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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-11
BRYAN WILL RESIGN
THE COLONEL WILL NOT GO TO CUBA
WITH HIS REGIMENT.
He Threatens to Card the Newspapers,
Which ''Beat Your Hat All HOI-
lows to Talk Through.

SAVANNAH. Ga. Dec. 10.-Colonel Will
Nebraska Regiment, has either forwarded
his resignation to Washington or is about to
do so. OF this there seems to be no doubt
To-day he called on General Lee, commander
of the Seventh Corps, and General Keifer
commander of the First Division of the corps
of which Colonel Bryan's regiment is part,
and he is understood to have announced his
intention of quitting the service. General
Lee is to sail for Cuba on the transport
Panama tomorrow and Col. Bryan is be-
lieved to have hastened his decision in order
that he might acquaint his corps commander
with his intention prior to his departure for
the island. Neither of the commanding gen
erals would discuss the matter and referred
to Colonel Bryan as the proper source to get
any news.
Colonel Bryan would neither deny nor con-
firm the rumor, but stated that when the
time came, he would prepare a written state
ment and give it to the press so that there
would be no possibility of any misstatement
of his position. 1T is well to have the news
papers to talk through" said he, with a
laugh, ''they beat your hat all hollow"
The members of Colonel Bryan's regiment
understand to-day that he will be their COM
Colonel Vifquain is quoted by other officers
of the regiment as having told them that
there would soon be promotions in the regi-
ment, as Colonel Bryan would resign and he
would succeed him as colonel.
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A REMARKABLE CASE.
Man Given u Life Sentence for "A MUIR
der That Was Never Committed.

COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 10.-Deputy Wells
this morning struck a peculiar case in the
penitentiary, which raises the question as to
whether a man is not doing life sentence
for a murder that never was committed.
John Tongass was reported for fighting, and
during the investigation the deputy asked
him what he was sent to the prison for and
whether he was guilty. Tong9ss replied:
Il was convicted for murder in the second
degree, and no person knows better than
you do that 1 am not guilty of the crime
for which 1 was convicted
''Why, I never SAVE you before in my
life,' replied the deputy.
"That is true. but you know the boy 1
was convicted of killing. and you know that
he is alive and well. L was convicted for
killing Albert Van Ripper, of Kenton, and
you know that he is alive at this time"
Young Van Ripper is well known to Deputy
Wells, who asserts that he is alive and
working at this time in Kenton. He recent
ly visited in Columbus. Tongass was con-
victed on circumstantial evidence. A boy
travelling with him disappeared and sup
posedly human bones were found in his
camp fire afterward. He has been in the
prison since 1897.
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signing its opponents treaty. Both were
tied with the Spanish and American colors
When the seals Were prepared to be af-
fixed attendants were sent scurrying for rib
bons of the French tri-color, with which
the documents were sealed as compliment
70 the French hosts Of the commissions.
Many officials interestedly watched every
detail Of the proceedings. The last seal be-
ing impressed. the commissioners rose, and.
without formalityi each member shook the
hands of all his antagonists and exchanged
assurances Of sincere personal esteem The
Spaniards afterward commented acridly on
what they termed the bad taste of the
Americans in mastering crowd Of attaches
TO gloat over the consummation of their
downfall and to scramble for relics.
The signing was finished at S45 At that
time the door of the chamber opened, and
Senor Viilaurutia appeared and exclaimed
TO group of correspondents who were wait
ing in the corridor, 'C'est fini." The other
members Of the Spanish commission fol-
lowed Senor Villaurutia and passed silently
through the vesdbule to their waiting car
riages The American commission strolled
out, chatting complacently, and as they de-
scended the steps the lights in the chamber
were darkencd
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an exhibition half-mile and when he had
made the second turn at full speed, the tire
of his rear wheel came off. Bald was thrown,
sliding on his back for several feet. He came
rear being ridden over by Waller. He picked
himself up and walked up the slope Of the
track apparently unharmed. Soon after Bald
was cheered as he again appeared on the
track with new wheel. He rode a half in
1904 10. None of the six-day men were on
the track during the special features
The race was practically over for the six
days at o'clock. All the racers appeared
on the track at 9:4O including Julius, who
appeared for the first time since 10 o'clock
this morning. Miller mounted near the box
where he was married and the band played.
The audience cheered. All rode in parade as
they stood in the order of precedence. There
was no attempt as brushes.
During the entire week Pierce and Miller
lived on cereals and ate no meat. Thay
rested but twenty hours in the 142. Mucn
had been expected of Frank Cistac the
Australian who was to have covered $50
miles in six days, but he got a bad fall on
the first day and was out of the contest
after that. Monachon, Steohane and
Joyeux, the Frenchmen, did almost moth
i'm
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MAY SAIL TODAY.
Transports Panama and Mobile, with
Gen. Lee and HoOsiers.


