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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-13
CLEVELAND TO POPE LEO.


ROME. Aug. 12.-The Pope has received q
letter from Cardinal Gibbons inclosing tho
following letter from President Cleveland.
dated at the executive mansion, June 8,
1898, to Cardinal Gibbons:
Your Eminence-Please permit me to transmit
through you to his Holiness, Leo XIII, my sim
cere concentrations on the occasion of the
golden jubilee of his episcopate. The pleasure
attending this expression of nv Fluctuations is
much enhanced By the remembrance that his
Holiness has always manifested lively interest
in the prosperity of the United States
and great admiration for our political institu-
tions.s 1 am glad 10 believe that these senti-
ments are the natural outgrowth OF the Holy
Fathers solicitude for the welfare and happiness
of the masses of humanity and his especial SYM
pathy for every effort made to dignity sim pie
manhood and to promote the moral and social
elevation OF those who toll. The kindness with
which his Holiness lately accepted a copy of the
Constitution of the United States leads me to
suggest that, If it does not seem presumption. it
would please me exceedingly TO place in his
hands a book containing the official papers and
documents written by me during my previous
term OF office. Yours very sincerely,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
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NELSON MORRtS'S LOSS.
Blaze at the Chicago Stock Yards Yesterday
That FOots Up $500, 900.

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Nelson Morris & Co..
large fertilizing and beef packing esta blish-
ment. at Forty-third street and Center
avenue burned this morning. The build
ing in which the fire started is one of the
largest in the Union stockya ards. Inside its
walls two thousand men were employed
and the great bulk of Nelson Morris g. Co.'s
work was done. The structure was 6O0x3O0
feet in dimensions and four stories high.
1t contained killing department. ware.
house, fertilizing departments and a valu-
able cold storage plant. The fire started
in the fertilizing department.. A sudden
explosion knocked down an engineer
named Peters and started O blaze among
the grease and oils. Contact between two
electrIc-light wires is thought to have
caused the explosion by igniting q cloud of
dust that filled the corner. Besides en-
gineer Peters, but one other man. name
unknown. was injured. Neither was fatal
~ hurt.
sponGed and reinforced tine engineers ef-
forts by forming a buoket brigade. The
blaze was too much tor them. however.
and spread through the mammoth
also of many fire engines. Addi-
tiOnal fire companies were hur-
ried forward TO little purpose at first sp-
parently, except as safeguards TO surround
ing property. The huge structure in which
the fire was burning so fiorcely contained
plant and warehouse goods valued at &c.
100000 Across the roadway Armour's but
terine plant was In imminent danger of de-
structIon. In the southeast corner of the
building, and separated from the fire By
PARTITION wall, was the warehouse. 1t con-
tanned S3. 0O0. 600 worth of canned meats and
other stock. It's safety was the chief con.
Germ OF the company whose property was
lmperilled. The cOld-storage plant was
valued at S1,000.000. The entire plant was
covered by insurance. The fire was finally
got under control shortly after noon
Neither the warehouse nor the cold.stcrage
warehouse vas damaged, except by severe
scorching. Unofficial estimates on the loss
indicated that it wonld not exceed $780,
coo. The fire was confined to q square 150x
$50 feet In dimensions in the west corner of
the building. The damaged corner will be
rebuilt at once. In the meantime eight
hundred men. who were employed in the
fertIliZing department. will be out of work.
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wRANGLING OVER TAXES.

