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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-19
RECENT ARMY ORDERS.
Assignment of OHicers to Various
Duties-Leaves of Absence.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1s.-Lieut. Col.
Samuel M. Swigert, of the Third Cavalry.
and Lieut.. Col. Edgar z. Steever. Ninth
Cavalry, have exchanged places.
Capt. John w. Joyes, ordnance depart
ment in this city, has been ordered to Phil
adelphia to inspect ordnance material being
manufactured by the Midvale Steel Com
pany.
Second Lieut.. Emmett R.. Harris, of the
Artillery Corps. has been transferred to
the Eleventh Cavalry in the Philippines.
and Second Lieut.. Adam F. Casad. of the
Eleventh Cavalry, has been assigned to
the Twenty-first Battery. field artillery.
Maj. Edwin p. AndrusS, Third Cavalry,
at San Francisco, has been ordered to Join
his regiment at Fort Apache. A. T..
Captains Dwight b. Taylor and Paul t.
Dessez, assistant surgeons, United States
Volunteers, have been honorably dis
charged, to take effect Nov. 20.
Contract Surgeon w. E.. Chapman has
been relieved from duty in the Philippines
and ordered to his home at Cheboygan,
Mich, for annulment of his contract.
Lieut.. Col. Frank Thorp and Maj. WI
liam H.. Coffin, recently promoted, have
been assigned to duty with the Coast Artil-
lery.
Leaves of absence have been granted as
follows: Capt. Malcolm Young, Artillery
Corps. one month; Second Lieut.. Alfred A.
Maybach, Artillery Corps, one month; First
Lieut.. Jack Hayes, Sixteenth Infantry. one
month: First Lieut.. G. A. Hadsell, Thir-
Lieut.. Col. David p. Heap, Corps of En-
gineers, one month and fourteen days.
Capt. G.. w. S. Stevens, Artillery Corps.
at St Louis; has been ordered to recruit
Capt. w. C. Short, Thirteenth Cavalry.
who is ordered to Fort Riley. Kan.
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NAVAL OFFICERS DIVIDED
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION REGARD
ING PROPOSED NEW CRUISERS.
Chief Engineer Melville Opposed to
Sacrificing Speed for Heavy Ar
~mor-views of Others.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1s.-The board OF
construction of the Navy Department has
reached what may be regarded as a critical
point in the development Of the American
navy. For many days past the board has
been struggling with the grave problem
presented by the necessity of so designing
the armored cruisers authorized by the
last Congress as TO combine the greatest
offensive and defensive qualities with the
highest speed. AS is usual in the prepare
ton of designs. differences of opinion early
develop among the members OF the board.
The Ordnance Department wished to clad
the vessels in the heaviest armor and place
on them the biggest guns. while the en-
gineers wished to give a high speed which
meant much engine and boiler space and
the equipment division wanted much room
for the numerous crew which such a YES
sci must carry and for the complex equip
ment which modern ships must have. These
differences of opinion have become much
more pronounced than ever before and
there have been some very lively scenes I'm
the board meetings recently. Gradually the
issues have been sifted down and adjusted
tentatively save the very important one Of
weight to be allowed for the motive power,
which means speed.
The act of Congress contemplated cruis-
ers of 1850 tons displacement, and Con-
structor Bowles. for the first time in the
history of the department, almost insisted
that this limit should not be exceeded by
a single ton. This would nave been a
small consideration except that his atti-
tude also restricted the speed of the pro-
posed ship. Engineer-in-chief Melville had
pronounced views on that subject and he
insisted that the new cruisers should not
take the wash Of anything ahoat. He de-
manded that they be able TO overtake IL
need be. and escape from any battleship
or cruiser of any other navy, holding that
the reserve speed, as in the case OF the
Oregon at Santiago, might often turn the
course of battle. He had secured the plans
OF the British armored cruiser Drake,
which has just made the splendid speed
record of twenty-four knots, and he pointed
out that she had much more liberal al
lowances for engine width than was pro-
posed TO be given the Tennessee. which is
the cruiser now being planned. IL is prob
able that Secretary Moody will be called
upon TO decide the issue as 10 whether
speed shall be sacrificed TO power and size
limitations.
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sleeping Car TeIescoped.

