Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 362, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1901 — Page 2

THE IXDIAXAPOLIS .TOURXAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1901.

S."VX0'V, or the third largest excess In the country's history." Th review stated that the activity In tran.-fortat ion was unprecedented. The outlook was treated in conclusion as follows: "Many elements of strength and some of the opposite character present themselves to vi- w. The qubtness of export trade, checked by relatively higher prices here and lack of new demand abroad, particularly in Germany, which country is reported yelling iron and steel products txdow cost. ar- ohtacls to increased shipments by this country. On the other hand, English trade advices are rather better and the predicted early suspension of hostilities in South Africa and thy resumption of large gold shipments from that section are favorable features presenting themselves. Europe apparently must buy our wheat and cotton freely, but as long as domestic activity in trade, particularly iron and steel, continues, the need of a foreign outlet is not regarded n.i pressing. If only a portion of the high hopes Indulged in as a result of the recent conferences of capital and labor materialize, industrial peace, and. through this, sustained commercial good feelllng and prosperity, will have been powerfully further U."

iiraiistiii:i:ts weekly report. Trade Never Better Than In the Holitlny Season Just Closed. NEW YORK. Dec. 27.-Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: Reports of a record-breaking holiday trade, of seasonable quiet In leading wholeBale lines, of exceptional activity at top prices in Iron and steel, of sustained activity In other Industries, continued complaint of car and motive power shortages and a general hardening of speculative mar ket for food products are the features of trade advices to Bradstreet's tbla week. Th.'s year closes with a cheerfulness of feeling never exceeded, even of late years, and with expectation of the new year as bright as any that have gono before. Specially good reports as to holiday distribution come from the Käst, central "West, Northwest and Southwest. Advices from some parts pf the South aro tempered with a pessismlam Lorn f the unsatisfactory yields of cotton in some sections. In the West Chicago fiends a particularly line report and. St. Louis. Kansas City, Cincinnati, St. Joseph and Omaha send reports of the best holiday trade in years. The year closes with a burst of activity in Iron arid steel. Pig iron sales for the week have never teen equaled at this season and lack of adequate transport facilities alone is a bar to a still greater volume of distribution. The outlook is for a production of 1 . m)V) tons of pig iron, of 'j).'P)J) tons of ore and of 12,0on,iio) tons of stiel in jd. Prices have advanced of late and 515.73 to Slti is freely paid at Valley furnaces for bessemer deliveries in the lirst q iarter of next year. In finished produc s the mills are crowded with business. Wire rods have advanced $1 per ton. In the coke trade supplies are piling up near tlie ovens, but furnaces are shutting down owing to the lack of cars to move one to the other. Wheat apparently cut loose from corn this week and displayed exceptional activity and strength for a holiday week. The winter wheat markets took the lead in this respect, buying I ing specially good at St. Louis. Reports of lack of snow over the winter crop have been received, but reports of a smaller surplus in Argentina, better cables, light receipts West and Northwest and smaller gains in the visible supply have all been features. Kxport business has rather been checked by the rise. Corn has been dull, though steadied by wheat, while eats have firmed up a little. Provisions have shown more strength and cheese has been helped a little. Wheat Including flour exports for the week aggregate 4. 54.1 bushels, against 4.332..12 last week and S.S.PS in this week last year. Wheat exports from July 1 to date aggregate lli.IWO bushels, against 1)2,02,214 last season. Corn exports aggregate 42J..13; bu.hel-j. against SCft.CUl last week and 4ll.l'3 last year. From July 1 to date corn exports are 'J ',550,315 bushels, against W.179.344 last season. New business in shoes and leather is naturally small, but shipments are enormous. Hides are strong ami leather is also, the outlook being fur higher prices for shoes. Gray cottons for future delivery are strong in sympathy with raw cotton, which has strengthened on good buying in face of a liberal crop movement. Wool is strong and tends higher. Receipts of wool at Boston for the year were ) per cent, larger than a year ago. but stocks are no heavier at the close than at the beginning. Supplies in the country are smaller also. Woolen goods are firm, with men's wear goods in excellent shape. Business failures for the week number 21i. against 2'U! last week, 213 in this week last year and 22o In Han Not Sold. Out. NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Bradstreet's gave out the following statement to-day: "The statement having been mad? and reiterated to the effect that the Braduircct Company has changed hands or that a controlling interest in the stock of that company has been secured by other than the present holders, the officials of the Bradstreet Company stale1 that such reports WEATHER FORECAST. Cloud)- To-Dny and Probably on Snnly Suntlienil AVIuds. WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. - Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: For Ohio Partly cloudy on Saturday and Sunday; light vari ;le winds, becoming southeast. For Illinois rrobably rain or snow and colder on Saturday. Sunday fair and colder; fresh northwest winds. For Indiana Cloudy on Saturday and Xrobabiy Sunday; fresh southeast winds. Loral Obirrvntioni on Friday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m..3'MS 33 Ml S'west. Cloudy. O.CO 7 p. m..U 31 M S'west. Cloudy. O.CO Maximum temperature, 38; minimum temperature. 32. Comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Dec. 27: Temp. Pre. Normal 27 .10 Mean 35 .00 Departure from normal i .10 Departure since Dec. 1 205 1.34 Departure since Jan. 1 257 12.24 Plus. W. T. BLYTHE, Section Director. Yesterday Temperaturen. Stations. Min. Max. 7p.m. Atlanta. Ga 40 &2 &2 Bismarck. N. D 15 28 16 Buffalo. N. Y 30 3 3 Calgary, N. W. T 3 20 36 Chicago 28 3i 34 Cairo. Ill 26 4 35 Cheyenne. Wyo 20 26 22 Cincinnati 34 40 36 Concordia. Kan 26 42 2S Davenport. Ia 26 36 34 Des Moines, I a 23 36 34 Galveston. Tex 34 S 58 Helena. Mont 26 2S 28 Jacksonville. Fla 70 64 Kansas City, Mo 32 43 16 Little Rock. Ark 32 56 DO Marquette, Mich 3o 3u Memphis. Tenn 36 54 5) Nashville, Tenn 2s 46 44 New Orleans 54 64 5S New York 31 44 ZS North Platte. Neb 30 2s" 32 Oklahoma. O. T 34 56 44 Omaha, Neb SO 40 36 Pittsburg 36 40 36 Qu Appelle. N. YV. T 10 IS 16 Rapid City. S. D 26 34 26 Fait Lake City, Utah.... 26 30 23 Ft. Ixuls 34 42 34 St. Paul. Minn 3 tin iß SpringneM. Ill 32 36 J Springfield. Mo 3) 50 4 4 Vicksburg. Miss 40 61 GO "Washington, D. C 32 44 3 MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. NRW YORK. b.c. 27 Arrived: Patricia, from Hamburg; Haverford. from Antwerp; Darmstadt, from Rremen. Sailed: Laurentlan, from Glasgow. MO VILLR. Dk-. 27. Sailed: Ionian, from Liverpool for Halifax and St. John. N. B. GLASGOW, Dec. 27.-Arrived: Anchoria. from New York; Livonlan, from Boston. HAVRE, Dec. 27.-Arrtved: La Bretagne, from New York. LIVERPOOL. Dec. 27. Arrived: Teutonic, from New York. LONDON. Dec. 27 Sallel: Minneapolis, fcr New York. Mop the Cough and Works Off the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a soid In one day. No cure, no pay. Price 2S ctntd.

