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THECCKRENCY COMMISSION T& BE KNOCKED OUT BY STSATE TACTICS.

Adjournment Will Be Ttfteb Every Few Oaxi8olbat tbe llesian Cuoot Be Considered. ,v

HOUSE WOULD APPROTE COMMISSION

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It rrrr— HAWAIIAN XREATYMAY MEET FATE OF CURRENCY MESSAGE.

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Is Now Expected That the Tariff BUI Can Be Be Reported On Thnrsday. -us

... ^i it--1- r,« "Washington, July 11.—Beyond the fact that the gflperal deficiency appropriation bil Improbably will be passed,, and that the filiate will stand ready, to take up the tariff bill at any time that a report may be brought in by the conference committee, lit-tle-can be predicted of the course of events in the senate during the present week. The disposition is to do little in the way of general legislation, and there is a proposition under consideration, by the leaders of the two sides of the, chamber to adopt the plan now in vogue in the house fpr sitting only every third day after the defir ciencjr bill shall have been, disposed of.

This suggestion, has been in view of the possibility of pressure to take up the mattes of the appointment of a currency commission. General impression about the senate is that the house will pass such a bill on the subject as the president may recommend, but there is no probability that the senate will take the matter up seriously. The desire is to make this intention clear by infrequent meetings. There are, however, some matters on the executive calendar demanding attention, and there may be an effort to clear this calendar off during the week. If such should prove to be the case there would he more or less discussion in j^&j.pxeputive session over the McCord, W^^eri antj Goodenow nominations. The frien4& of the Hawaiian annexation treaty on. tfrp foreign relations committee also hope to be^Bjjhiariaed to report a ratification resolution ^iv^heir meting next Wednesday, buVjX ifi^y no means certain that the committee w'ill be able to reach an agreement so soon.

Monday, will be devoted to the general deficiency bill, particular attention being given to the provision for the purchase of armor plate at $425 per ton. This portion of the bill will be seriously antagonized and quite fiercely debated.. Senator Harris of Kansas will endeavor to get up his resolution regarding the reorganization of the Union Pacific Railroad during the week, but in this he will be opposed and Is not likely to succeed.

The tariff conference confidently expect to bring in the tariff bill by Thursday. The length of the debate on the report will depend upon how well the senate conferees may have succeeded in maintaining the integrity. of.the senate bill. The Pemocrats artd other opponents of the*)ill make no se« cret of their intention to oppose the adoption of the report if it appears that the amounts which they were instrumental in securing, putting cotton bagging,.cotton ties, burlaps, paris green, etc., on the free list, have been receded from.

The senate will insist uppn final adjournment as soon as the tariff is disposed of.

FIGHTING FOR THE TRUST.

Senators

v-yi£ld

in the

slightest particular to the senate, and I belief* an* the majority sentiment of the house when I say that if the trust inslsls on° c^r^ihg the fight the bill, when finklly? voted On? will be much more disadvatita^ous tJ ihe manufacturers than it was when it'/tjame tflom the house. If the Sugar Tru«Che"*if.isetij5 will be satisfied to accpet the .ho^se sche^uR? without making much of a fight. If. the tariff bill be delayed by a refusal'of the. trust or its representatives to yield to the popular demand it is my opinion that it will lare much worse thaji would otherwise be the case. The house will be stubborn upon this point, and will not yield."

Representative Hemenway, who was present when Mr. Overstreet made these remarks, acquiesced in the statements of his colleague, and in the opinion that he expressed with regard to the sentiment of the house. They both agreed that the house would never back down, and that if the senate refused to adopt the house proposition the adjournment of congress might be delayed indefinitely.

