Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 79, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1901 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS, JOU11NAL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1901.

ON TRIAL FOR MURDER

du. reck at f.m:i:Mn tu; i dr. leach at Ii im ie. Holihw A ft n i 1 1 at l'rloeeton Ki HocLport Wn rehoune Rurned luuul I'rluter I , ii C'af, Special to th- Ir..!linai'I:s Jouri:')I. G P. HENS 1 11 EG, Ind.. March 1'. Dr. Comic Reck is on trial in the Circuit Court the second time for his life or liberty. This fine ho is charged with the murder of William If. Earton at Waynesburg, in" this county, on Oct. IS last.' The doctor hail for vt:i1 yenrs tren practicing medicine t Waynesburg, and fell in love with the daughter of Rartori. a resident of the same place. Partem objected to the doctor's attention to hla daughter and forbade the courtship. The joun? couple met clandestinely. The father learned of this fact, and r.n the morning of Oct. Is. aftt r i stormy Interview on the stre t. both m ti drew pistols and Reck fired several shoU and wounded Uarton. from the effect o which he died. Ret k avers that Uarton fired on him and advanced toward hlrr with smoking pistol in hand and that he was compelled to shoot him to save hi own life, being in imminent danger. Dr. Beck wu.t tried at Columbus several years ago on the charge of murdering Grace Cohe. at Newhern, Ind.. and was acquitted. To-day was consumed in making up the jury, many jurors being rejected on tne ground that they h:d ncruple.-' against Inflicting the death penalty. A venire of sixty was exhausted before the Jury was comple ted. Miss Uarton appeared In court during the empaneling of the Jury. IIolb Not ;nllt- of Marder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON. Ind., March 19. Martin Ilobbs, charged with the murder of John C. Loomiller, the blind capitalist, at Ilazelton, on Feb. 12, is a free man. Justice John W. Corder this afternoon acquitted him of the charge, and refused to bind him over to the Circuit Court. The preliminary trial occupied all of yesterday and to-day. Ilobbs went on the staiw, and told a very circumstantial story, which the State could not contradict. C. L. Howard, executor of the Loomiller estate, refused to testify as to the amount of life Insurance left to the widow. It is understood the amount is ,uw. It is said to be probable the companies will retuse payment. Evidence AulnKt Dr. Leiich. Special to th Inalanaioli Journal. ML'NCIH. Ind., March 13. Interest in the trial of Dr. Garret Leach for complicity In the death of Mary Far wig, of Richmond, was increased to-day regardless of the fact that the evidence is a rehash of that before given in the trial that convicted John Dichl. The doad girl's mother and brother testified to-day, as did the fcackman who took the girl to the home of Dr. Leach, and the latter testified that the was in good health, which oftset the defense's claim- that she was operated on at pome other ilace and taken to the Leach home tor treatment. Dr. Howies, called by Dr. Ieach before the girl's death, testilled that sh died from a, criminal operation. INDIANA OHITIAHY. Aged Renldents Who Were Together In Denth :- in Life. Special to the Indianapolis Jofcrnal. HltKKXCASTLK, Ind., March 10. Funeral services were held this afternoon over two of Putnam, county's oldest and best known women, Mrs. Sallie Lewis and Mnj. Mary' Ann Hansell, both of whom died Sunday. On account of their intimacy in life it was decided to place them to rest side by side, and with the same burial tervke. I 'ach was nearly ninety years old. ELKHAHT, Ind.. March 19. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Fowler, former residents of Elkhart, were buried in one gave tit Mottville. Mich., on Sunday. Mrs. Fowler dUd on Thursday, aged eighty, and Mr. Fowler followed her in death on Friday, aged eighty-two. DentliM at the Soldiers' Home. Special to the ImJianajH.lis Journal. MARION. Ind., March W. David Moore, another member of the Soldiers' Home here, wad found dead ntar the home grounds on the banks of the Mlselsslnnewa river, this morning, making the second body to be found in almost this same spot in the last two days James Costello, another Vttttran, being discovered there yesterday. The home officials intend to give the matter a thorough investigation. There is some suggestions of foul play, though neither of the men was known to have had any valuables on his person. Other Zudlnuu NecroIoRy. KNIGHTSTOWN. Ind.. March l'J. Word has been received in this city of the death of Charles Campbell, an old resident, at Staunton, Va. lie lived here from 1j32 to lS'Jö. and was a charter member of the Presbyterian Church here. IRenjamin Passage, an old citizen of Knightstown, died yesterday, aged eightythree. He left four children. ULK HAUT, Ind.. March 13. John Darker, a retired fanner who had been a resl3fnt of Elkhart since coming here from Michigan fifteen years avjo. tiled at his home at 12:30 o'clock this morning, aged eighty-two years. He left a widow whom he married sixty-one years ago. SEYMOUR. Ind.. March l'J. Jesse Day, aged ninety years, died at his home in this city this morning. He was a resident of Jackson county nearly all his life and was one of the oldest men in this section of the State. He was a soldier in the civil war. RICHMOND. Ind.. March 1?. Mrs. Luzena J. Thomas, widow of John D. Thomas, Is dead, at the age of eighty-two years. She was one of the oldest residents of "Wayne county, and was Lorn and reared at Centerville. MUNCIE. Ir.d.. March 13. -James Armstrong, seventy-one years old. and for fiftyone years an Ovid Fellow, die J to-day at his heme in Muncie. Ill ARRCDS Aim HOMELESS. Aftermath of tlie Meiuphl Fire It oIlef from the County. peel a I to the lnd!anaiolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind.. March 10.-At daylight at Memphis this morning a mo?t desolate Hght mot the eyes of hundreds ot anxious people, most of whom had lost their all in the tire which almost entirely swept away the little town yesterday afternoon. There was little sleep for the sufferers la?t night. There was nothing to recover, as the tire licked up v. rything la Its path. At b ast three hundred people are without food or shelter, and many of them Kaved but a scant amount of clothing. One of the heaviest losers is Elam tJuernrey, v.ho had property destroyed to the amount of Jluro. Jj. carried fcl.ei worth of Insurance, All the business houses In town were destroyed, with their contents, und all the better residences, besides at least twenty-live smaller houses occupied by laboring men and mgroes. The loss is placed between Hj.'