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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12
SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE
THOUSANDS OF CASES SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
1t Is Becoming More VfruIent and
Spreading Rapidly-Latest Statis-
tics of Cases and Fatalities.

WASHINGTON, April 11.-Thousands of
cases of bubonic plague in all parts of the
world since Nov. l last have been reported
&c the Marine Hospital Service. AT Rio
Janeiro, from Feb 1 TO 90 there occurred
five new cases and three deaths. At Hong
Kong, China, three cases, all fatal oc-
Cured during the week ended Feb Is. The
plague IS steadily increasing in Cape Col
ony, according TO reports received both in
London and Paris. The official report from
Cape Colony for the week ended March
shows twenty-four new cases two deaths
and four suspects; for the following week
fifty cases, eighteen deaths and eleven sus-
poets Several Europeans have been at
tackled and a number OF natives have been
found dead from the disease. The rats are
reported TO be ''treking" from Cape Town
in great numbers, and at Simontown the
rats are reported to be dying from plague.
At Mauritus. during the two weeks ended
March s. there were in the island eighteen
fresh cases of plague and twenty-three
deaths. On March IA two fresh plague
cases are reported to have occurred IN
Perth, West Australia. The marine hos
pital surgeon in charge at London has re-
ported that the rumor of suspected plague
at Southampton published in the Paris pa
pers probably is unfounded. but extra pre-
cautions are being exercised at that
port in view of the large number OF
troops returning from South Africa. The
plague at Karakagua. Russia, Is stated
In the official report from Paris to be on
the decrease, the same report saying that
thirteen deaths from cholera occurred at
Singapore. Straits Settlement during the
last week of January. A report published
i'm a Berlin paper on March IL and forward
ed here says the plague at Cape Town Is
row attacking the well-to-do people. Ma
rine Hospital Surgeon Greene al Berlin has
just reported that in the Kirgisen reserva-
tion Russia, thirteen persons have fallen
victims TO plague In the presidency OF
Bombay British East India, during the
week ended Feb. s, there occurred 1.770
plague cases and .293 deaths. an increase
OF 5l9 cases and 314 deaths over the previous
week In Bombay City that week there
were Loss cases OF plague. an increase Of
800. and 1889 deaths ascribed TO plague
Up to March fifty plague cases had oc-
Cured i'm Cape Town. OF which II termi-
rated fatally In Argentina five plague
patients were in the isolation hospital at
San Nicolas on Feb. 7. and plague was sus-
pected in the cities OF Belleville and Marios
Juarez of Cordoba province.
Official notice has been received that the
government OF the Danish West Indies has
raised the quarantine against Port Sale
and Smyrna and declared the port OF Bris-
bane. Queensland. free from plague.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12
TRUST ridden BRITAIN
UNITED KINGDOM HONEYCONBED
WITH HUGE COMBINATIONS,
Yet John Bull Is Amazed mt the
Steel Trust-R. II. POrter's Views.

