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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
HOBART SLIGHTLY BETTER.
The Vice President Talks Hopefully OF
His Condition.

PATERSON, ~. j., Nov. AT a late
hour tonight Vice President Hcharts con-
dition was reported to be more favorable.
IT was stated at his house that Mr.. Hobart
had heen able 10 sit in chair for a short
time and had eaten some solid food, some
thing he had not done IN three weeks. He
was less nervous tonight than he had been
for some days and his family felt en-
couraged over his apparent improved condi-
tim. DR.. Newton, who remained at the
house tonight, would not offer any en-
coura cement as to the Vice Presidents re-
Dnring the day Attorney General Griggs
called and had a short interview with the
Vice President MIR. Hobart was cheerful
and told Mrs Hobart he hoped TO be able
To take her out for a drive before long
Anoorg those who sent kilograms to-day
innuirIng as to the Vice Presidents condi-
ton were Senator and Mrs Platt. Richard
Mansfield and Senator and Mrs. Faulkner
of West Virginia.
vice President Hobart sat UP TO the win
dow for several hours to-day and, all in all,
II was undoubtedly the best day ne has had
for weeks He appeared greatly interested
In the results of the elections and inquired
especially after the Ohio result. He in
structed his private secretary to procure
for him the earliest possible returns from
ohio and the other States. The early returns
were furnished him, but he did not remain
awake for the later news.
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London Mail.

1t appears, from all the portents, that last
years boom" in Dumas is to be followed
on both sides of the Atlantic by a rush on
Cromwell. The romantic and historical play
which we announced as being copyrighted
by Mr.. Charles Cartwright recently under
the title of THE Greatest Puritan" is the
first step in this direction. II may safely
be said that during the present century
there has been no adequate attempt to
stage a play in which the Lord Protector
has figured as the principal parsonage.
Indeed, after one has named the late Mr.
WNs's Charles T. and an Adelphi drama
entitled 1.-THE White Rose" the list OF plays
in which Cromwell has appeared. produced
recently in London. has been practically ex-
hausted. Mr.. Cartwright. by the way
played with great strength the character
OF Cromwell I'm THE White Rose" THE
Greatest Puritan" is adapted from a his
torical novel by Mr.. Arthur Paterson. en-
titled "Cromwell's Own" and published this
wear. II deals with the period before the
fall Of Charles Stuart and even partly be-
fore the time OF Hampden's death at Chal-
grove Field. Thus we see Cromwell long
before he lad reached the apogee OF his
fame. In the United States the book has
achieved great success and the American
stage will see moro than one play on the
subject during next season.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
MAJ. RATHBONE FAVORED
WELL-KNOWN OHIOAN MAY BE CIV
IL GOVERNOR OF CUBA.
n Vow Director of Posts, and So Pop
uIar the President Is Consider
ing His Promotion.
s,..,., % N. rns,anapol,s Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Nov. Mai. e. G..
Rathbone director of posts in Cuba. is being
seriously considered for appointment to the
position of civil governor of that island
Major Rathbone was summoned to WASH
ington a couple of weeks ago by the Pres
ident for consultation about Cuban affairs
and Is now quite sick at the st. Nicholas,
In Cincinnati. He has made an enviable
record as director of posts and won the re-
spect and confidence OF the people, who, ac-
cording to Havana dispatch received here
to-day, would hail his promotion with in
tense satisfaction. 1t is believed In WASH
angton that Major Rathbone may be APP
pointed civil governor Of Cuba. In justice
TO Major Rathbone il should be stated that
he has in no wise solicited the position as
civil governor Of Cuba, and Is perfectly sat
isjied with his present position. 1t is ex-
pected that civil governors for Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines will be appointed
by President Mckinley within a week or ten
dayS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08

The General Said Eight Months Age
that War WAS Coming.
New York Sun.


