Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1902 — Page 3

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-W1XI, CURB -COUGH, COLD OR CROUP lO FOR CTS. EXCEPT BRAZILIAN BALM. Get the larger bottles for Grip. Old Coughs, Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Asthma, Quick Consumption or Catarrh in any part of the system. Cure guaranteed. Best remedy cn earth. Five million cures, Twentv days' treatment ot the great Toxicola Tonic free with every f 1 bottle. 25c, ijOc and 51 at druggists, or sent on receipt of price. Dr. B. F. JACKSON & CO., Indianapolis. AND AlLTCANSACnaS STRICTLY CONFlDRfTlAL! Nos Loan OFncLiiawMAHKEr st. Indiana Dental College Department of Dentistry University of Indianapolis. for all kinds of Dental Work. The fees are to cover the costs only. Receives patients from 8 a. m. to 5. p. m. S. W. Cor. Delaware and Ohio Street. NEWS OF THE THEATERS CLYDE FITCH'S COLONIAL PLAY OF NATHAN HALE" AT ENGLISH'S. Howard Kyle Seen In the Title Role of the Play On the Other Local Stages. At the Theaters To-Day. ENGLISH'S. Howanl Kyle In "Nathan Hale, 2:15 ami 8:15 p. m. GRAND. Vaudeville, 2:15 and 8:13 p. m. PARK. "Lost In the Desert," melodrama. 2 and 8 p. m. KM PIRK. Victoria Durlesquers, 2 and 8 p. m. "Nnttinn II nie at KncUah'a. Clyde Fitch's perversion of the Inspiring .story of Nathan Hale, an American schoolteacher that was hanged for a spy by the British occupying New York at one r.tage of the revolutionary war, was prehented at English's Opera House last night by Howard Kyl and his company. Three n us scenes were truiy dramatic one lmj ressive and dignified, one amusing and one pathetic. The first was the volunteering of Nathan Hale to go Into New York and obtain information for General Washington of the circumstances of the British and their plans. Colonel Knowlton had summoned to his house a number of officers, any one of whom would be capable of undertaking General Washington's mission. When they were seated he read to them a letter from Washington, in which was pointed out the necessity to the American of the movements of the British be--.ig known to the commandT-in- hief of the Continental army. Knowlton then r.sked for a volunteer. No one responded. Knowlton pleaded. One of the officers then answered for all that the task called on a man to cast off his honor and become a spy. After this, Male, who was a captain and had been in Connecticut. lose and said quietly. "I will undertake the task." His friends protested; they &ld he was too valuable to the army for it to lose him I niiliit.ilno.l th-i it n-oc . l. . 1 . .. - - ------- - ' "' MV .1 I 14. I IL t -3 his duty to take his chance of serving his country most importantly. Immediately following this situation was nr absurd colloquy betwitn Hale and his sweetheart. Alice Adams; not absurd because of what they said, but because they cried their love out in th presence of a roomful of men. some of them strangers. Hale had promised Alice not to risk his lit needlessly. She declared that unless he withdrew from this spy's busirus he would be untrue to fur. He could not withdraw, he said. . "Then 1 hate you." she cried. "And I love you." he responded. The collection of men seemed not to wonder why Hale did not take Alice into the ru xt room fur this agonizing matter, and when shs tainted and fell heavily to the floor, her uncle stepped forward juite deliberately end raised her as If it had all Ik en premeditated. The amusing incident of the drama occurred a short time previous to the conftrence that sent Hale to his death. Alice tupected that he had been flirting with . Connecticut girls. Her uncle told her that Jiale would be in the house soon. She cur a buttor from her uncle's uniform coat, nut it on a ribbon. and tri It hnmr r. iuT breast. She was thus armed against Hale. She let him think she hid b. n lurting with another s-iiier and at the f?.rre time aceued him of amusing himself ulth girls in Connecticut. Not until fhe was sure he had been faithful to f-er did she almit that the button was from her gray-haired uncle's coat and not Xiom a dangerous voting oldler. Florence Hmvth. imners. t In a 11 cd here with charming lightness, and fur Iber on she feigned grlet with equal sin a cerlty ami eff. etlvenes... it was all U vlth Hale and he was about to be banned cd here with ch arming lightness. and furin- . 1 He had been cnusht with kirn. Alke obtained lrom tlie British Genral Howe permission to isit n r lover Her brother took her to the tent in which Jiale was kept. She could be with him 4 Jix minutes. Most of this time she sobbed Jf his arms and did not speak. At the nd her lover r ut her In her brother's arms, end he hd about Kt her away whn she fcroke from him and rusr, d bark to HaleU was with sal difficulty that th two pun frced her to leave her sweetheart. Mr. Kyle v.hh earnest and sober in this cVMcat situation, but in most of the other

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I arts of the play he was Inclined to follow tne unreasoning bniding of the playwright .nd was oratorical. The plav contained a great deal of rub lish. much of it familiar-all of the Kng.ishnvn. excj t ore private, were brimful ot crx'.v Ity, arrogance and the .-pint of debauchery. O.u of t'.iem. Cur.r.ingh-im. wa' intrusted with l:nport:Mit business, yet was so ril!!ictd with alcoholism that his fa'-e looked ulctrau.-d. Guy Fitzroy. a British c.ftuer. who betravd Hale, was monstrously wicked. Uy this and othr as childlsa rr ans. cheap apieal was made to the patiiotism of the t.mMence. The comedy was burlesque, but a pretty and clever girl. Nancy Kice, was on(rned in it as Angelica Xnowlton. Fre.i.rick Webber playe.l with uncommon restraint and menr.ingtul-p-ss as Kltzroy. the i 1 j y fabrication th-:t Mr. Fitch and other m-lo lramatlsts present to an easv public as the type of liritistt soldier. The company v.ill give two more p rformancts ot the play to-day. Gentry Shown CoiikoI (date. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. RLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Jan. 3. The four Gentry shows were consolidated to-day undtr one management and will hereafter be known as the Gentry Rrothers Trained Animal Exhibition. H. li. Gentry, the originator of the shows. Is president; J. W. Gentry, assistant manager; V. W. Gentry, treasurer; F. H. Gentry, secretary. The show Is to be Incorporated, and will go In four directions, starting on March lo. The combination Is now the largest trained animal show in the world. Note of the Stngc.

