Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1903 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL TUESDAY. JANUARY 13. 1903.

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mands. especially for fuel, mad upon them than the ordinary revenues of such society can meet, and "Whereas, Many of these requests arc being made by a class of our citizens who are not under ordinary circumstances compelled to ask relief and assistance, now, therefore. I feel that it is Incumbent at this time to urge upon those of our citizens who are in a position to assist the organized forces to meet this special emergency the immediate necessity for doing something for their leys fortunate citizens ana neighbor. Believing that the work can test be done through the medium of the Charity Organization Society of the city, 1 suggest that generous contributions, either of money or coal, be forwarded to John II. IlolUday, president of such society." WERE OF THE SAME MIND. The conference at the mayor's office was

compose! of men who were of much the same mind. The mayor stated at the outset that lie was Indisposed to ask an appropriation from the Council for the purpose of purchasing a large quantity of coal to be told to the needy at cost, unless circumstances reached such an extreme that this action was necessary. He said he thought the generosity of the people of Indianapolis was too well established, tta charitable system too highly respected, for any such necessity. He said railroads had already promised to make special effort to bring coal to the city. He gave It as his opinion that an appeal from the executive to the people would bring a response that would be ample provision fot the present emergency. The Friendly Inn, through Its president, E. Ij. Williams, had tendered Its yards for the storing of such coal as might be obtained for distribution. Mr. Holllday agreed with the mayor that a proclamation would, for the present, answer all purposes. He said the fuel relief of the Charity Organization Society was only a small part of its work, but there was now a greater demand than for years upon It for fuel. The society had depended upon the township trustee for such relief. The Dime Savings Bank had been Instituted largely as a means of housing the savings of the poor for the winter season and the large withdrawals indicated that the demand for assistance from eminently worthy families would soon come. These were pers ons he said that were ordinarily no charge upon the society and would not now be but for the scarcity and high cost of fuel. He said one railroad company had already offered a car of coal free. Mayor Bookwalter said W. C. Pearce, former secretary of the United Mine Workers, had notified him that he would give Ave tons of coal, and this he would be glad to turn over to the Charity Organizations Society. The mayor suggested that the distribution of the relief store of coal should toe through the Charity Society. Word was received from Township Trustee Mendenhall that there was an emergency for prompt action In providing coal for the relief of the poor but that the impression should not be thrown out that this was to be free coal for any who wanted It. Mr. Holllday said proper distribution would not tend to pauperize people and he only wished there Was some means by which the equivalent for coal could be taken in work as lh 1S03 It was taken when the unemployed were relieved. Mr. Holllday said that the society would not attempt to contribute assistance to frauds, but even unworthy persons, if they were actually In seed, would receive fuel. MORIARITY IN EARNEST. Councilman Moriarity said he understood the purpose of the meeting to be an Intervention between the coal dealers' combination and the poor consumer by selling coal at cost. He thought the coal companies were keeping the coal out. to sell what they had at higher prices. Both the - mayor and Mr. Holllday, and Chairman Wynne, of the finance committee, thought auch a thing Inadvisable until private help had utterly failed of relief. Mr. Moriarity, who was formerly a switchman, said he bad talktd to old coworkmen and they had told hinf the railroads could deliver every car of .coal brought here and that there were five hundred cars of coal on sidings between here and Tcrre Haute. Mayor Bookwalter said the railroads would rot deny a public appeal for special efforts. If the public appeal failed, then the city could make an appropriation. Mr. Berry thought if a thousand tons ere in the city to be sold at cost the deal ers would soon reduce prices. Mr. Moriarity said coal that cost $123 a ton here was being sold at retail for $5.75. He said the people ef his part of town needed coal; they co 6 Id not afford to buy it. The mayor remarked that New York's aldermen had appropriated $200.0jO for coal to be sold to the poor, and the Salvation Army distributed it. Mr. Wynne, who Is superintendent of the Indianapolis Light and Power Company, one of the largest consumers of coal in tho city, said his company now kept two men in Green and Sullivan counties who had to bid against Chicago and Minneapolis buyers for what they could get. When they got any coal they had to pay $3 for what was normally $1.20 a ton. and often bad to ship by way of New Albany to se cure transportation. This bidding up the coal as soon as it came from the mines was what was sending the local prices up. The mayor announced that the result of his appeal and the sustained severe weather and suffering would determine his purpose WAE1IEE WEATHER TO-DAY. Fair and Not So Cold Throughout In diana To-Morrovr Fair. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday: For Indiana and Illinois Fair and not so .cold on Tuesday. Wednesday fair; fresh southwest to west winds. For Ohio Fair and not so cold on Tuea day. Wednesday fair; fresh west winds. Local Observations on 3Ionday. Bar. Tern. R.H. Wind. Weather. Free. Ta. m..2).2 92 S'west. Clear. Trace. Id. m.. 30.43 4 S3 Weit. Clear. 