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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-12-24
General Notes.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 23-Lindley Fogg
of Ohio. a clerk in the office OF the auditor
for the Postoffice Department. has been ap-
pointed assistant chief of the bookkeeping
and warrant division of the Treasury De-
partment.
cash balance. s225, ,31s. $40; gold reserve 1884,
$40 .igS
Joseph Il. Doyle, the defeated Republic
an candidate for Congress in the Fifth
Georgia district. flied notice OF contest
against Congressman Rufus 4. Lester to-
day.
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ToiIhousr Burned by Raiders.

SPRINGFIELD. KY. Dec. 23.-The toll
house on the Springfield and Perryville
turnpike, one mile from this town, was
burned last night. The free turnplkers had
raided the gate some time ago when all
OF the other tollgates I'm the county Were
destroyed and no attempt had been made
TO collect tolls since. Yesterday Keeper
Wise moved his family from the house and
IL is presumed that the night raiders burned
the house TO prevent possibility of it's be-
ing used as a dollhouse my more. There
is not a single tollgate now i'm this county
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Hills signed by the President.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.-The President
has signed the pension appropriation bill
and the urgent deficiency appropriation bill.
The latter carries mainly naval appropria-
tions and the chiefs of the bureau of con-
structon and steam engineering have been
notified that they may continue the work of
repairing the ships. which threatened to be
interrupted by lack of funds.
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THE ARBITRATION TREATY.
Ii May Be Ready for Submission to
the Senafe When Congress Meets.

WASHINGTON Dec. 23-There is no
longer any doubt that the general arbitra-
ton treaty between the United States and
Great Britain is practically completed to
the satisfaction of both governments and
that it's presentation 10 Congress may be
expected i'm the near future. Several minor
amendments have been suggested and ac-
cepted from time to time during the prog
ress of the negotiations. but it Is now con-
fidently believed that the copy which was
forwarded to Lord Salisbury by Sir Julian
Pauncefote about a week ago will at once
receive the formal approval of the British
Premier and be returned to Washington i'm
time to be presented to the Senate for rati-
fication Immediately on the reassembling of
Congress after the holiday recess. Jan. 5.
AS already outlined the life of the treaty
purposely is made very short-only five
years-but this is with the expectation of
renewal for a longer period If Ii shall prove
to work we'll and also to afford easy oppor
tunity for amendment. Its purpose is to
dispose oeaceably and honorably of such
questions arise between the United
States and Great Britain and will not ad-
NIT of adjustment BY the ordinary methods
of dPlomsfy Excluding questions invPi "
the arbitration commission is to be Of the
highest character-men selected from the
judiciary of each country in equal num-
bers. three from each side and provision
is made against a failure through tie
vote by the bringing in of an umpire.
Neither the Venezuelan question nor the
Bering sea issue are to go before this COM
mission. but its first work probably would
be to close up the Alaskan boundary con-
troversy and some open issues of minor in
terest but real Importance.
Unlike the Venezuelan boundary arrange
ment. this treaty must go TO our Senate for
ratification and the House of Representa-
tives also will have an opportunity Indirect
ly to pass judgment on il, for legislation
will be necessary to provide means to main
tain the commission. The fate of the prof.
ect in Congress can only be conjectured at
present. Some fear Is expressed that the
issue made by Secretary Olney over the Gu
ban question may somewhat jeopardize this
crowning piece of diplomacy by melting
criticism and the display of i'll feeling on
the part of senators who feel that their
prerogatives have been invaded. 1t is
known also that other senators favorable
to the general project of arbitration have
their own peculiar ideas about means.
which they may attempt TO carry out by
amendments TO the treaty. III these are of
small Importance they may be accepted by
the executive and by the British govern
ment but the whole great project of a
general arbitration treaty Is which
diplomats feel must be entered upon with
the grea test caution and the agreement so
far effected has been achieved with such
difficulty that any considerable departure
from the scheme. proposed by amendments,
probably would lead to failure of the treaty
and thus give a formidable setback to the
whole movement
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Quiet Restored.

