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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-29
M'NEE LAND SCRIP CASE.
Hearing VIII Probably Be Given by
Secretary Bliss Next Month.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Sept 2S.-The famous
Mckee land scrip case. involving $50, 100000
worth of Chicago lake-front real estate,
proceeding backed by Harvey w. Lafol-
lette. former superintendent of public in
struction for Indiana will probably be adj
vanced on the docket of the secretary Of
the interior, a petition to that effect hav-
ing been filed to-day by the attorneys for
the share owners. In the regular order Of
business the case. which was taken on APP
peal to the secretary of the interior about
three months ago. would not be reached
for over a year. 1t is understood that Gen
eral Kitchener and Colonel Dudley, attor-
neys for the scrip owners, will oppose the
motion for an early hearing. They have
a case in the United States Courts at Chi
cago involving important points in the liti-
cation, upon which they want judicial ac-
ton before the case in the Interior De-
partment is disposed of. On account of the
great value of the land sought to be seized
by the Lafollette syndicate and of the en-
barrassment that this business has put the
property owners to by clouding their titles,
Secretary Bliss will probably set a day
late in October for the rehearing argu-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-29
INDIANA EDITOR IN LUCK
A. A. HOLMES APPOINTED POsTMAS-
TER AT SULLIVAN.
No Free Delivery at Washington for
to Grab Part of Chicago.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-The members
of the monetary commission are holding
daily sessions at the Arlington Hotel, lay
ing out the programme for the work that
is before them. The committees were an
nounced tonight. There three,
one on gold and silver, which will investi-
gate the subject of our basic money, the
extent of the use of silver, etc, one on
United States notes, which will investigate
the several classes of outstanding United
States notes, the advisability of retiring the
greenbacks. etc, and one on banking. the
duty of which will be to consider and formu-
late a banking scheme which will meet the
demands and requirements of the country.
AS the discussion has proceeded the mem
hers realize the wide scope of the investiga-
ton on which they are entering and are be-
ginning to doubt their ability to complete
their labors and submit their report before
Congress assemblies. In fact, one of them
stated to-day that he did not expect the re-
port to be ready before the middle of De-
cember Although no decisive action has yet
been taken on this point. it is almost GER
tain that the permanent headquarters of the
commission will be in this CITY, II. II.
Hanna left for his home at indianapolis to-
day, but will return here before the end of
the week.
At the evening sessions the President an
nounced the committees as follows:
On Metallic Currency-C. Stuart Patter-
son, of Pennsylvania; Louis A. Garrett, of
California; j. Laurence Laughlin, of Hill
nois.
on Demand Obligations of the Govern
ment-Robert S. Taylor, of Indiana; Stuy-
vesant Fish, of New York: ]. w. Fries, of
North Carolina; George f. Edmunds, of
Vermont.
On the Banking System-Charles S. Fair
child OF New York; L. G. Bush, of Ala
bama; w. B. Dean, of Minnesota; George
=. Leighton, of Missouri.
1t was decided that after the meeting of
the commission tomorrow a recess be taken
until Oct. II. In the meantime the COM
mittees will hold sessions for the purpose
of considering in detail and arranging and
systematizing the various suggestions which
have been received.
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Anneal frn,n Cretnn Mnsanlmana

