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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
INCREASE OF PENSIONERS
ON THE 1ST OF LAST MONTH THERE
WE'RE 9S3,52S ON THE ROLLS.
Cotton BaIing Trust in Which Demo-
Jones and Vest Chief Promoters.

WASHINGTON. Aug. Tt is understood
that the reply of Secretary Sherman to the
last Japanese protest against the annexa-
ton Of Hawaii will be brief by comparison
with the long letters that nave gone be-
fore. but will be conciliatory in tone. This
is accounted for by the fact that the State
Department has taken note of the pub
ished u~tterances of eminen Japanese
statesmen, which, while unofficial, are still
of undoubted authenticity, all going to
show that Japan has herself no designs on
the islands, but seeks only to conserve her
treaty rights. However, the basic tone of
the note on this point will be the declara-
ton by Secretary Foster, when he submit
ted to President Harrison the original
treaty of annexation, in 1898. which failed
owing mainly to the immediate change of
administration This statement was that.
according to a recognized principle of inter
national law, the obligation of treaties,
even when some of their stipulations are
in terms perpetual. expire in case either of
the contracting parties loses its existence
as an independent state. The foreign
treaties of the Hawaiian islands therefore
terminate upon annexation with the COM
petence OF the government thereof to hold
NAtA'AAA0e%C LAiA2 q AAC II W
meet the Japanese objection that they will,
by annexation, lose certain privileges for
Japanese subjects which they now enjoy
under treaty with Hawaii. The circum-
stances under which Madagascar passed
under French control may be cited to sup
port our position in this contention, and it
can be shown that by the enforced termina-
ton Of our treaty with the Malagassy gov
~.~~- .L- ..+ g4-4-. lit u
time had a paramount trade interest in
Madagascar. suffered the loss OF most ia
Vorable tariff rates on our exports to that
island.
The second Japanese objection, tina an
neXation would disturb the balance of
power in the Pacific. will be met by AN
elaboration Of the argument that the
Hawaiian islands have for so long a period
been under the influence of the United
States and have by tradition become so
closely animated with the Republic, that no
sensible change in policies or actualities of
government may be expected to result from
a legal merging of the island into the
United States
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ALMOST ONE MILLION.
Statement Showing the Number of
Pensioners on the Rolls.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Tho pension roll
of the United States has almost reached the
million mark. Commissioner Evans has
just issued a statement showing that at the
beginning of this fiscal year the pensioners
numbered lust 9S3.52S. an Increase of II. $50
Tor the past year. During that year Sc, l0l
new pensions were granted and 3,91 per-
sons were restored 10 the rolls. Old age
inro&ds into the lists, for there We're 81, $50
oCathS during the year. Other sources of
loss were 1911 rom rGmarrtage Of widows;
1'o4o orphans attained majority; 1853 fall
ureS TO claim pensions, and 5000 losses from
unrecorded causes.
Commissioner Evans has arranged the
following list of the names of surviv-
ing WIDOWS and daughters OF revolutionary
soldiers on the pension rolls from June 80,
1897, with their ages and places of resi-
dence at that date and the name of the
soldier and place OF service:
Loyey Aldrich, Los Angeles, Cal, aged
New hampshire and Rhode Island.
ter of Noah Hanoad, who lives in Boston;
her father fought for the colonies In Mas
SaChusetts.
Juliette Ben Belts. aged 81. Norwalk,
Conn. daughter of Hezekiah Belts, whose
service was in Connecticut.
Susan Chadwick, aged 81 years, Empo-
rum, Pa, daughter of Elihu Chadwick, of
Nancy Cloud, Clum, Va, widow of Will
liam Cloud, who fought in his native State.
Esther S. Damon, IS years Plymouth
CAAiCAis A4AHHss NlhON VI 4NOdn DdllOIl, "
the same State.
Sarah c. Hurlbut, 70 years, Little Marsh,
Pa, daughter of Elijah Weeks, of Massa-
chusetts.
Nancy Jones. SO years, Jonesboro. Tenn,
widow of James Darling, of North Car
DINA.
Hannah Lyons. Marblehead, Mass.
daughter of John Russell, of the same
State.
Rebecca Mayo, 81 years, Newbern, Va,
widow of Stephen Mayo, of Virginia.
Eliza Sanford, Bloomfield, N. J., daugh-
States.
Anna NJ. Slaughter, 81 years. of The
Plains. Va, daughter of Philip Slaughter,
of Virginia.
Mary Snead. 81 years, Parksley, Va,
widow of Bowden snead, of Virginia.
Rhoda Augusta Thompson, 81 years,
Woodbury., Conn, daughter of Thaddeus
Thompson. of New York State.
Augusta fuller, age not given, Bridge
port, Conn, daughter of E. l. Way. of
Connecticut.
Nancy A. Weatherman, 81 years, Elk
Mills, Tenn, widow of Robert Glasscock,
Virginia.
The widows of surviving revolutionary
soldiers receive $2 a month, while the
daughters are given a sum stipulated by
am individual act, passed by Congress for
each one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

