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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-19
WILL HOLD CONFERENCE
PRESIDENT KRUGER AND SIR AL
FRED MINER To MEET SOON.
Affairs I'm the Transvaal to Be Dis
cussed-"OOm Paul's" Proposed Re-
forms-Letter from Andree.

LONDON, May 1s.-The secretary Of state
for the colonies, Mr.. Chamberlain. an
nounced in the House Of Commons to-day
that meeting between Sir Alfred Miner,
the governor of Cape Colony and high gov
ernor of South Africa, and President Kru-
ger had been arranged to take place in
Bluemfontein, capital Of the Orange Free
State, at the invitation of the President of
the Orange Free State. He added: 'Sir AL
fred Miner, with my approval, accepted the
invitation with the earnest hope of arriving
at satisfactory settlement Of the situation
which the British government could accept
and recommend the uitlanders as a reason
able concession of their just demands.
President Kruger has also accepted, but he
added that the terms of Sir Alfred Miner 8
acceptance go further than his intention
and that he will gladly discuss every pro-
posal conducting to a good understanding
between the Transvaal and Great Britain,
providing the independence of the Trans
vaal is not impugned." Opposition cheers. ]
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Reforms May BE Secured.

NEW YORK, May ia dispatch to the
Commercial Advertiser from London says:
"A considerable part Of the current agita-
ton IN both London and the Transvaal is
concerted effort to force the imperial gov
eminent to more extreme measures than it
thinks wise. The government hopes that the
recent dispatch of Joseph Chamberlain, the
colonial secretary, which was strong re-
monstrance, not an ultimatum, and the APP
preaching conferences of President Kruger
and Sir Alfred Miner, Governor of Cape
Colony and high commissioner of South At
RIGA, will bring about reforms in the extern
sion OF the franchise to outlander3 and of the
independence of the courts from Boer in
huence. These are virtually the demands
or fair-minded majority of the outlanders.
France and Germany tacitly approve them.
The extreme party in johannesburg and
London is urging the government to threat
en- force. perhaps by the dispatch Of REIN
forcements to Africa, secure these and other
reforms. Otherwise the extremists believe
that the negotiations will be without result.
The extremists have influential representa-
tives here and in Africa vigorously and pri-
vately pressing the government and opinion
through the newspapers. Cecil Rhodes has
some share In these efforts. If the govern.
ment fails TO meet the extremists desires,
some prefer 10 see the conferences mis-
carry"
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WILL GET THE MONEY.
Birmingham University Fulflls Car
negie's Conditions.

BIRMINGHAM. May 1s--The committee
of Birmingham University announced this
evening that the conditions attached to An
drew Carnegie's offer of 100000 to the insti-
tuition had been fulfilled. the subscriptions
having reached 9254 $50. 1t was also an
nounced that Joseph Chamberlain. secretary
Of state for the colonies. who has taken from
the outset very lively interest in the un-
dertaking, had also received a letter from
the anonymous donor who has already given
f37,5O0 offering an additional s12,5OO if the
proposed endowment is increased to f300. 900.
Mr.. Carnegie, in his letter to Joseph Cham
berlain offering to contribute the last ESQ.,
900, which that gentleman was trying to
raise for the University of Birmingham.
made 1t one of the conditions of the gift that
the scientific schools should be made the
principal department in the institution. He
pointed out the great need in England of
young scientific experts TO manage works
of the class which England must secure if
she is to remain one of the principal manu-
featuring nations Of the world, and urges
Mr.. Chamberlain to take Cornell University
a model.
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Baptist Educational Union.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKLIN. Ind, May 1s.-The revival
meeting OF the Baptist Educational Union
Is now being held in Franklin All OF the
Baptist educational institutions Of the Mis-
sissippi valley are represented in the union.
Numbers Of prominent educators have al
ready arrived and others. including Presi-
dent Harper, of Chicago University, are
expected tomorrow. DR.. w. l.. Pickard, Of
Cleveland, was the speaker at tonight >
session discussing the matter OF representa-
ton Of the UNCONVENTIONAL schools in the
churches. DR.. Lasker, Of Cincinnati; DIR.
True. OF Rochester: President Stott, OF
Franklin; President Slocum, OF Kalamazoo
College, and others will be on the pro-
gramme tomorrow. This is the first meet
ing OF the union held outside of Chicago.
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GOING HOME IN LUNCH CAR.
Being the Experience of n Party Of
Belated Young Society Folks.
Kansas City Sta,

