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crew. It Is judged the woman had false teeth, us all the teeth are missing. On a finger was a chased ring tie with the words "forget me not.” Body of girl twenty years old, with blue eyes, dark brown hair, light complexion and a full set of teeth. The body was clad in underclothing, with black corset and a woolen Jacket. Body of a mulatto girl twenty years old, evidently one of the waitresses on the Portland. Body of a woman about forty-five years old, five feet three inches in height, weight about two hundred pounds. She bad on a black petticoat and a dark dress. A gold watch was found on the body with the monogram "J. G. E.” engraved on the case. The body may be that of Mrs. Jennie Edmunds, of 21 Marlon Stout, East Boston. A dispatch this afternoon stated that a body had been identified as that of Mrs. Mitchell, of North Easton, but a telegram to-night indicates that the body described above, and now thought to be that of Mrs. Edmunds, is the one referred to. Body of a woman sixty or sixty-five years old. The face is very badly disfigured and the body was almost entirely nude. The only means of identification is a bloodstone ring with the initials "L. W. C.” followed by the figures "79.” Another white girl about twenty years old, fully dressed, also the body of a colored waiter about twenty*five years old. The descriptions of three bodies at Eastham could not be obtained here to-night. The exact number of persons who were carried away from Boston by the Portland wiil probably never be known, as no list of passengers was retain' I *] on shore when the vessel left last Saturday. Many estimates of the number on board have been made, but the estimates have seldom agreed. C. F. Williams, Boston agent of the Portland Steamship Company, who arrived here on the tug Wm. H. Smith last night, places the total number of persons.pn the steamer at 190 or possibly 105. This estimate, however, is generally regarded as rather small. It has been stated that the number was as high as 155. but Mr. Williams denied that so many sailed on the Portland. It is probable that 120, including passengers and crew, is near the correct number. VIEWS OF' MARINERS. Nearly every sea captain and mariner on tliu cape, on being asked for an opinion, states that every one on hoard undoubtedly was lost. One feature of the disaster is the absence of any fragment of a lifeboat or U/craft among the varied mass of wreckage from the Portland which has been washed ashore. One theory is that the. boats and liferafts were carried far out to aea and were not blown anywhere near the coast. Old mariners say they cannot understand why the steamer, which, about 9 o’clock Saturday night, just before the gale broke in its full fury, was sighted between 'i hatcher's island and Eastern point. Cape Ann. by the schooner Mayo S., did not put Into Gloucester harbor when it was apparent from the fall of the barometer that a violent northeaster was approaching. Why the Portland ever left Boston at all Saturday night is what puzzles marine men on Cape Cod. It was off Thatcher's island that the Portland was last reported before she went to her doom. There are many theories offered In explanation f how the vessel rcai hod a point near the tip end of Cape Cod. although the exact location where she went to pieces will probably never be known. It is generally believed here that the wreck occurred at a point about ten or possibly fifteen miles north of Peaked Hill bars, which would be from forty-five to fifty miles from where she was sighted liy the Maud S. The tremendous seas which she must have encountered off Cape Ann undoubtedly damages] her. and when Captain Blanchard saw that he could proceed no farther eastward it was thought by some that he resolved to make for the open sea to avoid the clangers along the coast. The time that the Portland was lost is placed at from 9 to 10 o'clock Sunday forenoe The watches found on the bodies was- ashore had nearly all stopped betwei i hose hours. The wreck could not have occurred between those hours Saturday night, in the judgment of all competent jauthorities, as in that case the wreckage would have been washed ashore at points In Massachusetts bay. Furthermore, the force of the storm at 10 o’clock Saturday night was not sufficiently heavy tp cause the vessel to founder. When the wreck wms at first reported it was thought the boat had possibly struck on the terrible Peaked Hill bars, which are known among mariners as the graveyard of the New England coast. This theory was Quickly put to flight, however, by a careful Investigation. In the first place, the patrol at the Peaked Hill bars, at Peak Hill’s life-saving station, was on the alert throughout the great storm, and the men on duty there saw or heard nothing to indicate that a steamer had been dashed to pieces on the shoals. The fierce wile caused such a tremendous tide that a vessel of the Portland’s draught would have passed over the bars in safety and run ashore on the beach. In fact, a large schooner in distress, drawing more water than the Portland. passed over the shallowest part cf the bars and brought up on the beach. SHARP SIGNAIjS HEARD. Another incident that tends to place the Hme of the wreck on Sunday morning was Reported by the crew of the Race Point lifegaving station. Race Point forms the tip of Cape Cod. The life-saving crew there, during the height of the storm, heard four sharp whistles from a steamer, which was recognized as a danger signal. The signal was heard at about 7:45 o’clock, and the crew hastily manned the boats to give assistance if possible. A terrible tempest was raging, and it was so thick that it was impossible to see any distance off shore. The .crew could locate no steamer, and the blasts of a whistle were heard only once. The men are positive that they heard a steamer whistle, and are new of the opinion that it came from .the Portland some .time before she foundered, for it is generally believed she went to the bottom, and was not wrecked by going on shore. The opinion is also general here that the boat was gradually battered to pieces by the mountainous seas, the upper fittings being carried away until (he water began to pour in her. The fact that her wheel was found with ropes attached, on the Orleans shore, is taken to indicate that the pilots were powerless to control the vessel’s course In' the bay. and that they were obliged to lash the wheel. When the hull went under the upper deck and fittings, ginger bread work, etc., probably became loosened by the action of the seas. These parts of the ship, not including the* furnishings, were practically the only ones of the vessel that were strewn along the outer coast of Cape Cod. The absence of any very large sections is accounted for on the theory that the hull itself went to the bottom. The largest piece of wreckage reported up to sunset was a piece about thirty fred long. Before the 111-fated steamer took her final plunge the passengers and crew, it would seein, adopted all means at their command to save their lives, as is shown by the large number of life preservers and belts found among the first portions of the wreckage. The first body from the wreck came ashore

