Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 248, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 September 1901 — Page 5

TTTK TXDTAXAPOTJS JOÜRXAT-, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1901.

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the one, two or three of a kind that remain from the Dissolution Sale that has attracted public attention for the past six weeks. Be patient enough to find your size in the bunch of Men's Suits that are marked $5, and you will get a $10, $12 or $15 value. The same ratio of advantage can be found in the Boys' and Children's department, also in the Hat and Furnishing department of

Dissolution Sale ends Saturday Iliy.4lolft l. OvitfltM, Emergency Satchels, Medicine Cases. Instrument Sets, Operating Gowns and Cushlons. Physicians' Pocket Knives, with Bpatula. and all other suitable articles. Bath Cabinets. M. II. AR3ISTROXG & CO.. H HÜICAL ISTRUMEM MAKERS, EM and 22C S. Meridan St. Indianapolis. Ind. SUSAN ANTHONY SPOKE TOLD STATIONARY ENGINEERS MRS. XATIO.N DID SOT HO II Kit DtTV. Ihonld llnve Stayed nt Home nnd Instrneteri Women llotv to I se Ilalot lienernl Lnhnr .Nevs. ROCHESTER. N. Y., Sept. 4.-Tlio Wornans National Auxiliary of the National Association of Stationary Engineers was called to order this morning by Mrs. lvlpar Pruyn. Mrs. Helen Montgomery, of Rochester, made an address ot welcome to the delegates. Mrs. Nellie Harris, of Chicago, president of the national auxiliary, repnonded. after which Miss Susan I?. Anthony, of this city, was introduced. Miss Anthony reviewed the history of the National Council of Women, particularly touching upon the fraternal co-operation of women's societies. Coming to her farvorite topic of "woman's suffrage" Miss Anthony Mated that women would never have equal rights with men. until they are accorded the privilege of the ballot. Mrs. Nation's hatchet jrformances were touched upon by Miss Anthony, saying: "If Mrs. Nation had been doing what I consider her duty, she would have stayed at home and put down whisky by instructing the women in Kansas, where they have the ballot, how to-' use it." The long-expected attempt to change the preamble of the constitution of the Stationary Engineers so as to convert the association into a giqantic labor organization was suddenly sprung on the annual convention here to-day by the introduction of a substitute preamble offered by Delegate E. J. Lee. of New York. A whirlwind of protest arose on all sides, and after discussion by Delegates Frank Foster, of Bridgeport, Conn.; Crowley, of New Jerhey; Ciark. of Washington, D. C, and Perrln. of Rochester, the question was oted down 27 to 11. The report of Secretary Van Tassel showed a healthy growth in the. Association, and a good balance in the treasury. Tn.ni;s imov congress. British Toiler Wnnt Modification of Aiiti-rirketlne l.nw. SWANSEA. Wales, Sept. 4. The Trades Union Congress to-day continued to debate the Taff-Vale decision, the president cautioning the delegates to be careful of the language used in referring to the House of Lords. In voting on the recommendations of the parliamentary committee, the congress was unanimous in declaring that an appeal should be made to Parliament to alter the law, and that an authoritative decision should be sought as to whether peaceful picketing was illegal. The congress passed resolutions against overtime work for women and children and In favor of raising factory age limit to fifteen years. A resolution in favor of compulsory trade arbitration was rejected ty J76,ono to ötö.ix) votes. The leaders of the congress confess a cnse of disappointment at the present position of trades unionism, recognizing that unless a large labor representation can be secured In Parliament there is little hope of getting an alteration of the laws regarding picketing and the legal position of the trades unions. Suggestions are thrown out in favor of the imposition of a tax of a shilling per head on the members of unions, with a view to providing means for an organized political campaign at the next Rentrai election It is feared, however, that such a tax would result in a great decrease of membership. In any case a motion will be submitted that all unions should be taxed for the purpose of combined action in defending test cases. The most optimistic delegates only hope for a future benefit to accrue from existing difficulties. Steamer Delayed by n Strike. NEW YORK, Sept. 4. The steamship Southwark of the Red Star line, which was delayed in sailing at noon to-day on account of a recallitrant crew, got off tonight and was accompanied as far as Gravesend bay by a police boat. Last Monday two of the crew were arrested for smuggling tobacco. They are still in prison. At the Southwards hour for sailing to-day the other members of the crewdemanded that their companions be released and put aboard. This was refused. The crtw then declined to go to their posts. Afer a delay of several hours a new crew was secured and the members of the old crew are being detained as prisoners in a compartment of the steamer, and on her arrival at Antwerp they will be charged with insubordination. IHK Four 31 ine Importing; Men. FORT SCOTT. Kan.. Sept. 4-OfficiaIs of thf" Pig Four mines are importing more men. so as to be ready for any strike emergency that may arise. Thev have also enlisted the services of guards, and at the fame time the officers siv the strike has pent its force and that no more trouble may be expected. The miners are l a work now without having secured a recognition of their union. Thev are waitin" for orders from their national organiz ftu n however, and it U probable that thev will yet go on strike. Chnlnmnkers Settle Signed. PITTSBURG. Pa.. Sept. 4.-The Nicholson Chain Company, at Hawkins. Pa., has signed the scale, and the striking emploves went back to work to-day. The other "departments have been working right along. General Labor New A San Francisco dispatch savs: "There Is absolutely no truth in the report circulated that fifty horses belonging to McNab ,& Smith were poisoned by strikers." The executive council of the Social Democratic Federation of Great Pritain his issued an appeal to members of the trades Unions to "join our banner in fighting' organized capitalism. vhi h has won lts"firt battle with trades unloni-m. ' The organized papr hanger of Washington. D. C. went on strike yesterday "demanding H 2" pr .lay, instead of va whleh price they nr now receiving. The strike has caused all the paper-hanging firms of the city, with two exceptions to Ufpend business. Thirty machinists iuit work in Robert T&rrar.t'a foundry, at Chicago, jesterday.

