Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 334, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 November 1902 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUND VT,' NOVEMBER 30, 1902.

IN AMERICANS' FAVOR

AnillTItATOItS DECISION IX TUG CASC OF SEIZED SCALING VESSELS. Ilalan Government Mast Pay DaniaSri to OiTnrn of Ships That "Were Confiscated. RULING OF MUCH IMPORTANCE WARSHIPS CANNOT LEGALLY Pl'RSUC BEYOND TERRITORIAL WATERS. American Vessels Were Selied Oataide Ruala' Marine Limit General Foreign tt. rTIIE HAGUE. Nov. 2D. Professor Asser, the Dutch Jurist, who has been arbitrating the claims of American sealers for the seizure of their vessels by the Russian government about ten years ago. has delivered his award In favor of the United States. Ho appraises the damages In the case of the American schooner C. II. "White at $C2,4il, In the case of the James Hamilton Lewis at the Kate and Anna at 91.4S8, and the Cape Horn Pigeon J3S.750. Professor Asser delivered his Judgment In the arbitration court in the presence of the representatives of the United States and of Russia and others, including the foreign minister of tho Netherlands, Dr. Van Lyndenaer. In giving his reasons for tho award Professor Asser held that the schooner C. IL White was seized outside Russian territorial waters, and that the Russian contention that a warship of one nation was entitled to pursue beyond the boundaries of its territorial seas a ship of another nation guilty of illegal action within these waters was untenable. The arbitrator declared that the jurisdiction of the United States could not extend beyond its territorial waters except by special treaty. Th seizure and confiscation of the C. H. "White and the imprisonment of her crew was therefore illegal and Russia was condemned to pay the C. II. White $32.414. with Interest at 6 per cent. The case of the James Hamilton Lewis Is governed by the same decision, while In the case of the Cape Horn Pigeon, Professor Asser, In fixing the damages of $33,750, and the interest at 6 per cent., held that the general principle that damages should Include the prospective profits of which the victim had been deprived applied equally to International litigation. In the case of the Kate and Anna the arbitrator decided that the captain could have continued ieal-hunt-ing and that therefore Russia was not responsible for the prospective profits. Both the James Hamilton LewJs and Kate and Anna are given per cent, interest on the amount awarded. The dispute was the subject of protracted negotiations resulting in an agreement in 1M0 between Count Lumsdorff. minister of foreign affairs of Russia, and Herbert H. D. Iierce, United States charge d'affaires at St. Petersburg, designating Prof. Asser a member of the Council of State of the Netherlands, an arbitrator. Professor Asser decided June SO, 11W2, that the average annual catch should form the basis on which damages should be awarded which was exactly the contwntion advanced by Mr. Peirce, who was the advocate for the United States government. The decision carried with it the opinion of the court that Russia must pay damages and only left for further argument the sum due In each case. G Ell 31 ANS TOO SLOW. Emperor William, However, IIa Hopes They Will Wake Up. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The State Department was advised this afternoon of the award- of Prof. Asser In the arbitration of the claims of American sealers against the Russian t government, it.-j Information being to the effect that the total award was $101,270 with 6 per cent, interest. It appears that the allowance In the Kate and Anna case was the lump sum of $1.4SS for 124 skins. The allowance In the Pigeon case was made up of 530.000 for loss of catch, minus $7,7öO for indemnity and the remaining items for owner's expenses, service of crew, provisions, board and scullers' expenses. In the Lewis case the principal Item was'P.000 for the vessel, but $$,300 was allowed for imprisonment and $C,0UJ for probable catch with $3.0S allowance for ?kins on board. The principal item In the While case was $12m) for a probable catch of 1.000 seals and there were allowances of $10,000 for the vessel, $.1,000 for imprisonment and other sums for personal claims. Present Generation Too Slow. BERLIN, Now 23. Emperor William, speaking at the opening of the Hall of Fame at Goorlltz, Prussia, to-day criticised the present generation for its slackness in carrying on the work of the emrlre, which Its forefathers had built up at the expense of such strenuous exertions of mind and body. "But," said the Emperor, "we stand upon the threshold of the development of the empire and powers, and our time demands a generation that understands this work. The freedom of the single Individual is conditional upon his subordination to the whole. May the generation to come act with that knowledge. I wish for the German people freedom of thought, religion and scientific research, but not freedom to govern badly at one's will." , Alleged Ravage of Snfnllpox. VIENNA, Nov. 23. A shocking story is published by the Neuesweiner Journal today of the smallpox scourge in the Furni Islands, near Samos, Greek archipelago. According to the report more .than one thousand persons are dead at the Furni Islands, which are inhabited by SoJ Greek families. When smallpox broke out the Turkish authorities quarantined the Islands and the people being without doctors resorted to the expedient of vaccinating the healthy peoplo with lymph from the surlerers and the disease spread rapidly in all directions. There is no confirmation of the story. The Mad Mullah Defies Britain. ADEN, Arabia, Nov. 23. A special dispatch from Garrero, Somallland, dated Nov. 26, announces that the Mad Mullah recently sent Into the British camp the train of supply camels captured from Col. Swayne's column. He was careful previously to render nil the stores unlit for use and accompanied his present with a defiant message promising to whip the British whenever they were ready to rlk a second defeat. . Ilrltlsh Vengeance In Indlu. PESHAWAR. British India, Nov. 20. Twenty-five Wazleries killed. 