Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 June 1896 — Page 3

TEERE HAUTE—OUB HOST. On© yetar ago, when Terre Haute iwas *selecCed as the .place fo.r (holding ^'ho |ra/tbomal domvenitiion. of the T. P. PL to 1896, the "CommerGiaJ Tnajvelej-," rw'Ms idoie Ideferenoe to those oi'tiies which hail) previously emtertaitoieKl the ooivverftOofni »of tihl's organizations in such, a royiai&mid jfooapitable m'ainmer, predicted' tthialt tlhie convention jpf 1896 would' out^hiiurp Jidi "Bumptuous and lavish hospi'taiiity, amytbtotog .that had ever

before

(been- alt-

ttempted to tlhe way of en'tisiifcatoimien'C. This feeling was inert, (barn of owwrought emthusmajsm caused by tihe vie-tai-y of the -beautiful Hoosier cJty, butt by an totimiaJte ao^uiaintianoe and knowledge of the ohairacteristitos Of her people, on'd we leave it to those wlhO are here today to partake of whia't (has beem prepared for their enbetftainmietait tyo Verify 'tihe truth of our predi'oti'on.

With e. fine amid discriminat'tog ijanse tof the eternal fi'bntesis of .tilings, everything itliaJt has 'been uindaritaiken' (has Jeem done decently and in cinder, and' Ithe lUiinammd'ty of the welcome whi'ch has been tendered Ito 'tlhe visitors by ail! classes of Terre ELaute's cL'tizenshli'p during the pasiti tiweinlty-four hours shows 'the esteem in which tihe grea.li, fraternity of ooimimer'Qiiai traveler Ills

flield. May the sunlight Of Terre Haute'® prosperity never gtrow ilesis, fotr alitihiough «ur representatives are tnot yet afll gathered within her gat'as, shfe has already wan the title of "queen of eniter.tlatoers."

bead tBE be ports-

ITS: OTgan'iziat'ilolns

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eler's BiOtodt'iive AistsocOartBani, it too tfrejquiomfcl'y hiatppene thait the sports of'exitlcut'ive officeirs tare cast (os'Mo without fceto'g oareifuiU'y) tread, li'Z, to ifalct, 'they, are read at tail'.

ISuchi d'isposliltioin) btf itihiese documents its radically w.mn!g, and !Ls a .gross (iin'jusXOce to the offioers th«etmJ3elves', iwihO have pot only giveni tfreeiy and (dhieertfuMy of Iheir itilrrne to tihe interests Of the organization1, toultl faia/ve taleo (beis towed a ©neait laimount olf tcairafui 'thought amdl hard Oalbor iin pireipaniitaig these 'reports bo tthiait an'eanibers em'ajy. laeoertoin ib-r'lefly mnd a/ciouraJtely iwhiab hlaa (been land/ Sis Ibeiiin'g dione 'in thva^r toitereet.

If the ofScens oain lamtdi do Itiake the .time tfpotm. the'i'r ibusiinests neoessary to prepare (thils imfornrntion, it dk93 seem as ithouigih fche id«!leg^utes to 'tihe caniveiratlio^, who hianre nothing else ito deinand' the/lr atIt'einltioin, should toe albil'e tlo iperuse them (carefully iand wfiitlhi ia View ito ifajmrll'iaT'iz4 n|g- itihemselnrefei iwitlh ftih'etr contents.

iSomiefbo&y 5is going Ito lb disappOiin'tedi fbefcause thliis edition Of the Axner'iJca.ri (Ooimimercial Trtaveler oaime out to time ifoir tlhe 'national! T. P. A. tooriivenltiOn. It twiaisir.'' exipociteid.—lAimiaricajn/ Commer(c'iai Traiveler.

Correct. (Ev^ffiyibody m-iho has seen St Us dfeapipoilntevi, 'fc\r everyt'hmg St contains worth reiaidliimg, (was aulbliisheid' Ithree tvveokis aigo am tlhe "Co-mmerfciail Traveler" of ©t. I»U'Ls.

(I'n itihe currenlt liseueof a Oh'iiciago paper fwihii'dh ipurpoilte to Ibe ipufbl'i'sh&d in the Hn'borestis Of the traivediln'g men, tihe ed'i»tor has worked off am amazing amount of Ibiie in ino lests tlhaai' in'ine separate taind diistwnlet ediltoniate "aOnred at this paiper, aind to iu1h!ibh the truitlh 'is handiled' Eitoe a 'fodtibaK. Ke,eip it up, old main, it Juj 'the oheaipest advertising' we have ever hadi, if snot 'to the best medium.

The T. P. A. has, during the past year, Kiiade iits imifluemoe Ifelt On no 'iineans'ld'eretole degwee, to 'tlhe hall's d£ ilegisiation ajri'd amioing the raiilroaidi interests of the touimtiry. If the efforts olf 11,000 men, inftelTisently dinevSted, hai\Te such a potent totfluience, iwhat iwill (be 'its power when the iniemSbercili'ip rearaheis 25,000?

No reputalblie n'awispaper on earth ever acquired" prominence :through vltuparafhe villllilfrcait'ion' of 'tstcontemiporartevS. It as a s-peicies of "hoodlum" journalism wthiilclh fe admired only toy touighis, and commercial itravolers are not of that fl'k.

The oondiition olf the Ti'a,veaer's Proitecitive Asisocsaito'to Of America, as shown by the report® of officers to toe submitted ftb :t he ©Gnrrantaon 'today, should prove a source of pridle aind gratification ko every memlber Of 'the OTtgan'izat'iion.

THE GOOD WE HAVE DONE.

Indemnities Paid to AXeuibers Daring the Tear. While the Travelers' Protective Association has been more fortunate during the past year than it was during the preceding twelve months in the matter of deaith losses sustained, still the to:al amount paid out 3n inde-minities during •the eleven months which constituted the 'iast fiscal year, has exceeded by Mkbout $2,000 the amount paid out during flie fiscal year of 1S94-95.

This is .to be expected, of course, with larger average membership, and yet furnishes an object lesson to those Skeptics and doubters who are continually asking "what has the T. P. .A. tver done.