PADUCAH, Ky. Dec. 23.-The Mayfield
race war is at an end. Everything is quiet.
A mass meeting OF both white and colored
people tonight came TO an understanding
that peace should reign. Mayfield Is quiet
tonight. Thirty deputized policemen are
patrollng the city. There Is nothing 20 be
alarmed about i'm the vicinity. OF Paducah.
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PARIS. Dec. 23-Snanish securities were
strong on the Bourse to-day owing TO the
report that dispatch received from Wash
ington indicated that the United States was
ready to recognize continued Spanish SOW
ereignty i'm Cuba on the condition that the
United States be invited TO intervene and
end the war.
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KILLED TWO, WOUNDED SEVEN.
Mob of Thirty Employees Scattered by
Mexican Ranchman.

GUADALAJARA. Mexico. Dec. 23.-Par-
ticulars have been received here of des-
perate affray at the ranch OF Juan Vidrio.
this state Vidrio had trouble with some of
his employees a few days ago and thirty of
them attacked him. He was seriously
wounded by the first volley OF shots. but
took refuge I'm his residence and fired on
his assailants. killing two OF them and
wounding others badly. Twenty
probably be shot.
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Mis-. France. f. willard. Cona,,,ou

CASTLE. ~, Y, Dec. 23.-Miss Frances
r.. Willard Is I'm cottage near the sani-
tarium with her private secretary Miss
Anna Gordon. and two stenographers con-
Quoting a large correspondence. but spend
ing several hours each day i'm the open air
A difficulty OF the throat will necessitate
rest from public speaking for some time to
come.
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Spafn Will Send nm Envoy.

MADRID. Dec. 23.-El Tempe asserts
that "A high political parsonage is to be sent
to Washington TO confer with the officers
of the government regarding the relations
between Spain and the United States.
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No More slavery in Madaga.car.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Among the
earliest reforms of the French government
in Madagascar is embodied decree abol-
ishng slavery. copy of which has reached
the State Department from Consul wetter.
at Tamatave. 1t declares all the inhabit-
ants free. forbids traffic in human beings,
nullifies every contract providing for the
sale of persons. and imposes penalties for
tripled in case of second offense. Other
features of the decree are that France
promises not to impose on the people of
Madagascar any extraordinary war tax.
and offers aid to dispossessed owners of
slaves in the form of territorial possessions
Another decree, relating to schools. pro-
hibits interference by teachers in political
affairs. and urges instruction in the French
language
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The Indiana Mutual Building and
LOaR Association

Receives Deposits of ONE DOLLAR AND
UPWARD, at any time, and allows interest
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The CapitoI Almost Deserted.

WASHINGTON. Dec 23.-The House of
Representatives wore deserted air to-day.
Only half dozen members were on the
floor, those attending to their correspond
ence. and most of the committee rooms
were closed Many of the Eastern and
Southern members had gone to their homes
for the holidays. Speaker Reed left last
night for Boston. and will spend the vaca-
ton i'm that city and New York engaged i'm
private business. Chairman Cannon, of the
appropriations committee. has gone TO ILL.,
nois to advance the interests of his sena-
torial candidacy Chairman Dingley. of the
correspondence relating to the hearings OH
the tariff bill, which will begin next Mon
day. The only work in progress about the
House to-day was the appropriations COM
mittee, where n subcommittee was engaged
in preparing the District of Columbia APP
preparation bill. which will be laid before
the House when Congress again meets
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HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS

Tickets to be sold to the public Dec. "A,
q and 81 and Jan. l. AL good returning
until Jan. 4.
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But How About That

Other stocking that you help fill? Will it aid you
to know that all 81 S5O and 81 Is Scarfs for 81 to-day
The herald., 1896-12-28
CHANCE FOR THE KINEToscoPE.

