Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 343, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1902 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1902.

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to Build an Interurban station at a convenient down-town alte to enter into a traffic arrangement with all the Interurban line and to facilitate all expedition and convenience of interurban transportation. The company was organised with W. Kelaey 8choepf. of Cincinnati, aa president; Mr. McOowan. vice president, and John B. Thomson as secretary. It was incorporated for 1500.000 and was granted a franchise for Interurban terminal purposes, and also vested with power to take over the Indianapolis street-railway properties last August. Since that time it has been expected that the purpose of this last franchise would be carried out and that the Indianapolis properties would pass into the control of the Traction and Terminal Company. While the plan of absorption is still tentative, there is little doubt of Its success. The pers r.s interest. -1 with Mr. M fow;n known in financial circles as the WidenerElkins Traction Syndicate, of Philadelphia, acquired control of the United lines of Cincinnati by a similar lease arrangement. A. B. MARST0N POISONED. Fell in Convulsion While Playing Billards and Soon Died. PITTSBURG. Kan., Dec. 8. A. B. Marton, assistant general manager of the Tcxu Paclflo Coal Company, or Thurber, Tex., died suddenly to-day at the Stillwell Hotel. He fell to the floor in convulsions while playing billiards and died a few minutes '..iter. A coroner's jury to-night found that death was caused by poison. There Is no evidence of suicide. Mr. Marston has been here several days securing miners to aend to Thurber. Tex., and expected to Wave to-night with a party of forty men. A bottle of mineral water, with two-thirds of lis contents gone, was found in his room and will be analyzed. STBIKE IN RETAIL STORES. Bhlpplnjr Department Kmploycs of Bis; Concerns Quit Work. NIC AGO, Dec. 8. With the Christmas Season at hand Ave of the largest retail Stores In this city are confronted by a strike of the employes of their shipping departments. About two hundred men struck to-night and others may go out to-morrow. The trouble arose over a demand for higher wages. The employes now earn from 15 to 812 a week. They demand a sliding scale of 115 to 20 a week. The strike took place so late In the day that no Inconvenience was caused to-day. Those affected are Mandel Broa., Schlesinger & Mayer, Boston store, the Fair and A. M Rothschild & Co. WEATHER FORECAST. Partly Cloudy und Continued Low Temperature To-Day. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8-Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday: For Indiana Partly cloudy, continued ccld weather on Tuesday. Wednesday fair; not so cold; light to fresh north to east winds. For Illinois Partly cloudy, continued cold on Tuesday. Wednesday warmer, with probably snow and rain In south portion; winds becoming southeast and fresh. For Ohio Continued cold on Tuesday; Somewhat colder in east portion; fresh West winds. Wednesday fair; not so cold. Loeal Observations on Monday. Bar. Thcr. R H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m..J0. 6 86 West. Clear. 0.00 I p. m.. 30.50 14 K N'west. Cldy. SOS Maximum temperature, 18; minimum temperature, 8. Comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation Dec. 8: Temp. Pre. Kornal 34 0.10 Mean 12 0.00 departure from the normal 22 0.10 Departure syice Dec 1 24 0.10 Departure since Jan.' 1 7 6.2 W. T. BLYTHE. 8ection Director. Yesterday Temperatures. Stations. Mm. Abilene. Tex 34 .Amarillo. lex 36 Atlanta. Ga 32 Bismarck. N. D U Buffalo. N. Y ji Cairo, 111 22 Calgary, Alberta 16 Chattanooga, Tenn 32 Chicago 2 Cincinnati, 0 14 Max. 38 7 p. m. 31 34 38 0 13) m 40 1 26 28 12 42 8 24 :-4 24 4 66 6 30 4 6 :: 36 60 2U 50 10 Is 6 60 24 38 40 24 12 S8 56 54 58 32 34 42 1 11' 60 22 34 24 68 4 16 54 26 2 54 14 34 50 32 6 36 f 22 22 24 4 58 6 28 4 0 60 36 60 18 42 10 18 4 54 -1 30 40 24 10 34 42 46 54 30 32 26 Jf 10 48 20 24 20 54 4 14 52 22 2 40 i Cleveland. O. Concordia. Kan. Davenport. Ia.... Denver. Colo De? Moines, Ia... 10 6 20 Dodge City. Kan. Dubuque. Ia 41 Duluth. Minn 12 El Paso, Tex 36 Fort 8m 1th, Ark 34 Galveston. Tex 56 Grand Haven, Mich 16 Grand Junction, Colo... .1 Havre. Mont 14 Helena. Mont 6 Huron. S D 12 Jacksonville, Fla 46 Kansas City. Mo 10 Lander. Wyo 8 Little Rock. Ark 28 Louisville. Ky. 18 Marquette. Mich 4 Memphis. Tenn 28 Modena. Ctah 32 Montgomery. Ala 38 New Orleans. La. 50 Nw York City. Nashville, Tenn... 2 Norfolk. Va 32 North Platte. Neb 6 Oklahoma. O. T 24 Omaha. Neb 2 I'aiestine. Tex 44 Farkersburg. W. Va 20 Philadelphia 24 Pittsburg. Pa 2t Pueblo. Colo 16 qu' Appelle. N. W. T.. 28 Rapid City. S. D 2 gait Lake City 42 Bt. Louis 14 St. Paul. Minn 12 Santa Fe. N. M 30 Springfield, ill 4 Springfield. Mo 18 Vtcksburg. Miss 4J Washington. D. C 26 32 46 26 MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. "H ERBOl'RG, Dec. 8. Arrived: Victoria and Kalse Wilhelm der Grosse, both from New York, for Hamburg, and proceeded. GIBRALTAR. Dec. S Arrived: Aller, from New York, for Genoa and Naples, and proceeded. GLASCfOW. Der. 8. Sailed: Mongolian, lor New York: Pomeranian, for Boston. BREMKX. De x.Arrived: Friedrich der Grosse, from New York. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 8. -Arrived: Cevic, from New York. NAPLES. Dec. 8. Arrived: Palatia, from New York. UNDERWEAR SPECIAL THIS WEEK "WOOL FIBECE-LIN'En UNDERWEAR AT 50c per Garment Kegu'sr 75c Ts lue. WO-L UNDERWEAR, Natural Wool, fam-l's-halr and Ribbed Wool at $1.00 per Garment Regular $1.30 value. CAPS Winter Caps for men and boys. In cloth or plush, for FITm Alf D SEAL CAPS . 30 to $13.00 GLOVES Wool Gloves Dress Oloves Fat Glovea äse to fi'c $ i . 00 1 o $a. o o 00 .30 to $ 18.00 D ANBURY HAT CO., N East Waakiaftaa Stmt.

