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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-14
Barcus's Friends Confident.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, May 13IThe pros
pect is that Terre Haute Republicans will
overrun Greencastle tomorrow. So large
will be the attendance at the congressional
convention that all the hotel and boarding
house accommodations in the town are now
engaged. One Terre Haute hotel keeper
has sent three hundred cots to Greencastle,
and more than one visitor will likely stay
up all night tomorrow night because they
will have no place to sleep. The unusual
interest in the convention arises from the
peculiar nature of the candidacy of James
s. Barcus. of this city, and the apprehen-
sion of Republicans in other parts of the
district that the fractional troubles in Terre
Haute will be injurious to the party IL
candidate is taken from here. Barcus has
been gaining strength, not only in the city,
but outside In the district as well, and his
friends say that he will be nominated
Bets with large odds are offered that he
will be nominated on the first ballot.
Representative Faris. who was here most
of last week. left Friday night for WASH
ington. Before going he gave out a for
NAL statement denying that he had taken
any part in the contest He said he had
not spoken to a candidate since the state
convention and had done nothing for or
against any of them. Mr.. Faris's denial
was inspired because of the report that he
had come here to help Barcus, in whose
favor, Ii Is believed he withdrew as a can
didate for denomination.
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WIN Benefit Commerce.

WASHINGTON. May 13.-Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson has just started an i'm
portant improvement In the Weather Bu-
reau of great interest to commerce Real
izing the great value of the storm warnings
of the Weather Bureau In the saving of
life and property the secretary directed that
careful experiments be made with the view
of adopting an improved method of issu-
ing warning signals from marine ports.
With the corporation of several imporfant
manufacturing establishments q new iron
storm warning tower has been constructed
and adopted by the secretary. This tower
being constructed In sections, can be ex-
tended 10 "a greater or less height in ac-
cordance with the visual conditions of diff
ferent ports. Near the top OF the tower two
powerful French fresnel lens lamps are
located and above the lamps is the flag
stan from which day signals are to be dis
played. The old inferior marine lantern
which consumes oil and which has been
displayed only from wooden stats will be
discarded by order of the secretary and
fciently made by the introduction OF the
new iron towers. Congress- In accordance
with the recommendations OF the secretary.
made an appropriation sufficient TO equip
one-haif OF the three hundred display sta
tions OF the bureau during the coming year
Secretary Wilson has directed the chief OF
the Weather Bureau 10 distribute these
new towers as equally as possible between
the lake and sea ports, as only one-half of
shs service can be equipped during the CON-
inH year.
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WAR NEAR END.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE,

will certainly envelop them and involve
them in disaster. AT the best thy can de-
lay him and harass his communications
1T is little more than a months march
from Bloemfontein to Pretoria The Beers.
by the various expedients open to them, of
read-glard actions and of raids on the
communications, may prolong this time by
couple of months, but in the process
even though they should escape crushing
defeat, their army would be used up After
that there is nothing left to them but guer-
rilla warfare or the attempt at wholesale
trek to the north.
This appears to me to be the normal
forecast, but L have no personal knowledge
either of the country or the people and
there are many unknown elements which
conceal various possibilities which l cannot
gauge. The whole of South Africa is in
habited by Kaffir tribes, who far outnum-
Der all the white settlers. If the Kaffirs
were to join in the fight one side or the
other no one can foresee what would hap
pen. A second set of possibilities lies In
the general course of the worlds affairs
The longer the duration of the war the
greater the scope for the occurrence of un-
expected events In some other quarter of
the globe which might modify the whole
situation"
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and this, the report states. would be met by
subsidy Of about $409. O00 The report quotes
from the manifesto of number of freight
and passenger ships, showing that the
freighters, which carry the product Of the
farm and warehouse, receive about one
nth that OF the passenger craft.
In conclusion the objections are summed
up as follows:
'First-The objects professed in the title
are entirely forgotten in the body of the
bill.
'Second-It is reasonably certain that the
most OF the subsidy would go TO lines al
ready established and prosperous.
'Third-Under this bill the ordinary
freight steamers, which carry so or 80 per
cent. OF our agricultural exports, will get
but fraction of the amount of subsidy
which the passenger steamers would re-
ceive, although The latter carry less than
10 per cent of our agricultural exports.
ourth-Under this bill a ship can run
practically in ballast and draw subsidy.
We believe that when freight is not
promptly offered IL will pay certain class
OF ships to run empty rather than to wait
for cargo.
'Fifth-This bill would tax all our citi-
zens TO provide extra profits for favored
few in this favored industry.
Sixth-The professions of this bill are
insincere, and its principles are unsound.
We believe that the best interests of this
Nation do not demand the passage of this
or any similar bill"
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MADE HOMELESS BY FIRE.
About $50 People Suffering Through
MfschievOusness of Boys.