SAVANNAH, Ga. Dec. 10.-Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee and staff will sail for Havana to-mor-
row on the transport Panama, one of the
first prizes captured in the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. The Observation-Disclosures
Indiana Regiment expects to sail on the
Mobile tomorrow.
The transport Michigan sailed this after
noon for Marianao with two battalions of
the Second Illinois Regiment. The officers
and men strongly objected to going on the
Michigan, as she has not yet been over
hauled by the government and regularly
fitted up for transport work, and her ac-
commodations are not the most comfortable.
Protests were sent to the medical depart
ment against the use of the vessel by the IL
linois troops. General Lee demanded to
have the ship inspected again, and sent
Lieut.. Col. Curtis Guild, jr., inspector gen.
eral of the corps, and Assistant Adjutant
General Dorst TO report upon its condition.
Lieutenant Colonel Guild had already in
spected the vessel and recommended that it
only be used for the shipment of animals.
Orders came from the War Department
that. owing to the unsettled condition of af-
fairs in Cuba, the transport would have to
be used for the shipment of the men. 1t
was listed by the quartermaster generals
department to carry 500 men and 500 ami
mails This morning, after careful inves-
tigation of the ship, Colonel Guild and Col.
DoTst had the men OF the Second Illinois
questioned on what they preferred doing.
They can either go to Cuba on the Michi-
gan or go back to their camps and wait an
indefinite period for q transport to carry
them away. The men decided to go on the
Michigan. The Inspector general will re-
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VIII Not BE Permitted TO Belt Havana
with a steel Railway.

