Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 62, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1903 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.' TUESDAt; MAKCH 3, 1903."

pennon of the rules be passed to engrossment. Then there was an hour of more or less humorous oratory. WOOD ON CIGARETTE BILL.. Senator Wood declared that the bill was plainly unconstitutional, and that It was a foolish, useless measure of a kind on which the Senate should not waste time. It singled out a special object. Senator Wood said, and could no more be enforced than a lau- preventing the bringing of a bottJs of whiäky Into Indiana. The bill was so manifestly unconstitutional that the committee had given It little attention. Senator Wood said, but a report could be made In another day, he promised. If the senator from Marshall so desired. At this point Senator Kittinger, of Andorson. the wag of the upper house, took occasion to remark that he stood ualterably opposed to two things cigarettes and yellow shoes. Senator Parks In his remarks said that while there might be a question as to the constitutionality of the measure he did not deem it the purpose of a committee of the Senate to pass on such a question. The senator, from Plymouth, who Is a hard man to beat In an open fight on the Moor of the Senate, produced a volume of Tennessee law reports which, he said, contained decisions of the Supreme Court of that State upholding the constitutionality of the Tennessee anti-cigarette law. His own bill, he said, was taken word by word from the Tennessee statute, and there could be little question as to the constitutionality of the bill. Senator Parka was victorious. Ills motion to withdraw the bill from the committee carried a by decisive vote. The bill was then read a second time, more attention being paid to the reading clerk than usual. Senator Wood . then moved that further consideration of the bill be indenitely postponed. Senator Starr, of Richmond, a determined enemy cf the festive cigarette, moved that Senator Wood's motion be laid upon the table.. He demanded the aye and no vote, and the motion prevailed. There Is a probability that the bill will bo passed by the Senate, although it may be defeated In the House. FARMERS UP IN ARMS. The farmers of the Senate were up In arms yesterday against Representative Harley's bill giving telephone companies the right to erect poles along public highways. When the bill was. called up Senator Lawler moved that It be amended to place the erection of poles under the supervision of county commissioners. Senators Llndle; and Barlow declared that the bill

as originally drawn was Injurious to the Interests of the farmer, and Senator Lindley Introduced an amendment providing that telephone companies, to secure the privilege of erecting poles, must go tnrough the same proceedings as are obligatory WEATHER FORECAST. i Fair To-Day and To-Horrorr, with Winds from the Sonth. WASHINGTON. March 2. Weather forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday: For Indiana and Illinois Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday: fresh south winds. For Ohio Fair on Tuesday and Wednes day; light to fresh west winds. For Lower Michigan Partly cloudy on Tuesday and Wednesday; light variable winds. For Kentucky Fair and warmer on Tuesday; W'jlnesday increasing cloudiness. For Towi-Fair on Tuesday; Wednesday Increasing cloudiness. For Minnesota Snow on Tuesday, with colder in wst and south portions; Wednesday fair; fresh southeast winds, becoming northwest. For Wisconsin Fair In south, snow and colder in north portion on Tuesday; .Wednesday fair; fresh east to southeast winds, becoming northwest. For North and South Dakota Snow and colder on Tuesday: Wednesday fair. For .Nebraska Fair In south, snow and colder in north portion on Tuesday; Wednesday fair. Local Observations on Monday. Bar. Thr. IMI. "Wind. Weath. Pre. t a. m ..12 21 74 S. Clear. .00 7 p. m 30. 3t Ti S. Clear. .00 Maximum temperature, 40; minimum tempera tur. 2. Comparative statement of the mean - tempera - sure ana ioiai precipitation Tiaren z: ormai 37 ,13 1M : 32 .00 j r par iure irom normal . .12 JMiwarture sine March 1 1 i departure sine Jan. 1 136 .23 W. T. ELYTIIE, Section Director. t - Yesterday Temperatures. FUtlcns. Ta. m. Max. 7p. m. Ablln, Tpx... 24 44 a: Aravnio, lex 4 38 34 jni-mio. i"x zt 4 44 .Atlanta, uh 32 43 jfumarcK. r. u is 30 s ItufTak). N'. Y 22 34 J Cairo, 111 32 33 3 4 1 t . 1 K. ... . iaunry, .Aioeria i) 1$ y Chattanooga. Tenn ; 32 44 . 4: -m- a . incyennp, yo n 44 33 Cnlcaco. Hi 2 40 u .Cincinnati, O ZS 3 Cleveland, 0 22 40 3 loiumous. 1 24 44) s 1 . - 0iM-1.ru ia. rvan..... .......... if 3 iairuiori, J.. ...... .......... 45 4,) invfr. -01 2 52 34 wn ivan iij 30 j$ Dubuqucs la 24 44 CS Duluth. Minn 20 24 Kl Paso. Tx 30 44 42 uaiveMon. iex 4 56 54 uninii junction, loi. ......... j 3$ 30 trinn itavcn, icn 34 30 Havre. Mont . is 22 18 Helena, ilont is 20 is jiumn. et. u If 34 3l) rfiiiHiDTiii., J-in..... ........ 4 fi) 54 Ani4i 10 2S S( 34 Lander, Wyo 0 40 54 J.lttle Rock. Ark 2ft 4 H louiMVllI. Ky 2S 40 34 Marquette, Mich 20 ?& 9 t 1-1. rr ZZ. -w ,rj .icm;uiis, irnn zt 4t - 41 Molfna, Utah 8 . 42 40 .utiniKi'mcry. au..... 3 m r 1 1 in . m ' ."a--.iv 11 1 jenu ...30 41) 3 New Orlean?. La 4 ' ' 6) r Nw York. N. Y 28 40 as Norfolk, Va 34 4 4 Morth riatte, N'rb 6 3n Oklahoma. O. T 4 3a Omaha, lith 22 44 3j J'alfHtn. Tex 24 54 e4 rarkrburr. W. Va 26 4) vt uuauri uii, mi. .............. ii 43 41) j iiifutrj. 1 w zt 49 2H JS0 40 in 18 20 1 jiapi'i uy, u ? ( 44 34 r.. iioum, t 41 2 ru mui, jiinn 21 34 21 Mil wiKe uy, tun 2 . ... . . . . tnii rt. ix. jti in 29 36 Khreverort, Ii 40 M iy HprtnjtfieM. Ill 24 44 3; Hirlnjtfleld, Mo : 2.g 2 taitnuni', .-"..... .......... 11 3.S 34 Vlrkhurr. M!s 40 ift iwiij4i"u. u, v .1 4S 44 Wichita. Kan 2S 42 Z6 February 3Ie.teoroIoa;y. Following is a summary of the metcrologlcal conditions for Indianapolis and vicinity during the month of February: Atmospheric Pressure Mean. 20.12? high est, 30.67, on the Dth; lowest, 23.36, on the in. Temperature Highest, 5X, en the Sd: lowv. on ine mu, Kreatesi uaiiv rancr. S4. on the 4th; least daily range, 3, on the urn. Mean for This Month In 1ST2. 