Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1902 — Page 1

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jliose e Rooseat tended 's reccp8.1) perlouse and ent. Mr. that tho ilouse was jl the pates ast person jjrtunlty to :tion began was 2:30 in line had Ment. and a re the recepf.ither was dep, so that no throng that hisslon to the was In every ince not only rations really is periect anu hirits. To each !ial, happy new was equally ho filed past the pre the receiving fosevclt was con sisting at the reg girl friends, ated in the funcofngl y prrtty Fhe mateI a, cornea t j of Irish :nud thö l of lace. rosette of 'orn in the imbs held An orna.i diamond In the hair. Kvhich was 's far from ? tired little lr.ee that Its bouquet she orchids. he receiving striped crepe point. Mrs. and crystal wore light , In mauve 'ilson In white f leaves and dss Roosevelt le de sole, and bd ornaments iristmas gifts. ere black velness point. Her re black satin PARTY. Vdies Invited to s follows: Mrs. x. Mrs. Smith. Miss Wilson. jbl.je room were: Jxt. Miss Knox, orge R. Cortel)iuU;n Loeb, jr., k David J. Hill. IT, Mrs. Charles -iiier. .Mrs. liar 's Child, Mrs. Drewer. Miss . White. Mro. he Misses Mcs Mastin. Mrs. I. Cullom. Mrs. s. Stephen R. rU.ö V Pairm lit i v a Skr. Miss For- . M. A. Hanna. Phelns. Mrs. Mrs. Kean. the Cabot Lodge. Mrs. A. J Han. Miss Mcl. Mrs. C. II. . Miss Proctor, harles 11. Grositt. Mrs. S. E. irs. J. C. Sibley. Mrs. Freuenc Itixey. Mrs. Kn.qrK. Van Reypen. the Misses Ross, hn R. Proctor, s. Sartorls. the riet Line JohnsPhilip Sheridan. Mrs. James G. iVale. Mrs. Gtore . Mrs. Llter. the lobsoa. Miss Lena . W. S. Cowhs. Mrs. Mi-- Corir.ne Iuii;Vrriold H.i sue. Mrs. Tück. rn in, Mrs. !rs. W. Ellen Roos,-loos.'-vflt. Mrs. HilDorothy Roosevelt. vep. Mrs. John E. v I!o.v It M' -, I.-s Whitmore. Mrs. George L. Gi'.lesph . atrh. Mrs. Charle.; Ed -.sard JL Walts, nix. Mrs. Ridgt ley, Mrs. G res ham. E REt EPTION. tin Kiiio bed Caller tht I'rnldciit. i. 1. Pre-'i'lent Roosor Year's r'-eptlon at in ! -1 rr. n'. .-it j ...... . . . . ........ -. n 1 Cablr:. t circle, he try branch of public t ro:ieo;:rsr of jn-oplc sc-n- within the hisme of extraordinary t in t.- occasion this

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rm'grdtode with Mr. :ter :-tn:g family as the al fur the time-honored N w Year's calls. The a doudlos sky, the air .tcing and a light westerly White House fiag.s Hand v in the day an army of iorists tool-: po .-.- s.-ion of 1 ;rar..-formed the stately rlors into bnwir? of palms. d s w ef t-sn. filing (low rs. ogramme of th day fixed e time for opening the re calls of members of the foreign mpr s ntatives, hut ore that hour the approaches r the marble portico werv t i 1 1 1 ,es. while long lines of p ople n at the outer gat; s in ordr to of vantage when tho public refan. The interior of the mansion with a myriad of flctric to this was added the beauty of fion of flower?, plants anil vines ibout the mantels and draped from .frs and walls. The tloral decoraached their height of effectiveness East room. Here the great crystal iers were looped with smllax. while essts of the chamber were banktd oinsettia blossoms, begonias and tall In the red and blue parlors then 'he same effective disposition of flow ed plants, the fiaming red of the polne ;ing most apparent everywhere, outer corridor the hand of the En'iCorps. United States army. sixty Iff III III II UUKKlIll UIII1UI 111."! V TT 1 13 ;, in tiers, while further along in the . - an . . . t I It.. ... . . . . . . . a a oratory was the run membership oi ö;nrine Band, in bright red uniforms. 'if the musicians were taking their the Roosevelt children were having rry time through the corridors, and one"vf them could be heard playing the Kangaroo March In the private apartments of the family. Shortly before 11 o'clock the throngs of distinguished callers began to assemble in the main corridor. First came the members of the diplomatic corps in their rich court uniforms, resplendent in medals ami decorations. It was a most cosmopolitan throng, with the Oriental silks of the Chinese minister and his suite, the red fez of the Turkish minister and the more modern, but equally gorgeous attire of the Japanese and Coreans conspicuous amid the groups of diplomats. The members of the corps gathered in the Red parlor preparatory to being presented to the I'resident and those about him. TIIK RECEIVING PARTY". Exactly at 11 o'clock a fanfare from three trumpeters stationed at the further end of the main corridor announced the approach of the President and the receiving party. At the same moment President and Mrs. Roosevelt appeared at the upper landing of the corridor