Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 360, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1901 — Page 2

T1IK HVmAIVAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2G. 1901.

ing miners, white ami colored, when the shooting f.rcurr 1. Phillips was shot in the tack and is in jiil in a precarious condition. H- thinks Mrkln shot him first, but the st ry ;t tir,.i't i that Markin shot at anoth-r n..t: ir.t;i Phillips fhot Markin ami thai ::.e eLc, not known, shut 1'hiMIt s. Phillips :-.iy.i M.'.rkin cam- to the saloon at thi aft. r:;uon and with revolver in hand ordered every one out. saying he was going to lose the place. Phillips told him they would go and that th-r was no need of "pulling his uun." Phillips says that a.s he went out the door Markin shot once and as he felt no bullet he kept on going, but when the second shot hit him he turned and tired at Markin through the glass door which Markin had closed. Markin wan forty-five years of ag'-, and had a wife and four children. Phillips has a wife and two children.

Hunter Shot 111 Friend. S;,cial to th- In jiarapr.lis Journal. RUSHVILLK. Ind., Dec. IS. Tom Beach shot Will McGeeson in the legs, yesterday, with a double-barreled Fhot pun. They were hunting and became involved In a quarrel, when Peach lost his temper and shot McCiefjson. peach is about twenty years old and his victim Is thirty-five. McGeeson is badly wounded. Peach has been arrested. shot ni:i) whim: iilwtixg. Death of Lawrence County 3Inn CnuMed ly C'areleN neu. BEDFORD, Ind.. Dec. 23. Joseph BrownIn?, aged twenty-five, was killed last evenIn?, tlx miles west of Bedford. Browning, with two friend?, had gone hunting. They treed a squirrel, and it seems their guns would not reach It. One of his companions hail his gun cocked, and he laid it down on the ground and climbed the tree; then the other did the game, and getting up called to Browning to hand him the guns. He reached down, and, taking it by the muzzle, handed it up, not noticing that it was cocked. The trigger caught on a limb and the weapon was discharge!, the entire load taking effect in his breast and killing him instantly. The body was brought to his parents' home in this city early this morning. (ruenome Ilecurd of n Trnln. Facial to the Intliiiipolis Journal. ELWOOI). Ind., Dec. 25. Panhandle employ es hre have come to believe that a "hoodoo" of the worst sort hangs over what is known as the "Dutch local," a freight train which runs from Logansport to Middletown and return each day, doing the switching at several small points where there is not enough work for a yard engine. Within the past six weeks the train has caused tho death of three persons and has injured a dozen more. The first accident was at Middletown and resulted in the death of Conductor Bert Case. The ru'xt was the tragic affair at Kokomo, whn the train ran Into a hay-wagon party of young people, killing one man and injuring three girls. A day or so later the train struck a buggy at Windfall, killing the horse ami injuring the occupant. The killing of Miss Jennie Shaw here on Saturday niht rounded out the train's tragic record to date. Hurt Iii Hand Blown Off. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind., Dec. 25. Al Wildering. a well-known local sporting man, had his left hand blown off, to-day, by a small cannon. Several other accidents have been reported. 1I.I A ItOAST LA Mil DINNER. Reformatory Prisoners (Hven ns Boot! n Time an Was Possible. Special to th In-iianaiiolls Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind., Dec. 25. Christmas passed off very quietly here today. Early services were held at all of the churches, and business was entirely suspended during the day. At the Reformatory the Inmates were given a day off, and at noon were, feasted on a roast lamb dinner with many delicacies on the side. During the morning they were given the freedom of the Inner court. Klks Remembered the Poor. Special to th? Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 25. Christmas was observed at all of the churches this year. This afternoon the Elks Lodge had a tree at Music Hall, and presents of clothing, sleds, candy, tops and dolls were given to 3'J0 poor children of this City. INDIANA STATE .NORMAL. w Eleetrlc-LlKht System Nearly Head) in nasi u m Changes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TEBRE HAUTE. Ind.. Dec. 25. It Is expected that the electric light system UeIng Installed in the Indiana State Normal building will be in readiness at the beginning of next term, after the holidays. The wiring is about completed and the apparatus has been tested and found, to be adequate. The dynamo Is of seventy-five horse power with a capacity of 800 lights. There Is also a small subsidiary dynamo with a capacity of fifty lignis for use when only a few rooms are to be lighted. The furnace in the enlarged boiler house has a self-feeding arrangement, and as in the past the Normal smokestock will send forth little or no smoke. Changes have been made In the gymnasium by which the basketball goals will be placed according to the new rules. WEATHER FORECAST. Probably Fair To-Day nnd To-Morrnw Tb roniliont Indiana. WASHINGTON. Dec. 25. Forecast for Thursday and Friday: For Ohio Fair on Thursday; Friday increasing cloudiness and probably rain along the lakes; light variable winds, mostly southwest. For Indiana and Illinois Fair on Thursday and probably on Friday; light south to southwest winds. Loral Observation on Dec. 23. liar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m.. 29.02 25 91 N'west. Cloudy. 0.01 7 p.m.. 30.18 35 64 North. Cloudy. T Maximum temperature, 37; minimum temperature, 3t. Comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation on Dec. 25: Temp. Pre. Normal si 0.10 Mean SP, fl.01 Departure from normal o.in) Departure since Dec. 1 220 1.J4 Departure since Jan. 1 272 1204 Plus. W. T. RLYTHE. Section Director.

