Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 142, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 May 1901 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. 1901.

riois. Towa. vV-;.' onsln. Minnesota. Missouri. Noho. Aransas V;.;i y. nklah.ma. Northeast Kansas ar:i Northw .-:e nt Kar..iF. After a warm dt us.-i.u an a:riendru nt as itt 1 to the church to the e fleet tht h'raltr r.o mhü-tcr of the rh:ir-h ? h i; !l I- allowed to use tobacco In any form, ami 1 1 1 who an- nw addicted to It u-e mi; -t des. t. In the Ai"jMl. rl th- word "Hin" was modlhed and will i:i future be rendere-1 "Had. -s." Rev. . Mi Kt o w.i- rleeted t new ofllcc of j;emral j-rrtary.

MAURI (.I AM) I)l02Ui:. Action of tin- ( iinihcrl.'iiiil Prcnhj trrinn (ifiH-riil AHn;:!;!). . YVI'ET POINT. Miss.. May 21. In the CurnbcrlarM Pre sbyteriin General As?-m-bly the committee on overtures pmj.osed the appointment of a practically new be,trd of managers and pave the board liberty to locate the Cumberland Presbyterian orphar.s honv and lndu5trl.il school at pleasure, but urging early location. The permanent committee on systcniati: beneficence was abolished ami it work committed to the board of nii.-sions. An e-lanor-ate repor on publication Ib-ite-I prolonged and favorable ilisvu.-rloti. The publishing work is in th best condition in its h't"iy. The publication of a t hol gi a 1 j.r-ri xliral Is advised. The memb' r.-hlp or th- boa-d Of publication was reduce. 1 from twlve to nine. The St. Louis uflice of the ('umliorland iTesbyterian was cornmnd'd and continued. Th" Immediate employment of a general Sunday sc hool sup i intend r;t is advised., the church being asked for iW) to meet all the exenes of the Sunday school board. The Sunday school committee's report Is full of aggressive suggestions, this department of the church's work being In a condition most encouraging. This afternoon the marriage and divorce eiuestion, raised on Saturday, was settle I by striking out the requirement that minister: orhViuling in the marriage of unpcripturaily divorced iersons, together with the partie themselves, be disciplined. t)wensboro (Ky.) I'resbytery was reprimanded lor ordaining to the ministry a man lacking the prescribed educational qualifications. The marriage of probationers during the period of their preparation for the ministry was vigorously discouraged. Forty-six ministerial ordinations occurred during the year. To-night a platform meeting occurred in the interest of ministerial tducaUon and ministerial relief. Southern Presbyterians. LITTLE HOCK, Ark.. May 21. The Southern Presbyterian (General Assembly to-day had o. lengthy discussion over an Invitation to attend the Confederate Decoration day exercises here on Thursday. A motion to attend ami send a committee to represent the eneral Assembly wa opposed by a number of gray-haired ex-Coi-lederates in the assembly on the ground that the church as a. body should not take action in matters not ecclesiastical. A compromise was finally reached by the adoption of a. motion expressing as individuals "prolound sympathy with our friends on this occasion," and regretting that lack of tima vould prevent participation by the. commissioners. Knre Deep In the Mire of Sin. CLEVELAND, O., May 21.-The eightyfourth annual convention of trie Kpiscopal Diocese of Ohio, is In session. In this city. In his address to his clergy to-day, Bishop William A. Ijeonurd sioke of "Sensationalism in the Pulpit," in part as follows: "It Is not fashionable in some places to preach about sin. It has been relegated to the attic as not up to date, because there are grave questions as to its origin and whether it is of eternal duration. "What care you and I for such palterlngs when we stand knee deep in the very mire of ein?" To Revive Creed and Marring? Utile. DES MOINES, la., May 21. The fortythird General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America opens to-morrow evening1 with an address by Rev. J. P. Sankey. of Rochester, N. Y.. the retiring moderator. The committee for revision of creed recommends that the restriction against secret societies be modillcd and the rule against a man marrying pear relatives of his wife be abolished. The consideration of theFe changes will be the chief work of the assembly. CONGRESS OF MOTHERS. Opening Session Sllmly Attended on Account of Und Weather. COLUMBUS. O.. May 21. The National Congress of Mothers opened at the Columbus Auditorium this evening. Inclement weather interfered with the attendance. The exercises were confined to addressee cf welcome and responses. The president, Mrs. Theodore P.irney, presided, and responded to the addresses of welcome made, by Mrs. Edgar M. Hatton, president of the City Federation of Women's Clubs, and Hon. L.. C. Laylln, secretary of utate. who represented the Governor. Mrs. Robert R. Cotten. corresponding secretary of the congress, responded to the addresses of welcome Ly representatives of the city and Hoard of Trade, and Mrs. Kdwin C. Grice. S resident of the New Jersey Congress of lothers, responded to an address of wee come by Mrs. James R. Ilopley, president of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs. Col. Francis V. Parker, of Chicago, who was on the programme for an address, sent .'ord that he would be unable to attend thj congress. About one hundred delegates arrived to-day and more are expected tomorrow. The sessions will continue during the next three days, closing Friday night. City lUiakcn by an Earthquake. CARACAS, Venezuela. May 21. The City of Cumana was visited by a violent earthquake shock at 5 o'clock"" yesterday morning. There was no loss of life, the only damage being to property. . WET AND RAW WEATHER. Hain To-Day and Probably To-Mor-row-Drlsk .Northeasterly Wind. WASHINGTON, May 21. Forecast for 'Wednesday and Thursday: For Illinois and Indiana Rain on Wednesday and probably on Thursday; fiesh to brisk northeasterly winds, becoming northerly. For Ohio Rain on Wednesday and somewhat lower temperature In northern p.-r-Hcn. Thursday probably rain, brisk southeasterly winds, becoming northwesterly. Local Observation on Tuesday. Par. Ther. R H. Wind. Pre. We uhcr 7 a. m...2U.7l ; it; N'c.t. .22 Lt. Rain'. 