Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1903 — Page 2

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'tquslls ur.d fhowstorm?. On thtfe clays t lio ship lo"ed only 12.' and 1." knots. On Jan. 0 when the saloon passengers learned of the existing condition of the boilers .and ctjclr.es- they held an Indlgnat)un; mMMir.t the smokii: room xand

adopted rfMdutlons censuring the Interna- I tlon.il Navigation romp.my .ior senumg wie St. Louis to 5a In ht-r ilanroiw condition. A copy rf these resolutions was handed Captain Pastow deman. line that the ship's course be headed f.. r Halifax or that her passengers be transferred to some passing Xa3t west-bound steamr If feasible. THE RESOLUTIONS. . A. copy cC the '"resolutions' was ordered to bo nt to the .Associated Press. . The' resolutions follow':4 c ...... . 'The -undersigned committee, unanimously ebtted by the saloon passengers at an indignation meeting held Jan. If, 1Lj3. begs, leave to report: "First That ' there I sufficient evIJencc that the steamship St. Louis entered Southanr.ton harbor Jan. 2 last after an easterly voyage of more than nine days In a smooth fca In a crippled condition, and that she Was sent to .-a on the following day, leaving hut little or no time for necessary overhauling and needed repairs. "SecondThat your committee has been credibly. Informed that this condition was nade known to the management of the 'Company. - Tiiim-That r.o accident, so fan as your committee is aware, has occurred since leaving Southampton to Impair the speed of the ship. The delay has been only such as might have been reasonably expected from tho crippled condition of her boilers. Providence, indeed, has been exceedingly kind, to us, and we are truly grateful that through His tender mercies we have been thus far spared a calamity too horrible to contemplate. .'Fourth We cannot too severely condemn the recklessness of a management that would snd such a crippled vessel, loaded with human freight, to contend "with the storms t.nd perils of an Atlantic winter. We iK-llove that our lives have been nut in 1-onardv. and certainly our loved ones at home are being made to suffer great mental anguish, not to mention the tevere financial losses many of us have ii.cum d and are now Incurring. . "Filth That on the evening of Jan. 10, JO", the following petition was presented to Capt. F.- M. Passow, commanding the fiteamship St. Louis: Thc undersigned pasenger.- of tr?e steamship St. Louis, bound for New York, hereby request that, In view of the. crifpled condition of this steamship, making consequently uncertain the date of her reaching that port, you hail some fast west-bound .steamer for the purpose of transferring us -thereto, or that the boat be put Into Halifax, if feasible. In reply CapJtain' I'jssow explained the difficulties and .dangers attending a transfer of passengers -at sea and further stated that it would be an exceedingly dangerous undertaking to attempt to take the ship in her present condition into the harbor of Halifax .Ho Volunteered the information that he might later on enter Boston harbor and had; the Question under advisement. "Sixth That It is a matter of keen regret that a tirst-elar.s steamship, such as the St. Louis .is reported to be, should, not be supplied with -the Marconi system, the absence of which has been seriously felt during this cver-to-be-renu mbered voyage. - . . "Seventh That the thanks of the passengers are ilue to the officers of tho ship for their uniform courtesy under very trying circumstances in endeavoring;-to allay our uneasiness and anxiety." The committee consisted of A. P. Lloyd, Lewis B. lieniel. fiev. Arthur Crane, C. W. Bonynge and Rlaph Nichols. The report of and resolution were adopted condemning theactIoa of the manapjement of the line, ' as. outlined in the committee's report. The second cabin passengers also framed resolutions, the gist of their protests being In the subjoined paragraph: "It was plain from the dally runs of the ship that something was radically wrong with the boat at the' outset. Inquiry elicited tha information that the boilers were In a defective condition, and proof can be udduced that this was not only known to the company, but that passengers were willfully deceived and representations made that the voyage would be finished in the usual time." This circular was signed by II. Millard, of Chicago, as chairman, Gordan Graham, Dr. K. J. Fernandez, Miss Florence Mabbctt and about twelve or fifteen others. passexc;ehs' statements. Company Illumed, hut Office r and Crew of the Ship Commended. NEW YORK, Jan. 17. "When the passengers of the St. Louis landed they freely expressed their feelings at the delay. C. B. IJoyd, of Detroit, was one of the signers FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY. Probably Lower Teniperntnre in Southern Portion of Indiana. . -WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.-Forecast for ..Sunday, and Monday: ' , ... For Indiana and Illinois Fair on' Sunday and" Monday; colder on Sunday in southern portions; fresh northwest winds. For Ohio Fair and colder on Sunday. Monday fair; fresh northwest winds. , Locnl Observations on Sntnrdoy. Iter. Tom. It. II. Wind. Weather. Free. 7 a. n.."r..,. - h m West. Cloudy. Trace 7 p. nb.i'O.OS ii) f-J N'wesL Clear. . o.oO - Maximum temperature, CS; . mlalmum temperature. tv. Comparative 5taterr.nt of th mean temperature ani", total precii, itaaicn on Jan. 17: Tern. Tree. formal , . 7 o.ca - 31 Trace Uepsrture 7 0 0: Departure sir.?e Jan. 1 St o.zs rius. W. T. B LATHE, Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatures. Ftatlün. Al'ilene. Tex. .Amfrlllo.. Tex. a. m. Max. 4S 43 7 p. m 24 42 . II 3X , 44 Atlanta. U. , ,.