CAMDEN, N. j., May 13.-Fire to-day,
which broke out in the Farmers Market
House. at Fifth and Federal streets, de-
stroyed that building, ten stores and about
fifty small dwellings, causing a loss esti-
mated at s125,0OO, and rendering homeless
about $50 persons. These homeless people
are tonight quartered in the armory
building and are being fed at the expense
of the city.
Boys, either accidentally or purposey,
set fire to large pile of tarred lumber.
which had been stored in the market house
by the Bell Telephone Company They were
playing there shortly before the fire began.
The flames spread rapidly through the
grease-soaked market house and communi-
Gated to a row of small houses in the rear.
at the same time eating their way into
Federal street and entering the old post
office building adjoining and partly de-
stroying 1t. This building had been aban-
doned by the government only few weeks
ago. s
The chief of the Camden fire department
early realized that the fire was beyond the
control of hts limited force and the fire
department of Philadelphia was called
upon for assistance and sent four COM
panies. The flames leaped across Fifth
street and a second row of small houses
there were soon blazing and were de-
stroyed. The fire then followed it's course
toward Federal street, on the east side of
Fifth. When the chemical laboratory of
William Cowgirl caught there was a series
of explosions. The Cowgirl establishment
was Quilted.
The principal losses were the Farmers
Market $4,000; Cowgirl chemical labora-
tory, $4,000; NJ l.. Mowns. florist So, 600; j.
u. Blak, clothing. $3.50; Harry Grosscup,
dwelling, 5000; w. a. Gibson, grocery,
$1,000. and w. III. Decker. umbrellas, 81 900.
Most of the others to suffer were small
property owners. Many of the occupants
effects. The losses are partly covered by in
surance.
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MEXICAN DIVORCE CASE.


CITY OF MEXICO. May 1s.-The Haci-
enda de Japala de Rosales has been sold
to Don E. S. Moss and Boston asso-
ciates for sl.OO0.oo0. A quarter of a million
dollars will be expended on the property
in building factories for the manufacture
of a new substitute for India rubber The
estate has ample water power and is sit
uated in the State of Mexico, an hour $
ride from the city.
In connection with the famous Hahn
Barros divorce case an order has been sent
out by the court here for the arrest of
Edgar Hahn, now at his hacienda in the
State OF Vera Cruz, on the charge of big
amy. 1t is alleged he was married in the
United States before contracting the mar
riage with Miss Barrosa, one of the bellies
OF the city. Hahn is of a st. Louis family
and his defense is that he was duly di-
vorced in the United States before his sec
ond marriage. His friends are confident he
has ample defense. The case involves some
wholly new phases of the Mexican mar
riage law, which in these matters is exceed
ingly strict. There are very able counsel
engaged on both sides, and owing to the
social prominence of the parties there is
great interest manifested in the case. Ii is
averred that Hahn's case is a strong one
according to the American law, bet it is
desired to bring the matter to a test in the
Mexican courts
A bill has been introduced in Congress
which Will excite much attention, as IL
aims to restrict the practice of the pro-
fessions of lawyer. doctor, engineer, archi-
tect, surgeon, dentist and pharmacist by
foreigners unless they can pass examina-
ton here according to schools of their
respective professions. AS the examina-
tions would have to be held in Spanish few
foreign professional men it is believed
could meet the requirements. There is
much discussion of the matter and the
opinion that the bill is too severe and re-
strictive and VIII not receive the assent of
Congress, although its main object is good,
aiming to prevent unqualified persons from
practicing the professions.
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MAY RIVAL CAPE NOME
RICH GOLD FIELDS SAID TO EXIST
IN NORTHEASTERN SIBERIA.
Russian Colonel Secures Commits
sion and Americans VIII Assist Him
In Exploring the Dfggings.