7 p. m...2J.55 S.S South. .u7 Pt. Cldy. Maximum temperature. ri2; minimum temperature. .V. Following is a comparative statement of tbe mean temperature und total precipitation for May 21: Temp. til Pre. Ma -1.07 .4i Normal Mean . 1H arturc . t; . u .!;; Departure since May 1... 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jidgi: o iioi itKi: o tiii: tout way.m: polici commi.ssio.n. Appeal Tnkni-lllol nt a Wild Wont Mhmv Indiana .Hint Merger A llluckford Tniitrc's Troubles. Facial t- the In.lhrar.cl! Journnl. FORT VAV.::, R.d.. May 21. Judge ORourke, of the Circuit Court, handed down his decision, this afternoon, in the charter amendment cases involving the police commissioners and the police judge. His decision was against the validity of the law. He said the police commission law was invalid because the tire department was placed under the commission's charge, and the two departments, lire and police, were so interwoven in the language of the statute that they could r.ot be separated. Jle hai'l the legislature had no right to create a vacancy in the police judgeship after an el.-ctlon. . appeal was at once taken and the Supreme Court will be asked to advance the case:- for decision before June adjournment. ALL OPTIONS SELIHEI). Formation of Indlunu Coal Trost Seeiii A mm ii red The Lnltor Anpect. Ffeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. TFRKC HA UTK. Ind.. May 21. Prosp(cts seem to be excellent for the merger of all Indiana coal mines under one control. W hen tiie Chicago meeting of operators instructed John S. Rays, of Sullivan, to obtain options on the propertieb it was stipulated that the pi ices in such options should not be divulged until ail options were haiuied in anu under consideration by the executive committee. Therefore it is not easy to make an estimate of the total valuation to be placed on the 101 or mor." n,ms " the State. The options, all of yh.ca are sail to have been secured, run for four months. While the yearly contracts for the sale of ccal run from May 1, and perhaps 1 p r cent, of the bituminous and i"5 per cent, of the block coal is sold on yearly contracts the trust company will not attempt to alter these contracts. The purpose is to be in readiness for next year. The miners' officials welcome the big company. President an Horn says it will be much more satisfactory to deal with a central organization. The promoters of the company sav that instead of it being an object of" the" company to light the United MjRe Worker?, the desire is to deal with that organization. Trouble Temporarily Rrldged Over. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TEREK HAUTE, Ind., May -21.-The strike complication at the mines of the Island Coal Company in Greene county has been temporarily adjusted by the creation of a board of arbitration. Several weeks ago the firemen at the mines, where 500 miners were at work, objected to their pay at $43 a month and demanded $34, the amount paid at other mines in the State. The coal company said that the annual wages contract called for $13 as that was the amount paid firemen the first six months- of the previous scale year. The miners refused to accept this view, and each party to the contention appointed two members of an arbitration board. Whllo these were trying to agree on the fifth member, the firemen accused the company of trying to delay arbitration, and quit work, forcing the closing of the mines. The company then refused to arbitrate while the men remained out. Yesterday Prof. Lake, of the Terre Haute High School, was selected as the fifth arbitrator and the men returned to work pending a decision, which Is expected on Faturdaj . MACCADF.CS KLKCT OFFICKHS. 3IIlo Meredith, of Wnbnh, In Agnln the State Commander. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTK, Ind., May' 21. The great camp of Knights of Maccabees of Indiana convened here to-day, in biennial session. The report of Great Commander MilMeredith, ns summarized In thi morning's Journal, was presented and approved. The election of officers resulted as follows: Milo Meredith. Wabish, commander; Enoch Myers, Rochester, lieutenant commander; J. W. Replogle. Goshen, record keeper; Adam R. Wise, Plymouth, fin an,keeper; Dr. A. J. Irwin. Goshen, medical examiner; George II. Snyder. Auburn, chaplain; P. A. Ever, sergeant; W. R. Reck. New Albany, master at arms; William Murgi, Alexandria, first ftmrd; W. S. Flynn. Cromwell, second guard; R. R. Va,fbrustrlck, Tipton, sentinel; J. p. Schauntssee, Fnirmount, picket. George A. Astrv, of Indianapolis, will be a delegate to tha Supreme Tent, and Dr. J. I). Nichols, of Indianapolis, alternate. It -is generally admitted that, although Indianapolis and Terre Haute are still in the race for the next meeting. South Rend will capture the prize. Rain interfered with the parade, but Mm men were in line. At a great public meeting to-night addresses were made by Supreme Commander I). P. Markey. of Port Huron. Mich.; Grea Commander Parker, of Ohio; Supreme Record Keeper George J. Se'gcl. of Michigan; Supreme Ixidy Commander Lilian Hollister. of Detroit, and Supreme I.ndv Record Keeper P.ina West, of port Huron. Mic'i. The Iady Maccabees of Indiana, in session to-day selected officers ns follows: Eebrkah Vollbilder. Hammond, past commander; Grace Meredith. WäKash. commander; Rva Doolittle. South Rend, lieutenant commander; Lucy Parrill. Fairmount, record keeper; Irene Sprav. SvraDl PL1 C Til W A R It A TS. They Are Giviiior a ninekfnrd County Trmleo Much Trouble. Fjeelal to the Indiarjapli Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. May 21. Cyrus Neff. the Republican trustee of Harrison township, this county, who succeeded Trustee Frank Messncr. a Democrat, is having considerable trouble In adjusting the affairs of the township owing to the numerous orders issued by Mcrsner, which he has refused to settle. M. N. Johnson, of Anderson, sold Mosmk r a sheet Iron stove for each school room in the township nt $15". One stove had been paid for and an order for $4v was held