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of th3 first cal'.n resolution. He paid: "The specche made at the meeting were much more fiery and bitter against the management of I he company than the resolutions showed. We attempted to m.ake the resolutions as- dispassionate as possible. There was no pleasure or gaycty aboard. Suspicion besan from the very moment we left Southampton... When it first began to be rumored about the ship that tho boilers were defective and leaky and we sought Information from the officers we could learn nothing. Our fears were either laughed at or jocularly evasive answers made. When the officers saw we were in deadly earnest and would not be denied In our endeavor to know the truth, they changed their attitude and told us promptly what we wanted to know, or told us they knew nothing about the cause of the delay. All of the first rlass passengers have put their cases into the hands of myself and Mr. Perne! as their lawyers, and authorized us to make such claims against the company as we see fit and endeavor to collect damages." Victor S. Alllf, of Stamford, Conn., one of the first-class passengers, said: "I was in Paris and beard that the St. Louis had arrived at Southampton with her boilers in a leaky and defective condition. I went to the agent in Paris, told him of the reports and tnat I had booked passage and wanted him to tell me the exact truth. He said: Those reports are malicious lies.' On this representation I came over on the ship. I had an option on JjoO.uio of stock which expired on Jan. 13. 1 do not know yet what my losses were, but I shall certainly sue tho management of the line for the full amount of mv losses." MaJ. Cunllffe Owen, of tho British army, said: "The trouble was with the front boilers. Only two out of ten were used, and sometimes only one. The American line

agent in London told me that the St. Louis would make the passage from Southampton in nine days. 1 am firmly convinced ho knew at the time of the defective condition of her boilers, and willfully misrepresented the facts to me. On Jan. 12 Captain Passow told a passenger that there were only 1.200 tons of coal'aboard and that be was afraid he would not have enough to last the voy age. The engineers were using the minimum quantity to keep the ship gong." itev. Arthur Crane, or havannan. sam: "Whatever we may say in condemnation of the management of this line, and the way we re being treated, we should like It dis tinctly understood that none of our anger and indignation is directed at the officers: and crew. We received nothing but cour tesy and honorable treatment from them. and we do not hold them at all to blame for the hardships and dangers we have had to endure." After the first week the food supply was appreciably cut down, according to tho statements' of passengers, and cream and eggs; were taken from the breakfast menu, and only a small allowance of milk was given to each passenger. From subordinate officers It was learned that tho diet of the crew for the past week consisted solely, of oatmeal and potatoes. .After about a week the running water supply was cut oft and passengers could get water for toilet and bathing only In buckets, as it was brought to them. ' THE C03IPAXY'S STATEMENT. Delay AVn Mainly. Caused by Bad Wen th er Talk v!th Cnpt. Passow. NEW YORK, Jan. 17. Th American line gave out the following statement to-day: The delay, was cau3ed by leaving Cher bourg late and by extremely bad weather. There was nothing in the known condition of her boilers that would have prevented her reaching here after a normal passage. The marked loss of steaming power could not have been foreseen. Even In the light of our present knowledge there is nothing In any way that affects the perfect safety of the ship. The management much regrets the inconvenience caused the passengers and the anxiety caused their friends." Captain Passow when he camo ashore said: "We have Just Jogged along and did not nave a great deal of trouble. W e could not mako fasf time and that was all. I did not know that the passengers had passed any resolutions. I did know that I was called upon, and I explained that it would be Impossible for me to transfer them to any other vessel. I know of no resolutions and did not know that any had been drawn up until I was told of them in Mr. Grlscom's office." In reply to a question as to why his ship had not been sighted by other vessels coming over the northern track he said: "There were days when we drifted ten or twelve miles out of our course. Then, again, we often experienced snow squalls, and the weather was very thick at times. This would allow vessels on the same track to pass us without seeing us. We do not travel on a railroad track, you know, and if a vessel passes another by but a few miles in thick weather the chances are that she might not see the other. Even the Pennsylvania did not sight us until after she had run past us, and was aimost out of sight." The captain said that evidently the captain of the Kaiserin Marie Theresa did not make his ship out when she passed. When the captain was questioned as to the boilers he said that the management of the line would have to speak on that subject. He said it was well known on board that the vessel was to be laid up for repairs after her arrival. Clement A. Griscom. manager of the line, said that the management would make no further statement. When questioned as to the resolutions adopted by the passengers he said that they were unfortunate. "We did not have the least idea that the vessel would not arrive in time. We thought the vessel would be able to cross and make the speed that she had made heretofore. We did not think she would deteriorate in speed as she did on the trip. The St. Loui3 is in good condition and she could now coal up and go out-to remain for months. The only thing Is she could not make the speed." Rescued from Disabled Steamer.. ; NEW YORK, Janl .17.