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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOÜKXAL, SATURDAY. AUGUST 24. 1901, 3 The Our Fall and Wirter Ikes "Dress Goods," "Woolens," "Underwear," "Men's Furnishings," "Hosiery," "Floor Oilcloths," "Linoleums," "Prints," "Domestics," Arc the largest we have ever shown. Complete Sample Collections, and a very large proportion of the merchandise represented, now in store for any desired delivery. No better representation, or more care fully selected lines to be seen in any market. The lowest prices and most liberal terms. HIBBEN, HOLLWEG & CO IMPORTURS, Dry Goods, Notions, Woolens, Etc. (WHOLESALE INVALID'S RUBBER GOODS Air Beds. Pillow and Chair Cushions. Hospital Rln. Urinals. Bd Pans, Fountain and Bulb Byrlniret. Hot Water liottl's. Stomach Tubs and ßhowtr Hatha. Bath Cablnsts. Wli II. ARMSTRONG) A CO.. BTHIGICAL ISSTIIOICNT MAKERS. 124 and ZZi 8. Meridian strt. Indianapolls. Ind. ELKS PLAYED TIE GAME FIFTIinX OP TUR INDIANAPOLIS BATTERS STRUCK OUT. The Conleat Preceded by the Antic of Peannt Vender Score Was) Fonr to Four. Little attention was paid to the ball game between the Indianapolis and Anderson Elks at Washington Park yesterday after noon durinK the early Innings, as the spec tators were entertained by the antics of the peanut venders, soda sellers and the "bum" policemen. The players also took part in the fun-making, and the first three Innings witnessed several errors. Before the game the Elks pave a Kro tesque parade and attracted Kreat admira tion. There were all kinds of costumes and make-ups. and the Anderson crowd was met at the Union Station with two car riages that had been used when Indiana was first visited by white men. The horses hitched to them bore the names of pome of the fast pacers and trotters, but they were given rto chance to show their speed on down-town streets. This was probably due to the man that had charge of the parade forjrettln: to lubricate the Joints of the old war horses, and also to an order made by Superintendent Qulsley prohibiting the drivers giving the animals free rein. Thero was some disappointment ex pressed at the game because the weather prevented the balloon ascension and para chute leap, but there were other features that added fun to the occasion. Mike Jef ferson and Fred Shepard were attired In policemen's uniforms, and Shepard violated the stringent rules of the Hoard of Safety by walking around with his coat unbut toned. Jefferson first appeared with a gieen lot of whiskers under his chin, but there was a transformation scene, and as a port of his disguise he traded whiskers ulth a Russian Nihilist, found near the park, and played the sleuthhound like a ngular "Nick Carter." The two fly cops arrested many men In the grand stand during the game and escorted them to the refreshment pavilion, whore they were fined drinks for the crowd. Val Karbaoh wore many paths In front of the grand stand attired as an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Marks, and scllipg every thing frm peanuts to small nieces of watermelon. Frank Morrison add-d ;i little grease paint to his face and, with a flaming led coat ami high boots, made h Johnny Hull that captivated the ladies, and he sold rrany baskets of peanuts and pop. part of which were thn-wr at the two cops and Far bach. If. Pritchard pranced through the bleachers and grand stand burdened with h washerwoman's make-up and the frills and ballast peculiar to the sex. Emil 1-Vrtlg pa ceil back and forth In front of the grand stand yelling "Who wants an other package of circus worms?" He was a peanut vender of the post-graduate class. Harry Porter played the monkey while us Schmidt played the organ, ami Harry Jari owitz sold small pieces of ice at the gates as souvenirs of the day. The game ended In a tie 4 to 4 after ten innings of scrappy playing. A charge was made by several of the Indianapolis men that the Anderson team used a "ringer" battery, and there seemed to be Just raup for the rumor, as Morrey struck out fiftfen Indianapolis batters, even Schaut) cutting big holes in the atmosphere four times. N rton. the catcher, also played like a professional, doing good back stop work and running the bases like a Fox. Louis Xewberger umpired the balls and strikes, with Ld Mickey on the bases, wberger's voice was a little wea't, and many remarked that he could not make the walls of a courtrcom ring with such a voice If he used it in roHklng um argument. Iten's eyes were hazy anil he allowed sev eral balls to get by him. His errors wtre largely accountahln for Indianapolis not wlnnli:C. Everything considered, the game was ft, good one, and there wer no hard feelings when the score nded in a tie. Anderson scored two In the first Inning. After Ptckson had lacerated the atmos phere three times Worthlngton drew a ticket to the Initial bag and went to second on a wild throw by o MrK-n. Edwards scored him with a hit. Norton forced Ed wards at second and Charles sent Norton cantering home on a two-bagger. Norton's single and a passed ball scored one for An derson in the third. Indianapolis made one In the first InnlTg on Schaub being hit. a steal and Sourbier's Ingle. Indianapolis scored a trio of tallies tn the third, going