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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22

WASHINGTON, April 21.-Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, in a letter to Miss Fannie Vince
Ian, a prominent Catholic of this city, has
set on foot a movement to aid the poor
churches of the Philippine and Ladrone
islands. In this letter General Wheeler
says: During my recent visit TO the Phil
ippines and the Ladrones l was much i'm
pressed with the great devotion of the
women, and il occurred to me that it would
be a graceful thing for the Catholic women
of our country TO show their appreciation
of the piety of their sisters of the East in
sor1e substantial way. While on the Island
Of Guam, where there are six churches, /
inquired what would be the most accepta-
BILE present. and was informed that the
churches, which are very similar to our
small. country churches, need stations Of
the cross"
Miss wheelan is associated with Mrs
Thomas f. Ryan, OF New York, in the
work for poor churches of the United
States OF the Tabernacle Society. the OBJ
tect OF which is to furnish necessary ar
ticles for churches which are too poor to
procure them. Their work has been chief
ly with the Indian missions
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CHANGE THEIR NAME
SILVER REPUBLICANS CALL THEM
SELVES LINCOLN REPUBLICANS,
And Promise to Assist the .ReRener-
ated Democracy"-Dewey' Hesi-
tancy-The Vice Presidency.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, April 21-Formal
announcement of the proposed change in
the title OF the silver Republican party
was made to-day I'm a document setting
forth the party platform. issued by execu-
tive agent Corser. The announcement
states that Lincoln Republicans" are tic
succeed 'free-silver Republicans" and the
National Silver Republican party is to give
way TO the Lincoln Republican party. The
party of one issue Is to become the party
OF several issues, and the issue TO which it
owes its origin is TO be pushed into the
background. While changing it's name IL
becomes more Democratic than ever, and.
its leaders hope, more able to render eff
fective service TO the 'regenerated Democ-
racy" than in 1896 The transformation
scene is to take place at Kansas City July
4. when the national conventions of both
the free-silver Republican and the Demo-
cratic parties are in session. 1t is alleged
IN the statement that Republicans or to-
day are different in all but name from the
Republicans of Lincoln's time
Il. S. Corser. who issued the manifesto.
has acted in the capacity of official inter-
mediary between the national organiza-
lions OF the various anti-Republcan par
ties, and believes that the result of the
preliminary work accomplished by the Lin
coin Republican League will lead to the
adoption at Kansas City by the silver Re-
publicans of a platform, the planks of
which have already been formulated. glori-
flying Lincolns memory and incidentally
excoriating President Mckinley and his ad-
ministratiOn and predicting the nomination
of Bryan and Towne by the Democratic
convention. Lincoln Republican League
workers have been especially active in Illi-
nois, Indiana, Ohio and Minnesota, the lat
ter State being the center of the move
ment.
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DEWEY HESITATEs.
Uncertain when to Issue Statement
G.. Cleveland disappointed Him.

NEW YORK. April IA special to the
Herald from Washington says: Admiral
Dewey is hesitating about issuing hts po-
litical statement. Men close to the admiral
are urging him to speak, and to speak
him the value of the rule silence is gold
en- Admiral Dewey is inclined to regard
this rule with favor and TO believe this is
not the time for him TO talk. His mail
and his callers assure him that his candi-
dacy is progressing favorably. What is
there for him to gain. he asks himself. by
issuing a statement? Admiral Dewey
thinks the time for him to act is when an
emergency arises. He is closely watching
political developments in the several
States. His friends are keeping him ad-
vised of the situation, and actively
trying TO break the Bryan forces in his be-
half. The admiral is particularly interest
ed in Georgia and Texas. If the delegates
in those States can be sent to Kansas City
without instructions or with instructions
10 vote for the admiral the latter believes
the Bryan South will be transformed into
the Dewey South.
Admiral Dewey's friends are somewhat
disappointed at the failure of ex-President
Cleveland TO mention him, either directly
or indirectly. in his letter of regret TO the
Thomas Jefferson dinner of the Brooklyn
Democratic Club. Mr.. Cleveland is recog
nized as favorable to the admirals candi-
dacy, and some of the Dewey men think
he might have given impetus 10 the Dewey
boom by inserting some reference to the
admiral's candidacy in his letter There is
reason TO believe that had Mr.. Cleveland
made some pleasant reference TO the adj
mirars candidacy the statement OF Dewey's
political views would have been fmmedi-
ately forthcoming The admirafs friends
are anxious that the statement should be
issued at a happy moment"
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PLAGUE SPOT in MANILA
THE QUIAPO MARKET INFECTED
WITH THE ASIATIC PEST.
Fifteen Cases and Fourteen Deaths I'm
Week-Filipinos and Chinese
Guaranteed.