MAY HAVE BEEN SUICIDE

CiREOSIll KG WAN hlLUB BY I III CARS AT Ml CIK. Railroad and Hantln Accident De Pinn Finance Lack of Gas for Fuel Road Contracts Let. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Ml'NClE. Ind., Dec. 8.-John W. Fretts. of Greensburg. aged fifty-five, was instantly killed at 7 o'clock this morning by being struck by an U E. & W. freight at the Ohio avenue crossing in this city. He crawled under the gates and attempted to cross the track. His death, which followed, came as the close of a romance which was to have united him In marriage with Mrs. Stella McCormack. of Greensburg. A letter found on the dead man to his fiancee expressed discouragement over his financial afTalrs, and called her attention to the fact that In the face of their approaching marriage neither had sufficient means to make their life happy. The tone of the letter leads to the general belief that Fretts deliberately stepped in front of the train and committed suicide. Mrs. McCormack, whom Fretts was to marry, was his former wife, but had subsequently remarried after their divorce. He was a. sign painter, and came to Muncie to work in the latter part of November. He was a veteran of the civil war. Inquest Will Be Held. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 8.-Coroner Klrkpatrick has subpoenaed witnesses and will hold an Inquest into the death of Miss Bessie Burns, the nineteen-year-old girl who died at her home here yesterday of morphine or opium poisoning. The young woman had been living In Indianapolis for several months, hut came to visit her people here about four weeks af;o and was to have returned to the capital on Sunday. Overdose of Morphine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind.. Dec. 8. Joseph Campbell, aged seventy, died yesterday from the effects of taking an overdose of morphine. He made his home with his sons on the Indianapolis pike. He had been troubled for years with cancer on the lip, which caused him much suffering. He took morphine to alleviate the pain. a EVt.lNEK RH COLLISION. one Fireman Slisthtly Hart In Monon Yards at Lafayette. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind.. Dec. 8. Near the the Monon shops this morning a passenger train disaster was narrowly averted. While engine No. 96, in charge of Engineer John Shaw, was coming down an Incline to take north-bound train No. 4 to Chicago it struck engine No. 91, which was to be relieved. The latter engine was on a switch and the pilot Was too close to the main track. Both engines were badly stripped and the engine crews Jumped, with the exception of Fireman Hornback, who was not badly hurt. Killed by a Fast Train. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINDFALL. Ind.. Dec. 8. Christopher Parr, aged seventy-six, was run down and killed by the south-bound fast mail on the Pennsylvania at the principal street crossing In Curtlsvllle, five miles southeast of Windfall, Sunday afternoon. Mr. Parr was standing talking with some of his neighbors and a gust of wind blew his hat across the track. He went after it. apparently forgetting the train, and was almost squarely on the track when the train struck him. He was a civil war veteran. The funeral will be held at St. Joseph's Church In Elwood on Tuesday. Panhandle Engines In Collision. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. S.-There was a bead-end collision in the Panhandle yards here to-day that wrecked both engines and damaged several freight cars. As No. 74, In charge of Conductor Comer and Engineer Hodgin. came down the northern suburbs the local yard engine, with Engineer Copeland. approached from the south. Smoke and steam from a factory blowing across the track hid the engines from each other and the crash followed. The men escaped by jumping. Passenger trains were delayed several hours. A. C. Mendenhall, brakeman, was seriously injured in the back in jumping. oastruction Train Wrecked. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD .CITY, Ind., Dec. 8.-The train of the Chase Construction Companywas wrecked in this city to-day by colliding with a wagon owned by Charley Marktns and filled with oil well drilling machinery and rope. Several cars were ditched and one or two thrown off the right of way. About $300 worth of rope was cut to pieces and the cars were damaged to the extent of $600. The company is building the Muncie, Hartford City & Fort Wayne electric line through here, and this is the second serious wreck within a month. Gun Slipped from His Hand. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BATESVILLE, Ind.. Dec. 8. Arthur Kramer, thirteen years old, while hunting yesterday got on a stump to shoot at a rabbit. His gun slipped from his hand and was discharged, the load tearing away part of the right wrist and the lapel of his coat. Two shot took effect in the right cheek and a piece of wad burned one of his eyea. IT WAS XOT TRI E. Statemeat Hegnrding Lieut. Cook's Resignation from Militia. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Dec. 8. The statement in Sunday's Journal, based on the unqualified statement of an Elkhart newspaper, that George Cook, second lieutenant of Company E, of the State militia, who had been recommended for promotion to the first lieutenancy, would resign because of pressure by the Pressmen's I'nion. is denied by Lieutenant Cook, who says his resignation is prompted by reasons of a per?, nature, but ueclines to state them. His acquaintances say that his wife, to whom lie was married some weeks ago, objects to his belonging to a military organization in any capacity. President J. K. Huff, of the local Pressmen's I'nion, of which Cook is a member, states that his union has no clause of any kind in its constitution or by-laws relating to any member's connection with the militia. DK PAIW FIX AM ES. Snbstaaee of C.'hsmeellor Hiekman's Report to Be Made on Wednesday SprcU.1 to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCA8TLE, Ind., Dec. 8-One of the most Interesting reports that has ever been presented at a meeting of De Pauw trustees will be the general financial statement of Chancellor Hickman for the period from Dec. L 1897. to Dec. 1, 1908, which will be made on Wednesday at the semi-annual meeting at the Denlson, in Indianapolis. IK will report a total endowment of $239,77.63 ; ?uafeining funds of S7.32s.22; for heating plant and betterment of property. 