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waIther League Convention.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, July 17.-One of the
most noted gatherings Fort Wayne has ever
been honored with will convene here this
week, it being the international convention
of the Walther League of the United States
and Canada. This league is composed of So
cieties of Lutheran young people. and its
members are in every State in the Union
as well as the Canadas. Accommodations
have been arranged for one thousand dele
gates. The convention opened this evening
with religious services at ST. Pauls Church,
and the opening address was delivered by
Rev. c. Gross, of Emanuel Church. To-
morrow will be taken up with business
meetings and the evening with social gath
erings. Part of Tuesday will be also devoted
to business and Tuesday evening the grand
musical event, for which two hundred Fort
Wayne singers and musicians have been re-
hearsing for months. will take place, it be-
ing the rendering of "Das Lied Won der
Glecke," as arranged by A Romberg. The
convention will close Wednesday with
grand musical picnic at Robinson Park.
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DEWEY AS A GREAT COMMANDER.
His Battle Compared with Other Fa-
nous Naval engagements.
Leslie's Weekly.

Leslie's Weekly.
The battle of the Nile, very properly. has
engagements of the world for it resulted
directly in the abandonment of Egypt by the
French In no less degree. was the fight
prived Spain of a territory greater than
Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Portugal and
Switzerland combined, and was nearly equal
In the battle at Aboukir bay Nelson had
thirteen ships Of the line, with an aggre-
men and 93S guns. with 1900 pounds of shot
weight to a broadside. Brueys also had
thirteen ships of the line, besides few
guns capable of throwing $4,000 pounds Of
shot-weight to the broadside. At Manila
Dewey had six fighting ships of 1908 tons,
the main batteries, while Montejo. the
Spanish commander, had eleven ships of
two guns. From these figures 1t will be
seen that in point of tonnage the opposing
American and Spanish forces were about
the same as the French and English fleets
at Aboukr bay, the former being 1908
against 141 as compared to the 20,660 and
2.343 of the English and French.
In the great fleet action between the Eng
lsh under Lord Howe and the French COM
manded by Admiral Villaret May % to
engaged at Aboukir. This action being
fought in the open sea deprives us of a close
comparison with Deweys exploit at Manila.
but none the less it reflects most creditably
on the American commander. Even with
their twenty-six ships of the line--both
English and French having that number
1900 and 10000 compliments and 5000. to
% 600 pounds of shot-weight 10 the broad
side. neither the French nor the English
admirals handled the destructive forces
Dewey or Montejo had with their six and
eleven ships and their 1854 and 1874 men.
AS has been shown, the 1894 Americans at
Manila handled a power for destruction
that the 1900 men under Lord Howe never
dreamed of. The Olympia alone would have
proved formidable antagonist to the great
err part of the French fleet. In this battle
extending over three days, the British had
200 killed and S5S wounded, while the French
had about 1900 killed and 4000 wounded. or
about two-thirds of their entire number
Only six of the French vessels were cap
tured
Nearly the same figures pertain to the
great battle of Trafalgar, fought in 1905.
There the English had twenty-seVen ships
of the line as opposed to the thirtv-three
of the French and Spaniards, or 2l4s guns
against the 1925 of the allies Here the
English loss was 449 killed and 1.241
wounded, and they captued or DESTROYED
nineteen of the enemy's ships of the line
And so the comparison could be carried out
in all the great naval battles early in the
century, in each case ii appearing that
Dewey with his six ships and 1884 men had
quite as great power of offense or de-
Tense as any of the old-time naval heroes.
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HARDsHIPs IN CUBA.
Sanitary Rules Disregarded for the
Best of Reasons.

