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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13
AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND.
VIII Not BE Named Until After tn
Presidents Trip.

Washington. Oct. S.-The president
will not announce the selection Of Il
successor to Mr.. Hay rs ambassador
t. London before his return from his
Western trip. Mr.. White. the first
secretary of the American embassy at
London, is giving great satisfaction in
the discharge of his duties as charge.
so the president is taking his own time
in making Il selection for this i'm
pOrtant post.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13
COMPLAINTS EXAGGERATED.
So Say Three witnesses Before the
War investigation Board.

War investigation Board.
Washington, Oct. 9.-Three witnesses
were before tie war investigation
board yesterd*?. Gen. Greene, who
participated in the battle Of Manila
Col Lee, chief quartermaster at Camp
Thomas. and Maj. Hersey. who was
for time in command Of the Roose-
welt rough riders. Each admitted the
possibility of individual eases OF suf-
fering and discomfort. but all said that
the vast majority of complaints We're
exaggerated. if not without fourda-
ton. They agreed in saying that no
army was ever so abundantly and lux
uriously supplied as was the American
army in the Spanish war.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13

Paris, Oct. S.-Thcre were number
of ARRAYS here between the police and
strikers belonging to the building
trades. The troops are keeping order
in several districts, and it is reported
that striker has been killed in the
NeugrAuu.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13
THE STRUT CASE.
4 Mystery in the Death Of the Son of
an English Lord.

st. Louis. Oct. S.-A peculiar part of
the circumstances surrounding Will
lam STRUTS death. who was found
dead in a bath tub in his apartments
at the West End hotel. lies in the fact
that his clothes We're in his room,
which was securely locked and the
key was down in the office in his box.
STRUTS room was 100 feet distant
from the bathroom. and walk in Il
bathrobe along the corridor would GER
tainly have attracted attention. Who
turned the key upon Struts clothes
and then took it to the office is mys-
terry which the clerks and no one else
about the hotel can explain.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13
Farmer Made Homeless

Black River Falls. Wis. Oct 9.-The
farm residence of Charles Sprester.
two miles west Of town. was burned.
The contents We're partially saved.
Loss. 81 200 insurance. 5000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13
Killed nv II NlnAt.

Sparta. Mimi. Oct. s. A labOrcr
named Joseph DOnnelly was killed
and two others badly injured by dirt
from II blast falling upon them at the
Sparta mine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13
OH CHIEF DEAD.
Chippewa Indians ON White Enrtl
Reservation Are Mourning.

White Earth. Mimi. Oct. 8. = Wah-
paw-nah-quod. White Cloud, head
chief Of the White Earth reservation
and the Gladstone Of the Chippewa In
dams of Minnesota. died this morning.
aged seventy-siN years. His death is
Il serious loss to the Chippewa Indians.
Agency flags are flying at halfmast.
Everything is peaceful
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13

Madison. Wis. Oct 9.-Dr. W. \.
Prick. state insurance commissioner
placed his resignation from that office
in the hands Of Gov Sccfed. to take
effect Oct. Is.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13
Free Delivery,

Washington. Oct. S.-Acting Post
master General Heath has ordered
the establishment of rural fro" dcllv-
rrv service at 81. Thomas and May.
vile. n. ID.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13
EXASPERATE THE POPJLACE,
Chinese Ministers Fear the Affect
Upon the People of the Presence of
Foreign TrOOps

Picking, Oct. S.-The three principal
ministers of the tsung Ii yamen, or
Chinese foreign Office. visited the for
eign legations yesterday in an effort to
persuade the ministers to rescind the
orders they have issued for an increase
in the strength of their escorts, or le-
CATION guards. The Chinese ministers
say the presence here of the foreign
soldiers is likely to eXasperate the
Picking populace, which is now quiet.
1t is reported that the Taitai Of Tien
Tsin has refused to allow the passage
OF rapid fire guns except on the au-
thority Of the tsung Ii yanen. The
European mipisters will hold confer
Cl,cc on the escort question:
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13

The Japanese government will send
two cruisers to Chinese waters for the
protection CT subjects OF Japan in
China.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13

The decree of the senate OF Ecuador
nnnulllng the llarman-Naldivieso rail
road contract promises to bring about
another International question lnvolv-
Ing the United States.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13
EIGHT MEN
WE'RE KILLED,
MAI. WILKINSON AMONG THE NUM-.
BIER.

