Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 95, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1901 — Page 4

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The reduction of the public debt $23,000.000 during the month of March is an agreeable surprise. If Aguinaldo Is impressed by what ho fees of American Institutions and government in the Philippines, what will he think when he is permitted to visit the United States and sees freedom In her native home? Aguinaldo is reported as saying: "I never believed the Americans would be so fair and liberal.'' The Boston anti-Imperialists were hoping he would say: "I never believed the Americans would be so despotic and unjust." The sadness expressed by City Attorney Kern in view of the commercialism of the present age may be due to his recollection of the purchase of the White river lands for a park. It was a very commercial transaction on the part of the sellers. During the China-Japanese war Li Hung Chang was deprived of the order of the Yellow Jacket and subsequently lost his reaecck feather on account of his remissness as viceroy. If he goes a little further in favoring Russia in the present crisis ho may lose his head. The Kansas City Star says the victory of the Francis Democracy, in St. Louis, means the submission of an amendment to the Constitution of Missouri which will enable that city and Kansas City to increase their bondr-d debt the former for the world's fair. Increasing the debts of cities is not even a disguised evil. The clause in the treaty with Spain by which the United States assumed payment of damage claims of Cuban-Americans is likely to cost the government dearly. Tho enormous total of the claims indicates that they are copiously watered, and should make the commission very strict and thorough in Its investigation of them. Senator-elect Bailey, of Texas, pushes to the front to declare that Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, should be the Democratic candidate for Vice President because of his "sweeping victory" in Chicago on Tuesday. Mr. Harrison received 15t;"- votes, but in the preceding November Mr. Bryan received 177,16."), or 2').0oi) more than the mayor. Tom Johnson's friends now claim that he Is the most available Democratic candidate for President in V), and the only party leader on whom both factions can unite. The Hon. Tim seems to be entirely united cm himself, but he should remember that. In politics as elsewhere, one swallow do?s rot make summer. Not every man who is elected mayor of a city becomes President. The lioard of Medical Registration, if tcrrcttly reported, indicates a purpose to construe the law against a class of healers who had a, clear majority in the Legislaturea fact they -should not lose sight of, since a seeming severity would be likely to lead to retaliatory legislation two years hence, which might put an end to the usefulness of the board and the board itself. The comments of newspapers on the election of Tom Johnson lead to the inference that most of them are ignorant of the fact that Mayor Farley, whom he succeeds, is a Democrat who was elected by a large plurality over McKlsson. an ambitious but weak demagogue, who imagined that he was i bigger man than Senator Jlannu. He was defeated because his administration was scandalously bad. The proposed erection of a monument In Japan to commemorate the arrival of Commodore Perry in that country forty-eight years ago and the conclusion of Japan's first treaty of commerce with a eivlllzed country is an act of International courtesy without parallel. Commodore Perry's visit to Japan was one of the first steps in the policy of Am ri' .ui commercial expansljn which rorr.e people t:ow lament. The Pittsburg Dispatch takes the New York World to task for its attack upon Mr. Knox, the attorney general to-be, because he. has been the counsel of the Carnegie interests, and for saying that the President fleeted Mr. Knox ;:t the behest of J. Plerpont Morgan. It i.s w 11 for the Dispatch to bear testimony to the integrity and ability of Mr. Knox, but what is th use of criticism based upon the assumption that the New York World is a reliable newyp.ip.-r'.' It H now known that Russia his o'en f-laing a double .art. That power, unite, 1 with the others, joined the other poweru In an agreement to maintain tho territorial integrity of China. Now Russia throws off tbe mask and discloses ita treachery In an attempt to seize Man--';uria by a secret treaty. ThU may be

regarded as diplomacy by the Russian?, who have a reputation for rare sagacity in that line. This lat performance is not diplomacy, but a rase of bare-faced crd unskillful tre ic!i. ry-a br-ac!t of ordinary good faith, such as first-class eovernmc-ms will not resort to in this age of the world. K is doubtful if Russia will be tünchte 1 at the present time by this confessed treachery; it will certainly not nay in the long run, now that governments hold different relations to each other than they did years ug . When the Czar and his advisers called the conference that was held at The Hague to take steps to reduce the armament of all the nations it was generally believed that Russia was ambitious to b't u. leader ia the world's progross. In view of its rei-.mt treachery it is not unfair to assume that at that time Russia was attempting to deceive the other powers. What course can be pursued against that power in view of its treachery cannot be predicted, but a prophet is not needed to predict that in the end Russia will be the loser. Nations must stand by their promises. ,

