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

The Ia rge increase in our stock Of gold
coin during the last two months furnishes
the basis of some interesting calculations by
the New York F'inancier. The increase was
exceptionally large, $2S, pa, $50 during March
and S34, ,76S in April. total in two months
of $63, 153, 62S. AS a result of this large in
crease, added to the previous increase, gold
coin, which one year ago constituted 81 per
cent. of our circulation, now constitutes "a
per cent. Commenting on this condition, the
Financier says:
We cannot refrain from calling attention
to the difference in the character of this
increase. and that which would have fol-
lowed had the country gone on a silver
basis. Does any one imagine that our net
increase in money at the end of a given
year under free coinage would have been
as desirable as the addition of one hum
dred million dollars gold now shown, or
that would have had one dollar of gold
in circulation against over six hundred
limited new silver dollars, but it is doubtful
whether their coinage would have filled the
gap caused by the withdrawal of gold and
at any rate, would have to divide their
number in half to get at their real value.
1t is a fortunate thing for the country that
the chief apostle and propaganda of the 80
cent-dollar cause, instead of administering
the government, occupies the~position Of a
free-lance critic on the outside
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

1t is to be regretted that the mastering in
of Indiana troops should have been accom-
panied by so gross an exhibition of unfair
ness as was attempted to be practiced on the
Indianapolis Light Artillery. When this IA
nous organization came up for medical ex-
animation, the work, unfortunately, fell to
a surgeon from Fort Wayne which city has
another battery Utilizing his power of re-
lection. the Fort Wayne surgeon came very
near destroying the morale of the Indian
apolis battery, if not the organization itself.
Out of the first sixty-two men examined he
actually rejected forty-five. The animus of
this action was SO apparent that an appeal
was made to the United States examiner.
who ordered a change Of surgeons, and on
reorganization all but twelve of the entire
battery were passed. 1t will probably be
a long time before Battery A will have to
meet so vicious an attack as that of the
Fort Wayne surgeon. The palpable and I'M
worthy motive of the attack gave the Incl
dent a very unpleasant aspect.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

any demonstration of it, That their South
ern brethren were brethren indeed ready to
unite against a common foe, to be de-
pended on in any national emergency. was
accepted as a matter of course, and the
surprise would have been great indeed had
the event proved this confidence misplaced
still it is easy to see that whatever the
friendly faith of the North might be tie
Southerner would naturally be pleased with
a chance to put his loyalty in evidence. BY
the act he fixes his status beyond dispute
and puts the past forever avyav
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11
THE ORDER FROM ALGER.
First Batch of Indiana Troops Sent tn
New Orleans.


The Second and Third Regiments ~ e.
fantry and the Indianapolis Light ARTILLERY
now known as the observation-disclosures ftv'
seventh and one-hundred-and-fft y-eighth
Indiana Infantry and the Twenty-seventh
Indiana Battery, will not go to Camn
Thomas at Chickamauga, as at first an.
nounced in the order from the War Depart.
ment. new order directing that thew
shall go at once to New Orleans came n
Governor Mount yesterday 1t was from
Secretary Alger and was as follows:
Washington, d. c. Nav 10 1909
Governor of Indiana, indianapolis ind
referring to my telegram Of Nav voy
are informed that owing TO changed condi
TONS the destination Of troops of your State
mentioned therein has been changed from
Camp George II. Thomas, Georgia, to New
Orleans, La, and will be sent there nro
vlded your troops are uniformed, armed
and equipped, ready for service
'R. A. ALGER, Secretary of War"
At the Governors Office yesterday it wa,
not known when the regiments and thA
battery would be moved. The order provides
that they must be fully equipped before
leaving, and this caused the Governor 70
make a trip to Camp Mount to ascertain
the situation. He found some of the men
still without uniforms and some without
arms and Announcements. 1t vas arranged
that guns, cartridge belts and knapsacks
should be taken from the First and Fourth
Regiments to I'LL out the requirements az
the Second and Third Regiments Quarter
master Richardson has about three hundred
uniforms in the Statehouse. This number
will be more than enough to supply
deficiencies in the two regiments. Governor
Mount also ordered that all the men of the
first contingent be provided with good
heavy regulation army SHOES. Many of the
men came to camp i'll provided for in this
line. 1t was also ordered that undercoth-
ing be provided. The State will pay the ex-
pense of equipping the men well and will
trust to the government to refund the
money.
Governor Mount and Private Secretary
Wilson said yesterday that they did not
know when the troops would leave Camp
Mount. That is all in the hands of the War
Department at Washington. The soldiers
will be equipped and ready to go before
noon to-day, but they will also have be-
come members of the United States voun-
teer army and out of the hands of the Gov
ernor. They will be moved by an order
from the War Department which may come
to the Governor and may come TO Captain
May the mastering officer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

