Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 359, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1901 — Page 2

11115 EVDIAXAPOLIS JOIXKXAI., TEDXESDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1901.

(iovcrnir it was his custom every year to play !unta Claus anl present gifts to all the pupils In person. - t" 1 1 It ISTMAS A IHtU All.

Cold Itali nncl Slert Gifts Presented hy the Duke of York. LONDON, Dec. ..-Christmas brought a change of weather conditions In Europe, where the sever frost and snow have given way to coll rain and sleet. In London the wrttched weather threw a certain gloom over th? festivities-. Shop keepers suffered heavily as the downpour kept thousands of people in doors. Amonj; the great cities of the world New York Is regarded by the pres3 as having the greatest cause to rejoice for material prosperity. Home and St. Petersburg are fairly prosperous, but Paris, Berlin and Vkr.;:a are all suffering from bad trade conditons. The Princ and Princess of Wale3 preFidrd yesterday at the distribution of gifts, Joints of beef. -tc. to the tenants at Sandringhim on behalf of the absent King. Gifts llecelvd ly I.I xt ton. "LONDON", Dec. 2i. Sir Thomas Llpton to-day received a magnificent silver punch bowl and stand as a Christmas gift from John D. Crimmlns, J. II. Flagler, Charles Dana Gibson, Judge Morgan O'Brien and nineteen other Americans who were guests on board the Erin during the races this year for the America's cup. Sir Thomas said: "I cannot say how delighted I am. It merely shows that if a man does the right thing in America they appreciate It os no other people do. I have never received anything I valued more than this ppWndid gift from my American friends." King IMward has presented Sir Thomas Upton with a cigarette case bearing the royal monogram. It is a replica of the one th3 King uses himself. A!Ti:-CIIIUSTMS SCKNE. One Line of People Seeking Divorce, Another After 31arrlage Licenses. Fpeci-it to the In-ilanapolls Journal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. An unprecedented sight wa3 witnessed to-day at the clerk's oilice In the City Hall here, where there were a number of persons in line at one counter seeking marriage licenses, and another line at another counter filing divorce suits. A new divorce law goes into effect In this District in a few days, under which divorces can bo obtained for one cause only that of .infidelity, but all suits that are filed before the new code takes effect probably will be tried under existing laws. As a result divorce suits are bein tiled by the wholesale. It Is fashionable practice for couples to come to Washington to be married Christmas time. The result is two long lines of persons leading to the marriage and divorce counters. li;tti:hs to sama claus. Thonsnnds of 31 i ss 1 y es Annually Sent to the Demi Letter OiHce. t'pecial to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Capt. David II. Lwibhardt, of Milton, Ind., superintendent of the dead letter office of the Postoffice Department, is the official Ssnta Claus of the United States government. Every year thousands of letters are written to Santa Claus by children, telling him what they want him to bring them. These letters are all forwarded to the dead letter office. Last year IG.Qoo of these missives were received, and in many of them were found small sums of money sent as offerings. All the communications are scanned ?iurriedly, and after being saved for a requisite number of days are destroyed. The force In Captain Lelbhardt's department has been run over with this class of work during the past few weeks and will be for some weeks to come. CIIHIST3XAS nvi: is far is. Toy Fair Held Along; the Boulevards Mjne. Louhet n Snntn Claus. PARIS, Dec. 21. The Christmas toy fair held along1 the boulevards of Paris prerented Its customary aspect this year. The many booths were attractively decorated, but the unceasing rains completely marred the usual street enthusiasm. The midnight masses In the churches were well attended, while revelers filled the many cafes and restaurants till an early morning hour. Mme. Loubet, wife of the President, presented Christmas gifts to the servants employed in the Klysee Ialace and their children. . She afterwards attended the fete of Alsace-Lorraine, held in the winter circus, where toys and clothing were distributed from the great Christmas treo to 6.0u0 children of indigent exiles from the lost provinces. GOEBEL REWARD FUND. Leslie County- Taxpayer Sues to Teit Its Constitutionality. FRANKFORT, Ky., Dec. 21. Suit was filed in the Franklin Circuit Court this afternoon to test the constitutionality of the Goebel reward commission act of 1D00, appropriating S1"0.0" for the apprehension of th3 murderers of tho late William Goebtl. The suit was brought In the name of David M. Covington, of Leslie county, who acts as a citizen and taxpayer. CHRISTMAS WEATHER. fair Throuschout Indiana, with Cold er in Southern l'ortion of State. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Forecast for Christmas and Thursday: For Illinois and Indiana Fair Wednesday, with colder in southern portions; Thursday fair; fresh northwest winds. For Ohio Clearing on Wednesday; Thursday fair; variable winds becoming- fresh northwest. Local Observations on Tuesday. Par. Ther. R.I I. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m..liA5 S3 07, South. Cloudy. 0.0J 7 p. m..2y.tk 41 57 S'east. Cloudy. T Maximum temperature, 43; minimum temperature, Z2. Comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Dec. 21: Temp. Tre. Normal 23 .10 3 lean SS T Departure from normal 5 .10 Departure since Dec. 1 224 1.C3 Departure since Jan. 1 276 11.04 Plus. W. T. BLYTIIE, Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Mln. Max. 7 p.m.

