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2 THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1897. difference brtwoen tnem which they may fail to adjust by diplomatic negotiations." The Senate committor added to this the following: "Hut no iu-stin which affects tin? foreign or domestic policy of either of the high contracting p.irtifs. or the rela tions of cither to any other state or power, by treaty or otherwise, shall be a subject for arbitration und r this treaty except by sinclal atrrremtnt." Article is amended ly giving each gov ernment two Instead of nv jurist of repute and the following is stricken from the arti cle; "In case they Khali fail to agree on an umpire within three months of the date of an application made to thorn in that be half by the hish contracting parties or cither of them, the umpire shall be selected In the manner provided for In Article 10." In Article 5 the following has l-en strick en out: "In case they shall fail to agree on an umpire within three months of the date of an application mnde to them in that behalf by the high contracting parties or either of them, the umpire shall le selected in the manner provided for in Article l'V Wherever the word "person" is used, moaning the ttfth member of the tribunal, "jerson" is stricken out and "umpire in serted. Article ? In the original treaty read as follow.: "Objections to the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal constituted, under this treaty shall not be taken except as pro vided In this article. If. before the close of the hearing upon a claim submitted to an arbitral tribunal constituted under Article 3 or Article 5. either of the high contract ing parties shall move such tribunal to de cide, and thereujK)ii It shall determine if such claim necessarily involves the decision of a disputed question of principle of grave general Importance affecting the national rights of such party as distinguished from the private rights whereof It Is merely the International representative, the jurisdic tion of such tribunal over such claim shall cea.se, and the same shall be dealt with by arbitration under Article ." Article 7. as amend-d by the committee, is as follows: "Objections to the jurisdic tion of an arbitral tribunal constituted under this treaty shall not be taken ex cept as provided in this article. If at any timrt before the close of the hearing on any matter, except territorial claims, submitted to an arbitral tribunal constituted under this treaty, either o4 the high contracting Parties shall declare that the determina tion of such matters necessarily involves the decision of a disputed question which Is excluded from arbitration except by special agreement by the operation of Ar ticle l. then the jurisdiction of such arbitral tribunal over such matter shall cease." Article 10. which reads as follows, was stricken out and nothing Inserted in its place: "If in any case the nominating bod ies designated in Articles 3 and " shall fail to agree on an umpire in acordance with the provisions of the said article, the urn piie shall be appointed by his Majesty, the King of Swtdtn and Norway. Either of the high contracting parties, however, may at any time give .notice to the other that, by reason of material changes in condi tions as existing at the date of this treaty, it Is of the opinion th.it a substitute for his Majesty should be chosen either for all cases to arise under the treaty or for a (articular spec ilia! ca e already arisen and thereupon the contracting parties t-hall at once proceed to agree upon such substitute to act either in all cases to arise under the treaty or in the particular ca.e sieclried as may be indicated by said notice; pro vided, however, that such notice shall have no effect upon an arbitration already be gun by the constitution of an arbitral tri bunal under Article Z. The high contract ing parties shall also at once proceed to r.cminate a substitute tor his Majesty in the .event that his Majesty shall at any time notify them of his V'esire to be re lieved from the functions graciously ac cepted by him under this treaty, either for all esses to arise thereunder or for any particular specified case already arisen." Comment of the London Irew. LONDON, Feb 2. The St. James Gazette, commenting on the probability of President Cleveland dropping the arbitration treaty, says: 'Should, however, President Cleve land or his successor ask us to accept an amended treaty it would I? just as well to do so and thereby again show how much, we wish to keep on friendly terms with the United States. In the meantime what a lesson the whole story give? as to the value of the great principle of arbitration between two states more closely related in language and blood than any others in the world. They are without a real cause for quarrel, yet they cannot even agree to arbitrate without elaborate provisions which exclude everything of the least genuine imior tance." The t;iobe states: "Here in England we are loath to rid ourselves of old-time de lusions, anil that Is undoubtedly why we still cling to the Idea that the people of the United States are our American cousin. This tradition, of course, was fostered by the fact that they speak English more cr los. and that those teen most here Iajh coln. Phelps and Bayard are to all Intents and purposes Englishmen. Considering how tender we always are with the United States, and how anxious we arc to spare their feelings in every way. we periodically wonder why they in return are so dis courteous and malevolent to us. The fact, of course, is that the people of the United States are a very mixed race, and are no more related to us as a whole than to Ger many." The Westminster Gazette, touching on the delay in the passage of the treaty, remarks: "The jingoes and silverites of both parties will not have even a. symbolic act of peace with Great Britain. It there is any doubt of its passing we frankly hope the treaty wlil be withdrawn. Great and striking as would have been its ratification as a con tribution to the cause of peace, its proposed rejection would certainly be a correspond ingly serious setback." The Daily Chronicle, in an editorial, claims that the amendments to the Anglo American arbitration