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The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-07

reported that the ship had been blown up
and was sinking. He was directed 10 so cut
on the quarterback, and | followed him.
Anthony has been pictured as mF king an
exceedingly formal salute on that occasion
The dramatic effect of salute cannot add
could not have been seen in the blacknesS
OF that compartment Anthony dld MS
whole duty, at great personal rlsk, az d
time when he might have evaded the dan
ger without question, and deserved all the
commendation that he received for his act;
He hung near me with unflagging zeal ana
watchfulness that night until the snip was
abandoned.
l stood for a moment ON the starboard
side OF the main deck forward OF the super
structure. looking toward the immense DARK
mass that loomed UP amidships, but coui1
for few seconds in an effort TO grasp the
situation, and then asked Anthony 1or tMhe M
exact time. He replied: The explosion
took place at nine-forty. sir. II was soon
necessary to retire from the main deck, loi
that part of the ship was sinking rapidly,
then went up on the poop aecK 10y .rIlS
time Lieutenant Commander Walnwrlghl
and others were near me. EYerypouy WdS
impressed by the solemnity of the disaster
but there was no excitement apparent, per
feet discipline prevailed.
The question has been asked many times
If / believed then that the Main was olo% A. !
up from the outside. My answer 10 Wtnls W
has been that my first order on reachlI,s
the deck was TO post sentries about tine
ship ] knew that the Maine nad peer
blown up and believed that she had peer
blown up from the outside. Therefore,
ordered q measure which was lntendeo y y
guard against attack. There was no neeo
for the order. but / am writing OF nrst I'M
pressions There was the sound or many
voices from the shore, suggestive or cheers
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-07
DEWEY TO LOSE A CRUISER.
The Raleigh VIII Return to the
United States by Way of Suez.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Dispatch to the
Herald from Washington says: Secretary
Long has cabled orders to Rear Admiral
Dewey to send the cruiser Raleigh to the
United States. No vessel will be assigned
to relieve the Raleigh, it being the opinion
of the officials that, with the addition of the
battle ships and the gunboat Yorktown Rear
Admiral Dewey will have an ample force at
his disposal. This order is significant as
indicating the belief of the authorities that
there is now no danger of trouble with
Germany over the Philippines. On account
of the Raleigh's small steaming radius it
will be impossible for her to cross the Pa
cific and she will return to the United
States via the Mediterranean probably ar
riving at New York sore time during
February. She will pass the gunboat
Helena, which is now at Gibraltar on her
way to the Philippines.
Secretary Long, at the suggestion of
Senator Hale, has submitted a bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the erection of a monu-
ment and fence at Colon Cemetery, Ha-
vana, where the dead of the Maine are
buried. Congress authorized last March the
transfer of the bodies to the Arlington
Cemetery but the outbreak of the war pre-
vented action and as Cuba will be free and
may become part of the United States the
authorities do not see that there is any
necessity for q transfer
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-07
HAS WORKED WONDERS
WHAT GENERAL WOOD HAS ACCOM-
PLISHED At SANTIAGO.
The City Is Now Clean, Health COndi-
tions Are Bitter, and the Streets
Have Been Improved.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.


SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 25.-General
Leonard Wood. governor of the province of
Santiago, has wrought wonders in Santi-
ago. From the very commencement of his
regime dirt and disorder began to give place
to cleanliness and quietude, although the
people who were being benefited were the
last to appreciate his efforts. Even the most
rabid anti-American who knew Santiago in
the past must perforce admit now that not
only is the city clean, but that the people
and even the animals are looking better
than at any previous time. A small bride
path around the city has been turned into
a fire wide road that carriages can drive
over and it is the intention of General Wood
to plant a large number of eucalyptus trees,
which will not only lend a pleasant shade
to the drive, but will be largely instru-
mental in conducting to the future health
and well-beng of the city. Several of the
main streets of the city are being macad-
amized.
The civil hospital is a magnificent build
ing situated in a splendid location, with an
unequaled view of the city, the bay and the
surrounding hills. Inside. however, dirt,
mismanagement and a total lack of any sys-
tenn of drainage formerly helped to kill off
more patients than were cured, but to-day
no speck of dirt is to be seen, everything is
under perfect management, there is sys-
tenn of drainage that would not discredit
New York hospital and the patients have
everything that medical comfort and human
ingenuity can obtain for them. In the old
days the governor of the province used TO
pay visit to the hospital about every six
months notifying the hospital officials sev-
eral days beforehand of his Intended eall,
so that by the time of his arrival all that
looked unpleasant was carefully hidden out
of sight Nowadays General Wood calls at
some unexpected time at least twice a week.
