Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 July 1897 — Page 7

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR

SAW THK COMMON COtFNCII. 8K88ION TDESDST NIGHT.

"$hen it comes down to a vigorous working of the maxillaries there are a few members of Terre Haute's common council who can backed against any similar body in the' country, and all wagers laid on them will have a result as gratifying as the re

ceiving of money from home. To use the language of one of the members, "It the talkiest gang that ever came down the pike

I'll back 'em against the world." •It has been suggested that the council set aside the day before each meeting for caucuses, and then call the regular meetings for 6 o'clock in the evening in order that the log-rolling, pulling and general ragging be' ended by W time the mayor is supposed to

sound the gavel. One week ago was 11. o'clock at night before the members were through caucusing, and Tuesday night it was after 9 o'clock before the were ready to talk. It wa£ after 12 o'clock when the sweltering city dads filed out of the chamber. It was a tiresome session. Members talked seemingly just to Jiean their own voices. The mayor sat back in his chair and smoked until the supply of oratory was exhausted on the different questions.

Nelson Hollis and Joe Barney, of the Ninth ward, and Bill Armstrong, of the Tenth, the men who say aye and nay when their names are called on all questions, fretted and twisted while the speakers were at work. But this didn't make any difference. The council was in session and the orators were given all the rope they wanted by the mayor. By the way, Mayor Ross is going to leave the city today, and he took a -big dose just to make himself feel rested when he comes back. Henry Graham was easily the hero of the meeting. His wind was perfect and he passed under the wire a graceful winner, leaving Goodman, Fuqua, Walsh, Larklns and Dr. Young to battle for the other places. .,

But despite the'telling of little stories and the easy flow of adjectives and participles the coupcil transacted some business. About the most important thing done was to pur chase the new street sweeper, which has been on trial in the streets for three weeks. There was an effort made by Walsh, Roach and Goodman to postpone action, but the council has been talking street sweeper for months, and the members took it for granted the Committee on streets and alleys knew what it was talking about, and adopted its report in favor of the Austin sweeper. It was shown during- the debate that the price of sweeping the streets was greater than that paid for sweeping by hand, but the members wanted something that would clean the streets properly, and, therefore, voted to buy the Austin machine.

The sewer question came up only as a re port from the committee of the whole and was not acted on. The caucus prior to the calling of the session to order was oil the sewer question. Lamb & Beasley, who were employed to assist the city attorney in an opinion aB to whether the city could expend the money, brought their report before the CAUCUS, where it was read, and by it the council found it could go ahead with the work of building. Indeed it was shown the city could build more sewer than is called for in the present plans and specifications. In view of thi3 fact the council will hold another meeting next Monday night to arrange for an extension of the work.

Under the head of sanitary there was quite a little rumpus, one that caused the collars of several members to go down much faster than the temperature could possibly have sent them. It was the intention of some of the councilmen to push through a resolution to cut down the expenses of the sanitary committee in order that the money thus appropriated might be expended on sewers There was no disposition on the part of the men favoring the cutting down of expenses to have all of the present force of sanitary officers dismissed, but there was a belief the city could get along with three men. Councilmen were heard to express the belief that the expenses of the sanitary department are something enormous. The salary of the four men alone amounts to *2,880 annually. Then there is the office of sanitary inspector, an office created in order that Dr. Young might choose the man to fill it. This officer draws JSOO annually. He is always on hand when pay day rolls around.but a compaiMson of his work with the rules laid down for him. is said to show he does not put the micro

scope down as hard as he might. The salary I of this offloer added to that of the four poI licemen brings the expense up to $3,680

Then there are two men at the crematory ThU means an annual expenditure of $1,080 To this the coal bill may be added and the grand total is $5,760.

There were nine members of the council who, last night, thought this expenditure could be reduced. Had Councilman Seeburger been present the matter would have been thrown into the hands of the mayor, for Seeburger would have voted in favor of the reduction. As it was the sanitary department can continue to spend $5,7R0 every year. But there is to be a little money in the sewer fund. It comes through the release from the employ of the city of Nathan Tate, who for years has been superintendent of the rock file. Tate drew $50 a month from the city. The men who voted to allow a continuance of the big sanitary expenditure declared it •w&s a purely sanitary measure, just as much BO as the construction of the sewer itself.

