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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20
WOULD-BE ROBBERS.
Two Men Arrested While Attempting
to Hold Up Bank Cashier.

COLORADO SPRINGS Col.,sJune 1s.-An
attempt was made this afternoon to rob
the Exchange National Bank, but il failed.
as Sheriff Powers had been informed of
the plot several days ago. and officers were
watching for the would-be robbers. At 1
o'clock Fred George and "Red" Hutchins
entered the bank. George drew revolver
and called on Cashier Heron TO throw up
his hands. He dropped behind the counter
and George and Hutchins were quickly
seized by Sheriff Bowers and Deputy Sheriff
Bramlett, who followed them into the
bank. f. NJ. Kennedy, a liveryman, who
was on guard at the bank door. and Robert
o. Mcfarland, who was in charge of a
team with which the robbers intended to
escape. were also arrested. The prisoners
are residents of the Springs. 1t is said
Hutchins is the man who gave information
OF the plot to the police.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20
LETTER FROM MAJOR HAM.
He Gives Figures Showing the
Strength of the Insurgents.

GAINESVILLE, June 19-R. F. Anderfer
has received another letter from Major
Ham. which was delivered In Tampa by
private individual. 1t is dated "In Camp of
Tunas. Province of Camaguay, Cuba, June
To-" and reads:
We reached Gomez's camp this morning
at 10 o'clock after marching part of the
night. Our entry was triumphal. Gomezs
troops were drawn UP to receive us. Col.
Hernandez was with US, and had the pleas
Gomez. who will use it in buying supplies
and paying the soldiers. The rifles and am
munition we turned over to the quarter
master as well as the five hundred rifles
captured from Spanards yesterday In bat
tie. L viii now give you description OF
General Gomez's army. 1t comprises fif-
ond Regiment, colored, $50 strong, under
command Of Colonel Guanaha. recruited at
Cienfuegos; Fifth Regiment; colored. 5l9, re-
cruited near Cienfuegos, under command of
Colonel Canarre; Sixth Regiment, Cuban,
Colonel Rodriguez, which has seen some of
service. When recruited it was 1000 strong,
but six weeks later had only 600 men, hav-
ing lost the others in battle. including our
recruited, and is again 1000 strong. Ninth
Regiment, Cuban. Colonel Hernandez. sS2
pies. $50 strong; fifteenth % REGIMENT, % Cuban,
Colonel Esperanza. 995: Sixteenth Regiment,
colored. Colonel Zapasa. 1000 strong. newly
Colonel Matamoras. s2s men: twentieth
Regiment. colored, Colonel Pinos.
S5i; Twenty-ffth Regiment. colored, Col.
Second Cuban. Colonel Cespedes 93s: Thir-
ty-ninth. colored. Colonel seronez. 72o; bat
talon of Nataza. Cuban. Major Canova.
400 men: this battalion is from the best
families i'm Cuba: Battalion of Damuneco.
Cuban. Major Palmas. 4sO: battalion. of
460; battalion of Santa Cruz, Major Tore,
$40; battalion of Americans from Georgia,
Alabama and Florida, S24. under command
Independent companies of Ameri,
cans from Ohio, under command
but not least. is the company of Texas
sharp shooters, now fifty-two strong. from
Fort Worth under command of Captain
lieutenant. This company has been in six
battles and has lost eleven men, including
its first captain. Little. c. 49,
Tenth. Fifth. Nineteenth, Thirty-second
and Thirty-fourth Regiments. battalions of
Nataza, Damuneco. Santa Cruz, battalion
of Americans and two companies of Amer
captured from the Spaniards, while the
Second and Fifth Regiments are armed
seventeenth. w twentieth. Twenty fifth,
Twenty-seventh and Thirty-ninth are
armed with machettes only. The battalion
We hope soon to have all armed with
rifles. These regiments. the Second.
Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth Nine
teenth, Twentieth. Twenty-fifth, Thir
ty-fourth and Thirty-ninth are in camp
here; also, the battalions and two compa-
nies of Americans. The others are march
ing to join us, and as soon as all are in
camp we shall march upon and try to take
Puerto Principe, which is our objective
point. We are expecting another expedition
with one thousand rifles and five million
rounds of ammunition. We also hope to
take one of the Spanish cruisers soon, as
We have plans made to that end"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20
HOMES FOR CONsUMPTIvEs.
Five Hundred Cottages to He Erected
by boston PhilanthrOpfst.

