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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-02
SHORTER WORK DAY.
GOmpers Urges Fewer Hours for All
Who Labor for the Government.


WASHINGTON, Nov. President Com
pars of the American Federation of Labor.
has sent a letter to state branches of the
order in reference to the bill to create an
eight-hour day for all government work,
whether done by the government direct or
by contract, in which he says:
During the last session OF Congress our
eight-hour bill III. r. 1880 passed the House
of Representatives. Owing to the OPPOSE
ton of some of the senators it did not pass
the Senate. 1t is unnecessary at
this time to enter into an argument in ia
vor of the eight-hour day and its establish
ment by law for all government work,
whether performed direct or by contract;
but one statement made by an interested
opponent will suffice to convince all that it
will not destroy nor injure or be an OBJ
stacle in the general industries, nor the de-
velopment of our increasing shipbuilding.
Mr.. Cramp, of the Cramp ship yards, be-
fore the Senate committee on education and
labor, admitted that, Notwithstanding the
workmen in the shipyards Of France
worked eleven and twelve hours per day,
and the workmen in the shipyards of the
United States nine or ten, that while
French shipbuilders offered to build Russian
war ships in five years, Mr.. Cramps COM
pany agreed to build the vessels in thirty
months. NOTWITHSTANDING wages are l1SH6r
in the United States than in France, the
French shipbuilders wanted more money to
build the Russian war vessels than the
Cramp company had contracted to deliver
them.
'"The executive council of the American
Federation of Labor, at the meeting held
here Oct. "a and 25, instructed the UNDER
signed to request you, and do so request
you now, to associate with yourself any
committee Of union men for the purpose of
waiting upon senators for the purpose Of
securing promise from them that they will
favor cur eight-hour bill at the coming ses-
sion of Congress in December. If neces-
sary we should be pleased to have you APP
point committees to wait upon either or
both of these senators to obtain like re-
suits.
1--WE have no partisan interests to further
or to punish our movement, our cause,
and our interests are committed to and
largely involved in the eight-hour law and
the eight-hour movement We propose to
oppose those who are antagonistic to the
lawful and peaceful methods and measures
of our organized fellow-workers.
BY the cordial and prompt cooperation Of
all there can be no dou1t but we shall re-
move opposition to our bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-02
HEART DISEASE.
SOME FACTS REGARDING THE RAPID
INCREASE OF HEART TROUBLES.
Do Not Be Alarmed, but Look for the
Cause.

Heart troubles, at least among Americans.
are certainly increasing. and while this may
be largely due to the excitement and worry
of American business life, it is more often
the result of weak stomachs, of poor diges-
ton.
Real. organic heart disease is iEcurable:
but not one case in a hundred of heart
trouble is organic.
The close relation between heart trouble
and poor digestion is because both organs
are controlled by branches of the same
great nerves, the Sympathetic and Pneu-
mogastric.
In another way also the heart is affected
by that form of poor digestion, which causes
gas and fermentation from half digested
food; there is a feeling of oppression and
heaviness in the chest caused by pressure OF
the dlstended stomach on the heart ana
lungs, interfering with their action; hence
arises palpitation and short breath.
Poor digestion also poisons the blood,
makes u thin and watery, which irritateS
and weakenS the heart.
The most sensible treatment for heart
trouble is TO improve the digestion and to
insure the prompt assimilation of food.
This can best be done by the regular use
after meals, OF some safe, pleasant and
effective digestive preparation, like Stuart
Dyspepsia Tablets, which may be found at
most drug stores and which contain VAL
liable, harmless digestive elements in
pleasant, convenient form.
1t is safe to say that the regular persist
ent use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets at
meal time will cure any form of stomach
trouble except cancer Of the stomach.
Full-SiZed package of the tablets sold by
druggists at so cents
Little book on stomach troubles mailed
free. Address Stuart Co, Marshall, Mich.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-02
HAD REASON FOR HASTE
WHY NICARAGUA MADE THE NEW
CANAL AGREEMENT IN A HURRY.
The Republic Passed Out Of Existence
United States OF Central America.