202 taken prisoners, two wounded, fifty-nine towers ani twenty-three villages destroyed, 6,t0 head of cattle and forty-five guns captured la the net rtrfult of the British expedition recently ent against the rebellious tribesmen. The effect of thU punishment upon the offending tribes is said to have been salutary. Cable Notes. Among the passengers who sailed on the iteamer Umbria from Liverpool yesterday were Mrs. Dillon, wife of John Dillon the Irish leader. The Duke tnd Duchess of Connaught, who are to represent King Edward and Queen Alexandra at the coronation durbar, started on their Journey to India yesterday. A suppo-ed Anarchist was arrested In park of Euxonlgrade Castle, Sofla, yes-

terday, on suspicion that he was making an attempt to assassinate Trince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. The Sultan of Morocco's forces have been attacked by the Semmour tribesmen not far from Tangier. The Sultan dlapersed the rebels, but his advance on Rabat has been checked. Syndon, the French artist, who on Sept. 22 shot and killed M. David, a stock broker of Paris, while the latter was walking along the sea front of Eteat, was yesterday wntenc! to ten years' imprisonment at penal servitude. A receiver was appointed yesterday In the Bankruptcy Court at London for the estate of Colonel G. W. A. Fitzgeorge, a son of the Duke of Cambridge. The appointment was made on the petition of a Judgment creditor for $150.000. The Czar has conferred the grand cordon of the Saint Alexander Newsky order on Ambassador Tower, and the French government has made Mr. Tower a grand officer of the Legion of Honor for - his book on the Marquis of Lafayette in the American revolution. A former policeman named FInelll, having In his possession a loaded bomb, was arrested in the neighborhood of the Chamber of Deputies, at Rome. Finelii confessed, on being questioned, that he meant to throw the bomb among the deputies. It Is believed the prisoner is Insane. Work at the quays was at a standstill owing to the strike of the stockers and thirty-nine steamers lie deserted at their docks. Crevs of steamers which have arrived at various ports of France from Marseilles have left their ships in sympathy with the strikers at Marseilles. The Rev. Mr. Dickie, pastor of the American Church in Berlin, sailed for the United States yesterday to secure a library and other things for the new church which he Is completing at a cost of $lu0.0u0. Emperor William inquired about the church when Mr. White, the retiring ambassador, had his farewell audience with his Majesty, and said he would attend its dedication. General Schalkberger and Messrs. Wessels and Wolmarans, the former Boer delegates, sailed yesterday for South Africa. The general Is the bearer of a letter from Mr. Kruge r to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, asking that he be allowed to return to South Africa. Messrs. Wessels and Wolmarans had been refused permits to proceed to the Transvaal Colony, but they hope the prohibition will be rescinded after their arrival in Cape Colony. The British Admiralty Court has found that the North German Lloyd steamer Krön Prinz Wilhelm was solely to blame for the collision with the British steamer Robert Ingham off Beachy Head, Oct. 8. resulting in the sinking of the Ingham and the drowning of the mate of that vessel and a passenger. The court held that the Krön Prinz Wilhelm was proceeding at excessive speed in view of the fog. The damages will be assessed by the registrar. In the German Reichstag yesterday Herr Barth alluded to Herr Richter as having formerly participated in the tariff bill obstruction. "He is a traitor to the minority," cried Herr Bebel, whereupon Herr Richter sprang to his feet in a great -rage and shouted "That la Infamous." The president called Herr Bebel to order, and the Socialists, after having questioned the presence of a quorum in the House, hastily left the hall, and the president closed the sitting. A large delegation of farmers, under the auspices of the German Agricultural Society, is coming to the United States in April for a three months' tour, studying American methods. The German embassy at Washington negotiated the affair with the Agricultural Department, which will furnish a guide during the entire trip. His expenses will be defrayed by the Germans. The . society has just completed an immense building in Berlin, costing over $250,000, in which will be installed the new bureau to be founded upon the researches made during the trip to the United States. LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION.

