Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 346, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1902 — Page 2

TFl K INDIAXAFOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1902.

CONTROVERSY AT PURDUE

MAY HAVE A BAD EFFECT O THE SCHOOL'S ATHLETICS. Illness of Prof. nmphell. of Wabash oIlre Mutinous Virginia Military Cadets-Other School Xews. Special tc the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Dec. ll.-President W. E. Stone, of Purdue University, to-day announced that A. T. Wyancki. a graduate of Guelph (Ontario) Agricultural College in ISM, and at present instructor in agriculture at the Cniversity of Nebraska, had been selected to fill the position of associate professor of agriculture at Purdue. He will assume his new duties on Jan. 1. 1903. HI work will be In soils, crops and agricultural physics. The action of the Athletic Association in repudiating the action of its insignia board by awarding P's to Emise and Mtnch. members of the football team, after the insignia board had decided they were below the 'varsity caliber and not entitled to the honorary letter, has called forth a signed announcement from the insignia board members. In answer to a charge that the board did not sufficiently investigate the Status of the individual players the statement says: "If any charge of gross neglect could be entertained it should be laid at the feet of former Captain Leslie. According to the constitution its recommendation to the board must be signed and proposed by both the coach and captain of the team. This, however, was not done. The captain alone proposed the recommendation and found a ready rhanee to confer favors on his individual acquaintances." The announcement was a surprise to very one and reveals the controversy that has stirred up the athletic authorities and caused a division that may be difficult to heal. Captain Leslie, at the last athletic meeting, declared that if Emise and Annch were not awarded letters he did not care to have one. and Intimated that he would have nothing further to do with the athletic management. His stand resulted in the Athletic Association refusing to accept the report of the insignia board and deciding to waive the section of the constitution regarding the insignia board s award of letters. The members of the insignia board are P. E. Crumrine, William L Russell. W. E. Miller, Fred C. Hohn and M. H. Coppea Sickness of Prof. Campbell. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORD8VILLE, Ind.. Dec. 11. Prof. John L. Campbell, of Wabash College, is quite ill. Last evening he was taken with a severe coughing spell, and it was only by the administration of powerful stimulants that he was kept alive. About four weeks ago he had a similar pell. The trouble was caused by a weak heart and a partial Ailing of the lungs with fluid. The doctors say he needs a rest. He has been connected with the college for fifty-six years. KarHmm Moles. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHHOND, Ind.. Dec. 11. A. E. Martin. of this city, a senior at Earlham College, has been chosen superintendent of the schools at Amboy, Ind., to succeed the present superintendent, who has resigned to accept the chair of pedagogy in an Illinois WEATHER FORECAST. pair ThronKhont Indiana To-Day older In Southern Portion. WASHINGTON'. Dec. 11. Forecast for Friday and Saturday: For Indiana Fair on Friday; colder in Southern portion; Saturday fair; fresh bortheast winds. For Illinois Fair on Friday, except probably snow near the lake; colder In southern portion; Saturday fair; fresh borth to northeast winds. For Ohio Generally fair in western, snow In eastern portion on Friday; colder in eastern and southern portions; fresh north svlnds; Saturday fair. Local Observations on Thursday. Bar. Ther. R H. Wind. Weath. Pre. a. m.....92 52 74 8. Cldy. 0.29 p. m.... 30.06 34 97 N. Cldy. 0.32 Maximum temperature, 54; minimum temperature. S4. Comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation on Dec. 11: Temp. Pre. Normal 36 0.10 Mean 44. 0.61 Departure from normal 8 " 0.51 gsparture since Dec. 1 26 ".31 eparture since Jan. 1 8 Ml Plua. W. T. BLTTHE. 8ectlon Director. Ytfrday' Temperstares. Stations. Min. biler.e. Tex 68 marillo, Tex 28 Atlanta, G 46 Bismarck. NV D 4 uffalo. N. Y 20 Max. 72 60 64 20 26 64 4 68 68 58 32 im 28 56 30 26 22 70 66 70 M 40 10 20 16 74 32 38 64 58 22 SJ 44 68 64 40 64 66 S3 32 20 68 54 41 54 58 0 28 48 42 18 46 36 60 64 50 7 p. m. 52 44 58 8 20 58 4 60 eo 56 32 22 2 40 1 30 22 14 60 52 64 24 36 12 16 12 64 32 30 5: u 64 40 66 62 32 64 58 24 32 20 66 54 34 4N 48 12 22 42 a i 40 34 40 64 44 Cairo. Ill 56 Calgary, N. W. T 14 Chattanooga. Tenn 40 40 46 32 Chicago Cincinnati, O Cleveland. O. Concordia. K.in. 16 Davenport, la 26 Denver. Col Des Moines, la Dodge City, Kan Dubuque. Ia Duluth. Minn El Paso, Tex Fort Smith. Ark Galveston. Tex Grand Haven. Mich Grand Junction. Col 30 20 m 21 0 36 52 64 1 Havre, Mont :4 Helena. Mont 6 Huron. S. D 6 Jacksonville. Fla 50 Kansas City. Md Lander. Wyo Little Rock. Ark Louisville. Ky Maruuette. Mich u 24 60 52 i9 Memphis. Tenn 58 . Modena, I tah 32 Montgomery. Ala 40 New Orleans. La 58 New York city 32 Nashville. Tenn 54 Norfolk. Va 46 S .rth Platte. Neb 14 Oklahoma. O. T 32 Omaha. Neb 14 Palestine. Tex 60 Parkersburg, W. Va.... 46 Philadelphia 28 Pittsburg 38 Pueblo. Col 28 Qu Appelle. N 97. T... 14 Epld City. S. D It Lake City 42 Louis 42 Bt. Paul. Minn 12 Santa Fe, N. M 28 Bprlngfleld. 34 Springfield, Mo 40 Vlcksburg. Miss. 54 Washington. D. C 38 MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. Qt'EENSTOWN. Dec. 11 Arrived: Belgenland. from Philadelphia, for Liverpool, and proceeded. Sailed: t ymrie and Westerland, from Liverpool, for New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 11- Arrived: Bovlc, from Liverpool; Kronprinz Wilhelm, from Bremen. Sailed: Moltke. for Hamburg; La Lorraine, for Havre. YOKOHAMA. Dec. 11. -Arrived: Victoria, from Tacoma and Victoria. B. C. for Hioga. Shanghai and Hong-Kong. NAPLES. Dec. 11 Arrived: Aller, from New York, and sailed for (ienoa. HAMBl'RG. Dec. 11. -Arrived; Graaf Wsldersee. from New York. BERMI'DA, Dec. 11 Sailed: Patrla. from Marseilles. lor New York. SOCT HAMPTON. Dec 1!. Amved; St. Louts, from New York. RoTTF.RDAM. Dec. 11. -Bailed: Amsterdam, for Nsw York. GLASGOW, Dec. 11. Arrived: Sardinian, from New Turk. LIVERPOOL, Dec- U. Arrived: Celtic, from New York.

