Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1901 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1901.

Ing that ?0S students of Moscow University Hint in a ii.ill. declared themselves In favor of obstruction and succeeded in stopping nil keturtj as a pr&tcüi against the Kiel! fctudtnts' i-tntentes The authorities have appeulec la a. loeal paj.r to the student., asking them to resume tkeir studies. Student to the number of met on Monday at th St. Petersburg" Mining Academy and LO voted to abandon their studies, while 14G favored a continuance of work. There were twenty-two blank ballots. No definite decision was taken. The government is enforcing: drastic measures against a continuation of the student trouble. Eighteen students of the St. Petersburg University were summoned on Sunday to a police station and were arrested ard Immediately tried summarily by a court under the presidency of Curator Sonin. of the St. Petersburg educational district. They denied having been engaged In the forcible obstruction of university work, but demanded the annulment of the penalties against the St. Petersburg and Kleff student-s. They admitted they were leaders of a peaceful strike which would lat until their demand are fulfilled They probably will receive the martyr's crown In the form of military rervlce. Seven ether students were summoned before the political police and warned that they would be arrested if they again approached the university buildings. Kleff University Is practically idle and almost unattended. Of The students condemned to rrilltary service i havj departed for various cantonments, the farthest being Transcaucasia. There is a similar ferment in all the higher institutions.

Uproar In the nelclisrath. VIENNA, Feb. 13. A great uproar marked the session of the Reichsrath today. "Informer!" "Muscovite!" and .'Rascall" were a few of the less objectionable epithets shouted out by members, some of whom also used the word "Jew" as a term of opprobrium The house was debating the replv to the speech from the throne. A Czech named Strauskey violently attacked the Pan-German.-, who, he said, were trviner to break vn Austria with a view to uniting the fragments to the German errnlre. After the uproar occasioned by this declaration had subsided rftrau.-?-key concluded with asserting that the present tendency of the crown was to favor the lupremacy of German Leftists, wno were unaer the control of the Pan-Germ in.-, which was a hihly dangerous condition and one that threatened the existence of the empire. Ivlnjar Alexander to Servians. BELGRADE. Feb. 13. King Alexander. In a proclamation to the Servian people. pays the rule of former King Milan, his father, witnessed a series of memorable and weighty events, which will be judged bv history. But. the proclamation adds. Servians were always grateful to the King s l&te father for securing their independence and an extension of their frontiers. Ills Majesty expresses the conviction that the Servian nation will share his deep grief. The newspauers appear with mourning bor ders, the armv has been ordered into mourning for three months and the theaters are closed. May Keep Danish West Indies. LONDON, Feb. II. The Copenhagen cor respondent of the Dally News says: "Tho Crown Prince .of Denmark opposes the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. He favors the plan of the syndicate v.hlch desires to Invest "capital in the islands arid to develop them. At a meet ing of representatives of the budget committee and the syndicate, a compromlio was agreed on to the effect that if tiimatter has not been settled with the United States before March 4, the budget com mittee is to reject the sale and to support the eherne of the syndicate. Serion Street Fighting. . BUDA-PESTII, Feb. 13. There was seri ous street fighting here to-day between men out of work and the police. About 1.300 of the former attacked the labor bureau, smashed the windows and attacked the police, who attempted to disperse them. The tollce charged them with drawn swords and arrested thirty persons. The rioters attempted to rescue them and were only scattered by the" arrival of a force of cavalry. Many. Death fron the Plague. . ßOMBAT Feb. 13. The spread of the tdaeue Is Increasing. There were over 2,000 deaths in this city during the past week. of which number 922 are known to have been due to the plague, me government Is devoting Its attention to succoring the tick rather than to prevent the spread of the disease. Cable Note. King Charles arrived at Lisbon yesterday on his return from England. Although the brief aDPolntlng the Rev. M. C. O'Brien bishop of Portland, Me., has been suspended, he has the best chances out of three candidates. Alfons Hagemann, a great hunting friend of Emperor William, is dead. He was the founder of the Turf Club lu Lelpsic and a great authority In sporting circles. The British Admiralty has chartered the Maine to attend the Mediterranean fleet as a hospital ship. If the experiment is sue rcssful, sha will be purchased by the gov ernment. Joseph II. Choate. United States ambassa dor, declines to affirm or deny the report that President McKinley has offered him the office of attorney general of the United States in succession of air. Griggs. The London Morning Post announces that the marriage of William Bayard Cutting. 4r.. crlvate secretary of Mr. Choate. United States ambassador, and Iady Sybil MarJorle Cuffe. youngest daughter of the Earl or uesan, win une piace aut-i isiri. London financiers say that the American tenders for British exchequer bonds are very small, y.mbatly under a million. Germany Is the largest foreign bidder and I ranee is next. It is understood the postFORECAST FOIL TWO DAYS. Fair Weather Probable, vrlth Hlslnc Temperature on Frldny. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Forcast: For Ohio Generally fair on Thursday, except snow In northeast and eastern por tions; rtslns temperature. Friday fair; fiesh west to northwest winds. For Illinois Fair on Thursday and probably on Friday; fresh westerly winds, be coming variable. . For Indiana Fair on Thursday and prob ably on Friday; rising temperature Thurs day; westerly winds: Local Observations on Wednesday Bar. Ther. RH. Wind. Weither. Pre. 7a. m.. 30. 43 16 73 North. Clear. .00 7 p. ni. .33.20 27 67 S'wcst. Clear. T. Maximum temperature, CO; minimum tem perature. 14. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Feb. 13: Temp. Pre. Normal 31 .13 Mean 22 T. Departure from normal y .13 Departure since Feb. 1 ?tl .:i5 Departure since Jan. 1 1.71 C. F. It. WAFFENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yetterdajr'i Temperatures.