Atlanta. Ga 4J Bismarck. N. D 22 Buffalo, N. V 34 Calgary, N. W. T IS Chicago 22 2 24 Cairo. Ill 4) CG fiO Cheyenne, Wyo 24 S) 2ß Cincinnati 31 M 4 Concordia. Kan 40 4G 40 Davenport, la 34 3S Stf Des Moines. la 34 33 3G Galveston. Tex 4 2Ielena, Mont 30 Jacksonville. Fla 12 Kansas City, Mo 44 4-5 33 Little Rock. Ark 42 72 64 Marquette, M:ch 'Zl Mmph!, Tern 4J 73 5? Nashville, Tnn 32 64 6S New Orleans so New York 31 North Platte, Neb 31 44 S4 Oklahoma. O. T 42 54 4 Omaha, Neb 32 S3 35 Pittsburg 2 40 33 Qu' Appelle, N. W. T 2; liapld City. S. I SO 4) 34 Fait Lake City, Utah.... 32 33 34 St. Louis 41 54 41 St. Paul. Minn 14 Springfield, 111 31 41 33 Fprlr.glk-ld, Mo Sil GO 45 Vlcksburg. Miss 4S 70 66 Washington, D. C 30

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. QUKENSTOWX. Dec. 21. - Arrived: NoordLtnd. from Philadelphia, for Liverpool, and proceeded. CHHUl'OrRG, Dee. 21-Arrlved: Pennsylvania, from New York, for Hamburg. PLYMOUTH. Dec. :i.-SaiIed: Graf Walrec from Hamburg for New York.

FATAL EXPLOSION OF GAS

on 3IA kii.li: ami glasshouse WHECKKIl AT KUKO.MO. Ilnnter Shot nt Peru EnRlneer's Presence of 31 1 nil The Death Record A Mystery Explained. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 24. The pot-making department of the Pittsburg plate glass works here was badly damaged by a natural gas explosion thi3 morning, and one man, Zachariah Chapman, was instantly killed. An accumulation of gas under the floor, from a leaking main, and a lighted match dropped by a workman caused the explosion. The factory was closed for Christmas week, and no one was In that department except Chapman. Had the works been in operation the los3 of life would have been terrible. Chapman was foreman of the clay-tread ing gang. He had not missed an hour's work at the factory in twelve years. He left a family. He was thrown against the ceiling with such force as to break nearly every bone in his body. A large number of pots were destroyed. Peru Hunter Fatally Shot. PERU, Ind., Dec. 21. Jesse Wells was fatally shot by Frank Rowe, a United State Infantryman at home on furlough. They were preparing to go hunting this afternoon. Ilun Down and Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, III., Dec. 21 -James Gath, who came here from Washington, Ind., was run over and Instantly killed by a Wabash Railroad train to-night. INDIANA Olli T LA It V. llenjamtn I'. Heese, Well Known in the World of Hallways. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LA PORTE, Ind., Dec. .-Information has Just been received here of the death of Benjamin F. Reese, formerly of Laporte, who passed away suddenly at Wilmington, Del. In the early days of ,the Lake Shore fc Michigan Southern Railroad he was at the head of the engineering department and since then had been connected with the Wabash, the Chicago & Northwestern and Iowa Central railroads. For the past four years has been connected with the Diamond State Steel Company, serving in the capacity of engineer of the railway track department, lie was considered the bestinformed man In this branch of railroad work in the country and had contributed largely to railway journals. Mr. Reese was fifty-two years old and is survived by a widow and one son, both residents of Laporte. Other State Necrology. MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 24. News of the death of John Deam, aged twenty-four, was received in Muncie to-day. He was a graduate of the Muncie High School and lived hero with his aunt for ten years. For three years past he was a clerk in the Muncie postollice, holding the position at the time of his death. His parents live In Wichita, Kan., where his death occurred this morning. BRAZIL, Ind., Dec. 24. This morning when Mrs. John Englehart awoke she discovered her husband dead In bed. He returned home from Terre Haute late last night and when he retired he was apparently In the best of health. Mr. Englehart was the brother of Dory Englehart, the druggist of this city, and was one of the best known residents of Posey township. SULLIVAN, Ind., Dec. 24. Mrs. Anthony W. Springer, one of the oldest residents of this county, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mr. T. A. Mason, in Terre Haute, as the result of paralysis. Mrs. Springer was seventy-nine years old and was the widow of A. W. Springer, an extensive farmer and merchant of this county. She left four children. ANGOLA, Ind., Dec. 24. William Wickwire, aged nearly eighty years, died yesterday. He was a pioneer of Steuben county. He had been cashier of the Angola Bank nearly forty years, and was on duty there every day till about a week ago. VALPARAISO, Ind.. Dec. 24. Ex-Mayor Frank P. Jones, aged forty-three, died today. He was at the head of the I. O. F. of A. of Indiana when it was organized in lül3, being the first High Court chief ranger. LIBRARY AT I1LOOMIXGTOX. Mr. Carnegie Offer ?lo,000 for the Construction of n Building. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Dec. 24. A letter was received from Andrew Carnegie today offering to present to the city of Bloomington a J15.0W building for library purposes provided the city will provide a suitable site and fix a permanent tax rate that will raise not less than $1,500 annually. The Commercial Club has the project in charge. 970,000 from Andrew Carnegie. AKRON, O., Dec. 24. Andrew Carnegie has offered the city of Akron $70,0)0 for a free public library, the city, to guarantee $7,000 annually to keep it up. The offer probably will be accepted. Mi iiiJini at camhhidgi: CITY. John Ilynn In Shot and Killed in n Suloon Quarrel. RICHMOND. Ind., Dec. 21. In a saloon quarrel at Cambridge City this afternoon John Ryan was shot and killed by one of two brothers named Schook, living at New Llsbond, Ird. They are under arrest. Snmmitvllle Burglar Identified. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. S UM M IT VI LLE, Ind., Dec. 2i.-Robert II. Glass, living four miles east of here. Identified the burglar who was killed Friday morning by Merchant Policeman Ray while in the act of robbing Berry & Van Winkle s saloon, as being Albert Brown, a relative. He was reared by an uncle, Joshua Brown, who lives near Muncie. He left his home about eighteen months ago, saying he was going to the western part of the State. Nothing Is known of his life from that time till his death on Friday. Davidson Mystery Explained. Sreclal to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO, Ind., Dec. 24. The Edward Davidson murder mystery was cleared up to-day when Nl&ht Watchman John Sprencil, a Pennsylvania Railroad employe, admitted having seen Michael Curtin, Robert Fleming and Roy Sowards drg tho body of their victim over the tracks. The cororer's verdict to-day held the three responsible for Davidson's death. Christmas Hide for llathbnn. JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind., Dec. 24. Newell C. Rathbun, who was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory for from four to twenty-one years on the charge of causing the death of Charles Goodman in this city last month, will be taktn to the penitentiary tomorrow morning. He will not ask for a new trial. opem:d his tiihottlk wide. BIß Four Engineer Saved Ills Train, but Killed Several Cattle. MATTOON. III.. Dec. 2I.-The Southwestern limited, fastest pa?senger train on the Big Four system, narrowly escaped wrtck yesterday afternoon near Kansas, Edgar county. Engineer William White was pulling eight coaches filled with holiday passengers. Coming down grade at a speed of sixty miles an hour, near Adln Baber's stock farm, the engineer saw a herd of cattle being driven over the track. It was too late to stop, and with remarkabM presence of mind White pulled the

