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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-14
SPEECH BY VAN WICK.
Tammany's Candidate for Governor
Opens His Campaign.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Judge Augustus
Van WICK opened the Democratic campaign
In this city at the Academy of Music, IN
Brooklyn, tonight before a crowd that
filled every available foot of space in the
building and cheered him enthusiastically
upon his appearance on the platform
throughout tie address that he delivered
and at every mention of his name by the
other speakers. The academy was entirely
unable to accommodate the great number of
people who tried to gain admission. The
street in front of the main entrance was
blocked from curb to curb as early as z
o'clock. Judge Van Wyck read his address
from manuscript. He said in opening:
THE issue in this campaign is plain to all
administrative and legislative reform. The
Republican convention and its candidates
completely inGOrSe the present adminiStra-
ton of Governor Black as wise, statesman
like careful ard economic and proclaim it
guarantee that the Republican party can
be safely trusted, and of the character of
their official conduct, provided a further
lease of power is confided to their keeping
The Democracy has arraigned the Repub-
lican administration in this State upon
many charges, specifically setting forth the
instances in which it asserts that trusts con-
fded to them have been violated. The Re-
publican party seeks to divert attention
from the charges by apparently confessng
in secret caucuses the wrongs among them
selves and in open convention refusing to
nominate the Governor and other officers
whose administration they have so highly
commended and boldly seeking to divert
attention from that fact by their PLATFORM
by their candidates and by their well-known
| spokesman, demanding that the people shall
pass over home abuses and devote their
attention to questions which are in no way
involved in the official functions of the
Governor of this State. 1t is vain at
tempt. The intelligence of this State cannot
be tricked into forgetting home and
friends" The candidate then devoted him
self to state issues.
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SECRETLY PUT TO DEATH
CHINESE OFFICIAL SLAIN BY THE
EMPRESS DOWAGER's ORDER.
The Emperor Reported to BE Dying In
Small Building Near Her
Royal Highness's Palace.

LONDON. Oct. 1.-THE Picking CORE
spondent of the Times says: The foreign
legations have not yet been notified by the
Tsung- Li-Yamen that the Empress dowagar
has assumed the regency, which daily as
sumes more the nature of usurpation.
There are ominous indications and the early
death of the Emperor is expected.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Pc
king says that thirty-three italian blue
jackets have arrived there to guard the
Italian legation.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Shanghai says it is credibly reported there
that Chan Ying Houan, who was recently
dismissed from the Tsung-Li-Yamen and
from all his other offices, and banished to
Hi, Chinese Turkestan, was murdered while
en- route to the place Of exile on secret
order of the Empress dowager.
The British. German and Japanese minis
tiers at Peking-according to special dis
patch from Shanghai-have vainly sought
for week past an audience of the En-
peror The/officials of the Tsung-Li- Yamen
say the Emperor lies in a dying condition
in g. small building on a lake near the
Empress dowager's palace, where no man
can penetrate.
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THE sTREET-FAIR PARADE.
"OId Glory" Day Brings Out All
Marching Clubs at Terre Haute.

"OId Glory" Day Brings Out All
Marching Clubs at Terre Haute.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Oct 13.-Notwith-
standing the raw, cold weather Terre
Haute's streets were crowded to-day with
visitors to the street fair. 1t was Old Glory
day and in the afternoon there big
parade, perhaps the most varied in its
character and with more persons marching
than any former parade in the city. Com
pany B, One-hundred-and-fi In
diana, was first in line following the Brazil
band Then came the Dana Light Artillery,
which was firing salutes during the morn
ing, and following in the order named were
the G.. A. r., Sons Of Veterans, school
children, costumed to form the flag, the
Uniform Rank Of the knights of Pythias,
Canton McKeen, of the Patriarchs Mill
Secret knights A. o. U. W., b. p. 0. Elks,
several lodges of the A. o. u. W., Jack
Club, carrying colored umbrellas to
form the flag, and miscellaneous Organiza-
lions. Tonight there was a comic parade
of various clubs and societies.
