Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1901 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1901

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row A 111 V TO CLIFFORD AREICK, 19 N. Pennsylvania St. Indiana Dental College Department of Dentistry . Inirtriltr of Indianapolis. for all kinds of dental work. Th fees arc to cover the cost only. Receives patients from a. m. to J p. m. 8. W. Cor. Delannrc and Ohio Streets. AMUSEMENTS. Alice Mellen In Tue Singing Cilrl at Kngllsh'. Alice Nielsen and her retinue of entertainers presented "The Singing Girl," Herbert. Smith and Stange'a delightful comic Opera, at English's Opera House last night to an audience of splendid proportions and that numbered in its personnel many of tho most prominent people in Indianapolis and other large citie3 of tha State. Every available bit of seating space allowed under the city ordinances was taken up and many stood In the rear of the auditorium. To the critic perhap3 "The Singing GlrP has faults, but to last night's audience It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening's entertainment. In fact, the opera went sc much better than it did a year ago that It seemed as If the authors had Injected new life into its music, lyrics and libretto. All of the principals Miss Nielsen ilrst then Joseph Cawthorn, John Slavirt, Joseph Herbert. Eugene Cowles and Richie Ling who were In last season's production appeared in better form than ever. The only change of consequence Is In the contralto part, which Is now taken by Miss Viola Gilletto. a beautiful young woman who evidently, enjoys her vocal abi'lty to the utmost. . Little Miss Nielsen was given a vocifer008 greeting on her first entry, and In a short time her magic voice had completely turned every head in front of the footlights. Bhe sang tha march song in the first act with such sweetness and grace that even the big basso, Eugene Cowles. applauded rlth the audience. At the close of the act the dainty prima donna had to appear several times before the curtain, and after the curtain fell on the next act the audience fairly went wild and there were cries of 'Speech! speech!" from all parts of the house. The pantomime through which she went to escape this bane of an actor's life was one of the most enjoyable features of the evening. One of the faults that might Justly bo found with "The Singing Girl" Is that it gives Mr. Cowles so few opportunities to exploit his magnificent bass. Aside from the song. "Love Is Ever Jolly," and th 'thrilling ballad, "A Wonderful Magician Is This Love." he is heard only In the ensembles. The same Is true of the contralto ' a1 Hrfaa M 1 a 1 a Viirl Anlv rtn CAncr "Could I but Know You'd Be Beside Me. Jear," In which she acquitted herself with such credit as to cause regret that she had been so cavalierly treated' by the authors. "The great trio of comedians. Cawthorn, Slavin and Herbert, fairlr outdid themselves last night. Cawthorn, as Baron Aufpassen, chief of police of the city of Linz, had a facial make-up that "was sufficient of itself to arouse merriment every time he appeared on the stage. Added to this was his Inimitable German dialect, with his ludicrous rolling of the r's, and the result was that he kept the audience laughing constantly. Herbert, as Prince .rumpernickle. "the gay old dog," created ap mach merriment as the limitations of bis part allowed. John Slavin, one of the rmallest and most versatile of comic opera comedians, had the role of Stephan, brother "of Greta, the singing girl (Miss Nielsen), and made more out of it than the authors could possibly have imagined. The trio made two big hits, in the second act with the "Blooming. Blushing Fairy" song and .Its accompanying grotesque dance, and in the third with the "Do You Follow Me" pens, which is also helped out greatly by a lof of funny "stage business." Other comical song bits were "The Music of Gold," by Mr. Herbert and the chorus, and "It's. All In the Code of Morality." tr? Vv rvn an1 rKArii a ff ad ATert t . course, sang the charming song, "Now, I 'Bid You Beware," in which' her wonderful command of facial expression combined with her exquisite, bird-like voice to weavo a speu oi encnantmenr, over me audience which was not broken for several seconds after the last notes died away into silence. "The applause that greeted this brilliant ::umber wa3 the greatest of the evening. She showed herSelf very much of a comedienne, as well as a singer, in her comical wooden-shoe dance in the third aet. v Charming as are Miss Nielsen's personality and voice, it must be admitted that a large part of the success of her operatic productions is due to the clever artists with which she surrounds herself, the splendid choruses of men and women, and the sumptuous scenic environments, with tneir accompanying light effects. The feminine members of the chorus last night appeared In gowns of remarkable richness, and the men were attired in uniforms that aet ofC their splendid physiques to advantage. These choruses are not engaged for show purposes, but take part in nearly all of the prominent song, and the full volume of their voices makes the finales to the rarious acts reach the point of musical grandeur. It was a delighted audience that left the theater after the final curtain. Criticism mu3t have been stricken dumb in the presence of such enthusiastic commendation as was heard on all sides in the foyer and lobby. "The Fortune Teller," a comic opera by Smith and Herbert, that is conceded by all to be one of tho best ever written, will be given this afternoon and to-night by Miss Nielsen and her company. Notes of the Starre. j The character of Ophelia, that Is taken by Virginia Harned in E. H. Sothern's production of "Hamlet," was originally acted three hundred years ago by a man, as indeed were all female characters in those days. XXX Irwin's Big Show will complete its engagement of a week at the Empire Theater with two performances to-day. Monday Fred