and, arm in arm, descended the stairway, while the Marine Band broke into 'Hail to the Chief." The President bowed as he passed along, frequently giving a cheery response to the New Year's greetings extended to him from those in the line. He was in the conventional black frock coat. He had no boutonniere, and the gray-striped neck scarf was the only bit of color in his attire. Following the President and wife came the members of the Cabinet and their wives, the secretary of state and Mrs. Hay, the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of war.and Mrs. Root, the secretary of the navy and Miss Long, the postmaster general and Mrs. Smith, the attorney general and Mrs. Knox, the secretary of the interior and Mrs. Hitchcock, the sec(CONTIN ÜED ON PAGE 7, COL. o.) ANOTHER THEATER FIRE KEITH'S UMO-SQUAHH PLAYIIOISE PRORA RLY' RUINED. I 'n Ifirtt- Wrnnni1 In I'lnmna mt ' - ' ww m. m j w ' m mm f r u mm m o'clock A. M-GueMtM of Morton House Forced to Seek Safety. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Fire was discovered early this morning in the engineroom of Keith's Union Square Theater. The Ilames were first seen by the engineer of the M m House, which adjoins the theater, and he gave the alarm. There were 300 guests in the hotel, who were hurriedly notified and made their escape clad in their night garments. The hall3 and corridors of the hotel were filled with smoke and the guests from the upper floors were compelled to grope their way to the street. So far as known they all got out In safety. Keith's Theater is a six-story building and the Morton House is five stories high and both are practically covered by insurance. Ry 2:25 a. m. the flames were rapidly spreading through the entire theater, but had not eaten their way Into the hotel. The fire spread to the eastward, destroying quickly two small stores, and the prospects were that the fire would spread still further In that direction. It was learned that the fire smarted in the storage room adjoining the engine room of the theater. Within twenty minutes after Its discovery it had spread upstairs, eating its way to the stores adjoining on the east. The Morton house Is on the west. The clothing store of Benson & Co. was soon destroyed, as was the cigar store of Manuel Diaz. The rapidity with which the flames spread through the theater was because of a quantity of oils, paints and a huge mass of scenery which was in the storage room. The fumes and gases from this inflammable stuff hampered the firemen in their work, as they were repeatedly driven from the basement to the street. At 2:45 a. m. Chief Croker announced that he had hopes of confining the fire to the basement of the theater and of also preventing its spread further to the eastward of the two stores burned. The guests of the Morton House were taken to other hotels in the vicinity to be cared for and many of the men had time to go back to their rooms to save their valuables. The excitement In the hotel was added to by the firemen dragging long lines of hose through the halls. j so that they could get the streams to play on the rear of the theater. There were wild scenes in the hotel as the guests, porters, waiters and maids ran screamingly to the street. Many of the women fainted and were carried out, but a search of the hotel seemed to satisfy the police that all were able to reach places of safety. While the department was trying to overcome the blaze in the basement a number of firemen went into the main portion of the theater and from the stage carried out the tanks containing seventeen performing seals, comprising a troupe. Meanwhile lines of hose were carried on to the stage and held in readiness should the fnirnes break through the floor from I the bisement. This basement is cali.-d i tir-pryof. It was one mass of flame from ! e.i l to end and or the stitnth of its lireI proof qualitiv's depended the safety of the ; theater proper. At J o c!ocÄ the flames had not broken through. Other Lonne ly Fire. ROSTON, Jan. 1. The clothing firm of S;itz Ere. .: Mork was the principal loser by a 1're to-day In th-. Summer street bloek. The f..unts started in rhe basement and burhed up through two floors of the five-tory granite building, and rai;y'd a loss estimated at about of which tnat "ii tlu building i from ilö.'ro to $i .. TEX AR KAN A. Ark.. J.ui. l.-At an early hour thi morning lire r.early wlj.ed out the towa of Foreman, thirty miles north f ur- on the Arkansas tv Choctaw Rail1 way. ihv Ios ua MJ.on and most of the i h .sets were Insured. The fire was of Inr'. ry origin. Dl'EI.IN. Jan. 1 Told Rums & iVs hi dry :o..d. warehuu..- lias U en d.tmu:cd by rire to the amount of JLU-vjo.