The arrangements for the reception of
President Mckinley are being perfected
His train will arrive early Saturday morn
ing, but he will not leave the car until aft
er O'Clock The procession will move
through the street fair and to the depot,
where the President will speak from plat
form. 1t is now expected the flower parade
will be repeated for the President. Colonel
r. w. Thompson is to be chairman and the
Hon. John f. Lamb vice chairman of the
Mckinley meeting
Star Pointer arrived this evening and will
start tomorrow afternoon to lower his own
record of 81 1914.
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THE POSTAL SERVICE.
Flaw in the Civil Service Acl<nOwl-
edged by Friends of the System.


Washington Letter in New York Post.
An investigation of the postal service af
fords an argument for the business wisdom
and practical necessity of the civil-service
reform system. and at the same time 1t
shows some of the conspicuous defects
growing up under the operation of our pres
ent laws. approximation is bound to be a
weak point in the service in future years,
and already 1t is occasioning much trouble
Throughout the country a system OF pracu-
cal pensioning is in operation, as far as con-
Germs finding easy places for the old and in
firm. But this remedy has its difficulties.
There are not enough of such places to go
around. There is besides an injustice in
giving a carriers salary to a man who is
detailed to run an elevator. In many cases,
aside from the argument of business ecOno-
my, the service is being severely crippled by
the retention in important posts of super
animated employees. Occasionly a branch
office is in a state of confusion, to the great
detriment of local interests, and on inveSti-
cation it is found that the head of the Office
is too old or too infirnl~ to maintain disci
pline and proper management. Tender
heartedness on the part of the head of the
main office naturally prevents the dismissal
or reduction of such a branch officer in case
his record has been one of long and faith
full service. Some provision for the old en-
ployes. compatible with the instincts of JUS
tice and humanity, and at the same time
consistent with an active and energetic serv-
ice must be- devised.
Aside from these features the classified
service system is working admirably and
no one acquainted with its actual operation
in any large office in the country would for
a moment think of upsetting it. The bust
ness of the postofice is much like every
other in that experience and training count
for much and the worst spoilsmen are now
saying little or nothing about turning out
letter carriers and railway mail clerks with
each change of Administrative They recog-
nize that substantial permanency for this
prove competent and faithful, is only Just
and businesslilze
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geance Yet this is what he did Wednesday
afternoon. A number of strike leaders were
advocating the storming of the stockade
after their companions had been killed and
wounded. They knew the troops we're COM
ing and wanted to destroy the stockade
before the soldiers arrived The mob was
already collecting when Cahill appeared
among them He was cool and collected.
Heltold them that if they precipitated the
fight this time they would lose all they
had gained. They had attained their object
of keeping out the negro miners though
the cost was fearful
There were fully eight hundred strange
miners in town yesterday" said Cahill.
They were around the stockade. Our men
were mainly around the north switch, as
we expected the train to stop there, and
the trouble. if any occurred, would be
there. The deputies on the train began fir
ing. We could only return it. / am sorry
about that Eyster affair. They used him too
roughly But then he was the man who was
stationed in the tower at the stockade and
killed most of our men. When they saw him
they could not restrain themselves. Sheriff
Davenport is largely responsible. He sided
with the operators and gave them two hun
bred rifles to fight citizens of the State
with. We tried our best to get him to stop
this train and let us have peaceable con-
ferenceS with the negroes but he refused
all peace oyertures and did just as Lukens
wanted him TO do. / guess all the trouble
is over temporarily. OF course If after the
soldiers leave they attempt to import other
negroes l cannot be held responsible"
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SUBJECTS BEFORE BAPTIsTs.
State Sunday-SchOOl Work and Edu-
cation Considered.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind, Oct. 13.-In the Baptist Con-
vention, to-day, S. H. Huffman, superin-
tendent of Sunday-school work. read his an
nual report There are 4S0 churches sus-
tanning Sunday schools, forty-three without
Sunday schools and sixty-nine mission
schools. The enrolment in these schools is
1890, with more than 5000 officers and
teachers. Rev. N. c. Smith, of Princeton,
read a paper on Sunday-school work in In
diana. Practical Teaching was the sub
ject of an address by Rev. w. E. Morris. of
Vevay. The teachers cultivation of power
was set forth in strong production by
Rev c. H. Wheeler, of Laporte The last
assigned address was by Rev. E. R. Clenen-
ger, of Lafayette, on ''Evangelization in
Sunday-school Work.