Irwin's Majestic Burlesquers will open a week's engagement at the same house. xxx George Shields, one of the leading members of the company presenting Hoyt's "A Trip to Chinatown." at the Park Theater, Is gifted with a bass voice that Is somewhat better than one would expect to hear at popular prices. XXX' The announcement that Jerome Sykes, Adolph Zink, Harry McDonough, Helen Bertram and a score of other equally nrominent entertainers are coming to English's in the near future, presenting Smith & De Koven's new comic opera. "Foxy Quiller," has given rise to an extraordinary number of Inquiries at the box office to learn the exact date of the engagement. XXX A calf, a lamb and a brood of tiny chickens are among the "properties" used In Eleanor Merron's rural drama, "The Dairy Farm which will be presented at the Park Theater all of next week, under the direction of James II. Walllck. The period of the play is the decade Just preceding the civil war, and the incidents are said to be highly interesting, not infrequently thrilling. xxx Only two more opportunities remain of enjoying the vnusually excellent vaudeville bill at the Grand this week. Including such well-known entertainers as Charles Leonard Fletcher, monologuist and impersonator; Flo Irwin, the young woman who can r.Ase a laugh with very slight effort; Dorothy Morton, the sweet-voiced comic opera prima donna, and (Jus Williams, with his ttring of funny sayings, comic recitations and his fetching piano-playing burlesque. XXX Everybody who has seen John Drew enact with" delightful delicacy and reserve the leading parts of such quiet plays as "Jtose-

mary." "The Liars" and "The Tyranny of Tears" will be eager to see him in the role of a swashbuckling hero, at English's, Monday night. When Mr. Drew presented "Richard Carvel" in New York he astonished and delighted both critics and public by the dash and spirit he put Into the role, which was so diametrically opposed to anything he had previously essayed. There are still a number of desirable seats left for the local engagement. XXX The series of lectures and demonstrations to be given by Louis Sorcho, the expert sea diver, in the main hall of the German House, under the auspices of the house committee of the Socialer Turnverein, will commence this afternoon and continue twice dally, except Sunday, until Feb. 12. The work of putting in place Captain Sorcho's Immense tank, which is said to contain M.000 gallons of water when full, will be completed this morning, and the lecture and experiments will btrin promptly at 2 o'clock this afternoon. This morning at 8:00 there will be an exhibition for newsboys. XXX The vaudeville programme next week at the Grand will be headed by the clever young leading man, Robert Hilliard, who, with the assistance of a complete company, will present "The Littlest Girl," which is his own dramatization of Mr. R. H. Davis's Van Bibber story. Other interesting features of the programme will be Wormwood's dog and monkey circus: O. G. Seymore. assisted by Miss Minnie Dupree, In a quaint acrobatic comedy act; Josephine Gassman and her pickaninnies; Coakley and Huested, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hiatt, Nora Bayes and the kinodrome, with new pictures. xxx It was "Ner York Store night" at the Zoo last evening. Tha attendance was very large. In addition to the young ladles of the New York store the girls of the Old anc'i the New Telephone exchanges were also guest3. The Zoo was beautifully decorated with ferns for the occasion. The arena performances were cheered to the echo. "Big Frank," the boxing kangaroo, scored tho biggest hit. Captain Bonavita. with his twenty Hons, won deserving applause. Monsignor Boyker, with his bears, boarhounds and Hons, came In for a share of admiration. Farmer Jones and his educated pigs and Colonel Shults and his Great Panes were encored. To-day at 1 o'clock "Mrs. Murphy" will make an ascension from tho rear of the Zoo.

PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Miss Knubbe gave a hearts party yesterday afternoon for Miss Bessie Black, of Springfield, O., entertaining guests for twelve tables. Dr. and Mrs. O. G. Tfaff will entertain at dinner to-morrow night at the Columbia Club in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harry I. Miller, of Terre Haute. Mr. Harry I. Miller and son Ford will arrive from Terre Haute to-day to spend Sunday with Mrs. Miller, who is the guest of Mrs. "William 11. Coleman. Mr. Otto Kipp and Mr. Hermann Lieber will give a theater party this evening followed by a supper at the Columbia Club for Miss Gardner, Miss White and Miss Jenks, visitors of Miss Kothe. Mrs. John Newman Carey, Mrs. William H. Coleman and Mrs. John Middleton, of Louisville, Ky., will attend the meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington the latter part of the month. MVs. Green V. "Woollen gave a luncheon yesterday in honor of Mrs. Eberhart and Miss McConneli, of Pittsburg. The guests Invited to meet them included Mrs. Charles Allen- Dale, Mrs. Franklin Atkins, Mrs. John S. Lazarus, Mrs. Harriet Augusta Prunk, Mrs. Evans Woollen, Mrs. A." D. Thompson and Miss Lemon. ; An exhibition of Chinese embroideries collected by Lieutenant Nlblack, of the United States navy, will be displayed In the guild room of Christ Church beginning Monday and continuing , until Thursday night. The committee in charge Includes Miss Upfold, Mrs. William B. Pratt, Mrs. F. E. Hale, Mrs. John G. Williams, Mrs. Harriet A. Bingham, Mrs. Darlow, Miss Nlblack and Mrs. Knickerbacker. A number of young ladies from the First xresbyterian Church will give a cake sale this afternoon at the home of Miss Ellen Somers Baker. 