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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-12-01
HIS FOURTH TERM.
General Diax to BE Sworn i'm as Mexi
cos President To-Day.

CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. S0.-General
Diaz will take the oath of office tomorrow
as President of the republic for the fourth
consecutive term, making FIVE terms in the
chief Taagistracy. The ceremony will be
witnessed by d brillient assembly of for
eign diplomats and distinguished people.
He is in robust health and his programme
for the ensuing four years follows SUBJ
stantially his policy during this term, with
special emphasis to be given popular edu-
cation. He will, If he lives, show, at the
end of his term, which concludes the GEN.
tury, several railways crossing Mexico
from sea TO sea; gigantic port works and
hundreds of new factories. The govern
ment will stick to the silver standard as
being, in the opinion of the administration,
the one best adapted to this country, and
as affording it at the present rate of ex-
change an immense protection to home in
duStries, while at the same time securing
for its exports gold premium, which oper-
ateS bounty to tropical planters. 1t is
believed General Diaz may go around the
world during the coming year, the af-
fairs of Mexico are in prosperous con-
ditiOn.
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TO BEAT" WALL STREET
SCHEMES OF THE VALENTINE
MLAUGHLIN GANG OF FORGERs.
Many Securities, Mostly of Bogus Con-
Germs, Found I'm the False Bottom
of a Box at Hoboken.

NEW YORK, Nov. go = Damaging evil
dence against Stephen A. Dutton. supposed
TO be the chief OF the Valentine McI.augh-
lin gang OF swindlers, has been obtained In
the false bottom Of a box seized in Hobo
ken when Mclaughlin was arrested.
Among the papers found in the box was
the prospectus of the ttiver Coal Oil Com
pany Of West Virginia, with an alleged
paid-up capital stock Of $3,I50,000. With
this corporation and the bogus Standard
Coal and Oil Company it was proposed to
beat Wall street by floating the stock
The officers were A. A. Dutton, president
f. F. Seelig. secretary. and NJ Wickizer
treasurer. The general offices were at
Hamlin, w. Va. Mclaughlin proposed to
hundred d-thousand-acre tract of waste
land in Kentucky, which he claims to own,
for a city, which he called Hampton Park
City. Handsome maps showing choice lots
and public buildings to be erected In the
city in the wilderness were found. Many
Of the securities found were genuine and
many were of unknown origin and of ques-
tionable value. Among the securities found
In the false bottom of the box were bonds
and stocks of the Mecklenberg Gold and
Copper Company, Of Baltimore; of the
Chesapeake Fire Insurance Company; of
the louisiana Pierre Phosphate Mining
company; or the Platte Canyon Mining
Company: Of the Washington City and
Mining Company; of the Malachite Silver
Mining Company; of the Wayne County
Coal and Iron Company, OF West Virginia;
OF the Garfield Coal and Silver Mining Com
pany; of the Bertha and Edith Gold Min
ing Company; of the Manley Consolidated
Mining and Milling Company: of the Stand
ard Union Manufacturing Company; of the
United States Trust and Title Guarantee
Company; of the Foster Electric Company
and of the Hydro-pneumatic Oil Company
OF New York. A security of undoubted
value was found In 7-per-cent. second
mortgage bond OF the Salem, Rome & DaI-
ton Railroad Company. No. 3434. dated
March IL. 1882, to run TO 1860. From this
the coupons had been clipped up to date.
One of the bonds was that of the Cedar
Tree Mining and Milling Company, of New
York, with land I'm Pinal county, Arizona
1t was signed William Williams, presi-
dent" Assistant District Attorney Battle
says the syndicate has fioated a lot of pa
per of this William Williams" who is a
retired sea captain, living in Brooklyn.
Thus far it was believed he was the dupe
OF the gang.
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posTMAsTERs REMOVED.
One for Trying to Increase HIS salary
and Another for Insolence.

