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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
TRUNK MYSTERY GROWS
NO CLEW TO IDENTITY OF THE BODY
SHIPPED TO EVANSVILLE.
WindOw-Glnss Workers Suspect
Fraud in Decision of ArbitratOrs
at Pittsburg Last Week.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. S.-The investi-
cations to-day failed to throw any light on
the mystery surrounding the dismembered
body found at the Louisville, Evansville &
st. Louis Railroad freight house. 1t is
known that the remains came from ST. Louis
nearly two weeks ago, supposedly from the
Marion Simms Medical college but officers
here failed to get confirmation Of the fact
from the college people. The railroad Off
Gals have also begun an investigation to
find who shipped the box. A telegram
from st. Louis tonight states that on Dec
%, William Jobson, prominent contractor
of that city disappeared from his home and
his relatives have since contended that he
was murdered and robbed. They are row
trying to connect the disappearance Of job
son with the finding of the mangled body at
this point. Jobson was forty years old, six
feet tall. hair and eyes light, and sandy
moustache. The body here is so badly
mutilated that it is impossible to form an
idea of how ii appeared during life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
KID M'COY'S TACTICS.
RumOrs that He Has Decided to Go
Right at the Sailor.

NEW YORK, Jan. SIT is a matter of
great interest to the sporting fraternity at
present TO figure out the ring tactics of
Sharkey and Mccoy in their coming contest
There can be no doubt as to the sailors
intentions. He means to follow his usual
method, one which has won him his present
fame and ducats 1t will be SLAP bang from
the start. and by the frequency of his
swings and the force behind them he means
To ruin the effectiveness of all McCoy's
science and stiffness. "One punch in the
jaw VIII do the trick" says Sharkey. A
decision on points or a carefully laid out
scheme to overcome his opponent by STRAIT
egg or generalship has never stalked about
In the sailors camp. He will try to beat out
a victory by sIedge hammer blows and for
That end he is willing 10 take the singing
J&bs Of his slim opponent.
But what OF this Kid Mccoy and his
plans? VIII he use Fabian tactics and
ciude those rushcs like the tOreadOr does
the bull or Will he decide to face him. meet
him at his own game and rely upon his
Wel-knOwn stiffness to escape fatal conse-
QuenceS? There are rumOrs that Mccoy has
decided not to be tiptoed by his friend Tom.
lie will deliver his straight blows and glide
under the swings into clinch? Why not?
lie has six inches of good reach to his
credit, and some one has told him that a
straight line Is shorter than a circle and
therefore, quicker TO travel
1t is said Of Mccoy that he never formu-
latcs his hghting plans before he enters the
1ing, but waits until he has faced his OPP
poueut and studied his peculiarities. His
mind Il then unclOgged by prearranged
schemes and he can proceed as the circum-
stances warrant. So il has been i'm all of
the Kids fights hitherto, but perhaps the
bug game will force him to hunt differently
this time. IT Is just as well TO study the
habits Of the grizzly when you intend to
follow him TO his lair, and as Mccoy puts it
himself. 'Sharkey is a hard proposition"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
THE BICYCLE BUSINESS.
Now on n Steady Basis, with Boom
Days Gone Forever.


The boom days of the bicycle business,
when travelling statesmen got as much as
$500 and expenses a year, have gone for
ever, and ii has now reached the era of
hard pan where the pubic gets value re-
ce1Ved for It's money and the manufac-
turers know where they are at, said Mr..
S. c. Ludlow, d very intelligent representa-
tive of the bike trade. LAS good a wheel
can now be had for SIS would have cost
500 four years ago, and $50 viii get the
most durable and serViceable in the market,
though a higher price is named for a spe-
Cial make just as we pay a little extra for
q certain kind of hat or shoe that may have
shade more of style or elegance. the
mOderate-prlced machine OF to-day Is what
IS known as the assembled wheel, from the
fact that the various parts-tubingS, forks,
handle bars hubs, cranks, pedals tires, sad
dies and the like are turned out by separate
factories which make nothing else but these
parts. My house, for instance, makes a
specially of saddles, the profits on which
have fallen just as the profits on the COM
plete wheel have shrunk. A saddle that a
few years ago cost 30 cents TO make brought
S1.50; now better one costing 40 cents is
sold at wholesale for only 30 cents. This is
an illustration of what decline has taken
place since the beginning Of the downward
movement only year or so ago
But after all, the business is on much
healthier basis. now that the department
stores have had their dose and prices have
dropped to a level that will be maintained
permanently. The United States is making
about $50, 900 wheels d year. and % per cent.
of the output goes to foreign countries. Our
DlcNtieS are sun III great hcIlsAIh III I<AiOpts
because they are as light and elegant as the
fOreign-made are clumsy and heavy. OF
late, the strongest demand for American
wheels has come from Norway and Sweden.
1T is often said that the use of the BIZ
cycle is on the wane, but the statement is
not to be accepted absolutely. A good many
rich people may have quit riding because
the novelty has worn away. Then, too. the
wealthy like high-priced articles, and when
they paid $100 for a wheel they appreciated
it the more because that figure was prohibi-
tory to the great mass Of people. To Offset
this decline there has been a largely-in-
creased use of the wheel for business pur-
poses while the reduced prices have made
thousands of new buyers"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09

