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INDIANAPOLIS JOUENAL WEEKLY ESTABLISHED ItZl ) DAILY ESTABLISHED VOL. MI XO. 39. INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY 3IORXLXG, FEBRUARY S, 1902 TEX PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE. F SCALE IS INDORSED HOURS' MÜETI.VC. Itcport of the General Committee, Agrrr Inj; on Ircfnt Scale, Adopted After Long Debate. WILL BE NO COAL STRIKE THE LONG RATTLE KXDS WITH NO BLOOD SPILLED. The Agreement la Considered by Rep reaentatlvea of Doth Sldea aa a Compromltr. MINERS RESTIVE AT FIRST A FULL. EXPLANATION' MADE BEFORE THEY WOULD YIELD. Relatione Between Miners and Oper ator "Will Be Same aa Last Year Nottingham 3Ilne Closed. There will be no coal strike or lockout. The United Mine Workers, after being in cession four hours last night, voted to ac cept the proposition of the scale commit tee a reaffirmation of the present scale of price3. At first, when the report of the scale committee was received, more than two-thirds of the delegates protested against accepting It, and would have voted to strike had not the counsel of the mem bers of the committee and officers and a full explanation of the existing conditions turned the sentiment. When the vote was taken about midnight the recommendation of the committee was almost unanimously Indorsed. The present scale at the several basing points Is 10 cents a ton for screened coa In Pennsylvania. 80 cents In Ohio. 80 cents In the Indiana bituminous district and 00 cents In the block coal district. The scale on the run of mine system in Indiana and Illinois at the Danville basing point Is 43 centa. All other conditions remain the same as last year with reference to run of mine, differential between pick and machine min ing, and other matters are left to the sev eral districts for settlement. The settlement is somewhat of a surprise, to many of the miners as they generally expected to get a slight Increase. They did not expect the operators to make the hard fight for a reduction In wages they did, but at this itme some of tue miners con sldfr themselves lucky to escape a reduc tion. It was hard for the delegates to beller- ihut the acttle committee had finally agreed to offer a recommendation for the readoptlon of the present scale, but when matters were explained In detail, there was little dissatisfaction expressed. ILLINOIS OPERATORS. Some feeling has been engendered by the Illinois operators because of their attitude In the joint conference. The miners In sisted on a run-of-mlne system throughout the competitive field and a differential of 7 cents between pick and machine mining, for the purpose of brining the States east of Illinois up to that standard and thus establish uniformity. It is said that the Illinois operators came to the Joint con Jer.ce with the understanding that they were to assist in establishing these condi tions. They were friendly in their attitude until yesterday, when they decided In the subcommittee, not to vote for a compromise unlers the miners forced the operators of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania to the Illi nois system. This placed the miners In an embarrassing position and would have forced them to inaugurate a strike In the Eastern States to secure the demands or perhap-s lose entirely. The miners saw they were between two fires, placing, the organization against Illinois on one hand nd against all of the States east on the other. They then decided not to let Illinois etand in the way of an agreement, to vote for the adoption of the old scale and force Illinois to accept lt. J It was expected at the opening session of the subcommittee yesterday morning that a settlement would be effected In time to have it ratified by the Joint conference, but the position taken by the Illinois operators 'held up" the settlements. The subcommit tee adjourned late In the afternoon to allow the Illinois operators to hold a meeting. It reconvened at 6 o'clock, and after be ing in session for an hour reached an agree ment. A meeting of the general scale committee had been called for 6:15, and all of the members were waiting for the re port of the subcommittee. GENERAL COMMITTEE MET. The general committee was called to gether immediately after the adjournment of the subcommittee and It took but half an hour to ratify the decision of the former. A meeting of the miners had been called In Masonic Hall for 8 o'clock to con rider the report of the general committee and decide whether It should be an agree ment or disagreement in order that the Joint conference might adjourn to-day. The miners were all In the hall when the report was submitted and immediately opened a discussion against adopting it. The fol lowed a four hours' debate which satisfied the miners that a settlement on last year's prices would be equitable to both miners and operators, and they voted to accept the condition .with pleasant