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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-02
DANGER Of Fire from Faulty FIues.

Engineering Magazine.
In nothing is the adage IAN ounce Of pre-
vention is worth a pound of cure more true
than in dealing with fire. Fortunately the
precautions necessary to prevent fires are
inexpensive, and quite within the means OF
any one who builds a home, for he can
make his dwelling secure for less than he
usually eXpends in unnecessary ornamenta-
ton. The main thing to be observed is the
proper construction of chimneys, freplaces
furnaces, etc. Probably 80 per cent. of the
flues In dwellings throughout the United
States are unsafe, being only four inches.
or half brick, thick. Where the walls sur
rounding a smoke fue are less than eight
inches thick, they should be lined with
burned-clay fue lining. Ordinary, WELL
burned drain pipe makes good fue Innings,
although ii is best to use Innings manufac-
tured especially for the purpose. | advise
lining all fues. however-even those having
eight inches of inclosing brickwork. Where
the chimney comes next to the weather the
eight inches will be worth all it costs in i'm
proving the draft Of the flue, which would
otherwise be chilled and result in a smoking
fireplace. The fiue lining, Also improves the
draft, and-what is more impoTtant-insures
something that cannot always be counted
upon at the hands OF masons-a fiue for the
full uniform size stipulated in the specifica-
ti0ng
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CANAL SURVEY DELAYED.
May Not BE Completed on Account OF
Impending Revolution.
snondenca of the Associated Pros.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
SAN CARLOS, Nicaragua, March 1.-The
photographic party under the Nicaragua
canal commission has now almost COM
peted It's work on Lake Nicaragua and has
already begun work On the San Juan river
The Nicaraguan government steamer
which has been promised for use in the
general survey Of the lake, has not yet ar
rived, and Lieutenant Hanus is afraid he
will NOT be able at this time to finish this
important part of his work. The reason Of
the delay is the impending uprising against
the present government. On the part of
the latter there is evidently great uneasi-
ness, If not alarm. Troops are being moved
here and there and people are being Inn
pressed into the military service in large
numbers. Many of those known to sympa-
thize with the threatened revolution have
been placed in confinement. The govern
ment has seized the lake steamer Victoria
and the river steamer Managua. the prop
erty of the transportation company. The
effect OF this is practically to stop mall
communication and commerce between the
Atlaatic seahoard and the whole country.
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PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Mrs. c. e. Dark is visiting friends in
Chicago.
Mrs. George Carter has discontinued her
day at home.
Miss Emma Minter will give card party
Monday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. 3. Frank Crane have taken
apartments at Hotel Charlemont
The annual reception at the katherine
home will be held this afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald will entertain the
Thursday Morning Card Club tomorrow.
Mrs. Charles B. lockwood has returned
from Fairfax, Va, and Washington, d. c.
Mrs. w. E. Stevenson will give COM
pany st. Patrick's day for a number of
brides.
Mrs. Julius Hartmann entertained at din
ner Tuesday evening for Miss Wichman,
of st. Louis.
The annual election of the Katherine
Home Auxiliary will take place Thursday
morning at the home.
Miss Kinsey,. of shelbyyille,. who has
turned home yesterday
Mrs. John Edmunds will be hostess for
the 4. 4. g. Card Club Friday at her
home on North Alabama street.
Mr.. William S. CARRIER read paper on
THE Late Monetary Convention" last
evening before the Century Club.
The Womans Whist Club will be the
guests of the American Club at the Denison
House clubrooms tonight Qadies' night)
Sewalls guest of honor on Wednesday at
her usual at home. No invitations are is
sued.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Ernest McCollester
Will return to this city the last of the week
and will be at home at No. Ais North Della
ware street, after April ].
Mrs, Kate Fletcher Lingham and son, T.
T. farr Linlgham. will be the guests Il the
New, York street, March IS.
Mrs. Mary A. Stewart, of New Albany,
and her sister, Mrs. II. D. Mathews, of San
Jose, Cal, are visiting their cousin, Mrs. j.
E. Shideler, 800 East Nineteenth street.
Mr.. Stuart Dean gave a dance last even
ing for sixty friends at the home of his
aunt, Miss Dean, on North Meridian street
me parlorS were decorated with tulips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry C. Smith gave a
FAMILY dinner last evening in observance of
the thirty-ffth anniversary of the marriage
liam Henry.
Mrs. S. N. Preston received word yester-
day of the safe arrival of her sister, Miss
Grace Lee Hess. in Boston. after a trip
across the Atlantic in La Champagne,
which was wrecked.
Mrs. Gustav e. Karsten and children
who have been visiting Mrs Karsten's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Daggett, on West
Vermont street, have returned to their
home. in Bloomington
"A magazine entertainment will be given
this evening in the parlor of the First Bap-
i list Church The name Of the magazine is
Sada Daggett Allen. Music will be by the
Jubilee Singers.
The Fortnightly Literary Club celebrated
its thirteenth anniversary yesterday after
noon with two special features. Mrs. Ed
ward Fl. Dean read a history of the club
and a collation. was served. The literary
features of the afternoon were a paper on
Educational Development in Indiana" by
Mrs. S. f. Gray; a paper on Juvenile
Literature" by Mrs. Henry Eitel, and a
conversation on Boys in Literature" led
by Mrs. w. H. Hobbs.
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THE CHINESE QUESTION
SITUATION REVIEWED BY MIR. CUR
zoN IN BRITISH COMMONS.
Russia Reported TO Have Secured a
Coaling Station at Deer Island
"A Cemetery Scandal.

