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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-29
ROTTEN SHELBY COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC FRAUDS EXPOSED AND
TAXPAYERS EYES OPENED.
Serious BIunder in Decatur-Rush Ju-
dicial District That VIII Elect
DemOcrat-Politics.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Oct. 2S.-The cam
paign In Shelby county has been conducted
In quiet and orderly manner. The county
being Democratic, that party has been
placed on the defense and their party or
gan kept busy making explanations The
Shelby Republican has confined itself to the
county records for campaign material, and
has had no trouble to keep its columns
filled with matter of lively interest to the
taxpayers. Last evening the heaviest gun
discharged in the Democratic camp was
fired, the load consisting of expenditures
made in the county and shown by the an
nual statement published by the County
commissioners. This record makes the fact
positive of the most wanton and reckless
extravaganza in the transaction of the bust
ness OF the county. During rhe past year
the sending of people to the Insane Asylum
alone has cost the county $2.010.67, this
money having been expended principally on
paupers, who have been taken up anu
clothed, sent to the asylum, where they
remain few weeks, and then return Two
bills for clothing thus furnished were taken
at random from the files, and are here
given to show the manner in which the
Democratic officers of Shelby county spend
the money Of the people. The first bill is
that for woman who was sent to the
asylum and returned as cured in a month:
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The Big Eighth District.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Oct. 2S.-Now
that such determined effort is being made
to misrepresent George w. Cromer, the Re-
publican congressional nominee, an abstract
of the vote of the Eighth district at this
period is interesting. The total Republican
vote of the district two years ago was 3d.
045: Democratic. 27.413; Prohibition, 424; Ma
tional Democrat 81; National Prohibition
ist; 35S. and Socialist Labor. 81 total of
S,35S The district includes the counties of
Blackford. Jay Adams, Randolph, Del
aware and Madison, and the important
towns Of Anderson, Muncie. Hartford City,
Elwood. Dunkirk, Alexandria. Winchester
Union City Bluffton., Decatur, Redkey.
Montpelier and Portland. The congressional
nominees are: G. n. Martin. Prohibition
Blackboard county; j. A. Thompson. Popu-
list, Madison county; George w. Cromer,
Republican. Delaware county, and Judge
Lott, Democrat. of the same county. The
Prohibition and Populist tickets. which
were not in the field two years ago. will be
helpful 10 the Republicans. inasmuch as the
votes cast for the Popuist and Prohibition
candidates would otherwise be cast for
Lott.
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est ever held in the county, and that their
ascendency was at an end, they formed an
alliance with the men who term themselves
loyal Republicans" Two years ago Ham
lin Smith was chairman of the Republican
coun. committee, and was also Republican
candidate for representative. He received
the votes of the Republicans in the eastern
townships. and in turn he has to acknowl-
edge to John q. Foster and William Lam
bring that he voted for the Democratic cam
didates for county commissioners. d. b.
Vance, another of these men, is not loyal
to his party. William Empson, who claims
to be chairman of the Loyal Republican"
organization, has opposed his party's cam
didates on several occasions. He openly
fought the Republican candidate for trustee
in Driftwood township. When Senator
Schneck was candidate for the Office two
of the above named men secretly worked
against his election. The Brownstown
writer, in closing his communication, speaks
of Mr.. John Fox's qualification as a candi-
date for representative. Mr.. Fox got ''onto"
the scheme to which the ring is trying to
make him a party, and has declined to al
low the use of his name, and says that he
and his sons will vote the straight fusion
ticket. He knows that this county has only
been represented in the Legislature one
time by Republican, and that was when
there was a split in the Democratic party
over the counting out of William Whacker
for county treasurer by the men now in con-
troll of the party.
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CUBANS NOT in ACCORD
PROMINENT PATRIOTS MAKING WAR
ON THE NEW YORK JUNTO.
General Palma Denounced by MIR.
Pierra as Unfit for the Place He
Is Now Occupying.

NEW YORK. Oct. 2S-The Times will
tomorrow print the following: Fidel G..
