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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-09
ARMY BREVET BOARD.


WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-The work of the
Army Brevet Board, headed by General
Macarthur, which was begun to-day, is to
be comprehensive. Its scope mas been en-
larged greatly. While it was intended
originally that only brevets earned in the
Chinese and the Philippine campaigns
should be considered. the board has been
charged to include the Spanish-American
war operations All of the nominations
sent TO the Senate last session recommend
ing brevets for the Spanish war service
have been withdrawn, and the present
board consequently will have q clear field.
There are more than 900 of these nOmina-
TONS the result of the work of the Schwan
board which dealt with Cuban breVets.
and of a board headed by General Chaffee,
at Manila, which made recommendations
for breVets based upon service in the earlier
stages OF the Philippine campaign. 1t is
deemed well to recommit all these nomi-
nations to the present board. which, haV-
ing in hand the whole subject. can arrange
a more uniform and equitable system of
awards than would be possible for a board
dealing with only one phase OF the cam
paign. This board may recommend also
the award of medals of honor. 1t is likely
that a medal may be recommended for be
stowal upon Col. Theodore Roosevelt, now
President Of the United States. for dietin-
guished galantry in the Santiago cam
paign. Ii j. expected that the 5 nate Will
act upon the brovet nomina tons at the
approaching session. No action on the part
of Congress is required i'm the case Of med
ais of honor, the President b. ms the final
authority.
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TUESDAYS CABINET MEETING.
President GratiHcd at COEame ndations
of His JadiciaI Appointmcnt.

WASHINGTON. Oct. S.-Oniy four mem
bers of the Cabinet attended the Cabinet
meeting to-day. Secretaries Hay. Root.
Long and Gage beirs absent from the city.
Those present were Attorney General Knox,
Postmaster General Smith and Secretaries
Hitchcock and Wilson. Nothing important
developed at the meeting. The President
talked over The work of the various de-
partments with his advisers. lie has be-
gun already the preparations of his mes
sage TO Congress, and desires to famil-
iarize himself with all the questions pend
ing in the departments. The conflict that
has arisen between the military and civil
authorities In the Philippines over the is
suance of writ OF nabeas corpus by the
Supreme Court for a certain employe or
dered depOrted by the military authorities
touched upon incidentally but Attor-
ney General Knox has not been called on
for an opinion.
In the course of the meeting the President
spoke with qualification of a number of
kilograms he had received commencing
the appointment yesterday Of Ex-Governor
Jones' of Alabama To the district Judge
ship of Alabama Some of these teleerams
were from prominent Republican leaders
and others were from negroes in various
parts OF the country. Ii is understood
that the Pacific cable question will come
up at the meeting of the Cabinet next Fri
day.
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No Bounty Was Promised.

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-Both the Treas
ury Department and the Department of
Justice are being flooded with inquiries con-
corning the alleged discovery by a lawyer
in Brooklyn Of some old laws granting ISL
state and $l92 federal bounties TO soldiers
for service i'm the recent Spanish-American
war. This statement, together with one
that several thousands of cases are pending
now before the attorney general of the
United States which are 10 be decided in
favor of the claimants within a few DAYS
has been disseminated widely The state
ments are not true. No such cases are
pending before the attorney general for his
action or decision. Congress passed no
laws granting any bounties whatever TO
soldiers i'm the Spanish-American war. EX
ira pay was granted to soldiers in certain
circumstances but i'm nearly all such cases
those entitled TO extra pay have received IL.
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MANY ENTRIES ALLOWED.


WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-The Interior De-
partment received dispatches to-day from
Oklahoma officially reporting the results Of
throwing open to entry the lands included
within the recently opened domain of the
Wichita and the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache reservations and drawn for but
never applied for by the lucky contestants.
There were many of these claims in which
those whose names were drawn never APP
peared and also where some land within
the opened tract had not been otherwise
provided for These lands were made sub
iect to entry under the regular land laws
last Saturday Register Sickles and Re
ceiVer Reid, at FL Reno. report that 1876
entries We're allowed Saturday and yes
terday There also We're twenty appIica-
tv-three simultaneous apphca lions that
were i'm conflict, which cover twenty tracts,
aking a total of 259 entries Contests of
claims filed to-day at FL Reno numbered
twenty-seVen. There were three hundred
men in line before the land office there to-
day.
From Lawton. O. T., Register Mcknight
and Receiver Mcguire teegraphed that 3l9
persons presented applications for the lands
at o'clock Sunday morning. II took all
of that day TO arrange them and TO deter
mine the conflicts with entries already
made. Yesterday there were seventy en-
tries made and three soldiers declaratOry
statements filed. OF the entries one was
rejected and four suspended. Fully one
thousand claims are still open TO entry at
Lawton. A line of over two hundred formed
there early to-day and was increasing
rapidly as the report was wired.
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Terms of the Proposed Convention
with Great Britain So Far as
Temporarily Agreed To.
NO SURRENDER BY ENGLAND
AND NO PRINCIPLE SACRIFICED BY
THE UNITED STATES.
Former Nation Merely Relieved of the
Guarantee Contained i'm the
CIaytOn-BuIwer Treaty.

WASHINGTON, oct S.-There has been
no surrender by England TO the United
States in the matter of the new isthmian
canal treaty, according to the best author
ity here. 1t is said to be equally true that
the United States has sacrificed princi-
pie in these negotiations, and the effect OF
contrary statements is deprecated as likely
seriously TO jeOpardiZe the chances of the
cOnsummatiOn which shall finally and
peacefully settle an issue that has been a
source of danger for the last fifty years. Ii
is said that what has actually happened is
that each side has preserved the underlying
principle of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. and
the new convention will provide a water
way neutral at all times and open to the
commerce of the world. The Clayton Bull
wer treaty, however, drawn half a century
ago, has proved to be defective in mechan-
ism for giving effect TO its purpose. The
new treaty simply provides this mechan-
ism. England is relieved from the guaran-
tee, which in her case was only trouble
some, and which. being assumed by the
United States i'm toto, is quite effective.
As viewed from the American point of view
even there was no surrender on England's
part in seeking this relief, in as much as
the aforementioned principle is reiterated
and affirmed as binding upon the United
States. AS for the form OF the treaty it
may be stated that il embodies i'm substance
the amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. which were adopted by the Senate
and beyond that the conditions are believed
to be teXtual rather than substantial.
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the best they could in placing the vessels.
anu had made IL as nearly correct as posi-
gle' SO long after the engagement, as had
bcen stated BY the board.
Askec By Mr.. Rayner about the places
assigned 10 the Brooklyn and the Texas
while the former vessel was making her
loop Commander Wainwright said he did
not consider them correct. For myself.
ne said, Il was never satisfied with the
places assigned lie said further that
while the board had done the best IL could
at the time. "A board. IL had not done the
pest 10 could 10 satisfy any member OF
The board. 1T was the best we could do
10 get all the members of the board TO
sign the report, he said.
Who in addition to yourself was not
satIshed2 asked Mr. Rayner-
II would not like 10 say, responded the
witness. Il know that the navigator Of tie
Texas was not. for one. ! think none was
satisfied except the navigator of the Brook
iyn, and / don't know that he was.
But Notwithstanding YOU were all, in
Guiding the navigator OF the Brooklyn, dis
satisfied YOU signed the repOrt?'
That II correct
on redirect examination Commander
Wainwright said that in making the chart
an the members of the board were at lib
or make whatever arguments they mig [
desire. He said the chart was a cOmprO-
mise OF opinions
INA response to further questions the wit
ness said he did not see the Brooklyn on
the day of the Santiago battle.
Ques tons were put by the court and
Were the positions Of the ships as shown
on the chart obtained from testimony taken
by the board or from a general discussion
OF the members of the bOard?"
Almost entirely by general discussion of
the members of the board. Captain Chad
WICK and Captain Cook discussed the mat
ter with the board"
Prom the position Of the Gloucester a.
the commencement Of the battle of July E
could you see both the Brooklyn and the
Texas?" '''0
4 do not remember seeing the Rrool,Iv-n
battle " '''0
=, what orders if any, were signaled by
the Brooklyn 10 the fleet during the on
gagement Of July 80"
81 saw none"
-, Mr. Kayner-This does not mean that no
signals We're displayed, does it?
mo. il does not
BY the court-Did any one of the Span
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Postmaster MuIcted.