Win a CNCGA ANAAAW&Ss
HAVANA, Dec. 10-The American-West
Indies syndicate, of which p. A. B. Widener.
William Elkins and Thomas Dolan of Phil
adelphia, and S. p. Olcott. president of the
Central Trust of New York, and A. n.
Brady, OF Albany, are MEMBERS has been
outmaneuvered in its Havana street-railway
project. The syndicate owns at Ceballos a
concession for a belt line around Havana,
and line through the Prado, thus antag-
onizing the existing Ferre CARL Urbano.
The Americans had prepared to begin the
construction of the road when R. A. c.
Smith, representing them here, was aston
ished yesterday to receive a check for
$4,000 in gold from the Ferre CARL Com
pany as satisfaction for all expenses in
CURED. It appears that the Ferre CARL
Company dug up the law of 1859 whereby an
existing railroad might by reimbursing
moneys expended take over projects for ex-
tending or branching existing lines. 1t was
estimated that the Americans had spent
$4,000, and, consequently, they were paid
that sum. All this and much more is set
forth in the official gazette by Senior
Eduardo Dolse, secretary of public works,
who has invested the Ferre CARL Company
with the rights the American syndicate
eAiOUSsHb IL S1SddAASo. ~ lS5SS CoutSSC Will DS
begun but the action of Senior Dolse ap-
pears to be technically correct.
An English syndicate representative will
bid for the Ferre CARL next Wednesday,
probably offering $50 a share for the 1900
shares. The Widener syndicate may also bid
for them. Percival Farquhar, representing
another American syndicate will also make
a proposition on the railroad subject Mr..
Farquhar yesterday bought the Regla ferry
and the Guanabacoa Railroad.
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WILL NOT RETURN TO MADRID.
WOOdfOrd Not Likely to BE Reap
pointed Minister to Spain.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-Jn view of the
signing of the peace treaty the government
will be obliged very speedily to take steps
looking to the restoration of the diplomatic
machinery necessary to friendly relations
with Spain. So far the President has not
given much consideration to the selection
of a United States minister to Madrid The
recent visit to the White House of Mr..
Woodford, late minister to that capital has
been enormously construed to indicate a
determination on the part of the President
to return the minister to Madrid AS mat
ter of fact this is improbable, as the whole
line of diplomatic precedent is in the direc-
ton OF wiping out old issues and starting
afresh after a war with new ministers on
both sides. The reappointment of Mr.. Wood
ford might mean the return to Washington
of Senior Polo y Bernabe whose residence
in Canada during the war rendered him SO
obnoxious TO the American public IL Gus
tom is followed, either the next United
States minister to Madrid, or the next
Spanish minister to Washington, will be ac-
credited with credentials as a special envoy
TO exchange the Publications of the treaty
now being negotiated at Paris Having full
filed that function he will then present his
Credentials as minister resident and remain
in that capacity. Just which of the minis
ters will be called upon to perform this
function depends upon the place selected by
the Paris commissioners for the exchange
of final ratifcations.
Gen. Wesley Merritt recently notified the
War Department that he probably would
sail to-day from Havre by one of the French
liners. His return will be of special in
terest at this time owing to his service in
command of the first expedition to the Phil
ippines and later as military Governor Gen
eral of the islands, and also from the fact
that he will be the first of those prominently
identified with the work of the peace COM
mission at Paris to reach here. No deci-
sion has been reached as to General Mer-
ritt's future command but he probably will
resume control of the Department of the
East, with headquarters at New York, now
temporarily held by General Shafter.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-In the extensive
movement Of troops toward Cuba now un-
der way the War Department will make use
of the harbor facilities OF Port Tampa and
Charleston, as well as Savannah, which has
been the main point Of embarkation thus
far Two transports, the Florida and the
Whitney are now at Port Tampa, ready to
take the Eighth United States Infan-
try, which will reach Port Tampa from
Huntsville in time to sail on Monday. The
transport Michigan has left Savannah with
two battalions of the Second Illinois for
Havana. The transport Saratoga is at
Charleston and will take battalion of the
Twelfth Infantry, returning to take the rest
of that regiment
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GARCIA'S CONDITION SERIOUS.
Cubans Dependent over Their Lead
er's Critical Illness.
ial 10 the Indianapclis journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-General Garcia,
the greatest military hero and statesman
of Cuba, who came TO Washington last
week at the head of a commission to con-
fer with the administration about the fu-
ture of the island has been stricken down
with pneumonia and his condition is des-
perate. There is faint hope Of his recovery,
Inflammation having attacked both lungs.
A general feeling of gloom and dependency
seems to have settled on all members of the
commission. One of the commissioners said:
I'VE cannot get along without General Gar
cia. He knew Just what was wanted and
how to gain the ear of your officials. What
his plans were 1 do not krcw, but we all
had strong hopes of either having General
Garcia appointed Governor of Cuba or of
being allowed to organize separate repub-
lie under the protection of this country"
The general has been at deaths door
many times before, but even the strongest
constitution must eventually break down.
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MAY GO TO CUBA AND PORTO RICO.
President Mckinley, 1T Is said, VIII
Visit the West Indies.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1O-A special to tha
Tribune from Washington says: "A report
that the President intends to visit Cuba and
Porto Rico at the first favorable oppor.-
tunity has been known at the State War
and Navy Departments, and was quickly
mado the subject of serious speculation
among various officials on account of the ex-
ceedingly interesting questions it raised.
Among other things there was sponta-
neous revival of the fiction that the chief
executive could not pass the boundaries oe
the United States without forfeiting his Of
flee. 1t is peculiar how persistent is the
notion, even among higher officials, that
some constitutional or statutory restriction
confines the executive to American soft.
when, as matter of fact, although none OF
President McKinley's predecessors have
ever left the country during their terms OF
Office, their actions were alone affected by
considerations of propriety or precedent.
which no one could hold TO apply in the pres
ent instance.
1T was generally recognized that the Pres
ident might naturally wish to make per-
sonal tour of inspection in those islands az
soon as he could spare the time from press
Ing public business in Washington and that
no valid objection could stand against such
a tour as he was understood to contemplate.
It is pointed out, however, that 1t would be
practically impossible for him to spare the
time requisite for such an extended voyage
as that 10 Porto Rico before Congress al
5ourns on March : which Isl tortunatelys
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AMERICANS SEEMED PLEASED
AND GAVE THE DONs ASSURANCES OF
THEIR PERSONAL ESTEEEM.
Seventeen Articles in the Treaty as
Sealed-CIOsinS Incidents.

