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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
PENSION CLAIM RULING.
Decision in Favor of an Officer OF the
Revenue Marine Service.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Am important
decision, in which the Interior Department
for the first time declares d revenue cutter
to have been a part of the United States
navy, has been made by Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior Webster Davis, in the
Mexican wal claims case of William f.
Rogers, lieutenant, United States revenue
cutter Forward. The decision overrules the
action of the Pension Bureau under the
last administration and affects a number of
claims. Rogers was penSioned in 1887 for
service from June 80, 1876, to April 80, 1S47,
his vessel having been in active co-opera-
dent in the Mexican war, but he was sub
sequently dropped on the ground that he
was not legally enlisted into the military
or naval service. In acting on the case Mr..
Davis says il is beyond dispute that the
cutter Forward, not in contemplation of the
law, but undor actual provision and man
date OF the law, ana by virtue Of the Pres
Enlistment of the United States under the
direction of the secretary of the navy, and
hence the Jurisdiction of the treasury over
that vessel and the ships company mean
time was temporarily ousted. The officers
and enlisted men thereby became, by
merger, subject to the order of the commo-
dore of the navy and amenabIe TO the rules
tlce and operation. 1t necessarily follows,
the assistant secretary concludes, that the
pensloner had title TO pension under the act
OF Jan. 29, 1887, having actually served more
than sixty days with the United States
navy in Mexico, he not being barred by the
act proViso. Rogers's name will be re-
stored to the rolls and he will be paid the
accrued mansion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
WITH RED PAINT.
Indiana Mineral Springs Signs BiOtted
Out by Jealous Michiganders.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, Aug. 4-Dur-
ing last night several men in white suits,
armed with pots of red paint and brushes,
painted over a wall which had been covered
with signs advertising the virtues of the
Indiana Mineral Springs, near Attica, Ind,
which are rivals of the Mount Clemens
springs. This morning nothing was there
but an eXpanse of dark red. The agent of
eral dead walls in this city for the purpose
of advertising the Indiana springs. This
aroused fierce opposition from the public
was erected to hide the rival signs; another
time the sheriff stopped the advertising men
from painting a wall. The foreign advertis-
ers will continue the fight, and they threat
en- injunction proceedings.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
Two People Killed and Six Injured ON
IL Railway Crossing.

MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, Aug. 1.-Two chill
dren killed and six persons injured, sew
eral probably fatally. is the record of an
accident which occurred on the Now York,
Ontario & Western road, just north of
Rockland, Sullivan county. A combined OBJ
servatiOn car and locomotive bearing E.
Garfield, the general superintendent, and
Charles H. Hopkins, the superintendent of
the Southern division of the road, struck a
wagon containing John Mauhke and his
wife and six children The accident oc-
CURED at the Hollywood highway crossing.
The wagon and occupants were hurled
forty feet down an e-mbankment into the
rock bed of the Willowemoc river. One Of
the children was instantly killed. another
died soon after the accident, and other
members of the family are not expected to
survive. The crossing is one of the most
dangerous on the line of the road. The
tracks just before crossing the highway
descend a steep grade and a sharp curve
in the railroad renders it impossible to see
the approach of a train until it is near the
crossing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
The Kodak for Oaice Seekers.
WASHINGTON Letter.

