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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-25
EXTENDING A TRUST.
Union Steel and Chain Company TAX
ing in Many New Plants.

NEW YORK, Aug. A.-The Times says:
1.-THE Union Steel and Chain Company.
which was organized some months ago un-
der the laws of Delaware, is reaching out
in every direction to control, so far as pos
sible, the blast furnaces, bessemer con-
%verters, ore mines, coking and steam coal
mines, rolling mills and chain and iron
works of the country. The company has a
capital stock of s60,OO0,0OO, and William
Rockefeller is one of the moving spirits in
the combination. Following is a partial list
Of the plants under option to the Union
Steel and Chain Company, and title papers
are being examined preparatory to taking
them over: Attention rolling mill, Apollo
sheet-iron mills, Auburn iron works, Ber-
lin iron works, Big Stone Gap furnaces.
Bower & Mallory's chain plant, E. G..
Brooke Iron and Steel Company. Cady
Sreek lron mine, cambridge Iron and Steel
Company, j. b. Carr q Co.'S chain works,
Chatham furnace, Champion Iron Company,
Cherry Valley iron works, Chicago chain
Cook ore mines, Connellsville coke lands.
Crum-Lynn Iron and Steel Company. Da-
Wis & Farnum Manufacturing Company,
Dennison rolling mill, Denver rolling mill,
Dresden Iron and Sheet-steel Company, J.
A. & p. E.. butcher, Ellis & Lessig Steel
and Iron Company, Fannie furnace, Gilman
ore mines, Hartman rolling mill, p. Hay
den Saddlery Hardware Company, rolling
mill and chain works. Hollidaysburg Iron
and Nail Company, Hussey, Binns & Co,
Jefferson Steel and Manufacturing Com
pany, Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, G.
p. Huntington, Kankakee Superior horse
nail works. Kansas City bolt ard nut works,
Kinsley Iron and Machine Company, Knox
vile Iron Company. Lebanon chain works,
Lebanon Manufacturing Company, Mar
shallton Iron and Steel Company, Messaba
ore mine, Mccoy & Linn blast furnace,
rolling mills and chain works, National
Steel Casting Company. New Philadelphia
Iron and Steel Company, North Flat Top
coal fields, A. j. O'Leary chain works,
Theodore Oliver rolling mill, P%ocahontas
coking coal lands. Princess furnace. Roar.
ing Run iron property, Saxton furnaces.
Sheffield rolling mill, Spring Valley fur
naces, w. C. Starr & Son. Sunbury iron
works, Treat Manufacturing Company,
David Ward New River coking coal lands,
Wellston Iron and Steel Company and West
End chain works.
This makes the following classified to-
tails: Bessemer converters and open-hearsh
steel furnaces, s; ore mines, 4: coking and
steam coal mines. 4; blast furnaces, -; roll
ing mills. 80: chain and iron works, 10.
1.-THE officials OF the Union Steel anc
Chain Company propose TO secure additional
plants. and think they can so minimize op-
Grating expenses that satisfactory dividends
will be assured on both the preferred and
common stock
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WORK OF THE SCIENTISTS
BIOLOGISTS VIEW GLACIAL FORMA.
TIONs NEAR LANCASTER, O.
Others Witness a Display Of Natural
Gas, and Still Others Read Papers
on Interesting Subjects.

