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INDIANAPOLIS IN LUCK MAY GET EXTRA LETTER CARRIERS FOR SUBURBS BEFORE LONG. ♦ Little Probability, However, that Additional Railway Postal Clerks Will Be Pat on to Handle Mails. ♦ SALE OF THE UNION PACIFIC — —♦ GOVERNMENT TO GET 1(150,000,000 OUT OF THE PROPERTY. Five Million* Added to Proposed Purchasers' First Offer—Guatemala Mission to Be Given to Dr. Hnnter. Special to the Indianapclis Journal. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Representative Overstreet, who ai rived here yesterday, spent a greater portion of the-day making a tour of the departments on matters of interest to his constituency. He secured at the Postoffice Department the appointment of J. W. Fuller, to be pos master at Stone Crossing, Johnson county. Mr. Overstreet’s chief mission at the Postoffice Department was to urge increased facilities for handling the mails at Indianapolis. He called on the general superintendent of the railway mail service relative to the need of placing additional crews of railway mail clerks to more expeditiously handle the increasing volume of postal business of Indianapolis. In this request Mr. Overstreet frankly admitted that he did not recive much encouragement, further than that the request would be taken under consideration. Another matter in which Representative Overstret is greatly interested is to obtain an extension of the free-delivery system in Indianapolis. The request seems to meet with favor at the department, and Mr. Overstreet appears to be contident that his request for extra carriers will be granted. The President to-day appointed Elam H. Neal postmaster at Jonesboro, Lnd., and John H. Hoffman postmaster at Llgonier. The following fourth-class postmasters for Indiana were appointed: Acton, Marion county, William A. Jemison, vice J. F. Sutherland, resigned; Alliance, Marion county, Edward S. Smith, vice Garrett Riley, deceased; Boston, Wayne county, Joeeph S. Powell, vice W. F. Jones, removed; Lawrence, Marion county, Earnest Newhouse, vice G. R. Barnhart, resigned. Representative George W. Steele, of Marion, left for his home this evening. Mr. Steele spent to-day visiting the various executive departments in regard to minor matters of interest to his constituents, and incidentally culled on the President, simply, as he salu, ‘to pay his respects. ’ The resignation of Vv. 11. Byington, letter carrier, at Evansville, lnd., has been received and accepted by the postmaster general, to take enect Sept. 10. An order was issueu to-day by the postmaster general dropping the name of Ransom A. ’larknigton irorn the roll of letter carriers at Indianapolis.

sale OF THE UNION PACIFIC. The Government Will Receive About from the Pnrehawers. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—Ex-Governor Hoadly, counsel for the United States in the matter of the Union Pacific foreclosure sale, spent several hours to-day in close conference with Attorney General McKenna arranging the details of the sale on Nov. 1 and the subsequent transfer of the government’s interest in the property to the highest bidder. Both the attorney general and Mr. Hoadly were reticent regarding what further concessions had been made by the reorganization committee, but it is understood from perfectly trustworthy sources that the committee has .acceded to the government's contention that its lien on tlie Union Pacinc road includes the Omaha bridge, and that it has increased Its cash bid five million dollars. This would make their guarantee otter for the property, including the sinking fund now In the treasury, about sso,o<A),Oiju. So far as can be learned the reorganization committee will be the only bidder at the sale, and in all probability the transfer will be consummated by the payment of the purchase price by Dec. 1. or very soon thereafter. Treasury officials recognize the fact that the withdrawal from circulation of $15,000,000 in cash at one time might have a very serious effect on the money market, and in consequence are devising a plan by which the force of the shock may be reduced to the minimum. No determination of the question has yet been reached, but it seems probable that at least $30,000,000 of the amount may be placed on deposit with government depository banks until Jan. 1, when it will be needed for the redemption of the 6 per cent, subsidy bonds maturing on that date. The remainder of the purchase money, it is thought, may be safely transferred to the treasury. Colorado Injunction. OMAHA. Neb., Oct. 2.—Local lawyers and railroad officials ridicule the idea that the Injunction of the District Court at Denver, directed to the receivers of the Union Baltic here,, restraining them from selling the real estate of the company, as ordered by the Federal Court, on account of the claims of the heirs of ex-Governor Evans, can prevent the sale. No attention will be paid to the order, it is said. The local sheriff today served the papers, however, and says that the Denver court will tind a way of enforcing its decree, at least as far as disposing of real estate in Colorado is concerned. PLACE FOR DR. HUNTER. The Well-Known Kentuckian to Be Made Minister to Guatemala. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-There were a large number of visitors at the White House to-day. Senator Foraker, of Ohio, who was among the callers, said the story published in the East that he had quarreled with Chairman Dick and the Hanna managers in Ohio, and would decline to take uny further part in the campaign, is without a shred of foundation. He said that the last time he saw Mr. Dick he took dinner with him and that their relations are entirely amicable. Instead of declining to make speeches, the senator is now on his way to Ohio from New York, where he has been on business, and on Tuesday will speak at Toledo. Senator Deboe. of Kentucky, and Senator Shoup, of Idaho, were also at the White House. The former was looking after some Kentucky appointments, among them that of C. M. Barnett for surveyor of the port at Louisville. It is announced that Dr. Hunter, of Kentucky, who was recently acquitted of the bribery charges, brought against him in connection with the proGfticial facsimile ot Medal Awarded DR. PRICE’S CREAM BAKPmEF f WIT'j : 7 >|K I!j V&fi HDCfmH • KteeeflßH* fm//j WORLD’S PAIR,CHICAGO, 1893

