Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1902 — Page 2

TIITC T XD T AN AP O JA S JOÜRXAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17. 1902.

Itny, who died before the trial. A woman the neighborhood testified that she saw the tragedv through a window. She stated that Mrs. ilinkard wa. In the kitchen, ironing, and that after ho fired the first shot r.nd missed the mark she. struggled with her husband until the last breath left her tody. Judge Shively sentenced Pdnkard to hang on Aug. 23 last, but on July 23. the case having been appealed to the Supreme Court, a stiy of execution was granted until Jan. 17. Tho defen? pleaded insanity, but the Supreme Court affirmed the jucgrr.ent of the lower court, announcing its decision on pee. 11. P.Inkard was nearly sixty-four years olo. He was received at the State Prison on May T. ld. and was confined in a hospital ward tint!! the. last week in Iecmb?r. wht n he was placed In one of the six cells of the death chimNr and the death watch established. During his confinement he never spoke unless spoken to or unless he wanted something. 1'r.able to read and write, he spent hi wakeful hours sitting In a chair staring blankly into space, and evinced little or no interest In hl3 Impending fate. RAILWAY TICKETS BUBNED.

Over One- Million Dollar' AVorth Detroyetl ami Htation DaniaKed. CHICAGO. Jan. 15. Fire broke out In the j ticket office of the Union Station, Adams j and Canal street?, shortly before noon today, and for a time threatened the destruction of th building. The smoke and flames fprcad so rapidly that sixty employes of the several roads that make the station their Chicago terminal had an exciting time to escape suffocation. The men were busy at werk on annual statments in offices just above and to the rear of. the ticket office, and a number escaped by Jumping from a low window to the structure of a viaduct on the Alams street side of the building. Two men were helped down ladders by firemen, but no one was injured. Over a million dollars worth of unstamped tickets of the Pennsylvania, the Burlington. the Alton, the St. Faul, the Fanhandle antl the Fort Wayne roads and the Fullman company were destroyed, but it is thought no valid tickets are ml?sing. The station, which 1 the property of the Pennsylvania lines, was damaged to the extent Of $1. ",( i. The annual passenger statements of all the roads were destroyed and will be delayed two weeks. Other Fires. LIMA, O.. Jan. 15. A supposed indendiary fro destroyed F. J. Banta's candy and chewing sum manufactory this morning about 4 o'clock. A man was seen by employes of the electric light plant near-by entering the basement about half an hour before the fire with an armful of wood. Loss, about fc'o.iv) to the building; contents only partly insured. WEST UNION. O.. Jan. 15. West Union experienced the worst lire in its history tordght with the burning of the large Moss livery barn, with its Contents, including rrveral horse. The fire rapidly communicated to the Kincald marble works, which were entirely destroyed. The los. Is heavy, with no Insurance on the property burned. KALAMAZOO. Mich.. Jan. 15. Fire tonight destroved the five-story building occupied by the Michigan Fuggy Company, located here. The building covered a half uquare and .KO men were employed by the company. The loss is estimated at V) and the insurance will or.lv partly cover It. The cause of the fire is unknown. MONTR FA L. Jan. 15.-Fire to-day destroyed the Royal Electric Light Company's works and adjoining buildings to the extent of - $:..oiio. With the aid of temporary repairs it Is promised that the city lighting will not be materially affected tonight. FINK FLUFF. Ark.. Jan. 15. The lumber yard ami dry kilns of Frank Kendall, at Kedron, sixteen miles south of Fine Fluff, were destroyed by fire, to-night. Four million feet of lumber were burned. The loss 1.- estimated at .i'm. with no insurance. KUIE. Fa.. Jan. 15.-Tho total lo?s by the fire at FMlntoro last nlht Is about $:25.0O. With the help of the Krie fire department the conflagration was under control at midnight. SBSSBBSBSSBS1""S""SMMSSSS THEY WERE PKIMED. Arrest of !ero Teacher Who Und Paid for Htaiuinatiim Paper, MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 16. Tho educational department is having trouble with the purloining- of the questions for examination t f teachers for the public schools. The stat1? superintendent has Information of the arrest of eight negroes In Henrycounty who appeared In the examination room with a full list of the questions and answers. County Superintendent Espy had them arrested and they claimed that they had received the questions from a negro preacher named Brooken. paying him $5 each. It Is allesred that Brooken procured the papers from Oscar Hall, a negro teacher of Troy, paying $13 for them. All of the persons are under arrest, except Hall, who has escaped into Georgia. It Is believed the list of questions was stolen from the printing house in which they were prepared. The state law fixes a minimum fine of $100 ami six months' Imprisonment in any case for stealing, selling, buying, giving" away, cr receiving the questions. WEATHER FORECAST. I'nlr for Two Days Warmer In Centrul nnd Northern Indlnnn. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Forecast for Friday and Saturday: For Ohio Fair on Friday. Saturday fair nnd warmer; fresh northeasterly winds, becoming variable. For Indiana and Illinois Fair on Friday. Saturday fair; warmer In northern and central portions; light to fresh northeasterly winds, shifting to southeasterly. Lornl Observation on Thursday. Dar. Temp. H.H. Wind. Weather. Tre. 7 a. ni 3-.0U :- IM N'weft. CTdy. T. 7 p. m Co.H 7 North. Clear. T. Maximum temeratur?, 32; minimum temperature. :s. tYnurativp statement of the mean temperature anJ total precipitation on Jan. IS: Temp. Pre. Thermal 2s 0.03 Mean 30 T. departure. 2 0.09 lparture since Jan. 1 S 1.30 Plus. YV. T. HLYTHE. Sec. Director. Thnrselay's Temperaturen. Stations. Atlanta. Ja Pltmarck. N. D.... I'uIThIg. N. Y Calgary. N. W. T.. Chicago, ill Cairo. Ill Cheyenne. Wyo .... Cincinnati, O

Min. Max. 7 p. m. . 33 44 SX -.1 1 34 .-1; 23 16 ..- Z n ..2 IS ;vj 32 r: ..IS r 4. 3 zz ..20 4 4,j ..2) :2 2; ..H 3) zi .: :s 32 4 sr" U 14 -.25 b) 45 .82 42 31 ,..S 4.) 34 ..2 !12 44 11 j.) 3s 34 34 2s ..20 SO -.3' 3? ... 2S 21 ...2S 40 38 ,..4 .4 5) ...20 41 26