NEW YORK, April 11.-Ch2rles T.
Yerkes, OF Chicago. declined to make pub
lie his plans or the result OF his business
deals during his recent stay In London.
from which city he returned to-day on the
Deutschland.
Robert p. Porter. another Deutschland
passenger, speaking of English trade pros
poets. said: THE principal industrial talk
In England during my present visit centers
around the great steel combination, which
has appalled, the British manufacturers
However. John Bull will soon be doing his
best TO keep up with the keener compet.-
tion. The comment has taken the course
that such trusts are only possible with u
high tariff somewhat amusing conclusion
when one considers how honeycombed is
free trade England with combinations of
capital formidable and strong i'm con-
trolling trade as any in the United States.
To begin with. the entire railway industry
of the United Kingdom is one gigantic
combination, all rates being the same, and
the center of fiscal management is the
clearing house. Then, i'm banking nearly
all the small banks have been swallowed
up by the big ones-Lloyds' alone having
taken in over forty, while PARIS and Bar
clay's list is as numerous-and so in the
shipping business industrial amalgamation
Is the order of the day. The price of coal
Is arranged also by trust Turning from
these basic instruments of commerce to
industrial trusts, we find about $500. 600 900
I'm capital concentrated in some recently
formed trusts while the older combinations
represent literally billions of dollars Yes
in England you will find I'm all lines OF in
dustrial enterprises the very same trust as
I'm the United States. Consul Mason, of
Berlin. recently showed the same of Ger
many. Concentration of effort and economy
of production is the tendency of the times,
for 1t is only by such methods that the RI
val nations can keep up the great COM
mercial conflict. Whatever may be the
effect of these combinations at home, they
undoubtedly stimulate our trade abroad"
NJ. Ii. De Young. of San Francisco. ac-
companied by Mrs De Young. returned or
the Deutschland after a six months trip
through France. Italy. Egypt and Ger
many. THAT which struck me most
forcibly during my last visit abroad" said
Mr.. De Young, was the standing accorded
travelling Americans in every country as
compared with the treatment they received
a few years ago. The wonderful progress
made I'm our exports and the marvellous
development of our industries have i'm
pressed the world. Enter a store as
an intending purchaser. and the fact
that one is an American seems TO settle
his financial credit. Foreigners admit al
most with distress and at least with shame
that America furnishes nearly all their
machinery. In England the feeling is es-
pecially strong against the encroacnment
of our manufactures and products into
their markets throughout the world"
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Bat 1t Contains No Intimation of
Wrongdoing, the Postmaster Gem
eraI EmphaticaIIy Asserts.
SURRENDER OF FILIPIN0S
col. ACRE, TWELVE OFFICERS AND
335 MEN LAY DOWN ARMS.
DeIgado Made Governor of IIoilo
Province-Junto story of Tor
ture Awaiting Aguinaldo.

WASHINGTON, April ia letter from
A. L. Lawshee. auditor of the Philippines,
has been received at the War Department
and certain portions of 1t have been sent
to the postmaster general for his informa-
ton. The letter relates largely to the
methods OF keeping accounts. which are
not approved by Mr.. Lawshee and which
have not been in accordance with the forms
prescribed. Mr.. Lawshee took four expert
clerks when he went to the Philippines.
and these are going over the accounts. 1t
f. said at the department that there is no
intimation of any fraud or wrongdoing.
but that a system OF bookkeeping Is In
vogue which lacks the business methods
necessary to secure the best results.
The transmission of this letter to the
postmaster general gave rise to reports
that Irregularities and frauds had devel-
oped In the Philippine postal service. Post
master General Charles Emory Smith to-
day gave an emphatic denial to these re-
ports. 1.-The accounts as filed here" said
Mr.. Smith. "'are certainly ample. The re-
ports show a handsome surplus. showing
that 1 only wish the service in the United
States could make"
One OF the fake reports alleged crook
edness and said the amount involved would
be at least 100000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12

CHICAGO. April 1l.-Swift & Co. was the
packing firm referred TO as having wired
the Agricultural Department regarding the
probable action of the English government
excluding all but home-bred beef from
army contract. A II. Veeder. general coun-
sci for Swift & Co. said their London rep
resentative had cabled TO the above effect
and they had Immediately advised the de-
partment at Washington They had also
cabled London for further information.
Mr.. Vreeder was inclined to doubt that
definite action had been taken by the Brit
ish government. @. j. Brine. OF Armour
& Co, said his company had received a
cablegram from its London agent stating
that lit was rumored" that such action
had been taken. Armour a. Co. Immediate
ly telegraphed Secretary of the Treasury
Gage asking for confirmation.
Packers were not disposed this evening
10 discuss the reported action OF the Eng
iIsh government in placing a ban on Amer
lean beef None OF them seemed greatly
surprised at the action. and all said they
had determined on no course OF 2cuon. We
will wait until we know more about IL,
said General Manager Meeker. OF Armour
& Co. There is no earthly cause for such
action that L can think Of IL cannot
be on accosnt of the quality OF the beef. for
il .,as always been first-class in every ro-
spect"
Swift & Co. expressed similar views to
those of Mr. Meeker. and General Manager
Lyon of the Hammond Company. said ne
oid not know enough about the matter 10
discuss IL. but he did not anticipate that
the American packers would be badly hurt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12
BURNED BY A MOB.
Pesthouse Destroyed by Three Hum
dred Excited Men and Women.