LONDON, Feb. LIN the House of Com
mons to-day the parliamentary secretary of
the Foreign Office, Mr.. Curzon, answering
a question put by Sir Ellis Ashmead Bart
lett Conservative, as to whether Russia
had occupied Deer island said Russia was
believed to be negotiating with Corea for
a coal depot at Deer island, where Japan
already had similar site, but, Mr.. Curzon
added, nothing had been heard officially of
Russian occupation of the island. Refer
ring to Port Arthur, Mr.. Curzon said no
forts existed there now, and the govern
ment was not aware that any Russian land
forces were at that place.
could foresee that China would be con-
fronted by greater danger in the future
than she had been in the past Great
Britain's policy was to prevent the disrup-
ton and to oppose the alienation OF Chinese
territory, and it was not likely that Great
Britain would regard with satisfaction the
attempts of others in the direction of such
disruption and alienation.
Mr.. CurZon reviewed the loan negotia-
tions, pointing out the generous and unset
fish nature of the British terms, which,
however, had not prevented suspicious be-
ing aroused that had prevented the grant
ing of the loan. China, however, assured
Great Britain that she would not ask a
loan of any other power, and to-day he (Mr
Curzon) had learned that the loan would
Mr.. CurZon then recapitulated the valuable
concessions which China had voluntarily
offered. So far as Russia was concerned,
her assurance was that the port she had
secured as an outlet would be an open port
like treaty port. Great Britain, he de-
clared, had taken her stand upon the treaty
of Tien-Tsin which empowered her to OPP
pose the imposition Of special tariffs by
other powers at Chinese ports, and no
British government would ever consent to
an abandonment or curtailment of treaty
rights. The matter was then dropped and
the House adjourned.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail at
Nagasaki, Japan, hears that Russia has
purchased a portion of Deer island from
Corea.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Singa-
pore says a Saigon newspaper asserts that
the French gunboat Lion will proceed to
Hai-Nan on March 10, taking troops for
occupation.
Str Ellis Ashmead Bartlett having brought
up the Chinese question and the advance of
Russia, Mr.. Curzon, after some debate, said
that British interests in China were para
mount but were not exclusive" The British
nation, he continued, would not be justi-
fed in regarding legitimate competitors
with jealousy, but ought rather to use all
efforts to keep in an age of competition
what was won in an age Of monopoly" They
A dispatch from Picking says: The Anglo
German loan contracts were signed yester-
day. The interest was fixed at AZ per cent,
redeemable in forty-five years. The con-
tract price is SO. The final Kiaochau treaty
is not yet signed.
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IrYinEtOn.

