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messed, and General Miles has recently in
spected the armies of Europe. He quotes
General Miles as saying that there is not
an army corps in the world better supplied
with men and officers of courage, fortitude
and intelligence" In reply to Bigelow's
charge of the prevalence of dysentery in the
camp, Davis puts the chief surgeon of the
Fifth Corps on the witness stand. THE
sick list" that officer testifies, lis only per
cent. or less than one-half the normal
rate" He further states that cit is the
healthiest army in history" Bigelow quoted
a foreign officer as condemning the food
served to the Tampa army: in rebuttal
Davis gives the name Of German officer
who is there taking notes. who said that
the rations served at Tampa are as good as
those served to any European army, and
that our men received them in much larger
quantity. AS it now stands Mr.. Bigelow has
been demolished At any rate, he has been
put on the defensive
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. GRosvENoR PERSISTENT.
He Attempts to Secure Early COnsid-
Grafton of Hawaiian Resolutions.

WASHINGTON, June S.-The House to-
day disposed of the amendments of the sun
dry civil bill and agreed to further confer
ence. The conference report on the post
Office appropriation bill was adopted with
cut debate. and the House proceeded to con-
slider the bill to provide for participation of
volunteer soldiers in congressional elections.
Adjournment was taken pending disposal,
and 1t will come up tomorrow. The ses-
sion began and ended to-day with Hawaiian
incidents, Mr. Grosvenor (Rep., % a leader
of the annexatonists, figuring in each in
stance. They grew out of the anxiety of
those who want early consideration. lest the
opposition win a victory and effect undue
delay, if not the defeat of the resolutions at
this session.
At the opening of the session Mr.. Gros-
venor gained recognition and asked unan-
imous consent to read and have referred
to the committee on rules Il resolution pro-
vidng for giving the Hawaiian resolutions
precedence over all other business except
conference reports until disposed Of
II will say to the gentleman" quickly in
terjected Mr.. Henderson Rep.. Ia.G a mem
Der OF the rules committee. that 1t Is en-
tirely unnecessary TO read or present TO the
House his resolution. He has only TO de-
post 1t with the clerk and II will be re-
TERED appropriately"
Il understand" responded Mr.. Grosvenor.
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but want it made plain that the resolu-
committee"
Il object" cried Mr.. johnson (Rep Ind)
Mr.. Loud (Rep. CALI presented the con-i
ference report upon the postofice appro-
priation bill. which was adopted without
debate
Mr. Smith (Rep. Mich) then called for
the Lacey bill to enable volunteer soldiers
70 vote at congressional elections during
the war, the bin having been made the spe-
cial order for to-day
When motion was made TO adjourn Mr..
Grosyenor was instantly on his feet, pro-
testing that he had a parliamentary in
quiry. 1t was TO find the effect of adjourn
ment that Mr.. Grosvenor rose. A wrangle
ensued pending the vote 10 adjourn. during
which Mr.. GrOsvenor. in response 80. some
nearby member, who had suggested that
adjournment would be equivalent to con-
tinuing the order making the election bill
Yes, 1 know it is a continuing order. and
1t is continuing order 70 obstruct the pas
sage OF the hawaiian resolutions.
There was ripple of applause at this
from members favoring annexation. Above
the noise of applause and comment. Mr..
Lacey (Rep la.) was heard TO declare that
the gentleman should be ashamed 20 make
such an accusation" addressing with much
vigor Mr.. Grosvenor.
After the connection was quoted in a
measure Mr.. Grosvenor put his query TO the
speaker, who said the effect of adjournment
would leave the election bill the privileged
business TO be called up tomorrow imme-
diately after converting, but he added, re-
plying to further query that the question
of consideration could be raised and the
House tomorrow could vote to displace the
bill. The, vote proceeded. resulting in favor
of adjournment, but a roll call was ordered,
resulting: ayes. 81; nays, so. and the House
adjourned.
General GroSvenor's object to-day in in
Producing the resolution to consider Ha-
waiian annexation is to place the question
of getting up the annexat ton resolution for
mally before the committee on rules. look
ing to special rule for its immediate con-
sideration in the House. He stated this
afternoon that he expected the annexation
resolution will be brought up in the House
tomorrow. 1t is the intention of the
friends of the measure he said. Ito bring
the annexation resolution up Immediately
and press 1t to a final passage" He said the
resolution would be brought up tomorrow,
either by a special rule or by recognition.
His resolution at least disposes of one of
the contentious of one of the opponents of
annexation that no formal request for ac-
tion has been made to the committee on
rules. though verbal requests have been
showered on the speaker and the Repub-
lican members of that committee. Confer
ence reports however have precedence over
the resolution, and if the war revenue bill
is reported, as now seems possible. 1t will
stand in the way of immediate considera-
ton, as would any of the other reports
about to come from conference.
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The New York World. which is now de-
voting itself 10 criticising the conduct of the
war, recently asked several military men if
1t is not time to proceed with the invasion
of Cuba. Among the responses received
were the following:
Gen. Martin T. McMahon-The President
and his advisers are competent to do, and to
do well, what is wise and proper in conduct
ing the war
Gen. Daniel Sickies-Only imperative ne
cessity would justify undertaking a cam
paign IN Cuba in the rainy season. An ag-
eressive. successful campaign in Cuba will
require 100000 men. We have perhaps 200
regular troops available for this purpose
1t will require at least three months of dill
gent preparation to provide the remainder
of the soldiers.
Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy-This is war to
be fought and won on the sea. Our first
duty is to meet and destroy the Spanish
fleet wherever found in the Atlantic or the
Pacific. Until we have done that 1t is i'm
prudent to send an army of volunteers to
Cuba. With the Spanish war ships de-
stroyed the war is substan tially ended, as
there would be no motive for Banco to- hold
on when all hope of relief is gone by the
humiliation of the Spanish fleet. My judg-
ment is he would surrender at once
These replies, which are rebukes, make no
impression upon the World, which. to sus-
tain it's prominence as a yellow newspaper,
assails the conduct of the war. probably be-
cause its great rival in New York does not
rake criticism of the President feature
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HAlTIANS FORCED TO YIELD.
Minister Powell Insisted on Using En-
gIish Instead of French.
Copyright. 1898. by the Associated Pressl

