Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 237, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1901 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1001.

Cempanv cannot be disregarded. "I will friv to them," hull Mr. Tighe. "Hint a contt.irt like this or Mr. ft hoM watrr wh'n Its e-l : rvrtiii o mean the v ry death of the organization whw m mb' r entered Into Jt. J t..'!iMf my view will prevail. an-1 that Fouth Chlergo will j-un the strike." A!oTiir.it n:rt: ri:siuii.

311trlirll 31a Itenreient the Civic Federation nn 3I-liutor. riTTSIirUC, - Au:. l. A new ieace story coming from, a high labor authority la to the effect that the Civic Federation wiil undertake to bring about a FOttlcment of the strike nnd that John Mitchell, national pre.-d lent of the Miners'. Union, will hn the rnomhpiece. It is known that Mi. Mitt-hell ha? declined to encourage a sympathetic itiike, of the miners, but he has offered every all possible to the Amalgamated Association. The gentleman who tells the story says President Mitchell will return to this city within a day or so, when active steps will bo taken. Joseph Ulshop. secretary of the Ohio State Arbitration IJoard, arrived here this evening, and his presence lendd color to the report. To-day the Amalgamated Association succeeded in forming a new lodge among the workmen at the DiKjuesne plant of the Carnegie Company, and one -f thu new members, not knowing he was talking to a newspaper man. li.oic reetly made the itatenient that a strike had been ordered At that riant to b'.gin at once. Hi? version is that the- men when they left the plant to-night arti not to cturn Sunday night. No soec-Mc ronnrmation of the story can be had to-night. Mayor rick. of MeKcesport, It is said, more in twenty-five prominent strikers tonight to ferve aj extra policemen. This nation wps taken because Superintendent "William I'itcock. of the Demmler tin plat works, notlileci the mayor to-day that the mill would be started on Monday morning and police protection was desired. A telegram from WeUsville to-night fays: "Intere.-t was for a time transferred to Ilust Liverpool thi3 afternoon, where Homer Thompson, Jr., one of the men who went back to work in the Irondale mill, wan arrested on a charge of carrying conceakcr weapons and lined $D.G) by the mayor of that city. After he had been released lie was met at tho depot by a mob, who gave him a frightful beating. When the train arrived J. E. McDonald, a prominent attorney rf that city. assisted Thomson on to the train, and when ha returned to th: depot platform was set upon by a crowd of union potters and run up liroadway to hi olllco with a crowd of 1 men following behind on the dead run t-houting derisively at him. Tho miners employed in tho mines of the American Tin Plate Company at Irondale came out on strike to-day rather than min coal to Th used In operating: the mill nonunion. The strikers claim all the skilled workmen employed in the Irondale plant this afternoon promisedi that they would work no more If they were taken back into the association. This tho strikers promised, and It is hardly probablo that mill will work on Monday unless new men ari imported to operate it." Another HfTort nt South Chlcnsro. . CHICAGO, Aug. 21. In a public meeting to-morrow the steel workers of South Chicago will be appealed to once more to join In the general strike against the United States Steel Corporation. Not only will Assistant Secretary Tigho appeal to them, but also many leaders of organized labor in other trades. To refute all rumors that the Jollet and Milwaukee steel workers are planning to break the strike and go back to work, a dozen delegates from those places will be at the meeting to assure the South Chicago mn of the loyalty of the other Western lodges to the Amalgamated Association and to plead that the recalcitrants shall join them. KnKinrrrs Alwnyi Xenlrnl. CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 21. I, M. Arthur, grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, said when hl.s attention was called to reference to his organization: "Mr. Shaffer lias told the truth. I have never received a letter from him or any one else connected with the Amalgamated Association." When asked about probable action of the Er.4Siih engineers, Mr. Arthur added: "The policy of tho Ilrotherhood of Locomotive Engineer, when others are in conflict with their employers, is one of noninterference Etrictly neutral. This is our position." MiAi'i'nri am) tic; hi:. fttrnleKle 3!otc 1-' the Former Which Failed of Its I'u r pose. Detroit Free Tres. As a man with a cultivated and sensitive conscience Shaffer was stung by the refusal of tho steel workers in South Chicago to go out because they felt it a duty ,to keep their contracts. He knew that they were right and that he. was wrong in asking them to do a wrong that would condemn them before the world. He knew that the constitution ef the association did not require them to thus repudiate PAIR WEATHER TO-DAY. "Wnrmer in -Northern Indiana l'rohnbly Miuers and Cooler Monday. WASHINGTON. Aug. 2!.