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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The annual re-
port of Secretary Of the Interior Hitchcock,
made public tonight, while summing I'D
the work in all the bureaus, is of special
interest by reason of its statements re-
garding pension policies. AT the close of
the fiscal year there were 991, SIG pensioners,
a decrease of 2,195 during the year. The av-
erage annual value of all pensions was
$l32.74. The Spanish wal probably will in
crease the pension roll during the current
fiscal year. The secretary concurs in the
recommendations for legislation providing
that no pension be granted to commence
prior to the date of filing the claim; for
ar early revision and codification of the
pension laws. as the numerous amendatory
laws and decisions have made the whole
system a labyrinth of laws and legal opin-
ions Secretary Hitchcock urges legislation
to definitely construe the act of June q,
1890, relating TO widows pensions. Regard
ing this he says: "In order to more exactly
define the words means of support 1 ap-
prove the recommendation of the commits
sioner of pensions that the act of June q.
1880, be so amended that a pensionable
status be granted to widows whose in
come. Independent of the proceeds of their
daily labor, is not in excess of $50 per an
num-"
The report also recommends legislative
authority for biennial examinations of
pensioners; legislation PROHIBITING the pay
ment of ANY compensation whatever to
pension attorneys and agents for any serv-
ice in connection with any claim or pro-
ceeding under the pension laws. EXCEPT
such as may, within certain limits fixed by
Congress. be allowed by the commissioner
of pensions and paid from the pension
money as now provided with respect TO
claims for pension" and for the delivery,
free. OF any part-paid letter or packet ad-
dressed to pension agencies.
Secretary Hitchcock makes public an adj
vance report OF the Maritime Canal Com
pany, of Nicaragua. dated Dec. 4 next, set
ting forth that. since the organization of
the company. i0.145 shares of the capital
stock have been subscribed for at par,
amounting in the aggregate 70 the sum of
81 LOLA. 500. of which amount $1.00S, SEQ has
been paid into the treasury in cash; that
other sources $l55. 774.51, making the total
amount of cash received 81. 164. COS. 81. The
company has paid for property, work and
labor done and materials furnished in the
execution of the work of construction of
the canal and In administration expenses
the sum OF 81. l6l, sI2.D in cash. 81. $50 shares
OF the full-paid capital stock of the COM
of its first mortgage bonds and its obliga-
tions for S. 05. 900 OF the said first mortgage
bonds. 1t has also issued 1s0. 900 shares of
its capital stock of the par value of Sls,-
100000 in payment for concessionary rights,
privileges. franchises and other property.
The liabilities of the company consist OF
the amounts still due under the concessions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
To Desert Illinois.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The Chronicle to-mor-
row will say: Corporations with an ag-
gregate capital of more thar $500, 600, 900 are
preparing to move out of the State of Illi-
noiS and establish their headquarters in
the East, mainly in New York city. The
chief reason assigned for the radical
change in base of operations is that the
Legislature and courts of Illinois nave as
sumed so distinctly an antitrust complex
ion in legislation and legal decisions that
the corporations nave decided to retaliate
by withdrawing their interests to other
fields. TIL principal corporations that are
getting ready to quit their headquarters in
this city are the following: Federal Steel
Company, American Steel and Wire Com
pany, American Steel Hoop Company,
American Tin-plate Company and the Glu-
cose Sugar Refining Company. A repre-
sentative of the whisky trust said tonight
that the entire business would be taken
from Illinois as soon as possible"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
Obituary..

NEW YORK, Dec. Alexander Murray
Guthrie, a ~well-known resident of Pitts
burg, is dead at the Presbyterian Hospital,
in this city, aged fifty-seven years. At the
outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in the
independent battalion of Ohio cavalry. and
served until the return of peace. He was
secretary of the North Pacific fleet under
his uncle, Admiral Murray.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 1.-Col. Cadwal-
lader Jones, a colonel in the Confederate
army and once a prominent politician, died
here to-day, aged e~ighty-six. Two of his
sons were colonies in the Spanish war-Wy-
lie Jones, of South Carolina, and tombstone
Jones, of California.
NEW YORK, Dec. L-Stanton Barnard,
formerly a Western lumberman, and for
many years president of the Chippewa
Lumber and Boom company, of Chippewa,
Wis, is dead at his home in this city, aged
seventy-one years.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Frederick A.
Schroeder, who was mayor of Brooklyn in
1876 and 1871. died to-day after a long ill
ness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
Fought Six Rounds.

