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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
MACHINISTS AND PRINTERS.
War Possible Between Two Great La
Dor OrGanizatiOns.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 12.-According
to one source there is 10 be war between
the international Association of Machinists,
which closed it's biennial convention here
yesterday, on one side and the Topographic
cal Union and linotype engineers on the
other. Just before the final adjournment of
the machinists, it is said, they passed reso-
lutions demanding that those having charge
of typesetting machines shall be members
of the l.. A. 0. NJ. The sessions of the
machinists were held in secret and the
passing of the resolutions was supposed to
nave been known only in the convention.
The officers of the convention afterwards
denied such a step had been taken and 1t
was given out that the matter had been
referred without action; AS the position
alleged to have been taken by the ma
typographical Union and the engineers, a
sharp fight is anticipated if such a measure
has really been adopted. The executive
board, which remained in session after the
convention adjourned, finished its work to-
day,
Tonight it was officially stated that the
resolution adopted by the International AS
ISOLATION of MachiniSts in reference TO en-
ployment of machiniStS in printing ot1ceS
using linotype machines leaves the whole
matter to the executive board OF the asSo-
citation to take such action as it may deem
advisable. A conference Will soon be held,
it is stated, with the executive board of
the International Typographical Union,
when an effort will be made to. adjust the
differences between the two unions.
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over two hundred people are drowned every
year, while nearly $50 are burned or Scalded
to DEATH, and close to five hundred persons
meet their end by falls of one kind or an
dred lightning fatalities for the whole coun-
try with the above records for New York
city, with its total of nearly LOO accidental
deaths every year, it will be seen how
~groundless is the popular fear of lightning.
1t is a survival. an inherited superstition.
But there is another point in connection
with this matter which ought to be par
ticularly comforting to the city dWellerS. all
belt country dWellers may not be affected in
a like manner, and that is that statistics
show that the risk of lightning is five times
greater in the country than in the city.
The cause of this immunity for city DWELL
erS is not far to seek. 1t is doubtless due
TO the preponderance of metal roofs, the
probably as much as anything to the pro-
tective network of overhead electric wires
of all kinds.
The popular belief that a stroke of light
cut by facts. Indeed, one record specially
devoted to this feature shows that of 212
persons struck only SeVenty-four were
killed. Taking it all in all, there seems to
that of lightning. Indeed, if one can go
by statistics, the risk of meeting death by
a horse kick in New York is over so per
cent. greater than that of death by light
ming. Yet with all the weight of statistics
against it's deadliness lightning will prob
ably continue to scare people as heretofore.
Perhaps, after all. there may be a more di-
rect cause than the mere psychological ona
usually aScribed to it, and that is the fact
that many people of nervous temperament
are affected hours before the approach OF
a thunderstorm and thus rendered p%articu-
larly powerless to stand the strain which
more or less affects even the most phleg-
matte natures during a disturbance in the
heavens.
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FOOLISH FEAR OF LIGHTNING.
Statistics Show Fewer Fatalities from
1t than from Other Causes.
New York Times.

A current news item gives the results
of an investigation carried out by DIR. G.
Stanley Hall. president of Clark University,
on the things that most excite fear in pee
pie. OF the 29S classes of objects of fear to
which 1,707 persons confessed, thunder and
lightning lead all the rest. although in GER
tain localities, as, for instance, those sub
ject to cyclones, etc, the fear of the latter
predominates. 1t may be accepted as prob
ably true that thunderstorms constitute the
most pronounced source of fear with the
majority of people, due, no doubt, TO the
always impressive and not infrequently
overpowering nature of the phenomenon.
But is there any Justification In fact for
this fear. so far as fatal results are con-
cerned? We believe there is not. but. on
the contrary, that many other causes which
barely have a place in DR.. Halls list are
infinitely more entitled to the distinction
as fear producers than is lightning. AS
proof of this We may cite statistics of the
United States Weather Bureau. These
show that for the four years 1S90-93 the
deaths from lightning numbered lS4, or an
average of 1876 a year. Again, Mr.. II. r.
Kretzer, OF St. Louis, found from the record
of nearly two hundred newspapers that for
the five years 1SS3-SS there were 1000 deaths
caused by lightning, or an average of 25 a
year. We doubt whether, of the number OF
deaths classed as accidental" In the whole
United States, any ono group can show so
a number In New York city alone
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PITTSBURG, May 12.-President NJ. M.
Garland, of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, to-day APP
pointed the wage committee for this year.
This committee Will meet at the headquar-
ters of the organization on Friday morning
and formulate a report on the wage scale
to be presented at the annual convention to
he held in Detroit next week. The commit
tee will examine the suggestions submitted
by the various lodges in the association,
Garland will not make any prediction as to
what will be demanded, but it seems certain
a material advance over present rates will
he asked. The t~in-plate wage scale will be
the same as was in force under the Nc
Kinley tariff law, which is an advance of
about Is per cent. over the present rates.
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Notes of the stage.


