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TvnTAWPOTJS JOT7TCNAT,, THURSDAY. MAY 15, 1002. - g feVlNONA LAKE ASSEMBLY h tir.xv ntiLUisG phojected am school ri..s cojipletcd. 2 . A flVanderlnca ' on 0,1 Letter Ttto- rnituil Girl Horn at Marion Srrer. nl l'ertoni Reported Missing. I n "SrerUl to th Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW. Ind.. May 14. W. II. Bast, j upervi-ing architect of the Home for Jjnited Urethren Ministers, to be erected at Jt-Vinona lake. to-day advertised for bids for Vhe erection of the building. The plan3 for Vhe structure will call for a two-story VjuIIdlng of fifty rooms. Several lots have p.een secured In the central portion of the .-rounds and work on the building will be egun at once. The Moody memorial building at W inor.a. greeted by the Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, ias been tendered by him to the Winona J Agricultural and Technical School, which V to open on Sept. 1. The Patrons of Hus opndry of Indiana will erect a building on the ground In memory of the late Governor vlount, and In It will be located the agri cultural deDartment of the school. Efforts "ire being made to secure ag overnment ex- - - e- 1 I A . V, I 4 . oerimeni siauon. ine scnooi is iu ue miei "Jenominatlonal, and it 13 said enough funds already have been pledged to pay the UTaculty for five years. A AFTER TWENTY-TWO YEARS. .etter Returned to 3Iarlon to Find the Writer Dead. MARION. Ind.. May 14. A letter, yellow Wnd musty with age, has been received jtrom Cleveland by the Wigger Buggy and lärm ss Company of this city. It was ad lresrid to S. L Van Dusen, No. TS St. 71aJr street, Cleveland, and was written on jA.ug. i. 1SS0. by J. II. Wigger, of whom the Vresnt firm is a successor and who died jn 1SC6, to Mr. Van Du?en, in answer to an tipplii:atIon for a position in his store in thls city. Van Dusen had written for the 'position and Mr. Wigger answered, telling him to come; that he had a position for :iim. Mr. Wigger never received a reply. Th. letter was returned to the Wiggers ''to-day with a note of explanation from the : Postofflce Department. The old federal build .ng at Cleveland is being torn down. and in this work the letter was unearthed Efrom a crevlse where it had become lodged. VAn attempt was made to find the addressee In Cleveland, but without avail, and the let zter was forwarded to the Postofflee Depart ement, which sent it to the firm in this city. After a lapse of twenty-two years the let zter, which was never received, returned to find the writer dead. As no person could be tfound who would claim the letter it is sup- hrm1 thnt h aloft 1 riMd. The letter eon- J.tained one of the 3-cent stamps which were then required to carry a letter. iMOXG TIIC Missi.a. ieTeral Persona Slysterlonsly Dlsap L pear from Their Friends VIevr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. May 14. B. J. Klos !erman, a freshman at Purdue, whose home js in Louisville, Ky., has mysteriously dis appeared and the police are hunting for .him. His mother arrived here from Louis ville this afternoon in response to word announcing the disappearance, and is pros trated over the affair. Young Klosterman recently figured in a disturbance which fled to the arrest of a party of students. No cause, aside from this, can be assigned for hl3 sudden disappearance. 1 PORTLAND. Ind.. May 14. James Dull, from home since last Thursday evening. I He stepped out of the house, simply wear- ring his working clothes. A buggy was 'heard to dash hurriedly away, and young Dull was seen no more. Ills father, Levi 'linlf h.- rffprrt a riiwarrt for Infnrmi. tlon concerning him. , ELWOOD. Ind.. May 14. John Gant. for j?several years a valuable member of the v local Dolice force, but who reslened several üweeks aro, has mysteriously disappeared. leaving his wife and two small children In destitute circumstances. His family and friends are unable to account for his strange disappearance, and there is a fear In unmp miartpr? that he has mpt with 4foul play. He was a man of about forty character. 1 3IIDGET GIRL HORN. ÄMarlon Couple the Parents of a Wee ? Sllte of llnmanltf. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION. Ind.. May 14. On Sunday morning, at 4 o'clock, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Ward became the parents of a two-pound baby girl. On account of the condition of the mother, the midget proportions of th-s baby were not revealed until to-day. The child is fuly developed, and will easily fit in a quart cup. Its hand can be com pletely enveloped with a thimble. The baby's entire length Is not one foot, and jshe has beautiful hair. The father is well fcknown here, and is superintendent of the (Marion Paper Company. The parents have been married four years. The mother for Hmerly was Miss Nellie Pearson, of Kokomo. Two Roads Want S nix id I es. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOM INGTON, Ind., May 13. There is considerable railroad agitation here grow ing out of the effort of both the Indianapo lis Southern and the proposed Oliver line, from Martinsville to Bedford, to secure a J 2 per cent, tax In Bloomington and Perry townships, which will amount to over JSO, OOO. Inasmuch as at six different times railroads have been voted subsidies and Ijhave never been built, the citizens demand Lthat a bond be given. This request the In dianapolis Southern has thus far refused 2to comply with, and the Indications are f now that the Olivers will be voted the en tire 2 per cent. tax. as they offer to put up . cash bond of 510.000 and to begin work within thirty days. w .National Hank at Wabash. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, inj., May 14. This morning ftludge Harvey B. Shively, Howard M. At- Jinson. Harry C. Pettit. Frank W. Morse, Dr. R. F. Blount and John II. Bireley made r Äto the business of the Farmers' and Mer Vn.o T.nt, Kl ..... . i . ... . Li iii.iv, . finale n.tiiK eiaDiiyncd even months ago by Messrs. Atkinson. Bireley and Morse, and which has succeed ed well, having now Jll2.(ii in d-nostt.. M . v umiiii tu uv i'jrmiiii nun .II. Fklnson. the largest Individual stockholder, will be vice president. Asked Permission of the Church. racial to the Indianapolis Journal. F A I K M O U N T, Ind.. May 14.-.U the reg ar session of the Falrmount monthly eeting of the Society of Friends to-day a letter from Charles Arthur Bewley, of Cin cinnati, was read asking permission of the meeting to marry Isabel Hoskins, a Friend nd prominent young lady of this city. Bewley is a member of the church in Cin--jcinnati and is quite well to do. He met in unue-io-oe in tnis cty one year ago whi'e attending a church convention. The cns;r.t of the local mt! land the ceremony will take place this fall fin tris city. The ancient form of mnrriage gin the Friends' Church will be used. Aged Woman Seeks Divorce. FrcUl tf the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN. Ind.. May 14. One of the most ur-iual divorce cases ever filed in the Klk hart Circuit Court was one brought to-day by Amelia McDowell against William Mc Dowell, a wealthy resident of Klkhart. in which he a.