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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
ALGER GOING TO CUBA
SECRETARY OF WAR AND PARTY
OF FRIENDS LEAVE WASHINGTON.
Barracks to BE Built on the Camp of
Concessions to Be Granted.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-Secretary
Alger and a party of friends left here to-
night fer Savannah, Ga, on their way to
Cuba. They occupied a special car on the
train leaving over the Southern Railroad
a 600 o'clock, which is scheduled 10 reach
Savannah about 3 O'Clock tomorrow after
noon. At the latter place the party will take
the transport ingalls,. in which the voyage
to Havana VIII be made. The secretary's
trip has two objects in view. first to famil-
iarize himself with existing conditions in
Cuba, and second, to obtain a brief respite
from the routine Of office duties. Whether
the trip will be extended beyond Havana
will depend entirely on circumstances that
may hereafter develop. Those who accom-
panied the secretary included the following:
M. S. Smith. his business partner at De-
troit; A NJ. Henry. his brother-in-law and
II. G.. Merritt, of Detroit; Major George II.
Hopkins, his military aid: Col. w. D..
Mann and Victor L. Mason. his private sec
rotary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
FOR KILLING SUSIE MARTIN.
Negro Ex-Convict Arrested for MUIR
derinE q Girl in Shells Kitchen"

NEW YORK, March 22.-James Billings, a
negro ex-convct, was arrested in Brooklyn
to-day on the charge of having killed Susie
Martin in the district known as "Hell's
Kitchen" in 1894. Billings's arrest was
brought about by the confession of William
Johnson negro convict whose sentence at
Sing Sing has just expired
The Susie Martin murder created a great
sensation. She disappeared from her home.
No. Csc Eleventh avenue, on March s, 1894.
Eleven days later her headless and limbless
body was found in Tnirty-ninth street
cellar, the identification being made by a
portion of her clothing. Almost year
later, on March o, 1895, the little girls skull
was discovered ir, a heap Of rubbish In a
cellar at No. 459 West Forty-sixth street.
Detectives worked night and day, but failed
to discover the murderer. Now Johnson
says the murderer confessed TO him soon
after the commission of the crime. The
guilty man, according to Johnson's story,
came to his house about a week before the
girls mutilated body was discovered. His
clothing was covered with blood and he
said he had been in a fight in He'll s
Kitchen" Johnson says he gave the man a
clean shirt and pair of trousers and the
bloodstained clothing was carried away.
After Susie Martins body had been dis
covered Johnson declares his friend con-
fessed to him. The man said he was in
toxicated when he met the girl in Thirty
ninth street. He dragged her into the cellar
and after assaulting her choked her to death
and then cut up her body SO nobody could
tell who she was
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NINE DAYS In A SEALED BOX.
Scientific Experiment. to Determine
the Physical Needs Of Man.

MIDDLETOWN. Conn.,. March 22-Shut
up in Scientific box. breathing air that was
pumped into him, eating meals that were
Osterberg lived nine days an absolutely
scientific life. To-day he was let out
of the sealed box in which he has lived the
nine days Osterberg is the janitor of the
chemical laboratory of the Orange Judd
Hall of Natural Sciences of the Wesleyan
University here. and he offered himself
as a sacrifice on the altar of science for the
purpose of aiding in the discovery of the nu-
trftive value of foods. The experiment is
being conducted by Prof. w. o. Atwater,
professor OF chemistry in the Wesleyan
University OSterbergS sealed house is
called respiration calorimeter and is the
invention Of Professor Atwater The profess
sor wishes TO know just what quantity of
work aud heat can be got out of COM
mon foods when fed TO the human engine.
At the conclusion of the experiment Prof
AtWater expects TO know how far a man
ought 10 ride bicycle on one egg, just how
hot "A glass OF whisky makes his body. how
much water he needs while at work, and
lust what amount of strength he derives
from beef. sugar. alcohol and starch.
The following authorized statement re-
garding the experiments with the reSpira-
ton calorimeter which are being conducted
by Prof w. O. Atwater and his associates
at Wesleyan University under the auspices
OF the United States Department of Agri-
culture was furnished 10 the Associated
.'The experiment closed this morning and
was satisfactory IN every way. The man
had passed nine days and ten nights con-
tinuously I'm the small chamber of the ap-
paratus. The results apparently agree with
those OF previous experiments in demon
strating that the human body I'm coilsum-
ing and utilizing its food obeys the law OF
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Cable Notes.

