Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1904 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1904.

York city: wai reappointed In December. 2J7&, and again in December, 1880, and re-

on Ic. 6, 1882. Mr. Whitn-y was appointed secretary --f the navy on Marcl 6. 1Ä. and served through the first cievr land administrativ n. unt h Isw l took a keen Interest in horses and yachting. and lu 1901 won the English Derby v Volovodyowf - In 1 Mr Whitney married Flora Payue. daughter of Henry B. Payne. United States senator from Ohio. Mrs. Whitney dse d IMt, leaving four children Th Harry Payna Whitney, who is a gradi. from Yale University, married, in lf96. Gertrude Vauaderbilt. daughter dus Vanderbilt. The eldest daughter, Pauline Whitney, married, in lsirö. Elmeric Hugh Paget, who is by birth an I member of a family raj r :it-.l for i turtec in the peerage The two n-mainlng Children t- Payn Whitney and a daughter. Dorothy Whitney. In 1896 Mr. Whit: aootracted a second matrimonial alliar. fefts bride being Sdtth S. (May) Randolph, ff Eaat Court. Wiltshire, England. Mr-. Whitn-y died of injur i dved from falling from h-r horse In the hunting flHd. Mr. Whitney came of a distinguished line 4jf Puritan ancestry. Among those who came t. New England in 1635 ware J"lm Whitney, his wlf. Elinor and their son Richard. Richard Whitney 11690-1723). second of the nam- and grandson of th- pto fteer, was the rirst of Um family bom in America. He married Elizabeth Satell. apsd their son, born in 1712. was ;. -ral Jaateh Whitney, was a colonial lieutenant Colonel In the French and Indian wars and a brigadier in the army of th- revolution, and who was h- Kreat-grat-grandfatli r of William C. Whitney. Hla -son. Josiah WhltTi. j. also served in th'- continental army. He married Anna Scollay. and th-lr on, Stephen Whitney, was a member of the Massachusetts General Court In Ittels. His son was General James Scollay Whitney, father of Willi im C. Whitney. Be married Laurinda Collins, a descendant 4jf Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth colny He held many minor offices In Ma--j l. i setts, and was a brigadier general in th B te mlltt. Owned I.n Helle Stud. HHMQfON, Ky.. Feb. 2 The death of W. C. Whitney was received with genuin ftgret her, where he was popular and well known. He based La Belle stud. whW-h bow quartern $300.000 worth of his h"rIncluding some of the most noted stallions and bruod mares In the country. FAIR AXD CONTINUED LOW TEMPERATURE WABHINGTON, Feb. 2. Forecast Wednesday and Thursday: for Indiana. Illinois. Low r Michigan. Wis conaln and Minnas-t;t -F;ifr :i cold on Wednesday; fresh wt continued to northwest wind. For Ohio Fair and cold on Wednesday, except snow in northwest portion, cold' r in southeast portion. Thursday fair; diminishing waat wtoda. For Kentucky Fair and continued cold on Wednesday and Thursday. For Nebraska. North Dakota and Kansas Generally fair on Wednesday and Thursday. Iowa and Missouri Fair and continued cold on Wednesdiiv and Thursday. South Dakota Fair n Wednesday; eoM r In extreme west portion. Thursday fair. Loral Ohnrvntlotis on Tuesln. Pres. Ther R. . Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m... 29.68 34 7 S a st I t Snow T f p. m... 30.22 9 9 8' west. Clear. 0.02 Maximum temperature, 34; minimum tempera tu re, 8. Comparative statement of mean temperature and total precipitation on Feb. 2: Temp. Prec. Normnl 20 .12 Mean J I .02 Departure for day 8 10 Departure for month 31 25 Departure since Jan. 1 220 .67 Plus. W. T. BLYTHE. Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatnres. Stations. 7 a. m. Abi'ene. Tex 44 Amarillo. T- x 16 Atlanta. Ga 4 Bismarck. N. D 12 Buffalo, n. y o Cairo. Ill 10 Chattanooga. Tenn 2o Cheynn Wyo 6 Chicago. Ill 6 Cincinnati. 0 6 Cleveland. O 2 Columbus. O Concordia. Kan 18 Davenport. Ia ' Denver, C I 14 Dodge City. Kan 20 Dubuque. Ia 4 Duluth. Minn 4 El Paso. Tex 28 Galveston. Tex 40 Grand Junction. "ol 10 Grand Rapids. Mich 6 Havre, Moni 6 Huron, S. D ... 4 Helena. Mont 26 Jacksonville FTa 38 Kansas City. M Dander, Wyo 2 Little Rodt, Ark fl Louisville. Ky l Max. 7 p. m. 44 36 52 8 30 42 52 40 14 42 34 38 2S VI 60 4i 10 2 50 4 18 26 34 8 14 10 10 22 6 46 32 4 60 38 14 6 4 24 43 IS : 48 18 2 46 50 68 36 ei 30 42 32 40 12 58 32 32 32 36 14 26 14 0 36 r;2 38 54 8 24 24 38 34 46 20 28 6 34 60 a 54 42 12 02 56 2 50 70 34 44 40 48 34 64 46 32 Marquette, Mich Memphis. Tenn. 6 24 S4 Modena. T'tah Montgomery. Ala Nashville. Tenn 28 faNew Orleans. ! i ew York. N. V Norfolk. Va . . North Platte. Neb Oklahoma. O T. . 42 24 20 10 34 Omaha. Neb 4 Paleatine. T x 46 Parkeraburg. W V. Philadelphia. Pa Pittsburg. Pa Pueblo. Col Qu' Appell.-, vssin Rapid City. S D St. Louis. Mo St Paul. Minn Salt Lakf City, Utah San Antonio, Tex Santa F, N. M Shreveport. La 8prlngfi.li. Ill Springntld. Mo Valentine, Neb Washington. D. C... Wichita. Kan 8 6 14 -28 4 18 2 24 32 2; 46 34 34 4 42 63 46 64 L'l 34 2. ;:s 34 3 2 28 MOVEMENTS OF steamers KKW YORK. Feb. 2.-Sailrd: Rotterdam, for Rotterdam; August Vi. tori i. for ; -noa and the Levant. North America, for Naples and Genoa. CHKRHoi R.;. K. - rri.-.l: Kaiser w nneim Ii. rrorn N w for Bremen, and pn rk. viu Plymouth, d. OIHKALTAR, Feb. 1. Arrived: Prinz.. Iran, from New York, for Naples and 43anoa. and proceeded. 8CILLY. Feb 2 .-P d Armenia, ft Philadelphia, for Hamburg. ANTWKRP. Feb. 2.-Arrived: Kroonland, om New York LONDON. Feb. 2. Arrived: Minuetonka, from New York Hallway Shop Burnett. CANTON. O . Feb. 2. The shops of the Wfc ling Lake- Erl Railroad in this city were gutted by fire this evening, entailing a loa of from to ?7.".,X. The fir. atarted by the explosion of a headlight In the shop, and the flames, fanned by bllxxard raging at the time, could not be checked until the machine and c irpenter department Were destroyed. Two iilrla Perlnh; Others uftVr. AUSTIN, Tex.. Feb. 2.-The residence of J. D. Maytield was burned to-night and n . Of hie little girls perished. The mother 1not expected to live. Several other children Were badly burned.