.) and Jl'U.ooi), with about one-third insurance. Fifty-eight lum.-es were destroyed in all. It is very doubtful if the town Is ever rt built. At present tht-re arc no factories to furnish employment, nnd th men will bwrvompellcd to go fl.-ewh r- to tir.d werk. The County Commissioners this afternoon vottd a fund of Jl.",, for the hnnv V.iate relb f tf th uff r-rs. ai:d it is b li-ved that at a meeting of the County Council next Monday a larger sum will. be given to assist thefe who b-st ev-r thing they uv:u i. A lariv nuninT f tents were furnished from the I'nlted States supply depot in this city for tijost- who wt-f without shelter. The f.ti;n rs i ri the vicinity have, however, thrown op, n w:'.e thlr doors, am! shelter Ins been secured f'r all the women and children. RorLorl WnrfhoKsc Iluruetl. J?l ' ? i -T-1 to the IndLir:;;; .l:s J,a::r.al. IiO;KI'Oi;T. Ind.. March p. The large warehouse ef Hoch. Hiyncs & Co.. of t!ds city, causht hr? at 7:Z0 o'clock this evening and quickly burned to the ground. It contained 4o) tons of hay, 4.ju) bushtli of wheat, 2 bushels of clover fced and

J.OoO bushels of corn. besides 2.000 now sacks j

and complete warehouse fixtures. The loss is ?!;,imi; insurance, jsxo or IKOuy. The origin of the tire is unknown. To vn of Crantlnll Iliirnetl. Sprrial to th Indianapolis Journal. NEW A LI SAN Y. Ind.. March 13,-Thc greater portion of the town of Crandall, a village on the Air-line, twelve miles west of this city, in Harrison county, was destroyed by lire this morning. The postollice and the dwelling of the postmaster, J. T. Melton's residence, the grocery and dwelling of W. H. Dyer, dwelling, barn and warehouse of the Walker property, and a blacksmith shop were destroytd. Los, Jv) partly insured. The tire started in the stahl-, and is thought to have be n tho work of incendiaries. Postmaster Morn.-, of th's 'ity, st-nt an inspector to Crandall to-day to take charge of the po.stollut. The City Council met this afternoon and voted k) to the sufferers by lire at Memphis. rou roi,i.rn(i the stheams. Ilenvy Damiii'e .Suit Filed AKitinat ft Number of C'orporittlo'iK. S,'eclai to the Indianapolis Journal. NOD L IIS VI LL E. Ind.. March l:.-Impor-tant lawsuits were tiled in the Hamilton Circuit Court to-day, involving the pollution of streams by th factories of tho State. The cases were brought by Jam; Uright, Lewis Gwinn, Isaac C. Peck. Cyrus M. Harvey, Jacob Sperry and Sarah J. Moore, all land owners of White River township, this county, against the following defendants, all located at El wood: The American Tin Plate Company, the Wright Shovel Company, the Wright Rolling Mill Company, tne Etwuod iron works and tin; Pittsburg Glass Company. Two thousand dollars damages is asked In each case, for the pollution of Puck creek, into which the refuse of these factories Is dumped. A similar case was tried before Judge Kent, ut Frankfort, recently, and judgment was rendered against the mills. It is understood that about thirty other cases will bo tiled in Madison county for like damages, A test will be made as to the constitutionality of the law passed by the last Legislature, which gives the mills and factories privilege to dump their refuse into the streams of the State. County l'rinter Loitt III Cime. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINDFALL, Ind., March 10. The case of John O. Rehymer, editor of the Tipton Times, against Elijah- Perry, auditor of Tipton county, praying that the defendant be mandated to issue a warrant in his favor lor about $2uj, which has been pending lor a long time, was decided to-oay adversely to the plaintiff, in the court ruling upon a demurrer in the case. The plalntirf refused to plead further and the court rendered judgmtnt against the plaintiff for costs. An appeal probably will be taken. The claim ofjhe plaintiff was tor printing tax receipt and doing certain other printing, which Judge Klrkpatrick holds was not authorized, as required by the acts of ly.rj. Tryliijc to 3lulet the City. Spe:ial to the Indianapolis Journal. WAR AS! I, Ind., March 19. There is much competition among lotowners in the central part of the city to sell the site for . the new Carnegie free library. No feY than a dozen lots have been offered, but in most cases the moment there Is a disposition to favor a given site the price is suddenly inflated. There is a disposition to put the library on Hill street if a suitable location at a fair price can bo purchased. Some of the city councilmen object to buying a new site, claiming that the old Union school lot, in the northern part of the city, is good enough, but this plan is generally opposed. Experiment Cost III Life. Special to the Ind.inapolis Journal. J E FFHRSON VI LLE, Ind.. March 19. Coroner Coots was called to Wilson's Switch, on the Monon railroad, to-day, to hold an inquest on the body of Willis Mether, aged eleven years. Yesterday afternoon as the boy was returning from school, with some companions, he declared his intention to sit on a cross-tie at a culvert to see how close a Monon passengt-r train could pass without hitting him. He took his position and as the train came along the engine struck him on the right shoulder, knocking him into the stream. He struck head ilrst and his neck was broken, causing instant death. Ready to Rulid the Rond. Sp.-clal to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., March 19. After eighteen months preliminary skirmishing, C. A. Ford, of this city, announced, authoritatively, to-day, that all contracts had been signed for the Indianapolis. Tipton, Elwood Ac Kokomo Electric Railway, and that the money had bten secured to build the road. The road will be linaneed by F. S. Smithers & Co., bankers, of New York, with the Atlantic Trust Company as trustee for the bond syndicate. The contract for the construction was given to J. ii. White & Co., New York. Superintendent Ford said work would commence within two weeks, weather permitting. To vt hont nnd Ilnrsen Lout. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALRANY, Ind., March 13. The harbor boat Transient, while towing four barges of coal down the river this afternoon was blown across to the Kentucky side and sunk, nothing but her stacks being above water. The lour barges were also lost. A high wind prevailed at the time of the accident and the boat became unmanageable. The loss was stated to be about $:x!,0o). It is probable the boat can be raised, and several tugs are working around her to-night. Her crew escaped. No Progress Tinrnnl Settlement. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 10. The Indiana operators and miners spent the day referring the details of the scale agreement to the joint scale committee, which is to renort back to the joint convention of laO. It is now thought that tinal agreement will not be reached beforo the end of the week. I ii din tin Notes. Eugene Debs, of Terre Haute, has accepted an invitation to assist the Social Lemocratic party in the closing days of the municipal campaign in St. Louis. The Noblesville Council has refused to adopt an amendment to the gas ordinance, asked for by the company, providing for the use of meters for the measurement of natural gas. An arrest was made at Rrazil yesterday in connection with the lindlng of "the body of an infant with an incision in its heart last week. Andrew Walk, an Austrian, and a man of family, is the accused. A company is being organized at Columbus to sink deep wells In Harrison township tif Rartholomew county for the purpose of developing oil, g;$s or coal deposits. Several wealthy citizens are interested. The Rev. Stephen S. Myrlck. son of Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Myrlck. of Richmond, has been appointed a teacher in the Methodist Anglo-Chinese College at Singapore. Straits Settlements. Mr. Myrlck has been stationed at Holbrook, Mass. A trial at Winchester, growing out of the efforts of a faction of the Lynn Christian Church to prevent the introduction of instrumental music into the church concerts, which occupied all of Monday and part of yesterday, was dismissed, yesterday, on the motion of the plaintiffs, who had opposed music. At the meeting of the Noblesville Council Monday nit;ht the Central Traction Company was utvtn an extension of time for the completion of the ehctrlc railroad through Noblesville, from Kokomo to Indianapolis. Tho original franchise provide.! that the road should be completed by St pt. 1, V.M. The Council extended the timo one year. MANY TESTAMENTARY GIFTS. Mission und Chnrltles Aided hy Mrs. I.. 31. Palmer's Will. ANN ARDOR. Mich.. March VX The will of the late Mrs. Love M. Palmer, widow of Dr. Palmer, also deceasid, and formerly si professor in the University of Michigan, was tiled for probate to-day. It contains hpeclric legicks amounting to $70,000, the greater part of which is divided between tho University, of Michigan and

various missionary societies. For a memorial ward in remembrance of her husband in the University Hospital she bequeaths $2'M'ö', and for the mainti n nice of live free Iw-ds in the same hospital siv bequeaths JIV"'. -'he givf s ?'.. to domestic and foreign missions in the Episcopal diocese of Michigan, and So.ixto to the American Roard of Missions.

AFTEH MANY YEARS. Aged 3Inn Souuht Ills Dylii Wife nnd Diet! enr Her. GRAND PvAPIDS, Mich.. March ID. Within the past week the beautiful home of Charles P. Limbert. a prominent sockty and business man, has been the scene of a pathetic and unusual drama in rcil life. For tho past twenty-five years it has been believed that Mrs. Limbert, Charles Limbert's mother, was a widow. Recently she was stricken with paralysis, and In her illness she called repeatedly for her husband. All attempts to soothe her were in vain. Setmingly in answer to her calls, an aged stranger appeared at the door of the Limbert home a week ago, and to Miss Clara Limbert disclosed that he was her long-absent father. He begged to see his wife. At first, owing to the fact that Mrs. Limbert was fo very ill, the permission he craved was denied him, but he was finally allowed to enter the sick room. Hardly had mutual recognition between the aged husband and wife been established before the old man tottered from the room almost fainting. The ex$ citement had proved too much for him, and though he rallied during the afternoon, he finally lapsed into unconsciousness, and on Friday he died. The news of his death and burial next day has not yet been broken to ijrs. Limbert, who is still very ill. and she thinks her husband is being nursed back to life, in the room udjolninj htr's. GILMAN ESTATE CASE. Counsel for Certain Heirs Appeal from the Prohute Judge's Hilling. RRIDGEPORT, Conn., March 10. The hrst step in what may prove to be prolonged litigation' over the estate cf millions left by George F. Gilman, the tea merchant, was taken this afternoon, when, at the conclusion of the hearing before Judge Nobbs In Probate Court, it was announced that the counsel for those heirs who desired the appointment of Edward L. Norton and Edward S. Percival, of NewYork, as administrators, would appeal to the Superior Court from the probate judges decision. The riding of Judge Nobbs is that the P.ridgeport Trust Company shall act as soie administrator, the motion for the appointment of George W. Smith, a nephew of the dead millionaire, as coadministrator being denied. An attempt trade at the hearing to-day to secure an adjournment until Thursday on the plea that further conference between the Interested parties mißht bring an agreement as to an administrator was unsuccessful. This move for an adjournment was made by counsel for the hudrs favoring Messrs. Norton and Percival as administrators. Judge Nobbs adjourned the hearing indednitely, leaving the question as to the amount of the administrator's bond if till open. NAVAL DESERTIONS. They Are CitiisiriK 3Ieh Trouble nt A'orfolk Deserters A rrested. NORFOLK, Va., March ID. Wholesale desertions from the ships at the navy yard are reported. Some men who deserted from the Topeka have been apprehended and will be tried by summary court-martial. Many of the apprentices and seamen aboard the cruiser Dixie, however, have escaped. The deserters are all inland lads or lake sailors. The report that a heavy draft of the men from the Dixie was to be sent to the Asiatic squadron is given as the probable cause of the desertions. It Is said the total number of deserters from the Dixie is eighty-one. Of these, sixty-one are landsmen, under instruction, and the rest are sailors of the ship's crew. They are all expected to return to the ship. CRIMES OF ALL DEGREES. An attempt was made early yesterday morning to rob the bank at Wapella, lit. After blowing open the safe the bursitis were frightened away by citizens who had I ten awakened by the explosion. The burglars failed to secure any money. Purglars entered the bank at Madison. Wis., and used dynamite on the safe. The explosion aroused the inhabitants, and thv. iobbers were frightened awav emptyhanded. They escaped. This is the third biiik robbery attempted in that county within two weeks. The grand