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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
AGASSIZ'S
Many Small Islands of the Pacific
scientifically Examined.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.-Professor
Agassiz, who left here several months ago,
in charge of a party of scientists on board
the steamer Albatross. and has returned
on the China, will proceed TO Washing
ton to report regarding the results of his
voyage to the south seas. The scientific ex-
petition went first to the Pomolos, explor-
ing the northern part of these islands, a
region never before examined by scientists.
After refitting the vessel at Tahiti the re-
mainder of the Society islands, as well as
the Cook. Savage and islands of the Tonga
group were explored. After refitting at
Suva the Ellice Gilbert and Marshal is
lands were explored and the island of
Guam was visited.
Along her course the Albatross made
soundings. those between here and the
Marquesas being the first ever made along
that route. About one hundred miles south
east of Guam. a depth of nearly five and
miles was found There are three
deeper soundings, one OF them being near
Guam. Professor AgassiZ says he ex-
amined coral reefs in different parts of
the south seas and came to the conclusion
that Darwin's theory regarding their FORM
alton was untenable. The corals. he says.
have grown up on shelves OF the VOL
canic islands. The Albatross is still at Yo-
kahama.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
FROM NICARAGUA
RETURN OF THE UNITED STATES Ca
NAL COMMISSIONERS.
Work Briefly Outlined by Rear
Admiral WaIker-New
Incorporated in New Jersey.

NEW YORK, April 3.-The Atlas line
steamer Allegheny. which arrived here to-
day, brought Rear Admiral ]. G.. Walker.
Col. O. III. Ernst. Prof. +. r. Johnson, of
the University of Pennsylvania. and ex-
Senator Samuel Pasco, of Florida, of the
isthmian canal commission. The commits
sion has spent the last three months in
Central America selecting the best route
for a canal between the Atlantic and Pa
cific, and all of the commissioners lave
now returned to this country except G. S.
Morrison, who is still at work on the 18TH
mus of Darien.
The commissioners who arrived to-day
started at once for Washington. where the
commission will be- busy for some time
preparing it's report. which it expects to
present in December. Admiral alike re-
fused to divulge the opinions of the COM
mission as to which is the best route. and
also declined to commit himself OIL the
question of whether the canal should be
fortified. "Our duty will be simply to state
the facts and to present the result of our
survey and work. the admiral said. Both
routes have their advantages, and these
will be set forth. We have the
whole country down there"
Speaking of the work done by the COM
mission in Central America, he said: w
landed at Greytown and spent over six
weeks in examining and exploring the
route of the Nicaragua canal. From there
We went to the Panama route, and for two
weeks We were busy going over that route.
There our work was much easier than 60
ing over the Nicaragua route. AT the latter
place we were forced to proceed on mules,
but at Panama there is a railway, and for
that reason we were able to get over the
ground in two weeks. After going over this
- Ill --l 49,
to Darien, while 1 and those with me went
into Costa Rica.
Everywhere we were we'll received and
entertained The sentiment of the people
is for the United States to build the canal.
For any one to say which will be the best
route is a pretty hard thing. Our report
will be made on what we consider the best
rule, taking everything into consideration.
But even now we have not gathered all the
information on the subject necessary, and
there is still work down there, about 400
data and studying the topography of the
country"
When asked as to the report that the
sand in Greytown harbor was shifting so
fast that 1t would be necessary to keep a
dredge at work all the time to keep the
entrance to the Nicaragua canal open If
that route was decided on, he said:
found that the sand in the harbor of Grey
town was moving, but | think that fact
would not make much difference. The har-
Dor could be dredged and perhaps it would
not be necessary to keep the dredge at
work all the time. OF course there are OBJ
stacles to the building of a canal on either
route. but at the same time both a ad
yantageS.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
SPEECH BY ~ROSEBERY.
He Warns Britons Not to Let Their
Heads Swell Too Much.