-ks tZ alimony and Jl.O-O attorney's fe-s. The rlintifY l iniv J jear old. frail and delicate, and her hus tar.d is sevtnty-Mve years old. wt ihs - rounds und is Mx f-t two inches tall. They were married at Central City. Ntb., jipiuauun. uiruuKn enaior uevemige, to J charter for the Farmers' and Merchants' M sj i i . m m w ' iauonai it ins oi waDasn. with a capital 2of 10O,(' The new institution will succeed July 1. 1SW. and lived tocether until Tues day of this week. She charges hira with extreme cruelty. Tin Worker ! Ieet nl Amlrriioii. NEW CASTLE. Pa.. May H. Tbe fifth annual convention of the Tin-plate Work ers' Protective Association closed this aft ernoon and the next convention will be held at Anderson, Ind. The scale was ap proved but will not be anniuncfil until after the wage committee meets with the manufacturers, some time within the next two weeks. The following officers were elected: President. George Powell. New Castle; secretary and treasurer, Charles E. Lawyer, Wheeling: board of trustees, Ben jamin Teaganlen. Martin's Ferry; J. E. El der. New Castle, and E. E. Catterh-nry. Klwood, Ind. Whetlin? was again selected as the national headquarters and the Labor World, of Pittsburg, was selected as the official paper in :lace of the New Castle Tribune. . which was formerly the ollicial mouthpiece of the association. Traction OfHoers Elected. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., May II. The stockhold ers of the Wabash & Logansport Traction Company, which succeeds to the business of the Wabash River Traction Company, formed to build the trolley line from Wa bash to Peru, met last evening at the com pany's office in Wabash and elected the fol lowing officers: President, Dennis A. Blakeslee. of New Haven. Conn.; vice pres ident, Fred C. Boyd, of New HaVen; sec retary, John S. Bradley: treasurer, Sam uel C. Moorehouse. The management states that the Logansport extension will be r:ady for operation by Sept. 1. Work Stopped for the Present. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind.. May 14. Dr. J. E. Lowes, the promoter of the traction line that Is being projected from Union City to Mun cie, has announced thtt work on the line will proceed no further until he has held a conference with George F. McCulloch. president and general manager of the Union Traction Company. Dr. Lowes says he desires to gain Mr. McCulloch's per mission to enter Muncie by way of the Union Traction Company's lines and will spek the conference for that purpose. Mr. McCulloch is now in the East. DiehPs Case Set for Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind.. May 14. John Diehl. a wealthy Anderson, Ind., manufacturer, who was once tried and convicted on the charge of procuring a criminal operation on Mary Farwlg. a domestic in the Diehl family, was granted a new trial to-day by Judge Bar nard of the Henry county Circuit Court. The new trial will begin June 16. In the coming trial Dr. Garrett Leach, of this city, who was accused of having performed the operation, will testify to what the State's attorneys claim will be damaging evidence. Woman Fined for Child Bentinjr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., May 14. Mrs. Hen ry Cannady, living near Onward, was ar rested to-day for brutally mistreating Dora Burkett, a twelve-year-old orphan. The woman had repeatedly beaten the child with a fence picket because she refused to perform certain work, the brutal actions covering a long period. Neighbors were wrought up to a high pitch, of indignation over the affair The woman pleaded guilty and was fined." The authorities took the child and placed it in the hospital. Damage Snit for Slander. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HUNTINGTON. Ind., May 14.-Thc Rev. Albert J. Johnson to-day filed a $10.000 dam age suit in Circuit Court against William A. Branyan, a prominent attorney of this city, alleging slander. About two weeks ago he was arrested on a serious charge. The case was dismissed, and Johnson charges that Branyan has publicly said that he confessed the truthfulness of the charge by paying money and executing his promissory notes in large amounts to si lence the scandal. Heary Aivard for Injuries. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., May 14.-A jury in the Delaware County Circuit Court has awarded Mrs. Amos Cary, of this city, $1,- 000 damages against the Big Four Railroad Company. Several months ago the plaintiff was crossing a street crossing in this city. A cut of cars was backed into the sleigh in which she and her husband were riding, causing the horse to run away down the tracks. Mrs. Cary avers that she was per manently injured in the runaway. Farmer's Mysterious Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPELIER. Ind.. May 14.-This morn ing the body of Reuben McConkey, a well known middle-aged farmer west of this place, was found in a boiler house on his farm. He had been dead several hours. There are a number of oil wells on the place, and McConkey was the pumper in charge. Carbolic acid burns were found on his face, but the coroner does not believe death was due to that poison. An inquest will be held to-morrow. McConkey left a widow and four children. Democrats to. Lose an Organ. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 14.-Negotia- tions were completed this afternoon by which the morning Journal, a Democratic paper owner by W. Bent Wilson, and his book and job plant "are to be taken into the Burt Terry Company, job printers and book binders, Wilson taking stock in the new concern. The transfer will be made soon, and it is probable that the only Dem ocratic morning paper in the Tenth district will become, Republican. Thrown Into a Ilarbed-Wlre Fence. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' FAIRMOUNT, Ind.. May 14. William Dy son and a young woman wero severely in jured east of this city in a runaway acci dent by being thrown into a barbed-wire fence. Both Dyson and the young woman were the recipients of hundreds of wounds and were almost denuded of clothing by their contact with the wires. The horse they were driving was frightened by an automobile. Heavy Fines for Lawbreakers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind.. May 14. The authorities of this city are prosecuting the publicans who violate the laws with severity. Two days ago William Diester was assessed a total of nearly $100 on two charges, and to day Joseph Elbert was lined in the total sum of exclusive of heavy costs. It is expected that other similar prosecutions will follow. Fonr Sentenced to Reformatory. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN, Ind., May 14. Frank Young. Henry Smith and George Lewis, colored men, supposed to bo from Louisville, were to-day sentenced to the Jeffersonville Re formatory for two to fourteen years for burglary. Noah Jacpbs, of this city, was sentenced to serve one to three years for petit larceny. Indiana Obituary. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. May 14.