Copyright $685. by the Associated Press)
CAPE HAITIEN, Haiti, May 26-There
are some nine hundred tons of coal at this
port held by foreign manufacturing con-
Germ, which will not sell except at an exor-
bitant price. This concern has cabled to
the United States for a further supply of
1900 tons, but it is uncertain yet whether it
will get so much.
The correspondent of the Associated Press
has information showing the completeness
CT the control exercised by the censor at
Santiago de Cuba over all cable commune
cation between that place and points in for
eign territory. The censor has a special
apparatus on his desk in trent of him which
records all messages sent over the cable
even the private gossip exchanged between
operators.
A consular case has just arisen at Coma
ives which has tested the question as to
whether the Haitian government has the
right to prescribe the language in which
dispatch written by diplomatic or consular
officer to another officer of his government
and presented for transmission over the
state telegraph wires shall he couched
Great Britain has no consular agent at
Gonaives. On May II the British consul
general at Port-au-Prince requested the
American minister, Mr.. Powell, to extend
his protection over an English subject at
Gonaives: The nature of the. difficulty into
Which lHio pciSOll ldu ldHSi 10 uIlAilOWH "
the correspondent and in any event is not
essential to the matter in question. United
States Minister Powell addressed a tele-
gram in English to the American consul at
GOnaives. At the office of the government
telegraph office at Port Prince the mes
sage was refused because 1t was not writ
ten in French, according to the regulations
devised by the government. Mr.. Powell de-
clined to be controlled by these regulations
in communicating with a United States Of
ficer on matters of purely official import,
and informed the Haitian authorities that
he considered the effort to force him 80 use
ministerial rights The minister Of the in
terror offered to frank the message and
send it free if he were permitted to trans
late it into French beforehand. To this
Minister Powell refused to accede, and at
last the Haitian minister yielded 1t is said
that this is the first time the government
has waived its regulations in this partic-
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SENATOR HELD FOR TRIAL.
II. IL. Kenney Charged with COnspi-
racy i'm n National Bank Case.

