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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
BANKERS TO MEET TODAY.
Twenty-Third Annual Convention of
the American Association

DETROIT Mich, Aug. 16-The twenty
third annual meeting of the American
Bankers Association, which opens in this
city tomorrow, promises to be the largest
attended of any in the history of that body
More than 100 delegates have already ar
rived and Secretary Branch estimates that
LOCO or more will be present at the open
ing session. The association now has
membership of 2S13. it having increased
nearly 100 per cent. in the last year. There
will be several important papers read. John
p Branch, president of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank, Richmond, Va, will read
paper on What legislation is needed with
respect to the currency" Interesting dis
cussion will follow as the theme is most
important. Hon. James H. Echels, con-
troller of the CURRENCY will deliver an adj
t. Herrick, of Cleveland, will open the dis
cussion on Savings Banks"
At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning the
bankers will assemble at the Detroit Opera
House. Governor Pingree will welcome the
bankers on behalf of the State. Mayor
Maybury will add the welcome of the city,
and George II. Russell will present the well
come or the clearinghouse committee of
Detroit President Lowry will respond to
all these welcomes collectively. The re-
naming programme for the day is as fol-
lows: Annual report by Secretary James R.
Branch and Treasurer William H. Porter;
report of auditing and protective commit
tees; report of the executive council; re-
port of the executive committee on uniform
laws and the committee on bureau of educa-
ton; meeting of the delegates from the
States and Territories to choose a list of
the names from which the nominating COM
mittee shall be selected by the president.
At o'clock in the evening a reception will
be rendered the visiting bankers and their
wives at the Detroit Club.
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MEXICO In A BAD WAY.
Bankers Are Uneasy Over the COntin-
ued Decline of Silver.

CITY OF MEXICO Aug. 16,-Exchange
on New York rose to-day on the fresh drop
in silver to 131, and in some cases 14O was
asked. Bankers were in doubt as to what
rate to make in view of the condition of
the silver market. Dealings were nominal.
Exchange on London went TO 2lA pence, the
lowest on record, and implying for this
government in meeting the interest on its
sterling debt a loss at the rate of $2,OOOO0
per annum The government can meet
this loss by economies and using the sur
plus funds, but bankers here say that the
time has come when something must be
done, and the debt should pay lower rate
of interest than 6 per cent, and also that
Mexico is entitled to relief, in view of the
punctual payment of her gold interest un-
der trying circumstances. 1t is not to be
denied a very anxious sentiment prevails,
as the people have come to expect a still
further decline in the value of silver, and
many predict it will be forced to a point
where the dollar will be worth 80 cents in
gold. ImpOrtationS will be generally re-
duced. and all the interests of business eX-
cept exports will be affected The COM
mercial crisis is hardly expected, as mer-
abroad. The government and the country
are confronting a serious situation, which
is the worst for many years.
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WAGON WHEAT, SIC
ACME MILLING CO.,
Old 352 West Washington st.
MURDERED BY ROBBERS.
William G.. Wilson, Proprietor of a
Circulating Library, Killed.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16. - William C.
Wilson, aged about fifty-five years, propri-
etor of Wilson'S circulating library at No.
lll9 Walnut street was brutally murdered
tonight in his place of business. The crime
was evidently committed by thieves, who
deliberately lay in wait for their victim,
and, after numbering him, accomplished
their purpose of robbery. The weapon used
was heavy hammer, which crashed
through Wilson'S skull The murderers had
also drawn a towel tightly around the
throat Of their victim, strangling him. Aft
er looting the place of all money that may
nave been there they made their escape
without leaving a clew to their identity
Mr.. Wilson had for years conducted the
library at various places, and always had
tiie patronage of the wealthy literary
classes. The general impression is that he
h9d accumulated considerable money. He
rarely mingled with the outside world, and
liNed alone on the third floor of his library
Ine TWO lower floors being filled with books
me last seen of him alive was about $3.50
o clock when he left the place where he
usually got his meals to return to the
store. When found he was lying behind
ms counter. not fifteen feet from Walnut
street. The discovery was made by a po-
hot5na hheetnan, VINO found the back gate CT the
mouse open. lie entered and went through
the house The contents of the bureau
drawers and closets were scattered every
where, showing that robbery had been done
This was at about S O'clock The thieves
We're evidently acquainted with their VIC
tims movements, and after he had closed
the place and gone to supper they forced
an entrance. Concealed behind a pile of
books in the store, they awaited his re-
turn. He always entered by way of the
store. A heavy blow from the hammer evil
IDENTIFY killed him, but, TO make sure Of their
work, they throttled him with towel
Tracks of blood showed that he had been
pulled around pile of books 70 a place
behind the counter. This finished. the rob-
berry was accomplished at leisure, after
which the perpetrators of the tragedy es-
capped.
