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The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
POWER HOUSE BURNED
UNION TRACTION COMPANY, OF PHIL
ADELPHIA, LOSES s35O,OOO.
Two Men Run Over by "a Fire Engine
and Killed and others Injured by
Bricks-Street Cars Tied Up.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. March 3.-The big
power house of the Union Traction Com
pany, at the junction of Thirteenth street
and Mt. Vernon street and Ridge avenue,
was. destroyed by fire tonight. Nearly all
the costly dynamos and other electric ma
chinery will be a total loss. Two men lost
their lives and several others were slightly
injured The dead are: A a. Binder aged
about thirty-five years, who was knocked
down and run over by a fire engine and
another man whose body has not been
identified, who killed by falling wall.
The damage from the fire will amount to
about $4,000: fully covered by insurance.
Nearly all of the principal trolley lines in
the city are tied up as thoroughly as they
were in the month of 1895. when the street.
car strike was declared off.
The fire broke out shortly after s O'Clock.
when the big stores i'm the center of the
city were pouring out their army of en-
plOyes. and when the principal car lines
are always taxed to their fullest capacity.
The power house Is the most central station
of the company and furnishes the current
for most of these lines. AS consequence
thousands of persons were compelled to
walk TO their Dmes. The fire was the di-
rect result OF the blowing out of the eight
dynamos In the power house. Sparks flew
i'm every direction and in instant the
place was in flames. The house is a three
and-one-half story brick structure. The
big steam pipes extending from over a
dozen big boilers in another part OF the
building. but separate from the dynamos.
broke with a thunderous volley that sounded
like an explosion. This frightened the
horses attached to the chemical engine and
caused them to run away resulting in the
death of Binder and injury of several
others
The building was valued at about 800 900
and the electrical machinery consisted prin-
cipally OF four big dynamos valued at about
$4,000 each: four smaller ones. $1,000 each /;
switchboards $4,000; testing machinery.
Sl0.000; thirty-ton and fifteen-ton electric
travelling crane $12. .00O and $1,000 When the
car lines affected will be able to start up
again can only be conjectured. President
Welsh says all will be running by to-mor-
row morning. but that the service will not
be as complete as il was before the fire.
In the excitement attending the fire IL
was first given out that the unknown man
was killed by falling walls, but ii was aft
erwards learned that he, too was victim
of the runaway engine. The only clew TO
his identity Il receipt found i'm his
pocket bearing the name of Brown. Thir-
teen persons in all were injured by flying
bricks and timbers and in the rush to es-
cape from the runaway horses.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
PERRINE LAND GRANT.
Interior Department ExOneruted from
Recent Sensational Charges.