faces. While the miners lost every demand they made of the operators, yet the operators do not claim a victory nor do th miners consider that they were whipped. The de mand of the operators for a 10 per cent, reduction, which, wss at first regarded by the miners as a Joke, was so firmly sup ported tha the opinion that the operators were bluffing" was soon dispelled. Thlb plad each side in the position of making demands, and the settlement is regarded by both as a compromise and the best thing that could be done by them. At no time during the sessions of the committees or the conference did the miners favor a strike nor did the operators express a desdre for a lockout. They both said they wanted a peaceable ettlement. and a week's media tion got it. although at times it looked as if the two forces would 'never get to gether. As soon as the general committee agreed on the scale many of the operators took the night trains for home, and after the meeting of the miners many of the latter also started for home without waiting for the session of the Joint conference this morning, which will ratify the action of the committee and settle for one year, begin ning April 1, a scale cf wages for prac tically all miners in the bituminous coal fields of the United States. Executive Doard To-Day. The executive board of the United Mlr.e Workers will meet Immediately after the adjournment of the Joint conference this morning and conclude the details of the year's work. MIMJ SUSPENDS OPERATIONS. Trouble Over the Examination of Union Working Cards. WILKESBARRE. Pa., Feb. 7. The big Nottingham mine of the Lehigh ' and Wllkefbarre Coal Company at Plymouth had to suspend operations to-day because a sufficient number of employes had not reported for work. The mine when In full operation emp'ioys 800 men and boys. The trouble has been brewing since Monday. One of the inside foremen, it is said, ob jected to a committee of United Mine Work ers who are also employes of the mine, ex amining working cards of the men. When the members of the committee refused to comply with the order of the foreman they were notified that their services were no longer required. The matter was laid be fore the district assembly of the United Mine Workers and the majority of the miners said they would not report for work to-day. According to a new rule adopted by the national convention of miners at Indianap olis recently, no strike can be declared at any colliery In the anthracite region un less it receives the sanction of the district legislative body. The miners at the Not tingham coMery deny they are on strike. They say some men have simply quit work. A meeting of the employes of the colliery was held to-night and a committee was ap pointed to wait on the officials of the com pany and notify them that unless the dis charged men are reinstated a strike would be declared on Monday, and the engineers, firemen and pumpers will also be called out. OFFER OF A DOCTOR. Nevr York Fhyalctnn Expresses Will ingness to Submit to Vivisection. NEW YORK, Feb. 7. As an outcome of the dispute in the medical fraternity be tween vlvlsectlonlsta and antl-vlvisection-lsts Dr. James E. Russel, of Brooklyn, has offered to submit to vivisection. Ills offer is not considered seriously by physicians, as It Is altogether unlikely that a man of the profession would attempt such a thing even If the law would permit. Dr. Russet's offer makes the provision that his wife and family are to be cared for in the erent of his death. In his statements Dr. Russel says: "I will when able assist toy vivisectors by such notes as may ba of Interest or value to them and to me. The xperiments are to continue until I am too exhausted to-be of further value aa a subject or until I succumb. Should I survive at the end of a year of observation and experiment I stipulate that I may elect to be released from further service should I so desire." Grafted 219 Inches of Skin. CHICAGO, Feb. 7.-What is regarded by physicians as one of the most difficult skin grafting operations ever performed has been completed here. On the body of five-year-old Marion Weaver 219 square inches of skin have been grafted. The operation took five months, as the surgeons could operate only every fortnight owing te the low state of the boy's vitality. The new cuticle covers the patient's chest, abdo men, back and sides. MONUMENT TO MAURY Proposed by a. Frenoh Savant at Paria Mnury'a Achlevementa. NEW YORK, Feb. 7. A proposition has been made, says a Paris dispatch to the Herald, by Dr. A. Bergeret at the Sor--bonne to raise an International monument to Lieutenant Maury, the pioneer of mod ern meteorology and hydrography. The occasion was a lecture by Dr. Bergeret, professor of terrestrial physics at the Sor bonne, on 'The Circulation of the Air." The lecturer explained the theory of the trade winds and of cyclonic and anti-cy-clonlc centers, which Lieutenant Maury rendered practical