Stations. MIn. Max. p.m. Atlanta. Ga ) SO 42 Bismarck. N. D 1 5 41 Buffalo. N. Y 4 U Ö Calgary. N. W. T 22 4 J ss Chicago. Ill 1) , 2?; Cairo, ill :vs Cheyenne, Wyo 12 44 U2 Cincinnati. O It ;y Concordia. Kan ö U2 D Davenport, la 0 i lVs Molne. I a S 23 C2 Galveston. Tex f; 12 G'J Helena, Mont 12 42 l Jacksonville. Fla 44 4i Kansas City. Mj 11 'Ji ui Little Rock. Ark IS 4S 44 Mntiuette. MLu IS ;s Mem;hl.J. Ti-nn 2) 4 42 Naj-hville. Ten-t 21 4) t'i New Orleans, L;. 43 Li G2 New York city 12 2j H North Platte. Ntb 2 Si m Oklahoma. O. T 21 i'i 41 Omaha, Neb M 42 Ui Pittsbutff. Pa 12 2) is tju Appelle. N. W. T.. IG 2i ;;2 Rapid CItv. P. I 22 41 Silt Lake City l(i Si :o Ft. Ixju'.s. Mo 2 42 lj Si. Paul, Minn 0 2i ;r2 Springfield. Ill W 35 22 Fpringfield. Mo 22 4i 4j Vlcksburg. Mls W W ' s W ashington, V. C U 2i 22

clf.ee savings bank gets the bulk of the t nds. Yesterday was fixed as the opening for tho strike of - the - Paris seamstresses In support of the tailors. Only a thousand EirLs, however, left work. Bands of tailors and seamstresses paraded all day Ion.-;, tut a strong force of police kept the strikers moving-. The German Reichstag has passed the second reading of the jhlna bill, and its accompanying financial bill, including Indemnity for the expenditures incurred by the expedition. j. clause provides for the disbandment of the units in China when tne object of the expedition Is attained. II. Paul Deschancl. president of the

French Chamber of Deputies, was married by civil law in the town hall of the Sixth Arrondissement yesteruay to Mile. Gern.alne Bricc. daughter of the deputy of that name. President Loubet act id as one of 21. Deschanel's witnesses. A lew Intimate Ii lends were present. Tho churca weduing vill be celebrated with great pomp on Sat urday. A Russian commission will meet at St. Peterburg soon to examine the great union depot of tne Circular Railroad and the elevated railroad scheme for St. Petersburg, submitted by Engineer Jiallnsky. The scheme embraces eleven Iron bridges across inc Neva, costing Ij.OOo.OW i cables. The enterprise will call for 130. 000.00) roubles. I'.alinsky hopes to interest American capital in the undertaking. KING EDWARD SPEAKS rcplics to addresscs presented BV LO.DO. OFFICIALS. Ceremcninl Reception nt St. Jnincs Pnlace of the Lord Slayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen nnd Attendunts. LONDON. Feb. 13. The lord mayor, tho sheriffa and aldermen, accompanied by civic officers, sword bearers, mace bearers ard other attendants, proceeded in stat carriages to St. Jame3 Palace to-day to rrcsent to the King; a loyal address on be half of the city of London. The King and the Duke of Cornwall and Yorkr attendel by their suite, reached the palace shortly after noon. The ceremonial was the same as Is observed at a levee. All the principal officers of state were present. The King wore the uniform of a field marshal and t heDuke of York wore a rear admiral's uni form. Ills Majesty was received at the entrance by the great officers of state, was conducted to the throne room and received the address. Ills Majesty varied the customary procedure. Instead of merely handing a reply, ho read it in a clear, firm voice. To the Corporation of the city of London the King said: "I am much gratified at your loyal and dutiful addresses and tho zeal and affection they testify for my throne and person. it is a great consolation to me, in my grief, to know of the wide and heartfelt sympathy to which you give expression, and with you 1 will ever cherish the recol lection of the memorable reign of my beloved mother, renowned In our annals alike for the progress of the people in prosperity and refinement and for their ever widenlmr and deepening attachment to our govern ment and institutions. The ancient city of London, alike illustrious by its history and by the efforts of it3 enterprising ctlzen, has ever been foremost in responding li the call of duty and in devotion to the in terests of the empire, and I feel certain its future will not belie its glorious past. numbly join m your prayer that the blessings of Almighty God may be con tinued to myself and to my consort, anl I confidently hope the efforts I will make to fulfill the expectations of ray happy nnd loyal people,, will, under divine guid ance, promote the weirare or my empire and the prosperity of all classes of my subjects." The Kings reply to the address of the London County Council was of similar tenor, but also included references to the improvements or London. Ills Majesty said he was confident the London County Council would not slacken Its efforts to deal with the many different questions, especially the proper housing of the working classes, "which is one in which 1 have always taken the deipest personal interest." The hour fixed for the opening In state to-morrow of the first Parliament of King Kdward VII is 2 o'clock in the afternoon The King, In pursuance with his purpose to Inaugurate various changes in th- sys tems hitherto prevailing, has offered a departure from the ordinary practice of givlng out a forecast of tho speech from the throne. Heretofore the text of such fpeeches were practically known the night btiore their delivery mis time, h jsvever, the King intends to inject a personal element and will, himself, first divulge the terms of the speech from the throne tomorrow when ho personally reads it. Members of the Commons Displeased. LONDON. Feb. 14. The withholding of the forecast of the speech from the throne and the action of the lord chamberlain In allowing peeresses to monopolize all the space in the House of Lord3, to the exclusion of members of the House of Commons, have caused much Irritation. The former makes legislators unusually Interested . In the function; and Just so much the more do they resent their exclusion In favor of the ladies. This is regarded as a matte affecting parliamentary privilege and an early opportunity will be taken to draw attention to the grievance in both houses. There will almost certainly be an unseem ly scramble on the part of the five hundred commoners who will follow the black rod's summons to the upper house to tret into the front row and thus secure a chance to enter the gilded chamber. In anticipation or this rush a double cordon of police ha been ordered to attend to keep order. No more than two hundred can posslblv ealn admission. Ladles will form four-fifths of the brilliant gathering. Kins: Edward ham himself taken an active interest in directing ine arrangements to tne aismay or the officials, and he is said to have acted on th principle that courtesy to the ladles ia the marK oi a -penect, gentle knight." ANOTHER THROUGH LINE. C, II. A D. Mar Give the O., K. C. A E. an Entrance to Clnclnnntl. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 13. It Is stated on what Is believed to be good authority that an agreement has been entered Into by John W. Gates and parties interested in the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton liallroad which will give the Omaha, Kansa3 City & Eastern road an entrance Into Cincinnati and a connection there with the Chesapeake & Ohio for the Atlantic sea board. The plan contemplates the exten slon of the Kansas City line from Qulncy to Springfield and the building of the In diana. LVcatur & Western (which is con trolled by the Cincinnati. Hamilton &. Day ten) from Decatur to Springfield. SHE FISHED FOR SUCKERS. Illinois Girl Who Solicited Money from Suitors nnd Is Nott In Jail. BLOOMINGTON. 111., Feb. 13.-MIss Ell abeth Kaburick. aged twenty-one years. was arrested yesterday, charged with vl Iatlng the postal laws. Miss Kaburick has been receiving numerous letters from all parts of the United States, and it is al leged she had txen soliciting and receiving money and Jewelry from suitors for her hand with whom she had made erltolary acquaintance through a matrimonial agency newspaper. Miss Kaburick was held to nan in ii.vv. ana was taken to Springfield Her home is in Carllnviilc, III. That Invitation to the President. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Feb. 13.-The genera' executive committee of tho Confedreate reunion has adopted resolutions with rt-vard to the invitation to Presldt'nT McKinley to be present at the reunion which will be held in Memphis in May, expressing the belief that the opposition to the propesed Invitation is due to a misunderstanding. It asserts that thy invitation was ror the President to bo the gue; of the city at that time, and not to participate In tho reunion, which would be a breach cf the constitution of the otdcr. TO CURE THE GRIP IN TWO DAYS Laxative Brcmo-QulnLna removes the cause.

IN BEHALF OF HIMSELF

FItAMC II. HAMILTON OX THE STAND AT MINNEAPOLIS. Ills Story of the How That Preceded the KHIinc of L. It. Day Counsel's Statement. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 13.-Frank II. Hamilton, the newspaper reporter, who is charged with killing Leonard IL Day, was on the witness stand in his own behalf today. WThen court opened this morning Robert L. Penny, chief counsel for the defense, outlined to the jury what he intended to prove. He began with a sketch of Hamilton's lire, who is twenty-four years old. At the age of sixteen, after the death of his father, his mother having died in his infancy. It was discovered that he had tuberculosis, and it was necessary to send him to Colorado for treatment. It took six years of climate and whisky to effect a cure. Mr. Penny declared that it would not bo surprising if he had formed tho habit after such a course. Turning then to Day, Mr. Penny pointed out that he was from a wealthy family, and that his every whim and desire were gratified. For two nights before hl3 death he had been out all night carousing. On the night In question he had gone to the theater with boon companions and then to a wlneroom, where two women Joined the party. Two of the men left early, while Day and a companion continued to drink with tha women. Later ho had gone to the hotel and begun the game of pool with some friends there. These men with whom he was playing were now practically the only accusers of Hamilton. What wonder that, from instincts of self-preservation and to clear their own skirts of any possible suspicion, they should lean in their evidence toward the accusation of the defendant. Hamilton, on that nieht. had had a num ber of drinks just how many he does not know. Finally, when the saloons were all closed, they had gone to the West Hotel, not with anv idea of findincr Day. but be cause Evans wanted another drink. H-3 had no trouble with Day. who had never done anything to him. He had met Day before, but not formally. Hamilton was intoxicated that night, or partly so. He re members shaking hands with Day. i-v ervbodv there." said Mr. Penny, "was in toxlcated, say what they will, rsobody can say definitely just what happened. Mr. Hamilton remembers receiving a blow on the face or Jaw, and shortly thereafter he received a blow on the head from a cane, cue or club, and this will be proved. From that time he was not conscious of anything until he found himself on the floor near Day's side. Of the crime he says: I know I did not do it. I could not do it in the very nature of things. A knife has been Fhown you here. That was not the knife of Frank II. Hamilton. Tie never had sucn a knife. He had no weapon of any kind, except a small pocket knife. We will show you by the very best evidence that Day carried Just such a knife as the one produced at this trial. There was a general row that night, and more than one knlfo was used, and we will be able to show this The clothing of one man who was present that night was bespattered with blood, ap parently with a knife, and taken the next morning to a tailor repair shop to do cleaned and repaired. This clothing was not that of Day or Hamilton." W hen Hamilton took the stand he re peated what his counsel had said about his early life. Continuing. Hamilton said ha had never touched a drop before he wont to Colorado. He had come to Minneapolis in March, 1SD9. He did no work until the summer, when he went to work on the Journal, doing feature or space work. In September he was forced to return to Denver because of 111 health. He remained in Denver until April, 1SK)0, when he returned to Minneapolis to go to work for the Times. He had remained on the Times until Nov. 25, when he was arrested on the charge of murdering Day. . - - Hamilton described In detail his movements on the eventful day. He came back to thfs Times office at 10 o'clock that night nnd turned in his copy. At 11 o'clock he went across the street to Starr's saloon, where he had several drinks. He realized that he was getting drunk. After the saloon closed he went to the West Hotel with seme associates to "get one more drink," as one of them suggested. Hamilton, stated positively on cross-ex-amlnation that he had no Intention of seeing Day. He denied that, so far as he was concerned, there was any ill feeling between them. After he had entered the hotel he found himself talking to Leonard It. Day, but could not remember whether they had been introduced at that time. "I think Day made an insulting remark, at