Recent sensational Charges.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Senator Du-
bois. from the committee on public lands.
to-day presented TO the Senate the report
OF that committee on the result of its ex-
animation of the recent issuance by the
Interior Department OF a patent to the
Perrine land grant in Florida 1t does
not appear from the record or any testi-
mony presented to the committee" SAYS
the report, that there was any departure
from customary procedure i'm the Land Of
flee or Interior Department in connection
with the filing OF proof the examination
thereof. the issuance of the patent or any
other act or circumstance connected there
WITH The report concludes: THE work
OF settlement began in May last the trop-
zeal plants were set out I'm October or No
NemDer, proofs were begun in December
and filed with the department and the pat
ent issued on Feb A. IL is thus seen that
the Perrines and their associates the rail-
road company and the attorneys who
worked IN a commission, have obtained %,
600 acres OF government land. under con-
ditions which. in years time may ma
terfally change liz cannot be supposed that
IL was the intention of Congress to give
OF complying with the conditions but, ow-
Ing To the short time since the so-called
settlements were made il Is Impossible to
tel whether fraud has been perpetrated
upon the government not The record
and proof now sustain the patent. We were
assured by those who were authorized To
speak that the rights OF all squatters with
the railroad company should be protected
III this pledge be complied with I'm good
faith it will he probably to the best inter-
est or all concerned To leave the matter
as 4 Is. as. should the grant be forfeited
IL would either go to- the State OF Florida
as swamp land. or remain undeveloped. III
the pledge of fair dealing with the squat
ters and settlers Is not redeemed further
action by Congress may be ordered.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
HE LED A DOUBLE LIFE
DEATH OF j. VI. OAKLEY. A PITTS.
BURG BROKER. AT FRISCO.
Left His Wife ut Home and Was Trav.
cling with "Countess"-High
Jinks on a Train.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3-The sud-
den death of John NJ. Oakley, a well-known
Pittsburg broker. created a sensation ar
the Palace Hotel. where he mas been stay
ing Tor several days. Oakley arrived from
Los Angeles on Sunday with a female COM
panion, registered at the hotel as Count
esS Espanola. maid, valet and courier"
explaining that he was the courier. and
that the Countess Espanola'' was really
spanish princess. travelling incogilito.
Inc palr became notorious on the train
from Los Angeles by drinking all tie cham-
palgne 10 be had In three PuIlmans be-
sides quantities purchased at towns along
the line during the three days they were
at the Palace. The hotel officials state that
oakley Kept ordering champagne every
hour and the physicians state that both
MAN ana woman were in a continual state
OF mtoXication. The attending physician
sIshSu a death certificate, alleging acute
alcoholism as the cause OF death. Tho
coroner has ordered the remains removed
10 thS morgue. Oakley's belongings in
Guided many valuable papers and drafts
END bills OF exchange, aggIe eating several
thousand dollars. Tie woman vto accom-
panied MN said she had known him over
year. but refused TO give her right name
She said she met Oakley i'm New Orleans
6uesday; week ago. and they started for
luna: lie mad been drunk ever since.
A dispatch from Pittsburg saws: John
NJ Oakley was one of the best-known men
IN the city. He was engaged in the bro
kerage business in the Hotel Anderson
from 1884 TO 1884, prior To which time he
was Identified with various local business
ventures He was about fifty-five years OF
age and Is survived by his wife and one
enid. lie lived at No. al Lilac street
East End. Mr.. Oakley left home Feb IS
passage FOR Yokohama and should have
sailed this evening. lie was not accom-
panied by his family. Mr.. Oakley was un-
usually successful in the brokerage busi-
ness. His inclination led to travel how
ever, and nearly all his time since he turned
over his brokerage business TO MeSsrs John
ID. Armstrong Co. about three years
ago, has been devoted TO foreign travel
his wife accompanying him on most OF
MS trips. When the news of Mr. Oak
leyS death was transmitted TO his friends
at his old place of business in the Hotel
Anderson they were greatly shocked Steps
were Immediately taken to inform Mrs
Oakley. Instructions will be sent TO San
Francisco To forward the body to Pitts
burg without delay
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
JOE wOLCoTT RESTED.
Tommy West Awarded the HonOrs Oi
a. Twenty-ROund Bout.

NEW YORK, March 3.-Tommy West, Of
New York, met and clearly defeated Joe
wolcott (colored). of Boston. in twenty
round boxing bout at the Broadway Ath-
letic Club tonight. West entitled TO
more points than Wolcott, and when Ref
cree Dick Roche gave his fiat there was not
a dissenting voice from any Of the 5000 per
sons who witnessed the mill. The men
weighed in at 80 pounds.
In the first round West staggered Wolcott
with left smash In the jaw, which sent
the colored boy through the ropes. wolcott
came up in good shape for the second round
and IL was give and take between the two
men up To and during the ninth round. with
honors about even. West took the lead I'm
the tenth. rushing his man about the ring.
swinging repeatedly on head and body. The
battle from this point Well contested.
but generally in Vests favor. In the four
teenth round Wolcott forced the fighting
and in a clinch landed on the wind The
crowd yelled foul but the blow was per-
missible under the rules. In the fifteenth
West punched Wolcott to standstill and
when they quit the negro was splitting
blood. The next four rounds saw Wolcott
mainly on the defensive. with West landing
on mouth and nose at will.
In the twentieth round WolcOtt led OF
with light left on the face West replied
with two lefts on the nose. West tried hard
for right swing, but Wo clinched.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
TIN-PLATE MAKERS
Organize a New Association. with an
ElwoOd Man as President.

PITTSBURG, March AT a secret meet
ing of tin-plate manufacturers In this city
the American Tin-plate Manufacturers As
sociation. OF which John Jarrett is secre-
tary. was ignored and a new association. TO
be known as the Association of Tin-plate
Makers of the United States, was formed.
The officers elected were: President. ID. G..
Reed, of Elwood, Ind: vice president War
ner Arms, Youngstown, o.; secretary.
James Bray, Niles, o. Ii is claimed that
tweHty-one, or nearly two-thirds of the tin
plate makers of the country were repre-
sented. 1t was agreed to materially lower
prices, provided 80 per cent. of the manu-
facturers sign the agreement by April g.
when another meeting will be held here
The reason for the break from the old as
sociation is not known. Secretary Jarrett
who is also secretary of the Sheet Iron
Manufac cturers' Association, had no notifi-
cation of the Meeting.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Correspondence ON the Subject Trans
mitted to the Senate.