treaty reported to the United States Senate from the committee on foreign affairs are even worse than ex pected. Says the Chronicle in concluding its editorial: "The amendments would make the treaty a mere husk. If the United Slates S nate succeeds in thus wrecking the Anglo-American treaty, the relations of all 'nations will be worse than ?f the word arbitration had never been mentioned. Eng Iang can, however, do nothing further. There Is only one thing additional that we should like to see in this particular, and that is a manifesto in favor of the treaty signed by every minister of religion In indh countries. If some of our American con tctnjorarics would undertake to get the signatures of the American clergy the Chronicle would answer for the signatures of the British clergy. Then the United States Senate would lw- ab'.e to see the posi tion it really occupies." The Standard says: "The treatment of "the Anglo-American arbitration treaty by the United States Senate is a significant evidence of the dangerous vitality of jingo ism among the leading American politi cians." The Dally News. says: "The amendments to the Anglo-American treaty reported to the United States Senate were clearly made with the view of amending the treaty out of existence. It would le curious if the Venezuelan arbitration proceedings were adopted and the Anglo-American treaty re jected. In that case the American zeal for arbitration would appear decidedly altruis tic. The Americans would love it as some thing good for others, but not good for themselves." A French View. PAItlS. Feb. L The Gaulois attributes the hanging up of the treaty of arbitration arranged between Great Britain and the United States to Secretary Olney's unpopu larity in the Senate, and to the desire of the It publicans not to allow President Cleve land the honor of signing such an Impor tant document. . Swltxrliinl YVniitn n mv Trrnlj. BKItNK, Switzerland. Feb. 2. The federal council has submitted to the United States government, the draft of a new extradition treaty to suiejewe the present treat) which -!ermlts Swiss citizens to be extra dited to the United States contrary to the Swiss extradition laws. Trouble In the Columbian lluNeiiiu. CHICAGO. Feb. 2. Edward 1 Burcbard. v ho has been librarian and recorder of tiTe Field Columbian Museum for the last threo years, has severed all connection with th institution. It is stated that charges of incompetency were- preferred against Di rector Skiff by several of the curators, in cluding Mr. Burchard. The charges, at the request of the trustees of the museum, were subsequently withdrawn, but Mr! Burchard refused to concur in this action and it is said his resignation was acord lngly asktd for by the executive commit tee. Two other curators are said to have announced their intention of resigning. .tljier Think lie Vnm StIiiI ltl. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Feb. 2. -The case of General Uusse 11 A. Alger vs. And. r son was heard before Judg Clark in the Federal Court here to-day. The suit grew out of a "loom" coal-1 liid deal. Through his agent and a local real estate firm Gen eral Alger Ixiupht the Anderson tract, con sisting of alout 2T.fx acres, in Franklin county, for $1 40.000. iaylng a largo amount in cash. The general claims that the real estate dealers hritied bis agent fo make false report and that the land is prac tically .worthless, lie sues for recovery of the amount paid and rele.isernent from contract. The decision was reserved. Movement of Strainer. NKW YOIiK. Feb. 2.-Sat!ed: Trave. for Bremen. ANTWKHP. Feb. 2. Arrived: Berlin, trum New York LIKE SHERLOCK HOLMES FOST.MASTEIl Ill'Sf If, Ol' COLl Mill S, DOES A SKAT PIECE OF AVOHIv. The Late II. X. C'ntlliiherry'M Friend Declare He Is Dead mill in Hln tirnvr Other State ISewr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS. Ind.. Feb. 2. Postmaster Thomas A. Hush, of this city, has been able to locate a son In this country for a father In Ireland. The son's name is Thomas Queenan and he Is at present a private in the Seventeenth United States Infantry, stationed at Columbus, O. lYior to that time he served at Fort Russel. near Cheyenne, Wyo. His father's name is James Queenan. and his address is Drum lestna county, Sligo Cloonloo P. O., Vice Boyle county, Roscommon. Ireland. Mr. Queenan wrote to the postmaster at Columbus. O.. on Jan. 4. 1W. He said that his son Thomas was employed In the office at Cheyenne. Wyo.. and that he had gone from there to Columbus, lie asked the de partment to locate him. There was no Queenan in the employ of the Columbus. O.. office and the letter was forwarded to the Columbus. Ind.. office. Postmaster Bush in looking through the postofike di rectory, found a man by that name in Chicago. All the mall was returned from Chicago with the statement that there was no Thomas Queenan there. Mr. Hush employed his detective ability and with reasoning that would have done a Sherlock Holmes credit he came to the conclusion that Queenan was In the United States army instead of the postal service. This conclusion proved correct and he was found in the Columbus barracks. The old father in Ireland has been notified and he can now reach his son with letters. overlooking .o hets. Shelby County Co 111 111 1 mm! 011 erM Have a Fat Thl In Oilier. Social to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLH. Ind.. Feb. 2. The case of McCollum against the Board of County Commissioners, decided by Judge Bucking ham at this term of court, will proe of in terest in every county in Indiana. The County Commissioners have been in the habit for years of calling themselves in session for any occasion without a notice from the auditor and voting themselves pay for their day's service. When Auditor Car bon came in under the present fee and sal ary law it was found that his fees collected would not pay the deputy for a single quarter during the term. The commission ers refused to allow him any salary and he has since refused to draw any warrants for extra sessions. The commissioners applied for a mandamus and McCollum appealed to the Circuit Court against their employing themselves to do Work for the county and paying themselves1 therefor. The court has decided that they have a right to vote themselves money for services rendered the county. On the strength of that decision they have allowed themselves for extras in the last six months $7r2."0. Some of the items are ridiculous. For buying a mower each drew $3.30; for invoicing property two of them got $rf.50 each: for overseeing re pairs on water pipe, $3..0; for getting policy of Insurance, S: for taking child to poor farm. 2Sjn. The bills include repairing bridges, trimming trees and teaming. Mc Collum has appealed. If the ruling of the lower court holds the office of county com missioner will be a valuable one. TKACIXfi TWO Ronnuits. They Bound and Bobbed an Old Couple at GreeiiMhoro. Special to the Ir.dlanapc.lU Journal. NEW CASTLE. Ind.. Feb. 2.