which I took affront." Hamilton continued, "and I asked him if ho would fight. He said 1 v.as too drunk. Then Charles Force came up and said: 'I'll fight you. The next thing I knew Day and I were clinched, and I threw Day down. Then we got up. I remember there was a mlx-up around us. Then some (Tne struck me with a club or a piece of Iron oh .the forehad and I lost consciousness. I knew nothing of what happened after that until I found myself chafing Day's hands, and later, when the officer took me Into the barroom." Hamilton was shown the blood-stained knife. He emphatically denied having ever seen or owned It. He recalled no conversation with ex-Patrolman Booney, who made such a damaging statement yesterday as to Hamilton's confession. County Attorney Boardman gave Hamilton a rigid cross-exeminatlon. He admitted that he and Canfield planned a hunting trip, but denied that he had bought a hunting knife. Asked why he grappled with Day he said It was because Day said something offensive. What It was he did not remember, but he knew it made him angry. "I am sure 1 did not kill Leonard Day," he said. Trial of Dr. Kennedy. NEW YORK, Feb. 13. Dr. Ernest Ledeile was the first witness caned to-day In tho trial of Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy for the murder of "Dolly" Reynolds. He identified the lead pipe with which tho prosecution claims the girl was killed. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Moore, who sought to show that the bludgeon with which the murder i3 said to have teen committed, was not cut from a piece lound in the cellar of Dr. Kennedy's house. William L. Douglass, assistant cashier of the Garfield National Bank, identified Dr. Kennedy s signature on a number of checks, but was not asked to identify the signature on the "Dolly" Reynolds check. It was announced in court to-day that Julia Siayton, the aged woman who, at the first trial, testified that she saw Kennedy on th? 12:S5 boat for Staten Island, died several weeks ago. Mrs. Siayton was the only witness at the first trial whose testimony iraterially tended to establish an alibi for Kennedy. OBITUARY. airs. T. C. Piatt, AVife of New York's Senior United States Senator. NEW YORK. Feb. 13.-Mrs. Thomas C. Piatt, wife of United States Senator Piatt, died early to-day at her apartments In tho Fifth-avenue Hotel after a long illness Senator Piatt with his three s jns and their wives were at the bedside. Mrs. Platfs affliction was a nervous affection of the heart. Powerful heart stimulants were administered and under their Influence the strength of the patient was sustained for vvteks. Within the past week, however, s:ie began to grow weaker and another nurse was called In. A change for the verse came yesterday. Mrs. Piatt's heart showed every sign of giving out and every rc.cment of the day and throughout the right she was watched by the nurse or the doctors. The funeral will take piece on Friday morning. Services will be conducted at tne. Fifth-avenue Hotel at 11 o'clock. The arrangements lor the luneral are not com pleted. Funeral of A. D. Shan. WATERTOWN. N. Y.. Feb. 13. The remains cf the late Albert D. Shaw, late congressman of this district and late com mander-ln-chlef of the G. A. It., were In terred In Brookslde Cemetery to-day with military honors. Arter private funeral servIces at ths family residence, the body cf Colonel Shaw laid In state at the armory

and thousands of citizens viewed the remains. Besides Ihe local Grand Army post and social and political organizations of

watertown, with which Colonel ssnaw was connected, there was a large representation of Grand Army men from all over tiorthern New York in attendance on the funeral services. National Gaurdsrnen fired a volley over the grave. Paul Dow en. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Paul Bowen, chief of division in the office of the auditor lor the Navy Department, died here to-day. aged forty-eight years. Mr. Bowen was prominent in labor circles lor many years. He helped materially in passing through Congress tne mechanic s lien law, tne law prohibiting foreign labor contracts, the eight-hour labor law of Aug. 1. 1S32, the act establishing the Department of Labor, the establishment cf night schools in Washing ton ana tree books for school ennaren nere. He entered the Treasury Department In 1S73 In the lowest clerical grade and rose to the position he held at his death by merit. Xcphevr of Mr. Snrratt. TEXARKANA, Ark., Feb. 13.-Capt. John II. Hunter, a veteran of the Confederate Aimy of Northern Virginia, and a nephew of Mrs. Surratt, who was hanged as an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth In tho assassination of Abraham Lincoln, dropped dead of heart disease at Garland city yesterday. He was born and reared in Baltimore, Md., and was related to many of the leading families of that State. He was sixty-five years old. Judffc Robert D. Rassell. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Feb. 13.-Robert D. Russell, former Judge of the District Court, and a brother of Sol' Smith Russell, the actor, died to-day. William II. Halle. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 13. Former Lieutenant Governor William H. ;llalle died at his home in this city to-day Dnron Invcrclyde. LpNDON, Feb. 13. Baron Invercljde, chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, limited, is dead. CHINESE DECLINE TO DIE THREE OF THE BOXER LEADERS RE FUSE TO C03I3IIT SUICIDE. rnvoTi Sar All Deserve Death and Suggest that the Worst De Quartered Robbery Proposed. PEKING, Feb. 13.-At least three of the Chinese to whom Emperor Kwang Su sent a choice of suicide in pursuance of the de mand of tho powers for their punishment with death, have declined to comply, and the Emperor has withdrawn his request that they should destroy themselves. His Majesty now telegraphs Prince Ching that when he agreed to the terms of the Joint note, the latter only required that the pun ishment should fit the crime, and he argues that If the worst of the guilty deserve death, the others should be punished In other ways. The foreign envoys, on the con trary, say that even those who are least guilty deserve death, and as there is no worse punishment, all must suffer that penalty, although If China should ask to make distinctions regarding the crimes, she can sentence the worst either to quartering or to some other form of Chinese execution. Unless the court changes its views no Immediate settlement Is possible. Attempt to Rob Salt merchants. TIEN-TS1N. Feb. '13. The French and Russian consuls raised their respective flags over the salt