Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 124, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1901 — Page 4

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Tlicre are tiios; who oe In the Trident's trip the beginning of a campaign for a third term, but there arc always those who borrow unnecessary troub!o. Where are thie lnul-voiced prophets who were polnsr up and clown the land In 1s:h; declarlr.f? that tho gold standard would make the United States the slave of Great 3rit.l!n? Among: the papers which predict that the ilor&an purchase of a Uritlsh fleet will tell powerfully against th ship Mitatdy bill is the Cleveland leader, which la believed to be very nr-ar Senator Hanna. If only millionaires arc In the wild tock speculation In Wall street no great harm can be done, but when the oraze h.ill have pent Its force It will be found that many men have lost all the money they could get possession of. President MoKlnl y has already traveled moro extensively than any of his prcdeosors. and afttr his' present tour there will be but two ctates and two Territories, rot counting our Island ro?C5??!on.s, which he will not have vlsned. The rout of the Nlcaran.ua rnnal has been staked out in d.till and the rouRh estimate of the cost Is JlQ.GOO.OOi. Tea years 1 the time that the engineers think necessary for construction. For impatient Tfople the prospect is not a lively one. The Chicago Kerord-Herald predicts that when the canteen question Is settled It will be on the evidence presented by army officers rather than the testimony of saloon keepers interested In the sale of liquor on the outskirts' of army posts. It certainly should be so. Senator Pavid 15. Hill, if correctly reported, does not approve the efforts of his Indiana admirers to make him the candidate for President in 10u. "It In too early to talk of candidates, and I do not expect the nomination," is the remark attributed to him. J Jut the movement of Indiana Democrats toward Mr. Hill seems to be the vision of Imaginative correspondents. The address of Mr. G. O. Shields, published la yesterday's Journal, on "Hird Lovers and Jlird Destroyers," was one of the most forcible pleas for bird protection that has come from any quarter. 'With euch facts and arguments before them as were presented in this address it Is difficult to sea how the lawmakers of any Statecan fall to do their duty In this regard. Tho result of the agreement between the Uw-and-order leaders and the sdoo-i I-cccpers In Lebanon will be awaited with considerable interest. The former secured c series of indictments against the lit tor, Mlfflcient, if the lines should be imposed, to ruin every one of them. Confronted by euch conditions, the saloon keepers sought n compromise. The la w-and-order people met the taloon men half way, and ii w.is r.greed that each should pay one line and gi'-e their respective pUdes not to violate the laws hereafter. The agreement was made in an open meeting, before whkh uddresneu were made by both shits. It remains to he seen if this plan works well, and If the rnen.vho habitually violate the laws will eease to do mi. The apprehension Into which American prosperity and the dlspo.-itlon to nia!ce use i.f out resources has plugged l'.ritish competitors is significant testimony to the strength of our industrial position. This is hhown by tho comment of the London Tel? graph upon Mr. Morgan s purchase of the -L?yland lino of aUarr.hips, which Is as follows: America has super-eded our :ig:!cuiture. iKHten our coal output, left us far benlud In the production n; iron i:id st 1. and has j as: .! us at last in the total volume ot export. '!"! has only tonimenctd lur lin.il onslaught on out t.urylio: trade, and with tlosc legiu:dn;.'s c n.ay wonder it' mi. h thii-gs are done in t:u grtcn trte what will Le done in the dry. The foregi':rg is an accurate statement ol' what ha taken place and of what is r.ow i'.oiug on. l.icli of the ach! enn-m s r.i ntioned, jf.irtivul.ir'.y tltoto M-Iatln;: to Iron, coal a!;d our t-xpofts. eaued nrI'll c, but thy u;e !a V. rth. fatt. and laeli of ;- recent date that we 4e-ni to hae at'julretl an i::i:.in.e tour. :.; to uudertake r.:vatr thim:.-. Out of t!d. general anil wi!; si read confidence, bayed upon th ' Miee-.-s ' I'n' ot lour yt ar.'. has com" th unpre t dt nt d to(k sp cidatl ii of the pa?t three w:-.. !.. lou' r ative at-.d thouglitful rrer.," .ys the N v: York Tirm .-, "are in mi!-ta:jt ia I agreement that the present market la irrational;" nevertheless the trad I us coutlnuc. ar.d etalinue bi cause there were (.( ci 3 many ptr.-ons taking pa:t in the dai'y transactior:s. Into this whirlpool of -peculation fp'culatrirs frcm the z-jouth and Vt have i-ii drawn because the prosj-frou-j tLaei el ths pat few ycar have ciiablvd

them to make money, and now they are anxious to make It faster by stock gambling. "Nobody predicts panic or commercial disaster." says the paper above quoted, 'because the business of the country is upon a basis much too sure and prodtable to warrant any such far. but disaster J.u 'individual players of the mad game ir altogether probable." The confidence of Mr.' Morgan in pr.rchasi'cg ships con.es from the same source as tn.tt of the iicr who take the ventures on a ri.-it:g markt t, rtimr'ly, the unprecedented prosptrlty of this country. IMtOPOSLI) IIIS( ONT1M AM L OF tiii: ahi:.i,. It seems that In the absence of tlu President from Washington the secretary o war or some other person in authority has Issued an order abolishing the United States arsenal In tills- city. The order Is not yet necessarily a finality, because riot a foot of government ground r.or any povernment building can be dlspored of without an act of Congre.-s. The execution of the order should be prevented, if possible, and the Journal hopes that the senators and representatives from this State will make every effort to that end. It can be justified by practical as well as by senti