EDINBURGH, April 3.-Lord Rosebery,
in a speech in this city this evening. said:
Although the prospects of the war in
South Africa are brighter, We must re-
member that we have still an arduous, al
though probably a prosperous and victori-
Gus, task before us. l do not desire to
touch on any of the political aspects of
nave gained at home. In the first place, /
think tina the countless incidents in whic
the Queen has identified herself with the
people, in the matter of shamrocks, in
her visit to London and to Ireland and in
others that are fresh in our minds, make
her not merely an object of reverence and
affection, but almost of idolatry.
"In the next place, the demeanor of our
people under adversely Is a matter for
pride and has impressed the world more,
even, than our military successes. This
war has been fought under totally new
conditions against invisible enemies who
use smokeless powder. This in itself will
give the great military nations much to
ponder. i think we may derive this COM
fort and ~strength-that our forces of de-
tense have proved greater than our forces
of attack. This is a consolation to those
interested in defense who are dispersed
along the frontiers of our empire"
He concluded as follows: Even if the
war shall result in a great extension of
our empire, all our sacrifices will be i'm
vain If we are too swollen by the pride of
November, December and January. and TO
revise in the times of peace in the light
of what we learned in those dreary, dis
mai months"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
SOUTH CHICAGO THUGS
THEY BEAT AND ROBBED LEADING
CITIZENS In A MEETING.
PrOtestants Against Official Thievery
Involved i'm q Small Riot at
an Official Session.

CHICAGO, April ga small riot oc-
Cured to-day at the meeting of the South
Town Board, in which several taxpayers,
who went to protest against what they
termed a SALARY grab.'' by the retiring Of
fcials of the board were roughly handled.
Some time ago Collector Barnett, Super
visor shannon and Clerk Ryan of the
Southtown, announced that they had voted
themselves an aggregate of $4,000 out Of
the town funds. A mighty protest was
made, but without avail. To-day a meeting
of Southtown electors was held to ratify
the action of the officials and a delegation
of prominent business men went TO fight
the ratification. The three officials filled the
room with a large number of their per-
sonal friends. Bankers, real-estate dealers
and insurance men clamored in vain for
admission to the cramped meeting room,
and finally entered, only to shout their pro-
tests mid derision from the element in
control. Then the protestants were jostled,
pushed and showed around the town offices.
while thugs elbowed. gouged and stole.
Col. II. S. Dietrich, one of the Real-estate
Boards crusaders, was hemmed in a door
way while an "elector'' smashed his right
ear. e. CT. Keith, president of the Metro
politan National Bank, was whirled In the
center of a revolving football wedge till
his back and shoulders ached. While the
gridiron tactics prevailed ex-Judge Kirk
Halves was robbed of a 800 jeweled pin,
and a $50 diamond scarf clasp was snatched
from the necktie of George l.. Warner,
president of the Real Estate Board. Mean
time the electors who were not pushing
or plundering stood by and jeered at their
victims.
The taxpayers delegation made an at
tempt at a last stand,'' with a view to
holding another meeting. but before they
could act they were hustled into the cor
ridor and dispersed. The delegation,
headed by President Warner, or the Real
estate Board, and President Joseph Don
nersberger, of the South Park Board, in
Guided Josiah L. Lombard. Dunlap Smith,
Gen. Charles w. Drew, Col. III. s. Die
trich, ex-Judge Kirk Halves, George f.
Cole, c. l.. Hammond, b. A. Fessenden.
f. @. Keith, Robert c. Givins and A. E. G.
Goodridge, all leading business men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
WANTS SPECIAL LEGISLATION.
Georgia Federal Grand Jury Demands
Action i'm Carter Conspiracy.

SAVANNAH, Ca, April 3.-As a conse-
quence of the action taken to-day by the
United States District Court. Judge Speer
presiding, the attention of Congress will be
called at once to the delay in the case of
b. ID. Greene, j. F. Gaynor, K. III. Gaynor.
w. T. Gaynor, of New York, ex-Chaplain
O.. NJ. Carter and others for alleged con-
spiracy to defraud the government in con-
nection with the improvements I'm Savan-
nah river and harbor and Cumberland
sound. 1t was developed during the pro-
ceedings that the attention of President
Mckinley himself has been directed to the
matter as long ago as last December I'm a
letter written to him by Judge Speer. The
grand jury mas made a special presentment
in which IL asks that Congress amend the
laws of the United States so that something
can be done TO take men indicted by the
United States grand juries from one State
to another without such long delays. 1t
also pointedly criticises United States Com
missioner Shields i'm holding up for so long
a time the hearings before him. and Judge
Addison Brown, of New York, for his delay
in arriving at a decision i'm the matter. The
grand jury requests that its presentment
be sent to the President, the attorney gen.
eral and the senators and representatives
i'm Congress-, with the request that they
take whatever steps in the premises they
may deem the best.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
Gov. Beckham.s statement.

