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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

6S1 900. IL is more than that now. The
United States bonds matured in July, 1898.
No settlement has been made fcr this large
amount, but Congress, on July T. $685. au-
thorized the secretary of the treasury, the
secretary of the interior and the attorney
general to settle the claim upon certain con-
ditions, which may not be accepted.
AS it has turned out, it would not have
been wise to have passed the proposed fund
ing bill, but, with the conditions then pre-
vailing and with the alternative of fore
closure, with an additional payment of $780,
900, members were justified in voting for
it, and large number of the best men in
the House did vote for it. Because business
has revived wonderfully along the Pacific
railroads since the election of Mckinley, the
President obtained for the Union Pacific an
amount which, during the ten preceding
years, no one conversant with the matter
believed it possible to secure. But for the
change which came with Mckinley the gov
eminent would have lost half it's investment
which the Cleveland administration advised
but which a Republican House rejected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

The French papers which are making such
an cutlery against the severity of the terms
which our commissioners are debating to
Spain forget that the war indemnity feature
has entered largely into all modern peace
treaties. France herself, at the end of the
war with Germany, gave up Alsace-Lor-
raine and paid cash indemnity of $780,
100000. All that we have exacted from
Spain, including the Philippines, would not
amount to one-ffth as much as that. 1t
is probable that if the United States had
begun by demanding cash indemnity of
$2O0,0O0,OOO, which would have been reason
able Spain would have surrendered all her
colonies as an equivalent and thought she
was getting off easy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05
STATE PRESS oP1N1oN.

The Democrats are expansionists too;
they want to expand one dollar into two.
Lebanon Patriot.
A Democratic victory on Nov. would
give great satisfaction at Madrid and vi
enna~-Goshen Times.
Times are improving despite the ca
lamity bowler. Let's keep them improving.
washington Gazette.
The Democratic position is that soldiers
were mistreated by the government. There
fore vote for free silver. That is a logical
and sensible conclusion.-Danville Repub-
lican.
The Congress to be elected next Tuesday
will be a Mckinley Congress, unless vot-
ers think that political discord is better
than harmony in settling War.-Pr1nce-
ton Clarion.
William Mckinley has conducted the af-
fairs of the Nation on broad, patriotic prin-
ciples. AS an Endorsement of his policy he
deserves a Congress that will be in COM
plete. harmony with his plans.-Madison
Courier
No man who suffered during the four
years of depression under the Cleveland
administration can afford to assist in
bringing about another condition of that
kind by voting the Democratic ticket this
year.-ConnersvilleN News
A vote for the Republican ticket is an
Endorsement Of the President, and he rep
resents protection, reciprocity, sound mon
ey and expansion These are the ideas of
progress and advancement, of law, order
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Republican.
The country is now enjoying sixteen
times as much prosperity as it did before
the election of President Mckinley. Isn't
this to be preferred to the debasement of
the currency by the free coinage OF the
sixteen-to-one silver dollar ?-Steuben Re
publican.
The RenuhIican marty stands for every
measure looking to the best interest of the
country. You cannot afford, at this time
to swap horses" unless you wish to do
business on a deprecated currency basis.
That is sure to follow if the Democrats
control both branches of CongreSs.--Plain-
field Progress
The Democratic congressional campaign
committee does not hesitate to Islander and
humiliate every Democrat who served with
distinction throughout the war. It even re-
fleets on the probity of men like Gen. Joe
Wheeler and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. The COM
mittee Is sadly in need of q guardian
Portland Commercial.
The free-silver Democratic papers and
certain ward takers who are foolish
enough to say that times are not better
and work is no more plentiful than it was
before the free-silver fallacy was hit on
the head at the last presidential election
are either lacking in judgment or they be-
lieve their hearers are chumps.-Michigan
City News.
No matter what your politics. If you
want the present prosperous condition of
affairs to continue; if you want labor en-
ployed at living wages; if you want farm
products to bring fair prices; If you want
all values measured by the standard of
honest money; IL YOU want your country TO
r-oainfain its present proud position before
the world, vote the Republican ticlSet.-New
Castle Courier.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05
AT FORT THOMAS.
Testimony of Officers OF the Sixth
United States Infantry.