The Soldiers Were Taken by Sur
prise, but Rendered a Good Ac-
count Of Thcmselvcs-COl. Shce-
Inn Gives u Graphic Account of
the Action Up to the Time He
Lcft-Firing Continued Through
out the Dny-Gcn. Bacon Believed
to BE EntrcncheL-Rcinf Orcc-
m"ntx Arrive and Start Immedi-
atclv for the Scene q: Action.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13

Salem. Ore. Oct. 9.-'l'he ballot for
senator in the legislature yesterday
was as follows: Corbett, SO: Nj. A.
Miller of Lebanon, 23: George. 10:
Williams. 4; Eakin, q: Claude Cars OF
salem. >; \. e. Woodcock or Egan, l {:
Browncll. 1: Bennett, l: Hewitt, l.;
Blngcr Herman, !.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-13

the Commissions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-14
GOODBYE TO OMAHA.
The President Speaks Briefly and
Crosses to Council Bluffs.

OMAHA, Oct. 13-President Mckinley
was not permitted to leave Omaha to-day
without making one more address to the
people who had gathered at the station to
watch the departure of his train. Hundreds
of eager people crowded about the rear
platform and just as the train pulled out
for st. Louis the President said to them as
his parting words: II see that here in
Nebraska, as in every other State of the
Union, everybody loves the government and
everybody loves the flag, and cannot tell
you how hard it is for me to bid you all
goodbye"
Just across the river, at Council Bluffs,
Mr.. Mckinley again responded to the cheers
Of a great crowd. and said:
MY Felow-citizens-I am very much
gratifed at your reception. have just
come from the great city of the West and
have witnessed a wonderful exhibition of
your genius and skill and industry, as
shown at the Transmississippi Exposition.
Nothing has given me greater satisfaction
as I have journeyed through the country
than to look into the cheerful faces of the
people and to be assured from their ap-
pearance that despair no longer hangs over
the West and that you are having fair
share of prosperity and not only that but
you are having baptism of patriotism in
which we all rejoice"
The personnel of the party which left
Omaha is as follows: The President, his
nephew, James Mckinley. Secretary and
Mrs. Gage, Secretary Wilson and Miss Will
son, Postmaster General and Mrs. Smith.
Secretary Bliss, Secretaries Porter and
Cortelyou, Captain and Mrs. Lafayette H.
McWilliams, Colonel Clark E. Carr of Illi-
nois, and newspaper representatives. The
ride to the depot was a repetition of the
enthusiastic scenes of yesterday, people lin
ing the streets to obtain a glimpse of the
President. A large delegation accompanied
the party to the train, including Senators
Allen and Thurston. Mayor Moores, Presi-
dent Wattles Governor Holcomb and many
Others The train left over the Burlington
road and will arrive at st. Louis at an early
hour Friday morning.
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PROFESSIONAL MURDERERs.
American Commissioners Urged to
Prevent Return of NanigOs.