mental and historic arguments. The gov- i ernment arsenal at this city differs from any other In having been a direct outgrowth of the civil war and in having contributed largely to the success of the government In that great conflict. The position of Indiana in the war ami the prestige of Indiana's "war Governor" were due ir. no inconsiderable degree to tho establishment of a home arsenal for the manufacture of ammunition. The national government was very glad to avail Itself of Its services at the time. It could scarcely supply with ammunition the troops raised in States east of Indiana, which, being nearest the arsenals of that period, were supplied first. In that situation Indiana's war Governor established a state arsenal, and It was one of his great acts. It turned out an Immense amount of ammunition. In October, Gen. Simon Cameron, then secretary of war, and General Thomas, adjutant general of the army, visited the arsenal, and, after careful Investigation, recommended its continuance. There were times when It employed as many as 500 persons in the manufacture of fixed ammunition. In March, a congressional committee reported that the arsenal had turned over to the government about lW,Ok) rounds of artillery ammunition and nearly Sd.OnO.fV) rounds of ammunition for small arms. The committee Indorsed the management of the arsenal In every respect. As a result of this report and through the efforts of Governor Morton Congress on June 11, lsfij, passed an act establishing arsenals at Columbus, Indianapolis and Hock Island "for the deposit and repair of arms and other munitions of war." These facts show that there are strorg sentimental and historic reasons for continuing the arsenal at this point. Hut there are business reasons also. If Congress was justified in establishing a natlrnal arsennl here In 12 It Is not justified In discontinuing It now. Pnme arsenals must be maintained in the Interior of tho country, and there is no better nfint than this city, which is in the heart of the continent, near the very center of population, midway between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and accessible by railroads from every direction. In the event of a foreign war, which will Tome some time, there is no more eligible site for a national arsenal. It costs very little to maintain the present plant, and it could easily bo enlarged. From a pecuniary point of viewit has been a good Investment for the government. For the seventy-five acres of land which it embraces the government paid in 1S63 the sum of 3.5X. The buildings are In addition, but the property is now worth many times its original cost. Hut the government Is not obliged to sell. Kon if It were there Is no economy in closing an establishment which had Its origin in loyalty and which has paid for itself several times over. It does not hurt the national government to own a bit of land In Indiana, and it will not gain any prestige by hauling down the Hag. It costs but a trifle to keep an ofliccr and a squad of soldiers here, and the expense of the morning and evening gun is insignificant. The government may not need any more arsenals at present, but an arsenal once established shcxild never be abolished, and least of all the one at this city. The Indiana delegation in Congress, senators and representatives, should make a united protest against the discontinuance of the arsenal. DISCISSION OF TAH IFF .MODIFICATION. Any attempt to shut off discussion of tho tariff by Hepublicans who arc protectionists will not succeed, as too many men who believe In the policy of protection are in i atmony with Representative ihihcock and Mr. Huberts, the director of the mints, in tne opinion that the radical changes that have taken place in the Industries of ihj country and in our relations to other countries make a moditication of the Dlngley tariff law necessary. The Dingley law, as a measure for the date uf its enactment and fur the condition of our Industrie ti at that time, was as r.ear a perfect taritf measure as could be devised. Marvelous changes have taken place in the intcrvonir.g years. The United States can now malvc the price of Iron and steel for tho world. The industry is controlled by three or four combinations, usually called trusts. There can be no real objection to suca combinations if they are able to secure more economical methods in production and transportation, prenitled they do not attempt to advance prices beyond a fair piotit. Such combinations are not greater than the people whose legislatures have given them corporate - privileges. On the other hand, if greater profits are realized by combinations than under the old system, they should share those profits with thconsumer. Now, if it shall appear that th-j Morgan ltou and steel syndicate is selling iron and steel in F.urope at a lower price than they oirc sold tor in the United StateK, the high duty may be said to enable the syndicate to do so. and it is using a taritf width prof t is it to impose higher prices f r its goods iiiou the home consumer. When this Is done the main purpose ed a protective tariff hs.b.en Igne-red. and th-? tjriTf should be cnahged so as to make it Impossible to rnll American irn to Amexleans i.t a price above tiie world "s price. To do that it may be necessary to make the duty upon the simpler forms of Iron and steel merely nominal, while a higher duty may be required to insure to the homo manufacturer and to home labor the market for finished products of Iron and tteel. Tho best markets, la tho world urc tho

or the United Stiles. They will continue to be the best -'o long as our people ar; so employed as to afford them the means to purchase. Consequently, whatever modifications are made must bo made with an ye to the keeping of our own markets for our own producers. Reciprocity treaties must be made with i view' of obtaining foreign markets by gii:;g an advatittge in our markets to countries that produce merer Midis which wo cinnot ptcduce In sufIkier.t quantities for the home market. Wcannot produce sug.if In anything like ih quantity eosr people consume. It would be l' our advantage to reduce the duty on Cuban sugar If lower duties could be obtained for American goods exported to that island. Such an arrangement weuld be mutually beneficial. It is sai.l that the President looks wilh favor upon a moellllcatlon of the Dingley

