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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11

CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 1O.-The extreme
cold weather of yesterday has abated here,
the thermometer rising from twelve de-
grees below zero at a. m. to two below at
6 p. m. 1t was much colder in the suburbs
on the hills. The cold weather has in
creased east of this city. The coolest point
to-day was at Remington. o., which is
located on a hill. The thermometer there
was twenty-seven below zero to-day and
other points in eastern Ohio and Eastern
Kentucky were about that temperature
while that low degree was the average
range throughout West Virginia. The
records were all broken to-day throughout
the eastern part of the Ohio valley. In
some of the interior Kentucky towns the
coal supply is short because the mines have
recently been flooded and many persons
have been partially frozen while hauling
wood. The fruit is gone. but the wheat is
not injured in the Ohio valley States as the
ground is everywhere covered with snow.
AT Cincinnati the only death from freezing
was that of Mrs. Mary Haverkamp but
there have been numerous cases of frozen
limbs and other disa bilities. Navigation on
the river is closed by the heavy floating ice
from the tributaries. The price of soft coal
has advanced TO $3.50 and of anthracite
to &c d
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11
Pension niIIs Rassed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-At the night
session of the House thirty-one private pen
sion bills We're passed. Among them were
the Senate bill to pension Letetia Tyler
Semple the daughter of President Tyler
which deadlocked the House week ago.
and the Senate bill to pension ex-senator
John M. Palmer, of Illinois, at the rate of
$50 per month. The amount carried by the
bill to pension Mrs. Semple was reduced
from $50 to $50 per month. In the course
of the discussion on the bill to pension Cen
eral Palmer it developed that he was abso-
lutely without means and was practically
blind. Mr.. Brucker CDem., Mich) recalled
the fact that Mr.. Palmer had been the can
didate of the gold Democrats for President
IN 1896, and suggested that that might ac-
count for the fact that this bill was pushed
ton.
Mr.: Talbot Dem, S. c. moved that the
pension be paid in silver. General Palmer
Is in favor of sound money" said he; 'let
us pay him in good old silver money of the
Constitution
g, The motion was not entertained by Mr.
Connolly (Rep.. I'D, who was in the chair
AT 1880 the House adjourned.
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MATCHED FOR A FIGHT
ARTICLES SIGNED YESTERDAY BY
FITZSIMMONS AND JEFFRIES.
The Bout to Come OF Before the Club
Offering the Largest Purse, the
Winner to Take All.

