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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-13
MANY PERSONS INJURED.
Trolley Car Wrecked After Dashing
Down a Jersey Hill.

NEW YORK, May 12.-An open trolley
car, in which were packed about 1l5 per-
sons, got away from the motorman near
Fort Lee. N j., and dashed down Leonia
hill. Every person on the car was bruised.
three were seriously hurt, but only one Of
them is likely TO die. Frank Sunstruck,
the conductor, it is feared. may lose his
life on account of his injuries, and j. T.
Robinson and his wife, of this city, are the
two others who were seriously hurt.
The heavily loaded car had started down
an incline a quarter of mile in length
when the motorman lost control. 1t ran so
fast no one dared to jump off. The road
is winding one. AT the foot of the hill il
curves sharply. When the front trucks hit
the curve they started around ii and made
it. The rear ones followed part Of the
way The wrench upon the car, however.
as it swung about, was 80 great that the
body was lifted and torn from the trucks
and rolled over and hit the ground. The
passengers were caught in and under the
car and We're piled in "A heap.
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STRUCK BY TROLLEY CAR
PLEASURE PARTY MANGLED WHILE
ENJOYING "STARLIGHT' RIDE.
Two Killed and others Seriously In
jured-Many Persons Bruised by
the Overturning of a Car.

NEW YORK May 12.-Of twenty-six
young people who started from College
Point. L. l., last night on what is locally
known as a starlight" ride, two were car
ried home this morning dead, five are in the
hospital, four were allowed to leave the
hospital after having their wounds dressed,
and every one of the remainder were more
less bruised. a collision with a trolley
car caused the accident. The dead are
Michael Schneir and Joseph Picket.
The merrymakers were on their way 10
a hotel ten miles away. where they were
to have a dance. They were all in one
wagon. the bottom of which was filled with
straw. 1t was almost midnight when they
reached Distler's Hotel, on the edge OF
Jamaica When i'm front of the house the
driver OF the wagon tried to cross the
tracks Of a trolley line in front Of an APP
proaching car, but the car struck the rear
end OF the wagon. The vehicle was de-
molished Picket was hurled into the air
and fell thirty feet away, his head striking
a fire hydrant Schneir was also thrown
into the air and landed head first on the
macadam pavement. Both died in a short
time. Miss Matte Debovise suffered a Sc
we're confusion of the chest and hips, and
was the worst hurt among the injured.
The car itself was badly wrecked, but
none of the twenty-five passengers was In
iared. The rnotorman was arrested though
claiming TO be without blame in the mat
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DORA M'DONALD DEAD.
Detroit Girl who Lay i'm n Cataleptic
state for FOrty-Three Hours.

DETROIT, Mich. May 12.-Mss Dora
Mcdonald, 195 Baker street, this city. who
apparently died last Friday, and whose
condition was such that her physician, DR..
George s. Field. refused to pronounce her
dead late yesterday after thirty hours
suspended animation, owing to uncertain
signs of life about the body. died to-day
after being in a cataleptic state for forty
three hours. From the time when it is sup
posed death took possession of the body
there were at stated intervals signs which
completely mystifed her physician and
others called in for consultation. Early
to-day the watchers at her bedside were
startled to observe a twitching of the
muscles, and IL was hoped that she would
remain conscious, but the convulsion lasted
but a short time. the warmth left the body
and unmistakable signs of death appeared.
Several hours later DR.. Field pronounced
her dead
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WHY TURKEY PROTESTS
FOREIGN POSTQEEICEs ARE SAID TO
FACILITATE SMUGGLING.
The Porte Therefore Thinks It's own
Officials should Handle All the
Mail mt COnstantinOpIe.

WASHINGTON. May 12.-Mr. Leishman
United States minister at Constantipole, up
TO this time has not communicated with the
State Department respecting the trouble at
the Turkish capital over the efforts of the
Porte to suppress the foreign postoffices.
The United States government is one of
few of the greatest powers which does not
service between Constantinople and the
outside world. The others have a system
OF closed mail pounches by which the mails
are not permitted TO pass through Turkish
hands while in transit between the border
and the embassies at Constantinople. The
building not far from it's embassy, and
Austria and France also have suitable pos
tai establishments in Constantinople These
were established originally not so much
from a lack of confidence in the integrity
of the Turks as from the very inferior
some years ago. 1t is possible for any for
eign citizen resident in Constantinople TO
receive his mail directly application to
the postoffice at his embassy. The prvi-
lege is not limited to embassy attaches or
official mail, and this fact long has been
a matter of discomfort for the Turks, who,
having sought to improve their own postal
service by placing it under the direction
of German experts, feel that they have
right TO get rid of these foreign offices,
which, they claim. facilitate smuggling.
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NOTES FROM THE ORIENT.
One Hundred French md Germans
Killed by an Explosion of Mines.