WASHINGTON, Nov. s0.--The President
to-day made the following appointments
and removals of postmasters:
Illnois-Evapston. Charles Raymond.
vice David II. OLeary, removed.
Missouri-La Plata j. W. Overstreet.
vice VIM. Z. Cole. deceased; Mexico. Luke
w. Morris, vice John w. Mason. removed.
The old postmaster at Evanston was
charged with going out or his Jurisdiction
to sell stamps and postal supplies so as
to increase the receipts OF his office and
,ase his salary and allowances. This is
regarded as a serious violation OF the rules.
and works to the detriment OF adjacent
offices.
The summary action in the case Of the
Mexico, Mo-, postmaster Is the outcome or
numerous serious charges which have been
on file here since the political campaign
politics. insulting the President and maxi
ing attacks upon him. alleged neglect OF
office and other offenses- He is a believer
in free-silver coinage, and the complaints
set out that during the campaign he made
himself obnoxious by breaking up gather
ings of the opposite political faith. In the
neighborhood of q hundred p0stoffices are
involved in charges OF pernicious activity
in politics now filed with Postmaster Gem
eral Wilson. They include number OF big
offices against which serious accusations
general has been to act as leniently as pos
sible and make removals only where neces-
sary, and accordingly all the charges save
half a dozen have so far been ignored.
though action on a number OF the others
will shortly follow.
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RAINES EXCISE LAW.
sTeddy" Roosevelt to BE Asked to Ex-
plain His Denuncintion of 1t.

NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-A legislative in
quiry into the workings of the Raines ex-
else law was begun here to-day. The COM
mittee of investigation consists of five
members Of the State Senate. with Mr..
Raines the father of the law. chairman.
1t is expected that the hearing will con-
tinue throughout the week. and that one
of the star witnesses will be Police Com
missioner Theodore Roosevelt who, last
week. gave out a newspaper interview
which. in effect. pronounced the judgment
upon the law that it. could not have been
more fnefficacious had those who framed 1t
had the purpose of making it statute
that could not be enforced
This afternoon District Attorney Battle
went ON the stand and was questioned by
Senator Raines and others. His testimony
ELECTED nothing beyond the commonplace
Tomorrow morning Chief Of Police Con-
Ion will be examined and Police Commits
sioner Theodore Roosevelt in the after
noon.
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Millions of Dollars Worth of Property
cued from Impending Destruction.
TWO POSTMASTERS REMOVED
ONE WAS A RABID POPoCRAT. WHO
INsULTED THE PRESIDENT,
And the Other Adopted Unlawful
Means to Increase His Salary
General Foster on Hawaii.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 30.--Thc report OF
Mr.. Kimball. the superintendent of the Life
Saving Service for the year ending June
80, exhibits the most satisfactory results
yet accomplished by that service. Although
the total number of disasters was greater
than in any prior year, the percentage OF
lives and property lost was less. At the
close of the year the establishment COM
prised 256 stations. OF which 1S6 were To-
Gated on the Atlantic and gulf coasts. IS
on the great lakes, IL on the Pacific coast
and / at the Falls of the Ohio. Louisville.
Ky.
The number Of disasters TO documented
vessels within the scope of the service was
4SI, involving 4,6OS persons, OF whom Aus
were saved and Is lost. The estimated value
of the vessels was Ss.SS0. 14O, and OF the car
goes, S3,S46.3S0, aggregating n total OF sl2. =
726.520. OF this amount 81. 432 $50 was lost
The number of documented vessels totally
lost was g. There were also during the
year 2lS casualties TO undocumented small
crafts. sailboats. rowboats. etc. OF the 594
persons on board 5S7 were saved and lost.
The value Of the property in those CASUAL
ties is estimated at sll9.265 of which sll4, ,sl5
was saved. The total number OF ship
wrecked persons succored at the stations
Ndo OLo. tie lcldl OF DAYS SuccOr
afforded was 1.436. Other persons (not on
board of vessels), to the amount OF g. were
rescued from drowning, all of whom would
probably have perished but for the vief-
lance and prompt assistance Of the life saw
ing crews.
During the year the crews saved and as
sisted to save 472 vessels valued with their
cargoes at S4.S53.ll0. OF this number 31s
We're saved without outside assistance. ag-
gregatng with their cargoes, a value or
Sy77. .495, with loss of only Lib. In the re-
naming 154 instances the life saving crews
assisted other agencies in saving property
valued at S3.599, 715 out of a total of $780,
6l5 imperiled. Less important assistance
was rendered to 167 other vessels In dis
tress. The patrolmen also warned from
danger by their night signals. 2i0 vessels,
and by day signals 19 The loss of life and
property averted in these 329 instances or
course cannot be estimated. but the cir
cumstances under which a large proportion
of the warnings were made, indicate that
il must have been very considerable.
The cost of maintaining the service for
the year was s.. .4Ol, sos. Attention is invited
to the inadequacy Of the compensation OF
the superntendents of the life-saving Cts-
tricts and their crews.
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WANTS MORE MONEY.
Northern Hospital for Insane Submits
Its Annual Report.

