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The indicator., 1897-01-23
THE ARBITRATION TREATY.
Som. OF the Senators Are DisposeA - Biad
Flaws ta II.

Chicago. Jan. lS-The Warrington
correspondent OF the Record writes ~ foi-
lows concerning the arbitration treaty;
There is no doubt that number OF
senators would vote to reject the arDitrs.
ton treaty that has just been eonciudeu
with Great Britain II they Thought ~
was safe to defy public sentiment, ana II
may be expected that number OF snii-
nont men," as Secretary olney describes
them, will endeavor to Increase their
popularity with the jingo element by ue.
claring that the hands OF the United
States must not be tied so that we cannon
click" England the first chance we get
The feeling between the Senate ana the
secretary of state Is very bitter ana per
sonal animosity TO him and to president
| Cleveland will cause the senator's to listen
| readily to any objections or criticisms
that NAV be offered II 1t should not be
ratified at this session Of Congress. 1t VIII
be due to the resentment caused by Sec
| rotary Olney's extraordinary declaration
on the rights OF the Senate the day after
the resolutions for the recognition of Gu
ban Independence were reported. III ne
and the president had kept on friendly
Germs with the Senate the treaty would
undoubtedly be promptly ratified, but
now II will h. subjected to the closest
| scrutiny. with the hope OF finding flaws
of sufficient Importance 10 furnish an ex
cuse for its rejection. Already the
critics have found several weak spots
They say ii is very complicated. and mat
the method of determining small claims
| is expensive and useless. The treaty
provides that the award Of tribunal
upon claim of less than 100000 must
| he unanimous. and 1t is claimed that that
will never happen There never was a
unanimous opinion rendered by n court of
| arbitration, and there probably never VIII
| be. They say. too. that there is no final
lty in the arrangements proposed for the
settlement of more important questions,
which provide that the decision must be
rendered by a majority OF five to one.
| This. they think, is impossible, and
| should not he expected.
Then, again, they don't like King Os-
car. They say he is afraid OF both Eng
| land and Russia. and that the president
of the Swiss republic who Is the haDitual
| arbitrator in European affairs. and is aD-
| solutely independent, should have been
| selected Other criticisms of a similar
| sort are made but they come from men
| like Senator Morgan and Senator Chand-
| Ter. who could not possibly be pleased
with anything that President Cleveland
| or Secretary Olney might do. Neverthe-
| less there is confidence that two-thirds OF
| the Senate, which is necessary for ratifl'
cation. will he found sufficiently patriotic
| and obedient to public sentiment to bury
| personal animosities and ratify treaty
| that stands as the high-water mark OF civ
| iliztion in the nineteenth century.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
wrecked on Beach.

Norfolk Va, Jan 1D-Thc British
steamer StaGa OF IIartlepool England,
stranded saturday. lies on her side on
the beach near Cape Henry with her
hold full Of water, her bottom knocked
out and the water flowing over her.
Captain Ostnrglrdt and twenty one
sailors Were rescued from her yesterday
morning by the Wg w. u, Jones of the
Merritt wrccku. organization Of this
eity Fifteen Of the seamen are AZ the
Union mission here awaiting the trans
Dortatl1u 10 their homes Captain Ostcr-
gardt states that the steamer is total
loss and the value of the vessel and
cargo Is Sl2OOcn. She was laden with
corn and back from New Orleans She
encountered heavy forS and high winds
and unable 10 find a course or keep it
if found, was forced ashore at 40 Sat
urday morning
The indicator., 1897-01-23
Maid Of Erin Pumps,

Leadville. Colo, Jan. 16.-For the
first ime in fifteen years the great
pumping plant at the once celebrated
Maid of Erin is silent. The last pump
was stopped this morning and by to.
night. fourteen hours after the wheels
stopped moving. it is learned from
very good authority that the water has
already risen seventeen feet.
For several days past pumpmen
have been at work in the Maid proper
ty removing the smaller pumps. but
not until this morning did operations
cease entirely. Now, however, the
fires are out and not drop of water
is being pumped in the Maid ground
The pump has been handling during
all these years from l.3OO to 600 eal.
Ions of water every minute. This i'm
mense flow has been pumped out hv
the big Maid pump and 1t can be read.
lily Imagined from the rise already
made today in the Maid shaft what an
enormous flow of water is now pour.
Ing through the lower levels of that
property.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
CHEAP MONEY IN NEW YORK.
Banks Piling up Deposits and Not Increas-
Ing Loans.


