Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 May 1896 — Page 2

MAY BE AN AMERICAN.

RECENTLY DISCOVERED H&R or GEORGE IV. MAKES CLAIMS.

Papers, Said to Prove That George IV. Left an Ueir, Are Deposited in a Iiauk.

In a private bank in London there is a lealed packet, placed there in the year 5.833. Only one man in all England has the right to open that packet and make public the contents of.the documents contains. He is the Rev. E. S. Keppel. He ha? hitherto consistently de-fcline-d to sanction the unsealing of the (package. Some day, in the course of nature, Mr. Keppe will die, and the ownership of the package will go to his heir. He is old, and the time can't be fliirtant, says the New York Press.

When that comes many of those in bigh places in England will tremble. No tine knows what those .documents prove but it is not improbable that !they prove the existence of another ihe.r to the throne of England than the IPrince of Wales. Not only this, but (that Queen Victoria herself has no more right to the position she occupies than has the meanest of her subjects. No (wonder that Mr. Keppel hesitates to open the package, and that those who fknow of its existence are fearful of the consequences should the next owner d^isire to do so.

Mrs. Fltzlierbert Concerned. How comes a collection of documents of such surpassing importance in a private bank and how is it that an ordinary clergyman holds such a momentous matter in his keeping?

To answer these questions it is necessary to go back to the history of the reign of George IV. As is well known, •this monarch, who was a rake of the (most reckless character, 'fell violently in love with a beautiful widow named •tMrs. Fitzhei'bert. This lady, unlike the igenerality of royal favorites, was virtuous, and this fact only served to Increase the then Prince of Wale's pas-ffl-on for her. One dJfy Mrs. Fitzherbert .received word that the Prince had at'tempted to kill himself from despair at hher attitude, and her. immediate presence was requested at Carlton House. flShe went, and the Prince declared he I could not live unless she would consent tto become his wife. He put a

ring

•Iher finger, but the next day Mrs. Fitzfoerbert left England. iShe remained abroad many months,

receiving frequent and urgent requests from 'the prince to .return. At last she Consented to return, .provided the pr-nee would marry her. That the roarr.age In setoret and at night, took place, there Is not .a shadow of douib't. Several :nItimate friends of the prince and one or )tWo of the bride's relatives 'were present, and the ceremony 'was performed (by a •clergyman of the Church of En'gHand according to some reports, and according to others, toy 'the Albbe 'Se-

wham p. In the press latfM -the ihiouse of commons the marriage was denied, but it twa® •admitted afterward that 'the denial rvvas considered necessary for political purposes, theprimce and the government .—of whom, im passing, it may "be mentioned that only one or two- knew the facts—fearing a popular 'outbreak, Bhould it 'be known publicly tihat the (heir to the throne bad married Mrs. {Fitzherbert, Q, Raman iCatholia

Next Kiuc »tu American.

What, then, is the important quesimani that the papers 'in Co-u.tts" (bank alone can answer? "Was tihere issue from the union. The prince end his wife lived together some t'iime, and after h:s death (he .having 'become .king Of England in the meantime, 'the 'lady was treated with the greatest respect lby (King 'William IV. It was supposed that ino ohildren resulted from the marriage, but .that ithere was some dd.tion-ai 'secret of fim'por.taince is evident from the fact of ttihe papers having 'been deposited by {Mrs. Fitzherlbert in the 'oar© of IMesans. Co-utts & Co., who have the most aristocratic 'business in London. Tihe lady rvas asked the question .point blank on occasion, but—and this is significant— declined .to reply "on the score of delifcacy." Had there ''been no 'issue it seems (probable that she would inot have 'hesItated.

The marane'r to which the package came into tihe possession of the Rev. Mr. Keppel is easily explained. The [Duke of Wellin'gton, the Earl of AKbermarle and Lord Stour.ton were designated the custodians oif thie ipaicikage (by 'Mrs. JUtzIherbert. The executors of the two latter gentleman were a iMr. Lan.gda!e and Mr. Keppel. The latter is no'vv the sale eurvivor. 'The constitution of Great Britain fortoids the marriage of the heir to the fthrone with a commoner or a Roman Catholic. Mrs. Fitzherbert was both land should it transpire that there was child, a very important and intricate constitutional question would be raised.

It was rumored some time ago that & son of the prince and his wife was Hiving in this country, at "Washington. It was also said that the Jesuits had complete .proof oif his paternity. It is •a curious, mysterious business, and should it turn out th'at there was a icrild, it is difficult to tell in what way the question will be settled. The most /probable eventuality is that the papers will be destroyed secretly and, the whole trouble disposed of completely, if mot honestly.

BETTER THAN TIGERS.

Stanley Waited for His Chart Until the Cat Awoke. There ts a famous story albout New-jto-n and his cat. 'According to a writer In the "Ladies' Kennel Journal," there ks also a cat story connected with the name of Mr. Stanley. When the African traveler was writin'g hi is Through the 'Dark Contiin.eni'4 iti iSackville street, tte used often, from wont of a flat eur(flatee to sprea'd his maps and charts upon the floor and one day the eait of the .house, whfeh had taken an extraordinary liking for the great explorer, and •passed most of her time in his rooms, went to sleep on a chart that was spre&jl out "on the thearth rug. By aind by the chart was wanted, and one of Stanley's assistainibs was 'going to turn, puss off S'L, when, "the man who found Livingstone" stopped him. "Don't disturb the cat," he said "we cain get on without tiho chart till she waik'es -up. If you only knew how good the 'sight of thait English cait, cozily curled up in front of 'th'at fire, iis to me, you would never let her move from where she is." He had just •cotme back from a weary and .trying •time tamon'g uncivilized 'tribes, and the Bleeping cat Wais to Mm tihe symbol of comfortable security, peace and of Ibome.

