Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 109, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1901 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, lH'Jl.

Ift him fifteen minutes lattr. Th? imalR linattM preId i;t run.' away trom his meeting uit'u oloul Fn r.ch In n tremor ef -xcitenent. He hail been aMirnl that another man hUh r in hi relations to the She, t Hticl Company ' nl the L'nited States Steel e'ori-.ration would be he. ml from with .1 n-w proposition for the fttlemer; of th' t;mi!! yesterday. At 11 o'clock John Jarntt. head of th labor burp.iU of th American Sheet Steel Company, appeared at the meeting of th advisory board of the Amalgamated As.-. l ition. Through eirruitoi-s channel l'r.-.i-.nt Sihuab, of th- l'nited States Steel Corporation, had I racthaUy parsed the word to Mr. Jarrett to settle the i-trilte on th" t.'rrns he saw lit." This was done. In addition to tho settlement of th McKre.'port trike troubles two other labor ll.oiite:- wen- settled in I'itt'burg yesterday. Col. Ci. Watson French, tirst vice president of the Republic Iron and Stel Company, had a conference with I'res'.dent tih.ifiVr to-day regarding difficulties In two plants of the company. In th" nd r plant, at Kart St. 1-ouis, the rollers demanded more help, which v.a? denied. President Shaffer decided th" rollers were not entitled to help. At the Republic Company's plant, at M.t.-.iUon. ()., a dispute abont the Interpretation c.f the wage stale was also readily adjusted. moki: Titot at 3rKi:i:sioitT.

Hniploj e of a Kniltvny Strike for I. oncer Time' for Dinner. M'KEKSrOItT. Pa.. April IS. After safely pacing through on- labor trouble, McKee?port has just entered another, which may end In lO.Mx rneu Win'-,' made Idle. Tonight all the hands employed on the McKeesport Tonnecting Railroad struck for a longer dinner hour. The men, at present, have to return to work immediately after they are through eating their ' midday meal and they now demand forty-live minutes. The strikers Include the engineer, fireman and brake-man In the "yard of the Natior.kl tut? works, rolling mills, Monongahela blast furnaces and Monongahel.i steel works Of the National Tube Company, numbering about fitly men. The men are all members of the Rrotherhood of Railway Trainmen and tlfat organization Is expected to back the noii In their demand?. A committeeman who was appointed to confer with the officials was eJismls.el when he had stated the demands of the men. This action of the company Ot'klals ha raised the ire of the strikers, and this evening they all left their positions. Unless they go back to work the entire plant will close and this will cause lO.mO men to be thrown out of employment. There wtre still n, few men at work In the yards of the National Tube Company at midnight, but It Is understood all will quit before morning. Intor nml StrlUe t .. The big mills of the American Woolen Company, Oswego Falls. N. Y., employing 1.2') hands, were closed yesterday afternoon. The weavers threatened to strike today, objecting to the order obliging them to Instruct beginners. The company learned of this and closed the mills. The strike at the Natalie colliery, Khamokln. Ia., ended yesterday by the return to work of the l.OW employes. Inside Superintendent James Liateman. whom the men claimed was unfair in adjusting the wae pchedule, ;eslgned. It was chlelly for his dismissal that the men struck. A strike of all the firemen and linemen employed on harbor tups controlled by the (Jreat Lake Tolng Company at Cleveland, Krle. Conneant, Fairport, Ioraln. Huron and Ashtabula has been ordered to take effect immediately. The Great Lakes Towing Company own practically all the tugs operated at the ports name. The striko was decided upon as a result of tho refusal of the company to graait an advance in waxes of $" per month. The men now get $,? per month. As but comparatively few tus have thus far gone Inco commission, not to exceeel 2"J men are directly affected. MURDEK AND SUICIDE. Krntnekfnu Kill HIn Wife nml Himelf in CIiIiik Flat. CHICAGO. April is. Charles II. Sweeney, a wealthy cotton planter of Greenville, Ky., early to-day 'shot and killed his wife and then blew out his brains at the Dubuque lints In Hiiali street. The tragedy was the result of domestic difficulties. A month ego Sweeney and his wife separated and she cam? to Chicago, after notifying her husband that ehe would obtain a divorce. Jle replied, it was said, that he would kiil her if she did so. Mrs. Sweeney arrived here a few days ago, taking up her residence with her sister, Mrs. I,. Phillips, in the Dubuque flats. Soon after breakfa.