WILMINGTON. Del, June S.-United
States Senator Richard r. Kenney, accom-
panied by his counsel, Levi G. Bird, APP
peared in the United States Court here at
noon to-day to plead to the indictment
charging him with conspiring to aiding and
abetting William Boggs, the defaulting pay
ing teller of the Dover First National Bank
to the extent OF about $4,000 of Boggss
admitted theft of 100000 from that institu-
ton. Senator Kenneys counsel entered
formal plea of not guilty and the defendant
was held TO bail in the sum OF $4,000 for
appearance at the June term of court. which
convenes in this city on Tuesday. Bail was
promptly furnished. During the session ex-
Sheriff Amos Cole. of Kent county j. F.
Alec, chairman of the Union Republican
state committee, John r. McGonigle, Chas.
H. Butler and II. Ford. of Dover. also in
dicted for aiding and abetting Boggs. were
arraigned. pleaded not guilty and were held
In bail for trial. All furnished bail and
were released.
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Now that Mr.. Bryan has been appointed
colonel, gossip concerning the manipulating
to secure it appears in the papers. One pa
per says that Mr.. Bryan and the Populist
Governor of Nebraska prevailed upon the
War Department to change the character of
the troops desired from Nebraska so that
instead of sending some batteries which had
been organized. authority was obtained to
raise a regiment of infantry The captaincy
OF Lincoln company. which the men COM
posing 1t refused to give to Mr. Bryan, was
finally conferred upon him by the Governor,
after having persuaded the well qualified Of
1ieer in charge to resign. The probability
is that these stories are not all true, but
they show that the truly good cannot es-
cape the malignity of the surely bad and
the disgruntled.
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le resumption Of specie payments.

Up to the present time President McKin-
ley has appointed sixty-nine general off,
cers-twelve major generals and fifty-seven
brigadiers. 1t is expected that thirty or for
ty more will be appointed, but even then
the number will be small compared with
that during the civil war. At one period the
pay rolls of the Union army carried more
than $50 general off1cers-74 major generals
and 276 brigadlers. OF this number more
than one-quarter were without command,
the greater portion shelved or on waiting
orders, yet all drawing pay and allowances.
Such condition of surplusage in general
officers Is not likely to occur again.
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PAPERS READ BY DOCTORS.
General Convention of the American
Medical Association.

DENVER. Col. June S.-The general con-
vention of the American Medical Assoca-
ton assembled to-day at IL O'Clock. many
of the delegates attending during the fore
neon meetings of various sections, at which
interesting medical papers We're read and
discussed. The executive committee recon-
mended the appointment of the following
DIR. George w. Could of Philadelphia for
three years; Dr. T.. Il. ingalls,. OF Chicago,
for two years, and Dr. r. w Huntington
for one year. The Ohio Medical Society
asked for the appointment of committee
of three by the association and of one by
each State society to fight the anti-yivisec-
ton bill. introduced in Congress by Senator
Gallnger. The matter was referred 10 the
executive committee. The annual address
of medicines was read by DIR. j. I'll. Musser,
of Philadelphia, his topic being ..The Es-
sential of the Art of Medicine. He spoke
especially of the progress made An recent
years in diagnosing.
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TO COIN GOLD BULLION.
Secretary Gage Urges Congress to
Make Provision

