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NEW HOPE AROUSED CHICKAMAIGA TROOPS LEARN FIFTEEN REGIMENTS ARE WANTED. ♦ Gen. Wade and Staff Left Camp Tliomaa Lust Night to Report at Wahlutston at Once. CHICKAMAUGA PARK. Ga., July 31.-A genuine surprise was sprung at Camp Thomas this afternoon. Instead of further troops being ordered out, as might have been expected, Maj. Gen. James F. Wade, commanding the army at Camp Thomas, was ordered to report forthwith to the secretary of war at Washington. In compliance with the order. General Wade and the following members of his staff proceeded immediately to Chattanooga and left thence at 10 o’clock to-night for Washington: Maj. \V. E. Almy, assistant adjutant general; Capt. Lloyd C. Griscom, assistant Quartermaster. U. S. V.; Capt. J. Cooke, third commissary of subsistence, U. S. V.; Lieut. G. W. Reed and Lieut. J. P. Wade, of the Fifth United States Cavalry, aids-de-camp. Ther was no inkling at Camp Thomas, until late this evening, of the purpose of the order, but it was pretty generally interpreted to mean something like w'hat the press reports from Washington later outlined—that fifteen regiments were to be selected for a provisional force in Porto Rico—and for this reason the order had the effect to arouse new hopes among the troops, and especially among those of the Third Corps, who had about come to think they would not be >called for in the present war. Gen. Wade find staff will reach Washington some time to-morrow afternoon. Brig. Gen. Royal T. Frank, U. S. V., commanding the First Division of the Third Corps, assumed command at Camp Thomas this evening, which position he will hold until the return of General Wade, or until further orders. Owing to almost continuous rain at the park from 11 a. m. until to-night the day was very disagreeable, and the soldiers remained in quarters. The commanding officers took advantage of this excellent opportunity to muster the regiments preparatory to receiving their government pay for the month of July, and the result is that to-night practically all the regiments had been mastered. The pay rolls have been made up, and, while the paymasters had not arrived up to this evening, the regiments are expecting their pay during the week. The task of paying the men will probably* begin not later than Wednesday of this The percentage of sickness at Camp Thom as j notwithstanding there has been rain for* a week, continues very low. The report qf Maj. C. M. Drake, surgeon in charge bf the First Division of the Third Corps, issued this morning, shows that out of the 12.000 troops In the division there are 228 sick dn the hospital. This is less than one and nine-tenths per cent. It appears that William Henderson, of the Twelfth New York, is a deserter, and, to deceive ;the authorities, reported his own death to the undertaker and the newspaper reporters. Colonel Leonard states that there w*as no killing at the rifle practice of his regrment Saturday, and that the man Henderson had not been in camp for two weeks. Private Lawson, of the Second Arkansas, who was killed at the rifle range, was buried to-day in the National Cemetery. It was announced to-night by one of Gen. Wade’s staff, just before boarding the train for Washington, that Gen. J. S. C. Breckinridge had been assigned to the command of the army* at Camp Thomas, and would probably arrive Tuesday or Wednesday. An interesting marriage occurred in this city to-day. The groom is a member of Company A, Fifth Illinois Infantry, and gave his name as J. F. Reynolds, LL. D., D. D., of Denver, Col. The bride was Miss Alice K. Larned, of Ann Arbor, Mioh., a nurse graduate of Grace Hospital, Detroit, Mich., and at present employed at the Leiter Hospital. Two deaths occurred at Leiter Hospital to-day. Ben F. Savage, Company D, Ninth Pennsylvania, the remains being shipped to his former home at Reading, and Ed Wert, Second Ohio Infantry; remains to be sent to his family, at Gallon, 0., to-morrow. REMOVAL IMPERATIVE. Typhoid In Cnnip Alger Increasing nnd Doctors Protesting. Correspondence of the Journal. CAMP ALGER, Va., July 30.—As soon as it is properly decided the present camp of the One-hundred-and-fifty-ninth will be changed, owing to the surgeons’ reports. The first order to move to the site vacated by the First Division was revoked and Col. Barnett and his officers have been scouring the territory* hereabouts in search of a s*Atable place to locate. Lieutenant Bayafd, acting adjutant of the third battalion, is laid up with a sprained ankle received in dismounting from a horse. < ’haplain Weaver is on the sick list. He will probably go home for a short rest. Ten new cases of tphoid fever and two deaths in camp was the hospital record yesterday. The One-hundred-and-fifty-ninth has about forty cases of measles and about a half dozen cases of fever. The medical department has now* decided that the typhoid fever is the result of drinking milk, and a sweeping order has been issued against the introduction of miik in camp. All gs the stands have been placed under restraint for this reason. The regiment will be mustered for pay Sunday morning. Lieutenant Wood. Company* M, of Evansville. off duty for the past week on account of sickness. Is improving. Company B. of Terre Haute, has received Smess tent from friends at home which is ox6o feet. It is the only one of its kind in camp. G. W. B. May Go to the Seashore. WASHINGTON, July* 31.—The plan for a grand review of the troops at Camp Alger before the President and Cabinet is not likely to be executed. An announcement has been made that the review, which w*as to take place next Saturday, would be postponed until the/ 13th, hut the prospect Is that this in. preliminary to giving it up entirely, owing the prevalence of sickness and the possible removal of the camp. Removal rumors are again current, the latest report being that the camp will he moved to Seagirt, N. J., where the sea Is relied on to relieve the troops from all trace of typhus. Twenty-two more cases of typhoid fever were removed to the post hospital at Fort Myer for treatment, and twenty patients received at the First Division hospital and classed as suspects in yesterday’s report with the disease which is attacking the troops at Camp Alger. Among those taken to Fort Myer are: First Lieut. Hoffa, Company H. Thirteenth Pennsylvania; Privates Joseph Rightcr, Company C; J. L. Schriver, H. P. McCarty. S. Henry and Edward Hines, Company G. and F. P. Laughner. Company B. all of the Twelfth Pennsylvania. Those received at the division hospital are Privates E. H. Cokely. Layton Williamson, H. Kabel, Porter Burkholder, Stewart Null, Samuel Weimouth. Martin Avery, Daniel Shultz, Simon Long and Thomas Boyle, Company G; Joseph Bright, Company E: B. T. Smith and William Rascll. Company F, all of the Twelfth Pennsylvania; William Smith. Company E, First New York; Arthur Bisbing. Company B, and Thomas Gilles and Samuel Davis, Company H, Thirteenth Pennsylvania. Hunting for n New Camping Place.. MOUNT GRETNA, Pa., July 31.—Colonel Moore. Major Heistand and Dr. Smart, government commissioners, accompanied by a j>arty of Pennsylvania Railroad officials, to-day inspected the recent camp grounds •f the Pennsylvania volunteers, with a view of locating a permanent camp. The commissioners have visited a number of localities which have been suggested as suitable places for the camp of the soldiers now ill Aigul} .Ai£.r. The lutter, U is said, is

