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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

The eight-hour law has been repealed by
the Territorial Assembly of Manitoba.
The American Trust and Savings Bank,
of Chicago, has been appointed receiver
for Lazarus Silverman, formerly a banker,
and now in the real estate business.
BY the breaking of scaffolding ninety
five feet high at the Pueblo, Col, steel
works, F. ID. Gusts was instantly killed
and ]. w. Stanton, a fellow-worker, had
both legs broken and his skull crushed.
Ernest E. Pons, prominent lawyer of
Jacksonville. Fla, was shot and killed at
Sanderson, Fla, during an alteration with
Richard and James Altman. The cause OF
the shooting is supposed to be the result of
an old feud.
Beginning April % the Chicago & North
daily service between Chicago and Port
land, Ore, via the Union Pacific, Oregon
Short Line and Oregon Railroad G. Naviga-
tion Company.
John II. Allen, an Ottumwa. Kan. store
keeper, was shot and killed at his doorstep
al he was about to enter his house. j. w.
Harris has been arrested on circumstantial
evidence and is in jail. The men had quar-
relied over family affairs.
"Jim" Redmond, alias Mike Sellville ar
rested in Manila two months ago on a
charge of having murdered Emma Schu-
macher in 1897 and who was brought to
Kansas City Friday night from San Fran
cisco. admits his identity, but denies COM
Thirty Of the 52s Japanese brought by the
steamship Rio Jun Maru have been re-
fused admittance to the United States by
the commissioners at Seattle, Wash and
IL their opinion is concurred in by a board
of inquiry they will be returned to Japan
A. w. Johnson, commissioner of labor,
has been in Kansas City, Kan, and fled
complaints against several contractors on
public works, charging them with violat-
ing the eight-hour law. The names will
not be made public until the warrants are
served. The law provides that eight hours
shall constitute days work for employees
in state. county and municipal offices as
well as on all contracts for public work.
A call has been issued for a meeting of
the Western Flint Glass Bottle Manu-
facturers' Association In Pittsburg April
Is at which the matter of consolidating;
the Eastern and Western associations will
be acted on. The discrimination In freight
rates between small lots and carloads will
wage question. The matter of competing
with nonunion firms will also be consid-
cred.
Attorney General Sheets, of Ohio. yes
terday handed to the Governor a formal
opinion in which he holds that the item of
200 for the Ohio centennial exposition
at Toledo which appears In the xeneral
appropriation bill Is not available because
The Legislature failed to make provision
tor its expenditure. The orf.xinal Commit
sIons the attorney general sa3u, co1no1 -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22
Value of Walnut Trees.
Philadelphia Record.

fleCOru.
THE old-fashioned walnut furniture has
gone completely out of style" said a Mar
ket-street furniture dealer yesterday. But
between you and me, it's the supply that
controls the demand in our business and
the styles are created by the manufacture
ers. The reason you don't see walnut fur
niture any more is because there is no
longer any walnut wood 10 speak Of and
what there is commands big prices. An
Indiana firm last year paid $1,000 for nfty-
ern border line OF the State and made
handsome profit at that Ii seems almosi
incredible. doesn't IL? / should advise any
man who owns land with black walnut
trees on IL to hold fast 20 IL, or IL he sells
to sell the trees separately and not let
them go with the land a New York firm,
/ am told. recently paid $4,000 for lot OF
walnut timber out I'm Grant county. In
diana. That section used TO be a great TIM
Der region, but it has nearly exhausted
itself 1"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22

CLEVELAND, o., April IA schedule
OF wages for the opening of the season was
adopted by the executive committee of the
Lake Carriers Association to-day, and 1t
is thought that all the men will be satisfied
with the new conditions. The wages of
the firemen. wheelsmen, lookouts and sea-
men were advanced from S42. so, which was
paid last fall, to SIS per month, and the
wages of mates on consorts and sailing
vessels were marked up from SIS to S75 per
month. Otherwise the schedule is the same
as the closing card of last year. Fully 5000
men are benefited by the advance.
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WAR RESUMED.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST p