There are quite a number of provisions in
the United States statutes that are out of
the ordinary. 1t now appears that under
Section 1886 of the statutes the officers and
men Of the Asiatic squadron from Admiral
Dewey down to the common sailors are en-
titled to a cash bounty based on the number
OF persons on board the Spanish vessels
sunk or destroyed by them, and to be dis
tributed according to the rank of the bene-
1iciaries. On this basis there will be some
thing like $4,000 in bounties to be dis
tributed among the officers and men of Ad-
xniral Deweyss fleet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11
ENEMIES OF THE GOVERNMENT.


Already, at this early stage Of the war,
1t is evident that there is group of ir-
reconcilables in Congress who intend to do
all in their power to hamper and embar-
rass the government. At present they are
operating on financial lines. A press dis
patch says the Democratic members of the
Senate finance committee have decided to
offer to the war revenue bill an amendment
authorizing the issuance of $1500O0,OO0 in
greenbacks, and another authorizing the
coinage of the silver seigniorage in the
treasury. 1t can hardly be possible for any
intelligent person not to know that both of
these measures would prove injurious to the
public credit and add materially to the diff
ficulty of financing the war. If a large in
crease in the volume of greenbacks and of
deprecated silver dollars would be vicious
financiering in time of peace, it would be
doubly so in time of war, when the re-
sources and credit of the government are
more or less strained by unavoidable causes.
To propose such a thing at the threshold
sorting to reckless financing, IS unpatriotic
and malignant. 1t shows that the men who
propose it are willing to differentiate them
selves from the mass of patriotic Ameri-
cans and become known as politicians of
the rule-or-ruin type. At present they are
operating on financial lines, but undoubted-
ly, when the opportunity occurs, they will
try to stab the government in some other
way. They are as much enemies of the gov
eminent as if they were placing fuses in
it's powder mills or torpedoes in the coal
bunkers of it's war ships.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11
COLONEL of THE FIRST.
Major Barnett Appointed to the Va
cant Command.

C<tAt
Governor Mount yesterday commissioned
John Barnett colonel of the First Regiment
The appointment was made on the recon-
mendation of all the commissioned officers
of the regiment and General Mckee. The
recommendation came in The form OF pc
tition. which all the officers signed Co.onel
Barnett has been the assistant inspector
general on General McKee's staff lie is a
graduate of West Point and spent several
years in the regular service.
As General Mckee could not be induced
under any circumstances to accept the ap-
pointment, as already stated in the Journal,
and it was not intended 10 promote Lieut..
Colonel Mccoy, a consultation of the officers
of the First Regiment was held late Monday
night with great secrecy, at which it was
decided unanimously to offer the vacant
command to Major John Barnett, VINO has
been acting as inspector general of the In
diana National Guard. A committee headed
Dy Lieutenant Colonel Mccoy, waited on
MAJOR Barnett al brigade headquarters and
made the formal tender of the colonelcy to
hlIn IN speech, setting forth the fact that
ne was looked on as an officer well qualified
10 take the place of Colonel Pennington, and
90 honor to the service. and that the tender
Oh the appointment was in the nature o. an
expression OF the good will of the entire
regiment toward its new commander.
Major Barnett gracefully accepted the
compliment and the appointment at the
same time, and while not as vet having as
Sumed formal command of the regiment will
De mustered in to-day. Major Barnett is an
ex-regular army officer of extensive expe-
iilence, having been last assigned to the Fiji
teenth Cavalry. He for some time past has
been on the retired list, though sill in full
Vlgor of manhood
Nolonel remington, who has been since
MS injury under treatment at the City Hos
pital, INSISTED pn being sent home yesterday
morning, and accordingly Captain Coleman,
of Company c, from New Albany. was de-
Iailed, with four privates and Hospital
steward Townsend. of the First Regiment
70 accompany their old commander home.
Colonel Wright issued orders TO place the
ambulance at his disposal and every ar
rangement was made for the coloneTs COM
Tort en- route. Captain Coleman and his de-
tacnment saw the colonel safely to his home
and returned to camp last night The col
oEsl reels bitterly disappointed at not being
aoie 10 stay at the mead of his regiment:
but has decided to make the best of a bad
loD, and give vent to his enthusiasm by hop
ing me First will see some active service in
the war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