A melodrama, "Jess of Bar Z," and a farce, "Happy Hooligan," will divide next week at the Park. Peter F. Dailey and his assistants will present a short comedy entitled "A Dress Rehearsal," at the Grand Opera House next week. xxx Harry Morris will, bring his show to the Empire Theater for the first half of next week. A company of colored players will give an entertainment called "A Holiday in Coontown" the latter three days. XXX Julia Marlowe and her company will give a performance of "When Knighthood Was In Flower." Paul Kester's dramatization of Charles Major's novel, every night next week and on Saturday afternoon at English's. xxx Mr. II. E. Feicht will repeat his lecture on "Oberammergau; Its Teople and Its Passion Play," at the Park Theater to-morrow afternoon and evening. The stereopticon pictures and Mr. Feicht's interesting and lucid descriptions will be accompanied by the Oberammergau music, played by the theater's orchestra. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Miss Amelia Platter has returned from a visit in Seymour. Miss Martha Landers has returned to Chicago University. Mrs. John T. Brush leaves to-day for a visit to Meadville, Pa. Charles Ripley will return to Purdue University on Monday. Miss Henrietta Schräke has returned from a visit in RIcmond, Va. Miss Elizabeth McKenzie 'has returned to Pittsburg, where she is secretary of the Y. W. C. A. The Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Club will meet to-day with Mrs. C. XV. Green, 2116 Central avenue. The Columbia Club will give the second of its series of dinner dances on Friday evening of next week. Miss Caroline Fry, of Chicago, who Is visiting with Mrs. Harry D. Haring, will return to her home to-day. Mrs. A. L. Furgason has returned after spending the holidays with her son, C. C. Furgason, of Richmond, Va. Mrs. J. K. Fish has returned from Rushvllle, where she spent the holidays with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Smith. Miss Day will leave on Wednesday for Farmington, Conn., where she is attending school. Messrs. Will and Fred Day will ko to Yale on Wednesday. v Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Bingham, who have spent several weeks at Fair Haven, Vt., have returned, bringing with them Mrs. Bingham's mother, Mrs. Spencer. Mrs. Edward and Fred Waliick gave a dinner on Friday evening in honor of Mr. Sidley, of Chicago, who is the guest of Mr. Mothershead. There were covers for ten. Mrs. William A. Ketcham has issued invitations for a luncheon on Jan. 10, in honor of Miss Sarah Wilson, whose marriage to Mr. James L. Floyd is to take place on Jan. 15. Misses Grace and Inez Woollen, of Chicago, have returned to their home, after a pleasant visit with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Miles, 1103 North Senate avenue. On Friday evening of next week there will be a lecture in the Propylaeum by Mr. Henry Austin Adams, of New York, who comes here under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus. Mrs. A. A. Barries entertained the Social Circle of the First Baptist Church yesterday afternoon. A paper was read on "Women of Yesterday and To-Day," by Mrs. John T. Barnett. and Miss Louise Schellschmidt gave a harp solo. Mrs. Arminda C. Moore has issued invitations for the marriage of her daughter. Miss Nelle Moore, and Mr. Custer Ryker. the ceremony to take place on Wednesday. Jan. 15, at the residence on North East street. A reception will follow the ceremony. The following persons will go from here on Sunday to attend a family dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. J. N. D. Reeves, of Columbus: Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grubb. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Lennox, Mr. and Mrs. George Lennox and Mr. Carl Cameron. The guests who came to attend the Smalley-Spencer wedding have returned to their homes. They are: Mrs. Ransom, of Toledo; Mrs. Crane. Miss Jenkinson, Miss Brenton. Mrs. Griswold and Miss Davis, of Fort Wayne. Miss Kay Spencer, of New York, and Miss Byers, of Syracuse, will leave to-day. The Ladies' Club of the German House will give its January party this afternoon, the hostesses being Mrs. William Springhorn and Mrs. Edward Bertermann, assisted by Mrs. T. A. Wagner, Mrs. John Lipman, Mrs. Craft, Mrs. O. A. Schnull, Mrs. Frederick Zwicker. Mrs. Case. Miss Kettenbach and Miss Alma Craft. Miss Sarah Foster. Miss Margaret Day and Miss Hanna Pendleton have gone to Franklin to attend a reception this evening, given by Professor and Mrs. M. E. Crowell and Professor Bestor. the guest of honor being Miss Katherlne Eggleston. The faculty, board of trustees arul students of Franklin College have been invited. Miss Foster will assist. Mr. Floyd D. Warrick gave a dinner at his home. 233 North Alabama street, on Thursday in honor of Mr. Jay L,. N'ysewander. entertaining the Howe military students. The decorations were carnations and holly. Covers were laid for ten. Those present were Otto Krauss. Joe Bevans. Ed llfhvlg. Harry Kreal. Robert-Wilson. Walter Jones. Charles Meyer. Jay L. Nysewander, Morris Bryant and Albert Wood. A luncheon was given yesterday by Mrs. R. C. Arnold for Mrs. J. a. Parker, of Charleston. 111., following which there was a theater party at the Grand. The guests were Mrs. W. P. Land. Mrs. V. H. Ten Kyck. Mrs. Percy Chevalier. Mrs. D. p Shields, Mrs. R. XV. Iowry, Mrs. F. j Vinson. Mrs. M. E. Kllner. Mrs. Frank Fuller. Mrs. Lyman W. Louts, Mrs. Hector Gilchrist. Mrs. J. T. McShane and Mrs. J. B. Cockrum, Mrs. Charles Sterling Millard, of Peoria, 111., was the guest of honor at a tea yesterday given by Mrs. Lydia G. Millard. Bride roses and poinsettias added to the attractiveness of the rooms, and for the tea tab'? there were red and white carnations. The assisting ladles were Mrs. XV. H. H. Miller. Mrs. H. I. Wasson. Mrs. Frank G. Darlington. Mrs. Phil M. Watson. Mrs. W. Garrard Comly. Mrs. Edward L. McKee. Mrs. and Miss Foster and Mi.