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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
TORPEDO BOAT ACCIDENT.
Seven Men Fatally ScaIded by the
Bursting of Boiler Tubes.

ASTORIA. Ore, Oct. 20-The torpedo
boat Davis. which started on it's official
trial trip to-day was disabled by the burst
ing of a number of boiler tubes Seven of
the crew were badly scalded and died soon
after reaching here. The dead are c. Nc
Neeley, p. Luithlie, Fl. Woods, w. Woods,
B. Ryan, A. Johnson and A. Buell.
Luithlie was a coal passer and Woods is
superintendent of the boiler room. The
others were firemen. The accident occurred
in the Columbia river about twenty miles
above this city The nature of the explo-
sion has not yet been made known, as an
examination of the boilers will be required
to determine exactly what portion of the
boilers burst The best theory obtainable
is that some of the tubes in the forward
boiler exploded owing to a arrangement of
the automatic water gauge which permitted
the water to get too low. Excepting for the
havoc naturally wrought in the boiler room,
the boat Is uninjured
One of the men on the Davis said: 'It is
impossible to tell whether the tubes in the
boiler or steam pipe burst. All we know
is that an explosion occurred. The boiler
room was filled with boiling water and
steam, and the men in the room were
scalded to DEATH.
The Davis WAS toWed here by river
steamer. She carried forty-one men all told.
She was one of two torpedo boats recently
built by Wolff & Zwicker, at Portland, and
was soon to have gone into commission. At
the time of the accident the boat was in
charge of the official trial board. The Of
ficers declined to make any statement as to
the cause of the accident. The Davis left
up the river for the ship yards tonight in
tow of the tug Harvest Queen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
ALL QUIET IN PORTO RICO.
Change of Sovereignty Accompanied
by No Disorders in the Island.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Oct. 20.-The city
remains orderly and all is quiet elsewhere.
Major General Brooke is installed in the
palace and Brgadier General Henry re-
mains as commander of the district of
Ponce. Brigadier General Grant has been
appointed commander Of the district of San
Juan.
Senors Rivera, Blanco, Lopez and Car
bennett, ministers of the insular government.
have rendered their designations to General
Brooke, stating that they will perform their
functions If desired until their successors
are appointed.
The first general orders issued by General
Brooke is a dignfed, fair document, and
has been well received by the people.
The postofice here under American aus
pices is being established with all possible
haste.
United States Special Commissioner Car
roll arrived here yesterday on board the
steamer Panama.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21

vision of Cornwall. speaking at Tedford
Cornwall, this evening said that one of the
consequences of the war with Spain upon
the American people had been to create
a spirit which must in the near future lead
to a great transformation Of American
character and policy. Instead of being a
self-contained Industrious. peaceful and
nonaggressive people," said Mr.. Courtenay,
1.-THE Americans, if they take sovereignty
in Cuba, will have to keep a large naval
and military force in order to MAKE the in
f1uence of the United States felt. Although
the American members of the peace COM
mission have declared that tha United
States do not want Cuba or the Philippines,
the history of our own country has shown
that when once there was an occupation the
intention to leave after disorder has been
righted, has seldom been put into execution.
The war emphasizes the necessity of the
peace proposals of the Car. If there had
been an organized tribunal to settle inter-
national quarrels at the time the Hispano-
American conflict might have been averted
even after passion had been aroused by the
Maine disaster
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21

United States will be represented in the
proposed congress of peace. L suppose it
might not be inappropriate. when we form
our commission, to constitute it generously
from you Chicago gentlemen, who are SO
thoroughly interested in the issue with
which it will deal, but we will take that up
later. don't want to take any of you by
surprise
During the remainder of the day he rested
quietly at the MeWilliams residence until
it was time for his train. During the trip
to Washington the President will make
stops and deliver speeches at Logansport
and other points in Indiana, Indianapolis
Columbus and Pittsburg. All of these ad-
dresses will be short and informal with the
exception of that at Indianapolis. where
reception will be rendered the President. A
special car containing Governor Mount and
his staff was attached to the presidential
train.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
GREwsoME SPECTACLE.
Execution of Chinese Rebels Made the
Occasion of Much ReiOfcin~.