Duties to Be Lowered on Tobacco and Raised
Matches and Adver easements.
BERLIN. Aug. 12.-The finance committee.
composed of delegates from the federated
states. will meet in Berlin Immediately
upon the completion of the holiday leave,
In September. of DR.. MIGUEL. Prussian Min
lister Of Finance. The semi-official an
nouncement from Frankfort that the
conference. which was recently in
session there. had agreed to the gen.
eral principles of the net taxation
plan Is not credited here. In best informed
quarters quite the contrary is believed.
DR.. MIGUEL. IL Is said. found considerable
opposition to each leading proposal of the
scheme. The South German finance MIN
istsrs objected to the wine tax. while the
other finance Ministers opposed the tax on
manufactured tobacco. Consequently DIR.
MIGUEL will negotiate c0mpromise, ac-
cordlng TO the terms of which the wine tax
will be dropped, provided the duty on to-
bacco be accepted. thus increasing the ratio
of the value of tobacco. The INLAND excise
duty now levied by weighs will be abol-
ished. thus making free of all restrictions
the cultivation of tobacco. The proposal
OF greatest interest to the foreign import
ers 10 that providing for q reduction of the
tariff ontimDorted tobaccos. The proposal
10 mbuo Win FleW TO preventing the In.
ferior native products from crushing those
OF superior quality grown abroad out of
the market Minister MIGUEL also desired
that @ tax be placed advertisements
and on matches. besides the imposition of q
further tax on bourse transactions The
reichstag. 1t IS expected. will burst into
flame over the proposals touching tobacco
matches and Advertisements. On Thurs-
day the Emperor signed q decree adding so
per cent. TO the duties collected on finished
products imported into Germany. This in
creased tariff will practically cause the
ruin of the leading branches of trade In
England.
dinal Led0chowski. prefect of the congre-
CATION OF the Propaganda Eide. TO Berlin
and Posen. the trst time he will have
visited those cities since he was exiled In
1875. is exciting all Catholic Germany. The
Cardinal wants the quietest kind of recep-
tion. but the Prussian Catholics are de-
sermined TO give him public ovation
The authorities at Posen and Gnesen,
thirty miles from Posen, are preparing q
series of fetes TO be held in his honor All
these feses are sanctioned by the govern
meEt. Emperor William will entertain the
Cardinal during he stay IN Berlin.
The paralysis. from which the Duke of
Sexe-Coburg and Gotha 10 suffering. 10 ex-
tending The physicians who are in at
tendance upon him have notified the Duke
Of Edinburah. second son OF Queen Vic
toris. who IL heir apparent to the dukedom.
that the Dukes condition Is critical
Emperor William will return to Berlin
on Monday for the purpose of reviewing
the Prussian guards. Tho King of Wurtein-
the maDeuvers in WuItemburg DO aban.
doned. owing To the dearth of fodder and
fear Of cholera. The Emperor accepted the
recommendation, end DO will amply yoyioW
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Shocking Details Of the Burning Of the Ship
OFF the Chinese Coast. When the Nan Eat
ers Had Feast on Coolies.
Returned Survivors of the Ill-Fated
Victoria LOath TO Speak.
Undoubted Truth of the Deadly Work Of the
Screw-Iady Tryon's Grief Because of Her
Husbands Conduct Bombay Riots.
FEARFUL PANIC ON BOARD.
Loss of the San Juan with All Its Dread
in,

Loss of the San Juan with All It's Dreadfui
Horrors i'm Deraii.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Aug. l2-Further
particulars of the burning of the steamer
San Juan. of the Chinese coast. were re-
celved here to-day. The Spanish steamer
San Juan left Hong Kong for Manila with
full crew and all tie Chinese that could
be slowed away. Thirty miles Oft Darigs-
yos Point ire was discovered between
decks. 1t soon spread to one thousand cases
of petroleum. and then all hope OF saving the
ship was abandoned. Two Iifeboats were
destroyed by the flames. and others were
capsized by the Chinese. Sharks made
short work of these. and in this manner the
second engineer, Quartermaster. steward
and second officer lost their lives. On the
fire being discovered almost all the Chi
nese ran uD the rigging and TO other high
places. AS the fire increased in intensity
the poor wretches dropped on the deck and
into the f1ames Others jumped overheard
and were devoured by sharks. Those who
reached one OF the boats filled IL TO excess.
and the sharks leaped into the air to snatch
their prey. The panic was fearful. The
Chinese huddled together aud filled the air
with their means.
The fore and after parts of the burning
vessel were full of people i'm ploring assist
ance. and the central portion of the vessel
was like the crater of q volcano. The
sharks came in droves. and hundreds OF
them could be seen around the blazing
steamer. The officers succeeded in reach.
ing one of the overturned boats and right
ing her. They then went to the other
boats and managed two Of them
on an even keel They were all
kept at a distance. and every body who
wanted to get into them had to run the
gauntlet of sharks. In this way ninety
eight persons escaped and reached shore
after sixteen hours of hard rowing. They
at once telegrsphed for assistance. and tho
steamer can Antonio was sent out When
she reached the derelict three Chinese.
more dead than alive. were found In the
rigging. The masts were steel. This made
the total saved 101, including officers and
crew. There were 2S3 people on board. so
the sharks and flames must have devoured
1S2. The San Juan was towed into Manila
stilI on. fire.
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WAS 1T A FARCE?
Survivors Of the Fated Victoria Believe
Court-srartiaI Was Not Honest