VICTORIA, B. c., May 12.-News was
brought by the steamer Glenogle which ar
rived to-day, that a severe earthquake oc-
Cured at Yokohama on April "A. lasting
fully two minutes. No damage was re-
ported.
The Asatic reports that April % one
hundred French and thirty Germans were
killed and wounded by the explosion OF
mines buried on the frontiers of Shan-Si
and Chilli.
The China Times reports the capture OF
brigand headquarters. where Chinese were
pillaging the neighborhood. under the lead
ership OF ten foreign soldiers. The Ger
mans killed twenty-nine Chinese and cap
tured a junk on which d cannon was
mounted.
The new 7.OOO-ton liner Sobranion was
wrecked on the Chinese coast. near Lung
Ying, prior 20 the sailing of the Glenogle.
The passengers and mails were saved. The
vessel is total wreck.
a mixed battalion of English. japanese
and French had a sharp engagement with
five hundred Boxers. near Shan Back-Wan.
The fight lasted all day and number OF
Chinese were killed. The British lost two
men wounded, the French one and the
Japanese two
There We're 10 cases of plague and l0i
deaths, and sixty-five cases OF smallpox
and forty-three deaths at Hong Kong. from
Jan. u TO April 10.
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TEXTILE WORKERS UNITE.


BOSTON, Mass, May 12.-As a result of
the textile workers convention, which con-
cludeG its sessions at the Quincy House
tonight, $4,000 men and women employed in
the textile industries of North America
will be members of one great labor organ
ization to be known as the United Textile
Workers of America. Representatives of
the International Union of Textile Work
ers and the American Federation of Tex
tile Operatives were present, with James
Duncan, vice president of the American
Federation of Labor. acting as chairman
Both organizations decided TO amalgamate
and apply for a charter under the title
ramed. After that is secured the Mule
Spinners' Union and the Loom Fixers
Union will affiliate themselves with the
organization which will eventually mean
a membership of 100000 and an amicable
understanding between textile employees i'm
the North and South.
In the past the employees in the South
have been members of the International
Textile Workers. while the Northern oper-
atives have been members OF the American
Federation of Textile Operatives, and for a
long time a union has been sought by the
officials of both.
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DEED OF A RICH MADMAN
WEALTHY ILLINOIS FARMER LOSES
REASON AND KILLS HIS WIFE,
Stabs His Stepson, Who Tried to Save
His Mother, and Attempts Suicide
by Jumping Into n Well.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, May 12-Merritt
Chism to-day killed his wife, on his farm,
in White Oak township this county,
stabbed his stepson Harvey Freeland, and
then tried to kill himself The attack on
Mrs. Chism was made with all the ferocity
Of a madman. AS she was about to start to
church this morning in a buggy, accom-
panied by two of Chism's little daughters
(her stepdaughters). quarrel arose. Chism
jumped into the buggy and repeatedly cut
his wife in the face and on the neck Then
he threw her into the road and began to
jump on her almost lifeless body, stabbing
her also, over and over The womans ;
twelve-year-old son, Harvey Freeland, at
tackled Chism with a baseball bat. The
man took the bat away from the child, and,
turning to the bleeding woman in the road,
he struck her on the head three times,
smashing in her skull and scattering her
brains on the ground. When he started
again to stab the woman young Freeland
-gIappled with him and tried to hold the
hand in which Chism held his knife In the
unequal and brief struggle which followed
the boys fingers were almost cut off and
he stabbed by Chism in the arm.
Chism then fled across the fields and
jumped into a stock well. The water was
not deep enough to drown him, and, climb
ing out he went to the house of his son,
where he tried to kill himself with a pistol.
The son prevented him from taking his
life and went with him TO Bloomington.
where he gave himself up to the sheriff.
Chism is one Of the richest farmers IN
this county having inherited a hundred
acres of land and 100000.
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AlI-United states Canal May Result
from Effort tn Transform Lake
Cities Into Atlantic Ports.
STEAMSHIP LINE GOBBLED
ATLAS COMPANY SWALLOWED By
THE HAMBURG-AMERICA
Latter Now I'm Control of 120 Vessels,
with Aggregate Tonnage OF $780,
900 T0ns-IndusfriaI Notes.

