davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

Sulus for its tire. may be said to exist. In
Manila there Is native population OF POSI-
city and other centers the shading comes
quickly. and at Mindanao you find pirates
and freebotters and wild mountaineers who
know no friend but nature.
Aguinaldo and his followers represent but
small fraction of the people Of the group,
despite the fact that they have overrun all
of Luzon, which has an area of one-third
of the entire group. and the control and
government of the people of all of the
to those intrusted with the task They
have never known just rule. however. and
relief from burdensome and grinding taxa
tion may find them apprecia tive of just rule
and stable government. But even along
peaceful lines the task of developing the
country and bring order TO its affairs is
stuoendous one.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

CANTON, o., Sept. lit has been sup
rosed that the President might return to
Ohio next week to attend the G. A. r. re-
union at Cincinnati. but it was definitely
announced that his official duties in connec-
ton with the peace negotiations will pre-
vent his doing so. The members of the
peace commission are due in Paris, to meet
the Spanish commissioners, Oct. l. 1t will
be necessary for them to leave, therefore,
about Sept. TO- and hence there is only
short time between now and then to ar
range their own affairs for their protracted
absence and to confer with the President
regarding the negotiations and the many
perplexing questions which are expected to
arise before the final treaty of peace is
signed.
1t is understood that President Mckinley
will spend the day in New York tomorrow.
TT ough as he desires to avoid attracting at
tention, his movements are not to be made
public in advance. He will be. Joined by
Secretary Alger at Camp Wikoff, Saturday
morning, and will then proceed to inspect
the camp unofsicially. Secretary Alger will
return to Washington Sunday afternoon,
and possibly the President will do the same.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

tematic examination of the stocks of deal
ers. Large manufacturing chemists are re-
ported to be putting up number of medi-
cines in a style similar TO proprietary medi-
cines in general. but bearing no stamp.
MediciQai chemical compound preparations
improperly put on the market as uncom-
rounded chemicals and unstamped. The de-
threatens the integrity of the whole tax
system under Schedule B as relating to
medicinal articles, and calls for the serious
attention of the entire service.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

NEW YORK. Sept. 1.-The Lyceum The
ater opened its doors tonight for the first
time this season. Considering the intense
heat, there was a very large and fashion,
able audience to greet r. III. Sothern in his
production of Anthony Hopes first play.
1.-The Adventures, OF Lady Ursula" Mr..
Sothern had character fitted exactly to his
style and ability. and was as pleasing as
ever, continuing applause marking the end
of each act and often punctuating some of
the more important scenes. Miss Virginia
Harmed as Lady Ursula was piquant and
beautiful, rendering her lines with intelli-
geYlc0 and effect.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
DARING HlGHWAYMAN.
Chicago Man Turns RObber 10 Keep
His Family-His Last Victim.

CHICAGO, Sept. IA robber entered the
saloon of Joseph Keanet, IA State street. and
poking a revolver under the nose of Ward
Fish, manager of the place, demanded the
contents of the cash drawer. Fish showed
fight and was shot twice His wounds will
prove fatal. The robber ran from the place.
but was captured. He was identified as
James Caldwell. who up to two weeks ago
was in the employ of large wholesale drug
house in this city. He was discharged on
account of dull trade and turned highway
man. because, as he expressed it, Il could
get no work and my family had TO live" He
confessed to several robberies committed
within the last two weeks
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
ANOTHER PACIFIC CABLE.
Plans Considered at Meeting I'm
PierpOnt Morgan's Ofsce.

NEW YORK, Sept. lat meeting Of
the directors of the Pacific Cable Company,
held at the Office of j. P. Morgan & Co.,
plans were considered for establishing cable
communication with the Philippines, the
Asiatic coast. Japan and Australasia, via
Hawaii. Surveys for a duplicate cable, via
Sitka, and the Aleutian islands, were or
dered. James A. Scrymser. President of the
Pacific Gable Company will sail from VAN
couver for Japan on Sept II.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

GALESBURG. ILL, Sept. 1--Battery B. OF
the Illinois National Guard, received orders
tonight to leave at once for Pana, Ill. Six
ty men, with five Gatling guns. under COM
mand of Lieut. Frank Henry, will start i'm
mediately on a special train. Trouble be-
tween the striking coal miners and deputy
sheriffs is feared, because Of the efforts of
the mine operators to import colored
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
To Abolish welland Cana, Tolls.

CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 1. = Important
steps were taken by the Lake Carriers AS
sociation for the abolition of tolls on the
Welland and other Canadian canals at a
meeting held here to-day.
A motion was made and carried to send
a committee of the Lake Carriers Associa-
ton to appear before the joint American
ana British conference at Quebec and urge
that tolls be done away with. Harvey D.
Goulder. counsel for the association, will
appear before the conference with the COM
mittee. The chief opposition will probably
come from the Canadian Atlantic railroad.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
National Turner society.

OMAHA, Neb.. Sept. New York was
chosen as headquarters for the next five
years of the Bohemian National Turner So
ciety, as the final act of its three days ma
tional convention, which closed here to-
held at Cleveland in 1900. The next national
convention will be held at Milwaukee in
1903. Fred Martini, of New York. was
elected sokoI chief and his assistants are
Joseph Stribr. of Cleveland. and Fred En-
glethaler OF Cedar Rapids Chicago was
chosen as the location OF the Training
School for Turner Instructors.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
American Mfcroscopists.

SYRACUSE n. Y. Sept. 1.-The Ameri-
business here to-day, devoting the after
noon TO pleasure. These officers were
elected President, DR.. William c. Krauss,
RlaiIe az n,Ss vice plesiee ,d ,.n "a Al.
dent. DR.. q. c. Huger, of Ann Arbor, Mich
secretary, Prof. Henry D. Ward. of Lin
coin, Neb.; treasurer, Magnus Pfaum, of
Pittsburg Pa
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
WINNIE DAVIS BETTER.
Daughter of the Confederacy Is Much
Improved.

NARRAGANSETT PIER. r. l., Sept l.
Miss Winnie Davis. who has been seriously
i'll with gastritis. passed a comfortable day,
and tonight is much improved. She is now
able to take rourishment for the first time
in several days.
A dispatch from Atlanta says: A telegram
was received in this city to-day from
Narragansett Pier stating that Miss Winnie
Davis. who was recently operated on for
appendicitis. is dying.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

DETROIT, Sept. lit became known last
night that ex-Postmaster General Don NJ.
Dickinson and Henry NJ. Thurber. secretary
70 President Cleveland during his last term
had dissolved the law partnership which has
existed between them for a number of
wears. The reason given is that the prac-
tice of the two gentlemen had diverged un-
I'll the partnership was no longer beneficial
to either.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Sept. Judge
Coffee to-day granted DR.. Emma Sutro-
Merritt and w. B. II. Adamson special let
ters OF administration on the estate of the
late Adolph Sutro. A slight contest was
made by Edgar Il. Sutro and p. A. Morbio.
nut the court refused to take cognizance OF
tneir plea and issued the letters to the ex-
ecutors named by the millionaire in his
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
PATENT MEDICINE TAX.
Treasury Department Says the Law Is
Being Violated.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The Treasury
Department has issued a circular calling
the attention of collectors and revenue
agents to the fact that the tax on medicinal
preparations is not being thoroughly en-
forced. and ordering an immediate and sys-
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02

LONDON, Sept. blanche Roosevelt, the
American writer. is seriously i'll in this city.
suffering from a complication Of disorders,
including brain trouble.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-02
Culver Military Academy

Qounded and endowed By Il. Il. CULvEn 81. Louisl
Culver, Indiana (Lake nIaxinkuckeels
Combines military discipline with thorough acs-
demic training. New fire proof buildings hrss.
class appointments. extensive grounds. Infantry.
artillery. cavalry. Exceptional advantages yeo
inexpensive. Send for catalogue to
Col A. +. FLEET, A. NJ. IL. D.. supk
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-01-21
COUNTY JAIL.
improvements and Repairs.
Supplies and Clothing.

W. Barne t, goods to Jail =:
o. W. Schmidt, goods to jail
Young & Monson, goods to
Jail. .......
J. E.. Bradley, goods to jail
Stern & Hanc gods to jail
D. l.. Clements g. So, go dis
to Jail. ...... ............,
G. Lnlsdorf & Son, goods to
A. j. Busch & Son, goods tC
Pond and Jorgenson, goods
TO Jail
Clement Schroeder, goods te
JdIl...
Martin Walser, goods to Jail
I. W. Hart, goods to jnil -.
L. {. Diamond & Co., goods
. .
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-01-21
c Fuel and Lights.
MankbtO Gas e. +. LiphtCo,,


