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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY.
HlRher Temperature Probable
Throughout the Ohio Valley.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10, p. m.-Forecast
Cor twenty-four hours:
For OhiO-Generally fair; warmer in south
krn portions; high southwest winds
For Indiana and Illinois-Fair: southwest
winds.
Weather Conditions and Forecast-The low
area which was central Saturday night in
western Ontario has continued eastward
with increased intensity and is central to-
night off extreme northeastern Canada. An
other Of equally marked character has moved
in from the Northwest, and is central to
might over Lake Superior, and the baro-
metric depression covers the entire country
east of the Rocky mountains, except the
gulf and south Atlantic States Fair weather
has been general except in the lake regions.
middle and north Atlantic States, where
there were SHOWS and rains, followed during
Saturday night and Sunday by clearing
weather except in the lake regions, where
5he SHOWS and rains have continued The
temperatures have generally risen except in
New England, Florida, the northern slope
and on the gulf coast, and are everywhere
moderate. There is no change in the river
situation along the Potomac. In the pla-
teau region and on the Pacific coast the
weather has been fair. with lower tempera-
lures in the latter districts. At San Fran
cisco the temperature has fallen Is degrees
since Saturday night.
Generally fair weather is indicated for all
districts during Monday, with higher tenn
peratures northeastward from the gulf
through the Ohio valley and the middle At
1antic States. On the Atlantic coast fresh
to brisk southerly winds will prevail Storm
signals are displayed on the Atlantic coast
from Sandy Hook TO Portland
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
FOUR PEOPLE ASPHYXIATED.
Two Women and Two Children Found
Dead in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19.-Mrs. Charles
Fahrenkamp, aged thirty-three years, her
two children Florence and William, aged,
respectively. ten and nine years, and an I'M
known woman, aged about thirty-fve years.
were found dead to-day in room in Mrs
Fahrenkamps house, No. 1916 North Fifty
second street. The gas was turned on and
life had apparently been extinct for several
days. Scattered about the first floor were
remnants of cigars and cigarettes and
empty beer and whisky bottles. The bodies
were found by a next door neighbOr, who
had forced an entrance to the house. Mrs.
Fahrenkamp was lying on the floor and
her daughter near by The unknown wom-
an and the boy were in bed. The last heard
from the inmates Of the house was on
Thursday night, when the piano was kept
playing until a late hour. On Friday morn
ing Mrs. Wilson, living next door, was
asked by Florence to assist her in raising
her mother from the floor, where the child
said she sleeping. Mrs Wilson told
her she was unable to do So and suggested
that the girl cover her mother and allow her
to continue sleeping The two women and
the boy, it is believed, were then dead, and
from the position of the girl, who occupied
another room, it is thought that she was
overcome by the gas while trying to lift her
mother. Mrs. Fahrenkamps husband, who
is travelling salesman, left home about
week ago on business for his firm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
FOUND TO HAVE TwO sTOMAcHs.
Although Henry StrattOn Is So Well
Supplied He Is Starving.
Chfcago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle.
Henry Stratton learned yesterday that he
has two stomachs. Peculiarly enough it
was approaching starvation through nabil-
ity to assimilate food that led to the dis
covery of the twin food receptacles by the
surgeons Of Augustana Hospital.
An attempt is to be made to remove the
second and superfiuouS stomach ana at the
same time to do away with the contraction
of the oesophagus that now prevents STRAIT
ton from getting food into either stomach.
This will be accomplished by a second oper-
alton at the hospital within a short time,
but because of the danger inherent in the
knife Stratton will first be helped to re-
cover from the weakness following the
initial surgery.
Stratton is an inspector for the gas com
pany and from childhood has suffered
slightly from stomach troubles. About Two
years ago his difficulty increased greatly
and he soon found that the food he swal-
lowed had to be forced into his stomach.
His method was to take rapidly five or SIX
glasses of water after eating. The water
washed down the food. and once 1t was
swallowed Stratton had no difficulty In oil
costing it, This trouble grew constantly,
and recently STATIONS utmost eHorts
trifiing quantities He grew thin and
pale and finally was so weak as to be IN
danger of dying -Of starvation. lie mad
many doctors but they failed to cure.
Recently Mr. Stratton had X-ray
photograph of his abdominal region taken.
1t showed formation on the oesophaguS
lust above the diaphragm, and the surgical
opera ton was undertaken 1t was found
under the knife that since boyhood he had
heen a victim of a contraction of the
oesophagus, which recently had become SO
acute that practically nothing S couio pas
this place had caused a distension or the
oesophagus until that tube proved its iden-
tty with the major digestive organ by IL
self becoming a stomach Every feature
of the primary pouch was reproduced ex-
Cept the muscles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
AN OLD DOCUMENT.
1t Is Said to show SpaniardS Possessed
Vancouver Island in 1870.