NEW YORK, Nov. IA dispatch to the
Herald from Washington says: There ap-
pears to have been good reason for the
prompt action of the Nicaraguan Congress
in ratifying the new agreement entered into
between President Zelaya and MeSSrs.
Eyre and Cragin for the Nicaraguan canal
concession. Nicarauga will cease to-day to
exist as a republic, and any future action
respecting foreign concessions in connec-
ton with the canal project will have to be
taken by the United States of Central
America comprising what will hereafter
be known as the States of Honduras, Sal
vador and Nicaragua Amy further negotia-
tions by the United States government in
regard to the Nicaraguan canal will there
fore have to be with this new republic. The
recent activity of Messrs. Eyre and Cragin
in securing the agreement with the Presi-
dent of Nicaragua, and the promptness dis
played by the Nicaraguan Congress in rati-
flying the agreement can, therefore, be we'll
understood. AS understood here these gen.
tlemen have not actually obtained the con-
cession for building the canal-this in not
admissible under the present term of con-
tract with the Maritime Canal Company
but an option. which gives them the right
to construct the canal when the contract
AAON ASAO IN Tic 01G-Ab4AAC Sdlld4 OOAipdlly
lapses But Whatever may be the technical
name for the agreement which has been
recently entered into, there is little doubt
that Messrs. Eyre and Cragin have OBJ
tanned from the Nicaraguan government an
important and valuable privilege, which
will have to be considered when the time
comes for the United States government to
take hold of the project.
1.-THE granting to another company the
right to build the Nicaragua canal. provid-
ed the contract now held by the Maritime
Canal Company lapses as a result of fall
ufe to carry out its terms, Nicaragua has
greatly embarrassed the administration.
From the way the authorities talk it is
evident to their minds that the new COM
pany interested in the canal has simply
come in to complicate the situation. ana one
Of the officials said that he believed that it
could be bought out, and 1t was to obtain
such result that it negotiated the agree
ment it had made with the Nicaraguan gov
eminent. Article 40, of the concessions
given to the Nicaraguan Canal Company,
provides that If at the expiration of ten
years the work should not be completed SO
as to have maritime communication be-
tween the two oceans opened, in conSidera-
ton of the great capital the company may.
have invested in the enterprise, and of the
good will and ability it may have shown
ana the difficulties encountered, the republic
binds itself to concede new extension. Fur
thermore the contract provides that the
State binds itself not to make any subse-
Quent concession for the opening of the
canal between the two oceans during the
term of the present concession
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Gift from Miss Caldwell.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The Marquise
De Merinville, who was formerly well
known in America as Miss Mary Gwendo-
line Caldwell, marked the occasion of her
visit to the Catholic University on last
Sunday by giving to the rector of the uni
versity Rt. Rev. Monsignor Thomas J..
Conaty. D. D., a check for 5000 with which
to establish a scholarship in the Caldwell
Hall of Divinity for the diocese of Peoria.
The scholarship is founded in the name Of
her young nephew, Waldemar Conrad,
Baron Won Zedtwitz, the son of her Wild
owed sister. the Baroness Won Zedtwitz.
formerly Miss Lena Caldwell. who gave to
the university the divinity chapel as me-
mortal to her beloved parents.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Nov. 1.-Prepara-
ton is being made for troops to spend the
winter here A contract involving the ex-
penditure of $4,000 has been let for the erec-
ton of mess halls and sheds. Brig. Gen.
Richard Combs has assumed command of
the Second Brigade, First Division, and
Brig Gen A G.. Arnold, of the First Caval-
~ Brigade. Troop properties of the Fifth
Cavalry reached here and the regiment may
remove to Porto Rico in a few days. Rail-
roads have been asked TO make rates TO
Savannah. The First Infantry, from An
niston. has made a camp west of Hunts
willie, Major Brine commanding. Private
Mitchell, troop /, Seventh Cavalry who was
tried by general court-martial for losing
Announcements, has been sentenced TO four
months imprisonment and to forfeit $40
per month during confinement.
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FORTUNE IN FRANCE.
24,OOO,OOO Francs Awaiting the Heirs
of the Due De GrandmOnt.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov. Ely de
Grandmont, of Ashland. Wis, has been in
this city for few days en- route to Vic
toria. B. c., on an interesting mission. 1t
appears that the only heirs of the late Due
de Grandmont, of the department of the
Seine. France, lived In Canada and the
United States, the direct branches of the
dukes family having become extinct. On
his death he left an estate valued at "a
10000 francs, and the De Grandmonts living
on this continent viii receive it on proving
their claim. Ely de Grandmont is now Wis
dence of their ancestry for the purpose of
claiming the estate. After visiting Victoria
where he has relatives, he will go to Que
is native Of Three Rivers. Que but has
lived in Wisconsin for thirty-two years.
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MAIL SERVICE AT SANTIAGO.
An Interesting Report from POsta
Agent kempner.

