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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-26
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INFANT JEKYLL AND HYDE.
Girl Proves n Demon
and Angel by Turns.

TROY, N. Y, Oct. 25.-The extraordinary
case of Retta McCabe, a beautiful blue
eyed, golden-haired child of four years, who
has pronounced suicidal and homicidal ten
dencies, is puzzling the medical fraternity
Of Troy and vicinity. The child is female
Jekyll and Hyde. From a pretty, smiling
child she is transformed in an instant into
an uncomfortable little demon. While in
this mood she fatally injured her infant
brother several weeks ago. She seized the
helpless babe and hurled it to the floor
Then she Sprang upon the babe and beat it
with all her might. The infant died a week
later. And when Retta heard that her baby
brother was dead she chuckled. Yesterday
afternoon this strange child was found at
the Union Station, many blocks from home.
She insisted upon sitting on the railroad
tracks in front of approaching trains. Pas
sengers waiting in the station saw her peril
and several women nearly tainted. The
child was dragged from the track. She
screamed, bit and fought. The policeman
who had her in his arms had to put her
down more than once, for fear she would
seriously disfgure his face. AT the S3econd
Precinct station house it was found neces-
sary to place the child in a cell. Behind the
massive bars she raved and tore madly at
her beautiful blonde locks. In a short time
the paroxsym of rage passed away, and
she became a sunny little creature. To-day
the child was taken home.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The internation-
al seal conference met again at the State
Department to-day. with all of the members
present. The proceedings are secret in the
sense that no one but the delegates are al
lowed in the meeting room, save certain
persons who are called upon to give expert
testimony as to the conditions Of seal life
and the state of the market for skins 1t
is expected that the conference will be in
session some time. Meantime Prof. Darcy
Thompson, the chief British expert, and one
of the delegates selected by Great Britain
to represent 1T at the special conference be-
tween representatives of the United States
Canada and Great Britain, has arrived in
Washington. Yesterday he called on ex-
Secretary Foster. in company with Mr.
Adams, the charge of the British embassy
and later held an informal conference with
President Jordan, one of the American seal
experts. Mr. Macoun, the Canadian minis
ter of marine, who is to be Professor
Thompsons colleague on the conference
has not yet reached Washington, and until
he comes it will not be possible to make
any arrangements for this special confer
enCe.
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PRICE CENTS AE AxA5 zB s8EB1ag Has ag1sRs 5sGs Rg

