Indianapolis Journal, Volume 48, Number 252, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1898 — Page 1

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NO MORE DELAY - ♦ COMPLETE INVESTIGATION OP THE ARMY SAID TO BE CERTAIN. ■. Secretary Alger Agrees with the President that It Will Clear Ip the Atmosphere Considerably. —. ALL DEPARTMENTS INCLUDED DECISION ARRIVED AT AFTER A CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT. - ♦ Gen. Shatter Ordered to Washington, and the Santiago Campaign May Be First Taken. Up. e MILES’S TURN COMES TO-DAY REACHED WASHINGTON LAST NIGHT AND SECRETARY ALGER LEFT. ■ ♦ ■ The Commanding General Suddenly Becomes Silent and Refuses Further Information. WASHINGTON, Sept. B.—Secretary Alger has requested the President to order a thorough and searching investigation of the War Department. In this request the secretary has been Joined by Adjutant General Corbin. No decision has been reached yet by the President as to what course he will pursuei. He has the request of Secretary Alger under consideration, but has not yet determined whether he will gr#nt It or not. Secretary Alger had a long conference with the President to-night before leaving the city, and impressed on him his earnest desire that an Investigation such as he had requested be ordered. The question was very thoroughly discussed In all of Its phases. Secretary Wilson participated in the conference, and General Corbin was present during a greater part of the time. It seems now not unlikely that the investigation will be ordered, but it is the wish of ths President further to consider the matter before announcing a definite policy. The question probably will receive consideration at the Cabinet meeting to-morrow. While all of the members of the Cabinet are not in the city. Secretaries Alger and Long and Attorney General Griggs being among, those who will not be present at tomorrow’s meeting, it is said to be the wish of the President to take up the whole subject with those of his advisers who may be there. Should the investigation be ordered, it will include, probably, ail matters relating to the conduct of the war, so far as they concern the War Department. Secretary Alger expresses himself as confident that such an investigation, if conducted promptly and thoroughly, will result in much good. Such an Investigation as has been requested is, It is pointed out, beset with some difficulties, No charges of a definite character have been filed by any responsible person or official. Sensational stories and rumors, for which the administration has present 1 .towledge that there is no foundation, have been circulated, and objection is made to dignifying them by the ordering of an investigation. By those who desire and advocate the investigation it is Maintained it can do no possible harm and may be of positive benefit in clearing away manifest error from the minds of many people and in placing the blame, if any is to be placed, where it rightfully belongs.

Secretary Alger Leuven. WASHINGTON, Sept. B.—Secretary Alger, accompanied by Mrs. Alger, his son, Capt. Fred Alger; Major Hopkins, his aid, and Quartermaster General Ludington, left Washington at 10:40 o’clock to-night for Middletown, Pa., over the Pennsylvania Railroad. The secretary will spend the forenoon to-morrow in an inspection of the camp at Meadville, and will then proceed on his way to Detroit, where he will leave Mrs. Alger and his son, who is still ill from the fever following his service before Santiago. The secretary will then proceed to make an inspection of a number of the army camps, going as far South as Jacksonville, Fla., before starting back to Washington. Shatter Ordered to Report. WASHINGTON, Sept. B.—General Shatter has been ordered to report to Washington and will visit the President and the War Department. There is no especial significance in his being ordered to Washington. The President desires to see him and talk about the Santiago campaign. A special to the World from Camp Wikoff says: General Shatter listened with interest to a synopsis of General Miles’s interview. Then he remarked: “1 won't say a word.” General Shatter and Major D. J. Miley, of his staff, left Camp Wikoff for Washington to-day. ♦ MILES IS SILENT. Will Probably Be on the Carpet at the White House To-Day. WASHINGTON, Sept. B.