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is night. at the command of Business Agent Ireland, of the Machinists' Union, giving as a reason that the plant is doing work for the Allls-Chalmers Company, which is now engaged in a conflict with the union. A strlko at the Tarrant plant was settled a month ago by granting the machinists the nine-hour day asked for. Thirty art glass workers, members of union No. nnd including all the skilled men in this line in Cincinnati, struck yesterday because their demand of 20 cents an hour 'for glaziers and W cents an hour for cutters was refused. They also demand only one apprentice to every eight workmen. The employes at the mills of the Steel Hoop Company in Youngstown, O., Girard and Warren, which have been closed for two months, are becoming restless and are talking of sending a committee to Pittsburg to confer with President Shaffer. It is proposed to call a mass meeting of the strikers to designate a committee for this purpose. As a result of the strike of fifty feeder tenders in Stafford cotton mill No. 1, Fall River, Mass., the plant has shut down. The help say that a change in machinery has resulted in a virtual reduction in wages. The weavers of the mill also are threatening trouble, claiming that their pay is being reduced, indirectly, by a lengthening of the cuts. NAMES NEW TERMS. JCOXCIXDKD FIbOM FIRST PACK.) cautioned him that such action wouid transcend his powers. The mayor gave out a signed statement shortly after the arrival of the deputies, in which ho says: "In view of the fact that Sheriff William C. McKinley, who, under the statutes of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is the paramount peace officer of Allegheny county, has seen lit in the discharge of what he mistakenly conceives to be his duty to send deputy sheriffs in that portion of the city of McKeesport occupied by the Demmler tin mills, it becomes incumbent upon me to protest against such action. Probably there is no more peaceful spot on earth than that inclosed within our corporate limits. There is no disorder here. There is no menace of disorder here. In spito of conditions which past experience caused thoughtful men to fear might conspire against municipal peace there has been an actual and marked improvement in McKeesport's deportment record. "It was at such a time as this and at the rounding out of so highly creditable a record as this that Sheriff McKinley gathered together some half hundred of hungry unemployed heelers, many of them men of bad records and of questionable character, and hurled them into the city. This little handful of men, armed with brief authority and legal weapons, constitute a vastly greater menace to the peace and good order of McKeesport than the more than twelve full regiments of law-abiding citizens who are now on strike here. The insult to the city of McKeesport is as wanton and impolitic as it was ill-advised. I know iersonally nearly all of the men who are here on strike. I know them to be good citizens, industrious, sober, peaceful and law-abiding. "I was not consulted by the sheriff of Allegheny county in this matter of encamping deputies within our municipal boundaries. Sheriff McKinley deemed it wisest to commit the discourtesy of ignoring the highest official in the city, and excuses his course upon the ground that he had been informed by certain trust officials that the destruction of Demmler tin mills was imminent and the property in dire danger every moment the presence of such deputies was delayed. This information, whoever its author may have been, is absolutely false and as malicious as it is untrue. "I reiterate my ability, unaided by the county authorities, to prevent deeds of lawlessness, whether affecting the property' of individuals or the United States Steel Corporation. I have sworn in special officers of the law from among the business men of the city, not from the ranks of the strikers. I have taken every reasonable precaution against outbreak, though violence was never imminent. "I now call upon the striking workingmen of McKeesport to give the lie to the alleged necessity for the presence of these deputies. Stay away from the Demmler mills and let the officials right their battle of resumption with incompetent assistance. Ignore their stealthy operations and remain quietly about your homes. You will lose nothing, and at the same time yon will emphasize the falsity of vicious criticism directed at both yourself and me. "ROBERT J. HIJACK. Mayor." George Crawford, manager of the Demmler mill, accompanied by James Evans, president of the First National Bank, called on Mayor Black at his residence in McKeesport to-night aiM officially notified him that the mill would start Thursday morning, and that he would be expected to furnish police protection for the men going to and from their homes. Mayor Black paid little attention to the request, but told the gentlemen kindly that he regarded their bringing in of deputies a breach of official courtesy and good judgment. Strikers are on the streets In large numbers, but are quiet and orderly. It has been planned to have n large crowd at the mill at 6 a. m. The strikers say they have canvassed the tin workers who are out. and very few will go to work. Mayor Black's attitude is praised by the strikers, but is condemned by many business men. The effort to break the strike in New Castle. Pa., will be made next Monday at th Shenango steel plant of the National Steel Company, when that plant will be started. This was announced to-day. when District Manager John Reid. of the United States Steel Corporation, posted the following notice at the works: "Notice The steel mill will start next week. All persons desiring employment will make application to the general superintendent, who will have full power to make contracts. The wages, hours, work, etc., will be the same as those given to the former employes, and any persons accepting a position will be retained in that position regardless of whatever settlement may be made with the former employes of this company." The members of Unity Lodge, of the Amalgamated, who compose the striking steel ndll men. last night refused the proposition of the company to return to werk under individual contracts in which the Amalgamated Association would not be recognized. This action was answered to-day by the notice that the mills will start irrespective ef the action of former employes. One of the head officials of the local plants to-day. when asked if the plant would be run nonunion, said the notice above staies the case exactly, irrespective of any tradesunion or organization. The Amalgamated men say the company will not be able to find men to operate the plant. Tin Plate Worker' Office Moved. Special to the lnlianaioJis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind.. Sent. 4. The national Office of the Tin Plate Workers International Protective Association, which have been in this city since the association was formed two years ago. are being moved this week to Wheeling. W. Va.. as ordered at the last national convention of the association. Secretary-treasurer Charles Lawyer, of this city. left to-day for the Cast, taking with him the books ami papers of the office. The members of the association all over the country are now idle on account of the Amalgamated Association strike. Directory Publisher. DETROIT. Mich.. Sept. 4. The Association of American Directory Publishers todav fleet.! th following officers President. R. L. Polk. Detroit; W. K. Murdoek Ronton, and W. II. Ie. New Haven, vice presidents; W. H. Bates. New York.' secretary: It. H. Donnelly. Chicago, treasurer The next meeting of the association will be held in Atlanta. Ca., Sept. 13.