CANEA, Crete, Sept. 2S.-The Mussulman
notables have sent the following telegram
to the ambassadors of the powers at Con-
stantinople and to the Sultan: "Our posi-
ton is becoming unbearable. Winter is ap-
preaching, and vie are without a shelter
almost naked and living on q hectogram of
flour per day given us by Mussulman char
ity. Our Christian compatriots have
burned our olives, and the island will soon
lie denuded of timber. Sowing begins in
October. If we do not return to our homes
how can we live next season? Public char
ity has already expended 5000, coo piaStres
and it is doubtful If that source of relief
can support us another month. We too
are Gods creatures. In the name of hu-
manity, put an end to desperate posi-
ton
Seven Turkish sailing vessels have at
tempted to land troops on the Cretan coast
but the undertaking was baked by the ad-
mirals of the foreign war ships.
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no doubt about what you said. If you think
or becoming public speaker my young
Iilcnd, Let me give you a word of advice
tlrst or all, be sure that you have some
talng 10 say, that you have a message for
nose you propose to address. Let 1t be-
your own thought and not the thought OF
somebody else. That is the cornerstone OF
oratory Without that, no matter how pleas
ing speaker you may be, you are after
all nothing more than a mimic as the actor
on the stage is. Next, be careful of your
vowels An Grafton is worthless unless il
is heard, and it will not be heard unless
you watch your vowels. And then the
third rule is, be individual. Don't initiate
any one else, and that is a habit acquired
only by discipline"
Mr. Conkling believed in careful prepara-
ton. He toiled over his orations as q mas
ter musician tolls over the score of his op-
eras; His bits of word painting and his
thrilling climaxes were not spontaneous:
they had been worked out with the care
and precision of a mathematical demon-
stration. A contemporary once spoke OF
him as IAN oratorical machine, Arun by the
power of mighty mind"
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General Notes.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-To-days state
n;ent of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance $214, 910, COZ;
gold reserve, $147, 540.176.
Joseph p. Smith, director of the Bureau
of American Republics, will have an article
in the forthcoming bulletin o. the bureau
outlining the extent to which, in his Opin-
ion, reciprocity can be applied under the
new tariff law in fostering the trade be-
tween the United States and Mexico. Cen
trail America and the West Indies. He
shows the expansion of this trade through
recent improved means of communication
by rail and steamship
Walter PNneld, OF Auburn, Ind, son of
Judge Penfield solicitor of the State De-
partment, who came on for the purpose of
entering the Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore, has reconsidered and will re-
turn to the Ann Arbor University OF Mich
igan. Judge Penfield's family will not
move from Auburn to Washington until
next spring.
Minister Buchanan, at BuenoS AyreS, has
supplied the Department of State with cop
les of DEGREES issued by the Argentine gov
eminent inviting proposals for the con-
struction in Buenos Ayres of central rail-
road station, to cost not exceeding 81, 900, 900.
The minister has succeeded in inducing the
government for the first time in history
of such public works to invite bids from
citizens of the United States through the
Argentine legation in Washington.
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Germany VIII Not Aid sn.,n

LONDON, Sept. 2S-The Berlin CORE
spondent of the Daily News says: 1.-THE
statement that the German and Austrian
Emperors have decided to intervene be-
tween the United States and Spain is utter
ly unfounded. Public opinion here favors
Spain, but there is no question of the Ger
man Cabinet making itself a cat's-paw for
Spain, while Austrian diplomacy will not
allow it's foreign policy to be Influenced by
certain dynaStic interests. Even apart from
that consideration Aurtria can do nothing
against the United States. 1t is pointed out
here that France has by far the greatest
financial interest IN Spain, and as re-
public, could with more moral weight stand
up against the unjust aspirations of an
other republic. Should the other powers
send a protest to Washington, Germany
would not be likely to keep aloof, but that
is all. Her commercial interests in the
United States are too great to be staked for
Spanish rule with Cuba"
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AN INCIDENT CLOSED.
Nothing More VIII BE Done Regard
ing the Shooting of a Postmaster.

Ing the Shooting of POstmaster.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2S.-The Postoffice
Department is inclined to consider the in
cident of the shooting of the postmaster at
HogansvilIe Ga. as closed. The postal Off
Gals say that the matter was exaggerated
from the beginning and that the postmas-
ter. who has returned to his duties, is not
being made the subject of further annoy
ance Precautions have been taken to pre-
vent the boycotting of the Office as far as
possible by having mail cars closed when
trains stop at Hogansville. and by warning
neighboring postmasters against encourag
ing the practice. 1t is admitted that appar-
emily the office is not conducting as much
business as usual, but the belief is enter
tanned that citizens generally will soon real
ize that 1t is the purpose of the department
signify their acceptance of him in off al
capacity and resume their relations with
the office.
It is semi-officially stated at the Post
office Department that the HOganSVille Incl
dent will be allowed to have no influence
either for or against the appointment OF
colored men to offices in Georgia or other
Southern States. THE department. said
question. could not afford to retalate by
increasing its selection of colored men; nor
could II afford to decrease the number on
account of this affair. 1t cannot allow the
incident to have eight in either direction. ."
Mr.. Lyons. the colored man who is seek
ing the appointment to the postmastership
at Augusta, Ga, was at the POstOffice De-
partment to-day. He said the shooting OF
renee that could have befallen at no other
place in the State. and added that at most
places there was no extreme prejudice
against colored men as federal office hold
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HOW ORATORS ARE MADE.
Not Always by Nature, but often By
study and Practice.
Kansas City Journal


