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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-16
MAIL FOR SPAIN.
Service VIII Re Resumed as Far as
This Country Is Concerned.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.-The mail serv-
ice between the United States and Spain
will be resumed promptly SO far as this
country is concerned: The two countries
being practically at peace, the officials here
see no reason why mail passing between
them should be opened and censored as dur
ing the war, and hereafter these restric-
tons will be removed Although no word
to that effect has come from Spain, the
presumption is a similar course will be
adopted by that govern ment. AS there are
no transatlantic steamship lines between
American and Spanish ports nearly, if not
all, of the mail matter destined for Spain
will be sent as heretofore. via France, the
latter country in this manner only acting
as the medium of communication.
Very soon steps will be taken by the
Postoffice Department looking to the re-
sumption of regular mail communication
between the United States and Cuba and
Porto Rico. The attitude of the Spanish
officials in the islands on certain questions
incidental to this will have to be ascertaned
and defined before anything final in this di-
rection can be announced.
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The Major Did His Duty, but Will He
Get Promotions
John Fox in Harpers Weekly

John Fox, in Harper's Weekly
The major has done his work well. Dur
ing the fight around Caney, his duties led
him several times into the Jaws of hell,
fiinching, for the major is frank but ne
went in. Once he was sent with a guard
OF five troopers to find General Ludlow. /
1.-The bullets in one lane were like hail"
said the major. g Don't go down there
sir said a soldier. Youth be killed. Cen
eral Ludlow is back there | rode back
Ludlow l said to soldier. General Lud-
low he said, and bullet caught him in
to another, place. and another. and
couldn't find him. Finally went to an old
officer. Colonel said, I've been looking
for General Ludlow for two hours, and
can't find him. I've got five troopers here.
I'm not married myself, and of course l
don't care for myself, but they're all mar
don't want to risk their lives any more.
Now, I'm a tenderfoot, and l ask you
frankly what ought l to do?' Don't you
colonel, until you have found General Lud-
low That was enough for me, and off
started, but 1 said to the troopers, You
enc came. Once l got ahead of our own
line. 1 heard a click looked up, and there
was a Spanish picket post not fifty yards
on my horse and skipped. The bullets
whistled, but / wasn't touched: Finally !
did find him This way Webb, my boy
there. 'Stoop sir; stoop. said soldier;
and as l stopped the poor fellow himself
got a bullet in the breast. Here you are.
called the general who was standing
straight, with his shoulders squared. l
Strengthened up my backbone too, though
1 never felt so humble in my life. and l
gave my message and started away. When
| had got off fifty yards the general called
me back through that death-hole. / left
again. and if he didn't call me back again!
me back any more He laughed, and
didn't; and here ] am"
So now that promotions rustic the Cuban
air the major says frankly, and with logic
and Justice: IF am a staff officer. put me
back in the rear and let me be ornamental.
If am to have duties steadily on the firing
lire and ahead of it, as / had, and do them,
as did-here's So-and-so and So-and-so be-
ing made a colonel. brigadier and major
general-what do get?"
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SHOT BY NONUNIONISTS.
Two or Three Strikers Wounded Near
the Pana, ILL.,, Pits.

PANA, ILL.,. Aug. 1.-THE coal miners
rious shooting ARRAY on the highway near
the city limits, leading to the Springside
coal mine. This is the only one of the four
large coal mines that is attempting to do
any mining, and but seven nonunion miners
are working here. The seven go heavily
armed to and from the shaft. in addition to
being under guard of operators and deputy
sheriffs with Winchesters. The union min
ers have been trying to induce these few
nonunion miners to cease working at
Springside by congregating the roads,
and pleading with them as they would go
to the shaft in buggies driven by operators
and deputy sheriffs. To-day several hum
dred union miners were congregated on the
principal highway leading to the mine when
Ed Jones and James Palmer, nonunion men,
rode on horseback, into the miners lines,
and without any provocation, it is said.
other than the miners asking to talk with
them, began firing into the crowd at the
same time retreating as fast as their horses
would carry them, but not until they had
emptied their revolvers into the miners
ranks. Andrew Toomey had his right hand
badly shattered by ball and Michael
Yermacavich was shot in the thigh. One
other union miner is alleged to have been
seriously wounded
The union miners quickly rallied, and,
headed by Baker with shot gun, which he
secured at his home, near the scene of the
shooting, pursued Palmer, the nonunioniSt,
to his home, where he had surrounded him
self in his doorway by his female relatives
to prevent Baker shooting him. Later
Palmer and Jones were arrested and taken
to the city Jail, which is surrounded by sew
eral hundred miners and citizens. Excite
ment is intense.