tariff suited to the changed conditions, us t opposed to a class of protectionists wh i.re crying out that there must bo no modification of tne Dingh y tariff. When any provision of the Dingley tariff shall be used by American producers to sell their pioeiucts for a higher price at home than atroarl it should be so modified as to make iuch selling Impossible. Tin: m:v ;mi: law. A law passed by the last Legislature for the better protection u game is much more ftrlngont than any previous legislation on the subject. The new lew, which will be in force within a week or two, makes tho perioel from Jan. 1 to the 10th of November closed season against shooting or hunting quails or prairie chickens, with a penalty ci line and imprisonment for every bl;-u shot during that period. There is also a penalty of fine and Imprisonment for selling or offering for sale sjch binls during the perio! named, whether the same were hilled In tills State or elsewhere. The kiting of wild ducks and other waterfowl is prohibited from the 13th of April to th? 1st of September and from the 1st of October to the loth of November, except that a resident of Indiana may hunt and kill such waterfowl from the 1st of Octobir to the 10th of November if hc has a permit to do s from the eouimis?ijner of fisheries and game, such permit to be issued to lesldents free of charge. Nonresidents f the State are not permitted to hunt or kill wild animals or game birds within the State at any time without a license, the cost of which Is ?1". and even with such license they may only kill birds during the open season and not to exceed a certain number per day. The shooting of a wild dove at any lime between the 1st of January and the läth of August or between the 1st c f October and the 10th of November Is made a misdemeanor, punishable by line ainl Imprisonment. The following provisions of the law are of general interest: Section S. Whoever hunts with log or dogs, or whoever hunts or shoots with any kind of tirearnis. upon any Inclosed land without first securing the written consent .f the owner or tenant thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall bo lined not less than fh) nor more than Sec. 9. Yh .ever hunts or shoots songbirds or any ; pee ies f game with any klni oT firearms on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, shall he decme 1 p-uiltv f a mlselerneano.-. and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fh nor more than Under thes provisions the owner of lard is not obliged to post it against hunters, but "the latter must obtain a permit before entering upon it. and Sunday hunting is prohibited altogether. The new fish law, which will be in force in a few days, makes "dynamiting" a penal offense with imprisonment in the penitentiary for a second conviction, and prohibits seining absolutely except for minnows. It is made a misdemeanor for any person to have In his "possession any seine except a minnow seine not to exceed twelve feet in length. Persons who have licensed seines or nets under the old laware given sixty days In which to dispose of them, but after that period the possession of a seine is made a separate punishable offense for every day's possession. ER0M HITHER AND YON. Good Advice. Philadelphia Press. "Pardon mr," began the visitor who was anxious to have a few words with the elreat Man. "I wish to ar-k nou what is the best way for me to secur an audience" Hire a hall," replied the Great Man's secretary, "and advertise judiciously." Worked Out. Philadelphia Heerrd. Khner I'e gut an idea for a pem about a youth who dies of unrequited love, but 1 can't work it oat to suit. Sinnleksion hy not make it some thing like this: "A i hurl, a girl. He pops, but stops; refused, then boozed. D. T.; It. I. P.?" I'ncle 'ilustus Protest. Chicago Tribune. "I 'bjet to all of m, yo hon.ih," sali Unci 'Hast us, BiaiitUig contemptuously at the white jurymen that had been Fununoned to try his ea e. 'What !s the matter ith them?" eWaan ied the police Justice. "Yo l.onah, I .-e entitled to a trial by a Jury oi my peeahs." Fnlile. Detroit Journal. Now the Hor' being sensitiv to ridicule, paused as they were ubout to enter the gales cf the city. "Y.jU lok so like Z) cents!" protested tho Horse, rcnardir.s pained? the woman drivini;. "Well, money's spposed to make the mare go!" ictorted the woman, with a loud laush. laying which, she belalmr-.d the b.-ast vehemently. This fable teathes that the gift cf speech is not of necessity fortunate. Obituary . SPRING FIKLD. 111.. May 3 -Ruford Wilson, jr., eldest son of Maj Rluford Wilson, of Sprlnrtield. former solicitor of tne tinsury, died to-day of typhoid fever at New Haven. Conn., where h- was attending Yale University. Yout.g Wilson v.-as a leading athlete of Yale, having hdl first position in general athletics until this spring, when he was defeatol by a Chicago man. LANCASTER. Pa.. May 3. David Porter Rosenmill'T, formerly mayor of this city, died to-ilay of tetanus, the result of a cancer. Mr. RosenmllhT entere! the United States navy In ld and was executive ffiier of the sloop of war K-.-ox, which blew up the Confederate ram Arkansas. Mr. Rocnm!lier was a near relative of Admiral l'o-ter. CHICAGO. May 3. Kg'vrt Corbett. cap tain of the lropaois Hat Club, and no of the first nun to fo.-ter apirulo sports in j Chicago, is dead. "He was on sever. il ocea- ', sinus a member of th executive commitlc i of both the Northwestern ;inl the Mississippi Valley Rowing Ass;dati uis, besidea commixlore of the- Chicago navy. WASHINGTON. May :!. The State Department has been informed of the denth of Rtchanl A. Gold. United States consular agent at Port I.tmon. from malarial lever. II' was a native f New York, but had spent a large part if his life in the tropic:-. JAMKSTOW.V N. Y.. Miy 3. Mrs. Feni ton. wife cf former Ciovtinor ami l nited Stat cs Sa-nator Reuben ronton, died at her home here to-day. aged about seveaty-live years. As a direct resuit e)f Mrs. Carrie Nation's agitation of the question in Kansas City, Mayor Reel has ls.uel a positive rvlr that all saloons must be closed tight on Sundays, ami Instructing Ch ef of Polle Hays to arrest all violators of the closing ordinance.