gentleman who is now pastor Of a
congregation in southern Kansas recounted,
in a recent newspaper interview, that he
was for several college terms the classmate
and o NM te of W. j. Bryan, and that
tie at was constantly practicing ora
tory wi The purpose of advancing his am
biion 10 bScUme a great public speaker.
u s IS interes ng as another illustration
of the fact thai effective oratory is not
l S ally the result OF a native gift, but of
ST. dy and patient practice.
T4lere are any people who believe that
Roscoe Conkling was the greatest orator
America has ever produced. At the age
of twentythree he had acquired national
reputation and yet 1t is reeounted of him
that as a schoolboy he was behind his fell
lows in the art Of speaking pieces AT
the ge of fit en- he determined to become
a at orator and set himself systemati-
caiy alb u III necessary training. He
made il habit to read at least an hour
Of Lnglsh prose. His biographer says:
lie read Milton that he might gain a
rhythmical and melodous flow of language.
He studied Maeaulay, committed many pas
sag from Macaulay's most brilliant es-
says, and to that habit he attributed what
ever gift he afterwards revealed of fasci-
natl narration. He read Byron's poems,
the look Or job, some of Shakespeare s
plays, Millions Comus and made il a
habit, while dressing In the morning, TO
commit from six TO ten lines taken from
some OF these poems TO memory, and he
attributed such facility as he had in the
uAe Of El giis h. a facility which made him
speaker in Cong ess since Websters day,
to this habit OF committing extracts to
me DRY and eft storing his mind with
treasures from the best English poets.
Then, too, Mr.. Conkling practiced as fire.
gently as possible e.ocution. He did not
d sdain to sta. before glass that he
might observe the eject of his own ges-
tui, ;. His idea of orarory that in
some respects ii was akin TO the dramatic
art. and that the most successful orator
must be in q me asure an actor.
One of the most striking features OF
Conkling's orauory was his distinctness OF
utterance He could send his voice out a
surprising distance and yet have every
word clearly distinguished. Asked BY a
newspaper man for the secret Of this dis
tinct utterance, he said:
THAT is one of the most important, per-
haps l should say the element of chief
Importance. 10 successful oratory. Yet it
is more easily mastered than some of the
other requirements. 1t is very simple. 1t de-
ponds entirely upon distinct enumeration OF
the vowels in every word. II you take care
of he Vowels the conSonants will take care
of themselves. For instance. take the SEN
tence. Roll, mighty ocean. roll on In all
thy grandeur. and speak the words so that
vowels are sounded with perfect distinct
ness and you will find that any person
within the sound OF your voice will have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-29
THE WAR In CUBA.
Two Engagements and Capture OF
Munitions Landed by Filibusters.

Munitions Landed by Filibusters.
HAVANA, Sept. 2S.-It is semi-officially
announced to-day that in an engagement be-
tween the Spanish troops and the insurgents
at the Tranquilidad plantation, in the dis
trict of ManZanillo, province of Santiago de
Cuba, the latter lost thirty-two men killed
and had forty-three men wounded. Among
the killed. 1t is further stated, was Ramon
Rios brother of the well-known insurgent
leader Salvador Rios, and Felix Rios, ANA
dor Mesa, Eugenio del Cristo and Juan
Guerra, all of whom are said to be promi-
nent insurgent chiefs of that district
The insurgents recently attacked a Span
ish convoy on its way from Manzanillo to
Bayamo. The engagement, which took place
in the vicinity of Barrancas, resulted in the
Spanards losing thirteen killed and twenty
three wounded.
Capt. Jose Monastero, of the artillery,
with two companies of infantry and a de-
tachment of artillery. embarked on Tuesday
last on board the Spanish torpedo boat
Nueva ESpana in order to reconnoiter the
coast OF the province of Pinar del Rio. Near
Cape San Antonio, its western extremity,
on Thursday last Captain Monastero landed
a detachment of his troops at Caimanera,
and on the road to La Jaula he discovered
one HOtchkiSS cannon, /. $50 cartridges for
the gun, quantity of artillery harness four
pack saddles twelve boxes of Hotchkiss
cannon cartridges and other munitions in
Guiding quantity of dynamite cartridges.
Continuing the search, Captain Monastero
found, near Caimania beach and near Punta
de Leon, 8OS boxes of Remington and Mauser
rifle cartridges 1t was apparent that all
these munitions OF war had recently been
landed in that vicinity by a filibustering
expedition.
Captain General wey1er has published a
decree declaring still in force his prohibi-
ton of the expectation of leaf tobacco pro-
duced in the provinces of Havana and Pinar
del Rio. In December the matter will be
manufacturers and corporations interested
as to the convenience or Inconvenience of
expectation will be invited, with view to
a final decision
Pedro Hernadez Montaner a naturalized
American, who has been in jail for the last
two months at GuineS, charged with COM
plicity in the instruction, was liberated to-
day.
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RETURN OF DE LONE.
Spanish Minister'S Unexpected Arrival
Mt Washington Causes Surmises.