CHICAGO. Dec. 1.-Oscar Gardiner. the
..Omaha Kid" and Harry Forbes, of Chi
fought six fast rounds before the
Fort Dearborn Athletic Club Tonight, the
bout being declared a draw. The men
fought at catch weights and Gardiner prob
ably weighed 122 pounds. while Forbes
scaled about I1S. GARDENERS hands were APP
parently in poor shape and heavily BAN
daged, but he forced the fighting in every
round, playing principally for Forbes's ribs
with his right. Forbes, however, more than
held his own and put Gardiner down square
lv in the sixth round with a right flush on
the chin. Gardiner also went to the floor
in the first round, but 1t was not a clean
k%nockdown. Forbes was sent down In the
fifth with a left on the chin. The fighting
was furious in the last round. witt Forbes
having the better of the exchanges. but
Gardeners blows had the more steam be-
hind them and Forbes was rather tired at
the close.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
Culver, 80; Aurora, 3
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CULVER, Ind, Dec. 1.-Culver closed her
victorious season here to-day by defeating
East Aurora High School team, which has
not been scored against or defeated this
year, by a score of So to 5. The cadets have
played eight games this season with the
strongest secondary school teams of the
West, and have made a total score of 23S
to their opponents IL. Aurora showed a
touchdown by Wilmerth, the half ending 6
to 5 in Culver's favor. In the second half
Culver tore her opponents line in pieces
ana scored % more points The whole cadet
line played fine ball.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
Trusts and Newspapers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 1.-The effect
of the combines and trusts on the business
of newspaper making is to be taken up by
the publishers of Kansas and Missouri.
The Journal tomorrow will print inter-
views with George w. Martin, president of
the Kansas Press Association, and w. r.
Painter, president of the Missouri Press
Association, in which both announce the in
tention of urging extra sessions of their
associations to take up the questions of the
greatly increased cost of print paper and
the steady decline in foreign advertis-
ing, such as baking powders and proprie-
tary articles, which have passed under the
contrel of trusts. The executive committee
of the Kansas association Will meet in
Kansas City on Monday next, and the
executive committee OF the Missouri asso-
citation will soon meet in st. Louis, and
both meetings are expected to result in calls
for conventions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02

Efforts to Adjust the Chicago Build
ing Trades Dispute.

CHICAGO, Dec. Initial steps looking
toward a settlement of the threatened Ia
Dor war" in advance of the first of the
year, the date set for the actual outbreak
of hostilities between contractors and la
borers, were taken to-day by President
Martin 3. Madden, of the Western Stone
Company. Mr.. Madden's idea is that in a
conference between the rival interests at
stake some means could be found to- avert
the struggle. This belief Mr.. Madden set
forth in an open letter to President Carroll.
of the Chicago Building Trades Council, in
which he invited the appointment OF a
committee by the building trades TO meet
twelve large employers of laborers.
AT a meeting tonight OF the Building
Trades Council Mr.. Madden's proposal was
accepted and a conference arranged to
take place tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
De Orc Far Ahead.

NEW YORK, Dec. champion Alfred
De Orc increased his lead over Fred Pay
ton, Of Omaha, tonight in the second even
ing's play for the championship title at
Days Academy, the final score being 404
to S52. The string at the beginning of the
pla- tonight showed De Orc with 205 and
Payton with 1S2. 1t was clearly Demon
strated, however, as the game went on,
that the young Westerner was no match
for the veteran. Payton played a good up
hill game. but De Oro's marvellous control
of the cue ball was too great a handicap
to overcome. The score: De Orc, 464
scratches, a.; breaks, 15; Payton, 352
scratches, y; breaks, 10. The final play
will take place tomorrow night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
NAY Appeal to Mckinley.

