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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-24
Signs Sometimes Fail.
Washington Post.

w dSIilSlOl IOSl.
ooh, 1 don't know so much about these
here superstitions,' said faggedout-
looking man in a hotel lobby the other
gn Wrong sde on HE Pu ore Og
elated to the point of rapture when dis
covered the accident. Figured that ia
way down town had a row with the street
car conductor about the dime l gave him.
He said it was zinc dime, and so it was,
at that, but 1 hated to admit it, and so we
"chewed the rag" over it for seventeen
blocks. Then l went over to the bank, laid
my Christmas present umbrella on a check
indorsing stand, and went over to get some
money from the teller Umbrella gone
when / returned to the stand. Felt like
floor and putting that sock on right side out.
From the bank l went to a haberdashery
Joint to buy pair Of gloves Pa AID $S0
pocket without trying. EN- on. When |
got to my office l took 'em out and tried
EN- on, and one Of ,em split az over the
gloves back to the place where L bought
'em and got the boot. Man said | must
on, and wouldn't dream of giving me an
other pair. Then | walked into shop [
ginger ale, put what Thought was a two
dollar bill down on the-er-bar and waited
for change: Man gave me IS cents change;
Come again, about dollars WORTH said
l to the barkeeper. Huh" he said.
You're one rock shy, said; Throw. it
at me, e wv, NAKED d 10 5ne t IN ana pulled
had given him. I had to pass it up-what
could l say? I felt pretty sore on that
sock by that time Went to a barber
shop then to get haircut. Told the bar
Der didn't want to have much hair taken
off = only wanted my hair trimmed and
the ragged edges moved down. Then |
got interested in looking at pictures Of
chorus girls in a bum New York weekly,
and when l looked up at my image in the
glass 1 looked like a burglar sitting in the
bosom of his family on Sunday morning.
Barber had cut my hair down so that 1
n1T1 1T,erf
over that Went outside and fell smack
kerplunk on the ice and ripped a whole
went home and got bulldozed and mall
treated by my wife for having had my
hair cut so short and for having ruined a
new overcoat and lost a new umbrella
Oh, 1 don't know so much about these here
superstitionS."
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BEEF PUTREFIED.
Capt. WarburtOn's Report on the Beef
Carried by the Manitoba.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The board of
survey appointed by Secretary Alger to pass
upon the question of the proper condemna-
ton Of a large quantity of beef destined for
the troops in Porto Rico has received from
Capt. Barclay H. Warburton, of the Penn
sylvania Volunteer Battalion of Artillery, a
sworn statement of the>conditon of refriger-
ated beef on board the transport Manitoba
which transport was at Ponce from Aug. 10
to 25 In the course of this statement Cap
tain Warburton says:
Il ate of the beef which the transport
Manitoba brought to Porto Rico. 1t was
served to the officers mess On the United
States transport Mississippi. which brought
my command back to New York leaving
Renee Rew yd PSrt2 RcS q SEPT and aTriyns
the meat | must qualify my statement by
saying that tried to eat the meat. 1t was
bad that it was impossible to swallow it
In my opinion, the meat was not good nor
was it fit for issue. I had no idea that this
meat had been subjected to any chemical
process, but believed the beef to have de
composed on account of the lack of proper
refrigerating facilities. caused by the clog
ging of the machinery used for that purpose
on the Manitoba. L was informed by Cap
tain Gates. who was then in command of the
Manitoba, that said machinery had been
clogged with sand as a result of our having
run ashore, which neceSstated the reVers-
ing of the screw, which threw sand into the
water pumps.
III reply 10 your request 10 give the board
any other evidence or information in my
possession or knowledge my answer in gem
eral is that all beef issued to my battalion
was bad and had to be buried Immediately
upon delivery at our camp, which was two
miles beyond Ponce, at place called Banon
Ia Quintana, which necessitated it's trans
portation. / should say, a distance of six
miles from the commissary depot which was
at the Playa. On the day in question Pri-
vate Hack, of Light Battery z, Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer Artillery, was sent for an
issue of beef. which his captain had been
notified would be issued on the morning on
which he was sent. On his return met the
wagon. and while it was yet some $50 yards
from me / noticed the most terrible odor
which seemed to me to smell something
like carrion. ] was mounted and when |
got alongside of the wagon l looked into it
and saw the meat which had been issued
TO him for Light Battery c.. Pennsylvania
Volunteer Artillery. 1t looked white about
the color of the belly of a founder which
had been covered with a green slime. l in
Structed him to present my compliments to
his commanding officer, Lieutenant Bean.
with instructions to have the same buried
Immediately upon its arrival at camp
Captain Warburton gives the names of
some witnesses. whose testimony may be of
value.
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WILL BE BURIED TOGETHER.
Nelson HOss and Wife, Who Lived in
the County Many Years.