tracted senatorial fight In the bluegrass State last winter, is to be appointed minister to Guatemala very soon, probably on Monday. Dr. Hunter was promised a foreign mission several months ago, but declined to accept an appointment until he had been vindicated of the charges upon which he had been indicted. Senator Shoup had with him Col. D. S. Gordon, who is a candidate for membership on the Dawes Indian commission. Colonel Gordon is a retired army officer, who has seen long service among the Indians. There is at present no vacancy on the commission. but it is expected'that President McKinley will soon make a change in its personnel. BRITISH BLUE BOOK. Correspondence It elution t tlie Bering- Sea Controversy. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.—The British blue book on the Bering sea was received today. and was scanned with interest by the few officials to whom It became available, owing to the controversy on the subject in which not only this country and Great Britain, but also Russia and Japan have taken part. The volume covers 130 large printed pages, and apparently is exhaustive cf the correspondence, beginning with Sir Julian Pauncefote’s letter to the Earl of Kimberly, of Jan. IS, 1895, and closing with a dispatch from the Foreign Office to Mr. Adams, the charge d’affaires at Washington, on July 30. The cable reports from Loudon that Secretary Sherman’s letter to Embassador Hay had been printed only in part, the alleged discourteous portions being omitted, proved to be incorrect, as the letter is given in the blue book in full. There appears to be no answer to this letter from the Marquis of Salisbury, except a brief note to Colonel Hay, much in the nature of an acknowledgment, and briefly stating the terms on which a conference would be held at Washington, adding that other portions of Mr. Sherman’s dispatch had been sufficiently ans-wert-d in the past, in so far as they required any reply. Lord Salisbury’s last letter mentions only experts nominated by Great Britain, the United States and Canada in referring to a conference this October in Washington of the “powers interested” in the North Pacific seal fisheries and by this there is apparently an implied exclusion of Russia and Japan. The blue book does not for some reason contain Colonel Hays’s letter of next day, July 29. stating that the President hoped that representatives of Russia and Japan would be present at the conference. Prominence is given to dispatches between this government and the British Foreign Office as to the regulations under which British and Canadian sealing vessels shall pursue their vocation. In brief these show that the British government agreed to revive for the present season the arrangement of 1894 as to sealing up firearms. This made it optional with masters of vessels to have firearms sealed up by United States or British naval officers, whose certificate operated as a safeguard to them in case of subsequent seizure, the sealing up being prima facie evidence that the arms were not in use. The United States urged that this agreement should be extended, making the United States regulations binding instead of optional. Lord Salisbury's concluding dispatch on this subject expresses regret at declining to accept the proposal that United States regulations shall apply to British vessels, adding that British regulations, deemed to be sufficient, have been issued. * POWELL TO SUCCEED CARTER. (’hungc in Composition of the Nienragua Canal Commission. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—As a result of several consultations held recently Admiral Waiker, president of the Nicaraguan Canal Commission, and officers of the State and War Departments, it had been decided that changes shall be made in the composition of the commission, and that Captain Oberlin M. Carter shall be succeeded as the engineer member of the body by another member of the corps of engineers. The reason for making the change is believed to be the fact that the present investigation by a board of engineer officers into Captain Carter’s conduct of the river and harbor improvements in his charge before he came to Washington promises to consume so much time as to prevent the execution of the plans of the commission for its visit to Nicaragua next month. As Captain Carter has attended only two meetings of the commission since his appointment, and these were preliminary in character, the commission is not likely to be set back by the work. Secretary Alger, after consultation with the President, sent a telegram to Major Poweli, of the engineer corps stationed at Pittsburg, in charge of the river and harbor works in Ohio. Pennsylvania and West Virginia, requesting him to come to Washinton. He will be requested to assumfe the place held by Captain Carter on the commission. It is now' stated that the captain voluntarily asked to be relieved of duty on the commission in order that he might give his attention to his own affairs. The office of commissioner is a presidential one, and Captain Carter, with the other two members of the commission, was nominated to the Senate and confirmed under the authority confered by act of Congress. Major Powell has a splendid reputation as a practical engineer officer, and is well known to Congress through his service in Washington as engineer commissioner of the District of Columbia.