1410 North Pennsylvania street. The young ladies Include Miss Beatrice Byers, Miss Mary Browning Butler, Miss Baker, Miss Adelaide Lecklider, Miss Sara Wilson, Miss Lena Brash. Miss Mary Fester, Miss Annie Sickles, Miss Eva Gary, Miss Ketcham, Miss McConneli and the Misses McKnight. Mies Jane Williams gave a small tea yesterday afternoon for her sister. Miss Elizabeth Williams, of Corning. N. Y. Miss Williams was assisted by Mrs. Morris Ross, Mrs. L. H. Blanton, Mrs. George Root, Miss Maria "Woollen. Miss Dresser in the parlors, and in the dining room the hospitalities were dispensed by Miss Ruth McCulloch, Miss Katharine Vail and Miss Alice Vail. The hours were from 4 to 6 o'clock. The different rooms were adorned with pink roses and carnations. General and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison gave a handsome dinner last night, entertaining General Lew Wallace, General and Mrs. Hawkins, Major and Mrs. Charles Shaler, Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Haines, Mr. and Mrs. Volney T. Malott, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron H. Blair and Mrs. Comly. The table was adorned with a silver bowl filled with American beauty tulips on an oval mirror center piece and on the four corners were French baskets rilled with tulips. The silver candelabra held tapers with French tulip shades, with crystal drops hanging from each petal. , Mrs. F. II. Bachman and Miss Bachman gave a handsome luncheon yesterday in honor of Miss White, Miss Gardner and Miss Jenks, guests of Mlas Amy Kothe. The luncheon table was adorned with red carnations. A bowl of red carnations was placed in the center of the table and the carnations were loosely scattered over the cloth. The table was lighted with red tapers in bisque candle holders, and the name card at each plate were Pompellan postal cards brought from abroad by Mrs. and Miss Bachman. Red carnations were tied with red satin ribbons to each chair and also decorated the chandeliers. The guests Included Miss Lillian Kraus, Miss Annie Dean. Miss Ella Vonnegut; Miss Gertrude Wocher, Miss Edna Kuhn. Miss Edith Beck, the Misses Kipp and Miss Clara Haueisen. Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Metzger gave a charming company last night, entertaining in honor of Miss White, Miss Jenks and Miss Gardner, guests of Miss Amy Kothe. The different rooms were adorned with red carnations and ferns, and during the evening there was a musical guessing contest. The guests included Miss Emy Martin. Miss Alma Bachman. Miss Ella Vonnegut. Miss Clara Haueisen, the Misses Kipp, Dr. Paul Martin, Mr. Walter Kipp. Mr. Fred Bachman, jr., Mr. Hermann P. Lieber, Mr. Otto Kipp. Mr. Frank Keller, Mr. August Keller. Mr. Leo Rappaport, Mr. Anton Vonncgut. Mr. Charles Korbly. Dr. Albert Co!e. Mr. Charles Kuhn and Mr. Paul Telchert. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Spellmire asslgted Mr. and Mrs. Metzger in entertaining during the evening and Mr. Teichert plsyed several selections. MRS. COLEMAN'S LUNCHEON. Mrs. William H. Coleman was the hostess for another handsome luncheon yesterday, the guests of honor being her visitor. Mrs. Harry I. Miller, of Terre Haute, and Mrs. Horace Wood's guest, Mrs. Holden, of Camden, N. J. The luncheon was progressive, the guests finding their places by dainty flower cards which were given them tied with different colored ribbons, corresponding to ribbons tied on the chairs in the dining room. After the first course Mlas Suemma Vajen-Co'.eman passed various colored ribbons to which little bells were attached by which the guests progressed. Those holding white ribbons kept their scats and at the close of the luncheon the guests holding the fewest white ribbons, received a handsome prize. The dining room was prettily decorated. The mantel was banked with azaleas and ferns and the buffet was adorned with the same flower. The polished round mahogany table In the center of the room held a large French basket of Roman hyacinths of various colors and the handle of the basket was tied with ribbons to correspond. The center piece on which the basket rested was Japanese, and embroidered In butterflies, cherry blossoms and cobwebs. The guests were received by Mrs. Coleman and her visitors in the French drawing room, which was adorned with bouquets of pink roses placed about in tall vases. Mrs. Coleman wore a lovely gown of black Venetian late over white atln with steel trimming and turquo!.e panne velvet. Mrs. Miller's gown was of black renaissance lace over white and Mrs. Holden wore a handsome gown of grty crepe trimmed with Russian lace ami pink panne velvet. An orchestra played during the luncheon. LIPPERT M'COY. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON. Ind.. Feb l.-The marriage of Miss Pollie McCoy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan McCoy, of this city, and

Mr. J. W. Lippert, of Canton, O., took place in the latter city on Thurscay evening.

CJreenfTood. Mrs. E. S. Miller, of Montpelier, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harve Brewer. Miss Okal Browning, of Indianapolis, Is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Carter. Mrs. F. L. Gillespie, of Worthington, visited W. H. Turner and family this week. Miss Margaret McQuinn, of Franklin, will visit Miss Olive Creasey for a few days next week. Miss Grace Stevenson, who had been visiting relatives in Franklin, returned home on Tuesday. Miss Grace McCarty, of Indianapolis; came Wednesday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Strauss. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Newsom entertained on Thursday in honor of their niece, Miss Ruth Brown, of Columbus. . Miss Maggie Cosby, of Kentucky, came the first of the week for an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Featherston. Miss Mary Handley. who had been visiting Dr. J. M. Wishard and family, returned to her home in Franklin on Wednesday. Mr. C. G. Morris entertained a few friends at dinner at the Hotel Hoyt on Monday evening in honor of Miss Mary Handley. CITY NEWS NOTES. Julius C. Turkenkop yesterday purchased the three double houses at Michigan and East streets of Sallie P. Grubbs for $21.000. Lorenzo C. Curtis, a contractor of Attica.' filed a petition in bankruptcy in the Fedtral Court yesterday; liabilities. $5,000; assets, im The Girls' Industrial School will meet today in Tomllnson Hall at 2 o'clock. Monday the board of managers will meet at :i0 North Meridian street. The Rev. J. 3. Tevls has been confined to his home for four weeks with influenza and with bronchial pneumonia. He Is mow slowly convalescing and his doctor is hopeful. Postmaster McGinnis reports that the business transacted at the local postoftice during the last month amounted to Ji,462.X, an increase of over the same month of last year. The Rev. Francis C. Woodard, pastor of Holy Innocents Church, has announced his resignation, to take effect March 1. He will assume the pastorate of St. James Church at Rochester. N. Y. W. C. Hall, president of the State Sunday School Association, has recommended that a short memorial service in honor of the late Queen Victoria, be added to the regular services' in the Sunday Schools tomorrow. The officers and salesmen of the Ward Bros. Drug Company, twelve in number, were entertained at dinner last evening by the secretary of the company, Mr. C. S. Dearborn, at his home in Morton Place. The decorations were in pink, with pink carnations as favors. The farmers of Marion and adjoining counties will hold their annual Institute at Oakland, Ind., on Feb. 6 and 7. Dr. E. H. Collins, of Carmel, and Mrs. J. M. Bloss, of Muncie, are the lecturers. Persons from the city and vicinity can reach Oakland by the Anderson electric line. A meeting of the directors of the New Bates House Company has been called for Feb. 10. when Architect Andrews, of Dayton, will, it is expected, have his plans and specifications ready for approval. Tho stockholders, it is stated, have promptly met all assessments that have so far been called for. Joseph A. Rink will leave for New York to-night to be gone several weeks. While there he will select his stock for the spring season, this time being required for a careful inspection of the latest designs. and styles in silk waists, handsome dress patterns and other select and beautiful apparel for ladies. Circulars have been. Issued to the Sunday-school superintendents throughout the State requesting that memorial services be held to-morrow during the regular Sundayschool exercises for the late Queen Victoria. The circular was issued by Mr. B. F. Jacobs, chairman of the international Sunday-school executive committee, from London. It Is thought that the friendliness of Supreme Chancellor Ogden H. Feathers, of the Endowment Rank, Knights of Pythias, to Indiana members may result in the bringing to this city of the headquarters of tho Board of Control of the Endowment Rank. About 100, persons are employed In the general offices, which are now located at Chicago. , Fight Did Not Come Off. A prize fight between Montana Kid and Kid Hogan was one of the things planned last night for the edification of the many horse buyers who attended the special sale. The fight was not as successful as the tale, however. A ring had been pitched in tno sawdust in a stable in the Union stockyards and about thirty persons who had paid $1 each for seats in the balconies were rtadv for the fray, as were the contestants. but the cry of "Police !" was heard and in ix. few seconds the ropes were down and "horse" was the talk. Captain Kruger, asFisted by Sergeants Crane, Warren, Corrigan and two of the bicycle police had caused their disappointment. Two Small Fire. Fire at the C. A. Potts & Son foundry, at No. 820 West Washington street, last evening, caused damage of about $50. A small barn and shed belonging to William Voltit, at No. 317 Downey street, burned last night, causing a loss of about $100. The origin of the fire was unknown. State Health Board. The State Board of Health held its quarterly meeting yesterday. The members diseased the proposed laboratory bill, ' which is before the Legislature. All are anxious lcr it to pass. TO MARRY ROXBURGHE. Pauline Astor'a Engagement to the Scottish Duke Announced. LONDON. Feb. 1. The engagement of the Duko of Roxburghe and Miss Pauline Astor, daughter cf W. W. Astor, has been definitely arranged. The wedding will take place some time next summer. John Henry Ines-Ker, eighth Duke of Roxburghe, created 1707; Baron Roxburghe, 1600; Earl of Roxburghe and Kelso; Viscount Broxmouth; Baron Ker, 1612, with several other patents of nobility In Scotland and the United Kingdom, was born on July 25, 1S73. His mother was Anne, daughter of the' seventh Duke of Marlborough. He succeeded his father in 1S92. He is second lieutenant in the Fourth Battalion Argyll and Southern Highlanders; educatedat Eaton. The family is one of the oldest in the Scottish peerage, and holds over 60,000 acres in Scotland and England. Pauline Astor Is not yet nineteen years old, but has been in society for a couple of years, being Introduced by no less a personage than the Duchess of Buccleuch. who was Queen Victoria's mistress of the robes, and who is the ne plus ultra of the English social fabric. AT ITS BIRTHPLACE. Christian Endeavor Society Holdiau a Meeting at Portland, Me. PORTLAND, Me., Feb. 1. The main body of delegates to the combined annual convention and twentieth anniversary celebration of the organization of the first Christian Endeavor Society, now being 'held at the birthplace of the organization here, arrived to-day. The opening exercises were held in the Second Parish Church, beginning with a quiet hour, led by William R. Mo.jdy. of East Northfleld, Mass., and devotional exercises conducted by the Rev. A. H. Wright, of Portland. Secretary Willis Baer, of the United Society, spoke of the International convention to be held at Cincinnati July 6-10, saying that plans were being made to accommodate at least 20,000 delegates. Torpedo Iloat and Creir Lout. HAVRE, Feb. 2-The French torpedo boat No. 24 sank last evening within a mile of the harbor as the result of a boiler explosion. All the crew were lost with the exception of two. Cobura Coal Company sells the best Coal.