-s Katherlne Waliick. Among the guests were Mrs. Buckingham, of Zanesville. with Mrs. Darlington; Mrs. Wadsworth, ot Rock Island, with Mrs. Henry Scot Fraser. and Miss Talmage, of Evanston, with Miss Hasselman. Greenwood. Mr. Roy Vanarsdal has returned from a visit In Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ewlng have returned to their home In Waldron. Mi?s Bell has returned from Crawfordsvllle, where she spent the holidays. Mrs. S. W. Van Nuys and her on have returned to their home in Franklin. Mr. Charles Bishop. Tir Indianapolis, visited his father. Mr. William Bishop, this week. On Wednesday evening the member? of the Chri?tlan Church called on their pastor, the Rev. Mr. Yockum, each leaving a

package, with a message of good wishes for the year. Miss Elsie Peek, of Franklin, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Mark Wiley, on Madison avenue. The funeral of Mrs. Dempsey Klnlck was held on Thursday morning at the Methodist t. hurch. Mr. D. G. Stanton, after a visit with his mother, has returned to his home In Crothorsville. Misses Fannie MacMurry and Jennie Thompson, of Franklin, visited here the brst of the wtek. County Superintendent John Turman and his family, of Franklin, were guests of relatives here this week. Miss Stella Whltesides has returned to Hanover College, after spending her vacation with her parents here. Quite a s-ociety gathering was the watch party given on Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Dürr. Misses Mabel Whitenack. Alma Brewer and Bertha Robinson and Mr. Fred Robinson left Thursday for Franklin College.

WILL MEET ON TUESDAYS SCHOOL HOARD TELLS HAD LICK DAY TO "GO AWAY BACK." Conformity to the Regular School Calendnr Desired Old Officer IteElecled Routine Affairs. The School Board last night changed its regular meeting nights from the first and third Fridays to the second and last Tuesdays of each month. The change was made to conform to the regular school calendar. The allowing of monthly pay rolls necessitated extra sessions of the board and the changes will cause the last meeting to be held in time to approve the pay roll. The next meeting of the board will be on Jan. 28. Building Inspector Bartel notified the board that smoke consumers must be provided for the school buildings of the city. The board will provide consumers and will receive bids the second Tuesday in February. The board voted $10 to assist the students of Shortridge High School to pay for a bronze fountain they recently purchased for the building. The fountain was purchased at a cost of $400 and will be placed in the hallway of the building. When John A. Schumacher & Co. were working on the General Harrison school the board deducted $400 from the contract price as a penalty for delay in completing the building. Last night a communication was received from Mr. Schumacher saying that his firm had not been responsible for the delays, and explained the cause of each suspension of work. The matter was referred to the business director and committee on buildings and grounds' to adjust and ascertain who was responsible for the delays. The matter of placing a gymnasium in the Abraham Lincoln school was referred to the business director. The assembly hall of Shortridgo High School was let to the promoters of a music festival to be given March 31 and April 1 for rehearsal purposes each Wednesday night until the event takes place. President Sloan recommended that school No. 10 be named Henry P. Coburn school and school No. 8 the Calvin Fletcher school. He said these men, with Henry F. West, had been instrumental in securing the enactment of important school laws in the fifties, and thought they should be remembered by naming a school for each of them. He also said the schools now occupy ground formerly owned by these men. The report of the librarian stated that the circulation of books for the month of December was 24,121. Mrs. Jacob P. Dunn was appointed a member of the library advisory committee to succeed Miss May L. Shlpp. resigned. Business Director Cleland reported a fire in school No. 16 yesterday morning. He said the children were removed from the building in three minutes, the result of fire drills. The damage amounted to less than $2. Bills were allowed amounting to $12.175.11. At the close of the session the following officers were re-elected: President, Dr. Geo. XV. Sloan; vice president, Andrew M. Sweeney; secretary, Frank L. Reissner; attorney, Albert Baker. The salary of Secretary Reissner was placed at $1,500 a year. TELEPHONE GIRLS SCARED. They Heard Shots nnd Thought Watchman Und Ileen Killed. The night operators at the New Telephone Company's exchange Uecame frightened early yesterday morning and thought they heard noises in the lower part of the building. The night watchman, William Schoelogg, was called and he went to the first floor. A few minutes later the operators on the third floor heard two shots. The watchman did not return and they feared he hwd been killed. Bicycle Police Trimpe and Lowe were sent out on a call and they went through the building. The watchman said he shot twice at what he thought was a man In the cable room. Several attempts, one of which was partially successful, havn been made during the last year to