considered unfit for camping purposes on account of typhoid fever prevailing there. A place near Middletown, Pa., was inspected later in the day. Texas Not Short of Votnnteers. HOUSTON. Tex., July 31.—Adjutant General Wosencraft denies that Texas Is short in furnishing her quota under the second call. He has furnished the following statement: “At the time the second call was made there were in my office requests from organized companies in this State to be enlisted under the second call in which the aggregate was fully 15.000 men, and individual requests to the same effect of a vast number of men. The difficulty with the Governor in responding to the second call was not in securing volunteers, but in determining which to select among the 150 companies offered. The slowness in mustering the fourth regiment of Texas volunteers into service has been purely the fault of the machinery of the War Department of the United States and the hard conditions relative to transportation imposed by that department, and of the neglect by the United States to furnish shelter and food for the troops.” Alaska Militia to Be Organized. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., July 31 Alaskan advices say that Governor Brady, who will soon organize militia companies at Juneau, Fkaguay and Sitka, has been notified by the Interior Department that over 27,000 has been set aside hy the government for the equipment of the Alaska militia. Private Halle Dead of Fever. NEW YORK, July 31.—Private William Halle. Company P, Twentieth United States Infantry, died last night at Swinburne island. Halle has been suffering from malarial fever. It Is also said that he was sunstruck before leaving Cuba. GETTING EVEN. (Concluded from First Page.) Battery B, Fifth Siege Artillery, died from typhoid fever and w*as buried at once. This makes five deaths from that disease on the transports. Private Arthur Draper, of Company M, Sixth Massachusetts, has been promoted to a lieutenancy for gallantry in action. On Tuesday he led the final charge which drove back the Spaniards. He is the son of Gen. William F. Draper, American ambassador to Italy. The news that Spain had consented to sue for peace was received here in a dispatch to the Associated Press and was at once taken to General Miles. The general wrinkled his grave brow when he read it, and said he did not know what effect it would have on his expedition, but he purposed to push on ahead and take San Juan pending orders from the President The Associated Press dispatch boat carried information out to the fleet and there was a celebration at the first indication of weakening on Spain’s part. Outside of the typhoid fever on the transports in Guanica, the general health of the army continues excellent, and there has been no trace of yellow fever thus far. NUEVITAS BOMBARDED. Spaniards Flee Toward Holguin— Three Vessels Captured. KEY WEST, Fla., July 31; 5:40 p. m.—Reports have reached here that Nuevitas, on the north coast of the province of Puerto Principe, Cuba, has been bombarded by the ships of the blockading squadron, evacuated by the Spanish and subsequently burned. No details are known, and the only information of the affair was that given to Captain Maynard, of the gunboat Nashville, by Lieutenant Colonel Rojas, of the insurgent forces, at Gibara last Tuesday. Colonel Rojas himself has the news at second hand, although he carried private dispatches from General Garcia, which were delivered to the commander of the Nashville. The only American ships known to have been in the vicinity of Nuevitas lately are the Prairie and Badger. The latter captured three Spanish vessels coming out of Nuevitas harbor and took them to the dry Tortugas. -All were flying Red Cross flags, but when boarded were found to contain a number of Spanish soldiers, only three of whom were sick. The Badger is expected here shortly. The Nashville reached Gibara on Tuesday, when she captured the schooners Gibara and Expresse. On entering the harbor she was met by the former United States consular agent and the president of the railroad line to Holguin. He told the Americans of the evacuation of Gibara two days before by General Luque and his 1,800 Spanish troops, who feared a concerted attack by Americans and Cubans. They fled to Holguin by rail, and afterwards tore up the tracks. General Luque left in the Gibara hospital 536 sick and wounded Spanish soldiers, with a request to Admiral Sampson to see that they were properly cared for. The next day the Cuban forces, consisting of five hundred cavalry, under Lieut. Col. Rojas, and two hundred infantry, made a triumphal entry into the town. They were received with acclamations by the Cubans, and the town held a festival that day and night. The insurgents took formal possession, established a police system and sent out scouting parties, and when the Nashville arrived the best o£ order was being maintained. The invaders had, however, neglected the schooners in the harbor, and the American ships took possession of them. When Ensign Snow left with a prize crew to bring the Gibara here it had been practically determined to raise the American flag over the town. At that time only Red Cross Society and Cuban flags were flying, and there was a question as to whether dissension might not arise between the Americans and Cubans tn consequence of the GarciaShafter incident. In such case Captain Maynard was resolved to seize and hold the place. On the way to Key West the prize schooner passed an unknown man-of-war, flying no colors, but by her build apparently French. This was about sixty miles off Lobus key, and the war ship was heading to the eastward. She sighted the schooner and turned in her direction, but afterwards changed her course