and popular. The emi nent American hydrographer's studies on the gulf stream and the maritime currents were next dwelt upon. Lieutenant Maury, It was declared, demonstrated that scien tists are the best servants of humanity. He diminished the breadth of the ocean by half, for he made it possible to cross the Atlantic and the Pacific in half the time previously necessary. The economy, more over, In the cost of maritime transporta tion resulting from Lieutenant Maury'a charts was estimated by Dr. Bergeret at 300.000,000 francs annually. The suggestion to raise a monument to Lieutenant Maury, with which Dr. Bergeret concluded his address, was received with warm applause, and a provisional commit tee was formed to carry It out. TO TEST A TRUST LAW. Trial on Its Merits of Rival Salt Companies Case in Ohio. CLEVELAND. Feb. 7. Judge Stone, of the Common Pleas Court, handed down a decision to-day in the legal controversy between the National Salt Company and the 'United Salt Company In favor of the former. The court dismissed the demurrer of the United Salt Company and the case probably will be tried on the original issue, in which the laws governing trusts will be come a feature. The National Salt Company brought suit against the United Salt Company claiming that it was a trust In violation of the Val entine anti-trust law and that it had at tempted to wreck the National Salt Com pany by trying to get hold of its plant for the purpose of stopping Us further progress and thus preventing competition. The United Salt Company demurred to the pe tition, claiming among other things that the Valentine law was unconstitutional; that the facts set forth In the petition were not specific. TO ELECTRIFY BRITAIN. Street-Railvay Development Company Incorporated at Trenton. NEW YORK. Feb. 7. The incorporation of the Great Britain Railway Development Corporation at Trenton. N. J., Is announced and, according to a director of the com pany, who will be quoted in the Journal and American to-morrow, will build and purchase electric lines In England, in those places where the transit facilities are in adequate to the demand and the equipment behind the age. According to the same pa per, the charter of the company calls for only J 100,0 0, but this Is merely nominal. As n matter of fact, $3,3000 have been subscribed already bv citizens of New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore and Rich mond. LONG-DISTANCE TRIAL, Telephone Used by a Judge to Con vict a Kentncklan. MT. VERNON. Ky., Feb. 7. While Judge Durham, who is magistrate In the Wildle district, was in town on some business he was called up over the telephone by Constable Harry Jones, who said he had in charge Daniel Dickerson. charged with breach of the peace. Dickerson asked an immediate trial, and It was agreed to con duct the trial by telephone. Half an hour's use of thn wires by Judge Durham and County Attorney Bethuruni at this end and the constable and defendant at the other concluded the trial, the defendant's fine, with costs, amounting to $12, which was promptly paid. AX ' M , j(. ... - XWWir. rrVAltt ,dv ft i i - i ! ii ii mi sa i' i i v i f isi i it I in' a v rr-C- "And Behold EARLHAM'S M WINS ORATORICAL CONTEST RESULTED IN VICTORY FOR JOSEPH KEXNEV. He la n Richmond Boy, and, His Sub ject "Was "IOnverture, the Emancipator" 0FFUTT, OF BUTLER, THIRD DE PAtWS OUATOK. J. M. DEVERS, TOOK SECOND ILACE. Hnsiness Meeting of Oratorical As sociation Reunions of Va rious Fraternities. Joseph Kenney, of Earlham College, won the state Intercollegiate oratorical contest at Tomllnson Hall last night. J. M. Devers, of De Pauw, took second place; Samuel J. Offutt, of Butler, third; A. C. Everlngham, of Franklin, fourth; R. R. Alexander, of Wabash, fifth; J. F. Glboney, of Hanover, sixth. Though the big hall was half full of the students and from the time they assembled until they left there was no lack of cheer ing, it was not an overbolsterous throng. The contests had been held before in a smaller place, and before the orators of last night began the presMent of the asso ciation, Xen H. Edwards, of De Pauw, asked that there be no noise during the speeches. Before the programme was opened the delegations from the different colleges vied with each other for the honor of shouting the loudest. Each delegation was led by Its yell captain, and the yells were as diversified as might be. Butler, because of Its being able to command a larger representation In this city than any other college, dominated the yelling. Kenney, the winner of the contest. Is a Richmond boy. He was born there in 18S1 and is now a junior at Earlham. He was a prize debater when he was In high school, and last year at Notre Dame he won the Breene gold medal in oratory. His subject last night was "L'Ouverture, the Emanci pator." He gave this man's career a world wide significance. L'Ouverture, .he said, was born a slave on the Island of San Do mingo