14. HA), new science property, equipment fund and new subscriptions. 11.(550, a total of $373.141 70 The chancellor's report will be supplemented by a statement that the first two years of the period mentioned in this report were spent In bettering the sentiment of the people of tht State as to the condition of De Pauw and the ability with which Its funds ware being protected and collected. After these two years the task of raising the sustaining an dendowment funds was begun, with results that are gratifying to the Institution's frienda. The board will occupy its Urns aitogsthar

with financial matters, according to the present programme.

( Resignation of Prof. Huston. Special to the Indianaiolla Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Dec. 8. Prof. Harry A. Huston, of Purdue University, to-day tendered his resignation, to take effect i some time next spring. Professor Huston holds several imiortant positions at Purdue. He is director and chemist of the experiment station, professor of agricultural chemistry, state chemist of Indiana and weather man at Purdue. He came to Lafayette in Ivo to become principal of the Lafayette High School. He held this position until 14. when he became professor of physics at Purdue. S( IIOOI.X CLOSED. (a for Fuel at Hartford itytiluss Factory Suspends. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind.. Dec. 8 Lack of gas caused the dismissal of all the rooms at the high school building this morning and five of the eight rooms at the central building. The cold snap has caught the supply short, and wood and coal are being used by many families in Hartford City today for the first time in many years in fact, since natural gas was discovered. The factory of the Diamond Flint Company also has been compelled to close on account of inability to secure gas. (ins Pipe Line Sold. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Dec. 8.-A deal for the sale of the Grant and Wabash Pipe Line, which has bcn in process of negotiation for some time, was closed to-day. T. N. I :.t ! nsdall, of PlttHburg. bought the stock of the company for S75.0U). The company was tocorpoTtted at $4u.0uo. and the stock was held bv J. L. Barley, L. A. Von Hehren. E. H. Johnson, T. W. I verman, O. C. Harwood and C. G. Barley. Mr. Barnsdall is the largest gas producer in the I'nlted States. He will Improve the plant by adding a new eight or ten-Inch line from the Lafontaine field to Marion. Plenty of Ciaa at Wabash. Special tn the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH". Ind., Dec. 8. The cold wave struck Wabash early this morning and the mercury dropped to four degrees below zero. With such a temperature prevailing last year there would have been a decided natural ga? shortage, but the company has had no trouble In supplying consumers today, there being an abundance. ' INDIANA OIHTl ART. Philip Ports, n Columbus Veteran of the War with Mexico. Spoclal to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 8. Philip Ports, aged ninety-four, a veteran of the Mexican war, died at his home in this city this morning, at S o'clock, of Infirmities due to old age. Philip Ports was born Oct. 20, 1808, near Baltimore Md. In 1S44 he came to this county and settled on a farm in Union township, where he lived until 18S2, when he came to Columbus, where he had since lived. While living in Union township he taught school, and was considered an expert In penmanship. When the Mexican war broke out he enlisted in Company F, Third Indiana Volunteers, under Captain Isaac Boardman, and served under General Taylor from June 12. to May 20, IM7. While in camp at Belimoh Mr. Ports contracted a bad case of fever, which brought about rheumatism, from which he was a great sufferer in later years. In lSiy he married Miss Mailnda Anne Hamblen, of Brown county, Indiana, who died last May, at the age of seventy-six. Four children, all sons, survive, and all live in this city. Other Deaths in the State. I LUMBl'S, Ind.. Dec. 8. Mrs. Nancy M. Rogers, aged eighty, died at the home of her son, George Turner, in this city Sunday evening. She was born In the western part of this county, and was twice married, ln r first husband being Samuel J. Turner. The surviving children of the first marriage are Mrs. W. M Garretaon, of Chilllcothe, O.: Mrs. B. F. Bruner, of Willow Hill, 111., and George Turner, of this city. Her second husband was Isaac Rogers, who died about thirty-five years ago. Mrs. Frank Dielman, of this city, is the only child by this union. MCNCIE. Ind., Dec. 8. Mrs. Jemima Bants, aged eighty-six, widow of Joshua Kautz, died this morning at her home in this Hty. For sixty-seven years she had been a resident of Muncie. Mrs. Bantz was a daughter of the late Benjamin Jones, one of the earliest settlers in the spot where Muncie now stands. The interment will be made in the Sparr Cemetery, eight miles east of Muncie, on Wednesday. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Dec. 8. Mrs. Amelia Smith, aged fifty-one, wife of John Smith, a farmer of Union township, died of cancer this morning. Funeral services will be held to-morrow, with burial at East Hill Cemetery. Stone River Survivors to Meet. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE. Ind., Dec. 8.-The third annual reunion of the survivors of the battle of Stone River, Tenn., will be held here on Dec. 31. the fortieth anniversary of the battle. An elaborate programme has been prepared. Among the p akers will be: The Rev. J. D. Whitehead, Topeka, Kan.; MaJ. J. G. Dunbar. Greenoastle; Gil R. Stormont, Lafayette; the Rev. John Spears, Spencer; Col.. J. T. Smith. Bowling Green. Tue officers of the association are: John M Carleton. Martinsville, president: G. L. Reinhard, Bloomington. and J. F. Fee, Greencastle, vice presidents; W. H. Dryden, Martinsville, secretary and treasurer; Mnj. Silas Grimes. Smlthsville, chairman of the executive committee. Rig Road Contract Awarded. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. , LA PORTE, Ind., Dec. 8. The County Commissioners to-day awarded the contract for completion of unfinished macadam roads in Laporte county to Ralph H. Bartsch & Co., of Alexandria, for 138,450. The original contract for $83,000 was held by Runyan & Co., of Anderson and Bedford, but by suit brought by taxpayers work was stopped before the roads were completed. The Bertsches were on Runyan' bond, and it is believed their taking the contract Is to protect themselves. Only Two Jail Breakers ( might. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., Dec. 8. Word' received from Redkey to-day was to the effect that but two of the jail-breakers have as yet been caught, these being James Carroll and James Campbell. Charles Smith and Chas. Rogers were last heard from about three He northwest of Dunkirk, a point where t.e dogs trailing them gave out. Factory Damaged by Fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., Dec. 8.-The plant of the Standard Motor Manufacturing Company, this city, was damaged by fire to-day. The flames started from a defective flue in the .,nd story. The loss, mostly in patterns, will aggregate $1.500, fully protected by insurance. t'endinar Advance In Coal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KVANSVILLK, Ind.. Dec. 8.-It Is announced to-night that the price of coal will soon be advanced here because of the cold weather. '.al is now selling for 9 cents a bushel. The mines of southern Indiana are running with a large forcv. Small Amount of Jc-.velry Taken. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. MCN'Ml-:, Ind.. Dec. 8. Burglars ransaeked the home of Rurt H. Whiteley, proprietor of the Whiteley racing stables, on .!' ' Ull't II Ui 1 Mi filial UKt'lT un i Willi UM worth of jewelry t--night. Mr. and Mrs. Whiteley were not at home. Indiana 3otes. LEBANON-J W. Allen is wanted by the police on the charge of forgery. Recently Allen came here as a district deputy of the order of American Plowmen, being sent here by the National Council at Logansport to build up ths local lodge. He remained bars fat several days, and is said to have passed checks for $25 each, drawn on a Logansport bank, to which the name of the national treasurer of the order is said to have been fraudulently signed. KLKHART. The Jury In the $10.000 damage suit of J. M. Shelley, of Elkhart, against Dr. O. W. Spohn, of this city, for injuries alleged to have bean inflicted through Incorrect use of the X-ray in u eatltg a cancerous growth on the tongue,

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returned a verdict for the defendant. A motion for a new trial will be made. The case was tried at Iagrange. and the jury reached a verdict 9undny afternoon, after being out twenty-four hours. KOKOMO. The union revival services conducted here by the Rev. Messrs. Ostrom and Hilli arr ,-in attended with practical results. In the past few days Kokomo merchants report receiving pay for oui nms contracted years ago. most of whi h had been marked off the books as woithless. One business house had four such debt.paid, and altogether the aggregate con science fund will be a goodly sum. PORTLAND. Postmaster James 8. Culbert has received notice from the department directing him to extend rural free delivery service out of Portland Jan. 1 by establishing two more rural routes, making eight In all out of this city. At a meeting of the t'ounty Commissioners Dr. I Charles W. Mackey was appointed secretary f th- County Board of Health, succeeding Dr. John G. Ross. LA FA YETTE. At a meeting of the La- ' fayette Typographical Union George W. ) Rice was indorsed as a candidate for the office of secretary of the State Board of Printing. The appointment rests with the board Itself and pays $1.500 a year. Mr. ! Rice has served as president of the local union and is one of its oldest members. He is at present city councilman from the Fourth ward, MUNCIE. The third discovery of coal in Delaware county in the past few days was reported on . Monday. The latest vein Is said to be at Albany, fifteen miles northeast of Muncie. While a gas well was beim? drilled on the farm of E. J. Oainor, a short distance ea?t of Albany, the vein was discovered at depth of 150 feet. The stratum was seven feet thick. MARION. The new window glass company at Matthews, which will be known as the Crown Glass Company, will blow glass Dec. 10 with a full crew of men. They claim that this will be the highest and best-vt ntilated window house in Indiana when completed. It will be under the management of A. Wuchner. BATESVILLE. Joseph Obermeyer. rtn aged farmer near Oldenburg, was found dead beside his team on the road on Saturday. He was hauling lumber, and vidently had stepped from the wagon to fasten the traces, when he was kicked on the forehead by one of his horses. DECATI'R. Sheriff Erwin, of Adams county, has captured Ed Hammond, a seventeen-year-old boy who broke Jail at Crown Point Friday night. Hammond says he was sentenced to Jeffersonville for larceny and was to have been taken to that place this week. HITKSTVN.-Otto Hunt, a young farm hand living northeast of Whitestown, had a hand torn off Saturday afternoon. He was feeding a corn shredder on the farm of John A. Dulin and his hand was caught in the cylinder. MARTINSVILLE. Marshall Teague, aged twelve years, found a dynamite cap and attempted to pick it open and see how It was constructed, when It exploded and blew off the thumb and two fingers of his lift hand. SHELBYVILLE.