FOR TIIK PROTECTION OF CUD A. Senator Beveridge's article on the Cuban riuestion in the North American Review for April contains so many suggestive points that not all could be disposed of In one notice. The main argument of the article was to show that the so-called Piatt amendment defining the conditions on which the United States would withdraw its troops from Cuba and leave the island to the government and control of the people went tio further than the protection of both Cuban and American interests required. The argument was twofold, being based partly on tho traditional policy of the United States towards Cuba almost from the formation of the government, and partly on the' new conditions created by the liberation of the island from Spanish rule. Under the latter head the senator called attention to the importance of safeguarding the future financial interests of tho island. No mortgaged or bankrupt government can be a stable or prosperous one, and for the United States to allow the Cuban government to become mortgaged or bankrupt would be a criminal blunder. Such a condition would bo fraught with as much danger to the United States as it would be to Cuba, for it would involve the possibility of forcible intervention by some European power that would leave very little moral ground for opposition by the United States and would make war almost Inevitable. This government cannot afford to take so great a, risk. It cannot afford to leave unguarded a way to such dangerous results. To turn the Cuban government loose without any restrictions or safeguards against the results of financial recklessness would be placing a degree of confidence in Cuba which the history of Spanish-American government does not justify and which would be an open door for future trouble. To guard against such a contingency the Piatt amendment contains the following: That said government Cuba shall not assume or contract any public debt, to pay the interest upon which and to make reasonable sinking fund provision for the ultimate discharge of which the ordinary revenues of the island after defraying the current expenses of government thail be Inadequate. This Is one of seven provisions in the Piatt amendment, every one of which looks primarily to the welfare and protection of Cuba and secondarily to those of the United States. Somo of these provisions are sanitary, some political, and tho one quoted above is financial. It is as necessary for the United States to preserve Cuba from selfdestruction as from destruction by outside enemies. The contraction of an overwhelming debt to the subjects of a foreign power would soon be followed by the appearance of a foreign fleet in Cuban waters, and then what? On this point Senator Beveridge says: The debt Spain contracted for Cuba was $l0,0iO,onO, and this debt the Cuban amendment prevents Cuba from ever paying or being compelled to pay. The bonds issued by the revolutionary government in the insurrection preceding the last, and still held somewhere by some one, are supposed to reach into the hundreds of millions. The amount of bonds Issued by the last insurrectionary government, held by persons in Cuba and the United States, is unknown, but I nave heard it estimated at from $100,Oofl.OoO to pjo,oio,non. No accurate information can be had concerning the quantity of these bonds or of the bonds of the former insurrectionary government. What part, if any, they play at present can only be surmised. It is doubtful if they affect the question, but they are useful as indicating the financial certainties of an unrestrained Cuban government. The assumption of this debt by the Cuban government or the contraction of a new one of perhaps equal amount is a contingency not consistent with any theory of stable government. The United States could no more tolerate that than it could the continuance of a state of perpetual civil war in the island or the deliberate return to conditions that made Cuba a breeding ground for yellow fever. Senator Beveridge makes It clear that the clause in the Piatt amendment protecting Cuba against financial dangers is quite as important as any other. A iii:tti?i mktiiod. The attention which the $50,000,000 river and harbor bill attracted has led to consideration of a better method of expending money for the improvement of harbors and waterways. It is useless to disguise the fact that the method of getting up a river and harbor appropriation bill is a log-rolling performance of the most disreputable character. Members of both parties seek places on the House commerce committee, which prepares the bill. This membership i broadly scattered so as to heve the widest Influence. The South can be made almost solid for any measure of the kind, since that section must have a large share of the appropriation. To make surr of enough votes to carry a bill, many items must be put into the measure for improvements which are of no use to any considerable number of people. Those askiag for improvements want the appropriations that a locality may have the benefit to be derived from expenditure of the money. It is asked upon the assumption that some of this money had as well be wasted in one place as another. The speeches made in Congress over this bad bill have caused discussion, and in Washington and elsewhere there seems a desire to devise a better method of expenditure. There are works of national importance. The navigation of the Mississippi, the Ohio and other rivers is a matter of interest to millions of people, because of the influenceof such navigation upon the carriage cf freight. The -xpenditure of large sums of money to make lake navigation complete is an expenditure for the whole country, since it tends to cheapen the rates of transportation and the cost of the necessaries of life to millions of consumers. On such works millions of money should be expended. Large sums should be expended upon harbors from which the products of

the interior seek other markets. Retween

such really national improvements and the making of waterways where there is neither water nor traffic, or ocavatlig c orn land to make an inland harbor w here there is no water and no town, simply, to promote tlie schemes of speculators or the interest of contractors, is a waste of money for which there can be no defense. A good plan would be to put th. expenditure of a reasonable annual appropriation into the hands of a nonpartisan and nonsectional commission of expert engineers to determin- what improvement is the meist urgent, with an eye single to the legitimate requirements of commerce, in the bill that failed the authors seemed to recognize its indefensible character by proiding for a commission of army engineers to recommend future expenditures. The army engineer should be on such a board, but it would be much better to create a national board of public works, composed of the best army and civil engineers, to direct the expenditure