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ORDERED OUT OF KENTUCKY.
Indiana Miners Officers Meeting with
Little ENCOURAGEMENT.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 16-Secre-
tary Kennedy, of the Indina miners. re-
ceived a letter to-day saying that no large
part of the miners in southern Indiana
had returned to work and that while those
at Ayrshire said they would go to work
he did not believe they would President
Knight, of Indiana, is in Madisonville. XIV.
He was in Darlington, the town of the st.
Bernard Coal Company. a few days ago.
and having called on John B. Atkinson.
president of the company, was Informed
that he would be prosecuted If he attemnt
ed to induce the Darlington miners TO
strike. Mr.. Atkinson proposed to take adj
vantage of a law said to exist in Kentucxv
to the effect that no one shall be allowed
to induce any one to abandon work Mr.
knight realized that the st. Bernard man
had the law on his side and therefore he
made no attempt to bring about a suspen-
sion in Darlington. He was under surveil-
lance by the company's guards all the time
he was in the St Bernard peoples village
Later he went to MadisOnVile where he
says the organizers have many friends
Meetings have been held and the cause of
the miners was laid before them. Other
meetings are to follow. Lleyllyn got notice
to leave Kentucky and he is said to have
left. knight received the same kind of
notice, but as yet has not seen fit to COM
Dlv with il.
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SIMPLY PESTIFEROUS."
Archbishop keane Denounces Recent
Sensational Stories.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-Archbishop
heane' who is here from Rome, paid a
visit to-day to the Catholic University with
winch he was so long identified as rector
He was most cordially welcomed by the
iaculty and those students remaining
through the recess. The archbishop saws
that his visit to America is in pursuance
OF a purpose expressed before going to
Rome TO come to this country each year.
and he expresses regret at recent reports
to the effect that his coming would in
augurate a controversy between church
factions. He said to-day: There are no
factions in the Roman Catholic Church.
and l am grieved and hurt by the publica-
ton OF sensational articles which are utter
~ without foundation in every way and
td ~Itcn are not only unknd, but are almost
LuueTenl' ' III Is very unfortunate that a
gentleman cannot pay visit to the conn
Try ne loves so dearly without being made
the SUBJECT or gossip that is simply Destifer-
Gus came, as | had always proposed to
see my friends and to attend the meeting
az the catholic University. / cannot help
expressing my indignation at the unwar-
ranted manner in which SO many Of the
newspapers nave seen hit to place a differ
ent purpose upon it,"
The archbishop expresses rnucb sa+iseao-
tion with his duties in Rome The state
ments that he had been candIdate for the
archbishopric of New Orleans made ,laoant
by the death of Archbishop JannsenS aro
explicitly denied. On the other hand the
archbishop has requested that his name be
omitted from the list nominated bv the
bishops for the New Orleans archbishonric
and sent TO Rome. Disregarding this re-
quest. the bishops have signified their high
regard for Archbishop Keane by placing his
name at the head OF the list of three names
from which Rome will make the final Sc
lection OF successor TO Archbishop jam
sens. The friends of the archbishop are
sincerely hopeful that the final choice will
not fall upon him. as they desire that he
shall continue in his important post at
Rome at least until a more northeriy arch
bishopric shall be open.
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STORM In NEW YORK.
Much Damage by Wind and Lightning
in Farming Districts.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16-Reports from up
the State tell of much damage done by
lightning during a storm to-day. The most
serious loss was at Copenhagen, Lewis
county, where Plank & Nellis's sawmill,
valued at $4,000, was destroyed. "A tornado
passed over the eastern end of Fulton coun-
ty, three farm houses and many barns and
outbuildings being demolished Many peo-
pie sought refuge in their cellars. Mrs.
