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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
THE CABINET MEETING.
Reports of Secretaries and the Presf-
dents Message Discussed.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-The Cabinet
was in session for two boors to-day, de-
voted largely to a discussion of the annual
reports Of the different members. The more
important reports from the Treasury, War
and Navy Departments have not yet been
made public and these were given consider
alton at the session to-day The President
also discussed various features of his mes
sage. ]. J. McCook, of New York, called
during the Cabinet meeting and saw Secre-
tary Porter. The two subjects which en-
gagged the special attention of the Cabinet
were those relating to the manner in which
the Cuban problem and the question of the
finances should be handled in the Presi-
dents message. The opinion was generally
expressed that the Cuban situation, as it
affects the United States, was even more
favorable than could be expected and there
was especial good feeling over the release
of the crew of the Competitor. This and
other concessions were accepted as jndicat-
ing genuine desire on the part or the Sa-
gasta administration to meet the wishes or
the authorities of this country and bring
the war to a hasty termination. II there
was any doubt expressed as to Spains
maintenance of this line of policy 1t was not
made public, but there was no dissent from
the opinion that as long as that country
should continue in her course or conc1lia-
ton there was nothing left for the admin
istration but to encourage It
A wide variety of opinion was developed
among the members of the Cabinet as TO
the policy to be recommended on the finan-
ciaI question. There were, indeed, almost
as many views expressed on the details in
volved in the discussion of this question as
there we're Cabinet members present. Their
differences related, however, largely to de-
tails and much of the conversation turned
upon the probable difficulties of getting
Congress to unite upon any line of policy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
GEN. CLAY'S CHILD-WIFE
SHE LEAVES HER HUSBANDS MAN.
SION FOR HER BROTHERS. HOME.
The Aged Kentucl<ian, Who Is Still
Devoted to His Youthful Mate,
Afraid She May Not Return.

RICHMOND, KY, Nov. 19.-Gen Cassius
Marcellus Clay's young wife left the Clay
mansion, Whitehall, ten days ago, and
went to the home of her brother. 'CleI'
Richardson, at Valley View, ten miles
away, on the Kentucky river. Clell worked
Tor General Clay several years, and was his
overseer when the general married his little
fourteen-year-old sister Dora two years ago
Clell acted as one of the generals guards
during the time the old man kept his place
under martial law while he was getting
married, but he and the old general did not
get along well together, and six months ago
Clell went back to his former home at VAL
ley View
The child wife seemed very well contented
as long as her brother and his family lived
on the place, but after they were gone she
showed signs Of being displeased with her
life, and the neighbors were not at all sur
prised when she left home about two weeks
ago and went to her brothers. She had no
quarrel with the general when she left but
insisted she wished to pay visit to her
brother. The general always has tried to
q atty her every wish. and when she asked
her that she could go. She is staying
longer, however, than he expected, and
those who have been to his house say that
ne IS neginning to get uneasy lest his young
:, Dora has grown into. a strong woman.
She weighs l40 pounds. She is quite good
looking girl Her distinguished husband is
just seventy years her senior. No heir has
come to bless this strange union, much to
the disappointment of the husband Gen.
Clay has provided every comfort for his
clothing for her. has her dresses made by
an experienced dressmaker, has looked after
her education, both in the English branches
and In music, and has been more like a
father to her than husband. She is an
excellent cook, and the general never tires
of extolling her ability to prepare tempt
ing meal
On the other hand. she has been devoted
to the general, and has taken a great pride
in ministering to his wants. With her own
hands she cooks every morsel of food that
he eats and anticipates his every wish. She
has learned to know the books he likes best
and she keeps them within easy reach
Whitehall was happy home until Dora S
brother left the place, and the general is
considering bringing him back. 1t is be-
lieved by his most intimate friends that
should the. general do this his child wife
would gladly return and take up again the
life she has been leading the last two years
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
WOMAN TO BE HANGED.
Mrs. Adele Sternaman Found Guilty of
Numbering HerfHusband.

