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q vauit that had long since been forget
ten An examination or he page Was
made by the archbishop and some o. the
b ~ civil OF GERS. ana = was -ae1 as
S-Fie1 that The vault contained the bones
of Columbus.
1'as news. with many proofs. caused
considerable excitement not only in San1o
Domingo but IN Spain. Cuba and the
Jn.teG States. Spain a. ouce dispatched
twc commissioners 70 the a ere % inEes
licale the matter. According 10 rumor.
they d.d not even look "a the remains,
and i is said that one Of the men whom
Spain sent 10 investigate wT0t1 mis- report
OF the matter while ne vas Oh the steamer
en- route 10 the island. Italy sent a war
ship 70 Santo Domingo 20 lock- :n:o The
case. "a she claimed taas Columbus was
an Italian subject Nothing was done.
however. at that time.
Later ne coffin was removed from the
vaUt ard placed n chapel a3jo!n.ng
the cathedral. a heavy guard was con-
siantly kept near The place. The vault
was IRIS; examined. On The walls we're
the letters &c. Z. \. which were sup
posed - stand for ''Christobal Colon. Al
miraute" When the coffin WAS opened.
tt was found 20 contain a leaden box, IN
which were a silver coffin plate some
bones and a ieaden bullet. on the c4sket
was the following inscription: 'fllus;r!-
GUS ard Renowned Man, Don Christopher
Columbus
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~ HE report taat the apzn'ar1s.
| wsIo are n0w preparing -
| eyacua.s cuba and tbe ot1ec pos
sesssoas that have .ee41siy corne
| gaser the control ~ Uncle sam.
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Ccryrsght. is.

TN HE report iaa' the sp7niaF1s
wno are u0w preparing -
eyacua.s cuba AID ;be ot1ef pos
sersscas that Rave reeacsiy conns
/ under the control ~ Uncle Sam.
intend &c .aGs wish thera the re-
mains Of cnrsst0pher Columbus, which
have been supposedly r. tae cathedral az
Havana for nlars -aan 10 years. ba@ start
81 an inquiry 81 = t1a real isst resting
place OF me s,regt explorer and 'i.seoverer.
The quesxsoa, s. mere ara the remains ot
Columbian has tro9gnt many different
answers Scientists aa1 explorers have
spent considerable Linz ~ trying . sale
the much mooted point, ard wa4.e some
OF them have made discoveries that would
lead one 70 cons.GsE the matter disposed
OF for ali time. they have been unable 70
come 20 positive conclusion. aGd =
seems as unsettled today as X "a when
the vaults az ise catAe3ra. a. SaI-o DO
ningo we're opkneG and the realaias. p
posedly tnsse lcf Columbus. we're removed
to Havana more than 10 yeara ago
Like 1sz birthplace, the fra. resting
place of coturi6us canno; be definitely
Exed and there are a .eASt Three cities
each OF which claims fne honor u benz
tine spot where the great oi%ccverey FIRST
raw The light Or day. while three others
claim 10 have his remains n their catne-
GYsis. The las are Havana. Santo Do
miBgo. or the island o, the same name.
mo AkE4bss4&r q eUiSla tthfs On TIE GUST
OF Porto Rico. There IS nothing % snow.
80 far az tie latter - concerned, that 90
IumbuE was ever near the place when
alive. and little attention nas been given
% the report.
With the other two places !. r. differ
ent. They DO nos only claim that the
bones and dust OF Columbus rest in tho
cathedTais OF their cit.es bat have DOGGY
Uents 70 prove tieiT assertions There
are TWO things certaln--Columbus lived
And died. and he vas neither twins nor
trip!ets. what records there are show
that no was born ia Genoa Italy. and
that he died and was buried at Eailadol.d
Spain. Tnere are nc records TO prove IN
what year he was born. and historians and
authorities differ aE 70 the time 50 far
"a Ia known. the event occurred either IN
l43 1856 Som authorities claim 81
was ten years later. and that point also
has never been settled satisfactorily.
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Portland n-rchants VII make . ,o,,- r.
=" willamette valley next week. under
1.'n a1tpiecs u tina Portland Chamber OF
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that Spain Ill have one more biunder 10
add ~ aer al:e4dv formidable list
TRUMAN T.. ELTON
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TROLLEY LINE ON WATER.
How HobsOn Is Going About to Raise
the CristObal Colon.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Oct 1s.-Naval
Constructor Hobson. who has arrived here
from the wreck of the Spanish cruiser Cris-
tobai Colon. will leave tomorrow for Guam
tanamo on business connected with the In
fanta Maria Teresa, which he expects to
get off to the United States before the end
of the month. For the last few days he
has been engaged in preparing to raise the
Cristobal Colon. work which is prac-
tically impossible from the sea, because of
the dangerously heavy swell. The opera
tions will. therefore. be conducted from the
shore
Mr.. Hobson has built trolley line out to
the ship. distance Of 80 feet. with a sus-
pension bridge, and the compressed air
pumps are now in position. On his return
from Guantanamo he will push his opera
tons vigorously, as he still feels absolutely
certain Of raising the huh uninjured.
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Opportunity for Demonstration Seized
by Many Societies, Who March
and Shout s'vive L'Armeew
ORDERS TO A VICE ADMIRAL
FURTHER EVIDENCE OF TROUBLE
BREWING IN FRENCH REPUBLIC.
Emperor OF China Is Well, and VIII
BE OmciaIIy Deposed in Novem-
ber-Other Foreign News.