A party of young men and women who
live on the East Side were at small dane
ing party on the West Side one night last
week: When the party was over their car.
hour or more for them, and then started 10
walk home When they got to Main street
they found an all-nght lunch car drawn UP
beside the walk. They were all tired. and
when one OF the young men suggested that
they go into the and get some coffee
the young women were tired enough to con-
cede to the proprieties for an opportunity to
sit down.
The lunch car man was doing, and he
awoke with start TO find his car filled
with young women in party gowns and men
in evening dress. AT that time of the night
his customers were usually persons OF no
social standing and more liquor than was
really necessary. He was much gratffed,
therefore. and anxious to give his unaccus-
toned patrons his best service. He made
fresh sandwiches OF the best portions OF the
chicken and ham, and the walters were
young men in evening clothes. The young
women occupied the seats and had good
time. The young men drank coffee ana
smoked cigarettes, and the lunch car man
looked on with admiration.
Where do you live?" asked the lunch car
man.
ION the East Side" replied one Of the
well, If you'll wait until get my team
I'll drive you home" said the lunch man.
He left the car in charge of one OF the
bic for his horses. Then they were of In
the rumblng car, while one or the young
men served fresh coffee As soon as they
were away from the business streets they
sang and had the best kind OF time, ard
were safely deposited at their own doors
from a lunch car with stained glass windows
and a big nickel-plated coffee urn.
The girls told the lunch car man that 10
had ever had. and the young men expressed
their appreciation with silver dollars
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NEW YORK, May 1S.-At meeting Of
the congregation of the Phillips Presby-
terrain Church. held last night, it was agreed
TO unite with the Madison-avenue Presby-
terrain Church. The Madison-avenue Church
Viii MlIl De SOLO, ana VIII prins proodpiy Sc"vv ,
Will be devoted to rebuilding and charging
the Phillips Church, in order to accommo-
naming 100000 will go TO the forming Of
an endowment fund for the maintenance
of the church and to extend the East Side
mission work now conducted by the Phillips
Church.
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CUMBERLAND pREsBYTERIANs.
DR.. j. M. Hnlsell Chosen Moderator
Almost Panic.


DENVER. Col, May 1s.-The sixty-ninth
General Assembly of the Cumberland Pres
byterian Church met to-day in the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church of Denver About
three hundred delegates. coming from all
parts Of the country. were present when the
moderator. Gen II. H. Norman, of Murfrees-
boro. Tenn. called the assembly to order
After devotional exercises. Rev. DR.. w. III.
Black president of the Missouri Valley Col
lege. of Marshall. Mo-. preached the opening
sermon DR.. James NJ. Halsell of Houston
Tex, one of the most prominent editors and
educators OF the South. was chosen modera-
tor for the ensuing year. He will name his
standing committees tomorrow.
A serious panic was narrowly averted late
this afternoon. A local photographer made
q fiash-light picture Of the interior of the
church. The decorations on one of the chan
deliers took fire and the flames spread to
other decorations, creating much alarm for
few moments Aside from a few slightly
burned hands. however. no damage was
Tomorrow the subject of education will be
under consideration. DR.. William j. Darby
making a report on the proposition to raise
100000 for endowment purposes.
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Fourth Triennfal Convention Con-
venes I'm the Marion Church.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, May 1s-The first ses-
sion Of the fourth triennial convention Of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary Conven-
ton Of the Friends Church of America was
called to order in the First Friends Church
I'm this city at 10 o'clock this morning by
the president, Mrs. Hannah L. Smith, Of
Selma. o. The church was crowded with
delegates, visitors and members Of the local
congregation The regular session was
opened by a general prayer service followed
by two songs, concluding with an earnest
prayer BY the president herself. The next
was the seating of the delegates from the
different districts. The roll call showed
delegates present from the Philadelphia
California. New England. Kansas, Ohio,
iowa, Wilmington, Indiana and North
Carolina districts. A delegate made a mo-
ton that kilograms be sent to all the aged
msmbers of the union who were absent and
whose faces have heretofore been familiar
at the conferences. The president then de-
livered her address. At the conclusion Mrs.
Hannah J. Bailey. of Portland Me-. intro
duced resolution which was passed by the
conference. indorsing me peace conference
now in session at The Hauge. called by the
Car OF Russia The president then asked
that all foreign missionary workers who
had been In foreign countries In the interest
or the cause should come forward and be
upon the pulpit. The following complied
with the request: Mr.. Penford, OF Japan;
Minnie Boles. OF Japan; Mr. and Mrs.
George Weeks, OF Mexico: Martha Barber.
OF India: Anna Stanley, of China 1t was
ordered that the resolution Endorsement be
<abled the United States committee at the
Hague. Mrs Bailey stated that a copy Of
the resolution was now in the hands of the
committee and all that was necessary was
to cable the committee that 1t had been in
dorsed-
Besides the president there are the fol-
lowing officers: First vice president, Ann
NJ. HaInes Buffalo. N. Y: second vice presi-
dent. Phoebe 8. Aydelott. Fall River. Mass. !:
recording secretary. Esther Pugh. Selma,
o.; corresponding secretary Sarah j. King
Carmel. Ind; treasurer, Ellen W. Long
streth. Bryn Mawr. Pa: general secretaries
OF departments: Interest and organization,
Hannah L. Smith, Salem. o.; literature,
Flora p. Mills, Knightstown, Ind; junior
and juvenile work. E. NJ. Jenkins. Mount
Pleasant, o.; proportionate and systematic
giving Mary A Hill. Emerson. o.
At the afternoon session reports from the
Indiana, Ohio and Western societies were
submitted. The treasurer also submitted
her report and also the report OF the gen.
eral secretary of proportionate and sys-
tematic giving, by Mrs. Mary A. Hill. To-
night Gilbert A. Bowles. a member OF the
faculty of the Penn College. Oskaloosa, Ia,
delivered an address.
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BOWIE KNIFE" POTTER DEAD
Former Congressman Who Cooled
Roger A. .Pryor's Fighting ArdOr.