CAYUGA, Ont, Nov. 19.-Mrs Adele
Sternaman was tonight found guilty of
the murder of her husband, and was SEN
fenced to be hanged In the courtyard of
the jail in this town on Jan. 90 1S9S When
the jury came into court and announced its
verdict the judge ordered the prisoner to
stand and asked her if she had anything to
say why sentence should not be passed upon
her. The woman, whose face was deathly
pale and whose voice trembled with emo
ton, turned toward the jury box and ex-
claimed "I declare before God that I am
innocent of this crime" The Judge then
passed sentence of death upon her Mrs.
Sternaman's counsel at once moved for a
new trial.
Mrs Sternaman was tried for the murder
Of her husband, Geo. Sternaman, who died
on Aug is, 1896. uttering nothing bat ex-
pr ressions of tenderness and affection for his
wife. Sternaman was taken i'll on June 3.
1896 During this illness his disease was
diagnosed as paralysis, a disease from
which Ezra Chapman, a former husband of
Mrs. Sternaman, had died. A later diagno-
sis showed that Sternaman was suffering
from shrinkage of the liver. Mrs Sterna-
man, shortly after the burial of her hus-
band set about collecting the $1,000 insur-
ance on his life. People soon began to talk
of suspicious circumstances regarding
Sternaman's DEATH The body was exhumed
and an autopsy held. Large quantities of
arsenic were found in the stomach, liver
and BRAIN The coroner's jury returned a
verdict Of death by arsenical poisoning.
The womans arrest and trial followed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
THE PRESIDENTS VISITORS.
Fairbanks, DOIIiver, GOmpers and
Raxnrd at the White House.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19-Cabdnet day at
the White House caused deartk of vis-
itors and those who saw the President we're
those who had appointments. Senator Fair
banks, of Indiana, and Representative Dol
liver OF Iowa, made brief calls and talked
about appointments in their States. Presi-
dent Gompers and Secretary Morrison, of
the American Federation of Labor, saw the
President and urged him to incorporate in
his message recommendations for the bet
ter protection of labor. The President in
formed Messrs. Gompers and Morrison that
his message would be very long on account
Of many subjects already treated and neces-
sary to discuss. He said that at some time
in the future he hoped to give attention to
labor matters. either in a special message
or some other satisfactory manner. The
labor leaders want the immigration law
amended so as TO reduce the number of i'm
migrants. immigration Commissioner Pow
derly has urged the President to make
some recommendations on this line and 1t
was known that the President had given ia
vorable consideration to these suggestions
Thos F. Bayard, ex x-ambassador to Great
Britain, went to the White House, accom-
panied by Secretary Sherman, and paid his
respects to the President
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
Sad Scenes on the Streets of Brazil
When the Injured and Dying
Men Were Brought Home.
TRAIN BACKED OVER A HORSE
SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT NEAR THE
TOWN OF COAL BLUFF.
WindOw-GIass Men Again Fail to Set-
tie Wnge scaIe--strike at PendIe-
tOn-Gas Waste Problem.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind, Nov 19.-The miners
train on the Chicago & Indiana Coal Rail-
read was wrecked late this afternoon, and
twenty-three men were mangled, three fa-
tally. The train carried five hundred min
ers on their homeward journey from the
mines and was wrecked on the Gladstone
switch. near Coal Bluff, nine miles north
of Brazil. The backing train ran over a
horse, which threw off the caboose and
dragged one of the loaded cars down the
embankment. 1t lodged at the bottom in
ditch filled with several feet of water
Those seriously hurt are:
ASBURY RUMMELL of Brazil, check
weighman at Seeler & Mcclellan Coal Com
CTS REUBELT of Brazil, miner, will
die
GUY ACHERMAN, of Brazil miner. will
die
WILLIAM BOUCHER, of Brazil, arm
broken and otherwise injured.
WILLIAM DEAL, of Brazil, three ribs
FRANK FIELD, brakeman. arm broken.
= CARPENTER, of Brazil, miner, arm
broken
JESSE wINN, of Coal Bluff severe in
ternal injuries.
RILEY SMITH, of Coal Bluff. bones
broken and badly mashed.
The three Brazil men known to be badly
uuTL were at the DOllOnl OF the wreck ana
were pinioned under a heavy mass. Eight
cen of the twenty-three men injured have
their homes in this city, and five reside at
Coal Bluff, across the line in Vigo county.
How any of the men in the cars escaped
death Is wonder. The cars were badly
wrecked and the occupants were buried
under the debris. Men hastened to Lodi, a
mile distant, and secured axes, with which
they cut away the wreck and released the
injured men. Few particulars are obtains
able here tonight, as the company's of
ficers will not give out the facts.
A special train bearing Dr. Black, the
company surgeon, DR.. Clifford and other
physicians was sent to the scene of the ac-
cident and returned to the city at 8 o'clock
with the wounded men. A line of car
riages was waiting to carry them to their
homes The city was greatly excited over
the wreck, and the streets were filled with
crying women and children, who had rela-
tives on the Inflated train. The excitement
was intensified by the report that many
were killed outright and more fatally in
Jured. All the physicians in the city were
called out tonight to wait on the wounded.
1t is impossible to secure full list of the
injured. Already there is talk of damage
suits, as the miners claim the train was
backed on to the SWITCH violation of q
state law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20