30: 1ST3 ) 1S74, 3; 1ST3. 21; 1S7(, 37; 1S77. 39; 1S7S, 33; Mean of this month for thirty-two years, S1.1: average dally deficiency of this month. as compared with mean of thirty-two years. 0.1 1 accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1, 53 average daily deficiency slnca Jan. 1. 1. "Wind Prevailing direction, south; total movement. 8.364 miles: maximum velocity, 43 miles an hour, from the southwest on th 4th. Precipitation Total for the month in 1872. 1.41; 1S73, 2.23; 1S74, 4.7; 1873, 1.SS; 1576, 1S93, 6.1: 1.S34, 4.50: 1. 0.86; 1806, 2.47. 1827. 2.37; 1S38, 1.47; 133. 2.05: 1300: 3.60: 1901. 163: 102. 0.54: 1003, 3.74. Average of the month for thirty-two years, 3.26; de ficiency or me montn, as compared with average of thirty-two years, ,4i; accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1, .92. . Sunshine and cloudiness Number of clear days. 11; partly cloudy, 4: cloudy, 13; on wnicn .in or more rain reu. 13. iiovEiiEirrs of steamers. BÜTT OF LEWIS, March 2.-rassed: Island, from New lor!, for Copenhagen. LIZARD. March 1. Passed: Rotterdam, irom iew ioric, ror Amsterdam. PLYMOUTH, March 2. Arrived: Kron prinz Vilhelm, from New York. LIZARD, March 2. Passed: Vaderland, irom New lorK, for Antwerp. HOXO-KOXO, March 2. Arrived: Gael ic, from San Francisco. NEW YORK. March 2. Arrived: Laurtntlan, from Glasgow. GLASGOW. March 1-Salled: Tomertnln. from New York.

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upon railroad companies In procuring rights of way. He argued that the highways

really belonged to the farmer? and that they should have the say. He inquired sarcastically why urban senators happened to be so thoughtful or the interests or tne farmers, thereby taking a shot at Senator Ulrey. cf Fort Wayne, who said that the bill would be a good thing for the farmer. Those who fought the amendment saia that it would not make the condition of affairs any better than they are at the present time. By the amendment any property owner might hold up a telephone company. Senator Coats was against the amendment because, he said, he be lieved that the original bill was really for the good of the farmer since it would promote the general introduction of tele phones. The amendemnt was defeated by a vote of Z) to 10, and the bill went to engrossment. Senator Call. late in the afternoon ses sion, again swung his ax of constitutionali ty against the bill of Senator Ogborn to give county commissioners the right to order the erection of bridges, buildings and monuments, the cost of which was not to exceed $300 in any case, without first receiving the formal sanction of the coun ty council. Senator Ogborn explained that frequently the emergency arises whereby the building of a small bridge is made at once necessary and time cannot be wa-jted in waiting ror rormal action. Senator Lawler wanted the bill to apply only to bridges, and Senator Ogborn expressed a willingness to accept such an amendment. Senator Hall made his most effective ar gument when he declared that the bill sought to modify the county and township reroim laws. The value of these reform laws is so great, he said, that the Legislature should not countenance any attempt to let down the bars. While the bill itself might contain good features. Senator Ball declared, he regarded it as an enter ing wedge which might in time nullify the good already secured by the reform laws. The bill was voted down. JUDGES' SALARY BILL. The report of the conference committee which amended Bepresentative Bamberg er's bill to increase the salaries of the Circuit and Superior Court Judges of Ma rion, Allen, Madison and Vigo counties and the Superior judge of Vanderburg county was concurred in by the Senate yesterday. The report was the one arraigned by Representative Sayre last Saturday. It cuts out from the salary increase Judge Rasch, of Kvansville. When the report was presented to the House Mr. Sayre declared it to be a remarkable piece of juetrllnsr and a tyre of obnoxious special legislation. The bill win now go to the Governor and the belief is that it will be vetoed. Senator Newhouse's legislative apportion ment bill was reported favorably yesterday morning and was advanced to engrossment. The Senate did a big day's work yesterday. Eight bills were passed Senate bills JVos. 123. 370, 338, 3(3 and 333, and House bills Nos. 53. 341 and 317. Two bills failed to pass for the want of a constitutional majority Senate bills Nos. 2C3 and 106. One bill was defeated Senate bin ro. 274. Twenty-nine bills were passed to third reading or engrossment Senate bills Nos. 3S6. 326, 328, 325, 71, 332, 317, 316. 3S2. 371. 115, 203, 352 and 3SS. and House bills Nos. 276. 277, 61. 364, 353, 352. 317, 13. 170. 211. 213. 72. 25?. 14. 332 and 430 passed the critical stage. ine lonowmg House bills were received and referred to the proper committees: Nos. 407. 410, 327, 361, 347, 426, 430, 411, 111, 363, 413. 424. 452, 2S3. 235, 343, 408 and 362. Two new bills were introduced, the sub stance of which will be found in the legis lative routine. BUSINESS OF THE IIOrSE. Work on Appropriation 3Ieannre and Half n. Dozen Bills TasaeJ. In. addition to disposing of the appropri ation bill the House yesterday passed half a dozen measures. Among them were two bills In which Representative Lewis, of Fountain county, is deeply interested. He la at the bedside of his wife, who is crit ically ill. He does not expect to be back In the House during the session, and on mo tion by Stutesman his bills were taken up on suspension of rules and passed without opposition. The bills are IL B. 412. relating to the disposition of the bodies of dead ani mals, and II. B. 424, legalizing the incorporation of the (awn of Wallace. Fountain bounty. The other bills passed were: H. B. 363 Salisbury prohibiting the drainage of lakes of more than 340 acres in Indiana; IL B. 233 Wright the Indianapolis pesthouse measure, providing that the pesthouse shall not be located within 1,500 feet of any hos pital or school, nor within 500 feet of any residence buildincr: IT. It. 2i TCirVn.