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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
PLUCKY BLOCKADE TUG.
The Leydcn Tries to Draw the Fire
of Three Spanish GunbOats.

of Three Spanish GunbOats.
copyright, 1888. by the Associated Press.)
KEY WEST, Fla, June 2, 7:15 a. m.-The
tug Leyden, which has been scouting along
the northern coast of Cuba, had an adven-
ture with three small Spanish gunboats at
Cardenas yesterday. The Leyden had been
scouting without an encounter. Yesterday
she ran into Cardenas harbor to a point
within five miles of the city,. There are two
parallel lines of keys, and the Leyden had
just skirted the outside line when she sight
ed three Spanish gunboats beyond the inner
line, slowly moving towards the sea. The
tug sent in couple of shots from her six
FOUNDER, but the Spaniards evidently
thought She was backed up by big war
ships, for they promptly withdrew without
Replying to the challenge of the bold little
craft, which scudded out to sea again.
The Leyden also confirms the story of the
attack on and destruction of two block
houses between MatanZas and Cardenas, an
account of which was given yesterday by
the auxiliary gunboat Uncas, formerly the
Walter a. Luckenback, which had partici-
pated in the miniature bombardment. The
Leyden lost gait during the fight, but was
otherwise undnjured. The Spaniards, it is
announced, are filing Cardenas harbor with
old hulks boilers and other Instructions in
order to prevent any effective entrance of
the American ships,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
INDUSTRY FOR EAST CHICAGO.
Large Steel Mill to Be Erected with
Eastern Capital.

CHICAGO, June 2.-The Economist will
say tomorrow: Samuel H. Waddell, of
Pittsburg, Pa, acting for others, has bought
three hundred acres of land at East Chica-
CO. fronting on Lake Michigan and the
water way from the Calumet river to the
lake, and it is announced from Pittsburg
that on this site is to be erected one of the
largest steel plants in the world, consisting
of blast furnaces, steel rail and structural
steel mills and other appurtenances of a
great concern of that class. The works
should give employment to two thousand
men at first and later on to twice that
number. A harbor is to be constructed at
the mouth Of the present water way and
the ore for the furnaces will be brought
from the Lake Superior mines by boats.
The enterprise is supported by practically
unlimited capital and among the projectors
is H. c. Prick, now the most prominent
man actively interested in the Carnegie steel
works at Pittsburg.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
WAR FEELING IN AUSTRALIA.
Incident at Theater That shows the
Sentiments OF the People.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 2-The Aus
tralians are as keen for the success of
America in the war with Spain as the
Americans themselves Advices by the
steamer Moana show that the war feeling
Is intense. Their information is limited to
brief cablegrams, but they learn of all the
important moves and the name OF Dewey
Is to-day being cheered IN the public places
OF Australia and New Zealand as often as
in his own country. The evening before the
Moana left Auckland THE White Squad
rom was being played at one of the prin-
cipal theaters. At the close OF the play il
has been the custom for the orchestra to
play God Save the Queen At this time.
however. Dewey's great naval victory was
the one topic OF conversation. and When the
curtain went down the audience dema ,ded
the sStar-spnngled Banner" They got IT,
and the orchestra had 20 play Il three times
before oil would leave the theater.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
INACCURACY OF MAPS.
What Should BE Remembered About
MercatOr's Projection.
Cleveland Leader.


So many maps of the world on Mercators
projection are being sold in these days,
when interest in the war implies more at
tention than the average American ever be-
fore gave to the geography of Cuba and the
West Indies generally, the Philippine
islands, Spain and other places near or re-
mote, that a word Of caution may not be
amiss regarding the apparent comparative
size of countries shown on such maps. 1t
is easy to forget that when the world is rep
resented as rectangular mar as wide at the
top and bottom as it is in the middle, the
poles are really made to appear equal in
width to the equator's length of 250 900 miles.
Obviously all countries far from the
equator are unduly magnified and those
about the center Of the map. north and
south, are represented unduly small by
comparison because they are drawn nearest
the true scale. Thus Australia, lying much
nearer the equator than Canada or the
United States is made far from equal to
either of those countries in area, though
there is really little difference. Greenland
is swollen out of all proportion and India
relatively dwarfed in comparison with the
countries of Europe Spain is made smaller
in proportion to the British isles than it
ought TO be, and both Cuba and the Philip
pine islands are cut down far below the
size they should have in comparison with
Newfoundland or Japan, for instance, the
latter countries being grossly enlarged
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