ten or twelve acres on the top of the noun
tam at It's north point may Be acquired
tba Ibulirg ohe coming year, thus completing
section of the park, with the exception OF
small tracts on Missionary Ridge. Interest
idly increasing. Most of the twenty-five
state commissions cooperating with the ma
tlonal commission have made provision for
the erection OF monuments on the field
Many of the States which have erected
regimental and battery monuments
throughout the park are now engaged in
putting up costly state monuments of i'm
posing design. The state authorities of
Tennessee and Georgia and the county and
municipal authorities of Tennessee have
been prompt and liberal in afrording every
legal facility for prosecuting the work OF
the commission.
in ascertaining lines of battle and the sue
cess attending the same appears from the
fact that every brigade line on each side
has been established upon seven distinct
fields, namely-Chickamauga Wauhatchie,
Lookout Mountain, Orchard Knob. Mission
airy Ridge Tunnel Hill and Ringgold and
that no difference has arisen in regard to
any of these with a single exception-in the
case of line specifically and definitely To-
Gated by General Grant on mis- official map
of the battle of Chattanooga In the loca-
tion of the great multitude of regimental
and battery positions, in only one case has
there been any difference between the ma
tional commission and the state commits
s.ons, and no difficulty is anticipated in the
settlement of the same. During the past
summer the Lookout Mountain field has
been cleared of underbrush. paths con-
structed to reach every portion of its
rugged topography and complete historical
tablet cast for every brigade and DIVISION
engaged
The eight artesian wells on the Chicka-
mauga field have been tested by the unpre-
cedented drought of the past season and
have been found abundantly able to supply
water for camping and maneuvering troops
The use of the park as refuge for South
ern coast and gulf garrisons during periods
of yellow fever visitation has been demon
strated by the presence Of the garrison
from New Orleans upon the park. The ap-
preparation for the present year was $4,000;
out Of which there remains a balance of
$57, 800, which is considered sufficient to car
ry on the work until the end of the year
1.-The death of General Fullerton, says
General Boynton, was a severe loss to the
public service, and the appointment of Col.
Henry NJ. Duffield as the historian of the
commission has proved to be one that will
effectually advance the work of the. park.
not only in its historical features, but In
every department of study and labor con-
nected with it's establishment"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
Invalid Chairs
UNCLE SAM DEFIED.
Boomer Hews Says He VIII Cross For
hidden Indian Land.

WICHITA, Kan. Nov. 19.-E. l. Hews,
the boomer who is endeavoring here to
raise a party of volunteers to raid the
Wichita mountain country, in Oklahoma
Territory, states to-day that he has been
notified by the federal officers in the Ter
ritory that any attempt to forcibly lead
an expedition across the line of the Indian
reservation will be dealt with severely
United States troops being called into serv-
ice. He has issued an address to his follow
ers to-day in which he practically defies
forth the claim that the treaty of the
United States with the Ki1wa and Co
manche Indians expired on Nov. II and that
the land, having reverted TO the govern
ment cannot be closed to settlers and pros
pectorA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
CHURCH OF ST. GILES.
The Historic London Edifice That Was
Damaged by Fire.