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it has mt vi:t iii? km dkfimtiilv accepted hv yene.iela. Colombia. However. I Willing Hint Thi Country .should Art an Meflintor to Prevent "War. DR. RESTREPO'S ADVICES COLOMBIAN REI1ELS SAID TO II 12 TWKMY THOUSAND STROMi. Small A mile at Vnrlons Place nendy to Attnck Lorh of the Cinnboat La Popa. WASHINGTON. Sept. 4. The action of the United States in tendering its good offices to Venezuela and Colombia to avert a war between those two countries has not yet advanced to a point where this government has begun the work of mediator. It has signified its willingness to act, but it will remain for the two countries to indicate when the time has arrived for actual mediation. Colombia already has made known that she will welcome the exercise of thepacific office of the United States. In its acceptance it is understood that Colombia denies that she has invaded Venezuela and also places the burden of the issue en President Castro in person, as against the body of the Venezuelan people. The response of Venezuela is undei stood to be less definite in accepting the good offices of the United States. For the present, therefore, it is not expected the United States will take further steps, although its tender stands as a clear intimation to the contending parties that the. United States is likely to take such action as is necessary to avert war. The Colombian minister. Dr. Silva, and the Venezuelan charge d'affaires, Senor Pulido, left for Buffalo in the Pan-American party, which seems to indicate that no immediate crisis is anticipated. The note of the United States offering to mediate has created an unusual stir in South American diplomatic quarters, as it is construed to te a rather marked development of the Monroe doctrine, and one which will be most acceptable to South America. The Colombian government will make an emphatic rejoinder to the official statement ot Venezuela that armed invasions by ColornLian troops have been crossing the Venezuelan frontier, and have beert forcing war on that country. Although the terms of tho reply are not. determined on, it will show in substance that the attitude of Colombia has been one of forbearance; that Colombian troops on the frontier are there for the legitimate purpose of protecting the border and that any crossing of the line has been by detached band without the approval of the federal government. As against Venezuela's assertions that Colombia is forcing war, it is likely to be pointed out that Colombia has remained silent, while Venezuela has received the Colombian insargent leader, General UribeUribe, at Caracas, and that President Castro and Uribe have held conferences on their mutual plans. In this connection It has just been disclosed that General Uribe made a statement at the Colombian legation in this city to the effect that the revolutionary movement of which he is the head had the suppoit of Venezuela. Ecuador and Nicaragua. The statement was made during the pendency of negotiations for the surrender of the revolutionists. The negotiations with Uribe closed, it Is authoritatively stated, with an agreement of surrender, but the Colombian authorities are now satisfied that this was a clever ruse on his part, bv which his .gnts s-cured passports through Colombia, and went on an ostensible peace mission, whereas their real purpose was to act as spies and revolutionary propagandists. Mail advices from Venezuela which reached the State Department to-day contain a report from Minister Bowen, dated at Caracas about the middle of August, on the conditions under which Mr. Russell, the United States charge, undertook the custody of the Colombian legation at Caracas. It appears from Mr. Bowen's account thai the Colombian minister left Caracas, not because of a breach of relations between Venezuela and Colombia, but to get into closer relations with his own government, he having found it Difficult to communicate with his government from Caracas. Mr. Russell was requested by the withdrawing minister to assume charge of the legation premises not to undertake to look after the business of the legation. The Venezuelan gjvernmer.t was advised of this request, and. making no objection. Mr. Russell took the keys of the Colombian legation. Mr. Bowen inclofed with his report a copy of the long note from the Venezuelan government addressed to the world at large through the diplomatic representatives at Caracas, the substance of which has been marfo public in preceding cable dispatches. It is believed that there fs nothing in this note to make war between these two countries unavoidable. Mr. Bowen makes no comment of his own on the political- conditions in enezuc la. Mall advices received at the State Department from Consul General Gudger at Panama, throw light on the situation' on the isthmus in the latter part of August 9n .AV5- J"" ,the consul Keneral reported that the bands opposed to the Colombian government had been committing depredations on Chinese merchants on the railroad between Colon and Panama, and that their losses amounted to thousands of dollars Inasmuch as the Chinese on the Isthmus are. in the absence of their own consul under the protection of the United States consul. Mr. Gudger printed a notice in the principal newspapers of that fact and requested that the depredatb r.s upon these people be discontinued. lie savs however that the notice had no effect, and that while other nationalities suffered the Chinese were the principal losers from the-e depredations, although the consul general has done all in his power to secure jut treatment for them. In this regard he had used his good offices with the Colombian government and not with the Insurgent Under date of Aug. 25 the consul general reports that an insurgent band