by Johnson, due on July 23. l.'l. Neff refustel to aree to pay it and a few days ago he received a nolle from the Sunimittville bank that an order wn,s held by the bank for four stoves and S'"20. It was stated that it was given originally to M. N. Johnston by Trustee Messrer on Jan. 21. l.'n. Messner left no record of the warrent on his books, but there Is one recorded for Jito. The stoves ar' of little value and only one has been set up and accepted, but the cost so far foots lip $1.240. Trusiee Neft alo says that soon .after he tok the otfice a warrant for $47..a was presented for payment, which had b en allowed by the former advisory board for bells, maps, etc., and it was paid by him. Soon afterward another warrant turned up it the Mann eher bank that was a duplicate of the one paid, except in that it called for 7" cents more, ant thure was r.o record of it handed down to Neff by the former trustee. Thus both warrants "were duplicated and there is no r cord of the duplicates. Trustee N ff has refused to pay them and any effort to collect them will be resist d in the courts. A thorough Investigation will be made and prosecutions probably will fellow. Rx-Trustee Messner lias since been in nio employ of M. N. Johnson. MOT AT A SHOW. Farmer ( rnrk Head to Pay f:r He Inx Fieeeed by Hit "fJ nil tern." PjuMil tu the lnManapollft J.jutr.nl. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. .May 21.-.U the afternoon performance of the Hurkskin Pill show here this afternoon there was a desperate tight between farmers and the rowboya. and for a time it looked as If there would be a big riot The farmer were led I by Joseph Feaster and hl son John, and

ver r n lain- iVnV irö ett M lf to furnish patrons w ith gas. Second t?nnlV ? the rat(i demanded was considered too high. miseJs'nt irS s- M-Trv Hrar'fronl C,t' being yj cents per thousand. The Council Snl-IM,? CU V'uuM nlder a measure at 10 or 12 cents unci. ;ua i.ic.gn, la pool, picket. lf- the ,.onip.,ny v.-ould pledge itself to sup-

half a dozen head? were cracked before order was restored by the police. The f irmers are said to have been Ileceed out of fully J1.1 by the gambling contingent which is following the show, who plied their calling boldly and were not interfered with by the otiicers.

AT IIIS IlOYllOniPS HOUR. ien. I, other Hare, Itemeuer of I.leut. 'Minore, YKitiiiK in ob!evHIe. Special t lhf Indianapolis Journal. NOELESVILLR, Ind.. May 21.-Rrig. Gen. Luther Hare and his father, ex-Congressman Sila Hare, formerly of Texas, but now of Washington, are visiting in this city. General Hare was born in Noblesville and has many relatives here. He Is a graduate of West Point and has seen much army life. lie was sent to the Philippines as a colonel, but comes back a brigadier general, having merited the promotion by heroic service in rescuing the Gilmore party from death and starvation in the Philippines. General Hare believes that the Islands are a valuable possession as a base for American operations in directing and shaping world affairs. He says they are very rich anil capable of wonderful development; that the people are naturally bright and very eager to acquire an education: that Aguina;oo h.is bo-n tired e)f the war for a year, is thoroughly whipped and will cause no further trouble; that the rebellion is suppressed, but that quite a number of soldiers will be required to keep down brigandage that has been a curse to the Island for two hundred years; that t"he Filipinos may be capable of self-government In time, but that in their present state of mind they are inclined to believe that liberty means license. Asked if Americans could live in the tropics General Hare answered that a white man can live anywhere in the world, but that he must adopt some of the ways of the natives. Among the habits of the Filipinos is the "laying off" during the heat of the day and doing much work at night. General Hare leaves here to-morrow for New York, where his family now is. Franklin College Commencement. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN, Ind., May 21. The programme for Franklin College commencement week has been announced and Is as follows: Thursday evening, June 6, exercises of the music graduates; June 9, (mornIngi, missionary sermon by the Rev. J. W. Potter, A. M., of Grecnsburg; afternoon, memorial prayer meeting; evening, baccalaureate sermon by President Stott; June 10. examinations In forenoon, prize readings in afternoon, exercises of graduating class in the evening; June 11. lield day exercises and board meeting; evening, intevsoeiety entertainment: June 12. alumni mass meeting; stockholders' meeting; evening, alumni address by Judge G. W. Grubbs, LL. D.. of Martinsville; June 13, morninpr. comemncement followed by alumni dinner; faculty reception in the evening, lt is probable there will be a number of social affairs during the week. New Oil Field Opened. Spt-cial to the Indianapolis Journal. DELPHI. Ind.. May 21.-The first oil well near this city was drilleel into the Trenton reck at depth of 912 feet at 10 o'clock this morning, and at 4 this evening oil had risen to a height of Soo feet and was still tdowly ning. The 'product is a heavy lubricating oil, with some petroleum, and a representative of the Standard Oil Company, who has been watching developments, left at once for Lima. O.. with a sample for analysis, tut said he regarded it the best oil yet discovered in the State. Other wells will be started at once. This well probably will yield thirty barrels daily. Freie Prenne lleeome Democratic. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., May 21. The control of the Freie Presse, the leading German dally here, has passed into Democratic hands. Republicans have, for a long time, held a controlling interest in the stock, but still found it difficult to keep the paper in line for Republican candidates. They therefore concluded to sell out to the Democrats Interested In securing the majority of the stock. They accepted 50 cents on the dollar. It is understood that Senator Fleming negotiated the deal, and that ultimately the Freie Fresse and the Staats-Zeltung, the other German daily, will be consolidated. Will FlKht the "Heady Print" Honses. S ecial to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind.. May 21. The northern division of the Independent Editorial Association of the State met here to-day with about twenty-five editors present. The object of the meeting was to select a repsntative to attend a meeting of the southern division, to be held in Rloomlngton next week, when it is expected that some cieHr.ite action will be taken by the countiy publishers to fight the ready print and plate houses, which they say are charging exorbitant prices. C. M. Walter, of the RosMville Populist Journal, was selected the representative. Prore.Ivciie. nt Anderson. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., May 21. Never in the history of Anderson has such a spirit of progressiveness been manifest by the Council as at the session last night. In all, fourteen streets were ordered paved with brick, sidewalks constructed of cement, antl sewer extensions made in many parts of the city and a large addition to the electric liut plant ordered. Most of the work was upon petition, and but few remonstruturs were in evidence. The contracts will be awarded early in June. Meter Ordinance Killed. Sj.eci.al t:i tho Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Jnd., May 21. The City Council last night rejected an ordinance providing for meter measurement of natural gas. The ordinance was killed for two reasons. Fust the gas company did not obligate Uply patrons as long as gas exists, as the present ordinance provides. Illüh School Student SiiMpciuled. Src!sl to the Ir.'lianapolis Journal. ANDRRSON, Ind.. May 21. More than ordinary interest centers in the probable outcome of the action of the school authorities regarding the "bolt" of a portion of the siiiior class from school last week. This morning those who bolted presented themselves ut High School and were sent home with the understanding that they had been Mispcuded and need not report until they were sent for. Sick In Smyrna, Ania. Special to th. Indianas oli Journal. WARASII. Ind., May 21. A letter was re ccived from the Rev. J. S. Grant, the well- j known Christian minister of this city, who is traveling in Asia, st itir.g that he is conhnel to his bed in the Reaconstield Hospital at Smyrna. For three wee ks he hud been very ill of typhoid fever and wos lorced t abandon part of h.is trip. He is Improving slowly and will continue his journey. Last Payment to Creditors. Srecial to the Indianapolis Journal. REDFORD, Ind.. May 21. D. W. Parker, trustee of the W. C. Winstandly Redfcrd Rank, which failed a few years ago, has made his final report In the affairs of that i: stiti.tion. and lias been discharged. The last payment is now ready for distribute n nmon;? the creditors, which will be tö-Vi of 1 per cent., making a total of 2; per cent, palu to the creditors. Mnrailiim Plant Sold. Sfocial to the Indianapolis! Journal. MONON. Ind., May 21. The sale of tho Indiana Macadam and Construction Comjany's big plant here, which has been pending for several days, was completed yesteriUv. The purchaser Is Edward llealy, of Louisville, Ky.. and the price paid is jii.fnO. The now management assumes all contracts held by the old firm and a larger force of workmen will shortly be added. Mrs. RlUnbeth Hopkins Very 111. Prectal to th IndlanoiHs Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., May 21.-News comes from Zanesvllle, O., that Mrs. Elizabeth Hopkins Is in very poor health. She Is r.inety-seven years old. Sho lived here many years and served as matron or Larlham

College for several terms. She Is a sister of tiie late Daniel R. Crawford, of this city.

Indiana Obituary. ALEXANDRIA, Ind.. May 21.-I)r. R. A. Line died at 2 o'clock this morning, after a long illness. Dr. Line was seventy years of ae. and was among the early settlers of Madison county. He was always an ective. and leading citizen. Indiana .Vole. K. L. McShotky has passed the mental and physical examinations for admission to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. The Crawfoidsvilie Council has eonP:acted with J. M. Waugh to lay about nine miles of tile sewer, at a cost of $22,Ö'Tj. D. W. Norton iV- Co.. ef Terre Haute, hav been awarded the contract to construct ir.v"0 yards of street pavement in Crawlorusvilie, at a cost of about öO,iiO. Fourteen students were graduated from the Redford High School' last night. Tho exercises were held in the new Stone City Opera House. The exercises will be continued to-night. Win. fc Mahurin. architects and contractors of Fort Wiync. have had their plans and tender accepted for the construction of the Elkhart Carnegie Library, at a cost of p),iHjo. Mrs. Rebecca Crowder is dangerously ill a i her home in Sullivan. She is prominent in W. C. T. r. and W. K. C. work. She i the wife of W. H. Crowder, formerly ptesident of the Sullivan County Bank. Monticello IIit;h School will hold its twentieth commencement on Friday night. May 3i. Fifteen students will be graduated. The address (o the class will be by the Rev. W. P. Kane, president of Wabash College. The wholesale merchants' board of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce arrived at Connersville yesterday morning and remained about an hour. They were entertained by the Manufacturers' Club and driven about the city In carriages. The Sisters of Providence of St. Mary's Academic Institute, at St. Mary's, Vigo county, have issued invitations to the sixtieth commencement of the school, on Wednesday morning, June 1! Tuesday, the cay preceding, will be alumni day. The mayor of Alexandria has called a meeting of the City Council, business men and manufacturers to arrange to entertain the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, which will be there on Thursday. They are making their ninth trade-extension ex cursion. A class of fifteen will be graduated from tiie Connersville High School Thursday evening. The exercises will be held in the Andr? Theater. Last evening the literary and musical entertainment given by members of the High School was largely attended. The