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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-04-13

Sasas'a raised a question OF veracity
between himself and Mr.. Nc Kinley
when he said that the U. S. had never
asked Spain to recognize the indepen-
dence Of Cuba.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-04-13

Perhaps the swelling of the Ohio
River was a sign ofthe sympathy OF
nature with the indignation OF the
naonle.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-04-13

1t is not strange that the Cubans
should refuse the three-quarter loaf
tardly and grudgingly, offered by Spain
they gee The whole loaf right ahead OF
them.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-04-13

apr IL At
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

And 1t Is the Talk of sensatiOnRlism
Not OF Science.
Chicago Post.

Not OF Science.
Chicago Post.
Before Col Dr. Nicholas Sem had been
in Camp WiSofEs half an hour he unlim-
bered his typewriter and began talking at
it. Having been corked up for two or three
days, he was fairlyr bursting with predic-
bosity This is the fashion in which he
started out: UNLESS the camp Is broken up
within six weeks predict that instead of
being 'recuDerative camp 1t will be.
horror camp worthy to rank with the in
famous pestholes of the civil war
arG This is St the of % ambn
the utterance of a sensation monger who
knows that if he only predicts enough hor-
and tribulations some of them will
come true and he will reap, the cheap fame
of a true prophet of evil"
Having indulged in this piece of sensa-
tionalism, well calculated to cause con-
sternation in thousands of American
homes, DIR. Sem proceeded to advertise the
fact that he will shortly ventlate his views
over my signature in medical journal.
This he thinks will call forth an inquiry
from the government, and he will be given
all the space he Graves for the publicity of
what he thinks about the medical misman-
But before closing his typewriter DR.. Sem
hedged in his woeful forebodings in regard
to the camp ! want to say that almost
none Of the sickness among the soldiers up
to the present time and none of the deaths
have been due to the conditions which now
prevail here or have prevailed in the past.
Sickness has been almost entirely limited to
fevers contracted in the south, and the
death rate would have been much more
than now had the men remained in the
south instead of being brought here. The
change of climate lessened the effects of
the fevers and improved the condition of
the men,"
DR.. Sem thinks Camp wfkoff healthy
now, but says that in few weeks the sinks
and cesspoCls of the camp will permeate
the earth and contaminate the water sup
ply. This is sheer sen(n)iity. The water
supply can be protected from such contami-
nation just as the water supply of British
garrisons in infected regions in India is
protected, SO that soldiers are healthy
where the native dies.
The trouble with DR.. Sem is that sur
gerry. not sanitation. is his forte. DR.. Reilly,
of the Chicago health department, would
undertake to protect Camp Wikon from all
horrors.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

Joseph jefferson not long ago wrote a
check for 81 upon piece of birch bark in
the mountains because he had no paper
with him. The bank which cashed the check
nov has 1t framed and hanging on the wall
There was never yet family with an old
maid belonging to it, observed the Rev.
Anna Shaw in a recent address. that didn't
rely upon that old maid to help 1t out of all
financial difficulty-past, present and flu
ture."
Eldress Dorothy Durgin, whose death is
announced from Concord. N. H., was prob
ably the most widely-known Shaker among
the eighteen societies in America. She came
to the Shakers at Canterbury when she was
only eight years old.
There is a mule working in the mines
near Blossburg, Ala. that ought to travel
with circus. For ten years he has been
pulling six cars to the top without MUIR
mur. but If seventh is put on he can't be
made to bulge He always rides down IN
the empty train. Not long ago as he was
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