-Forecast for Sunday and Monday: For Ohio Fair on Sunday; Monday probably showers and cooler; light north to cast winds. For Indiana Fair on Sunday; warmer in northern portion; Monday probably showers ami cooler; light easterly winds. For Illinois Fair on Sunday; warmer in central portion; Monday probably showers and cooler; light cast to southeast winds. Local Himers atlons on Saturday. lUr. The;. U li. Wind. W'ther. Pre. 7 a. m..nu.l.-: '; v; North. Clear. 0.0 7 p. m..w .lJ Ts 51 .orth. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, SJ; minimum temperature, ti. Comparative statement of the mean tcmpeiaturc and total precipitation on Aug. 24: Temp. Tre. Normal 7Ü 0.10 Mean 7.1 0 .CO Departure ! 0.19 l'epartuie Nino Air.?. 1 J i).53 Departure since Jan. 1 M) 3. 10 Plus. KU"! HUI IL SULLIVAN. Observer Temporarily lu Charge. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. Tp. m. Chicago, 111.... 7- 70 Cairo, 111 ') Su 83 Chevenne. Wyo W S3 70 Cincinnati. O 'W SO Concordia. Kan M ?S Davenport, la.... b- jyi iv-s Moines. Ja M M 8i Kansas City, Mo w m Little Hock. Ark 70 12 10 M-trciUcfie. Mich ." Memphis. Tenn :s St Nashville. Tenn 7-1 ?S 2 North riatte. Xt b ta 14 fcS Oklahoma. O. T fx; y Omaha. Neb M !-) S4 l"ittburr. l'a "' 1 la phi CUy, S. I) 2 S'J 73 Salt Eike City M sc. Isolds. Mo '; s" Sprlnsneld. Ill ,s2 7S Spiingtield. Mo t:s : i Vicksburg. Mi.-.i 74 01 as MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. NEW YOIIK. A nr. -4. Arrived: Rotterdam, from Euulcgne and Eotterdam; L'AQultaine. from Havre; Etruria. from IJverpool. Sailed: .Mn.isdam. for ltotterdam, via Houlogne; Mlnnetiaha and Manltau. for Lonlon; Lueania, for Liverpool; "I'hoenKia, for Hamburg; Furrusia, for fj!a?fow. . SOUTHAMPTON. Aug. 21. Arrived: Koe- . nis'n. L.oule, from New ork, rr Urcmen. II A it Ii l IUI, Mg. 21.-Arrivtd: Auguste VktorU. iruni Ne York, for Hremen. QUEENSTOWN. Au?. 24. Ariived: I'mbri.i, from NVw Vork. for Liverpool. fHtHENOC'K. Alii.-. 24. Sailed: City of r.oine, fr;r N-v York, via Movllie. CHEjtnOl'IKL Aug. 24 -Kailed: St. Louis, from Sijuthampton. tor New York. LIVERPOOL. Aug. 21. -Sailed: Eovlc and Camranla, for New York. OENOA. Aug. 2:;. Arrived: Werra, from New York, via Naples. HAVRE. Aur. 24. Sailed: La Champagne, for New York. LONDON. Aug. Cl.-Sailed: Minneapolis, for New York. ANTWERP. Aug. 2L-Ualled; Vaderland, for New York. GLASGOW, Aug. 21.-Arrlved: Assyrian, from JJoston.

what every honeM man -regards a a bind-. Ir.g obligation, and h also knew that he usurped the nutiiority f tn association when he assc.med to read them out of it. Eut wc are convir.cd that he nevtr thouglit that su- li an emergency would be txu-ountcred, and thereby hangs a tuie which is given for what it is worth. This story runs that '.vlun Shaffer put out a feehr cmorg some of tin. Western Workers h became convinced thit they could not bo induced to strike in violation of their contracts. Und' r such circumstances he did not care to invite a direct slap in the face. Now, Michael F. Tighe Is assistant secretary of the Amalgamated and credited with a warm aspiration to occupy Shaffer's shos as President. So the latter thought it would be a strong strategic move to send Tighe out to do the talking in the West and allow him to receive the blow of defeat. Rut Tighe is an aggressive Irishman with a smooth tongue. After leaving Chicago things came Iiis way. and his stock was loonnd where it was Intended to take a fatal plump. This troubled Shaffer much, and what troubled him mor was the haunting fear that Tiche might even prove equal to having the Chicago men reverse themselves and thus make a roaring farce of what etood as a manly and honorable action. The fact is that Shaffer w.ts drifting before Tlarh went in to complicate matters, nnd was looking for a soft place to land. Eut tho arsistant secretary, who was to conduct bis own downfall, has put temporary ginger Info th game, and now nothing but a masterly coup on the part of the president will restore his lost prestige. Nothing can now restore him In th,- esteem of th3 order rr of the popular judgment except a speedy restoration of pare and prosperity. He evidently recognizes this and serves advance notice that he is going to bring It about. Hut he has done so much thundering in the index that the public can do nothing more lenient than simply await the outcome.

