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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-08
IRRIGATION PLANS
VIII Soon BE Discussed by Western
Governors mt Salt Lake.

CHICAGO, Jan. Gov. n. G.. Murphy,
of Arizona, arrived here to-day in special
car over the Santa Fe road with a party,
including Senator Shoup, of Idaho; Senator
C. ID. Clark, of Wyoming; Binger Herman,
commissioner of the General Land Office,
and Gen. F. c. Ainsworth, of the Pension
Department The party comes from two
weeks trip through Arizona and New Mex
leo. examining the arid lands. Governor
Murphy said there was to be a conference
of the governors of the arid States and
Territories at Salt Lake City Jan. IL, to
consider the question of arid lands.
There is every prospect the conference
will be a representative one," he said,
land we hope it will make for some pro-
gress in this question. There probably will
be present eleven or twelve governors
Two general propositions have been adj
vanced for the disposition of those lands
One to have the general government under
take the work of reclamation by the build
ing of reservoirs at the headwaters of the
streams; and the other is TO have the gov
eminent cede the lands to the States and
Territories, for them to deal with the
problem. Personally, / favor the latter
plan. | do not beneve the representatives
of States not interested in this matter will
favor the expenditure of large sums of
money. Again, the government has never
handled successfully anything of this
kind"
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numbered from 1900 to 5000 persons. At
.he time when he took charge the church
was in process OF enlargement. with most
OF the work to be done: but DR.. McGlynn
applied himself with characteristic ener-
gy TO the early completion of the edifce
ard adjacent buildings. which are distin-
guished for their thoroughness and beauty.
lie planned and developed an orphanage.
giving home TO more than 500 children.
which still is one OF the superior chari-
table enterprises OF New York. Its serv-
ices were made particularly attractive
by the high-cIass of music which one
OF its leading features. During his pastor
ate at st. Stephens. DIR. McGlynn began the
advocacy OF Henry Georges single tax
theory. and an opposition of parochial
schools Refusing to obey summons to
the Vatican. he was accommodated. In
1893 he was restored 10 the priesthood and
went TO Rome. and later resumed his pa
rochial duties in New York going thence
to Newburg- In 1887 he helped organize
the Anti-poverty Society, and afterward
its president
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New York Post.

New York Post.
The following astronomical predictions
are for Jan. 15 1900. at about p. m. They
will be found approximately correct at
about the same hour all through tho
month:
The most conspicuous constellation Is
Orion. easily recognizable in the sky a little
east of south, and half way up from the
horizon to the zenith. No one looking for
this constellation can possibly miss IL. The
three stars I'm the mighty hunters belt
seem TO stand out on a clear winters night
like fiery gems set upon dark blue enamel
They are quite close together as seen with
the naked eye. and line drawn through
them to the left will lead directly TO Sirius.
the brightest of all the fixed stars. Sirius
is I'm the southeast, and is up about one
fifth OF the distance from the horizon to
the zenith. Taurus and Auriga are just
overhead, the former south OF the zenith.
the latter north. Gemini hangs in the
eastern sky. Facing about TO the north.
the observer will see the Great Bear. east
of the pole, with two OF its conspicuous
stars pointing straight at the pole star.
Cassiopeia is opposite the Bear and west
of the pole.
OF the planets only Venus and Jupiter are
visible. Venus is brilliant evening star.
appearing just after sunset in the. SOUTH
southwest. one-third of the way from horf-
zon to zenith. Jupiter is morning star. ana
just before sunrise will be found In tho
south-southeast. distant from the horizon
one-quarter of the way up TO the zenith
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-08
BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL.
Great Gathering of Labor UniOnists
COnvenes in Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. THE annual
convention of the. National Building
Trades Council opens IN the city to-mor-
row and will probably continue throughout
the week. A large number of the delegates
arrived to-day. Nearly every section of the
country will be represented. Sixteen diff
ferent trades unions represented in the
council. The report of the general secre-
tary and treasurer. II. w. Steinbiss, OF St
Louis, will embody most Of the recon-
mendations which will come before the
council for action. His report will recon-
mend that effort be made to enforce an
eight-hour day in every city Touching
upon the recent trouble in Chicago, the re-
port will say that, while it is entirely
improbable that any association OF con-
tractors would endeavor to institute a
lockout. in case of any such calamity the
trades should be prepared to defend them
selves. The defense in any such case would
not be strikes, but by the national coun-
ellis assumption of the work of the con-
tractors.
Steps will probably be taken towards the
organization of a conference board to pre-
vent strikes. The general condition of the
building trades is said to be very satisfac-
tory. Including pending applications which
will be acted upon this week the member
ship of the council numbers about 100000
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Meeting mt Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IA pro-Boer
meeting was held in Industrial Hall to-
night by the United Irish Society of Phil
adelphia, representing ninety divisions of
the Ancient Order of Hbernans. forty
camps of the Clan-na-Gael, the total alb
stinence societies and various Irish-Amer-
lean beneficial and benevolent associations
of this city. Nearly one thousand dele
gates were present. A resolution was
unanimously adopted pledging the various
societies to use their utmost endeavors to
make successful the proposed pro-Boer
mass meeting which is to be held at the
Academy of Music next Saturday night
A resolution was also unanimously
adopted declaring untrue many of the pub
lished statements announcing proposed in
vasion of Canada, the equipment of al
legged volunteers, the raising of fabulous
sums of money and the forwarding of
ships with supplies of various kinds from
American ports by Irish-Americal socie-
ties. Continuing, the resolutions say:
''These stories are circulated either for
the purpose of bringing ridicule upon the
Irish national movement, or are the vapor-
ings of vain men. who, while in some in
stances well meaning, are unaware of the
duties which one nation owes to another
and give voice TO their hopes rather than
TO any well-defined plans proposed for
immediate action. That the members of
our societies are first and above all Amer
leans, and that no public acts OF theirs
will violate the neutrality laws of the Ma
ton of which they are citizens"
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OF OMNIBUS PORTENT.
fCoNCLUDEp FROM FIRST PAGE