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Town Seal of Washington. Mass . the Or.ly One that Contained th Portrait of a Living Man. W. t WHITNEYS PORTRAIT m iU TOWN SEAL Only Man So Honored in Life Was Largest Land Holder in Massachusetts. OWNED MOST OF A TOWX BOSTON, Feb. 2. William C. Whitney owned nearly two-thirds of the land in the town of Washington, Mass. He was the largest land owner in Massachusetts, having holdings of 10.000 acres of land in Washington and Lee. His purchases of land In Washington brought into the town treasury such results from the payment of ta. lhai the town had a bust of Mr. Whitney placed on its town seal. Mr. Whitney gave' his consent to this, and it Is believed that this was the first instance of the kind in the state. Before Mr. Whitney bought his mountain property much of It was occupied by squatterand the valuation was placed at such a low figure that there was little return from tax to the town. When Mr. Whitney opened up miles of road and made such extensive improvements, Including the building of a handsome country place, "The Antlers," UM Washington assessors raised the valuation, ami Mr. Whitney's check sent annually to the town of Washington was the largest amount paid into the town's treasury. Mr. Whitney was taxed in Washington on about 7,000 acres of land which he develojed into game preserves and country' place, and 1 the texes on this mountain property alaCOtl Washington out of debt and allowed increaoed appropriations for roads, bridges and schools. In appreciation of this Mr. Whitney's consent was asked by the board of selectmen that his picture might appear on the town seal. Mr. Whitney was taxed in Washington on twenty buildings, ten barns, fifty goats, twenty-live buffaloes, tlf1 horses, ten cows, thirty sheep and other cattle. JURIES OF WORKMEN PASS ON GRIEVANCES Strike of 1, 200 Painters Is Prevented at Chicago by Recourse to Unusual Procedure. CHICAGO, EVb. 2. Elimination of business agents and other union officers in deliberations between employer and employe for the readjustment of wages, It is claimed, has averted a general strike and lockout of 1.2U0 members of the paint workers' union in Chicago. Instead of d.-aling with the labor leaders the proprietors of the paint factories of the city members of tho National Paint Manufacturers' Association submitted their ca.-e to juries of twelve actual workingnv-n from each shop. A tentative it:t. ni nt. practically satisfactory to both BtdflB) has been submitted to the Manufacturers' Association by the union, based on reports made by the various shop committees. Tbe agreement, with a few minor changes, it is said, will be accepted by the employers, to whom it leaves the 'open shop" and the question of settling the w;m- scale. RUSSIAN WARSHIPS AT VLADIVOSTOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAQE.) including a Dlimbei of Japanese army officers who have beta recalled from foreign ports. o Exertion of Preanure. PARTS. Feb. 2.-The French Foreign Office authorizes a denial of the report, printed in New York, and emanating from Paris, to the effect that the French and British governments had agreed to exert pressure upou Japan for the acceptance of the coming Russian reply. It is specifically asserted that no exchanges relating to the Russo-Japanese sltuatiou have occurred between the French and British governments for more than ten days. False Srtie of Security at Seoul. LONDON. Feb. 3. "Korea appears to consider the responses of the powers to her declaration of neutrality.' cables the Seoul correspondent of the Times, "as tantamount to a guarantee of territorial integrity, and consequently a false sense of security is manifested at the palace here." Japunese ( miner at Singapore. SINGAPORE. Strahs Settlements, Feb. 3. The Japanese cruisers Nisshln and Knsaja arrived here from Colombo and are now coaling. Both vessels, in a gale off the Island of Ceylon, showed themselves to be excellent seabuats. llsourl Mule for RtiMwiann. JOPLIN. Mo.. Feb. 2. A trainload of Missouri mules passed through Joplin to-night, en route to Port Arthur, where they will be shipped to Russia to be used in the Russian army In view of the threatened war with Japan. HERRICK HAS NO WISH TO RUN WITH ROOSEVELT COLUMBUS. O., Feb. 2. "Governor Herrick." said Col. W. P. Orr. of Piqua. today, while chatting with the executive, "Is Ohio going to demand your acceptance of second place on the natioual ticket this year?" Herrick's reply was quick and decisive: "I think not; Ohio knows that I am not ambitious beyond serving my State. I sincerely trust that I may ut be embarrassed hv mv friends " h The Governor has insistently protested against any such effort. ntcatos C'urtaiiiN Tented. BUFFALO. N. Y.. Feb 2. By order of the mayor and the fire commissioners, the asbestos curtains in five of Buffalo's theaters were tested by fire to-day. FtfWB B armed with alcohol lamps and ready to meet any emergency visited the leading theaters. The lamps were lighted and the flames held close to the asU-.