disable the company's service by cutting the cables. The police were unable to decide whether or not Schoerogg shot at a man or at his shadow. CITY NEWS NOTES. Governor Durbin left the city last night and will not return until Monday. Revival services are being held In the church and chapel building of the Pentecost Band, 223 North New Jersey street, which was dedicated on Wednesday. Services bet 'n each evening at 7:15 o'clock. George H. Chapman Post and Corps will install their new officers this evening at their headquarters in the Pierson building, on North Delaware street. Grand Army people are cordially invited to be present. Major Blanche Cox, of the Salvation Army, assisted by her staff and brass band, will lead special meetings at No. 1 Corps, 38 South Capitol avenue, to-morrow at 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Major Cox is an able speaker. The Rev. Father Huntington, superior of the order of the Holy Cross of the Episcopal Church, will hold meetings, beginning Jan. 11 and continuing throughout the week, in St. David's Chapel. He will give an address every afternoon at 3 o'clock to women and hold a conference every evening. In the fourth lecture on the life of Jesus, illustrated by the Tissot pictures, at Plymouth Church Sunday evening. Rev. II. C. Meserve will present the famous series on the parables of Jesus. There will also be special music adapted to the pictures, and Mr. Birge. the new musical director, will Rive a brief organ recital fifteen minutes before the service. The lecture will be given at the temple. The local camp of Gideons (Christian commercial travelers) will hold a gospel meeting to-morrow night at Grace M. E. Church, corner Market and East streets. The first meeting, on Sept. 26, preparatory to organization, was held at this church, since which time the order has grown. The Indianapolis camp has the reputation of being the best organized in the country. All commercial travelers are urged to attend. The city Board of Health yesterday investigated a report of a case of diphtheria at the Indianapolis Orphans' Home, on College avenue. The matron informed the officer of the board that two children, one with tonsllitis and the other with sore threat, had been taken to the City Hospital, but that no diphtheria had been in the home. Clerk Carter, of the board, yesterday refused to Issue two burial permits because of the fact that the death returns were not made cut in proper manner. Xfver Touched IIliu. New York Times. "I don't know why it is that some of the younger fellows can't get along in this business," said the old-time life insurance solicitor. "Now. in my day I have seen a great deal of the business and have no complaint to make. I have been fired out of offices, run down stairs into streets and have been ejected from buildings, but never yet have I been Insulted." K. W. GHOVi:. This name must appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Biomo-Qulnlne TabUU. the celebrated Cold and Griu Cur. 2Sa.

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PREPARATIONS FOR THE STATE OR. ATOItlCAL CONTEST. Special Inducements Will Re Offered to HlKh School Student Visitors at the IIoteN. There promises to be a great gathering of high school girls and boys and college students in Indianapolis on Feb. 7, on account of the oratorical contest which will take place that night. The executive committee of the State Oratorical Association, which held a meeting at the Denlson Hotel -yesterday, decided to advertise the event broadly and to make a special effort to interest high school students in the contest. Excursion rates will be given and It is the intention to make a special admission rate to high school students. The regular price of admission Is 50 cents, but the committee will probably decide to cut the price in two for students of high schools. One of the purposes for which the meeting was held yesterday was to choose the judges on delivery. A member of the committee last night stated that they were not prepared to give out the list. The exercises this year will be held In Tomlinson Hall. The members present at the meeting were Charles Underwood, of Butler College; Byram C. Robbins, of Earlham College; Ira D. Goss, of Wabash College; Harry Mock, of Franklin College; Hardy Masterson, of Hanover College; X. II. Edwards, of De Pauw. It was announced that two of the judges on manuscript, selected some time ago, have accepted the invitation to pass on the manuscript. These are Fred M. Scott, of the University of Michigan, and R. C. Ringwaldt, of Columbia University, New York. The committee will hold another meeting two weeks from to-day. A BELIEVER IN OIL. M. M. rirlght, Freh from Beaumont, Tells Wonderful Tales. "I don't believe it's a good scheme to keep all your eggs in one basket, no matter how good the basket," was the philosophical observation of a smooth-faced, well-dressed and prosperous-looking young man, aa he settled down in one of the broad divans In the office of the Denison Hotel, last night, after the theater. The young man was M. M. Bright, and he has very recently come from the oil district of Texas, where thousands of dollars are being made almost dally by men who were heretofore in moderate and even humble circumstances. Mr. Bright's philosophical observation led up to an explanation of his presence In this city. Last summer he came to Indiana and was offered some good propositions in the way of land. He was already heavily interested in land at Beaumont, Tex., but remembering the old adage about the eggs and the basket he bought in Indiana. He Is here now