The. conferees on the tariff bill suspended their labors long enough today to attend' the funeral ceremonies conducted over thei remains of the late Senator Harris, but resolved before they dispersed for this purpose to reassemble immediately after the conclusion of the obsequies and to contiuuc their work not only tonight but all day tomorrow. The conclusion as to Sunday was not reached without some hesitation, but was decided as ne'eessarv to expedite the reporting of the bill. While the ihajor portion of the time of the conference so far* has been given to the senate amendments over which there is comparatively little dispute, there has been more or less discussion of some of the more difficult problems, and one of these is the form of the reciprocity provision of the bill.- The advice" of. the president has been sought on thfs'Question,, and it is understood that he has expressed himself as favoring a policy .allowing eori•slderable latitude and based on liberal principles. The senate representatives accept? this intimation JS favorable to- tbeir eubsti* tute for the house-provision, as the house paragraph is restricted to certain' articles, while theirs is made- capable fefnebvtfclng the entire field of foreign commerce, allowing a discount of 20 per cent. TiermitUng an increase of the free list-and delegating aurhority to assure foreign countries thai' any article covered would be retained«on the free list for five years. The house members have not. however. sigftiQid Their acceptance of this view. Of the setmte'iamendments passed on, the house representatives have conceded about three-fourths. This coarse they find necessary because of the fact that' the bill was considered*so much' more deliberately by the senate than-by he house. They say- the house itselt would have made many amendroents-tfsmore tiice fca^been given. 7

cQafarees expressed con#teBCft-today .^Oregon 02. iSottas* v~ a»e .* T-*

ia being able, to caljL in the Democratic members by Tuesday.. next. They stated that they were succeeding better than they had hoped to do in" settling their differences. The Democratic members of uie conference say that whether they would tigmand much time in committer when called in will depend on what the Republicans do with the amendments made inr the Berate on thd suggestions made in the senate on the suggestion of Democrats. If they find these to have been abandoned they will ask for the explanations.

HEAVY TAX ON CARDS

MILLS' SENATE AMENDMENT WOULD CLOSE INDIANAPOLIS PLANT.

Will Probably F§ Killed In Conference— Twenty Cei? A On Every Pack Made *-Pwte«U Made.^^f|

The Mills amendment to the proposed -internal revenue tariff, should it be successfulin congress, may deprive Indianapolis of a thriving industry and throw nearly 200 people out of employment, says the Indianapolis Journal. The Mills amendment, which went through the senate, provides a tax of 20 cents on each pack of playing cards manufactured in the United States. According to the Statement of officials here, the National Card Co. of Indianapolis, a branch of the United States Playing Card Co., controlled by Russell & Morgan, woyld cease opera-

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Running Blindly Trouble.

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Washington, July 10.—By common consent the big fight in the conference committeee is going to be over the sugar schedule. they were paid large fees for representing 'he Sugar Trust, Senators"Aldrich and Jones, of Nevada, could not display interest in the maintenance of the senate'schedtile. These two gentlemen, however,-appear-to be about the only'ones in sight'^whtf "Are^ln deadly earnest in behtflf of the SugarTrttst and the adoption of the schedule as it now stands as coming from the senate. It would not be surprising if the sugar Schedule were the last thing about which" the fiocisS and senate should degree, and the ^peita'cle Is looked for ofH'be two branches-'of 'Cbrigres^ hiakin'g a final fight'over that'onV ffiiilg. deferring to this ^contingency Ropj^esgatativ.e Qv?rstreeet said this evening:.,. "The bouse, I believe, .will hold, out till next December rather than

"We can't afford to make another card if that 20-cent tax is imposed," said Manager F. M. Curtis, of the Indianapolis branch, last night, "and we'll close down immediately It wouldn't pay us tp. run under such a a

Mr. Curtis says every card manufactory in the country would 'cease work, for a time, at least, in the event of the success of this bill. There are six card establishments in the United States three are situated in New York City, one in Cincinnati, one at Kalamazoo, Mich. and the other in Indianapolis. Prior to the doing away with the war. tax of 5 cents a pack on cards, in 1875, about 2,000,000 packs a year were manufactured in the United States. Prices were then high, and a deck of cards often retailed at 50 cents. When this tax was taken off the cards became cheaper, and with the introduction of new and improved machinery the manufacture of playing cards became one of the leading industries. When" the 2-cent tax was levied,'in 1894, the output of Amgjican playing car-is was about 45,000,000 packs a year. "Since that 2-cent tax was levied," said Mr. Curtis, "there has heen a constant diminution of demand for playing cards. At the time the 2-cent tax became a law we were employing 340 people in the factory here. Now our force is less than 170 people. The price of cheap playing cards went front 5 to 10 cents, and the people who used the cards vjp make—the cheaper, or" medium grades—ceased buying to an appreciable degree. I think I can say without exaggeration that the demand for cards in the last three years has fallen off 33 1-3 per cent. Last year the six factories in the United States made only about 13,000,000 packs of cards. Our business in Indianapolis would be particularly damaged by this increased tax, because we make a quality of card that is purchased by the evryday or masses of people, who will object to paying 25 and.jfl cents for a pack of cards. The professional card-player does not use the cards we make. The gambler don't buy our goods The fine cards are made in the Cincinnati factory, and can stand the additional tax much better than this plant. Russell & Morgan make the faro pack at Cincinnati, which sells at 75 cents. The cards we make go out into the families—among the people who use cards as an everyday game. This character of card playing is not classed as ev!l these days, and the pack of cards is not nearly so harmful as the cigarette ,on which there is a tax of 1 cent. We pointed out this fact to the committees when the 2-cent tax was put on* The National Card Co. will shut down the day that amendment becomes a laW. The Kalamazoo company also makes a cheap card, and it will be compelled to close up. All the other factories will stop, at least' for a time."

