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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04
A MYSTERIOUS BATTLE
HEAVY CANNONADING HEARD OFF
THE NEWFOUNDLAND COAST.
Many Shots Fired, and a War ship
Seen Later Moving Dead Slow In
the Direction of Boston.

ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 3.-The telegraph
operators at Cape Race and Trepassey, on
the south coast of the island, report having
heard heavy firing of shots in the offing on
Saturday night. The firing lasted fifteen
minutes and to the operators, conveyed the
impression that two ships were engaged in a
sea fight. The telegraph wires have since
been interrupted and no further news is OBJ
tainable. The firing is described as having
been heavy enough to shake houses in the
vicinities mentioned. All possible steps nave
been taken to obtain, ii possible, confirma-
ton of these reports.
The telegraph operator at Trepassey re-
ports concerning the mysterious cannon
aiding off that port Saturday night as fol-
lows: About 10 o'clock Saturday night
heavy firing could be distinctly heard in the
bay south of TrepasSey, lasting about fifteen
minutes. The shots came very quickly after
each other, some being very loud and heavy,
sufficient TO cause the houses here to trem-
bic. Others again were short and sharp as
If from lighter pieces. Another cannon
aiding was heard before daybreak on SUM-
day. This lasted about twenty minutes.
Crowds of people, aroused by the first re-
ports, focked to the waters edge. The first
impression was that some steamer in dis
tress in the bay was firing rockets; but the
discharges were too heavy and too rapid
for that. Then it was agreed that perhaps
there was a nava battle in progress. About
4 o'clock Saturday afternoon a number of
Trepassey people saw a large steamer in
the offing. They believe it was a war ship.
She was two masted, with two tunnels and
high in the middle. She was about eight
miles off shore, going dead slow and bound
west. For nearly an hour she was in sight.
In Saturday nights ~cannonading from fifty
to sixty shots were fired.
The telegraph operator at Cape Race,
which is fifteen miles east of Trepassey,
confirms the report of the Trepassey opera
tor as to the firing of guns between 10 and
II o'clock Saturday night. He asserts that
the firing was heard by both himself and his
brother. The weather was not foggy at the
time, but only hazy and there was conse-
quently no need of a steamer firing because
of any danger on that score. This operator
said the firing lasted about ten minutes and
that the shots were different from and too
heavy for explosive rockets. No wreckage
could have drifted ashore since then, be-
cause the wind had been off the land and
no steamers are due from Halifax or Sydney
before tomorrow night, which would be
likely to sight either of the combatants if
the firing was a battle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04
R.yamo occupied by Garcia.

Copyright. 1898, by the Associated Press.)
MONTEJO BAY, Jamaica, (via Kingston,
Jamaica), May 3.-General Pando, the COM
mander of the Spanish forces in the field,
withdrew the Spanish garrison from Bay
amo. one of the important towns of the
province of Santiago de Cuba, on April %,
ard refugees who have arrived here from
Manzanillo. the port of Bayamo, by the
schooner Governor Blake. say that General
Calixto Garcia, the i%nsurgent commander,
occupied the town the next day.
Bayamo. or San Salvador. is situated
about sixty miles west of the city of San
tiago de Cuba. 1t has a population of about
seven thousand. The Spanish merchants and
residents of Bayamo. it appears, were in
great fear of plumber and massacre, but
General Garcia issued a proclamation de-
claring that the property of Spaniards and
their civil rights would be respected. The
general also personally assured the leading
Spaniards of the place that they were per-
fectly safe in remaining at Bayamo. Bust
ness then went on as usual and tranquility
prevails there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04
Should lave Called for volunteers.