The kodak, which had made amateur
photography so general and so enjoyable,
is not without it's uses to the Office seeker.
YOHr correspondent met a young man to-
day who says that he will never pursue
another office-seeking campaign without
the aid of such ar instrument. He wanted
a place in the Congressional Library, and
Tor the past year his method of securing
attention has been to send senators and
representatives to see Mr.. Spofford in his
behalf. That the statesmen have from
time to time undertaken this errand, the
young man has no doubt. When he now
goes to see Librarian Young. however. he
finds this accumulated evidence of the in
terest which the statesmen have in him
comparatively worthless. Mr.. Young asks
TO see the letters, and the young man saws
that none has been written. but thai Sena-
tor SO-and-So told Mr.. Spofford what his
qualifications were. When Mr.. Spofford is
called into the discussion, he does not deny
anything, but simply says that so many
persons have been TO see him upon so many
occasions that he m recall specifically
individual interviews. He is perfectly will
ing to take the young mans word for it
that forty lawmakers have asked for his
appointment, but he has little evidence in
the way of recollection to submit In that
line. Now" said the young man yesterday
somewhat scornfully. "suppose | had had a
kodak of each OF these Interviews: one
four by three would have represented SEN
ator Kyle feanlng over Mr.. SpoffOrd's
desk, with an arm upon Mr.. SpOfford's
shoulder; another might have pictured SEN
atOr ThurstOn heading off the librarian as
he was attempting 10 walk rapidly through
statuary hall one fine day: a third might
have represented my congressman ringing
the door bell at Mr.. SpOford's residence,
and so on. If l had forty such pictures as
these would make, neatly bound. my years
campaign would not have gone for nothing,
and / could have been able 10 show Mr..
mitted in my behalf. Now it looks as IL
| had got to do this work all over again"
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rennesseeans Not ANXIOUS to Vote.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 4.-The Legs
lature passed a bill providing for the sub
mission to a general vote on Aug. 5 of the
question whether a constitutional conven-
ton to make a new Constitution for the
State shall be held. For several months a
quiet though energetic campaign has been
made by both the advocates and the op-
ponents of a convention, and this week
there have been joint debates in nearly
every county. At the headquarters of both
sides in this city victory is claimed, though
both admit a small vote will be polled to-
morrow. Voters liable TO poll tax nave 10
pay before voting, and. this being an off
year. but few have paid. The trend OF
opinion seems TO be that the convention
proposition viii be defeated
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THEY NEVER MISS A SHOW.
TiIIman Tells How Senators and Wis.,
itOrs Flock to Hear Him.

ABBEVILLE, S. c., Aug. 4.-Senator Till
man spoke to the Farmers Institute here
to-day, delivering the first speech he has
made in the State since the opening of the
present senatorial campaign. He defended
the dispensary law and declared that the
troubles it had been involved in were due
not to the law itself, but to it's unwise adj
ministration. He Endorsed the tariff views
of Senator McLaurin, and said that while
he himself was not a protectionist. if there
was any stealing going on he wanted his
State to have its share. He told his hear
ers that he vas the only farmer in the Sem
ate and that he therefore represented the
thirty million armer of the United States.
He declared that his speeches, were as pop
ular in the Senate as at home and told how
when he arose to speak there the cloak
rooms always emptied and the galleries
filed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
HOT WAVE IN THE SOUTH
TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI AND AR
KANSAS NOW CATCHING 1T.
Relief at Louisville After Much Suf-
erinE- Dozen Prcstrations-
Five Deaths at Cincinnati.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. A thunder
storm near the city this afternoon caused
a marked decrease in the temperature. Last
night equaled the previous night in hu-
nudity and discomfort, the mercury re-
manning in the nineties. The thermometer
reached the century mark at 1870 this
morning, but Immediately began to steadily
decline, owing to a nearby storm, which
brought it to 81 degrees at shutdown. A doz-
en- p~rostrations are reported, several of
them serious. The extreme heat in the
State continues.
Reports from points in the lower Missis-
sippi valley tonight show a continuance
of the extreme heat, with one or two eX-
ceptions. Memphis broke the record for
the year, with a maximum temperature of
100. A cool breeze tonight tempered the
heat somewhat. In Arkansas the heat is
terrific and there is no prospects for re-
lief. Prescott, T~eXarkana and Warren each
report a maximum temperature of 1O6.
The hot wave now prevailing around
V~icksburg, Miss, is the worst of the sea-
son. The temperature all day ranged in
the neighborhood of 100. Fred Goodman, of
Chicago, died from the effects of the heat.
Six of the eight stations in the cotton dis
trict reported temperatures of 102 degrees
and upwards. Natchez broke the record to-
day with 1l degrees, but a storm there
this evening cooled the atmosphere con-
siderably.
Nashville, Tenn, reports a maximum of
SO degrees to-day. AS in the case of
Natchez, a good rain cooled the atmos-
phere tonight. At Chattanooga the ther-
mometer registered 100 at 5 o'clock this aft
ernoon. There was no fatal results.
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NO CHANCE FOR ANDREWS.
He Is Said to Be HereticaI on the La
Dor Question as Well as Silver.