Appointments by the President. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—The President has made the following appointments: Thomas Seadden, register of the land office at Marquet+e, Mich.; John I. Worthington, register of the land office at Harrison, Ark.: David L. Geyer, of Pomeroy, 0., receiver of public moneys at Roswell, N. M.: Albert H. Manderson, agent for the Indians of the Colville agency in Washington: William H. Driggs, to be lieutenant commander in the navy: Ulysses Grant Ammen, to be assistant paymaster in the navy, with the relative rank of ensign. llangliey Pardon Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—During the absence of Attorney General McKenna the pardon clerk of the Department of Justice has briefed and prepared for his inspection a great mass of papers relating to applications for pardon. Notable ameng these is the case of Haughey, former president of the First National Bank of Indianapolis. It was said at the Department of Justice to-day that the attorney general would probably take up and review the papers in all pardon cases now pending next week. Such as the attorney general may deem worthy of executive clemen y will doubtless be submitted to the President during the coming week. The friends of Haughey express the hope that his case may be called to the attention of President McKinley among the first now before the Department of Justice. Increase In Postal Receipts. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—Henry A. Castle, auditor tor the Postoffice Department, has closed the books of the postal service for the fiscal year ended June 30 last. The results, compared with the preceding year, show that the receipts increased $166,254 tor the year; expenditures increased $3,470,745, while the deficit was increased by $3,304,490. For 1597 receipts were $82,665,462; expenditures, $94,097,042. and the deficit was $11,431,579. Choctaw Factions May Fight. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—Secretary Bliss has requested Secretary Alger to order troops to proceed to Tuskahoma, I. TANARUS., to avert threatened trouble during the sessions of the Choctaw Council, which convenes Monday. Both Governor McCurtain and Indian Agent Wisdom fear an outbreak between the political factions, and urged that troops be sent to preserve the peace and prevent riots. It is probable that a troop of cavalry will be sent from Fort Gibson. Carr’s Removal Ordered. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.—Assistant Postmaster Genera: Heath to-day directed Postmaster Gordon, at Chicago, to remove Charts W. Cavr, superintendent of Station 1 . of the Chicago postoffice, for gener , in, .toru.nat o i end liKomPeteney. His cum- has a ire dy leceived considerable attent on. and lias been fought in the courts under the civil-service act. General Notes. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.—To-day’s treasury statement shows: Available cash balance, $214,362,665; gold reserve. $147,991,771. The American Exchange National Bank, of Cleveland, 0., has been authorized to begin business. Capital. $250,000. The StntHcbucks Sentenced. COLUMBUS. Kan.. Oct. 2.—The notorious Staffleback family, whose crimes are commonly supposed to have rivaled those of the Bi nders, have been sentenced here for the killing of Frank Galbraith, the peddler, who was murdered in their den at Galena. Ed and George Staffleback, convicted of murder in the first degree, get life sentences. Mrs. Wilson, their mother, as an accessory, was sentenced to twenty-one

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years. Mike Staffleback is serving a five years' term for burglary. Ed Staffleback has been declared insane, his mind having given way through fear of lynching. BOLD CLa'm SET UP. Street-Car Company Say* City Cannot Auk Com pen him inn for Franchises. CHICAGO, Oct. 2.—President C. C. Bonney, of tlie Chicago General Railway Company, acting in the interests of the Yerkes lines and the Chicago City Railway Company, has filed a brief in the Supreme Court of Illinois, in which he boldly attacks the right of a city or other municipal corporation to demand any compensation, more than a license on the cars run, from a street-car company in consideration of being allowed the use of public streets. The brief was filed in the appeal of the Chicago General Company from the suit of the city, in which the latter seeks to collect the SSOO a mile compensation which is agreed on in the former franchise ordinance. Its scope is much w T ider than this, however, as the principle set up is that the city cannot demand such compensation in any cases. If the Supreme Court should sustain Bonney’s position its decision would apply to the ordinances extending the existing street-car franchises under the Allen law when they are introduced in the City Council, as they soon will be. Mr. Bonney’s argument applies to gas. telephone and other franchises, as well as those of the companies. new" MARK’by WEFERS FIFTH OF A SECOND CUT OFF THE 150-YARD RUN RECORD. Distance Covered by Georgetown Sprinter in 14 3-5 Second*—Chicago Athletes Beaten by New York.