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The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
THE TROOPS FOR ALASKA
GEN. MERRIAM EXPECTS TO STRIKE
CHILKOOT PASS ON FEB. 10.
The Aerial Railway over the Pass
Said to he Finished, Shortening the
Trip to a Days Journey.

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 30-The steamer
Elwood, loaded with government equip
ments and forage for the Alaska relief ex-
pedition, is lying at the wharf at Vancouver
barracks ready to transfer her freight to
the steamer George w. Elder when she ar
rives from Alaska tomorrow. The Elder is
scheduled to sail again on Feb. /. She VIII
carry the escort of sixty enlisted men and
$50 tons of supplies. and the steamer Sig
nal, which sails from Seattle Feb Z, Will
carry 40 pack animals and twenty-four
men and portion of the supplies General
Merriam, commanding the Department OF
the Columbia, has decided upon landing the
entire expedition at Dyea and pushing for
ward over the Chilkoot pass as fast as pos
sible. He has notified the Chicago Snow
and Ice Transportation Company, which has
the contract to transport the supplies from
Dyea to the interior, that its train must be
ready to receive freight by Feb. Is at Dyea.
General Merriam is working out plan
to ascertain the number of people and the
amount of supplies that will enter Alaska
this summer. Speaking of this matter to-
day he said From present indications
greater expedition will be needed next Win
ter than this. Hundreds are already em-
barking for the gold fields without more
than sufficient supplies to last during the
summers prospecting. 1t appears that
thousands or more are on the way in
similar condition. While many may come
out at the end of the season, others will
stay with the hope of purchasing supplies.
Therefore it is my opInIon that the Alaskan
detachment of the army could not be bet
ter employed than to watch the trails and
tally the men and provisions passing to the
interior. The government will have definite
information as to whether there will be
want or suffering in Alaska next winter"
Because OF the conditions which may
arise to alter the present arrangements,
General Merriam will go in person at least
as far as ChiIcOOt pass to direct operations.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
OUTLOOK FOR 1895.
Evidences that Prosperity Will BE
General.
Leslie's Weekly.

The fact that so few railroads went into
the hands of receivers last year is the best
evidence that corporations which have sur
vived since 1S95-not only railroad, but all
other cOrpOratiOnS-muS possess inherent
strength. The investor whose funds were
swept away by the wiping out OF stocks ana
the scaling down of bonded indebtedness
during the past five years may feel at leasI
a little confidence in the integrity or that
which he still holds; while the new inves-
tor, who goes into the market now and buys
improved securities. can know that there
is something of real and permanent value
behind his purchases.
1t is a singular circumstance that up to a
year or so ago the East was looked upon as
the most prosperous section of the country,
while at present the West and the North
west and the Pacific coast are enjoying
greater prosperity than most of the Eastern
States. The Pacific coast and the North
western section have benefited largely py
the gold discoveries in Alaska, and all the
West has reaped a golden harvest from the
enhanced prices of cereals, and especially
wheat. The East suffers from a plethora
of money and depression in many lines OF
industry, and especially in the manufacture
of cotton goods, a field in which the South
has become a most aggressive and success
full competitor with the mills OF New Eng
land. Had there been such rise in the
price of cotton as there has been in the
price of wheat, the South to-day would be
the most prosperous section of the country
and it only needs the stimulus of an adj
vance in cotton to bring about another
booming period in the Southern States.
The mining States of the West are GER
talnly IN mucn DeJIer llndHcldi COuulllOu
than they were three years ago While sill
yer has declined to such an extent that
many of the formerly productive mines
have shut down, the development or gold
mi ing in recent years has beel so stimulated
that the mineral output of the precious
metal States now almost equals in value
that of the most prosperous years. 1T is IN.
teresting to note that the gold product OF
this country continues, to show as steady eaf;
mated at over $61 900 ,O0O, and it surprised
even that of the far-famed African gold
fields and in fact was higher than that of
any other country on the globe. Colorado,
instead of being the great silver State, has
now become the greatest gold State. taking
the place of California, and leading the
latter in the estimated production of gold
for 1897 by about $2OO0,OO0. This year, with
the splendid prospects developed in Alaska,
promises to be the greatest gold-producing
year of modern times, and the United States
will continue to lead the procession
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
PIG-IRoN OUTPUT OF 1897.
Nearly 1O,OOO,OOO Tons, and the Larg-
est Record.
Philadelphia Record.