WINSTON. y. c.. June 19.-Mr Turft.
a philanthropist of Boston. has purchased
five thousand acres of ground near South
ern Pines. on which he will erect five hun
dred cottages for the benefit of persons
suffering with consumption. He says he
will provide easy employment for the class
Of persons whom he has seen fit to make
homes for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20
LARGE AS YOUNG TREES.
Phenomenal Growth of Corn I'm the
Southwestern Portion of Kansas.

FORT SCOTT, Kan. June 19.-The growth
of the corn and oats crop an southwest
Kansas since the rainy season commenced
is phenomenal and altogether unprecedent-
ed. The hot but very wet weather of the
past month has caused such a rank growth
of corn that In some fields stalks are ten
feet high. with no signs of tassels or ears
yet. CornStalkS as large young trees
ought to produce ears larger and heavier
than have ever been raised The oats were
thought not to promise over a quarter of a
crop three weeks ago, but they now promise
a large yield.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20
GRASSHOPPERS In NEBRASKA.
Engines Provided with Brushes Il
Sweep Them on the Track.

MCOOK, Neb., June 19.-Grasshoppers
have appeared in such quantities between
Eckley and Otis. distance Of twenty-five
miles, as TO cover the Burlington railroad
track and cause much trouble. The engines
have been provided with steel brushes with
which to clear the tracks. At Yuma Col
they have invaded the grain fields, doing
much damage. They seem to be working
their way southeast
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20
Cuban sympathizers JubiIant.

NEW YORK, June 19.-The revolutionary
Cubans in this city are jubilant. Gen. Ra-
fael Quesada. who has lust returned from
Florida and New Orleans, says the prospects
for free Cuba were never so bright. De-
spite the proclamation by President Cleve-
land, sympathizers will continue 20 receive
arms and enlist men and try to find means
for getting them out of the country. Que
sada says there is nothing to prevent ship
ment of arms to Mexico and other countries
convenient to Cuba. The Ward line sieam-
er Ori2aba, which sailed for Tampico. June
IL, and the Segaranca, which left this port
June Il for Vera Cruz, and the Progresso
are said to have carried consig of
arms and ammunition. Information on the
matter refused at the custom house.
The Pacific Mail steamer Newport left for
Colon with cartridges on board, but IL was
declared that they were for the revolution
there. 1t is hinted. however that they VIII
ultimately reach Cuba. According to Cen
eral Quesada, the Cubans are well supplied
with arms, ammunition and money.
Rebel CO1Onels Surrender.
HAVANA, June 19.-The rebel colonels
Ernsste Martin and Mates Vega, have sur
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r. Allen. Utah; S. A. Robinson. New York
senator +. Il. Dubois, Idaho; W. W. Curry,
District of Columbia; III. NJ. Coke. Oregon.
The full committee heard arguments on the
silver question pro and con for hours be-
fore the subcommittee went into an all
night executive session to prepare report
TO be made to the full committee to-mor-
row morning
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20
James Nutt Sentenced.

ATCHISON. Kan. June 1s.-James Mutt,
who killed James Dukes, of Uniontown.
Pa, in revenge for the killing of his
father. State Treasurer Mutt. was to-day
sentenced TO ,ne pententiary for fifteen
years for the shooting of Mrs. Jesse Pay
ton and Leonard Colnan. in this county
Feb. last.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20

'~Tsz -'-7t--~--ba arrived this morning Key
PubHsLibray 4l08 ere she VIII make her base OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20

Exptrt Crown aiisl Bridge Workers Fine Arfifica,
Teeth aniess Extracting with Cocaine Gas or
yifslized Air. Ladies entrance lground foor) DsnI.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20


DEMOCRATIC BLUNDERS.
although replete with political shrewd-
ness the Democratic leaders have been
lacking in craftsmanship; they have been
fioundering in the quagmire of legislative
stupidity for three long years Every at
tempt at craftsmanship in internal affairs
or diplomacy in foreign affairs has brought
ruin on the one hand and humiliation on
the other. Weary and bedraggled. found
guilty by the people in every count of in
capacity. laundering ad infinitum. the DEM
ocratic leaders in sheer desperation have
turned their face in new direction. Iney
have taken upon themselves the agltatlon
they may again fool the people and recover
the position they> so deseryedly and COM
pletely lost. But they cannot escape their
fate: no amount of silver agitation can
turn the minds of the people from the
fact that under thirty years of protec-
as no other country in the history of ma
tions and that in three years Of threat
ened free trade tariff legislation the DEM
to thousands and thousands of American
homes They cannot blot out the figures
that under President Harrison's admins
tration $233, ,000,0G0 were paid on the public
debt and the public debt under President
Clevelands administration has been in
creased over sl5o.0O0.Oo0. or that under the
Mckinley law there was provided a reve-
nue. of 100000 in excess of the require
ments Of the government, while under the
Wilson law there will be deficit of from
$50, 10000 to $780, coo. The only law passed
by the Democratic Congress which could
produce a revenue has been declared un-
constitutional by the Supreme Court OF
the United States They will not. be per-
mitted to escape this responsibility. No
the dust over the currency question will
hlnd the people TO the fact that three prec-
ious years of the commercial life OF the Re-
he
cratic party on the altar of free trade
The question Is not. shall we use more
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20
ReheI CoIoncIs SURRENDER.

