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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11
THE LEADER TO VICTORY.

Admiral Dewey was assigned 20 the COM
mand of the Pacific squadron by the Presi-
dent. 1t was by the order of the President
that he sought the Spanish squadron, found
1t at Manila and destroyed it. The massing
of the American fleet about Cuba and the
bringing of the Oregon from the Pacific
coast to Cuban waters were the results of
the orders of the President. In conse-
quence of the presence of this naval force
about Cuba, the Spanish squadron was
forced to put into Santiago harbor. This
rendered the assistance of land force
necessary to drive the Spanish fleet out of
the harbor or to capture it. The land force
was sent, landed under difficulties and
fought the battles which resulted in the
surrender of Santiago and all the troops in
eastern Cuba A fortified town and over
5000 men surrendered to an army of 1900
This was accomplished by loss of about
800 killed and 1900 wounded. One will look
over the worlds history of wars a long time
to find a parallel for such victory. Know
ing that capture awaited him if he remained
in the harbor of Santiago, Cervera under
took to escape and lost every ship, prac-
tically sweeping Spain from the ocean. An
expedition landed in the island of Porto Rico
and was marching with little interruption
to it's capital city, when the Spanish au-
thorities sued for peace. At that time Spain
had 125,OOO soldiers in fortified towns in
Cuba. We began war with less than 25,-
GOO available troops against an enemy which
had 10000 men in Cuba, and a considerable
army in both the Philippines and Porto
Rico. In four months the President called
out an army and planned, or caused to be
planned for his approval, the movements
which resulted in victory which has as
tonished the world.
While this was going on the people APP
plauded the President and gIoried in the
victory achieved. In view of these triumphs.
should not the people indorse the President
by electing House of Representatives that
will assist him in completing the task which
the victory has imposed upon the Nation?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11
COMPLIMENT TO lands
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY WILL MAKE A
HALT IN THE NINTH DISTRICT.
Secretary Overstreet, of the Repub-
Iican Conversational Campaign Coma
mittee, Satisfied with the Outlook.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

