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The morning news., 1889-05-18
NAVAL SUPPLIES.
No Purchases to be Made on Top of
AccumulatiOns

ANC NA C4GEoOb W D0 Mdo0 on 1OD
Accumulations.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-Secretary Tracy
has turned his attention to the matter of
purchasing supplies for the navy, and has
already made an order inaugurating con
siderable economic reform. 1t appears that
the practice-of the department has been to
purchase supplies for the navy by advsr-
tsement at the beginning of each fiscal
year, making the list of purchases extern
sive enough to cover the probable needs of
the different bureaus during the entire
year. Upon inquiry the secretary
purchases regard was not had for
the amount of stores on hand
This led to the accumulation of stores,
which in many cases rapidly deteriorated
and caused loss to the government. To sat
isfy himself upon this point, Secretary Tracy
has just procured a statement of the amount
of stores now on hand, as the advertise
ments for supplies for the next fiscal year
will soon DO issued. This statement shows
that there are now on hand stores valued
at 81 SOC, sos, and the secretary intends that
they shall be deducted from the value of the
stock to be purchased next month.
HIS CIRCULAR.
Therefore, he has issued the following cir
cular:
NAVY DEPARTMENT, }
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 49, 1889 {
The appended table gives the total valuation
of the stores on hand at the stations at the be-
ginning of the fiscal year for the respective
classes comprising supplies of ordinary
commercial nature, as reported to the paymas.
tergeneral by the general storekeepers, with the
gross amounts OF purchases and OF the issues for
use under the same classes during the first quar-
ter. In view Of the large accumulation shown, and
to prevent unnecessary expenditure of money,
it is hereby ordered that no purchases be made
Of supplies pertaining to those classes, il the
other bureaus at the station where they are
needed, or by shipments from other
stations. To this end all requisitons
for such supplies shall be examined in the
light of the returns to the paymaster general
by whom they shall not be approved for pur-
chase if the public interests will be subserved
by a transfer or shipment In cases where
stores are accumulated in undue quantities at
certain points and current wants may be met by
a redistribution thereof it is ordered that such
shipments be made to other stations as the
needs OF the service may suggest; and
the paymaster general Is charged with
the execution OF this duty, after
consultation with the chiefs OF the bureaus
concerned Wherever IL shall be possible 10
utilize supplies differing in unimportant re-
spects from those callei for, such substitutes
shall be made. IL is further ordered that sup
plies required under classes other than those
given in the appended table, SHALL il practica-
bic, be obtained in like manner by transfer or
shipment. The freight charges shall be borne
by the bureau receiving tho supplies, in cases
Of shipments from one station to another
B. +. TRACY
Secretary Of the Navy.
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Killed hv an Editor.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 7.-At Casey.
vile yesterday, r. G.. Thomas, editor OF tuo
Caseyville Herald, shot and killed George
Elmer, prominent merchant. Elmer OBJ
jected to publication In Thomas paper,
and when they met shot Thomas In the leg.
Thomas then fired tho fatal shot. Thomas
Is well known throughout the state, having
boon state legislator.
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Thraa Polna prownoci.

MILWAUKEE, May 17.--During a terrific
rain storm tonight a temporary dam at the
end OF the Island avenue tunnel was swept
away and five workmon engaged inside
were caught by the roceding waters. Two
Of them succceeded IA getting out. hut the
other thrOo were drowned Ihey are Poles
and their NAMES are unknown.
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Amy Service of Students.

PARIS, May 1.-THE Senate to-day, by a
vote of 1874 to 50, exempted students for the
priesthood from military service after one
years drill. Premier Tirard protested
against such exemption promising that in
the event Of mobilization the government
would send medical and theological students
to serve in the ambulancs corps.
The morning news., 1889-05-18
railroad Laborers in a Riot.

