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INDIANAPOLIS JOUKNAI WKKKLY KSTAHLISUni) 1S23. VOL. I.I XO. 3i4. INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, lOOl TEN PAGES. PRICK 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE. THE R.GA6ET imlihu HIS HEIGATIO SAID TO iik i Tili: PRESIDENT'S HANDS. Pnhllc AnniMinrniifiit "Withheld I'n tll a Suitable Secretary of the Treasury Can He found. HERRICK MAY BE CHOSEN providing .it im;e taft is ot MADE SEC RETARV OF AVAIL Secretary Hay Desirous of Retiring, and -Mr. Hoot May Go to the Mate Department. HENRY C. PAYNE AT HOME iik declines to talk of his pol icy AS A CABINET OFFICII II. Will Leave for Washington In Ttto or Three "Week to Assume the Duties of Postmaster General. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. Secretary of the Treasury Gage has announced to the President his intention of retiring'from the Cabinet. It la understooil in Washington that his written resignation is in the hands of tho President. The public announcement 13 withheld until it may be contemporane ous with the statement of hid successor. It is Intimated that his successor will come from New England, but no name is sug gested. Myron T. Herrlck. of Cleveland, has been Beriously considered by the President f.s a possible successor. He would be greatly pleased If It were politically feasible to honor this close friend of the late President. Mr. Roosevelt also recog nize3 his fitness for this high office, but the fact is forced on the President's mind that within a few months he probably will have as a Cabinet minister Governor Taft, of Ohio. One of the President's political advisers to-night said he was too big a man to leave out of the Cabinet if proper consideration to Roosevelt's renomlnatlon was given. It is not desired to give Ohio two Cabinet places. It is expected that the name of Mr. Gage's successor will be known to-morrow or next day. In connection with the return of Gover nor Taft to this, country some very inter esting gossip is to be heard In Washington, giving probably what is a correct view of the ..Ute Miid war iurlfolius. In the ab kence of a Vice President the secretary of Mate is next in the order of succession. Without indulging in grave apprehension U is to be seen that the appointment of a man to succeed Secretary Hay must ,be more than a matter of personal favor with tho Piesldnt. The Senate would unques tionably demand that it be seriously con Eultod about the occupant of this high of fice under the circumstances. This is not a declaration that the Senate would be dictatorial, but the President understands that foresight and wisdom demand that he take the Republican leaders into his confidence before reaching a conclusion relative to thlo change. It Is unquestionably true that Mr. Hay Is thinking of retiring some time next year. He is worn and tired and feels that he has had enough of public life. Several senators have been informed that it is in the President's mind that it would be good public policy to promote Mr. Root to the first place in the Cabinet and give the war portfolio to Governor Taft. One serious question arises in considering this move. That is the state of Mr. Root's health. It has been very much depleted in the last two years, and while he is in fairly good health now It is known that his vitality is Impoverished and his physical condition is uncertain. The President would undoubt edly give grave thought to this when It should be proposed to place him In office where he would be first in line In the pres idential succession. MR. PAY MI AT MIUVAIKEE. He Will Not Go to Washington I'ntll First Week In January. MILWAUKEE. Doc. 19.-Henry C. Tayne. the newly appointed postmaster general, accompanied by Mrs. Payne, arrived in Milwaukee from the East to-night. Mr. Payne declined to be Interviewed in re gard to his policy as postmaster general, lie said the portfolio was the only one on the list that he would have accepted and that It came to him personally through President Roosevelt. Mr. Payne said that President McKinley had offered him various miss-ions during his incumbency, but none of which he could see his way clear to accept. Mr. Payne will remain in Milwaukee until about the end of the first week of January, when he expects to take hi? departure for Washington. In regard to a statement to the effect that he was ti succeed M. A. Manna as the head of the Republican party of the Na tion Mr. Payne said: "There is nothing whatever in that statement. No man in this Nation will more sincerely rejoice at my appointment than Mr. Ilann.t. There is probably as lose a personal, as well as political, friendship between us as exists between any two men in thv United States. AH this talk of friction between the Presi dent. Mr. Hanna and myself is