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ROW In PORTO RICO.
Spaniards Fired Into n Crowd, Killed
Five and Wounded Twenty-Five.

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. Oct. 1.-THE
earlier reports of murderous outrages at
Arecibo are now confirmed. The trouble
started on Sunday in a saloon where some
Spanish soldiers and a number of Porto
Ricans got into a quarrel. The Americans
were not in possession of Arecibo. The
Spaniards retired. got their arms, returned
and fired upon the crowd, killing five and
wounding twenty-five, several severely. A
great deal of excitement prevails at Arecibo
and many families are leaving to come to
San Juan. The affair FASTENED the arrival
of the United States troops at Arecibo.
which is now reported quiet and orderly.
Rear Admiral Schley, while descending
the steps of his hotel yesterday slipped and
sprajned his ankle. He is temporarily con-
fined 90 his room.
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TROOPS ORDERED TO BE READY.
Fourth and Seventh Infantry May Be
REQUIRED by Bacon.

Required ny bacon.
CHICAGO, Oct. 11.-Orders have been re-
ceived at division headquarters here from
General Bacon, in command of the Ile-
partmeat of the Lakes and the Dakotas,
to have the Fourth Infantry, at
Fort Sheridan, and the Seventeenth
Infantry, at Columbus barracks. Ohio,
held In readiness for immediate serv-
ice at the scene of the Indian
trouble in Minnesota. The united strength
of the two commands is about LOO In the
opinion of Colonel Barr, acting commander
of the Department of the Lakes. if they are
ordered to the front it is because a large
body of soldiers is needed to round up the
belligerent Indians scattered throughout the
Leech lake territory with as little bloodshed
as possible. The two regiments according
to the reports at headquarters, are in prime
condition for service, with the exception
of men on sick leave and few men in post
hospitals, who have not yet recovered from
the rigorS of the Cuban campaign. At
Columbus barracks there are SOS men in
garrison and of this number between five
hundred and six hundred can be made ready
for field duty at once. At Fort Sheridan
there are 531 men in garrison and of this
number almost five hundred can be ready
for duty at once.
Maj. Stephen M. Baker who commanded
the Fighting Fourth throughout the cam
paign against Santiago, is yet commanding
the Fourth, as General Hall. the colonel
of the regiment and Lieutenant Colonel
Sanno are yet on detached duty. If as the
result of any emergency General Baker
would be unable to assume command of the
regiment during a trip to Minnesota Maj.
John w. Bubb would be commanding officer.
General Randall, recently assigned to the
Seventeenth as its colonel. is on detached
duty as brigadier general, Of volunteers,
Lieut.. Col. James T. Haskell failed to sur
vive the Cuban campaign and Maj Cyrus
S. Roberts, the next In rank, Is absent from
his post on sick leave. AS consequence
the command of the regiment is in the
hands of Maj. Lyster M. O'Brien, who be-
fore the war was captain of Company d
of that regiment.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE following
dispatch has been received from General
Wood commanding at Santiago dated
Oct 10:
''Oct. 9--Fever cases of all kinds, 7O5; total
sickness. 1905. Oct. 10-Fever cases of all
kinds, 600; total sickness. 1850. Deaths.
Louis Jones. private Company f, Ninth
United States Volunteer Infantry, bilious
fever Oct. s; Benjamin Ware, private, Com
pany NJ. Fifth United States Volunteer In
fantry, typhoid pneumonia, Oct. s.: t. b.
Denworth, civilian. malarial remittsnt
fever, Oct. 8. William Powell. private. Com
pany f. Ninth United States Volunteer In
fantry. malarial remittent fever and acute
dysentery Oct 8: Hardy L. Burger. pri-
vate. Company A, Filth United States In
fantry. chronic dysentery, Oct. 10; Joseph
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The cleveland Injunction Case.

CLEVELAND, O., Oct 1.-THE hearing
of the injunction proceedings brought by the
American Steel and Wire Company against
its striking employees commenced here to-
day before Judge Hammond, in the United
States Circuit Court. General Manager
Baackes, of the company, filed an affidavit
in which he denied that the American Steel
and Wire Company was trust but said
on the contrary. that it had active COM
petitors. The American company, he said,
paid wages 10 to Is per cent. higher than its
two strongest competitors, and he denied
that the company either armed or desired
it's men to be armed. The strikers, in their
defense. claimed the company was a trust
and, therefore. under the laws of the State
had no standing in court
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what Killed Our Soldiers.
Gland Moffett in Ieslie's Weekly.