An advance sheet of the Bulletin of the
American Iron and Steel Association gives
the total production of pig iron in 1897 as
1862 $50 gross tons, against S.623 127 tons in
1896, 1856 30S tons in 1885, 6657 1888 tons in 1894
1.124 502 tons in 1893 y157 900 tons in 1892
S,279S70 tons in 1891, and 9202.703 tons in $780,
Tho production in 1897 was o29,553 tons
more than in 1896, an increase of almost u
per cent. The increase was almost wholly
in the last half of the year.
The production of Bessemer pig iron in
1897 was 5,I9o,5S4 tons. against $50 tons
III 1896, and 5,623 sos tons in 1895. The in
crease in 1897 over 1896 was l, ,140 500 TONS The
production of basic pig iron was 556 ,3yl tons,
against 336 403 tons in 1896. The production
of 1897 was distributed as follows New
York and New Jersey, 1901 TONS Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, 265.54S tons; other
counties in Pennsylvania. 81, $50 tons; Mary
land. Virginia and Alabama, 1852 tons, and
Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri, 29, 720
tons
The production of charcoal pig iron in
1897 was 255 ,211 tons, against .244 tons in
1886, decrease of 55,033 tons. The produc-
1885 tons, against 131 $40 tons in 1895, and
lIl124 tons in 1895.
The stocks of pig iron which were unsold
in the hands of manufacturers or their
agents on Dec. 81; 1897, and which were not
intended for their own consumption
amounted 10 Coo. .iS9 gross TONS against S27 :
1863 tons similarly held on June 30. 1897, and
711.649 tons on Dec. 81, 1896 These figures
and not removed from the furnace bank
nor pig iron manufactured by rolling mill
proprietors for their own use.
In addition to the stocks of pig iron above
noted there should be added 21S4S9 tons in
the yards of the American Pig Iron Storage
Warrant Company which had passed out of
the hands OF the makers. making S74 97S tons
which may be said TO have been then on the
on June 50. 1897, and S47,6S6 tons on Dec 81,
1896.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
FRENCH SILK FIRM TO COME HERE.
Move Caused by Effects of Operation
of the DingIey Tariff.

New York Evening Sun.
A considerable reduction in the price Of
certain grades of silk, it is announced by
merchants in the trade, is likely to result
from the starting Of a new SILK mill III
this country. l.. Duplan & Co. Of Lyons,
France, are the promoters of the new
plant The firm, which had large trade
in this country several years ago. found
after the Dingley tariff went into opera
tion that 1t was unable to compete with
our own manufacturers. To regain its old
custom the firm now proposes to establish
plant South Bethlehem, Pa, where it
will manufacture sill, which has heretofore
not been made outside of Lyons.
Members of the firm say that there will
be no great lowering of prices and that a
trade war is not contemplated, but that they
do intend to lower prices to some extent.
The firm is one of the largest in Lyons,
and its products have for years been i'm
ported into this country. Under the Wilson
tariff ii was a strong competitor in this
market, but when the Dingley tariff went
into effect its field here was at once af-
fected.
The firm found that it could not hope to
regain it's old place under the new tariff,
and so began looking for site fol, mills
in the United States. With this project in
mind the firm Snd its representatives in
this city formed the Duplan Silk Company.
Suitable property was purchased in South
its silk on sale early in April. AT first only
chapple SILK. common grade, Will be man
uiactured put inside OF SIX months all
sorts of fine material will be included in the
output. The new mills will aim to supply
the American trade alone, and none of the
silk Is to be sent out of the country. 1t is
expected that two hundred looms will be
in operation on April /. and this number
will be increased as the demand grows
larger.
Mr.. Cozzens. of the local firm of Cozzens,
ELDERS & Prankard, who IS interested in the
new plant, in speaking of it said: IF the
experiment proves successful our capital
stock of 100000 will be increased and about
five hundred looms will be put in motion.
The raw material will be imported DIRECT
from Italy and Japan. so that there will
be no unnecessary expense. We expect not
only to regain our lost trade, but also to
acquire considerable more"
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
KEEP THEM FOR AWHILE
MINERS AGREEMENT MAY WIND UP
APRIL L IN ANOTHER STRIKE.
No Change in the Situation at New
BedfOrd-UniOn yVeavers Will Re-
ceive Strike Pay To-Day.