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at Highhead, which is a few miles farther down the outer coast of the cape from the Peaked Hills station. It was found on Monday morning. The next bodies found were picked up at points farther south on the same day, and the. life preservers, woodwork. two or three pieces of baggage, lard, tobacco, paper and other stuff from the cargo began to pile up on the shore south of Highhead. Little wreckage was found north of that point. The swift undertow off shore carried an immense amount of debris and many bodies south as far as Monortomoy beach and Nantucket sound. The northern limit indicated that the wreck was near Highhead. Large numbers of volunteers, including several persons who had friends or relatives on board the steamer, assisted the surf men in patrolling the beaches. From the tip end of Cape Cod to Mononomoy there are ten government life saving stations. and all the crews have been on duty almost constantly since last Saturday evening, when the great blow set in. On Monday and yesterday several bodies were sighted in the surf some distance, lrom shore, but they disappeared from view before they could be secured. The body of a mdn at an undertaking room here is supposed to be that of William Mosher, a business man of Gorham, Me. A body believed to be that of John Walton, second engineer of the Portland, came ashore off Nauset yesterday. AN OVERDUE STEAMER. Nothing: Heard from the Pentugroet, Dae nt Bangor on Sunday. NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—N0 word has yet been received from the steamship Pentagoet, of the Manhattan Steamship Company’s line, which left this port on Thursday last for Bangor, where she was due early Sunday. The secretary of the company said to-day that there was a possibility that the Pentagoet had been taken out to sea, when the storm of Saturday night was encountered, and that she would turn up all right. The Pentagoet was an old boat, having been built at Philadelphia in 1K64 for G. R. Kimball, of Cleveland, 0., but for many years has been in the ocean coasting trade. She is 233 feet long, 32 feet beam and 10 feet deep, and has a carrying capacity of 214 tons. She carried no passengers when she left this port. Her crew numbered seventeen men. The steamer Strathesk, from Philadelphia for King’s Lynn, which came into port to-day for survey and repairs, reports having had a hard experience in the storm for forty-eight hours. Seas swept the vessel fore and aft. smashing the bridge, boats, rails, stanchions and deckhouse. One senman was lost overlioard and three others of the crew were badly injured. The steamer had a bad list to port as she came up the bey. The storm of Saturday night and Sunday has literally strewn the Long island coast with wreckage. Altogether about fifty vessels. not counting small yachts and scows, were wrecked or rendered useless, and the numerous harbors where vessels sought shelter from the fury of the storm are filled with wreckage of all kinds. The damage in Green Point harbor and vicinity was estimated to be over $25,090. The small steamer Niantic Is reported to be ashore near Montauk. LOSS OF THE WHITE WINGS. Message Telling of Disaster Written on a Piece of Bamboo. PLYMOUTH, Mass., Nov. 33.—A piece of bamboo picket! up in the surf here brought a story of death and the loss of the schooner White Wings, of Gloucester, in the recent storm. It contains the following message: "We will be lost, thirteen of us, in fishing schooner White Wings, from Gloucester. Have no bottle to put it in. Everything is gone. We are about to go on a raft. Henry Wilder and Frank Haskins are dead. If I could only see my wife and darling child again. "ALBERT SIMMONS.” A body found yesterday morning on the outside beach near Powder Point bridge by the Gurnet life-saving crew, clad in oilskins marked "Haley,” is thought to be that of one of the tour Norwell men reported missing from their shooting box near the mouth of North river. A six-foot steering wheel, a spar seven-ty-five feet long, with rigging attached, and what appeared to be the front of a quarterdeck house or the side of a steamer’s stateroom, are reported floating in the water off shore near Brant rock. They are thought to have come from some deep sea ship wrecked further up the coast. Traffic Blocked. NEW YORK, Nov. 30,-The storm which began last night with rain, followed by hail and snow r , blocked traffic in the suburbs to-day and delayed it in the city. While the storm had none of the severity of the blow of Saturday and Sunday, coming so soon on the heels of that storm, it increased the difficulties of the situation. Even the “L" lines suffered to-day, and many persons were obliged to walk long distances in order to get down town. In Brooklyn, in the Bronx and in the borough of Queens there w as a repetition of the anhoy.ince and discomfort of Sunday. The main line of the Long Island Railroad is again blockaded, and on a number of its local branches also traffic is suspended. A train is buried in a snow bank at Mineola. The trouble is aggravated by a high wind, which refilled the cuts made through the drifts that resulted from Sunday’s storm. Crew of Fonrteen Probably Lost. GLOUCESTER, Mass., Nov. 30.-Fears are entertained here for the safety of the fishing schooner Walker, of this port. The coast guards at Race Point report that considerable wreckage marked F. R. Walker came ashore. She was last seen on the Fipennies bank, last Saturday, by the schooner Ramsona. of this port. She was commanded by Capt. Frank Miller and had a crew of fourteen men. Ten More Lives Lost. PROVINCETOWN. Mass.. Nov. 30.—The schooner King Philip, of Fall River, has been wrecked on the cape. The crew, probably numbering ten men, have been lost. The schooner was of 1,224 tons gross register.