Prom the report of President Lee the following staitamenit has been taken, showing the amount of indemnities paid from June 1, 1S95, to May 1, 1S96, and it would be well if every member of the association, would pas-ie it 4a this hat toi future reference:

Dunns' fthe eSfevea moniihB an&lu)de!<J

TERRE HAUTE DAILY EDITION OF THE

Voh. 4. TERRE HAUTD, IND. JUNE 2, 1896. No. 3.

to the present year, the date of the secretary acid ibreaisurefe report having been changed ait tthe -Jajst convention to May 1st instead of June 1st as formerly, claims have fbeem paid aggregating $57,762.27, Including 'three death) losses, the total beiing made up as foUowis: Death ioss Ralph Kalhai of Alabama $ 5,000.00 Dearth loss C. 'F. G. Meyer of (Missouri .......... 5,000.00 Dealtih' toss H. i». Kaitb® of UlltoodiS 6,000.00

^aitaug ®or acidenitail to jury

Total $57,762.27 Tihe average membership ito good staindimg diuri'ng the cileven imont!hs has been 10,677 which), divided imto the total aimounlt of inldiamniitfes paM1, viz., $57,762.25, gPves a reisult of $5.41 per capitta, an/d as i'here ha® "been a collection. Of $6 per oapi'ta on tlhe average me:mbenship for indem'n.ilty fund, and a/ni aid'diiti'omal $2,660 for tlha't fund resul'tiinig from the proportion of memibershilp entramee fee 4ni 2,660 mje'w appTiaatiiOns, which i's ain additional 23 cents per capita, making the total $6.23, showing 'thaJt we have ool'lectedi 82 cemlts per capitla more than required1 to pay iin'd'enmi't'ies. This lis a great improvemeat over last year, whew omly $6 was colled ted' aimJ $6.51 was actually paid out for indemnities. In my ainniu'al report for last year I assured our members t!ha!t our piLams were -safe and' "'thalt we could eafeCy assume that we could mee't all our inr demnity and death claims with the funld' colledted .for that purpose of $6 per me!mber per annum, and I congratulate our memfoersy^p that my assurances' anld predicti'oms w'ere correct, ais our average payment, $5.41, dhows that we are 59 cents wclthlih the aiimit without coinjsidering tihe 23 cen'tis per capita coLleated from membership fees.

NATIONAL DIRECTORS' REPORT.

Showing the Transaction of the Association Since Jane 1, 1894. As soon as the eonvanit'itonl tie organfczedl (today itiji'e, firslB (business* to order rwiiJli be ,the reiponts

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At that itim'a pradliicitOo^nis Of disaster auiid idifiSoiutiDOini iwere rife, aind 'it is itlhereTore with un-usonaL (feelings of gratification! .that 'the exponents Of the reforms then tiniauiguiia/tad icani take a reitoGiapeiotiva View of 'tihe •work'jrrga of tlhe orgainlzation sllinoe itihat time.

A s'uiminxary Of the imore isaliant ifeatures of the rqpart de as follows: We oiow limv.e itfhe reccxrd aiad experionice «f T\frenty-ith!reo men this workji ng under •the coinistLtutioin adioipteid ait 'Mil'waukea in Juno, 1894, whidh set aisii&e. $(i per year •ljeir niambsr ifijr itiho ipaym'snt cif fnidiemnii•bi©s $2 pea- yeair ,per memibor .for ithe paym(?nt of expeinses.

Previous 'tio ^tibat taxnie only $5 per year 'hiaid ibecci set aslide to itihte itoidemn'ity fund, and w.a ihod i'n addiui'ciin iweo paying a bench 'Ot $100 to cas«j of deatlh tro:m natural causes.

The cihaRigea were radical aind your botard has cmd'eiavoreiJ :to ainialyze closely itihe sources of Sincome omhl ineieessary expeiuditurie an 'ardor that "we -niight Kaiow {csX'i!Wjy wiheCh.g^ itiiva 'promises of t'li-Ls aseociiaiMo.n tio its 'n^'iimWors could be fulfilled cir mot rwhlile wo.nkiwv§: on our ipreseuit basis. Tlhe oiesuit in pound •niuim'ber lis as foiHows fee .tiwiewty-'uhirao toomiLvs: Total receipts to expanse and indem'nity ifa'nd toom Juno 1, 1S94 ito May 1, 1896 H13.S00.00 Current expenditures, expenisa a.nd todemnjty «Jum« 1. 1S04 to

May 1, 1S96 134.SOO.OO

Surplus $ 9,000.00 Alalkiing 'balaaoe sheet as follows:

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515,000.00

... 42.762.27

natiioinal offi

cers, and' to this coirun'ectioin thereipont of •Uhe .nat'iona.l directors, prepared by Mr. Ciaril IM. AiLdirlioh, chlaiirma.a of the board, should toegiivan more itiham passing con1©ilderatloni, as 'it deals twfitih the financial 'tmanisaletlioas of 'the raissodiiaition isinoe the convention at 'Miliwauikee 'in 1894, when euicih. xadiiical changes iweare made ia the conistlitutiJon1.

Dr.

Cash ion hand June 1, 1S94 $ 27,000.00 Surplus from todeimm-jty 'fuinid, twenty-threo miapithis 3,500.00 Surplus from expense -fund, twenty^tihiree anomtha 5,500.00

Total $ 36.000.00 Or. PiaJrd on old claims d«bt incurredlravioius to Jime 1, 1S91 $ 12,400.00 Cash on haiid May 1, 1S96 23,600.00

Tcitial 30,(300.00 Avtirago imcm'bershd'P 9.3S2. 'Receipts per year .per membefi....? .. 8.00 Expecidlit'ureis per year per meimbeir ••n• 7.49

Showing a wet profit .per member of 51 oen ts per year to le applied 'for surplus. Tlho above showing toe tfeel to "be satisfaetairy and encouragiirig 'to us 'and we do micft knew of aay 'a'ssociation that can eqiua.1 it on tlho .insurance ifieaiture alone. The acitual stiamdifog of our asooiation June 1, ISM. wais as follows: Ca^'h on .hand, $27,167.68 dcatih c-iaims on fide at that time were, Collins. $4,000 .Loveless, $4,400 Biind{og, $4,000 Tailia.ferro, ?4,000. Of tihese. Coiiins, Ijovelcps and Binding have le¥in paid. hTTe laotual standing May 1, 1S96, -is: Oaah on Jiand. $23,933.54 dieai'ih claitms. Talliaferro, $4,000, decision of court in omr ifavcir ^a.nghoVtz, $5,000: .party on trial for •his murder. Tihe probabilities are neither of the above claims will be held 'to be vnPjjd against us. Every just and proper claim to date has bean paid and as promptly as possible.