Want Divorces.

Fannie B. Cottom has begun suit in the Superior Court asking a divorce from her huslband, William F. Cottom. IShe alleges cruel and inhuman treatment. The parties have been married about five years, but have not lived together during the piast two years.

Wtilliam P. jBaugh bas begua suit in

vteT:

the same court against Mary Baugih, asking for a divorce, basing his action on the claim of cruel and "!hhuman treatment. The parties were married in 1872 and lived together until a few days ago. The defendant is 71 years old and his wife is much younger. Mr. Baugh is employed as tool keeper at the Vandalia shops and lives at 209 North Eleventh street. In his complaint he alleges that his wife has an ungovernable temper and when mad throws anything she can get hold of at him that she calls him vile names and has repeatedly driven him from the house. He says he is weak from the infirmity of old age and is not able to defend himself against her frequent attacks.

SENATOR MILLS TALKS.

Tells An Anecdote Which in Received With Cheer*. When Senator Mills delivered his great speech on Cuba in the senate, says the St. Louis Republic, a speech described by that competent critic Senator Morgan of Alabama as "majestic and splendid and brilliant oratory," he related am incident that called cheers from the galleries and aroused deep interest on the' floor of the senate. Mr. Mills was describing the cruelty of the Spaniards and their haibitual murder and violation of women. Then he drew this contrast: "Mr. President, while thinking of the slaughter of this girl, who attempted to save her father, there comes up in my mind the recollection of an incident that occurred in Alabama during bur civil war. A colonel of an Ohio regiment was in command of a district of north Alabama, within whose lines the family of a Confederate officer resided. Sometimes the bold rebel would slip through the lines, undiscovered, and visit his' family. On one occasion he was discovered by some one more devoted to the Union than his personal welfare. Information was given to the colonel commanding the district, who took a half dozen of his m?n and, under cover of night went to the house to capture his Confedrate foeman. Arriving at the house he rushed in the door, pistol in hand, and found the Confederate soldier in the midst of his family, his pistol and belt lying upon the bureau, and within reach of his daughter, a beautiful girl of 18 summers. In an instant sihe grasped her father's pistol to shoot in defense of her father's-person. The colonel sprang forward and seized the pistol in her hand to disarm her. Not being a Spaniard, it never entered his mind to shoot hei*. In the struggle iher pistol fired and she was shot through the hand, but her father succeeded in making -his esoa-pe. The gallant officer returned in- a few days to see about that wounded h'and.He came again, to express his profound regrets for that wound, and again and again to hope for its early recovery. He did not stop coming till he carried thft hand off with him, clasped in his. It is his hand now, and has been for thirty years. Arcfund that family hearthstone there stands a group of noble sons, .half Yankee, halif Southern, but all Americans. We did not shoot women and children. We did not shoot prisoners in our great civil war." 'Soon after the senator concluded his speech I met him and inquired regarding the identity of the Ohio colonel and the fair Alabama Confederate. He told me he referred to an incident in the lives o,f Colonel S. W. Fordyce and his accomplished wife. Colonel Fordyce is the president of the St. Louis Southwestern Railroad and is known and loved from' the lakes to the'gulf.

MICE THAT LIKE MUSIC.

The Little Visitors of a Boy Up In Harlem Who Possesses a Music Box. A small boy up in Harlem .has been •amusing himself a good deal lately w:th 'tihe mice which he finds about the cupboards in the kitchen. Last Christmas iSianba Caus briught him a little music box, which played two or three tunes When the crank was turned. The boy pl'ayed it night and day and would have 'taken it to school '.had his mother not forbidden it. One evening just before bedtime, say 7:45' o'clock, he sat on the floor cross legged turning the tuneful crank. All of a sudden his mother, who was sitting by the table, leaped up on tier chair with a scream. •It is a curious fact that house mice delig'ht in .music boxes and other musical things, and three of them had come out. of a, hole and were running allabout the .boy, wbo had not noticed ifchem, so busy was he playing t'he music box. The .mice scurried away at the .isihrieik. The next tnight w.hen t'he boy played the mice soon came out onto the floor and raced back and forth. Now the mice 'are very tame, and are fed 'occasionally by the boy.

A Forest and Stream writer once put an automatic music box out in the grass and spent many hours watching t'he robins, bluebirds and other birds gathering about it. A looking glass put up where the birds can see themselves in .it is afeo very attractive, while a combination of a music box and a looking glass pleases the birds more than anything else one could put out for their amusement.