NEW YORK, May 12.-The World viii
say, tomorrow: William ]. Amend. coun
sci for the North-river Bridge Company.
and one of its directors. yesterday made
the definite announcement that the Penn
sylvania Railroad is back OF the companys
scheme TO build a bridge from Hoboken To
Manhattan. He said that contracts were
now being negotiated between the bridge
company and the various railroad compa-
nies whose traffic will be accommodated by
the bridge. AS soon as these contracts are
executed he said work on the structure
would be commenced. IL is estimated the
bridge can be completed within four years.
The bridge is to be only for the transporta-
ton Of passengers, and the plan involves
the erection of an enormous terminal.
bounded by Sixth and Seventh avenues.
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-eighth streets.
The bridge will be .he largest in the world
There will be sixteen tracks for railroad
trains, and the strength of the structure
will be such that they can be run full
speed. Above them will be trolley tracks.
driveways, bicycle paths and footways-
The estimated cost OF the bridge, with its
approaches and the passenger terminal. is
$50. 600 Co.,
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DEBT NOT PAID IN FULL.
Centennial Memorial Church Was
Therefore Not Dedicated.

FREDERICK, Md. May 12-The great
event of the centennial celebration of the
quadrennial conference of the United
Brethren Church in Christ which was TO
have taken place to-day. that of dedicating
the new Centennial Memorial Church on
Second street. erected TO perpetuate the
memory OF Otterbein, Boehrn and New
conner. the founders of the church and its
first bishops. was postponed until mex.
Sunday. The law of the church provides
that no church shall be consecrated unless
the debt has been paid in full or satisfac-
tCrily provided for.
An extensive programme of interesting
exercises had been arranged for the occa-
sion. the four bishops and the entire con-
ference had assembled on the scene and
the ediace was crowded with worshipers
10 witness the ceremonies, but after "A
hasty consultation the bishops decided 10
postpone the dedication until next Sunday
However. rather than diSappOint the peo-
pie. the greater portion OF the programme
was carried out. Bishop r. h. Kephart
ID. D., AWHILE, Pa, conducted the services
and preached the sermon. To accommodate
the crowd services were also conducted i'm
the Sunday-school room, presided over by
Nicholas Castle. Of Elkhart, Ind, preached
the sermon Rev. DR.. w r. Funk. Of Dav-
ton o., conducted services In the opera
house this afternoon. at which addresses
were made by Rev. T. c. Carter. ID. d., OF
CHATTANOOGA Tenn. and Rev. Dr. w NJ.
Bell. secretary OF the missionary society
OF Dayton. q.
Services were again held In the opera
house this evening. and 5ne & SERMON was
o. The pulpits OF the various Protestant
churches of the city were filled by the lead
ing members or the conference to-day,
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The table follows:
ATLAS LINE MERGED.
Purchased by the Observation-Disclosures
Steamship Company.

