mu:h trouble. Hereafter all garments exhibited will be recorded Jn ihe minutes. It was resolved that all garments hereafter must be exhibited together and not in separate apartments. Mayor Ziegenhein, of St. Louis, yesterday notified Chairman W. H. Thompson, of the world's fair finance committee, that he would sign the $5,000,000 bonding bill on condition that he and his associates would agree to give bond in the sum of $1.000,000, insuring that the surplus from the bond ale and the interest on the proceeds of the sale be given the city. This was agreed to and the bond was signed. The Cook county grand Jury, at Chicago, has voted indictments against the county civil service commissioners James D. Morrison and Walter Lantz and also against George W. Lovejoy, who, until yesterday, was a member of the commission. The charge against the three men Is that in their official capacity they certified applicants for appointmenT under the civil-service law without holding "public, competitive and open examination. " The University of Chicago Is about to cooperate with the Alllance Francalse, a national institution of France, in teaching the French language, literature, history and institutions, philology and pedagogy. Courses will be organized In different cities throughout the country wherever the num ber of applicants will permit. A summer school will be conducted at the university with the special purpose of preparing teachers of t rench branches. The alliance numbers at present over 30.000 adherents in all parts of the world. General Sport lnff Xevrs. A motion for a temporary injunction In the Jeffrles-Ruhlln case was filed nt Cincinnati yesterday. The hearing will take place next week. The second game of the series between tne lionicKs, or itacme, vws., ana tna

Pichmond team for the Western polo championship last night resulted in a victory for the RIchmonds by the score of Z to 1. Eugene Bliss, a freshman distance runner at tho University of l rillet?, has broken the Indoor record for the 'varsity track In the mile run, doing the distance in 4:17 3-3. The former record was 4:4$ 3-5 end was held by B. B. Smith. Fitz Barron was instantly killed at Winnipeg. Manitoba, last evening in a hockey match by n solar plexus blow from a shot at close range. He is a son of Judge Barron, of Stratford, Ont., formerly member of

