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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-10

Bureau OF Construction and Repair. Navy
Department He will assume his new du-
ties next Tuesday.
Yesterdays statement of the treasury bal
anees in the general 1und. exclusive OF the
sl50.00o.000 gold reserve In the division of
redemption, shows: Available cash balance,
$3.50. 742, S64: gold, sSs, 6Si,276
Secretary of the Treasury Gage yester-
day received an offer of million dollars
short-term bonds from New York. The
price was higher than he was willing to pay
and he therefore rejected the offer.
Admiral Kempff. on his flagship. the Ken
lucky, arrived at Cavite yesterday from
HongKong. He will be in temporary COM
mand of the station while Admiral Remey
is absent i'm Melbourne Australia. on the
occasion of the opening Of the first federal
parliament.
The President and Mrs Mckinley enter
tanned at dinner. last night. Governor AL
len, of Porto Rico, and Mrs. Allen. Others
invited TO meet them included Secretary
and Miss Wilson. Major Generals Corbin
and Young, and the latters aids. Captains
Howard and Smedburg, and Misses Hitch
cock, Phelps and Hanna.
The United States Court of Claims has
rendered a judgment in favor of Admiral
Sampson for $3.50 a bounty growing
out of the engagements at Manzanillo and
Nipa bay. in Cuba. during the Spanish
war The court also rendered a Judgment
in favor of Fleet Captain Chadwick who
participated In these engagements.
On recommendation of Senator Mitchell.
OF Oregon, the President has directed the
appointment of Hon. George W. Colvig. OF
Grants Pass. Ore, United States consul
at Barranqula. Colombia. Mr.. Colvig is a
lawyer and was a member of the State Leg
islature For a number of years he was a
member of the state railroad commission OF
Oregon.
The board Of visitors to the Naval OBJ
servatory assembled in Washington, yes
terday. They reported their arrival to Sec
rotary Long. at the Navy Department.
and were escorted by him to the White
house and were formally presented TO the
President, after which they inspected the
apparatus at the observatory, about mile
north of Georgetown.
Governor Allen, of Porto Rico, was with
the President for short time yesterday
discussing affairs relative to the island. The
Governor said that the low condition OF the
municipal treasures was due TO the lack or
an adequate system of municipal taxation,
but the new tax law which recently went
into effect will replenish the treasures.
Governor Allen will return to Porto Rico
May l.
The first United States coaling station to
be located on foreign soil has just been
completed at Pichalinqui. on the west coast
of Mexico, and the collier Alexander Is
now taking on 5000 tons of coal at Balti-
more to stock this latest acquisition of the
navy. The station is on California bay, at
the extreme end of the long peninsula
which juts down from California and is
known as Lower California, although 1t is
an integral part of Mexico.
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Department store "Combine.-

NEW YORK, April 9.-Official notice of
the rumored combination of department
stores was given to-day by j. Pierpont
Morgan & Co, who solicit subscriptions to
the stock of the Associated Merchants
Company. The company is capitalized at
SIC 0O0, 000 and proposes to acquire dry goods
businesses in this and other cities. The
prospectus states that a one-half interest
has been secured in both the III. B. Clafiln
Company and the Adams Dry Goods Com
pany. and that the James McCreery &
Co.'S Northumberland store has been
bought outright.
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NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.
Progress of Work Battleships
Cruisers and Torpedo Boats.