NEW YORK. May i2.-Following the an
nouncement Of the visit 10 this city Of
Director General Albert Bailin. of the
Hamburg-American steamship lire. comes
the announcement that the Hamburg
American line has acquired the Atlas
steamship line which for the past Thirty
years has piled between jamaica Hayu
and Central America. The Atlas line was
formerly owned by an English corporation.
but. under the Hamburg-American line.
will fly the German nag. This addition 90
the service makes the Hamburg American
steamship line the largest In the world.
the entire tonnage being $4,000 tons which
Is divided among 10 vessels sailing Ia
thirty different services. BY its aeQul5
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there. 1t Is possible Mrs. McKinleys con-
dition. If it does not improve as rapidly as
is now hoped for. may cause curtailment
of the programme In San Francisco and for
the remainder of the trip.
The day after leaving New Orleans
bone felon appeared on Mrs. McKinley's
finger. Her hand became swollen and gave
her considerable pain and produced fever
which prevented her from sleeping. Dr.
Rixey lanced the felon twice and gave her
some relief in that way. Mrs. Mckinley
bore ii all very bravely and urged continu-
ally that the programme at the cities and
towns en- route should not be modified in
any particular on her account.
1t was hoped that the rest here would do
her good. but she slept little last night.
This morning. though her condition had
improved, she reluctantly agreed to go TO
San Francisco at once. The party got away
from the hotel quietly that many of the
guests did not know until evening that the
President and Mrs. Mckinley had gone.
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Work Day of Nine Hours and an In
crease of IL 1-2 Per Cent. in
Wages Demanded.
RAILWAYS TO BE LET ALONE
STRIKE ORDER DOES NOT APPLY
TO THEM AT PRESENT.
shorter Work Day Conceded by Many
Employers, but No Advance i'm
Wages Promised.

WASHINGTON, May PA general
strike involving directly 10000 machinists
and indirectly 10000 men i'm the metal
working trades is expected to take place
on May 20 unless some arrangement is ef-
fected in the meantime. This is the state
ment made tonight by President James
O'Connell, of the International Association
of Machinists, who has his headquarters in
this city. The demands of the men, the
refusal of which threatens to preciptate
the strike, Mr.. O'Connell said, are for
work day of nine hours and increase of
l219 per cent in wages, or, in other words,
ten hours pay for nine hours work. The
matter, he said, has been under considera-
ton for some time, and every effort has
been made by the machinists' association
to avoid resorting TO a strike but such
action, he says. is now necessary if the
workingmen hope to attain the end they
are striving for.
Some time ago, through the efforts of the
international association, the latter secured
from the National Metal Trades Associa-
ton, the employers of about % per cent. of
the men who would BE affected by the
strike, concessions by which a general work
day of nine hours to become operative
on May 20 of this year. The question of an
increase of wages however, or its equiva-
lent, the granting of ten hours pay for
nine hours work, remained unsettled.
Yesterday the representatives. Of che
Metal Trades Association and the Interna-
tionaI Association of Machinists held
conference in New York at which an at
tempt made to reach agreement
the wage matter so that the strike pro-
posed for May 20 could be avoided. M.
O'ConneIl, however, says that the employ
ers refused TO arbitrate the question of
wages nationally, but that they expressed
willingness that this matter should be
settled by employers locally. each individ-
Ual case TO be treated such. This method
is unsatisfactory TO the representatives OF
the machinists' ASSOCIATION, who express the
opinion that this would prolong indefinitely
the settlement of the question. Upon his
return TO the city Mr.. OConnell promptly
prepared TIE order Tor the strike, and 1t
was sent out by mail to-day.
Mr.. O'Connell says that about 200 firms,
whose employees represent probably 20 per
cent of the 1900 men who will be affected
by the proposed strike, have signed agree
ments for the reduction in hours of labor
and the increase of pay, so that the agita-
ton the subject already has benefited
the men materially. For prudential reasons
the executive committee has determined
not at this time TO apply the strike order
to the railroads. Whether it will be done
in the future will depend altogether on de-
velopments
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BOTH SIDES CLAIM 1T
CONTROL OF THE NORTHERN PA
CIFIC NOT DEFINITELY DECIDED.
Representatives of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
However, Think They VIII Have
n Majority Of the Shares.