college. Mr. Martin will begin his work after the holidays. The Earlham basketball team defeated a team from the local hitth school last nitfht

by the score of 24 to 5. Earlham has sched uled two games with Butler, to be played in February. PHOHLKM PL WS BARRED. orthwestern o-Kd Will Xnt Present Plnero's "The A masons." CHICAGO, Dec. 11. The faculty of NorthWestern University has dealt amateur dramatics at the Methodist institution a blow by forbidding the presentation of "The Amaxons," one of Plnero's problem plays, at the Studebaker on Jan. 11. The play was to be given by the Red Dominos, a student dramatic club, and now some of the members declare they will leave Northwestern ami go to the University of Chicago, where the drama is encouraged. It is hinted that the character of the play had much to do with the faculty's refusal. The scene is laid in modern England, and Miriam, M irchioness of Castlejordan, the heroine, la the mother of three daughters. The plot hinges on the fact that the marchioness is sorry her daughters are not all boys, and so she decided to Improve nature, dress them In boys' clothes and give them boys' educations. It is thought that the faculty disapproves of the appearance of Northwestern co-eds in knickerbockers, or even in short skirts, poking as boys. Suicide of a Professor's Wife. LAWRENCE, Kan.. Dec. 11. The body of Mrs. Barber, wife of Professor Barber, a member of the faculty of the Kansas State University, who disappeared yesterday, was found in the river near here to-day. Thf position of the woman's clothes, found on the bank, indicates that sh- had planned jiii ide. The search for the body was conducted by the entire body of 1.2Ü) students. Mrs. Barber was afflicted with insomnia. She was Miss Florence Barrett, daughter of a retired Methodist minister, before her marriage a year ago. She graduated from the Kansas University several years ago and afterwards became a member of the faculty in the Clermuii department. Students Must Not Bet. ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 11. President Angell and the faculty of the University of Michigan have taken a decided stand against betting by students under their Jurisdiction. Wagers aggregating about $4,000, it is said, were posted at one hotel here on the Thanksgiving day football game. The rumor of this and of other large bettintr in similar events in whirh the uniI versity athletic teams have been contest ants, having come to the university authorities, the faculty senate adopted resolutions fixing suspension as the penalty for bettlag on any events In which the uni versity students shall participate in the future. Inlverslty Bntldinva Dedlented. WOOSTER, O., Dec. 11. The new Wooster University buildings were dedicated today in the presence of alumni and friends of the institution. It is just a year since fire practically destroyed the old buildings. There were visitors from New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago. St. Louis. Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and other cities. The most conspicuous contributors to the new unive rsity buildings are: Andrew Carnegie. $100.000; Louis H. Severance. Cleveland. $75.000, and H. C. Frick, Pittsburg, $35.000. The total cost of the buildings exceeds $400,000. Mutinous Military Cadets. LEXINGTON, Va., Dec. 11. Fifty-six cadets, embracing nearly all the third class of the cadet corps of the Military Institute. are under close arrest for discharging fireworks at midnight from the roof of the academy building last night. This breach of discipline is alleged to be due to the refusal of the board of visitors to the school to grant an application for ten days' Christmas holiday. SUFFERING FOR COAL. Dlatrri So (.rent that Men. oni" and Children Are Dying. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. J. E. Swanstrom, president of the Borough of Brooklyn, has decided to start a movement to assure a coal supply to Brooklyn and to end all suffering there for all winter. He will ask all the ministers of the churches In Brooklyn, the heads of charity organizations and prominent citizens to meet early next week in the Court of Special Sessions, in the City Hall, Brooklyn, to organize for the end in view. On authority which admits of no doubt, it was learned that President Swanstrom. at that meeting, will suggest that Mayor Low take some action for the other boroughs. Not alone in Brooklyn, but in all the boroughs of the city there is a loud and insistent cry for relief, and the boards of the other boroughs agree that something must be done, as the city has been held fast by the cold wave for more than a week, and suffering has been Increased hourly. Men, women and children have died. Heads of families have offered any money for coal, and the dealers have shaken their heads and said. "There is not a pound of coal in the yards." although nearly 60,000 tons are arrrvlng daily. Mayor Low has refused to be interviewed on the subject. His secretary spoke for him and said: "As no notice of any suffering has been brought to the mayor's attention by private citisens. he does not feel compelled to do anything Just now." ANDREW CARNEGIE HOME. Arrives on the Steamer Oceanic, After a Stormy Passage. NEW YORK. Dec. 11 The White Star line steamer Oceanic, on which Andrew Carnegie Is a passenger, arrived early today from Liverpool and Queenstown. after a stormy passage of six days, ttventy hours and twenty-three minutes. Almost from the time of leaving Daunt's rock, the Oceanic had southerly winds, with heavy head seas, which each day increased in force until, on the sth, the wind came out from the westnorthwest with hall and snow and blew with terrific force. Mr. Carnegie, who showed the effects of his recent illness, talked freely with newspaper men. He said he never felt better In his life. He had nothing to say about his future plans further than that he should go directly to his new home and would make his further plans after resting. PROTOCOL SIGNED. Signatures Attached to the Cnhan Commercial Agrrrmrnl. HAVANA, Dec. 11. A dinner was given at the palace to-night by President Palma in honor of General Bliss. It is understood that the protocol of the commercial treaty between Cuba and the United States was to be signed after tne dinner. General Bliss on the one hand and Secretary of State Zaldo and Secretary of Finance afOBtas on the other, affixing their signatures to the document. There are Spanish and English conies of the protocol. General Bliss leaves here for New York next Saturday. Losses by Fire. WORCESTER. Mass.. Dec. 11. Fire damaged the seven-story Chase building, 44 Front street, to-day to the extent of $250.000. The heaviest losers were C. T. Shenr- r & Co., proprietors of a department store, whose loss Is placed at JMO.OOO. and the W. J. Woods Company, men's clothing, which suffered a loss of $90.000. The firemen encountered a dense smoke, and fully a dosen were overcome by smoke. PARKERSBURG. W. Va.. Pec. ll.-The Nash schoolnonae. with all Its furniture and contents, was destroyed by fire tonight. Iab $50.000, about half covered by insurance. Colored Republican Pnrty. 8ELMA, Ala.. Dec. 11 Negroes from all portions of the State met here to-day to form a colored Republican party. Resolutions were adopted Indorsing the action of President Kooserelt in not recognizing the "Lily White" branch of the party in Alabama. An address was issued to the negro voters of the State, advising them to appeal to the Democrats to allow them to register next week when the registration books of the State will be open for the- ' t Urns.