Informal Opening of the Great Show Many Visitors Expected. CHICAGO, Nov. 29. The third annual live stock exhibition opened Its doors to the public this morning although the formal opening will not take place until Monday morning. The exhibits have all arrived, and are rapidly being placed in the pens allotted for them. Several delegations from the agricultural colleges arrived this morning, and are looking over the grounds preparatory to the Judging contest which will begin Monday. Among those to arrive this morning was James II. Bigger, of Glasgow, Scotland, one of the Judges of grades and crosses. Andrew Montgomery, one of the largest cattle raisers of England, and Governor Van Sant, of Minnesota. The railroads are expected to handle in the neighborhood of a half million people during the coming week, making special rates from all parts of the country. An estimate of the cash prizes and trophies offered at the exposition brings the value of awards close upon SöO.OOQ. which Is said to be the largest aggregate offering of premiums and substantial inducements ever made by a live stock exhibition in this country or abroad. Some of 'the trophies are magnificent works of art. TWO WOMEN TAKE POISON. One Is Dead and the Other la lie llevetl to lie Dying AKRON, O., Nov. 29.-Mrs. Jeannette Hunter, aged seventy, and an unknown woman guest attempted to commit suicide last night at the home of Mrs. Hunter, and as a result the latter is dead and the unknown woman is dying. It is supposed they took a mixture of chloral and arsenic. Tha unknown woman was so near gone when discovered that she was unable to talk, but it is thought they each decided to end their lives. The dying woman is about sixty-five years of age. She had been a guest at the home of Mrs. Hunter for several days. Mrs. Hunter lived alone In a little cottage In East Akron. Accused of Wrongly Using Mails. ST. LOUIS, Nov. Hugh C. Dennis, Charles Brooks and Thomas W. Farland, indicted by the federal grand jury on the charge of using the mails for a purpose to defraud, were arrested to-day and taken before Judge Adams, in the United States District Court. They gave bond In the sum of $l,0u0 each to appear for trll in January. The accused dvny they have violated the laws. Mr. Dennis is prominently connected with several large corporations in St. Louis and for a number of years has been identified with grain and insurance circles, being president of the former Brooks Brokerage Company, with which all were connected. Drafting a Pure Food Rill. COLUMBUS, O.. Nov. 0. The committee appointed at the last convention of the National Association of Dairy and Food Commissioners to draft a new national pure-food bill to be presented at the coming session of Congrtss began Its work here to-day. The new bill will be drafted along the lines of the Ohio law. The committee is composed of O. H. Jones, dairy and food commissioner of Illinois, John Hamilton, secretary of agriculture of Pennsylvania, and J. E. Blackburn, dairy and food commissioner of Ohio. Requisition for Kelly. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Nov. 22).-Gov-ernor Dockery to-night issued a requisition on Governor Stone of Pennsylvania for the return to St. Louis for trial of Charks F. Kelly, former speaker .of the House of Delegates, who Is in custody in Philadelphia. Detective McGrath, of St. Louis, left with the requisition to-night for Philadelphia to bring Kelly to St. Louis. - To lie Shot to Death. SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. 20. In the Circuit Court at'Farmlr.gton Judge Relapp today pronounced the death sentence on Nathan Haworth. convicted of the murder of Thomas Sandell. an aged watchman, in Layton three years ago. As between shooting and hanging, Haworth chose the former, and the sentence of the court was that he be shot to death on Jan. 1C next. Respite for Chief Croker. NEW YOHK. Ncv. :3.-Justice Fitzgerald. In the Supreme Court, to-day granted a writ of certiorari culling for a review by the Supreme Court of the evidence on which Fire Chief Croker was dismissed from office yesterday by Commissioner Sturgl. The Justice also granted a stay, restraining tha chief's removal from office pending the court proceedings. Hearst Wandering In Mexico. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 2). Congressmanelect William R. Hearst and party, who arrived here yesterday, are taking in the eights of thU city, and Mr. Hearst is the recipient of many courtesies.

