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UNDER THE NEW POLICY — FIRST IKTERNATIOIAL QUESTIONS AHISIAG FROM OCR EXPANSION. 4. In This Country Liable (or Claims Agalniit Hawaii?—Statu* of Chinese —German Restriction*. —♦ WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The United St .'ten government Is being called on to face some questions of interest resulting from the expansion policy. The British government, some time before the annexation of Hawaii to the United States, filed with Hawaii a number of claims for redress for the 111-treatment and illegal confinement of British subjects Involved in the revolutionary movement which over threw the Queen. These amount to several hundred thousand dollars in the aggregate, and the question is, the Hawaiian government having failed to settle them, whether the United States government does not inherit liability. The claims aro just such as were filed by the late Secretary Gresham against the Hawaiian government in behalf of a number of alleged American citizens, most of whom afterwards turned out to be aliens. None of our claims were pressed, but they formed tin foundation for British claims. Anothet question of more importance is the determination of the status of some of our neiily-acquirod citizens or subjects. Already a Chinaman by birth, but a Philippine by citizenship, has applied for recognition as an American citizen. Another Chinaman in Hawaii wants a passport showing he is a citizen of the United States. The annexation law prohibits the coming into the limits of the United States of ChlTvse persons from Hawaii, but the constitutionality of any act that proposes to discriminate among American citizens has be*'ii raised, and this Chinaman is a citizen by adoption. These are a few of the questions that have already arisen, and others aro expected to follow in the near future. e VEX ATIOIB GERM AN RULES. Ohnovlonn Methods Adopted to Keep Out A merit'llti Meat Products. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2,-The State Department, through Ambassador White, at Berlin, for some time past has been in correspondence with the German government in an effort to secure an abatement of the many vexatious conditions which surround the importation of American meat products Into Germany. At present these products are required to pass under the closest examination, in some cases a dozen times, before reaching the consumer, notwithstanding the fact that the goods have been thoroughly tested, as certified by the seal of the American government before leaving the United States. The German inspections begin at the port of entry, and are renewed every time the goods change hands. As this involves the breaking o\>en of original packages. even when the latter are of the smallest compass, and taking many samples, and the payment ot a fee at each inspection, the aggregate loss of the American meat packer and exporter is very large. For several years the State Department at intervals has sought to secure an abatement of the evils of the German practice, which was ostensibly founded on fear that infected meat might be imported into Germany, notwithstanding the fact that the testimony of all the experts and the statistics went to show that not a single ease of trichinosis, the most dreaded qf swine diseases, could be traced to an American hog. Finally Ambassador White secured promise of what he regarded a great amelioration of the German ineneotiofejaws. and It is this, embodied In the chape of a bill prepared for the action of the Reichstag, which is reported to have aroused the opposition of the sausage interest in America. What the department has obtained, for one tiling, Is substitution of one general governmental inspection for the numerous local and municipal inspections to w hich American meat products are now subjected, and the special ground of complaint of the sausage exporters in the premises is not clearly perceived by the officials here, but the State and Agricultural departments, of course, will do their best to protect all American interests. Secretary Wilson to-day said: “The Department of Agriculture is laboring incessantly through the State Department with our foreign representatives to take care of our exports. No opportunity is missed in watching and protecting the Interests of all of our exports. We now have an expert in Berlin, Mr. Stiles, who is attached to the United States embassy there, whose duty It Is to give us direct and complete information along these lines.” Further than this the secretary would not talk, as the subject Is being prosecuted through diplomatic channels. May Build AYtir Ship* on the Lake*. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—ln view of a •tatement published to-day to the effect that a committee of the Anglo-American commission had accepted the recommendations of a United States naval commission as to the building of war ships on the great lakes, Lord Herschel and Senator Fairbanks, representing all parties on the commission, have united in the following: "The statement that an agreement has been arrived at by the subcommittee appointed to consider the question of naval vessels on the great lakes is altogether incorrect. The matter is still under discussion.” The Joint commission was in session for a short time to-day, giving way to a meeting of the American members. There will be no meetings to-morrow, the commission having accepted an Invitation to go to Annapolis to inspect the Naval Academy. Prime to Be Surrendered. "WASHINGTON, Dee. 2.