-t Mrs. Phillips went downtown to do some shopplag, and a little later Sweeney, who, it is presumed, arrived In the city last night.' called at the apartments and wan admitted by Mrs. Phillips's six-year-old fcon. lie asked for his wife, and hearing his voice, she appeared. Seizing her. he orew a revolver and told the boy to run. Before the terrified woman could scream Sweeney sent a bullet through her brain, killing her Instantly. Placing the weapon r. his own head he llred and dropped dead If side the body of his wife. Mrs. Sweeney v.-as the tlaugl ter o? Thomas P. Morgan, an extensive planter in Greenville, Ky. W. L. Phillips, at whose home the tragedy occurred, is a Iscal tobacco merchant. Yiiliinleer Mustered Out. SAN FRANCISCO. April IS. The Thirtythird nd Thirty-fourth Volunteer Regiments, recently returned from Manila, have been mustered out. The Twenty-eighth and Thirty-fifth Infantry, now In camp at the Presidio, expet to be mustered out of tho service April Although there are very few troojis here now under orders for the Philippine the transports will be rushed there as quickly as possible, no as to be In Manila to bring home all the volunteers to be mustered out by the first of July. WEATHER FORECAST. I'alr nml Warmer To-On y Frenh Northerly -viutl. WASHINGTON. April IS. Forecast for FrMay and Saturday: For Ohio Fair on Friday. Saturday fair and warmer; fresh northerly winds. For Illinois Fair and warmer on Friday. Sati rday fair; fresh north to east winds. For Indiana Fair and warmer on l-'rld iy r.nd probably on Saturday; fresh northerly lr.ds. Local Observation on Thursday. Par. Ther. IUI. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m..'M :v- t'7 N'west. l.t. so w. .7:1 7 p. m. .:.!! ?X X N'west. Cl ni.ly. .13 Maximum temperature. 41; minimum temperature. :n. Following !s a comparative statement of the temperature ar.d precipitation April is: Ther. Pre. Normal .V 0.1.1 Mean "' o.m; Departure fron normal .73 Departure since April 1 7: o.f.S Departure since Jan. 1 IM'.i -L25 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPHNllANS. Local Forecast OÜicial. Yrntf nluj'x Temperature.

Stations. Min. Max. 7 p.m. Atlanta. la ;s til M liirmarcfc. N. D l) l' 41 PuiTa'o. N. V 4 fit 40 CaUary. N. W. T 4' 41 chieago :n :;i Cairo, ill ;:s us 41; ChevelUie. W'0 I I iS Cii.clnn itl .In 41 :N Concordia. Kan Hi j,t; Davcr.'M.rt. la V) 4'. 41 I.-s M(lnes. la 3o -il 44 GaUeston. T x 44 :) i) JKlr-r.a. Mont 4 v is Jacksonville. Fla , 70 Kansas City. Mo 12 M 51 l.lttle lloek. Ars it M r, MiM'J-t'e, Mieli :x z: ?: tepit,.!s. Tei.n 12 is 41 :s"hvii!e. Term H 4) New t rlear.s .'. 1 r. New York 42 V. 12 North Platte. N-b f, t,a Okiabon-a. O. T (;i Omuha, Neb 'M I, i, PiMsburg 4 72 41 '' App). N. W. T 1 .-. is Raphi ';ty. K. 1 41 Salt Lake City, l.'tah ... :'' i.; H. Lou ;s "4 .Vi 4Paul, M'.nr. ) ;lk Fprlrgft.M. Iii 4i 4; fiorlnKflehl, Mu . l t) Vlckaburg, Mls 4-; 4; -j WashlziKtcn, V. C 4i W 4J

CRAZY WOMAN'S CRIME

sun m:r;:ATi:i)LV imhsonf. the mi:mul:hs of unit fviii.v. 3Inrler nt 31 1. Vrrnoii Itoiler I7xplunioii Wreck a Train ;1iims 1'aclory Ilurited PofttoHlee Robbed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANS VI LLP., Ind., April IS. -The mystery surrounding the poisoning of the Kish.in and Curry families, residing near this city, ha? been cleared. Mrs. Louise LIslein, mother of the first victim, is said to be the guilty party. She was arrested this afternoon and locked Hi). The woman is demented, r.nd since losing a favorite son, some months ago, hi-.s acted queerly and has made threats of ' wiping out" the family. Members of the family have suffered from the effects of poison two or three times since. Last week one son died from that e:iuse. and the woman's husband Is now lying at the point of death. Others are In a precarious condition. Murder Due to Jealousy. I'fcial to th Indianapolis Journal. KVANSVILLE, Ind.. April IS. Ada Uigwell ami Thomas Tucker quarreled at Mt. Vernon this afternoon, and the woman was J hot dead. Tucker had Ixen aoir.fx with the woman far several months, and Y n he wtnt to see her this i.ftc-rnr.-on beta- enraged beeaure he. wore the ring; of ancther man. Tucker was arrtsttd. but says he is innocen;. There were no eyewitnesses to the tragedy. WRECK OX THE L. E. fc XV. Holler Exnloftlon (nuon the Scrlou Injury of Four Ilnilrontl Men. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOIvOMO, Ind.. April IS. A boiler explosion caused a bad wreck on the Xa.;e Erie & Western road at Cassvillc, three miles north of here, thi3 morning. Just as a double-header extra coming south struck the Cassvllle switch the forward engine boiler exploded. This engine. No. 11, was hurled several rods Into a rield, totally demolished. Enpine hi was also wrecked and ditched and eleven cars were demolished. All the trainmen were pulled, out of the wreckage alive, four being se. erely Injured. The Injured are: Engineer itedmond, heal cut and scalded; Urakerran Warder, feet and hands crushed: Fireraan Walllck, head injured; Fireman JJender, hands and arms cut and mangled. The injured men were taken to the J'eru hospital. The track was cleared this afternoon. Lcft-IIn tided Philosopher. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND. Ind.. April IS. Charles Oliver, a nf teen-year-old boy, had his right hand literally ground to pieces while operating a power feed cutter. After the hand had been amputated he remarked: "It's a, good thing I am lefthanded." INDIANA OIllTFAIlV. C.porKP AVelmnn and John CJ. Brown, Aged IleMideutM of .Martinsville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE. Ind., April lS.-George Welman, one of the early settlers of Morgan county, died here this morning after a brief Illness of Urlght's disease and blood poisoning. He was born in Kentucky In June, 1S21. He had been a resident of Morgan county for sixty years. He drove the stage between Mooresvllle and xvlonrovbi for many years, fie always took a lively Interest in politics and was a lifelong Republican. Ho left, a widow, one son and a daughter, all of thi city. John (J. Rrown. probably the oldest citizen In this county, died at the home of hi; son-in-law, 13. P. Owen, here this morning, of heart trouble. Mr. Rrown did not know his exact age, but thought he was bom in 1S12 or lhl. He was a native of North Carolina, but came to Morgan county in 1SCS. where he had continued to reside ever since. Two sons and two daughters survive. Theodore Rrown, a liveryman of Indianapolis, is a son. Willi I). Rnnditll, Printer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WAR ASH, Ind.. April 13. Willis D. Randall, formerly a resident of this city and a printer who was known in every newspaper olflce north of Indianapolis, died last night at Ligonier. at the home of his sister, Mrs. Theodore Eldred. Randall was attacked with pneumonia last week, a congestive chill followed and no declined rapidly until his death. lie was a bright man Intellectually and many years ago was graduated from the medical department of Michigan University at Ann Arbor. He practiced medicine tor a time, but found it pposed to his tastes and learned the printer's trade. He was llfty-slx years old. Dick" Hunt, Home Ilreeder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. April IS. Richard Hunt, of this city, better known over Indiana and to the turfmen of the country as "Dick" Hunt, owner of American Roy, died at his home in this city to-day. Mr. Hunt was attacked a few days ago with a severe cold, but rallied and had Just paid to his wife that he was much better i-.nd ready for dinner when he threw tip his hands and fell over dead. He had resided In Anderson since 17.. coming here from Knightstown. Mr. Hunt was a prominent Odd Fellow and his funeral will be under tho direction of that fraternity. SKW (illANII OFFICERS. Kiilght Templar Complete the IlimlncM AVlilch Cnlleil Them to Mnncie. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Mt'NCIi:. Ind.. April IS. The Grand Commandery of Indiana Knights Templar closed with a reception and ball at the quarters of Muneie Commandery, No. IS, to-night, with two hundred couples present. The next meeting will be held at South Rend. The business of the conclave was completed this afternoon. Following are the new grand ofllcers: Commander, L. I. Newby. Knightstown: deputy commander. S. W. Douglass, Evansvllle; generalissimo. Frederick Class. Madison; captain general. Charles (Jolthra. Crawfordsville; senior warden. N. L. Ancw, Valparaiso; prelate, the Rev. C. M. Carter. Mundo; treasurer, Joseph W. Smith. Indianapolis; recorder. Calvin W. Prather, AmUrson; standard hearer, (Jus Woodwanl. Indianapolis; sword beanr. Charles Day. New Albany; warder. I ait her Short. Franklin. In his address Grand Commander Ktlley recommended that the inspections of the commanderiis of the State be made annually. The report showed one new commandery In the State, at. New Castle, and a net Increase of 11' members, with the Grand Coninundery in prosperous condition. DAKKUTT I. AW CONFISCATIONS. Dntrni of Properties lit Kokonto Selxrd I'nder the Statute. Srrclal to the Indianapolis Journal. KOIvOMO, Ind.. April IS. The recent r!ling of the Supreme Court holding property owners liable for ftrcet Improvements, whether the abutting lots are worth the cost of Improvement or not. Is confiscating property here by the wholesale. Rankers Furson, lü'ach & Co., of Chicago, have an a Kent here suing on bonds of nearly $3a,oo) under the Rarrett law. A Connersvllle t-yndicate. Monk. Root & Mount, is hell for nearly $r,Ko. They were the owners of forty-nine lots, but, alter paying tw assessments, let them j;o for taxes and the titles went Into other hinds. Th y bought the lots at hUh prices during the excitement following the discovery of natural as. They lo-e the purchase money, two assessments of $1,0 each, the lots therr.selvea, and are also now held for St.7c3 delinquent taxes, penalty and costs. They received no bentnts whatever from the transaction. Thcro are several Interest!

