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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-26
The Khalifa Reported to Be Waiting
for the Invaders with About
10000 Dervishes.
SITUATION in THE FAR EAST
ENGLISH WAR SHIPS GATHERING In
WEI-HAI-WEI HARBOR.
Demands on China May BE Enforced
with Shot and ShelI-UncOnfirmed
Story Concerning Salisbury.

WADY HAMED Aug 24.-The whole
Anglo Egyptian expedition has arrived here
and the advance is now commencing to FL
HAIR, where final concentration will be
made for the march on OmduPman. forty
miles distant, which will occupy two days,
if the Khalifa decides to await attack at
Omdurman, as now appears likely Retu-
gees are arriving daily from Omdurman.
They all agree that the Khalifa
means to fight They report that
he has seventy thousand men. The attack
is expected to occur about Sept s. Our
camp of twenty thousand men. extending
three miles. with the white gunboats and
an innumerable fleet of native boats, pre-
sents picturesque and animated sight.
General Sir Herbert Kitcheners achieve
ment so far is a brilliant operation. Some
weeks ago he announced his intention to
concentrate his forces at Wady Hamed on
Aug p. He arrived there to-day. Wady
Hamed is village forty miles above Met
ammes and between fifty and sixty miles
from Omdurman. 1t is at the foot of the
long sixth cataract, the head of which is
at Shabluka. Considering the difficulties of
moving 1900 men and impediments over
the desert and along the Nile under blaz-
ing sun, the achievement is proof of the
splendid organization of the expedition and
augurs well for the final overthrow of the
Khalifa's power. Major General Archibald
Hunter commands the Egyptian forces,
which comprise two-thirds of the expedi-
ton and which critics agree now form capt.
tai fighting material. Major General Will
liam Forbes Gatacre commands the British
forces
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BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
RumOr that Salisbury Sent the Gar
an Ultimatum Not Confirmed.

LONDON, Aug. ga dispatch cabled
from London to New York to the effect that
Lord Salisbury, before leaving for France,
informed her Majesty the Queen, that in
the present critical state of relations with
Russia he must resign unless her frequently
expressed veto on the prosecution of diplo-
macy to the point of war during her life
absolutely free hand. and that thereupon
the Ministry made definite proposals to
Russia, which, in effect, amounted to an I'LL
timatum, is an elaboration of the current
gossip of the clubs and the sensational
WeekIies, and is obviously impossible of con-
firmation denial Circumstantial evil
dence all goes to disprove the statement.
Lord Salisbury has been spending his vaca-
ton since Parliament adjourned in France
Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson, permanent
and other most important officials of the
Foreign Office, and likewise the Russian
ambassador to Great Britain, NJ. De Staal,
have been on the continent for long time
Apparently there are no important negotia-
tions afcot England abandoned the OPEN
i'll her face, has been pointed out. and
retreated to the policy of spheres of infiu-
ence because 1t is necessary to appear to
have some Chinese policy. Two British
ships were withdrawn from Chinese waters
yesterday.
A dispatch to a news agency from Shang-
hal reports that the entire available British
Hai-Wei to support the demands of Sir
Claude Macdonald, British minister TO
China There is no confirmation of the re-
port Obtainable from other sources.
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General Notes.

WASHINGTON, Aug 25.-To-days state
ment of the condition of the treasury shows:
Available cash balance. 1894 .29O 1856; gold re-
serve, s20S, OO60G3
National Commander Henry Shndler, of
the Regular Army and Navy Union, has an
nounced a decision admitting to member
ship in the order all persons who served
during the Spanish-American war, whether
in the permanent or temporary establish
ment of the army.
A triennial convention of the Weather
Bureau meteorologists will be held at
Omaha in the middle of October. The con-
vention will be opened by Prof Willis T.
Moore, chief Of the bureau. Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson may attend. From one
to three meteorologists are expected from
almost all ~ the States. The meeting will
last two days.
1nv' se..o.dry of state has appointed
Henry Turner Bailey, of Massachusetts,, and
Thomas w. Wood, of New York. delegates
on the part OF the United States to the
International Congress of Public Art, which
is to meet at Brussels in September for
the purpose of examining and discussing
questions concerning public art
The Treasury Department is now sending
out bonds to subscribers to the amount of
So, 500 900 daily. The aggregate so far deliv-
cred Is $5S,S33, go The average number of
war revenue stamps issued during July was
%, 52 daily.