of money. The civil engineers of the United States and many of those belonging to the army are at the head of their profession, as our railroad engineering proves. Such men can better direct the expenditure of money upon harbors and waterways than can a committee of the House, each member of which is greedy to meet the demands of constituents who seek a federal appropriation. Such a board could ascertain which improvements are most important. During the recess will not prominent men in Congress consider this subject that action may be taken? Mr. W. J. Rryan, former candidate for President anel now training for an editor, admits that tlie capture of Aguinaldo was a brilliant and daring exploit, but exults over tlie fact that the administration will not know what to do with him. He concludes an article on the subject: The question of imperialism is not settled by the imprisonment of the commander-in-chief of the native forces, nor will it be settled bv the t-urrender of all who are in arms. If the Filipinos fail in their appeal to force, there is still left an appeal to the American conscience. The He-publicans have taken refuge behind the fact that the war existed, and have tried to cry down criticism as unpatriotic; they have asked: "How can we treat with people who are shooting down our soldiers?" Peace will multiply the embarrassments of the administration, for it cannot long conceal th real character of the civil government which is to be lmposeil upon the Filipinos. "Still harping on my daughter." The people decided in the last election that there was no such thing as "imperialism," but Mr. Rryan still insists there is. His anxiety regarding the real character of the civil government which is to be imposed upon the Filipinos does not seem to be shared by his friend Aguinaldo, who is very much pleased with it on closer acquaintance. Mr. Carnegie's splendid gifts for the establishment of libraries have brought out all sorts of objections from critics of various degrees of narrowness. One of these is that the library which serves the best use for the reader is the little shelf of books which the boy or youth gathers as his own possession. "These books," it is said, "become his friends and companions, and the more self-denial their purchase has cost him the more he prizes them and the more thoroughly he reads them." Another objector thinks there is already too much reading of books, and that it would be better if more time were devoted to the acquisition of practical knowledge by observation, experience and reflection. Mr. Carnegie can at least congratulate himself on having brought to light some new varieties of cranks. It may ba remarked, by the way, that his gifts did not contain a condition requiring anybody to patronize libraries that did not wish to, nor providing that no person who patronized them should not have a little shelf of books of his own. When it Is thought over it is not cause for surprise that the report that a syndicate headed by J. I'ierpont Morgan had proposeel to purchase and complete the Panama canal is a canard of April I, perpetrated by the New York World. Indeed, the completion of an isthmian canal is about the last thing that any Morgan syndicate would desire. If such syndicate should invest money in such an enterprise it would be to so regulate tho tolls as not to interfere with the profits of transcontinental railroad lines. Those who are making transcontinental combinations of railroads would be pleased to prevent the construction of an isthmian canal, either Nicaragua or Panama. They can be relied upon to oppose any such enterprise, and to delay it as long as possible if not able to defeat it. As the days pass indications multiply that Cubans will accept the Piatt proposition, which makes the United States the guardian of independent Cuba, without any real opposition, when the time comes. Those who have visited the island and met Cubans come back with the conviction that they want peace and are, for the most part, content with the peace which American control has given them, and which American guardianship will continue to give them. The whipping of incorrigible boys who appear in the Police Court, by order of Judge Daly, may not be sanctioned by the statutes, but it is a most salutary method of dealing with young toughs. To be always whipping boys is the worst thing that can be done for them, but to have an incorrigible boy, who has been guilty of an assault, whipped by direction of the court will doubtless have a salutary, influence upon a class of boys who use deadly weapons and are organized in gangs to terrify peaceable persons. It is better than fining, because some who are fined may be proud that they are of sufficient consequence as toughs to be called into court. Those who have occasion to be on the streets after D o'clock cannot fall to notice gangs of noisy youngsters, often carrying sticks and using vile language. For such as these the curfew law has no terrors, but the humiliation of a whipping by order of a magistrate would bring them to their senses and save them from trouble hereafter. If there Is no parental authority to hold uch boys in check the officers of the law should teach them to respect the authority of the law. Judge Daly's method is to be commended. AKiilnut tlif Corporation. New York Press. At the newsstands underneath the elevated stations down town, as e very one is aware, the purchase of an afternoon paper imjH-ls tho dealer to offer a railroad ticket n part of the change if a coin of the value nf a t'.i'.ae or more is tendered. This is regarded as an acconimoelatiuii. as it enables t,j -e to reach a train without standing in line to buy a ticket at the- office. There is on" newsman, however, who sternly refuses to handle tickets. Even on appeal he peremptorily declines, and in response to a question ;f surprise will tell you: "I don't i.i. .-..i 1 1 r.TO-r Into t-om not 1 1 inn wltJi 1 employe5 cf the road. If one man is not I enough to sell ticke ts. let them hire two. So muca tue Livu.tr. ii uu ui us cuaps on ia

ground sell ticke ts, soon there'll be no need of a man in the office. Every newsman that sells tickets Is helping to put an elevated employe out of a job." FROM HITHER AND YON.