are unqualifiedly false and assert further that it is not in the power of any outside parties to buy or otherwise secure control of the company. ni on Tit aim: conditions.

Deficient Transport and Motive Facilities the Only Drawbacks. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-R. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly Review of Trade to-morrow will say: If any evidence was needed of the unparalleled prosperity with which this Nation has ben blessed during the past year the expenditure for Christmas gilts and decorations should be ample. Distribution of Christmas gifts among the employes of large lirms and corporations was on the tarne scale, otten tne Increase over last year amounting to 1J0 per cent., while the profit-sharing at the end of the year will reach unprecedented figures. It is noticed that Southern trade shows less satisfactory gains over last year than in other sections, which is not surprising, as the principal product of the South has averaged from to Jio a bule less than a year ago, while the quantity thus far marketed shows no commensurate increase. I Vlowlng closely upon the interruption by loods and storms last week, transporting and manufacturing facilities wer further handicapped by numerous accidents. Iron furnaces and steel mills were tied up, and the movement of coke was hampered. This resulted in such Insufficient supplies of fuel that many stacks were banked at a time when full activity was especially desired. The situation as to coke is more critical than at any previous time Jhis season. Output in the Connellsville region has been at a record-breaking pace for a month or more, but stocks accumulate at the ovens because motive jower and cars cannot be ecured. Pig iroti production is no longer at the high water mark recorded when December opened and with fancy prices for fuel it is natural that bessemer should advance. A large Mexican rail order has been offered, but may go to Europe, as domestic makers are unable to undertake any new. deliveries for some time to come. A decidedly high level of prices has been maintained for the leading staples, with option trading of good dimensions, despite the double holiday at the Produce Exchange. Wheat recovered most of the recent moderate decline, supported by a fairly steady demand. Notwithstanding the high level of quotations as compared with earlier years, exports for the week from all ports of the United States, including flour, amounted to 3.540,972 bu. compared with 2.75C.014 a year ago, and 2.417.01S bu two years ago. Corn continues about M per cent, above the price a year ago. which readily explains Atlantic exports of only 313.2CS bu against 3,319.2." last year. Sugar became conspicuous through the aggressive cutting of quotations by competing refiners. Raw grades declined slightly on account of big crop estimates and other outside influences, but the fall in standard granuIaVd was disa proportionately heavy. Failures for the week number 250 in the United States ag-alnst 237 last year, and 23 in Canada, against IS last year. THIS WEEK'S IlAMv CLEARINGS. Total for IndlnnanollM $S,0.t7,S02, a Gain of 21.11 Per Cent. The following table, eomiiiled by Uradstreet, shows the bank clearings at the cities named for the week ended Dec. 27, with the percentage of increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year. New York J 1,17(5. 877, Dec. .1 Chicago 14J.150.ti73 Inc. .16.0 Boston li.i4.0eVS. 72 Dec. Ü.7 Philadelphia 51.332. 2'j3 Dec. 2.4 St. LcvuU 4.".,itM,70 Inc.. 41. 5 1'ittsburg .4.'.4,:6 Inc.lS.S Baltimore ls,.vc.7yj lnt... fc.S San Francisco ls.6t.l"6 Inc.. 7.4 Clncinnat i;..St;7.'f Inc.. Kansas City ir.34'),i)4 Dec. 2.6 Minneapolis 13.oX3.347 inc.. 3.".. 9 Cleveland 11. 6' CI 33 Inc. .13.7 New Orleans 13.777,337 Inc.. 2.3 iKstroit lo,2f;4,549 Inc. .31. 7 Louisville S.12t;.6'0 Inc.. 7.9 Indianapolis R.0::7.v2 Inc. .24. 3 Providence fi.v.n.t"Hi Iec..f.s.O Omaha 6.341.143 Inc. .14.2 Milwaukee 6.. it;. e."3 Inc. .12.0 Buffalo 5.4r..m Inc. .11.3 St. Paul 4.7H2.132 Inc. .11. 5 I'eoria 2,4:,",41 Inc..l).2 Kvansvllle 62;:.3'J Dec. .23.0 Hprinjrileld 111 47."..K't Inc.. 8.6 Hloomington. Ill lO'i.WJ Inc.. 13.7 Jacksonville, 111 l.v4 Inc. .11.0 ColumbuF, 0 5.926,1'A) Inc.. 7.3 Totals. TT. S $l.S4f). 626.946 Inc.. 3.0 Outside New York 663,749,587 Inc.. 9.1 Not included in totals because containing other items than clearings. MRS. HANSEN'S STORY. Salvation Army La" Sayn Her 1 Iii Ji buti d Wns Murdered. HELENA, Mont., Dec. 27. The Helena police are investigating a story told by Mrs Mary Hansen, which involves the alleged murder of her husband at Belvidere, 111., eight years ago, by Charles Buell. The woman and Ruell came to this city a few weeks ago from Iowa, making the trip overland in a buggy. To-day the woman had Buell arrested for cruel treatment, and to the county attorney she stated that while living with her husband at Relvidere, 111., Buell and Hansen went out hunting together. Hansen never returned. According to the woman's story her husband was drowned by Buell. Mrs. Hansen joined the Salvation Army a few days ago, and on the advice of the captain of the army, it Is said, confessed the story to the county attorney. RAN AMUCK WITH REVOLVER. Three Men Shot by Steve Ilederlck Ilefore He "Wan Arrested. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Steve Roderick shot three men in the streets of Passaic, N. J., and when finally he was captured he would have been lynched had it not been for the firm stand made by a local Justice of the peace and a few citizens Bederick had quarreled with John Stondt, and In a rage shot him in the neck. Bederick tried to run away, but was followed by a crowd, into which he tired, one ball striking Anton Stull in the thigh and then wounding a man named Ravelle in the arm. After all the chambers in Bederlck's revolver had been emptied his pursuers closed in on him and overpowered him. Before he could be rescued from his captors he was terribly beaten. Stondt's wound is dangerous. BUTTER-MAKING RECORD. Full-lllooded Holsteln-Friexlan Cow Pats Up Neiv Record for Her Kind. ST. PAUL. Dec. 27. The world's record for a seven days milk and butter production has been broken by a Ramsey county cow. The yield for the seven days was 5S9 pounds of milk, which, according to test, contained 29.47 pounds of butter fat, beating the former world's record by more than a pound. The former record was made by Brown Be?sle, the famous Jersey. The new world's champion is Mercedes Julips Pietertja. a full-blooded HolstelnFriesian cow. owned by the South Side Farm, near White Bear Station. The official record-breaking test was made under the supervision of the Minnesota experiment station and extended from Dec. 17 to Dec. 23. EXPLOSION IN A FURNACE. Three Men Ilurued to Death and Another PosMibly Fatally Hurt. SHARP8VILLE, Pa., Dec. 27. An explosion at the old Sharpsville furnace about 7 o'clock this morning wrecked the furnace plant and killed Martin Clary, Howard Dickson and James Bartlett. James Donnelly was probably fatally injured. The men were working at the top of the furnace when the explosion occurred and Clary, Dickson and Bartlett were burned to death. Their bodies were recovered at 9 o'clock. Donnelly was injured by jumping. The cause of the explosion is not known. JUMPED DOWN 1,200 FEET. Snlcide of n Young Miner by Leaping Into n Shaft. I RON WOOL). Mich.. Dec. 27.-Isaac Westoberore, a miner at the Newport mine, committed suicide yesterday afternoon by jumping down a shaft l,2oo feet. He was romewhat Intoxicated at the time. He was a young unmarried man without known relatives. No motive is known.

BARELY ESCAPED DEATH

nilll(i TIMBERS FELL OX A SICK .MAX AT BIIAIL. Lonne In Anderson Fire Discovery of a Skeleton at Warren Lafayette AVIII Have a Fine Nct Bridge. Fpc!al to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Dec. 27. -This afternoon Chestlne Clark was seriously burned by timbers of his house, which were on lire, falling on him. He was confined to his bed by illness, the family being away at the time the house caught fire. Assistance reached him barely in time to save his 1'fe. His body was frightfully burned and the shock may cause his death. Anderson Lonne nnd Innnrnnce. ANDERSON, Ind.. Dec. 27. The fire this morning in the heart of the business section entailed a loss variously estimated by conservative persons at from J25.0O0 to $30,0X. It was confined to the building of Mrs. G. F. Chittenden and heirs and that of B. W. Scott. The former was occupied by Buck, Brickley & Co., the oldest drug firm of the city, and in the rear the offices of the Western Union comprising the first iloor. The second floor was occupied by Sears Brothers' real estate firm. Dr. M. A. Bush, Madison County Abstract Co., E. T. Thomas, tailor, and Charles Connor, paper hanger. The other building was occupied by the firms of Haynes & Son with a stock of furnishings, and Miller & Haynes, tailors. The tire damage to these buildings, the latter owned by Mr. B. W. 5'cott, was confined to the second stories. The Alema restaurant, operated by T. M. Watson, was badly flooded, but is operating this evening. The fire originated in the rear of the Hayne & Son furnishing store. The loss there is estimated as J.O'JO to J15.O00. The drug firm carried a Jle.OuO stock knd has insurance amounting to about $10,000. The Cox fc Co.'s clothing store suffered a slight damage from smoke. The tenants of the Chittenden building second floor suffered practically total losses of $2,000. with no insurance. The insurance follows: Haynes & Son. l.ofO in the Franklin. $2,0(i0 in North British & Mercantile, $2.o00 in North America. $2.000 in Springfield Fire & Marine, $1,VjO in Gerard. Miller & Haynes $1,500 in Equitable, 1.000 in Delaware, $1.00 in Manchester. Buck. Brickley & Co. $2.250 in lloyal, $2,0" k) in Philadelphia Underwriters, $2.0o0 in Niagara, $1,000 in Agricultural, $2,250 in Williamsburg. Mrs. Chittenden $2.000 in Phoenix of Hartford. $1,150 in Scottish union. B. XV. Scott $1,0U0 in Western Underwriters. Watson's restaurant $l,2G0 in Boston. I XI) I AX A OBITUARY. Preliminary Funeral Servlees of the Late Prof. (Hancock. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 27.