WASHINGTON. April s.-Admiral
Bowles, chief of the naval Bureau of Con-
struction. to-day gave out the first sum-
mary of ships under construction since he
assumed charge of this branch of the serv-
ice. 1t shows gratifying progress through
out all the extensive work now being car
ried on, the degree of completion having
advanced from l to per cent. on the vari-
Gus ships within the last month.
OF the nine battleships under con-
tract four of them are we'll along, the ILL
nois standing at the head and being 90 per
cent. completed. The Maine comes next
with 46 per cent. completed. The Missouri
stands IS per cent. and the Ohio 80 per
cent. completed. The remaining five-Vir-
ginia, Nebraska. Georgia, New Jersey and
Rhode Island-as we'll as the six armored
cruisers-Pennsylvania West Virginia. Cal
ifornia. Colorado, Maryland and South
Dakota-have not yet been started. OF the
protected cruisers the Cleveland is making
rapid progress. being now 81 per cent. COM
pleted. The Chattanooga pushed up 5 per
cent. during the last month and now stands
q per cent. completed. The Denver is 43
per cent The others are the Des Moines.
% per cent. and the Galveston and Taco
ma, IL each. The st. Louis and Charleston
have not yet been started. The Nevada Is
furthest along of the monitors, being 81 per
cent. completed. while the others stand :
Wyoming, y; Florida, g. and Arkansas, 49,
OF the sixteen torpedo boat destroyers most
of them practically completed. The
fourteen torpedo boats also show an adj
vanced stage of work. three of them
Godsborough. Bailey and Barney-stand-
ing at 80 per cent. completed and five more
-Stringham. Bagley, Biddle. Blakely and
De Long-standing at IS per cent. Prob
ably the most advance is shown on the
submarine boats, the degree of completion
having doubled within the last month on
several of them. The Adder now stands
at 40 per cent; Grampus. %; Moccasin, rs:
Pike Is; Porpoise, "A, and Shark, %.
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PlTTSBURG, Pa, April 9.-Negotiations
are now on for the consolidation of all the
sewer-pipe manufactures into one corpora
ton, with capital of about sl2. 600. The
ceal includes the American Sewer Pipe
Company. whose main offices are in this
city. and which has a capitalization OF
about Sl0.OOO,0O0; the Robinson Bros. Sewer
Pipe Company and the Buckeye Sewer
Pipe Company, of Akron, O., having COM
bined capital of about $500 900; the United
States Clay Manufacturing Company, of
fittsburg, whose capital is about $500, 000
and two factories at Rochester, y. V,
which have capital of 100000. The Robin
son company has two factories. both al
Akron. o.; the Buckeye company has two
factories. one at Akron and the other at
Canal Dover, o. Both of the plants of the
United States Clay Company are located al
Lisbon, o. With such combination as is
being meditated all of the clay sewer-pipe
output in the United States will be con-
trolled by the new company.
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Gigantic European Trust.

WASHINGTON, April Authorization
concerning the formation of what amounts
to gigantic trust embracing every linen
spinning concern on the continent of
Europe has reached the State Department
in report from United States Consul Ma
hin. al Reichenberg. Austria. For some
time. says the consul, it has been under
stood that the Austrian, German and Bel
gian spinners of linen thread had decided
to unite in a reduction of product. From
Paris has come the news that the French
spinners also are to join in reducing the
output of the mills. The object is to steady
and possibly to enhance the price of linen
yarn. Makers of linen cloth have during
the fall and winter suffered from the high
price of yarn, and this enormous combina-
ton will make conditions still worse, says
the consul
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LEADEN FOOTED.
Kentucky GOebeI Trials Again Drag
Eing Before the Public.

FRANKFORT. Ky. April 9.-The con-
spiracy case of the commonwealth against
Garnett Ripley was called for trial in the
Franklin Circuit Court to-day and the for
nation of the jury was begun. The COM
monvealth secured time until afternoon
TO answer because Of the failure Of twenty
five of the fifty-seven witnesses to respond
to the call. The Louisville & Nashville
agent at Eminence, Henry county, was or
dered TO bring into court any waybills
showing the shipment of arms and am
munition to Ripley from the state arsenal,
just prior to the assassination of Goebel.
Five jurors were finally accepted this
afternoon and four more were temporarily
seated and are subject TO peremptCry chal-
lenges. a special venire of thirty-five jur-
ors was drawn from the jury wheel and the
jury will be completed tomorrow. Ex-
Governor w. o. Bradley and Judge w. II.
Yost. both of whom were counsel for ex-
Governor Taylor, in his contest last year,
and who are witnesses against Ripley, ar
rived tonight.
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Long-Lost Silver Service Found.

WASHINGTON. April 9.-The handsome
silver service belonging to the cruiser Gin
cinnati. presented to that ship by the city
of Cincinnati, which has been lost for the
last two years and which the Navy De-
partment used every effort TO get trace of
has been found. 1t was entirely lost sight
of for many months, and only recently was
the first trace of it secured through an Of
ficer who had been on the Cincinnati when
the Spanish-American war broke out. In
the rush OF getting ready for the war the
Cincinnati made a hurried stop at the Nor
folk navy yard, where she stripped herself
of all her superfiuOus belongings Among
the articles unloaded was the souvenir sill
yer service. In the hurry of departure no
receipt was taken for it. 1t was stored
away without knowledge of its value as
the officers of the ship were expected TO
look after such a possession. 1t has been
found intact and steps are taking to re-
store 1t to the Cincinna ii.
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WILL CONFER WITH WOOD.
Cuban Convention May Send Com
mission to Washington.