the Klondike to sell, and the new arrivals
are literally besieged with propositions to
purchase. either wholly or in part, claims
in that region. At every corner the tender
foot is besieged by a crowd of mine owners,
all of whom nave made as much money as
they desire and whose only object in selling
is to get back home TO pass the remainder
of their days in spending their money. This
is the story they all tell. The big strikes
nave all really been made in quartz mines,
and were there a few good stamp mills
here min owners could make money. Oc-
casionally some one strikes a rich pocket of
quartz vein, and then he wants to leave the
country and is willing to sell out. Placer
mining is only possible a couple months in
the year, and then water is scarce. What
mills to crush ore, and maybe this country
will fulfill the wild and extravaganza stories
now being circulated about it. I nave a
claim or two myself. and the only way /
expect to make ANYTHING is 70 SELL,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

WASHINGTON, Aug. Maj. Otis w.
Pollock, Twenty-fourth Infantry, was
placed on the retired list to-day, having
reached the age limit. He entered the serv-
Infantry in 1861 and the regular army in
1866.
To-day's statement of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $229, lis, 0I4;
gold reserve, $40, 547 SOC.
Controller TraceWell does not expect to
bring his family to Washington until late
fall or early winter. Mr.. Tracewell will
headquarter at the Riggs House in the
meantime.
General Van II. Bukey, of Parkersburg,
has been appointed disburSing officer of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing in place
of A. G. Morgan, resigned. The salary or
the position probably will be ixed at 81, 400
Der annum.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
WORLDS GOLD OUTPUT.
1t Is Rapidly Increasing and Last
Year Amounted to $1,000 900.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-Mr. Preston.
the director of the mint, estimates the gold
production of the world for 1896 to have
been $205, 600, 900, of which the United States
contributed over $50. 600, 600. For 1897, it is
believed the worlds gold product will reach
at least $40, 900, 900. an increase of $35. 600, 900
over 1886. Mr.. Preston says: LAS an indi-
cation of the increase in the worlds gold
product for 1897, the following table. show
ing the product OF the United States, Aus
tralia. South Africa. Russia. Mexico. Brit
ish India and Canada for 1856, and the
probable output Of these countries for 1877,
is given:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
A KLoNDIKE AT HOME.
Washington State Miner Finds ST. 900
Worth of Nuggets in a Day.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. I-G. b.. Benton
has reached this city with over $1,000 worth
of gold nuggets. the result of yesterdays
work on a Williams-creek placer claim in
the Swauk district, Kittitas county. One
$50 and $50, and down to very small pieces.
He has been working the claim since jan
uary and since that time has taken out
s., O00. The Swauk placers are old and
Well known but have been worked only in
a crude way. One man who owns a claim
there has been working it quietly for six
years during which time he has made about
$50, 900. Mr.. Benson sunk a shaft 103 feet
to bed rock before he made his find. He
says the klondik has no attractions for
him
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
SWITCH WAS MISPLACED.
Passenger Train Wrecked and Bag
gageman and Postal Clerk Injured.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Aug. MEM
phis & Charleston passenger train No. 5,
which left here last night at SIS, was
wrecked about $3.50 near Stevenson, Ala, by
a misplaced switch. The mail and baggage
cars were overturned and badly damaged.
and much baggage and mail matter was
lost. Samuel Davis, baggagenan. had two
ribs broker and received internal injuries
which may result fatally. j. T. Martin,
postal clerk, was badly cut and bruised
but his injuries are not believed to be fatal
The railroad men think the switch was
misplaced by miscreants with the intention
of causing a wreck.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
Postomce at Dawson City.