Tennessee's Centennial As a State. Tennessee's centennial celebration and the Inaugural ceremonies of her exposition will taike place on June 1st and 2d. On the next day there will be a big military and civic parade, followed by the exercises, a prominent feature of which will be an address by .J. M. Dickinson of Nashville on "The 100th Anniversary of Tennessee's Admission Into the Federal Union." The exercises of the second day include these: By A. A. Taylor of Johnson City on "Early Days of Tennessee," and by E. W. Cormack of Memphis on "Future of the state. In the afternoon a sham battle will be fought. A large body of regular and state troope will be present, and it is hoped the Marine Banff from Washington. The young men of the state are asked to parade, mounted and unarmed.

Sparrows and Bicycles.

A curious thing about the English sparrow has often been noticed by wh'eelmen. When tihe cyclists first took to the streets a few years ago the birds used to hop up in the air and skip away before the wheel was within fifteen feet of them. The rapidity of th6 motion seemed to startle fheim out of their witis. iBut now, even with the increased speed of pneumatic tires and bigth gears, the birds show little or no ifear of the wWeels, waiting till the last (moment before flying.. The wheel is often. Jess than two feet away from them before they take to flight. One sparrow over on Clinton street, Brooklyn, three days ago hopped to one side a few inches and allowed the wheel to paSs at about twenty inches.

There- is no waste heat about a gas range to heat up the house.

One hundred views on Spain and Cuba tonight at Norarall HaJL

PATENT .STATISTICS.

TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND GRANTED BY PATENT OFFICE THIS YEAB.

The "Millions In It" Still L«ad American Ingennity to Invest Labor Saving Devlcej—The Magnitude of It.

Washington, Maty 4.—The report of Commissioner of Patents John S. Seymour, for the ye'ar ending December 31, 1895, was submitted to congress today. It shows that aggregate receipts ifrom all sources durin'g the year were $1,245,247 expenditures, $1,084,496. During ths year there were 21,998 patents a.nd designs, exclusive-of 59 reissues, awd inrclusiVe of 2,049 issued to foreigners 1.S29" tHademiarlcs and three prints registered, and 46,899 appliteaitiena filed for patent's, trade marks, iaibels, pr ints, etc. There were also 12,345 patents-which expired and 3,428 patents forfeited for nonpayment of fln'al fees. The four foreign countries leading i'n the number oif patents iesued to their ci'tiz'ens by this government are: Ewgland 614 Germany 539, Canada 302, and France 202. In^ the Unii'ted States 'the spates leading in the number of patents .issued to their citizens -are: New York 3,539, Pemn&yK'a:n.a 2,270, Illinois 1.S76, Massachusetts 1,793, •and Ohio 1,423. In proportion to population, Ciowever, Ooninect'cut heads-the li'st with one to every 927 people. The coimm.isis'ionier reccmmeir.ds the ewactmer.lt ir.to 'law of cer\a'in rules made a year ago to prevent more tbam six months delay by a'ppli'caniis in paying further attenitilon to their cases already acted on by the office, and allowing exaimiiniers t'o reject claims 'where there •have been intentional delays in cases pending more than five years. The rulfs are, he says, open ,to attack in the courts. He ateo recommends the enactment of the bJIl amending the palemit laws prepared Iby 'the patent committee of the Ameritaam Bar Association and introduced iiin conigre&s: Concerning the publication of the office Gazette, wjich has in recenlt years involved many compliitealtioinis aind l'ast year resulted in a c'on'gress'l'oiniatl onqui'ry, the commissi'oner decries the lack of modern process in. libs production, the en'tire work being done by one firm, -and urges in event of a cban'ge, ibeinig in advifalble, tihat a contract 'be authorized for printing it for a lonlger .term t'hlain' one year, in view of the expansii've plaint required. 'Reports1 have been received from thir. ty--tiwo countries, in'cludling Great Britain, •Germainy, Russia and France cmd the ,'totiai 'number of pa'tcnts issued by these government's from -the earliest, period up t'o December 1st last, 'aggregate 981,961, against 56'2,458 so far issued by the Uniited States. Prior to 1870 the United States issued nearly half as many patents -as all foreign r.iaticins comlbimed. 'Since 1870 iit Was issued more than half ais many as ail foreign natiiions 'comlbimed. The estt/aibiishment Of a •classilficaition division is aga.in urged. The coimimisisil'cineir speaks unfavoralb'y of the suggestion t'hia't would be better to issue all patents without examination, as to novelty, leaving It'he sifting of records of pribrity to .the courts.

During the past tiwent.y-'five year& i/wer-lty-five invantors bave been granted more thian 100 patents each, the whole numlber grafted to 'theim wtthto tihiat 'perilod being 4,894. In these, "Wizard" Thomas A. Edi'ioin oif Orange, N. J., leads with, 711 Elihu Thomson, the eleetriciiain', oom'in'g next. The greatest 'activity of Ithe year was shown in' defoalifl inventions' and aicicesis'orie's to bcycles and 'in machi'mes and processes for making th'e parts1. Pneumatic" tires Waive attracted the inventor, because of 'tiheir now ailmosit universal use' on sulkies as well as b.'i!cycleis.

THE RUSH FOR GQLD.