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
yards. yesterday, TO ascertain what they
would charge for ten thousand horses for
the English government. for service in
South Africa. The firm submitted esti-
mates to the committee and they were sent
to England by cable. The committee told
the dealers that If the British government
believed the South African war would con-
tinue for any length of time the animals
would have to be purchased. 1t is be-
lieved here that even If the war does not
keep up the British will buy a number of
horses for use In England. II is declared
that If the sale of ten thousand horses
went through they would cost in the
neighborhood Of 81, 100000.
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ceive or disburse the money, its powers
being specifically limited by the statute
under which il was created.
John w. Gibbs, d. L. Staples and F. k
Ferguson. OF Chicago, William Whalen, OF
Eureka New, George William Leighton,
Walter Jewett and others, OF Grand Rap
ids, Mich, have filed suit in the Circult
Court at Chicago asking that a receiver be
appointed for the Whalen Consolidated
Copper Mining Company. The company
capital stock is s2.50o.000. Its mines are in
Eureka county, Nevada. Plaintins alleSe
a conspiracy to discredit the company and
depress the value of its stock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22

COLUMBUS, o., April 2.-The contest
for the Republican nomination for secre-
tary of state, which has been waging for
the last six weeks between l.. c. Lalin and
Howard Warrington, was ended tonight
by the withdrawal of Warrington. The
last of the county conventions to select
delegates to the state convention were
held to-day, and in the roundup it was
found Lain had landed $50, while only li6
was necessary to nominate He is the
choice of the administration. The caHdi-
date for secretary of state heads the
ticket at the fall election.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22

MUSKOGEE. I. T., April H.-General
George p. NJ Turner, a prominent attor-
ney of this city. died here last night. He
was at one time editor of the Memphis,
Tenn. Scimetar. and for eight years attor-
ney general of the judicial district which
includes Shelby county and Memphis
Tenn. He was a well-known politician in
the Central and Southern States.
SEATTLE, Wash, April I.-Capt. Har-
vey H. Hudson. retired New York
merchant, died here, yesterday, Of heart
failure.
MUNICH. April 21.-Heinrich vogeI, the
opera singer, is dead OF ap0plexy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22

CROTON LANDING, N Y. April IL
There was no trouble at the Croton dam
to-day and about $50 men were at work.
The strikers were paid off to-day. receiving
about $4,000. 1t is expected that the SOL
diers will be withdrawn in a day or two.
The twenty-five strikers arrested on Thurs
day were arraigned to-day, and all but
two were held for the grand jury. They
are charged with carrying concealed weap-
ons and threatening life and property
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22
Murdered by Indians.

SEATTLE, Wash, April H.-Late arriv-
ais from Alaska report the probable MUIR
der, by the same Chilkat Indians that
killed Mr.. and Mrs. Horton. of four pros
pectors. The latter went up the Chilkoot
river, where they disappeared. They were
followed by the Indians, who returned and
acted in mysterious manner. The names
of three of the men was Anderson, Sam
and Cleve. The other is not known.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22

ment which placed him in a position 10
meet every move with a counter-move.
Military secrets leaked out in this way.
and when the English increased their fight
ing force in South Africa by secret enlist
ments Kruger added a larger number 20 his
regular army. Likewise when more guns
were shipped from England 10 South Africa
Kruger had even a greater number shipped
almost simultaneously from Germany and
upon the information supplied by the wom-
en- spies-the pretty barmaids OF Johannes
burg
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22
Rev. DIR. Judson smiths welcome.

At the conclusion of this address Gen.
Harrison introduced Rev. DR.. Judson Smith.
OF Boston, who delivered the address of
welcome. He told of the growth of mission
work during the closing century and urged
cooperation in all fields. DR.. Smith spoke
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22

stars; held his purpose high; kept his mind
keen: his hand active and preserved a
healthy hope for the splendor Of the fu-
ture. Would that more pioneers were here
to enjoy the blessings OF a glorious pres
ent and look forward TO still more splendid
things to come.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22
FAIR WEATHER TODAY.
Fair and Warmer on --Onday, with
SoutherIy Winds.