MankHto Gas & E. LightCo.,
gas Z 90o.ol
Geo. Ploog, saving wood.... LOO
R. E. Richardson, saving L
wood 1.N
Matt Stauffel, saving wood. 400
c. H. Becker saving wood. 3.70
Soren Larson, saving wood. 80
Neil Cook, coal ........... 22.5O
q. Fl Becker. hauling wood 800
c. M. Iohr ston, hauling
Wo' q. ........ 0O
Henry j. Kortz, wood 5.62
Gust Gunderson wood ....... $3.50
j. r. Anderegg, wOod..... 5000
1875
Board of Prisoners.
D. T. Bowen. ................ $96105 961 o.
Miscells neous Items.
John Schiman special guard 400
W H. Anderson, special
guard .................. 400
guard NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 400
A. V. Smith, special guard. 400
Cbas Jones special guard 400
Peter Griffith 81 ecial guard, 400
F. W. orce, special guard, 400
N. w. Telephone Exc. Co.,
Co.. telephone service. 1850
Mrs. d. T. Bowen, marion
ices. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. %4.W
K. K. Brown, sharpening
lawn mower .oV
A. Joi nston, clearing rub
bish from Jail .......-....... 20
CIT, of Mapkato, water rent. 1870
II. p. hrlstenser insurance 2.bI
1856. o
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-01-21

MISCELLANEOUS TO COURT HOUSE.
NJ. Wiltgen, livery to grand &
jury OV
Curnelia P .Glotzbach, taking
and transcribing evidence. 1885
Geo. W, Scherer, postage and
express. ..........-.......... 6O64
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
STARVATION AT cIENFUEGos.
The Appeal to Sampson for Aid Cam
not NOW BE Answered.


fCor, right. 1898. by the Associated Press.}
GUANTANAMO BAY, July 25.-The fol-
lowing pi.iful appeal has been addressed by
the starving people of Cienfuegos to Rear
Admiral Sampson:
Honorable Sir: The Cubans, old men,
women and children, resident in the town
of Cienfuegos and this neighborhood are
all dying of hunger. The young men are
all in the field with the Cuban troops, and
have not shoes, neither food. All the pro-
visions IN this town are in the hands of the
Spaniards Cubans cannot obtain a piece
of bread, as it is necessary to send every
thing to the field. The Wey1er system is in
their way. The situation is terrible. If
you, honorable sir, do not come quick with
your squadron in our help and take possess
sion of this town we shall be lost. We beg
You to precipitate your operation. About
5000 old men, women and children shall
die of hunger in this town. Some of these
old men have four or five sons fighting for
freedom. This Is our situation horrible
situation. If the great people of the United
States do not come quick in our help we
are lost. For Gods sake, come quick
SOME CUBANSn
Nothing can be done for the people of
Cienfuegos until that place is captuled.
This will not be for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
Later.

The Spanish communication made
no suggestion as to the terms OF
peace, as to the Philippines, Cuba or
Porto Rico, neither did it ask for an
armistice. 1t was simply a general
request for peace. The President III
his conference with the French am
hassadOr said he would call the cabi-
ct together and lay the matter be-
lore them. He would then make
his answer, reserving it meanwhile.
1t is likely any negotiations will be
conducted at Paris looking to def
mite terms as a general understand
ing has been reached here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
SPANISH SOLDIERS ESCAPE.
Eleven Confined in Santiago JaI
Succeed i'm Their Attempt.