Santiago Letter in New York Post.
None of the sanitary rules promulgated at
Washington for the guidance of the troops
has been observed. The first rule was that
water must be boiled. have seen water
boiled here, except what was used for cof-
fee. The soldiers drink freely from the wa
ter of the running streams which abound
here; it is clear and sweet. and apparently
perfectly wholesome. Another OF the rules
was that everybody must keep out OF the
dampness, and by no means sleep on the
ground. Everybody. officers and men, news
sleeps on the ground. because there Is no.
where else to sleep. Some OF the officers
are without shelter tents even, and sleep in
the open air; none of them. generals or
any one else has anything better than shell
ter tents. The weather is remarkably fine
on the whole, and the roads are not in the
least muddy but heavy showers OF rain fall
occasionally. and nearly every man In the
expedition has been wet to the skin at least
once. With the exception of few general
officers, no one has come UP from the sea
with anything more than he could bring on
his back; ard. as the hot marcn up moun-
tain roads, mostly made at midday, forced
thousands of men to throw away their
blankets. they have been very poorly pro-
tected against the dampness in this valley.
which cannot, at this point be very much
above the sea level. The Cuban insurgents.
by the way, do not sleep on the ground,
but in hammocks, which they carry from
one place to another.
OF food there has been nothing beyond
the barest travel rations. The officers of the
splendid regiment which / have for the last
day or two been travelling with, the Seven
teonth Infantry have had, from the colonel
down nothing to eat but bacon and hard
tack, and short supply of that. Many Of
the officers are without their blouses, and
wear shoulder straps on their shirts. 1t has
been impossible to bring up any private
property from the ships. The Cuban cam
paign has thus far been quite as remarkable
for hardships as the civil war was. A shore
where there are no harbors and no roads
practicable for vehicles has afforded no
chance for the introduction of even military
Injuries. Very few horses were brought
VIII eXDeditiOn and all that
ashore have been landed through the surf
at Baiquiri or Siboney. In one day fifteen
horses were drowned in thus landing at Sib-
oney. The horses are pushed out of the
ships into deep water. and are steered
ashore by men in boats. Sometimes the
roughness Of the water forces the men to let
go the horses. and they swim wildly out into
the sea- beating about. becoming so much
exhausted that they drown before they can
be rescued. Some of them were so much
reduced by the long journey that they were
unable TO swim far the shore.
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MURDERED WITH A BAT
RESULT OF A FIGHT AT A NEW CAS-
TIE SUNDAY BALL GAME.
Singing Societies Take Muncie by
stOrm-DoubIe Crime of Ex-Con-
Wet at Indian Springs.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Ind, July 17-At the close
of a scrub game Of ball played here this
morning George s. Bramble and Charles
Pressnal quarreled over the possession of
a bat. Pressnal had the club. and when
Bramble attempted to take it Pressnal
struck him across the side OF the head with
the bat. Bramble walked to town and ate
a hearty dinner. After dinner he COM
planned of pain in his head and went to
the Office of DIR. Ferris. where he diel at
p. m. Pressnal was Immediately arrested
ana placed in jail. He belongs to one of
the leading families in town, his father be-
ing one of the Town Trustees. He is sew
enteen years old. Bramble was about TWEEN
weight years old, and was a well-known
young man.
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KLoNDIKE STILL RICH.
Diggers from Dawson City Arrive
with $6OO,OoO.