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HAVANA TOBACCO.
Good Prices offered by Dcalers-PrO-
visions still Scarce.

HAVANA, Aug. 25.-Reports from Sagua
announce that there is great animation
among the tobacco buyers. There are daily
arrivals from Havana of dealers who offer
$l4 for one hundreds pounds of remedies to-
bacco. Reports from Santa Clara province
say that leaf tobacco is sold in packages
at from SIS to $40 per hundred pounds At
Vega de Palma two hundred bales weighing
one hundred and sixty-two pounds net sold
at $40 each. Others Of better quality weigh
ing one hundred and thirty-seven pounds
net, brought from $15 to $i7 each At Gala
juani over three hundred bales from the
fertile vega Of Baldomero Grau sold at $50
and $54.
request the colonial secretary of the treas
ury to allow the importation of cattle into
the island free of duty because of the
scarceness of cattle and the high prices
which prevail. Eggs are sold at % cents
EACH
The arrival of many vessels has given the
port and the wharves almost their normal
aspect. Nevertheless, sufficient provisions
have not yet arrived to supply Havana, let
alone the. interior towns. Although there is
bread enough for all, there is not the same
abundance as in normal times, nor is the
price normal A commission of colonies of
volunteers visited General Blanco to-day,
soliciting, in the name of the volunteer
chief, special grace and absolute license
TO recruit tor the regular army those who
are serving in volunteer battalions.
Great impatience exists among all social
classes, especially among commercial men
and planters and producers, as to the form
OF government for Cuba which will be de-
cided upon by the Paris commission.
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A SHORTER WORKDAY.
Plans of Printers Explained 10 the
United TypOthetae.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Aug. 25.-The fea-
ture of the business of the United Typo
thetae of American convention to-day was
the hearing of George w. Harris, chairman
OF special committee for the International
Typographical Union, who came to Mil
waukee for the purpose of advocating be-
fore the convention the proposition for a
Dine-hour work day. Mr.. Harris said that
by referendum vote of the union it was de-
cided 10 enforce the fewer hour work day,
though the time had not yet been fixed.
me short day had been agitated since 1887,
and the union thought it a good proposition
ior both the United Typothetae and the
Wds hlgh the union would be willing to
cept q REDUCTION, but where the pay was low
no cnange should be made. The fixing of
tne scale IN dlIferent cities would be left to
loedl unions. Inc main point, he said, was
d Ieuucton In hours; that the union did
atlon an amcable agreement could be
TSacned The International Typographical
Union is working in conjunction with the
International PreSSmen's and Assistants
Union for the nine-hour day. After Mr..
harris finished talking he was made the
target Tor numerous questions. and then the
convention went into executive session on
the short day problem.
AS the situation now stands, the employ
erS Will either have to grant the nine-hour
DAY or stand strike of gigantic propor-
tlons- 1t is said several of the employers are
In FAVOR of granting the demand without a
reduction in wages; others are willing to
compromise on nine and one-half hours
while the remainder are much opposed to ii
and are ready to fight.
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WILL TAKE A VACATION
PRESIDENT M'kINLEY TO VISIT HIS
BROTHER AT SOMERSET, PA.
He VIII Spend Half an Hour with the
Troops at Camp Meade, and Later
May Go to Camp WikOff.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25-President Nc
Kinley announced this afternoon that he
would leave Washington for Somerset at
o'clock next Saturday morning to visit his
brother, Mr.. Abner Mckinley. This will be
the first vacation President Mckinley has
taken since war threatened 1t will be of
very short duration, occupying in all, &C
cording to present plans, less than fort
night. He will leave here at o'clock Sat
urday morning on a special train of Pull
man cars. Mrs. Mckinley will be with him,
and they will have small party of friends
as guests The Presidents wish is to have
as little display and publicity of his move
unhampered by ceremonies. Accordingly,
his plans as made do not include general
review of the troops at Camp Meade. The
train en- route to Somerset will make short
stop at Middletown, Pa, where the Pres
ident has planned to stop about half hour,
but not to stay long enough to warrant any
general or long exercises. This is due to his
personal inclination to omit all ceremony.
home to remain over Sunday. Beyond that
point his plans are not finally settled. He
has promised to make a visit at Camp
Wikon, at Montauk Point, Long island,
when the condition of the troops will per-
init them to march in review, and 1t is pos
there next week. He has special desire to
see the heroes of Santiago, and will en-
deavor to reach Montauk at as early a date
as their physical condition warrants.