These figures surely indroaite (that our present plan As ait ctnoe absolutely safe and economical, sind itihat 'the approprfci•tiion of $8 per year per member wfti.i-cth we are making to ourselves, is abundantly sufficlon't to cover all our requtrememts.

EXPBX9E ACCOUNT.

Our members shculd not fail to credit th« faot that our expense aceoumt of jnfi 500.00 covers our entire expenditure of rnndemm.Jt.it® and shotdd not compare th •wit'h «t®tentt&n.ts of cf.bnr aissociatlenis. w.Mcfti only cover clerical work coTerjne ^nsuraneo hii^iriess. Our office work oov*rlrtg branches of T. P. A. work 'Was (been done at am average cfvst, 3ncudAns: tho secretairy'-s salarv. of offie» «otrnase. aivero^e per" month 1S94 and 1S?5. SS51.2J*: office expensef avena.ee (per month lS"5^and lfW. $353.65 whirh is iess tfh'am other as®cvejatiors of membership doing cnly tocal towra'nee 'are .paying:.

Tb»9 bal^rrre -of th-^ expenditure te roiac ,*n i»Kbti.iWimr of .fVs •a«?f®atio'n amd ftt sealcus champirinwbiT? of the rights smd ilnterestp of comniprr-9,1 tnaWeiv! and oomm'p'rcfa.l MTtere^t.s. -which has made e^d .m,3iV-tiTi'e at^jsocrfo^'on "the mv-vst thfyrowhly useful and ze-WEfic'-a-1 ors»arteat'5cni of eemmeroaal men on earth.

Sinte "FVumer" Cran'da.13, of 'Missouri dtvii?k)n has become a. tiller of the soil, scene donJWts have arisen acnossg his assddfeutes 5as to h5s "eEgabSBty to si!t S» a anjLtionui

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THE GEORGIA DELEGATION.

The Boys Have a Good Idea Regarding Badges. The EmplSre state of the Souths lis represented. by a snnsall bixt esimest d'ele-g-aitioa compnisiing motai of aJcstioa Qnki brain.

President', Max Eidbinson, of &avla.n'•mah Jiamiefe L/crvenisfeto', pre^idenit olf Post A, of Savairunaih E. E. Smiitihi, ch'a'irmami of 't3h« Georgiia iriaiiLnoiaicti comimfltitfae and oif Posit 'B, off .AtHaJnita P. C. OaishimJan, Potsitl B, at Ablan'Oa H. .E: ffld'aididox, Post F, off A't'lamtfa Jan^es T. May, Posit E, oftAugus/ba, .anlti MrSii.lMax Robinson', Ithe precedent's wiife, as sponsor all quartered at the Terlre Haute House.

G-eorgia Was by ifar the mosit unique and oniginall biadige of any delegation, which hias yet arrivied. It dls of alumiinum aaild (represents the coinstiitu'tiJon1 oif (their staJte, surmounted by a "Delegate" bar, to .which lie attached a bar "NaitlionlaJt Convention1," and 9acke(di with blue satin ribbon, miakiimg a rtidh effect the words "Georgia." and "T. P. A amid the motto Of thte StaJte, "Wiisdom, JuisitJoe, 'Moderation," being suggested by theiir s'tate convention, as worked in promiinenji'uiy. The design Was a permanent dieslgn. for all "T. P. A." oooaeions.

It would toe a igocd Idea if lafll sftate d.irvilsionis would iallo'pt the idea and use the "cast of arms" of their respect?ve stiates Cor the isame purpose and otovSaftb oonsiideraible expense and confu'siioal1 in providing meHv 00signis every yelar for •sta'tie and ta'atiC'iual oonvenit'iOns.

G-eorgia comes to the conventibn1 ajsking but one flavor, tlhe ch'afcrmainsh'ip of •the na'tiOnal raillrccud comlmiiititee, tin)J presents as 't'hetir canidiid'ate E. E. Smithi, who i's ooncedeid to be one of tlh'e mos/t briainiy mein' to the entire Orgainiizaltion. •Mr. Smith Was toeen making a, hard fighit for interch-'angeftible miilOage £!n befhalf of 'the Southern divisions lan.d' the raijlroads Wave pronounced his acquirements masterly efforts of thought and study. Georgia is dilsttritoutiin'g souvenir badiges arad a card wiiltih their comp'l'iimentis and

"Give uis your suppoirtIf you po.sajb.ly clan, For our Oanididalte, 'Smith' lis .the man."

FROM T. MURRAY SPENCER.

A Message From the Silver Tongued Orator of the Pacific Sloper. Members oif the T. P. A. who were'to aittendance ait the Peoria iconvem t:on to 1893 will iiememlber 'the delegate who reipreisen ted the Oreigon-Wasiirjnigton di-. ^jsioni In .thiat ccunven'tlion, Mr. Thomas Murray ©perncer, w:hose persuasive eloquence isutoceed'td in securing (for Pont•jainid, Oregon, the .location ojf the conventiion of 1894 iwhilcih honor, however, rwias afterward deic^iimed owinig to Portland's intlbii'lify to rasioe ,tJhe necessary tfunnte on aiocount Of the panlic.

Whlile our frTie.nd Tiinomas Murray (has ndb attenlded a con vein, tiicn since thait meimoraible gia thering at Pear)i)a to 93, his heart and lb est wishtts are

S'tliill

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itlhe organization ot wih'itth he is yet a fat'ilr.lful member, as is aiUteist-ed by the iflol'lciwing oc«mm!Uint«aaitv'ccii irtCci'v-ed) to St. .Lou'l's yeiliierd'ay mcrrl-ng:

Westport, Wiaisihv Qliay 25, 1S96.

iBu.rt W. Lycm, Esq., IDear Sir—As this 'watering place has •no money order offTce I enclose you $1. Send me your paper 'it is a credit .to the T. P. A. olf A. and should' receive the support of 'every travelMnigman. Anything I can d'o to lintirodiuice it to 'the members of the Oregon and Washington division) (wiiictse delegate I was to the Peoria convention) or tfiarth'er :its Interests 'w'i'il 'be a source otf pleasure to me.

