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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15
Arrival of Troops at Tampa.

TAMPA BAY, Fla. May H-Five of the
infantry and cavalry regiments recently or
dered from Chickamauga to Tampa have
arrived here. The Plant system brought in
to-day the Seventh Infantry, GOO men, in
command of Colonel Benham, and the Six
teenth Infantry, $50 men, in command of
Colonel Theaker. The Second Infantry, 600
men, in command of Lieutenant Colonel
Wherry, arrived over the F. c. & P. road
Camping ground for the infantry had been
selected near the new cavalry camp, in
West Tampa, and as fast as the troops ar
rived they were sent there Ten trainloads
of soldiers will arrive over the Plant sys-
TEN before midnight. They are supposed to
be the Eighth and Twelfth infantry regi-
ments from Chickamauga. Every regiment
here is being swelled daily by recruits from
the Northern enlistment offices. Extensive
preparations are being made for reception
to Captain Dorst and Companies E and F.,
who successfully landed the big cargo Of
arms and ammunition for the Cuban in
surgents.
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Dewey Day at St. Louis.

radius of $50 miles of this city poured in
fits quota of visitors to help celebrate Dewey
day. 1t is estimated that at least $1,000
strangers came to town, and these, with
thousands living here, thronged the streets
all day long. The day had been declared
a holiday by Mayor Zeigenham, and it was
observed by the city and government of
ficers and almost every commercial house
in st. Louis closed up after noon. The dis
play of flags was almost universal buildings
and residences everywhere showing one or
more. Every step was turned towards For
est Park in the afternoon There the VIC
tory won by Dewey was celebrated with a
parade and music and speech making by
Mayor Zeigenham and Judge w. S. Dewey
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Cuba and the COnquistador.

Golfers Weekly.
SPANS conquest of Cuba occurred when
the latter was quite young. new to the
world, unused to it's ways. She gave her
heart at once. Spain, too, fell in love. The
affection was mutual. But affections are
like slippers. They will wear out. Spain,
who began by being Chesterfield, and who
has ended in being Sykes, forgot the fact.
Cuba, meanwhile, from a maiden had de-
veloped into a matron. When the serenades
of the reVolutionists first hummed in her
ears there We're two or three variations
that she lay awake to consider. Summarily
they are worth noting. They constitute the
burden of the ballad which had stirred her
ssters-in-law First is geography. The
Puerta del Sol is rather far from the Prado.
Second is ethnography. The native, after
having been displaced by the Spaniard, had
been succeeded by the creole. Another race
had come. Third is psychology. In every
affection there is the germ OF hate. The
lady was accommodating grievances. Fourth
is contagion. The detection of the other
odalesques had made her ambitious. Fifth
is suffocation. On the heart of Cuba was
the Conuuistador-the individual who came
over the sea from another shore and who
battened on her vitals. Add to these things
others which followed, the brutality of
might, frailty pinioned by force, sneers as an
answer to sobs, blows as corrective for
beauty, and the transformation of la
siempre fie isla into Cuba Libre is in ac-
cordance with the best principles of logic.
History tells of yesterday. poetry of to-
morrow science and religion tell of all
time but politics tell of to-day and of to-
day alone. In the chapter which this island
stopped to read there is the eternal spirit
of liberty for inspiration. But with it there
Is much that is Temporary. Wall street is
aware of it, So too, is the Paris bourse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15
Run Out of Camu ON n Rail.

MOUNT GRETNA, Pa, May 1.-THE
First Regiment to leave Camp Hastings for
Chickamauga will be the Fourth, which will
get away between and o'clock to-mor-
row morning. Orders to leave were re-
ceived tonight. The regiment will go by
way of the Pennsylvania Railroad through
Harrisburg, Pittsburg and Cincinnati. The
commands which have received definite or
ders from the War Department are the
Fourth, Sixteenth. Third, First, Fifth, Fiji
tenth, Tenth and Ninth. A Pittsburger,
said to be the son of wealthy coal opera
tor, was roughly handled tonight by mem
bers of Company G, Eighteenth Regiment
He. was formerly member of the company
weeks absence. He was at first well re-
ceived, but after supper he was placed on
q rail and run from the regiment camp to
the railroad station. He tainted twice, and
was struck with sticks and stones. At the
station several officers drew their revolverS
and rescued him. He was badly injured in
ternally.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15
RICH IN GOLD DEPOSITS.
Philippine Islands May Prove KIOn-
dixie to Uncle sam.


WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator Teller
has received a letter from constituent in
Colorado indicating that the Philippine ISL
ands may be found to be very rich in gold
deposits The writer says that in 1876 he
travelled from Manila to Singapore with a
man who had gone from Montana to the
island or Luzon for the purpose of inves-
tigating the reports of such wealth. who
gave him this information in confidence, and
as a return for kindnesses rendered him by
the senator's correspondent. HE told me-
says this correspondent. that the results
of his investigation were far ahead of any
thing actipiated and that the wealth of gold
in that country was beyond estimating. He
had gone to the Philippines with the inten-
tion of going into mining If the situation
were promising. When he found it was,
he went to the Spanish governor to secure
permission, but this official would permit
nothing of the kind He gave me as the
reason for the opposition that the develop
ment of the mines would tend to enrich and
thus to excite and disturb the native popu-
1ation while the Spanish policy was to keen
them in ignorance and subjugation." The
writer then says his companion secured
his information from Catholic priests locat-
ed outside the towns
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15

NEWPORT NEWS, May flowing to the
dense fog that hung over Hampton Roads
this morning and other reasons that were
not made public by Captain Sigsbee, the
auxiliary cruiser ST. Paul did not weigh
anchor before daybreak to join the flying
squadron, which left Hampton Roads yes
terday afternoon under sealed orders. The
st. Paul took on the greater part of her
ammunition here, which came by express
Included in the supply were two carloads of
smokeless powder but only one carload was
transferred to the ship up to last night.
Some time after daybreak this morning the
st. Paul steamed down to Old Point, where
the cruiser New Orleans was lying, but re-
turned to her anchorage at o'clock and
remained till 3:15 in the afternoon when she
again moved down to Old Point. While
here the ST. Paul finished taking on her
supply of Smokeless powder. 1t was o. clock
when the big war snip pulled up her an
chors at Old Point and started on Decline
for the Virginia capes, going, it is supposed.
to join Commodore Schley. The New Or
leans is still at Old Point, and it is not
known whether she will sail, but it is
thought she will remain to protect the gate
way to the Chesapeake bay till the mont
tor Canonicus which has been ordered to
Fortress Monroe, arrives.
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NEARLY READY.
Concluded from First Page,


Chickamauga, however, the probability is
they will be sent there for final equipment
and brigade and division organization 1t
was stated at the War Department to-day
that only two of the three Minnesota regi-
ments will go to Chickamauga instead of
all of them, as announced yesterday. One
regiment is to go to San Francisco and
thence to the Philippines
Capt Richard e. Thompson has been re-
lieved from duty on General Wade's staff
and ordered to report to General Merritt.
who is to command the force to the Philip
pines.
Adjutant General Corbin to-day tele-
graphed authority to the Governor of Ne
vada to raise an independent troop of cav
airy in that State for service in the war
against Spain, to be known as the First
Nevada Volunteer Cavalry. II will consist
of eighty picked mounted marksmen, and
the Governor was authorized to commission
the necessary officers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15

ANN ARBOR, Mich. May H.-University
Hall was damned to the utmost capacity
tonight by a crowd listening to Wagner s
Flying Dutchman," which was given as
the last performance in the May festival.
This was the greatest success of the festival
from an artistic standpoint, and in attend
ance, as well. The principal soloist was
Nine. Gadski, who sang Senta, the other
parts being allotted as follows: Mary, Janet
Eric and steersman, William H. Refer;
Dalmud, William A. Rowland. This was
the greatest work ever attempted at Ann
ArbOr, and great credit is due to the pro-
fessor for its success. Many present said
the chorus of three hundred voices was the
AS in the other performances of the festival,
the thu ii instrumental str portion of the programme
was given by the Boston Festival orchestra l IA
Mime. Gadski was given an ovation by the
students and sang in fine voice, penetrating
every nook and Granny of the immense hall'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15
OFF for Chiclknmnugn.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May A.-In cold
rain to-day the Fifth Illinois Regiment
boarded trains for Chickamauga They left
over the Chicago. st. Louis & Peoria Rail-
road, in three sections, going first to st.
Louis and there taking the Illinois Central
for Martens, Tenn, and then over the Chat
tanooga Tennessee & ST. Louis to Chicka-
manga. In the trains were twenty-six
sleepers, four baggage cars, four box cars
and one Arms palace horse car. The Third
Illinois Infantry will go later in two sec
lions, the first being hauled by two engines.
The Third Infantry goes to ST. Louis over
the Chicago & Alton and then via the Louis
vile and Nashville to Chickamauga.
The Third Regiment got away at o'clock
tonight in three sections. The two regi-
ments will arrive at Chickamauga Monday
afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15
Spelling FOR A FIGHT.
1t Will BE Sorry Day for Spaniards
When SchIey'a Men Tackle Them.