Agent Kempner.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IA long and in
teresting report on the operations Of our
postal service in and around Santiago.
Cuba, has been submitted to First Assist
ant Postmaster General Heath by Postal
Agent Louis Kempner, in charge at San
tiago. Mr. Kempner shows that, on June
%, before the landing of General Skaters
invading army in Guantanamo bay had
been half accomplished agents of the Post
Office Department had opened a postoffice
in the abandoned headquarters of the Span
ish garrison at Daiquiri. The first postal
agent assigned to this duty, Mr.. Eben
Brewer, laid down his life in the service.
On the 26th day Of June, the pioneer army
mail from Cuba to the United States was
put on board the dispatch boat Dolphin.
Three days later nearly three hundred
sacks of mail matter were delivered at
Daiquiri, more than half Of it addressed
to the volunteer regiments in the Fifth
Army Corps, namely, the Rough Riders,
the Seventy-first New York and the Sec
ond Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry,
then on their way to the fighting line. Pos
tai Agent Brewer determined that this
mail should be delivered at any cost. Find
ing 1t impossible to secure army transport
tation he bought horse, hired q Cuban
with a pony, loaded both the animals with
mail sacks, and, with the Cuban for a
guide started through the jungle for the
front He succeeded in delivering his mail
and then remained four days longer under
fire, aiding in carrying the wounded from
the field and in attending them in hospi-
tails
One hundred and twenty more sacks of
mail from the United States were delivered
at Sboney on the 10th of July and four
clerks arrived to reinforce the slender pos
tai force, which, in the meantime. had been
slightly augmented by details of enlisted
men from the army, and of this force Mr..
Kempner took charge. When the yellow
fever infected buildings at Siboney were
burned by the military authorities, every
piece of mail matter was saved although
the postal employees had to submit to the
destruction of their own clothing and per-
sonal effects. Prompt measures were taken
to disnfect the mails and service was re-
sumed after only brief interruption.
Upon the surrender of Santiago the
Spanish postoffice in that city was taken
possession of by the United States, postal
agent. The services OF the Spanish director
(who carried a modest payroll Of nearly
$1,000 per annum) and of ten of his clerks
were dispensed with, and the Office was
put upon a United States footing.
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THE NEW REPUBLIC.
How the "CcntraI States of America
VIII BE Governed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1.-The steamer
Acapulco which arrived from South Amer
lea to-day brings news of the coalition of
three Central American states-Salvador,
Nicaragua and HondTas-which will be
conducted under a common administration
to be known as the United States of Gen.
trail America. The Inauguration Of the new
regime was to be ushered in to-day, accord
ing to the Acapulco's passengers,
and a grand celebration in honor
of the event was to be held at
Arnalpa, which is to be the seat of
government. Under the form of the govern
ment the administration passes into the
control of a representative from each of
the republics-Dr Salvador Callegas, of
Salvador; DR.. Miguel Angel Ugarte, Of
Honduras. and DR.. Manuel Corronel Matus,
of Nicaragua. The three gentlemen men,
toned above will continue in power until
the 14th of March next, when they will
formally elect a President of the United
States of Central America, who will hold
office four years. Advces state that the
three countries have practically agreed on
j. Rosa PacoSe, of Salvador, for the execu-
tive chair. In the meantime the Presidents
OF the three republics will assume the grade
of Governors and Immediately after there
will be an election in Salvador. The three
gubernatorial candidates are Gen. Thomas
Regalado. Horacio Villeoicencia and Carlos
MelOndeZ,
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NEW SUGAR REFINERY.
The DOscher Company May Have n
Fight with the Big Trust.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-The new Doscher
sugar refinery began it's actual output of
refined sugar to-day. Friends of the new
enterprise insist that through the use of
modern apparatus the Doscher plant will
be able to turn out it's product at an aver
age of over one-eighth of cent per pound
cheaper than is possible In the old re-
fineries. President Havemeyer, of the Amer
lean sugar refinery. is quoted as saying to
business acquaintance that it is the Dos
cher and not the Arbuckle competition
which he has reason to consider and from
the same quarter come rather violent pre-
dictions of dreadful things which the COM
pany proposes to inflict upon the rash Sc
ceders. One of the first collisions between
the Doscher and the American companies
will be in the manner of controlling the
patronage of wholesale grocers. Dominance
in that quarter is to be made the subject
of the first test of the Doscher enterprise.
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JOLIET, ILL.,, Nov. 1.-The threatened
strike of the galvanizers of the American
Steel and Iron Company which involved
three thousand employees, is off. The reduc-
ton that was to take place to-day has been
averted. The men notified the company they
would not accept, declaring that Governor
Tanners action in the mining districts in
using the state troops to keep out imported
labor had set a precedent that would pre-
vent the repetition in Illinois of the importa-
ton of labor said to have been practiced at
addition local political conditions are said to
have cut a figure. 1t is also said that Gov.
Tanners aid was invoked to influence Col.
the three big wire and steel nail magnates,
ali OF whom are, on Governor Tanners staff.
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TOD sLoAN's RIDING.
His Method Not Approved by the Pro-
fcssiOnaI BettOrs.

