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nen and have made arrangements to ship
coal TO dealers here. 1t is also asserted
mat there is little danger of the miners
along the Allegheny Valley or the West
pennsylvania Railroads shutting down or
going into the strike
W. II. Dearmitt president of the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company was
emphatic in his statements that the strike
would be failure. I'VE had more men at
work than any day of many years after
holiday, he said. Il attribute this to the
fact that the men came to work because
they did not care to be identified with this
movement. More than twenty-five mines
were working IN the Pittsburg district to-
day"
At the miners headquarters President
Dolan was apparently in the best of humor.
He had received reports from nearly every
part of the district and said he was pleased
with the prospects. More miners will join
the movement before the end of the week.
said ne. 'and / am satisfied with the prog
cess made. Yet there are some mines that
| hoped would be idle that were mining to-
day.
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The Consul Generals Plant.
being a testimonial of regard and esteem f
the ducks of Rush county Indiana, at a qua
ter each.)

being a testimonial of regard and esteem fo
the ducks of Rush county, Indiana, at quar-
ter each)
Sing hey. the ducks of Rushville!
'Abasr' ducks of Parcel
The ducks down home to Rushville
Are plenty good for me.
Oh, beauteous ducks of Rushville,
My memory sadly fits
To feasts I've had upon you
Which only cost two bits
oh, glorious ducks of Rushville
How merrily you quack!
How dreamly your golden bills
Preen up your wings and back.
oh, precious ducks of Rushville.
In placid pools you thrive.
Your like in France restaurants
Cost me a dolar-ive.
Oh, dainty ducks of Nashville,
No more I'd ''parley voo'
And ''n'est ce pa and 'jusque la
If had only you.
Give me my ducks of Rushville
Take back your laurels bright.
I'll HE back to Rush county
And never leave their sight.
oh, dainty ducks of Rushville,
It Jared my loyal sense
To pay for ducks in gay Paree
s1.O5.
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OTHER LABOR MATTERS.
American FIint-GIass Workers Pre-
nnring a Scale.

PITTSBURG. July 6.-To -day's session of
the American Flint Glassworkers was
taken up with appointment of commit
tees and other routine business. The report
of the committee on credentials showed 122
delegates in attendance, representing 10000
workmen in the thirteen branches of the
trade When the wage scales comes TO be
prepared there will be probably only one
branch with which much difficulty in set
Ting on a rate will arise This is on the
chimney scale and the careful preparation
reports go the chimney manufacturers are
going TO demand a big reduction-about 20
per cent-in the rate. AS far as can be
learned at this early date. the majority of
the delegates are in favor of granting the
chimney people no concessions whatever:
This may presage a fight on that branch IL
the other side holds to their determination.
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Mating ON star City,

Special to the indianapolis Journal
SHELBURN, Ind, July 6.-The action of
the Star City miners will practically gov
ern the action of the mining belt around
here, as Star City is the most productive
of any of the mines. Star City was the
hone of contention in the last strike, when
the miners were defeated Already a COM
mittee has visited jackson HiH ana re-
uuested the miners TO quit. Inc miners at
other places are looking for the committee
10 notify them any minute to quit work. A
great many Of the miners are very reticent
on what action will be taken among the
unorganized miners, for the reason that the
miners have already been made TO suffer
for saying they were ready TO join the
strikers. The Linton miners quit work
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Want to Aid the Miners.

CINCINNATI, July 6.-The Cincinnati
Central Labor Council of the American
Federation of Labor met tonight and
passed resolutions demanding President
Gompers and Secretary Morrison to call an
immediate meeting of the executive board
to consider proposition to aid the miners
in their strike. The proposition the Cincin-
natl Central Labor Union makes is that the
national executive board shall order a
weekly assessment of 10 cents on each in
diyidual member of the entire order and its
affiliated bodies to be made Immediately
available for the support of. the striking
miners This action was telegraphed to-
night to President Gompers and Secretary
Morrison at Washington.
Mr.. Thomas j. Donnelly of the Labor
Council who was the Democratic candi-
date against General Shattuc for Congress
in the First Ohio district last fall said to-
night that such an assessment would real
ize $50 600 per week for the striking miners.
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Cable Notes.

s"Tommy' Burns. a well-known diver,
was killed yesterday while diving from
Rhyl pier London.
Queen Margaret received Gen. William F.
Draper, the United States ambassador to
Italy. and Mrs. Draper at Rome yesterday.
A dispatch from Bombay says that a
plague ofgIocusts in north India threatens
to aggravate greatly the suffering from
famine.
BY 447 to 200 the French Chamber of
Deputies yesterday adopted the credit asked
to defray the expenses of President Faure S
visit to st. Petersburg. The opposition
cor1prised Socialists, who wanted the
money used in relieving distress instead Of
yIOrifying an emperor.
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DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS.