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-The last of the dele
gates TO the recent conference Of mine
operators and miners left the city to-day.
Nothing remains now but to wait until
April of this year when the agreement
signed here is to go into effect. to see how
many operators will abide by it and pay
10 cents a ton increase. In the interim be-
tween now and April /, the officers of the
national organization will move the head
quarters from Columbus to Indianapolis.
They VIII then turn their attention to induc-
ing the Ohio operators, who were not par
ties TO the agreement, to get in line. 1t is
said that if failure is made in this at
tempt strike will surely be inaugurated
in the Hooking valley, Jackson county and
other Ohio coal fields within ten days after
the time the new agreement is to so into
effect
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
A wealthy Pnuper.


Simon Abramvsky, who said that he was
tailor and had lived five or six years in
washington, arrived at the barge office on
the steamer Scotia with his wife and their.
three children. He had no money when
questioned. and the immigration authori-
ties told him that they would he Obliged
to return him and his family to Europe as
paupers. One of the employees of the I'M
migration Bureau plying the man. lent him
cents with which 10 buy as many postal
cards. Abramvsky wrote to his relatives,
who sent him $50. This was not sufficient,
so the authorities decided that the family
would have to be deported. This morning.
as they We're being prepred for transit to
a Europeward bound ship, Abramvsky
asked TO see Assistant Commissioner Of
immigration McSweeney privately. He
confided in this official that he had 500
francs concealed about his person. and later
in the commissioners Office the money was
counted out. Abramvsky will now be re-
leased.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
Gen. Sir Daniel Lysons.

LONDON, Jan. 30.-General Sir Daniel
Lysons, constable of the Tower of London
since 1890. is dead.
General Lysons, who was promoted to
that rank in 1879, was born at Rodmartin
Worcestershire, Aug. /, 1916. He was son
of the Rev. Daniel Lysons and was edu-
Gated at Shrewsbury In 1884 he entered the
First Royals and served through the Cana
dian rebellion in 1888. Five years later he
was wrecked in the transport Premier, men
toned in dispatches, and promoted to the
rank of captain in the Third West India
Regiment. He served throughout the
Crimean war; commanding the Second
Brigade Light Division, winning the Legion
of Honor, Turkish and Sandman medals
and the third-class medjidie. He was sent
to organize the Canadian militia at the
Trent affair in 1861 and subsequently COM
lnanded barracks at Malta and AlderShot.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
HER BOILERS LEAK.
why Battle Ship Indiana Had to BE
TOwed by the New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. S1.-A dispatch to the
Herald from Washington says: There has
been received at the Navy Department an
official report from Rear Admiral Sicard
concerning the leakage of the boiler tubes
of the battle ship Indiana, which neces-
STATED the towing of that vessel by the
cruiser New York in order for it to keep
up with the remainder of the North At
lantic squadron. That Rear Admiral Sicard
did not think the matter was important is
shown by the fact that he only mentioned
1T in one paragraph of a letter headed In
cidents of the cruise from Hampton Roads
to Key West"
He stated that one of the Indiana's boil
erS began to give trouble, and in order not
to delay the passage to Key West he or
dered the New York TO take the Indiana in
tow. Hawsers were run out to the battle
ship and the New York, aided by some of
the boilers which were in good condition on
board the Indiana, pulled the battle ship
along without much difficulty.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
Indiana Notes.