Education" was the subject of the after
noon session and Prof c. H. Hall presented
the report for the past year. He said the
work had brought out the fact that more
money and more teachers are needed as
We'll as more students. Prof. l.. S. Gardiner
delivered address on some dangers in
literature in public schools. President w
L. Stott, of Franklin College, gave a lecture
to the convention One of the happy fea-
lures of the convention is the welcome given
the new pastors.
Seventeen new pastors were welcomed in
a fitting address by DR.. c. Z. w. Dobbs, to
which Rev. ID. r. Lands, of Lafayette re-
s2onded- The new pastors and their fields
of service are as follows: j. H. Julian,
Frankfort John Chandler, Galveston F. c.
Shaffer. Sellersburg; L. w. Marks Jeffer-
sonville; W. d. Chip, Bluffton: A. L. Rob-
erts, Pleasant Lake: II. p Fudge, Law
renceburg; ]. o. burroughs, Madison; S. t.
Williams, Brooksburg; ID. r. Lands, La
fayette; l. N. Kimbrough. Mitchell. C. e.
Clough, Bloomington; ]. E. Wolford, Vim
cennes j. NJ. Long, New Albany; L. A.
Gould, Shelbyville; p. +. Hewitt, Misha-
waka and ID. N. Mop lail, Ossian.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVlTIES.

William and James Hathaway have
pleaded guilty to the charge of robbing a
Burlington passenger train near St Joseph
Mo-, Aug. II.
At Cincinnati yesterday w. J. Haldeman
pleaded not guilty to the murder of ex-
State Senator Richardson. He was refused
bail and taken to Jail.
The candy and cracker factory of the
Winn-Johnson Company and oil and paint
store of T. c. Burke at Macon, Ca burned
yesterday. Loss. $125,0O0.
Med. Scott & Co, wholesale shoe deal
ers of Pittsburg, have made. a voluntary
assignment for the benefit Of creditors. The
liabilities are stated to be $500 COO.
The Whitinsville machine works at North
Bridge. Mass, are on full time, after a
short-time schedule for two years Many
orders have been received of late, including
the machinery for a large cotton mill in
Russia
The Adams & Bishop Company, manu-
with offices in New York city and mills at
New Windsor, n. Y, have made an assign
ment. It is thought the liabilities may
reach 100000.
Gen. F. D. Grant has signifed his inten-
ton Of being a guest of the Army Of the
Tennessee at it's reunion in Toledo Oct 26
and e. He viii be accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. U. s. Grant. General Kill
bourne will be a guest of honor.
Sheriff Reb Houpt. of Hot Springs, Ark,
has been arrested on an Indictment for
enlightenment. His shortage is said to be
ure of a bank in which he lost between
$1,000 and ST 600 and has been unable since
to make it good.
Governor Lord, of Oregon, has appointed
a committee of well-known citizens of Port
land to collect funds for the purchase of a
sword to be presented n to Gaptain Clark.
desires to raise $1,000 and has collected
nearly one-half of that amount.
Frank r. Mason, a graduate of West
Point, pleaded guilty to burglary in the
Criminal Court of Kansas City and has
been sentenced to serve ten years in the
penitentiary. He is forty-six years old
and was arrested for stealing a watch and
chain from the home of local physician.
John d. Rockefeller will furnish funds
to purchase the ground and to build a large
social settlement house in the Italian dis
trict of Cleveland. 1t will be called the
Alta House. in hoEor of MIR. Rockefeller
daughter. who is one of the prime movers
of the kindergarten and day nursery work
among the children of that district The
structure.
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NEGROES AT SPRINGFIELD.
None of the Imported Men Sent Back
to the Virden Mines

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Oct. 1S.-All the
negro miners from Alabama, who came to
work in the Chica go- Virden Coal\ Com
pany's mine at Virden, with the exception
of a few who went north on the train from
Springfield, are in Aliens Hall, the head
quarters of the local miners union in this
city. Policemen are guarding the hall.
Mayor Wheeler this afternoon had the
streets cleared of miners for several blocks
from the hall. The negroes number 100.