Wednesday's Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta, tla GS C2 Pismarck. N. D 30 14 Ruffalo, N. V 31 31 Calgary. N. W. T 22 30 Chicago. Ill 30 3 30 Cairo. Ill 3S 4J 40 Cheyenne, Wyo 20 32 22 Cincinnati. 0 40 12 40 Concordia. Kan 34 Daenport. Ia 30 32 SO Des Molr-.es. Ia 2tJ 42 3 Calveston. Tex fl (V Helena. Mont 32 32 Jacksonville. Fla 71 (g Kansas City, Mo 32 31 34 Little Rock, Ark 52 50 Marquette. Mich 31 31 Memphis. Term 4 50 46 Nashvtüt-. Term 32 2 41 NewOrleins. La 74 70 New York. N. Y 40 4u North Platte, Neb 20 4 3t5 Oklahoma. O. T 22 50 42 Omaha. Neb ?s 41 40 Ilttsburg. Pa 3s 4 .3s Rapid City, S. D 22 40 32 Fait Lake City, Utah.... 2S 3S 3, Ft. Louis, Mo 3t 3S CS St. Paul. Minn 22 30 Springfield. Ill 32 3 32 Fprlngtleld. Mo 34 . 4S 42 Vicksburg. Mi.-s 2 To fA Washington. D. C 50 4i

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. NEW YOltK. Dec. 25 Arrived: Majestic, from Liverpool and Queens-town; Bolivia and Lluria, for Genoa and Naples. Sailed: Vaderland. for Antwerp, via Cherbourg; Gerrnanir. for Liverpool; PhlladeJriia.. fur Southampton.

Games are being scheduled for the basketball team which will represent the Normal with Purdue, Indianapolis Manual Training School and Indiana University. The first of these will be played about Jan. 2"). A Feries of Interclass games Is being played. The contest has narrowed to a game between the seniors and freshmen to be played the first Saturday in January. The defeated team of the contest will drop out of the championship race. The school team will play the Terre Haute High School on Friday, Jan. 3. The winter term will open on Jan. 2. Many of the students and some of the teachers will attend the annual meeting of the State Teachers Association In Indianapolis this week. President Parsons, who has been lecturing in Pennsylvania, is expected to arrive in Indianapolis in time to be present at some of the sessions.

Broader Scope at He Phiht. Sreeial to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Dec. 23. It has been decided to broaden the work of De Pauw University by giving a special course for teachers in the spring and summer terms of the school, which has been contemplated for some time and which is in line with Improvements in the courses that have been planned. Nearly all the professors of the college of liberal arts have b-en included In the faculty for this normal work. LOSS OF $ttü,KH. Mesker Foundry nt Evnnnvllle Barns AVnter System Defective. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. EVANS VILE. Ind., Dec. 25. At 11 o'clock to-night fire destroyed the Mesker foundry. In the lower end of tho city. The loss is tfO.CuO. with Insurance of $30,000. The blaze originated In the engine room. Just as the fire broke out the water works plant broke down, and for some time the manufacturing blocks in the lower end of the city were threatened. A year ago Mr. Mesker suffered a loss of $1j0,9 by fire. Plate nt Hartford City. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 25. Fire on yesterday wiped out four business firms occupying the large two-story frame building known as the old Cooley corner. They were George Bashara's fruit house, James Cronin's shoe shop. Mrs. Lizzie Ilashara's notion store and W. P.. Cooley's restaurant and bakery. Cooley carried no Insurance on his building or stock, and his loss Is fcl.Ooo. Cronin's loss is Jl.OoO on stock, with $500 insurance in the Hartford, of Connecticut. George Ilashara estimates his loss at $300. with $5o0 insurance in the Niagara and Phoenix companies. The structure .was built sixty years ago and every timber was hewn. The fire started from a g-as jet. Mr. Cooley will build a three-story brick block on the site. Xennpnper Plant Durned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BROWNSTOWN. Ind., Dec. 25. Soon after last midnight fire destroyed the building and plant of the Brownstown Telephone. O. II. Cooley Is owner and editor of the paper. His loss is about $1)00. with small insurance. The loss on the building, which was owned by A. J. Hamilton, was about the same. About $200 damage was done to adjoining properties. INDIANA OlHTL'AIll. .Mrs. S. W. GHHInn, Formerly of Richmond, In California. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 25. S. W. Gillilan, formerly a local newspaper man, and welLknown over the State, has notified Richmond friends of the death of his wife. She passed away at Riverside, Cal., last Friday and was buried there. They went there several weeks ago from Marlon. Mr. Gillilan is in the employ of the Los Angeles Herald and will remain In that city with his daughter. Will He Ilaried In Arlington. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Dec. 25. Representative Steele and his family will leave Marion to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock over the Pennsylvania lines for Washington with the body of their late son-in-law, Major Hugh R. Belknap, TJ. S. A., who died In the Philippines. Tho funeral will be held privately, immediately upon their arrival in Washington, and burial will follow in Arlington Cemetery. Cadet George W. Steele, jr., who was granted leave of absence from the Asiatic squadron, to accompany his sister with the body of her husband from Manila to Washington, will report for duty to the Navy Department at Washington Immediately after the funeral. Mrs. Belknap will remain with her parents in Washington. Fnneral of Mrs. AV. T. Noble. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. Dec. 25. The funeral of Mrs. William T. Noble took place yesterday afternoon from the home. The attendance was large and many letters and telegrams of condolence were received.. The pallbearers were Isaac Jenkinson, Walter I. Coale, "Albert Rost. Dr. Holloway, A. L. Study and Judge Thomas L. Study. Interment was in Earlham Cemetery. Those present from abroad were Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Thornton. Mrs. E. W. Nicholson, Rev. Worth M. Tippy. Mrs. John K. Jones. Indianapolis: C. C. Peelle, Winchester. Ind.; iTof. R. W. P. Noble, wife and son. Chicago; Miss Martha L. Peelle, Miss Emma King, Centervllle, Ind. AVcll-Knoun llnllroad Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCEXXES. Ind., Dec. CS.-Blood poison, resulting from having a toe afflicted with corns removed by a surgeon's knife, was responsible for the death this morning of Col. G. M. Taylor, traveling passenger agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at this place. He will be buried at Baltimore, his birthplace. Other Deaths in the State. WARREN. Ind.. Dec. 25. Peter Gundy, a prominent and prosperous farmer of Jefferson-township, died to-day, aged seventy years. He left a widow and four children, one son and three daughters, all grown. RICHMOND, Ind.. Dec. 25. Mrs. Anna Besselman, aged eighty-seven j'ears, one of the oldest German residents of Richmond, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Christian Lammert. ELWOOD, Ind., Dec. 25. W. H. Iliffe. aged sixty, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Jenkins, to-day as the result of a paralytic stroke. He was a native of England. 4 THE CASE OF It ATHIIL'X. Tlirre Is Little Chance of Ills Serving Merely the Minimum Sentence. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind., Dec. 25. The Journal's correspondent called on Superintendent Hert, at the Indiana Reformatory, to-day and inquired as to the sentence of Newell C. Rathbun. Mr. Hert said that he knew very little about the case, and did not wish to pronounce upon any matter that had been brought before him through unofficial reports. He understood that Rathbun had been convicted of manslaughter and sentenced for a period of not fcss than two nor more than twentyone years. Replying to a question as to whether he had seen the statement that Rathbun would be released at the end of two years, Superintendent Hert said that was a mistake. No one could say as to the outcome. The board of managers had authority to parole a man when his minimum sentence had been served; obviously it was not the intention of the law that this should always be done, nor is It the custom of the board to do so. The maximum for manslaughter is twenty-one years, he said, and. in his opinion, a man who had deliberately planned the death of a fellow-creature should serve more than the minimum time for which he was sentenced to prison. He was not to be understood as prejudging a case that was just now attracting wide attention, but he felt sure that the board, as at present constituted, would never parole on his minimum a man who had been shown to deliberately plan the killing of a human being. Indiana Weddings. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN. Ind., Dec. 25.-Miss Ethelyn Tracy and Dr. John M. Phipps were married to-night, at the home of the bride, at

Whiteland. In the presence of i large company. The bride is the daughter of B. P. Tracy, a wealthy farmer, and former chairman of the Republican county committee. Dr. Phipps recently returned from a two years' stay in the Philippines. here ho was stationed as international secretary of the Y. M. C. A. for the navy. NEW ALBANY, Ind.. Dec. 25. Thomas M. McCulloch and Miss Anna L. Reno were married this afternoon by the Rev. Charles Hutchinson. Mr. McCulloch has been city clerk of New Albany for the past eight years. The bride Is a daughter of Mr. L. I'. Reno.

Sale of a Shovel Factory. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 25. The Richmond Shovel and Tool Company, which was organized here some months ago by E. G. Hibberd, S. W. Gear and other local capitalists, has passed under the control of outside men and it Is surmised becomes a part of the Shovel Association, but nothing definite on this point could be learned. The plant was bought outright and the new company is headed by Charles II. Myers, of Beaver Falls. Pa., as president, William J. Alford, Anderson, Ind., vice president, and Samuel S. Early, Terre Haute, secretary and treasurer. The business will be continued under the same name. Sloan Is Not Penniless. Ppcial to the Indianajxiis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 25. The report that Jockey Tod Sloan is now penniless afler squandering $300,000 Is untrue. His reason for asking for reinstatement is that his services are wanted by American and English horsemen the coming season. Tod, who is now In Paris, sent his usual quantity of Christmas presents to the home folks, including $v) in cash to his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Blanser, and relations. Tod is not financially stranded, though he lost heavily on the races last season. He has at least $lUO,0uü left in property and stocks. Prof. HlnHcock Ilying. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 25. Prof. W. II. Glascock, superintendent of the Bloomington schools and ex-superintendent of the Institute for the Blind, has suffered a relapse from typhoid fever and Is not expected to live through the night. He had been ill for five weeks, but was able to walk about his home before he was again stricken. Indiana Notes. KOKOMO. By the collapse of a scaffold a force of carpenters at work on a new barn on the William Sampsell farm, six miles northwest of here, had a long fall. All were injured, the worst being Alonzo Mattox, whose leg was broken and spine injured. The R v. E. A. Allen, who recently resigned the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church here, has accepted a call to the chvrch at Decatur, where he was formerly stationed. Before coming here five years ago Mr. Allen had a charge at Indianapolis. ANGOLA. Frank D. Morse has sold his electric lighting plant in Angola to the National Mills, Water, Light and Power Company, the latter taking the receipts of the business from Dec. 1. The price was not made public. The National Mill Company operates the Angola water works system, and It has furnished power for the electric light plant several years. PETERSBURG. On Jan. 7 the Commissioners of Pike county will sell $tö,000 of county bonds, the proceeds of which are to be used in the construction of twenty-five miles of rock roads In Washington township. At the same time the treasurer of the town of Petersburg will sell $5,CO0 corporation bonds. GREENCASTLE. Will Kelly, of Fillmore, shot his right hand off Wednesday afternoon while on a Christmas hunt. He was by himself in the wodds, but managed to reach home for assistance. LYMAN J. GAGE'S PLANS SPECULATION AS TO "WHAT HE WILL DO IN THE FUTURE. He May Devote -Much of Ills Time to Missionary Work in the Cause of IIa ii Ling: Reforms. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. There is considerable speculation among financial men as to what Secretary Gage will really do when he leaves the treasury. Thoso who know his active mind and persistent energy feel that he will not idle away his time in some minor Chicago financial institution as he now declares. In a recent speech he said that the machinery of commerce had Improved In all respects except banking. He contends that banking methods lag behind the march of Industrial progress, and In his message he proposed a number of Improvements, but he does not expect any immediate legislation or executive reform along these lines. He is arousing popular interest and hopes when it has been sufliciently discussed in the newspapers and by the people the way will be seen to make important changes. Secretary Gage Is a little old-fashioned in his Ideas of reforms. He believes a secretary of the treasury should resist changes in principles and methods until the soundest and most conservative Judgment compels acceptance, lie feels that reforms should originate with the people and be carried by the force of popular conviction and intelligent insistence to the executive department and their adoption forced by a recognition of merit. He considers any administration of the treasury which has for Its policy the forcing of reforms upon the business world as unwise and risky. Some of his friends think that when Mr. Gage retires he will give a good deal of time and attention to missionary work in the cause of improved banking methods. The secretary believes in what he terms the federal banking system. He thinks the units should be the smaller banks of the county seats, which should have relations with the larger banks of the State money centers and that these In the end should sustain a large central bank. In short, the financial authority and strength should begin at the bottom aid work to the top, just th same as in the republican system of government. Another distinguished student of banking methods in this country is Mr. A. B. Stickney, of Chicago, the railroad president. He opposes Mr. Gage's federal plan with what might be termed a monarchical one. In short, he believes In a central bank, just as Mr. Gage does, but he believes that It should dominate and control the branch banks; that it should be a supreme and dominating financial authority in the Nation's banking. He advocates-extended authority downward from an allpowerful center. Instead of upward from hundreds of units. Mr. Gage admits that Mr. Stickney's plan is theoretically good, but he says that the people will not stand for it. He, therefore, believes in going after what he can get. The Censure of Gen. Miles. Washington Post. The Post has had a great deal to say about General Miles in the past not always perhaps to his entire fancy, but never, we are sure, to his disparagement as a gentlemnn and a soldier. The general runs somewhat fluently to gorgeousne.s of apparel, to new dispositions of gold lace, to photographs, after-dinner eloquence, and jo on. In all these lights he Is to us an object of perfectly respectful amusement, and has frequently suggested more or less playful commentary. But never for a moment have we forgotten or Fought to ignore or screen the fact that Nelson A. Miles was one of the finest and most gallant fighters In the ITnlon army of 1S01-1m5. It Is our deliberate opinion that the American people will not take kindly to the reprimand which has, by the order of the President. Just been administered to Gen. Miles because he had seen fit to Indorse the verdict of the head of the United States navy and so align himself with another fighting man on a purely righting Issue. It may be that General Miles was less than diplomatic in the manner and the m-itter of his speech. These fine-spun details are beyond us. But the heard of the army was indorsing the head of the navy touching a strictly military proposition, and we risk nothing when we say that the American people will be glad to :ear from bins and swift to adopt his view.

