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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, MONDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1899.

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REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. F^JE^IFSXlSF^

JUST NOTICE THE CHANCES WE MAKE

OUR Min SniMEE

BEPOBT or SECRETABY LOKO IS HADE PUBLIC.

Progress of Work on War Vessels— String of Coaling Stations Across

the Pacific.

Washington. Dfscwiber 4.-The annual

report of the Seer made public to-day.

rerlew of the year

statement of the

of the Navy was t* an tnterentir.s and oi^en* with a ns of the Asiatic

aquadron since January 1 last. It tells of the capture of Lieutenant Gilmore and his. party by the Flllptnos of the destruction of the gunboat Urdaneta, under command of Naval Cadet Wood, of the loss of the cruiser Charleston In Philippine waters, caused by her running on a coral reef, and add** that the squadron, under Watson. Is c«-operating with the army in an effort to quell the Insurgents The stlirrlng events In the Bemoan islands are then taken up and the masaacre of April I referred to. The story of the ambushing of the American and British marines by natives, and the killing of Lieutenant Lainsdale, Knslgn Monaghan and two enlisted men. Is rehearsed and the conduct of lUnsdsle. who fought bravely after having been mortally wounded, and the action of Managhan ahd seaman Edsal-,: who an'Tiftced their lives in an attempt tt» save the lieutenant,

, are praised. No coninuent is made on the

settlement of the fcamoan trouble The movements of the North Atlantic am] Houth Atlantic; squadrons since the close of the war wlih Spain, the trip of Admiral li.iwlson t<< Tangier/ where he

'brought the govemn.* nt of Morocco tpl

time on claims fqr damages htid Americain cltlxens,( and the return Dewey to the United states are disposed of briefly, and the WrowUl of the navy Is then taken up. It ;l» shown that nine new war vessels hive been either

j hoist shells, torpedcs and other ammunition to the guns, aa weii as for Ugct and

power purposes.

String of Coiling Stationi. The report of the board which was appointed to make recommendations as to the establishment of coaling stations is touched upoa. it Is stated that, as a result of the investigations of this board, coaling stations have been established at Key West, Dry Tortuga.-!. New London. Mission Rock, In Ban FrancUco bay, Honolulu. Pago Pago, in Samoa; on the island of Guam, at Maiuia and in Porto Rico. This gives the United Btales a string of coaling stations completely

across the Pad tie ocean.

The work of the ordnance department is progressing favorably, the report conflnuct, and experiments are < ! nstanUy .being made with new ammunition and new gun equipment. During (he year, elxtJ'-three guns for the main batteries of warahlp* have been compe-ited, four of them being 14-lnch, lor.g-raiige guns The new ♦-inch gun ha? been tested and found to surpass the old ones in muzzle energy. A new type of breech (plug has been adopted. Its chief merit [being its lightness The development ot the 12ihch gun has been mo rapid t)hat it is

now designated as the

mOPSUTIOHS FUR 111

FOB S631.081.994.

the latest battleships, rather than the 12-Inch gun installed on other vessels. The Government powder factory at Indian Head 1* progressing favorably and win he completed hi a few m-eifh*. when closer attention will be gives to the manufacture of smokeless p'-wqer which.

mouth and passe* of the Calcasieu river. Louisiana. SMMM; Red river. Louisian* aud Arkansas, mouth of the Braao* river. Texas. *230,**. Mississippi

1 river. Cuaberiahd river, above

Nash vibe. **'h.i»: same, below Naah-

TBZASUBY DEPART1LENT ASKS ^ *156.rjw,; Tenney ^ver, below

Chat tanooga. *730»«»: Ohio nver.

Grand river. Michigan. *I«3U-a0b; Kalamazoo river. Michigan. reservoirs at headwaters of the Mississippi, *15e.J08; Missouri river. f:T5.*C; Columbia and Liwer Willamette rivers, below Portland, Or**. £>*..»*»: Coiombia river, at the Cascades, Oregon. CS.-kSI; waterway conneeting Puget sound with Lakes Union and Washington *MMM; seawalls and subsidiary channels, Boston harbor. SST2,»i\ Also harbor improvements as

follows. Gloucester, Mass.. lISMPi; Xan-

tucket. Mass., *125.9GC*. Ne wburyp* »rt. Vas», JKh.uftl; Bandy bay. Cape Ann, Mass., harbor of refuge, tBH.fJS: Point Judith. R. I, harbor of iwfuge. kXSO.W; <>»wego. X. Y., Slflg.QM; Tonawaada harbor and Xlagara river. Xew York. *100.M: Erie. Pa.. tlto.toO; Charleston, S. €.. LM.0K>: Key West, FUk. »«,«»; Pensacola. Fla., 6..»-•.!. Cleveland. O.. tl&u.&M 1 . Conneaut. O., *K«v?0O, Fairport O.. *100,"0i«; Sandusky. O. *105,000; San Diego, Cal-.lia0.lBb; ban Luis Obispo.Cal.. *132.-lflw; also, vv ‘>xi's Holl c hannel. Mass.. HI*,**.*; liiilsboro bay. Fla . IHX«.cbu, Aransas t*a.«s a..d day. Tex.. Lau.OUO, harbor of refuge

at Milwaukee bay. Wia. *119 XW. The to'aj amount estimated for und®r

the title of public works is *7>MJ«,23>. as against M0,«S.4«S, the amount of the cur-

rent appropriations.

Increase Over Present Fiscal Year of

Over Thirty Four Million

Dollars.