one to the good. Ed wards's error, singles by Sourhier and Hauch and Steadman's error did the work. That was the last time th.it Indianapolis f cored, as Morrey allowed but one hit after that Innings. Anderson tied In the seventh on Wnrth Ington's single, two stolen bases and Iten's wild throw. Neither team scored in the Generally fnlr. seat of the Tn(waoM in Boys' Suits is that the seat of the pants goes to the dogs. We've studied the weak points and offer a special brand. Though it Mart reinforced with steel armor plate, still there is strength in the hitherto weak spots. Our Dissolution Sale will start the boy to school several dollars to the good if he takes advantage of it AT THE JOBBERS, EXCLUSIVELY.) tenth inning and the game was called. The score: Indianapolis. A.B. It. II. O. A. E. Donahue, If 4 110 0 0 Munter, cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 Schaub, 3 4 10 15 0 Sourbicr, s 4 12 12 0 Hauch, 2. 4 114 11 Balz, 1 2 0 0 12 1 0 Iten. c 3 0 0 8 2 2 Keevers, rf 3 0 1 3 0 0 O'Brien, p 4 0 0 1 3 2 Totals 32 4 6 30 14 5 Anderson. A.B. H. II. O. A. E. Dickson, 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 Worthlngton. 2 4 2 1 5 2 0 Edwards, 1 4 0 14 0 1 Norton, c 5 2 2 15 3 0 Charles, rf 5 0 12 10 Steadman. s 4 0 1 0 0 1 'I rueblood, cf 5 0 0 0 .0 0 Teepe, If 4 0 0 1 0 0 Morrey, p 4 0 1 0 3 1 Totals 33 4 7 30 10 3 Score by innings: Indianapolis 1 03000000 04 Anderson 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 04 liases on Balls Off O'Brien, 4; off Mor rey, 4. Struck Out By O'Brien. 9: by Morrey, 15. Mit by Pitcher By O'Brien, 1; by Mor rey, 2. Two-base Hits Charles, Steadman. Sacrifice Mit Munter. Double Plays Steadman to Edwards; Norton to Worthlngton. Stolen Bases Schaub, Sourbler (2). "Worthlngton (2), Edwards, Norton t2. Passed Balls Hen, 4. Left on Bases Indianapolis, 5; Ander son. 9. Umpires Newbergcr and Illckey. Time 2:15. Attendance 1,200. Colored Gun Club, The Indianapolis Colored IJun Club was organized last night at No. 220 Indiana ave nue. Five hundred dollars In stock was subscribed to the fund for the purchase of grounds and the erection of a clubhouse. The following officers were elected: Pres ident, C. II. Lanier; vice president. El wood Knox; secretary, W. V. Waiden; treasurer, John T. Smith. ANOTHER WARNING. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) the epergne designed by Emperor William as a present for King Edward. Royal Yacht Ophlr Leaven Cape Torrn. CAPE TOWN, Aug. S. The royal yacht Ophir, with the Duke and Duchess of Corn wall and York on board, sailed to-day for the Island of Ascension. The Canadian tour of the duke and duchess Is timed to end Oct. 21, when the voyage toward Eng land will begin. American Coal Preferred. RIO DE JANEIRO. Aug. 23. The Royal Mail Steamship Company's steamer Nile has bought a supply of American coal here In preference to the Cardiff coal sold by the company's own agents. This Is the first" in stance of the kind in the history of the company. Ilraslllan Depntle Mobbed. RIO DE JANEIRO. Aug. 23. The depu tes supporting the administration were at tacked yesterday evening by a moh on leaving the legislative chamber. One dep uty was injured and Feveral arrests were made. Other disturbances were imminent. Cable Note. The Marquis Ho has abandoned his pro posed American tour. The celebrated Swedish poet and com poser. Otir.tier Wenerherg 1 dead. Me was born Oct. 2. 1M7. According to a dispatch to the London Daily Mall from Simla. India, thirteen inches of rain have fallen there during the last three days. It is seml-offlclftlly announced at Berlin that the Czar, in an autograph letter, defi nitely accepted Emperor William s invita tion to attend the naval maneuvers at Pantzig. The Russian government has decided to continue the state of siege in Moscow prov ince for another year. Otherwise it would expire Sept. 7. This indicates that the po litical situation is still serious. The Iiondon Daily Chronicle has obtained from Lord Rothschild a denial of any con nection with or knowledge of the reported American copper trust. "Mv firm has no copper mines." he is reported to have said, "and I never heard before of Senator Clark." "Three thov?ar.d laboters ruar.iged n constructing a bT;.r.ch of the Southern Railway from Prengels to Bahai Bianca have gone o;i rrrlke, alleging that Ihelr wages are in arrears." says a dispatch to the London Times from iiveno Ayres. "Most of the met' are armed and they h.wv as.umea a menacing attitude. The govern ment has ordered troops to the scene." The Ixvn'lon Times. In an article review ing the history of the Ruso-Amertcan tariff dispute, and Russia's refusal to re gard the maximum price of sugar In the home market as a bounty, says: "Is not Russia's draslc action against the Fnlted States a most forcible expression of her determination not to yield a single point to the bounty-giving nations, which have been paving the way for a successful issue of the sugar conference?" As a result of the strong press campaign against the mt h ds of the court-mart la 1 that tried the ihr.rges against Sergeant .Marten and Sergeant Hlckel. accused of the murder of cavalry Captain Von Krosigk, the (Jetrran military authorities will probably commute to imprisonment the death sentence parsed upon Sergeant Marien. It Is believed that this will be the outcome, eve'i If the whole trial should hot be reopened. TIDE HAS NOV TURNED sett im; mro;ly i the dihec tio. of i:ni.auc;eij trade. Crop Improvement In Central "West and the .Mississippi Valley Una Stayed Depressing Influences. OUTLOOK GENERALLY GOOD SO MEXACIX CLOl'D, EXCEPT THE STEEL WORKERS' STRIKE. Hut for It the Business Forecaster Would Predict Fair Weather for Many Day to Come. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. Bradstrcet.'a to morrow will say: Evidence multiplies that the tide of trade has turned, and that it Is now setting strongly in the direction of an enlarged business at steady or higher prices. Crop Improvement, particularly in the Central West and the Mississippi val ley, has been the mainspring of the more cheerful tone of advices and enlarged trade operations at such cities as Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. Even from the so-called drought-stricken corn belt come advices of a quite satisfactory business. In some Instanees reports being of a larger Jobbing trade than in the corresponding period a year ago. The notable strength of cotton, partly, however, the result of real or assumed crop damage, has been the active feature in the betterment of South ern trade advices. At the great Eastern centers distribution Is going forward in as good, if not better, volume than a year ago. Prices, except for some irregularity in the cereals, have been generally quite steady. Wheat was weak early on increased sup plies afloat, enlarged receipts at the North west and technical market conditions fa voring a, decline, but strengthened later on continued poor crop reports from abroad, fairly large clearances, although' not equal to last week, and general confidence in present or better prices being maintained. Corn has sympathized largely with wheat, though weakening on Its own account on better crop advices from the States east of the Mississippi, where timely rains have fallen. Net changes for the week are slight. Some hog products, particularly lard, have sympathized with the strength of corn. Cotton goods have been rather irregular, but it is to be noted that talk of a reduc tion in wages and a consequent strike in' Fall River has been practically aba' doned, and the close of the week tlnds print cloths firmly held, while other cotton goods are quite steady, though not active at first hands. Wool and wool n goods are strong, the former on active buying by manufac turers and advices that the new clip in the West has been pretty well cleaned up. Boston and Philadelphia alike report activ ity in the market, without, however, any actual advance In prices. Woolen mills are fully employed on fall orders, while a lib eral busmen has been booked for spring delivery. Iron and steel show little change, acces sions to the strikers in the case of the leading tube works of the country having been balanced by the reopening or mills in the Pittsburg district. Tin plates and sheets are scarce and hard to get. and an order for oO.iino boxes at $7 per box was refused this week at Pittsburg. Chicago iron and steel Jobbers are reported be sieged by buyers. Some Western consumers may have to shut down if supplies are not shortly forthcoming. Bessemer billets are very scarce at Pittsburg, and $25 is offered for the next two months delivery. Prices could be shaded if a large order was of ftred. Building material Is quite active, al though t he steel rtrike may affect it at some centers. Lumber stocks are very gen erally small and full prices are obtained for destrable lots. Sugar Is lower and rather irregular, but the decline In this pioduct and in flour and tin are the only important decreases noted for the week. The leather and kindred trades are active at most markets. Shoe machinery is fully employed on fall orders, and sample orders for spring delivery are coming in freely. Wheat. Including flour, exports for the week aggregate 6.X0,f bu, as against J,03f, 7M last week (.the record total, and 2,G:i5, Ifix in the same week last year. Wheat exports from July 1 to date (eight weeks), aggregate 50.H79.32l bu, against 22.ß4ö,it4 last season. Corn exports aggregate 523. s3 bu. against 5oS,S07 last week and .3.433,375 last year. July 1 to date exports are y.751,051 bu. against 25.1iil,724 last season. Business troubles show no increase, the failures for the week numbering 1G2. as against 178 last week, 135 in this week a year ago, 154 in lbW, 172 in 1S9S and 210 in 1897. DIN fc CO.'S REVIEW. Only CJreat Drawback to Cnntlnned Prosperity I the Strike. NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-R. O. Dun & Co.'a weekly review of trade to-morrow will sty: "Though there are some drawbacks, nota bly the labor troubles In the iron and steel industry, business Is of well-sustained vol ume, to which facts payments through the country's clearing bouses, railroad i rn lngs and the strength of prices of staple and partly manufactured merchandise offer ample testimony. Except in certain branches of the textile markets, sellers of merchandise have an advantage over buy ers and distribution is as large as stocks will permit. "The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers succeeded