FAVORABLE TRADE WEEK

COXDITIONS GOOD, "WITH S03IK LIM1S MOKE ACTIVE. Better Outlook in Iron and Steel Tex. tiles lit an l"n satisfactory Way Grain Trade and Failures. NEW YORK, Feb. l.-U. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly Review of Trade to-morrow will say: The week, in general business, has teen without striking new features, but in this respect the outcome has been favorable. Not one of the great Industries finds any scarcity of orders for goods, and business is done at prices which show a slight tendency to rise, except in textiles, which have been affected by the reduction of 10 to 20 per cent. In the season's opening prices by the American Woolen Company. This cut i3 expected to be indefinitely continued. Developments in the market, however, indicate that the dry goods trade is preparing for a season of activity and the new woolen prices are not lower than most buyers expected. There is nothing discouraging in the slight decline in commodity prices from Jan. 1 to Feb. 1, and railroad earnings continue large, increasing 11.1 per cent for three weeks of January over last year, and 25.2 per cent, over 1833. New York bank clearings for the week gained 48. 3 per cent, over 1900, and outside New York the gain Is 10.8 per cent. There is c loss of .4 per cent outside New York for the week, compared with 1W9, but it i3 duo to the fact that February settlements were increased. While steel mills have contracts on hand for their output from three to six months ahead, prices naturally rule firm. Few actual advances are recorded, but there is expectation of a higher figure soon for Bessemer pig Iron, while rumors are numerous as to a rise in billets, plates and structural materials. All those lines show a brisk demand. Wire nails and barbed wire were advanced $2 a ton, owing to heavy orders from the West, and it is ex pected that the few mills still idle will resume soon. Wages are in a fair way to be satisfactorily adjusted at Valley furnaces. Tho reduction agreed upon is less than originally announced. Export orders aecrease, and the Russian armor plato contract may not go to an American, although his terms were the best. Boot and shoe shops receive more orders and, although quotations are nominally unchanged, many makers refuse new contracts without a small advance. The upward tendency is so general that purchasers are earer to do business at the current level. Jobbers have arrived at Boston in great number, and inquiries indicate that liberal sales will result. Leather jells freely, particularly of Union Seal, but the large transactions were probably at slight concessions. A sudden increase In sales of wool at the three chief Eastern markets to 5.412,000 pounds, against 2,&3,400 in the previous week, does not appear significant. After such an unusually dull season some recovery was In order. For five weeks sales were 18.687,700 pounds, against 28,579.930 in tho same weeks cf 1S95. which was tho smallest aggregate in five years. These figures indicate present conditions In thU industry. Even small offerings were accepted only at a further reduction In quotations, the average now being the lowc&t since June, l&)y. Interior holders are stubbornly refusing to accept present prices. Cil.NEHAL, OUTLOOK GOOD. Boots and Shoes Take a Spurt In the Market Shipments of Grains. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Brads treet's tomorrow will say: - Business as a whole has been of a larger volume this week. Cold and stormy weather unquestionably has stimulated retail business In boots, shoes, rubber goods and clothing, and this has aided in lightening the stock carried by retailers as a result of mild winter weather heretofore. More has been doing, too, in wholesale lines on spring account, and business in this respect Is classed as fair. Reports are relatively best from the West and South, from which sections advices are that the total January business compares well with a year ago. The contrary is reported from leading Eastern markets, however, and the aggregate done here ha not, so far, equaled expectations. Trade collections as a whole are fair, the only complaint coming from sections where mild weather has interfered with the distribution of heavy goods. Short trade reports are, on the whole, quite good, and Boston reports heavy case, orders, but Eastern shipments are below a year ago. Woolens are slow of sale, and the squeeze in raw cotton, though temporary, has not helped converters, who have to pay more for their material but get no more for their finished product. Heavy cuts in rubber goods point to coming sharp competition in this industry. Staple prices are little changed, cotton, pork and white pine lumber are all higher, but fractional declines are noted in wheat, corn, flour, oats, lard and tin. Foundry pig iron is lower at all leading markets, but, on the other hand, bessemer is rather firmer, while steel billets actually sell for 25 cents more a ton, and there is talk of an advance of $1 a ton. In finished products wire and nails are $2 up. The weakness in foundry grades is chargeable to large buyers who, having satisfied their early wants, are now holding aloof, and to reports that stocks are increasing. A sale of 10,000 tons is reported, closed at the concessions noted. Export trade in crude forms is practically dead, but in finished lines a good business is still doing, examples of which are shipments of locomotives to France, steel rails to Mexico and South Africa and 6teel billets to England. Heavy calls for pipe are reported from the new oil district in Texas. The labor outlook has been helped by the compromise between the valley furnace operators and their men. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 3.776.100 bu. against 4.S3S.6SS last week, 2.724.M7 in the corresponding week of I'JOO, and C.5S5.418 in 1S99. From July 1 to date wheat exports are 113.997.6S3 bu, against 120.113,935 last season, and 15S,177.G3J in 1S03-03. Corn exports aggregated 2.4S7.707 bu, against 3.972.152 in 1899. From July 1 to date corn exports are 115,252,444 bu, against 129.245,805 last season, and 99,413,654 bu in ISOS-sr.K Failures in the United States for the last week of January number 231, against 2S1 last week ana 207 tuts week a year ago. This Week's Hank Clearing;. The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended Jan. 31, with the percentage of increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year: New York $1,31,994,523 Inc.. .43.3 Boston 122.755,010 Inc.ll.S Chicago 127.SG0.939 Inc.. 9.H Philadelphia ,645.74$ Deo.. 3.0 St. Louis 38.524.530 Inc.. .35.8 l ittsburg 37.8W.528 Inc.. .30.4 San Francisco 20.557.531 Inc.. .11. 7 Baltimore 19.600.994 Inc.. 3.8 Cincinnati 18.449,850 Inc.. .29.5 Kansas City 16.2S1.254 Inc...30.i New Orleans 12.345.549 Inc.. 1.8 Minneapolis 10.324.525 Inc..l4.5 Cleveland 10.7o8.3S I Inc.. 5.3 Detroit 8.S29.274 Inc.. 9.2 Louisville 8.443.741 Dec. 16.9 Providence 6.442.009 Inc.. 15.1 Milwaukee 6.247,177 Inc.. 2.S SI. Paul 4,Z;5,m Inc.. 7.f) Buffalo 4.822.350 Inc.. 9.0 Omaha 6.0ul,S5S Inc.. 8.7 Indianapolis ".OH.sOG Inc.. .23.? Columbus, 0 5.6.T0.300 inc..26.2 Evans vllle ..' 7S8.30I. Dec. 16.6 Totals, U. S $2.031345.629 Inc.. 33. 7 Totals outside N. Y. 650.351.103 Inc. .10.3 OCEAN TO OCEAN. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) lrgs of this company through Messrs. Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. who were interested v.ith him in tho deal and who are likewise interested with him in the present deal. Extensive terminal in and about Chicago are owned by the terminal company. They comprise 76) acres with a total of 250 miles cf track. The company also owns the Grand Central Passenger Station and 3,000 feet of docVr.&i the Chicago river. ' The consersus of opinion of men interested la ra'lrcAda and Atock markets is

that the price paid for the Huntington shares was about $50 per share. The .Speyer holdings are known to have aggregated about 550,100, if not 600,000, so that, with the Huntington block, the new interests have about 1,000,000 shares, or half of the capital stock. Rumor has it that the Speyers got $4$ a share for their block. It is stated by authority, however, that the Speyers have not sold their Southern Faelflc bonds. Chairman Tweed was requested to make some statement dealing with the reported change of control, but he twice declined to say anything. With acting Vice President Gates, of the Southern Pacific Company, Mr. Tweed is an executor of the late C. 1. Huntington's will. The banking house of Speyer & Co. was for some years prior to Mr. Huntington's death the fiscal agent of the Huntington properties. The Speyers are known to have held large amounts of Southern Pacific stock and bonds for their European clients. According to current reports they were anxious to acquire, possession of the Huntington shares. It is said they made an offer for the entire block, but the price offered was unsatisfactory. It was then, according to Wall-street gossip, that the Harrlman syndicate stepped in, obtained an option on the Huntington shares, and named to the Speyers tne price they were willing to pay all around. The Southern Pacific is said to have the largest capitalization of any of the Ameiican railroads, Its stock being capitalized at $200,000,000. The properties concerned m the deal directly and indirectly represent, it is said, an investment of $510.000,000. The Harrlman syndicate is supposed to be divided into portions of one-eighth, E. H. Harrlman holding two of these and the rest being distributed as follows: J. P. "!organ and W. K. Vanderbilt, one-fourth; Rockefeller interests, one-eighth; George Gould, one-eighth, and 'Kuhn, Loeb & Co., one-fourtli.