~
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
1t seems that our militia system does not
work well in time of war, when it should
work the best. This is shown by the dis
agreeable condition of affairs at Camp
Mount. Wher the government: called for
1900 soldiers from Indiana it evidently did
nor mean state militia. but volunteers, and
instead of calling for what was wanted the
Governor called out the militia, and they
promptly responded. When they get into
camp they are coolly told they must vol
unteer for two years, or be hooted and
jeered out of camp as towards. And the
Governor and others in authority, who
should know that the men are in the right,
declare they are much disappointed. This
might well be called outrageous treatment.
IT takes more courage for these men TO
leave camp under such conditions than to
not intend to volunteer should have re-
manned at home when the company was
when they were ordered to report for duty
as militia? That would be a lovely militia
law that would allow the members of a
company to elect whether they should go
or stay when a call was made. 1t was a
mistake to call out the militia when vol
unteers were wanted. By calling the mi
litia a large number whose circumstances
were such as made it necessary for them
to stay at home were compelled to go, while
numbers VINO wanted 10 go were compelled
to remain at home. Then. again, at least
one-third of the militia are not up to the
requirements, and will be sent home after
examinations. If the call had been for vol
unteers, as the government intended it
should, the companies now in Camp Mount
would have been made up of men whose
circumstances were such that they could
go, and who wanted to go. and this I'M
fortunate condition would not have existed.
1t is no small matter to call a young mar
a coward because he won't do what some
one else wants him to do, and refuses to
submit to a moral CONSUMPTION.
Charlottesville. Ind, May 4.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04

Anna Held Coming.

An unexpected pleasure for t~heater-goers
in this city is the announcement that the
famous Anna Held and the also famous ar
tistic production of THE Cat and The
Cherub,' will be seen at English's for one
performance next Monday night. Manager
Boda sent word yesterday that he had just
secured this attractive offering. Anna Held's
name has been almost as familiar to thea
ter-goers as Nellie Melba's, on account of
her sensational and continuous success in
this country during the past two seasons,
since she was brought over from Paris. Her
bewitching manner of interpreting music
hall songs has given her a vogue in this
country more lasting even than the only
Yvette Guilbert enjoys. The little Parisienne
has been advertised in all sorts of ways,
the one most remembered probably being
the story started by her gifted New York
manager that her wonderful complexion
was obtained by taking daily milk baths.
Originally her songs were all in French,
but she has added several American selec-
tions to her repertory, and she is said to
give them with such q charming foreign
accent as to make them the most popular
on her programme. In addition to the Held
the coming attraction at English's will give
Indianapolis the first opportunity to witness
the widely-known Chinese play which has
proved TO be the real dramatic sensation of
this season, and which has been a success
in London since Manager Brady had his
famous race across the ocean with Charles
THE First Born company, also
a Chinese play that ran just six days in
London and was then brought back to
America and shelved. 1.-THE Cat and the
Cherub.'' with its American company, is
still spoken of in the London cable letters
as a big success. There is every reason to
believe that Indianapolis will appreciate the
coming engagement. The sale of seats will
open Thursday morning at English's box
Office.
Two more performances of Hoyt's China
town. this afternoon and tonight at the
Park. will end the popular engagement here.
The theater was crowded last night. The
company will go to Columbus. o., for the
last three. days of the week. Tomorrow
the Ferris Comedians will appear at the
Park. opening with a matinee. They will
give two plays here, Creased Lightning
tomorrow and Friday, and THE Mechani-
cal Man" Saturday. A number of special
ties are introduced in these comedies.
An almost unlimited number of comical
situations are said to be developed in "a
Bachelors Honeymoon coming to English's
Thursday night. The story is written about
the character of a Benjamin Bachelor, a
widower. who has quietly married an
actress and taken her home where his maid
en- sister rules the house and where his
three daughters assist in making life miser-
able. both for their romantic father and
his new wife.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04

There are two DR.. Wrights at Camp
Mount. One of them is Col. William NJ.
Wright, chief of the hospital corps, and a
member of General McKee's staff, and the
other is Private Charles Wright, of the hos
pital corps. Both are ~well-known and pop
ular in Indianapolis, and visitors to the
camp wishing to see one Of them often be-
comes confused because of the fact that
their names are alike and both are in the
hospital service of the militia. One man
stepped up to Private Charlie Wright. sa-
luted him, and said, This is Col. Wright,
isn't it?'
Yes" replied DIR. Wright. what is it?"
hunting, as usual with him. to find a foun-
dation for a joke. The man began TO tell
him something concerning the real Colonel
Wright, when that officer appeared, and
Private Wright said, THE man you want
to see is my lieutenant. there he is standing
over there" The man turned to Colonel
Wright, innocent of any knowledge that he
had supplied Private Wright with some
thing 10 laugh about and circulate through
the camp.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04