Pierra said yesterday (Friday) that strong
movement had been started in Havana in
opposition to the provisional government
and TO the Junto here. He gave the reasons
for such movement, showing that there is
sharp division of sentiment among Gu
hans. Mr.. Pierra and his friends are espe-
cially bitter against General Palma. AT the
commencement of his interview he said he
was now going to break the long silence and
paint Mr.. Palma and the men surrounding
him In true colors. General Palma, said Mr..
Pierra, was incompetent and unfit for the
position he had been occupying. What we
objected to most strongly" Mr. Pierra
said, was the long continuation Of lying
and deceit which the Junto practiced on the
administration at Washington. They told
untruths and they know it. They lied when
they said that the so-caled government in
Cuba was established and the machinery in
running order. This has since been dis
proved.
Mr. Pierra next entered into lengthy re-
view OF the causes leading up to the Cuban
insurrection. He discussed at length the
movements of the Junto during the Span
ish-American war, saying, among other
ebAitGS. W. ltiidliy UlSCOVSIeu IIldL IL very
close alliance had been formed between the
delegation and the provisional government
in Cuba for the purposes which were sure
to create trouble, being in contradiction
with the declared policy of the United
states, and we began quietly to prepare for
action. Some of our friends went to Ha-
Vana to see now matters stood there, and
as soon as the manifesto of the provisional
government was issued, stating the reasons
of converting the Assembly now in session
at Santa Cruz del Sur, ] isused pamphlet
showing the illegaity of that act and of
the policy adopted by the provisional gov
eminent, and protesting against them. 1t
was too late to prevent the elections taking
place. for it was done in great haste but
the pamphlet was profusely circulated all
over the island; 1t opened the eyes of the
people and won to our side some of the del
egates to the Assembly who were DESTROYS
of doing what was right and proper, but
had been misinformed by the agents of the
provisional government, and were laboring
under very wrong impressions.
While our friends were Shaping matters
Garcia arrived here, and. as the general is
working in the same direction, his agent,
Mr. Cosmo de la Iorr'ente, at once Joined
forces with me. The tide of public opinion
was Just beginning to turn in the right CT
rection, when Manuel Sanguilly. man
highly respected for his disnterested and
stern patriotism and a very eloquent ora
tor. reached that city, and, at a meeting
of the most noted leaders. made statements
impression. BY this time probably very
strong organization has already begun to
be effected in Havana, and will soon extend
to the other cities of the island
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WILL SOON QUIT CAMP MEADE.
First Troops May Go south Nov. y
COIOred Men Injured.

CAMP MEADE, Middletown, Pa, Oct
2S.-The last long train of weary soldiers
from Philadelphia reached Camp Meade
this evening shortly after O'Clock and the
men went direct to their quarters. General
Graham will be here tomorrow morning
and the last arrangements for moving the
troops South will be made. 1t is expected
that there will be a movement made by
Nov. Z and the entire corps will get away
by Nov. 20.
An accident that might have resulted very
seriously occurred to the train on which the
Ninth Ohio colored troops were going to
Camp Meade from Philadelphia. The train
had reached Hummelstown over the Read
ing road and was waiting TO be switched
on the branch road that goes to Middle
town. While standing on the switch a
freight train from Harrisburg came along
on the same track, and before it could be
tagged it crashed into the troop train,
smashing the rear car and injuring six men
all of Company c. The injured ares Floyd
Stewart. leg badly crushed will have to be
amputated, and Hugh Travers, severely in
jured, both being taken to private hospitals
in Hummelstown. The slightly injured are:
Emanuel Mack, Benjamin Brings, Luther
Whittier and Benjamin Williams.
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MURDER IN A STREET CAR.
Insane Farmer Kills One Man and
Wounds Two More.

ATLANTA. Ca. oct. 2S.-W. G. Shock
ley, an insane farmer OF Auburn county.
Georgia, cut the throat of ]. d. Bishop and
wounded Police Captain John Thompson on
a street car here to-day. Robert McKoy,
an ex-policeman, in effecting the capture of
the demented murderer, was seriously but
not fatally stabbed Bishop died instantly.
Shoclxley called at the police station during
the morning and asked to be locked UP as
he was going insane. but was thrown out of
the station. Shockley then called on Gov
ernor Atkinson anu aSkeu lot protection
telephoning the police the insane man de-
parted. Shockley was sitting next to Mr.
a razor. reached around and nearly severed
the head from the body. Shockley is under
arrest.