New York, Jan. 1.-THE Financier
of yesterday says:
New York Is now the cheapest mon.
ey center in the world. and the state
ment made by the clearing house
banks for the week ending January
16 showing a further increase in sur
plus reserves of Ss,1Sl.oIJ, is an indl.
cation that it will remain so for an in.
definite period.
Up to the first of the present year
the New York banks reported a steady
expansion in loans. the increase from
November : 10 January . having been
less than Si9.O0O,cco. Since January
., however, the loans of the banks
have increased only $4,000, or practi-
cally nothing. while deposits in the
two weeks have expanded 10 the enOr-
nous sum Of S2i.GOo.OOu. This accu-
mutation has been of no use To the
banks and shows why the loan mar
ket has fallen OF so rapidly. Since
January . the cash holdings of the
banks have risen S2J.536,OOo. In 9th
er words, the deposits remain inac-
tive in the bank
In view of these facts the efforts be
ing made by n number of New York
banks TO maintain minimum interest
rate of per cent appears to be use
less, although the slight change in the
loan item is evidence that they have
not abandoned the agreement which,
1t Is asserted, some of them have
made. The statement is interesting.
especially as relating to purchases of
sterling bills. The advance in sterling
Is narrowing the profit to small ilg-
ure, and while the low money rates of
themselves favor an advance, the
heavy foreign trade balances reported
for the month and the year do not en-
courage the belief that exchange will
rise TO gold exporting point The in
vestments made in foreign bills, the
carrying of which is really lending
money TO Europe, stand to lose there
fore quite as much as to gain.
In the meantime what to do with
the heavy surplus carried by the New
York banks is a serious problem. Sur
face indications now favor an advance
in stock prices as low money will
stimulate buying and industry in gen
eral. and it is not unreasonable TO saw
that the heavy surplus will he ab
sorbed to large extent in domestic
expansion. If this proves true. the
United States will enter upon an era
of prosperity during the coming
spring which has not heen enualed
since the early '90s.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
SIXTEEN DEAD,
Children In a" orphannse Are Crem..ed.

children In nn Orphanage Are Cremated.
Dallas, Tex, Jan. 16.-Sixteen little
girls and boys are dead as result of
last nights fire at the Buckner Or
phan Home. and nine others are seri-
ously burned and crushed Three of
the injured, it is thought. cannot re-
cover. The awfulness of the holocaust
was not fully realized till to-day. The
fire, which commenced about 10 O'Clock
Friday night and ragged until the boys
dormitory was destroyed, did not cool
enough for search for bodies in the
ashes until early this morning. At
that time it was thought only five
children had been burned to death.
When the ashes had cooled enough to
admit of n search, scores of sympa-
thizing friends and neighbors began
the sad task of finding the bodies of
the five. whom it was known had per
ished. The search had hardly been In
stituted when the terrible truth that
there were more than five bodies in
ashes appeared. The search contin.
ued until dawn. when fifteen bodies
had been found.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
GOV.PINGREE SNUBS SGENALGER
boldly Shows His Hatred for tho Man Who
Wants q Cabinet job.

Lansing. Mich, Jan. 16.-Governor
Pingrec read in n morning paper that
senator Burrows had called on Nc
l\inley in the interest OF Alger's can
didacy for secretary of war, and re-
marked that it simply meant that Al
ger would not get in the way of Bur
rows reelection two years hence
Continuing, he accused Alger OF be.
ing high protectlonist so far ms ev-
erything except lumber is concerned
but. having n lot of timber in Canada
he did not want any tariff on lumber
This afternoon the governor sent to
the Senate the names of Sybrant Wes-
selius of Grand Rapids for railroad
commissioner, Edwin NJ. Irish of Kal-
amazoo for adjutant-g general and VIII
liam l.. White of Grand Rapids for
quartermaster general. All the nomi-
nations We're unanimously confirmed
q. c. Tompkins of Lansing. who WAS
slated for deputy railroad commission
er, has been turned down. the COVER
nor frankly telling him that it was be-
cause he was too good a friend of
General Alger.
Much of the time of the last legisla
ture was devoted to the considera ton
of the general Incorporation bill Of cit
les of the fourth class, under which
about fifty cities are now Incorporate
ed. To-day bill repeating this impor-
tant law was introduced.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
WOLCOTT'S MISSION.
BUSY INTERVENING BiMETAL-
LISTS.
London Financiers Inierested-fr""sp'''s
of tn. indian Mints Being Rr"pene".