The report OF the trustees and superin-
tendent OF the Northern Hospital for the
Insane at Logansport was submitted to the
Governor yesterday. The board asks that
the maintenance appropriation be increased
from 10000 a year to 100000 year in order
TO care for the additional patents admit
ted with the completion of the new annexes
for which the last Legislature made "A spe-
cifc appropriation. These annexes add
eighty-four beds TO the capacity OF the
hospital making its total capacity SIC.
There are. enrolled now 6lS patients. Dur
ing the two years covered by the report
i2I new patients have been admitted, 142
have been discharged as recovered, fifty
one as improved. twenty as incurable and
four as not insane. Ninety-nine have died
during the two years. The board asks for
a specific appropriation of $500 for cement
floors. walks and other minor improve
ments.
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Cardenas's statement Denied.

MADRID, Nov. S0.-The Count OF Case
Miranda, the husband OF Christine MIS-
son, the singer, who is said TO be the con-
fidential man. of the Spanish premier.
Senior Canovas del Castillo, fatty denies
the statements made by Senor Armas Car
denas. in pamphlet published in the
United States on Nov. &c. the substance OF
which, as cabled to Europe. is that Car
denas met Miranda in Paris and Madrid
last summer and by Miranda's instruments
ality submitted TO Castillo a scheme TO
purchase the island of Cuba for $l0O.VOO coo.
In an interview between Castillo and Car
denas. the former is said to have rejected
the proposition with scorn and TO have dis
dainfully rem 1rked, referring to the United
States: "A nation of shopkeepers guaran-
tee the word of Spain?" Miranda says he
has not had any relations with Armas Car
denas author of the pamphlet, for sew
eral years past.
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G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Council of Administration Decides ON
Last Week in August as the Time.

BUFFALO, N. Y. Nov. S0.-This after
noon the national council of administration
of tho G. A. r. met with Commander IN
Chief T. s. Clarkson in the chair. Those
present at the meeting were William HI.
Armstrong, OF Indianapolis; T. NJ. Ster-
rett. of St. Louis; Alfred Scheffler. of St.
Paul; Thomas W. Scott, Of Fairfield Ill. /;
Charles A. Shaw. of Brooklyn; Roscoe ID.
Die of Michigan; j. j. Kent of Trenton;
General Burbank. of Chicago; Albert Tray
ner of Council Bluffs; J. 8. Palmer. of Chi
cago and j. /. Winans, OF Troy, o., chief
of stan 1t was decided by the committee
to have the encampment in Buffalo the last
weeK of August. beginning Aug. %
During the meeting a telegram was re-
ceived by Chief of Staff Winans from Pres
ident-elect Mckinley. The telegram was as
follows: Il will be pleased to see General
Clarkson and staff in Canton on Wednes-
day"
Secret matters relating to the encamp-
ment were discussed at the meeting OF the
executive committee. A reception and BAN
uuet was rendered to General Ciarkson and
the members of the national council by the
local committee at the Elliott-square Club
this evening.
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CYCLE RACER CHALLENGED.
Eddie A. McDufie Wants to Run
Against Monte scott.