0.0 Maximum temperature, 4; minimum tempera ture. . CornparatlT statement of the mean tempera ture and total precipitation cn Jan. 12: Tern. Normal 2S Mean 2 , Departure 2$ Departure since Jan. 1 77 Prec. .to Trace 0.03 0.83 Plua. W. T. BL.YTIIE. Section Director. Yesterday Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. Abilene. Tex 20 4i Amarillo. Tex 20 4 Atlanta. Ga 22 28 Bismarck. N. D 14 24 Buffalo. N. T IS IS Cairo. Ill 10 22 Calxary. Alberta 30 42 Chattanooga. Tenn 20 2S Chicago 6 3 Cincinnati. O 0 12 Cleveland. O 4 4 Concordia. Kan 2 2S Davenport. 1 2 8 Denver. Col 10 S3 Des Moinet. I a .. 3 14 Dodge City. Kan 10 44 Dubuque. Ia 4 8 Dulut'i. Minn 14 4 El Fho. Tex 24 IK Fort Smith. Ark IS 34 Galveston. Tex 34 48 Grand Haren. Mich 6 12 Grand Junction, Col 12 34 Havre. Mont 32 Helena. Mont 8 24 Huron. F. D 14 , 4 Jacksonville. Fla 46 44 Kansas City. Mo 0 13 Lanier, Wyo 1 24 Little Rock. Ark ........ 18 34 Louisville. Ky 4 18 Marquette. Mich 3 10 Memphla. Tenn IS 23 Modena. L'taa 14 4) Montgomery. Ala 26 24 New Orleans. La 34 44 New York city 22 22 Nashville. Tein 1 23 Norfolk. Va 34 34 North Platte. Neb 43 Oklahoma. O. T 12 2S Omaha. Neh 2 16 Palestine. Tpx 22 41 l'arkersburc. .W. Va ft 12 rnllad!phia M 20 20 Ilttabur?, l'a 4 6 PuetJo. Col 2 43 tju Appelle. Astn 20 20 Karld City. S. D 4 4S fait Lake City 22 34 Kt. Louis 4 14 Ht. Paul. Minn ft Hanta Fe. N. il 1 3 prinsneM. Ill 6 g Fl.rtnnM, Mo 4 jg VtckVcurr. Mlrs 2 SS Washirgton. D. C c 22 7 p. m 40 28 2$ IS 1 20 4 24 24 32 4 12 26 32 34 0 40 16 16 32 14 6 2 32 32 42 12 24 2S 30 32 14 40 12 14 34 20 40 30 14 4 2S 16 36 16 MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. CHERBOURG. Jan. 12. Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from New York, for Bremen, and proceeded. NEW YORK. Jan. 12. Arrived: Ivernla, from Liverpool; Kaiserin Maria Theresa, from Bremen. PLYMOUTH. Jan. 12,-Sailed: Patricia, from Hamburg for New York. SOUTHAMPTON. Jan. 12. Arrived: Kroonland. from New York. NAPLES, Jan. li-Sailed: Masallla, for tfew York.

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AMONG to convene the Council In special session to provide for any desperate emergency. LOCAL COAL SITUATION. Dealers Unable to Supply the Great Demand Other Phases. There was no change for the better in the coal situation In this city yesterday, and the prospects are far from encouraging. Coal dealers say they have only a short supply on hand and depend almost entirely on. the daily shipments of coal. Instead of being able to get a little ahead or keep up with their orders they are rapidly running behind. Factories have been relieved somewhat, but the situation is still very grave. The Udell ladder works, which have been closed for two weeks, resumed work yesterday. The company Is hauling coal from a local yard and paying $5 and $5.23 a ton. It has been accustomed to pay $1X0 a ton or less In car lots. The Sarven wheel works, the wheel department of the Parry Manufacturing company, also resumed operations yesterday with only a short supply of fuel. D. M. Tarry says the coal shortage cannot be blamed on the operators or the railroads, but on John Mitchell and his coal strike. Mr. Parry says the strike resulted in the consumption of the coal surpluses throughout the coun try, and the shortage comes at this time. J. Q. Van Winkle, general superintendent of the Big Four, says the reports that Indianapolis is suffering from a coal famine injure the city, as no coal famine exists, lie said the railroads are shipping coal every day and the factories continue to run. As long as enough coal is received every day he says a famine does not exist. Private consumers are the ones who are suffering most. The coal dealers are unable to All the orders that have been received at the offices of the various coal companies in the city. Most of the companies have coal on hand or receive shipments daily, but the companies have not the facilities for prompt delivery of so many orders, they say. Nearly every coal company in the city was ready to hire wagons and men for the delivery of coal to. private consumers yesterday. Teams and the men employed by the companies have been worked until they are almost exhausted. Men have worked day and night, and on Sundays, but the congestion continues. A strike was threatened In the Island Coal Company's yards and the company reduced the working hours to ten. One of the horses of the Island. Coal Company dropped dead from exhaustion. There was no change In the price of bituminous coal yesterday, but anthracite sold for from $3 to $12. and it was difficult to get hard coal even at the high price. The Island Company has a fair supply of steam coal and there is more coming In, but the company will not sell to the retall trade, as It has customers of Its own to look after. The Ehrlich Company Is selling Indiana lump. Clay county coal, at $3.75. The company has plenty of coal, but lacks the teams to deliver It. Officers of the Home Heating and Lighting Company, which supplies the northeast section of the city with hot water heat, are apprehensive over the coal situation. J. F. wild and Samuel E. Rauh, directors of tho company, are devoting their time to the fuel question. The company has enough coal on hand for a day or two, and a failure to secure its dally demand would cause much suffering. It burns three carloads of coal a day. A prominent State official said last night that a railroad official claimed the coal shortage in Indianapolis was the result of local dealers holding coal and not delivering It promptly Instead of the railroad companies being In any way responsible. The, railroad official said some of the Indianapolis dealers are paying demurrage charges to the railroad companies for cars loaded with coal they are holding In their yards or the railroad companies yards. Local officials of the Vandalia road believe tho blockade in, the Terre Haute yards made it necessary for Superintendent Downing to Issue the order to refuse all freight except live stock and perishable goods at Terre Haute. The inability of the Terre Haute & Logansport division to handle its traffic, owing to snow blockades, made It necessary to shut off all foreign freight until the division assumes a normal condition. It is believed the order will be In effect only a few days. Officials of the Vandalia say they cannot move foreign coal, as mines along their own lines must have attention first and the road Is short on motive power. Local contractors have