thorities. The alleged fraud was perpe-
trated in connection with the Payment OF the
Creek Indian nation debts and only tile
barest details have reached here. Congress.
by recent enactment, authorized the liqai-
datlon of Indebtedness OF the Creeks
amounting to 1898 900. incurred by the In
dlanS Tor various purposes. The amount
appropriated was to be paid out of the
the large funds of that tribe now IN the
treasury for their benefit. The work OF
paTing on was begun months ago, nut
when the last warrants were presented Ii
$S33, 900, as authorized, had reached S3520O0.
Special Agent w. II. Zeverly, of Missouri,
Formerly confidential agent for Secretary
Francis. together with Special Agent Ross,
investigation of the discrepancy. Mr..
Zeverly left here Oct. 4. Since then the
two have been working on the case, and
official advices from them now show that
over $4,000 worth of the warrants were
fraudulent.
Supplementing this is the fact that one
of those implicated made a confession to-
day. 1t was found that many old warrants
tached had been revived and paid under
the process of tribal approval, and that
many new warrants had been issued and
paid in the place of old ones on which full
payment already had been made. The
matter promises to prove a great sensa-
tion in the territory. The facts have been
reported to the Department of Justice, and
the case is now in the hands of the United
states district attorney there for prose-
cutfon 1t is understood that Special Agent
ZeVerly is now on the way TO Washington
10 lay the complete facts brought out in
his investigation before the Interior De
known here as yet to indicate the respon-
Sible parties, it is said an old chief of the
Greeks and official in the employ of that
trioe are among those involved in the af-
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To soOthe and Heal Anything,
pOfTFRs fHH Witch Hazel jelly
25-cent tubes at druggists.
SOFA FULL OF MONEY" !"
Trial of Alleged Counterfeiters of
Costa Rica Notes.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25-The trial of Fred
erico Mora and Ricardo De Requezens and
their alleged confederates, charged with
making and issuing counterfeit notes of the
government of Costa Rica to the amount Of
81, ,000. .0O0, was begun in the criminal branch
of the United States Court before Judge
Tenny to-day. The first witness for the
prosecution was Tobias Zuinga, cashier of
the Bank of Costa Rica. who identified a
genuine bill Of the bank and one Of the all
legged counterfeits, and pointed out differ
ences between them. Mrs. Chevin, with
whom De Requezens. her son-in-law, board
ed in Long Island City. and who owns the
plant OF the Spanish-American Printing
Company. where part of the counterfeiting
is alleged to have been done. testified to the
numbering of package of bank bills by
defendant Dohn at her house. in spite of
her protest. The sofa seized at Port Limon
in which It was alleged the counterfeit bills
were packed, was then taken up close 10
the witness stand. Mrs. Chevin identified
1t. She had seen it in her home and in De
Requezenss office. She understood the bills
had been placed in the sofa by Dohn and
De Requezens, after which it was sent TO
the latter's Office.
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MIR. BRIsTow,s REPORT.
Changes I'm POstmasters During the
Last Fiscal Year.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. Fourth AS
sistant Postmaster General Joseph l.. Bris-
tow, in his annual report just submitted
lays down the administrators policy in
establishing, disseminating and naming
postofices and shows the following figures
as to appointments Presidential postmas-
ters, on designations, 20; on expired COM
missions. 215; on removals, 1923; decreased,
40; offices becoming presidential, 1884, fourth
class postmasters, on designations, 1923: on
removals, 5.115; deaths. 722; Offices relegated
to the fourth class, %. The main recon-
mendations follow: Severer penalties for
employees embezzing or destroying news
paper mail; statutory amendment making
dcpredations of railway postal clerks a con-
tinuous offense; more stringent statutes COW
ering green goods and obscene matters;
special 10-cent stamped envelope of superior
material to obviate bad envelopes for regis
try use; and that the subject of the use of
postage stamps as currency should be con-
sidered to effect some legislation to at least
curtail the extent of their use as a medium
of exchange.
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NEW YORK. Oct 25.-The Union Pa
cific reorganization committee has made
the following announcement:
''The attorney general has notified this
committee that he proposes to ask the
court for an adjournment of the foreclos-
ure sale OF the Kansas Pacific and Union
TO POSTPONE final disposition until after
Congress shall have met. This action is no
doubt taken to free the administration
from embarrassment. The reorganization
committee has, however, reached the con-
clusion that the interests of the security
holders, represented by 1t, and of the syn
dicate furnishing the funds to finance the
reorge MIA tion, demand reorganization
without any further delay. In this situa-
gain prompt possession of the Union Pacific
lines, to oppose any adjournment of the sale
OF the main line, and to bid it in, If need
be, for the full amount OF the govern
ments claim the additional sum involved
in this being IS. 600, 900.
''AS to the Kansas lines, the foreclosure
of the first liens upon the subsidized di-
visions of the Kansas Pacific Railway will
be energetically pressed, and when these
the reorganization of the Kansas Pacific
lines will be completed as claimed. Allot-
ments made under the plans to Kansas
Pacific holders amounting to about SIS 600 :
600 in new bonds and $40 900 in preferred
stock will remain reserved for the reor-
ganiZation of the Kansas line. The amount
of new first mortgage bonds to be issued
Union Pacific main line will not exceed
$40 900 000 and of preferred stock $4,000, 900
No change in the plan of reorganization Is
involved In the foregoing"
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week ended Oct. Z and twenty-one for the
week ended Oct. II. He also reports rapid
increase in intestinal diseases due to the
contracted food supply estimating that
two-fifths Of the total deaths Of the city
are due to this cause
DR.. Drummer calls attention to Los Fosos,
q place set aside for the country people
sent to Havana which is. he saws. a pest
hole 1t is a large wooden building, 150x6O
feet in size, situated in an enclosure which
is used for storing the carts of the munich
pality After inspecting the building DIR.
Brunner said There were five hundred
people found in and around this building
and of that number over two hundred were
found lying on the floor sick and dying /
saw no child under ten years of age who
could be considered in good health. They
were invariably suffering from some form
of enteritis or dysenterry. The emaciation
of their bodies was startling This place is
not a hospital, but simply a place of resi-
dence for these people, but a conservative
estimate of the death rate of these people
would be about ten per day The number
is recruited by fresh accessions from the
country. There were over 160 children be-
low the age of ten years and / did not
observe one whose chance for living thirty
days, under the existing conditions was
good. There are two other such places in
the city where the same conditions exist
The hospitals, civil are refusing patients
One of them, well known to me the Mer-
cedes, capable of holding two hundred pa
uents, now has nearly five hundred and has
refused to admit any new patients, until
that number can be reduced +"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-26