when SchIey's Men Tackle Them.
FORT MONROE, Va, May IA ION Board
the Flagship Brooklyn at Sea, via Pilot
Boat, May 13.)-Commodore Winfield Scott
Schley and the fighters of his flying squad
ron steamed out of Hampton Roads this
afternoon at 4:25 o'clock under sealed orders.
The entire squadron was to have gone, and
at o'clock all the ships had reported ready
for getting away, but at 1:15 p. m. dis
patch from the Navy Department ordered
Commodore Schley to leave the cruisers
New Orleans and Minneapolis in Hampton
for further orders. Both are fast ships.
much better time makers than the big bat
tie ships, and could leave hours later and
still catch the squadron. Captain Folger,
of the New Orleans, was left in charge of
the two cruisers.
At precisely 4:20 the flagship signaled that
she was ready to proceed, and at 4:25 the
Brooklyn, the Massachusetts, the Texas
and the Scorpion were moving majestcally
down Hampton Roads for sea- the water
with scarce ripple on it, and the bright
sun touching old glory. If in tender BEN
ediction. The temper of the men on the
squadron was well illustrated by the ring
ing cheers that echoed from the forercastle
down to the quarter deck, and made Com
modore Schley remark, with smile:
Those are the boys for lighting" Commo-
dore Schley refused to say where he thought
the fleet was bound for, but the fact that
the collier Sterling accompanied, carrying
$500 tons of extra coal, and that the ships
had on board extra coal and water would
seem to indicate there is lively work cut
out for them.
1t is hard fighting aggregation, this fly
ing squadron, under cool and daring
fighter. The battle ships Massachusetts, and
Texas are not equaled in fighting power by
anything in the Spanish navy, and the
Brooklyn is the best fighting ship of her
kind in the world. In totals, the ships car
ry four 13-inch guns, two 12-inch guns six
teen S-inch guns, ten 6-inch guns. sixteen s.
id-fire guns of smaller caliber.
AS soon as the squadron was at sea active
preparations were made to meet an enemy.
The ships were stripped for action, all lights
covered, ammunition supplied to the guns
and men sent TO fighting quarters for the
night The ships are all ammunitioned to
their fullest carrying capacity and will do
desperate fighting. The men at the guns
have been proven to be accurate marksmen.
At Cape Henry. where the squadron ar
rived at dark, the pilots were discharged.
taking their own boat. The men who
brought the ships down in safety and put
the mine fields in Hampton Roads are MEM
beers of the Virginia Pilots Association. Of
ficially recognized by the government w.
w Scott plotted the Brooklyn; j. X Peak
the Massachusetts, and George Bew, the
Texas.
Commodore Schley stood upon the bridge
as long as the light lasted and when he re-
tired said: 4 have not been so happy III
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15

an amphitheater of houses parti-colored as
ranbows tiara'd with the pearl points OF
a cathedral, girded with the yellow walls
of a crumbling fort. Every city has an
aspect and an odor of its own. Paris. for
instance, has a white sky and smells like a
pretty woman. The aspect of Havana Is
saffron. 1t smells of rancid oil. In addi-
ton it suggests Seville. Though the Moors
have never been there, it looks as though
Que no ha vista Sevilla no ha vista mara
villa-not to have seen Seville is not to
have seen a marvel: In view of recent
events it is proper and pertinent to give the
saying a twst-Que no ha vista Habana,
ha vista NADIA. 1t does not rhyme as well,
but as NADIA" means nothing it ought
to pass in a crowd.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15
ordered to Chicknmanga Pnrk.

CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK,
ca, May 1.-THE last of the regular army
lately modified at this point, the First and
Tenth Cavalry, left to-day for Tampa. Off
cial notice was received by General Brooke
to-day from the War Department that
thirty-seven regiments of volunteers, eight
troops of cavalry and eight light batteries
of artillery have been ordered from their
points Of rendezvous in fourteen States as
follows:
Wisconsin,, two regiments;
Michigan, one; Minnesota, two Indiana,
four; Illinois, two, Maine, two, Massachu-
sets, one; New Hampshire, one; New
York. two; Ohio, four; Pennsylvania, sew
en-; Rhode Island, one; Vermont, one.
Artllery-Indiana, two batteries; Mis-
souri,, one; Ohio, one.
Cavalry-Ohio, eight troops.
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intensely practical though 1t is might make
in the garb of it's soldiers a little further
concession to the natural love of display:
In masses the men look solid indeed and
rocklike. One almost fancies that the dull
able and that thin Blue .n ina d ioos nnt look
as thin as the thin red line
Solid fellows, too, the men are. for that
matter. Their physical appearance is per-
feet. All are muscular and look we'll fed.
They are bulky contrast to the scrawnier
civilian population whom they jostle on
Franklin street the Broadway of Tampa.
One wonders how much of this solidity is
due to good food and how much to invig-
Grating Western and Northern climates;
also how long it will hold out in this or a
lower latitude.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15
Under
Your
Fingers.....

The average circulation of
the Journal is now more than
5000 greater than it was three
weeks ago. This increase is
staying with us, while on
several days within the past
week the circulation has gone
from $4,000 to $4,000 higher
yet. The Journals circulation
is not padded by fake extras.
It has a healthy growth be-
cause it gets the facts and
tells them, and doesn't guess
at anything.
Isn't the custom of people
who want their news served
to them in this way worth
reaching for?
The Journal places these
solid citizens and their trade
under your fingers.
Even a small advertisement
is better than missing such
chance.
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Decorated Plates.
New England Farmer.

Not long ago l called at the studio Of a
china decorator and was shown half dozen
plates on which she was painting an old
ancestral home of one who gave the order.
l believe that the plates were intended to
be given to the grandchildren of the family
esting as well as valuable. There was a fit
ness in the design which cannot be said OF
the plates ordered by some of New York S
fashionable women. Mrs. John Jacob Aston
has had her own face painted on six choice
Sevres plates which, when finished, cost her
$500. She uses them, it is said, at her most
select luncheon parties. She must have a
high-salaried dishwasher Mrs. Potter Palm
er is to have a set of plates decorated with
her portrait, and Mrs. Sloan is to be painted
in golfing, yachting driving and other cos
TUNES on a set to use at small breakfasts
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Colorado Honors the Hero.

DENVER, Col, May H.-Denver and the
State of Colorado to-day honored the hero
of the Philippines with a great civic and
military parade, in which the First Colorado
Regiment. which is about to depart for
Manila, was the star organization. The fes-
tivities began with the presentation of a
stand of colors to the regiment by the Sons
of the American Revolution. Buildings on
the streets through which the procession
passed were lavishly decorated with flags
and bunting. Business was generally sus-
pended, a half holiday having been pro-
claimed by the mayor. Tonight there was
a big display of fireworks. General Otis
left tonight for San Francisco, and the
Colorado regiment will start next Tuesday
morning
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15
The Spanish Admirars Instruction..