NEW YORK, May 13.-New gold fields.
rivaling in richness the deposits of Cape
Nome will be opened to American miners
If the expectations of the members of the
Russian expedition, which arrived last
night on the Campania, on its way to
Siberia, are fulfilled. Vladi-
mar wonlarlarsky. colonel of the Rus
sian Imperial Guard. obtained concession
for the vast tract which the expedition is
to examine. There were more than forty
applicants for the grant, which had been
sought with eagerness since the discovery
of gold on the American side of the
Boring sea. By means of court infiu-
ences. backed by pressure from other
sources, Colonel Wonlarlarsky carried off
the prize. He formed a company i'm Rus
STA. which planned the present expedi-
ton, headed by A. Bogdanovitch. Rus
sian engineer. 1t is understood that a
subsidiary company has been formed in
England in connection with the conces-
sion, but secrecy is maintained in regard
to the English and American interests.
Miners who have visited the Siberian
coast by stealth. have reported that it is
practically the same as the Nome coast,
consisting of a strip of beach, behind
which lies a tundra or belt of gold bearing
sand, which has been thrown up by the
action of the waves. Many companies
have been formed to work dredges and
pumps off the coast of Cape Nome. in order
to draw up the precious sand where IL
reached the beach. 1t is expected that the
operation of those appliances will be pre-
vented by the beach miners and that ap-
paratus, in which large capital has been
invested, will be idle unless new fields are
opened to it, If the expedition to Siberia
finds what IL expects the company will
invite the pumps and dredges to cross 10
the Siberian shore and operate these upon
payment of a royalty.
Hooley, the English promoter, has Moth
ing 10 do with the plan. George D. Rob-
will be a member of the exploring party.
Mr.. Roberts has made a study of gold
deposits in sea sands and has plan for
extracting the gold from the frozen tun-
dra. The expedition will sail from San
Francisco about June 1. after the Russians
have conferred with the Russian minister
at Washington. Ii will return about Nov
!, and expects then to be able to make a
complete report of the possibilities of the
region.
Mr.. Roberts said to-day that from in
formation which he had received the de-
posit of gold in the Siberian coast prom
Used TO be the most valuable ever dis
covered. No attempt will be made to work
in the tundra this year, but the party
hopes TO be able TO make some contracts
with American owners of pumps and
dredges.
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Indiana Notes.

Will Cumback will address the High
School graduating class at Sullivan May Is
and the graduating class at Mitchell on
June 5.
The baccalaureate sermon of the Edin-
burg High School was preached yester-
day by Rev. j. c. Boone, OF the NJ. Z.
Church
St. Tammany day was observed by Paw
nee and Manzanita Tribes OF Red Men, OF
New Albany. The principal address was de-
livered by Hon. Alfred Ellison. Of Ander-
son, Ind.
The State convention of the Indiana
Stats Verband. or Union of German
Catholic Societies, is in session I'm Fort
Wayne. The delegates attended mass at
st. Marys Church yesterday and last even
ing were rendered a reception The BUSH
ness sessions begin to-day.
The fifth annual convention of the Chris
tian Endeavor Society of the Eastern In
diana Conference of the Christian Church
will be held at Hagerstown May Is. 10 and
20. The conference consists of all OF east
ern Indiana and several counties In west
ern Ohio.
Edward McKenna, a tailor, employed in
Logansport, was arrested Saturday night
in that city on an affidavit sworn out by
George Welsch business man of New
ark, o., charging him with grand larceny.
The robbery is alleged to h i've been COM
mitted in Logansport April %. at the Pan
handle Railway station.
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0NE-P0UND BABY.
It's Feet Is So Small They Could he
Put Into a Sewing Thimble.