ANOTHER TOWN INFECTED THE "JOINT SMASHING EPIDEMIC TAKES HOOT IX XEUIIASKA. "Women mid Men Despoil a Saloon and Cover the Sln tvltlt White Paint Carrie Nation's Plans. SIOUX CITY, la., Feb. 1. Fifteen or twenty Imitators of Mrs. Nation got in their work this afternoon at South Sioux City, Neb., a suburb of Sioux City, just across the Missouri river. .The women met at the home of Mrs. William Luther, and, accompanied by Capt. William Luther, marshal of the town, and Steve Gasser, a member of the City Council, they, marched double file down the street to John Peyson's "Joint." The place was locked, and Captain Luther kicked in the front door. Mrs. C. P. Dow attacked a slot machine, and then all the women carried out the furniture and everything they could lay hands on, depositing it in the street. No whisky was found. Mrs. John Davis climbed up a ladder and knocked a beer sign off 'the building. She also painted the word "saloon" out with white paint. Then the women went to John Blenkiron's building, in which George Ammerman is said to keep a gambling room. Blenklron said if any one went , into his building it would be over his dead body. The women decided not to-try. While the women were raiding the saloon a crowd of men, nonsympathlzers, stood on the sidewalk and sang derisively "Nearer, My God, to Thee." The women say they are not yet through. Mrs. William Leltch, wife of the keeper of another alleged "joint," has a big gun and promises to make trouble if the temperance women come to her husband's place. Bins. NATION'S PLANS. Kansas City Chicago nnd Other Cities to De Visited by the Crusader. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 1. Mrs. Carrie Nation is to visit Chicago in the near future and hold mass meetings to arouse Interest in her saloon-wrecking crusade, according to A C. Rankin, of Pittsburg, Pa., who is en route home from the temperance convention that has just been held at Topeka. According to Mr. Rankin Mrs. Nation, accompanied by her husband and three or four of her followers, will go to Chicago the latter part of next week, probably stopping a day each at Kansas City, Des Moines and Sioux City. "The object of the visit," Mr. Rankin said, "will be fourfold: To let the people of Kansas know that they are not a lot of crazy people; to give Mrs. Nation an opportunity to present lr.irly the situation as it exists in Kansas; to arouse and quicken the temperance movement in other States, and to raise funds on carry out the crusaders lawsuits in Kansas." It is promised there will be no damage wrought on this trip. However, it Is said that future plans of the crusaders include t n extended tour of saloon-wrecking. Mrs. Nation has received invitations to lecture in many Eastern cities. . Preparing to Wipe Oat Saloons. TOPEKA. Kan., Feb. 1. Topeka "jointkeepers" are on the qui vive expecting a visit from Mrs. Carrie Nation. Mrs. Nation to-day announced that her band, organized on Tuesday, had reached a membership of eighty-nine, and that she now had all the assistance necessary to wine out Topeka's 120 saloons. Among those who have volunteered to help Mrs. Nation are many young women students of Washburn College and followers of Rev. Charles M. Sheldon. Mayor Drew said to-day that Mrs. Nation would not be allowed to have the use of the city auditorium for the purpose of perfecting her organization. Mrs. Nation has been advertising that she would speak in the auditorium Saturday night to make final arrangements for beginning a crusade next Monday. Mrs. Nation addressed a meeting In the Kansas-avenue Methodist Church, and a meeting in a colored church to-night. She declared that the saloons would have to be eradicated from Topeka very quickly. Sh: succeeded In arousing the colored people to a high pitch. A Converted Drnsrslat. HIAWATHA, . Kan., Feb. l.-E. J. Eicholtz, a local druggist, to-day made pub11s his determination to destroy all the liquor in his store. This afternoon he emptied a barrel of whisky into the sewer and announced that on Saturday he will publicly destroy the remainder of his supply of liquors, including several barrels of wines and whiskies. The affair will be made one of rejoicing, the local ministers and the public having been invited to attend. The druggist has concluded that to sell liquor for any purpose is wrong. Test Case Before the Courts. "WICHITA, Kan., Feb. l.The question as to whether property used as a saloon in Kansas Is entitled to the protection of the law is now squarely before the courts and will be decided some time next month. A few weeks ago Mrs. Sheriff, the woman who led the destructive raid at Anthony on Wednesday, smashed a saloon at Danville, Harper county. Frank Osborne, the owner of the building, has now brought suit against her in the District Court for damages. "My Dear HelNBound Sinner." TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 1. Mrs. Carrie Nation to-day sent a personal letter to all the saloon keepers In Topeka warning them to stop their business. The letter was addressed to "The Joint keepers of Topeka My dear hell-bound sinners." She intimated that forclbio measures would soon begin if they did not heed her advice and close up. Insurance Company Takes Aetlon. FORT SCOTT, Kan., Feb. 1. A New York plate glass Insurance company, one of the largest in the country, has sent its Kansas agents Instructions to amend their policies on glass' In all "joints," saloons and drug stores to protect the company against loss by Mrs. Crrrle Nation and all members of the W. C. T. U. For a Cold in the Head Laxative Bxomo-Qülnins Tablets,

