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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
MUTILATED SPANIARDS.
Condition of the Prisoners from Ger
vera's Sun<en Squadron.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.--The steamship Old
Dominion arrived last night from Newport
News with five officers and thirty-nine sail
ors who had manned the Spanish ships
when Admiral Cervera attempted to escape
from Santiago harbor. They had all been
wounded. most of them horribly so. Most
of the poor fellows were minus arms or
legs, and three who had been literally torn
to pieces by a shell were dying. The tenn
porary hospital between decks amidships
was a place of misery, but the officers and
crew and passengers on the Old Dominion
did everything possible to show their SYM
pathy for the vanqushed foe Not a MUIR
muir escaped the lips of the Spaniards on
the voyage from the South
They were profuse in their thanks for the
kindness shown them. All are anxious 10
will find an ocean burial, for they are too
weak TO stand the journey TO Spain.
The wounded Spaniards were landed at
Pier 2 North river. and were transferred
from there by the steamer William Fetch
er to the Anchor line steamer City OF Rome.
which has been chartered by Admiral Ger
home The City of Rome Will sail to-mor-
row for Portsmouth, where she will take on
400 men. The wounded officers on the Old
Dominion were: Lieutenant Luis FaJardo.
torpedo boat destroyer Furor; Lieutenant
Francisco Arderius, of the Terror: Assists
ant Surgeon Nicholas Gomez. of the Viz
caya. Lieutenant Miguel Sagrera also came
OH the steamer. He was not wounded in
the fight at Santiago harb0r. although he
was on the Cristobal Colon.
Admiral Cervera, accompanied by his son,
Angel Cervera. and his aid. Lieutenant
Gomez. left for Portsmouth, N H., last
night to arrange for returning TO Spain the
Spanish prisoners there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
LII HUNG Changes SECOND FALL.

A Picking dispatch says that Iii Hung
Chang, late imperial chancellor of China,
has been dismissed from power in compli-
ance with the demand of the British minis
ter, who charged that he had shown par
TALLY to Russia in the granting of railroad
concessions and other financial transact
tons. This is the second time Ii Hung
Chang has been in disgrace, and as he is
now in his seventy-sixth year it is not
likely he will recover from this fall. He
was named by General Grant one of the
three really great men he had met in his
trip around the world, and has been called
the Bismarck of China" He is about the
only Oriental statesman who has any repu-
tation outside of his own country, and is
by far the most liberal and progressive one
that China has produced. He has held
many offices and negotiated nearly every
important treaty China has made with
been accused of being dishonest and cor
rupt. as perhaps he is, though he has been
shrewd enough TO escape detection and pun
ishment. At the beginning of the war with
Japan, having had considerable military ex-
perience. he was given supreme command
of the naval and military forces sent to
Korea. Prior to that he had been for many
years viceroy of the great province of Chi
LII, practically viceroy of the whole en-
pire, prime minister. foreign minister and
commander-in-chief of the army and navy
at the same time. The beginning of the
war disclosed China's utter unpreparedness,
and as a punishment for the crushing de-
feats which followed the Emperor deprived
Ii Hung Chang of the order of the Yellow
Jacket and the Peacock Feather. He soon
recovered from this temporary disgrace,
and when China got ready to sue for peace,
in February 1895. he was appointed TO ne
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
TRADE WITH ENGLAND
THE UNITED STATES NOW HAS FIVE
TIMES THE BEST OF 1T.
Table Showing the Value of Articles
Imported and Exported for the Past
Three Years I'm Great Britain.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Sept 9-The fact that
British imports into the United States have
fallen of greatly in the past year while
American exports to Great Britain have
greatly increased has been announced from
time to time during the year, but the full
years figures, just presented by the Treas
TRY Bureau of Statistics. bring to the sur
face some interesting details not hereto
fore published. These show that the exports
from the United States to the United King
dom have increased u per cent. and are
nearly five times as heavy as the imports
from the United Kingdom, which have fal-
len off 50 per cent. The figures of the Blu
reau of Statistics are: Imports from the
United Kingdom, $1O9 1873 365; exports to the
United Kingdom $40, $50 152. The details of
the reduction in imports and increase in ex-
ports in our commerce with the United
Kingdom are shown in some figures repro
duced by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics
from the Official Reports of Trade and
Navigation of the United Kingdom which
show the exports of principal articles from
the United Kingdom to the United States.
and her imports of principal articles from
the United States in the year ending June
3d. 1898. compared with those of 1897 and
1896.
The following tables give the more inn
portant of these articles, the values being
stated in pounds sterling. from official re-
ports of trade and navigation of the United
Kingdom:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
THE SIXTH FOUGHT WELL.
Tribute of Col. III. c. Egbert to His
Men i'm San Juan Hill Charge.