-The Shelby County Farmers' Institute began a two days' session Monday morning in the Circuit Court rooms In this citv. The sessions are largely attended. President Henry Pond Is presiding. CONDENSED FOREIGN NEWS. The King of Portugal yesterday concluded his three weeks' visit to England and started homeward by way of Paris. Prince Oscar, Emperor William's fifth son, has suffered a slight fracture of the collar bone through falling from a horiiontal bar. The injury will not Interfere with his studi a The Countess of Dudley, wife of the lord lieutenant of Ireland, was operated on at Dublin yesterday for appendicitis by Sir Frederick Treves. The latest bulletin says that the patient's progress is satisfactory. Capt. A. T. Mahan. V. S. N., has, according to a dispatch from the New York Tribune's London correspondent, been elected an honorary member of the Royal United Service Institution for dfe in acknowledgment of his valuable contributions to the literature of the British navy. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson breakfasted at the new palace, Pottsdam, yesterday with Emperor William, who, owing to an inflammation of his left eye, has given up the great Ix?tz Lingon Court hunt, which was to have taken place Dec. 13. Minister Jackson is to leave Berlin Dec. 15 to take up his new pot at Athens. Countess Bonl de Castellane will sail for New York Dec. 14, accompanied by her children. Count Bonl will remain in France to conduct the campaign for his re-election to the Chamber of Deputies, which was recently invalidated. After the election the court will join the countess In New York. They will return to France in the spring. The Marseilles strike crisis appears to be over. Many sailors and others went to work yesterday and the quays began to resume their customary aspect of activity. The situation, however, still Involves possibilities of danger, as the Radical element has received promises of support trom the dock laborers of nine of the leadrng port? of France. The seconds of Deputy Syveton and Minister of Justice Valle. who exchanged heated remarks in the French Chamber on Saturday, met yesterday In the Chamber of Deputies and, after a conference lasting an hour, separated to confer with the principals. Later it was announced that the conference was interrupted, as the seconds were in favor of arbitration. Baron Von Eckardstein. late first secretary of the German embassy In London, has Issued invitations to various distinguished gentlemen in Hesse, Baden, Wertemburg. Bavaria, Prussia and Nassau to meet at Frankfort-on-the-Maln Dec. 16 to consider the formation of a new national party to uphold Emperor William's policy. It will be called the Kaiser Partei. Dispatches from Fez. Morocco, allege that the pretender to the throne, who is still at Tezza, has assumed sovereign rights. He has issued a manifesto announcing that he has taken possession of the treasury, batteries of guns and depots of arms and says that he intends to attack the Sultan's army as soon as his reinforcements arrive. The pretender also has issued postage stamps. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says the Russian government is by no means satisfied with the Behring sea award, which the Dutch jurist, Prof. Asser, gave in favor of the I'nlted States Nov. 29. It does not object to paying the stipulated sum, but it objects entirely to the principle of the award whereby Russia Is not allowed to chase the trespassers beyond the limit of her territorial waters. The Czar, in a general order to the army and navy, dated from Llvadia. Dee. 3. giving instruction for a general observence of the anniversary of the fall of Plevna adds: "Should a period of trial be in store for the fatherland. I am convinced that my glorious army and heroic fleet, which are dear and near to my heart, will do their duty as did their predecessors with honor to the throne and the fatherland." The widespread suffering in Denmark resulting from industrial itagnatton and commercial depression has been Intensified by the unusual severity of the winter, which set in a month earlier than usual. Building operations had largely to be abandoned, thus increasing the number of persons unemployed to an extent surpassing most of the records and seriously taxing the resources of the charity organizations. An interpellation respecting the fall of the campanile of St. Marks at Venice I d to stormy scenes In the Italian Chamber of Deputies yesterday, the ministers being attacked for the failure to forestall the disaster. Minister of Instruction Nasi, in r-:-ponding, said that the committee on inquiry had proved that any steps taken to restore the campanile would only have hastened its collapse. In conclusion Signor Nasi announced he woidd Introduce a bill to provide $W0.O00 to rebuild the monument. Replying to a question in the House of Lords yesterday regarding the reminiscences of Sir Horace Rumbold, who was British ambassador at Vienna, published over a month ago in Ixndon, the foreign secretary. Lord Lansdowne. somewhat tartly commented on the former ambassador's "reprehensive indiscretion" and said the incident had led to the adoption of a new rule In the Foreign Office to the effect that diplomats, either while In office or after retirement, are absolutely forbidden without the express permission of the Foreign Office, to publish their reminiscences or experiences in the countries in which they were officially employed. A dispatch from Berlin says: "It is quite impossible for Emperor William to accept President Francis's Invitation to visit the St. I.ouis exposition. It would require the appointment of a regency, for it Is necessary for the sovereign to be In touch every two or three days with the Ministry for formal executive functions. The idea that the Crown Prince Frederick William may go to the I'nlted States has been favorably received. The Emperor seems to think that the prince's general experiences In America would be more Instructive than a visit to the 8t. Louis exposition, and it has been suggested that he attend one of the national conventions." TO CI RE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. . W. Grove' 1 If nature 1 on each box.