suspended outside work on buildings owing to the extreme cold. Work on the Washington street bridge has also been stopped by the cold. APPEALS TO CHARITY. Secretary Grout Receives Many Contributions of Coal and Money. Secretary Grout, of the Charity Organization Society, was much pleased yesterday evening at the close of work over the many contributions that had been received during the day. He said that yesterday was the largest day In the number of appeals received. Among the contributions received were four cars of coal, besides many small donations of money and food. One carload of coal was received from the Rev. Worth M. Tippy, who had been favored by W. E. Eppert, a coal operator of Terre Haute, who sent the coal to Mr. Tippy with Instructions to deliver to the poor of Indianapolis. When Mr. Tippy received word from Mr. Erpert he at once made arrangements with Mr. Grout for the distribution of the coal. The donors of the other carloads cf coal could not be learned. George Wales, of the Wales Coal Company, gave five tons to the organization. It wa3 kept at the coalyards, and when Mr. Grout sent an order to Mr. Wales his teamsters would haul It to the place where It was to be delivered. Mr. Grout said he was much pleased at the liberality of the merchants In aiding the work at this critical time. He said much complaint Is being made on account of the lack of coal, but where coal dealers can spars any of their supply they give him what they can. This morning thirty cords of wood will be distributed among the poor people who are suffering from lack of fuel. At the coal yards where the Charity Organization has been obtaining Its supply of coal nothing but wood remains, and .hls will be sent to those who send In appeals. Coal will be used mainly for those who are dangerously 111. Mr. Grout said yesterday that one of the worst cases of destitution he has had to deal with for some time came to his notice yesterday. It was a case where a couple were living in a small tenement house. The smallest child of the family died Sunday, and yesterday morning, when the attention of the Charity Organization was called to the people. It was found that they were unable to have even one fire In the house. Mr. Grout said Ms agents In a short time had. plenty of coal at hand and also sent a stock of provisions. The parents, who had been staying up with the body of their child, were nearly frozen. Yesterday morning Mr. Grout began a new system In tha handling of relief appeals. He sent his agents to all parts of the city to Investigate the calls he had

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ShidEUR rwS' AFRMÖ received Sunday night. These agents, after attending to the cases assigned, called up the office each hour, and were kept in constant touch with all cases of destitution in their vicinity. While the agents were at work yesterday morning a call was sent In for a supply of coal for an old couple. The coal was sent to the people, and when the agent went to the house to have a receipt signed he learned from neighbors that the couple owned their property and had money In the bank. Mr. Grout said that such cases of Imposition are not frequent this year, as the work of the organization is so systematized that Impostors are soon detected. ' A number of agents now In the employ of the Charity Organization are men and women that have come for aid. These people have been given employment, Mr. Grout said, because they were able to work and wanted something to do to pay for aid received from the organization. FROM OPERATOR'S STANDPOINT. A. 9f. Ocle Says the Fault Lies -with the Eastern Mine Owners. To a reporter of the Journal Mr. A. M. Ogle, the manager of the Island Coal Company, which owns mines near Linton, said that the State mine operators and the railroads were being unjustly accused by the public He said: "The so-called coal famine Is due to the failure of the anthracite region and the West Virginia coal mines to put on the market the 35,000,000 tons which were not mined because of the strike. That vast quantity of coal is furnished to States all the way from Maine to Minnesota. It has been delivered while the lakes were open. The entire consumption of the country is over 200,000,000 tons. With such a shortage to begin with a general shortage Is inevitable. "I am free to say that there is no combination of any kind. The operators are mining all the coal within their power. Why should they not. when they can find a quick market for It? At the present time 75 per cent, of the coal that can be produced is contracted to manufacturers and others. If we fall to fuinil our contracts we are liable in heavy damages. It costs 75 per cent, more to produce coal now than It did in 1S96. Miners work nominally eight hours a day, but in reality but seven. "I am also confident that the railroads are doing all that they can. An engine can haul only half as many cars In a train as it could in the warmer months. I am certain that the railroads in Indiana are Just now giving coal the preference over other merchandise. 'lt should not be forgotten that the demand for coal in all the country tributary to the Indiana and Illinois fields has increased from 5 to 10 per cent, annually since 180. This year, because of the loss of natural gas. the demand has increased more than 10 per cent, over last year In the gas belt. Soft coal cannot be stored like anthracite, so that it Is Impossible during the summer to accumulate large quantities in cities. "As to prices: We pay miners SO cents a ton for mining and putting it into their sma'l cars. Ave pay the cost of hauling to the hoisting machinery, hoisting and load ing on the cars, which Is as much more. We pay 50 cents a ton for transportatiop. It costs a dollar a ton to take It from the cars and deliver it, at the lowest, and sometimes much more, particularly at this season of the year. With all the waste, the profit at the present cost is not large." Mr. Ogle said that during the holidays nearly a week's time was lost by the miners. Doubtless, most of them would have been prepared to work, but custom prevails. "Our miners," said he, "earn from $7a to $100 a month." WARMER WEATHER SOOX. There Will Be Ko More Zero Tempera ture for