NEW YORK, May 12.-At the hotels
cafes and other places where financiers
have gathered during the excited days Of
the past week there was to-day an absence
of anything that had the appearance of Il
formal conference or discussion of the mar
ket situation. The men who opposed th-
Hill Morgan interest in the great Northern
Pacific struggle were all out of town over
Sunday.
The financiers who gathered at the Wal
dorf-Astoria talked informally of Satur-
days bank statement and the stock mar
ket in general. There were friends of
Kuhn, Loeb * Co.. who reiterated the
statement that that side had completed n
count Of the actual shares in their possess
sion and that they have control of North
ern Pacific, but this statement was vigor-
ously denied by partisans of the other side
James J. Hill was at the hotel during the
day. but efforts TO interview him regarding
Northern Pacific, resulted in noncommittsi
answers, with the exception that he stated
that there had been no change in the situa-
ton since yesterday.
The Herald tomorrow will say: Repre-
sentatives of Kuhn, Loeb & Co, say that
the stock sold by the arbitrage houses Will
definitely come TO them. Their holdings are
distributed among the con mon and pre-
ferred issues Some question may arise
due to the retirement of the preferred stock
issue. Under the terms of lssne the pre-
ferred stock is retirable on any first day
of January up TO 1905 at par. No action mas
yet been taken upon the preferred stock
which at the present time carries equal
voting power with the common Whether
this stock can be ordered retired by the
directors prior TO the meeting OF the COM
pary on oct. 1 next is not known. L. would
seem. however. as though a matter of this
Importance would rest with the share
holders of the company. and II such is the
case. Kuhn. Loeb & Co.'S stock will be III
existence on oct. l. and it will determine
not only the question of contro'. but the
question of retiring the preferred issue.
Persons identified with the HERMAN
Kuhn-Loeb party express belief that some
resolution would be passed by the directors
favoring the retirement of the preferred
stock. one OF Mr. Morgan's partners,
asked about this. replied that be thought
nothing of the kind would be aone.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
wASHINGTON, May 12.-The work OF
transforming the lake cities into Atlantic
ports has been resolutely taken up by the
Northwestern Steamship Company, OF CHI
cago, which has constructed four sister
ships 255 feet long to ply regularly between
Chicago and European ports: one has al
ready sailed and is in the St. Law
renee river These vessels named. respect-
lively. the Northwestern. the Northeastern.
the Northman and the NortStown, sail
from Chicago for Hamburg. Liverpool and
London loaded with machinery, canned and
boxed meats. lard and other products of the
great manufacturing and producing section
fronting upon our inland seas. They pass
necessarily through the Canadian canals.
the Weland and st. Lawrence, TO the head
of deap-water navigation at Montreal, and
will in their trip traverse seventy-three
miles of canals and pass through forty-six
locks. depending their propelling
power throughout the entire voyage. Ii is
estimated that the time occupied between
Buffalo end Montreal, between which the
canal system extends. will be about three
days
Communications 10 the Bureau of Statis-
tics from the lake cities and ports express
the hope that this enterprise may result
in serious consideration OF the proposition
to construct entirely within the United
States a deep-water canal connecting the
lakes with the Atlantic. The present depth
of the Welland canal is fourteen feet and
the depth OF most OF the harbors the
lakes is twenty feet, and IL is evident
that those desiring 10 see the cities located
upon the great lakes made in fact Atlantic
ports and connected by direct steamship
lines with the great seaboard cities OF the
world will desire at least American
canal with depth equal TO that of the
great lake harbors. namely. twenty feet.
The table given below shows the tonnage
and value of freight passing through the
Sault Ste. Marie canal i'm each year from
1857 TO 1900. When il is remembered that
the traffic passing through this canal is
double In amount that carried through the
famous Suez canal the importance of the
American waterway will become apparent,
while the fact that the Suez canal has
proved paying investment 10 those invest
ing in its stock readily suggests that
great waterway connecting the lake sys-
TEN with the Atlantic ocean would be OF
great benefit 10 American commerce and
rich in its rewards 10 American enterprise.
The table follows.
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PLANS OF THE PARTY.


DELMONTE. Cal. May f2-The indispo-
sition OF Mrs. Mckinley east shadow on
the other members OF the party who re-
rnained here and there was talk. at first of
abandoning the entire schedule between
here and San Francisco. but Mrs. Mckinley
requested that the plans OF the party
should not be disarranged by her depart
ure. and when the President left this morn
ing the understanding that the pro-
gramme originally fixed should be carried
out. The President has himself said he
would rejoin the party as soon as Mrs
Mckinley was made comfortable.
The party is scheduled 10 leave here to-
morrow morning at o'clock and after a
ten-minute stop at Pajaro. To go 20 Santa
Cruz for a glimpse OF the big trees II was
not the expectation OF the President that
ne could be at either of these places. but
he thought ne could meet the Cabinet az
San Jose. where great preparations had
been made 20 receive him and where the
programme was FOR the party 10 spend to-
morrow night. In that case he could enter
San Francisco Tuesday afternoon. as origi-
nally contemplated. without disarranging
the plans for The ovation arranged Tor him