-'t-K lroii 1 nrtalns. All of them stood the tet. Several of tne theaters have been altered to meet the reiulr nts of the city or ance. I utointied in a .old lline. QUAYAQUH Ecuador. Feb. 2. Word has been received here bv mail from the Zaruma gold mining district that on Jan. 21 a wall in a mine belonging to some 'Ilapsed and burll tors. The wall was American capitalists alive fifteen native ml seventy-five feet high. TO CI HI". A COLD IX ONE 1) Y Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All It uuiclitf ü rfunil the monov if It fail tn um 1 E. W. Grove's siguature la on each box. 25c. I

TEMPORARY RECEIVERS FOR TWO TEXAS CONCERNS Kirhv Lumber Corporation and

Houston Oil Company in the Control of the Court. TO COXTIXL'E BUSINESS HOT STON. Tex.. Feb. 2. B. F. Bonner, tfce personal representative of John H. Kirby ur.d N. W. McL od. of St. Loui.- has been appointed temporary receiver of the Kirby Lumber Company, one of the lars?st corporations of its kind in the Southwest. F. A. Reychardt, cn hi HP of the Planters' tad Mechanics' National Bank, of this city, of which John H. Kirby is president, and Thomas H. Franklin, of San Antonio, have been appointed temporary receivers of the Houston Oil Company. Floyd MoOowan, of the firm of Der.man. Franklin & McGowan. made this statement: "There is no DOr4 whatever for any uniue excitement on account of the temporary receivership. It was brought about by the fact that the Maryland Trust Company, holding timber certificates of the Kirby Lumber Company, and guaranteed by the Houston Oil Company, upon which interest was not paid when due. is itself in the hands of a receiver, and it was on this account that action was taken. Plans for a settlement have been pending for several weeks past and yesterday I received tflvtotf from the Maryland Trust Company stating that negotiations were near a settlement. The fact of the matter is that this application was prepared more than a month ago and has been held back, us it was the general understanding that it would be withdrawn. It is quite evident that the receivership is merely for the purpose of holding the properties of the two companies intact until an amicable adjustment, pending negotiations, can be brought about. I believe this will be done before Feb. 17. which is the day set for the final orders in the case. The business of the two companies will proceed as usual and no other interests will be involved thereby." The Kirby Lumber Company is capitalized at $10.000.000, of which $5.000.000 is preferred stock and $5,000.000 is common stock. Of the Houston Oil Company's capital stock of $3n.M.i,oo. $10.000,000 is preferred stock and $20,000.000 common stock. The property of the K rby Lumber Company consists of eighteen lumber mills and mercantile stores, all in Texas; 142 miles of railroad. 7oh cars, "ö -ocomotives. 210,000 acres of pine land, logging outfits, tie and piling outfits. This comp&ny's inventory shows $1.000.000 worth of lumber on hand. Its assets are claimed to be $lU,5oo,U00 in excess of liabilities. The Houston Oil Company owns 1.000,000 acres of pine land, valued by experts at $yo.oon,ooo, and oil property of enormous value. It controls a large part of the Corsleana oil fields, the Sour Lake area and the Nacogdoches oil fields. W hen the news of the receivership was announced here to-day a run was made on the savings department of the Planters' and Mfrehnnics' National Hank, but not on the bank proper, where the deposits were much in excess of the withdrawals. The other banks of the city at once made tenders of assistance, but they were net accepted. The savings department was kept open until 5 o'clock for the accommodation of those wishing to withdraw their savings, but little business was done after 3 p. m., the scare having, to a great extent, subsided. BANK CLOSED BY THE CONTROLLER'S ORDER Traders' National, of Clarksburg, V. Va., Compelled to Suspend Business. CLARKSr.CBG. W. Va.. Feb. 2 The Traders' National Bank has been closed byorder of the controller of the currency, and Charles W Robinson has been placed in charge. It is the largest bank in the city. Assets $1.125.000. It is thought the bank will resume business. The bank was organized April 15, ls91, with T. M. Jackson as president, and S. H. White, cashier. The following is a statement of the resources and liabilities of the bank on Nov. 17, 1I03, when the last official report was made: Resources Loans and discounts, $S20.53fi; United States bonds. $S5.0iO; stocks, securItiea, claims, etc.. $163,600; furniture and fixtures. $3,5o0; real estate. $12.677; due from banks and bankers. $1S4.32; cash and cash items. W4J7. Total. $1.361.117. Liabilities Capital stock. $s).OO0; undivided profits. $M.674; circulation, $85.000; due to banks and bankers, $l".7r;; deposits. $975,699; bills payable, $30,000. Total, $1.361,117. The cause assigned for the failure of the bank is lack of available assets, but the reeson stated by those supposed to lie informed i.