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ÄTCURVE Ii. fc o. TiiRornii vnsxini le thaix ditched NEAR GLi:COh. Lnuinrrr nml Fireman Instnntly Kllled and Seventeen Persons Injnred, Five Seriously. GAS TANKS AT ONCE EXPLODED AMI ALL THE CARS WERE SOOX A MASS OF CHARRED DEIHtlS. Great Lord of Life Averted Only by Prompt Work In Reacnlnsr the In Jnred from Ilnrnlng; Coaches. COLLISION IN LOUISIANA TWO 3IK AM) A n AXE II OH Ml KILLED AMD CARS IIIR.NED. Wreck of n Special Train Carry Ins Doctor to tlie Scent of n Montana Tragedy. riTTSRURG, Pa., Jan. 1. As a result of a through passenger trafn on the Raltimore & Ohio road jumping the track to-day two men are dead and seventeen Injured, five of whom are considered seriously hurt. Through the courtesy of General Superintendent W. R. Woodford, of the Pittsburg division, the following official list of dead and injured is given: Died. JOHN COLLINS, Connellsville. Ta., engineer. JI'CUNE, Connellsville, fireman. Injured. D. J. PARTE LL A, mail clerk, Washington, D. C, seriously. WILLIAM AVERY, a Baltimore & Ohio engineer, seriously. G. W. RYAN, Raltimore, seriously. C. A. YOUNG, mail clerk, Hagerstown, Md., seriously. R. R. SOL'SER, Napier, Pa., seriously. CHARLES HENRY, Philadelphia. C. R. SMITH, Allegheny, Pa. ' J. S. MATTHEWS, Cheyenne, Wyo. J. R. WATTERS, Huttonsville, W. Va. M. R. M'KINLEY, Rock Island, 111. H. A. HALL, Gainesville, W. Va. F. J. LAZY, Chicago. FRANK W. RRENNER. S. J. JONES, Summit, Md. E. J. LEHMAN, Washigton, D. C. J. A. BARTON. Chicago. I. N. HAY, Meyersdale, Pa. The injured were all taken to Meyersdale for treatment as quickly as the relief train from Cumberland could get them there. The train which was ditched was the through passenger which left here at 8:40 o'clock this morning bound for New York. It was a fully vestibuled train composed of engine, baggage car, postal car, two coaches, sleeper and Pullman chair car. In going down the steep grade one-half mile i east of Glencoe the engine, from cause as yet unexplained, jumped the track at the curve, and the entire train piled on top of it. Probably the only thing that prevented a wholesale death list was the fact that the heavy vestibule cars did not break up in going over the embankment. The work to rescue the injured had to be done quickly because the gas tanks in the cars were exploded and set fire to the wreckage. The flames spread rapidly, and in a short time the entire train was burned. TWO MEN KILLED. AIo George Arnold, a Horse That Won ii C'hriNtmaH Handicap. KE1THSVILLE, La., Jan. 1. Two lives were lost, one person seriously injured j and the race horse George Arnold, for which $20,OjO had been refused, was killed in a collision between Texas Pacific fast freight No. 67 and a Houston East & West Texas freight on the siding at this place at 4 o'clock this morning. The dead are W. J. Daniels, Houston, Tex., fireman, and James Kane, a stable attendant. Bob Edwards, a negro fireman, had both legs troken and received severe internal injuries. Twelve cars of the Houston East & West Texas train were burned to the trucks. W. J. Daniel3, the fireman who was killed, was either crushed or burned to death under the wreckage. Bob Edwards, another fireman, suffered Injuries by jumping from his cab. The engineer of the Houston East & West Texas train, who is said to have been Newt Denton, disappeared immediately after the accident. One car contained four race horses belonging to J. W. Fuller, of Wills Point, Tex., which were en route from the winter meeting at New Orleans. George Arnold, the only one killed, won the Christmas handicap, the premier stake at New Orleans. The horse was insured for $3,0u0. Three other horses in the car. Queen Esther. Kate Ayre and Free State, were jured and escaped to the woods. James Kane, who was killed, was traveling with these horses, TRAtiEDV AND ACCIDENT. Doctorn Train Wrecked Probable Double .Murder and Suicide. KALISPEL, Mont., Jan. 1. Patrick Sullivan, of Jennings, Mont., shot his wife, his grandchild and himself last night, with fatal results to himself and the child, while his wife is in a dangerous condition. He is on old miner, wed known around Rütte. His wife runs the section house at Jennings. The citizens of Jennings sent to Kallspel for medical aid and a special train was sent forward this morning with two physicians and the coroner. At a point just west of Lucerne the engine jumped th track, instantly killing Engineer Herron and seriously injuring Fireman Wilcox, who was scalded. The caboose did not leave the track and the doctors proceeded to Jennings, while the dead and injured were brought to Kalispel. Five Person Injured. CHICAGO. Jan. 1. Five persons were seriously Injun d. one fatally, in a collision betwe n a carriage and a Halstedstreet electric car. at Fifty-third street, tonight. The surrey, whieh was demolished, was oecupied by Mr. Samiul Fuller, his wif.- and four children. All suffered broken bones and bruises, and little Helen Fidler was erushed so badly by the car that .-he cannot recover. Tuo Rrlduenieii Mangled. WHEELING. W. Va.. Jan. l.-A Cleveland. Lorain Ä: Win cling freight train broke through a new bridge at Crescent, n.ar I'ridg port, to-day and two bridg.n.:i working at the time were buried i:ndtrniath the wreck and Urrlbly injured.

