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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-12
FOR REcoNNo1TERING PURPOSES.
Army and Navy May Utilize Flying
Machines in the Next War.

Army and Navy May Utilize Flying
Machines in the Next War.
WASHINGTON Nov. 1.-THE board Of
ordnance and fertilization has decided to in
stitute an investigation of the possibilities
of flying machines for accommodating pur-
poses and as engines Of destruction in time
of war, and at the meeting Of the board
yesterday $50 600 of the funds at the dis
posal of the board was appropriated for the
purpose Of experimenting. So impressed
were the authorities here with the adj
vantages which may result from the en-
ployment of such machines in the operations
of war that Secretaries Long and Alger last
summer selected a committee to report upon
the subject. Professor Langley, of the
Smithsonian Institution, the inventor of the
Aeroplane, appeared before the board yes
terday and gave his expert opinion in favor
of experimentation. The board decided,
after hearing Prof. Langley and reviewing
the report Of the commission, to eXpend the
$25 900 with a view at present to the per
lection and use of some aerial contrvance
for reconnaissance. The experiments will be
conducted under the direction of Gen. Gree
ly of the Signal Corps, and Prof Langley
has agreed to give General Greedy the bene-
fit of his advice, but with the distinct I'M
derstanding that he does so without COM
penSatiOn.
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NAVY PAY DEPARTMENT.
What 1t Did Toward Carrying on the
War with Suain


War with Spain.
WASHINGTON, Nov. lin an unosten-
tatious way the pay Department. of the navy
played a most important part in the war.
as appears in the annual report of Pay
master Edward Stewart Aside from the
mere disbursement of funds in wages and
salaries, the pay department is charged with
the procurement of all supplies for the navy.
The paymaster general at the outbreak of
hostilities, found the supply department of
the navy organized under system that for
more than eight years had been in process
of thoughtful and painstalking development.
Under it the strain of the war was met
easily and sustained throughout with salts
factory results. During the period of active
operations 1913 vessels were furnished and
kept supplied with all necessary stores. A
base Of supplies was established at Key
West early in March and stores for 5000
men for three months were kept on hand.
Supplies for 4,G0O men at Mare island, for
1900 at Norfolk and for 5000 at New York
were also accumulated.
Before the outbreak Of war, early in April.
Admiral Dewey was directed to buy the
collier Nanshan and the supply ship Zafiro
the latter loaded with provisions, so that
when the war broke out the Asiatic fleet
was in possession of five months supplies
Early in May the Picking was dispatched
ditional supplies A week after her pur-
chase, on May T. the refrigerator ship Sup
ply sailed for Cuba loaded with fresh meat,
fruit ice and other supplies. The Celtic and
Glacier were also purchased and speedily
sailed to supply the fleet with fresh meat
and vegetables. Dewey's fleet was not for
gotten, for a refrigerator steamer was
started in June to join him with a million
and a quarter pounds of fresh food.
In the matter of supplying clothing, too
the bureau did some excellent work, being
obliged to supply over one million garments
to meet the needs of the naval militia and
the revenue and lighthouse services, which
had been transferred to the navy. Notwith-
standing the haste, the supplies secured
were the best of their kind while the prices
paid were j. most cases no higher and in
many cases lower than before the COM
mencement of hostilities.
During the past fiscal year the total ex-
penditures for additions to the navy were
$22 1872 1926, of which amount S,041051 was
paid on account OF construction of new
ships Repairs for ships cost So, S23, 1913. and
the maintenance of ships in commission. in
Guiding salaries and rations. cost $ll, O63, 393
The Daymaster general makes quite an ar
gument to demonstrate that the promptness
and economy with which supplies were Sc
cured in the rush incident to the war were
largely due to the naval supply fund, which
enabled the bureau to carry large line OF
articles in stock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-12
LEAVES ON THE TRACK
CLOGGED THE BRAKING APPARATUS
AND CAUSED a WRECK.
Collision Between Fast Trains on the
Iehigh RaiIway-Five Men Killed
and Others Injured.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Nov. 1.-THE Buff
falo express on the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
which left New York at $50 last night, ran
into the New York and Philadelphia ex-
press. going east. on Wilkesbarre mountain,
at 8 o'clock this morning. Five men were
killed and number injured. The dead are:
WILLIAM TOXHEIMER. fireman.
FRED CHASER. fireman.
Easton.
JACOB ENGLEMAN. brakeman, Easton.
JOHN M'NALLY, engineer, Whithaven.
The injured are:
u. e. PRICE. engineer. New York, badly
sCalded.
barre, badly scalded.
CHARLES MORGAN. express messenger,
sCalded about head.
JOHN SCHANFIELD, brakeman, Mauch
Chunk, cut about head
The train going east. which was composed
of an express ear. combination baggage,
day coach and three sleepers, had the right
of way on single track. The Buffalo ex-
press. in charge of Engineer Rohbnng, had
orders to stop on a siding on the mountain
ard let the New York express pass. AS
Rohbling approached the siding he discov-
cred that the air brakes would not work.
The train moving about thirty miles
an hour down ninety-foot grade. The en-
gineer whistled frantically for the hand
brakes. He knew the other train was about
due. He reversed his engine and stuck to
his post but could not avert the collision.
in less than a minute the express from
the west. drawn by two heavy engines,
hove in sight. terrible crash followed or
a curve in a deep cut Nearly all the pas
sengers on both trains We're asleep Many
Of these We're thrown out Of their berths by
the shock, but none was severely injured.
The engines and baggage and express cars
We're piled up in a heap in the cut The
passengers rushed from the cars, hearing
the cries of the injured trainmen In the
wreck. 1t was almost impossible to render
any assistance. F'lagmen FASTENED to the
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wntnr rransnortntion for Troons.