NEW YORK, Feb 1O-Bob Fitzsmmons
and Jim Jeffries signed articles to-day for a
fight some time between April "a and May
26. before the club Offering the largest
purse. The fight is to be for twenty five
rounds, or to a finish, If that can be ar
ranged. The articles of agreement provide
that neither of the fighters shall wear band
ages on the hands; that the gloves shall
weigh not less than five ounces each; that
the winner shall take the entire purse, and
that the referee is to be agreed upon before
the men sign articles with the club offering
the purse. The articles also provide: First,
that the contest shall be to a finish if such
contest can be arranged, and not less than
twenty-five rounds if contest is to take
place in a State where any limited-round
bouts are permitted; second, that the prin-
Cipals agree to accept the largest purse
offered before midnight, Feb. a. 1897 third,
that the contest shall be governed by Mar
quis of Queensberry rules, with the excep-
ton that there shall be no hitting in
chnches or break-aways, and that the men
shall break clean at the order of the ref
cree; fourth, that neither principal shall
wear bandages Of any description on the
hands; fifth, that the gloves shall not weigh
less than five ounces each, and that each
own gloves, which are to be submitted to
the referee for his approval twenty-four
hours before the contest and left in his GUS
tody until the men enter the ring sixth,
that each principal shall be allowed three
seconds and one timekeeper; seventh, that
the official timekeeper or the club shall be
satisfactory to both principals; eighth, that
the referee shall be agreed upon when the
men sign articles with the club; ninth. that
the winner shall take the entire purse;
tenth; that neither principal shall engage in
glove contest with other than a sparrng
partner between this date and the day of
the contest, and that the man violating this
clause shall forfeit the $500 now deposited
eleventh, that the contest shall take place
between the 24th day Of April and the 26th
day of May, inclusive; twelfth, that no bids
shall be considered unless submitted in
writing to Dave Holland No 94S Broadway.
New York city, and said bid accompanied
by a cash deposit of $500: thirteenth; that
no bid will be accepted unless the club shall
post $3.50 with Harry Beecher, sporting edi-
tor of the New York Journal, at the time
OF the signing of the articles, the same to
be divided between the principals upon the
failure or the club to carry out its contract
and the entire purse to be posted not later
than two weeks before the date set for the
contest; fourteenth, in case either princi-
pal fails to carry out his part of this agree
ment he shall forfeit TO the other the sum
of $500. The articles of agreement were
signed by William Delaney on behalf of
Jenries and by Martin Julian on behalf of
FitZSimmonS.
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trees. The snow shovelers at Shoshone
struck to-day for an increase Of wages from
ST. IS to $3.50 day
The Marshall pass is again closed. but
the rotary is bucking the drifts and the
Narrow Gauge may soon be opened Down
on the Cumbere pass the storm has put an
END TO railroading for several days. The
two delayed trains. which were a Belden.
were finally released and reached Denver to-
day. The passengers on two east-bound
trains. who had been staying a Glenwood
Springs, were sent back TO Ogden via the
Rio Grande Western, and will be brought
east over the Union Pacific. 1t Is believed
that the two east-bound trains tied up at
Minturn viii be able to get through to-
night. On the South Park line trains are
running as far as Grant
Como. Breckenridge, Kpkomo and all
towns on the high line to Eeadvilie are COM
pletely isolated No news was received from
those places to-day. but it is known that
in some of them fuel and provisions are be-
coming scarce. In North Park there is
about three feet of snow on the level. Travel
IS impossible on account Of the large drifts.
Walden has received no mail for week
and expects none for ten days to come. 1t
is doubtful if any freight can reach that
town for n month.
A snowstorm, with cold wind from the
north. began here to-day. and, should an
other very cold wave follow, it will inev-
itably have disastrous effect on the live
stock on the ranges
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
121 to 127
s. PENNSYLVANIA ST

]. D. Clark was indicted at Nashville,
Tenn, yesterday for the murder of Minnid
Clark, alias Blanche Cox, his supposed wife.
The Pennsylvania Senate refused to in
vite w. j. Bryan to assist in the Hartranft
monument dedication ceremonies in Harris
burg, May r.
The New York Assembly has passed a bill
which provides that attorneys and counsel
orS at law shall not be compelled to wear
any gown, habit or wig.
The engagement is announced of Lis
penard Stewart, of New. York, and Miss
Romola Dahlgren, granddaughter of the
late Admiral Dahlgren.
George Lee, who shot and killed Henry
Stonestreet at Lees Summit, Mo, thirty
years ago, and had been a fugitive from jus
tice ever since, is dead at Meridian, Miss.
The river at Pomeroy. o.. is full of heavy
ice and all the Pittsburg boats are said to
be floating helplessly with millions of bush
els of coal. The Fred Wilson sank twenty
miles above Pomeroy, together with big
tow.
Truxton BeaIe has donated to the Board
of Trustees of Bakersfield, Cal, building
and grounds for free public library which
he will erect in memory of his father, the
late Gen. e. f. Beale. who held many posi-
lions under the government, including that
of minister to Austria.
Another ballot for United States senator
was taken by the Pennsylvania Legislature
Quay is still thirteen votes short of the
number necessary to elect. The senatorial
deadlocks also continue in California, Della
ware, Nebraska and Utah.
The stage running into Santa Barbara,
Cal has been held up by a lone highway
tree. He was armed with a shotgun, and
made his escape after relieving j. w. Arm
strong and w. A. Paddock, commercial
travellers of $40. The stage carried no
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11
GOVERNOR BURNED OUT.
KentucI1y's Executive Mansion De-
strOyed-Mr. BradIey's Loss.