Special Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star.
Copyright. 1881
PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 26.-At Santi-
ago last night eleven Spanish prisoners
escaped from the city Jail. 1t is alleged
that they overpowered the guards.
The Cubans claim that the keepers, who
are also Spanish, set the prisoners free.
Gen. Shafter recently appointed a prison
commission TO inspect the Spanish prisons.
They were found to be in the most terrible
condition.
Prisoners were discovered in some of
them who have been confined for years
without trial, for crimes the maximum
punishment for which, under Spanish law,
would be two months. The commission
will sit daily until these cases can be re-
viewed.
Several of the Spanish justices have sent
in their designations to Gen. Shafter, say
ing that they cannot take the oath of al
legiance. The high courts of justice will
b, closed until other appointments can be
made.
A large sum of money is missing from
the Santiago branch of the Havana Bank
Inquiries are being made for it. Otherwise
great tranquility prevails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
HONOLULU TO BE FORTIFIED
Major Langftt Ordered to Make Preliminary
Survey of the Harbor.
Troops Going ON the St. Paul to
Manila This Week-More Trans
ports Engaged.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-Major Lang
fit, who is to go to Honolulu with a bit
TALON of volunteer engineers, has received
Instructions from General Merriam to cause
a preliminary survey to be made of the
harbor at Honolulu and it's surroundings as
the initiative of fertilization plans. He is
to prepare plans for barracks and officers
quarters which will be final after they
have been approved by the War Depart
ment. They will be subject to change by
General Merriam before being sent to
Washington.
General Merriam has selected Lieutenant
Colonel Lee Slower of the list South Dakota
Infantry to command the troops going to
Manila this week on the steamer ST. Paul.
They will embark on Thursday or Friday.
Two battalions of the LIST South Dakota
left for the Philippines on the steamer Rio
de Janeiro last Saturday. The remaining
battalions of the regiment is to go on the
st. Paul. In addition. General Merriam has
decided to send the recruits for the list
Colorado and 10th Pennsylvania.
Private w. H. Dubbs of Company K, 7th
California, is dead at the Marine Hospital
of pneumonia. Private Lyon Hull of Com
pany D, 1st South Dakota is dead at the
division hospital of catarrh pneumonia.
Private Mulligan of Company K, 23d In
fantry, who died Sunday night at the Ma
rine Hospital, has been buried in the Pre-
sidio cemetery.
The 18th California has sent in the past
twenty -four hours five cases of measles to
the field hospital. Two of the victims, Pri-
Yates Marske and Hount of Company G,
are in dangerous condition
DR. F. H Demey of the 18th Infantry h: !,
been taken to the French Hospital III with
pneumonia.
A special to the Chronicle from vancou-
yer, B. c., says that the Canadian Pacific
steamships Tartar and Athenian are an
taken eff the klondyke route. Their stores
are being removed. and they are to be-
come United States transports.
AS they are British naval reserve heats.
they cannot be transferred TO the Amer
lean government directly, SO they VIII pass
through the hands of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, being converted into
troop ships by Uncle Sam. The Atheniali
is registered at 1900 tons, and is cen
structed to carry 1880 men. the Tartar Is
a 4,oO0-ton ship, built to accommodate
loo. Both ships can travel seventeen
knots an hour.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 26--The steamer
Charles Nelson, which arrived here Mon
Cay from st. Michaels, has been chartered
by the government for a Transport The
government has also chartered the steam
er Samoa. Both vessels will leave for San
Francisco within day or two. It is IN
derstocd that they are to be used in car
rying troops to Honolulu sza
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
GRANTS BRIGADE THE NEXT
1t Will Leave Camp Thomas Today for New
port News
Troop NJ, Illinois Cavalry, Named as
zen. Wade's Guard of Honor
The Soldiers Mail.

GA-CHATTANOOGA Ma
IlONAL MILITARY PARK, Ga, July 90
Inc &c Brigade. LIST Division, list Corps,
commanded by General Fred Grant, now
loading at RossvilIa Station, leaves this
afternoon for Newport News
1t Is composed of the 1st Kentucky, Sd
Kentucky and 9TH Illinois. The brigade VIII
be accompanied by the Third Battalion of
the 10Th Pennsylvania, which arrived after
the departure OF the regiment for Porto
Rico. The route to Newport News will be
over the Queen and Crescent and Chesa-
peake and Ohio. via lexington, KY, and
Richmond, Va.
with The exception of the regiments
which go out tomorrow, and which are
busy today packing, all commands are
hard at work drilling. The weather is cool
and pleasant and it is being fully taken ad-
vantage of.
Major Skunk. chief engineer of the I'd
Division. 1st Corps, is now featuring the
commissioned and non-commissioned Of
hcers on the art of constructing hasty field
fortiticat:cns.
Major Nye, commissary of subsistence of
the local military supply depot, has shipped
eighty cars of provisions to the park dur
ing the last forty-eight hours
Judging from these heavy shipments it
would appear a. though more troops would
shortly arrive at the park.
Major Nye has not received any orders
up TO the present writing to provide travel
rations Ter troops that are going to leave
the park Nineteen cars of potatoes
rived from Columbia, Tenn, today
An enormous quantity of letter mail is
now being handled at the Chickamauga
postal station of the Chickamauga post
Office. All of the soldiers mail goes to this
Office, and all civilian mail is sent to the
Lyle, Ga. regular post Office. At the
Chickamauga station branch over 10000
letters are handled each day. This includes
both the incoming and outgoing mails,
curing force of seventeen clerks to dis
tribute and make UP the aIails. In addi-
tlon to these letters an average of 25,050
mail packages, including papers, boxes,
etc, are handled each day. This makes up
over 200 sacks of paper mail every twenty
four hours. The mails are now being re-
ceived and dispatched without delay, and
much credit is due the postal authorities.
DIR. G. NJ. Drake. former surgeon Of the
Southern railway, has been transferred
from the Sd Corps to take charge of the
LIST Division. LIST Corps. Hospital. There
are a number of patients in this hospital
left by the commands w.scl are now en-
route to Porto Rico.
Troop NJ, LIST Illinois Cavalry. from Chi
cago. has been named by General Wade as
his guard of honor. The guard will go on
duty as soon as Gen. Wade decides upon
the location of his heanquarters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26