I now represent the ifwo houses, whose ta-rde I entolose, 'im the states of Idaho, Waishiinlgton aind Oregom. IRem'e.mber me to the hoys at the convention and may John A. Dee be our next president. What has 'become olf BenXish of Texas? I used to suibstritoe to hfs paper? Did some one give ihiim a "wrong steer?"

Fra'tierinaHly yours, T. Murray Spencer.

The dollar has already gone where many other 'good dollars have vanished, so there is nothing to do tout send the "Commercial Traveler" to T. Murray. JOhn Lee w1ili toe the next president of the T. P. A. and Spencer is herewith r&memlbered to all the tooys—and girls, too. Hf anyone .has giiven Benish a "Texas Steer" he 'is here to explain the matter, and intcuden'aiily send,along the Houston) Post with its (bright T. 'P. A. page, whidh is the product of his genfius.

NOTES AND PERSONAL. The Pennsylvania delegaJtion arrived i!n Terre iHaute Sunday and in the evening attended divine service at one of ithe lead'ing houses of worship. At the conclusion of the' sermon Delegate Aaron's ai3cend€d the steips to the pulpit and pjrantog a Penns^ylvanua toadge upon the •breast of thte minister proclaimed him a (brevet aneentoer of Pennsylfvania div-is-ion T. P. A. of A., mufeh to the amusement o¥ the large comgregafticQ present.

Several delegates were chatting in tihe lobby of the Terre Haute House last evening wfoeo one otf them, referring to a ^previous convesnftoini, said' the delegates (fairly "rolled in perspiration." A Pennsylvania delegate '2n the party re marked that) EE^eansylvanSa division dJdia't imtod euch' tihtoss as its mem-

TERRE HA PTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING* JUNE 2,1896.

Ibers -were floatSng ia 4£beir own enttouslapmrrj expressficxn ds as unSque as ft to ocrigtoaiL, T^ZTS'"' '*».

CJpoai to Terl» lHaufe last even&mg the destagofes jfrom the varaoifs stla'te diifvteions iw-ere pained to leara of the serious iltoesa of Qk£r. Ohanles K. DufBn of WMs Oity, who has been such a caagpicuous (figure" fln natkxnad oonventians during years oast by reason df the msunly and henoito ifigbts he has made to eecure .the oonveoitEom for this 'city, T&e naane© Of Teirre Haute and Ohantee Duffini halve toeooane inseparably caruaected in the minds otf the old-timers that hlis atosQEBoe fromi «u conven tion, to. hts awn city (would! toe fflJkje seeing Hana4eH witih HamTet Jefft Ouit. It is understood that he wfcli protoajbiy ibe sufficiently cnewcuvertd itk attend the coj •venJtloni itodiay, iwhildhi result Ss much to toe desired.

"GenenaJl Scully," ithe roaring rustler of IRooky Pun tihe srweetly smll'tog alwairap sun-gei of Souithlweet Missouri, 5® •here, and sipemt th© gTeater part of Oiaot niiight organizing, his famous "arm^." "Scully's A'r'Illiy', has become famous by .the smtall amount of disci-, pline in/ its raniks oomipared ito (the superJaibunidJinice off enthusiasm. Btifl "iScully" is iwhait thie bOys at home cal-l at "good Indian" and iwe couldn't very well get along without Ovim

POISONED CITY WATER.

Break la the Noblesville Cess Pool Causes .llarm at Indianapolis.

Special to the Express.

Indianapolis, June 1.—Veryi general alarm has ibeem created toy the prisonous condition oif the city water supply, due to the emptying of the refuse from the iforty-iaore cess 'jool of 'the A.merican StraAVboards Company at 'NoblesviiWe. F. A. W. Davis, vice president of the 1®dlJainapiQiliisi tWa'ter iOamipany, charges 'that 'tlhe strawtooajrd' company cut the dam that holds the refuse in a fortyacre pit and allowed it'to escape in the river. The s'trajwhoardi .company officials say that the 'banks were destroyed by ithe tornado Thursday night, which uprooted -trees that stood -in ithe dike. At any raJtio. the cess pool is draining into Whit*: (River and1 practicably all of the animal life in1 the stream Ibelow Nobles•Viiille has been, destroyed. The water to (the river has 'become poisoned and unifit for use. The Indianapolis Water Company has toeen directed, not to admit the water to .its mains. The health hoards of Marion and Hamilton counties are .talking measures to prevent, if possi'bQe, any epidiemic that is threatened toy 'the contdli'tiOn of the r.iyer* The banks of the river for twenty .males are strewn with dead! ifislh- The river was •neaTly two feet hilgher in places when the poison was emptied to it 'than it as now, and .the ifish, turtles and eels that •were in it lie thiclk "in the grass and 'willows above, 'the present water level.

The 'condition' of the river and. the destruction of the Ifish have aroused the utmost indignation and have .become, the one itopic. The Indianapolis Water, Company has put mnem to work: to clean tlhe. river and the canal, and ha9 directed .its attorneys to ask Judge Baker, of the Federal Court, to bring proceedings against •the strawtooard company for contempt O'f court. When the works were ifirsfc established the refuse was poured1 into the river, and' many fish were destroyed. 'Eventually .injunction! proceedings were brought, and the court directed the .strawtooard company not to use th^ river as an outlet for its refuse The pit was 'thereupon adopted, tout it •is maiiritainied that sufficient precautions to protect 'tihe river from overflows were not taken.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FAVORED

United Presbyterian Assembly Takes Strong Grounds in Its Favor.