SpeCldl 10 tue Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct 1O.-F'resident Nc
Kinley takes a warm personal interest in
the campaign in the Ninth Indiana district.
He rarely discusses Indiana politics that he
does not have pleasant word to say about
Representative Lands, coupled with the ex-
preston of sincere desire for his re-elec-
ton. He thoroughly likes Mr.. Lands and
often predicts for him a notable and sue
cessful political career. 1t is in testimony
of his kindly regard for and in compliment
to the brilliant representative from the
Ninth that the President so arranged his
itinerary that he could stop at Noblesville
on his trip from Chicago to Indianapolis.
1t will be his only stop between the two
Cities
The present Republican majority over the
combined opposition in the House of Rep
resentatives is fifty-six. The Republican
campaign managers are making no esti-
mates of the result of the coming elections.
The Democratic congressional committee, on
the other hand, is free to claim a majority
in the next House, giving specifications in
support of it's prophecy. Secretary over
street. of the Republican committee, says he
and his associates are perfectly willing the
opposition should elect a majority of con-
gressmen every day between now and cleo
ton day if they will only give the Repub-
licans the day when the voting is done. He
calls attention to the almost universal DEM
ocratic weakness for electing candidates
clear down to the opening OF the polls ana
then lay down. Mr. Overstreet is confident
the next House will be Republican.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11
NO CHANGE IN RULES.
Pensions still Allowed for Deafness
and Rheumn fiam.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1O.-Thcre has been
wide circulation given 10 the story originat-
ing at the recent annual encampment of the
G.. A. r. at Cincinnati that 1.-THE commits
sioner of pensions had called his chiefs to-
gether and instructed them TO disregard to-
tally every application based on deafness
and rheumatism in the adjudication of
claims for pensions The commissioner au-
thorizes the following statement:
''F'irst-No such instructions were given.
'Second-As to Deafness the present med
ical referee of the bureau. DR.. ]. F. Raub. a
prominent G.. A. r. man, says there has
been no change in the adjudication of
claims for deafness since the present sched-
ule OF ratings, which was approved Dec.
4. 1891. in accordance with the act of Aug.
%, 1888.
Third = AS to rheumatism. the present
chief of the board of review. Col. f.. ID.
Stephenson. also prominent G. A. r.
man, says there has been no change In the
adjudication of claims for rheumatism since
he came to the bureau. in 1869.
'Fourth-There has probably not been a
single working day passed since April l,
1897. that there have not been certificates
issued for both deafness and rheumatism.
There has been no change in the laws,
therefore no change in the practice, during
the present administra tion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11
READY FOR THE PRESIDENT
Omaha Will Have a Spectacular Pag-
cant in McKinley's Honor.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. TO- - Peace jubilee
week opened to-day with the most perfect
weather and the biggest crowd that has
yet passed through the gates. All the roads
running into Omaha brought crowds, the
rush of travel starting Unexpectedly. 1t
was not thought there would be many here
before tomorrow, but the people are anx-
ious to- see it all. Most of the visitors to-
day were from Missouri, there being from
1900 to 10000 of them in the city. The Bur-
hngton, in twenty-four hours ending at
noon, brought in ninety-five carloads. The
Missouri Pacific five morning trains brought
$500.
All local arrangements for the coming of
the President are complete, and the great
event of the week will be pulled off without
fail or Wednesday. The reception of the
President tomorrow night will be the oc-
casion for one of the most spectacular
pageants that have ever been witnessed in
the West. The Twenty-second Infantry
Regulars, the Second Nebraska Volunteer
Infantry and two troops of cavalry will
form the military escort. Along with these
will be the consolidated categorical and cleo
tr1cal paradeS of the knights of Ak Sar
Ben and the various civic societies. The
route of the President from the depot to
the Omaha Club, where. his party will be
housed during its stay, will be ablaze with
lights, extra illumnationS having been add
ed to the carnival-week display. President
Mckinley and party will review the parade
from a stand in front of the City Hall.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11
FALL TERM OF SUPREME COURT.
All the Justices i'm Their Seats When
Hearing of Motions Began.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1O.-The fall term of
the United States Supreme Court began at
noon to-day, the justices coming together
after an extended summer vacation. The
courtroom was crowded with prominent
members of the federal bar including At
torney General Griggs, Assistant Attorney
General Boyd, Former Attorney General
Garland Senator Foraker Solicitor General
Richards, Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, and
with many spectators drawn by the interest
attaching to the opening day of the term
There was added interest in the reassem-
bling this year, owing to the Importance of
some OF the cases about to be decided. in
Guiding the test on the legality of the rail-
road traffic associations. The bench pre-
sented full array of the justices. Chief
Justice Fuller announced that the usual
custom was to meet and adjourn on the
opening day, in order to join in a call of re-
spect on the President, but owing to the
Presidents enforced absence from the city,
the court would hear motions to-day and
begin calling the docket tomorrow. The mo-
tions were of a formal character, for adj
vancement certiorari. etc. The cid La Abra
mining cases are put at the foot of assigned
cases or Oct. IL. The case of Dunlap VS..
United States, involving drawbacks of sew
eral millions of alcohol, was set for Nov. /.
At 1920 the court adjourned until to-mor-
row. when the call of the docket begins
The first decisions are expected to be hand
ed down next Monday.
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General Notes.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 10-To-day's state
ment of the condition of the treasury shows:
Available cash balance. $SO6. 6S9, sSS; gold re-
serve. $244. S54,412.
The President has appointed NJ. d. Taylor
to be register of the land office at st. Cloud
MINI. l.. c. Burris and Napoleon Banns-
worth, of Indian Territory both Indians.
nave been appointed coal and asphalt truS-
tees for the Choctaw and Chickasaw ma
To-days statement of the condition of the
treasury shows: Available cash balance,
$S96 6Ss ,6SS; gold reserve, $244, S54,4l2.
Inc immigration Bureau has information
mat TWO steamships with two thousand
ltaiian immigrants on board are soon due
10 arrive at New Orleans. but as that city
is quarantined the immigration Bureau will
Send force of inspectors to Pensacola
where they will be landed
Hon. Charles G. Dawes, controller of the
currency and treasurer of the fund to be
raised by voluntary contributions of the
school children of the United States to
erect monument in Paris to General La
fayette, is receiving encouraging reports
from all sections. Although Oct. 19 is the
day fixed by the committee on which COL
lections are to be taken up in all the
schools, donations already have begun to
arrive.
Mr. III. w. Berthrong, of Boston, who has
had twenty-eight years experience in the
customs service, has been selected to take
charge OF customs matters at Manzanillo
Cuba.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11
Infiammatory Diatribes which Are
Intended to Excite Fiiipinos and
Engender Ill Feeling.
WORK FOR THE PRESS CENSOR
THE TAGALLOS SAID TO BE UNFIT
FOR sELF-GOVERNMENT.
General Merriam Arranging for Dis
patch Of Another Military Expe-
ditiOn to the Philippines.

