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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01
wihub club. Omen Meeting.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
SFELBYNIBLE Ind. Dec 3l.-The
event of the week in club circles was the
open meeting Of Wihub Circle, the only club
OF the city including wives and husbands.
The event was held in the parlors of the
Assembly last night. About eighty guests
enjoyed the hospitality of the club. The
beautiful Assembly Hall was deliberately
decorated with ropes of cedar. goldenrod
and smilax. For the banquet the guests
were seated at tables arranged in the form
of the letter w. The literary programme
began with couplets original or selected,
given by each member. Judge l.. ]. Hack
ney, president of the circle read a paper
on Burns. Mr.. NJ. b. Robins, selection from
Riley. Mrs. Stella Rusker read a paper on
1.-The Age" Musical selections on the piano
were given by Miss Marie Ray and Miss
Lewis, member of the Indianapolis Sym
phony Orchestra Company, gave some
violin music. accompanied by her sister on
the flute. The circle concluded the pro-
gramme with some of the characteristic
concert singing, for which the members are
famous
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he'd The New Castle Mercury; IN 1871 h.
Vfrote and published the nrst history or
Henry county. Years ago. ne gave up news
paper work except 10 contribute frequent
scientific articles TO the press, and has de-
voted his time to scientific study and re-
Starzil. work begun IN his boyhood days
Geology had been through his life his fa-
vorite study. but he was Raso Il profound
student. and learned man Il entomology,
ornsthology. biology and DotaS1y. He was
no doubt one Of the most scientific men iIS
eastern Indiana. and had a large and ya4d-
able cabinet OF geological and other spec
linens. He had travelled extensively in his
scientific researches ard saw no Greater
pleasure than when at his work in the field
or IN his library and cabinet. He was
well-known microscopic ard by thXt means
made many scientific discoveries Tor the
past year he had been In poor(health but
kept hard at work az his studies his last
work being to arrange his cabinet 50 that
others might be benefited by It. He was one
of the leading members of the Henry
County Historical Society, which is gather
ing material of the early history of the
county During the late war he left the
editorial chair to carry a gun. being a
Union soldier in Company b. One-hundred-
and -thirty-ninth Indiana Regiment The
funeral will be held at his late residence
Sunday afternoon at l o'clock and burial in
Spiceland Cemetery.
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THE CURRENCY PROBLEM.
Subject Discussed by Delegates to the
Economic Association.

CLEVELAND o.. Dec. S1.-Questions of
finance claimed the attention of the Amer
lean Economic Association at the closing
session of it's annual meeting this morning.
The subject for discussion was THE Prob
lem of the Reform of the Currency" This
discussion was opened by Prof. +. w. Tau
sig. of Harvard University. who began by
Analysing and explaining Secretary Cages
report. He explained the three salient points
first. the issue of new 255 per cent. in ex
change for the present and per cent.
bonds. with the possibility of some fresh
and independent issues of 21s per cent; sec
ond. the change In the terms of national
bank issues; third. the new ARRANGEMENT as
to the treasury. The important changes, In
the speakers opinion. are the second and
third. At the conclusion of Professor Tau
sig's address Horace White, of New York.
read a paper on the reform of the currency.
outlining the present national bank system.
He predicted that the abolition OF the 10 per
cent. tax on state bank issues would promote
the god-brick industry in banking. He
commended the Canadian system in bank
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SEIZED BY MEXICANS
STARS AND STRIPES HAULED DOWN
ON CLIPPERTON ISLANDS,
And the Flag of Our Sister Republic
Hoisted in Place of sold Glory
A GuanO-COvered Rock.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. 31-The steamer
Albion arrived to-day from a months cruise
down the coast and her passengers tell of a
rather high-handed proceeding at Clipper
ton island on the part of the Mexican gum
boat Democratic, being nothing less than the
hauling down of the star and stripes by
an armed force landed for the purpose and
in spite of the protests of the men there en-
ployed and the raising of the Mexican flag.