Washington. D. C-, De-ember A—The I Becre»ar>- of the Treasury to-day trans- | /nitted to the House of Representatives j estimates of appropriations required for i the service of the Area! year ending June ; », BOL The aggregate of the appropria- | tlons, estimated, is R31.uglJ64. an increase | over the estimates for the present liscaJ year of |Sfc.K£UlS, and an increase over ; the apprrpriatlous for the previous fiscal j year of *24,2%. -4. The following is the

heaviest gun for j total recapitulation by departments of the

estimates for next year. 1 including approX>riatlons for toe present fiscal year, cents

omitted:

Estimates for Lbl: Legislative, S9.9M--executive *257,140; Stale Department,

the report declare*, will soon be) In getter- ! D.iFLCT*. Treasury Department. *162,171,ai use. The department has b*-t-n unable , 44?; War Department, *190,112.433; Navy — a satisfactory magazine site 1 Department. |7«,44*.«00; Interior Itepart -

to secure

n«.-ar New Turk, for which Corigress ap-proprlab-l funds at its last »e(.*ion, but ImprovementR have been mate to the naval magazine at Ft MllRn. near Philadelphia, and to that at St. Juibns t.'reek, near Norfolk. A uniform caliber for small arm* was comddered J>> a special ordnance board and It wa? decwl-d. after many experiments, to adopt a ik-caiiber,

which l» now u%«*d by the army. The report of the surgeoii-«*-o«*ra: of

the navy rhows the naval forde to• have 0Bk,2Sk: Navy I>eparintent.. *51.k£JC0. In suffered liule from sickneas durir.-tf the tenor Department, *167>.<2.516, Postolflce although the warships of the Uni- j I epartment, *1.5aM51; Department of

In evjery clime. * Agriculture. JC..J6.0W; Department of Ia-

rre *t, tl7l,«*;.Ml; PoatefP.- e DepaUment, *t.i4l.*A5: Department of Agriculture. U.X>*.Z7; Department of Labor. *172.930; Department of Justice. 1*1.279.570; grand

total. ten.tauM.

Appropriations for ISWi: Legislative. *10.4-6,152, executive, *215,7CS. State De- j partment, t24.03£).61». Treasury Departmerit, *h4,i»i.4i0. War Department, 4*63.-

Ml PRIKILEGES ABUSED

C RAN CELL OR DAY SPEAKS OF

0BGANI2ATI0N.

POSTMASTER - GENERAL URGES

REMEDIAL LEGISLATION.

Government Losing Too Much Money on Second-Class Matter—Growth

of Rural Free Delivery.

NO SPECULATION.

con-

cepted by the Oovthe torpedo boata arrugut. Rowan and hip Chesapeake, the and Pawtucket, and hip Kearsarge. The Mercedes and Don

dlttonaily or Anally ernment. They ar Davis, McKensie. Fox,.the practice ateel tugs Penacoo the llrs^-claaa batti Kpanisn slupa R* 1 Juan de Austria, tl tlago and the lattei In commission,

nm«iU ifunboat.* ha-V^ bcseiV ra|H ur«*<i by th.* Asiatic equanrdn from the s’uipinoa

and are now in sei 'jice. Work on the Warships.

1 , c* *

t*-d State* were.,scattered

T.,e reorganisation of the marline corps, by._.which km 'been lncreui»e<l to 3:1 officer* of And 6,b*0 men, cx. lualve of the tnarlno band, ha* la“*n accomplished;j uIko the apportionment of the appropriated by Congres# for the main ten a f, re of the navrtl rnllttla, among the sevefai State* Indiana made no contnbutlori to the naval militia forces. Massachusetts standing at the top of the list, with 467 men furnished. Eighteen vessels have been loaned to the Hiates who furnished naval militiamen, and the men are now

being trained for active duty. Claims for Prize Money.

effective advancement in every direc- * r. It i: v,.ives a nhecr wanton

An 1 interesting tit*;* is that showing th« number ot waiisiups now being construe ted and the probable date of their completion. Nine.Fen War craft of ail kiuus will bu Ilntancd during the coming year, four bajttUwfalp* »of the ur»t {'lass being auioh*| the nuiilirer, 1 nrve battleshitw will be 1 completed In llwl ami two others in ‘ The batuesbipti Kt ntucky, lUiWols. Alabama and VUsconstn are those'that wlfl la* Bitlshed and put Into service during ISMi. There are now forty-eight war vesseis in course of construction, some ojf which will not be uvsliable for live yes vs or more. Little progress, the report says, ha* been made with the designs for the three battleships and three armored cruisers authorised by the act of March, 1MS», owing ta; the provision prohibiting the depertm*nt from q,otitrs«Ung for the hull of arty vessel authorised therein until a contract has been made for lti« armor within the limit «<if Uuo a ton. The total cost of war vShscIs authorised since 1NW, with, eat linn t ns of the cast of those now authorised and those in course of construction, reaches the stiff total of

*210,8711.894 18

Just forty-two vessels were secured by the Navy Department, for transport and other service, during the war with ttpain. and the report sets out the disposition of these, none of which l* now In aommisslon, all having been returned to owners or sold outright. Submarine Boat’s Trials. The Holland submarine boat 1* mad* much of In the report, which says that the trial* of November, 1898, ami November, iW0, were satisfactory and t4iat boata of the Holland type can run under the surface of the water a distance of two miles, discharge a torpedo effectively and return to the starting point without once coming up. Bo much faith has the Government in the ability of the Holland that a submarine boat of the same pattern is now being constructed at Baltimore and la almost 90 per cent,

completed

The reorganise Mon of the naval force under the personnel bill Is approved, and commissions have been Issued accordIpgly, the 14,501 petty omcers, seamen and apprentices being Involved in the new ctasalAcatlon. As many engineers preferred line duty, which waa an optional condition of the personnel bill, there has been a shortage of engineers, and 100 warrant machinists are now being trained to assume the duties of gineers. The work of building a new armory, power-house and sea wall Is well under way at the Annapolis Academy, a new barracks and training station Is being built at San Franciaco, only half as imich coal-MU* torn—was used by the navy during the flecal year aa In the

funner sunk at Ban- i Claim* for prize money growing out of at Manila, are now ; the war with Spain have been a perplexreport says. Ntnn J tug problem to the Navy Department.

which has referred it big batch to the

Attorney-General for adjudication. The I nava ] stations:

rtsmooth, N

'»•- "J" • d «■>•>•*. If . $602 .... Jr erase nr -rlv $?.- navr-

the destruction of the Hyanieh fleet at

bor, Ilfz.VnO; Department of Jus ice, L.ui\.;77. grur.d total. JKt'i^S.STTO. Amodg the estlmate i ior the next fiscal j car are the following: Army and navy pensions, $1 tl.-no.'.**); expenses of pension examining surgeons, $700,000; all other expetises. 1530.232 tnaklt g the total on account of pension*. *146,2*0,900. This is *3AM) less than the appropriation* for the current year. in the detailed list of appropriations for public buildings l&dO.OOU iff asked for In-

dianai oils.