Gambling has been sternly suppressed. A
bull fighter and his assistants arrived here
a few days ago, with the intention of giving
q classical entertainment" But General
Wood quickly notified the promoters of the
enterprise that no permit for the proposed
exhibition would be granted, and that If
they tried to give a performance every body
engaged would be fined $1,000 The mem
bers of the troupe are now packing up their
belongings and intend to go to Havana.
The appointment of Senor Bacardf as al
calde or mayor, has given great satisfac-
! ton to the Cubans. He is wealthy man.
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YALE-PRINCETON DEBATE.
New Haven Takers Win by Opposing
Annexation of Cuba.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Dec. 6.-Yale to-
night won the fifth Of the annual debates
with Princeton, making the third victory for
Yale in the series thus far held. The de-
cision Of the judges was unanimous after a
consultation of scarcely ten minutes.
Throughout the opening or set speeches the
forensic contest was even. but Yale's su-
periority was evident in the rebuttals. The
question was: Resolved That the United
States should annex Cuba"
Rev. DR.. Joseph II Twichell, Yale, SO. of
Hartford was the presiding officer. Prince
ton had the affirmative side and the first
speaker was Conoyer English. '99, of New
Jersey, representing Princeton. He was fol-
lowed by A. D. Leavitt, 1900, of Massachu-
setts, for Yale, on the negative. b. A.
Jones' 19OO of New Jersey, was third
speaker. c. P. Kitchell followed for Yale.
n. S. Reeves, '99, of New York, was Prince
tons concluding speaker. II. c. Walcott,
1900, of New Jersey, closed the presentation
of the negative side for Yale. The judges
were Prof. j. S. Clark, of Columbia Uni
versity, c. D. Hubbell and G. l.. Rives, all
of New Yorl-.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-07
UNwHoLEsoME LESSONS.
Plays or Novels Which Weaken Con-
ceptiOn of Right and Wrong.
Baltimore Sun.

BdlumOro sun.
There are many ways, of teaching the
public-young and old--the regularly or
ganized schools by means of books. by
plays; by lectures, sermons and other pub
lie addresses, by private counsel and by
example. The lessons given are many and
various. The greater number are innoc-
uous, but those with moral purpose or
erect ought to be well considered, so that
none may be given that are not whole
some. II there is any doubt upon the
are enough good lessons to occupy all the
time or teacher. In recent years there
has been disposition upon the part of
s eoAAoS 80 Pc "lA5hSs " OiSdh away
from old-fashioned morality and to teach
some new lessons. BY means of seductive
realism they have succeeded in shaking
public faith in oldtime principles and have
thereby done incalculable harm. They
have taught us that in certain cases i'm
morality may be. excused or forgiven; that
they appeal to the truth of their repre-
sentatons as an excuse for submitting
them to the public in books or in plays.
No great harm would be done by such
novels or such stage representations if
they were to be read or seen only by ex-
perienced men or women, who would
recognize in them the exceptions that ac-
Cording TO the adage prove the rule, but
they are read or seen by young as well as
Old and their tendency is to confuse the
sense of right and wrong, and thus to
break down the conception of morality
Camille" as novel and play is a notable
example of this misuse Of the opDOrtuni-
ties of novelist and dramatist to instruct
as well as TO entertain the public, and in
recent years even more daring attempts
have been made to establish the exceptions
to the general rules OF morality and to
excuse those who have done wrong by
exhibiting their sufferings and thus arous-
ing the sympathies of reader or audience
1t is impossible to specify what shall be
considered moral and what immoral In liter
ature and the drama, but as a general rule
any novel or play which raises a doubt in
the mind as TO the truth of the generally
accepted principles of morality is TO be
avoided as unwholesome. Authors seek
TO get away from the conventional plan of
the story in which virtue is rewarded and
vice is punished. but in doing so they near
~ always teach bad lesson or shake the
faith Of the young in good lessons. Thack-
cray has shown how to picture humanity
in true colors without losing sight of gener-
al principles of morality. His heroes are
not altogether heroes, his villains are not
altogether bad. yet his novels have a
wholesome influence. Some later writer's.
and especially dramatists. have, In their
efforts to be original reversed the old
| order Of plays and endeavored TO arouse the
sympathies OF auditors for the wrongdoers
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NOT REGIMENTALLY DRUNK.