throttle wide open; and at its terrific speed the engine struck the herd in the middle, grinding ten animals to pieces. Heads, hoofs and bodies of cattle were thrown hundreds of feet and the whole train was splashed with blood. Only the train's great speed kept it on the track. New Electric Line Projected. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind.. Dec. 21. Drake, Breed & Co., of Philadelphia, have taken the contract to build a twenty-mile stretch of lnterurban railroad connecting Wabash and Marlon, beginning work the coming spring. The Indiana promoters of the enterprise are G. A. H. Shideler, of Marion. R. E. Bred, of the same place, and C. S. King, of Wabash. The contractors have made a careful Inspection of the route and say Philadelphia capital has been provided to construct the line. Applictlon for rights to certain streets In Wabash has been made to th City Council and a committee will meet the promoters Friday night to agree on a franchise. Arrangements have already been made to reach the center of Marion over the Union Traction Company's system. Beautiful Altars Dedicated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE. Ind., Dec. 24. Three altars, costing $1,500, were dedicated Sunday evening at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in this city. The sermon was by the Rev. Father John De Grotte, of South Bend, while the dedicatory service was conducted by the Very Reverend Aug. B. Oechterlng, dean of the Mishawaka diocese. Many visiting priests were present. The three altars, the main one, the Ulessed Virgin's and St. Joseph's, are handsomely Inlaid with solid gold, hand-carved.' and are the gift of several members of the parish, but only the priest, Rev. Father Schramm, knows who the donors are. Two statues for the altars, representing St. Peter and St. Paul, are now on the way here from Pari3.