TO BE SOLD OCT. 0. Plttsburs & "Western Hallway to Re Disposed of nt Auction. YOUNGSTOWN, O., Aug. 2i.-Thc United States Circuit Court has ordered the sale of the Tittsburg &. Western Railroad, to take place at Allegheny City Oct. 9 at noon. The foreclosure is for mortgages "held by tho Pittsburg, New Castle & Lake Erie Company amounting to $2U,00O. T. H. Nevin et al., trustees, $al,00o, and tho Mercantile Trim Company, of New York, to securo X10,00O.O;O bonUu. The sale wMIl Include the leases held by the Pittsburg Western on other lines. Changes on the 'Frisco Line. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 21. The 'Frisco road to-day announced the appointment of E. E. DIk as general agent of tho freight and passenger departments at Fort Scott, and W. C. Smith as general agent of the freight and passengor departments at Springfield. Mr. Dlx has been agent for the Memphis & Fort Scott for several years, and Mr. Smith has been agent for the 'Frisco at Springiield for some time. To-day saw the passing of the executive oJHce or the Memphis and the general passenger department. All of the records and fixtures of Mr. Winchells olflce wero shipped to St. Iouls to-night. The office of 11. It. Hammond, now superintendent of maintenance, and the telegraph department, under Superintendent of Telegraph Sprague, will be moved to Springiield between Sept. 1 and 13. The trallle and accounting departments will be moved to St. Louis as soon as room can be provided for them, which may not be much before Oct. L Will Rulid n ew Road. OKLAHOMA CITY', O. T., Aug. 24. Johnson Erothcrs & Faught have deposited a bona with the State National Bank of this city that they will construct a railroad from this city to Acme, Tex., 202 miles, on the survey that was made for the Oklahoma City & Western Railway, and that the actual construction shall commence before Dec. 1. It is understood here that the road when completed will be sold to the highest bidder of three, the Santa Fe, the Frisco or the Rock Island. The new line will run from this city direct to Chic-kasha, thence to Lawton and then wil kirt the south side of tho Wichita mountains to Acme, Tex. Flour Rates .Shaded. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2 J. -Tho Times tomorrow will say: "Following the declaration of the Santa Fc that competitive Hues were secretly making a rate of 7 cents on wheat from Kansas City to Chicago. It is now said that Hour is being hauled between the rivers at a cent off. So tar this month the Alton, the Wabash and the Rurlington have carried practically all the Hour out of Kansas City. Tho charge of a cut in tluur rates is probably true und again demonstrates the farcical nature of rate agree ments. It will undoubte dly be only a short time until rates on all classes of trartic, both east ami west bound, will be slashed to the usual basis. Another I'luce for C. 31. Hays. CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 25.-The leader to-morrow will Kay: "Privato advices received by Cleveland railroad men yesterday from tho East make tho statement that Charles M. Hays, the retiring president of the Southern Pacific, is to be taken by J. P. Morgan fc Co. as the railroad expert of that house. In this Mr. Hays follows the example of Samuel Spencer, who had the same position prior to accepting the presidency of the Southern Railway. The advices state that Air. Hays will be taken in by Mr. Morgan preparatory to making him president of some of the railroad combinations which Mr. Morgan has now effected." An Ohio Hallway Incorporated. COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 21. The Barberton, Akron & Eastern Railroad Company, of Akron, was incorporated to-day with J23AM capital stock by C. I). Crouch, E. C. Hurd, R. W. Robinson. H. R. Martin, G. H. Hill. Elmer Turner, M. M. Pone, E. H. Crihb.-. H. H. Cibbs and I C. Miller. They will build and operate a steam railroad from Barbcrton via Akron through Summit and Mahoning counties to tho state line. NEGROES WARNED TO LEAVE. All Those Not of Creek Rlood 3Inst (iet Out of Saptilpa. SAPULPA, I. T.. Aug. 21. A citizens committee has decided that all negroes not of Creek blood must leave Sapulpa by 3 p. m. Monday next, and notices to that effect were posted around town to-day. It is said the comrnitteo is determined and will enforce tho order. The negroes aro meeting in groups on the streets, discussing the order, and probably will resist. A local banker has taken up the ir cause. The order Is the result of an intlux of nesroes from