WILL UTE AI FIGHT

VENEZUELA S WILL n ES EXT AN ATTACK I1Y FOREIGNERS. Will Quit Killing Each Other and Defend Their Country Against Britain and Germany. BLOW TO THE PROPOSED LOAN UNITED STATES NOT LIKELY' TO ENDORSE SYNDICATE'S PLAN. Ranker Sellgman'a Mission to Washington .This Country to Steer Clear of Financial Tangles. PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinidad. Nov. 29. Sir Courtenay Knollys, acting Governor of Trinidad, believes that Great Britain and Germany are preparing for joint action against Venezuela, The people of Trinidad, he says, think it time for the powers to intervene in the matter. Venezuelan gunboats have recently seized four British merchantmen in the Orinoco river and the protest made regarding these seizures has not been heeded. An American ship Is now here, bound for the Orinoco, and is awaiting a decision from the Washington government as to whether or not the blockade is effective. Governor Knollys declares that Venezuela has no cause for complaint at the failure of the powers to recognize the blockade, as such recognition would mean, the investing of the revolutionists with belligerent rights and would close Trinidad to Castro's warships, which use Port of Spain as a place for refitting. He Insists that the Island of Patos is British territory and has been so for a century and declares that ample proof of the statement Is obtainable. The sympathy of Trinidad is with he revolutionists, though It is admitted that Castro 13 now dominant. Senor Rojas, agent of the revolutionists, says: "The war will continue, the revolutionists have plenty of ammunition and more has been ordered. General Matos is at Curacao for the purpose ' .of" obtaining supplies. There are 13,000 revolutionists, all in Venezuela, the eastern section of which country is completely under the control" of his party. If Great Britain and Germany attack Venezuela the revolutionists will sink all differences existing between themselves and the government and all Venezuelans will fight for their country. The revolution has received.no foreign support." At the same time It Is said in an authoritative Colombian quarter that the Bogota government will reject President Castro's overtures and aid in the attempt to defeat him. Government troops numbering 3,100 under Generals Valutini and Ollvares, reoccupied Barcelona on the morning of Nov. 26. The government forces continued their march upon Ciudad Bollvcr. German Interests In Venezuela. BERLIN, Nov. 29. The German Fleet Society, to which Emperor William and nearly all the Cabinet ministers, naval officers and others high In the government service belong, has sent Its several members, through the society's monthly publication, a statement of the consideration which makes necessary the building of more cruisers for service abroad, especially in Central and South American waters. The communications deal with German trade relations there and goes seriously into the amounts of the present amount of capital Invested and the future possibilities. It does not contain the least trace of jingoism, but concludes with a carefully-phrased paragraph saying that "Germans must make up their minds whether the business already created shall be protected and extended or permitted to languish. If the former alternative is accepted the navy must be increased by sufficient cruisers to adequately protect trade." Concerning the extent of German Interests in Venezuela the communication says they amount to an aggregate of $50,000,0u0, of which, roughly speaking, $15,000,000 Is invested in railroads and $12,500,000 to $15,000.Ouo in plantations and productive works. The remainder is engaged In trade and in the handling of German goods. With the German cruisers Ariadne, Amazon and Niobe going out about Dec. 10, Germany will have about seven vessels in the West Indies. ATTITUDE AT WASHINGTON. Government View of 'Venezuelan Debt-Refunding Project. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The appearance in Washington of I. Sellgman, a member of a New York financial house which has engaged extensively in International syndication, taken in connection with the Associated Press dispatches printed in this morning's paper relative to Venezuelan finances, was viewed in official circles here to-day as Indicating the existence of a syndicate with the purpose of floating all of Venezuela's many debts and thus averting the imminent danger that country now stands in of the seizure of her customs houses by foreign powers. The assumption is that the prospective syndicate wishes to ascertain before closing a bargain with Venezuela whether or not the United States will insure the meeting by Venezuela of the obligations she would assume in the matter of repayment of the loan. The United States government, it can be stated on authority, is extremely desirous that Venezuela settle her troubles with Great Britain, Germany and other foreign countries without incurring the seizure of any Venezuelan ports even temporarily, for it Is realized that while the United States could not conslstenly object to the seizure of Venezuelan customs houses by a foreign power as a means of collecting just debts, this Is regarded as the contingency to be avoided if possible, for It is realized that serious friction might