again and proceeded. The steamship Tabasqueno, flying the French flag, was captured by the Hawk at Sagua La Grande yesterday and brought here to-day hy Ensign Schofield, Cadet Kear and a prize crew of eight men. She is a Mexican ship of 800 tons, and was bound from Vera Cruz for Sagua, loaded to the hatches with coal and provisions, and also carried a number of mules. Captuin Androcka was in command, with a crew of twenty-nine. The Hawk took her without difficulty, and also went Into the harbor after a dozen small ships and smackS. Os these all but one escaped hy scudding into shoal water, and this one was aground. A small boat was put off to her with Ensign Schofield and four men, to see if she could be floated, but she was found to be too hard aground. The Hawk sent a few shells into the wooded growth along the beach to protect the small boat, and the latter also fired its six-millimeter gun, but there was no response from the shore. Col. John Jacob Astor has been appointed to the staff of General Miles, and to-day is in Florida on his way to join General Miles in Porto Rico. $200,000 Blaze. ESCANABA. Mich.. July 31.—About 7:30 o'clock this evening tire started in Patrick Fogarty’s feed store, and. driven by a strong northeast wind, spread throughout the district across the street. Among the buildings destroyed are Ellsworth’s drug store, the Soo line ticket office and the Western express. Kratze’s clothing store, Hoehlfeldt’s jewelry store. Young’s tea store and O’Mara’s bakery. On the north half of the block Kauffman's sale stable ana the Esoanaha Bank were badly damaged. Loss will reach $200,030; insurance about half. Electric-light wires are all burned, and the city is in darkness. A Mile In li3,V BOSTON, July 31.—Edouard Taylore, the cyiist, rode a mile in practice at the Charles river track to-day in word’s reeord time, 1:35, paced by two quinta.

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AN INSURGENT PROTEST BLANCO’S PRESS AGENT ON THE GAKCIA-SHAFTER INCIDENT. Senor Castillo Said to Be on His Way to Washington with a Formal Complaint. HAVANA. July 31.—Advices from Santiago de Cuba report that the insurgent general Calixto Garcia, ’ having become disgusted with the Americans, has left for Porto Principe to present complaint to the so-called Cuban government. Gen. Garcia, it is said, is willing to dismiss his separatists. The civil elements have met to protest to orders given by the commander of the American troops. Senor Castillo will take the protest to Washington. La Lucha, commenting on the above statement, says: "We do not know what effect the protest will produce dn President McKinley and his Cabinet, but we hope it wiil not prejudice the general who gave the orders, because it cannot be supposed that President McKinley will try to weaken the moral strength of the army chief at the beginning of the campaign, nor even indirectly the military authority needful to all chiefs to whom are intrusted the war’s direction, and who on the ground can better than any one else appreciate the necessary disposition and measures to be dictated.” La Lucha adds: “If Senor Castillo is obliged to return after delivering the protest at Washington, without obtaining what he was expected to gain by those who protested, it is believed it will happen on account of the arguments advanced and the inopportuneness of the protest of Senor Castillo and others. The situation will be little thought of by the chief of the invading army, and w*ill demonstrate the impatience of the Cuban insurgents, who are not satisfied with the plans of a government which is accustomed to proceed with mathematical calculation, the same privately as in public life.” La Lucha further says: “One must be crazy to believe that a regular army, sent by one country to another to aid a revolution against a government legitimately constituted is to be a mere auxiliary to a force of eight or ten thousand armed citizens who are not recognized by the country that sends its aid, even as simple regular war elements, and which has been denied as many times as it has asked to be recognized as a belligerent. The Unitea States has always declared that the Cuban rebels had a right to ask their independence, but it is of no use to think that a powerful and strong country which decides to dispute with its sea and land forces the sovereignty and possession of territory of another country to which the territory by proper right belongs would come to Cuba to subordinate its army and general to the chief of irregular forces without military organization.” The free kitchens established in Havana for the purpose of feeding the poor of the citj have increased in number to twelve, and now daily distribute from 500 to 1,500 rations. A detachment of local guerrillas, while returning to Placetas, after naving convoyed an expedition to Guaracabella, was surprised by a number of rebel bands and a fierce combat ensued. The Spanish forces lost eighteen killed and eighteen wounded. 1 he insurgents also suffered severe loss. On the morning of July 25 a collision occurred on the railway near Eticrucijada, province of Santa Clara, resulting in the loss of three lives and injury to twenty-nine persons. The killed were a bugler and two soldiers. Os the injured, four were employes of the road and the others were a colonel, a captain and two lieutenants of the army, a physician and twenty private soldiers. Ten of the latter were seriously hurt. One train was moving slowly when the other dashed into it. damaging a number of first, second and third-class cars. The accident is believed to have been due to the steep grade on which the trains were running. The British cruiser Talbot, from Jamaica, arrived here on the 29th, bringing Maj. Geo. F. Leverson, of the British Royal Engineer Corps, who is accredited to the British consulate and is authorized on General Blanco's staff for the purpose of watching the military operations. On the 30th Major Leverson, accompanied by the British consul, paid a visit to General Blanco. General of Staff Selano and Dr. Jose Congost, the secretary general of Cuba, visited General Parrado, second in command In Cuba. On the afternoon of the 30th the cruiser Talbot sailed. The Norwegian steamer Nansen has left Sagua, bound for Halifax. She had on board 21,000 bales of leaf tobacco and carried 120 passengers. The weather has improved, and the abundant rains assure great crops of vegetables and corn, especially corn. A detachment of Spanish troops has captured at the farm Flor Ytabo, in Matanzas province, the well-known Irsurgent leader, Augustin Cervantes, and the captive is now imprisoned in San Severino Castle. Cervantes came to Cuba at the breaking out of the revolution with an expedition from the United States. Lieutenant Pokhirisraff, of the Russian navy, accredited to General Blanco’s staff to watch the war operations, has paid a visit to Cardenas, where he was given a dinner by the commanders of the Spanish gunboats Antino Lopez, Alerta and Lygeria and several army officers. FULL OF PAIN (Concluded front First Page.) that of the implacable enemy of France.” The Liberte declares: “Bismarck was less baneful to France than to Germany. He stopped the forward march of civilization and Inaugurated an era of hatred, which sooner or later must cause rivers of blood to flow.” All the French papers print long obituaries. HIS FLAG AT HALF MAST. Emperor NY 111 in in Stills for Home on Hearing; of the Death. BERGEN, Norway, July 31.