Sure Enough. Hick See that vetr.an th?ro? Sh in a clairvoyant: travels all over th.J country giving gi'unri s8. Hicks A circulating medium. 1 suppose. lMPiit Treatment. Lire. Th' Caller An. 1 s, you're Roins abroad. For ycur health? "h. n -t for my health. For rr.y husband's. I am go;n; to plve him absent treatment." Se Tliey Were Married. Phil l'bhia Pre-?. "I could die for you." he cried. Uut the girl gave no sign of reciprocal affection. "And n-.y life," he continued, "is insured for f2'0X." "I am yours." she rfrhed. "tili death." Excellent nt That. Chicago Tribune. "Are they good to eat?" asked the victor looking at the pt raccoons. "That's about all they are good for, mifs," replied the young man who owned the animals. "It costs me mighty near half a dollar a day to feed "em." Trope. "Music is the food of love!" The dreamy poet wrote. "With trope I fpfnl thee, tender god!" Oh, how the printers gloat. And lausrh with horrid unction as Assemble they the type, And for the poet's "trope" contrive To have it rrlnted "tripe." Detroit Journal. HE HAS MARRIED 1,500 AX INDIANA I'll HA CI 1 12 H MAKES A RECORD IN WERRIMiS. Itev. XV. A. Meec of Auliiirn, noes to Chicago to Solemnize His firniuUun's 'aptlnls. CHICAGO, April 4.-Rev. W. A. Moese, of Auburn, Ind., widely known as th? "marrying parson" and founder of "Mouse's Matrimonial Association," last evening solemnized the nuptials of his grandson, Wiiiiam biwrence Eaton, of 110 Forty-second place, at the home of the bride, who" was Miss Esther M. Ganger, of 4211 Drexel boulevard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gauger. The wedding was the fifteen hundredth at which the aged parson officiated, and immediately after the ceremony the bride nnd groom became members of "Meese's Matrimonial Association," an organization founded Aug. 20, lhMl. the membership of which is exclusively made up of men and women who plighted their marriage vows before the same venerable clergyman. "I don't know that I've married more couples than any other pastor," he said, "but it's a fact that I'm getting busier and busier in that line as I get older. I suppose the reason so many people come to r;e married is that I've always taken a close personal Interest in the people whom I've married ever since the first. My matrimonial association is the only thing of that kind in the world, so far ns I can learn, and it's growing so fast and spreading so far that already we have members in every State in the Union. They can't all come to our annual reunion, but they write to me and to one another, their children and their children's children become affiliated with the organization, and not infrequently I am called upon to mnrry the children of members, fo that they in turn become part of the association. "It's a sort of endless chain, you see, and I suppose brings many to receive the sacrament from rne who otherwise would be content to be married by . some other preacher. There is no expense attached to the association except the cost of our annual convention, and that is subscribed. This year we will meet at Waterloo. Ind.. June 5. The meetings take the form of social merry-makings, with debates, music and generally u picnic. , "The only objection I ever heard to our convention," laughed the old pastor, "was that whenever we meet we put a stop to the threshing, and all other kinds of farm work for that matter. "Pretty near every married couple down cur way is in the matrimonial association, and so as not to break up the harvesting we changed the date of our meetings from fall to midsummer. Some of the ohler members are grandfathers like myself, and I expect to marry my first crop of grandchildren this summer. I'm making a good start with my own grandson here." Mr. Meese is eighty years obi. He has lived in De Knlb count'. Indiana, since 1S.V. n l during the early days of his residence there he served two terms as sheriff. He began preaching in 1S78, and since then has so endeared himself to his neighbors that a wedding or a baptism in De Kalb county is hardly considered effective unless performee! by Pastor Meese. Yesterday he said that he expected to return to his home in Auburn to-day, nnd thnt he had not been asked to marry any other Chlcagoans. FIVE GIRLS TRIED TO ELOPE. President of the Seminary Prevented Them by Minuting nt Their Lovers. CHICAGO, April 4. A special to the Chronicle from Owensboro, Ky says: "A sensation that happened in Rowling Green, Ky., last Saturday night held the undivided attention of the grand jury today. It is saiel there was an Interrupted elopement of five young women from Potter College, one of the prominent seminaries for young women in the South. About midnight five young men. all members of wealthy families, drove In carriages to the college and with ladders aided four young women to leave the building by climbing through the second-story windows. While assisting the fifth to reach the ground the young men made so much noise that President Cabell was roused. Seizing a shotgun, the president began shooting at the young men. who returned his fire. Two of the young men were wounded, but the president was not hurt. The girls screamed, but returned to their rooms and the swains went away without them. The girls are members of the best families in Kentucky, and if indictments shall be found it is believed they will have to appear as witnesses at the trial." FUNERAL OF THE REV. JASPER. lioely of tlie Snu Do Move" Preacher Hurled in Ham Cemetery. RICHMOND. Va., April 4. The funeral of Rev. John Jasper, the famous negro preacher, occurred to-day at Mount Zlon Church, of which he was pastor. The body lay in state all day yesterday. The services were attended by an enormous crowd. A portion of the church was reserved for white reople, and many were present. Prominent atnong the mourners were those whom the old man had antagonized during his life. The services, consisted eif hymns, special music, a Scripture lesson and four eulogies u the several aspects of Rev. Jasper's character. The congregation followeel the body to Ham Cemetery, whe-re the interment took place in the famous secticti. Richard Dana, of Massachuse tts. W. 15. Foulke, of Indiana, and John J. Edson. of Washington, a committee representing the National Civil-service Reform League, called on the President yesterday by appointment, and talked more than an hour w..- him about civil-service matters.