Nelson Hoss and his wife, who. after for
ty-eight years of married life, have passed
away, will be buried together Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock. The funeral will occur
at their farm, three miles south of the city,
on the Three Notch road. Mr.. Hoss died last
Thursday and mis- body has been kept at
the undertaking establishment of Flanner &
Buchanan. Mrs. Hoss died last evening. She
had been i'll for a month with a disease of
the lungs Her husband was attacked by
the grip. After his death it was not ex-
pected that Mrs Hoss would survive and it
was thought fit that they should be buried
together, as they had lived together for so
many years. Mr.. HOss was seventy-siX years
old and his wife seVenty-tWo. They were
both born in Brown county, Ohio, and were
second cousins. When they were babies sew
enty years ago, the two families moved to
this county and settled on adjoining farms
near Oakland. When Mr.. Hoss became a
young man he taught school and after his
marriage to his cousin he continued a
schoolmaster. In the early days of Indian
apolis the two moved to the city For twelve
years Mr.. HOss was in the city assessors
office under David Brouse, John REYNOLDS
and William Hadley. For twenty-six wears
he lived on the farm where he died Three
children survive Mr.. and Mrs. Hoss-Walter
William H and Hattie.
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NO NEW CASES.
Sufferers from Smallpox Improving at
Penthouse.

Although there were no new cases of
smallpox discovered yesterday DR.. E. d.
Clark, secretary of the Board of Health,
wrote letter to D. K. Goss, superintendent
of the public schools directing that all
pupils be vaccnated within the next five
days who could not show certificates from
physicians proving they had previously been
vaccinated.
A number of rumors concerning new cases
We're investigated yesterday. One of the ply
sicians Of a firm dispensing proprietary
medicines had a woman call on him early
in the day She had an eruption on her face
and seemed to be very anxious to learn what
it was. He regarded it as some specific dis
ease but after she left decided he had better
notify the board. He gave her number as
Poll East Tenth street. DIR. 7. A. Wagner,
who has had smallpox and is therefore inn
mune, has been actively assisting the Board
of Health. He went to the number indicated,
but could find no one at home. A man Civ
ing the name of Smith called up to report
that he had heard there was smallpox in
the alley back of School No. J. This case
DIR. Wagner also went to investigate, but
could not locate it. So far, the board says
no children have been found who attended
the schools from the afflicted families The
cases at the pesthouse are reported as doing
very WELL
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The Beef "Emba1mer."

Washington Special to Chicago Record.
A dealer in game, poultry and fancy meats
on Barclay street, New York is responsible
for the "embalmed beef" scandal His name
is Alexander B. Powell and he is the pat
entee of a secret process for preserving that
form of food by fumigation which is sup
posed to cover the surface with a crust that
will prevent the parts so protected from
decay. Early in the war he addressed let
ters to various officials of the army and
navy, which received no attention Being
man of enterprise and persistence, he went
to Tampa, carrying with him several sides
of beef which had been treated by his proc
ess, and obtained permission to place them
upon the Yucatan, which carried the Rough
Riders to Santiago, the Panama and other
transports. This was the beef which Gov.
Roosevelt referred to in his recent letter
to General Miles.
When the attention of General Wood and
Colonel Roosevelt was called to the meat it
steamer for four days and had been treated
$50 hours before 1t was put on the vessel
the day that the expedition was to have
sailed, but, as will be remembered, the
transports were delayed for four days be-
fore starting. Mr., Powell also secured per-
mission to send beef treated by his process
to Porto Rico, and that was seen by General
Miles. No report was ever made to the
commissary department and Mr.. Powell re-
ceived no encouragement from any one in
authority
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Rapid Progress Expected the
Trans-Siberian Railroad.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
The latest news of the Trans-Siberian Rail-
road is that the government is already lay
ing the rails along the southwest shore of
Lake Bakal. An immense ferryboat large
enough to transport an entire train to the
erful appliance for breaking ice, is now
building. Next spring the grading of the
very difficult part of the line around the
southern end of the lake will begin, and
when this part is completed ferriage across
the lake will be abandoned. 1t is expected
to build the trans Baikal section this sea-
son with remarkable rapidty. For a long
distance toward the Pacific 1t is intended
to lay the rails at the rate of four miles
now being carried from Europe to Irkutsk,
it cannot be said that the road is entirely
completed that far, for there are as yet
no bridges over the Okla and Yenissei rivers,
across which trains are transported on fer
rybOats.
A train de luxe runs once week from
Moscow as far east Tomsk. Beyond
that point a passenger train runs daily far
Their east to Krasnoiarsk and three times
a week as far as Irkutsk. Only second
class cars are run between Krasnoiarsk and
Irkutsk. The cost of a second-class ticket
from Moscow to Lake Baikal IS about $40
and the journey lasts twelve days. All the
coaches have sleeping hunks
The Russians are now building the road
without any foreign employees. except that
a number of Italian stonecutters are at
work The enormous quantity of rails re-
quired Is being turned OUT by subsidized ST.
berian foundres. Every seven miles a side
track Is built that If necessary the en-
tire main route may be cleared for military
trains. II is a remarkable fact that the
freight and passenger movement already ex-
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CUBAN BRIGANDs.
They Are Alleged to BE Burning Cane
and Committing RObberies.