HAVANA. April 9.-The Cuban consti-
tutional convention to-day formally re-
considered the vote against sending a
commission to Washington. the final vote
standing twenty in favor of reconsideration
to eight opposed. The programme now is
TO appoint a commission of five who shall
in the first instance wait on Governor Cen
eral Wood. discuss the situation with him
and ask his advice regarding the procedure
necessary in the present case at Washing
ton.
Senior Gener, secretary of justice, has ten
order to accept the office of mayor of
Havana.
Former Mayor Rodriguez has assumed
command of the rural guards of the island.
The organization is being put on perma-
nent basis from a military point of view
under orders from the central government.
When the reorganization has been per-
fected there will be no need. in the opin-
ion of General Wood, of military forces.
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Famous okefenokce swamp Sold.

ATLANTA. Ga. April 9-The famous
Okefenokee swamps in south Georgia has
been sold TO Charles Hebard * Sons of
Michigan. The considera ton. it is under
stood. is $1,000. The swamp contains 354. 900
acres. and its circumference is 1S7 miles
The sale carries with it the land timber
water courses and game with which the
swamp abounds The swamp. IL is said was
purchased for its standing timber and after
IL is cleared the land will be devoted 10
the cultivation of sugar cane and cotton.
A company Will be organized IN Savannah
to maintain a game preserve on Mr. Heb
ards possession until the lumber is re-
moEad-
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SAWS AND MILL SUPPLIES.

the struggle-the daily and nightly battle
against weakness and physical distress
Sometimes he wrote OF IL gravely and other
times humorously. II had horrid luck.
laundering infiuenzas in August and Mo-
vember. / recovered from the last with
difficulty, but have come through this bl1e-
terng winter with some success Any
man in Stevenson's condition might have
been pardoned for Ill temper and peevish-
ness. That he did not succumb to hopeless
ness, that he never despaired made his Lire
count for far more than the books he
wrote. Many persons who do not care for
Treasure Island" or kidnapped" give to
the author a dear place I'm their hearts.
They knew him through his letters and
essays as one of those rare spirits whose
lives always make for hope and courage.
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warren's Statement Misleading.

CLEVELAND. o., April 9.-Grand Chief
Arthur. of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. commenting on the statement Of
Vice President Warren, of the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey to-day, relative to the
proposed strike. said: ''To say the least
Mr. Warrens statement is misleading. The
chiefs of the organizations remained in
New York for five days trying TO obtain
a conference with him. When were sat
isfied that Mr.. Warren would not talk with
us. we left Grand Chief Clark, of the
Conductors brotherhood. remains on the
ground as the representative of all the or
CARNATIONS I am satisfied that the exist
ing differences could be settled within q
very short time if the company would
grant us a hearing said Mr.. Arthur in
conclusion.
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GOT TWO OUT OF THREE
ANOTHER GAME WON BY INDIANAPO-
LIS FROM THE ST. LOUIS CLUB.
Three Runs Scored i'm the Tenth In
ming. Making Total of Nine to
Six-Gnme at Home To-Day.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
ST. LOUIS, April 9.-The Indianapolis
team completed its three days stay in st.
Louis by again defeating the home club.
victory coming after an extra inning had
been played. The visitors were off in front.
tallying four runs for a starter. safe
ties by Hogriever, Grim and Heydon and
errors by Wallace and Powell. Guese's
three innings netted the locals but two
runs, they coming in the third on four
successive raps. AIloway sent to the
slab at the beginning Of the fourth and
two walks. coupled with errors by Flynn
and Kelly, and hard smash TO center by
Powell, gave St. Louis two counts. tying
the score. With two out i'm the visitors
half of the fifth. Shannon doubled. Kelly
singled and Grim tripled. two runs result
ing. st. Louis tailed once each in the fifth
and sixth innings, again evening up mat
tiers. Stimmel and Jones wound UP, and
each twirler dealt out ciphers for the next
three rounds. but Jones weakened in the
tenth. and after indianapolis had filled the
corners on safeties by Kelly and Grim and
McCanns miss of Flynn's tap. he cleared
the bases on two successive wild pitches
st. Louis came in. only to draw another
blank. and the game was won by Watkins's
men. 9 to 6. Kelly and Grim flattened the
sphere for the visitors. while Bey, Shan
non and Grim made some fine fielding
plays GueSe and Alloway pitched fairly
well, while Stimmel was a complete puzzle
the four innings he occupied the box, King
being the lone st. Louis man to find him
safely. Attendance. $50 Score by innings:
Indianapolis ......4 o 2 80
St. Louis ..........0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 o Go
Earned Runs-St Louis 9: Indianapolis g.
Two-base Hits-Wallace, Hogriever,
Shannon.
Three-base Hit-Grim.
Left on Bases-St Louis, 8; Indianapo-
lis, 8.
Struck Out-By Jones, 2; by Stimmel. l.
Bases on Balls-On Powell. l. of Allo-
way, L.
Wild Pitches-Jones, 2
Umpire-Brennan.
Time OF Game-1:f7.
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MR.. LOOMS EN- ROUTE HOME.
shown Marked Tributes of Respect rs
He Left the Venezuelan Capital.