Our trip down the coast as far as Santo
Domingo was void of any particular Incl
DENT said Roscoe Howard, one of the pas
sengers. ION our return took on a sailor
at Acapulco, and from him 1 learned that
he had been brought to that port by the
Mexican gunboat Democratic from Clipper
ton island. He, with two other men, had
been employed by guano company to take
charge of about 1900 tons of guano that was
stored in the warehouses on the island and
when they were landed there, some nine
months ago, they hoisted the American flag
and notified the secretary of state of their
action. On Dec. IA the Democratic dropped
anchor short distance from the island and
sent boats crew of marines to the island
but on attempting to land the boat was
dashed against a coral reef and suffered
considerable damage. Finally the marines
were landed, and after an official ceremony
the stairs and stripes were hauled down
from the fiagpole that had been erected by
the Americans and in its place the Mexican
flag was hoisted.
Having taken formal possession of the
island. the marines withdrew and notified
the men who remained on the island not to
allow anyone to take away the guano,. under
penalty of violating the Mexican laws. The
island is about eight hundred miles off the
Mexican coast, almost due west of Acapulco
and is known as an atoll, or coral reef. 1t
Is about four miles in circumference, with a
large-sized stake in the center. Two palm
trees constitute the sole vegetation on the
island. which is made the home of millions
of sea fowl Thousands of tons of the rich
est guanO is to be found on the island and
represents its sole worth, apart from the
value of the coral. When the marines land
ed TO take possession of the island in be-
half of Mexico they were fully armed and
prepared to do battle with whatever re-
sistance might be offered"
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WOMAN MOTORNEER.
Mrs. Mabel BrierIy's Ambition Is to
Run an Electric Car.

MIDDLETOWN, n. Y, Dec. 3-Mrs.
Mabel Briefly, of Matamoras, Pa, yester-
day applied TO Superintendent Urban, of
the Middletown-G Goshen Traction Company,
for position as substitute motorneer on an
electric car. The superintendent looked her
over and made up his mind she would do.
The woman is big and brawny. She wore
short, brown skirt, with leggins to match.
She says she is one of two women in the
United States WHO have had experience in
running electric cars. Mrs Briefly told SUI
perintendent Urban that she applied for and
hoped to get d permanent situation on the
Port Jarvis road when it was opened for
business. She admitted that she was lit
tie rusty in the manipulation of lever ana
brake, and said she had come to Middle
town in the hope of getting work as sub
stitute in order that she might gain practice
and so be able to make a good appearance
on the Port Jarvis line. She contided 10
Mr.. Urban that it was her ambition to do
SO well there that no man would be able to
excel her in the running of a car. Mrs.
Briefly was given letter to motorman
named Reed, telling him to let her ride in
the veStibule with him and watch his move
ments. She made several trips over the line
and ran car to-day.
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REDUCTIONS IN WAGES
GENERAL CUT IN THE NEW ENGLAND
COTTON INDUSTRY.
Action Of the Fall River Mills Fol-
lowed by Those of Rhode ISL
and and other States.

BOSTON, Dec. 31.-The action Of the cot
ton manufacturers in New Bedford and
Rhode Island in deciding to join the move
ment to lower the wage scale in January,
which was inaugurated by the big corpora
tons of Fall River. make the reduction
practically a general one throughout the
New England States. Cotton mills in Fall
River. Lowell, Manchester, Salem, Suncook.
n. H., and a number of smaller places
have already posted notices of a reduction,
amounting from 10 to II 1-9 per cent In
New Bedford it is understood the cut-doWn
applies to the cloth mills only. AS far as
known to-day the reduction in all the mill
centers applies to treasurers, superintend-
ents, overseers and clerks as well as to the
spinners and other operatives
NEW BEDFORD. Mass. Dec. Sl.-The
owners Of the cotton cloth and weaving
mills in this city have voted to post notices
of 10-per-cent. reduction in wages, to take
effect Jan. II. 1t is understood that the re-
duction will apply to all salaries The cut
down will affect nearly ten thousand OPP
eratiVeS.
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In Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE, r. T., Dec. 31.-After de-
laying their decision to the last in the hope
that in the meantime conditions might
change so as to render the step unneces-
sary, the agents of the leading cotton man
ufacturing corporations in this State de-
cided to-day to reduce wages. The cut-down
will average about II per cent. 1t will take
effect Jan II, and notices to that effect will
be posted Monday in the mills of b. B. d
r. Knight, the Lonsdale Company, the
Manville, Social and other companies con-
trolled by the Lipptts and the smaller cor
porations throughout the State.