in 1743. He was the last of a line of African chiefs, and his superiority lifted him above the Hstlessness of the slaves. The United States and the most powerful nations of Europe had recognized the slav ery of negroes as legitimate, but wheii France deified liberty and equality after a reign of blood the negroes of France's possession, San Domingo, were stirred to demand their human right. The French governor of the island refused to concede freedom to them, and, led by L'Ouverture, they rose In rebellion. Armed with clubs and corn knives they successfully fought 60,000 of the best, soldiers of France. L'Ouverture was captured by a breach of faith and taken to France, where he died in a prison in the Alps. But it was too late then for France to defeat L'Ouverture s cause by removing him. And his struggle was an Inspiration to Garrison, Phillips and Lincoln In America. The negro owes his freedom from slavery primarily to L'Ouverture. JEAN VALJEAN AS A TYPE. Devers attempted an analysis of society's attitude toward the criminal. He sketched the career of Jean Valjean, who was im prisoned for having stolen a loaf of bread to feed the children of his family, and who was thus made a criminal by the law when at heart he was honest. Assuming that Victor Hugo's hero did and was done to as related in "Les Miserables," Devers as serted Valjean to be a universal type of the man wronged by society. Sociology must be the evolution of Christian thought, he said. Society must look more at the impulse of the crlm- than its circum stances. Ieal and ethical Judgment and criminals must be separated, for otherwise it occurs that the cashier of a savings bank steals hundreds of person's money and successfully evades the law with his ill-gotten gains, while the man that steals bread for his family must go to prison. The saloons feed the penitentiaries and should be wiped out. Greedy capitalists invent the lockout and the blacklfst and they create anarchy. Offutt, of Butler, spoke of "The Message of a Patriot," with Nathan Hale as an ex ample. He made the point that now the objects of patriotism are commercial, po litical and social, and in the indifference of the last decade the good omens have been that the one living ex-Preldent has recent ly refused to speak on subjects other than those vital to the whole public, that Seth Low. a scholar, has successfully combated ttm worst political forces in New York and "ABOU" BILL BRYAN. rwm Ami ,.. j J) tr ' ' -Efe II. !) , Si.'H I His Name 'Was Not Written that the civil-service advocates have made themselves heard above the clamor of the spoilsmen. THE RACE QUESTION. Everingham's subject was "An Un solved Problem." He stated that it was a great blunder to raise the negro slaves, reared in ignorance, to the power of citi zens. They were not ready for it, and they mis took liberty for license. Now, he said, a solution of the race .question must be found or the South will plunge into an archy and political debauchery. He Bald that education of the hand, the heart and the rnlnd is the only hope of the negro and he must work out his own salvation. He called Booker T. Washington "the second emancipator" and praised President Roose velt for facing the criticism of the world to show his respect for the great negro. Alexander discussed "The Mission and Opportunity of the Scholar." The heart or the instinct, he said, does not preside in the court where the questions of currency or the country's foreign policy are to be decided. The chance for the scholar in politics has arrived. The public cannot re sist him even if it wishes to. Glboney said of "The True American" that the elements of the best-life of Eu rope went into his make-up. The most In fluential force in the making of the Ameri can, he thou ght. was the Puritan' spirit. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8, COL. 5 WORTH ALL THEY COST COMMITTEE REPORT ON PURCHASE OF DANISH WEST INDIES. Islands of Great Importance In a Strategic Way, aa They Are In the Gateway to the Isthnins. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The recent fa vorable report by the Senate committee on foreign relations of the treaty for. the ces sion of the islands of the Danish West Indies was accompanied by a written state ment made by that committee to the Sen ate. This report contains a small diagram showing the location of the three islands and the positions relative to Porto Rico, and gives numerous interesting facts rel ative to the islands. It shows that during the year 1900 the Islands exported to the United , States sugar, molasses and dis tilled spirits amounting to $568,945, and that during the same period the exportatlons from the United States amounted to $324, 524. The annexation of the Islands was sought by the United States -years ago, and as far back as 1867 Denmark, declined to sell the islands .for 55,000,000, but made a proposition to part with them for $15,000, 