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rlv<*d Sunday, la landing to-day through the heavy surf. Nothing more serious than a thorough wetting has occurred as yet, although the operation is not without considerable danger. Hardly any cases of sickness are reported.” A TYPHOON WAS RAGING. Extraordinary Flrnvery Slioun by Americans Against Superior Forces. NEW YORK. Aug. 9.-A copyrighted cablegram from Manila bay, Aug. 4, via Hcng-Kong, Aug. 9, to the Evening World, gives the following particulars of the fighting near Malate on July 31: General Greene's force, numbering three thousand, had been advancing and intrenching. The arrival of the third expedition filled the Spaniards with rage, and they determined to give battle before Camp Dew r ey could be reinforced. The trenches extended from the beach, three hundred yards to the left flank of the insurgents. Sunday was the insurgents’ feast day and their left flank withdrew, leaving the American right flank exposed. Companies A and E of the Tenth Pennsylvania and the Utah battery were ordered to reinforce the right flank. In the midst of a raging typhoon, with a tremendous downpour of rain, the enemy’s force, estimated at three thousand men, attempted to surprise the camp. Our pickets were driven In and the trenches assaulted. The brave Pennsylvania men never flinched, but stood their ground under a withering Are. The alarm spread and the First California Regiment, with two companies of the Third Artillery, who fought with rifles, were sent up to reinforce the Pennsylvanians. The enemy was on top of the trenches when these reinforcements arrived, and never was the discipline of the regulars better demonstrated than by the work of the Third Artillery, under Captain O’Hara. Nothing could be seen but the flashes of Mauser rifles. Men ran right up to the attacking Spaniards and mowed them down With regular volleys. The Utah battery, under Captain Young, covered Itself with glory. The men pulled their guns through mud axle deep. Two guns were sent around in flank and poured In a destructive enfilading fire. The enemy Was repulsed and retreated in disorder. Our Infantry had exhausted its ammunition and Bid not follow tho enemy. Not an inch of ground was lost, but the scene in the trenches was one never to be forgotten. During flashes of lightning the dead and wounded could be seen lying In blood-red water, but neither the elements of heaven Dor the destructive power of man could Wring a cry of protest from the wounded. They encouraged their comrades to fight knd handed over their cartridge belts. During the night the Spanish scouts were #een carrying off the dead and wounded of the enemy. The American dead were buried next day in the convent of Maracaban. On the night of Aug. 1 tho fighting was renewed, but the enemy had been taught a lesson and made the attack at long range with heavy artillery. The Utah battery replied and the artillery duel lasted an hour. One man was killed. He was Fred SpringBter, First Colorado, and two men were wounded. On the night of Aug. 2 the artillery duel was renewed, Two men were badly wounded and are this morning reported dead, which brings tne total dead to thirteen, with ten In the hospital mortally hurt. General Greene issued this address to the troops: “Camp Dewey, near Manila. “The brigadier general commanding desires to thank the troops engaged last night for the gallantry and skill displayed by them in repelling such a vigorous attack by largely superior forces of Spaniards. Not an inch of ground was yielded ty the Tenth Pennsylvania and Utah artillery stationed In the trenches. A battalion of the Third Artillery and First Regiment California Infantry moved forward to their support through a Baling fl re w uh the utmost intrepidity. Tho courage and steadiness shown by all in the engagement is worthy of the highest commendation.” ♦ . SEVERAL DESPERATE CHARGES. Spaniards Repulsed Each Time by the HSnvy Fire of Americans. HONG-KONG, Aug. 9.—The German ■teamer Petrarch, which left Manila on Aug. 6, arrived here to-day and brought the first news of a severe engagement between the Spaniards and Americans near Manila. The Americans were victorious and lost only eleven men killed and had thirty-seven men wounded. The Spanish losses are not known, but they are reported to have been heavy. The insurgent forces remained neutral. The attack was made on the American camp between Cavite and Manila during the night of July 31. The Spaniards, who numbered over 3,000 men, made several desperate charges on the American lines, but each time the fire of the American troops drove the Spaniards back and finally broke the Spanish center and the enemy retreated. Later, however, the Spaniards made a second attack, but were again repulsed and retreated into the bush, keeping up an incessant fire on the roads leading to Manila, over which they apparently expected the American" troopfe to advance; Some estimates place the Spanish losses at over five hundred men killed and wounded. During the fighting the rebels remained neutral. ■ ♦ YOUTHS OX A PICNIC. Englishman Impressed with the Non. ebulnnt Demeunor of Amerleans. IXYNDON. Aug. 10.—The correspondent of the Times at Cavite, under date of Aug. 1, says: “Yesterday I visited Camp Dewey and the American intrenchments before Malate. Captain Grant and Captain Young, of the Utah Artillery, were busily throwing up advanced earthworks for guns, under protection of the Nebraska volunteers. From the upoef floor of a European house forming an alignment with the earthworks I Was observing the Spanish positions, when a Nebraska sharp shooter beside me fired the first shot discharged by the Amerleans at the Spaniards, who were crouching into the forward treneh. This was contrary to General Merritt’s orders. He had forbidden an aggressive attitude unless the Spaniards advanced. The insurgents now in force Inland on the right of the American lines also opened fire, the Spahiards replying briskly with quick-firing guns and rifles, but their shooting was high and their shots fell half a mile beyond the intrenchments, where a Colorado volunteer picket was hit by a Mauser bullet. "Personally I was impressed by the nonchalant demeanor of the Americans in the fighting line. They were like high spirited youths on a picnic. While groups lying in the second line were playing cards. Had the Spaniards, who were unaccountably nonaggressive during the American landing and advance, dropped shrapnel from Maiate fort, they would have wrought terrible havoc, one house, forming a conspicuous mark, being within easy gun range. “The return to camp was exciting, but elfected without mishap. The natives follow the American advance, occupying the houses within the fighting line. General Aguinaldo’s guerrillas caused the Americans considerable trouble. While I was in camp information was received that a party of California volunteers engaged in felling timber had been arrested by the insurgents. Colonel Smith, under General Green’s in■tructions. ordered out an armed detachment, which released the prisoners and brought the Insurgents into Camp Dewey. General Greene sent a message to General AgulnaJdo faying that if the Americans were further molested he would disarm the whole Philippines. “The third expedition reports that Lieut. Kerr, of the engineers, died during the voyage of spinal meningitis. There axe many