It is understood that Senator Fairbanks and Representative Ovi street have both interested themselves in^.-iis matter and will oppose the amendment's passage. The National Card Co. has no dealings with the trade. Its product is shipped to Cincinnati and sold from there.

ARE HARD "AT WORK^

Conferees on Tariff Bill Are Hurrying to an Agreement:

Washington, July 11.—The conferees on the tariff bill had a four hours' session to--..f» day. The anxiety to reach a complete agreement as early as possible induced ifhem to meet on the Sabbath, and tonight both the house and senate conferees appear satisfied with the progress that has been made. Several hundred of the minor amendments have been agreed upon, many of them are changes of phraseology, and in a large majority of these the house conferees naturally have yielded. None of the real important problems in the bill, however, have as yet been solved. All of them have received more or less consideration, and there has been a free exchange of opinions. The temper and disposition of the senate and house conferees on these important matters have in this way been ascertained-.

In several cases the conferees are very close to an agreement. Both sides, so one of the conferees said tonight, show a commendable spirit of conciliation, and while in several instances each side seems to be holding out strongly for its contention as to rates, he said there had not yet appeared on the horizon anything which portended such difficulty as would not in time be surmounted. There is the best of reasons for believing that several of the main poiMs of contention will be compromised.

It is impossible to estimate yet when a final agreement will be reached, and although various dates are given as to the length of time the bill will remain in conference, ranging from Tuesday'to a week from tomorrow, one of the most influential of the conferees said tonight that all estimates were agqaaiirily pure guess work.

John D. Rockefeller Suet*.

Cleveland, July 11.—John D. Rockefeller has been sued in the* Commimpleas- Court) here by James Corrigan, the yessel owner, for an accounting. Corrigan, who was in Rockefeller's debt, gave the: latter as feol1 lateral security, it" is asserted, 2,^00Jshar,es L,"""' 1

of Standard Oil stock. "Later that stock was credited .to Corrigan on 'his indebtedness. He? now insists that he was not allowed what the stock was woVth. The petition is not on file in court, but it is said the stock waa credited at the rate of $138 a share. It sold yesterday for $318. Corrjgan declined to discuss the suit.

Condition of Winter Wlieat. July 1. Washington. July 11.—The following are the percentages of condition of winter wheat on July 1st in the prirfcipar winter wheat producing statesllas shown by the monthly report of the statistician of the department of agriculture:

Pennsylvania 101, Tennessee 110, Kentucky S8, Michigan 7£. Indiana 65, Illinois

TBRUE HaU'I'E EXPRESS, HJfeSpAY MORiSlJSG U1.Y 14 1B».

AS A BULLET TABGET

INDENTION PROVED TO BE

•jtajPEKYIOUS TO THE MISSILE.

The Inventor Safely Faces the Lead Fired ac Ten Paces—Medical Witnesses Amazed.

Chicago, July 11.—Brother Casimir Zeglen covered his breast with A piece cl hifl own bullet proof cloth yesterday afternoon and set himself up .as a target for lead bullets. He was not hurt.

REAL TEST AT LAST.

It remained to be demonstrated that the new fabric would protect human lift. Neither Brother Zeglen nor Dr. Borland had any doubt of the fabric's efficacy in Stopping th* flight of a bullet. There was a question whether the force of the bullet's impact might be so distributed that the blow might still be dangerous. The tests made yesterday' were for the purpose of settling that point.

