Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1895 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1895. CHICAGO MAY GET IT Hanna, "as any one conversant with the action of the Ohio State convention should INDIANA'S GREAT BOOK DISTRIBUTORS, THE

know. The public men of Ohio have sustained the action of that convention In the strongest language. General Bushnell and Governor Foraker referred to the McKlnley candidacy constantly during the last campaign. Senator Sherman was chairman of the big meeting held at the time of the State convention, when the McKlnley candidacy was the practically unanimous sentiment. The Senator has spoken in interviews and otherwise in favor of Mckinley's candidacy. This outside suggestion is merely mischievous, intended to injure Governor McKlnley. If it seeks to embarrass us here it falls entirely, aa there is a most complete unity on the part of the Ohio men in favor of Governor McKlnley." CARROLL ELECTED.

ItEPt I1LICA.V COVKTIO. LIKELY TO GO TO T1IU WI5DY CITY. on n TlOYVO f0 lion, J. X. Huston, Indlnna Member of the .ntlonal Committee, In Said to Favor the Illinois Metropolis.

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SAX FRAXCIMCO, ST. LOUM, BW YORK, PITTS HI Il IX TUB HACK. CtirroII Elected to the Kentnrk)' Lfg. lsli?are Republicans and Democrats Tied at GX 31embers Each. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Dec. V-rion. James N. Huston, the Indiana member ot. the .national committee, Id here to attend the meeting of the committee next Tuesday, when the time ad place of holding the national con vention will be selected. Mr. Huston Is not ready to express his preference, but It is generally understood that he prefers Chicago. There is a constantly growing feeling that Chicago will be selected after two or three ballots. The San Francisco committee of citizens is working hard to win votes, but It is not winning' votes that will stick. It fs quite likely that San Francisco will lead all competitors cn the first ballot, but if at any time there appears danger of San FranCisco's success a combination will be formed by all the other competitors in 'favor of Chicago. As a matter of fact a number of committeemen who will vote for San Francisco on the first ballot, are really partial to Chicago and their votes will be cast for the Windy City when needed. An Associated Pres dispatch pays: Comparatively few of the members of the Republican national committee which meets hero next Tuesday have yet reached the city, but it Is expected that by to-morrow evening a large majority of them will have arrived, Hon. J. S. Clarkson has been in the city for two or three days and Secretary' Manley Is expected to-morrow. There are several cities in the field for the national convention and a number of them have already sent forward one or two representatives. San Francisco, 'however, has a full delegation here with the exception of Mr. De Young, of the San Francisco Chronicle, who Ls expected soon. Mayor Frank Rader, of Los Angeles; Mr. Osborne, editor of the Los Angeles Express; General Friedrich, General Chapman and George O. Knight, have headquarters at the Arlington, and ire making the most of their opportunities They announced to-night that they had obtained pledge from -the railroad companies to make a fifty-dollar, or less, round-trip rate from th Eajst. which would include every one who desired to make the trip. Mr. Clarkson and .!r. Manley are known to strongly favor rian Francisco, and it was claimed to-night that it-would have at least or 23 votes on the first ballot. It was elated that a sum sufficient to liquidate the indebtedness of' the national committee, whatever It might be. had already been pledged, but tho delegation was willing to accede to every reasonable wish of the committer. San Francisco already has a hall sufficient to seat fifteen thousand people, and, if thU was not thought to be large enough, another and a larger-one -would -be erected. The hotel accommodations, it was maintained, were first-Mass and amp'e. Mr. De Young had given special attention to the subject or wire facility and it was not doubted that when he -arrived to-morrow it would be shown that they were greater than any de. mand that would be made upon them. California, it was said, had no presidential candidate in San Francisco. All candidates would be free from local influences, and for that reason the city was most desirable. Th full delegation, will meet to-morrow night, when it is expected that some formal announcement of San Francisco s proposition will be made. Mr. Chauncey Filley, of St. Louis, and Mr. Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, are here, in advance of the regular delegation which will present the claims- of St. Louis. In speaking of the matter to-night Mr. Filler said that St. Louis was without prejudice as to the other cities in the race. It bases its claims to favor upon the fact that It is centrally located and can conveniently and with comfort accommodate all who may attend the convention. t. Louis, he raid, offers all of the money necessary to meet any obligation of the committee, whether it be XTS.QOO or $100,000. Her location, it was asserted, gives the lowest rates for transportation and a general saving of time in transit. It had a direct and through train service to all points east, west, north and south. The city has a hall with twelve thousand seating capacity and a larger one would be built If thought necessary. The Chicago and Pittsburg delegations have not yet arrived, but are expected tomorrow, when they will open headquarters. It is understood that a delegation from New York will reach here to-morrow to advocate the selection of Saratoga Springs as the next convention city. Gen. R. A. Alger, of Detroit, arrived at the Arlington to-night. In the course of a conversation he raid that he fully expected Congress, during its present sesHion. would pass some measure for the relief of the treasury. It certalnlv should do so. in his opinion, and If the President declined to approve It the responsibility would be his. General Alger thought a tariff hill which would Increase the revenues of the government and afford additional protection in some directions would meet with general approval. Smt York'ii Committee. NEW YORK. Dec. 7. The committee of one hundred appointed by the Board of Trade and Transportation has designated a special subcommittee to visit Washington on Monday and lay before the national Republican committee the claims of New York city for the holding of the Republican convention. This committee, of which General Butterfield is chairman, was empowered to offer a place for holding the convention and necessary expenses attendanton the meeting of the convention itself. The committee will leave by special private car over the Baltimore & Ohio road Monday afternoon. It is expected that the subcommittee will be Increased by volunteer from the general committee. The subcommittee is as follows: Gen. Daniel llutterileld. Hon. Theodore W. Myers, Hon. William Harnoux. John D.'Crlmmlos. Herman Oelrlehs. Hon. Darwin R. James, Theodore M. Roche. James H. lireslln, Simon I. Merritteld. - F. B. Thurber. James Tal-i-ott.'C. C. Shayne. Murat Halstead, Willlam R. Grace, Oscar S. Straus. Gn. E. A. McAlpln. John Clartin. Samuel W. Fairchild. Jordan I Mott. K. It. Ladew. Hugh R. Garden. Gen. Anson G. McCook. Chauncey M. Depew, Roger Maxwell. Austin CorMn, John Inman, William Berrl and E. Allen. - The St. Louis Contingent. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 7. The committee of twenty-four prominent citizens of both parties, who were appointed to visit Washington and persuade the national Republican committee to decMe on m. i-ou!s as the lace to hold tne next national convention, eft here to-day on a special train over the B. & O. for Washington. Mayor Walbridge headed the committee. OHIO'S FAVOI1ITK SOX. Mark Hnnna Saya Ilia Xante In .McKlnley Sherman Xot In the Race. WASHINGTON. Dec. 7, Mark Hanna, of Cleveland, has Joined the Ohio delegation that will look after the interests of Governor McKlnley during the meeting of the Republican national committee, and to-day, peaking of reports that Ohio had some other candidate than McKlnley, said: ,OhIoVvabsoJute3r.un,tei ,n R support of GovernorXcKinly, and any 'reports that another Ohio i.ame will be presented to the convention ..are mischievous and false. In the most; formal manner the Republican party of Ohio has presented the name of Governor McKlnley to the country as Ohio's choice for the presidency. This was done at the State convention and specifically announced tn the State platform." Mr. . Hanna. was asked as to the statement made by a gentleman named Wood that the name of Senator Sherman would presented to the national convention. "Ttxt is rot, pure and simple' said Mr.