Robinson and son, who lived near Broad
Albin, ran from their house when they saw
the storm approaching and threw them
selves on the ground behind the barn. The
structure was blown down and both were
seriously injured. The storm passed from
the west to the east about a mile from the
village of Hagaman a suburb of Amster-
dam, wrecking several buildings. Three
barns were blown down and the house Of
John Hartig was wrecked. Mrs. Hartig,
who was in the building, was badly in
jured and was brought to the hospital in
this city for surgical treatment. The storm
was of short duration. The damage will
amount to several thousand dollars. Crops
were badly damaged and in some instances
ruined
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CALLS THEM TRASH.
Whitelaw Reid Denies Stories About
Himself and the Shermans.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-A World reporter
found Whitelaw Reid in town to-day, just
starting for the Adirondacks, and sought
an interview. Mo- said Mr.. Reid "I can
not talk about any public business that
has been intrusted to me. If there is to
be any talk about that it must he by my
superiors.
We'll what about all these stories about
yourself-about your taking Sherman's
place, about your disagreeable interview
with him; your forty trunks of English
goods admitted free of duty on your re-
turn; General Sherman's order during the
war to shoot you, ETC.. %
II don't think the public takes any in
terest in such trash" was Mr.. Reids 5 reply.
nor can l think any intelligent newspaper
believes it, don't know that anybody is
going to take Mr.. Sherman's place, or that
he has any notion of retiring. l had no
disagreeable interview with him. l never
even saw the absurd story till he himself
sent ii to me in a letter denouncing il
as false, mean and malicious"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
LAND FULL OF PERILs.
OmciaI Picture of Conditions in the
Alaskan Gold Fields.


WASHINGTON Aug. 15.--Secretary Gage
has lust received from the minister for the
interior of Canada an official illustrated re-
port Of the Yukon mining district. 1t is a
condensation of the reports of William
Ogilvie. the Dominion land surveyor, and
contains other matter from officers Of the
Canadian government who have previous
ly visited the region or are there now 1t
is one of the most interesting and valuable
reports on the Elondike yet published.
The report contains map of the Yukon
and its tributaries a sketch OF FOrty-mile
and Sixty-mile rivers and a1fluents. map
of the international boundary and half-tone
pictures from photographs of the following:
Junction of Forty-mile and Yukon rivers.
three views Forty-mile town. Lake Linde-
mann looking toward Tai va pass. Miles
canyon. White Horse rapids looking down
the canyon on Forty-mile river. interna-
tional boundary across the Yukon looking
north ]. I.adue's house, Sixty-mile port.
At the outset the minister for the interior
states that the report is published in re-
sponse TO numerous public demands "rhe
object" he says, 'fs not 10 induce anyone
to go TO that remote country at the present
time; until better means of communica-
ton are established a man undertakes Sc
rious risks in going there unless he has sur
dcient resources TO tide over the long
winter.
After September egress from the coun-
try is practically impossible until the fol-
lowing June and a person who has not
been successful in locating a paying claim
has to depend for his subsistence upon find-
ing employment. Wages are at times alb
normally high, but the labor market is
very narrow and easily overstocked. 1t Is
estimated that up TO the middle of May
800 TO 1,600 people had crossed the Tai "a
pass this year; several hundred more VIII
go by steamer up the Yukon.
whether employment viii be available
for all and for the considerable population
already in the district is somewhat doubt
full; il will therefore be wise for those who
contemplate going 70 the Yukon district
to give serious consideration TO the matter
before coming TO a decision.
An extract from the report or 4. E Wills,
assistant surgeon, for 1855 is given 10 in
dicate the climate of the klondike, the peo-
,ole and their mode of living and the dis
eases that prevail. He also describes the
kind of men that should so 10 the Aion-
dixie. He says;
summer was heavy. Although there is al
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
Scale for Kansas Miners.