- investments in enterprises of large magnitude which have so far realized no returns. OPERATORS STAND FIRM IN DEMAND FOR DECREASE OF WAGES OF THE MINERS JCONChrDRD FROM FIRST PAGK ) companies, which are paying prices mucR lower than ours? We cannot do it under the present scale and maintain a margin of profit. If a scale is signed it will be for the whole competitive field and you will not see Indiana signing a different scale from that of Ohio and western Pennsylvania. A reduction is imperative in this competitive district and we have stated Its terms. It remains now with the miners to decide whether it will be accepted or rejected." MAY i:i: NO AGKKEMHNT. It is generally believed that the conference will eud with no agreement, and the operators and miners will leave the city for some time pending an adjustment of the controversy. When the scale committee meets this morning It is understood that It will frame a report for the convention, which will be called together either this afternoon or to-morrow morning. The miners are keeping their forces in the city In order to Te represented with their full voting power when the convention is called. B veral of the operators were discussing yesterday the reports in the papers stating that the Pocahontas Cool Company, of West Virginia, had just reduced wages 11 per cent, and the miners were continuing at work. The operators pointed to this fact as evidence that the time is at hand when a reduction is absolutely necessary. if an agreement is not reached at the present conference, the miners will continue to work until the 1st of April, when their present contract runs out. After that they will walk from the mines unless the agreement is abandoned pending a settlement. It is believed that if the two sides do not, get together this w ok another conference 'will be held in Indianapolis some time before April 1. WILL NOT RAISE RATES. St. Louisiana Give Assurance to the Democratic Committee. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2. Pursuant to call, the committee on arrangements of the Democratic national committee, consisting of members of the Democratic national committee, met at the Southern Hotel here today, with all the members present except John R. .McLean, of Ohio. A committee from the Business Men's League, composed of Charles H. Huttig. Charles W Knapp, John Schroers and William F. Saunders, met with the committee nnd explained the preparations that had been made, especially in regard to hotel rates. The assurance was given that there would be no advunce in rates. The committee unanimously adopted a resolution expressing satisfaction with the arrangements made by the local committee relative to hotel accommodations and the rates to be charged. White t.irl shot 1 egro Woman. SOMERSET. Pa.. Feb. 2 -MInnl Friedlin, white, ii-i,-,) twenty-two vear.. va.- ht and k'Ued to-day by Mrs Frank Slmisn wife of a negro barber. Miss Friedlin was I a clerk in th.- Boswell postofflce and was I entering the postofflce when she was met by Mrs. Simpson, who drew a revolver from under her shawl and fired a bullet Into the girl's brain. It is alleged that I jealousy was the cause oX the crime. j

AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN AS LEADERJN COMMONS Calls His Father "My Right Hon-

orable Frier.'!" from West Birmingham. OPEXIXG OF PARLIAMENT LONDON. Feb. 2. "My right honcrnblc friend, the member from West Blrrrlr.jham." as Austen Chamb.rlc!n described Ml father, was the centra! f:c;vre (a the drama that marked the opening of Parliament today. No playwright could hav devised a more curious situation. For the flirt time in years Joseph Chamberlairt took l is seat as a private member of the House of Commons and was reparoled from his former colleagues in the Cabinet by the gangway. From this scat he saw hi son r.ct as leader of the House of Commons, a position which Joseph Chamberlain, with all his years of parliamentary experience, never attained. Premier Balfour was laid up with influenza, and, therefore, was unable to be present. When Austen Chamberlain arose to reply in behalf of the party of which his own father Is believed to be the most powerful member, the House was spellbound. Until that moment Mr. Ackers-Douglas, secretary of state for home affairs, was generally expected to take Premier Balfour's place, and interest in the proceedings was heighten' u by the fact that Sir Henry Campbedl-Banncrman, the Liberal leader, had just concluded a merciles? satire on Austen Chamberlain's father. The situation was without parallel in the recollection of the oldest politician, and all ey 1 were turned alternately upon the father and the son. Joseph Chamberlain, who had sat unmoved under the 'ridicule of the Liberal leader, turned nervously towards his son, who now takes precedence over him. With his monocle in hiö eye. an orchid in his buttonhole and his hands clasped across his knees, the most prominent figure in the British empire sat and listened to his own defense from the lips of his son. GRKKTED WITH JEERS. Austen Chamberlain spoke haltingly and under evident strain, yet when he referred to his father it was always as "the member from West Birmingham." There was a tinge of impassioned feeling in his words which brought constantly to hi.