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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, FEBRUAUY 7, 1901 devolve upon the government of the United States with respect to it. as everything depended upon the terms of the constitu tion itself. LOMi SESSION OF THE SEX ATE. Dills Passed During the I)ny anil SLIps UImciim1 at Niht. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Two important measures were disposed of by the Senate to-day, the Military Academy appropriation bill and the war revenue reduction measure. The former wa3 under consideration less than an hour. The only change made in it was the strengthening of the provision against hazing at West Point, by adoption ot the following- amendment: "That the superintendent of the Military Academy shall make such rules, to be ap proved by the secretary o war, as will effectually prevent the pra .'tice of hazing and any cauet found guilty f participating In, or encouraging or coun enancing suSn practice shall be summarily expelled from the academy, and shall not thereafter be reappointed to the corps of cadets or be eilgibls for appointment as a commissioned officer in the army or navy." . During the remainder of the afternoon session the war revenue reduction bill was before the Senate. A determined, but un successful, effort was made to reduce ths tax on bank checks and to provide that telegraph and express companies should bear the burden of the tax on messages and packages sent. The finance committee's amendment levying a tax on transactions in so-called "bucket shops," modifying the tax upon clears and cigarettes, and provid ing for a rebate on unbroken packages of tobacco. In addition to several others of a minor character, were adopted. An amend ment substitutin? an income tax for tho war revenue measure, offered by Mr. Mor gan, was rejected by a party vote, 21 to 2& When the bill was taken up to-day Mr. Aldrich said no written report had been submitted, but he would explain the com mittee's action after he had perfected the measure. The first amendment added to the words "promissory notes" (providing for the repeal of the stamp tax on such in struments; the words "and any renewals thereof." The second modified the para graph removing the stamp tax on bonds, making it read as follows: "Bonds of every description, not including,- however, the bonds provided for in the first para graph of ScheduioA of said act, or bonds for indemnifying any person or persons, firm or-corporation who shall have become bound or engaged as surety for the pay ment of any sum of money, or for the due execution or performance of the duties of any oIHce or position, and to account for money received by virtue thereof." The amendments were agreed to. The next amendment Included "per fumeries and cosmetics" in the section pro viding for a penalty for failure to affix stamps to medicinal and proprietary prepa rations. It was agreed to, as were other amendments, as follows: Providing for a rebate upon unbroken packages of cigars and tobacco; authoriz ing the cancellation of stamps on fermented liquors by perforation; reducing by on5 half the tax upon foreign bills of exchange; for the appointment of a competent per son to secure the enforcement of the tax imposed upon legacies and distributive shares of personal property; providing that the purchase of an uncompounded me dicinal drug upon which the tax already has been paid shall not be required to pay further lax. The amendment of the committee fixing the tax upon transactions in stocks through so-called "bucket shops" was agreed to, with an amendment offered by Mr. Mason providing that a tax of 2 cents instead of 1 cent "on each $100 In value of the mer chandise covered or pretended to be cov ered. A committee amendment modifying the tax on cigars and cigarettes in accordance with the proposition made previously by Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, was agreed to. Mr. Allison offered an amendment ex empting from the tax levied upon life In surance companies "any post mortem as sessment association organized and con ducted solely for the members thereof." In response to an Inquiry by Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, Mr. Allison said the amend ment would not apply to any of the recog nized life insurance companies, mutual or otherwise. The amendment was agreed to. Mr. Allison, explaining the effect of the bill, said that according to calculations of the committee the reductions of the reve nues made by the bill would amount to 139.800.000. This calculation did not, how ever, take into account the effect of the amendment for taxing "bucket shops" which the Senate to-day had Incorporated In the bill. He had been Informed that there are 25.0Ö of these "bucket shops" in the United States. If each one should pay $400 the government would derive $10,0OO,Gu0 from that source. . An amendment was agreed to providing that the tax on new banks shall be com puted from the time the institutions begin business. An amendment offered by Mr. McComas, of Maryland, was agreed to providing that the Internal revenue commissioner should place the stamps provided for In the bill on salo at the postofflces of the country. After the rejection of several amend ments the bill was passed without division and a recess taken until 8 p. m. When the Senate reconvened at 8 o'clock, with Mr. Chandler (N. II.) in the chair. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, remarked: "By actual count there are just twelve Republican sen ators present, f suggest the absence of a quorum." At that time eleven Democratic senators were present. One at a time senators hurriedly entered the chamber, but when the result of the roll call was announced only forty-two had re sponded to their names. Mr. Frye demand ed that the roll of absent senators be called. While the call was In progress several sen ators entered the chamber, among them Mr. Kanna, who had risen from a sick bed In order to be present. Finally the chair announced that a quorum was present. Mr. Frye then called up the shipping bill and it was laid before the Senate. The entire night session was devoted to iv continuous round of intellectual pyrotecn rtics. Practically every question that has been, or Is likely soon to be before the Senate, was discussed, but very little time was devoted to the pending measure. Not- SNOW AND WARMER. More Sleigh Riding and Higher Tem perature Predicted. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Forecast for Thursday and Friday l For Ohio and Indiana Snow on Thursday and probably on Friday; rising temperature Thursday; variable winds, becoming fresh northeasterly. For Illinois Snow on Thursday, with ris ing temperature. Friday probably snow; variable winds, mostly southeasterly. Local Observations on Wednesday. bar. Ther. IUI. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m.. 30.43 3 64 N'west. Clear. .00 7 p.m. .30.33 IS 75 N'west. Clear. .00 Maximum temperature, 20; minimum temperature, 3. Fallowing is a comparative tatement of the mean temperature and total precipita tion for Feb. 6: Temp. irre. Normal 32 .13 Mean 12 .00 Departure from normal 20 .13 Departure since Feb. 1 26 .u5 Departure since Jan. 1 21 1.34 Plus. C. F. R. W APPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Mln. Max. 7 a. m. Atlanta, Ga :$ z$ Bismarck. N. D --j Buffalo. N. Y 14 IS 1$ Calgary, N. W. T 24 IS Chicago. Ill 0 14 ID Cairo, 111 20 zo 28 Cfceyenne, Wyo 2 SS 2S Cincinnati, O s 21 22 Ccncordia. Kan... 14 24 22 Davenport, la G 20 14 Des Moines, la 4 22 22 Galveston. Tex 50 &S 54 Kelcna. Mont s is II Jacksonville. Fla 40 C2 5S Kansas City. Mo 4 24 21 Little Rock. Ark 31 3.X Marquette, Mich 2 12 8 Memphis, Tenn 2H 34 34 Nashville, Tenn 22 32 32 New Orleans. La 45 l 0 New YorK city 12 24 20 .trth Platte. Ntb 4 24 23 Oklahoma. O. T 23 36 21 On. aha. Neb 14 ' 24 2'ittsburg. Pa IS 22 1$ U Aprelle. N. W. T....W 10 8 Rapid City. S. D S 22 15 gait J.ake City 22 41 34 bt. Louis, Mo 12 30 ?S Et. Paul. Minn 11 12 Fprinjrrteld. Ill 4 22 20 f rrlnsrüeld. Mo 20 2S 2S Vtcksburg. M!as Zi 44 42 Washington. D. C 13 S2 2$ litlow z;ro. able speeches were made by Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, and Mr. Aldrich. of Rhode Island. The 'Arkansas senator was pas sionate In his denunciation of the methods of the majority to force the shipping bill tc an Issue, and Mr. Aldrlch's response was quite as keen and vigorous In their deferse. ! rom a spectacular point of view the ses sion was interesting and the sharp col loquies and snappy speeches were hugiy enjoyed by those on the floor and by the large crowds in the galleries. Debate on the Iotoflice Hill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Dcbate on the postoSlce appropriation bill consumed an other day in the House. About two hours were occupied. by Chairman Loud, of the postoxllce committee, who was a member of the postal commission, in the discussion of the subjects Investigated by It. The re mainder of the time was occupied in debate upon the three subjects pneumatic tube service, special mail facilities and railway mail pay. Mr. Burke, of Texas, and Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, opposed the appro priation for special mall facilities to the South. Mr. Swanson, of Virginia, defended the appropriation and Mr. Cowherd, of Mis souri, championed the appropriation for special facilities between Kansas City and Newton, Kan. It was agreed before ad journment to-day that the debate should close to-morrow at 12:30 p. m., when the votes should be taken upon the several amendments which are pending. OF IXTEIIEST TO IXDIAMAXS. Petitions Presented by Senator Fair banks Woald-IIe Army Officers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Senator Fair banks to-day presented petitions from Dr. W. E. George and sixteen others, of In dianapolis, J. L. Kenney and nineteen others, of Terre Haute, and Tabor Ham and 154 others, of Mishawaka, favoring an antl- polygamy amendment to the legislation; also one from T. A. Shafer and 173 others, of Hagerstown, favoring the passage of the Grout anti-oleomargarine bill. Delavan Smith, of Indianapolis, is here. William F. Downs, of Connersville, Is here endeavoring to secure the appointment uf his brother. Captain Thomas Downs, of the quartermaster's department. United States volunteers, now stationed at Astoria, Ore., to the regular army. He is being aided by Representative Watson and other mem bers of the Indiana delegation. Represetnative "Watson to-day called upon the President to urge the appointment of I. L Reynolds, of Shelbyville, to a first lieutenancy in the army. Mr. Reynolds saw service as first lieutenant In Company C, One-hundred-and-slxty-first Indiana, Governor DuTbln's regiment, during the Spanish war. He has an, excellent recom mendation as an officer and is heartily indorsed by Governor Durbin. and also has the support of Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge. MISCELLANEOUS SEWS. Action of Congressional Committees Mrs. Lav ton's Pension. Secretary Hay has left Washington for a few days' rest in a Virginia resort. The House committee on banking and currency to-day tabled the bill repealing the 10 per cent, tax on State bank issues, and the bill requiring national bank de positories to pay interest to the government on public deposits. In regard to the report that M. Jules Cambon. tho French ambassador to the United States. Is to be transferred to the 1 French embassy at Berlin, it was said at the French embassy yesterday, that, while such a change is possible, there is no offi cial reason to believe that the report Is true. The Senate committee on naval affaire has concluded Its consideration of the naval appropriation bill. The committee amends the bill so as to provide for the purchase of three Holland torpedo boats, and instead of authorizing the secretary of the navy to contract for four new vessels, as provided in the bill a3 it passed the House, he is required to furnish plans for four vessels, the plans to be completed by the beginning ot the first session of the next Congress. The pension of the widow of General Lawton was yesterday reported by the House committee on pensions at $00 per month, a reduction from 5100 per month, fixed by the Senate. The reduction was due to the rule of the committee to report no bill above $50 per month. Other bills reported pension the widow of Rear Ad miral Colhoon at $40, of Brigadier General Hays at $00,. and the widow of the late Paymaster General Sta"hton, of the army, at $30 per month. The President to-day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Carroll D. Wright, of Massachusetts, to be commis sioner of labor; Oscar Halmros, of Minne sota, to be consul at Colon, Colombia; Ed ward P. Seeds, of Iowa, to be deputy audi tor for the War Department. Revenue cut ter service: First Assistant Engineer Fred R. Falkenstein, of Maryland, to be chief engineer; Third Assistant Engineer Wil liam V. Sullivan, jr., of Mississippi, to be a second assistant engineer. The Senate committee on foreign rela tions to-day considered the amendments made by the House to the Senate bill pro viding for the payment of the claims against Spain, growing out of the Spanish war. which were assumed by the United States in the Paris treaty. The committee decided to adhere to the Senate bill, which provides for a commission to adjudicate the claims. The House amended it so as to require a court of claims to perform this duty. The Senate committee takes the po sition that much labor and probably several visits to Cuba will be necessary to proper investigation of the claims and that It would be out of the question for the Court of Claims to give the necessary attention to them. The committee has asked for a conference. SHAKEN BY AN EARTHQUAKE. Steamer Partly Thrown Ont of the Water Off the Coast of Ecuador. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 6. A vio lent earthquake threw the steamer Guate mala partly out of the water and caused the vessel to tremble from stem to stern for at least a minute off the coast of Ecua dor during her latest trip. The shock took place wTien the Guatemala was five miles off the coast, about 160 miles north of Guayaquil, on the evening of Jan. 6. On reaching Guayaquil it 'was learned that the most violent earthquake in the history of the place had occurred at the moment when the Guatemala had been so shaken. No serious damage was done. Taken from n Ilarninir Ship. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 6. The steamer Australia, which arrived here to-day from Tahiti, had on board the captain and ; twenty-eight of the crew of the British ship Tl t 1 . A l A3 . . i jremif, which iook lire at sea on ov. IS, while en route from Tacoma to Lelth. The Pyrennes was beached Dec. 2 on one of the Gambler group of islands. Movement of Stenmers. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. Arrived: Staaten dain, from Rotterdam; Astoria, from Glas gow. Sailed: New York, for Southamp ton: Teutonic, for Liverpool. PLYMOUTH. Feb. 6.-Arrived: Patricia, from New York, for Cherbourg and Ham burg, and proceeded. QUEENSTOWN. - eb. 6. Arrived: Steam er Oceanic, from New York, for Liverpool, and proceeded. PORTLAND, Me.. Feb. 6.-Ar rived: Nor wegian, from Glasgow; Corinthian, from Liverpool. ROTTERDAM, Feb. 6. Arrived: Rotter dam, from New York, via Boulogne. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 6.-Arrived: Lahn, from New York, for Bremen. Yontscy Behind Prison llnrs. FRANKFORT, K. Feb. ft Henry E. Youtsey. the first of the Goebel assassina tion suspects to be finally convicted, was brought here to-day anil entered upon his life sentence in the penitentiary, ills wife accompanied the guards and saw him placed behind the bars. Only a small crowd was In waiting at the station and thero was no demonstration. Caleb Powers also was returned to jail here. Serious Election Riot. BUDA-PESTII, Feb. 6. A serious elec tion riot has occurred at Marose Vasarahly Trannsylvanla, capital of the county of Maros-Torde. Excited crowds of people threatened the gendarmes and the latter fired, killing three and wounding twenty persons. m TO CUIIE THE GniP IX TWO DAYS Laxative Brorao-Qulnlne removes the cause. COAL MINERS WEAKEN THEY RECEDE FROM THE POSITION TAKES AT INDIANAPOLIS. Instruct Their Member of the Scale Committee to Get Rest Terms Possible front Operators. COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 6. The first sign of a break in the stand taken by either side in the conference between the coal operators and miners came this afternoon, when It was decided by the miners that they would recede from the position they took in the Indianapolis convention. At least, they re ceded to the extent of leaving the miner members of the scale committee free to make the best terms possible, subject to ap proval before final acceptance. This is ex pected to simplify matters to a considerable degree. 'After the Joint conference had spent the greater part of the day In discussing the resolution to put the run-of-mlne basis in ef fect in all States the question, after having been once voted down, was referred back to the scale committee. They were in structed to consider the wljole matter. The conference then adjourned subject to the call of the committee. It was at this time that the first sign of a concession made Its appearance, for the miners asked that the time of the committee's meeting be fixed for 7 o'clock, that they might have oppor tunity for a conference. This was agreed to by the operators and the miners at once went Into secret session, resulting in their leaving the question of fixing a scale to their national officers and the miner mem bers of the scale committee, who were re quired, however, to report back their act of approval before terms could be finally ac cepted. The scale committee held a very brief ses sion to-night and after appointing the fol lowing subcommittee to take up the scale question adjourned to 9 a. m. to-morrow. Pennsylvania Operators, F. L. Robbins, O. A. Blackburn; miners, Patrick Dolan, M. Dodds. Ohio Operators, J. S. Morton, H. L. Chapman; miners, W. H. Hasklns, D. H. Sullivan. Indiana Operators, Walter S. Bogle, J. Smith Talley: miners, W. Wilson, W. B. Van Horn. Illinois Operators, H. N. Taylor, J. H. Garraghty; miners, W. M. Johnson, William Downing. Chairman Ryan, of the general committee, will be chairman also of the subcommittee. The ob ject In appointing a subcommittee Is to facilitate the work, the original committee of thirty-two having proven unwieldy. There are rumors to-night of a compro mise by which the run-of-mine standard will be extended to Indiana and a slight re duction made In the machine differential in Ohio, Indiana and western Pennsylvania. The operators of the several States all declared.-however, that there is no probability of such a compromise. AIRBRAKES DID NOT WORK. Brakeninn Killed and Engineer In jured by Runaway Train. SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 6.-A Northern Pacific freight train ran away while com ing down a long grade at Weston, at the summit of the Cascades. One man, a brakeman, named MacDonald, was instant ly killed, and the' engineer, Boyce, was badly injured. The. train, which was fifteen cars in length, got away on account of the failure of the airbrakes to work properly at the top of the grade. The cars ran down at frightful speed until a sharp curve near the bottom was reached, when the cars plunged over the bank. MacDonald was picked up dead and several others of the train crew were injured. Engineer and Tramp Killed. RIPLEY, Tenn., Feb. 6. Thi3 morning, at 4 o'clock, two freight trains, running under full headway, ran into each other on the line of the Illinois Central road, four miles south of Ripley. Engineer James Wilson, on the north-bound train, was killed outright, and Herbert Morrison, fire man, slightly crippled. A negro tramp on the north-bound train was killed. Both engines and fifteen cars were completely wrecked. GIGANTIC DEAL. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) supplies of coal and iron close at hand, will be the parent company to produce the raw material for the various corporations manufacturing finished products, and the economies that can be introduced through co-operation and harmony will make It pos- sible for the great industrial corporations to manufacture goods so cheap as to drive small competitors out of business and to give to American manufacturers a very large place In the markets of the world. "The companies Included In this system of harmonious steel Industries, besides the Carnegie Company, are the following: Fed eral Steel Company, 100,0000,000 common stock and $100,000,0w preferred (of this $46. 4S4.300 common and $53,200.900 preferred tock are outstanding); American Steel and Wire Company, $50,0rf),0u0 common and $40, 0OO.0UO preferred stock, all outstanding; Na tional Tube Company, $40.000,000 each of common and preferred stock, all issued, and the American Bridge Company, $35,000,- 0u0 each of common and preferred stock, of which $30.527.800 of each have been fssued. "The Moore group Includes the National Steel Company, with $02.000,000 of common stock and $27.000.000 preferred, all issued: the American Tin-plate Company, 130.UU0.000 common and $20,000,000 preferred, with $28, 000,000 common and $18.325,000 preferred stock Issued: the American Steel Hoop Company, $13,000,000 common and $14.000,000 preferred stock, all issued, and the Ameri can Sheet Steel Company, $26.000.000 common and $26,000,000 preferred stock, with $24,500, QpO of each issued." The president of a New York bank said: "To my mind the undertaking is the most brilliant close to a remarkable busi ness career. Mr. Carnegie has had sense enough to see . that the steel situation of the United States had gone beyond the domination of any single man. and that the wise course to pursue would be a nar mony arrangement of some sort to prevent disastrous competition and to protect his own interests. This, I happen to know, lii been his aim for months, and if it was accomplished at .yesterday's conference lc is, indeed, a notable achievement.' " THE CARNEGIE INTERESTS. 31111s, Furnaces, Quarries, Docks, Steamboats, Railroads, 3IInes. PITTSBURG, Feb. 6. The Carnegie Com pany was organized here on March 24, 1900. The authorized capital stock is $100,000,000 bonds and $100.000,000 stock, the, par value of the shares being $l,Oi0, Of the capital stock, $150,SOO,000 has been issued. Ths bonded indebtedness is: Collateral trust. 5 per cent. 100-year gold bonds, dated April 2. 19-, maturing April 1, 2000. Sinking fund. $SOO,000 per annum after April, 1905; bond for sinking fund subject to call at 105 anJ Interest $160,000.000. Following are the properties and plant! owned by the Carnegie Company: Carnegie Steel Company: Edgar Thom son steel works nine blast furnaces, four fifteen-ten bessemer steel converters and two rail mills. Duquesne steel works four tlast furnaces, tessemer steel plant, open hearth steel plant, twelve fifty-ton fur-, races, two billet mills, angle bar mill, con tinuous bar mill. Carrie furnaces two completed blast furnaces. Lucy furnaces two completed blast furnaces. Homestead steel works Bessemer plant, forty open hearth furnaces, four blooming mills, four structural trains, two slabbing mills, four p!ato mills, one 3,000-ton and one 10,000-ton press Howard axle works. Lower Union mills. Upper Union mills. II. C. Frick Coke Company: Owns 40,000 acres of coal lands, 20.0H) acres of surface lands ana 1,652 coke ovens In Westmorelard and Fayette counties; also the production of 1.C00 outside ovens. Owns 2,Gs2 railroad cars. Carnegie Natural Gas. Company: Lease j iSO.OuO acres of gas territory In Allegheny. Washington, Armstrong and Westmoreland counties Pennsylvania, and Wetzel and Doddridge counties. West Virginia; 130 pro ducing wells and 3.C00 miles of main and branch pipe lines. Union Railroad Company: Owns 33.52 miles and lease 12.26 miles cf track,. Pittsburg and Conneaut Dock Company: Operates docks In Pittsburg, Bessemer and on Lake Erie, at Conneaut; also owns 12.6 per cent, of stock cl Pennsylvania and Lake Erie Dock Company and 25 per cent. of stock of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Dock Company. Trotter Water Company: Pumping plant on Youghiogheny river, one and a half miles above Connellsville. Pa. Youghiogheny Railroad Company: Line from Broadford to Summit, Fayette coun ty, 20.4 miles, leased to Pittsburg, McKees port & Youghiogheny Railroad. Youghiogheny Water Company: Pumping plant at Broadford, Pa. Mount Pleasant Water Company: Pump ing plant at Bridgeport, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake Erie Rail way: Operates 203.31 miles of railroad be tween Conneaut, O., Erie, Pa., and North Bessemer. Pa. Oliver Mining Company: Owns Metropoli tan Iron and Land Company (Norrie, Au rora and Tilden mines, Gogebic), 83.3 per cent, of stock of Lake Superior Iron Com pany (Mountain Iron. Mesaba), 98 per cent, of stock of Security Land and Exploration Company. Estimated output of mines, 5, OüO.OüO tons. Pittsburg Steamship Company: Owns eleven steamboats and two tugs. Pittsburg Limestone Company, Limited: Operates quarries at Tyrone and Williams. Blair county, and Wick. Butler county, Pennsylvania; dally capacity, 4,500 tons. The products of the company are pig Iron, coke, spiegeleisen, ferro manganese, steel billets, blooms and slabs, tinplate and sheet bars, steel rails, angle bars, structural steel beams, plates, forgings, axles, links and pins. BBBBSBBBBBBSBSBBBBBBSSBSSMSSMBBBaSBBBBMSBBSBBft MALTREATED BY THUGS. Saloon Keeper and "Wife Beaten, Robbed and Locked in an Ice Box. CHICAGO, Feb. 6. Nicholas Michaels, an aged saloon keeper, and his wife, were brutally beaten by three masked men in Michael's saloon early to-day and were rob bed of $300 in cash and $2.000 in checks and negotiable' papers. Rings were Jerked from Mrs. Michael's lingers, lacerating the hand. The thugs finally locked the old couple in the Ice box and escaped. Later a lodger released the couple from their frigid prison. Both are seriously injured. Postmaster Tortured and Robbed. TOLEDO, O., Feb. 6. Burglars bound, gagged and tortured W. R. Kellar, the post master at Rossford, a suburb of Toledo, at 