PEACE DOVE FLUTTERS

XATIOXAL AD AMKRK A LKAGIES MAY ED THE WAR. JohiiNon Aiipoints Committee to Confer with National League Berry Awarded to Dallns. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. The members of the committees appointed by the National and American leagues for the purpose of effecting a peaceful termination of the basehall war will meet here to-morrow. President Ban Johnson's reply to the request for a peace conference, sent out on Wednesday evening by the National League, was delivered to Chairman Herrman, of the committee of the latter body. Just before the members of the National League finished their afternoon session at the Hotel Victoria to-day. The reply follows: 'Dear Sir I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your communication. The gentlem. n of our organization who are in the city will bt pleased to confer with your committee. If it is agreeable to you, a nMSttag can be arranged for to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock." Those who will take part in the conference are Ban Johnson, president of the American League; Charles Sommers, of Cleveland; J. P. Kilfoyle, president of the Cleveland club; August Herrman. of Cincinnati; James Hart, of Chicago, and Frank De Haas Roblson, of St. Louis, the three last named representing the National League. Fpon the receipt of Mr. Johnson's eommunlcation the National League magnates replied, agreeing to the meeting. At the National League meeting to-day matters of minor detail were discussed, including the Manhattan field difficulty. Tomorrow officers will be elected. The National League magnates at the night session discussed ways and means of ridding themselves of the old National League grounds in Baltimore and Washington. It was found that the disposal of the Washington grounds, which the league has been carrying along at a yearly rental, could be made easier than that of the grounds at Baltimore. Ban Johnson and the members of the American League, when seen to-night, refused to discuss the proposed conference to-morrow. John Montgomery Ward announced In a letter received at the headquarters today that he was not a candidate for the presidency of the National League, and. further, that under no circumstances would it be possible for him to accept. Charles W. Somers. of Cleveland. O.. said to-night: "We will have three propositions to submit to our friends. First, the two leagues should recognise each other's reserves so that we can build up our teams without having players leave us just when tht'y become valuable; second, there Is to be no change in the American League territory. Under no circumstances will we leave New York city. Third, nonconflicting dates and an interchange of games between local teams, before and after the season." Berry Awarded to Dallns. Manager Watklns yesterday received notice from Secretary Farrell. of the National Association of Minor Leagues, stating that Claude Berry, a catcher signed by Indianapolis, had been awarded to Dallas. Tex. Berry was with the Dallas club last year, and It was claimed that Dallas hini a two years' contract with him covering 1903. The national association decided that that contract was valid. MANY PERSONS INJURED. Two Trainmen Severely and Twenty Passengers Slightly. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 11. The Buffalo and Oil City express on the Allegheny Valley Railroad ran Into a shifting freight train just above Brilliant Station to-night and Engineer James Lewis and Fireman James Morgan, of the express train, were severely injured. Twenty of the passengtrs were slightly Injured. Plla-rlms' Trnln Wrecked. MEXICO CITY. Dec. 11. -At Tepa, on the Hidalgo Railway, to-day a special train bearing one thousand pilgrims returning to Tulanclngo from this city was wrecked, killing three persons and injuring many. The train was backing from a switch to the main line when the rear car was derailed. It rolled down an embankment, drawing five other coaches with it. Six hundred persons, chiefly women, were In the .aches, and the scene was sickening in Its horror. The injured were taken to the hospital at Pachuca. Twelve thousand pilgrims from all parts of the republic have thus far visited this city to worship at the shrine of Guadaloupe. Three Men Seriously Hort. COLUMBUS. O., Dec. 11. A Baltimore & Ohio passenger train collided with a shifting engine in the Columbus yards this evening and three men were seriously injured. Engineer David Laughery, of Newark, and Fireman Frank P. Hann, of Zanesville. were badly scalded and Albert Ellerman, a train dispatcher, who was on the train. was seriously cut and bruised. None of the passengers was hurt. TRADE, INDUSTRY, LABOR. At a referendum taken at Marseilles yesterday the dock laborers, by a large majority, decided in favor of a strike. The Dock Laborers Union numbers about 3,600 men. Secretary of State Cook, of Missouri, has issued to the St. Louis Bridge and Terminal Railway Association a certificate of increase of capital stock from $12,000,000 to $50,000,000. The steamer Empress of India, which has arrived at Victoria, B. C, from the Orient had the largest silk cargo ever brought across the Pacific, 3,100 bales, valued at over $2.ohu,i"hi. A certificate of voluntary dissolution of the Klaw-Erlanger Company, of New York, has been tiled with the New York secretary of state showing that the dissolution was authorized at a stockholders' meeting Dec. 6. John McNeil, grand president of the Southern Boiler Makers' Union, has notified the Southern Pacific that the loaning of engine? by that line to the Union Pacific would precipitate a general strike of boiler makers employed by the former. Members of the Chicago Truck Drivers' Union, which controls over 9,000 teamsters, have filed a demand for a wage Increase arying from 15 to 25 per . . tit. The new schedule is now in the hands of the Truck Team Owners' Association, an organization of employers. The Dominican government informed United States Minister Powell yesterday that it cannot withdraw the decree now In force governing the shipping charges collected at Dominican ports. This decree has .i Strong detrimental effect on American commercial interests. The creation of the new department of mereantil'. marine and commercial ports under the Grand Duke Alexander Mlchailovlth is taken at St. Petersburg to mean that the government intends to employ large subsidies under the development of the Russian mercantile marine. Of the $1.000.000 gold engaged for shipment to South America this week only $500.000 was withdrawn from the subtreasury at New York. The balance presumably was taken from the clearing house by one of the associated banks, which have at this time about $74.000.000 gold on deposit there. The Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific Railroad gave notice yesterday that the semiannual interest due Jan. 1 on the company's 6 per cent, first mortgage bonds and 4 per i sat. general mortgage bonds would be paid on Iec. 22. The payment will amount to shout Sl.5fl0.0u). By this action the company anticipates the interest paytin nt by more than a neck. With one judge delivering a dissenting opinion, the Appellate Court at Chicago yesterday reversed the Injunetional order issued by Judge Chytraus last August enjoining the Chicago Board of Trade and the Weare Commission Companv from conducting an Investigation in reg ird to the differences between the MrN train Company, of Sioux City, Ia and the Wears t'ornmiaslon Company. United States Circuit Judge N ithaSJ Ooff, at Clurksbur. W. Va.. Appoteti a receiver for the tter Creek Coal and Lumber Company, of Tucker county. West Virginia, upon the appllcatl"t! of the Meyer Rubber Company, of New York. Over a half million dollars is Involved and litigation is pending The plaintiff was represented by