BOSTON, JAN S.-The owners of the Bos-
ton brig Mary Gibbs, Captain Horace
Coombs, now 12O days out, on a voyage
from Newport News to Para, Brazil, have
abandoned all hope of the vessel, although
they still believe there is a chance that the
crew may have been rescued by some ship
bound either to the Pacific or to some re-
mote quarter of the globe. The under
writer's who hold policies on the vessel also
believe she is lost. The Mary Gibbs carried
eight men and a cargo of $50 tons of coal.
The owners and underwriters have given
UP the schooners Howard II. Hanscom,
from Philadelphia Nov. % for Providence
Ida H. Mathis, from Philadelphia Nov %
for NewburypOrt; James r. Pace, from
Philadelphia Nov. % for this port, and
William O. Snow, from Newport News Nov.
q for Salem. These vessels were all coal
laden and carried crews of seven or eight
men each It Is pene eibd tna mat az q them
and that their crews were all lost.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
shovel and Dredge Engineers.

CHICAGO, Jan. S.-The annual conven-
ton of the Brotherhood of Steam Shovel
and Dredge Engineers and Cranesmen of
America closed to-day after a three-day
session. Delegates were present from all
parts of the United States and Canada. The
secretarys report showed the organization
in fourshing condition, the members hav-
ing increased so per cent. the past year
Resolutions were adopted urging Congress
to pass the Nicaragua canal bill. and also
that law should be passed making eight
hours days work on said canal. Resolu-
tons were also passed urging Congress to
pass the river and harbor bill at the present
session of Congress.
Congress was also urged to create a labor
commission of three union men to see that
laws in the interest of working men were
enforced on all government work. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President
Charles Rees, Chicago; first vice president
John Miller, Chicago; second vice president
Joseph Maheux, Farnham, Quebec third
vice president. William Lucas, Toledo
fourth vice president, r. Mcclure, Muir
physboro, ILL.,; treasurer, p. j. O'COnnell,
Moline. ILL.,. financial secretary y. p
Maher, Geneseo, ILL.,; secretary, II. j. Dolan
Chicago; board of directors, j. f. Barns,
Chicago William Cush Philadelphia; G. r.
Kennedy, Hannibal, Mo-; James Casey,
Sault Ste. Marie; o. w. Vandagrift, Ban
mack, Mont
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
UNITED MINE WORKERS.
Tenth Annual Convention Opens at
Pittsburg To-day.

PITTSBURG, Jan. S.-Everything is in
readiness for the tenth annual convention
of the United Mine Workers, which con-
venes here tomorrow. OF the more than
500 delegates expected 300 have arrived, in
Guiding 100 Illinois delegates who came in
this evening on a special Baltimore & Ohio
train. The first business to be transacted
tomorrow will be the election of officers,
over which a bitter fight is expected. What
is termed the administration slate, which
will probably go through Notwithstanding
the big minority opposition, is as follows:
President, John Mitchell. of Illinois; vice
president, r. w. Davis, Pennsylvania; sec
retary-treasurer, W. Z. Pearce, Indiana;
executive board, w. r. Farley, Alabama !:
George w. Purcell, Indiana: Fred Dlcher,
Ohio; James Boston, Illinois; Edward Nc
Kay and Benjamin James, Pennsylvania.
Delegates to the American Federation of
Labor, w. G. Pearce, John Mitchell, J. M.
Hunter and William Warner.
AT an Illinois caucus tonight all local diff
ferences were adjusted and resolutions were
passed agreeing to stand by the administra-
ton. In spite of the probable success of the
slate given above, District President Patrick
Dolan has been persuaded by his friends to
stand for the national presidency
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
DISABLED STEAMER TOWED IN.
Two British Craft Reach st. Johns
After Hard Fight.