-Henry G. Olds, aged sixty-two. died at noon to-day after five years' illness due to paralysis. He suffered the fifth stroke in six years last Sunday, and failed to regain strength. He was president of the Olds wagon works of this city and had been identified with the wagon industry all his life. He left a wid ow and four adult children. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. May 14.-Mahiah A., widow of Lieut. S. B. Robertson, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Law. on East Jackson street, yesterday, of general debility. She was born in Penn sylvania on March 0. ls2. She left five children. Funeral services will be held at the home of her daughter on Friday after noon, the Rev. W. F. Smith, of the West street Methodist Church, officiating. ELWOOD. Ind.. May 14-Arthur Lund, one of the most widely known glass work ers In the gas belt, is dead at his home at Orestes. He was widely known to the trade an "Midget." on account of his dimin utive stature. His parents live at Strtetor, 111., and the body was sent there for burial. MUNCIE. . Ind.. May 14.-The death of Mrs. Id, i Snell. wife of August Suell, oc curred ut the family residence in this city this morning. She had boon ill for several weeks. The body wiil be taken to Poplar Grove, Marshall county, Indiana, to-morrow for burial. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. May 14.-Mrs. Henry C. Garner, aged seventy. five, died unexpectedly this inoidu.. oic vus the mother of a well-known lamily and was a number of the Christian Church. Iiidiitrm Vote. ELWCOD A party of Peru business men. headed by E. T. Ueasoner. Henrt Mt inhart. Ii. A. Edwards and Hugh Mc Caffrey, on Wednesday made an inspection of the lines of the Union Traction Com pany, th? parlor car Martha being placed at their disposal by General Passenger Agent Baldwin for the purpose. The company ix preparing to extend its north-and-south line from Indianapolis to Kokomo on to Peru end has asked the Council there for a franchise. LAFAYETTE. The body of Carrie Stingl-'myer. the domestic in the family of one of the Purdue faculty, who disappeared about two weeks aijo. was found in the Wabash river on Tuesday. All the ex traneous c ircuniftances point to suicide, but a suspicion of murder has been aroused and care tul investigation is beinjr made. No tangible evidence has developed within the p;'St twenty-four hours. " MUNCIE.-Williams & Andrews, Dayton. O., architects, will receive th contract for preparing plans for the new four-story Commercial Club building that will be erected in this city in the near future. The building will be located at the corner of Main and Jefferson streets and will cost $00.0 X'. COLUMBUS. The congregation of the Tabernacle Christian Church of this city has extended a call to its pulpit to the Rev. Victor L. Dorris. of Georgetown, Ky. Mr. Doiris has accepted and will assume the pastorate on Sept. 1. DARLINGTON. A commercial club has been formed here for the purpose of de vising a series of popular entertain ments, with the view to attract a larger amount of trade from the contiguous terri tory. MANY ARE GRADUATING INDIANA HIGH SCHOOLS TURN OUT NKW WOHLD-WIXXEIIS. Ilnilroad Offers Them an Opportunity Southern Indiana Contests In Oratory and Athletics. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LADOGA, Ind., May 14. The fourteenth annual commencement of the Ladoga High School was held at the Ladoga Opera House to-night. The address to the class was by Prof. W. W. Pfrimmer, the poet of the Kankakee. There were sixteen mem bers of the class, equally divided between the sexes. This is the largest class in the history of the school. Superintendent J. T. Warfel has been at the head of the local schools for fourteen years, and much of their success has been due to his untiring effort. ELWOOD, Ind., May 11. The annual commencement of the Elwood high schools will be held in the auditorium of the High School building oh the evening of Thurs day, June 5. The commencement address will be delivered by Prof. C. N. Kendall, superintendent of the Indianapolis schools, his subject being "Education and Life." There are fourteen members of the grad uating class, one of the largest in the his tory of the school. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered in the First Meth odist Church on Sunday evening, June 1, bv the Rev. L C. Howe, of this city. The class play. "The Merchant of Venice," will be presented at the opera house on the evening of May 23. PORTLAND, Ind., May 14. Mayor Sam uel Jones, of Toledo, O., delivered an ad dress to the graduates of the Geneva High School this evening. The Ohio mayor was heard by a large audience, and brought out a number of new and novel points. SOUTHERN INDIANA SCHOOLS. They Will Meet In Athletics and Ora tory nt Illoomington "ext Week. Special to the Indlanajolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 14.-Exten-sive preparations are being made for the coming annual meeting of the Southern In diana Athletic and Oratorical Association, to be held here the 23d. The high schools of Mitchell, Bedford, Orleans, Salem, Paoli and AVashington will be represented each by an orator, two musicians and also on the athletic field. It is expected that sev eral hundred persons will be here from these towns. The exercises will be held on the Indiana University grounds. Liberal prizes have been offered. Gold and silver medals are provided for individ ual winners in athletics and a handsome $15 banner will go to the winning team from the university. Twenty-five dollars for a first prize and $15 for a second prize have been offered in oratory. Four $10 prizes and four $5 second prizes have been offered for the different classes in music. Called to a Theologien! Chair. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. May 14. Rev. Her bert N. Denslow, rector of St. John's Epis copal Church, received a telegram to-day stating that he had been elected to the chair of pastoral theology in the Episcopal Seminary of New York city. The election is a great honor to Mr. Denslow, but he has not yet decided to accept it. When seen to-day he said he would not take the chair until he had conferred with Bishop Francis, of this diocese. Mr. Denslow is a Yale graduate, and also took a course in the. Berkley Seminary. He came to this city last December from Muncie. The po sition to which he has been appointed is of life tenure. Preference to Hih-School Gradnates. CHICAGO, May 14. High-school educa tion will hereafter be of advantage to young men who desire to enter the service of the Santa Fe Railroad. The manage ment of that company has instructed head3 of departments that where positions are to be filled high-school graduates shall be given the preference. CONCERNING CALENDARS. A Subject Which Has n Timely Inter est Just Xowi January Era. ' Among the Greeks and Romans almanacs or calendars were not written for the gen eral public, but were preserved as part of the esoteric learning of the priests, whom the people had to consult, not only for the dates of the festivals, "but for the proper times when various legal proceedings ffiight be