heaps belonging to tha merchants of the salt guild a month after tho occupation of the city and have since refused to allow the owners to approach the property. They have, however, offered tc sell It back at three-quarters of its market- value, which amounts to millions. At a meeting: to-day the merchants came to the conclusion that such barefaced robbery of private property was not com mitted with the approval oi Paris and St. Petersburg, and drew up a memorial cable dispatch to the Czar and President Loubet setting forth their grievance, 'ine choice cf the decision by the home government and is bearing upon the political situa tion cannot be exaggerated. All the com mercial classes In China are waitine to learn whether the Boxers or the allies are Rjcre dangerous to their interests and will act accordingly. Forty Russians Killed. LONDON Feb. 13. A special dispatch from Shan-Hal-Kuan, dated Feb. 11, says the Russians lost foaty men killed in an engagement with Chinese, and that they refused tne assistance or the allies. . Four 3IlllIons In Want. SHANGHAI, Feb. 13. The governor of the province of Shan-Si is appealing for aid in behalf of 4.000,000 Inhabitants of the fam ine-stricken districts. PAPER MILL DAMAGED. Loss of Over 9 100,000 Suffered by on Applcton Plant. APPLETON, Wis., Feb. 13.-Tho Kim berly paper mills of the Klmberly& Clark Company, four miles from this city, valued at $1,200,000, caught fire to-night. The fire was not under control until about midnight. The finishing rooms, print mill, three machine rooms and a number of other buildings are a total loss. The estimated loss is placed at from $100,000 to $500,000, fully covered by insurance. The plant will be rebuilt. The origin of the fire is a mystery, having, it is supposed, started under the floor of one of the machine rooms. Chief E. L. Anderson, of the fire department, was suffocated during the fire. He was overcome by the smoke before he could be rescued. Loss of $150,OOO. BOSTON, Feb. 13. Fire in the five-story block at the corner of Essex and Kingston streets, in the wholesale district, occupied by W. H. Blood & Co., shawls, cloak3, etc.; Creed, Kellogg & Co., fancy goods, jewelry and novelties; Edward Duller Co., linings and fancy goods, and M. H. Pulaski & Co., embroideries,, and othsr firms, to-night, did damage estimated at $150.000. The fire originated on tho second floor, occupied by Creed, Kellogg & Co., and tho large quantity of celluloid In their stock made perfect fuel. SALE OP TROTTERS. Gaylon Disposed of for $9,000 nnd Anaconda for $0,5OO. NEW YORK, Feb. 13. What has become known as the "W horse sale began in Madison-square Garden to-day. There are Just 400 horses to be sold, all consignments above that number having been refused by the Faslg-Tipton Company, which is conducting the tale. The stallion Gaylon, "King of the Allertons," with a trotting record of 2:xU. proved to be the horse of the day. He went across the water to Vienna, being purchased by Karl Iiatnak for $V,0o0. Anaconda, the swift pacer, with a record of 2:02 at seven years, went to E. B. Rice, of Boston, for $J.W0. A. U. Bostwick bid $0,200. The number of horses sold to-day was twenty-three head, for a total of $41,370, an average of $013.63 per head. Yesterday's Rnee Winners. At New Orleans The Bronze Demon, S3 to 1; Lady Curzon. 10 to 1; Divertisement, 3 to 1; Ardlta, 7 to 1; Bright Night, CO to 1; Sadie Burnam, 10 to 1. At Oakland Dunfree, 6 to 5; Sea Hon, 2 1 Frank Bell. 7 to 2; Sir Hampton, 8 to 5 Victoria n to &; t lamero, z to l: J At Tanforan Vassal, 15 to- 1; Sister I Jeanle, 7 to 10; Lothian. 9 to 10; Joe Frey, 6 to 5; Seide, 4 to 5; Wyoming. 1 to 2.

HARBOR IS ICE BLOCKED

TUGS AND FERRY BOATS CAUGHT IX FLOES AT NEW YORK. Passengers Ilesened from Unpleasant Positions Loss of the Lucerne Confirmed Another "Wreck. NEWr YORK. Feb. 13. Floating Ice in the East and North rivers and the bay to-day greatly Interfered with navigation. Twenty tugs, the Ellis island ferry boat John G. Carlisle, the Liberty island boat Bay Ridgo and the ocean liner Concho all stuck fast In the ice. The Robert Garrett, of tho Staten island ferry, was caught off the battery with three or four hundred pas sengers aboard, but subsequently effected a landing. The Castleton, of the same line, started from New York toward Staten Island, but had to give it up and stuck in the Ice about a quarter of a mile from shore. Th ice interfered greatly with the operation ox the ferries. The Montauk was wedged in the ice In midstream, and her 1.400 passengers were taken off by tugs. When the floodtide set In it drove the Ice up the East river and permitted the Staten island ferry boats to make their trips. The tide carried the ice up toward the brldgo at the rate of three miles an hour. This Interfered with the Fulton and Wall-street ferries, which had been able to run on fair ly regular time in the morning. The South ferry boat Montauk and the revenue cut ter Calumet, which were tied up by the blockade for several hours, managed to get to their slips when the tide came in. The railroad transfer boats Exnress and Maryland also got free. The tugs and other craft which had been imprisoned by the floes all day gradually worked their way out of the ice and proceeded to their various destinations. The White Star liner Germanic and the Red Star liner Kensing ton, which sailed from North river docks. got clear on their way to the Narrows. Another Wreck Near St. Johns. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 13.-U Is now feared that another wreck has occurred, in this case a sailing vessel, as a spar belonging to a .three-masted schooner drifted ashore at Blackhead this evening with other wreckage which could not have be longed to the Lucerne. This adds to the depression because the wreck may be a local nsn-carrymg craft whose loss has in volved the lives of another eight or ten residents of St. Johns. News was received to-day confirmatory of the loss of the steamer Lucerne, by which thirty persons lost tneir lives. The llhynland Safe. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 13.-The overdue American liner Rhynland, from Philadel phia for Liverpool, arrived here to-night unassisted. Captain Kinne reports that three days ago one of the propeller blades was lost. The Rhynland experienced easterly gales for thirteen days, during which she made scarcely any profirresa. Tremendous seas flooded her decks, but no one was injured. Fuel began to run short. and she anchored in Queenstown harbor to obtain seventy-five tons of coal to en able her to proceed to Liverpool. Steamer Benched Near Beaafort. BEAUFORT, S. C, Feb. 13. The Spanish steamship Otayo Is ashore on Hunting island breakers, near the old wreck of the steamer City of Savannah. The vessel Is cotton laden, from New Orleans for a Mediterranean port. She Is in a perilous position In the event of a storm. The mate and the engineer, wno nave arrived here. report the steamer uninjured. She went ashore in a fog. Ilesened with Difficulty. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 13. The Prince line steamer Spartan Prince, Captain Miller, from New York, bound for Naples, Genoa. etc., went ashore off Alcazar point yester day. The passengers, Including ten Amer icans in the first cabin, were saved with considerable difficulty, and landed, at Gib raltar. Movements of Steamers. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 13.-Arrlved Rhyn land. from Philadelphia, for Liverpool; Teutonic, from New York, for Liverpool, and proceeded. Sailed: Lake Ontario, from Liverpool, for Halifax and St. Jonns, N. B. NEW YORK, Feb. 13. Arrived: Majestic, fiom Liverpool and Queenstown. Sailed: Astoria, for Glasgow; Bulgaria, for Hamburg; Germanic, for Liverpool; Kensingtcn, for Antwerp, via Southampton. LIZARD. Feb. 13. Passed: New York. frcm New York, for Southampton; Amster dam, from New lork, for Rotterdam. PLYMOUTH. Feb. 14. 12:30 a. m. Ar rived: Graf Waldersee, from New York, loi Cherbourg and Hamburg. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 13. Arrived: Bovlc, from New lork; Vancouver, from Port land. HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 13. Arrived: LIvonian, from Glasgow, for Philadelphia. SOUTHAMPTON. Feb. 13.-Sailed: Lahn, irom AJremen,-for .New York. HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. 13.-Arrived: Pretoria, from New York. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13. Arrived: Waesland, from Liverpool. GENOA. Feb. 13. Arrived: California, from New lork. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Ignacio Caxallo, a prominent rancher, was ambushed nnd killed by Yaqui In dians at Slris, near Hermoslllo. Mexico. The Kansas Senate has passed a bill designating places where liquor Is sold as public nuisances and providing means for their suppression. Jackson and Stovall. charged with the United States Express Company robbery at Manilla, la., have been bound over to the grand jiu-y under $5.000 bonds. The Gllck & Moyer Company, wholesale milliners, made an assignment at Cleve land, O., yesterday. No statements of as sets and liabilities was given. a sawmin Doner at Chickasaw, near Cellna. O., exploded yesterday, killing John Desh and fatally injuring hi3 three sens, Jacob, August and John. Joe Gans was awarded the decision over "Wilmington" Jack Daly in the fifth round of what was scheduled as a twenty-round contest at Baltimore last night. E. R. Patterson, cashier of the Bridge port, Ala., bank and bookkeeper of thi Bridgeport stove works, committed sucide tsterday by shooting himself. No motive lor the act is known. C. F. Conklln, of Chicago, defeated John A. Hendrlck in the eighth game of the Class A billiard tournament at the Knick erbocker Athletic Club, New York, last night, by a score of 400 to 363. Only six Jurors were accepted by both sides yesterday In the Moser murder case. at Pekln, 111. The second special venire was exhausted, and a third was Issued, re turnable at 1) o clock this morning. A Jury at Dallas, Tex., yesterday brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree against John Chapman, charged with the murder of Constable Bain, who was burned to death In Chapman's saloon in Dallas Dec. ii, ioc. Nine ballots without result were taken at the Nebraska Republican Senatorial caucus last night. The eight men. who bolted last night remained out and there were other absentees. At Springfield. 111., yesterday the case cgalnst Robert Schwab, charged with choking his wife Rosa to death, was dismissed J by Justice Brinkerhoff. who held that the evidence showed Mrs. ach wan died or heart disease. A "hang" In Furnace C of the Edgar Thomson steel plant at Braddock. . Pa.., let go last evening, burning Laughlln Mclaughlin fatally and six others Slavs, names unknown seriouslj'. McLaughlin will die. The others may possible recover. Marshal Bennett arrived at Muskogee. I. T.. last evening with more members of the "Snake band" of Indians. The members of the band now under arrest, numbering fifty, will have a preliminary hearing before the United Stetes commissioner on the 2i"th inst. The threatened strike of conductors and rrctormen of the Monongahela Street-railway of Pittsburg over tne recent discharge of two motormen was averted yesterday by the reinstatement of the two men and the placing of their names on the subllst as conductors. Prof. Palmer C. Rlcketts, who for many years has been director pi; Rensselaer

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ident of that Institution In place oi j. n. Peck, resigned. The FIndlav & North Baltimore Railway Company has filed articles of Incorporaticn with the Ohio secretary or state, ine capital stock is placed at S1W,000. Headqvarters are at Flndlay. It is proposed to construct an electric railway between tha two towns named. Marxraret Dalv. wife of the late Marcus Daly, is the chief stockholder In two bank anc. trust companies chartered at Helena yesterday to take up the banking business of her husband in Butte and Anaconda, The new incorporations will be known as m. Daly Bank and Trust company. Between 200 and 400 emüloye-? of the FanChez & Hay cigar factory at Tampa, Fla., wtnt on strike yesterday. They demand tne payment of $10 each for the time tney claim was lost recently in waiting for ma terial to arrive frcm Cuba, The house refused this and the strike followed. Captain Oberlin M. Carter's attorneys. at Leavenworth yesterday, received worn, according to their statement, that shoula the prisoner be released on ball by tno Federal Court on Friday, when his appeal will come up, he will be Immediately rearrested. Jonathan Warner, superintendent of the American Sheet Steel Company, stated. yesterday, that his company would select a site and commence work next week on the construction of the new six-pot mill sheet plant, at Niles, O. The new mill will employ three hundred hands. Frank Crawford, aged sixteen years, was killed by his brother Charles, aged fourteen years, at Ballneee. W. Va. Frank ob jected to- Charley going out hunting and to prevent him Frank held tho dog, wnicn enraged the younger boy and he discharged the contents of the shotgun at his brother. Charley is in Jail. Northern and central New Yirk are many feet deep In the worst blizzard of the win ter and in some respects in recent years. Over a territory extending trom Roches ter to Ltica and from Watertown to Ithaca the wind is blowing a gale and while it Is not exceedingly cold the fine snow driven by the wind makes travel dangerous. Judge Munger. of the Federal Court, at Lincoln, Neb., yesterday,, granted the ap plication of J. W. Coffin and other stock holders of the Nebraska Loan and Trust Company of Hastings, Neb., for a receiver ship for the company, and named James M. Clark, of Hastings, a former president ot the company, as receiver. There Is to be an international congress of nurses held in Buffalo next September, during the time of the Pan-American expo sition, to celebrate the new century and to cement and strengthen the national and In ternatlonal organization which the nurses of this country. Great Britain, the English colonies, Denmark and Holland have, for the last lew years, been intent upon devel oping. Rosslyn H. Ferrel will not invite any one to see his electrocution. The Ohio law provides that the condemned man may invite three friends to be present, but he says he will not take advantage of that courtesy. "My reason for not inviting any one," he said, "is that in my opinion a man who poses as a friend of mine would be a very poor friend if he would accent of an invitation to see me killed." The annual convention of church clubs of the United States began in Philadelphia yesterday, the "opening session being presided over by Frank M. Osborne, secretary of the Church Club of Minnesota. In his address Mr. Osborne said that church clubs were small in number but irreat in Influence. In the aggregate there were but 3.500 laymen in these organizations, but all were men or weight in their diocese. A Boston museum of fine arts now possesses one of the finest examples of the old masters in this country. Jt is a Velasquez, a portrait of little Prince Carlos and his dwarf playmale, painted, about 1632, MJien the son of Philip IV was two and a half . years old. The picture is hung in the Iwiwrence room of the museum, carefully railed off. The reported price paid by thi ooara or directors or the museum is sso,0oo. Officers at Nevada. Mo., in searching a vagrant who gave his name as Dean Earl, discovered a letter addressed to B. F. MoReynolds, a prominent stockman deman)ing $1,000. The money was to be deposited at a certain railway crossing near McReynolds's home. The letter Stated that McReynolds would be destroyed hy dynamite, his house burned and his stock killed if he failed to comply with its terms. Karl was released. From an ash barrel at Plainfleld. N. J.. that had been consigned to u dump Col. Julian Scott, a well-known artist, has rescued a death mask of Napoleon which was taken at St. Helena after the death ot the great general. The mask is a mate to the one highly prized in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum Art. which was presented by Mrs. Astor. The mask found by Col. Scott belonged the Spocmer collection of valuable works cf art when tne owner lived in .North Plalnneld. In accordance with the annual custom. members of the Ladies' Union Mission School Association yesterday presented the nrst class or cadets at West Point with Bi bles. The presentation speeches were made Dy tne itev. jonn f ox, of New York, and the Rev. George Shearer, secretary of the American Tract and Bible Society, under whose auspices the presentation took place to-aay. ine nrst class win be graduated on Monday next. There are seventy-four members. . Articles of incorporation were filed at Trenton, N. J., yesterday, incorporating the New York Glucose Company, with an authorized capital of 11,000)00, of which half is to be preferred, with 7 ter cenL cumulative dividend. The company Is em powerea to manuracture glucose, corn products and by-products of the same. The incorporators are: Charles H. Piatt, William Rockefeller, Henry H. Rogers, Henry Batterman, Edward T. Bedford, Charles H. Otis. Wm. J. Matheson and others, of New i orK. WANTS A RECOUNT. Ciiy of Parkenburjr Sot Satisfied tv Ith Its Census Ennnieration. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-V. B. Archer, attorney for the city of Parkersburg, W. Va., has filed in the District Supreme Court a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the directors of the census to make a new and accurate enumeration of the population of Parkersburg. The petitioner claims that because of careless enumera tion the census figures for 1900 for the city of Parkersburg are short by 3,000 to 5,000 of the actual population. The court has Issued a rule calling on the director of the census to show cause why a wt of mandamus compelling him to recount the popu lation of Parkersburg should not be Is sued and prohibiting him from publishing the census of that city until a hearing of the case can be had. The hearing is set for March 20. The restraint on the publication of census figures for Parkersburg cannot apply, as the Census Office published them on Feb . The director has referred the notice served upon him to the attorney general. It is said at the Census Office that several months ago the secretary of the Board of Trade of Parkersburg complained of the bureau's figures for Parkersburg. The enumeration of the First ward of Parkersbunr was investi gated in December last by a representative or tne bureau, who found that about one hundred persons had been missed by the enumerator. The director thereupon, in reply to the complaint, said that the exam ination did not disclose an error of such magnitude as to justify a recount of the entire city or even the First ward. TO TEST A TAX LAW. Georgia Packers Will Sue the State on Constitutional Grounds. ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 13. The packing houses ot the North and West have deter mined to make a test case against taxation of their branches In Georgia. Under a recent act of the Legislature the tax on pack ing houses was raised from $100 to $200 per annum, and it is required tnat this tax be paid in every county where the firms do business. The firms claim that the $2"0 paid in Atlanta should sulfice for all their branch houses in the State. The $.00 demanded by the State will be paid and the county tax collector sued for the amount. Action will be taken on the ground that the law Is unconstitutional. Creed Revisers Still at Work. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. The Presbyterien committee appointed to consider the revision of the v estmlnster Confession of Faith resumed Its deliberations to-day. The examination of the reports of the presby teries upon this question at the meeting ot the committee held here last December disclosed the fact that a majority of the presbyteries desired some changes in the creed. At this convention ;he committee will formulate a statement making recom mtndatlons upon the revision to tho Qta