ST. JOHNS N. F., Jan. S-The British
steamer Anglican, sixteen days out from
London, for Boston, arrived here to-day tow
ing the British steamer Hestia, twenty-four
days out from Glasgow. for Baltimore. The
Hestia encountered heavy weather crossing
the Atlantic, and on last Sunday her tail
shaft broke. Shortly afterwards the Anglican
came alongside, stood by her for three days
and nights and then took her in tow, reach
ing this port after four days. The Hestia
was constantly swept by heavy seas and her
upper works were almost battered to pieces
When the steamers anchored in the har-
Dor to-day a severe gale was blowing. The
Hestia drifted ashore on the south side of
the harbor, striking stern on, in which posi-
ton she still lies The Anglican endeavored
to tow her off, but she also struck, though
after hard work she got off. The gale is
still raging, accompanied by a binding
snowstorm. 1t is feared shipping in the
harbor may suffer severely during the night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
BURNS CHARGES FRAUD.
Decision of ArbitratOrs a Surprise to
Members of L. A. 800.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Jan. S.-The de-
cision of the arbitrators at Pittsburg in the
l.. A 300 verbal wage agreement dispute is
not satisfactory to the glass workers. The
board held that no verbal agreement had
existed between the manufacturers and
workers wage committee. President Simon
Burns, in a dispatch to Ralph Potts, a
member of the workers commit tee, stated:
Decision against us. Corruption" The
board of arbitration consisted Of w. J. Hol-
land and o. D. Thompson, of Pittsburg, and
Prosecutor w. F. Edwards of Anderson.
The latter, who was chosen by the workers,
has filed minority report of great length,
holding that all the testimony had proven
the existence of verbal agreement prom
Using the advance as the workers con-
the dispute would average $40 per pot to the
month. over two thousand pots are in oper-
alton. and the length of the fire is six
months thus 1920 coo hinged on the result of
the arbitrators decision. The arbitrators
will receive 81 200 for their services, Messrs.
Thompson and Edwards each receiving $3.50
and DIR. Holland $500.
The vote on the third ballot for officers
of L. A. 800 has been counted, and F. b.
Youreson, of Jeanette, won out as assistant
secretary and Joseph G. Mayors, of jean
nette, for a place on the executive board.
A fourth ballot has been ordered for men,
Der of Western wage committee
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
Mari Beds in Northern Indiana.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WATERLOO, Ind, Jan. S.-The fact
that the northeast corner of Indiana is rich
with mari beds is no longer questioned, and
capitalists have options on several hundred
acres of land around what is known as Lit
tie Turkey lake, just across the Steuben
county line nine miles northwest of Water
loo. AS soon as an option can be secured
from an estate bordering on the lake per-
manent steps will then be taken to build a
cement factory. In Steuben county alone
there is known to exist about two thousand
acres of mari of the best quality. At Sill
yer lake there are 500 acres of mari land
which is now worthless so far as Vegeta-
ton is concerned. and will be until the mari
is utilized in the manufacture OF cement.
About Crooked lake and Little and Big
Turkey lakes there are rich beds of mari
which have been tested and found to be or
excellent quality. Across the Michigan
State line, in Branch county, three cement
factories have already started. 1t is also
believed that there is some mari in De Kalb
county but not in sufficient quantities to
cause any investments in options There
are a number of mari beds in Lagrange
county, which are also being investigated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
Two Overdue Steamers Arrive.