FRANKFORT. KY, Feb. 1O.-The Gov
ernor's mansion was destroyed by fre at
noon to-day. The firemen were hampered
by the intense cold, to which trouble was
added by frozen pipes and cutting off the
water supply. Governor Bradley's personal
loss is at least 1900, not including the de-
strucrion of his collection of political lit
erature, which he had been engaged in col
lecting since he entered political life TWEEN
ty-fiVe years ago. He also lost other val
liable documents. The handsome furnish
ings of the house were the property OF the
State and these as well as much OF the
Governors property were badly damaged.
The lot upon which the burned building
stood was donated to the state over one
hundred years ago TO be held as long as
used for a home for the Governor and the
State is now confronted with either building
anew or repairing the ruined walls as the
only alternative to keep the property from
reverting back to the heirs of the original
donor Owing to the historic character at
tachfng 10 it, there is a widespread senti-
ment in favor of repairing and in this Gus
todian of Public Buildings Thompson is in
clined to share.
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Cold weather Notes.

Hugh Gallagher a miner al Leisingring,
Pa, was frozen to death while on his way
home from work.
At Hamilton. O.. an eight-year-old boy
named Long was badly frozen while return
ing from school, He is in critical condi-
ton.
At Alliance, o., a Pennsylvania locomo-
tive froze while working in the yards. Reed
Ralston was taken from his engine almost
dead.
John Wirth, aged thirty-seven years, a
carpenter. was found Thursday night frozen
to death in his sleigh in the suburbs OF
Buffalo
At Chillicothe, O.. there was much suf-
fering. The infant son of Sophia Johns was
found frozen to death in the shanty in
which the mother lived
At Charleston, w. Va, the thermometer
yesterday. The lowest point hitherto
reached was II degrees below.
Self-registering thermometers at Marietta
showed the astounding record of % degrees
to 36 degrees below zero as the coolest point
reached during Thursday night.
Republic, Mich, reported 80 degrees be-
low zero yesterday and 10 to Is degrees be-
low continuously for three weeks past.
Petoskeys temperature was 70 below zero.
The extreme cold has caused suspension
of work in the potteries at East Liverpool
.. The clays are badly frozen that the
potteries will be forced to remain idle for
several days
The peach and apricot crops of Vernon
and Cedar countless Missouri are reported
killed. The loss is estimated at more than
100000. The weather is the coolest known
there in thirty years.
At Morgan. Pa. yesterday, John Giles
pie, aged forty-two, lately of Wadsworth,
o.. and Patrick O'Grady. aged seventy-nine.
were found dead in shanty which they had
fitted up for protection from the cold.
Aunt Dizzy" Dibbs, aged eighty years
was found frozen to death in her home, at
Shawnee, Kan, where she had lived alone
for years. She had apparently hurt herself
by a fall and was unable TO call for help.
Thursday night was the coolest ever
known in the Muskihgum valley, Ohio, and
certainly the coolest since 1871. Reliable
thermometers marked 20 to so degrees be-
low zero according TO location. This was 10
to y degrees colder than the night before.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11
Yesterdays Upward Tendency of the
Mercury Likely to Be Checked
by mother Cold Blast.
SNOW IS A POSSIBILITY
WEATHER BUREAU STATEMENT OF
CONDITIONS AND FORECAST.
Many Low-TemperatureR Records Bro
ken-LeadviIIe SuccOred by 1000
ShOveIers-VictimS of Cold.

The hoped for moderation in the weather
came late yesterday morning, though at that
time the thermometer marked temperatures
that would have made the city SILVER in
terror last week At no time yesterda did
the mercury climb above zero, but it u
somewhat grateful change The Weather
Bureau issued a pronuncamento that
minus" weather will be about the thing
for day or two yet and it was backed up
by a telegram received from Weather OBJ
server Cox, at Chicago, saying: Moon
special observations show that a severe cold
wave in the Northwest is moving rapidly
eastward and southwark, thus preventing
appreciable moderation in your section.
Severe cold will continue several days"
The temperature scale from 8 o'clock the
night before until o'clock last night when
the mercury seemed to settle down to rest
at O. was as follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11
Loss of S15O.OOO.