While Kenalts Are Small, Hopes Are High With Prospectors. SeaJttle, Wash., May 4.—The steamer Lakme," four weeks out, has arrived here from Cook's Inlet, after a fine pasi sage both ways. On board-w^S Will M. Steele, secretary of the Washington Press Association, who reports'his ob-"' servations as follows: "The rush this spring for the gold district of Turnagain Bay, Cook's Inlet, was unprecedented. A1 though comparatively unexplored, numerous creeks on the bay have given up gold dust and nuggets of such value as to encourage the hopes of prospectors, numbering into the thousands, that wealth may be rapidly massed there. During the past six weeks a score of vessels have headed for far Alaskan shores, but they all started too early this year, for an unexception'ally severe winter has left its impress^in' huge calces of ice that have not yet .blown out to sea and snow'that still remains on the ground to a depth of several feet. A fleet of vessels is lying off Coal Point, in Kachekinak bay, awaiting a favorable opportunity to go 100 miles further up the inlet. "I have spent two weeks cruising on the inle't and from a careful examination of the existing conditions an% authenticated reports of developments and finds along numerous creeks, am firmly of the opinion that the proper kind of men hazarded no chance in casting their lines into the golden waters that flow into the Inlets. TOvery creak

and

river shows traces of fine

gold, which increases in coar«sanss as the streams are ascended, while pieces of gold bearing quartz are frequ^itiy found in .placers, demonstrating that further back towards the mountains are mother ledges. Auriferous deposits cover a territory of almost unknown extent, while prospecting thus far has" been comparatively silent.

FALL OF A TREASURY CLERK.

Ernestine Becker's Frauds on the United States Told for the First Time. The story of the rise and fall of Ernestine Becker has never been truthfully told in print. She was the ingenious woman who, being employed in the redemption division, devised a method of making nine notes out eight, says the Philadelphia Times. Of course the paper money that comes into the treasury for redemption is in alf stages of dilapidation. Some of it can only be identified by pasting scraps together. Ernestine would tear a strip from one note and paste it upon another, so artfully manipulating the sections thus Obtained that the original material of eight notes served to compose nine, leaving one bill over for herself. This Was very profitable, inasmuch as she was able to deal with fifties and hundreds she never bothered with notes of less than *20.

There is no telling how long she prosecuted this business. She did it with the utmost boldness, and there is every reason to believe that she carried it on for a number of year^. Her profits may be faintly surmised from the fact that on the last day of her employment she earned $980 in this way: This was in the autumn of 1888. On that day she was so unlucky as to be absent from the office for a while, and a package of money which she hlad made up was «torn by accident. It was -handed over

TEHRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MOKNING, MAY 6. 1896.

to another clerk to be repaired, and the latter employe counted it again, according to the estatrilsheQ usage.

The first thing that excited her.aitteto t'ion was tihat the numbers on the tops and bottoms of some of the not^s did not match.' Nevertheless she suspected nothing. It was evident itihat the notes had been patched'" v(%bngly. Accordingly she soaked them in water and put them together properly. As a result, she had a le'ss number-of ncrtes and a less amount by $980 'than had been indicalted. This discovery resulted in an investigation. Ernestine claimed tihat the money had reached the treasury and •been handed to her in the shape In which it was found. .Ogxoof to the contrary could hardly be obtained, and so no prosecutoion was attempted. The woman made good t&e $980. A Washington real estate agent, who died the o.theT day, swallowed the fortune wfaioh was criminally acquired. The woman died not long a-gio of -cancer in a. New York hospital.

BIRDS PERCH ON BILLOWS.

Some of Their Ocean Journeylngs Described by Ktlwln .Arnold. Sir E.lwin Araold, in an account^of his voyage to America, which appears in the London Daily Telegraph, gays: MEvery day we see playing around the ship and skimming up and down the wave-hollows companies of lovely irtt:e •terns and sea swallows, the latter no larger than thrushes. These fearless people of the waste have not by any means followed us from the land, living, as gulls often will, on the waste thrown from the vessel. "They are vague and casual roamers of the ocean, who, spying the great steamship from afar, have- sa.led close up, to see if we are a rock or an island, and will then skip away again on their own free and boundless business. Yonder tiny bird, with purple and green plumage, his little breast and neck laced with silver, is lis bant 1,000. miles at this moment from a drop-of fresh water, and yet cares no more for that fact than did the Irish squire who lived twelve miles from a lemon.' "If his wings ever grow weary, it is but to settle on the :bosom of a great billow and suffer it for'ta time to rock •and roll him amid 't'he'- hissing spindrift, and milky, flying^foam and the broken sea-lace which fdrins and gleams and disappears again upon 'the dark slopes. When he pleases, a stroke of the small red foot and a beat of the wonderful wing lau.ilch him off from •the jagged edge of his 'billow, and he flits past us at '100 knots an hour, laughing ste'am and canva^ ..to scorn, and steering for some nam'eieSjS crag in L»abrador or Fundy, or bound, it may be, homeward for some island or marsh of the far-away Irish coast, ,. "irarvelously expressiye of power as is our untiring engine, which all day and night throbs and pants and pulses in noisy rythm uder the deck, what a clumsy, imperfect affair it is compared to the dainty plumes and delicate muscles which will carry that pretty fearless sea-swalowing back to his roost!"

AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY.

The Body of the Late Mr. Gresham Removed From Chicajro. Washington, Ma.y 4.—With simple services the body O'f Walter Q. Greshia®, President Cleveland's late secretary of 'state, was laid at rest in Arlington cemetery, the nation's'burying ground, late Saturday afternoon. Only Mrs. Gresham and her son Otto accompanied t'he body.

here.