Republicans Lost Their Chance of Controlling Kentucky' Legislature. LOUISVILLE, Dec. 7. The Democrats won out to-day In the special election In the Forty-e!ghth legislative district," sending A. J. Carroll to the Legislature by a majority of 4C8 over Charles A. Blatz, the Republican nominee. As a result the Kentucky Legislature Is left with a tie on Joint ballot, and the balloting for United States Senator to succeed Senator Rlackburn is likely, to result In a deadlock. On Joint ballot, the Republicans and Democrats will have Sixty-eight votes each and the Populiats two, and it is pretty well assured that the Populist vote will split up. The election was a hotly contested one. Carroll had refused his certificate after the November election because of the secret withdrawal of Shreve, the Republican candidate. .Carroll, who is ex-Speaker of the House, declared he could not accept an election carrying with it the least suspicion of fraud, and demanded a special election. The A. P. A. element figured slightly In the day's balloting, and several fights resulted, although no one was seriously Injured. John Whalen, the Democratic leader in the district, got into trouble at one of the voting places and was unceremoniously pitched Into the street, escaping how. ever, without Injury. The police responded to several riot calls, but had no difficulty In suppressing the trouble. REBELS PUSHING ON

ARMIES OF GOMEZ AXD MACEO MARCIII.XG IXTO SAXTA CLARA. Advnnce of the Cnbnn Insurgent Xot Checked, aa Reported by the Spanish Authorities. (Copyright, 1SX, by the Associated Press.) HAVANA, Dec. 7. In spite of the reported defeats of Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo by Gen. Suaez Valdez, Gen. Navarro and General Aldecoa, the latter being understood to be in pursuit of the insurgents, who are believed to be caught between the columns of troops commanded by these generals and that of General Aldave, it is now stated that Gomez and Maceo, having united their forces, Instead of being in flight In the province of Puerto Principe, are advancing through the proince of Santa Clara. 'General Aldave. as already cabled, was said to be in pursuit of the insurgents after they had turned his flank and crossed the line between Ciengo de Avila and, Moren, in, the province of Puerto Principe, "on their way to Santa "Clara. Maceo and Gomez, it is now stated, have already passed the road from Iguara on the frontier, to Taguasco, a little north of SanctI Spirltus. This news would seem to be correct If only from the fact that the column of troops commanded by Colonel Segura, covering two hundred miles, loaded with ammunition and provisions, seems to have . had a brush with the enemy near Iguara, the result of which was to drive the Spaniards into Iguara with the loss. It is claimed, of only nine killed. Rut, it is admitted that the Spanish troops had to fight desperately in order to' escape being captured and, soon afterwards, the insurgents were divided into two corps, one marching northward in the direction of the Remedios district," and the other heading southward towards the, Trinidad district. From this it would seem that-, the Spaniards must either have evacuated Sancti Spirltus, or else their force of troops there is so insignificant that the Insurgent commanders have no hesitation In leaving it in their rear, although It may be reinforced later by the column commanded by General Aldave. These movements of the Insurgents throw an entirely different light on the campaign in Cuba, and, if correctly reported, would Indicate that the Spaniards have been unable to prevent the advance of the enemy from the province of Puerto Principe into the province of Santa Clara, and that the combined armies of Gomez and Maceo are strong enough to enable them to be divided into two crops which are advancing into the heart of the district where General Campos has made his headquarters and where about forty thousand Spanish troops are reported to .have been assembled. This view of the case is ail the more noteworthy from the fact that. only this morning it was officially stated here that the friends of the insurgents, who expected Gomez and Maceo to move rapidly upon the province of Santa Clara and later on the province of Matanzas, which would bring them dangerously near Havana, had been disappointed at their failure to do bo, and the reported defeats of the insurgents, classed as having been due to their "shameful and cowardly behavior," were said to have demoralized them, and it was stated further that the Spanish officials considered the rebellion to be morally broken.' These rapid movements of the insurgents, which . their friends hoped they would accomplish "before the arrival of reinforcements of troops," now seems to have actually taken place, and, therefore, the rebellion, instead of being broken, looks as if It was making rapid progress, in spite of the efforts of the Spanish-government. Only this morning, however, the supporters of the government were so hopeful of the speedy suppression of the insurrection that it was announced that they .were expecting to be able to reap a good sugar crop, and that many of the planters, in view of the recent events, were preparing for grinding their sugar cane. At the same time, it was admitted that the arrival of reinforcements was impatiently awaited, and when the steamer Montevideo arrived here from Spain to-day with Cantabria and Ballon battalions, the soldiers were accorded a most enthusiastic reception. ' ThI.- Is the situation in a nutshell. The Insurgents, according to the report received thi afternoon, and having practically official confirmation, are advancing in two strong columns through the province of Santa Clara, where it may be said nearly the entire effective Spanish force Is concentrated. This startling news is in conflict with the government advires. given out earlier In the day, to the effect that the Insurgents were In retreat through the province of Puerto Principe. The reported advance of the two columns under Maceo and Gomez Into Santa Clara and the defeat of the Spanish troops near Iguara has caused some excitement in Havana to-night. Leader Quinlan and Randeras are now at the head of their forces and they are marching in the direction of the district of Trinidad. Lord Winston Leonard Churchill and the English officers .who accompanied him during his tour through Cuba for the purpose of witnessing the operations of the Spanish and Cuban forces, have sailed from this port on the Olivette. Ixrd Churchill, who is a son of the late Randolph Churchill, is an officer in the English army. He ex pressed satisfaction with the results of his visit to tne interior or uuoa. General Campos has just finished reviewing the Spanish batalllon. He will leave tomorrow or the province of Santa Clara. Return of Filibuster. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The Spanish minister received to-night a dispatch from the consul of his government at Key West announcing that sixty of the filibusters who sailed for Cape Sable last Sunday cave re turned to Key West. There were seventy five men in the party and their out.it was captured by the crew of the United States revenue cutter Winona, while they were waiting for transportation to Cub. The men took to the woods wnen tne cutters crew surprised them Minister Secures n Divorce. PERRY. O. T.. Dec. 7. In the District Court here, to-day. Rev. George C-.j-ron, a noted minister and professor in the theo logical schools or Taunton and Andover, Mass., was granted a divorce from his wife, Lillet t M. Capron. formerly Miss Whitney, to whom he was married in 1S82. The derrpA plves Rev. Carron custodv of their two children. Infidelity with plaintiffs brother was charged, it was also charged that the wife had a violent and ungovernable temper, and that she frequently hit him with chairs, brooms ana crockery.