the sheer est nonsense." ONE CENT A WORD. Cost of nttliiiK "! lie Reduced 1 the Marconi System. ST. JOHNS. N. F.. inc. 19. Governor IJoyle. of Newfoundland. gae a larce luncheon to-day i ri honor of Mr. Marconi. In proposing Mr. Marconi's health Governor Doyle spoke exhaustively of the Inventor's work since his arrival m the colony. Mr. Marconi In reply, after referring to the Important factor in the progress nf civilization which lies In a facility of com munication between different countries lid: "If my syst m of wlreles telegraphy can be commercially established between different parts of the earth, the possibility of whlh I do not in the slightest doubt. It would bring about an enormous cheapen ing of the methods of communication at present existing. The syMem of submarine cables to-day fulfills the demands of com munication to a greit extent, but the great cost of the cables themselves and their heavy working expense causes the existing method to be beyond the rea. h of a majority of people inhabiting the various countries of the world. Could this new method be applied I believe the cost of what we now call cabling to Kn. land might be reduced at least twentyfold. The j resent rates ar, a cent a word I , do nt see why eventuallv with the wir- . i ' . . - - - - - - - - . w ..... I 1 . - - . . WI m. - 1 ..I 1 a 1 . . . 1 jess sjsifiii iiijj cnsi ynf.iui'j noi ue n-uuiru to on cent a word or sess." LONE ROBBER Hold I'p n Missouri Dank and Es- cnpei with About JMMKSO. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Dec. 19.-At noon to-day the bank at Sprlngdale, ten miles from here, was robbed by one man. No one was seen in the bank except the as sistant cashier. The robber drove up to the bank door In a buggy and walked to the cashier's desk before he was noticed. He compelled the assistant cashier to go to the vault and give him all the money, about JT.Oou. While this was taking place a citizen walked into the bank. He was at once covered by the robber's revolver and made to throw up his hands. The robber then hurriedly left the bank, dropping $1,XX) upon the sidewalk. He jumped into his buggy and drove rapidly north. Officers were in pursuit before he was fairly out of town. Two miles out the officers came In sight of him. and he Jumped from the buggy and made his way to a thickly wooded moun tain. Dloodhounds have been put u.on his track, and there Is every assurance of his speedy capture. PROSECUTIONS STOPPED. Probable End of All Anti-Trust Lit I- Kation In Mississippi. JACKSON. Miss., Dec. 10. The action of Attorney General McClurg in dismissing the anti-trust proceedings against the In surance companies operating In Mississippi effectually brings to an end all anti-trust litigation pending in the state couru and renders it likely there will be no further prosecutions under the Cox law passed at the last session of the Legislature until some attempt is made to amend the meas ure so as to render prosecutions more ef fectual. The prosecution of Insurance com panies was Instituted during the adminis tration of Attorney General Nash and has never progressed further than the demurrer stage. There were thirty-one companies named In the original quo warranto decla ration, embracing all having membership in the Southern Tariff Association, which has since permanently withdrawn from business In Mississippi. MR. GAGE TO BANKERS SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY RE ITERATES "WELL-KNOWN VIEWS. Urges Reform In Oar Ranking: and Currency System T. D. Reed Wants a Mixed Currency. NEW YORK, Dec. 19. Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage was the guest of honor and the principal speaker at the an nual banquet of Group Eight of the New York State Bankers' Association, held to night at the Waldorf Astoria. Nearly five hundred members of the association and their guests were present. George F. Daker, president of the First National Bank, was toastmaster. Besides Secretary Gage the speakers were ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed, the Rev. Dr. Donald Sage MacKay, ex Judge Henry E. Howland and Amos Parker Wilder. The toasts to which they respond ed were, respectively: "Business and Legis lation," "The Corporate Conscience and the Men Who Help to Make It," "Lawyers and Financiers" and "The West and the Money Power." It wag 10 o'clock when Mr. Gage arose to speak and he was heartily greeted by the diners. "It is a strange anomaly that, while In nearly every other department of life Improvement Is the Indispensable rule," he said. "In the great field of banking, finance and exchange we go on with an in different regard to the handicap imposed by defective methods and dismiss with lit tle consideration suggestions which, if adopted, would advance society and busi ness affairs in the