London Letter in New York Tribune.
Sloan remains the idol of the hour on the
turf. He closed the Newmarket meeting by
taking three races in succession without a
miss-a record only surpassed by his own
at the previous meeting, when he was first
at the winning post five times without a
break Some of his recent achievements
have been remarkable. -Four English jock
eys had tried their hand with the Ameri-
can-bred horse Caiman Madden had won
with him. but Loates, Bradford and Wood
could do nothing with him. Sloan has kept
him at the front from start to finish in
three races and proved that he is nearly
the best two-year-old in England The an
nouncement that the American jockey is to
wear the royal colors in the Cambridge
shire next week has at once made the
Prince of Waless Nunsuch q hot favorte
In the betting for that important race.
Sloan's following on the turf is a large
one because II includes the small investors,
who have only their half crowns and SOW
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-02
MORE REGULARS NEEDED
VOLUNTEERS IN FOREIGN LANDS
ANXIOUS TO COME HOME.
Army OF $4,000 or 100000 Men Neces-
SRry to Garrison Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The request of
the First Colorado Infantry to be returned
from Manila to the United States cannot be
granted by the War Department. It was
stated by officers Of the army to-day that
such requests had been frequent from sol
diers of volunteer organizations, who en-
listed to fight but did not enlist for gar
rrison duty. The desire of this regiment to
return home was simply the desire of other
volunteers. and nothing could be done, an
officer said, until Congress met and pro-
vided some kind of force to take the place
of the volunteers. The subject of reorganiz-
ing the army with a view to securing an
adequate force for the new possessions of
the United States has already received the
serious consideration of the President, the
secretary of war and officers of the army.
The President will make recommendations
to Congress on this subject, embodying his
views and the views of those who are in
position to give him the very best advice.
1t is probable that he will recommend an
increase of the army to something like
10000, although this is not certain, and he
may think 1900 is enough. There has been
some talk also of using for garrison duty
two companies or battalion of natives to
each regiment doing garrison duty in Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines. 1t is be-
lieved, by this method, a considerable por-
ton of the restless population Of the
islands, and especially those who have been
bearing arms in the inSurgent or Spanish
armies could be kept quiet and law-abiding.
1t is stated by officers of the army that the
duties devolving upon the troops under the
new order OF things cannot be satisfactory
to volunteers, and that an army will have
10 be provided which will go where Ii Is
sent without complaints Of any kind. Men
who enlist in the regular army hereafter
will understand that they are likely to be
called upon any time to go out of the coun-
try and to garrison distant lands for long
periods. 1t is believed that the demands
which have been made upon senators and
representatives for the muster out of vol
unteer regiments and the discharge of vol
unteers in regiments which have remained
fl the service, has been so great that they
will be convinced that a regular army for
garrison duty in the new possessions is
an absolute necessity.
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DEPARTURE OF sPANIARDs.
Two Thousand Leave Gtbara on Two
ships for the Peninsula.