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 1.-the Post In
telligencer to-day publishes the facsimile
of a Spanish document which shows that
the Spanish We're in actual military posses
sion of Vancouver island between 1890 and
1892. 1t is stated that the document if it
had been in possession of Emperor William
of Germany when he arbitrated the Cana
dian boundary between England and the
United States, would have incontestibly
proven the right of the United States to
ton is a report of Pedro Alberni upon the
condition of his forces on his return from
NootlIa sound to Mexico. 1t is dated Jan. !.
1893. The original document which is now
i'm Seattle. was sold TO a British citizen over
forty years ago and IL has been withheld
for personal reasons.
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THE AMERICAN SEAMAN.
He Is Practically Il Slave. with No.
Protection from the Officers.

Mr.. Walter Macarthur, in the Forum
The personal treatment accorded the sea-
man by American ships officers is the most
oppressive, because the most acute, feature
of his life. Extreme brutality is the rule
almost without exception. 1t is standing
charge against our maritime law that it re-
citizenship on the part of sailing ship Off
GERS. In this respect the United States
stands alone among maritime nations of any
consequence. The result is that the men in
authority on board American ships are
chosen for their ability to drive" e. to
beat. the men under them, rather than for
their ability as Seamen and naVigatOrs. The
reputation thus attained finds its sequence
in an esprit de corps leading to the com
mission of the most wanton brutalities con-
celVable BY minds trained to ingenius meth
DDS of infiicting torture upon their subordi-
mates. and undeterred by the fear of conse-
quences. social or legal.
The frequent recurrence of scamen' s
charges against ships officers and the
monotonous regularity with which these
charges are dismissed by the courts, has
created feeling of indifference, and even
skepticism, on the part of the public The
charges made by the seaman appear incred-
ible when judged by the standard Of con-
duct prevailing on land. But it must be re-
membered that the standard prevailing at
sea is one of practical slavery in which
Legree is an actual personifca ton.
An investigation shows that during the
past eleven years more than one hundred
ships crews have brought charges against
their officers in ports of the United States
alone. This list includes only those cases
that haze come most prominently before the
public Characteristic features of this rec
ord are: Fifteen deaths resulted from the
treatment received; many cases resulted in
the loss of limbs, eyes, or teeth and i'm
other injuries of a permanent character, in
Guiding insanity; several suicides are at
tributed to persecution; only seven convic-
tions were obtained, and. with one excep-
ton. the penalties inflicted were merely
nominal; the name of certain ships and
their officers recur frequently in the list.
AT the present moment an American boy
named Amos Stone, a native of Boston, and
the son of respectable parents. is an in
mate Of a unatic asylum al Seattle Wash.
az the result of treatment received at the
hands of the officers of an American ship.
Another American boy, Ephraim w. Clark
has been confined in ThomastOn (Maine)
Penitentiary for more than twenty-three
years for mutiny under circumstances Of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
CHANCE ron sCHLEY.
The Way Is Now Open for Him to An
sVver His Accusers.
hiladelnhia Times.