FORT THOMAS, KY, Sept. 9.-Col. H. c.
Egbert, of the Sixth Infantry. who was
wounded in the San Juan hill fight near
Santiago de Cuba July /, has made out an
official substitute report to the secretary of
war of the part the Sixth Infantry regulars
took on that famous action. After making
a long minute detailed report of all the
movements of the Sixth and those of the
cooperating forces of the Sixteenth, TWEEN
ty-fourth and Thirteenth up to and through
the final successful victorious charge he con-
Guides with the following graphic summary:
What has been said of the English, that
they never fight better than in their first
battle believe may justly claim for the
Sixth Infantry very few of whom has ever
before been under fire. Yet they acted
from the first to last of this trying day like
veterans of many battles. Neither at Get
tysburg nor in the lines of Spottsylvania
Courthouse have L ever but once seen as
hot a fire as the ten minutes in the grass
field when the Sixth entered 1t the first time
and when the regiment sustained most of its
loss, the highest in percentage of any regi-
ment in the army Of invasion. Yet officers
and men fought with steady and deter
mined valor worthy of their country and
race. The regiment took into action 463 off,
GERS anu u6u dIlO us 4OSS was IL O4lCSi >
and Iii men.
Again referring to the officers of this
regiment who fell in this action, Capt. Alex
ander M. Wetherill, First Lieut.. Jules G.
Ord, Second Lieut. Reuben S. Truman and
Second Lieut.. Edmund N. Benchley, it
would seem to me benefit to the country
if a fitting monument could be erected in
memory of their valor and that of the ofti-
GERS and men of other organizations.
THE following first sergeants: Thomas
Farrell, Company b; Harold NJ. Mailman,
Company A; James Bennett Company e;
Dick Carter, Company +; William WHY,
Company y; John Murray, Company G, and
William J. Brown Company IL, served with
bravery and efficiency. AS l am no longer
with the regiment, cannot obtain the
names of the many noncommissioned OFF,
GERS and men who deserve special recon-
mendation, but l desire to mention much
orderly Private James Mullen, of Company
+, who rendered valuable service and by
his entire Indifference to danger offered a
most excellent example. Ee was killed at
my side. / earnestly recommend them for
promotion by brevet and for increased rank
when the army is augmented on account of
their gallant service in this action. Very
respectfully your obedlent servant,
HARRY c.. EGBERT,
Colonel Twenty-second Infantry, late Lieu-
tenant Colonel Sixth Infantry and COM
handing regiment at battle OF Santiago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

Last Monday Mayor Taggart said in the
course of his speech to the organized work.
ers: Il saw an article this morning in the
Indianapolis Journal from one Maurice
Thompson. in which he said that he was in
favor of the United States retaining that
which they had gotten. After reading Ills
article over l have come to the same con-
clusion. For l believe that when this
country has sent forth its men to do bat
tie and has cleaned up a country like Spain
within four months, it has right to dis
pose of what it has gained as it sees fit.
In the same issue in which this speech was
printed the Sentinel devoted column of
editorial space to the endeavor to show that
Mr.. Thompson does not know what he is
talking about, and that imperialism" is
really wicked thing. The mayor and his
organ should get together on Ibis question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
The Two Doctors Sem.
Chattanooga Times.

