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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
SAGASTA MAY RESIGN.
RumOrs of Coming Changes in the
Cabinet-Debate in the COrtes.

MADRID, June 21-There are rumors cur
rent here to-day that when the Cortes sus-
Ponds its session during the coming week
Senior Puigcerver. the minister of finance,
will resign, in which event it is thought the
premier, Senior Sagasta will be compelled to
submit to the Queen Regent a question of
confidence in the Ministry. 1t is possible,
therefore. that Senior Sagasta will resign, in
which case, it is said, national govern
ment, pledged to the most energetic course,
will succeed his Ministry.
The Chamber OF Deputies to-day has had
under consideration the Republican propos-
al to establish general obligatory military
service and to abolish substitutes.
In the Senate Senior Puigcerver, minister
of finance, denied that the tobacco monop-
oily would be unable to pay this years rent
of 96,00O,0C0 pesetas, though he admitted that
at the present moment the monopoly is los
ing money.
The ministerial Ell Correo, without openly
siGered unpatriotic, calls attention to the
injury the war is causing trade and indus
try, especially in the Catalan districts
where the factories are closed or are run
ring on half time. it also points out that
the governments decision to pay the ex-
terror coupons and the interest on Cuban
bonds in peSetas will leave the treasury no
resource except to increase taxation.
In the Chamber of Deputies to-day Senior
Sagasta declined to give his consent to a
discussion of the governments international
policy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
NUMBERS IN WAR.
Disadvantages of Large Armies from
an Austrian's Standpoint.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
Figures and War" the latest technical
book about armies, their contingents, their
losses and their expenses. has been pub
hshed by Otto Berndt, brevet captain at
tached 10 the military staff of the Austrian
empire. At this moment when an Ameri-
can army is invading Cuba, it may be inter-
esting TO compare its small proportions with
the immense figures recorded in Captain
Berndt's work.
The losses through sickness in war times
are great, even in temperate climates. Dur
ing the Crimean war, when the Anglo Fran
co-Sardinian forces reached the total of
42S,090 men. there were 1862 600 sick 60 200 of
whom died Only 900 soldiers died from
wounds The war of 1s70-71, between France
and Germany cost the largest number of
lives. Out of 100000 Germans surrounding
Metz 10000 were in the hospitals and out
of q total number of $500 sick men taken
care of in German hospitals only IS 900 were
there on account of wounds received on the
battlefield. The total number of German
soldiers sick or wounded amounted to S12 900
men.
The figures will be still increased In bat
ties of the future, which. according to the
Austrian military writer. will have longer
duration. The Schleswig- Hostein war closed
the period of short and decisive battles 1t
may seem strange at first sight. especially
when il is considered that means of de-
struction are more powerful now. having
been constantly improved. The perfection
Of modern firearms, however, coTnpels the
combatants to begin fighting at long range
and make ii last longer.
Since the Sadowa war of 1866 and the
Franco-German one of 1870 nations are try
ing to see which one can put into line the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
MORE INCOME NECESSARY.
Assessments of Women Clubs to BE
Increased by the Federation.

DENVER, Gel, June H.-Important ac-
tion was taken this afternoon by the coun-
ell of the General Federation of Women's
Clubs on the increased taxation of clubs
The advisory body will recommend to the
federation the taxation of individual clubs
at the rate of 10 cents per capita and state
declarations at the rate of % cents per club
beginning with 1900. Under this new ruling
an organization like the Chicago Woman's
Cub, for instance, would have it's taxa
zion raised from $40 to $3.50 biennially. Many
large clubs declare they will withdraw if
this is adopted, but Mrs. Henrotin and the
women in power assert an increased income
Is necessary. This was borne out in the
financial reports. The treasurer. Mrs. Frank
TrCmbul of Denver, said in 1896 the fed
grafton had a balance of 81, 1866. The receipts
me past two years have been $S671, and
he expenses SAFES. leaving balance of
ate. At the same time Mrs. Julia b. Shat
X, Of Chicago, chairman of the ways
"a means committee, reported that 1850
as a maximum estimate of the money
eeded for expenses the next two years.
There would have been an indebtedness at
lis convntion had not the officers borne
many expenses from their own purses, one
Woman having given $1,000.
This afternoon, at the union meeting of
state presidents and state correspondents.
the question of aboiishing individual clubs
from the General Federation came up for an
animated discussion. the idea being to make
the national organization system of state
bodies -
This evening. IN the parlors Of the Brown
Palace Hotel, was held reception for the
federation officers, the state presidents and
the state chairmen of correspondents At
the Central Presbyterian Church there was
also complimentary lecture on Colorado
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
TO REINFORCE SKATER