—Acting Secretary Meikeljohn has directed the return to her owners at Santiago of the ship Reina de los Angeles, taken by our government during the past year. There was some question as to the right of the government to the vessel, as a result of which the above action was taken. General Note*. WASHINGTON, Dee. 2.—To-day's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $292,592,075; gold reserve, J 241.767.652. Referring to certain published statements that Canadian commercial travelers were forbidden to pursue their calling in the United States by the terms of the alien oontraet labor law. Assistant Secretary Spaulding said to-day that the law' is not so construed by the Treasury Department and that commercial travelers are not considered as coming within its provisions. The secretary of state has placed in the hands of an agent of the State of Oldo a warrant for the extradition of R. B. Everett, who is now held under arrest in Can-

SICK SCHOOL CHILDREN A Teacher Speaks of the Cause. I have charge of the second grade in the public schools here, and trace nearly every case of headache among these children to improper feeding. When a sick child is asked what was had for breakfast, the reply almost universally Includes a cup of coffee. An illustration is that of my sister’s oldest boy, Will Wilson, of Lennox, la. For a long time he had no appetite for breakfast, but insisted on ooffee, which they would give him, weakened some with cream, but no matter how little coffee he had, it brought on hla bad spells. Since they have been using Postum Food Coffee in their family, the boy is well atid can have all of the Postum Coffee he wants for breakfast. I was ordered by my physlciun to quit the use of coffee some time ago. for my sick spells were directly traceable to It, but I could not quit Its use untU 1 found Postum. Then the change did notglisturb me in the slightest. The old troubles have disappeared. I have a long list of frienda who use postum and enjoy It very much, but in every case they have had to learn that Posttun 1 only good when it is boiled long enough to bring out the flavor. Margaret S-rvega, 24 W. i<Hh St., Hutchinson. Kan.

ada on charges of forgery, alleged to have been committed in Sandusky, 0., among other places. LETTERS FROM DEWEY. The Admiral Sympathize* with a, Widow and Bereaved Mother. GREENSBURG. Pa., Dec. is a letter received from Admiral Dewey by Mrs. Noss, of Mount Pleasant, whose husband, Jesse Noss, was killed in the battle of Malate, July 3: “Manila, Oct. 23. 1898. “My Dear Mrs. Noss—l wish to express to you my deepest sympathy. It must lessen your sorrow somewhat to know that your young husband fell fighting bravely for his country, the noblest death a man can know. From the Olympia 1 watched the fight that fearful night, and wondered how many American homes would be saddened by the martyrdom suffered by our brave men, and my sympathy went out to each and every one of them. Your loss has been sadder than the others, and I am unable to express the sorrow I feel for you. The tears came to my eyes as I read the sad story of the father who never saw his child, and then the loss of all that was left to the brave mother. It is hard sometimes to believe, but our heavenly Father, in His infinite goodness, always does things for the best, and some day father, mother and daughter will be joined, never to be parted. With my tenderest sympathy, believe me, your sincere friend, “GEORGE DEWEY.” The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noss, who died, was named for Admiral Dewey. To a. Little Girl. PTTTSBURG, Pa.. Dec. 2.—Miss Marinet Jayme, fourteen years old, of North Fairmount street, lias received a letter from Rear Admiral George Dewey written on American paper, with the words, engraved in blue, at the top, ‘‘Flagship Olympia.” It is dated Manila, P. 1., Oct. 20, 1898. The letter is as follows: “My Dear Friend—Your letter was received, and I am very sorry to say that on account of the demands already made upon me 1 have nothing I could send you as a relic of the war. But with kindest regards, believe me, your sincere friend, “GEORGE DEWEY.” MR. HALE’S PREDICTION - • THE SENATOR OPPOSED TO ANNEXING THE PHILIPPINES, And He Say* Thl* Country M ill Want to Get Kid of Them In Six Month* A Span bird's View, * . WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Senator Eugene Hale, of Maine, to-day announced his opposition to the peace treaty which is being formulated in Paris. He is opposed to the acquisition of the Philippines, and his antagonism to the treaty will be based upon that section of the treaty which deals with the Philippine question. “The negotiation of the treaty, unfortunate as it is,” said he this morning, “by no means insures the actual annexation of the Philippine islands. It is uncertain when the treaty will be signed or when it will be. submitted to the Senate, and still more uncertain whether it will