HALIFAX, N. s., Jan. S.-The overdue
Furness line steamers Manchester Trader
and Damara reached port to-day, the former
arriving here and the latter at st. Johns,
N F. A brief cable from St. Johns says the
Damara had terrific weather. being twenty
three days out from Liverpool, but suffered
no material damage, AMI all on board we'll
The Manchester Trader was nineteen days
out. She reports the most terrific weather
ever encountered. She sailed from the other
side for Halifax Dec. 10. The first heavy
weather was Dec 26 On the 18th a break
i'm the machinery occurred and the steamer
was hove to for four hours The Cunarder
Aurania. was signaled and offered assist
ance which was declined. The 2Sth. 10Th ard
30th witnessed the heaviest weather of the
voyage. The velocity of the wind was near
~ 100 miles an hour. Tremendous seas
broke over the steamer smashing Ventila-
tors and rendering the wheelhouse uninhab-
liable. Small Misunderstanding geer was located
forward The ship rolled heavily and the
smashing of the sea put the steering gear
out of order twice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
THIS is BETTER.
One Mugwump Newspaper Now Ac-
cepts Expansion.

Harper's Weekly.

Harper's Weekly
There are many ways in which time may
be better spent than in speech making and
resolution-offering over the abstract or gen
eral question of expansion. As TO these ISL
ands, we shall have a duty when they are
really ours which we cannot have until
then, no matter what the eXpansionsts may
have said to the contrary We must provide
a good and stable government for them. We
must send to govern them the best admin
istratiVe officers we can find men such as
General Wood has shown himself to be at
Santiago and General Ludlow IS likely to
prove at Havana. We cannot send such men
as our Presidents have been won't TO appoint
as Governors of Territories. nor can we
every four years replace with new and un-
tried men those who have gained expert
ence and, what Is of the utmost impor-
lance, the confidence OF the natives. We must
have a colonial service and the colonial gov
ernor must not only be a wise and judicious
man, but he must not be hampered by Cons
gress, or by politicians with a pull. he must
have wide discretion, something that har
mCniZes much better with arbitrary than
with democratic power, because ii is more
essential to a power that governs than 10 Il
servant of q self-gOVerning people. His sub
ordinates must be trained members of an
established service, and absolutely protected
against the Wies and Whirns of politicians.
These last must learn that they cannot ex-
tend their spells system to the colonies. be-
cause, while we can stand the eccentricities
Of the heeler in office at home, subject races
need something better. and foreign powers
are likely 10 resent what we may tolerate.
In a word. SpOils politics in distant lands
simply add to the dangers OF war which
will be present for years to come in the
part of the world in which we are expand
in@.
ii is to tasks such as this that Congress
should devote itself after the treaty shall
be ratified. instead Of 10 idle talk about sur
rendering what has become our own, for the
tasks are pressing and practical, but the
idea of surrender is a hopeless fantasy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
GERMANY WANTS VAVAO.
VIII Seize Friendly Island on a
Slender Pretext.

MELBOURNE, Jan. "A dispatch from
Auckland, n. H., says advices have been re-
Ceived from Tonga, the seat of the govern
ment of the Tonga, or Friendly islands, that
the German consul has arrived there from
the Samoan islands and has given notice
that Germany will seize Vavao, the most
fertile of the group, unless the Tcngan gov
ernment pays the private debts which the
natives owe German company. The gov
eminent repudiates responsibility Cor the
giving of credit to the natives, contrary TO
law. and the King s appealing to England,
America and France.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
OBITUARY.
Col. Richard c. Parsons, Ex-COnsuI at
Rio JaneirO.

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. s-Col. Richard
c. Parsons died this morning, aged seventy
two years. Colonel Parsons had long been
a distinguished citizen of Cleveland. AS a
young man he was a member of the Ohio
House of Representatives and speaker of
that body Later he was appointed by
President Lincoln as consul at Rio Janeiro.
Subsequently he was marshal of the United
States Supreme Court. He served one term
in Congress and was instrumental in in
augurating the harbOr Improvements at this
port For a time he was editor of the
Cleveland Herald. At the time of his death
Colonel Parsons was referee in the bank
ruptcy court. Deceased was a fine orator
and writer of force
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
A KELLY MYSTERY.
Queer Things Under the Floor Where
the Motor stood.
Philadelphia Press

Philadelphia Press.
1t was through mere accident that Rob
ert Williams of 1893 Gratz street. broke
through the worn flooring OF the laboratory
OF the late John w. Keely, at 1922 North
Twentieth street. yesterday morning, and 1t
is through this accident that the mystery of
the keely motor, one of the greatest mys-
teIies of modern times, may oe solved.
Underneath the floor. carefully buried and
comepletely concealed in the ground, cast
iron sphere was found. The sphere was
four feet IN diameter. 1t rested on firm
stone fundation. The sphere was hollow,
and on its upper surface were protruding
brass connections that were evidently joined
at one time to delicate brass pipes that run
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
Princess Tetua of Tahita Islands.