HAVANA, via Key West, Oct. 13.-A
pamphlet addressed to the United States
evacuatng commission has been printed and
widely circulated asking the American au-
thorities to prevent the return here, where
they would be a constant menace to order
and safety, of the seven hundred nanigos
who have been released from African
prisons by the Spanish government since
the protocol was signed. The nanigos are
professional murderers burglars, thieves
and criminals of the lowest and most de-
graded type. They form clubs binding MEM
bers to commit murders at fixed hours for
the mere sake of shedding blood. Senior
Perrua, farmer civil governor Of Havana,
dealt strongly with these ruffians, practical
ly breaking up their clubs here and sending
more than seven hundred to Spains penal
settlement in Africa. These are the GRIM
inals which Spain has released to return to
Havana and renew their criminal vocations
as a fresh obstacle "a the peaceful and quiet
reconstruction Of the island by the Amer-
cans The nanigo club has branches in
every town and village in Cuba, forming a
very powerful interprotective criminal class.
All the editorials in the local press of
late exhorting the Cubans to lay down their
arms and return to the cultivation of their
lands, pointing out that future prosperity
lies in Cuban cooperation with and OBJ
servance of American institutions and laws
and the folly of talk about absolute nde-
pendence and uprisings, have been relig-
iously suppressed by the official censor.
Notices at the head of the editorial columns
of La Lucha announcing the censorial death
of an article are matters of daily occur
renee, though the articles themselves give
good advice to the Cubans and are abso-
lutely harmless.
The customs receipts for the month of
September al the ports of Sagua, Cardenas,
Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Nuevitas, Caibarien
and Havana amounted to 81 800. $40, which
was $685., ,22O in excess Of the receipts of Sep
tember, 1897.
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these few are in a critical condition The
coroner's inquest brought out no evidence
of importance to-day. After the examina-
ton of about thirty miners the hearing was
adjourned until tomorrow.
A meeting of the executive committee of
strikers was held late this afternoon. Chair
man John Belger asserted that not man
among the Thiel agency and Pinkerton de-
tectives stationed within the stockade had
been sworn in as deputy sheriff. He fol-
lowed this statement by declaring that all
of them could be held as accessories on a
charge of murder. He stated there were
twenty men inside the stockade when the
train bearing the negroes stopped at the
shaft yesterday noon, and that fifty Pinker-
ton and Thiel men, acting as guards. were
on the train. He said none of these men
are residents of the State, and. consequent
ly, Sheriff Davenport had refused to swear
them in. The matter was discussed and
decision made to employ counsel, and lay
the matter before the grand jury.
The union miners this afternoon received
their semi-weekly allowance of 81 from the
union. State Secretary w. d. Ryan and
two soldiers were stationed before the en-
trance of the hall, and the miners were
admitted five at time. 1t took almost the
entire afternoon to disburse the money, but
there were no disturbances among the
crowd of waiting miners
At 1920 o'clock tonight a special train
arrived bearing Troops a and c, dismounted
cavalry, from Chicago and three COM
panies of Sons of Veterans Colonel Young
stated that he had no definite orders other
than to reinforce the soldiers already here.
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TRIBUTE TO IOwANs.
The President Speaks of Their Innu-
cnce in National Affairs.

CRESTON, Ia, Oct. 13.-At Corning the
President ascended an improvised platform
and spoke as follows:
1T gives me great pleasure to meet you
all and be greeted by you as / journey
through your State. We have been seeing
something in the last forty-eight hours of
the vastness and the wealth of this mighty
empire of the West, and l congratulate
You upon the evidences of prosperity and
of progress that have been constantly pre-
sented to me. Iowa is not only a great
State in its material possessions, in its
farms and its factories, but it is a great
State in influence on the Nation. From the
period of your admission into the American
Union as a State you had special influence
on national legislation 9nd<national admin
istration, and l know of no State in the
country to-day that has greater influence
In public affairs through senators and repre-
sentatives in Congress than this great State
of Iowa l have with me, my fellow-citi-
zens, number of the gentlemen who con-
stitute my Cabinet, and 1 am sure you will
all be glad to see and hear them. take
pleasure in presenting to you a citizen of
your own State. the farmer of the admins
tration, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,"
Mr.. Wilson was received with great en-
thusiasm, and made brief address to his
Iowa neighDOrS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-14
A CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY
BETWEEN GEN. MILES AND GEN.
sHAFTER AT TAMPA, FLA.
Wheeler Chosen by Alger to Succeed
Shafter in Case the Latter should ne
Disabled-Dr. H0H's Testimony.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13--After devoting
the forenoon to hearing the testimony OF
DR.. Hoff, a chief surgeon of the Third
Army Corps, stationed at Camp Thomas
the war investigation commission gave the
remainder of to-day to the reading of pa
pers submitted by Secretary Alger, with his
statement concerning the conduct of the
war. The documents reveal the fact that
General Miles recommended the occupation
of the island of Pines about the time OF
the battle Of Santiago and that Secretary
Alger disapproved the suggestion. 1t also
appears that General Miles recommended
that some point between Santiago and
Porto Rico be taken previous to the begin
ming of either campaign. The correspond
ence alst developed the fact that there was
an apparent conflict of authority between
General Miles and General Shafter at
Tampa before the Santiago campaign was
inaugurated. 1t also shows that orders
were issued by the secretary of war that
in the event that General Shafter should be
disabled by sickness or other cause, the
command of the troops at Santiago should
devolve upon General Wheeler, and upon
the next in command in case OF the disa-
bility Of both Shafter and Wheeler.
The commission has summoned Major
Louis L. Leaman, a surgeon of the First
Volunteer Engineers, to appear before it.
and he is expected to testify at to-mor-
rows session He has recently been quoted
in New York as saying that 200 men had
died daily because of the mails administra~
uon of the quartermasteEs depa eAaAnt-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-14
HEROIsM AND HUMANITY.
Two Phases of the War That Rebound
to Credit of Americans.