—The news of the alarming change in the condition of Prince Bismarck reached Emperor William late yesterday evening. When the Emperor was informed of the prince's death early this morning he was deeply affected, and ordered his yacht to return immediately. The Hohenzoliern. with the Emperor on board, will leach Kiel to-morrow evening. The flag on the yacht is flying at half-mast. Emperor Sends Guard of Honor. HAMBURG, July 31.—A dispatch received from a Friedrichsruhe correspondent states that Emperor William has sent a telegram from Bergen, Norway, directing that the Grofbose Infantry. Regiment No. 31, stationed at Altona, send a guard of honor to Friedrichsruhe. The guard arrived to-day. PRESIDENT M’KINLEY’S TRIBUTE. Condolence In Name of United States Sent to Germany. WASHINGTON, July 31.—8 y direction of the President, the following dispatch was sent to-night to Hon. Andrew D. White, United States ambassador to Germany: “Washington, D. C„ July 31, 1898. “White, Ambassador Berlin: “The President charges you to express In the proper official quarter to the bereaved German nation and to the family of the deceased statesman the sorrow which the government and people of the United States feel at the passing away of the great chancellor, whose memory is ever associated with the greatness of the German empire. “ADEE, Acting Secretary.” IN MEMORY OF BISMARCK. German-America ns Will Hold a Demonstration. At a meeting of the “Voretaud” of the Indianapolis Maennerchor, held yesterday iiUtmoon, much time and discussion was

devoted to the death of Prince Bismarck. Deep regret was manifested on every hand. It was the unanimous opinion that a public meeting should be called, and the preliminary steps were promptly resolved upon and found expression tn the following resolutions: ’’Resolved, That, in the death of Otto Von Bismarck, we mourn the loss of one of the greatest statesmen of this century: the creator of the greater and united Germany; a man whom life w as devoted to the elevation of his fatherland, in the respect and admiration of the civilized world. In how far he has succeeded in this no one appreciates more than the great number of GermanAmerican citizens of this country; "Resolved. That the various German societies of our city be requested to send delegates to a. meeting, to be held Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 8 o’clock p. m., in she clubrooms of the Maennerchor, for the purpose of arranging for a suitable public demonstration.” JUST LEARNED TO SHOOT ♦ STARTLING DISCLOSURE REGARDING Ols SEA#IEN-GUNNERS. V V,. According; to Navigation Bureau It la Reaponalble for Recent Remarkable Naval Victories. Q-+ — WASHINGTON, July 31.—As the remarkable gun practice of the United States sailors, exhibited at Manila and Santiago and elsewhere, has attracted the attention of the whcle world with the result of calling forth much speculation as to how this high degree hits been attained, It is proper\to state that this is of comparatively recent development, and is ascrlbable entirely to the energetic efforts of the navigation bureau of the Navy Department, seconded by the hearty co-operation of the commanding officers of our ships. About a year ago Captain Crow*ninshleld, chief of the Navigation Bureau, assisted by Ensign Ward, one of the brightest and most scientific of the younger officers of the navy, began to recast the entire system of gun practice as it existed in the navy. In their opinion that system as it had come down from the last war was not sufficient for the needs of the day. At the beginning it was found that owing to the restrictions imposed by departmental rules it was scarcely possible to have gun practice aboard ship more than once a year, instead of once a quarter as contemplated. Courses had to be laid out, and stake boats placed at angles and records making it extremely difficult to find conditions admitting of the practice. Captain Crow*ninshleld at once changed these rules and impressed upon commanders the importance of gun practice at every opportunity, even w’here it was not possible to lay a course, in which case barrels or floating targets of any kind might be tossed over as the ships were under w*ay. Moreover, the number of times that target practice must be had was increased to seven annually. Then orders were issued calling for night practice, repelling torpedo boat attacks, and following this Caotain Crowninshield turned his attention to the personnel of the gun corps and induced the secretary of the navy to sanction the rating of gun captains, anew rating entirely, and one so well paid as to excit© the ambition of the men. Under the old system the chief gunners were not chosen for their proficiency in gunnery, hut were given their stations because they happened to be petty officers, such as quartermasters or boatswains or the like. This system was completely reversed and sailors were madd petty officers because they were good gun captains, thus getting rid of a number of Inefficient men. The next step was to instruct the gunners thoroughly, and they were placed aboard certain vessels set apart solely for that purpose. Thus the Amphytrite was given a crew of these, gunners and sent to Port Royal, S. C., for extensive drills. The purpose in selecting this place was to secure a large body of water free from the presence of merchant marine. Being away from large cities, both officers and men also were able to avoid distraction of attention from their work, which progressed remarkably. Thus through careful calculation and hard work when the war broke out the American navy had a splendid nucleus for the magnificent corps of seaman gunners which it developed to the surprise of the world. WAR DEMAND FOR