looking after his interests and also after the interests of the GermanAmerican Oil Company, which has some stockholders in this State. "The people don't realize what a wonderful discovery has been made ct Beaumont," raid Mr. Bright. "The half has never been told about that country, for Beaumont is yet in its Infancy." Mr. Bright relates some fabulous stories about the Texas oil country. He went there about a year ago, when the first oil well was sunk and the rich find announced to the country. He says that when he left Beaumont a short time ago. the number of oil wells in that locality had reached 127. Beaumont has grown to a city of 20.000 or more in a .year. Mr. Bright says. The largest theater in the south is in Beaumont. It was built by a twenty-two-year-old boy, who became a millionaire by reason of possessing some rich oil land. Mr. Bright declares that prior to the time oil was discovered at Beaumont there was land in that locality that would not have brought $10 an acre. This same land afterward sold at immense prices. Mr. Bright says his company has one well that pours an eight-inch stream of oil and the flow probably amounts to lOO.OuO barrels in twenty-four hours. The most of the oil found at Beaumont is used for fuel. "It is going to revolutionize the fuel supply of the world," said Mr. Bright. Railroads in Texas are using this oil as fuel and find it much superior to any other fuel, it is claimed. Mr. Bright estimates that three barrels of this oil will do the work of a ton of the best coal. He thinks railroad companies can buy the oil at perhaps 15 cents a barrel. At this rate 45 cents' worth of oil would make as much steam as a ton of coal. FIGHT FOR CHAIRMANSHIP. There Are Three Men to lie Considered hy Democrats. There seems to be a three-cornered fight on in Indiana for the chairmanship of the Democratic state committee. The friends of Stephen B. Fleming, of Fort Wayne, are urging his candidacy because he is a popular man and a good business hustler among other things. Those who do not want to see Fleming in the chair point out that he is not a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, because he belongs to what might be termed the gold wing of the party. On the other hand, there is a protest against the election of U. S. Jackson, because of his views on the other side of the money question. The people who seem to be objecting to the election of either Fleming or Jackson are asking for a man who is a man that would have Influence enough to bring the two opposing wings together. The friends of Joseph T. Fanning point to him as the only logical selection. In the meantime Mr. Fanning asserts that he is not a candidate for the place. His friends, however, rre still urging that he is the man for the place. Mr. Fanning is a step nearer the chairmanship now that he was a few days ago, by reason of the fact that he has been elected committeeman from the Seventh district. Chnnce Meeting In n Hotel. A few days ago District Attorney Kealing was walking through the lobby of the Denison Hotel and chanced to meet Attorney Tharp, of Washington, Ind., and his client, R. C. Davis. The latter is under indictment by the United States grand jury for alleged embezzlement, and his case is set down for trial Feb. 11. Mr. Tharp, when they met Mr. Kealing. recognized him as the United States district attorney, and remarked that he wanted to introduce him to Mr. Davis. "I've heard of you." said Mr. Kealing. shaking hands with Davis. "Yes. and I've heard of you," was the quick reply of Davis. The three men laughed, but it is not to be supposed that they stopped to discuss the merits of the case. Will Not Go to Cincinnati. T. J. Cullen, formerly manager of the Denison Hotel, has decided not to take the management of the Burnett House, at Cincinnati. It was reported that he would become manager of the house arul purchase a block of its stock. Mr. Cullen says he has decided to remain here on account of the face that his children are In school here. At the Hotels. Ex-Senator Joseph Shea, of Seymour, was at the Grand yesterday. D. P. Baldwin, of Logansport, was a guest at the Denison Hotel last night. James P. Goodrich, chairman of the Republican state committee, was at the Denison. John R. Bonnell. collector of revenue for the Terre Haute district, was In town yesterday. Maj. J. C. Birney. of Omaha. Neb., is making his first visit to Indianapolis in twenty years. He is staying at the Hotel English. Dan XV. Slmms, the newly elected Democratic committeeman from the Tenth district, was here last night with one of his law partners, ex-Judge Hammond, of Lafayette. Southern Opinion of Roosevelt. Florida Times-Union. President Roosevelt has not been In the executive chair long, but he has occupied It long enough to show that he has ideas of hid own and the strength of character to

carry them out. No President, save Jackson and Cleveland, has shown the selfreliance and strength of purpose that he is showing. He has his own convictions and is living up to them regardless - of what others think. His decision to consult Democratic senators anil representatives as to appointments shows a dt termination to have fit mm in office not merely party workers. A man of President Roosevelt's independence may displease all of the people some of the time, may displease some of the people all of the time, but he is apt on retiring from office to leave the feeling general In the popular mind that he has been straightforward and sincere, and that in weighing the good of his administration against the bad the good preponderated. STRIKERS RESTRAINED.