-triv providing for the clearing of obstructions M 1H t . ft . . irom puDiic oucnes and drains: II. B. 419 Miller providing for the election of road supervisors bv the neonle of th t outside incorporated towns and cities; H. ii. 4-larKingion proniDiting the combination of insurance rnmnntiln in fi-r rates H. B. 362 Stansbury providing for the letting of county printing contracts In four groups instead of three. Senate concurrent resolution No. 7. asking Congress to make appropriations for the construction of dams and locks In the unio river, was adopted without opposition. Senate bills Nos. 330 and r5 werp ad vanced to third reading, and Senate bills Nos. 245 and 294 were reported from committee with favorable recommendationr. ine House concurred In the Senate amendments to Houba Ttilla Knu ioa c nH 7 without opposition, but when the Senate amendments tO H. B. 238. inrroasfnir the salary of the adjutant general to $2.250, wrre consmerea h, nveiy ngnt was precipitated. The amendments nrovidd ff an Increase in the salarv of the nmrtormatnr general to $2.000. Sayre opposed the amendment, and Slack and Carmirhael nnv in .favor of concurrence. On motion of Pepple acuon on ine amendment was deferred. The Governor returned to the Hoiiso with his disapproval H. B. 231 Stansbury authorizing the transportation of school children and legalizing the samp Tho cnvernor's reasons for vetoing the bill were mai us ime and us provisions were inconsistent, that the title was nncnntltntinnai and that the bill provided for the paying of ine expense or transporting children from . i a a m ine iimion iuno, wnicn cannot be devoted to any such purpose. a LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT. It Is Agreed In Caucus to Amend the Statesman BUI. The Republican senators and representa tlvcs held a joint caucus in the hall of representatives at 7:30 o'clock last night to consider tho legislative apportionment problem. Senator Kittinger, joint caucus chairman, presided. A bill was not agreed upon, but it was decided that tho Stutesman bill, which is now on second reading, shall be passed by the House and sent to the Senate, where it will bo amended in accordance with the conclusions reached by the Joint caucus at another meeting to-night. In the meanwhile a subcommittee of the legisla tlvo apportionment committee of both houses, composed of Senators Wood and Gray and Representatives Stutesman, Bam berger and Taicott. is at work on a bill which will be reported to the caucus to night. The subcommittee held a meeting last nignt and win meet again to-dav. Each member of the House and "Senate was asked to put his suggestions on the proper apportionment in writinc and turn them over to the committee. It is alto gether probable that there will be some lively arguments before a substitute bill is agreed upon at to-nieht s caucus, but once the majority gets together the sub stitute will be onered as an amendment to the Stutesman bill in the Senate and pushed through at once. SIGXED MY THE GOVERNOR. Sine Senate and Tvro Honae Dills Be come Laws One Veto. Governor Durbin signed nine Senate bills and two House bills. The following were made laws: S. B. No. 10 Crumpacker Concerning the report or viewers ana reviewers establish ing a public ditch, drain, etc. S. B. No. 13 Gray To provide for the building or floodgates in ditches. 8. B. No. 133 Ulrey Amending the Fort Wayne charter. S. B. No. 223 Fleming To regulate the granting of divorces, the custody of chll dren of divorced parents, etc. 8. B. No. 2i Fortune To amend the act concerning the organization of voluntary associations. S. B. No. 17S Singer To legalize the Incorporation of the town of Versailles, Ripley county. S. B. No. 172 Wolcott To authorize the State Board of Education to contract for primers. S. B. No. 162 Starr To authorize the trus-

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Soldiers and Sailors' Orohans' Home to secure homes for the Inmates. S Tl Krt ?T nohnrn T7 nmnnil the flpt providing for the common school fund. ii. li. iso. 15 nun to provide ior ine tetter protection of the traveling public and limiting the hours of trainmen. II. is. ro. 7 KirKman t lxing me ume for holding court in the Seventeenth judicial circuit. Report on Barbers BUI. A motion was offered and adopted In the House last week calling on the committee on rights and privileges to make a report on the barbers bill. The committee has prepared a report recommending that the bill be recommitted to the committee on agriculture, which is an easy way of killing it. The House has already defeated one of the barbers bills, the one that was Introduced by Senator Bail. Dinner for the Poor. Representative Wells, of Fort Wayne, will give a dinner at the Grand this even ing at 6 o'clock to the newspaper reporters and artists who have been doing legislative work. Saloons Near Soldiers' Homes. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: On Friday and Saturday the soldiers at tho Marion branch home received their quarterly pay, and the saloons in the Im mediate vicinity of the home have done a very active business since, which has resulted In the following condition of things on Sunday morning: The guardhouse was full to overflowing. One of the old veterans was found frozen to death. Many others were lying around In the snow, but were discovered In time to save them from a similar fate. One of these, seventy years of age, was found lying in the snow at 2 a. m. by one of the surgeons, who was called to assist in a surgical operation. An other was found with his leg broken, the bone protruding through the flesh. He was not found for several hours after ne had received his injury. One man was badly burned and there were several dislocations of Joints and broken heads. The doctors of the home put In the greatest part of the night in caring for these cases. X. X. Marion, Ind., March 2. FIGHT WITH LADRONES KIXETEEX KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED NEAR MANILA. Attacked by Scoots Under Command of Llent. NIckerson No Casualties Among the American Force. MANILA, March 2. A detachment of scouts under the command of Lieutenant Nickerson attacked and defeated a body of ladrones near the village of Mariquina, seven miles from Manila, yesterday. Lieut. Nickerson attacked before daylight. After an hour's fighting the ladrones