Dr. Borland turned the rooi of his private hospital at Ogden avenue and Twelfth street into a place of test. Men whose integrity could not be impeached were invited to be present.

The human target was so arranged that the person offering himself, for experiment could not .be injured Unless the bullet proof cloth failed to do its work. A shield was set up made of timber with several sheathings of iron, making it •bullet7proof. ThrbUgh this there was assort of tuiShel, fecross 'the' mouth of which was "stretejied the bullet proof- cldthi a |&!$| 20-^by

The second t$st nwas identical with the first. It had the same result, except that Brother Casimir's.°quiet smile of triumph was slightly broader.

A third test was- made. The conditions were the same as -for the first' and second, except that a 38-calibre Colt's revolver was substituted for the smaller weapon. Still the marvelous results were the-same. Brother Casimir said the concussion from the third bullet was heavier than from the other two, but that there was no lasting pain.

Dr. Westerschulte offered himself for the fourth test. He had even less protection for his body, under the bullet'proof, than had Brother Casimir—only a light neglige shirt and a thin gauze undershirt. He was fired on with the-38 Colt. "It feels just like being poked in the ribs with a stick," he declared with triumph, as he stepped from behind the wizard cloth.

Brother Casimir then took his place behind the shield for the fifth time. This time a Colt's revolver of 44 calibre was used. The cloth was not penetrated. Brother Casimir said the shock of the bullet's impact was considerably more painful than either of the shots that had gone before, but it did not hurt so much that he would be. afraid to have it repeated. Then all who had witnessed the tests signed their names to a concise statement of what had taken place, substantially as it has been related here. •HINTS AT HIS SECRET.

Brother Casimir intimates that the secret of making his fabric lies in the method of shrinking the cloth fibre. He is a chemist and he became satisfied, from a long study of fiber entering into the composition of cloth, that the fiber themselves possess, if properly treated, sufficient strength to withstand the impact of a lead bullet. This he now claims to have demonstrated. His cloth is made, he says, of silk and wool and one other fiber which he will not name.

The tests yesterday were confined to rs* volvers, for against missiles from such weapons is all Brother Casimir claims his" cloth will hold. This particular fabric he expects to see utilized for clothing for policemen, for lining the overcoats of men who are out late nights and in danger from fpotpads. and. for all-whp are in danger-rof being fired On w|th the Ordinary lead bullet.

He does not claim this cloth would be of service in an army, for armies now use steel bullets. But he is making a fabric for arm

so"confident

T.P.C.E.

Dr. F. H. Westerchulte emulated the example of Brother Casimir. He' said the sensation of being hit by a 38-caliber bullet, fired at a distance of ten paces, was like: rtheir eotertMnAZt^S^LtACABiiftfitK being poked in the Hbs.

These were final tests to determine th^ qualities of Brother Casimlr's bullet proof cloth. The intentor demonstrated his own faith in the invention'by giving his own body for a target. The bullets were of calibers from 32 to 44, and all were fired from a distance of ten paefs. Regulation, revolvei* cartridges were used. Brother Casimir thinks his thoroughly alive an4 healthy condition ought to be sufficient pro»f of his claim to having invented the first genuinely successful bullet proof fabric. The-cloth of Dowe and other Europeans hat proved valueless.

Ever since (Starter H. Harrison w»a assassinated by Prendergast, Brother Casimir has been at work on this idea. Every moment that could be spared from his regular duties as a "member of the-Roman Catholic Order of Resurrectionists was given to the effort of producing a -fabric which should withstand the impact of a bullet. He felt certain he had succeeded, but gained but little? encouragement until Dr. L. C. Borland became interested in bis work. Ther, tests were made in the usual way—by the use of cadavers and animals as. targets. Of the results of those tests the public has been told, '.si \lAia

inches in size,

so it came altjout on a level with "a manV breast. The cloth was firmly fixed, of course, so it •e6tif(3 -not be torn looser* the object beingi'RP.WS^Ke hutiian td^get lean against the fabric, .'bringing the cloth as closely in contftctv-.^ith his body as if it were his coat ot vest. POLICE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTED.

Before beginning the tests all the spectators were invited to make an examination of the revolvers and cartridges. This invitation was extended particularly to Sergeant Boyd, who had been sent to the test by the' police department as an expert in firearms.