PITTSBURG, Kan, Aug. 16-After a long
conference between the operators and ex-
ecutive board of the miners of Cherokee and
Fulton counties action favorable to the
men remaining at work was taken. Ap
agreement asking concessions to the miners
was drawn up and each operator in the dis
trict will be asked to sign it. Until the
operators sign the men will quit work
However, the impression prevails that the
operators will readily agree to the miners
demands; The agreement fixes the price
Of coal for the six months commencing
over the standard. 78 cents for screened
and 5S cents for mine run coal. For the six
summer months the price is fixed at S7I6
cents for SCREENED lump coal and 50 cents
for mine run. The agreement provides that
all work below ground shall not be below
81 a day; that a bi-monthly pay day shall
exist. and that the companies furnish a
satisfactory grade of powder. The contract
is to be in effect for two years.
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SILVER COMBINE" PROPOSED.
Ex-Governor Crittenden's scheme for
Raising Price of White Metal.

DENVER, Col. Aug. 16.-"It is a surprise
to me-" remarked Ex-Governor Crittenden.
of Missouri, that the United States Mex
leo and even. might say, the South Amer
lean states, the only silver-producing coun-
tries OF the world. do not combine together
hereafter until the white metal is given an
honorable recognition by the gold countries.
Mexico. in spite Of every possible opposi-
ton that can possibly be thrown in the way
of silver has improved, is improving and
will improve in very many ways that will
show silver has not lost its merit and its
Writ
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
WAR ON THE YUCATANS.
Mexico Is Attempting to Subdue
Troublesome Tribe of Indians.

DENVER, Col, Aug. 16.-Arthur Savage,
inventor of the Savage repeating rifle, who
has just arrived from Mexico, said in an
interview to-day: Mexico is engaged in a
destructive war with the Yucatan Indians.
In fact the preliminary skirmishes of the
affair have already commenced, and as soon
as the regular army from the republic can
be supplied with arms of the latest pattern
hostilities will be pushed with the utmost
vigOr The Yucatan tribe has never been
subdued by the white mCn, and the chances
are that the conflict Will precipitate war
dairy line between the two countries has
never been satisfactorily settled, and in the
course of the impending conflict it is proph-
esied by those who have looked into the
subject that the two republics will be
brought into military array against each
other"
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VIII Die in the Passes.

LONDON. Aug. 16.-Mr. Louis H. Davies.
Canadian minister Of marine and fisheries.
addressing the London Chamber of Com
merce to-day, said every vestige of feeling
in favor of union with the United States
had long disappeared. Canada, he added,
had nothing to gain thereby. Continuing,
Mr.. Davies warned intending emigrants
against the tremendous difficulties of the
their own risk and the Canadian govern
ment had not advised it. Hundreds and
thousands, he said, were going there Ill
would die in the passes before reaching the
Klondike. Mr.. Davies also said that
reaction was certain to follow and that
Canada would be blamed for It.
Referring to the new United States tar
iff Mr.. Davies said tho Dingley bill had
built up a protective wall against Canadian
minion. therefore, had resolved to greatly
transfer to Great Britain.
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engineers. who is scarcely thirty years OF
age-AdTien de Gerlache. Young De Ger
iache also holds a commission as captain
IN the Belgian naval reserve. Wheh q
mere youth he had acquired great knoWl~
edge in navigation, and developed pas
slonate desire for explorations. which cir
cumstanCeS until the present time nave not
allowed him to exercise. He began pubiish-
ing his ideas concerning a south pole eHpe-
utlon about year ago through the bruS-
Sels press and in number or scISntlhc
pamphlets, and at last requested that a
public fund be started to defray the neces-
sary expenses of an expedition. The sum
asked for was $4,000. but up TO the present
only $43 400 has been received. That now
erer, did not prevent the young engineer
from undertaking his enterprise.
The Belgica is an ordinary wooden WEaIer
of 263 tons burden, and is to be propelled by
steam when the winds are contrary, When
ice blocks the passage or when better speed
is desired. She is strongly constructed ana
her most exposed parts are fortified with
an armor of oak planks. Two steel spurs
that may be operated by the whalerS en-
gine are arranged to be operated from her
bow to cut a passage through the ice. Ihe1e
are also a captive balloon on board, from
which ObSerVa tons Will be maze, d very
valuable cabinet of scientific instruments
and dark room where pnotOSraDnlc plates
may be developed. 1t is Lieutenant De Ger
lache's intention to take a great quantity OF
pictures representing phenomena IN the ice
fields. that may be of an artistic as well as
of a scientific value. Special attention Will
be paid to study of the antarctic water
and atmospheric currents.