3 o'clock this morning, and robbed the of fice of $150 in stamps and $5 in coin. For a time the robbers were refused information a to the hiding place of the valuables and lighted matches were applied to the feet o the postmaster. He was struck over the head wtih a club and brutally kicked In the side. It is feared that he may die. CHURCH INNOVATION. Treacher Who Calls for Saints and Sinners in dig: Advertisements. ASHTABULA, O., Feb. 6. The Rev. Dr. Elmer E. Whlttaker, pastor of the First Methodist Church of this city, has intro duced an innovation In religious circles. He advocates the use of i large display newspaper advertising, set In heavy black faced type, as a means of Increasing the number of converts and the attendance at church services. The- first test which he gave to this plan had the effect of doubling the size of his congregation. His second advertisement increased the average at tendance, 150. on Sunday evening, to 400, which crowded the church. Dr. Whlttaker does not ask the papers to print his advertisements free, nor even at half rates. The newspapers do the work well, he claims, and they should be paid for it. lie says the pastor who wishes to reach the business men must place his announce ments where the business men will see them; the advertising columns catch the eye of thousands who. do not look in the church notice departments. Dr. Whlttaker claims that to be effectual the advertise ments must be written in a style to attract the reader. In ten Inches, double column, at top of column and next to reading mat ter. Dr. Whlttaker's advertisement recently read : "Wanted, a few more saints; a few more men; a few more Methodists: a few more sinners to become saints. Meetings to night at the First. M. E. Church; subject: A Fool and His Companion.' " Another read: "Hear, me. Will all the stores, clubs, lodges, be so kind as to close during the next week In the evening, that all may attend church." BSSBBBBBBBBBBSBSBBSBBBaBBBBBMSBSBSaasjHSMBBHBHBBBBBHBB; OBITUARY. Iter. Jonathan "Weaver, Bishop Emer itus of United Brethren. Church. DAYTON, O., Feb. 6. Rev. Jonathan Weaver, bishop emeritus of the United Brethren Church, and an aged divine, well known In religious circles, died this morn ing at his home in this city. He was born of humble parentage in the thick back woods of Ohio and enjoyed the distinction of serving the church for a longer period than any other bishop or layman. Ills re ligious career was begun in 1841. Ellphnlct Mott Potter. MEXICO CITY. Feb. 6. Eliphalet Mott Potter, brother of Bishop Henry C. Patter. of New York, died of heart failure at 6:43 o'clock this evening at the Hotel Jardin in this city. BURNED IN A COFFIN. History in Which the Word "Rebel" Was Used Destroyed. FORSYTHE, Ga., Feb. 6. In front of the leading hotel of this town to-night a book entitled, "A History of the United States," written by a Northern man and published by a Northern concern, was publicly burned in a coffin. Addresses were made by three leading citizens of the town, Including two ex-judges. The coffin was borne to the funeral pyre by Confederate veterans. The objection to the book lay in the fact that it included the words "rebel." "rebellion" and "insurgents." The speeches were not directed against the Northern people, but only against the historian TWO SHOCKS NECESSARY, Italian Murderer Killed in the Sing Slnsr Electric Chair. SING SING. N. Y., Feb. 6. Lorenzo Priori, who murdered Vlncenzo Garuzo, in New York city, Dec. 11, 1S9S, and a few weeks ago secured a stay of execution by the representation that the crime was com mitted by his wife's brother, James Sac cardo, was put to death this morning In the electric chair in the state prison here. It required two shocks to kill him. He left with the priests who attended him a state ment declaring his innocence. Negroes Shot in Their Cells. DADE CITY. Fla., Feb. 6. Will Wright and Sam Williams, negroes, charged with being implicated In the killing of Dan Childers and the wounding of J. B. McNeil, both white, at Rice & Welch's camp on Jan. 26, were killed In the county Jail by a mob of fifty men late last night. After the sheriff refused to give up the keys to the jail the lynching party succeeded in breaking through the outer walls, but could not break through the steel cells. They then opened fire on the two prisoners through the steel bars, killing them both. Havana Has a Uiir Fire. HAVANA. Feb. 6 A lumber yard, saw mill and sixteen houses In the western part of Havana, near El Cerro. have been destroyed by fire, with a total loss of $700, Ouu. The mill and yard, the property of Pedro Estanillo. show a loss of $3o0.0K). against which there is insurance to the amount of $V3.00o. A number of persons were injured, most of them firemen. The flames were under control at S o'clock this morning. Pearl Newman Escapes. HUNTINGTON. W. Va.. Feb. 6.-Seven firlsoners broke out of Cabell county jail ast night. Pearl Newman, who murdered the Philadelphia actor, William J. McAulIy, and Ben Higanbotham. under Indictment as an accomplice in the murder of Allan Du Priest, mayor of Collodon, were among the number. A new $225 Piano for $163 at Wulschner. GENERAL NEWS IN BRIEF VARIETY OP DISPATCHES ROBBED OF SUPERFLUOUS VERBIAGE. Items that Will Interest Business men, Toilers, Politicians and All Classes of Readers. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester, Lord Lambert and Mr. Zimmerman, 'father of the duchess, returned to San Francisco from Monterey yesterday and later left for the East. v Hon. Tom L. Johnson, formerly a con gressman from the Cleveland district, last night formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic mayoralty nomination for the city of Cleveland. Cora Henry, a small and delicate looking regress, cut her husband, William Henry, to dea.th on the streets of New Orleans yesterday. Henry was tall and muscular, but he was not able to defend himself against the infuriated woman. The steamer Tees, which has arrived at Vancouver, B. C, brought news of a very rich find in the Atlln district of Alaska, near the discovery on Pine creek, owned by Fritz Miller. Gravel going $3.50 to the shovel has been found on bedrock. The jury In the case of Rolla White, charged with killing James Shotwell, at Corbln, Ky., has returned a verdict of not guilty. It was this shooting which led to the blowing up of White's brother's store and a riot at Corbln, in which two persons were killed. Willard D. Ball, well known In Y. M. C. A. circles throughout California, has re signed the secretaryship of the Los Angeles association