PARIS, Dee. 1o.-What will pass into his
tory as "the treaty of Paris" has been
signed, and, so far as the commissioners are
concerned, there is now peace between the
United States and Spain. Signatures to the
peace treaty were attached at S:45 O'Clock
tonight.
The two commissions met in joint ses-
sion this afternoon at $50 o'clock. The
Americans were the first to arrive at the
Foreign Office, the Spaniards coming half
an hour later. Senor Montero Rios, presi-
dent of the Spanish commission, ascended
the steps. leaning on a cane and bundled up
in fur coat. The Americans shook hands
with the Spaniards when the latter entered
tho conference hall. The faces of the rep
resentatives of Spain were exceedingly sol
omn. Apparently they regarded the occa-
sion as a funereal one. The treaty, which
was not completed, was brought in sec
tions in the hands of the engrossers. while
the commission was sitting. After being
photographed. the commissioners listened to
the reading Of the treaty until 515 D. m.
st which hour they took "a recess until
o'clock, while awaiting the arrival of the
last sections of the treaty. The long ses-
sion this afternoon and the subsequent re-
cess were due only to the fact that each
article of the treaty had to be carefully
read and compared in Spanish and English,
and to the fact that the engressing of the
last article in Spanish was incomplete. At
? o'clock the commissioners met again, the
treaty was read in full and the document
signed
There was a great contest among the
families and friends of the American COM
missiOners for possession of the pens with
which the signatures to the treaty We're
written. Some of the Americans were pro-
vided with handsome pens purchased for
the purpose. The Spaniards appeared to be
unaffected by the souvenir craze and con-
tented themselves with the ordinary quill
pens strewn on the table. Arthur Fergu-
son, the interpreter of the American COM
mission, requested Senior Montero Rios to
give him his pen, saying;
Have you any desire to preserve the pen
with which you will sign?''
Not in the slightest" said the Spaniard
with courtly bow.
The treaty as signed consists of seven
teen articles it having been found advisable
TO subdivide two or three of the articles
in the draft agreed upon at the last meet
ing. The commissioners of the two nations
wrote their signatures on two copies of the
treaty, one copy being for the archives.
The document was prepared by Secretary
Moore on behalf of the United States COM
mission, and by Senior Villarutia for Spain,
on account of the continued illness of Sec
retary Ojeda, of the Spanish commission.
Each copy contained the English and Span
ish texts of the treaty in parallel columns.
The wording had been approved previously
10y the commissions without joint meeting,
SO there was no controversy on this subject.
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Scenes and Incidents Attending the
Signing of the Treaty.

Signing OI the
PARIS. Dec. 10.--The signing of the treaty
tonight would have afforded a subject for
a great historical painting. The group gath
cred about the table in the stately chamber
Of the Foreign Office was impressive IN
itself, While the fact that the sense Of the
momentousness of the issues which the act
decided was deeply felt by all the partici-
pants gave an impressive and solemn tone
10 the scene. Around the great mahogany
table sat the ten arbiters of the destinies
OF an old and a young nation. Ranged,
standing behind them, were numerous at
faches Of the American commission. The
Jets from the crystal chandeliers above the
heads of those present magnified the bril-
liant green and scarlet of the upholsterings
Into gaudiness.
There was a theatrical contrast between
the black-clothed actors and the scenery.
To the Americans it was a happy ending
OF the epilogue of war; for the Spaniards
1t was plainly bitter tragedy, none the less
painful because long foreseen. They sat
silently, though almost crushed. None
could withhold sympathy from Senior Mon
tero Rios, the president of the Spanish COM
mission, who, coming from his bed, was
bundled in u great overcoat, though logs
were burning in the fireplace near by. The
spirits of the two bodies were symbolized
by the clothes worn by the members of the
commissions, for the Americans We're at
tired i'll evening dress for the dinner given
them Immediately after the meeting by the
Duo De Loubat and the Spaniards wore
black frock coats
Although the commissions met at half past
! o'clock, expecting TO finish their work in
half an hour the engrossing of the treaty
on parchment was found to be so trouble
some that it delayed the signing of the doe
ument until $50 Clerk Martin, of the
American commission, worked all day. with
out even stopping to eat. When he came
into the chamber at 1880 with the document
ne found the commissioners waiting. The
spanish copy had arrived a half hour
earlier Mr. Arthur Ferguson then proceed
Cd TO read first the English and after that
the Spanish version OF the treaty. This fin
ished, two copies were passed around the
table. the commissioners signing them in
The order of their rank: william r. Day.
senator cushman X. Davis. Senator VIII
Lam p. Frye. WhiteIaw Reid and Senator
George Gray; Senior Montero Rios. Senor
Aoarzuza. Senior Garnica, sennr Vlllaurutia
and Gen. cerero y saons, each commission
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NEW TOBACCO TRUST.
The Continental Company. with $751;
100000 Capital, Incorporated.