instituted. About o B. C, however, one Encius Flavius, secretary to Appius Claud ius, stole these secrets by repeated ap plications to the priests and collated the information so gained. It was really pub lishing an almanac, when, as Llvy relates; Flavius exhibited the Fasti on white tab lets around the Forum. From this time similar tablets containing the calendar, the festivals, astronomical phenomena and sometimes allusions to historical events be came quite common. They have been dug up in Pompeii and elsewhere. There are also extant Christian calen dars dating as far back as the fourth cen tury, which gives the names of the saints and other religious Information. One of the most famous of the calendars of the Middle- Ages is that compiled by Petrus of Dacia in A. D. lü"0. A manuscript cony is preserved in the Savilian Library at Oxford. The symbolic man or man of signs (Homo Signorum), still a common feature in almanacs, appears In this book, not. it is conjectured, for the first time, as it seems to have been a survival from the time of Ptolemy's "Almagesi," a col lection of classic observations and prob lems relating to geometry and astronomy. The first printed almanac was the "Pro Pluribus Annis." issued at Vienna in 1457, by an astronomer named Purbach. The earliest known almanac devoted expressly to the year of Issue was published by Rabclfas in 13.'.. Thenceforth the ephemeral yearly char acter of the publication came to be definite ly recognized by almanac makers. Nostradamus set the fashion of incorpor ating predictions of coming events into almanacs, a fashion that has continued to this day in all purfly astrological bio churts of this sort, despite intermittent ef forts to suppress it by royal authority In France and elsewhere. j RiiMftlnn Assassin Executed. LONDON. May 14. A dispatch from St. Petersburg to the Central News says that BalschcanefT, who assassinated M. Sipia gulne, the Russian minister of the Interior, April 13. was executed on Monday last. ATTENDANCE NOT LARGE CIIHISTIAN ClIUtCH CONFERENCE IS NEVERTHELESS INTERESTING. Epworth League Convention at Thorn town Eclectic Medical Associa tion's Convention Adjourns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE IIAUTB, Ind.. May 14. The at tendance at the sessions of the annual meeting of the Indiana Association of the Christian Church has increased to 200. but is still short of the number for whose en tertainment the members of the denomina tion in Terre Haute had made preparation. The report of the secretary, W. E. M. Hackelman, showed that 101 churches had contributed to the association funds, enti tling them to 173 delegates. The total re ceipts for the year were $2,297. W. S. Mof fatl. treasurer, reported a balance of $733 on hand. President Joseph Franklin, of Bedford, sent a letter of regret that, owing to physical infirmities, he would not be able to attend the sessions of the conven tion. A. W. Conner, of Indianapolis, was elected president pro tern. The convention has been addressed by Professor Jefferson, of the Kentucky Uni versity, and Professor Lhamon, of the Mis souri University at Columbia, besides hear ing many Indiana men. The programme to-day included addresses by A. B. Phil putt and A. L. Orcutt, of Indianapolis. At the evening session G. W. Muckley, of Kansas City, spoke on "Church Exten sion." B. L. Smith, of the National Mis sionary Society, and A. McLean, also of the headquarters at Cincinnati, spoke on "Missions" at the day's sessions. The final session will be held to-morrow morning. ECLECTIC MEDICAL MEN. They Close Their Thirty-ElRhth Con- xention nt Fort Wayne. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., May 14. The In diana Eclectic Medical Association closed its thirty-eighth annual meeting here to night with a social session at the First Baptist Church. The programme Included vocal and instrumental music and addresses by the Rev. J. N. Field, W. P. Breen and Professor F. J. Locke, the last named of Newport, Ky. Officers were elected as follows: President, Carl G. Winters. In dianapolis; first vice president, F. M. Bald win, Indianapolis; second vice president. Q. R. Hauz. Sellersburg; recording sec retary. H. V. Blosser, Chalmers; corre sponding secretary, W. P. Best, Indianap olis; treasurer, A. S. Hollingsworth, Ur bana. The next convention will be held In In dianapolis next May, just before the Na tional Eclectic Convention meets there. Professors J. K. Scudder and W. E. Bloyer, of Cincinnati, and Professors H. S. Tucker and Finley Ellingham. of Chicago, partici pated in to-day's discussions. Dr. W. F. Curryer. of Indianapolis, won high praise for a description of his new operation in hysterectomy without clamp or ligature. Retail Merchants nt Mnncle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., May 14. The annual meeting of the Indiana Retail Merchants' Association began in this city this morning with a good attendance of merchants from all over the State. The address of welcome was made by Mayor Edward Tuhej' this morning and other addresses were made. The election of officers will be held to-morrow. To-night a banquet was held in Red Men's Hall. Ira Young, of Muncie, pre sided as toastmaster. Epworth League Convention. Special to the Indianapoll Journal. THORNTOWN, Ind., May 14. The an nual convention of the Epworth League of the Crawfordsvllle district will be held here next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. An excellent programme has been prepared. Nearly all the prominent Methodist minis ters in this district and several excellent speakers from over the State will attend. The convention will be held in the audi torium of the Methodist Church. OUTLOOK FOR A 31 ER I CAN AHT. Sir Philip Rurne-Jones Says Its Fu ture Is ürlftht. New York Mall and Express. "In art, as in other branches of activity, America is fast forging to the front. In London to-day three Americans hold the foremost rank, and one of them as a por trait painter has an almost unprecedented vogue. The outlook for American art, in short, was never brighter." With these words, which were uttered with a ring of conviction betokening evi dent sincerity. Sir Philip Burne-Jones, the noted English artist, characterized to-day the work and prospects of his fellow-craftsmen of American birth. Sir Philip arrived here yesterday on his first visit to these shores, and in company with Sir W. Martin Conway, the explorer, the English publisher, Gerald Duckworth, and Capt. A. Graves, R. A., is staying at the Albemarle. Despite his light complexion, there Is much about the British artist which le minds one of hi3 cousin, Rudyard Kipling. There are the same square, determined jaw, the high cheek bones and well-knit figure, but, above all, a certain irrepressible en ergy, like that of the author-poet, which seems to defy all efforts at a curb and manifests itself in rapid gestures and quick play of expression while he talks and found characteristic expression in his answer to the first question asked. "What did I come here for? Why, to paint," Sir Philip answered, as if It would have been the most