WASHINGTON. April 21.-Forecast for
Sunday and Monday:
For Ohic-Cloudy, with showers in north
ern portion on Sunday. Monday fair and
warmer: fresh southerly winds.
For Illinois-Fair and warmer on Sunday
and Monday; fresh southeasterly winds
For Indiana-Fairf on Sunday. Fair and
warmer on Monday; fresh southerly winds
winds
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22
Chancellor McGill was born in Pittsburg,
Pa in 1S43 and resided in New Jersey
Rev. Charles Beecher.

HAVERHILL, Mass, April 21.-The Rev.
Charles Beecher, brother of the late
Henry Ward Beecher, died to-day at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. G.. w. Moves.
in Georgetown. He was eighty-four years
old and was the youngest Of the Beecher
family
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22

LONDON, April H.-The Law Journal
says a special court will be constituted
for the trial of rebels in South Africa, OF
which the lord chief Justice, Baron Russell
of KilloMen. will be a member
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22
Mrrder at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI. o., April 2.-Gus Schon-
field was shot and killed by Fritz Schreck
in the West End of the city tonight He
grievance was that Schonfeld had struck
him. Both were drunk and quarreling over
beer bill. The murderer escaped
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, April 21-The
California Packing Company, one of the
largest packing concerns In the city, Of
which e T. Cote is president. has made an
assignment to Juda Neuman, of the firm
OF Sol Wagonhein & Co., for the benefit Of
creditors The Cali says that claims ag-
eregatinx more than $4,000 are out against
Cote. who says his assets will reach $40. 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22
OBITUARY.
Allen IT. McGill, Chancellor Of New
Jersey, and a Prominent Democrat.

NEW YORK, April 21.-Chancellor Allen
T. McGill died to-day at his residence in
Jersey City. He had been i'll for about
year. suffering from general breakdown
from overwork. Last summer he took
trip to Europe. and when he returned his
health was thought to be somewhat i'm
proved A short time ago his health began
to fail rapidly and he had arranged to re-
sign the chancellorship on June /.
Chancellor McGill was born in Pittsburg,
Pa, in 1S43. and resided in New Jersey
from the time he was eleven years old
The first official position held by Chan
cellOr McGill was that of city counsel for
Bayonne in 1874 and 1875. Subsequently he
represented Hudson county in the House
OF Assembly He served one term as pros
ecutor of the pleas of Hudson county. sue
ceeding A O. Garretson, who was ap-
pointed law judge, and when the latter
resigned his office Mr.. McGil again sue
ceeded him judge. office he held
when ne was appointed chancellor by Gov.
Green in 1887. He was reappointed by Gov.
Werts in 1894 He was the Democratic
candidate for Governor in 1894. He was de-
feated by John w. Griggs by plurality
of 26900. His term of office would have
expired on May /, 1901.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-28
COINS THAT DISAPPEAR.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The question that is just now occu.
plying the attention of the coin collectors
is what has become of the old-fashioned
copper cents with which the country was
at one time flooded. The statistician at
the s~ub-treasury in this city has been
in receipt of hundreds of letters lately
asking for light on this mystery. (
According to his figures. there are
1893, 600, 600 of these oid-style copper pen,
MES somewhere. Nobody can tell on
knows what has become of them, except
once in awhile a solitary specimen turns
up in change.
This mysterious disappearance. ac-
cording to the local expert, also extends
to the bronze 2-cent pieces. which at
one time We're so plentiful. A few years
ago 4,5O0, 600 of these coins We're placed in
circulation, and there are 3, 900. 900 Of
them yet at large. They hardly ever
p,,t in an appearance.
There are also 1000, 900 of the silver
Scent pieces somewhere in this broad
domain, yet one scarcely ever comes
across a specimen nowadays. Another
peculiar fact Is recited by the expert.
OF the SOC. 900 half-cent pieces put "
circulation years ago. not one has beer
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-28
FROM MANY