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Negroes as Soldiers.

The reports of the commanding officers Of
our army whenever fighting has occurred in
which the negro troops have been engaged
do justice to the valor of the colored soldier
When Roosevet's Rough Riders made their
gallant charge in the face of an ambush
The courage of the colored fighters COM
posing the Tenth Cavalry was looked upon
as wonderful And after the Spaniards had
been forced back the Rough Riders turned
and cheered the colored troopers, and the
latter replied with cheers for the Rough
Riders. Regiments of immunes are needed
to fight in the yellow fever district, and in
a number of the Southern States, especially
along the Mississippi belt, colored men have
promptly offered their services in greater
numbers, apparently, than have been re-
quired 1t is the testimony of the officers
of the negro regiments in the civil war that
they were good fighters and faithful and
obedient soldiers. They seem to be singular
y protected against the dangers of yellow
fever and other tropical diseases, and those
that have gone to the front in the San
tiago campaign have done the best kind of
work and received the highest praise. A
contention has arisen to whether negro
soldiers should fight under white or colored
officers They have done their best services
under white officers. We can imagine that
iealouses and differences might arise if
negroes were put in command of colOred
troops. while white officers would COM
mand the same respect That colored men
ordinarily yield to the white in civil life.
When the credit is given to the brave boys
who are fighting the war with Spain, we
are sure that a good part of it will deserved
ly fall to the lot of the negro troops.
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PRINTS PROPHETIC SPEECH.
Spanish Generals warming Repre-

Spanish Generals Warning ReprO-
duced by Madrid Newspapers.
Washington Special to st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
Ell Heraldo de Madrid, in a revulsion OF
feeling undergone at the time of the peace
negotiations, has much that is amiable TO
say now about the United States. In re-
cent issue 1t has republished a speech de-
llvered in the Spanish Senate in 1862 by
General Prim, the famous Spanish general,
who had just returned from visit to the
United States and who was asssassinated
on street of Madrid some time after.
General Prim was speaking about the mill
tary power of the United States. evidences
of which he had witnessed during the early
progress of the civil war, and he desired to
enlighten his colleagues concerning it. He
said:
For a long time it has been believed in
Spain, and in fact in all of Europe. that
the United States has been a nation OF
business men, without either military spirit
or military elements, and for that reason
unable to make war, even within its own
confines. Europe can now be convinced,
however, that such is not the case. The
people of the United States are aware that
the most powerful nation of Europe is UNI
able to successfully cope with Ii in the
western hemisphere. 1t would be a matter
transport an army of 100000 men, with i'm
mense material Of war TO any port of the
continent but it would be difficult and all
most impossible thing for any nation in
Europe to transport even $4,000 men to the
United States without exposing itself to de-
feat and everlasting discredit.
Il had the pleasure and honor. while IN
the United States. to visit one of the
armies of the North. 1t was the Army OF
the Potomac. commanded by the illustriou5
General Mcclellan, and was composed or
over 100000 men. can assure the senators
that this army because of the people who
composed it, their military spirit, their SUI
perb discipline, their voluntary sacrifice
and their immense material, could be put
before any army in the world. And 1t must
not be thought that the bloody battles
which are now transpiring in the United
States will leave it impotent and helpless.
Even If 1t came to the worst which could
befall the countryside separation of the
North and the South-the half country will
not have diminished. There will always be
two big populations; the one in the North
rich and powerful with enormous indus
tries, while the South would constitute in
other to guard the honor of the country
and the doctrine of Monroe. For this rea-
son 1 ask and counsel the statesmen of my
country to be ever watchfui of the United
Tot
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Band Pursued by Spanish Troops, but
10 pathy of the People.
NO DISORDER At MADRID
SIGNING OF THE PEACE PROTOCOL.
RECEIVED WITH RESIGNATION.