Councilman Graham made a hard 3ght on the Gilbert avenue improvement and for neatly an hour there was an animated discussion over the matter. The property owners qn the north part of the street wanted wooden curbing and wanted to make a temporary improvement. "Mr. Graham wasted a stone curbing. He said that such men as John S. Beach Acre not too poor to put in •tone curbing and the city should order it. As there "was a question as to the width of the street and as the people desiring to make the improvement gave bond to insure the I city immunity from damages the resolution to allow them to proceed with the improvement was adopted.

Terre Haute is going to have a new pound master. None was chosen last night, but there is no question but that the present incumbent of the ofTice will be relieved of further duties with the city. Superintendent of* Police Hyland submitted a report to the council that he hart been unable to collect a penny from the pound master. There had been no settlement since April. He had tried to get one but had fa tied. He recommended that another pound matter be secured. Mr. Burgett of the market committee submitted a resolution that the city attorney demand an immediate settlement with the present keeper of the pound. {These important questions out of the way,

the council transacted

lUere Is No Longer Any Doubt Wat Terre Hante Can Baild the Two

-*^a

Systems of Sevrers* ^Sf^lV3

THE STREET SWEEPEB PURCHASED.

RELIEVED

NATE TATE

OF DUTY AT

JHB BOCKPILE.

Sanlta^rrorc* Wa» Not Cut Down—Conn...Will Make the Pound Keeper -:''s'JiS• Pony Up.

some

the

routine busi

ness. H. S. Bosler presented a bill for services in

Koll

damage case which was

decided against the city- He asks $40. The bill was referred. The*SMits in the Koll and. Hudnut cases were ordered paid.

Dr. Young's garbage wagons were drawn into the meeting, %nd it was proven to the satisfaction of many that the buying of the wagons had been a piece of snap judgment «nd that the wagons wee not just what the city needed. Dr. "ftwng's sanitary committee submitted a bill for $18 in favor of E. T. Hazeldine lor a'drain for one of the wagons. It was an experiment and wa3 a failure. The .device was left at Hazeldine's and while the city paid the $18,for it the old iron man can find a bargain in it how. Then there *wae another garbage bill.' |t: was for a garbage hopper and the.cost.of this was $21.40. After the wagons were purchased it was found there would have to be a hopper bought to make them do the work properly jtnd this whs done.

C. I. Wood petitioned the council to compel Dr. Roberts to abate a nuisance. Referred. The Warren Sharf Co. petitioned for a first and final estimate on the North Fifth and Seventh street pavements. Referred. William Law, a cripple, was given permission to peddle fruit without a license. B. Schraeder, T. J. Harrington and Timothy Kelley petitioned for a remission for unexpired liquor license. Referred. The superintendent of police reported forty-nine lights out during June. Willow street was ordered graded and graveled from Third to Sixth street, and also that Fourteenth! street be opened from Sycamore to Liberty avenue. Sixteenth street was ordered opened from Poplar to Oak and from Oak to Washington avenue. The clerk was instructed to notify property owners on Fifth street from Cherry to the Vandalia railroad to put down concrete and the property owners on Ninth street as far north as the Vandalia to do the same. Stone curbing was ordered in on Center street from Oak to Deming.

Attention was called to the deplorable condition of South Seventh street and the city attorney was ordered to instruct the Warren Scharf company to repair the thor oughfare at once and to give it a general overhauling this fall.

The judiciary committee, to which was referred the resolution asking for a report on the progress being made by the experts at work on the books in the city treasurer's office submitted a statement to the effect that the men now at work were pushing forward as rapidly as possible and hadi checked up five years of the records. This included the term of James Fitzpatrick. The committee, having confidence in the men doing the work, requested that no detailed statement be asked until the work was! completed as it would only embarrass the experts. This report was adopted. After taking up the usual routine resolutions the council adjourned to meet Monday night

ANDERSON ARRESTED.

THSE MEN WHO BROKE INTO THE HONEY CREEK SCHOOL.

ONE

The Other Criminal Still, at Large—War rants Issued Yesterday on Informa-^ tion Filed By Trustee Jofllln.

Deputy Sheriff Jones left the city late Tuesday night with two warrents in his pocket. They were issued for the arrest of the two vandals who so thoroughly cleaned out school house No. 7 in Honey Creek, Saturday night. Trustee Joslin was In town and filed the information with the prosecu tor, whose affidavit proCtired the warrants

Mr. Jones found one of the men, John Anderson, at Riley, and brought him back to the city, where he left him under the tender care of Jailer Smith, until the time comes for him to answer to the charges against him. The other criminal, whose name is withheld, could not be found. The counts against them are two arson and malicious trespass.