half way up. a train of empty cars at the
top got loose and threatened destruction,
but he simply jumped on the first as 1t ap-
preached ard coasted merrily to the bottom
with the wlole train
The Beckwith baby born at Mt. Pleasant.
Ia. Monday, is the first great -grandchild Of
President Lincoln. The stern heart of
Robert Lincoln IS expected to soften to-
wards his granddaughter. He has never
forgiven his daughter for marrying without
paternal permission.
A traveller who has lust returned from
Athens says that the Greeks, who, not SO
long ago, were shouting their favorite cry
OF Down with the King. Out with mis-
right eye! have now returned to the most
extravagant loyalty, and King George has
never enjoyed so much popularity since he
came TO the throne.
c. Godfrey Gumpel, an English scientist,
has spent twenty-seven years in studying
the effects of salt upon the body. and is
about to publish book which he thinks
will be revolutionary. He attributes dph-
iberia, apoplexy and various other dis
eases TO a denclency of common salt in the
system This will be a serious setback to
the anti-salt diet reformers
A Rockland, Me-, man went blueberrying
recently, and as the sun was rather too
strong for his eyes he donned a pair of
started in working, rapidly and steadily un-
til he had filled his ten-quart pail. He then
walked home in triumph, but alas; upon
filled his pail with green berries and never
knew the difference.
Discussion as to whether Mrs. Curzon will
have the most distinguished part ever TAX
en- in English society by an American wom-
an has recalled the three granddaughter of
Charles Carroll, the ''signer'' One of them
was the Wife of an Irish viceroy, the Mar
qu1S Wellesley, the Duke of Wellingtons
elder brother. The other two were respec-
lively the Duchess of Leeds and Lady
Stafford. An Anglo-American alliance is
nothing new.
Sir Edwin Arnold relates a good story
illustrative of the Prince of Waless appre-
citation of the persistent spirit of the press.
"Once, when l was attending an important
function at Marlborough house," says the
narrator, Sir Francis Knollys came up to
the prince and remarked Some gentlemen
of the press wish admission, you Royal
Highness. Oh said the prince, show
them in. If they don't come in at the door
they'll come in at the ventilator
Oh what charm
Hangs DER the farm,
With its broad fields sloping down!
And how sweet to lie
Beneath the sky,
Far away from the smoky town!
Ah what poetic fancies frk
In the sloping fields and yellow
For the man who dreams while the heavy
work
Is done by some other fellow
Cleveland Leader.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
BIDS FOR BATTLE SHIPS
VERY SATISFACTORY OFFERS FOR
EIGHTEEN-kNoT FIGHTERS.
Four Companies Compete and Promise
to Turn Ont the War Vessels in
Thirty-TwO Months.

WASHINGTON, Sept -Four firms Of
fered bids for the three new battle ships
authorized by the last Congress. The lowest
bid of each for any type of the vessel fol-
lows: Newport News Ship Building Com
pany. Newport News, Va. s., $50. 600: Cramps,
Philadelphia, $3.50, 900; Union iron works,
San Francisco. $2.674OO0; Dialogue & Co..
s., $4,000 Many details of construction will
figure in the awards
The result of the bidding for the construc-
ton of the three big battle ships authorized
by Congress is eminently satisfactory to the
Navy Department. From the face of the
bids ii is cigar that the government is go
ing to secure very much more in the matter
of power and speed than was expected: that
the cost is going to be less than was paid
proportionately for the Illinois class; and
finally that the department will be able to
distribute the work among the three big
building concerns. a method of construction
that always rebounds to the advantage Of
the government
The bids were made in three classes, the
first being under the plans prepared by the
Navy Department calling for ships of about
eleven thousand tons with speed of six
teen knots. The other classes were under
plans prepared by the bidders themselves,
by the engineering bureau. but not included
in the original specifications sent out to bid
ders.
The bids were opened in the following or
der
j. II. Dialogue & Co.. of Camden. N. T.
One ship in thirty-three months, under
Class |, for the sum of $2,S40.OOO.
Newport News Ship Building Company
One ship under Class /. in thirty-one
months, for the sum of 81 600; one ship
under Class 2 with a speed of seventeen
knots, in thirty-two months. $2,6S0000; one
snip OF about 1850 tons, with speed OF
eighteen knots. in thirty-two months, for
the sum of $2,S50O00.
William Cramp Ship Building Company
One ship, Glass l. in twenty-nine months,
for S2,650,G00: two ships. of the same class.
for ,0O0 each; one ship, under Glass a.
two months, with a tonnage of II 500. for
$2.725 900. two of the same for 81. 100000
each; one ship of 12,150 tons, and speed Of
eighteen knots, in thirty-two months, for
2,Ss5.OOO, or two Of the same for $2,S7O,O0O
each
Union Iron Works. San Francisco-One
ship. under Class l. for $2.674 900. in thirteen
months: one ship under Class 2. with a
speed of seventeen knots, for 81. .725 900, in
thirty-nine months; one twelve thousand
ton. eighteen knot ship, in thirty-three
months. for 81 S99. .0c0.
A careful examination of these bids shows
that the prices asked for the vessels planned
on the department designs average slightly
less than the price to be paid for the Illinois
class, although these ships are improved in
some respects. But ii also appears that the
bids are within the limit of cost fixed by
Congress even where the bidders propose to
make them of eighteen-knots speed. much
better ships than called FOR by the depart
sdered, therefore will be for the eighteen
knot ships.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