had appeared at Chama. about twenty miles from Panama, and that the government was strengthening its forces in that city The news that a United States warship wa being sent to Panama had had a good effect. It was currently reported that the Liberals had given strict orders to their followers not to obstruct the rallwav or interfere with traffic. PLANS OF COLOMBIAN HHI1ELS. An Army of 20.000 Hen.ly to Attack nt Several Point. NEW YORK. Sept. 4. Plan of the movements of the revolutionists in Colombia have been received by their agents here, and if all has gone well confirmatory news ot a startling nature is soon to be expected. The Red D line steamer Philadelphia brought a lare mail for Dr. Restrepo. the agent for the revolutionary party in this city. Interviewed lie said: "Altogether in Colombia we have an army of more than IY.I-hx) men. well armed and equipped. General Uribe-Uribe has M,n) well-drilled troops under him. and, according to our advices, was to start on his campaign of invasion of Colombia at a point beluw San Cristobol on Aug. Before his lines it Gen. Gonzalez Valencia, with nearly an equal numb, r of Colombian troop to oppose him. At Riochacha. which is the seaport at the northern part of the Department of Magdalene, with a population of PXtvo. we have two generals with a force of J.'"" men. who now have the citv surrounded. Gen C Castillo is In command and Gen. J. M. t astillo is next in charge with the fore es divided about equally between them. Riochacha will be attacked both by land and by sea. and we expect will ieed lly fall. Then we shall take Santa Marta further down the coast, and hold both'eaports of the Magdalene province it will not be difficult to control the entire department. "Between Riochacha and General UribeUribe's position, near San Cristobal is stationed General Camacho, who has a force of 1.00 veterans. For some time they h ive be tu without ammunition, but about eighteen days ago new arms and a large quantity of ammunition were successfully pent to them and they are now in tine shape

Near Honda is Genera! Marin, with 2.0'Q seasoned men. and In the Cauca, province, in the south, are two generals and General Herera. I cannot speak of the size of their forces or their movements. When General Comaeho and his troops join with Gui:eral Urib-Uribe the Department of Santander will be virtually in our hands. "It is my belief that the Colombian gunboat Pinzon will never come back over the bar at Baranquilla. It is very easy to go in. but so difficult to go out that steamboat navigation of the river has been practically prohibited. General Alban committed a grave mistake when he carried her there. Wo learned also that when the gunboat Popa was lost five rapid-tire guns, one thousand rifles and one million rounds of ammunition, besides other military stores, went down with her."

ric;iiTiG is i:pi:t:TKi. (ifrnmn Cnnxul nt Hoch Del Torn Wants an American Gnnbont. COLON, Colombia. Sept. 4. The United Fruit Company's steamer Sunrise, chartered by Herr Beckman, the German consul at Bocas del Toro, arrived here this morning with a view of obtaining the presence of the United States gunboat Machias at Bocas del Toro, where lighting is expected to begin at any moment, the government troops having advanced within a mile of Provision island, where the insurgents are, and now occupying a superior position. Herr Beckman failed to obtain the presence of the Machias at Bocas del Toro. as she is needed more urgently at Colon. Last night the Colombian government brought troops, artillery and ammunition by special train from Panama to Gatun. on the outskirts of Colon, owing to the threatening attitude of. the rebels there. One thousand troops have arrived at Barranquilla from Honda, destined for Rio Ilacha. where General Pinzon, Colombian minister of war, has lately been busy mobilizing troops. Yesterday the local press received a circular, dated at La Negrita, near Panama, and signed by Victorian Lorenzo, who claims to be the chief representative of the Liberal party on the isthmus. In which he deprecates the recent numerous raids upon Chinese and others, disclaims all connection with such marauding, and urges the government to pursue them hotly and mercilessly. It is said on good authority that Iorenzo served eight years in a penitentiary for the murder of two men. Detail of the Los of I. a Popa. NKW YORK. Sept. 4. The brief cable message of the recent sinking of the Colombian gunboat La Popa has been supplemented by further particulars regarding the accident by mail, says the Tribune. Gen. Joaquin Velez, governor of Bolivar, charges that Ia Popa was sunk by rebels, and has caused the imprisonment of the four survivors, charging them with complicity in the plot. The government has used every endeavor to suppress the details of the wreck. On this account it is not definitely known how many lives were lost. La Popa was carrying troops from Cartagena to Baranquilla. and none of them was saved. The warship, which went down about s xty miles from the port of Savanilla. also carried a cfirgo of a half-million cartridges and one thousand rifles, the loss of which will be seriously felt by the government. The sinking of La Popa will also cripple the naval righting force, as Colombia recently sold the Cordova, which was her largest ship, and is now left with only one gunboat of account. This is the General Pinzon. formerly the American steam yacht Namauna. One hundred thousand dollars has been sent to General Velez from Bogena with widen to purchase another vessel. (Inn Taken from BnfTnlo Shorr. NEW Y'ORK, Sept. 4. At the Colombian consulate here to-day it was stated that the fifteen-pounder cannon which was suddenly taken from the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo and shipped to Colombia had arrived In good condition and was being: placed in position at Cartaprena. It was said also that the munitions of war lost on the cruiser La Popa. scuttled by the insurgents, was not as extensive as reported. It had been reported that five rapid-fire puns. l.0 rifle and between 500.0 and 1,000,000 cartridges went down on the cruiser. Forelsn Crntnern at Lascnayra. CARACAS, Sept. 4. The German secondclass cruiser Vlneta and the Italian thirdclass cruiser Umbria have arrived at Laguayra, the port of Caracas. MANUFACTURERS MEET DISCISS RECIPROCAL AXD AMERICAN TRADE RELATIONS. Finally Deelde to Call a Conference to Consider the Qnention of Reciprocity Treaties. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4. The executive committee of the National Association of Manufacturers, after a session lasting nearly five hours, to-day decided to call a reciprocity convention at a date to be later named. In pursuance of this decision, the committee adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, For purposes of clear comprehension and expression of public sentiment respecting the reciprocal and trade relations with foreign powers, that this committee deems it expedient that there be held under the auspices of the National Association of Manufacturers annual conference of reciprocity: that the dutv of arranging for such conference in all its' details be and is nereny assigned to the officers of the association (the president, treasurer, secretary ami general manager), who are authorized to associate with themselves such members of the association as they may deem desirable in the formation of a general committee on arrangements which committee shall share with the officers the duties and responsibilities attached: to designate time and place of meeting: to arrange and limit tne constituency of the conference; to make all arrangements for order of business, programme and such other details as may be necessary to make such conference a success. The meeting was held in the office of President Search and the following members of the eommittee were present: President Theodore, Search. Treasurer Charles V. Schieren. Secretary E. P. "Wilson: Daniel C. Ripley, Pittsburg: Richard Young. New York city; P. E. Montanus, Springfield. O.; George M. Sargent, Chicago; George T. Coppins, Boston; Hamilton Carhart, Detroit: Charles F. Brooker, Torrington; V. K. Hitchcock. Muncie; Benjamin Atha, Newark; Luden Sharpe, Providence. R. I.: August II. Vogel. Milwaukee; Summerfield Baldwin. Baltimore. Members at Large John J. Converse, Philadelphia; Robert I.aidlaw, Cinclnanti; Ludwig Nissen. New York city; William J. Uarroll. New York city; D. A. Tompkins, Charlotte, N. C; W. C. None?, Louisville. Kv. The trade relations with Cuba were also discussed and the date for the next convention of the National Association of Manufacturers fixed for the third week in April at Indianapolis. The question of ealllng a national reciprocity convention was referred to this committee at the convention of the National Association of Manufacturers held in Detroit last June. It is probable that some Western city will be chosen as the plaee of meeting of the reciprocity convention. Steamer lalnnder Investigation. VICTORIA. B. C. Sept. 4.-The investigation of the loss of the steamer Islander hegan to-day. The pilot told practically the same story as given in interviews, denying all reports that he and che captain were under the influence of liquor. Mate Neurotzoz. Watchman Ward, Chief Engineer Brownlee and other engineers.. Purser Bishop nd Quartermaster Kerry gave evidence. The evidence differs little from the published interviews, but a majority denied the statements that the master and pilot were intoxicated. Demolished by 11 Storm. HENK ELM AN. Neb.. Sept. 4. The mo?t destructive storm ever known In western Nebraska struck Benkelman this evening. The wind had the force of a tornado. The United Presbyterian Church was completely demolished, many stables and windmills blown away and houses partly wrecked. No lives were lost so far as known, as people saw the storm clouds approaching and took refuge in cellars and caves. Mrs. Austin's new dress is fine as slllc.

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OPCMXi OF TUB till CAT CCIMEM CAL tOFKRKCi: AT LONDON. All Branche of Methodlnni HepreMeiiied at the Meetlnc in the "Wesley City Iload Chapel. SPEECH BY BISHOP WALTERS THAT OKFKXDGD TUB DKLEfiATKS FROM SOI Tili: RX STATES, 11 ut Yn Liberally Applauded by EnlUhmen "Who Have Xot Learned to Hate Black People. LONDON. Sept. 4. The most striking feature of the Ecumenical Methodist Conference, which opened in Wesley Chapel to-day. was an impassioned plea of the colored bishop, Walters, of Jersey City, who received the heartiest welcome of any of the American delegates. He declared there was a systematic effort on foot on the part of the white Americans to destroy the good opinion which the English people had of American negroes. He recapitulated the lynching figures for the year 1W0 and declared that though ninety negros were lynched in only eleven cases had assault on white women been proved. "The English people have always been our friends," declared Bishop Walters. "You gave us a refuge, and now when we are struggling to improve ourselves we look to you, our oldtime friends, to give us sympathy and encouragement as you did In the past." The bishop's asseverations on negro morality elicited loud cheers from the English part of the audience, and several of the many Southern delegates went out, while others did not conceal their disagreement with the speaker. Another incident which attracted comment wa a declaration by Sir Charles Skelton, formerly mayor of Sheffield, who in welcoming the Americans severely criticised the war in South