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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-08

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GOSHEN, Ind, May THE confirmation
of Deweys victory set the city ablaze this
morning. Bells rung, whistles blown and
tonight a mass meeting was held to cele-
brate with fire works, bands and drum
corps. The excitement eliminated in the
hanging of Blanco in effigy and exploding
a bomb inside the dummy.
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WIN Be Made an Admiral.

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Chairman Bou-
telle, of the House committee on naval af-
fairs says he will introduce from that COM
mittee on Monday resolution of thanks
to Commodore Dewey. He will also intro
duce bill creating an additional admiral
Commodore Dewey cannot be named in the
bill, but ii will provide for the promotion
of commodore who had won honor for the
United States navy and the United States.
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All ouiet Mt Manila.

WASHINGTON, May THE State De-
partment to-day received the following dis
patch. dated New York, noon, May Z:
Have cable from Hong-Kong saying:
Spanish fleet entirely destroyed. Manila
III hands of Americans. Latest news is all
quiet AS we have a line of steamers run
ming between Manila and Hong-Kong, it is
possible that this news may be the first to
you. We believe it thoroughly reliable
"JARDINE MATHESON e, coz
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Grover Cleveland After Trout

SANDUSKY, O., May T. - Ex-President
Cleveland, accompanied by ex-Attorney Gen.
eral Judson Harmon and John Uric Ward
noon, the object of their visit being to spend
a few days angling for trout i'll the Castalia
stream and for black bass at Pelee island
They will leave for the clubhouse at Pelee
tomorrow and will visit Castalia on their
return
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ney. brought the message to the large re-
ception room. where a hundred or more
anxious newspaper correspondents and
curious observers took the dispatch as Mr..
Finney read it. 1t was as follows:
"Cavite. May T.
Long. Secretary of Navy-I have taken
possession of the naval station at Cavite,
PhilippineN islands, and destroyed its forth
fications. Have destroyed Notifications at
the bay entrance and am paroling the
garrison. / control the bay completely and
can take the city at any time. The squad
ron is in excellent health and spirits. The
Spanish loss is not fully known. but very
heavy. One hundred and fifty were killed,
including the captain of the Reina Chris
tina. am assisting in protecting the Span
ish sick and wounded. Two hundred and
fifty sick and wounded are in the hospital
within our lines. There is much excite
ment at Manila. VIII protect foreign resi-
dents. DEWEY"
Following this Secretary Long gave out
his reply to Dewey, which had been cabled
by direction of the President, as follows:
Dewey Manila = The President. in the
name of The American people, thanks you
achievement and overwhelming victory In
recognition he has anpointed you acting
admiral and will recommend a vote of
thanks to you by Congress. LONG"
AS the last word of the dispatch was
uttered several of the onlookers, including
Senator Hanna, called for three cheers for
Dewey. They We're given with will and
the official serenity of the Navy Depart,
ment for the moment was broken by
round of cheers which fairly shook the
building.
An important feature of Deweys dispatch
is the statement that he destroyed the forth
tications at the bays entrance. This refers
to the strong forts at Corrigedor island,
lying at the entrance to the bay, and insures
the admiral against interruption in the line
Of communication with the outside world.
Upto late hour tonight the government
was in possession OF no further dispatches
than were made public earlier in the day.
AT the State Department Assistant Secre-
taries Moore and Cridler divided the night
at their desks awaiting developments. The
President spent the evening very quietly
with Mrs. Mckinley General Hastings. his
old war colonel, and Colonel Herrick, of
Ohio. General Miles was with him for a
little while. Secretary Long retired early,
leaving statement that nothing had trans
pired since the close of the department
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Mira. Henrotin WIN Retire.