Testimony of officers of the Sixth
United States Infantry.
CINCINNATI, Nov 4.-The subcommittee
of the war investigating commission re-
sumed its work to-day, with General Dodge,
General Sexton and DR.. Common present
The first witness was General Menege, con-
tract surgeon, serving with the Sixth In
fantry He testified as to the absence of
hospital tents for the regiment in Cuba.
He treated his sick in the regiment in pref
erence to sending them back to the division
hospital because of the difficulty in trans
portation. The nearest hospital was per-
haps a mile and a half away. The medical
supplies were reasonably sufficient. The APP
pliances and supplies at the hospital the
witness did not know about. His chief
trouble was in getting an ambulance. This
he got after delay of two days. He made
no acquisitions for drugs but once. DR.. Nc
Graw did most of that work. The regiment
left there about the 9th Of August At chat
time there were about thirty or forty men
in acute condition. Perhaps one-eighth of
the command was reported regularly for
treatment. There had been no yellow fever
UP to that time. The condition of the trans
port was as good as could be expected.
Men had fair quarters, and there was an
abundance Of supplies. There was enough
ice There was condensed milk and = linz
tied amount of matted milk. THEW pur-
chased with the hospital fund beef extract
from the steward Of the vessel. There WAS
some available in Santiago. The regiment
lost no men on the voyage. The vessel was
held five days in quarantine at Montauk
Point in a detention camp. The condit n
of the camp was good, except there We're
no beds DIR. McGraw was in charge of the
men In camp. while the witness remained
aboard the vessel to take care of supplies.
The witness explained the movements Of the
Sixth from the detention camp to he reg
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iterated, yesterday, that its reports regard
ing the dnllness in the factories are true,
and that the Journals reports sustain
those which 1T calls its own, meaning those
collected under the direction of Gruelle by
three men to promote the calamity cam
paign of Leon Bailey. The Sentinel ignores
the fact that the three men collecting these
reports have repudiated them as garbled. A
week hence the Sentinel will wonder how
it could have been so persistent in its war
fare on the industries Of indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

We have been blessed with good crops
that, of course, comes from the country and
rural districts. Mechanics and skilled labor
have had steady employment.
The foregoing is taken from the address
of Mayor Taggart on Labor day, as re-
ported by the Sentinel. 1t is quoted in the
Sentinel as verbatim extract of the adj
dress. The speech was made just two
months ago to-day. There has been no
change for the worse since that date. Sept.
5. On the contrary. there has been steady
Improvement. Nevertheless. the Sentinel re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

The Taggart-Johnson clique paid out So
27722 last week for alleged labor on the
streets and Taggart park to promote the
election of E. M. Johnson. If this sort Of
thing should last the year round 1914 400
would be the cost of trying to elect a mem
Der of the office-holding firm. The firemen.
the protectors of the peoples homes, stores
and factories are locked in wages that the
money may be spent in hiring men to vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

The law regulating the Ioaning OF the
school fund says: 1.-The sum loaned shall
not exceed one-kalf Of the appraised value
of the premises proposed to be mortgaged,
Gear OF all perishable improvements" 1t
also says: "such loans shall be made by
the county auditor. who shall inform him
self Of the value of the real estate offered
IN the mortgage" Deputy Auditor John
son seems to have ignored both of these
PROVISIONS in the L.anders loan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

The man whose father enlisted in an In
diana regiment after he was beyond the
military age and served as an enlisted man
IS likely to be a better friend to all ex-sol-
diers than one who would have pensioners
paid over the counter of the agency so that
some of them could be robbed by sharpers
n dives
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05
JUMPEp a s.. zoo BOND.
Kentucky Charge Against Private
Gibson, of the 15Sth.

Kentucky Charge Against Private
Gibson, of the 15Sth.
When SilasyG. Gibson. member of Com
pany f, from Franklin observation-disclosures
fifty-eighth Regiment was mustered out Of
the service and paid of yesterday morning.
Detectives Wilson and Splan told him he
was under arrest. Gibson refused to so with
the detectives until Adjutant Powell told
him they were really 'arms of the law"
Gibson was slated at the police station as
a fugitive. Last night a deputy sheriff from
Mercer county. Kentucky. took Gibson to
Harrisburg to answer a charge of selling
liquor by the quart without a license. Gibson
was indicted on this charge, the deputy
sheriff said, and jumped his bond of 81 300.
The officers of the law have been trailing
him since last spring, because Gibsons
bondsman doesn't want TO lose the 1900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

The testimony of General Lawton, one of
the best known men of the late war, is
to the effect that in the Santiago campaign
there were no hardships or suffering except
such as were incident to and inseparable
from the prosecution of a foreign war.
good soldier.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

The evening Taggart organ urges Repub-
iicans to vote for Mr.. E. NJ Johnson for
auditor because he is such nice man. The
worst thing about poor dog Tray was the
bad company he kept. Mr.. johnson fur
nished the brains and did the bookkeeping
for Auditor Taggart.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