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 1O.-The Kelly
block. on Superior street. opposite Bank
street, was practically destroyed by fire
this evening 1t was occupied entirely by
the Globe clothing store, owned by Simon
Fox & Co., a branch Of a large Cincinnati
clothing house. The stock of the Globe
store is valued at $4,000. The damage to
the Kelly block amounts to $4,000. The
roof of the Crittenden block adjacent on the
east was burned and the building damaged
TO the extent of 10000 while the block west
of the Globe store. also owned by the Kelly
estate, suffered TO the extent of 5000
Nuesbaum & Strauss. clothiers in the last
named building, are damaged by water to
the extent of $1,000. Samuel Barker &,
Sons printers and stationers in the Crltten-
den block. suffered TO the extent of $1,000
The loss sustained by occupants of offices
by reason of smoke. fire and water will
bring the total damage up to $4,000. The
fire started in the Globe store about 9
O'Clock with several explosions. and in less
than five minutes the interior of the block,
from front 70 rear and from cellar to roof.
was in flames.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11
Big Fleet of Ships Overdue.

NEW York; Feb. 40-The temperature
took another drop to-day, the thermometer
registering degrees below zero at o'clock
this morning. A. V. Nolan, of Brooklyn, a
tugboat fireman, was found frozen to death
on a North-river pier The British steamer
Daniel is frozen in the ice of the lower bay.
At Sandy Hook the thermometers showed
from to 10 degrees below zero. Not a ship
passed in at Sandy Hook between Thursday
afternoon and this afternoon. A big fleet
of steamers is overdue, including the Fuerst
Bismarck. from the Mediterranean. which
from Glasgow, and the Spaarndam.
Dispatches from points in the interior of
the State report in every instance the low
est temperature of the season. In Rock
land county the thermometers indicated IS
to 20 degrees below zero, and in Orange
county from IA to % degrees below. The
Hudson river, between Nyack and larry
town, where it is three miles wide, is frozen
over-a very rare occurrence. Railway
traffic is delayed
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Other Deoths.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1O.-James Leni-
han, the first Indian commissioner of the
province of British Columbia, when the de-
Gil of 1874. is dead in this city. He passed
most of his life in Canada, but was arrang-
ing to make his residence in this State.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10.-Webster Grove, a
suburb Of ST. Louis, visited by a fire
this afternoon that burned the Allen build
ing containing the opera house. c. Strauss S
bakery, BredeIl & Conklings meat market
and F. w. Farrington's general store. Loss
estimated at $685. 600.
SPRINGFIELD. Mo, Feb. 10.-Major J.
G. Cravens, aged siXty-one years, curator
of the University of Missouri, and promi-
nent lawyer and citizen, is dead at his
home here, after a brief illness. He served
through the civil war in the Confederate
army
OTTAWA. Ontario, Feb. 10.-Archibald
Lampman, the poet died here to-day of
pneumonia Mr.. Lampman had been a con-
aZines for many years.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 10.-The crest of the cold
wave has passed here. At 6 a. m the Their
mometer registered eighteen below, but
from that point gradual moderation set in
and the prospects are that by nightfall the
mercury will be about the zero mark. A
large number of distressing cases of frost
bites were reported to the police, but so
far only one death has resulted from the
severe cold. Several of the schools have
been closed until Monday.
The cold claimed numerous victims during
the day. Two men froze to death. The
dead are Charles Jackson, died from cold
and exposure; unidentified man, found dead
on the sidewalk at 5145 Halstead street.
All the others sustained frost bites, some of
them serious.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11
SENATE PRoCEEDINGs.
Several Resolutions IntI Oduced and a
Few Bills Passed

rev bfIls Passed.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1O.-During the en-
tire open session to-day the Senate had I'M
der consideration the legislative. executive
and judicial appropriation BILL Little prog
ress was made. the time largely being occu-
pied with debate on minor topics
At the opening of the session Mr.. Platt OF
New York, presented the credentials of
Senator-elect Depew.
A bill amending an act to provide for the
reimbursement of Governors of States and
Territories for expenses incurred by them
in raising and equipping the volunteer army
In the war with Spain was reported by Mr..
Warren from the committee on military
affairs The bill went over to be printed.
Mr.. Allen offered joint resolution pro-
vding for the submission TO the legislatures
Of an amendment to the Constitution pro-
viding for the election of United States SEN
ators by direct vote of the people. The
resolution VS. laid on the table
Mr.. Allen also offered a resolution de-
clarlng that the Senate reaffirm the doc
trines and principles of the Declaration of
Independence. The resolution further de-
elares that these principles are to be adhered
20 not only In the United States but are 10
be deemed TO be universal, and are TO apply
10 all who have distinct society and terri
tory OF their own. Mr.. Allen asked for
immediate consideration OF the resolution
but Mr. Chandler objected, and 1t went over.
a House bill to establish a national milf
tarS park 10 commemorate the campaign.
siege and defense Of Vicksburg was called I'M
by Mr.. Money, Of Mississippi, and passed
The Bill appropriates $4,000 for the purpose
stated.
Mr. Jones. Of Arkansas. presented a reso-
luton calling on the secretary of the navy
Tor concise statement of the expense az
TIE personnel Of the navy under the pro-
posed personnel bill. the amount of ex-
pense Of the 22.500 sailors and the expense
o. the marine corps under the proposed ar
Tangement.- The resolution was passed
SIT. McEncry asked that unanimous con-
sent be given for a vote TO be taken on
his resolution declaring this country's policy
~ the Philippines next Monday, Immediately
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11
OBITUARY.
DR.. James III. Etheridge, Il Well
Known Chicago genealogical.