THE RUSSIAN CENSOR

A MBJKCT If MM U IT IS WELL TO AVOID WHEN 1 Hl SMI A. His Arts In Suppression of the Press Xot Always I ndeaerved A Good Deal of Ire. Talk. London Mail. It was In St. Petersburg, and a small party of English people and one Russian were having afternoon tea together. With the newcomer's eagerness to investigate all things Russian. I turned to a gentleman who had lived many years in the country, and said: "Do explain to me this mysterious personage, the Russian censor, and do tell me about Russian newspapers.'' Instantly his eyes warned me not to proceed, and his reply was: "To-morrow you are coming to see us. and we will then talk about Russia as much as you please." Later he took me aside and whispered: "That Russian gentleman is a delightful fellow, but he is In the service of the government, and one must guard ones tongue." A few days afterwards an absurd article in an American paper reached my hands. It announced in flaring headlines that the I . ir intended to divorce the Czarina, a statement as preposterous as It was nonsensical, for his devotion to her Is the talk of the whole court. So that afternoon, as I MM in the drawing room of an English woman, I began discussing this article with much merriment. "Do be quiet, you foolish person," she interrupted me, then went softly to the door and opened it suddenly to discover if a servant was within hearing. "Of course, here you are among your friends, but let me entreat you not to talk about such things promiscuously; you'll probably be sorry if you do." And she spoke so seriously that visions of the censor came before my eyes, with Siberia looming up distinctly in the distance. BEST NOT TO TALK. If you are a foreigner In Russia the first thing your country people there tell you Is "Don't talk; think what you like, but don't talk." If you dabble in literature or journalism conceal the fact as long as you legitimately can. "You are very interesting and agreeable, and I have enjoyed meeting you, but you must not mind If I ask you not to mention that we have been together," a governess in the family of a Cabinet minister said to me. "I have lived twenty years in Russia and never had any trouble," she went on, "but one never knows what may happen." If private individuals live in constant uneasiness, if the native and foreigner distrust everybody but Intimate friends, if they are always afraid "something may happen" in case they make injudicious remarks, one can Imagine the atmosphere in which a newspaper editor lives and works. Every day or two he receives from the censor a list of subjects which he may not discuss, and his safety can never be absolutely assured. In the news and editorial columns he is supervised, and he dare not accept an advertisement without the official sanction of the government. But I would, nevertheless, not agree that the Influence of the Russian censor is in reality all that it is generally supposed abroad to be, and I would not agree that the Russian press is characterless, colorless and merely the obsequious mouthpiece of the powers that be. The traveler In Russia soon becomes personally aware of the existence of the cen sor. His letters will probably not be opened, but his newspapers will often have a column of "caviare" as the Russians playfully call it something being blackened out. Hastening to borrow a paper from a friend in the diplomatic or consular service who is exempt from censorship, he discovers often that be has missed only a silly scandal or a piece of petty gossip about the imperial family. Serious articles, unless relating to Russian Internal affairs, will probably be intact. TWO SUPPRESSED PAPERS. The censor seems to adopt much the same attitude toward the national press. He is in a way omnipotent and omniscient, and the editor has to keep him always in mind. But when you examine his work as publicly exposed and privately discussed by people who understand It you find a great gun heavily loaded, which sometimes creates havoc but which does not often bring down big game. The two papers most recently suppressed will serve to illustrate this. The minister of the interior who was assassinated last spring punished the eultor of the Rossia by suspending the paper and sending the editor himself to the province of Irkutsk, in eastem Siberln. and the publisher to Pskoff. on the Baltic. What had they done? They had published a vile and senseless libel on the Imperial family entitled "The Obmanorts." which would hardly have passed unnoticed even In a republic had it been directftd against the head of the state. The sentences of both editor and publisher were light, although the publisher Is said to have lost 300,000 roubles (32.000.) The avowed purpose of the Rossia was to conduct a dignified, sane consideration of human rights. When the article on "The Obmanoffs" was shown to the Czar he is reported to have said, "Ah. drunk again." It is the best explanation, for no editor could have expected any good to come from It. But It is a good illustration of the recklessness of the Russian editor. The Severny Kourier, which was suppressed in the winter of 1901, was edited by Prince Bariatinsky. who got into trouble when the anti-Jewish play. "The Children of Israel," was presented In St. Petersburg. The scenes at the theater were disgusting, and were becoming worse each night, under the instigation of the Severny Kourier. when the paper was suppressed. Every one must admit that the Jewish sympathizers had a right to protest against the play, but the part Prince Bariatinsky took was an Incitement to violence which no strong government would have tolerated. AN ATTACK ON DIPLOMACY. Take the papers which have faced the frowns of the censor for many years, and you find they have a status dignified and independent, always speaking with regard to Russian law. After paying a deposit of 500 as security for good conduct, some of those in tho two capitals are not subject to 'preliminary" censorship, and usually can publish what they please, so long as they keep within the limits laid down by the censor. Both the state and the church have their official organs, and other papers are obliged to take all they publish on