Clara Morris made her debut in vaude-
Vile at Gilmore'e Auditorium in Philadel-
phia Monday night, in kenneth Lee one
act play, Blind Juslc.
The new St. Nicholas Music Hall, at New
York. into which James L. Lederer has
transformed the rink, in Sixty-sixth street,
near avenue, was formally
opened Monday evening.
A cablegram from Berlin states that Mr..
Walter Damrosch ~re-engaged Nine. Gadski'
the soprano, and Herr Fried, as assistant
conductor. for next season. 1t also an
nounces that Mr.. Damrosch mas, secured
Nine. Brema, the contralto, LOT MS COM
pany.
The New York Casino was closed Monday
night, owing to the illness of Della Fox.
one of the three stars in THE Wedding
Day. which is having a successful run.
Miss Fox is said to have heart trouble.
Her understudy took the role. SATURDAY
night. 1t is rumored In theatr1caI circles
that in case Miss Fox cannot appear soon
Miss Lillian Russell will withdraw from the
combination. as she does not desire TO con-
tinue IL it under the circumstances
Eugene Cowles, the basso of the Bos-
tonians, whose singing of Brown October
Ale" will be remembered for many a day,
is now playing the involuntary role of de-
PENDANT in a suit for limited divorce
brought by his wife. Mr.. Cowles is one of
the original members of the Bostonians
company. He is now the Romero in The
Serenade," at the Knickerbocker Theater,
New York.
Mr.. Cowles was fond of entertaining his
fellow-actors at his home, and to this his
wife is said to have objected. Differences
arose in the family several years ago, and
the couple have been separated for some
time. They nave one child, a son, who Is
now living with Mrs. Cowles in Harlem.
Mrs. Cowles, through her counsel, Colonel
George Bliss, instituted proceedings for di-
vorce some weeks ago. All who are con-
nected with the case endeavor to maintain
the greatest secrecy. Friends of the couple
say that incompatibility is the cause of the
separation, for Mr.. Cowles during the years
he has been before the public has never
had his name connected with any scandal.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 12.-Early this
Patrick & co. which occupies a strip of
land on Sixth avenue, south, between Q and
r streets. Loss estimated at from 100000
UNANIMOUSLY. five tenement houses on Tele-
graph Hill were burned. Loss, about $75.-
600. Another blaze destroyed four cottages
cisco, last night; loss, $1,000. An explosion
of gas in the grocery store, of D., Border.
on Bryan street, wrecked the, building, in
to the extent Of over $4,000.
UNIONTOWN, Pa, May Y Laughed &
Madesette's large planing-mi. plant was
destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, $50, 600;
insurance, $25,0 600.
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bv reinstatement. 924. The losses have been
By death, 394; by honorable discharge. 30;
by transfer, 694; by suspension. 2,177. Aside
from the number in good standing, $3.50 are
on the rolls as suspended. The number of
comrades dropped during the year was 766;
the number assisted, $50; number of ex-sol-
diers assisted not members, 236; expended
for relief. ~$4,0S4.01. During the year eight
posts have been organized and twenty
three have been discontinued. The num-
Der of posts in good standing is 4S7.
As Quartermaster General Comrade
Smock reports that the amount collected
from per capita tax during the year was
~$2,970.40, and other receipts were sufficient
to make up S4,6Sl.94, which, with the cash
on hand when the year began, lakes So
1856 The total expenditures for the year
were $~+,3S3.54, leaving a balance on hand
of Sl642.S2. The department has other as
sets a~ggregating $5,e54.2S
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Wide Tires.
Philadelphia Inquirer.

PhiladeIphia INQUIRER.
The Legislature of Rhode Island has
passed q wide-tire bill, and there is con-
siderable grumbling because of the fact.
The grumbling, however, is the protest of
some very short-sighted men, After the
slight expense of changing the tires has
been borne the owners of vehicles of every
description will find that the law will oper-
ate to their advantage. The roads will not
be cut up as formerly and the wear and
tear on wagons will be much less. The
road tax also should be less. With every
road Improvement law that is. passed there
ought to be a provision for wide tires.
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which is after all generally useless.
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DR.. Pierce's wonderful free book, 1.-THE Peo-,
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Order of Railway Conductors.