at Washington Causes Surmises.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2S.--The Spanish
minister Dupuy De LONE, has arrived
here somewhat unexpectedly from Lenox,
where he is spending the summer with his
family. He reached Washington yesterday
noon and later in the day called at the
State Department and saw Assistant Sec
rotary of State Day. His presence in this
city was not made public by the depart
ment and it was not until to-day that his
arrival became known. The legation is
closed for the summer. and the minister
took temporary quarters in an uptown
apartment house. He expected also to call
on Secretary Sherman. 1t is said by Off
cials that the minister's visit has no spe-
cial significance at this time. He is look
ing at a new legation building, corner Mas
sachusetts avenue and Eighteenth street
to be opened in October. There appears to
be no doubt, however. that the visit related
to some extent to recent developments at
Madrid in connection with Minister Wood
ford's interview with the Spanish minister
for foreign affairs, the Duke of Tetuan.
The presence of Mr.. Dupuy De Lone led
to conjectures that SPANS answer to the
recent views presented by Minister Wood
ford was about to be submitted. 1t can be
positively stated, however, that no answer
has been made, and that up to the present
time the answer has not been framed. 1t
would not be surprise, however, If it was
determined on at any time in the near flu
ture. and 1t is thought that Minister De
Lomes visit is so timed as to permit him
to be at the capital in case any develop
ment in the way of an answer or otherwise
occurred at Madrid. The only manner in
which an answer. could be agreed on Is at
a Cabinet council attended by the Queen
Regent. Her arrival will give the first OPP
portunity for definite action, and this prob
ably had some part in the minister's return
to washington at this time. The Queen
arrived at Madrid to-day.
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Cable Notes.

Six customs officials at Constantinople
phlets of the Young Turk party.
The Queen Regent CT Spain and the
court have arrived at Madrid from San Sc
bastian, their summer residence.
farewell banquet was rendered last
evening TO Allen b. Morse, the retiring
American consul, by 1870 of the leading citi-
zens of Glasgow. An Illuminated address
was presented to Mr.. Morse.
The statement published in the German
newspapers that the United States embas-
sador. Andrew ID. White, has been in
structed TO negotiate a reciprocity treaty
between the United States and Germany is
pronounced at Berlin TO be absolutely with
out foundation in fact.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-29
NavnIDry Docks Needed.

WASHINGTON, Sept 2S.-The special
board appointed by the Navy Department to
consider the matter of dry docks has sub
mitted its report to Acting Secretary Roose-
Welt to-day. The board finds that five new
docks to cost s., 900 are urgently neces-
sary, while one, the Port Royal. S. c., DOCK
should be enlarged Immediately. Four of
the docks the board says should be of con-
crete, namely, at Boston, New York, Nor
folk and at Mare island, this last to be 500
feet long. AT Agiers, near New Orleans
with Galveston or Pensacola as alternatives,
and wharf. This would cost $3.50, 000 In ad-
dition to these the board recommends DOCKS
to cost So, 300 600, at New London, Newport
News, Tortugas San Francisco concrete
dock on Yerba Buena island, 700 feet long,
$1.5O0,0OO), San Pedro Concrete dock, 700 feet
long, 81 5O0,0O0)
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composing the Luetgert jury are looking
with more or less distrust and discomposure
on the shrimp wienerwurst' which
is set before them in the early hours of the
morning. Under all the circumstances we
may grant them temporary arrangement
of the stomach which renders sausage OF
any variety an unpalatable dish. But that
an entire city should repndiate one OF our
greatest Industries and most delicious
viands is a serious blow to the balance Of
trade and an unworthy slight on reputable
and deserving animal. Sausage, whether
eaten with a cream gravy. as in Indiana, or
with maple syrup. as in Kansas IS delicate,
appetizing and a beautifier, and its Danish
ment from the table would be one OF the
most ceplorable calamities that could sig
nalize the approach of cold weather. Let US
then, by the patient exercise OF Christian
science mental science or menuculture, so
disdain on the ogres OF the imagination and
return to the simple and pleasant diet or
our former enviable state.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-29
Brew Masters Discuss Beer.