unnatural thing in the world for him to have left all thought of work three thousand miles across the At lantic. "Yes. I expect to be kept quite busy while I am in this country. I hope, how ever, to find time to study American art in its native surroundings, an opportunity which I have long sought, but that now for the first time presents itself. "I am fully persuaded of the great possi bilities that the future holds for the artists of this country. Even now they have won enviable recognition in Europe. In London, for instance, are Sargent, Abbey and Boughton, literally in the forerank of the elect. As for Sargent, he has a wonderful vogue. It would seem as if everybody who is anybody must have his portrait painted by him. "Naturally." continued Sir Philip Burne Jones, "I am most familiar with the work of those of your countrymen who pursue Iheir art amid European surroundings." In Sir Philip's opinion Europe is bound to continue to Influence American art for an indefinite time. "The atmosphere of tradition which pervades Great Britain and the continent is in a measure the breath of art. Above all things the accessibility to the great masters of past ages Is a factor in favor of Europe as the mistress of art. The ab sence in this country of such influences has been the greatest drawback, I believe, to the rapid development of art here. "Still, at the r'tte the museums and mil lionaires of this country are buying the great masterpieces." admitted the speak er, with a smile, "it won't be long before a student here will have rare advantages. "Understand me." continued he; "I do not advocate slavish copying of the art of any past age; only It is most instructive and helpful to be able to study the differ ent examples." With true British reserve. Sir Philip Burne-Jones begged to be excused from talking about his own painting, although he admitteel that the one in which he was most interested was "The Vampire." "There is no truth in the report, how ever, that I had in mind when painting it a certain popular actress." he explained. "At the time the picture was put on ex hibition Mrs. Patrick Campbell had just received unqualified recognition In Lon don. The fact that the woman in the pic ture had black hair and a form thought by some to resemble that of the actress led to the report that 1 had taken her as my model. But I had no thought of so doing." The artist declared in conclusion that be fore his return he hoped to visit Wash ington, Boston and Chicago, but had not as yet laid any definite plans. He seemed much amused at the published accounts of the game of poker which was plaved by him. Sir Walter Martin Conway. Mr. Duckworth. C. J. Catto, of Toronto, and E. K. Spinney. "Yes." he concluded, "it is true that in the game 1 came out loser. But, really, the reports are somewhat exaggerated, von know. We only played to pass away the time." KI0TING IN ITALY. Peasants Wound Gendarmes and an Anarchist Shoots at a Cardinal. ROME, May 14. Newspaper telegrams which have reached here from Bari, on the Adriatic, report the rioting of 5,000 peasants at Putlgnano, in the district of Apulia, as a result of labor disputes. The rioters burned the houses where the octroi taxes are col lected and attacked the Town Hall. Seven gendarmes were wounded in a vain at tempt to quell the rioting. The gendarmes then had recourse to their firearms, and as a result a woman was wounded. Forty ar rests were made and order was finally re stored. It is reported here from Bardolino, near Verona, that an Anarchist has been ar rested there for firing a rifle at Cardinal Bartolomeo Bacilieri. the bishop of Ve rona. The cardinal was not hurt. ART AND THE 3IAGAZINES. Printing: in Colors tin Unsafe and I'n ivlse Venture. Detroit Journal. The American popular magazine has the rest of the world distanced for illustration and general interest, but critics forebode that this very opulence of achievement may lead to abuses. For Instance, there is the tendency to run to color illustration. The halftone has reached such perfec tion on this continent that enterprising publishers are tempted into experiments outside of the old traditions of black and white. In line drawing Europe may excel us though that is a moot question but In halftones, particularly as applied to the illustration of fiction, the American maga zine is supreme. The reason for thi3 lies partly in mechanical equipment, but chiefly in the fact that our illustrators have had the true art spirit. The American magazine has been both wise and fortunate in always commanding the best service of men like Christy, Gib son, Stanlaws, Remington, Hambidge and such. These men have aimed to put real faces Into their pictures, to reflect real men and women and to hold the mirror up to nature, not forgetting the right shade of idealization. In England there was one man like that, Du Maurier, and he Is dead. The English magazine illustrator is a cheaper breed of artist and considerably worse. He is satisfied with a crude conception, a lack of finish and the most conventional treat ment. His work is no more to be compared to the American than a farthing dip to an arc lamp.. Why should the magazine even partially desert the field in which it is pre-eminent for the meager results from color work on a p.intlng press? The old charm of good pictures in black and white may keen it in the paths of good taste which are far from the garish colored supplement; but as chromatic Ingenuity works out in the mag azine the heroine's nose is of the same hue as the sunset and that, in turn, of the same tint as the cow's leg in the immediate fore ground. These be poor triumphs, indeed, but with the limitations of the press it is hard to see how they can be bettered. Of course, the three-color print has great possibilities and some excellent work has been done in that line. But the magazines are not attempting three-color work, be cause it is slow and tedious. To achieve anything like satijfactory results in three color work the equipment of the magazine would have to be doubled and the price to the public raised. WThat the magazine is seeking is a color effect that can be ac complished by one journey through the press. Such work is not pleasing to the artistic eye. As it turns out, many good pictures in black and white are being marred by hideous daubs of color that have neither relevancy nor proportion to the subject. Let the American magazine stick to its motto, Aut Caesar aut nullus, and keep to the field of black and white in which it is easily first. SUBDUING A BULLY. How a Railway Conductor Finally Got an Answer to a Proper Question. Baltimore Sun. The following story of how a bully was cowed on a railroad train by a nervy con ductor is told by D. Eldrldge Monroe, of the Baltimore bar: "I was coming eastward over the Santa Fe Railroad one night in the fall of lSu. The train stopped at Dodge City, which was then the most important point for the ship ment of cattle In southwest Kansas. Some of the worst characters on the frontier made their headquarters there. Quite a number of passengers of the true frontier type boarded the train. Among them was a fellow who particularly attracted my at tention, because of his burly form and coarse, and. I could not but think, cow ardly, features: He was dressed in typical cowboy style. He wore a suit of deerskin, profusely adorned with tassels made of the same material. 