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THREE AGAINST TWENTY FEAT OF LIEFT. RHODES AND TWO ORDEHLIES NEAR .MANILA. Flanked n Filipino Cnnrtel, Drove Ont the InfturKents and Rurned the Rarrackn. MANILA. Jan. l.-Lleut. Charles D. Rhodes, of the Sixth Cavalry, accompanied by two orderlies, when within six miles of Manila to-day came across twenty armed insurgents in a cuartel or barracks. The insurgents shouted "Americanos!" and Lieutenant Rhodes feigned a retreat, but in reality he took the cuartel in flank and drove out the insurgents, capturing two rifles, three revolvers and some ammunition. Rhodes then burned the barracks down and proceeded to Manila. General Wheaton's report from the island of Samar indicates that little has been accomplished there. The attitude of the natives is even more unfriendly than ever before. General Chaffee probably will visit the island in order to investigate the state of affairs prevailing there. On the other hand, in Ratangas province, the organized campaign against the insurgents is progressing favorably and speedy results are expected. Filipino to De Vaccinated. VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 1. The steamer Kaga Maru, from Hong-Kong, reports that owing to an outbreak of smallpox in some of the Philippine islands the civil commission has prepared an act for the compulsory vaccination of all persons in the islands. GEN. DICK WILL ASSIST WILL AID IIANXA MEX WHO WANT LEGISLATIVE OFFICES. linmor that the Fornkrr Force Will Attempt to Punlah Hint If He Mixes In" at ColumbtiM. CONTEST TOR SPEAKERSHIP HANNAITES CONFIDENT M'KINNON WILL DE ELECTED SPEAKER, While the Fornkerltea Say They Are Certain of Chooning Price Tom L. Johnson to He on Hand. COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 1. The chief development In the legislative contest to-night was the announcement that Congressman Charles Dick was on his way to Columbus to assist the Hanna forces. General Dick left Akron to-night and will arrive here at 2 a. m. .There was a show of greater confidence on the part of Hanna followers as soon as It became positively known that General Dick would be here. It has not been generally expected that he would take any active part in the contest. Rumor had it that he desired to keep entirely aloof from the present factional contention on account of his gubernatorial aspirations, and the announcement that he had decided to take a hand in the contest was construed by the Foraker followers as evidence that the Hanna forces were in desperate straits. If the Foraker men were in the least disconcerted by the coming of General Dick there was no outward manifestation of it. There were all sorts of rumors flying, however. One of them was that if the Foraker men won they would redlstrlct the State In such a manner as to make it impossible for General Dick to be returned to Congress. Another was that the Foraker forces would oppose General Dick in his aspiration to secure the nomination for Governor two years hence. The Hanna forces gave no attention to the rumors, however, they asserted that there was no doubt that McKinnon would be elected speaker of the House and that their entire slate would go through. It was intimated that what the Hanna forces hoped to gain through the advice and counsel of General Dick was the election of Mr. Uhl as clerk of the Senate. Mr. Chi is the Cleveland man whom Senator Hanna Insisted should be made clerk of the Senate In order that he might look after the interests of the Republican party of Cuyahoga county, the entire delegation from which is Democratic. The Foraker men claim there is not even a remote probability of Uhl being elected, but the Hanna men refuse to look at it that way. Certain assurances were received by the Hanna men to-day, it is claimed, that there Is a chance for Uhl, and General Dick's assistance was probably importuned. It i3 intimated also that Senator Hanna's advice was largely instrumental in influencing General Dick to lend his aid to the administration forces here. There were no developments during the day to give a decisive turn to the contest. Brown, of Paulding, announced that he would vote for McKinnon for speaker, and Carey, of Muskingum, declared for Price. This leaves eight members of the Republican caucus who are either positively doubtful or who have been claimed for both candidates. McKinnon still adheres to his claim of thirty-nine votes, while Price is just as confident of forty-one. A large number of members of both the House and the Senate are here to-night and it is expected that practically all will be here to-morrow. George R. Cox. of Cincinnati, is expected to join the Foraker forces here to-morrow. it is also announced that Mayor Johnson will eome down from Cleveland with the Cuyahoga county delegation. Mayor Johnson has rented the old Collins - mansion, on East Rroad street, which he will make his headquarters during the session of the Legislature. It was announced late to-night that General Dick's plans had been changed slightly and that he would not arrive in Columbus until to-morrow evening. MR. CHOATE RETIRES. Withdraws from the Law Firm of Which He Look Wan n Member. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. After a continuous service of nearly half a century in the law firm of Evarts, Choate & Reeman, Joseph H. Choate has withdrawn and temporarily, at least, will discontinue the practice of law. Mr. Choate communicated his intention to his associates some time ago, giving his reason that his duties of state a ambassador from the United States to England prevented his active participation in the affairs of the partnership for the last two years, and that these duiies woul.i consume so much of his time for several ears to come that it would be impossible ior him to purfa? hi law practice. Another reason cited was that the . rcoent deaths of William M. Evarts. Chules C. Leeinan and Prtscott Hall Rutltr vould necessitate a change in the firm name, and he urged that such should be done.

AN ELECTIONS LIGHT VOTE WAS CAST FOIl ELECTORS AND OTHER OFFICIALS. All Candidate! of the Denicjcratic Party Withdrew, and Mno' Friends Did Not Co to Poll. PALMA WILL BE PRESIDENT WILL RE THE FIRST CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE ISLAND REPLIILIC. Probahlr Will He Supported by a Concress Composed Mostly of Nationalists, His Owu Party. CELEBRATION AT SANTIAGO INTERVIEW WITH PALMA AT HIS HOME IX NEW YOItlv STATE. Re Will Cultivate Friendly Relntions with the United States, and Favors Reciprocity. HAVANA, Jan. 1. The Indications are that the entire Palma ticket will be elected, and that Thomas Estrada Palma, the Nationalist candidate for the presidency of Cuba, will receive the unanimous vote of the Electoral College. The adherents of General Rartolome Maso, Democratic candidate, who recently withdrew from the campaign, not only withdrew their candidates, but refused to go to the polls. A remarkably light vote was polled throughout the island. La Discussion ascribes this indifference to the certainty on the part of the Palmaists of being victorious, and consequently a majority of the people remained at home and cid not vote. La Lucha says the light" vote can be taken as a protest from the Cuban people against the Imposition of official candidates. The Diaro de la Marina says that the result is an indication that the Cuban Democracy, may look upon the American policy as inevitable. The presidential campaign in Cuba, which closed by the election of Tuesday, was conducted with considerable spirit, but peacefully withal. There were? but two candidates in the field Thomas Estrada Palma and General Rartolome Maso. The former was regarded as by far the strongest of the two, and General Maso made but a halfhearted campaign, as he recognized the fact that the odds were largely against him. The election was held by virtue of the authority of the new Constitution of the island and under the supervision of the United States civil and military authorities. The instructions of the American officials Ii; Cuba were not to meddle in anj' way in the election. The term of the president of Cuba, as provided in the new constitution, is four years. He can be re-elected, but is ineligible for a third term. The Senate will be composed of twenty-four members, six from each province, and their- terms are fixed at eight year.". The provincial legislators and a double number of electors will elect one-half of the whole number every four years. In the lower house there will be one member elected for each 25,000 people, and the terms will be four years. Onehalf of the house will be elected every two years. Substantially all of the guaranties in the American Constitution are embodied in the Cuban constitution. At the election presidential and senatorial electors, members of the house of representatives, governors of provinces and members of provincial councils were chosen. On Feb. 21, 1D02, the presidential electors will assemble in the capitals of their respective provinces and cast their ballots for President and Vice President. The result will be certified to the military governor of Cuba, who will communicate it to the Cuban Congress. The Vice I'resident of Cuba is president of the Senate, and "in case of temporary or permanent absence of the President ef the republic the Vice President shall substitute him in the exercise of the executive power. Should the absence be permanent the substitution shall continue until the end ef the presidential term." The Cuban Senate will be composed of four senators from