Picketing Lawful Only When Peaceable Methods Are Employed. CHICAGO. Jan. 3. Judge Chetlaln in the Circuit Court of Cook county to-day granted to the Robert Tarrant Company a temporary injunction against striking machinists, but in doing so delivered an opinion said to be the direct antithesis of a recent ruling in the Federal Court. Judge Chetlaln said strikers had the right to use peaceful methods In their fights, and declared that "a patrol cr picket may not necessarily imply force or a threat of bodily harm." In granting the Injunction the court said i was not because the place was picketed, but because there was unquestioned evidence that the pickets had used threats and violence. The court also declared that persons charged with violating an injunction should not be judged by a magistrate on a charge of contempt of court, but should be given a jury trial. CUBA'S FIRST PRESIDENT TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA TELLS WHAT HE EXPECTS TO DO. He Will Develop the Island's Agricultural Industries and Conduct An Economical Administration. NEW YORK, Jan. 3,-President-elect Tomas Estrada Palma, of Cuba, Is still at his home at Central Valley, N. Y. He has just received the first official advices announcing his election. It is from Mendez Capote, president of the national constitutional convention, and Is as follows: "According to the central committee of scrutiny I allow myself to assure you that the election was practically unanimous. The partisans of Maso fought only in a few provinces. The conviction here is that the vote represents the will of the people by an Immense majority." The president-elect said: "There are two things which I shall ever strive to accomplish. The most important is to strengthen the cordial relations existing between the republic of Cuba and the United States of America. My object will be to conduct an economical administration, and under this head I hope to develop the Isla de Cuba, principally the agricultural industries. I hope to secure a reduction of the tariff in this country so that the products of Cuba may be received here. I shall leave the United States in April and go to my fatherland. I shall go there to work like any factory hand or any laborer with the pick and shovel, and every officer of my Cabinet will be expected and compelled to do the same." Gen. Paluin'i Career. Gen. Tomas Estrada Palma was born in Bayamo, province of Santiago, in 1S35. He had had an exciting and romantic career In military and civil life, and has contributed much to securing independence for his country. Election to the presidency was entirely unsought by him, and is especially significant of the Cubans' appreciation of his valiant services. Inasmuch as he has not been in Cuba for twenty years. When the Spanish-American war ended and Cuba was delivered from Spanish misrule. Gen. Palma was one of the few Cubans here who did not return to the island. He remained at his home in Central Valley, N. Y., where he conducts a school for boys. To the entreaties of his friends that he return to his native country to receive the honors that the Cubans were anxious to bestow on him he replied: "My ambition has been to see Cuba free. Freedom for my country is sufficient reward for me." Tomas Estrada Palma was a prosperous young lawyer when the revolution of IMitf broke out. He immediately enllsjed his services in the cause of Cuban liberty. This Insurrection has since Income known as the ten years' war. His father was a wealthy planter, and his property was confiscated by the Spanish government because of the participation of his son In the insurrection. His mother, too, suffered for his patriotism. She was killed by Spanish troops. These facts only spurred him on to greater deeds of valor, and he was promoted in rank until he became a general. On the death of Gen. Carlos Manuel Cespedes, the President of the provisional government of Cuba, Gen. Palma was chosen as his successor. After having been in the field almost continuously for nine years. Gen. Palma was captured by the Spaniards and deported to Spain as a prisoner of war. He was held in the famous Castle of Flgueros. Freedom was offered to him if he would swear allegiance to the Spanish crown, but he spurned the offer. "You may shoot me if you will," he said, "but if I die it will be as the President of the Cuban republic." A year later, at the close of the Insurrection, he was liberated and came to this country. Then he went to Honduras, where he had maiv friends. There he met and married Senorita Guardiola. whose father was President of Honduras. That was twenty years ago. Gen. Palma became closely identified with the federal power in Honduras, and was made postmaster general of the republic. At the outbreak of the Cuban revolution, in February, 1803, Gen. Palma was chosen as foreign envoy for the revolutionary party. He became the head of the "Junta," as the New York bureau of the rebels was known, and worked indefatlgably for the cause. He was also elected president of the council of Cuban patriotic clubs. His executive ability was displayed to good advantage. He superintended the purchase of arms and ammunition, chaitered steamers to carry filibustering expeditions and at the same time aided in the direction of hostilities in the field. When the Spanish flag in Cuba was finally lowered in defeat Gen. Palma retired to his home in Central Valley. His friends, however, were determined to fittingly reward him. and when the time came for the naming of candidates for President he was put forward. He demurred, saying he was not seeking honors, but his friends. insisted. Last summer Gen. Maximo Gomez visited him with the object of inducing him to be a candidate. Gen. Palma said at the time that if elected he would serve his people, but he. would not go to Cuba to assist in his own election. Gen. Bartolome Maso was for a time also a candidate for the office, but withdrew two weeks ago, making charges of fraud. Gen. Palma Is not more than five feet four inches in height, but has broad shoulders and is of solid build. He is not swarthy like most of his countrymen, being of rather blond type. His light hair and mustache are becoming gray. Despite his sixty-six years he walks erect and with shoulders thrown back, which gives him a military appearance. He speaks English fluently, but In conversation with his children, of whom there are Fix, he Insists on their speaking Spanish. To He Brought Hack from Ireland. COLUMBUS. O.. Jan. 3. A requisition was issued by Governor Nash on Friday for James Murray, of West Jefierson. Madison county. Ohio, who is wanted for manslaughter. Murray is charged with having caused the death of his wife on the 14th of last September by repeatedly kicking her a few nights previous to the date mentioned, he coming home In a drunken condition. He surrendered to the police in Ireland and will be extradited. Mrs. Murray was in a fetble condition, having just been operated on at a Columbus hospital. The police have been searching for Murray ever since. Sheriff E. S. Gordon, of Madison county, has been deputized to go after Murray and bring him back for trial.