other towns and two felonious assaults by disreputable negroes in the last two weeks. CRIB DISASTER VERDICT. Coroner Finds CHy of Cleveland nnd Subcontractors Responsible. CLEVELAND. O., Aug. 2!. Coroner Simon to-day rendered Ids verdict on the disaster ten days ago at crib No. 2, in which a dozen lives were lost. He finds the city of Cleveland, the subcontractors and the crib engineer jointly responsible, the former because its ofib ials knew, through inspectors, of the absence of precautions for saving life, the subcontractors lor allowing smoke to accumulate in the crib and the engineer for allowing the smokestacks to become overheated. Kirk 1). Armour Seriously 111. KANSAS CITY. Aus. 2. Kirk R. Armour, nephew of ilui late Philip 1. Armour and head of the vast Armour enterprises in Kansa City, is teriously ill at Watklns Glen, N. Y.. according to advices received by his relatives here to-day. Mr. Armour hs b-en in precarious health for eighteen months, and has not been able to attend to hu.-dncs3, but he has spent his time at various he-alth reports. Ills mother received a telegram this afternoon saying that Mr. Armour's illness hid taken an unfavorable turn, and that an effort would be mndo to bring him home at once. Traces of Arsenler in the Stomach. PORTSMOUTH, .()., Aus. 21 A chemical analysis of the stomach of Mrs. Cora Stephenson. twenty-Use years old. of Otway, Scioto county, who elkd a few days ago. presumably from a natural cause, reveals traces of arsenic. The coroner and authorities are at work on the case und it is charged a relative recently purchased some of the drug. Excitement runs high in the community.

JONES STILL IN TROUBLE

SUI.LlMi IIIS PAPER TO IIIS 3IOTIIER Hill M)T E.M1. THE STRIKE. Printers Dei-lined to Work I'nlcsa Contraets with .evrs Writers' I nloii Were llfcoKiilied. COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 2l.-The printers, pressmen and Ftercotypers employed at the Press-Post establishment quit their places to-night and later declared a lockout. The paper was sold this evening by the PressPost Printing- Company, of which Clarence M. Jones Is the majority stockholder, to Mr. Jones's mother, Mrs. Eugene M. Jones, the consideration being JluO.öüö. Mrs. Jones at once assumed possession of the plant, and submitted a proposition to the men in the mechanical department to employ union printers, pressmen and stereotypers, but reserved the right to employ whom she chose in the news lepartment. The proposition was rejected, it being claimed that the successors to the Press-Post Printing Company are bound by the contract with the Newswritcrs" L'nion. which declared a lockout at the establishment a few days ago, when the news department of the paper was abolished nnd an attempt was made to supply news through a local bureau. The printers acted to-night upon the advice of Harry M. Ogden. of Cincinnati, who is here as the representative of the president of the J nternationai Typographical Union. No attempt ts being made to till tho places of the printers, and the paper will not appear to-morrow morning. Mrs. Jones announced that hereafter a Sunday edition of the paper would not be printed. I S3 1'XCTIOX DISH UGAH HD. Striking Machinist Did Not Heed JmlK Ivohlsaat's Warning. CHICAGO. Aug. 24-The striking machinists of the Allis-Chalmers plant, who are affected by the injunction issued by Judge Kohlsaat, ordering them to desist from picketing the plant, are preparing to fight the order. At the headquarters of their union to-day the leaders were in conference most of the day, and arrangements wore made fcr the employment of an attorney to take charge of the cae. Arguments will be heard next Wednesday on a motion to make permanent the temporary injunction. Tho pickets continued on guard all to-day and to-night, and no arrests were made. They were more cautious, however, In approaching the men, and confined themselves to a mild form of "moral suasion." Although the Injunction is sweeping in its character, the strikers feel confident that they will bo able to escape its consequences. Trouble In Cotton Mill. COLUMBIA, S. C, Aug. 24. Trouble has occurred between the operatives and officials in the W. B. Smith Whaley mills, comprising the Granby, Richland, Capital City and Olympia mills, which employ some 3,000 operatives. An order was posted In the mills to the effect that all employes would be required to work pix hours overtime today and next Saturday in order to make up for the tlmo lost on Labor day, which will be observed as a holiday. The order further stated that all refusing to make up the time would be suspended for one week. Between 'Mi and 4) operatives refused to return to work after noon to-day. The union met to-ni&ht nnd advised the men to return to .work Monday morning and if they wer "not allowed to the union would then take action. Two Strikes Settled. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 21. The strike of the structural Iron workers, involving 2Ö0 men, has been settled. The employers agree to. give the men a nine-hour work-clay inside the shops and an eighthour day for outside work, with no reduction in pay. The demands of the union wero for a. shorter work-elay and the era plojers conceded the demands In full. The painters' strike has been settled by arbitration in favor of the strikers, who will return to work on Monday. They are to receive $3.50 a day for eight hours' work. Over 5(X men were out. Will ot He Permitted to Return. AKRON, O., Aug. 2t. Superintendent Sneddon, of the Stirling Company, of Barbcrton, late this afternoon served notice by placards that the five hundred members of the Federation of Labor employed by the Company atul now locked out because they struck last Wednesday will not be allowed to return to work. The works are being closely guarded. Tho company Is rushed with orders for the boilers for the battleships row building at 'ramps shipyards in Philadelphia, and the trouble is working a great hardship upon company and men alike. Gravel Roofers on Strike. OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 24. All the gravel roofers in Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs went out on strike to-day against a proposed 10 per cent, reduction in pay. The Omaha Central Labor Union will take up the matter Monday und may bring the entire body of organized labor to the aid of the gravel roofers. OBITUARY. Mrs. Susan Field, Widow of Justice Stephen J. Field. OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 24. Mrs. Susan Field, widow of the late Stephen J. Field, of the United States Supremo Court, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. George F. Whitney, this afternoon. Mrs. Field's death was due to heart trouble. Mrs. Field was nearly seventy years of age and a native of Louisville, Ky. Soon after the death of her husband, two years ago, Mrs. Field came to this coast to reside with her sister, Mrs. Whitney. Mrs. Field had been ill for some time, but her condition was not considered serious until a few days ago, when telegrams were sent to relatives to prepare for tho worst. Mrs. Condit-Smlth, of Washington, a sister, is now on her way to this city. Another sister, Mrs. Andrew McCreery, is in Europe. William. Humphrey, Ralakluva Hero. SANTA ROSA, Cal.. Aug. 2I.-William Humphrey, a veteran of the Crimean war, ono of the "noble six hundred" of Balaklava, died here to-day, aged seventy-seven years. The battle of Balaklava was fought on Oct. 21, 101. Of the six hundred who participated in the famous charge but 150 were j left aliie. Col. P. T. XV o od fin. HAMPTON, Va., Aug. S4.-P. T. Woodfin. governor of the -National Soldiers' Home here, died of Bright's disease this afternoon after a long Illness. He was born April 2b". lvio, at Marblehcad, Mass. lie was the first man mustered into the United States service from that State in the civil war, and rose to the rank of colonel. CANNING FACTORY IN RUINS. Locomotive nnd Ilox Car PI unreel Throngh the Building. JANESVILLE, Wis., Aug. 21. A Northwestern Hallway engine and box car plunged through the Janesville canning factory plant this evening, and tho building, just finished at a cost of HSO.GoO, is now in ruins. Thirty thousand tin cans were smashed and all the costly special machinery. engine and boilers were eruilitd. The loss will reach over $l'.co. The plant was just finished and was to go to work .Monday. The engineer and fireman bad left the engine and car on a grading nr.e hundred yard. from the bullying for a few minutes. The locomotive an 1 car sinM-nly started down the grade, jumped the track ami went through one side of the building. No one was injured. An Ohio Hank Closed. CLEVELAND, O.. Aug. 24. The Sandy X'alley Banking Company, of Malvern, organized two months ago by F. S. Miller, former secretary of the failed Superior-

street Savings, and Banking Company, of Cleveland, has rr.cd? an assignment to II. J. Wilson, a merchant of Malvern. No statement of irulehte dness h;s been made, but President Chrirle? J. Dockman states that dollar for dollar will be paid.