follow bttween the foreigners and the Venezuelans and what in the beginning might be declared to be merely temporary occupation would end by a claim of permanence, of which the United States must take notice and which it must contest. Therefore, if any responsible body is willing to pay off Venezuela's foreign claims and relieve the country of danger of occupation such a move would be welcomed by the State Department. But It is known that the proposition touching the guarantee by the United States government of the syndicate's Venezuelan loan would be unfavorably considered. The Department of State objects very strongly to giving any guarantee of this kind and its official practice has been to extend to an American holding foreign bonds such protestation as it would accord to any other citizen, but allow him to bear tho risk of his venture, holding that he takes the bonds of a foreign government subject to the vicissitudes of that government and cannot expect the United States to act as his collector in the event that his speculation does not turn out as well as he expected. Mr. Seligman lost no time In bringing his business to the attention of the government here, and before noon he appeared at the executive oFice with Senator Hanna, and was promptly admitted to the President's room. The conference did not last very long and when he. came away Mr. Sellgman declined to make any statement as to the reason for his call, beyond the remark that It ww a friendly visit. It is understood, however, that he did sound the President on the line indicated above, and that the President could not see his way clear to involve the United States in the financial difficulties of the American republics that might follow from the acceptance of Mr. Seligman's proposition. It may be that the matter will later take a form that will make it possible for the State Department to favorably entertain It. At any rate, Mr. Seligman returned to his hotel from the executive ofüce. postponing- a visit he had projected to the State Department, and

to-night he said another conference will be held to-morrow, at which Secretary Hay will be present, and that at Its conclusion he probably will give out a statemenL TO COST $60,000,000. One-Th on sand-Ton Barge Canal Proposed for Xeiv York State. ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 2D.-Governor Odell proposes to have a 1,000-ton barge canal and yet save the State $20,000,000. He will take energetic means to . follow out the lines of the Republican platform as regards canal improvements and will commit himself to a barge canal as requested by canal advocates In the State, but It may be said on excellent authority that the Governor "is of opinion that every advantage claimed for an $50.000.000 barge canal can be fully obtained at an expendlture not to exceed fifty-five or sixty millions of dollars. The Governor Is in favor, it is said, of what is known as the Lake route, which the State engineer and surveyor has decided can be built for $12,198.756, making a total when the other two canals are Improved of about $60.000,000. This proposed route is 33S miles long, as compared with 342 miles by the inland route. It includes 112 miles through Lake Ontario from Oswego to Olcott, thence to Lockport, where It joins the old canal. The line from the Hudson river to Oswego follows the general direction of the Erie canal as far as Rome, where it veers off toward Lake Ontario. Rochester and Syracuse are lost off the new canal, but it Is proposed to connect them with It T)y short lines. It is also claimed for the lake route that It will cost less to maintain it than the other route, and that there will be a great saving of time in making round trips. SHOT TWO WOMEN AND SELF.

Deed of Henry Crotchford, a Negro Danjo Player. PROVIDENCE, R. I , Nov. E.-Henry Crotchford, an itinerant negro banjo player, whose home Is believed to be in Washington, D. C, to-day shot and Instantly killed Elsie Lewis, colored, probably fatally wounded Mabel Nixon, colored; and then fired a shot into his own brain, dying Instantly. Crotchford was twenty-three years of age, Miss Lewis seventeen and Miss Nixon twenty-one. Jealousy is said to have been the motive for the tragedy. Crotchford started on his fatal work from a saloon, where he had taken liquor freely. He went directly to the home of Elsie Lewis and as soon as he entered the house he began shooting. A bullet entered Miss Lewis's head, and another went into her left side. She died Instantly. Crotchford rushed from the house and proceeded to the home of Mabel Nixon. He exchanged a few words with the girl and, placing the revolver to her cheek, fired point blank. Miss Nixon fell with a terrible wound in her face. Then Crotchford sent a bullet Into his head and fell dead. TOR INSURANCE MONEY. Mother Suspected of Poisoning Her Two Daughters. DEXTER, Me., Nov. 29. Mrs. Hattle L. Whitten, whose husband died two years ago; her eleven-year-old daughter, Fannie, last September, and her nine-year-old daughter, Jennie, yesterday, was arrested to-day on the specific charge of having poisoned the second child. Both the little girls were insured, the elder for $S5 and the younger for $06. The arrest followed the holding of an autopsy on the body of the second child immediately after the