Concordia. Kan lavenr rt, la 5es Moines. Ia Jjlveaton. Tex llflena. Mont Jacksonville. Kla .. Kar, fa City. M "... Little Ilnck. Ark... Marinette. Mich ... Mtmihli. Tenn Nashville. Tenn ... New Orleans. La... New Yi.rk city Nrrtn Piatt. Nb. Oklamoha. O. T Omaha. Neb lMtt-unr. la ju' An-lle. N. W. Itai'l 1 city. rf. D... fait Lake City ft I.OU1. Mil Ft. fi.id. Minn Frinin-11. Ill Fj rlr:flI 1. Mo Vtckuburtr. Mi ... Washir.jfton. D C MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. NEW YOUK. Jan. IS. Arrived: Georjrie, from Liverpool: I't nr?ylvanla. from Hamlur; Germanic. from Llverrol and Quetntown. bailed: La Gascogne, for Havre. LIZARD. Jan. 17. 12: a. m. Passed: Seeland, from New York, for Southampton fcnd Antwerp. MOVILLC. Jan 15.-Arrlved: Numidlan. frcm at. John. N. 15.. and Halifax, for Liverpool. Ql'EKNSTOIVN, Jn. lß.-Salled: WeMernlano!. for Philadelphia; Celtic, for Philadelphia. P1IILADKI.PIIIA. Jan. 1G.-Arrlved: rnnland, from Antwerp. LIVKItl'OOL. Jan. M. Sailed: Dominion, for Portland, Ie. GLAFGOW. Jan. 11-HaIIed. Llvonian. for Philadelphia. LONDON. Jan. 16.-Salled; Minnehaha, tor New York.

BASEBALL MEN IN TOWN

i vi:sTi;ux lgagu; ni:pitKsi:TA-! TIVIIS CALL ON WATKINS. i They Cnn Do othlnf? in Indianapolis Without Ilia Aid Firm for IHtch-Grnde Hall. Efforts were made yesterday by prominent men in the Western League to Induce W. II. Watkina to jump the American Association and become a member of the Western League. James II. Manning, who desires to place a Western League club In Kansas City; W. T. Van Brundt, owner of the St. Joseph club; T. E. Iiurn?, owner of the Colorado Springs club; Pat B. Powers, president of the Eastern League and Association of Minor Leagues, and John II. Farrell, president of the New York State League, called at Manager Watkins's oflice In the afternoon to "sound" him on the matter. The sporting editor of the Journal happened along shortly after the Western League men had entered the Indianapolis club office. Manning appeared at the door, and when asked the mission of himself and associates to Indianapolis frankly said they were enodavoring to induce Watklns to become a member of the Western League. "Has tho Western League any Intention of entering Indianapolis anyway?" he was asked. "Do you think we are daffy? I believe I am speaking Tor the League when I say that the Western League has no Intention of placing a club in Indianapolis unless Watkins is with us. It would be like burning up money to come In here and fight him. for he Is an Indianapolis man and holds the key to the situation In Indianapolis." .Manning escorted the sporting editor Into the office, where his associates ami Mr. Watkins were seated. Manning repeated his declaration made to the reporter in the corridor, and his associates corroborated his statements. "These gentlemen have said to me that they do not Intend placing a club in Indianapolis unless they can secure me as a member of their organization," said Mr. Watkins in the presence of all the visiting baseball men. They said with one accord that that was the situation exactly. The newspaper men accompanied Mr. Powers and Mr. Farrell out of the room while the Western League representatives ainl Watkins were left alone. Powers and Farrell are returning to the East from the Western League meeting in Kansas City. They are interested in the welfare of the Western League because that organization is linked with the association of minor leagues. Manager Watkins was seen after his conference and said: "The Western League people offered several suggestions as to Indianapolis becoming a member of their organization, but made no definite proposition. I told them that I could give no answer until I had conferred with my partner, Mr. Ituechaupt, who is now out of the city. "The Indianapolis people need not be afraid of this city having an inferior article of ball next summer. I will endeavor to give the best article of ball possible." Mr. Watkins would not commit himself further or divulge what took place at the conference, as he held that what the Western League people eald to him was confidential, even if he did not consider the suggestions as they wished. There is no probability of Indianapolis being: in the Western league next year. Watkins has had enough of minor league ball and so has Indianapolis, and for that reason he will stick to the American Association, an organization that will be stronger than the American League in 1900. lie realizes that he could give better ball In