great economic field of industry and exchange. The evidences of Improvement in all other departments of life are manifest on every hand. Old ma chinery 1 thrown away. "In my late report to Congress," Mr. Gage continued. "1 took occasion to call at tention to the subject of banking and cur rency, to point out what I believe to be de fects In business and to suggest some im provements in each which I believe are ab solutely necessary In order to put us Into safe and strong competitive relations with those better equipped than we are in that system of machinery by which credit ia made as useful as capital, and by which the products of human industry are exchanged for each other. I want to excite in your minds an Interest In the great subject." Mr. Gage then briefly reviewed what he said was his report. "Continuing, tve secretary said: "The weakness of our banking system is in the Isolation and entire separatenest? of the in dividual banks over the country. When a period of distrust or doubt comes over the land there Is a seeking of personal safety through that general instinct of self-preservation which drives men in a confused mass ovsr each other at the cry of 'fire' in tho theater. I ventured to suggest a system of coalition between individual members of the banking community throughout the country into one cewtral institution, with convenient branches in the larger cities. In which all banks should be related or interested according to their individual relative Importance, and which in a certain sense should represent to the banking Interests of the country what the federal government represents In our po litical system. Great prejudice exists. I know, against the aggregation of great wealth In the hands of a few men. Happi ly it is the law of nature that larger gains and better advantages can be secured to aggregated wealth by serving faithfully the common interests than by exploiting the community through a system -f theft and robbery." The secretary urged that there be a re form of the currency system of the Na tion along the lines outlined in his report to Conjrress. and declared that no time was more faorable than the present for the Judicious revision of the laws. He told of the reduction of tho Interest charge of the national debt, and, commenting upon it, said: "The cash under the control of the government Is larger than at any previous time in its history, so large. Indeed, as to cause anxiety in your minds and in the minds of those immediately responsible for government finances. The financial strength of the government is now unsurpassed. Other nations struggling with debt or In volved In the enormous expenditures inci dental to actual war or in th maintenance of great armies look with envious eyes upon the happy condition of this people. But times change, events succeed events, and the brightness of the sun to-day is often obscured by the clouds that arise to-morrow. In periods of strength and prosperity it is the part of wisdom to make provision against possible future periods of stress and strain." Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed followed Mr. Gage. He said in part: "All the dissatis faction with our present currency system seems to be in the West and South. The I-ople down there have all about them great natural resources as capable of pro ducing wealth as those in the East. What they want is the nuans to develop these resources. The trouble with them has been they thought they wanted currency when they really wanted capital. For this reason I believe in a mixed currency. We must remember that a currency founded on gov ernment bonds has received the sanction of forty ytttrs of stump speaking, of which 1 have done my share. The people have been taught that there- was something sacred about this kind of currency. But government bond are slipping away, and the government is becoming a beggar, and something must te done. We must look to the future as well as to the past. But all thanks to Grant. Cleveland and John Shtr inan for an opportunity to discuss these question. The voice of the people after they have made up their minds Is the voice of Gm. 1 want to say to you to-day that in the great problems that f.ice this Nation to-day we shall be fortunate If we get cold, s-nainle. dLsttasfelonata discussion." NOW HE'S SORRY THAT "Hch'o, Santa Taws! My papa des tole me oo is papa tole my mamma tliat the Republicans had got oo muss bing ebberyting! n 1ST00 IIIS ORDERS ENGINEER R LAM ED FOR A SERIOUS RAILWAY COLLISION. Received Instructions to Meet Anoth er Train at a Certain Point, bat Ran Past It. THREE MEN WERE KILLED AND ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE PASSEN GERS RECEIVED INJURIES. Car Destroyed by Fire Another Ac cident by Which a Dozen Pas sengers Were Hurt. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 19. North and south-bound Southern Pacific coast limited trains, running between this city and Los Angeles, came together In a head-on col lision at Uplands early this morning. A fireman, baggageman and express messen ger were killed and twenty-five passengers more or le3s injured, probably not one fa-v tally. The Dead. A. PIIELrS, messenger, Wells, Fargo & Co. W. GARLAND, fireman on south-bound train. THURBER. baggageman. Among the Injured are: JOHN JORDAN, Rochester, N. Y.t bruised on head. GEORGE MEAKER, Bradford, S. D., slightly cut on wrists. A. S. WAKEFIELD, Hiram. O., hand cut. CHARLES WASSON, Tranquility, O., shaken up. MRS. GERTRUDE STEWART. Beller, Col., bruised over eye and neck sprained. Both engines were demolished, and the baggage, smoking and chair cars of the north-bound train were burned. None of the passengers or cars of the south-bound train was injured. The only passengers hurt were those In the smoking and day coaches of the north-bound train. In the smoker were half a dozen Italian laborers. Four of them were badly bruised and scald ed by escaping steam. The accident was due, the railway of ficials say. to the failure of Engineer Cof fey, of the north-bound train, to follow out his orders, which Instructed him to wait at a siding at Uplands until the south bound train passed. Instead of waiting, the train passed the siding at the rate of thirtv miles an hour. Half a mile beyond it ran Into the south-bound, which was coming at an equal rate of speed. Just as the engines came together the crews Jumped for their lives, all escaping except Fireman Garland. Just as he was about to leap the locomotive overturned and he was caught btneath it. The engineers of both trains, before Jumping, reversed their en gines and set the brakes. In the fire which reulted part of the mall and a number of exprtss packages were burned. Among the passengers there happened to be two physicians, and the Injured re ceived prompt attention. On the north bound train there wtre several officials of the Southern Pacific General Manager Agler was on an inspection trip, and had with him R. Koehler. manager of the lines in Oregon, and J. It. Lewis. Superintendent of the Carson & Colorado. Considerable cash was shipped on the Wells-Fargo car. A safe containing bullion Is still in the ruin. The loss to the rail road company is said to be about 540,000. DOZEN PERSONS HURT. Accident on the Plttshnrjr. Bessemer t Lake Erie Road. SHARON. Pa.. Dec. 19. An accident occurred on the Pittsburg, Bessemer & Iake Erie Railroad to-day by which a dozen passenKrs were more or less injured. none, however, fatally. Those most serious ly hurt are: FRANK DAVY, residence not known. Hcalp cut. Injured internally; taken to hos pital at Mercer. GEORGE MAHONKY, Sharon, traveling salesman, legs and left side cut. MRS. ELIZABETH HAYWOOD, of Mer- HE SPOKE, OR, HOW BABY - y - ' i - ' - ' Iff f Wrw. cer, widow of former State Treasurer B. J. Haywood; cut on body, not seriously. There were many persons painfully cut by flying glass and bruised by being thrown against the seats In the car. The accident occurred at Houston Junction, a short dis tance from Mercer. The train was being shifted from a switch to the main line. All the coaches on the train passed safely over the switch except one, a day c-ach. It Jumped the rails, Jolted over the ties a short distance, and Uien- turned comp'etely over, rolling against a locomotive that ws standing on a side track. All the passen gers, were hurled from their seats anl the car was badly wrecked. Accident Ends a Criminal Case. DENISON, Tex., Dec. 19. W. R. Gaines, a fireman on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, was killed this morning at Chocotah, I. T., in a wreck, and a celebrated criminal case was ended. Gainea shot Charles Koch, a brother-in-law, to death. Before Koch was killed he and his wife inherited a large sum of money, Gaines being already well-to-do. Gaines was convicted of the murder of Koch and given a life term. A new trial was secured and Gaines was again given a life sentence, but secured a third trial. The third trial resulted in a hung jurj and the fourth was to have taken place in February. All of Gaines's money and most of his wife's has gone Into fight ing the case and he had to go railroading to earn a livelihood. SENATOR SEWELL WEAK HIS CONDITION LAST NIGHT WAS RE GARDED AS CRITICAL. Death Expected Soon by the Family General Alger 111 and Slay Un dergo an Operation. CAMDEN, N. J., Dec. 19. United States Senator William J. Sewcll's condition is critical, and the members of his family fear dissolution will come soon. Two phy sicians are in constant attendance to-night. Senator Sewell has been in ill health for some time. About two years ago. he broke