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—The New York Athletic Club’s annual field and track a’hletic games were held on the Traverse island grounds to-day. There was a stiff wind blowing from the eastward across the grounds during the greater part of the afternoon. For a second time this year a dual meet was arranged between the “Mercury foot" experts and the Chicago athletes, and for the second time the Western men had to put up with a clean defeat. The fact that Richards .and Ewery could not compete for .the Illinois delegation proved a serious handicap to the Western club, and while their own men worked very hard, the best they could do out of the twelve races was to win three and sccre half a point on a dead heat in another, leaving the score at the finish 8% points to 3% points, figured on a basis of one for each score. Bernard J. Wefers won three events, in one of which, the 150-yard run, he smashed the world’s record and established anew one. The record for this distance, hitherto 14 4-5 seconds, was held by Wood, but Wefers clipped one-fifth of a second off this and established anew world’s record of 14 3-5 seconds. This may not stand as a record, as he had a favorable wind at his back, but nevertheless his work throughout the afternoon was equal to any of his previous best performances. Wefers won the fifty-yard dash £rom Klunder and Rush, uoth ot Chicago, In 5 4-5 seconds, and won the last quarter of the one-mile relay race by ten yards from Townsend, of Chicago, gaining all that distance and a little more irom the time that he had picked up Lyons at the finish of the three-quarters. A. C. Kraenzlein, a Chicago hurdler, won the high and low hurdles splendidly, and in the discus throwing contest he was third, while his club mate, C. H. Hannaman, won the last event with a throw of 113 feet 8 inches. Kraenzlein’s performances over the hurdles were faultless, and although no extraordinary time was made the Western jumper was generously applauded. The most sensational finish of the day was that between Townsend, of Chicago, and Long, of the local club. Townsend led from the start, with Long only two feet behind him. Townsend increased his lead a trifie on the far turn, but as they rounded into the stretch Long overhauled him and the New Yorker made a wonderful effort at the head of the stretch and the two men raced like a team as they neared the finish. Each of them was run out within a yard of the worsted, and both fell across it simultaneously, each receiving a nasty fall. After the men had revived they tossed up a coin and as Townsend won the toss he got the gold medal and Long the silver one, while their respective clubs scored a half point each. Summaries: Eight-hundred-and-eighty-yard run: Mon by J. F. Cregari, New York Athletic Club; George W. Orton, New York Atheltic Club, second; R. B. Barrett, Chicago Athletic Association, third. Time, 2:12 4-5. Fifty-yard dash: Won by B. J. \\ efers, New York Athletic Club; C. A. Klunder,. Chicago Athletic Association, second; J. H. Rush, Chicago, third. Time, 5 4-o. Wefers led all- the way and won by a yard from Klunder, who was two feet in front of Kush. Two-hundred-aud-twenty-yard hurdle: Won by E C. Kraenzlein, Chicago Atheltic Association; G. G. Winship, New York Athletic Club, second; J. H. Thompson New Y’ork Athletic Club, third; C. A. Klunder, Chicago Athletic Association, fourth. Time, 28 seconds. , Putting sixteen-pound shot: Won by Richard Sheldon, New York A. C., 43 feet 6% inches; C. H. Henneman, Chicago Athletic Association, second, 43 feet 5% inches. One-hundred-ar.d-iifty-yard run: Won by B. J. Wefers, New York Athletic Club; J. H Maybury, Chicago Athletic Association, second; J. H. Rush, Chicago Athletic Association, third: R. W. Moore, New York Athletic Club, fourth. Time, :14 3-5. Wefers established anew world’s record by onefifth of a second. . . _ mandimr high jump: Won by A. P. Schwanerf New- York Athletic Club, with a jump of 4 feet 6% inches; p-ving, New York Athletic Club. 4 feet 5% inenes, second. One-hundred-and-twenty-five-yard hurdle on grass: Won by A. C. Kraenzlein, Chicago Athletic Association; J. H. Ihomasun in New York Athletic Club, second; 'p_ Halpin, New Y’ork Athletic Club, third. Only three men started. Time, :1< Vz-One-hundred-yard dash, handicap: B inal he-it won by S. K. Thomas, K. A. C., (9 vards)- G. *H. Hoffman, Anchor Athletic Club (9 yards), second. A. J. Mendes, K. A. C. (10 yards), third. Time, :10 1-5. a* undine broad jump* Won by A. 1 Sohwancr New York Athletic Club, 10 feet sCinchen5 C inche n s C ; r A N K. Baxter, New York Athletic Club 9 feet 8% inches, second; A. C. Blunder. Chicago Athletic Association, 8 feet 10V 2 run: M. M. Long. New York Athletic Club, and A. J. Townsend. Chicago Athletic Association, deni heat for first place; H. S. Lyons, New York Athletic Club, third. D. H. Jackson. Chicago Athletic Association, quit after going thirty yards. Time, 51 seconds. Mile handicap: Won by R. L. Eaton, New Jersey Athletic Club (10 yards), J. J. Burke New Jersey Athletic Club <IOO yards), second; W. C Messer <SO unattached, third; A. R. Lomhr.son, K. A. C. (30 >aids), fourth. Time, 4:45 4-5. Throwing sixteen-pound hammer: Wor b™ohS FfanSgan. New York Athletic Club, with a throw of 144 feet (5 inches, C. H. Henneman. Chicago Athletic Association 130 feet 11V. inches; C. C. Hadwick, New York Athletic Club, 122 feet 10% inches. One-mile relay race: Won by New York Athletic Club team. Long, Cregan, Lyons Wes- rs - Chicago Athletic Association team, R u S h, Klunder. Jackson, Townsend, second. Time 3i29. Two-mile steeplechase; national championship: Won by George W Orton. New York Athletic Club; T. G McGirr. New York Athletic Club, second; Warren W Smith, New Jersey Athletic Club, third. Time, 12:08 2-5. Throwing the discus: Won by C. H. Henneman. Chicago Athletic Association, 113 feet 8 inches; Richard Shledon, New York Athletic Association, 104 feet 3 inches, second- A. C. Kraenzlein. Chicago Athletic Association, 98 feet 7 inches, third.

BURGLARS FOILED. Bunk Building Wrecked with Nitroglycerin, but No Money Secured. HUME, Mo., Oct. 2.—The Hume Bank was entered by two masked men at 2 o’clock this morning. Nitroglycerin was used to mak< an opening in the big steel safe, containing about $5,000 in cash, but the burglars die not get the money. Sol Moore, who gave the alarm, was compelled by the robbers to stand and watch the operations at tin muzzle of their guns. Marshal Powers ar rived and put the robbers to flight. They stole a horse and carriage and left for th’ Kansas line. An armed posse is after them The bank building, of brick, was wrecked b> the explosion.

