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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17

army in the requirement of arms and am
munition. Pretty much all of this money is
needed to cover contracts already made by
the military establishment.
The New York Herald's correspondent
here says: Spain has indicated her will
ingness to make proper reparation for the
Maine disaster if it is shown that she is
in any way responsible. but she considers
that the presence of American men-of-war
in the vicinity of Cuba and the recent war
preparations by this country are an inter-
ference with the success of the plan of au-
tonomy inaugurated for the pacification of
the island This is the substance of what
Minister Polo the Spanish minister told
Assistant Secretary Day during two
hours conference"
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FIVE TO FIFTEEN LIVES LOST IN A
BURNING CHICAGO BUILDING.
Thirty People Manned by Jumping
or Otherwise Injured I'm the Wild
Scramble to Escape the Flames.
ONLY THREE BODIES FOUND
OTHER VICTIMS SUPPOSED TO BIZ
UNDER MANY TONS OF DEBRIS.

An Explosion Thought to Have start
ed the Fire, Which Shot Up the
Light Shaft with Rapidity.
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MEANING OF AUSTRIA'S CORRE-
sPONDENCE WITH THE POWERS.
Wants to Gain Their Assent to Put an
Army In Spain to Uphold the
Alfonso Dynasty.
GRAVE TROUBLE EXPECTED
IN CASE sAGAsTA DETERMINES TO
SELL OR SURRENDER CUBA.

Majority of the People Opposed to
Concessions, and May Try to Over
throw the Reigning Family.
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SEEKING SHIPS
SECRETARY LONG STILL SEARCHING
FOR GOOD WAR VESSELS.
Captain BrOwnsOn Now i'm London
Preparing to Inspect All Craft That
May BE offered for Sale.
MANY DESIRABLE SHIPS HERE

WHICH CAN BE EASILY CONVERTED
INTO FAST, sTAUNCH GUN BoATs.
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Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-The admins
tration learns with satisfaction that head
way is being made in the campaign which
is being conducted in Europe to extricate
the Spanish government from the Cuban
predicament in which it finds itself. These
manipulations are being carried on through
both financial and diplomatic channels by
agencies exceedingly influential in both
fields. The great banking firms which rep
resent the ownership of the Spanish ma
tional debt are working on the army party
in Spain to secure it's assent to the sur
Of Austria is interesting himself actively
in the promotion of plans for the mainte
nance Of the reignirg family of Spain,
whatever course the government may ulti-
mately decide to adopt. The royal families
of Austria and Spain are closely connected.
The Queen Regent Of the latter country is
a daughter Of the Emperor Of Austria, and
the young King Alphonso his grandson.
The administration is not fully informed
as to exactly what Emperor Joseph is driv-
ing at, bat it is surmised that his purpose
is to gain the assent of the great powers
of Europe to interfere with his armies for
the protection of the existing government
of Spain in case an attempt should be
made to overthrow it on account of popular
dissatisfaction with the outcome of the Gu
ban war. This view is confirmed by the
leading members of the diplomatic corps in
Washington. and all European news hav-
ing a (, airing on the Spanish question,
watched for and digested by students of
international politics hereabouts
A great deal of speculation is being in
dulged in with regard to current movements
at the European capitals, and many of the
attempts to place a proper construction on
them border on the ludicrous, so wide are
they of the mark. All sorts of combina-
tions are being figured out, and every coun-
try in Europe has been placed in alliances
for and against Spain, no two of these COM
binations being alike and no two set rea-
sons for them agreeing A study of Euro
pean politics and the relationships between
the great powers has suddenly become very
popular among statesmen and politicians in
Washington, for everybody has ali at once
been seized with conviction that upon the
negotiations which are now in progress in
Europe may depend the solution of the Gu
ban question, which is at the present mo-
ment of paramount Importance to the peo-
pie OF the United States. 1t therefore be-
hooves them to obtain all the information
they can in connection Herewith, and great
industry is being displayed in that direction
by members of the administration as well
as by members of Congress.
Austria. By reason OF her peculiar situa-
tion. is the great unsettled quantity in Eu-
ropean politics at the present moment and
has commanding influence at the leading
capitals. For that reason diplomats very
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COST OF Two WAR SHIPS.

United States Is Said to Have Paid
$2,5OO,00O for the Brnzilians.
LONDON. March 16.--The final contract
providing for the sale OF the war ships
tcOntinued ON Third Page.)
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M'KINLEY WATCHING EVENTS
AND GROWING MORE CONFIDENT
HOSTILITIEs MAY BE AVERTED.
Report of the Naval Court of Inquiry
Expected SOon-COmments of Mad
rid Editors ON the Situation.
Yesterdays DEVELOPMENTS.