pending. Instead of attacking the admir-
istration and the conduct of the war and
beIittling the national army and its achieve
ments in the eyes of other powers Demo-
Gratis should unite with Republicans ito sus-
tain the administration and the country in
every measure necessary to provide for
vigorous prosecution of the war, should the
treaty be rejected" Their present policy of
attacking the government is unpatriotic and
in the end will prove bad politics, for no
party in this country ever succeeded by op-
posing the conduct of a successful war
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

PROvINCETOWN, Mass. Sept. 1.-The
nine vessels of the United States navy
which We're ordered to rendezvous here to-
day preparatory to proceeding to Boston
in squadron formation tomorrow reached
port to-day, and during the afternoon were
put in condition for to-morrow's event. 1t
was scarcely broad daylight this morning
when the battle ship Massachusetts. only
one of her class in the squadron, was re-
ported from Highland light, and she had
reached this port and was riding at anchor
by sunrise. About five hours later the eight
other vessels of the squadron were sighted.
and just before noon the gunboat Bancroft.
the last of the line had come to anchor in
side the harbor. The smaller vessels came
in the following order: Machias Winning
ton, Helena, Detroit, Marietta. Castine. To-
peka and Bancroft. II was expected that
visitors would he allowed on board the ves-
sells to-day, but they were not, as the crews
were very busy In putting the ships to
rights, scrubbing, painting and cleaning all
parts Of their respective crafts.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
Defense of the Bureaucrats.
Washington Special


In defense of the bureaucrats of the War
Department and Of the officers of the regu-
lar army it is urged that they have been
educated to a strict construction of the
rules and regulations of the department and
of the army and trained to fear to take un-
usual responsibilities, particularly where
money is involved They have a horror of
getting their accounts mixed and the his
tory of the department is full of stories
of how an unsettled or involved account of
possibly only a few dollars will pursue an
officer to his grave and perhaps becloud
his reputation entirely. This horror is prom
inent even in times of war, and officers can
not shake off the habits of lifetime. Hence
their prejudice against departing from rou-
tine methods. 1t is also urged in their be-
half that the men in charge of the mill
tary establishments in times of peace are
naturally as much at sea when it comes to
creating and providing for an army of 500 900
men in war times as it would be for the
manager of a small country store to be
transferred without notice to the manage
ment of an immense department store.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

The Dreyfus case will not stay down in
France. Like all great crimes and wrongs
It returns to plague the inventor. The civil
lized world was shocked by the farcical
trial of Emile Zola and the outrageous de-
cision by which the French government
sought TO confirm Captain Dreyfuss convic-
tion and bury him and his case out of sight
forever. Now the whole scandal is reopened
by the confession and suicide Of the gov
ernment's main witness. and the infamy of
Dreyfus's conviction is more apparent than
ever In view of the latest development the
case seems to be beyond government con-
troll
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
Nails a Lie.
Kansas City Journal.

The yellow journals had a story the other
day about the terrible suffering on board
the hospital ship Relief, en- route from
Santiago to New York. Here is a letter
written by Charley Mallory, of the regu-
lars, to his mother at Paola, which nails
that lie:
Dear Mama-I arrived in New York to-
ting better, and | will go to Sister Lucy
in the city just as soon as I get a chance.
| never saw anything finer than this ship
ing is fine. They also furnish chewing gum
and cigars. For drinkables they have soda
water, seltzer water. pop and lemonade.
whenever we want to. There is a Catholic
priest and Presbyterian minister on board.
We had early mass Sunday morning which
about twenty of us attended. Each of us
has a big spring bed with nice white pillows
and spreads"
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