-The steamship Pennsylvania, .which arrived to-day from Hamburg, brought into . port thirteen distressed seamen who were taken off the disabled Norwegian steamer Siggen. On Jan. 15, three days after she met the St. Louis, tho Pennsylvania fell In with the Siggen lying helpless in the trough of the sea and flying distress signals. The captain of the Siggen asked to be taken off and with his crew came on board the Pennsylvania. Tho Siggen sailed from Sidney, C. B., on Jan. 7. On the 10th she lost her propeller and as the weather was very tempestuous the craft became unmanageable. After drifting 1C0 miles off shore during a penoa or nve days, in which time five steamers were sighted and signaled without reply, the Pennsylvania hove in sight. As the Siggen was deeply laden and a dangerous menace, and there appeared no possiDinty or towing her into port, the sea cocks were opened and there is no doubt she went to the bottom. Obituary. DENVER. Jan. 17. Word has Just been received here from San Diego. Cal.. of the death from heart failure of Dr. Frederick J. Bancroft, of Denver. He was one of the most prominent physicians in the State and had a national reputation for his works upon the effects of climate upon certain diseases. Dr. Bancroft served as a surgeon with the union army during the civil war. He was born at Enfield, Conn., in 1&C4. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. The remains of Alfred E. Buck, late United States minister to Japan, who died at Tokio several weeks ago. were privately interred at the national cemetery at Arlington this morning. Mr. Buck was a volunteer soldier during the war of the rebellion and was entitled to a military funeral, but at the request of his wire the usual ceremonleswere omitted. CALUMET, Mich., Jan. 17. Fred Mackenzie, editor of the Copper Evening News, and for thirty years clerk of Calumet town ship, died to-day at his home, aged seventytwo years. He was born in London and came to America In 1SS. Heart trouble was the cause of death. He leaves a widow and family or grown children. TROY. N. Y.,Jan. 17. Alfred Christian sen, rraster mechanic at the Watervleit arsenal, who had charge of the construction of the 16-lnch gun which was tested at Sandy Hook to-day, died last evening of paralysis after two days' illness. His death is directly due to the great strain put upon him during the last four years.. NEW YORK, "Jan. 17. George S. Beall, a wealthy dry gooaa dealer or Columbus. O., died to-day at the- Hotel Albert, this cltv. supposedly of heart disease. He had been In iKor health for a year or so. Arrangements were made to ship the body to tjoiumous mis auemoon. FOSTORIA. O., Jan. 17. Laura Foster, mother of former Governor Charles. Foster. or unio, is ueaa. agea one nundred vears. Her husband founded Fostorla and from him it took Its name.LONDON, Jan. 17. Quinton Hogg, founder and president or the Polytechnic Institute and editor of the Polytechnic Magazine died suddenly to-day of heart-disease. He .was oorn to lvu. COLUMBUS, O.. Jan. 17. William P. Tyler, for four years chief of police, died to-night of paralysis.- He had been 111 and unable to attend to his official duties for several months. DANVILLE. Ky., Jan. 17. Col. Robert P. Jacobs, the Nestor of the local bar and for twenty years-president 01 the Boyle- Na1 tlonal Bank, tiled fuddcnly to-day.

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MAY PERIL ARMY POST TOO 31 ICH CLAMOR O.V PART OP UUAL-ESTATE SPECULATORS. . "Fort Haekleman SiiBKCsted to Gen. Corhln by Mr. Watson os Proper Name Thnt "North Front Staff Correspondence of the Journal. WASHINGTON. Jan. .-Representative Watson has had a conference with the Eecretary of war and also with Adjutant General Corbin In regard to the naming of j the military post to be established in Indianapolis. Mr. Watson made a formal request that the post be called Fort Hackleman. It is announced that nothing will be decided In reference to the matter for several weeks. At the office of the secretary of war. this afternoon it was Said there would bo no further developments in the military post question for some time. This morning Senator. Fairbanks and Representative Overstreet had a conference in regard to the matter. It is suggested that there is danger of the secretary of war becoming disgusted -with Indianapolis and "washing hl3 hands of It." if there continues to be a clamor on the part of real-estate speculators. It Is stated to-night that the physicians who are known as "Doctors No. 1" by the War Department have withdrawn their objection to the Valley Mills site, stating that they made this objection under a misapprehension. XXX A letter which the firm of Rankin & Kellogg sent to Supervising Architect Taylor regarding the Indianapolis federal building. and copies of which Mr. Taylor has for warded to Senator Fairbanks and Repre sentative Overstreet, was made public to night. . In the letter the architects "beg to say that we are willing to do whatever is possible and practicable toward Improving the north front of the building and if additional funds are made available will be very glad of the opportunity to do now what could not be done originally by reason of cost limitations. It is not possible to say at this time what specific changes we would recommend, as this can be done intelliecntlv only after the matter has been thoroughly studied, but we shall endeavor to make the work satisfactory to the people as well to the government and believe it will be possible to make this front entirely worthy of Its exceptional situation." In letters directly to Senator Fairbanks and Mi. Overstreet, Rankin & Kellogg say: "Of what the changes should consist can only be determined after careful considera tion and study, but it would be our wxsn to defer as much as feasible to local sentiment and we believe there will be no difficulty in meeting the reasonable iew3 of your people." XXX Henry C. Smith, of Michigan, to-day submitted to the committee on printing of the House, a statement in reference to those firms that are printing "The Mess ages and Papers of the Presidents." A few days ago Mr. Smith introduced a resolu tion providing for an Investigation of these firms, mentioning especially the Bureau of National Literature and Arts, of which Senator Barcus, of Indiana, is at tho head. About the only charge made against this company is that people are likely to be deceived because they are led to believe that the government is In some way connected with the work. In his state ment Mr. Smith declares "that the matter 'is not legally copyrighted, either the matter, the form or the Illustrations and that for the protection of the public, the committee should so report and Congress should so declare. And the public should be informed of the