were scat tered, and nineteen were killed and many wounded. There were no casualties on the side of the scouts. The constabulary last Wednesday sur prised and captured the stronghold of the ladrones in the mountains of Albay, Luzon, where a force of ladrones attacked a small detachment o constabulary on Feb. 20. The constabulary on Wednesday met with some resistance from the ladrones, who were defeated with a loss of ten killed and four captured. The ladrones strong hold and supplies were burned. Brigadier General Sumner, commanding the Department or Mindanao, telegrapns that he expects trouble along the military road north of Lake Lanao. General Sumner says that the dattos of the Sultan of Mindanao are friendly and anxious for peace, but are unable to control sections of their unruly followers. General Sumner has warned the soldiers to avoid any conflict and to carefully guard against surprises. Accused of Libeling; Gen. Davis. MANILA, March 2. William Crozler, editor, Mr. Kenneypan, manager, and Mr. Green, a reporter on the American, have been arrested on the charge of libeling General Davis, when General Davis expressed his partial disapproval of the findings in the Major Glenn case, the Ameri can published an editorial charging General Davis with a desire to curry favor with the administration in the hope of be ing selected to succeed General Miles in the command or the army. General Davis referred the article to Governor Taft. ENGLISH CHANNEL BOUGH. Terrific Seas Running and Imperiling Life on Land nnd Water. LONDON, March 2. Terrific seas are running in the English channel. The waves are sweeping the sea fronts of the south coast towns and doing much damage to tho piers and adjacent roads. Several fatalities have rsulted from the collapse of various structures. The Dover-Calais mail boat. Pas de Calais, with two hundred passengers on board, broke down off the Goodwin Bands but she succeeded in ef fecting repairs and entered Dover harbor. A large bark, believed to belong to Ham burg, has foundered off Lands End. Her crew, numbering about twenty men, are supposed to have been drowned. The carpenter of the British ship Cam brian Prince, Captain Owens, from Coquimbo for Middlesborough, has been picked up in the North sea. He reports that the Cambrian Prince capsized and sank. The Cambian Prince was of 1.125 tons net burden. She was built in 1876, and was owned by tho Cambrian Prince Company, of IJverpool. She was 221.7 feet long. had 37 feet beam and was 22 feet 6 inches deep. Steamer Merlon Ashore. QUEENSTOWN. March 2. The Dominion line steamer Merion, which arrived here yesterday from Boston for Liverpool, is aground near Roche's Point, White bay. The. tugs were unsuccessful In their at tempts to float the Merlon at high tide tonight, and a tender was sent to the steamer to take off the passengers. The boisterous weather, however, prevented the tender going alongside, and the passengers will have to spend the night on board the steam er. The passengers can be transferred to a lifeboat in the event of an emergency. When the tugs made the last attempt to tow the Merlon off the vessel was found to be so strained after discharging the water ballast that the captain did not like to run the risk of going into deep water. He pre ferred that the Merlon should remain stranded until the weather moderated. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The hearing of evidence for the govern ment in the proceedings instituted to con fiscate $00,000 worth of the property of former Capt. o. M. Carter, now In Leav enworth prison convicted of conspiracy. was concluded at Savannah, Ga., on Mon day. The formal farewell of Archbishop Qulgley to the Buffalo diocese was said on Monday, and In commemoration of the occasion farewell services were held in St. Joseph's catnearai. at wnicn a large number of dig nitaries of the church and the laity was present. As the result of a beating which a ser geant and a private of the Newport News police force received at the hands of sailors from the battleship Maine on Saturday evening Chief of Police Johnson will make formal complaint to the Navy Department. In the statement now being prepared the chief of ponce asks specific complaint f-galnst the officers cf the warship and calls attention to the apparent lack or discipline. As the result of the development of scar let fever In the family of Prof. James P. Whyte. of the English department of the school for boys at Lake Forest, 111., that Institution has been ordered closed for ten days. The one hundred or more boys of the school were hurried out of town to their various homes in Wisconsin. Minnesota. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa and Michigan. The precautionary measure was deemed advis able by the health authorities, who feared a general epidemic. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxativ Eromo-Qulnine Tablets. This

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WORST OF THE FLOOD IS OVER AT PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY. Conditions Alone: the Ohio nnd Other Streams No Serious Damage at Louisville. PITTSBURG, March 2. The rivers arc almost within their banks and as the waters are rapidly falling here at headquarters the worst of the flood may be considered over. Only half a dozen times in a century has the record of yesterday been beaten, but notwithstanding thi3 and the fact that the rise came within a few hours the damage has not been as great as in many previous floods when the water did not reach as high a stage. Indirectly the loss Is heavj', as all the mills and factories fronting the two rivers have been compelled to close on account of the water getting into the fly pit and probably 40,000 men will be thrown out of employment for several days. This will mean a heavy loss In wages. With the water falling a mass of mud and sediment Is left deposited on the lowland thoroughfares of the two cities. Little pools of water are frozen over and the sidewalks are covered with sheets of ice. The water In many of the cellars also froze during the night and the health authorities are apprehensive of much sickness following in the wake of the flood. t As quickly as the waters recede gangs of men will be put to work and the flooded districts thoroughly cleaned. Portions of Allegheny are still under water, and the police are patrolling the flooded districts in skiffs to prevent accidents. Many of the residents who are still confined in their houses are in destitute circumstances and the Department of Charities Is busy supplying the poor with coal and provisions. The trains on the Pitts burg and Western divisions or tno uauimore & Ohio and the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad are still arriving and departing fror., the Baltimore & Ohio station in this city. Conditions at Memphis. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 2. In the past forty-eight hours the river at Memphis has risen three-tenths of a foot according to the official gauge, and the water now stands at a 34.2 stage, a foot and twotenths above the danger line. There has been another rise In the Ohio, the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, and when this volume of water pours down the valley it Is feared the river at this point and below will rise so high as to cause a disastrous flood. The local weather bureau says that from the present outlook of water in sight it is probable the Memphis stage will equal or exceed the highest known. The rise has been unprecedented and a flood is coming. Reports of distress already are coming in from points above and below this city. Many Industries Idle. WHEELING, W. Va.March 2. The crest of Jthe rise in the Ohio river was reached this morning, when tho marks showed a 8 tage of forty feet and three inches. Hun dreds of. houses in the low-lying districts in Wheeling. Benwood, Martin's Ferry, Bridgeport and Bellaire are partly sub merged and considerable damage has been done. There has been an almost complete suspension of operations In the iron, steel and tin mills, potteries and other industries. James Duffy, while being ferried across a South Side street, fell into the water and was drowned this afternoon. There have been no other fatalities. Due to an Ice Gorire. ALBANY, N. Y., March 2. The Hudson river overflowed to-day through the streets along the water front. The flood is caused by an Ice gorge at Castleton. Trolley service between Albany and Troy was tem porarily suspended. The West Shore and Delaware & Hudson tracks are inundated and passengers were transferred from the Union Depot to an improvised station below the point of inundation. No Great Danger nt Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 2. Danger of a serious flood in the Ohio river here has passed. Though the water Is still rising an inch and a half an hour, the fear that the danger line would be reached has disap peared. It is probable the river will rc cede within forty-eight hours. The readings at midnight showed 15 feet on the falls, 17.2 in the canal and 43 feet below the locks. CREAM OF THE FOREIGN NEWS. The ccneral elections in Chile resulted in a rrroa t trlnmhh for th T A Yitra 1-f'rnjoriro tive combination over the Liberal group which supports the president. Dr. Baron Von Giskra. first secretarv of the Austro-Hunzarian embassy at lierlin. has been transferred to Washington. Baroness Von Giskra, his wife, was a Miss King, or ew lork. A London news agency reports that the afe of the Anglo-American Oil Company. at'rulham. Southwest London, was blown open on Saturday, and that the burglars secured $625, and not $025,000, as reported In the United States. President Francis, of the St. Louis expo sition. Is In Paris with the view of stimulating and enlarging French participation in the exposition. He has been well re ceived. On Monday he .was given an audi ence by President Loubet. In answer to a question in the House of Commons Monday Premier Balfour said Great Britain had refused to purchase the Chilean and Argentine warships under con struction in Europe. The Admiralty had carefully considered the matter and had concluded that these vessels were not suitable for the British navy. J. P. Morgan and the men of his party called at the palace In Havana by appointment on Monday and had an interview lasting forty minutes with President Palma. It was afterward announced that the visit was one of courtesy, and that Presi dent Palma had Invited Mr. Morgan to dine at the ralace on Wednesday. The City Council of Copenhagen on Mon day elected a Socialist house painter. Jensen, as mayor of the finance depart ment. After the election there was a torchlight procession composed of members of all the trade unions, and other celebrations. There was an enormous crowd and the demonstrations degenerated into disorders and a fight with the police. Many were injured and some arrests were made. The Society of American Women of London gave a luncheon Monday on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the establishment of the organization. Lady Mayoress. Lady Marcus Samuel. Ellen Terry and Sarah Grand were among the guests.. About two hundred persons were present. Commissioner Florence Hayward. of the 8t. Louis fair, and Mrs. Calder Johnson, of Sorosis, New York, made speeches. ' Advices from Penang state that the Sul tan of Acheen has voluntarily surrendered to the Dutch authorities. According to the Penang Gazette, this signifies that the long-protracted "Acheen rebellion" is drawing to a termination. The Sultan first ascertained that he would be well received by the Governor of Acheen, and then, finding that his subjects were safe, delivered him self to the Dutch. He is now in the house of one of the principal Dutch military offi cers. A dispatch to the Impartial, of Madrid, from Ceuta. Morocco, reiterates the report that the Sultan's troops have been defeated and that War Minister Menlbhi has been killed. The message does not Indicate the date of the engagement or the place where the battle occurred. It was announced in a dispatch from Madrid Feb. 20 that a tel egram had been received there from Tangier saying it was persistently reported at the latter place that War Minister Menlbhi had been killed in battle Feb. 12. A motion to disfranchise Galway In consequence of Its action in electing Col. Arthur Lynch, recently convicted of high treason, was defeated in the British House of Commons Monday by 24S to 45 votes. The attorney general, having moved the Issue of a writ of election for merrber of Parliament In place of Colonel Lynch, Sir George Bartley, Conservative, proposed as an amendment that a writ be not issued during the life of the present Parliament. He claimed that Galway elected Colonel Lynch simply because he was a traitor, and quoted an alleged message from John Redmond asXln?. the voters to elect Colonel Lynch and "haul down the blood-stained flag of