RED OAK, Ia, Oct. Bon a special car
attached to the Burlington flyer a commit
tee of St Louis business men journeyed
across Iowa with the presidential party
Among them were John c. Wilkinson and
Richard c. Kerens. The committee was ap-
pointed by the Business Mems League OF
st. Louis to accompany the President to
their city. United States Senator John H.
Gear also made the trip through Iowa At
Glenwood. Ia, where a great crowd had
congregated, the President ascended gayly
decorated platform near the station, and
said:
My Felow-citzens- am very glad to
meet you and greet you here this morning.
need not say that like the flag which
you carry. Wherever you put that flag in
the hands of the boys and the girls you
put patriotism in their hearts. There are
two strong and marked phases In the war
with Spain. The one is it's heroism and the
other its humanity. The individual valor
of the soldier and the sailor has never been
surpassed. Both at Manila and Santiago,
with Deweys fleet and Simpsons squadron,
there were distinguishing exhibitions of
personal valor and intrepedity which
thrilled all our hearts. So with the land
forces at San Juan hill and Ell Caney and
Manila; so with the marines at Guantan-
amo This is the heroic side. The other
Continued on Fifth Page1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-14
Demonstrations at Hastings, Red Oak,
Corning, GIenwOod, Creston, Bur-
IingtOn and Elsewhere.
SENTIMENT OF THE SPEECHES
THE PRESIDENTS UTTERANCEs ALL
OF A PATRIOTIC NATURE.
Tributes to the Soldiers and Sailors
and the Good Samaritans of the
Red CrOss-In ST. Louis To-day.

GALESBURG. ILL.,, Oct 13-Across the
wind-swept praries of Iowa the President
of the United States has been whirled to-
day on his return trip from the Omaha ex-
position. In western Iowa the crowds were
large and c,amorous at every point, but
when the eastern part of the State was
reached their magnitude seemed to swell at
every stopping place until at Burlington,
on the Mississippi, the climax was reached.
There the President did not attempt to
talk, was taken in a carriage through the
brilliantly lighted streets and for twenty
blocks was kept busy lifting his hat in re-
sponSe to the wild cheers of the citizens of
Burlington. Possibly the worst crush of the
people that Mr.. Mckinley ever experienced
was at the Burlington station when the car
riages came back. The President was
forced almost to fight his way for fifty
yards in order to reach the entrance to his
private car, but throughout all this he pre-
served his good temper and maintained q
smiling countenanec, as indeed has been the
case with him during all his Western trip
AS the train swept eastward the tenor Of
the Presidents speeches semed to center
more and more on the question of the for
eign policy of the government, and, judg-
ing by the applause of his auditors, they
were largely in accord with his sentiment
The last stop of the night was made at
Galesburg, ILL.,. and here the President faced
5000 people. On the platform with him
stood Major General Shafter, who was the
orator to-day at Galeshurg's peace jubilee.
Mighty waves Of applause went up from
the crowd as the President of the Republic
and the hero of Santiago stepped together
to the front of the platform. The President
said in part:
mot the least of my pleasure tonight is
that have been permitted to meet here the
commander of the splendid army in front
of Santiago. General Shafter. 1 suppose he
has told you the story of the heroism at
San Juan hill and Ell Caney and the other
points Of thrilling interest on that near
by island. which, through the valor of his
soldiers and the wisdom of the commander
brought to this country such a magnificent
triumph Somehow or other there is always
a man raised for the hour. When the Mer-
rimac was to be sunk there was a brave
lieutenant of the navy ready to sacrifice his
life. When the war came on there were
10000 volunteers within sity days marching
under the banner of freedom, and so in
every emergency to which this country has
ever been subjected the people have risen
to the highest measur of duty and of op-
portunity."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-14
COMMISSIONS WORK DONE.
Spaniards VIII Surrender Control of
Porto Rico on Oct. Is.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13-The following
cablegram has been received at the War
Department from General Brooke, dated
San Juan, Porto Rico, Oct ~:
THE United States commission informed
the Spanish commission that the United
States expects TO have complete possession
of Porto Rico on Oct. 1S The Spanish COM
mission assents to this and says that it is
expected the evacuation will be completed
on or before that day. If not they will con-
cede possession. The United States commits
sion has practically completed the details
of the evacuation and the joint commission
has held its last session and adjourned with
out delay. The United States troops will be
placed in San Juan and the flag raised at
noon Oct. 1S."
This dispatch is very gratifying to the
War Department officials as 1t ends all con-
tention regarding the possession OF Porto
Rico. The details of the agreement reached
by the commissioners have not been re-
ceived at the War Department, but as the
negotiations seem to have progressed
smoothly it is supposed the instructions of
the administration to the commission have
been carried out.
The four volunteer state regiments which
have been ordered home from Porto Rico,
the Third Illinois, Sixth Massachusetts,.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-14
VICTIMS OF THE FIGHT.
Fourteen Deaths So Far, and About
Twenty Men wounded.