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LETTING NO GRASS GROW.
Chairman Hernly Now PrOdding Up
the Third District.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind. Oct. 2S.-Chairman
Charles S. Hernly, of the Republican state
central committee, was in the city to-day
and presided over an important Third dis
trict meeting. He was accompanied by
members of his executive committee The
charmen of the central committees of the
nine counties in the Third district and
number of leading Republicans were pres
ent and made reports of the condition of
the organization of the party throughout
the district The reports from a majority
of the counties were of most encourage
ing nature. The situation was discussed in
all its phases, and it was the opinion that
the party was in good shape for the cleo
ton. Many of the Republican county tick
cts will be elected according to the reports
received to-day by Chairman Hernly. In
1892 Cleveland carried Floyd county by 1,160
but in 1896 Mckinley carried 1t by $40. 1t
is believed the Republicans will elect nearly
all their county tickets this year and send
Joseph w. Rutledge as representative to
the General Assembly.
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WINNIE DAViS'S WILL.
All Her Real and Personal Property
Bequeathed tn Her Mother.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 2S-The will of
Miss Winnie Davis was filed yesterday in
the Civil District Court. The document,
which is in Photographic form and very brief,
was witnessed by +. Il. Manning and A. A.
Maginnis, of this city. 1t reads as follows:
II. Varina Anne Davis, being of sound
mind on this the 18th day of February, 1898,
and about to sail for Egypt. write this my
last will and testament. l give and be-
queath to my beloved mother, Varina How
ell Jefferson Davis. everything have, both
real and personal property, and any returns
that may come from my literary work,
stocks. bonds or moneys of which ! die
possessed beg here to give remem-
brance out of my jewelry to my dear cousin,
Anna Smith. and to my, dear. dear. old
nurse, Mary Ahearn. My dear mother is to
judge what she would like to give to my
dear sister, Margaret Hayes, and her chill
dren. to remember me by. l know she will
know what | wish done. l sign this in the
Gerard Hotel 1913 West Forty-fourth street,
New York city. N. Y. Feb. IL. 1885,
"VARINA ANNE DAVIS"
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ROCKVILLE, Ind, Oct. Is. - The Hon.
Gurley Brewer, the talented colored lawyer
of Indianapolis, made one of his fine polit-
zeal speeches at the courthouse. He was
greeted by coored and white people alike.
He told the colored citizens what was their
duty to the Republican party, eulogized the
colored soldiers who planted the stars and
stripes on San Juan HILL and touched on
the foreign policy of the government. He
impressed on the minds of his people by
all means to elect their representatives to
the Legislature, so the Republican party
wv ould be able to send a Republican to sue
coed David. Turpie in the United States
Senate, and to return the Hon. George
Faris to Congress from this district. as he
was an able representative of the people
and a friend to President McKinley's adj
ministration. He ended his speech by adj
monishing the Republicans to lay aside all
petty jealousies and party quarrels and
stand by the grand old party and its candi-
dates. Three cheers were given for Presi-
dent Mckinley and the congressional and
legislative tickets.
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SOLDIER CLAIMANT DEAD.
Walter Brown Holt, Who Wanted a
Share of Millions.

NEW YORK. Oct. 2S.-Walter Brown
Holt, aged fifty-two, an ex-sodier of the
United States army and a claimant to the
immense Holt estate in England is dead
at his home, in this city, of bronchial pneu-
monia. For ten years he had served in the
Fourth United States Cavalry and for the
four succeeding years in the Sixth United
States Infantry. Most of tbs time had been
spent in Western posts. in California and
around the Yellowstone. He was a member
of the relief forces on the way to reinforce
General Custer at the time of the Custer
massacre and he also saw service against
Sitting Bull in the Black Hills. He was
honorably discharged from the army in 1888.
He was a GRANDSON of Stephen b. Holt,
who constructed the United States Hotel,
this city, and was one of the claimants 10
the Holt estate, that has been i'm chancery
for about two hundred years, and is esti-
mated by some to approach $SOOO0,OCO in
value
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SICK MEN FROM PORTO RICO.