Against Monte scott.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-Eddie A. McDuf-
fee, the famous Boston cycle racer, who
has just returned from England, has writ
ten to the American Wheelman asking that
a challenge be issued I'm his name to Monte
Scott, the winner of the last Irvington-
Milburn road race, and who recently met
defeat at the hands of o. B. Hackenberger
of Denver. McDuffee challenged Scott just
before his departure for England, but the
match was not arranged. He now reissues
the challenge and has posted with Dixie
Hines, managing editor of the American
Wheelman 800 to bind the match. 1t is
likely that the event. ii arranged, will be
run off the week of Dec. at the six-day
races at Madison-square Garden. McDuf-
fee now holds all competition records from
five TO ten miles made in a match race
against Jimmy MacNeal at Boston in
October Monte Scott is from Providence
and is one of the fastest riders in the East.
He is at present in Denver.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Nov. 30.-The Yale
undergraduates enthusiastically, and with
but six dissenting votes. declared them
selves in mass meeting tonight in favor of
resuming athletic relations with Harvard.
The meeting was held in Alumni Hall and
long before the appointed hour the students
stood about the campus in groups discuss
ing the question, ana the feeling expressed
every side was n desire to again meet
Harvard on the field of sports.
The meeting was called TO order by A. b.
Kerr, chairman of the board Of editors of
the Yale News. The students then began
to sing Here's to good old Yale" the cho-
rus of which ends with My poor Har-
vard," but only few sang the concluding
promptly Kissed down, which at once evil
denced the students feeling OF good spirit
toward their old rivals.
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ON GROUND OF NEGLIGENCE.
Heirs of "Live Wire" Victim
Awarded $1,000 Damages.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.-An opinion
was to-day filed by Judge Dallas in the
United States Circuit Court Of Appeals, af-
firming the Judgment of the lower court in
the suit of Henry NJ. Garden, administrators
of James A. Mason. deceased, against the
Newark Electric Light and Power Com
pany The action was tried in the Circuit
Court of New Jersey and resulted In an
award of 1000 damages for Mason's death.
Mason was a lineman In April, 1894 while
he was engaged in Newark in making
spIices 10 wires strung on telegraph pole,
he came i'm contact with live wire" and
was killed. The defendant was held re-
snonsibIe upon the ground of negligence, it
being contended that the wire was not
properly covered.
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Favors Cuban Independence.

ATLANTA Nov. 3O.-United States Sen
ator A. o. Bacon, of Macon, arrived in
Atlanta this afternoon. He said: Unless
opinion has changed very materially. and
do not believe it has, there is an undoubted
majority in the present House and Senate
in favor of what some might call radical
action-that is, the independence of the
republic of Cuba being recognized by the
American Congress. l am not a member
of the foreign relations committee. and do
not know whether the Republican majority
will prevent action until Mckinley is inau-
gurated, but 1 am in favor of the inde-
pendence OF Cuba and will so vote, and
believe that q majority will do likewise If
the opportunity is presented
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STUDENT MISSING.
Frank Flickenger, Graduate Of Rose
POiytechnic, Has Disappeared.

WORCESTER. Mass, Nov. 30.-Frank
Flickenger. member of the sophomore
class at the Worcester Polytechnic Insti-
tute, disappeared from this city two weeks
ago last Friday and nothing has been seen
of him since, although his friends have
made an active search to ascertain his
whereabouts. Flickenger was one of the
students who was suspended recently for
participating I'm a bonfire on the institute
grounds and it was while he was on sus-
pension that he went away. 1t Is thought
Joined some theatrical company. His home
is in Cleveland. o.. where his father Is
president of the F'lickenger wheel works
He entered the institute last September,
coming here from the Rose Polytechnic of
Terre Haute.
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MKINLEY'S CALLERS.
senator Lodge, Gen. Horace Porter
and Others at Canton.

CANTON, o., Nov. 3o-Lunch at the Nc
Kinley home to-day was delayed until after
the arrival of Gen. Horace Porter of New
York. General Porter and Senator Lodge
were guests at the meal. The stream of
visitors. which began early in the morning,
continued during the afternoon, and this
was one of the busiest days Major McKin-
ley has experienced. Aside from members
of Congress and other distinguished visi-
tors there was an unusually large number
of people who made purely social calls to
pay their respects and many entire stran-
gers who merely called TO shake hands
During the afternoon DR.. r. n. Jameson,
national committeeman of Illinois, called
To a reporter he said his call was social
one and also for the purpose OF talking
over questions OF policy with Major Nc
Kinley. II did not even send line OF con-
graduation to President-elect Mckinley
after the election, and IL seemed proper
for me to make a personal CALI he said.
Il did so before the election and think II
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He Doesn't Think Silverism Was
Killed at the Polls NoN. z.