VANCOUVER, b. c.. Oct. 2O.--According
to the latest advices by mail from China,
eight subordinate leaders of the Kwangski
rebellion have been beheaded at Wu-Chow
They were carried in baskets through the
principal streets as a warning spectacle,
amidst the laughter and jeers of men,
women and children. Ten thousand people
witnessed the decapitation ard made it a
gala day. Little children copied their pa
rents, who joked at the dying rebels a Sec
ond before the AK fell. When all was over
the children played among the headless,
bleeding corpses and made sport with the
black, disfigured heads. Mandarin and
headsmen imDrovised a sort of a Maypole
and the heads Of the rebels were placed on
top in tiers. the children dancing around
them. The governor advised the mandarins
to make the beheading as festive as possi-
BILE, so as to inspire disgust for the rebels
in the hearts of the people. A banquet was
afterwards held. The Japan mail says a.
petition has been sent to the government
by foreign consuls requesting that behead-
ing be discontinued.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
SURRENDER OF INDIANS.
Eleven PilIagers Sent to DuIuth-Bug
and His Son Probably Dead.

WALKER, Mimi, Oct. 20.-Eleven of the
twenty Indians wanted by the authorities
started for Duluth tonight under a guard
of soldiers and accompanied by Indian Com
missioner Jones and Marshall O'Connor.
Bug and his son refuse to surrender, but
the Indians say they think they can bring
them in Marshal O'Connor is firmly con-
vinced that Bug will never be captured.
He said tonight: Il am thoroughly con-
vinced that both he and his son were killed
in the battle, and l am sure that this is also
the reason that others have not come in. =
Commissioner Jones says that he is well
satisfied with his work here, but he admits
that there is strong possibility that this,
the first outbreak of the Chippewas, will
not be the last.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
JOINT MEETING TO-DAY.
Spaniards Have Little Hope of Secur-
ing Concessions as to Cubn


ing Concessions as to Cuba.
PARIS, Oct. 20.-The Spanish peace COM
missioners have not yet received from Mad
rid either instruction permission to bid
adieu to Cuban sovereignty without further
seeking TO attach to this sovereignty some
condition providing for the assumption of
the Cuban debt by the United States If
they are, as at present disposed and in
structed, the Spaniards will not at to-mor-
rows meeting recognize affrmatively the
United States position. and will stand on
the point of results. Should they fatty re-
ject American insistenee the Spaniards,
while recognizing the physical power of the
United States against unaided Spain, will
dumbly extend their palms upwards and
shrug their shoulders. They regard the
situation as pitiable and are not averse to
any sympathy it may excite. They affirm
that the American answer TO their debt
propositions is very long and that they have
not yet had time to mediate fully upon *
They, thus far. apparently intend not TO
yield, and will tomorrow make another
written presentment and expect an extended
discussion thereon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
Porto Ricans cIaim Citizenship.

NEW YORK, Oct. "a test will be made
Tomorrow of the rights of natives of Porto
Rico residing in the United States to exer-
else the franchise without naturalization,
the argument being advanced in their behalf
that by the raising of the American flag
over Porto Rico Tuesday they acquired the
same status as that of native born citizens
of this country. 1t is said that about 1000
unnaturalized natives of Porto Rico resid-
ing in this city will be affected by the de-
termination of the question. The test will
be made by A. Welez Alvarado, who has
lived in this city for ten years. He will
apply for registration, and on being refused
which he expects, will apply to the court
for an order compelling the election officers
to enroll his name. The case is one which
will undoubtedly be carried to the higher
courts If Mr.. Alverado persits in asserting
his alleged right, and it is unlikely the ques-
tion will be determined before election day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
STORM HAVOC In TEXAS.
Several People Killed aud Injured
and u Train Wrecked.

