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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-30
JAPAN PROGRESSING.
Initiating Some of the Western COun-
tries in Financial Scandals.

vices just received state that scandals have
developed concerning the financial manage
ment of two japanese railway enterprises.
Directors of the Nishi Mari Railway Com
pany have discovered deficiency of 2750OO
yen in the company's assets ard have de-
manded an explanation. President Manako
has made an unsatisfactory statement to
the effect that the missing money has been
used for promotion expenses" The Nip
pom, a newspaper of Toxic, makes serious
charges against the administration of the
Forn.osa Railway Company's finances, the
management of which is pronounced scan
dalous. This company was organized sew
eral years ago with 100000 yen capital to
build a railway from the south to the north
end of Formosa. Actual work has never
been commenced and the money paid In for
stock has apparentlY been squandered.
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WASHINGTON. Sept 29.-The Marine
Hospital Service to-day prepared a sum-
mary Of all yellow fever deaths and cases
up TO date in this country SO far as report
ed to the authorities here. 1t is as follows
Louisiana-Baton Rouge. Sept. 25 one
deaths; Harvey's Canal to Sept "a: s cases;
Houma, to Sept. %, ] case; Houma, on Sept.
~ death; Jefferson parish, Sept. 20. )
deaths; Wilson, Sept. 20, IL cases.
Misslssippi-Edwards vicinity Sept. q. l
case; jackson, to Sept. q, cases, deaths;
Ofwood, TO Sept, n. 81 cases, deaths; OK
ford, Sept. q, 13 cases. 4 deaths: Taylors,
to Sept. q, 50 cases. deaths; Waterford.
Sept g. l case Water Valley, Sept. q, l
case.
The percentage of mortality. compared
with the number of cases. is said to be low.
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POACHING In BERING SEA.
Seals Illegally Killed and Their Skins
Sent to London.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 29-An au-
thentic report regarding the pelagic seal
ing feet has just been received in this city.
Among the poachers that have made the
largest catches were the following: Enter
prise. $50 skins; Minnie, 400; San Diego, 673;
Theresa 800 and Otoo, 727. These skins are
being shipped to England. where they are
disposed of at reduced rates. In conse-
quence of the persistent work of the poach-
ers who are fast exterminating the seals.
the North American Commercial Company S
catch this season is only 1900 skins, as
against 100000 annually for twenty years up
to within the last eight years. when pelagic
sealing commenced. The same inroads have
been made in the seal herd on the Japanese
side of the ocean. where the rookeries on
Commander islands, leased to the Russian
Sealskin Company. are located. This COM
pany has taken this year 1900 seals as
against an average of $4,000 seals annually
for twenty consecutive years up TO the time
of the beginning of pelagic sealing.
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NOT A GOOD SAMARITAN.
Pay Demanded for Care of Soldiers at
Lebanon Hospital.

Pay Demanded for Care of Soldiers at
Lebanon Hospital.
CAMP MEADE, Middletown, Pa, Sept.
29.-The action of the trustees of the Good
Samaritan Hospital. Lebanon. has resulted
in the decision of Chief Medical Officer
Girard to send no more patients to city hos
pitfalls while Camp Meade is in existence un-
less an epidemic should make such condi-
tion necessary. This hospital took forty
sick soldiers away from Camp Meade and
then demanded pay from Governors Pingree
and Bushnell. Colonel Girard says the
health of the Second Army Corps his i'm
proved to such an extent that the field hos
pitals at the camp can take care of all the
patients coming to them
Col j. A. Corby, of st. Joseph, Mo-, took
formal command of the Second Brigade, Sec
ond Division, to-day Lieutenant Colonel
souri, at the same time.
. Private Archie Tomlin, Company A, Fourth
Missouri, died to-day at the Good Samaritan
Hospital, Lebanon
General Graham does not favor the erecS
ton of temporary barracks at Camp Meade.
He thinks such barracks would be more I'M
healthy than the tents. 1t would require at
least two months to erect permanent bar
racks. Colonel Howard chief quartermas-
ter, thinks the present quarters of the men
at Camp Meade can be made comfortable
during the month of October.
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PANA'S STREET RIOT.
Negroes in Hiding Yesterday and No
Further Trouble.