CHICAGO, May THE fourth biennial
convention of the Federation of Women's
Clubs will meet in Denver June % All the
convention Mrs. Helen NJ. Henrotin. presl-
gent OF the federation. viii. 1t Is stated re-
tire from active club life and devote her
suits. ~stu Su'
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ard urrendered.
spaniarG

ROCHESTER,, May 7--Mrs. o. F.
Williams, of thi wife of the United
States consul te .nila received the fol-
lowing cable message at $3.50 o'clock this
morning from her husband at Hong-Kony:
"Spaniards surrendered. Am we'll
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Helen GouId's 500, 900 Accepted

WASHINGTON, May Z. = The President
has accepted the gift of Miss Helen Gould,
of New York, to the government of 100000
for war purposes. and her check for that
amount to-day was received at the Treas
urY Department.
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TO the Indlanapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENvILLE. o., May Large crowds
turned out tonight and participated in d
celebration of the Dewey victory There
was a parade, music and cheering all along
the line.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-08

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May THE
deaf and dumb cadets at the State School
at Fulton, the only company of it's kind in
the world have offered their services to
Governor Stephens to fight the Spanish.
This company is fully equipped and well
drilled
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Kokomo Celebrating for Dewey.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO. Ind. May 7.-Kokomo went
wild over the news from Dewey to-day.
Business is at a standstill with clerks idle
and no Saturday trade Tonight the vic
tory is being celebrated with fireworks and
booming cannon.
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journal "Extras'' Were GobbIed Up.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PENDLETON, Ind, May This town is
intensely patriotic and the Journals 'Ex-
ira" this morning with news from Com
modore Dewey was eagerly purchased
Nearly 800 dailies are now purchased and
read by Pendleton people every day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-08

Miss Laura c. Darby viii sing the offar-
Tory ~ Sk Pauls Church this morning.
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account of the days work Instead of
sending Immediately by the McCulloch to
Hong-Kong he had delayed that vessel for
two or three days, at least, probably to use
her in the subsequent bombardment of the
town and forts. The .events of these last
few days without doubt would make the
subject of one or more official dispatches
which are to follow the original message.
The department at 10 O'clock after the
first message was translated, was still re-
telegraph company. while the cipher ex-
perts were still at work behind the heavy
closed doors of the Navigation Bureau.
DEWEY CONTROLS THE BAY.
Shortly before noon Secretary Long left
the Navy Department for the White House.
and an official confirmation was made that
a second dispatch from Commodore Dewey
had been received. The secretary carried
this with him to the White House. and
pending the conference with the President
there was intense eagerness among the
W1ilih6 SAOWu " lSdIn the contents VI lhS
second dispatch. Senators who saw the
President said that Dewey's victory was
overwhelming. and that he had large
number Of Spanish prisoners in his pos
session. AT 1890 Secretary Long came from
the Presidents private room, carrying the
copy OF the. second message from Dewey.
but in order to give equal facilities to the
great crowd Of people waiting to gain in
formation he held it until he reached his
private Office Then his secretary. Mr. Fin
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-04-01

were in working order, and there had
never been a case of spontaneous COM
buston Of coal on board the Maine.
The two boilers of the ship were i'll
use at the time of the disaster, but for
auxiliary purpose only, with q COM
paratively low pressure of steam and
being attended by reliable watch.
Those boilers could not have caused
the explosion of the ship. The for
ward boilers of the ship have been
found since by the divers and are in II
fair condition.
On the night of the destruction of
the Maine everything had been re-
ported secure for the night at 8 p. NJ.
by reliable persons. through proper
authorities, to the commanding officer.
At the time the Maine was destroyed
the Maine was quiet, and therefore the
less liable to accident caused by move
ments from those on board.
3. Explosions-The destruction of
the Maine occurred at $40 p. NJ, on
the 18th of February, 1898, in the
harbor OF Havana, Cuba, being at the
time moored at the very same buoy to
which she has been taken upon her
arrival. There were two explosions of
a distinctly different character, very
short but distinct interval between
them, and the forward part of the ship
was lifted to marked degree at the
time of the first explosion. The first
explosion was more in the nature of a
report, like that of a gun, while the
second explosion was more open, pro-
longed, and of greater volume. This
second explosion was, in the opinion
of the court, caused by the partial ex-
plosion of two or more of the forward
magazines of the Maine.
4. Conditions of the Wreck-The
evidence bearing on this, being prin-
cipally obtained from divers, did not
enable the court to form definite
conclusion as to the condition of the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-04-01