ShEpb TOT inc K'eninSuIa.
HAVANA, Nov. This afternoon Senior
Girauta, secretary of the Supanish evacua-
ton commission, delivered to the American
commissioners two notes, one authorizing
DIR. Lame to inspect the sanitary condition
of the Spanish military hospital in Havana
with view to a report. and the other an
nouncing the sailing from Gibara. province
of Santiago on Oct. %. of the transports
San Ignacio and Notre Dame du Salut,
belonging TO the Holguin division. The note
further states that General Luque will re-
main until the last soldier is ready to GO
The steamer Chateau Laf1tte will sail from
this port tomorrow for Gibara to complete
the evacuation.
Tomorrow the members of the various
United States commissions and their stats
will go to the Colon cemetery to place
wreaths on the graves where lie the re-
mains OF the Maine victims. A committee
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-02

MIDDLETOWN. Pa, Nov. 1.-Chief
Quartermaster Howard has recommended
TO the War Department that the ware
houses and water system here be not dis
turbed before next spring. He is afraid the
SOUTHERN camps will not be success, and
in that event the corps may return north
If it is not sent to Cuba. He also recon-
mends the camp one for instruction.
which, III received favorably, will bring
large number of regulars here next year.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company Will
not remove its tracks until all hopes are
gone for the return of the soldiers When
the troops are nnally taken to their respec-
tive camps the Pennsylvania troops will be
disposed of as follows: Athens, Ga, Fiji
teenth Pennsylvania Infantry; Augusta,
Ga Eighth and Thirteenth Pennsylvania
Infantry; Summerville, S. c., Fourteenth
PENNSYLVANIA
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Prince HohenIohe's Cousin.

DETROIT. Mich. Nov. IA letter left
by Mrs. Amiel Sonnabend. who was found
dead in her bed nine days after she had
committed suicide, declares that deceased
was cousin Of Prince Hohenlohe, the Ger
man chancellor. Statements by the woman S
relationship
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Wood VIII Remain at Santiago.

WASHINGTON, Nov. IA few months
ago General Wood, in command of the city
Of Santiago. intimated to the secretary Of
war that he would like to come home on a
leave of absence. but in view of the fact
that General Lawton has turned over the
command of the Department of Santiago to
General Wood and has been assigned to a
corps command in the United States, it
will be impossible for General Wood to re-
turn to this country at present. General
Wood has made up hts mind to remain at
Santiago, has taken q house there and Mrs.
Wood and children will sail for Santiago
a week from tomorrow.
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new Commander for the Presidio.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Nov. brig.
Gen. Marcus P. Miller has been relieved Of
command at the Preside on account of his
early departure for the Philippines. Major
KinZie of the Third United States Artillery,
stationed at Alcatraz island has been tenn
porarily assigned TO the command of the
Preside. pending the arrival of Lieutenant
Colonel Wagner, Fourth Cavalry, who is at
present on sick leave.
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WILL PROBABLY DISBAND.
Joint Traffic Association to Go out of
Existence Friday.

NBV YORK. Nov. IAN informal meet
ing OF ,ns board Of managers of the Joint
Traffic Association was held to-day, when
the preliminaries for the meeting to be
held on Friday were talked over. While no
official expression could be given. II Is said
on good authority that the members present
agreed that there Is nothing left Tor the
association 70 do but disbsnd
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CAMP POLAND. KNOXVILLE. Tenn.
Nov. 1.-The first death among the division
hospital nurses occurred to-day. The vic
tim was Sister Mary Elizabeth Flanagan,
OF Baltimore. She died Of typhoid fever.
The hospital report to-day was. i've re-
ceived, two released, 247 remaining