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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-29
New Signal Code by Which Admiral
Higginson Hopes to Confuse the
Military Forces Ashore.
MANEUVERS ALL NEXT WEEK
PERIOD OF SECRET PREPARATIONS
BEGINS THIS MIDNIGHT.
Forts Exchanging SearchIight Signals
and Getting I'm Shape to Resist
the Naval Attack.

NEWPORT, Aug. 2S.-After months of
preparation the final war maneuvers by an
army of defense against an enemy made
up of a large number of ships of the navy
will begin at midnight on Sunday. In order
to decide which side wins the imaginary
contest which will go through next week.
large number of umpireS and observers
have been assigned to the different forts
and TO the different vessels of the fleet,
which will be commanded by Admiral Hig-
ginson. Each vessel of the fleet will have
an army umpire and navy observer.
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Mass. Aug. 2S
ron Board the Battleship Alabama, off
Menensha Light. l-Rear Admiral Francis
T. Higginson's fleet of warships is anchored
here to-day, making final preparations for
the second series of war maneuvers. This
fleet, which comprises what will be known
as the attacking squadron, is made up of the
the Kearsarge. flagship; Alabama, Massa-
chusetts, all battleShipS; the cruiser Brook
lyn, flagship of Rear Admiral COghlan; the
cruiser Olympia, the converted yacht
Gloucester. the gunboat Scorpion and the
tugs Peoria, Leyden and Vina.
Since their arrival here on Monday all the
warships have been coaling for the crucial
maneuvers of later date, the last to coal
being the Alabama, which took on her sup
ply to-day. Ii is expected the training ship
Puritan will be added to Admiral Higgin-
sons force. The Puritan is now at New
Bedford. In the actual war game she will
be assumed TO be "A battleship. being given
a battleships number of points of fighting
strength. The period of preparation among
the fleet begins at midnight tomorrow
night. As preparation Admiral Higginson
has introduced new signal code by which
he hopes to confuse the shore stations and
forts. He has also issued sets of private
rules governing the movements of the
squadron
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-29
SCHWAB LOOKS HAGGARD.
He Is Said to Have Worked Hard Dur
ing the Voyage to France.

LONDON. Aug. 29.-In a dispatch from
Havre the correspondent of the Daily Ex-
press declares on the evidence of fellow
passengers of Charles NJ. Schwab, president
of the United States Steel Corporation who
sailed from New York Aug. p on the
French liner La Lorraine that Mr.. Schwab
worked extremely hard during the trip over
and never gave himself five minutes leisure.
II boarded the La Lorraine at Cap de la
Heve." continues the correspondent, land
found Mr.. Schwab looking haggard and
careworn. He had been up since 5 o'clock
in the morning pacing the deck and wait
ing for the mail. At o'clock Mr.. Schwab
breakfastng. glancing hastily over a
pile OF letters and kilograms and talking
II his continental agent. In an interview, +"
proceeds the correspondent of the Express
Mr.. Schwab maintained he had come
abroad for a rest and holiday. his physi-
clans having advised him to do so. but he
emphatically denied any intention TO resign
the presidency of the Steel Corporation or
TO negotiate "A new combine in Europe. He
insisted that the utmost harmony prevailed
I'm the management of the steel trust Mr.
Schwab said he had no plans beyond in
definite stays at the various continental
health resorts and an intention 10 leave
business strictly alone He is going first to
AiX-Les-Bains for month.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-29
VINA KELLAR'S INFANT
HIDING PLACE OF THE KEOKUK
BABE FOUND BY A POLICEMAN.
After Having the Little One Ar
rested as a Vagrant.