WASHINGTON. March 3-The President
to-day sent To the Senate correspondence
on file in the Department of State rela-
tive TO the Nicaragua canal. Probably
the most important part of the corre-
spondence is a communicative from Min
lister Baker TO Secretary Oiney. dated Feb
3. 1896 In which he details an interview
with President Zelaya. of Nicaragua. in
which the latter stated that he had taken
the opinion OF a commission of three law
yers. who agreed that the Maritime Canal
Company had forfeited its concession by it's
failure 20 do any work for many years.
Mr.. Zelaya then expressed to Mr.. Baker the
hope that the United States government
would take up the enterprise. lie said
IL could be very easily arranged IN have
the contract transferred to the government
of this country, IA he had reached the
conclusion that only a great government
could put the work through. Il asked the
President. says Mr. Baker. IF his gov
ernment has had at any time an offer from
a foreign country TO take hold of this en-
terprise on condition that the existing con-
tract should be got rid Of lie frankly
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
ANOTHER FREAK BILL.
Missouri bachelor Wants Women
Punished for Rejecting Lovers.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. March 3.-The
Missouri Senate has had some experience
with a bill to fine widows and maidens for
rejecting bachelors and widowers- Senator
Vandiver, OF Lafayette county. an aged
bachelor and a man of high social standing.
who has often been rejected by fair dam
sells, introduced the bill in the Senate last
Saturday. The bill carries a fine of not less
than $100 nor more than $780, and the party
convicted shall darn the socks of the re-
jected and sew his buttons for six
months thereafter in addition 10 the fine.
Senator Nandiver moved that the rules be
suspended and the bill be considered by the
committee of the whole house. This motion
was adopted Senator Vandiver defended
the bill. declaring that efforts had been
made TO tax bachelors. which he considered
very unjust. because IL was not the fault of
bachelors that they were not married. He
referred TO his record as Confederate sol
der but yet he had not been able 10 get a
wife. other senators spoke on the bin. liz
was finally referred to committee of one
old bachelor TO report on. This killed IT..
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
His Quarters in Washington Besiegcd
by ..OriEinaI' Mckinley Men Who
Are After Political Reward.
NEW CONGRESS TO MEET SOON
TO BE CONVENED N EXTRA SESSION
PROBABLY MARCH IL.
Bills Signed by Mr. Cleveland Yester-
dny-Senate Report the Per-
riae Land Grant.
speciaI 70 the Inaianapolis journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 3-The Indiana
contingent numerically small, but eminent
as TO quality. is far from being compact
mass The Ebbitt House Is their headquar-
ters because of the fact that Senator-clect
Fairbanks is stopping there. but the lndi-
anians who are visiting the capital will not
be confined or circumscribed in their move
ments. The whole city is theirs. Mr.. Fair
banks was the center of attraction most of
the day. but in the evening nearly every
body hocked to the Capitol TO witness the
unusual and never-to-b forgotten seems of
an all-night session of Congress. TF 70
ceedings of the Senate and House Jar-
rem Of interest TO outsiders in Z lives,
but the incidental embellishme are at
fractions of the first ude to
strangers Naturally. therefor .e Indiana
visitors sought the galleries. al the grand
halls of the great structure on the hill
where the national legislation is enacted
Office seekers are making target of Mr..
Fairbanks as the only Republican repre-
sentative in the Senate from Indiana. His
Endorsement to applications for general ot.i-
cial preferment is necessary prelimi-
nary consideration by the dispensing power.
lie is. therefore. sought by more people of
local eminence than he ever knew had tam
gible existence. He gives due consideration
10 everyone who seeks audience with him.
The nrst rush of the offlce-seekng brigade
was more formidable than ne had counted
o.. but the senator-elect stood the ordeal
n"bly and IS equal TO future calls. One
beauty about the lndlanians is that, outside
OF the professional, wnG considers il Il
sacred duty TO be out after something in
the line of official prizes they are expecting
httIe- Hence, If they do not get mucn, they
viii not be seriously disappointed. The
q IA mo orr h..rc In
with the fun expectation that they will be
speedily called to TO participate in the full
hess ana fatnesS OF patronage. Those who
modest demeanor-
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
Patent OGice Report.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The commits
sioner of patents reports for the calendar
year 1886. total cash receipts of 1324. .059
total expenditures. $.13.413 The balance
in the treasury on account of the patent
fund Jan. l was s4,7lS639. During the year
there were 1882 applications for patents
designs and reissues; 1873 patents were Is
sued and reiSsued. $40 trade marks. labels
and prints registered. and II. 133 patents ex-
pred during the year. There are left pend
ing action a total of SS67 applications. The
number of applications exceeded previous
years by nearly three thousand. The re-
was only thirty days behind but the record
cannot be kept uD with the present force
and an addition of ten primary examiners
HaA
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
BOUsEQUET At CHICAGO.
Not Worried Over the Charge that He
Wrecked Canadian bank

