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Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28
.,.,r,nous Coal Miners Get a
Cent Advance and an
Eight-Hour Day.
...o,,ent Affects Two Hun
d,ad Thousand Men In
Various States.
,,,srstate Convention at Chi
cago Completes Its Labors
and Adjourns.

cuc,co. Jan. 27.-The interstate
.;nt convention of bituminous coal
.,.,tors and miners has ended. The
ripsrs are jubilant over the results OF
,l,ir 10 days session, for it means to
.,rly 100000 soft coal miners an ad.
uucs Of 10 cents per ton, and q uni.
iau day Of eight hours at uniform day
vsges and the operators congratulated
me another with victory over them.
ryes The following are the resolu-
lions adopted with but two dissenting
ptss
Resolved That an advance of 10 cents
NJ ton for mining screened coal take
fleet in the Western Pennsylvania dis
rt Hooking Valley (Ohio) district and
Indiana bituminous district, and that on
nd after April /, 1898, the S-hour day
ball be In effect in ell districts here rep
ssnted; that uniform wages for day la
ba shall be paid the different classes Of
hbr in the field named and that inter.
nj differences in any of the states, both
u 10 price and conditions, shall be re-
hred to the states affected.
To Perfect the Arrangements.
The convention completed its work
b naming the wage scale committee,
b consist of the national executive
bard Of the mine workers, the district
Fsidents and secretaries and two op.
mtors from each state, to tabulate the
sals and perfect all the arrangene ents
H putting it into effect on the date
VT II was determined that hereafter
be miners and operators will meet in
January OF each year to fix scale for
he 10 months beginning April /. Pitts.
burg was selected for the next annual
nnt convention, which will meet on
ne third Tuesday in January, 1899.
Ine afternoon session of the conven.
'ention was very stormy and for a few
hours appearances led to the belief that
lter 10 days hard work the convention
Eould fall to reach settlement.
Says It's Great Labor Victory.
resident Ratchford of the United
anne Workers expressed himself as
aghly satisfied with the work of the
onyention. He said: II consider the
siaDlishment of an S.hour day for the
miners one OF the greatest labor victo.
nes OF the century. 1t is, in my esti.
lAton, OF far more importance than
ue " cents per ton advance. We are
"und to consider the conditions of
us coal industry in asking for an
aa'ance In the mining scale. Perhaps
susn we meet in annual conference
ssas year conditions may be such that
We ADVANCE would be lost. But the
- sa,lofm day of eight hours work and
= uours 10" the week will stand as one
"e greatest achievements in the his
y! Of the miners or any other organ.
Ati0n."
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28
CURRENCY REFORM
MONETARY CONVENTION APPROVES
THE COMMISSIONS PLAN.
Set of Resolutions Covering the Main
Features of the Proposed Law
Adopted without n Ds.
senting Vote.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 27.-It was not
expected that the monetary convention
would remain in session more than two
days, and this expectation Was realized.
1t settled down to work promptly OF 10
q. III. and adjourned at o'clock sub.
ject to the call of the chairman, Mr..
Hugh H. Hanna. The resolutions,
adopted unanimously, approve the
commissions plan of currency reform,
which is set out as follows:
/. To remove, at once and forever,
all doubt as to what the standard Of
value in the United States is and is
to be.
2. To establish the credit Of the
United States at the highest point
among the nations of the world.
3. To eliminate from our currency
system those features which reason and
experience show to be elements Of
weakness and danger.
To Provide an Elastic Currency.
4. To provide paper currency con.
vertible into gold and equal to it in
value at all times and places, in which,
with volume adequate to the general
and usual needs of business, there shall
be com bined q quality Of growth and
elasticity through which it will adjust
itself automatically and promptly to all
variations of demand, whether sudden
or gradual, and which shall distribute
itself throughout the country as the
wants of the different. sections may re.
que.
5. To 80 utilize the existing silver
dollars as to main tain their parity with
co., without imposing undue burdens
upon the treasury.
6. Toavoid any injurious contraction
of the currency.
7. To avoid the issue of interest
bearing bonds, except in case of un.
looked for emergencies; but to confer
the power to issue bonds when neces.
sary for the preservation OF the credit
Of the government.
8. To accomplish these ends by .
plan which would lead from our pres
eut confused and uncertain system by
gradual and progressive steps without
shock or violent change, to monetary
system which will be thoroughly safe
and good, and capable OF growth to
auy extent that the country may re-
Ouire.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28
EVERYTHING TIED UP.
Milwaukee Gets Another Old Fashioned
Blizzard.

