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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
NEW STYLE OF GUNBOAT.
The Nashville. Now Awaiting Trial,
Said to Have Many Good Qualities.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, May 12.-The trial
trip of the new gunboat Nashville sched-
uled for to-day was postponed on account
of the weather. Besides being a handsome
vessel the gunboat combines so many other
good qualities that she is the particular
pride of Chief Constructor Hichborn under
whose plans she was built The boat is un-
like anything else in our navy and is de-
signed to supply a need that has been very
much felt of late years in that she will
make a most effective naval police boat
that can be maintained in active service
for a small proportion of the cost of operat-
ing one of the large cruisers which have
been the recourse of the Navy Department
for all sorts of small but important. COM
missions such as maintaining a patrol
against filbusters, looking after pelagic
sealers, running up shallow rivers in the
Orient and generally carrying the American
flag into ports where it is necessary to
make show for the protection of our com
mercial interests and the safety of our citi-
zens living abroad. The Nashville was built
by the Newport Ship-building Company at
cost Of $3.50 600, which makes her one
of the cheapest ships ever constructed for
our navy, considering her qualities and
uses. She is the only one of the three
S~nboats just built by that company for
lne government 10 carry sail, being rugged
as tore-and-aft schooner with two pole
masts bearing. tri sails. spread of can
VaSs calculated only to steady her in a sea
way. The most novel feature of construc-
ton is found in the arrangement of her
engines and boilers. These are so designed
that the ship will be equally economical at
high or low speed whether running at eight
or fifteen knots per hour. This IS accom-
plished by quadruple expansion engines on
her twin screws. At low speed the low
pressure cylinders are cut out and steam is
used from two boilers only in the triple
expansion engine. At high speed the engines
are quadrupled and steam is supplied di-
rectly to the high-pressure cylinders from
four boilers, while the other two turn their
steam at lower pressure into the inter
mediate cylinders. The Nashville is vessel
of 1871 tons displacement, 220 feet long by
3S feet 8 inches beam, and drawing only
eleven feet of water. The contract calls for
a speed of fourteen knots per hour, but she
is expected to make at least a knot more
than this, and provision is made for the
payment of a bonus of 5000 per knot in ex-
cess. She carries an unusually powerful
battery for a vessel of her class, and be-
ing designed with a view TO service in trop-
zeal waters is fitted with all the accessories
that make comfort aboard shin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
ANOTHER CREVASSE.
Second Break in the Burton Levee
Near Baton Rouge, La.

NEW ORLEANS, La, May 12.-There
was another break in the Burton levee,
near Baton Rouge, at 1870 o'clock this
morning. 1t is under the dry kiln which is
built across the levee. A dispatch received
from Baton Rouge at p. m. says: super
intendent Greiff, of the Mississippi Valley
Railroad who has just come in from the
crevasse, says he expects 10 have to-days
break closed by daylight tomorrow unless
stormy weather should interfere with the
work tonight. There was a severe rain
storm here this afternoon. Beyond the fact
that a small sloughing occurred in the
Moorman factory levee, just above the
break, there was no damage done by the
storm. The weather is cloudy and threat
ening
If the break is not closed the water from
the creVasse Will cover one of the richest
sugar districts on the Mississippi river in
Guiding portions of East Baton Rouge.
Iberville, Ascension and ST. James parishes.
and find il way into the Gulf of Mexico
through Bayou Manchac and Lakes Mauri-
pas and Pontchartrain.
The river here is stationary. but at a
point nearly two feet above the highest
stage of 1898, the previous record year The
strain is terrific, but with the aid of good
weather and heroic efforts. Is being mag
nidcently horne The financial drain is now
becoming evident and the La Fourche
board has levied a special tax. President
Ihoman, OF the Orleans board favors in
cresa sing the general levee tax from ! to ?
mills.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
END OF A NEW WOMAN,
Suicide of Miss Nettie NJ. Leib, an
Insurance Agent.