the Present. Rising temperature Is promised" by the Weather. Bureau and Indianapolis may be favorably affected to-day. The local observer stated last evening that he did not expect the mercury to fall as low as zero during the night. While the indications are for rising temperature it is not expected it will get warm enough very soon to thaw. The coldest temperature yester day was 6 degrees below zero at 6, 7 and S o clock In the morning. It began to moder ate slightly and at 11 o'clock the mercury went above the zero mark one degree. From 3 o'clock until 7 the mercury was stationary at 4 above and it dropped to 2 above at 9 o clock last evening. The weather is clear In the West as shown by the reports received at the local weather office. The zero line last evening was in southern Minnesota. .The temperature at 9 o'clock at Chicago was 2 above and 8 above at Des Moines. It was forty above at Rapid City. South Dakota. In the far West it was much warmer and the improved conditions are expected to be felt In Indianapolis soon. Cases of Ileal Destitution. Superintendent Taffe last night at roll call Instructed all the night patrolmen to look for suffering people. According to re ports received from Secretary Grout there are a number of people who are backward Ui allowing the Dubllc to become acquainted with their real condition. Mr. Taffe, In giving his Instructions to the patrolmeh, told them to Investigate each case of des titution and report it immediately to the police station, that relief may speedily be given. Among the cases reported yesterday were: Mrs. Ada Jackson, a widow, and four children, living at 640 Charlotte street: Mrs. Nora Hayden. a widow with three children, living at 619 Bright street: Mrs. Laura Genus, in the rear of 640 Charlotte street, and Mrs. Edna Robertson, with three children, living at 1024 Hadley street. Plttaburff Coal Dearer. Dispatches from numerous places tell of zero weather and suffering from lack of fuel. Ice In the Ohio river will prevent further shipments of coal, and the price of Pittsburg has been advanced 2 cents a bushel In consequence. Much suffering Is reported among the poor of Cincinnati, and at a meeting of the Board of Legislation last night an ordinance was passed ap propriating $3,000 from the contingent fund for the purchase of coal for the worthy poor. At Plqua. O., the natural gas failed and the inability to secure coal causes much suffering. At Gallipolis, O., a coal famine is threatened. Factories are running short time and private families are out of coal and burning wood. Several small mines. employing from three to twenty men each. are In operation In that county, but the output Is contracted for montns ahead. Cuae of Severe Want. One of the most severe cases of want found yesterday was that of Mrs. May Hood, sixty years old, a clairvoyant, who was living In a shed In the rear of 624 East Market street. The case was first reported to the police and Bicycle Policemen Losh and Askins went to the place. They found Mrs. Hood suffering terribly on account

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of lack of food and exposure to the cold. She was sent to the City Hospital. QUAKERS DEFEATED. Muncie Outplayed Richmond In a. Fast and Clean Game. Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. Pet. Elwood 35 20 14 .588 Indianapolis ..31 IS 13 .551 Richmond 31 16 15 .516 Racine 30 14 16 . 467 Anderson 31 14 17 .452 Muncie 33 14 13 .424 Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 12. Muncie outplayed the Quakers at all points to-night and won with ease by a score of 17 to 2. The superior team work of Muncie was evi dent throughout the game. Mansfield hung to Higglns at all times, but Jason took the ball and dodged Moran and Jessup for three of Muncle's goals. Hlgigns was the star. The game was clean and fast. Anderson Shut Out. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 12. Elwood shut out Anderson to-night by a score of 7 to 0. It was a sore defeat for the metropolis of the gas belt. The visitors clearly out classed Anderson at all stages. Four goals were secured In six minutes or piay in tne second period and three In the last. Elwood had a big crowd present. Richmond Here To-XIht. The Richmond team, the "fighting five," will play the Indianapolis team at the Cyclorama to-night. Indianapolis Is down to second place to-night, but expects to defeat the Quakers. BOUTS AT TERRE HAUTE. Kid Blackburn Given Decision Over Eddie Gardner. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 12. The de cision in the fifteen-round bout between Eddie Gardner, of Minneapolls, and Kid Blackburn, colored, of Indianapolis, was given to the latter by the referee. Throughout the fifteen rounds Blackburn Jabbed the shorter man, but his blows lacked steam. "Rube" VIckers, the Cin cinnati pitcher who was to have gone on in a preliminary .with "Babe" Robinson, could not make the weight. Gus Bezenah, of Cincinnati, cot the decision In an eightround go with Charley Owens, colored, of Indianapolis. Winners of Running Races. At New Orleans Shot Gun, 6 to 1: Lord Neville. 6 to 1: Wltful, 9 to 10: Jack Demund. 18 to 5; Star and Garter, 20 to 1; Pyrrho, 8 to 5. At Oakland, Cal. Modicum, 7 to z; Annie Marie. 4 to 1: Laura. S to 1; Grafter, 8 to 1; Barklylte. 6 to 1; Lode Star. 6 to L TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The inaugural ceremony of Governorelect W. J. Bailey, of Kansas, and other new State officers took place at Topeka yesterday. Dr. William F. Warren has resigned from the presidency of Boston University. He will retain his professorship in the theolog ical school. William J. Bryan and his brother Charles are reported to be trying to buy the Dally Post at Lincoln, Neb., and make the Commoner a dally. Ambassador Clayton Is confined to his bed at Mexico City with an attack of bron chitis. It Is not expected that he will be out for several days. Gilbert Decker, forty-five years old. son of Rev. S. D. Decker, pastor of the Quakertown, N. J., Methodist Episcopal Church, was frozen to death Monday night a short distance from his home. Judge Hazen. of Topeka, has decided that the Bible can be read In the public schools of Kansas and also that Sunday theaters could