PANA, ILL.,, Sept. 29.-Intense excitement
prevailed here to-day, as a result of last
nights street riot between the imported
negro miners and the union miners. The
principal streets were filled with miners
and citizens armed to the teeth. The negro
arrested last night. who attempted TO take
Policeman Smiths life by an attack with
a knife. and whose arrest started the riot.
failed to appear in court to-day for trial.
Mine Operator George " Penwel, VINO
gave bail for the negro, also failed to APP
pear. Warrants were issued to-day for all
the negroes concerned in the riot How
many negroes were wounded cannot be
learned No one is permitted to enter the
negro stockades and the operators refuse
to give out any information. H. f. Bishop
a bystander is the only white citizen
wounded. The negroes have not appeared
on the streets to-day and it is thought the
operators will keep them within the stock
AIDES until the excitement subsidies
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MIR. FouIke's Views.


Mr. William Dudley Fouke. of Indiana
the eminent civii-service reformer, Is mid
oIe-aged gentleman, stout and rather short
fair as to complexion, very polished and
genial, and full of good humor. He takes a
deep interest in all current political topics
and he believes in civil-service reform on
principle. For himself he has no ambition
to hold Office.
II think" said he, that the Republicans
Will win nearly everywhere in November.
At least that is the way ii seems to me.
The President is we'll thought of by all
classes, and 1t must be admitted that he has
gwen the country a good administration
As to changes in the civil-service law,
suppose that he will make some changes,
but not Of a radical nature. Probably few
places now included in the classified service
will be taken out and others put in. In the
main. however / am satisfied that the law
Will be left pretty much II now stands.
The complaints that have arisen regard-
ing certain failures and blunders in the
treatment of our soldiers are pretty good
object lesson as TO the value of the merit
system. If only those people who were COM
petent by virture of experience and talent
had been appointed in all the departments
of the army. but little of this clamor would
have arisen. The inefficiency so greatly.
complained of would have been impossible
had appointments been made on basis Of
fltnaSS.n
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REWARD FOR ARMY HEROES.
Hawkins and Kent Promoted Through
Gen. Graham's Retirement.

WASHINGTON, Sept 29.-Maj. Gen.
Hamilton S. Hawkins. United States Vol
unteers. who commanded the division
which captured San Juan hill in the second
days fight at Santiago. has been appointed
a. brigadier general in the regular army
to fill the vacancy caused by the retire
ment of Gen. William NJ. Graham. Immedi-
ately after receiving his commission he will
be placed on the retired list on his own ap-
plication under the thirty years service
clause. and this will enable the President
70 similarly advance Maj. Gen. j. +. Kent,
United States Volunteers colonel Twenty
fourth Infantry, to the grade of brigadier
general in the regular army. General Kent
commanded the wing of General Skaters
army at Caney, for which service he was
promoted to his present rank of major gem
eral of volunteers. Generals Hawkins and
Kent are veterans of the civil war and
were both brevetted several times for gall
liant and meritoriouS services during that
conflict. General Hawkins was born in
South Carolina, but was appointed to the
army from New York. General Kent is a
native CT Pennsylvania and was appointed
to the army from that State. Both officers
arr u aduatcs of West Point.
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Indiana Notes.