England." Mr. Redmond warmly denied sending any such message , and explained

that he was In America at the time, bir George Bartley then withdrew his state ment, the amendment was defeated, and the issue of a writ was agreed to. Pokotileff, manager of the Russo-Chlnese Bank in Peking, has been appointed agent of the Russian ministry of finance in London in succession to Tatischeff. who has been appointed to a post in the ministry of the interior in St. Petersburg. Pokotileff was Russia's ablest agent in the East, and he is credited with having had greater influence at the Chinese court than any other foreigner. The Russian representatives are advising China to adopt a gold standard. They have prepared a statement explaining the desirability and the possibility of this step. Pokotileff is the supposed author of the statement, which argues that the theory that the balance of trade is against China is fallacious. The Russo-Chinese Bank is suggested as being a semi-Chinese Institution qualified to assist in the necessary measures to bring about the adoption of the gold standard. TRADE, LABOR, INDUSTRY. All the banks at Lima, Peru, have signed an agreement to keep their accounts and carry out their operations solely on the basis of the legal coin, the Peruvian gold pound. A certificate of incorporation was filed at Dover, Del.. Monday, for the Diamond Cement "and Lithograph Stone Company of New York city, to mine, treat and prepare cement. Capital stock, $1,500,000, The firm of T. M. Baxter ÄiCCo., a pioneer member of the Chicago Board of Trade, failed to pay its debit balances Monday and its few remaining debts were closed out to meet the deficit. No outside customers are involved and the liabilities are thought to be small. The state superintendent of factories and a party of inspectors on Monday went throught the clothing factories in the Brownsville district of Brooklyn. Fifty factories were closed on the ground that they did not comply with the laws regarding ventilation and sanitary conditions. A number of children were sent to their homes, being under the age required by law. A strike of the weavers at the Bristol mill, at New Bedford, Mass., was inaugurated Monday, and although the looms were started with the other machinery, not more than fifty weavers were at work. No demonstration attended the starting of the strike. About 250 weavers are out. The employes complain of poor yarn, poor filling, poor fixing high-speeded looms and changes in style. The freight blockade has forced four Minneapolis flour mills to shut down. There will be more out of commission on Tuesday unless the conditions change. Monday the mills had hardly enough cars In sight ta take care of the day's run. Some of them will store flour as they have been doing for the last eight weeks. . Others prefer to stop grinding until cars can be obtained. The Kenton & Southern Electric Railroad Company was organized on Monday with J. S. Harshman, of Springfield, O., president; R. Emery, Columbus, vice president and secretary; C. S. D. McGomery, Boston, treasurer. A. E. Appleyard, of Boston, Is one of the directors. It was voted to issue stock to the amount of $600,000. The company will build electric lines In Kenton and also a line to Bellefontaine. In accordance with the action taken at Sunday night's meeting of the Pittsburg division of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paper Hangers of America, about one thousand painters struck Monday for an increase in wages from $3.20 to $3.60 per day. Work was suspended on many buildings in course of erection, but on the large structures there will be no stoppage, the contractors having signed the scale. In a circular sent out Monday by J. P. Morgan & Co-., stockholders of the Erie Railway are asked to forward signed assents to the proposed issue of $10,000,000 4 per cent, convertible fifty-year gold bonds. Stockholders are requested to approve a contract with Morgan & Co. as syndicate managers (in which they and other directors and trustees may be included), to take any residue of the bonds not taken by stockholders for 2 per cent, commission. In a circular dated Newark. Feb. 28, the directors of the North American Company inform the stockholders of a proposed increase in the capital stock from $12,000,000 to $17.000.000. It is believed that the North American Company will soon announce the purchase of the Laclede Gas Company, of St. Louis. A considerable amount of Laclede stock has, according to report, al ready been turned over to the North American Company. The new stock of the latter company will be offered to shareholders at par. Two strikes. Involving three thousand hands, were inaugurated at Philadelphia on Monday, when four branches of the United Garment Workers of America, including coat operators, tailors, pressers and buttonhole Workers struck for better conditions, shorter hours and recognition of the union. The Carriage and Wagon Workers and Painters quit work because of the refusal of the employers to grant a minimum wage scale of $2.50 for a nine-hour day and a 10 per cent, increase for piece work. More than one thousand men are idle. Owners of property along the west bank of the Chicago river, between Madison and Randolph streets, have been awarded a to tal of $697,688.32 damages by a Jury for the condemnation of their property by the san itary department. The property condemned and amounts awarded are as follows: Star and Crescent Milling Company, $316,060.86; Creamery Packing Manufacturing Com pany, $lo4.3ol.58; John Conkaid and Louisa Healy. $64.114.58, with $5.757.50 damage to strip of land not taken; Shreve estate, $140,161.80, with $16,940 damage to a strip not taken. Justice Fitzpatrlck. of the United States Circuit Court of New Jersey, has appointed Thomas C. McGuvern, of New York. and George B. Hallock, of New Jersey, receivers for the Pacific Packing and Navigation Corripany of Seattle. The application for a receiver was made by the Colonial Trust Company as creditor, and Rudolph Pfieffer, as a stockholder. The appointments were made on a report of the audit committee of New York, from which iff appeared the receivership was necessary for the preservation of the company property pending a reorganisation. The company was organized Aug. 10. 