Oh cuban soil. whether at the east or the
west end. would have a powerful moral
influence, alike stimulating to our own peo-
pie and our fighting forces, and disheart-
ening to Spain. The humiliation to Spain
was in having our men and our flag planted
on her soil, whether the particular pow
was to be used a base of operations or
not. 1t would also convey notice to the
world at large that the United States was
intrenched on the Island Of Cuba as well
in the Philippines. Next to Havana, San
tiago is the largest city in Cuba. It's pos
session means the possession of practically
the eastern end of the island, including all
of the two eastern provinces and well up
TO the famous trocha. 1t embraces also the
river Cauto, the largest river in Cuba, and
the one used by Spaniards and insurgents
alike for their most effective naval incur
sions inland. Although shallow, it can be
navigated by light draught gunboats,
launches, ETC., and it provides water high
way, much better than roads, for tapping
great stretch of the interior of the island
With Santiago occupied therefore, there
will be advantage of local base of opera
tons. the elimination of the Spanish fleet
as factor in the war; the release of Hob
son and his band, and the establishment of
an American force under the American flag
on Spanish soil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
The Hospital shin Relief.

WASHINGTON, June 21.-Surgeon Gener-
al Sternberg, of the army, has returned
from New York, where he spent day in
thorough examination of the hospital shin
Relief, being fitted out for use of the army
in the West Indies. The final touches are
being put on the vessel and General Stern
berg reports that she will be ready to leave
for her destination which, presumably will
be Santiago. the first of next week The
ship is admirably adapted for the purpose
intended and the general Is more than salts
fled with her. The capacity of the vessel
ordinarily is about 800 beds, but under stress
of circumstances this may be doubled and
six hundred persons accommodated The
equipment of the vessel consists of COM
plete outfit for all kinds of surgical and
other branches of work, which must come
under the supervision of the hospital
branch. One of the most desirable features
of her equipment is an ice-making plant
with capacity of about two tons per day.
which, in addition to supplying the needs of
the vessel will be adequate also for furnish
ing the field hospitals in the immediate vi
entity of the ship. Then there is a water
distilling plant and carbonating plant, the
latter installed with the money given by one
of the relief associations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
PRIVATE POSTAL CARDS.
The Very Latest Innovation i'm United
States Mail Novelties.

Clnclnnatl commemorative une.
Citizens who want TO have their own pri-
Yate postal cards az a matter of personal
dignity convenience can exercise that
privilege after next July. Congress recently
passed a law to that effect and gave the
postmaster general authority to make the
necessary regulations
1t should be understood just what 'tpri-
vate' postal card is. The ordinary postal
card is made and sold by the government
The private postal may be made by any
one. But there are certain reuirements TO
which all private postal cards must COLI
form These are specified as follows:
The size must not exceed that of the pres
and one-quarter by five and one-half inches
the quality of the cards must be substantial
ly the same that sof the government
postal, with a weight of six pounds three
ounces per thousand cards ;the color of the
cards must be either white, cream, light
buff 1t must bear in print on the address
side the words private mailing card au-
thoriZed by act of Congress May 49, 1882
and when prepared by printers or stationers
for sale they should have in the upper right
hand corner of the address side an oblong
stamp here" and in the lower left hand
corner the words This side is exclusively
for the address,
The message on the card may be in writ
ing or print. On the message side also there
may be any advertisement Illustrations or
other matter printed in black or colors.
To every one of these cards a one-cent
stamp must be attached when they are for
domestic postage. Full letter postage is
charged when sent abroad.
The assistant postmaster general adds
that these new private postal cards are not
intended to interfere with the regular gov
eminent postal cards and the latter will be
kept on sale at all the offices as in the past.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
TELEGRAPHIC BREVlTIES.

The fourth annual convention of the Com
mercial Law League of America will be held
at Putin Bay July 26 to 20.
The thirtieth annual meeting of the Ma
tional Council of the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics is in session at Louis
vile.
The Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order
of United American Workmen is holding it's
twenty-sixth annual convention at Asbury
Park, N. ].
After negotiations extending over period
of two years a consolidation of the most
important concerns engaged in lake fishing
has been effected
The Blodgett flour mill, of Beloit, Wis,
one of the largest in southern Wisconsin,
having a capacity of two hundred barrels
an hour, burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000;
partly insured.
Advices from Skaguay say reports to the
effect that over three hundred boats have,
up to this time, been wrecked in White
Horse rapids are wild exaggerations. The
total number of boats lost in the rapids
does not exceed fifty.
The jury in the suit of Senator John
Raines against the New York Press Com
pany for $4,000 for alleged defamation of
character failed TO agree and was dis
Court at New York yesterday
A company has been organized at ST.
Louis to manufacture ramie fiber. The
many times that amount. Albert M. Price
ir.. who is one of the incorporators, is the
inventor of a machine that promises to
revolutioniZe the manufa cture of ramie fiber
and it is this machine that will be used by
the company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22