'.it frame II the outer she'll Of the
ship from point III feet from the
middle line OF the ship and six feet
above the keel when in IA normal posi-
tiun, had been forced up 50 rs to be
about four feet above the surface of
the water: therefore, about 81 feet
above where it would be had she sunk
unlnjured. The outside bottom plat
ing bent into reversed V shape, the
after wing of which, about ID feet
/ feet broad and - feet in length Qrom
frame IL to frame 25) is doubled back
upon itself against continuation of
the same plating extending forward.
AT frame Is the vertical keel is
broken in two, and bent into an angle
formed by the outside plates. This
break is about six feet below the sur
face OF the water and about 30 feet
above its normal position.
ain the opinion of the court this
effect could have been produced only
by the explosion of mine situated
under the bottom of the ship ut or
about frame Is, and somewhat ON the
port side of the ship.
"The conclusions of the court are:
"That the loss of the Maine was not
in any respect due to fault or negli-
gence on the part of any officer or
member of her crew.
"That the ship was destroyed by
the explosion of 4 submarine mine,
which caused partial explosion of
two or more of her forward magazines,
and no evidence had been obtainable
fixing responsibility for the dcstruc-
ton OF the Maine upon any person or
persons.
81 have directed that the finding of
the court of inquiry, and the views of
this government thereon, be commune
Gated to the government of her ma.
jesty the queen; and do not permit
myself to doubt that the sense of JUS
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The Boss Pensioner.

The STANDARD dislikes very much
to criticize the officers it supported at
the polls and helped to elect, but it is
duty not to be evaded at times. In
this instance it is the Attorney Gen.
eral who does not seem to be render
ing an equivalent for his salary, and
little Oily is right in calling attention
to the delinquency. So far, Mr.. Win
ston's duties have been mainly per-
formed by proxy, notwithstanding he
draws salary which is evidently
quite satisfactory to that gentleman
$l66.66 per month, or about five times
the pay of many sturdy toiler whose
vote helped the Attorney General into
office.
AS to the overwork imposed upon
Mr.. Vance, his deputy, we know OF
care but little. Professional men gen.
orally place an estimate upon mental
and physical energy required for dis
charge of official duty that is at least
liberal to themselves. 1t may be that
the deputy devotes more time to his
duties than some other State officers
and still not lie down at night with
half the fatigue or worry that the day
laborer, the mechanic, or the mer.
chant experiences, in the struggle for a
recompense that is not arranged with
the precision of the rotation of the
planets. If Mr.. Vance earns his sal.
AIRY, it is to his credit, and the obliga'
ton between himself and the State il
even.
The Oympiam makes another charge
against Mr.. Winston which is even
worse than receiving sinecure salary
1t says that the appropriation of sc
per month for stenographer in hi
office, is cut in two, and one-half OF il
goes to a competent young lady who
performs all the duties incumbent
upon a service for this over.worket
official and the other half to a son O.
Mr.. Winston. If this is true, it indi
Gates beyond question that Sir Patricl
Henry is I" in it" for revenue, and rev
enue only.
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wreck, although it was established
that the after part OF the ship was
practically intact and sank in that
condition few minutes after the de-
struction of the forward part.
The following facts in regard to the
forward part of the ship are, however,
established by the testimony: That
portion of the short side of the pro.
tected deck which extends from about
frame 80 to about frame Al, was blown
up aft and over to port. The main
deck, from about frame 80 to frame
Al, was blown up aft and slightly over
to starboard, folding the forward part
of the middle superstructure over and
on top of the floor part. This was, in
the opinion of the court, caused by
the partial explosion of two or more
of the forward magazines of the Maine.
B. At frame Is the outer shell OF
ship, from point eleven and one-half
feet from the middle line Of the ship
and six feet above the keel when in its
normal position, has been forced up so
as to be about four feet above the sur
face of the water, therefore about
thirty-four feet above where it would
be had the ship sunk uninjured. Tht
outside bottom plating is bent into a
reversed V-shape, the after wing of
which, about fifteen feet broad and
thirty-two feet in length (from frame
II to frame 25), is doubled back upon
itself against the continuation of the
same plating extending forward.
At frame 80 the vertical keel is
broken in two, and the fiat keel bent
into an angle similar to the angle
formed by the outside bottom plating.
This break is now about six feet below
the surface of the water and about
thirty above its normal position. In
the opinion of the court, this effect
concluded on Third Page.l
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Come Let Us Reason Together.