Mr.. ]. w. Danielson, of the Quinnebag
Company Lockwood Manufacturing Com
pany and other corporations with mills in
eastern Connecticut said the reduction
would take effect at his mills on Jan. H.,
although the amount of reduction has not
yet been decided on. The other eastern
Connecticut corporations will take similar
action, and mills operating about two mil
lion spindles in this State and Massachu-
sets, and the earnings of between 10000
and 35 900 operatives will be affected by this
decision of the Providence agents Many
firms oppose the reductions and would have
favored running shorter hours, but they say
they cannot afford to keep up the cost OF
production and then curtail the output
regular quantity at 10 per cent. less cost
The exact amount of the reduction is not
fixed yet, but it will be on the same line as
in the other cities.
Col. r. II. /. Goddard, in discussing the
cut-down, said II should have preferred to
Keep the wages where they are and run
shorter hours for, say four months but, as
the rest decided to run full time, we shall
be obliged to do the same. No doubt the
first action taken In Fall River was largely
due to Southern competition. The low
wages and standard of living, with the
longer hours there, make it very hard for
us to compete with them I do not think
that the cotton manufacturing business will
ever leave New England for the South, but
things will have to equalize themselves
Mr.. Robert Knight said: I'VE have got to
do it TO put ourselves on a level with the
other manufacturers. We are opposed to it
and do not believe it IS going to better con-
ditions very much. 1t will only bring us
10 per cent nearer the Southern manufac-
turers. This is the key to the whole situa-
ton, and where to-day the Southern mills
are sold up and can go on making and sell
ing at profit we are carrying stocks and
when we sell we cannot get back new dol
lar for an old one. The legislatures have
done much harm in the North by interfer-
ing and they have attempted more than
they had any business TO, and a change will
have TO be made in present laws or laws
will have to be made in the South to regu-
LATE the working hours there"
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Mexico Claims the Island.

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 31-Otficial intelli-
gence received from Mazatlan shows that
when tie Mexican gunboat arrived at Clip
perton island, which is thirty miles west of
Acapulco, it was found that a party of
Americans had raised the American flag and
had coolly appropriated all the guano beds
which they were operating They had built
houses and permanently established them
selves. The Democratic had a very stormy
passage, and found the island of very diff
fcult access and a boatload of Mexican
marines was upset in going through the
surf, the en- losing their rifles and swords
They saved themselves by swimming, and
a Mexican flag was carried ashore by Julian
Santos, the StOker of the gunboat who ran
the risk of being devoured by sharks that
abound in those waters. Captain GeneSta
ordered the American flag hauled down and
the Mexican flag was raised. there being
little protest on the partOf the Americans
representing guano exploring company
This formality having been accomplished
the gunboat returned to Mazatlan. There
are about twenty thousand tons of guano
on the island, valued al $900.0 900 in gold
Representations showing that the action of
the guano company is one of mere usurpa-
ton will be made. Clipperton island is I'M
doubtedly in Mexican territory, although
not settled by MeXicans. There has been no
excitement over the matter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01
HEAVY LOSS BY STORM
PITTsBURG AND ALLEGHENY SUI
FER TO THE EXTENT OF $4,000.
Serious Damage in other Portions of
ennsyIvania-Wires Rendered Use-
less by SnOw-SeveraI Casualties.

PITTSBURG, Dec. S1.-Pittsburg and AL
legheny experienced the most disastrous
snowstorm, in point of damage to wires.
buildings, traction lines, etc. in their his
tory The loss to the Bell Telephone Com
pany in the two cities alone will reach, 1t
is estimated, an aggregate of $4,000 The
prostration Of their wires in Indiana, JET
ferson and Westmoreland counties, where
the business is practically at a standstill,
will run the total up to $125,000. 1t will be
weeks before perfect communication will
be restored In this city the entire police
and fire alarm wire systems are utterly use
less 1t is impossible to communicate with
the police in many parts of the city and
for the next three or four days Pittsburg
will have to return to the olden-time plan
and in case of fire or other disaster ar
rangements have been made to ring the
school bells and blow mill whistles to
spread the alarm.