NEW HAMPTON, N. H, Aug. 4-Con-
gresham Joseph H. Walker, of Worcester,
who is a member of the board of trustees
of Brown University, and to whose opposi-
ton to the public U~tterances of President
r.. Benjamin Andrews on the subject of
free silver the recent resignation OF DR..
Andrews is attributed, admits that he
started the agitation about the matter and
says that in his opinion there is no chance
main or to reconsider his resignation. Con-
gresham Walker declared, in closing his
interview, that DR.. Andrews has taught
other things than silver which were
thought to be detrimental to the progress
of the university. His position upon the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
FAIR WEATHER TODAY.
Predictions and Observations of Fore
caster M-appenhans.

Forecasts for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending II .. M,
Aug. 5-Fair weather on Thursday.
General Conditions Yesterday-High at
mospheric pressure continues. The tenn
perature fell east of the Mississippi, except
near the gulf and Atlantic coasts, and it
rose west of the Mississippi. From the Ohio
valley northward the temperature fell from
10 to u degrees. Local rains fell, and in
few localities tkunderstOrms formed in the
Ohio valley, near the lower lakes, in the
Mississippi valley north TO Illinois, in the
lower Missouri valley and in Colorado.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-For Ohio
Showers Thursday morning, probably fair
in the afternoon; light to fresh winds.
For Indiana and IllinOis-Fair; cooler in
southern portions; northerly winds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. A meeting
of national Importance was held in this city
to-day by the federation committee of the
bishops pursuant to u resolution adopted
by the last General Conference. The com
mittee consists of three bishops, three min
committee are to negotiate with a similar
committee Of the northern church and the
meeting to-day was preliminary to one to
be held in January, 1888. Nothing in detail
was given out, but the committee discussed
the matters which will come up before the
two committees in January next especially
in reference to the adjustment of mission
airy fields, so that both churches would not
have missions in the same territory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
HELD BY MEXICANS.
American Imprisoned He Is
Wanted as "A Witness.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 4-Gordon Hun
saker, one Of the wealthiest pioneer ranch
ers of the Salt-river valley, is being held /
prisoner by the Mexican authorities at III
Plomo, in the State of Sonora. About a
month or more ago Hunsaker left Mesa City
for the southern part of the territory to
find and identify some cattle thieves. Some
time before he had purchased a large herd
of cattle from Indians. These cattle proved
to have been stolen, and Hunsaker was
obliged to relinquish them to the owner.
Then Hunsaker went with the Mexican au-
thorities to III PlOmo TO arrest the Indian
cattle thieves, whom he had succeeded in To-
eating. \ fight ensued, in which one of the
officers was wounded HunSaker has been
arrested and is held as a witness against
the Indians. and the Mexican authorities
decline to release him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
REVOLT OF POPULISTS.
Kansas Authorities VIII Fight a Fed
eraI Court Injunction.