Damaged by Fire.
The Church of st. Giles, damaged by the
fire in London yesterday, was built in 1916
1t is approached by an archway in Red
Cross street, also within the scene of the
confagation and contains among other
things the tomb of John Milton, who died
in 1874; the tomb of John Foxe, the mar
tyrlogist. a writer during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, who was born in Boston in 1917
and died in 1857 Frobisher, the voyager
who died in 1894. and Spee,, the typographer
who died in 1925. Oliver Cromwell was mar
ried in the Church of st. Giles on Aug. g.
1920. and the parish register contains an en-
try of the burial of Daniel Defoe the author
of Robinson Crusoe," who died in 1871.
Milton is commemorated in the Church of
st. Giles by bust, by Bacon, and the late
George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, erected
a stained glass window in this church to
the poets memory. In the churchyard is
an old baston of the London wall and close
by is a small part OF the churchyard of st.
Alphage, containing another large fragment
of the old wall built by the Romans.
Aldgate and Cripplegate are named after
two of the gates in Roman London.
The general postoffice. not far from the
scene Of the fire, is on ST. Martins La
Grande on both sides of the street The
new building is magnificent structure that
cost over $1,5OOOOO. On the east side of the
street is the geenral postoffice east built in
the Ionic style in 1825-29. This building is
800 feet in length. Opposite to the general
postoffice east, Is the general postoflce
west, built In 1S7O-73 The large telegraph
galleries measure three hundred feet by
ninety feet and contain five hundred instru-
ments, and the number of kilograms con-
veyed in the year Is about seventy million.
This building cost over $2,OOO,OO In Novem-
ber 1870, the foundation of the general post
office north was laid, and was finished in
1S9S 1t contains the Office of the postmaster
general. 1t cost over $1.5OO,0O0.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
NATIONAL MILITARY PARK.
Chairman of Commission BOyntOn's
Report to the Secretary of War.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.-Gen. Henry V.
Boynton, as chairman of the Chckamauga
and Chattanooga National Park Commits
sion. has submitted to the secretary Of war
the annual report of the commission show
ing that satisfactory progress has been
made in the establishment OF the park in
accordance with existing laws and the plan
heretofore adopted by the War Department
No change seems to the park commission
to be required or to be advisable No new
legislation is suggested and no increase in
the appropriation over that made for the
current fiscal year is needed.
The battlefield of Lookout Mountain has
been added to the park during the past
year at a cost of $22Os5. and it is hoped that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC.
Statement of the Roads Account with
the Government.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19-The govern
ment is actively engaged in the preparation
of its case against the Central Pacific Rail-
way Company in anticipation of the COM
pany's default in the payments due on Jan.
l. 1898. What action will be taken in case
of default has not yet been decided upon,
and the only present purpose of the govern
ment in looking up the law in the case and
preparing a statement of its financial trans
actions with the company is to be in readi-
ness to institute proceedings should such
course be decided on. A representative of
the banking firm Of Speyer & Co., of New
York, has recently been in consultation
with the President and the attorney general
in regard to Central Pacific matters, but
the nature Of the conference is not known.
The following Is said to be an approxi-
mately correct statement of the govern
ment's account with the company should
a settlement be had on JAN l. on the same
basis as that with the Union Pacific:
Bonds maturing Jan. l, 1898. $40 GA, 120
Bonds redeemed by the govern
ment ............................ 6Ol4,UO0
Interest paid by the government. 44640 ,220
Interest due Jan. l, 1898. :.......... 594 SSS
Bonds maturing Jan. 1, 1899. $4,000
Total debt ...................".....$ .$l 1883
Credits
Bv TRANSFORMATION n............. $S057, 500
By cash repaid. id................... 65S, ,2S3
BY unpaid judgments and claims
against United States. 2,47S, 1866
By cash in sinking fund. zoos, ,569
Total credits .slS, 1872, ,917
Net amount of debt .$52 1926. 1855
1t seems likely that should the govern
ment decide to proceed against the Central
Pacific in foreclosure the Western Pacific
will be included. The roads Indebtedness to
the government, it is said. will amount to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
WAR ON ONION EATERS.
Kansas SchOolma'am Doesn't Like
Them, and Dismisses Pupils Who Do.