The casket, surmount

ed by simple floral orn'aments, was transferred at once by a corps of depot 'attendants to 'a hearse in waiting. (Scarcely half a dozen people were gathered at the depot. President Cleveland and the members of his cabinet now. in the city had intended to .'meet the train, 'but this idea was abandoned, as Mrs. 'Gres'ham .made known her desire that the transfer and burial should be attended with as little formality and publicity as possible. Secretary Damomt, 'however, was present, accompanied by one or two personal friends of the G-resha.ms, including Pension Commissioner Lochren. (Mrs. Gresham and Otto Gresham followed t-he body to Arlington in President Cleveland's carriage, which had ibeen placed at their disposal. Secretary L.aimont and a few friends'in carriages •fell in behind the prcession. At the •gates of the cemetery the funeral party was joined by President Cleveland, Secretaries Olney, Carlisle arid Herbert and M'ajor General Miles, witft eight private soldiers and a bugler sergeant detailed •from Ft. Meyer. The president and cabinet took their places at the head of 'the line and w'alked to the grave, the •cavalrymen from 'Ft. Meyer bearing the casket, the bugler sounded "taps" and that wais all of the ceremony.

The s'ite selected for the grave Is one of the most choice in Arlington, next to General Greslhiam's old companion in arm®. General Sherid'an, and near the •graves of Admiral Porter and General Crook.

Industrious Farmer's Wife. A" farmer's wrfe in i^chigain kept"'a. record 'last yeair of h?r ctooking operations*. (Her 'husband was dumb With aistonicihmertt when -she produced this record for a family of six: TJuree (hundred and itwenty-flve loa-.-es of Ibread, 83 tins of biscuit, 16 loaves of br-Vwn. "bread, 267 pies 130 cakes, 35 puddings. 110 dozem cookies, 108 dozen, ginger snaps and 14 chicken pies. Nor does this .include the meata "and (vegetables. Thia/t this list is not a/bove ithe average is reaidily seem by div.idim'g it -into weekly portions. Machinery ajid co-operation aire already making life easier for tihe woman who does iher own housework.—Boston Co|mmon'we&lth.

Effects of the Raines Lawi

•New York, May 3.—There appeared to be little change in the situation relative 'to the enforcement of the Raines liquor tax 'law today, the.first Sunday under the stalte board. The saloons throughout the city were closed, such 'business as was (being done dn the direction of selling liquor 'being monopolized by those places whijeh .'hold hotel licenses. The police contented themselves with, finding p-ut all places of the "hotel" class which ventured to sell liquor witihout Imeals and unearthing (back and upstairs room? tin. which beer was be^ng sold to violation' of law by owners of saloons in itihe s^nxe building.

W. C. C. Ron to Kookvllle.

A misitake teas been made in, stating the annual run of theW. C. C. to Rockville on May 10th will stant from the corner of Firth and Main. The run will start from the club rooms, 220 North Eighth street, and aU should report there. The todies' division, under command of J- F- Stark, with. Fred JProbst as paoemaiker, will start at 6:30 a. m., and the first of the gentlemen's division tbUnty minutes later.

"Spfain and Cuba" at Normal Kali toarfgtot. _.

WOMEN VICTORIOUS.

THEIR CHIVALROUS CHAMPIONS IN THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

The Women Delegates Withdraw lending the Debate on Their Admission—They Claim Certain Victory.

Cleveland, Miay«4—The (anticipation of a disposition of the woman question called a large attendance at the general M. E. conference this morailng. The delegates were eaixOy in their seats and the spectaittor© were more numerous than on t&ny previous day. B.shop Merril of Chicago presided, and the first 'hymn was announced1 by tihe Rev. •Dr. 'Hurlfburt of the Sunday School Union. A fervent prayer was offered by Dr. Hurlburt, after iwhSch the business of the morning was 'taken up.

H. A. -Buchtel of Indiana desired t'he episcopal address T-eiad in every pulpit. The conference adopted a resolution to 5end a copy each pastor.

Dr. Mueller of Cleveland presented a resolution •favoritaig airtoit'natlon for lall English speaakin® coumitr'ies, which waa adopted, and a copy ordered sent .to the president Cf the Uniited 0bates.

The exciting (feature of the day "was when: Dr. Mon.roe presented to the cctaferemce a written staitement from four •women delegates. It looked as though this s'taibenc -.nit 'mi'ghft solve the perpiexed woman question, but it did not.

The Women Withdraw.

Following is a par,t of the 'Statement: "W'hi.Ue we regard ourselves, as laymeni in the full sense of 'the term and hold t'h'ait the lay elec.tor'al conferences aire entitled, under the amendments of 186872, to choose their 'delegates, subjett only to tihe res*tri'Otionis therein specified, we .are unWiiitog to seem to insist upon per&omial rights which are in dispute. The chief question at issue ntow seem® to us to arise over the method to be pursued upon ithQs. We recognize boniest differences o'f opinion -among tfh»e most intelligemt and conscientious members.' It seems to us that were the conference relieved from the tension wh: oh our preisemce otecasions, it m'ight spee:di'ly devise a pfa-n of admission upcini whlich the greiat majority of ithe members could agree. While we sincerely regret 'to disappoint tfhe chivalrous •champions of Woman's eligiibil3ty we cannot xxntseinit to a protracted 'debaite over our personal eliig^biliity to this conf ferenloe, w.'Jtih the ailieniaitilons, wlh'jch. we fear such a struggle might caiuse, when 'the .principle not easily provoked, t'hiiiraketh mo evil. We .thierefore cheerfully' 'relinquish in your (honOrafble (body and a'waiiit sudh seittilement of a long vexed quesifcion •sus your wisdom may devise, confident t'hia't your action wl'il emibody the -spirit of the golden rule. We desire to express our gratiiftciaitaon of the courtesy shown/ us and assure you that we shall conitinue to pray and to raibor 'for t!he prosperity of our Zion."