WASHINGTON, June 2.-The Navy De-
partment to-day made public the following
extract from a report to the department
made by Captain Clark, of the Oregon, on
the extraordinary run of that ship around
the two continents: 1T is gratifying to call
the department attention to the spirit
aboard this ship in both officers and men.
This can best be described by referring TO
instances such as that OF the engineer off,
GERS, in voluntarily doubling their watches
when high speed was to be made, to the at
after being carried out of it insensible, and
to the fact that most of the crew who were
Sandy Point preferred to leave their ham
mocks in the MEETINGS until they could get
the ship coaled and ready to sail from San
DIV Point -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

NEW YORK, June 2.--On May II a state
ment taken from the New York Times,
which should have appeared under New
York date with credit to that paper, but
which by inadvertence appeared under
washington date, was sent over this cir
cult. and in which statement was made that
among habitual users of cigarettes present
reflections by the medical staff of the army
are about so per cent. The Times to-day
calls attention to this previous dispatch,
and saws that the statement therein was
misleading and had no foundation in fact
inasmuch as examination on the part OF
the physicians showed no such results.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

man at army headquarters. mo news yet"
Shore he haint been killed., His name
doesn't appear on the list" Well" she ex-
I'm goin to be livin' in this suspense he's
nightly mistook! Eff he's killed he orter
write an say SO, an eff he's Twin he orter
write anyhow! AS it is thar is John Jeems
a-settin' roun' my house day after day,
waitin' fer me ter say the word, an me not
poor, lonely, forsook wife that needs COM
fortin'! This here government is about as
slow as pine sap in springtime"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
Nopnortisan Fishing club.

DALLAS, Tex. June "A fishing club, to
be known as 1.-The Tarpon Club" of Tgrpon.
Tex. has been organized here E. HI r.
Green. son of Mrs; Hetty Green, and chair
mittee of Texas. is the chief promoter. The
wealth of the membership of the sTarpon
Club reaches into the hundreds Of millions
them being President Mckinley. ex-Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland. Senator NJ. A.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
A Naval Mistake.
New York Commercial Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
1t seems that the specifications for the
three newest battle ships do not contem-
plate sheathing them. Great Britain
sheathes her battle ships, and their copper
coating enables them to keep the sea in
definitely without cleaning their bottoms.
Congress persists in building unsheathed
ships, and thus necessitating the scraping
process every few months. 1t also neglectS
to supply the navy with decent docks to
scrape the ships in. Hence we see our fif-
teen-knot battle ships crawling through the
Caribbean at seven knots.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
Reformed Church of America.

NEW YORK, June AT this morning S
session of the General Synod of the Re-
formed Church of America at Asbury Park.
n. j., the service was conducted by Rev:
Samuel M. Sweemer, VINO called the synod
to order for business. Rev. Peter De Pree,
of Holland Mich, opened with prayer. In
yitations were read asking the synod to
hold their next meeting at Catskill, Asbury
were all referred to a special committee.
Communications were received from Italy,
Holland and South Africa, Offering fraternal
affairs was appointed, consisting of Rev.
DR.. Cornelius Brett. j. f. Morgan and J..
S. BuSsing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
PROTECTED BY OLD GLORY.
Stars and Stripes HOisted Over Little
San Miguel Island.

LOS ANGELES. Cal, June 2-Captain
Waters, the owner of San Miguel island,
has made the discovery that this bit of
land was never coded to Mexico by Spain.
BY some oversight it was omitted from the
list of islands given up when Mexican indie
pendence was acknowledged AS soon as he
learned this fact Captain Waters FASTENED
to his little island. hosted the American
flag and took formal possession in the name
of the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

States. Whether the coal subsequently
passed into the hands of the United States
government for use by the American navy
was held to be outside of the
province OF the British and Canadian
authorities 1t is probable that any direct
sales to the Navy Department Would have
been stopped, as these would have been
manifestly breach of the neutral attitude
maintained by the British government and
its colonial pOssessions. Including Canada.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
The Pedro Soda to uncle Sam

NEW YORK, June "A special to the
World from Key West says the United
States marshal has sold the prize steamer
Pedro to the United States government for
$500, coo. This amount is to be deposited by
the secretary of the treasury to the credit
of the secretary of the navy. The Pedro is
to start to unload her cargo at once and is
to be turned over to the government as soon
as possible. She is to be used collier.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
SchOfeId's Cow.
Springfield Republican

oprlnSnelu RepuDHcdH.
Governor Schofeld. of Wisconsin, was sus-
pected of being a corporation man" be-
cause he vetoed tax bill leveled at the eX
press companies. Now the awful truth has
been established for it is discovered that
one of his mich cows has been moved back
to the summer pasture on free railroad
pass. 1t threatens to disrupt the Republi-
can party of that State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
Sick Sailors Sent North.

KEY WEST, Fla, June 2.-The hospital
ship Solace sailed for New York last night,
having on board eighty-five sick and
wounded sailors and marines from the hos
pitfalls mere. The patients will do better in a
cooler climate, and the Key West hospital
room is likely to be all needed as soon as
the forward movement begins.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
The Passing Fad.