new cases of typhoid fever and measles. During a sudden storm the other night the City of Para drifted under the guns of Manila. The Charleston rescued her and towed her to a safe anchorage. “The Spanish have not opened fire since Sunday's engagement. “An order has been issued creating a second division of the Eighth Army Corps, under command of General Anderson, wffiich w-ill Join the forces at Camp Dewey. The First Brigade, under General MacArthur, consists of two battalions of the Twentythird regular infantry, one battalion of the Fourteenth regular infantry, the Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteers, two battalions each of the First North Dakota and the First Idaho, one battalion of the First Wyoming and the Astor Battery. The Second Brigade, under General Greene, consists of two battalions of the Eighteenth regular infantry, one battalion of the Third regular artillery acting as infantry, Company A of the regular engineers, Batteries A arid B of the Utah Light Volunteer Artillery, the First California Volunteers, the First Colorado Volunteers and the First Nebraska and Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. The garrison at Cavite consisis of the Second Oregon Volunteers arid a detachment of California heavy artillery.” ♦ MONTEREY AT CAVITE. The Monitor arid Three Transports Complete Their Long Trip. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9.—A cablegram to the Call from Cavite, dated Aug. 6, says: “Three transports which sailed from San Francisco with General Merritt, but which were delayed at Honolulu, arrived today. The monitor Monterey also arrived. The American forces engaged the enemy before Malate on last Sunday night and compelled them to retreat with heavy losses. Our troops lost thirteen killed and fortyseven wounded. It has been impossible to ascertain the exact losses of the Spanish. The fighting lasted four hours.” A special to the Examiner from Manila dated July 31, via Hong-Kong, Aug. 9, says: “A heavy engagement took place between the American and Spanish forces at Malate. The Spanish made an attack, attempting to turn our right. After an hour’s fighting they were repulsed. Our loss was nine killed and forty-four wounded. The Spanish loss was upward of two hundred killed and three hundred wounded. Our volunteers made a glorious defense against over three thousand of an attacking force. The battle raged for three hours.” Sergeant Maurice Justa, the only Californian killed at Malate, was employed by a local wholesale clothing firm before he went to the war. He was twenty-four years old and a native of this city. He was the first California volunteer accepted by the examining surgeons. Captain Reinholdt Richter, who was wounded, is a native of Australia, aged forty-eight years. He joined the regular army in 1880, being discharged with the rank of first sergeant of Battery D, First Artillery U. S. A., in March, 1885. He entered the National Guard of California in July, 1889, and was retired as first lieutenant of Battery B, First Artillery, Sept. 1, 1894. In March, 1890, •he was re-elected captain of Company I, First Infantry, at the head of which he went to Manila. .— FAMINE AT MANILA. No Steal, Bread or Flour—Abattoir for Killing Homes and Dogs. MANILA, July 30, via Hong-Kong, Aug. 9.—The scarcity of food now affects even the richest class in Manila. There is no meat, bread or flour except \ery small reserves, chiefly laid under requisition for the Spanish troops. The newspapers, though rigidly censored, admit that the famine and the unprecedented rains are causing an epidemic. They pretend that the disorders are trivial intestinal ailments, but it is believed most of them are dysentery, due to wretched food and the dangerous character of the water. A number of important persons are ill. An abattoir has been established for slaughtering horses and dogs. The newspapers admit that the military bakers are reduced to the necessity of using rice, the stock of whiclf will shortly be exhausted. The stock of fuel, too, is exhausted, and the bakers are burning doors and window frames. It Is impossible to eat uncooked rice. A decree has been issued authorizing the entry of private premises and the seizure of cattle and horses there for a nominal payment, made In worthless drafts. Several animals belonging to British owners have been taken, though there were plenty belonging to Spanish owners that had not been seized. An attempt was made to seize the indispensable pony of the consular physician, and considerable indignation has been expressed. There may possibly be some trouble over it. The British consul, who has been almost constantly ill of late, has been absent for a week; but the vice consul Is unwearying in the energy and tact with which he smooths away any anti-British friction. There has been some desultory fighting. The insurgents deny that they have offered to join the Spaniards against the Americans, insisting that their offer was only to avoid bloodshed, in the hope of reconciling some of the Spaniards to renouncing their allegiance to Spain by Inducing the Americans not to bombard the city. It is alleged in a dispatch officially published here that Germany is combining with Russia to prevent the capture of Manila and that therefore Admiral Dewey and General Merritt will refrain from attacking the city; that the American resources are exhausted; that Admiral Cervera on issuing from Santiago harbor was victorious and captured Admiral Sampson, afterward bombarding American ports; that the Cherokees and the negroes in the United States have rebelled; that President McKinley has been mobbed; that Admiral Camara is at Singapore; that he is going to land in the south Philippines; that the allied Spanish fleets will annihilate Admiral Dewey, and finally, that the climate is decimating the American soldiers. STRIPPED FOR ACTION. Dewey’n Ships Ready to Assist Merritt's Men in Capturing Manila. NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—A copyrighted dispatch to the