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-An opinion was
handed down by Justice Brewer in the
United States Supreme Court to-day in the
case of the United States VS.. Goldenberg
Brothers & Co., of New York involving the
construction of Section IA Of the tariff ad-
ministrative act of 1890. The question came
to the Supreme Court on certificate from
the Circuit Court Of Appeals for the Sec
ond circuit, the question certified being as
follows: Was the payment of the full
amount of the duties ascertained TO be due
upon the liquidation of the entry OF the
importers, as well as the giving notice of
dissatisfaction or protests, within ten days
after the liquidation of such duties. where
the goods, as in the present case were en-
tered for consumption in order to enable
the protesting importers to have the exac-
ton and classification reviewed by the
board of general appraisers and by the
courts?" The question was answered by
the court in the negative.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-26
MAIL BOX ROBBERS.
Letters Rified of Thousands of Dol
lars by a Gang of Thieves.

BOSTON, Oct. 25.-Since the arrest of
William Matthews on charge of robbing
mail boxes in Boston the Boston and New
York police have been looking up his rec
ord and his connection with other Grim
inals for the purpose. if possible, of break
ing up the gang and getting cases against
the men now under arrest in New York
They have discovered that Matthews's ar
rest is more important than was at first
supposed. The gang of which Matthews
was a member was arrested in New York
in 1855 through the confession of William
lace, Barney Kelley William Morgan
(Matthews) and Frank Griffin, who after
wards served time in Sing Sing, composed
the gang. They planned to secure keys to
mail boxes in different cities and steal let
ters containing checks and money. Between
November, 1898, and June 1894, st. Louis
was plundered of $4,000 by the gang; New
Orleans of $1,000 Milwaukee of $400, Gin
cinnati of $780, Pittsburg of $25O0 before
operations were begun in New York.
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FORFEITED HIS BOND.
Harry A. CaEsin, Indicted for Embex-
zIing S71,OOO, a Fugitive.

ATLANTA. Ga, Oct. 25.--Harry A. Cas-
sin, ex-bank cashier, is fugitive from 1us-
tice When his case was called in the Grim
inal Superior Court this morning he did NOT
respond. Cassin was indicted last spring
for embezzling $1,000 of the funds of the
Georgia Loan, Savings and Banking Com
pany, a corporation of which he was cash
Ter. He gave bond in the sum of SO O0o
which was signed by Banker f. M Coker
of this city, who. 1t is said was indemnifled
against loss by the father-in-law OF the
young banker. 1t is sal. that Cassin is now
In South Africa. and that he is doing well
in business venture in which he is en-
gagged
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General Notes.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-To-days state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $211, ,325. .537;
gold reserve, l52020, $780,
The United States Supreme Court to-day
refused to grant writ of habeas corpus
in the case of Henry Craemer, who Is under
sentence of death for murder in the State
of Washington, affirming the decision of the
Washington Circuit Court in refusing to in
terfere.
The Commercial National Bank. of Union
City, Ind, has been authorized to beefn
business. Capital, $4,000
]. F. Jelleff, of Charleston, Ind, was ap-
pointed postal mail clerk to run between
Indianapolis and Louisville
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-26
MORGUE ROBBED.
Five Dead Bodies of Paupers stolen
from Dunning, Ill, Asylum.