Make Provision.
WASHINGTON, June S-Secretary Gage
sent to the House to-day a recommendation
for the appropriation Of $25OO0O for the pay
ment of wages of workmen and the con-
tingent expenses at the minis in coming
gold and subsidiary silver during the next
fiscal year, together with an elaborate
statement of the gold bullion now in the
treasury and the need for is conversion for
prompt uses. The appropriation is to enable
the minis to convert a large part of the
gold bullion now on harAl as well as to coin
the current domestic deposits that will be
made. The secretary calls attention to the
$97 900 held in the treasury on June 1.
and the apparent necessity for its CONVEX
sion into coin at an early date, to be avail
able for disbursement by the treasury in
case 1t should be required. Continuing, the
secretary says: 'tOn July /, 1897, the amount
of gold bullion held by the treasury was $685.
575O2S; on June l, 1898 $9699S,S64. an In
crease of 81, 1923 S36. The coinage of gold
from July l.. 1897, to June l. 1898. aggregated
$57, 730 $3.50. which about equals the domestic
production for the period. The. increase in
the gold bullion in the treasury IS due the
large importation of foreign gold bullion and
coin, deposited at Se mint at San Francisco
and the assay office at New York; amount
ing, from July l, 1897, to June 6, 1898. to $72,-
1880 The minis at Philadelphia. New Or
leans and San Francisco are now working
eight hours aslay to their full capacity. in
coming gold silver dollars and subsidiary
silver Qe the gold bullion in the treasury
$92. 600 is held at the assay office at New
York and the mint at Philadelphia. and to
reduce materially the stock in reasonable
time it will be necessary to run overtime
at the Philadelphia mint for several months.
San Francisco at present is 600, ii will
be increased in July and August by receipts
from the Klondike. most of which will be
deposited in that institution. Conservative
estimates place the amount that will be re-
ceived from the Klondike during July and
August at not less than from $l2, 1000 to
So. 600 600, and ii probably will be neces-
sary to work the mint at San Francisco
overtime for two or three months. Espe-
cially will this be necessary should further
fraIaEia IN
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This month Will close the fiscal year, and
treasury experts are beginning to forecast
the showing it will make in tine way of for
eign trade. 1t has been known for some
time that the exports of agricultural pTod-
ucts would greatly exceed those of any pre-
vious year, and now it appears the same is
true of manufactured articles. state
ment issued by the Bureaus of Statistics
shows that during the ten mo rNhs from July
l. 1897, to May 1, 1898. the exports of manu-
features exceeded the imports by over $780,,
0O0 600, and 1t is predicted that for the full
year the excess will reach $50, 000 coo. AS this
is the first time in tine history of the coun-
try that our exports of manufactured ar
ticles have exceeded in value our imports it
indicates that American manufacturers are
more than holding their own in the contest
for control of the markets of the world.
Taking the last decade for comparison the
figures show that from 1888 to 1898 our ex-
ports of locomotive engines increased from
600 to $4,00O,O 900, of agricultural imple-
ments from 81, 500 900 to 100000, of leather
and its manufactures from $1O,OO0,0OO to $50
Oc0 O0O and of many other manufactured
ticles in a like proportion. A people who
can capture Spanish islands with one hand
and the markets of the world with the other
are fairly well able to take care of them
selves
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WAR ExPENI,lruREs