It is not" knottn for what purpose the deed was done, though there are dark hints of malice against an official for his part in a recent eleotion. The mefl are both rough characters, and it is probable they were out on a tear. At any rate, they succeeded in tearing up the most of the interior of the school house in a manner and with a zeal worthy of a better cause.

When the fellows had finished their work of destruction it looked as if a tornado of moderate proportions had been confined in the room, 'and had upset everything trying to get out. Every desk was broken, every chair smashed* and all the haiigings torn from the wall. The plaster was cracked and caved in as far as the hoodlums could reach. A valuable case of folding maps was torn down and the contents slit and shredded. Every pane of glass in the building was broken out, and all the doors torn from their hinges. All in all, it was the most complete job of demolishing that the two could do without the aid of an adze.

As if this were not enough, however, the men heaped some of the rubbish in the middle of the building, or what was left of it, immediately thereafter, trusting that the fire would obliterate the marks of their "fun." For some reason, though, the debris did not burn readily and the fire went out.

It is thought the other man will be captured at his home today. The instance id the most fragrant case of malicious trespass the court has had

jto

deal with, and it will

doubtless go hard with the offenders.

Yesterday Was the Hottest.

The themometer registered 99 in the shade yesterday afternoon. It was the hottest day of the year and people sweltered throughout the day and night. It was 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon that the thermojnmeter went up to 99 and at 9 o'clock last night the register was 84. There was one prostration reported during the day. The victim was John Adams, a teamster. One horse, belonging to Henry Miller, of Fourteenth and Liberty avenue, fell dead yesterday morning. The R.nimal was standing in front of a .house when he suddenly dropped over dead. George D. Wilkins is very ill as a result of being overcome by the heat.

No Terre Hauteansln Henderson Rftcek. Special to the Express. Evansville, Ind., July 6.—The Henderson races closed today, before a good crowd and on a fast track. The one mile .handicap for amateurs was won by Ora Rawlins, a 125 yard man Petersburg, Ind., in 2:10. Carl Thome, Louisville, captured the one mile open, for professionals, in 2:29%,. Fletcher Gordon won the one mile handicap for boys under 16. in 2:31%. The five mile handicap, for amateurs, was won by W. H. Middendorf, Louisville, in 14:30. Owen Kimble rode an exhibition half in 1:00^4.

More surprise* in Biythe Will Case. San Francisco. July 6.—The U. S. Circuit Judge W. W. Morrow rendered a decision in the famous Blythe case tJils afternoon, which was in the nature of a surprise. He ordered a dccree entered in favor of the English Blythes as prayed for in their cross complaint by default, and in his findings made several rulings which io direct conflict with those of the stite courts. tTnder this ruling it is considered very probable, that Mrs. Florence Blythe Hinckley will lose the property which she has fought so hard and bitterly during the past ten years to obtain.

rialm to Have Arretted Martin Thorn. New York. July 6.—The World tomorrow, will say: captain O'Brien and four of his detectives arrested in HArlefll ltfet night a man who it believed to be Martin Thorn, the alleged accomplice of Mrs. Na*sfc.

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, j-KlUAY WfeiMAb torn.

GOOD WHEAT AND $AD

FARMERS QIC THE 'PRAIRIES, WILL NOT HATE A LARGE YIELD.

Those In the Creek and Klver Bottoms Will Harvest a Much Lafser Crop Ttoc Tfoejr Anticipated.

iAU the farmers around Terre Jlaute are not in the same boat on the wheat crop proposition. Some of them are going to have a large -yield and others will have'.a sni&llyield, It ma* be siid jop'tbe pfipl^ prer, Xha,t, t£e ^ag^ie^ate Qtpft about qua} that pA last sear. •Along ih'e ^abiaslj south of tie city the ni 'gfrod wklat td speak of unless he follows the river. The farms along Honey Creek failed to produce even a fair crop this year. The clay lands further on did no better and half the usual yield is about what the dissapointed grangers

are

expect

ing. Along the Wabash South of the city the wheat is good almost, without eicepliem. Ex-Sheriff "Billy" Stout is said to have one of the best crops ever seen. in., this ..part of the country. His farm lies j^jft^^ottorn lands and would be subj^tw|g»Q,iy|5A9w but for a levee. At times the water backs up on his farm and it thus gftts the benefit of an occasional inundationJ^^t