-The funeral of Prof. William II. Glascock, superintendent of the schools of Bloomlngton, who died yesterday, will take place at Greenfield to-morrow at 2 o'clock from the Presbyterian Church. This afternoon exercises were held at the residence on East Klrkwood avenue, in charge of the Itev. M. G. Allison, pastor of the First Presbvterian Church, assisted by the Itev. C. E. Clough, of the First Baptist Church. The body lay in state from 9 until 2 o'clock at the residence and hundreds of citizens and school children called to pay their respects. The High School, the Masonic order and all the school teachers attended the services in a body. Beautiful floral offerings filled the room. A committee from the Masonic order, headed by Past Master Busklrk. will accompany the body to-morrow to Greenfield, leaving here at 7 o'clock. 3Irn. I). L. "Wndnworth. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LArORTE. Ind., Dec. 27. The suspense occasioned by receipt of news here a week ago that Mrs. Dudley Ij. Wadsworth, formerly Miss Addie Buchtel, who last spring accompanied her husband to Honolulu, was dying of acute Bright's disease was broken to-night by the receipt of a telegram from San Francisco telling of the arrival in port of a steamer bringing news of her death, which occurred on Dec. 12. The body was interred there. The parents of Mr. Wadsworth and the mother and sister of the deceased live here, and all are prostrated by the news. Mrs. Wadsworth was thirty years old and had acquired more than state reputation as a writer and reader. Other Indiana Necrology, KNIGHTRTOWN. Ind.. Dec. 27. Mrs. Sarah A. Davis, a well-known pioneer woman of this city, died last night at the home of E. D. Holland, her son-in-law. She was seventy-six years old and had lived here nearly all her life. She was the widow of James S. Davis, who died a number of years ago. She left two daughters and three sons, two by a former marriage. SULUIVAN. Ind., Dec. 27. Mrs. Gus Lofton, aged fifty-five years, the wife of Gus Lofton a farmer living east pf Shelburn, dropped dead to-day while attending to her household duties. Heart disease was the cause. VALPARAISO, Ind., Dec. 27. Nicholas Pickerel. ox-County Commissioner of Porter county, died here to-daj', aged seventythree years. He had lived here forty years. FEAST DAY CELEBRATED. Elaborate Ohnervanee hy the Very Rev. J. A. Zahn, of Xotre Dame. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 27. The Very Rev. John A. Zahm, provincial of the Order of the Holy Cross, with headquarters at the University of Notre Dame, celebrated his feast to-day. The observance was confined strictly to members of the order, and was participated in by priests from South Bend, Notre Dame and MIshawaka. At 8 o'clock this morning Dr. Zahm celebrated solemn high mass in the Church of the Sacred Heart. He was assisted by the Itev. J. W. Cavanaugh, of Notre Dame, p.nd the Rev. Father V agnicr. of St. Mary's Academy. At noon a banquet was served In Carroll Hall. It was followed by informal toasts by Dr. Zahm. President Morrlsey, of the university, and others. CHILD'S GREWS03IC FIXD. Skeleton lu n Garret That May Have Been There Thirty Years. Srec!?.l to the Indianapolis Journal. WARREN, Ind., Dec. 27. A discovery was made at the home of William Adams, on the old Chrlstman farm, three miles east of Warren, yesterday that has created a sensation in the community. Mr. Adams was preparing to remove to another property, and while getting things together his little son procured a ladder and undertook to explore an unused garret, entering through a trap door. He found an old-time cradle covered with a much decayed comfort or cloth of some kind, and on removing the covering was horrified to find the skeleton of a man. Tne theory Is that of murder, and that it was perpetrated over thirty years ago. Nothing has been learned as to the identity of the victim. EXPAXIHXG IX PROSPERITY. Another Step Forward In Taken by the South Bend Tribune. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Dec. 27. The South Bend Tribune has just signed a contract with R. Hoe & Co., of New York and London, for a new press, although a new press has been under consideration for over a year. Under the contract the Tribune will secure the first of the new Hoe Ideal presses. The Ideal is something new in the present line and is made in several styles, the one going to the Tribune printing four, six, light, ten. twelve and sixteen pagts. It is a $14.om) machine and is fitted with color attachment and all of the latest Hoe improvements. The contract

provides for the delivery of the press to the Tribune about May 15. 12. The progress made by the Tribune is one of the pleasing features of the history of Indiana newspapers. The Tribune will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary next March. It was the first daily published in South Bend and the first newspaper in this part of Indiana to introduce the stereotyping process of printing, having bepun the use of a Hoe press in June, lSf'S. This press was purchased with the expectation that it would suffice for from ten to twenty years. Now, before the completion of the fourth year of Its service, the Tribune's patronage has increased so rapidly that a press allowing expansions has -become a necessity. This patronage was greater during the holidays of l.d than ever before. The Tribune's circulation has kept pace with its advertising. 9 BOY VICTIMS OF YVIIISIvY.