AKRON, o.. May 12.-Miss Nettie NJ
Leib, an insurance and real estate agent,
who has been in business here about four
years, committed suicide to-day by taking
carbolic acid. Evidence tends to prove that
she took her life to avoid disgrace Miss
Leib had apparently been successful in her
business ventures. She was twenty-four
years OF age and of marked ability In the
course of her business transactions she
was intrusted with $100 by Rosa Albertson.
She devoted the money to her own use
and when asked for an accounting was
unable to satisfy the claim An afiidavit
Tor her arrest was filed on April g. but a
satisfactory settlement was made Miss
1-eiO agreeing TO pay all the costs She
falied to do that, and an order for her APP
pearance in Police Court this morning was
issued. She failed to appear and the police
endeavored TO locate her without success.
Lhis evening her dead body was found in
her room; she had been dead for several
hours. Miss Leib had a mother one broth
er and three sisters living in Akron.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
TRAINS DELAYED.
halfway Tracks Damaged and Bridges
Weakened by Al Flood.

PARKERSBURG, w. Va. Nav 12-Tbe
storms of yesterday and last night proved
very destructive in this section. causing
much delay TO railroad traffic. At the foot
of Torch hill, on the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern Railroad the track was
throw two feet out of gear for one hundred
feet. The night express from Cincinnati m
New York arrived eight hours late only ~
ma that the false work of a bridge near
West Union, on the Baltimore & Ohio road
had been washed away and that il would be
necessary TO detour the train via the Ohio
River Railroad 10 Wheeling and thence
detoured via Midland City. Nearly every
railroad in the State suffered more or less
the interior is very heavy. The TittIs
kanawha river and its tributaries are
booming, the former being out of lock
causing a complete suspension of river
business. Tonight the railway situation is
somewhat imDrONed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
RAID ON THE TREASURY.
Peculiar transactions of Treasury
Auditor Baldwin.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-The expose of
Treasury Auditor Baldwins Irregularities
caused a sensation in Washington to-day.
Mr.. Baldwin has been considered one of the
most efficient officials in the accounting
branch of the government service, and was
the reputed author of the Dockery bill for
the reorganization of the Treasury De-
partment. 1t would appear. however, that
while in the reorganization business Mr..
Baldwin did not overlook the opportunities
for making a few dollars on the outside.
based on his knowledge of inside matters.
1t has not been proved. as charged, that he
actually prohted by the payment OF claims
passed upon by himself but it appears To
be pretty well established that he obtained
lists of persons to whom unclaimed inter-
est on government bonds is due and turned
them over to an outside claim agent to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
Russia and Austria-Hungary.

BUDA-PESTH, May 12.-In the lower
House of the Hungarian Parliament to-day,
Baron Banffy, the premier, replying to in
terpellations with respect to the recent Wis
it of the Emperor Francis Joseph to st.
Petersburg, said: "Austria-Hungarys posi-
tion toward her allies is unified. The triple
alliance is not one of those short-lived po-
litical combinations which can easily be re-
placed by other arrangements. The triple
alliance constitutes the Interchangeable basis
of Austria's foreign policy. 1t is absolutely
peaceful and. therefore, allows its members
to enter into friendly agreements with
other powers. Russia, like Austria-Hun-
gary has declared that she is not pursuing
selfish ends in the East, but that she has
as her only aims, the maintenance of order,
security and the preservation of the status
quo. In the light of these facts, / declare
positively that Austria Hungary and Rus
STA have identical and harmonious aims in
their Eastern policies; and the visit of the
Emperor to st. Petersburg has doubtless
helped to foster and to strengthen the good
relations existing between the two coun-
tries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
NO MORE COURTS-MARTIAL.
Lieutenants O'Brien and BnmfOrd
VIII Not BE Tried.

ATLANTA, Ga, May 12.-General Wesley
Merritt has issued an order refusing to APP
point a court-martial to try charges against
Lfeuts. OBrien and Bamford, preferred
by Captain Romeyn. In dismissing the
charges against O Brien, he states that the
charges grew out of a feeling of personal
spite and that military tribunals could not
be made vehicles of private revenge. In
passing on the charges against Lieutenant
with reference to his reported engagement
with Miss Nina Romeyn, General Merritt
states that they are not proper subject
only the physical condition of Captain
Romeyn can explain his action in filing
them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13

respected and discusses the chances of an
honorable peace. The Kairi attacks Prem
Ter Rail- for seeking peace, and other news
papers urge the government to so organize
for defense that. if peace is impossible, it
can continue the war on the most favorable
conditions.
1T is officially announced that the powers
have notified the Greek government that
the Greek troops may leave the Island OF
Crete, and that the admrals of the inter-
national fleet win release the steamers
which have been seized during the block
ade" ,tN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Mr.. Allen Desires Broker Chapman to
Purge Himself of COntumacy.