NINE PEOPLE DROWNED. Tlie Ainsworth, a Small Steamer, Sunk on Kootenai Lake. NELSON, 13. C., Nov. 30.—The Ainsworth, a small steamer, plying between Nelson and Bonner’s ferry, was wrecked last night during a storm on Kootenai lake, six of her crew and three passengers being drowned. The Ainsworth left Nelson last evening on her regular trip. When about six miles south of Pilot bay and about two and a half miles from shore, during a heavy gale, she was struck by a squall and commenced taking in water. The captain headed her for shore, but she reeled over on her side, filling immediately. The passengers drowmed were: Charles Campbell, a merchant, of Kuskanook: two Italians, of Kuskanook. Captain Dean, First Engineer Kane and J. J. Donnelly, a deck hand, reached shore in the lifeboat. The rest of the crew, whose names follow, were drowned: Perry, mate; James McNeil, fireman: John Guein, steward; Joseph Davis, deck hand; C. Hume, cook, and the second engineer, whose name cannot be learned at present. The Ainsworth was owned by Braden Brothers, of the Pilot Bay smelter. The Gate City Safe. SAVANNAH. Ga., Nov. 30.—Advices received here to-day say that the steamer Gate City, which left Boston Saturday for this port, was sighted off Long island yesterday by the steamer Chattahoochee. Both steamers belong to the Ocean Steamship Company. No apprehension for the Gate City’s safety is felt here. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. Nov. 30.—Sailed: St. Paul, for Southampton: Pomeranian, for Glasgow; Teutonic, for Liverpool. QUEENSTOWN. Nov. 30.—Arrived: Germanic. from New York. Sailed: Cephalonla, for Boston. NAPLES. Nov. 30.—Arrived: Fuerst Bismarck, from New York. LIVERPOOL. Nov. 30.—Arrived: Laurentian, from Montreal. ROTTERDAM. Nov. 30.—Arrived: Statendam. from New York. HAMBURG. Nov. 30.—Sailed: Pennsylvania, for New York. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 30.—Sailed: Amsterdam. for New York. COPENHAGEN. Nov. 30.—Arrived: Hekla. from New York. BALTIMORE. Nov. 30.—Arrived: Dresden, from Bremen. LONDON. Nov. 30.—Arrived: Minnesota, from Philadelphia. BREMEN. Nov. 30.—Arrived: H. H. Meier, frerr. New York. GLASGOW. Nov. 30.—Arrived: Anchoria, from New York. GENOA. Nov. 30.—Arrived: California, from New York. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 30.-8alled: Saale, for New York. HAVRE, Nov. 30.—Sailed: Moravia, for Baltimore. , _

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1898.

TO BE MUSTERED OUT MANY VOLUNTEERS WILL SOON BE HONORABLY DISCHARGED. Great Improvement in tlie Health of the Men in Southern Camps—lloosiers in a Sham Fight. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. If Congress, early in the session, should make provision for the increase for the regular army, it is quite probable that none of the volunteer regiments now in the service will be sent to do garrison duty in Cuba. The troops first to be sent to Cuba will be composed largely of regular regiments, so far as they are available. Plans are maturing for the muster out of as many volunteers now in service as possible. The demand of the enlisted men to go home and leave the service is growing greater and greater every day. This is true in nearly every garrison, and the arrival of senators and representatives w T ith requests for the muster out of regiments or men in the regiments has largely increased during the past three days. It is well known that the volunteers at Manila desiro to come home and the War Department is considering the question of sending regular regiments to replace these volunteers as soon as arrangements can be made. The regulars who are available for this service comprise those regiments on the Western coast who saw service at Santiago, and there is a disposition to have them recuperated and recruited to their full strength before sending them to Manila. A great improvement in the health of the army has taken place within the last tw r o months, us shown by the last reports to the surgeon general from the field and general hospitals. The hospitals at C’nickamauga Park have been emptied and abandoned. The same is true of the division field hospitals at Canr.p Hamilton. Lexington, Ky., and Jacksonville, Fla, The hospital train, which has carried nearly four thousand sick men from the various camps to general hospitals is now lying idle at Washington. The general hospital at Fort McPherson, Ga., has only two hundred patients remaining and rei>orts 423 vacant beds. The Josiah Simpson hospital at Fort Monroe, has four hundred vacant beds. The general hospital at Fort Myer, Va., has 350 vacant beds and only 162 patients remaining. The hospital at Fort Thomas, which recently received the sick from Camp Hamilton, reports 371 in hospital and 103 vacant beds. The 101st in Sham Rattle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 30.—A correspondent of a local paper, writing from Camp Onward, Savannah, Ga., where the Richmond company with the One-hundred-and-sixty-first is stationed, says: “On last Friday took place the long-looked-for sham battle between the First and Second brigades of the Second Division. We were with tho First Brigade. We now have overcoats and the boys are boys in blue sure enough. Our new Krag-Jorgensen rifles are hero and will be distributed to-day. One hundred of them are now piled up on Captain Smith’s front porch, and it looks like an overworked freight depot. "Saturday afternoon there was a baseball game between the One-hv.ndred-and-sixty-tirst Indiana and the Forty-ninth lowa teams. Roy Edwards, sergeant of Company F, played first base and really won the game. He made the only home run, and brought in four runs, afterwards making a three-base hit that brought in two. The score was 11 to 5 in favor of Indiana.’* GARCIA TALKS. (Concluded from First l'nge.) Maps showing the location of these graves, the name of the deceased, the regiment to which he belonged and his next of kin have been prepared. What is known as a funeral expedition wdll soon be started for Santiago, and the ship will be equipped with caskets and other necessary articles to be used in disinterring the remains and bringing them to this country. On arrival here they will be turned over to the relatives of those who lost their livek for their country, and the dead heroes who have no relatives will be interred at Arlington, the national cemetery a few miles west of Washington. The ship will leave for Cuba about Dec. 15, but it may be delayed until Jan. 1. General Wood has opposed the removal of these remains until cold weather for fear that yellow fever may be brought to this country. His advice in this respect has been heeded, and, as stated, the dead soldiers will not be interred in their native soil until some time in the new year. Commissioner Porter nt Snntlngro. SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Nov. 30.