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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
NO NEWS FROM SAMPSON.
SantiagO's Forts Were Probably Not
BOmbnrded Yesterday.

WASHINGTON. July 9.-But one dispatch
was received from Admiral Sampson to-
day, and that was dated yesterday He an
nounced the possibility OF saving the Span
ish ships Colon, Maria Teresa and Vizcaya.
Telegraphic difficulties have been encoun-
tered, but it is not believed there has been
anything of importance for the admiral 10
chronicle to-day. 1t was expected at the
Navy Department yesterday tnat Sampson S
big guns would begin work again at noon
to-day on the fortincatiOnS at the entrance
of Santiago harbor, though it cannot be
learned that explicit news or such a purpose
has been received, the department knowl-
edge being confined to the fact that this
was the plan OF campaign arranged between
Shafter and Sampson at their meeting three
days ago. The details of the plan to be
pursued are not yet known TO the Navy De-
partment or War Department, having been
left entirely within the discretion OF Samp-
son and Shafter, the sole injunction laid on
them being to confer and cooperate to the
single END Of capturing Santiago. IL is as
sumed at the Navy Department, however,
that Sampson will follow his former plan
of pounding away at the Notifications until
he has siienced them, and then following
this up by possessing himself of the case
mates ashore which control the electrical
connections to the submarine mines, II
there be any electrically controlled mines.
and after exploding these and clearing up
the channel with grapneis enter the naIpor
and take the Spanish in the rear.
One of the most important results ex-
pected to follow Simpsons appearance ~
the harbor is the cutting off OF the retreat
az the Spanish forces TO the interior "
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PUSSYCAT FRANKS.
Southern Feline That Knows a Thing
or Two About Acting.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.

New Orleans Times-Democrat
A lady who has a small menagerie of pets
remarked the other day: Il have come to
the conclusion that the cleverest and slyest
animal in the world is the cat. They are
cautious and suspicious, ard, while a Cog
can be taught implicit obedience, you can
never get more than eye-seTvice from cat
/ own a very intelligent specimen. Though
he is old enough to be more dignified, he
has mania for playing with and pulling at
anything that futters in the wind, whether
it be curtain, plant or ribbon. and his sharp
claws do very destructive work, When /
am present l have only to say Roger in a
quietly reproving tone and he stops his mis-
chief at once, but / see daily many proofs
that he takes advantage of the turning Of
my back.
HE is forbidden to go into the parlor,
and never enters it while am in the house,
and were it not for the presence of black
cats hairs on my sofa cushions I might
fancy Roger a model of obedience One
day as approached my house / saw Roger
on the parlor window sill, viewing the
pasSers-by with much interest He did not
see me until l tapped the window pane
with my umbrella, and then he disappeared
like a flash. He was upstairs before /
opened the front door, and when / went
to my room there he was, stretched upon
the hearth rug, apparently in the deep
sumber of innocence. / gave him d slap
as a slight punishment. and he opened his
eyes and gaZed at ME in mild surprise as
If to say, What's the matter with you?
l had been the victim of an optical illusion
No human being could have done cleverer
piece of acting'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
A DIsCONsoLATE CAT.
The Bank of EngIand's Pet Deprived
of Its Due Perquisites.
London Mail.

The Bank of England cat wears a dis
consulate air just now. He, the admired of
all visitors 20 the Old Lady of Threadneedle
street, the famous Persian feline who has
sat in the courtyard through times of
financial stress and periods of monetary
ease, feels that he has been unjustly-not
to say scurvily-treated by the powers that
be- The trouble arose in this wise. Last
year, like many other West Enders, two
Hyde Park wood pigeons migrated to the
city, and repented of it in due course.
These misguided birds spied the tree in the
Bank of England courtyard, and forthwith
resolved TO make it their home. While the
pigeons billedH and cooed and built their
nest the bankscat watched the proceedings
with a twinkle in the corner OF his feline
eye. In due time brood of young pigeons
were Matched, and then the bank cat, feel
ing that the bill, so to speak, had matured.
leisurely proceeded to climb the tree, and
having arrived at the nest devoured the
youthful family without more ado
Early in the present season the West
End pigeons. in no wise intimidated by the
murder of their offspring. again appeared
on the scene and once more commenced to
build a nest. Grimalkin smackeG his lips
in anticipation, but judge of his disgust
when a workman. after gazing at the tree
for a considerable time, constructed wire
barrier, something like torpedo net and
made the tree absolutely impregnable to
feline assaults.
The Bank cat had seen a Barring crisis
and divers rises and falls In the Sank rate
Of discount but he had never witnessed
anything like this before. He feels that he
has been cruelty robbed OF his psrQuisites,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
THE WRITER'S ASSOCIATION.
At the First Opportunity Roswell Field
Pays His Respects.
Chicago Post.