funeral to-day. The physicians discovered strong evidence of arsenic and strychnine poisoning, and when this was reported to the county attorney a coroner's Jury was impaneled. The jury, after a brief session, reported a verdict to the effect that death was due to poison administered by the mother. The body of the first child was exhumed and an autopsy held, but the result was not made public. The death certificates give the cause of Fannle's death as meningitis and that of Jennie's as heart failure. THE EARTH'S ROTATION. Fonconlt'a Experiment Proving It Repeated in Paris. , New York Tribune. A pendulum 200 feet long was used in Paris the other day to demonstrate the theofy that the earth rotates on its axis. The idea originated half a century ago with Foucault, a French philosopher, and created much excitement among scientific people at the time. It was one of the most conclusive experiments ever tried for this purpose, because the proof was presented to the eye of everybody who would take the trouble to watch it. The repetition occurred In the tower of the Pantheon, in tho French capital. One can understand the test a little better if he imagines it first as being tried at the north pole, one end of the earth's axis. At that point the stars, instead of rising from one horizon as they do at the equator, crossing overhead and descending to the opposite horizon, whirl continually around the zenith. All that are visible at any one time remain in sight, hour after hour, if drakness only permits seeing thera. The whole system rotates (or appears to rotate) around the pole of the heavens, which, at the terrestial pole, is straight upward. Since such distinctions as north, south, east and west disappear at the pole, the stars, more especially those low down in the heavens, may be used as landmarks. The principle of which Foucault made use was this: A pendulum, if entirely free to follow its own inclinations, will persist In swinging the same plane. If, then, it be started so that its direction lay first toward on particular star and then to another on the opposite side of the sky, and if the stars themselves were fixed, its course should remain unaltered, even if the platform below the pendulum were moved. Suppose that the two stars thus selected were Attair and Procyon. let It also be assumed that the experiment be undertaken just at noon, and that Attair lay off In the direction of. London, or on the meridian of Greenwich. Procyon would then seem to overhang one of the Aleutian islands in longitude ISO. Now, If the earth were stationary and the skies really moved, then, after several hours, the stars in line with the path of the pendulum would not be those toward which It originally aimed. On the other hand, if the earth moved and the stars kept still, then the pendulum would swing between Attair and Procyon as before, but the stars themselves would overhang entirely different meridians. At the end of five hours, for Instance, Attair would be In a line with New York city, having moved westward 15 degrees an hour, and Procyon would be over Irkutsk,, in longitude 103 east of Greenwich. The pendulum would then traverse a line which, if duly extended, would reach from New York to Irkutsk and not the one it followed at first. Were the bendulum so arranged that It could leave a trace on the ground underneath it say, by a pin point scratching a level bed of fine sand a record of the change of course (a3 regards the earth) would be left there. At the end of six hours this track would be exactly at right angles with that followed at the beginning of the experiment. Although the plane of the pendulum's swing would be unchanged, it would appear to a terrestrial observer at the pole to have moved around an imaginary vertical line Just VO degrees. In twentyfour hours It would go around a complete circle. The phenomenon here described can be duplicated, though less satisfactorily and conspicuously, at other points than the pole, though a site well removed from the equator must be selected. Foucault's historic test was made in Paris with a wire 2U0 feet long, an iron globe a foot through, a pin projecting downward from the latter and a little sand to register the track. In these particulars, his experiment was closely followed In the attempt made a few days ago in the same city. The lines traced by the pendulum intersect at a point which would be immediately under the pendulum when the latter was still and hanging straight downward. Thus a system of radii was outlined, proceeding from this central point. If the path taken by the pendulum at the start were precisely north and south, then, after- a few minutes; a little deviation to the west of south and east of north would be detected. The variation would steadily increase until the plane of the swing had itself rotated on Its axis. At the pole this would undoubtedly be accomplished in twenty-four hours. Foucault found that in Paris a little longer period was required. How to Drink 31 1 lk. Medical Talk. A great many people never think of taking milk except as & beverage; most of this class assert that they cannot tolerate milk in any form. This dislike may often be overcome by the addition of a little unfer-

rlas of milk;