-At midnight last night the residence of W. P. Frampton at Greensboro was entered by two masked burglars, who dragged from bed Mr. and Mrs. Frampton. an aged couple, together with a small boy, and bound them hand and foot. The house was then plundered and about $1S in money secured. The roblter next went to the barn and hitched one of the horses to a cart and drove away through the snowstorm. Their route was through this place, and just north of town they abandoned Frampton's horse and ve hicle and took two horses belonging to Flem Ratrllff out of their stalls and then stole another vehicle a mile further on. It was so near morning by this time that the tracks were plainly discernible at daylight and pursuit was at ence begun. Alout e'ght miles north of town the horses and vehicle were found, abandoned by the thieves, who proceeded on foot from that point. A vig orous pursuit Is being made, and they will hardly escape. IMMAX.Y OIIITI AHV. Mr. LoulMiana Ahhett. Oldest ItenU deut In Colombo. Fpeeial to the In lianapoli? Journal. COLUMBUS. Ind.. Feb. 2. Mrs. luis iana Abbett.' the oldest resident of Colum bus, died this morning. She was the wife of William C. Abbbet. who still lives. Mrs. Abbett was born in Henry county, Ken tucky, Oct. 19. lSir. She settled with her husband in Columbus more than sixty years ago. Seven children wore born to them and one is still living. Mrs. Thomas Turner, of Martinsville. Mrs. Abltett's maiden name was Louisiana Moore, being named from the Southern State. Her death was caused by brain trouble. The funeral services will take pi. ice from the residence on Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Rev. Z. T. Sweeney being the preacher. Mrs. Agnes Graham died at her home, on North Franklin street, this morning. She had been 111 for a number of weeks, and for the past ten days nad been uncon scious. Mrs. Graham was the mother of ex-Mayor Joseph Graham. Thomas Coch ran and Mrs. Will Shea. For the last ten years her niece. Miss Agnes Harrison, of England, has been her companion. Mrs. Graham was alut seventy-rive years of age and was quite wealthy. She was born In England and has made a number of trips to her old home. Other Death In the State. RICHMOND. Ind.. Feb. 2. Christian Zimmer. one of the best-known residents of the city, died last night, aged seventy-nine. Death was due to a paralytic stroke. Mr. Zimmer was born in Bavaria. Germany, in HIS. After coming to Richmond he manu factured candles and ran a wholesale notion and candy wagon for twenty years. In 1; he was elected county recorder, in which capacity lie served for four years. Three children survive him. as follows: Mrs. Cora Winder. Mrs. Mary Gorhum and Mrs. Jennie Oldham. WARSAW. Ind.. IVb. L-Thomas P. Felkner. a well-known and once wealthy citizen of this county, died at the home of his son at Milford this morning. age.d fifty live. He had been a helpless paralytic for ten year.?. UOFFIMIERUV IIIMI.I.V DI-AD. 111m Friend Indignant and Worried Over Mallclou Humor. Sj.ocial to the Inihanaixili Journal. BUTLER. Ind.. Feb. 2. Friends of Bank er H. N. Cofftnberry, who died suddenly at Garrttt two weeks ago of heart disease while being arrested, are very much sur prised and shocked at tho dispatches ap pearing in some metropolitan papers whlcli claim that Cofiinberry is not dead, bat that he and Ids physici in. Dr. Thomas, who is si reputable man and well known in In diana, were pretending that Mr. Cofiinberry was dead when he was not. Mr. Cortttiber i"s frit nds in this county and Indiana, who numlH-r hundreds, anil many members of the Masonic fraternity who attended the funeral of Mr. CofnnU-rry. viewed the re mains in the casket. heled to s-al it up and bear it away to its final resting place, regret that the correspondents have taken hold of this senseless rumor, which no one hereabouts loelleves. and have sent It over the country. Their indignation on reading this dispatch was vet great, anil they con sider that a prompt denial Is th- only hon orable way to mend this insult to the de ceased man's family and his many friends. Why Columbus Street Car Stop. Sj-.lal t th InJianapolis Journal. COLUMLXO. Ind.. Feb. 2.-The street railway owned by John S. Crump, of this city, to-day alKindoned service. The union insurmeo companie:; yesterday established an advance In Insurance rates in all build ings hem where electric lights are used, which in many cases is double the former rate, and practie;tlly prohibits the use of electric light. The objection in th? cae of thi street railway lighting is the use of current for lighting and street railway motors from the Fame generator. So while the electric street cars aire not running this objection Is removed, and the users of the stree-t railway current will not be molested by thu advanced Insurance rate. If some wutb factory arrangement can be made to overcome thla arbitrary ruling Mr.' Crump will no doubt resume, the operation of the elect ris car. lltirtwell Never Recovered. Fil ial to the In llanai-olis Journal. VINCKNNE9. Ind.. Feb. 2. John T. Hartwell. president of the Hart well Manu facturing Company, died to-day. from In juries received while superintending work at tho plant a week ago. A piece of flying timber hit him in the forehead, crushing his skull. Ho underwent an operation and never recovered. McClouil LoneN II in Cnne. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CIIAWFORDSVILLK. Ind., Feb. "2. The case of David McCIoud against John Bouth and Glenn Miller has been decided in favor of the defendants. McCIoud sued under the election law. claiming that Bouth and Mil ler forced him to move so he would lose his vote. OBITUARY. Samuel VI. Stone. Who Wrote "Walt for Hie Wagon," Etc. TOPEKA. Kan.. Feb. 2. Samuel W. Stone, author of the song and words "Walt for the Wagon and We'll All Take a Bide." is dead, aged eighty-four. He had been a resident of Kansas twenty-eigh years, and owned a music store in Topeka. Mr. Stone often talked about his composition. At tirst he did not think it amounted to much, but when a band came to his home one night and played it he was charmed with the music. A Modern Blp Van Winkle. GAINESVILLE. Ga.. Feb. 2. News has been received here of the death of Uncle Charlie Besser, of Dahlonega. He was a German with a peculiar history. As a young man he landed In Charleston. In 1S3G. and proceeded direct to the gold fields of Georgia, which we're then the center of ex citement. From that day until a date sixty years later he never looked upon the face of a countryman, there being no Germans in the part of the country where he lived. He concluded, having ample means, to re visit his home in Bremen. Upon reaching that place he found that he knew nobody, did not recognize any of the streets and took the tirst ship back home, saying that he had no desire ever more to see a Ger man. DucheKH of MontneiiNier. SEVILLE. Feb. 2. The Duchess of Mont pensier, aunt of the late King of Spain and mother of the Countess of Purls, Is dead. She was the second daughter of King Fer nando VII of Spain and was married Oct. Pi. lS-iO. to Prince Antoine or Orleans, Duke of Montpensitr. sixth ton of King Louis Philippe of France. The WronK Prince Reported Dead. LONDON. Feb. 2. Advices received here from Ajaccio make it apparent that it is Prince Ernst Windisch-Graetz who is dead at the island of Corsica, not Prince Alfred Windisch-Graetz. former president of the j Austrian Council of Ministers, as at iirst caoieu. Ibiron De Soubeyran. PARIS, Feb. 2. Baron De Soubeyran, the well-known deputy, fs dead. He was born in 1S2:. and had been in public life practical ly since 1S41. WILL NOT STRIKE. I'lttNhurg; DlMtrlet Miner Decide the Time I Not Opportune. PITTSBURG, Pa.. Feb. 2. A convention of railroad coal miners of the Pittsburg dis trict, to consider the mining situation and make another attempt to establish a uni form rate for the district, was held here to day. Joseph Bishop, secretary of the Ohio State Board of Arbitration, was present, having been sent here by Governor Bushnell to investigate the m!ning conditions and en deavor to have such changes made as will tend to improve the conditions in Ohio. The markets of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are controlled by the Pittsburg rate, and no improvement can be looked for in those states as long as the unsettled condition prevailing here continues. National Presi dent M. D. Ratchford ami Vice President Kane also attended the convention, which adjourned after passing resolutions setting forth the belief of the miners that the time is not opportune for a strike, but reiterates their determination not to make the tirst advance for a compromise on the rate (;: cents), which they think should be paid them. Until tho lake trade opens in the spring it is their intention to perfect or ganization, and it is believed a general de mand will then be made for the maximum rate. Strike of Tin Worker. CHICAGO. Feb. 2. As a result of a 10-Ier-cent. reduction in wages seven hundred of the nine hundred employes of Norton Bros, tin works, at May wood, struck to day. According" to Manager Norton, how ever, only one-third of the men have struck, embracing only the unskilled laborers. The strikers are in an ugly mood and troub.e Is apprehended. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The National Saddle-horse Breeders' As sociation ln-gan its annual session In Louis ville yesterday with a good attendance. The attorney general and Mrs. Harmon were hosts to-night at a dinner given in honor of President and Mrs. Cleveland. Hugh McMillin. agent for the Western Transit Company at Chicago, was drowned in the Santa Paula creek, near Ventura, Cal. The Supreme Court of Ohio has decided that Cincinnati may issue $.." ).o0 bonds to build water works, but the bonds must be paid out of water revenue. The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday de cided that the standard of whisky in Ohio must be I') degrees proof, which is the standard of the United States pharma copoeia. The schooner Biscayne. Captain Harry Fozzard. from Jacksonville. Fla.. to Bis cnyno bay. was wrecked early yesterday off Sebastian. Fla. Several lives are re ported to have leen lost, but the reports cannot be verified. The tug A. C. Van Raale. which was hemmed in by ice at Chicago Tuesday night while returning from the intermediate crib of Sixty-third street, finally succeeded in making her way to the dock. The crew were completely exhausted from their long struggle with the ice. The New York Jockey Club stewards, aft er an investigation of the charges made by Virginia Bradley against featherweight jockey Tommy Powers, who ran away from his employer at New Orleans, have decided that Powers will have to rtturn to Mr. Bradley and work out his apprenticeship contract, which expires on Aug. 10 next. W. C. T. I'. Convention. BOSTON. Mass.. Feb. 2. The announce ment of the dates for the great conventions of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was received in this city to-day. The Dominion convention will be held at To lonto on Oct. 20 anil 22. the concluding ses sion being in the nature of 1 mass meeting, at which Miss Willard and Lady Henry Somerset have premised to speak. The world's convention will immediately follow at tho same plact opening on Saturday, the 21. and continuing through to the evening of Tuesday, the 2'Uh. The national conven tion will open at Buffalo on Friday, Oct. 29, eontluing through Wednesday. Nov. 3. Brick Manufacturer. BUFFALO. X. V.. Feb. 2. The eleventh annual convention of the National Brick Manufacturers' Association was begun at the Bullelt rs Exchange in this city this afternoon, about 2." delegate's being present representing every State in the Union. O Ulcers were elected as follows: President. William H. Brush. Buffalo; first vice presi dent. Edward H. Orton, Columbus. O.; sec ond vice president. Edwin Brockway, New York; third vice president. George C. Dick over. Wllkesb.irre. Pa,: secretary. T. A. Randall. Indianapolis; treasurer, John W. Sibley, Coaldale, Ala. Ohio River ltilnfr. CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 2. The rains of the past two days and the higher tempera ture' has resulted in the ice gorges of the Kanawha. Licking and Miami rivers and other tributaries of the Ohio river coming out. ;u that there is some apprehension of loss of property along the river, which is expected to rbe rapidly for some days. The river is full of floating ice here, but no flood Is expecteel. and the' river men say the Ice will be carried out without danger to prop erty. Rail Contracteel hy Cold. ST. JOHNS. N. B.. Feb. 2. After an in vestigation the Canadian Pacific officials have determined that the three serious ac cidents which have occurred to their pas senger trains within five days last week were all due to excessive cold weather, which caused the rails to contract to such an extent that trains were- derailed. CHASED BY INSURGENTS HAVANA VOM.TF.i:itS I'l IlSlKI) AL MOST TO TIIF. CJ ATI'S OF TIII5 CITY. Renewal of the Report that Captain General Weyler May Soon He Re lieved of Command in Cuba. CINCINNATI. O.. Feb. 2. A special to tho Commercial Tribune from Key West. Fla.. says: One of Colonel Hernandez's hands met three hundre-el Havana volun teers l?st Sunday ten miles from Havana and defeated them badly. The Cubans felgncel v. retreat, and drew the volunteers into an ambush on the sides of the road. from which they delivered a terrible fire. Tho volunteers lied and the Cubans pur sued them almost to the gates of Havana. A part of tho blockhouse garrison there attempteel to stem the torrent of Cubans, but wer driven Into their fort. The loss of tret volunteers was over fifty men woundeel, killed and missing, while half tho force returned to Havana unarmed. Tho Spanish officials havo ordered all of ficers of the corps to be tried by court martial for cowardice. Three Girl Arrented. HAVANA, Feb. 2. The engineering forces engaged in the work or repairing the rail road recently biowi up by dynamite at Oseguera. province of Pinar del Rio, de tained three handsome, well-dressed young ladles. One of the trio was a negress. They are suspected of being Cuban sympathizers and sweethearts of the insurgent leader Zarraga and Lucas Martinez. ' Advices received from San Antonio de los Banos announce that the military authori ties there have imprisoned the Cuban leader, Felix Toledo. At the time of his arrest he was serving as a laborer and was chargeel with aiding Gomez In the burning of the railroad stations at Govea and Lorn blllo and the destruction of many houses at Be j ucal. Advices from San Antonio de los Vegas aro to tho effect that the prefect. Rafael Socorro, a native leader of the province of Puerto Principe, during tho ten years' war, recently a Cuban collector, has sur rendered. Thd political prisoners In the Havana jail. Ramon Hernandez. Martinez Santos, Herrerr. and Juan Vega, and ten others, have been transferreel to the hospital at San Ambroslo. WKL12ll MAY HUTIHG And Reform He Introduced In Cuba The Main Obstacle. LONDON, Feb. 3.-A dispatch to tho Times from Madrid says: "The Spanish government has listened to the representa tions of Marquis De Apeztegula. who has arrived here on behalf of the constitutional party of Cuba with the approval of his principal associates. His conferences with the Spanish ministers are believed to be al most certain to le?d to the immediate re form of the most crying abuses underlying Cuban discontent. One of the chief steps, it is announced, will be the complete divi sion of the Jurisdiction of the civil and mil itary authorities of Cuba. It is expected that General Azcarraga. the Spanish min ister of war. will be appointed a viceroy to Cuba, and that he will in reality succeed Captain General Weyler. it is now proba ble that the future government of the island will be placed in the hands of a mixed commission under the Immediate presidency of the viceroy. Spanish inter vention in the appointment of high officials, it is thought, will be greatly curtailed. "The matter of the tariff demands of the American government. It is now under stood, is really the chief obstacle in the way. Spanish officials find It difficult to un derstand why the United States should be favored as desired by the American gov ernment, especially as the Mareiuis De Apeztegula affirms the. Insurrection can be crushed In two months. Spain, it is assert ed, probably will realize that the friendly intervention of the, American government may be too dearly purchased at the sacri fice of not only Important Spanish Inter ests, but the equitable claims of other Eu ropean nations. FATAL FIRE AT SALT LAKE. Electrician Vail Killed and a Four Story Building Dentroyed. SALT LAKE, Utah. Feb. 3.-FIre broke out in Scott & Co.'s large hardware store, on Main street, soon after midnight. The entire fire department of the city is at wfrk, and it looks as if the fire would be confined to the building, which is a large four-story brick. The building and con tents will be elestroyed, however. It is the leading hardware institution of the city and carries a large stock. Electrician Vail, of the lire department, was killed by falling from the building. BEN BRUSH INJURED. Brooklyn Handicap Candidate May Xot He Able to Race. Hen Brush Injured. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Ben Brush, who for the last threo years has been the "crack of M. F. Dwyer's stable, and ef whom the h'andicapper thought so well that he placed him third In the Brooklyn handicap list a. 12! pounds, and sixth in the Suburban list a, the same weight, is said to have; thrown t large-sized splint. If the splint 1-5 J" bad as representeel Ben Brush will hardly bo abb? to start in the Brooklyn handicap, and If he cannot be made read v for thlr. event, he certainly will be out ef the sweepstake race to be run a week later. Itohiou Falls to Get Miller. CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 2. President Rob'son, of the Cleveland ciub, returnee! from Cincinnati after an ineffectual effort to get Miller. Von Der Ahe was waiting for him and they had a long conference. They claim that it was about the settle ment of the Pendleton Park ease, with which the St. Louis magnate is not sat isfied. Wnnt to See the l ight for $1. CARSON. Nov.. Feb. 2.