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 24-The biologists
attending the meeting of the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Science
and the Geological Society of America went
this morning to Lancaster to study the in
teresting glacial formations whereabouts.
The other visiting scientists devoted the
early part of the day to reading of papers
in the several sections. and will visit Sugar
Grove later to witness the display of nat
ural gas. stopping at Lancaster to take on
the geological party.
A notable paper was by r. A. Fessenden
on the nature of electricity and magnetism,
and a determination Of the density and elias
ITCHY OF either. presenting several conclu-
sions which are new to physicists and are
regarded as an advance toward the solution
of some obstruse problems. Professor Fes-
sender predicts that, working along these
lines. We shall learn within a decade just
what gravitation is, besides having an eluci-
dation of the matters directly discussed in
the paper. His analysis makes the density
of ether 0.6S. Frank Russell presented an
elaborate study of the physical structure of
the Labrador Esquimaux and the New Eng
lane Indians. from which he concludes that
there is no intermixture of race.
John S.. Clark read a paper on science and
art in social development, in which he urged
the Importance of developing the spiritual
and esthetic nature, indicating the posi-
bility and desirability that the masses of
mankind should utilize the increasing leis-
ure due to short hours of work and in
creasing wages In developing the higher
culture. Many other papers were read.
The most striking feature of the annual
grants of money by the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science is their
meagerness contrasted with the large APP
propriationS of the British association. The
council could only afford $50 to the commit
tee on quantitative study of biological varia-
ton, $50 to the for the study of
the white race in America, which may be
applied In accordance with recommenda-
lions reported by the committee in anthro-
pometric observations of members of the
association itself, and 800 for the purpose
of stocking pools with different species of
blind vertebrates, where they may be reared
ard studied in the light.
Section II (anthropology), following the
custom of the last two years, has been au-
thorized TO hold a winter session at such
place as the sectional mmit may de-
eide, and S25 was appropriated.
Section ID mechanical science and engi-
neering) was authorized to hold alternate
meetings with the Society for the Promotion
of Engineering Education.
Section A mathematics and astronomy
was authorized to arrange for a joint meet
ing with the American Mathematical So
ciety, which will begin it's meetings here to-
morrow.
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MANY DRY GOODS O
VAST SCHEME OF FIFTY-MTLLION
NEW YORK CORPORATION.
Between 500 and 1000 Department
Stores May Be Established
Throughout the Country.

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-The Herald says:
arrangements are maturing for the organ
ization of a 100000 600 dry goods corporation
in this city. to control and operate dry
goods and department stores throughout
the country. The Mercantile R~eorganiza-
ton Company has recently been incorpor-
ated in Trenton. n. j.. as a preliminary to
creating the big corporation. Men well
known in the dry goods trade nave been
working on the plan for six months. and,
it is said, have interested financiers who
will back the enterprise. 1t is expected that
the corporation will be launched In time
for the fall trade. E. f. Church, who was
ormerly with E.. S. Jaffray & Co., is presi-
dent of the preliminary company; H. S..
Pfeil, a director of the State Banking Com
pany, of Newark, N. j., is treasurer; ]. H.
Strange, president of the Martha Washing
ton Milling Company, is secretary, and s..
A. Haver, formerly of E. S. Jaffray & Co..
is associate director. The present head
quarters of the company Is in the Jaffray
building, Broadway and Leonard street.
1T is proposed to buy retail stores in cities
having a population of 10000 or more. The
company expects to control from 500 to
1000 stores throughout the country. Many
merchants. it is said. have already signifed
their intention of joining the combination.
Former proprietors of stores absorbed by
the corporation will be retained as man.
ayers, and will have interests in the stores.
They will become stockholders in the COM
pany. The parent store will be in this city,
as the base Of supplies for the branch
establishments. Expenses of travelling
statesmen will be eliminated, and the pro-
moters of the enterprise believe their sys-
TEN will avert the evil of bad debts. 1t is
proposed to control the output of certain
mills, and all purchases will be made in
immense quantities. In this manner the or
ganizers believe the price to the consumer
can be reduced"
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MITCHELL. Ind, Aug. 24-Richard
Gault, a pioneer Of this county, died at his
home here to-day, aged seventy-eight He
was a Mason and leaves a wife and six chill
dren.
Mrs. j. Y. Bates. aged seventy-three. died
at her home here yesterday. She leaves a
husband and three grandchildren. Mrs.
Bates was reared near Campbellsburg. Ind,
but lived I'm this place for almost half a Gen.
fury.
RICHMOND, Ind, Aug. 24.-Gilbert b.
Sarvant, a former resident OF this city,
died yesterday at Chicago. The remains
were brought here this afternoon. He was
formerly a conductor, and was one of the
men who started the Arlington Hotel.
Jessie So1omens, aged fifty-eight, died this
morning OF Bright's disease. The remains
will be taken to Madison, Ind, Tomorrow.
-CONNERSvILLE, Ind, Aug. 24-Mrs. F.
Y. Thomas died at her home, northwest OF
this city, this morning after "A brief illness.
She was the wife of County Commissions
Thomas. and was one of the best known
and most popular women In this county. The
funeral services Will be held Saturday morn
ing and interment in Valley Grove Gene
terry.
RISING SUN, Ind, Aug. G.-Wiliam r
Seward died this morning of fiux after an
illness of ten days. He was treasurer of the
city School Board a number OF years AMI
"A prominent citizen always.
WILKINSON, Ind, Aug. 2-Rebecca
Armstrong, aged ninety-two. is dead at her
residence in Warrington. two miles north.
She was the oldest person In this section
OF the county.
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MAKING RAPID HEADWAY
REVOLUTION SAID TO BE SPREADING
IN sANTO DOMINGO.
Town of Macoris and Surrounding
Country Surrendered without n
Struggle-Cubans Anxious to Aid.