the American Association than he could afford to do in the Western or any other minor league. The Western League men left for Milwaukee last night. nEALL IS IT'LL OF "WHAT II. Sayn He "Will Fluht Whitfield' Western LenKiic Club. SIOUX CITY' la.. Jan. 16. A. B. Beall, who was expelled from the Western Baseball League at Kansas City for unloading the Minneapolis franchise, declares since hU return home that he will fight tho Western League to a finish. "They can not rob me and expect me to submit peacefully," he said. "I hold the Denver franchise and 1 propose to hol.l it. I will tie them up in Kansas City and St. Joe, and if they attempt to play ball in Sioux City I will tie them up here. I would not want anything better than to fight then on my own ground. I have no personal enmity against any man who may get a franchise in Sioux City, but I will oppose the league here to the utmost of my ability. The talk of getting Indianapolis and Milwaukee Into the Western League is nonsense." Myaterlou Secret. OMAHA, Jan. 16. W. A. Rourke, manager and owner of the Western League baseball club in this city, returned from the Kansas City meeting. "Some Important steps were taken." he said, "which we cannot divulge. One was to the end that when the American Association people come to start their teams, if they ever do, they will find many of the players whom they say they have signed will not be with them, but with us." TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. STRIKE OF GIRLS. Two hundred girls employed in the overall factory of J. N. Ward Ke Co., at Peoria, struck Thursday because the company refused to recognize their recently organized branch of the United Garment Makers. END OF THE FISHERMEN'S STRIKE. The fishermen's strike, which has been on at Pensacola for several weeks, has been amicably adjusted. The smacks are being Iced and stores taken on board preparatory to proceeding to sea. MEXICANS TO MAKE SHOES. A Torreon, Mexico, dispatch says: "A dozen skilled shoemakers from Brockton. Mass., are here for the purpose of teaching the natives how to operate the shoe machines in the new $Cuo.0OO shoe factory here." INSANE MURDERER ACQUITTED. The Jury In the case of George Klein, accused of the murder of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Caroline Klein, In Baltimore, has acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity. Klein knocked the woman down and kicked her to death because she threatened to have him arrested for abusive language. SCHLEY" COMMENDED. The KentuckyHouse on Thursday, after a spirited debate, adopted resolution commendatory of Admiral Schley. The Republicans opposed that part of the resolution which condemned the court of Injuiry which sat in the Schley case, and refused to vote when the roll was called. All of the seventy Democrats present voted for the resolution. EVANGELIST ILIFF BETTER. Wm. Illff, of Hamilton, 111., the evangelist found wandering in the streets of Washington, D. C. in a dazed condition, was able to leave the hospital for a short walk Thursday, and will leave for his home In a few days. A letter from his wife said he left his home Christmans eve. He probably will not resume his religious duties for several months. STEPPED IN FRONT OF TRAIN. A man supposed to Charles Simpson, of Western Pennsylvania, was killed by stepping from one track of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern road, at Loveland. O., to avoid a train when he was struck by another. A lttter from Annie Wainfor, McKeesport. Pa., was found In his pocket, addressed to him at Fort Worth, Tex. He was about twenty-live years of age. WITHERS RELEASED ON BOND.-J. P. Withers, the Beaumont. Tex., bank president, who was arrested In Kansas City last Saturday for alleged violation of the national banking laws, gave bond for $5.io0 on Thursday for his appearance before United States Commissioner Nuckols next Saturday. Withers has been unwilling heretofore to give bond because he feared arrest from the Texas authorities. OHIO MINERS At the convention of Ohio miners yesterday, the election of ollicers resulted as follows: President. W. II. Hasklns; vice president, D. H. Sullivan, of Coshocton; secretary-treasurer, (J. W. Savage, of Columbus: member of the national executive board. William MurgHii. of Hat Greenville. It was am.ounced on the Hour of the convention that the strike in Columbiana county, involving over bcu men. who have been out for tight and a hilf months, had been Etttled, and that work would be