Cleveland Moffett. in Leslie's Weekly.
Two reasons are suggested for this GRIM
inal neglect of the sick: First, that doc
tors were placed in charge of wards
heaven knows how-who were too young
and inexperienced to be there; who should
have been learning their profession at
home instead of exercising harmful authori-
ty over suffering heroes; secondly, that
some of these doctors showed a callousness
and indifference to the condition of private
soldiers that is more than brutal.
IT was cen Sured one day" said one OF
these nurses for making too much of my
patients. Don't coddle the men. Miss -
said the doctor to me: you'll put notions
in their heads. And don't call them Mis-
ter they're only privates. after ALL Cod
die men, indeed when all we could do,
working night and day. was not half or a
quarter what should have been done. Think
of it, each one of US had fifteen or
twenty men to care for, and many of them
were so sick that they ought by rights to
have had two or three nurses apiece. That
is one great reason why so many men
died. we were too few. the nurses In camp;
four times as many would scarcely have
been enough Scores of soldiers died from
lack of women. nurses: women to battle
them and feed them and fix their beds and
dress their sores and cheer them. And Goo
knows there are women enough IN the
country who would have done this work.
and done it gladly. If they had been called
upon or even allowed to come. Find out
who kept these women away and you viii
find out who committed great crime"
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NOBLE DANISH COUNTESS.
Circling the Globe and Doing Mission
AIRY Work Among Her People.

CLEVELAND o., Oct. 11-Countess
Adeline Schimmelman, of Copenhagen, Den
mark, accompanied by her two sons and
seven interpreters. arrived here to-day on
the private yacht Duen. The countess is
doing missionary work among sailors. espe-
cially those of her own nationality, and ex-
poets to encircle the earth in her travels.
Speaking of her visit to this country, she
said: Il will probably spend two weeks in
Cleveland l intend to winter in Chicago.
l also intend to visit the Northwest, where
many of my people live, in order to study
their conoItion and progress" The Duen
is a splendid yacht, sixty-four feet long and
sixteen feet wide.
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McKinIex at the Helm.

Gen. A. B. Nettleton. in Review OF Reviews.
At the very outbreak of hostilities came
a striking illustration of what mas mere
been sail 1t is a fact not commonly known
that the first dispatch which was cabied to
Commodore Dewey. within twenty-four
hours after the declaration of war, ordering
him to sail forthwith for Manila and cap
ture or destroy the Spanish Meet IN Pniinp-
nine Waters-an order which resulted in the
greatest naval victory in history, decided
the struggle i'm the Eastern hemisphere and
changed the future Of ten millions of peo-
ple-Was dictated by the President and sent
by his direction against the advice OF the
entire Cabinet save one member. In the
campaign Of Santiago. which finally crushed
the sea power, of Spain and humanely ended
the war in thirty days. 1t was the Pres
ident's energetic Intervention which over
came the strange inertia and confusion that
threatened to delay the departure Of the ex-
peditionarv force until the golden oppor-
tunity had passed. On the other hand. he
had already vetoed a summer campaign
against Havana by land and sea. with Its
needless carnage and its certain disaster
from climate and disease.
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He sought Protection.

Oscar Green went to the police station
last night and told Captain Kruger that two.
or three men carrying revolvers were trying
to kill him. He rambled on about his enemies
and when the captain asked him If he had
ever been killed" Green replied, evincing
no surprise. that he never had, and he
thought trial in court was much fairer
than killing him in cold blood His brother.
he said, was shot dead at the Union Station
Monday, and he had been charged with the
murder. though he was innocent He asked
Captain Kruger IL he thought he would be
safe in cell at the police station. The cap
tain said ne thought a cell would keep him
safe from his enemies, and Green went
upstairs with Patrolman Stevenson. He
said his brother lived near Charlottesville.
He declared he was not crazy. but lately
had been drinking heavily and his mind was
little wrong. Green was once a street-car
conductor here.
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Three Death. at Ponce.

