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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14
Collier sterling in Danger.

I.EWES, Del, Feb. 13.-The United States
collier Sterling dragged her anchors near
the Delaware breakwater to-day and at last
reports was in dangerous position Should
the storm drive her upon the stone break
water she may be dashed to pieces. No as
sistance can be rendered until the storm
abates. The shipping in the harbor here is
in great danger from the ice forced in by
the strong winds.
The blizzard shows no signs of abatement
tonight. At Cape Henry the wind reached
a velocity of sixty miles an hour, but later
moderated TO forty-fve miles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14
A sPANIARD's STORY.
ArtiIIerymen Hired by FiIipinos-The
Insurgents DiscOntented.

LONDON, Feb. 13.-Reuter's Telegraph
Company has received the following dis
patch from Manila, dated Feb. 10. 3:45 n. m.
After the capture of Caloocan Span
lard, who had been a prisoner there. came
to the Americans. holding up his hands and
said that the FiIipinos had offered to re
lease the Spaniards, especially the artillery
men, if they would undertake to fight
against the Americans at 81 a day Most
Of the Spaniards refused and even those
who accepted the offer did so in the hope
of effecting an escape The rebels. accord
ing to this informant. are disconnected un-
paid, unfed and thoroughly disilusioniZed
the talismanic waters being of no avail
against wounds hunger and fatigue.
On Friday Aguinaldo visited Polo a few
miles northwest of CalOocan, and addressed
the Filipino troops there, claiming that ne
had won a victory and asserting that , 800
Americans had been killed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14
Unknown steamer in the storm

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass Feb 1S-A big
steamer, apparently an ocean liner was
sighted off Dread Ledge, in Swampscott
bay, this afternoon in the midst of the storm
She was apparently at anchor and was blow
ing her whistle continually. The steamer
stood off here for some time and then sud-
denly put to sea, about 5 o'clock She
steamed to the southeast apparently en-
deavoring to weather the gale in the open
sea. Her identity could not be learned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 13.-Reinsurance on
the Cunard line steamer Pavonia, from
Queenstown Jan. - for Boston, has been
effected here at the rate of ten guineas per
cent. The following are the second cabin
passengers on board the Pavonia: c. Car
ruthers M. Carruthers, MIR. and Mrs E.
Fielding, two Misses Fielding, Miss Emma
Dahl, Mrs. Graves, Miss NJ c. Colling T.
Houston, four McEwan children.
Reinsurance has been effected on the Pa
vonia at Lloyds' at the rate of 10 guineas
per centum.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14
OVERDUE STEAMERS.
Large Fleet of Atlantic Liners Be-
lated by Bad Weather.


NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-None Of the At
lantic passenger liners from Great Britain
and the continent that regularly arrive here
at the end Of the week has yet been sighted
The passenger liners due are the American
liner Paris, nine days out from Southamp-
ton which was due on Friday; the Cunarder
Etruria, eight days out from Queenstown:
the French liner la Bretagne, nine DAYS
ont from Havre; the Anchor liner Anchorfa
sixteen days out from Glasgow; the Hol-
land-American liner Spaarndam eighteen
days out from Rotterdam; the Hamburg
American liner Pretoria fifteen days out
from Hamburg; the North German Lloyd
liner Gera, thirteen days out from Bremen;
the White Star liners Nomadic. a freighter,
thirteen days out and the Cymric ten davs
out from Liverpool. Freight steamers whose
voyages are growing lncomfortably long are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14

Special to the indianapolis Journal
DECATUR, Ind, Feb. 13.-Decatur people
are deeply interested in the fate of the
Hamburg-American liner, Bulgaria which
is reported drifting off Azores Adam
Brown, a wealthy horse buyer of this city,
was on board the steamer with forty head
of horses, bound for Hamburg This was
Mr.. Browns first trip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14

CHICAGO, Feb lS-An unknown man.
about thirty years of age, shot himself In
the temple in the corridor of the Great
Northern Hotel to-day. The deed was evil
IDENTIFY premeditated as the greatest care
was taken by the victim of self-destruction
to place his hat out Of danger before he
fred the fatal shot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14