'Bully' was written in his unattractive face and was shown in his every movement. The conductor of the train, a very courteous and efficient man, rather srfiall of stature, named Bender, some time after leaving Dodge, came through the car collecting fares. Bender had some nasal trouble, which made it ap pear when he spoke that he was talking through his nose. He drawled out his words very slowly, and altogether his ut terances were rather droll. He approached the Dodge City bully and asked him for his ticket. " 'Got no ticket,' he surlily replied. " 'Where are you going?' drawled Bender. " 'Goin where I please, and it's none of your business where I'm goin,' replied the " 'You've got to pay your fare or get off this train; and I want to know how far on this line you're going,' again demanded Bender. " 'I tell you I'm not tellin you or any one else where I'm goin',' replied the bully, at the same time placing his right hand on one of the two pistols of large caliber con spicuously displayed in the holsters at tached to his belt. "The bully during the colloquy had em phasized his words with the coarsest pro fanity. The other passengers in the car became not a little excited and were evi dently curious to see what the end would be. "When the bully thus threateningly gave his ultimatum Bender eyed him coolly for a moment in silence, then passed on, col lecting his fares. In perhaps a half hour Bender came into the car from the direc tion of the express car with a double barrel shotgun, cocked, and before the bully had time to offer any show of de fense Bender had him covered, the muzzle of the gun being within two feet of the bully's face. " 'Now. where you going?' asked Bender, coolly drawling out the question through his nose. " I I'm goin to pet off,' replied -the thoroughly cowed bully. "A brakeman pulled the bell cord and the train came to a halt. Bender, keeping his man covered with the cocked gun, fol lowed him until he saw him jump from the steps of the car into the darkness, at least twenty miles from the nearest station. Then the train moved on and the passen gers resumed their normal quiet." Losses by Fire. ST. LOUIS. May 14. The plant of the Gllson Asphaltum Company, at Madison, 111., wes burned to the ground to-dav, causing a loss estimated at $100.000, which is only partly covered by insurance. I'. D. Summers, superintendent of the plant, was burned about the head and face while fight ing the flames. One hundred men were employed by the company. None of these except Mr. Summers was injured. HUNTINGTON. W. Va.. May 14. Fire broke out in R. W. Kennedy & Co. 's lum ber mills at Ceredo. six miles west of here, to-day, destroying the entire plant, the sub station of the Camden Interstate Railway, twenty dwelling houses and all the lumber in the mill yards. The loss Is estimated at f.OOO. probably one-third covered by in surance. Capitalized nt )? lO.OOO.OOO. ALBANY, N. Y.. May 14. The Manhat tan Tranist Company, with a capital stock of S10.0mV. was incorporated to-day. Ti.e principal office Is to be in New York. The certificate states that the company is formed to deal In and operate cars, coaches and other vehicles and movable equipment propelled by horse or other power. i More Trouble for the British. Concord (N. II.) Patriot. Disgusted with the army mule, what will the Britishers think of that cargo of Mon tana bronchos just purchased, when they are assigned for service in South Africa. For pure cussedness the mule is not a cir cumstance to a Western broncho. Lived One Hundred nnd Five Years. FLUSHING. Long Island. May 14. Bridget McCormick died here to-day at the age of 106 years. She was born In Ire land and came here in 1SÖ0. ENGLISHMAN'S DISCOVERY FIRST THING HE NOTICES IN AMEIt ICA IS DRY GOODS STORES. Is Impressed by the Amount of Their Advertising and Studies Philos ophy of It. Charles E. Hands, in London Mail. The first discovery the newly-arrived Englishman makes in America is, I think, the dry goods store. There are, of course, more Important dis coveries to be made later as perceptions go deeper, and there are more amazing things which reveal themselves as the initial be wilderment wears down and perceptions grow clearer. But to the newly-landed "rubber neck," absorbing first superficial impressions of the bigness of things, it is the immense size of the shops that brings the earliest sensation of wonder. Perhaps, when one comes to think of it, it is partly because the newly-landed Eng lishman is prepared to be impressed by the immensity of the department store that he immediately realizes it. The first discov eries he makes are not unnaturally those he was prepared to look for beforehand. Before he left home he knew that John Wanamaker's dry goods store was some thing that would impress him as remark able in its way, and, amid a swarm of vague, confused views of strange sights, the familiar name catches and focuses his attention. He looks at the great store so vast that it might be a railway terminus, so beautiful in the splendor and the digni fied simplicity of its designs that it might be a national art museum and realizes the hugeness and the business wonder of it. Similarly with the other great depart ment stores, such as the Siegel-Cooper es tablishment "the Big Store, a City in Itself" they force themselves upon the ob servation as readily as the Liberty statue and Brooklyn bridge, and the river view of the sky-scraper sky line and Broadway and the New York Herald office and the numbered streets and the elevated rail road and all the other big things he was looking for. So In the other great Amer ican cities. In Chicago the Marshall Field store Is the first thing to catch the new comer's attention. A TESTIMONY TO SUCCESS. That is the most striking testimony to the success, as well as the magnitude, o2 the American department stores, that their names are known, and they are accounted for notable sights all over the English speaking world. John Wanamaker's store in New York is not by any means an old institution. As a matter of fact, it is little more than six years old; but already its fame has spread all over England. Period ically, the British imagination is stirred by the rumor that Marshall Field or Wan amaker or the Siegel-Cooper firm is about to open a great department store on Amer ican lines in London. Certainly the Amer ican methods of handling the drapery busi ness have compelled wondering recognition in England; one wonders why they have not more largely compelled the tribute of Imitation. The rewards seem worth trying for. Mr. Wanamaker is enormously wealthy, Mr. Marshall Field is one of the richest men in the world. London is a much larger purchasing cen ter and an immeasurably larger distrib uting center than New York or Chicago. Oxford street of an afternoon