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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

National Convention to Meet in Oma-
ha This Morning.

OMAHA, Neb.. July 12.--Delegates to the
convention of the National Republican
League which is to begin tomorrow morn
ing, began to pour in to-day, and the ro-
tundas of the hotels are crowded with rep
resentative statesmen and prominent party
workers from Illinois, Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Michigan, Texas Wyoming, Califor-
MIA, Colorado and Arkansas. Several of the
candidates for the president of the league
were among the arrivals. j. Goodman Boyd
of Baltimore, who headed the Mckinley
electoral ticket of Maryland is one of these.
Another was Senator Isaac Miller Hamil-
ton, of Illinois, the president of the old Illi-
nois League. third candidate was Pres
ident lsadore Sobol. of the Pennsylvania
League.
President l.. J. Crawford, of the National
League. also came in. He accompanied
Senator Hamilton He is not a candidate
Tor reelection In an interview he said:
Il am not a candidate in any sense again"
He also observed that the prospects were
looking good for a big convention Mr.
Crawford is a gubernatorial possibility in
his State this year.
The advance representa- tive of still another
candidate for the presidency appeared i'm the
person of Frank l.. scarborough. of West
Eay City, Mich. members OF the National
League executive committee. He is already
working hard for h. n. Dngley. the editor
OF the Kalamazoo Telegraph, and son of
Congressman Nelson Dinghy, of Maine.
Mr.. Dingiey was the president of the Mich
igan League last year. He is expected to-
morrow morning.
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FAST JAPANESE CRUISER.
The KasaEi Averages d "a Knots an
Hour During Her Official Trial.

PORTSMOUTH, n. H., July 12.-With a
new broom tied to the top of her foremost
and Japanese flag flying from her stern
the japanese cruiser Kasagi sailed into
Portsmouth harbor this afternoon after
having made a speed average of 22% knots
an hour. a quarter of a knot above the con-
tract requirement, for a distance OF forty
miles. The trial was made under conditions
not the best, which tended TO show the YES
sells performance in a stronger light.
The Kasagi left her anchorage off this
place at o'clock this morning. an hour
later was on the course which ran twenty
miles to the northward and eastward from
Boone island TO Cape Porpcise and return
Before the rial Mr.. Edwin Cramp, who was
in charge. noted the rough condition of the
water. but so sangune was Mr. Cramp that
the Kasagi could easily make the required
2cla knots that he never for a moment con-
sidered the aovisability of a postponement.
Another drawback was that a strong tide
set in almost at right angles TO the course
The United States government allows for
these conditions, but as the Kasagi had such
a good margin above the required speed no
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

The commissioner of internal revenue has
decided that the law places the stamp tax
required for bills of lading and receipts
upon the companies and corporations
and not upon the shippers. AT the same
time he says that if carriers refuse goods
offered for transportation unless the re-
ceipts are stamped by the shipper, the ship
per's only remedy is an appeal to the courts
to decide whether the law prescribing the
obligations of common carriers will afford
a remedy. If any corporation forces such
an appeal some shipper should make it in
the interest of JUSTICE What is everybody s
business is apt to be nobodys business, but
a fight for principle is always admirable,
and in this case no shipper should allow
himself to be imposed upon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13
SENATOR KENNEY'S TRIAL.
Testimony of DefauIting Teller w. n.
BOgEs and others.