resumed soon. Under the settlement the coal miners are paid for lineal work, which has heretofore been the bone of contention. CONTRACT AWARDED. The contract for the power plant of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition has been awarded to a Pittsburg. Pa., electric company. The plant Is to be 10.677 horse-power, and will be the biggest ever built for an exposition. Prof. P. C. Campbell, of Brooklyn. N. Y., inventor of a dirigible balloon, or airship, operated by an electric motor, will be a competitor in the airship contest at the exposition. BISHOP WHITTLE MAY RETIRE. It is announced that the ecclesiastic authority and all the care of the Episcopal diocese of Virginia has been transferred by Bi-h-F. M. Whittle to his coadjutor. Bishop Robert A. Gibson. The new arrangement goes into effect at once and in ail probability will become permanent. This action by Bishop Whittle is taken to mean that he has finally decided to retire on account of continued ill health.

j RECIPROCITY" FAVORED. The Westj ern Retail Implement and Vehicle; convenI tion at Kansas City. Mo., on Thursday I adopted the following resolution: "We ! heartily Indorse the movement for reci- ! procity and urge the senators In the West i to vote for the conilrmation of the French i reciprocity treaty now pending before the j Fnited States Senate believing such aci tion is for the best interest of farmers, dealers and manufacturers." LETTER FROM KRUGER. The Holland Society held Its seventeenth annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria, New Y'ork, Thursday night. A letter from President Kruger, through his secretary, was read, thanking the society for a copy of the society's year book, and also thanking the members for the material support voted Botr families. The trustees of the society were directed to expend $1.000 to relieve the wants of the families of the Boers. SOLD TO A SYNDICATE. A rumor is afloat that the Mahoning Valley Electric Railway Company has been sold to a syndicate of which Charles M. Schwab and John D. Rockefeller are at the head. The line, which extends from Warrenton to Newcastle, is known to have been on the market for some time, and the price set on it is something like $2.00, 0""0. Murray Verner, of Pittsburg. Is president of the line, and a number of Cleveland capitalists are interested in it. RUBBER MILL TO CLOSE. Notices were posted in the Alice rubber mill of the Woonsocket (Mass.) Rubber Company Thursday, announcing a closing of the plant after Jan. 25. The Alice mill is owned by the United States Rubber Company, and generally gives employment to about l,0i hands. The mill has been run by a reduced force of late. Open winters during the past three years, which has caused an overproduction, is believed to be a contributing cause to the shut-down. CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY" AFFAIRS. The annual meeting of the board of trust es of the Chautauqua Assembly was held In Buffalo on Thursday. The financial report places the total assets at $r9i.t4.02. The total liabilities are $347.646.40, of which $78.100.08 is to the credit of the endowment and various building funds. The surplus is $246.399.62. The receipts for the fiscal year lti-lyul were $102.60.95. The expenditures $HS,9o2.18, leaving a gain of 3'.77s.77. The report of the superintendent of instruction says the future of the Chautauqua shows much promise. OBITUARY. J. V. S. Oddle, Secretary of tUc Xew York Yacht Club for Mnnr Years. XEW YORK. Jan. 16. J. .V S. Oddie. a secretary of the New York Yacht Club, died at his residence In this city to-day. Mr. Oddie had been III for about two weeks of kidney trouble. Mr. Oddie had been a sufferer from nervous and other troubles since the yacht races of 133S. About a week ago his condition became serious and hope of recovery was abandoned yesterday. He was elected secretary of the yacht club in 1SS3 and held that office continuously to the timo of his death. He joined the club in 1S67. and was twenty-ninth on the list of members In order of seniority In a membership of about 1,600. Ilnrou Hookwood. LONDON, Jan. 16. Lord Rookwood (Henry John Pelwin Ibbetson) Is dead at his home in Essex. Henry John Selwin Ibbetson was born in London on Sept. 26, 1S26; educated at home and St. John's College, Cambridge; entered politics in 1S57, and represented various constituencies in Parliament between 1S6Ü and ISü2; under secretary of state for the Home Department in 1S74-SO; financial secretary to the treasury, 1S7S-&0; was a second church estate commissioner and a boundary commissioner. He was the seventh baronet of the title, succeeding his father in 1S69, and was created Baron Rookwood in li2. He was the author of a large number of Important measures, the most noteworthy of which were those that led to the adoption of the block system of signalling on the English railways. He was a very heavy land owner and had coal mines in England and Nova Scotia. He left no heir. Other Deaths. TACOMA, "Wash., Jan. 16. Thomas Harbin died in Tacoma to-day, aged eighty-two years. He was a member of the constitutional convention of Maryland, was colonel of a Union regiment from Missouri in the civil war, twice mayor of St. Joseph, Mo., and prominent in railroad and banking enterprises in Nebraska. For the last seven years he had lived in Tacoma. SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 16. Former Judge W. H. Jessup, a prominent lawyer, formerly of the Susquehanna county courts, died suddenly at his home herb to-day of heart failure. Judge Jessup appeared in both the Common Pleas and Superior Courts yesterday to argue cases, and was to have been in the latter to-day. He was seventy-two years old. DENVER. Jan. 16. Dr. T. J. Eskridge, a prominent physician and specialist in nervous diseases, died to-night of Bright's disease. He was a native of Sussex county, Delaware, and had been a resident of Colorado since 1SS4. Dr. Eskridge was best known as an expert in insanity cases. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 16. Richard Patterson, vice president of the National Liquor Dealers Association, died at his home in Wissahickon. a suburb of this city, last night, aged fifty-two years. MATTOON, 111.. Jan. 16. Capt. Samuel B. Logan died at Areola to-day, eightysix years old. He was a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars. TRAIN HELD UP. Mail Pouche It 1 fled and I'xprem Safe Opened, lint Only $3 Secured. FORT SM1T1I. Ark., Jan. 16. The Southbound. Kansas City Southern passenger train was held up last night at 11 o'clock, a mile north of Spiro, I. T., by seven masked men. The express and mail car were entered. The local safe in the express car was opened, but nothing secured from It. The robbers tried to open the through safe, but failed. Then they rifled the mail car. and, it is said, secured a quantity of registered mall. The robbers flagged the train between Spiro and Redland. While two of the seven men covered the engineer and fireman with revolvers others forced a porter, who had appearetl on the steps of the forward coach to uncouple the baggage car from the rest of the train. John Block, a traveling salesman, from Ft. Smith, alighted from the train and was about to fire upon one of the robbers when he was prevented by Conductor Sullivan, who feared that the men would fire Into the passenger coaches. The baggage car uncoupled, the engineer was compelled to pull up the road a distance of one mile. There the robbers, after disarming the messenger, went through the baggage and mall car. Their work finished, one of the robbers handed the messenger the revolver taken from him and all made for the timber. This afternoon postotfice officials hre deny that any rtgistered mall was taken, and the express officials say that one package, containing $3, covers their loss. SALE OF A RAILWAY. Pelms lvntiiii Interests Said to Ho After Iron Ore Trade. DETROIT. Mich.. Jan. 16. The Tribune to-morrow will say: "Tho entire capital stock of the Manistique & Northeastern Railway was purchased by Daniel W. Kaufman, of Marquette, Mich., and I. R. Metheany, secretary of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. The company will bt reorganized under the title of the Manistique, Marquette fc Northern, with a capitalization of $2,000,000. It Is believed the

Pennsylvania Railroad is behind the project, and that it is reaching out for the iron ore regions of northern Michigan through the Grand Rapids and Indiana, which it already owns and controls. The Manistique & Northern runs north from Manistique to Shingleton. a distance of forty miles, where it connects with the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic."