WASHINGTON, May 12.-In the Senate
to-day the sugar investigation of 1894 was
recalled by the introduction of a resolution
by Mr.. Allen of Nebraska, reciting the cir
cumstances of the investigation the refusal
of Elverton r. Chapman to testify his con-
Viction in the courts as contumacious wit
ness and the present efforts toward his par
don. The resolution proposes that Chap
man be brought to the bar of the Senate to
purge himself of contumacy as prerequi-
site to pardon. Mr.. Allen sought to secure
immediate action on the resolution, but it
went over on objections from Mr.. Gallinger
of New Hampshire, and Mr.. Hoar of Mas
sachusetts. The latter criticised the reso-
luton as giving away the authority of the
Senate and said he would propose an
amendment with view to having Chapman
punished unless he purged himself of con-
tempt, without reference to the question of
pardon. Consideration of the resolution
Will be in order tomorrow.
Mr.. Morgan, of Alabama, made a state
ment relative to his resolution on Cuba.
He said the committee on foreign relations,
at a meeting to-day, had considered the
question of referring the resolution to the
ment. The committee desired, however,
that the resolution go over until noon to-
morrow with view to having a statement
Of facts laid before the Senate at that time
ON Mr.. Morgan's request the resolution
went over.
A resolution by Mr.. Butler, requesting the
President for information relative to the
sale of the Union Pacific Railroad, was
presented and went over
The Senate bills for a public building at
Deadwood s. D., to cost 100000, and at In
dianapolis, Ind, to cost $1500,000 were
passed.
The Senate then took up the calendar and
passed bills as follows: For the relief of
certain citizens of Montana claiming the
benefits of the homestead law; granting to
Montana $1,000 acres of land in aid of an
asylum for the blind; appropriating $4,000
to Charles p. Chouteau for extra work on
the ironclad Etlah
The immigration and the kinetoscope bills
were reached, but went over on objection
AT o'clock the Senate held an executive
session, and, at 2;45. adjourned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
Police and the BertiIlon system.

PITTSBURG, Pa. May Reconsideration
of the Beltillon system occupied nearly the
entire session of the convention of chiefs of
police Of the United States and Canada to-
day. II was finally decided not TO petition
Congress on the matter until the system
had been thoroughly tested The delegates
then pledged themselves to use their best
OF their respective cities make a special
appropriation for the purpose of making the
Bertflon system a national affair with
general headquarters In one OF the larger
cities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13

LYNCHBURG, va. May l2.-The Trad
ers Bank went into the hands of Captafn
Charles NJ Blackford and James e. Ed
munds as trustees to-day. The bank has
been in liquidation since last September
during which time the Indebtedness 10 de.
positors on certificates has been reduced
from S25o000 10 $4,000 The total indebted
ness at present is placed at $50 000 with
assets OF S330000 II is believed all credit
ors win be paid and some surplus be left
for the stockholders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13

SACRAMENTO, Cal. May 12.-Governor
Budd to-day received the formal petition
Tor the pardon Of Theodore Durrant await
Ing execution al San Quentin prison for the
murder Of Minnie Williams and Blanche
Lamont. He protests his entire innocence
refers 70 the testimony tending 10 establish
IT, ana asks for pardon or at least a
commutatl9n of sentence in such wise as
VIII permit further Investigations TO be
MADE 70 ascertain who is the true criminal
Ine petition viii be heard by Governor
BIdd Friday morning at 10 O'Clock
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
BOOTH-TUCKER INDICTED.
Salvation Army Commander Charged
with Maintaining Nuisance.

NEW YORK, May 12.-Mr. Booth-Tuck-
er. commander of the Salvation Army. was
indicted by the grand jury to-day for main
tanning a nuisance and disturbing the peace
at the barracks of the army in West Four
teenth street. The complainant against
Tucker is Phineas Smith, who resides in
the rear of the barracks. The offense is
misdemeanor punishable with fine or inn
prisonment or both.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 12-The Turk
ish military commander at Janina tele-
graphs that all the Greek forces in Epirus
have fled to Arta, abandoning three thou
sand rifles, three hundred cases of ammun-
ton and a mour tain gun Seventy-nine
Greeks were killed in the recent lighting.
The fourth batch of wounded Turkish SOL
dierS has arrived here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
"Just to Surprise Their Friends"