What is true of Mr. SttmUfVjfflfcit Is true of nearly all of it in his ^^SSborhood that is to say along the rive£|fome sixteen miles from here. Of the whettfc-feop south, therefore, it may be said that it Is good in places and poor in other places. The crop is fine in the river bottoms and only J-bout half what it ought to.be. pn tti£ prairie, and on the clay. Along Honey oreek a number of the farmers plowed, up their crops as too insignificant to justify, .harvest and threshing expenses: '.L'--'s'

West bf the Wabash there fs Wry" little wheat. Up in the direction of Libertyville there is evidently a pretty good crop as the agriculturists from that section are buying a good deal of twine to be used in their binders. If they had no wheat they would not being buying any twine. It is thought that the crop West, taken all in all. North and South, will make about the usual total yield. Otter

Creek

prairie between here

and Ellesworth will not have a large crop The wheat stands thin on the ground and It is not expected to go over ten bushels to the acre. Much cheat is also found in ,Vt.

After one gets beyond Ellsworth going North he finds better wheat as far North as Rosedale and as far East of that town as Bridgeton. What is known as Henry Prairie, just South of Rosedale, is said to have one of the largest crops itrhas produce*? in recent years. Such portions of Nigger Leg Prairie as are sown in wheat will produce a large amount of the cereal to the acre. The Raccoon bottoms between Rosedale and Bridgton enjoy a first-class crop and the farmers there are feeling much encouraged. Some of the wheat fs thin but the heads are said to be .enormously large. There are said to be from five to seven grains in a "mash."

East of Terre Haute the crop of wheat isgood. The Hulman farm will yield a fair crop and the promise beyond there in the direction of Cloverland is still better. In ^pme places there will not be a great deal of straw but a remarkable abundance of grain compared with the straw. "The same fact is apparent here as was noted ih Parke county or the Raccoon Valley The farmers will not have much of the less, valuable part of the grain to dispose of and they will have a good deal of the part which 'makes bread. Turning North from -Cloverland one finds good wheat across the country past Fontanet, Coal Bluff and Grant and on into the Parke county region already described.

Mr. W. H. Blocksom, living five miles South of the city, put in thirty or forty acres of spring wheat this year. The season has been ideal for its perfect development and it is said that the yield will be very large. It has been reported that Mr. Blocksom Would get forty bushels to the acre from his spring wheat, but Mr. Ray G. Jenckes said last night that he hardly thought the .urnout would be so good as that. However, he stated that the wheat was very fine and would make a large crop.

Referring to the general subject' of spring wheat Mr. Jenckes said that it had been raised quite a good deal in this neighborhood but that our climate was not exactly suited to it. Spring wheat, according to Mr. Jenckes, requires an abundance of moisture and rather cool weathr. If the sun comes down upon it too. hot the blades shrivel up and the crop does not do well. It will be remembered that this spring was very cool and that hot weather only began within the past twenty days.

MUSGRAVE IS FREE.

Govrnor Mount Paroles the Insurance Swindler Whose Days are Numbered. Spccial to the Express.

Indianapolis, Ind., July 6.—Governor Mount today issued a paroie to Benjamin Musgrave, who is dying of consumption in the state prison at Michigan City. Musgrave was ctjpicted five years ago in an effort to work ona of the most ingenious Insurance swindles that has been tried for years. He was an Englishman and had traveled all over the world, often resorting to questionable schemes to make money. He concocted his scheme five years ago In Chicago, where he lwd a broker's office without business. He selected two accomplices, Annie Burton, an actress, and Charles Mills. Hie first move was to have his life insured in favor of the Burton weman taking Out a policy of five thousand dollars each in seven different companies! Musgrave then rented an old cabin near Terre Haute, which he called his "shooting box," and went there to spend the summer. Through Mills he secured from a St. Louis phyo:c an a skeleton comparing In size and stature to himself.

After this was safely carted to the cabin, he Invited a number of friende there to drinking bouts and carousals, Mills always being one of the party. One night the revelry was not over until nearly 2 o'clock and the next morning the cabin was found to be a heap of ashes. Mills was very energetic in searching for some traces of his lost friesd.

In prodding up the ashes hfe turiiefl up a charred skeleton. The only msrWof Identification was ah Old Watch enftttff that had belonged to Musgrave and had bis name engraved on it. In a few weeks tftve' Bui"un woman tried to collect, the money

on-the

insur

ance policies but the com^anitti ltad b*eome suspicious and she was arrested. The base of the suspicion was that no buttons nor flesh had been found arouod the body. After she had been arrested a full confession was a in

Musgrave, after PSttttig fire to t!ie caroin, Bfd to Chicago where he lfyed for some t./ne in disguise, from Chicago to St. Paul, from where he mailed a letter to the Burton woman that was turned over to the police. On this he was arrested and sentenced to ten years. His term would have expired in 1898. ,v-$rfy

How's This?