part of large majority Of the repre-
sentatives of our 10000 members that the
order render some assistance to the Beers
in the Transvaai. 1t was agreed to render
any assistance compatible with our loyalty
as American citizens and which would not
interfere with the neutrality laws of the
United States. We are impressed with the
splendid precedent shown by the republic
in going TO war with Spain to free Cuba
from the oppression of that country. We
believe that American sympathy is with
the Beers and that we are acting in accord
with the principles which urged the United
States to carry the flag in a struggle for
the liberation of the gallant Cuban. Our
people would flock TO the armies of Amer
lea if the government marched TO the as
sistance of the South Africans. 1t is
necessary for the Hibernians 10 proclaim
their loyalty to the United States, but it
becomes them to state that no act of theirs
will be contrary to the laws. Knowing
the character of the British government.
it's cruelty, its ambition, we are DESTROYS TO
assist the citizens of sister republic in
their struggle to defeat English aggression.
What kind of aid will be given we cannot
state at the present time, but certainly II
will be of a practical nature and acceptable
to the Boer government.
Were this Nation the antagonist of
England we could from our ranks send
fifteen to twenty regiments or the best
fighting material the world ever saw. In
fact in any just cause in which the
United States may see fit to draw the
sword, the society will respond as it did
in the former wars. The Irish regiments
of illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts and
New York were largely recruited from our
ranks and in some of the regiments of
United States regulars recently sent to
the front are divisions of the A. o. III. duly
affiliated with the parent order in this
country The order at large is hopeful
that the government will yet rise to the
wishes and hopes of the Irish Americans,
and extend TO the brave Beers the sXmpa-
thy France gave to this country in l6.
John 7. Heating, national president.
Illinois.
James z. Dolan, national vice-president.
New York.
p. r. Morgan, national treasurer, wash
ington.
James A. Sullivan, national secretary,
Philadelphia.
National directors: p. j. O'Connor,
Georgia: p. II. Oneil. Philadelphia; z. j.
Slattery, Massachusetts; Rev. NJ. j. Bryne,
Indiana"
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AN ICE CREAM WAR