Chicago Post.
Last week during the press of war news
and the subsequent press in one of the me-
chanical departments we excused the abb
sence of information from the assembly of
Western writers at Winona Park in the be-
lief that our Warsaw contemporary would
give US a detailed account of the doings of
these notable men and women. Imagine our
Chagrin and annoyance we discover that
our contemporary in question diSmiSSeS the
gathering with a few brief and unsatisfac-
tory remarks. After reading several dozen
notices to the effect that fire crackers are
free at the Enterprise, that ladies' chemi-
settles and linen collars are only cents
each at the Lion store and that Fosters
ran across a paragraph coldly dismssing
the best literary talent of Indiana and i'm
mediate vicinity with half dozen lines.
But to our mind the most insulting part of
the whole proceeding was the frequent repe-
tition of a paragraph telling the writers
what to do ''if taken with a severe attack
of collie" This wanton attack on the men,
tai writings of Western poets has created
the greatest indignation in literary circles,
and if Jim Riley and Eugene Ware do not
resent it by refusing to hold the convocation
al Gravel Pit next year we shall be dlSap-
pointed in their pluck. OF course We are
aware that it is a good thing to know, at
this season of the year what to do when
taken with the collie that precedes cholera
morbus, but we consider it most indicate
to mention the subject at time when the
fairest poetesses of the literary West have
gathered for intellectual endeavor and
poetic recreation. We have been told more
over, by Secretary Pegasus Shelley, of the
A. A. p. c. c., that no poet ever leaves
remedies for intestinal troubles-such is the
close connection between the mind and the
stomach the intellectualS and the Intervals.
Hence the advice was unnecessary, lndell-
cate and preSumptuous. and calls for
prompt and singing rebuke from the off,
GERS of the association.
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Last story of Berenice wheeler.

Berenice Wheeler, the actress who was one
of the Bourgogne victims last week, was to
have taken an important role in why
Smith Left Home" George H. Broadhurst's
new farce that will open the Columbia sea-
son at Chicago Aug. q. Miss Wheeler had
been on the stage four years and made her
first hit as Miss Fannie in "Chimmie Fad
den" Her last appearance was in "A
Bachelors Honeymoon" Less than year
ago Miss Wheeler was married to ]. B.
Coleman, the San Francisco turfman. She
was born on a farm near Leavenworth,
Kan, her fathers bucolc name being Jacob
Rubottom. She left school in Kansas City
without the knowledge of her parents to
play small parts IN dime museum. In 1890
she married Edmond K. Wheeler, a Kansas
City travelling man. She was seventeen
years old and went to Chicago to live. Di-
vorce was inevitable. She then took to the
stage seriously getting position in one of
Gus Frohman's companies. She was with
Sol Smith Russell during his worlds fair
engagement at the Grand in Chicago. The
day she sailed from New York on Inflated
La Bourgogne the following story appeared
in the New York Telegram:
'Berenice Wheeler, VINO is to play the part
of Mrs. Smith in Why Smith Left Home,
is an ardent book lover. Wherever she
travels, in railroad or surface car, her
closest companion is the most recent work
of fiction or fact. So absorbed does she be-
come in the work before her that she is to-
tally oblivious of her surroundings AS an
Illustration of this last Monday she stepped
into a Broadway car, and, book in hand,
seated herself and became deeply engrossed
in what she was reading. An old gentle
MANY who sat next to her permitted his UNI
brella to lean against Miss Wheeler'S side,
and then buried his nose in a newspaper.
Presently she signaled the conductor to
stop the car, and, rising, coolly carried off
the umbrella into the street It's owner re-
manned unconscious of its loss, but pas
senger who had watched the scene looked
back to Miss Wheeler. There she was
mans umbrella in one hand, while with the
hand that held the book she was frantically
waving to the receding car. OF course. the
conductor would not STOP and, as nobody
said a word to the man behind the news
paper, he may not know till he reads this
Paragraph where in creation he left that
umbrella And now a gold-tipped, cherry
wood umbrella, with the initials b. L. W.
engraved thereon, awaits an owner at the
Hotel Grenoble."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10