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HE TELLS A P.OOIt STOIIV AMI IS ItE1'ITED DV AVIT.NESiSES. Effect of the Mine Agreement Indiana Teachers In Se.Mio Evidence of Premeditated Murder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., April 4-In the trial of Charles Rogers for the murder Milburn Baty the State made a strong cae with witnesses to prove that Rogers had long contemplated a tragedy such as that of the night of March 10, when he shot his wife, who i3 unable to leave the hospital to be a witness in the trial, and then killed her stepfather. The witnesses who have testified to his threats to commit murder said that he threatened to kill not only his wife and her stepfather, but his mother-in-law as well, and that her absenco from the room at the time he began shooting was the only reason she, too, was not one of the victims. He had said to 0113 witness that he would "wade out of the house in blood." To another he said that he would "clean out the whole house.' According to he testimony of witnesses he had been in the habit for months of talking about his domestic troubles in this manner. Dr. Reil, who is .11 tending Mrs. Rogers, testified that she was shot in the back and that she was not very close to the weapon when shot, which disproves Rogers's statement that his wife was trying to take the revolver from him while he was trying to shoot himself, anel that she received thvi bullet accidentally. The defendant was placed on the stand this afternoon and tolu his story of a purpose to commit suicide and the accidental shooting of his wife and Baty. He told it without evidence of feeling and in u "rehearsal" way. He denied all the testimony accusing him of having made threats. stre;tiieed their position. I'nltetl Mine "Worker in Better Shape Under the New Scale. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 4. The new contract between the Indiana bituminous coal operators and miners contains among other new provisions the following in addition to the one fixing the price of powder at $1.75 per keg and requiring the miners to buy it from their respective employers: "It is agreed that any hoisting engineer shall not be subjected to the interference or dictation of the mine committee or the local unions, but all differences between the engineer and his employer shall be adjusted by the employer and the officers of the United Mine Workers." Another clause is t-iat "all outside day laborers working at the mines, excepting weighmaster, fiat trimmer and dumper, who shall be regarded strictly as company men. shall be recognized as members of the United Mine Workers of America, provided that the scale of prices now paid for outside clay labor shall prevail during tlie existence cf this contract." By these clauses the United Mine Workers gain a point they had been working for a long time. It is a point the Illinois miners had to yield when they signed their contract some weeks ago. The engineers and blacksmiths have distinct labor organizations which will not be recognized in Indiana. The United Mine Workers are now organized at every mine In the State which ships coal by railroad, and by obtaining control of all labor at the mine, with the three exceptions named, the organization has added materially to its power and influence. No Resumption in Illinois. SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 4. Only two mines in the Springfield sub-district were in operation to-day. and by to-morrow morning It is not likely that any of the miners will be at work. On Wednesday evening, when the scale committee adjourned without agreeing on the demands made bv the miners, the operators agreed to give the drivers and day hands oil and cotton until a settlement of the existing differences was reached. The officers of the miners stated that their men would resume work this morning, and for the present peace promised to prevail. This morning, however, things took another turn, and the miners did not return to work and state positively that they will not until an agreement for the coming year is reached. nioek Coal Men Are Indignant. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RRAZIL, Ind., April 4. The miners here are indignant over the settlement made in the bituminous fields, and tleclare an effort will be made to induce State President Van Horn to resign. Their indignation is over the clause compelling the miners to purchase powder of the operators at $1.75 per keg, when for the year past the miners have been buying powder in the open market for $1.25 per keg. The block coal operators' committee and a committee of tlie miners of this district met her to-day, but no agreement has yet been reached. Small Strike nt Petersburg. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PETERSBURG. Ind., April 4. The Wooley coal mines at this place closed yesterday. The miners went on a strike over some minor differences as to jurisdiction between the operator and the union. . STRIKE SETTLED. Agreement Reached nt Marlon, the Contractors Signing the Scale. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., April 4. The carpenters and contracting carpenters of this city have effected a settlement of their contentions over the wage schedule for the coming year and the scale was signed this afternoon by every contractor in the city. The contractors signed the rate of 3t cents an hour and an eight-hour day, while the carpenters agree not to work for any contractor not a member of the contractors' organization, also to not accept a job on their own responsibility that will take more than six days to complete. OIL MEN AHE DIStil STED. The Slump in tlie Price a HIow to the Indlnnn Industry. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPELIER, Ind.. April 4. The oil trade of Indiana is disgusted with the late change of the market. No one knows why the market should decline. Conditions were never brighter for a good market value for oil since the first oil producer was struck in the State. The trade in general is indignant over the break, knowing the existing condition of the runs and shipments. The decline is a hard blow to those who have secured material and are drilling wildcat wells over the State. Many of the ventures will never be completed. The Indiana producers are not alone, but those of Ohio and the Eastern fields are suffering likewise. A number of remarkable oil finds hav been made in the Indiana oil field the past lew days. The most important i.s that of the Marion Fruit-Jar Company, whlca drilled an old gas well to the depth of l.V) feet in the oil sand and shot It with 3i quarts of nitroglycerin, on the Johnson iarm. in Section 13. Franklin township, (Jrant county. The well responded bv making seventy barrels. Another of the finds i3 located about eight miles northeast from Marlon and about five miles northwest fron Van Buren, on the IL M. Creviston farm. In Section 1. Washington township. Grant county. It is owned by the Fearless Ol. Company and shows for a big well. The Superior Oil Company has struck another big well on the David Studebake-r farm, in Section 21. Rlue Creek township. Adair. county. It looks good for two hundred barrels. Another Ilenuniont Ciuslier. P1TTSRUUG, April 4.-Col. J. M. Gufley, of this city, has drilled in another gusher near Beaumont, Tex. The oil, when struck, hot up in a solid column 100 feet abov 1

the ton of the derrick, but a sate valve had been rut in. so that the flow of oil was readily shut in. This new gusher is the ejual of the famous Lucas well, and makes the third this company has shut In. i a ailing the completion of the pipe line to Port Arthur and ud liti"n.il tankage. Bin Sale of OH Lease. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPELIER, Inu., April 4.-F. M. Johnson, of Bradford. Pa., who. a couple of years ago, purchased a large oil property in Van Buren township, Grant county, has iust disposed of the property to Asher Brown, of Baltimore. Md.. F. W. Davis and C. P. Pryor. of Bradford, for a consideration of $'o.0'.'0. The property consisted of 1.017 acres of valuable leases in the center of the rich Van Buren district, upon which there are tifty-thnv produclrg wells. EVIDENCE OF PH EM ED IT ATI ON

Showed hy Investigation of the .Marion Murder The Injured Men. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind.. April 4. V. R. Shultz. the mail carrier in the local postofllce who shot dead his wife last night, attempted to kill W. A. Eikenberry and then attempted suicide by cutting his throat, is at the Marion Hospital and little hopes are held' for his recovery. His hands are shackled to prevent him tearing lo'-se the stitches made In sewing up the wound in his throat In an effort to kill himself. Eikenberry's wounds are serious, but he probably will recover. Investigations conducted to-day tend to show that Shultz has had the crime, he committed last night in contemplation for some time. The revolver with which the shooting was done belongs to Will Fadeb. another carrier. Shultz h as several times in the last month taken the weapon from the pigeon hole in the postofllce where Faclely kept It and has used it in target practice. llody of n Suicide Fonnd. Special to the Ind'anapolis Journal. GOSHEN. Ind.. April 4.-The body of Edward Moyer, a Penton Harbor. Mich., merchant, was found in the Elkhart river today in a bad state of decomposition. Moyer left home over a momh ago and has been seen but once since, when he attempted suicide at Middlebury, Ind.. by hanging, but was unsuccessful and disappeared immediately afterward?. He is thought to have been demente. AOItTII 1XDIANA TEACHERS. (reateNt Enrollment Ever Known on Opening: Day The Sessions. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., April 4. The nineteenth annual meeting of the Northern Teachers' Association opened in this city this afternoon, more than two thousand persons being present. The auditorium cf the First Methodist Church was filled with educators of city, county, state anel national repute. After music by the Anderson High School Glee Club and prayer by the Rev. Dr. Bennett. 'pastor of the First Methodist Church. Governor Durbin, presented by President Study, of the asseciation. we icomed the teachers on behalf of the citizens of Anderson, ami Mayor Dunlap extended the official welcome to the city. Dr. W. V. Kane, of Wabash College, responded to the address. There were addresses by retiring President Study and incoming President J. W. Hamilton, of Monticello. The latter devoted considerable time to the schools as a social factor. This afternoem the enrollment had reached 2,754, the largest ever recorded on an opening day. The first section meeting was helel this afternoon, that relating to high schools meeting in the Central Christian Church. I. N. Warren, of Laporte, presided. Miss Mary Johnson, of Decatur, is secretary. Papers were read bj Prof. Stanley Coulter, of Purdue University; Miss Beatrice Jones, of Alexandria; J. A. Wood, of Laporte, and Prof. M. W. Sampson. f Indiana University. The art exhibit attracts hundreds of visitors. Every section has elaborate programmes announced for the sessions on Friday. To-night great audiences crowded both the Methodist and Christian churches, William J. Long, of Stamford, Conn., lecturing at the former and Walter Scott Perry at the latter. In Session nt Seymour. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., April 4. More than sixteen hundred teachers are In Seymour tonight, attending the twenty-firth annual meeting of the Southern Indiana Teachers' Association. With one exception it is the largest enrollment on record for the opening day. Particular interest is felt In the present meeting, for the first meeting of the Southern Association also was held in Seymour. The first session was called to order in the opera house at 1:30 this afternoon. President HIrshman. of Vincennes University, in the chair. After music by the Seymour High School Orchestra the subject, "Some Phases of Expression." was presenteel by Professor Wisely, of the State Normal. "English in the High School" was the subject of a paper by Professor Sampson, of Indiana University. Professor Meek, of the Terre Haute schools, opened the discussion on this paper, which was participates! in by a number of prominent educators. After a musical interlude Miss Seegmiller. of the Indianapolis schools, presenteel "The Creative Element in Art." This was the last paper of the day. To-night the association at the opera houso was fermally we leomcd to Seymour by O. H. Montgomery, and responses were made by Professor Brown, of Butler, Superintendent Kerlin. of Martinsville, and Superintendent Wilson, of Dubois county. The retiring president. Superintendent Wiley, ef Terre Haute, and the new president, Superintendent Peak, of Princeton, made aelurosses. A reception followed. I Patent runt eel Imlianlnnn. WASHINGTON, April 4. Patents have been granted to Indianians as follows: Daniel Barkdall and W. J. Woodward, Indianapolis, carbureter; Eustace Bevan, Martinsburg, fruit picker; Andrew J. Cochran, Indianapolis, mop; John M. Kossler, Kokomo, smoothing iron; Janus I. Fry, Richmond, swing; Wilbur G. Houk, Crawfordsville, wagon-box shield; Charles F. Jenkins, Richmond, stereoscopic mutuscope; Elton J. King. Fort Wayne, electric meters; James H. McCrackcn, Washington, alarm system: Mary A. Nichols, Bloomington, thread cutter; Robert E. Poindexter, Indianapolis, corn cutter; James B. Schuman. Columbia City, separating he-ael for pneumatic elevators; Jeremiah H. Stultz, Indianapolis, door-hanging gauge; William W. Williams. J. W. Warner. I. Springer and J. Aydelott, Indianapolis, soap cutter and spreader. (ireenwood Vote, for Progre. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. 1 GREENWOOD, Ind., April 4. In the special election held here to-day for the purpose of allowing a company to build a water works and electric liyht plant the measure was carried by 77 majority. The voting was - rather slow, only tiSl ballots being cast. The Interest in the election centered in a fight against some wealthy citizens, who are opposed to the improvement. On the other hand, the less opulent residents took the affair In hand, and whvn the franchise was vote-el down by the Council a remonstrance was drawn up anel a special election was called for, which resulted in a victory for municipal progress. Indiana Ol It nur?'. FORT WAYNE. Ind., April 4.-Word was received this afternoon of the death today of Charles A. Munson. in a Chicago hospital. He was sheriff tif Allen county for feur years in the eiglitle-s, and since has been ii well-known traveling man for the local Electric Company, lie was operated on fcr intestinal trouble r.n Tuesday, by Dr. Porter, of this city, but failed to endure the shock. He never married and kft an estate valued at $7",0"0. HAGERSTOWN. Ind.. April 4 John A. Scott, ex-county commissioner, elied at his home in this place to-day at noon, aged sixty-three' years. He- was born in Waynecounty on Walnut level, where he continued to reside until his removal to this place two years ago. He was wealthy and active in the public service. He left a widow and four children. CRAWFORDSVILH, Ind., April 4. Col. Haviland Gitlorei, aged eighty-one. one of the best-known residents of this city, ilie-d to-day. Colonel (Jiituid was a prominent ii. A. R. member, having serveel with hlh honor during the elvi! war. His body will be taken to Climax. Mich., for burial. Intllnnn Note. Winchester Red Men have bought a site and will at once bcin tlie erection of a

three-story brick building for business and lodge purpe.-es. It will eot between M and f 2". ''. Benjamin Burdett. wanted at iluntlncton fur horse te.ilii'g. was arrested at Kokomo yesterday and the stolen property recovered. The Petersburg Council has awarded a contract to the American Light and Water Company of Indianapolis for the construction of a waterworks system at $C5,u0. Ifartfort City Council has decided to repave the public square and a part of Washington street, more than a mile in all. The cedar block pavements will be succeeded by brick or asphalt. It has been announced at Portland that Dr. J. S. Culbert. cha'rman of the Jay county Republican committee, will be recommended for postmaster at that point, to succeed the Incumbent. Morton Stalnaker. Ninth Infantry, recrntly reported as dead at Peking irom pneumonia, was a Terre Haute boy and i-erved through th war with Spain in the One-hundred-.cid-fifty-ninth Indiana Regiment. Some unknown person in Hagerstown it cutting ii wide swath among the cats and dogs of the village, dozens of the canine a anel felines having succumbed to the insidious effects of poisoned meat within the last few days. The Lawrence County Commissioners have awarded contracts fer the construction of two grave 1 roads to Stipp & Beaurs, who are under bonds of Jino.t) for the prper construction of tbe work. Several Mitchell applicants for liquor licenses were refused. Mrs. Delia. Raines, of tlrant county, and A. W. Shuey, of Harvard, brother and sister, met in Kokomo yesterday for the nrst time In forty years. They had been separated in lniancy and neither was aware of the other's existence until a few days ago. At Windfall. Wednesday night, an at-