WILMINGTON, Del, July 12-Greater
crowds and even more intense interest
greeted the opening of the United States
Circuit Court to-day, when the trial OF
United States Senator r. r. Kenney on
charges of completely in the crime of Will
liam N. Boggs, defaulting paying teller Of
the First National Bank Of Dover, was re-
sumed. e. S. Page manager OF the Cuth-
bert Company, of Philadelphia, the broker
age firm with which Boggs had conducted
his stock gambling speculation, was on the
stand. He identified various kilograms which
had been sent by the firm to Kenney. One,
dated June "a. 1885, quoted the price of Bay
State Gas stock and requested Senator Ken
ney to send check for $1,000 for invest
ment. The proceedings at the afternoon ses-
sion of the court were marked by much
contention of counsel over the admission
of figures showing the varying balances
and overdrafts of Senator Kenney's ac-
count in the bank William N. Boggs, the
defaulting teller, testified that he kept the
individual ledgers of the bank, and that all
the entries therein with four exceptions
were strictly correct Counsel for the de-
PENDANT strenuously objected to the admis-
sion of the ledger as evidence Senator
Gray contendng that as ii was admittedly
irregular III SOME IeSptctS, II tOuiu uol DC
held good in its entirety The court ruled
the evidence admissible and the defense
noted an exception. Then VIM. N Boggs
and Irving D.. Boggs the latter at present
teller of the bank, went over Senator Ken
neys accounts IN the ledger in detail from
May Ii. 1896 to May 20, 1887. the date of
w. n. Boggs's flight. The balances varied
being as low al one time as cents and
there was a large number of overdrafts.
The latter varied i'm amount from 46 cents
to $456O7 Some of the overdrafts 1t was
shown were not made good until three DAYS
after being entered on the ledger Another
long contest ensued over the desire of the
government to compare Senator Kenneys
pass book with the entries on the individ-
ual ledger but the court ruled that the pros-
ecution had a right to DO so. Accountant
Ross made the comparison, and stated that
they agreed with the exception Of the four
checks which w. y. Boggs had stated that
he did not charge in the ledger. The con-
sideratiOn of these figures occupied the court
until $3.50 o'clock, when adjournment was
had|until tomorrow morning.
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TO DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR.
Mrs. Martha Nj. Place Sentenced to BE
Killed in Sing Sing Prison.

NEW YORK, July 12.-Mrs. Martha NJ.
Place, convicted of the murder of her step
daughter, Ida Place, was to-day sentenced
to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing
prison during the week beginning Aug. 20.
Mrs. Place broke down when sentence was
pronounced. Mrs. Place is forty-four years
of age, the murdered girl was eighteen.
Mrs. Place was insaney jealous of her step
daughter, with whom she had frequent
quarres. Some time during the day on Feb.
Z last she smothered the young woman to
death with a pillow. Then she lay in wait
behind the front door for her husband and
attacked him with a Ratchet. For some time
his life was despaired of as a result of
the wounds she inflicted. but he finally re-
covered. If Mrs. Place is executed she will
have been the first woman put to death
i'll this State in the electric chair
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

Since April the Bank of Spain has adj
vanced the government $40,OOO,00O taking a
mortgage on its revenues and paid $5000,-
900 for 5000, 100000 of per cent. bonds, worth
about SG6, coo 900 in the London market. Thus
Spain has borrowed $115,0 100000 since April,
for which she promises to pay $24O coo
besides interest. At the estimated rate of
expenditure the money thus obtained will
last until September. In order to get this
favor of the bank the government has per-
mitted it to so enormously increase the
volume of its deprecated notes that Eu-
ropean financiers regard the collapse of the
bank as an impending event.
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WANT TO BE LIKE HOBsON.
Enthusiasm for American Heroes
Among Young Russians.
Ork CommerciaI Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Five hundred boys and girls, each with a
pair of little American flags crossed on his
or her breast, yesterday morning sang and
marched, recited and applauded patriotic
speeches at the large hall of the Hebrew
institute, East Broadway and Jefferson
street: 1t was at once the celebration of the
Fourth of July and the closing exercises of
the Hebrew Educational Alliance.
Don't be surprised at our celebrating the
Fourth on the 5th said one speaker. THE
Fourth Of July is every day 1t is the day
81 gory ana want R EOn TO f6n
you are Russians Remember only that
TINS country IS your country, and that the
your country and your religion-be dearer
TO you than your lives.
Other speeches eulogized Hobson and
Dewey and gorified the American victory
over Cervera's fleet. and, although many of
the little immigrants did not seem to under
stand what the speakers meant, they all
knew that they were saying something good
about America and the way the American
soldiers are licking the Spaniards, and the
hall every little while rang with applause
The most patriotic member of the Hebrew
free school was a little fellow of about
seven or eight. with glittering black eyes
and glossy curls. He listened to the speeches
with absorbed attention. every minute put
ting his hand to his breast to make sure
that his flags We're all right and anxiously
waiting for an opportunity to applaud and
cry "Hurrahi' Once he did so out of
place, whereupon another boy by his side
pinched him to order One girl of ten kept
nodding assent to nearly every word of the
speakers, and when the guests on the plat
form began to applaud she would face about
as if to give her schoolmates the signal.
What were you applauding sonnie?"
was asked of an eight-year-old boy when
the exercises were over.
Sampson he answered bashfully.
"Who is he?"
"He is President United States. No, sir.
Mr.. Mckinley is President. Mr.. Sampson
lives in Manila The teacher says he's a
brave man. re
Are you a brave MANI"
mo. sir; | am a boy When I'm big I'll
be a brave man.
Like Sampson or like Dewey"
Il want 20 be like Mr. Hobson."
''Why?"
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NOT QUITE WARY ENOUGH
BRITISH SLOOP CAPTA RED WHILE
TRYING TO RUN BLOCKADE.
Her Captain Thought the American
Peppering His Sails for Sport.