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Campaign Against Quay.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 25.-The Repub-
lican Business Mems League of Pennsyl
vania held a meeting in this city to-day
and adopted initiative measures in the
leagues efforts to prevent the reelection
of United States Senator NJ. S. Quay whose
term will expire March g. 1899. Resolutions
were adopted reciting that the machinery
of the Republican party of the State is
controlled and used by the leaders for self
ish and improper eEds, and only the per-
sonal defeat of Senator Quay can destroy
his machine" Ex-Postmaster General
Wanamaker addressed the meeting at con-
siderable length. and severely arraigned
Senator Quay and what he termed the ma
chine politics of the State. A vigorous
campaign will at once be started and meet
ings will be held in every county in the
State
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America and South America, even as they
are indelible in Cuba. 1t is a thing which
cannot be conquered even by such superb
troops as United States regulars. You can
shoot a man through the head. but you
cannot remove from his brain a love for
the bloody death of a bull. There is the in
evitable little plaza in the center of the city,
shaded with beautiful trees and threaded
with wide walks. In the Moorish band
stand a Spanish band operated but yester-
day. Sometimes now an American band
plays there of an evening. In the plaza
there is also the cathedral, fine old Span
ish sign, such as one sees even in Califor-
MIA. From the plaza radiate such streets ana
such scenes as one can find in the City OF
Mexico, the only thing lacking being the
persistent harsh cries of the street vendors.
The principal hotel is the usual, quaint
place, with a courtyard in which men sit
and have their cognac or coffee The walls
are decorated with lamentable pictures in
oil-fat and shapeless lions. palm trees, alb
surd urns. white palaces. lakes The tropic
sun blisters the paint. and pieces of lion,
tree, palace have fallen to the ground. Di-
laDidation is carefully prominent here as in
as high as aspiration and almost as dingy
as fulhllment. The Spaniard. when he is
once persuaded to polish, is a terrible per-
son. He creates a neWneSS a thousand times
more CHASTITY than his ordinary dirtness-
clean and newly-painted house in
Spanish town is unreal and terrifying. And
so the old city lies in the sun, dirty, roman-
tic and patrolled by Michigan.
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FAREWELLS EXCHANGED.
Shafter and TornI Say Goodbye to
Each Other.

Eacn Otner.
SANTIAGO, Aug. "a, delayed in trans
on.)-General Toral visited General
Shafter this afternoon and bade him brief
but impressive and formal farewell.
The hospital ship Bay State sailed this
morning for Montauk Point, having on
board one hundred sick of the Sixty-second
and Forty-ninth Massachusetts Regiments
One death occurred before sailing.
Dr. McCloud, a clergyman of the Phila-
delphia Christian Commission, has been en-
gagged to-day in locating the graves of the
American soldiers preparatory to returning
their remains to the United States.
General Wood will turn the hospital serv-
ice over to the local authorities The con-
ditiOn here is more satisfactory. Sanitary
improvements have been made.
The business men of Santiago and plant
ers in the vicinity of the city have insti-
tuted a movement to induce Generals Gar
cia and Castillo to permit the Cuban SOL
dierS to return to service on the Plantations.
This is a good season for agricultural prod
ucts if the work begins soon.
General Shafter has formally turned his
command over to General Lawton and will
sail with his staff tomorrow on the steam
err Mexico.
Three hundred and fifty sick from various
regiments boarded the Berkshire this after
noon at Siboney OF the patients left at
Siboney one hundred are in critical condi-
ton.
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All the Troops Not Required for Gar
rison DUTY Aboard Transports and
Ready to Sail for Home.
