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The Indianapolis journal., 1898-05-07

KEY WEST. Fla, May 6,-Commodore
Watson this afternoon received orders from
Washington instantly to release the French
mail steamer Lafayette and to send her 10
Havana under escort. The capture of the
Frenchman by the gunboat Annapolis turns
out to have been an unfortunate incident.
resulting from mistakes. 1t appears that
before the Lafayette sailed for Havana, the
French legation in Washington was in
structed tc communicate with the State De-
partment. This was done and permission
granted to the steamer to enter and dis
charge her passengers. Instructions for the
fulfillment of this agreement were sent
from Washington to Admiral Simpsons
squadron and it was only learned to-day
after the capture made that they were
never delivered. This afternoon United
States Commissioner Otto, United States
District Attorney Stripping and number
of other federal officials went out to the Ia-
fayette, examined her papers and called
the State Department for instructions
These came without delay in the form OF
an order to Commodore Watson.
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without word from Commodore Dewey or

without word from Commodore Dewey or
any other reliable source as to what hap
pened at Manila after the cable broke. Dur
ing the course of the day there were rumors
that cable communication had been re-
stored but these were soon found to be
baseless and the excitement subsidized. One
comfort the officials take in the situation,
although it is of negative character, is
that the lack of communication is probable
evidence that the Spaniards at least are
not in control at Manila else they would
speedily communicate that fact to the rest
of the world. If the delay means anything,
1t is believed not to. be more serious than
that Commodore Dewey has been delayed
IN. carrying out fully his plans for the oc-
cupation of Manila IN other words, it may
not have been possible for the Commodore
within the short space of two days to eff
feet the destruction of tfeSSpanish feet
the silencing of the forts at Cavite, the
seizure of Corrigedor island the capture
Of Manila and finally the restoration of
cable communications. If he has been de-
layed beyond Tuesday or Wednesday in
carrying out this extensive programme it is
not at all surprising that he has not been
heard from through a dispatch boat.
The State Depar lment is in close touch
Win NSiioul WIlulIldHt at IlOIiS-GAOlS, VIII
is expected to supply the earliest possible
news from the Philippines. The only mes
sage received from the consul to-day was
one informing the department that four
families of refugees in the Philippines had
petitoned for admission to United States
citizenship, something manifestly impos-
sibe for the consul to grant under the nat
uralization laws. 1t is barely possible that
the first news to come may be through
British sources, inasmuch as AL British
cable subventions contain a clause giving
the British government the precedence in
the use of the cable in an emergency
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-05-07
SIMPSONS MOVEMENTS.
Interesting News Expected from POr-
to Rico Within Few Days.