be held in Topeka without molesta tion. Both cases were vigorously contested. Hlllvard Probst and Ira Green were crushed to death while digging coal near Bitumen, Pa. The two men went Into a small private mine to dig coal for the use of their families, when a roof caved in, killing them. Litigation at Lexington, Ky., among the Ford heirs of Virginia, in which the Castleton stock farm was involved, came to an end in an agreement yesterday, and the court ordered that a deed to the property be given to J. R. Keene, of New York, on payment of JS5.000, the purchase price. Keene has had the place under lease for several years. The trial of Louis A. DIsbrow, Indicted for the murder of Clarence A. Foster, whose body and that of "Dimple" Lawrence were found in Tlana bay, at Good Ground. In June last, was begun at Rlverhead, Long Island, yesterday. Tne courtroom was crowded hours before the time set for the opening. The prosecution has summoned seventy witnesses and the defense will also have a large number. The day was devoted to the drawing of a Jury. Governor Yates, of Illinois, has issued a requisition on the Governor of Tennessee for the return or Edward Estelle, alias Edward Woods, and Thomas Clarke, who are under arrest in Memphla. They are charged with being members or a party of six masked men who on the night of Aue. 5, at Marcus, 111., five miles north of Sa vannah. Carroll county, held up the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy passenger train, blew up the express cars and ran the engine to Hanover, where it became dead, wnen they abandoned It. Six sacks of money, valued at-J2.uo. were secured from the express car. One of the robbers was killed by a fellow-robber. News was received at New York yesterday at the office of the Holland-American line of the rescue by the steamship Rotterdam, Capt. G. J. Stenger, of the crew of the schooner Pioneer In mldocean on Dec. 17. The Pioneer, Captain Wlkenned. left Exploit Harbor, N. F., for St. Johns, N. F., on Dec. 4, and was disabled in a snowstorm and driven out of her course. On the night of Dec. 17 her signals of distress were sighted by the Rotterdam, which bore down, and at a great risk lowered a boat, in which captain and crew of the schooner were brought aboard the steamer. They reported that for nearly two weeks they had been drifting about, buffeted by heavy seas, barely able to sustain on scanty rations of fish and flour and ex pecting every moment that the schooner, which was leaking badly, would, founder. The powder and dynamite house of Harth Bros, at Caseyvllle. Ky.. blew up Monday. creating a shock like an earthquake and shaking the country for miles around. Two toys, Joseph Newklrk and Walter Knight. were caught In the explosion. Knight was killed and Newklrk Is so badly injured he is not expected to survive. Eczema, No Cure, No Pay. Druggists refund money if PAZO OINT MENT falls to cure Ringworm. Tetter, Old Ulcers and Sores, Pimples and Blackheads on the face, and all skin diseases. 60 cents.

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GRAND JURORS AD A COXGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE AT WORK. Illinois and Indiann Mine Operators Asked by Chicago Investigators to Tell What They Know. HUGH SHIRKLE SUMMONED DL'T DISREGARDED THE MANDATE AND WENT TO TERRE HALTE. Coal That Cost $0.75 a Ton in Washington Sold for $20 Price of Anthracite at Tidewater 35. CHICAGO, Jan. 12. A special grand Jury which has been called to investigate the conditions responsible for the coal famine continued to-day to hear evidence which the attorney general and State's attorney have secured against the coal operators and big dealers. Twenty-five coal men, some of the heads of wholesale firms, and others chiefs in the councils of corporate operating mines, presented themselves at the Criminal Court building in answer to summonses to tell what they may know of the "ling" which the Illinois Manufacturers' Association charges Is responsible for fuel conditions. "We have not got our hands on just what we want yet," said State's Attorney Deneen, "but we will. It Is coming out slowly." Tho investigation to-day was directed at the workings of the Northen Illinois Soft Coal Dealers' Association, the Illinois Coal Operators' Association and the Indiana Coal Operators Association. One of the first acts of the grand jury was to a3k that subpoenas be issued for the appearance of Don R. Patterson and W. H. Rhodes, of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad. Subpoenas are out for other railway officials. S. M. Dalzell, of the Spring Valley Coal Company, was the first witness called, and he remained before the Inquisitors for nearly an hour. He was followed by E. T. Brent, secretary-treasurer of the Illinois Coal Operators' Association, Charles W. Gllmorp, of the Crescent Coal and Mining Company, and George II. Holt, of the Building Managers' Association. Evidence is said to have been secured tending to prove that the operations of the alleged conspiring: dealers are planned in secret quarters of a down-town building, where daily conferences were held until the present Investigation began. The man ager of the building is said to be a prospective witness, who, it is believed, will give the Jurors information of great value in the investigation. A subpoena duces tecum was issued late this afternoon by the special grand Jury for W. F. Bogle, president, C. W. Gilmore, vico president, and Norman B.- Birkland, secretary-treasurer of the Crescent Coal and Mining Company, demanding that they produce the contracts and agreement entered into by the company with the following mining companies: The Brulllett Creek Coal Company, by Iiuh Shlrkle. president, the Wabash Valley Coal and Mining Company, the Coal Bluff Mining Company, the Glenn Oak Coal and Mining Company and tho Oak Hill Coal and Mining Company. Hugh Shlrkle. of Terre Haute, Ind., president of the Brulllett Coal and Coke Company, was served with a forthwith subpoena this afternoon, while on a train returning to nis nome. but refused to rec ognize the authority of the Cook county officials and declined to return to Chicago and appear before the grand jury as a wit ness, it is said Mr. Shlrkle was out of the Jurisdiction of the court before the subpoena had been issued. The Jurors were of opinion that Mr. Shlrkle had some knowledge of the alleged coal combine, and wished to listen to his story. Mr. Shlrkle at Home. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Jan. 12.-IIugh Shlrkle stated to-night that he was on a train in a dining car bound for home when papers were served on him and that he did not propose to return after starting away. He said if he had been seen before boarding tho train he would have appeared before the Jury. Mr. Shlrkle claims hi enmnanv had not sold a carload of free coal this winter, tne entire output being contracted M a 1 J 1 1 ior uy me ruwroaus. J. Smith Taller, of the Coal Rlnfr Minim? Company, said the books of his concern were open lor any committee mat might be appointed to inspect them, but he declined to say whether or not h wnnM rslst an effort to make him appear before a jury. Air. aaney says mere is no combine in tmcago. Miners IV o n't Work Extra Time. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 12. Adam Menche, of Chicago, president of the State Federation of Labor, who is In Springfield to-night, was shown a dispatch asserting that the grand Jury which is investigating the alleged coal combination In Chicago will ask the miners In Illinois to work ten hours a day in order to relieve the situation which exists owing to the scarcity of coal. Mr. Menche said that the miners would never consent. He declared that the operators and railroads were to blame for the existing coal famine. Mr. Menche declared that there were to-day thirty-six miles of loaded coal cars In Chicago, and that they have been there for some time. AVITIRACITE STRIKE INQUIRY. Delaware & Lackawanna Company Selling Coal at Tidewater for f 3. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12. The proceedings before the anthracite coal strike commission to-day consisted principally of the calling of witnesses by the Delaware & Hudson Company to tell of the conditions existing in and about its collieries and to refute certain testimony presented against the company when the miners side was heard. In the absence of Chairman Gray, who i3 111, Brigadier General Wilson again assumed the duties of chairman. The Delaware & Hudson Company expects to con elude Its case to-morrow, when the Erie Company, which controls the Hillside Coal and Iron Company and the Pennsylvania Coal Company, will present Its testimony. The first witness to-day was Abel I. Culver, of New York, controller of the Delaware & Hudson Company. His short, direct examination brought out nothing new beyond what he had stated on Saturday. On cross-examination Mr. Culver said that the Delaware & Hudson Company was selling coal to middlemen at tidewater at $3 a ton for prepared sizes. He did not know what price the middlemen were receiving from the public beyond what he read in the dally newspapers. His examination closed with the suggestion that the general sales agent of the company, Thomas F. Torrey, should inform the commission of what he knew on this feature of the coal trade and Mr. Torrey was asked to come to Philadelphia as soon as convenient. C. C. Rose, of Scranton, superintendent of the coal department of the Delaware & Hudson Company, who testified on Saturday, was recalled. He said several of the company's collieries were flooded as a result of the strike of the steam men on June 2. On cross-examination he said he would rather let the mines fill with water than to submit to unreasonable demands made by a union. He thought the strikers were dictating to the company, and rather than surrender a principle he would let the property become damaged. George Anderson, of Scranton. a clerk in the coal department of the company, presented -numerous statistics bearing upon the Issues before the commission. One of the statements showed that 2.3SS of the company's 13,258 employes have been working In or about the mines from ten to sixty years. He produced data showing the workings of the company's relief fund, with which more than 5,000 of the company's employes are connected. The workers pay to the fund one day's pay each year, the company contributing an equal amount. Men who are injured receive $ a week for three months and in case of

death their heirs receive for funeral expenses. The widows receive tZ a week for one yar and 31 a week for one year for each child under twelve years old. The company fixed $2.18 as the amount a contract miner should contribute as a day's

ray. . . . . Mr. Anderson also presenter a statement showing that the twenty-eight collieries of the company lost C6S ten-hour days in 1901 for which the employes were responsible. Of these 113 were lost on account of picnics and other holidays (not Including legal hnlidavs) !7i Hav rn flrrount of "Mitchell day" and other days, and 194 days on ac count or strikes ana suspensions. - SOLD COAL. AT fZO. Dealer Who Purchased Anthracite for $4.75 at the Mines. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. V. Baldwin Johnson to-day was the principal witness before the committee of the Senate on the District of Columbia, which is Investigating the cost of. coal in Washington. He admitted having sold coal at $20 a ton, but said he did not sell more than fifty tons at that rate, which was before the strike was declared off. Mr. Johnson testified that he bought coal from Charles D. Norton & Co., Philadelphia, Oct. 28. at $4-75 a ton at the mines; Nov. 4, at 51.75, from Howell Bros. & Co., Baltimore; Oct. 17, Pittsburg, lump coal, $5; Nov. 11, from Howell Bros. & Co., $7 at the mine; Nov. 25. $8.23. To each of these prices $2 should, be added, he said, to show the cost in this city before he touched the coal. He would not give the names of' others of whom he bought the coal. Senator Stewart asked him: "How much coal have you received from the Reading and what have you done with it?" Mr. Johnson declined to answer that question. He would not say that he would refuse to answer It to-morrow, however. "We will give you until to-morrow to think It over," said Senator Stewart. The committee is attempting to trace the sales of coal which should be sold here under the agreement with the railroad companies at $7.23 per