In enlisting the sympathy of other workmen, with the result that the output of merchant bar and wire rods Is curtailed to the extent of about e'.Oou tons monthly. Beyond this defection w age e arne rs la allied branches of the steel Industry have refused to break their contracts. Many idle mills resumed during the past week, and even in the tin plate region there is a moderate output, i'lates have beyrun to arrive from abroad and prices In the London market sharply advanced. Hoop and sheet mills Increase production daily and there Is no loss In tne rail division, but some anxiety is felt re garding supplies of cotton ties, as the pick ing season has begun in many States. De creased consumption tends to weaken pig iron and tin Is similarly affected. "Exceptional activity Is still the rule at shoe shops ami prices to continue for some months. Old orders are being idled as rap idly as possible and shipments from fac tories show a steady Incre ase over last year of about 3rt per cent. One of the most satis factory siRiis is the evldep.ee that little summer stocks will have to be carried over. Sole leather continues remarkably strong, union backs gaining another cent, while there is a splendid demand for hemlock, both for uomestle use and export. Belting butts advanced and kangaroo leather is much higher. Hides are without change in price and selling freely. Slightly better terms asked for stnple woolen and worsted goods In no way dimin ished the volume of sales, and the light weight season promises to be one of ac tivity. In heavy weights there Is also noticed greater Interest on the part of buy ers than is customary at this late date These imprrved conditions in tne "manu facture give a firm tone to raw wool. -spite the heavy arrivals at Eastern markets of the new clip. After a season of dullness at e a pound, cotton suddenly developed considerable ani mation and strength. The chief influence was unsatisfactory weather in Texas, al though there was also aid in the specula tive market from covering of the large short Interest outstanding. Liverpool quickly responded to better prlo s here. There was further support in the falluie of an agreement regarding wage reduction at Fall River, as a strike would assuredly have followed and consumption of the raw material bern materially curtailed. Sales of print cloths have increased in the latt few days and prices rose, re-lleving the situ ation, but It may be found necessary to reduce the output by partial stoppage of wheels. Other lines of rot tons have- en Joyed more activity, and o"caion'i I ad vances In quotations are reported. Decided Interest is shown in fall goods, the job bing trade being well occupied. In lines ex ported to China there Is a fair movement. (Jraln quotations eased off somewhat dur ing the week, though the net decline was small. Corn Is still close to the highest price since 1W. even with a host of Im portant influences militating against such Inflated figures. Weather conditions stead ily Improve, making the outlook bright for late planted corn. Foreign customers have been driven away by exorbitant prices, to the benefit of Russia and Argentina. At lanltc exports for three weeks aggregated only H;2.5tf bu. against 7.63C.54S bu lad year and 12.720.027 bu two years aco. Mean while interior receipts steadily exceed those of a year ago. Indicating that farmers have large stocks carried over from previous excessive yields. Nevertheless, prices re main above GOc. Slight reaction in wheat Is explained by the decrease in Atlantic shipments to 4.833.745 bu, Rgalnst 7.3Ö2.S26 bu In the previous week. Compared with the exports of 1.670.S17 bu last year, and 2.70S.SS7 bu two years ago. however, there appears a phenomenal gain. Pacific exports are still retarded by labor troubles, and the movement will be striking, once started. Failures for the week number 205 in the Fnlted States, against 171 last year, and 35 In Canada, against 20 last year. TORTURED BY ROBBERS. Family of Six Threatened and Sixty Dollars Secnred. FINDLAY, O., Aug. 23. Five masked men ei.tered the home of Philip Stiles, near Dcshler, Thursday night, and after tor turing and threatening the entire family of six persons for four hours, departed with $60 in cash. Bloodhounds were put on their trail and it is expected arrests will be made by to-morrow morning. C. W. NORDSTROM HANGED CniED AND WAS CAItltlED TO THE GALLOWS TIED TO A BOARD. Killed William Mason In 1R91 and Fought for Life In the Courts for Over JVlne Years. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 23. Charles W. Nordstrom was hanged this morning for the murder, Nov. 27, 1891. of William Ma son. From early morning the condemned man seemed to fully realize his position and while ministers and members of the Salvation Army prayed with him he wept bitterly. Shortly after 9:30 o'clock Nord strom was brought Into the execution room. It required the assistance of four men to keep him on his feet. When he was taken into the presence of the scaffold he broke down entirely, crying and praying that his life be spared. He collapsed en tirely and fell to the floor. Efforts to raise him and keep him on his feet were fruit less, and at last Sheriff Cudahee ordered that a board be brought. To this Nord strom was tied. The six men then, with great effort, succeeded in getting him on to the Hat trap. There he was stood up right, four men standing on the four sides of the trap and holding him. In less than two seconds after the condemned man was in place the trap was sprung and Nord strom had paid the penalty of his crim. Nordstrom was pronounced dead in thir teen minutes. The Nordstrom case Is a celebrated one, having been fought back and forth in the courts for nine years. During that time the condemned man managed to escape the gallows several times for one reason or an other. Nordstrom worked, during the fall of lN!d, for Thomas Mason, a rancher, near Cedar mountain, in this county. He had a dispute about the amount of wages due him. The sum Involved was J3.S5. On the night of the murder. Nov. 27, William Ma son was sitting down to supper with his father. Some one fired a shot from outside the window. Young Mason pitched forward and died in a short time. Investigation showed the prints of the murderer's feet as he had stood beside a fence corner and rested his ride on the top rail. The next day officers took up the chase. The mur derer was tracked over a long stretch of country. Several days later Nordstrom, with a Winchester rifle of the same caliber with which the victim was murdered, was ar rested on the railroad track near Cedar mountain. He told conflicting stories. On trial he was convicted. The case was ap pealed to the Supreme Court of this State, which refused to grant a new trial. Col. Hamilton Lewis became associate counsel in the case. He fought the case in the Fed eral Court on a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied. He carried the matter to the Supreme Court of the United States and lost his case. He then went to the Su perior Court of Kings county and asked for a commission of physicians to examine into the mental condition of Nordstrom. This was granted. The doctors pronounced the man sane. Lewis demanded a Jury trial as to Nordstrom's sanity. The Su perior Court denied this. In the Supreme Court of this State Lewis's appeal of this question was overruled. Then Iewls car ried this to the Supreme Court of the Fnited States, and he also applied to the Federal Court for a writ of habeas corpus on the strength of the insanity proceed ings. The Federal Court refused tne writ. Ivewis carried this to the Supreme Court of the Fnlted States also. He was over ruled in both cases. Since then Lewis has applied to Federal and Supreme Courts for a stay of proceedings, and been refused. The entire litigation has taken nine years. Lewis, last night, In spite of his announce ment the other day that he had left the case, was out of the city looking for a writ of prohibition from some Supreme Court Justice. The Governor refused to in terfere. End of a Nejgro Mnrdcrer. BALTIMORE, Md.. Aug. 23.-John H. Butler, a negro, was hanged In the jail yard here at 10 o'clock this morning. But ler killed his wife. Lavinla. last October, by beating her with a cobblestone. He has always denied his guilt and several attempts have been made to have his sen tence commuted on the grounds that he was insane. He was prominent as a Re publican politician. Confessed on the Scaffold. ROANOKE, Va., Aug. 23. John Fugate, a negro twenty-one years of age, was hanged at Wise, Va., to-day for the mur der, near Tom's Creek. Va.. on June 6. of Martha Wells, a colored woman. The drop fell at 1:37 p. m.. and Fugate, was dead In nine minutes. Fugate displayed great nerve on the scaffold, confessing his guilt. For Assfiilt Iiir; a (ilrl. TAMPA, Fla.. Aug. 23. -J. M. Mercer, convicted last May of assaulting Jessie Taylor, a little girl, was hanged here at noon to-day. His neck was broken by the fall. He died declaring his innocence. His last words were a request that his wife be taken care of. DIED IN A BATHTUB. J. "YV. Lynll, n Wealthy Manufacturer and Inventor, Demi, NEW YORK. Aug. 23.-James W. Lyall. sixty-three years of age, a wealthy manu facturer of cotton goods, was found dead to-day In the bathtub at his home. In this city, with the gas turned on. The theory of the family is that Mr. Lyall had been overcome by faintness and fell, striking the gas bracket in falling, and so turned on the gas. They say he had no reason to commit suicide so far as they know. Mr. Lyall was the inventor of what is known as the positive-motion loom, which largely revolutionized the manufacture of cotton goods, a contrivance for compress ing the cotton on the shuttles, and various improvements and devices which have been widely used in the cotton-goods industry. Samuel J. Wlllett, Sr. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Aug. 23.