LAYTON NOW In COMMAND
HIS STATEMENT OF THE SANITARY
CONDITIONS AT SANTIAGO,
Tradesmen Anxious for the Disband-
AIger at Camp WikOff.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The last of
Skaters army will sail from Cuba to-
morrow. The following dispatch was re-
ceived from General Shafter by the War
Department late this afternoon:
Command all embarked this morning
except the Twenty-fourth United States In
fantry, a detachment of recruits for the
First Illinois Volunteer Infantry and a part
of the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer In
fantry, all of which will embark tomorrow
morning on transports now here. General
Butt is with the First Illinois on the Ber-
lin and Berkshire with $50 convalescents,
leaving this morning for Montauk Point 1
will leave with headquarters and with a
company of the First Infantry on the Mex
leo by noon to-day Instructions about ORR
saba proceeding to Montauk Point just re-
ceived. Allegheny left yesterday with Ninth
Massachusetts on board. The Unionist
having on board one company of the
First Illinois and private horses,
leaves to-day. The Saratoga, with Lieut.
Col. Freedman and $50 of the Fifth Infantry
arrived this morning. Three hundred more
expected on the Knickerbocker in three or
four hours"
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Merchants at Santiago Want the Gu
ban Army Disbanded.

NEW YORK, Aug 25.-The Herald's San
tiago de Cuba correspondent says The
merchants here are anxious that the Cuban
army should be disbanded at once. 1t is
a standing menace to business. they say.
They are all anxious to resume, but find it
impossible to do so because property is
threatened by the i'll disciplined levies of
Garcias command. Cultivators refused to
return to plantations, where they will be
subject to contributions for the support of
the Cuban soldiers who are still in the field.
No produce, therefore, will come to the
market here and the ships that bring
cargoes cannot take anything back If the
province is to return TO a self-supporting
basis and trade begin again the Cuban
army, it is generally admitted, must be dis
banded.
Robert Mason, the British consul here,
says that business is at a standstll. mo
produce is coming from the country" he
said, because the condition of things there
is unsettled and merchants are afraid to en-
gage in operations until the political situa-
ton is better defined. Owing to the lack of
labor lighters and wharfage facilities we
are completely blocked and our business in
terests are suffering. We cannot order
cargoes. There is no money in the province.
If trade is to be resumed some definite
steps must be taken Immediately by the
United States"
Spanish merchants view the situation
from a most gloomy standpoint and are pre-
pared to cease all connection with Cuba if
the question of dominion is settled in any
other way than that the United States
should be in possession.
Julian BendoZa, agent of the Ward line,
makes a statement TO the effect that utter
disregard Is shown in the chief quarter
masters department to private importers.
I'VE had arranged" he says. to establish
regular mail and freight line between New
York and here, but we had to discontinue
it temporarily owing to the difficulty of dis
charging cargoes. For instance, when the
Philadelphia came here with a cargo of only
four hundred packages the vessel had to re-
main unloaded for fifteen days, on eleven
of which the demurrage cost the company
800 a day Most of this unreasonable delay
was due to Colonel Humphreys, who paid
no attention TO my protest. The war is over
and 1t is to the interest of the government
to encourage private trade, but the reverse
is apparently the case | obtained a lighter
at considerable expense and it was confis-
Gated by Colonel Humphreys. together with
a gang of men ! had employed
General Llawton places no credence in the
they have shown no disposition TO make
trouble for the United States military au-
thorities. There has been nothing" he
said ITO disturb the peaceful state of af-
fairs nor do / expect trouble" If there
should be any however. General Lawton
is prepared to demonstrate TO all concerned
that the United States military authorities
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SUICIDE OF JOSEPH PossEL.
German Who Was Suspected of Kill
ing His Wife for S5O.OOO Insurance.


PARIS. Aug. 25.-Ernest Joseph Possel,
a claim of $1,000 on an insurance policy
the Urban Insurance Company which had
had thrown her off a cliff near Florence.