Property Worth 2OO,OOO,OO Francs in
Ruins-3OO Lives Lost.
of France show that the destruction by the
flood there was greater even than earlier
reports indicated. The losses are estimated
at 200, 900 francs in the aggregate. Hard
ly a village has escaped damage, and the
number of persons drowned is quite three
hundred
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Trouble Predicted.

BELLAIRE. O., July Ga large number
of extra coal cars were sent into the Fair
mont CIV Va) district by the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company to-day. The OPP
orators of that field have notified the rail-
road company that they can furnish 1000
carloads of coal day, and shipments are
expected to begin soon Most or tins coal
will be sent into Ohio to supply the trade
in this State. 1t is predicted that trouble
will result as soon as an attempt is made to
move coal ACROSS the river, the same as
happened two or three years ago during the
nilnn1 CT
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VIENNA, July 6.-The special commission
to India to study the bubonic plague re-
ports that in a majority of cases che ba-
cilli enter the body through the skin, al
though they sometimes enter through the
lungs or by the tonsils. The period of incu-
baton is from four to five days. The rat
appears to be the only animal spontaneous
ly infected and it is unlikely that the dis
ease will enter Europe under the present
methods of supervision, except perhaps
through ra rs in ShiDS.
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PARIS, July Ga paper was read before
the Academy of Sciences yesterday record
ing the experiments of the French aero
maui, NJ. latin, at Carquenez, in emulation
of Professor Langleys experiments on the
Potomac with steam flying machine. Nj.
Tatins machine was nearly thrice as heavy
as Professor Langley's, and had a double
instead of a single propeller. 1t attained a
speed of eighteen meters per second, as
against Professor Langley's ten, but the
length of the run only 140 meters as
against Professor Langley's kilometer.
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Mr.. Reid at windsor Castle.

LONDON, July 6.-It has been erroneous
ly reported from America that the expenses
of the United States special embassy at the
Queens jubilee were $4,000. The United
States State Department only allowed g.
600 for the expenses and probably not a
quarter of this amount has been used as
Mr. Reid the United States special envoy,
and his secretary are paying their own en-
penses. Mr.. Reid went to Windsor this art
ernoon on the Queens invitation and will
dine and sleep at Windsor Castle.
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DANVILLE, ILL.,, July 6.-The miners en-
ployed by the Westville Coal Company
went out to-day but their grievance, which
was a demand for check weight, was
promptly complied with and they will go to
work tomorrow. The Kellyville Coal Com
Companv with two trainoads of coal per
day. saws its men are satisfied and at work
There is no sign of strike in the Grape
Creek region or anywhere in the DenVllle
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tories of the city arc low on coal. and
should the strike continue long they will
be compelled to close down. A prominent
operator said to-day the miners had made
a great mistake in breaking their contracts
by declaring a suspension He said that in
case the men expressed a willingness to re-
turn to work they would be forced to work
without contract and at the same scale
paid in competing districts
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Glass Bottle blowers.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., July 6.-The sec
ond days session of the Glass Bottle Blow
ers Association of the United States and
Canada to-day accomplished nothing of
special tote. President d. A. Hayer's re-
port pro ,'ed to be of an encouraging nature.
The afternoon session was devoted TO the
report of the price list committee for prices
on new patterns issued this year.
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lockout in britain.

LONDON, July Elm consequence of the
strike of engineers in support of their de-
mand for an eight-hour work day, the
Federated Employers Association has
posted notices throughout Great Britain
locking out 20 per cent of the members of
the striking societies. 1t is understood that
the societies will order the remaining 10
per cent. of their members to leave work
Immediately. Twenty-Five thousand men
will IA a affected
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Kansas Miners Destitute.

OSAGE CITY, Kan, July 6.-There is
great restitution among the miners and
their families in this district. Scores sub
sist entirely on the product of their gar
dens. and many have not bread to eat with
the vegetables they thus obtain, while meat
is entirely out of the question. The total
pay roll of the Carbon Company for 100
men in May was $476 and IN June $500, an
average per month per man of $2.15. There
has been no work this month. The average
wages earning per man for the past year
is less than $40 per month. Many heads of
families and as many of the boys as are
able are now working in western Kansas
harvest fields, but this only affords tenn
porary relief and imposes great suffering
on those so employed, as it is almost i'm
possible for a man who works under ground
to work in the sun as q harvest hand.
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Fnnntics Stnrve ThemseIves.