Xento, O., June 1.--On, meeting this mornimis tlhe lUrJiited Presbyterian general assembly 'took up, the instrumental music .mieinroilial of 0Gr. D. W. Carson anld decided Iby a larger majority not to place h'its protest on record but to reject lilt altogether, thie assembly havsinig pronounced iin ftuvor. of allowing instrumental music. The committee on biiiiils and overtures reported the vote of presbyteries on seminary control, 882 yeas 'and 20 may®, ajnd the assembly .enacted the overture as a part of the •eonstlitutiorjal uiaiw df the 'church author-, izang the general asseimlbly to confirm or veto the elebtiion of profesisors to any otf the Itlheorogilciail iseimiinaries and to renucive ifOr untsoundiniess Of doctrine. The matter of national retform aind .recognizing fon -tlhe (Deity constitution, & movement that had Its origin in Xenia th irty years ago itoOk up a considerable port'tan of .'tJhe tCime tolday awd' was vigorously discussed.

The best cooks prefer Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder to any other.

Defecrs in the Battleship "Oregon." yVashing.ton, June 1.—'Defects in the construct'ion of tihe battleship Oregon just completed' have reoently come .to light and'toeen a subject of investigation 'by the niavy department. (It appears that the.ro have been departures from the contract requirements as to the thickness of the plates used iin making up the protective deck, and that the deck has been made to appear of the proiger thickness by uclri'g thiri concealed plates to the ibody df the' dock. The .facts have .'been brought to the attention of tlhe department 'by dissatisfied employes, but 'the contractors have agreed to mate good the defects. ...

I.ucky Man From Woson.

William Shaffer of Lisbon, Ind., stopping ta5t the New Filtoeck, .reported' to :he police yesterday that he had lost his pocke'tfbook, containtog atoouit $25 in '"^cih and papers o!f 'tihe value of about $400. John Blyrhteig called at the staiibn' to the evenfing and left a purse whUeh he (found, on the street at Fifth and Cherry- 'Examination of the .book disclosed' the fa)ct tbat it was thie one lost toy Shaffer.

Prominent T^abor leader Here. William Weigh, ex-president o'f the Amalgamated Aseooiatiioin' of Iron and Steel Worker® of America, is 'in the c2ty to oonisultation with a number o'f the 3aior leaders fin view of holding a •series oif meetings. .'Since the expira•tiOri of his term of presiident of .the Amalgamated Association itr. Weigh has Ibeesn aipipototed one of ithe inspec:Ors o(f immigration!.

The juices to meats are retained when :ooked with gas.

Read the Water Works Co.'s "ad" in he announcement oolumn.

Take advantage df flhfe *3heas rate offered toy tfba .Wiite* (Works Co*

AEEONAUT'S BIG FALL

LEAPED FROM A BAIXOON WHEN IT WAS 3,500 FEET HIGH.

His Parachute Didn't Open UqtiJ. 'Within SSOO Feet ot the Ground—Although Badly Mangled, He is Becovering.

On October 28, 1895, Charles Wolcott, •ain American aeronajut, made a bailooa ascension) to ithe town of Vera de cftno, to Venezuela!. When the balloon iwas between 3,000 and 3,500 feet above the earth, -Mr. WoCOoifct jumped out with, his parachute. The parachufce did) not open until he was within 200 fe*et of the ground. .When: it opened 'it split to two, ohiecki'ng his flali bu!t slightly, and he alighted, witih force emoughi ito have killed most men.. Instead! of dying of the accident, however, Woloott tlved, and although nearly every joint fe his frame wats dislocated and many of his bOnos were broken, he as expected by physicians to recover, and he hias signed a contract to make a balloon ascension and parachute leap on- August 31st. Wolcott 'is to St. Luke's hospital, Where 'he was token from a Venezuela steamer on May 8th, say® the New York: Sun.

Woloott is a native o'f Louisaa-na, where his father before the civil war was a wealthy planter. 'During the flour years Of fighting tihe family lost everyfchtog, and' in 1864, when Wolcott was borin, it was a foregone conclusion :tiha't he would of an adventurous turn of mind, and an' athlete. Following his natural 'bent, he drifted into the show business., and when, about 15 years old he joined G. G. Grady's wagon oircus, a famous one-ring concern to its time. He performed on. the trapeze and as ja ibare-back rider. Later he joined1 Shieldi'.sXcircus, the Sells brother's, and Ithe original Forepaugh show. He was 18 years old when he made hiis first ascension, and up to the .time he had made it he knew but little about itihe business-.

The circus with which Wolcott was traveling had among its attractions an aeronaut who, one day in the summer of 1882, fell in a 'trial trip and was kilted. The act was am important one, •and the mianagers of the show didn't want to disappoint the spectators. They as'ked all the performers to volunteer, but as no one came forward \hey were Obliged to make a personal selection. They decided on Wolcot't and aithou^h he hung back at first he finally consented tb make the trip. He found that he ciould manage the balloon and the parachute anld? from thait time he •has been to the business constantly.

During the winter months 'there is comparatively little bui^s for balloonist'^. to the United Spates, and at the conclusion of last summers season, Wolcott made up his mind t'o go to South America. He decidedi to try Venezuela -first, and cln October lfftih he saiiLed from New York. He reached La Gutay.ro. ten days later, and found an engagement awaiting hi'm for October 28th the anniversary of Bolivar ©.TUn, which 'is observed as a holiday in Venezuela.

He 'was 'wan't'ed to Vera de Cura, la Itowm 'tol (tihe toteirtjor, and he arranged itdt 7ea've for there alt onice, He went fey rail

ttTtjagua,

aind Dhen overland for

s'kteen l'ea.gues io itlhe town where he was

perform. He arrived there on

the 27th, and the r.exit morning he prepared for his oscenlt.. Wolcot't hiaid' engaged! a© .assiistamt in •thliis -country, tout itli'e man failed to appear at itihe steamer, and tlhe aeronaut was .obliged 'tio iSiaiJl' TO'UhouJb hiim. He engaged a man iin Curia to heip lii'm, tout as the .South AmierCfcan knew notlrang about a balloon, W^Ol'cOtit was Obliged to do most of tlhe iwork hliimeei'f. A balloon .'maid never toeen seen iin .tlhie diiotribt

:be-

Ifcre, 'and a grealc orciwd gathered to wiit'nie&s itlhe asoenisiiion, and as ut iw^s netcessairy to ifi-M i't iwiiiJh hot air. It was laid out on the ground early 'in tihe day. TO 'it tlhie pairadWute iwia.s alt'tacihed, w'ililh a trapeze Ifor ithe penfortner.