The Marquis Of Salisbury has started from
London for the Riviera.
NJ Paul Deschanel. president of the
French Chamber OF Deputies, will marry, 1t
is reported a wealthy American.
Sir Thomas Upton, the challenger for the
Americas cup has decided not to attempt
TO sail the Shamrock across the Atlantic
under her own rig. He will tow her with
his new steel yacht, the Erin.
The Emperor and Empress of Germany
Yesterday observed the birthday of the late
Emperor William /, praying al the imperial
mausoleum Their MaJesties afterward I'M
yelled two monuments the Sieges-Allee.
The British gunboat Badger arrived at
Valparaiso. Chile, yesterday, en- route for
San Francisco with the exhumed remains
of Admiral SPOTS, from the Falkland
islands, the British crown colony In the
South Atlantic.
The London Daily Mail announces its in
Intention TO publish Sunday edition simulta-
neously with the Sunday edition of the Daily
Telegraph. In making the announcement II
says IL thinks Sunday edition unnecessary,
but. nasmuch as the Daily Telegraph has
begun. the Daily Mail does not intend TO be
left behind.
Lieutenant ]. C. Colwell. naval attache
Of the United States embassy in London re-
spending last evening TO the toast Our
Guests" at the annual banquet of the In
stitute of Naval Architects. paid a high
tribute to the institution, declaring that
without its aid the United States would not
hold their proud position to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23

Dervish Leader SOreI~ I'm Need of Food
and Ammunition.

LONDON, March 23.-The Cairo corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail telegraphs the
substance Of an interview he has had with
Sir William Edmund Garstin, under secre-
tary of state for public works of Egypt, who
has just returned from Nile tour. Sir
William Garstin says that, according to the
latest reports, the Khalifa, the Dervish
leader in the Sudan, is in great straits for
food and ammunition. He has only 5000
fighting men and 1000 rebels, while he is
hampered by an enormous following of
women and children. Many of his follow
ers are anxious 10 desert him, and go of
them actually did surrender to Sir William
Garstins gunboat during the trip.
The Carlo correspondent of the Times
says: Sir William Garstn considers the
possession of the Sudan south of Khartum
to be practically valueless to any civilized
power, as the territory affords no field for
the employment of capital"
The dispatch of Lord Cromer, British
diplomatic agent in Egypt. embodying the
reply of Lord Kitchener to questions regard
ing the alleged useless slaughter of Der
wishes at the battle of Omdurman and the
demolition of the tomb of the Mahdi. an
nounces, in addition TO what has already
been cabled, that the skull of the Mahdi
after the rest of his remains had been dis
posed of was reburied at Wady Halfa, on
the Nile.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
SERMONS BY PHON0GRAPH.
How "A Merchant-EvangeIis Hopes to
Win a Few Souls.

NEW YORK, March Extracting by
phcnograph will be attempted at Newark
n. j., this week by ID. L. Anderson, the
Philadelphia merchant evangelist. He is
holding series of revival services in the
Sixth Presbyterian Church. Last night he
announced that a large photograph would
be feature of the services in the latter
part of the week. A coworker will manip-
u-ate it and will give, says the evangelist,
words of wisdom by prominent men and
many inspiring selections. The announce
ment ed something of a stir and big
crowd will be on hand to hear the innova-
ton. Several of the more staid members of
the church are not pleased with the idea of
'seculariZing the gospel in order to pander
to the popular taste for novelty" as they
put ii. but they are so hopelessly in the
minority that protests will have no weight.
MIR. Anderson says that he believes in prac-
teal religion, and that II should avail itself
OF all the accessories the times have TO
offer. IF a photograph will save a SOUL
he says, what matters ii If a few of the
congregation observe slight improperly in
it's use in the pulpit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
MARY ANDERSON'S HOME LIFE
Former Actress Writes to Friend
About Her Family i'm England