to become general secretary of the Cincinnati Y. M. C. A. He will leave for his new field about the middle of the present month. The work of selecting a jury in the trial of Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy for the murder of "Dolly" Reynolds, at the Grand Hotel, New York, Aug. 15, 1S08, was completed be fore Justice Fursman, in the New York Su preme Court, yesterday. Funeral services for the late Stephen J. Brodle, who died of consumption at San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 31, were held at his late residence in New York yesterday under the auspices of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, of which Brodie was a charter member. About fifty members of the ordet attended. The steamer Cottage City has arrived at Seattle from Lynn canal with fifty-eight passengers. James M. Shoup, United States marshal for the southeastern district of Alaska, came aboard at Juneau with three convicts for the United States penitentiary at McNeil's island. Two of the men Phil Grisbel and James Hansen are sentenced for life. Dr. Homer C. Stuntz, of Mount Vernon, la,, has been appointed presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Phil ippine islands, and will sail from San Fran cisco for Manila to take up his new official duties April 1. He expects to take a dozen or more missionaries with him and organize Methodist Episcopal churches in every sec tion of the Philippines. The Confederate Verterans Association, of Savannah, Ga., has passed " resolutions against the invitation of President McKin ley to attend the reunion of Confederate veterans in Memphis. The association calls upon General Gordon, commander-in-chief, to name some other city than Memphis as the place for the reunion, and says it will not send delegates to Memphis if the invita tion to the President is adhered to. "Crazy Snake," alleged to have been the chief author of the recent Creek Indian troubles, and fifteen light horsemen, yester day secured counsel to defend them in the coming trial at Muskogee, I. T. They have asked that trial be given at once, and ay that thev can furnish any amount of ball. They will be prosecuted on a charge of con spiracy, and it is expected that the trials will be called soon, as the United States Court is now in session. Articles of incorporation of the Western Grocery Company were filed at Marshall town, la., yesterday. The headquarters will be Marshalltown and the authorized capital stock $5,000,000. fhe new company will in clude the allied firms of the Letts Fletcher Company, the Marshalltown Grocery Com pany, Marshalltown; Letts-Fletcher Com pany, Oskaloosa; Letts, Spencer & Smith Company, Mason City, and the Letts-Spen-cer Grocery Company, Kansas City, Mo. At Newport News, Va., yesterday the grand Jury Indicted Allan A. Moss, mayor, J. Hughes and Mark McLaughlin, council men, Samuel .R. Register, of Richmond, at torney for the Newport News Railway and Electric Company, Philip Marlow, agent tor a paving concern, and B. F. Smith, a contractor, for bribery', and corruption in connection with the awards of city con tracts for street paving, bridge building and the construction of the city jail. At the annual meetings of the stockhold ers and directors of the Diamond Match Company, which were held in Chicago yes terday, the old officers and board of di rectors were re-elected. The annual state ment showed that net earnings equal to 13.3 per cent, on the $15.000,000 capital stock had been earned. President Barber stated that the company's progress in England had been very satisfactory, 40 per cent, having been earned in 1900, against 10 per cent, in 1S99. The Peru factory was also reported as being operated satisfactorily. A perpetual injunction was granted at Akron, O., yesterday against a combination of the cereal companies. Two years ago the American Cereal Company attempted to Increase its capital from $3,500,000 to $33. 000,000. It was proposed at that time to form a combination of 93 per cent, of the mills in the country. Mrs. Nellie R. Hower, a stockholder, secured a temporary Injunc tion against the combination on the ground that it was a scheme to freeze out small stockholders and a violation of the Ohio anti-trust laws. Yesterday the Injunction was made permanent. General Siiortlng Xewi. : Racine took the final game from Muncle ot polo last night by the score of 1 to 0 in a good contest at the Muncie rink. "Red" Doins, the. catcher for last year's Mountain Tourist team, of Cincinnati, has been signed by the Richmond club for next season. Nation, the New Lisbon . pitcher, probably will be signed. Haas, left fielder, of Dayton, O., will be in the team. The Richmond, Muncie and Racine, Wis., roller polo teams have arranged a schedule of games to settle the Western champion ship for this season. Twenty-seven gamers will be played. The series will open next week at Muncie. A pennant will be awarded the winning team. Governor Yates has been appealed to to prevent another prize fight in Illinois. He received a letter to-day trom the city clerk of Waukegan notifying him that a priie fight is scheduled to take place in that city rext Wednesday night, and asking him to interfere. The Governor says he will take every step possible and use every means at his command to see that the law is fully executed. Cable Notes. An operation on Mr. Kruger's right eye was successfully performed at Utrecht yes terday. The authorities at Stockholm, as a pre caution against the plague, offer a bounty of 10 ore (about 2Vi cents) for each rat killed. The Earl of Kimberley. Liberal leader in the House of Lords, is suffering from con gestion of the lungs. His condition Is not serious. A heavy snowfall has interrupted tele graph and railroad communication In Bel gium. Four trains are snow-bound between Liege and Louvaln. Smallpox prevails at Glasgow in alarm ing proportions. A score of fresh cases are reported dally, there having been many deaths, and there are 345 cases in the hos pitals. The incident caused by the withdrawal of the exquatur of the consul of the Nether lands at Lorenzo Marques, Herr Potts, is closed. The Netherlands minister will thortly return to Lisbon. The Italian government was defeated In the Chamber of Deputies yesterday by a vote of 318 to 102 on the debate on the dis solution of the labor exchange at Genoa, which has lasted several days. Advices from Batavia, Island of Java, capital of Netherlands Indies, say the ex pedition sent against Sarnalaganda. Island of Sumatra, has captured the Achlnese fortress' of Batorillk. The Dutch los3 was six killed and forty wounded. The Achl nese lost seventy. Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway has been confined to her bed for some time owing to a swelling of her throat, com plicated by influenza and considerable fever. Her Majesty's throat Is much In flamed and she shows evident signs of In creasing weakness. Minister of Finance Scharling has sub mitted to the Danish Folkethlng a bill pro viding for raising abroad a 3V'a per cent, state loan of -25.0u0.0u0 kroner to meet the cost of railroad construction and other rail road expenditure and to cover advances to lallroad laborers to enable them to ac quire landed property. The bill also au thorizes a second loan of 30.000,000 kroner for the purpose of converting old state bonds. A steward of the British steamer Friary, recently from Alexandria, Egypt, died from the plague at Hull. England, yesterday. This makes the total number of deaths among the ship's crew from the plague seven. No further cases of the disease are under observation. Hildebrand Je Brlto Lyra, a relative of tho President of Brazil. Dr. Campos Salles, was incarcerated in an iisylum for the in sane yesterday after committing a sacri legious outrage in a Roman Catholic church at Matlock Bath, a bathing place two miles; south of Matlock, in the county of Derbv, England. Lyra suddenly appeared in the church this morning during servke. jumped over the altar tails and attacked a statue of the Virgin Mary. A priest seized the intruder, who struggled violent ly. Some time afterward he was certified to boing insane. In the King's Bench division of the High Court of Justice. London, the Rev. Tuber ville Cory Thomas, of Chicago, formerly a rector of Ishpemlng. Mich., out a resident in England since 1S97, Is suing the Rev. Bernard Spink for libel in imputing im moral conduct with three women. Accord ing to the evidence, Mr. Spink repeated the libel in a letter to Bishop Williams, of the diocese of Marquette. Mr. Thomas denies the allegations and claims substantial dam ages. The case was adjourned after the plaintiff's evidence had been presented and a letter from Bishop McLaren, of Chicago, had been read saying he had lost all confi dence In the plaintiff. "FATHER FISHHOOK." Name Given g. Jesuit Who Induces Spanish Girls to Enter Convents. MADRID, Feb. 6,-The anti-Jesuit feel ing aroused by the recent presentation of the anti-clerical play "Electra," heighten the interest in a case to be tried by the high court to-morrow. In which Senora Ubao appeals to the court for the restitu tion of her daughter, who, she claims, was induced, under pressure from her Jesuit confessor, to abandon her home during the mother's Illness and to enter a convent. The mother asserts that the Jesuit sent the girl letters clandestinely, exhorting her to take the veil. She contends that she has proof that her daughter is under tin. veritable domination of the priest. In a letter to her betrothed, a young and fer vent Catholic, the daughter wrote: "My confessor assures me that he cannot save my soul with you, notwithstanding our mutual love, and I must go to God. whj calls me to Him." The mother declares that the court can restore the daughter to Ler. as the girl has not yet taken her vows. The case Is creating considerable excitd- iuent, as the family is wealthy and of good social .position. The alleged exploit of the Jesuit in question, together with similar alleged successes in inducing young g'rls to take the veil, has secured for him the popular nickname "Father Fishhook.-' WELL-MATCHED WRESTLERS. Struggle Between Iloeber and Pons That Ended in a Draw. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. For one hour and seventeen " minutes, Ernest Roeber, the American champion wrestler, and the French champion, Paul Pons, struggled for supremacy in a roped ring in Madison square Garden to-night. They might have gone on for another hour, but the arbitrary order of Police Inspector Thompson, who cieclared that he would not allow the bout tc go on after midnight, stopped the match in a most unsatisfactory manner at mid night. It was declared a draw. Pons held the upper hand at nearly every stage of the contest, but he lacked the cleverness of the smaller man. who was never caught unawares at any moment, and Roeter, though by many years thi older and in stature far inferior to the big loreigner, more than held his own. That the bout was on the level there can be no question, and the 7,000 people who left the big building had only the warmest praise fcx the athletes. SALOONS ALL CLOSED. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) City, on Friday evening, Feb. 8," have been posted around town. Just what tactics Mrs. Nation will pursue in Kansas Glty and Chicago, aside from her lecturing is not made clear, but she has previously prom ised to attack a saloon wherever she finds it. Chief of Police Hayes says he will promptly arrest Mrs. Nation if she at tempts to put her Kansas methods Into practice in Kansas City. Preparations for the crusaders' coming have been made by the Prohibition Club of Kansas City, which his indorsed Mrs. Nation's methods, and promises her active support in her crusade outside of Kansas. EMULATED MRS. NATION. Dowicite Women Wrecked Several Drue Stores in Chicago. CHICAGO. Feb. 6. Crying out that drugs were the agents of the devil half a dozen women followers of Dowle, the faith-cure leader, adopted the tactics of Mrs. Carrie Nation, to-day, and wrecked a number of drug stores on the West Side. In some In stances there were hand-to-hand fights with the druggists. Armed, as they were, with pitchforks, umbrellas and canes, tho women came out the victors in nearly every encounter, and succeeded n destroying property wherever they went. The women went in a well-organized band, were of middle age and well dressed. Most of them wore automobile coats, un der which they concealed their implements of destruction while on the street. On leav ing a drug store they Invariably sang "Praised Be the Lord," "or "Zion Forever." Policemen saw them, but attached no sig nificance to their actions, and no arrests were made. In one store the women were routed with buckets of water, and they were driven out of another at the muzzle of a revolver. Harrison Will Protect Saloons. CHICAGO, Feb. 6. "I don't believe Mrs. Nation is heading for Chicago to wreck sa loons," said Mayor Harrison to-day when told that Mrs. Nation had announced her Intention of visiting this city with her fol lowers. If she is she had better remain away and avoid trouble. Here a saloon is recognized as a legal