World dated Manila, Aug. 4, via Hong-Kong, Aug. 9, says: The United States monitor Monterey arrived here to-day. Manila will fall as soon as the monitor Monadnoek comes here. She is expected by next Thursday. * Admiral Dewey’s ships are stripping for action. Owing to the high wind and heavy seas the troops of the third expedition have not yet landed. Two lighters were capsized in the attempts and three natives were drowned. Immediately after the arrival of the expedition General Merritt organized all his forces for an attack on Manila. The troops were formed into one division under command of General Anderson. The division is composed of two brigades. The first under General MacArthur is made of the Twentythird and Fourteenth Regular Infantry, and the Wyoming, North Dakota, Idaho and Minnesota Volunteers and the Astor Battery. The Second Brigade, under command of General Greene, is composed of the Eighteenth Regular Infantry. Third Artillery, Engineers, Signal Corps, and California. Colorado. Nebraska, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and the Utah Battery. The two brigades number 9,000 men. Oregon troops garrison Cavite. Admiral Dewey’s fleet commands the trenches and camps of the Spaniards. The situation in Manila is critical. The lights of the city are extinguished. All meats are exhausted. The defenses are a cordon of trenches, two batteries of nine six-inch guns each, the latter on the Cavite side. The big guns are directly in front. ANOTHER STORY OF THE FIGHT. Spanish I.osh Placed at 300 Killed end 1.000 M ounded. HONG-KONG, Aug. 9.—Dispatches from Cavite under date of Aug. 5 report that Manila was then “still Spanish.” These dispatches say: “At 11:30 p. m. on Sunday three thousand Spaniards attacked the American camp near Malate. assaulting the trenches occupied by the Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment. Battery K and Battery A, Utah, and two other companies of Pennsylvania troops. They charged the American right and nearly succeeded in cutting off the Pennsylvania companies, but the Amer-

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icans rallied and repulsed the Spaniards after desperate fighting, the American fire breaking the Spanish center. The Spaniards charged again,* but were forced to retreat to the jungle, where they kept a heavy fire on one of the roads leading to the American trenches in order to prevent reinforcements from arriving. The First California Regiment and the Utah Battery came to the rescue through a withering fire and never wavered, though several were wounded aid Captain Richter was killed. "The Spaniards charged several times, but they were mat by a steady fire from the infantry and by shrapnel from the Utah Battery', so that eventually they retreated to Malate fort with a loss, it is reported, of three hundred killed and a thousand wounded, though the report is probably exaggerated. “The insurgents rendered no assistance, but retreated on the first shot. It is believed ihat General Aguinaldo. aware of the Spanish intentions, moved his men away. On Aug. 1 the Spaniards made two weak attacks, and were easily repulsed. On Aug. 2 they made another attack, when one was killed and eleven wounded. On the 3d there was a cannonade all day. “The electric lights were extinguished in Manila at night. The Americans, though under arms, do not attack the city. The Spanish loss in the minor attacks is not known. “Mr. Williams, formerly United States consul at Manila, has called the leaders in fifteen provinces of the Philippines to a conference, from which good results are hoped.” * PANIC IN MANILA. Terror Canned l*y Shells Falling In tlie City—Many Casualties. (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) MANILA, Aug. 3, via Hong-Kong, Aug. 9.—Tho rumor is current here that the insurgents, fearful that peace will be concluded between Washington and Madrid, and that the Americans will withdraw' from the Philippines, are consequently the more strenuous in their desires and efforts to capture Manila. Sunday night there was a heavy bombardment with heavy modern shells. It is generally believed in the city that the Americans assisted, and the papers publish lists of Americans alleged to have been killed, including some names of rank. There is also a report that half of the Americans have succumbed to fever, and this statement with others like it encourages the Spaniards to maintain their suicidal resistance. On Sunday many shots entered the town. Several reached the citadel itself and it is reported that some ladies were killed. There iyas frightful panic inside the walls, women and children shrieking and praying in their terror the whole night through. One shot caused twenty casualties at the Luneta battery, another exploded at the Malate barracks. killing five. The troops turned cut just in time to save Malate fort and ihe magazine. The insurgents showered large and small shots with such precision that the garrison believed the whole American army and fleet were concentrating their lire. Many Spaniards had previously resolved to cease lighting the moment the Americans began, but the insurgents have subsided and the fmt has been reinforced from the barracks. The total Spanish iussts ar,e probably a hundred, but many houses have been seriously carnage:!. On Monday evening there was a furious fusillade in every direction. Telephonic inquiries were sent out from headquarters to various outposts. No answer was received from El Paco, and accordingly a squad of horsemen hastened thither. In the darkness and storm sentries fired and w'ounded two. Probably in the panic they imagined that the horsemen were Americans. A few such nights would drive the Spaniards inside the citadel, and then there would be the ghastly prospect of prolonged devastation and slaughter, with the inevitable destruction of the town and its inhabitants unless the Americans hastened to close in. Sunday 1,500 houses at Tunda were burned and flames, driven by a strong gale, threatened the whole of Manila, but they were finally extinguished, mainly through the efforts of the lire brigade organized by the British merchants at Manila. Manila to Be Taken Soon. MANILA BAY, Aug. 4, via Hong-Kong. Aug. 9.—The long-expected monitor Monterey, with the collier Brutus, arrived this morning during a gale. Much relief is felt by Admiral Dewey and General Merritt, and there is intense enthusiasm throughout the- fleet and among the troops. The capture of Manila v is now only a question of a few days necessary to land the troops of the third division from the United States transports Indiana, Morgan City, Erie, Valencia and City of Para, which arrived m Manila bay on Sunday afternoon, July 31. Artillerist from Anderson. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 9.—Lieut. Percy Kessler, who had charge of the Third United States regular heavy artillery in the battle at Maalta, Manila, and whose name is mentioned in the dispatches to-day, is from this city. He is a ward of ex-Secretary of State W. R. Myers and graduated two years ago from West Point. He received his appointment to the academy through Congressman W. D. Bynum. Cadet Roy Hillman, of Indianapolis, is his successor at West Point, Will Look for Minerals. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The officials of the Geological Survey are of the opinion that the Philippine islands may be rich in coal and petroleum deposits, and say that it is known gold is to be found there. It has been decided to make an examination of the mineral deposits of the islands, and Dr. Gorge F. Baker, of the- Geological Survey, will proceed to Manila as soon as possible. He will be taken care of by the military and naval departments while traveling and during his stay in the Philippines. OBITUARY. Frank A. GrlggH, North Dakota's Popular Young Governor. BISMARCK, N. D., Aug. 9.—Governor F. Briggs, of North Dakota, died to-day of consumption. J. M. Devine is lieutenant governor. Governor Frank A. Briggs was elected two years ago to be chief executive of North Dakota, having previously been the auditor. He was a young man and very popular, but his health was much broken and he was compelled to spend several months in California seeking to recuperate. Before going to North Dakota he was a Resident of Minneapolis. Last year he announced that because of ill health he would not be a candidate for renomination at the Republican state convention, but as his health seemed to improve hxs triends urged his candidacy. However, tile /day before the recent state convention it was announced finally that he would not again be a candidate, and it had been thought he would, soon as his term ended, seek to regain his health on the Pacific coast. Mrs. Margaret Fallon, A ,ed 117. ITHACA, N. Y„ Aug. 9.—Mrs. Margaret Fallon, said to be 117 years old, was to-day buried at King’s Ferry, Cayuga county. She is survived by nine children, eighteen grandchildren and a large number of great-grand-chiidren. Her oldest daughter is eighty and her oldest son seventy-five years of age. Careful inquiry into the records of Lusmuth parish. Kings county, Ireland, show that she was born in the year 1781. Two of her sons fought in the civil war, one in the Union and the other in the Confederate army. There was a large gathering of her descendants at her funeral to-day. Col. Fred C. Hogan. BOSTON, Aug. 9.—C01. Fred G. Bogan, commander of the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment, U. S. V., died at his home, in Charleston, to-day. Colonel Bogan arrived home from Cuba a few days ago in a greatly debilitated condition as a result of the hardship attendant on the campaign, but it was thought he would recover and he showed favorable symptoms until early today, when a sudden change occurred and he died a few minutes later. Colonel Bogan was forty-eight years of age. One of the First Greenbackere. LA SALLE, 111., Aug. 9.—Ex-Congress-man Alexander Campbell, known as the father of the greenbacks, is dead. Second Trial of the Farragrnt. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9.—The second preliminary trial of the torpedo boat Farragut was made to-day in the bay. Owing to a trifling accident to her steering gear no attempt was made to reach the contract's speed of thirty knots an hour. She is stated to -have maintained a speed of a little over twenty-three knots over a good portion of the course, with 200 pounds of steam and 4,000 horse powen developed.

FIRE AT POWDER WORKS . INDIANA PLANT AT FONTANET NARROWLY ESCAPES DESTRUCTION. Alleged Portland Murderer of Widow Stoltz on Trial at Winchester— Other State Kew^ ■ ♦ Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Aug. 9.—A Are at the Fontar.et powder mill to-day attracted a crowd from the surrounding country, which watched the fight between the flames and the men who were trying to prevent them reaching the building in which the explosives were stored. A struggle of more than an hour ended in- victory' for the men at the last moment. Three buildings w’ere destroyed. The crowd left the scene disappointed at not seeing a great display of fireworks. Loss $2,000. The soda house, the largest of The series of buildings belonging to the plant, was destroyed. Great quantities of soda used in the manufacture of explosives were stored in this house. G. A. R. DAY AT ZION PARK. New Grand Army Hall Dedicated and Many Old Soldiers Present. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ZIONSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 9.—Notwithstanding the rain during the day a good crowd gathered in the pavilion last night to listen to the sermon by Rev. W. F. Switzer, of Danville. The service was shortened owing to the dedication of the G. A. R. hall to take place at 8:15 o’clock. The audience at once repaired to the little brick church on Seminary street,* which had recently been converted into a comfortable and permanent headquarters for the old soldiers. At the hall Comrade Byers presided. A quartet sang patriotic songs, Rev. Knotts, tho assembly manager, made the welcome address, and Assistant Adjutant General Smock made the response. Department Commander Ryan made the principal address. His wit and humor was fully appreciated by' the old soldiers. The closing address was by Rev. E. G. Pelley. Mrs. Maud Smith sang “The Flag of the Free.” To-day was G. A. R. day at the park and the veterans and their friends were here in largo numbers. Commander Ryan made the forenoon speech, while in the afternoon Comrade Smock made -.he principal address, followed by Comnide Laughman, of Lebanon. During the day there w r ere sung such patriotic songs as “America,” “Red. White and Blue,” “Star-spangled Banner,” “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,” and “Marching Through Georgia.” A patriotic violin medley by Mr. S. Davenport, guitar song and solo by Miss Nellie Lemon, a flag drill by eight little girls led by Miss Rosa Beale, and a number of recitations and solos added interest :o the programme. The ample dinner was spread by tho soldiers’ wives and their friends. Commander Ryan preached at the park to-night. To-morrow will be farmers’ day and J. G. Kingsbury, of the Indiana Farmer, and Prof. Latta, of Purdue, will be at the park. The G. A. R. post from Lebanon w-as in attendance today. AFTER THIRTY YEARS. Edward Green, on Death Red, Pays for Neighbor's Calf He Had Killed. Special to he Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Aug. 9.