CENTRAL VILLAGE. Conn. May ID
This village boasts of girl baby so small
that a silver dollar would make IL an OK
ford mortar board and sewing thimble
almost envelops its tiny feet. 1t arrived
last Friday afternoon at the home OF Mrs.
James Popple and. in spite OF its diminutive
size II is as healthy as IL IL weighed ten
pounds instead of tipping the scales at less
than fraction OF an ounce over one
pound The little one was Immediately.
wrapped in soft cotton. and after several
hours near the heater IL was able 20 cry as
Justify as it's nurse could desire When
mans hand and weighed about seventeen
ounces. The physicians marvel that IL Is
alive. The mother has four other children.
all of whom were of normal size when
born.
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THE CUBAN ELECTIONS.
Mayors of Small Towns Trying tn
Keep Themselves i'm Office.

HAVANA, May 13.-Senor Nunez. civil
governor of Havana. has applied to Gem
erai Wood for permission to attend to ur-
gent private affairs for the next six weeks
General Wood replied that there was
objection to this, provided arrangements
were made for carrying the routine
work of the province.
Recently a disposition has been mani
tested on the part of certain officials to
evade responsibility for the duties Of sew
eral important offices during the elections,
the fear being that in some places there
will be trouble between the partisans Of
rival candidates and the officials I'm ques-
ton, not being DESTROYS TO use the rural
guards or to ask for United States troops
Senior Nunez says he has received COM
plants from many small towns in the
province with reference 10 the course OF
the mayors in anticipation of the elections.
The complaints, which are virtually the
same. allege that the mayors are making
an illegal use of their positions with a
view 10 securing reelection. This they
able to do effectively because the election
inspectors are nominated by the municipal
tiles and in many small towns the mayors
would be able TO get their own friends
nominated by the successful inspection cam
didates, who will count the votes Senior
Nunez, who has placed these matters be-
fore General Wood. says he will do all he
can to ensure fair play, but that he has
comparatively little authority, the ques-
ton resting with the courts.
The United States transport Sedgwfck
still defies all efforts to get her afioat at
Cienfuegos. An additional tug will reach
there tonight and at high tide three tugs
will attempt to draw her of the bank.
The sugar crop of the year. IL Is now
estimated. will be about 2550O0 tons, or
$1,000 tons less than last years crop. At
the beginning of the grinding IL was pre-
dicted that the crop would reach 100000
tens
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PLANS OF CONGRESS.


WASHINGTON, May 13.-The Senate to-
morrow will resume consideration Of the
naval appropriation bill, and it is expected
that the measure will be passed during the
day. Senator Chandler has given notice
that he will call up the Clark case on Tues
day, and that he will endeavor to keep it
before the Senate until vote is reached.
This programme will meet with some OBJ
lection. but it is expected the greater part
of the week will be devoted to considera-
ton of this case. Senator Wolcott some
time ago gave notice that he would call up
the postofice appropriation bill, and it is
thought that it may be disposed Of in a
day two. Senator Ross has given notice
of set speech, and there are some con-
ference reports to be presented which may
cause discussion. There may be a clash
over the Montana case and other business.
but the Clark contest seems to be the only
event of Importance for the week.
The House this week will send to the Sen
ate the last of the general supply bills-the
general deficiency and the military acad-
envy appropriation bills-and will be ready
for adjournment as soon as the Senate
passes them and adjusts the differences
between the two houses upon those already
passed or pending in conference. These
conference reports appropriation bills
are to be given the right of way from now
until the end of the session. The House
leaders say they will be ready for the sine
die adjournment June l, but, allowing for
delays and accidents incident TO the clos
ing up of the session, they are not inclined
to think both houses will be ready to quit
before June 10. Later on, If complications
arise In the Senate, the House may empha-
size its readiness to adjourn by adjourning
over from day to day while the Senate Is
In the final throes of dissolution. The gen.
eral deficiency bill will be taken up to-
morrow, and it will be followed by the mil
itary academy bill. 1t is understood the
Senate army reorganization bill may be
taken up on Wednesday. The remainder
of the week, until Saturday, will be devoted
to miscellaneous matters Saturday, under
a special order adopted some time ago, is
to be given up TO the ceremonies attending
the acceptance of the statue of General
Grant, presented by the G. A. r.
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LONDON. May 13.-Rudyard Kipling
brought from Cape Town the appeal of
well-known Wesleyan minister to the presi-
dent of the British Wesleyan conference
in favor of the annexation of the two re-
publics. To this appeal Mr.. Kipling adds:
IF. through any intellectual lasciviousness.
we in England prefer to tickle emotion by
being generous once again at other peo-
ple's expense when the settlement comes
all this weary. bloody work will have TO be
done anew from the beginning. five or ten
years back. 1 assume that you have full
knowledge of the situation in South Africa
but l do not think you can realize how pas
sionately and eagerly the loyalists look to
England for sign that the mother country
will neither desert them nor betray them
to the Dutch"
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RIPLEY COUNTY FIEND
MILDRED FOWLER, WIFE OF AN
ELECTRICIAN, ASSAULTED.
william Billiard Arrested for the
in Court ut Versailles.
,eciai to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BATESVILLE. Ind, May 13.-At II
O'Clock last night while Electrician William
Fowler was absent from home attending
to his duties at the electric light plant his
wife Mildred was called to the door by a
man who said that Mr.. Fowler had sent
him for his guitar. No sooner was the
door opened than Mrs. Fowler was seized
and criminaly assaulted. The main clew
to the identity of the assailant was a
finger-stall worn by him. This finger Mrs.
Fowler bit, sufficiently hard to leave marks.
Acting upon this clew, Marshal Siefort ar
rested William Billiard and upon a prepon-
derance of evidence he was held to the
Ripley Circuit Court, which is now in ses-
sion.
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A story Writer Gets an once.
Washington Post.