EAST TROY, Wis, May 1S-John F.
Potter, of anti-slavery fame. and a former
congressman. died to-day from a paralytic
stroke, aged eighty-two years.
Mr.. Potter was one of the founders Of the
Republican party. He served three terms in
Congress. from 1857 to 1863. In 1860 after
Owen Lovejoy's speech in Congress con-
corning the assassination Of his brother,
Edgar P. Lovejoy, Mr. Potter at the close
Of an angry discussion with Roger A Pry-
or, was challenged 10 a ouel by the latter
Mr.. Potter chose Bowie knives as weapons,
which were promptly objected to by the
other side and, in consequence, the matter
was dropped. From the time of this Incl
dent Potter was given the sobriquet Of
"Bowie-knife" Potter
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TO STOP SWEARING.
Village Trustees Of Mfllstadt, NY,
Will Suppress Profanity.

BELLEvILLE. KY. May 1S-Profanity Is
to be suppressed by order Of the board OF
village trustees of Millstadt, small town
in this county. A demand has been made
upon them for the enforcement OF the law
against the use Of profane and obscene
language in public places. and they have
promised to instruct the village marshal to
arrest all offenders. The crusade was
started by r NJ. Stone. the agent Of the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad. He had been an
noyed by young men congregating around
the station and swearing with great zeal,
and he caused to be published warning
that he would prosecute anybody caught
cursing or swearing. about the station or on
the right of way. This proved so effective
that some of the leading citizens considered
il would be a good thing to extend the
anti-profanity limits all over town.
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Besxemer Steel Higher.

PITTSBURG, May 1S-Ten thousand tons
Of bessemer pig iron was sold in the She
mango and Mahoning valleys yesterday at
SIG per ton, an advance of 81 over the price
fixed by the association last week. which
was SIS for the valleys and S15.65 in Pitts
burg. manufacturer said to-day that with
the price of bessemer pig at $16.65 Pittsburg
steel will begin to advance rapidly from
now on and that billets have been selling
freely at S27, with higher prices asked. The
new price on pig iron will establish steel
billets al SIS for the remainder of the year
and those firms that have covered their
supplies for the last half of the year at So
and $40 per ton are in luck. The new price
will practically put a stop to all exporta-
ton of steel for the year.
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The Pittsburx Coal Trust.