.YOUGHAL, Feb 13.A lifeboat that put
out from here to look for a ships boat filled
with men which the coast guard sighted off
Ardmore head, has reached Dungarvan,
after a fruitless search. The life savers re-
port that they saw good deal of wreckage
from a large ship off the Waterford coast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14
Movements of sfenmnrs

HAMBURG. Feb. 12-Arrived: Pennsyl-
vania from New York.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 13.--Arrived: Catalonia,
from Boston; Aurania and Bowie, from New
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14

the same information as that sent by Gen.
Otis. 1t was sent to the Navy Department
and is expected will be made public in the
morning
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14
CELEBRATED WITH sPEECH-aTAKING
BY REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
banquet at DeImon1cos at Which
Noted Civilians, sailors and SOL
dfcrs Delivered Addresses.
LETTER FROM TIE PRESIDENT
TRIBUTE no ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND
HIS GREAT WORK..

Speeches by Mcssrs. DeDew, Roose-
Welt, General ThiIes and Admiral
schIey on Current issues.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14

All Traffic at StandstiII, Prices of
Provisions Soaring Upward and
No Outside Communication.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14
WlLDBLIZZARD
PERILING LIFE AND PARALYZINeS
BUSINESS IN EASTERN STATES.
Railways Unable to Run Trains, and
thousands Of People Suffering for
Lack of Fuel and Food.
SNOW DEEP AND WINDS HIGH

STREETS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
IN A DESERTED CONDITION.
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CONTINUED ON tifth Page.1
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29
STRANGER THAN FICTION.

Truth is indeed stranger than fiction
The revelations of fact, day by day.
cast in the shadow the most dramatic
imaginings and eclipse the loftiest
yet, dealing with human probabilities
and possibilities, eonjured up such
strange things as real life reveal, Here
for instance, is the story of Edwin F.
Austin, bugler in the Sixth United
States Artillery, now in the Philippines.
His story shadows the yepewest of yell
low dramas. 1t turns out that his true
name is Edward Flynn Sullivan. When
three years old his widowed mother
died. The same day he was kidnapped
A Mrs. Joseph Ostenberg, childless
took a great fancy to the baby boy;
called at the house where his mother
lay dead, and when she left she took
the child with her. He was from that
hour lost to his relatives, and search for
him resulted only in failure. Mrs.
Ostenberg discreetly removed from the
place. She raised the boy and cared
for him as her own. He was taught to
regard her as his mother. When he
reached manhoods estate he struck out
for himself and became a cowboy. Then
he served time as a clerk in a West
lulu and when the revolution occurred
he Joined the Dole forces as Va bugler
When Dewey sounded the knell of Mon
tijo's fleet Edward went to Manila and
enlisted in the artillery service, a young
man of "a, strong and hearty. When
Mrs. Ostenberg and her husband died
in Colorado Edward changed his name
for euphony and called himself Austin
A visitor in Honolulu one day heard
him tell of this change of name from
Ostenberg. That visitor knew the Sui
Ivan family, his story of the lost child,
and of the search of the Sullivans for
him. Returning to the United States
the stranger communicated what he
had learned to the Sullivans, and now
luey nave SdliStleQ lliSlilSSlFSS tlal tilO
bugler is none other than the kid
mapped boy. There awaits him for
tune, for he is heir to a large estate,
and presently is to leave the service his
term of enlistment having about ex-
pired, and return and claim his in
heritanee. Here is a story then in real
life proving that truth is stranger than
fact exaggerate with it's tales of kid
naping and lost identity.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29


and has had no experience beyond
regimental command, it will be well to
recall his record. He received his star
in 1898. and is now the Senior Brig
adler General Of the regular army, and
as such has held important depart
mental commands for years. He was
one Of the most gallant soldiers in the
army of the Potomac, and fought
through many of its greatest anu
bioodiest battles, beside any one OF
which the Luzon campaign would ap-
pear as but skirmish. He was
brevetted Colonel in both the volun-
teer and regular service for gallant
and meritorious service at Spottsyl-
vania, and a Brigadier General for
notably gallant and high service at
Chapel House. Such a man is not to
be dubbed off hand an incompetent and
an inexperienced soldier.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29
WHEN WE INTERFERE.