KEOKUK, Ia, Aug. ga policeman ac-
cidentally found the now celebrated Kellar
baby to-day in the south part of the city.
He was serving subpoena in another case,
when the excitement in the neighbOrhood
convinced him that he was near the hiding
place where the mother Mrs. Vina Kellar,
had concealed the baby. The people were
much excited for a while, as they all favor
the mother. They thought that Secretary
Park. of the Associated Charities, had OBJ
tanned a habeas corpus writ to get the
sick baby from the custody Of the mother,
who is acting as a special constable
1t developed that when the mother was
made a special constable and given charge
of her infant, eleven months old. under ar
rest for vagrancy, in order TO give her
possession. despite the operation of the new
sociological law, she took il to her sisters
house. The mother had instructions from
her attorney TO use necessary force TO pre-
vent anybody from taking the baby. unless
with a court warrant. After finding the
baby the attorney for Secretary Parke ad-
vised him not to use the authority given
him by the construction of the law to take
the baby from the mother who was found
by the trial court competent to keep it.
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QUIT CLAIM TO FAIR ESTATE.
Mrs. Charles l.. Fairs Heirs VIII Not
Contest Either VIII.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2S.-Although the
heirs of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l..
Fair have reached an agreement it will be
six months or year before all the legal ar
rangements can be perfected. The will left
by the decedents will be filed in the near
future for probate. Then executors will
have to be appointed and there are a num-
ber of minor heirs whose interests will
have to be looked after. There will be no
contest, however, over the estate as the
Fair children, Mrs. Anna H. Nelson. Abram
Nelson, Charles Smith and the other heirs
desire to avoid litigation. All the terms of
the adjustment will not be made public
but the attorneys state that the relatives of
estate, which has been estimated at $500. .OOO
None of those interested will admit that
they will be given a lump sum in cash.
The document by which the Nelson's re-
linuush all claims on the estate of Charles
L. Fair is in the form of a quit claim. the
consideration for which it is stated is $40
in gold coin. BY ii Mrs. Nelson and her
two sons convey to Mrs. Oelrichs and Mrs
Vanderbilt all their right. title and inter-
est in ninety-nine different pieces of Fair
estate property in this city and county to-
gether with thirteen in San Mateo county
three in Napa four in Yolo and some hold
ings in Calaveras county. This settlement
will not affect the application of Public
Administrators Farham to secure admins
tration of the wills which is being opposed
by the heirs.
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IN THE PANTHER CREEK VALLEY.
Arrest of stone ThrOwers-Situation IN
Growing More Critical.

TAMAQUA, Pa, Aug. 2s.-The first clash
between the striking miners and the troops
occurred this morning. and a result
five prisoners are in the guardhouse at the
Twelfth Regiment camp. and Capt. ].
Beaver Gearhart, of Company F, Twelfth
Regiment, is suffering from a wound in his
shoulder, made by a stone thrown by
striker.
This morning a report gained currency
that the strikers were gathering in force
to make a march on the No. 4 colliery.
Company is mining and cleaning coal. The
colliery is at the west end of the Panther
creek valley, and the Governors troop
were ordered to that point. Companies
F and X. of the Twelfth Regiment, were
placed on trolley cars and run through the
valley. When the cars reached Summit
hill they were surrounded by a mob of
strikers, who hurled rocks at the soldiers
and called them hard names While Jim
my Marteen, an Italian, was in the act of
hurting stone at a car several soldiers
jumped off and made an attempt 10 cap
ture him. Marteen offered resistance, and
the soldiers were compelled to fix their
bayonets. In the melee which followed
Marteen was slightly wounded in the left
side.
as the cars rounded a curve just outside
of Summit Hill, at a point where the
tracks take an abrupt dip, the mOtorman
on the first car made the discovery that
stopped, and soldiers went ahead TO place
sand upon the rails. When this had been
done il was possible. by moving the cars
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was o'clock when Warden Reid was in
formed over long-distance phone by the
Governor that Russell had been given
new lease on life and that an official tele-
gram would arrive later. Warden Reid lost
no time in imparting the glad udings 70
Russell who. when the warden entered his
cell, was standing and in the act OF drinking
a glass of water. Russell, Governor Dur
bin has granted you a respite for thirty
days" said the warden. Russells powerful
frame shaken with emotion and the
glass trembled in his hands.
I'm glad of it," was all he could say
he sank down his cot. Gaining his
composure again ne continued Il want to
thank the Governor, warden Tell him that
1 think he is very kind. War
den Reid told Russell that the
Governor had not changed his
sentence any. that he was still condemned
man and should not let the Governors ac-
tion raise his hopes of escaping the gal
lows too high. Il understand that. war
den, but l am awfully glad to have some
one take an interest in my case. l killed
my man, but | had to do il 10 save my
own life" Russell asked the warden who
had seen the Governor in his behalf, but
the warden could not tell him. All he knew
was the few words spoken 10 him by Gov
ernor Durbin. At Z o'clock came the mess
age by telegraph confirming the early state
ment of the Governor. All preparations had
been made to hang Russell in the death
chamber of the hospital building soon
after midnight and the condemned man
was philosopically waiting for death on
the galows The scaffold will be taken
down in the morning and put away In the
stOrehOuSe
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-29
The Co1Ored Man of Gibson County
Will Have at Least Thirty More
Days of Freedom.
RUSSELL KILLED PERRY STOUT
HE ADMITTED THE CRIME, BUT
PLEADED SELF-DEFENSE.
The Governor VIII Examine Into the
Case Before Deciding Upon
Further Action.