Stetson. Jennings A Russell, of New York, and the defendants by Attorney Lewis, of Philadelphia. The committee appointed by the Kentucky Distillers' Association to investigate the feasibility of establishing a mutual insurance sfsoiiatlon met vesterday and decided to write to all the distillers In the I'nited States asking their opinions of the proposed movement. Another meeting will be called in about a week to consider the answers, and if the majority of the distillers are In favor of organizing a company to take their own risks, active steps toward this end will be begun. The Georgia State Senate yesterday passed a bill providing for an ad valorem tax on the franchises of all corporations in the State which exercises the right of eminent domain. The bill has passed the House and is now ready for the Governor's signature, which it will receive. The measure declares all franchises of such corporations to be property, provides that they shall be returned at their value to the controller general and taxed the same as all other property in the State. Georgia is the first Statt in the South to pass a franchise tax measure of this character. Thousands of dollars were lost to the owners of the ship Tildee Starbuck by reason of her unusual speed in making th- trip from Honolulu to New York with a cargo of sugar. She reached New York Nov. 15, having made the tri around the horn from Honolulu In Ml days with 3.166 tons of sugar. Had she taken two days longer the rise in the iri of sugar would have given her owners, under the sugar contracts, 12,600 more for her cargo. The purchase contracts for Hawaiian sugar provided that cargoes shall be billed to New York at the market price on the day of arrival, and the Starbuck's quick trip got her there just before a rise.