The American-China Development
Company is corporation of great
magnitude and high ambition. It holds
from the Chinese Government a con-
cession to construct and operate a rail-
way line from Hankow to Canton. The
work having been put under way, the
Chinese Director of Railways mani
tests a disposition to avoid the terms
of the concession. thus Gripping the
company badly.
The corporation has now applied to
this Government to make diplomatic
interference in its behalf, to compel
the Chinese Government to live up to
it's contract, the charge being that the
Chinese Director is influenced in his
obstructive methods from Pekin. The
question now is, should our Govern
ment interfere in the affairs of a for
eign Government to require it to give
protection to our citizens against a
threatened but not accomplished wrong,
because of proposed reputation of con-
eessional privileges?
We have never held that it is the
duty of this Government to so inter
vene. On the contrary, we have re-
fused heretofore to interfere in similar
cases. In several Central American in
stances we have refused to make diplo-
matte or naval demonstrations to COM
| pei compliance with contracts running
to private individuals. We have held
| that such persons must pursue their
remedies under the lay of place and
| in the courts of the country with which
| they contract. But the Government is
now asked to strike out a new line
! of policy.
| If it aceedes there will be opened
UP the widest possible door for dis
agreeable relations with foreign Pow
ers. 1t is scarcely probable that the
Government will comply with the re-
quest of the American-China Develop
ment Company. If, however, the prop
erty of that company be destroyed, If
the lives of it's representatives-who are
Americans-are menaced; if its vested
rights are broken down and the United
States is appealed to, then the Amer
lean. Government will intervene to pro-
tect it's citizens in their rights and their
property, no matter in what country
such trespass takes place.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29
CAPTURE OF CALAMBA.

Clearly there is at work among the
news agencies in Manila a spirit that
is ignoble. 1t is evidently the intention
from this time forward to belittle all
that is accomplished or attempted by
the army. The evidence of this is uT-
mistakable; the news gatherers do not
propose to be fair; they intend to color
their accounts to reflect upon the army
and it's commander, the purpose being
to "get even"
The latest instance of this is found
in the news reports sent Of the capture
of CaIamba. The first reports treated
the event as one of no consequence;
indeed, the story sent was that the
place was of mo strategic value, thus
rejecting upon the army for having
wasted life and strength in taking a
This spirit was>refiected in the head
lines and make up of the news as
printed in the yellow journals.
Now, however, comes the news
sources tHdt luc eeahiiio
of Calamba was deliberate and care
fully planned because it is of the high
est strategic value; that it was the
original points aimed at by Lawton,
when in his raid he captured Santa
Cruz; that the possession Of the place
resulted also in the capture of long
sought for gunboat in Laguna de Bay,
and the release of a number of Span
iards held as prisoners. To hold this
place, it has been garrisoned, and i'm
mediatety the town was connected with
Manila, by the laying of a submarine
cable.
Clearly this taking of Calamba and
it's garrisoning, and connecting it with
headquarters by Geographic cable, is
a most important advance, and is be-
lieSTed to be at headquarters a decided
victory. But the enemies of General
Otis do not propose to permit him to
have particle of credit for the
achievement if they can prevent it.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29

The vegetarians have won new adj
vocate and disciple, Lady Paget, a
very able and learned woman, has pro-
verified by German Professor-she is
of German birth-and by reading DR..
Anna kingsford's Perfect Way" and
by her own investigations which have
been extensive. But Lady Paget Will
not carry the public mind with her.
The vegetarians will forever remain a
mere fraction of humanity.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29
THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE.

England warns Canada that she
wants to fight no battles for her over
an inconsequential Alaskan port and
a miserable little strip Office and snow.
Laurier has been frightened into taking
back his threat of war, and explains
that what he intended was only to
emphasize the need Of arbitration of
this boundary dispute. There the mat
ter rests.
AS far as the United States is con-
cerned it has only to stand fast. The
line 1t contends for is that intended
by Russia in her transfer of Alaska
to us. 1t is the line that Great Britain
for twenty years and more recognized
without dispute. On two specific &C.
casions she directly affirmed and con-
cedsd the line to be as we claim it.
region was there expressed any anxiety
about the boundary between the two
countries. Our Government knows that
It is right in this matter; hence it hesi-
tdtcSt " put dl Tie IlSh VI
that, which it is convinced is unques-
tionable in justice.
Tyne Canadians, however, with what
must be confessed is strong statement,
say that If we are so positive that our
contention is fortified by right and
buttressed by facts, it is the very best
possible reason for sending the ques-
tion to arbitration. IT, say they to
the United States, you are sure that
your rights are so clear as to admit of
no reasonable dispute, there can be no
sufficient reason on your part for re-
fusing to submit the issue to an i'm
partial board of arbitrators.'
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29