We offe* One Hundred Dollars Reward fbr any case of Catarrh that can pot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.

F. J. CHENEY & CO., Prop*. Toledo, O. We,- the undersigned, have known F. J. Chetiey for the last fifteen years, and believo him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. WeBt & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.. siiM Waldlng. Kinnin & Mfcrxfif, Wholesale

Druggists. Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials tfee.

JUMPED THE TRACK.

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FRIGHTFUL DISASTER ON PITTSBURG TROLLEY CAR LINE.

jpour People Fatally And Twenty Others Badly Injared-Terrlble Boiler Biplosion la Tennessee.

Pittsburg, July 6.—Four people were fa-

tally injured, and eighteen or twenty others larere more, or lesB injured in a street car vr^ck' tdnight onjUje Forbes street line of he Consolidated Traction Co. The names

those seriously injured are: *Michael f)oyle, rnotorman, top of head torn tway,. two rfbs aAf

leg broken will die.

W, A. Manley, employed in the circulatn? department o£ the Times, scalp laid bar# and hurt internally probably die.

Miss Smith, skull fractured will die. C. C. Rogers, leg and arm broken, and hurt internally will die.

Mrs. Mary H. Wilson, two ribs, right leg

and left ankle broken may recover. The full list of injured is not ascertainable at thig houff* Ttite wreck occurred on the

Soho hill at "lifetime when the immense crowds which' Iftte'nded the fireworks display at ScheAlfeV^rk Was returning home.

An Atwood slfeet* car had gone about half way down the hfli. when it jumped the track. Closely following It came an open summer ^ar with a trailer, both densely packed- with people. Before the sewn$ti^n stopped it crashed into tte, derailed^car.. Hardly had the first collision happened before a third car, also heavily' ladefl ca&e down hill atk full speed and forced its way into the wreck. It was the second crash that did most of the damage, and the scene was indescribable.

4 FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.

WIPED OFF THE MAP.

The Town of Lowry, Minn., Obliterated by Cyclone and Four Persons Killed.

Duluth, Minn., July 6.—Dispatches received here lato tonight at railroad offices say that a cyclone has obliterated the town of Lowry, Minn., and that four people were killed, and several injured

Lowry is situated on the Soo line, seven miles from Glenwood, on the Northern Pa cific railroad. Particulars are meagre, but it is learned that the cyclone traveled from sbiithwest to northeast, and that the little town of Lowry was in the track of the cloud.

The second fepfirt is that seven persons were killed and many injured, while an other report Is that ten were killed.

The cyclone struck Lowry shortly after o'clock this evening. Evidences of the cy clone were seen in Duluth about 7 o'clock The sky was overcast with clouds that cir cled as they moved rapidly northeast, and there was a yellow cast that was ascribed to the sun penetrating through them. People looked in wonder on the scene but nobody ascribed the conditions to a cyclone.

he clouds moved high in the air and cired With a perfectly steady motion.

Another Minnesota Cyclone. Xlekandria, Minn., July 6.—Reports of a pcloiie having passed through the northern, part of Pope county this afternoon, have reached here. An unknown woman, a man nanied Shepard, resident of this city and f6ur inembers of the Peacock family are reported injured, one seriously. The width of-the cyclone was not great. Large tracts oi farm land are reported devastated.

I COURTS APPEALED TO.

Deputy Marshals Ordered To Protect Workers In Two Ohio Mines.

Cincinnati, July 6.—A very important step was taken here today in connection with the coal miners' strike which puts the power1 of the United States against all violence or unlawful acts in at least a portion of the

territory in Ohio. An order of the United States circuit court, southern district of Ohio, eastern division, was made by Judge Taft, upon a showing made by Myron T. Herrick and Robert Blickenderfer, receivers of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad company, and of the Lake Erie & Pittsburg Coal company,'whereby the United States marshal is directed to protect their miners at work and to prevent unlawful interference with the operation of .their railway.

The receivers state that they are engaged in the operation of two coal mines, known as the Dillenvale and Long Run Coal mines that there is a strike aifcoilg the mine workers of Ohio and other tinder the direction of the United Mine-Workers that all of the 500 miners-at BMenvaie. and one-half of the 400 at the Lortg Run mine are desirous of remaining atw6fk,~but have refrained from so doing by 'reason of threats and warnings from othrefr miners who hive Joined the strikes that It Is necessary for the miners to continue in operation, and that the miners will continue at work if protected from physical injury to themselves and their property* They therefore ask the assistance and protection of the court.