MANILA, Sept l, via San Francisco, Oct.
1O.-The Spanish newspapers in Manila are
reveiing in an unprecedented atmosphere of
freedom and criticise the American authori-
ties IN way they never would have dared
to criticise their own government, for the
Spanish censor has now joined the great
army of unemployed and the United States
censor confines his attention to cable
grams going abroad. He will not he says,
permit word to be said in any way derog-
atory to the United States army or au-
thorities, but he takes no notice of the vio-
lent infammatory diatribes daily exciting
the people of the Philippines against the
Americans He let's Spaniards say what
they like to their readers, while he refuses
to trust the American people and loyal
American journalists.
The Oceania Espanola of Aug. 81 contains
fierce article. entitled Chaos" pointing
out that no other word can describe the
condition of Manila under its new rulers
The article complains that the American
authorities have removed public officials
and failed to appoint their successors
thereby creating great confusion and hard
ship to the population of the Philippines.
The editorial says: thousands of poor
trades-people, laborers, contractors and 9TH
ers, having been doing business for the mu-
nicipal authorities of the different wards
and now everything is stopped and the poor
people cannot get the money due them for
work done or goods supplied prior to the
surrender. To thousands in this city one
small silver dollar makes all the difference
between starvation and contentment; yet
all the dollars in the treasury have been
seized by the Americans. Perhaps some
day all debts shall be paid, but the artisan,
the street sweeper, the small storekeeper,
who does not know where to-morrow's din
ner will come from. cannot feed his family
on the song of Some Day. The govern
ment pawnshop and savings bank is an
American volunteer headquarters. How
many thousands of people therefore curse
the American people, who have been ready
to bless them ready to welcome them as
liberators until they find themselves at lib
erty to starve pending negotiations
There is no blame to the Americans for
not being reaGy all in a minute to run
complicated organization entirely strange
to them, but in the name of reason and hui
mainly there is severe blame for stopping
one machine before the other is ready. 1t
has caused and is causing an indescribable
amount of misery among the many thou
sands of poor people in Manila. General
Merritt was quick enough to grab the Gus
toms and get his staff working there, be-
cause the customs may be MIXED as richly
as a. good Swiss COW, but attending to the
public wants of a. poor populace is not re-
munerative, and he not only neglects 1t
himself, but prevents others from going
on with it as of old"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11
ANOTHER EXPEDITION.
General Merriam Preparing to Sem
More Troops to Manila.