Four Are nt Death'" Door lu .Michigan City from O verindnlKenee. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. L.AFORTE, Ind., Dec. 27. Three sons of Councilman Fred Arndt and the son of Herman Itosentreter, residents of Michigan City, are lying at the point of death as the result of drinking whisky. The boys are from eight to fourteen years old, and the quantity drunk was sufficient to make them unconscious. The boys obtained entrance to the cellar of a s-aloon and drew the liquor from a barrel. When found they were unable to move. Severe treatment was resorted to by the physicians summoned, but they offer little hope for the boys' recovery. Telegraph Operator's Gallant Deed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLES VI LLLE, Ind., Dec. 27. Max Steckle, day operator at the Eake Erie & Western depot here, on yesterday prevented a wreck and probably saved a large number of lives. The fast passenger train, south bound, already had left the station when he learned that a fast freight had left the last station below, bound nortn. j Steckle jumped through the window, car rying pane and sash with him, and chased after the receding passenger train. It required speed and endurance, but Steckle caught the train and pulled the emergency cord. The train was stopped and backed on to the siding barely in time to let the freight go by at a speed of fully thirty miles an hour. Steckle has been highly complimented by the superintendent of the division, and it is more than likely that more substantial reward awaits him. Will Sue for Rack Taxen. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL. Ind., Dec. 27. At a meeting of the City Council held this week ex-Judges McGregor and Coffey were employed by the city to collect several thousand dollars of back taxes from the Republic Iron and Steel Company which had been erased from the duplicate on account of the contract existing between the city and the company that taxes were to be paid in cinders and ashes to be used on the streets. The attorneys for the city contend that the Council overstepped its authority in making a contract of this kind, and, furthermore, on account of the furnace not being in operation for years the company did not fulfill Its agreement. The company, on the other hand, contends that it fulfilled its portion of the contract, and if .it is compelled to pay the taxes that have been stricken from the duplicate it will at once move the turnbuckle factory and all of its belongings from the city. Shot Hlmnelf Fntally. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CLAY CITY, Dec. 27. John W. Brenton, a Ninth street grocer, mortally wounded himself last night in an attempt to commit suicide. "While preparing to retire, at halfpast 10 o'clock, passers-by heard Brenton and his wife quarreling and then the report of a revolver and the screams of the wife. The town marshal was hurriedly notified. Neighbors hurried to the scene and found Brenton reclining on a sofa, suffering from a bullet wound, and a revolve; lying beside the sofa. Physicians were summoned nnd upon examination of the wound pronounced it fatal. Before he committed the deed he and his wife quarreled over his drinking habits. OH Drillers Wanted In South Africa. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 27. Representatives of an Eastern syndicate are in this city endeavoring to hire a number of oil well drillers to go to South Africa to drill test oil wells in the Kimberley district. Several local drillers have been offered liberal inducements to sign a contract to gi to the land of the Boers. Several oil well contractors of this city have worked in the oil fields of the old countries. Among them are L. C. Aylsworth, a prominent contractor, and S. F. Karnes, an oil well eontractor who has prospected for oil in Russia. Roumania, Sumatra and Java. Most of his work was in Java. Drown Wants to Succeed Crockett. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 27. Elmer Crockett, of this city, for several terms chairman of the Thirteenth district Republican congressional committee, to-day announced that he is not a candidate for reelection. The South Bend Tribune this afternoon announced officially that Walter Brown, of Elkhart, vice chairman of the Elkhart county committee, is a candidate to succeed Mr. Crockett. Mr. Brown is regarded as a very honorable and shrewd politician and an excellent man for the place. Will Celebrate the Event. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FERU, Ind., Dec. 27. The business men of the city have engaged a band and will meet the first passenger train on the C, B. & M. on Sunday afternoon with a celebration. The company is erecting a fine pressed brick and stone passenger station, but it will not be finished for several months. The freight depot will be used for a station until then and a car will be used for freight until the freight house is ready for occupancy. Xevr Fort Wayne Law Firm. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 27. Lieutenant Governor Newton W. Gilbert and Solomon A. Wü both of Angola, have formed a law partnership with Henry Berghoff, mayor of this city, the firm to be known as Gilbert, Wood & Berghoff. The mayor was recently admitted to practice law. He is a Democrat, while his partners are both Republicans of State reputation. They will remove to thl3 city and open their office on Jan. 1. Miners Show Their Grntltnde. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES. Ind., Dec. 27. A delegation of the Mine Workers' Union from Montgomery, Ind., came here and presented a beautiful gold-headed cane to James S. Pritchett to show their appreciation of his services as their attorney at the time when thirty of them were arrested for riot at Prospect Hill. Appropriation for n Xew Bridge. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind.. Dec. 27.-The County Commissioners to-day appropriated $31) for the construction of a new bridge over the Wabash river to replace the one recently burned. The new structure Is to be of steel, have an asphalt roadway and is to be completed within a year. Young Hunter Kills Hlmnelf. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind., Dec. 27. Charles Nashwonder, of Inglefleld, Vanderburg county, aged sixteen, while out hunting this afternoon accidentally shot himself and died instantly. His brother met a similar death a year ago. Indiana Xoten. ELWOOD. The plant of the American Tin-plate Company at Atlanta, which has been practically In an abandoned state for the past two years, Is being dismantled this week, and, although the rumor cannot be confirmed. It is the belief of the workmen that the six mills there are to be moved to this city and made a part of the big factory here, as was done with the Montpeller and Middletown factories. The Atlanta plant Is a six-mill concern and started out with great promise. PERU. MaJ. Charles Bodlne, of the Patriarchs Militant. I. O. O. F., who lives in Indianapolis, was thrown from his horse

in the mud and bruised while attending the funtral of Brigadier General Ell Jamison. J. L. Head, claim agent of all the Eastern lines of the Wabash, has offered his resignation, to take effect at the close of the year, and will devote his time to representing a gun factory. RICHMOND. Kitselman Bros., of Muncle, are endeavoring to lease a building here in which to establish a factory for the manufacture of woven wire fence. James S. Newman, a yourg man giving his place of residence as Philadelphia, was sent to the State Reformatory for from two to fourteen years for forgery. He had pleaded guilty. ANDERSON. The Big Four passenger train due here Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock from the north on the Michigan division killed a man believed to be Fred Barker, of. 1633 Huffman street. Cumminsville, O., in crossing White river bridge while entering this city. The body was brought here and is at the morgue. VEVAY. The Vevay Reveille has been organized into a joint stock, company, the Vevay Reveille Company, which will take charge of the paper on Saturday. There is but one older paper in Indiana, the Vincennes Sun. W. J. Baird, who has been the Reveille's proprietor for thirty-eight years, retires, but retains an interest. ORLEANS. On Jan. S Louis Black will issue the first number of the Orleans Herald, a weekly. Mr. Black has had ten years' experience in Orange county Journalism, and with a complete and modern plant and his knowledge of local affairs and conditions expects to lind the field a I rcfitable one. EVANSVILLE. rhilip Koch, a farmer living in Scott township, became insane on Thursday night, and, entering the poor infirmary, tried to kill several of the inmates. He was overpowered and brought to this city. Koch lost his mind over religion. He imagines he is the brother of Christ. PORTLAND. The New Portland Hotel has been leased by L. Anderson, of Kendallvllle, who will reopen that hostelry the first of the coming year. The Merchants' Hotel, which is undergoing extensive repairs, will be reopened in a few days by C. L. -Morgan, of Fort Wayne. KOKOMO. Glen Tarklr.gton, son of James Tarklngton, living five miles west of here, had his right hand and arm cut to pieces in a corn shredder. Death may result from the loss of blocd. LAFORTE. Glen A. Knight, aged twenty-one, who lived at New Buffalo, Mich., and was employed as brakeman on a Pere Marquette freight train, was killed on Friday in the Laporte yards. CRAWFORDSVILLE. The city health officer reports Miss Esther Clements as ill with a light case of smallpox. She lives In Fiskville, a suburb, and her home is isolated.