The first test was made with a Smith Wesson revolver, 32 calibre. Brother Casi-' mir took his place at the target with hisbreast pressed firmly against the fabfic. Besides the bullet proof cloth, his breast had no covering except an ordinary garb of the Order of Resurrectionists. Sergeant Webb handled the revolver, taking aim from a distance of only ten paces. The spectators were breathless as he pulled the trigger.

There was a flash, a report and Brother Casimir stepped from behind the shield with a smile and picked up the bullet froni where it had fallen at his feet. The cloth showed an an indentation where it had been hit, "but there wis ^ifd sign of break in it. Brother Cisimir sgfd'lfc felt no pain further than a slighV'sling'ffig Sensation as the bullet struck his breast. It was so nearly painless that he was eager^foi' a second trial. jij^T STING.

,V'

ie he~of success, in view

of what he has now discovered, that he has already made arrangements to go to Europe to introduce the invention to the continental powers.

Brother Casimir says his fabric to withstand the steel bullet is practically perfect already. Tests with a new Krag-Jorgensen rifle will be made within a couple of weeks at Fort Sheridan, just as soon as his friend. Dr. Borland, returns from his vacation. Then he is going Europe. Lieuienaiu Stanislas de Korwin Sarnecki, late of she Austrian £.rnjy &nd on a trip to Chici^o to study this bulie'i proof cloth will go with Brother Scgien as his business representative. They, will sail from New York August 15th. Thei they believe it will enly be a matter of a short time until the Zeglen bullet proof cloth

40, Missouri 52. Kansas 85, California Marrlatid 111. Virginia 110, Washington 105, has been made a part of the equipment of the G?r=:aa army:

DELEGATES FBMC VUiMS TCESMEET ON IVS8MT mdtllXft

The Sixth Aaaaal OoavwtiM tdteib Conference, United Church—Prognaine of

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Tbe meeting9«re&Mk0 building of tha denoe^nat*n^dyth«*praifr] of' Fourteenth, end ChestHl&Trtfcetjfc following is the programme**^ ^xett&esK

TUESDAY MORNQgQhfiygftfO&i* 7:45. Devotional eiercieaef welcome by Jtftra Sbepheni».JerT^flHatftej Ind. response by JUsa G&fVUdatiSpTkeiiL t-., Center Point,-Ind. receptions TOoi

WEDNESDAY MOBNINGlSBBSION^ 5:30. Sunrise prayer meeting, Jedxbjjto^ r*CIiic*g(,*'July

Rev. J. L. Brandenburg^ Martz„ Ind. 8:30. Devotion. 8:45. Enrollment of delegates^awj ep-j pointment of committees. 9:00. Address, "What Does tJhe Yoixng, People's Movement in the 6hurchf£ignify2" by Miss Lottie Kline, Galton, IllJ 9:30. Paper, "How to Use Our Social Pow^ er in Soul Saving," by P. C. Allen, .Weatfield^ 111. 9:45. One Hour in Our Church, (a.) "ItSj Origin," Robert Brown, Terre Haute, Ind. (b.) "Its Progress," the Rev. J. B. Norveil, Olney, 111. (c.) "Its Distinctive Doctrines," Dr. D. R. Seneff, Westfield, 111. (d.) "Its,:' Future Outlook," the Rev. T. D. Spyke^, Center Point, Ind. 10:45 paper, "How the Young People Are Linked to the Work of the GhurcV' by Ollie Long, Patrlcksbufg, Itfd. 11:00. Adjournement:

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.^'*' '&•?. f, 1:30. Devotion. f3 1:45. Reports from local societies, J2:30. Paper, "The Pastor's Place and Power With Young People," by Ira Andrews, New Goshen, Ind. Discussion. 3:00. Address, "The Young People's Society and Our College," by Prof. C. E. Bige low, Westfield, 111. Discussion. 3:30. Paper, "The Young People's Reading Course," by the Rev. L. H. Cooley, Par-, is,,JUlc Parliament. 4:15, Paper, "The Christian Stewardship Movement," by the Rev. E. H. Shuey, Terre Ha$te, Ind. 4:45. Paper, "The Exaltation of Christ in Individual Life," by Miss TelUl&fc flJJbiXison^ Cloy^pland, Ind.