DIR. Nicholas Sem.
colonel and assistant
surgeon general, L. S.
A.. in a signed letter
June 10, 1898:
"Chickamauga Park
is admirably adapted
for a large camp. 1t
embraces several square
miles. The forest
trees furnish protection
against the burning rays
of the semi-tropical sun
and the many open
places and fields are
utilized as drill grounds.
Humus is scanty and
the subsoil is of clay.
The surface is some
what undulating and is
cut up here and there
by ravines. which add
much to the beauty of
the scenery. An ample
supply of pure water is
obtained from numerous
wells from fifty to sixty
five feet in depth, re-
Gently supplemented by
a pumping station
which derives water
from the river a short
distance below Crawfish
Spring and distributes
the water to different
parts of the park
through iron pipes. The
vastness of the grounds
is realized by the visitor
as soon as he reaches
Camp Geo. H. Thomas,
which at present is, oc-
cupied by nearly so, 600
men. yet seldom more
than one regiment can
be seen al one and the
same time. Malaria has
nearly disappeared from
this part of the country
except a localized dis
trict north of Crawfish
Spring. and that is
probably due to the
draining Of a little pond
on the south of the
hotel. On the whole. the
health of the troops is
excellent"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
THE RETURNING VOLUNTEERS.

The regiments which are now returning
service in the face of the enemy are entitled
to all the honors that would be bestowed
upon them if they had been in campaign
of battles. They enlisted at a time when
there was every reason to believe that they
would see service, and very severe service,
in Cuba. Many of them would not have en-
listed had they suspected they would not
be called to the field. Had the Spanish held
out about Havana as they might, and as
there was every reason to believe they
would until after the destruction of Ger
vera's fleet and the fall of Santiago the
regiments which are now coming home
would have been going to Cuba in a few
weeks to engage in campaign which would
have been noted for bloody conflicts. All of
the regiments were eager for such service
When there was no longer an expectation
of it camp and its duties became irksome
In view of these facts the men who march
home should receive at the hands of the
people as enthusiastic a welcome as if they
had been in battle.
1t is due to these men to say of them
generally that the complaints which appear
in the papers are not made by them as E
body, but by few disconnected men writ
ing home and by the exaggerations Of news
paper correspondents who for political or
personal motives are representing that the
mass of the men in the regiments are dis
pirted, disconnected and homesck. These
reports are ISLANDERS upon the sturdy man
hood of the great body of men who en-
listed for the war with Spain, and they owe
it to themselves to resent these statements
by presenting a soldierly appearance on
their return
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
DR.. BARBEE WHITEWASHED.
After a "Prayerful" Examination the
Nj. e. Book Agent Is Vindicated.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Sept. 9.-Several
days ago DR.. J. A. Orman, presiding elder
Of the Murfreesboro district of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, upon his own
motion, and by virtue of the authority
vested in him by the church discipline, ap-
pointed committee of ministers to inves-
ugate rumors that involved the
bee, book agent of the publishing house
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church South
These rumors grew out of the Methodist
publishing house claim matter. The COM
mittee met yesterday at McKendree
Church, and, after a session lasting all day,
gave out the following statement:
THE committee, after carefully and pray
erfully examining all the testimony in the
case, unanimously report trial before the
Tennessee Conference, soon to meet, UNI
necessary thereby virdicating the good
name of DR.. Barbee."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
GEN. CLAWS DIVORCE.
Dora Richardson Given Back Her
Name and a Farm Besides.