KEY WEST. Fla, July R.-The British
sloop Wary, another would-be blockade run
ner, was captured on the 10th inst by the
United States auxiliary cruiser st. Louis,
and arrived here to-day under a prize crew.
The Wary is a twenty-one ton vessel and
was loaded with provisions of a miscellane-
Gus character. She is under Capt. J. Moss
and three men, all Jamaica negroes and was
bound from Kingston for Cape Cruz. 1t was
first suspected that her British flag was a
subterfuge to enable her to pass the block
ade, but later it developed that her patent,
dated April TO- 1897, was bona fide, and that
she was boldly attempting, in the face of
all risks. to land a cargo for the starving
Spaniards of the island.
When sighted by the st. Louis the sloop
was becalmed and Captain Moss, who was
unfamiliar with the water Whereabouts was
expecting a pilot to take him in. The st.
Louis sent four or five shots from her six
Founders, but as the sloop showed no indica-
ton of surrendering. the gig was lowered
and half a dozen men pulled toward her
peppering her sails with shot from their
small arms Captain Moss afterward said
he thought all this was done in sport but
when he found himself a prisoner of wal
he became badly frightened. and spent the
whole time between capture and arrival
here in praying and weeping.
Another schooner. the Wickerson, was
captured by one of the converted yachts al
about the same place two days before the
Wary was taken. She was owned by two
German merchants who were aboard and
who protested so vigorously that the prize
was taken over to Santiago for formal re-
port to Admiral Sampson. She was bound
from Jamaica to Manzanilo
The prize crew of the Wary say that many
ships are loading the coast of Jamaica
and getting cargoes of provisions safety into
Cuba by southern ports.
A torpedo boat from Santiago arrived here
to-day bringing one of the Spanish torpe-
does that were picked up in Santiago har-
Dor unexploded. The torpedo will probably
be sent to Washington as trophy of war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

A very interesting fact brought out by
investigation of the four Spanish war ships
destroyed in the recent engagement off Sam
uago is that the magazines of all of the
ships exploded and the effect was to blow
up the decks and not completely demolish
the hull or turn the keel up. as was the
case Of the battle ship Maine. Thus these
Spanish battle ships shot to death by our
ships and finally blown up by the explosion
OF their own magazines, furnish valuable
evidence against the Spanish claim that the
original explosion which destroyed the
Maine was of her own magazine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

1t is stated that the park engineer in i'm
proving the small park in West 1ndianap-
oils will build walks of broken stone screen
ngs and not of cement. Whether or not the
screenings will be as satisfactory as the
gravel formerly used for such purpose is a
matter yet to be determined. but it is wise,
at least, not to use cement, and it is to
be hoped that the cement walk will be a
thing unknown to the system of parks now
being purchased. The chief advantage of
parks is the opportunity they afford to es-
cape from the heat and glare of the city
streets If they are to be intersected by hot,
white pavements the relief is not what it
should be. neither eyes nor feet being rested.
Cement walks have no proper place in
parks, and it a blunder to build them
in st. Clair and University squares.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