Austria seeking permission from
the powers to place an army i'm
Spain to uphold the royal family
i'm case the Sagasta ministry re-
solves to surrender Cuba. A revO-
luton in Spain is feared if cOnces-
siOns are made to the United
States.
Inquiry from the Spanish govern
ment concerning the meaning of
the assembling of q large feet of
American war ships in the waters
about Key West, and an intimatiOn
that their presence there might
influence the coming elections in
Cuba.
Debate ON the Cuban question I'm
the House, and denial by Repre-
sentative GrOsvenOr that President
Mckinley is urging early adjourn
ment of Congress in order that he
might act as he sees fit, without
congressional interference.
Arrival of the naval court Of i'm
Quiry at Key West.
Continued activity of the War
and Navy Departments.
Purchase of the yacht MayfiOwer
for conversion into n tOrpedO-bOat
destroyer. other yachts of the
same class and speed offered for
sale.
Captain BrownsOn now I'm Europe
ready to inspect purchasable war
ships.
semi-ofnciaI announcement that
Spain will not sell Cuba at any
price.
Criticism ard denunciatiOn of the
United States and Consul General
Lee by the lingo editors of Madrid.
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CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA.
DR.. SaImOn's Experiments with a
Germ-killing Serum.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-During the past
two years the Department of Agriculture
has conducted series of experiments in
the use of serum as a remedy for hogs
affected by cholera or swine plague The
experiments were conducted by Dr. d. e.
Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry, and the results were eminently sat-
isfactory, proving that the dreaded disease
can be successfully treated easily and mex
pensively. The losses suffered by the farm
ers of the United States annually from hog
cholera aggregate an enormous sum- In
Iowa alone during 1896 it is estimated that
the hog raisers lost through the ravages of
the disease $15OO0.OOO. Scores of remedies
have been tried, but nothing even approx
mating a specific for the disease has ever
been discovered until the Department of
Agriculture began its experiments Summar-
izing the results of the experiments Dr.
Salmon said that so per cent of the hogs
treated in droveS have been saved, while
in the droveS affected with cholera and not
given the serum treatment quite 50 per cent.
were lost.
Last year the experiments were conducted
IN Page county. Iowa, the results showing
loss OF only 20 per cent of the affected
been extensive and far-reaching The bureau
treated 922 hogs. OF these 170 died, the num-
Der saved being edghty-one out of every one
hundred. The loss was only IS per cent. The
animals treated comprised seventeen droves
and of these six droves lost only one hog
droves were observed and not subject to
the serum treatment. OF these S79 died
showing a loss of S79 hogs out OF every
hundred. Speaking Of the treatment, DR..
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Gomez and His Soldiers Not Inclined
to Disband Until They Secure
Pledges from Uncle Sam.
NO ALARM At WASHINGTON
OFFICIALS CONFIDENT SERIOUS
TROUBLE WILL BE AvERTED,
And that the Advice of Conservative
icaIs-Gen. Woods Movements.
specIal to the Indianapolis journal,

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27.-According to
well-informed Cubans in Washington, Gen
eral Gomez and his soldiers will laugh at
Garcia, and refuse absolutely to recognize
his authority to order their disarmament.
The Garcia visit to Washington may result
in a compromise, however, which will be
satisfactory to the armed insurgents who
are sullenly refusing to lay down their arms
until they have more definite information as
tain pledges in guarantee of their back pay
and political status. 1t is said at the State
Department, however, that there is nothing
new in the situation in Cuba The
evacuation commissioners are meeting at in
tervals to suit their convenience and the
needs of the work in hand; Spanish troops
are being shipped homeward and the way is
being cleared for the occupation of the ISL
and by the American garrison at the end of
the present year. The attitude of the insur-
gents is not a cause for apprehension, no
more than it has been, and the officials are
confident that the sentiment Of the better
element on the Island of Cuba will be eff
fectual in securing for the United States
officers who are charged with administra-
ton of the temporary government of Cuba,
the cordial support of the vast majority of
the Cuban people. 1t is conceivable that the
end of the war will find some bands of law
less men, perhaps Spaniards as we'll as Gu
bans, ravaging remote and unprotected dis
tricts, but this is an incident of most wars,
and after our late civil war trouble was en-
countered in suppressing such lawless ele-
ments.
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CAMP SITES IN CUBA.
Two Places Selected by the BOard-NO
Mines in Havana HarbOr.