Durande restaurant in the Place de Made
line. Posse who called himself the Mar
quis de Condeville, and pretended to be a
French subject, was under heavy bail, and
the authorities had ordered the elimination
of the body of his wife. The maiden name
of Mrs. Possel was Faeanore Beckett, and
she was about twenty-one years old. The
couple had been staving at Florence, and
one day Possel returned alone from a drive
saying his wife fell off a cliff on the edge
of which she was resting, while he was
mending the harness. They were married
in England last March. and Possel insured
her life almost Immediately 1t developed
after her body was found beneath the cliff
that Posse had been seen there several
days before throwing down large stones
and watching their descent. The mother of
Mrs. Possel. however, stoutly maintained
that Possel was innocent of the death of his
wife.
restaurant here and asked for writing ma
terials and breakfast. Shortly after shots
were heard. The attendants rushed in
found him lying on the floor and dying
waving his hand toward two letters that
were lying on the table he asked TO have
them delivered. They were addressed to his
mother and to the chief of police of the dis
trict.-. The letter to the police functionary
revealed his identity. In II Possel declared
that he. had killed himself because of the
accusations against him since the death of
his wife. Possel came to Paris after his re-
lease in Italy to obtain the insurance money
on his wife's policy. but the insurance COM
pany refusedRt to pay until the cause OF mis-
Wife'S death should have been established
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PANA, H., Aug 25-Contrary to predic-
tons, no lawlessness is ,resorted to by the
striking white miners, although they have
been reinforced by the arrival of numbers
of union miners from over the State. John
Mitchell, of Spring Valley, ILL.,, national
vice president Of the Union Mine
Workers; John w. Russell, of DAN
vile, state vice president; w. d.
Ryan, state secretary and treasurer; Presi-
dent Cartwright, of Springfield district, and
PRESIDENT Topham, of the Danville district
are here advising with the strikers. The
oncers express the opinion that the remain
ing blacks, some fifty in all, will leave the
city In few days after learning the real
situation Mine Owner Penwell stated to-
day, however, that it is the intention of the
local operators association to have shipped
IN 100 more negroes from Alabama as soon
as possible. The SiXty-fiVe negroes who LETT
the SprlngSlde mine camp yesterday have
notlned their friends at Birmingham Wood
ward and Bessemer Ala, of the conditions
existing here. advising them to have moth
ing to do with any propositions to come
TO Pana. The union miners sent thirty
seven OF the negroes to Chicago last night
IN a special car and twenty back to Ala
bama. while several walked out of town in
dlIerent directions on the railroads during
the night.
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CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS.
Names of Candidates Nominated by
the State Convention.

SACRAMENTO Cal, Aug. 25.-The Re-
publican state convention adjourned to-day
after an exceedingly peaceful session. The
nominations for State and congressional
offices made by the convention are as fol-
lows: Governor, Henry T. Gage; lieutenant
governor. Jacob F. Neff; secretary of state,
Charles F. Curry; controller, E. P Colgan;
treasurer. Truman Reeves; attorney general,
Tierey l.. Ford; clerk Supreme Court,
George w. Root Justice Supreme Court,
w. q. Van Fleet Justice Supreme Court,
d. B. Mcfarland: surveyor general, NJ. j.
Wright; superintendent public instruction,
Thos. j. Kirk; railroad commissioners, f..
B. Edison and N b. Blackstock. Congress:
First district, John A. Barham; Second dis
trict, Frank Ryan; Third district, Victor
Metcalf; Sixth district, Russell A. Waters
Seventh district, j. c. Needham.
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SHERMAN, Tex, Aug. 25.-Congressman
]. w. Bailey was unanimously renominated
here to-day platform which declares
that the state convention has no right to in
struct its representatives in Congress on the
question of expansion or any other question
Of national policy. The platform declares
squarely against expansion, and indorses
Mr.. Bailey's position in every particular
and leaves him free to vote any national
question until the national Democratic con-
venton formulates the policy of the party
on the question of the annexation of the
territory taken from the Spaniards during
the war.
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A TEACHERS COLLEGE.
An Experiment in Education Over
which DIR. James Will Preside.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Dr. Edmund j.
James, professor of political science in the
University of Chicago, has been appointed
dean Of the new teachers college, organized
by the university on the foundation created
by Mrs. Emmons Blaine. He was for thir-
teen years professor in the University of
Pennsylvania, and has been in Chicago since
1896. The teachers college is a unique ex-
pertinent in education-an attempt to or
ganize college work in science. literature
and art in such a way that persons en-
gagged in the active work of teaching can
get the full advantage of a college training.
1t is a direct and practical outgrowth of the
university extension IN the United States
and is an expression of that closer relation
between the public school work and the
university of which DR.. James has been an
earnest advocate