DETROIT, Sept 2S.-Subjects appertain-
ing to the advancement of the science and
business of beer making were learnedly dis
cussed in to-day's meeting of the Brew Mas
ters' National Association, the speaking be-
ing wholly in German. DR. Max Schwarz
of New York editor of the American Brew
err, read a paper on Pure Beer and the
Character OF the American Beverage He
insisted that the laws proposed in many
beer and forbidding brewing of adulterated
lager are based merely on political rather
than pure motives. petition, he con-
tended. was sufficient to regulate the ques-
ton of making pure product DR.. SchwarZ
held that limited substitution of rice and
corn for malt in making beer does not i'm
pair its quality.
Cleveland was selected as the place OF
meeting next September. Tonight the brew
ers and their ladies, to the number of four
hundred, enjoyed a banquet in the Hotel
Cadillac.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-29
French Embas.adors Chnnred.

PARIS, Sept. 2S-M. Jules Cambon,
Governor General of Algeria, it is an
rounced, will succeed NJ. Jules Patenotre
as French ambassador at Washington, and
NJ. Patenotre will go to Madrid
The announcement that NJ. Patenotre had
been transferred to Madrid was first
made by the Temps, of Paris, on Sept. Is
last, when it was added that Count Mon
tholon, the French minister at Brussels
was to succeed him at Washington. On the
previous day, Sept. Is, the Paris CORE
spondent of the Daily Graphic, of London
announced that M. Jules Cambon had been
appointed French ambassador to Great
Britain in succession to Baron De Courcel
who presented his letters of recall to Queen
Victoria al Windsor in March last
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-29

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Patents were
issued to Indianians to-day as follows:
George Barcus, Rensselaer,, horseshoeing
apparatus; George w. Boyd, Scipio, school
desk attachment; Charles T. Boyer, In
dianapolis. device for connecting punching
attachments to moving machines Thomas
w Larrabee Carrollton, fence post;
Charles w. and A. Messner, Huntingburg,
sickle-grinding machine; Seneca b. Par
sons, South Bend, horse-collar pad; Charles
Shuh, Newberry fence post; Frank Shurig.
Huntingburg Photographic print washer;
Washington +. Tilder Cicero, hog-catcher;
Eliza and l.. Williams and e. b. Harvey,
ElWood cultiyatOr.
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made many towns thoroughly deserving
and needing this additional service will be
compelled to be patient and wait.
The Nillikn National Bank of Decatur,
H. has been authorized to begin business
Capital. 800 600.
Charles Belmont Davis, United States
consul at Florence, Italy, has resigned that
position 10 take effect upon the appoint
ment of his successor. Mr.. Davis leaves the
public service to become a member of a
prominent business firm in New York on
the first of the coming year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-29
GOTHAM SOCIETY SHOCKED.
Men May Smoke I'm DelmOnicO's Res
taurant for Women.

NEW YORK. Sept. 2s.-Society-that So
ciety which would admit of no advance
ment, no retrogression, and would bar its
doors to all interloping customs-has re-
ceived a shock to its nervous constitution
with the announcement that Delmonico's
is to employ orchestra and permit smok-
ing in it's main dining room. Delmonico
has resisted all such innovations until the
very last, and it is now only in Difference
to the repeated requests of the Oldest and
most influential patrons of the house that
the experiment is to be tried of permitting
men to smoke in the women's restaurant.