MODERN MILITARISM ARMIES OF SOME OF THE LEADING POWERS OF THE OLD WORLD. ♦ Interesting: Talk with Gen. Nelson A. Miles on the Eve of His Hetnrn to the United States. * GREAT FUTURE FOR RUSSIA ♦ GERMANY A VAST MILITARY CAMP AND ALWAYS READY FOR WAR. Freneh Troops Well Disciplined and Not So Spectacular ns the Germans —Seeds of the United States. LONDON, Oct. 2.—Gen. Nelson A. Miles, with Mrs. Miles and Aid-de-camp Captain Maus, sailed for the United States from Southampton on the American line steamer St. Louis to-day. The commander of the United States army has been in Europe since May on his tour of military observation, and has inspected everything in military importance from the armies of the great powers in field action down to “balloons and bikes,” as he remarks. He has looked over the fortifications, barracks, camps, ordnance works of all classes and in the intervals of his work has written three reports to the government covering different features of European militarism. After his return he will, with the assistance, of Captain Maus, prepare another and more comprehensive report, in which will be erabodied recommendations for the improvement of the United States army. Incidentally, General Miles has met most of the rulers of Europe, including Queen Victoria, the Czar of Russia, the Emperor of Germany, the Sultan of Turkey and the President of France. The President of the French republic, however, he considers to be in every characteristic the peer of the royalties of Europe. “President Faure is one of the most courtly, dignified and accomplished men I have mpt in Europe*” he said, and added that the French republic need have entertained no misgivings as to how its chief magistrals would comport himself during his recent visit of state to the Czar, a question which at one time deeply agitated the press of France. General Miles talked interestingly to a representative of the Associated Press of his tour, and although he declined to give any opinions on certain questions, as the relative strength of the French and German armies, his comments on the characteristics of those two organizations as they impressed him while on exhibition in the field maneuvers at Hamburg and St. Quentin, were decidedly significant. Concerning changes which may be made in the organization and equipment of the American army as results of his observations, General Miles would not speak. Certain changes might be made by executive action; others would have to be authorized by Congress. Those matters were dealt with in his reports and whether they would be made known to the public depended oil the secretary of war, to whom the reports were made.

SAW ALL ARMIES BUT SPAIN’S. “When I left Washington the war between Turkey and Greece had assumed serious proportions, and it looked as though neighboring provinces would be drawn into it, and possibly one or two of the great powers of Europe,’* General Miles began. “No one realized at that time that Greece had assumed hostilities when she was wholly unprepared for war; nor did any one anticipate that Turkey would in forty-five days mobilize a great army of six hundred thousand men. When I arrived at Constantinople an armistice had been declared, and the war was practically over, although the armies remained in hostile attitude, and it has taken tnree months to agree on the conditions of peace for a war that had been fought in five weeks. But as my mission only partially concerned that war, and as the President and secretary of war had authorized me to visit such countries as I might think advisable, for the purpose ot military observation. I continued my journey, looking over all the principal armies of Europe, many of the most important establishments, the principal gun factories and foundries, where the material of war is constructed, from the most minute small caliber projectiles to the heaviest armor plate. I have seen all the great armies of Europe except the Spanish army, and I may possibly have an opportunity of seeing that. Os something over three million men under arms, I have seen nearly- four hundred thousand in barrack and in garrison and in field maneuvers, besides nearly one hundred thousand men engaged in the construction of war material. “What I have seen does not indicate that the millennium is at hand when swords will be beaten into plowshares. There nover was another time in the history ot the world when so much energy, ingenuity and wealth were being devoted to war purposes. The resources and industries of many peonies are largely devoted to maintaining large standing armies and formidable navies. Fortunate are the people of the United States that they are walled in by two great oceans, yet this fact would not warrant them in any policy other than keeping a reasonable percentage of the population fully equipped and instructed in modern appliances of war. It so happened that important events occurring in Europe this vear have contributed to my opportunities for observation, giving me chances to see the best of the armies of all the great noW ers The celebration of Queen Victoria’s sixty-year reign brought together fiftv thousand of her army and thirty-eight men of frer n&vy. “The field maneuvers in Russia were conducted on a large scale and were exceedir 0-1 V Interesting. Russia, for hundreds of veara has been a great military nation. Her neople have been accustomed to war and her population is so numerous and she is so located geographically as to he practically independent of the powers of the world Though her government has been autocratic and her people are behind the age in enlightenment, only 8 per cent, of the population being able to read, the rays of intellectual enlightenment are penetration- that vast region, and there is a great future for Russia. What the headlight of the