Marvin Markle. of Terre Haute, has been
appointed physical director of the Y. NJ. c.
A. at South Bend.
The Sullivan county coroner in the caves
murder case has returned verdict of muir
der, the killing being unjustifiable and pre-
meditated.
The fiftieth anniversary of the I. o. o. F.
lodge at Ladoga was observed Wednesday.
Several hundred /. O. o. F. members were
present from all parts of the county
The second day of the Bluffton street fair
drew the largest crowd that city has ever
lad. 1t is estimated that fifteen thousand
people were in town. The fair will close to-
day.
James Wolf a freight brakeman on the
Glover Leaf Railway. was killed Wednesday
at Linden, while attempting TO jump on a
M~ron freight train He leaves wife and
child.
The Union Traction Company Is stringing
a telephone line along its right of way be-
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind. Sept. 29.-There was a
head-on collision on the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern Railway this afternoon be-
tween the second section of west-bound
freight train No. 81 and the second section
of east-bound freight train No. 49, in which
Harvey Byran and John Lee. of Sparksville.
this county, were probably fatally hurt.
Several tramps, whose names are unknown,
was caused by a mistake of the operator in
giving the wrong orders. Twenty cars are
badly wrecked. The wreck occurred near
Dillshoro, and the injured men were taken
tonight to carry the fair visitors to their
homes.
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SPRINGFIELD, H., Sept. Ex-Governor
Tanner was called up by telephone this
afternoon by Sheriff Coiburn. of Pana. in
regard to the striking miners. and had a
lengthy conversation with him. Sheriff Col
burn said that he had no further control of
the miners and feared that there would be
an outbreak within a short time, and that
loss of life and bloodshed were sure to fol-
low; that he had exhausted all his re-
sources, and asked that state troops be sent
there Governor Tanner promised the sher-
III that he would order troops to Pana at
once to aid in the protection of life and
Captain Craigg. of Battery B. of Gales
Durg, was ordered to go with his men to
Pana at once, and Col. John B. Hamilton.
OF Elgin, was also ordered to report with
two of the best-equiDped companies of his
Sons of Veterans for riot duty Colonel
Hamilton will designate the companies.
Governor Tanner ordered Captain Craigg
to camp within the city limits and to pro-
tect the life and property of the citizens
but under no circumstances should they aid
the operators or mine owners in the oper-
ating of the mines with foreign labor. to
which the Governor is very much opposed
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE,I Ind. Sept. 29.-Mrs.
Charles Forgey and Mrs William Forgey,
of this city, wife and mother Of Charles
Forgey, of Terre Haute, who is reported
to have killed himself at the latter place, do
not credit the story. A description of the
chief of police of Terre Haute and il does
not answer the description of Charles For
gey. Forgey's hair and mustache were
long and black, while the dead mans were
short and gray. Forgsy is thirty-five years
old and the dead man said to be forty-five.
Forgey is not as tall as the suicide is re-
ported, and there is not the slightest doubt
in the minds of the relatives here that For
gey is alive. On Sunday he was in Louis
vile, coming down on the Big Four ex-
cursion, so several people claim who know
him. His wife, from whom he is separated,
lives here. AS Forgey born and spent
almost his entire life in Terre Haute hun
dreGs of persons would have recognized
him had he been the suicide.
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CROKER ON TOP.
Concluded from FIRST Page.

Concluded from First Page1
the Eastern Democracy and carries dismay
into the ranks of the Bryanites. If the free
silver element had not made a terrific eff
fort to secure recognition at the hands of
conventions, things would not have been so
bad for them They could pretend, with
some FEASIBILITY, that they were merely
resting this year in order to secure an adj
vantage which they might not gain if they
undertook to force the issue of free silver
But, having made the fight and met with
ignominious failure in every case, they cam
not escape the responsibility. They have
emphasized the fact that the Eastern DEM
ocrats view with decided disfavor the finan-
cial plank of the Chicago platform, and
that the effort to crowd it down their
threats is resented.
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FLEEING FROM FIRE
LIVES OF COLORADO RANCHERS
PERILED BY BURNING FORESTS.
Great Destruction of Timber i'm the
MOuntains-TOwns Burned and
Loss of Life in Northwest.