—Thirty years ago Edward Green lived on a farm adjoining Berry James’s land, in Dick Johnson township. One day one of James’s calves got into Green’s cornfield. Green become furious and threw the calf over a high fence and it landed back on Jaires's farm with a broken neck. This incensed James and he knocked Green down as soon as he saw- him. Green retaliated by having James arrested and fined for assault. James, of course, couldn't prove that Green killed the calf and so never got satisfaction. Subsequently Green moved to Seattle, Wash., where he redded until his death a few' days ago. When his physicians informed him that the end was near, he called his lawyer and had him write James an apology‘for killing his calf thirty years ago and inclosed a check for S3O, which covered the fine and interest to date. James had long forgotten the incident and w'hen he received the letter to-day he read it several times before he could understand its purport. NAIL STRIKERS ORGANIZE. Men Fighting the Trust Preparing for n Long Struggle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 9.—Joe Tegge, representing the nailers; John Carter, representing the wire drawers, and George Wilder, representing the galvanizing men, have been selected by the men who are out of the Wire Nail Trust mills at this point as a committee to join the committees from Cleveland and other points, which, acting as a committee of the whole, will have national direction of the strikes of all trust mills. Every mill is to be thus represented. To this the rod workers, who are going out now, will add their representatives. This board will direct every movement, and will issue orders to workmen the same as the trust does to its superintendents. The management of the strike will be left entirely to them. About 00 per cent, of the men in all plants are now out. The rod mill operators are also coming out. and the plants are being tied up. The carpenters, lathers and other national labor unions are issuing orders to unions all over the country £o boycott trust mills. It begins to look as if the trust would be compelled to give in and withdraw its wage reductions. A Busy Nall Trnst Plant. SALEM, 0., Aug, 9.—The nail mill here recently purchased by the American "Wire and Steel Company, has been started on extra time, working thirteen hours each day. The order to increase the number of working hours in this city is said to have been caused by the strikes at Anderson, Cleveland and other places and the consequent shut-down of those plants. *. MARSHALL MURDER TRIAL. One of the Alleged Slayers of Mrs. Stoltz Faces a Jury. Special to the Indianapolis Jo':rnal. WINCHESTER. Ind., Aug. 9.—The case against Samuel H. Marshall, jointly indicted with Albert Musser for the murder of Louisa Stolz, at .Portland, last February, was called for trial here this morning before Judge A. O. Marsh. The larger part of the day was spent in selecting a jury. The defendant has asked for a continuance, which the court has under advisement. The case is exciting much interest in this part of the State, both on account of the prominence of the victim and the circumstances surrounding the murder. Mrs. Stoltz was a wealthy widow, who lived alone in a cottage In Portland. Gn Feb. 12 she was not seen about the house, and late in the afternoon an investigatixn was made and her body found, the police having received an anonymous postal card telling of the murder. She had been tied and gagged and her head covered with a bandana and a blue-dotted handkerchief. She had been dead for twelve or fourteen hours. The house had been thoroughly ransacked, and about S2,OO<J stolen. Bill Jarett was arrested on a story related by Tom Head, a Portland character of shady repute, but afterward released. Herschel La Follotte and Frank Cullom then came under suspicion, the former because the postal card received the afternoon the old ladv was found resembled the printing done by him on fences, telephone poles and other places, and Cullom from the fact that he had a few fresh scratches on his face. Both were discharged, but a month afterward a visit was made to La Follette’s home by two officers, and at the knock at the door La Follette cut his throat with a razor. Tho officers made a rush up the stairway, but they came too late, for their intended prisoner was a corpse. Pinkerton detectives and others were put on the case, and a reward of SI,OOO was offered by the administrators of the estate, with the sanction of the heirs, Mrs. Catherine Cowan, of Cincinnati, and Charles Miller, living near this city. The effort to find the murderers had almost been abandoned, when word was received from Terre Haute, which cast suspicion toward Samuel H. Marshall and his partner, Albert Musser. Marshall had worked at different paper mills in the gas belt. Musser Is a product of Adams county, coming from near Geneva. The former was located at Monmouth, 111., and the latter at East St, Louis. After being brought Alexandria, Musser at-

tempted to hang himself with his suspenders, but was cut down. Both waived any sort of preliminary hearing, and claimed not to know each other when brought face to face in the courtroom. Since the arrest Marshall has been kept at Winchester and Musser at Decatur, in order to have them in safe places and to head off any communications between them. Prehistoric Monndu Leased. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 9.—The famous Indiana prehistoric mounds, just east of this city, owned by the Bronnenburgs, were taken on a ten-year lease for $1,50!) per annum to-night by W. R. Covert and E. S. Allbright,* of St. Louis. They have an option of purchase at any time for $2,000, and it is their intention to buy. The mounds have been pronounced by Smithsonian Institution experts as the finest prehistoric mounds in the country. They will be converted into a park and cottages will be built. It will also be made the home of the National Anti-Spiritualist Association. Funeral of S. More Surface. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENWOOD. Ind., Aug. 9.—S. More Surface w r as buried here yesterday. His age was sixty-four years. For thirty-seven years he was a teacher in Indiana and Ohio and traveled with other educators in Europe. He also traveled as a minister until his weight increased to 364 pounds and he could not get about. He was also financial agent for Hartsville College. His work in the M. E. Church was of the most positive nature. Scarcely a campaign passed that he was not speaking and writing in the interest of the Republican party. Team Planned Through a Window. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, ind., Aug. 9.