MANILA, April 21.-The sudden deaths
OF Filipinos and Cinnamon in Quiapo mar
ket have led to an investigation showing
that fifteen cases of the plague, fourteen of
which were fatal, have occurred within a
week. The market is located in the center
of the city. In black, rotten, wooden build
ings, the keepers of the stalls live with
their families huddled together in great
filth. Some of the victims were stricken
and died within an hour There have been
several deaths in other sections of the city,
recently, which have been traced to infec-
ton from the market. After all the mar
ket people had gathered together to-day
the health officers threw a guard around
the buildings and will keep the inmates
quarantined there for a fortnight. They
will then burn the market
The total number of bubonic deaths to
date has been 119 Cinnamon and sixty-six
Filipinos. The plague elsewhere has been
suppressed. Not one infected person has
been in the Chinese district for ten days
past.
Colonel Hardin and Major Case, with a
battalion of the Twenty-ninth Infantry,
have sailed for the islands of Marinduque
and Mahbeto. II is reported the insurgents
have go rifles and 1900 rounds of ammuni-
Marinduque and a supporter of the Ameri-
cans, accompanies the expedition 10 try to
convince the inhabitants of the wisdom of
surrender.
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The Anglevvorna.
Vick'S Magazine.

The common angleworm, which from its
desirability as bait presents such strong
claims 10 the regard of the small boy, and
which from DarwinS account of its useful
ness is entitled to the respect of all, rs
very quick TO perceive light
For a long time 1T was thought the worms
became aware of the approach of an enemy
by the Earring of the ground alone; then
someone who went TO get worms in the
the worms would still try TO hide as soon
as the light from his lantern fell upon
them. Careful search with the microscope
revealed the fact that most worms have
small organs that serve for eyes, all over
their skin. These rudimentary eyes are
merely pits sunken in the epidermis and
covered with a bit of thickened cuticle,
which being nearly transparent serves as
kind of lens for concentrating the rays or
lighr on this spot, just as sun-glass held
in the sunlight will bring the light rays
to one spot on paper held under IL. The
pit forming the so-called eye is lined with
and are connected with the brain by
nerve, just as our own eyes are. Some
times there is a large number of cells in
one of these eyes, but they vary, and there
may be only a few cells. or even one cell
may serve the purpose. When there is only
one cell part OF it is formed into something
like a lens, that will refract the light just
as the larger lenses do.
What the worm lacks in the complicated
structure of its eyes is made UP in num-
Der. They are so small that IL is not easy
to estimate how many there are, but as
many as five hundred have been counted in
some of them were overlooked even at
that
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SAILORS AND THE FLAG.
Thrilling Incident of the Captivity
and Rescue of GiImOre's Party.