WASHINGTON, July 9.-Admiral Bunce
sent the welcome news to the Navy Depart
ment to-day that the repairs on the big dry
dock at the Brooklyn navy yard known as
dry dock No. 3, had been completed. All that
remains is to take away the temporary cof-
ferdam which has been used pending the re-
pairs. This can be done within three days,
ten days notice being allowed to the con-
tractors. In the meantime the big dock
VIII be available for our largest war ships
1t is expected that the battle ship Iowa can
be locked there within the next three weeks
and the damage she suffered during the en-
gagement with Admiral Cervera's fleet re-
paired. The completion of this dock has
been awaited with great anxiety by the
Navy Department. big war ships
have been practically without any docking
facilities pending repairs to the Brooklyn
dock
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make it possible to regulate the tempera-
ture of the water, the little ice chests in
the wards to keep ice always on hand, and
the comfortable nurses quarters. These oc-
cupy one side of the vessel on the second
deck. The staterooms have ali outside Win
dows, as has the little messroom for the
nurses, midway between the staterooms.
The vessel will supply its own ice and
other supplies, and there are two X-ray
machines, which are scientifically inter-
esting. They all suggest the superior fa-
cilities there are now for caring for the
wounded and locating foreign substances
The operating room has two operating ta-
bles, insulated furniture, big cases for in
modern hospital. People are too frequent
visitors at hospitals to be affected IN
pleasantly by these things. and the whole
appearance of the Relief is suggestive OF
comfort. 1t is hard to believe that she is
going to a battlefield, and the passengers
for whom she is preparing will be suffer-
ing men.
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WASHINGTON. July 9.--Orders have been
sent to the commanding officers at Key
West in regard to the disposition of the
wounded soldiers now being brought to that
port from Santiago on the steamer Chero-
kee. There are 325 cases on the steamer, of
which one hundred are serious. Some of
these patients will be removed from the
steamer at Key West and taken to the
hospital at that place. The steamer will
then proceed to Tampa, where a hospital
diers to hospitals at Atlanta Ga, and Fort
Monroe, Va. The Cherokee is expected to
arrive at Key West to-day.
Information received here is to the effect
that the wound in the leg received by Maj.
Phil II. Ellis, of the Thirteenth Infantry,
in the fight before Santiago. is not serious.
Fl. Wells, of the Second Infantry, who re-
ceived a flesh wound in the leg, is also do
ing well.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
SCENE OF RUIN.
Concluded from First Page,

news. They did not see the American flag
until too late.
Thousands Of Cubans-some estimates
placing the number at 200O0-are being fed
ait the camp on the west side of the harbor
with supplies furnished by the Red Cross
Society.
The health of the marines at Guantanamo
is good, but the same cannot be said of
those at Baiquiri where forty OF the hun
dred men are on sick report, suffering from
low fever.
On July ninety Spaniards appeared on
the hills west of Baiquiri and opened fire.
The gunboat Manning replied vigorously
and her shells soon silenced and drove
away the enemy.
The siege guns and their ammunition are
now being unloaded from the transport ORR
zaba to large barge. The difficulty is to
get the guns ashore through the surf. It is
believed that the roads to the front at
Santiago are now passable for heavy arr
tillery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
Second Test of an American Inven-
tors Dynamite She'll.