HOUSTON. Tex, Oct. 2O.-The electrical
and windstorm which swept over Texas last
night was very severe In south Texas. Dam
age to cotton is enormous. At Deer Park.
twenty miles from Houston, the residence
of c. E. Adams was demolished. Adams,
his wife and baby suffered minor injuries,
while A. ]. Cook was crushed to death. AT
Pasadena the residence of John Stout was
turned over and completely wrecked Six
occupants were injured.
At Missouri City number of freight cars
were blown from the siding out on the main
track. The California express, running for
ty miles an hour, dashed into the cars at
full speed. The engine turned over, in
stantly killing George Johnston. of San An
tonic, the engineer. and badly scalding the
fireman and injuring the head brakeman.
None Of the passengers was badly hurt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
TAKING NO CHANCES.
The Kaiser Guarded While Sight-See-
ing in ConstnntinOpIe.

CONSTANTINOPLE Oct. 20.-Emperor
William, usually accompanied by the En-
press, is engaged in a ceaseless round of
sightseeing. though he adheres closely to
the programme of places to be visited, and
his route is revealed only to those person
ally concerned and Immediately beforehand.
The strictest police precautions are carried
out to insure his safety To-day he de-
cided to inspect the imperial carpet factory
at Heroka, and was conveyed there in a
train of eight carriages built for the occa-
sion and luxuriously equipped. All the sta
tions had been repaired and decorated. AT
Heroka is a kiosk especially built for the
use of the Empress, where their Majesties
lunched, after which they returned to Con-
stantinople by water Emperor William
and the Sultan again exchanged telegraphic
fluctuations. Everywhere there were great
crowds, triumphal arches festooned with
German and Turkish colors and bands play
ing the German anthem.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21

VANCOUVER, b. c., Oct. 2O.-Regarding
the rumored marriage of Ii Hung Chang
and the Empress dowager, the China Mail,
which arrived on{ the steamer Empress of
Japan says: Iii Hung Chang and the EN-
press dowager are reported to have been
married at Sinfa tent lie on the morning of
Sept o. They at once proceeded to Tfen-
Tsin, destroying the railroad track behind
them as they Travelled to prevent pursuit
The Emperor was furious. The happy pair
will, it is surmised. spend the honeymoon
at Port Arthur. Pavilion is jubilant." The
very wording of the supposed dispatch
proves that it is a joke and poor one at
that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
Grounds of the Third Division Hos
pitaI at Camp Cuba Libre Poorly
Kept for n Time.
DR.. ALEX KENT'S CRITICISMS
SICK MEN NOT WELL CARED FOR
TILL FEMALE NURSES ARRIVED.
Close of the Inquiry at JacksOnviIIe
Charges in Regard to Fer
nandina Camp Not Sustained.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 20.-The war
investigating commission concluded its
labors at Jacksonville tonight and shortly
after 10 O'Clock left Jacksonville for At
lanta, expecting to take up business there.
The commission has spent four days in
Jacksonville. This being the first of the
camps to be visited, it has been awarded
somewhat more time than will be given to
other points. with the possible exception of
Chckamauga- The commissioners are gem
orally pleased with the result of their labors
here. They have naturally met with COM
plants but these have generally dealt with
comparatively unimportant points and in
very few If any cases have they indicated
neglect or culpable mismanagement. Gem
orally one private or non-commissioned Off
Ger from each regiment has been called and
in many cases more than one. In the case
OF enlisted men they were selected at
random. the commissioners merely ask
ing that men be sent to them
without any specification of the pur-
pose for which they were called.
They have without exception said that they
were receiving enough to eat and wear.
There were occasional complaints of defects
in clothing or a request for a greater va
riety of food but in no instance has spirit
of fault-inding been developed among this
class of witnesses. In some cases de-
ficiency of supplies at the beginning of the
camps history was shown and there has
been more or less tainted meat received by
the men, but it was agreed by all the wit
nesses that the first condition was due to
the congestion at Tampa and the latter to
the climate.
General McCook and Colonel Sexton re-
conditions at Tampa. They found the con-
gestion that occurred at that point at the
beginning of the war was due to the fact
that cars were shipped from all over the
country without being labeled and without
forwarding bills of ladng.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
DISASTERS IN THE ORIENT.
2,CO0 People Drowned or Killed by
Floods and storms.