ever be ratified. T’he responsibility is so vast and the solicitude of the public is so great that ample time will be given to its discussion and to getting the real facts before the American people. Many things will bo fourd out which are not now known and the evils of the proposed annexation will so grow upon the public mind and upon Congress and upon the President that it is by no means unlikely that within six months or a year everybody, instead of being for annexation of the islands, will want to be rid of them. “The people of the United States will find out that the commerce of the Philippines is very limited in extent; that they are inhabited by a people whose habits and wants forbid an increase of trade, and that under the scheme of annexation presented to us this trade is to be shared equally with Spain and all other competing nations. What is called the ‘open-door’ policy cuts down the interest of the United, States in the Philippine trade to a point where it makes no figure in our commerce. The entire trade of the islands, if we had it all—not the profit derived from it, but the whole amount of trade—will not in any year pay the expenses of the army and the navy that the United States will be obliged to maintain there.”

VIEWS OF A SPAMAUD. Thinks America. Will Rne Possession of the Philippines. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2.—Louis Esteve, a member of a prominent firm of grain and cotton Importers of Barcelona, Spain, was a visitor at the Merchants’ Exchange in this city to-day. Ho dwelt Interestingly on the subject of the late war, as viewed from a Spanish standpoint. In the course of his remarks he said: “I was in Barcelona, which is one of the leading coast cities of Spain, during the entire war, and had a good opportunity to study the situation in my country. I am firmly convinced that the loss of our coiohies wid in the end prove a blessing to Spain, although temporarily it will prove a hardship to many interests. With a good government Spain will now be more prosperous than for many years, as her colonies have been more of a burden than a blessing for some time, and the people will be forced to develop the vast resources at home, which have been neglected In the endeavor to make as much as possible out of the colonies. "The Philippines were really not of much benefit to Spain, as the commerce of those islands was controlled by England and Germany, and Spain's business with the islands was comparatively light, how light you may judge from the fact that there was onlv one steamer a month between Spain ami Manila. These islands were really a burden, and I do not envy the United States for the acquisition of them. Os course, we did a large business with Cuba,' but of late years there lias been so much trouble with that island that the expenses ate the revenues. and I think we are well rid of it also. "Americans living in Spain were in no more danger than Spaniards in the United States, and I know of two American families whien resided in Barcelona during the entire war and suffered no inconvenience. One of these families, whose name is Montgomery. i am well acquainted with, and 1 know that they were always treated with respect. 1 am afraid that the United States will have considerable trouble with the Philippines, and will rue the day when they took them away from Spain, but I believe that the relations between the Spanish people and America will in a short timo be moreMriendiy.” Obituary. LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 2.—News of the death of Col. A. S. Hunt, for twenty years night clerk at the Phoenix Hotel, in this city, has been received here from Detroit. Mich, He probably knew more people than anv other man in Kentucky, and was ‘the original of “The Colonel” in the play "In Old Kentucky.”* LAUREL, Mdl, Dec. 2.—Ex-Congressman Barnes Compton died at ills home In this place shortly after noon to-day from the effects of a paralytic stroke sustained two days ago. His wife and several children survive him. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. 2.—Daniel W. Bemls, a prominent retired business man, and a brother of Prof. Edward W. Bemis, of the University of Kansas, died at his home in this city to-day. LAUREL Md., Dec. 2.—Ex-Congressman Barnes Compton died at his home here today. Cflnxht by a Decoy Letter. MACON. Ga_, Dec. 2.—Robert Jones, colored porter at the union depot in this city, was arrested to-day by postoffice inspectors and a decoy or test letter containing $1.75 was found on his person. He confessed and was sent to jail in default of SSOO bail. Jones had stolen checks and drafts from the mail of the American National Bank to the amount of $7,000, and it is said the amount of cash he lias stolen in small sums will figure up a large amount. Suicide of llHrlem’w Heavy Weight. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Philip Meta, dealer in paper, known as “the heaviest man in Harlem,” weighing <25 pounds, committed suicide at his home to-day by shooting himself in the moir a He was thirty-five years old and was a member of many secret societies. Business troubles are assigned as tire cause lor the deed.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1898.