The statement was presented by Jane F. Bashford, Lois S. Parker and Ada C. Butcher. *No sooner, had the communication of the wom'en delegates been offered than Dr. Kynet't, chairman of the oommittee on eligibility, submitted the majority report of the committee. It briefly stated th'at the committee had decided that the women were entitled to seats in the conference. Several delegates arose to defend the report, but -there was a universal demand for the minority report. -It was a lengthy document and was read by iDr. T. B. Neely of Philadelphia. It found that the challenge of the eligibility of the women Whose names appear on the role of the general conference is sustained, and th'at the eleatiion of women by lay electoral conferences ate illegal acts,' and that to seat the claimants will tend to destroy all respect for that constitution of the church and for t'he decisions and 'interpretations of the genera conference.

After extetnded debate on the merits of the two reports further discussion was postponed until afternoon, when it will be resumed as a special order of 'business.' The conference then adjourned.

The thiln'teen standing committees and •tihe special Comrriit'tee on, Epwort'h League organized permanently this afternoon and Willi Ibetg-ln worflc tomorrow. Among theim are the corn'mittee which will consider the. adviteabililty of having more bishops and that whiiCh will make a recom!mend'altion on t'he proposition to miitfgaite Itlhe severity of the rule gSvern!in«g t'he timer airy of miini?iters.

The suppor'ter® of -the women delegate cause claims tonilght that they have certainly won. the victory a'nd thalt the final volte will seat t'he women. Their opponents-, Ihowever, while they conr6ede that t'hie Other slide has had a large majority of the delegates' fr^om the start de-aaire'their belief that Dhe tide was •turning by the 'speeecbes in the donferemce 'today. The debate will be resumed in- 'tihe conference 'tomorrow at 10 o\:k),dk.

TRANSVAAL TROUBLES.

Action Postponed Upon the Published Cryptograms Until Thursday. [London, May 4.—Ait the request of the se-jretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, in the house of commons today, Mr. Henry Labouchere agreed to postpone uncil Thursday all questions regarding the publication of the Pretoria cryptograms and in regard to the action the government proposed to take towards the British Chartered South Africa Co. and its directors.

Mr. Chamberlain, replying to a question, said he had received a telegram from the governor of Cape Colony, Sir Hercules Robinson, with reference to •the cryptograms, which' have been construed as implying that Sir Hercules had knowledge of the plan to invade the Transvaal. The telegram from Sir Hercules is as follows: "I cannot state too explicitly that 1 never received from any one the slightest hint of wh'at was a/bout to

occur,

and the news of the invasion of Dr. Jameson came Jike a bolt out of the blue sky. If there should be any insinuation to the contrary I rely upon you- to protect my character In my absence."

Mr. Chamberlain -added that he had: imipliclt confidence to the statement of Sir Hercules Robinson, and he, the secretary of state of the colonies, neyer for a moment believed the rumors.

When Mr. Chamberlain was questioned regarding the cryptogram from Johannesburg, urging that the raid be postponed till Cecil Rhodes had pledged that the Imperial government would not assert authority over the Transvaal in the event of success, Mr. Chamber lain replied: "Mr. Rhodes had no authority to pledge the imperial government In any way and I am not aware that Mr. Rhodes ihad done so."

Marat's Ambition.

iNaipoleon' had frequenftly enjolined tuts tmtii«r-fai-law to emtter the city CMadrid), recruit fate supplies, aod give Ms troops a ore»t but with those Injuntetionis he had given strict commands to allay any tmm the court. Theee in

structions liad wot conltefm'platted tihe revolution of Arantyeux, and every condition was changed. Jklurat would have been wise if he had disobeyed the letter of hi& orders Ibut he did -not* for new circumstan-ces breed .new ideas, ami wlthiLn twenty-ifour hours he bad made up his mind. Here was a new Kingdom the other men of the family—Louis, Jerome and Joseph—all had crowns the grand duch of Berg was very 'well, but a kingdom iwus (better, and he might secure that of Spain for himself. jFor this end Jine must throw Ferdicamd altogether in the shade, while pia»cinig the glory ajid power of France in the most ibrilliant illumination.—Century.

COFFIN CASE AFFIRMED.

The Defendant Will Have to Serve Hia Sentence. Washington, May 4.—In the United States Supreme Court today an. opinion was rendered in the case of F. A. Coffin, accused of complicity in wrecking the Indiananolis National Bank, affirming the decision of the court below, and therefore confirming the sentence of imprisonment.