1t takes no great vigor of the imag-
ination to fill in the comedy drama so
suggestively outlined in the daily pro-
gram Of tariff-schedule hearings an
nounced by the ways and means COM
mittee yesterday:
Monday, December 28-Chemdcals, oils
and paints, spirits. wines and other bev-
erages. Tuesday, December 29-Cotton
manufactures, silks and silk goods.
And SO on. And as each article is
named with the day for it's considera-
tion, one can see the men who deal in
it swarming about the committee, whis
pering the size of their campaign con-
tributions and shouting that they are
being ruined by a 40 per cent tariff
that the duties must be raised or they
will have to either cut wages or go out
Of business. One can see the pitiful
greed written on the faces of these
seekers of unjust privileges. One can
hear their brazen prevarications and
Misrepresentation.
Vanity Fair has no other show OF
human nature in it's unlovely aspects
that equals the hearing on tariff schedl
ules. The coming show should be pho
tographed for the kaleidoscope and ex-
hibited in every town and village and
crossroads hamlet. AS a campaign
document it would offset a good many
OF Mr.. Hanna's boodle bags.--New York
World.
The herald., 1896-12-28
THE MINING HORROR.
Not So Bad as Reported. But Still Very
Dreadful

PRINCETON. Ind. Dec. 27.-The ex-
plosion of gas in the Princeton shaft last
night was not so serious as supposed.
Six miners We're killed, while one is
missing andlis believed to be- dead. Eight
men were rescued almost lifeless, but il
is thought they will recover.
The dead are James Reil, Theodore
Faber John Holmes, Carl Poneylite,
John Ernst and Robert Maule, son of the
president and secretary of the company.
Those rescued We're William Grill,
Frank Turbie, Thomas Thice, William
Booker, James Turner, David Nolan,
Arthur Colgate, James Cruz (colored).
The missing mans name is Robert
Poneylite, head blacksmith.
The first men brought up alive were
William Grill, Frank Turbie Thomas
Thice and William Booker. They said
the others were all dead.
The rescuers brought up the bodies of
James Reil, Theodore Faber, John
Holmes, Carl Poneylite and John Ernst
These bodies were mutilated almost be-
yond recognition. The next trip down
the rescuers reported they could hear
groans. This was joyful news and hope
again revived. The crowd waited in
breathless suspense while the bucket
came up. 1t contained the almost life
less bodies of James Turner, David No
Ian, Arthur Colgate and James Cruz
The first two were only slightly burned,
while the others We're more seriously
injured, sustaining several broken bones
besides their burns. They can give no
account of the explosion. The body of
Robert Maule was found lying at the
foot of the shaft with a huge beam
across his %aSeast. his skull crushed in
and numerous bones broken. Rescuers
could not work long a t a time on account
of the gas and foul air, and search for
Poneylite, which has continued all day.
has been of no avail The injuries of
some of the rescued men are very seri-
Gus, but unless complications arise all
will ultimately recover
The herald., 1896-12-28
THE LAST OF BRONZE SCANDAL.