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5\do„ "Adjournment. WEDNESDAY EVBNIN^v Address by the Rev. Wm. M. Bell

7:45.

General Mission Secretary",^Day-

D. D., ton, O.

•JHURSDAY

XMORNING

8:00. Half Hour at the FountaiCp,'«d Tjy the Rev. W.' C. Adams, Prairieton,-Ind:' 8:30. Paper, "Characteristics of a Good Society," by Miss Iris Henderson, Paris, 111. Discussion. 8:50. Presentation of questions ebneerning special' difficulties In society work in charge of the Rev. A. D. Markley, Terre Haute, Ind. 9:20. Paper, "How Should Young People Keep the Sabbath?" by Fred Muchler, Center Point, Ind. Discussion. 9:45. Address, "Christian Citizenship, by"therRSv. S. E. Long, Ca&ey, III. *.

The inducement of po\Ver frofh on/

high, our greatest Adjournement. I ..Wi THURSDAY AFTERNOON. jmi 1:30. Devotion. 1:45. "The Junior Society, Its Place and Importance," by the Rev. J. C. Fowler, Metropolis City, 111. Parliament. 2:15. "How We Manage Our Junior Society," by junior superintendent. 2:45. Junior rally, music, addje$s?s by juniors and others. 4:00. Business—Reports of brajttc^qrpe,? sponding secretary and treasurpr.t^^prta of committees. Election of offlqesg. fkiiscellianeous business.

Adjournment. cr THURSDAY EVENIN&. siy. 7:45. Address by the Rev. J. E. Shannon, pastor First U. B. Church, Indianapolis, Ind. tClosing consecration* and personal blessing service.

Following are the officers": President—The Rev. J. B. Connett, West-field^-AM-

Vice." President—The Rev. T. E. Foreman, Sullivan, Ind. Corresponding Secretary—Burton Dimmicfc, Terra Haute, Ind.

Recording Secretary—Lizzie Sheets, Vermillion, 111. Treasurer—P. C. Allen, Westfield, 111.

COAL PRICES GO HIGHER.

Cleveland People Panic-Stri,cken Over the Sirike. Cleveland, July 10.—The Cleveland coal market is in a condition of panic. The wholesale price went skyward today and tonight no one knows what the price of coai is. Dealers have been making hay while the sun shines. Prices ranged from 40 to 100 per cent h/.gher than normal. There is no fixed price for coal, everybody selling for what he cab get, and ton upon ton changed hands. The Cleveland, Canton & Southern Road is one of the few institutions refusing to sell. They have a three months' supply, and with prices quoted at a round 100 per cent above what thefy were fortiyeight hours ago, the road refused to dispose of a single car of this coal.

The current wholesale prices of coal under ordinary conditions are: Lump, 60 cents per ton, run of mine, $1.40 to $1.45 per ton nut, $130 to $1.35 per ton slack, $1.10 per. ton: These prices have in almost every instance advanced at least 50 per cent and in many cases have gone up a full 100 per cent. In one case West Virginia coal, which ordinarily wholesales at about $1.30 per ton, was sold at $2.50 per ton.

An apparent inconsistency found in thq fact that retail prices have undergone practically no change. There is but little demand yet in the retail trade, inasmuch as customers use Massillon coal, and- all have a sufficient supply for temporary needs.

Retail .trade is at a standstill. By the JumprJja j*ates

today

-coal

There

cause

be stated that

there, is no difference now between the prices of Ohio and Pennsylvania coal, The railroad companies are pqt seizing as much

as they did early ia the sU-ike,

(are

two reasons for this. One is be

there is not as much to seize, aad the other-because the consignees are watching every?ear load that is sent to them, thus precluding, possibility of confiscation. A Big Four

Engine hauling three car loads of coal dropped the coal cars on the Cleveland, Canton Southern tracks in the switch yard this afternoon, intending to return for them in a ffew mimes. When the Big Four engine returned *to get

the

coal noshing could be

seen ot the latter. The Cleveland, 'Canton & Southern fcsd "seize:! he coal cars. There here teen about a .dtnen car loads seised today.'

Tee thamfoer of commerce reported today a big decrease in the receljff of coal. The receipts by rail for the first four days of the current week were 24,761 "tons, as "gainst 58.769 tons during the corresponding' days bi

chfeaafts by «er *he

«d*ywo£ the current week aggregated feUCC! tou^as agjBnst 24,933 tens during the •M jperiod last week.