NEW ORLEANS. La, May 8-The rep
resentatives of Pittsburg coal trust have
been at work in New Orleans for some
weeks and have secured options On all the
coal plants in this city. with the single ex-
ception of that of G. w. Coyle & Co.. one
which has $50, 100000 of money, is at work at
numerous other points in the Mississippi
valley and proposes by next fall to control
all the coal trade Of this portion Of the
United States. Several rich coal men here,
seeing the way matters were going. tried to
get in the ground floor, but were told
that the trust was formed, and that all the
combination desired was to purchase out
right the plants of the various dealers.
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Rev. ]. G. D. F1ndlay. Newburg, n. Y;
Rev: A Gilchrist. D. D.. Omaha; Rev j. E.
Wishart, Ingram, Pa; Rev. ]. w. Lang, ID.
D.. Missouri. On resolutions and recon-
mendations to the General Assembly-Rev.
Campbell. ID. d., Wooster. o; Rev. Joseph
Rev. G. Ferguson. Denison. Kan: Rev. j.
B. Wilson. Baltimore On devotional ever
cises-Rev. L. G. Simpson. ID. D., Dayton.
o.; Rev. s. Kyle, Johnstown, Pa. Rev. j.
H Gibson, Monroe. Ia On special missions
and special work-Rev. A. L. Davidson.
washington, Ia; Rev. E c. Paxson, Pitts
burg; Rev. w. T. Moffett, Arkansas City.
Ark; Rev. F. NJ. McCord, d. D., Provi-
dence. r l.; Rev. r W. Burnside. Ohio.
Applications for assistance from twenty-five
mission churches were granted.
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LETTER FROM ANDREE.
IL Was Found I'm a Bottle on the
Northeast Coast of Iceland.

LEITH. May 1s.-The Norwegian ship VI
king. which arrived here yesterday from
Soydisfjord brought news Of a letter written
by Prof. Andree, which was found in a bot
tie early in April near Ritotang on tho
northeast coast of Iceland, by a farmer
named Jepan Hagnussen. The letter was
then in bottle, was addressed to the Polar
expedition at Goeteberg. and bore Andree's
own stamp, with the request that 1t be
placed in the nearest Postoffce. Magnussen,
II Is said, gave the letter to a merchant
Svienn Einaison, at Thistilfjord. who mailed
II, and II is expected to arrive al its des-
tination in the course of a few days. AT
the same time the Viking brought letter
TO prominent Icelander, now in London,
advising him of the facts and requesting him
to telegraph the King of Sweden and to the
Polar expedition at Goeteberg, which was
done.
A dispatch from Copenhagen on April 20
last said information had been received
there that day from Iceland announcing
that bottle containing a note from Pro-
lessor Andree, the missing arctic explorer,
had been found in some polar ice in the
neighborhood of Husavik, north of Reikia-
vik The man who found the bottle is said
to have sent 1t TO Reikiavik with the re-
quest that IL be forwarded to Christiana.
1t was added al the time that the text Of
the letter would not be known until the ar
rival of the next mail from Iceland. Mails
reach Copenhagen from Iceland at intervals
OF about six times a year.
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DRUNKEN SOLDIERS.
Kentucky Volunteers Charged with
Using Firearms Too Freely.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May ia num-
Der of mustered-out Third Kentucky SOL
diers who passed through this city en- route
home to-day created good deal of terror
along the line to Lexington by firing pro-
miscuously from the cars. When the train
left the central depot the men. who were
drinking heavily, opened fire on trains
depots and almost anything else that an
swered for target. At the Chattanooga
Driving Park they fired upon a number OF
blooded horses, killing two Of them, 1t is
said and wounding others. Many OF the
stations along the line were perforated with
lead and message was sent up the road
for all agents to be on the lookout to avoid
being shot.
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The worsted Yarn Trust.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 1S.-The
Record to-day says: THE worsted yarn
trust. to be known as the United States
Worsted Yarn Company, with a capital Of
100000, is practically an assured fact and
all that remains to be done Is the matter
of formal organization. Nineteen worsted
yarn spinners, including the largest spin
ners in the country, have agreed to enter
the trust Their plants have been appraised
and the prices at which they are to be taken
into the new company have been agreed
uDOn."
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Movements of Steamers.