LONDON, May 1.-THE Star says
Madrid dispatch via Paris throws interest
ing light, gathered from an official source,
on Admiral Cervera's movements since he
left the Cape Verde islands. 1t appears that
he headed for St. Pierre Miquelon, on the
coast of Newfoundland where sealed in
structions awaited him. There GOLFERS
from Sydney were met and the Spanish
fleet coaled. Admiral Cerveras instructions
were then to raid Boston and Newport,
and If Rear Admiral Sampson bombarded
Havana to draw him off. The news from
Manila seems TO have changed the plans.
The next proposed move was to decoy Rear
Admiral Sampson to Porto Rico and then
sail rapidly for Havana and destroy the few
ships left here. Finally, should Admiral
Cervera, on reaching Santiago de Cuba,
learn that two American squadrons were
coming to meet him, thus leaving the sea
free, his plan would be to avoid them, sail
straight for Charleston and lombard that
city,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15
The Saffron City.
Inc oAhE
(Sortf1,,ge Uyaalrlxy

Habana is bounded by beauty on one side,
by ignorance on the other. The approach to
il. particularly in the early morning is
exceeded in loneliness by perhaps but two
or three other ports. There are many ex-
quisite things in the world, and among
them near the head of the list, stands dawn
i'm the tropics. 1t is sudden as love and
just as fair. Dawn in the Havanese harbor
is a foretaste Of what paradise may be.
The tourist who has sailed that way passes
a night beneath stars that are larger and
more neighborly than our own. The water.
too is different. At Key West ii looks like
green. Then it changes 1t becomes scanned
with phosphorus. AS the stars disappear
it changes again, and very suddenly. into a
syrup of opals. AT the horizon Is tender
pink Overhead is a fusion of salmon and
OF blue. Just beyond, within rifle range, is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15
AS OTHERS SEE US,
Some of Us Said TO BE Really Worthy
of English Social Approval.
Letter in London Mail.

Letter in Loadon Mail.
A fallacy that appears to be generally
wealthy Americans are necessarily nou-
veaux riches. If to be head of a family
that has been wealthy, cultivated and dis
tinguished for at least 80 years in what
is now the United States, with a known
and highly respectable ancestry stretching
far beyond that in our own history, ex-
empts man from being classed among the
nouveauX riches, then Mr.. Gerry referred
to in your society column, is certainly ex-
direct line also an Elbridge Gerry, was, [
believe, a signatory of the Declaration of
Independence, and high in the councils of
the American revolutionary authorities. I
am, however merely quoting Mr.. Gerry's
family as an example. During my twenty
years residence in the United States it was
my privilege to know great many mem
bers of old and distinguished American fam
lilies, both of the Northern and Southern
States, and l was amazed to discover the
number whose names have been known in
American and English history for centuries,
and who, by their wealth and necessary en-
vironment for many generations, possess as
much claim to gentle birth as do the highest
of our own aristocracy. A case in point
which comes nearly home is that of the
wife of the present secretary for the col
onies.
Mrs. Chamberlain was a Miss Endicott
of Salem, Mass: and her family is one of
the most historical in the United States.
Indeed, the history of the family belongs
to both countries, for the Endicotts have a
long roll of services rendered to both Kings
and Presidents. The family history of Mr..
Harrison, late President of the United
States, is curious. Mr.. Harrison is lineally
descended N an unbroken line from that
Colonel Harrison who was one of Crom-
wells chief leutenants. The Harrison fam
lily has given two Presidents to the United
States-the late President Harrison and his
grandfather. Both were generals in the
United States army; both saw great deal
of service and both We're noted for stern,
cool, bulldog courage and tenacity. Both
rose from the ranks and both became gen
erals of divisions. l have drawn this letter
out to much greater length than had orig
inally intended, but in the present most de-
sirable state of feeling which seems to exist
between the peoples of the United States
and our own country think any effort on
prevailing misapprehensions no matter how
trivial, should be encouraged"
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WILD RUMORS.
Sampson and the Spaniards Reported
to Have Fought n Battle.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE city is full
of wild rumors tonight about a terrific
naval battle having been fought between
Admiral Simpsons fleet and the Spaniards.
They were unconfirmed, but that fact did
not lessen the excitement, for news of that
description was expected. Admiral Samp-
son and Commodore Schley are not within
supporting distance of each other and
large number of unprotected craft under
command of Commodore Watson are strung
along the northwestern coast of Cuba do
ing blockade duty. Our vessels are bad
ly scattered as the Spanish could hope, and
if they do not destroy a portion of our
fleet before they can be caught up with
and overcome it will be sheer good luck.
The outlook in the West Indies is regarded
as very serious, and the navy board of
strategy realizes that it has been completely
outmaneuvered at this writing.