-Samuel J. Willett, sr.. a prominent business man and KnUht Templar of this city, is at the point of death. Mr. IlecKbam tiiniiiK Strenicth. FRANKFORT. Ky.. Aug. 23. The phy slcians in attendance on Mrs. Beckham, wife of Governor Beckham, are now hope fid for the recovery of their patient. Her temparature has been reduced to and she is regaining strength from fitful naps which she had at intervals during to-day. Have you sen Mrs. Austin's new dres? SARATOGA NEXT YEAR II A It ASSOCIATION ADJOtllS TO MEET IX THE EAST IX 11K. V. 31. Rose Elected President and Sam uel O. Pickens Vice Presi dent for Indiana. BANQUET IN THE EVENING AT WHICH JIDCiE TOWXSEM) RE PLIED TO MR. L1TTLEFIELD. Decisions of Supreme Cnnrt In the In sular Cases I'pheld Officers of the Negro Business League. DENVER, Aug. 23. The American Bar Association to-day elected the following of ficers: President, U. M. Rose, Little Rock, Ark.; secretary, John Hinkley, Baltimore; treasurer, Francis Rawle, Philadelphia. Among the vice presidents is Samuel O. Pickens, of Indiana. The following executive committee was chosen: U. M. Rose, president, ex officio; Edmund Wetmore, retiring president, ex officio; Joh'.i Hinkley, secretary, ex officio; Francis Eawje, treasurer, ex officio; Wil liam A. Ketcham, Indianapolis; Henry St. George Tucker, Lexington, Va.; Charles F. Libby, Portland, Me.; Rodney A. Mercer, Towanda, Pa., and James Hagerman, St. Louis, Mo. The report of the committee on John Marshall day was read by Henry E. Davis, of Washington. The report told of the various exercises over the country In cele bration of the centennial of the birth of the "great judge." The action of the general council favoring a constitutional amend ment admitting women to membership was indorsed. The next convention will be held at Saratoga next year. After a brief address by President-elect Rose the convention adjourned sina die. The annual dinner to-night was attended by most of the members of the association in the city. A large number of toasts wore responded to. W. U. Hensel, of Pennsyl vania, was toastmaster. The most notable response was by' Judge Wm. K. Townsend. of the United States District Court, New Haven, Conn., who originally decided the Porto Rican tariff cases, the decision of which by the Supreme Court has caused much comment. In his address to-night he said: "Mr. Chairman: I was greatly Interested yesterday In the satirical, though forceful, address of the eminent gentleman from Maine. I honor his courage, ability and Independence, but, sir, I listened in vain throughout the entire address for any statement of law or fact to support his as sertion that the efecislon of the Supreme Court was contrary to precedent and au thority. From the time of the Louisiana purchase, in 1S03, down to the treaty of Spain, In 1S9S. the treaty-making power of the government has exercised the right to deal as it saw fit with the status of the inhabitants of ceded territory, and, as Mr. Justice Brown says in his opinion, the statutes passed in pursuance of the Louisi ana purchase, show the view of Congress that a discrimination in favor of foreign vessels trading with the ports of a newly acquired territory is no violation of the clause of our Constitution that declares that no preference shall be given to the ports of one State over those of another. The same practical construction was put upon the Constitution upon the purchase of Florida and in the annexation of Hawaii. "Now, gentlemen, one hundred years ago the Supreme Court of the Fnited States said that contemporaneous construction, especially when long acquiesced In, was very strong, if not controlling, with refer ence to the provisions of the Constitution. Chief Justice Marshall expressly left open the question whether any act of Congress was necessary to Incorporate the Inhabit ants of newly acquired territory. . For one hundred years we have acted upon the theory that such an act of Congress was necessary, that the imposition of differ ent rates of duty was not in violation of the Constitution and in our civil war we stamped out the heresy that the Constitu tion 'followed the flag. And so, gentlemen, 1 rejoice in this great decision of the Su preme Court that the framers of the Con stitution must have Intended that this country should come forth born as a crip ple Into the family of nations, but that she should possess all the essential attributes of society which would enable her to govern her possessions according to the best Interests of the American people and subject only to those prohibitive provi sions of the Constitution which guarantee protection against interference with na tional rights. - - NEGRO nt'SINESS LEAGUE. Closing Session Devoted tu Addresses and Election of Officers. CHICAGO. Aug. 23. The closing session of the National Negro Business League was held here to-lay. A telegram from Pres ident McKinley, received to-day by Booker T. Washington, expressing the President's interest in the organization, was read aloud ar.d received with cheers. Among the speakers to clay were J. C. Napier, of Nashville, Tenn., on real estate; J. H. Smiley, of Chicago, and E. W. Trower, of Philadelphia, on catering. The last speaker was S. L. Davis, mayor of the negro town of Hobson City. Ala., on "The Building of a Negro Town." The following effioers were elected: Pres ident, Booker T. Washington. Tuskegee, Ala.; first vice president. Giles B. Jackson, Richmond. Va.; second vice president, Mrs. M. A. Robinson. St. Louis; third vice pres loent. Charles Bank. Flarksdale, Miss.; re cording secretary, E. E. Cooper. Washing ton. D. C: corresj ondlng secretary. Emmet J. Scott. Tuskegee, Ala.; treasurer. CJilbert C. Harris, Pennsylvania: compiler, S. Laing Williams. Chicago; registrar. P. J. Smith. Boston: executive ccmmlttee, I. T. Thomas Fortune, chairman. New otk; Dr. 