PITrsBURG. PA, May H.--A terrible
riot occurred At Randolph, w. Va, yes ter
day between Italian laborers on tho extern
sion OF the West Virginia Central railroad.
About forty mon were engaged. Three
men we're shot, one through the lungs, one
Ia the head and one Ia the Thigh. Two Others
were seriously stabbed and Others were
beaten, struck with stones, eto. No names
are given and thoro are no indications of
arrests
The morning news., 1889-05-18
Ex-socretary Bayard TO Marry.

gagement Of ex-Secretary Bayard to Miss
Clymer, daughter Of Dr. Clymer, United
States navy, of Washington. The wedding
will occur early IN the summer, and the
wedding pair will pass a few months in
EurOuo
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Chattanooea's New National Bank,

CHATTANOOGA, May 1.-THE Fourth
National Bank of Chattanooga was or
eanized today with a capital stock of
s15O,O00. j. H. Warner is president and C.
r. Gaskell cashier The directory is
strong one, being composed Of fifteen OF the
leading business men Of Chattanooga,
The morning news., 1889-05-18

New YORK, May H. The games played
at the chess congress to-day resulted as fol-
lows: Mason won from j. w. Baird, Guns
berg from Taubenhaus, Mcleod from
Blackburn, Pollock from d. G.. Baird. Mar
tinez from BurrilIe, Gossip from Hanham,
and Burn and Weiss played draw.
The morning news., 1889-05-18
Ohio's Largest on Well.

PITTsBURG, May 17-Great excitement
prevails at North Baltimore, o.. over an
oil well drilled in the town which filed an
800 0-barrel tank in an hour. IL is undoubt-
edly the largest oil well in Ohio, and lots
in town have advanced from Sl25 to 81 900.
The morning news., 1889-05-18
Charleston's Carrier Pigeon.

CHARLESTON, S. c., May 1Z--The car
rier pigeon which came on board the
schooner Galena, of Frying Pan Shoals
and was brought here, was released Thurs
day afternoon at o'clock aud few north
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a Hanelne at WaahIngton.

WASHINGTON, May i7.--Neson Colbert
lcolDredl was hanged In jail this altar oon,
October last. Tho drop fell at 1884, and
CQlberfs neck was broken Ny the fall
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KILLED BY A RUNAWAY HORSE.
a Companion Of the Ill-Fated Woman
Slightly Injured.

WASHINGTON, May K--This evening q
hanson cab, containing two ladies, was
coming down steep hill on Thirteenth
street, beyond Boundary, when the horse
ran away, and tho cab collided with tree
box and was overturned and wrecked. O %
OF the ladies, Mrs. T. Il. Horton Of Cali
fornia, was instantly killed, and her COM
panIon, Mrs. Haight of this city, was in-
iured, but not seriously.
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WHAM'S ROBBERS.
One of the Gang Arrested and Others
Coon VIII Be-


CHICAGO, May ia special dispatch
from Tucson, Ariz., says: 'Advices re-
ceived from Fort Thomas say that Cyclone
Bill, who was arrested at Clifton Wednes-
day, is undoubtedly one of the gang that
robbed Paymaster Wham. He answers the
description of the lame man. He cannot
explain his whereabouts during several
hours previous to and after the robbery.
Four others of the gang are known aud
will probable be arrested to-day.
MORE ARRESTS.
Los ANGELES, CAL, May 17.-Assistant
Adjutant General Volmer, department. Of
Arizona, received a dispatch from Capt.
Lebo. of Fort Thomas, Ariz, that "Cy-
clone Bill, who was arrested at Clifton for
the robbery Of the paymaster, was brought
in last evening, and that W. Z. Cunning
ham, of Fort Thomas, had been arrested.
Both men, and n woman named frankie
Stratton, have been identified as being
among the party who committed the rob-
barV
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st. Louis and tho Beer Trust.

ST. LOUIS, May 1z--Heim] Brewery in
by the st. Louis brewery trust The price
paid was $3.50, 600 The trust now has al
most complete control Of the beer trade Of
fbto rtt
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WALL STREETS BIG BOOM
WILLARD CLA ms TO HAVE COME
OUT ON TOP.