Harry Stillwell Edwards. the well-known
novelist and short story writer. is now
full-fedged Republican official He is the
postmaster at Macon. Ga. The story OF
Edwardss appointment and confirmation
would give him plenty OF material for
novel. He is not a politician. That was
the first trouble. In the next place, he
does not belong TO the Republican ma
chine I'm Georgia. which was another OBJ
stacle. There are not many offices. at
best. In Georgia. and the wire-pullers did
not relish the idea OF having nice juicy
plum fall into the lap of a man whose only
qualification is that he Is an author OF
some note. His opponents succeeded I'm
rounding up a few Republican senators
against him. and for awhile confirmation
seemed dubious Macon. however. is SEN
ator Bacon's home. and when he an
nounced that he had no objection to Mr.
Edwards as postmaster. the opposition
broke down, and the novelist began yes
terday 10 draw a government salary
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PHILADELPHIA. May 13-Search for
bodies in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
tunnel near the Green-street entrance TO
Paramount Park. in which two freight
trains collided at midnight Friday, still
continues. and up TO a late hour tonight
only one body had been found. When the
collision occurred the wreck took fire
from exploding oil cars, and the flames
were not extinguished until to-day. when
the wreck crews were enabled TO enter the
tunnel. The body found Is that of Fireman
William F. Hinchman. of this city.
found.
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VICTORIA, b. c., May 13.-The steamer
Amur. from Skagway. brings news that the
Yukon river opened at Dawson on the
morning of the sth and steamers are now
running regularly from Lebarge through
Preparations are being made by several of
the small owners outside of the combina-
ton TO carry passengers from Bennett to
Nome at $75. and the Skagway Alaskan an
no'vnces that the Klondike corporation.
limited. the Glora. Nora and Dora will
adopt the low rate and give battle to the
White Pass and G. ID. Company pool.
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Left Her Family for the Stage.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO. Ind, May 13.-"Good-bye. hus-
band and children! How 1 love you all
Goodbye, perhaps forever" The above
words were the closing portion Of a note F
o. Bloomfield found on a dinnerless tabl,
yesterday. The missive stated that the
writer, Mrs. Bloomfield. had gone to st.
Louis to join theatrical company. Mrs
Bloomfield. who is a fair singer and dancer
was recently a resident of Hoopeston and
Danville, ILL.,, where she figured in anna
teur theatricals. The abandoned HUSBAND
who Is left with two small children. will
make no effort to secure the return of the
stage-stricken woman.