DESTRUCTIYEWINDSTORM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VISITED BY REGULAR "SAXTA AXA." Air Wnn Filled with Sand from the Desert, and Oranges Were Blown Off the Trees. ' L03 ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 27. A windstorm of unusual force and destructiveness raged to-day all over the southern part of California. The storm was what is locally known as a "Santa Ana," and carried with it fine dust from the desert to the east that filled the air and obscured the vision at distances more than a few hundred yards. Reports from surrounding towns report much damage wrought by the wind to oranges and some damage " to small buildings. Railway traffic is delayed, and in some instances entirely obstructed. The storm was heaviest in the vicinity of Colton and Pomona. At San Bernardino the roof from the storage house of E. E. Katz was blown off and carried for over one hundred feet. William Mees's blacksmith shop was wrecked, breaking down the wires and shutting off the electric current in the northern part of the town. The roof of the Southern California lee Company's house, Just completed, was also taken off. At Santa Ana windows and plate glass fronts were broken, outbuildings carried away and everything not substantially fastened was hoisted in the air. Large walnut and other trees that have withstood storms for years were blown down and several houses were' badly damaged. The sand was so thick and blinding on the streets of Santa Ana that traffic was practically suspended all day. only those having urgent business venturing out. The orange crop about Santa Ana has been virtually blown away. In some places whole orchards have been devastated, the extent of the damage being known only after the wind subsided. Several hundred thousand dollars' damage was done by floods after the storm in the delta of Frazer. The Labrador cannery was swept away and the Alliance and North Arm canneries were badly damaged. Damage was done to the salmon pack in otehr canneries and the packing houses of Richmond, Colonial and Cleeve. The greatest part of the dykes surrounding Lulu and the Sea islands were carried away. The town of Steveston Is under four feet of water. GALE OX THE PACIFIC COAST. Much Da m u k to Shipping: and a Steamer Possibly Lost. VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 27. The worst storm for several years struck Vancouver at midnight Wednesday and continued all day Thursday. Great damage was done, especially to small shipping, the total loss being estimated at about $100,000. The steamer Aorangl, coming from Australia, lay in English bay all night and got her anchor foul of the Canadian Pacific cable to Victoria, the end of which Is now lost. The cable station was wrecked by storm and logs piled against it. Fifteen small steamers went adrift, and were all more or less damaged. Wreckage has been picked up in the gulf, including several cases of Alaska Packers' Company salmon marked "Todd, Icy Pass." These are thought to be either from a south-bound Alaska steamer or from the Mainlander. The latter has not arrived, and no news here as to whether she left Seattle on time last night or not. Dninnge nt Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 27. Thursday night's storm did much damage and endangered many lives in this city. Along the north end of the water front, where wind and wave had full sweep at high tide, the "breakers washed away eight houses. Floating driftwood battered these to matchwood. The occupants barely escaped. On North Broadway a little cottape was overturned. No one was injured. High water on the Duwamish river added to the complexity of the situation. Wires are down all over the city. The highest velocity of the wind was thirty-five miles an hour. DRILLERS WENT TOO DEEP. Strnck n Gusher When They Only Wanted a "Dry Hole." BARBOURSV1LLE, Ky., Dec 27. It is reported that promoters arranged to sink gas and oil wells in this county to a depth where they were certain that oil would be found In paying quantity and then "plug" the well, leaving the impression that it is a "dry hole," in order that the prices for land leases may be kept down. Since Christmas the overseers were absent, and it is claimed that the drillers went too deep. The result was a gusher six miles from Barboursville, yielding 2. CM) barrels a day. The oil became ignited. destrojMng all the machinery and surrounding tlm?r, shooting up a distance of over a hundred feet every twenty minutes. Edison Party Alive and Well. NORFOLK. Va., Dec. 27. A message was received here from Beaufort, N. C, to-day. saying that the Edison party Is alive and well. Their yacht, the Ounaniche. which left here recently for Florida, via the Dismal Swamp car.al. was reported wrecked last night near' Beaufort. General Alfter Continues to Improve. DETROIT. Mich.. Dec. 27.-General Alger's condition to-nipht Is favorable to a complete recovery No change is noticeable except that h continues to Improve slowly.