ABOUT LIGKTITING. Popnlnr Misconceptions Courrrnlng Its Dangers nnd Nature. Electrical Review. Without doubt lightning was the first electrical phenomenon that was ever observed by humtn beings. To this day it remains the least known and least understood of natural electrical manifestations, except, perhaps, the aurora. There is a vast deal of popular misconception concerning the danger of lightning and the nature of it. The lightning flash is a discharge from a cloud at a high potential with reference to the earth. When the atmosphere Is charged with water vapor and some eddy or current in its colder upper strata i3 deflected downward, causing condensation, exceedingly minute drops of water are formed, each bearing an electrical charge. The consolidation of thee Into larger drops results in a very great Increment of the potential of the charge, since the capacity of the drop varies with its diameter and the oiume of the drop with the cube of the diameter. The consequence of this is that it takes, for example, eight drops consolidated to make one of twice the diameter of the constituent drops, and the charge on the surface of the consolidated drop will be four times os great as that upon the surface of its elements. In this way, as the small water particles unite to form drops which fall as rain, the potential of the charge they carry increases until it attains enormous values und the lightning flash leaps to the earth, which may be regarded pimply as a bodv of very great electrostatic capacity. This discharge, which is called lightning, is apt to be more or less destructive, although the energy of an individual Hash is perhaps not very great. Often the conditions are such that the discharge takes on an oscillating character, producing violent surgings of current. No very accurate measurements have been made upon the currents involved, but it is taken to be of tho order of 1,000 to 5,000 amperes. The electro-motive force necessary to cause a flash a mile long is probably several million volts, and, of course, the power of the Hash measured In watts Is very great, but ltd duration id correspondingly short. Protection of property and life from lightning flashes has been a subject that has entrained the attention of natural philosophers slnco Franklin sent up his historic kite. The net result of more than a century of attempt to secure protection has been the lightning rod, in its more or less inefficient forms, and the discovery that buildings of modern construction having metallic roofs, and often metallic frames us well, aro practically immune from attack bv lightning. The total number of deaths duo to lightning in any given summer is comparatively very small in the ratio of about one to each 20U,0o0 population in the United States. Jn cities tho destructive influence of lightning is exceeding small, although occasional fires are cused by it. especially whero gaspipes abound. Protection of electric circuits from lightning has been an interesting subject lor research for a number of years, and several highly efficient devices have been const ructe-d for this purpose. To-day lightning Is little feared by the station superintendent and should be very little feared by any one. The time-honored rule that it is wisest to keep in tho open and not seek the shelter of trees is one which common prudence elictates. Recourse to the feather bed of our ancestors, however, is no longer necessary, except to quiet the nerves of timorous persons, while the ancient superstitions regarding handling steel instruments and sitting in draughts may be utterly disregarded. A modern building in a city is as nearly absolutely lightning proof and those in it are as nearly absolutely protected from lightning as is possible. A HYGIENIC MOI.XTY Roston Has Developed n Xew Type ot Restnura nt. Roswell Field, in Chicago Post. The young gentleman from Indiana who immortalized himself at the shrine of Concord philosophy last winter lias turned up for his summer Jaunt. He has come to me brimful of enthusiasm over what lie e-alls his discovery of a "hygienic joint." I havo told you that here in Boston we have two distinct types of restaurant tho "petit lunch" ami the ' petite luncheon." As weil as 1 can make it out the petit lunch is masculine in its name and in its patronage, while the petite luncheon is a feminine lair, much patronized by women ttenographers and other laides of the shops and ofhees. I may be wrong, but it seems plausible. Be all this as it may, my young friend his evinced a gentlemanly discrimination in favor of the petite luncheon, and during the last foray he shocked the sensibilities of the attendant fairy by ordering a lobster salad, roll and a glass of milk. "We are not permitted to serve lobster and milk," ejaculated the lady sprite. "Why not?" inquired the young man. "Is it a general order or solicitude for me personally?" "The combination is poisonous," replied the sprite. Now tradition has satisfactorily established the law that Boson refuses to serve bread with one tishball, but the objection Is pecuniary rather than hygienic, and the fact that restaurants hereabouts are guarding against intestinal troubles and rescuing their patrons from the follies of unscrupulous appetites Is likely to excite the applause of tho scientific world. Not long ago a waiter in one of the restaurants corrected th spelling of a gentleman with whom 1 was dining, in re turning his order card, but if not only our spelling but our orders are to be corrected and harmonized, restaurant diet will be as secure as a hospital. Thus civilization on its luminous wings soars phocnix-like in Boston. LOST n.KJGACii:. Steamship Company's Liability Sustained by United Stntes Judge. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. We Americans travel abroad so generally in these days of personally conducted tours that there is a wider interest in the rascalities of transit than there used to be, though they are not a new thing. Miss Lillian French, of Boston. dellv ?red a trunk to the Dominion steamship line? on the steamer New England last April. When the steamer readied Liverpool the trunk was missing, but was forwarded some days after, empty. The United States District Court at Boston has now ordered judgment for Miss French, damages to bo assessed (she sued to recover $1,500), and Judge Lowell was severe upon the company, finding that the trunk was broken open and rilled by the company's servants, that this fact was known to the managers, and that the discourteous letters of tho Liverpool officials of the company confirmed the conclusion of the court. Judge Lowell said: "According to the English law common carriers may exempt themselves by express contract from responsibility ror losses occasioned by tho negligence of their servants. By the kiw of this country, as laid down in the opinions of the Supreme Court, such an express contract is contrary to public policy, and consequently void. It should be added further thnt It is doubtful if any limitation which seeks to protect a company, not from the negligence, but from the theft or conversion of Its servants is consistent with public policy." The court further held that the limitation to a small sum in tho usual clause cannot be valid unless it is reasonable, and the reasonable iimit is the value ordinarily carried by a passenger. This is a wholesome decision, and other passengers than Miss French should be grateful to her for her assertion, at much personal Inconvenience and trouble, of the right of a, passenger to bo protected neainst robbery. Not a few travelers suffer such spoliation rather than make a fuss. An Old Man Badly Hurt. William Fuller, sixty years of age, living at 1070 West Morris street, was knocked down late last night by an unknown bicyclist who was riding on tne sidewalk near the Interstate Stockyards and severely injured. The bicyclist made his escape. Dispensary physicians were called to attend Fuller. Hi back was considerably bruis.jd and it Mas thought he had received internil injuries. Steamer Dauntless Sunk. ANTIOCH. Cal.. Aug. 2I.-The San Joaquin river steamer Dauntless, bound from San Francisco for Stockton, was unk early this morning by the steamer Mary Garrett, bound for San Francisco with a lead of wheat. All of the passengers and crew of the Dauntless were saved. The Garrett was uninjared. Costly Freight Wreck. PEORIA. 111.. Aug. 25. The breaking of a truck ditched the south-bound freight on the Chicago & Alton at Pontiac, causing a property loss of S50.UO0. Ten cars of oil. eight of merchandise and the entlne and tender were plied in an indiscriminate mass upon the tracks. Nono of the train crew was seriously injured.

DENMARK READY TO SELL

WILL DISPOSE OF THE XVEST IX1HAX ISLAXDS FOR .'J,7:U,MM. Sale to He Approved hy the Rlgsdajr Talks with Americans Returning from Abroad. COPENHAGEN, Aug. 21.-A rrominent politician. In the counsels of the Ministry, to-day told a representative of the Associated Press that the sale of the Danish West Indies, it was confidently expected, would be consummated before the close of tho present year. The King and the new Cabinet have both concluded that it is absolutely necessary for Denmark to dispose of the islands, and a majority of the Rlgsdag favors the sale, as does also the public. The only dissatisfaction, the correspondent's informant further said, rises in connection with the price, $3,7"j0,0a) being considered too small. However, J.he final approval of the Rlgsdag is believed to be assured, and it Is expected that legislative ratification will be given in Washington in December. WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. The Copenhagen dispatch summarizing the satisfactory state of negotiations on the American acquisition of the Danish West Indies is substantially in line with the information which has come to Washington from time to time. The negotiations are still pending, however, and it cannot be said that they have reached a stage of finality. The figure named in the Copenhagen advices, namely, f 3,750,000, is approximately that under. which the negotiations have proceeded. The satisfactory views expressed at CoiK?nhagen are favorably received here. Result of uval Holier Test. LONDON, Aug. 21. The Admiralty has issued a highly technical record qf the boller-tf stl.ng race between the cruiser Hyacinth, fitted with water-tube boilers, and the cruiser Minerva, having cylindrical, or Scotch, boilers. Rear Admiral SMr William Domville, chairman of the "boiler committee." refrained from expressing any opinion, but he points out that the Hyacinth's coal consumption was ü'iO tons and that of the Minerva was 451 tons. The maximum horse power developed during a certain two hours' run was S.ToO for the Minerva and 10,000 for the Hyacinth without the latter perceptibly gaining on the Minerva. The radius of action, so far as coal was concerned, at 7.0(0 horse power was for the Hyacinth 2,930 miles und for the Minerva 3,lx0 miles. Did Not Swim Across the Channel. LONDON, Aug. 24. To-day, the anniversary of Captain Webb's swim from Dover to Calais, France, the once famous cyclist, Mr. Holbein, left Dover for Cape Gris-ncz, whence he attemined to swim back to Dover. He wus apparently in excellent form and entered the water at 4:15 p. ro. He was accompanied by a tug and a small boat. The sea was choppy. Holbein, who has done some of his best cycling at night, said lie rather preferred night swimming nnd that lie would take only eighteen hours to cross the channel. The sea became so rough, however, he abandoned the attempt after being in the water two hours. Hrltons and Germnus. DOVER, Eng., Aug. 24. The mayor of Dover presided at a brilliant banquet given in the municipal building to-night to the officers of the German cruiser Stein. Enthusiastic toasts to King Edward and Emperor William were proposed and drunk. 