Mrs. Adelaide Duncan, of Wabash, Ind.
is a guest of her niece, Mrs. j. e. Duncan.
Mr.. Marion Null, of the University of
Illinois, visited college friends this week.
Mr.. John Williams, who has been i'll at
his home in Wabash, returned to college
yesterday.
Mr.. Arthur Johnson left yesterday for In
dian Territory. where he has a position as
a civil engineer.
Miss Elizabeth Campbell will give a pro-
gressive euchre party next Monday evening
at her home, on Cherry street
A party of twenty-five or thirty students
will go down to Bloomington to attend the
debate between |. u. and the u. of L. on
Friday, March 8.
The Irvington Christian Temperance
Tomlinson, on Ritter avenue. Mrs. Leck,
the county president will give a talk on
Miss Wizards life and work
Mrs. B. A. Rhine, of Chicago, will give a
free illustrated lecture to ladies at the
Downey-avenue Christian Church this aft
ernoon at 2:SO O'Clock. Her subject is 1.-THE
Higher Physical Life of Woman"
Mr.. and Mrs. r. f. Kautz gave an in
formal reception last night in honor of
Prof. and Mrs. Demarchus c. Brown. A
large number of citizens and college stu
dents called during the evening to welcome
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown home.
The Irvington Woman's Club met yester-
day with Miss Butler. The afternoon was
maine Braden, the subject being Hugh
Wynne" The next club meeting will be
with Mrs. Q. E. Newlin, on Washington
street.
The young men and women of the But
Ter College Christian Ass ociations gave a
social on Monday night in the Y. NJ. G. A.
Hall. The evening was spent in playing
old-fashioned games Those receiving were
Miss keay, Miss Emma Browder and Miss
BlOunt and Mr.. EmSley Johnson
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Notes of the stnge.

Mile Dupre is the most attractive per-
former in the burlesque running at the EN-
pire This week.
Some one has named The Belle of New
York" which opens at English's Thursday
night The American Gayety Girls.
Harry Sweatnam, in advance of Morri-
sons Faust" is in the city. Faust" will
play a return date at the Park next week
when London Sleeps which is run
R'rg all week al the Grand will give matt
nees to-day and Saturday at popular prices.
On the suwanee River will close its
engagement at the Park tonight. being
followed tomorrow by Joe OFT in The Star
GaZer."
The Sunshine of Paradise Alley will
sive a popular matinee at English's to-day
Torrance tonight. The play is little more
than Il succession of pictures, with strong
character colOring.
Miss Nancy Mcintosh hopes that her re-
tirement from the stage will only be of
short duration. college Days, the play
be produced this spring, and She is TO eap-
pear in the leading role.
While Miss Mabel Bouton, of "A Nor
mandy Wedding company. still ccyiy de-
clines to say when or where she was mar
ried. she has admitted that the happy man
Is Mr.. Richard Hurley, a stock raiser Of
carson City, New, whom she has known a
long. long nme--in fact. ever since she was
a schoolgirl in Reno. New.
Willie Collier is said TO have added more
business TO his attractive role in 'rhe
Man from Mexico. that comes TO Eng
lsh's next week, and his part Is said to
De funnier than ever. Ctuier has a versatile
and inventive genius and is probably the
most promising Of the younger light come
oians Of the American stage.
Miss Elizabeth Robins will present He'd
da Gabier.' one of Ibsea's plays that has
nsver been seen in New York, at the Fifth
avenue Theater on March e. the Nor
Wegiau dramatist's birthday. Miss Robins
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-02
TO PURGE PENSION ROLLS.
Outline of n Scheme Formulated by
DIR. John III. GirdHer.

NEW YORK, March DIR. John H. Grid
ner, of New York, who some time ago was
a medical pensioner examiner in the service
of the United States government is the
writer of an article in the March number of
the North American Review, which appears
to-day, in which he makes a suggestion as
to the method by which he thinks the pen
sion rolls of the Nation might be purged
and the United States saved many millions
of dollars every year. DIR. Girdner con-
tends that 'ff the officials selected by the
| people to seek out and properly compensate
men who were disabled in the defense of
the Union had exercised one-half the care
that the life insurance companies do in
avoiding bad risks the pension roll would
present a very different appearance from
what it does to-day
The plan which DIR. Girdner suggests for
purging the pension roll is one which would
involve measures to correct the careless
ness of the original examiners. Here is a
method" says DR.. Girdner, ''by which
frauds and pretenders can be got rid of.
Let Congress pass a law requiring u re-
examination Of every pensoner who bases
his claim on physical disability contracted
while discharging his duty as a Union SOL
der. A board of medical examiners should
be established in every State-two or more
boards might be required in some States
Each board should be composed of two
members; one surgeon and the other a ply
sician. They should be selected solely for
their eminent and acknowledged ability, and
their honesty and standing in the State
! They should give all their time to their
work, and be paid salary of 5000 year
They should carefully examine every pen
sioner in their respective States, and re-
port to the government exactly the phys
lcal condition of each, and how much If
any, disability in any case was the result of
service in the war of secession. They would
be influenced by nothing except the phys
zeal facts presented, and always give the
applicant the benefit of any doubt. Such
denomination would require about one
year to complete it, and would cost the gov
ernment from two to three millions of dol
lars NO man can predict certainly what
the result of this REORGANIZATION would be.
MY experience for twenty years, in the
practice of my. profession, has made me
familiar with the physical condition of
number of pensioners, and, basng my opin-
ION on my own experience believe at least
one-third of those claiming permanent dis
ability while in the discharge of duty will
be found to be frauds and would be dropped
from the pension roll 1"
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nEMTTON DR.. A. E. BUCHANAN
UuN 11OA ;z.ss When Building.
ADJUSTMENTS.