losers of considerable amounts, among them being the Presbyterian Church. Tnx Suit for Thonsandx. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. April IS Another Important tax Pint Is In prospect here. Involving a large amount of money. James M. Starr, former owner of the artificial gas and electric light plant, and a very wealthy citizen. Bold out here in lK'Z and thereafter claimed his residence at Wilmington, Del., and Washington city. He died last year. The county assessor has notified the executors of the estate to appear and show reason why the credits, consisting of stocks and bonds, should not be taxed for these seven years In this county. The property for that period aggregated more than a million dollar?, and the' tax would run far Into the 1 he 1. sards.

GLASS FACTORY HCKNKII. Sim Plant Destroyed, with n I,ok of ?.'!(Mtt0-.Iiifttirnnet Carried. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind.. April IS. Fire at Sims, Grant county, early this morning, completely destroyed the plant of the Sims Class Company. The blaze originated in the box department of the factory and spread rapidly. The town is without lire protection and nothing could "be done to cheek the flames. The product of the Industry was Hint bottles, and about 100 people are thrown out of employment. The company was organized about four years ago and was composed of John and Margaret Mas'jiih'tte and Frank Masquclette, all of thU city. It is not known yet whether or not the company will rebuild the industry. The loss exceeded f.U"", while insurance to the amount of $i:,5oi was carried in the following companies: Ohio Farmers', 91.000; Security. $1.m); Ghns Falls. Jl.oiD; Continental. lö.OOj; American of Newark, $1.000; Manhattan. J.VO; Netherlands, JI.Cmo); Commercial Fnion, Sl.OOu; Milwaukee, $l.oee; Hatnburg-Rremen, $l,0w; Hartford. $1.00; Niagara, $l."oo: Connecticut, 51.00 j; Phoenix, 51.0; Aetna, H'.eoO. AndcrKoiiluiiH oinr to Co rope. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind.. April IS. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kills, of this city, left yesterday for New York, and will sail on Saturday for Liverpool. It is the purpose of Mr. Kl.is and wife to visit Russia, and they will leave immediately for St. Petersburg. It is reported here that Mr. Kllis went abroad in the secret service of the government. This 1 the fifth trip he has taken on similar missions. Charles L. Henry, Mrs. Henry and daughters Kdna, Alice, Atta and Leah have enFij?ed passage on the St. Louis from New York t Southampton on May 15. They will tour the continent and visit Kgypt and the Holy Land before their return. Mr. Henry has set no date for their home-com-ir.g, intending to take a thorough rest while abroad with his family. A son, Louis, at Howe .Military School, will join the family a month later, and another, George, now in Germany, will become a member of the party on the tour of Kuropc. l'rnnktuii Rolling 31111 to Ilenume. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKTON. Ind.. April 18. The rolllns mill in this city owned by the Republic Iron and Steel Company, has been ordered to resume operations as son as men can be procured. Owing to the many months of idleness the former employes have sought other positions, and few remain in town. Last night telegrams were sent all over the country for men. and as soon as enough can reach her" to begin work tli mill will start. Superintendent Hois has rt turned and is pushing preparation;? lor an early and long run. The capacity of the mill is about '0 men, and as soon as that number is secured the factory will run to the limit of its power. The people of I'rankton are elated greatly, as all hopes of resumption had long since vanished. The bottle house is also preparing to resume work alter a ong continued idleness. Lovnutvllle PontoKSee ltolihed. Fperjal to the Indianapolis Journal. HAGEUSTOWN. Ind., April l..-The large safe. In the general store of Cox &. Co. at Losantville was blown to pieces this morning and all its content taken. The interior of the store was badly damaged and much of the contents destroyed. The postofflce Is in the same room, and Postmaster Rurrls used the safe in which to deposit the postofllce receipts and stamps. About $140 In postage stamps and a smail amount of postal funds and about $2)0 belonging to Cox & Co. were taken. Five men were concerned in the robbery. They bound and gagged Harvey Cook, fireman at the tile works, who dlscoercd them at work, before he could give an alarm. There Is no clew to the identity of the thieves. Political AmmiiuU tit Fort Wayne. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., April IS. Theodore Thorward, vice chairman of the Republican city committee, was assaulted this morning on the street hy Hugh Stewart. Stewart and his son Homer had been forbidden to enter the Republican headquarters, and Thorward was held responsible for tho ejection Monday night of the son, although Chairman W. H. Doud was responsible for that. The committee believed the boy was carrying Information to the Democrats. Mr. Thorward did not suffer much Injur.. Stewart went before Mayor Scherer at once and pleaded guilty to assault and battery, for which he was lined $1 and costs. Mr. Thorward is a much smaller man than Mr. Stewart. Will Re Tried for Noii'm Crime. Speelal to the Indianapolis Journul. ANDERSON. Ind., April IS. Everett Fitch, a young man of Pipe Creek township, tried In the Madison Circuit Court for theft, was sentenced to serve twenty days In Jail, to pay a line of ?5 and disfranchised for live years this morning. Fitch was nineteen years old, bat had never been away from home over r.ight till brought to Jail by the otdeers of El wood, it was shown that he had leen made drunk and coin-' mltted the theft of clothing In Elwood while In that condition. The boy's lather Is charged with responsibility for his intoxication, and will bo tried later on as an accessory to the crime. Dentil of nil AkmI Criminal. S ivlal to tho Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. April is. The? local authorities, who Miit Jesse Way, a counterfeiter, to prison a few years ago. have received word of his death at tho Columbus. ().. penitentiary, where he was a federal prisoner. Way spent about sixty years of bis eighty in crime. About ilfty years of that time he was In prison. Way was ii son of a Quaker minister In Randolph county. Fit 1 1 for a Gliisw Wajro Conference. PITTSRCRG, Pa.. April IS. The olllcial call for the inciting of the window glass workers' wage committee In this city 011 Monday n-xt was sent out to-day. The Joint conference urobably will be held on the Lod Inst. ThJ amount of the advance to be demanded, it Is Intimated, will rane from 1') per cent, on tlatteners'. cutters' and gatherers' wages to lä per cent, on blowers' wages. Inillnnn Nulm, The annti.nl banquet of the Richmond Commercial Club was held last night at the Westcott Hotel. The atttndance was very large. Henry Turner, a Marlon lay laborer, has fallen heir to JIS.OOO. a one-fourth Interest In the estate of an uncle for whom he was ramed. In Montana. The Standard Oil Company is developing a new pool in the outskirts of Hartford City, and has sunk wells which are pumping nearly barrels dally. The Wayne County Medical Societv will meet at the Pythian Temple, In Cambridge City, on May '2. The Rathhone Sisters will serve supper to the delegate.?. The Citizens' Rank of (YntcrvlKe opened Its doors for business yesterday. Cirton and Langley are the proprietors. Centerville h.is b.en without a bank lor more than twenty years. John Williams, a negro sneak-thief, who robbed nearly a hundred of the best residences, of Terre Haute, has been convicted and tent to the penitentiary for two to fourteen years. Grant county retail merchants have formed a mutual protective association, with the following officers: President. A. W. Curr; vice president, G. B. Campbell;

secretaries. W. O. Anderson and Lewis Custer; treasurer, I. G. Powers. Representative Cromer last night announced the nomination by him of Thomas A. Downes for postmaster at Orestes, vice Marlon PlackardT The new man will take ofhee on Maj' 1. Indiana W. C. T. U. workers are holding a three days' institute in the Rrazil Presbyterian Church. Miss Hattle Rrand. of Indianapolis, is among the prominent whlte-ribboncrs present. Reports received at Nashville Indicate that there will be an abundant yield of apples, peaches and pears In Rrown county this year. The outlook for peaches is said to be especially good. Fanstus Land, son of Elder J. M. Land, of Centerville. was killed yesterday near Hamilton. O. He was a freight brakernan. and while riding on top of a train his head struck a covered bridge. Rusiness'men of New Castle have succeeded in .'ocating a large bottle factory, to employ l.y) hands. Work will be commenced at oneo. This is the sixth factory located at that point within two years. Edinburg Republicans have nominated the following ticket: Councilmen. John Ma rev. W. Roller. Samuel Haslam. Jr.; marshal, D. F. Fann; clerk. Matthew