each of the six provinces into which the republic is divided. Thomas Estrada Palma is known as " the Washington of Cuba." He is a little past middle age and has spent the greater part of his life battling for the independence of his people. For a long time during the early years of the rebellion of the Cubans against Spain he was at the head of the patriot junta in New l'ork. He is decended from an ancient family of Castile. He was born at Rayamo in 1S33, studied law in Spain and determined when a youth to free Cuba from the yoke of the dons. In 1S77 he partly realized his ambition when he was elected president of the Cuban republic. He served in the field during the ten years' war, in which over 200,000 Spanish soldiers fell. At the close of that strife he refused to swear allegiance to the king and exiled himself in Honduras, where he married and became postmaster general and otherwise conspicuous as a statesman. In 1SS3 he came to America, established an educational institution and as soon as the last revolution appeared threw himself into it heart and soul. Since the close of the Spanish-American war Palma has resided continuously in Cuba and has devotee! his best energies to the restoration of peaceful conditions among his countrymen. He has given a cordial support to all measures proposed by the United States government for the rehabilitation of the island. He was influential in framing and securing the adoption of the new constitution and is one of the most popular men personally in the island. General Rartoleme Maso, Raima's nominal competitor, is also his warm personal friend. He wished to withdraw absolutely trom the contest for the presidency, but his partisans insisted that he should remain in the field. He made no effort to scure votes, however. He is one of three brothers who imbibed from their father an undying hatred for Spain and the Spanish. These three received their first lesons In warfare during the ten j'ears war. Maso is part Spaniard and part negro. His father was a full-blooded Span-' lard, but Maso hated Spain with a fierceness so uncompromising that he won the rank of major general by the incredible boldness of his fighting. When peace was restored the Masos took the oath of allegiance to Spain only to break it shortly and join Garcia in his guerrilla movements. They were safe in the mountains of Santiago de Cuba when the revolution came. Maso is a naturalized American citizen. Double Celebration at Santiago. SANTIAGO DE CURA. Jan. l.-The municipal government of this city celebrated the victory of the Nationalist part- at the polls yesterday anil the inauguration of the new year by raising a silk Cuban flag, forty feet long, over the city's end of the palace at midnight last nisht. Colored fire, Roman candles and rockets set off from

the roof of the palace made a fine display. A band played the national hymn and the plaza in front of the palace was crowded. A brilliant ball was also given at the San Carlos Club. Here the festivities were suspended during the ceremony of raising the fiag, and the guests of the club, including many American officers, witnessed the spectacle. At the baseball game played this afternoon, before five thousand spectators, the Cubans beat the Americans by 14 to 2. PA LMA 1 N T I : R V I R W EI).

He Is in Favor of n Commercial Treaty Tlth the United States. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Last night, before the result of the Cuban elections was known, a representative of the Tribune visited General Thomas Estrada Palma at his home at Central Valley, N. Y. General Palma said in an interview: "I am entirely content with my present life. 1 have lived here with my family for eighteen years, and am entirely satisfied with my present condition. I am not seeking honors. I have given more than thirty years of my life to the cause of my country, and will always le ready to help in its beUerment, but political strife is out of my sphere. "The principal object of the Cuban republic should be, first of all, to secure the most friendly relations with the American people, who helped us in our hour of need. We shall always bear in mind the work of the L'nlted States In helping us to obtain our independence from Spanish rule, and at the same time we should try to secure from the Washington government all the advantages possible for our products by reasonable reductions of the Import duties, especially em sugar and tobacco, as this is the only way for Cuba to escape the absolute ruin of these two industries, which are the only bases of Cuba's actual wealth. Without this benefit the Cuban people will find themselves In great distress and subject to disturbances from lack of employment; without this benefit all the sacrifices of the Cubans for their freedom will be at naught, for in a starving condition they cannot enjoy their independence. I am convinced that the people of the United States know very well that it is to their interest that Cuba be in a prosperous condition and in a state of order and peace, and for that reason 1 am sure that a majority of the Americans will favor a commercial treaty between the countries advantageous alike to both." COLOMBIA INVADED. Gen. Urlhe-Uribe Han Crossed from Venezuela with ;t.MrO Men. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. According to cablegrams just received by Dr. Restropo. head of the Colombian revolutionary Junto here, General Uribe-Urlbe, the revolutionary leader, with 3.000 men has Invaded Colombia from Venezuela. The invasion was made in the Colombian province of Santander. Uribe-Urlbe is confronted by (Jen. Gonzalez Valencia, according to some advices. In the rear of the government force is said to be a Liberal army which recently took possession of the town of Rucaramanga. Four battalions of government troops in that town, it is said, joined the Liberal forces. SCHEME CARRIED OUT PREFERRED STOCK OF THE NORTHERN" PACIFIC CANCELED. Ofllcc of the Company at New York Kept Open Yesterday and hO,KM,OOO of Securities Retired. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. The office of the Northern Pacific Railway Company was kept open to-day for the receipt and redemption of the preferred stock of that company. Upwards of $j0,OX),(00 cf the entire $75,000,000 of that issue of stock was received, paid for and canceled. Under the terms of the company's notice all outstanding shares of the whole issue of preferred stock became actually retired at midnight to-night and cease to exist as stock, and all holders of certificates for preferred stock' have been notified that on presentation of the same at the company's office here they will receive payment in cash to the par amount of each certificate. The stock redeemed abroad is not included in the sixty millions canceled at the New York office, and considering to-day was a holiday, with banks and banking offices closed, it is thought the balance of the funds provided for this payment will not long remain unclaimed in the company's vaults. JUST BEGUN TO FICiHT. Attorneys of Peter Power Will Appeal from Lochren's Decision. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. l.-The attorneys of Peter Power declare that their client will appeal from the decision of Judge Lochren yesterday, dissolving the injunction against the retirement of Northern Faclfic preferred in the United States Court of Appeals at St. Louis. George A. Lamb, Power's principal attorney, says this can done in a very short time, not more than six or seven days. Mr. power declares that he has just begun the fight and denies with great emphasis that he brought the suit in collusion with the merger interests. Another Antl-Mer;er Case. JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 1. Attorney General McClurg Is contemplating the institution of proceedings to break the merger of the Southern and Mobile & Ohio Railways. It is very likely that the proceedings will be begun within ten days. SUMMONED TO PEORIA. Senator neverldue at the Iledslde of n Sister, Who In Critically III. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PEORIA, III.. Jan. 1. Senator Albert J. Reveridgc, of Indiana, arrived here tonight, having been hastily summoned by a telegram informing him of the critical and possible fatal Illness of his sister, Mrs. Edwin W. I?rown, wife of a well-known traveling salesman. Mrs. Reveridge, the senator's mother, resides with her daughter, and the other members have all been summoned. Mrs. Rrown was taken suddenly ill last Friday and pneumonia quickly developed. She has been steadily sinking since and to-night her condition is critical. A consultation of three leading local physicians was held yesterday and another to-day, but to-night the news from the sick room is not of an encouraging character.' Everything possible Is being done-for hr. Senator Ilerry Hotter. LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Jan. l.-Reports from Rentonville to-day state that United States Senator James H. Ibrry's condition has improved materially and that he expects to leave to-morrow for Wahi:;gton. TO SEE THE PRESIDENT. Governor Shaw Starts from Des Moines for Washington. DES MOINES. la.. Jan. 1. governor Leslie M. Shaw, the new secretary of the United States treasury, departed for Washington at 9:30 o'clock this evening on the Chicago & Northwestern mad. He will spend to-morrow In Chicago and will arrive in Washington Friday night. He will remain there two days, expecting to return to Des Moines by Jan. i. linvernorelect Cummins called on Governor Shaw today and extended New Year's greetings.