1001. and was capitalized at about $13.000,000. The President is John Conselman, of Chicago. The report of the English engineering standardization committee has been completed. The committee commenced work in June, 1901. and its recommendations in regard to the standardization of various iron and steel sections approximate closely those adopted In the United States and Germany. It is estimated that the standardization will result in saving millions of pound? sterling annually to the British manufacturer and user. In structural steel alone the reduction of cost, it is said, will amount to $3,750,000 annually, and it is held that -the standardization will enable the British manufacturer to deliver quicker and avoid the delay which has resulted in the United States securing so many locomotive and brldse contracts for South Africa and Egypt. The British government has promised the co-operation of all the heads of departments, and is determined to enforce the use of standards, so that In an emergency It may be able to get its requirements from British firms. The adoption by the French Chamber of Deputies on Saturday of the principle of a government monopoly of petroleum has brought out a number of energetic protests from leading refiners. The Francals published Interviews with representatives of the trade which take a gloomy view of the outlook. They agree in saying that the American company will get the benefit of the depression of the French industry. M. Deutsch says the additional tax means more profits for the Americans, as the French industry is rarely able to compete with the Americans under the present tax. Another leading refiner characterized the action taken as giving the Americans the open door to France. Consul General Gowdy's records show that petroleum is the third largest American import to France, coming next to cotton and copper and aggregating in value last year $7,463,000. The consul general adds that the American company has extensive refining plants and tanks throughout France, but he Is unable to foresee the effect of the law on American product. Three Sulclrte at St. Lonls. ST. LOUIS, March 2. Two women and a man committed suicide to-day. Mrs. Rachael Lelander, wife of a sculptor employed at the world's fair grounds, took carbolic acid on account of poor health. She sent her fourteen-year-old son for the poison and made him. promise not to tell his father. The Lelander family fecently came from Charleston. S. C. Mrs. Elizabeth Williams turned on the gas at her home and sat down In a chair. She was dead when discovered. A note said: Cremate my body and let no one see me." Thomas Penny, a contractor" of Canton, 111., came to visit his brother yesterday arid to-day committed suicide with carbolic acid. He had recently separated from his wife.

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I'XABLi: TO THROW AXY LIGHT OX III: It HISUAXD'S MLRDHIl. Theory of the Police Concerning the .Mysterious IlnfTnlo Case Man and Woman Involved. BUFFALO, N. Y.. March 2.-Mrs. Burdick, wife of K. L. Burdick, who was murdered at his home here last Thursday night, and Mrs. Hull, her mother, were examined at considerable length early to-day at the police station, where they were taken upon their return from Canastota. where they had attended the funeral of the murdered man. Mrs. Hull was first questioned by District Attorney Coatesworth and Assistant Superintendent ot Detectives Cusack. She said she .knew nothing of what happened until she was called by the domestic in the morning. She heard no sounds in the night, heard nothing of any voice, and awoke in the morning ignorant of any tragedy in the house. She denied positively that her relations with Mr. Burdick were unfriendly and emphatically declared that she believed that nobody in the household had anything to do with the crime or knew anything of it until the monalng. Mrs. Burdick was next questioned at length as to what she could offer to throw light on the possible Identity of the murderer, after which both women went back to the Ashland-avcnue home. The district attorney said after they had gone: "We examined Mrs. Hull and Mrs. Burdick for the purpose of completing the examination of all those present in the house on the night the murder occurred, and to ascertain from Mrs. Burdick. if possible, who, in her Judgment, might have been actuated to commit such a crime." After four days spent in investigation of the mystery the police believe they have a tangible theory in substantiation of which they are seeking evidence. The theory is: That Burdick was killed in the smoking den by a man while partaking of a luncheon with a woman in whom the man was interested; that the woman went to Burdick's house about the time Burdick was ready to go to bed; that at the woman's ring Bur-. aiCK descended to the front door in his underclothes and admitted the woman; that Burdick produced the bottle of cocktails and the edibles; that while the two were eating. drinking and talking sitting on the couch the man who killed Burdick entered suddenly and confronted them; that quarrel ensued during which Burdick was killed with a golf club and the cocktail bottle by the man. The woman in the case is said to have called Burdick over the telephone on Thursday, the day preceding the murder. Some one representing himself as Burdick answered. The woman was not satisfied and called at Burdick's offide. He was not there and had not answered the telephone. The police believe that the man who answered the telephone made a date with the woman in the name of Burdick and that he afterwards followed her to Burdick's house in the cab driven by Delahunt.to