Duckworth; treasurer. H. H. Mitchell. Clarence McNammev. a crazy man who was taken up by the Frankfort police several davs ago. has been identified by officials from Columbus. O.. as an escaped inmate of the insane asylum nt that point. Hartford Citv business men are taking the preliminary steps for the organization o! a building association, the lack of small 1 eatable houses necessitating some concerted action to benefit the city in that retard. Commencement exercises of the Center township (Wnvne countv) sohools were held rt Centerville Wednes-Jiy ni;ht. There were eleven graduates. W. W. Pfrimmer, the Kankakee poet, was the principal entertainer. A Jurv ret Brazil, after ten hours deliberation, awarded $7.50 damages to Hush CulLertson in his twenty-tive-thousand-dolhf :amage suit against the Diamond Coal Companv. Culbertson was badly injured i 1 February. !'). by a fall of rock !n one ci the company's mines. The case will be i- p pealed. Mrs. Anna Williams, of Hagerstown. recentiv filed- divorce proceedings against her husband, whose whereabouts she did l ot know. After the case came up for trial on Tins. lav Williams's body arrived at Cambridge Citv from th Ohio town where he h.-.d been living, for burial, and the pro-ce--'dings were stopped. The jurv in the ease of Vincent Ginn, for the murder of Frank Giltner. night foreman of the Middletown tin plate mill, on the night of Fb. 18. brought in a verdict at New Castle yesterday morning of murder in the second degree "and fixed the punishment at imprisonment for life. Ginn Is twenty-two years old and has a wife. OBITUARY.

Ilichnrd I. Ilotlivvoll, Iltlltor of the Eiißlneeriii and Mining Jonrnnl. NEW YORK. April 13. Richard Pennefather Rothwell, editor and general manager of the Engineering and Mining Journal, Is dead of cancer of the stomach, after cn illness of five weeks. Richard P. Rothwell was born at Ingersoll, Ont., May 1. lTT. After a preliminary education in this country he took a three years course at tho Imperial School of Mines at Paris, France, and In 1SGI entered the Mining Academy at Freiberg, Saxony. Returning to America he, in IS04, began work in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania at Eekley. Drifton and Wilkesbarre, and there continued until 173. Meantime he had Leen engineer in charge of a larg number of collieries, and was also engineer to the Hazard Manufacturing Company, for which he designed and built what is still probably the largest wire rope plant In the world. His designs were entirely novel at the time, and the machines he built are still In active use after a period of twenty-live years, in the held of manufacture, of mining and in the treatment of ores Mr. Rothwell made many notable Inventions. In 1S7U Mr. Uothwell's practice us consulting engineer, probably the largest of any in his profession in America, had so increased that he removed it to this city. Shortly afterward he acquired an Interest in the Engineering and Mining Journul. of which he was editor and general manager to tli day of his death. Mr. Rothvell was a member of many clubs and societies, and he received high recognition both at home and abroad. Other Den Gin. SANDUSKY. O.. April IS. General Andrew M. Anderson, commandant 0" the Soldiers Home here, dropped dead this morning from heart disease. Deceased was rixty years edd and served In the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry throughout the war. In 1 SSI he was appointed adjutant of the home, and in ISSO, upon the death of General Manning Force, Anderson was apjvolnted commandant. NEW ORLEANS. La.. April IS. John W. Steele, a traveling salesman for the firm of C. G. Alford k Co., Jewelers, of New York, died suddenly to-day in tho bathroom of the St. Charles Hotel. Mr. Steele was known throughout the country. SPRINGFIELD. III.. April IS. Gideon R. Rralnard died at his home here to-day from hemorrhage of the brain, aged sixtyfive years. He v-s born at Portsmouth. O. During the civil war he wps adjutant of the Tenth Illinois Cavalry. LEXINGTON. Ky.. April 18. Joseph Rulleck Slmrall, aged fifty-seven years, former mayor of Lexington and member of the Eighth Kentucky Confederate Cavalry under General John Morgan, died here this afternoon of paralysis. YOFNGSTOWN, ().. April IS. A. F. C. Wadddl. for the past twenty years manrger here of the Standard Oil Company, w ho has Ik en In ill health for a year, died to-day, nged sixty-two years. EFFECT OF TRUSTS. Vle of the ntlonnl 'Willi Pnper Com pa n 'm President. WASHINGTON, April R-lUnry Ruin, president of the National Wall Paper Company, with headquarters In New York, testified to-day before the Industrial Co.nmisslon. Hi- said that the wall paper combination was the result of an agitation which had bn-n in prorcs for thirty years, and that it was due to the supposition that greater economy would be secured, and tha: competition would be reduced. It had. however, been found tint both ends were Incapable of accomplishment. When th'4 company sought to dos. up factories nd cut out Jobbers It v.