—The farm team of Charles Mcßeynolds crashed through the double plate glass window of the McKee grocery, in the Blackledge block, to-night, and both horses had their flesh cut to pieces. The wagon, loaded with calves and* sheep, was standing in the street in charge of an eight-year-old girl, when the horses took fright and ran away. The girl was unhurt. The horses fell in a quivering mass on a stack of watermelons. Both animals were badly injured and will be killed. Kudo His Career with Suicide. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERKB HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 9.—Omcr Lough, who came here a year ago from Parke county where he had a prosperous business and was a member of a highly respected family, committed suicide to-day in a fit of jealousy because of his infatuation for a woman of the town. The parents, who came for the body, objected to the presence of the woman at the funeral, but she produced a marriage license and the police declined to interfere. Conductor Sitgravrn Injured. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Aug. 9.—D. L. Sitgraves, of this city, who originally came from Tennessee, and one year ago entered service on the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, was badly injured at New Castle today. He was standing on the steps of his passenger engine when a sudden jerk threw him to the ground, the locomotive striking him on the back and hips, causing external and internal injuries. He was removed to this city this afternoon. Old Settlers’ Day. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. THORNTOWN, Ind., Aug. 9.—The sixteenth annual picnic of the Old Settlers’ Association of Boone county was held in Horner’s Grove, south of this city, to-day. One of the largest crowds which ever assembled in Boone county was present. The programme consisted of music, speaking and other features customary on such occasions. The Lebanon brass band supplied the music. Run Down by a Switch Engine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 9.—John aged forty-eight, was instantly killed by being run down by a Big Four switch engine to-night west of the depot. He leaves a wife and several children. Suicide of Willlum Goldsmith. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE, Ind., Aug. 9.-William Goldsmith, a young man of Union Mills, this county, committed suicide this evening by shooting himself through the head. Cause unknown. Indiana Oliitnary. GREENWOOD, Ind., Aug. 9.—The funeral of the late Mrs. Rebecca Rose, who died at Bethany Park on last Sunday, was held at the Mount Pleasant Christian Church this afternoon, and was very largely attended. The sermon was preached by Rev. L. L. Carpenter, of Wabash, president of Bethany Assembly. Mrs. Rose was eighty-two years old. She had been a member of the Christian Church for sixty-eight years, and had lived in this part of Indiana for more than forty years. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Aug. 9.—David Hill, one of the known colored men of southern Indiana, died in this city this morning after a brief illness. Mr. Hill was born a slave in North Carolina over eighty years ago. He paid for his freedom by doing extra work on his master’s plantation. He came to this city in 1855 and learned his trade. In his younger days he had more than a state reputation as a hunter. GREENSBURG, Ind., Aug. 9.—John W. Pohlman, sr., died last evening of paralysis. The deceased for many years was manager of the Greensburg Carriage Company. Previovsly he was a traveling salesman for a Cincinnati buggy company, where he resided and was well known. He was an Odd Fellow. . Indiana \ote. The first annual fair of the Bartholomew County Agricultural Association opened at Columbus yesterday. Representatives of the colored Knights of Pythias of Indiana are in session at Richmond. each district of the State being represented. Among those present is James C. Ross, of Savannah. Ga, supreme chancellor of the colored knights. The teachers of Rush county are holding an institute this week. State Superintendent D. M. Geeting delivered the opening address, and President Joseph Swain, of Indiana University, lectured. The instructors are Dr. Andrew Stephenson, of De Pauw; Prof. W. C. Barnhart, of Rushville, and Miss Lelia Patridge, of Lansdowne, Pa. GERMANS WOULD AID. Appeal for Fund* to Assist the Sick and Wounded. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The consul general at Eerlin reports that the following appeal for contributions to assist the Red Cross Society in caring for the sick and wounded in the war between Spain and the United States has been issued by the Red Cross Society of Germany: “The war which has broken out between Spain and America commences to claim rna.iy victims, especially through raging diseases, so that through the intervention of the international committee of the Red Cross Society at Geneva a petition for assistance has also been made here. The undersigned central committee deems as its duty, in view of the solidarity of the relations between the societies of the Red Cross and in thankful remembrance of the assistance given to the German volunteer nursing or the wounded and sick soldiers by foreign countries, to aid the Americans as well as the Spanish Society of the Red Cross in their endeavors to alleviate the sufferings of the war through the contribution of financial assistance. In order, however. not too greatly to reduce our society’s funds, which are for our own and local purposes much required, we call upon those circles in Germany who are prepared to make contributions for tne care of the wounded and sick in the present war, with the request to intrust us with the same and thus place us in the position to fulfill the feeling of humanity which is deeply felt in German hearts at all times for sufferings of foreigners and has been expressed by liberal donations.’’ Insurance Company in Trouble. BOSTON, Aug. 9.—At the instance of the insurance commissioner the attorney general has petitioned the Supreme Judicial Court for an injunction and receivership against the Equitable Accident Insurance Association of this city. The officers of the association have assented in advance to this disposition of the company, which has just been investigated by Examiner Brown, of the insurance department. Arrivals from Potto Rico. NEW YORK, Aug. 9.— The United States transport Cherokee (No. 4), Captain Garvin. arrived to-day from Ponce, Porto Rico with four passengers on board. They are Lieut. T. H. Oiguilliat, United States navyErnest C. Rost, a newspaper artist; W. J Gheames, private Battery F, Third Artillery. and John L. McKinnon, private Battery B, Fourth Artillery.