WASHINGTON, May 6.--Respecting Ad-
miral SIMPSONS movements the Navy De-
partment is still mute, although it is appar-
ent that interesting news is expected on
that subject within the next three days.
Therefore it is quite certain that the rumor
which originated in London to the effect
that Sampson has undertaken a campaign
in the Canaries is dismissed without at
tracing attention at the hands of the of
ficials. since it would be manifestly i'm
possible for the admiral to arrive at the
Canaries within so short space of time as
three DAYS. Again the monitors in his fleet
could not carry coal enough to make the
passage. Moreover, the naval strategic
board is not sending out notifications of
contemplated strategic moves lead
ing offioial said there was no rea-
son why foreign nations should be
given information Of an attack on
the Canaries. Since the United States
was conducting war 1t had the right. he
said, to chose its own points of attack
without keeping other governments ad-
vised of it's purposes
With the best disposition in the world to
meet the wishes Of the many young men
who are coming forward to serve in the
CONTINUED ON second Page1
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NO PROTEST HAS BEEN MADE
AND NO INTERNATIONAL CoMPLICA-
TIONs WILL REsULT.
Only Sufferers Are the Captors OF the
Steamer, Who will Get No Prize
MOney-Story of the Seizure.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-The vessels en-
gagged in the blockade Of Havana harbor
yesterday captured the Lafayette, French
mail steamer, and she was sent to Key
West where she arrived this morning. it
seems the seizure of the steamer was an
unfortunate affair, due to a miscarriage OF
orders, but any international difficulty. con-
nected with the taking of the French liner
has been removed by the prompt release OF
the vessel Immediately upon notice OF her
capture reaching the State Department.
The explanation for this action on the part
of the administration is given in the state
ment which follows and which was issued
from the White House to-night
THE Lafayette was released in pursuance
of orders which were issued by the Navy
Department previous to her seizure, but
which had not been received by the COM
manding officers of the vessels that made
the capture. The facts are that on April
20, the French embassy made an informal
inquiry as to whether the Lafayette, which
left Saint Nazaire, France, for Vera Cruz,
by way of Havana, before war was declared
or information of the blockade received,
would be allowed to land at Havana cer-
tain passengers, her mail bags and the dis
patch bag of the consulate general OK
France, and to take some French pas
sengers on board. An assurance was given
that, if this privilege should be granted, the
steamer would be forbidden by the French
consul to land goods. The matter was duly
considered, and 1T was decided that, with
out regard to the strict law Of blockade,
and, as an act of courtesy, the request- ok
the French government should be acceded
to. Orders were accordingly sent on the
second day of May. When information was
received of the capture of the steamer and
of her having been brought to Key West,
these orders were communicated to the cap
tors, with instructions to release the steen-
er and to see that the orders were duly
delivered, so that they might be carried into
effect. No demand was made either by or
on behalf of the French government. d.
rectly or indirectly, for the steamers re-
lease. The Wilmington will escort the La
fayette to Havana tonight"
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Reina Marie Christina-s,52O tons. built in
1856; speed, II knots; battery. six e.2-inch
Hontoria guns, two 2.7-inch and three 2.2-
inch rapid-fire rifles. six 1.4-inch and two
machine guns.
castilIa-s.si2 tons; built in 1881; battery.
s.s-inch Krupp rifles two 47-inch, two s.s-
inch. four 4-inch rapid-hre and two ma
chine guns.
velasco-l.152 tons; battery. three 5s-inch
Armstrong rifles. 27-inch Hontorias and two
machine guns.
Don Antonio de Ulloa and Don Juan de
Austria-Each 1880 tons; speed, II knots;
battery. 47-inch Hontoltas. s.2-inch rapid
nre, two l5-nch and two machine guns.
General Lezo and Eel cano-Gun vessels:
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SEIZURE OF THE STEAMER.
story Told by Correspondents Who
Witnessed the CAPTURE.

Copyright 1888, by the Associated Press.l
ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DISPATCH BOAT KATE SPENCER, via
Key West, Fla, May 6--The Lafayette. OF
the French General Transatlantic Cons
pany's line, vessel of 1894 tons gross regis
ter, bound from Coruna, Spain. on April 2Ss
for Havana, was captured yesterday even
ing off the latter port by the United States
gunboat Annapolis, Commander J. ].
Hunker, while trying to run the blockade
after having previously been warned off,
She has on board a large number of pass
sengers and valuable general cargo, possi-
bly, containing contraband Of war. The
Lafayette, which halls from st. Nazarre.
France, is a fine vessel of the old type She
is S4 feet long, has "A foot beam and is q
feet deep. She was built in 1864 at Greenock.
of iron Her capture was effected shortly
before sundown last night in the following
manner:
The Lafayette was heading for Havana
and was boarded by an officer of the An
napolis and warned not TO enter the port
She afterwards made an attempt TO do 50
and was captured, after an exciting chase.
The Wilmington Newport and Morrill, took
part in the capture of the Frenchman. After
an examination of the L.afayette's papers
had been made IA prize crew from the AIMS
apolis was placed on board and she was sene
to Key West. escorted by the Whining
ton. Previous TO this step being
taken Commander Hunker. of the Ann-
apolis, the temporary fieg officer. and Corn-
nander c. c. Todd. of the Wilmington, ex.
changed signals for over an hour. A dell.
cate international question is thought to bt
involved In the capture Of the French
steamer, but II was seemingly finally de-
cided to send her to Key West. The fact
that she left Spanish port, Corunna, on
April %. after the declaration of war. which
occurred on April p, seems to warrant hold
ing the Lafayette.
On the question OF contraband Of war the
officers OF the Wilmington were rcrieent.
but It seems hardly possible that the steam
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SPAIN'S LATEST PROTEST.

LONDON, May THE Coper-
hagen correspondent of the Daily
Mail says: Baron Wedel-Jarls-
berg, the Scandinavian minister at
Madrid, teiegraphs that Spain in
tends to protest to the powers
against the infringement of inter-
national law involved in Americas
failure to make the Cuban block
ade effective"
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-05-07
A CARLIST'S PREDICTION.