—Major General Nelson A. Miles, commanding the army of tho United States, accompanied by Mrs. Miles and Colonel Mauss and Colonel Michler, of his staff, arrived here from New York at 6:35 o’clock this evening. General Miles and party came by tho Pennsylvania Railroad in a private car attached to the regular west-bound train. They were met at the Sixth-street station by Major Black, a member of General Miles’s staff, and Capt. Morton, chief clerk in the office of the commanding general. In anticipation of the arrival of General Miles several hundred people had assembled at the station. A cordon of police officers opened a way through the crowd from the wicket gate, tnrough which the distinguished party passed from the platform into the station, to the carriage which stood in waiting at the main entrance. As General Miles stepped from the rear platform of his car he gave a kind greeting to his coachman, who stood awaiting him. and then handed to him a bundle of aouvenir canes, while he grasped the hands of Captain Morton, Major Black and two or three newspaper men. He was attired in unconventional blue serge sack suit and wore a white fiber, broad-brimmed Porto Rican hat. As General Miles passed through the crowd In the station his hands were grasped a score of times by enthusiastic men and women. He gave a cordial greeting to all and as he and Mrs. Miles and Colonel Mlchler stepped Into the carriage the crowd burst into cheers. WbUe expressing his gratification at the

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successful termination of the war and his pleasure at once more being home. General Miles said he had nothing to say at this time in addition to the statement given to the press by him in New York. From the Pennsylvania station General and Mrs. Miles were conveyed directly to their residence. General Miles was asked to-day what he thought of the published reports that it Is believed in Washington circles that the present public discusison of army affairs will be dropped after his expected interview' with President McKinley. He said: “I decline to be led into a discussion of the matter. I shall immediately enter the ’tread-mill,’ meaning my official duties. 1 shall call at the War Department first and pay my respects and then shall go at once to the President’s mansion to pay my respects to President McKinley.” Before General Miles left his hotel In Jersey City to-day his attention was called to statements from Washington as to the possibility of his removal frem the high command he holds. He held up his hands and said, good naturedly: “Now, I am not going to say a word on that subject I said ail I intend to say about It in the statement I made yesterday. You really must not ask me for any more.*’ General Mfies did not leave his home during the evening. It was expected that he would call at the White House, but he said that he had no intention of doing so tonight He will resume his duties at the headquarters of the army In the War Department to-morrow morning, and will avail himself of an early opportunity to pay his respects to the President The tension over General Miles’s criticism of army methods is gradually subsiding, and in high official quarters the belief was expressed to-night that no official attention would be paid to the criticisms. In view of much loose conjecture over the imminence of a court-martial or court of inquiry for the trial of General Miles it can be stated positively that those in authority have not up to the present time determined on any such course of action, nor have they felt that such steps would be conducive to the best interests of the public service. In some high official quarters there is a disposition to look upon General Miles as being his own worst enemy and to pass over his comments as ill advised, though not to the extent of constituting insubordination or warranting official action by the President or War Department. SCHLEY’S ULTIMATUM. Spain’* Porto Rico Commissioner* Trying to Delay Matters. SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Sept. B. The Spanish evacuation commissioners seem disposed to delay the meeting of the commissions. They say their Instructions have not yet arrived, but are expected on the Alfonso XIII In the course of a few days. They Intimate that even then they will need time to study them. The American commissioners have replied that the first meeting must occur befoie Sept. 12, under the terms of the protocol. The United States cruiser Cincinnati, Captain Chester, arrived this morning from St. Thomas and saluted the Spanish flag and Rear Admiral Schley’s pennant. The Spanish forts and war ships replied. To-day being a holiday, the city was covered with Spanish flags, and all the shops and banks were closed. Military mass was celebrated in the Catholic churches. Brigadier General Gordon, Rear Admiral Schley and the Americans in the city attended. Sink Tlieir Arm* in the Harbor. WASHINGTON, Sept. B.—No official Information has been received at the War Department concerning the reports that the Spaniards are throwing their arms into the harbor at San Juan, Porto Rico, although it would not be unexpected. It is said that until the commissions report or come to some agreement regarding the arms in Porto Rico and in tho hands of the Spanish outside of Santiago, Cuba, the United States has no authority over them. From what the ordnance officers have heard of the Spanish arms they are not very anxious to have them introduced into the United States and will not regret their loss on that score. The arms captured at Santiago are being sent to the United States, the Ordnance Bureau being informed of several shipments.

DARK TRAGEDY IN OHIO. ’Squire Boyd and Daughter Found Brutally Murdered. CAMBRIDGE, 0., Sept. B.—’Squire Boyd and daughter, Mrs. J. L. Wyrick, residing three miles east of here, were found brutally murdered to-day. The body of ’Squire Boyd was lying on the floor clad only in his night clothes, with a scalp wound made by a bullet about eight inches long ami passing over the top of his head. His face and forehead had been terribly mutilated by some blunt instrument. There was evidence that a struggle had taken place. The body of Mrs. Wyrick was found in a doorway leading to her father’s room, clad in her night clothes. She had a bullet wound through the breast. Powder marks showed that the pistol had been placed against her breast. Orin Law, son-in-law of Mr. Boyd, was found in another room unconscious. There were no wounds or marks on his person. Suspicion points strongly against Law and he was arrested. Law’s wife died about three weeks ago and it is known that there has been trouble between him and the murdered man. Yesterday they had a quarrel. Law remained unconscious until about 6 o’clock this evening. He would not talk of the affair. TIRED OF BEING BLED. Uncle Sam Will Not Pay Duties an Shipload of Supplies to Havana. WASHINGTON, Sept. B.—The order directing the payment of the Spanish duty on rations carried by the Comal to Havana for the starving inhabitants of Cuba has been held up pending the ascertaining of further information on the subject. In answer to a cable message as to what the duty would be, a reply was received stating that it would be, according to the Spanish rates. $60,000 in gold. No agent of the United States government has any such amount of money on hand at Havana to pay this sum. By tne terms of the protocol Spain relinquishes her righto to Cuba, and the United States government decided, after a conference today, that the Comal should remain in Havana harbor with her supplies on board and await further developments. The duty will not be paid. - JOE LEITER’S DEAL CLOSED, And a Mortgage of $5,500,000 on Letter Estate to Show for It. CHICAGO. Sept. B.—Joseph Letter has cleared up his famous wheat deal. Every creditor has been paid, obligations to banka whose assistance was enlisted have been canceled, and 14,000.000 bushels of wheat have been liquidated since the announcement of the voluntary assignment nearly three months ago. This has been done only by great sacrifice, including the giving of mortgages on property belonging to the Letter estate aggregating nearly $5,500,000 in vaiu®.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1898.

SEXTON WINS 1 i- ♦■ ■ ■ ■ THE EX-CHICAGO POSTMASTER ELECTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. ■ ■ Only Ttjo Name* Presented, and Col. Sexton Received 424 Votes Against 241 for Shavr, of New York. ■' ■■ QUAKERS GET ENCAMPMENT i * PHILADELPHIA OUTVOTES DENVER FOR THE G. A. R. IN ISO 9. Official Session of the Thirty-Second Encampment Loaded Duuu with Resolutions. -■ - ■ ■ ♦ TANNER ROASTS H. CLAY EVANS MUCH ILL FEELING AGAINST COMMISSIONER OF TENSIONS. Reports of Oatgoing Officers on Condition of the Grand Army—-The Number Decreasing. CINCINNATI, 0., Sept. B.—lllinois and Pennsylvania are celebrating their victories at their respective headquarters tonight. The one has secured tho commander-in-chief in George A. Sexton, of Chicago, and the other the location of the thirtythird annual convention of the G. A. R. at Philadelphia next year. While there were all sorts of combinations between the state departments, yet it is conceded that the fight between New York and Pennsylvania was the most bitter known at encampments. The 3e two neighboring States were competitors for honor, one for the election of Col. D. A. Shaw, of Watertown, as commander-in-chief, and the other for the location of the next annual encampment at the Quaker City. During all the votes and discussions of the day the departments of New York and Pennsylvania were never on the same side of anything. New York voted to hold the next encampment at Denver, and it is only by the diplomacy and shrewd management of the Chicago contingent in the interest of Sexton that Denver lost in the strong contest made for the next encampment. While it is true that Pennsylvania gave Sexton a strong vote from the East, yet it is also true that the shrewd managers from Chicago gave Philadelphia much more than the solid vote of Illinois in the contest for the location of the next encampment. While heated contests were going on inside of the guarded doors of the encampment, all tho demonstrations on the outside in the city were in accordance with the peace jubilee. The parade of the civic and industrial organizations in the afternoon, with all the illustrations of peace and prosperity and happiness that could be produced, was the most magnificent pageant ever witnessed in this city. The old demonstrations under the Order of Cineinnatus at the openings of expositions and on other occasions were eclipsed by the peace jubilee parade to-day, in which it is estimated there were 40,009 ir. line, and over a half million spectators along the line. There were more people in the city to-day than at any other time of the week or on any other day In the history of the city, and the entertainment could hardly be surpassed. During the afternoon session Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, made a very eloquent speech in presenting the greetings of the Sons of Veterans, at the head of whose delegation he appeared. He was followed by the ladies, who -presented the greetings of the Woman’s Relief Corps and of the ladies of the G. A. R. The other officers of the auxiliaries of ladies will be elected to-morrow. It i3 understood now, since Colonel Sexton has been elected com-mander-in-chief, that there will be no opposition whatever to W. C. Johnston, of Cincinnati, for senior vice commander-in-chief, but there are contests for all the other places that will require ballots, and the encampment will have much to do to-mor-row. It will stay in session, however, tomorrow night until Its work is completed. The committee on resolutions will work all night, and when, it makes its report there is likely to boa contest in the encampment, especially on the resolutions referring to Commissioner of Pensions Evans and Secretary of War Alger and other matters. To-night has been the greatest night of demonstrations of the week. The most elaborate of fireworks were made along the bank of the river and from boats in the harbor, while there were also great displays in the zoological garden, the lagoon, Coney island, Chester Park, Camp Sherman and other places. These took the places of the camp-fires.

TIIE OFFICIAL SESSION. Sensational Charges During; Consideration of Pensions. CINCINNATI, Sept. B.—There were about 1,200 national delegates present when the encampment was called to order at Music Hall at 10 a. m. by Charles Wentzel as officer of the day. The welcome address was delivered by Governor Buahnell, of Ohio, with a supplemental welcome address by Mayor Gustav Tafel, of Cincinnati, and by M. E. Ingalls, chairman of the citizens' committee and president of the Big Four and Chesapeake ai Ohio Railways. Gen. W. B. Melish also spoke. There was excellent music for the opening session and the hall was elaborately decorated. In his response Commander-in-chief J. P. S. Gobin referred most eloquently to the attractions of the week and the lavish entertainment of the citizens of Cincinnati. General Gobin wore the fine gold watch and chain presented him at the camp-iire last night by his old comrades of the Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment, and on the assembling of the encampment he was presented with a fine gavei made of historic wood. The encampment will have much work in considering the proposed revision of the ritual and also in considering propositions for amalgamation. It Is believed that the proposition to make those who participated in Uie Hispano-American war eligible will not prevail, as the latter-day soldiers will want a sepal ate organization. There Is more sentiment in favor of uniting those who fought on both sides in the same war, and a resolution will bo offered inviting the Confederate Veterans to meet with the G. A- R. next year. The Missouri delegation will likely present the resolution, as that State was about equally divided during the civil war. If no joint encampment is arranged It Is proposed to have fraternal del*-

gates sent from one encampment to the other. At the conclusion of these interesting preliminaries the great hall was cleared of all but members entitled to a voice in the proceedings, and in executive session the annual reports were submitted. The encampment convened promptly at 2:30 o'clock. The first business in order was a lengthy report from the committee on pensions. The report dealt extensively in an effort to refute the charge that the pension roll was a roll of dishonor. It cited the fact that expensive investigations had been undertaken by the departments of different States, and after close inquiry there had not been a single case of fraud discovered. which could be traced to a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. The report went on to say that the roll was distinctly a roll of honor. It made a somewhat extended comparison with the work accomplished now and during the last year of tho administration of General Grant. This showed that the efficiency of the department in the way of prompt disposal of claims had been vastly Increased. The committee gave figures showing that the death rate was rapidly increasing among pensioners. The number dying each year now exceeds forty thousand. It is estimated that the increase in the number of deaths each year will be such that in 1920 the number of pensioners will be reduced to a little over 250,0C0, and that in 1940 the list will be obliterated. The report recommended that just and liberal provisions should be made for adjudicating the claims now pending in the department and that no relaxation of efforts on the part of the Grand Army of the Republic be allowed to interfere with this duty. H. CLAY EVANS DENOUNCED. When a motion was made to accept and adopt the report Corporal Tanner, of New York, arose to discuss it. He said that in the main he agreed with all the committee had said. But in regard to that portion of the report which dealt with the administration of the Pension Office he did not agree and he went on to speak in unrestrained criticism of the present commissioner of pensions, Hon. H. Clay Evans. With evident feeling, he said: “I stand ready to be responsible here and elsewhere for all statements I may make on this subject, and I declare that Commissioner Evans, calling his chiefs of division together, and using language which indicated intense feeling, if not anger, instructed them to disregard totally every application based n deafness or rheumatism. He further intimated to them that if anyone declined to accept his suggestion he would find chiefs who would obey bis order:’.” At this point the speaker was interrupted by a point of order that he had no right to indulge in personal criticism of any officer of the government. The commander-in-chief ruled that on a motion of this kind, covering the official conduct of an officer of the government, it was in order to discuss the manner in which he performed his official duties. Tanner welit on at much length, saying that in liis opinion it was clear that the man who could make such an order as to deafness and rheumatism had never himself heard the sound of cannons nor slept in the open air, and he was not surprised, therefore, to find that the commissioner of pensions had an army record which consisted of three months and sixteen days as a clerk in the commissary department. Tanner urged the department, as sovereigns of the Nation, to demand that justice, if not liberty, be followed by the government in. all its dealings with the soldiers. A delegate from Kansas followed Tanner in the same strain, denouncing in unmeasured terms the unfair and illiberal spirit in which the rulings of the pension department were made. The matter was disposed of finally by postponing until after the report of the committee on resolutions was received. It Is understood that a number of resolutions have been sent to the committee bearing on the conduct of the Pension Office.

A somewhat dramatic episode arose at this time by the appearance of a colored woman on the platform bearing a small photograph of the monument to Colonel Shaw, the negro officer who was killed at Fort Wagner. The bearer of the photograph was Mrs. William Scott, of Lathrop, Mo. She proceeded to explain briefly what had been done to honor the memory of this negro officer and made an earnest plea for the recognition In a broader way of the faithfulness, bravery and efficiency of the negro soldier. She urged that some provision be made by which the colored soldiers could unite in an organization similar to that of the Grand Army of the Republic, but made no specific suggestion. Commander-in-chief Gobin replied very briefly, praising in the highest terms the service of the negroes in the army. Mrs. Scott then, upon request, sang in a touchingly clear voice a song which was a plea for a better recognition of her race. Business was further interrupted by the entrance of a committee of three ladies of the Woman’s National Relief Corps, headed by Mrs. Martin, the national president. Mrs. Martin, after reading a report of the year’s proceedings, which showed a large balance in the treasury and no liabilities, stated that when the call for help arising from the war with Spain was made she found no authority to use the money of the corps in that way, but she took the responsibility of sending out a call for an emergency fund, and in this way had collected a large sum of money, which she immediately applied to relieve the wants of our soldiers. She closed by respectfully requesting the National Encampment to give to tho Relief Corps authority to change its constitution, so that its funds can be used for the relief of soldiers serving in the war with Spain. The resolution was, under the rules, referred to the committee on resolutions. The commander-in-chief congratulated the ladies on their excellent management of their finances, and said that he had no doubt they managed their husbands equally as well. This was followed by a delegation from the Sons of Veterans, Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, being the speaker. He made a brief but eloquent speech on behalf of the Sons of Veterans, and was replied to by Inspector General Alonzo Williams, of Rhode Island. A still further interruption of regular business was the presentation to ex-Com-mander-in-chief Clarkson, of Nebraska, of a magnificent silver set in an oaken case. The ex-coir.ir,ander, with deep feeling, made a response expressing his thanks for the high honor shown him. THE ELECTIONS. The choice for the place for the next encampment was then taken up. The pending question was upon substituting Denver for Philadelphia. Comn nder May, of Denver, spoke for his locality, saying that sso,’>oo had already been pledged for the entertainment of the encampment. He promised for the candidates and tl eir wives a three days’ trip through the mountains about Denver free of cost, and gave alluring promises for favorable railroad rates. He was followed by a delegate from Pittsburg, who made an equally eloquent plea for Philadelphia, balancing the seashore against the Denver mountains, and naming all the natural advantages of Philadelphia. When the time ct me for voting it was suggested that irsltad of voting to substitute Denver for Philadelphia votes should be taken directly by calling the roll and let(Contluued on Second Page./

PLENTY GOSSIP - POLITICIANS TALK OF CHANGES IN DIPLOMATIC STATIONS. Porter May Sneeeed Col. Hay at London and General Draper Move from Rome to Pari*. —♦ ■ 1 SENATOR MANDERSON’S VISIT THOUGHT TO MEAN HE WIT L BE ON THE PEACE COMMISSION. Senator MeMillnn Said to Have Been Seleeted a* Draper’s Successor in Italy. BESIEGED BY INTERVIEWERS M’KINLEV HEARS ROOSEVELT WILL BE NAMED FOR GOVERNOR. Congressmen and Delegations from All Parts of the Country Take Up tlie President's Time. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Sept. B.—Ex-Senator Mandersan, of Nebraska, reached Washington this evening and made his way quietly to the White House, remaining with the President two hours. He came here by invitation and it is believed has accepted the tender of a place in the peace commission. Senator Manderson’s name was under consideration for a peace commissiouershlp at the beginning, but he was passed over for Senator Allison. The President now returns to his old friend. Mr. Manderson was senator from Nebraska for twelve years from 1883 to 18S5. He was one of the leaders in the Senate and had a well-earned reputation for conservatism and political sagacity. The President, having experienced great difficulty in finding a Democrat of national reputation to serve on the commission, evidently concluded to abandon the search for that sort of material and to make the commission solidly Republican. Ex-Senator Manderson is sixty-one years old, lives in Omaha and enjoys a very lucrative professional practice, being general counsel for several Western railroads, also a number of rich cattle companies and other corporations. He was a dark horse among the candidates for President at two or three national conventions. He had charge of the Allison boom at St. Louis. Before General Manderson left the White House this evening General Draper, minister to Rome, “dropped in,” also by invitation. This call set tongues wagging afresh in anew direction and at last accounts the slate makers had entirely recast the schedule. They had Ambassadar Porter transferred and promoted from Paris to London, Draper moved from Rome to Paris and Senator McMillan appointed minister to Rome. Manderson was held in the air with a possibility that the President might have him in view for the Court of St. James in* stead of a peace commissionership as first mentioned. The diplomatic chess board is full of interesting prospects at the moment.

QUIGG SEES THE PRESIDENT. Plait's Frienl Says Bootevflt A\ ill Be Nominated, in New York. WASHINGTON, Sept. B.—Representative Quigg, of New York, spent some time with the President to-day. incidentally touching on political conditions in New Y'ork State. Mr. Quigg said afterward that there was nu further doubt as to the nomination of Col. Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for Governor. Os the £7l votes in the convention Colonel Roosevelt would have over 800, Mr. Quigg said. Under the circumstances Mr. Quigg did not believe the forces of Governor Black would make a serious issue in the convention, but if the issue was drawn, he said, the Black strength would bo about 100 votes, made, up mainly of state officials. Mr. Quigg expressed hope that there would be a review of troops in New York. He said he did not think Congress would embark on a congressional investigation of the conduct of the war. Representative Hepburn, of lowa, saw the President relative to a stop in lowa during the coming presidential trip West. The President expressed a desire to visit the State, but said his plans were not yet matured. It is expected that something definite on route, time of start and places of visit will be announced in a day or two. A delegation from northwest Ohio, including ex-Mayor Baxter, of Lima; ex-State Senator Shaw P. Gunde, of Upper Sandusky; W. B. Standish, of Lima, and George E. Gilleland, saw the President as to furloughing the Second Ohio Regiment, camped at Knoxviile. The men are anxious to get back home and while mustering out is inexpedient it is probable that they will be furloughed from time to time to relieve the strain of protracted camp life. A call by Senator Bacon, of Georgia, led to some conjecture as to his possible choice as the Democratic member of the peace commission. The senator declined to discuss the purpose of his call, except to say that it did not relate to the commissionership. General Miles’s return to Washington tonight led to considerable corridor taik as t< what course would be adopted relative to the general’s published criticisms. Officially, however, nothing is said on the subject and apparently it is not under consideration. Secretary Alger, who expects to go West to-night, did not call during the early pari of the day. Adjutant General Corbin was with the President for a time. Postmaster General Emory Smith, acting Secretary Moore and acting Secretary Allen, Senator-elect McComas and Representatives Wanger, of Pennsylvania, and Lowe, of New York, were among the other callers. Mr. Wanger secured an order for the appointment of H. S. Stillwagen as postmaster of Rosemont, Pa. Three members of the Cabinet were with the President shortly after noon—Secretaries Gage, Alger and Postmaster General Emory Smith. Mr. Gage's call related to the treasury appointments. Secretary Alger came to close up many small matters before starting on his Western trip. He said he would make a report to the President to-day concerning the practicability of a parade of the returning troops at New York city. The secretary left Washington at 11 o’clock to-night and will be at Camp Meade to-morrow. From an authoritative quarter it was stated during the day that the President had not yet selected the fifth member of the peace commission. Owing to reports that the Miles interview

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had been under consideration by the several Cabinet officers with the President it was stated by one of those present that the subject had not come up. Acting Secretary Moore, who was among the callers, denied the report published last Tuesday that the German government had protested against the reduced custom rates given Prance under the recently negotiated reciprocity treaty with that country. Presidential Appointments. WASHINGTON, Sept. B.—The President to-day made the following appointments: Budd Coffee, to be collector of customs for the district of St. Mary’s, Ga.; Thomas C. Ellioft, to bo surveyor of customs for the port of Cairo, 111. ESTERHAZY NOT DEAD. His Mysterious Movements Cause the Publication of Suicide Report. PARIS, Sept. B.—There is no foundation for the report circulated in the United States that Major Comte Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, whose alleged authorship of the bordereau in the Dreyfus case is now being considered by a special military commission of inquiry, has committed suicide. The only authority for tho suicide story is La France, which asserts that the police have confirmed the report. It is impossible as yet to ascertain positively, but the best sources of information discredit the rumor. There is, however, considerable mystery about Eslerhazy’s movements. He is variously reported as at London, Ostend and other points. The net is closing around him. Some of the papers are publishing circumstantial details of a confession he made in the presence of witnesses, that he was the author of the memorandum on which Dreyfus was condemned, the borderaux. Well-founded rumors are current that the late Colonel Henry revealed the names of his accomplices in the forgery. It is also asserted that both the embassies concerned have given renewed assurances that all the alleged letters and documents in the Dreyfus dossier are clumsy forgeries. In any event Esterhazy is risking arrest by evading a summons to wait upon the police commissary, who is investigating Prince Christian Esterhazy’s charge of embezzlement. Maitre Labon’s request for the temporary release of Colonel Picquart will probably be granted to-morrow r . QUARANTINE RAISED. MlN*islppi Puts New Orleans on Her Visiting LiMt Again. JACKSON, Miss., Sept. B.—The State Board of Health to-night issued an order raising the quarantine against New Orleans. The action was based on a report from Inspector Dunn, stating that the tw r o suspicious cases of fever, about which there was a disagreement between Dr. Carter and himself, had been removed from the city and thoroughly isolated. He, therefore, advised the removal of all quarantine restrictions. “The general situation is more encouraging,” said Dr. Hunter’s secretary to-night. “I do not expect any further spread of the disease, except at Taylor’s Station and in the vicinity of Orwood. The prevailing cool weather is having a good effect. Eight new cases of fever are reported at Taylor's and two at Orwood.’

NEW GUATEMALA PRESIDENT. Cabrera Elected to Succeed the Lately Assassinated Barrios. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Sept. B.—Manuel Estrado Cabrera has been elected to. the presidency of the republic of Guatemala. The news was received by Manuel Carillo, consul general for Guatemala in this city. A dispatch of similar import was also received by Schwartz Brothers, the wellknown importers here. Manuel Estrado Cabrera was the first Vice President of Guatemala during the presidency of Barrios. When the latter was assassinated, recently, Cabrera assumed the office of chief executive, as provided by law. The elections just concluded in Guatemala place him in office for the ensuing term. A RUSSIAN FEELER. The Czar's Pence Circular Now Presented in a New Light. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. B.—ln view of the irritation in France, the politicians and newspapers are seeking to represent the Czar’s peace circular in anew light. They urge that It has been misconstrued, and assert that the imperial government never contemplated the immediate convocation of a conference, being fully aware of the difficulties in the way. It was only hoped, the;' continue, to sow’ good seed, which would gradually germinate and bear fruit when circumstances are more favorable. These utterances are regarded as indicating, owing particularly to the attitude of France, that the failure of the Czar's proposal is foreseen, and that public opinion is being prepared for it. GRADUALLY SINKING. Ex-Senator Bayard Has a Tarn for the Worse. DEDHAM, Mass., Sept. B.—Former Ambassador Bayard passed an uncomfortable day and to-night is much weaker. He has taken but little nourishment during the past twenty-four hours and is gradually sinking. W innie Davis Not So Well. NARRAGANSETT PIER. R. 1., Sept. B. The condition of Miss Winnie Davis was not so favorable to-night. Notwithstanding the hot weather of late, which has taxed her strength severely, Miss Davis has been improving sllghly until to-day. MRS. BUSHNELL ILL Wife of Ohio's Governor Suddenly Taken Down at Cincinnati. CINCINNATI. S* pt. B.—Mrs. Governor Bushneli is quite ill at the St. Nicholas. She was to have attended receptions by the Daughters of the Revolution, Women's Club and ot'iers to-day. To-night Mrs. Bushneli was unable to attend the deniontration because her condition had become more serious. New Republican Chairman. BALTIMORE. Md., Sept. B.—The Republican state central committee to-day elected United States Senator George L. Wellington chairman, to succeed State Senator Norman E. Scott, resigned. There were but two votes cast against Senator Wellington as a result of a compromise recently reached between the opposing factious of the party la Maryland,

THE 27TH SAILS .+ „ ODD BATTERY A \ULI, REACH NEW. YORK NEXT WEDNESDAY. ‘ r ' ! ♦ * Left Porto Rico Yesterday Afternoon on the Concho with Its Five Officers and 164 lien on Board. ♦ THE 158TH IS COMING, TOO ——- - - - IT WILL REACH INDIANAPOLIS TO* MORROW MORNING. ■ Men Will Re Given Their Breakfast at Colon Station and Then March t Through the City* THE 157TK IS NOW PAID OFF IT WILL PROBABLY LEAVE CAME) MOUNT TO-MORROW. - - Governor Moont Will Review Thlg Rrgimeut This Afternoon—Trav- i el in Speciul Trains. , ♦ • ; The news from Washington last night* stating that the Twenty-seventh Indiana Battery had sailed from Porto Rico on tha Concho and would probably reach New York by next Wednesday, will be cheering) to many Indianapolis mothers and wives. The dispatch says that five officers and 164 men have sailed. This would seem to leava a number unaccounted for, but it may ba that a detail was left to guard property. Representative Overstreet will meet tha battery in New York and aid it in every; way possible. No sick members of the battery have arrived on any of the transports already in from Porto Rico. R. O. Hawkins last night received a letter and a telegram from Col. Harry B. Smith, of the One-hundred-and-tifty-eighth Regiment, which conveyed the information that the regiment would leave Knoxville this morning at 9 o’clock, arriving home tomorrow forenoon, some time between 8 o’clock and 11 o’clock. The colonel promised to telegraph more definite information as to the hour of arrival after the regiment was en route. The regiment will camp at the fair grounds. Arrangements have been made by the Ladies’ Soldiers’ Aid Society to furnish coffee and luncheon to the regiment at the Union Station. The regiment! will march through the downtown streets, if not all the way to Camp Mount. It is possible that after marching through tha streets the regiment will board the train again and be taken to the camp. Utider the direction of Lieutenant Waterman, his clerk, C. S. Hall, will to-day stake off the camp ground in the space east of where Colonel Studobaker is now camped for the One-hundred-and-fifty-eighth. Governor Mount received a letter yesterday from Colonel Smith, dated Knoxville, fkpt. 6, in which he said ho would arrive Friday night or Saturday morning. This letter was of an earlier date than that to Mr. Hawkins. In it the colonel said: . “At this time the indications are thrat we will arrive in Indianapolis either late Frii day night or Saturday morning. Will wire you when any definite arrangement has been made as to the exact hour of our departure and arrival in Indianapolis. Unless present arrangements fall through, however, we will arrive at the above time, probably Saturuay morning.” Major Cleland, the paymaster from Chicago, suggested a possible reason for the delay, lie said the regiment was probably waiting to be paid before coming home. The pay roll was not sent to Chicago. Thi idea is confirmed by advices received last night indicating that the regiment was paid yesterday. Under the orders of Dr. O. S. Runnels, the state hospital at Camp Mount was considerably enlarged. It is not known how many sick men will have to be cared for when the One-hundred-and-fifty-eighth and One-hundred-and-fifty-ninth arrive, but ample arrangements will be made to caro for all that need attention. Another Battery- A Reception. The committee appointed by Indianapoll* Council, No. 157, Royal League, last month to receive the Battery A boys on their return home has selected David Wall&ca as its chairman and has added the homes of several citizens who contributed to the fund for their life insurance. The full committee is as follows: David Wallace (chairman), Edward Seguin, Thomas Taggart, Sidney Ellson, Dr. H. C. Kahlo, H. H. Hanna, J. R. Francis., John R. Pearson, George W. Kothe, Dr. A. M. Cole, Capt. J. S. Rider, Dr. W. A. Heekard, Hon. Jesse Overstreet, George E. Harding, A. C. Koehne, P. Slndllnger, Dr. George D. Kahlo, G. B. Elliott, D. 11. Oliver, Sterling R. Holt. A1 W. Moore, C. A. Many, W. P. De Vay, H. H. Van Wie, Edwin H. Spear, Charles C. Perry, D. M. Parry, Otto Levison, Cortland Van Camp, William Tron, D. P. Erwin, Peter Lleber, John M. Shaw, Wm. E. English. The committee headquarters will be at Nos. 30 and 31 When building.

THE “TIGERS” HAPPY. It Took 928,909.2.1 to Pay Them All Off. Colonel Studebaker’s "Tigers” were paid off yesterday. It required $28,909.25. Acting Paymaster Jonas M. Cleland of the Department of the Lakes, arrived over the Big Four yesterday morning at 2:50 o’clock, bringing with him ail iron-bound box containing the money, consisting of crisp new treasury notes and subsidiary coin. Lieut. Wolf, of Company K, and a guard of four privates heavily armed were detailed to convoy the paymaster to the camp from the Bates House. A Red Cross ambulance of the Indiana National Guard was used. The guard l ud orders to shoot any one that attempted to carry off the paymaster’s strong box. A large assembly tent wus put up for the paymaster's use and at 10:20 o’clock the payment began. Company A, under the command of Captain Windlsch, was the first to be paid. The paymaster and hla clerk, Mel J. Smith, sat behind a. table, on which were stacks of money. As each company filed In the captain and his lieutenants checked off the names and $15.60 was paid down to each enlisted man. The money of those who were absent was placed in envelopes and turned over to the captains. Few things have done more to cheer the sick men in hospital who were unable to alt up than to have their envelopes brought to them. A short time before dress parade the last nuiu la Company M, under Captain .