Survivors of the Fated Victoria Believe the
Court Martial Was Not Honest
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 12-The battle ship
Triumph. the port guard ship at Queens
town, flying the flag of Rear Admiral ST
John. arrived here to-day from Malta, hav.
ing on board most of rhe survivors of the
Victoria. flag. ship OF the British Mediter.
ranean squadron. which was recently sunk
in collision with the war ship Camperdown
off TrpIoli. SYRIA. The Triumph was dis
patched to Malta shortly after the disaster
for the purpose of conveying the survivors
10 England. 1t was the general expecta-
tion that the Triumph would reach Ports
mouth to-day. and yesterday and Issa
night trains arriving at the town landed
hundreds of relatives and friends of the
survivors. This morning many others
arrived, and at an early hour q throng OF
people gathered about the dockyard gates
and ciamoIed for admission. No attention
was paid TO their demands for some time.
but finally the authorities give orders that
the crowd he admitted. A rush was 40
once made for the dock at which the
Triumph was lying. she having just ar
rived.
The greetings between the Survivors and
those who had gone TO welcome them were
most affecting. Laughing amid tears OF
RlAuQces, wives duQ bWcctuthTtb klb5oQ
and embraced husbands and lovers. while
sturdy men grasped hands and stood facing
each other for some moments without
tutoring a word. Some of the survivors
were eager 60 tell their stories of she dis
aster TO the newspaper represent
atives present. but what they told
added little. If anything. TO what was
already known. Several Of the men de-
Med the statement that has been made
that any OF those who lost thep
IN oUln
withstanding the. evidence gwen before
the court martial at Valetta to the effect
that at the time the Victoria sank her en-
vivors declare that @ number Of those who
men, they declared, were killed by the re-
voivIng screws, and their bodies were cut
to pieces. The greater number. however.
were killed by being hit by the wreckage.
When questioned as TO the courtmartial
they became very retioient and stated thst
they had been cautioned to be quiet on
that topic. The general opinion Is thRt
the court martial was a farce
Lady Tryon has given eloquent testi-
mopy of her intense grief at the knowledge
tn at the Victoria disaster was due to her
husbands error by declining the pension
of Ef00 yearly 20 which she Is entitled as
an admir&is widow. She had previously
offered Tito the trustees OF the Victoria re.
lief fund. bat il was not accepted. as the
fund exceeded the amount required. Lady
Tryon was heiress 10 the peerage OF
Willoughby Deersby when she married
TryoD. who was then only a lieutenant
The marriage was love match.
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General Notes,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-Surgeon-general
Wyman is informed that no new cases Of
yellow fever have appeared at Pensacola.
and that the excitement is rapidly sub
siding.
w. A. Ball. of Columbia City. is at the
Howard.
The SWORD which Ethan Allen carried at
the taking of Fort Ticonderoga during the
revolutionary war has been offered to the
government to be placed with similar rel
les in the National Museum. The sword is
now in thepossession of Hannibal A. Hop
kins. of Lansing, Mich.
Minister Blount was not among tho pas
eengers from Honolulu on the steamer City
of New York. which arrived at San Fran
cisco y yesterday morning.
The Commissioner of Pensions has de-
cided to accede TO the request of newspaper
correspondents to publish in the daily bull
letin the postoffice addresses of those TO
whom pension certificates are issued. Sec
retarv Hoke Smith has under considera-
tion the advIsabfiIty Of the DHs5i4cstsUa Of
the names of applicants for pensions
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WILL SUPPORT GLADSTONE
Announced that the Parnellites Will
Vote for the Home-Rule Bill.
ing Extended to the Returned Survivors
Of the Ill-Fated Victoria.
HOME RULE WILL PASS.