It seems to be the policy of the govern
pent to make formidable invasion of Cuba
as soon as the result Of Admiral Sampson s
present expedition is known. This may in
volve an engagement with the Spanish
fleet. If it can be found. or an attack on
Porto Rico and the Spanish war ships in
that harbor. In either case, assuming that
Admiral Sampson will be victorious, the
government seems to be making prepare
fions to follow up his victory by sending a
large invading force to Cuba The concen-
tration and movement of troops as well as
OF war ships and transports seems to point
20 concerted and aggressive action.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

NEW ORLEANS, May 1O.-The session Of
the Grand Lodge of Eslks was opened in this
city to-day at the St. Charles Hotel. Miss
Florence Huberwald read a patriotic poem
written by Marguerite Hunt Brisbane and
lowed with an address OF welcome. John
Fitzpatrick spoke for the New Orleans
Antlers, and after an address by Exalted
order and the warmth Of the welcome ex-
tended, "Americas was sung and an adj
journment had Arriving trains to-day
all parts of the Country and the hotels are
fairly overrun with the anlered tribes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

If the Oregon is in danger now is the
critical point She reached Bahia. Brazil,
on Monday and under neutrality law could
only remain there long enough to COAL The
next port north of Bahia where under or
DIARY circumstances she would be likely to
eastern end of South America, and there
is a submarine cable thence to Cadiz by
way OF Lisbon. If Spanish ships are lying
in wait for the Oregon it is probably in
the close vicinity of Pernambuco. though
the Oregon may avoid them by a long de-
tour In any event the commander of the
ship is forewarned and she is probably able
to take care of herself against any Spanish
force she may meet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

the United States, makes a good point
against the Spanish navy on the score of
discipline. 1--WE have heard much from
Spanish sources" he says. "as to the lack
of discipline and crudeness in the American
navy, but here, at the very first practical
test the Spanish fleet committed the very
worst and most inexcusable offense by al
IS true. and the lack of discipline which
they said caused the explosion of the Maine
resulted in the destruction of their whole
deet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

The eagerness of Southerners to take part
IN the Cuban war and the enthusiasm with
and Congressman Wheeler as commanders
Of United States troops is received betrays
their anxiety to prove their loyalty and
patriotism and is something OF revela-
ton to Northern people Although it was
known that an occasional "unrecon-
structed" rebel stiIl existed in those States
and that a soreness Of spirit inevitable TO
3 defeated faction stiIl fingered in certain
quarters few Northerners would have
doubted for A. instant the present loyalty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

"A formal request has been made for $780,
900 wherewith to make necessary "structur-
al changes" in the Boston library. This
means that the building is not well adapted
for the purposes of a working library, and
that while all the ornamental and strictly
artistic features were attended to, plain
everyday convenience was forgotten. After
the manner in which Boston went wild with
delight over that library the early demand
for structural changes is not only reaec-
tion upon the skill of the architect. but
upon the judgment of the public.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11
HORSES FOR THE BATTERY.
inspection Board AppOinted-Price
Soaring Upward.