annual banquet of the Chicago Alumni Association of Wabash College will be held at the University Club, in Chicago, en tho evening of Monday, May 27. Charles II. Leech is president of the association. Charles Washington Moores, of Indianapolis, class of !S2, will respond to the toast, "Parasangs and Things." Oscar Henderson, of Sullivan county, wh) was arrested at Worthlngton on Monrlay, cn the charge of passing counterfeit silver dollars, was given a hearing at Terre Haute yesterday before Cnited States Commissioner lllggins, who put him under bond of $.'00, which was given. Henderson has served one sentence for the crime of which he is accused. Logan Roll, of Indianapolis, an employe in the factory of the Anderson Carriage Company, was seriously injured at the factory yesterday afternoon. Ho was engaged in hoisting a load of wheeis and axles ta an upper story, when an axle caught on the lioor and a heavy plank struck him on tho lit ad, knocking him off the. elevator. Hi3 head was badly cut and lie was otherwise badly injured. NINE-HOUR DAY. (CONTU'DKD J'Ri FJPvST PAGJR.) the meeting a feeling of confidence was prevalent among those present that it would not be long before their demands were acceded to. The machinists at the J. R. Allfree Manufacturing Company went out yesterday. The machinists in the employ of Louis Rexroth will return to work this morning, he having signed the agreement for nine hours and an advance of 121,. per cent, in wages yesterday. A Satisfactory Agreement. A satisfactory agreement has been signed by the Atlas engine works and the International Association of Allied Metal Mechanics. The company has signed the proposition submitted by the metal workers May 8, asking for an increase in wages, nine hours a day and overtime. The men will receive an Ircrease of 121 r1" cent, in wages, and all the other propositions have been agreed to. The members of the association say they have been treated with a great deal of consideration by the Atlas engine works, having been promised from the first that they would be fairly treated. They are greatly pleased over their success. I., I). M W. Machinists Quit Work. The twenty-live machinists working for the I., D. & W. Railroad Company quit work yesterday morning and the five coppersmiths and steam fitters struck with them. A committee of the machinists ctnferred with Superintendent Graves on Monday, and at his request gave him until Thursday to communicate with President Woodford in New York. Afterward, however, the men thought the superintendent wa trying to get the work on hand disposed of so that he could refuse their demands, and they therefore notified the committee that they would not abide by its action. Full Settlement at Washington. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Ind., May 21. The meeting of machinists of the Raltimore Sc Ohio Southwestern Railway, held in this city yesterday and last night, resulted in sending a committee to Cincinnati to confer with a committee representing the machinists of the Raltimore A: Ohio Southwestern Railway shops, at Chillicothe, O., with a view to Induce them to act in conjunction with the men here In regard to the demanded increase of wages from 24 to 2$ cents. Word was received from Cincinnati to-night that the difficulty has been fdjusted, though the terms of the agreement have nut been announced. Tho 200 men affected here are jubilant over the outcome, and will return to work in tho morning. AMALGAM ATRl) ASSOCIATION. Important Convention of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. May 21. What Is considered perhaps the most important convention in the history of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers began here to-day, with 2. delegates present. The convention Immediately went Into secret session. President T. J. Shaffer speaking of the work to come before the convention, said to-day: "There are many important resolutions affecting the constitution which are to come up. but I cannot say which ones are considered the most important. I am looking for the appointment of a committee by this convention which will revise the constitution to meet changed conditions. This has ne ver been e.one b fore In the history ot the association." The wage committee has practically completed its work, but Its report will "not be presented until the last of the week. Its suggestions as to tbe scale are being kept very quiet, but there Is little reason to think that any material changes are to be made. Its recommendation on the trust question and other subjects are, however, important. It is probable one or two days will be devote. by the convention to the discussion of tills report. At the n;vn session this afternoon President Shaffr in the course of a response to Mayor Rose's welcome made some remarks with reference to the United State steel corporation. He said: "We fear not the trust because, after all. organizations and combines, wh'thtr of individuals, enterprises, commodities or capital, are un-d-r the watchful eye and guarding hand of th- ruler of all cations ami molder of all destinies. If anything we demand above everything else, that producers of wealth and possessors of wealth b placed together on a common level, that one's ha nil clasps the othe r and that they say Make up.' " Strike of Switchmen. BUFFALO. May 21. All the switchmen emp!oe.l In the Leh'','h Valley Railroad y.:rd.' in this ciiy struck to-night. The exact number of men who went out could not be learned, but the strike had the effect of stopping the movement of freight in the yards. In consequence of the strike it is j.ail a number of engineers and firemen had been made idle because there were no twitchmen to handle trains. The strike of the switchmen, although not directly con-

r.ctd wiih that of the machinists, arose trorn a situation created by the going out of th latter body of men. It seems that since Monday, according l- the machinists, the yards of the Ihigh have been patroled by policemen. The switchmen objected to working under police protection and struck. So frr as known the switchmen have no grievance of their own.