locomotive has done for our Western country in the last generation is now to seme extent. being done for that country through the construction of a railroad across Siberia—one of the greatest enterprises of modern times. Remarkably enough it is being built under the direction of a seif-made Russian prince, who served hi S apprenticeship in the machine shops of Philadelphia, but. Mke Peter the Great, has become master of his trade, and is now contributing materially to the welfare of Russia The Russian army is composed of strong hardv men. and its officers are highly educated and skillful officials. A Y T AST MILITAFY CAMP. “Germany is-one vast military camp. Tt is geographically in such a position that it is compelled to maintain a great military force. On the southeast is Austria, which has been overrun by Germans. On the west is France, which has been conquered and a part of her territory taken away. On the east side stands the great Russian bear, and between the last two Germany inds it necessary to keep her powder dry. The German army is kept under rigid discipline, is well drilled, makes the finest appearance on parade, but its fighting qualities are no better than the English, Russian or French armies. “I saw part of the French maneuvers near St. Quentin. The French army is not spectacular in appearance yet it has a solidity and earnestness of purpose which indicate that it is weli equipped for war. Its uniforms are not so handsome as those ff the German army, but are serviceable, while its officers are skilled and intensely in arnest. There were seventy thousand wellquipped, well-disciplined troops, and the review bv the President was one of the inest displays I ever witnessed. The army if seventy thousand passed the reviewing tand in a little more than two hoars’ time, nd the entire body of cavalry, ten thouand strong, charged across the field in one olid mass and halted but a few yards from he President in almost perfect line and ■dendid order.” The correspondent suggested that European military men held that officers of the

United States army were at a disadvantage in being without opportunities to drill large armies. “In the great field maneuvers they simply simulate war,” was the comment of General Miles. “The Homburg maneuvers were practically a great drill, to some extent spectacular,” said the general. “They looked very grand, but there is no school of war except war. The difference between blank cartridges and leaden bullets and shotted cannon is as marked as that between spectacular scenes of the drama and the real living Issues of life. What might seem to be practical in maneuvers might be wholly impracticable in a condition of actual hostilities. There are hundreds, if not thousands of men, in the United States who have been engaged in the same maneuvers with brigades, divisions, corps or armies in practical drill nearly every day for four years, and at the same time they have been in more desperate, hard-fought battles than many men in Europe. Still, maneuvers are useful, and accustom men to see and to command large bodies of troops and teach bodies of soldiers to move together.” To a question as to w’hether the United States, under its present military policy, would be able to cope with a European power, General Miles replied: ‘‘ln any population, it Is estimated, one man out of five is capable of biaring arms. That would give us an army of twelve millions. Our people are strong physically and generally intelligent and well informed; besides that, each citzen is a sovereign and personally interested in the welfare of his government, and serves voluntarily, without being forced into service by military despoti m. We have many thousands of men still living who have seen more war and participated in more battles than any man in Europe. But it is another thing to equip an army with modern appliances for the defense of a coast, where we would have to use high-power guns and modern projectiles, which it takes years to construct, while small arms are not to> oe made in a few days or weeks. Modern rifles are different from the squirrel guns with which our revolutionary fathers went to war. The range of modern arms is very great, and projectiles weigh from seven hundred pounds to a ton of steel. Ihe rapidity of the rapid-fire machine guns, the Maxim and Gatlinr. is 4<X) and 600 shots a minute. Although these are American inventions, they are largely used in European service. WANTS SEAT IN SENATE. Ex-President Cleveland Would l,iWe to Represent New Jersey. NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—The Journal to-day says: Throughout the length and breadth of New Jersey the rumor has flown that Grover Cleveland is anxious to become United States senator from New Jersey. Senator Smith goes out in ISS9 and Senator Sewall in 1901. If Mr. Cleveland succeeds in being sent to the Senate he will have followed the example set by John Quincy Adams, who became a representative in Congress after having been the Nation’s chief magistrate. Mr. Cleveland returned to his stone house in Princeton but a short time ago. He was born in New Jersey, and it is said that for that very reason he wishes to serve the State before his career closes. There are rumors afloat that Mr. Cleveland began the consideration of the senatorial matter many years ago—in fact, before his last election. The purchase of the Princeton house was the first veiled move. The health of the former President is greatly improved. He looks better, and says he feels better than in years. It was the confinement at a desk that undid him, he says. When Mr. Cleveland will begin open operations for the senatorship is a matter of conjecture among Jerseymen At present he is engaged in “praising up” the State, Princeton in particular, and is making friends hand over fist.