Lewis Russell, the Gibson county negro
who was to have been hanged this morning
at l o'clock at the Michigan City Prison,
was reprieved yesterday evening by Gov
ernor Durbin and Russell has at least thir-
ty days more to live In reviewing Rus
sells ca Use the Governor came to the conclu-
sion that ii would bear further looking into,
and the thirty days stay of execution was
granted in order that he may have ample
time to go into the colored mans case thor
ough,y.
The Governor said yesterday: There has
been no particular effort made to save Rus
sells life, but made up my mind that his
case should be sifted TO the bottom before
the extreme penalty is exacted. 1t seems
that Russell had no money to defend him
self in his extremity, and, although he ad-
mits the crime of murder, there may exist
extenuating circumstances that have not
been brought out. 1 shall go into the cir
cumstances of the murder and the evidence
presented with great care before l an
nounce my further decision IN the matter. I
have notified the warden of the reprieve"
RUSSELLS CRIME.
The crime for which Russell was to have
paid the penalty of his life in the Michigan
City Prison this morning was the murder
of a negro named Perry Stout, in the Wa
bash river bottoms. Princeton. On
April 2S of last year Russell, Stout and
other colored men employed at a sawmill
gathered in the bottoms to have a fish fry
and frolic All of them got drunk and Rus
sell and Stout became involved in a row.
Russell drew a revolver and shot Stout
through the heart. He escaped to the
woods, but on the following Saturday the
sheriff found him in the top of a pine tree
Russell had not borne a good reputation
in Gibson county, and when his case came
to trial that fact mitigated against him
His trial was in the Gibson county Circuit
Court, before Special Judge Duncan and a
jury. The trial very short and the
Jury returned a verdict of murder in the
first degree after being out only one hour
that ne had killed Stout in seif-defense and
testified several times, He was jes' ready
10 shoot me, so pulled my gun"
During his Imprisonment RusselTs white
wife stood by him and correspondent with
him regularly. Russell himself is unschooled
and had 10 have others do his letter writing
for him.
Had he gone to the gallows this morning
he would have been the first colored man
hanged in the prison. The others who were
executed, all during Warden Refd's admin
istration were John Rinkard, Joseph Keifh
and Willis 3. Wheeler.
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they were inspected by the secretary Of the
navy. The report is made TO the secretary
of the navy and is dated Aug. 10. 1t is as
follows:
Forming in exact column the fiotilla
steamed north until abreast of the firing
catur turned and headed for the target in
the cove. This target consists of three
platforms supported on casks about sew
enty-fve feet long in all, outside of which,
one at each end. are two yellow flags, rep
resenting the two turrets of the 500-foot
battleship Outside of these again are two
red flags representing the ends of the same
ships.
"Steaming bows on for the float when
| LOCO yards away, the secretary pressed the
| firing key on the bridge and simultaneously
| discharged the two torpedoes, one on each
| side. They curved as set, and one went
| Immediately under the center of the float,
while the other passed inside the right hand
| yellow flag.
while the Decatur was firing the rest
| of the fiotilla continued to the northward,
| countermarched and returned close to the
| Decatur, about 500 yards from the first
| target. The boats passed the target at from
seventeen to twenty knots and each one
| fired two torpodoes simultaneously from
her port broadside, as her tubes bore firing
| while close to the Decatur. OF the twelve
| torpedoes fired by them, one from the
Stockton, hung by the tail from the tube.
with the head in the water, and finally
| wrenched the tail off, but not before it
| had been secured. OF the other eleven, all
but one passed inside the yellow flags. and
| that passed just outside of the yellow
| flag.
''All these torpedoes and horoscopes in
| operation, except one of the pair from the
| Biddle, and that one hit the target also,
| and one of the casks, composing II, having
| to be cut open to get the torpedo out, it
| having broached just as it arrived under
| the floats.
| ''I believe that the results reported above
| have never been exceeded before. and
| know of no record equal to them. 1t is
/ seen that out of fourteen torpedoes pre-
| pared but one failed TO run. Out of the thir
| teen that did run twelve hit between the
| turrets of the battleshp target. and the
| other one under one of the turrets. Fully
| three-quarters of the shot would have
| struck directly under the engine rooms
| All boats except the Decatur were at high
speed when they fired. and she was only
| slowed so as not to overrun the target.
| Speed would have made no difference in
| her shots owing to the presence of the cap
| mark tube gyroscope. In considering the
| results the haste with which we got ready
| for the performance should not be over
| looked.
| After the practice and leaving boats
| behind to pick up the torpedoes, all of
| which were reported uninjured, the hotilla
J formed column at full speed. 1t had been
| my intention to proceed TO sea for tactical
| work, but / found that the visitors seemed
| inclined to prefer a spin in the bay, which
| was accordingly taken in column at full
| speed" I"
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NO NEGROES ADMITTED.
State Convention of White Repub-
1fcans of North Carolina.