IDAHO SPRINGS, Col, Sept 29-Forest
fires, burning on the west side of the di-
vide, are beyond control, and people are
said to be fleeing for their lives. How
many, if any, have persisted, cannot be
known, as there is no way of getting direct
information at this time A light breeze
gives the mighty sea of fire a new impetus,
and onward it goes burning everything be-
fore it, with no chance of saving live stock
or property. Cattle are known to be per-
ishing, and bear, and deer, and other wild
animals are running to the east side of the
divide The damage will be heavy. The tim
Der losses amount to more than money
consideration. These forests cover the head
waters of mountain streams, where the
SHOWS are retained for many months From
such source the streams have been kept
carrying volume of water sufficient to
irrigate most of the lands of the State west
of the divide. With the disappearance of
the timber the flow of the streams will be
lessened.
There seems to be a settled opinion
among the ranchers that the forest fires
were started by Ute Indians with malicious
intent. They say the forcible election of the
Indians and their return to the reservation
more than a year ago, because of their
slaughter of game made them bitter
against the whites. They are now playing
even," the settlers think. and at the same
time driving some of the game into Utah,
where they can hunt without being mo-
Tested by game wardens.
Henry Grom one of the ranchers living
at Toponas, Egeria Park arrived here to-
day from the burning country. He said:
THE Gore range is on fire for more than
one hundred miles, the fires having been
burning there for some time. and for the
past few weeks have been getting worse.
Fires are also seen in Grand county, near
Keiming The ranchers are fighting the
flames and when l left were experiencing
great loss in all kinds of property"
The fires which are reported cover most
of the northwestern part of the State and
extend through the counties of Routt Rio
Blanco. Grand. Larimer, Garfield. Eagle.
Pitkin and Summit. They are doing great
damage to every interest of that section.
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Enormous Damned none.

CHIPPEWA FALLS. Wis, Sept 90
Forest fires are doing enormous damage
along the 500 and Wisconsin Central Rail-
ways. Nearly every section of pine woods
in northern Wisconsin is ablaze. Barron. a
small town on the 500 line, is entirely sur
rounded by fire end farmers, with their
families, are coming into the town with
whatever household goods could be saved.
Glenwood a town of two thousand, on the
Wisconsin Central, between Chippewa Falls
and ST. Paul, was saved after twelve hours
heroic work by the citizens. Telegraph and
telephone wires are down and many rail-
road bridges have been destroyed.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Sept. %. = Charles
Leffert, Longansport boy who was with
Roosevelt at Santiago, is lying in dan
gerous condition at his home. in this city,
suffering from gangrene. The use of an I'M
clean hypodermic syringe while he was suf-
fering from fever in a division hospital re-
suited in causing blood poisoning which is
showing in frightful sores on his legs. Not
withstanding gangrene has set in, the ply
sic;ans hope to be able to save his legs, al
tinn o al rSe ~ mas ta
in Albuquerque N. NJ, May q and on June
II sailed for Cuba with Roosevelts Rough
Riders Before the big battle Leffert was
seized with an attack of malarial fever and
was placed in the division hospital
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command while in this country, while en-
route, and while you were in command at
Manila. and whether or not such supplies
were promptly and sufficiently issued 10 the
troops. Also, as to the proper or improper
preparation of the transports for the trans
portation of your troops to your station.
We would also be pleased to be informed as
to the ration issued TO the troops"
The letter to Generals Marian and Otis
are copies of the letter to General Merritt,
except that Merriam is asked to supply in
formation concerning the expedition to
Hawaii.
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KILLED AND BURNED.
Farmer Alleged to Have been MUIR
dered by His Wife and Nephew.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Sept. 29--Word has
just been received here OF an atrocious
murder recently committed on Porter's
creek, near FL Campo, Tex The murdered
man was Otto Harness. an old German
farmer. who. it is asserted, was murdered
by his wife and Julius Harness. his nephew
The information comes that julius became
infatuated with Mrs. Harness. and they de-
clded TO put the old farmer out of the way
II Is said Julius hit him on the head with
an ak one night when he was sleeping and
assisted by Mrs. Harness. dragged the body
to a cornfieid. piled brush over it and start
ed a fire. The story further says that
Julius and Mrs. Harness returned the next
morning TO find the fire had gone out and
Harness was alive but Unconscious, and that
they then Piled cornstalks over him and
burned him 10 crisp, after which they
arrested
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geant j. A. Gallagher. of Company M, Third
Nebraska Regiment, was tried to-day by
court-martial on the charge of circulating
slanderous reports concerning Camp Cuba
Lbre. 1t is claimed that Gallagher wrote
to his father that at the time of the CORPS
parade, held Aug 81, seven men had died
as the direct result of the parade and one
hundred had been physically ruined for life
The letter was sent by Gallagher's father
to the secretary of war, the latter sending
II here and Gallagher's arrest and trial fol-
lowed The result has not been made known
Private James Shahan, of the Sixth Mis-
souri, Regiment. for sleeping on his post,
was sentenced TO six months Imprisonment
at ST. Augustine
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Douglas Morris for Judge.