many subjects from the official organs. There are also questions they may not discuss, like the trouble in Finland. But one goes to Russia with the notion that they may not discuss Internal affairs with any degree of vigor, and that they are pot allowed to criticise the government. However, within the last few weeks the N"oe Vremya, which has the reputationand justly so among foreigners of being particularly servile, has made an indignant attack upon Russian diplomacy in the near East, declaring that Germany's position to-day in Turkey might have been won easily by Russia. Within the last month also it has treated the orthodox church somewhat unceremoniously, saying in an editorial, "If the church is going to interfere in foreign politics in China it had better stay out." Although there Is little doubt that the Now.e Vremya carefully safeguards its position. It has gone contrary to the government In a number of questions. It advocates public schools In a straightforward manner, ami several years ago it strenuously assailed the government for the bad state of affairs in the agricultural districts. The St. Petersburg V'edomosti leases Its property from the government, and is thus subject to official good will for its r existence. But while it is one of the oldest papers In Russia, having recently celebrated its one-hundred-and-seventv-elxth birthday. It is regarded by the minister of the Interior as the organ of the Revolutionary party. Its editor, Prince Oukhtomsky, has been in other years an intimate friend of the Czar, and he Is supposed to be now protected personally by De Witte, yet his paper does not support the Czar's unconstitutional monarchy nor De WItte's financial party. The most influential man in Russia today outside of the government is probably Prince Mestchdanln" ("The Citizen , whose great rise In power has come within the last six months. He is sometimes called the "Russian free lame." An aristocrat by birth and conviction, he is thus In sympathy with an autccrntic monarchy, but he has been punished several times

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for attacking the government. He is rich enough to be financially independent of any loss, and while disliked by some Conservatives and hated by most Radicals, he has seldom been accused by impartial people of being insincere in his utterances. A VALUABLE WORK. Annual Report of the Smithsonian institution. Few persons are familiar with the great work of the Smithsonian Institution. Many know there is a government institution by that name, but of its scope and functions there Is little popular knowledge. The annual report for the year ending June 30, 1901, recently issued, says the institution is an "establishment" created by act of Congress, which owes its origin to the bequest of James Smithson, an English scientist, who, when he died in Genoa, Italy, In 1S29, left his entire estate, amounting to about three-quarters of a million dollars, to the United States of America, "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." When Congress accepted the trust it provided that th President and Cabinet should be the main factors of the Institution, but that it should be governed by a board of regents. The Institution at first was a mere museum for the preservation of speciemns of everything relating to natural history, ethnology, geology and paleontology. Later the collection of books and the publication of papers on scientific subjects were taken up. imminent men, the foremost in scientific fields, aided in preparing treatises on the subjects in which they were Interested. These were incorporated in the annual reports and they have come to be regarded as the highest authority on the matters of which they treat. Through the energy and great ability of the secretary, 8amuel Pierpont Langley, the institution Is now fulfilling the wishes of Its founder in diffusing knowledge among men. In fact, it probably has reached a stage in the dissemination of scientific Information that was not dreamed of by John Smithson. The library is growing each year, the collection is now so large that a hew building has become necessary for the museum, and scientists and trained assistants are scouring the earth for something new (or old, rather.) The museum is a world history In itself, for It contains specimens, in some form, of almost every animal that has lived and died since the creation. There also is much that illustrates the customs and habits of mankind in all ages. Live specimens of animals, birds, reptiles and fishes are to be found in the National Zoological Park, and the institution is endeavoring to increase this collection by securing specimens of animals rapidly becoming extinct. The report for 19J1 contains many illustrated articles written by scientists who are recognized as the most eminent in their ! ne. Some of the subjects are technically scientific, but others are written for popular reading. The main subjects and their authors are here given In order to show the scope of the popular future of the report: "Bodies Smaller than Atoms." by J. J. Thomson; "Wireless Telegraphy," Marconi; "Transatlantic Telephoning," William A. Anthony; "The Telephonograph," William J. Hammer; -Recent tronomical Events," C. Q. Abbot; "A Model by Nature," A. W. Rut ker; "A Cenutry of the Study of Meteorites," Oliver C. Parrington; "Recent Studies in Gravitation," John H. Poynting; "Kther and Gravitational Matter through Infinite Space." Lord Kelvin; "The Exploration of the At mosphere at Sea by Means of Kites." A. Uwrence Rotch; "Solid Hydrogen." by James Dewar; "Utilizing the Sun's Energy." Robert H. Thurston; "The New Radiations Cathode Rays and Roentgen Rays." A. Dastre; "Color Photography," Sir William J. Hörschel; "The History of Chronotophotography." Dr. J. Marcy; "Emigrant Diamonds in America," William Herbert Hobbs; "Bogoslof Volcanoes." C. Hart Merriam; "The Sea in the Life of the Nation." Alfred Kerchoff; 'The Palace of Minos," Arthur J. Evans: "The Mind of Primitive Man," Franz Boaz; "Traps of the American Ind'ans A Study in Psychology and Invention," Otis T. Mason; "The Development of Illumination," Walter Hough; "Boomerangs," Gilbert T. Walker. "The Possible Development of the Human Breed Under the Existing Conditions of liw and Sentiment,'' Francis Galton; The Firewalk Ceremony in Tahiti." 