CHICAGO, March 3.-The Times Herald
tomorrow will say: THE Board of Trade
men had something else besides wheat to
speculate on to-day when they learned that
a detective agency had succeeded in To-
eating j. 5. Bousequet. the former cashier
of the Bank du Peuple. Of Montreal. who
was charged with wrecking that institution
several years ago. Mr.. Bousequet. accord
ing 10 a Montreal dispatch, had been dis
covered In Chicago doing business as
broker and enjoying life with his family
like many another man. 1t struck the trad
ers as rather strange that the detective
agency had experienced any difficulty in
finding Mr.. Bousequet He Is one of the
well-known members OF the board, and has
been doing an extensive commission busi-
for long time in Chicago. Mr.
Bousequet. il seems. has never made any
secret OF the fact that he once lived in
Montreal Canada. and that he was con-
nected ;ss cashier. with the Bank du Peu-
pie which went under through misman-
ayement. How the detectives have missed
G1ding him all this time. and why they
.sloIld have been looking for him at ALL =
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
TWO GOOD RUNS.
Spinks Scores 10s and 1O6 in His Bill
lard Gnme with MaggioII.

PITTSBURG, Pa, March 3.-The ninth
game of the billiard tournament was be-
tween Spinks and Maggioli. Spinks won
the bank and both players scored blanks
in the first two innings. The game was
very quiet up to the seventh inning. when
Spinks made a run of l07, being q more
than the highest run OF the tournament.
He almost duplicated this feat i'm the thir-
teenth inning, running 1O6 points. Mag
gioli was not in good form tonight and
was unable 10 keep the balls together. al
though making some very pretty open
shots The feature of the game was the
making of fine masse shots by both play
ers. Two games will be played tomorrow,
Cation and Sutton i'm the afternoon and
Cation and Maggioli at night. To-nights
score:
Spinks-o. o. 27, 5. S. 20, lO7. G. g. Jos. IL. 6.
0, l, II, ). 0. 2, II. Q. 49, 17-4O0. Highest run.
l07; average, Is 4-22.
Maggioli-0. 0. Z o. T. 10. 4. Z. ). p. 81. As, o.
3. %. 4. II, 4, 3, !, 5-203. Highest run. As:
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
Demand for so.GO5.21O.O6.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3.-Campbell
Berry assistant treasurer. stationed in this
city. started out on a quest a day or two
ago for 50. .C05, ,2lO.O6, but so far he has failed
to make the collection. Under instructions
from the secretary of the treasury bearing
date of Feb. II, Assistant Treasurer Berry
was instructed to demand of Isaac l.. Re
qua. president of the Central Pacific Rail-
way Company, and of the treasurer of that
company the sum mentioned in order that
the Governments case might not be .preju-
diced in the future by failure TO formally
demand the exact sum claimed to be due
from the railway company. The govern
ment did not expect the demand to be
met and was not disappointed.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
APPROVED BY CLEVELAND.
Monetary Conference and Other BiIIs
Signed by the Presidcnt.

WASHINGTON. March 3.-The interna-
tional monetary conference bill is now
law. President Cleveland signing 1t this
aft ernoon. The President has also signed
the following bills: To allow the bottling
of spirits in bond: TO establish an addition
al land office in Montana: granting life
saving medal 10 Daniel f. Lynn. of Port
Huron. Mich: to provide for the removal
of the international Bank CT Kansas city,
Kan, to Kansas City. No: TO vacate Sugar
Loaf reservoir site in Colorado and restore
the lands 10 entry; to amend the act au
thoriZing the Montgomery Bridge Company
to construct a bridge across the Alabama
river, near Montgomery; to prevent the
importation of impure and unwholesOms
tea: TO define the rights of aliens to hold
real estate in the territories and TO pre-
vent trespassing upon national military
parks. The bill TO provide for holding
court in Utah has become an act without
the Presidents signature.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
UNAUTHORIZED STRIKE.
Four Thousand Cloak and Shirt
Makers Quit Work.