Arrangements are being completed
t. l"lI u public mass meeting Of the
citizens Of Thur>ton county and the
city OF Olympia, nj Columbia hall, on
Saturday, April 9th. at Z. VI, for the
rurp">" Of discussing the Importance
oi the hIilling Of an cvaporator and
canning factory. This i Il matter
that ! ~ interest to every citizen OF
the county and nobody can afford t.
be- absent.
ii there ever WAS Il time in our local
hi tory when thr duty for united ac-
ton WAS more imperative than now
we would like to have somebody tu
state when circumstances have ever
presented more certain and com
rlctc promise OF reward for reasonable
united effort than now.
The subject OF special interest to
be considered ut the meeting is the
report OF the Joint committee of the
Chamber OF Commerce and Horticul-
tural Society for the erection of an
evaporator and canning establishment
in this city. 1t seems to us that there
Is but one side to this proposition. 1t
is to save capital and labor already
invested in fruit-bearing trees that this
factory should be erected at once. We
have practically no lucrative market
for our fruit, for such sales as are
made have to afford profits to several
middlemen before they reach the con-
sumner, and at every point compete
with products of established grade.
Fruit is commodity that in its orig
inal state, cannot wait for a market.
1t must be gathered in season and
handled with expedition or result in
whole or partial loss. These products,
passing through factory supplied
with modern machinery, would afford
means of grading that would be rec
ognized in the markets of the world.
One advantage of a factory of this
description at this point would be that
it could find employment the year
round. Many vegetables may be
placed in marketable form by passing
through the evaperator, and when
the berry and fruit seasons are over,
the canning of oysters, clans, sardines
and other products of the sea, could
likewise be utilized to keep the factory
employed. A creamery, especially
with butter at the figures it has COM
manded the past year, would doubtless
afford splendid margin of profit.
Come let us reason together. Let
the meeting on Saturday of next week
break the record and be the largest
ever held in the county. Come and
listen, even though you may have no
suggestions to make. There will be
many ways pointed out by which
you can extend the enterprise help
ing hand.
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THE GIRLS HAVE HADTur1R w

The GIRLS HAVE HAD THEIR WAY.
MIR. Burkhard, of st. LOUIS, the old
gentleman who created so much no.
toriety by notifying his four grown
vivacious daughters that they must
marry before Christmas or 90 out in
the world and rustic for their living,
has been defeated, if an utter disre.
gard of his wishes can be regarded as
defeat. On the date suggested, the
girls hired domicile and set up house
keeping for themselves. The old gen.
tleman had held out resolutely four
months when his lonely mansion be.
came too dreary for habitation and he
sent for his girls to come home. They
came at his bidding and now the old
gentleman is happy in q reunited
household. It is surmised that now
the girls have had their way, they will
speedily rush to the hymenial altar, to
please themselves if not crafty the
old man.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-04-01

IT is said not to be an uncommon
thing in Russia to meet with a herd
of COWS or oxen wearing blue glasses
to counteract the effects caused by the
reflection of the snow, during the win
ter months. And on the top of this,
We have it that a horse that is near
sighted has been fitted, satisfactorily,
with long-range glasses in Chicago.
If the story came from almost any
other modern city it would be received
with doubt.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-04-01