1t was understood that the negroes would
be shipped back to Alabama tonight, but
1t was not done. Adjutant General Reece
stated tonight that the Federation CT
Miners refused to have anything to do with
the transportation of the negroes from here
to their homes; that the State had no au-
thority to send them away, and that the
authorities were in a quandary.
The funeral Of Edward Walsh one of the
Springfield miners killed at Virden will
occur tomorrow afternoon In order to
prevent any demonstration against the
negroes tomorrow by the miners Troop B,
Of Bloomington, and Troop ID, of Spring
field, First Illinois Cavalry, and Company
F., Sons OF Veterans, of Macomb, were re-
tanned here.
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w. H. c. CONVENTION.
District Officers Elected and an Adj
dress by Mrs. Hit.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Oct. 13-The district
convention of the Woman's Relief Corps,
which includes seven counties-Wayne,
Henry Union, Fayette, Franklin, Shelby
and Rush-took place here to-day. The ad-
dress of welcome was delivered by Mrs.
Mary Dempsey and responded to by Mrs.
Rose Ohmet, of Cambridge City. Knights
town was selected as the next meeting
place, and the following officers were
elected: District president, Mrs. Susan
Lemon, Knightstown; senior vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Anna E. Raymond, Shelbyville;
junior vice president, Mrs. Cornelia Lyon,
Rushville; secretary, Mrs. Miriam Doan,
Richmond: assistant secretary, Mrs. Rose
Ohmet, Cambridge City; treasurer, Mrs.
Nora Shea, Knightstown; chaplain. Mrs.
Clara Johnston. Connersville; conductor,
Mrs Belle Crist, Liberty: assistant con-
ductor, Mrs Molie Walker, Hagerstown;
guard, Mrs. Anna Weist, Richmond assist
ant guard, Mrs. Sophia Huddleson, Dublin;
pianist Mrs. Emma Mitchell, Richmond.
This evening a public campfire was held
with an address by Mrs. Agnes r. Hit, of
Indianapolis, past national president and
Hon. c. c. Binkley of this city Mrs. Alice
Lamar of this city, was chosen delegate
to the national convention, with Mrs
cambridge, of Rushvile. alternate.
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THE couNTRY's ARMAMENT.
Number of Guns and Mortars Placed
in COnst Defense Work.

in COast Defense Work.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1s--The statement
made .by.Gen John NJ. Wilson. chief of en-
gineers>8 the commission investigating the
conduct of the war was made public to-
day. During the progress Of the war the
following additions were made to the coun-
try's armament: Armament was placed in
position for six Pinch guns, for twenty
nine 10inch, for thirty-one S-inch, for fifty
six pinch mortars and for thirty-five
rapid-fre guns. Additional platforms were
made ready for still larger number and
additional emplacements are under con-
struction for still more. According to this
report, wheA all the works begun are COM
pleted the armament will consist of eighty
12-inch guns, III 10-inch, sixty-four S-inch,
1882 12-inch mortars and seventy-nine rapid
fires The emplacements were under con-
straction at twenty-five different harbors on
the 3lst of August. and there were double
shifts working at each place. The total ex-
penditures on account of gun and mortar
batteries during the period of the war
amount to a. 821, 800 Among the purchases
for harbor defense were 400 miles of cable,
40 tons of high explosives, 1850 new tor
pedo cases, forty-four search lights, etc.
Twenty-eight harbors were mined, 535 mines
being planted. The expenditures on harbor
defense for the period were 81 Sol, 900. In
trenching tools were purchased and stored
at Willetts Point sufficient for an army Of
3D. 900 men.
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REPORT OF ORDNANCE BOARD.
Field Guns and Krag-Jorgensen RI
Hen worked SnfisfacforiIx.

Hes Worked satisfactorily.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 13-The board of
ordnance officers, known as the Montauk
board, has made its report to General Flag
Ter, chief of ordnance. This board was
created after the surrender of Santiago, and
consisted of Major StanhoDe E. Blunt,
Maj. Daniel M. Taylor, Capt. Beverly W.
Dunn and Lieutenant George Montgomery.