Judge Taft gave an order to the United State* rpaishal to consult with the receivers of thife court and send to Jefferson county and to other parts of this district a Sufficient number of United .States marshals to protect the mining and railroad property now being operated by these receivers under orddr of this court.

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CONFLICTING-REPORTS.?

It SeeffiS Hard to Determine As to Number of Striking Miners.

Pittsburg, July 6.—According to the min ers' .officials, si*ty-two railroad mines are Idla.and twenty-«lx are still in operation They reported that in a number of cases they had heard no news from certain mines and fake It for granted in many cafces that they are in operation.

The miners* officials lay 6pef*tor« will claim a mine to be id operation as long aa there are but two men at work.

A fair estimate Shows that therl tH abftut 10 006 df the 12,000 rallF&aA nliners now out.

Tonight reports concerning the

Men

Boiler Bursts When Surrounded by Threshing Wheat, Killing Nine.

Hartsville, Tenn., July 6.—A frightful

boiler explosion occurred on the farm of W. A. Allen, in the Tenth district of this county this afternoon, by which nine people were instantly killed and five badly injured.

The Dead: W. A. ALLEN. JAM£$ ALiLEN. LINDSAY ALLEN. MOCK TUNSTILL. ASA BARR. -, PORTER AVBRITT. JOHN BOLTON. LON BARiKSDALE, colored. WILL ALLEN, colored. Mr. Allen and his men were, just conclud ing the work of threshing wheat and were preparing to leave the field when the explosion occurred, from what cause is not known Some of the victims were mangled beyond recognition, and pieces of the boiler were blo^n a hundred yards. Lindsay Allen's head was blowd away and has not been found.

river titra

tion are. conflicting. The operators

that the river mines are nearly

assert

all

running,

while the miners* officials claim they are

all

idle. Specials from Monongahcla City say that 6,000 out of the 8,000 miners are ott strike.

W. P. DeArmit, president of the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Co., was emphatic in his statements that the strike would be a failure. Said he: "We tad more men at work today than any day for a number of years after a holiday. I attribute this to the fact that the men came to work becaus^ they did not care to be identified with this movement. More than twenty-five mines were working in the Pittsburg*district today.". 'Af' tee ffiiner$* heidquartetsl 'President Dolap was^apparently" in thli best bf humor, ftp received-reports from .nearly* every part, of the district and seemed, pleaded afc the prospects.

More miners will join the movement before the end of the week," said he, "and I am perfectly satisfied with the progress made. Yet there are some mines that I hoped would be idle, that were mining today."^

'£.i!!Oiy£ Coal in Storage. Columbus, O., July 6.—Mr. Abrenholz. who manages the home office fbr the General Hocking Coal Co., says there is at least 150,000 tons of coal in storage in the northwest. He estimates that this will supply all demands for at least four months, .no matter how general the miners' strike becomes. There is considerable coal on the Ohio docks, ready for shipment by lake, but this will not be sent West. It will be held for the purpose-of supplying transient trade. With respect to a supply for the railroads, it is Climated that the different companies have enough coal on hand to last them about six weeks. ».

Substantial Aid For Strikers. (Cincinnati, July 6.—The Cincinnati Central Labor Council of the American Federation of Labor met tonight and passed resolutions demanding President Gompers and Secretary Morrison to call an imifaediate# meeting of the executive board to consider* a proposition to aid the miners in their strike. The proposition the council makes is that the national executive board shall order aweekly assessment of ten cets on each individual member of the entire order and its affliated bodies to be made immeditely available for the support of the striking miners^ Such an assessment would realize $60,000 per week for the striking miners.

Well-Known Indianapolis Man Drowned.

Indianapolis, July 6.—Charles G. Deschler,

manager bf the Bates House cigar and news

6tand, was drowned this afternoon while

in bathing.

RACES AT L. A. W. MEET

EIGHT TO BE HELD ON EACH DAY OF THK CONVENTION HERE ..

Diamond, Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals For Amateur and Professional Winners—Prizes For the Paraderi-

Each day as the time approaches for the etate meet of wheelmen In Terre Haute, th local enthusiasm Increases, and the work of th committees preparing the details. Judging from the reports of the League clubs over the state, the early estimate of the number of strangers expected will be surpassed several fold. Word has come from the capital that almost all the clubs in the city as well a* the league members will attend the next meeting In a body.