000. Secretary Seward offered $7,500,000, which was declined. He afterwards agreed to pay that amount for the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, but the trade fell through because of complications which arose. At that time Denmark Insisted that the consent of the people In the Islands should be formally given before the sale should be consummated, and when the vote was taken there were only twenty-three out of a total of over 1,200 ballots against the cession. When the treaty was returned to the Senate of the United States it was tied up there for two years and ultimately failed of ratification. Continuing, the report says: "These islands, together with Porto Rico, are . of great Importance In a strategic way, whether the strategy be military or com mercial. St. Thomas is the natural point of call for all European trade bound to the West Indies, Central America or northern South America. These islands, together with Porto Rico, form the northeastern corner of the Caribbean sea and are of great importance in connection with the American isthmus, where a canal will be constructed between the Atlantic and Pa cific. They are of first importance in con nection with our relations to the region of the O'inoco and the Amaaon and with our control of the Windward passage. In view of the Isthmus canal and European settle ments in Jouth America every additional acquisition by the United States is of value. Porto Rico is densely populated. Its roads are poor. It has a long coast line without ports for large vessels. It is consequently very difficult of defense. San Juan Is the only harbor capable of fortification, and this Is only suitable for vessels of light draught." Explaining the provision in the treaty for continuing the pensions to retire local func tionaries it Is stated that the total amount required annually for this purpose will not exceed $2,000. VICTIM OF A DUEL, Prince Gnlatsln Dies of Wonnda In flicted by Hrother-in-Lavr. LONDON, Feb. 8. It is reported here from Paris that Prince Galatzin was re cently wounded in a pistol duel with his brother-in-law. Count Tschernadoff, at Basle. LONDON, Feb. i. The Cologne corre spondent of the Dally Ma!l reports that the body of Prince Oalatzin has passed through Cologne on the way to St. Peters burg. The correspondent says that this is the first intimation that the prince had been kill ad. mm. HI Vjr'i ' , f. r with9 the Rest." ILL WITH PNEUMONIA THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., IN A SE RIOUS CONDITION AT GROTON. Attenda a College Where Boys Go Bareheaded in Winter, and He Caught Cold a Few Days Ago. MRS. ROOSEVELT EN ROUTE PREPARED TO LEAVE WASHINGTON WHEN NEWS WAS RECEIVED. President Kept Informed All Yester day of Ufa Son'a Condition An Improvement Last Night. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Mrs. Roosevelt, the wife of the President, left Washington at 4:50 o'clock this afternoon for Groton, Mass., where their son Theodore, jr., is lying seriously ill of pneumonia. She is traveling in a drawing room on the regular train of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which goes through to Boston without change, arriving there to-morrow morning at 7 o'clock. From Boston the first available train will reach Groton at 10:33 a, m. Mrs. Roosevelt is accompanied only by a maid. The first information to reach the Presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt of the illness of their son was received at the White House by telegraph at 9:20 o'clock this morning. The message was signed by the president of the college where the young man is a pupil and stated, in effect, that a slight in disposition had developed into an acute and sharp attack of pneumonia, and that he was seriously ill. Another message re ceived later in the morning stated the young man's temperature was 104. Ar rangements were at once set on foot for Mrs. Roosevelt's departure for Groton this afternoon, and since the first intelligence was received the President has been in al most constant communication by telephone and telegraph with the college faculty. According to these frequent reports, the son's condition remains almost unchanged since morning. There is no attempt to minimize the danger of an acute attack of pneumonia, and the President and Mrs. Roosevelt are well aware that the young man's condition is serious. Everything possible is being done for him and the best physicians and nurses are in constant at tendance. President Roosevelt himself is very likely to go to Groton to-morrow, and will do so execept in the event of very reassuring news being received during to-night. If he does go he will return almost imme diately if his son's condition admits. He already has decided that Mrs. Roosevelt must remain by her son's bedside, but if his condition is such as to make it safe for the President to go farther away from him he will keep his engagement to go to the Charleston