attracts an infinitely larger shopping crowd than Twenty-third street. New York, or State street, Chicago. As a matter of fact, not withstanding the facilities of transport in American cities, the shopping district of London, owing to the compactness of the population, is readily accessible to an enor mously larger population. As far as my own judgment and observation go though here some may disagree the average Eng lish woman dresses better than the average American woman. Why is it, then, that there is not a bigger drapery and millinery establishment on Oxford street or Regent street than on State street or Broadway? Why is there no Marshall Field or Wana maker in the London dry goods business? A BIG VIEW OF BUSINESS. There are, of course, differences in yae shopping conditions of the two countries. In every American city, however large, the shopping district is concentrated into one small central area, whereas every district of London has its own shopping center. But is that so much owing to any difference in the nature of the people as the difference in the business methods of the merchants? Besides, it is not wholly true of London, which has Its shopping district just as well defined, though very much larger than any American city. The American store Is big because the American trader takes a big view of busi ness. He is not content with a business that is "doing very fairly." If his business prospers, that is an indication to him that it ought to be bigger. If his goods are ap preciated, that is only a further inducement to advertise them more widely. He is not hampered by tradition nor limited by the habit of outworn method that passes fre quently with us for "experience." Knowl edge he may have been accumulating from Ihe beginning, but "experience" does not always hold good over Sunday. He Is con tinually probing possibilities, and business to him every day is a fresh proposition. He is a full-blooded optimist and builds his store to accommodate all the customers he can imagine, and his Imagination enlarges in the ratio of the square of his success. He never feels that his business need cease to grow. If a bargain sale brings custom, then he has a bargain sale every day. If advertising brings custom, then fill news paper pages with announcements. ADVERTISEMENTS FULL OF FACTS. If they were content to store stock ware houses with merchandise and wait for cus tomers to come along some time they would not need to advertise; but they do not be lieve In stock warehouses, and they are not satisfied with any purchase, however ju dicious, until the goods are sold to make room for .something still more attractive. They have accommodation in their stores for 50,000 customers at a time, and advertis ing brings the customers. So they adver tise, and they have brought advertising to a science. The art of advertising is, at the base, the art of knowing what the public wants. They laugh at the English draper's crude notion of what is an attracting ad vertisement. Their advertisements are full of facts, every one of which is a compelling inducement to buy, and they change their advertisements with every issue of the newspapers. The outlay on advertising Is enormous, but it fills the big stores with customers. There are half a dozen of the big stores in New York which occupy a full page daily in each of the leading newspapers, and each spend about 100,(w0 a year for adver tising purposes. These are Wanamaker's. Simpson Crawford. Siegel & Cooper, R. H. Macy & Co., Adams & Co. and O'Neill's. In Chicago "The Fair," Mandel Bros., and Siegel & Cooper iss'ie page advertisements daily and spend from 32.0" to 36.ooo a year. Marshall Field and A. M. Roth schilds Ä: Co. spend 30,000 annually. There are three or four other stores some of them exclusively in the parcel post busi ness, which exceed 20,000 a year in adver tising expenditure. There is no big retail business in America which does not owe Its big trade to big advertising. They can not wait for customers to come at their leisure. The goods must be sold at once, and are sold at once. THE PHILOSOPHY OF ADVERTISING. The Wanamaker store has an annual turnover of 10.000,000 to show for its 100,000 advertising outlay, which. In the opinion of Mr. W. R. Hotchkiss, the adver tising expert, justifies his work. The key note of his philosophy is: "It Is no use advertising unless you have the goods; but it is no use having th goods unless you advertise." A fine air of convincing verac ity pervades the Wanamaker advertise ments. Articles offered are exactly de scribed and the prices exactly quoted. In deed, it is obvious that these huge stores have so much at stake that they must keep every customer they get. Misrepresenta tions in thfir advertisements would be fatal to them. So veracity is the aim of them all. Sie gel-Coope r's h ive spent in the five years they have been In business in New York j,0)) in newspaper announcements, which Mr. A. J. Meister, their advertising manager, calculates attract daily the at tention of two and a half million readers. Mr. R. H. Peck, the advertising expert of Mandel Bros., of Chicago, declares that in four years advertising has doubled the size of their store, and they are now about to build a large annex. Now they are ad vertising more than ever. The Immense additions made by th torcs of Marsh!! Field and Schlesinger' during the last two years shov, he says, what advcrtlMns does. "The result of advertising." eas Mr. Peck, "is not always direct. It Is e u mulatlve. Give me a sum of money for a year's advertising and I will not under take to show a M business for the first two months. But 1 will guarantee to show a big profit Wfore the end of the year." But they all tell the same story. In fact, thure is not a big store in America which dees not largely adve rtise, and there is not among them all a big advertising rtore which has not the same tale to teil of a con.-tantly and hugely increasing buflnrss. Of course. kckI buying i always indis pensable. anl the great stures ransack the vorld fur suitable go..ds. But then, as Mr. Wanamaker once said. "The better I iwi vertise the betttr 1 buy." PRESEHVAUON OF THE TEETH. Practical Directions as to I sine and CnrliiK fur Tlirui. Philadelphia Times. Those who possess good white teeth, even and eil kpt. are e-ompenated for many irregvlar features they may have. Good teeth are essential to both health and beauty. Often ea.'es of Indigestion are due to nothing more than bad teeth. The teetn and gums require unremitting attention. Savages du net use the tooth brush, yet, as a rule, they have good teeth and their digestion is better than that of civilized people, for the simple reason that they eat plain food and rarely get enough of it to surteit the system. The greatest demand for the dentist comes trom those who claim to be not only civilized, but also highly enlightened, lie cause they use soft tu! and hot foods, which can be swallowed with little chew ing. the teeth hae relatively nothing to do; An organism cr any part of the human mechanism that does not get a normal amount of exercise