HIS POWER IS WANING * AGUINALDO NOT LIKELY TO STRONGLY OPPOSE AMERICANS. ♦ Hl* Rival Filipino Chief*, However, May Make Trouble-Editor Who I* Trying to Influence Natives. - ' * MANILA, Dec. 2.—Owing to the fact that the result of the Paris conference has long been anticipated here, the agreement of Spain to cede the Philippine islands to the United States created no excitement. The Americans made no demonstration, commercial circles were relieved, the Spaniards were indifferent and some of the American volunteers were disgusted at the px*ospect of being detained here now that the fighting is finished. Aguinaldo is certain to assume a conciliatory attitude, because his position is daily becoming more untenable. His rival intriguers are becoming uncontrollable, especially since funds have run. short and the outlying provinces have become disaffected. Although never much more than a figurehead, Aguinaldo has been consistently temperate, and the authorities have no reason to fear that he will depart from Lbis policy. Nevertheless, the native newspapers continue to publish inflammatory articles. The Republica Filipino to-day publishes an article headed “The Moment has Arrived.” “When the conference terminated its labors,” says this paper, “the Filipinos had already conquered all of the Island of Luzon and the adjacent islands except the towns of Iloilo, Cebua, Layte and Samaru. Therefore Spain has ceded authority which she did not possess. The Filipinos will never consent to the ignominy of being treated as chattels. They will shed their blood in torrents again before bowing to foreign dominion, however light. America brought the great chief Aguinaldo from liong-Kong and recognized our nationality by allowing our flag to be raised at Corregidor island and to sail the bay in full sight of all the foreign fleets. None dared to interfere. If America now declines to openly acknowl - edge our independence a great injustice will be committed. Had Spain asked $40,0)0,(WO for the islands the Filipinos would gladly have given twice that amount or more to preserve their rights, ruthlessly set aside by the enemy and the nation without a true understanding ol’ the aspirations, rights and sacrifices of those who have stood torture enough and wiio are left to tight and suffer in defense of their country from new slavery.” In conclusion the article affirms the friendship of the Filipinos for Americans, insists that the insurgents will never fire the first shot and adds that the harmony existing will only be broken by “priests or traitors inducing the Americans to attack us.” Filipino* Not a Bud People. "WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—A private letter received here from Manila, dated Oct. 22, gives an interesting lot of information bearing on conditions in the Philippines. At that time the insurgents had a line of troops outside the American lines and would not permit the latter to pass through. They had seven steam launches, and a rumor prevailed that they thought of tr>ing to capture an American man-of-w'ar. It was reported that Admiral Dewey took away all their launches just a few days before the letter was written. The writer adds: “The insurgents are not a bad people. They have been oppressed for ages by the Spanish, who treated them most brutally and shot many to death on mere suspicion. There are many well-edu-cated and intelligent men among them, and as I love liberty, I feel a deep sympathy for them.” Since the city has been cleaned up the bad smells have disappeared and the health of the troops has improved. Ilea.ltli of Troops Improving, WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—That there Is a decided improvement in the health of the troops in the Philippines is shown by the following cable message from General Otis, commanding at Manila, received by Adjutant General Corbin to-day: “Per cent, of sick of command Nov. 30, 10.6, as against 12.5 Oct. 31. November deaths, 26. as against 45 for October. Sick rate in command about the same as among troops of other governments serving in tropical countries. One-third of present sick suffering from typhoid and malarial fevers, one-sixth from intestinal troubles, and the remaining half of ailments slight in character.” Advice to .tguinalilo. LONDON, Dec. 3.—The Daily Chronicle, which ridicules the idea that Aguinaldo is forming an independent government, says editorially this moaning: “It would be criminal folly for the Filipinos to attempt to resist the United States. What they have to do is to convince America that they are capable of self-government. When they have done this the Filipinos may be sure of getting it.” ("iipttiiu Blass to Return. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—Captain Glass is to be relieved from the command of the cruiser Charleston and brought home from Manila on waiting orders at his own request. He will be succeeded in command of the Charleston by Captain Whiting, now' at Manila in command of the Monadnock. The commander of the latter has not yet been selected. Provision* for Dewey** Fleet. VANCOUVER, Dec. 2.—Advices from New South Wales say the steamer Culgan has sailed from Sydney with a cargo of provisions for Admiral Dewey’s fleet at Manila. The cargo consisted of 5,000 carcasses of mutton, 250 of lambs, 120 tons of potatoes, 81 tons of onions and 22 tons of carrots.