RUNNING RACES. Jockey Collar Bone Broken and h. Horse's Knee Cnp Broken. NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 11. -Optional. Pearl Finder and St. Tammany were the winning favorites. While at exercise this morning Oronte bolted and threw Jockey Robbins, breaking his collarbone and wrist. Lady Sterling while at exercise ran out two miles and collided with the fence, gashed her front legs, breaking a kneecap. Winners in order: Suburban. 12 to 1; Optional. 6 to 5; Pearl Finder. 3 to 1; Honolulu, 7 to 1; Latson. 4 to 1; St. Tammany, 11 to 5. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 11. Winners at Ingleside: Arthur Roy, 7 to 1; Deutschland, 6 to 5; Sunello, 4 to 1; Articulate, even; Stuyve, 4 to 1; Bedner. 4 to 1. Jockey Club Roles. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Several amendments to the racing rules were adopted by the Jockey Club at its regular meeting today. One amendment provides for the ruling off of "any person who shall have administered a drug or stimulant internally or by hypodermic method prior to a race, or who shall have used appliances, electrical or mechanical, other than the ordinary whip or spur. It was decided that "whenever husband or wife Is in the forfeit list all disabilities shall apply to both." Another amendment decrees that "by special permission of the stewards of the Jockey Club, or, in case of an emergency, the stewards of the meeting, or the starter, a race may be started without a gate." The rule thus amended also provides that "whenever the horses are started by a flag there shall be no start until, and no recall after, the assistant starter has-dropped his flag in answer to the flag of the starter." Return of Jockeys. NEW YORK. Dec. 11 Four American Jockeys who have been riding in Europe returned home on board the steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm, which reached this port to-day. The best known of the boys is Ben Rigby. who. after a visit to St. Louis, his home, will return to France next season. Charles Thorpe, who rode in France last season, will settle down on his farm near Geneva. Kan. R. Gray, another of the returned tockeys, has his home in San Francisco. His work last season was for Von Egyedl. the Austrian sportsman, and he won forty-three out of 20 mounts, being second in twenty-five events. The last of the quartet is Kddie Jones, who won distinction riding on French tracks for Baron Leonino, a brother-in-law of Baron Rothschild. Scores of the Bieycle Riders. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Two teams succeeded in separating themselves from the others in the six-day bike races to-day, and by clever team work took the lead. The Newklrk-Jacobson and Leander-Floyd Krebs teams are now in the lead. Their score at midnight, however, was nearly 160 miles behind the record of 1,865 miles and two laps for the same time. The scores at midnight were: Miles. Laps. Newklrk-Jacobson 1.706 0 Leander-Floyd Krebs 1,706 0 McFarland-Maya 1.706 y Stinson-Moran 1,705 9 Bedell-Bedell 1.705 9 Butler-Turville 1,705 9 Galvin-Root 1,705 8 Keegan-Peterson 1.705 Barclay-Franz Krebs 1.705 7 BILLY STIFT BESTED. Defeated by George Gardner In a SixHound Contest. CHICAGO. Dec. 11. George Gardner, the Pacific coast middleweight, to-night defeated Billy Stlft, of Chicago, in a six-round contest. Stlft was outclassed and would have succumbed to a knock-out had not the bell saved him in the last round. Stift was knocked down eight times during the round and was barely able to walk to his corner when the fight ended. Gardner did not exert himself during the first three rounds and Stlft appeared to have a chance to win. As soon as the men came up for the fourth round, however. Gardner changed his tactics and began playing for his opponent's stomach. He landed his blows without much difficulty and before the end of the round he had Stift in trouble. The fifth round was a repetition of the fourth. Gardner tried to finish Stift in the last round, but the time was too short, and Stift escaped a knock-out. MrPflddrn Bests Tnths. ST. LOUIS. Dec. ll.-Hugh McPadden, of New York, was given the decision over Mike Tuths, of Brooklyn, at the end of twenty rounds by Referee Sharp at the West End Club to-night. McPadden out- ( lassed Tuths. "Spike" Snllivnn Won. LONDON. Dec. 11 In a fight at the Adelphl Club here to-night for $1.000 and the light-weight championship. "Spike" Sullivan, of Boston, defeated "Bill" Chester, of London, in the fourteenth round. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE GAMES. Marotts and Kahns Win Three and lettls Two. Ruhl, of the Marotts, made the high individual score in the Commercial League games at the Pastime alleys by rolling 215 in the second game. Brandt, of the Kahns, rolled 308. The Marotts took three from the Eagles and the Kahns won three from the Whens. The series between the Pettis i team and Reliables was interesting, as all the scores were close. The Pettis team won two, losing the third by two pins. The scores : KAHNS VS. WHENS. Kahns. Wallaoa Lanagan Hrandt Levy Mueller Totals 1. 2. S. i Whens. ...1 154 155 Marriott ...MS. ISO 111 Bradshaw ...161 164 208 Klrby ... ...166 M4 141 Steele ... ,..10 i;,5 IV, Kafert .. 1. 2. 3. Ill 137 143 :t 1S4 141 111 125 133 All 2 127 .130 m 103 .5 1 TM 707 TUj Totals .SU $49 MAROTTS VS. EAGLES Mai ott. Ruhl .... Fteaumar Brown Marott Oobler . . 1. X. 3. ..12 515 145 .133 ISM IS) Ml 126 169 ,148 UK. 114 .15 159 141 Eagles. Durman Weaver Janes . Hay .. June 1. t. 3. 10 m 122 ..143 104 142 1.2 14 11. .ill iu 101 ..IN IH 117 Totala ...731 761 7SSI Totals 82 594 597 I s. 131 140 14". 130 142 114 1XÖ SS 124 PETTIS VS. RELIABLES Pettis. Potter Mttch.-U McKinley Kepner 1. 2. 3. Reliables. ...185 140 127 j Stenxel ... ...147 11 13 . Smith ,..W5 130 101 Straus .. I 148 115 10 IM 14 .135 PIS 152 Nackman 102 125 149 j Frank Totals ....CM 117 66: Totals .177 tt 7

CLOSE GAME AT MUNCIE

INDIANAPOLIS WO BY HARD PLAYING BY A SCORE OF 7 TO 0. Ilipnon and Yinyniere the Stars Elwood Defeated by Anderson Richmond Plnys Here To-Mftht.

Teams. Played. Won. Lost. Pet. Racine 8 7 1 .875 Indianapolis 13 S 6 .616 Richmond 10 6 4 JM Anderson 11 5 6 Muncie 13 5 8 .3M Elwood 13 3 10 .231