HAVANA, Oct. PA joint session of the
United States and Spanish evacuation COM
mission will be held tomorrow in the pail
ace of the colonial government. This after
noon two notes were delivered to the Amer
lean commissioners by the Spanards, one
giving full list of the names of Nanigos
who will remain on the island until both
commissions decide what to do with
them. and the other answering a question
asked by the Americans regarding mines
in the harbor. In the latter note the Span
iards say that on the day the protocol was
signed all the mines at the harbor entrance
were removed. They assert also that there
were never any others.
A house in the neighborhQod of the Hotel
Trocha has been rented to be used for the
isolation, if necessary, of any more of the
American commissioners who may fall i'll.
The board of army officers appointed to
select camps and landing places for the
United States troops has definitely selected
two sites. one east and one west of the
Vento aqueduct, close to the springs. The
landing place selected, Playa de Marianao,
six miles from the camp sites selected, can
be easily reached by road. The camp sites
Will accommodate from $4,000 to 1900
troops. Six million feet of lumber has
been ordered. and each individual tent will
be f1oored. Warehouses will be put up as
well shops and all necessary outhouses,
ana arrangements Will DE MADE Tor SuTn-
cient water supply by pipe line. The pro-
posed Guanabacoa site will be abandoned
for the present, though the latter will be
utilized as a permanent camp when Havana
bay has been dredged and rendered safe for
landing troops In the meantime Playa de
Marianao will be exclusively used for
troops, supplies and materials.
Some of the engineers who are RESPONSE
BILE for the construction of the landing IA
cilities consider the Marianao selection ill
advised on the ground that it is too open
toward the sea, which, at the present time
of year is dashed to fury by the, repeated
northers, which wash away the piers.
These DIRECTORS prefer a landing at the
mouth of the Almendarez river, and will
make a protest before the board regarding
the alleged mistake in choosing Playa de
Marianao. If that spot is finally decided
upon cribs will have to be made and filled
with stone. requiring 10000 feet of timber
and 1000 tons of rock. Owing to lack of
materials and facilities: it would be prac-
tically impossible to have everything in
readiness there within the next ten days. the
period fixed In the opinion of engineers the
river site offers desirable shelter and many
other things. The matter will be settled
Tomorrow when it will come up for con-
sideration before the full board.
All the United States commissioners are
we'll
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the National Council of Women to-day
Eventually a motion was carried directing
the president, Mrs. May Wright Sewall, OF
indianapolis, to prepare statement for
the public which would clearly set forth the
objects of the National Council without
giving OffenSe to the General Federation.
The main idea in this discussion of the ma
ture of the General Federation was that
while the National Council is representative
of all classes of societies and organizations
Of women. the Federation of Women s
Clubs is confined really to literary work,
for the Improvement OF the language and
literary taste of the country.
ssWomans domestic status under the law
and her political success regarding pa
triotism; also, what is being done by the
Universal Peace Union for the promotion
by the council this evening. Miss Octavia
Williams Bates, as chairman of commit
tee of woman lawyers, submitted re-
port showing the trend of legislation and
effort by state and national commissions
and otherwise to bring about uniformity
in marriage and divorce laws in this coun-
try ard the general effort being made to
have an international understanding on this
matter.
The report on what is being done to pro-
mote International arbitration and social
peace came from Countess Cora SlocOmb
di BraZza, chairman of the peace commit
tee, through Mrs. |. C. Manchester. of Prov
idence, r. l.. as her representative, also
Miss Hannah j. Bailey, OF Winthrop Gem
ter, Me, the head of the peace department
of the national w. c. L. Z. In Il discussion
of patriotism Susan B. Anthony sarcasticdl-
ly criticised the administration for its care
of the soldiers in the war with Spain and
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster, of Washington, made
logical defense of the government Miss
Anthony however, attributed the errors as
supposed of the government to the barring
departments of the army. Mrs. Foster said
the government had done the best it could.
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NEWS FROM BLACKBOARD
DEMOCRATS WILL HELP REPUB-
LICANs OVERTHROW THE "RING."
BrOwnstown Republicans Give Their
Side of jackson County Situa-
tiOn-PoIitical Meetings.
special 10 the IndiAnanolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Oct. N.-The
prospects grow brighter for Republican sue
cess in Blackford county, the closest coun-
ty in the Eighth district. The Socialist
ticket which was intended to injure Re-
publicans, has been withdrawn, and only
the Republican, Democratic Prohibition
and Peoples, which only includes a candi-
date for Congress from the Eighth district,
have been filed. This leaves the contest in
the county practically between the Demo-
Gratis and Republicans. Only twenty-three
Prohibition votes were cast in the county
two years ago. Another good point in the
Republicans favor is the fact that the
Democratic county ticket is headed by Ben
jamin Wampler, candidate for auditor.
Wampler is one of the Democratic trustees
who refused to meet with the Republicans
and select a. county superintendent when
the board was equally divided politically.
The Supreme Courts decision was a scath-
ing rebuke to Wampler and extracts from it
are being used as campaign arguments
against him. Yesterday at Montpelier a
meeting was held at Jellison's Hall pursu-
ant to a call issued by Attorney Charles A.
Ryan, a prominent Democratic lawyer of
Montpelier, and it was attended by over
sixty Democratic voters. who pledged them
selves to support the Republican ticket and
apnihilate the gang in control of the DEM
Ocratic ring. Another meeting was held at
the Tin-plate Hall tonight of a similar
character and a permanent organization
formed. In the city election at Montpelier
Ryan was on the Democratic ticket and
ran ahead of his ticket. He has a large fol-
lowing
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A COUNT In TROUBLE.
Arrested for Alleged Fraud, but
Claims to He a Victim Himself.