1 HE TRAPPISTS OF GETHSEMANE. A Kentucky Monastery Where No Woman Ever Enters. Christian Advocate. “Won’t you give me an apple, please?” He slowly raised his head while his face flushed crimson, and placed the asjted-for apple in her outstretched hands. She was a laughing, bright-eyed Kentucky belle, and he was a handsome man, large and well-proportioned, with a clean smooth face and brown eyes—a man that w ould attract any woman—but he wore the long, brown robe of the Trappist monk. There was a group of them returning from the field, bringing in some baskets of apples. They were pale and haggard looking, with the exception of the one referred to, and he had not been long from the world, and had not yet lost his worldly beauty of form and feature. And the mischievous belle had addressed her question to him. and with malicious pleasure had compelled him to raise his eyes from the ground and look at her. "He will be punished for such a sin,” said her companion, as they rode away. A little while ago she had looked into the eyes of one of the fathers, and asked, “Father Joseph, w’hat if I should spring past you, and run into the forbidden inclosure?” “Then you would be very wicked,’ the gray-haired monk had replied, as he quickly closed the gate to prevent any such dreadful sacrilege. And so there is one spot in the United States where the modern Eve may never venture, a threshold she may never cross; and that is at the Trappist Monastery at Gethsemane, a short distance from Louisville. It is fifty years or more since the little band of religious enthusiasts left the land of their birth and journeyed across the ocean to found, on American soil, a society of their order. They landed at New Orleans and made their way northward to Kentucky, and here they founded Gethsemane Abbey and began their life of humiliation and suffering, at the same time accumulating, as a community, a parge properly and much wealth. Through a long avenue of beautiful elms the building is approached where these monks immure themselves and think by a life of abstemiousness and un-heard-of sacrifices to win a high place in heaven. It is built after the European style of architecture, a quadrangular building surrounding an open courtyard. Outside are green fields and flow’erlng shrubs, warm sunshine and the blue sky; cross the threshold, and one is in another world—a world that is filled with gray floors and walls, damp air, painted pictures of sol-emn-looking monks in the garb of the order reading holy books, or on bended knees beholding visions of plain-faced angels and madonnas, and living pictures of men in dirty brown robes, passing through the rooms mumbling prayers or shuffling about doing the duties and penances that, have been imposed upon them. The dining room is as cold and comfortless as the rest of the. somber building, and the one meal a day must be a cheerless affair to the half-famished men who gather about the long table with its covering of brown oilcloth. And if the guest—for there are guests now’ and then, those who come here for a little rest from worldiy cares and those who come from curiosity--is at all inqriisitive and propounds a question to his neighbor, it will be received with stolid, uncompromising silence. And if the least noise is made, a knife or fork dropped upon the floor or a plate rattled, the unfortunate monk who caused it must do Instant penance—perhaps fall prostrate upon the floor, and remain thus until the abbot gives him permission to rise, or he may have to fall before each monk and kiss his feet in humility. The one meal consists of bread and vegetable soup, and it is always regular and even, always the same quantity; for every portion of bread is weigned and every spoonful of soup measured—bread and soup and cold water, and, when ill, a little meat; and this is the diet that sustains these men for ten, twenty, even forty years. Nothing that has ever had life passes the lips of the silent brotherhood, except in sickness. In contrast to the chilling pictures, the adoring of saints, and the St. Stephen martrydoms in the other rooms, in the cheerless transept of the abbey there is one beautiful piece of the sculptor’s art. It is a group showing the crucifixion, and it was carved by an old monk with but a single instrument—a blunt penknife. Near the high altar are figures of St. Joseph and other saints, and, unlike the dirty brown and white habits of the monks who daily pass and worship before them, they are adorned with the tawdry flowers and tinsel trappings one usually sees on the images in the Roman churches. Behind the vestry there is an imitation of the Chapel of Notre Dame de Lourdes, w’hich a few years ago created such a sensation throughout the Catholic w’orld. The w’alls are painted to represent the landscape, and there is a rook-formed grotto containing images and crosses. Above the door are the words: ‘‘Penitence’ Penitence! Penitence!” The rooms for are light and airy, and not uncomfortable, containing, as they do, the modern conveniences of bed, table, wash-stand and wardrobe. There is also a crucifix and font of holy water. These rooms are much different from the cells of the monks, which contain nothing but a palette, a crucifix, a font of holy water and a rope knout with which to torture themselves. What need of w'ardrobe and washstand have they when they never take a bath and never take off their filthy brown robes, except when they must do penance by flaggelating their bare backs? IndiuniutiN Will Lecture on Art. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 2.—To-day’s attendance at the Tennesese centennial exposition was good, although there was no special event on the programme. At the art convocation, to be held in the woman’s building next Monday and Tuesday, the lectures will be delivered by Mrs.' Emily Gilbert Gibson, of Indiana; Mrs. Laura A. Fry, of Purdue University, and Mrs. Candace W'heeler.