Golden Wedding Anniversary. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 21. Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. James J. Perrin were fifty years married. To-morrow In honor of the anniversary a family dinner will be given which will be largely attended. Mr. Perrin was born in Liberty, Va., on May 23, 1S20, and came to Lafayette thirty-two years ago. In 1S72 he organized the Perrin Bank. He always has been Its president. He established the present public library, giving the first 12.000 volumes. He married on Dec. 23, 1S31, Margaret Cason, daughter of Judge Samuel Cason, of Thorntown. They have two living children, William 11. Perrin. of this city, and John O. Perrin, of Indianapolis. Charged with Attempt to Kill. Special to the Indianarolls Journal. LAPORTE, Ind., Dec. 21. Prosecutor Brees to-day filed an affidavit In Laporte Circuit Court and Information charging John C. Christman, a Chicago real estate agent, with attempting the murder of Attorney Fred R. Liddell, of this city, about two months ago. Christman and Liddell had an argument as a result of a lawsuit and in the heat of passion the Chicago man Is alleged to have struck the Laportean over the head with a cast Iron notarial seal. Christman is in Chicago. Magazine Aeenis in Jail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, 111., Dec. 2 1. Three alleged canvassers for a magazine will not enjoy their Christmas. They were put In Jail to-day under bonds of $000 each on the charge of swindling. The courtroom was filled with more than fifty angry women, who claime:: to be their victims. Their plan was to promise big prizes In connection with the subscriptions. One Qulgley, who canvassed with them, collected the money, failed to deliver the prizes and left town. New Y. 31. C. A. Building Projected. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 21. The directors of the Terre Haute Club voted unanimously to accept the offer of $15,000 for the clubhouse property made by the Y. M. C. A., and the latter will begin the work of building a gymnasium and rearranging the clubhouse to suit the purposes of the association at once. Indiana Notes. LAFAYETTE. The contract for grading the lnterurban line between this city and Battle Ground has been awarded to David Parsons for $0,0w). IBs contract calls for completion of the work by the middle of next May. It will require a fill of ten feet the biggest part of the way. This means the abandonment of the picturesque line to the Soldiers' Home through Happy Hollow and along the Wabash bluffs, famed over tho entire State. BATESVILLE. At a meeting of the Town Board, held Monday evening, a franchise was granted to the Shelbyville, Greensburg & Batesville Traction Company to construct and operate an electric road within the corporate limits of the town, by a unanimous vote of the board. The company is to begin the building of the road in sixteen months, and the completion twelve months from that date. TERRE HAUTE. Blanche King, of South First street, made a second attempt to commit suicide, this time by taking laud anum, but Police Surgeon Bernhelmer was called and saved her life. This made the nineteenth suicide case for the police sur geon since he took office a few months ago. ui the nineteen he saved seventeen lives. LOGANSPORT. The board of police commissioners, after making a . complete investigation or the charges against Ser geant Thomas Morris, not only has com pletely exonerated him, but also has com plimented him very highly for his admir able record and his general deportment as an orllcer. MUNCIE. Miss Mabel Martin, aged sixteen, of Chillicothe, O., took poison on Tuesday night with suicidal intent, but was saved. She was visiting her brother, a local business man. The alleged cause of her attempt is that he and his young wife wer quarreling over a Christmas present. FLORA. Th Carroll Count v Farmers Institute will be held in the opera house in this city Jan. 20. There will be a night ses sion. A good programme has been ar ranged and a number of prominent speak ers have been engaged. CRAWFORDSVILLE. J. A. Greene will assume the position of editor of the Terre Hause Tribune on Jan. 1, succeeding Louis G. Goidlng. Mr. Greene was for a long time connected with the Journal in this city. AN ILLINOIS TRAGEDY. Prosperous Farmer Shoots Wife and Son and Kills Himself. PEORIA, 111., Dec. 24. At Yates City, last evening, Aurist Iceburg, a prosperous farmer, sixty-nine years old, living at Farmlngton, shot hi3 wife through the abdomen and then shot his fourteen-year-old stepson, who Interfered, three times Walking seventeen miles to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Davis, near Farmlngton. he shot himself through the head and died in three hours. His wife is dying, but ths boy will recover. His wife had left him because he had deeded property to his son. and he shot her because she had refused to return to him or let him get a divorce. DECORATED FOR HEROISM. Gold Medal Bestow ed on Younpr Arthur Riin hy King Edward. . . CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Arthur Egan, the seventeen-year-old hero of twenty-three life-saving exploits In Lake Michigan, has been decorated by Edward VII, King of England, for his heroism. Yesterday vnunr- l-'?in xvp nntiflfi! hv rVncnl Wj v . . C3 n . j .w.i.Lt if j nuham. of the local British consulate, that 1 1 1 - . S V- T T u goiu nifuiii in int; jiujhi jiumane csociety, bestowed by King Edward in recognition of the daring rescue of a British subject. awaited him. Egin is the linn resident of the united htates to receive such honor. He is a British subject by reason of his Linn in luiumu, uni. Too Emphatic. Chicago Evening Tost. The beautiful MUs Ludlow, of Ohio, exclaims that "you cannot make too em phatic' tne ueniai ot tne statement that she Is engaged to Captain Hobson. Why so much emphasis? Perhaps she is right to aissemoic utr iuve, out wny, as it were