HORNES. The Market Improved Thereby—What Is Wanted In n War Horne. Washington Special in New York Post. It is said that the present war has greatly Increased the demard for horses, and that, for the first time since the introduction of the trolley, the market is looking up. Not only did the electric railway take away the occupation of the horse on the street car, hut the wide extension of the new system has materially lessened the demand for horses for driving purposes. The bicycle has also had Its share in taking business away from horses, and for the last few years a very much smaller number have been raised. Prices have been so low that farmers have given up raising them until the present stock In the market should be worked off. It now happens that the United States government needs forty thousand horses rigiit away, and is willing to pay good prices for them. No w*hite horse will be drafted for service in a war, of the meaning of which the poor animal can know nothing. Only dark-colored horses are accepted in the army-—dark sorrels, bays, browns, blacks and dark roans—and they should be intelligent and gentle in disposition, from five to eight years of age, and weighing from one thousand to 1,500 pounds. After a horse is purchased he must go through a course of instruction just like anv raw recruit. In Europe it is taken for granted that two years are necessary for the proper training of a cavalry horse, and none are sent into active service in a less time. They have to learn to lie down so that they become for the rider a breastwork, and then allow him to fire directly over them. In this country, when we begin wars in a state of almost total unpreparedness, no such period can be allowed for the horses to learn their business. They have to go through a shorter catechism, and then their riders do the best they can with them. The intelligence of the trained war horse is remarkable. In artillery action, when the gunners learn to Stand with knee joints limp and with mouth wide open to lessen the force of the resulting jar. the horse acquires from instinct the same habit, and may be seen getting readv for a charge with his knees bent forward, head down, and mouth open, as if he understood the whole philosophy of pneumatics. Movements of Steamer*. NEW YORK, July 31. Arrived; La Touraine. from Havre; Mannheim and Amsterdam, from Rotterdam. SOUTHAMPTON. July 31. 8 p. m.-Sailed: Steamer Bremen, from Bremen, for New York. QUEENSTOWN, July 31.—Sailed: Etruria, from New York. Yellow Fever at Tampico. AL T STTN. Tex., July 31.—State Health Officer Swearingen has received positive information that there is yellow fever in epidemic form at Tampico. Mex.. and he has notified all quarantine officers to rigidly enforce quarantine against the infected point. Behind Time. Washington Star. Every now and then ex-President Cleveland gets out and speaks from the rear platform of a train of thought which is sadly behind time. ••Ponthn.” New York Tribune. It will conduce to accuracy and elegance of speech to hear in mind that the name of Ponce, the place near which General Miles has landed in Porto Rico, is pronounced not "Ponss.” but “Pontha.” EroneouN Statement. Chicago Times-Herald. What does a Chicago paper mean by advertising a forthcoming work entitled “The Spaniards in the War?” They haven’t been in It. TP CI'HE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take L.axa:*ve Bromo Quinine Tablet*. All druxptsts refund mones ‘f it falls to cure. Kc. Tha genuine baa L. L. ft, eu e***i tablet.

STOLTZ MURDER CLEW PART OF THE STOLEN MONEY FOUND HIDDEN NEAR MUNCIE. ♦ Democratic Candidate Samuel Ralston Called Down for Claiming: Dewey Is a Democrat. —; ♦ Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., July 31.—Late this afternoon a small son of Mrs. Emma Ranking found hidden under a culvert In West Side, a suburb of Muncie. a $2 bill and a $5 bill, torn into bits, which it is thought by the local police was secreted under the culvert by Samuel H. Marshall, now awaiting trial at Winchester, and Indicted with Albert Musser for the murder of old Mrs. Stoltz at Portland last February. The fact that Marshall was employed at the West Side paper factory before and after the Portland tragedy, and that this money, which was marked, one bill being patched, was found near the strawboard plant, led the authorities here to believe that it was placed there by Marshall. The Portland authorities have been notified. DEMOCRATS STEALING HEROES. Dewey, a Life-Long Republican, Claimed by Hoosier Bourbons. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DELPHI. Ind., July 31.—What little enthusiasm characterized the Democratic congressional convention at Frankfort that nominated Joseph B. Cheadle was called forth by Hon. Samuel Ralston's eloquent tribute to Admiral Dewey, “the Democrat, who won immortal glory at Manila.’’ Indeed, for some time the Democrats of northern Indiana have appropriated Dewey’s victory, claiming that it belonged to the Democratic party, and that no one else should have any credit for it. He has been made a plank in a number of county and district platforms and has been elected a member of a number of Democratic clubs. Indeed there has been some talk of making him the Democratic candidate for President in 1900. Democracy, however, will have to revise its calculations. Congressman Landis last week addressed a letter to Hon. H. H. Powers, member of Congress from Vermont, inclosing Mr. Ralston’s reference to Dewey, and asking for the facts. In his letter of reply Congressman Powers says: “I am somewhat at a loss to see what earthly importance it can be to anybody to determine the politics of an American patriot, nevertheless, I am aware of the fact that the Democrats have made extravagant claims in respect to Dewey s politics, and on the floor of the House a few weeks ago 1 publicly stated in response to a claim of Sulzer, of New York, that Dewey was a Democrat, that that statement was untrue; that he is and always has been since he became twenty-one years of age a stanch Republican. “I also telegraphed his brother, Hon. Charles Dewey, of Montpelier, Vt.. in respect to the matter, and he confirmed my statement. I have known Dewey since his boyhood. He was born and brought up in Montpelier, a distance of only twenty-four miles from my home, and I personally know that he is as solid a Republican as ever breathed the pure air of Vermont. His father and brothers are stanch Republicans, and you can state with the utmost confidence, if the question is of any importance to anybody, that so far as his politics are conclrned, Dewey is a Republican, and so far as his religious belief is concerned, he is an Episcopalian. Both these facts are in the common knowledge of every inhabitant of the State of Vermont, and no Democrat in the State of Vermont will dispute my statement.” Fourth District Politics. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., July 31.—The Fourth congressional district Republican nominating convention will be held Aug. 18, at Seymour. Several'prominent Republicans have expressed their willingness to accept the nomination, but none of them has, as yet, declared himself a candidate. Prominently mentioned for the race is Major Charles W. Lee. Mr. Lee resides in the same .town with Francis M. Griffith, the Democratic nominee, and is a retired Methodist preacher. He opposed Mr. Griffith in the special election caused by the death of Representative William S. Holman last year, but was defeated. Mr. Lee’s friends are urging him to accept the nomination again this year, and it is more than likely he will consent to enter the race. Another man who is willing to oppose Griffith is Hon. 15. F. Kobbe, of White Creek, this county. Mr. Kobbe is a sound money Democrat, but voted with the Republicans in the election of 1836. He represented Bartholomew county two terms in the Legislature and is considered quite wealthy. He is favorably spoken of as a strong candidate. Several Republican papers throughout the district have proposed the name of Mayor William J. Beck, of this city. Mr. Beck was recently appointed bandmaster of the One-hun-dred-and-sixty-first Regiment, now in camp at Indianapolis, but was compelled to resign the position on account of the condition of his eyes. He has served as mayor of Columbus for four years, his term expiring Sept. 4. No Populist Candidate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 31.—The Populists of the Fifth district will not name an independent candidate for Congress, although they were disappointed in the failure of the Democrats to nominate Prof. Ridpath. A DASTARDLY ATTEMPT. Enemlei Place Nine Stlckn of Dynamite on Col. Clark'* Porch. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PARIS, 111., July 31.—A servant at the residence of Col. Torrence Clark this morning discovered four and one-half pounds of dynamite, w’hich had been placed on the porch by some enemy for the purpose of destroying the house. On examination the police officers found that nine sticks of dynamite were in the bundle and a fuse had been attached and lighted. The fuse was four feet long, as was shown by the ashes, and it had burned to the cap, where it failed to ignite the explosive. Persons here who have handled dynamite claim that if the charge had exploded it would have wrecked every house in the neighborhood. Colonel Clark resides in a large two-story brick residence, on the corner of Fourth street and Jefferson avenue. His wife, daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter also reside there, and all the family was at home at the time. Colonel Clark owns large farming interests in Edgar county, and is vice president of the Edgar County National Bank. The police claim to have a clew that will lead to the arrest of the perpetrator. Central Normal Commencement. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE. Ind., July 31.—The annual commencement exercises of the Central Normal College are in progress this week, commencing to-night with the baccalaureate sermon in the chapel by the Rev. A. B. Cunningham, pastor of the Christian Church. Tuesday evening the law class graduates, the address being delivered by Hon. Samuel M. Ralston, of Lebanon. The oath admitting the graduates to the Supreme Court will be administered by Judge Monks, and the degrees will be conferred by Prof. T. S. Adams. Wednesday night the banquet and reunion of the alumni will be held, with the address by S. A. Esary, an attorney of Perry county. Thursday morning the teachers’ class receives diplomas, there being thirty graduates. In the afternoon the pedagogic class of eight receives diplomas. Thursday night and Friday morning the scientifics deliver their finals, and Friday afternoon and evening the classics speak. The week promises to be unusually interesting, with many visitors present. The attendance of the college has reached 1,300, the highest point of the year. A Fat Man’s Neighborhood. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind.. July 31.—Grover Allen, Indiana's fat boy, came Into the city to-day to get weighed. He had just recovered from a siege of scarlet fever, but still he tipped the beam at 161 pounds. He Is five years of age and comes from slightly-built par-

ents. A year ago he was seen by Barnum & Bailey’s agent, who pronounced him the heaviest boy of his age in America. He weighed 116 then, and had just turned his fourth birthday. They wanted to close contracts and take him to Europe, but his parents would not consider the proposition. The Allen neighborhood seems to be very healthy. There are many heavy people residing near. Among them is Benjamin Roadcap. who weighs 418 pounds. He has just been overcome by heat and is confined to his bed. The Record Wheat Yield. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., July 31.—The banner wheat yield of Indiana is reported by Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Stephens, who are well known over the State as lecturers before farmers’ clubs. Their farm lies near Salem. They had ninety-five acres in w'heat this year. It threshed out 2.900 bushels, or fortythree bushels to the acre. They had used a home-made fertilizer, composed of acid phosophate, tankage and muriate of potash, which cost them $1.50 an acre. This is one of the very best crop records ever reported in Indiana. The Stephens follow very closely all of the latest scientific discoveries made in agricultural development. Delaware County Veterans. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., July 31.—The Delaware County Veterans’ Association, which is composed of many soldiers of the late war, will hold its first annual reunion here Aug. 8. West Side Park will be the scene of the event, which promises to be largely attended and one of the most notable in the history of Muncie. Speechmaking, instrumental and vocal music and a sumptuous repast will constitute the day’s programme. Among the notable speakers will be exLleutenant Governor Cumhack. who will deliver the principal address of the day. Mayor Cromer will make the address of welcome. The “Boo” Gang Enlisted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. July 31.