CHANGE ASKED BY ITALY

"WANTS TO HOLD ONE AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR LVNCHINGS. Untier Present System the United. States Government Cannot Give the Satisfaction Demanded. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. The Italian government has been renewing its efforts of late with the authorities in Washington to have our federal statutes so extended as to protect foreigners in cases arising within the jurisdiction of States, thus giving a federal remedy for lynchings and like affrays directed against- Italians, such as have occurred in Louisiana, Colorado and Mississippi. It is the exchange of views In this connection which recently brought on the discussion in the Italian Senate, when Baron Fava interpellated the Italian premier as to the progress of an adjustment. Immediately on the arrival of the new ambassador, Slgnor Mayor Des Flanches, he took up this question which had arisen in connection with the lynching of several Italian citizens at Erwin, Miss. In this connection Slgnor Mayor said today: "Under the treaty which exists between Italy and the United States the citizens of each country are guaranteed the fullest protection while residing in the other country. In the case of Americans residing in Italy they had exactly the same rights, the same protection, the same recourse to the courts that an Italian subject enjoys. The only exception is in connection with political rights. In the case of Italians residing in the United States the treaty assures them- the same rights and protection given to American citizens. But, unfortunately, this expression of the treaty so far as it relates to Italians in this country is somewhat theoretical, for under the American system, which limits the federal authority over Statts, the central government is not able to give effect to the guarantee laid down by the treaty. We fully recognize the difficulties of this situation, which has been as apparent to the statesmen of this country as they have to those of Italy. We have hoped this would bring about the enactment of a law which would permit the federal government to carry out the guarantees of treaties. This would be a genuine remedy for affairs similar to those which have occurred in Louisiana and Mississippi, and would prevent the periodical agitation over cases arising in the States. As these cases arose they would be assured of attention under the federal authority, with careful regard for the execution of treaty obligations. "Since the recent lynchings at Erwin, Miss., there has been more or less discussion of the payment of a money indemnity. But In the view of the Italian government, tho question of indemnity does not enter into the case. There has been no suggestion coming from us, much less a demand, for a cash indemnity to the government. The Italian government does not seek blood monej-. At the same time the families of the victims, who are the ones most directly affected, are naturally willing to listen to suggestions of a monetary indemnity, and when these suggestions are voluntarily made by the state or federal authorities, we can do nothing more than be the medium for considering them in behalf of our people. But such indemnities are to the people affected, and not to the Italian government, which feels that there is a far greater question involved than any financial return to individuals. It is the real and permanent remedy of having the federal laws give to Italian subjects the protection guaranteed in our treaties that we desire, and it is to this end that my exchanges of views are tending, rather than to the payment of special indemnities in special cases. What the Italian government desires is a system covering all cases." AWARD OF THE NOIJEL PRIZES. United States Minister Thomas Tells of the Distribution. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. United States Minister Thomas has reported to the State Department that events of unusual interest took place Dec. 10 at Stockholm and Christiana in connection with the first award of the Nobel prizes. Alfred Nobel, the discoverer of dynamite, who died five years ago, left substantially the whole of his vast fortune for the benefit of mankind and in his will directed that it be divided into prizes, without regard to nationality, the worthiest to be awarded the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not. Theso prizes consisted of live allotments each of more than $K),0o0. The awards were as follews: In physics: To Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, professor at the University of Munich, the discoverer of the Roentgen rays; In chemistry, to Jacobus Henricus Van Hoff, professor at the University of Berlin; in medicine, to Emil Von Behring, professor at Halle, the discoverer of the diphtheria serum; In literature, to Sully-Prudhomme, member of the French Academy. In the works of peace the prizes were divided between Frederick Passy, national economist of France, and Henri Dunant, of Switzerland, the leading spirit in bringing about the Geneva convention and in instituting the societies of the Red Cross. The prize diplomas were awarded by the Crown Prince in person at Stockholm in the presence of a great gathering of distinguished people and at Christiana the award was made by the Norwegian Storthing convened in solemn session. SullyPrudhomme was unable to attend because of sickness. ' The Prairie llnnntl for A'eneiueln. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-The Navy Department received a telegram to-day announcing that the training ship Prairie would leave Tompklnsville at daylight for Hampton Roads, whence she will proceed direct to Port of Spain, on Trinidad island. Just off the north coast of Venezuela. FATAL FLAMES. Child Dnrned to Death, Its Parents and Tito Children Injured. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25. One child was burned to death, its parents were seriously injured pnd two other young children were slightly injured in a fire at the home of James H. Connelly, on Wyatusing avenue, to-night. After the Harnes had been extinguished the charred body of Mary Connelly, four years old, was found in a second-story room. It is not yet known whether the parents will recover from their Injuries. Other Fires. NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 25. Fire at Shreveport, La., destroyed the furniture establishment of Jackson Bros., involving a loss of $00,000 on stock and 15,;0Q on building. The fire situation in Shreveport is bad and an agitation has been started in favor of building reform and improved fire apparatus. Forty insurance companies have withdrawn from the city pending adjustment of conditions. The losses in the last six months or a year have been exceptionally heavy. FLORENCE. S. C, Dec. 25. The cotton oil mill plant, owned by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, with 0) tons of cotton seed and products and four freight cars of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad were burned to-night. The value of the mill plant Is estimated at $40,Ox and the value of the stock on hand, including manufactured products, is $1'). Insurance on mill buildings and machinery, JH,"; on stock, about 10,0ü0. The origin of the fire is unknown. MEXICO CITY. Dec. 23. Word reaches fcere from Merida, Yucatan, that a great fire has been raging at Progresso. starting in the warehouses of Eshanove Bros., and spreading to the warehouse of Gabriel Escaiante, and the consignment department of the Merida Railway. Some ten thousand bales of Jeniquen were exposed to the flames, and it is believed much of it has been destroyed. The less is estimated at $1,0".. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Dec. 25. The large factory of the G. S. Grahamm Machine Company was destroyed by fire early today. Three firemen were hurt by falling walls, but none of them fatally. The loss Is estimated at about JlOO.uO. Tourists Must Pay More Duty. NEW YORK, Dec. 25. The exactions on tourists arriving at the port of New York will, it is said, be made more stringent.

and tourists arriving in this country will b called on in future to pay full duty on all extra wearing apparel, as well a on everything not on the free list. In other words, according to a customs official, "tourists will not be favored at the expense of importers." PLANTERS NOT PLEASED.