WASHINGTON. Oct 1.-THE following
dispatch has been received at the War De-
partment from General Brooke under date
of Ponce, Porto Rico
Deaths Oct 8 and 10-Private Albert H.
Mccoy, Company c, Third Illinois. malarial
fever; Private John w. Walker, Company
A, Fourth Ohio, typhoid; Private Hosea
Vincent, Company +, Sixteenth Pennsylva-
MIA, typhoid"
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE War De-
partment will conform to the modified re-
quest of Governor Holcomb in relation to
the Nebraska regiments. Governor Hol-
comb suggested that the number in each
company of the First and Third Regiments
be reduced to the minimum of eighty-one
soldiers. thus allowing a number of dis
charges from both regiments. This will
keep both regiments in the service The
First Nebraska is at Manila, and the Third
Colonel Bryan's, is at Jacksonville.
Adjutant General Corbin said TO-DAY:
Forty-ninth Iowa The regiment is now at
Jacksonville and is going Immediately to
Savannah and thence to Cuba with General
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ObituRry.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Oct. 11.-Benjamin
Stark, one of the most prominent citizens
of eastern Connecticut. died last night, aged
seventy-nine years. In middle life he was
a prominent resident of Oregon. In 1868 he
was appointed United States senator from
Oregon to fill a brief vacancy, and was an
Oregon delegate TO the national Democratic
convention of 1854.
NILES Mich, Oct u.-General Elisha
Mix is dead at his home in Aliegan, where
he had lived fifty years He was made a
brevet brigadier general in the civil war.
lie was eighty years Of age.
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A WEAK SAMSON.
Lured to San Francisco by a "Rich
Widow and Died of Worry.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct, M~Alex. S.
Sampson, of West Duxbury Mass. is dead
at the City Hospital after having been lured
to this city by the advertisement of a mat
rimonial agency. He was siXty-five years
of age and came here to marry an alleged
rich widow" Het met a woman who has
recently figured in a some what similar case,
but when his money was gone she is said
to have refused to recognize him. Just be-
fore his death, which is attributed to wor-
ry and disappointment, a letter for him con-
tanning funds reached the postoffice here
from Mrs. Eleanor Magoun, of East Penn
broke Mass
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Oct. 11.-Hon. Frank
T. Roots. of Connersville, candidate for
joint representative from Wayne and Fay
cite counties. addressed a large and en-
thusiastic meeting tonight at New Salem
1t was his second meeting in Rush county
a large house having greeted him Saturday
night at meeting in Arlington. Mr.. Roots
in the event of the next General Assembly
being Republican. will be a candidate for
speaker of the House.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE formal letter
of Hon. Augustus Van Wyck. addressed to
the chairman of the state committee. Fred
erick c. Schraub. accepting the Democratic
nomination for. Governor of New York, was
made public tonight. The letter contains
$500 words and deals entirely with state
issues. particularly with legislation in con-
nection with canal matters The letter con-
tains a declaration at the outset that the
Governor of the State is not officially con-
cerned in any of the questions which our
national authorities are called upon 10
settle.
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G.. II. & ID. Annual Meeting.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 1.-THE annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company was
held here to-day. The following named
board of directors, the present incumbents.
were reelected: George p. Benjamin, New
York; Robert G. Schenck, Dayton; Wilber-
New York, and Eugene Zimmerman, Gin
cinnati. President Woodford was not pres
ent. The number of shares voted was 1855
The directors at future meeting will elect
officers. No business except the election
was transacted.
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HUNTSVILLE. Ala, Oct. 11.-General
Joseph Wheeler arrived here few minutes
past midnight to take command of the
Fourth Army Corps, succeeding General
Coppinger. General Wheeler was met by
a committee of citizens, headed by General
Moore, and was escorted to the Huntsville
Hotel. The general is in excellent health.
General Wheelers cavalry division des-
tined for Cuban service, was filled to-day
on arrival of the Tenth Cavalry, Colonel
Baldwin, which came in two sections over
the Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis.
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ATE SPIDERS AND DIED.
Suicide of a Girl Who Poisoned Her
Blind Father.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Oct. 11.-Cora Smith.
who murdered her blind father. Mike Smith.
in Des Moines in 1894 by putting Rough on
Rats in his coffee. committed suicide at the
Anamosa penitentiary by eating spiders. She
was serving a life sentence with her mother,
Betsy Smith, for the crime. A paper bag
of spiders was found in the cell after her
death and a post norton examination re-
vealed the insects in her stomach.
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Special to The Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind, Oct. 11.-Attorney Gen.
eral w. A. Ketcham addressed good sized
crowd this afternoon in Lochinvar Hall. He
spoke at some length on state and local
issues, discussed in a mastery manner the
question of territorial extension. made
pronounced hit in his eulogy on the man
agement of the war and gave a splendid
exposition of the money question. The adj
dress was well received and made an ex-
cellent impression.
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CLEVELAND, O.. Oct. 1.-THE fourth
annual convention of the Grand Lodge of
the Switchmens' Union of North America
is being held here and daily sessions will
continue throughout the week. The organ
ization is the outgrowth of the old Switch
mems Aid Society, which was disrupted
several years ago by the absconding of the
grand secretary and treasurer with all the
society's funds, amounting to over $500
One of the important features OF business
to come before the body will be the ques-
ton of establishing an official organ for the
union About sixty delegates were present.
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SUICIDE OF A POLICEMAN.
Grieved for His Wife and shot Him.
self Beside Her Grave.