AT the NOV. 3.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-In the December
number of the North American Review.
published to-day. Mr.. Bryan has an article
In which he discusses the result of the
election as affecting the status of the silver
question. The issue on which the election
turned he describes as "the greatest issue
ever submitted to the American people in
time of peace The declaration of the
Chicago convention in favor of the free
coinage of silver forced on the people of
this country a study Of the money question
in general; and within the last four months
more people have been simultaneously en-
gagged in its consideration than ever before
in the history of the world. The result of
this study. Mr.. Bryan declares ID be ITEM
porary defeat but permanent gain for the
cause OF bimetallism." Mr.. Bryan regards
It as significant fact that the silver SEN
had been longest considered that is to
say in the West and South. In Mr. Bry-
an IS opinion, the cause of bimetallism made
more rapid progress than any cause ever
made in such short time. He expresses
mis- assurance that the election can be by
no means regarded as conclusive settle
ment OF the question at issue The adyo-
Gates of free coinage are convinced ne
says, that they are laboring in behalf of a
large majority majority, Of people; not only here,
to the writer, they propose to coHtinue
their contest. confident that four more
years OF experience will convince many
who have thus far resisted arguments
This confidence, Mr. Bryan says. is con-
firmed by the history OF recent elections
Mr.. Greeley was defeated in 1872. and vet
Mr.. Tilden was elected in 1876. Mr.. Blaine
was defeated in 1884, but Mr. Harrison was
elected in 1883. The Republican victory of
1883 was followed by the Democratic VIC
tory of 1880 and the election OF President
Cleveland two years later.
Mr.. Bryan counSelS the successful marty
TO remember that thousands of Republicans
have been held 10 their party by the pledge
that IL will try to secure international BIZ
netallism. In reference to the gold-stand-
ard Democrats, Mr.. Bryan feels assured
that they cannot do as much in 1900 as
they have done this year. They have de-
clared their affection for Democratic prin-
ciples. while they spared no effort to Sc
cure the success of the opposing ticket.
They cannot" he says, disguise them
selves again"
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CAPTURE OF GUAYAMARO.
Gen. CalixtO Garcia's Account Of the
Destruction of the Town.

NEW YORK, Nov. SO.-President Palma,
of the Cuban junto, has received a letter
from the camp Of Gen. Calixto Garcia, CIV
ing details of the capture of Guayamaro
by the insurgents. The letter says that not
only did Garcia's army capture the town,
but enough arms and ammunition TO fit
out 400 recruits. General Garcia's forces
numbered nearly 5000 men. He made a
desperate attack on the fort, using the two
cannon which the insurgents had with good
effect He drove the Spanish troops from
their position and occupied the town, which
was later destroyed by the torch. In the
battle $50 Spaniards were taken prisoners.
The arms and ammunition captured were
I25 900 cartridges, 200 Mauser rifles, l60 Rem
ington rifles and two field pieces. General
Garcia says that his men have not suffered
from the yellow fever and are in frst-class
condition and have good supply or am
munition. He Will not, as the reports have
said. march westward 10 join General
Maceo. but will remain in Puerto Principe.
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Hebrew sunaay-schooI Union.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 30.-The
Hebrew Sabbath School Union. an adjunct
of American congregations. began its an
nual session this afternoon in the lecture
room of the Young Mems Hebrew Associa-
tion. The membeIship comprises nearly all
the rabbis in the union. The officers are:
Rev. David Phillipson of Cincinnati, pres
jdent; DR.. MielZiner. vice president: Nj. A.
Goodheart treasurer and Rev. Charles $.
Levi, secretary DR.. PhiJlipson made plea
for the establishment of mission schools
in large cities for the children or the poor.
Papers were read by Rabbi StotZ. OF Chi
cago on "Post-confirmation Classes" and
by Rev. Charles 5. Levi. Of Cincinnati, on
ssSa abbath School Libraries -
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No Tobacco from Cuba.

TAMPA, Fla. Nov. 30.-Private a6vices
from Havana received to-day are ~ the
effect that Weyler will soon issue another
tobacco order prohibiting the expectation
of Remedies tobacco from the island of
Cuba This was not included i'm his other
order and great deal has been exported.
Havana manufacturers have petitioned
Weyler to close the Cuban ports on this
tobacco. as North and Eastern manufac-
turers were buying all Of it for expectation
to this country.
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Two Murderous Youths.

SILVER CREEK. Neb., Nov. 30-Last
night two brothers. aged ffteen and seven
teen wears named Shoenfeidt, living two
miles north OF here, shot Owen Hutchings.
a farmer. while milking in his barn. They
then assaulted Mrs. Hutchings in the house
with q revolver. She got away from them
and hid In the attic. The young outlaws
ransacked the house. finding about $50. The
boys have both been captured and claim
Hutchings owed them some money, giving
this as a motive for committing the crime.
Hutchings was shot in the back Of the
neck with charge from a shotgun.