The traction companies were tied up al
most completely for a good part of the
day, the Duquesne branch of the Consoli-
dated Company being entirely abandoned
after about IL o'clock on account of the
great number of telephone and telegraph
poles which were broken along Forbes
street. That street for nearly two miles
was mass of broken poles and PROSTATE
wires "A large force of men are at work
endeavoring to clean the street for traffic
tomorrow. The loss to the traction COM
panies is estimated at $4,000.
large number of accidents are reported
and many horses We're killed by coming in
contact with live wires, but fortunately no
human fatalities occurred. Nathan S. Eddy,
assistant weather observer, however, may
die from the effects of the injuries re-
ceived this evening while taking the tenn
perature and snowfall on top of the gov
eminent building. He fell from the weather
gauge building to a roof ten feet below
ana from there to another lower down. His
colIar bone was broken and his skull frac-
tured- The physicians say his case is very
serious. Among others injured to-day were
Lee Campbell, cOlored driver. The horse
he was driving was instantly killed and
campbell was BADLY shocked His condition
Is critical. Joseph Daley a telephone line
man, was shocked to lnsensibility and badly
burned by live wire cOiling about his
Dody. lie may die. John Gill, telephone
hneman, was hurled sixty feet through a
net work of electric light wires and severe
ly injured A number of others sustained
slight injuries.
The loss to the two cities cannot be esti-
mated tonight, but it will reach away up
into the thousands More than l, 20 men and
H5 teams are hard at work cleaning the
streets. Many of the telegraph wires east
ana west are down result of the heavy
falI or snow. The reports show that the
wires as far east as Altoona, on the Penn
sylvania Railroad, have succumbed to the
between some points not "a single wire was
left on the poles.
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Creedon's Turn to Talk.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. S1.-Dan Creedon,
who has located in this city for the winter,
to-day said: kid Mccoy is enjoying the
fruits of a combination of accidents. Nc
Coy claims the middleweight championship
as the result of his fight with me at catch
weights. 1 weighed four pounds over the
limit and 1 know Mccoy was more than
fourteen pounds outside the middleweight
notch. Besides that l was sick during my
training, sick during the fight and am still
under the weather In my condition Mccoy
should have beaten me in the sixth round
but on my word, he can't punish at all.
hausted me. l can defeat Mccoy at any
terms. but he is not a heavyweight and as
a catch weight he is mongrel. If he wants
to win the middeweight championship /
will fight him for it, but it means 1853
pounds"
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CHANCE FOR A LYNCHING.
Murderer OF Waterloo Waterman
Caught I'm Chicago.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WATERLOO, Ind. Dec. 3l.-Marshal Will
liam Rose received the following telegram
from l. p. Colleran, chief of detectives Of
Chicago, this afternoon
Charles Thompson, twenty-six years old.
five feet eight inches TALL weight 1cO pounds,
light brown hair and mustache, short chin
whiskers. dark sack suit. old brown soft hat
shot in left leg, came here last night on
Baltimore & Ohio freight train. If you want
him come at once"
Marshal Rose wired back to hold him, and
communicated with the sheriff. Deputy
Sheriff Platter left early this evening for
Chicago. Later advices from Chicago say
the wound was bandaged with pieces of
morse blanket and grain sack. This was
done by the murderer before he left this
place after the murder. The horse and bug
gy which the mUrderers stole were found
to-day near Garrett, where the men took
a train on the Baltimore & Ohio This de-
seription is the same as that given by ere
of two tough characters who stopped at
house four miles west of here a.id asked
for an old tin teapot, which they made
into a dark lantern, by use Of q candle. This
lantern was found at the scene of the shoot
ing yesterday and Identified as the same
teapot given the strangers. An angry mob
Is impatiently waiting the return OF the
sheriff and the murderer. and unless excite
ment subsidies the man Will surely be
lynched.
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TRIBUTE TO POPE LEO.