-A bill was in troduced in the Senate this afternoon pro viding that the admission to any glove con tests held in Nevada should not exceed $1. The bill will probably pass. A Hermit l'ublle FleueMl. BATTLE CREEK. Mich.. Feb. 2.-The will of Charles Willard. the hermit who died Sunday, stipulates that $40.whi be given to the public schools of Battle ('reek for the erection of a library building. StO.ooo to the Young Men's Christian Association of this city for a building, and $M,iio:i to the Baptist College at Kalamazoo. ;md the' re mainder to be divided among the legal heirs. Seven People Hurt. MADEIRA. Cal., Teh. 2. -The local pas senger train was wreckeel eight miles south ef Madeira this morning. The accident was caused by a washout. Two coaches were wrecked. Seven people were hurt, but none seriously. .Nativity of Criminal. Mr. Josiah Flynt, in the Forum. Concerning the nationalities of criminals I have met. I mustay that most of them are indigenous to the countries in which they live. In this country It is often said that foreigners are the mala offenders, and a great deal has been written about Eu rope dumping its criminal population on American chores, but the mr.in offenders. In the open at least, are native's, and are generally of Irish-American parentage. In deeel. In America, it is considered some thing quite out of the ordinary If the crim inal cannot attach himself somehow or other to the Emerald Isle; and nothing has hlndere-el me. more In my intercourse with him than the fact that my own connection with it is very slight. LawlexMacN la Tennouicc. Philadelphia North American. When old Mr. Turney retired the other day from the office of Governor of Ten nessee, after having served a tern, for which he wasn't elected, it was with the record of having pardoned S2i convicted criminals In Just two years. In view of this disgraceful showing it Is needless to wonder at the cheapness of life, the be tray" 1 of trust and the lawless cndltions of society In Tennessee. One man like Tur ney can undo and nullify In a single month all that half a dozen courts can do to up hold law and Justice? In a whole year. Wc knew that Cod-liver Oil 13 a fat-formins food because takers cf it gain rap idly in weight under its use r.:id the whole body receives ti force. When prepared as in Scott's Emulsion, it is ouickly and easily changed into the tissues of the bodv. As your doctor would say, "it is easily assimilated." Perhaps ycu are suffering from fat starvation. You take fat enough with your food, but it either isn't the "ght kind, or it isn't digested. Jl'oii need fat prepared for --"., as in Scott's Emulsion. National Ms M WOCGBMRON PIPE FOR GaSj Steamand Wafet Boier Tubes. Ct and Malleable Iron Fittlnora (black and ga 1 ran 1 1 ed), V Ives. Stop 'o:ks. Kucrina TThiiminK. Steam Gaupes. Pipe Tng lt; Cutters. Vines, scriw Fl,itos and Dies, Wrrnches, Steam Traps.. Punij). Kitchen sinks. Hose, Belting. Babbit Metal. Sol. der. Walto aiirt Colored Wip. ins Waate. and all other Sup plies ure I in connect on with Gas. Steam and Water. Nat ural Gas Supplies a sptrialty. Steam-heating Apparat tot Public BuildiaKS.fcdore-rooms, Mlilit. shops, Faotoriea, Laun dries. Lumber Drr-houses, etc. Cat and Thread to ordet any sire W10 lplit-iron Pipe, from Vi lncti to l'J laohe diameter. Knight & Jillsom 75 and 77 a PENNSYLVANIA ST. IMlKICMJi:T JOI HNALISM. ItM Ilent HaampIeN Found Anions? Re publican eusimpers. Bostcn Journal. It is noticeable that the really independ ent newspapers as a rule do no bragging about their Independence. They let that hpeak for Itself. It is as true of newspapers as it is of men that those that are eternally prating about their own virtue are pretty certain to be knaves and hypocrites. The Repub lican party Is the particular target of the sham 'independent" press, but if the Journal were invited to pick out of its contemporaries a group of newspapers of sturdy, consistent independence, it would name the New York Tribune, the Phila delphia Press and I-edger and the Chicago Tribune and Times-Herald and every one of .these great newspapers upholds Repub lican principles. . Kvery one of them, moreover, like the Journal, reserves the right of individual judgment. A party or a cause which can not stand honest, friendly criticism la hot worth saving. The Republican party is fortunate In possessing newspapers which, while giving it royal support, tire alert to correct occasional errors and warn it against abuses. This is one of the great reasons why the Republican party has earned the conlidence of the American peo ple and is about to resume control of the government of the United States. Indinnlnna in Mcuragun. Richmond Palladium. Ooffee-grotving is becoming the leading in dustry in Nicaragua, and in the past live years $4."ii).0u0 of American capital has been Invested In the department of Matagalpa along. Matagalpa is known as the coftee district. There are now Hve Indiana companies in terested In coffee culture, as follows: The Indiana Coffee Company, capital $T0.000. president. I sham Sedgwick, Richmond, lnl.: the Esmeraldr. Coffee Company, capi tal $40.mt). D. V. Walters, president. Rich mond. Ind.; the Jllgueros Coffee Company, capital $20.ii00. Clem A. Gaar. of Gaar. Scott X: Co.. Richmond. Ind.. president: the Ju maiqul Coffee Company, capital JiO.tXtO. Is ham Sedgwick. Richmond. Ind., president, and the Matagalpa Coffee Company, capital $lT.r.ro. president. C. It. Shedd. of the Knick erbocker Ice Company, Chicago, and K. W. Rice. Valparaiso, secretary and general manager. Other American companies are: Nicara gua Land and Coffee Company, capital, SSO.WiO; president, C. II. McCreery, Louis ville. Ky.; the Minnesota and Nicaragua Coffee Company, capital. $f0.n0: the San Francisco Coffee Company. $40,000; and the California Improvement Company, capital, $.7).CO0. Matagalpa is the famous coffee district of America. 