LOUISVILLE, March 22.-The following
are extracts from letter received here by
Mrs. X. NJ. Kelly, who. with her husband,
was one of the earliest friends Of Mary
Anderson. The former tragedy queen signs
herself Mamie" and gives some pleasant
gossip of her husband, child and family
life. She writes:
Court Farm, Broadway. Worcestershire
My dear old friend: So many thanks Tor
your sweet, kind letter. Surely you are
blessed IN your children Juliet is in the con-
vent in kensington square, almost opposite
10 Thackerays house. where he wrote Van
ity Fair. She is very happy. Blanche is not
going on the stage. She is very beautiful
and has a lovely voice but / hope she viii
net be tempted TO the acting stage ever
blanche and Juliet are sisters OF Mrs. De
Navarro.) If / get over 10 America again
my first pilgrimage will be TO my girlhood
home. and how 4 shall love to you all
and introduce my adored and adorable Tony
to you. He grows more charming and low
ing as the years go OH. My little boy is now
21z years old. and so clevet for his age. His
nurse is German, and he speaks German
and English in his pretty. prattling way.
He is wonderfully affectionate. but he has a
will of irOn.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
ANXIOUS FOR NEW DECREE.
Cuban Debtors and Creditors Worried
New Barracks for Troops.

HAVANA, March 22-General Weyler's
decree suspending executions upon judg-
ments will expire with the present month
and the situation, especially regarding
mortgages is somewhat complicated. Cred
itors and debtors alike, in anticipation of
the expiration of the decree, have been
petitoning Governor General Brooke for
weeks to take action, with view to an
equitable adjustment. The form of q new
decree has been carefully considered by
General Brooke and his advisory cabinet
and the decree will be issued on or before
March 81.
Generals Chaffee, Humphrey and Ernst
to-day chose a site near Buena Vista for a
barracks for the garrison of regulars It
is on ridge overlooking the sea and is
now occupied by the ne-hundred-and-six-
ty-first Indiana Volunteers. There will be
twenty-five company buildings, with off,
GERS quarters, to be occupied by the Sew
enth Cavalry and Eighth Infantry regi-
ments. The work of construction will be be-
gun next week. The plans call for running
water and a complete sewer system.
The Military Assembly, owing to the alb
sence of a quorum, held no meeting to-day
but a meeting will probably be held to-
morrow, though Saturdays meeting is like
ly to be the important session of the week.
The feeling is now that as it is clearly i'm
possible for the Assembly to raise funds
for the use of the army, the most logical
course all things considered, would be to
disband the army and dissolve A motion to
this effect will undoubtedly be made and
will provoke a hot contest.
The Cuban generals DiaZ, Monteagudo
Robau, Nodarse. Betancourt and Peraza
held another secret meeting tonight. Ii is
supposed that. having consulted their COM
mands, they are now prepared TO take the
side of General Gomez against the Assem-
bly,.
A night school has been established where
intending Cuban votel may learn TO read
and write. Orders have been issued to the
police to confiscate all revolvers carried by
civilians and already the results are large
collection of miscellaneous arms.
An example Of the suppressed state of ex-
element prevailing here occurred last
night in the cafe of the Hotel Inglaterra.
thief stole two hats and ran away. The
commotion which followed alarmed the
started for the doors. The police. however,
succeeded in quietly dispensing the assem-
blage.
AT O'Clock this afternoon the tempera-
ture in Havana 81 degrees.
Postmaster General Smith went TO Ma
tanZas to-day.
A committee of Cuban officers have issued
a call TO their colleagues 10 attend the
funeral at Colon Cemetery tomorrow of
Major Prudencio Martinez, who was shot
on Monday evening at the Hotel Inglaterra
by Police Lieutenant Emil Cassin, former
trumpeter of the Rough Riders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
DEMAND THEIR BACK PAY
SPANISH TROOPS
THREATEN TO MAKE TROUBLE.
Seized for LfbeIing the
Queen Regent-Germans and Samoa
Fight ON the Sahara Desert.
MADRID, March pa band of repatri-

MADRID, March pa band of repatri-
ated troops made demonstration this
morning in front of the prefecture. The
project advised the soldiers to dispense i'm
mediately, adding that otherwise he would
be compelled TO resort TO force. The dem
onstrators left, informing the authorities in
a threatening manner that they had better
pay the arrears due the troops within a
month.
The government has ordered the prosecu-
ton of General Weyler's organ, FL Nacion-
ale, and of several Republican and Carlist
newspapers for publishing. with offensive
comments. a report that the Queen Regent
was about TO abdicate and to marry an
Austrian archduke. The offending papers
have been seized. The affair is regarded as
part Of the campaign against the Silvela
government in view of the coming parlia-
mentary elections.
Don Carlos, the pretender, is said TO have
given his adherents carte blanche to act in
their own discretion in the matter of voting
or abstaining from the polls.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
DRIVING ROD BROKE.
Fast Train Ditched, One Man Killed
and Others Injured.