Arrival at Boston of the Hospital Ship
Bay State.

BOSTON, Oct. 2S.-The hospital ship Bay
State, with 113 of the sick and convalescent
soldiers of the Sixth Massachusetts Volun-
teers from Porto Rico. arrived here to-day.
Besides the boys of the Sixth. twenty of
the First Regiment of Volunteer Engineers
were on the ship. Two of the Sixth died
on the passage from Arecibo. They were
Sergt. VIM. E. Walter, Company E. Fran
ingham; Paul T. French, Company c. Mil
ford Some very sick men were on the Bay
State Twenty of the Sixth Regiment were
carried from the ship on stretchers and sent
to hospitals. Twelve of the First Regiment
OF Volunteer Engineers and one member of
the Fifth United States Artillery were also
sent to the hospitals, but most of them
were so disposed that they had no place to
go tonight They will be allowed to go to
their homes in New York and Pennsylvania
tomorrow, as they have Deen furloughed.
The trip north from Porto Rico was made
in good weather, until Thursday. when the
ship ran into q strong breeze and tossed
about good deal. There are still twenty
one of the Sixth Regiment in Porto Rico
They are in the hospital at Utuado.
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IN FINANCIAL STRAITS.
Receiver Named for the Chicago Rae
ing Association.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2S.-Edward B. Mickey
was appointed receiver to-day of the Chi
cago Racing Association on the petition Of
Dewitt Fl Curtis, one of the stockholders,
and George II. Kuhl. a creditor of the asso-
citation, who filed bill in the Circuit Court
to wind up the affairs OF the concern. Ed
ward Corrigan John Brenock and James G.
Burke were made codefendants in the ac-
ton against the association. The bill of
complaint sets up that the business of the
association was conducted at a loss during
the recent racing at Hawthorne and that
by reason of litigation in which the cor
poration was involved it became necessary
for the association to cease doing business
The Chicago Racing Association was in
corporated in 1891 with. capital stock of
$500, 600 in 5000 shares
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ARMY PROBERS.
(COncfus.ed from First Page

a nice camp and the men are very well
satisfied. We were sorry to leave about
twelve of the boys at the hospital out of our
company. They are being well cared for by
the Sisters. Denver Brown, of Company r.
one of our boys, died the day we left His
home was at West Manchester. o. His
brother came down to see him, but before
he got to Jacksonville Denver IVES dead
The deceased was color bearer and the
stoutest and best man of Company f. The
men we left behind are getting along very
we'll and we think 1t will not be very long
before they will be with the regiment again.
I'VE don't know whether we will go to
Cuba. Most of the boys now want to GO
We are getting acclimated and the most of
us are getting stout. We have very good
water and the grub is much better than it
was when we struck Jacksonville"
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TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 2S-The members of
the first battalion of the Twenty-second
Kansas Regiment, which sailed from San
Francisco yesterday for Manila, carry bal
lots with them and will vote on Kansas Of
ficers about midway between Honolulu and
Manila. These six hundred men live in
western Kansas. where members of the
Legislature are usually elected by less than
twenty-five majority. Both state commits
tees tonight admit that fully twenty-five
western counties will be chosen or defeated
by this r2idocean vote. What worries
them is the possibility of delay in receiv
ing the returns here until Feb. /, one month
after the Legislature meets With a very
close vote on state officers, as Is now pre-
dicted, still greater complications confront
them.
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HanIy mt Washington.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON Ind, Oct. 2S.-Hon. J.
Frank Hanly, the brilliant Republican ora
tor, was given fine reception in this city
last night. The Peoples Theater was
crowded and the meeting was fully one
third larger than any political meeting in
paviess county this campaign. Mr.. Hanlys
speech was pronounced by Democrats as
well as Republicans as the finest political
effort ever heard in Washington. He pro-
duced unquestionable proof of a decided i'm
provement of business interests of the coun-
try, advocated the building of the Nicara-
qua canal and the expansion of territory
peal to the people to support the President
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Oct. 2S-Hon. John
l.. Grifiths addressed the largest meeting
of the campaign at Evans Hall last even
ing. The audience enthusiastic in it's
expressions of approval of the logic, wit
and eloquence of the speech. Time and
again MIR. Griffiths was compelled to stop
until the applause subsidized. No more mas
terly presentation of the issues of the cam
paign has been heard in Evansville this
Year. After the meeting Mr.. Griffiths was
the guest of the Vanderburg Club.