SAN FRANCISCO Jan S.-The French
mail boat Tropic Bird brings the news from
Tahiti of the death at Papette of Princess
Tetua Mariana, hereditary princess of the
cess Ariiochan, whose authority extended
over the island of Morea and a number of
districts in Tahiti Princess Tetua was
adopted by Queen Pomare, and when she
grew up she became a great power in the
Southern seas. At an early age she married
John Brander, a Scotchman, by whom she
had nine children. Brander was the head
of the greatest commercial house in the
islands. After his death she married George
Darsie also a Scotchman. She was very
popular, and all the Southern islands are in
mourning at her decease.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
shownIter Loses Again.

NEW YORK, Jan. .s.-Showalter and
Janowski contested the eleventh game of
their match at the Manhattan Chess Club
to-day and after twenty-six moves Showal-
ter resigned. The latter opened with a
queens gambit, in the course of which he
got the better position, and soon he allowed
his adversary to get on even terms. Later
on the Partisan took the attack into his
hands and by rather ingenious play won a
pawn after tWenty-four moves. ShOwalter
might have prolonged the fight by selecting
a better move for his twenty-fifth turn. AS
il was. however Janowski was enabled to
win the game two moves later. The score
OF the match now is: Janowsk ), Showal-
ter ?. drawn 4. The twelfth game will be
PLAYED on TUESDAY,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.
Threatening Weather, with Light
Rain or Snow, Promised.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.--Weather Condi-
tons and General Forecast-The pressure
continues high on the Middle Atlantic Coast
and a second high pressure area of consid-
cradle magnitude has developed in Mani
toba. 1t has grown warmer from the Mis-
sissippi valley to the Atlantic coast; colder
in the Red River of the North valley, and
the temperature has remained nearly sta
tionary elsewhere. including the Pacific
coast. Light snow has fallen in the lake re-
sions; light rain in the middle Mississippi
valley and on the extreme North Pacific
coast. Light snow may be expected in the
lake regions; light rain in the middle Mis-
sissippi valley and Red River of the South
valleys and west gulf States. and threaten
ing weather elsewhere. 1t will grow warmer
in northern New England and the South At
lantie States. and colder in the lake regions
Light easterly winds and moderate temper
allure will be experienced on the Middle and
South Atlantic coast.
FORECAST FOR MONDAY.
For Ohio-Threatening weather, with light
rain turning into snow and colder on the
lakes; brisk to higher southwesterly winds
For Indiana and Notwithstanding
weather; light rain or snow in central and
southern portions colder insnorthern por-
ton; variable winds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09

this city from Captain Shaw. by way of
Cope Town, which tells his mishaps and adj
ventures. The Glenhuntley. with a general
cargo, sailed from New York for Free
mantle, Australia, on March q. The voy-
age was uneventful until the early days of
June, when the bark ran into a terrific
stern, which so buffeted her that on June
Captain Shaw and his crew had to abandon
her and take to their boats. For several
days they rowed. and then landed on Iris
tan d Acunha.
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BOSTON. Jan. S.-RevA w +. Barton read
his resignation as pastor of Shawmut
Church tonight to accept a call from the
First Congregational Church at Oak Park,
Chicago. DR.. Barton telegraphed to the
Chicago congregation this morning that he
would accept their call, but an hour or two
afterward sent second telegram ANNOUNCE
telegram reached the church people too late
to prevent their having read the first one.
Later in the day he decided in order to be
would read his resignation at the evening
service, which ne did. The prudential COM
mittee recommends that the church decline
to accept the resignation
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
Movements of stenmers.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Arrived Umbria
and Nomadic, from Liverpool Britannia,
from Marseilles.
LIZARD, Jan. 9, SIS a. m.-Passed: La
Normandie from New York, for Havre
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. S.-Sailed: Bel
genand, for Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. S-Arrived: Cevic,
from New York.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. S.-Sailed: Servia,
for New York.