President Mckinley has commissioned as
officers in the Ninth United States volun-
teer Regiment of immunes a whole bunch
OF colored soldiers who were conspicuous
for gallantry in the colored regular regi-
1nents at Santiago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

The Sentinel says that leading BANKERS
throughout the country are opposed 20 the
monetary commission or Overstreet bill.
Mr. Van vorhis declares that the bill is
the corrupt scheme of H. H. Hanna and the
bankers. The copartners in the cause of 1e
to 1 should make their stories agree. AS it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

secured the passage of were introduced by
him and enacted the year after Bailey left
the Senate. This is sad; but, then, the
name OF Leon Bailey will thunder down the
ages as the author Of "a bill for an act to
make ground hog day legal holiday"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

Fifteen hundred men in brilliant cos
tunes parade the streets and terrify the
negroes. Such is the headline of a dis
patch to the Chicago Record dated in Will
mington, N. C. Yet it is said that negroes
in Indiana will vote for the same Demo
cratic party on the same platform.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

For fear the friends of good government
have not fully realized the peril limited at
in the following communication the Journal
reprints it:
Indianapolis Oct 90 1893.
Mr.. r. NJ. johnson, City Controller, City:
Dear Sir-I am informed that man by
the name of Davis, who is working on one
of the. parks and who is a Democrat will
support the state ticket, but will not vote
the Democratic county ticket, with the eX-
ception of Mcguire. Please look after him.
Very truly yours,
j. E. BELL, Chairman.
This shows extraordinary vigilance and
fidelity on the part of the Democratic senti-
nels who are guarding the watch towers
of liberty. A man who would accept en-
ployment as raker of leaves under Dem
ocratic city government with the base in
tention of scratching any candidate on the
county ticket is fit for treason and STRAIT
agem. but not for spoils. AS well expect
tine employment of street sweeper who IA
vored national expansion OF course, Con-
troller Johnson made quick work of Davis
and transferred his rake to the hands of
man who will scratch the ground but not
the Democratic ticket
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

All the money which has been paid for
pretended work on park lands thus far has
been thrown away The so-called work will
all have to be done over again, and the
men are simply killing time till election day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

Mr.. Johnson is the last man to complain
of persecution and to SWIVEL to Republicans
about unfair treatment. He and his party
organ began the fight upon Harry B. Smith
when he was confined to his bed with
typhoid fever contracted in the army.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05
At CAMP MEADE.
Members of the Commission Complete
Their investigation.

CAMP MEADE, Middletown, Pa, Nov. 4.
Chief Commssary Allison and other Of
hcers at corps headquarters went to Harris
burg to-day to appear before the committee
OF the war investigating board. The COM
mittee heard testimony at the Lochiel Ho-
tel relating to Camp Alger and other caInps
established at the breaking out Of the war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

During the few days which end with the
closing of the polls Tuesday, do not stop to
listen to the lies of the enemy, but steadily
push the lighting to sustain the President.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

This is one Of the elections in which citi-
zens vote for or against their own inter
Clsts. Can any candid and intelligent man
conceive it to be for his interest to vote tc
put the United States on a silver basis?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

In a meeting on the South Side Thursday
night a gold Democrat who was a member
OF the Legislature in 1889 showed from the
record that some Of the labor bills which
Leon Bailey claimed 10 have introduced and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

If the men in Indiana who are better sat
isfied with existing conditions than those of
1894 and 1896 will vote the sound-money
ticket, the 16-to-1 heresy in Indiana will be
buried forever.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

Colonel Warning. who died of yellow fever
a few days ago as the result of visit to
Havana had prepared an estimate of s22.-
100000 as the cost of cleaning the city and
harbor and draining the city so as to keep
It clean. AS the United States is not going
10 annex Cuba nor assume sovereignty over
the island it is under no obligation to per-
form so expensive work for the Cubans
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

If the precinct organizers do what they
promise. Indiana will go Republican next
Tuesday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

So long as Mr.. johnson as city controller
dismisses Iaborers because they have said
that they would vote the Republican ticket,
he cannot consistently beseech Republicans
to vote for him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

No anti-expansionist has yet suggested
any way by which we can get out of the
Philippines honorably or take one OF more
Of the islands safely without taking all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

No man in the present Congress has had
more cases called up for pensioners than
has Jesse overstreet. and no man has given
more personal attention to such cases.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05
The Cornfed Philosopher.