CHICAGO, Dec. John Mitchell. ma
tional president of the United Mine Work
ers' Union. who arrived in Chicago to-day
on business connected with the settling up
of the Illinois trade disputes. said the ma
tfonal organization was preparing TO Sc
cure the release of J.. p. Reese. who was
sent TO jail in Fort Scott. Kan. for violat-
ing an injunction. Mr.. Mitchell said: Mr..
Reese went to Kansas under instructions
TO address the miners. He was not on any
company's property and was not melting
the men-simply addressing them as a ma
tional officer. If we DO not succeed with
the habeas corpus proceedings We will APP
peal to President Mckinley TO release our
man
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. about eight
hundred union upholstery weavers went on
strike to-day, closing ~twenty-six mills and
throwing out of employment nearly three
thousand hands engaged in various depart
ments OF the factories. The strikers de-
mand a working week of ffty-five hours
and 10 cents an hour for over time and
an increased wage scale. The advance
asked is a general increase OF about Is per
cent. Many OF the manufacturers had made
an advance of Is per cent. and when the
new demand was made they refused TO
consider 1t. This city and Paterson. N. j.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02

PITTSBURG, Dec. IAN attempt is be-
ing made to consolidate all of the iron and
enameling manufacturing companies of the
manufacturing belt known as the middle
West, which reaches from the Allegheny
mountains to the Mississippi river. 1t is
proposed to effect a consolidation of the
leading companies that make
ware, such as bath tubs, wash stands and
general laundry and bathroom equipments,
and then buy out the smaller concerns. The
capital stock will be about SIC, 900, 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
Women Get More Money.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Dec. 1.-The 500
women employees of the Swofford Dry
Goods Company, who went on strike last
Monday when the company reduced the
price for sewing overalls to As cents per
dozen, will return 10 work tomorrow, the
company having aGred to restore the for
mer scale and pay Go cents per dozen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02

TAMPA, Fla, Dec. Mamie De Long
shot and killed Lizzie Sessions and Calvin
Andrew in a fit of jealousy at ar Peb-
bic phosphate camp. near here. yesterday
afternoon. Andrew had been paying consid-
cradle attention to the Long woman. but
had transferred his affections to Lizzie
Sessions. Mamie De Long went TO the SEES
sions woman's house t. horsewhip her and
the trouble resulted In the murder OF the
two.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
Iron holders Strike Again.

PITTSBURG. Pa, Dec. 1.-The strike Of
iron molders for a minimum wag rate Of
50 a day was renewed to-day at five OF the
largest foundries, and operations VIII be
suspended at twenty-five other foundries
unless the scale is signed. Unlike the
strike of a short time ago, the strikers this
time have the support of the iron holders
national union.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
Railway Collision In New Mexico.

ALBUQUERQUE. n. NJ, Dec. IA rear
end collision between south,bound Los An
geles passenger train No. 2, in charge of
Conductor Davern, and a local freight,
handled by ]. Z. Miller. occurred last night
near Isleta, sixteen miles south OF here.
The names of the injured. as far as known,
are: CT. Hutchinson. of Winslow. a. T..
badly crushed will probably die; Head
Brakeman Pinney, Of the freight train.
caught between cars, chest and legs badly
pinched; Conductor Davern, face badly
cut and bruised otherwise. A woman pas
senger whose name canno be ascertained
received injuries that required immediate
medical attention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02

SPRINGFIELD. H., Dec. IA smallpox
epidemic is reported at Dixon. where some
one hundred persons have become i'll. Local
physicians diagnosed the cases as chicken
pox. but DR.. G.. y. Nelson. the State Board
OF Health expert. who went to investigate
the matter. wires tonight that the Illness
Is smallpox and that IL is spreading al an
alarming rate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02

CINCINNATI, Dec. 1.-The Continental
Tobacco Company has issued a circular
abolishir g after Dec. 1 the 10 per cent. Job
bers' premium on plug tobacco and plug
smoking tobacco. This is equivalent 20 an
advance of 4 cents per pound on tobacco
controlled by the trust.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02

are the centers of the upholstery weaving
industry in this country and there are
about 1.i00 skilled weavers in Philadelphia.
The Orinoco and Century mills. employing
about 700 weavers. have signed the new
scala
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02

Fair To-day and Tomorrow, with
Diminishing Winds.

WASHINGTON. Dec. forecast for
Saturday and Sunday:
For Ohio-Fair on Saturday, with dimin-
ished westerly winds; fair on Sunday.
For Indiana and Illinois-Fair on Satur-
day and Sunday; diminishing westerly
winds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
Voluntary Wage Increase.