Jefferson county Republican committee
mas, naS elected the FOLLOWING officers: Thomas
McNutt, cha1rman Oliver +. Watson, vice
chairman; John II. Shamback, secretary,
and John w. Tevis, treasurer.
The Cass county Republican central COM
mlttee has elected w. w. Moss of Noble
Logansport. for vice chairman: George
Walters, for secretary, and B. +. Keesling,
for treasurer.
The Shelby county Republican central
committee met Saturday and organized by
electing Mr.. Charles H Campbell, of the
blanchard Furniture Company, chairman:
George I'll. Dunn. treasurer, and It. E. Good
rich, editor of the Shelby Republican, sec
retary.
The Washington county Republican COM
mittee met Saturday and reorganized by
electlng DIR. II. c. Hobbs, chairman; Noble
Z. CutShaw, secretary J. A. Kemp. cor
responding secretary. and Thomas Coombs,
treasurer: DR.. Hobbs was forced to accept
a reelection.
komo, the largest plant for the manufacture
or sanitary pottery west of New Jersey, has
resumed operations after shutdown of
SIX weeks. The stocknouse is empty and
orders are on the books TO keep the concern
busy for several months. Three hundred
men are employed.
The Decatur county committee is COM
posed as follows: William Ehrhardt. chair
man; Web Woodfill, vice chairman; Edward
Ollie, secretary; John D. WalIingford. treas
urer; j. NJ Redington, Charles Reed, w. S.
Bruce Throp, w. A. Williams Merit Webb,
William Favor. John l.. Shelhorn. Charles
Braden, f. A. Byers, John w. Smith, j. M
CASTOR, Jacob Black, A. S. Moore, Kit
Ames, A. Ricourt, ]. n. Adams Charles
Evans, William Tucker, l.. w. Jerman and
John Castor.
The new Dubois county Republican cen
trail committee met at Jasper Saturday and
elected the following officers: Chairman
z. u. Hubbard, of BirdSeye; vice chairman,
j. e. Norman, of Ireland; secretary, Daniel
Rentepohler, of Huntngburg; treasurer,
John +. Mehringer, of Jasper. The follow
ing are delegates to the district convention
at New Albany: w. II. Cox, Z. L. Katter-
henry, C. J. Hubbard, Samuel NJ. Ellis, M.
l.. Borden and W. S. Hunter. Aternates:
Andy Gutsell +. Schneider, DR.. w. r. Nc
Mahan. j. W. Lewis, Robert Raney and
J. j. Himsel.
Jay county Republican central committee
has elected the following officers: Chairman.
j. s. Culbert: vice chairman, A. j. Frost;
secretary, j. w. Vaus; treasurer, Dee Co.
Walt. The committee is made up of the fol-
lowing: M. b. Wood, S. S. Bullock, Thomas
Berry James E. Merry, T. A. Harris, M. ".
Coons, Benjamin Wilson, Ora Williamson,
James Current, Jerome Hopkins, James Sut-
ton, j. p. Leamon, S. III. Barr, l.. Fl. Tre-
haern, j. H Powers, Silas Hiser, Firm An
drevs, William Coggshell, w. K. Sanders,
Thomas Stewart c. c.. Clark, Ebenezer
Jones, Warren Smith, Frank Smith, l. H.
Hanks. w. A. Hart. John Stoltz,, l.. G..
Holmes, j. E Weller William Axe, c. +.
Walters, Ellsworth Martin, A. E. Bushong
Clark Beck and c. w. Muth.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
Function of Municipal Government.

L. =. Omltnl IN engineering Magazine.
A city being organized for fhe purpose Of
carrying on ordinary municipal business, it
is not part of such business to engage in
manufacturing or other pursuits for the
purpose of making money. The ideal mu-
nicipal government is that in which the
expenses of government are exactly COW
cred by the taxes. and in which the city
has, so to speak, no profit or loss to show
at the end OF each year. Now, any COM
mercial business is carried either at
profit or a loss. If the city's business OF
gas or electric lighting is to be carried on
at profit, then those citizens who use gas
or electric light will be charged a high
price for that light, i'm order to pay
profit, not only to themselves, but also to
those who do not use it. If the works are
to be carried on at loss, then the citizens
who do not use the gas or electric light will
pay taxes to furnish a convenience or
economy to those citizens who do use it.
If the works are to be operated exactly at
cost, then the city will carry on a business
from which it will get nothing but in which
it Will have to take the labor and risk i'm
cident to such a business in order to benefit
some only of its citizens. furnishing a COM
modify not desired by all.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
ANOTHER FAIR DAY.
No Mention of Possible snow Squalls
for Monday.

Forecasts for indianapolis and vicinity for
the twenty-four hours ending II p. IN. Jan.
31-Fair weather on Monday.
General Conditions-A low barometric
area. central south from Lake Superior, eX-
tends south from beyond the lakes to the
Gulf of Mexico. No great change in tenn
perature occurred. Rain fell from the lower
Mississippi valley eastward, and snow from
the upper Mississippi valley eastward to the
Atlantic.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O-Forecast for
Monday:
For Ohio-Light snow, followed by fair;
light to fresh southerly winds, becoming
northwesterly.
For Indiana and Enthusiastically fair
Monday; colder in northern portions; north
westerly winds.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
Chinese Partition sooner or Later.