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A DEAD MAX BLAMED. Responsibility for the Cleveland Viaduct Disaster Placed on Conductor. CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 7.-It is said tonight that the coroner has decided on his verdict in the recent viaduct accident, by which seventeen persons lost. their lives. Motorman Rodgers, of the car which plunged into the open draw. Is held blameless, it Is said, because he swore positively that he did not see the danger signals or know that the drawbridge gates were open until the car was almost into the draw. It is said that the coroner also exonerates the bridge captain, holding that the testimony showed the gates were closed and the danger lights In place. This will free the city from blame. It is also said that the verdict will place the blame on the conductor of the car. Edward. Hoffman, who met death in the acciJent, for the testimony showed that the conductor opened the switch and signaled the motorman to come ahead. Therefore the motorman believed that everything was all risht. PUGILIST iC BRAGGADOCIO. What Corbett Will Do If Mnhrr Doesn't Kill Fitsslmmons. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-James J. Corbett will Issue a statement over' his signature in a few days setting forth his position, pugillstlcally. He outlines this statement today: "My sympathies are heartily with Maher in his match with Fitrslmmons,'; said Corbett. "I hope he'll beat that Australian's brains out. But If he does not I'll make Fitzsimmons fight for any .amount of money he pleases or for a shoe strlm:. I'll show that fellow up before I get througn with him." "But In case Fitzsimmons loses, what about Maher?" said the reporter. "I intend to let Maher alone unless he makes cracks at me. In that case I'll have to call him; that's all. I don't care to en ter the ring again, but 1. won't allow any one to make any bluff in my direction." Baltimore Belle to lie Married. BALTIMORE, Dec. 7. Miss Bertha Bartlett, one of Baltimore's most beautiful bflles, will be married on Thursday next to Mr. Charles M. Sherman, of Chicago. The wedding will occur at 1 o'clock In th afternoon at the home of Mr. Columbus O'Donncll Lec. in Mclvale. a few miles from

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