ELGIN. ILL.,, Dec. 1.-The Elgin National
Watch Company to-day surprised its 2.4oo
employees by giving notice of a restoration
of the wage scale if 1892. The advance was
unsolicited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
Higher Wages for Many Operatives

FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec. 1.-AIl the
cotton manufacturer of this city repre-
sented in the Fall River Association to-day
decided that they would grant an advance
of 10 per cent. in wages. beginning on Mon
day. Dec. IL. About 1000 hands will benefit
by the raise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02

just Try for Your Complexion
Champlin's Liquid Pearl. pc, pink or white.
Marvellous beautiaer. GreatFenowu. NoeQual,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-02
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo ouinine Tablets. All drug
gists refund the money IL II fails 70 cure z w.
Groves signature Is on each box. &c.
The Princeton union., 1899-03-23
FRIDAY, MARCH H.:

The senate transacted very little busi-
ness, a long row over the fee system
occupying most Of the time. The Will
son bill. placing the Office of oil inspec-
tor on salary of 50, 400, was finally
placed on general orders.
Upon motion of Senator Underleak
the. vote on the Chiffon meat inspection
bill, which; adopting the recommended
ton Of. the committee. was killed., was
reconsidered, and the bill has a place
on general orders. "
. The senate Judiciary committee killed
S. +. 431, by. Stockwell, proposing: an
amendment to the constitution allowing
the initiative and referendum.
a long fight was caused over a mo-
tion to adjourn in order to visit the
agricultural station at. St.. Anthony
Park. 1t was first voted down but on
reconsideration carried by bare margin.
H. F. 337,, by Dwinnel1' of .Hennepin,
caused prolonged debate in the house
at the morning session. The bill pro
vided that the state board of equaliza-
ton consist Of three members from the
seven congressional districts, or: 81 in
all, instead of one from each judicial
district as now.
The: four senate bills. by Senator
Brewer, relating to the, state reforma-
tory, were placed on the calendar in the
house.
The Princeton union., 1899-03-23

QUITE a number of the papers in the
State object to the bill making the
railroad and warehouse commission
elective upon the theory that it will
then become a strictly political body:
Does anybody happen to know of the
time when it was not political body?
True, it must have at least one mem
ber who is of a political body opposed
to the administration, but the admin
istration never has had and never will
have any difficulty in finding men,
even in an opposite party, who will
obey its mandates. The people are to
be trusted with the selection of a rail-
road commissioner, the same as with
governor and judges of the supreme
,cgurt, and if they could have a direct
voice in the matter they would also
elect to elect United States senator's
by the same process.
The Princeton union., 1899-03-23
TUESDAY, MARCH Fl.

The Horton bill relating to the new
capitol building, received setback by
refusal of the house in committee of
the whole to favorably report it. The
opposition, however, consented to a re-.
port of progress. = '>'>',- .'ss', = =: I
The house attendance was very small,
only a few measures getting through by
unanimous consent. ... (,
i At the morning session of the senate
Is bills were passed, among them the
following: -: !: 8 > III ~ >.''s
J. TO establish a drainage commission
and to provide for the drainage fsathe
swamp and marshy lands of the state.sis
Establishing a probation system for
juvenile delinquents. s@@* 4. 81
Two senators occupied the entire aft
ernoon discussing plan for caring for
the state insane in the future. 49,
Senator Barker appeared in behalf OF
q new hospital at Anoka and the pur-
chaseof a site at Hastings. Senator
Knatvold advocated the county system
which, is in vogue in Wisconsin, and
both gentlemen agreed that the present
hospitals were sadl " oYercrowded. From
that point, however, they took divergent
routes. s t9,t.s e.ss Il
The Princeton union., 1899-03-23
ST TIE LEGISLATURE 3.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH IS.