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CASE OF PRIVATE MEEKIV, WHO WAS SENTENCED TO HE SHOT, nut Whose Punishment Was Commuted 1- General Chaffee to Twenty Years Imprisonment. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. An unusually interesting lot of court-martial records have just reached the War Department from the Philippines. Frank C. Meekin. formerly a private in Company B. of the Thirty-seventh Voluneter Infantry, was tried on a charge of "entering the service of the enemy in violation of the laws of war."" Meekin absented himself from his regiment in September, lx, and served under insurgent General Cailles until the surrender to American arms on June 24. 1951. During his nine months' sojourn with the enemy Meekin was chiefly employed in the work of repairing arms and preparing ammunition under the direction of the enemj He made no effort to escape, and admitted to a soldier of his regiment, who was held captive by General Cailles. that he had Joined the enemy of his own free will and did not Intend to return to his regiment. On one occasion he joined a rarty of the enemy and. armed with a rtfle, marched against a detachment of United States troops, and he accepted appointments as second and then first lieutenant in the insurgent army. Meekin's defense was that he was captured while drunk by the enemy, taken to General Caille's camp and there held as a prisoner of war. General Cames and other insurgents testified in favor 01 the accused on this point, but General Chaffee found that their evidence failed to corroborate in any substantial particular the testimony of the accused. Meekin was sentenced by military command to be shot to death, but General Chaffee commuted this sentence to twenty years' Imprisonment, with Manila as his place of confinement. General Chaffee administered a sharp rebuke to a military commission which tried a native named Saburo, held as one of a band of outlaws which carried away a male Filipino. Saburo was, charged with abduction and murder. Said General Chaffee; "So many general orders have been published from these headquarters defining the crime of abduction and its inapplicability to the act of kidnaping a man that it is almost inconceivable that officers should persist in preferring this ridiculous and impossible charge where a male is the victim of the sequestration." Continuing, the general stated that the gist of the offense of abduction was in detaining or taking a female against her will. The commission found Saburo guilty of the charges and sentenced him to be hanged. General Chaffee said there was no evidence to sustain the charge of murder, and the evidence as to the kidnaping of a native was given by several members of the band of outlaws that actually committed the murder and were all agreed that the accused was not a member of that band. The general disapproved the sentence and bid the native be set at liberty. Steamship Line to Manila. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. A line of merchant steamers between this port and Manila will soon be established, says the Call, by the Empire Steamship Company, acting in conjunction with the owners of the steamer Albion. The company will put on the transpacific route the steamships Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, while the Albion will run in the interisland trade. The three steamers first named have been engaged in transport service until recently. They are of the same dimensions, but vary somewhat, in tonnage, owing to the difference in their fittings. Transport for Teachers. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-The War Department has changed its plans in regard to the transportation of teachers and other civilian employes to the Philippines. It was originally intended to send these employes to Manila on the transport Grant, now on her way to San Francisco, but it has been decided to reserve that vessel for the transportation of troops needed in the Philippines, and to send the teachers and other employes, numbering in all about two hundred, to Manila on the transport McClellan, now at New York, about the 15th prox. COLLISION AT SEA. f CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) Pugct sound and San Francisco for years. She was a steel screw steamer and was built by J. Roach & Sons In 1SS1. Her net tonnage was 2,168 and her rating was No. 1. Her length was 310 feet, breadth 40 feet 6 inches, and depth SO feet 3 inches. CAPTAIN II ALL'S ACCOUNT. He Went Down with Ills Ship, but Later Floated to the Surface. EUREKA. Cal., Jan. 3. Capt. A. L. Hall, master of the wrecked steamship, gives a graphic account of the disaster. He says; "We left San Francisco Wednesday, bound for Victoria and Puget sound. The weather thickened as the night advanced, and Thursday morning a heavy fog, accompanied by a light rain, set in. About 4:10 a. m. I was suddenly awakened by an awful crash on the port side, well forward. Second Officer Luke was on watch at the time. The housing, especially in the vicinity of ' my cabin, was badly shattered, the main force of the collision striking her Just forward of my stateroom. My bunk was struck and thrown across the room on to my table. After the crash the vessel, which, I think, was a French bark, judging from the language used by her sailors, rebounded and groped alongside. I called to her to stand by, but she drifted away and was lost to view. I could not tell how badly she was injured, but I don't imagine she was severely hurt, as she struck us bow on. and. though her forward rigging might have been broken, it is not likely her hull suffered materially. "Those of the passengers who had not been awakened by the crash were aroused at once. The vessel began to fill immediately and she sank in thirty-five minutes. There was no confusion on board. The officers and crew kept the passengers from becoming panic-stricken. The crew was immediately ordered to man the lifeboats and rafts, and an effort was mado to sav the baggage. This was given up, however, the vessel filling at such an alarming rate that no thought was given but for the safety of the passengers. I gave orders to have the port boilers blown out. It being necessary to give the vessel a list to keep the gaping hole In her side out cf the water. In a few moments all the lifeboats and rafts were out with the exception of two, which were smashed. One of these toats contained nine or ten passengers. All were throwYi into the water, but managed to board a life raft which had been launched a few minutes previously. The second boat was smashed by striking a heavy object in the water, but all the passengers were rescued by another life raft. We had about sixty-five firstclass and second-class passengers on board and lft") souls all toid. We had no knowledge of the approach of the vessel striking us, the weather being so thick she was not st en until we had been struck." "It was very dark at the time and the uncertain light interfered to a great extent with the rescue of the passengers. I iemained on board assisting thern In every possible way. I went down with the ship. After I had been down I don't know how long the social hall deck broke off and I floated to the surface with it. Sighting a life raft. I commenced swimming and succeeded In reaching it after a hard struggle and was pulled on board by the three occupants. We floated' about nearly all day and early In the evening were picked up a few miles to the north of the wreck by the steamer Dispatch, which was proceeding to Seattle. When the Walla Walla went down 1 was struck by a heavy spar and badly bruised. This, with the exposure, left me In a very weakened condition. In fact, we wre all more or less played out when Captain Johnson took us aboard the Dispatch. "From the information I have concerning tfce rescue of the passengers and crew I am not able to täte how large the death list will be, but in my opinion it will not be less than twenty and possibly may reach forty or fifty. Many were Injured by the falling