within a block of the murder. This theory explains why the woman went to Burdick's house . as though to keep a date and took Burdick by surprise. BRAWN IN OLD AGE. Two Noteworthy Examples of Energy at Three-Score and Ten. New York Evening Telegram. Gilbert sang of "Beauty in extreme old age," and from two striking very striking examples given here within a few days the tuneful librettist might have chortled In praise of the brawn of the same period. John Judge, jr., twenty-three years old, went to his home In Jersey City and started a row with his mother and sisters. He threw dishes at them so fast that they were forced to seek shelter in a closet. One of the daughters said, "I hear papa coming." Papa, seventy years old, came upon the scene in time to hear his son remark sneeringly, "The old man don't know how to fight." There was, says the chronicler, a few minutes of sparring, side-stepping and dodging, and then John Judge, Jr., went down and out for nearly ten minutes, being revived' by his aged sire and a couple of policemen. The other Instance is that of Arthur Derby, nearly seventy 3'ears old, employed on a farm near Richfield, N. J., who was going peacefully home on Saturday night, carrying a basket of groceries, when he was halted by two footpads, one of whom caught him by the arm, while the other demanded his money. Pretending to be much frightened the old man, pleading that he be not hurt, put down his basket and then suddenly converted himself into a fighting machine, with such success that when he picked up his basket and trudged on he left both his assailants Insensible in a snowbank. Mr. Derby, it appears, in his earlier years, had exercised with John C. Heenan and others, and had not forgotten his lessons. Little things like these go far to show that many of us far too soon become "aged men. full loath and slow," and that It Is possible to attain "a green old age, unconscious of days." And how much better it is none will scarce deny. POPE LEO'S JUBILEE. Great Demand "for Admission to the Coronation Anniversary Exercises. ROME, March 2. The struggle to obtain tickets for to-morrow's ceremony at the Vatican on the occasion of the twentyfifth anniversary of the coronation of the Pope has been quite unprecedented." It is expected that more than 70,000 persons will be present. The . foreigners are especially chagrined at the difficulty experienced in obtaining tickets from the usual sources, and the discontent Is Increased by the fact that good seats are offered for sale at the hotels at high prices. Most of the tickets have gone to the Italian bishops. The rcc tor of the American college had over 500 applications for tickets, and he had less than 200 at his disposal. The city Is overflowing with visitors. The hotels have turned the bath and billiard rooms and offices into bedrooms, but the accommodation is still Insufficient for the crowd of 20,000 pilgrims, besides the 50,000 other visitors who have arrived for tomorrow's ceremony. Forty-six out of the fifty-eight members of the Sacred College are here, together with nearly 300 archbishops and bishops. The Pope passed a very quiet birthday, spending most of the time resting to please the doctors, or, as he said, "praying to please himself," Preparations are already going forward at St. Peter's, and the work will continue all night. While troops, carbineers and police are in readiness to Insure order, the rain is preventing the people from spending the night before the doors of St. Peter's as Is usual on such occasions in order to get good positions. Police Captain Indicted. ST. LOUIS. March 2.-On the charges of neglect of duty in falling to suppress vice in the fourth district Police Captain Sam Boyd was indicted by the trrand Jury to-night. Captain Boyd is expected to surrender to-morrow. It is said this indictment Is only the forerunner of a number of true bills that will be Issued ngainst police officers within the next few days as a result of investigations in the alleged traffic in girls under police protection. Onr Typewriters. New York Press. There.are now in the market no less than fourteen different styles of $100 typewriters Only six of the fourteen have as few as from 1.WJ0 to 2.5S7 parts. Four have from 1.200 to 1.800. Four have 1.000 or less. Several of the fourteen have from ninety-five to 104 springs, and not one has less than forty. What we want Is a $05 machine. Presidency Transferred Without War. PANAMAdarch 2. A dispatch from San Salvador received here to-day says that General Regalado yesterday handed over the presidency to General Pedro Ercalon. who war declared elected Feb. ID. This was the first peaceful transfer of the presidency in fifty years and has caused great rejoicing throughout Salvador.

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Obitnary. WASHINGTON. March 2. -Mrs. I. 11. & Wells, wife of the Itt. Rev. I. IL Wel'.s, bishop of the diocese of Spokane, died tonight at the home of her sister, Mrs. H. J. Ransdell. Mrs. Wells was a delegate to the congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which met last wc k. GUTHRIE, O. T., March 2. Horacei H. Hagan, Democratic politician and banker, died to-day of heart disease. His brothers are Eugene Hagan. a Topeka attorney. Rev. Father Hagan. of Chicago, and Frank Hagan, of Louisville, Ky. o Jury Yet to Try Operator. CHICAGO, March i-AIihough seventyfive veniremen were examined to-day In connection with the trial of the Indiana coal operators charged with conspiracy, not a single man was found acceptable as a Juror. lp to date ply eight Jurors have been sworn in. and neither side appears to be in a hurry to get more. Leap Prepare an Answer. The answer of Albert Leap, ttnanca clerk In the Indianapolis poitoffice, to the charges of Incompetency filed against him by Postmaster McGlnnls has been, forwarded to Washington. Mr. Leap explains the Irregu- C latitles In his accounts by saying that unfamlliarity with the work caused him to make errors when he first entered on his , new duties. He also says that they do not occur now, as he has mastered the details of the offlce work and is not Incompetent to hold his position. f

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