WITHOUT A PRESIDENT

NATIONAL LEAGUE HAS HAD NO HEAD SINCE YOUNG UCSIG.ED. A. J. Freedman's Attorney Says Spalding? Ha Admitted He Was Not Legally Elected. NEW YORK. Dec. 24. De Lancey Nlcoll. attorney for Andrew J. Freedman, of the New York Baseball Club, made public a letter to-day replying to and commenting on the document addressed to the National League clubs on Saturday last by A. G. Spalding. The letter was addressed to the Boston, Cincinnati and St. Louis clubs and was as follows: "You have called my attention to a letter received this day by you from Mr. A. G. Spalding, and have asked me what effect, if any, It had upon the present controversy. It seems to me that the letter amounts to awitudrawal on Mr. Spalding's part from the office of president-secretary-treasurer of the National League. He Informs you that he must refuse to act further as president-secretary-treasurer of the National League, and goes on- to say that it Is 'up to each club to do that which in its Judgment may seem best for its own interest.' This Is in effect advice to the clubs to shift for them selves. Mr. Snaldlne: was never elected president-secretary-treasurer of the National League. His pretended election was entirely without authority. The courts take this view of it by .Issuing the injunc tion, and Mr. Spalding seems to have come to the same conclusion himself. Every act of a part of the National League by which it undertook to elect a president, director or other ollicer, in the absence of a majority of that body, was illegal, and the persons who held their respective offices by such authority are open to the charge of usurpation of the functions of the office. "So far as the court proceedings are concerned, the record is as follows: Mr. Spalding has just declared to the reporters, in an interview at the Fifth-avenue Hotel, that he had obtained an opinion to the effect that his election In all respects was legal. The words were hardly out of his mouth before he was served with an order to show cause why an injunction should not be issued against him on the ground that his pretended election was illegal. A few days later he came Into court and by not opposing the Injunction admitted that it was impossible for him to defend his title to the office. Under these circumstances it does not seem to me necessary that you should make any reply to Mr. Spalding's communication of this morning. The status of the National League remains the same as it was before the pretended election of Mr. Spalding as president-secretary-treasurer." Wants Taleott to Supplant Freedman. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-A. G. Spaldinsr, who was elected president, secretary and treasurer of the National Baseball League by a faction of that organization at its last meeting" In New York, had a conference to-day with Edward B. Taleott, one of tho former stockholders in the New York club, the object of which was to Induce Mr. Taleott to resume his connection with the latter organization and to endeavor If possible to purchase the intereits of President Freedman. Mr. Spalding said that in his opinion nothing would so popularize the game in New York as the return of Mr. Taleott to an active participation in the sport in that city. Mr. Taleott will take the mater under considcraion. Mr. Spalding hopes he will be induced to act favorably upon it. Will Play with Detroit. DETROIT, Dec. 24. The Tribune to-mor-row will say that William Lange, the former Chicago outfielder, and Richard J. Harley, who was with the Cincinnati team last year, have both accepted the terms offered them by the Detroit American League club. It is said that Lange will play lirst base, while Harley will play left Held. Harley's signed contract is understood to be on its way here. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Call Issued for n Meeting in Kansas City Next Monday. W. II. Watklns announced yesterday that a call had been sent out for a meeting of the American Baseball Association magnates in Kansas City on next Monday. Mr. Watklns will attend. It is thought the Omaha matter will be adjusted at thi3 meeting. Charles 11. Kuhns Signed. The signed contract of Charles B. Kuhns was received by Manager Watklns yesterday. Kuhns signed with the Boston National League club, but was farmed out and not given a chance. He can play either the in or outfield and Is said to be a general utility man of good worth. He is a good hitter, and Manager Watklns believes he will play good ball in Indianapolis. A DRESS REFORMER. Reminiscences of Fannie Wright, Who Figured Once at Nevr Harmony. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "I ran across an Interesting bit of gossip in an old history a few days ago," said a bookworm, "and it caused me to believe that I had discovered the pioneer in the modern movement on the part of woman to get Just as close to man's wearing apparel as possible in the matter of dress. I am inclined to believe that Fannie Wright set the pace. She was a remarkable character who came over to this country early in the last century, with the hope that she could do something for the negro race, then in bondage. She was not a wild-eyed revolutionist and did not expect to wipe out the institution of slavery at one fell swoop, as the saying goes. She wanted to go about -the thing in a gradual sort of way. She was a young Scotch woman and had many striking traits of character which made her different from other women. She was inclined to be mannish at a time when woman was above all else womanly. Mme. Bloomer had not at that time appeared on the horizon of fashions with her picturesque ideas of the proper thing for women to do in the matter of dress. Fannie Wright came to this country about li26. She was wealthy. She passed through the South. The condition of the negro race appealed to her, and in 1827 she conceived the idea of colonizing the negroes and freeing them by gradual educational processes along industrial lines. She had the Booker T. Washington idea in regard to the education of the negro. She wanted to teach him how to use his hands to advantage. She bought 2,700 acres of land in West Tennessee, out some distance from Memphis, and which has since been known as the Neshoba tract. She began to clear the land, built houses on it and managed to get a few slaves. While she was making this experiment she returned to Europe, and on her return to America brought with her Mme. Trollope, the English authoress, who wrote entertainingly on domestic manners in America, and who was the mother of Anthony Trollope. who is better known to the present generation. They passed up the river on a steamer, and finally landed at Memphis. This was In 1. Fannie Wright had already become well known through her philanthropic efforts and be cause or her many peculiarities. It is not to recall the fate of her colonization scheme. It failed, of course, .and Fannie Wright afterwards became Countess D'Arusmont, having married a distin guished French count. "But I had in mind the peculiarities of her dress." he continued, "and if what some of the writers have to say about her in this respect is true she was indeed a pio neer in the reform movement which has caused so many women to take to clothes like men are wont to wear. Fannie Wright, or the Countess D'Arusmont. frequently appeared on the streets of Memphis, and her mode of drea and her reckless disregard of conventionality in this respect excited much comment among the denizens of the budding Tennessee metropolis. She insisted on wearing a man's hat. It was the plainest kind of a hat, too, and. her apparel in other respects was thoroughly in harmony with this departure. The basque and skirt she wore were wonderfully plain and black in color. She was utterly indifferent to the public gaze. What attention she attracted made no difference to her. Life was a business Institution, and as she walked down the street she looked neither to the right nor to the left. She simply went about her own business in hr own way. She was handsome, magnificently Aroi)ortlaneL with a tall and willowy fig

ure, the naturalness of which was not interfered with by any of the popular artificialities; the glow on her face was such as nature had provided, and she stood In her shoes like a Queen, but treated with marked Indifference the approaches which offered homage to her beauty. She simply did not care for these things, and did not care what the public thought of her, her curious ways and her curious style of dress. Her marriage to Count D'Arusmont was a surprise to those w;io had known her, and the unhappy outcome of the wedding, divorce proceedings and final separation and litigation over property rights, which has never been ended, was thelogieal consequence. Fanlne Wright was Indeed a unique character and a woman of great force, and in