TACOMA, Wash, Jan. News comes
from Honolulu that Cocoanut island. the
most famous and picturesque bit of sea
beach and palm grove in all Hawaii, has
been seized by C. ID. Pringle, an ice cream
merchant of Hilo, and claimed by him upon
"squatters' rights" The Hawaiian gov
eminent lays claim to the island as having
been set aside by the old monarchy as the
site for a quarantine station for Hilo
harbor. Minister Of the Interior Young has
notified Pringle to depart, but instead of
doing so, the ice cream man has thrown
up Notifications within his cocoanut grove
and is prepared to defend his claim by
force of arms.
Pringle will appeal his case TO Washing
ton, to attempt there to find some law
that will sustain him a squatter.
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DOCTORS TO TESTIFY.
Interest I'm To-Day's Session of the
Morrison Murder Trial.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan. 7.-Much
interest centers in the result of the exam
ination of three leading physicians in this
city. tomorrow. in the Julian Morrison
case, on the question of her susceptibility
10 emotional insanity or alteration of mind
result of nervous weakness The ply
sicians to be examined attended Miss Nor
rison after the killing of Leidenheimer
and made study OF her case. Some
question was raised last night as to the
personnel of the trial jury, it having been
discovered that one of the jurymen named
McGill had killed companion during a
heated quarrel. eight years ago, over a
game Of baseball. Investigation showed
that the jury which tried McGin found
that he did not intena to kill his victim,
but had struck him with baseball bat
in the heat of passion. He was found
guilty of felonious assault and fined $500.
The State learned these facts to-day, but
has made no protest. 1t is thought the case
of Miss Morrison will not be given to the
jury before Wednesday AFTERNOON.
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MURDER DUE TO JEALOUSY.
A Cold-BIooded Crime Committed at
New Castle, Pa.

NEW CASTLE, Pa, Jan. 7.-Jealousy
was the cause of a most deliberate and
d-blooded murder here last night, but
the authorities were not notified until this
morning. r. Ambrosia and Peter Vara-
wade, quarrymen, were in love with the
same girl, Oracle Veltra. Last night AM
brosia, with two friends, started out to
visit at a neighboring house. Veravade
lay in ambush for his rival and when the
latter was abreast of him, Varavade drew
a razor across Ambrosia s face. He had
evidently missed his throat, for that was
what he was aiming for, but he cut cash
that extended from the forehead TO the
chin, laying bare the teeth and opening
the entire side of the face. Ambrosia ut
tered a shrek and the next instant the as
sailant drew his revolver and fired, the
bullet entered the right side and 1t must
have passed straight to the heart for Am
brosia fell dead and did not utter a sound
The murderer waved the other two men
back with his revolver and calmly walked
back TO the boarding house where he
changed his coat and vest and left in the
darkness and has not yet been found.
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NEW CHINESE GUN.


fighting on the Tonkin frontier in China,
in which the Chinese crossed the Tonkin
border and by flank movement drove the
French from their position. show that the
Chinese used breech-loading iingals with
much success. The jingal was adopted last
year for the Chinese army, and is being
turned out by thousands at five Chinese
arsenals. They use center-fire cartridges,
carrying two half-ounce slugs and carry
further than the French magazine rifles
Ii takes two Chinese soldiers to operate
each gun. Later, at Paski, the Chinese in
vaded a gaming house, killing three
French soldiers and wOunding others.
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WILL CONTEST FILED.
Heirs at Law Object to Their Uncle's
Requests to Charity.

OTTAWA, ILL.,, Jan. 7.-Relatives of the
late Roswell d. Lyman. an eccentric bach
elor who died in Chicago last April. have
begun contest of his will, which gives
the bulk of his property to charity. The
contestants are nephew and three nieces.
one of whom is Mrs. Selma Louise Allen,
of Chicago, at whose home Mr.. Lyman
died. The others are Edward Lyman
Goold. Helen Josephine Reville and Lizzie
Hamilton Goold, of Brantford. Canada. Mr.
Lyman bequeathed to each of these rela-
tives $500, providing they paid to the ex-
ecutor any sums they owed the estate or to
which they were indebted to Mr. Lyman in
his lifetime.
The bill alleges that Mr.. Lyman was in
his dotage at the time the will was drawn,
and asks to have it set aside and the en-
tire estate distributed among the contest
ants mentioned.
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TRAITOR KILLED.
Found I'm n Majors Uniform Among
the Filipino Dead.