Wolcott gave .strliict orders 'that no one should toe allowed to touicihi his apparatus, 'but the anxiety Of 'the people to see •tihe flying imaiehline iwias so great that •they pushed itlhe guards a.s3de and crovrded about it. 'In isp'ite &£ Wolddtt's effort!? to keep tlhem away, (the people tramplfed on. hiiis paralehulte,' exaimlined •tihie ropes, 'felt lit 'the siTklbag, and gemerally made themlse'lves fatniliiair with tihe iSitinalnge dbjedt. The result was Hh'iat (the roip'es 'bclcaime entangled, and unknown to WcilootJi: hbs iparaiohute was cliiatoled. iT.h'inlkl'nig that everything •was im proipsr ccindiiifion, he prepared to asoend short'Jy toelfore aundovvn.

The astent iwias Kike a hundred others •tlhie aeronaut had made. He wemt up on the tralpeze, and the baiiloon., which was a 'bug one, oapa.ble of carrying two passengers, rose 3,000 feet 'in six or eight miinut'cis. WoJeott 'prepared to descend on the 'parachute. lie watted 'to s1 toady !l.imsel'f, amid itiiien) pulled the card that diisoonineot'ed liihie t'wo maicihiines.

The poraichtite IfieJi e't ra-'iight down1, and, ineteiad of openling 'Wi thijn 30 Oor 400 feet, its tangled cords heid dt cltsed. Wolcott realized that something was wrong and he 'twigged en the ropes trying .to' ielea©e the oovedimg. Working as fast as he could, he iwas no't alble :to undo the k'inlts for several eaconds, and ail the !0:ne th'e g^araichruitie, with him- at the bottom, iwais gailntag sipeed. Fiin a Hy, when thie earrjh. waJs only 200 feet away' the silk teip sipreod, but he wuj going so ifas't that the air split ?t in half a dozen places. The openliing of the parachute checked the speed only a trifle,and Wolfctotit ffedl on, 'the ground to a heap.

When be k®e|w that he could net expect much from the parachute, Wolcott ctevoted his attention to himseFf." He twisted into such a- ipo^Cticn that h.is ff-e: fi'ould strike the ground firs:, in o.rdiec to avoid ilanding on fiiJs left slide, fOr^he knew that Kf iis heart was injured he wiould .have no ohanise to -live When he sjruck he.landed square on his •feet,^ but although he could -not move he d'.d rxJi lose consciousness. crowd hadise:-.n hiLm •Sal and be--oore he had 'been 011 -the ground long, it ran up -to him. It mwn'bered thousands and 'pushed around him itil ,he was in imminent danger of toetog trampled to death. His life was saved' by the arrival of a troop of cavalrymen, who forced their way through the crowd and formed! in a square around the injured aeronan't. As the people crowded up, the cavalrymen charged them. They rode there horses directly over Wolcott's ibody tihiin'ktog that the horses would not step on him. Up to 'that time he had "ot lost a drop o'f .blood, tout he received a slight cut on the head 'from one of the horses.

When the cavalry had driven back the •crowd Wolcott: was .put upon a stretcher and canned 'to the hftit, where he was laid on the earth (floor- He suffered intensely in the chest and) head, and! bis body and (legs iwere paralyzed from the waist. 'He dad not know the extent of his injuries, nor could he learn, for the only doctor to Uhe vplaioe would do nothing ifotr him except (resort to bleeding. iWalocKtC refused ia this, and the

doctor Soft him. The aocSd'ent happened about 5:30 o'clock is the afternoon. He •was takem to tlhe hut albouti two hours later, and he was al&ne all the night. He twos aifraitd to sleep, JeanTftg that if he onoe lost oooscSotEanfleo (he "would* die, and during -the night he 'kept himself awake toy nvoawtering how ffong he had to ilive. and smoking cigarettes. He suffered paia more terrible.he says, than he dreamed 'that cwun could bea r. (Bairly orMhe mommg of the 292h WolCo'tt hailed a man. rwho wialfced past the •Mft and asked him to bell Gen. Andrada, the governor of the provlnOe, of his jpUight. The governor came to see him at once, and arrange to «send him to the rai*lroad t'hiat evening. A guard of twenty soldiers was supplied' and' the injured manwas carricd along a mule .pa'th towaird the station. lB&5ore he started Gen. Amdrada told hfaa the had ho •chance .to liveand ordered the soldi ore to returns 4f he died on the iway. Tne path, led through a jungl4 and over the foothills,and) Wolcott's pain increased every hour. He cou'ld not have slept even ihad 'he wished to, and' he felt sups th'at he was dying. The trip was a horror to hOm.and yet his only (hope was to reach the hospital in.- (Caraoas, v.-here he couad .be treated1.

Wolcoit's guard go* him to She rawroad at 9 o'clock on the morning of the 30th. Four hours later he started in a freight car flor Caracas. The trip Hook twelve hours. When he arrived there, the secretary of war gave a special permit to 'him to onter the hospital, onui two policemen carried hilm there on a. stretcher. Ndthing oould be done tor him that night, aind he. paiSsed Another sleepless twelve hour®, making im all sixty-two hours, dini which he had not slept. About 9 o'clock on- the morning of the 31st, the physicians and surgeons .arrived 'to examine him. Anaesthetics were administer to him, and' he sank into a stupor in which he remained for three days.

His condition was pitiable. Several bones in each foot were broken. Both ankles were dislocattedi, aS were both knees and both "hips. The pelvis and leflt arm were fractured, and the rJbs on -the lelf)t side were torn from the spine, the vertebrae of which were d!slocated on- a lino with 'the hip bones, and silightily cracked, according to the diagnoses of the dbotOrs. The physicians set to work to repair the iin juries.