Parliament for North Victoria. The Baseball Players' Protective Associa tion will meet in Cleveland to-day. The players declare their purpose not to sign any National League contracts until that organization grants the same concessions as conceded by the American League Yesterday's Race Winners At New Orleans: Debride, 9 to 5; Triadltza, 1 to 4; Beana, 4 to 1; Varro. 9 to 2: Blythefui, 9 to 2: Bequeath, 7 to 10. At Oakland. Ca!.: Edinburgh, 2 to 1; Roryough, 5 to 1; Florlsta, 7 to 1; Maresa, 4 to 1: Jerid. 16 to 5; Andratus, 7 to 5. The special race between Canmore, Rolling Boer, Articulate and Brutal, at Oakland, to-day. promises to oe one of the best contests of the season. Burns will ride Canmore, Turner on Rolling Boer, Tod Sloan on Articulate and O'Connor on Brutal. The race is for J100 a corner, with J1.000 added. Jake Magmer, of Milwaukee, was awarded the decision over Clarence Class, of Chicago, on a foul in the third round at Milwaukee last night. Mike Irish, of Milwaukee, knocked out Harry Shepard, of Springfield. O.. in two rounds, and Al Gear stopped Kid Howard, of Chicago, in thirty seconds. When the field In the Sprinster stakes at Oakland, Cal., yesterday, reached the first turn Miller, on Bab, tried to get through an opening. He was shut off and the Schorr filly was knocked down, brea icing her nose. Miller received a fractured collar bone. Maresa won by a length from Edna Brown, the favorite, ridden by Tod Sloan, who, after lying away, was shut off in the stretch by Bavassa. At Dayton, yesterday, the closing day of the Heikes tournament, the Dayton man carried off high gun and the silver pitcher offered as a trophy. His average was 95.1, as he broke 571 out of a possible COO. Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Ia., was second, with 561; E. E. Neal, Bloomfield, Ind., third, with 559, and J. S. Fanning, San Francisco, fourth, with 550. The day's record by the leaders was: Heikes, 1S7; Gilbert, 187; Neal. 184; M. C. Fulford, Cincinnati, 1S1; Fanning, 178. Notes from Other Lands. The United States cruiser Philadelphia has arrived at Callao. All are well on board. The Reichstag, by a large majority, has adopted a resolution in favor of uniform German orthography. At Moerchlngen, in Lorraine, on Emperor William's, birthday, First Lieutenant ituegcr killed Captain Adams during an altercation. Emperor William's sporting record for l&OG remains behind that of 1S99, showing G.563 game, of which 2,750 were pheasants and 146 deer. The Frankfurter Zeitung learns tht Dowager Empress Frederick Is so much improved that it is not unlikely she may live for years. Price Albrecht, of Prussia, who will represent Emperor William at the wedding of Queen Wllhelmlna, will leave for the Dutch capital next Monday, returning Feb. 8. As the strikers employed on the Paris underground railroad were r.bout to be replaced by other workmen they decided to accept the minor concessions offered at the commencement of tno strike, and the regular train sarvice was resumed yesterday morning. ' MR. WU TALKS PLAINLY HE DEFEXDS HIS PEOPLE AXD RAPS A GOVERNOR. Refer to the Proposed Disfranchisement of Negroes In Maryland Chinese Not Illiterate. BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 1. The annual banquet of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association last night brought together a large number of distinguished men, among whom were four United States senators and a dozen or more congressmen and nearly all the prominent officials of the State of Maryland. The Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, was the chief guest, and his personality aroused the greatest interest, as did his response to the toast of "Our International Relations with China." Senator Daniel, of Virginia, discussed "Commerce and the Nicaraguan Canal;" Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, talked about "The Broadening Horizon of National Duty;" Senator Burrows, of Michigan, told of "National Financial Problems;" Senator Culberson, of Texas, spoke of "The Common x Interests of Baltimore and the Southern States," and Prof. Walter Wyckoff, of Princeton University, discussed "Industrial Progress." Minister Wu took notes during the early responses, his pencil being noticeably rapid during a passage in Governor Smith's speech, in which that official referred to the acquisition by this country of the Philippines, Porto Rico, possibly of Cuba and a "slice of China," Mayor Hayes followed Governor Smith and made a hit with Minister Wu by saying: "I don't agree with the Governor. We don't want any part of China." which sentiment the Chinese minister vigorously applauded. Senator Daniel, after fully discussing ihi problems connected with the completion of the Nicaraguan canal, declared that his vote will always be recorded against "the partition of the Chinese empire in any way or manner whatsoever," after which sentiment Mr. Wu clapped hi3 hands. A moment later he appeared equally pleased when the Virginia senator launched a vigorous philllpic against the looting of Chinese cities, towns and villages in the name of Christianity. Minister Wu said.- in part: "I am wiser now than If I had spoken early. There seems to be a difference of opinion on the Nicaraguan canal question. I am glad to hear your Governor Is a farmer. In my country we have four great classes, the second of which is the farmer, the fourth is the merchant. As a foreign diplomat, I know nothing of your politics, and I am not here to approve or condemn your system of government. I am told that your Governor is considering the question of calling an extra session of the Legislature to disfranchise whom? Not the Chinese, for they are already disfranchised, but the illiterate, and the Chinaman is not Illiterate. We neither ask nor expect special favors. We only ask that the Chinese who come here should be treated exactly as other foreigners are treated. There is no reason to fear that the 400.000,000 Chinese will ever immigrate here. The fear that this country will be Hooded by Chinese Is absurd. Why do you single out my countrymen in your preventive measures, when you permit the laborers of all other countries to enter your boundaries? The "evil of oplum-smoklng is urged against us. We have tried vainly to break it up in China. You have It in your power to prevent It here. The Importation of opium could be prevented here; if you do not prevent it you will suffer as we do. The remedy, so far is this country is concerned, is in your hands, not ours. W cannot, for political reason?, prevent it there, but if I understand your laws you can prevent it here if you wiih to do so. If you want to extend your trad.j In China, study our ways and meet our requirements. Our merchants are proverbially honest. Study our methods and conform to them. The commercial interests of your nation and of mine desire that the peace of the world shall be maintained." Movement of Steamers. KINS ALE. Feb. 2. 3:34 a. m. Passed: Campania, from New York, for Quenstown and Liverpool. NAPLES, Feb. l.-Arrived: Werra, from New York, for Genoa. GLASGOW, Feb. 1. Arrived: Carthagenian, from Philadelphia. HAVRE. Feb. i. Arrived: L'AquItalne, from New York. HAMBURG. Feb. l.-Arrived: Phoenicia, from New York. For a Cold In the Head Laxative Bromo-Qulnine Tablets.