The temperature of the magazines
and shell rooms was taken daily and
reported. The only magazine which
had an undue amount of heat was the
after ten-inch magazine, and that did
not explode at the time the Maine was
destroyed.
The torpedo war heads were all
slowed in the after part of the ship
under the room and neither caused
nor participated in the destruction Of
the Maine. The dry gun cotton
primers and detonators were slowed
in the cabin aft and remote from the
scene of the explosion. The waste was
carefully looked after on board the
Maine to obviate danger. Special
orders in regard to this had been given
by the commanding officer.
Varnishes, dryers, alcohol and other
combustibles of this nature were slowed
On, about or above the main deck and
could not have had anything to do
with the destruction of the Maine.
The medical supplies were slowed aft
of the ward room and remote from the
scene of the explosion.
No dangerous stores of any kind
were slowed below in any of the other
storerooms. The coal bunkers were
inspected. OF those bunkers adjoining
the forward magazines and she'll
rooms four were empty, namely, B-3,
3D., B-5, BE-.
ALB had been in use at that date
and A-16 was full of new river. coal.
This coal had been carefully inspected
before receiving it on board. The
bunker in which it was slowed was ac-
cessible on three sides at all times, and
on the fourth at this time, on account
of bunkers b. and BE- being empty.
This bunker, A-16, had been inspected
that day by the engineer officer on
duty. The fire alarms in the bunkers
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-04-01
Hardly Satisfactory.

Librarian Bashford gives the Olqm-
piGn, ~ reason for failurc to take
proper care Of the capitol building,
that it would involve some expense,
and that no money has been appro-
priatcd for that purpose. That may
seem conclusive and very just to the
man who Is drawing Il liberal salary
Tor services he does perform, but it is
no excuse for refusing to perform a
duty whereby the State suffers dam
age. 1t i we'll known that when the
law imposes duty hut fails to provide
compensation for it, that there is Il
remedy, a plain and explicit provision
oi law itself, designed for just such
Gases, which provides that the facts OF
service shall he reported to the Legs
laturc and an appropriation made
therefore. y" Legislature has ever
ignored this plc.Se to meet emergency
cases, where the law recognizes an OBJ
legation not met by appropriation.
Mr.. Bashford is reported as saying
that if he found q lock broken cit
could not be replaced for there is no APP
preparation therefor" Well, we'll
how extremely unfortunate! Almost
any man would have enough public
spirit, however, to put his hand into
his pocket and loan the Librarian
few dollars to buy lock, under the
circumstances almost any hardware
dealer would trust the State a few
months for such material as is neces-
sary to make repairs, and We think
the lumber dealer would be equally
patriotic, and the carpet-layer just as
complaisant over the small amounts
that are required to place the property
in good repair and keep it in service
able condition. In fact we know that
one of our citizens offered, some time
ago, to look after the capitol and keep
everything in repair, if the legal GUS
todian would only agree to recommend
the Legislature to make a reasonable
allowance therefor. Why his propo-
sition was not accepted neither that
gentleman nor anybody else seems to
know.
1t appears to us that there is no
real difficulty in the way of immediate
measures for stopping the acts of van
dalism that have called forth this pro.
test. Many an officer has performed
duties for which no specific appropri-
alton has been made, and many a saw
ing hand has been put forth by hu-
mainly without any prospect or prom
Use OF reward. The Icta mika pot
latch" manner of doing business might
pass with the untutored Siwash in
times past, whose soul had not found
enlightenment under the benign infiu-
ence of Christian civilization, but it
seems very much out of place now,
when mankind is supposed to be in
fluenced by the spirit of fairness and
honesty and mutual regard.
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-04-01

AWAY up in the woods of Mason
county, in Frank Williamson's logging
camp, resides an honest blacksmith,
known to the world as William J.
Kennedy, or Bill" for short. AS he
pounded iron the other day, he sang
to himself:
Mckinley waved his sword aloft
Aud cried In savage glee;
Will whip that dark-eyed Spanish Queen
II Mark Hanna will let me-
"Iw,ll fight that infant king,
Fight him uu land or sea;
on we Will do most wOnd' rous thinge-
MY old friend Mark and me.
yea. will smite that youthful king,
strike terror to his soul;
while Mark will geta contract fat
To furnish US with coal"