ton. A. Lounsbury, agent of the Reading Company, testified that his company was sending to Washington an average of sixty-two cars a day, of which about twelve went to the government departments. He agreed to furnish the names of the dealers. If his principal were willing, to whom the other coal was sold. . A wholesale dealer testified that he had sold 6,500 tons of Reading coal since the resumption of mining, to small local dealers at $6.15 a ton. but that he had no agreement as to what they were to charge. All the dealers to-day testified that prices were from $12 a ton up for anthracite and all agreed that much more Independent coal was coming here than in previous seasons. FIXE OF $200 TO BE IMPOSED. I Chicago City Council Propose to Punish Rapacious Dealers. CHICAGO, Jan. 12. The City Council tonight took a hand in the solution of the coal problem. An ordinance was passed making combinations for the purpose of increasing the cost of fuel supplies a misdemeanor punishable with a fine of $200 for each offense. As an emergency matter the measure was rushed through under suspension of the rules. After ten days it goes into effect and then any dealer or firm that enters Into a combination with intent to Increase the price of any fuel will be amenable to the courts for violation of a citv ordinance. Much suffering among the poor has been reported and a number of deaths are said to have been due directly to the cold. Steps have already been taken by the mayor to provide a fund for the relief of the destitute. Among the victims of the cold arc: Frank Lemis, forty years old, badly frozen, died in a chair in a saloon; R. Rose, walked streets all night and died soon after en tering warm room of a lodging house; C t Pool, Manila, Ia., cook on dining car, frozen stiff in his room; Patrick McUovern, over come bv cold and fell from his wogon, frac turing his skull; William Madlgan. found dead in lodging house from exposure; w. m. Wahl, swallowed laudanum because unable to secure food and fuel for his family. Detroit Cannot Get Coal at Once. DETROIT, Jan. 12. Detroit's advertise ment for bids to supply the municipal coalyard has resulted In an offer of only 3,000 tons of soft coal. The Municipal Coal Commission met to-day to open the bids, and found only one. It was from a Columbus, O., firm, and offered to supply 2.000 tons of Jackson hill coal at $3 per ton and 1,000 tons of Hocking valley at $4.80 per ton, to be delivered in Detroit by March 1, shipments to be evenly divided between now and that time. It was decided to go into the open market and buy coal at once. Through the unexpected action to-day of the water "board the municipal coal committee expects to begin selling coal from the city's coalyard Wednesday' next. The water board has loaned the committee a thousand tons of West Virginia soft coal. It will probably be sold at $3 per ton, delivered. Little Anthracite at $13 n. Ton. OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 12. For the first time during the winter the fuel situation has become serious in this city. Coal dealers generally, while not so well stocked as In former years, were fairly well supplied with anthracite coal up to a week ago. The ruling price has been $15 a ton, but even at these figures the supply has become nearly exhausted. Several business concerns were forced to close to-day for want of coal. The firm furnishing the city schools with fuel has Informed the Board of Education that unless railroads deliver stock at once it will be forced to stop delivery to the schools. The present cold spell has added materially to the seriousness of the fuel question. Soft Coal at $2.50. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 12. A committee representing fifteen coal dealers called upon the superintendent of the city infirmary to-day and announced that they would furnish soft coal to all needy people at cost, or $2.50 a ton. The railroads have agreed to switch the coal without charge. The offer WP.S at once accepted. To-morrow coal will be supplied to hundreds of poor families under the arrangement. Only one ton will be sold to each applicant. Local coal dealers have given 25d tons of coal to the Salvation Army for distribution to the poor. Hearst Caae Postponed. ALBANY, N. Y.. Jan. 12. Attorney General Cuneen was to have given a hearing to-day In the application of William R. Hearst for the institution of an action against the coal-carrying roads and the coal operating companies under the antitrust law of the State. Upon application of the attorneys representing the various companies, who pleaded insufficient time in which to prepare answers to the petition, a postponement of two weeks was granted and the companies were given ten days In which to file tneir answers. Coal to Have Precedence. SEDALIA, Mo., Jan. 12. N. J. Finney, superintendent of tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, to-day Issued an order, effective at once, that until further notice commercial coal Is to be moved In preference to everything else except live stock and perishable freight. The fuel situation is becoming alarming. The supply of coal Is practically exhausted. Wood is selling at $6 a. cord and is scarce. The coldest weather" of the year was experienced here during the last twenty-four hours. Miners 1'rjred to Work More. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12.-Pres!dent Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, to night issued a circular letter to all local unions in the anthracite district asking every union miner to work to increase the production of coal and thus relieve the coal famine that exists in all the Eastern and seaboard cities. Toledo Grand Jury Investigation:. TOLEDO, O., Jan. 12. The grand Jury to-day began an Investigation of the local coal situation. It has been charged that there Is a local combination of coal men to maintain a hi?h irlce. All of the leading; coal dealers have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand Jury to-morrow. Must Not Aak More than $3. DES MOINE. Ia.. Jan. 12. Soft coal operators of the Des Moines district today decided to refuse to sell coal to retail dealers who have In the past or may In

the future sell coal for more than $3 a ton.