will develop Imperfect ly or fall prey to disease. Thorough mas tication helps to the cleanliness ana benttit of the teeth and gums. The use of the brush is always necessary, especially after eating soft food, which sticks Detween the teeth, causing fermentation and destroying the dentine. We have an example of what the habitual use of soft food will do for the teeth in the people of Scotland. Until within the last torty or fifty years these people lived largely on oat cake meal, brown letaf and other crusty breads, which called lor thor ough mastication, and so long as they adhered to this diet they had fine teeth. But since they have adopted the diet of their neighbors their teeth have become defective and their general health likewise has deteriorated. To preserve th- teeth we must give them plenty of exercise. We should not destroy the enamel by the use of foods hat are extremely hot or extreme ly cold or by cracking the hulls of nuts or other hard substance. We should avoid medicines that corrode the teeth. Many have lost their fine Incisors and even the molars by disregard ef this ru'e. If soft foods form part of the dietary the teeth should be brushed thoroughly after each meal, not merely morning and night, as is the custom of many. To keep the gums tirm and red frequent friction with the brush is necessary. To be sure of a sweet and clean looking nieuth a mirror sheiuld be liken each day and with a fine, hard toothpick every particle of food should bo lernoved from the roots of the teeth and the ii'rtrfS'tlces which brushing alor.e Ponutiir.es will not remove. If the gums are sensitive a piece of dentist's floss or silk thread can be' drawn gently between the teeth three or four times. If this and the brushing is persisted in the teeth can be preserved to a good old age. Foreign substances that Jiave formed on the tettü can be removed by powdered pumice stone applied with the end of a toothpick covered with cloth, scouring them to the edges oi the gum. but not so as to destroy the enam el or make the gums bleed. Pumice stone is used by all dentists foi cleansing, but it Is exceedingly gritty and should be used only for that purpose and not oftener than once in two or three months. Dentifrices usually are powders and require a certain amount of grittinesi to be of service. Peroxide ef hydrogen bleaches and whitens yellow or discolored teeth. It la also an antiseptic mouth wash, as also are llsterine or euthymol. Myrrh Is beneficial in hardening sensitive gums. The following formulas for quinine and Peruvian bark powders are excellent tonics for the teeth: The quinine Precipitated chalk. on pound; starch powder, one-half pound: orru powder, one-half pound; sulphate of qui nine, one dram. Sift through muslin and put in jars. The Peruvian bark Peruvian bark, one quarter pound; bole ammonia, one-hall pound; orris powder, one-half pound; cas sia bark powder, one-quarter pound; pow. dered myrrh, one-quarter pound; precipi tated chalk, one-quarter pound; otto ol cloves, one-eighth pound. Reduce to an impalpable powder and sift thoroughly. Charcoal and cuttlefish bone powder art good detergents. Rhatany bark and catechu are useful astringents. The best powdei for daily use and which is simple Is: Pre cipitated chalk, six ounces; cassia pow der, one-half ounce; orris root, one ounce. Sift and mix thoroughly and use with good, firm brush. lixgo of Tim cmcts. Terms That Are Meaningless to Those Who Speak Only English. Detroit Free Press. Circus people talk a jargon that would be unintelligible to the uninitiated. To those in circus life the manager or the head of any' enterprise is always "the main guy," while those In subordinate positions are simple "guys." The tents are called "tops" by circus men, and they are subdivided Into the "big top." the "animal top." the "kid top." the "candy top," and so on. The side show, where the Circassian girls, fat women and other curiosities known as "freaks" are shown, is termed the "kid show," and the man with the persuasive voice who seeks to entice people to enter is known as a "bark er" or a "spieler." The men who sell peanuts, red lemon ade, palm-leaf fans and concert tickets are known as "butchers," while that class of circus followers whose methods are outside of the pale of the law are "runs" or "grafters." To get a person's money without giving an equivalent is to "turn them." A countryman Is either a -rube" or a "yap." The musicians with a circus are known as "wind jammers," the train men, canvas men and other laborers are "razorbacks." The distance from one town to another is always known as a "Jump." The show ground Is called the "lot," and the dining tent, where the circus peopl get their meals, is the "camp." An acrobat is known as a "klnker and all things that are used in the rinr. auch as banners, hoops and the like, are called "objects." Those who lie on their backs and juggle children on their feet are "Rlsleys," and if other objects are balanced on the feet they are "barrel kickers." Money is referred to as "coin" or "cash," and the one who pays the salaries is either the "ghost" or the "man In white A trunk Is called "keester." and a valise Is "turkey." To get away quick is to do a "vamp." and of those who are forced to leave they say "got the hurry." Those who have been long in the business are "old landmarks." and a new addition to the profession Is either a "butt la" or "Johnny Newcomer." Food Is called "chuck," and they say an intoxicated per son is "soused. ' A fight is a "scrap," but any trouble that cannot be handled by the regular officers is a "mix-up," and a whistle is blown, at the sound of whicb each employe grabs a stake or othei handy weapon and yells "Hey, Rube," which is the call to arms. A proposed victim is known as a "sucker" to the confidence men who follow the circus, and "fanning a guy" is to mak sure he has no weapons on him before they proceed to get his money. To "frisk" a train is to arm a lot of husky employes with stakes and search the cars foi "crooks" and "sure thing" men. There is no chance for argument at this tlma If you see one of these worthies leaving In a hurry and ask hird where he is bound he will generally say, "To the tall and uncut." Deserved a Renard. Boston Transcript. Sylvia's papa was a clergyman. It was his custom to turn the wedding fees over to his wife, but one day he felt inclined to tease her a little at first by holding it just out of her reach. Sylvia looked on with a serious face. "Aren't you going to give It to her, papa?" she finally aske-d. "Oh. I don't know, why should I?" an swered the father. : "Well. I think you ought to." said Sylvia, earnestly; "she goes to hear you every Sunday." The OrlKlnal One. " ' Chicago Tribune. "No." said Mrs. Fpjohn. T never alio myself to read a story that has a villain in it. There is villainy enough in real life, and we don't need it in literature." "Then you do not admire the book oi Job?" observed the Kev. lr. Fourthly, whe was making a patoral call. "The book of Job!" she exclaimed, in sur prise. "What villain is there la that ato O I remember;"