General Cronje. second in command in the
Boer army visited this country eight
months ago as the guest of Chicago man
ufacturer. He made a tour Of the United
States, and to one of his hosts he said that
war between his country and England was
inevitable. and that IL would result in the
extinction of the Transvaal republic. Some
OF the predictions which General Cronje
made during his visit here are interesting
now in connection with the news of the
British victory at Glencoe. In substance
General Cronje said 10 one OF his hosts:
War cannot be avoided. and when 1t
comes IL will mean the extinction OF the
Transvaal. Sentiment i'm the Transvaal and
abroad will demand that we conduct our
campaign in regular military formations.
and the Beers are not accustomed to that
kind of fighting. Our strength has been
due in the past TO our excellent marks
manship and our irregular tactics Our
sharpshooters will be handicapped IL they
are restrained by regular military forma-
tons. They will not do themselves jus
tice. I do not believe that the war, when it
comes can be prolonged by us more than
sixty days. We have not sufficient re-
sources for a long struggle. We have not
the food supplies and our country is so
isolated that cannot get supplies from
the outside world We have port Ny
people will fight stubbornly, but the odds
against us will be too heavy. The condi-
ton at Laing's Mex and Majuba hill We're
favorable 10 our tactics then. The Boer
tactics will be different in the next war,
necessarily so. and the result will be dis
aSferf'
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CONFESSION OF A "FIREBUG."


DULUTH, Mimi, Nov. 7-There was
sensation in the District Court this morn
ing when Hiram Rhodes went on the stand
in a civil case and testified that he had set
fire to numerous buildings for money. The
case was that of Rosenboom VS.. Howard
and Haynie and John Howard to collect
money due. The firm was in the dry goods
business and failed five years ago. Rhodes
was a clerk in the store. He swore he set
fire to the store at the instigaion or the
Howards, who agreed to pay him $500 and
double it in case OF total loss. He said he
had previously set fire to. six dwellings
owned by the Towards. being assisted by
Edward Howard. John G. Howard denied
the story, but declared that Rhodes fired
the store, being hired to do so by Haynie.
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SAW THE BIG DITCH.
Many Notable Meu Inspected the Chi
cagO Drainage Canal.

CHICAGO, Nov. 7.--Nearly 500 men, prom
inent in public life, including Governor
Mount of Indiana, Scofield of Wisconsin,
and Tanner of Illinois, congressman, State
legislators, aldermen and other guests of the
trustees of the new drainage canal left
Chicago to-day on a special train of sixteen
coaches, over the Santa Fe road, for an in
formal inspection OF the big sanitary ditch
prior to the turning in of the water, which
will take place probably before Jan. l. The
main purpose of the excursion to-day was
to acquaint legislators with the gigantic
scale of the work. now all but accomplished,
and its objects. The congressman and State
legislators displayed great interest in the
various fe Atures of the canal and carefully
studied the controlling works at Lockport
and the length and depth of the stone and
earth cuts Every part OF the big ditch was
inspected by the eXcurSiOniSts.
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Kruger's Religion.
Ainslee's Magazine.

Kruger's religion is not that laid down by
Jesus Christ. but rather that passionate
type promulgated by John Calvin. 1t is the
sort that licensed withcraft in New Eng
land. His earnestness in religion, as he con-
ceives it, cannot be doubted. II led him,
when he was thirty-five years old, to go
out on the lonely veldt to cry aloud to the
Lord his sins. Three days and nights he re-
manned PROSTATE without food or water.
and he was nearly dead when found. He is
looked upon by the great majority Of Beers
as chosen Of God, and upholds them in the
most primitive religious conceptions. To
doubt the inspiration Of the Bible has never
occurred to Dom Paul. DR.. Jorissen relates
that while the way to attend the Lon
don convention the conversation among a
knot of passengers turned to modern scien-
tific theories about the earth's formation
and the origin of man. Mr.. Kruger lis
tened with amazement and then abruptly
broke in with: Pardon the interruption,
my friends, but If you are right, then
might as well throw my Bible overheard"
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Automobile to Tow Canal Boats.