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The best that Money and EiperiencQ can produce. At all stores, or by mail for the price HALL & RUCKEL, New Yoril timbers. It is almost certain a number of the steerage passengers perished In this manner. The housing of the forward part was split Into match wood. Among the survivors the seriously Injured are few, and, while It may be possible some were shockingly mangled, few cuts and brulfci came under my observation, and few were received by the occupants of the Uferafts, While not very rough, the sea was nasty and choppy, and the continual wash over the rafts was a hardsh.'p, especially to the women, many of whom were nearly in the last stages of exhaustion when picked up by the Dispatch." WOMEN WERE Hit AVE. Capt. Johnson Says They Were Calmer Than Some of the Men. EUREKA. Cal., Jan. 3. Capt. Victor Johnson, of the steamer Dispatch, which rescued a majority of the shipwrecked passengers, gave the following account of the rescue: "About 8 o'clock Thursday morning my attention was called to a small boat which was manned by three men and coming toward us. Owing to the fog we did not discover her presence jintil she wa right alongside. As the boat approached the men hailed us; this was the first intimation I had that a marine disaster had occurred. The spokesman of the party Informed me that the Walla Walla had been sunk by an unknown Vessel off the Mendocino coast. The party proved to be three fishermen from the wrecked vessel. We took them aboard and lay to the remainder of the day. Several boats and rafts were licked up at different inttrvals. the last about 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Some of them were quite badly played out, fspecially those on the life rafts. There was a nasty pea running, and this condition continually interfered with the comfort uf the passengers to such an extent that some were entirely exhausted when picked up. Of the passengers rescued several wcr5 injured. One man had his leg jammed, while two were cut about the head and shoulders. Captain Hall was injured by a spar as the vessel went down. Several of the women were more dead than alive when taken aboard and with diflicuky were resuscitated." Captain Johnson was loud In his praise of the bravery displayed by women rescued by him. To two in particular he gives much credit for the calmness displayed. According to Captain Johnson the women were far more nervy than the men and gave valuable assistance in caring for the survivors as each succeeding raft was picked up. In most instances It was with great difficulty that the survivors were got aboard, owing to the heavy sea running. I'osslhly the Europe. PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 3. Shipping mn here believe that the vessel which was in collision with the steamer Walla Walla Is the four-masted French bark Europe. The Europe left here Dec. 11 for Queenstowa with a cargo of wheat. Under ordinary weather conditions the Europe would have been farther on her journey, but for several weeks the weather has been rough, and it Is thought probable that die s the vessel that collided with the Walla Walla, A RISING STATE. Ohio Pa mm 1 UK Politically and Iowa, Comlnjr to the Front. Philadelphia Times. There was a time when, if a man were a candidate for office, we asked ourselves involuntarily if he nrae from Ohio. Sons of the Buckeye State held many of the highest federal positions. McKinley, Sherman, John Hay and Hanna are names enough to Indicate how large a part the State played In a recent administration, which, with the death of its chief, is passing into memory. Time was when Ohio controlled Congress. Three or four of that State's wool growers made our tariff laws. It was in some way the center of industry, wealth and politics, a middle ground between East and West. We have many signs now that its influence is on the wane. The West has moved further west. It is not to-day in the Mississippi valley, but in the Rocky mountains and on the Pacific slope, and Iowa is the new middle ground. Her star seem to be in the ascendant. McKinley has gone and has made way for a young Kastern r who thrills with the spirit of the far West. The old soldier has gone. Hanna is going. The sheep has gone and browses in Montana, Wyoming and In the distant State of Oregon. Civilization in looking for new centers has taken up its stand on the western shorts of the Mississippi river. When Secretary Gage's successor comes in Iowa will have two Cabinet metnbers. It has rarely before had one. Mr. Shaw promises to be one of the best secretaries of the treasury, and Mr. Wilson is the best secretary of agriculture we have ever had. Ix-arned essays have been written to show that the speaker of the House of Representatives is, next to the President, the most influential personage under our scheme of government. The mantle of Maine fell upon an Iowa man. One of Iowa's senators, Mr. Allison. Is the leader in the Senate and chairman of the committee on appropriations. The other, Dollivcr, Is chairman of the Senate committee on Pacific railroads. Four Iowa conpressmen are chairmen of House committ-ts Hepburn of the committee on Interstate and foreign commerce, Hull on militav affairs, Iacey on public lands. Cousins on expenditures of the Treasury Department. The director of the mint is an Iowa man. as is the minister to China. Mr. Kasson. President McKinley' trusted adviser on the subject of reciprocity, comes from that State, and the commonwealth Is well represented in minor positions of honr and trust. In a word, Iowa has takn that place which Ohio used to hold. We shall nona be going there for Presidents. The country's political center has advanced many leagues into the West, and the spirit of that progressive nglon will more and more dominate our public life and inspire our national policies. Calve as "Carmen.' New York Evening Post. Mme. Calve's voice has acquired In its lower register a deep, rich alto quality of which It had only an intimation two years ago. It is the same velvety, pliant, insinuating emotional volc that it has always been, and If the uppr nots were not always true to the pitch, that was. it is safe to say. due to temporary fatigue. As an actress she was again enchantlr.Rly capricious and naughty, and more girlish and beautiful in appearance than ever. More than ever she took the actress's privilege of encroaching occasionally on the singer; as when, in the first scene, she slapped Don Jose on the shoulder and improvised a "que fais tu la?" In other scenes also ph occasionally dropped from song into parlando. always, however, effectively. Her gowns were more picturesque and varied than ever; but the supreme charm was her facial expression. Every line of the libretto and It is an excellent libretto is mirrored in her face. It is the most expressive, the mot fascinating face In the world, and opra glasses are never so much in ue as when she acts "Carmen." Every student of the drama, as well as of the o: era, should study the face every time It appears In that role. The changes in her face are like beautiful modulations in music. Men in general and women in particular enjoy a toothsome nourishing breakfast food, and they find it when they try GrapeNuts

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