The purpose of the board was to secure
information direct from officers who had
command of troops in action as to the re-
spective merits of the various arms used,
and, while the matter was fresh in their
minds, to obtain any suggestions they
might have to make regarding improve
ments and changes that would make the
arms more effective. The report of the
board is very gratifying to General Flagler
and the officers of the bureau. The board
went to Montauk Point. armed with full
authority, to secure information from Of
fieers They found that the officers of the
army had given the matter thorough atten-
ton. The men who had fought in Cuba
knew what the guns and small arms could
do, and knew how to make suggestions as
to minor defects
The report shows that the 80 inch field
guns are satisfactory in every way. They
and ammunition were satisfactory. The
fuses were arranged so as to cause the
bursting of shrapnel at the range desired,
and the important features which make
field guns successful were found in those
used at Santiago. A number of minor
changes were suggested, but they were
such as could be remedied easily and al
most wholly to small equipments about the
guns, and are of a technical character.
The board also reports favorably upon
the Krag-JorgenSen arm for the infantry
and cavalry. No fault is found with the
Springfield rifle, except that smokeless pow
Ger would be much better. Smokeless pow
der is also found very desirable for the
1eld guns.
The army had no opportunity to test the
siege guns. In fact, the army is not as
we'll equipped with field guns, although the
various reports of the chief of ordnance
have recommended that more liberal pro-
vision be made for them. Besides. just be-
fore the war the decision was reached by
some of the higher officials that the siege
guns which were then hand should be
used on the fortified tons for the defense
of the ports and coasts of the United States
These were accordingly sent to different
places, but Just before the Santiago CAM
paign it was decided that a siege train was
necessary. and there was hard work getting
enough together to send to southern Cuba
with General Skaters army. AS 1t was
but four mortarS and four hOWitZerS were
ing to the absence of lighters and lack OF
facilities for landing, but two howitZers
were unloaded from the transports These
were never placed in position. and were
eral Miles's expedition. They were not
used in that island. so the department has
had no method of demonstrating what the
siege artillery will accomplish in actual war,
and the Montauk board makes no report
upon this important branch of the ordnance
equipment of the army
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he had made a pcrSonal investigation Of the
conditions in this hospital and that he had
found the conditions deplorable - simply
disgraceful" He charged that the doctors
IN the institution were all Northern men,
unfamiliar with diseases incidental to the
south; that there were cases Of fever in
which fever patients had gone without
water for twenty-four hours and in which
sick men went without attention from
cine for a week
Replying DIR. Hoff said that several
Southern physicians were engaged at the
hospital, and that he did not think ii pos
sible that men could have been neglected
as Indicated by the Governors letter. He
had heard of no such cases. He said that
during the last few weeks of the Second
Division hospitals existence Ii had been so
overcrowded that it was found necessary to
congested condition was relieved as soon
as the Sternberg hospital was completed.
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If, after tasting, we find that we do not like
the dish. the constitution provides that we
are not compelled to eat 1t. The disaster
that overlook Commissioner Peck is not
possible in Chicago. No excitabe, sputter-
ing Frenchman will rush up to us and fire
OH FIVE hundred words a minute In accurate
description of the possibilities of the bill OF
fare, and we are not even required to place
our fingers on the printed card and laborl-
ously utter: "Donnay moy du this We
shall sit carelessly and elegantly at the ban
quet board, carefully refraining from rest
ing our elbows on the table. and OCCASION
ally saying VOLTA" and ''vive' as the ne
cessity may appear to dictate. Guuests are
requested to say VOLTA" to the dishes as
they are brought in and 'vive" to the dis
tinguished gentlemen from abroad Mr.
Henrotin is all right. We are all right.
Everything is all right. Let the bills OF
fare stand as a monument to our knowl-
edge Of the correct thing.
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WESTERN BALL LEAGUE.
Steering Committee Appointed, with
Ban johnson at the Helm.

CHICAGO, Oct. 3D. The second and final
days session of the Western Baseball
League magnates was uneventful, no final
conclusions being reported. The routine
work of the association has been accom-
plished, however, and at the close of a
short business meeting hello this evening
the session was adjourned to meet again in
two weeks. steering committee composed
of Presidents Ban Johnson, I. j. Lotus.
of Columbus, NJ r. killilea and Charles
Comiskey, president of the st. Paul club,
was selected to-day to thoroughly discuss
the circuit question and report at the meet
ing OF the league in two weeks.