institution, entitled to the full protection of the law. As a con sequence, It is only proper to say that no assaults on them will be tolerated. If Mrs. Nation, understanding these things, persists in disorderly conduct. Inciting riot and malicious mischief, I am afraid she will have to settle fines as fast as she indulges in offenses." Arrangements were completed to-day by the Press club of Chicago ai.d Mrs. Na tion's representative whereby f-he will lec ture at the Auditorium next Tuesday un cier the auspices of the Press Club. Two Saloons Wrecked. POPLAR BLUFF, Mo.. Feb. 6. At Dal- ton, Ark., a small town across the state line from here, five members of the W. C.' T. U. wrecked two saloons to-day. All the bot tles of liquor were smashed, the contents of kegs were poured Into the streets and fix tures were demolished. Hatchet Brigade Ready. WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 6. Several women bought hatchets here this afternoon and a raid on the saloons Is expected to take place in the early morning. Thirty guards, with deputy sheriff's commissions, have been appointed and are watching the aa loons to-night. Concordia "Dry" Agnin. CONCORDIA, Kan.. Feb. 6. This city Is dry again. The six "Jolntlsts." who have been paying monthly fines of $10") each to the city, refused to pay to-day, and all closed their saloons. QUEENLY BRIDE. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) grandees of Spain will be present. Thero wllf also be a school fete In the evening. The marriage contract will be signed Feb. 12 at the palace. The Cabinet ministers will be the witnesses of the Princess of Austrlas. In the evening there will be a grand military torchlight tattoo. Feb. 13 there will be military music In all the prin clpal squires and free performances at fcur theaters. The wedding will occur Feb. 11, on which occasion there will be a dlstrl- V i! r 2 o '.VI' l':: o i -mm 1) J Holden GasHeater Iii Manufactured and Guaranteed. KNIGHT & JILLSON CO. DiDIANAftUB tution of gifts to the poor and fireworks displays in the evening. The day will be regarded as a general holiday. There will be military music in the public squares Feb. 15. A Te Deum wll be sung Feb. 16. All the royal family will attend, and troops will line tle route of the procession from the palace to the church. Afterwards the garrison will march past the front of the palace. All the public buildings will be decorated, and they will be ilumlnated in the evening. The day of the wedding the troops will wear parade dress. Another Royal Jlatch Proposed. NEW YORK. Feb. 6. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from London says: "Negotiations are passing between" the courts of Russia and England looking to a marriage between the Grand Duke Michael. younger brother of the Czar and heir pre sumptive to the throne, and Princess Vic toria, only unmarried daughter of the King of England. Standing in the way of the marriage is the iron-clad law of 'the Rus sian Church forbidding marriages of first ccuslns. The Czarewitch, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovltch. is a son of the dowage- Empress of Russia, who is a sister of Quven A.exandria of England, the mother of Princess Victoria. A dispensa tion of the Czar would be necessary for Fuch a match, and it is very doubtful if Nicholas would grant such a dispensation, for he refused it when Michael wanted to marry another first cousin. Princess Helene, daughter of the Grand Duke Vladi mir." FROM PAN INTO FIRE. Robber Who Escaped from the Tombs Xow in an English Prison. LONDON, Feb. 6. It has transpired that a man In jail, in England, who was sen tenced In December last to four years Im prisonment for robbing a woman in th streets of London, Is Charles Allen, one of the postoffice robbers," who escaped from Ludlow-strcet jail. New York city, in 18?. The official!: of the United States embassy are making inquiries at Washington as to whether the man will be wanted In the United States after his present sentence has expired. July 4, lsi5, Joseph Killeran. Harry Rua cell and Charles AIIck. notorious criminals, awaiting trial on the charge of robbing postoff.ces in Hoboken, N. J.; Springfield, 111.; Patchogue, L. I.; Scranton, Pa., and other places, of postage stamps worth lu the aggregate $22.000, escaped from Jail in New York under sensational circum stances. Having previously failed In at tempts to bribe Head Keeper McCabi and Fredericks, a keeper, they held uy their guards,' having obtained revolvers la some manner never explained. The prison ers locked the guards in cells,- and with, keys let themselves out of the jail corri dor. They reached the- street before the Imprisoned Jailers could raise an alarm. Then, dodging through alleys, into house, over roofs, walls and fences, the thtt men made their escape. One or the other of them has several times been reporte4 arrested in European cities, but these cap tures have not been followed by identifica tion. PUNISHMENT FOR HAZING. What the House Investigating Coin mittee 'Will Recommend. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. The special com mittee of the House, which investigate! hazing at West point, has practically com pleted its labors and has framed its report and the bill which will be proposed as a remedy for the evil. The recommendations will be very stringent and It Is said that to-day's action of the Senate in providing expulsion from the academy and Ineligi bility for army appointment. Is exceedingly mild compared with the legislation proposed by the special committee. While the com mittee withholds the details of the report until it can be presented to the House, it is understood that the recommendation are along lines heretofore Indicated, em bracing expulsion for hazing or for sending or accepting a challenge, or for any partic ipation In a challenge or Us results; closer association between academy officials anl cadets with a view to placing full knowl edge of what is going on within the range of the officials, and increased responsibility for the action of cadets: and lnelllblllt jr for reappointment as cadet or for appoint ment to the army in case of dismissal for hazing. The stringent details of the pro visions are understood to give them addi tional force. German VI err of Americans. BERLIN. Feb. 6.-The Kreuz Zeitun publishes a letter from Its special corre spondent at the headquarters of Count Voa WalderBee. who is- a former officer, de scribing the international troops. "The Americans," he says, "are all tall and 6lender. 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