Captain May yesterday morning received
telegram from the War Department stat
Ing that bard of officers composed OF
Lieutenant OFT, of the Eighth Cavalry,
and Lieute Tinston, of the First Artil-
lery, both e regular army, had been
instructed .eport to him as BOARD OF
inspection for the purchase of battery
horses For some time rast Captain Curtis
has had an option on enough horses to sup
ply his battery and all that Will be re-
CURED to equip Battery A viii be merely
the formality Of IN inspection Of tho horses
oy the aboye-nenlad officers. No intimatioE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

Judging from the number of volunteers
who have recently been rejected by medical
examiners for failure in chest expansion,
the common schools of the country can do a
national service by Instructing the rising
generation in that opera ton. It is, by the
way. very beneficial to the general health
and is well worth practicing aside from any
military considerations. Comparatively few
persons know how to use the chest and
lungs as nature intended them to be used.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

The little person about the News office
who reads exchanges to find things to criti-
else pipes with glee because the Journal
remarked that but recently our own people
had come to appreciate corn as an article
of diet. The Journal was correct. Corn has
been food for many years, but generally
a food that most people would not eat if
they could get wheat bread. but the more
recent preparations OF corn, such as cerea-
line, corn starch and fine flour, have made
II a faYorite article OF diet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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

Our last foreign war resulted in the ac-
QUESTION of California from Mexico, former
~ a possession Of Spain. In this war Cali
fornia, now thoroughly Americanized, will
bear an honorable part against her once
owner and, by the same token, she has re-
ceived special thanks for the promptness
with which her troops have been modified.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

The ultra-Christian people will be glad to
Know on fuller information, that there was
something in the Manila battle that had
been converted, even if it was nothing more
than converted yacht"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

There is some military genius connected
with the Democratic local organ who ought
10 be commander-in-chief of the United
States army and navy. AS a kicker he
would he fnVincible
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11
A bargain.

Claude-I thought you were not going to
pay more than $50 for wheel
Maud didn't mean to when 1 went into
the store, but he said if I'd take the $50
wheel, he would let me have a dollar pump
for 50 cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

IL the rumors of the return of the Cape
VERDE fleet should prove true, it would
seem that the news of Dewey's victory
had the effect of making the Spanish sail
ors homesck
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

we fellows" said the student boarder,
ARE thinking Of getting up a little cheap
spread. is there anything anyone could sug-
gest?"
"Oleomargarine," said the Cheerful Idiot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

rule implied in the old saw. "old men for
council, young men for war But man
sixty-one years OF age resents the term
"eld" used in connection with his name.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

Often the oral expression of thanks is a
hollow formality. The vote of thanks ten
dered Admiral Dewey by Congress was
sincere in the very highest sense of that
word
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11
Not Quite Groundless.

NO" said the old deacon to the young
deacon, i don't think we can try the min
lister for profanity, for merely saying my
land! though there would seem to be some
ground"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

If the Spaniards are sincere in their pre-
tended belief that 'the future is in the
hands of God" one would expect them to
be scared to DEATH
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

A book of clippings relative to the war
can with great appropriateness be called a
scrap book
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

Dewey's brilliant achievement at the age
Of sixty-one years Is an exception 70 the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
Good Reasnn.

UOOu RelSOn.
Laugh and grow fat" for safe from
harm he
Is, who's too heavy to join the army.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

Every Republican in the county should
remember the congressional primaries Fri
day evening next and be in attendance in
the ward in which he votes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-11

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Monday afternoon at S O'Clock a
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Major Lynch by Wyatt Archer, L. K.
Brown, DR.. ]. c. Norwood, ]. H.
Lewis of Boston, D. B. McCary, Geo.
w. Poe, Robert H. Terrell, Miss >. A.
Somerville, Geo P. Davis, Major c.
A Fleetwood, Theodore H. Greene,
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Among others present on the occa.
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L. NJ. Hershaw, J. E. Johnson, Prof.
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Henry of Tennessee, E. w. Henry,
H. D. Williams, Major Chas. R. Doug
lass, Mrs. McCary, Misses Maud Nc.
Cary, and Carrie Lewis.
At the ceremonies incident to the
presentation of the uniform on Mon
day, eloquent talks were made by L.
K. Brown, Theodore H. Greene, Geo.
P. Davis, Editor w. Calvin Chase ot
The Bee, DIR. J. c. Norwood, Major c.
A. Fleetwood.