Africa, exclaiming, "Hell Is let loose in South Africa." He appealed to the visitors to go back and by preaching and example make euch wars impossible. The Rev. Joseph Odell in welcoming the delegates In behalf of the primitive Methodists struck the same chord, declaring that the United States represented a sovereign people, and he hoped they would speed the time when military science would be a lost art. Dr. Totts. of Toronto, replying in behalf of Canada, protested in a heated patriotic and imperialistic speech against the statements made by Sir Charles Skelton and Mr. Odell. Bishop Hurst, of Washington, dilated on the friendliness of the British and American nations and conveyed to the delegates President McKinley's hearty good wishes for the success of the conference, which were cordially received. President Davison in welcoming the delegates paid a touching tribute to the memory of former' President Benjamin Harrison. In the devotional exercises King Edward and President McKinley were prayed for. Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell, missionary bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Africa, made the opening prayer, and Bishop Galloway, of Jackson, Miss., preached an eloquent sermon, setting forth the acts of Methodists throughout the world and emphasizing the value of the tenets of John Wesley. Communion followed. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Frederick Temple. D. D., and the Bishop of London, the Rt. Rev. A. F. W. Ingram, D. D., sent friendly messages to the Archbishop of Canterbury praying that God's blessing may rest on the deliberations. The Bishop of London sent a similar message, but added the hope that some day the Methodists will be reunited with the Episcopalians. METHODIST STATISTICS. The Ecumenical Methodist Conference is meeting in the City Road Chapel built by John Wesley in 1TG0. It is sometimes called the Cathedral of Methodism, and is filled with memorials of all denominations tracing their origin to Wesley. Marble columns representing Methodist .branches in the North and South of the United States and Canada are among those holding up the gallery". They were presented after the first conference that assembled here exactly twenty years ago to-day. The representation, which is on a basis of about one delegate to 20.000 members, gives the United States and Canada 300 out of the 500 delegates composing the council. The chairman will be changed dally, so that nearly all the divisions represented will have a chairmanship. For convenience in arranging business the conference is divided into eastern and western sections. The eastern section, which takes in all branches of English Methodists, together with affiliated conferences in Australasia, South Africa and tho West Indies, consists of 106 members, apportioned as follows: Wesleyan Methodists, , Sü; new connection Methodists. 10; primitive Methodists, 34; United Methodist free churches, 1X: Bible Christians, 10; Irish Methodists. 10; minor Methodist bodies, 8; French Methodists, 2; West Indian Methodists. 6; Australasia West Methodist Church. 12, and South African Methodist Church. 10. The western section includes American and Canadian Methodism and, because of its relatively greater strength, has 300 delegates. Tho Methodist Episcopal Church ot the United States sent 129 representatives, among them Bishops Hurst, Vinsent, Hamilton and Hartzeil. The Methodist Episcopal Church. South, Is represented by seventy delegates. Including Bishops Fitzgerald, Galloway, Granbery and Alderson. The Methodist Church of Canada, among its twenty representatives has Dr. Briggs, Dr. Potts. Prof. J. C. Antliff and Chancellor Brownash, of Toronto. The Colored Methodist churches of America are represented by fifty-eight delegates, including twenty colored bishops. Though the conference does not have legislative and administrative power over the churches represented, their pollcv will probably be affected both directly and indirectly by the discussions on the religious and social problems that will come before it. Among the subjects that will be considered are "The Present Position of Methodism." "The Influence of Methodism in the Promotion of International Peace," "Biblical Criticism and the Christian Faith," "Principles of Protestantism versus Sacerdotalism," "Methodism and Education," "Christianity and Modern Unbelief," 'Modern Indifferentism." "Methodist Literature and Journalism" and "Practical Method of Dealing with the Liquor Traffic." A public meeting will be held at which "The Moral Unity of the EnglishSpeaking Peoples" will be th subject discussed. Invited to St. I.onis. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 4.-At the request of Rev. Samuel IL Pye, general publishing agent of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who called at world's fair headquarters today, the following cablegram was sent by Dr. R. Francis to the president of the Ecumenical Conference at London: "The World's Fair Commission invites Methodism to celebrate the 2Uth anniversary of the birth of John Wesley in this city In Central German M. E. Conference. DETROIT. Sept. 4. The annual meeting o; the Central German M. E. Conference was opened here to-day by a devotional meeting conducted by D. Matthiel, of Allegheny. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Secretary. C. A. Frltsche. New Albany, Ind.; statistical secretary, F. M. Miller. Detroit; treasurer, John Oetjen. Detroit. After the election Mrs. Philip Achard. corresponding secretary of the Women's Foreign Missionary Soelety. gave an address in Gtrman, and Henry C. Jenkins, of the Western Book

Concern of Cincinnati, and Dr. J. T.. Barry, of Chicago, were also speakers. The r"dl call rhowed an attendance of I'd out of IUI members of the conference.