Response Of Mgr. Martinelli to an Adj
dress of welcome.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 31.-A largely at
tended reception was given tonight to the
apostolic delegate, Mgr Sebastian Martin
ELI, by the citizens of st. Paul in the Ryan
Hotel. An address of welcome was read by
the Hon. Daniel w. Lawler. Mgr Martin
elli after thanking his hosts. said:
THE ability of man and his greatness
of heart and mind should be judged by the
work he has done and by the achievements
he has attained. Mankind is made UP of
domestic, civil and religious society. Leo
XIII, with his encyclical letters on mar
riage, on the constitution of civil society,
on the labor question, deals with the Sc
curity of superior mind with the greatest
problems of the day. and strives to pro-
mote the prosperity and welfare of society,
as well as of the nation, pointing out the
means to be used for attaining that end and
indicating the evils which lead to its de-
struction or ruin. Among the evils pointed
out by the supreme pontiff are the want of
individual and social freedom, the want of
honesty, uprightness and religion Because
no man can be honest upright and loyal to
his neighbor who is not loyal to his God,
who is not impressed with the idea that
there is a Supreme Being to whom he must
give sooner or later an accountof all his
private and public actions.
There is no need for me, gentlemen, to
speak to you of the Pope's love for your
great country and its institutions, nor of the
interest he takes in it's prosperity, nor of the
hope he entertainS of our greater future.
The general character of the American peo
pie, the nature of your political constitution,
based on one of the greatest attributes with
which man is endowed, with liberty, stands
as the basis and foundation of this hope A
keen observer cannot fail to notice that the
marvellous progress made by the Catholic
Church in this country is due not only to
its principles and doctrines, but also to the
liberty which she enjoys in this free land.
Such progress cannot be accounted for I'M
less we admit the intrinsic force of Chris
tian principles and doctrines, and tine fitness
and adaptability of the land in which such
seed is sown. Let me therefore congratulate
you all for your good dispositions and on the
work already achieved and lie me hope that
you will persevere with united efforts till
it will be completed and become a model for
every other state and nation"
In conclusion Mgr Martinelli paid a warm
tribute to Archbishop Ireland. The monsig-
nor will leave st. Paul next Tuesday haV-
ing been the guest of Archbishop ireland
since before Christmas other guests during
the same time including most of the leading
church dlgnitaries of the Northwest.
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Robinon,s claim Cut Down.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE Ind. Dec. 3l.-In the Su-
perior Court this afternoon Judge O'Rourke
accepted the withdrawal of NJ. S. Robi-
son as receiver of the Fort Wayne CONSOLE
dated Street-railwuy and accepted his final
report Robson was the companys re-
ceiver with j. II. Bass, and asked for an
allowance of $4,000 for acting as receiver
and general manager Of the company for
the past sixteen months A strong protest
against the allowance was filed by several
of the heaviest creditors and the judge al
lowed him but 81. 667 for his services in both
positions for sixteen months He will close
up his affairs at once and return to Cleve-
land. Mr.. Bass will take charge Of the
property as sole received at midnight and
will appoint Nc. A. l.. Scott. of Cleveland.
general manager. Mr.. Robson and his
brother. r. De Haas Robson. were almost
sole owners of the company. but the al
legged misrepresentation of bonds by former
President Shipherd so crippled them finan-
cially that they could not hold II longer
and il Will be operated by a syndicate of
Cleveland bankers until the Robisons can
perfect financial ARRANGEMENTS which will
enable them 10 pay of the indebtedness of
the Uaut.
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REPLY TO KID MCCOY.
ChOynski VIII Meet the HoOsier Pu-
EiIist at Catch Weights Only.

CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-"Parson" Davies,
manager for Joe Choynski, the heavyweight
pugilist, to-day issued the following ulti-
matum in answer to Kid McCoy's announce
ment that he would meet the Californian at
162 pounds: Joe Choynski will fight Kid
Mccoy at catch weights at any place and
at any time for a purse of $1,000. He will
agree to no particular weight"
Prospects for meeting between the two
pugilists therefore are not very bright at
present McCoy's first proposition to Cho-
ynsk was a meeting at los pounds. lie art
erward agreed to allow Choynsh to enter
the ring at 1872 pounds, but ''Iarson" Davies
will not listen to any proposition limiting
the weight of Choynski. Heretofore the
question of weight does not seem TO have
bothered Mccoy so much said he to-day:
why is he SO particular in this instance?
He fought Creedon at catch weights and
Dick O'Brien and when he promised me
match with Joe after the Long Island City
match he said nothing about 1872 pounds.
We will not agree to pull the fight OF at
Carson City. just to please Dan Stuart that
is too far away, and we won't postpone the
match until next summer to please Mccoy
or Stuart or any one.