CLEVELAND. o.. March 22.-Train No. ),
a fast through west-bound passenger on the
Erie road, jumped the track at Ritman, ten
miles west of Akron o.. early to-day while
running sixty miles an hour. Engineer
Logan was killed and Fireman Barney
Ward dangerously injured. Five coaches, in
Guiding two sleepers, were thrown into the
ditch, the engine and three cars being de-
broken and badly bruised on body; II.
Little, caught under car and internally in
jured. Many others were slightly hurt. The
wreck caused by the breaking of
driving rod on the engine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
DIVIDED BY THE COURT.
Ninety-Nine Gold Coins and other VAL
uables Found on Floating Corpse.

BOSTON. Mass. March 22-In the United
States District Court to-day before Judge
Lowell the uniqure case of w. H. Lowell
and others OF Gloucester. owners. master
and crew OF the schooner w. II. Cross, VS..
ninety-nine gold coins and other valua-
bles. derelict on the high seas. was decided
the property being divided among the libel
ants The valuables were picked up by the
master and crew OF the schooner Aug. II
last some distance from the scene of the
Bourgosne disaster They were attached TO
the body OF man and were estimated 10 be
worth 81 ESQ. The body could not be identi-
field and had To be buried at sea. No one
appeared TO claim the property and the
court was asked TO award the amount TO
the salvors. The court divides the property
IN halves. holding one half as salvage, of
which one-third is 10 so TO the vessels
owners, one-third TO the master and one
third to her crew The other half will be
held by the government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
SANTA CLARA PROVINCE.
How the Chief Towns Fared During
the War=Their Present Condition.


WASHINGTON, March 22.-Assistant Sec
rotary of War Meikeljohn made public to-
day a report from a military official who
has just returned from trip to Camajuani,
Remedies and Caibarien, in the province OF
Santa Clara, Cuba. According to this Off
cial Camajuani has a population in the
town Of 6,00o, the municipality of 1900. IN
like many other towns in Cuba, the popu-
lation of this place. increased 1900 during
the war. Cana juani is the center of a large
tobacco district, it having produced in IA
vorable seasons much as 100000 bales of
tobacco per annum- Very few people en-
listed IN the Cuban army I'm this section.
All young men who went to war returned
with high grades Nearly all of the inhabi-
tants had fathers and brothers in the Span
ish army. Under the Spanish system the
taxes collected last year amounted to S20,-
%. There are no sewers in the town. The
wells have become contaminated through
the earthen vaults, the result being that
typhoid fever is very prevalent a certain
times of the year.
BUena Vista, Guanebibi and a portion of
Zulueta. The population Of Remedies is
800 and that or the municipality Is 1900
Previous To the recent Spanish-Cuban war
the population was 15,0U0 Remedies has
suffered greatly by the war. The district
Is sugar producing one. The annual taxes
$1,000 and $4,000. Ii is expected to collect
in the six months between Jan. l and June
80 of this year 5000 $1,000.
Caibarien has only one other town in its
neutrality-suspicious. The city has
popula ton of 600 and the municipality of
S.O0. The population increased thousand
during the late war. No military operations
took place in the vicinity of the municipal
ity and it has suffered more by business de-
preston than by the ravages of war. The
principal business Is importing and ware
house storage. The taxes before the war
amounted TO from $23 600 TO S24, 600 a year
The present collection is about $l2 a day.
The municipality now is in destitute condi-
ton
Another place visited was Placets. This
town has a population of 400. The other
towns in the municipality are San Andreas
AMI Guaracabulla. Narcerrena, fernando
and Tibisia formerly belonged to the munich
pality. but they were destroyed during the
war The population of the municipality be-
fore the war was 1900; now it is 5000
This locality suffered greatly, it was the
center of important military operations The
annual taxes before the war were $27, 600
They are now about $1,000. Water is sup
piled from wells. The city is only twenty
years old and has wide streets laid out at
right angles. The municipality was often
occupied by from 5000 to 10000 Spanish
No yellow fever has ever originated there
and it is considered by physicians one of
the healthiest places in the island.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
ATTACKED BY ARABS.
100 Members of a European Expedi-
ton Killed in the Sahara.