but a more satisfactory way is by use Of lime water. One reason why cows' mine is disliked and found to be indigestible by some adults Is that when the milk is not sipped, the casein formed by the action or the curdling ferment of the gastric Juice is dense and tough. The addition of limewater to the milk causes it to be precipitated in easily, digestible flakes, and thus overcome the disadvantage to a great extent. A tablespconful of the water to each glass Is sufficient; a little sugar of milk may be added to correct the taste of the limewater If necessary. Prepare limewater by pouring .water on some clean slaked lime, and after allowing it to stand until perfectly clear, pour otl the water Into bottles. By this method the dislike for milk will soon be corrected, and when the tired stomach has resumed its normal state, milk may again be taken, if sipped, without the addition of limewater. Learn to like milk even if it requires an effort on your part; the galnMn health from the proper use of this perfect food is worth much more than it costs. DRANK CARBOLIC ACID LIGE DAVENPORT HAD BEEN ON A rHOTIlACTED SPREE. He Also Had Trouble with Ills Wife and Decided to Take Ills Own Life. Lige Davenport, thirty-eight years old, drank an ounce of carbolic acid last night at 11 o'clock and was dead thirty minutes later. The cause of the suicide was desertion by his wife in connection with a protracted spree, Davenport and his wife went to room at 22G North Senate avenue about two weeks ago. To inmates of the house Davenport said he was employed as a laborer at the Acme flour mills. A week ago he started drinking and quit work. L Friday morning he assaulted his wife. She paid the landlady for the room and then left. Davenport went In search of her and brought her to the front of the house at 7 o'clock. The woman allowed her husband to go in first and she then ran away. Since then up to the time of his death Davenport was In search of her Intent on killing her according to stories told by acquaintances of the couple. When Davenport returned last night at 11 o'clock he staggered up the stairs. On the way up he met several of the male boarders. To one he said that within an hour he would be dead. The man spoken to believed Davenport and followed him to his room. Davenport, on entering, closed the door. The stranger waited outside and in a short time heard a cork being pulled from a bottle. Bursting open the door he saw Davenport standing in the middle of the room drinking the acid. The bottle was grabbed,' but Davenport had swallowed the contents. He then fell on the bed and died in great, agony. Physicians from the Indiana Medical College were called, but they could not give the man any help. Davenport was Identified by Sergeant Hagerman, who said that he was recently released from the workhouse. It is said that he had a long police record. He has relatives living .in the northwest part of the city. -.. v Acme Red Spring: Fuctory's Loss. Fire started In the Acme bed spring factory. 210 Blake street, last night at 10:30 o'clock and caused a loss amounting to $1,500. The , factory is located in the old Landers porkhouse. The building Is a frame structure. When the fire was discovered it had eaten its way through the roof and gave promise of destroying the entire plant. The greatest loss was on the stock In the building. SHOPPING IN JAPAN. A Little Plutocrat Bought n Wealth of Clothes for a Mere Song. New York Tribune. She is a dainty little plutocrat, an authoity on clothes, with a capital "C," and she talked clothes all around the world as she sat surrounded by the spoils of a season's globe trotting. "Why," she said, "they can make a dress in twenty-four hours in Japan, and cover it with embroidery into the bargain. I doa't know how they do It, but they do." "When you land in Yokohama you will find tho corridors of the hotel lined with Chinamen, runners from the dressmaking houses. They give you their cards, come to your rooms to get your orders and give you fittings, and the next day they will send the dress home. Jack ordered a broadcloth suit, with a frock coat, and it fitted him better than any he ever had In his life. It cost him $15. and It was as good as any suit he ever paid $S0 for on Fifth avenue. "Now, here you see this , little pongee dress that they made for me. You see it Is all embroidered in red and blue silk, and I never before had a skirt fit me like this, and It cost me $S. "Then here's a white flannel, with sailor collar and cuffs embroidered in pale blue. They charged me $15. and it's a regular Paris fit. Here's a white India linen. You see the skirt is composed of clusters of fine, vertical tucks, alternating with drawn work. It took them four days to make that, and they charged me $6. Here's a linen frock for a child, embroidered with a vine pattern in blue silk, that they made for $3. "They are Japanese who run the shops, but the workmen are all Chinese, and they are simply wonderful. They can take a Paris or New York gown and reproduce it so that you can't believe your own eyes. They tell a story in Yokohama of the man in the early days of tourist travel who tore his trousers on board and had them mended. He sent them to the tailor when he landed to have them duplicated, and they sent back the new ones with the darn neatly reproduced, every stitch Just like the old