Fourteen Deaths So Far, and About
Twenty Men Wounded.
VIRDEN. ILL.,, Oct. 13.-Although the day
passed without another outbreak of vio-
lence. no progress has been made toward
permanent peace. The idle miners are ex-
citable and determined, while the Chicago
Virden Coal Company has shown no sign
OF purpose to abandon It's plan of operat-
ing its mines with imported negroes. Yes
terday's shooting has resulted in fourteen
deaths so far. as follows:
ERNEST KITrERLY. miner. OF Mount
Olive.
ELLIS SMITH, miner, Mount Olive.
ED WELSH. miner. Springfield.
WILLIAM BLUE, miner, Springfield.
ERNEST KEMLER. miner. Mount Olive.
A. II. BRENNAMAN, miner, Girard.
FRANK BILYEN. miner. Springfield.
ED GREEN, miner. Mount Olive. died in
hospital at Springfield yesterday.
ERNEST LONG, miner. Mount Olive. died
In hospital at Springfield to-day.
D. II. KILEY, chief detective. Chicago.
A. w. CARROLL. guard on train. died
IN hospital at Springfield yesterday.
AL w. MORGAN, guard. Chicago. killed
In stockade.
THOMAS PRESTON. guard. Chicago.
killed at stockade last night.
WILLIAM HARTMAN. miner. died in hos
ritai at Springfield tonight.
The number OF injured will not much ex-
ceed last nights estimate OF twenty. OF
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Fourth Ohio and Third Wisconsin, will go
Immediately to the State headquarters when
they arrive In the United States, being
given sixty days furlough before being
mustered out.
A dispatch was received at the War De-
partment to-day from General Brooke,
dated at Ponce saying that two deaths had
occurred in the Sixteenth Pennsylvania
Regiment, Privates Arthur e. Darrow,
Company L, and Hiram A. Reynolds, Com
pany E. the former of typhoid and the lat
ter phthisis.
General Brooke has been directed by the
War Department to consider the subject
of permanent garrison for the Island
of Porto Rico. With the troops
now on the island and those en- route,
exclusive of those on the island
who have been ordered home, General
Brooke's command consists of about 5000
men. He is inclined to the belief that a
force of 5000 or 1000 will be ample as a
garrison for the island. Whether regiments
of regulars will be sent to Porto Rico will
depend upon the recommendation of Cen
eral Brooke. At all events it is not likely,
in the opinion of War Department officials,
that any regulars will be ordered to the
island before the first of next year.