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mt. vox ?niti:i, roiKi: iiv Tin: KAISFK TO IM.SHiV. l'riiMMlnii .Milliliter of l'liinnee Hlnmed fur Defeat of the Finperor'a Pet Canal Meat ure. CABINET TO BE REORGANIZED IIAIIOX VOX HAMMKHSTKIX, 3IIMSTi:il OF AGHICt irt iti:, Anil Herr Ilrefeld, .Minister of Commerce, to Voluntarily Make Way for Other Stntewnien. HKHLIN, May 3.The report that the Cabinet Is to be reorganized seemingly is confirmed. Dr. Von Miquel, the Prussian minister of llnance, ha. resigned ami his resignation has been accepted. It is also stated that Harun Von Hammerstein, minister of agriculture, Ins resigned. The rumor that Dr. Schoenstedt, minister of justice, has resigned, is unfounded. Dr. Von Mlquel'B resignation was enforced, but Instead of Dr. Von Lucanus. chief of the Kmperor's civil cabInet. who usually bears such direct messages from the Kmperor, It was Haron Von Wilmowsky, chief of the chancellerle, who requested Dr. Van Miquel to resign Pi the Kmperor's name. Dr. Von Posadowski-Weiner, secretary of state for the Interior, is expected to be Dr. Von Mlquel's successor, while General Von Podblelsl.y succeeds IJaron Von Hammerstein as minister of agriculture, who leaves oihee because of deafness and general debility. Herr Hreleld, minister of commerce, is also said to be going involuntarily. No names of Liberals or Radicals are mentioned among the possible successors of General Podblelsky for the postal office and Herr Brefeld for commerce minister. Herr Thielen, minister of public works, appears to be safe. The Trurslan Diet met jointly at 6:30 p. m. a:id the chancellor read a royal message declaring the Diet closed. Count Von Huelow then said: "As the government Ij convinced. In view of the course taken in committee, that an agreement on the canal bill Is at present out of the question It does not wish to offer any aid in a continuance of fruitless discussions." Then, with thiee cheers for the Kmperor, the sitting was ended. All the ministers, including Dr. Von Miquel, were present. The chancellor prefaced his remarks by saying the canals projected would be alntagrou.s both to the east and west, to industry and to agriculture. It had been Intended to promote a general exehange of merchandise, hence the government was unwilling to accept a bill from which essential components had been cut. Count Von Huelow, who, like all his colleagues, was in evening; dress, appeared more nervoets than usual. It is anticipated in parliamentary clr ilea in this city that Count Von Huelow will forthwith reconstruct the Cabinet and that the date of the general election will so arranged that the new house of Diet will meet at the end of October or the beginning of November, when the canal bill will probably be immediately reintroduced. LAHGFST CITY IX TUB WOHLD. Population of London Is l,53l,03t, According; to cw Census. LONDON, May 5. The population of London, including the city of London and twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs, the whole forming what is termed the administrative county of London, is now 4.53tj.0Jl. This is an increase of 30S.717 since the last census. In JS01. According to the first Installment of census returns issued by the registrar general to-ntght, sixty-four Knglish. and Welsh boroughs show increases. Hath. Chester and Iludderstledd show decreases. The borough of West ham, with an Increase of 0-',-fMO, is the largest increase recorded. SI (jJ Alt TAX WILL II KM A IX. Mr Micanol IllcLN-Hench Snyn It Will Mtny In the ItnriKct. LONDON, May .-Replying to a deputation from the Workmen's Sugar Tax Asse lation to-day the chancellor of the exchequer. Sir Michael Hicks-Reach, declined to consider the withdrawal of the sugar tax. He said it was the most important part of the present budget, and he c!id not believe the worklngmen who had approved of the war In South Africa objected' to pay something toward the cost. Ilritish Minora Mny Xnt Strike. LONDON. May 3. There were scores of meetings to-day In the coal districts anel then was evidence of the Intense Interest in the tax question felt by both miners ;ind owners. Rut the results of the conference show the miners are by no J means ro unanimous as expected In sup porting a general striKe. e.nairmnn uriggs, e 1. !.!.. ...if . . I . . V- . ,1 . i oi inc joint e uuin nation ooaiei oi tne Yorkshire miners, has Issued a manifesto t the men to the effect that although he is strongly opposed to the impost he considers it unwise to take such a grave step as stopping the collieries. Several miners' councils have tesued similar advices to the men. MOTIIKHS A X D I1AIIKS LOST. An I? cw itucnft'M story of the Hecent Dnieper It Ivor Tragedy. LONDON. May 3. A special dispatch from Odessa, dated April 26., purports to give an eyewitness story of the recent ferry-boat disaster on the river Dnieper, near Katchkarovoka. when almost a hundred mothers and their babies returning from milking were elrowned. A sudden storm sprang up, there was a panic, the pontoons were swamped .-.nd only a few of those on the ferry were saved by a biat. Three persons clung to a horse which swam ashore. Practically every family in the village was tendered motherless by the disaster. No Looting 1- the TlrltUli. LONDON. May 3. Indian secretary, Lord George Hamilton, answering a question in the House of Commons to-day sahl Generai Gaselee had stopped the Rritish trorqe: from looting at Peking, but the giiral had authorized parties to bring in unclaimed property from deserte! houses In districts occupied by the Hritih. Such propertv was subsequently sidd for the benefit" of all. "This action, in my judement." said the secretary, "was proper and judicious." Will Tlicy All .Make Good CHUrn! KOMi; May 3. Forty thousand Italian emigrants, according to the Fanfulla, ar" bookel to leave for the United States this i.'ontli. How the Turk Will Pay. CONSTANTINOPLE. May 3.-U has been arranged that the Imperial Ottoman Rank shall pay the Cramps 100.on0 sterling as a first installment and pay an amount not specific! to the Krupps from a 6 per cent, sur-lax en the general taxation of the empire. Simultaneously with IhU announce-

ment the Turkish, officials have revived the old story that the Cramps payment Included the United States Armenian claims.