BRADFORD, Pa. April 1l.-A mob OF
300 men and women tonight burned a
schoolhouse which had been converted into
a smallpox pesthouse The leaders OF the
mob caught the night watchman, Charles
Story, and held him firmly while the in
cendiaries battered open a door and set
fire 10 the place All who attempted to pre-
vent the fire were kept back, and In few
minutes the entire structure, large two
and-a- -half-story wooden building, was in
flames. The excitement ran high, men and
women running up and down the streets,
denouncing the Board OF Health which
had established the pesthouse. As the
flames cracked the mob howled its delight.
Dire threats were made as to what would
be done If police or health officers inter
fered, but there was no interference. No
arrests have been made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12
LIFE SENTENCE FOR A WOMAN.
Mrs. Margaret Hossack Convicted of
killing Her Husband.

DES MONIES. Ia. April 11.-Mrs. Mar
garet Hossack, of Indianola, was found
guilty this morning of the murder OF her
husband, wealthy farmer. on the night
of Dec. /, and sentence was fixed by the
jury at life imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary. The trial occupied two weeks. The
evidence was all circumstantial. On the
night of Dec. John Hossack and his wife
retired for the night and about l:SO Mrs
Hossack testified that she was awakened
by flash of light. Upon getting out OF
bed she found that her husband had been
hit on the head with an ak, which was
afterward found hidden under the granary
Death ensued in an hour.
The State presented evidence that for
thirty years the couple had quarreled, and
that previous to the murder they had dis
pute over one of the children. of which
nine are living. 1t was also maintained
by the prosecution that Mrs. Hossack had
as an object the securing of the 10000 es-
tate which is left behind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12
AT THEIR OLD TRICKS.


LONDON, April 1i.-At a secret meeting
or the Filipino junto held here to-day
thirty-five representative Filipinos from
Madrid, Barcelona, Paris and Brussels be-
ing present, there was read a telegram
from Singapore which said that General
Macarthur was preparing to torture Aguin-
aldo unless he took the oath of allegiance
10 the United States and signed the peace
proclamation. The Singapore junto urged
those present at this London meeting to for
mulate circular of protest directed to tho
European courts. II described in detail the
engines OF torture that were being erected
by the Americans at the Malacanan Palace
at Manila
The meeting professed intense anxiety
ever this telegram from Singapore. in spite
OF the publication here April of a dispatch
TO the effect that Aguinaldo had already
sworn allegiance TO the United States
The meeting adjourned pending the receipt
OF report that the tortures had actually
been inflicted upon Aguinaldo when II was
said. their protest 10 the European courts
would be filed. IL the Singapore junto so
advised The Filipino leaders here ridicule
the idea that the arrest of Aguinaldo will
put stop to the insurrection in the Phil
irpincs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12
British Army Hereafter To he Sup
at Home or I'm Colonies.
NO CONFIRMATION OF REPORT
CHICAGO PACKERS ARE. HOWEVER,
ALARMED OVER CABLE ADvICEs.
Value Of Animal Products Annually
Exported TO Great Britain
About s2O0.o0o, 900.

WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE Depart
patch from a prominent packing company
OF Chicago announcing that IL has been
advised that the English government has
excluded all beef except home bred from
the British army contracts This. 1t is
stated. is to be effective June l next The
Chicago concern has asked the Agricultural
Department what aid It can render. II
has pointed out that the action OF the Britt
ish government is a severe blow TO Ameri-
can beef and cattle exporters and pro-
ducers, and means not alone the loss in
government trade. but it is feared il will
serve very materially toward inciting a
prejudice on the part OF the people OF Great
Britain against the beef and cattle OF this
country.
No official confirmation OF this reported
contemplated move has reached the de-
partment, according to statements of off,
cials this afternoon. Steps have been
taken. however. looking to acquiring what
ever information It is possible to get. To
demonstrate the importance of the move
now said 10 be contemplated IL is pointed
out that the value OF our exports OF live
animals to Great Britain amounts TO sa0.-
100000. while the total OF animal products
exported from the United States 10 Great
Britain is stated to be. in round numbers,
500. 100000. II is pointed out here that this
proposed embargo may really be sequel
in greater or less degree to the proceedings
instituted at New Orleans against ship
ments OF horses and mules from that port
for use I'm the South African campaign.
While this is. Of course. merely conjectural.
IL is very strongly hinted that the New Or
leans incident probably is the direct In
spiration for the step. II Is pointed out
that IL the English really decided TO take
the action reported in the advices just re-
ceived the British might turn to Australis
for their meats. II is claimed, however.
that meats cannot be got there I'm as good
quality nor as cheap as In the United
States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12
ANOTHER MURRAY HALL
STORY OF WOMAN WHO MAsQUER-
AIDED AS MAN.
She Had Two Children, and One and
the Child of the other Are Now
Seeking Large Estates.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. April 1.-THE
Courier-Journal tomorrow will say: Hugh
II. Haviland. of Greenville. Ky, claims
TO be one of the heirs of fortune left by
DIR. Theodore Keattle, another Murray
Hail. Dr. Keattle' died at Punta Gorda,
Fla, in 1885, Then il was discovered that
the doctor was a woman and that for
thirty years she had masqueraded. The
woman was a mother. Those who were
supposed to know say that I'm 1853 a little
boy was placed in the Protestant Episcopal
Orphan. Asylum az Louisville by DIR.
Keattle,' then confessedly a woman, known
as Kate Haviland. The boys name was
Hugh H. Hayiland. He was later bound
out to a farmer and finally rose to an
Independent position at Greenville. This is
the story of Hugh Haviland. told by him
self in letter to the Courier-Journal.
For nearly forty years he knew Moth
ing of his parents. Then came letter from
a New York lawyer-G. carleton Gold
thwaite. of No. 1n Broadway. who wrote
that while searching for the heirs Of DR..
Theodore Keattle, whom death revealed to
be a woman, he had found that in 1853 she,
going by the name of Kate Haviland, had
put Hugh Ill. Haviland i'm the Protestant
Episcopal Orphan Asylum at Louisville.
Hugh III. Haviand at Greenville was re-
garded as that boy. That Kate Haviland
was DR.. Keattle' was IL is said, practically
established by witnesses in New York and
Brooklyn.
But Hugh Haviiand is heir to but half
the fortune. A girl who is expected to d.
vide it with him, Grace NJ. Clark Elliott.
Haviland's niece, so Lawyer Goldthwaite
says, believes herself sole heiress to I'm
bray Clark, of Australia, who died worth
s25 OVv,0d0. Hugh Havilands little sister.
Kate Haviand's other child, according TO
Lawyer Goldthwaite, was put by the
mother with foster-parents. The girl grew
up, married Imbray Clark and went West
with him. In 1877 they went to San Fran
cisco and there a child was born. Within
two weeks the delicate mother Kate Havi-
lands girl, died. The baby was placed i'm
the hands OF Mrs Martha A. Griswold.
superintendent of the Home OF the Friend
less by Imbray Clark. who sailed almost
Immediately for Australia. Several years
after Mrs. Griswold heard OF Clark's death
and advertised for someone TO adopt the
little orphan girl. The Elliotts responded
and on Aug. p, 1878. were granted papers
of adoption by court in San Francisco.
In 1897 the Eiliotts learned that Imbray
Clark had left fortune OF S25O00,O0O. to
which there was heir. and began a fight
for their foster-daughter's rights. The es-
tate is tied up i'm the English courts and
though hundreds of claimants have come
forward, none has been able to prove
claims to the satisfaction of the British
authorities.
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HOW GILMAN ADOPTED HER.
Announced at Party that Mrs. Hall
Wns His Daughter.

NEW YORK. April 1.-THE World VIII
say tomorrow: ITO guests whom he was
entertaining at his mansion at Black Rock.
Millionaire George f. Gilman is said TO
have made formal announcement of the
adoption of Mrs. Helen Potts Hall as his
daughter and heir to his entire estate. Mrs
Hall. 1t was learned yesterday Thursday.
will summon many who were present on
this occasion to aid her in proving title to
the fortune of over sl.5OO.Oo0. There was a
house party at Black Rock at the time.
Nov !. 1900, and following the oral agree
ment between Mrs. Hall and himself Mr.
Gilman, probably at dinner. told the assem-
blage that he had taken Mrs. Hall as his
adopted daughter On this public announce
ment Mrs. Hall will make her fight for the
Gilman estate against the millionaire's rel
ativeS."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12
CHAPEL TO MAMMALIAN.
Austrian Princes wept at the Dedi-
cation at Queretaro.