—The famous “Boo” gang that was once the terror of Cambridge City is now a thing of the past. Three of the young men reputed to have been members are in the government service. They are Will Murphy, Will Gray and Chester Bell. The last mentioned just enlisted the past week at Indianapolis for heavy artillery service at Sullivan’s island. South Carolina. Another of the members was Will Knox, who is now serving a term in the penitentiary. Cupid Hiding: in the Office. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind., July 31.—The Madison county recorder’s office is under the special guidance of Cupid. To-day the announcement w r as made of the engagement of Miss Bertha Harmon and Clarence Wilson. She is a daughter of the recorder, and has been working in the office. Within the past year no less than a half dozen young women have entered the office as copyists and have become engaged and married. Mining: Institute Officers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 31.—At the annual meeting of the Indiana Mining Institute, held yesterday afternoon and last evening, the following officers were elected: President, M. McMorrow, Brazil; vice president, William Spears, Brazil; secretary. G. S. Patterson, Terre Haute; treasurer, A. D. Scott, Star City; executive committee, Robt. Fisher, state mine inspector. H. C. Payne and P. J. Mooney. Passing: Counterfeit Bills. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LINTON, Ind., July 31.—Counterfeit bills of $5 and $lO have been passed here in the last week and the local authorities were unable to locate the counterfeiters. Friday Deputy United States Marshal McCrea, of Terre Haute, came here and arrested Lon White, of Marco, as the man. He is held here in jail awaiting trial. Cyclist Robbed of *250. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SPENCER. Ind.. July 31.—John Mines, who was layiaid and robbed of $250 while returning on his bicycle from a call on a woman near Freedom, Friday night, has caused the arrest of Alonzo Layman and Harry Nicholas, whom he claims to have recognized as his assailants. Another Paper at Danville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, Ind., July 31,-DanvJlle is to have a third newspaper this week, independent in politics, and in charge of F. E. Warner. It is to be a semi-weekly. Indiana Notes. The Thirteenth district Christian Endeavor convention will be held at Milton, Wayne county, Aug. 17 and 18. The date for this year’s meeting of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends is announced to be Sept. 27 to Oct. 3. The district committee of the Fifth dis- 1 trict Prohibitionists has issued a call for a congressional convention, to be held in Greenoastle, Aug. 26. Ben Cox. of the firm of Hulman & Cos., Terre Haute, has returned from Europe, where he went for his health, and is in a serious condition. There is no chronic trouble, but he Is suffering from too close application to business. He has had the management of the Terre Haute house for many years. The trustees of the State Normal School have decided to issue certificates of graduation at the end of each term of school, instead of only at the annual commencement in June. The resignation of Miss Alice Wright as director of physical culture for women has been accepted, and President Parsons has been directed to fill the vacancy. PONCE A HEALTHFUL PLACE. Description of the Porto Riean Town Near Which Miles Landed. Baltimore American. Ponce, the second city In commercial importance in Porto Rico, is believed to have been founded in 1600, but its development was slow, and it was not until 1848 that it received the title of villa. From that time on Its growth was rapid.. and in 1877 it became a city. At present it has a population of 22,000, and, being the chief town of the officia.l district of the same name, its jurisdiction extends over 25,000 people who live outside the city. Ponce is situated on a plain about two miles from its port. Playa, where all the import and export trade is transacted. The port has about 5,000 inhabitants, and here are the custom house, the office of the captain of the port, and the offices of the various consulates. The bay is large, and wiil admit vessels of twenty-five feet draught. A fine road leads to the city. Ponce Is regularly built, the buildings in its central part being of brick, while the material chiefly used for suburban construction is wood. It is the home of the military commander of the district, and the seat of an official chamber of commerce. The city contains two churches, one of them Protestant, said to he the only one In the Spanish Antilles; a military and two other hospitals. a municipal public library, three good hotels, a fire department, perfectly equipped with American apparatus: a theater and a hank. The Roman Catholic Church, which dates from the foundation of the town, was reconstructed in 1838, and finished in 1847. It is a structure 258 feet long and 129 feet broad, with two steeples, and contains richly decorated altars. The theater is the finest on the island. It is built mostly of iron and marble, ar.d cost over 70,000 pesos. The interior is handsomely decorated, and by a mechanical contrivance may be turned into a dancing hall. Ponce is said to be the most healthful city on the island, and yellow fever is never known there. The climate Is hot and dry, but sea breezes by day and land breezes by night keep it from becoming oppressive. An ample water supply also adds greatly to the comfort of the city’s inhabitants. The only line of railroad which connects Ponce with the other towns is that running westward to Yanco. a distance of about twenty-two miles. The road from San Juan across the islund, seventy miles in length, erds at Ponce and is in good condition for travel throughout the year. The military defens s around the city are weak, hut a series of earthworks have recently been thrown up a long the hills to the north. West of the city batteries have been placed to guard the connecting point of the railway and the military road. About thirty mountain howitzers are also available for the defense of the city. Bahia Honda, on the eastern coast of Porto Rico, lies a little to the west of the southern extremity of Puerca island. It' is about a mile in extent, open to the southwest and protected by reefs which contract the channel at the entrance to the width of about a quarter of a mile. A low, sharp point marks the end of the bay’s eastern side, while on the west rises a bold headland crowned by a hill. Two small islands, the Oabras. covered with brushwood, lie off the eastern point. The reef which bars the entrance also skirts the interior of the bay, leaving in some places