VANCOUVER Oct. 20-Disastrous ty-
phoons, sandstorrns and Hoods have caused
a fearful loss of life and property in the
Orient In the district watered by the
River Feng. in Japan hundreds of villages
have been swept away and two thousand
people have been drowned. Another report
says $50 towns are under water. Thousands
of refugees are focking to the cities The
Ishikari river has also overhowed drown
ing over one thausand people. Seven pre-
lectures were destroyed.
In a terrible tyDhoon off Formosa, hap
pening the same time as the floods, great
damage TO shipping was done. At Tenant
eight junks were wrecked and hundred
lives lost. The junks were driven to sea and
Lost. The steamer Rensi Maru was piled up
On shore. Among the ships wrecked was
the American bark Comel. The ship was
abandoned and the crew saved The steam
n Cowrie is partially wrecked. The French
steamer Hollow is wrecked on the beach
near Amry. The German steamer TrinI a,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
PANIC AT VIENNA.
Death of a Scientist from the BubOniC
PIaEue Causes AIarm.

VIENNA, Oct. 2O.-The death of Barisch,
he employe in the meteorological depart
ment of Professor Nethnagles establish
ment, who contracted the bubonic plague
here while assisting in cultivating the
plague bacilli for purposes of scientific in
vestigation, has almost created a plague
panic in Vienna The remains were buried
to-day with remarkable precaution, the
body having been soaked in disinfectants
and placed in double metallic coffin care
fully soldered Barisch's two nurses have
developed alarming symptoms. They have
been isolated. His duties in the Nethnagle
establishment were to clean and feed the
rabbits, rats and guinea pigs that were the
subjects of experimental incubation. His
widow says that familiarity with danger
made him careless
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
CHICAGo's GOODBYE.
A ThrOng Cheers the President as He
Starts for IndianapOIis.

CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-President Mckinley
and the members of his party left for
Washington by way of indianapolis to-
night over the Pennsylvania Railroad. The
crowd that has followed him every time he
has appeared in public was with him to the
last, and it required the efforts of $50 po-
licemen to restrain the throng which packed
the depot to suffocation. Just as the train
pulled out the President appeared on the
car platform of the last car and bowed re-
peatedly as the crowd cheered him. The
President spent much of the day in rest and
receiving friends of the family. There were
more than the usual number of callers The
prolonged banquet at the Auditorium the
night previous was not permitted to disturb
the habit Of early rising which the Presi-
dent has so closely adhered to for years
AT O'Clock he breakfasted and then kept
open house fer Captain Mcwilliams's neigh
bors and friends until luncheon hour.
Mrs Mckinley has patronized the bazaar
given by the women OF the Holy Angels
Catholic Church, by sending. through Miss
Mitchell, young woman of the parish. n
donation for the movement. The ladies in
charge of the bazaar, wishing to show
their appreciation of the act this morning
sent delegation to Mrs Mckinley. pre
senting her with a beautiful Sevres vase.
The ladies We're presented to the President
and Mrs Mckinley by Mrs. Lafayette Nc
Williams, the President shaking hands with
each.
After luncheon President Mckinley pro-
oeeded to the First Regiment arnlorv
shortly after l o'clock. From the armory
/. ne went to the Auditorium to meet num-
Der Of friends. and while there was pre-
sented with memorial in favor of inter-
national arbitration by the Chicago COM
mittee on international arbitration and.
sitter listening to the reading OF the me-
moriaI he said:
y am. indeed, glad to meet this repre-
sentative delegation and give you the as
surance that the subject OF your memorial
shall enlist my early and earnest consider
ation' You are doubtless aware that have
informed the czar of Russia that the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
DEATH OF A HYPNoTIST.
He Tried His Power Cub Lion
and Was Scratched.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 2O--J Franklin
Brown. a hypnotist, is dead here from blood
poisoning contracted several months ago
when he attempted to put a cub lion under
the spell Of his power. The cub rebelled
and bit Browns hand. He was confined in
hospital for some time and had been dis
charged as cured but the other day a slight
scratch brought a recurrence of the trouble
which ended in his death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
BANK EMPLOYE ABSCONDS.
Wine, Women and a st. Louis Jilt
Cause His Downfall.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Oct. 2O.-It has devel-
oped that Charles G. Henning, an individual
bookkeeper at the Bank of Louisville, is a
defaulter in sum ranging between $500
and $4,000, and that he has fed from the
city. Hennings downfall is said to be due
to wine, women and a broken engagement
with a ST. Louis girl. The marriage was
prevented on account of difference in re-
ligion, Hennng being Protestant and she
a Catholic Henning was one of the bank 5
most trusted employees.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
PREPARATION DEMANDED.
China Must Pay for Killing n French
Missionary or SnfYer