The People Beginning to Realize the
Fault Rests with the Nation
Instead of the Cabinet.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Daily Nails
Biarritz correspondent says: 1.-THE troops
sent in pursuit Of the, band of Carlists
which appeared recently at Alcala de Chi
vert, in Valencia, failed to capture the
members of the band owing to the COM
pncity Of the inhabitants who are all Carl
lists and feed and conceal the fugitives and
give their pursuers false information. Many
prominent Carlists- have settled at Bayonne,
Biarritz and Saint Juan de Luz, close to
the Spanish frontier, as many did previous
to the last Carlist rising, their object be-
ing to establish easy contact with the petty
local leaders in the Basque provinces and
in Navarro. Spanish detectives have been
dispatched by the government to watch
them The fact that all letters from Don
Carlos are now taken into Spain by couri-
ers is regarded as proof that they con-
tanned orders to his followers, and there
fore must not fall into the hands of the
government Carlist recruiting agents in
several parts of Spain are offering men 2
pesetas a day. A Carlist colonel has been
arrested at Barcelona.
Accounts sent to Spain by visitors to
Don Carlos at Lucerne have occasioned
the greatest alarm and despite public dec
larations it is clear that everything is ready
for a Carlist uprising Immediately upon the
peace negotiations. 1t is believed that Don
Carios will wait until the army returns
from Cuba before ordering an insurrection,
as he hopes the Cuban army will return dis
contented and ripe for revolution. Carlist
agents have been working in Cuba for
months DaSt.''
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members of his staff went to Mount Vernon
to-day for visit to the tomb OF Washing
ton. Secretary Thiebeaut remained in town
and during the day had conference with
Secretary of State Day on incidental ques-
tons relating to the restoration of tele-
graphic and other means of communication
with Cuba.
To-days statement of the condition Of the
treasury shows: Available cash balance,
$271, 2S9 261; gold reserve, $197, 532. 0S3
A decision rendered to-day by Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Davis makes MEM
bers of Knapp's battery, Pennsylvania mill
tia, eligible for pensions 1t is decided that
the battery was in the service of the United
Secretary of State Day left Washington
this afternoon for Atlantic City. 1t is not
known how long he will be absent.
Frankton and Milford Ind, were to-day
raised to the rank OF presidential postoffices.
Mr.. Charles G. Dawes controller Of the
currency has returned TO Washington after
ten days absence at his home in Illinois.
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INDIANA COUNTY FAIRS.

Greenfield fair. Hancock county Aug. Is to 20.
Charles Downing. sec.
Rockport fair, Spencer county, Aug. 10 TO ~,
c. M Partridge sec.
Madison fair. Jefferson county. Aug. Is to 20.
Lebanon fair Boone county, Aug. Is to 20.
Charles w. Scott sec.
Munce fair. Delaware county, Aug. 10 to 20, NJ
s. Claypool, sec:
Elwood fair Madison county. Aug. % to "a.
Frank E. De Hority, sec.
Lawrenceburg fair, Dearborn county, Aug. 20 20
=, H. l.. Nowlin. sec.
Remington fair, Jasper county, Aug. " 10 20
Oakland City fair, Gibson county. Aug. % to u,
FranA1ort fair. Clinton county. Aug. % to p.
Joseph Heavon, sec.
Bridgeton fair Parke county. Aug. " to ",
Poplar Grove fair; Howard county, Aug. 20 to
Sept. 8, A. d. Wood sec.
Swayzee fair, Grant county, Aug % to Sept. 3,
RushvliIe fair, Rush county. Aug. % to Sept ;.
Lafayette lair, Tippecanoe county. Aug. 20 to
Sept B. w NJ Biackst t!n1 sec eGc % 70 sent =
w. w. Wright
FRANKLIN fair Johnson county, Aug, % to Sept.
Chrisney fair Spencer county. Aug. % TO Sept
Corydon fair Harrison county, Aug 20 to Sept.
8, Henry Wright, sec.
Terre Haute far. vigo county. Aug, 2s to Sept.
Kentiand fair Kentland. Aug. 80, 81 and Sept.
l and g H. A Strohm sec.
Charlottesville fair, Montgomery county, Sept.
to 10. Waller L. Hulet, Sec
Crown Point fair Lake county, Sept. to 10.
Allison A. b4pler, sec.
Princeton fair. ~-.Json county, sept TO 10.
S. Vet. Strain, see.
Boswell fair. Benton county, Sept. TO TO- w.
H. Mcknight, sec.
sheIbyviile fair Shelby county. Sept to 10.
c. E. Amsden, sec.