CHICAGO, Oct. 11.-Policeman Alex. I.
Mikkelsen was found dead on the grave of
his wife in Mount Olive Cemetery. Mikkel-
sen was dressed in full uniform. A bullet
wound in the temple and revolver beside
the corpse told the story of the suicide
Mkkelsen's wife died five months ago and
he has visited her grave daily. When he
failed to answer at roll call a detail of
brother officers went to the cemetery and
found his body
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Tn ne Refnrned fn snaminrds.

NEW YORK, Oct. n.-Deputy Quarter
master Kimball has received orders from
the War Department to return the Spanish
prize steamer Mexico to her owners. the
Spanish line. The Mexico will carry stores
to Porto Rico and will then be taken to
Havana to be turned over to her owners.
She will sail from New York the last of
this week The Mexico was seized in the
port of Santiago when the city surrendered,
and she will be returned on the ground that
her seizure was illegal
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BINGHAMTON. N. Y. Oct 1.-THE an
nual convention of the Commercial Trav-
elers' Home Association of America opened
in this city to-day. At the morning session
these officers were elected: President
George E. Greene, Binghamton: members
of the board of managers. d. F. Swigert.
Carbondale, Pa: William Hoge Brooklyn;
Stephen T. Corliss. Albany; William Mason,
Binghamton trustees of reserve funds H.
L. Judell San Francisco; t. c. Doane,
Evansville, Ind; Ray Tompkins. Elmira:
ly, Scranton; p. e Clark, Binghamton. and
w o. Rally, Albany.
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No West virginians Mustered Out

WHEELING. w. Va, Oct. l1-West Vir-
GINA is alone among all the States of the
Union in enjoying the distinction of having
all her troops kept in the federal service.
The First and Second Regiments will be
sent to Cuba and Porto Rico shortly, and to-
day the Fourth United States Volunteers
from Fernandina, Fla. The latter regiment
was recruited in West Virginia District of
Columbia and Maryland.
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WASHINGTON, Oct n.-Secretary Alger
to-day decided to muster out the Second
United States Volunteer Cavalry, otherwise
known as Torreys Rough Riders The
order probably will be issued in a few days
to take effect at once. The men will be mus
tered out at Jacksonville, and most of them
will return at once to their homes in the
Rocky mountain country.
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COIored Orator at Vincennes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
VINCENNES, Ind, Oct. 11.-Hon. Gurley
Brewer. the eloquent colored orator of In
dianapolis, delivered a patriotic address in
this city last night at the A. NJ. E. Church,
which was packed to its fullest seating ca
pacity. Many white people were in the aud
fence, though the address was mainly for
the colored people. Mr.. Brewer is old
Vincennes boy and is very popular here,
and his people are proud of him. His lee
ture received the closest attention and was
one of the most eloquent ever heard in that
church
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Gnnd Recora hx shooter Heilkes.