TRENTON, n. j. Dec. 1O--Articles Of in
corporation of the Continental Tobacco
Company were fled with the secretary of
state to-day. The capital stock is s75 900, 900,
one-half of which Is to be preferred, with Z
per cent. noncumulative dividends. payable
quarterly. The company is authorized to
cure leaf tobacco and to manufacture tobac-
co in all its forms. The incorporators are
James b. Duke. Pierre Lorillard, jr., John
b. Cobb Harrison ]. Drummond Mark
Leopold Frank II. Ray, Herbert u. Ter
rell Oliver II. Payne Thomas Atkinson.
James b Hughes Paul Brown, Sasel Doern-
hoefer. Grant 3. schley and Qren Scokken.
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RELIEF AT WASHINGTON.
President Mckinley CongratuIates the
American Commissioners.

American Commissioners.
WASHINGTON. Dec 10.-The official
news of the signing of the peace treaty was
received in Washington a little later than
the press reports. 1t was in cipher form,
as usual, from Judge Day. 1t was at once
transmitted to the President, who was alone
at the time, but within a comparatively
short time all the members of the Cabinet
had either called or sent their congratula-
tions. The Presidents congratulation was
promptly cabled to the commission, but the
news of the signing having been SO thor
oughly discounted in advance the actual
receipt of the official advices created little
stir here. There was a general feeling of
relief, however, that no unforeseen circum-
stance intervoned at the last moment to
block the peaceful close of the negotia-
tions
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10-Reports received
at the War Department to-day show the fol-
lowing deaths among troops AT Santiago de
Cuba, David Ruhl, Fifth United States In
fantry; heart disease. At Casilda, Cuba, in
Fourth Tennessee Infantry, Private John
Looney, Company e. meningitis; Private
John PursIey, Company l., pneumonia, and
Private John Colderick, Company e, menin-
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crisis in spanish CABINET.

LONDON, Dec. 1O.-A special dispatch
from Madrid says the position of the Cabi-
net is most critical and the resignation of the
Ministry is expected as soon as the treaty
of peace is signed. In commercial circles, it
is added the fall of the Cabinet has been
discounted, as shown by the dull state Of
business and the heavy taxation.
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MADRID, Dec. 10.-The Impartial to-day
says it hopes the government will unre-
servedly approve of the energetic conduct
of the Spanish commissioners, and adds:
"Other nations must not think we are thor
ough towards and will accept all kinds of
humiliatons. We congratulate the Spanish
commissioners on rendering a great service
to the nation, which owes them deep graft
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And Only Two Foreigners Stayed
Till the Close, and One Was a
PARKWAY TaiI-Ender.
WORLDS RECORD LOWERED
2,OO7 MILES COVERED BY MILLER
AGAINST 1888 LAST YEAR.
Waller n Good Second and Pierce
Third, Nearly 100 Miles Behind
the Leader-The Prizes.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-Charles w. Miller,
of Chicago. last years six-day champion,
won the great race at Madison-square Gar
den again this year, beating the worlds
record, his own, by twenty-four miles, and
leading the next man to him, Frank Waller,
of Boston, by twenty-five miles. The scores
at 10 o'clock tonight at the finish were: