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continent monopolized us. Our policies ■were the policies of America alone—running too frequently, particularly In their financial and commercial phases. Into a thing apart from the corresponding systems of the world. It was. in my judgment, a providential hand, gloved in the smoke of battles, that led us out from those confining boundaries to the mountain spur w© now occupy. There is moral elevation in a wide outlook. Asa people, we, for the first time, look clearly over the empires of the earth. Without the sacrifice of righteousness or of honor, but as the ministers of both, the Invitation comes to take our share in the opportunities and responsibilities of this wider fieid. The Immediate question, the one that, by its solution, will either bring us in or bar us out of this larger national sphere, relates to the permanent occupation of our Spanish conquests. THE TRUE QUESTION. “The true question is not whether Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines are intrinsically worth the responsibilities incurred by their occupation; whether their commerce and resources will counterbalance the new dangers that their acquirement would introduce into our political system. For I see behind them, In the horizon towards which we are heading, looming up from the Pacific, in mountainous interest and opportunity—against which the outlines of the Philippines are but a handspeck—something more than islands, nothing else than a continent. Within Asia lies the interest and opportunity that, by its largeness, dwarfs every other prospect. I favor the acquisition of Porto Rico, partly because trie moral purpose of this war demands that It should no longer be a political p.ague spot in the otherwise purified Caribbean sea, but chiefly because it is the gateway to the Caribbean—a sea that, when the commerce of Asia is fully developed, and the Nicaragua canal opened, will, from both a naval and commercial views become the most important water on the face of the globe. I favored the acquisition of Hawaii, and I favor tho acquisition of the Philippines, or as much of them as may be needed, solely because in the new career of commercial activity upon which, I trust, we are apout to enter, we need, clear across the Pacific, a line of naval stations and home ports; stations in every sense our own, carrying under the soil the American title and over it the American flag. •'I favor the retention of the Philippines, or at least a part of them, that they may stand as a tangible continuing demonstration of the physical presence of the Republic in Asiatic waters. The value of these conquests is not in their territory, nor their resources, separately considered, but in the fact that as an entirety they constitute a chain precisely adapted to the expanded sphere in which w T e are to enter. I care little for the links, individually, but everything for the chain that will, henceforth, hold us to our opportunities in the far East.” THE FUTURE OF ASIA. After paying notice at great length to objections urged by opponents of annexation, Judge Grusscup continued: “I come now to what is, in my judgment, the most interesting and imporant object of our future foreign policy. 1 refer, of course, to the immediate future of Asia. It is in that quarter that we will find a situation open to American enterprise, a commerce waiting for American venture, and eventually a people and institution’s ready for a graft from the tree of AngloSaxon civil liberty. Outside of these countries that are already European dependencies the populations of Asia number already 400,000,C00 souls. They have up to the present time lived almost upart from mankind. The breaking of the seal upon their ports is to us of Europe and America the discovery of anew continent. In the nature of tilings great results must follow. The discovery of unpeopled America broke up the deepest foundations of European life; the opening of Africa, peopled only by savages, has stirred every corner of European enterprise. But here in the far East, swinging inward, are doors that will admit us to one-half of the desirable territory and onetldrd of the population of the earth. It is a land without railroads, without manufactories, without cities built on modern lines, without fields cultivated by modern implements. It bids for every character of American enterprise. It lies under the temperate zone, the only strip of our globe that insures health to men now alive and promises increasing vigor to men yet to come. Looked at from every material point of view the invitation tendered is one that no enterprising people can afford to decline. The break-up in the current of Asiatic life is at hand. The people of China are already beginning to compare their modes of life with us and to reach out for some of the physical aids that we are ready to offer. “Before us in the far East at this very moment are opening gates that will in a few years reveal a market transcending in value our own and transcending our own Immensely in its potentialities for the future. The full magnitude of ijiis opening era has not yet dawned upon the world. The far-seeing statesmen of Europe see it; far-seeing America will soon compass it. Looked at from every side—lts certainty, Its immense proportions, its immeasurable potentialities for growth—it reveals itself as a world event commercially more important than the discovery of America, an event in many respects without a parallel in the history of mankind. “Our course seems clear, if we are in •arnest in our purpose to participate in the development of the East. We need these islands as an integral part of the naval force, without the display of w'hich we can never obtain a proper share in her commerce or protect it after it is obtained; we need them as strategic points in a naval contest with any power on the earth; we need them that we may draw physically close to the quarter of the globe in which we wish our influence to be felt, and our commerce to expand: we need them, above all other considerations, as security towards peace—that character of peace—bonds that all nations respect.” MR. SCHURZ’S SPEECH. Mr. Sehurz said in part: “The future policy of the United States will be largely determined by the peace soon to be concluded with Spain. We have to remember that the war with Spain was virutally initiated by the resolution adopted by Congress which declared that the people of Cuba should be free and independent, then, moved by the sense of duty the United States demanded the withdrawal of the Spanish forces from Cuba, that the President should use the army and navy and militia ‘to the extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect'—that is, to liberate Cuba—and that such liberation and pacification of Cuba accomplished, the United States emphatically disclaiming disposition or intention to annex i iiba, would leave the government of the island to the people thereof. "Now, I ask the advocates of annexation among us. whether if this Republic under any pretext annexes any of the Spanish colonies, it does not really turn this solemnly advertised war of liberation and humanity into a war of self-aggrandize-ment? 1 ask them what they will have to say when our detractors repeat against us their charge of hypocrisy and selfish motives? If these questions cai .lot he satisfactorily answered, this might be the end of the discussion. But in tnese days of ours it is, perhaps, well to go on proving that honesty is really the best policy. What shall we do with these Spanish colonies if we do annex them? Are these colonies or any part of them such that we could witn safety make Stales of our Union of them? 1 challenge the advocates of annexation to show me a single instance of a tropical country in which people of that kind nave shown themselves able to carry on democratic government in a manner fitting it for statehood in our Union. “Let the thought of annexing these Islands and their population to the United States, either as States or as subject provinces, be abandoned. Let Cuba and Porto Rico be occupied by our military forces under discreet commanders until they are thoroughly pacified and until the people thereof, with such aid on the part of the United States as may be necessary, will have formed effective civil governments and an armed force of their own for the maintenance of public order and security. Let then, in accordance with the explicit promise given in the resolution of Congress, the control of those islands to be* turned over to the people thereof; and let this final settlement include agreements with them securing to American citizens on the islands the fullest protection in their right of owning property and carrying on all kinds of business. “The problem of the future of the Philippines is no doubt much more complicated. But as to the main point that concerns the United States, 1 shall say that the same principle should be adhered to as in the case of Cuba and Porto Rico—that is, we should obtain, by means of agreement, the greatest attainable facilities for commerce and civilizing influences with the least political responsibilities and entanglements; in other words, we should not annex, but secure the opening to our activities of the territories concerned.” A general discussion followed, participated in by Judge Grosscup, Carl Sehurz, Harry C. Garfield, of Cleveland: F. B. Thurber. of New York: John W. Coughlin, of Fall River; J. B. Dufflelu. of Fall River; F. Shack, of New York, and others. William Dudley Foulke, of Indiana, tonight made a lengthy and strong address In favor of territorial expansion. Congressman Frederick 11. Gillett, of Massachusetts, made an address cn the immorality of prize monejr. Arnold Wyman, of Brattleboro, Vt, aged •eventy-two years, committed suicide In New York yesterday by shooting himself in the mouth. No reason is known for his self -destruction.

MISS DE HORITY’S TRICK DAUGHTER OF ELWOOD BANKER OUTWITS THE ENTIRE FAMILY. Married Daring Kokomo Visit and Now on Wedding Tour—Verdict ot Acquittal for Sam Marshall. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 19.—Last Tuesday Miss Tillie De Hority, daughter of Banker J. H. De Hority, of Elwood, came here as the guest of Mrs. C. W. Ovens. The same evening Mr. Curtis Howe, an Elwood druggist. joined Miss De Hority, and the couple went to Logansport and were secretly married, being accompanied by Attorney Bert Call, of Elwood. Mr. Howe returned to Elwood and the bride resumed her visit here, where every day she has been the guest of honor at social gatherings. Yesterday a telegram from the new husband to the bride disclosed the secret, and Mr. Ovens, who had been an innocent instrument in the deception, at once informed Mr. De Hority of the affair, and word came back to hold the bridge until a brother could arrive to take her home. The husband, who had an inkling of the plan, beat the brother here, and the couple left the city together this morning. Mr. Howe was a widower, * RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS. Second Day of the Wesleyan Methodist Camp Meeting. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FAIRMOUNT, Ind., Aug. 19.—The second day’s session of the camp meeting of Indiana WesleyaA Methodists was opened with sunrise prayer meeting at 5:30 o’clock in the tabernacle, followed at 8 o’clock with a song and consecration service. Among the noted speakers from a distance are Rev. W. T. Jennii.gs, of Syracuse. N. Y., editor of the Wesleyan Methodist; Rev. A. W. Abbott, of Rlngold, la.; W. H. Kennedy, of Ada. 0., and Rev. Ebter Teter, of Sheridan, Ind., president of Indiana Conference. The meetings will continue over Sunday, when the Indiana Conference will convene for a four days’ session. Zion Pnrk Camp Meeting. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ZIONSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 19.—The day being bright, the crowd was larger again at Zion Park camp meeting. As had been announced, Rev. O. A. Cook, of Lebanon, preached at 10:30 and Rev. William Knotts, of Zionsville, at 2:30 p. m. To-night Rev. J. L. Stout, of Indianapolis, preached. All are now waiting for Sunday as the great and closing day of the assembly. Dr. C. N. Sims, who is always popular here, will preach both morning and afternoon. A large choir will render special music. Iloline** Camp Meeting. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SULLIVAN, Ind., Aug. 19.—The annual Holiness camp meeting is in progress at Carlisle, south of this city. The meetings are conducted by Rev. Anna Smith, and the attendance is the largest in the history of the meetings, and great interest is manifested. , 4 FUSION WITH DEMOCRATS. • Republicans of Seymour Believe They Have Made a Good Bargain. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., Aug. 19.—The Jackson county Republican committee has decided to fuse with the dissatisfied Democrats on the county ticket. A committee of five met a like number of Democrats and arranged matters satisfactorily. Republicans are to have the clerk, sheriff, one commissioner and coroner. Politics Threaten to Get Hot. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 19.—Preparations are being made by both the Republican and Democratic central committees in this county to open the campaign between the Ist and 10th of September. Thus far. there has been but little attention paid to the approaching election. The time has not been long since Madison county was lined up with Shelby in the list of Democratic strongholds, but the evolution which has been brought about by the location of factories has worked a radical change and the majority this year should run close to a thousand Republican. The Democrats have taken steps for an aggressive campaign. The state committees of both parties will be asked to send the best speakers to this county. The Fourth District Convention. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., Aug. 19.—The names of Thomas Kobbe, of Bartholomew county, and Frank S. Jones, of Versailles, were presented at the Fourth district Republican convention yesterday, but Maj. Charles W. Lee carried off the honor on the first ballot, as follows: Lee. 120; Kobbe, 49; Jones, 45; scattering, 16. While the convention was in session a letter was received and read from Hon. O. H. Montgomery, of Seymour, thanking Republicans of the district for standing by him in his unsuccessful race for the Supreme Court nomination in the state convention. Mr. Montgomery was unable to attend thp convention on account of sickness. He is confined to his bed with typhoid malaria, and his condition is given out as serious. To Have an Old-Fashioned Bally. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Aug. 19.—The Republican campaign of 1898, in Rush county, will open at Carthage on Saturday, Sept. 3, with an old-fashioned rally and love feast, to continue all day. James E. Watson, J. Frank Hanly and State Chairman C. S. Hernly will be present. INDIANA OBITUARY. Dr. Harvey I’ettlbone. n Pioneer In Northern Indiana. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CROWN POINT. Ind., Aug. 19 —Dr. Harvey Pettibone, the oldest practitioner in this city, died to-day after an illness of three months which resulted from a fall. He was a pioneer of Lake county, coming here in 1860, and was seventy-seven years old. He was a Royal Arch Mason, and has held many positions of trust with the government. In 1882 he was elected to the Legislature. Anbury Clapper. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Aug. 19.—The remains of Asbury Clapper, son of Henry Clapper, a pioneer, were brought home today from Detroit, Mich., for burial. He died from heart disease, falling unconscious on the streets of that city. He was an operator. and for many years in the employ of the Nickel-plate Railroad Company. Thoms* Bennett. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Aug. 19. Thomas Bennett, aged sixty-nine years, died at his home In this city to-day. He had been a resident of Hartford City for twent> years. He was an old soldier. The funeral will be held under the auspices of the G. A. R. post, Sunday morning. Interment in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Capt. Isaac Mbm. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., Aug. 19.—Capt. Isaac Mass, a prominent Mason and hotel man, died here to-night, aged eighty-eight. Other Death* In the State. LYON S STATION. Ind., Aug. 19.-Mrs. Elizabeth Honeas, aged eighty-seven, died at her home yesterday of general debility. Mrs. Honeas was the widow of the late John Honeas, and the last of the old Simpson family, which came here in 1809. She was born in Tennessee, and was the daughter of Thomas Simpson, who was born in Maryland In 1773, and came here in 1805 or 1806 and settled what is called Simpson’s Creek, where Mother Honeas died. SULLIVAN, Ind., Aug. 19.-Joshua P. Beckett, a farmer, died to-day at his home, nta.* Hvmera, of consumption, aged fiftyfive years. He was a prominent Odd Fellow and Mason. PORTLAND. Ind., Aug. 19— Mrs. Elizabeth Loach, one of the pioneers of Jay

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county, died to-day at her home in Pike township. She was seventy years old. COL. NEFF’S STORY. Winchester Pioneer Who Served on a Jury Fifty-Eight Years Ago. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER, Ind., Aug. 19.—Several old tirrers here to-day were discussing the Marshall murder trial when Col. Henry H. Neff, the oldest original settler of this city and of the county and for some time clerk of the Randolph Court of Common Pleas, referred to a case which was tried here in about 1840, and in which he served as a member of the jury. It was the case against Elijah Arnold, charged with larceny, and the colonel says it was reported in a New York law journal of that time. An affidavit had been made charging Arnold with passing counterfeit money. He was arrested and brought before ’Squire Eltzroth, where he was confronted with the bill, which, during the trial, was placed on a table. Watching his opportunity Arnold seized the bill, chewed it up and swallowed it. Thereupon he was indicted for the larceny of the bill, which was alleged to be genuine, tried, convicted and sent to the penitentiary for two years, where he died. At the time of this trial Jehu T. Elliott wffs judge of this judicial circuit, which then comprised the counties of Union, Fayette, Wayne, Henry, Randolph, Delaware, Grant and Madison. Col. Neff, who is in his eighty-third year, is yet alert and active, and has a faithful memory of the celebrated lawyers who then practiced before the court here. They comprised such illustrious names as those of Oliver H. and Caleb B. Smith, George- W. Julian, Oliver P. Morton, Newel Williams, James Perry, father of Col. Oran Perry, and others scarcely less noted’. Colonel Neff came with his father’s family to this city early in the thirties, w'hen the town was a few' straggling cabins in a mudhole. For many years he was editor of the Winchester Patriot, one of the first papers published here. A Unique Crusader. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FAIRMOUNT, Ind., Aug. 19.—'Walter C. Rush, who caused a sensation here and among the Quakers over the State generally a year ago by confessing and implicating twenty-one prominent business men of this city in blowing up Luther Morris's jaloon by dynamite, has renounced the church and turned “crusader.” He makes a specialty of holding services in public places and painting large scriptural passages on fences and convenient bill boards. His fine home situated on the hill just out of this city has been despoiled, passages of Scripture nearly covering the same, and it can be said that the lettering lacks considerable of being artistic. One inscription reads: “Open doors to hell: Church festivals, Christmas entertainments, secret orders, saloons.’’ He has renounced all regular churches of any denomination and now holds forth with a small band of “crusaders,” as they term themselves, and holds services at their different home-s several times during tl.e week. Killed on nn Excursion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CARTHAGE, Ind., Aug. 19.—William Coffin, the twenty-year-old son of Enos Coffin, of this place, met his death in an accident at Benton Harbor yesterday. With a party of excursionists he was taking a street-car ride, and while leaning from the car, watching a bicyclist, he was struck by a car coming from the opposite direction. Death resulted immediately. A dispatch from Rushville says: John Bundy, who was with young Coffin, was seriously injured at the same time. Coffin and Bundy w’ere leaning far out of the car over the track and did not notice the approach of a car from the other direction. Coffin was struck on the head and the top part of his skull crushed in. He fell between the cars and never moved. Bundy his collar bone broken. Coffin’s parents, Enos Coffin and wife, were not notified until the remains arrived in Carthage at 1 a. m. As the excursion train passed through North Manchester a man whose name could not be learned had one foot cut off. Richmond District Endenvorcri. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MILTON, Ind., Aug. 19.—The tenth annual convention of the Thirteenth Christian Endeavor district closed its sessions here last night at the Christian Church. About 150 visitors and delegates were present from a distance. Among the well-known Endeavers participating were Rev. Jacob Kapp, Richmond, president of the Indiana C. E. Union; Miss Jennie T. Wasson, secretary of Indiana Union; Rev. Burris A. Jenkins, of Indianapolis; Rev. Willis Montgomery, of Mount Carmel; Rev. H. N. Mount, of Connersville; Miss Corda Barnes, of Liberty; Miss Ellen Peele, of Vincennes. The decorations were pronounced by the visitors to be among the most beautiful yet seen at the district conventions of the State. Richmond district is the name of the new district into which the thirteenth will be merged. It includes Wayne, Union, Franklin. Fayette, Rush and Henry counties, the latter two just being added. Charles A. Drapier, of Liberty, was re-elected district secretary. The next convention will meet at Connersville, A Hermit Found Dend In His House. Special to the In lianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Aug. 19.—The remains of John Rollinson, who lived a hermit's life in Greenville township, were found to-day in an advanced state of decomposition on the floor of the little house on his farm. Rollinson came to this county from Ohio about twenty years ago and until to-day nothing could be learned regarding his past life. He spent all his time on his farm and avoided his neighbors. Among Rolltnson's papers was found the name of Charles Boon, Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio. Telegrams were sent to Boon and it developed he was a brother-in-law. Rollinson had not communicated with his relatives for years. A small sum of money was found in the house and a deposit book showed hq had several hundred dollars in a local bank. His farm was valued at $3,000. Grand Lodge Colored Masons. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR. Ind., Aug. 19.—The Grand Lodge of Colored Masons of Indiana closed its annual session in this city last night by the public installation of the newlyelected officers. The reports place the membership at seven hundred. A charter was granted for a Wabash lodge. The following officers were eki :ed: W. F. Teister, of Crawfordsville, grand master: J. H. White, Muncie, deputy grand master; Arra Terrell, Mitchell, senior warden; J. F. Linsley, Indianapolis. junior warden; Henry Setton, Indianapolis, treasurer; R. F. Taylor, Jeffersonville, secretary; H. A. Roegen, Indianapolis. lecturer, and Rev. W. H. Anderson, Evansville, chaplain. The Grand Lodge will meet in Jeffersonville next year. Weaned of Free-Silver Notions. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 19.—Robert Morris and Elmer Toner, of Shelbyville, visiting relatives here, recently returned from Honduras, where they went two years ago and engaged in coffee raising. Their first planting will begin to yield in two years. In the qjeantime they are increasing the acreage of their plantation. They reside in Santa Cruz. When these young men went there they were the only Americans; now there are thirty. John Jacob Astor and other New York capitalists are interesting themselves in the locality. Messrs. Morris and Toner were greatly in favor of free silver gefore leaving Indtana, but such tendencies have long since been routed by a taste of the real thing in Honduras. Frank Wood Swindled a Widow. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 19.—Frank S. Wood, a well-known traveling salesman for drugs, has been arrested on charges of larceny, embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretenses. He is charged by Mrs. Charles Willett, widow of an old friend of Wood, whom lie was supposed to be befriending. Wood assisted the widow in the bookkeeping and ordering new goods and finally obtained a transfer of the stock to himself by signing a paper which she did not understand. During Mrs. Willett’s absence he sold it to Clay Harrod, who opened a drug store in another part of the city and move it bodily out of Mrs. Willett's building. Connersville Will Celebrate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CONNERSVILLE. Ind., Aug. 19.—Arrangements are being made for a grand patriotic demonstration, in celebration of the recent American victories, on Monday, Sept. 5. Every township in the county will have a delegation iu the parade; the mer-

chants and factories will be represented by floats; addresses will be made by prominent men. the whole to conclude with fireworks in the evening. An organization was effected by the election of F. R. Beeson, president; Miss Kate Heron, treasurer; Ward Jamison, secretary. Energetk* committees have been appointed and everything points to a big demonstration. Reunion of the Sixty-Sixth. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SALEM, Ind., Aug. 19.— The Sixty-sixth Regiment held its annual reunion here today, with forty members present. All the old soldiers here turned out and joined with the members of this regiment, so that the G. A. R. Hall would not hold the crowd. At the camp-fire at the courthouse many were turned away. Comrades Sailes, Garriott, Rhodes, Lawler, Cadie and Condor spoke at the camp-fire. Caotain Andrew Fite, of New r Albany, was re-elected president of the association. The other officers who served the past year were re-elected. Seymour asked for the reunion of next year. Took Poison and Died In a Stable. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW, Ind., Aug. 19.—About 11 o’clock this morning William Clark, a teamster, was found nearly dead in one of the stalls of W. A. Mabie's stable, near the C., C., C. & St. L. freight yards. A man went in to put up a horse and found Clark unconscious, and he died soon after. In the pocktt of the dead man was a small empty bottle, which had contained carbolic acid. The man had domestic troubles, his wife leaving him a few' days ago. Clark was forty-five years old and was always steady. His death was a great shock to his friends. Insane from Reading; Novel*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SULLIVAN, Ind., Aug. 19.—John Johns, a barber, of Star City, who recently went crazy, is confined in the Sullivan jail. Johns is kept in a cell and tears every particle of clothing off his body and raves and pounds his cell day and night. Johns, prior to going crazy, was of a quiet disposition and had never before exhibited signs of lunacy. His condition is supposed to have been caused by reading cheap novels, as he imagines that he is “Nick Carter.” “Old Sleuth,” and other characters of fame. Fidelity Lodge’* Semi-Centennial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Aug. 19.-Fidelity Lodge, I. O. O. F., of this city, was fifty years old to-day and in commemoration of the anniversary all the neighboring Odd Fellow lodges were invited *o a celebration here. The exercises were held in the opera house and the assembly was addressd by Grand Secretary W. 11. Leedy, of Indianapolis. This evening a banquet was served. The Fidelity Lodge is one of the strongest of Indiana. Marshall Acquitted of Murder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER, Ind., Aug. 19.—After remaining out all night ar.d till 3 o’clock this afternoon the jury in the murder case against Samuel H. Marshall, of Portland, jointly indicted with Albert Musser for the murder of Louisa Stolz on Feb. 11, returned a verdict of acquittal. This trial began here Aug. 9 and has been stubbornly fought. The verdict was a surprise to a great many people, who expected a conviction or a disagreement. Rnilrond Man’s Widow Ran Down. Specie! to tho Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., Aug. 19.—Mrs. Anna Wilson, aged fifty-three, was struck by a Wabash fast freight at the Benton-street crossing in this city to-day and fatally injured. Mrs. Wilson was partially deaf and did not notice the approaching train. She w*as the mother of three daughters and two sons and the widow of Walter Wilson, a wellknown railroad man. Old Cavalry Reunion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Aug. 19.—The twelfth annual reunion of Companies I) and M, Sixth Indiana Cavalry, was held at Bowling Green yesterday. The attendance was large. Addresses were made by Col. W. E. McLean. of Terre Haute, and Rev. Johnson, of Bowling Green. Indiana NoteN. Hon. W. H. Harkins, of Portland, who has been deputy internal revenue collector at Fort Wayne for several years, having been appointed under President Cleveland, has tendered his resignation, to take effect Sept. 1. He will devote his attention to business. Two men who gave their names as Arthur Hiser and Frank Searle were arrested at Hartford City yesterday while disposing of hides supposed to have been stolen in either Anderson or Muncie. They were driving a horse hitched to a dilapidated rig. The men refuse to say from where the hides came. The young man who was killed by the train between Farmersburg and Pimento, Thursday morning, has been identified as Charles Watkins, aged twenty-nine, a grocer, of Terre Haute. He was engaged in the poultry business and it is supposed he had been to Farmersburg to buy produce. His head was severed from his body and his right arm cut off. The Marshall County Teachers’ Institute, under Prof. George D. Marks, county superintendent, was held at Plymouth this week. The following instructors were on duty: Prof. Sandford Bell, of the Northern Indiana Normal; Prof. ‘Sherman Davis, of the State University; Prof. W. T. Giffe, of Logansport: president H. B. Brown, of Valparaiso. and Prof. W. B. Sinclair, of Knox. Evening lectures were delivered by William H. Smith, historiographer of Indiana; H. G. Thayer and C. P. Drummond, of Plymouth, and Sandford Bell, of Valparaiso. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The members of the New York Produce Exchange have decided to close the exchange to-day. There was an explosion yesterday at the works of the American Forclte Pow'der Manufacturing Company, Kenville, N. J. Three men were injured, but none very seriously, and the financial loss was small. D. J. Lowney, formerly manager of the Bay City team in the International League, and at present with the Chatham, Ontario, team, has signed to play short for St. Louis. Lowney is. an ex-University of Michigan player, and w*as with the Grand Rapids Western League team two years ago. Wm. E. Davis, superintendent of the Clinton bridge and iron works, was shot in his room at the Windsor Hotel, Clinton, la., Thursday night. The verdict rendered was that the deceased came to his death by a revolver held in his own hands. Whether or not his death was caused by accident could not be determined. Davis’s home was at Athens, Pa. He leaves a bride of eight months. At Kansas City, Mo., yesterday Thomas C. Crittenden, ex-Governor of Missouri and ex-minister to Mexico, began a personal damage suit for $1,500 in the Circuit Court against the Metropolitan Street-railway Company. On May 15 last the grip of a car on which the Governor was riding struck a crossing cable and stopped the train so suddenly that Mr. Crittenden was thrown over the fender to the pavement and badly cut and bruised about the head and body. Bur Association Officer*. SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 19.-The concluding session of the American Bar Association to-day was devoted to consideration of the amended report of the committee on federal courts, of which Edmund Wetmore, of New York, is chairman, and which was finally adopted after various amendments. These officers were elected: Josenh H. Choate. New' York, presides ’; John Hinkley, Baltimore, secretary, and Francis Rowle, Philadelphia, treasurer. This evening the annual banquet of the association was held at the Grand Union Hotel. (Dovers were laid for IGS. Movements of Steamers. QUEENSTOWN. Aug. 19.—Arrived: Etruria, from New York, and proceeded. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 19.— Arrived: Britannic, from New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Arrived: Patria, from Hamburg. MOVILLE, Aug. 19.—Sailed: Ethiopia, for New York. GENOA, Aug. 19.— Arrived: Aller. from New York. Notes from Porto Rico. PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug. IS (delayed :n .transmission). The Concho, with the remainder of General Grant’s brigade cn board, the Third Kentucky, arrived to-dav. The Florida has sailed for bantiago de Cuba to embark troops. Arrangements have been perfected to suppress the threatened riots. “Jack” Hnverly a Bankrupt. NEW YORK, Aug. 19,-John H. Haverly. w’ho was well known years ago as a theatrical manager, and especially in connection with negro minstrels, filed a petition in bankruptcy to-day with liabilities of $327,749, and assets nominally $16,100.

A GERMAN AND HIS DOG SENSATIONAL STORY CONCERNING THE ACTIONS OF HERR. WOLF. ♦ An Explorer Who Aianmed the Role of Judgre nnd Liberated Thirteen Murderers of Mislsonuries. BERLIN. Aug. 20.—Herr Eugene S. Wolff, the well-known German explorer, who has Just returned from China, where he acted as the correspondent of the Tageblatt, is being prosecuted upon a charge of having, without authority, assumed the role of judge and having liberated thirteen Chinese murderers of German missionaries. According to the evidence of Bishop Anzer, on which the prosecution is based, Herr Wolff, having heard of the trial, appeared in court with a dog named Schuster. Four vacant chairs stood in the hall in which the trial was to be held. Wolff seated himself in the most imposing of these, saying: “I’ll take the highest and you, Herr Schuster (addressing the dog), will take the second highest to my right.” Then he ordered the clerk of the court into the next chair on his right and lastly, with a gesture, bade the wondering mandarin to take the fourth and lowest chair. The mandarin questioned Wolff's authority; whereupon the latter drew a roll of papers from his pocket and flourished it as his authority, and the prisoners being introduced and declaring their innocence, Herr Wolff solemnly acquitted them and declared the proceedings ended. He then saddled his horse and departed. The story caused the utmost astonishment. Bishop Anzer was in Germany at the time of the alleged occurrence, consulting the government in regard to the murders, which ultimately led to the occupation of Kiaochou, and only learned of what had happened on returning to China. It appears that Herr Wolff often posed in China as German envoy. CLOSE OF THE CHESS TOURNEY. First Prize nt the ('ologne Match Won by Expert Burn. COLOGNE, Aug. 19.—'The fifteenth and final round of the international chess tournament was played to-day. Schiffers beat Heinrichsen; Gottschall beat Schlechter; Albin and Popiel drew; Showalter beat Cohn; Steiniz beat Tsrhigorin; Charouske beat Fritz; Burn beat Sehallop and Janow r ski and Berger drew. Total score: Albin won 4, lost 11; Janowski won 7%, lost 7%; Berger won 8. lost 7; Popiel won 7, lost 8; Burn won 11%, lost 3%; Sehallop won 3, lost 12; Charouske won 10%, lost 4%; Schiffers-won 7. lost 8; Cohn w r on 10%, lost 4%; Schleicher won 9, lost 6; Fritz won 3%, lost 11%; Showalter won. 9, lost 6; Gottehall won 5%. lost 9%; Steiniz won 9%, lost 5%; Heinrichsen won 4, lost 11; Tschigorin won 10%, lost 4%. Burn, therefore, won the first prize: Charouske, Cohn and Tschigorin divided second, third and fourth prizes in equal shares; Steinitz took the fifth: Schlechter and Showalter divided the sixth and seventh. and Berger received the eighth. The prizes, eight in number, were to the following amounts: First prize, 1,000 marks; second prize, 750; third, 509: fourth. 409; fifth, 300; sixth, 200; seventh, 150; eighth, 100. Prince Bismarck's Memoirs. BERLIN, Aug. 19. Prineo Herbert Bismarck has hidden himself for the purpose of correcting the proofs of his father's memoirs, which were prepared with the assistance of Dr. Chrysander. the late cx-ehancellor’s secretary, and Professor Bucher. It is alleged on good authority, however, that the memoirs contain no startling disclosures, though they are likely to provoke interesting comments from other actors in the events narrated. Slnnghter In Southern Chinn. LONDON, Aug. 20.—'The Hong-Kong correspondent of the Times says: “The slaughter in southern China continues. Corpses float past Wu-Chau daily. Two hundred rebels who had entered Tai-Wong-Kong were defeated by General Maw’ho, who killed one hundred of the rebels and took forty of them prisoners. The gentry in the districts of Paklam and Wun-Gun daily send to the magistrates between ten and twenty rebels for execution.” Germans Rebuffed by Coreans. YOKOHAMA, Aug. 19.—The Corean government, replying to a German request for concessions, has notified the German consul at Seoul that it proposes to establish a railway bureau and to construct its own railways, and that, therefore, no further concessions will be granted. Cable Note*. The celebrated watchmaker, Lobner, cf Berlin, has perfected a mechanism capable of measuring and recording the thousandth part of a second. The Russian government has ordered a five-thousand-ton ironclad cruiser from the Krupp works at Kiel and a similar vessel from the Vulcan works at Stettin. All the Liverpool shipping firms sailing under the Spanish flag to Cuban and Porto Rican ports%have announced the resumption of regular trips within the next few weeks. A sensation has been caused by the arrest of an alleged Russian spy at Jaroslav, near Premysl. The prisoner is a baron and an exofficer of the Austrian army, who resigned his commission and secretly entered the Russian service. The Kolnische Zeitung denies the rumor that Germany has protested against the United States acquiring a coaling station at Pago-Pago, in the Samoan islands, and declares that she would not dream of objecting to a step which America has an equaljight with Germany to take. 7 TO PEACE BASIS. (Concluded from First Pnge.) of typhoid fever among the regular troops and the Seventh California is still turning in a large number of cases. Twenty-two men of the Tennessee regiment have been recommended to be discharged from the service on account of physical disability. Brought a Sick Soldier Home. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 19.—Philip Owens, first lieutenant of Company L, One-hun-dred-and-tifty-eighth Indiana Regiment, arrived here from Camp Thomas to-day on ten days’ leave of absence. He accompanied Leslie Lewis, a sick soldier, home. Lewis was recently promoted from a private in Company L to division orderly with General McKee. Lieutenant Owens says the One-hundred-and-ftfty-eighth has orders to change camp from Chickamauga to Knoxville next week. Colored Soldier Killed. MACON, Ga., Aug. 19.—Jim Neely, a negro private in the Twenty-fifth Infantry, was shot and killed at Hampton, Ga., last night. He was refused permission to drink at a soda fountain and became abusive. When remonstrated with for swearing In the presence of ladies he assaulted Mr. Will Henderson wdth his dagger bayonet. Henderson drew a pistol, but it was knocked from his hand and secured by the negro, who began shooting. A number of citizens joined in the fusillade and Neely received wounds from w r hich he died. Mutiny of Volunteer*. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. 19.-The volunteer troops now garrisoning Fort Sam Houston mutinied this morning at breakfast and marched out of the mess hall in regular order as a protest against the food furnished them. The matter is now under investigation. Obituary. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.-Capt. L. B. Fish, formerly of the Third Ohio Cavalry, died in this city last night. He was fiftyseven years of age. The interment will take place at Kingston, Mass. Captain Fish was well known in the Southwest after the civil war. having been connected with railroads in that section. He was also prominent in politics, and was a delegate to several Republican national conventions. MADRID, Aug. 19. The death is announced of Count Xequena, minister of agriculture and commerce and of public works in the Cabinet of Senor Sagasta, which resigned in May last.

COPY OF STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Mutual Life Insurance Com’y On the 30th day of June, 1898. It Is located at No. 32 Nassau street. New York city. RICHARD A. M’CURDY, President. WILLIAM J. EASTON. Secretary. THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY ARE AS FOLLOWS* Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons $12,897,817.84 Leal estate unincumbered 21.562.764.33 Bonds owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of— per cent., secured as follows, market value 143.737,677.17 Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free from any prior Incumbrance 68,437.572.30 Debts otherwise secured 9,078,308.09 All other securities 6.048,066.43 Total assets $262,162,196.11 LIABILITIES. Endowments due and unpaid $77,496.77 Claims resisted by the company 290,992.30 Losses adjusted and due, losses adjusted and not due, losses unadjusted, losses in suspense, waiting for further proof . 726,562.10 All other claims against the company 695.453.24 Legal reserve 224.865.496.il Total liabilities $226,654,001.53 State of Indiana. Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned. Auditor of State of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above Is & correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 30th day of June. 1898. as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now on file in this office. In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my official seal this [SEAL.] 17th day of August. 1898. A. C. DAILY. Auditor of State. COPY OF STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE United States Life Insurance Comp’y On the 30th day of June, 1898. It is located at Nos. 261. 262 and 263 Broadway, in the city of New York. GEO. H. BURFORD, President. A. WHEELWRIGHT. Secretary. The amount of its capital is $440,000.00 The amount of its capital paid up Is 440,000.00 THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY ARE AS FOLLOWS* Cash on hand and In the hands of agents and other persons and banks $222,233.67 Real estate unincumbered 588.200.00 Bonds owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of— per cent., secured as follows: As per Schedule D attached to original statement, market value 1,657,458.67 Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free from any prior incumbrance 4,508,600.00 Debts otherwise secured, temporary loans and loans on policies 429.357.38 Debts for premiums 202,727.23 All other securities (bills receivable, $4,340; agents’ balances, $26,272.21; accrued Interest, $84,189.36) 114,801.57 Total assets .....$7,723,378.52 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and not due. and losses unadjusted and resisted $36,997.91 Losses on which no proofs are received 57.737.00 All other claims against the company 28,773.11 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 6,438,276.00 Total liabilities $6,561,784.02 The greatest amount in any one risk, $26,000. State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned. Auditor of State of the State of Indiana, herehy certify that the above Is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 30th day of June. IS9R, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now on file in this office. . / _ in testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my official seal this [SEAL.] 19th day of August, 1898. A. C. DAILY. Auditor of State.

NOTES FROM HAVANA. Spanish Casino Ask* Blanco for Ground to Build a Palace. From a Spanish Correspondent. HAY'ANA, Aug. 19, 9:30 p. m.—Yesterday the president and newly-elected board of Spanish casino paid their respects to General Blanco. The president, In the name of all Spanish residents In the island, requested General Blanco to grant himself and his colleagues the lots given for the purpose of erecting quarters for the volunteers, in order that they might build a sumptuous palace forj the exclusive property of the Spanish colony, and in which the Spanish consulate, the casino and other establishments belonging to Spaniards might be established. He also requested General Blanco to authorize the collection of funds by popular subscription for the purpose of Increasing the Spanish navy and erecting a statue in memory of Senor Canovas del Castillo and other works. General Blanco answered that he found the petition logical and practical and promises to interest himself in furthering the desires of the petitioners. A Spanish steamer arrived from Caibarien yesterday, having on board Senor Rafel Vassalo y Rosa, the civil governor of Puerto Principe. A number of residents of Nuevitas are also op board the steamer. At 9 o’clock on the night of Aug. 14 a band of cne hundred insurgents, under comman 1 of the leader, Jose Camajo, entered a village between Forts Espana and Secarraga. The insurgents, aided by the darkness, leached a store on Camaguey street, plundering it without attracting the attention of the residents. While they tvere entering Cuevas, near Fort Alamano, a sentinel saw them and fired. They were also fired upon from the forts and a number of shots were discharged at them from the village. One sentinel was killed. The invaders plundered stores and private houses, including the residence of the village mayor, ana. Judging from what was stolen, clothing and jewelry, leaving the inhabitants with only the clothing they had on. The .Insurgents burned the store of Manuel Hernandez, on Real street, in revenge for the wounding of one of their officers. They carried away all the property which they could remove, driving off many head of horses and cattle and carrying away large quantities of clothing and jewelry. Owing to the suspension ol hostilities the attack was entirely unexpected. On the night of Aug. 17 there arrived at Cayo Frances an American steamer, under command of Lieutenant Em, with provisions for the American army operating in that province. While distributing bread in the fort protecting the railroad between Caibarien and Placietas. a party of insurgents, w’ho were ambushed in the woods, tired upon and wounded several firemen of Havana, who were engaged in the work of distribution. The wounded were removed to the Red Cross hospital. The insurgents occupy the hills at Cueto, In Havana province, and have hoisted a flag, the colors and design of which cannot be distinguished. While foraging at Hill San Adrian, in Matanzas province, a Spanish squadron was attacked by insurgents. They replied to the fire of the attacking party, and the leader, Machado, was killed. THREE QUARRELING BROTHERS Concentrated Their Vengeance on the Police. James, John and Charles Veach, three brothers living at 311 North Noble street, while drunk last night, became loud in their abuse of one another. Patrolmen Hagerty and Schaffer stopped the noise and immediately their individual troubles developed into a combined grievance against the policemen. Two citizens ran to the assistance of the officers and succeeded in bringing the brothers to the station house, where two of them were locked in the dungeon. Dewey n* a Humorist. John Barrett, in New York Journal. Apropos of the changing of the names of the Paris and New York to the Harvard and Yale, Captain Lamberton. of the Olympia. is responsible for a practical suggestion In regard to renaming the prizes captured by Admiral Dewey from the Spanish in Manila bay. When the admiral was going down to Marivalo recently on the McCulloch, and a few of us who were fortunate enough to be aboard were sitting on the poop deck enjoying a conversation with him. and occasionally asking him questions on various points, which he did not fully understand, he spoke of the Callao and Leyte, the two small gungoats taken as prizes. “T think I shall rename them at once,” said the admiral with a smile that Indicated an amusing side to what he w r ould say. “You know that it is the style now to name men-of-war after educational Institutions. Two of our principal auxiliary fast cruisers are the Harvard and Yale. Now, Captain Lamberton has made a suggestion to me which I think I will follow. He advises that I change the names of the little gunboats Callao and Leyte to, respectively, ‘The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’ and ‘The Philadelphia College of Physicians and Surgeons.’ If you gentlemen want some news—both important and brief —to telegraph home, there it is for you.” Locating; the Blame. Philadelphia Record. Honolulu advices tell a shameful story of overcrowding aboard the transports Peru and City of Puebla, which lately reached that port en route for Manila. Imagine men being stowed below decks in such a climate with an air allowance of only seventy cubic feet, whereas the garrison allowance is from 800 to I.M feet! No wonder that some of them collapsed and had to be sent to the hospital, or that 600 of them begged to be allowed to sleep upon the wharves! And no wonder that "the Honolulu citizens and the Red Cross Society thought such overcrowding was both shameful and dangerous.” Fancy the

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Big Sale —OF— Shoes To=Day Volz’s Shoe Store No. 6 East Washington St. United States having to take lessons in humanity from Hawaii! We have wiped Spanish barbarism from off this hemisphere, but there still remains the task of wiping o,ut the stain of Algerism. Proper Regulations. New York Evening Sun. It is said that there are more bicyclists in Toronto in proportion to population than in any other city in the world. In fact, so many are there who go awheel that the pedestrians have been regarded as having no rights. It has been found necessary to make some stringent rules, According to these, it is no longer permissible to ride with feet off the pedals or with hands off the handle bars; no one is allowed to carry a child or children upon a bicycle or tricycle, and when a party of cyclists are riding together not more than two of them are allowed to ride abreast. The art of walking the streets of Toronto must have been a ditficult one before the changes were made. Possibly. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Perhaps Promoter Hooley will come to the United States with a lecture entitled “Noblemen Who Have Touched Me.” Editor of “The Forum.” *<Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure is certainly worthy all the praise given it. For 2 years I suffered from heart trouble and my condition was precarious. I was advised to try this valuable remedy, and 1 am happy to say it restored my health. Q. W. Frisnd, Eldon, lowa. 99 DR. MILES 9 Heart Gure is sold by all druggists on guarantee first bottle benefit}, or money back. Book on heart and nerves sent free. Or. Miles Medical Company, Elkhart Ind.