The programme which the Lambs Club
will give from Boston to Chicago, at the
close of the season, has been published in
New York. as follows;
PART l.
Lambs All-Star Gambol-Negro Minstrel
First Part
Bones-Lambs N. C. Goodwin Willie Collier
Walter Jones'
Tambos-Lambs Stuart Robson, JEFF. DAngelis
Dan DAILY.
Interlotuter-Lamb lie Wolf Hopper.
Balladists-Lambs C'hauncey Olcott Eugene
Cowles, William Philip, Harry Gilig, Van
Rensselaer, Wheeler
Quadruple Quartet-Lambs De Wolf Hopper
Eugene Cowles. Henry c. Barnabee William H.
Mcdonald. Van Rensselaer, Wheeler fred Robin
son Dg by, Bell Harry Gig chSuneey os s
Charles Hopper, Richie Ling, Mark Smith, G.
Musical Conductors-Lambs Victor Herbert
Reginald De Koven, Jesse Williams, John Hitler
Samuel l.. Studley.
Herbert's Twenty second Regiment Band of fifty
musicians.
The original music of the first part is by Lambs
Herbert, De Koven and Hitler.
PART II.
Lambs Club Gamhols.-A Pantomime Sketch
Entitled IL afaire dune Melodie."-
Interpreted by Lambs Joseph Holland and Fritz
Williams.
A Travesty Entitled "The Art of Maryland.''-
Interpreted by Lambs William H. Crane, De
Wolf Hopper, Robert Hilliard. Cyril Scott, John
Kellard Digby Bell
Auxiliaries by Lambs r. l.. Davenport Charles
Richman, Joseph Herbert, Joseph Grismer, Burr
Mcintosh, Ferdinand GottschaIk.
THE Big Four
Interpreted by Lambs Dan Daily, Ignatio Mar
tinetu Willie Collier, Walter Jones.
A Travesty Entitled called Perfect at 10''-
Interpreted by Lambs Wilton Lackaye, Henry
r. Dixey jeff ID Angels, Francis Carlisle Harry
G0nnGr Joseph GEismer j. r. Dodge BurT Me
lipman, Mark Smith, Vincent Serrano, Cyril
Scott.
"A Lambs Club Anthem. -
Composed for the occasion by Lamb Victor Her
bert and sung by the entire company of sixty
voices, and accompanied by the Twenty-second
Regiment Band.
Stage Managers-Lambs Herbert Grips Joseph
Humphreys, Julian Mitchell.
Amusement Director of the Tour-Lamb Angus
tus Thomas.
The Lambs will be accompanied by Victor
Herberts band They open in New York
May % and close in Chicago May 2S.
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is already well known in London as an
actress. Of decadeat dramas. and she will
probably be seen later in other plays OF
the same sort.
Miss Marguerite Lemon and Miss Belle
Harper make as pretty a pair OF little
Japanese maidens in 'Lilli Tse," at Daily's
Theater, as any one would care to see. Miss
Lemon, who has sung in church choirs
here for some time and who appeared once
IN opera---in Leonardo" at the Garrick-
is Southern girl who has been in Mr.
Days company for some time. but who has
not before this had anything much to do.
The little musical piece will be kept on at
DAYS for a week or so yet, together with
The Country Girl which. with Miss
Rehan as Peggy has proved q great IA
vorite.-New York Herald.
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short-sighted Politicians.