Boston seems to be slowly losing in
terest in the Macmonnies statue. The
papers there now print only three or
four columns day on the subject, and in
time. doubtless, the bronze lady, the les
son she teaches, the clothes she doesn't
wear and her right to a home in the pub
lie library will have been discussed from
every possible point of view. That new
arguments of the moral sort are already
getting hard to invent Is made manifest
by the fact that at present there is a
tendency to question the artistic value
of the statue, something that hitherto
has been rather carefully avoided. To
this side of the controversy William Ev-
erett has just made particularly vehe-
ment contribution. He declares that the
impression the Bacchante gave him was
one of pettiness. in size, in conception
and in execution. He failed to see in
her face "the gross, debauched express
sion which some persons find" but he
is sure that the figure is wholly vulgar,
without spark of that inspiration which
the Bacchanals are supposed to derive
from the worship of Donysus." He
thinks the artist showed lack of artistic
judgment in posing the figure, since the
observer feels instinctively that unless
the young woman changes her attitude
instantly, down she will tumble, baby
and all, into the water. 1.-The creature
irresistibly suggested to me- he says,
a romping girl, who is rarely intrusted
with the baby by her prudent mother
but has succeeded in getting hold of it
at an unguarded moment. carried it
out into the garden, and is careering un~
der the grapevines with the cry 'Hur-
rah! I've got the baby!' Anything less
artistic and more purely a piece of
dogsed reproduction, and very banal at
tEat, would be hard to imagine" In
conclusion. Mr. Everett aserts that the
statue is as out of place In the Boston
library as Michael Angeles Moses
would be at the MabiIle.-New York
Times
The herald., 1896-12-28
THE FIRE RECORD.
Short Reports but a Large Amount of
Damage Done.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27-The
California Glue works, at Sixth avenue
and @ street, were burned last night. The
building was insured for SO, 900 only, and
the net loss, therefore, will be $40, 900 at
least.
1t is supposed that the fire was caused
through the careless handling of a lamp
by Henry Heller, the watchman, who
lost his life in the flames. When found.
his charred remains lay near a pile of
broken glass. once part of lamp, and
it was evident that his clothes had been
saturated with coal oil.
REPAIR SHOPS BURNED.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Fire today de-
stroyed the repair shops of the BushwicE
division of the Brooklyn Heights Rail
road company and a four-story frame
building used by Welz & Zerwicks, brew
ers, as storage house, in Brooklyn. To-
tai loss, 5000; we'll insured. Cause of
fire unknown.
POTSDAM, N. Y, Dec. 27.-The Wind
sor hotel, four saloons, two clothing
stores, three restaurants, one grocery
store, two livery stables and two barber
shops, composing large portion of the
business section of the town, were de-
stroyed by fire today Damage esti-
mated at 100000; partially insured.
POSTOFFICE DAMAGED.
AMESBURY, Mass. Dec. 27.-The
postof1ice block was badly damaged by
fire today. The loss on the building and
property of the various occupants will
amount to $50, 900; insurance about $40,
900. The fire probably caught near the
boiler in the basement.
The herald., 1896-12-28
ARIZONA NOTES

The uncertainty Of life has had another
sorrowfuf illustration in the sudden TAX
ing off of young Bob" Lee, we'll and
favorably known to wide circlS of
friends in southern Arizona. Saturday
afternoon, the very last day of a two
months round UP, in the neighborhood
of Table mountain. in Pinal county,
bob" was at work with his crew, hold
ing a large bunch of cattle, which had
been driven to0ether. One of the un-
ruly beasts broke out of the herd and
started down the side of a very steep
hill. Young Lee Followed and threw his
RATA over the animal. His horse was
very tired, owing TO the hard work which
The herald., 1896-12-28

The New York World does not take
kindly to the idea that Mark Hanna
should by all means be given place in
Mr.. McKinley's cabinet. 1t says that
Hannas only possible qualification for
such an honor is that he raised a large
Doodle fund to aid in McKinley's cleo
ton, and that is serious disqualified
ton, because it is following out of the
doctrine that in the future the country's
highest offices and honors shall be put up
at auction and knocked down to the
highest bidder. To make this UNIT and
incapable person cabinet officer will
be an afiront to the popular intelligence,
according to the World. All OF which is
submitted to the calm consideration of
the political student.-Arkansas Gazette.
We agree with the World in its opposi-
ton to Hanna. We think he is unfit for
the place. To appoint him would be to
insult the American people His only
claim for recognition is that he is q sue
cessful wire puller and Doodle raiser.
There is probably no man more cordially
despised and distrusted by the people.
His appointment would inspire conf
dence in no class. 1t would stamp the
Mckinley administration from the start
as subservient and untrustworthy. The
administration could not carry such a
load.-York (Pa.) Gazette.
The herald., 1896-12-28
AN AMERICAN SUIT

They say that all wealth comes from
the soil. Yet Kansas, which had the
lragest crop of any American state, is
the hardest up. And the New England
states, where they don't raise much, are
all right. Wealth doesn't come from the
SOIL 1t comes from brains. The man who
works with his hands and uses only
muscle isn't in it. He hasn't been in it
for a generation. He never will be In
it again. Laws wont put him in it. The
thing is the result Of the law of nature.
Brains have the call over muscle; cum
ming Is master of brute strength. 1t Will
do no good to organize societies; the
thing to do is for each man to develop
his brain and strike out for himself.
The social salvation of the community
lies in having a large per cent of indi-
vidual hustlers. The individual must
work out his own success and he must
use his head more than his hands.-Em-
poria Gazette.
The herald., 1896-12-28
STRIKERS MASS MEETING.