NEW YORK, Nov. "A special to the
Tribune from New Haven, Conn, says:
THE Columbia Automobile Company, of
Hartford, has just begun work on an auto
mobile which is designed to take the place
of the present motive power on the Erie
canal, and which Is to be used to tow the
canal boats. The automobile will be the
largest and strongest ever made and will
cost about $1,000 If the experiment is a
success other automobiles will follow. The
ldea IS credited TO New YORK syndicate,
to the canal company. The machines will
be worked by gasoline and will have tre-
eral canal boats The Columbia Automobile
Company now controls all OF the old Pope
Manufacturing Company automobile bus
fness"
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DOUBLE-DECK CARS.
Philadelphia Company Building Them
for a Paris Trolley Line.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. The ]. c.
Brill Car Company, of this city. is now en-
gagged in building large number of double
deck trolley cars for the General Traction
Company, of Paris, which will operate
street tramways from the center of the city
to the exposition gs rounds in 1900. Owing to
the size and weight of the cars, they will
be mounted on heavy double trucks. Over
40 per cent. of the present output of the Brill
plant is for export. In addition to the
French contract the company has one for
15o trolley cars for Lisbon. Portugal. Other
foreign orders for car trucks are being filed
for cities and tramway companies in Italy,
France and England.
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SUPPORT THE CONTRACTORS.
Chicago Architects Take Sides
Against the Trades Unions.

CHICAGO, Nov. Ira largely attended
meeting of the Architects" Association was
held to-day for the purpose of taking &C
ton against the policy of the trades unions
of this city, which the architects and build
ing contractors declare have nearly par
alyzed the building trade by their unreason-
able demands The meeting listened to the
grievances of the contractors, number OF
whom were present, and finally adopted
resolutions declaring that the Architects
Association should take sides with the con-
tractors in lighting the alleged unreaSon-
able demands of the men. Much feeling was
shown over the matter, the chief blame or
the trouble being laid at the door Of the
walking delegates.
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ing OF their officers they could undoubtedly
have withstood the attack OF the Beers and
Majuba would mark different page in Eng
fish military history.
OF the six hundred British troops who oc-
cupied the summit of Majuba hill over three
hundred were killed in retreat The Boer
loss, according TO Boer accounts, was only
one killed and five wounded.
Majuba hill ended the brief war OF 1881. In
less than month afterward Mr.. Gladstone
signed a treaty of peace recognizing the in
dependence of the Transvaal.
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A SAMOAN AGREEMENT"
Said to Have Been Made, but Lacks
EngIand's Acceptance.

BERLIN. Nov. S.-Conficting accounts
regarding the Samoan settlement are in cir
culation. The Foreign Office admits an oral
agreement. but declines to give details until
Great Britain has accepted. 1t is asserted
IN official circles that the agreement favors
Germany.
The Lokal Anzeiger publishes an appeal
of Chief Mataafa to the tripartite powers.
dated Sept. is, in which he represents the
unfortunate position OF the Samoans as the
result of the conflicts last spring and prays
the powers TO indemnify the people for their
great losses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08

Prof. Young, In Lippincotts Magazine
The month OF November is likely 10 be
remarka Bile for its meteoric showers Ii is
probable that brilliant display Of the So
called "Leonids' will occur In the early
morning Of Nov. u or Is: and IL is quite
possible that there may be a second shower
on the evening OF the I'D or oath. due 10
an encounter with the meteoric swarm
which follows in the track of Biela's lost
comet Whether. however. both or either
OF these meteoric showers will be visible
In the United States Is something which cam
not be positively predicted. even leaving out
all consideration OF the weather. While IL
Is practically certain that the earth Will
pass through some portion OF the Leonid
swarm on the 18th or 18th OF the month the
data are not sufficient to determine the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
For AssauItinE Native Women.

WASHINGTON, Nov. THE War De-
partment has received the reports in the
cases of the three volunteer soldiers court
martialed in the Philippines and sentenced
to death for assaults upon natives. While
no information as to the nature of General
Otis'S Endorsement has been made public
1t Is understood that he has approved the
sentence of the court, as, otherwise, the
papers would not have come to Washington
1t is possible, however that the approval
may be accompanied with a recommends
ton for a reduction of the sentence.
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Obituary.