LONDON. July According TO dis
patch to the Daily Mail from St. Peters
burg two women have been found in the
forest of Zarevosantsch Urski. III the
Taransk district, one dead and the other
dying of starvation. They were members
of sect regarding suicide by starvation
as the highest form of religious devotion.
Other members of the sect had previously
disappeared and the police have instituted
thorough investigation.
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Offended by the Truth.

LONDON, July THE Daily Mails cor
respondent at Cape Town says that Fl. w.
P. Shreyner in a speech at the American
banquet in celebration of Independence day
extolled the United States as THE one spot
on Gods earth where freedom finds its
highest realization" This has given great
offense in some quarters because it seems
to imply a sur upon Great Britain.
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The SUNNY of Conf.

COLUMBUS. o.. July 6.-Mr. Abrenholz,
who manages the home office for the Gen
eral Hooking Coal Company, says there Is
at least 10000 tons of coal in storage in the
Northwest. He estimates that this Will
supply all demands for at least four
months. no matter how general the miners
strike becomes. There is considerable coal
an tina Ohio docks ready for shiSment by
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PORTLAND. Ore, July Ga silver serv--
ice. the gift of the citizens of the State of
Oregon. was to-day presented to the United
States battle ship Oregon in honor of the
naming of that vessel after the State. Coy.
w p. Lord made the presentation speech.
Cant A S Barbour, of the Oregon, ac-
cepted the service on behalf of his vessel.
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The Monetary Commission.

LONDON, July 6.-The United States
monetary commission, Messrs. Wolcott,
Stevenson and Paine, called on United
States ambassador Hay to-day, who will
make arrangements for them to interview
a number of British officials. ambassador
Hay gave dinner tonight at his residence
on Carlton House terrace in honor of the
innArS
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Glass workers, Conference.

CLEVELAND, July 6.-Glass workers be-
gan conference here this morning to agree
on a demand for increased wages. Two
years ago the workers accepted a cut, ow-
ing to the reduction in the tariff. 1t
is expected that the demand will be made
to conform to the contemplated tariff in
crease.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 6-The re-
cent heavy rains have excavated deep
canyon through the town of MuyagaEpa,
at the foot of the volcano Ometepe, de-
stroyng a number of houses. Ometepe is
a volcanic island in Lake Nicaragua, to-
ward it's southwest side. It's length IS
eight miles. 1t consists of two granite
mountains, on which are the two villages
of Ometepe and Muyagalpa.
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A Sign of Prosperity.

SEDALIA Mo-, July Gone Of the evil
dences of the improving condition of bust
ness along the line of the Missouri Kansas
& Texas Railroad is shown here in the re-
sumption of full time in the extensive shops
of that road in this city. From this on the
employees will work nine hours per day and
sig daVS a week
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Portuguese Flag Burned.

MONTERREY, Cal, July Ga disturbance
was created here over the display of a
Portuguese flag beside the American en-
sign instead of below it, over Ortn's gro
ce2y. Patriotic citizens took down the Por-
tuguese flag. but finding it up again, re-
moved it and burned it. Complaint was
made to the Portuguese government.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July 6.-The
sanatorium of DIR. Johnson, Missionary
ridge was this afternoon, during terrific
storm, struck by lightning and destroyed.
The inmates We're removed with some DIM
cultv. Loss. $4,000: insurance, $4,000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-07
C,ho,,s Sentence Reduced.

BALTIMORE, July 6.-The sentence of
DR. Joseph j. Luis the Cuban patriot, has
been reduced by United States Judge Nor
ris from eighteen months to one year
in iail DR. Luis was convicted last March
of conspiring to set on foot a Cuban tlli-
hustering. expedition.
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Frances Hayes to Marry

FREMONT. O.. July 6.-The engagement
of Frances Hayes, only daughter of the
late ex-President Hayes, to Ensign Harry
E. Smith, u. S. N, of this city, was an
nounced this evening. Miss Hayes is
beautiful and talented young lady. Ensign
Smith is an instructor on the L. s. Train
IN shin Constellation. at Newport, r. l.
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,,rs statutes Released on Rail.

CHICAGO. July 6.--Mrs. Edith M. Staples,
the companion of Bicyclist Charles B. Nell
son at the time of his mysterious shoot
ing in Washington Park last Tuesday night
has been released on bail, but a charge of
being accessory to assault with intent to
commit murder has been entered against
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-07

LONDON, July 6-Prince Victor d'Hulep
Singh, who has been long prominent in
London society, son of the great Indian
potentate d'Hulep Singh, who started ten
years ago to stir up revolt in India under
Russian auspices, and who was stopped at
Alden and brought back to England, is en-
gagged to Lady Ann Coventry, sister of Wis
count d Erhust. The viscount a few years
ago married Miss Virginia Bonynge, of San
Francisco
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lake but this coal will not be sent West. 1t
will be held for the purpose of supplying
transient trade With respect to a supply
for the railroads. it is estimated that the
different companies have enough coal on
hand TO last them about six weeks.
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PITTSBURG, July 6. - The joint scale
conference of steel sheet manufacturers
and workers has been fixed for next Thurs
day in this city. The prospects are re-
garded as bright for an early settlement of
the wage differences.
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Tbe Chnrities Conference.