Conductor Mny Adjourn To-IJny. ST. PA PL. Minn., May 21.-The Order of Railway Conductors hopes to complete the work of the biennial convention to-morrow with the choice of a place for the meeting of KmXJ and election of officers. Cincinnati .'(ems to be well in the lead for the place. There seems little doubt of the re-election ci Granri Chit f Conductor R. K. Clarke, of Ft dar Rapids, but Grand Secretary and Treasurer W. J. Maxwell will have a race for his position. W. R. Miller, of Sedalia. Mo., seeks the place. There is no known opposition to A. R. Garrison, the present assistant grand chief conductor, but Chat.. A. Wilkins, grand senior conductor, finds himself opposed by T. S. McRec. of McComb. Miss., at present grand outside sentinel. Switchmen In Inn. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 2l.-The appointment of committees and the reading of otiicers reports occupied the attention of the delegates to the convention of tho Switchmen's Union of North America today. Grand Master Hawley's report showed the growth of the order in the past year to have been phenomenal. Among the president's recommendations is one favoring compulsory insurance. The membership of the union is approximately 2,r0a. and the amount in the treasury J21.00. Hot Springs. Ark., and Denver are candidates for the next convention. Five Hundred Men and Uoys Idle. riTTSVILLK, Pa., May 21. Hammond colliery, at Girardville, operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, is idle because union men refuse to work with Dennis Curley, a contractor, who took a contract to drive a hole to be UFed as a pumpway without including tbe 1C per cent, advance paid by the company last October. Five hundred men and boys are idle. Woodworkers Threaten to Strike. ST. LOUIS. Mo., May 21. By the unanimous vote of woodworkers employed in St. Louis planing mills, it has been decided to call a general strike unless the unions' demand for a nine-hour working day is complied with before Wednesday morning. The strike would involve between 1,200 and 1,400 workmen. FLOODS AND A TORNADO VAX I ER KILT'S 51 OD EL. VI I.LAGK OF IIILTMUIU' LM)EIl WATEH. Asheville, X. C, In Darkness IlrUlj?en and Hallway Traeks Washed Out (louses Wrecked. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, May 21. Heavy rain fell to-day In Asheville and the surrounding country. Bridges are gone and many roads are impassable. The water is up to the floors in many dwellings and has reached the fires in the electric light plant. The city is in darkness. The waters of the French Rroad and Swananoa rivers have reached the highest point on record. At Riltmore the Soutnern Railway tracks are washed out of place and they are twisted into all sorts of shapes. Hundreds of Asheville people flocked to Riltmore to-day to see the damage done to the ideal village of Mr. Vanderbilt. One row of cottages was flooded and the people forced to move their belongings to the upper floors. Small trestles at Riltmore and on the main line of the Southern and of the Spartanburg & Xsheville roads were washed away and no trains will be operated on either line before to-morrow. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 21. An unprecedented rain has fallen in upper East Tennessee, sweeping away bridges and washing out railway tracks. Trains from North Carolina are blocked. Trains from Chattanooga are also delayed by a washout at Athens. The latest reports from points north and east of Knoxville state that the streams are swollen above anything ever known. All telephone and telegraph communication in that direction is now broken, the wires being down. Tornado in North Carolina. CHARLOTTE. N. C. May 21: A tornado struck Fort Mill, S. C, at 6 o'clock this morning and followed the Catawba river to Mountain Island. The office building of the Charlotte Rrlck Company at Fort Mill was blown away, leaving nothing but the grounel floor on which rested the safe. Many small houses were blown down, but nr livt-s were lost. At Mountain Island three houses were blown down, including the residence of James Vanpelt. There was great destruction of timber and much damage to farms. Two Persons Drowned. PUEBLO, Col., May 21. The flood which last night washed out a Denver & Rio Grande Railway bridge over St. Charle3 creek, ten miles south of Pueblo, submerging a passenger train, caused the death of two persons at Reulah, twenty miles far ther up the stream. Mr. and Mrs. J. Rrown, ot Avondale, who were occupying a cabin in the canyon for the summer, were drowned. The escape of the eighteen passengers from the wiecked train was marvelous. FOR AGRICULTURISTS. Xcw College Dediented at I'rlmnn, III. -Lartje and Well Equipped. URBANA, 111.. May 21. The new College of Agriculture recently erected here was dedicated to-day, the ceremonies being participated in by a notable assemblage of agriculturists and the students and faculty of the university of Illinois. Among the speakers were Thomas F. Hunt, dean of the Agricultural College of Ohio, and Congressman J. G. Cannon. Among the visitors was Mortimer Levering, of Indianapolis, secretary of the International Live Stock exposition. The structure, which was completed last winter and cost $ir.2,ftoo, has two acres of floor space, and is the largest and best equipped agricultural building in the world. Losses by Fire. WICHITA. Kan.. May 21. The Santa Fo freight house, through an electric wire, caught fire to-night and burned to the grejund. It .was stored to its utmost capacity with freight. The loss cannot be definitely estimated, but it is said It will reach Jjn.ooo. Division headquarters, which adjoins the freight house, was saved by the heroic work of the firemen. GLRNDIVE. Mont., May 21. The Northern Pacific Railroad Company's large warehouse, in which was stored pounds of wool, tools and supplies, caught fire at 7:.13 o'clock this evening, presumably from a locomotive spark, and was destroyed. The total loss will reach $l,tr., partly Insured. More Porto IllcntiM Start for Ilnwnll. SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. May 21. Nine hundred emigrants embarked on the steamer California at Guanica fer Hawaii to-day, leaving four hundred more ready to sail. Joyous manifestations accompanied the departure of the emigrants. Fourteen weddings and forty-eight baptisms took place Sunday. Th emigration ajrents are spending, It Is estimated, about JMco jn recruiting and maintaining the emigrants. Favorable reports from Hawaii have caused u continuation o' the e.nigr.iti jn. Pncknue Containing: ipK.w0 MImnIiik. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. May 21. -A package containing Js.0:O in currency consigned bv registered mall by the National Bank o"f Commerce to a bank in Great Rend. Kan., has disappeared and detectives are working on the theory that lt wai stolen by a postal clerk. The mall pouch indicated that lt had been tampered with.