MANY HAVE COLDS.
But OF the 1857 Cases of sickness None
Are Serious.

nut VI the lO6 Cdses Ot SlchneSs NOne
Are Serious.
After sick call yesterday morning the re-
ports to Colonel Wright showed that
though the camp had 167 men on the sick
list that but IL of them were excused from
duty and that none of the twelve was Sc
riously i'll. Most of the cases were of bad
colds and none showed symptoms of con-
tagious fever or measles. the disease thai
has beer so dreaded and so. effectively
checked in the camp. Brigade headquarters
reported two msn sick. the First Regiment
II. the Second 66, the Third IS, the Fourth
36 and the regiment of artfller5 q.
When the troops move the hospital corps
will take will it the chests of sterilizing
and surgical apparatus that were planned
by Col. William NJ. Wright. chief of the
hospital corps. The chests of surgical APP
paratus for the field hospitals are most in
geniously devised and are in Themselves a
compliment to the colonel. In these chests, r
packed in drawers which are conveniently
arranged are all the Instruments and medi-
cines that are necessary to perfcrn. the diff
ferent kinds OF operations on a battlefield,
and 1T has been stated by the physicians
who have inspected the chests that they are
wonderfully complete and compact arrange
ments, from galvanic batteries to the most
delicate instruments. The government quar-
termaster has asked the company that is
manufacturing the chest 10 make a bid on
mem, u &OlOItit WIiSHl says tHSy are
a little too wide to be carried in the gov
eminent army wagons. The National Guard
of Ohio has ordered twelve of them. In
the same set with the sterilizing and surge
cal chests of Instruments are a metal on
Grating table,, light and capable of being
kept perfectly clean, and p~anniers for sur
geons TO use on the field. The panniers. coI.-
tain instruments and bandages for .emer-
gency cases. The Indiana National Guard
is equipped with these sets of apparatus and
Colonel Wright feels that the six months
that he spent in developing the first idea
of the arrangement, which he states he bor-
owe from DR.. Sem, of Chicago. was time
Tor which he has been fully ~o. ali by their
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04
ON THE SUBJECT OF LIQUOR.
Governor Desires More Drastic Reg
latiOms in Camp.

. Governor Mount said yesterday that he
was not altogether satisfied with the man
ner in which his order to General Mckee,
regarding the allowing of intoxicating IL
quors in Camp Mount, was being enforced.
Il do not know to what extent the order
is being enforced. ] am told that a good
military guard line is maintained about the
roadhouses near the camp, and that it is
impossible for the soldiers to get through
them into the saloons. This, of course, ap-
plies only to the soldiers, and if a man
should come in a civilians dress l suppose
he is not questioned. He might be a soldier
or he might be a citizen who was about to
carry liquor to his soldier friends in the
camp.
be taken. Whisky must be kept out of the
camp. 1t is in the province of the COM
manGant of a camp to make such regula-
tons for its government as will apply
to visitors as well as members of the In
diana National Guard in camp. i have heard
1t said that when the United States took
possession of the camp people would quit
bringing whisky into 1T to the soldiers. Gen.
has the same right to make rules
now as he would have under the federal
laws. He may arrest and discipline civilians
who violate rules of the camp. They agree
to abide by the rules when they pass
through the lines and may be held respon-
Sible for violations and punished by court
martial and locked in the ~guardhouses the
same as the soldiers"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04
NEW ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
Outside Applicants Trying to Get thu
Places Over Old Men.