'WORK is worship; Hallway President Talks to Stnrient nnd Denounces Labor Unions. LANCASTER. Pa.. Jan. 16. At Franklin and Marshall College Chapel this evening George F. Baer, president of the board of trustees of the college and president of the Philadelphia &. Reading Railway and the Central Railroad of New Jersey, delivered a lecture on "Work Is Worship," in which he severely denounces labor unions. He said, in part: "To-day there Is no greater absolute despotism and tyranny on the earth than the power which forbids a man to work because of some other man's quarrels. "In some trades employers are not permitted to employ workmen without labor organization cards. Union men will not work with nonunion men. Was ever greater tyranny practiced by one set of men over their fellow-men? "So apathetic has the public conscience become to the terrorism, tyranny and lawlessness of labor organizations that not only the politicians, who are seeking votes, but well-meaning men. who ought to know better, cry aloud against the decrees of the courts when the principles of constitutional liberty are Invoked In legally established tribunals to restrain the lawlessness of labor organizations. Labor may organize, but it may not terrorize. Labor organizations hitherto have failed because they have entirely overlooked thse simply fundamental truths." AS VIEWED ABROAD. An Anstrian Aewspnper's Comment on Prince Henry's Mission. VIENNA, Jan. 17. The Fremdenblatt, in a long article discussing Prince Henry's approaching visit to the United States, which the paper regards as a demonstration of mutual friendship, combats the idea that this is a move against Great Britain In answer to Mr. Chamberlain's utterances. The Fremdenblatt thinks it is possible that Germany wishes to make her relations with the United States independent of Great Britain, and that possibly a similar desire exists in America. In fine, it says that Germay, and perhaps the United States, want to neutralize the advantage possessed by Great Britain in trade interests through the use in the latter country of the same language as is spoken In the United States. LONDON. Jan. 17. The Vienna correspondent of the Times, commenting upon an article published in the Vienna Fremdenblatt, asks: "What becomes of the great scheme of a European combination against the United States?" OUTLAWS CORNERED. Sheriff Has u Hand nf Murderers in an Oklahoma Can j on. ANADARKO. O. T., Jan. 16. A message was received late to-night from Sheriff Porter, of Garfield county, who is In command of a posse of men bunting the outlaws that killed the sheriff of Gaddo county, and his deputy, saying that he had the fugitives cornered in a canyon In the mountains about twenty miles south of here, and was holding his own from a fortified position. He asked that .assistance in the way of ammunition and a large force of men be sent him as hastily as possible. Fifty armed men left as soon as they could complete arrangements. SIX YEARS AND ?10. Former Hanker 31clvnlg;ht Sentenced to Prison and Fined. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. lC.-In the Federal Court this morning J. M. McKnight, former president of the defunct German National Bank, of this city, who was convicted last Saturday of embezzling the the bank's funds, was sentenced to the penitentiary for six years, and was fined $10. A motion for a new trial was overruled. The case will be appealed. McKnight has been tried four times. GIRL TAKES POISON. It Is Thought that Virgil Lehr Will Die us a Result. Virgil Lehr, seventeen years of age, residing at No. 7 North East street, last night took a mixture of morphine and chloroform. At 2 o'clock this morning Dr. Kennedy, of the City Dispensary, could not pronounce her out of danger. The girl's parents live in Brazil, Ind., and she has been working at Miles's restaurant and little Is known of her. It Is supposed she became despondent from some cause and sought to take her life. Pickles May He Dearer. CHICAGO. Jan. 16. The Western Pickle Fackers' Association, including representatives from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa and Missouri, are considering an advance in price. It is declared that there might be a pickle famine before next summer, notwithstanding the increase of $1.50 a barrel over the prices of a year ago. The crop of cucumbers was GOO.Ooö bushels below the average, which meant that pickle packers would be 3 "0,000 barrels short. Henry Williams, of Detroit, Mich., one of the packers, said he would not be surprised if the supply gave out entirely before the close of the summer. The new crop will not be ready before October. Shot Himself in n Hotel. SAGINAW, Mich.. Jan. 16. F. P. Freas, of this city, engaged in the milling and elevator business, shot himself while In a room In the Sherman House here late today. Freas came here with his wife, two daughters and a son last September from Scranton, Pa. A son, II. 1'. Freas. lives In Scranton, andji daughter, Mrs. C. V. Freeman, lives in San Antonio, Tex. Doctor Indicted. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Jan. 16.-Dr. W. C. J. Randall was Indicted by the grand Jury to-day on three charges obtaining property under false pretenses, perjury and attempting to bribe Juryman James Keishner. It is alleged that he forged a deed to property belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth K. Dormldy, of Xenia. 3IInc Accidents of a Year. SHAMOKIN. Pa.. Jan. 16. Mine Inspector Edward Brennan's annual report shows there were sixty fatal and ninety-eight non fatal accidents In the seventh anthracite district the past yer. one life being sacrificed for every H3.S32 tons of coal mined. Six Men Injured. SPRINGFIELD, O.. Jan. 15. Six men were slightly Injured this afternoon by the collapse of the roof at Warder. Bushnells Äc Glesner's shop. The accident occurred In the blacksmith shop, where 100 men are employed, and was caused by an explosion. Suicide of u. Lawyer. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 16. Samuel S. Hawley, a Chicago attorney, aged thirty-nine, ended his life by shooting himself in the right temple shortly afternoon to-day. Mr. Hawley has been in ill health for some time and was despondent on that account. Sacrificed Part of Their Cuticle. RACINE, Wis.. Jan. 16. Frederick Pell and three companions to-day gave twentysix square Inches of their skin to graft upon the arm of their friend, Theodore Faierle. who some days ago was fearfully scalded. Too Streuuouft. Washington Post. Some of the out-of-town newspapers would have their readers understand that President Roosevelt threw a bootjack at General Miles and then chased him down the back Hairs. They Scatter. Washington Post. The Indiana Supreme Court has decided that the man who rides on a railroad pass must abide by the conditions imposed upon Its back. ThU is a proposition upon which Judges appear to scatter widely.