PARIS, Oct. 16.-The arrival Of the Duke
Of Orleans at Brussels has rekindled the
rurnor that military coup was attempted.
The young English Duke Of Manchester,
who has just reached Paris from Australia,
has been linked with the movement by Ger
tain newspapers, but he protests that he is
merely a tourist.
The dedication of g. monument to the
soldiers OF France who fell in the Franco
Prusian war, which took place to-day at
Chaumont, capital of the department of
Haute-Marne. General Chanoine, the minis
ter Of war, presiding, furnished an oppor-
tunity for a demonstration in favor of the
army, which many societies seized, march
ing past the monument and shout "Vive
Parmee"
The Socialist party met to-day and de-
nounced governmental interference with the
right to strike. A resolution was adopted
declaring that 1.-The whole socialist revolu-
tionary party is united in defense of the
republic, and will not permit the military
conspiracy to lay it's hand on the liberties
of the people" The Socialists announce
that they have organized vigilance COM
mittee to Illustrate the military conspiracy
against the republic"
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The Commission Leaves Washington
on a Special Train to Visit An
Southern Camps.
YELLOW JACK CAUSES DELAY
CAMP MEADE AND LEXINGTON
TROOPS STAY WHERE THEY ARE.
Col. Gunder's Men Have Their First
Drill in Overcoats-EstabIish
ing New Hospitals.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16-Secretary AIger
was asked tonight if it was the purpose
of the War Department to take any official
action concerning the statements made by
Major Seaman, surgeon of the First volun-
teer Engineers mot at ALL" replied the
secretary; mot at all. want it to be UNI
derstood distinctly that any officer or man
in the army may speak freely and unre-
servedly concerning his observations of the
war without the slightest fear OF possible
consequences. While i am secretary of
war no man shall be the sufferer for speak,
ing what he believes to be the truth. Above
all, the witnesses who appear before the
war investigating commission shall be pro-
tested to the fullest extent. The commits
sion and the country want the facts and no
obstacle shall be placed in the way of
getting them We are all interested in hav-
ing the clearest light thrown on the conduct
of the war and the standing or promotion
of no enlisted man or commissioned officer
shall be affected in the slightest way by
any testimony or other assistance he may
give the commission. We mean to keep
absolute faith with the commission and
with the witnesses. / cannot be more ex-
pllcite than that"
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DETERMINED ANARCHISTS.
Fifteen of Those in Plot to XIII the
Kaiser Arrested.

LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE Alexandra COR
respondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing
regarding the Anarchist plot against EN-
peror William, which was discovered on
Friday, says: 1.-THE plot against the Kaiser
is hourly proving more important, each ar
rest disclosing new ramifications. The doc
uments found disclose a plot, already we'll
matured, to kill King Humbert. Fifteen
persons, all Italians have been arrested
The original plan was to throw bomb of
guncotton and illuminate Of mercury on
Emperor Williams carriage in a narrow
street of Cairo. When the Egyptian trip
was abandoned elaborate arrangements
were made by the conspirators to send con-
federates to Jerusalem to carry out the plot
during the dedication of the German Church
of Our Re6eemer."
The Constantinople correspondent Of the
Times, telegraphing Sunday, says: 1.-TWO
worn-out war craft, patched up for the oc-
casion, have proceeded to the Dardanelles
to swell the naval escort of Emperor Will
liam. Twenty-fou Turkish officers have
gone there on board a yacht. Emperor
William on the HohenZollern is expected to
reach the Dardanelles this afternoon and
to arrive at Pera, where the German lega-
ton is situated, on Tuesday morning"
JERUSALEM, Oct. 16.-The city is al
ready overcrowded with visitors, chiefly
Germans, awaiting the arrival of Emperor
William.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 16.-A great
fleet of tugs will meet Emperor William In
the Sea of Marmora, the sea lying between
the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus The
German colony will go by large steamer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-17
SHALL WE TAKE LIBERIA?
BLACK REPUBLIC ASKS FOR UNITED
STATES PROTECToRATE.
Bishop HartzeII, of the Methodist
Church, Sent as a Commissioners
to This Government.

PITTSBURG, Oct. 16-Bishop Joseph C.
Hartzell, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, whose bishopric is in Africa, and
who is attending the meeting in this city
of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, stated
tonight that he had been commissioned by
the negro Republic of Liberia to go to
Washington and ask that the republic be
taken under the sheltertng wing of the
United States. Threatened inroads on its
territory by the Germans, French and En-
glish has prompted the government to seek
the shadow of the stars and stripes.
II am on my way to see Secretary Hay"
said he, "as the special representative of
the republic of Liberia, to secure proteo-
torate, either quasi or actual. What they
want America to do is to say to the Euro
pean powers in Africa, We have an interest
in Liberia; this country belongs to U.S.
Whether an actual protectorate can be
established or not will depend on how far
the Liberian government Is willing to go,
assuming that the United States answers
favorably."
Bishop Hartzell will leave for Washing
ton about the middle of the week.
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GEN. Brooke Cables that the Stars and
Stripes VIII Go Up over Porto
Rico Tomorrow.
CUBAN ELECTION DELAYED
SELECTION OF PRESIDENT GOMEZ
AND CABINET IN NOVEMBER.
Gen. Garcia Denies He Is I'm the Pay
of United States-Col. Warning to
Build Sewers I'm Havana.

WASHINGTON, Oct 16-Late last night
the following dispatch was received by Sec
retary Alger from General Brooke, at San
Juan, in command Of the American forces
in Porto Rico:
"A Spanish transport sails to-day with
300 men. This is a ship sent from Cuba
loaded with men from there. Another sails
tomorrow with General Macias and 1,5OO
men. Another ship is expected on the nth.
Complete possession will be accomplished
on the 18th. BROOKE, Chairman
Supplementing the above dispatch another
was received tonight by Secretary Alger
from General Brooke reading as follows:
Captain General Macias sailed for Spain
this morning with most of his staff.
BROOKE, Chairman
On Tuesday the United States will take
possession formally of the Island of Porto
Rico BY that time most of the Spanish
officials and troops will have departed for
Spain. Those remaining at that time will
leave as soon as transports can be secured
The following dispatch was received at
the War Department this evening from San
Juan: 1.-THE Forty-seventh New York ar
rived at San Juan at 6 p. m. yesterday.
EDDY, Colonel
1t Is presumed ny the w dE OSpdIl1ueHt
officials, inasmuch as nothing is said to the
contrary, that the regiment was permitted
to land at San Juan. 1t was feared that
objection might be raised by the Spanish
officials to the landing of the regiment at
San Juan before formal possession was
yielded to the American forces on the 18th
inst. The Forty-seventh New York has the
honor Of being the first American organiza-
ton to enter the capital of Porto Rico.
General Brooke, chairman of the Porto
Rican evacuation commission and in COM
mand of the American troops on the island,
is making arrangements for the accommo-
daton Of the American forces to be sta
toned at San Juan. The barracks formerly
occupied by the Spanish soldiers were found
to be totally unfit for occupancy by United
States troops. General Brooke is having
them remodeled, adding officers quarters
and otherwise placing them in a habitable
condition.
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HARRISON DECLINES.
Venezuelan Brief Work Prevents
Him from Taking the stump.