The second in command or the eXpeditlOn
is NJ. Leconte, a lieutenant in the Bel
gian army who has just finished a term of
three years service in the French navy.
Other members of Lieutenant De Gerlache's s
staff are MN. Amundsen and Me1laerts,
naval officers; Lieutenant Danco, of the ar
tllery who has charge of the magnet OBJ
servations; DR. Racovitza, a Roumanian,
who will make botanical and geological
studies, and Nj. Artosky a weL-KnoWn
Polish scientist who will conduct re-
searches in meteorology and oceangraphy,
Twenty-Five men make up the Belgica
crew.
The list of scientific problems which the
explorers on the Belgica will study for two
years is very long, it includes observations
and researches in oceanic photography, In
terrestrial magnetism, in atmospheric cleo
tricity and in meteorology. 1t is a parucu-
lar aim of the voyage to ma proof Tor
..a-.4.-l SaIoL.- thnnr1r and hA.nnt hesis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
Further Advices from Alaska That
Indicate There VIII BE Great
Suffering This Winter.
REPORT OF LAND SURVEYOR
A CANADIAN OFFICIALS GLOOMY
PICTURE OF THE GOLD FIELDS.
An Old Miners Experience-The Do
miniOn Government Anxious to Com
struct "a Telegraph Line.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16-Mr Thomas
Magee, well known as conservative busi-
ness man and who accompanied his son
TO Dyea, writes to the Associated Press
from that point to the effect that the ignor-
ance displayed by the crowds who are
hooking tothe Klondilxe is lamentable of the
400 passengers who sailed with him on the
steamer George Elder, half of whom were
from San Francisco, not one in twenty had
any definite information as to how to
feach his destination. While the routes
We're well known, the details and conditions
% be met with were not considered most
or tho searchars for wealth hoping to settle
all doubts and uncertainties when they
reached Juneau. Instead, however, further
confusion was created by the appalling
statements that there were only two routes.
each or which necessitated the encounter of
almost fnsurmountable difficulties There
We're plenty of advocates for both routes
at Juneau, but most of them were found to
be uninterested parties. .'he two starting
points, Dyea and Skaguay, are separated
by -FOUR miles of salt water The Dyea trail
goes over Chilcot pass and involves
climb of $500 feet, while the other, which
is not yet completed, has a $3.50 foot climb
over the white pass. and besides being six
miles longer, is boggy in places. The In
dams, who are the sole packers, all pack
over the Chilcot pass from Dyea. Nearly
500 pack animals are now en- route and on
arrival will be pressed into regular pack
trains, which will remove the chief obstacle
for the transportation Of supplies over the
thirty-five miles of land, which is much
more formidable than that over the $50
miles of water on the other side of the
pass. Aug, a miner was drowned while
packing his goods over a foot log, about a
mile and a half from Skaguay team
ster charged $40 for bringing the corpse into
the town and this so enraged the people
that he was ordered to leave at once. lie
was offered 81 900 for his wagon and team
hpfnra Ia for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
An OHIO CAIN CAPTURED.
Dep" Acxlcy Caught After an All
NiGht-and-Day Chase.

HICKSVILLE, o., Aug. 16-"Dep" Ack-
ley, who almost murdered his twin brother
in duel yesterday, and afterwards made
his escape to the woods. was captured be-
tween and 6 o'clock this afternoon after
a chase which lasted all night and to-day.
He was captured in corn field south of a
small town named KnoXdale by a posse
He fought desperately with knife and
club. Before finally overcome he succeeded
in cutting a man named Backus over the
heart. Backus cannot recover. AciIley
was not captured until his clothes were torn
into shreds and he had been dubbed into
insensibility. gill Acl1ley. the brother
and victm of the man captured is still I'M
conscious After an examination 1t was
found that the carotid artery in the neck
had been cut, making a fatal wound. The
citizens are greatly aroused over the af-
fair, and if "Gil' dies Dep" will be rough
lV dealt with