A Distinction without Difference in
Military PhraseOIOgy.
Post


1--WE had some very funny experiences
during the late war; said an officer wear
ing the shoulder straps of a major OF vol
reaes crime M you Of sNf Which D an enlisted man
can be guilty of in the eyes OF the military
authorities is that of drunkenness, ana the
majority of punishmentS inflicted at the
camps were for this offense. While we were
at Montauk incessant watchfulneSs had 10
be exercised in order to prevent the men
from smuggling liquor into the camp; put
in spite Of all precautions, cases or IN
toxication were frequent. One day man
of my command was arrested by the guard
as he was trying to carry tulI-SlZed jag
past the unsympathetic sentry on duty;
I'm the morning after he had had time
to sleep off the fumes of his debauchs ne
was brought before me as the senior oiicer
of the regiment for investigation. AFTER
his arrest he sent for the surgeon OF the
regiment and the captain of his company,
and after they had inspected him, both de-
clared that they could detect no signs OF
liquor on the accused man. the case OF
course was a difficult one to decide. On the
one hand the noncom. of the guard sWore
positively that the man was drunk, ana on
the other hand had the evidence or a"t Two
officers, one of whom, the doctor at least,
was entitled to respectful consideration as
a medical expert. After having near heafo n's Ine
evidence Of the two oneers san of cneu be Emer n
aid isle for his evidence ,,- rLo.,
nc .True Triae to the traditions Of his race, he
. well, sir he had been drinking;
THAT is not the question; asked you
Il Y .He had taken liquor, SIR o.
THAT won't do; was he drunk! Give
me a straight answer. -.
The hqmmed and ard deFatehsd nslIS fnds h5s
INC if draWled out, while number of
officers listened anxiously for the answer aiaivot
We'll, sir, he was not to say riglInlh-
'ti.s aKs soon t,r as ]. was able to control my
countenance and my trisiple facuites'
aSFsNi "SWhat do you mean by "regimentaily
drunk?"' a. or,,ard without
falling down, and only staggers, we Would
not can him rigGintaIyt Gd al The dsanR same Ou' ne
ssAmid a roar of laughter, l discharged
the at the same o bd te Sure wfEan that man
NOS srieimintally drunk before connnlng
him. and after that when 09 one ardentg St dhs
~ ti,n nhrine IF Racchus the question used
tf11 fo be- bt,G asked, Was he rgimintally drunk
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with paralysis six or eight months ago, is
reported to be improving in health.


In 'McFadden's Flats" which will begin
an engagement at the Park tomorrow,
Tim McFadden. a saloon keeper in one Of
the East Side wards below Canal street, Sc
cures the nomination for alderman, and to
celebrate the event sends his two dwarf
sons, dressed as yellow kids for a drive
through the streets In small two-wheeled
cart drawn by couple OF dllapldated
goats. The funny Specht dwarfs play the
kids" The faTce-comedy is built around
the race for alderman. and many funny in
cidents are represented on the stage during
the three acts. Specialties form a good
part OF the entertainment, the list including
dancing novelty by Estelle wellington
and Charles Morgan. Sadie Connolly in a
little bit Of everything. Harry Watson's BIZ
cycle tramp, the five Noses in the musical
act, Harry C.andan in a monoogue, the
midget Speck Brothers in their well-known
glove contests and songs and dances by the
company. ''McFaddens Flats" will give
the Parks audiences some lively farce-com-
edy, and it's three days there are sure to be
busy ones. The last performances OF
Daughters Of the Poor" will be given to-
day.
Mr. Hornlng; of the Grand stock COM
pany. is an artist with the brush Of more
than ordinary ability He has not many
spare moments during the season, for, as
all other members Of the stock company,
he is kept hard at work every day as well
as night, but in the summer time he de-
votes much attention to the painting art,
of which he is very fond. Several OF his
paintings have been on exhibition in vari-
Gus prominent exhibits and have won high
praise from art critics. Mr.. Horning is also
a linguist, speaking several languages hu-
emily.