Understanding that the Parnellites will
support It Third Reading.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LONDON. Aug. 12.-It is expected In Of
fcial circles that the home-rule bill will
be sent to the House of Lords on Aug. "a.
Notwithstanding the action taken on
Wednesday last by the Parnellite conven-
tion in Dublin, denouncing the measure
and declaring that it would not be accept
cd by the people in Ireland. Mr. John E.
Redmond. who presided at the convention.
promises that the Psrnellites will vote for
the bill when it comes up on its third read.
ing in the House of Commons.
That she government Is to obtain no con-
cession whatever from the Unionists has
been evidenced the past W eek. and what
ever success attends to Mr.. Gladstone's poll.
cy will be due entirely to his own skill as
parlIamentarian. and not to any yielding on
the part of his political enemies. Last
evening the Prime Minister had q priv ate
friendly talk with the Rt hon. A. j. Bal
four. the Conservative leader in the
House of Commons. with view
to arriving at an entente in
regard to the redistribution of the seats to
be filled by tie Irish in the IMPERIAL Par
lament when tho home-rule bill shall have
become law. MIR. Balfour was open to an
arrangement of the vexed question. but he
could do nothing. as the Irish Unlonists re-
fused TO listen TO any argument whatsoever
In favor of she proposition. and this atti-
tude compelled the cessation of the
negotiations. The Conservative leaders
have the rank and lille of that party TO be
sounded through it's Whips on the question
OF the abandonmenr of obstruction on the
estimate. Here also the leaders who de-
sire to bring the session to close were
baked by the savage temper of their fol-
lowers, who are opposed TO everything of
truce. War is all they will have.
Mr.. Cham berlain held aloof from Mr. Bal
four's communications with the govern
Hon. q. j. Goschen, formerly Chancellor of
Michael Hicks Beach. formerly president
OF the Board of Trade, whose voices are al
ways listened to in the councils OF the Con-
Bervative party. The depth of the ear
nestness of the Conservatives against the
bome-rule bill Is explained by the fact
that few OF them are paired with Liberals
for the shooting season which opens to-day.
Never before have the Conservative whips
found the representative members Of Par.
lament unwilling to surrender work for
sport Heretofore when the shooting of
grouse and other game began many men,
bers would pair off and hasten TO the pre-
serves. throwing parliamentary business
to the wind in their eagernees to tramp the
fields with guns and dogs. This year the
shooting parties will be conspicuous
through the absence of members of the
House or Commons attending.
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ST. Louis, Aug 12.-Dink Wilson, the
long sought Glendale train robber. has
been arrested at Syracuse. n. Y. for the
murder of o detective. He was captured
there July 81. and gave the name of George
A. Barnes. To-day detective McGrath re-
ceived his picture. and at once recognized
it as Wilson. OF the other two robbers
Sly pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
twenty years while Hedgepeths case
1891. the trio held up passenger train at
Glendale. Mo-. and secured S1s.35O. The
Syracuse authorities will be allowed to try
Wilson on the graver charge of murder
while the robbery will still hang over him.
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"OLD HUTCH" SELLS OUT.
Once Worth $S,OOO.O 900. His Seat on the Chi.
cagO Board Goes for Song.

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-The once famous
wheat speoulator. b. p. Hutchinson. "Old
Hutch. has sold his mem bership in the Chi
cago Board of Trade. The certificate which
was issued to the old gentleman twenty-six
years ago went at q very low price It
understood that the old man realized but
little less than 5000 net by the sale. The
mem bership went into Armour & Co.'s
office. the hard-headed senior of that firm
buying it for an employee. Hutchinson was
at one time worth ss.00O. 900. accumulated
in speculation chiefly. The sale of his
mem bership is taken as marking the formal
close of his business career.
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THE MINERS BEATEN.
Back bone of the Kansas Strike, Involving TO-
900 Men. Believed to Be Broken.

PITTsBURG. Kan, Aug. lathe compro-
misc of she Santa Fe Coal Company with
its men will probably break the Kansas
coal miners strike. which has been in
progress since May Is. and which has in
volved over ten Thousand men. The strik-
ers will hold meeting next Tuesday to
vote on q proposition to return to work at
the best terms obtainable. The general
sentiment seems to favor an abandonment
of the strike. The fzzle Of the strike in
Missouri and the settlement by the Santa
Fe tbs thought. made the miners cause q
losing one.
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CLEVELAND TOOK A SAIL.
Mrs. Cleveland Drives to Town for the Mail
She Is Doing Well