PUERTO PLATA. Santo Domingo. via
Cape Haitien, Aug. 2.-Generals Caceres,
Vasquez and Brache, at the head OF 90
revolutionists. appeared before Macoris.
They left the great body of their troops
at the entrance TO the city. and with twenty
men advance to the governors house, de-
handing surrender. Governor Castillo. thor
oughly cowed. repaired to the plaza without
making any resistance, and the delivery Of
the park, fort, arsenal and government
buildings was then effected. The revolu-
tionists then formally occupied the sur
rounding country. meeting with no opposi-
ton. In this way the revolution, strong
and humane, is rapidly advancing. avoiding
so far as possible the shedding Of blood and
winning sympathy by the character Of its
methods. The complete victory of the cause
of Jiminez seems assured. There Is no
check on the eastern boundary.
Little is known here as to what is going
on at Monte Cristo. though the government
troops are still there. as well as General
Pepin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-25
AVESLAKECHAMPLAI
PRESIDENTIAL ART STARTS FOR
~PTTTSBURG VIA LONG BRANCH.
Twenty-Sixth Regiment and q Com
Mckinley a Farewell Greeting.

PI.ATTSBURG, n. Y, Aug. 24.-The pres
idential party left Bluff Point station at 6
o'clock this evening, after a stay of exact
ly four weeks. The last day OF President
McKinley's stay was a busy one. This
morning he was s~erenaded by the Twenty
sixth Regiment band, after he and Mrs.
Mckinley had taken a farewell drive around
the grounds. AT 2 p. m. a c~ommandery OF
Masons, from St. JOhnsbury. VT, headed by
a band, arrived at the hotel to pay their
respects to the President. AT 3 o'clock the
Twenty-sixth Regiment, 1850 men, arrived
at the hotel, having marched down from
Plattsburg barracks, three miles. President
Mckinley reviewed the regiment from the
balcony. With him were Vice President Ho-
bart, Attorney General Griggs, Secretary
Hitchcock, General Merritt, Gen. Guy v.
Henry and others. The troops wore their
new khaki uniforms, and marched by the
hotel in column of platoons. The hotel pi-
azzas and grounds were crowded, and the
marching soldiers were much applauded.
AS the color sergeant dipped the regimental
colors to the President there was great
cheering. The regiment will leave for the
Philippines in a few days.
At half past 5 o'clock this afternoon the
President and Mrs. Mckinley entered their
carriage and were driven from the hotel to
the station. The guests waved goodbye
from the piazza. Vice President and Mrs.
Hobart and other members of the party
followed In carriages. The special train of
four parlor cars was waiting for them on
the sidetrack at the Bluff Point station.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley stood on
the back platform of their private car
Cleopatra and bowed farewell to the crowd
on the station platform. The train is due
in Jersey City tomorrow at 4:45, and to
reach Long Branch about s o'clock. The in
tention is to stay at Long Branch until
Saturday afternoon, when the presidential
party will start for Pittsburg. arriving
there Saturday evening at about $3.50.
On Monday the President will be present
at the reception to the Tenth Pennsyl-
vania Volunteers, who are to arrive in
Pittsburg on that day from the Philippines.
On Tuesday the presidential party will pro-
coed to East Liverpool, where one day Will
be spent as guests of Col. J. M. Taylor, a
lifelong friend of President Mckinley.
Wednesday and Thursday will be spent at
the Presidents old home, in Canton, and
on Saturday. Sept. 2, they expect to be back
in Washington. On Sept. 5 the President
will go to Philadelphia to attend the an
The presidential party, as 1t left Bluff
Point station tonight. was made up Of
President and Mrs. Mckinley, Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hobart, Carrot A. Hobart.
jr.. Attorney General Griggs, DR.. and Mrs.
Rixey, Private Secretary Cortelyou, Execu-
president of the Hotel Champlain commit
tee
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. Aug. 2.-Michael
Yarling, ex-county commissioner, who is in
directly accused by George NJ. Ray. editor
of the Democrat, OF receiving a bride of
$50 in connection with some stationery con-
tracts while he was commissioner, to-day
issues a very sensational card. in which is
the following:
THE insinuations do not amount to direct
charges Of dishonesty against me while
county commissioned, except to the morbid
taste that gloats in SANDER upon any good
citizen, as no dates, place or person who
ever paid me a cent of money are given. L
here deny and denounce as false any insin-
uation that / ever took or received. direct
ly or indirectly, one cent of money from
any man., woman or child, or from any
place, or any property or thing OF value to
influence my action as an officer or man,
and hereby defy any one to produce their
evidence and give time and place and man
who ever gave me a cent or anything OF
value as county commissioner for any inn
proper purpose, or stand branded as a
liar"
Mr.. Yarling was very active last January
in opposing the letting of the contract for
six bridges for s34,619, or S33 a foot, and in
this way first won the opposition of the
Democrat.
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Wanted to Lynch n ssscab.v