The English tobacco trade employs
today 121 women to every 100 men.
The f1nest-looking people of Europe
are the Tziganes, or gypsies, Of Hum
gary. NH !
Queen Victoria fhas not worn her crown
more than twenty times during her
whole reign. 7n |
The fastest flowing river in the world
is the Slutej, in India. Its descent is H.
600 feet in $50 miles.
In the streets of an average city there
are about 5000 bacteria to the cubic yard
of air, and in the hospital at the front
as many as $4,000.
There are ordinarily from thirty I'd
forty varieties of fish in the Honolulu
market. A large percentage of the MAJ
tives make their living by fishing.
The crust of the earth under Japan
must be comparatively thin, judging by
the number of earthquake shocks in that
country. They average 500 a year.
+ The children of the Beers, females as
well as males, are laugh to use the rifle
before they are ten years of & This
explains why the Beers are good marks
men.
Scientists now assert that the human
body is full of microbes. When they are
in good condition, the man is healthy:
but when they are inactive from illness,
the man needs medical treatment.
Lightning has KILLED so many cattle
while ithey were standing near wire
fences that 1T proposed to diminish the
danger by means of ground wires, which
will conduct the electricity into the
earth.
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is an achievement worthy Of driving q
stake or planting a mum in the
highway of civilization. A few easy
equations from this starting point will
lead us to-
One pound Of coal equals ore horse
power hour.
Two thousand pounds of coal EQUALS
1000 horse power hours.
TWO thousand pOunaS coal EQUALS 200
horse power days of ten hours each.
One horse power hour equals fourteen
man power hours.
Two thousand pounds coal eo,,n.s $500
man power days often hours each.
Value of 1900 pounds of. coal, excluding
transportation, 81.
Annual production of coal in the
United States 24O, DOC. 900 net tons.
Potentially in man power years of
24O. 600, 600 tons of coal, 9, 160, 0O0, 900 years.
Estimated number of male producers
in the United States 90 900, 900.
Ratio 20, 900, 0U0 male workers
and the potentiality of 24O, 900, 900 tons
Of coal, ] to los.
That is to say 2 10000, 900 workers, with
out the aid of coal would have to labor
108 years to develop a force equal to
the potential energy of the present an
nual production Of Goa in thu United
States.
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I r

Letter to the London Times. ~
The habit of drinking, eve cold wa
ter, is which is easily kept within
the limits of the actual necessity of the
body for renewing it's moisture. But
the habit must be regulated by the ex.
ercise of a certain degree of self-control
before he necessity arises. When a
boy, I had the ambition of exploration,
and prepared myself by abstinence for
privation. 1 used to abstain from drink
ing n liquid whatever for t~wenty-four
hour at a time, knowing that thirst
was the hardship most to be dreaded
I found the habit SO acquired of great
utility in my travels, and especially in
the campaigns in Montenegro, which is a
country of few wells and no springs, the
main supply being rain water collected
in cisterns. and during the Turkish. in
vasion their army could never maintain
a force sufficient to maintain the local
tiles occupied for the want of water. I
have seen the Montenegrin army on a
forced march almost uncomfortable from
thirst, and my groom lie down in The
road to drink from the puddles after a
passing shower, though the water was
man, while I felt no inconvenience
whatever. I have seen the soldiers
drink the entire contents of a %cistern,
such as is provided by the way at con
venient distances, down to the mud at
the bottom as long as there Was my
liquid, budding crawling, almost fight
ing to get to the cistern, though I had
made the same march (though on horse
back without the sensation of thirst.
In the hottest weather of an Athenian
or italian summer l have rarely drank
anything between meals, and avoided
iced water as the greatest provocative
of thirst,
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they would not promise to march their
men up the narrow river valley. He sent
them to their quarters and said Moth
ing of their impertinence until after the
war. While in camp at Gauley Bridge.
his quartermaster general shot a private
in the Second Kentucky infantry. The
men of the regiment escaped the control
OF the officers, and made a rush to kill
the quartefnaster, who had been taken
to Cox headquarters. Cox saw the men
coming, but instead of ordering the
guards to fire on them, he ran toward
them alone, bareheadfR and unarmed.
He reached a gap in 4 stone wall ahead
of the SEQ or 600 furious armed men and
stopped them. He explained that they
might kill him, but they could not pass.
Strengthening to his fun height, he
said. firmly: Your general, unarmed as
you see, orders you to return to your
quarters, and he expects you to remem-
Der that you are soldiers and obey"
Much ID the surprise Of the score OF
anxious officers watching the parley, the
men returned to their camp. Cox sent
fof a company from another regiment,
which guarded the prisoner to the lower
camp. No charge Of mutiny ever ap-
peared against that regiment, which
afterward, under Nelson and Palmer.
made a splendid reputation for drill. dis
cipline and hard figliting.-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-28
SPLENDID GIFT FOR DUBLIN.