! Ca hie .XotcH. Kx-Kmprcss Kugenle has prescntel tin mun'cipality of Parts with the cralle of i rince lxmls Napoleon, who was killed in the Zulu war. The cradle Is a superb work ot art. Marquis Saloujl has been appointed acting premier of Japan. All the old ministers have resigne1 with the exception of the minister of llnance. Viscount Watanabe, who remains firm. Tb? managers of the Herlin tire apparatus exhibition say that the North German Lloyd and Hamburg-American Ilms will transport all exhibitions from Nov York and back free of charge. Kvelyn R. Rahlwln. the leider of the PahlwMn-Ziegler Arctic expedition, has visIted Dr. Nansen at Samiefjord and inspected the steamer Frithjof, of Christian, which Mr. Haldwln chartered in the early part of the present year. Liter Mr. 1'aldwln Is going to Dundee. The last batch of ad.iresses of condolence on the death of Queen Victoria and congratulation to the King on his accession to the throne was conveyed to Kln Kdwarji yesterday morning at St. James Palace, with the customary ceremonial. The deputation lnclulel Catholics. Jews, and Presbyterians. The King's replies were practically identical. He promised to unremittingly promote the enjoyment and blessings of religious liberty, tolerance, peace and good will among all classes and religious races. HUGE CLEARINGS TOTAL FIGlltFS FOIC Till-: COFXTHY AGAIN AIlOYK TUHKi: HIM. IONS. Favorable Hnslness Conditions Somewhat Ovemliadotveil hy Speculative Activity-Defaults la April. NEW YORK. May 3. The following table, complied by Rradstreet, shows the bank clearings at the. principal cities for the week ended May 2, with the percentage of Increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year: New York Roston ... Chlcarro

r-'.23M7S,73y inc.. 03.2 . 167.000,743 inc.. 17.7 . 160,912,228 inc.. 14.2 . 116,433.876 Inc. .16.5 . 43.C32.613 Inc... 37.9 . 4S.S3)..6tk$ Inc... 39.3 . 29.203.Wy Dec. 4.0 . 25.lft0.717 Inc.. 13.1 . 19.125,700 Inc.. 21. 4 . 17.015.O4S Inc.. 9.1 . 10.43S.2:"4 Inc.. 24.0 . 10.04r,775 Dec. 31. 6 . 9.10.016 Inc.. 9.9 . 12.553.317 Inc... 26.2 9.544.25 Inc... 7.4 . 7.4S3.10J Inc.. 6.C .035.407 Dec. 1.1 . 5.791.246 Inc.. 13.4 . 5.831.204 Inc.. 13.4 6.6'6.672 Inc... 9.7 6.391.239 Inc... 14.4 6,902.r Inc... 39.7 Dec. 2X5 $3,033. 409, S78 Inc... 645 791.931.139 Inc.. 16.0

Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburg Raltimore San Francisco Cincinnati .. Kansas City New Orleans Minneapolis Detroit Cleveland Louisville , Providence Milwaukee St. Paul .. Ruffalo Omaha Indianapolis ... Columbus, O... KvansvIIlc, Ind Total outside of NewYork G12XFHAL IirslXF.SS COXUITIOXS. They Were Never Hotter Though OverHhndoired l- Speculation. NEW YORK. May 3.-R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade to-morrow will say: The greatest activity ever seen In Wall street diverts attention, in a measure, from progress in distributing and manufacturing operations. Rut while on every hand stockmarket interests are counseling caution and attempting to prove that prices are really more than the condition of some of our railroads warrants, the fact remains that without a brilliant crop outlook and a great activity of general trade Wall street could hold no such carnival. Labor difficulties are fewer and less threatening than for several years In the first week of May, and price of merchandise hold well. Stability of prices and vigorous prosecution of work at mills Indicate the favorable condition of the iron and steel market. Throughout the entire range of products cf this industry the current demand for immediate delivery exceeds all previous records, yet makers maintain a conservatl u position and prices are not pushed up to the eianger point. It is at the finishing steel plants that there is the greatest urgency lor shipments, and full capacity is assured for the next throe months. After July there Is a prospect of respite, judging by the light engagements of pig iron, and, following the unparalleled activity of the past six months, a season of comparative quiet would not be surprising nor unwelcome. There -was a rush to get in orders for steel rails before the higher price became effective, and the erection of new of nee buildings provides a great demand for structural material, which is also In contdderable request on foreign contracts. Dullness is still reported in the textiles. A further reduction to 2.56 cents for standard print cloths did not accelerate operations, as buyers appear confident that goods will soon be avaihible at 2Vfe cents. This unsatisfactory condition of the manufacture is not helpful to raw cotton, nor Is there support in better prospects for the next crop and port receipts far in excess of last year's movement. Still, there is a feeling that the decline has gone far enough, and. this negative influence holds the market fairly steady. There is no improvement in woolens, and Coatcs Rros." average of one hundred quota Hons of wool on May 1 was 17.71 cents, against 17.22 cenis c ii April 1 and 2.76 cents a year ago. Small concessions are reported in a few grades uC shoes, and in otner cases manufacturers ire making slightly better goods at old ligures. Further advances were secured In the c-creal market, Chicago speculators being forced to cover May corn contracts at Lö cents. Attractive prices brought more liberal receipts at Interior cities, and also stimulated operations on the farm. Traders have forced the new crop options to what seems an unreasonable level, since there is evidence of a large yieltl, despite delayetl planting through excessive moisture. Wheat also attained a high point, advancing in sympathy with corn. The inarvelously healthy condition of business Is lest appreciated when it is discovered that the defaults last month were, the smallest In ninety-one months, with the exception of May to August, 1S!9, Inclusive. Ir. manufacturing lines there were but 163 failures, with ? total Indebtedness of $1.997,694. against 178 last year for 11.514.003. At. 1!9 reported the smallest liabilities of any full year In two decades, last month's good showing is made manifest by default in manufacturing concerns. $777.965 smaller than two years ago. Trading failures were f5 for 53.Ktf.S23. and banking defaults were J529.0OO. The death rate was only threefiftieths of 1 per cent, of all firms In business, and losses averaged $4.70 on the $1,000 not a serious embarrassment to general trade. The proportion of unpaid bills was less than 46 cents for each fl.(XK) of splvent payments through clearing houses. Rradstreet summarizes the grain movement as follows: Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 5.1).763 ru. against 4.2S2.129 bu last week. 4.537.022 bu In the corresponding week of 191", and 3,4M.US1 bu In P99. From July 1 to date wheat exports are 176.916.23S bu. against 16G.03.Vij bu last season, and 201.19M6S bu In ls:iS-9a Corn exports for the week aggregate 2.371.F91 bu.-against 1.344.K56 bu last week. 3.411.015 bu In this week a year ago. and 2.S47.290 bu in 199. From July 1 to date corn exports are 157.015.4?6 bu. acalnst 173.23.073 bu Inst season, and 142.511.107 bu In 1S.9S-99. Failures for the week number 163, las compared with 214 Inst week. 153 In this week a year ago and 14. In 19. To Perpetuate Iiigernolllfini. CHICAGO. May 3 The building In Chlcag of a hundred-thousand-dollar temp'e to the memory of Robert G. Ingersoll, in which the teachings of the orator add atheist shall be perpetuated, is the purpose nt the Ingersoll Memorial Association, Intorporatod at Springfield to-day. The projectors are Edward C. Relrhwald, secretary of the American Secular Union and Free Thought Federation. Frederic Dahlstrom and Samuel Roberts. Federation of Mtiilcnl Clult. CLEVELAND. O.. May 3. At to-day's session of the biennial convention of the National Federation of Musical Clubs thee ofheers were elected: President. Mrs. J. H. Webster, Cleveland; recording secretary. Mrs. W. R. Collins, Akron; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Henry S. Danforth; treasurer. Mrs. J. H. Ltverett; auditor, Mrs. John L Currln.