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LOW SCORE IN ONE GAME PREVENTED 3IARIOXS FROM TAKING SIX GAMES I'UOJl TIRXEHS. CapltHl CItys Made a (Sc nn Sweep Wynck Rolled n Illfcli Score Individual Scores. Tho second division of the Marions rolled r.cores of 911 and 912 in the flrst and third games, but in the second game they dropped to 7SC and the Turners managed to roll 795, winning the only game of the six, as th3 Marions had easy work taking the three games. The Capital Citys worked up a few points by taking six straight from the Lenox team. Herman Sayles, of the Capital Citys, made the 4-10 split In one of the games. The Crescents won four of thi six from the North Sides. Wyrlck rolled 2U in tho third game, making the high score of the evening. The other games were interesting. The individual scores were as follows: TURXER8 VS. MARIONS. Turner Alleys. First Division. Turners. 1st 2J 3d Dicks 153 2 1JJS Field 131 132 163 Yorger 146 117 156 Schräder .. 137 156 142 G. Sd'efk'r 21 li9 146 Marlon. 1st 2.1 3d Knox 173 1S2 170 13. W. liro'n 143 lht lt Quill .... Williams liryson . 176 16 13212 m 153 03 148 161 Totals ....801 833 Sill Totals ... 913 873 S4 Second Division. Winslow Rhreve . Nilius . H0 178 133 , Carter 210 133 1SS 170 177 14$ 146 154 165 Matlock ... ICS 148 W Clark IC2 170 14U F. lirown.. 21 151 1 Uap 170 118 203 Jungrclaus 158 135 17; la A. äd'sfk'r 163 151 Totals ... 777 735 8. CAPITAL Cl'i Totals ... 911 VS. LENOX. 7S6 912 Marlon Alleys. First Division. Cap. City. F. Uarst'ng üre wer .... Vinson .... Corns toe k . Havcllck .. 1st Zd 3d 145 It 147 137 156 143 Lenox. ...1st Furnas .... 127 Potter 138 Mott 122 Calrd 110 Couter 15 Grafion 2d 3d 133 17 142 144 143 149 125 133 1S3 134 131 KJ 161 1S6 192 158 179 150 153 798 847 792 Totals Totala ... 624 732 738 Second 111 1S2 170 176 15 144 141 164 149 131 163 16S 145 ... J6 153 Division. Faxton .... Sargent ... Sayles W. O'rst'ng Kahlo Critchl'w . M' Donald . 142 13S 137 Adams .... 134 141 15t M'Kit'ri'h . 157 14S 15 M'Klnley . 140 127 ... Uader aIZI ... 14-j Mott 12S 13Ö Totals ...787 842 701 Totals ... 700 6S0 728 CRESCENTS VS. NORTH SIDES. Washington Alleys. First Division. Crescents. 1st 2i 3d E. Meyers. 114 162 163 Hurrley ... 178 143 161 Stick 178 IM IZ3 T. Meyers. 144 23 133 Brown 154 178 137 N. SWes. 1st 2d 3d Juday 157 145 170 Evans 158 143 212 Dosler 130 101 138 Zlm'erm&n 135 15o 143 Reagan ... IM 194 IM) Totals 76S m 723 I To.als 746 734 833 Second Division.Ballard .. Ititz'lbg'r F. Horuff Dell 133 190 137 140 14S 149 143 141 133 111 140 111 Walters . Greer .... Wyrick .. R'd'ngton M'BriOle .. Dirngsl'y 243 123 139 159 15 140 ... 13$ 244 155 122 123 12C ... 112 157 113" ... A. Horuff.. 142 1SS 11 Totals ... 669 805 Totals ... 740 659 CC4 BA'S. WASHINGTONS VS. KO WE Pastime Alleys. First Division.