Lord Iveagh, the chief of the great
Guinness brewery, has from time to ti,ne
made some splendid gifts to Dublin, III
the greatest of oil is that of carrying
out tho scheme of acquiring the. Bull
alley district-one of the worst slums-
clearing it, and building upon the site
up-to-date workmen's dwellings. 1t is
estimated that the development of this
magnificent scheme will cost his lord
ship at least a quarter of a million
pounds. The area of the Bull alley dis
trict is about three and one-half acres,
and, not content with this. he is acquir-
ing, in addition, an extensive area in
Francis street for the purpose of erect
ing thereon a market in which vendors
of old clothes and hawkers Of various
descriptions Of food can carry on their
business without being exposed TO fr..
inclemency Of he weather and other in
CONFERENCE.-The New World.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-28
CHARGED WITH ELECTRICITY.

A German authority has recently an
nounced the discovery of a tree in the
forest of Central India which has most
curious characteristics. The leaves of the
tree are Of a highly sensitive nature, and
so full of electricity thai whoever
touches one of them receives an electric
shock. 1t has a very singular effect up
on a magnetic needle, and Will influence
1t at a distance of even seventy feet. The
electrical strength Of the tree varies ac-
cording to- the time of day, it being
strongest at midday and weakest at
midnight. In wet weather its powers dis
appear altogether. Birds never approach
the tree, nor have insects eve bean seen
upon 1t.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-28
MONARCH'S FAvORITE JEWELS.

Monarchs, like other mortals, fire.
quently favor various pieces of jewelry.
William the Second to None Invariably
wears a tiny bracelet hidden by his cuff.
The car has a repeater worth 1900
rubles, of which he is very fond. The
youthful Queen Wilhelmina dislikes jew
els and restricts herself to a solitary
diamond in each ear. Marie Christine of
Spain changes her rings nve or six
times a day, possessing as she does no
fewer than 27O. The late King Humbeat
always wore a scapulary chain of plati!
mum. King Leopold of Belgium delights
in a collection of ancient timepieces. one
of the most luabl being a masteri
piece which belonged to. Marie AMI
oinette. The sultan encases himself in, a
chain shirt of gold n silver, while his
hands are covered With rings of all
shapes. The pope, in spite Of his old aga,
is still proud of his beautiful hands, and
adorns his left hand by a solitary sap
phire.-New York Mail and Express.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-28
A TRAMP WITH A STOVE,

From the Buffalo Express.
A tramp giving the name Of George
Howard was locked up at police sta
ton No. l early yesterday morning. He
had an oil stove swung over his shoul.
der, on the end of a strap, two tin fry
ing pans in his pockets, a bottle of oil,
a loaf of bread and a bag of tea.
II guess you're a tramp, all right -
said the desk sergeant.
. Il haven Genied it," replied Howard.
give been %tramping up and down this
continent for twenty years. : left this
town just twenty years ago, and never
set loot in it since until today. I'm go
ing to visit some of my relatives here,
if any of them are left. Maybe they'll
be glad to see me-"
Justice Graf discharged him in Sun
rise court.
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A MONUMENT IN THE SAHARA.

London Globe: A monumental statue
o fthe late Cardinal L~avigerie was re-
Gently dedicated at Biskra, on the con-
fines of the. Sahara desert. The Car
dinal is represented as standing, his
eyes turned toward the desert. holding
in his right hand his pastoral cross,
which he seems to be planting in that
desert land toward which went forth all
his aspirations as bishop and colonizer.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-28
ONLY A

A short time ago an account was pub
lished in a daily paper of the trial OFFS
hulking blackguard for an assault with
violence. When he had been sentenced
he pulled off his hobnailed boot and
hurled it at the presiding magistrate.
The account ended thus:
The desperate act night ave been
attended with most disastrous conse-
quences, but, fortunately, the missile
struck only a reporter so that nc harm
was done."-LOndon Answers.