Control of the Oregon Transconti-
mental Company the Issue at Stake
Quotations Jumped from 81 to
"a 1-9 in a Day-Some of the Big
Men in the Deal.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE last hour of
business on the stock exchange to-day
marked the climax of one of the most ex-
citing chapters in Wall street history and
closed the fercest fight that has ever been
known on the floor of the exchange.
The prize for which tine battle
was fought was the control of
the Oregon Transcontinental company,
corporation with q capital Of S40,0O0,000
and holding control of the most important
railways in the Pacific northwest. The
control of the company is now. held by
Henry Willard, and associated with him are
the magnates of the Standard Oil Company,
Baron Bleichroder, Prince Bismarck's
financial agent; Edward I. Abbott. John
Trevor, w. L. Colby, and some of the
largest bankers in the city.
THE OPPOSITION.
This aggregation of capital the enemies
of Mr.. Willard worked against The oppo-
sition included all the big insiders in the
Union Pacific road - Charles Francis
Adams, Sidney Dillon, Fred Ames, Elijah
Smith and Others equally prominent.
Elijah Smith had charge of the campaign
to oust Mr.. Willard and proposed to take
his place as he did once before, when Mr.
Willard went down in the crash following
the driving of the golden spike on the
Northern Pacific road. For a long time
both sides were active in quietly accumu-
lating stock, but it was not until to-day,
the last day on which to register stock to
vote at the election. that the supreme effort
was made.
A BIG ADVANCE.
In the exchange all the regular sales made
are not deliverable until Monday but the
sales made of cash stock had to be delivered
before 2:15 o'clock p. m. Out of $4,000
shares of stock traded in to-day 90 900 we're
cash stock, and the price moved up from
81 per share to 641s per share before the
exchange closed. From 40 to 45 the stock
moved up l per cent. at e time.
Then it jumped 5 per cent. on a
single transaction, and after moving up
l per cent. more, made a jump of 8 per
cent. to 60. 1t soon sold at CAS-, the high
est point reached in six years. All the
time trading was marked by intense ex-
element and the day will never be forgot
ten by those who took part in the dealings
WILLARD CLAIMS A VICTORY.
After the registry books closed Mr.. Vii
lard met Elijah Smith and said: Il have
won. l have 100000 shares locked up in
my boxes.n As the capital stock of the
company is 100000 shares this would give
the Willard party 1000 shares majority.
But Mr. Smith would net admit that he.
was defeated, although he did not claim
victory.
The morning news., 1889-05-18
cod nnrn for Furnpe.

NEW York. May 17-One million and
three quarters in gold bars were engaged
The morning news., 1889-05-18

WASHINGTON, May l1.-The bond Offer
iugs to-day aggregated t2i70OQ. An were
accepted At i0s for ~, and 10 for 81.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-10

Iowa TempIars Taken Back Into Fellowship
Louisville May Get the Next Conclave.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 9.-At the session of
the Grand Encampmept. this afternoon, the
Iowa case came up. Past Grand Master
James II. Hopkins, of Pittsburg, Ia, chair
man of the committee on jurisprudence,
brought in report which recommended the
adoption of resolution, which began by re-
citing the passage of the resolution of three
years ago that caused the trouble. 1t then
pointed out that it was the duty of the
most eminent grand master to enforce the
terms set out in this resolution, and that
the Grand Commandery of the State of
Iowa had been disloyal in not obey
ing the edict of the most eminent grand
master, and were censurable for this
action. But the committees were of the
opinion that the Grand Commandery and
subordinate communicates. of Iowa, have
been punished sufficiently in being suspend
ed from templar interconrses with the COM
manderies of the other States and
the order generally throughout the
country, and recommended that the order
interdicting all templar intercourse with
the Grand Commandery of Iowa and the
other Knights Templars of the United States.
be no longer considered In force. The rec
concentrations of the committee met with
immediate favor with the members of the
explanatory and in support of both sides,
and also in which the love of each for the
order was proven most pronounced and
ardent. AlOve-feast prevailed on all sides,
and amid considerable enthusiasm the reso-
luton of the committee was adopted, and
the Grand Commandery of Iowa was cor
daily welcomed back into full fellowship.
The committee on the next place of meet
ing of the triennial cOnclave reported in
favor of Louisville, KY. The report will be
acted upon tomorrow afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-10