CHICAGO, April 21.-W. E. Curtis says,
in the Times-Herald: zone of the most
thrilling stories of Lieutenant Gilmore's
adventures with the Filipinos relates to
flag. The sailors during their imprison-
ment picked up several odd pieces of cloth,
and being skillful with the needle, as all
jackies' are, they made a United States
flag of them. OF course it had to be done
in secret and when fashioned il had to
be concealed with great caution, because
the FiipinOs would have been so provoked
by finding it that they undoubtedly would
have shot the whole party. The sailor
boys took turns in carrying the flag, each
being exposed to the same danger in turn
for stated periods. just like the watches
they keep on shipboard, although they
considered it glory and honor, and none
of them would have yielded his right for a
moment. 1t was remarkable that they
were able to conceal it so long, because
they had no baggage or trappings, few of
them hats or shoes, and their clothing
was in taters. When the prisoners were
sure they were safe and unseen they would
take out the flag and talk about it. a
rude piece of work il was, made of strips
of cheap cotton sewed together in an
awkward fashion, but 1t represented old
Glory and under the circumstances any
thing that resembled it was enough for
them.
When Colonel Hare with the rescue
party. came plunging up that river bank,
just the savages were preparing to at
tack Gilmore's party, and the latter pere
preparing to defend themselves with stones
the only weapons they could command
Gilmore heard a voice in English shout:
Americans, lie down.
Every member of the party fell upon
his face while Colonel Hare's squadron
poured a volley of lead into the band of
savages, who scattered quickly through
the forest. While they were lying on the
ground and the soldiers We're firing over
them Gilmore called for the flag, fastened
IL hurriedly to a bamboo pole, and, rush.
ing down to the river, raised it upon one
of the RATS which they had been building
as a means of escape. When Colonel
Hare's party came into full view Gilmore
stood erect in the center of the group of
prisoners waving this rude flag above him.
One of Colonel Hare's officers had kodak
which he carried during the entire cam
paign, and had only one film left With
that he photographed the half-starved and
half-naked group. with their little flag
floating above them.
1.-The flag will go into the historical mu-
scum at Annapolis with many other pre-
cious and interesting relics Of the naval
service"
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ALASKA'S GOLD YIELD.
San Francisco Mint Reports that 1t
Was SI5,1s6,627 in 1899.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April H.-The
superintendent of the United States mint
at San Francisco has forwarded to the
director of the mint at Washington a re-
port showing that the gold and silver
product of California for the calendar year.
1899, amounted to $15.s4O,O43. of which $15.-
3se.0S1 was gold and $5O4.O12 silver. The sill
yer is given its commercial value. its coin
ing value being $l,lO6,57S. Comparing the
totals of gold and silver with the corre-
spending figures obtained from the same
sources in the year 1895. the gold yield of
the State shows a decrease of $57O,4f and
the silver yield an increase of $S9. 1857. MAX
ing net decrease from the previous year
OF $780, 400. This is attributed to the fact
that owing to the dry season many mines
were shut down. The returns to the mint
show the employment OF 1901 miners in
the gold, silver, lead and copper mines Of
the State.
Alaska has more than doubled it's bullion
product in the last year. The receipts of
Alaska gold at minis. assay offices, re-
freries, smelters, etc, for the calendar
year 1899, were $5.6O2012, and the silver 500.
343. a total of $5,S31. $50. or s. 1854 more
than in the year 1S9S. OF this increase, il is
estimated that $2,40O.OOO came from the new
placer camp at Cape Nome last season.
the first year I'm its history and the rest
OF the increase from the quartz mines of
Southeastern Alaska The receipts at
minis. assay offices. private refineries and
shelters for the calendar year 1899 from
the Northwest territory (the Klondike)
were $l5.9S6.627 gold and S267.S9O silver, a to-
tai OF S16.24l07. This shows a marked adj
vance IN output Tor the klondike field since
the increase over the previous year is S.
o., Los
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CISSIE LOTUS ILL.
Threw Herself or Fell Into the Water
and Was Rescued by n Sailor.

CHICAGO. April PA New York dis
patch TO the Times-Herald says: "Cissie
LOTUS, the London actress, had narrow
escape from permanent retirement from
the stage at old Point Comfort last night
and IL is the general opinion that she tried
TO end her life by drowning in Hampton
Roads. notwithstanding her statement that
the whole affair was purely an accident.
Miss LOTUS arrived at Old Point Comfort
yesterday morning by steamer from Wash
ington. accompanied by her maid. She
registered at the Chamberlain Hotel, giving
her residence as London. About 10 O'Clock
last evening she left the hotel clad In a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
Joseph III. MnnIey Reviews the Field
of Possible Candidates.