WILLEMSTAD. April 9.-United States
Minister Loomis sailed from Laguayra,
Venezuela, yesterday, for San Juan. Porto
Rico. at which port he will embark on a
steamer for New York. AS the cruiser
Scorpion left Laguayra, with the minister
aboard. she fired a salute in his honor, the
American vessels in port saluting with
their cOlOrs.
When Mr.. Loomis left Caracas. the capt.
tai the railway station was crowded with
people representing the best classes of the
inhabitants. showing the esteem i'm which
Mr.. Loomis was held. The whole diplomatic
corps also assembled at the station and ex-
pressed sympathy with MIR. Loomis Many
Porto Ricans whom Mr.. LOomis had saved
from military service were at the station
They presented him with address. The
railroad car I'm which Mr.. LOOMS Travelled
was filed with flowers No minister ever
left Caracas with more marked tributes of
respect.
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CLEVELAND. April 9.-Mayor Johnson
has decided that the corporations doing
business in this city do not pay their just
proportion of taxes and has taken steps to
have their assessments increased. A force
of clerks has been put TO work preparing a
list of all the big concerns, together with
blue prints of their estimates and the taxes
they pay. When full information has been
obtained the mayor proposes to go before
the city board of equalization and demand
that the corporations be compelled to pay
it is announced, will make a special effort
to show that the steam and electric rail-
ways are assessed far too low
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PITTSBURG, Pa, April civilian Z.
Corey, general superintendent of the
Homestead Steel works, the Carrie fur
naces and the Howard Axle works, will
at meeting next Tuesday of the directors
of the Carnegie Company and the Carne-
gle Steel Company, be elected president of
both these corporations. Charles M.
Schwab will resign the presidency of the
Carnegie companies at this meeting to de-
vote his time TO the duties of the presi-
dency of the United States Steel Corpora
ton. Mr.. Corey is only thirty-five years
of age and began his career in the labora-
tory of the Edgar Thomson Steel works
at the age of sixteen, succeeding G. M.
Schwab as general superintendent of the
Homestead mills
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FIGHT WITH BLACKS.
Several Hundred Shots Exchanged nt
River Landing.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 9.-At Gains
Landing. i'm Chicot county. Arkansas, last
evening, as the steamer Delta, running
from Memphis to Vicksburg. was leaving
the landing. negroes who had congregated
on the bank opened fire on the crew. Cap
tain Rowland, of the Delta, had antici-
pated trouble and had armed his officers
crew and passengers. and was prepared to
fight Several hundred shots were fired,
and the Delta was struck by many bull
let's, but no one about the boat was in
jured. The negroes Jared not so WELL how
evuer. One of their number was severely
wounded in the side The negroes were IL
toxicated and disOrderly when the Delta
arrived.
Gains Landing is about $50 miles from
Memphis. IL has been the scene of other
troubles between the whites and negroes
In 1873 a famous waged in
Chicot county, i'm which a number of men
were killed.
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Buffalo Instead of Jnckass.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The secretary
of the treasury has approved a design for
the new $40 legal tender United States note
Prominent in the center of the face of the
note is the picture of an American buffalo
taken from photograph Of a fine mounted
specimen in the National Museum. On the
right and left ends are the portraits of
Lewis and Clark. the noted explorers of the
far Northwest. BY the side of each is a
youthful figure extending palm over the
pictures The figures and letters denoting
the denomination are quite large and con-
spicuous The note is considered artistic
as any that has been issued in many years.
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PITTSBURG, Pa, April 9.-Executives
of the Crucible Steel Company, of America,
have a proposition from J. Pierpont Nor
gan to take the Crucible Company into the
United States Steel Corporation on the
same stock basis as provided for the taking
of the American Steel Hoop Company and
the American Sheet Steel Company. This
for similar stocks of the Morgan Company
at par 1t is said tnat the Crucible execu-
tives are holding off for better terms.
After a meeting of the Crucible Company
directors yesterday President G. II. Hal
comb said no action was taken in relation
to the proposition.
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To BE Capitalized at $4,000 900.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. April 9.-Charles
Allis, representing the great plant of the E.
p. Allis Company is in New York in con-
nection with proposition to consolidate
all the big machinery and stationary en-
If formed have a capital of $4,000. 600, and
includes over forty plants They are To-
Gated in Milwaukee. Fort Wayne, Canton,
o.. Wilkesbarre, Pa; Pittsburg, Youngs-
town, o.; Cleveland. o.; Hamilton, o.. New
York, Philadelphia and Akron, O.
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tox was celebrated by the Hamilton Club
this evening with an elaborate banquet, to
which $500 invitations were issued. and of
which two-thirds were accepted. The din
ner. which was held at the Auditorium
Hotel. was one of the most pretentious
affairs ever given by the Hamilton Club.
The chief speakers of the evening were
Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky, and President
Angel, of the University of Michigan.
President Angel spoke of General Grant
in the Orient" and Bishop Dudley deiiv-
cred the principal address of the evening
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Brooklyn Ia q