WASHINGTON, Nov. ia new army
regulation has been prepared regarding the
transportation of troops by water. This is
made necessary on account of the garrisons
to be maintained in Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines. The regulation is based
upon the report of the board recently con-
vened at the head of which was Major Cen
eral Ludlow The regulation is mostly of
technical detail, the most important feature
being the fact that the transports are to
remain wholly in charge Of the army and
not placed under command of naval officers,
IS has been suggested. and which is the gen.
oral policy of England and some other gov
ernmentS
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FAIR WEATHER PROBABLE.
Another Pretty November Day Pre-
dicted by FOrecaster Wappenhans.

Local forecast for twenty-four hours end
ing IL D. m, Nov. 12-Fair weather on Sat
urday.
General Conditions Yesterday-High baro-
metric pressure and fair weather prevail
everywhere. The temperature fell near the
Atlantic coast and on the Rocky noun
tains; elsewhere it rose slightly. Light rain
fell in Texas and in Mississippi.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES.
WASHINGTON, Nov. u.-For Indiana
and Illinois-Fair in northern, increasing
cloudiness and rain in southern portions;
warmer; fresh northeast Winds
For Ohio-Warmer, with increasing
cloudiness and rain in extreme southwest
portion winds shifting to fresh northeast
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nearest telegraph Office and sent word to
Wilkesbarre. A wrecking train, with a
were at once sent to the scene Of the
wreck. AS soon as possible the dead and
injured were taken from under the engine
and cars.
The train going east consisted of an ex-
press car, combination baggage, one day
coach and four Pullmans. The passengers
were brought to this city, and later a train
was made up and sent over the cutoff
branch road.
An investigation shows that heavy wind
storm prevailed on the mountain last night,
which caused the leaves from the forest to
accumulate on the track. The engines
ploWed into these leaves, which clogged the
braking apparatus.
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TELEGRAPHlC BREVITIES.