one. But, seriously, women have awful times with their clothes in a trip around the world. After three weeks on board every stitch of a silk eown win tu nrf There was one bride who reached there In aespair. luvery gown In her elegant Paris trousseau was ruined. But she had them all exactly reproduced, so you couldn't tell the difference, and at one-seventh of the cost. Her $2X) gowns they duplicated for $C0. That's what living on rice does. "It's just the same with materials." continued the experienced traveler. "Do you see this magnificent piece of cafe au lait brocaded satin, a yard wide? I got that for 75 cents a yard, and it would cost $4 in this county. And just look at this." and she flung out opulent lengths of cloth of gold, shimmering and beautiful. "This was ordered by Lady Curzon for the coronation," she said, "and then she didn't take it I got it for $1 a yard; it would cost $15 or $20 in this country. I'm going to have It made into a gown covered with Irish crochet. Now cast your eye upon this tablecloth." The tablecloth was large enough for twenty-four covers. It had a hem of drawn work a third of a yard wide, and the rest of the" surface, excepting the spaces left for candelabra, was covered with embroidery, .which stood up half an Inch or more There were twenty-four napkins, a yard square, with hems of solid embroidery "That tablecloth was ordered by somebody and never taken," said she "The original price was fcSö. and I got it for $75 The napkins I ordered, and had to pay $25 apiece for them. The set is worth $2 000 In this country. And we expressed it from Honolulu for $1.25." m "That's the way you get around the duties, is It?" fald the interlocutor ' "Oh, that's not the only way," said the little plutocrat, wisely. "I've learned a numb-r of ways, but I will say that the Japs, or rather their Chinese workmen are the cleverest people at the business i ever saw.- Will you look at that" It was a beautiful, pleated skirt of pale blue silk poplin, apparently never worn "When the Chinaman brought that in said the reflectively. "I was scared. I said. Oh, John, you've cut into my goods H wagged his pigtail. 'No. no said h" Chinaman no foolee And he wasn'tT" Then she did something or other to the skirt, and it suddenly collapsed: rolled oh the floor In hlntnK azure lengths, seemingly fresh from the counter. K "That's one way to get them past the customs house." said she. calmly. "v man would ever know it wasn't made up. I brought one trunkfal of that kind of clothes. But I never saw anything like the Indignities to which travelers are subjected

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More Jetv Things for Christmas Giving During the past week we have received from the custom house sixty-five cases of goods. Things beautiful, selected by our own representatives while in Europe during the last spring and summer. Hand carved wood from Switzer , ' land. IQayser Zinn diredl from the maker . ." . . . . . And such Kayser Zinn you have never seen before. So artistic and practical and NEW. You will see the designs we now exhibit shown in other shops for next Xmas and not before. Electroliers from Berlinsimply fine, you'll want them all. Brasses and bronzes from Berlinsolid brass can dlesticks in the quaintest shapes imag inable. Old Dutch silver odd old jewel boxes . . . . . Small and exquisitely wrought, $10.00 to $75.00. Spoons, salts and peppers, baskets, sugar sifters. Beautiful $5.00 and $10.00 pieces. Lovers of old works will be delighted with this collection. One of our friends said: "Your store is a real Art Museum." May we show you through this Art Museum? Charles Mayer 8p Company, 29 and 31 Washington Street, West.

Importers of Jirt Subjects. st this nort now." she continued, with ri lng Indignation. "They used to have one man, but now they have two. since thla new Raines law, or whatever It Is, went in. Or is the Raines law about sandwiches, or something? Well, no matter; this second man takes you and questions you after the first man has been through your trunks. He will say to you: 'You have declared $125 worth of goods. Now what did you purchase out of that $125?' and all such questions as that! It's very embarrassing, for it would be so easy to contradict oneself, and one has to keep thinking about that all the time. One hundred and twentyfive dollars'." in a tone of deep disgust. "Why thoe two parasols from Paris cost more than that! These things are necessary, and we have got to have them. Does the government think we can travel around the world without buying the necessaries of life?" And the little, victim of an unkind native land hustled her cloth of gold into the trunk with the energy of righteous Indignation. Lonbet to Be Invited to the Fair. 8T. LOUIS. Nov. 23. The Republic tomorrow will say: Congressamn James A. Tawney, of Ilnnesota, who conferred recently with the exposition managers while passing through St. Louis on the way to Washington, will introduce In Congress this session a Joint resolution lnvitlne I'realdeni LiOubet of France to visit the United States In 1$04 and become the guest of the world's fair management. C3 for One Gold Dollar. BT. LOUIS, Mo.. NOV.29. ßubscrlntlon for one-dollar souvenir coins aVS ? pouring

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