-' hearers a realization of the relation between the two mni. Now and again jeers greeted the youngest member of the Cabinet, whereupon, with unmistakable anger, his father turned his glance in the direction of the offender, and occasionally Hon. Joseph Chamberlain cheered his sou on with an emphatic "Hear, hear." As Austen chamberlain neared the conclusion of his defense of the attitude of Premier Balfour aud his father towards the fiscal question the interruptions grew more frequent, and the chancellor of the exchequer clutched the brass-bound treasury box on which Gladstone was so fond of leaning and addressed his remarks almost solely in the direction of his father. .Defiantly Austen Chamberlain accused Sir Henry Campbell-Bannernian of attacking the premier In his ab nee, and with a touch of pride said: "The member from West Birmingham is here; he can apeak for and look after himself." The house finally' expressed its relief when the speech was over, and generally termed the proceeding as one of the most extraordinary personal situatious that ever had occurred, and the speech as one of the weakest defenses of the government s policy ever made. On behalf of Premier Balfour Austen Chamberlain declared the House of Commons must first decide whether or not it desired any chauge at all in the DOCal system, and until that point was settled the opposition demand for details of the government's fiscal reform plan could not be With the exception of the foregoing unexpected incident and the spirited defense of his a tion in the Whitaker Wripht case by Sir Robert Finlay. the attorney general, the opening of Parliament was uneventful. Kinc Edward and tjucen Alexandra drove in full state to the House of Lords, where, with much ceremony, the session was declared open. His Majesty's speech from the throne is generally regarded as having merely recorded facts already known, while the government's legislative programme has been announced in these dispatches. Lord Lansdowne, the foreign secretary, confirmed what has heretofore been generally conceded as Great Britain's attitude in the far Eastern crisis without throwing anv new light on the negotiations. Both in the House of Ixuds and the House of Commons the British Thibetan expedition and the war in Somaliland came in for criticism. In the speech from the throne the King deplored the crisis in the far East and said his government would render any assistance possible in averting a clash. CREDITORS SEEK TO PROTECT INTERESTS Federal Judge Thompson, at Cincinnati, Hears Argument in a Dayton Receivership. CINXINNATI. Feb. 2. Judge Thompson, In tho t'nited States Court, to-day heard Samuel lnt"rni yer, of New York, Harmon, Colston. Goldsmith & Hoadly and C. M. Hepburn, of Cincinnati, as attorneys of unprotected creditors of the Stillwell-Bierce and Smith-Vaile Company, of Dayton, O.. on their application for an examination of the books of the company, which went into bankruptcy last month with H. E. Talbott and W. B. Earnshaw as receivers. Talbott was formerly president of the company, which is a New Jersey corporation with a million dollars capital, equaly divided between preferred and common stock. The company was a large manufacturer of steam pumps, turbine water wheels and oil mill machinery- While it is claimed that the company's losses began with contracts in Canada, the unprotected creditors charge that the losses were exceptional and the net results profitable and that manipulation has wiped out the stocks and threatens the same to the bands as well as the unprotected credits, amounting to $273,000. The application for experts to examine the books now was dented. A referee will hear all cases at Dayton to-morrow and the creditors will meet at Dayton on Feb. 15 to elect a trustee. AUSTRIA BARS OUT ARGENTINE MEATS Forty Carloads of Beef, to Arrive To-Day, Must Be Returned to the Shippers. VIENNA, Feb. 2.-The minister of agriculture to-day issued an order prohibiting the importation of beef from Argentine and the forty carloads of Argentine beef expected here to-morrow must be returned to the shippers. The government gives sanitär y reasons as the cause for this action, but in some quarters it is considered us probably a concession to the Agrarian interests, in view of the protests against the importation of trans-atlantlc meats in both the farmer and peasant organizations. The prohibition is said to be only temporary, pending an investigation of the conditions under which the moat was exported from Argentine. Must I'ay for Sinking (runboal. MONTREAL, Feb. 2 The Canadian Pacific Railway officials announce that the company baa been condemned by a British judge in Hong-Kong to pay to the Chinese government $460,000 for the sinking of a Chinese gunboat by oue of their steamers, the Empress of Japan. unteel on the Scaffold. CAIXJARY. N. W. T. Feb. 2-Erneat Caebel was hanged to-day for the murder of a ranchman. Cashel escaped from the mounted police barracks after his eonvietiou and remained in hiding for forty-five days. He made a public confession on the 31 affold.