They Are Alleged 10 Be BurnlhS tune
and Committing RObberies.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Jan. 23.-Lieuten-
ant Colonel Ray who is in command at
Guantanamo, cables to headquarters here
that a second attempt has been made by
disaffected Cubans to burn the cane on
Remeli plantation. but that little damage
was done, owing to the promptitude of the
United States soldiers on guard in extin-
gushing the fires. He believes that an or
ganization is resolved to burn all the cane
on the plantations in his district, and he is
using every effort to find and punish the
perpetrators of these outrages.
The United States authorities refuse to
confirm or deny the rumors that bands of
men have been committing murders and
robberies in the Mayari district. but the re-
Dorts are persistent. Colonel NaHente, Chief
of the gendarmerie, has been instructed TO
raise an extra company to police that part
of the province.
municating with the north coast OF the
Trcvince owing to the fact that no boat is
available since the steamer Reina de los
Angeles was returned to her owners. me
San Juan which was captured mere at the
time of the American occupation, lies with
broken shaft rotting at the wharf, and her
former owners complain bitterly Of the fall
ure of the authorities to turn over TO them
for repairs. They accuse the American Of
ficials of unfair discrimination. In any
event some good small transport is inn
peratively needed to allow quick commune
cation with ManZanillo, Guantanamo Sagua
de Tanamo Baracao and Jibara. If it
should be necessary to move the United
States troops quickly. there would be no
vessel available. and the same would be true
If a sudden emergency arose in regard to
supplies
The first reports OF serious sickness In
the Fifth immune regiment turn out TO
have been exaggerated. There are seventy
five men in the hospital, but under existing
conditions this is not a large proportion
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CAPTURED SPANISH FLAGS.
Americans Then Forced the Crew to
Cheer Stars and Stripes.

NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-The Herald's cor
respondent says: Captain Eaton, of the aux
Hilary cruiser Resolute, captured a twenty
foot Spanish flag in the harbQr yesterday,
and incidentally taught thirty Spaniards a
lesson in manners. At 10 o'clock in the
morning a Spanish schooner of about TWEEN
ty tons sailed alongside the Resolute. where
it hove to, and with a cheer of defiance
from the men aboard immense Spanish
flag was run up to the masthead, with the
Cuban flag beneath. Captain Eaton was
forced to recognize the insult, and ordered
Naval Cadet Tarrant and Marine officer
Thorpe, with file of marines, into steam
launch, which speedily overlook the Span
lard. The captain refused to obey the order
to lower the flag, whereupon the marines
went aboard and took forcible possession of
the Spanish flag. leaving the Cuban flag
flying at the masthead. The occupants of
the schooner were then compelled to give
three cheers for the Cuban and American
flags, after which the vessel was allowed
to proceed. The captured flag will be held
Il prize.
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Her One Concession.
New York Evening Sun