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. tt. W. Vaille,
assistant superintendent of the railway
mail service, has returned from a trip to
Victoria, B. c., where he arranged with
the Canadian mail authorities regarding
the carrying of mail into the Klondike
region. He says that the Canadian au-
thorities have created a postoffice at Daw-
son City. This makes three offices estab-
lished by them in that portion of the
northwest territory. The other Offices are
at Forty Mile and Fort Cudahy. The mail
will be carried by the Mounted police from
Dyea and Skaguay bay. The service will
be established in about four weeks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

His CiviI-Service Order Applauded by
Southern Women.

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA number of
Southern women employed in the govern
ment departments publish an open letter
in an evening paper thanking President
Mckinley for his recent civil-service order,
providing that no government employee
shall be discharged without a hearing. The
women declare that the order ENSURES to
them their positions, thus removing from
many hearts the doubts and anxieties
which have caused sleepless nights and
weary days, fearing the spoilsman's ak
All praise, they say, ito the President of
the United States, who, by this one cour-
ageous act will do more to reunite the
North and South than all the reunions of
the blue and gray. The prayers of many
women ZoI en- will ascend for the man who. heed
and continue in place the laborer who is
worthy of his hire"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. THE papers
are ready and suit for over 81, 900, 900 will be
filed within a day or two against the di-
rectors of the defunct P~larkington Bank,
charging them with misconduct in their Of
fetal capacity as directors and seeking to
hold them liable to the creditors for the
full amount of deposits made in the bank,
less dividends already paid thereon. The
suit will be brought by a number of the
depositors. A test suit involving the same
propositions was brought by William Cor
der, a creditor, and has just been decided in
his favor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. THE Demo-
county convention was the most har-
monious in years. The silver element was
completely in control of the convention. A
county and legislative ticket was nom
mated. and the legislative candidates We're
pledged TO vote against John r.. Mclean
for United States senator ii elected. The
entire Chicago platform was Endorsed. spe-
clal reference being made to the plank
against government by injunction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
TO SURPRISE THE WORLD.
Germany Preparing Al Dazzling Exhib-
II for III PnriS EXnONition.


WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-THE German
government has in course of preparation an
exhibit for the Paris exposition of 1900
which is expected to surpass anything of
the kind ever attempted by any nation.
This statement is made by Consul General
Mason, of Frankfort. Germany, in a report
which reached the State Department yes
terday. 1T is intended" Mr.. Mason says,
that the exhibit shall be a complete. har~
monious picture of the resources and indus
tries of Germany, down to the latest date.
Everything is to be collected at home, as
sorted. adjudged. classified and its position
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
NO TROUBLE TO BUY A MINE.
People in Alaska Anxious to Sell and
Quit the

ST. LOUIS. Aus. Frank Manning, of
this city. has received a letter from his
sister. Miss NJ. ]. Manning, a teacher at
Chi1cat. Alaska. Placer mining In the
klondike, she writes, is not what reports
have made it. Quartz mining may prove
profitable, but TO only those who can afford
to erect machinery. She adds: The town
is Crowded with men who nave claims in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

her blackened body was found near the
front part of where the house stood. Bost-
farm hand escaped from the house BIZ
jumping from the window of the second
story, and in their fright it is thought they
ran to the Cumberland river. In trying to
swim the stream they were either drowned
or lost. as nothing has been heard from
either of them. The belief is that they were
drowned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
HAVOC OF LIGHTNING.
Three of a Family burned, and Two
Others Drowned While Fleeing.