Hawaiian Think President Roosevelt Means Harm to Sugar Interests. HONOLULU, Dec. IS, via Victoria, B. C, Dec. 25. President Roosevelt's message is commented on here as adverse to the sugar interests of Hawaii. The declaration against allowing more Chinese to come here was a disappointment to the planters. The prospect of reciprocity with Cuba, the possibility of free admission of sugar from that island and the Philippines as well as Porto Rico are also disappointing to Hawaii. In spite of these influences, however, the sugar stocks here remain firm. Attorney General Dole will leave for Washington in the near future to present to the United States Supreme Court the appeal of'the territory in a case involving the question of the legality of trials without grand Jury Indictments under the Hawaiian law allowing jury verdicts by nine jurors after an examination. Considerable alarm is felt in marine circles for the safety of several overdue vessels from Pacific coast ports. Among them is the ship S. D. Carleton, forty-four day3 out of Tacoma. NEW PROTOCOL SIGNED WAR I1ETWEEX CHILIS AM) ARGENTINA AVERTED FOR PRESENT. Both Republics Continuing; Preparations for Offense and Defense More War Ships Ordered. BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 25. The new protocol between Chile and Argentina has been signed. The newspapers say the protocol dispels immediate danger of war, but that the remedy Is not permanent. The armies of the two countries are, meanwhile, continuing their warlike preparations. Chile ha3 decided upon the erection of new fortifications at Talcahuano and Punta Arenas. At a secret session of the Chilean Senate yesterday the government demanded authority for the expenditure of $15,000,000 in preparations for defense. The sitting was an exciting one. It was finally decided to authorize the floating of a loan for the purpose. According to the Diario and the Commeo, Argentina, for her part, in view of the new naval acquisition by Chile, has' decided on the construction in Italy of two warships of 8,000 tons, to be ready by the end of 1902. A dispatch from Santiago de Chile says Prime Minister Tocornal, replying to an interpellation in the Chamber of Deputies, said the statement that a new agreement between Argentina and Chile already had been signed, was premature, but that a communication had been forwarded. Later. A dispatch from Santiago de Chile says that after a fresh conference held this evening between President Riesco, Foreign Minister Yancz and Senor Portela, the Argentine minister, the new agreement was signed, the latest modifications to the former proposals being accepted. The government officially confirms the statement that the new agreement has been signed, putting an end to the conflict between the two nations. Porteln Postpones Departure. SANTIAGO DE CHILE. Dec. 25. Senor Tortela, Argentine minister to Chile, ha postponed his departure, and it Is announced that a protocol will be signed establishing a modus vivendi between the two countries. The general opinion is that the questions at Issue will be solved soon, to the great satisfaction of the whole country. x The Peruvian-Bolivian Dispute. LIMA, Peru, Dec. 23. Advices from Lapaz, capital of Bolivia, say Congress closed Monday without sanctioning the treaty of arbitration In the matter of the controversy regarding the boundary between Peru and Bolivia, but that secret sessions of Congress sanctioned the contract with a Bolivian company formed in London for the leasing or territory in Acre. Obituary. DENVER, Col., Dec. 25. C. G. Bangs, a friend of Kit Carson, a veteran of the Mexican war and a Colorado pioneer guide and Indian fighter, died at Altona, Boulder county, Colorado, aged seventy-four years. Mr. Bangs came to Colorado from Missouri in 1SG0. His death was caused by a severe attack of grip. He leaves one son and three daughters, two of the latter living in Salt Lake, and the others in Denver. CHICAGO, Dec. 25. Dunlap Smith, a leading financier and real estate dealer of this city, died to-day of pneumonia. He was the youngest eon of Perry II. Smith, who was one of Chicago's wealthiest citizens during the seventies and eighties. Dunlap Smith Inherited a large fortune from his father and increased it largely through his real estate operations. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 25.-Colonel R. E. Renfro. of Brownsville, a prominent Texas politician and one of the leading Republicans of this State, died at Corpus Christi last night. He was collector of customs at the port of Brazos Santiago, during President Harrison's administration. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 25. Dewitt Clinton House, one of the oldest and best known traveling men in the United States, died to-day at his home in this city, aged seventy-four years. GUTHRIE, Okla., Dec. 25. Alfred S. Dewitt, United States commissioner and city clerk of Guthrie, died to-day. He was a native of Montreal, Can. PARIS, Dec 26. Jacques Francois Henri Fouquier, the publicist and former member of the Chamber of Deputies, is dead, aged sixty-three years. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. George B. Swain, treasurer of the State of New Jersey since 1S94, died to-day at his home in Newark. Schier Should He Satisfied. Pittsburg Gazette. Admiral Schley has placed on record a series of strong objections to the findings of the majority of the court of inquiry. Even the members of the court who criticized some of his actions bore testimony to his courage, while Admiral Dewey declared that he was in absolute command at Santiago, and, therefore, entitled to the credit of the glorious victory. General Miles has written a statement announcing that he is willing to take the Judgment of Admlial Dewey In the matter. Taking it all in all. Admiral Schley Is In a very good position to let matters stand as they now are. An Inaccurate Survey. GUTHRIE. O. T Dec. 25. Acting on an order received from the secretary of the interior, government offlcials have stopped all building and improvement operations at McAlester, I. T., until a schedule of values of all property has b-een prepared by the town site committee. A former survey schedule was found to be false, and the secretary of the interior thereupon intervened. I'n sanitary. Detroit Free Tress. Lit'.le Boston Boy Mother. I told Santa Claus that he netdn't trouble hlmsdf to make his usual donations to me this t-eason. Mother What do you mean, Epaminondas? Uttle Boston Boy Mother, he has worn his old fur overcoat such a long period that feel assured it must be Infested with pernicious microbes. Indorsement Appreciated. Baltimore Herald. Burglars at Lebanon. Ind., who tried to blow open a safe and failed placed a card indorsed "O. K." on the knob. 