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At STKN CH A M ÜE RL A I N. j Who Acted aa Leader in the House of Commons Yesterday. i , , WILL BE SETTLED 1Y TREATY OR PROTOCOL Ownership of Little Island Off the Coast of Borneo Still in Dispute. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-Investigation here shows that General Wood was fully authorized to make a statement attributed to him by th Governor of Borneo relative i to an amlcabh- settlement of the ownerI ship of the islands off tho coast of Borneo. The issue as to ownership of these islands was made by the dispatch to these waters by Admiral Evans, of the gunboat Quiros, which hoisted the 1'nited States flag on some of the Islands. They are said here to be practically worthless, but fearing that the Sultan of Jolo might undertake to bestow th m cn some other nation, the question of title was placed in the hands of General Wood, with the single understanding that the islands are to be declared part of either the British or the American poss. --iuns. It is presumed that General Wood will report to Washington in accordance with his statement to the Governor of North Borneo and that the question of title will be finally settled by a treaty or protocol between the United States and Great Britain. MARTIAL LAW ENDED IN TELLER COUNTY Ex-Ccmgressman Glover Released on Bond Other Phases of the Colorado Mine Trouble. CRIPPLE CREEK, CoL, Feb 2.-Martial law in Teller county was to-day revoked on order of Governor Peabody. All the prisoners in the bull-pen were delivered to the civil authorities. John ML Glover, former congressman from Missouri, was arraigned in the District Court on a charge of having attempted to kill Sergeants Dittemore and Smith on Dec. 29, last. He pleaded not guilty and was released under a $G"o bond. TELLURIDE, Col., Feb. 2 In the District Court to-day Juage Stevens refused an application of the exiled miners at Montrose and other places for an injunction restraining the military authorities at Tellurite from interfering with their personal liber lies or pn 'Venting their return to San Miguel county. VICTOR. Col.. Feb. 2. Damage suits aggiegating Sl.Oou.uOO. growing out of military control of this district since the miners' strikt was inaugurated several months ago were called up before District Judge Lewis here to-day, and the trial dates set. The defendants are Governor Peabody, Brig. Qtm. John Chase, formerly in command of the troops in the Cripple Creek district; Col. Eil ward Verdeckburg, at present in command; Majors Thomas H. MMelland an.l Nay tar. In all suits for $4v,000 in damages are pending against Governor Peabody personally. General Chase appears as a defendant in nearly all of the remaining suits for $600,000. MYSTERIOUS FIGHT NOT YET EXPLAINED One of the Participants Died Without Shedding Light on the Bloody Tragedy. FAIRMONT, W. Va., Feb. 2.-William Mitchell, one of the trio who participated in the mysterious revolver fight at Austin yesterday, died at the hospital here to-day. He had a bullet through his eye and one In his breast. He told nothing of the affair, and when informed of Mitchell's reticence Block, another of the wounded men, said: "I knew he would not blow." Physicians say neither Black nor Kenmdy can live through the night. INDIANA NOTES. PORTLAND. Madison township, of Jay county, has petitioned the County Commissioners for an election to vote on granting a subsidy of $13.500 to the Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago Railroad, which is to be extended the coming spring to Union City and nvfJie. O. Madison township at pret nt has no railroad. A company with a capita stock of $6.000 is being organized to establish a creamery in this city. NEW ALBANY. Two "anti-spitting" ordinances were introduced Monday night In the City Council. One prohibits expectorating on sidewalks, and the other provides a penalty for expectorating in street cars and public building's and places of amusement. A fine of not more than $25 may be Imposed for violation of the provisions of the ordinances. PETERSBURG. James Terrell, of Winslow, a small town eight ndles south of here. Is a victim of smallpox. He contracted the disease in Princeton and then went to his home at Winslow. A strict quarantine has been established and there is no fear of the disease spreading. There are only two cases of smallpox in Pike county, the other being at Velpen. KNIGHTSTOWN. About 125 representatives of the Independent telephone systems met at New Castle and perfected a permanent organization by electing O. H. Garriott, of Cadiz, president, and George Watts, of this city, secretary-treasurer. The combination will fight the inroads of the Bell company in this county. TERRE HAUTE Tha widow of James Blair, who was killed by a live wire of the electric company, has brought suit for $15.000 damages against the company. The wire had fallen In an alley and Blair came upon it unaware in the night. The complaint alleges that the wire was not properly Insulated. RICHMOND. The local chapter of the Kastern Star is arranging for a big meeting on next Saturday night in honor of Mrs. Anna C. Banes, of Metamora, aaaoclate grand matron. Williamsburg and Centerville chapters will Join in the gathering. RUSHVILLE.