HAVANA, June 19.-The rebel colonels,
Ernsste Martin and Mates Vega, have sur
rendered and have been deported.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-04
THE NEWS OF ALASKA.
Latest From Cooks Inlet-A Rumored
Murder Whisky selling.

The Topeka brought down the Alaska
papers TO August u containing good
deal of news from the mines.
The schooner Sea Gull. OF this port, has
returned from Cooks inlet 10 Juneau and
brings an explanation of the unfavorable
reports about the placers there. The rush
OF miners found that all the available
ground had been taken up by the first ar
rivals and had 10 20 prospecting for new
diggings. Beede. who spread the news Of
the discovery. has been threatened with
hanging by some hotheads. About fifty
disguised and busted" prospeCtors would
have returned on the Sea Gull If there
had been room. Several parties with two
years provisions are going 10 thoroughly
prospect the country.
Rumors are afloat that Sam Dean.
resident OF Juneau. has been murdered at
Fort Simpson by Indians. Dean has been
gone for several months. and he was eN-
pected TO return about July 1.
The Mining Record calls attention 10 the
coincidence between the arrival at Chilkat
of the mail schooner commanded by In
dian Chief Johnson and the 'siwash
DRINKS" at that place, and suggests an in
spection.
The Mining Record says: +. II. Moran.
the irrepressible Casey" made his ap-
pearance upon the stage at the opera
house last week. AS the senator in
Brace Up he brought down the house.
A correspondent of the Alaskan writes
that there is stream seventy-iive feet
wide emptying into the Stickeen river.
one-half of which is ice cold and the
other half scalding hot. and that fish run
up the cold side and avoid the hot. lie
saws Mai. Gen. Howard ana Prof. Muir
have seen this phenomenon.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-04
HO, FOR THE YAKIMA FAIR.
All Seattle Invited to See Results OF
acknowledgements Probable.

The Yakima fair received a hearty In
dorsement at the meeting of the Chamber
81 Commerce yesterday. Lieut.. A. r.
WyckofY was present in the interest OF the
fair. and was introduced TO the chamber
by President T. O. Graves. He spoke OF
the way the people OF the Yakima valley
had taken hold Of the fair project, and OF
what a success it promised TO be. The fair
will open October and continue TO and in
Guiding October u. The chamber took hold
Of the matter in very enthusiastic man
ner, and will give all the aid possible TO the
enterprise. The Northern Pacific will make
a very low rate. and an excursion from
Seattle on a special train is talked of. The
First Regiment band of this city is TO fur
nish the music for the fair. After listen
ing to Lieut.. WyCkoff. the chamber passed
the following resolution:
Resolved. That the Chamber OF Com
merce give its unqualified Endorsement to
the Yakima fair, and that he mes'er he
referred jointly to the committees on man
ufacturing and home industries. and that
these committees be instructed 10 take
prompt action to secure the cooperation
Of manufacturers, merchants and produc-
ers."
In his address to the chamber, Lieut..
Wyckof said In part: THE appropris-
ton by the last legislature was insufficient
10 hold more than one state fair. and in
consequence the state fair commissioners
abandoned the faiT Tor thiS year. Tns peo-
ple Of Yakima would not allow this year
20 20 by without a fair so they held a
mass meeting and determined to give il
themselves The decision OF this mass
meeting Was received with great enthu-
siasm by all the residents OF the county.
and the farmers and producers have taken
NJ the project cordially that. without
question the exhibits viii be larger aud
better than at any fair ever held in the
state In connection with the fair an In
dian Jubilee VIII he held, and as the fair
Will he held right after the hop picking
season there viii be several thousand In
dams In attendance. The chiefs OF the
various tribes in this state. Oregon and
british Columbia have all agreed TO bring
the paraphernalia necessary for ghost
dances. scalp dances. etc, and Indian
races viii be a feature.
The growth Of the town Of North Yak
ina and Of the county is unprecedented IN
the state \ number az business blocks
are going up. constructed OF white sand
stone. which is found near the city. and
there is not a vacant house in the town.
The population az North Yakima Is 00o
and Of the county I5.o0o All the crops this
year arc a great success. and the people
are all feeling prosperous. The fair VIII
he a great success. TIE people OF the Yak
ina valley feel very friendly toward Seat
tie. and want its people 20 come over and
see them during the fair"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-04
OBJECTS TO ELECTION OFFICERS.
Kelsey Claims They Are Opposed TO
easlak Difch-Rridge Contract Let.