'I he secretary of the German embassy, in proposing "the British army and navy." expressed the belief that if occasion arose the British and German forces would be found working loyally together. . Chorus Girls Wnnt Protection. . LONDON, Aug. 24. A meeting pf one hundred ballet and chorus girls this week discussed the best way of protecting girls against immoral managers. Among the propositions is that a "white list" of theatrical managers who properly protect the women nnd girls in their employment should b prepared and circulated, with a request that the public patronize only the managers named. Disturbances in Armenia. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 2i.-Serious disturbances are reported to have occurred at Mush, Armenia, but no details have teen received. Sngar Ronnties Reduced. PARIS, Aug. 24. A decree reducing the bounties on French sugars exported after Sept. 1 was published to-day. SICK R OOM ETI Q I ETT E. How to Dress nnd What to Do When Convalescent. Ledger Monthly. When calling on a convalescent vear some simple gown, not black, and a hat without plumes. Avoid jewelry or purse or ornament of any kind that jingles. Leave your furs nnd umbrella in some other room, and if the day is cold be careful to remain outside the sick room until the temperature of the house has mfdified the chill of the open air still clinging to one's dress after first coming indoors. This touch of cold is very trying, especially to a neuralgic patient, who is painfully sensitive to any slight change of atmosphere. Never sit on the bed, but choose a straight chair and place it at a convenient angle for the patient to see without strain. Choose pleasant, friendly subjects for talk. Sometimes the sick one will suggest what she wants to hear about after her long separation from the world. It is always sale to wait for such a lend, that is, if conversation is permitted. If the case Is still of such a character as to forbid this it will be wise to restrict topics to impersonal subjects. Do not speak of a wonderful appearance of health after such an attack, because in the first stage one does not like to come out of such an ordeal looking robust, or even fairly well. It is better to modify expressions Of congratulation to a few wellchosen hints as to the recovery. Whatever happens never cemtradict a patient. Remember she Is unreasonable, the real woman is not present, and a visitor can afford to bido her time for a final settlement until they both stand on equal grounds. The last and most important reserve Is never to ask about the appetite and things to eat unless the nurse has first .been consulted. The bare hint of a dainty will arouso a craving that two or three days' acute misery will follow the denial to gratify it because of the danger. Illness leaves every ono childish and feeble, and it is merciless to excite a mind already drained by disease for lack of a little precaution. First see the nurse, then go ahead. If these few practical suggestions are observed and the visit is restricted to twenty minutes' duration, at the longest, a cheerful caller will be welcome to both nurse and convalescent, and the occasion will be a comfort and a distraction from the intolerable routine of a sick room that is so fiercely resented with the first elawn of health and a possible return to the accustomed place in the world. Eight Sailors Drowned. STETTIN. Aug. 21. News lias just been received here that the German steamer Libau, which left Merel, bound for this port, on the evening of Aug. 21 sprang a leak during the night and sank. Sixteen of the crew put off in small boats. One of these boats capsized and eight persons which it contained were elrowned. The other shipwrecked men reached Kranz in safety. Humored Consolidation. W. G. Nicholas, In New York Telegraph. Renewed rumors of an impending alliance between Western Union and the Postal and Bell companies vexed the street yesterday. Thi scheme is an old one, and discussion of Its probabilities has been going on intermittlngly for several months. Kaeh time the revived reports are met wkh official dentis and the leaders of the several interests seem very anxious to be believed. The Bell people are less vociferous than the others, and lately a denial by the Gould interests took the form of an Inspired statement that, while the telephone party might find It advantageous to enter upon an alliance such as suggested, the telegraph companies thought differently. Put differently and more brutal.y, the telephone companies had nothing to Ios; and everything to gain by the deaL Consequently, the latest batch of talk relates to a union between the telegraph companies and leaves out of consideration the "hello" end of the game. There are those in the itreet

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who believe an agreement is already In force between the two companies and that the only thing standing In the way of actual consolidation is the fear of a public outcry against a "monopoly" of the telegraph business of the country. However that may be. it i evident the street haH a "hunch" that there Is something of importance doing in that branch of the electric field. Caeneral MacArthur nt Chlrago. . CHICAGO. Aug. Major General MacArthur arrived here to-night and was greeted by his wife and son for the lirst time in three years. Mrs. MacArthur came from her home in Milwaukee to meet her husband this morning. The general was pllghtly 111 and" was driven Immediately to hi hotel. He will rest here until Wednesday, when he will go to Washington.

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