The list of races for the 10th and 11th has just been made out. Also-in part the list of prizes.

Prizes for the championship will be gold, silver and bronze medals. Diamonds will be given for first prizes in amateur races with the exception of one which will be a silver cup.

First prizes for professional races will be $50 and probably more. The second and third position prizes in the professional and amateur races have not yet been decided but will be known the near future.

The races in order for the two days afe. as follows: August 10. 1— 1 mile novice 2—^4 mile championship 3—1 mils professional 4^— 1 mile amateur 5-7-% mile haridioip professional sional: 7- mile open amateur 8— 2 mile championship.

August 11. 1-1-3 mile championship. I— Vt 1 mile professional 3—handicap amateur 4—1 mile championship 5—2 mile handicap professional 6-1 mile 2:20 class amateur mile championship: 8—Vi mile open amateur.

In addition to the prizes to be-given for tne races, several are also designed for the grand parade, which will take place on the morning of the first day of the meet. It Is the intentin to make this parade the largest ever held a

In the parade prizes will be given for excellence in the foUowing particulars: Best decoratd gentleman's wheel: best decorated ladies' wheel: bst uniformed f.ub most comic decoration: largest delegation best decorated combination tardem.

Two new committees have been appointea for the meet, as follows: The subscription committee—Chas. chairmanGeo. C. Rosiell, Alex. L. Crawfoid, Jno. Heenan. Carl Stohl.

Souvenir committee—W. R. Teel. chairman, Geo. W. Kreitenstein, Geo. W. Splaty. The executive committee of the cyc.ini? c.ub will meet in special session on next Friday night. Its regular meeting cccurc on ntxt Monday.

VICTIM OF FOOTPADS..

Ten Year Old Clinton Boy Assaulted, Robbed and Almost Murdered.

Special to the Express.

Clinton, Ind., July 6.—Ernest Russell, the

10-year-old son of Scott Russell, proprie-

tor of the Montezuma flour mills, was as

saulted and robbed by footpads on the public

highway some time this forenoon. He is

now lying at the point of death with a frac

tured skull and there are but slight hope* for hifi recovery. Mr. Russell had put the boy on a horse and started him to collect ai flour bill from a merchant at Summit Grove, four miles north of Clinton. The boy performed the errand, started home and thenext heard of him was when he Was found limp and unconscious by the roadside at the foot of a sand hill hidden from view by a dense growth of trees on either sida of the road. The little fellow was taken home and now all possible efforts are being

made

to save hte life Ha is still unconscious and ufiflble te-fcfve aoydight regard,^ ing'the affair. The fact: that all his pocket* were

turned'wrong

«id« out leaves no doubt

as rob^y. F5o*pichnr rests on several questionable character*'hut as yet nothing has been disclosed, which will Justify arrest,.' Every effort toward -iotestigalion is being pushed "and It is believed t&e guilty partie3 will be apprehended.

TryOraln-O! Try Uraln.O! Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury a» well as the adult. All who try it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha of Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. One-quarter the price of coffee. 15e and 25C per paqka$e. Sold by all gro*1^

Prof. SdtnondBoa, the optician now. at Bigwood's will remain all this week. Call ea*ly. He tests eyes free a fid makes spectacle#

^effect, rtatji,

WBiT'STO ARBITRATE

PRESIDENT KNIGHT SHOWS THK FUTILITY OF SUCH AN SFFOfjl^,

Evea at Existing starvation W»l« Then Is Not Enoaffh. Work to Keep .».»•••.

Miners Steadily Employed

LABOR COMMISSION TO TAKE A HAXD.

THEY VISITED TERRE HACTE WEDNff TO MAKE INQUIRIE^

Flan to Hold Conference of the bitration Boards of Four

WM M,%'

"Can you tell how the miners' strike cap

be arbitrated?" President Knight, of the

United Mine Workers, was asked.,. 1

"No, I cannot I wish I could," was hi#

quick and earnest reply. "I think," he con- .v

tinued, "that the suggestion comes from

those who have a misapprehension of the ...