PARIS, Oct. 2o-At the Cabinet meeting
to-day the minister of foreign affairs. NJ
Delcasse, read dispatch from the French
minister at Peking, M. Gerard, announcing
that French missionary and several Chi
nese Catholics had been massacred or
burned to death in chapel at Paklung by
riotous mob. M. Gerard Immediately de-
manded reparation from the Chinese gov
ernment, including pecunary compensation.
M. Delcasse instructed M. Gerard to inform
the Chinese Foreign Office that the French
government will take action if China does
not adopt measures absolutely guaranteeing
the lives of the missionaries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
Corean ministers resign.

SEOUL. Corea, Oct. 21.-A leading politi-
cal organization recently presented me-
mortal to the Cabinet requesting the forIna-.
ton of Parliament for Corea- The Cabi-
net in reply characterized the proposal as
premature and the reply has caused so
much dissatisfaction that all the ministers
have resigned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
Dreyfus Said to BE in Paris.

PARIS, Oct. 2O-An evening newspaper
announces that Captain Dreyfus is already
in Paris and is now confined in the fortress
at Mt. Volerien, to which he was secretly
brought.
LONDON. Oct. H.-Major Comte Ferdi-
nande Watsin Esterhazy, who had hitherto
not denied the London Observers assertion
that he had claimed to be the author of
the Dreyfus bordereau, will sue the OBJ
server for libel because of that statement
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
NEW COMET DISCOVERED.
Large, Round, Bright Wanderer
Found by DIR. w. IL. Brooke.

GENEVA, N. ". Oct. 2O-Dr. William r.
Brooke, director of Smith Observatory. dis
covered new comet tonight It's position
is right ascension fourteen hours thirty
three minutes, declination north sixty de-
grees. twenty-six minutes, motion south
easterly. The comet is large, round and
bright This is the twenty-iirst comet dis
covered by DR.. Brooke.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21

LONDON, Oct. 2O-The remains of Harold
Frederic, the newspaper correspondent and
author, will be cremated at Woking Gem
etery 1t has been learned that Mr. Fred
eric had been in the hands of Christian
scientists. and that doctor was only sum-
moned to attend him few days ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
views or MR. CouRTENAY.
Thinks the United states viii Hold
Cuba and the phfIipDines

LONDON. Oct. 2l-Rt Hon. Leonard
Henry Courtenay former deputy speaker Of
the House of Commons. and now Unionist
member Of Parliament for the Bodmin dl-
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President valen,ina. Q. ii. California

President Valentine, % the California
Bankers Association. 5enounces the mon
etafy system Of the United States In wig
oroug language He says IL las iezg been
a Teproaea. not 10 say scandal 20 both
the intelligence and business Honesty OK
the country. We see ali tia faults Of rae
system but ws Do not agree with his con-
cius.Gas. II is true ,ha, ras country has
& Heterogeneous mass of Old var time ae-
vices. adopted as temporary expedfen,s 10
meet extraordinary emergencies. AMI tha;
CUR system is az variance with every ac-
copied principle os monetary science ard
stability as well as with sound financial
pclicy: but SO far as cur own needs are
concerned it Is remarkable that uniform
lily of value should have been 50 un2ues-
;tonab bly, maintained Varied as the cur
rsrcy Is. not cne man in a thousand ever
looks a. anything On l. piece @. paper ex-
cept the 6saominstion Of the note.