the retail price Hxed by the operators association. Miners Ordered Ilack to Work. WECSTER CITY. Ia., Jan. 12.Mlners at the Lehigh mines who went on a strike Saturday noon were ordered back to work to-day by John C. Resc. president of th miners' union of Iowa. They obeyed and the mines are running again at full ca pacity. Date of Get-Coal" Convention. DETROIT, Mich.. Jan. 12.-Mayor Maybury to-night said that the "get coal" convention will be called for Jan. 27, in the Convention Hall in Washington. LOSS 0VEE 800,000. Leather lleltlnar Factorr of Fmyerweother A Lndew Darned. NEW YORK. Jan. 12. Fire early to-day completely destroyed the eight-story build ing at Alton and East Houston street, which was occupied by Fayerweather & Ladew, manufacturers of leather belting. The loss on the building is estimated at about $300.000. George Hull, one of the managers of the belting firm, says stock valued at over $500,000 was destroyed. The firm carried $$21,000 insurance. Edward Ladew said their 1,000 employes who have been temporarily thrown out of work would be Fent to the firm's factories at FallRlver, Mass., Newark. N. J., sind Charlotte, N. C Large quantities of oil and greese vere stored In the building, and this made the, fire fiercely hot and caused two explosions. One of them nearly caught a squad of firemen with sheets of fiarae, and as a result of the other the water tower of the fire department was destroyed. The occupants of all nearby buildings. Including a thickly populated tenement house, were driven out. A portion of one of the walls fell on the Second-avenue elevated structure and crushed a girdle. A battalion of fifteen men working on the railroad Just got out of the way In time to save their lives. The origin of the fire has not been ascertained. Fayerweather & Ladew later announced that their loss affected only a part of their plant, and will not prevent them from filling their present orders. Baby Fell Into an Open Fire. CINCINNATI, Jan. 12. Warren, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cason, of Covington, Ky., was burned to" death to-day. The little fellow, with his elder brother Willie, aged five, had been left alone by their mother. They weresitting by an open fire and the baby tripped on a rug and fell into the open fire Ills elder brother ran screaming Into the street. James Hoskins, who was passing, rushed into the house. The baby was burned to death. When the mother returned she fainted. Lodglnsj-IIoase Casualties. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 12. Fire broke out la a negro lodging house on West Pine street early to-day and Mrs. Helen Brown and her daughter Eugenie were killed by Jumping from an upper floor. Jennie Johnsort was badly bruised by Jumping. The other twenty-one lodgers escaped, saving only their night clothes. Other Fires. CHICAGO. Jan. 12. Fire to-day destroyed a four-story building at Dearborn and Illinois streets, causing a loss of $00,000 and threatened the destruction of a lodging house adjoining. A number of concerns occupied the building and suffered loss in varying sums, the heaviest being those of Sun Leather and Saddlery Company; F. J Ferguson, steam heating appliances; the Roberts Portable Oven Company, and the F. C. Christy Engraving Company. YOUNGSTOWN. O.. Jan. 12. A block of frame business houses In the central portion of the city was burned to-night, causing a loss of $75.(i00. The mercury is below zero, and the firemen had great difficulty in com Dating tne names. LIVKRMORE FALLS, Me.. Jan. 12. The Marrlman block, containing six stores, two offices and the Masonic Hall, was burned to-day. Loss $50,000. BOSTON. Mass., Jan. 12. Fire to-day In the photographic studio of Elmer Chlckering, on West street, caused a loss of $60,000. SHELDON, la., Jan. 12. The High School burned this morning. The Ions Is $50.000; Insurance, $25.000. Not a pupil was hurt. ROBERT J. AKIN DEAD. Millionaire and Philanthropist, Who Was Almost 100 Years Old. NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-Robert J. Akin, millionaire and philanthropist, who would havo celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth Aug. 14, 1303, died tonight at his residence from pneumonia. Mr. Akin was born at Quaker Hill, Dutchess county. New York, and laid the foundation cf his fortune in railroad investments In the early days of railroad construction In New York. He was prominently Identified with the building of the Harlem Railway, which was completed In 1S4& Other Deaths. MARION. O., Jan. 12.-Dr. Oliver Wendell Weeks, past surgeon general of the National Encampment, and well known to all Grand Army men, died here last night after a lingering illness. He was sixty-two years old and prominent in Masonic circles and state politics. STOCKHOLM. Jan. 12. Major General Von Vegesak Is dead. He was eighty-two years of age and fought in the Northern army during the civil war in the United States. VERDICT TOR MRS. TINGLEY. Point Loin a "Priestess Awarded f7(M Libel Dimagei. SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Jan. 12,-ICathcrlne A. Tlngley asked $30.000 damages from the Los Angeles Times for libeling , her and her Point Loma institution. The Jury to-night awarded her $7,500. The Instructions of Judge E. S. Torrence to the Jury was net acceptable to the defense and exceptions were taken. The Jury retired at 4:40 o'clock and returned at 8. The Stratton Will. Pittsburg Times. Howard M. Allison, of Colorado, a former Pittsburger, is visiting old scenes for a few days, lie tells an interesting story of the Stratton will, which is to be contested by the son. Stratton left the son $50,000, conditioned on his acceptance of the amount, but to be forfeited if any attempt should be made to break the will. Colorado fair play does not believe that a man with $12.ooo.u00 should leave so little to his only child and so much to charity: therefore, a syndicate has been formed in Denver, which has given the son $30,000 and raised a fund to contest the will on his behalf. The son is whole from the start, whether he wins or loses, and If he wlna the syndicate takes a percentage of the gain. The law firm of Wolcott & Valle, the leaders of the Colorado bar, and of which Senator Wolcott Is a member, are retained In the case, and Mr. Allison says It Is the prevalent opinion that the son will get at least half the fortune, if not more. The contention Is that Stratton was not In a fit condition to make a will, his mental faculties being questioned. And. aside from his fitness. Colorado Is reputed to entertain such Ideas of dividing fortunes as to make it doubtful It a Jury can be found to sustain the old man's unfatherly disposition of his money. Live-Stock Convention To-Day. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 12.-What promises to be the greatest gathering of stockmen ever held in this country will be on here to-morrow morning, when President John W. Springer calls to order the sixth annual convention of the National Livestock Association. In the four days of the convention business of importance to the live-stock industry will be considered. Ahram S. Hetrltt Uarely Alive: NEW YORK. Jan. 12. The following bulletin was issued late to-night as to the condition of Abram 8. Hewitt. Mr. Hewitt's condition remains practically unchanged, the great weakness being the dominant factor." TO CUnC A COLD If 0!fC DAT Take Laxative Cxemo-Qulnlne Tablets. TtiJ tlgnatura tverj tea, 2

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