LONDON, May 6.-The Earl of
Ashburnham, who admits that he
is the represen .ative of Don Carlos
in England, says IN the course of
an interview: "The issue of the
war SO far concerns the present
occupant of the throne, who is al
ready lost. In very short time
either Don Carlos will be seated up
on the throne or a republic will be
proclaimed. 1t is difficult to say
which,"
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NEW YORK, May z, 6 a.

NEW YORK, May z, 6 a.
in.-The World, in an extra
edition just issued, publishes
a dispatch from ng-Kong
to the effect that news re-
ceived there from Manila on
the dispatch boat McCulloch
is to the effect that the entire
Spanish feet of eleven vessels
was destroyed. Three hun
dred Spaniards were killed
and 400 wounded. No lives
were lost on the United
States warships, but six per-
sons were wounded. Not one
'of the American ships was
injured.
The American fleet entered
the Bay of Manila under cover
of darkness, last Sunday
morning, but when it reached
Corregidor island the forts
there opened fire. No atten-
tion was paid to the batteries
by the Americans. for the fire
was not more harmful than a
salute. The fleet continued
its way into the bay until op-
posite Cavite, where the
Spanish ships were lying un-
der the guns of the forts.
Without wasting time Com
modore Dewey engaged the
enemy, with the result given
above.
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Three Hundred Spaniards Reported to Have
Been Slain and Four Hundred Injured.
Brief CabIegram to a New York Newspaper Giving
Meager Details-The Navy Department Motif
fled of the McCullochs Arrival.

624 tons; built 1885; speed, 11.5 knots. The
Geral Lezo has two Hontoria rifles of At
inch caliber one S.5-inch, two small rapid
fire and one machine gun; the FL Cano.
three 4.7-inch guns, two small rapid-hre and
two machine guns.
Marques del Duero-Dispatch boat, 300
tons; one smooth-bore 6.2-inch caliber, two
4.7-inch and one machine gun.
Isla de Cuba and the Isla de Luzon were
both small gunboats. They were of 1,1So tons
displacement. and carry four 47-inch Hon
torias, two small guns and two machine
guns.
Isla de Mindanoa--Company Transatlan-
tica of Cadiz, armed as cruiser; length, S76. S
feet; beam, 42.3 feet; gross tons. Abs; speed,
135 knots
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LYING LIKE TURKS.
Spaniards Telling Stories as Yellow
as Their FIng-Dewex Unframed.

LONDON, May 6.-The Spanish authori-
ties are trying to make as much as possible
out of the absence of news from Commodore
Dewey. They are supplying matter to the
London newspapers to the effect that the
American commander has been entrapped
by Admiral Montejo, who, they add, is
known to have left outside Manila bay a
dozen concealed gunboats. which now pre-
vent any exit Therefore, the Spanish claim,
1t is impossible for Commodore Dewey to
send a dispatch boat to Hong-Kong.
The Madrid Impartial says: "The officials
Of the German embassy have received a
dispatch from Hong Kong saying that the
American commodore in Manila bay is re-
ported to have effected landing at Cavite,
after a fresh bombardment of that place"
The officials here of the Eastern Tele-
graph Company, which concern controls the
Hong Manila cable. declare there is
absolutely no truth in the statement that
the cable to Manila is working
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-05-07

NEW YORK, May 6.-A dispatch from
Brussels to the World says: 1.-The Petit
Bleu prints an interview at Paris with a
high-placed parsonage, a Spaniard, who de-
clares that the American squadron could
not have entered the bay at Manila without
a secret understanding with the insurgents
He intimates that Mr.. Williams the United
States consul at Manila, hired spies for the
plIrpose' -
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THE MCULLOCH AT HONG-KONG.
WASHINGTON. May 7.

WASHINGTON. May Z.
The Navy Department has
received a cablegram from
Hong-Kong announcing the
arrival there of the revenue
cutter McCulloch. This is
the only information received,
but the department expects
advices within the next three
or four hours.
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MANILA A CABLE STATION.
Landing Place Was Changed from
BOlinaO Early Last Month.

New York Sun.
The landing of the cable from Hong-Kong
to the Philippine islands was at Manila, not
at Bolnao, as has been enormously pub
lished. when our fleet bombarded that city,
and thus Commodore Dewey may well have
taken the Manila end of the cable on board
the Olympia. The landing had been at
Eolinao until fhe first part of April, but it
was then transferred to Manila in order TO
insure communication between the Phlin-
pine apital and Madrid, the land line be-
tween Manila and Bolinao being at the
mercy of the insurgents.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, May 6.-Elmer Hunt,
Howard county boy, is one of the crew of
Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympia, at
Manila. He is a barber by occupation,
known in many Indiana towns. A year ago
he drifted to the Pacific coast, and while
at San Francisco joined the fleet then or
dered to Asiatic waters. No word has been
received from him since.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-05-07
MANILA BOMBARDED.