Brooke Will Attend to Routine At
fairs While. the Commander Is Away.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
+ WASHINGTON, June 21-The latest ex-
cuse for speculative gossip and malicious
taking is found in the semi-official announce
ment that General Brooke, now stationed at
Chickamauga, will be called to Washington
70 take command of the armies in the
United States during the absence of Gen
Miles on the Porto Rican expedition The
gossips and takers have jumped to the con-
clusion that General Brooke is to succeed
General Miles permanently, and that after
the conquest of Porto Rico General Miles
will be shelved. There is no truth whatever
IN the shelving proposition. and there is very
nigh authority for the statement that when
General Miles returns to the States he will
resume his command. without being stripped
OF any of his powers or privileges In fact
General Miles is high in the esteem of the
PRESIDENT, and SO far as can be learned
there Is no White House disposition to dis
credit him in the slightest degree General
Brooke is next in rank to General Miles
excepting General Merritt who was long
ago booked for the Philippines. and he natu-
rally comes to Washington to perform the
duties attaching to the place to be tempo
rarily vacated by General Miles. That is
all there is to the flood of reports in circu-
lation to the dsparagement of General
Miles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
WAGES TO BE ADVANCED.
l.. & N. r. r.. VIII Restore Half the Cut
Made During the Panic.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, June N.-The Com
mercial tomorrow will say Beginning
July / the Louisville G. Nashville Railroad
Company will restore to. its employees one
half of the cut made in their salaries on
Aug. l, 1S93-the panic year. This announce
.ment will bring joy to the hearts of the
many thousands of women and men who
draw money for services from the greah Il.
e. N. system. 1t has also been decided Aha t
no dividend on the company's stock viii be
declared, the management preferring to
give its army of employees the benefit of in
creased earnings. With a continued i'm
provement of business. however, the COM
pany will be in a position next year to de-
clare dividends and also advance wages TO
the extent of the remaining portion of the
cut. 1t is estimated that the restoration Of
one-half the cut made in salaries will cost
the company fully $500,O0O.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
GUNS USED BY SOLDIERS.
Descriptions of the Krag-JOrgensen
and the Lee.
New York Tribune.


Since 1890 the regulation rife of the United
States army, supplanting the former weap-
on, the Springfield rifle. has been the Krag-
Jorgensen magazine rifle. 1t was adopted
posed Of Lieutenant Colonies f.. H. Hull and
]. P. Farley, Major H. D. Freeman and
Captains S, e. Blount and George S. Ander-
SON. The result of one of the tests in COM
petition with other weapons follows:
For accurate aim the Lee showed 40 shots
in two minutes, the Krag-Jorgensen 80, the
Springfield No. / SO ard the Springfield No.
80. In the firing at will for one minute the
results We're as follows: Lee, %; Krag-
Jorgensen, 2S Springfield No. l, "a. and
Springfield No 2 IL shots.
Upon the result of the tests, approved by
General Schofield the general commanding
the army, the Krag-Jorgensen was adopted.
ridges, which can be dropped by The simple
pull of bolt. 1t is possible to load single
cartridges, and fire one after another, re-
serving those in the magazine for time of
need, when the five shots can be fired with
out pausing to reload. The cartridges are
of an alloy of tin and lead in a steel case.
solid substance, they make only small
wound, but in semihuid matter they ex-
plode, so that man shot in the ntestines
or brain is practically blown to pieces The
reason for this property of the bullets has
never been satisfactorily explained.
The gun the marines are armed with is the
zee rlfie, magazine gun, with a caliber OF
0.256 inches. It's range for point-blank firing
is between six hundred and seven hundred
yards. Smokeless powder is used with it,
and a hardened lead bullet which has a
copper jacket plated with tin. The gun has
a magazine for five cartridges, which are
put i'll at once. being fastened together with
metal clip. The gun can be used for firing
and reloading after each shot, or the five
shots can be fired in quick succession, and
the gun reloaded with five more while 1t is
at the shoulder. The chief advantage
claimed for it is that the cartridge chamber
can be opened by a straight pull and with
out turning up the gun. The gun without
the nayonet is almost four feet long, and
weighs eight pounds and six ounces The
bayonet adds about eight inches to the
length and pound to the weight. The cart
ridge is about three inches long. and Isl
The Mauser rifle, which the Spanish troops
are mainly armed with, is of much the same
constructions as the Lee. but it is declared
1t has the cartridges inserted in clips of five
and single ones cannot be used. The Mausel
mas an up-turn and 'back-pull'' for re-
loading the cartridge chamber
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
@ TIN PLATE SCALE.
Agreement Between Manufacturers
and Workers Reached This Morning.