MEXICO CITY, April 11-Persons re-
turning from the dedication of the chapel
in memory Of Emperor Macmillan. at
Queretaro. describe the scene as pathetic
The religious dedication had preceded the
coming of the Austrian princes. so the
service was really hut mass. There was
not room to contain the people who had
assembled. many being drawn by curiosity
The Austrians broke down and wept at the
close OF che service, and the assembly all
knelt and kissed the pillars marking the
spot where Maximilan and his two gem
erals had stood when shot. The presiden-
tial train brought the Austrian princes
back 10 this capital.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12
CAR IS NOT ALARMED
HAS NO FEAR AN ATTEMPT WILL BE
MADE TO KILL HIM.
He Il Not Dodging Bombs, Nor IL He
Living Behind Steel Walls
Attitude of students.

LONDON, April ia dispatch from st.
Petersburg dated April IL. says that the
stories of plots against the life of the
Car, which found their way into the
American press through English, German,
Austrian and French channels. were COM
mon talk on the streets of St Petersburg
months before they were published, but
their inherent improbability and falsity as
to details caused them to be generally dis
believed. Reports to the effect that the
Car was living behind steel walls and con-
tinually running from one desk to another
in his study for fear of bombs aroused
nothing but ridicule.
Alarm has been felt in all circles for the
life of the Car, as the avowed Anarchists
and revolutionists have been displaying
unusual activity since the beginning of the
student troubles. 1t would not be going
too far to say that the students central
committee or some members thereof are
probably compromised by their relations
with the revolutionary organizations. but
it is not generally believed the mass of
students are infected with revolutionary
principles. 1.-The students do not appear
ever TO have regarded the Czar response
BILE for their grievances" continues the dis
patch. HE recently received a delegation
of them at Tsarkoe-Saloe, where he now
resides. Many OF them frankly confess that
they never heard unkind word spoken
of him, and this cannot be attributed to
fear, as the students are accustomed to talk
quite freely among themselves. Thus the
idea that the students as a body plot
ting against his life falls to the ground.
Emperor Nicholas certainly does not seem
to entertain this fear, for he comes to the
city frequently to transact state affairs or
to attend public concerts"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12
GEN. DELGADo HONORED.
Former Insurgent Chief Made Gov
ernor of noiIo Province

ILoILO. Island of Panay. April 1-Gen
Martin Delgado. the chief insurgent COM
mander in the Island OF Panay until his
surrender in January. has been appointed
governor Of the province OF Iloilo. created
by the United States Philippine Commission
to-day. Judge Taft's announcement Of the
appointment was greeted with shouts Of
enthusiasm from the delegates and spec
tstors- Gen. Delgado was recommended by
General Hughes. his subordinate officers
and the natives. as honest. capable and
popular. His salary will be $1,000 i'm gold
the highest OF any provincial governor
Lieutenant Thompson. OF the Thirty-eighth
Regiment. was appointed treasurer The
other officials are natives. The province
contains nearly half the population of the
Island Of Panay, estimated al a million
persons
feature OF the session OF the commits
sion was the opposition to the land taxa
tion provisions. but fuller explanation OF
the American system sufficed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12
AFTER THIRTY-SEvEN YEARS.
Piece of Tin Removed from the Ear of
Soldier of the Civil War.

PANA. H.. April 1l.-Eden Van Ripper. OF
San Jose. a hamlet north OF here. has had
removed from his ear piece Of tin which
he has carried ever since the civil war. In
the battle of Atlanta. July p. 1864 Mr.. Van
Ripper was struck on the left side OF tho
head with a bullet that entered just below
the temple and plowed it's way entirely
through the left side OF his skull. coming
out Just behind the ear. The cartridge from
which this bullet came was one OF the kind
which carried not only a bullet. but a
small piece OF tin. thus making the wound
more painful and dangerous.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-12

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE War De-
paItment this morning received the fol-
lowing cablegram from General Macarthur
at Manila: Colonel Arce surrendered at
Castillejos yesterday, 3S5 soldiers, IL officers
and arms. This and the surrender of Col
Alva ON April s. with 13 officers. 1894 men.
81 rifles, free Bataan. Zambales province"
The dispatch was not made public In full
IL is presumed the part withheld relates to
Aguinaldo. Secretary Root talked with
the President this morning about affairs In
the Philippines, and referred to the sur
render Of number of Filipinos with their
arms. announced by General Macarthur