squak Ditch-Bridge Contract Let.
IT. Z. Kelsey was before the board of
county commissioners yesterday TO protest
against the election judges that had been
appointed in the Squak slough district.
complaining that both Judges and clerks
are opposed 10 the formation Of the dis
trict, and alleging that on that account
they would not conduct the election IN a
fair and impartial manner. The board.
however, answered that ii had not made
any distinction between men in favor OF
forming the district and men opposed to
IL.
The building of the training dam az the
county bridge across Green river was
awarded to the Seattle Bridge Company,
and the contract for the North fork bridge
on the Snoqualmie was awarded TO j. G.
Bgelow, whose bid was $3.50 for the span
and $1.4s per lneal foot for the 200 feet
Of approach. He had a close competitor
in \ g Gardner. whose bid of $S6f for
the span and t1.65 per lineal foot for the
approach work brought his total only 50
higher The other bidders were az fol-
lows: Main span. p. r.. Emard. 81 .4$0; l..
e. Natal. S1.1Si: Bede. Wisner & Brooks.
Si075: Seattle Bridge Company. si.037.
Work on the 200-foot approach. per lneal
foot: b. f. Emard. s263: l.. c. Mattall.
$40; Beede wisner & Brooks. S2-35; Seat
tie Bridge Company, SIS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-04
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Transactions since January i and for

Real estate transactions since January
]. 1895, are 1886, s.. There were Med
for record yesterday II deeds. the consid-
erations aggregating s57. 202.05 Following
is a list furnished by the Daily Record,
room - Scheuerman block:
+. \. Paulson to Mrs. Catherine Jar
ger. Sc Il swh. sec II. u, 8, q. C., 81.
Henry 5. Alger to IT. O. Struve, block
. and lots l to II. block (. lots TO j,
block &, Twenty-second Street add, q. c.,
81.
BENJAMIN ]. Ferris to Jacob T. Preston.
el5 se4, sec IS. Il. 4. 5000.
Seattle Land and Improvement tom
pany to Axel Wallenius. lots and 1,
block :. Sprague's add. $500.
r y. Attridge to George h. Billings
lots and 3, block p, Bells 9th add; lots
e. and G, block /, Fdirview Homestead
Association add lots Z to II, block 81.
I.add's add. ind Is Of lots 70 ., block
les d. It. Denny's LIST add. 5000.
kirkland Land and Improvement GO. 70
Walter Odds lots IL and l.. block III.
Kirkland, $3.50
Walter Olds TO Kirkland Land and I'M
provemnt Companey, lots and 8, block l5l,
and lots Il and Is. block 10. kirkland, 81
Sheriff TO BENJAMIN w. Baker, tract In
east end OF $ u sc Il ne "a. sec o. % 4.
benjamin ". Baker TO ]. r. Lewis.
tract in east end of u Sc u ne Il, sec 5,
- 4. 81.
Sheriff to Charles Hopkins, lots Z and
& block u. A. A. Denny's add, $4,000
James A. Cavanaugh 10 Charles X.
REYNOLDS ct ux., acre IN Sc Il sec Is, =,
1, $500 -,,.,,,.--
Horace Phillips to Mamie r Pniilips,
Iots . and 3. block 81, Terrys Fl add; lot
4 block II. woods supl to Burke's I'd add,
Horace Phillips 10 Chester II. Kiehl.
lots /. : and 3, Woods supl OF block IL.
Burk's "a add. $40
John Newlund 10 T. Davidson, lot l.
block 1s. Comstock's supl add. SleF!.
srargarette Schaefer. part OF sw !. sec
%. .. l. ST.
W IT. Humphrey 10 Frank Hanford,
lots ana g. block 81. Maynard add, 81
TTenrv weIze to George c. Knapp. lots
. 10 IS. block Il, $3.50.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-04
MISUNDERSTANDING
School Board Reflects Him for
Another Year.
KING BREAKS THE DEADLOCK.
Avoiding Fire Commissioners Exam
pie. He and CoIkett Go Override
tense of the Teachers Suit.