RICHMOND, KY, Sept. 9--Gen Cassius
M. Clay, the sage of White Hall, has been
granted a divorce from his girl wife. Dora
Richardson Clay. by Judge Scott of the
Madison County Circuit Court. The decree
restores the defendant to her maiden name,
Dora Richardson. The suit for divorce was
filed several weeks ago and it was not con-
tested by the defendant Every effort was
made to hurry it through the courts with
the result that a decree was handed down
this morning. No reference was made to
alimony, as 1t was understood by the at
torneys and the court that General CLAW had
already made ample provision for his wife
by the purchase of a large and productive
farm near her old home. The marriage con-
tract which existed between them was dis
solved.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

represent the different industries and en-
Payments" All have been appointed. The
lifetime of the commission is to be two
years and the salary of the members s.. COO
year, and Il is ito collate information and
consider and recommend legislation to meet
the problems presented by labor, agriculture
and capital" No objection can be made to
the personnel of the commission, but ex-
perience shows that such Investigations are
lot apt to be fruitful in results
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
NO MORE FLAG OFFICERS.
Newport's Swell Naval Station to BE
Abandoned.

NEWPORT, r. l., Sept. 9.-On Oct. the
raval station of Newport, according to an
order issued by Assistant Secretary Allen
of the navy, will go out of existence and
the flag of Commodore Albert Kautz will
be hauled down with proper ceremonies
the naval station will become independent
stats and the naval dignity of the place
considerably lessened without a flag officer
OF course there will be a senior officer
present, and for the time being this will be
Capt Casper Goodrich, in charge of the
Naval War College, an institution which is
Directly responsible for this change over
which battle will be fought TO keep the
naval station under flag officer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

Assistant Secretary Vanderbilt in September
Forum.

Forum.
Congress is always jealous of depart
mental preparations in advance of legisla-
ton, and no actual step could be taken by
the Treasury Department to prepare for
this issue of bonds until the war measure
had passed both the House and the Senate.
The final action was taken when the House
concurred in the Senate's amendment at
noon Saturday; June IL. At $3.50 that after
noon the copy for the preliminary circulars
and instruction blanks was in the hands of
the public printer. At o'clock Monday
morning the public printer delivered to the
Treasury Department the first installment
of 100000 sheets of printed matter, and the
rest followed as rapidly as they could be
unloaded from the wagons.
A great force had been engaged in adj
dressing envelopes to contain the subscrip-
ton papers and circulars of information.
In a little over twenty-four hours after the
receipt of the first printed copies the mails
were carrying these circulars to every bank
national, state and private, to every post
master and to every express office in the
country, while to "a 200 newspapers details
Were sent, so that they might give infor-
nation to the people concerning the char
acter of the government bond and how sub
scriptions would be received.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

The startling Inconsistency of the W. c.
T. U. women in desiring to use pure water
instead of champagne in christening the bat
tie ship Illinois is enough to make one stand
aghast. Just think of the thirst that harm
less water might quench instead of being
utterly wasted and mingled with the briny
stuff below, and then think of the harm a
whole bottle of champagne might accom-
plish if left to drink instead of being wasted
over the prov of vessel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

New York Commercial Advertiser.

Not the least difficulty with which Cen
bility of his troops to sickness from the
trying climate of the Sudan. Yet he seems
to have managed it admirably At no time
force in the hospital. and the fatal cases
We're comparatively few. Special attention
was given TO keeping the men busy AID
cheerful, the latter by sports thoroughly
enjoyed Football, theatrical performances
and river excursions were lively variants
on the stress of war; and did much to MAIN
tain the health OF the command.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

The suggestion recently made by the Jour
nal that President Mckinley be invited to
visit this city on his way to or return from
Omaha in October has resulted in action
sired visit The additional suggestion of a
state peace jubilee in honor of the event is
a good one. Quite number of cities are
arranging for peace jubilees, but no other
city is as well situated for a state celebra-
ton as INDIANAPOLIS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

The Eext Congress ought to take up the
proposition made during the recent session
to build battle ship equal to or exceeding
in power. size ana speed any now afioat, to
be called the George Washington. The
proposition would probably be strengthened
by making it include two ships of the same
class, the other one to be called the Con-
ntitution, thus perpetuating the name Of the
famous frigate. as England does with her
famous war ships.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

The so-calIed industrial commission re-
Gently appointed by the President under an
act Of Congress passed in June last will
probably have a fairly good time, make a
voluminous report and accomplish very lit
tie in the way Of practical results. The law
makes the commission consist of nineteen
persons-five senator's. five representatives
and nine other persons. ''who shall fairly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
The Change in the Weather.