NEW YORK. Nov. 7.-William l.. Samp-
son. of Chicago. died yesterday at his sum-
mer home in Ocean Grove. He was seventy
six years of age and was one OF the
pioneers of Chicago and owned large tracts
OF land just outside the limits of that city.
CHICAGO, Nov. Hope Reed Cody,
chairman OF the Board of Election Com
missioners and formerly president of the
Hamilton Club. died to-day at the Chicago
Hospital. An operation for appendicitis was
performed on him last night.
Los ANGELES. Cal, Nov. Samuel
Mckinley. formerly a state senator Of
Pennsylvania, and father of Superior Judge
j. Mckinley, of this city. died to-day He
met with an accident ten days ago which
Resulted in naralYsiS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08

NEW YORK, Nov. THE steamer Ha-
vana. which arrived to-day from Cuba,
brought Major General Ludlow. civil Gov
ernor OF Havana; Lieutenant z. G. Car
penter. military aid to General Ludlow,
and DIR. Milton Roseman. of the United
States Marine Hospital Service. The gen.
tlemen named. with thirty-six other passen-
gers of the Havana, were transferred to
Hoffman island for observation They will
be released at noon Thursday.
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Collins May he Dearer.

CHICAGO. Nov. "A meeting of the
Western Association of Coffin Manufacture
els was held to-day. The question of prices
was before the meeting for discussion. Ad-
vances in raw materials lumber, have in
CT eaSed the cost of manufacturing casketS
nearly 30 per cent and the coffin manufac-
turers are considering recommending an adj
vance in the selling price of their output of
about 10 per cent. No decision was reached
to-day and the session will be continued
tomorrow.
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Carainars Niece to BE Marriea.

SALTWATER. MINI. Nov. TT f.
Burke, Associate judge of the Municipal
Court. wNl leave tonight for New Orleans,
where hey Will marry Miss Katherine Glib
hons on the 18th inst The ceremony will
be performed by Cardinal Gibbons. the uncle
OF the bride Nr. Burke VIII be accompan-
led South by his brother. Thomas j. Burke,
o. SGlway Minn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
LANDLORD REGULATED"


LIBERTY. No.. Nov. Fifteen CT more
masked regulators" entered the Arthur
Hotel. the leading hosiery here. after last
midnight, took John 3. Robinson. the land
lord. out of bed. led him. in his night
He was allowed to return 10 the hotel on
lis promise to leave Liberty within fifteen
days. Complaint had been made that the
hotel had become disreputable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
Chicago Seed Company Fails.

CHICAGO, Nov. Liabilities amounting
to Sio2,OJO were scheduled In a petition in
trct Court to-day by Augustus II. Good
win, vice president of the Goodwin Harris
Company, wholesale dealers in seeds at rs
Kinzie street. The petitioner was connected
with the Brasau q Goodwin Company,
which made an assignment in Minneapolis
in 1896. The principal creditors are located
In Minneapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08

NEW YORK. Nov 7.-On behalf OF the
Coney Island Sporting Club. VIM. A Brady
to-day matched Frank Erne, lightweight
fight before the seaside organization Nov
% The articles OF agreement signed by
Erne and O'Brien call for twenty five
rounds at l33 pounds, give or take two
pounds for 2 purse OF s5.O00 of which the
winner will receive $1,000. Erne AVID o Brien
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
Important Bank stock Decision.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. limited States
Circuit Judge Morrow. in the case of j.
Frank Aldrich, as receiver of the Tacoma
National Bank. against Louis ID. Campbell.
to-day ruled that the controller of the cur
rency has jurisdiction to enforce by assess
ment the individual liability of the stock
holders OF an inSolvent national bank.
equally and ratably and not one for an
other. to the extent OF the amount of their
stock in the bank at the par value thereof.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
The Kaiser to Hi. Guards.

perial Corps de Garde took the oath of al
1egiance to-day in the Custgarten in the
presence Of the Emperor and his staff and
the foreign officers As each brigade was
sworn his Majesty took his stand by its
colors. Addressing them all in turn In a
loud voice. the Emperor reminded the
guards of their oath, saying: "A mans
word is his bond and exhorting them TO
do their duty as 'soldiers and Christians
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
A Dead bankers VIII.