RUSHVILI.E, Ind, Sept. 29.-The Demo-
cratic judicial convention at Milroy this aft
ernoon nominated Douglas Morris. of Rush
vile. for judge, but did not put UP a candi-
date for prosecutor. Decatur presented
but one candidate for judge, Dawson Will
son. the Ewing boom having been exploded
in the morning caucus. Rush presented two
candidates, John =. Mcgee and Douglas
Morris. The latter got twenty-one of Rushs
tWenty-Six votes the first ballot and five
went for Mcgee. Decatur gave twenty-four
to Wilson and one to Morris and thus voted
during the whole balloting. Morris gained
in Rush county until on the tenth ballot he
was nominated. There was fight on Law
yer Wilson's Democracy, it being a well
known fact that he was a sound money
man in 1896. The orthodox 16-to-1 men were
in the saddle and carried their point Sew
eral names were suggested for prosecuting
attorney but all declined. Finally the selec-
ton of candidate was referred to the
chairman of the central committees of the
two counties.
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MEDALS FOR SCHLEY'S MEN.
Brooklyn HOnors the Crew of the
Fighting Cruiser.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29-Citizens of Brook
lyn to-day testified their appreciation of the
cruiser Brooklyn's service during the war
when the men and officers of the war ship
gathered in the Thirty-third Regiments
armory. There were speeches by ex-Mayor
Scherren, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford and
St. Clair McKelway, singing by school chill
dren and medal of honor was pinned on
the breast of each of the Brooklyn's Off
GERS and men. Mrs. Schiey received a box,
a medal to be delivered to Commodore
Schley. Captain Cook received gold
hlted sword
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state Political Notes.

Joe Bailey, the Democratic leader in Con-
gress, addressed a small-sized crowd at Sui
ivan yesterday.
county was opened last night by Judge Gar
diner at Carlisle.
Judge Taylor. of Fort Wayne, addressed
the people of Knighstown at the Aihambra
Theater Wednesday night on the political
issues of the day from Republican stand
point
Hon. w. r. Gardiner, Republican candi-
date for Congress from the Second district,
addressed an enthusiastic audience at
Bloomfield Wednesday night. Hon. Job
Freeman. candidate for Joint senator. and
w. A. Hays. candidate for representative,
also spoke.
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Suffering from MalariaI Fever in His
Quarters at Camp WikOff.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-General Shafter
is still indisposed at Camp Wikoff to-day,
and did not leave his headquarters at the
clubhouse. He has malarial fever and has
had several chills, but no serious results
are looked for. He is able to give orders,
and they are executed by Colonel McClel-
land, the adjutant. General Shafter ex-
poets to resume active work in a day or
two.
The Twenty-fifth Infantry, 700 men, in
command of Major Hotan. departed to-day
by rail to Long Island City. They are go
ing to forts in Colorado, Arizona and New
Mexico, to relieve the Fifteenth Infantry,
which is to do garrison duty in Cuba.
Forty sick men were transferred from
Camp Wikolf in a hospital train to-day, and
will be distributed among New York insti-
tutions. There were $50 patients in the
general hospital to-day. There are still three
men in the detention hospital. There was
Rose. of Company M, Second Infantry, ex-
piring from typhoid fever. The Second,
Sixth and Tenth Cavalry are awaiting trans
portation. The Seventh Infantry will re-
main here as long as the hospital is in ex-
istence, and the engineer and signal corps
men will remain with them.
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Branch of Gas-Belt Railroad.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Sept. 29.-First steps
were taken to-day by c. w. McIntosch E.
L. Sloan, G. T. Sharp. v. S. Mickey and
William Rowlett, business men of CASTOR,
to secure the construction of an extension
of the Gas Belt Electric Railway to Hart
ford City via CASTOR and Gilman. The men
named were here to-day comforting with
Congressman C. T. Henry, the constructor
and manager of the Marion-Anderson and
and the farmers along the way will vote
subsidies. There is little doubt that the road
will be built. 1t will branch off the Ander-
son-Marion line at Alexandria, The distance
is about twenty-five miles.