true situation so that the possibility of deceiving would not exist, and so that the work could be distributed, if at all. under fair competition." Further, Mr. Smith suggests that the general legal department should be notified as to the subject with instructions to protect the public in the matter. Mr. Smith says he Is Informed that the Gravüre Company and the Bureau of Literature and Art are one, and he quotes a letter'from Assistant Secretary Alles, of the Treasury Department, as saying of the Gravüre Company of America that it "is simply a book agent In disguise, a private enterprise." In concluding his statement Mr. Smith suggest that some proceeding should be -had to republish the messages and papers of the Presidents for free distribution. XX In tho House this afternoon Representative Overstreet led d successful effort to have embraced in the bill providing a department of commerce a provision that the President Is authorized to have the Interstate-commerce Commission made a part of the new department if he so desires. Representative Crumpacker also took part in the debate and was successful in getting an amendment to the bill. The amendment provides that the four or five national statistical bureaus be combined into the one under the direction of the department of commerce. XXX Senator Beverldgo has notified the National Manufacturers Association of his acceptance of an invitation to be one of the speakers at New Orleans on April 13. xxx Representative Griffith to-day Introduced a bill for an Increase In the pensions of St. Clair Burton, William H. Buchanan and Charles R. Korn. xxx Mr. Watson introduced a bill for an Increase in the pension of Jasper Richey and for a pension for Rebecca J. II. Rupe. C. A. C. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Graduate Director Charles Baird, of the University of Michigan athletics, has been re-appolnted by the board of regents for a term of three years. In the Virglna Senate on Saturday a bill was introduced by Mr. Halsey, providing for a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Statuary Hall, In the Capitol at Washington. J. W. Bowser, a wealthy sawmill man of Annlston, Mo., was shot and Instantly killed by an unknown assassin, who fired through a window. Officers are upon the track of the assassin. At San Diego, Cal., yesterday Judge .Thorp dismissed the case of Katherlne Tingley vs. E. W. Schmidt, of Los Angeles, because of lack of jurisdiction. The de fendant was charged with attempting to obtain money by extortion. Eugene J. Conklin, who at Chicago Fri day night in a nt of Jealousy shot and instantly killed Miss Jennie Dwyer and painfully Injured her escort, Frank A. Merritt, died at the Englewood Union Hos pital at 7 o'clock Saturday morning. Samuel Miller, who went to Memphis from Kansas City a few weeks ago with the avowed Intention of killing his wife. and who shot her to death In her store on Main street, has been convicted of murder in the first degree. He will be sentenced to hang by Judge Moss on Monday. Louis J. De Sable, who for some years conducteel a truck farm at Chattanooga, killed himself on Saturday because of grief over the death of his wife, which occurred Thursday morning. De Salle's antecedents are unknown, but it Is understood that he was of an aristocratic French family and was at one time a large stockholder in the Panama Canal Company. Capt. George W. Streeter. Henry Hoeldtke and William McManners. recently convicted of manslaughter at Chicago, have been given Indeterminate sentences In the penitentiary, a new trial having been denied by Judge Chetlain. A forty days stay was granted to allow an appeal to a higher court. In the meantime the three men will remain In the Cook county Jail. Jacob Harris. living alone at Cedarville, O., was found murdered In his house Satur day morning. The body was dressed, show ing that the crime had been committed Friday night. Harris's brains were beaten out with a hatchet. He was always supposed to have money in the bouse, and the box ne Kept it in was round open and con tents gone. There Is no clew". The convention of bishops of the African Methodist Church, which has been in ses sion at Memphis for several days, com pleted its labors on Saturday and adjourned. The customary executive sessions were neid in the morning and afternoon. The convention decided to raise th tanrt. erd of educational requirement for admis

sion to the ministry. It was decided to ask the negroes of the church to contribute 1100,000 during the present year for missionary work and extension in this country and in South and West Africa. " The safe of W. T. Bunney, the missing treasurer of Inyo county, California, has been opened and reveals ' a shortage of J1.300. Bunney came to Sacramento on Dec. 16 and settled with the State treasurer. The theory Is that when he found that the 11,300 was not due until the next quarter he departed for home with the money and was waylaid and killed.. He was la.it seen at Reno, New, on Dec. 21. The will of Mrs. Charlotte Hoyt. wife of the New York millionaire, Reuben Hoyt, dated Sept. 2, 1002, which was filed several days ago, was probated at Tiffin, O., on Saturday. Judge Jacob F. Bunn, of Tiffin, who was In charge of her Interests since her removal to Tiffin two-years ago, is bequeathed the residue of the estate, valued at $tj0,üu0. Her brothers opposed the pro

bating of the will, claiming insanity. The Detroit committee on arrangements for the national convention of the Epworth League h:a decided to recommend to the president of the league that the date of the annual convention, which was to nave been held in Detroit the week of July 12, be changed to the opening days of that month including the 4th of July. The original date conflicts with the Grand Circuit trotting races and the reunion of tho vet erans of Santiago. A dynamite explosion on Saturday killed two men, fatally injured one and hurt another. The dead: John Couash and Domlnick Plkanallo. The men were working with other laborers on the banks of the Monongahela river, back of the Monongahela blast furnaces, digging and prepar ing the ground to lay a new track irom the works to the river bank, when tho explosion hurled the men through the air about forty feet. A large hole was torn in the ground by the force of the explosion. SLUMP IN MILLINERY. rrcttr Girls Imprison Game "Warden and Later Sell Staffed Birds Cheap. SPRINGFIELD, O.. Jan. 17. Pretty girls clerking in J. W. Dcaton's millinery store held Frederick Oates, the deputy game warden, a prisoner for more than an hour to-day until the proprietor arrived. Oates asked, one of the clerks to show him some birds. She displayed a handsome line of these trimmings for hats. Oates picked out a number of them and' told the clerk he would tako them. After they had been wrapped up Oates said: "I' am the game warden. I am going to take these birds with me." The clerk replied: "No, you are not. With this remark she ran to the door and locked it. and then, while the other girls entertained Oates, the saleswoman hunted ud Mr. Deaton. Unon his arrival oates was released and given the birds. Oates visited all of the stores and secured evi dence for tho crusade which Game Warden Portertield is going to wage against the sale of birds for hats. After Oates's visit the milliners sold hats at any price to get rid of them. TRADE, INDUSTRY, LABOR. The State Bank of Toronto, Kan., has closed its doors. The liabilities probably will amount to about S33.(W0. It is said only a small per cent, of the deposits, which amount to $15,000, can be paid. The Standard Oil Company has adopted a plan to go into effect at its plant at Constable Hook. N. Y., where 4.000 men are cmnloved. to srlve each man who responds to a fire at the plant a ton of coal. In addition the company will continue the system or paying the men 25 cents an hour for such volunteer fire duty. As a result of the negotiations between the grievance committee of the Louisville & Nashville locomotive engineers and General Manager Evans an agreement has been reachenl whereby the engineers will receive an increase In wages in proportion to the added duties which have fallen upon each particular division or run on the various sections of the system. After pending for many years nearly all the 2,000 suits brought against the United States government by importers of hat trimmings have been cleared off the calendar. Whllr there is a total of nearlv JG0.000,000 involved the government has escaped ... At . 1 n AiA J AA wltn payments aggregating oniy fj,wj,ww. Only "about a hundred of these cases are left. It is said, and the aggregate of the claims is about 1750,000. - The factory of C. Rogers & Bros., at Meriden, Conn., was closed on Saturday by orders issued from the offices of the International Silver Company. The order throws 350 employes out of work. The reason of the shutdown was not stated. C. Rogers & Bros. factory was brought into the control of the International Silver Company by the recently consummated deal with tho United States Silver Corporation. A combination of manufacturers of Egyptian cigarettes is announced at Boston in the purchase of the factory of Mlthran Ateshlan, the largest wholesalers in New England, with a branch factory at Province. Mr. Ateshlan. who will be prominent in the new organization the International Tobacco Company, capitalized at $300.000 says there are 146 makers of Egytlan cigarettes in the country and most of them will Join in the combination. Arcolnlsm. New York Mail and Express. TQeir reckoning will undoubtedly have to be made hereafter. It may be a serious one. Their performance illustrates the gravity of the coal situation, but it certainly has no moral value whatever. Quite the reverse. The coal they took belonged to somebody else, and was on its way to be used by others, who probably needed it as much as the Areola people did. The solemn way in which they robbed the coal cars lifts their case sentimentally far above the level of the ordinary railroad . "hold-up," but technically It belongs In the same category. If the same tactics were followed in every country railroad point where trains are stopped, the distribution of coal would fall into utter confusion, and the general suffering would be greatly increasedto say nothing of the damage that would result to the popular respect for law and order. Areola does not commend itself to the public Judgment much more than Indianolalsm does. Rode in the Fire Wagon. Washington Post. Some small boys In the Capitol grounds started on a chase for one of the district fire wagons yesterday afternoon when they saw it dashing down the hill at full speed, the gong sounding from forceful touches of a fire marshal's pedal extremity. The wonder grew when statesmen from the House end of the Capitol, returning to their domiciles, recognized the muffled figure who sat in a great overcoat by the side of the fire marshal as, "Uncle Joe" Cannon. The Illlnolsan "sat tight" as the vehicle dashed up Pennsylvania avenv) and struck an ordinary gait. In quiry last evening showed that Mr. Cannon did not go to a fire, out was simply taking a ride to his hotel in one of the district ' wagons, which was courteously placed at his disposal. The Child's Inference. New York Mail and Express. A lady who teaches In a mission school on the lower East Side was urging her class to cleanliness one day recently, and by way of an object lesson said: "I wash from head to foot every day," whereat a small and grimy child on the front row said: "You must be awful dirty. I don't never do more than wash off my hands and face," a statement that the teacher saw no reason to contradict. How a. Hoy Explained a. Parable. Leslie's Weekly. There is no saying how the average small boy sometimes regards religious truth. A London paper records that the son of a well-known bishop being asked to explain the meaning of the parable of the grain of mustard seed, replied; "It means that a little religion goes a long way and those who have least of it here will be highest In the kingdom of heaven." ? No Dull Season. . Philadelphia Record. Fewer business men now suspeftd advertising after the holidays. Most of them have learned that business can be stimu lated In the dull season by advertising. They have learned also that the advertising which Is done in the winter insures a greater trade irf the spring. By advertising special sales merchants have made January a busy month. Chane of Opinion. Longvj-ears ago I used to sing. In .accents meek and bland, "I want to be an angel. And with the Angels stand." Now, as with chllblained feet I limp. The mercury down to 20, I'd rather be a little Imp. And go where heat is plenty. - ' Brooklyn Easle.