Denver. Ian. 1S.-The Republican
prints n special from New York as foi-
lows:
A cablegram from London says: Sen
otor WoIcott has not considered IL his
mission TO enlighten the minds OF
newspaper reporters on the subject of
bimetallism. He has not taken the
Iondon press into his confidence, but
has kept his own counsel and acted
with great discretion. II would he n
mistake to assume he has passed an
idle week. he has been studying the
ground, has made the acquaintance oil
Hon. Arthur j. Balfour and other
members of the government, ana mas
been brought into personal relau tons
not only with the hlmetallist leaders
but also with eminent iinanclerS, ike
Lord Rothschild and Indian admins
traitors like Lord Lansdowne. Ger
tainly he has secured access 10 the
best sources of information on the
monetary question. He will remain
in London for the next ten days ana
will have the best possible opportunl-
ty for exchanging views with academ-
ic blmetallists and practical iinan-
cicrs.
While the press has had nothing to
yond recording the lists of guests at
private dinners given for him, the
financiers in the city are Interested in
his visit and are talking freely about
IT.. They would not do this If the
finances of India We're not disordered,
and If some prctcXt Were not eagerly
desired for the resumption of the com
age of silver in that vast country.
asked an experienced banker yes
terday what would he the result If the
Indian mints We're reopened. He was
strong monometallist. hut answered
decisively: "An advance of or
pence in the price of silver. 1t would
he a great thing for silver Besides, II
the mints were once reopened, they
would not be closed again.
'whether an International confer
ence he held, with or without the par
ticipation of England, the reopening
of the Indian mints would be consid-
cred by London finacicrs a great con
cession TO all the countries producing
that metal 1t may be the only CON
cession which can he obtained from
England. except the coinage of tIeD,-
600 of silver outright and the Increase
of the silver reserves in the Bank of
England. but II viii do something TO
stiffen the price of silver and to inilu-
ence European opinion in favor OF IN
tcrnational action, What English
moralists do not like TO face is the re
proach of leaving India under the
pressure of financial stringency with
money commanding cNorhitant rates
and exchange very high. when mil
lions of natives are confronted with
the horrors of starvation and the
black plague, The resumption of sill
yer coinage would be genuine relief
measure at this critical period
London. ian. 1T.-tnited States Sen
ator Edward o. Wolcott is the guest
of Baron Rothschild at his country
house at Tring Park, Iertfordshire.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
FUTURE POSSIBILITIES.
Dsvslopn.nts That May BE haas In u
Next Century.

NEXT Century.
Flying IL solved The principle u
known. A mechanical expedient Is all
that Is now needed to make 1t successful.
Practical flight Is to-day not more than
i've or ten years of.
A glow worm makes light with about
1890 part OF the force used In ordinary
artificial light When men know how
to make light as cheap. streets and
homes will be as light as day for mere
fraction Of what light now costs. This
Is near. Vacuum Illumination without
lncandescence Is already In full opera
ton, and in a year or two should cut
down the price Of light to sixth OF Its
current cost. and In five or ten years
light may be. like water, turned on In
every house at will.
Compressed air has long been known
to be the best way, theoretically, to
store force for use In transportation
There Is no waste and no deterioration
The need Is a cheap and efficient motor
to apply compressed air to-city transpor-
tation. If this can be done, first the troll
ley poles and wires will come down, next
the horseless. compressed-alr motor car
rlage will do all the work of city delivery
When these come the only use for gas
will be for cooking-if this Is not done by
electricity. Factories. also, before many
years, will be run by transmitted elec-
tric power. This has begun to bs known
and In five or ten years Will be com
pleted and the factory fire and boiler
will he thing of the past
The city Of the future and no very
distant future, will have no trolley poles
or wires and no horses. All movements
will be on rail by silent air motors or
by horseless carriages equally silent All
pavements will be asphalt Unlimited
light will be as cheap as unlimited water
is to-day. No coal will be delivered at
private houses and no ashes taken from
them. With no horses, no coal ana no
ashes street dust and dirt Will be re-
duced to minimum. With no factory
fires and no kitchen or furnace fires. the
air will be as pure in the city as In the
country Trees will have chance.
Houses be warmed and lighted as easily
and cheaply as they are now supplied
with water.
A city will be pretty nice place to
live in when the first years OF the twen-
tieth century are passed.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
ALMOST UNANIMOUS.
Both Houses Give Teller a Big Vote for
senator.