TOPEKA, Kan. Nov. 19.-Mss Eimira
Mccoy, a teacher In the Topeka schools,
has declared war on onions, and to-day sent
home four students who had onions in their
pockets. This action has caused a storm
among the parents. who declare that II is
beyond the province of q teacher to dictate
home for 'fumigaton'' because he ate sew
eral onions at lunch. Miss Mccoy said to-
night she detested onions, and as long as
she is teacher boys will not be permitted to
carry raw onions in their pockets to eat
during school hours.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20

vandalia passenger train No. 2, due
here from the west at 7:15 p. M. did not
arrive until 1905 O'clock this morning. The
train was delayed by freight wreck at
Pecksburg. n small station twenty-five
miles west of here. The passenger train
was compelled to go back into Greencastle,
and there the train was transferred to the
Big Four No one was hurt in the freight
wreck
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
MINERS ASSAULTED.
Night Shift of Coal Diggers Severely
Beaten by Masked Men.

MAsCoUTAH. ILL.,. Nov. 1s-Martin Bar
tholomy and George Roehl were fatally in
jured and Robert Loren was severely
beaten as the result of an attack OF twenty
masked men on the night shift OF miners
at the kolb coal pit, near here. Both of the
fatally injured men have families. Blood
hounds will be secured, the authorities say,
to ferret out the assailants. The attack is
supposed to be an outgrowth OF the miners
6trika-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20

plosion Of gas meters, sounding like the re-
ports of field guns, followed by a monetary
hush. After that the wild rushing here and
there was resumed with increased energy
Men risked their lives in desperate efforts to
save day books, lecgers, feathers, jewelry,
valuable chinaware, etc. One man actually
hazarded his life to fetch his hat and cane,
two hundred feet of stone work and glass
falling at his heels as he emerged from the
building
Several firemen were almost buried In
burning ruins as front after front of the
flaming warehouses fell in, hurling tons of
bricks and masonry into the streets burst
ing and cutting the fire hose In all direc-
tions, while tons of fiery matter were falling
in every direction, making 1t impossible to
foresee where the conf1agration would stop,
as roof after roof caught fire and window
frames all about the scene began to smoke
AS the afternoon ore on the dense crowds
were still further enlarged. until It was esti-
mated that many hundreds of thousands of
people surrounded the big fire. These ex-
cited masses of humanity had to be con-
stantly pressed back by the police as the
area of the fire-swept spot increased in size,
an operation which became more and more
difficult as the owners and employees of the
warehouses adjacent to the scene began the
work of saving the most valuable portions
Of their portable belongings.
THE SCENE AT NIGHTFALL
BY dusk the picture presented was ex-
tremey brilliant Four streets were blaz-
ing on both sides, and there was plenty to
interest the gambling spirit of the onlook-
ers in betting as to whether or not the ven-
cradle tower of st. Giles Church could stand
ba not 0f
with which it was enveloped The red
flames from every point shone out against
the black sky and through the Widespread
ing mass of dull leaden smoke tinged with
tongues of yellow fire, and here and there
where the fire had subsidized somewhat the
street lamps, stripped by the heat Of their
burners and glass frames, blazed with big
jets from the open pipes like monster danger
torches.
There was no abatement of the blaze be-
fore $3.50 p. m. Then the check came in
Jewin street and in Well street, where the
collapse of wall on the right hand side of
that thoroughfare was the means of saving
the last building in the street. The width
of Red Cross street, a comparatively broad
thoroughfare also formed a barrier there
The constable who first detected the
flames blew his whistle loudly for assist
ance, but several minutes elapsed before the
alarm was heard by any Of his comrades
So soon as assistance reached him the Off
Ger was dispatched to summon the fire
brigade. But here again there was an un-
accountable delay of twenty minutes before
the first engine appeared Then the fearful
dimensions Of the fire were apparent, and it
was decided to circulate call throughout
the whole metropolitan district.
a. m. Saturday.--A very large force of
hremen and about twenty engines have been
working at a high pressure all night
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-20
INCoME-TAx DECISION.
States or municipalities Cannot Touch
SaInrI@a of FedernI EmnInvea

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1s.-The issue as to
whether State or municipality can levy
an income tax on the salary or compensa-
tion OF postmaster, a subject of greatest
interest to the federal service generally
was decided to-day In an opinion rendered
by Acting Assistant Attorney General Har-
rison ]. Barrett, for the Postoffice Depart
ment. The case arose on an inquiry from
the postmaster at Gastonia, N. c. 1t held
lContinued ON Second PaGe.l