NEW YORK. March 3.-The number of
cloak and shirt makers on strike in this
city was increased to 1000 to-day. Five
hundred shirt makers who went on strike
won their fight and will return TO work
tomorrow. The legislative committee of
the United Brotherhood of Cloak Makers
save no orders 10 strike. The members de-
MED emphatically that they had any knowI-
and Tuesday night. In spite az the exhor-
tations of the members of the leEisativ
committee TO the workers not 10 strike
thousands of excited cloak makers fiocked
TO Starlight Hall to- discuss strikes One
thousand workers in the shops of the con-
tractors for y. Friedlander & Co. cloak
manufacturers. threaten TO go on strike to-
morrow
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04

After they broke away West sent In two
hard lefts on Wolcott's stubby nose which
put IL out OF gear" and followed this mn
Wolcott rushed and Rugged when MS blow
did not land. He was clearly outpointed
and when the bout was at an end Referee
DICK Roche decided In Vests favor. This
verdict was greeted with loud and pro-
longed cheering
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
Durrnnrs Last Hope Gone.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 3.-The Su-
preme Court this afternoon affirmed the de-
cision of the lower court in the case OF
Theodore Durrant. found guilty Of the MUIR
der of Blanche Lamont in Emanuel Church
almost two years ago.-fle appealed from
the verdict of guilty. alleging errors In the
rulings of the trial judge and filing a
volumlnous bill of exceptions. The trial
Judge, however. was affirmed iE all his dis.
puted rulings and the verdict approved by
the Supreme Court. The case VIII now DO
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
Victims of an Incendiary fire.

WHEELING. w. Va. March 2.-Early
this morning inmates of Mrs. Mary Fer
relfs boarding house. on the South Side,
were reused by screams from a room oc-
cupied by John Henderson. forty-fye years
old, potter and his thirteen-year-old son
Percy and James Brady. another potter.
The house filled with smoke and Brady
burst through door and dragged Hender-
son and the boy out. Henderson and the
boy were both terribly burned and both
died before o'clock. Brady was seriously
scorched. and II is feared he will die also.
An examination showed that the fire was
the work OF inceHdary.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
JACKSON AND WALLING.
Pearl Bryan's Beheaders Removed
from CovingtOn to Alexandria Jail.

CINCINNATI March 3.-Jackson and
Walling were to-day transferred from the
Covington Jail, where they have been held
so long. to the Jail al Alexandria, which Is
twelve miles southeast of Newport. The
route to Alexandria took the prisoners
within plain view of the spot where Pearl
Rryan's headless body was found
A detective agency has made public the
story OF a new witness. an aged German
cobbler who says that while he was wash
ing his windows opposite Wallingford 5
saloon. the evening before the murder. he
saw a cab with white horse drive up 10
the saloon and saw Jackson and Walling
and a young woman enter the cab ana
start aWay
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04

sent back to the Superior Court which Will
fix date for Durrant's execution.
When Durrant was Informed by the head
jailer OF the Supreme Courts decision he
burst into tears and said this was a very
cruel world. He said that some day the
truth would prevail and he would be vindi-
Gated. He seemed TO take some comfort
from the report that Chief Justice Beattie
would in few days file dissenting opin-
ion. Durrant has ever since his arrest
manifested the most supreme confidence in
his ultimate acquittal. and when he was
convicted in the Superior Court declared the
Supreme Court would grant him a new
trial
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
EXTRA SESSION SOON.
Next Congress to Be ConyOked by Me-
kinicy on March ID.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The Asso-
ciated Press is able 10 make the definite,
though unofficial, announcement that Con-
gress may be convoked in special session
almost Immediately after President McKin-
ley's assumption of Office, and that the date
named will be March Is. The new President
viii send a message to Congress calling at
tention to the state of the governments
revenue aEd urging the speedy enactment
oil generA revision of the tariff
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-04
MIR. Lam oreaux III.

WASHINGTON. March 3.-Commissioner
OF the General Land Office S. w. Lamor-
eaux has been i'm critical condition from
nervous exhaustion fer more than a week.
and to-day left for his home in Wisconsin
under a physicians orders. He may be
back in Washington In the middle of the
month, but the office is likely to be filled
by the new administration meantime. The
commissioners illness and sudden depart
ure necessarily defers the PRONUNCIATION OF
tie Chicago lake front dccis.On Indefinitely.