TORONTO, July 6.-Delegates to the Con-
ference of Charities and Correction are
coming in. and by tomorrow five hundred
of them will be here ready TO do business.
The president. Alexander Johnston, of Fort
Wayne arrived at noon.
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a Svnnnthetic Strike.

MOWAQUA, ILL.,, July 6.-Every miner in
the coal shaft here went on strike this
morning. They have made no demands for
an increase and are orderly and we'll be-
haved. The strike is purely out of SYM
pathy.
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CAMERON. Mo-. July 6.--Henry White
Jealous rage to-day. shot and instantly
killed Miss Thompson, to whom he had
been paying attention, and afterward blew
out his BRAINS
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M Sign of n Strike.

PEORIA, Ill., July 6.-There is no sign
of strike among coal miners in this vicin-
ity. 1t is stated that they are waiting to
see what the southern Illinois miners Will
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Bank of Spain in bad shape.

MADRID, July 6.-There is a great deal
of comment here ON the position of the
Bank of Spain. It's note circulation is
larger than ever before, and it is said to
have increased to $4,000, 900 pesetas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-07
Serious Outbreaks of Natives.

LONDON, July, IA dispatch to the
Times from Cape Town says that the native
outbreak in Grassland is assuming alarm
ing proportions. The governor of Mozam-
bique is personally in command of the
column sent to suppress the rebellion.
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Shortage in Coal Already.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL, Ind, July 6.-Not mine in
Clay county is at work to-day and all the
surplus coal on the sidetracks has been
~tnrnnr8atad hv tina railroads Tina faa-
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to fulfill there, whereas Cuba is a colony of
a foreign government"
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OBITUARY.
Henri MeiIhac, Noted French ImmOr-
tai and Dramatic Author.

PARIS, July 6.-Henri Meilhac, the noted
dramatic author and member of the French
Academy is dead.
The sun., 1897-03-21
The symphony Society Concert.

The fifth concert OF its nineteenth season was
given hy the New York symphony society last
evening in Carnegie Hall. Besides BerlioLs
Carnival Roman and ar Adagio by Bach Tor
string instruments, the orchestral portion of the
programme included Dyoraks brilliant and
fantastic symphony entitled " From the New
World" Here contained wild melo-
dies supposed to he indigenous to Ameri-
regions, also frequent excerpts from
Three Blind Mice" that classic canon
which is probably the nearest thing answering
TO an American foik.sonS. OF which, indeed, we
have few, II any. Tho symphony truly beau
tiful one, glowing in its cOrruscating phrases
like II handful OF precious stones Of every variety
and color. Then, besides. it is pure music
music for itself and for its own sake. To DO
sure. 1t is descriptive, but not OF human
emotions-only o! the vast space and hatncss
OF Western plans-and as there is no emo
tional strain In listening to this sort OF pano-
ramc depicting Dvorak leaves the pleasing i'm.
preston hat he creates the music either because
his inspiration was 80 irresstib BILE that he made
it as it were under spell. or that he con sciously
did il for fun--lust fOr his own amusement.
It Is for cn5oymcn; simply and solely. for his
own ard his listeners and for that reason 1t Is
into the country on n sunny Nay day. Mr.. Dam
roseh'a men got many charming effects out OF
the score, some especially excellent planlsSlmOj
being among the number.
Ia the matter OF u sulo.st this concert was par
iculnrly fortunate. Miss Ella Russell young
American singer from Cleveland, o., who has
been living in England for several years. made
her first appearance in this city, and proved q
oratorio singers. Miss Russell's voice is
strong and admirably placed. is of an agree
able quality, and used with intelligence.
The ground this artist occupies Is not dubious
or neutral. She Is unqucstion-sbly dramatic
soprano, almost the only one that America has as
yet produced. Miss Russell's singing OF Ocean
dm Cngehcuer," that very difficult aria from Won
Weber, really mastery piece OF work,
more Iorci BILE and competent than Liszt's Lore
ley" which was her second number. Pro-
nunCiation, particularly OF English, seems
is unusually neat, distinct and elegant; quite u
model for students, and profess ionas as well. TO
follow. Many recalls testified to the approba-
ton Miss Russell won from her audienGe.