Salem fair. Washington county, sept TO ~,
+. w. Menaugh, sec
Marion fair, Grant county, Sept. to 10. George
Gunder Sec: -
Huntingbu.g fair, Dubois county, Sept. 10 to II.
Daniel Rentepholer. sec.
Covington fair FOUNTAIN county, sept IL 10 lie
w. T. Ware. sec =
Riley fairs Vigo county, Sept. II to II. ]. 8.
Whitacre, sec. = -
Warren fair. huntington county. Sept. 10 to a.
L. w. PULLEY,
Richmond fair Wayne county, sept. ~ 10 ~
Joe Stevenson sec.
Flora fair, Carroll county. Sept. 10 to "a. J. J.
Moss, s..
Laporte fair, Laporte county, Sept. 10 to "a.
j. Vene Dor,and, sec.
Evansville fair Vanderburg county, sept ~ 10
"a, r. l.. Adm. sec. -
Bedford fair, Lawrence county, Sept. 10 to "a,
Geo. w. MCDANIEL. sec.
Rochester fair, Fulton county Sept. 26 to Oct. !,
Val. Zimmerman, jr., sec.
Portland fair, Jay county, sept. 70 10 Oct. l,
Roonville fair Warrick county, Sept. 26 to Oct
/, S. w. Taylor, sec.
Bloomington fair Monroe county, Sept. rs to
Oct. l. Ad. Big Bloomington fair
Clay City fair, Clay county, sept. 20 10 OCT. l,
G.. f. Oberholzer. sec
Kendallyiils fair. Noble county, Sept. 20 to Oct
/, G. b. Alexander, Sec
Vincennes sar. Knox county, Oct. to g. John
Angola fair SteuDen county. Oct. 70 o. OrNillo
Goodale
Bourbon fair, Marshall county, Oct. 3 to 8.
j. w. Edison,
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TRIBUTE TO ROOSEVELT.
Rev. Thomas Dixon Praises the Lead
err of the Rough Riders.

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-"Roosevelt the
Heroic Leader was the subject of a dis
course delivered by Rev. Thomas Dixon at
the Brooklyn Grand Opera House, on Sun
day. Many times as the address proceeded
was the preacher interrupted by storm of
applause. He said in part: II do not be-
lieve in waiting until after a man is dead
to give him his just due The man of whom
/ am going to speak this morning is not per-
sonally known to me, but l love him be-
cause he Is man and true American SOL
der. Neither do care what his politics are;
whether they may agree with mine, Meth
er care for. Every man must love and adj
mire a man who has the courage of his
convictions, and such a man is Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt. To my mind he is the
representative of a great American boy. Col.
Roosevelt was born to a lire of ease and
luxury. The surroundings in which he was
reared would, to the average person, be call
culated to make him a snob, but such is not
the case. When he got his regiment To-
gether, where did he go to get the men
Naturally he went among the rough, unedu-
Gated OF the prairies, who, he had learned
brave and loyal. With these he
marched the young milionaires whom
h ne knew toaof as lighters In this he
two extremes in social life The recognition
of heroic manhood was the basic principle
used by Colonel Roosevelt in getting to-
gether his regiment. The work of the Rough
Riders during the war stands alongside of
that of the regulars 1t forms a new page
in American history. Their charge up that
hill was one of the most glorious events of
the whole war
And what of the recent acts done by Col.
Roosevelt? The movement of $1,000 brave
American soldiers from almost sure death
in the Cuban pest holes is directly the result
of his manly letter. Did Roosevelt stop to
think whether he would be censured for
writing that letter? Not much He was
aware of the danger to the men, and he
cared not whether his utterances made or
marred his career. 1t was he who was the
mr. al
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of the camp is regarded as superb, especial
~ so from the fact that the soldiers will
have surf bathing.
DR.. William l. Jenkins, commissioner of
health of New York city, says: 1T is a
shame that the camp intended for the use of
men who have fought at Santiago should
have been injected with the gSrms OF typhoid
even before the first man from Santiago
had been landed. The water situation is the
most important one to be considered"
Montauk is out of the world. and Montauk
be for some time Philanthropic people are
doing active work in aid of the sick, dreary
ones at Montauk.