In Mizzoura" promises to have a good
week at the Grand. The various members
Of the company, in their homely Missouri
town characters, present widely different
appearance from their usual society roles.
The introduction of a little music in the
second act of I'm MiZzoura," contributed
by a colored quartet. adds to the pic
turesque action. The several members of
the quartet also do some characteristic
dancing Next week the stock company
will return to society drama, presenting
Charles Kleins THE District Attorney"
A number of pupils and teachers from the
Blind Institute were guests of the manage
mcnt at English's last night and seemed
to enjoy JULIUS Caesar" as much as the
rest of the audience
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-07
WHAT ADMIRAL DEWEY SAID.
Flag Lieutenant Surprises Him by Re
peating Some of His Language.
VVashinotou 7 Tatter

peating Some of His Language.
Washington Letter.
A correspondent who was with the Ameri-
can fleet during the memorable battle OF
Manila tells q good story OF @ Admiral Dewey: st
the fight and asked him what ne SAID Whlle
the battle was raging.
''Why, John, I can't for the life of me re-
member what l said during the fight" the
admiral said knitting his brows thought
fully. Il was so busy, you know, that
paid no attention to anything except the
"Try and think what YOU said" urged
the correspondent. Il b9iieVe there Is q
good, story in the fight tina has never been
Admiral Dewey thought long and earnest
ly not that he had any desire to glority
himself but simply because he wanted to
oblige the correspondent. Finally the corre-
spondent suggested that the admiraIs STAN
officers might recall something OF value as a
historical utterance. The idea was at once
acted upon by the admiral and he told his
orderly to call the officers. They presented
themselves two young flag lieutenants, who
have the most profound admiration for their
commander that can be imagined.
MIR. Scott, can you think of anything L
said during the tighting?' said Admiral
Dewey, addressing the Junior officer John
wants story and I'd like to help him out.
1 don't remember saying anything worth
repeating, do you?
it, sir" said the young officer, a faint twin
kle showing in his eyes.
10 OH, MI. OCOllg IcSpOuuCu <AdIiliA
Dewey. IF you can give John a story l
will thank you for it,"
'Well, sir, do you remember when we
were turning the second time on the figure
eight that you noticed that the Baltimore
was going farther away than had been or
dered?'
yes, remember that very WELL" replied
''Weil sir, do you remember what you
said as you noticed the position of the Bal
timore?"
mo, L have forgotten everything about
that except ordering a signal of some kind
to be displayed for the Baltimore. What
did / say?'
'You said What's the matter with the
blankety blanked man? Is the blankety
blank blank coward? Tell the blankety
banked Baltimore to close up. Blank him;
tell him to close upP
Admiral Dewey looked across the bay to-
wards the city of Manila a moment and
fecked the ashes from his cigar. The young
officers knees were beginning to tremble,
and the correspondent was beginning to
wish he had not been so persistent in his
search for historical utterance, when their
suspense was broken by the admiral saying
with quiet smile:
Let's look at the signal book for that
morning. That will tell what | said
The sigral book was quickly produced,
and this was all that could be found re-
ferring to the Baltimore:
please close up"
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-07
SCORES OF THE "BIKERS"
PIERCE STILL LEADING IN THE SIX
DAY TEST OF ENDURANCE.
At 2 O'Clock This Morning He Had
s46.1 Miles to His Credit-sIiIIer
Second and Waller Third.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-The leaders in the
six-day bicycle race at Madisen-square
Garden stirred the early evening crowds by
frequent brushes. At o'clock the score
showed Pierce within few laps of twenty
FIVE miles ahead Of Miller and the latter was
five miles ahead of Waller The three lead
ers rode without any symptom of fatigue
and Nawn, who was in eighth place, rode
along steady and easily. In a brush with
Miller Nawn outrode the German and gained
three laps, to the great delight of some hun
dreds of Irishmen present, who cheered him
continually. Schineer and Waller raced for
several laps, when Schineer took a bad
header on the southwest turn. Schineer re-
mounted few minutes later. Waller then
took a fall at the Madison-avenue end. He
shook himself and was off again without
much delay
Between and o'clock Pierce, who at
the earlier hour had been over twenty-threei
miles ahead of the record rested for forty
three minutes and at he was only little
over nine miles ahead. Miller and Waller,
second and third men, remained on the track
and materially lessened Pierce's lead. Miller
gained twelve and Waller eleven on Pierce
during the hour. Pierce came back a few
minutes after 8 o'clock and resumed his
usual speed Waller took another fall at S:15
He was not hurt Miller went off for twen-
ty-fve minutes and Waller crept up on him.