They roduced every dislocation! except .that of the right hi|p joint, whicii is St'l'l out. They sot the bones elf che feet', and placed them in sp&nte, and he brought the nibs to the spine. They reduced tlhe dislocation of the spine, and bound up his whole ibody 'to sphnts and bandages. He s'tubbomly refused to die, in spite of the predictions of nearly all the dootOrs, and grew better every day in the hospital, where he received the best treatment .that tihe country could afford-

On May 2d, Wolocxtt decided' to colme to this country, in order to avoid the SOuth American rainy sea.son. Hh'e American mto'islter, Mr. Thomas, helped hiim in every way, and he reached .this country safely. Berkley Balch had ari^bng'G'd 'for 'h.I.m to ^n't-cr St. L/uk& &, wlhere he now is.

Under the care of the hospital staff he is gradually regaining the use of h:a legs. He oan move one quite freely and .the other slightly mow. His right hip is still dtelocaifeki, and his spine not straight. Possibly me'iiner will ever regain it© 'natural form. Wolcott has no doubt but that he wiill be able tb return to his work this fall, ainid has signed' contracts for performances, the first to be given on August 31st ait Shertoroo'k, proviince of Quebec. He expects -to be able to do toils trapeze performance. and says that he .thinks he will be able to stay in the business for fourteen years more. He is cheerful and hopeful, and does not .regard his Occident iais a calamity, as it taught him ito toe careful.

AMUSEMENTS.

The performance at the opetra house last night by the Harrison Park casino vaudeville, comipany (was very enterita.in'ing. (The icomipany 'is made up of iperfomiers Of more than average merit and each .rju'm'be.r was first rate 'in its linej Billy Van Ss a minstrel of renown and 'would toe an ornament (to any company. His monologue, .with songs, iwas very clever and' Jolly. His drolleries are origiyaJ and ^imart. The OolumIbian Quartette ils a group of fine singers. The tenor, Mr. Joe Woods, who sang 'in solo aind quartette, has a sweet, solft tenor in a frame that .would hoJd •a basso profundo. (H'is rendering of 'ISally in our Alley" iwas beaiutjfuT.

The ooimipany.of pidkaniiimias that for grotesque ugliness, rlibber limberneBs, funny aiiines, exuberant Ifun and aibundant li'fe has not Ibeem beaten by any previous lot. It "is a very jolly party. The Lumdigrens, mam and woman, are a fine acrclbatic team that puts up a superior act on. a ibaiamding and revolving ladder that has the spice of danger and attraction of- skiiTul work. Perhaps the igreat ,h)lt Of the evening was the grotesque performance oar the horizontal toars Iby Zaselle and Vernoi-, -wihom lots of people would go back to see. Zel'Lna Rar«vlsto:n also made a hilt as a characteris't'jc artist.

The iperforman'ce will toe .repealed toniiight.. The ourtato 'will not rise on the ifir^t act until aifteu- the parade.

The aai'nouin'cemerilt -tie torilliamt dancer, Ida Fuller, i'sTerxgarged-f-or -only one night was in error, .^he.jtlj^s (bffen engaged for tiwo iwegke, whi^ wi'll be none too long.

AGNES SCOTT FINED.

Justice Brown Finds She Talked "Sassy" to BIrs. Stevens. Agnes (ScOtt, who 'was arrested one day last week on a charge o'f provo5je. brought by Mary Steve nj, a neighbor, was .-tried n- Justice Sro'vvn'^ court yesterday. The defendant omploycjl Attorney Kelley and made a strong resistance against tihe charge, tout tihe evidence was against 'her and she was fined $1 and cost. The evidence showed that the Bcott women entered Mrs. Stevens' house and called hc-r a liar and all kinds of toad names. Miss ScotC was not pleased with -the justice's ruling aind served' notice that she would appeal the case to the Circuit Court. The appeal bond was pla'ced at $50 and was promptly furnished.

Some want protection, others free trade, but all. Dr. Price's Baking Powder.

Victim of the Flobert Gun.

Johnrty TyUer, the tooy -who was accidiantally shot toy his brother, while playing with a flobert gun Sunday afternoon, iwas very low last night and there was but little hope for his recovery. He was very weak as a result of the surgical operationi and much of -the time te unconscious. The parents and attending physicians are doing all tin their power to save tflra boy's life arJd, with favorable weather may succeed. Should the weather turn warm there is great danger of .blood poisoning and in thte ©vent deathi -firom tJhe wound w&U 'bo intfvitabiio.

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BEAD IT IN THE STARS-

3ER& DIC. EtUs FOSEXQU) TBS I.ODIS CXCf.OS'

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There. Will be Still Qreater Lois ot Uft and Indianapolis 1? tUe ftth of a Cyclone Soon to Come.

Itoefe' to wtoactm to IiiajampoW wfco was ®ot too least aatonistoed when she a*«w* of 'Jh.3 cyctena 'Jhd! struck St. Lowas, says IndCansapodto Ssnttoej. Tbaifi womiaa is Mrs. Dr. E®», tfae well no win -acteoJos&i

p!inet

who had fa *wo eeoarate to. Oerviewi# yubfishod to Th* Samurai mostisa a®o tiie woi^i-d 'L& veritait.iy oapt aa by aS^rnaa bekJ cycloaas. Mts. ElHia vis&ted by a/' rep of Tit* Saatsaei yester-' day otl h?r pl^soiut ticixnt c® Oapitoi awnve, siorUh. It was pjsijn that iher mind w'ss full of the St. l^ouia horror and It was equally p!a«p. ,fhat baneafttt £t all itthero was a degree of professional

A Uuiquo ExpUinatiou.

pride ici .the fulfilLnve r.tt of her proph6cy. She 3ku3 made ccu^y and' djagram-j of lhtt hea.voos- since* ^hie cyclone ani she ia \JUy prepared) to ««lve a complete' aslrcCogiclta account orf the event? tijidij •Jed up to Uhe terrible event.