LAKE CRYSTAL, Mimi. Oct. Is-The
west-bound Sioux City passenger train on
the Omaha road collided with the Des
Moines passenger train early to-day. The
Des Moines train was standing on a SID
ing waiting for the Sioux City train 10
pass. Either the switch was open or
broken at the time of the accident. The
Sioux City train from st. Pau was going
at about twenty miles an hour when IL
reached the switch. and ran on the side
track and telescoped the rear sleeper OF the
Des Moines train The passengers In both
trains were considerably shaken and six
seriously injured.
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National Capital Notes.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-Assistant Post
master General Bristow left to-day for
Kansas, to remain until after the election.
Major Montgomery M. Macomb, of the
artillery corps, has been appointed by the
secretary of war as a member of the board
of ordnance and Notifications to fill the
vacancy caused by the retirement of Col.
John /. Rodgers.
Robert l.. Carswell. OF Tennessee, and
Leon I. Lewald, of New York, have been
reported qualified for appointment as as
sistant urgeons in the army.
The Ave old war NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Nahant, Lehigh, Montauk and Jason-have
been condemned for naval purposes and
will be sold at public auction to the high
est bidder. The vessels, which are of an
obsolete type of construction, are at the
League Island nav yard.
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MIDDLESBORO. Ky. Oct. 1S.-John VIII
mere. a prominent merchant in Scott coun-
ty, Virginia, has been placed under arrest
on a charge of having murdered his father
several years ago. The elder Wilmore dis
appeared several years ago, and his son
spread a report that his father had gone
10 Mexico, and later he told OF his death
i'm that country. Old man Wilmore. previ-
Gus TO his disappearance. willed all his
property TO his son. John Wi.more was 10
come into possession of the fathers estate
at the old mans death. Last week old man
Wiimore's body was found under John VII
moy0's store.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-19

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-Howard Shafter,
son of the president of the Spring Valley
Company, of Oakland. CAL, and a cousin of
General Shafter. of the United States army,
is in the insane pavilion at Bellevue Hos
pital, having been taken there at the re-
quest of a companion, with whom he has
been travelling. General Shafter is arrang-
ing to send the boy home. Howard, who
spent two years at Harvard, has been at
tending different schools in the South since
he seemed cheerful and well. General
Shafter met Howard in Washington. and
they both came to New York. The general
said the boy had had an attack Of nervous
proStratfOn-
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MR.. WARE AS A HUMORIST.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-The most unique
official announcement made in the history
of the Pension Bureau was posted on the
bulletin board there to-day by Commission
er of Pensions Ware as a rebuke to those
who abuse their leave privileges and ha-
rass the office with pleas for promotions.
The announcement and order follow:
Oct. Is, 1902.
Record of j. s. Virgins, Georgia, is as
follows: First, annual leave in four years.,
fourteen days; second, not a day sick leave
in eight years.; third, on merit, excellent;
fourth, his chief recommends him; fifth,
he has steered no statesmen up against the
commissioner: sixth, he has not told the
commissioner about his pedigree and dis
tinguished relatives: seventh. he has not
told the commissioner how capable he
Wiggins) is and how deserving of promo.
ton. Mr.. Virgins will be promoted to-
day from $1,000 to $500, and chiefs are re-
quested to furnish the commissioner with
the names Of all others in the bureau will
a similar record. My deputies. Mr.. Daven-
port and Mr.. Kelly. heartily concur.
az. +. WARE, Commissioner
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 1S.-The commits
sioner of internal revenue has ruled that
wholesale liquor dealers canno receive for
sale packages of distilled spirits from a
person who is neither a rectifer. distiller
nor wholesale liquor dealer without violat-
ing Section s3i9. r. S. But that person can.
without sending the packages of spirits to
them, make them his agents for their sale.
and, on his doing so, they can dispose of
the spirits by means OF a bill OF sale de-
1ivered TO the purchaser at their place OF
business where they hold the requisite
special tax stamp, and the person taking
such bill Of sale can receive the packages
of spirits at any other place from the
owner of them and the latter not thereby
become involved In special tax liability as
a wholesale liquor dealer.
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Failure at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 1S.-w. w. Thomas
and the Cream Tartar Baking Powder
Company to-day filed deeds of assignment
to George w. Harding. Thomas is a tea
and spice dealer, whose place was de-
stroyed by fire years ago. The Cream Tar
tar Baking Powder Company was i'm con-
nection with his business. No m OF
liabilities or assets is given, the deed sim
ply reciting an inability to ischarg obi
cations because insurance companies re-
fuse to pay policies. Thomas's matters
have been in several courts on action
against him and action by him against var
ious insurance companies ever since fire
destroyed his business. Suits TO recover
the Insurance are now pending. The
amounts sued for aggregate SIS, 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-19
New Counterfeit $40 Note.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1s.-The Treasury
Department has detected a new counter
felt $40 United States note of the series of
1901. This counterfeit is a photographic pro-
duction on two pieces of paper between
which silk threads have been distributed.
AT first glance the note Is deceptive, but
1t will not bear examination. The portraits
of Clarke and Lewis and the picture of
the Buffalo are blurred and scratched. All
the lathework Is very bad.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-19