House were opened ana the people began
TO enter. The mansion was handsomely
decorated for the occasion, potted plants,
tropical flowers and beds of roses being
every where in profusion. The spacious
East Room was brilliantly illuminated, and
perhaps never before with the gorgeous
uniforms of the Sir Knights and the hand
some costumes of their ladies, has it pre-
sented more animated appearances. The
President received the guests in the Red
Room. assisted by Mrs. Harrison, Mrs.
Window. Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Noble,
Mrs. Rusk and all the members of the
Cabinet except Secretary Proctor. who Is
out of the city. They were at first intro
Knight Myron w. Parker. of Washington,
and he shook hands with each; but the
throng in waiting seeming endless. the Pres
ident soon abandoned Misunderstanding TO ex-
pedite the passage of the crowd. The Sir
Knights and ladies then passed along rap
idly. saluting the President as they passed
by. The guests entered the front doorway,
and passed out on the rear -portico
into the grounds south of the
White House. which were brilliantly
Illuminated with Chinese lanterns and
colored lamps. A stream poured in and out
of the mansion until IL O'clock. when the
front doors were closed. There were per-
haps 10000 people in line and waiting TO
shake hands with, or get q glimpse of, Pres
ldeIt Harrison, but not more than one
third of this number reached him. 1t was
lovely moonlight night, and many of the
to and from the White House, the ladies
accompanying the Sir Knights, marching
with them through the smooth asphaltum-
cOyeredestreets
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-10
ARSENIC IN THE WINE.
Attempt to Poison Catholic Priest While He
Is Celebrating Mass in Rink.

ONEIDA, N. Y, Oct. 9.-Rev. Father James
Kelly, of this place, is seriously i'll. and the
circumstances connected with his illness
point to a crime of murderous intent. He
celebrated mass in the rink. yesterday
morning. and partook of about two spoon
fuls of the wine when he was at once
seized with great pain and burning SEN
sation in the stomach. which he regarded
as symptoms of poisoning. He quickly re-
tired from the altar, and. making known his
situation, sent TO a drug. store for an anti
dote. The emetic had the desired
effect of relieving his stomach, but none
too soon. physician was summoned and
applied the best known remedies for poi
son. Father Kelly was dcathly sick when
conveyed to his home.
One of the parishioners yesterday went to
Syracuse TO have the wine In the bottle
analyzed. Several tests were made, each
disclosing the presence of arsenic in large
quantities. The theory is that some one
entered the rink by means of false key
Sunday or Monday night and put the dead
ly drug in the small bottle of wine left
there, as arsenic wasfound scattered on the
table on the altar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-10
BIG AND COSTLY WHEEL.
Machine That Will Lift 5000, 600 Gallons of
Water and 1000 Tons of Sand q Day.

SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 9.-The greatest wheel
of its kind in the world has just been COM
pleted. 1t is very wonder in mechanism,
and it stands in the main shop of the Dick
son Manufacturing Company in this city.
1t was built for the Calumet 81 Hecla Min
ing Company, of Lake Superior. Mich. for
the purpose of lifting and discharging the
"tailings"-a waste from the copper mines
into the lake. and its diameter is fifty
four feet, while its weight in active opera
tion will be 200 tons. 1t is called fifty
foot sand wheel, but its extreme dimensions
are fifty-four feet in diameter. Some idea
of its enormous capacity can be formed
from the fact that it will receive and ele-
vate sufficient sand every twenty-four
hours to cover acre of ground foot
deep. 1t is armed on its outer edge with
4S2 teeth, All inches pitch a nd eighteen
inches face. The gear segments. eighteen
in number. are made of gun iron. and the
teeth are machine-cut, epicycloidal in form.
in the world 100 days and nights to cut the
teeth al ore, and the finish is as smooth as
glass.
Mr. Sidney Broadbent. the general super-
intendent OF the Dickson Manufacturing
SOnpdlls 10 tuo luNcHbOE VI -but EitClliue
with which the teeth of the great wheel
were cut. He is an English mechanic. who
has been in tl.is country half century.
Another great factor in the construction of
the mammoth wheel is the designer, Mr. T..
ID. Leavitt. of CambridgepOrt, Mass, the
consulting engineer of the Calumet and
Hecla Company. The wheel is to be driven
by a piniOn of gun iron containing thirty
three teeth of equal pitch and face. and
will run at speed of 600 feet per minute
at the inner edge where it will be equipped
with AS steel buckets that will lift the
"tailIngs" as the machine revolves and dis
charge them into launders that will carry
them into tn lake. The shaft of the wheel
is of gun iron, and its journals are twenty
two inches in diameter by three feet four
inches long. The shaft is made in three
sections. and is thirty inches in diameter in
the center.
At first glance the great wheel looks
like an exaggerated bicycle wheel, and it is
constructed much on the same prin ciple,
with stralning rods, that run to the center,
cast on the outer section of the shaft. The
steel buckets on either side of the gear are
each four feet five and one-half inches long
and twenty-one inches deep. and the COM
bined lifting capacity of the AS, running
at speed of 600 feet per minute. will be
3.00O.O00 gallons of water and 1900 tons of
sand every twenty-four hours. The man.
moth wheel is supported on two massive
adjustable pedestals of cast-iron, weighing
twelve tons each, and 1t is estimated that
its cost at the copper mines. before making
single revolution, will not be less than
$1O0,00O.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-10
THROUGH WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS.


NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, Oct. 9.-With the
coming of fall weather duck shooting on
the river above and below the falls becomes
good. Yesterday morning early Joseph
Percy, Frank Barrett and George Pfinster,
Maid of the Mist landing, on the Canada
side, just below the falls, and started down
the river after ducks. When near Swift
Drift, fearfully rough place, midway
down stream between the falls and Whirl-
pool Rapids. Bennett brought down duck,
and Percy, leaving his friends ON shore,
pulled out in the river after it. He had
gone but short distance when one of the
oars to the fat ottomed craft snapped in
the frail vessel at the mercy of
the current 1t runs at very
rapid rate, and the rapids are not
far below. An unsuccessful effort was
it's human freight passed into and through
the rapids. Such is the story told by Bar
nett and Pfnster. About A. NJ. Frank
Powell, accompanied by Frank Cook. John
Glover and Isaac Powell, who live near the
ing to the waters edge duck hunting.
Glover and Isaac Powell went along the
path leading to the rivers entrance to the
whirlpool pocket. while Frank Powell and
OOOk WcDt aTOunu the Slue Oh Jue pool.
1T was not long, said Powell, before 1
shot duck and sent my dog out after it.
He whined about some object in the water
about fifteen or twenty feet ont. The dark
ness of the shadows Just then prevented my
recognizing what it was. / called to him
to bring it ashore, and he tugged and
showed at it till he had brought it within
reach. We recognized it at once as a mans
body, and. noticing the hand move, we
hastily pulled it out. and rolled and rubbed
till we revived him considerably. 1t was
Joe Percy. He told how the oar had broken,
and he was carried through the rapids. We
took him up to the house on the bank and
put him to bed"
reporter saw and talked with Percy
about Q A. NJ, while he was in bed. His
story does not agree exactly with Barnett's
as to the point the duck was shot, and ex-
cited so me suspicion. Boating on this part
of the river, especially below Swift Drift,
is exceedingly dangerous. and few but
hunters venture there. For years it has
been predicted that some one would be car
ried through the rapids and lose his
life, and this morning, when the story of
Percy's accident was told, it was readily ac-
cepted by the prophets as true, which it
may and may not be. John Glover, while
standing on the cliff near the pool, states
that he saw the boat enter the whirlpool
about 6:15 o'clock, but no man was in it.
Percy claims to have held on to the boat
until he was below Buttery's elevator,
when he became unconscious and knew no
more till he found Powell and Cook work
ing over him on shore. Joseph Percy is
twenty-five years old, unmarried, and
brother of Charles Alexander Percy who
really has made some neryy trips through
the Niagara gorge in boat of his own con-
brought TO his home on the American side
this afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-10
TWENTY YEARS A WANDERER.
Drug Clerk Recognized as the Boy for Whom
Father Had Long and Fruitlessly Searched.

KANSAS CRY, Oct. o-Nearly twenty
years ago A. Nj. Lytle. a prescription clerk
in Frank Prices drug store, ON Union ave.
nue., ran away from his home in Woodbury.,
N. j., and shipped as cabin-boy on an East
Indian merchantmen. For many years he
followed a sea-faring life, finally shipping
ON the steamship Valparaiso, where, as a
pupil of the ships surgeon, he learned the
drug business. In the course of his travels
he has visited nearly every country in the
world. Finally he settled in Kansas City
and invested his savings in some small
property here. Last night Mrs. j. II. Lytle,
his aunt, went to the drug store where the
wanderer was employed to buy medicine.
She recognized her nephew in the drug
clerk. Mutual explanations followed. Lytle
will return To his home and receive his
share of the property of his father who
died a short time ago. The search for the
missing boy had been prosecuted by his
parents with unflagging zeal up to the time
the father died, and his last request was
that the search be not given up, and di-
rected in his will that portion of his fort
une of $4,000 be expended in continu-
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