Great Loss of Life, According to a
Shanghai RumOr.
LONDON, May 6.-A special dispatch
from Shanghai, published to-day, gives
what purports to be the Japanese report of
the fighting at Manila. received via the
Island of Formosa. 1t says that after dis
posing of the Spanish fleet and Cavite, Com
modore Dewey bombarded Manila itself.
The city. 1t appears, was soon on fire in
many parts, the work, it is added chiefly
OF the insurgents. Great loss of life is re-
ported to have occurred among the Span
ish residents of the city.
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EIkhart Man ON the Baltimore.

cpC
ELKHART, Ind. May 6.-Hundreds of
Elkhartans have additional interest in the
news from Manila due to the fact that
Arthur Schultz, until recently q resident Of
Elkhart Is on the Baltimore He was
raised here, and was well known among
the young people, Mrs. Fred Whaphani
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spanish troops from Manila.

PORT SAID, May 6.-The Spanish steam
er Leo Kill with troops from Manila, has
sailed fer Barcelona.
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FRENCH MAIL STEAMER CAPTURED
WHILE RUNNING THE BLOCKADE,
But Ordered Released and Escorted
Back to Havana by the United
States Gunboat Wilmington.
HER SEIZURE A MISTAKE
DUE TO THE MISCARRIAGE or IN-
sTRUCTIoNs TO THE FLEET.

Permission Had Been Given by WASH
ingtOn Authorities for the steamer
to Discharge Her Passengers.
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NO WORD FROM DEWEY.
Navy Department Thinks He Is Wnit-
ing 30 Complete His Work.

WASHINGTON, May 6.--After another
day of waiting the Navy and State Depart
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-05-07
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT GROW
ING STRONGER EVERY HOUR.
Uprisings OF the Masses and Biclxer-
ings Of the Legislators Increasing
the Gravity of the Situation.
KING NOT IN BODILY PERIL
WILL BE PERMITTED TO QUIETLY
LEAVE WITH HIS MOTHER.

Continue tfon of the RiOtinS Through
out the Provinces and Numerous
Clashes with the Troops.
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DEWEY'S GREAT VICTORY
Arrival at HongKong of the Dispatch Boat
McCuIIoch with Advices from Manila.

No Americans Killed in the Battle Last Sunday, Only
Six Wounded, and None of the Com
modores Ships Damaged.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-05-07
Another Hoosier with Dewey.

and Jacob Geiss, until her husband returns
He is a musician on the Olympia.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-30
DOLLARS FOR NOBLE NAMES

In the London bankruptcy court a
peculiar, though probably not new
story was aired telling now a foolish
parvenu American manufacturer of hi
cycle tires was bed to death by
certain noble dead beats of the Eng
lish peerage simply through the sale to
his company of the use of their noble
names in its business.
Such stories, their commences and
the apparent ease with which people
not especially American, are foc'ed by
this means are a revelation and a sur
prise to the average common sense
man who declines to bow down and
worship or be over-awed by a noble
title.
1t appears that Ernest Terah Hooley
the American tire manufacture in
question-had seven English BEERS on
his staff-a noble array of dead beats
and sponges who tapped the parvenu's
purse to the tune of $2S7, 500 simply
for the use of their names as directors,
besides numerous other items.
No pity is to he wasted on tie VIC
tim of these noble bloodsuckers. for it
was Mr.. Hooleys idea to fool others
into investing in his business through
the use of these noble names He
simply overe3timated the market value
of lord or an earl in this connection
and the would-be bilker was biiked by
slicker sharpers than himself.
The Dunlop Tire Company was the
name of Mr.. Hooley's concern and he
used these noble names as a 0eccy for
investors who had more confidence in
the aristocracy than brains. For ex-
ample, he paid $125,000 in colo cash
for the use of Lord Delaware name
in his directory for this purpose. To
Lord Albemarle he paid $62,500. And
so on through a list of seven mobiles
who sweated down the profits n the
tlotation of the tire company from 49,
100000 to less than $1,000, 900.
Not only did these noble gentlemen
soak Mr.. Hooley heavily for the use
of their names but they made him
come down handsomely for their noble
intrOductions. For example Hooey
swore he paid Lord Delaware E check
for $4,000 for simply saying: LORD
Greville, Mr.. Hooley-Mr Hooley.
Lord Greville." The Earl of Winchel-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-30
ONE WAY OF GETTING THIN.