Cleveland operators are apprehensive, and yor the int *ime there Iras a strong, among those who own mines jfti of arbitrating the great' strugglev%atl fnnyjQkcturers, too, have ceased to (yonceal thelmanxiety, and want the strikes ended. Anot&er week will throw the •maijtifacturers iBto state of consternation.

Operators and manufactures will await «tp great interesMfce yitoQms of the march 'O^i^&aniner^tomo^rojKMBflCthe New York & Otoveiand Gas OMI nines. The des'peraie attempts wMc^bas been made to get

"liiil HI mill ''mill mull I 1 11 bard

.tors^re «tt^&u>ting 4o i&duce their men lout. er» ugHgiiflMu temporarily plyttcusfeainegb 'vAtlwWest Virginia coal jCoaMent i&e commodity -sbig$e**eee i* «reat quantities, but are.decidedly dubia» io#the outtoolc.

VEAR&)COAL FAMINES.

SnerfifCtgiuitic Strike Threatens Many Interests in Chicago. Excitement bordering poDNpanic.was prevalent yesterday among Chicagqfe coal dealers. The larger houses feared/lest they could not supply their regjwlar^customers, while the smaller dealers were reported as breaking their contracts fifebt and left in order to. reap a profit by felling at figures well above the usual prices.

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The coal trade was completely demoralized 'for the time, the dangers of a coal famine among the railroads and manufacturing houses being regarded as having vastly increased during the day. Then came the sensational announcement that the coal bunkers at the pumping stations of the city water works were nearly empty and that there was serious doubts as to whether they could: be replenished in the near future.

Thus, the danger of a water famine was added to the other hardships in prospect for Chicagians as a direct result of the great strike of the soft coal miners throughout the country. Nor was there any hopfe entertained by the railroad managers and local dealers that the acute crisis was near an end. Advices received by the firm of Deering'fc McWade and many other dealers from Springfield and other parts farther south in Illinois, as well as from West Virginia, left little doubt but that by the first of next week'every coal miner in those two states and in Louisiana would have, joined the a 7

The serious crisis, in so far "as th& water supply of the city was concerned, was temporarily averted by Commissioner McGann and City Engineer Ericson. On account ef the shortage of ccal it was feared for a time that every pumping station in the city would 'have to be shut down indefinitely until a supply of fuel could be found. Such a catastrophe would have meant appalling disaster to Chicago. With the entire water supply cut off for days during such torrid weather as Chicago has suffered for the pa3t week the death list would have jumped as high as the mercury and as rapid. Factories and mills would have suspended operation^ and business would practically have come to a standstill.

Meanwhile the prices of bituminous coal have gone skyward. The following table shows the advance in three leading lines during the week: '. Saturday. Friday. Monday, Illinois ....$3.C0 $2.55 ,-*1.36 West Virginia ... 3.75 2.SO 2.25 Brazilian Block.. 3.00 2.60 1.D5

But the fact is soft coal could not be purchased at any price by small manufacturers in Chicago yesterday. Hardly any coal was coming in and unless the strike ends at once many factories in Chicago will have to shut down early in the coming week for want of fuel.

At the offices of W. P." Rend, who is now in Pittsburg attempting to procure a settlement between the strikers and the employers, the outlook was not regarded as hopeful. Manager J. A. Johnson said: "It is next to impossible to get soft coa! in the stock yards district now. The manufacturing concerns that use oil may get along after a fashion,' but the others are liable to suffer by the middle of next week, kany of them may have to shut down by Wednesday unless the situation undergoes an immediate change for the better. There is not much soft coal in Chicago just now and the man who has any considerable stock for sale can make a small fortune if he ha3 no heavy outstanding contracts."

Tennessee Miners Ask For AssUtanc. Sellico, Tenn., July 11.—There is great destitution atnong the miners in this* region, many of them having lfrge families and not knowing where tlie next meat is coming from. Relief committees recently sent abroad to get help have returned and report that they "had met With poor success. Committees are to be sent to the east Tennessee districts in the hope that 3-ld may be had while it is sorely needed. There does not seem to be the slightest prospect for an amicable adjustment of the wage question. The men have had but little work for nearly two years, ...