Philadelphia Times.
The position of Secretary Long in deny
ing Admiral Schley full honors for the bat
tie of Santiago because he disobeyed orders
and made the escape of the Spanish fleet
possible a month before the battle, is Ill
rect accusation against both the President
and the secretary for failing to perform
their duty in the most important crisis or
the war. If Admiral Schley was guilty OF
willful disobedience of orders or OF failure
TO blockade the Spanish fleet. he should
have been dismissed from his command
without moment hesitation; and the TACT
that he was not thus dismissed at the moSt
crucial period of the Santiago campaign VIII
be accepted as conclusive evidence thde o liIe
present accusations against him are meas
urably or wholly afterthoughts to serve
most discreditable purpose.
These accusations against Schley were un-
heard of until Admiral Sampson LETT Schley
TO fight the Spanish squadron with three
of the most important vessels OF the Meet
absent. and Schley had destroyed every
Spanish vessel The signal for this attempt
to strip Schley of the laurels of his victory
graphed the bombastic bulletin to the gov
eminent that the fleet under my COM
mand' had achieved the victory, without
referring to his own absence or 10 MS next
officer in command, who had not only been
in the fight, but had issued every command
from start to finish; and Secretary Long
omits one most important fact from MS o1h-
cial statement when he neglectS to INFORM
the Senate that Admiral Sampson, when
leaving his feet on the morning no OF If 1e
mander-in-chief, which was notice TO az
that Commodore Schley was in command
and must be responsible instead of himself.
The assumption of Secretary Long that
the battle was fought in obedience TO the
orders of Admiral Sampson is an affront 10
the intelligence of the American people. OI
course, Admiral Sampson had given general
orders that if the fleet of the enemy APP
peared to advance and attack it; but how IL
Should be attacked and how the fleet should
be directed in a battle depended wholly on
the movements of the enemy coming into
action and specific orders could be given
only by the commander who could see the
position of each vessel of both fleets.
The country well knows that Admiral
Sampson had nothing whatever to do with
the actual battle at Santiago; that he trans
ferred the command to Commodore Schley
when he left the fleet: that he never was
within signaling distance of vessel actual
ly engaged in the action while Admiral
Schey was nearest to the enemy when the
Spanish vessels came out; was nearest to
them at every stage of the battle, and was
nearest to the Colon and fired the last shot
of the battle when the conflict ended. The
people will not permit Admiral Schley to be
robbed of his honors by the influence of the
despotic Naval Bureau at Washington be-
cause of alleged incompetency or cowardce
which the government overlooked at the
time. This issue is now before the public
by official statement and Admiral Schley
can be heard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
MEETING OF EDUCATORS.
/ 900 May Attend the Convention at
Columbus This Week.

COLUMBUS O., Feb. 19-The department
of superintendent of the National Educa-
tional Association will hold three days
session here this week, opening on Tuesday.
Superintendent e. II. Mark, of the Louis
vile, KY, schools, president of the depart
ment. has arrived in the city and says he
expects fully 1000 educators from all parts
of the country to be in attendance. Those
who anticipate attending the sessions are
mostly school superintendent high school
and college men mainly from the central
part of the United States. although there
will be many from the very outskirts of the
Union. The programme for the week fol-
lows: Feb. q, % and % meeting of the de-
partment of superintendent. Round tables:
%, city superintendent; Feb. q, Educational
Press Association of America; Feb. p, Ma
tional Herbart Society; Feb % and "a AS
ISOLATION of Boards of Education of the
State of Ohio.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
AGIIINAIDO.
How He Impressed an EnGlishmnn In
short Interview.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
L saw Aguinaido i'm Hong-Kong in the
early part of 1897" said Mr.. Il. b. Cunning
ham Of Liverpool who is one of this years
carnival visitors. Il was representing an
English firm at the time and was arranging
Emile Chargan resident factor. Que day
| called at Chargan's office and found MIN
I'm conversation with swarthy young FIJI
pino who was introduced to me as Agul"
naldo. j had heard a good deal of the IN
surgent chief, so ] looked at him with de-
cided curiosity What impressed me most
strongly about him was his extremely youth
full appearance. He did not look over tWen-'
ty-two al the outside. and his air of Juvenil-
ity was borne out by his STOPPING shoulders
and narrow chest. His features were dls-
tinctiy Monaghan. his cheek bones nigh, his
ewes oblique, his nose short and blunt ana
his Inns rather thick. He had no sign or
beard on his face. but his hair was coarse,
black and very thick His skin, | remember,
was badly pitted. possibly from smallpox.
which were remarkably small even for
Filipino He wore womens cloth CATERS,
which is not unusual in Hong-kong and
had a large solitaire on his left hand. Agui-
naldo remained only few minutes after
/ arrived but long enough for me TO note
that his manners were curiously nervous.
1t seemed impossible for him 10 remain
quiet for a moment The faces of great
many Filipinos gave one an impression OF
distortion as if they We're slightly twisted
strongly in Aguinado. After he left / told
Chargan that he reminded me more OF
native shipping clerk in some Dutch I'M
porting house than Of a revolutionist. He's
the smartest Filipino In the South seas.
said Chargan, and his only weak spot Isl his
vanity. which is something monstrous That
was the only time / ever saw him, so the
picture remains quite vivid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
MORE TROUBLE FOR HENRY.
Mayor and Municipal Council of San
Jen Resigns.