,"
Dissatisfaction is reported as prevailing
on all sides, particularly in the hospital
corps at Camp Mount, over the mai
ner in which the members of that or
ganization are being treated by the higher
authorities.
The main grievance lies in the fact that
it is now understood that there are to be
no promotions made in the corps. although
both the opportunity and men are available
to do so.
Under the regular army rule in this de-
partment one more assistant surgeon is al
lowed to each regiment and this would mean
four new surgeons to the Indiana brigade.
For some years past the hospital corps of
the Indiana National Guard has been COM
posed mainly of graduate physicians and
surgeons who have nearly all been serving
as privates while patiently waiting for the
promotion that comes with hard, faithful
service after several years, as in the case
of Colonel William Wright, chief of the
hospital corps. Some time ago when it be-
came known that some vacancies were to
occur nothing else was thought of but what
the old men who had earned a promotion
by hard work would receive the new APP
p%ointnents.
1t has now. however, come to the knowl-
edge of the men that such will not be the
case and as a consequence the present COM
petent hospital corps is now on the eve
of disruption. The most active outside APP
plicant for one of the places is F. Jenner
Hodges, M. D., of Anderson, who has Sc
cured the support of w. T. Durbir. Mr..
Hodges has been circulating about the Capt.
tl and Camp Noun for some time past and
yesterday brought things to a focus by be-
ing examined by the medical board presided
over by DR.. Wakeman, u. S. A.
Mr.. Hodges said last evening that he had
passed his examination and had been as
sured of a position above that of a private
in the hospital corps:
He approached Col. W. M. Wright last
night and said: Colonel understand that
you are against me- Yes" replied that
officer, Il am ag; INST you because 1 have
many old and tried men who have worked
hard for these positions and deserve them"
1t is expected. however, that such a
shower of protest will accompany the ap-
pointment of Hodges to an assistant sur
geonship as will cause the powers that be to
pause and reflect.
1t is stated that DR.. Kimball, who is sur
geon of the. Fourth Regiment, will resign
and that Mr.. Hodges's friends are trying to
get the place for him. Colonel Smith, of the
Second. has recommended DIR. l.. A. Hyde,
now serving as a private in the hospital
corps. for the vacant place of assistant
surgeon in his regiment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04
SUICIDE OF CEsSKA.
sioux Indian Who Mar
ried Cora Belle FelIOws.

NIOBRARA, Neb., May S.-Samuel Camp
bell Chaska committed suicide to-day.
Chaska was a full blooded Sioux Indian.
Ten years ago he graduated with high
honors at Carlisle, and shortly became
famous by marrying Cora Belle Fellows, of
Washington, d. c. Neither the beauty nor
wealth of his fashionable society wife nor
his learning acquired by years of study at
Carlisle could eradicate the Sioux traits that
generations had lett in his blood. In a few
years he drifted back to the reservation and
sunk to the level of a common blanket In
dian again. His wife left him years ago.
Chaska was in Jail at the time of his death,
charged with stealing horses. This is the
first instance in which a full-blooded Sioux
ever committed suicide. BY marriage the
man was related to one of the most promi-
nent families in the East.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04
Fire brigade Organized.

Several days ago officers of the camp ex-
pressed themselves, as stated in the Jour
nal, on the danger of a disastrous fire at
the camp and the absence of facilities for
checking it before the city fire department
could arrive, by which time great damage
would be done and. if the fire were to occur
in the night. lives probably lost. The first
action in this matter was taken yesterday
when a fire brigade was organized. 1t is
equipped with TIN &c tank wagons, to each of
which is attached a tkirty-foot rope. A
company of the boys detailed to draw each
one, 100 buckets and an outfit OF ladders.
The wagons have been filed from the 1900
barrel tank, which is the fair grounds wa
ter works. and have been stationed i'm front
of brigade headquarters. There are two
bucket corps. E ach equipped with fifty buck
cts and also with hooks to pull down walls.
The fire alarms are TO be sounded ny bu-
glers. and II is expected that the fire brigade
will turn out Immediately and do effective
work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04
chanler to Join the Insurgents.

NEW YORK, May 3.-William Astor
Chanler has departed from New York with
three companions with the avowed inten-
ton Of joining the forces of General Gomez,
the Cuban insurgent leader in Cuba, and to
do what fighting he can for the cause of
Cuba Libre, AYERS the World to-day. Mr..
Chanler left by rail for Key West. and will
leave that place by the first vessel that
money can secure to take him to a point on
the Cuban coast which shall be convenient
for reaching the camp of Gomez. The expe-
dition into Cuba will be at the expense of
Mr.. Chanler. His companions are adven-
turous, but wealthy men. One of them is a
German officer who came to this country
soon after the Maine disaster to offer his
services against the Spaniards in case of
war. Another member OF the little party is
Chanler in his African expedition. There
are two others. but their names are not
known.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04