Denver. Jan. 19-The senate and
House each voted for United States sen
Htor and Henry VI. Teller had a walk
over. In the Senate senator Carney
made the nominating speech.
The vote was then taken and resulted
As follows: For Henry NJ Teller, 30;
George w. Allen, 3 Following is the
vote.
For Teller-Senators Adams, Barela.
Blakey, Bromley. Campbell. Cannon,
Carney, Crosby Grove. Evans, FELTON,.
Gallagher Gaymon. Harris. Locke.
Maxwell. Moody, McCreery. Painter,
Porterfeld, Reuter-, Scherm5rhorn, Sci
dumridge. Snurs. Stratton. Swink. Tay-
lor, Thomas, West, Wheeler-total 30
For Allen-Gordon Kennedy, Me
Neely-total 3
Absent and Bolsinger, Nor
ton.
Mr.. jenkins. scarcely able to do so on
account of Illness. made the nominating
speech in the HOUSE on behalf OF Gilpin
county and was followed by Messrs
Crowley, Philip, Bucklin, Sweeney.
O'Neil, Hart and others. The vote was
as follows:
For Teller-Mossrs. Allen, Anderson,
Annear, B1dle. Butler. Bucklin, Cham
hfilus ll.tllllllNu' 'Niull'. = bNhf- 'il--
well. Crow. Crowder. Crowley. De No-
tie. Ehrhart Englcy, Fdlnsburg Gar
cia. Gardner. Green Hart, Hearth
Helbig, HIlranhlus, Hnmtieli, Hurlbut
Jenkins. Jester. Jones. La Veil, Law
renee. Lewis la PLATA, Lewis Pueb-
l1l, Mcclure, Mpnson, MOntez, NicOl.
O'neill. Orvis. Park andrew, Park
James A., Plprson, Philip, Powell,
Pruden. Robbins, Rohde. Roe. Ryan.
Sechrist, Sheridan. Shumlte. stevens,
Stewart, sweeney, Walker, Waltham,
Warden. Wilber Whitney. Wolfe,
Woodward. Mr Speaker-toral 81
For Walker, Mckinley Republican,
Price OF Kit Carson.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
PLANNING FOR PEACE.
Governor Adams Trying to Settle the Lead
Vile Strike.

vile sirike.
Leadyillc, Colo, Jan. I'D. II. Mof.
fat, John Camplon, $. w Mudd and 9th.
er l.eadville mine owners are expected
In Leadville tomorrow morning. A con.
ference between them and the COVER: :,r
has been arranged for 10 O'Clock.
IT any encouragement is afforded by
this meeting another meeting will be
held in the afternoon at which the gov
erDor and the mine owners will confer
with committee from the Miners I'm
ion.
Governor Adams is hopeful of success
but thus far does not give out details
regarding his progress. He has gone 80
far as to offer to contribute toward n fund
for the support of unemployed miners
should the strike be declared off, until
they can secure work here or elsewhere
He has been very firm thus far, stating
that any proposition which embraced the
removal of imported miners could not be
considered.
Debs is still at work and his plans
contemplate provision by the Western
Federation Of funds for the support Of
idle miners for two months after the
strike Is declared of, If that be decided
upon.
Governor Adams will remain here. he
says, until settlement is effected or ,ln
til he is convinced that there Is no hone
for a settlement.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
Nebraska silver M.r

Hastings, Neb., Jan. 18-About 2OO all.
yer men met here this afternoon in pur.
suance to call which invited "all who
are opposed to the destruction of silver
as money. but who are In favor of ita be.
Ing restored to the place from which II
was cast down by the law Of 1873" The
meeting was big thing, and for the DUR
pose of organizing bimetallic league
regardless Of party affiliations. A bime-
tallic league was formed with John n
Lyman president and Lloyd Lynn secre
tary. 1t Is the purpose Of the league In
get the silver men thoroughly orsanized
at once and continue right along In the
interest Of silver.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
Cnnnn Mulu. che.n.r

New York. Jan. 20.-The sugar trust
Is going into the coffee roasting bust
ness In earnest. The demolition of an
old sugar house in Williamsburg.
Brooklyn. has been begun and new
coffee roasting plant of very large ca
pacity is going to he put up on the
site Immediately. Speaking of this n
coffee broker said: This competition
means that the coffee raising business
is going to be revolutonized Instead
of the roaster making three or four
cents pound profit. the business is
going to he done on n margin of one
half cent only and the business will
be trebled"
The indicator., 1897-01-23
Salt lakes Postmnster

Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. IF. NJ. Nc.
Bride, assistant postmaster, and J. W.
Cunningham, stamp clerk. of the Salt
Lake postoffice, are in the custody Of the
United States marshal, on charge of
embezzlement
Inc former is said to be short in hIs
accounts $1,000 and the latter to the
amount of $500.
The complaint was made by Captain
Nichols. the inspector Of this district.
Mcbride has always been considered
one of the most efficient postoffice ON.
clals In the West. He is the son of Judge
Mcbride OF Spokane, Washington, and
has been in the postal service here for sey
enteen years.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
Geore. Taylor Bandit