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FUNDS FROM THE BONDS * AVUAT A TAXPAYER FOUND IX EXAMINING THE CITY’S BOOKS. -e - ■ City Would Have Had to Borrow Had It Not Been for Big Bond Sale**. An editorial in the evening News, the afternoon Taggart organ, had the following to say in reply to the vigorous attacks that have been made on the Taggart system of conducting the finances of the city: “Much has been said about temporary loans, but Mr. Taggart assures the people that no temporary loans have been made by his administration, and that there will be no need to make any. The figures are accessible to all, and the administration challenges the severest scrutiny.” Quite recently a taxpayer went to the controller’s office to ascertain what the figures and records in the office showed in this respect, and one of the clerks began giving the gentleman the desired information item by item, till it suddenly dawned upon the clerk that perhaps the man was employed by the Republicans, and then he promptly closed the books he was examining and told the gentleman that if he wanted further information he would have to see the controller himself. The taxpayer says he was able to ascertain, however, that the Taggart administration, on Sept. 20, 1897, less than two weeks ago, had in its treasury the magnificent sum of nothing, that is, outside of the money received for bonds and the premium on bonds. He shows to the Journal up to Sept. 20 the administration had received ,in money borrowed the sum of $548,983. The borrowed money spent up to Sept. 20 was $35,471.86, which would leave a remainder of $513,511.14. And according to the controller’s books, the last balance made, on Sept. 20, shows that the city has to its credit with the city treasurer exactly $513,511.14. So all the money the city had at that dato was just what it received from the sale of bonds, minus the amount spent from the proceeds of the bond sales. Had the city made no sales of bonds, the taxpayer asks, would it not have been absolutely without a cent in its treasury? Analyzing the balance of $513,511.14, which was on hand Sept. 20, the searcher of the records found that $850,000 was received from the sale of park bonds, $150,000 from the sale of police station bonds, $10,613.17 from the premium on the police station bonds, and s7u. .00 from the sale of fire department bonds, in 1896. On Jan. 1, 1897. there was a balance in the fund from the sale of fire apparatus bonds of $18,369.83, there having been spent $52,330.17. As premiums on park bonds the city received over $20,000 and. even at $20,U00, this would make the total receipts from bonds $548,903. As the premium on park bonds was in excess of $20,000, this would make even a worse showing for the administration. The borrowed money already spent up to Sept. 20 was $35,471.86, as far as the taxpayer making the investigation could ascertain. In addition to the above, the city had warrants outstanding and unpaid to the amount of $10,035.67 on Sept. 20, 1897. The books show outstanding warrants Dec. 31, 1896. of $76,449.86; amount registered Jan. 1 to Sept. 20, 1897, $663,653.44; total. $740,103.30; total amount redeemed. Sept. 20, $730,067.73; oustandlng Sept. 20, $10,035.67. A resume of the situation of the city's finances on Sept. 20. the taxpayer epitomized as follows: It had the use of $348,9-3 borrowed money, and on Sept. 20 had on hand $513,511.14, having up to this time spent $35,471 .86 of borrowed money, and in addition had outstanding warrants amounting to $10,035.67, a total of $45,507,53 over and above the amount of borrowed money that was on hand on that date. This makes it apparent that had there been no issue of bonds the Taggart administration would have had to borrow. Excursionm In Town To-Day. There will be several excursions run into Indianapolis to-day. The Big Four will run one from Seneca, Union City, Elkhart and Terre Haute; the C., 11. & D. one tiom Cincinnati: the P. & E. one from Champagne, and the Panhandle one from Louisville. The 1., I>. & W. will run one from

Indianapolis to Decatur and the Big Four three to Cincinnati. DAVIS CASHED A CHECK. A Merchant of Jamestown Is Out SBO through It. N. F. Davis, a merchant of came to the city last night and asked the police to assist him in locating a man who had swindled him out of SBO. Ho said a man giving the name of N. Simons had visited Jamestown yesterday and represented himself as the traveling salesman of a Cincinnati upholstering concern. He tried to sell a bill of goods, and. falling in this, induced Mr. Davis to indorse a check for him. Mr. Davis became suspicious when the fellow' took the first train for this city, and wired Cincinnati, learning that tho stranger was a fraud. 800 GANG AT AN OPENING. Police Give Xo Heed to Two Men XVho Were Assaulted. Last night Thomas Mead assumed control of a saloon at the corner of Leota and Bates streets and the event was celebrated by an “opening.” Beer flowed liberally and In the course of the evening the "800 gang” made its appaerance and started a row. Frank Martin, of (old) 187 Shelby street, and Frank Cline, of (old) 220 East Michigan street, happened to come in contact with members of the drunken gang and were roughly handled. They complained to the police, but no arrests w r ere made. Samuel Bussey was arrested last night on a warrant charging him with embezzlement. He was in the employ of Oscar Dietz, a marketeer, and the latter charges that he failed to account for $8 that he collected. Buseey recently came heie from Columbus, O.

Her Face Covered with Scales. Could Not Leave Home. Had to Sacrifice Hair. Tried CUTICURA~REMEDIES. Improvement In Three Weeks. Six Weeks Complete Cure. Four years ago Eczema made its appearance on my head in its worst form. I was attended by two physicians, but notwithstanding their treatment it continued spreading, until my tace was covered with scales and became a horrid, loathsome sight. For three months I did not leave the house. I had a fine head of hair, seven years’ growth, and had to sacrifice it. I was in despair. The physicians had failed even to relievo me, when one of them recommended Ootk uha Soap. I used three boxes of Clticcka (ointment), one half dozen cakes of Ct’Tici RA Soap, and one bottle of Ctm cuha Resolvent, and in three weeks from the time I began, the scales had left my face ami the skin lost Its florid hue. In sir weekt I vnr entirely curol. My face was smooth and my complexion clearer than it had ever been before MARION* A. SMITH, Sunbury, Pa. Bearnr Ccaa Tceatmest. - W.rm hatha, with Cvtjccbv Soac, c.ntto application* o* Certcea* (ointment!. the great .kin etna, *ad mild do.ro of Ctrrici’BA KxivM.vkst, graateot of blood puriHeraaud humor eurea. Bold throughout th world. Purru D. *C. Cona tola Prop*., He.ton. *• How to Cura lha Wont £c*ama,'*froa. BABY’S SKIN

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