The entire afternoon session in the
house was devoted to the insane hospital
fight and the question was still unset
tied whenthat body adj journed.
=.5 The Arg getsinger bill, H. +. 359, which
increases the state appropriations for
rural, graded, semi-graded and state
B high schools. and which creates a state
high school board, as we'll as bringing
1 about other reforms and improyeme
in the pnblic school system Of Minne-
sofa, passed the house by a vote Of So to
80. The bill came up as a special order
and, as passed, increases the annual ap-
preparation for state aid Of schools from
$50, 900, the present sum, to $16s, 900, or
q total increase of 1914, 900. 81.
Nearly the entire morning session of
the senate was devoted to a discussion
OF MI. Daugherty's bill licensing ped
dlers. AS introduced the bill provided
that all peddlers must pay license Of
$3 a day, $40 a month or 800 year in
every township where they operate.
Many amendments were offered and de.
feated, but one by Senator Everett,
which fixes the license at 81 per day.
$40 per month and $50 per year.. was
adopted without opposition.. The bill
was then recommended to pass by a
vote of 80 toI7.
The Princeton union., 1899-03-23
MONDAY, MARCH 20.

The Senate has recommended for pas
sage the Wilson parole bill, which will, if
it gets through both houses, release the
Younger brothers from the Saltwater
penitentiary. The vote was 33 to 49,,
with 12: members absent or not voting.
Senator Stockwell made a final plea
for the initiative and referendum, but
the report Of the Judiciary committee
killing the bill was adopted.
Bills passed allowing incorporation of
the grand lodge of United Workmen,
authorizing bicycle insurance COM
panies and providing for purchase of
municipal bonds for permanent school
and university funds.
The house cleared the calendar of
house bills and then went to work on
general orders, but only. succeeded in
disposing of three measures. Wheaton's
tive-sixths jury bill was favorably rec
ommonded.
Among the measures passed was one
submitting to a vote of the people an
amendment to the constitution provid-
ing for loaning state school funds on
unencumbered farm lands.
The Princeton union., 1899-03-23

The Populist and Democratic papers
of the State are shocked almost into
insensibility by the publication in q
Republican papers of a series of syndi-
cate letters, prepared apparently for
the purpose of rejecting upon the
Democratic end Of the State admins
tration. There are perhaps a dozen
Republican papers which have pub
lished these letters, and probably ten
times that many Democratic papers
are habitually publishing strictly edi-
torial correspondence from the Dem
ocratic press bureau whose mission it
is to boom ''Lind for governor and
Bry'n for 19OO." AS usual it all de-
pends upon the point of view.
The Princeton union., 1899-03-23

THERE is a good deal of discussion
among the politicians and newspapers
relative to the selection of a Republic
can candidate for governor two years
hence, and all sorts of material is be-
ing offered. Several members of the
present congressional delegation have
been mentioned in the usual hattering
way, and a whole army OF dark
horses may be found in waiting ready
to have the honor thrust upon them.
but the campaign of 1900 is not going
to be conducted on the grab-bag plan,
where you take your chances on get
ting something for nothing or nothing
for something, according as your luck
may run. The year 1900 will bring
Republican victories with it, and it will
also bring an era of getting back to
first principles and down close to the
people >y5 zz4st@ .
The Princeton union., 1899-03-23
THURSDAY, MARCH is.

The house has settled the insane hos.
pital question, so far as that body Is
concerned, by passing the Staples com
promise bill establishing district
asylum at Anoka and appropriatine
$4,000 for the purchase of site at
Hastings.
The Grindeland bill regulating the
business of commission men passed the
senate at the morning session by vote
of "a to %. The fight on this bill, eve,.
to the finish, was struggle betweeli
the country and cities.
The special order for the afternoon,
the insane hospital bills, was postponed
until Tuesday next OH motion of Sena-
tor Schaller.
The friends of the bill which has for
its object the parole of the Younger
brothers brought it to the front at the
afternoon session of the senate and de-
voted several hours to it's discussion.
Senator Wilson, It's author, spoke at
length on the measure and related Incl
dents showing the ''inanly conduct of
the Youngers. Senator Wilson still
occupied the floor when the senate ad-
jOurned
The Princeton union., 1899-03-23

E, Those soldiers Of the Fifteenth who
were looking for trouble a few weeks
ago appear to have found it. Eight of
the ring-leaders in; the recent mutiny
have been given dishonorable dis
charges and sentenced to confinement
in military prisons for terms ranging
from six months to eight years. Gen.
Young gave the officers of the regi-
ness displayed in handling these
toughs, and intimated that if the regi-
ment had not been ordered mustered
out there would be further courts mar
tial and the enlisted men would not be
the victims, either.