The Coffin case first excited public iijterest when,- on Decemlber 21, 1893, indictments were returned against iPercival H. Coffin, Francis A. Coffin and A. S. Reed, for complicity in the wrecking of the 'Indianapolis ^National Bank, of which Theodore P. Haughey, now in the penitentiary, was president. The trial of these three men began in the Federal Court at Indianapolis on April 10, 1893, and on April 28th the case was discontinued and .the jury discharged on account of the corruption of .on,e, pf the jurymen.l On May 1, 1894, the trial began again, continuing until May 28t'h, when the three defendants were found guilty. On June 4th F. A. Coffin was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, P. B. Coffin to five years and A. S. Reed was discharged. On June 14th, 'after the two Coffins had been taken to the penitentiary at Michigan City, Justice Harlan gracJted a supersedeas. On Aipril 18, 1895, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the judgment and ordered a new trial. The second trial began on September 10, 1895,. and continued until October 3d, when Francis A. Coffin was found guilty and Percival B. Coffin was found noit guilty and discharged. On October 26th Francis A. Coffin was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. The same day Judge Woods granted a supersedeas and the case was agaim carried to the United States Supreme Cour't.

Since the seoond trial Coffin has been employed as a traveling salesman by the Indianapolis CaJbinet Co., which, after the failure of the Indianapolis National Bank, was sold to Indianapolis capitalists and reorganized.

Mr. Coffin is in 'New York City a't present with his brother, and will be at once notified to come here. He is under bond. He will probably be sent to Michigan City to serve his sentence. Perc yCoffin, who was indicted with his Percy Coffin, who was indicted with his

F. A. Coffin's bond is for $10,000 and •is signed by Hannah H. Swift and John Roberts.

PLEASED THE LOAFERS.

Motley Array In Police Conrt a Side-Show For Them. The hangers-on at police court were favored with a rich variety of food for morbid curiosity yesterday morning and when the last case was disposed of they left supremely contented. Scott Bandy was fined $10 and costs for running a gambling house and the eleven festive knights of the green carpet caught in the raid of Bandy's place Saturday night were fined $5 and costs each for visiting a gambling house. Mat'tie O'Nell was fined $1 and costs for drunkenness. The other oarties with headaches and bad tastes in their mouths, who were marched in with the "plain drunk" delegation, were Jim Riley, Billy Patterson, Johnr Miller, Cliff Cook, Will White, Marion Knowles, Frank Smith, John Shearer, Denny McCarthy, Sherman Mitchell, J. W Buckner, .Johml Frances, Aslbury Wood and William A. Dooley. All pleaded guilty and were fined $1 and costs each. The' aggregation as a whole Was insolvent and.went to 1ail. As a result of the strain on the judicial, machinery there were twenty-three new artists on the rock pile yesterday.

HE NEVER GAME BACK.

Frank Call Goes After. Bis Coat and Escapes Arrest. There was ainoither outbreak on the levee last n!igM, the'tnouble being a war o'f words ibettween the haJbitues of that hilarious settlement. 'AS usual May Call led the ou'tlbr&ak and 'the exchange of offzemsive adject-ives would have made a sailor's rparrot turn green wtth envy. AgaWn Frank Call Was the Ibone of contention and Flo Thomlpson conducted the opposite side oif t'hie debate. Patrolman Gardner tame aiiong when 'the row was at its height' and tittere was general scattering. The Thompson woman) made her escape, (but May Call and her husband were not so fortunate and fell' into the clutich.es of the officer. After being placed under arrest Call asked perm/ission 'to go to 'the house and get hiis coat, which was granted. Hf never

came

back, leaving his

wife'to

go to

jail ailone. Warnamtis iwitl'l toe issued and the entire outfit of warring men and women wE'M be arretted- There .ha® been' much oompiaimt of the drumkennes and1 quarrelling' on that street of late and unless there is 'a cecessi'on of hostilities the result will be a general raid along the line.

Mary Ann Uzzle Again.

The irrepressible Mary Aron Uzzle will be the 'star attraction In police court this morning. Mary Ann simply absorbed too much beer and was found in a helpless state of alcoholic prostration. When taken to the jail she became noisy and was placed In an: improvised dungeon, which had been prepared for the suppression of "Crazy Nell," who has also .been giving the jailers much trouble. The two obstreperous prisoners are provided with a couple of comforts to sleep, on and are left to amuse themselves as best they can by yells and profanity. They keep up the' distuilbamce both day and night and at times Sleep In that ipart of town is simply impossible.

Kate Bowels* £tory«

Kate' Bowies, a 17,year-bid girl, was found wandering about tie east part of the city by Patrolman Mullen and sent the office for Investigation. When questioned by Captain Hyland she said her mother was cruel to her and made home so unpleasant that it was impossible for her to-em'dure it any longer. Sh^ saM she had ran away frcxm home and was hunting a place to work. She was sent to the Home for tihe Friendless pending axt investigation of her story.

On the War Patb.

•Ottawa, Qnt., M!ay 4.—A. dispatch received at the Indian depertment here says that the Indians to the Alaska district are preparing to go on the war .p'atfo. The jwfw® reached .Victoria by itbe #teamer Sttka. .•

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NO .MOEE DRINKING.

PEORIA DIVISION EMPLOYES RECEIVE ORDERS—C. & E. I. TIME CHAXuE.

There Was to Have Been a Strike of Employes on the Ohio Southern Out Friday.