Mrs. Ellis 0s canvtoood .that there tw511 yet be a further fulfilment of her prophecy. She 'Bhinks (that HiMs summefl wMl be one 'Phat will be aOted throughout} aW ages on account of the awful destruction of life by ithe elememls. She thinks also th'at Indianajpolij is m'the track of a cyclone (that is coming later. tains." Ellis'is personally a kindly moth:erly old tody, who etands at the top notch of her profession, and who usedi to be pdtronized' by the leaders of th« naiMon, ab Wadhilngtom. She ts not satisfied as 'to whaTj -Us ithe cause of tiheso terrible cyclanlic vlsiitaifions, but she is uncli'nod ito the pessimistic view thfeut tho' deina-viity of the race has somietthiincj 'to do wi'nh at. "Is lit not time 'to ask in all sincerity," dbe saiid, ''why 'it 5s that ail the beastli:ne.t5S, fire to'hhimarJiity -tibait! is to h'uman, malfcur^, hai$ tome ito th'e from.t arjJ "seems to be wfp'i'ng out «.ll 'tihat vi or merciful Bra Ihie hfeii«ri heart? i^lKy do we (have ©uct^ de^timoti ve ptorms, oyclonti|S apid tJorhjf'does, such, t'eiritole accfrdcnilg, so muc^i dc-i^ructten of Mfe oim^ prSp^rty T?y fife etod wa'ter? We ezk, feeii fcear of «u ktods of dLga^tor^ and crime© to ell grades of sodletj\ Truly the destroying augeJ io no ixTspieotor Of persons, aihd' all tihds is buC 'tihe effect of some great cau«e." "Do i'Ou hove scientific reasams for 'thija isMorm?" Mrs. ElTis was asked.

Scientitic Keasous.

I^he ve'teltain plane't reader aisked 'to be allowed 'to think a few minutes before answering, as she stlait'ed witn a smila •that the members .of her profession were sometime^ mot cWari'table, and some of them would toe sure to pick flaws to her sta1terns-Tits if she were not iare:*ui to get th-ffm scsientildcal'ly carreoir. Contin« uirig, -she said: ''Hensahel aind. .Saturn at the present tare in conjunictton iin the s'jg.n of S'corpiO. That i's a watery sign. Saturn is a moist and Herschel is an elec'tr.o planet. Mercury, -air,other eleotxic plan-* et, during April and May w*as passtoif? to opposition to Saturn and Herschel, wh'ille Juipiiter is passing in a square .to tihem. 'Now that is a tee If a hostile array, but 'tlhe sun passed 'the oppos'itiom between April 20tlh ainfd May 20th, making every ray hostJSe. Saturn is oalied tihe king of deaith and Herschel ts 'the •storm king and his nature is sych thaifl whatever he 'brings lis of ithe cyclonic order. INow tihat condition of affairs with itihe superior pi/almets to hostile array can mean nothing but war of the eflemenlts. It is Wke Che ccming itcgcth'cr of two great armies, deaLng death and destruction everywhere. "On th'e noght of tlhis last storm that we had to St. Louie Mars was crossing itihe equutor a/ml 'Mars tfe 'tthe .fiery god of lightning. The sum was In. Ckm n'i wiibh iMercury, 'tihiat electric planer. The siign Gemii'mi is a windy, atfry sign. Any of the .planets whea 6ver the equator creates storm a—ve.ry destructive, cj-clcne's, tin fact. "In July and August the position of the planets will be worse and .siprrrB of wind, thunder and lightning will simply be 'terrible. "There wilt not be sa so mucr.i .raiin, the signs be:.ng more terrific. Talk about hot winds! They will oome like tihe blasts from a furnace. Jupiter and the s-tm will be in lihe fiery sign of Leo and Vtaius -wi'll be wi'tl# -tlhem, also Mercury. "From now -on ui.^td 'tiho end of year the ide-struotitm of i'i'fe wiill be unparalleled in 'the 'h:'sto:y of the worMb This .rutihles.5 destruction by tfhe ele« mcnits will exilst .the world over, for tha •signis govern all of the natione. Acoidants of a.'.l k:.:vtl..-, d-estruotion of mines, railroads and buildings will be awfui. I pwscmaiiiy desiire to go -to Washington, but I will not venture .to take 'tho journey—(not itha't I care much about* iiviing, but I do n-'jt want to run 't'lio rusk of toeiiihg mangled.

"There ts peiiiiaps a scientific reasom for that storm to St. Douijs that has n-)6 been tlhougiht of. The ekctric oars, telegraph lines am»l gias, iwhich i's electricity simply, Us 'set tns in the cities as we use it, and perrneatift? the air of tihe citres. Now these electric planets are pouring down 'their rayis c-f electrSrtty. Meeti'ng this, and, com'ing together, produced -Uhe cyclone. That is tha reason, to my iruinii, of that carnival of destru'Ciiicn. "The only rea-son •vv'Jio* I can accouno for storms not striking Indianapolis is that we.are topographically to a trough, •as it were, aind the wii'nd passes over* us. We aire destined to have one pretty severe storm here, however. I don'C 1 know whether i't will be July or August, but it wild occur on one fo .tfhowa montlh-3. There w1:!! be so much ligh'.nling that it will be terrtble to fact, a constant stream. It w.ll d«^troy property, but I do wot bri eve there wiill 00 much destruction of 1-fe-"We wiill have some earthquakes xj this country in the southern part, mos: jiLkely Oaiifomia. A comet- will tra-Ji portentxcusly ac:oss t.he heaven®^

Mrs. ,-Ellis tfc'inks thut -the star at Bethk'hem appeared thfis spring to tr.a shape of the suppo?el comet wnn^l edi'eh'tists claimed to have d-scovered, but mh-ldh she thinks Cs not a comet all. "Whenever '.hat star appears, t-aiid s-he. "history sftowe that there tiai always teen a great coniawJ in 4 crnrifet^an woarM. There w"a ®. diissonsiion to -the c'lrurahes and tit w«l kee^oing on untvl thcr will be a .thorough revolutaon in ohrto toanSty. Old orders will 00 wuDed- out and new ones will take D''-.3en3icsnG wr-ifl breed and the Ohrf&< Ki.a.n world Will be shaken from Ms foun* dfliticras."

Bank President fiends Sot Gnllty. [Milwaukee, Wis.. Juno 1.-G. JC. Trumpf, -president of the Side Savings Bank, w&o cveentJy• x,tiurned to the city and gave h™'!*lf

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was arraigned today ar^ picadeci no-J

gtally.

J. 'B. Koettfog, "the c^hi^t 4bj

the bank is «ow servtojg ajwrnj ia efcs state penitentiary tto