2.2T0 fret above the sea. With the best of natural drainage, good wajer and a perfect climate it Is one of the most health ful countries In the world. The change of temperature docs not exceed degrees from one year's end to another; the hot test being ST degrees and coolest tf) degrees. All the vegetables of the temperate and all fruits of the tropical zone can be raised. In the city of Matagalpa, with a popula tion of 4.0O0, is found the largest foreign colony In all Central America, the majority of whom are Americans. There are eighty three citizens of the United States, twenty Knglishmen. twenty-five Germans, twelve Italians, one Swede and one Frenchman. Among the citizens of this country are the following Hoosier: K. V. Rice and family. Valparaiso; Charles T. Manning and wife, Isaac A. Manning and W. A. Manning. Richmond: H. II. Leonard. W. J. Hawkins. Kvansville; Charles Rowen. Jas. Killings. Terre Haute: A. L. Scott, John R. Warren and C. A. Pring. Hammond. All of these are engaged in coffee growing. The WiiMte of ntnrnl (inn. Wabash Plain Dealer. The amount of gas which, every night, is being burned in the Indiana gas tield, with practically no bene tit to anybody, would beat a city of fair size, in the little village of Upland alone a conductor on the Panhandle road said that he could stand on the station platform and county thirty finmbeaux without changing his position. The amount of gas wasted by these thirty lights would be sufficient to supply prob ably two or three times as many families, and when the entire number in the gas belt is taken into consideration, it is patent to the most casual observer that this fea ture of gas consumption reduces the pres sure to an extent which nnot fail to ex tend to th main lines. The lurid glow of the flambeaux in the gas towns gives strangers an idea that the article is so plentiful there is no need to husband it. It is but another example of the careless ness of Indiana people in providing for a future time, and only in exceedingly vohl weather, or when the gs is a thing of the past, will they regret that every means was not adopted to save it. (Jas Inspector Leach is investigating the flambeau light business, and if he puts a stop to the waste he will be entitled to warm praise. The Advertiser. Hardware. The man who advertises stands before the public in the full, legitimate, and dignlrlI prominence of ono who is proud of his busi ness, has a right to be proud of It. is doing a lot of it. and wants to do more of it. end he is the kind of man that every body wants to do business with, for just so long as the moth will be attracted by the candle light, so long will trade swam; around the advertising light of business. Knife Atlrny 011 Indiana Avenue. Mose Love, a colored waiter, attacked Henry Reasley with a razor at lieasley'fj restaurant, on Indiana avenue, early this morning. Reasely's hand was severely cut. Love, was arrested and chargeel with as sault and battery 'with intent to kill. A Remirt Keeper Stricken. Lillie Henry, the keeper of a resort on West Court street, was found in front of her place by Patrolmen Griilin and Kurtz early this morning. In an unconscious state. She was suffering from heart trouble. The physician who was called said that she would not live through the night. Poreli Climber on the South Side. The home of Ed Myers, at 43S South New Jersey street, was entered by a "porch climber" early yesterday evening. Detec tives Investigated and found that nothing had been stolen. The burglar made his escape. ' P 1 1 1 COPY OF STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION of Tin: a Penn Mutual Life Insurance Comp'y On the 31st Day of December, 1S96. It IsMocated at Nos. PI-S-j Chestnut street. Philadelphia. IVnnsylvanU. EDWARI) M. NEEDLKS. President. HENRY C. P.ROWN. Svc. and Treaa. TIIU ASSKTS OF THU miA!Y A Hi: AS FOLLOWS: Cash on hand, in banks and tnist companies and in the hands of agents and ot jtroris .. . Jm 1 Real estate unincumbered ",'tl.3l".48 Ronels owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of per cent., us per schedule tiled, market value 1."ylSiZSA Loans on bonds or mortgages of real estate, worth elouble the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free from any prior incumbrance ll71.17l,.i Debts otherwise secured. Ieing loans on collateral 3.4.: .-.",. Debts for premiums, ptemium note., loans on policies, etc ::.i7.117.r: All other securities l..O.-li.'.C Total assets ?,4,C,iA,S LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and not due, losses unadjusted, losses in suspense, waiting for furtr.er proof $l37.7r."..) All other claims against the company, premiums paid In advance, etc ss.sT7.2r Amount necessary to reinsure outsanding risks 2Ti.i.7M0 Total liabilities The greatest amount insured in any one Stat of Indiana. Office of Auditor of Ftate: I. tlie undersigned. Auditor of State of the Stat of Indiana, hereby certify that the a.ne is a correct copy ol the statement of the condition of the above mentioned company, on the day of December. IS!"., as fhjwn hy the original statement, and that the said original tatnnent is n.-vr on file in this office. In testimony whereof. J hereunto subscribe tny nam anl affix my official al. this fSEALl 2Mh day of January. In7. A. C. DAILY. Auditor of State. COPY OF ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF New York Life Insurance Company On the 31st Day of December, 1896. JOHN A. M CALL, President. 1 1 KNRY TUCK. Vice President. .CHARLES C. WHITNEY, Secretary. IIUFUS W. WEEKS. Actuary. Located at S!6 and" 34$ Broadway, in the city of New York. TUB ASSETS OK THE COMPANY A HE AS FOLLOWS! Cash on hand, and in banks and Jrust companies Real estate unincumbered Rort'ds and stocks owned by the company, market value 113,44.nJ7.73 Loans on bonds and mortgages of real eatate, worth double the amount for which the same is mortfrasjed, and frve from any prior Incumbrance.... S7,rif.fdn.2t Interest and rents due and accrued , 1.4T-.7L!.n.; Net uncollected and deferred premiums . 