-ns found that public sentiment sustained the perrons who ( lalr.u d to be injured by this process. The (uieiiuence was the starting of new factories, whleh. In time, organized an opposition combination. Then toe two consolidations were cornblr.id as the Continental Company. Rut It was soon found that ail competition had not even then luen oveitome: that other factories were constantly starting up. ThU resulted In the dissolution of the combine, all the factories being iMHight btck by the original owners. Mr. Hum also stated that the consolidation bad resulted in a vast increase in the price of labor, the wages of block cutters increasing from $12 and $1 pr week to from '2 to $; per week. They had also secured an extension of tdiclr time of employment. Mr. Hum announced his general conclusions concerning trusts to be as follows; "First, consolidation iles not benefit 11 rile m it controls, r.-peclally in industtlals In whle'i the prices Hre not Ivised on Intrinsic values alone; second, consolidation invites competition and antagonizes the public; thirl, it aids labor In enforcing Its demands, being able to concentrate lt. efforts In one concern instead of dividing them among a larser numln r." Mr. Rum expressed the opinion that th.jie are many othtr combinations which won' J go out of the business If not so namperJ by debt as to prevent their so doing. He thought In view of his experience that the public need not fear the effects of trusts because of the certainty that hlga prics would always result in arousing competition and the consequent reduction ol prices. A. A. Y. . C. A. Convention. NASHVILLF. T nn.. April K-The eighth thnnlal contention of the American Association of Voung Women's Christian Associations convened here to-day at the Firs-t Cumin rland Presbyterian Church. Miss R. F. Morse, of New York, acted as temporary chairman, and Miss Carrie R. Wilson, of New York, as secretary. The report of the treasurer, Mrs. H. C. Tillman, was read by Mrs. Me.-er, showing a balance on hand at the close of the last fiscal year of $27.." ). The receipts of the year lSini were $19.05.7.77, and the expenses 51.121.12. In LK0 the recrlnts were 121.üJ.Jl and the emer.sea 1 J2X013.e8,

THOMAS F. TUTTLE DEAD

HIS DKMISH OCCTRREI) SIDDKXLY AT T1IC ENGLISH 1IOTCL. He Wan Well Known In Itincrnncc Circles, anil Hud tome Here to Take Important Position. Thomas F. Tuttle, formerly a resident of this city as a representative of the Orient Fire Insurance Company, died suddenly this morning at 2 o'clock at the English Hotel of heart failure induced by an attack of pneumonia. He had been ill at the hotel since Saturday. He was about forty-five years of age, and before coming to this city was a prominent business man of Omaha, Neb., where he was a member of the City Council. For the last two years he had resided in Chicago, and had just been appointed agent for Indiana and Kentucky of the Prussian Life 'Insurance Company, and had come here to make this city his headquarters. His Illness was due to the delay of a train at Kokomo on Friday last, when he took cold because of lack of tire In the train. His wife arrived Wednesday evening from Omaha. '1 he body will be taken to Omaha lor burial. SHOOTS DIV0KCED WIFE. A Michigan CapltallnC SctiMittlonnl Crime on the Street. JACKSON. Mich., April IS. David II. Creech, a capitalist, aged seventy years, and for fifty years a resident of this city, shot his wife in the street this afternoon, firing four bullets Into her head, neck and mouth while he held her fast with his left arm about the waist. Mrs. Creech is forty years old and was married lo Cremen twelve years ago. Previously she had been his housekeeper. They lived unhappily. Three years ago Mrs. Creech began divorce proceedings, and after several futile i t-te-nipts to live together again was granteil a divorce. Tuesday the Supreme Court affirmed the divorce, and to-day's shooting was the result. Mr. Creech was arrested, anil a second loaded revolver was found on his person. He said he intended to kill himself. RAISING Till AVERAGE. American Anvnl Petty Ofllcers Are Fnnt Growing? in Efficiency. New York Herald. The Improvements made during the last ten years in the status of petty officers of the navy have been so beneficial to the efficiency of the fleet that the authorities contfmplate establishing a special school for their training at the naval apprentice station. These leading men hold grades