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SOCIETY OF RAILWAY SERVAXTS ASKED TO PAY OVER Jf llTa.iHK). Damages Aliened to Have Been Caused by an Uletcnl Combination of Trades Unionists. LONDON, Dec. 27. In the suit of the Taft Vale Railway against the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, an important trades-union case, the plaintiffs filed a statement to-day claiming 24.CJt5 damages suffered through an alleged conspiracy and unlawful combination. The plaintiffs claim (which is based on the House of Lords' decision of July las-t holding that it was not the intention of the Legislature to prevent a trades union from being sued if, through its officers, it is guilty of illegalities) is against Richard Bell, member of Parliament for Derby and general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, and against the trustees of the society, as well as against the society Itself. The House of Lords, on July 22 last, reversed the decision of the Appeal Court dissolving the injunction rendered Aug. 20, liX, by Justice Farwell in the High Court of Justice, which enjoined officials of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants from "watching and besetting" the Great Western Railway stations amf approaches with a view to inducing nonunlonlsts to refrain from taking the places of strikers. That action of the House of Lords restored Justice Farwell's Judgment, the House holding, as set forth in the cable dispatch, that it was not the intention of the Legislature to prevent a trades union from being sued If, through its ofllcers, it is gulity of illegalities. SOME OTHER WAKEFIELD. XV. Curtis, Who Is Now in Jail, Did Xot Lease Ditton Park. LONDON, Dec. 27. William Curtis Wakefield, of New York, is the name of the American who has leased Ditton Park, near Windsor, for the coronation year. It is a magnificent mansion, surrounded by a broad, deep moat, which is crossed by a single bridge through an embattled arched gatehouse. A park of 300 acres surrounds the residence, which was the home of the late Duchess of Buccleuch. The agents of the estate say that Mr. Wakefield will ultimately purchase the property. SOUTH FRAMINGIIAM, Mass., Dec. 27. When the parents of W. Curtis Wakefield, who is now in East Cambridge Jail on the charge of having defrauded residents of this and other places through certain mining enterprises of which he was the promoter, were shown the foregoing dispatch, they disclaimed all knowledge of the matter. Wakefield's English valet, Willie Hancock, denounced the story as a falsehood so far as it related to his employer and professed his entire ignorance of any such transaction. BRITISH CASUALTIES. Ten Soldiers Killed and Fifteen Wounded In a Fight with Doers. LONDON, Dec 27. Details received here to-day from South Africa of the ambuscading near Beginderyn, Orange River Colony, Dec. 21 of 200 mounted infantry by 300 Boers and forty armed natives, led by Commandant Britz, shows the British losses to have been ten men killed and fifteen wounded. The losses of the Boers are not known. Kroner to Send an Envoy. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 27. As the result of conferences between a clergyman, the Rev. Dr. Broekhuysen, and the Boer leaders here it has been decided to send C. M. Wessels to the United States in January bearing a letter from Mr. Kruger to President Roosevelt. C. M. Wessels is the former chairman of the Orange Free State Raad, or legislative assembly. He visited tho United States in May, 1900, with Abraham Fischer (leader of the party), and A. D. W. Wolmarans, and returned to Europe in June of the same year. XEGOTIATIXG WITH BRIGANDS. XV. XV. Feet In Communication with Miss Stone's Captors. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 27.-DIs-patches from Salonlea report that W. W. Peet, treasurer of the missionary society In Constantinople, has established communication with the brigands who hold Miss Ellen M. Stone captive, and hopes that the release of Miss Stor.e will be accomplished within a fortnight. LONDON. Dec. 2S. The Morning Leader publishes a story this morning from Its Sofia correspondent to the effect that C. M. Dickinson, American consul general at Constantinople, has received complaint from a Bulgarian woman attached to the American mission at Samakov, Bulgaria, in which the complainant sets forth that while she was traveling to Mehonia, in Macedonia, with an escort of eight soldiers provided by the Turkish government, she was assaulted by a lieutenant in command of the Turkish frontier guards at a point beyond Dschumaya, and that her escort did not attempt to defend her. Ito Received hy Edward. LONDON, Dec. 27. King Edward received Marquis Ito in audience at Marlborough House to-day. Earlier in the day the Japanese statesman called on the foreign secretary. Lord Lansdowne, and the latter accompanied the Marquis to Marlborough House and introduced him to the King. The Marquis and his suite, all wearing court dress, were driven to Marlborough House in royal carriages. King Edward, when he received the Japanese statesman, wore a field marshal's uniform. Marquis Ito said after the audience that the object of his visit to London was strictly non-political, but in view of the belief here that the Marquis will return to office, some importance is attached to his interviews with King Edward and Lord Lansdowne. Agricultural Experts Comlne. BERLIN, Dec. 27. The German government has decided to attach agricultural experts to the more important German consulates. The first of these experts will be sent to the United States, where agricultural developments are being more carefully observed now than formerly. This action is understood to be one of the results of the increasing use of American farm machinery in Germany and the belief that the American system of farming on a large scale might be adapted to the princely estates of Germany. Max X'ordnu at the Zionist ConKrens. BASLE, Switzerland, Dec. 27. Max Nordau, the author and physician, delivered a brilliant speech to-day before the Zionist congress, which was opened here yesterday. M. Nordau spoke on the physical and intkllectual amelioration of the Jews and advised them to cease emigrating from eastern Europe to the sweating dens of London and New York, lie said those already there should organize themselves into co-oieratIve bodies for their mutual benefit and he deprecated the system of early marriages among this race. Chinese Court May Halt. SHANGHAI, Dec. 2$. A report has been received here to the effect that Yuan Shi Kai, Governor of Chl-LI province, has advised the Chinese court to remain at Pao-Ting-Fu until the ministers of the foreign powers to China consent to restore TlenTsin to Chinese control. Cable Notes. TO DEFINE BOUNDARY. The Brazilian Senate ha approved an agreement to define the boundary between British Guiana and Brazil. CABINET RESIGNS. The Bulgarian Cabinet has resigned. It is understood the

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III A PERFECT LIQUID CENTlFR;CE FOR THE TEETH N0 BREATH c TOOTH PÖÜ HALL& RUCKEL, New York new Cabinet will include two members of the Stambuloff party. CZAR MAY VISIT ENGLAND. It is said the Czar has accepted an invitation to attend the coronation of King Edward, provided the Czarina Is in good health at the time of the ceremony. STORMS IN NORWAY. The violence of the snowstorms which have prevailed in Norway during the past week Is almost unprecedented. A number of railway trains are stalled in the snow In the southeastern districts of Norway, and most of the telegraph wires are down. Traffic In Christiana and its vicinity has been greatly interfered with. EXPELLED FROM AUSTRIA. Emperor Francis Joseph has ordered the expulsion from Austria of the principals in the baccarat game on Dec. 21, when at the Vienna Jockey Club. Count Potockl lo.-t STkO.J during three hours' playing. Count Pallavleini winning most of the money. Counts John and Joseph Potocki have retired to Russia. Gambling for large amounts of money is illegal in Austria, BEER DRINKING AT SCHOOL President Pritchett Replies to Criticism of Boston Preachers. BOSTON, Dec. 27. President Pritchett. of the Institute of Technology, has written a letter to the Rev. William T. Worth, of the Methodist Ministers' Association, which passed resolutions denouncing the inauguration of German tocr-drlnking custom introduced at a recent smoker of tho Junior class, in which he says: "I regret that I have been put forward as an advocate of beer cultus. This question comes before me in this practical form: Shall students be allowed to come together in informal gatherings for discussion of topics of technical and general interest in buildings under my control, with instructors present, where an inexpensive and simple lunch is served, and the drinking is restricted to a moderate use of beer; or shall they be sent to hotels and restaurants, where expensive dinners are the rule and all restrictions are removed? In my judgment the lint position is the truthful one, and that which will help the boys to temperate and clean living. "It has been a revelation to me to find how little the combined churches of Jtoston count in their influence on the oriaracter and lives of the constantly growing army of students who resort to Boston for instruction. If your purpose is to make this influence more direct and more helpful no one will welcome it so gladly as I." EXPLOSION OF POWDER. Five Persons Injured, Buildings Minken and Glass Broken. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 27. An explosion In the barrel mill of the Moosic Powder Company, at the Jermyn works, to-day blew the mill and some adjoining buildings to pieces and broke windows for miles around. The shock was plainly felt In this city, a distance of fourteen miles. Jacob Hiller, who was in the engine room in an adjoining building, was fatally burned. John Gibbs, George Gebhardt and George Horkel were caught by flying debris and badly injured. Glass blown from a window in Albert Carey's house struck his daughter and cut a deep gash in her neck. It is feared she is fatally injured. Scarcely a store or residence in Jermyn escaped with, a whole pane of-glass. A Delaware & Hudson passenger train, which passed about a quarter of a mile from the scene of the explosion, at the time of the accident was swayed by the force of the explosion, and the passengers screamed with terror as the train gave & sudden lurch. The cause of the explosion is unknown. WEEK OF PRAYER. Services to He Held Throughout the World from Jan. t to 13. NEW YORK, Dec. 2T.-To-day William E. Dodge, president, and Itev. Dr. L. T. Chamberlain, general pecretary of tho Evangelical Alliance for the United States, Issued the invitation of the Evangelical Alliances of the world for the week of united and universal prayer, Jan. 5 to 12, WC. It follows: "The suggestions for the observance of the different days of the week of prayer on the part of the Evangelical Alliance for the United States are as follows: Sunday, Jan. 5, appropriate services and sermons; Monday, Jan. . "The Vision of God in Christ;' Tuesday, Jan. 7. 'Our Nation; Wednesday, Jan. 8. 'Our Churches;' Thursday, Jan. 9, 'Christian Missions;' Friday, Jan. 10, 'The Family and the School;' Saturdaj', Jan. 11. 'The Coming of the Kingdom.' and Sunday, Jan. 12, appropriate services and sermons." Many Orders Booked. riTTSBURG, Dec. 27. At the annual meeting of the Pressed Steel Car Company to-day the old board of directors was reelected, with the exception of C. T. Schoen, E. A. Schoen nnd E. Haw ley, w ho were succeeded by Judge J. H. Reed and T. Hart Given of this city nnd H. Moller, of New York. The president reported the company in a gratifying condition and with enough business booked ahead to keep the plant going full for eleven months of the new year. Kidnaper Convicted. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 27. The first conviction under the kidnaping and intimidation law passed last wlnttr by the Slate Legislature was secured to-day when C. S. Hunt was given a sentence of one year in the penitentiary. Hunt threatened a neighbor's family and demanded that be burled in a vacant lot. A can of nails was buried instead and officers set to watch. Hunt's arrest and conviction followed. Suicide of n Stock Broker. PITTSBURG, Dec. 27. WinflHd S. Artrr, a well-known stock broker of this city, shot and killed himself at his home in the East End to-day. Arter had been in 111 health for nearly a year from nervous prostration and had not ben actively engaged In business since last July. It Is supposed he was temporarily insane when he committed the deed. He was forty years old and leaves a wife and family. Asphalt Contract for If 11!.IMX,:0. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Dec. 27.-J. II. Bridges, president of the Uvalde Asphalt Company, has received a cablegram announcing that hi company has len awarded the contract for laying pavements nnd sewers in the city of Havana. Cuba. The contract involves J12.''.'' and it Is thought it will take live years to complete the work. Tammany Warden Punished. NEW YORK. Dec. 27 Edward G Glennon. the former wardman of the West Thirtieth-street police station, was to-day sentenced to tix months' Imprisonment in the penitentiary by Recorder Goff. Glennon was found guilty of willful neglect of duty in falling to suppress a disorderly house. Want ., M from (nrnrulr. LEXINGTON. Ky.. I . 27.-The Colore! Teachers' Association of Kentucky. whicH closed a two elays' session here to-night, adopted a resolution asking Andrew Carnegie to give $.''") to the Eckttln Norton University, situated near Louisville. Ths money is wanted to promote lndustrUi work.

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