true situation. It is an unprecedented strike

in the fact that it is not a contention with y,

the operators. We have said all along that

the operators, that Is as a rule, know aa&t

frankly admit that a miner cannot earn a' pfe living under present conditions. We have j,

also said that the operator is doing all ho

can. Why, even at the prioe they are will-

ipg to pay for digging coal the miners do

not get enough work to earn a living. Of

course, under the present condition of the

trade, if the operator paid more for mining 0

he would sell less ctfal and have still less Work 'for his men. This being the understood condition, I do not see where a board of arbitration would begin. Of course, there are some places where there is inequality in wages, such as in the Pittsburg district, and. 1 arbitration might accomplish something^

there, but how? If the operators there who have not agreed on a uniform wage scale in the past still refuse, what can be done? •Surely it is not expected to ask the miners •. to accept a reduction to effect an equality. I don't want to be looked upon as an opponent of arbitration or of any other sincere^' effort to improve the condition of the coal: industry, but I cannot see how arbitration can do anything. The hope is in a better^ condition after a suspension of production?: with ensuing better prices for coal and for mining."

LABOR COMMISSION ACTS.

It Proposes Seeing What Can Be Done By Arbitration. a#

Indianapolis, July 6.—The Indiana L*bo»$| Commission, at a special meeting today, de-^' cided to endeavor to bring about a settlkjr^ ment of the miners' strike by arbitration.* Letters were forwarded to the labor com-"-missioners for the states of Illinois, Pennsyl-. vania and Ohio, inviting them to a confer-^, ence in this city at the earliest possible date ^1 to discuss the situation and see if it wa»^. possible to arrange for a joint board of ar-^ bitration, to which the^operators aud mmer#oS. will be willing to submit the questions ia** controversy.

Of the states affected by the strike, India-U. na, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois are thejg only ones that support labor arbitration commissions. It is thought by the Indiana commissioners that the other states inter-,v-., eited in the settlement, of the strike may,*be alldwed to have representation on the^ jornt board in some way yet to be agreedir U^on.

After the commissioners had,decided to^

that if the commissioners of the four otheii-: states most interested in the strike would. get together and agree to sit as a joinc. board, under rules to be approved by both the operators and the miners, great «6od might be accomplished. Capital and labor are equally Represented on each of tfee stat« commissions, so that the interest of all con.*-. cerned will be carefully guarded.

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iiivite the commissioners ..of the other^ sfates^o a conference they galled on Gov.-^* ernor Mount and laid their plan before him. He indorsed all that had been dona and told Commissioners McCormack and Schmidt that he would gladly co-operatei in every way possible in an effort to bring! about an arbitration of the strike. It is. the hope of the commission to be able to meet the representatives of the other states mentioned here the lattter part of this week." The plan in mind is to invite representa-^ tives of the operators and miners before thi8 *.* joint board'and secure from them, if possi-^,. ble, an agreement to submit to arbitration..

While waiting for answers from the com-v missioners from the other states, the India-' na board wilj proceed to an investigation. of in is at will go to Terre Haute, and on Thursday. Friday and Saturday will be in attendance^ upon the joint meeting of the operators and miners in that city. The two commissioners^,, in discussing the situation, said that th^ Indiana commission could not hope to accom-/ plish much of itself, but it seemed to themf-

The commissioners take It that a generat-'-rr /nquiry Into the condition of the mining business, such as the sittings and investigations of the proposed joint board of arbltration would bring about, would be ef great value as a basts for an equitable settlement. Some of the Indiana operators and' representatives of the miners were consulted before the step was agreed upon, and everybody consulted Indorsed the propo- •, it on

The reports received by the labor commisslon indicate that the strike in this statff Is general. Commissioner McCormack said that his information was that the men weTer out in nearly all the districts. No reports of trouble anywhere have been received. Men who have been through previous strikes say the decision of non-union ints or the most nf them, to go out: wiH the danger of lawlessaasss- 'iloet oMhe^fon*'? ble that has marked formep.ptnfre* ha*bead' the result of-,an effort*otte the pa»c of -tftef** union men t«* fqree -the iWMVttmoQ-uren-'to quit work.

In tbe.8h»lbari.fliit Fl'W Shelburn. Ind., July &r-Alura eavc, Srav-*" City, Jackson Hill, Shelburn, Currysville and Hymera comprise the mining field in'. this locality which is not organized. All the mines are working with the exception of the Hymera plant, which is to be sold at sheriff's sale in a short time. All of the men have received the offleial circular from the national, state and district executive board to strike. A talk with quite a number of the representatives of the miners finds t.iem _. divided as to what action they will take during the recent strike. With little work and meager wages, the millers here are In a bad shape to meet a long strike, but from what can be gathered, should the organiifd miners persist in urging the unorgahlted miners to join in the final struggle, the prat*. jtbilitiM art that th«r Will fall ia.Une.