DiG&erS from DaNSOh CAty
with $6OO,Oo0.
SEATTLE, Wash, July T.-Seventeen
miners who left Dawson City June 70 have
arrived here on the steamer City of Seattle,
bringing with them golddust and drafts
estimated at $500 600. OF this amount $1SO,0OO
was in dust. The largest individual amount
of dust was brought by E. M. Sullivan, of
Los Angeles, who is credited with $5O,O0O.
The largest individual amount of dust and
drafts was carried by E. Levin, of Seattle,
whose sack is estimated at 100000. The
other individual amounts ranged all the way
from 81 600 to $4,000. There were a few who
had barely enough to reach home. The
Klondike Nugget, the first newspaper pub
lished at Dawson, under date of June q,
says: washing up is still in progress and
will probably not be completed until the
latter part of July, owing to a scarcity of
water. Opinions as to the amount of the
total yield differ. Estimates run all the way
from fifteen to twenty million dollars. The
most conservative place is below the former
sum.
ION June IA a nugget worth $40 was
picked up on No. A. Edorado. The Lippy
claim, No. is, Eldorado creek, will, it is
estimated. clean up from one-third to one
half a. million. The principal claims being
worked on Bonanza creek are from No. AZ
above to NO. 60 below Discovery On Ell
dorado not many above No. As were worked
NO. 8. Eldorado, owned by Charles Lamb,
has been sold for $450,000. One man on Sui
phur creek cleaned up $1,S00 after two days
sluicing. r. ID. Rhodess claim on No. q,
above Bonanza, yielded 245 ounces in a
single clean up. Claims on Eldorado and
Bonanza will yield $500 600 or more
The most remarkable strike this season
was made on French gulch, a small tribu-
tary of Eldorado., Pay dirt was found on
bench claims at ah elevation of seven hun
dred feet above the bed of Eldorado In
one day $3.50 was panned out
The Canadian government has already
collected royalty of about 100000 this
year.
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The Cut in NailmaEers, Wages.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, July L. = The eight
hundred workmen employed in the old
American wire-nail plants in this city, now
controlled by the trust, held mass meetings
to-day to consider the heavy wage reduc
tons which have been posted and to map
out opposition to the cuts going into effect
A committee was appointed 10 confer to-
night by telephone and wire with the trust
officers, and meetings have been called for
tomorrow. There is a general opinion that
nothing but strike will bring results. and
II is feared that will do no good. The cut
is far worse than al first reported. The
wire men get ii to the extent OF from 25 to
~ per cent. reduction. the nail men get
twelve. instead of seven. machines. and the
rod-mill men are reduced per cent In
the first case men who were making 81 per
day will only get $500 All this Is in the
face of increasing prices on nails and cheap
ening of prices OF raw materials.
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New York Sun.

II want to make public acknowledgment
here that I believe I'm God the Father AL
mighty I want all you officers and men to
lift your hats and from your hearts offer
silent thanks to the Almighty"
These two simple sentences will live in
history. They were spoken on Sunday last
on the quarterback of our war ship Texas
by her commander Captain John w. Philip.
and Ii is a mighty long time since ii has
before fallen to the lot of any man TO say a
plain and feeling thing that could move and
stir the hearts of a whole people. Captain
Philips words have gone from the Suns
columns TO the Whole Nation. and they are
at this moment fixed for all time in the
memory OF all Americans.
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AFTER PEACE, WHAT.
The United States Has Assumed New
and Binding Duties.
The Outlook.

The Outlook.
The proposal that we withdraw from anv
territory occupied by us and reinduish it
again to Spain will not be tolerated by the
american people, and ought not to be. 1t is
true that we entered on this war only for
the emancipation of Cuba 1t is true that if
our demand for the independence of Cuba
had been granted there would have been no
war. 1t is true that If Spain should now
originally asked of her But it is also true,
as President Eliot has Well pointed out
which it begins. Nations as well as individ-
uals are borne on upon a current which
they cannot control. to accomplish results
which they did not foresee. This is but to
say that it is true of nations as of individ-
uals that there's a divinity which shapes
our ends, rough hew them as we may" The
Americans did not take up arms at iexing-
ton to achieve the independence of the
American colonies, nor did General Ander-
son reply to the guns trained on Fort Sum-
ter in order to abolish American slavery
-Four years after we had officially and in
the. strongest terms disavowed ali purpose
of interfering with slavery. slavery was
abolished by constitutional amendment We
commenced this war TO free the Cuban col
only from Spanish misrule 1T is not i'm
possible that the war viii not be ended ex-
cept by the end OF Spanish misrule in all
her colonies.
The terms Of peace with Spain must in
volve her REIMBURSEMENT of all authority in
every colony in which her flag has come
down and ours has gone up. That accom-
pliShed, what next?
The establishment by us in every such
colony of a government which will secure TO
the inhabitants justice, liberty and popular
education. This does not necessarily mean
elf-government; ii does not necessarily
mean a republic or even a parliamentary
form of government. Justice liberty and
education are better secured to-day in
Egypt by English domination than they
would be by government. Self-govern-
ment is simply a means by which certain
ends are secured. An aristocracy. an Off
garchy, monarchy may furnish a good
government. But no government is good
which does not give to the people justice,
liberty and education.
BY justice we mean fair equivalent for
the burdens which government imposes. BY
taxation the government forcibly takes
money from the people. To take money
forcibly from any man without giving him
a fair equivalent therefor Is robbery. If
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New York Commercial Advertiser
The absolute need of strict attention 70
what they are doing makes cycling Of
especial value to women, for II is Il demand
that they control themselves 1T also teaches
lf-reliance-something many Of them
need. woman plotting her way along The
streets learns that she is able to take care
OF herself, even II there is not a man al her
elbow. She is surprised. probably. TO find
will learn that she is in a measure ne
strong as a nArn physically as well as men
tally. Through cycling she can develon
physical power and she can use ii 10 as con-
tinuous advantage. The bicycle win prove
this to her satisfaction and to the benefit
Of her race.
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CoLoRED CoNvICT,s CRIME.
James Cole shoots His Wife and Then
Commits Suicide.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
INDIAN SPRINGS, Ind, July Thames
Cole, colored, came home recently from JEFF
fersonville prison, where he served time for
forgery. Learning that his wife had OBJ
tanned a divorce from him, he quarreled
with her several days, and on Saturday aft
ernoon followed her and the children to a
berry patch After & quarrel he shot her
twice one shot taking effect in her neck
and inf1icting a NOR tai wound The chill
dren fled from the scene but were pursued
them several times. Failing to kill his chill
dren, Cole killed himself and was found
several %ours after the tragedy. His wife
cannot recover.
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Was f. n. Allen, of Rockville.