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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. Feb. 3, lDOl Matthe xit, 1-13 Parable of the Ten Vircins. Late, late, so late! and dark the night, and chill! Late, late, eo late! but we can enter still. 'Too late, too late! ye cannot enter now!" No llsht had we for that we do repent. And learnir.fr this, the lirldegroom will relent. "To late, too late! ye can not enter now!" No light! eo late! and dark and chill the night O let us in, that we may find the light. "Too late, too late! ye cannot enter now I" Have we not heard the Bridegroom Is so sweet! O let us In. though late, to kiss his feet. "No! no! too late! ye cannot enter now!" Alfred Tennyson; Idylls of th King. This parable fairly teems with Oriental Incident and coloring. It has been called beautiful, simple, rich in instruction, and fullest In manysided meaning. It is one of several touching the consummation of the kingdom of God. There were ten virgins. The number suggests wholeness or entirety, ten being the all-comprehending-number. The virgins were alike In that they all had lamps. They all wanted to meet the bridegroom. They all slept. But the things In which they agreed were mere accllents. Th thing in which they differed was the essential. Five (the number is not significant, certainly not of the proportion of those who are elect) had oil with which to make the festive illumination. The other five were vain and thoughless, looking only at appearances, personally unready, and vainly expecting to have their lamps filled on a sudden from the common tore. The wise could afford to nod (literally) and sleep. Thf were furnUhed. Cut the foolUh only gave further illustration of their inveterate folly. Time they spent in sleep might better have been employed in seeking the needed store. Theie Is a true touch of Orientalism In the suddenness of the bridegroom's arrival. The time could notbe. scheduled, as upon a modern railway timecard. The dialogue between the wise and foolish Is pathetic. "Give us!" is the futile plea of foliy. "Not eo!" Is the strong repellent negative of wisdom. There is really no severity, much less Irony, In the reply and accompanying advice. The fate of the foolish, on the face of it. seems remediless. Tha time when they could have got the oil was past. They were late In troubling themselves. The time when the illumination was needed w.is over. Ths bridal party was alread in the brilliancy of the banquet-hall, and the door was shut. How could the bridegroom recognize those who had not been of the company to bid him welcome and lead him to his bride. So much for the pictorial side of the parable. In Its spiritual application the mlnutla count for little, and one needs to be on guard against excessive allegorizing. In a general way It may be said that the ten represent the whole visible church, part of which to this day has the form only (creed and racrament)-the llghtless lamp of a mere ecclesiastical confession. The other part has the lamp of churchly form, niled with the "eternal substance of the Spirit of Christ." There Is a continuous, deadly antithesis: Wheat and tares; true and false; dead and living; wise and foolish. But the external similarity is so great that we are cautioned against judging and dividing. In the ultimate analjsls It is reduced to a personal matter. Each virgin brought her own lamp. None can stand for another. Holiness of another cannot avail for us. The Lord's arrival is the testlng-t!me, discovering to all alike whether In the lamp of profession there is the oil of reality or not. It Is the dlvld-lng-time as well. Each Is on the side of the door for which he has prepared himself. There Is no favoritism. Orthodoxy has long maintained that the door never will be ciened to the foolish once excluded that the decrees of Judgment are eternally Irreversible. It must be acknowledged that this cruel creed Is voiced In gentler terms than ever betöre, and that there are not wanting those of untainted orthodoxy who deny it. As between conditional Immortality or future probation as means of relief, the latter is to be preferred; and Canon Farrar's followers in the "larger hope" Increase. Key and Analysis. I. A parable on the consummation of the kingdom of heaven. Literary and Oriental characteristics of the parable. II. Particular meaning. (1) Ten virgins represent whole visible church. Divided into two classes. . Wise had form and spirit. Foolish had form only. (2) Lord's second and sudden advent. Tefct of character; the day declares it (2) Personal element in religion emphasized. Each for himself; no possibility of interchange of spiritual life. (4) The irreparable lose of the "foolish" questioned in current theology. THE STUDY LAMP. No parable sets forth more lucidly the probationary character of the present life. Analogies abound. As childhood stands related to maturity, apprenticeship to trade, studentship to profession, so the whole present life stands related to the life to come. Stated categorically: As fractional periods of life stand related to the whole life, so the whole life in this world stands related to the eternal life in the unseen world. There is philosophy as well as poetry In the lines of Alice Cary: The hues that our to-mcrrows wear Are by our yesterdays forecast. Our future takes into itself The true impressions of our past;" and of George Eliot: "Our deeds still travel with us from afar. And what we have been makes us what we are." Rotln FiUpatrlck was a local celebrity in Highland county, Ohio, fifty years ago. Rising ne night, he witnessed a magnificent meteoric display. In an ecstasy he cried to his wife: Betsy, get up! The Lord has come!" and remembering his friend, he said: "Neighbor Hott don't know the Lord has come. Iii run over and tell him." Neighbor Ilott was found In hiding. Not being so wtll prepared for the Lord's coming as Robin, he had crawled under hli bed. Argus lost Ms head when he close! the last of fifty pairs of eyes. While l-iysses slept, his sailors loo.ed the baleful winds of Aeolus. So the classics are woven and Interwoven with legends strikingly Illustrating the necessity of eternal vigilance. It