FRANKFORT. Ky. April s. Governor
Beckham has made the following state
ment in reference TO Governor Mounts re-
ply: 'The effort in the reply TO create the
impression that 1 seek to make a compass
or the subject of acquisitions with Cover
nor Mount is ridiculous. OF course. every
one understands that a requisitiOn must be
considered on its merits by a Governor.
Ny object was 10 discover whether Gov
ernor Mount now recognizes Taylor or my
self as Governor of Kentucky. If he recog-
nizes me as such. then his acquisitions TO
me wiz be considered. If he recognizes
Taylor as Governor. then he should send
his requisitiOns to him"
Ex-Secretary Of State Charles Finley
and others who are wanted I'm the Goebel
assassipatiOn case are In Indiana, ana Gov
ernor Mounts telegram is generally inter
preted to mean that he will not honor any
acquisitions OF this character unless signed
by Taylor. Governor Beckham made a
requisition on Governor Nash, of Ohio. for
the warrant of Jacob Craig, who Is under
arrest in Cincinnati and is wanted for trial
at Covington. Last week Governor Nash
declined TO issue the warrant on requisi-
ton. holding that as long as the Kentucky
governorship is In contest both Governors
should make the requisition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
Labor Notes.

Kelley Nail and Iron Company miners.
or lronton, o., are out for an advance of
10 cents per ton.
Fully three thousand men, including the
mach1n1sts, are now idle i'm Cleveland as a
result OF the various strikes in progress.
Seventy-ive union painters and decorat-
ors nave struck at Portland. Ore. The
demand an eight-hour day and s.. so per day
as the minimum wages. A general strike
OF the painters is imminent.
Upward of two thousand miners are out
In the western Kentucky coal fields. The
counties affected are Muhlenberg and Ohio.
with Loo men: Union, with 800 men; Hop
kins, Webster and Henderson.
A partial settlement of the strike of the
union painters and carpenters of St. Louis
Tor higher wages has been effected and
about one-third of the carpenters and
about one-sixth of the painters lave re-
turned to work.
The Quincy (Mass.) Granite Manufac-
turers' Association last night voted to adj
here TO its former offer Of nine hours nav
for an eight-hour day, with a minimum
wage or $50 and an average rate of s.. so.
and in case this offer is rejected to omen
the yards with nonunion cutters.
Work on all buildings in East ST. Louis.
ILL.,, has been suspended. About 500 men
employed in the building trades are out
TO enforce their demand for an advance in
wages equal to that asked for in ST. Louis.
The members of the Building Exchange
say tney VIII Stanu together IN resisting
the demand.
All of the painters. bricklayers and stone
masOns in Van Couver, British Columbia,
went on strike Monday. The masons and
bricklayers, who have been getting $3.50 a
day for "A nine-hour day. demand SO 1-3
cents, with a half holiday on Saturday.
The painters ask for an increase of pay
from $50 to 50 a day.
The 200 miners employed at the Harris
burg and Ledford mines in Saline county,
Illinois, have struck because the mine
owners have refused to pay the ascent
scale fixed by the joint state conference of
operators and miners held in Springfield
recently and also refuse to leave the mat
ter TO the State Board Of Arbitration.
The entire plant of the New York Air
brake Company, of WATERFOWL. N. Y, is
tied up on account OF a misunderstanding
between the company and it's laborers. One
thousand men are out of work. Yesterday
the men submitted a proposition 10 the
company asking a reference to the State
Board Of Arbitration. The company re-
piled: 1--WE have nothing TO arbitrate."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
ITS CAPITAL $1,000 900.
InterOceanic Canal Company IncOr-
pOrated in New Jersey.