CHARLOTTE, n. c., Aug. 2S.-The Re
publican state convention met at Green's
boro to-day and indorsed the candidacy of
Thomas II. Hill, of Halifax, independent,
for chief justice of the Supreme Court,
and left blank the positions of associate
justices. The convention adopted a reso-
luton accepting the constitutional amend
ment of disfranchisement and binding the
party not to contest the amendments con-
stitutonality.
The convention was composed entirely of
white men. Contesting delegations of ne
groes, headed by ex-Congressmen Cheat
ham and O'Heara, prominent eastern North
Carolina colored Republicans, ,and others,
were in every instance defeated. All the
business of the convention settled in
caucus. Capt. Charles Price. of Salisbury,
division counsel for the Southern Railway,
was chairman of the convention. He made
a speech congratulating the Republican
party on the elimination of the negro from
politics in North Carolina, saying that they
were now released from 1.-The body Of
death" number of former Democrats
were among the delegates
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-29
ACT OF MALICIOUSNESS
JOHN N. BALDWIN ON THE ARREST
OF PRESIDENT BURT.
Union Pacif1c's Attorney Scores the
Men Who Were Engaged for the
Road at indianapolis.

OMAHA, Neb.. Aug. 2S.-John n. Bald
win, general attorney for the Union Pacific
Railroad, to-day gave to the Associated
Press a statement relative to the action
taken against President Burt by the ten
Indianapolis men, who allege they were de-
prived of their liberty The statement says:
1.-The arrest of Mr.. Burt was nothing
more or less than an act of mahciousness
and was made for the purpose of keeping
the public agitated with reference 10 the
strike difficulties- The men We're . never a oe,
prived of their liberty at any time, and
President Burt had nothing whatever TO do
with the transaction.
The facts are that the eighteen men ar
rived Sunday morning, Aug. "A, over the
Illinois Central for work in the Union
Pacific shops at Omaha. They had been
employed by labor agency in indianapolis
which had no connection with the railroad
company. They were given their breakfast
and then said they wanted to go to Denver,
but four of them decided to remain in this
city. One man left the grounds imme-
diately, but thirteen remained until Mon
day. They were without money and the
company furnished them food and lodging
until Monday.
Monday morning they went to the COM
pany's headquarters and asked for trans
portation to Denver, which was refused
They then Joined the strikers, who induced
them to swear out the complaints alleging
false imprisonment They were told Sun
day morning by the foreman of the guards
that they were at liberty to leave, but he
told them they probably would be unable
to get back into the grounds on account
of strikers pickets. Nothing more was
said and the men remained on the grounds
all day.
With one exception none of the eighteen
men was mechanics and several of them
afterward said they had paid all their
money to the labor agent to secure a free
ride to Denver and that they had no in
tention of working in Omaha. After the
refusal of the company to pass the men TO
Denver, the men were told by the railroad
that if any of them had been imposed upon
in any manner they would all be given
transportation to Chicago. Eight of them
agreed to accept this transportation, but
said that they missed the train and none of
them left the CITY,"
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PROBLEMS AND EVILS.


NASHUA, n. H., Aug. 2s.-when the
President and his party reached he-e all
were escorted TO carriages and proceeded 10
the City Hall. At the station and along the
streets, and massed around the platform
which had been erected I'm front OF the
City Hall. were thousands who cheered In
cessantly from the time the Presidents
train appeared until he had begun 10 speak
TO the great assembly. The President said:
Mr. Mayor and You, My Felow-citizens,
Men and Women Of New Hampshire: II
am glad 10 have the chance To be greeted
by you this morning and 10 acknowledge
from my heart your greeting. This is one OF
the industrial centers the prosperity OF
which has meant the prosperity OF the
whole country The great feature OF the
material growth of this country during
the past nifty years. aside from our eN-
pansion westward across the continent TO
the Pacific, has been the extraordinary in
dustrial progress which has built up such
cities as this In which / am now speaking.
Now. gentlemen. with any great change.
no matter how beneficial. there are sure 10
come attendant evils. There are evils, and
plenty Of them, connected with our mod
ern progress When you build in a com
paratively simple farming community "A
highly complex mercantile business. indus.
trial population gathered Of necessity IN
cities. II Is inevitable that you should null
tiply and render more complex the prob
lens which YOU have 10 face. Evils come
with II and sometime We have a tendency
to insist overmuch upon those evils. There
are evils evils with which we must grap-
pie. evils that come from the progress but
recollect. gentlemen. II IL had not been for
the progress we would not be here Let as
get rid OF the evils but let us do IL In a way
that we won't get rid OF the progress al the
same time. Let us get rid OF any abuse
attendant upon the development which has
created such city. but don't let commit
suicide while trying 20 get rid OF the abuse.
I'VE are living In an era OF great pros
perity. Your city has had It's full share OF
that prosperity. bat prosperity by itself
never made any man happy. You are not
going 10 be happy without IL. but YOU are
not going 10 be happy IL you do not have
something else besides. Prosperity must
be the basis The material well-beng must
be the foundation. but on IL you have TO
rear a superstructure OF kindly brother
hood. all striving for decency I'm public and
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