down from overwork, but soon recovered sufficiently to resume his many duties. He did not entirely recover his health, how ever, and toward the end of the last ses sion of Congress he developed a complica tion of diseases. The senator's physicians realized that he was a very sick man, and advised him to go abroad. He remained in Europe about three months, and when he returned his condition showed no improve ment. After a short stay at his Camden home he went to Asheville. N. C. where he spent two months, and returned to this city about two weeks ago. He has since been confined to his room. At 2:30 a. m. (Friday) Senator Sewell very low. His death may occur at any mo ment, or, as the physicians say, he may linger for several hours. ALGER CRITICALLY ILL. Thc General Suffering from a Severe Attack; of Cinll Stones. DETROIT, Dec. 19. Gen. R. A. Alger, former secretary of war, is suffering from a severe attack of gall stones. A consulta tion of physicians was held to-day and it was decided that unless Oeneral Alger should be considerably improved by to-morrow an operation would be performed to re lieve the trouble. To-night Dr. W. H. Ixmgyear. one of the consulting physicians, reported that the pa tient had been very comfortable the latter part of the day and said that if he con tinued to improve during the night he did not think an operation would be necessary. Asked whether General Alger was In a dan gerous condition, he said: "He is in a crit ical condition, but I do not think it should be called dangerous at present." SENATOR BERRY INJURED. Fell on the Ice While En Route to Ills Home In ArkniiMnn. LEBANON. Mo., Dec. 1?. United States Senator J. H. Börry, of Arkansas, while en route to his home at Bentonville, was badly injured at New berg to-day by a fall on the ice. Senator Berry took dinner at Newberg. and as lie re-entered the Pullman coach his crutch slipped on the ice of the platform, causing the senator to fall for ward into the coach. He struck the stump of his leg on an iron weather strip, injuring his hip Joint. His son telegraphed for med ical attendance, and the senator was car ried to a rioni In the Laclede Hotel here upon the arrival of the train. The sur geons think his hip Joint is not dislocated, but there may be a fracture, which would lrovc serious at his age. INDUCED PAPA TO BUY, I . u. .! a Republican, an9 my ebberyting; so, Santa, MAILED Ai BURNED HORRIBLE RESULT OF AX EXPLO SION I.N AN IRON FURNACE. Ten Employes of Jones Lang ti ll mm, Pittsburg, Killed and Four Seriously Injured. i ACCIDENT DUE TO A SLIP TONS OF MOLTEN METAL THROWN ' OVER THE UNFORTUNATES. Fnry of the Explosion So Great the Scene Resembled the Eruption of a Small Volcano. riTTSBURG, Dec. 19. Ten men were burned to death and four injured by an ex plosion of gas at the Soho furnace of Jones & Laughlin, limited, in Second avenue near Brady street, this morning. The explosion was caused by a slip in the furnace, the gas and flames belching upward through the belt. The men wer on the furnace platform eighty-five feet above the ground. The identified dead are Joseph Frankovitch, Joseph Sisual, Michael Gasdovlcz, twenty six years old, leaves a wife and child In Hungary; Andrew Sues, twenty years of age, has a widowed mother in Hungary; Michael Mezo. aged thirty-five years, left a widow in Hungary; John Kochanko and George Szrenko. The Injured are John Yentz, John Sabo, George Welllgo and John Tlolosky. There were nineteen men on the furnace platform when the explosion occurred. Fif teen of them were caught in the flames. Two of them escaped with slight Injuries. The other four were the regular men em ployed as top fillers and escaped without injury. The explosion was caused by the gas be coming incased in a crust of cinder form ing at the bottom of the furnace. A wheel barrow containing ore had been sent up to the men, and when they went to dump it into the bell of the furnace they pushed it over too far and it rolled Into the hopper. The barrow weighed 9oO pounds and was too heavy for the four men to raise. The fifteen laborers, all Hungarians, were then sent up to assist them. Had It not been for the barrow accident no one would have been hurt, as the regular men know how to protect themselves at such times, as sim ilar explosions are of frequent occurrence. Eyewitnesses say that it was the most horrible sight they ever witnessed. They say that when the explosion took place there was one great, loud report, and the murky heavens were illuminated with a prcat sheet of flame, showing the men on top of the furnace running about, ges ticulating wildly. The flames arid hot metal looked like a volcano In action. Five of the men were blown off the top of the furnace, and. strange, as it may seem, these men are the ones that arc still living. The others