Increases Necessary.

Important Increase* in appropriations are asked for Improvements and extensions of the following navy-yards and

of *20,OO0,«X) or upward a year.

waste

The pos-

B«ntlago and the sinking ot the Kelna Mercedes. The rejwjrt on clojlm* show* that those of Bcbley ffnd Bapupson are

•till hantlnK fire

The million dollars haa been expended during the >ear for maintenance. Improvements to machinery mM for real estate and chattel* at the <ieven navy yard* and the naval station*!, and dock improvements h'Cludlng thr«e new d y t!ock.H~Involving an expenditure of y3»50U

yard at Boston fl.796,380. increase about $1,400,000; nava! station at Xew fvondon 150,000, Increase *25.000; navy-yard, Brooklyn, *1.977,(MW, Increase nearly 11,000,O- , navy yard League Island. Pa., $1. kS.'fC. increase Jl.l«3,"00; navy-yard, Washington, psTo.On, Increase $«70,«X>; navy-yard. Norfolk, Va.. *1 •’’lO.Oflfi, increase $1,000,010: nava! station. Port Royal, 8 C., *02,OX, Increase 9<%.«u0; naval Hun, Key t\« -t. Fla., $117.00;; na . a! station. San Juan, Porto Rico, *525.000;

Yerkes Says the Man Who Enter* Wall Street is an Idiot. Chicago. December 4.—“The man who enters Wail street Is an idiot.” “The man who speculates win lose in the end. and I don't care how much money he has. When he starts that way a guardian should be appointed for him.” “The man who seeks to be a 'star 1 In society is—well, he's foolish.” Theso statements were made by Charles T. Yerkes, who had just returned from New York, and the conference with Eastern capitalists which paved the way toward a transfer of his interests in the Chicago Consolidated Traction Company to the Chicago Union Traction Company. In these declarations he answered the report that, his Chicago surface holdings having been disposed of. he would enter Wall street and seek a high place In New York so-

ciety.

Mr. Yerkes sought to give hi* assertion more emphasis. He continued: “Speculation? Well. In the last few years I have had many men visit me

with many schemes. There were men { gives the enormous quantity of 176.J61.61J who seemed to take such a great Interest ; pounds from which the department dein my welfare that they offered ad sorts rives only a fraction of the revenue to of plans by which money might be which it is fairly entitled. The thirdcoined. I had one answer for all. I told 1 class rate of postage Is 1 cent for each them. If vou had a process by which j two ounces or fraction thereof, nominal-

ly 8 cents a pound, but la reality, through the operation of the fractional provision, 6t-:ax »- -» r r* fa hdT ^ d 4lal s-»# * V* a

Where Trusts Grind, He Says, Chrisrian Men of Brains Should

Regulate Them.

Trusts were defended by Chancellor | Day, of Syracuse University, in his Sunday morning sermon at Roberts Park church. He spoke on the necessity of educated men to conduct the world 1 * af- | fairs. The man without knowledge, he

WasMngton. D C.. December 4 —Post- argued, dare not enter the terrific master-General Charles Emory Smith twentieth eentury ha* made .public hi* annual report con- j .. The OQtcry W(> h ^ r agains: modern ceming the affairs of hi* department dur- . buxines* organiiation,” he said, “iff the * Ing the year ended June 30. la® Almost ' ;& tk of the demagogue who hopes for the first subject touched upon is In regard preferment. Great corporations ar* a to abuses as to second-class matter. On necessity of the times. A hugs railway this the report nay*: I system to-day is no more out of pro‘The most urgent need of the postal portion with the times than was the

service is the rectification of the enormous wrongs which have grown up ia th,* perversion and abuse of the privilege accorded by law’ to second-class matter. This reform is paramount to ail others. There are many improvements and advances waiting development and application; there are opportunities for speedier transmission and deliverr; there are fields for broadening the scope of the mail service and bringing it closer home to the people, there are possibilities of reducing postage; but above and beneath and beyond aii ot these measures oi progress. which experience and intelligence are working out. is the redemption of the special concession which Congress grant- '

ed for a distinct and Justifiable public ^prtss

object from the fungus growths and the flagrant evils that have fastened upon it“For Mils costly abuse, which drags on the department and weighs down the service, trammels Its power and means

stage coach with its day.

“See what organisation has done for the world. I am in New York, and desire to go to my home in Syracuse, three hundred miles away. I have the choice of several routes. I may take a canalboat. It will be towed to Albany, and there mules will be attached—three mules, if it be an express canal boat. We go wandering up through the Mohawk valley. Ten days after 1 have left Xew York 1 reach my home; but in the meantime I have probably forgotten ' what 1 started for. , “But I may take another way. I may enter a parlor, and as I sit reading my morning pdper the wheels of the Empire

begin to move imper-

ceptibly. Every hour pu«.s fifty-one miles behind me. In a little more than fi ve w hours that magnificent engine has covered the three hundred miles between New York and Syracuse. The storm that started on the same schedule comes blowing into Syra- j

Drtst fitods and Silks Illuminated Jacquard Suiting*. 31 . Itches wide, in garnet, navy, myrtle, heliotrope, etc., suitable i for misses' and children's dresses, worth 25c, for 12%c ALL-WOOL LADIES* CLOTH. IN BLACK AND ALL COLORS. 54 inches wide, worth 75c. special, a yard 5Dc Broadcloth, in black and all the latest colorings, 52 inches wide, worth *l.W. for ...... .tf»c] All-wool Black Novelty Suitings, 40 inches wide Fine Black Silk-finish Henriettas,, worth 50c for ,, HEAVY WEIGHT. ALL-WOOL CHEVIOTS, in black. 45 inche* wide, at, a yard 4©c ( Black Henrietta. « inche* wide. J worth SLp. for * $1.0© | (Limit, six yards to a customer). Black Satin Duchesse, silk back, worth **c, 22 Inches wide, only, a vard 55c J Black Peau d* Sole. 20 Inches wide, warranted to wear, for. .H9c i PM all-wool Blankets, In white, with pink and blue borders, a fine wearer, and the best bargain ever offered, worth *2.75. for ? $1-89 10-4 Wool Blankets. In pink, blue, black, red »nd gray plaids, at. « pair *2 39 Two Overcoat Specials Men's JDouble-breasted Black Beaver and an extra quality Tan Covert Overcoats, $100 and HOW values *5 9$ Extra heavy listers for Boys, 8 to 15 years of ago, with large storm collars, $4-00 and 15.00 values *!£ 9$

For Tuasday Foranaon Only

OUR

COUNTER

Extra heavy Canton Flannel, worth toe. Fleece - fined Wrapper Goods, worth 10c. Yard-wide Percale, the 10c and 12%c kinds. Dome! Flannel in stripes and checks, worth 8c to

10c. .