BOSTON, July 12.--The first session of the
eighth American whist congress was held
here to-day. Delegates from all the clubs
in the league were present. The report of
the committee on system of play was adopt
ed. The committee, George w. koekn,
chairman. r. A. Burlington and II. s. Ste
vens, recommended the long-suit system as
the most scientific and the most successful
in respect to matchmaking. The committee
also recommended that this system be in
itiated and carried forward by the use of
the number, showing leads, the second third
and fourth hand plays the conventional dis
cards and signals. all of which together
constitute what Is commonly known as the
system of American leads
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

In commenting upon the address of Am
bassador White in Leipzig July 4, the Lou
isville Courier-Journal says that the hosti.-
ity of the Germans TO the people of the
United States. TO which Mr.. White made al
fusion, has been caused by our policy Of
suppressing freedom of trade. The greatest
hostility has been manifested by the agri-
cultural people, because upon their small
farms. with high rentals and taxes the Ger
man farmer cannot compete with the Amer
lean. AS no country now has a tariff better
designed to keep out the foreign competi-
tor German manufacturers and merchants
cannot consistently berate a people which
tries TO do the same thing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

A correspondent has cited parcel after
parcel of lands taken for parks for which
the Board of Public Works has paid from
twice to four times the figure which they
have been appraised for taxation. AS the
board and the mayor may not have noticed
the statement, attention is called to it. If
it is false, the board should show that it is;
if it is true, the board should explain how
land appraised for taxation a year ago at
$50 an acre as its full cash value has sudden
ly advanced to 5000 an acre.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

Because strong peace sentiment has de-
veloped in Spain it must not be supposed
that the war spirit is dying out. History
shows that the Spanish are long and stub
born fighters, of the 'never-surrender
kind, and it is doubtful if any government
in Spain would dare to accept humiliating
terms of peace as long as they have troops
enough in Cuba to stand a siege or put up
a good fight. They will stand a great many
defeats without giving up
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13
Good Citizens, League,

NASHVILLE, renn., July 12-The second
annual conference of the National Good
Citizens League began its sessions tonight
Clark Of This CITY nresiding The nraSidsnt
of the league. Major George e. Hilton. OF
California, was not present. and his annual
address will be read at to-m0rrow's meet
ing. j. +. Duffy. who was to have deIiv-
cred an address on Preachers i'm Poll
tics, was also absent. About enc hundred
persons were present at the meeting. A
committee on resolutions was appointed A
communication from the Antisa;oon League
was received, asking the convention TO APP
point delegates TO the AntisalOon League
Association. Colonel A. s. Colyar of NASH
Vile then delivered an address upon .Mani-
cipal Government" and the convention adj
journed until tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13
ORANGEMEN'S DAY.
Anniversary of the Battle of Boyne
Celebrated at Port Huron.

PORT HURON, Mich. July 12-More
than 1000 Orangemen, residents of Canada
and the States, to-day celebrated the an
niversary of the battle of Boyne. Military
street bridge, in the center of the city, was
decorated with portraits of Queen Victoria
and of President Mckinley. Other patriotic
decorations were numerousy displayed.
Over seventy Orangemens lodges were
represented and as each had a fife and
drum corps, martial music was the strong
Grand Master Lloyd and other officers
rode in a carriage decorated with the
union jack and stars and stripes. The usual
programme of speeches. sports and picnick-
ing was carried out at Pine Grove Park af-
ter the parade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13
MURDER CAUSES TWO DEATHS
Remarkable Series of Fatalities in
Indian Territory.

VAN buren,, Ark. July 12-News of ?
remarkable fatality at Salsaw, /. r.. a
small station on the Kansas & Arkansas
Valley Railroad reached here tonight. A
bitter enmity existed between ex-City Mar
shall Joe Morris and William Allison, the
trouble eliminated this afternoon when
Morrison shot Allison killing him instant
ly. bystander seeing Allison fall dead
threw up his hands fell forward on his face
and was dead from heart disease before
medical attention could be summoned
Mrs. Allison, the mother of the murdered
man. was told of the tragedy ana rising
from Ter chair she fell forward on the floor
and died before the family could carry her
to her bed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13
WHY THEY CAN'T HIT OUR SHIPS
Our Former Consul at Santiago Ex
plains the Mystery.