jury of Hudson county. N. J., has returned an indictment against Thomas G. Darker for the shooting of the Rev. John Keller at Arlington, Feb. N, last. The indictment has three counts, one for atrocious assault, one for assault with intent to kill and one for simple assault. An order In council has been passed at Ottawa, commuting the death sentence passed on George St. Cyr, of Dawson City, convicted of shooting James Davis, to imprisonment for life. Roth were wood chjppers and had a quarrel. The jury and trial judge recommended mercy. Judge Thompson, cf tho United States Court at Cincinnati, has issued an order t r the removal to Nile?, Mich., of the late Cashier Johnson, of the iirst National Hank of that city, who was arrested on Sunday in Columbus, ()., charged with misappropriation of the bank's funds. A. P. Elliott, manager of the Peacock copper mine, and James Neville, another well-known mining man, became involve! in a quarrel at Daggett, Cab, and fought v. running duel in the streets with knives Neville fell mortally wounded, and bystanders interfered. Ellott was slightly wounded. He was placed in Jail. Tho grand Jury at Duluth has returned three indictments against Robert II. Harris, a prominent real estate agent, who has lived there for many years, charging grand larcenj' in the tlrst decree. He Is accused of appropriating large sums lntrt:sted to his charge lor investment. One Indictment is for l,2i0. one for $yj and another for $00J. Charles E. Cosgrove. of New York, was nrresteel in the City of Mexico yesterday lor embezzlement. He waived all contests and extradition and will accompany the cllicers l ack to New York, where he will be arraigned on' the charge of embezzling' $ll.tK) while cashier and confidential bookkeeper of the firm of Stewart, Jlowc- Nc May, braid manufacturers. The grand jury at Ruffalo has reported three Indictments against John H. Tipton, secretary-treasurer of Switchmen's I'nlon of North America, each charging grand larceny in the second degree In having appropriated money belonging to the union as follows: On Feb. S. $'.M'.: on Feb. 1 and on March t. $131. The total shortage in his accounts i. said to be Sheriff Johnson has returned to Dallas, Tex., from San Antonio, where he took Andrew Norris, the Corsicana negro whom the mob that burned John Henderson at Corsicana voted to burn also, to the Rear county Jail at San Antonio. Norris is lnuicted for criminally assaulting and murdering a white woman near Corsicana and was in the Dallas jail to prevent lynching. George Graham, of Rerrlen Springs, who went to Niles, Mich., for the purpose of applying to the receiver of the suspt-nded First National Rank for $;.:) of negotiable Fnited States bonds which he had plared in a rented strong box in thf vault of Uie bank, found the bonds missing, and they appear to have gone with Cashier Johnston. The bank is not responsible for the bonds. Word has reached Portsmouth. O.. of a terrible liht which occurred on Tufkey creek, about fifteen miles from that city, Sunday night. Mollie Wiss;ran and Nellie Gray, two yonyig country belles, quarreled over the attentions shown them by Ed Montgomery. Miss Wiseman stabbed Miss Gray in two places, one wound l:t the baek being ever six inches in length. She v;s arrested and will P: held pending developments. A marriage between the Miller and Davis families In Ohio county, Kentucky, result-.- I in a Moody tragedy. Since th,e marriage recently there had be n III feeling betwt t n the male memt ers of the fan.übs. and It is allegtd the Davis boys went to the Milkr t.irm to hae it out with th- Miller bys The Miller boys were not at home, but when the father learned what was wanted. It Is said, he snatched a guti from one of the Davis loys. Cappie Davis then emplitd e double load of buckshot into Miller's tody, killing him instantly. Davis surrendered. He pleads sclf-defcnsc.

RUINED BY THE BOXERS

A3I5:itlCAS TRAI1E WITH OItTII CHINA ALMOST ANMIIILATHIl. Reports from Consuls l-'owler tit C'heI'oo n rid RngMlnlc ut Tlen-Tsin on Effects if the I prising. WASHINGTON, March W. The State Department has received from United States Consuls Fowler, at Che-Foo, and Ragsdile, at Tlen-Tsin, reports Intended to show the effect ef the Iioxor troubles in north China oh United States trade, with particular regard to what Americans lost in America through the outbreak, rather than in China. A resume t)f the trade returns in north China entire, comparing the quarter ended June 30 last with that ended ept. 3), snows an almost complete annl. ' jtlon of the American import trade, and, in Consul Fowler's language, "gives a good idea of what a mob in China can do in interfering with trade." The greatest loss was felt In cotton piece goods, and the cessation of this class of imports, says the consul, must have been most keenly feit in the Southern States. Probably no other country in the world, says Consul Fowler, suffered as much as did the United States, for the scene of strife covered practically the entire field of trade. In compiling the statitics, the amounts are indicated by gallons, pieces or set out in Chinese money, so that an estimate of the actual value of the losses sustained is not easily available, but the comparative tables indicating the greatest increase in our trade with China ever known at the beginning of 1!X, and setting forth the mos-t serious losses to it at the end of the year, are sufficiently impressive to serve the purpose. At Chetoo, which, compared with the immediate northern ports, was peaceful, there were more riots and tumults than ever wercs known before, and the various American mission losses probably will total 150.m0 in gold. After June 15 the imports at Chefoo et-ased, all commercial transactions being absolutely nil. Tne eltect of the Roxer movement is shown to have been felt much earlier and more seriously at Tien-Tsln than at Cheloo. Ships loaded with Oregon lumber reached Taku and were unable to lanel their cargoes, thus entailing an enormous loss upon the American lumber trade. OiVi American lirm paid over $5.000 in gold on demurrages alone from this account, besides losing the-sale of the lumber destined lot Tien-Tsin. At Neu-Chwang, Which saw less fighting than Tien-Tsin, the trade was wiped out almost completely. The only foreign power that interiercd there, it is stated, was Rusr'a. that government seizing the port as early as August. On Aug. 12 it had control of the customhouse. The total collection of duties for all China during the epaarter ended Sept. 3J last, showed a loss of 2,4."i),5yi Hal-Kwan taels, as compared with the