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-The POstoffice
Department has required Postmaster II. G..
Trimbe, at Somerset, KY, to make good
a loss of $4S1 of revenue due to failure to
exact the proper classification rate from
publisher The publisher recently inquired
if he could place certain printing on the
wrapper of his publication and still OBJ
tain publishers postage rates. The post
master authorized this action. although the
added matter under the law. subjected the
notification to d higher rate. The pub
Usher refused to pay the back postage at
the higher rate when the lrregularity Was
made known 10 the POstOfiice Department
and now the postma ster II required to pay
the amount due a penalty for failure
properly to classify the matter. The law,
II is explained at the department, makes
Dostmasters liable for the loss Of revenue
bv their neglect and connivance.
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ILL.FATED COMPANY c
LIST OF SOLDIERS WHO WE'RE MAS
SACRED AT BALANGIGA.
Names of Wounded Not Yet Forwarded
by Gen. ChafYee-RecOrds of
COurt-MartiaI Cases.

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-The list of casu-
alties suffered by the Inflated Company
c, Ninth Infantry, in the massacre in the
Philippine island of Samar is given in the
following cablegram, received at the War
Department late this afternoon, from Gen
eral Chaffee:
Casualties engagement Balangiga, Sa-
mar, Sept. Is. Wounded will be reported
as soon as received
''Killed-Sergeant John F. Martin, Ser
geant James n. Randles. Corporal Henry
j. Scharer, Privates Joseph j. Godon,
James Martin. John w. Aydelotte. Byron
Dent, Eli Fitzgerald, Charles Il. Sterling,
Robert SprOul, John III. Miller Richard
Long, Joseph Turner, Gustav +. Schultz
ler Corporal Frank Mccormack. Private
PrOal Peters, Private Leonard II. Schley,
Artiticer Joseph r. Mari, Privates James
+. McDermOtt, Charles e. Davis, Harry NJ
Wood, John Wanneber. Joseph o. Klein
hample, Robert l.. Booth, Guy c. Dennis,
John d Armani, Little Armani, George
Bony, john ID. Buhrer, James L. Cain,
Frank Nobayia, Charles Powers.
Died from Wounds-Corporal Thomas r.
Baird, Private Chris +. REGARD, Private
Floyd j. Shoemaker.
Missing, bodies probably burned when
insurgents deserted town-Musician John f.
Covington, Privates Patrick j. Bobbins,
Jerry j. DriscOl, Evans South, August +.
POrczeng, Christian s. Williams, Claude c..
Wingo; also Harry Wright, hospital corps
killed on Sept. ], at Basay, Samar-
Company q, Ninth Infantry: Corporal
John l. Weiss and Private Charles c. Nc
manus''
At the War Department it is said that
the names of Joseph /. Godon, Gustav F.
Schuitzler and John Wanneber are subject
to correction later.
to correction later. The three officers
tO-dayS list, their deaths having been re-
ported in dispatch sent several days ago.
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Health of the Troops.

WASHINGTON, oct. S.-Surgeon General
Sternburg resumed mis- duties a the War
Department to-day after an absence of sew
eral months spent in an inspection of the
medical department of the army i'm the
Philippines. In regard TO his visit he said
Il found the health condition very salts
factory. l was very much surprised To find
that in the lowlands. which are devoted to
rice culture, there is comparatively little
malarial fever Similar localities i'm our
own Southern States are very much more
unhealthful. Malarial feVers are sOmewha [
more prevalent at higher levels, but the
SUBMITS of the mountain ranges are as a
rule quite healthful. Typhoid fever not
a prevalent as IL is in most parts Of the
United States. and the mortality from that
disease in the Philippines has been much
less than il was in our camps in the United
States during the Spanish-American war
Dysentery is the most serious disease with
which we have TO contend, but where the
troops are supplied with pure water and
not exposed To the hardships attending a
hike this disease does not prevail"
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.HEIsTAND CASE TESTIMONY.
Former Assistant Secretary of War
Again on the Witness stand.