Sj cial to the Indianapolis Journal. MCNCIE. Ind., Dec. 11. Indianapolis defeated Muncie to-night by a score of 7 to 5. after the hardest fight that Hipson's team has had for two weeks. Muncle's crippled team played a desperate up-hill game and kept Indianapolis playing to the limit till the gong sounded. Kilgara started in at center for Muncie and played two periods. He was then taken out. Ellis j went to center and Fanner, a local amateur, played rush. Higgins and Way were i the stars of the game. Summary of game: Muncie. Positions. Indianapolis. Ellis. Fanner Rush Hlpson Higgins Rush Gavitt Kilgara, Ellis Center Coggshall Tobin Half back Way Cusick Goal Berry First Period. Goals. Caged by Muncie. Ellis. Indianapolis. Hipson. Indianapolis. Hipson. Indianapolis. Gavitt. Muncie. Ellis. Second Period. Indianapolis. Hipson. Muncie. Ellis. Indianapolis. Gavitt. Time. 2:50 IM 1:20 3:25 :55 1:45 2:08 1:47 Third Period. Muncie. Higgins. 6:02 Indianapolis. Gavitt. :15 Muncie. Higgins. :25 Indianapolis. Gavitt. 4:03 Fouls Gavitt, 2. Stops Cusick. 24; Berry, 20. Referee Moran. Attendance l.OOu. Anderson Defeats Kl wood. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Dec. 11. Elwood's original polo team played its last game here to-night and lost. Anderson won by a score of 5 to 1. Tarrant, flrst rush for Elwood, who will be released Saturday, made no attempt to win. Elwood's only score was made on a long: drive by Lyon. Murphy and J. Mooney made the scores for Anderson, one goal in the first period, two in the second and two in the third. Umpire Demontrevllle. Richmond Flay n Here To-Mght. Richmond will play Indianapolis In Tomlinson Hall to-night. It will be Richmond's first appearance here, and a good game is expected. GOAL IS SCARCE. Nebraska Institutions Are Short of Fuel Famine at Oseeola. LINCOLN, Neb.. Dec. ll.-There is a serious coal shortage in Nebraska. At a number of state institutions the supply is limited and the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings is embarrassed. Twice this week at the Lincoln Hospital for the Insane there was barely enough to last through the day. In smaller towns conditions are even worse. A dispatch tonight from Osceola says an actual coal famine axists and not a pound can be bought. Some of the business houses there are entirely out and must close to-morrow if a supply is not secured. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. A Mrs. Sonia was called to her door and her body riddled with shot near Oberlin, La. Bhe died almost instantly. An armed crowd Is scouring the country in search of the murderer. At the home of Cornelius Vanderbilt It was said yesterday that Mr. Vanderbilt's condition was favorable and it was hoped the improvement would continue. Mr. Vanderbilt has typhoid fever. The Mississippi river at La Crosse, Wis., is closed, being covered with Ice from shore to shore. The close came a little earlier this year than usual, holding off the past two j'ears to Dec. 14, and in 1899 until Dec. 19. The postofflce at Yukon, 0. T., was robbed early yesterday of $300 in money and stamps by two men who wrecked the safe with dynamite. In a fight with the robbers Marshal Montafort was shot. The men escaped In a stolen buggyGeneral Kritzinger and Commanders Fouche and Joubert, of the Boer army, have arrived at New York from London. Fouche expects to settle In this country permanently, and the others will lecture on their experiences. Frances Wlrth, three years old, one of five children bitten by a mad dog at Saginaw. Mich.. Nov. 13, died of hydrophobia Wednesday night in terrible agony. Business men have raised a subscription of 11.000 to send the other four children to Chicago to take the Pasteur treatment. Mrs. Charles H. Blackman, a wealthy widow residing in the Kenwood Hotel, Chicago, was robbed three days ago of $6.000 worth of diamonds. The Jewels were taken from her room in daylight and while the hotel parlor, a short distance away, was filled with people. There is no clew to the thief. The American Anti-saloon League held its closing session at Washington yesterday. The next convention will be held in that city in December, 1903. The convention adopted a report of the committee of thirteen providing plans for a closer union between the national and state leagues. S. E. Nicholson, formerly of Indiana, was elected corresponding secretary. A sailor named Costello, of the United States ship Wasp, whom the San Juan police shot Monday night In a row between a number of sailors and the police, died yesterday. As a result of the row a sailor named Hibhs, belonging to the Wasp, was held for trtal before the Porto Rlcan District Court for assaulting the police lieutenant. Cabrerta, who was badly bruised by kicks and punches. The navy men are incensed at the action of the police, and say the shooting of Costello was unwarranted, as the sailors were unarmed. They also claim that the sailors did not attack Cabreria until after he shot Costello. Stephen A. Crowe, a Chicago hotel proprietor and brother of Pat Crowe, asserted positively yesterday that the latter Is in Johannesburg. South Africa. He said further that within the next few weeks his brother may surrender himself to the ; authorities according to an agreement with Edward uudany when tne jza.uoo reward for his arrest was withdrawn. "Except for the fact." he said, "that I lost my temper recently when approached by an agent sent by Pat. my brother might now be in the hands of the authorities and ready to face the accusations made against him when the Cudahy child disanneared under surh I sensational circumstances." Obituary. BALTIMORE. Md., Dec. 11. Cornelius D. Kenney. president of the C. D. Kenney Company which conduct sixty retail tea and coffe stores, died at his home here to-day. aged sixty-four. The Kenney cooperative stores are fn Maryland. New York, Pennsylvania. Virginia. Tennessee. South Carolina, Missouri. Ohio, Alabama, Delaware and Georgia. MADISON. Wis.. Dec. 11-Word was received here to-day from Redlands, Cal., of the death of Mrs. O. K. Adams, wife of the former late president of the State University. Mrs. Adams had been In poor health for some time. HELENA. Mont.. Dec. 11. William W. Martin, a well-known Montana pioneer, is aeau nere. ageu avrusny years. tve built Fort Logan under governmental contract in I 1866 and was a large landholder in this vicinity. NEQAl NEE Wis., Dec. ll.-Rev. Robert Wood, the oldest Episcopal minister In the peninsula, died this morning. He came to this country in 1W6. Dismembered and Drowned. SHEBOYGAN, Wis.. Dec. ll.-Oscar Jost. aR-d forty years, met a horrible death at the warehouse of the Port Huron Sa.'t Com

pany to-day. Us went to ths roof to

If a salt boat was entering the harbor, and In some way slipped and became caught In the shafting. Both of his arms and legs were torn from his body and he was thrown into the river. When he was taken out of the water he was dead. Doctors say death was caused by drowning. SAD FATE OF A BOY.