General Merriam Preparing to Send
More Troops to Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct 10.-General
Merriam has chosen the following forces to
constitute the next and probably final ex-
petition to the Philippines Third Bat
TALON, Twenty-third Infantry, and Oregon
recruits, Is officers, 565 men; Batteries and
D. California Heavy Artillery, officers, 297
men; wyoming Light Artillery, officers,
JOG men; Nevada Cavalry, 2 officers, "a men:
First Washington Infantry, 4S officers, 1,l56
men; Twentieth Kansas Infantry, 4S officers,
1,121 men; First Tennessee Infantry, So
officers, /. O65 men; Fifty-first Iowa Infantry.
4S officers, 1,O44 men. Total, 191 officers and
5,579 men.
Work on the transport steamers Valencia,
Indiana, Senator and Ohio is progressing,
but it will be next Sunday at the earliest
before the Senator the first to be ready
for sea- can be dispatched. 1t is probabl
that she will carry the Twenty third United
States Infantry and the recruits OF the Sec
ond oregon Regiment. The valencia Will be
ready some time next week, but the troops
to go on her have not been assigned. The
Ohio and Indiana need extensive repairs
The transports Rio De JaneirO, PennSyl-
vania and Newport are expected to put in
an appearance at any time. The Rio has
a number of sick soldiers on board
The transport ship Tacoma, which sailed
from this port for Manila with cargo OF
horses for the use of the army in the Phil
ippineS and which got no further on her
trip to the islands than Honolulu. will ar
five this evening from the latter place, hav-
ing been ordered to return here. me Mer-
chants Exchange sighted the vessel OF port
this afternoon The horses were left at
Honolulu.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11
SUSTAIN THE NATIONAL ADMINS.
TRATION.

The Pittsburg Dispatch is one of the really
independent newspapers in the country.
Three years ago it sustained Senator Quay
against his enemies: now it is urging the
defeat of the Republican state ticket be-
cause it believes that the Quay leaders have
not kept the pledge which the senator made
to Pennsylvania. 1t is advocating the cleo
ton of the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor because his election cannot affect
single Rational question" At the same time
it urges voters to support the Republican
candidates for Congress- In an editorial
entitled 1.-THE National Administration
Safe" in the issue of Sunday this indie
pendent paper says:
We are now near enough to the fall cleo
tons to- estimate the probable and desirable
results. So far as the Republican national
administration is concerned there Is no
reason why Ii should not be supported by
decisive majorfties for Congress. This, too.
Notwithstanding that "off years are usual
ly seized upon to vent dissatisfaction with
those recently gone into power. IT Is not
because there is nothing to criticise on the
Republican side but because the criticisms
are outweighed by affirmative considera-
tions. The war with Spain has been car
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11

WASHINGTON. Oct lO-coionel Dudley,
assistant judge advocate general. has made
report to the secretary of war upon the
trouble which occurred on board the Har-
ward soon after the naval fight at Santiago.
AT that time some five or six hundred
Spanish prisoners were on board this ship.
under the guard Of Massachusetts, and
Michigan volunteers. A riot occurred among
the prisoners and the soldiers shot several
OF the Spaniards before quiet was restored.
The SDaniards claimed that the Americans
We're TO blame, while the American officers
defended the action of their men. Colonel
Dudley sustains the contention of the
American officers and soldiers, and places
the blame for the trouble upon the Spanish
prisoners The entire report will not be
MADE public at the present time because OF
the reflections upon the conduct of the
Spanish prisoners. The War Department
does not wish 10 do anything that would
the peace negotiations are pending.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11

The death of Madame Won Teuffel, bet
ter known in this country as Blanche Willis
Howard will recall to many pretty. cheer
full little story entitled zone Summer"
which first attracted attention to her. 1t
was an American story and excited hope
that the author would continue in the same
field. On the contrary, this was her first
and last venture in American fiction. She
went abroad, and, after some years, pro-
duced the novel "Guenn,'' study of Breton
peasant life and work of much power but
of so melancholy a cast that it never gained
popularity Several other stories, long and
short followed, but none had the charm of
the first, though all show improved work.
manship and much ability in delneating
character. Her country lost a promising
writer when she left it, for though she con-
tinued to write for American readers it was
foreign fiction that she gave them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11

Much has been said about the cost of the
county printing the past two years. and
much OF it has been Juggling of figures and
misrepresentation. The fiscal years for
which the Sentinel has given figures do not
fairly represent the amounts paid under
contracts which are made in December for
the next year. 1t appears elsewhere by
demonstrations that Levey Bros. & Co. have
been and will be paid for work under their
contract nearly $1,000 less than was paid the
last year that a Democratic board made the
contract with the Sentinel Printing Com
pany.. In regard to the $500 paid the auditor
for the making of the indexes of plats. to
which the evening Taggart organ devotes
considerable space, 1t can be said and can
not be refuted thai the county auditor has
been paid that amount for making the in
dexes for many years. Probably man
has received so much money for making
indexes as Thomas Tasgart or Controller
Johnson, his deputy. 1t may be added that
II $500 was a fair price for the work when
It was done under Mr.. Taggart it is a small
compensation now, when the indexes are
considerably larger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11
Metallurgy.
Kindly light (Newman.)
POISONING.