The remains of Clusters command, COM
ing out of the Rosebud camp again; the men
who went into the Ute country with Colonel
Dodge looked after the battle as if they had
been to the gates of an inferno, but the APP
pearance of thai. part of the army which
titles the remark of Thirty-third Michi-
gan man: I'VE have been in hell"
The quality of American courage is told
by the story in their gaunt, fever-stained
faces, in the black-circled eyes, the trem-
bling hands, the clothes into which Chban
mud had been soaked and baked alterna tely.
No wonder Roosevelt said after the bloody
day at San Juan was over: God never be-
fore gave nation such men to fight"
Women cried at Barney Park Sunday
when the Seguranca came in from Santiago.
airy, Tenth Infantry. Twenty-fifth Infantry.
Ninth Infantry, Third Cavalry, all regulars,
and the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth
Michigan. Many of the men as they landed
could not move and fell to the ground.
Citizens carried them into Bamey Park,
where they were revived as they lay on the
grass. Others were taken to private homes
for care. The government gave all the men
in this condition a months furlough and
transportation home. They had received the
awful strain of those days before Santiago
had told frightfully on them.
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sPANIARDs RESIGNED.
Recognize that the Nation Itself Is
to Blame.

to Blame.
LONDON, Aug. 16.-The Madrid CORE
spoilsisat ot the Times says: THE DOM
inarlt nots of the press comment is philoso-
phical resignation. The educated classes
are nor making any attempt to find scrape-
{ goats or to console themselves with vituper-
alton OF the victorious enemy. While
severely criticising the shortsightedness and
incompetence of the government they
recognize that no one statesman or Cabinet
but the nation Itself is to blame. The
colonies instead of enriching, have i'm
poverished the country. Columbus in discov-
ering the new world was not Spain's bene-
factor, but her evil genius. Therefore, one
Z leading paper opposes the suggestion that
his remains should be brought home from
Havana. Magellan ought logically to be put
in the same category as Columbus, but his
2 evil influence on. Spanish history is not yet
generally recognized, for Seville is initiating
2 a monument to him. IT is argued that Spain
ought to have concentrated her energies IN
developing her European possessions, and,
if an outlet was required elsewhere that she
ought to have chosen northern Africa,
where she is now no longer free to extend
her political influence.
1.-The lower classes seem animated Dy a
corresponding spirit of fatalistic resigna-
ton. / can perceive nowhere any symptoms
of dangerous popular excitement MADRID
Il was never more quiet and orderly. Last
night one of the poorest and most pop
ulous quarters of the city celebrated an an,
nual nocturnal fete. The people enjoyed
themselves as usual in joyous, light-heart-
ed fashion Similar tranquility. prevails in
? the provinces. Fortunately, the harvest
.ayerywhere is abundant The alarmists
now point to the dangers which will arise
from the return of the repatriated army;
hut the government has taken ample pre-
caution.
TT is expected that the evacuation of Gu
ba will not be completed until Decembs-
Press kilograms from Havana state that,
despite the disappointment in military cir
cles. the news of peace was, on the whole,
we'll received, and that rapid increase OF
material prosperity is anticipated.
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SIX SUITS TO A MAN.
Different Uniforms Demanded in Un'
Gle Sans Cavalry Service.
ba World-Herald.

1T is not generally known, but 1t Is
nevertheless a fact, that United States cav
alrymen of the regular army are supplied
with six suits of clothing" said cavalry
officer yesterday. Almost every ceremony
performed by a member of a cavalry regi-
ment demands a different uniform. 1t is not
a positive army regulation that each man
be supplied with this many suits of cloth
ing. but they are necessary, and there are
few in the service who are not provided with
them Every man must have full dress
uniform for inspection, a uniform for guard
mount one for drills, a brown canvas suit
for fatigue, a blue suit for attached service
and stable suit Besides these, every mem
her of a cavalry regiment is provided with
from eight TO twelve suits of white linen
duck And. moreover, every man has to pay
for his own laundry when these white duck
suits are washed. When one considers the
fact that man will soil three or four suits
per week the expense of laundry is no small
thing. In this outfit are also included a
dress helmet, a campaign hat, regulation
soldiers cap, cork helmet, pair of boots,
a Dair of shoes for post or campaign duty
and a pair of barracks shoes. Withal, how
ever the cavalry is decidedly one of the
nrettiest departments of the service, and
there is hardly a cavalryn1an who would be
willing to exchange places with either an
infanfTvman or an artilleTyman. Then, too
The reglIIations regarding enlistment are
more severe in regard to physical condition
than in the other departments