0. a. Courtney, Boston; T. W. Jones, rhicago; George E. Jones. Little Rock: N. T. Veiar, Ilrinton. Pa.; W. E. Taylor. Richmond, Va ; T. A. Brown, San Francisco; J. C. Napier, Nashville, Tenn.; M. M. Lewey, Pensa cola, Fla. Lea uru e of Municipalities. JAMESTOWN. N. Y., Aug. 23. Lawrence Purdy, secretary of the New York Tax Re form Association, addressed the League of American Municipalities here to-day on local option in taxation. An address by Major Samuel M. Jones, of Toledo, on "Political Liberty," closed the convention, which will meet next year at Grand Rapids. Mich. The following officers were elected: I'resident, Mayor Charles Ashley, of New Bedford. Mass.: vice presidents. Mayor J. A. Smith, of Charleston, S. C; Richard J. Barr, of Joliet, III.; Mayor James M. Head, of Nashville. Tenn.; secre tary, John M. McKiver, of Des Moines, la.; treasurer, Thomas P. -Taylor, of Bridge port. Conn.; trustees. Mayor Thomas G. Hayes, of Baltimore; Mayor John Arbuth not, of Winnipeg; Moyar Harbison, of Hartford. Conn.: N. S. Parkhurst. of Gloversville. N. Y., and P. H. Gumming-?, of Fargo, N. D. Hoo-lloos to See the Snnrk nt HuiTalo. NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Aug. 23. The tenth annual session of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoos his been called to meet at Norfolk. Va., on the Oth of next month. After adjournment the members will pro ceed to Buffal.i. where they will partici pate In the fei!ities of lumbermen's week at the exposition A Desperat Prisoner. PITTSF1ELD. Mass.. Aug. 23. Daniel Lcary, alias Michael Webb, of West Phila delphia, a prisoner at the Berkshire countv jail, under indwirrent for killing Warden Fuller, of the Hor.se of Correction, with a maul, made a vicious assault to-day on Officers Carley and Smith with an iron window pole. The prisoner was overpow ered. He received five scalp wounds from the officers clubs. ' Leary is to have a hearing Sept. 3 for the murder of the warden, and will be kept in close confine ment until that time. DELUDED HARVESTERS. Thejr Were Promised Work, at Good Wanes nnd Received Neither. WINNIPE'3. Man.. Aug. 23. Winnipeg Is in a state of turn oil. due to the presence of several thousand angry harvesters, who claim they were brought here from every part of eastern Canada under the promise of big wages and employment for several months. About CuO who came here from Minnesota and Lakota say if they are not given work or free transportation to the States they will appeal to the American ccnsul. The situation has caused no end of worry to the provincial government. WOMAN SHOT BY A NEGRO. First Assaulted by the Black Fiend, Who Also Tried to Kill a Roy. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. Aug. 23. Mrs. Charles Williams, wife of a prominent farmer of Franklin county, Tennessee, was shot and killed to-day by Henry Noles, a negro, who attempted to commit an assault on her. After assaulting Mrs. Williams the negro fired on her' little son. grazing his head. Sheriff Stewart and a posse, with two bloodhounds, are in pursuit of the ne gro. It is thought he will be caught before morning, and it Is possible he will be lynched, as excitement Is very high. Mrs. Williams belonged to one of the oldest and most prominent families in this section of the State. CUT IN FREIGHT RATES. Seven Cents Per One Hundred Pounds from Kansas City to Chicago. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 23.-The commercial agent of the Santa Fe to-day announced that his road will carry all freight on which disposition orders were received be fore evening from here to Chicago for 7 cents per JtH) pounds. The object of the offer is to secure the disposition of loaded cars in the local yards. There were lmj loaded cars of wheat In the Santa Fe yards to-day. It is possible that the Santa Fe will continue this rate openly while wheat shipments continue heavy. The 7-cent rate Is 3 cents under the agreed rate. CONFERENCE HELD. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) states that he lias ample force now in the mill. An order was sent to a restaurant to-day for forty meals to' be' delivered at the mill, but the order was not filled. Feel ing here is strong against the strike break ers. The Lisbon mill employs Soo men. They have been out five weeks. Strikersksay the mill cannot be run nonunion.. Effort to Win South ChlcaKoans. CHICAGO. Aug. 23. Arrangements for a mass meeting of South Chicago Iron work ers next Sunday afternoon were made by Vice President W. C. Davis, of the Amalga mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. Assistant Secretary M. F. TIghc and Trustee John H. Morgan are coming from Pittsburg to make speeches and ex plain the character of the strike. There will be a secret meeting of steel workers, but Vice President Davis has little hope that any action looking to a strike will be taken. Price of Tubing; Advanced. LIMA, O., Aug. 23. The prices of casing, tubing, line and drive pipes were advanced 10 per cent, and prices of smaller pipes 20 per cent, to-day. The advance is the re sult of the scarcity of material caused by the steel strike. Scarcity of stock and the higher prices will have the effect of re tarding drillings. Will Not Strike for Shaffer's