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-The following
statement was made at the White House
to-day relative to the report that Presi-
dent Roosevelt was interested in some Col
orado mining claims: with reference to
the story published to-day concerning min
ing claims In Colorado, the use of the Pres
ident's name was wholly unauthorized and
steps have been taken to have it's use dis
continued"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-19
MAS0NS TO
President Invited tn Attend the Wash.
iugton Anafversary Exercises.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1~S.-Invitations
have been issued for the celebration by
the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania of the
anniversary Of the initiation of Gen. George
Washington into the Masonic fraternity,
an event which took place in the lodge
at Fredericksburg, Va, on Nov. 4, 1752.
The grand masters, deputy grand masters
and grand secretaries Of all the grand
lodges with which the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania holds friendly relations and
other prominent Masons have been invited.
The celebration will be held in the Masonic
Temple in this city Nov. 5 the formal ex-
ercises being held in the Corinthian or
Grand Lodge Hall.
President Roosevelt, who Is a member of
Oyster Bay Lodge. is expected to be pres
ent and make an address. Gen. Stewart
l.. Woodford, former minister TO Spain,
will deliver an grafton on Washington
as a Citizen" and James NJ. Lamberton.
OF Harrisburg, Pa, one on washington
as a Freemason." Greetings will he re-
ceived from visiting grand masters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-19
Long Cruise for Landsmen.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 1s.-Within two
weeks the United States training ship Mo-
hican will sail for a long cruise with a
crew of about $50 landsmen, going as far
her return cruise. 1t has been customary
for the Adams and Mohican to make Ma
zatlan or Honolulu their farthest point.
south coast ports and perhaps Honolulu,
the Mohican Is to reach far into the South
seas. All the men are between the ages
OF. eighteen and twenty-five years. The
Adam which will make a cruise with APP
prentices. with Wake island as her most
distant point, probably will sail in a few
days
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-19
Cholera Dying Out.

WASHINGTON Oct. 1s.-Some interest
ing information, not covered in the cable
dispatches. Is found in Manila papers re-
Gently received at the War Department.
1t is shown that cholera Is rapidly dying
out in Manila, and all the provinces, with
the exception of Iloilo, Leyte and Fam
bales, show a great improvement. In &C.
bu, where the cholera was quite disastrous,
1t is now under complete control.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-19

CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia. Oct. ls.-Joseph
Abodeeiy. a toSai Assyfian, Was srressea
laws. Abodeely IL charged with attempt
ing to smuggle into America an Assyrian
woman, Alexandra Joseph. at Detroit re-
Gently. The recent attempt was frustrated
and Mrs. Joseph committed suicide by
Jumping from a train near Detroit. Abo-
deely claimed hat Mrs. Joseph was his
hancee, but developments show that Abo-
deely was married 10 another woman az
Dubuque six days before.
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WASHINGTON. Oct 1s.-An order was
recently issued by General Chaffee, In COM
nand OF the Philippines. assuming military
jurisdiction over the island of Corregidor.
(The law prohibits the importation of liquors
in the Islands except for hospital purposes,
and all persons engaged In the liquor traf-
fic are ordered TO cease. All persons living
on the watershed OF the stream from which
water Is obtained for the garrison are to
he removed.
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CESSION TREATY PERILED
DANISH RIGsDAG MAY NOT Sane
TION SALE OF ISLANDS.
Little Doubt, However, that I'm Time
Denmark's West Indian Possess
sions VIII BE Sold.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-Advices re-
cefved here. while not fully confirming the
private report circulated in the Danish
West Indies, to the effect that the chances
are against the acceptance by the Danish
pigsdag of the treaty OF cessi0n 10 the
United States. make 1T appear that the fate
of the pending treaty is really very uncer-
tain. 1t is said that so narrow Is the line
of division between the parties in the Rigs
dag that the approval of the treaty practi-
cany depends upon the state of health Of
one or two members and 1t Is intimated
that IL the measure is to succeed at this
session the government must press 1t to a
vote before one Of the convalescents is able
TO return to his legislative duties and cast
an adverse vote.
Nevertheless even should the movement
toward cession fail at this meeting of the
R;xsdag, it Is not doubted that in the very
near future the islands must become the
property of the United States. 1t cannot be
too clearly stated, however, that the United
States government has not the slightest
idea of using compulsion to this end, being
well satisfied that the people of Denmark
will eventually be moved by purely eco
nomic considerations to dispose of the
islands. II Is well known here, just as was
stated In the Rigsdag, that at present the
islands are not self-supporting, and the
Danish government, if it decides to retain
possession, Is confronted with the necessity
of paying money out Of the national treas
ury 10 help the islanders TO sustain their
local government. II Is realized that in the
event OF cession to the United States this
state of affairs as to deficiency In revenues
would probably continue for some time,
necessitating the extension of some meas
ure of support by the United States gov
eminent until such time as the islands de-
velop to the point of paying their way.
Much Is expected of free trade between the
islands and the United States in the devel-
opment of the insular industries, but on
the other hand. the very development of
trade with the United States would, under
free trade, deprive the island treasury of
the revenues now collected on imports from
the United States and compensation must
be sought from some other source.
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Aged Banker Asphyxfated.

MADISON, Wis, Oct. 1S.-S. w. Reese.
a well-known banke of Dodgeville, was
found dead in bed through suffocation by
gas In his room at the Avenue Hotel to-
day. There were both gas and electric
light in the room, and IL was thought Mr..
Reese arose during the night and started
to light the gas. and then, noticing the
electric light. turned Ii on and left the gas
jet open. lie was about seventy years
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ton. he will go home to vote. The Presi-
dent is progressing finely toward complete
recovery, and now is able to move about
without crutches or even a cane, but his
physicians have Aadvised him not to travel
any distance for at least two weeks. For
this reason he will be unable to attend the
inauguration of President Woodrow Will
son, of Princeton University, although he
present when President Wilson is installed.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 1s.-The Treasury
Department has decided to anticipate the
interest on government bonds due Nov. 1,
and on Monday checks for the payment of
this interest, amounting to 81, 233, OOO, will
be mailed to bondholders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-19

WASHINGTON. Oct. IS. President
Roosevelt to-day for the first time in sever
al weeks went horseback riding. He was
accompanied by his daughter Ethel and
was absent from the White House for a
couple OF hours. IL is stated that his in
5ured Les has ceased 10 give him any trou-
HE
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QUEBEC, Oct. B-olthough Sir wilfrid
Laurier. since his return TO Canda. has
steadfastly denied that he Is an. some OF
those who have seen him are convinced
that ne Is I'm delicate health. The premier
Is reported 10 nave said mat an eminent
stomach, and that he needed complete rest
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President VIII Vote.

WASHINGTON. Oct. Is.-while President
Roosevelt was unable 10 so TO Oyster BAY
20 register his vote for the November cleo
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-13
FOOD IN FRUIT SKINS.
EutrItive Qualities In Them Believed
TO BE Brain Food.