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M1MT. CAMT NEAR LINTON" THE SCENE OF THE TRAtiEDV. t;enernl Fleht In Which He Was neaten. Followed liy nn HirlinnsP of Shots In Which He Was Killed. DEATH OF REV. DR. SPEICHER ! Tim iirin ni. 4 ni vir inn ll nil P HAS PASSED AWAY. Two Children of n II row n County Man Are Radly Wounded by Discharge of Rifle Held by Their Father. WOMAN KILLED, MAN IS DYING MAN AND TWO WOMEN HIT I1V IRQ FOUR ENCilNE NEAR WARASII. Montpeller Man Falls and ItrenUs Ills Neek Rlackford County Oil Settlements Veterans Meet. Sprclal to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Jan. 1. A negro r:amed Hensley was riddled with bullets by a crowd of miners at Island City, a mining camp near Linton, late this afternoon, and the feeling is so general that he deserved death that probably no arrests will he made. He bad quarreled with several miners and in a fight managed to hold his own, although badly beaten. Iater he went to the scene and renewed the quarrel, threatening to shoot anyone who approached him; thereupon the miners liegan shooting at him and he was htfiick by right or ten bullets and killed instantl". Sheriff Hutton went from Linton to Island City to-night, but could get no in formation as to the identltj' of the men who did the shooting and made no arrests. age, had been In jail many times for fight-) Inp and steallncr. He and his father worke-f for the Island City Coal Company 'ompany. Woninn Killed Herself Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLES V1LLE. Ind., Jan. 1. Mrs. David House, a resident of White River township of this county, committed suicide at her home near Perklnsville on Tuesday by sat urating her clothes with kerosene tlnir them afire. She died a few later In great agony. It is said f been mentally 'iniHliw; and was constantly watched by her family and friends. On Tuesday she took advantage of her husband's absence at tho barn and committed the horrible deed. She was thirty-seven years old and was the daughter of A. J. Applegate, of Anderson. She left her husband and three children. Two Children Hadly Wonndcd. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NASHVILLE, Ind., Jan. 1. A rifle in th hands of Edroond Ayers was discharged and sent a ball through the shoulder of one of his two children and into the stomach of the other. An investigation will be made to determine If the shooting was accidental or otherwise. ONE KILLED, ONE DYING. A Man and Two Women lilt by Rl Four Engine Near Wabash. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. , WABASH. Ind.', Jan. 1. As a result of a collision with a light engine on the Michigan division of the R!g Four, eight miles north of the city this afternoon, Jacob Trick, a well-known farmer, is dying and his daughter is dead. Mr. Trick and a relative, Mrs. Kelly, and Mr. Trick's daughters were driving home from Urbana, where Mr. Trick had gone to " meet Mrs. Kelly and Miss Trick, who came vp from .the touth on the passenger train. "N As they went or. the crossing 'Engine 213. with two cabooses. apnroachedvHt a high speed. Signals were given for crossing, but were not heard by Mr. Trick or his companions, and in an instant the rig was demolished and all three occupants, with the top of the buggy, lodged on the pilot. Mr. Trick was thrown back against the boiler hend, Mrs. Kelly was on top of him, and Miss Trick rested on the drawbar projecting from the pilot. The engine was stopped immediately by Engineer Myers and he and his fireman ran around and dragged the busKy top away. Beneath was tightly wedged Mrs. Kelly, who was considerably bruised, but not seriously hurt, while Miss Trick was taken unconscious from the drawbar. Her skull was fractured and she was otherwise Injured and did not regain her senses. Mr. Trick, though alive, was unconscious and the surgeon taken out from this city on a special train said recovery was impossible. He will not live through the niht as he has a bad case of brain concussion. Fell Down and Ilroke His Neck. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTI'ELIER, Ind., Jan. 1. This afternoon at 2:C0 o'clock Frank Llpson, a brass molder at the C. S. Edmonds foundry, sllj pfd while walking on the street and fell and broke his neck. His home was In Raltimore, Md. where his widow is and where his wealthy mother lives. He was about thirty years old. Unknown Man Killed. Special to th? Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES. Ind., Jan. 1. An unidentified man was Instantly killed at the "fatal bend." near this city, by No. 1 Evansville & Terre Haute passenger train, going south, this evening. INDIANA ORITl'ARV. The Rev. Dr. Speicher, Prominent In the Diinknrd Church. PERU. Ind., Jan. 1. Dr. Speicher, who assumed change of the Dunkards' Aged and Orphans' Home at Mexico, this county, died to-day, ajred forty-two, from pneumonia. Dr Speicher was a prominent Dunkar!, coming iu-ro from North Manchester. Ind. His body will be taken to Chicago for burial. Other Dentlis In the State. RROOKVILLE. Ind.. Jan. l.-Mrs. Rachel (loodwin. aged s.-venty-five. widow of John R. Goodwin, and one of the pioneer residents of this county. d!rd at her home In this city at M o'clock this morning, after a few hours illness with congestion of tlm lungs. She w as a tdstt r-In-la w of the Rev. Tlu.lim A Ciui.luln rf I ti . 11 o . .. ! I L'l.. was a native of Franklin county and th daughter of Jostph floudie. one of the firsettlers in that county. The funeral w take place from her late home at 1) o'clock Friday morning. RICHMOND. Ind.. Jan. 1 Mrs. Mary Howe, wife of the Rev. V. j. Howe, died last nUht. unep( ctedly, of uraemia. Her ae was tilt v-tijht yc.li. The husband and two childrtn. 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