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. PA Big Con-
soIidated motorman and conductor were
threatened with violence by an angry mob
On Broadway this morning But for the
timely arrival of the police, the motorman
would undoubtedly have been roughly
handled and probably lynched. Cries of
Lynch him" Lynch the scab,'' were heard
on every side. and the police had to charge
the crowd repeatedly to save him. The
Broadway car was almost down town when,
the pavement. They were John Pofieh, liz
Fullerton street, cut severely about the head
eight-year-old daughter, both badly cut
about the face and shoulders, and Joe Kraz-
instine, a neighbor, bruised. The police,
coming on a riot call. had great difficulty
in protecting the street-car men. but the
crowd was finally dispersed after the pa
trolmea had used their clubs.
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A COLD-BLOODED BRIDE
BOAsTED SHE WOULD BE A WIDOW
BEFORE SHE WAS EIGHTEEN.
Third Gas Well Struck at Loogootee,
and IN Pressure Said to BE 300
Pounds-State News.
:neeIal ,n the IndiananolIs IournaL.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PERU. Ind. Aug. 2t-Mrs. Edith Quick,
aged seventeen, was arrested to-day and
placed in Jail. charged with numbering her
young husband, William Quick, with arse
mic. two weeks ago. She asserts her inno-
cence. but there seems to be much circum-
stantial evidence against her. Henry
Quick. a brother Of the dead man, Is in jail
on the same charge, and he has given ad-
ditional evidence to Coroner Yarling which
adds much TO the weight of suspicion
against the woman. One witness testified at
the inquest that Mrs. Quick said she would
be a widow before she was eighteen" A
preliminary trial has not yet heeD set for
either The couple had been married just
a month when the husband was poisoned.
At the home with them lived the brother
Henry, and at the inquest il was shown
that the husband had good grounds for sus-
pecting his wife n his brother, who was
told to clear out. A day or two later the
husband was poisoned.
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CUBANS WANT TO FIGHT.
Garcia's Former Officers Anxious ia
Go to- SantO Domingo.

W. ~
HAVANA, Aug. 24.-It is reported here
that General Juan Isidro Jiminez, the revo-
lutionary aspirant to the presidency of
Santo Domingo, who Is now In Manzanillo,
has received during the last three days
more than 800 applications to join any ex-
petitions he may intend to send to Santo
Domingo. The applications include many
Cuban officers who served under the late
General Garcia. The wife and family Of
General Jiminez left Havana this morning
for Batabano, where they took the Menen-
DEE boat for Santiago de Cuba, at which
point General Jiminez. will join them.
Governor General Brooke mas virtually de-
cided not to make any payments to Cuban
troops on the basis of additional rolls. The
first payments brought to light such an
amount of thievery and attempted swim
ding that he has ceased to consider the
question Of distributing what is left of the
50, 100000 in supplementary payments. The
sum now left in his hands he will probably
use to assist wounded and deserving Off
GERS, who, under the original arrangement,
were to receive nothing. Most OF the Gu,
ban officers agree with a remark recently
made by General Gomez. He said that the
s.. OOO,OO would prove more harmful than
helpful, and the work of payment has re-
Nedleu UeptHS ol utpIdNlly tudl inc DcsS
friends of Cuba had not conceived could
exist.
The strike of masons and bricklayers
seems to be gaining strength. All repairs
that were i'm progress on the palace, the
custom house, the telegraph offices and 9TH
er public buildings are at a standstill. The
strikers count upon the support of the local
labor organizations. There are some 200
men still working.
The period of thirty days that was given
to unemployed persons to find work has
now ELAPSED. and hereafter all street idlers
will be arrested and sent to Vivac, the
tombs of Havana, whence they will prob
ably be sent to the Isle of Pines to work
i'm the marble q~uarries there. Seventy-two
idlers have already been taken into GUS
tody.
While an excursion train was returning
to-day from Cienfuegos AT Sagua 1t was
stoned and two excursionists were seriously
injured,
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Joined the Rebels.