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Opposition to the Rubber Trust.

NEW YORK. Oct. 2S.--A dispatch to the
Tribune from Waterbury, Conn, says;
George A. Lewis, of Naugatuck, president
of the Goodyear Rubber Company, has ten
dered his resignation. This is the consum-
nation of the biggest deal in the history Of
the rubber business in this country. Levi
T. Warner. general superintendent of the
company, has also resigned and he takes
with him his brother Abner, who was the
agent for the company, and John ID. Ro-
avowed intention of all concerned in this
deal is to ORGANIZE an opposition to the
United States Rubber Company, ana with
the millions of money behind the Lewis
family, the Whittemores and the Warmers
there will be an interesting contest.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. Ex-senator Bacon,
of Georgia, to-day obtained the consent of
the President to the Second Georgia Vol
unteer Regiment remaining in the United
States service. Senator Bacon was accom-
panied by Col. Oscar j. Brown and Capt.
WilcoXson, of the Second Georgia The
First and Second Georgia regiments were
ordered mustered out some time ago, but
large numbers of men in both regiments
preferred to remain in the service. The
in both regiments who want to go to do
so, while those who wish to remain can
go into the Second II is believed that
the regiment
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Gen. II. V. Boynton, L. S. ": Lieut. Col.
w. II. Carter assistant adjutant general.
The adjutant general will furnish the board
with all the information necessary>for its
action. The awards will be made princi-
pally upon the recommendations of SUI
perior officers. 1t is necessary. however. to
have the board take the numerous recon-
mendations which have been made and
classify them in such manner as will en-
able the President TO grant the brevet
ranks and award the medals according to
the merits of the different officers and men.
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Promotion Board Named.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-The following
order has been issued by the War Depart
ment:
BY direction of the secretary of war. a
board of officers will assemble at Washing
ticable. for the purpose of making recon-
mendations for brevet promotions. the
award OF medals of honor and certifca ties
of merit for the officers and enlisted men
who participated in the campaigns of San
tiago. the Philippines and Porto Rico. The
following is the detail for the board: Brig.
Gen. Theodore Schwan T.. s. ", colonel,
assistant adjutant general. I. 5. A; Brig
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Wolves the employment Of a large amount
of skilled labor. At the average wholesale
price of $1.OS per key of 100 pounds. the
United States appears to be prepared to sell
cut nails at works for about $23. or
about "a las per ton-little more than the
British price for steel rails. This. moreover.
Is not the price for export purposes alone
but the average American price for all pur
poses for a whole year. We have never
heard of any price approaching this figure
being quoted in Europe. British nail manu-
faeturers would be likely to find 1t worth
their while to ascertain how it is done.
compatibly with the payment of the higher
range of wages common to all American in
dustries'
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Poor Place for American Farmers.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-Major James Z.
Stewart, chairman of the postal commits
sion sent by this government to organize
a postal system in Porto Rico. expresses
the conviction that that island is a poor
place for farmers of moderate means or
American artisans to go with the idea of
permanent residence. He says that the soil
of Porto Rico is as fertile as any in the
world. but that the lands are held high
and that the agricultural richness of the
island can only be developed by thy employ
ment of large capital He says that farm
duce one quarter as much as it ought to-.
The postal commissioners traversed the ISL
and from end to end and their oppor-
tunities for observation were better than
ever enjoyed by any party of American
tourists
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NEW YORK. Oct. 2S.-Arrived: California,
from Mediterranean ports; State of Ne
braska. from Glasgow Britannia, from
Liverpool
LIVERPOOL. Oct. 2S-Arrived: Cevic.
from New York. Sailed: Tauric, for New
York
HAMBURG, Oct. 2S-Arrived: Fuerst
Bismarck, from New York.
PHILADELPHIA Oct. 2S.-ArriveG. La
Campania, from Antwerp.