CITY OF MEXICO, July 9.-The second
trial of the dynamite shell invented by the
American engineer, Willard Isham, took
place this morning in the presence Of Pres
ident Diaz, the minister of war and United
States Minister Clayton near the old bat
tlefield of Molina del Rio. The same gun
was used as in the previous test. President
Diaz and party watched all the tests with
great interest. Minister Clayton declared
that no ship of war could receive such a
tremendous shot without being utterly de-
stroyed, and President Diaz expressed his
qualification at the perfect success of the
test, as did the minister of war. Inventor
Isham will go to Washington on Monday
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10

WASHINGTON, July s-Capt. John R.
Bartlett has been ordered by Secretary
Long to take command of the auxiliary
fleet of the United States. Captain Bartlett
relieves Admiral Erben, at present located
at New York city. He will transfer the
headquarters of the auxiliary navy to the
Navy Department. Captain Bartlett is at
present in charge of the Navy Intelligence
Bureau. one of the most important func-
tons of the Navy Department at this time.
He also organized and now directs the coast
signal system which has proven TO be so
valuable. In addition TO these duties, which
he retains. he assumes command of a fleet
of no less than thrty-three vessels. so that,
altogether Captain Bartlett has one of the
most extensive assignments in the navy.
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INSANE MOTHERS DEED.
browns Herself and Two Little Chill
dren in n Barrel of Water.

CLINTON, Ia, July 9.-Paul Dengler, a
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad baggage
man. has met triple bereavement. On re-
turning from trip he found note from
his wife on the sideboard stating she was
losing her mind and was not fit to live and
was going to die and take two children with
her. Search finally resulted to-day in the
discovery of the three bodies in a barrel
near the house, partly filled with water The
heads of the victims We're submerged, but
the feet protruded. Mrs Dengler was thir-
by General Clement A. Evans, d. D.. At
years and nineteen months, respectively
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BOTH TO BE PROMOTED.
Sampson and Schley to Be Rewarded
for Destroying Cervera's Fleet.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The President
has determined to promote acting Admiral
Sampson and Commodore Schley in recogni-
ton of their services in the destruction of
the Spanish naval fleet in American waters,
but is as yet undecided as to the extent of
promotion. Although Admiral Sampson
ranks Commodore Schley in command of
the naval forces in Cuban waters, he is
subordinate to that officer by two numbers
in the naval register. Commodore Schley
stands No 8 in the list of commodores and
Commodore Sampson stands No. 10, having
week Commodore Watson also on duty
with the fleet at Santiago, is senior to both
of the others, standing No. in his grade.
When an official report is received a deci-
sion will be reached as to the extent of pro-
motion to be made
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and that. too. by men of whom he expected
better things. His contention is under
stood to be that pigeons who come into the
city must expect to be plucked, and it pains
him to realize his opinion is not shared by
1t is said that the decision to put up the
wire net was arrived at after due consid-
Grafton by the Bank directors themselves.
Be this as it may, it would take more than
a big fall in the official rate of discount or
a sharp rise in consols to make the Bank
cat emerge from the deep gloom into which
recent events have driven him.
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Anecdote of the Late Dr.. Thomas.

1HuldJld MSulCdi JOuIAdl'
During his more active years he was a
bitter partisan. and though he became a
stanch Union man, yet his sympathies ever
his youth. He was wont TO relate with
much merriment how, upon a certain occa-
sion, at an hour between midnight and
errors Circle in company with Drs. Har-
vey, Chambers and Furgason, and how
these gentlemen called a halt before the
monument of Oliver p. Morton, and by
their united efforts forced him to kneel be-
fore the statue of the illustrious war Gov
ernor in token of renouncing his rebel SEN
timentS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10

WASHINGTON, July g. - The War De-
partment to-day received information show
ing that one two-hundred-a d-ffty-ton dou-
bledeck lighter, one open lighter and tug
had arrived off the southern coast of Cuba
for General Skaters USE
The department. to-day secured the steam
ship Roumana, which is to be fitted up for
transport purposes. She is a twin-screw
vessel and has large carrying capacity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The War De-
partment has announced the purchase of
the steamer City of Berlin, owned by the
International Navigation Company, for use
as transport. She can accommodate a
officers of two regiments She will be over
hauled and fitted up preparatory to her de-
parture south. The department also has
bought the steamer Rita, one of the Spanish
prize ships captured by our vessels. She
will be fitted out for transport purposes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
Donald Cnmeron's oner.