ALGIERS, March 22.-The Telegramme
Algerian announces that number of Arabs
arrived at Ghardia and that they were raid
ing the country. Gharda Is situated about
three hundred miles south of Algiers in the
Sahara. 1t is further announced that a par
ty of Touregs recently attacked European
expedition which on its way TO Air, in
the Sahara, and that after fierce fight the
Touregs were beaten Off The expedition
lost one hundred men killed and part of it's
caravan was captured. The paper quoted
adds that the expedition must be Fourcau-
lays mission, which is said to be the only
European expedition at present in the
Sahara. When last heard from il had ar
rived at the town of Air. Moreover il says
in conclusion there are certain other indica-
lions tending to confirm the news.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
CONCESSIONS IN CUBA.
Attorney General Griggs Will Advise
AGAINST Granting Them.

NEW YORK. March PA special to the
Herald from Washington says: Attorney
General Griggs will advise Secretary Alger
to grant no concessions of any character in
Cuba. He has under consideration several
questions in connection with desired conces-
sions in Cuba, but he will determine them
adversely TO the applicants. In his opinion
relative to the contract relations between
Dady * Co. and the city OF Havana, the
attorney general declared that the admin
istration OF the United States in Cuba Is of
a military nature and merely temporary.
No action binding the Island or any OF its
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
PORTO RICAN RADICALS.
They VIII Organize Republican
Party with an American Platform.

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico March 1.-The
leaders of the Radical party have decided
to OF ganize a republican party in Porto Rico
with thoroughly American platform. They
will endeavor to unite all factions. The
platform will be submitted at meeting TO
be held tomorrow, and it will indorse the
policy of President Mckinley; will pledge
fidelity 10 the American flag; hail The pros
pect OF annexation 10 the United States: ex-
press the belief that the Porto Rico courts
can be trusted with the civil government
of the island. but will declare Willingness
form will also favor free suffrage, public
schools, reform in taxation. free trade with
the United States, the establishment OF a
gold basis for the currency the American
system for the judiciary and will pledge
the party 10 lend every effort towards civil
come loyal 10 the United States
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23

Certificates have been issued TO the fol-
lowing named Indianians:
Original-William Arbuckle, Terre Haute.
Sc; Isaac Heyn, Rising Sun. $S: Guy ID.
Howe, Evansville, s.; Joseph-T. Smith,
Prairietown, IS.
Additional-Joseph Burke, South Bend. -
to So. rl
Restoration. Reissue and Increase
Francis NJ. Mccoy, Terre Haute. 81 TO Sl2.
Increase-Franklin w. Hamlin. Rome
City, s. TO Sl2; Jacob Leslie, Buck Creek,
s. to SO: John w. Case. Carlisle. SO to s12,
Ellis Hughes. Middlebury. s. to SO; Mandn
l. Shaefer, Mishawaka, s. to $40; Especial,
lotfesvilla e
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municipalities to large expenditures and
continuing debt ought TO be made except
upon grounds of immediate necessity.
The attorney general in his interpreta-
ton of the provision of the army appro-
priaiion law, that no property. franchise
or concessions of any kind whatever shall
be granted by the United States or by any
military or other authority whatever in The
island of Cuba during the occupation there
OF by the United States will reiterate his
view in the Dady opinion, though. perhaps,
in somewhat stronger language.
ut is expected that the attorney general
will shortly hand down an opinion in the
matter in the application Of the Commercial
Gable Company 10 run line TO Cuba"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-23
Heroic Firenen.
New Work commerclal Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
The ore consollng feature OF the Windsor
Hotel calamity is the superb heroism dis
played by the firemen. AS the days pass,
new stories of individual valor are re-
counted, and each one of them brings 10 the
heart of the nearer the conviction that the
race Is indeed blessed that can produce such
men, TO scale the side OF burning build
ing like cat: 10 stand on a flimsy window
coping 81 dizzy height and drag women
and children from the very mouth OF the
fire and pass them TO places OF safety
there are few deeds that call for calmer
nerves, for grander courage. Such deeds