There are various fads at present that
have arisen from the great naval victory at
Manila. One is to wear a bit of Manila rope
tied coquettishly in the buttonhoe. Both
men and women now have Manila station
cry. In several confectioners stores in the
ey'S Manila Soda
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

Hanna, Of Ohio; Senator M. s. Quay. of
Pennsylvania and others of equal distinc-
ton. The board of directors chosen for
the the nrst year is composed of the following
Banker Van Blockom, of ST. Louis; State
Senator E. II. Houston. of San Antonio;
United States Senator NJ. s. Quay of Penn
sylvania.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

Mothers do not let your children trifle
with coughs or colds. Insist on their taxi
ing Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
without delay. See yourselves that it is
done Beware of procrastination Sold by
all druggists.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in l minute.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
Mrs. winslo,v,s SOOTHING syrup

Has been used over fifty years by millions of
r,others for their children while teething with
gums allays pain, cures wind collie. regulates the
bowels, and is the best remedy for diarrhea,
whether arising from teething or other causes.
For sale by druggists every part of the world.
Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslows Soothing
SyTup Is cents bottle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

KEY WEST, Fla, June 1.-THE British
tramp steamer Bengal, of Glasgow, was
sighted off Florida keys yesterday. AS she
did not hoist her colors when signaled she
was hove to by shot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
Women as Shooters.

Baltimore American.
A California woman quarreled with her
husband, and aimed a shot at him which
killed another man. This little incident
will probably dampen the enthusiasm about
the feminine regiments being recruited in
Kansas and Colorado.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
Pathetic.
Washington Post.

washington Post.
One of the most pathetic spectacles of
the war is Fighting Bob Evans roosting
on the bridge of the Iowa, plaintively sing
ing Mr. Sampson, Turn Me Loose"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
SET FREE
ADMIRAL CERvERA's COLLIER RE-
LEASED BY FEDERAL JUDGE.

Her Cargo of Coal Condemned, How
ever, as Contraband of War, and
Ordered Appraised and Sold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
For THE WEEK ENDING FEB. Il, 1898.

Mr. Jacob A. Riis. discoursins with ardent
feeling in The Century" about the heroism
shown constantly by the members OF our ire
Department. turns the thoughts OF the observer
Of contemporary fiction into new CHANNEL
Why do not the writer's Of adventure do some
thing with such material As Mr. Rlis exploits
in this paper OF his? OF course many res
cue" could be- cited from modern fiction, but
what we demand Is the writing of what might
be called the professional novel the psyche
LOGICAL novel Of the fireman. Of the diver, or
fine coast guardsman. and 50 on through long
LIST We got the Stun novel the merchant
tailor novel the tale of the life from to
OF the farmland or day laborer whose days
are no more to be compared with those OF one
OF Mr. Riis's firemen. for example, than with
the DAYS of "A soldier in service 1t is the fash
ion 10 paptatc over the daring fashionable
young fellows on yacht cruises; why not palpi-
tate little over the romance OF fighting. IN
stead Of pirates. sordid. tenemcnt-hOuse flames?
II is instructive to find that Lewis Carroll,
Tor all his unconcern about the things that in
terpst most authors. was nevertheless deeply
anxious about the mechanical side Of his pub
LEGATIONS 1t is recalled that when the slXtieth
thousand Of Through the Looking Glass" was
published in 1893 the author discovered that
the illustrations had failed so much in the
printing as TO make the book not worth BUY
Ing" He issued a communication to all hold
ers of COPIES requesting the return Of the lat
ter To the publisher. and promising that copies
from the next issue would be sent in exchange.
"For over twenty-five years" he wrote, Il have
made II my chief object. with regard TO my
bookc that they should be Of the best work
manship attainabe for the price This ann
OF Lewis CAROLS might well be commended
to many popular nOvelists Of to-day. 1t is the
novelist who is read most at the present time, and
il is usually the novelist who is printed in the
worst possible form, poor type being used upon
poorer paper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

manners. To such reader Mr. McCrauy I'd"
little to say He is bound to be ihteie9.,ns
however to the examiner OF pohtica' i''"'''u
tons. and in touching upon his oniisSion' W.
clear the ground for a completer en'oyiiieh' u
his solid contribution to the literature OF 0'a'e
making on the North American Continent we
do not find in his pages the pictures Oh soo'"'
development which would be most welcome ou'
we undoubtedly derive from him iucid cohcep-
,ion OF the extraordinary enterprise upon "hi'h
South Carolina was founded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