"Anent the contrariety of woman" said
the Cornfed Philosopher, "she never has so
much elf-possession as when she knows she
belongs to some one else
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

Spains reply to the proposal OF the
American commissioners with regard to the
Philippines is practically: 1--WE won't ac-
cept your proposition. But don't go home.
for we might relent when it becomes too
late
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

The veterans in the Marion Soldiers Home
are not disfrsnchised because the Green
Smith coterie could not bulldoze the su-
preme Court
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

1t is disagreeable breeze that bears not
salubrity for some one. The prospect of a
war between the European powers is i'm
proving the American coal trade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

There was general grief in the Demo-
cratic ranks when it was discovered that
the Panama was safe. Another good SIS
sue' had been ruined
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

That was a fine piece of sarcasm used by
the French newspaper which said that the
name of England is mot exactly venerated
in Ireland
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

Mrs. Squareface, do believe has enough
ability to get her seat in Congress, if
women were eligible
MAY be. But know she has a hard time
getting a seat in a street car
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05
In Hook

Hogan-Frwat do this in the paper about
"hock der Kaiser mean?
Grogan-It is dillikit way av sayin'
soak i'm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

Although sectional lines were wiped out
by the recent war; it still takes a hero to
be Republican in some parts of the South.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05

The earnest Republican will see that his
Republican neighbors go to the polls next
Tuesday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05
accommodations.

The Peoples Agency Company, Of Evans
vile has decreased it's capital stock from
S25, 900 to 5000 The Crowell Apparatus
Company. of indianapolis. was authorized
to issue preferred stock TO the amount OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-05
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
QunIfned.

She-No. I won't kiss you; you are no
great hero.
He-No; but am great hsser.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-17

insurgent general Betancourt was in
the vicinity with an army of 5000 men.
Later, when Mr. Amos j. Cummings
and myself had been outside of the SO
represented dead line and had seen a
sample of the devastated country about,
this same la5orante had reduced his fig
ures of Betancourt' command to 2, 600.
Mr.. Cummings then wanted the labo-
rante to tell how this army got its food.
"Oh." said the Cuban, nothing daunt-
ed, "they have got sweet potatoes and
one thing aud another out there, Mr..
Cummings looked doubtingly. The next
time the laborante was called upon for
figures of General Betancourt's COM
mand he reduced it to ], 600. That same
evening ! called upon a Scotchman
whom / had known long time in
Matanzas, and, speaking of this same
Betancourt and his command, the
Scotchman informed ne that one of
Betancourt's officers had surrendered
few nights before and had left watch
with him for repairs. According to this
officer, Betancourt's force did not num-
Der 100 men.
While / was recently in Pinar del
Rio province / obtained an interview
with an insurgent captain, a mulatto,
who informed me that nearly all the
whites belonging to the insurgent forces
in that province had either died or sur
rendered. He admitted that Weyler's
RECOMMENDATION had been the cause of
their failure to succeed, they having
been reduced to such straits that before
the arrival Of General Blanco they had
been obliged to kill their own horses for
food. Further investigation brought out
the fact that the rainy season, combin-
ed, perhaps, with improper food, had
been as deadly to the white Cuban as to
the Spanish soldier. In this particular
province l found the Cubans at work
again in the fields, the government hav-
ing supplied them with arms and am
munitiOI with which to defend them
selves against the remaining negro ban
ditti.
One evening while seated in front of
my hotel in Havana l was accosted by
young man who was "broken and
was DESTROYS of obtaining money to pay
for nights lodging. In answer to my
questions he said that he was al Ameri-
can from the state of Texas and could
find nothing to do.
why don'tyou 60 and join tee relxl
army" asked
That's just what have been trying
to do, said he with an earnestness that
bespoke the truth. Il have travelled
from here to Matanzas, and from Ma
tanzas to Cienfuegos, and have travel
ed miles in the country, only to find
Spanish soldiers and be turned back.
I'll be hanged if can find that army,
and don't believe the soldiers car find
it either.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-17
The Costly "Stratcey Of Delay.s

The wax is On in deadly earnest and
time is everything. Safety is in rapid
work. Delay mems loss--lerhaps de-
feat. But with swift action victory is
certain. The duty, therefore, is plain.
A leisurely way of doing things will
not suffice. The strategy that makes de-
lay will serve no better than it did with
Mcclellan 81 years ago. The demand
for action increases every minute, and
it is not satisfied by the capture of mer-
chantmeR con to Havanar' must be
the cry of both navy and army, and it
must echo and re-echo until the stars
and stripes fly over MORO Castle. Bal.
timore American.