T^ere

mu^

be no more drinking by

employes of the Peoria devision of th« andalia. The order was issued a 'couple of :layo a'go and is perhaps the strictest order given in a long .time.

Ernploye-3 of the road say they b^en foi'bidden to enter saloons whether on or off duty. They attribute the

Apt ^officiate of the

'road have often seen employes leave a salloon and them -go out on a run. Then, t*oo, there are a number of employe# who have been seen loitering about saloons wihen off duty. The idea of the road in issuing the notibe is that in case anything should happen and more men were needed all would be in condition to go out.

Strike Was Declared Oft.

A dispatch from Springfield, O., saysi "It became known yesterday that a general strike was to have taken place: on the Ohio Southern road last Friday, but it was declared off at the last moment. It may have .been only a /bluff an the part of the men to accomplish* their purpose, but it worked successfully. According to the reports in oirctrtattfoni the road has !been slow in paying the men, and whan the time arrived for them to receive their March pay tihey were asked to wait until April 15th. That date came and went and. the employes were again disa-pointed. The shevp men» -it is stated, served notice om the receivers if they did not receive their money by May 1st they would quit. It is understood that the engineers, firemen, conductors and bxaficemen were also of the same frame of mind. Anyhow, they did not have the opportunity of carrying out their threat, as they received their (March pay last Thursday."

Largest In the United States. The Pennsylvania system is now the largest system of railroads in the United States and very probably in the world. Until recently the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe headed the list with its 9,346 mils of track. The separating of the Colorado Midland and St. L»oyia & San Francisco from the Atchison now probably places the Atchison about third or fourth on the list in point of •mileage. The Pennsylvania stands first, with 8,822 miles, and Is folljowied by the Chicago & Northwestern, with 7,931 miles.

The Change on the C. & E. I. The amnounJcetaenrt made !by the Ex* press thalt there was 'to be a ch'anlge o| •time on the Chicago & Eastern IliStaoia will be, verified d!n a day or two when a no'lfie Willi be sent out saying thai the change will (become effective May 10th—next Sunday. The schedule will be about the same as was in force "be* fore the lAtlanJtiai exposition, opened. The dining car 'will Ibe put on again ankl wi/li be in chairge o'f Xi. M. Hill, who, for Some time has been at tihie Terre Hauta Club.

Chime Whistles.

The Baltimore &*Ohio has been testing a chime whistle on a few of their passenger engines. The B. & O. people like the "whistle," and all the passenger engines that go through the shops will hereafter be equipped with the new whistles. ®y the adoption of the chime whistles on the passe-ngei^ engines will •the signals from those engine!s will be readily distinguished from ^freight engine signals, as the latter will continue to use the regular old screecher.—Cincinnati Enquirer.

Railroad Notes..

Today General Manager Scbaff, Pease n-ger Traffic Manager MoCormlck, General Passenger Agent Martin and the division superintendent.will -hold a conference here at the Big Four general .offices at Cincinnati, for the purpose of ^arranging the summer time card- whichis to go into effect on the 17th Inst.

General Passenger Agent Ford of the Pennsylvania has requested the Ohio lines not to withdraw the charge for carrying bicycles within the state until after the meeting of the central passenger comnP'ttee, which is to be held at Chicago next Wednesday, wihen the question will be taken up.

The Big Four and Pennsylvania are to be joint owners of the new Union Station at Columbus, The other roads are to use It under rental charges. The depot will cost $500,000, and it is to be made one of the handsomest in the country.

The tracks of the Electric Railway Co. running from Sycamore street to the Union Station are being taJcen up that work on the new park may be carried on.

City Ticket Agent Foley of the Vandalia spent Sunday in Indianapolis. •Ike Trail, policeman at the Union Station, has returned to work after an illness.

A Hunting Expedition to Labrador. Charles E. Hite of Philadelphia, Pa., is organizing an expedition to Labrador for sportsmen and scientists. He is to have the steamship Kite, and will leave parties of hunters at Various points along Labrador's coast. They will have an opportunity of hunting for from, •four to six weeks up in the interior.

The game to be found will consist of five species of seals, ducks (very tame most of the time, since it will oe the nesting season one now has a record of 200 killed during an afternoon of 1894), ptarmigan, great herds of caribou, lotts of black bears, lynxes, foxes and rabbits, not to mention salmon -nd trout. There are also to be found Eskimos, whlo will willingly give sealskim** kyaks and- other valuable things in exchange for the hundreds of ducks amd other things to be killed*

Mrs. Stetson Dead

Boston, May 4.-'Mrs. Kate Stetson, widow of the l» te John Stetson. the millionaire theatrical manage, and real estate dealer, ho died April 18th, died at h£r residence on Commonwealth avenue this morning. Stetson had^ been prostrated since the death of her husband. Up to a few days ago it was thought that she would recover.

Socialists Successful.

Paris, May 4.-The Socialists wera successful yesterday In the municipal elections held at .Marseilles Laciotat Narbonne, Cetto, Calais, Koubalx, Carmaux and were defeated In Caen, Laval, Lemans and AEbl. The SonservatiVe and Moderate newspapers claim that the elections show that the country is opposed to a radically Socialist programme.

A tflean dress is not soiled ^rounJ® jsws range.