Topeka. Kan, Aug. 4.-The federal au-
thorities and the State of Kansas will prob
ably clash. Last week Federal Judge Will
Jams, from Arkansas, held court at Mani
tou, Col, and issued a sweeping injunction
on behalf of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of New York, restraining Insur-
ance superintendent McNall from enforc-
ing the State laws regulating insurance
companies. and also enjoining Attorney
General Dyer or any other lawyer on be-
half of the State from bringing any civil
or criminal suit against the company. Ii
is this order that Governor Leedy ard the
State administration propose TO contest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
Reaching out for Trade.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.-Consul Monog-
han, at Chemnitz. writes the State Depart
ment that Germany is turning its attention
to the oil territory in Japan. and that an
effort is being made at Toxic TO organize a
syndicate similar to the Standard Oil Com
paIy or the Russian trust for the purpose
Of increasing production. 1t is also said
that oil has been found in large quantities
in The consul says that Ger
many is increasing its trade in India. and
is now third in point of with that
country He adds that the United states,
with half the effort of the German agents,
ought to obtain a much larger share than
hitherto of the markets of Calcutta. Bonn
bay and Benares. Mr.. Monaghan discusses
the effort Russia is making 10 aid its farm
ers. Every obstacle in the way of agricul-
tural development and in the expectation
of farm product is removed. Agricultural
implements not made in Russia will be
duty free for five years. The consul sug-
gests that American manufacturers of ag-
ricultural implements should look into the
matter of supplying this new market.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4.-For some
days past the battle ship Oregon has been
under steam Waiting orders to sail. The
Monadnock is ready to put to sea on quick
notice. At Mare island the Charleston is
being put in readiness for immediate serv-
ice. Her decks were torn up and guns re-
moved, but now a large force of mechanics
are rushing the repairs on her, under in
structions from the Navy Department TO
prepare her for sea with all possible speed.
The Wheeling, a revenue cutter at Mare
island. is being fitted out and coaled for a
trip to Alaska, where she will be stationed.
The Baltimore is the only modern war ship
in the bay and she is lying at Mare island
out OF commission.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
CHINA IS ADVANCING.
Great College 40 BE FOunded ut
Shanghai for Teaching Western Arts.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 4. DR.. John
Freyer, professor of Orienta languages and
literature of the State University, has ar
rived from China where has been in con-
sultstion with high government officials
about the founding of a great college at
Shanghai for the education of Chinese in
western art. sciences and literature. DR..
Freyer declined an offer to become the pres
ident of the institution, but consented to as
sist the project. 1t is intended that the in.
stitution will be an educational enter, where
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
To Fraud.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The Treasury
Department has issued a circular to GUS
toms officers directing special attention to
the provision i'll the new tariff act prohibit
ing the entry of articles which shall bear
q name or mark which is calculated to in
duce the public to believe that the article
is manufactured in the United States" and
collectors are instructed to use diligence in
preventing its violation. Instructions are
also giving as TO the filing of applications
Tor the recording of trade marks in the
Treasury Department under Section 2 of
the new act.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
General Notes.

WASHINGTON, Aug 4.-The remains of
Major James F. Gregory. U. S. A, who
died in Cincinnati on Monday, were buried
at Arlington Cemetery to-day with military
honors.
To-day's statement of the condition of
the treasury shows: Available cash balance,
1921. SOP, 521. Cold reserve, $14O. 100, 439.
The President has appointed Alfred f.
Holton, of North Carolina, to be United
States attorney for the Western district of
North Carolina. and Darwin E. Hall, of
Buffalo Lake. Mimi, to be commissioner to
negotiate with the Chippewa Indians in
MlnneSOta under the act of Jan. Il. 1889.
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ton. and Buford Duke. The response was
by j. d. Strachan. of Brazil. Ind. A paper
was read by Miss Gertrude Beeks. of chi
cago, president Of the National Association
of Women Stenographers, and speeches
were made by several visitors. This after
noon the stenographers visited Belle Meade
and tonight they were given a reception
at the woman's building by the woman's
department of the exposition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
War on American Bicycles.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Consul General
De Kay at Berlin writes to the State De-
partment at some length concerning the
efforts that are being made in Germany
to prevent the Importation and sale of
American bicycles in tina country. Several
schemes have been devised and the proba-
bilitfes are that increased tariff rates to be
imposed in some form will be ADOPTED to
carry out the desires of the Mr..
De Kay also suggests that some interna-
tional plan should be adopted to protect
American bicycle trade marks in Germany.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. "A new worlds
half-mile unpaced tandem record, flying
start, was made by Ralph Gregory and
Ben Keller, of this city, to-day. Their time
was :551a; best previous record, 80 4-5. The
record will stand, as the attempt was made
under regular l.. A. w. sanction.
In the horse races Old Jim Justin went
through the second heat of the 2:2O class
driving, in the last three quarters, Bessie
A. with his left hand. while with his right
he held his whip and the pneumatic tire
which had become loosened from the wheel,
but huns to the axle. He tainted after the
feat. His animal finished second by a nose
among four leaders. He captured the first,
third and fourth heats and the race. Best
%s-1a O-10lL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
Race for a Challenge Badge.
AA<kNV AVA
,ecial TO the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Aug Am the
six-mile road race this evening there were
twelve starters. Farrow Marlowe was first,
Samuel Walker second and John Dickman
third. Time, 1920. The road was very
heavy with dust. The race was for a gold
challenge badge, inscribed Time Prize,
Shelbyville Road Race, 1897 which will be
contested for once a week until the close
of the season.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
Hawaii May 'Put Her Foot Down.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4-Samuel Park
err, who was minister of foreign affairs in
Queen Liliuokalani's Cabinet, has arrived
here from Honolulu on the steamer Belgic.
He says: IF annexation is defeated Hawaii
will put her foot down. She will then be
ready to negotiate with Japan, England or
any other country. About one-fourth of
the people of the island are Japanese,
many of them soldiers, it is rumored. l do
not think Japan will do anything until the
annexation and treaty questions have been
settled by the United States.''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
where the Money Went.
Bradford Sunday Herald.