MAN AND WIFE KILLED

DOl I1LK FATALITY IX A Si LLIVAX COl.XTY CROSSING ACCIDKXT. Groonsburg Trngody Due. to .lonlon Club Union Adjonrus 1: nnuellenl and Fndcnwr Y'cetlUR, tpvlal to the Indianapolis Journal. SULLIVAN. Ind.. May 3.-Mr. and Mrs. Hickman Rich, who llvetl at Shelburn. five miles northeast of this city, were struck and Instant ly kille! by a njrth-bound Kvansville & Terre Haute passenger train at Pittman crossing, two miles north of Sullivan, this afternoon.- Tney were driving a two-horse wagon, and It Is supposed did not hear 'the approaching train. The wagon when struck was directly across the track. It was torn to piece ami scattcrcil many yards along the line. The body of Mrs. RicJi was found lying to feet from tho crossing, w hile that of Mr." Rich' was found over two hundred feet away. The head of each victim was crushoi and death' was Instantaneous. Mr. Rich was fifty-six years of age and a prominent farmer. into m:it i i: f i:.c;lisii I med in the German Ch n relic at the FvntiKellcul Conference. Sptvdal to the Ir.dlanaioli Journal. V1NCKNNKS, Ind., May 3. At the German Kvangelieal Conference to-day the Rev. F. L. Dome, of Hamilton, O., president of the board of examiners, read a paper em "The Important Questions and Aspects of Our Work at the Reginning of the Twentieth Century." In the afternoOn a paper was read by the Rev. F. Darios, of Seymour, Ind., on "How Can We Retain Our Youth in the Church?" He urged ministers and elders to devote more attention to the young people of the church. The Rev. Mr. Dorne urgeel that in America the children of German parents should take more Interest in the Knglish than in th; German language, and suggested that t get better results among the youth more of ehe church periodicals should be printed in English. Friend' Fndenvor Convention.' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FAIRMOUNT. Ind.. May 3. The eighth annual convention of Christian Endeavor societies of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends met in this city to-night. About 125 delegates arrived tldv afternon and evening, and many others are expected tomorrow. Delegates are being entertained in the homes of local members. Prof. Klbert Russell, of Karlham. was the principal speaker to-night. His subject was "The Gospel of Derlnlteness." The song service was lel by K. Leon a Wright and the devotional exercises by Knos Harvey, both of Fairmount. To-morrow's sessions will bo precede! by an hour of Hible tudy, led by Professor Russell. TKIFD TO SHOOT Tili: Gl HL, Hut Turned the Wenpon AKnlimt IllniHOlfnnd XV nt. Killed. Ppe'etAl to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENS HURG, Ind., May 3. John H!gglns, twenty-one years old, sno; and killed himself about 9 o'clock last nlgnt while on the store bridge on South Lit street. Higgins and Cleo Davis, a sixteen-year-old girl, who clalmcel to b-s his sweetheart, had walked to South Par'c Cometery ami back to the bridge, where they heard e,ii.rrcling. After tn shot the rdrl ran away, but was arrested later. She said Higgins was very JealouR ant warded her to marry him on May ' Instead of in the fall, as they had pla-.ncd. On her refusal he tried to shoot her and in tho struggle accidentally turnl the weapon against himself and sent the bu!!; through his head. Higgins was lever anan In the Rig Four switch tower. Allowed a Train to Kill II Ira. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind.. May 3. The body of Orrcn Scott, of Clayton, was found on the Vandalia track near Coatesville this morning by the crew of a freight train after it had been mutilated almost beyond recognition by the passage over it of a number of trains. In a pocket, was a note stating that he intended to commit suicide. Scott was a son of Enoch Scott, a prominent resident of Clayton. He had been In trouble with the authorities at several places recently, and this fact iä supposed to have caused his suicide. CLL II iXIOX V DJ Ol HNS. Ofliccr Elected and Valparaiso CliOHcn im Next Meeting; Place. Special to the Indianapolis Journal EVANS VI LLE, Ind., May 3. The Indiana Union of Literary Clubs adjourned this afternoon after electing officers and selecting Valparaiso as the next place of meeting a year hence. The oflkcrs elected are: President, Mrs. Elliott Perkins, Indianapolis; vice president, Mrs. L. D. Rrosc. Evansville; secretary. Miss FlorTa Rroaddus, Connersville; treasurer, Mrs. R. H. Miller, Fairmount. Programme committee Mrs. America Hoagland, chairman; Dr. J. F. Scoville, Terre Haute; Mrs. Sanders, Connersville; Miss Moore, Indianapolis; Mr. Agnew, Valparaiso. Committees were als. appointed: Fine arts, Mrs. C. H. Woodv.orth, chairman. Fort Wayn.?; education. Mrs. May Wright Sewall. chairman. Inuianapolis; home economics, Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, chairman, Cambridge City; business, Mrs. Harry Cook, chairman, KvansvIIlc. The. president annoutice! the admission of Indiana to the General Federation of Literary Clubs of the United States. A vote ot tnanks was given to Prof. French and G. O. Shields for lectures delivered during the sessions. Alter the conclusion of tiehiwlnpv! of. the convention the member. ! separated into divisions, consisting of muMcal clubs, literary ciuns. art ciuns and practical works clubs, and each discussed subjects ami interests peculiar to their organizations. XVrccked in Mind and Hody. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINAMAC, Ind., May 3. William 11. Oliver, the Democratic recorder of deeeis of Pulaski county, to-day was adjudged insanei and was taken to the State Insane Asylum by Sheriff Dellnger. Mr. Oliver for several years past has been suffering from epilepsy and during the last three years of h'.s term as recorder has not been able to attend to business. Last fall he went to Chicago and placed himself under the eare of Dowie. of the Zionito Church, for treatment by the faith cure, remaining there several weeks. He returned home wrecked In mind and boly .and at every opportunity attempted to do bodily harm to his closest friends. James II. WillarcPit Will. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. REDFOKD. Ind., May 3. The will of the late James H. Willard. of this city, was probated to-day. Th document Is in Mr. Wtllard's handwriting and was signed anl witnessed In Imlianapolls last June. Mr. Willar.l left t Annie C. Mitchell, of Irrlianapolis, to whom he whs engaged to be married, one-half f his estate, both real and iersonal, after the paying of his debts. a no in case tue one nan uoes not eqijai J5.(oa he directs that she be given the sum of $5,oon out of the e-Mate. the balance to go to his sister. Mrs. Russell, of Ha.dt.lam, Conn. In ca.-e Mrs. Mitchell elitl not survive him the same terms were made for her daughter Cecil to become residuary legatee. DiK rneef ul ein "Scrap Special to the IndianarxdU Journal. MUNC1E. Ind., May 3.-Exc Itement was i at fever heat In iid about the Muncie j High" School after linner to-day. when the tlrst daylight clash of tho bonlor and Junior classes came in the school grounds. As a result there were many black eyes and bloody noses resultlbg from wellaimed blowi landed by th hundrce! or more school ooys in the mix-up, Tho mai-