hung on the railing, some on the outside, others on the inside, until their clotl ing was burned off. Two of the victims hanging on the outside held on and remained tenaciously clinging to the railing until their fingers were burned off. They then fell to the roof of the mill, dead. Several of the victims were found dead on the platform of the cuiola. These were completely denuded of their clothes by the flames and their bodies were burned almost to a crisp. Hundreds of ldestrlans on Second avenue had narrow escapes from instant death when the explosion occurred. Tons of ore, coke and hot cinders, some pieces weighing almost three pounds, rnlned down on Sec ond avenue, and many had to run into houses and stores for protection. Car No. of the Homestead division was passing Just as the gaa let go. The coke and other material falling on the car, which had twenty-five passengers aboard, caused a panic and many jumped off and more would have followed had not the coolness of the conductor paved them. None of the pas sengers was in the least injured, but all were badly scared. Over two tons of the j debris fell on Second avenue, and a force of fifty men was put to work to clean off , the tracks. Traffic was imjeded. but with- ... . - - . 1 A . t I I. in nair an nour arter tne acciaeni an tracks were cleared. The most distressing feature of the dis aster was the burning of Frankovitch. He was seen by the thousands of people who were on their way to work to run to the platform railing and leap intt) the air. He was a mass of flames as he leaped through the air. He fell on the stockyard shed and literally burned to death before the eyes of the crowd fifty fret below, who had no way to reach him. Whon the explo sion occurred burning heaps of cinders set tled around the men almost knee deep. Their shrieks were terrible, and their Iran tic efforts to save themselves wtre pitiful. General Manager J. B. Laughlin said to day that the accident was one of the most disastrous that had ever occurred in the history of the company. "The men seemed doomed to that awful end." he said. "They had just started to get the barrow out when the explosion took place. In another minute they would have been away from the place. The nature of the explosion is easily explained. Among furnace men it is known as a 'slip.' By this we mean that the gas becomes encased by the cinders and coke becoming gummed, forming a crust in the furnace. The gas accumulates, and thn the pressure becomes so great that it forces itself through the crust. Usually It blows the hopper bolts off. The top fillers know when this Is expected. They are Instructed to take the elevator and go to the ground." "The top fillers heard the explosion and told the men to come away. I suppose they had taken hold of th ore barrow and did not hear them. The blast of tlame shot up and they were killed, and the others, became so confused by their burning clothes and the smoke that they did not realize how to save themselves. These men were never on the platform before. Some persons thought there was a mass of molten metal caught the men. This was not so. It was only the light contents that was blown through the bell. No one can be blamed for the accident. All the men could have escaped if they had listened to the top fillers' warning." Fell Fire Hundred Feet. CHARLOTTE, N. C, Dec. 19.-Ross Rus sell, a young white man employed at the Union copper mine at Gold Hill, was knocked out of the bucket In which he was coming from the shaft at the end of his work to-day, falling five hundred feet to the bottom. His body was brought up shortly afterward a mass of Jelly. Shot-Flrers MaiiRled. JOPLIN. Mo.. Dec 19. Avery Breedon. aged twenty-five, of Claremore, I. T., was killed instantly, and Richard Drumbeck, was injured seriously, losing one hand and part of his arm, by the premature explo sion of a blast at mine No. 3 on the Perry lease, to-day. They were shot-firers. Cremated in Their Home. JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 19. The home of Henry Davis, six miles from Jackson, was destroyed by fire last night. His wife and two-year-old child were cremated. LIKE HONORS FOR ALL VICE ADMIRAL RANK PROPOSED FOR SAMPSON, SCHLEY AND CLARK. 