Key West letter in Toronto Mail
From my house in Santiago. overlooking
the harbor where Cervera's fleet is now bot
tied up" said he, II had but to lift my
eyes to see any day from three to four Span
ish battle ships. Never once did | see a drill
or firing practice, or anything of that kind
plenty of blank shots fired or Kings and
Queens birthdays and saints days, but not
once was there any real firing at targets
To show you the difference when war broke
out | was ordered out of Santiago. went
to Port Antonio. Jamaica, for six weeks
While there a big yBrifish n1an-of-war came
into port Early next morning was awak-
ened by the sound of firing Jack Tar was
hard at it, They had some kind of
metallic bulPs-eye, which rang whenever
the bullet hit it., and nine times out of ten it
with a firing party, who practiced there for
the whole afternoon. Early morning too
you could see them drilling away on the
decks: | remember at the time contrasting
methods No. the Spaniards can't shoot
they can't even march, l used to see them
IN Santiago there, struggling up the narrow
street, some carrying their guns across the
sides; no man keeping step with the other
But they'll fight for they are not towards
They are used to the Cuban way OF fighting
though. One time. at the beginning of the
war, the Cubans fixed line OF explosives
which went off when the Spanish soldiers
crossed it, and from that day you couldn't
pay Spaalard to follow Cuban when he
runs, and the Cuban always runs. He fights
guerrilla fashion, but never in a stand-up,
face-to-face battle. The Spaniards used to
cry: Come on, then! You won't? Well run
now run: but they wouldn't follow. 1 told
one OF the Spanish officers that when thew
met the Yankees it would be a different
matter, and | assure you he was much sur
prlsed He seemed to think that our boys
diferent over there in Santiago to-day"
said the consul, wagging his head seward
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

Mr.. Bynum may possibly prove useful
member of the industrial commission to in
vostigate into the condition of the working
masses and suggest legislation on the sub
ject, but during his entire congressional
service his efforts were devoted to prevent
ing legislation to give employment and bet
ter wages to workingmen by tariff legisa-
ton. Now that he is in a position to be
honest with himself perhaps he will admit
that the views he formerly advocated were
all wrong.
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schiey as 81 Prophet.
Rochester Post Express.


1t is not every prophet who has the op-
portunlty or making his own prediction
come to pass: Perhaps. in this particular.
Commodore Schley's position is unique It
was Schley who discovered Cervera in San
uago harbor, and it was on that 18th day
or May that he gave voice to his grim
prophecy: Il have got them and they will
never get home" 1t was Schley who dis
covered Cervera as he started on his dash
mainly responsible for the sinking of the
Spanish ships We hasten to assure Com
modore Schley, that in this case there is
little truth in the cid adage that a prophet
It not without honor save in his own coun-
trV
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13
A Family Tragedy.

Among those lost by the wreck of La
Bourgogne were the artist De Scott Evans
and his three daughters. David S. Evans
who finally became known under the curious
name above given, was an industrious and
ingenious artist, who had become well
known as decorative painter, and who
was hoping to give his daughters European
advantages Of education, and having re-
ceived a considerable sum for decorating a
large New, York home, he had started
abroad with them. This is very complete
family tragedy.
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igfield Republican.

Judging from Captain Bob Evanss de-
Scgtpt0 oIv OF h tne great mava, d naedie mere
in it. He does not once mention Schley
but refers to Sampson incidentally as the
that his lookout was the first to see the
enemy coming out and that he signaled the
other ships. So far as we can make out
now. it was Sampson-Schley-Ev Evans Clark
Phlip-TaY lor- Wainwright victory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

d. w. B.. Brazil; The difference in time
between indianapolis and Santiago. Cuba, is
about forty minutes. Between Indianapolis
and Manila it is thirteen hours and forty
eight minutes; that is, when it is H. nool,
here it is 1:4S next morning in Manila
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

Spain is still ciamoring for peace with
honor" Uncle Sam has laid down some
conditions by which they may get the lat
ter of their hearts desires, but the honor
part will be a great deal more difficult to
arrange for. so long as Blanco is in the
wholesale lying business and sacrifices men
and ships wanto1ly to maintain what he er-
radically dubs his honor"