CHICAGO. Feb. 1O.-Dr James II. Ethe-
ridge. professor of gynecoogy at Rush
Medical College. and one of Chicagos old
home in this city Of heart failUr eso MS
DR.. Etheridge was born at st. townsville,
n. Y, on March 20 1914. He was a con-
tributor to the medical journals, and a
member of the Chicago Medical Society, the
Chicago Medico-Legal Society and the Gy-
theological Society, being president of the
last named in 1890. Among the other or
CARNATIONS of his profession with which DR..
Etheridge was identified were the Illinois
State Medical Society, the American Medi-
cal Society, the International Medical Con-
gress. and of the International Congress of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists. DR.. Ethe-
ridge was president of the Chicago Medical
Society during 1887
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Insured the Chinaman.
Pittsburg News.

There is a Pittsburg life insurance agent
of whom ii is said that he can talk stone
statue into buying policy in his company,
the most liberal on earth" He wrote u
policy for a Chinaman a few weeks ago,
the first ever written for a man of the race
in Pittsburg. How he did it he alone
knows. The Chinaman has no clear idea of
it. He understood that by paying the pre-
miums promptly he would be entitled to
5000 some time. He began bothering the
agent for the money after couple of weeks
lad passed and the agent tried TO explain
to him that he would have to die before
he could get it. The Chnaman fell down a
cellarway on Grant street and was badly
hurt. His friends tried to attend TO him
without calling in doctor When they
did call one in two days later the doctor
was angry.
why didn't you call me sooner?" he
asked This man is half dead now
Next day the injured mans brother was
at the insurance Office with claim for
81 500.
You're not entitled to anything on this
said the insurance agent. until the man IS
dead"
"Doctol say him half dead" answered
the brother why he no glet lat half?''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11
Three Deaths from Cold.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Three deaths from
cold are reported. John Fields, seventeen
years Old a truckman was found frozen
to death on the seat of his truck, in Pater-
son, N. j. Peter Matthews, seventy-four
years old, who lived in the Valley road,
West Orange, N. j., was found nearly
frozen in the little hut he called his home.
He was removed to the Orange Memorial
Hospital, where he died. William Doland,
nineteen years old, was found freezing on
the steps of his sisters house, in Paterson,
n J. He was taken in and restOratives
seemed to revive him An hour later he was
found dead on the floor, having fallen from
his chair beside the stove
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11
Military Convention Adjourns.

TAMPA BAY HOTEL Tampa, Fla Feb
1O.-The adoption of the resolutions embrace
ing the views of the delegates on the neces-
sary congressional action for the better
ment of the militia. army and naval, last
night, practically closed the work of the
National Military Congress. At this morn
ing's session. after extending vote OF
thanks to Governor BloXam and others
whose efforts have done so much towards
bringing about the successful termination
of the congress. the body adjourned subject
to the call of Chairman Butterfield.
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BALTIMORE. Nd, Feb 10.-Frozen water
pipes caused a fatal explosion in the kitchen
of the female department of the Home of
the Friendless. Druid Hill and Lafayette
avenues. this morning. Martha Bohskey
aged seven, was killed. Florence Ref
Snyder, aged ten gears, was so badly burned
that she died a few hours after being re-
moved to the hospital. Mary Walsh. a
cook, was seriously burned, but probably
will recover. The explosion caused panic
which was quieted by the teachers.