The London Saturday Review, always mI
friendly to the United States, quite over
does the thing in its latest attack on the
country and people. 1t admits that there are
many worthy private persons in the United
States" but says: Socially it is sordid to
the last degree; its courts of law and all
its civil institutions are corrupt: it has con-
tributed nothing to the self-respect of hu-
mainly" No intelligent Englishman will in
dorse such blackguard abuse of a country
which has given at least as many evidences
OF political health and social advancement
as has Great Britain. A country which has
sent shiploads OF food to starving British
subjects in Ireland and India, free of
charge, and sent home at its own expense
q whole army of Spanish prisoners has con-
srIbuted as much to the self-respect of hu-
manity as any other.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

to future occupation an opportunity to seek
employment and business in these islands.
Such service may not be devoid of excite
ment, since it is quite probable that the
military power must be exercised before all
the people in those islands can be made to
understand what good government is. 1t
may be safely predicted that after a fur
Tough of thirty days men who have signed
petitions asking immediate muster out will
be anxious to serve in the acquired territory.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

The two companies of colored men who
9cft the city yesterday made a good appear
ance as they marched to the train. They
are sturdy-looking lot of men, and with
lproper training will make good soldiers. If
they go to Cuba on garrison duty, as they
may, they should remember that they. as
much as any other troops. are custodians
of the Nations honor and should conduct
themselves accordingly
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
DIR. senn's Childish Talk.
Chicago Post.

Unless this camp is broken up within
six weeks" says Dr. Sem, referring to
Camp Wikoff. Il predict that, instead of a
recuperation camp, il will be horror camp
worthy to rank with the infamous pest
the doctor admits that he has made no such
report to the government he represents at
Montauk Point because his protests IN
regard to other camps have passed IN
needed" This is the first time we ever
heard the claim seriously made that a man
Is relieved from the necessity of doing his
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

1t seems to be the purpose of a number
Of newspapers to lead the country to forget
the unparalleled victories its navy and army
have achieved by an attempt to make the
people believe that there has been a con-
Eplracy to starve soldiers and leave the sick
to die of neglect. The zeal of these editors
will ruin their scheme.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

There are no military conscripts in this
country. Our so-called regular army is
composed of volunteers the only difference
being that the regulars are mostly dis
ciplined and seasoned troops. Perhaps that
is the reason they take military life as it
comes and do not complain
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

After becoming accustomed to camp life.
It is remarkable that so many men in Indi-
ana regiments prefer muster out as soon as
possible TO a few months or a years serv-
fee IN Cuba. Porto Rico or the Philippines.
Having been educated. so to speak, to camp
life, the service in either of these localities
win be agreeable. having enough OF actual
duty to furnish occupation. But the great
advantage Of sUch service Hes in the fact
mat II win furnish men who may be looking
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

FORT MONROE. Va. Sept 1.-The
United States steamer Lancaster. late fiaga
ship of Commodore Remey. chief OF the
mosquito feet, sailed at 9 o'clock this MORN
ing for Portsmouth. N. H.. where IL is said
she will be fitted out as gunner's train
ing ship after undergoing a thorough over
hauling. The Fern arrived at $3.50 o'clock
and cast anchor with the few vessels of the
fleet remaining in Hampton Roads.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

The deaths at Camp Thomas to Aug. %
were 19S. Considering that. since April 80
there have been rs, GOO men there large part
of the time. equivalent to about seventy
regiments, the death rate has been very
light--less than three to a regiment. Many
have been sick and are now sick. but most
of them will recover if care is exercised.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

Assistant Surgeon General Sem is prob
ably very much of a physician, but the pub
fishing of a report of the conditions at Mon
tauk in a medical paper instead of sending
1t to his superior is not strictly in accord
ance with military usage.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

The Taggart strategy board is cudgeling
Its brains to devise some scheme of increas-
Ing city expenditure $SOO,OOO next year with
out increasing the levy beyond 70 cents 1t
will fall back upon its old scheme of bor-
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

Veteran. Marion, Ind: The pay of private
soldiers was increased from $13 to SIG by act
of the Thirty-eighth Congress, which met
in December, 1863. 1t was done in order to
offset the depreciation of paper currency.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