similar to those of noncommissioned officers in the army, and from their ranks the warrant ofllcers of the line are recruited They are by law entitled to the ready, cheerful anil prompt obedience of those placed under them, and when of the ilgnt stamp and justly treated they become most important agencies in the oiseipllne, happiness and fighting value of ships' companies. It Is a truism In every service that the smartness of a war vessel may be measuted by the character and native ability of her petty officers. The security of their positions formerly depended upon the will or whim of commanding officers, but, thanks to higher ideas of fair play, they may now receive, after good conduct in a probationary period, permanent appointments that cannot be taken from them save oy sentence of a court-martial. The Inllueiio of thte regulation has been admirable, nnl its effects will be strengthened If Congress provides mandatorily Increased rnc-'S of pay commensurate with the duties peity officers must perform and prescribes authorized leaves after cruises and defin to spells of shore duty In the ports neare.-st their homes. The purpose of the new school Is not to confuse them with technical theory, but to make them on the one side competent, practical instructors in the primary ana basic drill-, and on the other to give them the habit of command and to ingrain the unfaltering spirit of discipline. "Nothing is so essential," declares the commandant of the training station, "as a thorough course in the proper methods of command and of subordination, and if these habits could ne inculcated in the whole enlisted force ;t would produce an Ideal service." This school surely deserves an honest trial, and its results will be carefully watched ny those naval officers who seek to foster, without coddling, the best interests of our fine bluejackets. , socialistic: TIIGOHIFS. Ait I'littllshtiinii' View on Government Ownership of Telegraph. Washington Star. "In the defeat of Mr. Rryan and the smothorincr of. socialistic theories nml ton. Jdencies by Republican success at your last election, said Alfred J. Ford, of Ixmdon, I notice that there now appears to be but little agitation In the United States for government ownership of railroads, telegraphs, savings banks, pawn shops on a large scale, grain storehouses, abattoirs and pretty much every other kind of industry which socialistic enthusiasts lulieve can be operated better by the central power of the government than by individuals. However, we are all entitled to our opinions, but the Mibsldence of these schemes so suddenly with the advent of good times and resumption of power by the Republicans ought to be a matter of national notice and a cause lor general rejoicing. It would appear to me to indicate that the people of this country are too busy making money and building homes to lend their attention to matters and theories which in dull times seem to turn over nnd take a firmer bulldog bite on t lie public's leg. "The correctness or incorrectness of those theories Is a matter of Individual volition. Their support, however, like to point out the 'success' of the Hrltish postal telegraph. This 'success from a financial and remunerative standpoint, will be better appreciated by the American public when it is digested with the cold fact that our system is opernted at a loss approximating i25r1.()oo, or about $2,!hi,(m), per annum, with no signs of decrease, but evidence of increase, and that the government has lost over S2l,'),, or about J;'7.J!0,!XM, In the operation of the system. "If the Riitish government can lose this large maximum sum In a small, compact ttrritnry, thickly populated, what the United S:ates government would loses would be a matter of Interesting conjecture. Personally. I think centralization of power In the government by the 'control of everything is bad. and would appear to be against what Americans define as their 'Institutions. I suppose, however, that these eloctrines are used mainly at the time of elections and in the nature of political clubs to control votes." The Ftitnre f the Cubans, Harper's Weekly. The Cubans are easily led they are docile, somewhat timid, yet sincerely anxious to make the best of themselves, anil the possibility of some day being capable of caring for themselves as well as. If not better than, the most of us. Is not to be denied them. They are as honest as can be expected, considering the corrupt example of their Spanish rulers, sober amt Inclined to industry. The fact that they are suspicious is the result of long years of suffering at the hands of a corrupt system of government, and is not lue to any Inheren'. and therefore Ineradicable, trait. 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