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CROWN PRIXCESS OF S.VXOXY SECRETLY LEAVES SWITZERLAND. Terms of Separation from the Crown Prince Erring Woman to Receive $5,300 n Year. BRUSSELS, Jan. 17.-A dispatch from Geneva to the Petit Bleu says the Crown Princess of Saxony and M. Glron left Switzerland secretly this evening. They traveled south under assumed names. BERLIN, Jan. 17. The local representatives of the crown prince and princess of Saxony have arranged the terms for their separation. The princess abandons all the titles, rights and dignities appertaining to her through her marriage and resumes her maiden name. The crown prince has ex pressed his willingness to pay her $3,500 , yearly. The agreement does not mention 1 the right of the crown princess to see her children. MR. GOWDY XOT PRESENT. Sent a Letter Telling of the Trade of Pari ivitu the United States. PARIS, Jan. 17. The annual banquet of the American Chamber of Commerce was held to-night in the Bon Valet restaurant, the banqueting hall of the famous hostelry being elaborately decorated for the occasion. More than one hundred guests were present. Including all. the representative Americans here and also representatives of the French Foreign Office and other departments of the French government. The American embassy was represented by First Secretary Henry Vignaud and Second Secretary Planchard. Consul General Gowdy was unable to attend the function because of the recent death of Vice Consul General MacLean, but sent a letter in which he said in part: "I am glad to say that the exports from Paris to the United States for the year 1902 show a large increase over those of 1001. . The number of invoices for the past year increased by 1,751, which Is without parallel in the history of the Paris consulate. The exports were greater than they were ever known to be before, the increase from the Paris consulate amounting to $2,354,296, and there Is every prospect of a further Increase of exports in 1903." Mr. Gowdy further referred to the statement made a few days ago by Baron D'Estournelles de Constanta, to the effect that American competition had stimulated business energy In France. The consul general said he hoped that American prosperity would continue, that manufacturing and production would go on increasing, that the mutual trade between France and the United States would be benefited thereby, and that the present friendly relations between the two nations would continue for ever. ' Quaint Letter from Kins Edward. LONDON, Jan. 17. The members of the Ancient Chapter of Canterbury met on Fri day to take the first steps in the formal election of a new archbishop of Canterbury, in succession to the late Dr. Temple. The chapter clerk read a letter recommendatory signed by King Edward, whose quaint phraseology in suggesting that Dr. Davidson fill the vacancy follows: "Trusty and well beloved, we greet you well. Whereas, the archbishopric of Canterbury is at present void we let you weet that lor certain considerations us at this present moving, we of our princely disposition and zeal being desirous to prefer up to the same archbishopric a person meet thereunto, and considering the virtue, learning, wisdom, gravity and other good gifts, were with the right reverend father in God, . our right trusty and well-beloved counselor, Randall Thomas Davidson, doctor in divinity, now bishop of Winchester, is imbued, we have been pleased to name and recommend him to you to be elected and chosen to said archbishopric of Centerbury." The election is fixed for Jan. 27. It is a purely formal- procedure and follows the King's nomination as a matter of course. Cable Notes. . Charles M. Schwab and party have arrived at Palermo on board the steam yacht Margarita. Cuthbert Hall states, according to the" London correspondent of the New York Tribune, that wireless messages bf a private character are now passing regularly between England and Canada. Mgr. Dennis R. O'Connell, the newly appointed rector of the Catholic University at Washington, will start from Rome for his post about the middle of February, after visiting the Catholic universities of Freiburg, Bonne, Lille and Louvain. After a continuous session of the Austrian Reichsrath since 10 o'clock Friday morning the Czech obstruction ended Saturday afternoon. An urgency motion to proceed with the Immediate reading of the budget was defeated by S3 to 72 votes, and the house proceeded with regular business. Definite information has reached Tangier, Morocco, that the Sultain's troops came in contant with the forces of the pretender on Jan. 13. It was only an outpost affair and there were few casualties. The Sultan did not meet with a general disaster, as has been rumored. A serious engagement, however, may follow at any moment. First Lieut. Werner Von Grafert, son of the lieutenant general of that name, shot Dr. Aye, a lawyer of Flensburg, through the neck, cutting the spinal cord, in a duel fought In the Gruenwald forest, on Friday. Death ensued immediately. The deceased leaves a widow and five children. The cause of the quarrel was obscure, but of long standing. Lieutenant Von .Grafert surrendered himself to the military authorities. Russia has replied to the British note of Nov. 30 last on the subject of the sugar convention. She reiterates the views expressed in previous notes, says she considers the British contentions to be attempts to interfere In her domestic legislation and repudiates the idea that another state may, in its own Interest, press for a change in Russian internal legislation, or In the event of Russia not agreeing toj its proposals that it can . penalize Russia's products without violating existing commercial treaties. The note declares that Russia' can in no eventuality give her adhession to the Brussels agreement. SWITCHMAN KILLED. Thomas L. Daskervllle Meets Instant Death In Vandalla Yards. Thomas L. Baskerville, a switchman employed by the Vandalla Railroad, was instantly killed last night in the Vandalla yards, west of the Belt Railroad. Baskerville was riding between two cars. When the train passed over a broken rail the trucks of the car on which he was riding Jumped the track, throwing him under the wheels. He was cut In two and killed instantly. The entire train of ten cars passed over his