ter Is being thorughly investigated' by the school authorities anl several pa rth 1pants may ! ex;!bd on the eve of the annual cimmcnoem ni exercises.

Good GnMr In a Nevr Field. S-'l-i4l to th Ip lUr.Hpolisi J Liir...l COVINGTON. Ind.. May n.-Th'.s afternoon, while a well was h-.dr.g sunk for watr on the farm f Hen Hill, two ami one-hilf miles northeast cf this city, a vin if natural g.;s was stru k at a ljdii f 11 feet. The !' w Is very strong. Cr on the three-Inch pipe there Is a twenty-two-loot blaze. It ha -i .-aus.-d a v;reat dead of exelte tra nt. Six ft if Trent!' rock neu bored through before striking the g is. Onl I -.::.-. in the Snfe. Special to tlie Indianapolis' Jouir. il. HI.OOMINGTON, Ind.. May 3. Hy i r.ler of the court the saf of the Rank of Kllettsvllle was opened to-day ami only tJ.-la In ni kels and pp i was fouml. This is ope ,,f three bap.. is of Kdmond Palmer, who faibd ab ut tour month" ago. Attachments were Issue 1 for all the ieposltors and trolitors. The assets will bot pay over '2o cents eui tho bdlar. Und Ills Hody Cremate.!. Special to th Indtara p.di Jeurr.ai. KNOX. Ind.. May 3. The lody of Albert I. Gould, an attorney, who died here r Wc5neSilaV. Was cremated at Port Wioo I to-day. Mr. Gould weighed 1.1) pound I and h' feare! an attempt wool. I be m.-inu t . . f . jt ..I Info 1 , . 1 . . 11 ... . . i- pirni .uf oi'w, . j? mane iue inc iie'rary arrangements a your agj. I nd la mi Ohitunr-. HMD FORD. Ind.. May 3-Mrs. Mary Durham, aged lifty-nii o years, a promine-nt woman of this, e ity. who formerly lived at Danville, 111., liel during last night f heart trouble. Mrs. Durham ha.l not bn ailing, but had been calling during the evening. Sht was found dead this mom. riff, by her daughter, who had gone to call her to her breakfast. GREENSRCRG. Ind.. May 3.-The funer tl services of the late W. K. West were held this afternoon from the residence of .Mr. Dr. Srtom. Mr. West was for thirty ye.ni engaged In the dry-goods bushiest In this city. Owing to poi;r health he r-tird abut two years ago and sought restoration in the Western climate. He dieei a few e'.aja ago at Spokane, Wash. J EFFERSON VILLE. Ind.. May 3.-Lu-ther llawes, cue of the mst prominent residents of Mt innhfs, and a brother of former Sheriff J. J. Lawes7 died last night after an Illness of many months. Death, was due to dropsy and Rright's eV.-ease. Mr. Hawes was sixty years old. RICHMOND. Ind.. May 3.-John II. Cutter, aged thirty-seven years, Ped last night cf consumption. lie was secretary and treasurer of tho Row let t Desk Manufacturing Company. He left a widow ind children. WINAMAC. Ind.. May 3.-Mrs. Sophia Stump, aged clghty-clght years, iiel yesterday at Medaryville. where she had 11 vol lorty-six years, her husband Ining one f the first settlers to enter a claim at that point. MARTINSVILLE. Ind., May 3. William Pool, aged about fifty years, died - last night of pneumonia, having b:e-n sick but a lew days. He was a seduier throughout tho civil war and left a widow and several children. UNION CITY. Ind.. May 3. Mrs. Robert McKee, the wife of a well-known businest man of this city, and a pioneer resident, died to-elay, agel sixty-six. Indiaua Xotc. Alexandria plumbers are on mantling 40 cents an hour and accept a tender of Va) cents. strike, do rcfusing .c Excavation was begun at Greencastle yesterday for the inundation of a nev science hall and laboratory of De Pauw University. The school enumeration of Henry county, just completed, shows a total of K'3, an Increase of but twelve over last year's figures. Winchester sent a elelegatlon of about 25") persons to Portland last night to attend the contest of the KaMern Indiana Oratorical Associatiem. The three-months-old child of William Hurst, living" near Groensburg. was found deaJ in bed yesterday morning, bmother.J by too much covering. William Hammond, twenty! wo years old. committed suicide at Spicelnnd Thursday Ly hanging himself to a rafter in his father's dwelling. No cause is assigned. Four two-story brick business blocks are In course of erection at Flora, and with considerable other building going on the town has taken on a decided aspect of proseprity. Philip Amberger, a yerre Haute painter