MANILA, Jan. 7.-9:15 a. m.-General
Schwan's column, advancing to the south,
occupied Binan. One American was killed
and three were wounded. Nine of the en-
emy's dead were found on the field after
the fight. A number of rifles were captured
and several prisoners were taken.
Johnson, a deserter from the Sixth
United States Artillery, clothed in major S
uniform, was found among the insurgent
dead at Novaleta yesterday.
General Wheaton is moving toward Pc
rez das Marinas to-day.
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The Sutton's Rough Trim.

SAN FRANCISCO, jan THE American
ship Z. B. Sutton, Isl days from PhiladeI-
phia, arrived in port to-day. after one of
the toughest voyages around the horn
ever experienced. She was off the cape for
thirty-four days. struggling against fierce
gales and seas. Her cargo was shifted and
damaged, boats were smashed and every
thing movable on decks swept overheard
The shifting of the cargo threw the YES
sci over on her beam ends. and for time
IL looked as IL the Sutton would turn turtle
There were 1000 cases of oil in the cargo
considerable of which leaked down on to
the coal, and Captain Carver for MANY
days feared fire. The Japanese steward
threatened to kill the captain and was
brought to port I'm irons.
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NORWICH, Conn, Jan. THE commit
tee appointed by the meeting in New
Haven, of which Alexander Troup was
chairman, is sending out appeals for money
to aid the Beers. The first pro-Boer' meet
ings were held by Hibernian and other
Irish societies, but this move seems 10
be more general and prominent. The pres
ence of such men Alexander Troup.
Homer Cummings, John Murphy, Patrick
Walsh and other Democratic leaders, con-
firms the reports current that the claim
of Boer sympathy is bid for German and
German-American votes al the coming
election. Three dinerent meetings were held
east of the Connecticut river Friday four
were held last night and a number of
Hibernian Legion and Gamma Gael lodges
will meet in their halls and clubrooms to-
day to perfect plans for assisting the
Beers. Prominent Boer agents from New
York and Philadelphia say they have hun
dreds of applications to enlist in the Boer
service.
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SIX PERSONS INJURED.
Electric Railway Accident Caused by
an Elected Passenger.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, Jan. six
persons We're injured five miles south of
here this evening by the derailment of car
No. II, of the Rapid Railway. Detroit &
Mount Clemens line. The injured are:
Mrs. Carrie Reilly, Detroit, arm broken
and internal injuries, probably will die (;
Conductor Robert Reid, Mount Clemens.
injured about face and hands; Motorman
Bert Holmes. Mount Clemens, cut about
head: Mrs. Edward Charboneau, Mount
Clemens. bruised and cut; Frank Noies,
Mount Clemens, shoulder injured; Frank
Elso, Mount Clemens. bruised about head.
The car was whizzing toward Mount
Clemens at a rapid rate, when ii struck an
open switch. The forward trucks turned on
the switch all right, but when the rear ones
hit the curve they left the tracks. The
car then went two hundred feet into a field
beside the track when the body of the car
jerked loose from the trucks and fell over
on its side.
The same crew that had charge of this
car had earlier in the evening elected a
man from their car and he left vowing ven-
geance. AS another car passed down safely
six minutes before the accident, il is sup
posed that some one maliciously opened the
switch, and suspicion points to the man
who was elected Up TO late hour to-
night he had not been apprehended by the
police.
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Plano Difficulties Settled.

CHICAGO, Jan. Z. - President Samuel
Gompers, of the American Federation of
Labor. has secured the assent of the piano
manufacturers to terms for the settlement
of the strike and lockout which has been
in progress here for two months. Favor
able action by the Piano Makers Union is
regarded as certain, as at recent meeting
the men offered to return to work on wha {
are practically the terms now offered. The
settlement is a compromise. The manufac-
turers agree to raise the lockout and grant
a nine-hour working day. The men agree
to call off the strike on the Story &
Clark Company's factory and return to
work without demanding the recognition of
the union.
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Report Brought by the Steamer Ale
goa from Honolulu.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. Tho Pacific
Mail Company's chartered steamer Algoa.
the biggest steamer that ever entered port.
arrived to-day from China and Japan by
way of Honolulu and was snt to quarantine
station. She brought no passengers but
carried twice as much freight as ever en-
tered the Golden Gate in a single vessel.
She left Hong-Kong with 1900 tons OF
cargo, left part of this at Honolulu. and
reached here with 1914 tons on board. chief
ly rice, tea, dates and mating. The Al
goa struck on reef at Honolulu, but was
not injured. She reports that the plague
at that point has been stamped out.
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Other Obituary.