body before he was discovered. The fireman of the engine in looking back say a .dark object lying on the track and told the engineer. The train was at once run back to a point near where Baskerville's body lay. He was recognized by one of the brakemen. The body was placed aboard the engine and taken to the Vandalla yards at Kentucky avenue. The city ambulance took it to the city morgue, after which Renihan & Blackweil, undertakers, prepared it to bo -taken home, Baskerville was twenty-five years old and was unmarried. He lived with his parents at 122S Standard avenue, in West Indianapolis. He had worked for the Vandalla Railroad but a few months. "Mr. Smith and Husband." Kansas City Journal. . There Is always some discussion among authorities on hotel etiquette as to the correct form of registration for a man and wife. The one most commonly seen is, of course, "John Smith and wife," but "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith" is also seen, and is held by some eminent authorities to be the preferable fÄrra. One woman who registered at a Kansas City hotel yesterday, however, hid no regard for precedent, and seemed determined to set a new fashion for the twentieth century. Her form of signature was "Mrs. John Smith and husband." This of course suggests some interesting possibilities. As Mrs. Cmith did the registering, it Is also to be presumed that she would pay the bill, and of courc9 attend to tho other little experurcj

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Twenty Women's Hats, ranging In price from $5 to $12; your choice French Flannels (imported), 90c quality, three yards for 5! OO Embroidered, $2.50 quality, going at, per yard 41.00 Embroidered Waist Patterns,- former price $3 to $S, your choice. 3 22. C50 U About 1.000 yards Shirtings, imported Madras and Cheviots, regular price . G0c to GOc, In the sale at S3o Some short lengths, per yard... ICS o Eight dozen Wash Waists, our own make, . extra value regular at $3.50; your choice Stocks to match. Velvets and Velvet Cord Suitings, rcgular $1.50 quality and fine at that, now only, per yard X.OO

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Incident to traveling. Thi3 would seem to make things rather easy for John, but that micht again depend upon whose money was paying the bills. And even If Mrs. Smith were bearing the expenses out of her own pocketbook, the average man would probably not be inclined to envy John's lot. THE OLD WOOD FIRE. How It Was Built and Kept Alive by an Expert. Atlantic Monthly. After the evening chores were done, my father would appear In the doorway with the big back-log coated with snow, often of ampler girth than himself, and fully breast-high to him as he held it upright, canting in one way and another, and walking it before him on Its wredge-shaped end. He. would perhaps stand it against the chimney while he took a breathing spell and planned his campaign. Then, the andirons hauled forward on the hearth, and the bed of half-burnt brands and live coals raked open, the icy log was walked Into the chimney, where a skillful turn would lay It over, hissing and steaming, in Its lair of hot embers. It seemed a thing alive, and Its vehement sputtering and protesting made a dramatic moment for at least one small spectator. The stout shovel and tongs, or perhaps a piece of firewood used as a lever, would force it against the chimney-back; then a good-sized stick, called a "back-stick," was laid on top of it, and the andirons were set In place. Across the andirons another good-sized stick was laid, called a "fore-stick," and In the interspace smaller sticks were crossed and thrust and piled, all quickly kindled by the live coals and brands. In very cold weather a fire was kept burning, all night, cur father getting up once or twice to replenish it. Even in summer the coals rarely became extinct. A good heap of them, covered with embers at bedtime, would be found alive when raked open in the mornine Woman's Rights and Privilege. Harper's Weekly. After all that has been done for American women by legislators and educators and college bullderp and reformers, it still remains true that the most valuable possession a normal woman can acquire is a suitable and satisfactory man. Nothing else is quite so serviceable in promoting the fulfillment of her destiny and her content while it Is in the process of fulfillment. Nothing else if she is normal and there are very few women who are not considerably normal quite takes a man's place with her. One of her most valuable privileges is that of selecting her man, of picking and choosing and taking her time about it. and possibly even of changing her mind after she had begun to think she knew it. It Is observed that women who are good and have the luck to be charming also have great advantages In carrying this important process of selection to a successful issue. More men are available for such girls to choose from, and once the choice Is made the resulting contentment Is more apt to endure and to wax, instead of diminishing. The most that legislatures can do for married women is to protect them from bad husbands. Choosing good ones is a matter of personal enterprise which laws can do little to promote. But. of course, a woman, who has few rights and Is in complete possession of a satisfactory and competent husband is better off than If she had more rights and no satisfactory means of realizing her destiny. If the American girl ever has to choose between her rights and her privileges including the privilege of being charming, and this invaluable privilege of selecting a man that suits her she will undoubtedly do well, as Miss Daskam advises, to hold on to her privileges and let her rights go. But she will hardly have to make'such a choice. She will retain her privileges, anyway, and all the rights she can make up her mind to want, besides. The Old Man's Threat. Chicago Post. "My boy," said the millionaire, "you've got to reform or there will be trouble." "Will you disinherit me?" asked the youth. "Worse than that," replied the old man. "It seems to me," said the youth, "that that's about as bad as it can be." "That's where you're wrong," replied the old man. "If I tried to disinherit you. you might go Into court and succeed in breaking the will. Just now you don't seem to