1t will be recalled by elder men that
in the war of the great rebellion the
predecessors of the copperheads of to-
day assailed General Grant much as
they are now finding fault with present
american commanders. Grant was
denounced as "the butcher" There was
hardly one General in the field who was
not branded as a monster Sherman
was called the Arson fiend," Sheridan
the brutal light weight" and Thomas
the cold blooded inquisitor." War then
gave texts in plenty for opponents OF
the Administration of Lincoln, who was
bounded by the copperheads as the vii
est of men, without mercy. heart or
compassion. Had that war been fought
on the lines indicated by the copperhead
press we should to-day have a divided
union, instead of a united nation; we
would to-day be weak, powerless, I'M
respected and incapable Of enforcing an
obligation or protecting citizen
abroad.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29
THAT ROUND ROBIN.


Redlands Facts: The Facts looks
upon the so-called Round Robin of
the Philippine war newspaper CORE
spondents as entirely unjustifiable. If
the Administration does not know how
to deal with the Tagalos trouble in the
best manner, then the Government had
better be turned over to those writer's
to work out the difficult problem, a
proposition most absurd on it's face
and in fact. The dispatches indi-
cate that the Cabinet has discussed
the Robin" and concluded to ignore
it. Just the fate the correspondents
action deserves. 1t is not necessary
that the people generally should be in
formed of every particle of news that
can be secured in regard to the insur-
rection Those correspondents wish to
inform the people of what they call the
"exact'' situation, which they consider
more unfavorable than the Government
is willing to admit If the people, OUT
side of the Administration are conduct
ing the war, then such action would
be advisable. but to harass and annoy
our executive officers by gloomy and
melancholy accounts from over the Pa
oific would only help men of the At
kinson. Hoar, Valentine stripe, who are
are a curse to the country in trying
times and seek the overthrow of the
existing Administration. The people.
as whole, trust that Administration
and will continue to stand by it until
every vestige of disrespect for law and
our sovereignty shall have been wiped
out in the Philippines.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29

The rumor is afloat that General Otis
is to be superseded in command in the
Philippines. Not much credit is given
to the story; still, if true, 1t is by no
means comfort for the anti-expansion-
lists. 1t means, on the contrary, more
energetic prosecution of the war against
the Insurgents as soon as the rainy
not. impossible that General Otis may
be. removed, 1t will not mean. If done,
that the condemnation of his course
by the sensational journals caused the
President to act. In all the abuse and
harsh. criticism now being showered
upon the General, coupled with the
charge that he 10 only routine clerk
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29

Weekly
Union

Is a I2-page family and business
newspaper issued every Friday
morning. Thus, for the very small
sum of 81 its subscribers receive no
less than ga pages Of choice read
ing and news matter In a year.
This reduction has been made
that we may afford the people In
these times Of stringency the fullest
opportunity to have the Weekly
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29
Cause and Eject.

Mamma went to the auction
And. them"
'Well. then papa went into bank
ruptcy.'-Chicago Post.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29

AS result of the years working of
the! municipal electric tramways at
Dover the sum Of $4,000 was taken in
penny fares profit of over f2s000
thus goes to the relief Of the rates.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29
HOTEL CAPIToLA.
.CAPITQlA.

THE SEASIDE RESORT OF CEN
trail California, four miles east of Santa
Cruz. Surf bathing. Hot salt water
baths. Boating. Fishing. Shady walks.
rates Address FRANK M. SMITH, Capt.
tola Cal, For rent OF cottages or camp
Cal. Note.-Railroad fare, round trip
ticket, good for 60 days, $500 Ask your
local railroad agent for Summer Excur-
sion Rate Ticket to Monterey Bay Points.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-08-01
PIANOS "1N THE PERIOD. /"
Expensive Instruments Made for the
Children of the Rich to
Practice ON.