NEW YORK. Jan. 7.-Brevet Brig Cen
William Glenny is dead in this city, aged
sixty-nine years. In the civil war he rose
to be colonel of the Sixty-fourth New
York Volunteers. He was brevetted a
brigadier general for gallantry. He was
severely wounded at the battle of Fair
Oaks.
SILVER CITY, y. NJ, Jan. 7.-Thomas
+. Conway. one of the oldest and most
prominent attorneys in the territory, died
here this morning, aged sixty-ive The de-
ceased had been resident of the territory
since 1876, and was at one time solicitor
general.
CHICAGO, Jan. THE Rev John Milton
Williams, d. -. one of the early pastors of
the First Congressional Church of Chi
caso, and for many years a writer of the
illogical works. died in this city to-day.
49,.
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FIGHT IN THE COURT.
Two Men Killed and Four Wounded
in Eastern Kentucky.

LONDON, Ky, Jan. 4. - News reached
here to-day OF a general fight on Otter
creek. Clay county, in which Lige Lewis
and Gene May were shot and killed and
four other participants seriously wounded.
The fight occurred at a schoolhouse on OF
ter creek. where one of the Jacksons was
on trial before magistrate for killing an
other Jackson. The fight was started soon
after the trial began. and court was adj
journed and the fight carried on both in
the schoolhouse and yard.
Four of the men were brought to Man.
chester last night and placed in JAIL Lige
Lewis, one of the men killed. is a brother
OF Sheriff Lewis, of Clay county.
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CAPT. FRANK VI. FAIRCLoTH.
veteran of the Mexican, Civil and
Spanish Wars

NEW YORK, Jan. 7-Captain Frank NJ.
Faircloth, commander of the transport
Seguranca during the Spanish-American
war. died at his home in Jersey City to-
day. aged seventy years. He was born in
Newark. n. j., and was veteran Of three
wars. the Mexican, civil and Spanish
American. In the war of the rebellion he
was commander of the government steam
er Boston, which was burned to prevent
the Confederates taking possession of her.
During the battle of Santiago, Captain
Fshrcloth stood on the bridge of the bat
tleship Indiana. He also assisted i'm carry
ing the Spaniards back to Spain.
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PRECAUTIONS AT CAPE TOWN.
Night Guards Trebled and Cruiser
NiObe on the Alert.

LONDON, Jan. S.-The Cape Town cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph, dealing,
in a dispatch dated JAM s. with the ex-
element caused by the report of a Dutch
coup, which the authorities pronounced
baseless, says: "A local paper to-day asks
if it be 'baseless that the guards of all
the public buildings are trebled every night,
that the patrols scour the roads converging
at Cape Town, that troops are encamped
at Green Point, that the volunteers sleep
under arms and have received orders to
rendezvous instantly on hearing guns fired
from the batteries. To-day the authorities
issued notices warning the public OF the
danger of being fired upon If they ap-
proach guard posts guarded by sentries at
night and do not stop when challenged.
The public has also been notified that all
boats approaching the British cruiser Nj
ODE. anchored in the bay, must carry lights
or take the risk of being fired upon from
the cruiser"
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RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
Italian Minister of War Loses His
Place in the Cabinet

ROME, Jan. THE premier, General
Pellieux, has accepted the resignation of
the minister of war. Lieutenant General
Mirri. rendered last Thursday. and will
temporarily assume the War Office port
folio. General Mirri recently accused the
magistrate OF Sicily of weakness in the
prosecution of members of the Malta. In
response to this charge the former public
prosecutor at Palermo published letters
written by General Mirri apparently show
ing that the latter when military governor
of Sicily had himself ordered the magis-
trates TO release a number of the Malta
IL was this publication which led General
Mirri TO resign.