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-When the Senate
committee on military affairs to-day re-
sumed its investigation Of charges against
Lieutenant Colonel Heistand, Thomas j.
Mackey appeared as attorney for Major
Hawkes.. the prosecuting witness. Former
Assistant Secretary of War George ID. Mel
klejohn, resuming his testimony begun yes
terday. detailed conversation which he
had with Hawkes.. in the course of which
the latter had declared that unless he was
appointed to position he would publish
the details of the hemp combination. MT.
Meiklejohn told him that so far as he was
concerned he might do 1t was during
this conversation that Hawkes. had told
him of his controversy with Flint, Eddy *
Co, Hawkes. expressing the opinion that
ms appointment had been revoked because
OF the controversy.
5; T. Brown, clerk i'm the office of the
duultOr OF the War Department, was called
10 TESTIFY as to the auditing of dispatch
GIolonel Heistand had sent TO General Otis
II appeared mat the dispatch was audited
among many Others the aggregate tolls of
Whlch were in excess of S, 600. The account
was certlned TO by Adjutant General Cor
ON. Inc records showed that the cost OF
the Heistand cablegram was $5S u. Prior
10 the statement made by witness Brown,
Mr.. Needham, Heistand's attorney. had in
formed the committee that it Colonel
Heistand's intention to pay for the cable
gram to General Otis and for the reply
thereto when the amount had been ascer-
tanned. General Corbin recalled and
explained that he had certified TO the ac-
curacy of the account as audited on the re-
port OF a board of examiners of accounts.
Personally he could not examine every
telegram involved in the account and did
not do
Lieut.. Col, William III. Carter assistant
adJutant general, testified that every effort
was made by the board of examiners TO
eliminate all messages which did not deal
strictly with official business. He had not
seen the Heistand dispatch himself. No
additional facts were developed during the
crosse Xamina ton.
The committee declined to permit counsel
TO ask questions designed 10 bring Secre-
tary Root into the investigation, Senator
Cockrell declaring all such matter i'm
proper. as Secretary Root was not under
investigation
l. I. Kitchener was recalled to testify as
to an alleged telephone communication be
tween himself and Meiklejohn relative to
the Hawkes. settlement. He denied any
knowledge of such a communication. Mr.
Melklejohn had testified that he had no
such communication.
The committee did not conclude. an
ticipated yesterday, and will meet again to-
morrow.
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MURDER AND RAPINE.
Atrocities OF FiIipinOs Disclosed in
COurt-MartiaI Records.

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-Horrible stories
of murder and rapine are contained i'm the
records of number of courts-marital cases
in the Philippines copies of which have
reached the War Department. Five natives
seized, bound and carried from their houses
three Filipino residents of the town of
POzorrubio, together with an Igorrote
harvester named Quiyas. Conveying these
captives to an isolated spot they murdered
them with bolos, and added to the horror of
their crime by raping the women Of the
families of their victims. The motive for
the deed appeared 10 have been revenge on
the part of one of the murderers. because
of the fact that the victims had damned
a stream which diverted irrigating waters
from the lands of the murderers. All five
of the natives were sentenced to be hanged.
y native named Batting. with one or more
companions, assassinated with daggers
Private James 7. Bursey, Company G,
Twenty-sixth Infantry, while the latter was
acting as guard of prisoners hauling
water for the garrison stationed at Bare
tao Nuevo Panay. The native claimed at
his trial 10 have been regular insurSent
soldier but il was proved that he was
within the American lines without uni
form and disguised as a pacifco He was
sentenced to be hanged.
With q rock. a rice beater and a club
one FaustinO Ruiz ana some of his COM
paniOns set upon native named Acasta,
whom they suspected of aiding the Amer
lean cause. and beat him to death. Ruiz
was sentenced 10 be hanged. Two natives
were tried, charged With the murder Of
Private Eugene Z. Lyons. Company *.
Fifth Infantry. whom they enticed To an
isolated place. KILLED with bolOs, and buried
in the spot. They, too, were sentenced TO
death.
\ formidable array of charges was that
against Juan Confessor, a native Filipino.
WSO was tried FOR aiding the enemy. Vio-
lating the laws of war, being a war rebel,
arson and perjury. Twenty years impris-
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Mr. TraceweII's Recommendations.