The modern piano is made in the
style and period of the room in which
it is to be placed, and the cases carved
and painted for these coquettish instru-
ments are marvels of decorative art, says
the New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Louis XVI. drawing-Poom has its
piano of white wood, with straight legs
and panels chastely decorated in pale,
soft colors. The empire room has its
piano Of mahogany, emblazoned with
brass torches and the Napolconic bees,
very heavy and splendid and imposing.
The Vatican boudoir's piano is a gem,
light and airy, and fantastic, all pale
colors and gilt, with charming shep-
herdesses frislting about on the cover
and sides.
There are pianos in pure Sheraton,
prim and trim and daintily severe; pi-
amos of satinwood, inlaid with colored
bow knots and symbolcal pictures of
music; little early empire pianos that
look like old spinets and have keys of
tortolseshell and mother-o'-pearl, and
last, but not least, piano with panels
of Vernis-Martin, arranged between in
terlacings of bronze taken from Reiss-
ner's Bureau du Roi" in the Louvre.
One wonders If the little children of
the rich find practicing on these splen-
did music boxes a whit pleasanter than
the children of the average family find
drumming on q ayulgar "tin pam" of no
beauty and no period"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-08-01
THE MARKETS.


CINCINNATI. July 81.
FLoUR-Spring patent, S3eOIL10; spring
fancy. SS 3OG3A0; spring family, taIOaa 25;
winter patent, t33O<s3 90; fancy. S3 1923 25;
family, sa.5Oa2 20; extra u, ,So12 10; low grade,
tLGadl,8'; northwestern rye. sa95G9l5; do,
city, s9OO69 20.
WHEATON, let but nIm under limited de-
mand and light offerings. No, 2 red quotable
nOminally At DC.
HoGs-Select butchers, a 5nDL61; fair ia
good packers, sL5Od4h5; fair TO good light,
H.i0D46 81; common and TJughs sS 75d435
CATTLE-Fnir / good shippers, 81 40d 25;
good TO choice butchers. sL6OG4 90; fair to
medium butchers, 81 8 OIL IS; common, t3 4Ol1
37h
SnEEP-Extras, a 1904 -; good 10 chSice,
SO 4UGLI.GO; common 10 IRr. S2.25u3a5
LAMBs-EIlras, none on sale; good to choice,
t5 40d66i common to fair. "A O0iAb.25.
VEAL CALvEs-tuir u govd light al OOL675i
common and large, 100000.
CHICAGO July 81
WHEAT-Ju!y, 6SNc; September d9%d69Ac o;
December, 1850; May 7Iric.
CoRE-July, Ste; Sep emOer. 5OAoi Decem-
Der, 49iac; ay. 3JhQ10Jlc.
OATa-July, 20Hc; A lgust, l01oc; SCptem.
beF, l0'tG; December, 1885 May, aiHc.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-08-01
NOVEL LITERARY DECISION.
Fac and NH wrestled to Determine
the superioritS, Of Tennyson
or browning.

We have heard of juries deciding the
guilt or Innocence of the prisoner by
casting lots, and doubtless other mo-
mentous questions have been settled
by an appeal TO chance, but here is an
instance of literary superiority being
decided by an appeal to force:
The citizens of small settlement in
which there were no school facilities
decided on a literary club or debating
society, for the improvement of the
mind.
A drummer came along and gave
them the first subject for debatei
"Who Was the Greatest Poet, Tenny-
son or Brownipg?"
AS a majority of the members knew
nothing of either, an old inhabitant
rose in meeting and said:
"Seein' as we amt got no books here
TO go by, 1 move that Zac Jones an
Bill Spurlin git out in the middle o.
the meetin' an see which th'ows the
other down fust. Wen give each one
O. them the name o. one o the gentle
men we're dcbatin', an decide the ques-
ton that way"
Then Browning and Tennyson-in
the persons of Zac Jones and Bill Spur
lin-came forward and went at it.
Spurlin - who masqucraded rs
Browning-threw Jones four times,
after which the president announced
Browning us o greater poet than Ten
nyson, and the secretary was instructed
to secure Mr.. Browning's address and
tell him how he had come out