When Miller returned to the track he got
down to a fast pace and there was a not
contest all along the line between the lead
erS, and several positions were changed.
The crowd tonight was the largest since
the beginning of the race and it did not be-
gin to thin out until after midnight. Late
tonight Waller changed his machine and
rode chainless wheel. Miller, when asked
how he felt, said he was fresh as when
he started. he said he was going to win
and felt sure he could at the pace he had
cut out for himself. At midnight, forty-eighE
hours after the start Pierce was less than
two miles ahead of the record. At that hour
he had been resting for some time.
At 9 o'clock this "wednesday morning the
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-07
Craig's Candies
OENTTCT DR.. A. E. BUCHANAN
DAA LANA 1888 When Building.
ADJUSTMENTS.
EngIish's-"JuIius Caesar.v


Charles Hanfords production of Julius
Caesar" at English's last night was one of
the most picturesque and entertaining per-
formances of Shakespeare seen in this city
in years. The production was staged on a
scale of lavishness that has seldom been
surpassed by road company. The play was
given in a way TO excite the admiration and
enthusiasm of all Shakspearean students
There are not so many "supers in this
production as were employed by the great
Booth Barrett company, which astounded
all New York by the magnifcence of the
production of this great tragedy, in which
Brutus and Cassius carried on their famous
nlidbattle quarrel surrounded by five hum
dred warriors. accurately attired as Roman
soldiers, but Mr.. Hanford attains remark
ably realistic effect with one-tenth the num-
ber of well-trained helpers. In the FIRST act
Frank Henning., as Cassius. carried off the
honorS. George Morton, as Brutus seemed
listless and artificial in this act. but later
warmed up as the action of the piece be-
came more spirited until in the fourth act in
the speech of Brutus to the populace. he did
excellent work and received enthusiastic rec
ognition. The fourth act was also Mr.. Han
tords opportunity and he made the most
of 1t. AS Marc Antony, the lifelong friend
or CaeSar come TO pay him a last tribute
of respect and love, and incidentally arouse
the people TO revenge his DEATH Mr.. Han
ford spoke his lines with depth of feeling
that closely approximated reality At the
close or the famous Grafton he received sew
eral curtain calls and there seemed To be
a desire to hear speech from him. but
he declined. There are only two women char
acters in the play, but those are in most
competent hands. Miss Mary Timberman as
Calpurnia and Miss Marie Drofnah as
POrtia looked the characters they portrayed,
and acquitted themselves i'm a highly credit
able manner. The minor parts were capably
acted: indeed, some of those who had but
a few lines made distinct hits.
This afternoon Mr.. Hanford will be seen
as ShylOck in The Merchant of Venice and
tonight "Othello' will be the bill. after
which this theater will remain dark until
next Tuesday. when Sousa's "Bride-elect'
comes for three performances.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-07


The trustees of the Bowery Savings Bank,
at Grand street and the Bowery, the big
gest savings institution in this city, on
Monday next will reduce the rate of inter-
est allowed to depositors from 4 to 31a per
cent. The reduction has already been in
formally decided upon by the trustees, and
1t only needs their formal action at the
meeting, which is called for $3.50 o'clock in
the afternoon. 1t is likely that other big
savings banks in this city will follow suit
in reducing their rate of interest from 4 to
315 per cent. Their trustees have been dis
cussing the subject; All the banks are so
loaded up with cash that they are finding
difficulty in investing in gilt-edged securi-
ties that will yield returns warranting
them in continuing the 4 per cent. rate.
The situation is simply an outcome of the
plethora of money everywhere that has re-
duced the rate of interest yielded by safe
investments of all kinds. In this change
in savings bank interest New York is by
no means the leader. Already the banks in
Cleveland, o., Norfolk, Va, and Milwaukee
have scaled down the returrs TO their de-
positors In Chicago, Boston and Phila-
delphia the same important change is un-
der consideration.