LOS. ANGELES, Cal, May 12.-The con-
vontion of the Order of Railway Conductors
has now fairly begun and the streets of Los
Angeles were, in the forenoon, crowded
with delegates and their guests. who are
utilizing every moment in exploring the
city and it's vicinity. Promptly at l O'Clock
the special convention was called to order.
Rut little business was transacted further
thar the appointment of the various com
mittees. a number of amendments to the
constitution were proposed and discussed
and were finally referred to the committee
on judiciary. A report will be made in a
day or two. No radical changes were pro-
pOSed.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind. May 1.-THE Ladies of
the G. A. r.. held their first regular bust
ness session to-day, and it was an enthusi-
astic gathering. The state officers made
their annual reports, which showed the So
-ciety to be in a fourishing condition and
working in much harmony. One old SOL
der was reported obligated" This after
noon the national president of the organiza-
ton, Caroline E. Hirst, of Louisville. ar
rived. Her presence is an unexpected pleas
ure to the members.
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.paxsy at the Exposition

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 12.-The eX-
position executive committee has invited
the delegates to the worlds postal congress
to attend the exposition and also to the
National Farmers Press Association. The
following additional days nave been set
apart; June 10, Evansville, Ind, June Is,
day; Sept. 10. Fruit and Vegetable Grow
ers' oct. 20. West Virginia day; May 20,
commissioners of Illinois with their TAMIL
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More Victims of Poison.

PIKEVILLE, Ky, May 12.-Three more
persons died this morning from drinking
poisoned spring water. They are: Edward
Minnix, Miss Dorcas Alberts and John
T~ompkins. ~Tompkins's wife and two chill
dren are fatally i'll from the same cause.
AS yet chemists have failed to learn what
poison is being used, and there is no clew
to the identity of the guilty persons.
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business. There is little or no foundation
for any talk about 1t; none, in fact. Hence
i won't talk about IT..
Edna Wallace Hopper declined to discuss
that concerns Mr.. Hopper. and / shall have
to refer YOU 10 him. she said.
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Kansas City Journal.
Mr.. Bayard assured the British hat
Colonel Hay will make a better ambassador
than he has made. 1t is a violation of no
official confidence to say that Colonel Hay
was sent to England for that purpose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13

Assistant Adjutant General Smock re-
ports the total number of members in
good standing Dec. 81, 1896, as 10, $50, against
20.952 Dec. 81. 1896. The gains have been
as follows: BY muster. GAS; by transfer. 355;
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just So.

Buffalo Courier-Record
Nicola Tesla says there is no danger in
X-rays if one keeps far nough away from
them. The same statement applies also to
currents from the electrocuting apparatus.
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just in Time.

Detroit Tribune.
The 400 Greeks who left New York yes
terday will reach Athens just in time to be
assessed for the indemnity demanded by
the Sultan.
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Not :

Detroit Free Press.
The Supreme Court decision is not neces-
Sarily an infringement because it trans
mits the life of the Bell Company well into
the next century.
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Foreclosing on T. Henry French.

NEW YORK, May 1.-TWO judgments,
aggregating nearly $21. 600. have been en-
tered in the county clerks office against 7.
Henry French, manager of the American
Theater. They were precipitated by the
rumor that Mr.. Elliott Zborowski and Mr..
French were about to separate their in
terests and the possibility that the man
agement of the American Theater would
pass out of Mr.. French's hands. One of the
Judgments is in favor of Mr.. AL Hayman
and Mr.. Charles Frohman and is for
$10,2 31.67.
According to the complaint In this action
Mr.. French had a one-half iterest in the
American tour of the George Edwardes
opera troupe in His EXcellency." Messrs.
Hayman and Frohman had the other half
interest. They entered into an agreement
on Nov. "A, 1884, by which the company
was engaged for a season at the Broadway
Theater in this city, and afterward on the
road. An accounting of the results of the
enterprise was made on April II, 1896, and
showed a loss of SIS, 047.56, of which Mr..
French's share was $9,523. IS.
The other judgment was FOR $10,3 01 30, in
favor of Isabel EVesson. Her suit was to
recover promissory notes with interest. She
claimed that the notes had been given to
her for Il release from a promise of mar
riage. Mr.. French denied that there had
been any valid consideration. The action
was referred to former Justice Joseph
for the full amount. Howe x Hummel
represented Miss Evesson, and the two
Judgments were HlcQ tbSelIlCi-
Mr.. Elliott Zborowski has brought an ac-
ton in the Supreme Court for the fore
closure of a mortgage which Mr.. French
gave on the American Theater property
in April, 1885, to secure the rents of the
theater under a lease which he took about
the same time from Zborowski e. French. as
joint owners of the theater. Mr.. French be-
ing a part owner of the property. 1t is
charged that there Is about $35, 900 due from
Mr.. French for rent of the theater, and in
addition s., $50 for taxes.
Mr.. French said last evening that no def
mite arrangements had yet been made be-
tween himself and Mr.. Zborowski in regard
to the future management of the American.
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MI. and Mrs. Hopper Not out

SAN FRANCISCO, May 12.-When Mr..
De Wolf Hopper was told last night that
it was gossiped in New York that he was
jealous of the attentions received by his
wife. that there was trouble between them,
the possibility of a separation, and that she
would not be in his company when they
came East to play at Manhattan Beach, he
denied very eInphatically that she was 10
leave his company, said that she would be
with the company during the Eastern en-
gagement. and that there was no jealousy
on his part and no truth in the report that
there was. But his denials stopped there.
He wouldn't say there was no trouble be-
tween them.
IL is one of those matters in my private
affairs he said. which ] do not care to
comment. l do not think it's anybody's
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Am USEMENTS.
Baroness Blanc in Vaudeville.