WASHINGTON, Oct S.-Mr. Tracewell
controller of the treasury, in his annual
report recommends an amendment TO Sec
don 3j4S, Revised Statutes. This section
prohibits the advance Of public money in
any case, including contracts i'm the per-
fOTmance of any service, and for the de-
livery of articles of any description. Ii
is pointed out that the government is in
constant need Of express service and Of
Il ht and water for its public buildings,
also Of telephone service and daily. weekly
and monthly publications, for which pay
ment must be made in advance. In the
controllers opinion discretion in these mat
tiers should be vested in the several heads
of departments. He also recommends an
amendment to the act of July 81. 1894. which
precludes any person accepting payment
under a settlement by an auditor, from OBJ
tanning a revision of such settlement as To
any items upon which payment is accepted.
The entire enforcement of this law, the
controller says, works unnecessary hard
ship upon honest and deserving claimants
against the government
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wAINwRIGHT's TESTIMONY.
Commander of the Gloucester, Which
Destroyed Two Torpedo Boats.

Lieutenant Commander Hodgson being
excused Commander Wainwright was
called Captain Lemly began his examina-
ton by drawing from the witness the fact
that he had been a member. and latterly
senior member OF the board which had Of
ficially acted I'm making the chart showing
the positions OF tbs American and Spanish
ships at Santiago. The witness told how
conclusions were reached by that board.
he said:
When I reported. as senior member of
the board the Board OF Navigators had a
sketehed chart before them with the num-
Der or the positions sketched on Il. which
had been determined by them starting at
different periods, first when the ships came
out and afterwards when they went ashore.
Each navigator. as near as possible would
put the position Of his ship at that time
Then there was "a great deal Of discussion
ss 10 the relative positions. OF course il
was Impossible 10 get any position by bear
fngs and there was nothing known about
the relative positions. We also knew that
the distances In the chart were somewhat
incorrect and the hnaf decision OF the
board was 10 reconcile each one as near as
possible. but none OF the positions was con-
kioeEeo exact POSITIONS The lmpoSsi bllity
OF getting bearings. even m we had had a
&C rrect Chart was apparent. bur IL gave a
general tcea OF the positions OF the vessels
during different periods of the battle"
Mr.. Rayner asked hi it was true las had
been officially stated iu the report that the
POSITIONS were assigned from known
bearings.
The witness replied that that statement
Was Incorrect that they We're established
b. estimated bearings. Most of the posi-
tons were he said. fixed by discussions
among TIE EaNl8dtors constituting the
foard. although Captain Chadwick was he
fore the board. The navigatOrs had done
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turning to the westward He did not think
this was to exceed 150O yards out from
Cay Smith, which is inside the harbor.
Lieutenant Bristol said that after the en-
gagement began he went below and fired
three shots from the twelve-inch guns
When he came on deck the first of the
Spanish ships was going ashore. I'VE were
them, he said headed to the westward,
with the enemy's ships running close along
point seven miles west of Santiago"
Mr.. Hanna-Did you see the Brooklyn
when you came on deck?
Il did"
Where was she at that timer"
She about far out on our port
bow, relatively speaking, as the Spanish
ships were on our starbOard bow
Had she completed the turn at that
Il do not know. She did not make any
turn after that, and always kept on 10 the
westward. At that time 1 did not know
anything about "A turn
you did not see what is known as the
Il did not"
PART OF THE TEXAS.
Lieutenant Bristol then detailed the part
the Texas played in the battle, giving the
details of the chase up the Cuban coast.
Describing the close of that pursuit, he
said: I'VE continued on with the chase Of
the Colon, which was then ahead of the
Viscaya in the same relative pOsitions-the
Brooklyn, Oregon and Texas. and after
ward at the end OF the chase, the New
York joined in it. / forgot to mention that
the Vixen was outside the Brooklyn dur
ing this time. and along at the time that
the Niscaya sheereu inside and kept about
abreast of us until we Overhauled her and
went ahead until the Colon finally turned
inshOTe and hauled down her flag. The
Texas then joined the rest of the ships at
the prize. and remained there that night
Mr.. Hanna inquired: From the position
you occupied during the chase could you
determine which of our vessels was lead
irg?"
The witness replied: Il could"
tive pOstiOns?
THAT was obtained comparatively. The
distance to the Colon ranged from about
three and a half or four miles, M to five
or six miles at the end of the chase. She
drew away from slowly. The Brooklyn
and Oregon were considerably closer