Bradford sunday GeTdlO.
A well-knoWn engineer the other even-
ing gave his wife Is cents to enjoy herselr
on the merry-go-round, and She, woman
like. added q little more to 1t, and pur-.
chased for her good-natured husband a
dozen pair of socks, which he Immediately
turned over to the fireman to polish the
brass on his engine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
CIoudburst in Colorado.

CASTLE ROCK, Col, Aug. "A cloud
burst has occurred here, causing the most
serious food ever known in this county.
Plum creek became a raging torrent in a
bridges on that stream and its tributaries
were washed away. The Denver q Rio
Grande and Santa Fe Railway companies
suffered some, but the damage does not
interfere with regular trains.
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the favored youth of the empire may go to
gain knowledge of the Occidental cfviliza-
ton. There is now at Tien-Tsin an academ-
ic institution. but it is planned to have that
at Shanghai of a much higher standard.
AS the nucleus for the Shanghai University
a normal training school is now in operation.
with thirty pupils, who are preparing to be-
come instructors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

NEW YORK, Aug. Alexander Seufer-
ling, of 521 West Fifty-frst street. has
had a bad habit Of sleeping with his mouth
open. Saturday night Il mosquito crawled
inside and finding the inner side OF the
young mans upper lip TO its liking. in
nicted a very painful sting. Last night his
lip had swollen so he could neither eat nor
talk. Doctors say his case is serious.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

CHICAGO. Aug. 4.-Representatives of
the oats milling interests, outside of the
American Cereal Company. at their meet
ing here to-day advanced the price of rolled
oats 40 cents a barrel and 20 cents a keg.
The advance Will not affect the general
market, as the outside millers have been
about 40 cents a barrel under the American
Cereal Company's prices
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stenographers at Nashville.

NASHVILLE. Aug. 4-SeveraI hundred
stenogTaphers from various States attended
the celebration of s5enOgr3phers' day at the
Tennessee centennial exposition. The SEES
sion was held in the auditorium and ad-
dresses OF welcome were delivered by Mai.
J. MeCann. representing the exposl-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

Sold throughout the world. PorrKa DRua AND cuxK.
CoRP.. sole Props,, Boston.
a." How To Care Every skin and Blood Humor, = freq.
DIAagIv rAnro Purified and Bs.pesss ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

The County Commissioners yesterday
contracted for a furnace for the Marion
county cottage at the Lafayette Soldiers
Home. to cost $225. The cottage will be-
ready for occupancy by Sept. l.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
New Indiana Postmnsters.

ASHlNGTON Aug. 4-Fourth-class
Indiana postAaasters were appointed to-day
as follows: bristol, Elkhart county. L. ].
Greenun, vice II. w. Kautz. removed;
Graysville. Sullivan county. 7. K. Cush-