The Baroness Blanc, celebrated in society
and the scandal courts, made her debut on
the vaudeville stage at Hammerstein's
Olympia Monday night. One of the New
York critics has this to say of her appear
ance:
In her first appearance as a roof gar
dener this dame left SO little to the i'm
aginatiOn that every line and curve of her
purpose. Her purpose was Partisan, and
both mentally and physically she achieved
her object. The baroness is DeWildering.
Since Otero first came to this country we
nave not known so much wickedness. The
beautiful Blanc has no hesitation in assert
She is successful. There is nothing of gross
ness in her songs or dances. They have a
certain refinement of sin about them, like
M. PlancOn's "Mephistopheles," dangerous,
but not dreadful.
She possesses a small, sweet, caressing
ductiVe and eloquent in expression. This
organ was marred last night in it's volume
by an extreme nervousness, which all the
applause of her friends could not allay.
But there is enough melody in her throat
for the illustration of her limbs and torso,
will want to see the baroness, not to hear
her, and her naughty ballads are mere ex-
cuSeS for startling costumes, lingerie,
shapely limbs and palpitating flesh.
In the first song she displays what she
danced with, in the second what she
thought with, in the third what she
breathed with, and the spectators were sat
isfied. Judging by the cordiality of her re-
ception last night and the tumultuous APP
plauSe that rewarded her efforts, it would
ed a more successful entrance into vaude-
vile than she did into the drama
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Their Mistake.
Pittsburg Chronlcle- Telegraph

Persons who say that talk is cheap have
never computed the cost Of a session of
Congress-.
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Percy Weadon, who has been advance
man for the Bostonians for two seasons,
has been taken to Bellevue Hospital, New
York. for treatment. His health was badly
affected from a recent attack of grip, and
his mind was not what it should be. His
wife left Indianapolis for New York last
week, and took Mr.. Weadon to the country
for rest, but his condition was not much
improved. On Monday, in company with
Marc Klaw and Mrs. Weadon, Mr.. Weadon
paid a visit to some friends at Whitestone,
L.. l.. While returning to New York a.
thunderstorm broke. and Mr.. Weadon, who
was on the Thirty-fOurth-street ferryboat,
became so excited that, after consultation
with Mrs. Weadon, it was decided to re-
move him Immediately for medical treat
ment to Bellevue Hospital. DIR. Mcdonald,
the alienist, who examined Mr.. Weadon last
Saturday, said that with a little rest and
quiet he would shortly be himself again,
physically and mentally.
Mr.. Weadon is we'll known in Indian
apolis and in the theatrical profession. He
was born and raised in Marion county He
was employed on the Journal for a time,
was afterward press agent for Dickson &
Talbot, manager of the Park Theater
skating rink, manage of the McCauley
Theater in Louisville, and still later man
ager of a theater in ST. Paul. He directed
two tours for Marie Jansen before he went
with the Bostonians. He has written a
number of plays that d been produced.
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Clara Morris made her debut in vaude-
Vile at GiImore'e Auditorium in Philadel-
phia Monday night. in Kenneth Lees one
act play, Blind Justic."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-16

which is now assured and the Republican
legislature which is to be elected, l am
confident, on April 9TH, will do all in its
power to encourage capital and give labor
that protection which il is entitled to
receive The financial credit of Rhode
Island ranks high, and it will be the aim
and policy of our party not To impair it.
Needed reforms will come with the consti-
tutional changes that are now projected,
and the legislation of our state will adjust
itself more easily with present and fu-
ture conditions when these changes ure
made.
A liberal constitution means progress.
And, gentlemen, progress and liberty
has always been the watch word Of the
Republican party in its patriotic efforts to
serve well the interests of state and coun-
try.
secretary of State Bennett thanked the
delegates and with humorous statement
To the effect that the duty of his office
was To work rather than To talk gave
way TO the nominee for attorney general
Mr.. Willard Ii. Tanner who intimated
that he would leave to the Democrats the
only privilege which they now enjoy, that
of making pledges without being called
upon to fulfill them.
The good nature Of the convention was
added to by the wit Of Colonel John G.
Wyman's closing address and the dele
gates then adjourned.