NEW YORK, April 21.-The Tribune, this
morning, prints the following: Joseph II.
Manley, member of the national commit
tee from Maine in speaking of the present
condition of Republican politics, in regard
to the coming vice presidential nomination,
said: Every one is completely at sea so
far as the vice presidency is concerned,
and there is absolutely no one of the Re-
publican leaders who can to-day say with
certainty, who will be nominated. If Theo-
dore Roosevelt had accepted the nominal
ton 1t would have been rendered him with
practical unanimity. But since he has de-
clined to allow his name to be considered.
the party ought not to force him further.
Cornelius Bliss, also, would have been an
ideal candidate. His able administration of
the Department of the Interior has given
him great strength throughout the West,
in which part of the country he is very
popular. He would, too, have had great
strength with the big business interests.
But Mr.. Bliss has, for personal and family
reasons, retired from public life New Eng
land can present many candidates who
would be acceptable to the country and
who would ably fill this high office, but il
would be of no political advantage to nomi-
nate a man from New England. If, how
ever, the vice presidency should go 10 this
y
John ID. Long is the man around whom the
delegates will rally.
If the vice presidential nomination is
not to go to New York. however, every
thing seems to point to the candidate COM
ing from the Northwest, and If the right
man should be selected from that section,
it will greatly strengthen the ticket Sena-
tor Spooner, of Wisconsin, would I'M
doubtedly sweep the Northwestern States
If he would only consent to the use of his
name. He is the ablest debater i'm the SEN
nrR1 -r.ly- g .
yers in the country, but Senator Spooner
has unequivocally refused TO allow his
name to be used. Senator Wolcott. of Colo
RADIO, has also been mentioned for the vice
presidency, and If he should be nominated
he would add strength to the ticket in the
silver States. Ex-senator William ID.
Washburn, of Minnesota, would also be
good man. He has the benefit of having
been born in Maine, and of being a MEM
Der of one of the most famous and distin-
guished of our great American families.
He has served his country well in the
United States Senate. II is understood that
Mr.. Washburn does not care TO again enter
public life. Mr.. Washburn is very strong
try. and would unquestionably add strength
to the Republican ticket should he be
placed upon it.
There is wealth of material for this
place in almost every part of the country
and for that reason IL is the more remark
able that, as yet, there is only one candi-
date who is openly seeking the office The
convention is less than sixty days off, with
no concentration, as yet, on any candi-
date. and, from all appearances. there will
be none until after the convention meets"
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light evening dress. carrying golf cape
and a hat. Those who saw her go on the
pier say she did not walk as one out for
stroll! but went directly TO the place where
she fell or jumped overheard.
IF she made the leap intending to end
her life she selected an unfavorabe place,
for minute two before she went into
the water a boat belonging TO the Monon-
gahela, manned by sailors. had pulled out
from the landing on the Chamberlain side
of the pier One OF the sailors, attracted
by the splash. leaped overheard and swan
to the woman's rescue He held her until
his shipmates pulled the boat alongside.
The actress was lifted into the boat and
taken TO the hotel This morning the ac-
tress said she fell from the pier railing, on
which she was sitting.
Miss LOTUS is the divorced wife of Justin
III. Mccarthy. After obtaining the divorce
in this city last year she announced that
she expected shortly to become the wife of
Herbert Stewart Stone, of Chicago. She is
the daughter OF Marie LOTUS, an English
music hall singer. She was educated in
convent, early developed talent for acting
and is to-day considered the most famous
woman mimic and impersonator in the
world.
"a dispatch from Boston last night said
that Miss Loftuss physician had declared
her TO be in a condition bordering on
nervous PRECIPITATION, and had ordered her
TO stop work"
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GRAIN FLEET MOVING.
Chicago Drainage Canal Damned TO
Raise Water i'm the River.

CHICAGO. April 21.-As the result OF a
protest made by representatives of the lake
marine interests regarding the lowering of
water in the Chicago river caused by the
drainage canal current the sanitary dis
trict trustees have ordered the controlling
works at Lockport shut down until the
stranded grain fleet can be towed out of
the south branch. Nearly a score OF big
ships were held back by reduced depth
OF water over Washington-street tunnel
and grain shippers were getting impatient
at the delay OF cargoes when navigation
had been open on the lakes for several
days. The gates were shut down last even
ing and the effect was noticed in the river
this morning. a number of the ships or
~dsred tugs for this morning 10 get out at
the earliest possible moment. From morn
ing until afternoon constant procession
of boats passed down through the bridges
and by tonight the grain fleet which has
wintered here should be under way for
Buffalo.
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NOT A BIT ASHAMED.