tempt was made to burn the wall paper store of u . 11. Dean by pouring kere-sene through a broken window and throwing lighted matches in on the fluid. The incendiary was frii;ht-neel away before he could accomplish his purpose. BRITAIN'S NEW CIVIL LIST REPORT OF Tili: COM3IITTEE NAMED TO CONSIDER CHANGES. Annual Grant to Roynlty I'iied nt .'t.MMMXV Satirical Protet from Lnbouchcre. LONDON. April 4 The report of the committee appointed to consider changes in the civil list recommend. that the new civil lit be flxeel at about 47'..Ot as follows: Privy purse, 110.lMl; salaries ct household and retired allowances, 12T,ac; expenses of household, i:3.0-; worj.s. itHo-M; royal bounty, alms and special services, 13. and sundries, S,fß Tho report recommends an annuity of .C2o.0m) to the Duke ef Cornwall and York. 10.t"0 te the Duchess of Cornwall and York, ar.d .(.- to each of tho King's daughters. The Queen's annuity, in the event of h-T surviving the King, is increased to 70,it, and an annuity of :V."0" is provided for the Duchess ef Cornwall and York In the event ef her surviving the duke. The proposals for tlie civil list show a net Increase of 67). Mr. Lohoucbere, Ihe Fole signatory of the minority report, thinks that no Increase is necessary. In a piquant paragraph he says: "The ceunmittee !ii not deem It within the scope of their inquiry to consider whether a continuance of the pomp and pride and ceremony of the court is desirable. Suggestions have been rife that the cost of living has gone up among the wealthier classes since her lote Majesty ascemled the throne. This idea seems to be due to the present ostentatious expenditure of some of theise who have suddenly acquired large fortune's. But your committee does not believe the sovereign would desire to enter Into monetary competition with such persons, or encourage by his example such vainglorious prodigality on the part of hli subjects." King; Edward' Health. NEW YORK. April 4.-A dispatch to tho Tribune from London says: "The latest reports about the King's health are reassuring. His throat his been examined by Sir Felix Semon and the recent disturbing rumors have been pronounced to be groundless. Sir Felix is the German throat socialist who has been unpointed physician extraordinary to the Kit g and has been naturalized as a British subject. Th King's general health is good. He has not sufferel from the pressure of public business, and his voice is strong and natural. Recent rumors about a mysterious ailment in his throat have caused uneasiness m high circles on account ef the fatal malady ef the King s brother, the Duke of SaxeCoburg and Gotha. Anglopiiobe Outbreak. LONDON, April 4. Dispatches received here from Paris reiterate the stories of affronts to Lord Carrington and his suit'j while returning from Lisbon after formally announcing King Edward's accession V King Charles of Portugal. It seems tint thü train on which the mission traveled -onveyed a number ef soldiers returning from the Boer army. The result, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Paris, was that at every station there were violent anti-British scenes. Lord Carringt.m and his suite were openly in;ulted. while the nurses were greeted wliii loud cheers. The situation became so intolerable that the Biitish mission finally changed trains. W. R. WARNER LEAD. Cliemit W in Manufnetured the First Sugi:r-f onted Pill. PHILADELPHIA, April 4.-Will!am R. Warner, a widely known manufacturing chemist, died in this city yesterday. Mr. Warner was the tirK man to manufacture sugar-coated pills and to Introduce licoric tablets. He was a distant relative of George Washington, anl his art collection includes over one hundred portraits ol Washington. Dr. William Taliaferro Ilord. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, April 4.-Dr. William Taliaferro Hord, a retired medical director of the navy, with the rank of captain, corresponding to colonel In the army, who died In this city-last Monday, was buri?d in Arlington this afternoon. He wa a brother of Francis T. Hord, ejf Indianapolis. Among those present at the funeral wis mi nephew, William T. Iletrd. of New York, letrmtrly of Indianapolis, and a son of Francis T. Hord. Francis T. Hord, of Indianapolis, also was present. Dr. Hord was born in Kentucky and appointed to the medical service of the navy iron; th-re in W4, having the year previous 5i;iduated from the University e.f Pennsylvania, lie became medieal diree-tor in ps7 -ilel retired in 1VXJ. after which he lived ia this city. Itev. Dr. (.forKC I IIuntlnR. MARSHALL. Mich., April 4.-Rcv. Dr. (Jeorge F. Hunting, one of the best known Presbyterian minister in the country, died at his home he-re to-day of paralysis after two years of falling health. He was formerly president of Alma College, ut Alma, Mich. Dr. Hunting was prominent as a H. A. R. man and Knight Templar, and bail considerable fame as a poet, lie leaves a widow and four children. Gen. G. T. (Tlite) Anderson. ANNISTON. Ala.. April 4 -Gen. ISeorga T, (Tige) 'Anderson, the famous Confederate brigade commander, and a veteran ef the Me-xie-au war, died here thi.i afternoon, aged M-veiity-sevt n. lie served under Lon-street, mainly in the Virginia campaigns. Dr. John Thuudcrt Medicine Man. BLACK RIVER FALLS. Wis., April ! Dr. John Thunder, head medicine man of the Winnebago trlln. died near here to-day from pneumonia, ag-d Mxty years. Dr. Thundt-r was the father of Tom Thunder, tretender to the chieftainship of the Uii.