The English woman was arraigning Amer
lea and everything American-and to an
American. Your bedsprings are uncom-
Portable she said. Il never slept in a
comfortable bed the whole time l was in
the States And your breakfasts! Such
great overfed meals as they are! l don't
see how you live breakfasting as you do
AS Tor your American voiceS-well, they go
without saying or, rather. they won't go
with saying, but so many more eloquent
than have so often scored you upon that
point / won't pretend to compete OF all
the many dreadful things about America
though, there's nothing so bad as your
voices. Cant you think of something
good about us?" came in a still small voice
from the American. Haven't we a single
redeeming quality The Englishwoman
thought a biz We'll. yes. you have one
she said in the tone of one who is making
great concession. and that is your little
elastic bands. They. are so convenient, and
they seem to be so plentiful. l never saw so
many in all my life as L did in TIE States
must confess that, to my mind, very many
of your worst traits are more than made up
for by your little elastic bands"
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a course should be followed, except in emer-
gency Inspectors of the department, he
said. have access to all parts of the pack
ing houses. No reports had ever been made
that meat at those places was treated
cnemlcally II inspectors We're aware OF such
been made The packing houses, however,
were very large buildings. and it was pos
sible that things might be done there which
would not come to the knowledge of the in
Spectors
The witness declined to answer several
questions, IN regard 70 ael9s SAID to have
was not chemist and did not consider
himself an expert in such matters. He had
the country used chemicals to preserve
meat. 1t might have been done expert
mentally by some, but not as a regular
thing.
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Alice Painters AttemDt.

Alice Painter, aged twentyfour, living at
Sl3 West Washington street, in a fit Of
jealousy. attempted to end her life by TAX
ing morphine at 1880 o'clock last night
Early in the evening she quarreled with a
the other women in the house she secured a
dimes worth of the poison. retired TO her
room and swallowed ii. When found by
them she sitting at a table a half
completed note TO the with whom she
had quarreled lying in front Of her Dr.
Trenary, of the City Dispensary, was called
and at midnight had brought her out Of
danger.
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For "a Rainy Day.
Baltimore Ne,

DdlllIHOre News.
Two young attorneys were talking in the
postofhce corridor the other day, and one of
them said
Jack. I've sworn off smoking Sort of a
New Year resolution you know. / suppose
you have taken some sort of a pledge,
haven't you?'
No" replied his friend, mot one. / tried
ii last year and failed"
How was that?"
We'll. have always been a sort of spend
thrift, as you know. So last New Year
day / said to myself: Jack, every one else
is making some sort of resolution why
rot make one yourself?' So l resolved to
save up a little money for rainy day. That
afternoon / placed a ten-dollar note care
fully away, and-the next day it rained."
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CITY NEWS NOTES.

Jack Barver, convicted of burglary. and
George Cheney convicted of petit larceny
were taken to the Reformatory yesterday.
Charles Boice, 1872 Bates street. and
Thomas Goatey East Washington street.
both colored, were arrested yesterday bv
Patrolmen Jones and Mathley. charged with
petit larceny
The fire-alarm box at Brookside avenue
and Jupiter street was pulled at o'clock
last evening and the department extin-
guished a blaze in a one-story frame build
ing there. Damage, $40.
The Senate committee on corporations
Senator Hubbell last night decided to re-
port favoraby on House bill No. rs which
requires county commissioners to advertise
the letting of bridge contracts for thirty
days and to keep specifications on file
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ceeds the transportation facilities. Thus
far however, the line has been employed
chiefly in carrying beyond the Baikal to
Manchuria the numerous emigrants who are
sent there by the government. Two hun
dred thousand families were established
there last year, and more than 100000 others
are booked for the journey this year. The
government is conducting this enormous
emigration with paternal care. Boiling
water is supplied gratis for tea making at
every station. and food supplies are on hand
at cheap prices
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DR.. SalmOn's Testimony Before the
War Investigations.

HIIfLIlIOFN.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The war inves-
tigating commission held two sessions to-
day. but both were largely executive, con-
sidering the coming report to the President
DIR. d. O. Salmon, chief of the Bureau of
Animal Industry. Agricultural Department
appeared before the commission at its after
noon session. Dr. Common led in questioning
the witness. DR.. Salmon explained the sys-
tenn Of meat inspection conducted by the de-
partment The cattle are inspected before
slaughter and also afterward. Only small
percentage OF cattle are found TO be UNI
fit for use The Agricultural Department
had recommended that none but inspected
meats should be purchased for the army
during the war with Spain He under
stood that orders had been issued that such
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-General Brooke,
at Havana, reports the following deaths to
the War Department John B. Foster, civil
ian employee. with Forty-ninth Iowa, at
Havana, from pleurisy. and Private Peters,
Company b. Eighth Illinois, at Santiago,
from typhoid fever.
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Detroit Free Press
George tells me that Cholly Dewdimple
had a phrenologist examine his head the
other day"
Yes. so Cholly said
What did he learn about himself?''
Nothing"
Nothing; how's that?"
4 dunno. but he said that he paid his
s. and sat down and that after the professor
had felt of his head for minute he looked
sad and gave him his money back"
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The health of the troops throughout the
province Is fairly good. The Third immune
regiment at Guantanamo is the worst SUI
ferer, but the sickness there is diminishing
and the chief surgeon reports only six
deaths this month, three due to acute aico-
holism and three to malignant malaria.
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Natural Conclusion.
BROOKLYN Life.