The glory of having discovered a
way of getting thin and of keeping in
good condition when enc Is deprived
of usual means of exercise must rest
with the wife of an English officer in
India. AS sometimes happens after a
long illness and its subsequent con-
finement, this lady found herself, when
able to move about again, almost twice
her normal size. She could not walk,
nor was she able, through nervousness,
either to ride or to enter outdoor
sports. One day she thought of the
skipping rope of her girlhood After a
few weeks practice she began to gain
in health and to decrease in size.
She makes a daily record of 600
skips. AS she exercises several times
a day, her record represents the sum
! total of her days work. Her custom
has been widely followed Women
accustomed to outdoor exercise, and
made wretched by confinement in
doors or to a limited area, use the
skipping rope. Practiced with prud-
ence, no other form of exercise. it is
said, is equal to it in it's beneficial re-
suits. or accomplishes greater wonders
in reducing fiesh.-Harper's Bazaar.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-30

"a ~ sid 81 Y. ~
the uss of bis name a ciairm61 d M
Hooley's company. ~
London Just now Is interested Ia
the taking in Of the American parvenu
by these noble beats, who are knowL
as guinea pigs" and whe make pocket
money in this manner. not that it is
anything new, but that 1t is surprising
that any business man should lave al
lowed himself to be bilked open-eyed
to the extent Mr.. Hooley admits lie was
swindled.
Mr.. Hooley is now poorer but a
wiser man and it is to be hopeG that
other Americans who are afflicted with
this species Of insanity will take warn
ing by his fate. As for the English
men who are constantly fooled and
bilked by the titled "sharpers" iE their
midst, they probably never will learn
any better, If they do not actually ell
joy it as a cute way the nobility have.
And the hardworking, humble city
will doubtless continue to be fooled as
Of old by the titled fim-fiammers of
the West End"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-30
MARTYR TO SPANISH TYRANNY.

A remarkable story is published in Lon
don in reference to one of the many Incl
dents that have gone to fill to the brim
the cup of Spains iniquity Don Jose
Rial, a nobly born Castilian. with a turn
for poetry, lived on his estates in Manila
and had ample opportunity for studying
the methods of his countrymen as colo
NAL rulers. His sympathies were enlisted
on the side of the revolution. and he gave
expression TO them in verses which
spread rapidly through the island.
The military governor came to the con-
clusion that these utterances were treas
enable, and he ordered the arrest of the
poet on the eve of his marriage with
Louise Tauffers, the daughter of the Ger
man consul general. He. was at once
placed on board the cruiser Gorilla and
sent to Barcelona. There a court mar
tial speedily settled the business by SEN
fencing him TO be shot.
At this juncture Fraulein Taufrers ar
rived on the scene, and the general in
command was induced to allow the un-
happy pair to be married before the SEN
tence was carried out. On the morning
of March q the ceremony took place
and five minutes later Don Jose, who
bad passed his last night In writing q
toen. mi UNimo Pensamiento.'' was
( parched on TO the barrack square and
Jed with heroic courage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-30
CHILDREN'S NERVES.

A nice old English lady, hearing an
American child spoken OF as nervous.
said: Nervous? Is there anything the
matter with it's mind?"
She was one of the class of comfort
able. phlegmatic English women who
accept the world as the Bible explains
creation, and religion as established
by the English church, and who live
and move and have their being with a
placidity simply maddening to most
Americans. Her babies were roly-
poly, kitten-like little creatures, tucked
away through babyhood in quiet cor
ners to stare at nothing, doze and
breathe and squirm and grow. Nerves
in a child would only mean to her
grave arrangement, probably mental,
and in certain sense she is right.
Childhood should be a period of
healthy animalism. Simply to observe
and absorb is enough in this electrical
American atmosphere Of ours until a
child is years old. To teach him any
thing previously is mistake. He has
enough to do if he simply takes in his
surroundings, and that is what every
child does, and that is why a cowlike,
uneducated mot illiterate or vulgar
nurse is better for the first years of a
child's life than its highly organized,
nervous mother. Such a nurse has the
same effect upon the child as the COM
partnership of dumb animals, than
which there is nothing better 1t is an
influence which soothes and amuses,
does not disturb and is wholesome.
After I, however, when it is safe to
develop the little mind a nursery gov
erness should be substituted for the
servant; perhaps it may be wise ear
lier.