1)111 . Introduced In the House and Senate Sampson's Objections to Be Filed This Morning:. WASHINGTON, Dec. ID-Representative Fearre, of Maryland, to-day Introduced a bill reviving the grad of vice admiral of the navy and authorising the appointment of William T. Sampson, Wlnfield Scott Schley and Charles E. Clark to the grade of vice admiral. As Mr. Fearre represents the district from which Mr. Schley comes and has been an active adherent of the admiral, the proposition to unite Admirals Sampson and Schley and Captain Clark, of the Oregon, in advancement to the rank of vice admiral Is regarded as a conciliatory step. A bill was Introduced in the Senate to day by Mr. Penrose, reviving the gTade of vice admiral of the navy, and promoting Admirals Sampson and Schley and Cap tain Clark, of the Oregon, to that rank. SAMPSON'S OBJECTIONS. Ills Counsel Will Except to Admiral Devrey's Statement. WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. Mr. Theall, act ing for Mr. Stayton, counsel for Rear Ad miral W. T. Sampson, to-day called at the Navy Department to see Judge Advocate General Lernly. Mr. Theall stated that the objections to the findings of Admiral Dewey will not be filed with Secretary Long until to-morrow morning. In brief, the statement will object to Admiral Dewey's finding that Admiral Schley was In absolute command at the battle of Santiago bay, on the ground that testimony touching this point was not admitted during the sessions of the court of inquiry. The bill of exceptions filed by counsel for Admiral Schley with Secretary Long yes terday, and the accompanying letter of Mr. Rayner, have been referred to Judge Ad vocate Lemly, who is engaged in the preparation of a reply. The Navy Department has not yet pre pared its answer to the bill of exceptions filed yesterday by counsel for Admiral Schley, but it is so far advanced that it will be ready for delivery to-morrow. Capt. Lemly and Solicitor Hanna have given a good part of the day to the work. The following letter to-day was addressed by Secretary Long to Admiral Schley: "Dear Sir The department has received your communication of the ISth inst., wherein you request that if a protest is filed by Hear Admiral W. T. Sampson rela tive to the question of command of the American naval forces during the battle of Santiago and credit for the victory won in that battle, you be accorded an opportunity to present, through your counsel, oral argu ment against such protest. In reply you are Informed that when such protest is received you will be advised of the depart ment's conclusion." Sampson'" Condition. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. A representa tive of the Associated Press visited Ad miral Sampson's residence to-day and the statement was made to him hat the ad miral's condition remains unchanged. It was emphatically denied that his illness is such as to give rise to any feeling of Immediate alarm. He is not confined to his bed, but moves about the house at will. Last night he occupied his familiar place at the family dinner table. KANSAS MYSTERY. Wealthy Cltlren of Parsons nnd Ills Wife Found Murdered. PARSONS. Kan., Dec. 19.-The bodies of Col. John F. Hull and his wife Carrie were found in the bedroom of their new home to day, stabbed to death. It is the belief e.f their friends that they were murdered, yet the house was securely locked and had not been robbed. Colonel Bull was last seen alive Tuesday night. The house was locked all day yes terday and this afternoon the marshal forced an ntrance. Mrs. Bull was found lying upon the bed with her head extended over the edge, her skull crushed and brain protruding. She also was stabbed in the right side of the body and a quantity f blood wan In a jar by the .-lie of the bed. About five feet dlstar.t Mr. Bull's body was lying upon the llr, face downward, ixl.ic an eiverturned chair. An tpen pocketkr.ife was lying near him. but it was without blood stains, and there was little evidence of a struggle. Colonel Bull was a wealthy real-estute dealer and an old soldier, having served through the civil war In an Ohio regiment. FAVORABLEACTION NOMINATION OT A. O. MARSH TO DC PENSION AGENT CONFIRMED. Appointment Was Made Yesterday and the Senate Signified Its Ap proval Without Delay. MARSH TO SUCCEED LEIGHTY WHO WILL RETIRE FROM OFFICE OX THE 1ST OF JANUARY. Protest Against Juder Itaker'a Ap pointment to Be Considered After the Holidays. DELAY IN WISHARD'S CASE HIS PAPERS CARRIED AWAY BY SENATOR A L!) RICH. Senator Fairbanks Still Confined to His Bed ty Sickness, hut Hopes to Come Home Soon. Fpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Judge A. O. Marsh, of Winchester, was nominated to day as United States pension agent at In dianapolis, to succeed Jacob D. Lelghty, whose term expires Jan. 1. The judge was accorded the unusual honor of a confirmation on the same day bis nomina tion went to the Senate. The fact that the term expires Jan. 1, and that Congress will not reassemble until after that date, caused summary action. As soon as the nomina tion came in It was Immediately referred to the Senate committee on pensions and the chairman. Senator Gallinger, gave a favor able report In a few minutes and a confir mation without objection Immediately fol lowed. Senator Fairbanks, who was con fined to his bed by Illness, was In communi cation with the Senate