The fight in the school board vas erfei
last night and Superintendent Barnard
Wis reelected for a year q salary 81
:, 90 No bitterness vas manifested in
fat. iferc we're doves Of peace all over
the room The members had gotten To-
gether during the day and compromise
hal been arranged
All the members Of the b2ari we're pres
en-. and after little routine business had
been dispt sed OF. there was siiercs for
moment Then King Strengthened up in his
char and asked:
Well. what shall we do with this super
fuesnlent natter" Churchill i-rmcdil si-
rnada the motion that the salary Of the
superinie5ent for the year be fixed AT 81
- Chuichin, ~o!ka.t and King weed
aye. NcDorgaIl rot voting. Colkett asked
that the roll be called. so that evsry mem-
Der Of the board would be put on re.1~3:
the roll call brought out a unanimous
vote IN favor. Colkett then moved that
Barnard be hired for the ensuing wear
and the motion vas seconded by Mac
D9Gcsn.
Barnard. bat wanted 20 say that he i 4
50 for the sake OF the schools. He Vas
opposed II Barnard ut thought the dead
lock in the beard hal lasted long enough.
lie lid rcT think the example Of the
beard OF fte commissioners was one % be
eNutateG by the SelDOI BOARD. . KALI
m9tion was carried unanimously, and
without any further discussion the meet
in.. sd:,ITacG.
White & Munday, the attorneys OF the
board. we-e instructed 20 defend the ruits
for salaries brought by some Of the teach
ers.
Tho secretary was Instructed 10 pay so
a month 10 the Soi'h Seattle school DIS
IF CT 40. 81. for the Instruction OF children
belonging . district NJ. !. until further
or Ter If tho board
Mis-. Coll ms was hired 20 take care %
the two ioom school building near the
Rlinie- school, at salary O. sl2 FER
month.
The secretary was instructed to purchase
50 w'rih Of material for an addition 70
the Tanual training school.
The roof OF the Denny school was or
dered repaired at an expense OF $40.
Il. :. Conrad. who has been the mechanic
at the Central school was transferred at
his own request 10 the Rainier. as fan-
tor; a. @. Lawson. tanitor Of the Rainier
school. was transferred 10 South school.
and T. F. Wilson was transferred from
South school 10 Central.
The salary list for August. amounting
TO s1.142.50, was ordered paid.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-04

Olympia mines and adjacent claims. al
IN stevens county. also 10 90 general
mining business
Judge Hurnes yesterday dismissed the
charge OF horse-steaiing against Barney
Butler upon recommendation OF Prosecut-
Ing Attorney HASTE
:. Fl. Hilton. T a Barnes and William
Mock yesterday fled articles incorpors L
ing the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Com
pzny. capital stock. 3 go.
The case Of the state against Carter.
charged with the killing Of the chinese
cook on the steamer Idaho. was yesterday
continued tiil September Is.
Judge Langley yesterday gave an order
setting aside the decree appointing X
Freeman administrator. and reinstating
George keast, who qualified
Judge Hun1es yesterday gave an order
confirming the sale Of property made IN
der judgment held by the Washington
Savings Bank against NJ. NJ Holmes
Prosecuting Attorney haste yesterday
filed a complaint against Il. g. Rein
charging him with obtaining by false I'M
pers0nation a beaver coat from T. Pet
koyits.
Judge Humes yesterday gave an order
for Judgment in favor OF J. ". elise, ad-
minfstrator de bonis non OF Mary L h
Parker. deceased against a L. Parker
for si9s.
In the case OF Moses Morris vs.. James
Duvah ct al, Judge Langley Yesterday
appointed Fred Bagweil guardian sd Item
for the minor defendants. George ". Du-
vail. James Duyali, Lena Duyall and Olive
Duvall.
In the case Of Gamma Ponsln vs.. Jacob
Furth. administrator. and Minnie o. Yes
Ter. administrative Of the estate or Henry
T.. Yesler Judge Osborn yesterday gaVe
an order establishing the statement OF
facts as prepared by the defendants.
The Seattle Hardware Company yester-
day filed suit against James Parke, as
agent and contractor for John Collins and
hts wife Angie Collins. for $500. 90 worth Of
goods used in the construction OF the Col
Inns building and asks for the foreclosure
OF lien already filed.
Licenses to wed were issued yesterday
for Con u. Anderson and Katie Breslin,
both OF Springfield, o.; Joseph Quinn, Of
Sunnydale. and Ella McC;overn. OF
South Seattle; Joseph O. Bryne and Susan
Ellen Hawley, both of Milwaukee. Wis /;
Albert NJ. Clarke and Estella Jacobs, both
Of Seattle.
George Parker yesterday filed a de-
murrer TO the complaint of Pierre An
gareiis against himself and the Pacific
Meat Company, and also moved for a
change OF venue TO Pierce county. The
Pacific Meat Company also moves for n
change Of venue. as its principal place or
business is Tacoma