RIVERSIDE, Cal, July 17.-Through the
cooperation of the officers at Pima, A. T.,
and this city the identity of the man who
was robbed and killed in that town a few
days ago has been established. The muir
dered man is T. N. Allen, and formerly re-
business up to about four months ago,
when he went to Arizona. Allen was for
merry well off. His father is said to be
a wealthy one.
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OBITUARY.
Ex-senator "CerrO GOrdO" williams,
of Mexican War Fame.

MOUNT STERLING. KY, July 17.-Gen.
John s. Williams, ex-United States senator
and hero of the Mexican and civil wars
died at Z a. m. to-day at his home near this
city. He will be buried at Winchester, Ky,
Tomorrow afternoon.
"Cerro Gordo'' Williams, so nicknamed on
account Of his bravery at the battle of that
name in the war with Mexico, has borne
an active part in Kentucky history, but for
some time past has been living quietly on
his farm near Mount Sterling. He was born
in 1920 in Montgomery county. He served in
the Mexican war with distinction, being
first a captain and later colonel, and was
in command of the Fourth Kentucky at the
capture of the city of Mexico In 1850 and
1852 he was a member of the Kentucky
Legislature. He opposed secession, yet
raised Confederate regiment and was
made brigadier general, and was under
Gen. Joe Johnston at the surrender. He was
elected United States senator in 1874 and
served until March 3. 1885. He was defeated
by Joseph c. S. Blackburn for the nomina-
ton in memorable contest.
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Argument for Annexation.
San Francisco Chronicle

Henry Norman. in a recent magazine ar
ticlc, ventures the belief that the annexa :
ton of the Philippines would sound the
death knell OF the cigarette trust in this
country. The Manila cigar. coming in free,
would be cheap enough TO supplant the
cigarette and good enough. Mr. Norman
thinks, TO cut down the sale of expensive
Havanas. The yearly OUTPUT of this cigar
is something like 10000 600 one factory
alone turning out SS000.Ooo and the manu-
facture could be doubled or trebled to meet
an expanded market here And then 2
CENTS would buy better cigar than 10 cents
does now.
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DIR. Alfred Berry.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MITCHELL, Ind, July H.-Dr. Alfred
Berry an eminent physician of Lawrence
county, died at his country home, near
Lawrenceport of Bright's disease. The re-
mains were brought here for interment to-
day. DIR. Berry was a thirty-second degree
Mason, and about fifty Knights Templars
came from Washington. Ind, to attend the
funeral. He was hfty-eight years of age,
and had been a resident OF this county for
the past thirty years.
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Drowned i'm Two Feet of Water.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