Called to a fw York Church. SIOUX CITY, la.. Sept. 4.-Rev. Robert Bagnell. of the First Methodist Kpiscopal Church, has accepted a call to the pastorate of Metropolitan Temple. New York. TURKS MUST QUIT PARIS COERCIVE ME A Si' It ES ADOPTED HV THE FftENCH CiOVEltNMEVr. Accent of the Porte AVI10 Have Ileen SpylnK on Yoiiiik Tnrk Will lie Expelled from the Country. TARIS. Sept. 4. The correspondent of the Associated Press learns that the French i Kovernment has decided upon the first coercive measure against the Sultan of Turkey. A decree has been drawn up, and will probably be signed to-morrow expelling a number of Turkish agents whose mission has been to spy on the young Turks in France. The list includes several names well known in Parisian society. It is also learned that the Sultan has telegraphed to Munir Bey recalling him to Constantinople. The Temps says it is thought in diplomatic circles that the Sutlan will profit by the fortnight respite accorded him by the Czar's visit to France. An evening paper to-day reported that orders had been sent to Toulon to lit out three vessels to proceed to Turkey and land troops at the Turkish Sporades (a subdivision of the Grecian archipelago) until the Sultan has yielded. Inquiry made at Toulon elicited a statement that no such orders had been received there. The Courier Du Soir, often well informed, says the Russian embassy at Constantinople is arranging a settlement of the Franco-Turkish question. According to the Echo de Paris the government regrets that It did not send a squadron to Turkish waters at the Spinning of the trouble, but it will now await the Czar's departure before doing so. In the meantime all Turkish police will be conducted to the frontier. The Sultan Appeals to the Cinr. LONDON, Sept. 4. "The Sultan wired the Czar on Monday," says the Vienna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, "begging him to intervene in the Constans dispute." Mnnlr IJejr Ordered Home. CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 4. Munir Bey. Turkish ambassador to France, has been ordered to return to Constantinople. Friends of Roers to Re Barred. LONDON, Sept. 4,-yrhc going to and fro of certain persons between London and Cape Town is to be stopped by the government. The Pall Mall Gazette says the malls of other suspected persons have been examined, and that important correspondence has been seized. A dispatch from Durban says: "Representations have been made to Lord Milner that British refugees are not nearly so well treated as are the Boers and are suffering terribly. The transportation by railroads of supplies for the Boer refugees prevents the British returning to their homes. Foreigners, it is said, are allowed to move about as they are inclined. The refugees are threatened with ruin through accumulating liabilities. The feeling prevails that the proposed settlements are not fair to the new colonies, and that a Just proportion of the responsibility for the war and expense involved is not shown by them. Potato II ng; Found in England. LONDON, Sept. 4. The Board of Agriculture to-day assured the English farmers that there was no danger of a spread of the potato bug, known as the Corolado beetle, several specimens of which were discovered Sunday in a potato patch near Tilbury docks, on the Thames, which caused an extraordinary commotion among the agriculturists. Since the presence of the bug was reported, the board has caused the ground to be quarantined and all plant and animal life upon it were destroyed. The environs were searched for other specimens and a notice was issued to the public calling attention to the law which provides that any person may be fined 10 who does not immediately notify the police of the discovery of the bug. The policemen are obliged under heavy penalties to warn the board of the presence of the bug. Spain Threatening: Morocco. LONDON, Sept. 4. Abdiul Kerlm, who has represented the Sultan of Morocco on a special mission to Paris and St. Petersburg, eays, according to a dispatch to the Times from Tangier, that he trusts a satisfactory arrangement in regard to the French frontier has been arrived at. He has reason to believe, however, that the arrangement will not be permanent, though he thinks it will allay unrest pending direct negotiations between the Sultan and the French minister to Morocco. Spain has been unable to obtain the restitution of a boy and girl kidnaped by subjects of the Sultan, if they are not returned by Sept. 12 Spain will take action. Russia's Fastest Cruiser. Correspondence of the Associated Frees. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug.20. -The Emperor was pleased recently to express his eminent satisfaction with the first-class cruiser Varlag, which was built at the Cramp shipyards. Various slanderous stories were circulated about this vtssel when it arrived here, but results have silenced them. The newspapers declare the Varlag to be the fastest vessel in the Russian navy, having a maximum speed of twenty-five knots. It is capable of making the run to Vladlvostock, for which station it is about to depart, without recoaling. General Haheoek's Widow Insane. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Sanitary Officer Frank has signed an order for the temporary confinement of Mrs. Catharine A. Babcock, widow of the late General Babcock, who was chief of staff for General Grant, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane. The confinement is to continue only until the Supreme Court of the District can inquire into Mrs. Babcock's mental condition. Mrs. Babcock is said to have worried much in recent years over her financial condition, but her apparent mental aberration is of recent occurrence. Neir Islands Charted. TROMSOE, Norway, Sept. 4. The Russian Ice Breaker Eimak, has arrived here, the voyage planned from Nova Zembla to the mouth of the Yenisei having been abandoned, owing to ice barriers. The Ermak discovered on the southeast coast ot Franz Josef land several hitherto uneharted islands and mapped the islands of Nova Zembla. Against Minimal Duties. BERLIN, Sept. 4.-The executive committee of the German Pandelstag, or Congress of Chambers of Commerce, which was in session In Berlin to-day, adopted a resolution against th hystern of minimal dutie. on grain and called a mneral meeting of the Pandelstag for Sept. :, when the newtariff bill will be discussed. Slae Traders Defeated. BRUSSELS, Sept. 4. Advices from Katanga, eentral Africa, report a pitched hattie between twenty-five troops of the Congo Free State and two hundred slave traders well armed, resulting In the defeat of the dave traders and the capture of l'j rifles and an immense quantity of merchandise. Stvlft Floating Forts. BERLIN. Spt. 4.-The Hanover Courier asserts that two battleships, the construction of which was recently begun In the shipbuilding works at Kiel, owned bv Herr Krupp, will have 13.o0 tons displacement, make twenty knots per hour and be armed with twenty-eight centlmenter rapid fire guns. Senator Lodce In Herl In. BERLIN, Sept. 4.-United States Senator Lodge has arrived In Berlin. He expects to proceed to Paris to-morrow.