Spanish sailors were the first to set foot upon
the soil. Vasquez visited the coast, more by
accident than by design. In 1920 He made a
second voyage four years later. with disastrous
results Spain remained Indifferent to the poten-
tialities Of the region. 1t was taciuy abandoned
to any Adventures who cared 10 explore it,
with the result that in 1862 Jean Ribault came
over. with the permission OF Charles TX to es-
tablish a colony of French Protestants. He gave
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

difference to things of mere picturesqueness and
romance or as IT might even be expressed TO
things OF pure human significance. Hence his
book is somewhat disappointing. The reader
comes to II with an eagerness to learn some
thing of that struggle with new conditions which
at all the geographical points OF our early
civilization but nowhere more decidedly than In
the South is rich in material for the student
of human nature and the vivid historian OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
SOUTH CAROLYN A.
A CURIOUS IERIOD IN IT'S POLITICAL
HISTORY

THE HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Under PER
THE PROPRIETARY GOFERNMENT, lt,V-
i7l9 BY Edward McCrady, a Member or the
Bar OF Charleston. s c. and rrgsldent OF
tayo Do tx 7s2 The Macmillan Company
Mr.. McCrady is a lawyer and writes like one,
clearly. instructively, but with true legal In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

NJ. lola defying gods and men. journalists
and gendarrnes in the sacred name OF justice,
Is no doubt the noblcSt spectacle produced by
the DreyfuS eXcitcmcn but the enthusiasm OF
some writers for this -lItterday champion Of
sweetness and light has produced some queer
reading Here Is Bj0rnSternc Bj0rnson writ
inc to his Very honoured Master to tell him
how he enyios him his present proud situation
before the world and the sentimental letter
closes thus: We now that if your works
are circulated all over the world 10 Increase
courage and enrich the heart of humanity. it is
because you are yourself a man of courage
and of heart" This is beautiful, exquisite but
very drO lola increasing courage and enrich
ing the heart of humanity is indeed spectacle.
lie has not thrilled Bj0rnSOn alone, either. One
enraptured Englshman wants his literary
countrymcn to rise up in n body and publicly
thank NJ lola for the splendid civic action he
has lately taken" Again we say this thing is
exquisite. beautiful. But we wonder II one
might be permitted timidly to ask how much
OF this performance Of Zolas means q taste for
splendid civic action" and how much CT 1t
means "reclame"i
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

1t is inspiring to read in the current number
of "The Chap-Book" Mr.. Mullins plea for the
seInicOlOn and for the cultivation Of the art
of punctuation generally. No one knows just
why the ScMicOlOn has fallen into disrepUte
Perhaps it is because few writers to-day think
clearly ana thus hear their sentences and para
graphs murmuring through their heads on the
way to the paper with just that subtle exacti-
tude in matters Of pause and intOnation which
means correct writing. II there is one thing
more than another which secures charm in lit
erary construction without ecccntricty, but
simply through its correctness and. so to say,
bald strength, il is the scmcOlon Mr.. Mullin
cites illustrations from Sir Henry Maine.
Matthew Arnold, Ruskin, Walter Pater and
Robert Louis Stevenson. In each case the
reader pcrcciycs that there Is nothing ingenious,
nothing ultra artistic" about the employment
Of The scmicolon. That modest mark is handled
with the utmost naturalncsS and it counts not
rs the decorative touch Of a dabbler in literary
Drccosity, but rs the honest staff Of a straight
forward and well trained writer.
The times., 1898-06-26
Amateur whitecappers.

(From the Detroit Free Press.)
In the regular course of the United
States mail service a good citizen of De-
troit received a letter the other morning.
1t was not an artistic production, but had
a dire significance. In one corner, done
in red ink and uncertain lines. were skull
and cross bones. a demoniac effect appear
ing about the eyes because of a stroke OF
genius accomplished after the amateur
artist drove his pen into the wrong bottle.
This letter broke to the receiver the in
teiligence that he was in imminent dan
ger of being blown up. suspended by the
heels or whipped to an inanimate state
unless he treated his boys better. He
was too harsh with them and the people
would not tolerate it. Hereafter they
must be allowed to attend matinees. not
less than one week, anu they must go
to every circus that came to town. Like
consideration must be shown as to ba :
ball and football, or the trouble wound
commence and the "Whitecaps' would at
tend to the matter
When the recipient of this missive sat
down to dinner he looked troubled. Tom
my and Benny. the twins, also had things
on their minds. Finally Tommy wriggled
in his chair and said: Did you get it.
papa?" Tommy wound up with grunt.
for Benny punched him severely in the
ribs. But it was too late. The old gem
tleman did not require that he be buried
under sky-scraper in order to take
hint He was so relieved in mind that
he adjourned the meal at once. and in the
back shed Tommy and Benny did COM
poSite dance to the tune of stout branch
from the lilac bush.