Exposition and will leave with his party on Monday night, as originally planned. Several rather reassuring messages were received at the Whit House during the late afternoon and tht early evening from Groton, the tenor of which was that the condition of the President's son at this time is satisfactory to the attending physi ciri The latest Information received at the White House to-night from the President's son at Groton. Mass., was that his condi tion was a little more favorable. The President feels encouraged to hope that it may continue so and that the necessity for a visit to Groton may be avoided. CONDITION LAST NIGHT. Slight Improvement Shown-The Pres idents Wishes Reipeeted. GROTON, Feb. 7. The condition of Theo dore Roosevelt. Jr., son of President Roove velt and a student of Groton School, who is ill of pneumonia, was reported at 9 o'clock to-night as being "as comfortable as could be expected." Thoe who are In attendance at the lad's bedside declined to give anything more definite. It was under stood at the school, however, that the pa tient showed some improvement during the afternoon and early evening. To-morrow will find the school practically deserted, for a majority of the 160 students left for their homes during the afternoon, and the rest will leave in the morning. On receipt of word that Mrs. Roosevelt would come to Ayer from Boston on the first morning train, arrangements were made to meet her at the station. The school is about half a mile from the station. From sources outside the school it was learned that the President's son caught cold- a day or two ago and the trouble proved stubborn. Last evening the symp toms gTew more serious and at midnight Dr. W. Ö. Warren, the school physician. was cafied. Remedies were prescribed a once and this morning the patient was no worse, and it was hoped that aid had been given in time to check the progress of the disease. This morning President Roosevelt was Informed of the situation and it was suggested that the boy's mother should come to Groton. This course was decided on. This afternoon an attempt was made to Induce President Peabody to talk about the case, but his refusal was as persistent as it had been previously. He did say, howevtr, that, besides abiding by the rules of the school In refusing to give out news, he was acting in accordance with the ex press wish of President Roosevelt. "The President." he said, "has two reasons for not wishing to discuss the case; flrst. be cause he considers his son as of no more consequence than the sons of scorfs of other families represented at the school; and. secondly, because the reports, through no intention of those handling them, might contain disturbing Inaccuracies. The wis dom of this is shown from the fact that this afternoon I have been advised of a rumor from several places that the boy is dead or dying." President Peabody then closed the Inter view by saying that the sick lad was being cared for carefully at his room in the dor mitory and that his mother would reach here to-morrow. "If she wishes to give out news after she gets here," he said, "she may do so." There has been much illness at the school of late. There are several other cases of pneumonia besides that of young Roose velt, and this afternon the school was closed for two weeks on account of the pre vailing sickness. The boys have been in the habit of running about bareheaded all winter. This Is thought to account for some of the serious colds. INDIANIANS CAUGHT. They Hold Notes nnd Mortgagee Which Have Korsred Signatures. DAVID CITY; Neb., Feb. 7. Forged pa per so'ld by the defunct Platte Valley Bank of Bellwood has already reached an aggre gate of $150.000, and it may largely exceed this. Customers of Cashier Amos Gould from Laporte and Michigan City, Ind., are here and claim that in every Instance the notes and mortgages held by them are for geries. Real estate mortgages have been forged, including the certificate of filing and recording, giving book and page, while this week several chattel mortgages have been received by banks and attorneys here for collection that are also forgeries. Gould, it is charged, kept a private book where he had a record of ali forged notes, the amount of each and the date of maturing, and when one of those notes matured he would replace it with another forged note and pay the holder the Interest. Gould. It is alleged, claims had It not been for the blowing up of the bank safe a short time ago, in which his private books, where he kept a record of all the forged notes, was destroyed, he would not have been detected and he would be still running the bank. The cashier and his brother ' are still In Jail. The day of their arraignment has not been set. ST. LOUIS BRIBERY CASES. Five of Them Are Set for Trial One of the Accnsed Is Abroad. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 7. The cases of five of the men indicted by the December grand jury in connection with the Suburban bribery' case were docketed to-day for trial in the Criminal Court, as follows: Charles Kratz, former councilman, charged with bribery, Feb. 27; Emil Meysenberg, former member of the House of Delegates, charged with bribery, March 13; Julius Lehmann, former member of the House of Delegates, charged with perjury. March 17; Harry A. Faulkner, member of the House of Dele gates, charged with perjury, March 24; Henry Nlcolaus, the millionaire brewer and director of the St. Louis & Suburban Rail way, charged with bribery, March 25. The case against Ellis Walnwright, the other millionaire brewer, also indicted for bribery, is not set for trial. Mr. Waln wright Is in Egypt at present and the war rant cannot be served on him until his re turn to the United States. THREATS OF STRIKERS. Say They W.I1I Apply the Torch if Demands Are Not Granted. CONNELSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 7. To-night on a special train Sheriff Frock, with fif teen heavily armed deputies, hurried to Brownsville, near which point two hundred striking Italians threaten violence. Late to-night a telephone message from Browns ville says there is no outbreak as yet, but trouble is expected at every moment. Tho strikers were employed by the contractors who have charge of the grading for the southern extension of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad from Fayette City to Browns ville. These men became dissatisfied with their wages and struck to-day, making ugly threats of violence against the contractors. They threatened to burn the property of the contractors and then the sheriff was sent fcr. It is said that there are a num ber of bad negroes among the Italians and that these are the leading spirits in the trouble. DUEL ON A STOCK TRAIN. Ttto Imported Percheron Stallions Fight Until One la Killed. CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb. 7.Two Percheron stallions, Imported from Eng land, fought a duel to the death on a fast stock train on the Union Pacific. One was killed, the car was smashed Into splinters and Edgar Boise, the owner of the animals, lost $1.500, the value of his horse. Two keepers In charge of the animals had to climb outside to escape the hoofs and teeth of the Infuriated animals. When they succeeded in apprising the trainmen Of the fight a side track was reached and every effort made to separate the animals, but finally one severed the Jugular of his rival, which bled to death. TO "CIVILIZE" CHRISTIANS. Sam of ?1,000 Willed for Distribution of R. G. InnersoH's Lectures. CHICAGO, Feb. 7. "To the Boston In vestment Company, of Boston, Mass., for the purposes of distributing Robert G. Ingersoll's lectures among Christians, in order to civilize them, I give and bequeath the sum of $1,000." The foregoing is Section 13 of the will of Morris Reiman, which was filed In the Probate Court here to-day. The will leaves to the Hebrew Benevolent Association of New Orleans a cotton plantation of 1.7) acres in Yazoo county, Mississippi, with the proviso that the association bury the testator's body on the plantation. AWARDED $20,000 DAMAGES. Woman Whose Husband Was Killed by Ills Business Partner. AUSTIN, Tex.. Feb. 7.-Mrs. Libbie Barnhlll, of Tennessee, to-day recovered a Judgment in the Federal Court gainst L. M. Morgan, of Fayette county, for $3),000, equally divided between actual and ex emplary damages. Half the amount goes to Mrs. Barnhill. and the other half to her children. Mr. Barnhlll was a former business partner of Morgan, and was killod by the latter, it is claimed, as the result of a business disagreement. WALKING ON THE WATER. Captain Cärossman Uns Cohered Twen ty Miles on the Danube. VIENNA. Feb. 7. Captain Grossman, who started to-day to walk down the Dan ube from Llnz to Vienna, a distance of one hundred miles, with his newly invented water-walking shoes, has covered twenty miles of the distance. He is towing hU wife In a email boat. TWELVE APPROVED NOMINATIONS OF INDSANIANS POST3IASTERS CONFIRMED. Commissions to Be Issued to Messrs Drarti, Leads, Jone. Rose, Well ham and Othera Named. TRIBUTE TO MR. B EVE RIDGE 3IADE A ME.MBER OF THE SENATE STEERING" COMMITTEE. Second District Delegation Hopefal of SeenrlnR- a Public Build ing for Vlncennea. WORK OF CONGRESS FRIDAY AN IMPORTANT APPROPRIATION BILL rASSED n' the not si:. Philippine Tariff Measure Discussed in the Senate Report on the Antl-Anarchtst Bill. Special to the Indianapoll Journal. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The Senate to day confirmed the nominations of twelve Indiana postmasters, as fohows: Angola-E. O. ROSE. Danville A. WELSHAKS. Goodland M. KILGORE. Kentland-H. A. STROH M. Middletown W. L. CAMPBELL. New Castle J. H. JONES. Shelbyville O. E. LEADS. Scottsburg-J. W. MARTIN. Williamsport J. D. CHAMBERS. Jonesboro E. H. NEAL. Peru A. C. BEARSS. Boswell W. S. LEFFEW. XXX Senator Beveridge has been honored by his Republican colleagues. He is one of the youngest members of the Senate, but his ability has been recognized in his ap pointment as a member of the "steering" committee, which virtually controls all leg islation. The other members of the com mittee are Allison, Hale, Aldrich, Spooner, Cullom. Klklns. Hanna. Lodge, Perkins, Clark of Wyoming and McMillan. The con trolling force of this committee is In the older members of the body, but it is custo mary to appoint one or two of the younger senators. It is a distinct compliment to Mr. Beveridge that he should be.ao ne- lected. The Vlncennea delegation which came here to advocate before Congress the pass age of a bill for a new public building will return to-morrow night. They go not like these "without a hope," for it is admitted thvj Second district contingent has made headway on its public building plan. The visitors came appealing to sentimental reasons. The presence of "Alice of Old Vincennes" inspired their visit. They soon learned that Congress is not swayed by tentimental considerotions, so they Intro duced a practical argument. The whole Second congressional district is without a public building, and its representatives are here in person, or by proxy, advocating Vincennes. That is one practical argu ment. Another Is this: There were six In diana public building bills Introduced In this Congress. Three of them have already passed the Senate Hammond, Anderson and Muncle. Of the remaining three, two Elkhart and Richmond are above the "old State trail." This gives northern and cen tral Indiana "five out of six of the public buildings. Vincennes has not been slow to grasp the situation, and her delegation is advocating recognition of that section of the State below the "old State road." An other point for Vincennes was scored to day. Heretofore the committee on public buildings and grounds of the Senate has refused to report a public building for any city in which a Federal Court did not meet. To-day this rule was abrogated, and sev eral bills were authorized reported in eitle where no Federal Court Is held. This ac tion removes one of the principal obstacles in the way of Vincennes. For this reason the Second district visitors are hopeful. Senator Fairbanks entertained tho Second district visitors at dinner at his home this evening. In addition to the visitors Repre sentative Mlers and John C. Chancy, of Sullivan, were invited. The latter is be lieved to be in line for the Republican nom ination for Congress In the Second district. This afternoon the delegation visited Mount Vernon to draw Inspiration from the tomb of the "Father of His Country." They went by the Potomac steamer at 1 o'clock, returning late this afternoon. The trip was thoroughly enjoyed. xxx Marcus R. Sulzer, late chairman of the Republican county committee of Jefferson county, arrived to-day. Mr. Sulzer waj offered the consulateshlp at Lelge, Bel glum, under President McKlnley's first ad ministration and declined It. XXX Congressman Landls will leave In a few days for Delphi to look after his interests in the fight for a renomlnatlon to Congress precipitated by the candidacy of Llnneus Baldwin, of Noblesville. XXX Samuel B. Rathbone, special agent in charge of the middle division rural free delivery at Indianapolis, arrived to-day for a conference with the Postoffice Depart ment officials. It Is predicted that exten sive extensions will be made in the rural free delivery in Indiana when the appro priations of Congress are available. Mr. Rathbone is seeking instructions from the Postoffice Department. XXX A number of "visiting Indiana states men" are expected In Washington soon. Among the number are United States At torney Healing, of Indianapolis, James F. Stutesman. of Peru, and PostmaMer Law eon, of Spencer. xxx Representative Hemenway, who was in charge of the legislative and executive ap propriation bill which parsed the House this afternoon, made quite a record for him?elf. It is not ar eay proposition to handle a big bill like this when objections are being continually made and questions popped trom all quarters. The liidlantan proved that he 1 perfectly familiar with the neceary expenditures In the various departments, and had a correct answer for every question offered. Tnere were many instances where it was m-cessary for him to make long explanations and argu ments for his bill and against amendments which lie did not want. He won on every occasion. After the bill had finally passed he received numerous compliments from members for the admirable manner la which he had taken care of the bill. XX . The Judiciary committee of the Hou?e to day reported favorably the bill for a na tional bureau of criminal identification in Washington, advocated by the police ihlcfs o the country. The division Is to k-ep a record by photographs and measuretnentr. and this material I a be available to jllc authorities for thifetect!:a wf criminal 1