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AH'I III It HOU Altn DEMES HE IS A AMERICA DESEIlTElt. Two t aliforuiana, lloeer Say He Left Their Company Tno Year uo While In the Philippine. WHERE PEACE NOW REIGNS PHILIPPINE PROVINCES WHICH UWE MADE lt EAT PROGRESS. Twenty-Six So Well Pacified They Ar Heady for Self-tio r rnmcut Drunkenness nnd Crime. MANIIA, Stpt. 4. Lieutenant HazzarJ, of the Third Cavalry, has brought in her Arthur Howard, the American deserter who was recently captured by the lieutenant while In command of some Mutabel scouts in the inland of Mindanao. He wii place! in pail and will shortly be courtmartialed. How aril denies he was eer an American soldier. He claims he was bom in Spain; that bis father was English and his mother Spanish, but that he espoused the cause of the Filipino. In ISM, after peace was declared, be sas. he went 10 Hong-Kong, and returned in 1S0S as Aguinaldo's chief of artillery. While In thrt position. Howard also says, he made friend with many Americans lcfore the insurrection, including General Green. He ca it his lot with Agulnaldo at the time f the rupture with the Americans, and be sa; he brought in sixteen American prisoners, under a fiag of truce at Angeles in Septemper, lW. Howard denies that he commanded the force at San Mateo which killed Lawton. He seaki like an educated Englishman. Lieutenant Hazzard says bo himself saw Howard at Angeles in 1W. Two former California volunteers to-dy identified Howard as a deserter from their regiment named Wallcy, in Company A, who deserted In lvrt. The Philippine commission to-day established a bureau of public lands, an organization modeled closely after the one at Washington, with variations necessitated by the different conditions, and with regard to the former Spanish land system. The commissioners also plan a general land surv, which will include the quality of aratl land and the islands agricultural resources. The newly-arrived American teachers, at a mass meeting, have decided to cable to the Ircsident complaining that they were promised commissary privileges, and that they now find their expenses are double what they were assured they mignt txptci. They think they are badly used. m PACIFIED PROVINCES. : Where Civil Governments Are to Ite Established In the Philippines. ; WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Thc followlrg provinces in the Philippines have beta designated by the Philippine commission in such a satisfactory state of pacification and sufficiently well advanced in all th details of civil administration to warrant the passing under the jurisdiction of a ciil Governor: Bcnguet, Pangaslnan, Bataaü, Tayabas, Romblon, Oriental, Ncgros, Antique, Icyte, Ambos Camarines, Marinduque. Cavitc, Surlgao, Pampanga, Tarlac, Bulacan, Masbate, Occidental, Ncgros, Hollo, Capiz, Albay, Sorsogon, Rizal, Nueva Eel la and Misamis. By the direction of General Chaffee the senior military officers in thee provinces are directed to render all needlul assistance to the civil authorities whfn disturbances arise beyond the control of the local municipal police. Wherever the assistance of the military arm Is asked for the senior commanding officer is required to make full report of the facts of the attending circumstances, action taken and result thereof. By an act of the commission passed July 17, the provinces of Batangas, Cebu. and Bohoe are restored to the executive control of the military government en the ground that armed insurrection continues. The writ of habeas corpus in these provinces is suspended so far as it applies to the release of prisoners detained by tha order of the military government, but the courts established by the commission will continue to discharge their ordinary criminal and civil functions. 1 General Chaffee, commanding the dlvlsirn of the Philippines, holds that although drunkenness is no excuse for a crim. It may be relevant in fixing the degree of guilt and as affecting the question of malice aforethought, premeditation or the capacity of the accused to distinguish btween right and wrong. It was on this ground that he commuted to imprisonment at hard labor for fifteen years the sentence of death imposed by a military commission on Torneno Abode, a nattv Filipino, convicted of the murder of another Filipino named Graciano MacabeM. It appeared from the evidence .that the accused while irunk attacked and kilUd with a knife Macabela. actuated by resentment at a blow with a cane inflicted upon him by the deceased some months previous. General Chaffee has appointed a board of officers to take Into consideration the recommendation for brevets and medals of honor that have been submitted coverifg the period of military iterations in the Philippine and to make huh recommendations as shall seem to them merited with special reference to the special circumstances in each case. The detail of tie board Is as follows: "Major General 'Lloyd Wheaton. Brigadier Generals James F. Wade and Frederick Funston. Captain Julius R. Llndsey, Fifteenth Cavalry, h? been appointed recorder of the board. Brigadier General William A. Kohbe hs been relieved from command of the Department of Mindanao and Johr. arid granted three months' leave of absence with permission to viit the United Statei. First Lieutenant F. H. Clifford. United States marines, has been appointed provo.H judge at Pollock, Mindanao. P. I. The Navy Department has been informed of the arrival of Admiral Kempff, aboard 11 flagship Kentucky, at Sarnsah Basin, China. . Cleveland Reviews l'arade. NORWICH, Conn.. Sept. 4 -Fair skies, greeted the "Old Home" week crowds today on the opening of the big day of tl sj celebration. In the morning there was a band concert and at noon came the arrival of ex-President Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland, i:nder escort of the reception committer, came up the river 011 ex-Mayor Osgood's acht Tlllie and lunched at Mr. Osgood's house. In Jhe afternoon a parade four mlle long was reviewed by the former President. This evening Mr. Cleveland spoke at the exercises in the Broadway Theater. Artillerists to Shoot sit Targets. MADISON. Wis. Sept. -I.-Arransemen! have leen completed for the artillery coraietitlon between the military batteries f Wisconsin and Minnesota. The competition, which is to b one of rnarksmanhip ot.ly. Is to take place at Lake "it y. Minn., commencing Sept. Is. Two piecs will be usd by each team. breech-loaders with sole! t-liot. The regulation artillery man target will be used at a distance of yard. Each side will fire a total of seventy shot. NO Cooking!! Just a little cream or milk, a little sugar and GRAPE-NUTS are ready. j Sold by all Qroccrs.

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