same period of lSO'X The figures submitted. Consul Fowler points out, don't fully show American losses, for immense quantities of merchandise were held up in the various ports and must be worked off before importations can begin. The losses to the cotton trade alone are estimated at over 3,iXo,l00. Consul Ragsdale submits statistics showing the consequences of the Roxer troubles, as regards the export trade from TienTsin. The country north of Tien-Tsin, where the principal articles of export are produced, he says, Is now overrun with exRoxers anil ex-soldiers, who have turned bandits, and it will be exceedingly difficult for merchants to get goods out of or into the interior. The supplies for the United States troops in China, which have come into Tien-Tsin, Mr. Ragsdale says, have attracted the notice and envy of all other nationalities. Including the merchants as well as the soldiers. The enormous discrepancy between the export figures at TienTsin. for the present, and for last year, show a startling array of losses, and the outlook for llMjl, says the consul, is unfavorable. MERE THREATS. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) attacked an English officer, we eio not believe it to be true, for though the alleged attack occurred yesterday we have not yet had any advices on the subject." a e:; 3 a x v s i te:x ests. Another Speeeä ly Count Von Duelow nii the Chinese Question. BERLIN, March 19. In the course of the debate in the Reichstag to-day on the third reading of the budget, replying to Prince Pismarck's criticism of Count Von Ruelow's recent speech, that the chancellor insisted .too much on Germany's interests In Manchuria, and that Germany's interests would have suffered even if Klao-Chou had not been leased. Count Von Ruelow said Germany had the greatest Interest in preventing friction between the powers now negotiating in China. Moreover, in Eastern Asia Germany had many interests to safeguard. In Shan-Tung province sh-? had millions invested. Above all, Germany had to insist on adequate compensation being given for the murder of Raron Von Ketteler. That was a question in which the honor of Germany was engager! and In which she had vital interest. In the further course of his speech, the chancellor said: "1 have left no room lor the slightest doubt that no German political interests exist in Manchuria, but at tho samo time 1 have stated it must naturally be our desire that China shall not too seriously diminish her capacity lor satisfying the just claims of the powers for compensation. This is not misunderstood in any quarter. Two hours ago I received a dispatch from St. Petersburg, according: to which Count Lamsdorff, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, has expressed satisfaction to the German ambassador with my statement in regard to the Chinese question." The chancellor gave figures illustrative of the importance of the commerce between Germany and East India, amounting to (XAUiOO marks. A hundred million marks are invested In Shan-Tung province. Gern any. therefore, has the greatest interest in "preventing the Chinese trade from becoming the booty of a single power or several powers without our participation." Count Von Ruelow also declared that the center of gravity of Germany's policy remained in Europe, and that he had no intention of allowing it to be displaced whil? I rotecting her interests in Asia. Subsequently Prince Rismarck declared he had been misunderstood. He really desired to assist the chancellor. It was obvious that German honor must be vindicated. The chancellor jokingly thanked 1 Tin co. Rismarck for the way he had supported him in his Chinese mensur (stucents' duel.) Lattr the House agreed to the preposal of the budget committee to include in the next budget a credit for 20.COO marks towards instftuting chambers of commerce abroad, although Raron Von Richthofen. the foreign secretary, deprecated their institution, declaring that if the establishment of such chambers in America would be of any appreciable value Great Rritain would have long since established them. 0 OX EITHER SIDE OF THE TREVCII. Iirttlsh nnd Rnssinn Troops Still Eueln En eh Other nt TIon-Tsln. TIEN-TSIN. March 19,-The excitement and anxiity here as to the possible, developments of the Arglo-Uussian sidingeispute do not abate. A company of Rritish trou,s ami a company of Russian soldiers remain e-ncamp-ed on either side of the trench, looking at each other. The Russians have orders to tire on any erne commencing work. General Wogack says the trouble, was caused by the unwarrantable interference of the Rritish in the affairs of the Russian concession, and lie adds that the siding will not be continued unless he receives orders from his own superiors. Roth sides will appeal to Count Walderse. but they both consider the matter to bo beyond his authority and will await orders from Europe. Speaking e,f the attack made by a number of fxtited French soldiers on some members of the Rrith h Sikfc regiment, Sunday, in the French concession. General Lorne-Campbe 11 says It wfts merely a childish outbreak against the orders of their own general, who had forbidden the French pobliers to enter - the Rritish concession. This order followed a request made by Gcu-

eral Lorne-Campbell after almost every resident had cemplained of the behavior of the French in Insulting women, refusing to pay for purchases, acting riotously and abusing American and English soldiers. General Voyrun. the French commander, recognized that this must stop and orderet! the French soldiers to keep in their own concession. General Iorne-Campbell was perfectly satisfied that General Voyrun was in harmony with himself and anxious to maintain order. Major Foote. of the Ninth United States Infantry, says the French soldiers were frequently abusive to the American troops who were unarmed while out on pass, whlie the French were armed with swords or bayonets. On one occasion an American disarmed a Frenchman and turned over his weapon to the sergeant of the guard, explaining satisfactorily his reasons for the action taken. Major Foote thought that sooner or later the Rritish must act in the interest of the concession. General Voyron says there is no friction between the "French and Rritish. The lncMent of Sunday was regrettable, was caused by a fe vv excitable men, and has no connection whatever with any feeling individual Frenchmen may hold in favor of the Russian claims in connection with the land on which it was proposed to build the railroad siding. Count Von Waldersee passed througn Tien-Tsin to-day. WOt Ml IIAKIl'PT CHINA.