-Tho directors of the Rush County Fair Association have decided to hold the annual Rush county fair on Aug. 30 and 31 and Sept 1 and 2. The new executive committee consists of John C. Hume. Homer Powell and S. M. Poston. VINCENNES.-R. C. Cunningham, an alleged confidence man and forger, was arrested here on Tuesday and was taken to Terre Haute by Detective Smith. Took I'olnon by MUtnkr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HUSH YILLE, Ind., Feb. 2.-Noble Brann. a prominent real estate dealer here, by mistake swallowed a doae of bichloride of Mercury to-day and had not medical a-fo.-tan. . so-in arrived, he would hava died Lorn the effects of the poison.

SOUTHERN MICHIGAN IS SWEPTJY Ä BLIZZARD Ten Persons Hurt in Collision Due to the Storm Trains Buried in the Drifts of Snow.

FOOD AXD FUEL FAMINE DETROIT. Mich.. Feb. 2 Trolley lines and telephone and telegraph service have been seriously interfered with by Mizzrml that swept over Michigan this afternoon. At Wayland a rear-end collision on the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad In which ten prsons were injured, was caused by a blind-ins-snowstorm. At Battle Creek the mercury has dropped from 22 above to 6 below zero since 10 a. m.. and is still falling. Three interurban cars are snow bound between Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. A heavy storm has been raging sine morning at Deckerville. That town has had no mail train for four davs and supplies of coal and flour are exhausted. Niles reports that southwestern Michigan is in the embrace of a blizzard and farmers are snow bound. To-night a Big Four passenger train was buried in a snow drift twelve miles north of Niles and the passengers were conveyed to a near-by town on bobsleighs. 80 much snow has not been known In that vicinity In years. One of the heaviest sncwstorrr.s of the year is sweeping over Kalamazoo to-night. The Lake Shore train due there at 4 o'clock Is fast in a snow bank near White Pigeon. Trains on all lines are from six to ten hours late. Trainn Many lioam Late. CARRY. Pa.. Feb. 2. A terrific blizzard is raging in this vicinity to-night. The snow is being whirled into the railroad cuts by a ; fierce wind. A foot of snow fell in a fw J hours. All snow plows are in use, but trains are many hours late. FELL DEAD WITHOUT A MINUTE'S WARNING Lyman X. Andrews. Wabash Claim Agent at Lafayette, Formerly of Indianapolis. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Feb. 2. -Without a moment's warning, Lyman N. Andrews, claim agent for the Wabash Railway and one of the best known railroad officials in central Indiana, fell dead at Union and Twelfth streets this morning. Mr. Andrews had been apparently in the best of health and ate a hearty breakfast before he left home at about 7 o'clock this morning. A clerk in the freight office saw Mr. Andrews approaching, then saw him stageer and fall to the ground. He was cold In death before help reached him. Death was due to heart disease. Mr. Andrews was seventy-seven years old and was born in Ashland. O. Before taking the position of claim agent, he .is agent for the I., P. & C. Railway at Indianapolis, holding that position for nineteen years. He is survived by three children, Louis N. Andrews and Mlt-s Lillie N. Andrews, of this city, and Mr?. B. E. Merroin. of Mansfield. O. The funeral will be held on Thursday. Other State !Seroloa-y. SPICELAND. Ind., Feb. 2. Word has reached here of the death of Owen Evans n Sunday at his home In Clinton, Ark., aged seventy-eight. He was reared here, bdg moved to Minnesota in the later fifties, and served during the civil war as a member of the First Minnesota sharpshooters. After the war he moved back to Henry county and served eight years as deputy auditor of the county and later moved to Arkansas. which had since been his home. Hfl was the father-in-law of Jasper A. Gauntt, of Marion. SHELBY VI LLF, Ind., Feb. 2. William Bonfield. of this city, died at his home last night of heart trouble, aged seventy-six. He was a native of England nnd came to this country in 1851. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon in Christ Church. The Rev. J. D. Stanley, rector of Christ Church of Indianapolis, will officiate. NEW CASTLE. Ind.. Feb. 2. Mrs. Fi- ! della Wayman, aged eighty-four, died this i morning from the effects of paralysis. She i had been a resident of New Castle seventynine years. She was the mother of Dr. John Wayman and A. R. Wayman, a retired merchant, both of this city. KOKOMO. Ind., Feb. 2. James Shields, a Kokomo pioneer, died to-day, aged eightyeight. He was tollgate keeper on the New London pike for twenty years. Changes on the K. C. 8. 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"X ATOM AH" CLUETT BRAND QUARTER aiZE. 25 CENTS EACH CLUETT, PEABOOY d CO.. HAK:M OT f LUITT AMD MOM AMC M IMIitTa SLEIGH BELLS Chimes from 50c to $2.00 a set Body Bells from $1.50 to $2 50 a sot. Vonnegut Hardware Co. 12 124 E. Washingion St Both Phones Hf If you are contemplating the purchase of VEHICLE or HARNESS You will do well to see THE H. T. CONDE CO. 231-237 Wast Washington Street. MUELLERSCHOEN TÖF BLUE POINTS lc EACH Hishgrade, Aged and Strictly Straight WHISKIES Only. A O COÜNTAXT Books posted, audited and balanced. Iesaona in bookkeeping, day or night. J. H. C. DENMAN, Fitzgerald Bildia Copy of Statement of the Condition OF THE MICHIGAN Fire and Marine Ins. Co. On the 3!st day of December, 1903 It is located at No. 100 Grlswold street, Detroit. Mich. D. M. FEBHY, President. E. J. BOOTH, Secretary. The amount of Its capital is HOO.fiOO.OO The amount of its capital paid up is 400.000 00 The Assets of the Company are as follows: Cash on hand and In the hands of agents or other persons Real estate unincumbered Bonds owned by the company, bearing: interest at the rate of various per ceut., secured as follows: Detroit city sewer bonds . Michigan Steamship Co. bonds.. Union Trust Co. bonds $41.942.11 mjm 40 Iftonr (4) .. 30 i imi oo 27.233 60 6 25m 00 Detroit city sewer bonds People s Savings Bank stock Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double the amount fnr which the same ia mortjrajred. and free from any prior incumbrance Debts otherwise s cured aaataai ro Debta for premiums 62.440 99 All other securities ......v.... 13.904. &3 Total assets $927,792.69 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and not due..... $9.49 91 Losses unadjusted 1H.790.41 Losses In suspense, waiting for further proof I,9o009 All other claims against the company 4.702.1B Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 312.57 69 Total liabilities $347,463.79 The greatest amount In any one risk $40,000.09 State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I. the undersigned, auditor of state of tha State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 31st day of December, 1903, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement Is now on I.'e In this office. In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix mv offlcud SEAL seal, this 1st day of February, 1904 D. E. SHERRICK, Auditor of State. Copy of Statement of the Condition OF THE WESTCHESTER Fire Insurance Co. On the 31st day of December, 1903 It is located at No. 66 Wall street. New York. GEORGE R. CRAWFORD. President. MORELL O. BROWN, Secretary The amount of its capital is $300,000.00 Th- amount of its capital paid up is 300.000 QQ Tbe Assets of the Company In the Lotted States are as follows: Cash on hand and In the hands of agents or other persons Real estate unincumbered Bonds owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of various per cent., secured as follows: Portland City, Ore., water bonds. Georgia 8tate bonds New York City bonds New York City bonds N w Yrk City bonds (revnua. New York City bonds (revenue).. Chesapeake A Ohio Con. R. R. bonds Missouri. Kansas A Texas 1st mortgage railroad bonds Richmond. Va . city bonds Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free from any prior Incumbrance Internet due and accrued All other securities Stocks 9409.190 4 61.onn.o9 157.. 750.99 150.009. ön.ooono 50,000.00 31.500.00 29.M0.0Q Total assets .... 93.447.004 01 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and not due $164.421.10 All other claims against the company 16.491.09 Amount titctrsar'. to reinsure outstanding risks 1.717.498.09 Total llabtlities fl.SB The greatest amount in any one risk HM99.4 State of Indiana. Office of Auditor of State. L the undersigned, auditor of utate of tha State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company, on the Slst day of December. 1903. aa shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is no on lile In this office. In testtmouy whereof. I hereunto subscribe my name and affix m official SEAL -eal. this 1st day of Fet ruaiy. 1904. D. E. SHEKRICK. Auditor of firata.

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