SAN JUAN DE PUERTO RICO, Feb.
1.-the mayor and majority of the Mu-
ncpal Council of San Juan have rendered
their designations. A few days ago the
question of killing cattle for municipal con-
sumption was referred to Gen. Guy Y.
Henry. governor general of Porto Rico, by
consent of all the parties interested. After
an investigation General Henry issued an
order regarding the matter and the mayor
and members of the Council declared that
they would resign before complying with
the governors decree. General Henry. an
noyed by their quarreling and childish ac-
tions told them that If they did not stop
trifiing and obey orders he would have them
imprisoned. A meeting of the Council was
held to-day, which resulted in the tender
ing of the designations of the mayor and
Council on account of the alleged insult by
the governor general and his partisan
friends The deposed Liberals are said to
be back of the trouble. General Henry says
he can govern the city better with new
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
ADVICE TO CUBANs.
Archbishop ChappeIIe Says They
Should Forgive SDaniards.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Feb. 19.-Colonel
Ray arrived from Guantanamo to-day to
confer with Gen. Leonard Wood and to
range details for the departure of his regi-
ment, the Third Immunes, next month. He
will also appear as a witness tomorrow
in the trial by court-martial of Major Ed
ward Wilson on charges of forgery and en-
bezzlement The general opinion is that
Major Wilson is out of his mind and does
not realize mis- position. The evidence thus
far given shows Wilson's Offenses to be
greater than indicated by his confession.
Archbishop Chappelle, apostolic delegate
to the West Indies, preached a long sermon
in Spanish a the cathedral to-day and aft
eTward delivered a short address in English.
The burden of the sermon was advice to his
hearers to remember that all people are
Gods children, irrespective of race. and
now that the war is over the Cubans should
forget and forgive the Spaniards and give
thanks TO God for their present happiness.
The steam yachts of Messrs. prexel and
Walters arrived here to-day and will leave
shortly for Jamaica.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
MILLER WON THE RACE
RODE 2.102 MILES on HIS WHEEL IN
LESS THAN LA HOURS.
AarOnsOn Second in the Six-Dny Con-
test of Endurance. FrederickS Third,
Hale Fourth and Gimm Fifth.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 19-NIiller won
the six-day international bicycle race The
race was ended at 1915 tonight. thirty-nine
minutes ahead of time. 1t was obvious that
the men could not change their relative
positions by riding longer and the manage
ment concluded to call the race at this time
instead of riding through till 1854. The
contestants were all on the track except
Gimm who retired at p. m. and did not
return. At the end of the northumberland
forty-third hour, at 1854, all the riders re-
tired for few minutes and returned long
enough only to make a showing The final
score follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
RESCUED FROM THE SEA.
Shipwrecked Crew Aboard Steamer
That Passed In at Cape Henry.

BALTIMORE, Feb. IA report reached
here tonight through the Merchants Elk
change Marine News Department that the
British steamer Lord Charlemont, from
Ardrossan for Baltimore. had passed in at
Cape Henry, where she signaled that she
had on board a shipwrecked crew. The
Lord Charlemont did not drop anchor at
Cdpe Henry and will not land until she
reaches Baltimore, which may not be until
tomorrow night. Her captain in signaling
ana not say to what vessel the shipwrecked
crew belonged, and there is no way of get
ting further particulars at this time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
FAST TRAIN WRECKED.
Cars Piled in Confusion and Some of
Them Said to Have Burned.