The st. Joseph life-saving crew rescued
the crew of the stranded schooner Lena NJ.
Nelson at New Buffalo, Mich.
The inquest on the death of the twelve
victims of the Wonderland Theater collapse,
at Detroit, was begun yesterday.
Fire, which started in the Town Hall at
Covington, La, destroyed three blocks Of
buildings Loss estimated at 100000.
William Bryan, plumber, New York, has
filed q voluntary petition in bankruptcy,
with liabilities of $13S,00O and no assetsl
Charles Charleston, aged about thirty-five,
committed suicide at Paducah, KY, by cut
home was in Moundsville, Pa. Dependency
is supposed to have prompted the deed.
Indications strongly point to a settlement
between the striking miners of Virden, ILL.,,
president of the Miners Union, has left for
Chicago in response to- a telegram from T.
c. Loucks, president of the Virden Coal
Company.
Jutaro Kormora, the newly appointed
minister from Japan to the United States.
has arrived with his suite at San Francisco
of the Harvard Law School. He says that
japan is satisfied with the steps this colln-
try is taking in the Philippines.
Memorial ceremonies were conducted at
Haymarket Anarchists, who were hanged
eleven years ago. Several hundred people
visited Waldheim Cemetery, sang songs and
decorated with flowers the graves of Spies
Fischer, Parsons, Lingg and Engel.
Colonel Smith. purchasing quartermaster
at St. Louis for the United States army
has closed a contract for the purchase of
J., 600 big hospital tents. The contract calls
for the outlay on the part of the govern
ment of nearly $40 600 The tents are for
the use of troops in winter quarters in the
South.
1t has been decided by the special commit
tee appointed by the New York Chamber
Ct Commerce to provide fitting memorial
Of Col. George E. Waring that an endow-
ment fund of 100000 shall be raised with
which TO establish in Columbia College the
Waring chair OF municipal affairs The
amount viii be raised by subscription and
during her lifetime the income from the
fund will be paid to Mrs Waring.
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GEN. CORBIN'S REPORT
MUCH INFORMATION CONCERNING
THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

Strength of Volunteer and Regular
Forces During the War Was 11,1OS
ORcers and 263, 600 Enlisted Men.
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HANOVER, Mass, Nov. 11.-Fire in the
general store of C. A. Stearns & Co. to-day
was followed by terrible explosion which
blew out the sides of the building, killing
four men. The dead are Michael Robert
Sylvester, Edgar Adams, c. A. Peterson and
c.. A. Tolman. Over a dozen were injured,
chief among them being c. A. Stearns,
the proprietor of the store, who had one
arm and leg broken, his shoulder crushed
and considerable burns about the body. The
explosion, it IS thought, was caused by pow
der and Kerosene which were stored in the
cellar
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Bar. Their. R.H. Wind. Wea Prec
a. m. 1914 so 70 INVEST Clear T
z p. ..30.45 Al 81 N'east Clear 600
Maximum temperature. 49, minimum tenn
perature, 20.
Following is a comparative statement of
the temperature and PRECIPITATION Nov IL:
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stallion Robert McGregor Dead.

TOLEDO, o., Nov. 1.-THE stallion Robert
McGregor, 2:1712, the monarch of the
home stretch" dropped dead to-day at the
Ketcham farm, near this city, aged twenty
seven. He was the champion sire of 2:15
trotters, having sixteen to his credit, among
them the champion trotter Cresceus 2:0984.
He was also the sire of eighty in the 2:SO
CT
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-08
BLACK HEADS IN NOOSES
NEGRO MURDERERs EXECUTED AC-
CORDING TO THE LAW.
One Man Confesses to Having Killed
Nine Men-A Couple of Darkies
Iynched Also.

New York, Jan. Three negro murder
ers died on the scaffold at Hahnville to-
day. The condemned men were Louis
Richards. George Washington and Foxey
Morris. They were sentenced to death
for numbering and robblng a Jewish ped
dler named Zeigler last June.
Richards confessed. duplicating the
other two. and with his statement the
authorities obtained conclusive evidence
of their guilt. Richards also confessed
that since 1884 he had murdered 1T least
nine men and one colored woman on vari-
Gus plantations. His victims we're prin-
cipally italians and Jews who made a
living by peddlng among plantation ue-
groes. Close investigation revealed that
his confession was entirely correct and IL
cleared up numerous murder mysteries OF
years ago.
st. Louis. Jan. "A special to the Post
Dispatch from Bainbridge Ca. saws.
simon Hopkins, colored. was hanged here
to-day. He made a confession 10 the CT
feet that he inveigled a friend named
Harris into . swamp and killed him
Atlanta. Ga. Jan. Thomas Cyrus.
colored. was hanged here to-day The
moose slipped from behind his ears and
death resulted from strangulation lie
made no statement whatever on the gal-
lows. Tn" crime for which CYRUS was
hanged was the murder of Annie john
son, 'niored woman. VINO was em-
ployed a the home of Governor Atkinson
as a domestic.
Greenfield, Mass. Jan. John % Neil
Jr.. was hanged in the Franklin county
Jail to-day for the murder of Mrs Hattie
p. McCioud in Buckland, Jan. y last
year. O'Neil protested his innocence to
the last.
Meridian. Miss, Jan. Watts and sam
Cole. colored men Of Neshoba county.
were lynched In Pea Ridge. Kemper coun-
~. a few days ago. Watts and Cole went
TO Pea Ridge to visit relatives and became
too intimate with their kinSmens wives.
Their iynehers are said to be colored men
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ing industry. Scarcely day passes
that does not witness several lot jump
ing cases. Building operations are be-
ing pushed in Dyea. Some of the build
ings being erected are to be used as
hotels and lodging houses; more are
dance halls, variety theaters and sa-
looms. The town is lively and each in
coming steamer brings hundreds of peo-
pie. Besides the City of Seattle. which
arrived to-day. the Elder came in from
Portland with 900 passengers. 1t is al
most impossible for people to secure ho-
tel or lodging house accommodations.
The restaurants. saloons and gambling
houses are thronged day and night,
while general business is good. Tents
are being put up wherever an available
site can be found. This site is generally
in the street.
W. b. Sampson. the first postmaster
of Skaguay. took charge of the postoffice
yesterday. Fully 300 people were in lire
at 4 O'Clock to-day waiting for mail
While the crowd waited a number of
comic songs We're sung Owing to the
large number of children In Skaguay
public school has been found necessary
The first school will open tomorrow in
the new church building
The first marriage to take place here
was celebrated Saturday, the groom be-
ing Patrick Boyner and the bride Miss
Jennie Mack.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-08
AT JUNEAU.
One Prisoner Discharged because There
Was Nothing for Him to Eat.