Milwaukee Gets Another Old Fashioned
Blizzard.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 26.-Snow is king
in Milwaukee. The blizzard which ar.
rived shortly before noon continued
nearly "a hours. Traffic on most of the
street car lines throughout the city was
at standstill early in the afternoon
and only the main lines were kept
open. Trains on all roads are delayed
by the deep snow. Hundreds of men
are at work along the tracks of the diff.
ferent railways and all trains are being
sent out with fewer cars to haul and
with two or three engines at the head
of each. All freight and other such
trains as could be spared were aban.
doned early in the day by all the large
railroads in the Northwest.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28

less than half dozen seconds. They
were followed by a trembling or shak.
ing motion and not by the usual sway.
ing and waving motion. Telephone
messages from country points indicate
that the shock was felt at manv places
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28

blockaded the railroads and demoral.
lied telegraph, telephone and fire alarm
systems. During the storm freight
and passenger train on the Manchester
branch of the Illinois Central collided.
Fireman Ellis Sweet of the passenger
train was killed and Engineer Harvey
and Postal Clerk McDuff were prob.
ably fatally injured. In Eastern Iowa
the snow is piled in drifts many feet
deep.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28
EXPECTS TO BRlBE REBELS
General Blanco Had S15O,OOO When He
Left Havana.

Lett havana.
HAVANA, via Key West, Jan. 27.-In
spite of the optimistic cable advices that
are being forwarded to Madrid it is not
believed in political circles here that
the journey of General Blanco through
the east of the island will bring peace.
Although he carried about $l50,OOO
with him when he left Havana, no one
believes that any important leader will
surrender. 1t is reported that he will
soon return because General Maxine
Gomez has fallen back across the
Moron-Jaruco trocha into the CANA
guey district. The presumption is that
he went in the expectation Of meeting
General Come,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28
LeyelinR telegraph Lines.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 26.-A heavy
wind storm, accompanied by snow, has
blown down telegraph poles in all
directions. 1t is said that between
Kansas City and Lawrence, Kan,
alone, 200 poles are leveled to the
ground.
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81 AT MANY POINTS.

Ieopie Startled by n severe
n, earthquake shock.
o'cIoal Ark, Jan. 27.--At 7:50
sever 'his city was startled by a
shakon 'ar'L quake shock. Houses were
sssion " Their foundations and sue.
,ounda, Vi noises was heard that
gbsrs ike immense explosions.
QQlct .. we're three distinct shocks in
hos, .a.ocsssion, the frst being the
's'ess, aud the three occupying
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28
Is News to Washington.

WASHINGTON, Jan. &C. - Assistant
Secretary of State Day, ON being shown
the above dispatch, said merely that
the department had not heard any.
thing of it SO far, but would probably
notified by Minister Woodford in case
it were true.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28
Most Disastrous in Years.

GALEsBURG, Ills, Jan. 26. "A bliz.
zard more disastrous in its consequences
than any for years ragged here with un.
varying fury all day. Schools have
been closed, business is practically sus.
pended and street car lines are block.
AIDED,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28
January Wheat Closed at 81.

CHICAGO, Jan. T.-January wheat
again received the attention Of the
Letter brokers during the day. In the
last 10 minutes trading the price Of
that delivery was rushed up from
around 961a to $l.Ol, and it closed at
81, an advance of 20 cents.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28
WRONG MAN CONVICTED

Vuuer sehWhce OF Death Tor a Murder
Committed by Another.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 27.-Angelo Car.
bone is in cell at Sing Sing, N. Y,
awaiting the execution of q death sen.
tence for the murder of Natalo Brogno
in New York, while Alexander Clara.
mello, the guilty man, is in a cell at the
central police station in this city. The
latter has confessed his crime and has
surrendered to the detectives, who ar.
rested him the day the murder was
committed,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28

MARINErTE, Wis, Jan. 27.-Judge
Has ings sentenced Frank Oahlman,
couvic. ed of incest, to 80 years In
states prison at Waupun. This is the
maximum ssuteuoe provided tor the
rrtae,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28
Big Fire at Jordan.

JORDAN, Mimi. Jan. 27.-Fire dur.
ing the morning totally destroyed the
Cole g. George factory i'll this city, en-.
failing loss of $50, 600. The firm man
ufactured -four mill machinery, and did
q large business.
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De LONE Has Heard Nothing.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.-Spanish Min.
lister Dupuy de LONE stated that he
had no adyices from his home govern
ment that any Spanish war vessels
were to visit this country.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-01-28
CAUSED By THE BLIZZARD

Fatal Collision on the Illinois Central In
Iowa.
DUBUQUE, To-, Jan. S6.-A foot OF
spow driven by . fierce wind has
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shipments. after the middle Of November,
go far TO warrant the belief that the for
aign demand for this grain Is destined to be
greater than has been expected
Were It possible it would be gratifying
TO say that little stronger demand for
cotton, making the price 5.37 cents, against
but Southern markets recognize the fact
that the closing of many mills here and
abroad, owing to the excessive stocks
bright promise. Crop prospects APP
pear so good that even at the ex-
freme low prices quoted there Is little en-
enlargement for advance in view of the
heavy stocks held here and abroad. Under
the arrangement between the mills several
this week, and the production of goods has
not materially changed. break in
bleachetl goods breaks previous records,
but in general, the demand improves.
orders for the coming season, which justi-
lies the heavy buying Of materials recently
speedy delivery, but the demand is not
large and much machinery is still waiting
idly. While sales of wool at the three chief
markets were heavy, q, 800 pounds in
three weeks, against %. 500 902 pounds last
year, and II los. 100 pounds in 1892, they in
cIude two large sales for export covering
3eO0 0Ga pounds of Montevideo and Aus
tralian wool at 16 and is cents. respectively,
which make clearer the fact that prices
asFed by holders here are relatively high.
Some concessions at Philadelphia follow
those at Boston, though ths market Is, on
the whole. steady.
lyon IS in better demand all the time and
yet production steadily increases. and at
Pittsburg Bessemer pig is slightly lower
III SOLO the new association being under
sold. Orders for plates are beyond all
precedent including material for cars,
bridges. vessels and work of all sorts, and
structural work is seasonably quiet, though
the mills have much ahead. while in bars
the demand is considerably better at Pitts
burg. with orders for material of six thou
sand cars at Chicago Some works at the
East are short of orders and prices are
held back. The expectation is that the pro-
posed rail association will meet an extreme
ly heavy demand for the next year, espe-
cially for trolley lines, but ii is stated that
prices will not be advanced above $50 at the
East and $21 at Chicago. In iron products
the next will probably be a record-break-
ing year.
Failures for the week have been 223 in the
United States. against 267 last year, and 26
In Canada, AGAINST % last year.
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Pennsylvania VIII Restore National
Guard 10 Ante-War Conditions.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 1S-General or
ders were issued this afternoon from the
headquarters of the National Guard, an
nouncing the plan for the reorganization of
the guard. The infantry commands troops
of cavalry and batteries of artillery that
entered the volunteer service from the
guard at the breaking out of the war with
Spain will resume their places in the guard
on their muster out from the United States
service. Commissioned officers of the guard
whose commissions have not expired dur
ing their absence in the volunteer service,
will return to duty in the guard with the
same rank they held at the time of their
enlistment in the volunteer service. En-
listed men of the guard, who entered the
volunteer service. who were honorably dis
charged from the guard, may re-enlist in
the state service at any time within sixty
days after their muster out; their service
will be considered continuous in the guard
Enlisted men who have been transferred
since May 3, last, to the new National
Guard, may rejoin their former commands
on application for retransfer.
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Col. IT. G. Donaldson.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1S.-Col. Thomas
G. Donaldson died at his home in this city
to-day from a complication of diseases, aged
ffty-five years. He had been i'll for a long
time.
Colonel Donaldson was born at Columbus,
o., in 1913, and received his education in the
schools at that place. At the outbreak Of
the civil war he enlisted as a private in the
Nineteenth Ohio Infantry, but was honora-
bly, discharged in 1862, having been wounded
His INJURY barred him from enlistment in
Ohio, and he went to Philadelphia in 1853
and enlisted under the name of "T.ongard,"
thus escaping disbarment He enlisted in
the Nineteenth Pennsylvania and was hon
orably discharged at the close of the war.
In 1884 he was d member of the Republican
national committee, and after Blaines de-
feat he took no further part in politics.
Colonel Donaldson was famous as a col
lector of antiquities His ca dialogue of
works of art, books relics, historical docu-
mentS and all Tareties is not excelled in any
private collection in this country or in very
few museums. lie did valuable work in
historical fields. His Public Domain" a
volume of 2,0c0 pages, was completed for the
United States government in eight years,
and still stands as the only standard history
of national and public lands, their acquisi-
lions, distribution. grants, surveys, coloniz-
alton and allotment. He was also the au-
thor of George Catlin's Indian Gallery -
''Walt Whitman, the Man." and other
equally interesting books.
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Y. NJ. c. A. CONVENTION.
Changes in the Associations State
Constitution Decided On.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 1S.-With slight
ly increased attendance the State Y. M. c.
A. resumed its meetings this morning with a
Bible hour service, led by Augustus Nash,
OF Cleveland, who gave an impressive talk
from the lives of Elijah and Elisha. Fol-
lowing came addresses by Frank w. Over
and j. w. Hansel, of Chicago, in behalf of
the associations official organ. The discus
sion of changes in the constitution, SUBJ
mitted by committee composed of Samuel
o. Piekens, o. NJ Gregg and Joseph Swain,
occupied considerable time, with final agree
ment on the suggestions made, the impor-
tant features of which provide for incor-
poration Of societies so as to secure the ex-
emptions from taxes provided in the act of
1898; the creation of a board of directors of
twenty-one members, to be divided into
three distinct classes, and an executive COM
mlttee OF equal membership. which commit
tee snail elect a vice chairman and Secre-
tary and appoint subcommittee to transact
business in the interim between regular
committee meetings. There was also de-
bate on the question of a change in college
representation, but without decision in the
matter. The morning session closed with
addresses on "A Forward Movement" by
Burton st. John and Walter M. Wood, each
OF whom urged aggressive effort on the part
of the membership
In the afternoon section conferences were
held. j. Smith Talley presided over the city
association delegates and DIR. Stott, OF
Franklin College, over the college delegates.
IL. f. Bicknell, assistant general superin-
tendent of the Lake Erie, presided over the
railroad delegates, before whom was laid
statement of present conditions and urg-
ent reasons. for renewed efforts. Mrs. E.
w. Titus, of Brightwood, presided over the
woman's auxiliary delegates, where a pa
per on Earnest Mothers was presented
by Mrs. George w. Knepper, of Indianapo-
lis. Tonight another general meeting was
OF iV1or o.
service. This was succeeded by an address
on Opportunities, by G. N. Bierce, of the
Ohio state committee, and one on 1.-THE
Worldwide Work." by L. w. Messer, gem
eral secretary, of Chicago.
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VESSEL AND CREW LOST
THE SHIP ATLANTA WRECKED OFF
THE COAST OF OREGON.
Only Three Men of a Crew of Twenty
Seven Saved-J. Marks, of Bright
wood, Ind, Among the Missing.

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 1S.-A special to
the Oregonian from Yaquina, Ore, says:
The British ship Atlanta, Capt. Charles
Mcbride, from Tacoma to South Africa.
with wheat, was wrecked off Alsea bay,
sixteen miles south of Yaquina bay, yester-
day morning. She carried a crew of TWEEN
ty-seven men and all were drowned but
three The ships masts have been blown
away, the decks swept clean and the vessel
has broken in two amidships. The Atlanta
sailed from Tacoma last Saturday with
cargo of 1853 tons of wheat, for Cape
Town, and her skipper had made a wager
with the masters of the ship, Earls of Dali
housie and Inberhorne, in race to the
Cape of Good Hope
The logbook at the life-saving station
shows that Thursday morning between
midnight and o'clock, the Cape Foul
weather lighthouse was concealed by fog
and heavy sheets of rain. The Atlanta was
sailing at high speed Thursday when she
went or the bar. A few rocks in the trough
Of the waves, attended by heavy settling
on the bottom, caused her timber to give
before the men could reach the hatchway
The jar Of running on snapped the masts off
as though they had been matches. The masts
and rigging went over the side in a tangled
mass like forest before a gale. The break
ers swept the after decks and pounded in
the cabins. Those who escaped were on deck
at the moment of the crash and began to
launch a lfeboat Three men managed to get
away. For three hours or more they were
buffeted about unlll the storm washed them
upon dry land One of the survivors stated
that the captain steered close in to escape
foul weather and not seeing the lighthouse
supposed the vessel to be some distance
from shore. This caused him to continue the
southeast tack too long.
TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 1S.-The ship At
lanta, lost off the coast of Oregon to-day,
name which left here last Saturday with
$4,000 worth of wheat for Delagoa Bay,
South Africa. She was in command of Capt.
Charles Mcbride, of Greenock, Scotland,
where he has wife. The ship left here
with twenty-seven men, the only names or
those. on record here being those. of the
captain and the following, who Joined the
vessel at this port as seamen: ID. f. Green,
A. B., 81 Chapel Place, Dublin: J. Weber.
"A. B., 123 Forty-second street, New York;
s. A. jacobson, A. b., Stockholm J. Smith,
Finsbury; G. Covalis, Callao; j. Tones, VAL
paraiso; n. Sorenson, Bergen; G. Frazer,
329 Monroe street, Philadelphia; r. Codd, "A
Brightwood addition, Indianapolis Ind.
The Atlanta, from this port, was of only
1883 tons of register. She was built in 1885,
owned by N Hill, of Scotland, and worth
probably $4,000. She was fleet and was
built for a troop passenger carrier from
Great Britain to the British colonies.
The Indianapolis directory gives the name
of John Marks as residing at No. North
BrigLtWood avenue
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WORD SENT TO DREYFUS
THE NOTED EXILE INFORMED OF
THE REVISION PROCEEDINGS.
TumuIt in the French Chamber OF
Deputfes-Sensation Created by the
Kaiser's Change of Plans.

PARIS. Nov. 1s.-The Governor Of French
Guiana has sent a dispatch to the Colonial
Office here saying Alfred Dreyfus, the for
mer French officer. undergoing imprison-
ment for life on DEVILS island, has been in
formed Of the revision proceedings in his
case
There was noisy scene in the Chamber
of Deputies to-day, during NJ L.asies's in
terpellation Of the proposed government
measures to maintain the inviolability Of
the contents OF the package OF secret docu-
ments in the Dreyfus case. which are I'M
derstood to affect the national defense The
premier M. Dupuy, recalled the recent min
isterial statement on the subject, adding
that the chamber could depend on the Wig
lance OF the government in the matter I'M
der debate, which he moved be adjourned
for month, amid loud applause and pro-
tests from the extreme Left. NJ. Lasies We
hemently attacked the government and the
magistracy, which called forth indignant
protests from the majority of the House.
He acucsed the government of failure to
enforce respect for the national honor, but
amid great tumult, M. Dupuy's motion
was adopted.
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WIZARD" KELLY DEAD
INVENTOR WHO MYSTIFIED PEOPLE
WITH A PECULIAR MOTOR,
And Who Interested Capitalists AMI
Refused to Disclose His Secret.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1S-John w
Keely, the inventor of the Keely motor
died to-day at his home, in this city from
pneumonia. He was taken i'll on Saturday
last 9nd continued to grow steadily worse
until his DEATH
Mr.. Aeely was sixty-one years OF age
and leaves a widow He was a native Of
Philadelphia. His education was meager
and at an early age he became carpenter
following that trade until 1872. 1t was in that
year that he announced his discovery Of a
new force, by which motive power would
be revolutionized. Following this he con-
structed what has become known as the
Keely motor. On Nov. 10, 1874 he gave it's
first public exhibition before a number of
capitalists and scientists who advanced
900 to enable him to perfect his discov-
cry and apply the principle. Since then large
sums or money have been expended on ex-
perimenls without any practical public re-
suits. Between 1874 and 1891 Keely con-
structed and discarded l29 different models.
In his first models he employed water as a
generator, but later the experiments were
made with what he called "liberator," q
machine equipped with a large number of
tuning forks, which, he claimed, disinte-
grated the air and released Il powerful
etheric force. In 1888 he was for time con-
fined in Jail for contempt of court in refuS-
ing to disclose the secret by which he pro-
ence of experts, but until his death the
secret was known only to himself Among
those interested in his scientific efforts was
Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, a Well-known So
ciety woman, who advanced sums of money
to Keely for the purpose of his invention.