Review OF Reviews.
The situation on the Chinese coast that
has followed Germany's seizure of Kiaoe
chau has continued to hold the foremost
place in the attention of the world. Nobody
knows what will happen eventually, but
il is not likely that the great game Of Chi
nese partition is to begin at once. In due
time however, the Chinese empire bids
fair to go to pieces. We have been ac-
customed in times past to think of the Chi
nese as several hundred millions of per-
fectly homogeneous people. AS a matter
of fact although they belong to the great
yellow division OF the human race. the di-
versities of type in the different parts of
China are greater than the diversites
among white men Of Europe, and there is
less connection and by far less sympathy
among them than among the discOrdant
population elements that make up the pres
day-day cOnglomerate that we know as the
.Austro-Hungarian empire. There is an inn
mense range OF dialects in China and II
often happens that the people of one neigh
borhood cannot talk with those who live In
another four or five miles away. There is
no such thing in China as a pervasive ma
tknal feeling or an imperial patriotism. The
various provincial governments are not un-
der firm control by the central government
and such military and naval forces as eX
st are provincial rather than imperial. The
Chinese Of different provinces and sections
hate each other worse than they hate the
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
INsULATEs HIS BED.
How a Baltimore Man Gets the Better
of His Rheumatism.
Baltimore Sun.

BdlC1mOre sun.
A novel theory about the prevention of
rheumatism and neuralgia has been prac-
ticed with success by Charles +. Hanna
auditor of the custom house Mr.. Hanna
has long been interested in writings on
medical subjects, and through his brother
in-laW who is Well-knOWn physician in
another State, he has been enabled 20 keep
pace with the advance of medical science as
recorded in technical journals.
About fifteen years ago Mr. Hanna was
struck by suggestion of DR.. Brown-Se-
Guard. of Paris, that rheumatism, neuralgia,
and kindred complaints were caused by lack
of electricity in the body. The physician
relaxed, electricity ordinarily in the body
flows off through surrounding objects to the
earth. When the sleeper wakes with
twinges Of pain in his joints and nerves he
suffers until the natural supply of electric
ity is regained from the air.
The remedy suggested for this was to IN
sulate the legs of the bed and thus retain
in the sleeper's body all the electricity he
had accumulated during the day.
TO read was to act with Mr.. Hanna, VINO
had long been a sufferer from rheumatism
and also from sleeplessness, as the slight
est sound aroused him. He secured four
glass cups, such as are used on the desks
of money counters to hold sponges for
mOistening the fingers. cup was placed
under each leg of his bed, and that night
Mr. Hanna slept soundly. Not only that,
but he arose the next morning without
vestige of pain in his body. Never since
has he been without the four III e lnsu-
latorS always taking them along Wnen ne
has occasion to use a strange bed nrst
placing the bed out from the wall, so that
il is not in contact with anything.
Many of Mr.. Hanna's friends have tried
his prescription with gratifying results and
the relief of painful symptoms from which
they previously suffered
A young'man, athletic and full of life, who
was visiting the family at one time, was
put into one of the insulated beds. with the
result that he tossed and tumbed, but was
unable to sleep soundly. The following night
the inSulators were removed and the young
man slept soundly. The third night the in
suators were put back and again the young
man could rot sleep. After that Mr.. Hanna
concluded that perhaps too much electricity
could be stored up in the body sometimes.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
Literary NeurOlogist Needed.

Halle Ermine Rives, the author OF
Smoking Flax" is reported to have been
so unnerved by hostile criticism of her
book that she has become patient in an
Eastern sanitarium. If the report be true
there will be genuine sympathy for the
will not be Of the kind that will lead people
to buy her book. The report, of course,
may be an exaggeration. or it may be
of nervous prostration in the Rives family
of authors. Amalie Rves, cousin of Hal
lie Ermine Rives, set the fashion by having
an attack of nerves following close upon
any particularly hostile criticism of her
books The peculiar thing about the case
of Miss Halle Ermine Rives is how young
woman can have sufficiently strong nerves
to write a book in defense of lynchng and
then break down under the strain of adj
verse criticism. The opinion of some liter
airy neurologist in such cases ought to be
both interesting and valuable
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
Ninth District Programme.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Jan. 30.-The love
feast at the opera hoLse tomorrow night
promises to be a regular house warming.
Arrangements are being perfected to make
It one of the greatest meetings of the kind
ever held I'm the State. 1t is in the nature
OF reception for the benefit of the dele
gates who attend the congressional dis
trict melting on Tuesday. The opera house
is decorated for the occasion and a splendid
programme has been arranged. The fol-
trict are down for speeches: Gen. Lew Wall
lace and A. b. Anderson, of Crawfords-
vile; Judge Gould, of Delphi; E. H. Ne
Indianapolis; Judge Waugh, of Upton: r.
w. Harrison. of Lebanon, and II. G. Sheri-
dan of Frankfort There seems to be no
opposition to Mayor Frederick Sims for dis
trict committeeman. and he will probably
be elected by acclamation on Tuesday as
his own slIccesSOr