Our. politicians, even including these who
have sounded the war cry the loudest, have,
for the manufacture of political capital,
halted the manufacture Of armor plate and
delayed the completion of three battle ships
now building. Every such demonstration
of the stupidity of the professional politi-
clan has been subtraction from the
strength which we shall need if the present
situation leads TO war Another iliustra-
ton of this characteristic is afforded by the
contrast between our course and that of
Spain since war became a possibility At
that time our naval force was nearly double
that OF Spain; but since then Spain has
strained every nerve TO strengthen herself,
while our politicians. have even delayed and
cut down thel work of armament. with the
consequence lhat SPANS fleet now more
nearly equals ours than for some years
past. If our government had made half the
effort in proportion to its resources that
Spain has we could now have power
ready that would not have suffered the
war to go outside the Spanish and Cuban
ports, and would have given us full posses
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OrientaI Advices by steamer.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.-The steam
ship Doric, which arrived yesterday from
Yokohama and Hong-Kong brought the fol-
lowing Oriental advices:
On Feb. fire destroyed the postofice and
eight buildings at Kuni-U Hokkaido. and
three postal employees were burned to death
and four Others seriously injured.
On the night of Feb. Mount Kirishime,
in Myazaki province, sent forth dense
column of smoke from its crater, accom-
panied by a rumbling noise, which terrified
the inhabitants of that region.
On the night of the 7th of February a
gang of about one hundred rebels attacked
the land tax office at Shnchika. Formosa,
and Killed an official and policeman. The
mob also ransacked the premises and car
ried off the tax money found there.
Owing TO the prevalence of the plague at
Formosa the Japanese government has put
Quarantine regulations into effect against all
vessels from that country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-02
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The Governor yesterday reappointed DR..
Mary A. Sphinx and Thomas E. Ellison men,
bers OF the Board of State Charities for
terms Of three years each.
The one-story frame house at 507 Agnes
street was damaged to the amount of $50
yesterday evening by fire. 1t is owned by
Charles I<Ieis, and occupied by NJ. A.
Thomas.
William r. Simpson and Charles L. Myers
have been appointed a special press COM
refute some charges recently made in the
union against Frank c. Gooding. who holds
a contract with the council for the publica-
ton of a souvenir advertisement. The COM
mittee says that upon a REORGANIZATION the
credentials of Mr.. Gooding have been found
nnfiralN satisfactory.
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France and Britain.

PARIS, March 1.-The minister for for
eign affairs, M. HanotauX, replying in the
Chamber of Deputies to-day to the inter-
pellation of Prince D'Arenberg, Republican,
on the subject of recent events in West
Africa said the government must maintain
reserve on the whole affair, subject to the
negotiations between France and Great
Britain. M. Hanotaux added, however, that
he could say the negotiations We're actively
proceeding, and, although difficulties in
herent to such negotiations had arisen,
there was every hope that a desirable ar
rangement would be reached in conformity
with the interests of both countries.
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Cable Notes.

It is said that the Bank of France has
advanced the price of gold with a view of
preventing the further export of silver.
A dispatch from Buenos Ayres says it is
reported there that the government has OBJ
tained loan of S10000,O00 in London, Sc
cured by the alcohol and tobacco revenues.
The London Morning Post announces that
a marriage has been arranged between
Henry Brackenhury, only son of Mai. Henry
Brackenbury and Miss Florence Mills
daughter of the late Edgard Mills, of Menlo
Park.
Lord Rosebery and Joseph Chamberlain.
secretary of state for the colonies made
long speeches in London last night in con-
nection with the approaching elections for
the County Council OF London. Both re-
ferred to municipal corruption in the United
States. Lord Rosebery quoting on the suE-
Ject from James Bryce's THE American
Commonwealth"
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MRS. SELBY FOUND.
Homer SeIby Returns from Cincinnati
with His Mother.

Homer Selby returned last night from
Cincinnati with his mother, Mrs. Mary +.
Selby who is now confined in the Marion
county Jail as an insane person. Her malady
has been showing itself in more pronounced
form recently and her son thought it adj
pitai. She was adjudged insane several
months ago. IT seems she heard of her sons
intentions and left the city.
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Chile wants a Transport.

LONDON, March 1-According to a
special dispatch from Buencs Ayres the
Chilean government has offered ELS, 600
($75OOO for the Argentine steamer Britain
MIA, Captain Arsteg, now lying at Buenos
Ayres, with the view of using her as an
armed transport in event of trouble with
Argentina.
According to the latest advices the Ar
gentine steamer Britannia was in dry dock
recently at BuenoS AyreS repairing damage
caused by running ashore. She was built
of iron at Liverpool in 1873, and is of 2,521
net tonnage. She is about All feet long, had
about forty-three-foot beam and is over
horse power.