SCALPERS RETALIATE. Charge a Merchants’ Association with Libel and Kue for Dainuges. RT. LOUIS. Dec. 2.—Suits were filed in the Circuit Court to-day by Ticket Brokers Fred Mangel, Simon Steiner and Max Schubac against John A. Lee, A. M. Compton and Lafayette McWilliams, of the Merchants' Association, for libel. Each of the defendants asks damages in the sum of $50,000. This .is the beginning of a united war bv ticket brokers against what they term the illegal methods of railroads and others to drive them out of business. The men named as defendants are members of the central ticket scalping committee of the St. Louis Merchants’ Association. Ex-Judge Chester M. Krum is tho attorney for the plaintiffs. The action is based on the statement in an open letter issued by the central antiscalping comittee,” said Judge Krum. "The letter was sent out from Chicago under date of Nov. 25. Among other things the letter confains are these statements: ‘Ticket scalpers buy and sell counterfeit railroad tickets. Ticket scalpers forge and use railway joint agents’ signatures for the purpose of manipulating return portions of round-trip tickets. Ticket scalpers encourage theft of mileage hooks, clergymen’s permits and all sorts of railway passenger transportation. Ticket scalpers are constantly selling fraudulent tickets across their counters.’ ” Haiti Pufflllvtlc Fake. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.—The six-round bout between Tommy Ryan and Tommy West, at the Arena to-night, was the baldest kind of a fake. From start to finish both men put up the tamest kind of an argument. resorting to clinches when there was any danger of a stiff blow. The audience signified 1 ’ its opinion of the so-called cotitest by whistling the dead march and shouting to the referee to take the men off. Soldier Shoots a Girl. WAYNESBORO, Pa.. Dec. 2.-William Foster shot and probably fatally wounded Miss Myrtle Gorman this evening. They had a quarrel and Foster, becoming enraged, drew a revolver and fired two shots, the second taking effect in the girl's abdomen. He escaped and the police are looking for him to-night. Foster is a private of Company C, Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment and

is home on a furlough. Both he and his victim reside at Greencastle, and were here visiting friends to-day. MESSAGE FROM ANDREE, Saying- Hi* Balloon Hud Croaaed the Ural Mountain*. STOCKHOLM. Dec. 2.—An engine driver named Detka has written to the SwedishNorwegian minister at St. Petersburg a letter, In which he says he found in the vicinity of the Urai mountains a bottle containing tw'o papers, one of which bore the following message, written in French: “Andree’s balloon has crossed the Ural mountains. ANDREE.” The paper inscribed in Russian was as follows: “Give this letter to the consul or to she police.” The balloon Eagle, with Professor Andree and two companions, Strindeberg and Frenkel, in the car, left Dane’s island, of the Spitzenberg group, on July 11, 1897. in an attempt to cross the pole. Since then no definite news of the aeronauts has been received beyond a message attached to a carrier pigeon found by the whaling ship Falken, which arrived at Copenhagen on Sept. 2. The message read: “July 13, 12:30 p. m.— Lat. 82.2 north. 12.5 east. Good voyage eastward. All well.” NO SHOW FOR TAMMANY * WESTERN DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH CHOKER. Governor-Elect Thoma*, of Colorado, Denounce* the New York Gnng and It* Principles. CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—Governor-elect Charles S. Thomas, of Colorado, who has been in the city the past two days, on his way to New York and Washington, was somewhat reticent as to the object of his Eastern trip. However, when asked concerning a possible union of the Eastern and Western factions of Democracy he was emphatic in denying his interest in any such effort. Croker and Tammany, in the East, in his opinion,, were the cause of the recent defeat of the Democrats. “We feel,” he said, “that, so far as the National Democracy is concerned, its principles can only be subserved by a negation of the things for which Tammany stands; and we feel that the cause of Democracy’s decadence since 1892 has been due to the confusion created by the attempted blending of so-called Tammany Democracy with the National Democracy. The Chicago platform. In Its proper shape, represents what tho West regards as orthodox