CAPE HAITIEN, Aug. 24.-News has been
received here from Puerto Plata, santo Do
mingo, that Sanchez Blanco, near Puerto
Plata, and Moca have declared In favor of
the revolution. Puerto Plata also expects
a similar declaration on the part Of San
tiago. General Pepin, the governor of San
tiago, left the province some time ago to
march on the insurgents. and 1t is believed
in Puerto Plata that Santiago will rise and
march on La Vega.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-25
TO ADJUST WAGE SCALE.
First Step Taken by Independent
WfndOyv-Glass Manufacturers.

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. was a
meeting here to-day Of the independent
window-glass manufacturers, and prelimi-
nary steps were taken toward forming an or
ganization with a view to adjusting the
wage scale. There were about thirty-seven
manufacturers in attendance. representing
3S7 pots out Of the five hundred in the In
dependent factories. An advisory commit
tee was appointed, with c. r. Cole. of Lam
caster, o., chairman, to prepare a plan for
organization, and the manufacturers will
convene here later to receive this report.
President Burns, of the window-glass
workers union, was here, and talked with
the manufacturers regarding the signing Of
the scale. but nothing will be done until an
organization has been effected by the man.
ufacturers.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-The Tribune says:
Matches have advanced IN price from 20
to % per cent. within the last sixty days
and dealers say there is reason to expect,
under present conditions, another advance
before the end of September. During June
and earlier in the year the independent
match manufacturer were at war with the
Diamond Match Company and prices were
demoralized. the cheaper grades selling as
low as So cents a gross. The war on prices,
however. was brought TO an end by the
Diamond Match Company buying several
Independent companies. The company
bought from Edwin Gould was the first 10
be absorbed. The Continental sent out a
price list Aug. l which advanced the g.
cent grade TO N.15 and the 6S-cent grade
TO $40 a gross. The Improved Match Com
pany has also furnished the trade with new
along the line of from 10 TO 20 per cent"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-25
A LESSON IN PATRIOTISM.
Senator Fairbanks Speaks to "Uncle
Billy Dunn's, Pupils.

billy Dunn'S" PUPILS.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
3ANTA, Ind, Aug. .24.-About five thou
sand people were in attendance to-day at
tie twentieth annual reunion Of the pupils
of Uncle Billy Dunn's schoolhouse." which
was held at Fry's Grove, near here. The re-
union was the most successful ever held.
The programme consisted of BAND music,
songs by local singers and several speeches.
Senator Fairbanks was one of the speakers,
and his remarks were highly appreciated.
He spoke Of the early school days when
'lickin' and Parnin' too often went togeth-
er," as he knew from an ample experience
and Of the schools Of to-day, which rank
as good or better than those of any other
State In the Union. After referring to the
influence of the common schools on the peo-
pie and the welfare of the State and coun-
try. ne alluded TO the war with Spain. which
be said was demanded by the people I'm the
willing TO meet in full measure all of the
responsibilities growing out of the war"
OF the situation in the Philippines, he
said, In part: There are great and impor-
tant questions now before us. They must
be settled by the white light of reason, free
from passion and prejudice. 1t Is not what
We wish. but what we should do that must
be done. TIL authority Of the United States
must be acknowledged by all who are within
Its lawful jurisdiction: There is nothing
which can go before this. When its author.
fty there Is recognized. other questions af-
fecting the welfare OF the people will be
given the fullest measure of consideration.
The republic whose chief cornerstone Is the
public schoolhouse will always be brave
enough and good enough to be just TO all.
- The question is not a party question.
There can be no party question where ma
tional good faith and national honor are in
volved- The people of the country demand
obedience to the national authority. When
peace Is established the government will
then be prepared to discuss the relations
between 1t and those challenging its au-
thority."