Flve-Yenr-Old Found Dend from Cold with Tears Kroien on His Faer. AUBURN. N Y.. Dec. ll.-Last Sunday afternoon Willie Hinger. aged five years, was sent on an errand by his parents. He did not return and to-day his dead body was found on the piazxa of a laundryman'. house, outside the city limits. It is supposed he arrived at the house early Sunday evening and was overcome by the cold before he could arouse the household. The door leading to the piazza where the body was found is little used and the discovery was only made to-day. Tears had frozen upon the little sufferer's face. SIGNED ON SCRAP PAPER. Koosevelt's tontrart with Publishers of nn Edition De Lnxe. Philadelphia North American. The writings of Theodore Roosevelt are about to be reissued by Gebbie & Co.. the Philadelphia art publishers, at the highest price ever asked for any publications of the kind in this country. The writings comprising everything ever issued by Mr. Roosevelt In book form, are being published in four editions, of twenty-two volumes each, ranging in price from $3,300 the set to $386. Only 1,226 sets in all will be distributed through subscription, and already, before any of the volumes are ready for distribution, nearly all are sold. Only twenty-six sets of the author's edition are to be prlrted. They are sold at $3.300, which is $150 a volume. Each volume contains the President's signature. They are quarto in size, printed on featherweight hand-made paper, each page bearing in water mark the President s signature. There are eighty-eight etchings and photogravures, printed in duplicate, and many of the prints signed by the artist. Next in order of expense and sumptuousneas comes the collector's edition of fifty sets, at $2,200 the set, similar to the former, save that the signatures are facsimiles and the binding green levant instead of red. Then comes the edition de luxe in two series, one of 160 sets, at $1.100 the set. and the other of 350 sets, at $600, the former bound in full crushed levant, In blue, and the latter in three-quarter levant. The cheapest edition, which might be called the popular edition, will cost 3b5, or $17.50 the volume, and is bound in half morocco, with gold-veined sides. Few persons realise the amount of literary work done by Mr. Roosevelt. In all he has published thirteen books, most of them of more than one volume. The titles of the books Incorporated into the sets forming "The Complete Writings of Theodore Roosevelt" are the following: "The Naval War of 1812," two volumes; "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman," two volumes: "The Wilderness Hunter," two volumes; "Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail." "The WlnntsC of the West." six volumes; "Hero Tales from American History," "The Rough Riders," "American Ideals." two volumes; "Thomas H. Benton." "Gouverneur Morris," "New York," "The Strenuous Life' "Oliver Cromwell." The inspiration which caused A. R. Keller, president of Gebbie & Co.. to induce Mr. Roosevelt to sign the contract for the reproduction of his writings, was akin to prescience. Toward the close of the Spanish-American war Mr. Keller became convinced that the hero of San Juan hill would be the big figure in American politics. He started for Cuba, but missed Colonel Roosevelt, who was then on his way to Montauk Point. Hastening back to Washington. Mr. Keller procured a pass through the lines from Secretary Alger and. amed with this, set out for Montauk. He tried to get to Col. Roosevelt at 6 in the morning and was placed under arrest. Explanation followed and he was conducted by the colonel in person to his quarters. There Mr. Keller unfolded his mission, and was incontinently "turned down." Col. Roosevelt said that other publishers, who were his personal friends, owned the plates on which his books were published and that he owed fealty to them. But the publisher held on and plied up the arguments, explaining that he did not mean to take the published books out of circulation, but to reissue them in magnificent form for circulation by subscription. Finally the colonel said: "Hold on, I must think." He Jumped on his horse, tethered near his tent, and rode away at top speed. For more than half an hour he galloped around, finally coming back to his tent. Before Mr. Keller could say a word he was off again, and for half an hour longer galloped over the hills, returning with his animal snorting and pawing. He threw himself from the saddle with the words: "All right, I'll do it." There was not a scrap of writing material or a pen in the tent. Colonel Roosevelt produced a linen cuff and the publisher a fountain pen; but the ink spread. Then it occurred to them that there might be a blank sheet in some of the letters lying unopened on his camp bed. A small piece was found, and upon this, in duplicate, ths contract was drawn up. Each piece Is about the size of a visiting card. Neither the publisher nor Colonel Roosevelt saw the immense value of that contract at the moment it was drawn. The negotiations with publishers to gein permission to republish Mr. Roosevelt's works covered more than two years. The royalties demanded and granted are Immense. Nevertheless, Mr. Roosevelt will secure a very large portion out of the $842.050 which will be paid for the works. The entire enterprise will be completed Inside of the next nine months. FISHES WITH AX UMBRELLA. Secret of Mr. Chavant's Astonishing Lack with Tomcod Discovered. New York Sun. An enterprising man in New Jersey has invented a new device for catching tomcods, and according to all who have seen It in operation it is a wonder.. Every one who has angled for this particular fish knows that it will bite anything but a bare hook. It Is a matter of record that one fisherman when his bait gave out put the white of a hard-boiled egg taken from his lunch basket on the hook and caught little tomcods as fast as the line went overboard. Any one can catch a lot of the fish. Skill Is shown not so much in bringing home a basketful as In catching home a boatload. C. H. Chavant, treasurer of the Gre-n-vllle Camera Club, astonished his friends by the immensity of his catches. He has been bringing home more fish in a day than any other three anglers could capture, and for a time he was the wonder i ana envy or the fishing fraternity. But j the secret is out now. A rival threw his line in Newark bay not far from where Mr. Chavant was fishing I recently and noticed that the camera man was working with the queerest looking arrangement he had ever seen. Investigation showed that Chavant had stripped the cov ering rrom an umbrella and attached a short line with three hooks to the end of each rib. The apparatus was attached to the main fish line and thrown overboard When he felt a nibble Mr. Chavant gave a twitch with his rod and waited for another. He didn't have long to wait, as the tomcods were biting furiously, and after a few moment! of twitching he pulled up his machine and unhooked fourteen fish. Now that the secret is out nearly every one In the neighborhood is using the new spreader and Mr. Chavant has lost a little of his prestige. Disasters on Newfoundland Coast. ST. JOHNS. N. F., Dec. ll.-Furlous snowstorms continue to sweep the Newfoundland coast. Four more schooners have been lost, one with her entire crew of ten persons. Other vessels have been driven to sea and are believed to be in great danger. Trains and steamers are delayed and there have been a number of fataJlties throughout the colony. Perjurer Sentenced. ELDORADO. Kan.. Dec. 11. J. f Brownfield, convicted of perjury in testifying in behalf of Miss Jessie Morrison for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle, was to-day refused a new trlsl and ssntencsd to seven years in the penitentiary. Brownfleld proved the star witness for Miss Morrison, who was found guilty and given a ten years' sentence. Three Men Killed. WILKE8BARRE. Pa.. Dec. ll.-Three men lot their lives and one was seriouslv injured In No. 2 slope of the Kingston Cora-