-Robert Porter, United States special commissioner to Cuba and Porto Rico, charged with the duty of inquiring into and reporting on the economic and financial conditions of both islands, with especial reference to the tariff, arrived outside the harbor at daybreak Tuesday morning on board the steamer Admiral Dewey, which left Boston last Thursday. Owing to the port dues and also to the quarantine regulations enforced at Jamaica. the Hist went to meet the Admiral Dewey off Morro Castle and brought ashore the long-delayed mails and also a supply of turkeys, which, though somewhat late, were welcome. The Admiral Dewey, after transferring Mr. Porter and his party with the mail supplies to the Hist, proceeded on her course to Jamaica. Will Close on Sunday, SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 30,-Several merchants have petitioned for permission to close their stores on Sunday. Under the Spanish law they are compelled to keep them open until noon. General Wood grants all such requests. He has also issued a special order directing that the liquor saloons be kept closed on that day. The Supreme Court, recently organized by the addition of two jurists of high repute, will open to-morrow. At the request of Chief Justice Echeverria, General Wood will be present. Tlie Chester Grounds Again. SAVANNAH. Ga., Nov. 30.—The transport Chester, which left this port Monday for Cuba with the Fifteenth United States Infantry cn board, is still in the river, four miles below town. After being pulled out of the mud yesterday by six tugs she again went aground in endeavoring to turn around and was let alone until the weather cleared. She was pulled again to-day for the second time, and is now safely anchored waiting for the tide. Rations for CubnnH. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The Comal will sail to-morrow from New York to Savannah, where she will complete the loading of 1,503,000 rations for the destitute people of Cuba. The point where she will land has not been determined. The Bratton is now unloading 100 tons of provjsions in the province of Pinar del Rio. MARCHAND’S MARCH TO THE SEA. Description of His Route, Its Difficulties, and Points of Interest. London Times. Assuming that Major Marchand carries out. his reported intention of retiring from Fashcda via Abyssinia and Jibuti!, his route, alike from the historical, geographical, and political standpoints, will be a singularly interesting one. According to the published programme, the expedition will, shortly alter the major’s return from Cairo Qf Fashcda, make its way in the little steamer Faidherbe first to the mouth of the Sobat and thence as far up the river as the latter is navigable. When further progress by water becomes impossible the party will land and march across country to Adis Abeba, the present capital of King MeneU-k, subsequently proceeding lo the Port of Jibutil, in the Gulf ot Tajurra, which Major Marchand expects to reach about June. Th* first part of the suggested journey is historically and politically interesting be-

cause it involves the passage of the expedition through territory closely associated with Gordon's early work in the Sudan, territory which i3 consequently just as much Egyptian as Fas-hoda itself. At Sobat, at the mouth of the river of the same name, the sirdar planted an Egyptian garrison only the other day. But it is worth while recalling the fact that Sobat was an Egyptian post as far 'back as 1875. In fact, it was the first of the posts established by Gordon between Khartum and Gondokoro for the purpose of cheeking the slave trade, and from it other fortified stations branched out east and west into the heart of the slave-trading districts. One of these, Nessar, will he found about 150 miles up the Sobat river. For some two hundred miles, therefore. Major Marchand proposed to travel through Egyptian territory. It is, of course, impossible to follow the proposed route of the expedition from Sobat to Adis Abeba, because the point at which the expedition must leave the Sobat river is uncertain. But it is very doubtful —as is suggested—for anything like 35V miles. In connection with the latter assumption it will be remembered that the sirdar in one of his dispatches stated that the nearest Abyssinian post to the Nile was about 350 miles up the Sobat. Can it be that Major Marchand cherishes the hope of stepping from the Faidherbe into the arms of an Abyssinian force, which, after an effusive welcome, would at once escort the compatriots of Prince Henri d'Orleans and the Marquis De Bonchamps with affectionate eagerness to the Abyssinian capital. Such complaisance is a good deal to expect from a stream like the Bahr Sobat. Putting aside this romantic possibility, the expedition w'ould probably have to reckon on a tramp of some 433 miles before reaching King Menelek’s headquarters, and, as the latter lie 8,093 feet above the sea level, the "going" would not be of the easiest description. But there would be no danger and not much difficulty in picking up the route. Comunication between the Sudan and Ankober, the old capital of Abyssinia, has in the past been irequent, and there must be several trade routes. Part of the journey, moreover, must have been traversed by Bonchamps in his abortive attempt to join hands with Marchand, and probably by this time the latter has the Bonchamps itinerary in his pocket. When Marchand arrives at Adis Abeba he will visit a singularly interesting settlement. which a few years ago was not in existence, and a few years hence will be in ruins. An excellent description, illustrated by a sketch map of Adis Abeba, is to be found in Count Gleiehen's recently published book, “With the Mission to Menelek.” a timely contribution to the rather jejune and mostly obsolete literature of Abyssinia. Count Gleichen accompanied Mr. Rennell Rudd’s mission last year as intelligence officer, and from his narrative it appears that Adis Abeba is rather a huge camp than a town, and that it covers a very large area at the foot of the Entotto hills. The