traveling over the country and in lecturing at different points it was natural that she should leave an impress which would show at some time in the future. We may see it now. We see a part of her teaching threequarters of a century later in an effort to give the negro industrial training, and we see a part of it, too. in the strange things in fashion, the oddities of which have marked the latter-day styles of womankind, and the women of to-day may look upon Fanine Wright as a pioneer in the modern movement for reformation in dress and in woman's status generally, for she was probably the first to break the Ice." CITY "CLUB TEAM WINS THE TISH-I-MINHOES DEFEATED IN THREE CONTESTS. draft Heats n Record Formerly Held ly New York Man Other Local Sports. The City Club bowling team, which will go to Buffalo to represent Indianapolis in the national tournament next month, played last night with the Tish-I-MIngos on the City Club alleys. The City Club team won all three games. The scores: City Club. Graff 161 2f3 224 Gardner 223 IDS 171 Comstock 170 1G5 142 Allen lyg ISO 1S3 Brown 194 234 140 Totals 946 9S3 SCO Tish-I-MIngos. rritchard 134 153 1S2 Parnin 163 lsö 171 Gielow 179 211 156 Bay 177 m 171 McGrew 1S3 1S4 ISO Totals S9S 919 60 In the roll-off for the last game the City Club scored 91 and tho Tish-I-Mlngos S3. Next Tuesday night the City Club team will play the Prospects on the City Club alleys. To-morrow night at the same place Graff and Gardner will roll a ten game match for $23 a side. Graff yesterday beat the record at five-back. He scored 213 where Silver, of New York, had previously held the first honor at 2W. KEEP UP THEIR Pn ACTICE. Former High School Athletes, Who Are Now In Colleces. Claire Peck, captain of last year's M. T. H. S. track team, now a member of the track team for next year at Purdue, is taking a regular course of training during his Christmas vacation in the gymnasium of the Y. M. C. A. "Dick" Tolin, who has taken an active part in the athletics of Shortrldge High School In past years. Is home from Cornell for Christmas. Tolin is a member of the Cornell basketball team. While at home he is not resting, but engages each afternoon with a number of his former schoolmates in a lively game of basketball. The Shortrldce Bowlers. The Shortrldge Bowling League took possession of the Pastime alleys yesterday morning. The Delectables won two games out of three from the Trentons and the Hoot Möns lost two to the Mayers. The Delectables lead tho league, with the Mayers In second place, the Hoot Möns third and Trentons last. As stated in the Journal Sunday, the Delectables have won the cup offered by a local firm. Second place is still in doubt. The league has been exceedingly successful and will end with games next Tuesday instead of Saturday. A new league will again be formed upon a much larger scale and will bowl for medals, it will be organized Immediately after the holidays. Dyer Medal Contests. The third contest for the Dyer medals will be given in the Y. M. C. A. Saturday night. The contests will include pole vault ing, standing high Jumping and exercises on parallel bars. The interest in these conxesis is growing eacn montn, ana it is said tnac auoui tnirty memoers or the associa tion will enter Saturday night. A Wrestling: Match. In a wrestling match between Randsford Pulliam and Samuel Rldgewater Monday night at tho Avenue Athletic Club, on Massachusetts avenue, Pulliam won in straight falls. He took the first fall in 4y2 minutes and the second in S. Pulliam Is desirous of meeting wrestlers at 125 pounds. GENERAL SPORTING NEWS. BROKE A RECORD. Capt. Louis Sar cho on Tuesday night broke the world's record for remaining under water in a diving suit. In a big tank at the Chicago Coliseum he lay immersed under ten feet of water for nine hours. The best previous achievement of tho kind was eight hours and thirty minutes. Sarcho made the performance novel by taking a specially constructed telephone apparatus down with him and talking at will from under the water with friends through the city. after securing connection by means of the regular telephone exchanges. NEW BICYCLE TRACK OPENED. The new ten-lap bicycle track in Park Square. Boston, was opened Tuesday with three good races and two exhibitions by star riders. Albert Champion roae an exhlbi tion mile unpaced on a motor bicycle in l:2S4-5. He paced Jimmy Michael in a twomile exhibition, which the latter did in 3:211-5. The twenty-five-mile open prof es sional was won by IL B. Freeman, of Port land, Ore., In 1:00:08. The mile professional handicap was won by G. II. Leander, of Chicago (sixty-nve yards), in 2:08 3-5. RUNNING RACE WINNERS. At Oak land: Quiz II, 6 to 1; Quadra, 6 to 1; Pomplno, 4 to l; JJdgardo. 2 to 1; Decoy, 7 to 5; Dangerous Maid. even. At New Orleans: Siphon, 8 to 1; Ben Hullam, 10 to 1; Little Likin, 3 to a: sevoy, 11 to 5; Death, 1 to 2; Sir Florian, 7 to 20. TRACK RECORD LOWERED. Pevov. in the fourth race at New Orleans on Tuesday lowered ine six-rur;ongs track record to Chess Hxpert lMllsbu ry's Feat. vr.u' vnniv' nr m The -hc -mort H. N. Pillsbury, at the New York Athletic uiuD, last nigni, piayea sixieen games 01 chess simultaneously, on boards which he did not see they all being behind him and gave the chess experts of the club a lively three hours. Arrayed against the champion blindfold chess player of the worhl wpre nrominent athltp. hanUra lawyers and railroad men. At one table was oionei james it. iirancn, treasurer of the Bankers' Association. His table was No. 1. and acnlnst him IMllamirv mnrl a ruy lopez opening. At another table was m it ! . . a . - m t aar 1. 11. uiusuu, ii fiAHurf r 01 ine Illinois Central Railroad. Against him Pillsbury began the game with the "four kniehts" opening. Pillgbury won nearly every game. Knnnni Miller Protest. TOFEKA, Kan., Dec. 21. Kansas millers. in a meeting at Topeka, last evening, made vigorous protest against railroads raising the minimum weight of carload shipments of flour out of the State from 24.000 to 30.Im) pounds. The claim other State millers will not be compelled to take similar ac tion in the same territory, hence the injus tlce. Dowle Case Decision Delayed. rMTtr'Ann TIPP 1 Iiulno TS,1 nnnrrpil tn.ilaV. that h rioMtlnn 4. V. m suit for the appointment of a receiver of ine iiun mis iiiuusuira nuuia not EXS handed down until after hl:i return from