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remains, however, for the Divine Teacher, divesting the subject of quaint fiction, to define ths ethical prlncples involved, and ground the necessity upon a moral basis. Ths spirit of true Christian watchfulness is sometimes lost in the mazes of arithmetical calculations of the date of the second coming of Jesus. He watches best who serves most diligently. Ths strong Impression made by the Lord's teaching I apparent even In the favorite names given by early Christian parents: Gregory . the Gretk, Vigilantlue the Latin, word for watchfulness. MOSAIC FROM THE COMMENTARIES. Abbreviations American, A.: Alford. Alf.J Cambridge Bible, C. B. ; Bengel. B.; Jam!.Kn-Fausset-Brown, J. F. B. ; Clarke, C; Expositor's. E. ; International Critical, I. C; Kell and Delltzsrh, K. D. ; Lange. L.; Matthew Henry, M. H.; Meyer, M.; Olshausen, O.; Pec-ple's, P.; M. R. Vincent Word Studies, V. W. S.: Sadler. S.: teller. St.; Trench. T. : Whedon. W. Lives ot Jesus: Edersheim, Ed.; Farrar, F.; Andrews, An.; Pressense, Fr.; Ellcott, EL; Lenge, La.; Neander, N. Then shall the kingdom: Weird pathos ot story unspeakable; occasion, happy; agtnts. Interesting; issue, tragic Bruce.. ..Ten virgins: Custom to carry about ten lamps. Ten the number essential for any service. Ed.... Took lamps: Lamps the Church profession. Ed. Dark streets cf Asiatic city, every one is expected to carry a light. Broadus. At once lamp and torches. L ....Five were foolish; Entire absence of personal preparation. L.... The bridegroom cometh: Mote than once in the midnights of Christian history has arisen the cry, 'The Bridegroom cometh," prophetic warnings of faithful watchmen. L The midnights In the hUtory of the kingdom cf God are each the last season of slowly expiring ne. L. Some Christians, like foolish virgins, content themselves with a blaring lamp of an outward profession, w'.tnout securing an inward principle cf grace ;nd love which should maintain that profession as the oil maintains the lamp. Burkltt. The lamp of profession will certainly go out which has not a stock of grace te feed lt. Lange. It is midnight for the Church of Christ when the worldly spirit Is so far la the ascendency as to make It seem that the history of the church will fall Into the common course of the world end of nature, that the kingdom of heaven Is not to be consummated in the Judgment and renewal of the world, ' and that Christ is not to ccme or return. L. CnniSTIAX ESDEAVOIX. Topic for Feb. 3 Christian Eendesrot Day Joshna 1 1-11. Christian Endeavor is twenty years old thU week. These have been twenty glorious years. They have been made glorious by precisely the factors indicated in our Bible lesson to-day, those magnificent words spoken by the Lord to Joshua on his entrance upon the conquest of Canaan.1 Ne more splendid exhortation Is recorded In tha world's history. "Be itrcng and of a good courage" It tbt keynote of the exhortation and of our Christian Endeavor progress. These during youn? folks have boundless grit They are satisfied with no petty results. They would reform cities. They woula abolish war. They would annihilate the saloon. Thej would evangelize the world. They havs written on their hearts Carey's motto. "Attempt great things for God. expect great things from God. This is the indomitable spirit of youth, and because it is pulsing In Christian Endeaver societies. I am confident that the movement ti still young. When a man or a movement loses Its optimism It begins to die. The second word, for Joshua and for Christian Endeavor, is obedience. "Observe to do according to all the lavf." Long before Rev. Cfcarles M. Sheldon, by his story. "In Hit Steps," made the question. "What would Jesus do?" a vital question In millions of lives. Dr. Clark had placed !n the Christian Endeavor pledge the promise to "strive to do whatever He would l!ka to have ut do." Tcsslbly tea million persona, ; from the beginning, have taken that pledge, hon- , estly and earnestly. If they thought God w anted ? them to do a thing, that was enough; they have endeavored. They have given public testimony, though with stammering tongues. They have set apart to God's werk a tenth of their incomes. ! They have entered prisons on His errands. Obedl-j ence hat not always been easy, but Christian Ea-' deavor has obeyed. The third word to Joshua, and the third factor i in Christian Endeavor prcgiess, 1 the Bible.; This book of the law shall not depart out cf thy mouth." We must know God'e will before we can do it What value has the most obedient : spirit without an Instructed mini? Sj Christian Endeavor goet dally to headquarters for ordert. ( Eery Endeavor has pl.dgtd himself to Call; prayer and Bible reading. The laEt word is ore of promise: "I will not! fall thee nor forsake the. Every i!sce that the sole of your foot shall tread u;on, that have I given unta ycu." Christian EnJtavcr has made! abundant rroof of this. It is air.azlr.g what these young people have done, without the re-' sources of wealth, or worldly power, or years cf experience, simply by launching out on the premises of God. Where Hindu Endeavours gj forth' on evangelizing tours. whre Chinese and Arm.n-i lan End caterers dire the fury cf the mob, where! Alaskan llnleavorers build tLetr little chapels on the icy mountain sides, where AmcUn and Er.glhh Endeavours cor.Juct the grattst xeJig-i lous conventions the world hts yet een ery--where it is because they work "not by r.lght. not by power, but bj God's Spirit." So may th y f continue to laUr through their second twenty! years, end through the whole cf this tentlta century. AMOS IL V. ELLS. ' Porto HSco'a Attorney Cienrral. CHICAGO. Feb. l.-James S. Harlan, attorney Reneral for the I clan. 1 of Porto Itlco, with power to act, took the oath cf orüc for that poMt.on to-day, hU commission having been tinned by Irrsldent McKinley ami Attorney Cimeral Crista Jan. Zl. Mr. Harlan vi&ltel S. Hum bam. clerk of the United States Circuit Court, and asked to be sworn. The new attorney general then went out with his commission under his arm. Mr. Harlan expect to Icavt fur Ter to Itlco Feb. Zi.

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