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about thirteen feet of water. From five to eight fathoms can be found in the anchorage. On account of its smallness and the exposed position of the bay large vessels usually lie outside. A small river, the Aguas Claras,'flows into the northeast corner. ALEX. D. MEEK. Forgotten Portrait of n Distinguished Madisonian Identified. Madison Courjer. For some days people passing along Main street have been attracted by an oil portrait in Ailing's window. The painting m question is the picture of a refined and in-tellectual-looking man. apparently about thirty-five years of age. The style of dress is that of a century ago, and this more than anything else shows the great age of the portrait. Until to-day no one was able to identify the original of the picture, and a few days ago a paragraph calling for information as to whose It was appeared in the Courier; waß a * that wa s known about the thin-featured, blue-eyed young man, wnom the painter’s skill had preserved on canvas *°JL near ly. if not quite a hundred years. Day before yesterday Mr. Fred Glass, while examining the picture, conceived the idea that it might be the portrait of AlexMeek, the second grand master of the Masonic fraternity of this State. J,?Jv,rl orn r Mr. Glass nas been , Just such A Portrait of Mr. 't being known that one was in existence, and somewhere around this city. Mr. on . ce telephoned to Judge John R. V T ra V ens> who, as a boy, remembered Mr. Meek, and had seen the picture, as it hung in a room in the house of the latter for hlt n i, J n? , t ars L an<l the J U(s <tc came down from .v i* t a° P 1 th *s morning and critically f? d K? after which he pronounced it to be the portrait of Mr. Meek. tv,I h ih s the ld f n , ut ,y Is fully established, and °f Indiana are put in possession of the picture of one of their most promiduring the early period of the order in this State. Alexander A. Meek was a lawyer, who came to Madison in 1814 and ontll his death, which occurred m 1828 He was a man of considerable ablliipre the title , of General Meek on uat .. of J? is connection with the militia, p is believed that he was a charter member oL L Jl 0 P P° dge F. and A. M. of this city, f^ a nd. that he was one of the first officers of “Vi?*** this is not positively known. When delegates from the subordinate Masonic lodges in the State of Indiana met at Madison on the 12th day of January, 1818. for the purpose of forming a Grand Lodge, Alexander A. Meek was elected temporary grand master and presided over the deliberations of the body. The first permanent grand master elected was Alexander C. Buckner, of Charlestown, who served until Sept, la, 1818, when General Meek was elected second grand master and served two terms. WINTER WHEAT. Results of Cultivation of Eighteen Varieties of This Grain. Prof. W. C. Latta, of the agricultural experiment station at Purdue University, reports that eighteen varieties of wneat were grown on the experiment station farm this season. The results as to yield, weight per struck bushel, etc., are given in the accompanying table: Lbs, per B.—bearded. Bush, measured No. Name. S.—Smooth, per acre. bush. 1. Velvet chaff B. 22.7 63.2 2. Buda Pesth B. 20.0 62.0 3. Sterling B. 25.3 62.0 4. New Columbia S. 24.7 61.5 5. Early ripe S. 23.9 61.5 6. Golden cross B. 19.8 60.0 7. Hybrid prolific S. 22.5 62.0 8. Diamond grit B. 21.3 61.8 9. Gold coin S. 22.3 61.0 10. Pedigree giant B. 2>.0 59.8 11. Jones longberry ..B. 19.0 60.5 12. Harvest king S. 26.2 62.0 13. Improved fultz S. 22.3 61.0 14. Long amber S. 19.2 59.0 15. Rudy B. 24.3 62.0 16. Michigan amber ...S. 24.7 62.0 17. Russian B. 17.8 61.0 18. Oakta Chief S. 15.0 67.0 19. Jones’s winter fife.S. 24.3 61.0 The varieties were grown on rather thin clay loam soil and suffered considerably fiom winter killing. All varieties were considerably rusted. Nos. 8,9, 10, 11, 14, 15 and 18 were badly rusted. A fungus disease popularly known as wheat scab was very prevalent. This disease attacks the wheat head. Asa result the head, or some part of it, turns lighter in color. The grains turn an ashy color, and are light, chatty and worthless. Nos. 1,5, 7, 12. 13 and 16 were practically free from scab. Twenty-five per cent, of the heads of Nos. 9 and 18, 40 per cent, of No. 8, 60 per cent, of No. 10 and 75 per cent, of No. 6 were affected with scab. Farmers will do well to select those varieties which are comparatively exempt from scab. Os the new varieties which have been grown at this station but one year. Nos. 4 and 12 are considered the most promising. Nos. 1 and 16 have been grown at the station fifteen years in succession. The average yield of the former is 29.08 and of the latter 28.94 bushels to the acre. The station has for sale only limited quantities of velvet chaff, Michigan amber and Rudy. Lack of Consistency. New York Tribune. For writing unclean books M. Zola was admitted to the Legion of Honor. For speaking brave words for what he believes to be truth and justice he is expelled therefrom. Yet Frenchmen covet the red ribbon! Ricky Davis Impatient. Florida Times-Union. Harding Davis will send to the printer next week his "Cuban War from First to Last.” Sagasta and McKinley have been notified that Mr. Davis has other engagements, and cannot wait longer. Hobson's Sweethearts. Memphis Commercial Appeal. The young ladies who are engaged to Lieutenant Hobson should hold a convention and let us know whether he is a gay deceiver or not. Beaten. Baltimore American. New York, with all its yellow journalism, may consider itself a bit swift, but since that Mexican paper published the true account of Cervera going from Annapolis to Washington and assassinating McKinley it must hide its diminished head. Another View of Sampson’s Report. Chicago Post. Nothing but unreasoning prejudice can carp at so just and impartial an account. A truce to the controversy conceived in misconception and nourished by trrational bias! Two Kinds of Pence Societies. Chicago Journal. Miss Jessie Bohley, of Milwaukee, is a member of the Peace Society of Paris, but her cousin. Winfield Scott Schley, is a whole squadron of peace societies himself. Memoranda m. Chicago Record. To Spain (on receipt of transported prisoners): “Pay no charges to messenger unless written In ink in delivery book.”—Uncle Sam. Knabe piano cheap at our big sale. Wulschner’s, 128 and 130 North Pennsylvania Headache speedily cured by the use of Horsford s Acid Phosphate Pleasant to tako. Sold only in bottloa.