Mrs. Laura L. Barnes, Washington, D. C, Ladies Auxiliary to Burnside Post, No. 4, G. A. R., recommends Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 44 In diseases that come to women only, as a rule, the doctor is called in. sometimes several doctors, but still matters go from bad to worse ; but I bare never known of a case of female weakness which was not helped when Lydia E. Pinkhaius Vegetable Compound wa used faithfully. For young women who are subject to headaches, backache, irregular or painful periods, and nervous attacks due to the severe strain on the system by some organic trouble, and for women of advanced years in the most Irying time of life, it serves to correct every trouble and restore a healthy action of all organs of the body. L.ydia K.Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound is a household reliance in my home, and I would not be without it. In all my experience with this medicine, which covers years, I nave found nothing to equal it and always recommend it." Mrs. I.ai ba L. Karnes. 607 Second St., N. E., Washington. D. C. 96000 forftH If orlptm mf &w letter proving gwumineu easffof 99 protost Such testimony should be sveoepte! by all women as convincing evidence that Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound stands without a peer as a remedy for all the distr easing ills of women pany at Edwardsville to-night. The men, who had just rinlshed their shift, wait walking up the slope behind a trip of loaded cars. In shift inn the car a coupling broke and the cars dashed down the BtSSS incline, plowing into the men and hurling them against the roof and side of the slope. The dead are Benjsmln Davis, miner; John Wash wis and Peter Pedo. WORLD-8HAKIG KARTHQl AKE9.

Prof. Milne on "Slesniolon;lcal Observations and Earth Physics." London Standard. In the theater of the University, Burlington (Hardens. Prof. John Mlln- read a pap-r before the members of the Royal Geographical Society on "World-Phasing Earthquakes." or rather his paper was more accurately styled "Selsmological Observations and Earth Physics." He said the chief object of his paper was to ioint out the character of the information derived from earthquake investigation!, which threw light upon the physical nature of the interior of the world, and the geomorphologIcal changes In operation on or near th surface. The earthquakes considered were divided into two groups first, those which disturbed continental areas, and frequently disturbed the world as a whole; and, second, local earthquakes, which usually only disturb an area of a few miles rsullus and seldom extended over an area with a radlui of 100 or 200 miles. The former class were the result of sudden accelerations in the process of rock folding accompanied by faulting and molar displacements of considerable magnitude: while the latter wert, for the most part, settlements and adjustments along the lines of their primary fractures. The relationship between the two groups of earthquakes was, therefore, that of parents and children. The former would be referred to as macroselsmlo disturbances, or large earthquakes, and the latter microseismic disturbances, or small earthquakes. With regard to the violent movements of a large earthquake, they gradually changed in character as they radiated, until at a certain distance from their origin, although they could not bo felt, evidence of their existence still remained. After the earthquake of Lisbon, In 1755. the motion of the water in lakes and ponds observed in England. Scandinavia and North America, although the ground itself was not observed to movf,, was attributed to pulsations in the soil, which had radiated from the coast of Portugal. Another form of evidence had. from time to time. bn furnished by astronomers; one M. Nyren, May 10, ls77, observed disturbances in the level on the axis of ths transit of Pulkova. This was attributed to an earth- -quake which had occurred at lqulque. M. Nyren also referred to other oscillations of level observed at Pulkova to distant earthquakes. It was not unlikely that every large earthquake might, with proper appliances, be recorded at any point on the land surface of the globe. When a large earthquake took place it seemed to propsgate a series of waves all through ths world, and in all directions over its surface. The first movements passed through a diameter of the earth In about twenty-two minutes. hich Implied an average velocity of about i. Kilometers per second. These movements were compresstonsl in character. The second phase of motion, and forming the principal of a selsmogram. were the larger waves. Their average period varied between fifteen and thirty seconds, but periods exceeding sixty seconds had been observed He Inclined to the opinion that the movement was of an undulatory rharacter like an ocean swell. Contrary observations supported a surface undulation. He declared that It was easy to measur. the difference In time between the arrival of preliminary tremors and larpe waves 04 motion There is no doubt that there was a relationship between the distribution of the origins of large earthquakes and the pronounced irregularities on the surface of the earth. Where steep slopes existed on p the shores of all quarters of the world the larger earthquakes originated. When a world-shaking earthquake took place, and the origin was suboceanlc. they occasionally got evidence that It had been accompanied by the bodily displacement of very k large masses of material; and a long series 4 of such cases were quoted between 12 and 1899. Illustrations of the relationship between sudden movements in rock-fords and displays of volcanic activity were to be found in USS eruptions in the West Indies, and the large earthquakes which had occurred in that region. The Antlllean ridge was one of unusual instability, and. In consequence of thi? characteristic, it was responsive to adjustments In neighboring fords. There were about 10.000 small earthquakes every year throughout the world, but these did not give rise to serious disturbances, though they affected an area varying from ten miles to several hun

dreds of square miles. He urged, in coneluslon. the utility and importance of making observations all over the world. 100,000 Private Cars. New York Tribune. Most people probably think the number of private cars. In comparison with ths total amount of rolling stock of the rsllroads. is so small as to be negligible. Figures, however, tell a different story. J W. McCall. railroad man of Baltimore, spoke about It yesterday st the Imperial. "Some time ago." he said, "some on figured out how many private cars there were in operation. He found that there were over lnu.OOO cars belonging to otner man ranroaa corporations In America. This Involve an annual expenditure or no.ujo.uuu ror mileage. These private lines are a drain on railway income, but no single line can afford to refuse to haul them. Some months ago the Southern Parin, gsve notice it would not use private fruit cars, but It rescinded the order All big provision, fruit and grain companies have lines of rolling stock that would equip a moderat e-sised railroad." Chleasxo I ni-rerslty ftned. PRAIRIE DC CHIKN. Wis.. Dec. Patrick Hartley, president of the Bank of Bloomington. has begun sutt against the t'ntversity of Chicago for tiS.OM damage for Injuries sustained by his son. Frank L. Bart ley, aged twenty Hartley was at the Wisconsin and Michigan football game on Marshall Field on Nov 1 when the temporary bleachers collapsed and ha suffered g broken lt..

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