KANSAS CITY, Mo, May I2-Miss Gen
eva Downing, daughter of w. w. Downing
general Western agent of a Chicago soap
mandatory, and Miss May Arnold, both
Of whom caused a sensation by mysteri-
CUsly disappearing from Sedalia. No. on
last Friday, have been found living at a
leading hotel here. married. respectively TO
Sa SnarIes G vi I'M ana " llla =, IouSiey
They had eloped 10 Independence Mo
"just TO surprise their friends" and were
married by the mayor of that city All
are prominent society people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
TRANSPORT CAPTuREp.
Turkish steamer Loaded with Troops
and Munitions Taken by Greeks.

and Munitions Taken by Greeks.
ATHENS, May 12.-Advices received here
to-day from the Island of Skiathos, off the
east coast of the Volo peninsula say that
the Greek gunboat Penus and the Greek
torpedo boat No. H. captured yesterday. off
the Island of Tenedos on the west coast
of Asia Minor a Turkish steamer having
on board 100 Turkish soldiers, 6 officers, 300
Martini rifles, several thousand cartridges,
six quick-fire guns, various military stores
and 1000 pounds in cash. The money was
found upon a Turkish major, who was one
of the officers captured. The Greek war
ships took the prize to the Island of Skia-
thos. 1t was reported, but later officially
denied that German officers were found on
board the Turkish transport.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
Autonomy May Not Pncify Crete.

LONDON, May H. - The Times corre-
spondent at Gambia says: ''It is feared that
autonomy will fail to pacify Crete, owing
to the opposition of the 10000 >Cretan Mo-
hammedans on the island, who fear that au-
tonomy will end in union with Greece, while
the insurgents are still defiant and actually
talk Of resisting the departure of the Greek
troops"
The eX-EmpTess Eugene is urging the
appointment of a Bonapartist prince for
the rulership ofthe island under the auton-
omous regime proposed by the powers.
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The POpu1Gar
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FOUR DAILY TRAINS

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Trains Arrive Indianapolis-330 a. m 7:4s n
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Local sleeper IN Indianapolis ready at $3.50 D.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
No Decision in the Romeyn Case.

ATLANTA Ca May 12.--Captain Henry
Romeyn has received letter from a friend
in New York saying that the court-martial
decision is still under review. This sets
at rest the rumors 10 the effect that Capt.
Romeyn had been sustained in' his COM
ments on the conduct of Lieutenant Bam-
ford and Mrs. O'Brien. This remark caused
the alteration on the parade ground when
Captain Romeyn struck Lieutenant
O'Brien.. The court-martial followed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
TmE pusINEss MEETING.

Speeches by Lew Wallace, Commando
er CiaIkson and Ofieers' Reports.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind. May 12.-The Phillips
Opera House was crowded with the deIe-
gates of the posts making the Indiana Ea-
campment. II is one OF the largest en-
campments in delegates IN recent years
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
MORE IRISH LASSIES.
Nj. E. Ingalls, and $50 Pretty Young
Women Arrive at New York.

NEW YORK, May 12.-The White Star
line steamship Teutonic arrived tonight.
Among the saloon passengers was NJ. Il.
ingalls,, President of the Big Four road.
Among the steerage passengers were $50
young women from Ireland Their ages
range from eighteen to twenty-five years,
and they are mostly good looking. They
are going to various parts of the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
Miles VIII Continue His journey.

SOUTHAMPTON, May 12.-General Nell
son Miles. U. s. A, who arrived here to-
day by the American-line steamship st.
Paul from New York, on his way to the
scene of the Graeco-Turkish war, was
asked whether the conclusion of peace,
when brought about would change his
plans. The general said it would not; that
he would start tonight for Constantinople
and that he intends to see the Turkish
army and the armies of Europe generally
before returning to the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
Edhem Pnshn,s Headnunrters

PHERSALA, May 12.-Edhem Pasha, the
Turkish commander-in-chief, has estab-
lished his headquarters on hill opposite
Phersala.
The Greek regulars are raiding parts of
Thessaly and irregular Greek bands have
attempted to cut the Turkish line of COM
munication with Elassona.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Deformity Apparatus Trusses Elastic Hos
iery Largest stock of Artificial Eyes in the
state. Invalid Chairs of all kinds and access
sories for the sick room. Trusses made ana
properly adjusted Store open every Saturday
WIN. III. ARMSTRONG IS c.
a South Illinois Street Indianapolis Ind
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