WILL SUPPORT CHINA GREAT BRITAIN WILL NOT PERMIT AGGRESSIONS BY OTHER POWERS. + Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford to Visit the Orient in the Interest of British Commerce. e LONDON, Aug. 9.—A dispatch from Peking says: “The firm attitude adopted by Great Britain in the matter of railroad concessions in China which is giving general satisfaction in the British settlements, is maintained. Sir Claude M. MacDonald, the British minister to China, was present at the meeting of the Chinese Foreign Office officials and he reiterated Great Britain's formal promise to support China if threatened by any foreign power on account of a concession granted to a British subject.’’ Answering a question in the House of Commons to-day, the parliamentary secretary for the Foreign Office, vlr. Curzon, said the British minister at Peking, Sir Claude M. MacDonald; had reported that the Chinese government, replying to Great Britain’s message saying she would support China against any power committing an act of aggression in China because China had granted a British subject permission to aid or build a railroad or other public works, as announced in the House of Commons on Aug. 1, had expressed gratitude at the promise of support and had asserted that no threat of aggression had been made. Mr. Curzon also said that Baron Von Bulow, the German minister for foreign affairs, had sent a memorandum to her Majesty’s government, saying Germany had never ciaimed exclusive privileges in China, had made no attempt to exclude other nations from free competition in the Shan-Tung peninsula, and had merely informed China that if she desired or required foreign assistance in the Shan-Tung peninsula she should first offer the work to Germany.” Mr. Curzon, answering another question, said her Majesty’s government had no information in regard to the reported cession of the Port of Rahita, on Asab bay, Red sea, to Russia, for use as a coaling station. Mr. Curzon added that he was not aware Abyssinia had any power to cede that port to Russia. The Peking correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “Endeavors are being made to obtain from Washington an official statement about the Nicaraguan canal. It is felt that if this project were assured the gravity of the situation would be relieved, as the canal would establish greater opportunities for joint protection by Great Britain and .America for their interests in the far East. A declaration from Washington at the present juncture that the Nicaraguan project would be carried out would materially strengthen the hands of Sir Claude McDonald, British minister here. "M. Pavle.ff, the Russian charge d’affaires, continues to exert his influence against the Peking-Han-Kow Railroad. Still little doubt is expressed about the ultimate result of his diplomacy. The concession represents the essence of Great Britain's future in China. If China yields to Russian menaces, the prospects of the Shan-Si syndicate are imperiled. It is a foregone conclusion that M. Pavloff will demand a revocation by the Chinese government of the Shan-Si contract. Private enterprise will avail nothing against the representations of Russia, and Great Britain will be barred from the commercial advantages which that agreement carries.” The degree of interest and appreciation of the importance and possibilities of the East to which England has been aroused is evidenced by the action of the associated chambers of commerce in commissioning Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, Conservative member of Parliament for the city of York, on a special mission to China. Lore Beresford goes to investigate the prospects of commerce and to report particularly as to the extent to which the Chinese government will guarantee the safety of British capital already invested and of contemplated investments. No fitter man than this enterprising and businesslike admiral could be selected. His mission indicates the prevailing distrust as to the efficacy of Lord Salisbury’s diplomacy to conserve British commercial interests in China. Lord Charles Beresford intends to be absent several months. „ ... The Times, commenting editorially this morning on Lord Beresford’s mission, says: “Being a man of great ability, sound sense and good judgment, Lord Charles Beresford may he expected to take the bearings of the general question with considerable accuracy. There is some reason to fear, however, that he will find himself very much in the position of the naturalist who started to give an account of the snakes in Ireland. He will have to discover what regions are still left for the employment of British capital, in face of the passive attitude of England.” Lord Beresford’s mission is undertaken with the consent of the British Admirality He hopes to start about Aug. 25. Hooley’s Charges to Be Investigated. LONDON, Aug. 9—Counsel for the official receiver for the estate of Ernest T. Hooley, the company promoter, applied to Justice Wright in the bankruptcy court today for an cider calling for the examination of Mr. Hooley, Earl De la Warr and Messrs. Broadley, Rucker and Bradshaw by the justice. All the persons mentioned are concerned in the alleged efforts to bribe Mr. Hooley to change his testimony in the matter of the large sums of money which he is said to have paid titled people during the course of his company promoting. Justice Wright said a serious contempt of court was charged and it must be promptly dealt with, but he did not see how he could compel the gentlemen to criminate themselves. The justice, however, ordered that affidavits in the case be presented to him tomorrow'. It developed to-day that Mr. Hooley is ill and that he may be unable to continue his revelations for some time to come. 1 London's Lord Mayor Coming. LONDON, Aug. 9.—The lord mayor of London, Mr. Horatio David Davies, and his daughter. Miss Davies, will sail for New York from Liverpool on board the White Star line steamship Teutonic on Aug. 18 for a short visit to America. Mr. Davies will be the first lord mayor to visit America during his incumbency. Curzon May Be 3lnde a Peer. LONDON, Aug. 9.—Should the Hon. George N. Curzon, the parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs be appointed Viceroy of India in succession to the Earl of Elgin, as appears certain, he will probably be raised to the peerage before he starts. A PITIFUL SIGHT. Embarkation of Sick Spaniards on the Steamer Alicante. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 9.