Capt. d. +. Allen, who came home from
Col Harry B. Smiths regiment to attend
the funeral of Ex-Governor Matthews, talks
cheerfully regarding that command. 1t
seems to be one of the happy regiments
which has been cared for by its officers.
Captain Allen learned to be soldier years
ago.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

J In the present general chorus of COM
plants against the army management it is
pleasant to encounter a regular. Whatever
he may think he always talks like vet
4ran
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

why" asked the youngest boarder, do
they measure the speed of a ship in knots?"
Il think" said the Cheerful Idiot. that
it has something to do with the tied"
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

The 16-to-1 paper in Lincoln, Neb.. owned
by Colonel Bryan's private secretary, is no
longer issued because of 1.-The persistent
tendency of receipts to fall below the ex-
pendItures.' It is the best sort of a reason.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
His Last words.

AS the doomed ship burned fercely the
baseball person swan feebly~ about
Little did / think" said he to the at
tending sharks, that would be thus
caught on hot liner
Then he went to his long home plate.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

Canada has two tariffs, in one OF which
the duties are 20 per cent. lower than in
the other. Great Britain has now the ex-
elusive advantage of the lower rate. 1t is
proposed to the commission now in session
to reduce our tariff about % per cent. so far
as Canada is concerned if Canada will give
us its lower rate. That has the feature of
reciprocity If it applies to all of the sched-
nles.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

In the statement of the losses of one-year
regiments from this State in the war of
the rebellion the One-hundred-a fifty
first was given a loss of sixtysix by battle.
1t should have been by disease
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
Pertinent Question.
Boston Transcript.

BOstOn ITanSCTlUt.
Have you ever had to rule State?"
Mendelssohn once suddenly asked Berthold
Auerbach, who had been indulging in crit
icism of the German government. The
question would apply to many faultfinders
of the present hour
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

The veteran Of the war for the Union
reads the reports and the gossip and COM
pares them with his experience. His con-
clusions are not complimentary to the pres
ent howlers
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

New York Press.
One of the dreariest things to contem-
plate in connection with the coming oyster
season is the queer dishes made from the
shellfish we will be compelled to eat when
we 60 to ..chafing dish parties.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

Uncle Sam will disappoint the Cuban in
surgents whose romantic ideas have led
them to ask him to furnish funds with
which to liquidate their demand for months
hac oh
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
A Lesson OF the War.

Detroit Free Press.
One of the lessons of the war is that bat
tie ships should be made fireproof If Spain
had built noncombustible boats some of
them would still be in the service-in the
United States navy.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
The Cornfed Philosopher.

'As to the self-made man." said the Corn
fed Philosopher, 'I take notice that the
also extends to his grammar.
That is, usually
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
The American soldiers stomach.

OHANoSO AaAAiSS-1lSt
There seems to be an impression that the
American soldier should have stomach
like ostrich. The volunteers appear to
have suffered more from eating food that
should have been denied them than from
any deDriyatfon
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
A pity.


New York Mall and EXPRESS.
Admiral Dewey is needed at Washington
to advise the government with regard to the
situation in the Philippines. and he Is also
needed at Manila to keep things strairhf
in that territory. 1t Is very great llifv
that Dewey isn't twins.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

The Bishop of Santiago. who applied to
Federal authorities in that city for his
salary, was made to realize that things have
changed in Cuba.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

With the exception of the controller the
uaggart regime is made up of expansionists
s-not Of domain but of public expenditure
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

WASHINGTON. Sept. las the result Of
a short interview at the Navy Department
to-day between acting Secretary Allen and
President Griscom. Of the international
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.
Can be found at the following places: ;.
[EW YORK-Astor House.

II De Iound az the Following places;
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-Paimer House. p. o. News Co., 217
Dearborn street, Great Northern Hotel and
Grand Pacific Hotel.
ClNcINNATI-J. r. Hawley Co.. 154 Vine
street..
LOUISVn4LE-C. +. Deering. northwest corner
CT Third ana Jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co., 256 Fourth avenue.
WASHINGTON, D. cA-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House and Wizards Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

That Democratic papers are trying to
make the sick soldier an issue is con-
Eession that IS to / is dead.