Democracy. The convention of 1896 has done more to renew the confidence of the common people in tho Democratic party and its purposes and motives than anything that has been done by that party since the rebellion. The purpose of Western Democrats, without exception, is to renew the pledges of 1896 and organize upon that basis, firmly convinced that they are bound ultimately to triumph. So far as the Rocky mountain region is concerned, and the States lying west of it, with the exception of Oregon, they will cast their votes solid for the candidate who may be nominated by that party in 1900 upon such a platform. "Speaking for my own State, I think I can say with perfect propriety that it is out of the Republican column so long as it stands for the St. Louis platform, and nothing can change this condition except a surrender of the Democrats to the forces which controlled it prior to 1890. Its electoral vote will be given to a free-coinage candidate for President two years hence, and at the same time a senator will be selected and two representatives whose views will be entirely in accord with those of Henry M. Teller. We have become a great gold-mining State, notwithstanding which the owners of our gold mines as well as the miners themselves, are all of them freecoinage men, stanch and true. The prodigious resources of the State and the character and enterprise of our people have enabled us to get along fairly well, notwithstanding the adverse industrial conditions of the past five years; and, while we can endure these conditions, perhaps, with less suffering than less favored sections of the country, nevertheless, we are as anxious for the return of general prosperity as any other section of the country.” Stone’* Plurality, 117,612. 1 HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 2.—The official returns of the late election were computed to-day at the Slate Department. Stone’s plurality over Jenks is 117,612. The official vote for Governor was 469,834 for Stone; George A. Jenks, Dem„ 352,222; Silas C. Swallow, Pro., 131,537. Official Vote of W isconsin. MADISON, Wiy., Dec. 2.—The official returns of the late election, made public today, show that Edward Scofield, Republican. for Governor, received 173,069 votes, and Hiram Sawyer. Democrat, 134,332. Scofield’s plurality. 38,737.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Official election returns from all Michigan counties but two show Governor Pingree’s plurality to be 73,891. The spring meeting of the Society of Mechanical Engineers will be held in Washington, D. C., in the latter part of May, 1899. The Seventh California Volunteer Regiment was mustered out at Los Angeles yesterday, after receiving three months’ pay and discharge papers. William H. Butler has been elected president of the Union Tobacco Company. The Union has leased for a long term the office and factory building in New York. Delegates to the Baptist Conference from parts of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma have voted to separate, and each Territory will have its-, own conference hereafter. The North German Lloyd line steamships Werra and Fulda sailed from New York yesterday for Havana, where they will take on Spanish officers and soldiers for Cadiz. A colony of sixteen negroes has left Oklahoma City for Liberia. It is headed by a farmer named Appleberry, who recently sold his farm on Fork creek for $3,000. All have some money. Edgar Johnson has been found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Oscar Osborne near Akron, 0., Sept. 19. Robbery was the"motive. The jury recommended life imprisonment. Three men were killed in the sawmill of the Colorado Co-operative Company, a socialistic organization, sixty-five miles from Montrose, Co]., by the explosion of the boiler! The dead are C. C. Dunn and Miner Dunn, father And son, and Ed Whitney. The projected increase in the German army means, according to the Berlin correspondent of the London Daily News, a yearly addition to the estimates of 8,000,000 marks. The footing will be gradually raised by 40,000 men, to be completed in 1903. The sixteenth victim of the Union elevator tire at Toledo was found yesterday in the ruins, the body being that of six-year-old Harold Parks. son of Superintendent Parks, almost met his death In the flames. 