Juneau. Alaska, via Seattle, Wash,
Jan. Twenty men arrived here to-
night from Dawson. Some of them have
been in the interior of Alaska for 10
years. They unhesitatingly state that
there is no danger of starvation and no
necessity for a government relief ex-
pedition. They say that Thirty Mile
river. between Lake lie Barge and the
Hootalinqua. is open water and they
We're compelled to take the side hills.
Most of those who arrived tonight in
tend going back as soon as possible with
supplies for the coming year.
About 50 more arrivals from Dawson
may be expected any day. The trail is
reported to be in very fair condition
For two weeks the weather has been
very mild
Ed Lard the man who was recently
arrested at Dawson for stealing So 900
worth of gold dust from saloon in
which he was barkeeper, has been re-
leased Ii is stated that the reason of
Lard's discharge was that the police
had no food for prisoners
Major Perry of the mounted police is
inquiring very closely into the action
OF the Canadian customs officials who
are collecting duties at Lake Linder-
man. From the character of his in
quiry it is thought that he is trying to
determine what amount of provisions
an American miner should be allowed
to take in duty free. Advices have been
received at Juneau that funds have
been deposited at Seattle to meet all the
liabilities of the NOVEL; Gold Mining
company. and that the receiver will
soon be discharged.
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WOMEN THE CAUSE or IT
Postmaster Fuller of Canyon
Ferry the Innocent Victim.
THE CHARGE DOESN'T HOLD
Commissioner Kingsley Listens to the
Evidence and Discharges the De-
fendant-Some Females Are
Mighty Mad"
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena. Jan. Frank Fuller the Cam
yon Ferry postmaster. who was arrested
two DAYS ago on charge of unIawfulIy
OBTAINING letter over q hours. to-day
verified the claims of innocence he made
when confronted with the alleged crime
and was discharged. His preliminary ex-
animation was held this afternoon before
United States Commissioner Kingsley.
District Attorney Leslie appeared for the
government and Lewis Penwell for Full
ler- Several witnesses were examined but
no evidence of his guilt was produced.
ruler besides being postmaster is clerk
in a store at Canyon Ferry. and white
his duties in the store sometimes prevent
ms being as prompt some patrons OF
the postoffice might wish. there was MOTH
ing to show that he purposeIy failed to-
give the letter in question to It's owner,
Edith Sheriff Back of the charge against
MIN IS said to be a family row in which
the Sheriff girl. for whose father Fuller
works, is one of the participants JUST
where Fuller came in il was not dis
closed Nor was il shown how either side
could gain a point by his conviction on
such a serious crime. After the commis-
sioner announced that he discharged
the accused 1t was evident from the man.
ner in which some of the women who
were witnesses against him expressed
their opinion of the outcome that their
tempers were rather rufffed.
Donald Westein and John Iavigne who
were arrested for illegally cutting timber
upon the lands of Uncle Sam. about two
miles south of town, did not escape as
luckily as Fuller. After hearing the evf-
dence Commissioner Kingsley deemed it
sufficiently strong to have the grand jury
investigate and he accordingly held the
men. They furnished bail.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-08
MUST HAVE GRUB.
An OficiaI warning-Men With Ampu-
tated Limbs News of skaguny.