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sr si Holden Oaslieater ik , dianuiaciureu sua Guaranteed. KNIGHT & JIllSON CO. INDIANAPOLIS eral Assembly, which convenes in Philadelphia next May. This statement will contain the views of the committee bai?ed on the reports of the yresbyteries. ACTRESS PITTED $1,000. ' Punished for Making Fnlsc Affidavits to Pension Papers. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 11 Hattle L. McBrlde, who was known on the stage while she was a member of tho Metropolitan Opera Company as Lucille Burdette, was fined $1.000 in the Federal Court this aftarnoon. The charge against her was mukIng false affidavits to pension papers. Her mother, Lucinda Parker, in whose behalf the affidavits were made, was also fined $1.000 for the same offense. Mrs. Parkar was the widow of Jacob Frank, a surgeon in tho One-hundred-&nd-forty-nlnth Ohio Volunteers, with the rank of major, who died in 186Ü in Mansfield, O. She married IL C. Parker in IMC ALBERT PITCAIRN MAY DIE. Demented litthurr Capitalist Badly Frozen While Wandering All Mght. PITTSBURG, Ta., Feb. 13.-Albert Pitcalm, president of the Third National Bank of Pittsburg, the American Insurance Com pany and Versailles street railway, whilo temporarily demented from overwork. wandered from the Markleton Sanatorium last evening and spent the night in the Allegheny mountains, vv hen round to-aay his hands, feet and cars were badly frozen. He was taken back to the sanatorium and is in a serious condition. MAY BE LYNCHED. White School Teacher Who Assaulted a. Thirteen-Year-Old Girl. HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 13. News reached here to-night that veople in Marshall county are greatly excited over the arrest on the charge of committing an assault on a thlrteen-ycar-old girl of a whlto school teacher named Hall. A mob scoured the county for the teacher, but officers arrested him and to-night put him in Jail at Guntersville. A report tays hundreds of persons have gone to Guntersville, intent on breaking into the Jail and lynching HalL How Grnnt Conquered the Mnlcs. Malor J. A. Watrous. U. S. A., tells, in this week's Saturday Evening Post, several good stories of General Grant when he wa a lieutenant in the Mexican war. One is the mule story. He tried a oetall or men and many ropes but the mule got the better of the experiment. Then this happened: 'Returning, he gave orders to take th next victim to the large rock. It waj backed as close to the obstruction as possible without actually touching It. Half a dozen men were told to hold the brute by the head, ears and neck, and on no account to let it advance from the rock. Then a man was told to clap a harness on quickly. As soon as the buckles began to fasten tho mule became restless. Pretty soon it mado a sudden lunge and succeeded In getting four feet away from the rock, and thn the fun ijegan. Its heels cracked against tho rock savagely for a short time. It was a new experience, and apparently a painful one, for the battered hind feet were Ufte! again and again, but very gently, and only one at a time, while Its head shook and ears flopped. That mule was cured, and the problem was solved. Th detail returned to camp late that evening havlnjj accomplished its mission taken the kick out of a drove of as unmanageable mules as ever hauled pork and hardtack." Annie Besant's Whereabouts. London Leader. Mrs. Besant now wears Hindu dress and has proclaimed the belief that she was a Hindu In a former stage of her existence. However, though she loves the old order, she has a kind eye also for the new, and in her Hindu college at Benares, for funds on behalf cf which she is touring: in northern India, she will endeavor to combine tha philosophy of the East a somewhat largo order with the bracing influences of English public school life. Indeed. Mrs. Besant has rather lost patience with Hindu conservatism, and tells the patient Hindus that they are many "incarnations" behind the times. A race of Japanese Hindus would seem to be the ideal. Meanwhile tho European community appears to be tcandallzed because European and Ameiican theosophical visitors have developed a reverent attitude towards the Ganges, cvea "drinking ceremoniously" of its water. What FoIIotvs Cnnteen Abolition. Army and Navy Journal. Roadhouse The canteen at Fort Myer has been ordered closed by act of Con gress. I have an excellent opening for a new place adjoining Fort Myer. Act at orce, as this is a chance seldom offered. Phone &3S-2. Thus, even before the new army bill has been signed and become a law. Its effects arc becoming apparent Opportunity" for Slarkham. Kansas City Journal. The author of "The Man with the Uoe" might bring hlm?clf up to date by writing a few warm verses on "The Woman with the Ax." PADDING SKELETONS One Pound of (Jrnpf-Nnti Makes Mor Flesh Than Many Pounds of Ordinary Food. It Is worth while to find a food that will put twe pounds a day on the frame of an invalid that has been reduced to a skeleton. A lady in Mlddletcwn, Ind., says: "For more than fifteen years I have been more or less of an invalid. Tho doctors fald general debility was the trouble, brought on by overtaxing tno fiervous system and the digestive ornns. Thn finally la grippe and pleurisy set in. lasting about ten week., and I was reduced to a skeleton of icss than seventy rounds in weight, notwithstanding I was being ,'ei on meat and ordinary food. "My relatives were telegraphed to corns quickly If they would see me a!iv At this time I was put on Grape-Nuts food and found I could eat It ard that It suited my taste, und I began at once to gain In rtrength and weight. My weight Increased about two pounds per day. I reached ntout one hundred iounds. which is heavier than i had weighed for more than fifteen years. "Friends w ho haw ine on the ttrcet stared nt me as though I had ilfen from the drad. I hhall always be grateful for th gK4 Grape-Nuts food has dor.o for me. I Khrlnk from having my name published if you should use this letter, tut am willing to write to any one concerning these staterrents if in that way I can bvnefit suffering humatdty in the sllgntcst. Name will bo given by Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Eil tlo Creek, Mich.