8. P. Langley; "The Laws of Nature," 8. P. Langley; "Salt and Its Physiological Uses." A. Dastre; "Automobile Races," Henry Fournkr and others; "The Dinosaurs," F. A. Lucas; "The Greatest Flying Creature." S. P. Langlcy, introducing a paper by T. A. Lucas on the "Great Pterodactyl Ornlthostoma; "The Okapi, the Newly Discovered Beast Living in Central Africa," Sir Harry 1. Johnston; "Observations on Termites, or White Ants." G. D. Havlland; "The Wanderings of the White Buffalo;" "The Submarine Boat." Rear Admiral George W. Melville; "The Natural Zoo at Washington, a Study of the Animals in Relation to Their Natural Environment," Ernest 8eton Thompson. The foregoing list shows that while much of the contents of the report is purely scientific, some of the subjects are what might be termed popular. Everybody cares to read about birds and beasts, and when such writers as Beton Thompson. F. A. Lucas and Sir Harry H. Johnston tell of them there is certain to be a great deal of valuable Information gained. One of the most interesting artlcl is "The "hildren's Room in the Smithsonian Institution," by Albert Bigelow Paine, adapted from an article by himself in St. Nicholas. Government publications are usually printed regardless of expense, and this is true of the Smithsonian Institution's report. The Illustrations are as fine as any ever presented. No color work ever surpassed the pictures of butterflies, humming birds and the view of the children's room. Nature is sometimes hard to counterfeit, but in the cases mentioned the artistprinter and engraver have succeeded. Sir William J. Herschel's article on "Color Photography'' has three pictures in colors that are worth preserving as samples of high art In printing. Work of a .Sneak Thief. A sneak thief entered the home of R. K. 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vmmts im pi I rrif Mass. Av. and Del. KELLER 5 Md Phon--. Main T.s. SOLE AGENTS Of the Only Genuine TILLMAN'S HAWAIIAN COFFEE CITY NEWS NOTES. The funeral of Pauline I-eatherman. the eight-year-old daughter of Dr. Leatherman, will be held at the family restdenee. No. 224 North Alabama street, to-morrow afternoon. The Rev. Joshua Stanslleld will condui t the services and the interment will bo at Crown Hill. Every afternoon this week Mrs. Hafner, one ot the board of managers of the Eleanor Hospital, will give cooking lectures at the Vonnegut hardware store. The other members of the board of managers will assist Mrs. Hafner. The women will sell Christmas cakes for the benefit of the hoapital. The second institute conference of the vear of the Epworth Leagues of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis district will be held at th- Edwin Ray Church to-morrow evening. Minute talks will be made on topics relative to the work of the league and Dwight Ritter wiU : Hirer an address. A programme will SiOP b gtTOfl The Rev. James D. Stanley, pastor of Christ Church, has issued an invitation to all actors who come to the city to attend services in bis church. Dr. Stanley is one of the chaplains of the Actors' Church Alliance. The invitation has been issued as a result of a large number of "BnHur" actors attending services in the church during their extended visit to this city. Real-Estate Sales. Joseph Rilus Eastman 'trHiisferred yesterday to Mary K. Eastman his property at the southwest corner of New Jersey and Market streets for $8.500. The next largest sale in the real-estate businen yesterday was that of John H. t nderwood's transfer to William R. Hamilton or forty acres cf Perry township land for $4.150. Other sales during the day were those of William J. Ifoooey to Anna Smith of a lot on Bellefontaine street. Mar Fourteenth, for $8.600, another one on the same street, below Twenty-third Street, by John H. Van Pelt to Jerome W. Flanders for the same price, and another of Perry township pnpertv, fourteen acres, by John Plummer to Enos Wlshard for $1,44. Death of Mrs. Emily D. Snyder. Mrs. Emily D. Snyder, widow of David E. Snyder, died yesterday morning from apoplexy at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Oibney, on East Thirteenth street. Mrs. Snyder had been complaining for several days. When she aw, ke yesterday morning she told her daughter of a severo pain in her side. A doctor was called but it was too late. Mrs. Snyoer was prominently connected with Christ Church. She leave two daughters, Mrs. Glbney and Miss Alice Snyder. Not Ratified to Sympathy. Springfield Republican. The reported plea of the Venezuelan government that in emerging from a furious civil war it Is poorly prepsred to meet the financial demands of Ens land and Germany, appears reasonable, and in the case of any other government it might well serve to excite sympathy and secure a postponement of the demands for the payment of the claims. But President Castro conducted his government before the recent insurrection in such a way as to win for him no friends abroad, and evidently thT is nothing for. him to do but make some arrangement by which the Rrltish and German claimants may be satisfied. The tone of President K'nik vi It's mesae will not en rourage President ( astro to show a spirit of defiance in his foreign relations. For in that brief passage on our South American neighbors Mr. Roosevelt lectures republics that fail to keep internal order and pay their debts. The Washington administra tion is prepar ! 1 . England and Oermany collect their bills by any method that suits them, short of seizing territory. Horses and Mules for South Africa. MEMPHIS. Tenn . Dec. 8. Maj. C F. Eckersly, of the British army, passed through Memphis to-night for Lathrop. Mo., where the British government has roneentruted many mule and horses whJeh have been purchased to Ptftock farms in the Transvaal. The shipment of the animal will bfgin on Jsn. 15. Major Erkersly says it is the Intention of the government to make a second purchase when the present movement Is ended. CURES A COLD IN ONE DAY CURES 6RIP IN TWO DAYS THIS 8IGNATCU CH EVERY BOX OF THE GENUINE