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. ia party of
emigrants en- route from Missouri to Ok
lahoma by wagon were held up and rob-
bed Of all money and vauables. In the
mountainous country on the western line
of Creek reservation. The robbers secured
about 81 LOCO. There were six bandits un.
der the leadership of n man whom one of
the Missourians recognized as George
Taylor, the escaped murderer of the Meek
family. This is the same section in which
a travelling man recognized Taylor n
month ago, and is n rough mountainous
district where the Dalton, Cook and
Doolin gangs formerly held their rendez-
voue.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
niinoi. Chooses Ma.on.

Springfield. ILL.,, Jan. 1S.-Ex- Con
gresham William L. Mason was nonIi-
mated for United States senator al the
Republican joint caucus tonight. af-
ter one of the most bitterly fought
battles in the history of the Republi-
can party in Illinois. Mr.. Masons Sc
lection was n distinct defeat for the
combination Of politicians known as
the machine" and clear victory OF
the Mckinley forces of the state.
The indicator., 1897-01-23

The word trolha is Of such frequent
occurrence in dispatches and news from
Havana thar 1t seems likely in time to
become incorporated into the English
speech. An explanation having been
asked Of the term. which Is pronounced
trotsha, with the accent on the hrst
syllable, it may be stated that original
ly it denotes a footpath, pathway, Or
sometimes a short cut During the
present Cuban unpleasantuess its sig
nificance has been applied to fortified
high road.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
Inditns on the warpath.

st. Louis. Mo. Jan. ia special from
Chihuahua, Mexico. says a courier has
arrived there bringing word to the mill
tary authorities that band Of about fif.
ty Lipan Indians are on the war path
and are committing depredations on set
tiers near Ojinoza, in the state of Chi
huahua. They have already murdered
one family and the settlers have become
alarmed and are seeking protection in the
town of NusquiZ
The indicator., 1897-01-23

Two little Philadelphia children arc
actively engaged in trying to aid the
cause of Cuba. They are Mildred Fore
man, 8 years old, and her 12-year-old
brother. Robert The children have
started to petition congress for the rec
IGNITION of the Cubans as belligerents,
and while they have only been at work
eleven days they have secured 1,209
names. They started the work without
even a hint on the part of their elders
and they themselves made the reel OF
which the paper containing the names
Il wound up. They are not Cubans. but
were born in this country.
The indicator., 1897-01-23

A New York dentist has invented a
new thing in teeth which, he says. VIII
place them within reach Of the masses,
The teeth are made Of rubber, the base
or plate and the teeth being formed in
tegrally. These new artificial masti-
Gators will be sold for s1.5O and 81
The indicator., 1897-01-23

DR.. Charles Sweet the bone-setter
died at his home in Lebanon, Conn.
last week He is said to have oper-
ated in more than 100000 cases oi
bone-sett!ng. His family for three gem
erations have been renowned for bone
setting abilities. although no member
has had more than a common sehoo.
education. and none Of them ever
studied anatomy. Dr. Sweet was in
Wisconsin about twenty years ago and
many peopIe will remember his mar
velous success in fixing disloeated
joints.
The indicator., 1897-01-23

Once and not very long ago, the pub
lie Ietterwriters Of Paris made com
Portable livings by inditing epistles,
sentimental or businesslike, as the case
might require for people to whom the
mysteries of the spellingbook had never
been explained. Compulsory education
has ruined the craft, and the Few repre-
sentatives of it that survive only avoid
starvation by getting occasionally the
task of correcting the grammar and
heightening the eloquence of some
socialistic Deputy whose ability to
write is not backed up by the posses
sion of very much to write about.
The indicator., 1897-01-23

The announcement that days OF
grace" have been abolished n one more
state. suggests that in old English law
the phrase had a meaning different
from the present well understood sig
nificance OF the words as used in busI-
ness. Law or custom allows three days
beyond the fixed day Of payment for
paving a note or bill Of exchange, The
term. days Of grace" as used in old
English law. signifed the period Of
three days allowed by the court for the
appearance and answer Of person
summoned, beyond the day mentioned
in the writ. This old use thus point
ed to mercy rather than to mere bust
ness accommodation or convenience. In
these days of trusts and shylocks there
is neither mercy nor busiuess-just
plain and-bagging and no more.
The indicator., 1897-01-23

In Lexington, Ky, there is a club the
youngest member Of which is SO years
old. All the others are over go. The
club meets regularly for purposes OF
mutual improvement and social pleas
ure.