be disposed. to do anything but spend money." "Well?" "Well, you might as well understand that It isn't because I don't know how to spend money that I haven't done it." The youth grew pale. There was a threat behind this. "If my money is to be wasted by an Individual." the old man went on. "I want to be that individual. Now, you'll have to show that you're capable of doing something else or I'll turn loose and spend the money myself." , For a moment the youth was worried Then his (ace brightened. That's all right, dad." he said. "With your reputation for conservatism and economy you. wouldn't more than get started before I would be able to go into court and have a conservator appointed for your estate. It's all right in me. but in you it would be evidence of serious mental trouble." - And the youth well, the old man h,i tn admit that the youth had the best of th argument. . TTnat Will Come Next? Western Christian Advocate. c nw 01 oi.vu.iw4.cu iv wonaers in this aa of marvels that we are scarcely surprised when the complete success of the IlcrccrU T7irlrr3 tclrcrhic eyctera is aa-

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il J nounced. Messages of some length have been successfully transmitted between Canada and England and Italy, and the stations will soon be open for regular business. Very soon, it would seem, we shall be talking with men on the other side of the globe. One man has a plan for sending specialiyconstructed, torpedo-shaped mail-cars alon electric elevated wires at tremendous speed; and another proposes to tap the ether for unlimited electric energy. In this day nothing seems absurd, preposterous, nor impossible. We are ourselves Incredulous of reported telepathic communications but who knows? If some time we shall be abl to project our thoughts far beyond us and bring them in connection with the thoughts of others at a distance, it will seem but little more miraculous than what he havo already seen accomplished. We are not to be taken too seriously. We do not at all believe that this ever will or can be done. But we are inclined to think that the day may come when, by means of some simple contrivance which may perhaps be carried about with one, conversation may be held with any one, near or distant. Do you smile? Well, so you would have done soma years ago over any description of longdistance telephoning or telegraphing without wires Into empty space. THE DOER POI2VT OF VIEW. A Snnimlnff Up of the Situation as De Wet Sees It. From De Wet's Book. "Give me leave, then, dear reader, to place before you the whole of the circumstances. England's great power pitted against the two republics, which, in comparison with European countries, were nearly uninhabited! This mighty empire employed against us. besides their own English, Scotch and Irish soldiers, volunteers from the Australian, New Zealand. Canadian and South African colonies; hired against us both black and white nations, and, what is worst of all, the national scouts from our own nation sent out against us. Think, further, that all harbors were closed to us, and that there were therefore no imports. Can you not see that the whole course of events was a miracle from beginning to end? A miracle of God in the eyes of everyone who looks at It with an unbiased mind, but even more apparent to those who had personal experience of it. Yet, however that may be, I had to declare again had there been no national scouts and no Kaff.rs, in all human probability matters would have taken another turn. But as things have turned out, all that can now be said Is, that we have done our best, and that to ask anyone to do more is unreasonable. May It be the cry of everyone, "God willed it so His . name be praised!" Ahead on Bathrooms. New York Mail and Express. The distinguished guest at a little social .affair on West Forty-fifth street last week was from Italy. Every one believed his statement that he was a count, and treated him with much consideration. His hostess's husband is a well-known architect, and the member from Italy took up architecture as a subject for conversation. "I do not like ze Americaln country house." he said. "You haf not ze portecochere, and must alight from your carriage in ze storm. In Italy efery house, even ze cottage, has a porte-cochere you are very much backward here." The host, somewhat nettled, made the retort courteous, after surveying the noble son of Italy: "We go in more for bathrooms In America," he said. "I hear in Italy they are almost unknown." ""nSBSSSSSSBSBBSBSj Gold-Headed Canes. t Philadelphia Record. "I never hear of a man receiving a testimonial In the form of a gold-headed cane without inwardly chuckling and wondering what he is going to do with it," said the neaa or a targe corporation. "It seems such a silly thing to give a man as a token of esteem, and yet apparently from time immemorial the custom of giving goldheaded canes has prevailed. I have no less than five myself. They have been presented to me at different times, suitably engraved and very ornate. But I have never carried one of them. Men don't carry canes nowadays, anyhow, least of all gold-headed ones. And yet the fashionable Jewelers will tell you there Is a constant demand for them." Kipling Explained. The Aaaderay is needlessly baffied by an expression In KJpling's "The Rowers." Take the last stanza; it cays: "In sight of peace from the narrow seas O er half the world to run With a cheated crew, to league anew With the Goth and the shameless Hun." The Goth we may identify. But the Hun! The Huns were Mongolians, and the bitterest foes of tha Germanic races. Can it ba that the omniscience of Mr. Kipling has here an unsuspected limit? The answer of course is simply that Mr. Kipling alludes to the Kaiser's "Hunnen -rede in wnich he ls sald iQ haye exhortoJ Yvaldersees soldiers -to emulate the deeds of Attila. Hard to . See. Philadelphia Inquirer. "Vye. have no sympathy with polygamy and no love for Mormonlsm. but it is a little hard to see how a religious test can be set up against Mr. Smoot if the Constitution ls worth the paper It ls written on. Not Yet.' Washington Star. Mr. Bryan, when he started his paper. dclared that the -advertisers must taka a back seat. The advertisers have not yet reached such a pitch cf miration ta to taob ttia odea.