WORLD'S RECORD HADE

FAST RIDING 11Y TIIK DICYCLH TOrilXAMi:.T CONTESTANTS. Four Leading; Teams Have Corered ;17 Mile fa Thirty-Tvro Honrs on a Twelve-Lap Track. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 16. World's records are being broken every hour at the six-day bicycle race on the twelve-lap track at the Second Regiment Armory. Records began to fall at the eighteenth hour last night, and at the close of tonight's racing the four leading teams were 17 3-5 miles ahead of the world's best figures for thirty-two hours on a twelve-lap, indoor track. McEachern and Monroe, Freeman and Mayo, Gougoltz and Wilson and Leander and Rutz continue In the lead, and the other three teams are within easy striking distance. The wonder of the contest is Gougoltz. Notwithstanding his eight hours of hard riding yesterday he was on the track for seven hours to-day. His partner, Wilson, Is not well enough to stand the fast pace set by the other leaders. Hadfield, who broke his collarbone last night, and Freman, who badly wrenched his shoulder In the same mix-up, were each on the track for about an hour during the day. The four leading teams covered 1C4 miles during the entire eight hours of to-day's racing. The scores at the close of the race to-night were: McEachern and More. CT7; Freeman a net Mayo, 6n; Gougoltz and Wilson, 577: Leander and Rutz, 677; Chevalier and Fisher, 670.11: Hadfield and King, C7C.'J; Mueller and Barclay, 676.1. HLTLEIl DEFEATS INDIANA. Good Game of Basketball at the State University. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Jan. 16. Indiana lost to Butler in basketball last night by the score of 17 to 15. It was a good game until Indiana "fell down" In team work In the second half. Both teams were active and aggressive; the mix-ups were lively and the referee's whistle was sounded repeatedly as the opposing sides struggled for possession of the ball. In the first half Indiana scored live goals, or fifteen points; Butler made thirteen. Butler's f tar player, Butler, made fifteen of their seventeen points. In the second half Elfers took Coval's place and Unnewehr supplanted Ayres. The new combination did not work wrell and was unable to score. Butler made four points and won the game. About 150 persons saw the game and were well pleased with the exhibition. CanncIIan Shooter Won. HAMILTON, Ont., Jan. 16. The Grand Canadian handicap. the championship event of live bird shooting in Canada, was completed at the annual tournament of the Hamilton Gun Club to-day and resulted in another victory for H. D. Bates, the young Canadian expert who won three years ago, and winner of the Grand National, representing the championship of the United States in 1900. Bates got a straight string of twenty birds, and was the only one to do so. He shot from the limit line, thirty-two yards, only one other man Fanning, of New York being so far back from the traps. Knorked Out in One Minute. CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-Clarence Hltchie, of St. Louis, was knocked out after one minute of boxing by "Kid" Abel at the Pyramid Athletic Club to-night. After a bit of feinting a wild aimless swinging right landed behind the St. Louis athlete's left ear, and he went down and out. It was the first blow worth mentioning struck In tho contest by either man, and the ending was unexpected. Hyan and Ferns to Fifrht. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 17. Tommy Ryan, of this city, and Rube Ferns, of Scammon, Kan., to-day signed articles to box twenty rounds before the club offering the best inducements. Each man deposited $500 with a local newspaper as forfeits. The match will take place within ninety days. Jim Jeffords Quit. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16. Jim Jeffords, of California, and AI Weinig, of Buffalo, met at the Penn AthLetlc Club to-night for a six-round go. Weinig had the better of the contest up to the end of the third round, when Jeffords quit. He gave no reason for leaving the ring. Wrestlers 3Iatched. BUFFALO, N. Y.. Jan. 16. Tom Jeklns. American wrestling champion, and Jim Parr, the English champion, were matched' to-night to meet within sixty days. The conditions are best two falls out of three, catch-as-catch-can style. The men will make a side bet of $1,000. Ilested by Jack O'Brien. OAKLAND, Ca!., Jan. 16. Jack O'Brien, of New York, was given the decision tonight over "Young" Gibbs, of Cleveland, at the end of the fifteenth round. It was O'Brien's fight all the way through. Winners nf Running; Itaees. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 15. Autolight ran a great race in tho Santa Cruz handicap at Oakland to-day. He took up 113 pounds and won in a drive by a neck from Position, covering the mile in the fast time of 1:39. Position also made a great showing and proved that he is one of the best horses in California. Aside from the handicap, the brilliant riding of O'Connor was the feature. He landed the last three winners of the afternoon. Winners in rder: Bagdad. 15 to 1; Our Pride. 8 to 1; Hudson, oven; Autolight, 9 to 5; Siddons, 2 to 1; Floronso, 6 to 5. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 16. Kinstelle and Eva Rice were the winning favorites today. Six head of horses were sold at auction before the racing to-day and realized $1.200. Winners In order: Weird, 6 to 1, Kingstelle, 11 to 5; Ogle, 4 to 1; Ida Ledford, 15 to 1; Eva Rice, 3 to 2; St. Wood. 4 to 1. In Training for Chicago. The Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. basketball team is now training nearly every day to get In shape for the games to be played in Chicago Feb. 21 and 22. There will be many teams at the interstate championship tournament, and a pennant, emblematic of the championship of the Central Amateur Athletic Union, wili be the prize. The Indianapolis team that will probably go to Chicago will be McGaughey and Kaylor, centers; Hester. Bates. Gavin and Blossom, guards; Hardin, Fleming, Ryse and Pritchard, forwards. McKinley, the Husband. New York Commercial Advertiser. Stories of President McKinley's devotion to his wife are still being told. It would seem as if the dead President's memory was to be embalmed for all time in these tender little tales which reveal his character as clearly as could the most profound disquisition on his virtues and achievements as a statesman. Mere devotion and indulgence were not the most conspicuous traits of the President's wonderful, watchful care of his wife. It was his infinite thought, unobtrusive attention, never-varying patience, consideration and delicacy that, as one writer put It. contained "material for a whole volume of poems." The latest story is very simple, very tender, very characteristic. It was during the Western trip last spring. While talking with Mr. Scott, the shipbuilder, Mrs. McKinley said: "Oh, do you play cribbage, Mr. Scott?" "Y(s." was the answer. "Well. so do I," said Mrs. McKinley. "I wish you would play a game with me." Later, as President McKinley and Mr. Scott were looking over the latter's big plant, the President said: "Oh. by the way, Mr. Scott, didn't I hear you and Mrs. McKinley arranging to play cribbage some time?" "Yes," said Mr. Scott, "we aic going to play." "Well, what kind of a rlayer are you?" asked the President. "Oh. pretty fair. I guess; I play a pretty good game." "Well, so do I." said Mr. McKinley. "But, do you know It may seem strange.

but It is a fact that I have never been able to plav well enough to beat Mrs. McKinley." Äs h said this he looked at Mr.' Scott with a significant smile. Their eyes met. It was enough. Mr. Scott understood, and It was safe to say that he did not beat Mrs. McKinley. THEY DISGRACE THE CRAFT.