CHICAGO. Oct. 25-Five dead bodies
four men and a woman-were stolen last
night from the morgue at Panning The
corpses were removed by m n who forced
open the doors of the morgue. The bodies
were those of paupers at the county
asylum. The robbery. from all indications.
had been carefully planned and done in a
most deliberate way. The Yale lock on the
door had been broken and the windows COW
cred with strawboard to conceal those who
were working inside superintendent Lang
is confident that some or all of those con-
cerned in the affair were familiar with their
surroundings The bodies were undoubtedly
wanted for medical purposes, as of the
twelve corpses in the morgue at the time
only those were taken in which consunp-
ton had been the cause OF death.
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THINKS SHE is RICH.
Mrs. Grace Elliott Talks About an In
heritance of $25,OOO,OOO.

Mrs. Grace Elliott Talks About an In
heritance of $25,OOO,OOO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-Mrs. Grace
Elliott, nee Clarke, who claims to be the
daughter of the late Imblay Clarke, alleged
to have left a fortune of $25. .0OO. 900, is con-
fident that she will have no trouble in prov
ing her right to inherit this vast estate
When asked If she would fight the case to
the end she said: why there is nothing to
fight. The property is mine. and I'll go to
England and get the papers-that's ALL L
will give something to those Eastern. Girls
who will have to pay their lawyers, {, zee
President Hobart and General Griggs. IN
be liberal, because II ey are relations. you
know. Then TllNcone back build a hand
some residence and make my home here
and I'll marry an American. No foreign
title for me. I'm going TO found a splendid
home for the friendless children and dedi-
cate II to my fathers memory 1t is hard
to realize I'm so rich And in this strain
she continued to talk as though the some
what visionary fortune We're already in her
hands.
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ROBBED BY OFFICERS.
Affairs of the United Merchants of
New York I'm bad Shape.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The stockholders
of the United Merchants of New York, a
corporation organized in 1890 for the collec-
ton Of debts, met to-day to look into the
financial condition Of the company. Ferdi-
nand A. Thomson, counsel for the corpora
ton, disappeared two months ago, and 1t
was then alleged that ne had absconded with
between $2O.O 900 and $4,000 An investigation
committee reported to the stockholders to-
day that the other officers, and all con-
nected with the law department of the
United Merchants were just as deep in the
mire as was Thomson. He made specific
mention OF the name of Treasurer James
B. Weir, jr., and charged that he deposited
Sl5,3O0 received from stock shares in the
bank to his own personal account. The
company is in the hands of a receiver
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KEPT HIM FROM WORK.
NOnunlOnist Awarded Damages and a
Union Restrained by the Court.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Justice Beach, in
the Supreme Court, to-day, handed down
decision enjoining the United Portable En-
gineers' Union and it's walking delegate,
Peter Gibbons, from interfering with Benja-
min p Davis. a nonunion man, and also
orders the defendant union to pay Davis $500
damages for having kept him from working
from June 1895, to August, 1896. Davis.
when the suit was tried told how Gibbons
had called on various employers and stated
he would order a strike on the buildings
they were erecting unless they would dis
charge him. Justice Beach says that while
conspiracy between Gibbons and the union
was not proved, sufficient evidence had been
given to justify an injunction preventing
further illegal proceedings on the part Of
the defendants
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-26

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. PA motion on
the part of the government to postpone the
date of sale of the Union Pacific Railway
will be made before United States Circuit
Judge Sanborn in this city tomorrow. 1t
is thought Judge Sanborn will set an early
date for the hearing. Gen. John G. Cowan.
of Omaha one of the governments assist
ant counsel in these proceedings, reached
st. Paul this morning, and during the day
had an informal conference with Judge
Sanborn. He stated to the judge that the
government desired at an early date to
make the motion referred to. Ex-Governor
George Hoadley the chief of the govern
ment's special counsel in the Union Pacific
cases, is expected to arrive in the morn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-26
Capps Family i'm Great LUCE.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Oct 25.-AIembers Of
the Capps family, residing in IIIopolis
Springfield Riverton, Vandalia and Mount
Pulaski, in this State. have just come into
the inheritance of between 81, 900 600 and ~
100000 through the death of brother named
Thomas Capps, in London. England on
Capps are Charles r. Capps and T. MI
Capps, of this city, and A. s. Capps. of
RiyertoH. The deceased was formerly in
the wholesale cloth trade, having retired to
a county seat in 1875. He was ninety years
old at the time OF his DEATH
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-26