Some of the Nations DeinnndliiK Payment of Enormous . Indemnities. WASHINGTON, March lO.-r-It is feared here that the negotiations at Feklng respecting indemnities may fll, owing to the greed of Individual nations. Mr. Rockhill, our special commissioner, who has been in close communication by cabje with the State Department, has nothing but discouraging reports to make of this branch of the negotiations. It appears the ministers cannot agree upon any uniform basis of indemnity, some of the powers demanding enormous sums. , In most cases the powers contend for the right of fixing their own indemnities. The result is that each power, In order not to be outdone, fixes the total of its claims at an enormous figure, far beyond anything known to the history of indemnity collections. When the point is made that the sum total of these national claims is far beyond the ability of China to pay, some of the nations reply by professing a willingness to scale down their claims as soon as the fact of China's Inability is manifested. However, as another precaution, the same nations promptly aelJust their claims so that the scallng-down process, if applied, would still leave them with a total indemnity claim at least equal to that of any of the other nations. The difficulty encountered in passing this point in the negotiations is attracting much more of the attention of the officials here than the threatened collision between the allies at Tien-Tsin. which, by the way. thus far has not been the subject of a report to the State Department from Mr. Rockhill, though there is reason to believe that some of the ambassadors here have made it the basis of unofficial conferences with the secretary of state. ."Hülster l'it'hon to Return. PARIS. March 19. A dispatch to the Ilavas agency from Peking says that M. PicJaon, French minister to China, will leave Peking the beginning of April. M. Plchon will be succeeded in China by M. Reau, who will start for Peking April 7. A dispatch from Peking to the Ilavas agency says the state of the Chinese negotiations will ston permit the reduction of the French forceps by about 10,000 men, who will be repatriated. At a Cabinet council to-elay the minister of foreign affairs, t M. Delcasse, related the progress of the peace negotiations at 1 'eking. He said the latest dispatches made no mention of tho Incidents occurring at Tien-Tsin. Rritish Gunhont Anhöre. SHANGHAI. March 19. The Rritish gunboat Plover is ashore in the Yang-Tse river below Klu-Kiang. The Rritish consul general here announces that indemnity claims against the Chinese government must be filed before May 1. LABOR, BUSINESS, INDUSTRY. The directors of the Federal Steel Company have declared the regular quarterly dividend of li per cent, on its preferred! stock, payable April 20. The New York Assembly yesterday, by unanimous vote, passed the Senate bill taxing trust companies 1 per cent, on capital stock, surplus and undivided profits. Hundreds of square miles of grazing. territory around San Antonio, Tex., have not had a drop of rain this winter, and if rain does not come in the next three weeks thousands of head of cattle will die. .The Midland Railway "Company of England is about to send two engineers, Messrs. Deeley and Wollescroft, on a tour in the United States to examine into American engineering and electric methods. The New York Evening Post says: "It is estimated that fully SO per cent, of the stock of the constituent steel companies will have been deposited for conversion into the securities of the surviving United States Steel Corporation by Wednesday night." The New York Times says: "Notwithstanding tne fact that the Rrotherhood of Cloakmakers passed a resolution last spring to the effect that there would be no strikes for a year, it was said on Tuesday that a general strike involving from 10,00'J to 12,000 cloakmakers is pending." A mammcjth 26-inch train finishing mill has been contracted for by the Republic Iron and Steel Company. t The contract for the machinery has been let to the Youngstown (O.) Foundry and Machine Company, and- will be finished as soon as possible. Resides this, four double puddling furnaces will be built. It is said that the reports that Mr. Schwab Is to be the head of the steel "combine" at a salary of $00.000 to Jl.Oxi.OuO have no basis in fact. Mr. Schwab will become the president if he wishes, but that will have to come about in the selection of officers after the "combine" is formed, at which timo the salary question will be. settled. , The Supreme Court of New York has denied a motion to vacate an injunction granted by Justice Wllmot M. Smith, restraining the transfer of the real estate of the Anglo-American Savings and Loan Association to the Empire State Realty Company, except that the plaintiff is permitted to enter judgment dissolving the corporation. Marcus Stine, as assignee for James Shirley, has brought suit, at New York, against William C. Greene, of the Greene Consolidated Copper Company, a West Virginia corporation, for the recovery of 51.Cmi.wiu, being the commission claimed by Shirley for the sale of loa.OUO shares of stock. The defendant is a resident of Arizona Territory, and the property is situated in Mexico. The Detroit Journal says the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, which purchased 12 acres of river frontage land adjoining Wyandotte, on the south and west, in 1S1S and lslW, has concluded definite arrangements In Detroit for the erection on the property of a plant that, when finished, will represent an expenditure of $:.tH,üuu. The buildings will cover between sixty and seventy acres of ground. The Lakeside. Napoleon & Western Electric Railroad Company, of Fremont, O., was incorporated yesterday by Charles C. Muir, Harry P. Reiter, William R. Johnson. R. F. Muir and Jackson S. Westman with $3J,0i capital. They will build an electric line running from Marblehead, Ottawa county, Ohio, west through Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood, Henry and Williams counties to a point on the Indiana line. Two thousand five hundred dock laborers at Naples have struck, refusing to discharge the French steamer Masillia, which arrived at Marseilles March 14. from New York, and was sent on from Marseilles to Naples, on account of the J-trlke at Marseilles. The lock laborers declare they will not discharge any vessel from Marseilles, and will cease their work on other ships in the harbor If an attempt is made to discharge tlie Massillia. The miners and operators of the soft coal field of Southern Illinois, the largest subdistrict in the State, held a joint meeting at Carbondale yesterday to adjust the differences which the State meeting referred to this meeting for adjustment. No serious differenoe exists. Only one mine in the district Is unrepresented and that the St. Louis and Rig Muddy, operated by Sainuel T. Rrush. who operates the only nonunion min in the State. A settlement will be reached to-day. Recause of the absence of President C M. Schwab, of the Carnegie Company, who was s urarr or. ed to New York Sunday night, the meeting of the managers that wa.i called by him for yesterday, at Pittsburg, was postioned. The gathering was expected tt take up matters relative to passing formally into the contred of the new steel corporation, and also to take up the matter of accepting the SG.Ooa.UK) donation of Andrew Carnegie for relief work, endowing