settlement consists of a great mass of circular or elliptical huts with thatched conical roofs, the Emperor’s inclosure occupying a small hill in the center. The site is only a temporary one, and will shortly have to be changed, as all the wood in the vicinity is being cut dowm and consumed, and soon the distance from the forest will become inconveniently great. When that occurs the capital of Abyssinia will move on, much as the March Hare and the Hatter moved on round the tea table in Wonderland. The next site chosen will probably be Metya, a district lying to the west of Entotto. Passing over the problematical meeting between Marchand and other French "emissaries of civilization" in Adis Abeba, we may reckon that his route from the latter place to Jibutil would follow, at any rate as fnr as Harar, that of the Rennell Rodd mission. From Adis Abeba to Harar there are twenty-five marches, totaling 270 miles. From Harar to Jibutil is a distance of about 200 miles. From Adis Abeba to the French port, therefore, should not occupy much more than six weeks. Allowing for the delay in making‘the necessary preparations, we may assume that Major Marchand w r ould arrive at Adis Abeba by. at the latest, the middle of March. To get to Jibutil by the beginning of June he would have to start from King Menelek’s capital about the middle of April. It would seem, then, that a stay of a month at Adis Abeba is contemplated. It may be added that in lixing the date of his arrival at Jibutil as “about June,” Major Marchand is evidently taking into account the Abyssinian rains, which come on at the end of May or the beginning of June, and render the low' country an impassable morass. Jibutil. the objective of Marchand’s proposed journey, lies on the southern shore of the Gulf or Tajurra. The frontiers of the French protectorate, which march with those of British Somaliland, were settled by the Anglo-French aggreemenl of 1888. The first French factory was established at Obok as far back as 1862, and repeated efforts have been made to render the colony a commercial success, but so far with little result. More recently there has been talk in Paris of seriously fortifying Jibutil. W'hieh has now superseded Obok as the chief French settlement in that region. As yet, however, nothing practical has been done in this direction, possibly owing to the fact that Great Britain possesses some rocky islets at the entrance to the Gulf of Tajurra, which it would not be difficult to fortify pari passu with any warlike erections at Jibutil or elsewhere within this fine harbor. Lissuk Sold for $7,600. LEXINGTON. Ky., Nov. 30.—Another famous horse has been added to the stable of Hon. W. C. Whitney. Lissak, the great race horse, now retired to r.he stud, was purchased by Mr. Paget for $7,300. This sale was the feature of the closing day of Woodard & Shanklin’s thoroughbred sales. One hundred and seven head brought $14,845, an average of about $139. The Breeders’ Mutual Benefit Association bought fiftjNone of the poorest brood mares offered, paying $1,420, an average of about S2B. These will be shipped South and sold without pedigrees. Many will bring an increase in price. Favors the Whipping Post. CHICAGO, Nov. 30.—The w'hipping post as a legal instrument of corporal punishment for certain classes of criminals is favored by President John G. Shortall, of the Illinois Humane Society. At a meeting of representatives of charitable organizations Mr. Shortall read a paper giving at legnth his reasons for favoring the adoption of the whipping post. He urged legislation to that effect. Bodily punishment for women beaters, incorrigible and dangerous vagrants, and more particularly the ‘hoodlum’’ class, was, according to Mr. Shortall, an absolute public necessity. Methodists May Go to Minneapolis. CHICAGO, Nov. 30.—Minneapolis may secure the next quadriennial Methodist Episcopal conference. The committed having in charge the location of the General Conference met committees from Chicago and Minneapolis to-day, and the committee representing Minneapolis raised the previous offer of $25,000 made by Chicago to $30,000. To-morrow’ the option on the Auditorium, which had been secured for the General Conference expires, and unless the Chicago committee raises the bid the assembly will be held in Minneapolis. Repuhllcnn Plurality in lowa. DES MOINES, la*, Nov. 30.—The official canvass of the votes cast at the recent election for state officers and congressmen has been completed. The total vote this year was 421,535. against 438,517 in 1897 and 521,547 in 1896. George L. Dobson, secretary of state, has the largest vote —63,524 pluralityover fusion and 51.512 majority over ail. Frank F. Merriam, Republican nominee for auditor, has the largest plurality—6s,27o. His opponent was a Populist, and many Democrats would not vote for him. Cur Slied Burned. NEW YORK. Nov. 30.—Every trolley line in the boorough of Bronx was forced to suspend operations for three hours to-day on account of a fire which destroyed the big ear shed of the Union Railway Company, burning seventv-five cars and a large quantity of machinery, tools and other supplies. The loss to the railway company is estimated at $150,000; insurance, SIOO,OOO. The loss on the building is $25,000. Oiiitunry. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30.-Capt. A. De La Torre, organizer of the Jaurez Guards, of this city, in early days,, and an officer of the army of ex-President Jaurez. of Mexico, who fought to drive Maxmillian out of Mexico, died at San Rafael after a protracted illness. Heart failure was the cause cf death. National Bank to Liquidate. SPRINGFIELD, 0.. Nov. 30.—At a meeting cf the board of directors of the Second National Bank, this afternoon, it was decided to go into voluntary liquidation. The bank is one of the oldest in the city. It is understood that anew bank will be organized. No Wonder. Philadelphia Times. If falrlv well-balanced human beings got a trifle excited over Thanksgivings and Christmases it’s no wonder the turkey loses his head. New York Tribune. Admiral Dewey says. "Keep the Philippines," But then all the anti-imperialists know ho is an ignorant seadog, who doesn't krow- anything about the islands or the difficulties confront us in keeping them. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Drotno-Qulnine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If it failß to cure. Zoc. The genuine has L. K. Q. on egeb tablet.