WASHINGTON, July 9. Ex-senator
Donald Cameron, who is now in London,
has cabled to Secretary Long, offering the
government the free use for hospital pur-
poses of his magnificent estate in st. Helena
islands, opposite Port Royal, S. c. The sec
rotary has acknowledged your very pa
triotic Offer" and has notified Mr.. Cameron
that the propriety of acceptance has been
left to the surgeon general of the navy The
property is admirably situated and is con-
venient to the Port Royal naval station.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10

PITTSBURG, Pa. July 9-Two freight
trains collided at Foleys Pa, on the Pitts
burg & Connellsville Railroad, to-day Fire
erty and Lowner, Conductor Snyder and
two brakemen and a coored tramp were
slightly injured One engine was slightly
damaged and several cars derailed. The
cause of the trouble was evidently an error
in orders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The President
has directed the promotion of Brig. Gems.
S. NJ. Young and J. F. Kent to the grade of
major general of volunteers and Col. H.
These officers all took conspicuous part in
the heavy fighting around Santiago On the
LIST and I'd inst.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY.
Fair Weather Predicted for Indiana
and Illinois.

WASHINGTON. July 9.-Forecast for
twenty-four hours ending Sunday at II pm:
For Ohio-Fair weather; northerly winds.
For Kentucky-Fair weather; northerly
winds.
For Indiana and Illinois-Fair weather;
north to northeast winds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
ObitUarY.

NEW YORK, July S.-Francisco J. Cis-
neros is dead at the Windsor Hotel Of
aged siXty-two. He was a man of large
wealth and was a descendant of one of the
most noted Cuban families. All of his
brothers had notable careers as lawyers
physicians and engineers. He was member
OF the same family of which Cardinal Cis-
neros. the famous Spanish prelate, was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10

COLUMBUS, o., July 9.-John Carson and
James Page carpenters, fell sixty feet from
a scaffold at the East Side High School to-
day, resulting in the death of both. A third
man was pinned to the roof by the ropes
and escaped with Slight injuries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
Cook County Democrats.

CHICAGO, July 9.--The Cook. county
Democratic convention to-day denounced
the Allen law and the administration OF
Governor Tanner, Endorsed Mayor Harrison.
reaffirmed the Chicago platform, and nomi-
mated the following county officers: Treas
iirer Thomas Gahan; county clerk. Fred II.
Eldred: sheriff George Kersten; county
Judge. James c. Martin; probate judge
lanes Maher: president county board. Vim
cent III Perkins; for judges Supreme Court,
tomas Hutchinson, G.. S. Thornton, George
Al Trude William Prentiss. Philip Stein
aud william p. Black.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
Otto Horman Robbed.

Otto Hoffman. who keeps a saloon on Me-
ridian street, near Ray, was robbed of SIS
last night while assisting at tire near his
place. The flames were in a stable In the
rear of 928 South Meridian street, and Hoff-
man left the saloon and went ID the fire.
While he was there thieves entered the
place and robbed the money drawer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10

Sampson In regard to the condition of Lieut..
Caballero. an officer Of the Spanish navy
who was attached to the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Fluton at the time Of her destruc-
tion by the American feet last Sunday. A
cable message was received from Admiral
Caballero probably was dead. The German
embassy acted In this matter at the solic-
itation of the wife of the Spanish naval
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
AIonzo J. Whiteman Punisbed.

CHICAGO, July 9.-Alonzo ]. Whiteman of
Duluth, charged with obtaining money bv
false pretense was to-day fined 81 900 and
sent to the house of correction for one year.
II the hne is not paid he will be compelled
to work 1T out at the rate of 81. so q day
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On "a Hospital shin.

The hospital ship Relief which has been
in the East river, at the foot of Ninth
street, this past week. represents everv-
thing that is comfortable and Convenient
in the way of caring for the wounded
There Is something attractive about III with
it's wide decks filled with tw0-tier iron bed
Eteads, its big sanitary bathtub for earh
ward the Thermometer on the pipes Is