Those who are looking for data regarding
the cost of the war will find some informa-
ton IN the reports of the disbursements for
April and May. The expenditures for the
army and navy during May were 500 1S7, 173,
compared with $6.7525e1 in May. 1857. This
makes the extra expenditures because of
the war nearly $2O00O,30G The expenditure
for the army and navy during April was
SIS. Sp,.47. of which $l2 sos, 900 was expended
for the navy. 1t was chiefly an extra
penditure because it covers the purchase of
ships and the costly arms and munitions of
the navy. During the month of May, when
the navy's expenditure was for its active
Work rather than for purchase of ships and
equipment it fell to 50, 1000. AS the ex-
pendit1Ires for the navy during its period
of equipment were double those of the army
during April, so the expenditures for the
army were nearly double those of the navy
during May, when the troops were being
raised. equipped and mo we'd In other
words, the expenditure for the army rose
from sc. 223.OOO in April to s17. O93,OOO in May,
while the payments for the navy fell from
$12, 900 in April to $9,0eS. 900 in May.
The rate of expenditure flor last May will
not probably rbe exceeded. in the. next few
months. AT $200OO,OOO a month in excess of
the ordinary expenditures of the army and
navy the extra cost of the war for year
would be about 100000 C- This is based
upon the assumption that payments are be-
ing postponed until the beginning of the
fiscal year, July l. There seems to be no
pretext for such a Withholding, since the
administration in time of war cannot be
judged by its financial statements.
Assuming that s2OOOOOOO represents the
extra monthly cost of the war, the state
ments which have been made to the effect
that the w it'll Spain will cost the coun-
try $500 OO0 900 or 500, 100000 an absurd.
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did the greenback come 10 par soon after
the war, and long before the passage of the
resumption act, as declared by Senator Tur-
pie?" is question propounded to the Jour
nal. No; it did not soon after the war, and
the greenback was not as good as gold
specie RESUMPTION
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the Following pIacesi
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-Palmer House, p o. News Co., 2l7
Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and
CINCINNATI-J. r. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine
street.
LOUISVILLE-C. Il. Deerng. northwest corner
Of Third and Jefferson streets. and Louisville
Book Co.. 256 Fourth avenue.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Riggs House, Ebbitt
House and Wizards Hotel
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Among the recent nominations made by
the President was that of Capt. Jesse M.
Lee, of the Ninth United States Infantry,
to be colonel of one of the volunteer regi-
ments. Colonel Lee went into the service
as a mere boy in an Indiana regiment and
became a commissioned officer before the
close of the war. At the close of the war
he was appointed second lieutenant in the
limited States army.
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During the month of May the money in
circulation outside of the treasury was in
creased $35, 1854, of which $50. 464,5Sl was
gold. The money in the treasury fell off
IS, $40, 796. due to the heavy payments to meet
war expenditures. The volume of gold on
June l was $780,, pa. 145. compared with 1884,
22S946 on May l. This means that the
United States has more gold now than it
had of all kinds of currency year before
the RESUMPTION of specie payments.
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sons, and whether tn, ,ir retention would
inure to the national welfare. The Ha-
waiian annexation quesi ion should be set
tied. on the same lines
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The Delaware Legislature, at its recent
session repealed the Australian ballot law,
which has been in force in that State for
several years. and provided for return to
the old system of separate party tickets.
II this includes the abolition of the secret
ballot and return to the old system of
peddling tickets, electioneering at the polls,
etc. it is a clear case of political retrogres-
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Timmins-Yes. l am doing a job of hack
work now 1t is to be called "A Century of
Diplomacy"
Wheeler-What kind of a century is that
-one run up by hand?
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sin in Doubt.

II haven't heard a word os praise for
Dewey from you yet"
mo. I've been writing to all the papers
to find out what is his religion and how
he stands on the silver question, but none
of 'em know"
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Mr.. Poultney Bigelow has declared in
Harper's Weekly that the condition of the
troops at Tampa is about as bad as it can
be. Mr. Richard Harding Davis, represent
ing the New York Herald. takes exeep-
items, not in mild manner, but savagely
He denounces the Bigelow articles as a sort
OF treason that is likely to be noticed. In
answer to the charge OF Bigelow that there
is not a single regiment at Tampa ready TO
60 to the front, Mr.. Davis quotes General
Miles at length 10 the effect that the Fifth
Army Corps, composed of regulars, Is insthe
ulest magnificent condition ne ever witt
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The stars and stripes if not already I'M
furled in Cuba, VIII be in day or two, but
no one will dare predict when they will be
withdrawn from that island
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If the Oregon election is any criterion, the
free-silver craze has about run its course.
The leaders will continue to make noise
and go through the motions, but their old
following has dwindled to small proper
tions. Representative Prince. of Illinois.
who has just returned to Washing ton after
having been renomnated. says .he found the
currency reform sentiment in his district
stronger than ever. and that his support of
it in Congress contributed materially TO his
denomination. so far as Illinois is con-
cerned." says Mr.. Prince "the silver craze
is rapidly running It's course. and hear
similar reports from other Western States"
Free silver will never figure again as live
political ISSUE or if it does the business men
OF the country will see that the party or
faction which advocates it is badly beaten.
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BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
Good ReasOn.

Garrity-Oi hear you've taken boorder.
Harrity-We had to, begob. There was
nothin' in the house to ate.
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The War scare.

Misunderstanding for another hand-out
Weary Watkins-We don't call 'em hand
puts now. They'se emergency rations.'