Jennie Herbie, it says here another octo-
genarians dead. What's an octogenarian?
Herbie--Well, 1 don't just know what
they are but they must be awfully sickly
creatures You never hear of em but
they're dying
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CAA y ACC II lSufcGs
Dy--Daily, S-SleepeEs
Car, D-Dining Car.
i. az ST. LOUIS R'Ys
siOn--Big Four.
ARRIVE
U City G. w &C. dy. 9:25
S'wst'n linn. dy, d s.l1:3 80
Bib. & Muncie ex 3s1O
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B.H. & And'n ex. $40
N. Y. ex. dy. s...1O36O
IiOn-Big Four.
New York ex. dy, s. 1908
Mat e. 7 II acc.....10:30
st. Louis express. B s4O
Kn'kb'r sp, d s,dy 6i1O
lsiOn--BiG Four.
+, Greensburg acc. -. s:ee
Cin'ti acc, dy.......l1:1s
c &c st L mail, dy
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Gin & Ind ex, p... 6s4O
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lie Line.
LOUSY ( ] dy s...11sS0
LOUSY day expr. II .is
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4 Gin ( |, dy, s....... $3.50
Lafayette accom-. !. 1890
Gin. mail. p d, dy. 2i3E
Lafayette AGO.. 5s4d
C'ti & Wash, d p. 6i19
siOn--Big Four.
Wabash acc, dy.... 9:25
b. Harbr MI ex.. 3i1O
! Michigan expr. Si4H
7 est-Big Four.
Col & Gin ex. dy. 8. $3.50
Champaign accom-. 1924
NY. ex & mall. 2t42
Peoria ex, dy. p. 0S1d
Ia st-BiE Four.
: Springfield expr.....11:3s
Columbus expr. 1910
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I Fast ex. dy........ 1858
Limo mail, dy 3 d.s:05
ST l. ex, dy. d s.12&6
Ind'p'ls acc..... 3f10
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West'n ex. dy, $1,000
Dn-Penna 3. II.
Chi & Lou ( ex, dy s.3:2o
Chi & Lo ex. dy p. 3s46
iOn-Pennn n r..
Mad g. Ind acc......10:2d
st L & Cfl, dy, plies
Mad & Ind acc. $40
Ind & Pitts. dy, s 100
Mad. & Ind. acc,
Sunday only.....8:10
L & Chi ex dy s.11s30
IA LINE.
New York ex. dy 3. 5:la
/ Casey accom-. ......10:00
st Louis ex. dy.... $40
Attic ex. dy, d s p.2a26
I Fast Line, daily. 4s4R
StL & NY, dy, 9 d 7sOH
VINCENNES r.. II.
Vincennes expr. .10.Al
Cairo expr, dy.....4g5O
LION & DAYT'N R'R
Gin. Ind q Chi ex,
dy, . ...-.........1x:tS
Daily fast mail. s..6:lo
Gin & Roachdale
ex, dy, p..........1IsB
Gin & Dayton, d.
y s.......sttt l0
Gin & Dayton acc. 7tEO
Gin daily ex, s c. 1885
WESTERN n. Il.
Ind pls ex, dy.......l0 20
Mail and expr. -. 2tal5
Toledo expr ....... GOO
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Fast expr. dy. 5 O.. $3.50
lIuScold acc. 1870
Chicago expr.... 2s4H
Mail and expr. 4s4O
(MOnOn HOute.)
Gin vest. dy. s...... $50
Fast mail. dy, So. 1855
Gin vest, dy. d p. 1897
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Amnteur Theatrlcnls in Knnsns.

Kansas City Journal.
In the play Friday night Richelieu was
clad in couple of red table cloths. Up
in front the thing looked ludicrous but in
the back Of the house he looked every inch
a cardinal