4.02,iS.o Temporary loans iM.Srt.iM Premium notes and loans 6.1W,&U.y7 Total assets. MAMLITIES. Claims for death losses reported full proof not received Claim for death losses in process ot payment proofs completed.. Claims for matured endowments (papers not completed) Claims for death losses resisted by the company Amount due for annuities (claims not presented) Extra reserve voluntarily set aside by th? company ... Premiums naid in advance , Dividends due policy holders (payable on Policy trust funds held by the company Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding Surplus on policy holders account Total liabilities. State of Indiana. Office of Auditor of Stat I. the underpiprnerl. Auditor of State of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the RlKtve is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of th above mentioned cr-mr.any, on the iltt day of December. as shown by the original statement, and that the ?al original statement I nowr on file in this office. In testimony whrreof.. I hereunto fub?crile iny name ml arflx my olnrial peal, this SEAL 2Sth day of January. 1S97. A. c. DAILY. Auditor of State. COPY OF STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION -or THE ' v United States Life Insurance Xonfy On the 31st day of December, 1896. It is located at Nos. 2S1. 262 and 263 Broadway, in the Cltyfif New York. GKO. H. BURFORD, President. , C. P. FRALrJiJU, ecutary. The amount of its capital is .f 440.ki The amount of its capital paid up is , 4MW THE ASSETS OF THE COM PAX V AHE AS FOLLOWS ..'.- Cash on ha ml -and In the hands of acents or other p rsons Aftd biLrvks.T! fl'.i.C;.r Real estate unincumbered ,. 4.i.7.M.tn) Bonds owned by the company. learlnff interest at the rate of per ctnW, as per schedule filed, market value 1.670.1S2.iS Loans on bonds and mortprares of real estate, worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free from any prior Incumbrance 4.S7I.Vj',-"'i Debts otherwise secured, temporary loans, and loans on ioIicies 4M. Debts for premium". 114.1I7.IS All other securities (bills receivable, 5,(W.": crued interest, 452.87). Total assets S7.4CI.011.il LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and not due, and losses unadjusted and resisted $''..,.. Ixsses on which no proofs are received :;2.ii.M All other claims against the company 21,M7.ti7 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks fi.20l.."..V) Total liabilities The greatest amount in any one risk. State of Indiana. Office of Auditor of State: I, the undersigned. Auditor of State of the Ptate of Indiana, hereby rcrtify thnt the above Is a correct copy of the statement ot the condition of the above mentioned ccmr-any. on th St day t December. 1$!, as shown by the original btatement. and that the said original Ftateimut is now on tile In this office. In teptimuiv whereof. I hereunto subscribe my nam nnl six iry official eal. this ISEAL 2Sth day of January. 1SiT. A. C. DAILY. Auditor of State. COPY OF STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE t'MTEi) STATES lilt ANt ll OF THE Manchester Fire Assurance Com'py On the 31st day of December, 1896: It is located at No. 171 La Salle street, Chicago. 111. W. W. DUDLEY. Manager. Home Oflice, Manchester. England. The amount of its capital is ! ?l.i.nu).,"H , The amount of its capital paid up is , M.ooo THE ASSETS OF THE COMPAN Y IX THE I'. S. AHE AS FOLLOW St Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons $3r7,:r.h Bonds, etc.. owned by the company, neanng cent., market value. All other securities i Total assets LIABILITIES. t.ovjo iidiiiRted and due and to become due Losses unadjusted Losses resisted Total Less reinsurance All other claims against the company. Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding Total liabilities State of Indiana. Office of Auditor of Stat?: I the undeuipnd. A'idltor of State of tho State of Indiana, hereby oertify that th atoo Is k corr-t copy 01 wtateinnt cr the condition or th- atwv- ni M-.tlnd ioniany. on th- him dy of December. IMS. as ?!iown by the original ftatemt'tit. and that the sai l original tdatenient t n w on l' in this oil'c-. 4 . , In ifflinwny whereof, I hereunto subscribe iny nan n 1 of. is my fii ial ral. thl SKA Id 1'h day of January. A. DAILY. Auditor of Stat". COPY OF STATEMENT OF Phenix Insurance Compatvy On the 31st day of December, 1896. It is located at No. M Court street, in the city of Brooklyn. County of Kings, and Stat- of Ww York. GEO. P. SHLLDON. Trcsi lent. The amount of its capital i- The amount of its capital paid up THE ASSETS 4F THE lOMI'.WV ABE AS FOLLOW M Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons SnV'..: Bral estate' unincumbered , ; .11.U"J.UJ liot-ds owned bv the company, bearing In ten t at tlie rate of kt cent.. -L-..I .-lll- ,.M..olJ"J I o ins on bonds and mortgaes of real estate, worth double the amount for ans on num. " munh"-- ih.. sm.- Is m.rtgai:ed. an 1 free w in. Dbts otliHi'w is socurnl tj-i.ts; for premiums All other securities Total assets ... LIABILITIES. Losses unadjusted Losses in suspense, waning ior iuriner imui All otlnr claims against the company Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding ri.ks Total liabilities v lv -31 Tlie greatest amount insurfd under any one risk is $Tj.oj.h. but will not, at n general rule, exceed $l,uuu. State of Indiana, OfTW-e of Auditor of Stat: I th underpinned. Auditor of State of the State of Indian, hcnd.y certify that the l.e i a .-orrect cot.v of the Me tenant r the condition of lhr anv mention.! eciri-any. on th 3!t day of lH-cen.ber. lv.-;. as hovvn by the original fclatement, and tt:M the nai l original wtajtrinenl I n-.w oil tile in this ollice. , . . . In tetdimony whereof. 1 hereunto t-uhscrib- tnv nam and aftiK my oMU Ia! jal. this ISKALI -"Mh day t January. HaT. A. f. DAILY. Auditor .r State. SUNDAY JOURNAL . By Mnil, to -Any Address, .$2 PER ANNUM risk. $S0.(W. THE - $.-..lflrt.!W.l4 1 : 1.C2.4.) 4 .J1S7.176.405.S6 o;i.fi 2.42 :i9.'4:::u;i -T7..U.O . !C.rr.7i :t.'r..4j.r2 isp;.;i sn.!d.t;i Iim..".'?1 . r.K.ii:..!c,vfM . is.csi.nG.vs .$lvT.17C.4,3a anniversaries of policies .. risk- . agents' balances. $17,230.27; ac 11: $-'3.t0. ...$,;.J7G.vlS.so interest at tlie rate or per l.M2.ii:..o. , Jt.'JO'J.lO .$2.173.154.2G f-'d.-.J. JJ-.pl J ' j;)H.Kt $170.I.!-s l.117.'.'l $15I.7M.C4 risks 4.!M i .''C,2.vr' $1.2?..!70.42 OF THE CONDITION THE CHAKLES C. LITTLE. S crctary ,Jl.tct.i"M .... fiom any prior incumbrance. 11". ft.tO r.e:3 ..r3.4r.-V. 1.73 . S.-m.VI".'." 3