The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-18

company, has been called for at Liverpool
on Sept. 20 TO consider the offer of the
American Tobacco Company to buy up all
the shares as the first step towards &C
curing control of the British market.
The states general of the Netherlands
were reopened yesterday by Queen Wilhel-
nina who, accompanied by the prince con-
sort performed the ceremony in person.
The speech from the throne. after Gus
tomary reference to friendly foreign rela-
tons, dwelt on the necessity for social re-
forms.
A section of reserved seats at an animal
show at Bowling Green, O., collapsed Mon
day night precipitating four hundred peo-
pie to the ground. panic was started,
but cool heads checked ii before it reached
serious proportions. A number of women
and children were injured, but none Sc
riously.
The United States Circuit Court of APP
peals at Portland, Ore, has reaffirmed the
judgment of the lower court in the matter
of the contempt of Dudley DubOise. attor-
ney, who advised o. Jose COmpters TO dis
regard a writ of supersedeas of the Court
Of Appeals. Duboise will have to serve
four months more in Jail.
Alex Miller, of Meat Springs, n. c.,
returned Philippine soldier, is in jail at
Mountain City, charged with shooting Mar
ion Wilson and his father, j. J. Wilson.
The latter is fatally wounded. Miller es-
capped to the mountains, but was caught
by a posse. 1t is said that since his
rest Miller has confessed TO having killed
lWO men anu one NOHd0.
In connection with the Cincinnati fall
festival, there was a convention yesterday
of the editors and authors of the Ohio val.
ley. Addresses We're made by Charles I.
Greve and Murat Halstead, of Cincinnati:
Hugh Gordon Miller, of Norfolk, Va, and
others. Poems were read by John ]. Piatt,
of North Bend, o., and by Prof. w. III.
Venable and Howard Saxby, of Cincinnati.
Col B. H. Howell is under arrest in Law
ton, o. T., for the killing of r. c. Goree, at
Mcknight, on Sept. 4. His son, James 7.
Howell. is also under arrest, charged with
completely. The preliminary hearing will
be held at Lawton as soon as the witnesses
can be secured. Colonel Howell says he re-
sided formerly at Dadeville, Ala, and
claims self-defense.
After a heated debate the United States
Brew Masters convention at Boston yes
terday voted to permit the use of the Eng
liSh language in the proceedings of the
association. The constitution will remain
In German and all records in that language
but hencefOrth members who wish to do So
can speak in English and all printed mat
ter will be English as well as German.
Nearly 300 delegates arrived at Kansas
City, Mo, yesterday. to attend the "allied
Parker, chairman of the Peoples party
national committee to perfect union of all
several States and represent the Public
ownership party, Liberal Socialists, Mid
dle-of-the-road Populists. Fusion Populists,
Silver Republicans and Single-tax League.
Lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Honor,
representing thirty-eight States, assembled
at Detroit yesterday, beginning the thir-
teenth biennial session of that body. SUI
preme Protector l.. B. Lockard, of Toledo,
presided After adopting a suitable me-
mortal on the death of the late President
Mckinley the lodge adjourned until to-
morrow morning, when officers will be
elected.
United States Attorney Speed, of Okla
homa, has received from the Interior De-
partment a ruling relative to persons filing
mineral claims Indian allotments in
the country recently opened to settlement
in Oklahoma. The secretary holds that
only by the consent of the allottee can
mineral claims be filed, and that it is inn
possible by any means to secure possession
of allotments. This ruling will expel 5000
mineral prospectors from Indian lands.
The meat handlers employed by Chicago
beef packing firms in loading foreign
steamers at Boston have struck and have
submitted list of rules and schedule of
wages which they demand shall be put into
effect by their employers. The men COM
plain that they are not allowed any time
for meals and are not paid for overtime
work on Sundays and holidays. The firms
affected are Armour 81 Co, Cudahy x Co,
Hammond 81 Co, Swift & Co. and Nelson
Norris
The National Laundrymen's Association
at Detroit yesterday nominated the follow
ing officers: President, Henry S. Porter.
Boston; first vice president, Martin Kelly,
Detroit; second vice president, S. A. Dean,
Yonkers, n. Y; third vice president. A.
Barnard, Chicago; fourth vice president,
w. r. Long, Chattanooga, Tenn; ssecre-
tary, Henry w. Stoer, Cleveland; treas
urer, w. @. Lloyd, Willamsport. Pa. The
meeting to-day will confirm the nomina-
tions.
The National Encampment, Sons of Vet
Grams, in annual session at Providence, X.
J., yesterday, had delegates from nearly
every section of the country. After the
formal opening Mayor Granger welcomed
the sons to the city and Division Com
mander L. ]. Clinton, of the Rhode Island
division, and Past Department Commander
T. A. Barton, of Providence, also spoke
words OF greeting. Several responses were
made. The reading of the reports followed
and committees were appointed.
The executive council of the American
Federation of Labor yesterday issued char
tiers to the Central Federated Union of New
York city and to the organized workers of
Porto Rico. Santiago Iglesias was directed
to spend four months in Porto Rico to
ganize unions there. President Gompers
was directed by the council to ask the Sec
rotary of the navy for investigation of
complaint of employees of the naval station
at Cavite (Manila) that they were required
to work from $50 in the morning until
o clock in the evening, in violation of the
eight-hour law.
The Arkansas campaign for United States
senatorshlp was formally opened at Searcy
yesterday by Senator James X. Jones, who
is chairman of the Democratic national
convention, and ex-Gov. James p. Clark
as the candidates. Ex-Governor Clark
charged Senator Jones with having stock
to the amount of $50, 600 in the alleged
Round Bale Cotton Trust and produced the
copy of a certificate showing that Senator
Jones voted that much stock at the meet
Zones Oh said td9 he owned $1,000 of Common
stock, which had yielded him no returns,
and that the $S50,0OO of stock voted by him
represented his own holdings and those Of
his associates, whose proxies he held.