PITTSBURG, June 22.-Tin-plate manu-
facturers and the wage committee of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers reached an agreement on the tin
plate scale at o'clock this morning. Con-
cessions were made by both sides and the
scale originally formulated by the workers
was accepted by the manufacturers after
two foot notes were eliminated. One pro-
vided for the substitution of blackboards
for weight slips and the other was the
shearing clause. Despite the lengthy con-
ferences held before terms were made the
meetings were harmonious, being character
ly attached itself to the movements of as
sociations. All union plants in the United
States were represented at the, conference,
turers. by d. G. Reid. of Richmond, Ind.
and for the workers, by President Shaffer,
of the Amalgamated Association.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
SCHEME TO DEFRAUD.
Pittsburg Street-Railway Conductors
i'm Trouble.

PITTSBURG, June 21.-By clever detective
work what is said to be an organized band
among conductors to defraud the Consol-
idated Traction Company was unearthed to-
day. large number of conductors are sup
posed to be implicated in the conspiracy and
numerous arrests are expected tomorrow.
Conductors William j. Flower and William
M. Lasduky were arrested this evening and
the latter made confession, duplicating a
number of his associates. The scheme to
defraud, it is said, was worked at transfer
stations in this way: A car coming to the
station with twenty passengers would have
probably five transfers. The conductor
would slip his confederate ten transfer slips,
which would be turned in to the company as
cash. The proceeds of the days steal1ngs
were divided later. The company officials
claim that thousands of dollars have been
taken from them in this way and they be-
lieve similar schemes are being worked in
other cities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
The Buffalo to he Commissioned.

NEW YORK, June 21.--Lieut L. G. Lo-
gan, who has been one of the hardest
worked of Captain Crownnshield's aids in
the Navigation Bureau has gone to Buffalo.
and will take from there a draft
of sailors to man The cruiser Buffa-
10, late the Nictheroy, of the Bra
lillian navy. which is now lying at
New York. Mr.. Logan will be assigned to
duty on the Buffalo, under command of
Captain Hemphill, at present in charge of
the recruiting service in the Navy Depart
ment. The lieutenant has just returned from
a three-year tour of duty in China and had
a right to expect a long leave and pro-
tracted shore duty. However, ne came i'm
mediately to active service when wanted
and has, with Lieutenant Whittlesey di-
vided the twenty-fOur hours of each day in
steady duty at the department. sending and
receiving the cablegrams in cipher in which
the public has been so much interested
BY formal orders to-day the practice ship
now building at the Bath iron works has
been christened the Chesapeake, the tug
Confidence has been rechristened the Wan
da, the tug Hercules becomes the Chicka-
saw and the yacht Kanwha retains her
name
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
Mr.. Norman Pleased.
Washington Post.

at Tampa will Impress the British observer
down there, but our American cooking right
here in Washington has quite won the heart
Henry Norman, who IS spending the war
time here. Mr.. Norman l am told says
that English cookery is In no way to be
compared to American, and when he goes
back home again he intends taking with
him several of the things which make glad
the stomach of man in the United States.
First and foremost he will take chatting
dish for himself and several for his friends.
for the chatting dish is a Bohemian luxury
which has not dawned on benghted London
yet. Next he will carry with him some
American corn meal, and some genuine
which he proposes to civlize culinary Lon
don will consist of griddle for frying
buckwheat cakes, and a set of gem pans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
The Class Laughed.
Wa shington Star.

1t seems only the day before Yesterday
and even by the calendar ii isn't very long
since. Lieutenant Melville Shaw, whom the
Santiago dispatches for few anxious hours
reported missing. was a high school boy out
in Minneapolis. He was exceedingly good
to look at, and the high school girls all
thought SO He was exceedingly pleasant to
talk with. and the girls thought that too.
He was. in fact. the beau of the school.
Mel Shaw. they called him. and girls
who studied Latin considered the abbrevia-
ton most appropriate. 1t was in one of the
Latin classes one morning that one of the
girls was aked to give the Latin word for
honey. She hesitated, CROPPED about in her
mind for minute two. and then failed.
81 don't know. professor" she said
ut is mel. " said the professor
20 yes said the girl, Mel, pshaw! /
might have known it,
And then suddenly the class began to
litter and Mel" Shaw to blush and the
poor girl hersef-well. / don't believe she
ever heard the last of it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
Master Mechanics.

SARATOGA N Y. June 21.-The Master
Mechanics Association of the United States
to-day continued with reports of special
committees. William Mcintosh. of Chicago.
presented a report on the Best Method of
Boiler and Cylinder Insulation" and Prof.
w F. NJ. Goss, of Purdue University, La
fayette, Ind. on THE Efficacy of High
Steam Pressure for locomotives" j. II.
Hetchell, of Cuba N. Y, T. p. Peck, of
Chicago and A. NJ Waite, of Cleveland O.,
were made committee to consider the con-
solidation of the Master Car Builders and
Master Mechanics Association and also the
recommendation made by President Leeds
in his annual address.