Wsh't'ns. 1st 2d 2d Ko W B'i. l?t 2d 3d Wiley ic 154 2' O. Mueller. 164 H. Lee 1S3 141 121 Klmmel ... 158 148 131 G. Krk'h'IT. 153 173 157 M'lnsl ger . 141 164 2ul Hardle .... 212 142 157 Burton .... 169 158 167 Old ..159 ISO 178 Kofhe 155 164 146 Schlake 1S8 109 Totals ... 876 790 81 Totals ... 787 832 34 Second Division. C. K'rkh'ff. 149 162 173 Von Hake.. 152 128 179 Piel 123 135 1 Hopkins ... ISO 144 174 E. Mueller. 155 128 135 F. Mueller. 179 178 222 liud'n'b'm . 174 18-1 146 Smith 170 180 163 Wies 172 156 ... Schlake .... 18 -V- Wände 174 163 Tctals ... 76S 7C4 CCJ. Totals ... 300 804 001

PASTIMES VS. NATIONALS. German House Alleys. ' First Division. P'sfmes. 1st 2d 2d R. Root.... 133 141 172 J. Root ... 153 200 167 Sudbro'k .. 159 143 13j O. S'd'st'k'r 139 164 154 Seaner 130 147 102

Nt'nals. 1st. 2d 84 Roberts. .. 122 171 111 Stephens .. 139 132 133 Keller ..... 120 127 136 Smith 163 18-9 157 Wechsler ..135 168 172 Totals ... 4J79 778 779 Division. Klstner ... 133 171 159 Slelken .... 139 144 ICS O'Connor . 133 147 127 Pfeffer .... 148 161 143 Total ... 553 673 SOi

Totals ... 716 800 730 Eddy 121 153 134 Krauss ... 139 161 132 Nye 143 138 ... Smith 151 135 117 Taylor 185 170 165 A. B's'hnrn 135 Totals ... 739 737 6S3 SHE DANCED WITH THE PEINCE. Mary Palmer Danks, Who Died Thornday Mght at the Old Homestead. W'ALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 1. Mary Palmer Tanks, widow of Nathaniel F. Banks, who died at the old homestead last night, with her daughters, Mrs. Sterling, wife of Rev. Faul Sterling, of Melrose, and Miss Maud Banks, the actress, at her bedside, was born in Charleston eighty-one years ago. As a mill girl sho became acquainted with Mr. Banks when seventeen years of age, and married him when she was twentyeight, in rrovldence. They had four children, three surviving Mrs. Sterling, Miss Maud Banks, and a son, Joseph Banks, who is a civil engineer in New York. Mr?. Banks always occupied a prominent social position, owing to the prominence of her husband, who served as speaker of the national House of Representatives and as Governor of Massachusetts. "While he was stationed at New Orleans during the civil war Mrs. Banks remained in camp with the general. At the time the Prince of Wales was iy Boston in l&GQ her husband was then Governor of Massachusetts, and on account of her being the first lady she had the opening dance with the Prince, Other Deaths. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 1. John Leoni, a noted sculptor, who was brought from Romo by the management of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago to do some of the finest statuary work there, died today at the City Hospital as a result of an injury received in 1W3. He was at work on the Administration builalng when a fall ficm a scaffold fractured his skull and caused Insanity. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Feb. 1. Stanley 1. Arnold, secretary of Springneld Park Board trustees, died to-day of grip. He was formerly a well-known newspaper man In this city and in Cincinnati. LIBERTY, Mo., Feb. 1. Joseph Crockett, a cousin of Davy Crockett, is dead at his rome here, aged eighty-seven. He was a native of Tennessee and came to Missouri in 1K.' More Americana Decorated. PARIS, Feb. L The following decorations of the Legion of Honor, in connection with the Paris exposition have been bestowed upon Americans residing In Paris, the former list, that of Jan. is, showing honors to Americans living in the United States. Promotion to commander. Mr. William T. Pennat. president of the Society of American Painters: to be an officer, Mr. Harrison, member of the Jury, class seven; to be chevaliers, Mr. J. W.