There are more nutritiye qualities
hidden in the skins of fruits, cereals
and vegetables than the average per
son is aware Of In fact, the great
bulk Of the brain building foods are in
the skins of the fruits and vegetables
we eat
If, as Sayarin says, the destiny Of
nations depends on their food" then
the destiny, whether a healthy long
life or insanity or suicide Of every unit
of the United States depends on how he
or she is fed.
If the breed SO much depends upon
food, why should not every person ca
pable Of normal thought seek to pro-
cure such food as best sustains his or
her normality? Brain starvation,
through the lack of suitable brain and
nerve nourishment in our daily food,
is the sole cause of the craving for
stimulants to supply, as they do, arti-
ticialIy and improperly what nature
has provided in a natural form In the
skin of the grape, which contains the
best part of the wine; In the skins of
all fruits and vegetables, and If not In
the skins of the cereals, how comes it
that stimulating properties are extract
ed from them, as the inner kernel,
the starch, is devoid of anything other
than a heat giyer?
1t has been proved by chemical anal
ysis and demonstrated by microscopic
experiments that the most valuable
brain sustaining properties are resi-
dent in all skins of cereals, fruits and
vegetables, and as an instance Of the
great difference to the health resultant
from partaking or rejecting the skins
here Is an incident that occurred in
India, as told by an Indian officer:
4 regiment was stationed in q part
of the country where grapes were the
chief article Of food. The officers, one
after another, became so sick as to be
inyalided as unfit for service, but it
being considered remarkable that the
troops were all we'll a commission Of
inquiry was instituted, when it was
found that while every trooper in eat
ing grapes swallowed the skins the off,
GERS followed the fashionable habit of
rejecting them. 1t was then ordered
that the officers should swallow the
skins, which was done, with the result
that they Immediately recovered.
Thus it will be seen that the skin of
the grape, besides being brain feeder,
possesses other healthful and nutritive
qualities necessary to the sustenance of
the human body. The reason why as
paragus, cabbage, string beans, lettuce,
spinach and other green vegetables are
so wholesome is that the skins are not
rejected Our Friend.
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The Crescent ma an Emblem.

The crescent has been known since
time out Of memory. In ancient my
thology IT decorated the foreheads of
Diana and Of Astarte, the Syrian We
nus. In the days of ROme's greatest
glory the ladies wore it as an orna-
ment in their hair. Since the founda-
ton of Constantinople, the ancient By
zantium, it has been the emblem of the
city and as such adorns its walls and
public buildings, besides being stamp
ed on its coins and postage. The legend
which accounts for its universal adop-
ton In Turkey, and Constantinople in
particular, is as follows:
Philip Of Macedon laid siege to the
city in the year $40 B. c. He chose a
night of unusual darkness for the pro-
posed assault, but was foiled by the
moon suddenly breaking from behind
cloud. In cOmmemoration of this
proyidential deliverance the crescent
was adopted as the symbol of the city.
The Mohammedan sultans We're slow
to assume this emblem until some one
mentioned that it was the symbol Of
increasing greatness, power changing
as rapidly as the phases Of the moon.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-13
4 Tough Negro.

Stories of brute toughness and Ho-
meric endurance are tenderly presery-
ed in the folklore OF the water front
how, for instance, Scipio Flanagan,
"thc biggest ngger in the business,
supported the entire weight Of an i'm
mensc packing case, weighing upward
of 1900, on his PROSTATE body. The
negro held the hand truck to receive
the case, which in the hands of half
dozen men was being balanced at just
the right angle to slip into place. But
it hit the edge of the truck and knock
ed 1t away, and the negro unlucktly
lost his footing and fell fiat with the
great box on top Of him. He shrieked
I'm terror and groaned, it was said, like
siren whistle, but when a gang Of
1fteon men lifted the thing bodily and
pulled him out all he did was TO screw
his fists into his eyes like big child,
stretch his long limbs grotesquely and
return to work or course he talked
about this feat for many a day.-Frank
Leslie's Monthly.