-The auxiliary cruiser St. Louis arrived here this morning, but owing to her great length she was unable to enter the harbor. The Ninth and Tenth Infantry will be lightered out to her to-morrow morning, and she will leave in the afternoon with both regiments. The shipment of troops, American and Spanish, is being pushed with the greatest activity. The embarkation of the sick Spaniards on the Alicante was a most pitiful sight. They were brought from the hospitals on stretchers, in wagons and upon the backs of their comrades, often scarcely stronger than the sick men they bore. The docks w r ere lined with officers and soldiers, who supported or carried their wives and daughters. The American wagons and ambulances brought cartloads of miserable, colorless skeletons. It was a heartrending spectacle. The steam lighters Bessie and Laura were literally covered with the stretchers and litters, and the sick and dying presented a ghastly scene. The embarkation was partly effected in the midst of a drenching rain, but absolute order was maintained, and dignified, soldierly silence. No murmurs or complaints were heard, although the tale of suffering was told in the pale, wan faces of all. Roosevelt and Alger. Philadelphia Times. Teddy Roosevelt may be a little too selfassertive for a military man, but If Secretary Alger undertakes to “down” him. he will quickly learn where the public judgment rests between the two. There is nothing whatever in Colonel Roosevelt’s letter to the secretary, of the date of July 23, that in the slightest degree justifies the ill-man-nered reply two weeks later. Having been until lately associated with the executive departments, it was not inappropriate for Colonel Roosevelt to make an official suggestion to the secretary of war, and it must

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be said that his suggestion was a proper one. If the cavalry division had been sent with Miles it could have been of great service and it probably would not have been necessary to send it now to an invalid camp. The secretary did not adopt the suggestion, but he appears to have seen nothing improper in it till the letter about the fever situation was published, when he digs out a portion of this former letter and posts it with an angry and inappropriate reply, giving it a significance that was clearly no part of its purpose. In this correspondence it ( s not Roosevelt that suffers, and the secretary will be wise to let him alone. SILVER ISSUE DEAD. Senator Hanna Outlines the Probable Policy of Republicans. DULUTH, Minn., Aug. 9.—Senator Hanna and H. H. Kohlsaat left here this afternoon for Yellowstone Park. Mr. Hanna when interviewed said he believed the silver issue absolutely dead and all hope of an international agreement on bimetallism futile, at least for the present. He believed the several straight gold platforms adopted by state conventions were in direct line with Republican ideas as to the maintenance of money as good as that of any nation in the world. He said the Republican party would make its next campaign on issues brought up by the war and on its record in the war, and that the President's course had given the party an absolute continuance of its control of political affairs, the President having been correct in all his moves. He expected, however, that the silver issue would be galvanized to do duty as the main question by the opponents of the Republican party and that therein lay their weakness. BAND OF BAD HOBOS. Train Seised by Fifty Tramps, but Later Captured by Police. LARIMERE, N. D., Aug. 9.—Last night about fifty tramps held Great Northern No. 15 freight at Grand Forks station. They boarded the train, refusing to get off, and pulled revolvers on the train crew. The officers here were notified by wire, a posse was organized, the train was stopped just before entering the city, and nearly all the tramps captured and landed in ja... The railroad intends to prosecute the prisoners as an example to others. HER NOSE TOUCHED A WIRE Miss Jennie Allison Electrocuted While Leaning: Out of u Window. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Aug. 9.—While leaning from a window of the Shamckin Valley knitting works to-day Miss Jennie Allison, aged eighteen years, was electrocuted by her nose coming in contact with a telephone wire that had been crossed by a live are light wire, thus charged with 1,300 voits of electrical fluid. She had her feet resting on a coil of steam-heating pipes at the time. CITY NEWS NOTES. Revenue Collector Nowlin has notified the county recorder that 25-cent stamps must be placed upon releases of mortgages as well as on the mortgages themselves. A. W. Zook, formerly of this city, has disappeared from his home in Cleveland.- People who know him here, however, report that he has disappeared before and turned up all right. That Private Letter. Baltimore American. Until turther particulars throw a better light on the correspondence between Colonel Roosevelt and Secretary Alger the honors will not be with the. secretary, it is plain that Roosevelt’s letter was written with too much impetuosity and with too much extravagance tor his own men, but it will rememDered that he led these men in one of the noblest fights of the century, that ne saw their heroism and that he had since then beheld their neglect by the department. It was natural for him to be extravagant in his language, and as the letter was a private one, the matter of it was as sacred as a confidential conversation between friends. The fact that he had been assistant secretary in the Navy Department before he resigned and went to the tront, also counted In his favor, and in his rightful claims upon tne secretary of war. But Alger, possibly stung to strange and inexcusable lengins, tnought he saw an opportunity to score with the public, and so he used a private letter for a public purpose in a particularly barefaced way. Between Roosevelt’s intemperate zeal for his men and Alger s coid-biooded use of a private letter for a gallery play, the American people will not hesitate to choose. It was a bad mistake for the secretary. To Cultivate Porto Rico. Philadelphia Record. x Probably the swiftest way to naturalize and make thoroughly good citizens of tne natives of Porto Rico would be to send thither an army of Yankee schoolmasters. When the schoolmasters should have taught them to talk English ana to read English they would soon acquire such knowledge of our laws and customs ;is would thoroughly indoctrinate them wtth the love of regulated and rational freedom. Our task in Cuba will be much more difficult. The Cubans have no idea of being Anglicized, and, as we have undertaken to make them independent, we are precluded from imposing upon them our language or laws. Roosevelt for Governor. NEW YORK. Aug. 9.~The name of Theodore Roosevelt was prominently mentioned to-night for the candidacy of Governor of the State of New York at a meeting cf tha general committee of the Republicans of the county of New York, but after considerable heated discussion it was decided that the subject should be further considered before any recommendation by the committee should be made. Losing; Faith. Washington Star. “Have you any faith in the sea serpent story?” asked the tourist. "Well,” replied the seaside landlord. “I used to have, but It doesn’t seem to attract people any more. I guess we’U have to think up something else.'