Chicago Dealer* Huntllng For Coal. Milwaukee, July 11.—That the miners' strike is already showing its effect is evidenced by the fact that Chicago dealers are trying to buy coal in this city to fill their contracts. The supply of soft coal in this city on hand now will last Dut ninety days. The demand for coal Is so great that prices' are nearly doubled. The railroads are^ uneasy over the situation.

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fiipecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, July 10'.—Senator Fairbanks is in receipt of advices from Indianapolis to the effect that it is vital to important interests in that city that-the Mills amendment, putting an internal revenue tax of 20 cents a pack on playing cards, be killed in conference. For the information of parties concerned, it may be stated that the amendment was permitted to be adopted with the understanding that it was to be eliminated when the bill went to the conference committee, that being the easiest way out of a controversy that threatened considerable delay. No one seriously believed that the amendment carried any weight or would be made a part of the law1. It was absurd on its face, and was so understood. However, it may be remarked, in this connection, that Senator Fairbanks and Representative Overstreet will explain matters to the committee and thereby prevent any possibility of the ridiculous amendment receiving a favorable report. It 'is a very serious matter to the American manufacturers of playing cards, but in congress it is regarded as a joke.

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f'niuil t* '•li-hlmlleff. NTew Vi-i'k, Jnly 11.—Count Boniface De Castellanc, who married Anna Gould, has been blackballed by the Jockey CJub Of Paris. One blackball is sufficient to exclude, but no less than 2S8 were counted in the vote On hie application for membership. Mis younger brother, who was put up for membership at the some timet, wac elected.

The al&rmute increase in 11sc 11 umber of deaths which occur as the result of a sargical operation is 'attracting general attention, and ctco&g sentiment against snch methods*-of treatment is developing among the most intelligent classes. It seems that in almost every case for whkS tbfc doctors' treame£t is uniacc4s$fuMbe learned physicians decide at once that an operation most be performed, and the keen blade of the snrgeoft is recklessly resorted to.

Doctors are human, and of conrse are liable to make mistakes, bat their mistakes are too fatal to be indulged in promiscuously, and as so many lives arc sacrificed in this manner, it is bat natural imr the public to believe that half the ^taxations are unnecessary, besides be-1 tag fearfnl risk to human life, even if successful. 'j

It la a positive fact, however, that all operations are not necessary, and that a majority of them arc absolutely undertaken without the slightest cnance of success. The doctors have never been able to cure a blood disease, and a sorgical operation is their Only method of treating deep-seated caees, such aa caacer and scrofulous affections. Asiae from the great danger, an operation," never did and never will cure cancer, a& the disease never fails to return. Can-?. cer is in the blood, and common sense^, teaches anyone that no disease can b®^'.,-. cut from the blood.

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TURNED HIM OUT.

Parents Refuse to Allow Little Eddie Johtl-Jy son to Live at Home. Friday a little weazen-faced boy waa found crying bitterly in the north end of town by one of the patrolmen. His nana was Eddie Johnson, and his father had refused to keep him any longer, asking tha authorities to take charge of him and send him to the reform school. There are two sides of the story, as told by tather

son. Johnson claims the lad is absolutely, Incorrigible and makes life miserable foi his family. And Eddie says that his parents beat and maltreat bim when he Is at home.

Eddie was taken to the jail Saturday aft» ernoon and was brought before Judge Piety for an examination. He v.ac taken into the private office of the court and, surrounded by the lawyers, deputies and reporters,' told his story with no apparent discrepancy. His lot has been a hard one for a 12-year-old lad. though for ttte past year he has been in good bandk. For that length of time he has l^en li' ing with the family of Thomas Stevenson, a wealthy farmer of Otter Creek township. The boy was well taken care of and went to school all the time the term laste.d. He is a .pre- $ cocious child, as his answers to the questions put at him showed. But for some reason he left the kind country home

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The judge asked him whether the SteVeS'-" sons would take him back, and he said they wanted him again. So "Dephty Sheriff Half was instructed to take hirh to the country and: leave him "Withr the 'family, if tlifey wanted him. .„••!-»*

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Lima, O., July 11.—A tornado passed ove» th# oil fields between her*,,and St. Mary's, last night.. Many derricks were blown down, entailing a heavy loss, but no Unfit wjer# lost.

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