the libraries of Rraddck, Homestead and Duquesne. The bricklayers and their employers have taken the had of the other trades at Pittsburg in the settlement of their wage scale to take effect May 1. All the other trades have negotiations pending. The settlement made yesterday between Rricklayers' and Masons' International Union No. 2 and the Lrick Contractors' Association calls for an eight-hour day at ä"c an hour, time and one-half for overtime and holiday work, with weekly pay. About l,'n organized workmen in Pittsburg and Allegheny are affected. Colonel Elmore Wood, of New Orleans, yesterday placed an order for P).inj tons of coal with the Monongahela River Consolidation Coal and Coke Company, and which will guarantee plenty of work for the river miners ftir some time. The order embrace shipments to lo made to NewOrleans of which t.0M tons are for th use of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and 40.000 for suppling the New Orleans terminals and lower Southern branches of the Louisville & Nashville railroad. The contract approximates SJvO.lwM. The directors of the American Strawtoard Company yesterday passed the regular quarterly dividend of 1 ier cent. I Tor". R. F. Newcombe, after the meeting, at which only three directors were present, said the necessary money had been earned, but owing to the almost tonl failure of the straw crop In Ohio and Indiana, about O.ooi.t had been used in getting a supply of straw from a distance at greatly increased expense. In addition to this additional outlay $73.000 had been paid sin?? Jan. 1 on the bonded tlebt. Ernest A. Rigelow, attorney for Gustave A. Jahn & Co.. has filed an appeal with the Roard of United States General Appraisers at New York against the levying of a countervailing duty on sugars imported from Russia. The firm filing ths appeal, on protest, is one of the importers of the sugar arriving on the ship Darlington about' three weeks ago. In accordance with the expressed wisn of the secretary of the treasury the board will hear th oifferent arguments and render a decision nl the earliest possible moment. The furnace men of the Mahoning valley. Ohio, who organized after the reduction of 10 per cent, in their wages, which took place about a month ago, announce that they will go on a strike unless the manufacturers agree to put back the amount taken off their wages. Since that time the price of pig iron has increased ?2 or more, anei as yet there is no sign of a corresponding increase in wages. The furnace men are all organized and a strike will involve everv furnace in the valley. A mass meeting will "be held on Friday night to take final action. The largest exploitation company in England, made up of the bankers of London and Paris, headed by the Rothschilds, according to a New York Times special from Toronto, has secured control of the Georgian Ray Canal Company, and will go on with the work as a private enterprise it it cannot induce the Dominion government to guarantee the $20,(HK).oo of bonds, the money to be spent on the work of construction. Its representative, who is now in New York, .says that the chances of making the Georgian bay and Ottawa river canal the largest and cheapest grain transportation system in America are good. At Cleveland, yesterday. Judge Ford ren-elere-el a decision in the contempt proceedings brought against Elmer Turner, former secretary and manager of the United Salt Company, holding that Turner coull not be compelled to answer questions at issue. The , contempt proceedings grew out of the suit brought by the Omaha Packing Company against the Uniteel Salt Company, otherwise known as the salt trust, in which the packing company sought tl) recover damages for the nondelivery of salt at certain contract prices. Turner, while on the witness stand, was asked to name the officers and directors of the salt company. This he refused to elo, and was ordered committed to jail for contempt. Subsequently he was released on habeas corpus proceedings. The London Times this morning publishes a long letter, dated Jan. lu, from Oscar P. Austin, chief of the Rureau of Statistics of the United States treasury, to Mr. Dadabhai-Noroji, who was the first Indian to sit In the House of Commons, and Is the only Indian member of a royal commission, in response to his request for an explanation of the excess of exports shown by American statistics. In its financial column, commenting on the letter as courteous and as an interesting contribution, the Times says: "We do not think Mr. Austin's figures will be accepted without criticism. To take one point alone, we believe his figures for the money expended abroad by Americans is too low. It must be, we think, nearer 150,0uu,000 than S75.UU0,000 or $100,000.01 w."

OBITUARY. Dr. William I-'. Channlnsr, Son of Dr. AVlllinm i:iler dimming. DOSTON, March 19. Dr. William F.Channing, son of the philosopher. Dr. Wm. Ellery Channlng, tiled at the Perry Hospital to-day, aged eighty-one years. He was graduated in the class with Dr. Edward Everett Hale and later took a doctor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He lived in Providence for many years. Sixteen years ago he moved to Pasadena, i'al., as his wife's health was delicate. She dieel there and six months ago Dr. Channing returned to Roston. On his eighty-first birthday pneumonia developed and a break-down elue to advanced age resulted in his death. Dr. Channing never practiced medicine, but was an inventor of great skill. Lennder Parker. CHICAGO, March 19. Leander Tarker, for years general superintendent of the Postal Telegraph Companj', died at his home in Evanston to-day after a long illness. Mr. Parker resigned his position with the Postal Telegraph Company the first of the year owing to III health. Mr. Parker had charge of the construction of the western lines of the Postal when that company was extending its system throughout the West. He entered the telegraph service in ISTm and for the first three years of the civil war served as a military operator. Mr. Parker was born in Canada in 1VJ7. Other Deaths. PARIS, March 20. M. Philippe Emile Francois Gllle, the well-known journalist and playwright, who collaborated as librettist with Mm. Jules Massenet. Henri Meilhac and Clement Delibes, is dead. He was born in Paris on Dec. is, lsCl. YOUNGSTOWN, O., March 19. Dr. C. N. Fowler, one of the best known physicians in the city, died to-day from the grip and old age. He was born in and served throughout the civil war. LIMA, O., March 13. Howard G. Hyde, manager of the Lima opera house, tiled today after an illness of several months. PARIS. March 13. Mile. Sophie Croizette, a French actress, died here to-day. PROMISES OF 'A KING. Carlo Will Endeavor to Placate the Ant 1-CIerlenls of Oporto. I.ISRON, March 19. King Carlos, replying to a committed' from Oporto, which waited upon his Majesty to demand a separation of religion and the state, said: "Oporto can count on me in these serious times. The free-dom of religion and the state must be safeguarded by the adoption of prudent measures and the application of laws which should control our conduct. 