NEW ROSS, Ky, Aug. News reached
here last evening of a disaster resulting
from the electrical storm of Thursday
night. The home of a farmer named Bosr-
win, who lived in the neighborhood of
Gibbs's Cross Roads, in Tennessee. was
struck by lightning some time after mid
night. The house burned, and Bostwin. his
wife and a grown laughter persisted. The
daughter is thought to nave tried to make
her escape after the house was fired, as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

WINNIPEG, Man, Aug. Tt is exported
that the Canadian Pacific Railway and Do
minion government are comforting with a
view to opening up a wagon road to the
Yukon from Edmonton. Such a road is
feasible, as it would be only between 800
and 900 miles long and pass through a rich,
auriferous country. The object is to give
a short and safe road for prospectors and be
able to maintain winter communication
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
Appointments by the President.

WASHINGTON, Aug. THE President
has made the following appointments: Will
liam L. Distin, of Quincy, ILL.,, to be sur
veyor general of Alaska, vice Gilbert B.
Pray, declined; Lewis Morris Iddings, of
New York, to be second secretary of the
embassy of the United States at Rome.
Postmasters: Martin A. ellison, at Harvey,
Ill; Ernest G. Howell. at Geneva, ILL.,;
David r. Fish. at Lawrenceville, ILL.,; Luz
cullus G. knight, at Montpelier, Ind. Pru-
lit H.. Nutter, at M%artinsville, and William
d. Page, at Fort Wayne.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

SEATTLE, Wash. Aug. manager c..
H. Hamilton, of the North American Trans
portation and Trading Company, announces
tina his company has let a contract to
Cramps, the Philadelphia ship builders, for
the construction of two wo"-thousand-ton
steel steamers. They will be the finest
steamers on the Pacific coast, and will be
used EXCLUSIVE ly on the Seattle-St. MichaePs
run. The steamers will have accommoda-
tiCns for two hundred first-class and five
hundred ~second-class passengers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
IT u spelIcd K-l-o-n-d-i-k-e.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-Hereafter there
will be but one right way to spell Klondlke.
Since the discovery of gold along the banks
of this stream the name has been spelled in
many different 9The United States
geological survey has issued an order de-
claring that hereafter in all official reports
and the words shall be spelled
L I-O-o- n i-Ir-a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
Gone for a Fortune.
i to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Aug. Gus Roe, an FL
wood carpenter, departed to-day for the
Klondike gold fields. He goes we'll
equipped and will remain until success
crowns his efforts. He will prospect for a
number of men of Madison and Grant
counties.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
$3.50, $50. 900 $219, $50. 600
Totals

That the worlds great product will con-
tinue to increase for a number of years to
come. says Mr.. Preston, is self-evident. as
new mines viii be opened up in all parts of
the world. and with the improved appli-
ances ana methods for extracting the gold
contained in the ores. it is believed that
by the close of the present century the
worlds gold product will exceed $500. 000. 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. I'm response
to g, query from this city the following
telegram was received from the Treasury
Department: Miners can land their effects
and go to British Columbia territory from
Dyea under customs supervision, without
payment of duty and without giving
bonds
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
New Indiana Postmasters.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Indiana fourth
class postmasters were appointed to-day as
follows: Bellmore, Parke county, S. S.
Sharpe, vice T. w. Mater, dead; Kings
bury, LapOrte county. Jacob Lybrook, vice
"copper" Craft, removed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

State Of Indiana, County OF Marion. Sc.
I, James p. Henry. cashier Of the State Bank
Of Indiana Of Indianapolis, IND, do solemnly
Subscribed and sworn TO before me. this 7th
day 81 August. 1897. JOHN w.
lSeaI.1 Notary Public.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
Foster Talks with Sherman.