FITZ JOHN PORTER DEAD

I'AMOIS GENERAL SICCFJIIIS DIABETES IX EV JERSEY. TO His Services in Two Wars, CourtMartial and Vindication Death of C. A. Routelle Other Obituary. NEW YORK, May 21.-General FItz John Porter died at his home in Morristown, N. J., to-day from chronic diabetes. He was seventy-nine years of age. General Porter's funeral will take place from Trinity Church, this city, on Saturday. The pall bearers will be Gen. Alexander S. Webb, Gen. James I. Schofield, Lieut. Royal Farragut. Col. David Porter Heath. Col. Edward Wright, Gen. William R. Franklin. Major C. C. McConnell, Gen. Stephen Webb, Gen. A. M. Clark. Gen. Daniel ButterfieM. Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain, ex-Mayor Hewitt anl ex-Mayor Grace of New York. Theodore Lord. Jonn Bussitt. Anson Maltby and Charles Bacon. Major General Brooke, commander of the department of the East, will have entire charge of the military arrangements for the funeral. Titz John Porter was born in Portsmouth, N. II., on June 13. 1S22, the son of Commander John Porter, U. S. N. He was graduated with honor from West Point, In 1SI5. As second lieutenant of the Fourth Artillery he fought in Mexico at the battla of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Molino del Key, in the sieges of Vera Cruz and Chapultepec, and in the capture of Mexico, where he was wounded. His services won him distinction, and he was successively brevetted as captain and major. He was appointed Instructor of artillery and cavalry at West Point in the year 1SW, and served as assistant adjutant general of the Utah expedition from 157 to 160. When the civil war broke out he was in Texas. Returning with the troops under his charge, he received a command in Pennsylvania, with the duty of keeping the roaiis to Washington open. As the result ot his vigilance ana independence, the Missouri volunteers were mustered in when telegraphic communication between tit. Louis and Washington and the safety of the arsenal oi tet. Louis were threatened by the secessionists. In order to accomplish this useiul service he telegraphed the necessary order in the name of the secretary of war, who highly complimented him on his readiness or resource. Alter serving for a time as chief of staff with General Patterson, he was appointed commander of division In the newly-organized Army of the Potomac, in which capacity he captured Yorktown. As commander ot the Fifth Army Corps he fought in the battles of New Bridge, Hanover Courthouse, Gaines's Mills, Turkey Bridge and Malvern, and was promoted to major general of volunteers and brevet brigadier general in the regular army. v hen the peninsula was abandoned by the Army of the Potomac, General Porter was assigned a command under General Pope. He reported on the 20th of August, ls&i. The second battle of Bull Run was fought during the closing days of the same month and it was charged against Porter by General Pope that he was guilty of disobedience of orders and misbehavior before the enemy during the progress of tnis conflict. Aug. 27-2:. The consequence was a court-martial trial, which was begun on the 1st of December, lv;2, and ended on the 10th of January ensuing. General Porter was found guilty of the charges made against him and sentenced to be cashiered and "forever eiisqualified from hokling any office of trust or profit under the government of the United States." He soon after began business in New York city, which he relinquished to become superintendent of the construction of the New Jersey Insane Asylum. In 175 he was appointed a commissioner of public works in New York. Ever since his conviction General Porter had worked Indefatlgably to bring about a reversal of the sentence pronounced against him. President Hayes appointed a commission to inquire into the case. This commission exonerated Porter from blame in the matters upon which he had been found delinquent by the court-martial. This opinion was adopted by General Grant, and accepted by the country and he was lifted, from disgrace. In speaking of General Porter's conduct. General Grant. In 18S1, said that lf Porter had been in command at Rull Run the war would have come to an end then and there. Since ISM? General Forter has been prominent in the business life of New York. CHARLES ADDISON DOt'TELLE. Former Member of Conjure Ends Hin DayM In McLean Hnnpltnl. BOSTON, May 21. Former Representative Charles A. Routelle, of Rangor, Me., died to-day at the McLean Asylum, Waverly, where he had been confined for a year with brain trouble. Death was due primarily to pneumonia, which developed last Sunday. Mr. Routelle's daughter Grace, who has been at the head of the household since her mother's death in 1S92, was at the bedside to-day. Mr. Routelle was sixty-two years of age, and on his retirement from Congress last winter was placed on the retired list of the navy as a captain, an office to which he w?.s eligible by reason of civil war and congressional service. Three daughters survive. Mr. Routelle's Illness dates from Dec. 21, IV;, when he was seized by a fit of unconsciousness while at a hotel in this city. He was carried to his room ami later became delirious. At midnight it was announced that Mr. Boutelle was suffering from an attack of congestion of the brain, which, it was hoped, would lie only temporary. Later Mr. Boutelle was taken to his home in Rangor, but immediately returned to McLean Asylum, where he had since remained. His mental condition, it is said, had improved considerably. Charles Addison Routelle was born at Damariscotta, Me., on Feb. 9, 1S39; was educated in the Brunswick public rchools and at Yarmouth Academy; became a shiibullder under his father; made several foreign voyages and in 1S62 enlisted in the United States navy; served in the North and South Atlantic and West Gulf squadrons, participating In several blockades and battles; rose to commander's rank and was honorably discharged in January of WA. After a short business career in New York he became editor and later proprietor of the Bangor Whig anu Courier; entered Congress in l.SSO and served continuously until the last session, when falling health compelled his resignation. The last Congress confirmed his appointment as a captain in the United States navy, retired. Col. L. C. Bullock. NEW YORK. May 21. Colonel L. C. Bullock, a California pioneer of the early lifties. and formerly well known in shipping circles on the Pacific eoaH, died of heart disease at his residence in this city to-dfty, after a long illness, the end being probably hastened by an intervening attack of pneumonia. Cok-nel Bullock was born in Sturbridge, Mass., in lviS. When twenty years old, with a few companions, he crossed the continent in an old stagecoach. He was appointed sheriff of Placer county. California, and later was made title and land commissioner of that State. At the outbreak of the war he organized a regiment and went to the front as a colonel, servfor two years. Then he went into shipping, and became the owner of several vessels plying to China and Australia. About, fifteen years ago he went to Washington, where he represented several Western iron works of San Francisco. Sir John Edmund Commerell. LONDON, May 21. Sir John Edmund Commerell, admiral o"f the fleet from P32 to IS'j-J, is dead. He was born in lZK Dniigerou Trip in a War Canoe. VICTORIA. B. C. May 21. J. C. Vose. a seafaring man. who two years ago started from here in the yacht Xora for Paris, but abandoned the trip at Panama. left to-day on a similar expedition, but this time in an Indian war canoe, which has been decked over and lilted with sails and made thoroughly seaworthy. He will be aocompanied by Norman Luxton. a news-pajK.-r man. formerly of Winnipeg and Milwaukee. They will visit the South seas, Australia. South Africa anl Great Britain. Suicide of a Tobacco Dealer. LEXINGTON. Ky.. May 21.-Horace W. Means, of this city, one of the bestknown tobacco dealers In Central Kentuck, committed suicide in the stable lot In the rear of hi boarding house at 1 o'clock last night. He rired a bullet entirely through his body-below the heart. Ha was despondent on account of ill htsJUi.