Skaguay. Alaska. Jan. >. Via Seattle,
Wash. Jan. Captain Wood. in com
mand Of the Northwest mounted police
IN the district which extends from the
White pass summit to Lake Tagish
warns all persons en- route 20 the Klon-
dyke that they will not be permitted to
pass Tagish house. unless each person
has at least 600 pounds of provisions.
William T.. Bsrne of Chicago lies In
cabin on the Lewis river with both feet
amputated. Byrne and his uncle. James
j.. Mcclure, also of Chicago. We're MAX
ing their way to the river from Daw-
son and on Dec 8. Byrne. who is only
lS years of age. had both feet frozen.
j he men continued their Journey for five
days. The boy suffered horribly and the
flesh began ~ drop from the frozen
feet. Stiil they forged ahead With the
bones prOtruding from Byrne's feet,
until Lewis river WAS reached and the
boy placed in cabin where he could
receive some care. II was found neres-
+arN 70 aHpatate both feat near the
knee \ doctor. who happened 10 he
IN the Lewis river camp. performed the
operation Mcclure. the uurIeof Byrue
reached Skaeuay in "A diving condition.
having been seized with quick s5usump-
tom ON th- way up from Dawson city.
He VIII probably live long enough TO
reach his home in Chicago. 4 man
named Schroeder died II DAYS ago at d
camp near the mouth Of the Houtaiin-
qua Schroeder Was from Black Hiils,
u. II.
Let 'jumpins" ia Skaguay Is lead
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Special Dispatch to tho Standard
Washington. Jan. 7.-Representativs
Shafroth Of Colorado called up i'm the
house public lands committee his bill to
cede all the arid lands OF the United
States 10 the states in which located
He asked that a time be fixed for a hear
ing and next Friday WAS named. MIR.
Shafroth stated to the committee that tho
public land laws as they now exist do not
apply To arid lands. 1t is impossible for
homesteaders to locate on these lands be-
cause they have not the money with
which TO build water reservoirs or
necessary bitches from streams. The gov
ernment must either undertake the build
ing of these reservoirs SO the land can be-
reclaimed or must permit the states to
do so by themselves or To contract with
other parties. Shafroth is confident of
obtaining favorable report from the
house committee on his bill
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-08
DIED PROCESSING RELIGION.
AT the Last Moment He Accepts Comforts
of the Catholic Church.

Consistent to the last, Durrant died
protesting religion But he died. accept
ing at the last moment the comforts OF
the Catholic church instead of those of
the Baptist faith, in which he was
reared. Rev. Mr.. Raeder. a Protestant
minister, had arranged to ascend the
scaffold with Durrant, but the minister
would not say that he thought Durrant
innocent, and the condemned man de-
cined to accept his services until Mr..
Raeder professed belief in his innocence
Then il was that the once ardent Bap-
tist turned to the Catholic church for
consolation and called upon Father La
gan, a priest. who had formerly visited
him in person to attend him. Father
Lagan responded promptly and per-
formed the last solemn rites of the
church. Durrant remained in close con-
sultation with the priest and seemed to
he deeply interested in the impressive
nernmnnN
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REWARD OF JUSTICE.
Most Noted Criminal of the Centur,
Pronounced Officially Dead.

In just II minutes and Is seconds all
signs of life had vanished and the most
noted criminal of the 18th century was
officially dead. The body was allowed
to hang for - minutes. when il was cut
down and placed in a black coffin pro-
Sided by an undertaken from San Fran
cisco II is not Yet known wnat dispo-
sition of the body viii BE- made. as
Durrant's 5 parents have been SO Tar un-
able TO secure accommodation in anv
of the local cemeteries for the body Of
their SON IL Is Very probable that the
body will be cremated.
As soon as the drop fell the speeta-
tors were hurried out of the room and
nobody remained except the physicians
and newspaper men. Durrant sr.. went
Immediately to his wife who was walt
ing in one of the guard rooms, anu to-