Fancy Dress Ginghams 1 in stripes and plaids. 1 worth 10c. '

Bargain Counter 25c all-wool Mixed Novelty Suitings, 38 inches wide, all good shade* ......... .... 19c Illuminated NovefUw In all the latest colors, dou-ble-width 39c Plain Serges, doublewidth, in black and all colors lEe Dress Plaid* In silk effects, double-width, ail go for. a yard ........ In the Basement

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1O0 riothea Wringers out. to make mom Goods. 25 per cent, marked prices.

to be clotted for Holiday discount off |

Jacket Specials Tan Jacket for ladles. In Venetian cloth, silk lined throughout. worth *6.75. for S3 98 Ladle*' Beaver Jackets, In black, blue, brown and tan, silk-fined. ’ inlaid velvet collar*, worth *5.76. ! for K 83 98 1

Star*

Three ffauarrs West of Illinois St.

t&l deficit for" the current'year is *6,610,- I cue* some time that night. 776. But for this wrongful application ot i “And I have made that Journey for 3 the Recond-class rate, instead of a deficit i cents a mile. It is the accomplishment there would be a clear surplus of many of modern business organisation. Trusts millions. , and great corporations are here to stay. Not Properly Classed. ! Where they crush and grind, they must

j be regulated. Christian men of brains are demanded by the times to regulate

! them.”

“Careful inquiry has been made through experienced postmasters, and by an examination of the records of the department, and it is believed that fully onehalf of ail the matter mailed a* second class, and paid for nt the pound rate, is not property second class within the intent of the law, and ought justly to be paid for at the third-class rate. This

j ou could make gold dollars out ot scrap Iron I wouldn't have anything to do with it.' The man who speculates will lose In

i »..vy-».rd, P.n.acl,. ru.. «***: naval reservation, Algiers, La., $146,000; navy-

given lo new Inventions in the matter of machinery. During the year the number of volume* in the naval library have Increaaeu by 1 .<*!-, and the receipt* for the year arising from the sale of condemned vessels, stores, etc., were *64S,8tW.0a.

Financial Department.

The financial statement of the Boomary i hows that, the total appropriation* for the fiscal year lYjD. exclusive of public work*, wen* *** 1.576.426 61, th« amount drawn, J.39,0«."U13 51. and the balance June .10, JM'h. *11,531,313.10. An interesting comparative table Is *et out, which show* what other great powers are doing li* compared with our own progress In naval construction. The figures show that of the six great foreign naval powers— Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia—only Italy and Japan have laid less tonnage than the United Mute* during the year, while Italy alone has lee* tonnage under construction. The United Suites has laid 64.101 ton* during IS!*, and ha* U3.LW ton* under camstructlon. Omit Britain, which stand* at the head of the world In naval strength, has laid *47.900 tons In 1M>9 and has under

construction SSI,©*) tons. Many Recommendations.

The report close* with a recommend that Congress authorise the building o f three additional armored cruiser*, twelve gunboat* and three protected cruiser*; that the bureaus of oonetrutitlon and repair, steam engineering and equipment

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yard, Marc Island. Cal., *1,162,700; naval station, Puget Bound. Wash.. **26,!*; dredging Dry Tortuga*. Florida. 1*00,000; maintenance naval station Havana, Cuba, *60.000; dry dock at Algiers, La.. *g>\000; toward completion of dry docks at Portsmouth. N. H., *300,000; Boston, *400,000; League Island, *100.000; Mare Island, *31*\<>U0. For building* for cadets at the naval academy at Annapolis, not to exceed In total cost *3,530.000. *550.000; p^wi r-house. naval academy. *2W),0OO; storage warehouse. workshop*, etc., at naval academy. *200,000; continuation of sea well at naval academy, *200.000; foundation* for gun battery and beacons, brlcg subway, *25,000; for purchase ct land adjacent to naval academy, *313,000; for four new double houses, *75,000. Defenses and Sites. For purchase of additional lanA adjacent to the Government hospital for the Insane at Washington, *24.5,dOo Construction of gun and mortar batterie*. including work* for the defense of ports of Porto Rico (pneumatic batteries, etc.), *S.9«0.O00; installation of range and position finders, *150,000; sites for fortifications and sea coast defenses, *200,000; armament of fortifications, *5.916,U3s; total amount asked for for fort Ideally ns and other work* of defense, *11,723,338. For the construction of building* at

the end"'

Mr. Yerkes spoke of trusts. He handled the big trade combination* without mincing words. “1 am oppo»c*d to trusts.” said he. “unalterably opposed When trade competition becomes so bad, so ruinous, that all competitor* have to be gathered together «t.d put under bond* to keep the peace, a* It were—well, lor my part, i want to have nothing to do with such a combination. Anu-trutl legislation, though, will be a hard problem To find an effective solution will be most difficult."

FIR£D AT THE NORTH STAR.

be consolidated under one head; that the military posts, barracks and quarters for ——t m v— i... the artillery In connection with the naval observatory at Washington be tm- prolect for 8ea cotUil J2.UOO.OOO; proved, that the corps of civil engineers f or construction of Ice plants at mlllbe Increased; that American register tie tary post* In Cuba. Porto Rico. Hawaii

year previous, because of the Inactivity of the navy, and the mere general use of electricity on warships I* favorably eommtnled upon It Is now being used to

given to vessels purchased from the Government after the war with Bpain; that ■ naval reserve be established; that the medical corps be Increased, that the congreasionakrestrletlon prohibiting the laying of hulls ot warships until armor can be had at not more than *300 a ton be removed, and that legislation be enacted providing that advancement In rank for en- I services rendered during the war with Spain shall not Interfere with the regular I promotion of officers otherwise entitled ,o j promotion, and that officers so advance,! to higher grade by reason of war services I [halt be carried as additional to the

numbers In <>«ch grade have been promoted

and the Philippines, *20o.uu0; Improvement of Yellowstone National Park. *310,000. Chlckamauga and Chattanooga National Park. *60,000; Gettysburg National Park. Jluo.OuO; Shiloh National Military Park, *55,000; Vicksburg National Park. *65.000.

A VENERABLE CAT

FOR WELL PEOPLE

Hsr Age Twenty-Six, with Descendants Numbering Nearly 300.

I Spec!*! to The IndianopoMs News J Richmond. Ind., December 4. — George

W. Sanders, a liveryman at OmervUle, claims to have the oldest cat In Indiana. “Old Becky ' was brought to Mr. Banders' stable when but a few weeks old. In April, 1*74. and she is nearing her twentysixth year Bha Is a marvelous cat In i many ways. Despite the fact that she . „

makes a rswrlrlmn aimattU and a feeb hm * b * eu * tthout ,<wth f ” r several years, j tn* that nt ' * h * catches rats and mice about the dark tag that certain favorite articles of food of , h „ bl|F Yery fr *_

quently. "Old Becky” has been the moth-

er of nearly three hundred kittens.

Aa Corny Way to Reap Well.

It ts aaay to keep well If we would •nly observe each day a few simple rules I

of health.

The all Important thing ts to keep the stomach right and to do this R ts not j necessary to diet or to follow a set rule

or btil of fare.

must be avoided.

Prof. Wtoehold gives pretty good advice on this subject He says. "I am 6* years old and have never had a serious Illness, and at the same time my life has been largely an. Indoor one, but 1 parly discovered that the way to keep healthy was to keen a healthy stomach, not by eating bran crackers or dieting of any sort; on the contrary I always eat what my appetite craves, but for the past eight years I have made It a dally practice to take one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal and 1 attribute my robust health

Rivers and Harbors.

The following are the river and harbor Improvement* estimated for under continuing contract*, on which the sum

asked for Is *100,000 or more:

Boston harbor. *45o,000, Buffalo harbor. *116.661. Buffalo entrance to Erie basin and Black river, *196.700; Bay Ridge and

which they j Red Hood channels, Gowanus bay. N. Y.,

I *332.000; Harbor of Refuge, Delaware bay. *460.000: Wilmington (Del.) harbor. *205,79S; Wlnyap bay <S. C.>, WOO.iKXI; Cumberland Sound (Georgia and Florida). *400.000; Tampa bay (Fla). *150.000, Mobile harbor (Ala.) J5O),tU0; Ashtabula harbor (O.). *150,000; Black river harbor (O ). *160,000; Cleveland (O.) harbor, *400.000; Toledo (O.) harbor, *200.090; Mlcnlgan City (Ind), harbor. *190.000: Calumet (III.) harbor. J&V.OOO: St. Joseph tMich.) harbor. ISSt.OOO. Harbor of Refuge. Sandy Beach. Mich , *306,000; Kenosha (Wia.) harbor, *141.iX«; Harbor of Refuge. Milwaukee bay, *106,000; Duluth (Minn.) harbor, and Superior. Wis., *8*7.000; Oakland (Cal.) harbor. JIW.OOO. San Francisco har*170.000; San Pedro (Cal.) harbor, *500.000; Everett (Wash.) harbor. tlM.OOO; Gray's harbor. Wash.. *3ii,u00; Union river. Maine, lu&uut; Providence river and

Buiglar Excitement in North Alabama Street. Alabama street, north of Sixteenth street, 1* a quiet neighborhood, where events are so rate that the slightest happening creates much excitement, ilr. and Mrs. Frank T. Mc<Juiciify. No. 1623 North Alabama street, are In the habit of going out to their meals. Mr. Mo Quiddy'a mother and his sister, Mrs. Lorena Albro, occupy the house adjoining his. So, when they heard thieves In Mr. McQulddy's house, last evening, while he. and his wife were at supper, something had to be done. Mrs. Albro remembered there was a revolver In the house. She had never fired such a weapon. but the occasion wa« urgent "Something had to be done. Pointing the weapon at the North star, she fired. The thieve* ran and the street filled with people. For half an hour, all sorts of murders were In the minds of the Imaginative and excited neighbors. There-was some disappointment when the truth was finally known. The thieves were frightened away before they had taken anything.

TOOK CARBOLIC ACID.

Maggie Mitchell, a Colored Killed Herself.

Girl,

Maggie Mitchell, a nlneteen-year-old colored girl, living with her father. Isaac Martin, at 21ii West Merrill street, swallowed an ounce of carbolic acid yesterday noon, and died about three hours later. After taking the drug, the girl told the family, and asked that « physician be called. An effort was made to save her. but It was ineffectual. She lingered In agony until her death. The girl had been In trouble a number of times, a*>d had threatened to kill herself at the police station. The acid which she took yesterday had been In the house for several days. The body was turned over to undertaker Wiese.

ELKS’ LODGER SORROW. Annual Memorial Service at En lish’s Opera House.

the rate Is higher. A division of the amount of postage received for thlrdcluss matter bylhe number of pounds of such matter mailed, shows that the department actually <ieri\es a revenue of 14.75 cents a pound from this class. If. there.ore. there had been paid, os there should have been paid, the average thirdclass rate on the 176,351,&13 pounds, which was wrongfully transmitted at the pound rate, the deportment would have received *26,011,M>2 92. instead of *1,763.516.13.

which It actually received."

The publications which are named as evading the spirit of the law are: First, the paper-covered books put out under pretense of being serial publications; second, the advertising “house organ” and the so-called trade Journal, meaning those of purely an advertising nature; and, third, sample copies used for advertising purpose*. The report shows that these abuses must be corrected by the law-making power, as the department Is

he!p!e«8 to remedy them.

The report shows that satisfactory progress ha* been mail® In the t-stablish-Ing of postal systems In Cuba. Porto Rico

and the Philippines. Free Delivery.

In regard to free delivery, the report

has this to say:

"At the end of the fiscal year fortyseven cities had been added, because of increased receipts, to those already enjoying the b“nefits of the free delivery of mall by street letter-carriers. Thirtyeight additional have since expanded this list, leaving reventy-one offices still entitled by population of 10,000, or gross receipt* of *10,000, to the benefits of this service. There are now employed In the service 14,256 carriers, and their salaries amounted during the fiscal year Just closed to *33,070,165. The gross receipts Irom free-deiivery offices have increased from J12.117.KiO in ls77-78. the first year that a separate account was kept of this Item, to t6.S,967,S16 for the fiscal year end-

ed June »». 1K*9.

"The free delivery of malls in the rural districts has proved to be one of the most Important among recent developments of the postal service, and presents In Its possibilities a question of the largest proportions. How far the system shall be extended is submitted - for the determination of Congress, with a full presentation ot facts upon which to base a conclusion. The appropriation for rural free delivery service for the present fiscal year was Increased from *15,uo0 to J3iio,000. and this amount will be practically absorbed by the continuance to the end of the fiscal year of the service already established. It is now In successful operation from 300 distributing point*, scattered among forty States and one Territory (the only States unrepresented In the list being Idaho. Mississippi. Montana and Wyoming), giving service to 179,131 persons at an average anj nuul cost of S4 cent* per capita. The benefits accruing from the extension of postal facilities to the rural com-

| munition may be summarized as follows;

Increae-d postal receipts, making many

j of the new deliver!- almost immed-ately j self-supporting. K-.bancem^nt of the | value of farm lands reached by this serv- | Ice and better prices obta ned tor farm ; products through more direct communi-

cation with the markets and prompter

; Information of their state. Improved J means of travel, some hundreds of miles i of country roads, especially in the West-

ern States, having been graded speciflcal-

| ly In order to obtain rural free delivery. ' Higher educational Influences broader

circulation of the means of public Intel-

Tbe annua! lodge of sorrow of the Elks' Lodge, No 13. was held yesterday afternoon at English's Opera House. The services were according to the ritual

provided for public use. and the theater i Ffgence. and'cIoscTr daily contact” with the was crowded The program Included great world of activity extended to the vocal solos by Miss Ida Sweenie, Mr. ! homes of heretofore isolated rural com-

Frank N. Taylor and Harry Y. Mercer, munitles."

and a violin solo by Miss Bertha Schell- Postmaster-General recommends

schmldt. After the roll of the dead was ^

* the pneumatic-tube service, which, he

displayed wicn eievtncai enects, ; m,vn has teivmn entire satisfaction wher-

Transvaal War Results. The Rev. C. W. Lewis, president of Moore* FUJI College, preached at the Cen-tral-avenue M. E. church, last night. In part, he said: "There was never a time since the beginning of the Christian era »o full of hope and promise a* the present. Our war has almost draw n to a close, but the war between Great Britain and the Boers Is just begun. We may have sympathy for the Boer as the under dog In this fight, but It will avail us nothing, for Great Britain will win In the end. and It will be for the advancement of humanity, for she never yet took hold of & country but what It wa* the better for It. Now Is the age of advancement. In time gone by, It look centuries to get out of a beaten path, but now the changes are like the flashes from a stormy sky. Mountains have been leveled and the ocean bridged, and the nations are In elbow touch; our horizons are being extended; It Is the age of enlargement. It is better to live twenty-five years In the coming century than to have lived all the centuries that have gone before.”

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The Burning Bush Mission. The "Burning Bush Mission" has been established by J. H. ^Vashlngton, the founder of the Evangelic Rescue and Manual Training Society at L.awatha and Michigan streets In a cme-story frame building formerly occupied by a grocery. The first regular all-day service was hold yesterday; in the morning a sermon was dellv ered by the Rev. Mcses Patterson, who chose as hi* text, "Behold he cometh." In the afternoon the Rev. W. M. Patterson preached to an audience which taxed the rough-wooden pews o 'heir utr <i*t capacity. His text was "Upon the rock I will build a church and the gates or hell shall not prevail against It.” The Rev. Andrew Valentine addressed the congregation In the evening. Revival meetings will be. held all this week, beginning to-night.'' The mission Is expected to grow to be a Baptist church. The Rev, James Jennings, of Frankfort, Ky., Is the pastor.

Dr. J. F. Goucher's Sermon. Another one of the men who were in attendance at the Methodist college conference. an! who preached In the city yesterday, waa the Rev. Dr. J. F. Goucher, president of the Woman's College, of Baltimore, Md., who filled the pulpit at the Meridian-street Methodist church yesterday morning. One of his thoughts was that, "No good influence established among men ever loses Its powers over men. As you and I pass through life, we tan give a gentle word and can extend a helping hand. It is taken up In the Infinite on moving, and carries Us influence Into the future.”

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Seminary and is resident warden of the Chicago Commons social settlement. He lives there with his family In one of the most densely populated parts of Chlca- • go. He is there as the friend and neighbor of the poorest and most discontented workingmen. The Chicago Commons Is In North Union street, within a few squares of the place where the Haymarket riot occurred a few years ago. For twenty years, Professor Taylor has stood In the breach between the churches and the manual workers ami Is endeavoring

to close It.

Professor Taylor is an earnest and enthusiastic speaker, seemingly familiar with every branch of his subject. H!a address was devoted to describing conditions as they exist among the "submerged tenth." their lack of any interest outside of the dull, daily grind; the

right, and their congregations united ,n of all ideal, their Ignorance of

m SETTLEMENT I0EI

DISCUSSED AT THE ANNUAL

CHARITY MEETING.

Professor Graham Taylor Spsaks of Work Among tbs Poor Class

of Chicago.

Many of Abe churches were closed last

The Rev. Mr. Duncan Converse. The Rev. Duncan Converse, of the church of St. John, the Evangelist, at Boston, is in the city, a gui-st of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Michle. He Is a cousin of Mrs. Mictiie. lie* preached yesterday morning at Grace Cathedral. Mr. Converse Is one of the society known as the Cowley Fathers. The home house of the society is at Oxford, England.

Love of Neighbor. At the new church chapel of the Church of the New Jerusalem yesterday morning, the Rev. Willis L. Gladlsh preachM a sermon on “Love of the Neighbor the Essential of Religion." There was only one way, he said, by which one could measure love for God, and that was by love for one's neighbor.

AMUSEMENTS.

the annual meeting of the Charity gantzatlon Hociety at English's Opera House. The theater was not so crowded as it has been at former meetings of the kind, but there was a large attendance. Burris A. Jenkins, who was to have acted as chairman, was 111, and Dr. O. B. Runnels presided. The music was furnished by the University of Indianapolis Glee Club, which sang three times in

the course of the evening.

The exercises opened with prayer by the Rev. J. Cummlng flmith. and Prof. J. D Forr-st. of Butler College, made the first address. The social settlement Idea was the subject of the evening and Prof. Forr^t confined his remarks to the Indianapolis neighborhood houses. There are three of these, one under the directlon of Plymouth church, one conducted by the Fourth Preebyterlan church, and one established by the Third Christian

church.

He said there had been a question whether social settlements were needed in a city like Indianapolis, where there are no slums, at least no large areas filled by poor and degraded classes, but he said In any city there was room for neighborhood houses. That the character of people should need uplifting and their minds occupation other than the grind of worrit was not necessary that there should be large tenement districts or foreign col-

_ , * — -- „ v .. .. I says, has given entire satisfaction

Narragansett bay. R. I., *115,000; Hudson addresses were made by M. G. Hornaday. • ever tried. In regard io automobiles, he

says:

TEN HORSES BURNED.

J. Parrish, of Edinburg, rowly Escapes.

Edingburg. Ind., December 4 —Fire destroyed the livery barn owned by W J. Parrish and G. G. Amjison, and ten horse*,, with a large number of vehicles and hay, were burned. W. J. Parrish.

for a man of my age to the regular dally I ’ wh ° *sh**P ta an upper room, naruse of Stuart's Tablets rowly escaped suffocation The loss on “My physician first advised me to use j budding ts *3 5W. with C.5lX» on stock them because he said they were per- ~

fectiy harmless and were not a secret patent medicine, but contained only the natural digestives, peptones and diastase, and after using them a few week* I have never ceased to thank him roe

his advice.

British Meat Scattered.

Chicago. December 5 —A broken wheel wrecked a fast freight train on the Milwaukee dit ision of the Chicago 4fc North- | western railroad kb yards north of ihe

sgatissflffl sure a perfect digestion and to ward off deia * e<s several hours. disease, and the safest, beet known ana _ moet widely used is Btuart’s Dyspepsia Eighteen-Year-Old Slander.

T tS2%«. t. ,v.ry -.11 i

household from Maine to California and 1 jyyj” the * xn> notod slander 3u.t for

river, X Y *4tW,uuO. Delaware river. *6X1 WO; Monongahela river. W. Va.. *1*5,556; Patopeco river. Md., *300.090; Potomac river, below Washington. *150.000: improving waterway from Norfolk. Va., to the sonds of North Carolina. SSjO.JUU, Congaree river. 8 C , *100.900; Black Warrior river. Ala. H4O.&09; Warrior and Tomblsrbee rivers. Ala., and Miss . *400.090: Pensacola river and Fern Island harbor. Miss.. OiT.aW; Yazoo river. Mias.. *&.g.*0; Passe* of the Mississippi. *300 Ort); bayou Plaquemine, La.. *209,vmS: Upper White river. Ark. *150,9tx>; Mississippi river from mouth of the Ohio to Minneapolis, Jioe.COO; Kentucky river, Ky.. *390.900; dams below Pittsburg, J1.046.O0P; Chicago river, *137.(0); Illinois and Mississippi canal. O.0W.999; Detroit river. tSOu.OOO. Hay lake channel. 8t. Mary's river. Mich.. *3#,HI. waterway from Keweenaw bay

to Lake Superior, Mien.. LT&oxx

Continuing Contracts.

The total appropriations asked for on account of river and harbor Improvements under the continuing contract system Is L5.6C <36. an increase of nearly

Henry Warrum ard Frank B. Posey, of

Evansville Lodge. No. 216.

RECEIVED THEIR CHARTERS.

Seceding Lodges of Knights and

Ladies of Honor Organize.

Chicago. December 4. — Twenty-stx lodges of the German-American Federation. the order recently formed by seceding member*i of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, received charters yesterday from the grand lodge. The formal initiation of these lodges into the body will taka place either Thureoay or Friday

night.

It was announced that nine other lodges, members of the Knights and Ladles of Honor, had signified their intention of Joining the secessionists.

As to Automobiles.

"A practical test Is about to be made in Chicago to determine the feasibility of ! transporting the mails between tfsa main j office and branch post offices by auton. >- , biles. In view of the prominence which these vehicles have recently attuned In

] the development of the meat.s of general ; pres* car by robbers, a bowie-knife duel,

i transportation, it is believed that the time has come for utilizing them in connection with the carrying of the malls. If the test in Chicago shall prove favorable automobiles will doubtless be introduced in *»otne other cl tie* for the pur

To-night at the Grand the stock company will present “The Jilt.” Stage Director Brooke has worked unusually hard on this play, owing perhaps to his own I onles. appearance In the cast as Myie* O’Hara, j This clever Irishman, aa deplected by Mr. ! Brooke, will, doubtless, prove popular > with the Grand s audience this week. The ; cast takes in ail the members of the !

stock company.

At the Park to-night and until Thurs- I day, “The Great Train Robbery * will i hold the boards, and the numerous ex- )

citing happenings, which Include a fight i QomtaatToitai enterprlaA It would never with Indians, the blowing up of an ex- j - th4s 1#vel of the rescue mission. „ ^ * JZyL™**- mo* «* bear chase, etc., will prove diverting. nev<?r woul< j acc ompll»h much, because It Is about the only border drama to be tfae maWMN} coul d no t be reached from the' given at the Park this season. There will ern0l | 0na j R |de The neighborhood house be another novel attraction following It j r ,.„ he appealed to people from the

more materialistic side, though It did not

Not a Substitute for Church. The reason for the Interest of the Char-

ity Organization Society in the settlement or neighborhood-house plan was that there was a work to be done In influencing character, which the church did not and could not do. The neighborhood house, he said, was not to take the place

of the church or be in any sense a

de-

Debatee in the Public Schools. The debating season is on In the public

next Thursday, when ‘The Great Triple Alliance" will present a bill made up of

magic and vaudeville features.

Sam Devere. who Is well known to Empire Theater patrons, opened at the Empire this afternoon with his own company. Devere will remain until Thursday when ‘The Gay Masqueraders” will be-

gin a three-days’ engagement, “Wheat Wa tn "

■What Happened to Jones.” the funny farce, by George Broadhurst. la coming to English's to-morrow night for one per-

*10,Oil),OOO above present appropriation*, j • cho ® 1 *' A coir - m: '* te * ; f Judges who

heard a discussion of tne question, j "Which was the preferable colony. Mess- > achcsetts or Virginia” ’ last week at J school No. 30, says that the Interest was

Under the Missouri river commission M.Wf'.OOC* is asked for. and under the Mississippi river commission tt.W.OOO Also the foliosing river and harbor improvements; Mystic river. Mass . SIOEUW; Fast river and Hellgate. New York. *150.<vy Harlem river. New York. WStOBO; Po- | tomac nv,r. at Wubtam. imiW:

All druggists sell Stuart's Dyspepsia i tng plaintiff *2*5 The costs aggregate

Tablets, full abed pkg* at SO cents and for a weak stomach a fifty cent package will often do fifty dollars' worth of g->od.

'

*1,000 The suit was based on gossip said to have been circulated by the defendant

eighteen years ago.

and the committee expressed a hope that

In this

James river. Virginia. WC.OO0; Cape Fear j t^otbe^sld^^ river WMM*; Co>s* river. *56.W0; St I de^te w^^rmat John's river, Florida, *434.990; Tom big- every member of the grade interested bee, above Demopolis. Ala., 1199,W; ' feeling free to participate.

pose of carrying the mails between postoffices. branch offices and railroad stations as it is orebabie that time can be saved and better results obtained from a vehicle of this kind than from the ordinary regulation or screen wagon. It is recommended that a law be enacted remedying evils in the star-route

service.

Psrceis-post conventions have been negotiated with Venezuela and Germany.

The total expenditure* for the depart- form one* only. This la the play In which meet for the year were fl01.fiBj«D.38. The George Boniface made such a hit last

receipts were *»JB.»4.l7. i year.

On other subject* the report says- The sale of seats for the Bostonian* “A notable step toward the populariia- 1 may be taken-aa an indication that tblz tion of the registry service U to be taken organization, which comes to English's by the department in authorizing letter- 1 Friday and Saturday, has lost none of Ita

intense ana -ne aisc-ssion spirt.ed. Hi*- s car rters tn cities to accept and register popularity on account of certain changes tory and geography were both serviceable matter at th» door of the house- that have been made in Its personnel.

holder. It is intended to extend gradual- —~ —

iy this increased facility In registering to the farmer and his family by permitting rural letter-earner* to register matter Provision for the registration of mall at night, at the larger offices, has

beer, made * *

There is bat One Bodweiser

mjA that 1* the pr*lu« of the Anheuser-Btwch Brewing Association It leads other, beers in quality and output—<wer hsif a billion bottle* of the orlgtr.*: having been consumed by a

discriminate* public.

tend to draw them away from the churches. It was not a mere bait for unwary sinners, he said. The work done was of value in Itself, and If the people refused to become religious they still had something of to them. Generally, he said, the things offered by the social settlement or neighborhood house were of a kind to .draw men to God and did so draw them- Oftentimes, he said, a bath was more efficacious to# make man a child of the King than a visit to a baptistry or an evening at a prayer-meeting. And so, he said, the Charity Organization Society came with a new plea and asked help'in building up the characters of the unfortunate through what might be considered ma-

terial means.

Professor Graham Taylor. The principal address of the evening was delivered by Prof. Graham Taylor, of Chicago. He is professor of Christian sociology at the Chicago Theological

what politics and religion are for. Then he told of the work that he and others are doing by mean* of the social settlements to ameliorate these conditions and bring “the man with the hoe" into brotherly relations with the more fortu-

nate.

In referring to a sermon once preached by Oscar McCulloch, Professor Taylor paid a tribute to the man who founded the Charity Organization Society in Indianapolis. "Whether you knew it or not,” said he, "you had a prophet and a seer among you.” The sermon referred to was on "The Discontent of Fortune," and the speaker said he knew of no more discontented class than, the fortunate. He gave illustration lifter illustration to show how. as he believed, the spirit of democracy is pervading everything in this country and gradually but surely breaking down the barriers between and poverty, culture and ignorance. The public school*, he *ald, are the of American institution* because they are the most democratic. Practical Political Work. As an llldstratlon of the practical work that 1* done by the social settlement, h* gave an example of the work accomplished in politics by the settlement in which he is interested. The ward lu which the settlement is, he said, was overrun with political brigands of bo tit parties. The honest people thought they had no rights, or did not fully realise what their rights were and how to get them. But, under the guidance of the settlement, a Just man was put up to run for member of the Common Council. The first time he was defeated, but the secofid time be was elected. The third time he was elected, but was counted out, and two men who did the counting out were sent to prison. When Professor Taylor concluded, he was warmly applauded. The annual charity collection was taker, and the Rev. G. L. McIntosh pronounced the benediction.

“He Liveth Long That Liveth Well.” He that maintains “the perfect eolation of pore blood in A sound organism.'’ or in other words, good health, may live both long and wed. A great multitude of people gladly testify that Hood’s Sarsaparilla has cured their diseases, given them good health, and lengthened their lives. Dizzy 8pe*fi — " Sudden diaty spells would make my hands and side numb and I could not work. Took Hood's Sarsaparilla and J am a well man.'' Fred V. Mattock. Box 94, South Kent. Q. ‘Rpmember yfoodS SaUapau^