diana National Guard is in actual service
in time of war. and they viii be paid ac-
coFdingly.
The government will refund to the State
this money at the rate of $l3 a month for
privateS and from $1S to $50 a month for
noncommissioned officers. There is no ques-
ton of loss in the pay of the commissioned
officers for the State pays them the same
as the regular army officers receive and
their salaries will be refunded by the United
States government in full.
The expense of the camp, up to yesterday
morning. was upwards of $4,000 for sub
~sistence alone. In addition to this there is
the expense of maintaining the camp and
the salaries. All the money is being paid on
warrants drawn against the general funds
in the state treasury. This is in pursuance
to the opinion of the attorney general. pub
lished in yesterdays Journal. The specific
appropriation for the maintenance of the
Indiana National Guard will not he drawn
upon, but will be kept intact for use in the
State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04
THE cssIAN COMPANY.
"Deserters" Tossed In Blank -
School Teachers Experience.

school Teachers Experience.
Notwithstanding the heavy drain made on
Company F, Fourth Regiment, of Ossian.
the supply of home men is still undimin-
ished. Yesterday Lieutenant Colonel Mccoy
received a rececst frora the captain OF. the
company to teleg caph to Montpelier for a
squad of twenty-five men who had been
in training for several weeks in anticipation
OF a chance to join his company. The per-
mission was accorded and General Mckee
was asked to make arrangements for the
transportation of the men to Camp Mount.
A peculiar coincidence in the matter of the
heavy desertion from Company + is found
in the fact that the company was mustered
into service exactly a year before the day
on which 1t suffered the loss.
The member OF the company who asked
10 be relieved OF duty yesterday and who
returned to their homes were given a part
ing token OF the regard in which they were
held by their comrades in the shape of
blanket tossing accompanied by cat calls
ana Jeers: Among the men who left was
Second Lieutenant j. f. Myers, who, with
Private A. o. Ormsby, held a position as
school teacher in Ossian before coming to
Cam Mount. Various reasons were as
signed by the men for desiring to go home.
Ormsby claimed that as he had a wife and
family to support his presence was neces-
sary at home. Members of the company
claimed that his wife was possessed of am
pie private means. The trustee of Ossian is
Q"uartermaster Sergeant Ransom Allen. of
the same company, and he is now most
bitter in his .denunciation of the action of
the men. When leaving camp Monday aft
ernoon the men had announced their pur-
pose to return to their work as school teach
ers in Ossian. When this fact was made
known to Sergeant Allen he teIegraphed
to his deputy at home telling him under no
circumstances to allow the men to return
to work. TIL sergeant expects that the sur
prise hat both men will experience on their
return home will cause them to wonder if.
after all. they had better respond to their
more sacred duty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04
EXPENSE OF TnE CAMp.
II to About $4,000 Per Day
-~DiNerences in Pay of Men.

II Amounts 10 ADOHt Ro.OOG Per Day
differences In Pay of Men.
Governor Mount and his associates are
anxious that the troops he turned over to
the federal authorities without any unneces-
sary delay, as their stay at Camp Mount is
costing the State of Indiana no less than
$4,000 a day, even If the government does re-
imburse the State. The government will pay
the expense of maintenance. but will not
make the State whole IN the payment of
salaries to the soldiers. According to the in
formation from the War Department the
government will pay the State for the serv-
ice of the men only the regular wages of
regular army men and officers.
a question was raised yesterday as 10
what pay the militiamen are entitled to
from the State for The time between the
call to arms and the mastering into the
United States service. Under the law pri-
Yates receive 81 Il day while in camp and
Slh0 a day while in actual service" Non
commissioned officers receive $i.50 "a day in
camp and - while in actual service. The
use OF the word camp Is generally accepted
as meaning camp Of Instruction. Camp
Mount ls not. strictly speaking. a camp of
Instruction. and the Question was raised
that the soldiers are moi In actual service. ]"
U1der which provision they shall draw
pay was the question submitted to Attorney
General Ketcham. He decided that the In