WABASH, Ind, July 17.--Joseph Kaiser,
for thirty years a resident of Wabash, was
found dead this morning in the Wabash
river at the Big -Four railroad bridge. Mr..
Kaiser left home at 4:3O a. m. to take his
usual morning walk, and at $50 o'clock his
wife was awakened by the dog, which al
ways accompanied Mr.. Kaiser in his strolls.
Search was made. and the body was found
lying face downward in two feet of water.
1t Is thought he became dizzy and fell for
ward. Mr.. Kaiser was sixtY-six years old.
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PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay,
July H.-Captain Hunker, of the gunboat
Annapolis returned to-day from Baracoa.
where he had been three days watching for
blockade runners. He had slight engage
ment there with the Spanish, who fired on
Captain Hunker returned the fire. setting
fire to and burning the Spanish barracks.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WILLIAMSPORT, In6.. July 17.-Mrs.
Frances Anderson, aged seventy-eight, a
widow, living at Independence, this county,
committed suicide Friday by walking out
into the Wabash near that place and drown
ing herself in shallow water. She had been
living with her foster son. She was dis
satisfied and it is supposed her mind had
become unbalanced.
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Indiana Obituary.

LEBANON Ind, July 17.-William w
Witt, aged seventy-seven for years prom
inent stock raiser, died this morning from
the effects of a paralytic stroke received in
March, 1885,
NEW ALBANY, Ind, July 17.-Mrs J. N
Norris died to-day of morphine poisoning
The remains were taken to Salem, Ind, for
interment.
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MINNEAPOLIS, July 17.-George Alfred
Pillsbury, Of the firm of Pillsbury & Co.,
president of the Northwestern Bank and
one of the best known men in the North
west, died here to-day, aged eighty-two
years He leaves large fortune, and his
public requests in the past have aggregated
over half a million dollars.
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The Wrong Time.
Chicago Post.

NHICdBU
II understand you have sued your hus-
band FOR divorce" said her dearest friend
Il have" admitted the society woman
with theatrical aspirations. but i am afraid
it is going TO be a failure"
How do you mean?"
why this horrid war is occupying so
much OF the public attention that I don't
seem TO be able to get any space In the
papers at all. I've half a mind 10 have the
suit dismissed and wait until the war Is
over"
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Freight wreck ON the wabash.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WILLIAMSBURG Ind, July 1.-THE
Wabash local freight and through freight
train crashed together in head-end col
lsion short distance west of West Leba-
non Friday night. Both locomotives were
badly damaged and deraied and fifteen fiat
and box cars were demolished. No one was
hurt, the engineers and firemen jumping be-
fore the collision. The collision resulted
from misunderstanding of orders.
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the Flint Glass Workers Union refusing to
permit their men to work during the sum-
mer months Of July and August The COM
plications viii probably become serious.
They viii run ON fruit jars. for which there
is a most remarkable demand, greater than
anything since 1891 The markets are
cleaned out and prices are at a high point.
Manufacturers claim they cannot afford to
remain closed.
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NEW YORK. July 1.-THE ocean tugs
Gladisfen and WINS. each towing three
barges, left to-day for Santiago. The
barges were laden with structural iron and
other material for docks to be built by the
government at Santiago.
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Laborer from Packerton, with AnOth-
err. Murdered and Robbed.

GUTHRIE, o. T., July 1.-two laborers
on the ST. Louis & Omaha Railway were
murdered near the Sac and Fox agency
after being paid off and robbed of all their
wages, their bodies being found along the
track with skulls crushed. They have been
Identified as Aaron Gunter, of Packerton,
Ind. and ]. A. Shanhaltzer. of Centralia,
Illinois
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WIN Employ Nonunion Labor.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind. July 1.-THE Wagner
Flint Glass Company. operating glass
plants at Frankton and ingalls, and the
Mccullough Company. operating plants in
and adjacent TO Marion, to-day posted no.
tice that they would resume operations at
once. They will employ nonunion labor.
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Bishop Bowman Present.
ecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, July 17.-Bishop
Thomas Bowman, of Evanston, officiated
to-day at the all-day celebration of the
eighty-tirst anniversary of the organization
of Wesley Chapel.