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SYSTEM WILL RHVOI.l TIONI.i: SEAFARING AND LESSEN WRECKS. A Practical Scientist Thinks It May Also Open the Way for Interplanetary Communication. Bayonne Press. (N. J.) Letter in Philadelphia It is only a question of time until the oceans of the globe are covered by a signal service as effective as our present government weather system on land. I further believe that Marconi has opened the door for interplanetary communication, if such a thing is ever possible." Thus spoke William E. Eddy, business man and scientist, to-day. Mr. Eddy is best known to the scientific world by his experiments with kites in determining atmospheric and other conditions at great heights. He has been In communication with Marconi and is familiar with every step that has been taken by this inventor and others in establishing a system of wireless telegraphy. Mr. Eddy is engaged in business In New York and his experiments in the realm of aerostatics are the recreation of his leisure hours. For fifteen years he has experimented with kites in the Interest of science. He has covered, in his own way, the field of atmospheric electricity. His deductions are therefore not those of a dreamer. "The beneficent possibilities of Marconi's discoveries, entirely aside from the commercial, are not fully appreciated even by those familiar with his work. The development of wireless telegraphy will decrease the number of shipwrecks. The mysterious disappearance of steamers leaving no trac6 behind will be at an end. Tourists on shipboard on any ocean will, in the future, be as completely in touch, so far as communication is concerned, with the rest of the world as though they were on a railroad train. "In my experiments," continued Mr. Eddy, "I have received electrical signals over the wires from kites at altitudes varying from 3.000 feet to two miles. They have been unmistakable, distinct and visible. Others besides myself witnessed this phenomenon during my experiments last winter. Where did they come from? I confess I do not know. It was the letter 'S' repeated at regular intervals. The kites were flying over the city of Bayonne. The signals came out of space; possibly they were fugitive signals from some wireless telegraphic station. They might have come from Interplanetary space. I have never claimed that they came from anywhere. I only know that the signals were received." "When you speak of a signal service at sea, do you mean that there will be regular stations established over the oceans of the world?" was asked. "The time will shortly come when every regular ocean steamer will be a floating signal service station, equipped with all necessary appliances for the reception and transmission of wireless telegraphic messages. This Is being done now, and transatlantic liners have communicated Intelligibly with each other at a distance of a hundred miles and more. KITES ARE INVALUABLE. "The limitation of wireless telegraphy between ships at sea is the height of their masts. To extend the service for almost incredible distances it is necessary to get Into the higher atmosphere, and this can be done only by kites. I have communicated to Mr. Marconi a plan for the establishment of wireless signal stations at points on boths ides of the Atlantic, from Labrador to Cape Horn, and from Cape Town to the North Cape. These, of course, would be kite stations. "My experiments have demonstrated that it is possible to fly a kite in all kinds of weather except a hurricane. I have kept a kite in the air for a whole day with the velocity of the wind averaging fifty-five miles an hour. "The records of the Signal Service Bureau will show that it is a rare thing for a storm, with high winds, to cover a greater area than 4X miles In diameter. With my proposed kite signal stations, at a distance of 500 to GOO miles apart on the Atlantic coast line, there would always be at least three-fourths of them able to maintain kites in the air and to receive messages from greater distances." "Would not considerable difficulty be experienced in flying telegraphic kites on ocean steamers as you propose?" "There is no difficulty In that line tnat is insurmountable. Kites can be sent up from any steamship in almost any weather. About as severe a test of this as possible was made in my experiment of sending up a kite off a sailing yacht. On the 15th of October, this year, I flew a kite from the sailing yacht Romola. and kept it up all daj', with a heliograph attachment. In severe stress of weather smaller kites could be used; In comparative calms the larger kites. "The time is coming when no seafaring man who is an applicant for a place as executive or navigating officer on any steamship will be given a position without having at least a rudimentary knowledge of wireless telegraphy. The Immense value to life and property of having such a large body of trained men on the ships of the world is apparent, I think, to the most obtuse. "In less than ten years from now I look, for the full realization of my prediction. The government Weather Bureau is experimenting in the same direction. With sufficient power and sufficiently delicate instruments and with a kite at a height of 3,000 feet, it will be possible to send a message from the shores of Patagonia to Cape Town. A ship in distress in mid-Atlantic would be able to communicate the fact to two or three stations on either hemisphere." WHY BALLOONS FAIL. "Would not captive balloons be preferable to kites for the transmission and reception of wireless telegraphic messages?" "By no means. Balloons would be useless in an average high wind such as would keep a kite steady in the upper air. In a New York newspaper endeavored to report the International yacht race of that year by means of a balloon. There was a good yachting wind, but the force of it was such as to press the balloon downward and force the gas out of the neck, thus rendering It inoperative. The same fatal effect characterizes the German kite balloon and the alternative is that It must either lose Its gas or burst. "I believe that Mr. Marconi's results In Newfoundland would have been more conclusive and convincing if he had sent his kite to the higher strata of air. One reason why so many electricians are skeptical about this triumph is that his signal was the letter S. Preece, the English