Sake. NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Mcmbers of the Building Trades Council of this city said to day that any attempt by President Shaffer to eall on bricklayers or structural iron workers of this city in a sympathetic strike will fail. Machinists Itestrnlned. CHICAGO. Aug. 23. The Allis-Chalmers Company to-day secured an injunction from Judge Kohlsaat, in the united States Court, restraining, tho striking Iron molders and machinists from picketing any of the plants of the company and from Intimidation or showing violence toward any of the non union workmen who are filling their places. The injunction is broad In Its terms, and affects by name a large number of the strikers. Eight lodges of machinists and molders and all their officers are expressly named, and In addition forty-five members of the unions are ordered to obey the in junction. All Mines Xorr Hnnnlng. MATEWAN, W. Va.. Aug. 23. To-day the last mine In the Thacker-Iogan field, where a strike occurred two months ago, was put In operation. All the mines In this field are now running in full with nonunion labor. These mines wire the scene of considerable bloodshed early in the strike. Most of the strikers are now leaving the field. Strike of Butchers. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Aug. 23. 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Iii v ttch was tidying, and he indicated by sign that two men bad gone through his pockets, taking his money and watch, chok ing him and U-ating him in the face. He also indicated. It was thought, that his speetac-Ies bail lwen lost at the time he was u .-vaulted. He had a cut 111 his fore lKHid 1111 the tush about 'the eyes was dlsiolored. He wa asisted by Shaffer to Eschrodt's drug Mere, from which place he was taken to the City Dispensary, where bis wounl wer ore-sed. When Patrolmen Cronin and Jordan saw him earlier in the night they had advised him to return to th- t'nion Station and wait there until the time for his train. How he got on the south side of the tracks is not known. One man told the officers he had seen two men running from the alley where the deaf mute was found, and he thought they had Imarded a train whlca left the station about that time. Students from China. SAN FRANCISCO, Gal., Aug. 23-Slx students In high standing from the Yong t'ollege, at Canton, who arrived . from China several days ago on the steamer Gaelic, have been landed by Chinese bureau officials, and will enter the Univer sity of California, to complete classical and srientifio educations. These students were elected by the Chinese government to study modern American methods with a view of spreading them in their native land. Purchased by a Fertilizer Trust. CHARLOTTE. N. C. Aug. 23. According to a sury published here to-day the plant of lhe Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Com pany has been bought by the- company representing the Virginia-Carolina "Chem ical Company, which has been buying up plants all over the South. The price paid for the plant here Is said to be $42r.i. The plant Is one of the largest in the South, combining oil mill, fertilizer factory and a cotton-batting and wadding mill. Steamer Alene Is Leaking. KINGSTON. Jamaica. Aug. 23. The Ger man steamer Alene, which was in e-olllslon with and sunk the- New York idiot boat James Gordon Bennett off the Scotland lightship Saturday afternoon. Aug. 17, has arrived here. She Is leaking In ronse ejuence of the collision and has a bad rent in her starboard bow. The Alene will be temporarily repaired here. Her sailing for South America has been delayed until Monday. Parmer Arrested for Murder. MIDDLETOWN, Aug. 23. Henry Gephart and bis hon Rolla are under arrest for the murder to-day of Wesley Wells. All ore farmers. The ejuarrel arose over the use by the Gcpharts of a road through Wells farm. Wells looked the gate and H harts broke the loc k. Wells thereupon at tacked them with an ax and they fired on him. They came here and surrendered. Kansas Wants Cool Half Milllosi. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 23. State Aud itor Cole, of Kansas, will undertake to rol le et from the federal government f.VK,fV which the State has paid on account of the Cuantrill raid claims. The annual reunion of ejuantrill's cuerrillas will be held at Blue Springs. Mo.. Sept. 24. There are eighty-six survivors, the best-known of whom Is Frank James. Austrln's er Minister to Mexico. NEW YORK. Aug. 23. Count Gilbert Hohenwert-GerlachM ejn. recently appointed by Emperor Francis Joseph as Austrian minister at the City of Mexico, arrived la New York on the Hamburg-American liner Fuerst Bismarck to-day. The count if the first minister of Austria to Mexico sine) the execution of Rmperor Maximilian. Postmaster Destroys Ills Life. BALTIMORE. O., Aug. 23. Willlara Pi be. postmaster here, and a well-known business man. committed suicide to-night by shooting himself In the head. The post ofTlce Inspector was here to-day examin ing the accounts of the office, but his vitdt Is believed to be mcreiy a coincidence. Killed Three Persons and Fled. COLUMBIA, S. C. Aug. 23.-Sam mow, a negro, shot and killed his wife, his fsth-er-in-law and inother-ln-law near Dawkhis to-day. 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