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The escipe was effected through the assistance afforded the prisoner by a confederate who was nominally an examining physician going under the name of Dr. Masurkewitsch. Hie latter got employment a? a physician in the prlon by means of forged diplomas with the express purjose o liberating Filezki. Both men have dis ippeared. According to a dispatch from 'St. Petersburg to the Berliner Neueste Nachrichten engineers have laid before M. Dewitte, the Russian minister of finance, plans for coniicctlng the Black sea with the Caspian bea by a canal vc-rsts long and costing i'.O-'O.Ot'O roubles. The government shipyards, at "Wilhelmshaven, according to the Berliner Post, will be enlarged to enable the construction of war ships of lü.OoO tons. The work will require a year. Dr. Von Leuthold. Emperor William's physician, recently asserted, when discussing the Weiland atta'-k. that a variation of a quarter of an inch In the location of thj wound would have cost the Kaiser his life. The imperial family will settle in the new palace nt Potsdam Saturday next. The Berliner Tageblatt and the National Zeitung publish extracts from a recent interview with Secretary Gage, in a Chicago newspaper, and dwell with satisfaction upon ".Mr. Gage's admission that the United States will have to make concessions to foreign countries if they wish to extend their exports." Victims of na Avalanche. MILAN, May 21. The village of Aurenza has been partially destroyed by an avalanche. The number of fatilitles is not yel known, but already lilteen corpses have been recovered. ("utile Votcn. It is officially announce! that Qufcn Draga. of Servia, yesterday resumed her place at the royal table. President Krrazuriz. of Chile, has another severe attack of paralysis. had Ills case is consideied to be very serious. The Pope yesterday received in audience Mgr. O'Connell, bishop of Portland. Me., lormcrly rector of the American Colleg-3 at Rome. Complete returns from the elections of the new Spanish Chamber c.f Deputies show 2'V Ministerialists and ll'J members of the opposition. Three Russian officers have born sentenced in default to six months' imprisonment for in: pping Nagasaki harbor in th-3 vicinity of the fortifications. Celebrating tho centennial of the Imperial Council on Monday the Czar, in an autograph letter, promised to reorganlzo the Council on modern Ilm s, so as to facilitate the transaction of business. In the Bankruptcy Court at London yesterday a receiving order was made against Sir Kills Ashmead-Bartlett. member of Parliament, formerly a civil b.rd of the Admiralty. The liabilities amount to L'Jd.Q1). "Italy has demanded satisfaction from Turkey." my? the Rome correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle, "for tbe death o: Decrocis, the Italian, who was summarily shot by the Sultan's order on suspicion of beins an emissary of tho young Turkey purty." The House of Commons to-day, by 7.00 to VZi votes, rejected the motion of Sir Henry Fowler. Liberal, which was supported by the Liberal leaders, disapproving the budget proposals. Mr. Balfour, the government leader, announced that the government would regard the adoption of the motion as a vote of noncontidence. The Irish ab stained from voting. The delegations were received by Era reror Francis Joseph at the Hofburg in Vienna yesterday with the usual ceremonies. Replying to the addresses presented the Kmperor emphasized the "con. tinuanoe of the unaltered cordial relationship of all the empires allied with us." and "the friendly relations of all the power,' deducing from this gratifying political situation the Just hope that peace will continue to be maintained. The remainder of bis Majesty's speech was without International importance. Count Bonl de Castcllane. who has barely re-covered from his illness, announces bis intention to raise an Important question la the French Chamber of Deputies. He wrote tr. M. Delcasse. the foreign minister, asking him to tlx a day for an Interpellation on the re-cent events at Metz, which Immediately followed M. Deleasse'a visit to 8t. 1 ctersburg. Count Bonl alludes to ths presence of the Russian ambassador at the Kmperor s review at Metz In honor of the Czar's birthday, which has made a disagreeable impression in France. The Belgian Senate, yesterday, by a vot of 37 to -J. rejected a resolution introduced by M. Lafontaine. Socialist, declaring In favor of the Transvaal and regretting that Belgium was powerless to do anything In the matter. The foreign minister, replying to the recusations made during the debate, that British soldiers have massacred Bor women and children and had otherwise Illtreated the Boers, said Great Britain had carried ivilization to all the countries of the world and had everywhere defended liberty of the person and of conscience. ('rover Cleveland at Home. PRINCKTON. N. J.. May 21 . Kx-Pres-!d nt Grover Cleveland arrived here lat this atternoon from New York. He has lcn on a ten days' fihlrg trip to Mi Id's Pass island, near Toledo, and appeared to be in excellent health. He returned on account of the ll'.ress of bis daughter I-sthcr. who hau diphtheria. The phyMclan in attendance at the Cleveland tome reports no change In Father's condition. II bid he could not predict how soon shs would be bettsr, but lt expecting an la proveacnt any hour.

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