Brooklyn Eagle
This is a story which went around the
House of Commons I'm less than ten min
utes: A Scotchman and an Irishman were
discussing the honors paid 10 the troops
OF the two countries After the Scotchman
had said his say the Irishman exclaimed.
Il would have you know that as true q
heart beats under an Irish soldiers tunic
as in any Scotchmans head" 1t does il
does.
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Obituary,

COLUMBUS. O.. April 9.-Charles Ben
ton F'lagE, supreme secretary of the order
OF United Commercial Travellers died at
his home here at $40 o'clock this morning
of pneumonia after an illness of a few
days. Mr.. Flagg was forty-six years old
and one of the most popular men of the
order. His father and mother reside at
Waukegan, H.. where the remains will
probably be taken for burial.
MILWAUKEE. Wis. April 9.-Henry
Claymier. formerly chief Of the Milwaukee
fire department. dropped dead of heart fail
ure this evening in a Turkish bath estab-
liShment
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TARRED AND FEATHERED.
Young Man Punished for WrOnging n
Nebraska Girl.

SIUOX CITY, Ia, April "a crowd OF
about fifty Ponca, Neb.. men seized Alva
Smith while he was on his way home from
the theater and tarred and feathered him.
He was then given twenty-four hours to
leave town. Smith is accused of wronging
Minnie Ellum, girl of eighteen, who died
in an Omaha hospital two weeks ago.
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CHICAGO. April 9.-Resolutions adopted
by the Bar Association OF Chicago express
ing esteem for the late General Harrison
and regret at his death were presented In
the United States Circuit Court OF An
peals here to-day by John M. Harlan.
Iudge Woods. who was one OF the honorary
pallbearers at the late ex-Presldent's flu
neral made an appropriate response and
ordered the resolutions spread on the rec
erds OF the court
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NO TURN OF THE TIDE"
FIashlight Chemicals Exploded and
Several Persons Were Hurt.

LISBON, n. D., April Am explosion of
flash light chemicals behind the scenes
OF the Lisbon Opera House seriously in
jured Rev Father ]. b. Mcdonald and
two others. Mills +. Moore, city auditor.
and Roy Severance. Were slightly hurt.
The Turn of the Tide" was TO have
been presented by local people under the
auspices of the Catholic Church.