SAN FRANCISCO Oct 25-RepCrts
from the interior show that the heavy rains
which fell this week over the northern part
of the State have caused immense loss to
farmers and vineyards, and will in all prob
ability put an end to the shipment of
grapes TO the East. The total loss exceeds
81, 600 900. In Fresno county alone it is eg-
timated that the storm caused a loss OF at
least 100000 TO raisin men. At least one
quarter Of the entire crop II lost.
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Four Drx Docls. Recommended.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Admiral Mat
thews, chief of the Bureau Of Yards and
Docks, in his annual report to Secretary
Long, recommends the construction Of four
new dry docks of the best type. He recon-
mends that concrete docks be built at Bos-
ton, Norfolk and Mare ii and, and that a
steel floating dock be placed at either Key
the dimensions of the concrete docks should
be as follows: Length of floor, $50 feet;
width of entrance 95 feet; depth over sill
at mean low water, 30 feet and floor of
dock to be four feet below SILL The esti-
mates for the maintenance Of the yards
next year will aggregate $2,434,3O2
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The Postomce Lock-Box Contract.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The Treasury
Department committee which has been ex-
amining bids for postoftice lock boxes for
the ensuing year, made a report to the
secretary of the treasury late this after
noon. and the contract will probably be
awarded tomorrow. A report was in cir
culation this evening that the Keyless Lock
Company, of Indianapolis, would secure the
contract, but this story could not be
authoritatively confirmed. Between $2S 900
and $35 900 is involved
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FRAUDULENT WARRANTS.
Creek Indians Alleged to Have Swim
died the Government.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Over 500, 900 of
alleged fraudulent warrants on the United
States treasury on the account Of the
Greek Indian nation in Indian Territory
have been discovered by government au-
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CUBAN PEST HOLE.
Horrible Condition of Affairs Pointed
Out by an American.

WASHINGTON. d. c., Oct 25.-In his
last weekly report to Surgeon General wy
man, Sanitary Inspector Drummer, OF the
Marine Hospital service, reports seven
deaths from starvation in Havana for the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-26

MADRID. Oct. "A dispatch just re-
ceived from Havana has caused consider
able stir in political circles. 1t declares
that the opponents of autonomy are seek
ing to create difficulties for Marshal Blan-
co, who succeeds General Weyler as cap
tain general of Cuba, adding that the stu-
alton in that island is the same as 1t was
six months ago. The dispatch further says
Continued ON second PageJ
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THE POPULAR
MONON ROUTE
+ Int the so estCHICAGOITnIm~ssa re 4s HOURS
Four Daily Trains
Fair weather.

Leave Indianarolis-7:OO a. m. 1850 a. m, sS5
.. M, 1855 night.
Trains Arrive Indianapohs-3;3o a. M, 745 a.
m, 2:3b p. M, 4:37 p. m.
Local sleeper in Indianapolis ready at $50 D.
m. Leaves Chicago, returning. at 2:45 a. Can
be taken any time after $3.50 p. m
Ticket offices, West Washington street Union
Station and Massachusetts-avenue Depot.
GEO. w. HAYLER, d. P. A
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-04-20

The Corpus Christi Caller,
after about six or seven years
experience as a daily. without
any competition, and in a good
sized place, was obliged to sus.
pend lis daily edition, hence
the following remarks on the
suhjeci of daily papers made
by he Caller are Significant:
"Yoakum has another daily,
The Herald, published by Bow
man & Mitchell, making three
for that town, two too many. 1t
t-skrs a very progressive town
of at least five thousand read
ing population to support one
daily these days as it ought
to be-
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DROWNED INA
NATATORIUM.
Mexican National Conductor
Loses His Life at Laredo.

Laredo. Tex, April 16--Mr.
Scott B. Ewing, a well known
conductor on the Mexican Ma
tional Railway in this city. was
drowned in the natatorium here
at about 7 O'Clock This evening.
Accompanied by two friends
from the North he was bathing,
and while swinging from the
rings must have fallen and
struck his head. knocking him
iusensibIe, and before he could
be gotten out Of the water he
was drowned.