InterOceanic Canal Company IncOr-
pOrated i'm New jersey.
TRENTON, N. j., April 3.-The Inter-
oceanic Canal Company was incorporated
here to-day with an authorized capital of
800, 900, 900. The company is authorized to
construct, own and operate a maritime
canal between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans through the territory of Nicaragua
or any other territory in Central or South
America. The incorporators are William B.
Crowell, Levi B. Gilchrist, James M.
Rooney. James K. Trayner, G. w. Bell.
Charles p. Galley and Richard w. Purcell
all of whose postoffice addresses are given
as Jersey City.
TIL incidental powers conferred on the
company under its articles of Incorporation
are the right to acquire concession from
any government to construct, own and
operate railroad, telegraph, telephone, ca
BILE and steamship lines, to supply water
to towns for irrigation, motive power and
other purposes. 1t is also provided that
any government while q stakeholder of the
company may have the privilege of naming
a director or directors. 1t is further pro-
vided that the annual meeting of the COM
pany shall be held in Jersey City on the
first Tuesday in May. The directors are
empowered to fix the amount of working
capital, to issue bonds and to determine
when and under what conditions the books
of the company shall be opened for inspec-
ton. Five directors are provided for, and
those in Office may at any time increase
or decrease this number and may appoint
with whatever power the board Of directors
may confer upon 1t.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
P LABOR TROUBLES
MANY STRIKERS RETURNING TO
WORK IN AND NEAR NEW YORK.
Building Trade U~nionists Out mt Many
PIaces-PortO Rican
tiers Forced to Omit.

NEW YORK. April 3.-The strikes of the
carpenters. engineers and rock-drillers in
Manhattan and the Bronx are nearly over.
The men have generally obtained the de-
mands made by their unions. Most of the
contractors or their representatives called
at the headquarters of the Brotherhood of
Carpenters and signed the. agreements, and
thereupon their men were Immediately
sent back to work. There will, it is said,
soon be a large demand for more carpen-
tiers i'm the Bronx, and contractors cannot
well afford to have strikes on their hands
at present.
The demands of the safety engineers and
rock-drillers for an advance of wages were
to-day nearly all granted. except those of
the men employed by Contractor John c..
Rogers. About 125 of these men were on
strike to-day. A committee from the union
is to call on him tomorrow and the mem
bers expect to make a satisfactory ar
rangement with him.
In Yonkers the Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers asked for an advance of wages to Al
cents an hour and a Saturday half holi-
day. The bosses offered 37k cents an hour,
without a half holiday. which would make
the mems wages the same as under their
demand. with the half holiday, SIS a week.
The men refused the offer of the employ
ers and many of them were locked out.
Later in the day the men reported that
several of the employers had yielded. The
painters in Yonkers also demanded Al
cents an hour and a Saturday half holiday.
The demand was refused and the union
men struck
In Newark, N. j., the strike situation re-
manned practically unchanged.
The lockout of the carpenters of Staten
island. decreed by the Master Builders
Association on Sunday night, is still in ef-
feet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
BREvITIES.