Journalistic Fakirs Who Write Lies to the German Papers. Brooklyn Uagle. He lived in one of the large American cities, a prosperous German newspaper man, who derived the greater rart of his Income from checks received regularly Irom papers printed In the fatherland. The stock in trade which he sold was gathered carefully with the aid of the "editor of steel" from American newspapers. Great achievements, noble deeds. Inventions and other laudable things did not appeal to him; at least not In a business way. But let there be a dispatch from the South about the burning of a negro; an Item setting forth the discovery made by a "prominent but unnamed clergyman of the highest standing" that our women are gamblers, drinkers and smokers; or a story of bloodshed in the far West and the narration of some sensational divorce, made ten times more sensational by some yellow journal, clip, clip, clip would no the scissors, and in due time there appeared in half a t'azen of Germany's newspapers a "special correspondence" proving, with facts and figures, and beyond the shadow of a doubt, that our judicial bench would be abolished in the near future as the people had publicly countenanced the sway of Judge Lynch; that our women are as full of vices as. according to the German proverb, "a poodle dog is full of rleas;" that sixty Kentuckian colonels had slain sixty Kentuckian majors in broad daylight and In the open street, and that the President's inactivity In the matter is nemg generally accepted as proof of his tacit approval, and that the question, "Is Marriage a Failure?" had been answered in the affirmative beyond dispute in the United States, there being just half a dozen happy homes left and these belonging to people of foreign birth. This German newspaper man and no doubt some of his successors are of the same caliber was a pretty truth-loving chap in private life, as good an average citizen as would satisfy the most thoroughfoing election inspector, and a lirm believer in American institutions, deriding those of Germany In many an editorial article which he wrote for the papers that employed him in this country. He had lived here a good many years and was fully aware, of course, that not only his conclusions for export purposes were dead wrong, but that the very sources of information he availed himself of were so untrustworthy that, in rewriting their contents for his American paper, he used a handful of salt with every Item. But he "needed the money" and eulogies of the United Stales are not negotiable across the water. The first-class papers, of course, did not buy his stuff. Their reputation is dearer to them than- the approval of the Pan-German, and while they do not go into ecstasies over things done by Uncle Sam and his people, they stick pretty closely to the truth. But the yellow sheets of Berlin and Vienna and the provincial papers furnished him with an almost Insatiable market. Some time ago there appeared In a Vienna paper a description of Silver Dollar Smith's saloon According to the writer, the cart wheels were not nailed down, but lay loose on the floor, and every visitor was permitted to pick up a few. Several times a day the supply was replenished, so that at no time could more than a quarter of the bare floor be seen. This was in keeping with the myth of the "American Uncle," who, even to this day, is being considered a personage identical with fabulous wealth, not matter whether he has really managed to save up a couple of thousand dollars or merely works as a tailor for $0 a week on the Kast Side. Half of the family In the old home is waiting anxiously and feverishly for his demise and the subsequent division of his vast estate, and the other half Is kicking itself for not being closely enough related to him to lay claim to a share of the Inheritance. The natural consequence of all this is that a generous percentage of the young Germans coming to this country do so with the Idea of becoming rich American uncles in less than no time. Naturally the government is deeply concerned in this exodus, and. while it cannot offer to its "Kuropamuede." young men better inducements, it wants and needs them to till up the ever gaping ranks of the army. There Is no need here to speak of the obstacles placed In the way of those applying for passports to the United States nor of the reception awaiting the returning "Fahnenfluechtigen." the boy who worked for his living In America while he was supposed to idle as a soldier at the expense of the German government at home. But all these checks are not sufficient to dam the stream of emigrants, and means more subtle are sought after. And here begins the usefulness of the "special correspondent" with the busy scissors. The German at home imitates but hates everything that is foreign; in other words, he loves the imitation, but pooh-poohs the original. When you furnish him with a basis for his antipathy and show off the superiority of his own surroundings by comparison and implication, the enthusiastic patriotism, that has made Germany the world power she is, awakens In all its Intensity and splendor. The editor, on the other side, sits himself down, and, taking as text one of the Items sent by his "Sonderkerrespondent," preaches an editorial sermon with the old-time "furor teutonIcus" that makes the United States look like thirty pfennigs. And the chances ore that thereby he will keep more "Europamuede" at home than the government could have held In check with a new military code. The caricatured Yankee being as much of a favorite stage figure in Germany as the "Dutchman" is in our variety houses, the contempt in which the original of th former is held by the German masses far surpasses in narrowness the derision with which ignorant people in this country regard the Germans. The effects, too, are, or rather, were, of a far more serious character, for not the intelligence, but the honesty of the American became ihe target of vaudeville hilarity. Sardou's clever farce, "Yankee tricks," scored a greater success in Germany than in France, for in the fatherland much of what wa3 discerned as bandinage on the Seine was taken seriously on the Spree. The little play jokes fun at wildcat speculation and land booms. For many years German merchants of even the highest type were firmly convinced that articles of American manufacture ought to be labeled "unreell," dishonest, and our conquerors of the world markets had not only the obstacles of transportation and duties to overcome, but also a violent popular prejudice against American wares. But when the German manufacturer found himself beaten In his own market and surpassed in his own much-boasted game, reliability, he received a severe shock, from which he is only now recovering by bravely acknowledging his defeat and trying his best to regain hl3 lost ground. With good grace he has taken his medicine, and 13 busy learning from those he once derided. But the traffic of the most incredible newspaper fakes under American date lines continues unabated. Perhaps more so than ever before, and It's one way of gelting hunk. The consequence of it is that a truth-loving German, returning to his own land after a number of years in the United States, will be immediately put down as an unmitigated liar. One of them who recently retraced his tteps to the country of his adoption had this tale to tell: "One day T warmed up and gave them a description of American home life, with all its comforts and luxuries, even when earnings were small, and waxed eloquent in speaking of the domesticity of the American housewife of the middle classes. They listened and didn't sny anything, while 1 was waiting for applause. Then I made fun of the German idea that Americans had no use for anything but business, and described to them the splendor cf some of our theattrs. hbtrinnlc productions, art galleries and similar institutions. A few incredulous exclamations like Ach. gehen Sie.' were my only reward. But whin I finally wound up by extolling our public school system, matching its results agaln?t those achieved in German schools, they plainly intimated thut I hid forgotten so much of my tnrly education that I didn't know the real brand anywhere when I saw it. And so. not deprecating the joy It gave mo to see again the pirn es where I sptnt my youth, and the pride I felt m the progress they had mad" during my absence. I am mighty glad to be back In the United States." The Carnegie Institution. New York Evening Post. The distinction of the Carnegie Institution ovtr similar Inundations lies chiefly in the power to irdtiate disinterested research. Other institutions the academies, for example, both here and abron I reward rercarch successfully completed. The very useful work of publication and distribution of learned works is already undertaken by bodies like the various acad

emiesthe Smithsonian Institution, notably, and the university presses. Beyond these useful and dignified functions, the advisory committees of th Washington foundation will hve the privilege of surveying minutely their respective fields, and deciding where lies the most pressing need and the great promise, with tne assurance that no scholarly enterprise once advisedly undertaken will be cramped or deformed for lack of financial support. It would l foolish to forecast minutely the course of an institution which is so auspiciously founded and organized, but one may venture the prediction that a series of great co-operative investigations In the field of science, philosophy, letters and art will be the most enduring monument of this "invisible university." as they seem to be its most logical reason for being. WOMEN'S LUNCH CLUBS.