LONDON. Nov. THE will of the late
George p. Smith, the pioneer banker of
Chicago. who died in this city Oct Z, has
been made public The personal property in
England Is sworn TO be worth 100000 In
addition to legacies to relatives and friends
the deceased bequeaths $4,000 each TO var
3ous aSylums. including the Protestant Or
phaE Asylum, OF Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
Three Transports Arrive.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-General Otis ca
bled to-day that the transports Rio, Sikh
and Valencia arrived to-day. Private Pat
rick Cleary, Company G, Thirty-fifth In
fantry, died Oct. 26 of ptomaine poisoning.
The Rio and Sikh sailed Oct: from Port
land Ore with the Thirty-fifth Volunteers.
The Valencia sailed from San Francisco
Oct with recruits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
sou,hern Police Chief Killed.

HATTIESBURG, Miss, Nov. John f.
Bennett. chief of police OF this place. was
worth. a travelling man. The tragedy caused
considerable excitement and the murderer
had 10 be hurried 10 Meridian TO prevent
a mob from lynching him. The quarrel
grew out of a business transaction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
Crushed i'm a Cellar.

BONNEVILLE, Mo-, Nov. THE arch of
a new vegetable cellar caved in at the Re
form School to-day killing Charles W. Kaj-
Ser. an officer; Ezra Mullen, formerly from
Pittsburg. Kan. and w. Ledgerwood. Supt.
L. u. Drake was crushed, but will recover.
Tie arch was fifty feet long and twenty
feet high and was constructed only a short
time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08

NEW YORK, Nov. lone of the most in
teresting features of the Paris exposition
will be UP TO date in every respect. Ar
engagements have been made with the
French postal authorities by which mails
postoffice instead of going through the regu-
lar channels. In this way much time will
be saved in the distribution of United
States mails
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
Chicago,s Flower show.

CHICAGO, Nov. THE annual flower
show of the Chicago Horticultural Society
opened at the Auditorium to-day. The ex-
hibit which will continue all the week is
probably the finest floral display ever shown
in Chicago and includes many rare orchids
not hitherto exhibited The display of
chrysanthemums is unusually large. One
of the curious features of the exhibition is
an array of orchids frozen i'm blocks of ice
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
For Printing False Rumor.

Bench to-day granted the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company a rule
for criminal information against the Echo
and n London news agency for publishing
q report OF the alleged laundering of
British troop ship Nov. !, I'm which the name
OF the eompany's steamer Nubia was men,
tionedA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
Aston Denounces n Lie.

LONDON, Nov. THE Pail Mall Ga
Kette. owned by William Waldorf Aston,
prominently prints the following to-day:
The paragraph published by the Econo-
mist TO the effect that the advance in sterl-
Ing exchange rates is due TO The sale by Mr..
Astor OF large holdings of American shares,
tncluoing s5.0oo00O in Chicago d Northwest
srn, IL deliberate lie. printed for stock
broking purposes in New York and was
there contradicted some DAYS ago"
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charge was that he accepted deposits know
ing the hank to be insolvent- President
Spaulding. of the institution, was found
guilty of the same offense and of embezzle-
f,ent and is now a convict in the Joliet
rJenitentiary
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
No Wonder.
Chica go Record.

Chicago Record.
do you play any instrument, Mr.. Jimp?''
Yes I'm cornetist.
And your sister,?
Shes a pianist"
Does your mother play?
she's zitherist."
And your father?
Hes a peSSimiSt,'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08

Yonkers Statesman.
Shells he rich?
He-No.
|. She-Someone told me he had more money
than brains.
He-He has. but he hasn't got much
money At that
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The Colombian Revolution.

CARACAS. Venezuela. Nov. Gable dis
patches received here from the Colombia
boundary say the revolution I'm that re-
public Is progressing. About 2.Oo9 revolu-
tionists have occupied Cucuta and Ocana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
Another Sort.

Detroit Free Press.
did he shake hands with your" asked
Poindexter of Kilduff.
We'll. not exactly"
What do you mean by not exactiyg
"Well he shook his fist at me-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-08
The OuniI s.n.op

The quail season opens Nov. 10 and they
are out IN great numbers this season, IL
YOU are going TO get a pop at them take a
box OF Y. Il. Decent cigars with you. They
are good for the nerves