QUARREL AND TRAGEDY * SI PT. A. T. GIVLEY, OF GREENFIELD GAS COMPANY, FATALLY SHOT. Crown Point Jury Faiiii to Agrrc in tlio Roby Gamltlem' Cane—The Stamp Tax Question Again. * Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENFIELD. Ind., Nov. 30.—Walter Carr shot and probably fatally wounded A. T. Ginley, of this city, this evening. Yesterday Ginley. who was the superintendent of the Greenfield Gas Company, resigned his position on account of differences with some of the other officers. At the time he had an altercation with J. H. Carr, the aged secretary, and it took several men to prevent trouble at that time. To-night the gas officers met, and as Ginley came down st.air3 he met young Carr, aged about twenty-six, who he claims followed him a step cr two, and, after jerking him around, shot him full in the breast with a .38-cali-bre revolver. The doctor did not locate the bullet to-night, and it is thought Ginley will not recover. He has a wife, a niece of Nelson Bradley, of this city, and one child. His parents live in Jennings county. Young Carr claims Ginley cut him across the hand with a knife before he shot, and that it was self-defense. He is the youngest son of Capt. J. H. Carr. Sheriff Pauley arrested Carr and lodged him in jail to await the result of Ginley’s wound. INDIANA OBITIARY. James C. Hiikuc, at One Time an India nnpoii* Attorney. Special to the Indidnapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Nov. 30. —James C. Hague, aged seventy-six, one of the wealthiest and most prominent farmers of Boone county, died to-day at the home of his son-in-law'. Lanville Brown, in this city, the result of a paralytic stroke last Saturday. Mr. Hague resided on a farm near Thorntown, and was here on u visit when he Was stricken. Mr. Hague was born in Dearborn county, North Carolina, and came with-his parents to this State when he was thirteen years old. With the exception of fifteen years’ residence in Thorntown, and a brief stay in Indianapolis, where he practiced law'.'he had lived on his farm east of Thorntown for the last fifty years. He was twice married. One daughter and his second wife survive him. He was the owner of 500 acres in this county, and his estate is estimated as worth $60,000. He was a charter member of Boone Masonic Lodge, of Lebanon, and his death removes the last charter member of the local lodge. He. was also a member of the Presbyterian Church. Two North Vernon Pioneer*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NORTH VERNON, Ind.. Nov. 30.—Daniel Bacon, an old citizen of this city, died here this morning from paralysis. Mr. Bacon was clerk of the Circuit Court for four years and county assessor two years. He was a soldier in the civil war, holding a captain’s commission. Thomas P. Alley, one of the earliest residents and founders of this city, died yesterday from blood poisoning. Mr. Alley was in the mercantile business here for many years, and has resided in this city since it was a village. Mrs. E. R. Minear. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENSBURG, Ind., Nov. 30.-Mrs. Rosa Minear, aged sixty, wife of E. R. Minear, is dead of heart disease. Mr. Minear came to this city in 1865 and engaged in mercantile business until a few' years ago, when he retired. The past year she has been in failing health. She was prominent in social circles. Last evening, about 11 p. m., her maid noticed that she was not feeling well, and called her son. Soon after she became unconscious, and died this afternoon. Mrs. Minear had many friends at Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Rushville and Shelbyviile. Railroad and Farmer In n Mix-l'p. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 30.—Ex-County Recorder Sam Ritchey, of Cassville, this county, is having a lively tilt with the Lake Erie & Western Railway, which road runs alongside his farm. For a month Mr. Ritchey has been busy building a fence along the right of way, and the section hands have been just as busy tearing it down. Monday the read officials sent down a wrecking crew and with a locomotive chained to the fence tore out thirty rods of it. Yesterday Ritchey replaced the fence, and after completing the job erected a platform commanding the range of contested ground, on w'hich, with a Winchester rifle, he is standing guard, with the avowed purpose of shooting the first man who attempts to again remove the fence. Ritchey also planted a high pole at the edge of the platform, from which proudly and defiantly floats a large American flag. So far the road has not tried to pull up the last fence, ana Ritchey and his Winchester is master of the situation. The company threatens to take out the switch, leaving the village without a station. Ritchey has put one arm. He lost the other in battle during the civil war. Farmers Against a New Courthouse. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Nov. 30.—Boone county Is in a turmoil over the decision of the County Commissioners to build anew courthouse at an estimated expenditure of $150,CCO. Tho farmers are becoming greatly worked up over the matter, and have issued a call for a mass meeting of taxpayers, to be held Saturday afternoon, at 1:30 o’clock, at the courtroom in this city, to protest against the project. In the call it is pointed out that the new building is “wholly unwarranted, and at this time an outrage on the taxpayers of the county.” The call further says: “It is the object to attempt to persuade the commissioners to see their error. It is further contemplated that w 7 e shall investigate the rights of the taxpayers of the county to prevent such unwarranted action by injunction.” The commissioners have made no order yet for a new' building, but in interviews have signified their intention of erecting a new courthouse. How to Avoid Stamp Tax on Checks. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Nov. 30.