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WHISKER. 3 o a Holden Gas Heater J Manufactured and t Guaranteed. KNIGHT & J1LIS0N CO. INDIANAPOLIS i ... I Copy of Statement of the Condition OF TUG GERMANIA Fire Insurance Co. On the 3!st day of December, I90D It Is located at Nos. 62 and 64 William street. New York. HUGO SCHUMANN". President. CHAItLES RUYKHAVER, Secretar. The amount of its capital is 31,000, W3 The amount of its capital paid up is l.OuO.000 The Assets of the Company ara as follows: Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons $T4.043.ft Real estate unincumbered 68$, $24. 27 Uonds and stocks owned by the company, bearing interest 3,4S0,CH.to Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth doubie the amount for which the same is , mortgaged, and free from any prior Incumbrance 373.500.00 Debts otherwise secured 12.MS.77 Debts for premiums 9,072.03 Total assets 54,221, Ki.'J3 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and due, losses adjusted and not due $32,529.73 Losses unadjusted 40,526.14 Losses in suspense, waiting for further proof 8,515.73 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 1.5G3.778.00 Total liabilities ....l,C4.j,SO.Cl State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned, auditor of state of th State of Indiana, hereby certify that th above is a correctvcopy of the statement of the condition of the above mentioned company on the 31st day of December, 1S"0, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now on flit in this office. In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and arnx my SEAL. official seal this 2Sth day of January, 1901. W. II. HART, ' Auditor of State. LOCAL AGCXTSi P. PFISTERER. 26 Virginia Ave. A, METZGER AGENCY, Pen a. and Market Sts, J. R, WELCH, 52 Moncmcct Place. Alexander, Mr. Alvarez, Mr. Greene, Mr, Le Blanc, Mr. Osthelmer, Mr. Pelxotto, Mr, Sellgman, Mr. Berlitz. Mr. Dewey, Mr, Story, Mr. Turnauer, Mr. Gorln and Dr. Haviland. Harto Berg and Jose Silva, commissioners from Porto Rico, to the exposition, were also made chevaliers. $400,000 FROM HELEN GOULD. Subscription for nrectinjr Home fo Äuvpl II ranch of Y. 91. C. A. NEW YORK. Feb. 1. Helen Gould hat subscribed $0U,000 toward the erection of a pew home for the naval branch of the New York Y. M. C. A.; in Sands street, Brooklyn. It was announced to-day that Mifcs Gould is building the structure at her own expense. About $400,000 is the estimated cost of the new bulling and it haa been erected by Miss Gould as a memorial to her dead parents. The foundation Is now laid and work on the structure itself will soon be commenced. It will be four stories high, ot brick, with trimmings of Vermont greenstone. It will be finished In hardwood and tarnished elegantly. Cruinde Aicntnat I'rleitta. PARIS, Feb. 1. One phase of the anticlerical war In France Is the prohibition of wearing eceleiastlcal garb within h'.s commune by the mayor of Kremlin-Bl-cetre, near Paris. His example has been followed by a number of other fanatically anti-clerical mayors throughout France. A test case was decided to-day regarding the villoge of Persan. The Judges cismissed i he prosecution against live prietts, holding that the mayoral decrees are all illegal and that only the government could issue such edicts Corner In Lath. DETROIT, Feb. L The Tribune to-morrow will say: "A corner in lath is the latest bit of enterprise in the lumber trade, and the man who worked it is Charles W. Kotcher. of this city. His heavy deals have attracted much attention before, but non has so startled the lumbermen as his present flank movement In white pine. He now controls over 33.000,0u0. Lath are now worth about ft a thou5and, but Mr. Kotcher wllj keep his until the spring demand begins, when price will go up." Career Stormy and Death Sadden. SIOUX CITY. Ia.. Feb. 1. Robert II. MoErlde, once famous a a newspaper man, dropied dead at Mitchell, S. IX. this afternoon. He married a Mrs. Dousman. who was worth a million. She afterward obtained a divorce. He blamed John IX Lawler, brother-in-law to hts wife, and dv voted his paper, the Mall, to abuse of Law ler. Citizens wrecked the Mall ofnee and McBrlde sued for $25,0uü. but got 00. 21 died in poverty and alone. The Pateraon Quartet In State Prison. PATERSON. N. J.. Feh. ..-Walter a McAllster. George K. Kerr. William A. Death and Andrew J. Campbell, the convicted assailants of Jennie Uosschieter, were taken to the State prison at Trcntua to-day.

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