Andrew Carnegie is visiting relatives at
D~ungeness, Fla. 1t is stated his visit is for
rest and -recuperation.
. The San Jose scale bill for admitting
American nursery stock passed the Cana
dian Commons last night.
Governor Poynter has issued an appeal
to the people of Nebraska, asking for con-
tributions to aid the starving of India.
The American Tin-plate Company yes
terday declared the regular quarterly divi-
dend of Ia per cent. on the preferred stock.
John Dalzell has been unanimously re-
nominated for Congress by the Republicans
of the Twenty-second Pennsylvania dis
trict.
The American Steel Hoop Company has
declared the regular quarterly dividend of
IA per cent. on its preferred stock, pay
able April 30.
ter's saloon at Springfield, ILL.,, last night.
John Vieira fatally shot Thomas McManus.
Vteira was arrested.
AT the thirty-second convocation of the
University of Chicago A. Alonzo Stage,
master of Marion athletics, was promoted
to a full professorship in physical culture
and athletics.
The battleship Kearsarge went to sea
again yesterday for her final acceptance
trial. She will be out for forty-eight hours
for an exhaustive test of both her turrets
and sea-going qualities.
The State bank of Cambridge, Neb., was
closed yesterday on orders of the State
Banking Board, and an put in
charge. An accumulation of bad paper is
given as the cause of the failure.
The directors of the North American
Trust Company and the International
Banking and Trust Company, both of New
York, have agreed by unanimous action to
a merger of the two companies in one in
stitution.
The five-mile-limit bill prohibiting the es-
tablishment of a saloon within five miles
of any town in Iowa in which is located a
state educational institution, which passed
the Senate. was defeated in the Iowa House
yesterday.
Ewell Purdue was fatally shot and his
brother Lee seriously wounded near Cen
%terville, w. Va. Sunday night. by Arthur
and Albert Cyrus, brothers,, while they
were returning from church. The families
had an old grudge.
An explosion occurred early this morning
in mill No. II in the Hadley yards of the
Dupont powder works In Wilmington, Del.
The roof of the mill was blown off. No one
was hurt and the damage was slight. Sew
eral hundred pounds of powder was de-
stroyed.
Julius Uhlenruth, cashier Of the Hyde
Park Brewing Company, of st. Louis,
dropped dead. at his home. yesterday, as a
deputy sheriff was reading a warrant
charging him with embezzling 5000. Uh-
lenruth, who was an old man, had been In
the employ of the brewery company a long
time.
Because the prison board of control re-
fused to increase his salary, w. IT. Mar
tin. a sergeant on the Rankin county, Mis-
sissippi. convict farm. yesterday deserted
his post of duty, taking with him five pris-
oners, whom he had been trusted 10 guard.
A posse of prisoners and officers with
blo~odhounds are in pursuit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
HALL OF FAME JUDGES.
BENJAMIN Harrison and Grover Cleve-
land Asked to Act.

NEW YORK, April Sat the monthly
meeting of the New York University sem
ate to-day one hundre judges were select
ed to choose the great Americans who are
to be represented in the Hall of Fame.
President Eliot, of Harvard, and President
James b. Angel. of the University of
Michigan, have agreed TO serve on the
board. The two living ex-Presidents OF the
United States, Grover Cleveland Ben
jamin Harrison, were also selected. Inc
names of the remaining ninety-six will not
be made public until they have been heard
from. Two hundred names were cons1d-
cred, submitted by member of the senate.
The list as decided upon contains the
names OF many public men, including col
lege professors, scientists and inventors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04

ity of the story being true. Reichman's
brother officers, men who know him well,
say that ii is very probable that Reichman
occupied some conspicuous point of van
tage from which to view the fight, and his
discovery in uniform by the British was the
basis for the assumption that he was one
of the Boer leaders. Reichman was Sc
lected by General Miles personally to ac-
company the Boer forces during the war
as an observer for the united States army.
The army was already represented on the
British side by Captain Slocum. and in the
interest of military science it was deemed
essentia that an accurate idea should be
had of the Boer method of warfare in or
der that conclusions might be drawn that
would be useful to the United States army.
Reichman ranks high as a scientific SOL
der, having been detailed with success to
observe the grand maneuvers of the Ger
man army as a representative of the United
States army. His colleagues in Washing
ton declare that the officer has too much
common sense to be led into a violation of
his orders i'm the manner described, for if
he actually threw in his lot with the Beers
In attacking the British he violated the
rules of war and committed a very grave
offense under the army regulations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
OBITUARY.
Walter Watson, nm Authority on Ca
madam Financial Matters.

NEW YORK, April 3.-Walter Watson,
for twenty years the New York manager
of the Bank of Montreal and several times
president of the St. Andrews Society of
this city, died here to-day, after an illness
of one week. of bronchial pneumonia, aged
seventy years. He retired from active
management of the Bank of Montreal I'm
this city in 1896. Mr.. Watson was regarded
as an authority on all financial matters re-
lating to Canada. He was an intimate
friend of Lord Strathcona and Lord Mount
Stephen, both of whom he frequently en-
teftained when they were in W In 1854
he went to London. Ont, as manager of
the Bank of British North America. He
remained in London for ten years. and
then came to this city as manager of the
local branch of the same bank. In the lat
ter part of the sixties he became a member
OF the firm of Morton, Bliss & Co., remain
ing with them until about 1874, withdraw
ing to become the manager for the Bank
of Montreal in this city