—Collector Henry has received the following letter from the commissioner of internal revenue in regard to the use of unstamped receipts in drawing money from banks: “This office is in receipt of a letter bearing date of Nov, 19 from the First National Bank, of Greencastle, asking if a depositor cqn present a check payable to his own order for the withdrawal of funds to his credit without a stamp being affixed to the check. Will you please advise the above named bank that any check presented by a depositor for the withdrawal of funds to his credit requires a two-cent stamp. The depositor, however, may personally tender a receipt for the funds without liability to the stamp tax." Collector Henry has sent a copy of the letter to all the banks in this revenue district. * Standard Make* u Rig Deal, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. Nov. 30. It is reported in the oil field that the Manhattan Oil Company has disposed of its Indiana holdings to the Standard Oil Company. No price is named. The Manhattan is one of the greatest producers in the field. The report seems to have good foundation. The Standard has purchased a number of good producing oil properties recently, which indicates its confidence in tble future of the Indiana field. As an example of how the value of oil properly is increasing. Long & Brown recently purchased the Shull & Shaddle leases, and have already been offered $7,000 more than the;, gave. Cement Trust Scheme Fall*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.. Nov. 30.—At a meeting of representatives of eighteen of the largest cement mills in southern Indiana in Louisville to-day, the scheme of forming a trust was practically given up. It is the desire of seme of the manufacturers to form a combine and sell their product through the Western Cement Association, of Louisville. but an agreement could not be reached. Such an association existed until nine months ago, and at that time cement

sold for 85 cents a barrel, but now It Is selling from 15 to 20 cents a barrel. The object was to increase the price to the original standard. Consul Canada Home on n Visit. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER. Ind., Nov. 30,-Hon. W. W, Canada, of this city, consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico, is home on a vacation. The Inhabitants of Vera Cruz are Spanish or Spanish descent, together with a number of Germans. Vera Cruz was made a base of supplies from which provisions and even arms and munitions of war were sometimes slipped through to Blanco during the war. Through Consul Canada’s prompt efforts the authorities at Washington were advised and a number of Spanish steamships were taken, many of them having valuable cargoes. Among the most important of these were the Tabascaney and the Santa Domingo. On account of the active steps taken by Consul Canada his life was threatened on more than one occasion. Conroy’s Installment House Falls. Special tp the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Nov. 30.—Deputy Sheriff Pierson to-day levied on the stock of the Andrew J. Conroy Installment Company, in this city. The company has branch houses in many Indiana cities, the local branch being under the management of C. E. Tait. The stock was levied on to satisfy a judgment for SIO,OOO in favor of James A. Ross, of Evansville. There is a lien of $6,000 for attorney's fees in favor of J. E. Williamson and A. L. Doss, of that city. The deputy sheriff secured 1,285 leases on goods that had been sold to the people of Marion, but which had not all been paid. Failed to Convlet Roby Gamblers, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CROWN POINT, Ind., Nov. 30.-By the jury disagreeing In the cases of James O'Leary, John Cello and "One-armed Nick,” the operator, who have been on trial here for the past three days charged with operating poolrooms at Roby, the Chicago gamblers have won a victory. In all probability the cases will be dropped, as the State brought out all tho evidence possible but failed to convict. Several of the jurymen say they think the case was started through the Corrigan crowd to crush out the Roby Racing Association by unfair means. Barrett to Re Tried for Murder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind.. Nov. 30.—The Madison county grand jury has returned a true bill against Jesse Barrett, of Alexandria, and the latter stands charged with the murder of James MeFall and will be tried for murder in the first degree. Public sentiment has undergone a decided change in Alexandria and Anderson recently, the tide now being in favor of the murdered man. Barrett will be vigorously prosecuted. The state will be able to show that MeFall did not meet Mrs. Barrett. until after she had been divorced from Barrett. Missing fill Id Located. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN, Ind., Nov. 30.—The officers think they have located little Jenny Garnett, w’ho was kidnaped while on her way to school yesterday. Scattered testimony goes to show that she is now sorrily here between Constantina and Kalamazoo, Mich., where Mrs. Charles Coombs, who is supposed to have taken her away, resides. Mrs. Coombs took care of the little one for a short time after her mother died, and became so fond of her that a lawsuit was necessary to enable her grandparents to* regain possession of her. Attorney* Sue for Their Pay. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Nov. 39.—Ex-Judge J. M. Van Fleet, Prosecuting Attorney Charles Sims, Anthony Deahl and the firm of Baker & Miller to-day filed suits for claims aggregating $3,100 for services rendered in the disbarment proceedings against Jonas Hoover. The County Commissioners had refused to allow the claims because the court had employed them, and they insisted the judge should indorse their bills. Baker was recently elected to the State Supreme Court. llarn* Appoint* Edwards. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 30.—Simon Burns, president of L. A. 300, the Window-glass Workers’ Association in the United States, has named Prosecuting Attorney William Edwards to represent the association on the board of arbitration that meets in Pitts'burg the last of this week. The contention is between the Manufacturers’ Association and the blowers and gatherers and represents a differential of per cent. The McCoy Roy* Arrested. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Nov. 30.—Sheriff Haines left to-night for Rockport, Ind., to bring back Wade and William McCoy, who are wanted here for the murder of Thomas Rhetts on July 10. The murderers were arrested this morning by Detective Hale. Their father, Martin McCoy, is on trial in the Circuit Court as an accessory to the murder. Hard Work for Cadxralluder’s Defense Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER, Ind., Nov. 30.