miles from this port, is to the eastward of
the aarbor In addition. the water at
Ponce is too shallow for the transports to
be able to get close in shore. Then, again,
Ponce itself is some little distance from
where the troops would have been able to
land if that point had been selected for
the debarkation of the expedition.
One advantage of this place is that it is
situated close to the railroad connection
with Ponce, which means of transportation
our troops hope to secure today.
The Reconnoiter.
Early this morning the Gloucester, In
command of Lieutenant Commander VAIN
wright steamed into Guanica haroor, IN
order to reconaoiter the place. With the
feet waiting outside the gallant little fight
ing Yacht Gloucester braved the mines
which were supposed to be in this harbor
and found there were five fathoms OF wa
ter close in shore.
Guanica bay is a quiet place, surrounded
BIZ cultivated lards. In the rear are hlgh
mountains, and close to the beach nesties
a village fabout twenty houses.
The Spaniards were completely taken by
surprise Almost the first they knew Oh
the approach of the army of invasion was
in the announcement, contained in the fir
ing of a gun from the Gloucester. demand
ing that the Spanfards haul down their
flag. which was floating from, nag s'ah
in front of a block house standing 10 TIE
east of the village. The first couple cf
three-pounders were fired into the hills
right and left of the bay, purposeiy AVOID
ing the town. lest the projectiles nurt wo-
men or chill lren.
The Gloucester then hove to within
about COO yards of the shore and lowered
a launch having on board Colt rapid
fire gun and thirty meE, under the COM
mand of Lieutenant Huse, who was sent
ashore without encountering opposition
Quartermaster Beck thereupon told ieo-
man Lacy to haul down the Spanish flag,
which was done, and they then raised on
the flagstaff the first United States flag to
float over Porto Rican soil
spnniards Fired.
Suddenly about thirty Spaniards opened
fire with Mauser rifles on the American
party. lieutenant HUE and his men re-
sponded with great gallantry, the Colt gun
doing effective work.
Mormon. who received Admiral Cerveras
surrender, and Wood, a volunteer heuten-
ant. shared the honors with Lieutenant
HUE.
Almost Immediately after the spaniards
fired on the Americans the Gloucester
opened fire on the enemy with all her
and 6-pounders which could be brought
TO bear, Smelling the town, and also drop
ping shells in the hills west of the port,
where number of Spanish cavalry were
TO be seen Fastening toward the spot
where the Americans had landed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
COURSE OF THE soLACE.
VIII Distribute Deifcacies and COL
Iect Sick and Wounded.

The following bulletin was posted at the
Navy Department today:
THE ambulance ship Solace will sail in a
day or two from New York fer Admiral
SIMPSONS squadron. While at the navy
yard she mas had an additional ice ma
chine installed. and has been supplied with
a earbonater and brown canvas awning by
the Rhode Island Relief Association and an
X-ray apparatus by the National Society of
Colonial Danes. She will go to Key West
and take on board all the naval sick or
wounded in the hospitals or on the vessels
in port and will assist all the vessels on
blockade duty around the Island of Cuba,
taEing on board their sick and wounded
and leaving them ice, fruit, delicacies and
stores for the sick, comfort bags and cloth
Ing, contributed in kind Or purchased with
money 81 pplied by various patriotic socie-
ties throughout the country. AS soon as
she receives her complement of sick and
wounded she will bring them 10 one of the
northern naval hospitals"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
STANDARDS KEEP GOOD WATCH.
Flash and Smoke Signals and Shot,
Followed a Dispatch Boats Course.

Flash and Smoke Signals and shots
Followed n Dispatch Boats Course.
KEY WEST, Fla, July GA squad of
Spanish soldiers three miles west of Bahia
Honda. province of Pinar del Rio, yesterday
afternoon fired half dozen shots at tbs
Associated Press dispatch boat Dandy.
which was passing that point two miles
out.
Flash and smoke signals also marked the
progress of the Dandy along the shore,
Which seemed to be excellently watched.
The country from a point west of Bahia
Honda to Havana is in high state of cuI-
tivation.
The red hull of the Spanish steamer AL
fonso XII, sunk near Mariel, is conspicu-
Gus landmark
Cape San Antonio light, at the western
extremity of the Island of Cuba, is burn
ing, and Havana was brilliantly illuminated
last night.