electrician, declares that the letter 'S' is a constant signal; po much so that It amounts to a nuisance. "I have offered to send up kites from New York or Bayonne for Mr. Marconi's experiments. One cause for the nonsuccess of his experiments on land is that mountains, high buildings and similar obstructions are constantly drawing off the electric strain on the charged layers of air. By sending up a kite to a height of 3.0'JO feet or more and using No. i; gause piano wire for strings I believe that the results would be perfectly satisfactory." "In what way has Marconi opened the door for interplanetary communications?" "If," said Mr. Eddy with great earnestness, "other planets In our solar system are Inhabited, and by races as intelligent as ours, who, as some investigators have imagined, are trying to communicate with us across the infinite gulf of space, then it must follow that if electrical signals can be transmitted under certain ! conditions for a distance of 2,ÜO mile. under heightened conditions it may be possible to communicate 7'.V)w miUs." "I believe that light waves and electric waves are infinite in their influence and space-penetrating power. If that theory be correct then the secret of interplanetary communication must be sought along the line that Marconi has followed, the projection of signals through space on electrical W 3 V S "Up to the present time electricians and inventors have been neglecting one great secret of success. Edison. Tenia. Marconi. Pupin and others have be n striving to increase the power by wnich to transmit electrical energy. Power Is necessary, but If they were to direct their energks more toward the construction of delicate instruments, coherers of ureater sensitiveness, they would accomplish greater results. WORD TO OTHER WORLDS. "Reverting to this theory of Interplanetary communication If Marconi must have a certain equivalent of Dower to

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"When 1 speak of such instruments I have In mird the seismograph of Sir John Milne on tho Isle of Wight, which Is so delicately adjusted than an earthquake shock in the United States is Instantly registered on the Isle of Wight. Professor S. P. Langly'-s bolometer, which registers one one-millionth of a degree of beat, is another instrument in mind. I have In view the construction of a seismograph on the combined principle of mast, coiled wire and balanced mirror. It will be so delicate that a movement of the base of the mast of one one-hundredth of an Inch will cause a beam of light to traverse a space of over ten feet. "In the rapid development of wireless telegraphy Instruments of greater delicacy are needed. One of the iirst dltileulties which Mr. Marconi must overcome will be to secure a more delicate coherer. I think that the gold leaf galvanometer has greater possibilities than the liramley coherer which he uses. Apparatus of Intintesimal delicacy dens not mean infinitesimal apparatus, but great instruments al exceeding Fensitiveness. "The future of wireless telegraphy, of ability to telegraph wireless messages thrctugh the air, depends therefore quite as much upon the delicacy of the mechanism employed as It des upon the energy generated for their projection. The possibilities of wireless telegraphy are simply wonderful." ROSEIIEltY'S ASTLTEESS. His Speech nt Chewlerfleld Indicative of His J'ngneity. Washington Star. Lord Rosebery's speech is at once pleasing and unsatisfactory. It is the utterance of the statesman, not of the politiclon. It is conservative, although addressed by a Liberal leader to liberal followers, it betokens a remarkable shifting" in Rritlsh politics, to result, perhaps, la further changes when the war is over. If Rosebery's advice is accepted the Liberal party may win at the next general elections, which, the sieakcr declared yesterday, should be held Immediately after the definite conclusion of the South African strife. Hut will it be accepted? Will it persuade the curious association of jlltical workers of all shades of fnlth now under the Liberal standard to discard their old Irish allies, and to abandon xolicles which have been fundaments of Liberal belief for many years? The former premier specifically refrains from critlslsing the fact of the war, although he censures some of the moves which the government has made. He acquits the government of cruel measures, while accusing it of injudicious proclamations. He directs his shafts particularly against Mr. Chamberlain, who, he Rays, has unnecessarily made enemies for Great Britain among the powers. The Rosebery programme may be thus summei up: Vigorous prosecution of the war, liberal terms to the conquered Roers, radical reorganization of . the army and navy administration, sharp prosecution of the light to regain Rritlsh trade supremacy, greater efficiency in Parliament and the adoption of a tone of greater amiability toward the other nations. It is the Conservative policy modified. It is neither jingoistic nor indecisive. It is an admirable line of action. Rut It is not likely to stimulate the Liberal party to extraordinary efforts. Rosebery's offer of his services does not mean murh at this stage. It serves in a measure as a pleasant guarantee that if the Liberals work their way once more into power he will not be averse to accepting the premiership. Rut leadership demands something more than a pledge to take office when the fight is won. Will Rosebery take off his coat and fight whll the party is in the minority? Will he conttnu bis Illuminative discourses on the public platform and In the House of Lords when Parliament reassembles? lie Is sorelv needed at the head of the line. The party requires an aggressive, constructive leader more than ever if it is to adopt his policy of seml-conservatlsm and nsht the government In large part upon its own ground. Such a campaign calls for a remarkable man. There Is seemingly no one in the ranks or among the putative leaders In the House of Commons capable of conducting It. This speech docs infinite credit to Rosebery's patriotism and sagacity. It remains to be seen whether it will serve to lift his party out of the mire of despondency and, inefficiency into which it has blundered In the absence of a capable guide. I had been a sufferer for many years from nervousness with all its symptoms, and complications," writes Mrs. O. N. Fisher, Ih6i Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. 44 1 was constantly KtnS to see a physician or purchasing medicine. 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