Once in the grilly night,
While natures oven Drowned me,
Cover was mighty light
That 1 could bear around me.
! felt like one who dwelt alone
In hades' halls deserted.
With heat turned on
From dark till dawn,
And pins in me inserted.
Now, in the chilly night,
Ere Morpheus grip hath found me.
IT'S genuine delight
To wrap big covers round me.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
He IJnderstood.

81 think" said the civilized statesman,
that we had better arrange for joint adj
mnistration of your unhappy country
II think / understand" said the native.
at is something like you would administer
joint of mutton; you get the meat and
leave me the joint"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

A correspondent now in Havana says the
people there have boundless faith in
American power and enterprise and I'M
measured expectancy of the benefits to be
derived from American rule" From CALI
ing the Americans Yankee pigs they seem
TO have gone to the other extreme of ex-
pecting them TO accomplish in a few months
what the Spaniards failed to do in 400 years,
namely make a modern city of Havana
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

" DIR. Nicholas Sem,
colonel and assistant
surgeon general, U. S.
A., in an interview in
Associated Press, Sept.
/, 1888:
''In regard to that
camp, / want to say /
warned the Washington
authorities before the
soldiers were sent there
Of the danger which
would result from mass
ing a body of men there.
/ told them that the
water supply was insult
ficient. There were not
enough springs, and the
use of river water would
result in typhoid fever.
My protests went I'M
needed. The result was
shown when / was in
Porto Rico with Gen.
Miles. Almost the first
men sent there were
from Chickamauga
They were run down
and half sick when
they arrived. They were
In no condition to stand
the southern climate.
General Miles noticed
their weakness. and I
told him the cause Of
it. 1 asked him to
notify the authorities
and have the Chicka-
manga camp broken up.
He did so at once and
the evacuation of the
place followed"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

The ordering of eight regiments of troops,
nearly 5000 men, to sail at once for Homo
lulu leads to belief that they are intended
for the Philippines If that should prove
true the Spanish peace commissioners will
be pretty sure to try and make something
out of the incident
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

The suggestion of Representative Steele
that the regiments which will be held for
future service should be given thirty days
aurlough is an excellent one, unless they
should be needed within few weeks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

At the end of the civil war, after four
years hard service. not single regiment
inconsistencies was reported. The troops
were glad the war was ended and happy in
the prospect of going home, but they
awaited orders and did not kick.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

General Miles says the American people
have every reason to be proud of their army,
volunteer as we'll as regular He thinks col
ored troops stand disease better than white
troops do in a semi-tropical climate, and
that it would be good policy to garrison
Cuba and Porto Rico with them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

The Democratic candidate for Congress in
Speaker Reeds district having objected to
7G to l, a silverite writes letter advising
his friends to vote for Reed, since, both
men being hostile to silver, it is better to
vote for the ADLER man for Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

1t has been suggested that $780, 600 of
the surplus now in the treasury be paid out
to retire the treasury notes of 1890, with
which silver bullion was purchased. 1t
would be wise, but what howl it would
-.ofsat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

The reason given by the Board of Public
system was that the owners of the land
held it so high that the city could not pur-
chase it. And yet the board paid three
times the assessors appraisals for lands
purchased along White river
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10

Some of the New York papers-tAe Her
aid, Journal and World-now praising GEN
eral Miles, should heed his declaration to
the effect that too much is said about the
misery of the war and not enough about
what has been accomplished"