and paper hanger, committed puiclde yesterday after a long debauch by taking carbolic achl. He left a widow and six children. Winchester Red Men yesterday began clearing the site whereon they will erect their $20.0 ) wigwam. Construction will begin as soon as the present structures ari out of the way. Representative an! Mrs. Cromer, of Munrcle, have gone to Cincinnati to Join the Oi.lo delegation, which will leave tnere today for the Pacific coast to attend the launch of the battleship Ohio. Judge Morris, at Shelbyville, has decided against Mr. Alams in his controversy with the Lateral Railroad Company, and has dissolved the temporary injunction to provent the company crossing the Adamj larrn. A report which has gained currency, ti the effect that the Johnston eilass Com nany. of Hartford City, which will put its plant in blast next Tuesday, will employ nonunion labor. Is strongly ienied by the company. Lawyers Interested In the Eel Rive.' Railrjad litigation yesterday filed their claims for fees with Jude P.rownlee. nt Kokomo. The amounts, aggregating $117.e, have btM-n given in detail in tn- Jjurnal heretofore. Argue, McKisson Co. have sold their eil Interests in the Jay county fir Li. including more than a thousand ars of lease &nd r-everal producing wells. The price is not nuide public. Chicago and Omaha men were the buyers. , Miss Mary Craig, a government nurse, has return'd from the Philippines to hr home In Martinsville. On her way out she suffered a shipwreck on a transport ott the coat of Japan. She expects to return to the Orient. William and Henry Angel, father and son,were fined $25 eac h nd costs in the Tipton Circuit Court yesterday for beating Warren Achbe nbaush, a school teacher near Windfall, who had whipped a younger Angel, who was his pupil. S. M. Harlan, of Union City, s aprem chief of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, has sent a charter to the Philippines for the Institution of the first lodge of the order In the Islands. It will be composed chiefly of American soldiers. The work of Invoicing and classifying th? library of the late Judge Riddle, of Logansport, is prcgressirig slowly. Thoe having the work In charge luve found many volernes f almost priceless value, among them being a ec'py of the famous "breeches'' Hildes, printed in 15ss. The bearl of managers of the Reformatory let the eoritriict for the- erection of a water tower at the institution to Jorepb McWIlllams & Co.. of Louisville, yesterday. The contract price for the tower and ull connections Is $5,61 v Th board aho reported favorably upon fourteen applications for parole. Mrs. Charles Vannatta. lixlr.g ner Summit, Henry county, was accidentally hot and seriously wun! ! by h r husband Thutfday. lie took elown his gun to sho.-t a e row. the- trlfcu-r caught u a nail and the weapon wa dise liarpc d. the heavy load of shot laying bare a large part of her left femur. She m-.y u.it recover. Ski Is thirty-thte years edd. At the meting of the trustees of th Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Knightstov. i. Wi.lnesd.i.v Car I. W. R. Mye rs su- d-d Hon. Georg- W. Hat as the Democratic member of th- board. apt. Harry Watts was chosen pre 'dent iui Mrs. Juüi S. Cor.klin treasurer. Captalr Myers will deliver the Memorial day ad dress at the Horn. Hoof Fall on Sewn Men. CHICAGO. May 3 -While wrecking old Winston npartm.'.t buibiing. at .' !1'I Pine street, to-diy. s.-u i-.n Injured by the '-ih-ipse of tb. t' -f. more seriously hurt are: MicKol -f r.ay die; Dominick 1'cnvde. i : : . oj. ; chad Pin. tie and letie K.d.'. . injur d w.-r- teken to the ".: i t . i ' ii. n had r'!noed part of tin root of si.-ste-y stiii'-iurc and v. r tearing d the walls when tin- remaiptter f tl e fell, causing the walls P.. topple- uv r. the ' n V ' i Th :u t o '1 .1 tlu .w r tool j It one it fie Iii' I!! Pound. : ST. PA FL. Mb. n.. May 2-The hodv n William Roscn'e M. who Ms j a a i ed " lai ; week with his four ehlidrec. w.js f.aiml m ; the river t-lay near win the hvly ,-,'f j his oldest boy was taken out of th. r; t J yc-terday. The searc h for th b din i i the other thrto children coatlnuci atUvli-t

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