BOSTON, Dec. 27.--The supreme coun-
Gil of the Conductors and Motormen's
union Of the West End street railway
today made arrangements for the mass
meeting tomorrow night. Resolutions
were adopted denying that the leaders
sold the men out to the company.
The herald., 1896-12-28

1t is a mooted point in New York
whether the complete passing of Senator
Hill as political force Is to be put under
the head Of "Strayed From Home" or
Mysterious Disappearances."- Paul
Pioneer Press.
The herald., 1896-12-28

PHILADELPHIA, Dec 27.-Charles
B. Parrish, one of the oldest and wealth.
lest coal operators in Pennsylvania, died
here tonight.
The herald., 1896-12-28
PRESIDENT ELECT M'KlNLEY
Spends the Day at Church and With His
Mother
The Major Will Obtain a Suit for the
Inauguration Ceremonies of Pure
ly American Production

CANTON. Dec. 27.-President- elect
Mckinley spent tDa greater part of a
beautiful Sunday at his home receiv-
ing callers informally. This morning
he attended quarterly communion ser
vice at the First M. e. church, accom-
panied by his niece, Miss Duncan of
Cleveland who took the sacrament with
the major. In the afternoon he took a
short drive and spent part of the time
allotted to this exhilarating pastime in
visit to his mother.
AN AMERICAN SUIT
CINCINNATI, Dec. 27.-The CONNER
cial-Tribune SAYS The inaugural sui.
that Major Mckinley will wear March
4th next will be American clear through.
The cloth was woven especially for the
occasion by the Hockanum Manufact-
uring company of New York and will be
a single weaving. 1t will be of Ameri-
can grown wool and no more will be
woven than will suffice to make the suit.
When woven the cloth will be sent to
the majors tailor, Koevel, of Cleveland,
and by him the suit will be cut and
made.
The herald., 1896-12-28

his wife and children when the crash
ycame. The latter three We're killed and
She was pinned down and would have
ybeen burned alive had he not been res
cued by Bryson and Gardner. These
two men also saved the unkonwn wo-
;1nan and three children, who were like
wise pinned and appealing piteously
for help, but by the time they had res
cued these five persons the heat was
80 intense that they were compelled to
desist from their work of rescue. II is
thought that fully three-fourths of the
dead were killed outright in the crash,
while the other five were pinioned down
and cremated. Gardner and Bryson
were both badly hurt, while Handberry
will probably die. The flames had COM
pleted the work of destruction before
any help arrived. The country around
the scene of the accident is sparsely set
tied, and the few farmers who heard
OF the wreck and went to the scene
arrived too late to be of any assistance
except to the survivors.
DIR. Ray, a Blocton physician who at
tended Gardner, one of the injured sur
vivors, telephones tonight the state
ment made by Gardner as to the cause
OF the wreck. Gardner says when he
felt the cars leave the track he saw
three men rushing from a hiding place
down towards the waters edge, and that
nster the wreck they went through the
'wreckage, robbing the wounded, and
then ned to the woods. They did Their
work quickly, and offered no assistance
Whatever In the way of rescuing the
imprisoned and injured passengers. This
story. however, has not been corrobo-
rated, but other facts tend to show that
1t was the work of train wreckers.
An examination Of the engine show.
fhat Engineer White had shut off the
q etg4m and reversed before it went down
Indicating that he saw danger ahead
- ne approached the bridge and tried
20 stop the train. His charred body was
89nn4 with his hand on the throttle
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