There is a cat in Chicago that has just
celebrated his nineteenth birthday, and he
is still sleek hearty and seemingly good for
another nineteen years. The cat has always
been passionately fond of cooked turkey
and has fed on its favorite dish until it has
eaten up $1,000 worth of gobbler. For the
first six years it required an outlay of %
cents day to give Tom all the turkey he
wanted. AS he grew older his appetite in
creased until the daily expenditure reached
40 cents and sometimes 80 cents. One might
infer from this that turkey diet is con-
ducve to longevity.
One day at Versailles during the Franco
German war Lord Odo Russell went to call
on Bismarck but found him closeted with
Count Harry Arnim. who was known as the
ape from his fantastical ways. Before
long Arnim came out tanning himself with
his handkerchief and looking as if about to
choke We'll" he gasped. II cannot I'M
derstand how Bismarck can bear that
smoking the strongest Havanas in a stuffy
little room. i had to beg him to open the
window" When Russell entered the room
he found the chancellor tanning himself be-
side an open easement What strange
tastes some people have, he exclaimed
''Arnim has just been With me, and he was
so overpoweringly. perfumed that had to
open the window.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11

Philadelphia has a good many murders
first and last, and it's authorities have a
propensity for putting the wrong man on
trial. Eli Shaw, the young man who was
arrested a year ago. charged with killing
his mother and grandmother, has just been
acquitted. The police couldn't think of
enybody else who would be likely to do the
deed, and so seized upon young Shaw to
save themselves further trouble. The man
who actually committed the murder has
probably joined the one who killed Libra
rian Wilson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11

MANILA, Philippine Islands, Oct. TO-
Lieutenant Wilcox and six men from the
flagship Olympia have gone to the northern
provinces.
Agunaldo yesterday refused to permit a
funeral party belonging to the British first
class cruiser Powerful to go to the ceme-
terry because the marines carried rifles with
which to fire the usual salute over the re-
mains of a member of the ships company.
Representations were made to the insurgent
leader to-day, with the result that the
funeral was held in the manner and at the
place proposed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11

The testimony of Generals Lee, Wheeler
and Coppinger, soldiers of experience, shows
that the disease among the volunteers is
due in no small degree to the fact that the
men did not know how to care for them
selves and that ignorance regarding the
preparation of food and the failure to take
care of camps were the main causes of the
sickness. Hereafter volunteer organizations
must have trained company cook as well
as sergeants, and the cook should not be
selected because he is not useful sol
der. but because he is cook.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11
First national BanI of HAWAII.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Oct fO-The
Call says that when the Gaelic leaves this
port tomorrow she will have on board two
local bankers bound for Hawaii. Upon their
arrival a bank will be established In Homo
lulu which will be called the First National
Bank of Hawaii, with capitalization Of
81 100000. The local bankers. whose names
are withheld. will be accompanied by F. s.
Heath, of New York, who represents several
wealthy men in this city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11
Am Aernnnnt,a EnII.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 1O.-Charles w.
Vosmer an aeronaut, fell from a balloon
at the Chutes, pleasure resort near Gold
en- Gate Park and received serious in
juries. several ribs. besides arm and leg.
being broken. He made the ascent hanging
by his teeth to the strap attached TO a
trapeze. His body failed to clear the roofs
and wires surrounding the grounds and he
was thrown from height of about fifty
feet into the street. He will recover unless
injured internally
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-11

France cannot help Spain in the matter
Of the Philippines. because that govern
ment has it's hands full with internal
troubles and with a difficulty with Great
Britain, If Germany does not secretly in
terfere Spain has no alternative but to sub
nit to the demands of the United States.