DENVER, Col, April H.-The Earl and
Countess Russell arrived in this city last
evening from Reno. New, the scene of their
marriage last Saturday. and registered at
the Brown. together with Stanley Watson.
Lady Russell's son by former marriage.
They left this morning over the Burlington
and expect TO be in London within three
weeks. Neither the early nor the countess
made any objection TO talking freely of the
marriage and the outlook as TO the result
of the same The earl was calm. not TO
say Indifferent. about the action OF the
English courts regarding his marriage and
expressed the opinion that the charge OF
bigaray would hardly stick
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22
RURAL LITERARY DEBATE.
Dfscussion I'm Missouri That Ended in
a General Fight.

MOUNTAIN GROVE. Mo-. April H.-At
a rural literary debate near here last night
the subject Resolved. That Democratic
principles are contrary to the laws Of
God" was handled in the affirmative by
William Finch in such a manner that a
negative debater hurled a chair at Fineh's
head. The chair struck one of the judges.
disIodging three Of the latter's teeth. This
% enraged the judges that they closed the
contest summariy, giving the affirmative
side the decision. A general fight ensued
IN which one judge had his nose broken,
another judge suffered a fractured rib and
two Of the negative debaters sustained
broken limbs.
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which have inferfered with their business.
but they have persevered and now find a
good market for all the honey produced.
Their product goes to Germany, Switzer-
land. England and little to France. The
average yield per hive is about 100 pounds
of honey and the product Is taken from
the hives only during the four working
months beginning Ia April.
Awhile ago an American named Howard
heard the story of these prosperous bee
raisers of Palestine, while he was in that
country. He visited the family and pur-
chased from them a number of queen bees,
twelve OF which were still alive when he
reached home, and he sold them here for
SIS apiece. In this way, the bees OF Pales-
tine have been introduced in America
The Baldenspergers extract the honey
without killing the bees and have taught
their methods to a good many of the ma
tives and also to Jewish colonists who
have gone to Pa.estine. Through the efforts
of this family 1t is likely that Palestine
will again become famous for its honey.
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HONEY IN PALESTINE.
Jews who Went from Switzerland ia
Go Into Bee Raising.
New York Sun.

new 1OTh sun.
Biblical and other histories say that
Palestine was famous for its honey in an
cient times. The natives still raise a great
deal of honey, but their methods have been
crude, they have secured the honey only
by destroying the bees, and, therefore
their business has not been profitable. OF
late years, however, their methods have
been improving and the industry is now
developing with the use of modern appli-
ances This great Improvement is wholly
due TO a Jewish family named Baden
sperger that went from Switzerland in
1Si9 and settled near the famous pools Of
Solomon, seven miles south of Jerusalem.
1t was not until 1880 that this family made
their real start in the bee business, and
now, according TO Consul Merrill, at Jeru-
salem, they are famous in their line of in
dustry.
In 1888 they carried out the novel idea Of
transferring their bees from one locality to
another 10 give them fresh pasturage
among the blossoms The first experiment
was to transfer the hives TO Yala, a DIS
tance of twelve miles, TO give the bees the
benefit Of the orange blossoms there. Wom-
en- carried the hives on their heads all the
way, each woman carrying hive. During
April the bees gathered for these Jews a
rich harvest of orange blossom honey.
Then the hives were removed TO two other
places, where crops of honey from cactus
and acacia blossoms were also obtained.
The Baldensperger boys, pleased with
their success, started apiaries in other To-
calities and began TO gather great deal Of
honey from other blossoms also. such as
the lemon and wild thyme Their bees
were very industrious and fifty OF their
hives at Yala have sometimes yielded 5000
pounds Of honey in less than a month.
OF course the Turkish officials soon heard
of this prosperous industry and onerous
taxes were imposed on the Baldenspergers.
There have been other annoyances also
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mckinley win Not ne with Dewey

CHICAGO. April 21.-The reception COM
unittee OF the Dewey celebration has re-
cefved formal notice from President Nc
10 come to Chicago duri3 3 the festivities