LIVERPOOL May 1s-Arrived: Aurania
from New York; Numidian. from Montreal
QUEENSTOWN, May 1S.-Arrived: Brit
annie. from New York. for Liverpool.
ROTTERDAM May 1S-Sailed: Spaarn-
dam, for New York, via Boulogne.
NEW YORK, May 1S-Arrived Patricia
from Hamburg and Boulogne.
HAMBURG, May 1S-Arrived: Palatia,
from New York
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says He Wa. Onered = Br,he.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, May 1s.-The
vised BILL which allows street railroads of
cities to consolidate. The bin was fought
hard and a charge of attempting TO b,iy
votes was made by Jenkins preacher
member from Jasper. He charged that
Frank Lamb. lobbyist. had offered him
$100 to vote for the bill The bill passed by
a vote of 81 10 IS. Ii now goes 10 fhe Cow
ernor for his signature to become a law.
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Voted to Sustain Their Pastor.

NEW YORK, May 1s-The congregation
OF the West Presbyterian Church met last
night and sustained their pastor. Rev. DIR.
Anthony NJ Evans, whom the board OF
directors, headed by Russell Sage, sought
to GUST just because his pastorate was not
financially successful. Some time ago the
trustees resigned in body when the con-
gregation refused to accept the resignation
of DIR. EvanA The issue last night was
squarely Joined, the ex-trusteeS being can
didates for reelection. They were defeated
by twenty votes.
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UNPOPULAR DECISION.
Spectators Wanted the Honors
Awarded to Bezenah.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1S.-Eugene
Bezenah, of Covington. and Tommy Hogan,
Of New York. boxed twenty rounds of the
prettiest fighting ever seen here tonight at
Music Hall. At the end Of the contest the
referee declared the bout a draw. The de-
cision was unpopular. to say the least. At
the finish Hogan's face was covered with
blood, while BeZenah was unmarked. Hogan
landed more blows than Bezenah, but
lacked steam and was ineffective. Bezenah,
on the other hand, was the aggressor
throughout most of the twenty rounds.
There were no knock downs nor brutality
1t was a measuring of skill with the fists
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mapping Of Lincoln McGeisey and Palmer
sampson. Seminole Indian boys. who were
kidnapped In the IndRn Territory by a mob
and afterward burned 10 death al the stake
near Maud. o. T. Jones at he time OF
the burning was a deputy United states
mars4al and had a writ for McGGsey, but
instead of arresting him ard taking him
from the hands of the desperate and IN
furiated mob. assisted In the KIDNAPPING,
which resulted In the death of the boys
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ST. LOUIS, May lS.-Davld /. Field, re-
tired capitalist. shot and killed Robert W.
Stratford, his negro man of all work, in the
vestibule of his handsome residence No.
53i5 Vernon avenue, tonight. The shooting
was the result of Stratford attempting TO
charged him for neglecting his work He or
dered the negro away, bat the latter grew
angry and advanced on his employer. who
dered himself to the police and was taken
into custody.
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Cycle Chain Trust Proposed.

SPRINGFTELD, Mass, May 1S.-James
Duckworth Of the G. Duckworth Cycle
Chain Manufacturing Company, announces
that his concern has been approached by
promoters of two steel chain combines and
that he has given option, which expires
on June o. to Rochester, N. Y, men. II. w.
Goddard of the Springfield Drop Forging
Company, says that he has been asked to
join drop forging combine now in process
Of formation. Mr.. Goddard said the COM
bine might be effected by the end Of the
month.
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Damages for Injured Baggage.

BOSTON, May 1S.-The full bench of the
Supreme Court in the suit of Annie l..
Moore VS.. the New York. New Haven &
Hartford Railroad Company. to recover for
damaged baggage decided to-day that
where person delivers baggage 10 a rail-
road company for carriage. she being a
passenger, and the baggage is damaged
during Its passage oyer the road 10 which Ii
was first delivered and over other roads, the
passenger can recover damages from the
last road over which It came.
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Prices of Tables Advanced.

MILWAUKEE, May 1S.-Representatives
of the leading table manufacturers of the
United States met in Milwaukee to-day and
decided to advance prices. L. p. Longer, Of
the St. Anthony's Table Company, St. Paul.
said: I'VE shall not form any trust, but
the higher prices will be maintained by all
manufacturers. The meeting was secret
and no particulars could be CLEANED from
those in attendance.
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NEW YORK. May B.-The annual BUSH
ness meeting of the General Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church was held
here to-day. There were forty clergymen
present from various States. The following
Alexander Savage, OF New Galilee, Pa. ::
stated clerk, Rev. Jas. Y. Boce, of the
First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia:
assistant clerks, Rev. Jas. L. Chestnut, of
Coultersvile, H.. and Rev. ]. II. Kendall.
Reports were read and referred.