SPOKANE. Wash, Feb. 19.-The Great
Northern east-bound flyer was wrecked at
) o'clock this morning near Wilson creek,
between this city and Wenatchee The
train was running thirty-five miles an
hour, making up lost time, and the acct
dent is attributed to the spreading of the
rails. The engine and tender turned COM
-pletely over and some of the passenger cars
and baggage cars were piled in confusion.
Engineer Samuel Works. right leg was
broken and he suffered other injuries. Har-
nv Jones the fireman, is reported to have
been slightly scalded. Express Messenger
Klinefelter was badly injured. 1t is re-
ported some of the cars were burned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
CANNOT BURY THE DEAD.
Nearly Three Hundred Bodies at the
New York MOrgue.

NEW YORK, Feb 19.-With 161 of the
city's unclaimed dead on board, the big
steam lighter Columbia for more than six
hours made heroic efforts to reach the city
burial ground a Harris Island to-day
Block ice, packing the sound from shore to
shore, shook the big lighter, and at one
time threatened to crush and sink her with
her freight of dead The Columbia could
not get within six miles of Harris Island.
and only with great difficulty freed herself
and returned to her dock The bodies on
board were returned to the morgue. They
represent an accumulation of two weeks,
and a state of congestion prevails at the
morgue, where there are 10 additional
bOdipS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20

Philadelphia Telegraph.
Miss Ada Rehan's peculiar hold upon
Days theater is one of the oldest things
of the American stage The recent attempt
to star the lady in "CyranO de Bererac" is
fresh in mind. as is the failure of that at
tempt. So impudent a venture was 1t that
the only wonder is that Mr. DAYS version
Of RoStand's play was not called "Roxane."
But the "Cyran0" business Is not the only
queer thing In the domination of Days by
Miss Rehan. The retirement of Maxine
Elliott when that actress was seen 10 he
another incident of the kind. Now we have
the similar experience of Miss Blanche
Bates, q Western actress, who made hit
in the melodrama. The Great Ruby" pro-
duced by Mr. DAILY last week Miss Rehan
was also in the cast, but all the honors went
to Miss Bates. But she only acted twice; as
a current record puts it-she did not ind
Days theater comfortable. Art for art
sake is a fine thing indeed.
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SENATE HAS MUCH TO DO.
May Have to Work Night and Day to
Avoid an Extra Session.

Avoid an Extra Session.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The week will
be busy one in the Senate. With only
twelve days of the session left, all senators
appreciate the necessity of very strict and
close attention to business in order to get
through the bills. which all admit must
become laws in order to prevent an extra
session of Congress. Very rarely has it oc-
CURED that there have been so many i'm
pOrtant measures on the Senate calendar
$50 short time before the final adjournA
ment of the last session of a Congress-
There are, however, only comparatively few
of these bills, outside the appropriation bills
(which must necessarily be acted upon be-
fore adjournment, and if the Senate disposes
or these with the same facility that it has
used in getting rid Of other important bills
during the past week the session will be
closed up in good order and with time to
spare. The army reorganization bill and the
census bill are in reality the only two meas
ures aside from the appropriation bills on
which final action would seem absolutely
necessary. The census bill has passed both
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20
"Fighting Bob" Coming West.

CINCINNATI. Feb. 19.-Commodore Rob
ley d. Evans will be the guest of honor al
the banquet of the Stamina Republican Club
here on WaShington's birthday. He will
leave Washington with Congressman Brom-
well on Tuesday and be met by a committee
at the depot here Wednesday morning He
will be rendered a public reception at the
Burnet House during the forenoon and a
reception by invitation at the Queen city
Club in the afternoon At noon he will be
escorted TO the Chamber of Commerce. Gov
ernor Bushnell. Lieutenant Cole, members
of the Loyal Legion and others will be
guests of the banquet Wednesday night.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Arrived: Noord-
land from Antwerp: Camparia, from Liv-
erpool; ST. Paul, from Southampton; La
Touraine, from Havre. Sailed: Anchoria,
for Glasgow.
HAVRE, Feb. 19.-Arrived: la Cham
paigne, from New York
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 19-Arrived: Cevic,
from New York.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 19-Sailed; Umbria,
for New York.