—The defense in the Cadwallader embezzlement case has put in the entire day cross-examining Judge Williams, the only witness thus far on the stand. His evidence against the banker has not been shaken. Major Steele'* Programme. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Nov. 30.—Congressman Steele came in to-day from Warsaw, where he was called on business. Major Steele will leave Saturday for Washington, where he will attend a meeting of the board of managers of the soldiers’ home before the House convenes. Indiana Note*. Nearly all the telephone wires around Warsaw are down as a result of continued heavy storms. Harry Greer, of Wabash, is one of the Nantasket beach sufferers from the recent storm. The sea washed away his house on tho beach. Walter Irvin, a young Republican attorney of North Manchester, has announced himself as a candidate for clerk of the Indiana Houso of Representatives. The Decatur county grand jury has returned an indictment for manslaughter against Robert A. McCoy, who killed George Newman in a quarrel about politics. He pleaded not guilty, and was released on $lO,000 bond. Harwood and Charles G. Barley, of Marion, have leased the old cracker factory in that place and will engage in the manufacture of iron and brass bedsteads with a farce of sixty men. This is the third factory of this kind in Marion. THE PENSION ROLL. Fact* Showing that Till* Ranine** Should Be Oat of Politics. Providence Journal. It was a hopeful schoolmaster that promised to teach children in two years to advance from reckoning the cost of a dozen lead pencils to adding th® figures in the report of the commissioner of pensions. There are tew larger figures than those used to summarize our expenditures for pensions. We are reminded of that by the report of the secretary or the interior, which is now published. That our pension account is enormous almost everybody knows, but its actual size is likely to be overlooked. On June 30, 1898, there were 993,714 pensioners, an increase of 17,700 in a year. There were 64,351 added and 46,651 dropped during the year. In that year the amount disbursed for pensions was $144,000,000. The cost of the Pension Bureau added $4,000.0)0 more. There are 635,000 claims pending, and this number is exclusive of all that grow from the war with Spain. The citizen that

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(English’s Block.) Ladies, 9to 12; gentlemen, 2 b>s, and 7 to!) p. m. is staggered with these figures hardly has the courage to calculate how many years ago it was that President Garfield, then a representative in Congress, predicted that the pension roll had reached its maximum. To show the rate of increase it is well to state briefly the number of pensioners and the amount disbursed at different periods since the civil war. In 1866 there were 126,722 pensioners, receiving $15,158.598; in 1870 there were 198,6X6 pensioners, receiving $29.043,217; in 1890 there were 250,802 pensioners, receiving $55,901,670; In 1890 there were 537,944 pensioners, receiving $103,809,250, and in 1898 there are 993,714 pensioners, receiving $140,924,348. And almost as if by mockery, after such lavish expenditures have been recorded, the report adds that by reductions of rent the bureau has saved a paltry $9,090, This item must have been Inserted in the report by a humorist. The manifest swindle which has been practiced upon the government by young and avaricious women is shown by the fact that while there are but three pensioners who survive the war of 1812, there are 2,407 pensioners who are widows of soldiers of that war. There are still twelve widows and daughters- of revolutionary soldiers on the rolls. Os the others, 6,086 are because of Indian wars; 18,155 because of the Mexican wars, and the rest, more than 427,000, because of the civil war. Such impressive figures as these could be quoted by the column, hut no amount of them could too emphatically show the tremendous cost of wars In this country or the great need of taking the Pension Bureau out of politics. The most generous nation 00 earth must not throw away millions, and, while tho country’s pledges must be carried out, politicians bartering Tor the soldier’s vote should not ride rough-shod over more honest officials. The enormous size of the government’s pension account remains, as it has been for many years, a subject for close examination and unprejudiced, nonpartisan study. CLERICAL INTOLERANCE. How tle Sirdar Had a Prayer Hecltcd to Suit Him. Detroit Tribune. The English papers are now filled with anecdotes of the hero of Omdurman, not quite so pointed as the many about Dewey, Schley, “Fighting Bob” Evans and the rest of the American galaxy, but probably as authentic. In “M. A. P.,” T. I*. O’Connor relates: A queer little story reaches me as to the way in which the sirdar dealt with a case of clerical Intolerance during the Sudan campaign. The occasion was the ever-to-be-remombered ceremony which took place at Khartum, when the triumphant British and Egyptian armies solemnly and splendidly crowned their campaign of vengeance by celebrating the imposing rites of "Gordon’s funeral*” By common consent, the various chaplains attached to Kitchener's forces —Anglican, Methodist, Ronranist and so forth—had agreed, with one exception, to recite a specially compiled prayer during the service at the tomb. The one exception was a strangely obstinate cleric, whose somewhat narrow ideas are well known throughout the service. Kitchener, hearing that the reverend gentleman in question had refused to join in reciting the prayer, promptly sent for him and asked him if the rumor which had reached him was true. “Certainly.” was the cleric’s uncompromising reply. “Very well, then.” said Lord Kitchener, taking out his watch. “I give you just five minutes to consider whether you will Join in reciting this prayer or not: and if you don't I shall march you down to Cairo under arrest.” Before five minutes were up the Rev. Mr. had decided that to obey was better than sacrifice, when a man like the sirdar was concerned, and it is satisfactory to know that at Gordon’s tomb, at all events, the representatives of normally warring sects were absolutely unanimous in their petitions to heaven, A Minor Incident. Washington Star. \“Do you think,” said the lady who Is writing a book, “that woman ought to vote?” “Vote!" echoed the Empress dowager of Chinu. "I don't see why she-should want to bother about a trifle like that."