DAYTON o., Oct. lin the Heikes
shooting tournament, which opened to-day,
ten events were disposed of in spite OF a
heavy rain. The contest for the Il. c..
Powder target championship trophy is now
between McAIurchy of Syracuse; Tanning.
of San Francisco; Fulford of Utica. n. Y,
and Heikes they tying at eight-seven tar
gets. Heikes made rather an astonishing
record, killing twenty straight each at pairs
and unknown angles.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind. Oct. ia young mems
Republican club was organized here to-
night and will take active part in the cam
paign. The officers are J. Bennett Gordan,
president; w. c. Converse, vice president;
Earl Widup, secretary
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ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS.
Where Major and Brigadier Generals
VIII Serve in the Army.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE following
assignments of general officers are an
nounced by the War Department:
First Corps
Maj. Gen. J. II. Wilson, U. S. Volunteers.
First Division-Maj. Gen. ]. C. Bates. u
s. ", Macon Ca. First Brigade Brigadier
Gen. S. Snyder, Atlanta. Ga; Second Bri-
gade, Brig. Gen. ]. A. Wiley, Macon, Ga;
Third Brigade, Brig. Gen. ]. N. Andrews,
Macon, Ga.
Columbus. Ga; First Brigade Brig. Gen.
w. j. Mckee. Columbus, Ga. Second Bril-
gade Brig. Gen. ]. L. Sanger Americas.
Ga; Third Brigade, Brig. Gen. c. E.
Compton. Albany. Ga.
Second Corps
Maj. Gen. w. NJ Graham. U. S. ". Au-
gusta. Ga.
First Division--Maj. Gen. S. B. NJ. Young.
Augusta, Ga; First Brigade. Brig Gen. j.
c. McKibbin. Augusta Ga; Second Bri-
gade. Brig. Gen. A. Ames. Summerville, S.
c.; Third Brigade. Brig. Gen. ]. p. S. Go
bin, Augusta, Ga.
Second Division-Brig. Gen. G. w. Davis,
Vile. S. c.; Second Brigade Brig. Gen. J..
r. Lincoln, Spartanburg, S. c.: Third Bril-
gade Brig. Gen. j. Kline, Columbia. s. c.
Third Division-Brig. Gen. G.. M. Randall,
Athens Ga. First Brigade. Brig. Gen. w. G.
Oatss, Athens, Ga: Second Brigade, Brig.
Gen. n. Cole, Athens. Ga.
Fourth Corps
Mai Gen. j. Wheeler, Huntsville, Ala.
First Division-Maj. Gen. A. Z, Chaffee.
Hall. Huntsville. Ala. Second Brigade.
Brig Gen. r. Comba. Huntsville Ala.
Second Division Brig. Gen. r. 4. Frank.
Admission, Ala; First Brigade. Brig. Gen.
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Blacks Not Permitted to Leave.

PANA, ILL.,, Oct. 11.-Thirty blacks, who
assembled in the Illinois Central railroad
yards apparently intending to board freight
trains and leave the city, have been dis
persed by the provost guard. The mines
are practically idle to-day. The negroes
having received pay, now decline to work
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JOSEPH Gould Murdered.

BEMIDJI. Mimi, Oct. 11.-Joseph Gould,
formerly an Indian trader. and now farm
er, was murdered Saturday night near the
Leech lake DAM 1t is believed that the
crime was the deed of the hostile Indians,
whose i'll will Gould had incurred in his
operations. He claimed to be cousin Of
Law Gould
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watson Now in Rush County.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Oct. 11.-Ex-Con
gresham James f. Watson turned atten-
ton to his home county tonight in adj
dress at Glenwood. The Arlington band en-
livened the occasion with numerous selec-
tons. Beginning with Saturday afternoon,
Mr.. Watson has a number Of engagements
in this county.
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given Secretary of the Worlds Christian
Endeavor j. W. Baer this evening the dates
of the national convention OF the Christian
EndeavOr in 1899 was fixed for from July 5
TO July TO- Secretary Baer was banqueted
by Il number of prominent local Endeavor-
ers. after which he held a public reception
In the Russell House.
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TACOMA. Wash. Oct 1.-THE Tourist
Hotel, under construction by the Northern
Pacific Land Company, was burned tonight.
There had been expended on the structure
Hp to date 100000 upon which there Is no
insurance. II was the purpose OF the land
company to make this one OF the finest
hotels In the country. and IL would have
cost completed over 100000.
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SAVANNAH. Ga. Oct i1.-Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee and son. Fitzhugh Lee, jr., left SaVan-
nah shortly after midnight tonight for
Richmond. Va, where they have been called
on account of the serious illness Of Mrs.