CHICAGO. Oct. 27.-Count Leopold de
Leboritz, of Bucharest, Roumania. was ar
rested to-day on charge of obtaining 1915
by false pretenses. The count claims he is
a victim of clever confidence game in
which 1t was intended that he should be
swindleed out of $1,000 As a result of his
suspicion he caused the arrest of Marvin
Victor Henri Henshaw teacher of dramatic
art and l.. f. Henshaw and ID. j. Hallilan.
lawyers. Count de Leboritz came to Chi
cago several days ago on the solicitation,
he says, of Ernest Salvador. a playwright.
The count became interested in play writ
ten by Salvador and was introduced to Mar
vim Victor Henshaw. Henshaw, according
to the count, agreed to stage the play if
Lebortz would furnish the money. The
count did not have the ready money, but
volunteered to send to his home in Rou-
mania for the necessary amount. Henshaw
gave him $S.75 with which TO pay for the
cablegram. and when the money was not
forthcoming warrant was obtained for the
nobleman's arrest, Leboritz was arralgned
in the Criminal Court to-day, but the hear
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28
WOOD GOES TO MANZANILLo.
The General Will Establish a New
Civil Government There.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Oct 27.-General
Wood left here to-day on board the dis
patch boat Hist, accompanied by his aid
de-camp and clerical staff, for the purpose
of visiting Manzanillo and to instruct Col.
Petit to arrange the conduct of the civil
business there.
The French consul here has written to
General Wood, protesting strongly against
the order prohibiting the landing of negroes
from Haiti. General Wood replied that he
could not allow any more paupers here,
as there were too many of them.
William James. who was well known to
all the correspondents during the as an
operator on the Cuban submarine cable,
died to-day of fever.
Gen Mayi Rodriguez. the insurgent COM
mander visited General Wood at the palace
this morning. He was accompanied by
Colonel Garcia, who acted as an interpreter,
and remained over an hour. He said he
was immensely pleased with the manner in
which things are conducted here and con-
graduated General Wood on the work he
had accomplished. General Wood visited
the San Carlos Club last night at the special
invitation of the committee to attend the
reception given to General Rodriguez
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order. Given Army omcer..

WASHINGTON, Oct 27-Lieut. Col
Robert Craig, signal corps. has been or
dered from Washington to Santiago, Guam
tanamo. Baracoa and Sagua de Janarno,
Cuba, to report on the extent and condition
of the telegraph lines in the Department
of Santiago, the availability of timber sup
plies in the country for their reconstruction
and such other points connected with their
may think essential
Maj. Henry. f. Hoyt, chief surgeon. has
been ordered from Anniston Ala. to
Manila.
Capt. Ersxine Hewitt. assistant adiutapt
general has been honorably discharged his
services being no longer required He was
appointed from New York and is a son of
Hon. Abraham S. Hewitt
Maj. Eugene I. Wilson. commissary of
Louis TO Santiago, relieving Lieut. Col
Henry b. Osgood. While on duty at San
tiago as chief commissary Major Wilson
will have rank as lieutenant colonel
Maj. Joseph Nj. Kelly, Tenth Cavalry has
been retired ON his own application after
thirty years service.
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Claims Of Missouri soIdiers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. &.-The Star
says to-day: "Forty-nine members of Com
pany X, Fifth Regiment. Missouri volun-
teers. Captain Fulkerson claim disabilities
INCURRED while in camp at Chickamauga
and Lexington during the summer. This
condition was revealed in the physical ex-
animation of Company X at Compton bar
racks. now In progress here. To-day forty
nine men from that company afflicted with
various ailments which they swore were
contracted since they entered the service
OF the United States, awaited their turn. at
Graham barracks, whence they had been
sent 10 be finally examined by Capt r. w
- Reilly, assistant surgeon of the Third
regiment who was appointed referee to
pass on the condition of all members of
the Fifth claiming disability The COM
pany was raised i'm and around Lexington
Mo. The disabilities claimed range from
weak eyes ana deficient hearing to ailments
signed and sworn to by the men In nearly
pure water -