How Chicago Uns SoHeel the Prohlem nf Servliijc Iluslnes Women. New York Evening Post. Chicago has met the problem of the business woman's lunch hour with a commonsense solution, which seems to be eminently successful. This is nothing less than a restaurant for women run by women, where women's peculiar aptitude for waiting on themselves is utilized to do away with waitresses, and to bring the price of a good substantial hot lunch within the ir means. The experiment was begun a few years ago by a number if wealthy Chicago women, who were particularly interested in the girl who had to earn her way. They rented rooms, made all the necessaiy arrangements, then formed a club, wltU membership dues of 25 cents a month, which entitled a sirl to use the dining room and all the other privileges that the club might offer. Witnln a month M self-supporting women had joined, and a number of e.thers were waiting lor a va- ! cancy. Other clubs were soon organizel i In the down-town district, and now a number are open every day, some of them founded by philanthropists and some by business women who are making them pay for themselves. Besides a dining room each club has a rest room, with couches; a sitting room, with periodicals, and oftentimes a library. Moreover, a doctor is in attendance during the noon hour, and any Kill who is ill may consult Jier free of charge. ,Wliui wages are so small that a doctor is a luxury not to be afforded until the time for the ounce of prevention is long past, the advice of a doctor without money and without price is one of the greatest blessings of the club. In the dining room nothing on the bill of fare, as a rule, e-osts more than i cents, which means that a girl may have hot roast beef, pork or beefsteak, with potatoes, a slice of bread and a banana lor 11 cents. The plan of service which makes these low prices possible is much the t-ame In all the clubs. One of the most popular, with a membership list in ihe neighborhood of l., has a whole light, airy lloor of a large down-town bui.uing for its quarters. Opening the door, one turns to the riyht, passes the cheery-faced doctor in her ofilce, and turns to the left, where a woman at a desk glances at the member's ticket, or collects the 5 cents which Is the guest fee for nonmembers. Beyond the dek one enters a well-lighitd hollow square, on three sides of which are counters, where the whole bill of tare is displayed temptingly, that she who walks may choose. One starts in on the right, takes a plate from the pile at the corner and a Japanese napkin. Next on the counter is bread of every kind, rolls hot and rolls cold, rolls Trench and rolls home-made, each for a cent apiece. Meat sandwiches, a little farther on, are 3 cents apiece, or two for 3. Besides, there are hot meats nnd cold meats at 5 cents a portion, potatoes and some other vegetables at 3, boiled rice and delicious spaghetl and tomatoes at 5, kept steaming hot all the time by a patent arrangement. Tea, coffee, cocoa and hot milk are 4 cents a cup, celery 3 cents, olives three for 1 cent, cake 3 cents a slice and pie and the other superfluities in proportion. Such articles as these are always on the bill of fare, and special dishes ara usually added each day. Provided with plate, napkin and bread, a girl progresses along the counters, selecting what pleases her fancy, ani. when fdie is ready, goes up to the cashier, who 1 posted at the entrance to the dining-room, and pays her reckoning. Passing through, she takes a knife, fork and spoon from a table at her right, finds a place near one of her friends, gets a glass of water and is ready to eat her lunch. Afterward, if she Is thoughtful, she carries her soiled dishes over to a table reserved for them and goes out for a few minutes' rest in the cheery, quiet sitting-room before she goes back to the hurry and stress of her aliernoon's work. The average number of girls who take lunch at the club every day is 1,2' the best testimony possible that the club Is filling a very definite need. Amors the members are all grades of wage-earners, from the shopgirl, with her J4 and J3 ?. week, to the expert stenographer, who commands JUJ. The other Chicago clubs vary In size, but almi3t without exception they have as many members as they can possibly accommodate. The clubs do not stop with material benefit. They are doing resl settlement work as well, and entertainments, lectures, clubs and classes are some of the incidental privileges of their members. They i each the girls who most need wholesome food, wholesome recreation and wholesome intellectual stimulus. The plan, with all the Impetus which Chicago's success has glvn it, is worth trying in other places, where business women are quite as ill-fed. quite as much in need of a noonday rest for weary heads and Jangled nerves, quite as hungry for p easure and profit, as were the self-supportii-g girls in the "Windy City" before these clubs came to their rescue. When the Woman Went to the Hank. New York Tribune. The business man who was in a hurry was standing in line at the savings bank, awaiting his turn to deposit. There whs only one person ahead of him, and he was congratulating himself on this good luck. The xerson ahead was a woman, and when the business man arrived she was Just opening negotiations with the receiving teller. "Now, I want to open accounts." she began, "for some little nieces and nephews of mine. It's for a Christmas present, you know" confidentially "and I'm only going to put $S in each book. Of course, that isn't much, but." Here the teller ndeavored to get down to the business details, but in vain. "If they're real saving, as I want them to be, they'll soon make It more. Lota of rich men started with." "Yes. yes. madam," interrupted the teller, in desperation; "of course they did. Now, what are these children's names and ages?' "Why. there's Fannie, my namesake, she's nine no. maybe it was eight, her last birthday. What? Oh, her full name? Frances Jane, of course; how stupid of me! And then Johnnie no, John William, named after an uncle that died he's six, and Just as cute as he can be. You wouldn't believe what that child." "Ys. I would, madam; but please be as brief as possible and omit everything but business. Are ther any more children ?" "Oh, yes; there's the baby, Mildred. She's ten months old, and I thought she seemed pretty young to have a bank book all to herself, mo I'd like to take one for her and h-r mother together her mother's only my brother's sister-in-law, but Khe's Just like an own sister to me. What? I can't elo that? Well, that's funny; but you fix it according to the rules, of course." The business man. who had at first glared savagely at the loquacious le posllr, now shifted wearily from one leg to the other and began to show signs of collapse. The teller succeeded in extracting the necessary Information as to the birthplace of the children, ami then inquire-d In whose names the books were to be held In trust for them. "Will you have It in their mother's name, or iheir father's, or whose?" he asked, shortly. "Their father's! Mercy sake?" exclaimed the eleposltor. energetically. "Why. he's a perfect good-for-nothing scamp if there ever was one. You couldn't tru.-t him ." "No. I suppose not." hastened the teller, repenting that unfortunate tugge stlm. "The mother's, then. I suppose. Her name, aue and birthplace, please. Be as quick us yoa can. inadim." As he finished the entries h turned with a sigh of relief and a look of pity for the business man who had been waiting so long. But the latter had given up. Perils In Italy. London Letter. Signor Ferris recent denunciation of southern Italy as a criminal region receives collateral confirmation in the number of complaints from hollday-seekinsr Englishmen that their luggage is rifled on Italian trains and their Utters delayed or opened. His Mnjlng qualities. Kansas City Journal. Possibly It is true, as a Boston paper alleges, that Governor Shaw eats pie three Hints a day, but if so it lmply ehows what a man can do and thrive when he doesa't drink or sxnoko or chew or swear.

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