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Gen. Benjamin
Harrison has formally declined the many
requests of Republican campaign managers
that he take the stump for Theodore Roose-
welt. After listening to repeated appeals
from Senator Platt, Chairman Odell, Execu-
tive Chairman Barnes and Colonel Roose-
velt the former President wrote this letter,
which was received at the F1fth-avenue
headquarters by Chairman Barnes:
my Dear Sir-I have your letter of the
7th inst. inviting me to make some speeches
in the New York campaign for Colonel
Roosevelt and his associates on the ticket.
1 regret to say that it will be absolutely i'm
possible for me to comply with the request.
1 am engaged with my associate counsel in
preparing an important brief. We have only
a few weeks now to complete it.
Il have been compelled to decline every
suggestion to do any other work or to make
speeches until this work is accomplished.
If circumstances were otherwise, it would
give me great pleasure to make any contri-
button I could to the success of Colonel
Roosevelt, whose gallantry in war and
whose integrity in civil life have recon-
mended him so highly to all who know him.
Very truly yours.
BENJAMIN HARRISON"
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GUNDER TO TAKE A REST.
His Regiment Now in Gen. McKee'a
brigade at Lexington.

bflBaOe AT Lexington.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEXINGTON, KY. in Camp with the
One-hundred-a Indiana Volun-
teers, Oct. 16-Colonel Gunder will soon
take a short leave of absence and much
needed rest. He has been hard at it ever,
since the regiment was sent out in his
charge. Local papers report eighty sick
from this regiment Actually there are one
hundred more than that. But the list grows
smaller each day now, much to the relief
Of those in control.
There are several men absent without
leave. AS high as sixty enlisted men were
away at retreat one day recently. Eight
men are allowed furloughs at one time
from each company. where but five were
formerly given leave. Nothing more is
heard of the proposed march to High Bridge
and rifle practice. The nights are very cold
and the men look forward to the trip TO
Columbus, Ga, which is thought to be near
at hand. The regiment is now in General
McKee's brigade with the First West Vir-
ginia and the Third Kentucky
Private Wynn, of Company l., OF Ander-
son, died at the division hospital Thursday
evening. His body was taken home yes
terday. This is Company LIS first loss, and
the seventh death in the regiment General
Breckenridge assures the colonel that the
Observation-Disclosures Indiana is one of
the best regiments in the volunteer army
Last Monday night the full strength OF the
regiment marched to Lexington to round up
rioters. No other occasion could so strongly
have called upon the men. There were 6si
men present for action.
Boon spring is near the camp. The
water is condemned, and guards prevent its
use by soldiers.
Overcoats have reached the regiment
Gloves are expected soon. Extra blankets
are in prospect. The regiment made a fine
appearance last night on parade. with over
coats and capes folded in military fashion.
q
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A DEGREE FOR M'KINLEY.
He VIII Be Made a Doctor of Laws at
Chicago University To-day.

CHICAGO, Oct 16.-The degree of LIZ
D. will be conferred tomorrow on President
Mckinley by the University of Chicago.
The President and his party will be enter
tanned at luncheon by President and Mrs.
Harper, of the university, at their resi-
dence, and afterward. accompanied by the
trustees and faculty of the institution, will
proceed to Haskell Museum, where Presi-
dent Mckinley will be created a doctor of
laws and invested with the gown and hood
pertaining to that scholastic rank. Then the
President will lead a procession of the uni
versity faculties. fellows and counselors
across the campus to Kent Theater, where
other ceremonies will take place. All the
students of the university, the graduate
schools, the divinity schools, the senior and
junior colleges, the medical college and the
various affiliated preparatory schools. in
cluding the Culver Military Academy, will
furnish an escort for the President who in
his cap and gown will afterward review
them.
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LEFT FOR THE CAMPS.
War Commission Leaves Washington
in n SumptuOus Trafn


WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-The war inves-
tigating commission left for the aouthAe
4:SO p. m. to-day, going over the Pennsyl-
vania and Atlantic coast line roads. The
party comprised twenty-four persons, in
cluding the nine commissioners, their re-
corder and commissary official, other en-
ployes and a representative of the Associ-
ated Press. 1t is the expectation Of the
party to practically live in its train during
the absence from Washington. 1t is a special
furnished by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, and it has been fitted out with the
view of rendering the party comfortable
and at the same time making 1t possible
for its members to pursue their labors very
much as if they were in their quarters in
Washington. 1t consists of a combination
baggage and parlor smoker, a Pullman
dining car, sleeper composed exclusively OF
drawing rooms for the members of the COM
mission, twelve section double drawing
room sleeper and the private car of Gen.
eral Dodge, chairman of the commission
The party will be personally conducted, and
the train will be in charge Of one of the
Pennsylvania Companys tourist agents
throughout the tour.
The train will reach Jacksonville about
11:3O o'clock Monday, and will remain there
until the party is prepared to move to an
other point. This course will be followed
at each stopping point, the one urain being
used for the entire trip.
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the other between Santiago and Havana
These requests will be forwarded to Wash
ington.
In Guantanamo bay there are several
schooners loaded with coal for the fleet.
Demurrage expenses being very heavy, the
senior officer. Captain Chester, ordered
sheds to be built on shore that the vessels
might unload. thus making a temporary
coaling depot. This act has raised a tre-
mendous hubbub among the Cubans. and is
one reason given by Lieutenant General
Perez for not disbanding his troops. He
claims that the Americans have no right to
establish coaling station without the per-
mission of the Cuban government 1t is
generally believed at Santiago among the
Cubans that his promise TO disband was
only scheme to obtain rations for him.
self and his troops by pretending to go to
work, whereas now he makes several ex-
cuses for not disbanding.
Lieut. Col. A. A. Wiley. Lieutenant Gov
ernor of Santiago, has returned from trip
to Guantanamo. In his report to General
Wood regarding the condition of the civil
government there he says the rotten and
cumbersome machinery of the clerical stats
is large enough to keep going city of ten
times the size and population of Guantan-
amo. In the mayors office he found ten
celrks, messenger and a janitor, at sal
aries ranging from 500 a month down to
$40, all clamoring for pay from July 26.
claiming that they had been ordered by the
American authorities to stay on duty. The
police department there consists Of a chief.
a lieutenant. a sergeant, a corporal and
fourteen men, at salaries of from $175
month down to $45. Lieutenant Colonel Wi
Law de hot -fo
reduced to the clerk and an Office boy, and
the police department to one marshal and
three assistants.
From o'clock this morning the city was
alive with flags, music and professions. The
thirtieth anniversary of the declaration OF
Cuban independence, which was postponed
from Oct. 10 on account of the rain.
The principal procession left the Plaza de
Martes at o'clock for the cemetery. where
were unveiled the monuments presented by
Cuban refugees who lived in jamaica in
honor of Marti and Cespedes.
The widow of Cespedes was the guest of
honor. The procession marched through the
principal streets, which were decorated
with flags and flowers. The ceremonies
at the cemetery were very impressive. The
address at the grave of Cespedes was de-
livered by Senior Trujillo, editor of FL Por-
venir, and that at Martis grave by Senor
Ceriozo. The procession then went from
the cemetery to the slaughter house famed
as the scene of the massacre Of the crew of
the Virginius and of Cubans without num-
ber.
A striking commentary on the unwilling
ness of the Cubans to work is the fact that
Senior Trujillo. one of the orators of the
day, whose paper is an extreme pro-Cuban
organ, cannot hire any one but Spaniard
to turn his printing press.
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The Eastern Riddle.

TACOMA, Wash, Oct 16-According 10
advices brought by the steamship Tacoma
from China and Japan, the Oriental press
is still in an excited state over the triumph
or the dowager Empress over the EN-
peror of China. The press is unable to
solve the riddle of the transfer of power.
The Emperors proposed reforms were
widespread and not at all satisfactory to
the masses His last and most radical
change was contained in an edict which nro-
posed that an annual budget should be is
sued which should set forth the annual
expenses, so the people could suggest re-
forms and means of economizing The EN-
peror advised the gentry to embark in the
newspaper business for the purpose of edu-
eating the people. His edict confiscatinr
temples and other places of worship for edu-
cational purposes was opposed from all
quarters.
A band of desperadoes numbering 1000
with 400 disbanded Mansu soldiers, took
possession of the gold mines north of Kirin.
China, and are hindering Russian railroad
developments.
An uprising has occurred in Hainan.
China, and the American consul has been
besought to protect the American mission
aries. The uprising was fomented bv
band of pirates known as the Tried Society.
and the local militia Joined the band of
thieves Soldiers have been sent to the
scene.
Floods in Japan have done great damage
to crops and many lives have been lost.
Aichi prefecture, which seems to have suf-
fered most, lost thirty-five houses washed
away, 1,20o overthrown, 10 partly wrecked.
412 injured and $500 inundated. Seven lives
were lost. Twelve hundred acres of land
were flooded.