WASHINGTON. Aug. Z-Gen. John w.
Foster, who has just returned from Europe,
called at the State Department to-day with
his associate in the seal fisheries negotia-
lions, Mr.. Hamlin, and saw Secretary Sher-
man. He made no written report, but in
conversation with the secretary, gave the
secretary of state a comprehensive idea of
the result of his mission. Later in the
day General Foster called on Secretary
Gage at the Treasury Department and had
quite a consultation with him, much of
which was probably devoted to a discussion
of the financial question from a European
standpoint. General Foster and Mr.. Hamlin
will leave in a day or two for Lake Cham
dent at the suggestion of Secretary Sher-
man. Both declined positively to mak any
public statement of the result of the work
they have in hand and particularly to give
any as to the conditions under
which the conference to regulate the seal
question will assemble in this city in Octo-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
Germany Increasing Her Trnde.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7-Consul General
Mason, at Frankfort, Germany, has made
a report to the State Department on the
trade of southern Germany. For the fiscal
year 1885 the declared exports from that
district to the United States were 1873, 058. 1856;
for 1896, $3S, 1913, Ala. and for 1897, $37, 7SO, 663.
Mr.. Mason says German manufacturers had
a prosperous year. Germany has consid-
erably enlarged her foreign trade, especial
ly in the Orient. A great deal of the In
dustr1al progress is due to the low freights
FOR inland on the rivers and
canals. The export bounty on beet sugar.
granted as a palliative for complaints of
the farming classes has proved abortive.
as 1t enlarged the beet culture in Germany,
increased the cost of sugar for home con-
sumption and reduced the price in foreign
markets, thus practically taxing the Ger
man people for the benefit of the dealers
and consumers in Great Britain, the United
states and other S~ugar-importing countries.
Mr.. Mason says there has been an increase
in the export of American manufactured
goods to Germany, particularly of tanning
and shoe-making machinery, bicycles and
bicycle parts. Among some of the things
which Mr.. Mason believed might find a
market in Germany are the following:
Leather of various kinds, American shoes.
lumber and timber, roofing states and tools.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

f
BANK STATEMENT.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
State Bank Of Indiana, at Indianapolis, in the
State Of Indiana. at the close of business on the
5th day OF August, 1897:
DEse0T-nrrC
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08
WILL Be Mild IN TONE
MIR. sHERMAN'S COMING REPLY TO
JAPAN'S ANNEXATION PROTEST.

1t VIII Merely show tina Objections
TO Hawaii Becoming Part of This
Country Are Not Well Founded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

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SKIN IRRITATIONS cuT Ff;s;H..a a q
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-09-16

The long looked for rain has come a,
last. the feed was drying up so in II b
hills the stock is getting poor.
Everybody is busy hauling posts ant
their winters wood from the mountains
deputy sheriff from Jordan valley
passed Sunday looking for young fell
low who broke Jail there not long ago.
The father of the Poteet Bros returned
TO his home in Oregon last week. having
been visiting here since last spring
Mr.. Howard. of Boise valley, passed
today going home. He had been gone 7
weeks fret hitting into Warren.
Dick Williams passed the first of the
week going to the Meadows to gather his
cattle he bought on his last trip
@ Bilhorn was doing business in Wei
ser the last of the week He and several
others started out TO work ON the Weiser
road Monday.
heard few days ago the Payette
road would be completed in ten days
A party from Boise passed today going
home. having been up to the Payette
lakes
Sept. 18th.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-09-16

Now is your time to buy overshoes,
rubDers, etc, for Winter at the Cost
Sale. NJ Il Sommercamp & Co.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-09-16

Entered in the postoiiice at Weiser as
5econd-class matter.