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SPALDIXG AXD CIXCIXXATI SCHE.MKltS SAID TO DC AT WOItK. Cffori to Deprive the Indianapolis nail Maunate of HI Franchise In the .National League. CINCINNATI, Dec. 24. The Commercial Tribune to-morrow will say: "John T. Brush, of Indianapolis, will soon be superseded by Colonel J. D. Ellison, of Co lumbus, and Cincinnati associates in the ownership of the Cincinnati club of the National League, backed by the Spalding faction. Next spring Mr. Brush will find himself opposed by another club and that one a member of the National League. In other words, the National League, with A. G. Spalding at its head, has found means of taking the franchise from Mr. Brush and placing it in the hands of a local company. Mr. Brush will have the lease on the Western-avenue grounds, but he will have no team, for the players go with the fran chise, and that will be in other hands. "The new club will have grounds and they will be more easily reached from the center of the city than the old park. Two sites are under consideration. Shafe Forbus, the local broker, owns a piece of property down in the Eighth-street bottoms. He has offered this to the new club at a very low rental and put in the stipulation that if the club could be helped by it he was willing to give the ground free of charge. Where the other site is located could not be learned, but it may be the old Bank-street grounds. "Rumor has it that an American League club would be placed in this city, and this would have been likely but for the present plans. Ban B. Johnson, president of the American League, is" now In Cincinnati and he is on friendly terms with Ellison and also with the Spalding faction and will do nothing to prevent its progress. "Some weeks ago a company was formed In which W. R. Zullck, three other Cinclnnatlans and Colonel Ellison are interested. The object at that time was to buy out Brush. An effort wras made in this direction, but It failed. Since the National League meeting Zullck and his associates have come to the conclusion that Brush has nothing to sell, or, rather will not have by spring, and consequently are proceeding in another direction. Zullck is in the insurance business, but has many other interests. Zulick spent several hours In con ference with Ban Johnson at the St. Nicholas Hotel yesterday afternoon." PERIL IN ENVELOPES. James Hlcks Cuts His Lip on One and Ills Blood Wa PoUoned. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. James Hicks, a prominent iron manufacturer of Cincinnati, O., died in the Waldorf Astoria to-day of blood poisoning. He came to this city about a week ago. A few days later he was licking an envelope when tho sharp edge of the paper cut his lip and blood poisoning set in. Mr. Hicks was prominently Identified with the Cincinnati Corrugated Iron Company and the Piqua rolling mills. His widow, who is a daughter of ex-Mayor Thomas, of Cincinnati, arrived in this city this evening and will accompany the body back to Cincinnati, where the burial will take place. George D. Roberts, of Oakland, Cal.. died to-day at the AJdine Hotel, this city. He was seventy-three years of age and one of the pioneers in the mining industry of California. Edward Taylor Bradford, said to be a wealthy mining expert, formerly of Denver, Col., died to-night very suddenly. He had been sick for about a week. He was a grandson of "Father" Taylor, the sailor preacher of Boston. The Earl of Carrlck. LONDON, Dec. 25. Somerset Arthur Butler, fifth Earl of Carrlck, is dead. Somerset Arthur Butler, fifth Earl of Carrick (created 174S), Baron Butler (1607), Viscount Ikerrln (162a), was born at Roan More, County Waterford, Ireland, on Jan. SO, 1S35. He was educated at Harrow, entered and rose to a captaincy in the Grenadier Guards, serving with credit in the Crimea and was retired for disability from wounds in 1S62. He was a bachelor and his heir is his second cousin, Charles Butler, born in 1S5L Other Deaths. DES MOINES, la., Dec. 24. General Roland V. Ankeny, for twelve years coroner of Polk county, died to-day of pneumonia, after a week's illness. He served in the Mexican war with an Ohio regiment and in the civil war was colonel of the One-hundred-and-forty-second Illinois Infantry. At the discharge he was brevetted brigadier general for conspicuous gallantry. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24. David W. Sellers, a prominent lawyer, died at his home in this city to-day. He was president of the Falrmount Park Commission and a solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at the time of his death. For many years he took an active part in Democratic politics. PHOENIX, A. T., Dec. 24. Clarence H. King, widely known as a tailnlng expert and engineer, died here to-day of pulmonary trouble, aged fifty-eight years. He was associated with the organizing of the United States geological survey. JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 24. A. M. Lea, of Vlcksburg, district attorney of the Southern Mississippi district and one of the most prominent Republicans in the State, died here to-night of apoplexy. He was fifty years of age. Losses by Fire. CONNELLSVILLE. Pa., Dec. 24. Almost an entire square was wiped out by fire here to-day. The loss is conservatively estimated at $75,000. The Insurance in many instances does not half equal the loss. The square was owned by the Wllkey estate and the buildings were occupied by about thirly tenants, nearly all of whom were burned out. The heaviest loss Is the furniture store of B. P. Wallace, which was entirely destroyed. This stock was valued nt $3S,000 and was Insured for only about $12,000. DUNLOW, W. Va., Dec. 24. Fire broke out in the postofflce building last night, and, notwithstanding the heavy rain, spread so rapidly that almost the entire business portion of the town was destroyed. The origin of the fire Is a mystery. The loss was $75,000, covered by about one-fourth insurance. DEADWOOD. S. D., Dec. 24. Fire destroyed the Deadwood Opera House to-day. Most of the contents burned, including a lot of supplies belonging to the National Guard. Loss, $40.000. New View of Water-Meter Question. Buffalo Courier. A physician writing to the Niagara Falls Cataract Journal agrees with the Courier that there Is no more necessity for water meters than for air meters. He declares that no water drawn from faucets Is really wasted, but that by flushing the sewers It keeps them constantly clean and free from noxious gases. The public official who attempts to fasten the meter system upon Buffalo will have a harder Job than he bargained for. General Manager HeMlgn. AMARILLO, Texas., Dec. 24. General Manager D. H. Nichols, of the lVcos & Northern Railway Company and the Southern Kansas Hallway Company of Texas, has resigned, to take effect Jan. 1. Mr. Nichols has been with the Pecos & Northern from its beginning in different high positions. Three years ago he btcame its vice president ari general manager. A Bankrupt Woolen Company. NEW HAVEN. Conn., Dec. 24.-The Dayvllle Woolen Company, of Danielson. Conn., was to-day adjudicated bankrupt In the United States Court. A petition was filed recently with liabilities amounting to $C:0,ouo. Kitchener's Concentration Policy. Minneapolis Tribune. General Kitchener has found It necessary to deport a lady correspondent Miss Emily Hobhouse because the criticised the BrttUU i-oliiu' cf concentration too freely. The