BUZZARD's BAY. Mass. Aug. 12.-The
President passed part Of the day after
he arrived here quietly with his family.
He intended to take fishing trip earlier In
the day. but the scarcity of wind prevent
ed. 1t ''breezed" mp after dinner, aud to-
ward O'Clock the President and DIR. Bry-
ant boarded the Ruth and were soon down
the bay. They did not return until after
dark. Mrs. Cleveland drove over TO Buz-
yards Bay for the mail. She Is looking
splendid. ana appears in her usual excel
l.nf has
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Special To the Indianapolis Journal
ELKHART. Ind. Aug. 12.-Tho Eagle knit.
ting factory. one of the largest manufac-
turing concerns in she city. closed tonight
for a month on account of business depres-
sion. The Indiana Buggy Company ID
closed. the DR.. Miles Medical Compapy's
laboratory is closed; the Kimb ark manu-.
factory. C0nn's band instrument factory
in several departments are closed, while
other concerns are running with greatly re-
duced forces. Between one and two hun
dred Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
running men have also been discharged or
laid off
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Mr.. Phelps Says the Behring Sea Decision
Will he Compromise.
NEW YORK. Aug 12.-Mr. L. j. Phelps of
the counsel for the United States at rhe
Behring sea conference at Paris. arrived
home this morning on the American line
steamship Paris. Mr.. Phelps was seen at
his hotel. II am glad to get home again. %
he said. 81 went away In March and spent
considerable time in trav cling about before
the conference took place and sfterward.
The interests of the United States were
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The Murdere.. R.comm.na.a for Merov

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12.-The trial of
Mrs. Worthington. wife of a newspaper
photographer. VINO killed Harry Baddeley
several months ago. closed last night. The
jury returned a verdict of guilty of murd er
in the second degree and recommended the
prisoner To the mercy of tho court. Mra
Worthington had lived with Baddeley, bus
he had deserted her. and she claimed he
afterwards prosecuted her. She lay IN wait
for bim near steambo landing aud
when he appeared and was about to board
the steAmef sho shos and killed him.
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NEW YORK. Aug. 12-Rev. DR.. Charles F.
Deemes, the noted pastor of the Church of
the Strangers. is lying dangerously i'll at
his residence In this city. He is suffering
with a high fever superinduced by an ab-
scess in the groin. which Is liable at any
moment TO break and cause instant death.
The Doctor was stri. ken with paraly sis In
September last. and has never fully re-
covered from the stroke.
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looked after carefully at the conference.
and there is no reason to suppose thas the
result will not De In accordance with the
facts presented. The matter 10 now In the
hands of the arbitrstors. 1t is uncertain
when they will be ready TO make public
their decision, but think they will do so
IN ABOUT q week or ten days. OF course.
the matter being such an important one.
nothing has been done in Q hurried manner.
OF course do not care to attempt eny
prognostication of the result of the confer
ence but l will say this. that from the na-
ture of the case the decision of the arbi-
traitors will be In the nature of compro-
tooU
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Movements of Steamers
LONDON, Aug l2.-Sighted: La B0ur.
gogne. from New York.
ROTTERDAM. Aug. 12-Arriyed: Didam,
from New York.
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Over Two Thousand Frenchmen I'm the
Field for 5S4 Seats.
PARIS. Aug. 12.-fhe candidates who
will present themselves for election to the
Chamber of Deputies on Aug. 20 number
over two thousand. The Chamber consists
of 5S4 Deputies. Many of the candidates
are "faddists." and their csndidature Is not
serious. The coming elections excite small
interest For the first time during the ex-
istence of the republic there is no question
as to the form of government. Whatever
interest there is, is centered in M. Clemen-
ceau's contest in Var and NJ.
Floquets contest IN the Eleventh Ar
rondIssement of Paris. M. Clemencesu
has good prospects of being returned, but
M. Flouauets election is uncertain, owing
to his connection with the Panama canal
scandal A forecast made of the oom POSI-
tion OF the new Chamber places it as fol-
lows: Governments Republicans and
Moderators. 800; Radicals. 80; Socialists. Al;
Conservative Republicans, 60; Monarch
lists and independents, 80; scattering, g.
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Successor TO Dan Ransdeli.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-It was an
nounced. to-day. that it had been decided
to nominate q United States marshal for
the District OF Columbia, to succeed Capt
Dan. NJ. Rsnsdell. of Indianapolis. about
the 9th of next month. Captain Randsdell
will return to his old home as soon as he Is
relieved of his official duties w. ID. AL
ton. of Indianapolis was to-day appointed
folder in the House document room.
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The Mediterranean Earthquake.

Inc Mediterranean Earthquake.
ROME, Aug. 12.-Repeated shocks Of
earthquake have destroyed one.haff of the
town of Mattinata, on the Adriatio coast.
Several persons were killed and number
injured. The Strombolt volcano is In vio-
lent eruption.