1 am a Liberal by principle, traditions, education and the teaching of my fnther. 1 will recommend this subject to the government and will follow It with especial attention. You can count on the government." GENERAL SPORTING NEWS. The annual Chicago road rac will !? held over the Pullman course on July 4. The Horlick polo team, of Racine. Wis., defeated Muncie again last night by the score of t to 1. in the fifth of a series of nine games. Johnnie Richie, of St. Louis, won froj.i Young Mowalt, of Cfibngo, at Memphis last night after twelve rounds of the prettiest and fastest fighting seen in Mem1 his lately. Torn Gallagher defeated Edward McLaughlin, at New York, last night, by the score etf 4i points to ml, in the second contest of the handicap billiard series at Maurice Daly's academy, for a purse of $0. The Oxford boat crew rowed over the full cou rye from Putney to Mortlake yesterday In twenty minutes and fifty seconds, on a rough Hood tide. The Cambridge crew ccvered the same distance on Saturday on an ebb tide in twenty minutes and fcrvclght seconds. President Ran Johnson, of the American Rail League, and Charles Comitkcy, of the

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SalUbury Proposes Its Modification De Considered by u Committee. LONDON, March 19. In the House of Lords to-day Lord Salisbury, referring to the question raised by the "no Popery oath" taken by the King, said he must regret very much that language of eucli indecent violence had ever been placed la the King's anti-Rome and Catholic oath, but if it were modified or repealed a great many people, perfectly sincere, though not very wise, would say that such action meant supporting transsubstantiation. Ha proposed, in behalf of the government, that a committer be appointee! to consider the declaration required of the sovereign on his accession and whether its language cculd be modified advantageously without diminishing its efficiency as security for Die maintenance of the Protestant succession. The matter will be considered Thursday. 31 HT LP" WITH. Proper Retort to a Woman vrith Haid lies. Washington. Post. Wo used to say a great many things about the occasional Englishman who came over to the States, and without the slightest regard for our collective and Individual feelings, made unpleasant observations concerning our country and our customs. I've heard the Englishman In his most aggravated form, but even then he doesn't begin to hold a candle to the occasional Easterner who talks about the West. Wherefore was my t-pirlt exceeding glad within me when I went out to dine the other night and sat at table with seven persons who have never crossed tho Mississippi, and with one woman who was born and reared in Minneapolis. The woman opposite was a cat in her previous Incarnation, and not a thorough-bred cat at that. She is a snob In this incarnation, and not a clever snob at that. During most of the dinner she addressed herself to the Minneapolis woman. "It must be no end strange to be Jn a city "after leaving Minneapolis," she sal-L "Life out there, I'm told. Is very . rough. Everybody has toothpicks on the dinner table, and all that sort of thing." The Minneapolis woman merely smiled. "My brother lived out there two year," went on the woman, who used to be cat. "lie wrote home such funny letter about the strange native customs. Ho said the cult of the daily tub was a thing undreamed of, and that all the womea wore diamonds to breakfast. The Minneapolis woman is human. "What is your brother's name?" she asked. "Heginalü Smith-Brown," was the answer. The Minneapolis woman's voice was as ingenuous as the eyes of an infant in arms. "I think I remember the name," sh said. "He was blackballed at the Nushka Club, wasn't he, because he had never belongeel to any club here nor In New York? I daresay he did find strange ways among the people he was able to meet." And the man next choked on a perfectly harmless bit of cheese. Recurrent Dreams. Philadelphia Record. "Dreams." said a young psychologist, "make an interesting subject of discussion. Nearly everybody has two or three dreams that have been coming to him once a month or so for as long as he can rememberdreams that are as familiar as tho faces of old friends. I have two habitual dreams, one that is pleasant, another that is horrible. In one I am walking along a pathway in the country and see a pmall coin lying tefore me. I pick it up and then I notice two or three larger coins a little farther on. These, too, 1 gather in, and now I am aware of a roll of dollars, near It a roll of gold, and I move slowly forward pocketing coins that literally pave the little country path. I suppose It is my overwhelming Joy that wakes me up. In the other dream it is a bright, beautiful Sunday morning. A street is crowded with admirably dressed men and women on their way to church, and 1 am moving calmly along in the crowd. Suddenly I look down at myself and with an Indescribable sense of shock I perceive that I haw nothing on. 'What am I to do? How am I to escape from this horrible predicament?' 1 a5k myself in an agony, and I begin to run and every one loudly rails at me as a man in real life would be railed at in such circumstances. Those are my two recurring dreams, and all my friends have recurring ones just as odd." Losses hj FI ro. RALTIMORE. March 10. Fire, which wai discovered to-night in the leather and harness factory of the Starttman-Mllllken Company, West Pratt street, and which spread to the adjoining building, occupied by Ferris. Noeth. Stern & Co.. bakers' supplies, and Steppachtr & Stern, fhlrt manufacturers, caused a total t damage estimated at between jrAO') antl 1173,0). The origin of the lire is unknown. SCRANTON, Pa., March 19. Fire this morning completely burned out the rtore of Williams MeAnulty. carpets and furnishings. The t'pper tlof.rs of tlie Scranton Supply and Machinery Company were damaged and the G!olc Wart house Company, a dry goods concern, suffered from smok?nd water. Loss about JT5, fully insured. E ARLINGTON, Ky., March 19. Madisonville. the county s-at of Hopkins county, four miles north of here, suffered a fire lo?s of $12.Vo to ti:,i't to-night. The Insurance is llnht. Two tobacco factories owned by Holloman & Son were destroyed. PORT II FRON. Mich.. Marth 19. Flr early to-day destroyed the Jenks Shipbuilding Company's plant, t -Mailing a loss of over J17j.'i"; partly insund. Two vesvl which were in process of construction in the yards were saved by the firemen. FREDERICK. Md.. March 13. The Mountain City Milling Company's large elevator in this city, containing ".o Pushel of wheat and corn, was dt stroytd by f.re tot ay. Loss. S-V).oit, partially insured. Condition of Rev. Dr. Edward. CHICAGO. March 13.-1 Tlie condition f Rev. Dr. Arthur Edwards was such trn;?ht that the members of his family did not think heeould live until morning. Throughout the nl;ht they were gathered around the sick bed. exacting every moment would Ie the last. 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