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To Our Many Friends and Patrons: Very Merry Christmas Gerriff A. Archibald & Co. II The Cash & Dove Co. 354 to 358 Massachusetts Ave. Tbe Low-Rent Store. Enterprise Hotel OIL We wish oar many friends and patrons a Merry Christmas ... and a . Happy New Year Store Closed All Day peculiar thing about this "concentrado" business is that, while one nation usually condemns It in another, every nation which finds itself engaged in a guerrilla warfare in any of its possessions finds it necessary to practice it. LANDED KNOCKOUT BLOW WALLACE IMCKI2TT WAS TOO STRONG FOR DAX WASHINGTON. In the Third Bound the Latter Went to the Floor Police Arrest the Whole Croud, The participants In a boxing contest at Blackwell's Hall, at Martlndale avenue and Nineteenth street, were arrested last nlht by Sergeant Glblln and Patrolmen Jones and Scribner. Tho contest had been advertised and the officers were there to see that the affair was conducted along llnca allowed by the law. Two preliminary bout were pulled off before the chief attraction was announced. This was to be a ten-round go between Dan Washington, colored, and Wallace Pickett, colored. The men had been together before, and Sergeant Glblln, who had witnessed the fierce performances, warned them of the consequences attending an attempt at a knockout. Only three rounds were fought. Pickett with a heavy blow which landed over Washington's heart ended the fight. It was a knockout, from which Washington did not recover until long after the time limit. The men were rounded up, taken to the dressing rooms and then sent to police headquarters, charged with engaging In a prize fight. Beverly Howard was a second for Pickett and Fred Wolf, white, acted for Washington. Nick Stadtfield was referee. Tickets had been sold for the exhibition, and the whole ptory wa told when the announcement wa made by the ticket eller that thirteen tickets had been sold. CIVIL SERVICE IX BUSINESS. Growth of the Merit System in Great Linea of Industry. Kansas City Journal. One of the most Important steps In the direction of closer relations between capital and labor Is that Just taken by the Fteel trust, which has adopted the civil service idea in Its dealings with Its 2.0) employes on its lake steamship lines. The presumption Is that this Is but the forerunner of similar action in connection with the tens of thousands of men employed in the various enterprises of the trust. Civil service practice, of course, obtains In a modified form in the business world, to such an extent that the contrast between conduct of private and public business is proverbial. Other things being equal, the tenure of position in ordinary business enterprises depends upon fidelity and competency to a far greater degree than positions in political offices. Discharges are usually made for cause rather than on account of a change In officials at the head of the concern. It is fashionable among political demagogues to 6ay that the employe has to vote with the corporation for which he works. But the fact remains that interference with private political belief is very rare and that the business man does not care what views are held by his employes, unless they constitute a direct attack upon his interests, and. indirectly, upon their own Interests. But this conspicuous indorsement and application of the civil service idea must have a good intluence. It is co-operation In a certain form and the feeling of stability on the part of tho employe must be an incentive toward a closer relationship with the employer and the recognition of the interdependence of Interests. It is along these lines that capital and labor muft approach each other if they are ever to ceae to maintain their present attitude of hostility and distrust on the one hand and Indifference and selfishness on the other. Costly ChrlwtniH Gifts." Philadelphia Times. "This being the season of Chrlslmas Rifts." said Israel Ward, formerly of the Fourteenth Infantry, who has Just returned from the Philippines, "let me tell you of a Christmas Rift which has cost many millions of dollars, and hundreds, if not thousands, of livs, and isn't paid for yet. The word Agulnaldo Is Tagalog for Chrlstmaa gift You do the rest." Of Course It Is. Clewland Leader. The fact that Senator Hanna spent two hours at the White House on Friday and Saturday in conference with the President will probably be taken by the Democrats as an indication that Mr. Hoosevelt ias decided to Ignore the chairman of the national committee. Conditional Ileply. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Johnnie, what do you want me to buy for you for Christmas?" "How much money you got?" Presented vrlth Gold Undue. The employes In the United States marshal's office yesterday presented Henry C. Pettlt with a handsome gold badge, bearing the letters "U. S. Marshal." Mr. Pettlt was much pleased with the Rift and made a pleasant little fpeeth. expressing his frratituile for the remembrance. Deputy Marshal Foley made the presentation speech with his usual graceful How of language. eL.- .j ... . js Stopa (he Coufih and Works Off the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Oulnlns Tablets cure irold In one day. No cure, no pay. Priet 23 cents.