by telephone, and Senator Beverldge was present In the Sen ate. It was not known definitely until yes terday that Judge Mjirsh would accept the appointment. His deposition was to de cline. Both senators were anxious to have him accept. Yesterday afternoon Senator Fairbanks received a telegram from the Judge that he had reconsidered his resolu tion to decline and would accepL Senator Fairbanks immediately wired congratula tions. The change in the office, therefore, will be made when the term expires. X X X The nomination of Judge Francis E. Baker to be Judge of th United States Circuit Court of Appeals wag not confirmed by the Senate before the holiday adjourn ment. So last Monday this nomination, which had been referred to the Senate com mittee on judiciary, was by that committee referred to a subcommittee consisting of Senators Fairbanks and Bacon. Since then Senator Fairbanks has been confined to his bed by sickness and there has been no op portunity for consideration. It wa learned to-day that certain labor organizations In Indiana, notably the Central Labor Union at Indianapolis, had protested to the Judi ciary committee against Judge Baker's con firmation. Following the precedent in the case of Attorney General Knox, careful consideration will be given to the protest In full committee. The best Judgment of sen ators Is that Judge Baker's nomination will be favorably reported and ultimately con firmed. It may be stated authoritatively that Senator Fairbanks has Interposed no personal opposition to Judge Baker's con firmation. xxx The nomination of Albert W. Wlshard as solicitor of internal revenue reposes in the capacious pocket of Senator Aldrlch, of Rhode Island, chairman of the finance com mittee. The nomination was referred to the senator as a subcommittee to report on several days ago. but he was called to New York on business, which prevented a favorable report before the holidays. It was learned to-day that there Is not the slightest opposition to Mr. Wlshard. and his confirmation is certain to follow im mediately on the reassembling of Congress after the holidays. Mr. Wlshard will go to Indianapolis on Saturday to spend the holi days with relatives. xxx Senator Fairbanks Is still confined to his bed by sickness, but there has been a marked Improvement In his condition the past- twenty-four hours. His doctor be lieves he can sit up to-morrow. The senator had been working hard on the McKinley and Harrison monument commissions, and the convening of Congress added addi tional work. Immediately following the completion of the work of the committee on committees of the Senate the sena tor took to his bed. He hopes to reach Indianapolis Dec. 23 or 23, In time to attend the love feast. He has reserved rooms at the Denison. XXX Mrs. Fairbanks received a telephone mes sage this morning that the principal build ing belonging to the "Junior Republic" at Annapolis Junction, twenty miles out of Was-hington, had burned. The "Junior Re public" is a co-operative society of home loss boys, who occupy a farm of H) acres donated for the purpose by a wealthy citi zen of Washington. A year or so ago Mrs. Fairbanks visited the place, became inter ested in the work and was Induced to hc cept the presidency of the woman's aux iliary management. Mrs. Fairbanks Mid this evening the soeiety would rebuild. The Junior Republic" has proved a won. derful success In reclaiming boys, and a national organization Is in contemplation. The principal industry of the home is prom--ing violets for the Baltimore and Warh ington markets. OFFICES FILLED. Appointment !- the President and Confirmations hy the Senate. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1?. The President to-day ?ent the following nominations to the Senate: Bufus H. Ellwell, collector of customs district of Portsmouth, N. H.; James O. Lyford. naval officer of customs, for the district of Boston and Charkstown; George H. Hamblett. United States attor ney, district of New Hampshire; James W. Raynolds, secretary of the Territory ot New Mexico; A. O. Marsh, pension agent at Indianapolis; Fred W. Daniels, register ef the land edfice at Buffalo. Wyo.; Nor man Hutchinson. California, secretary of the legation at Santiago de Chile. Also the nominations announced from the Whits House yesterday ami to-day. The following Indiana postmasters er nominated: I. M. A. Williams. Fowler; J. . Dunbar, G reencastle; A. F. Kinsley, Hartford City; W. A. Banks. Laporte; J. T. Dunnlns. Llonler; V. M. McColItch, Montlcello; I. T. Wlrner. Rockvllle; W. 1. Masters. Svmour. The- Proldent has selected Dr. J. R. A. Crosfland. ef St. Jostph. Mo., to be min ister to Liberia, and J. C. lancy. collector of the port f Wilmington. N. C. to be re corder of deeds fer tlm Dlmlct of Co lumbia, vice Henry P. Cheatham. who