'Four members of the family lost their lives in the fire. The alumni of Princeton University last night gave a banquet at the inn to the vie* torious football eleven. The inn room was decorated with banners won in past years, and a monster paper oval was swung from the ceiling, literally covered with the winning scores of a decade. The fourth annual meeting of the Association of Naval Militia of the United States occurred at Philadelphia yesterday, on board the old receiving ship St. Louis, representatives being present from Florida, California, Georgia, Illinois. Louisiana. Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Missouri and other States. An explosion of turpentine in Reuther & Co.’s carving and modeling establishment, at Detroit, yesterday, caused serious injury to three men. William Lenore, an employe, was perhaps fatally burned about the arms, face and head. Joachim Jungwirth, a member of the firm, was burned about the face and hands, and Charles Kummerfield, an employe, had a leg broken. A Rival. Washington Post. When Chaunoey Depew comes to the Senate Billy Mason will have to put up a strong song and dance in order to attract attention. TO CURE A COLD IX OKE DAY Take Laxative Broirio-Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money ts tt fails to cure. 2ic. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.

A BOLD BANK ROBBERY SAFE BU)\VEHS SECI'HK A BAG OF BOODLE AT PLE ASANT LAKE. Women’* Clubs to Appeal to the Legislature for Right of Suffrage on Municipal Questions. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. AUBURN. Ind., Dec. 2.—The safe In the private bank of Chadwick, Ransburg & Cos., at Pleasant Lake, was blown by robbers last night and over SI,OOO in money taken. The robbery gave the town a sensation it will never cease to talk about. Five men drove into the town at 2 o’clock this morning, broke open the bank door, bound and gagged the night watchman and calmly proceeded to blow open the safe with dynamite. At the second charge the safe flew into a hundred pieces, and the mammoth door was hurled through the plate-glass window and across the street. The bank is in the front of the company's general store. While three of the robbers were busy at the sate the others looted the store. Everything of value they could carry was loaded into the wagon. One thousand dollars of the bankers’ money and the postmaster’s money and stamps were taken from the safe. The robbers drove north before the town was aroused. An armed posse was formed early this morning and started in pursuit, with no news yet of the chase. FOR A PRIMARY LAW. Reprenentative Roose at Work on a Bill to Bo Submitted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN, Ind., Dec. 2.—Hon. Wilson Roose, of tiiis city, a prominent member of the last Legislature and re-elected to the next, has been in consultation with party leaders and legislators all over the State relative to a primary election law and is now engaged in drafting a bill on this line for introduction early in the coming session. He has found an almost unanimous desire for such a measure, but party leaders disagree widely as to vital points. It is a question as to who will bear the expense, and as to choice, shall the primaries go to the length of second and third choice or shall the high man be declared the nominee. Representative Roose has submitted a line of questions to Republican and Democratic leaders over the State and will take the answers into consideration largely in framing his bill. The interrogations are as follows: “Are you in favor of a primary election law? “If so would you make it applicable for county conventions only or for all? “Should all parties nominate their ticket on the same day? “If so should they vote at the same place or separately? “What officers ought each voting place to have? “Should all or any part of the precinct board be paid, and if so how much? “Ought the expenses of primaries be paid by the party or by the taxpayers? “Would you have each voter designate his first, second and third choice of candidates for each office and determine from that as averaged, or award the nomination to tho one having the largest vote?”

WILL GO BEFORE LEGISLATURE. Women Suffragist* Will Appeal for Rights in Mnniclpnl Adair*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 2.—The Howard County Equal Suffrage and Literary Club, the strongest social organization in this city, is at the head of a movement to demand equal suffrage in municipal affairs at the hands of the Legislature which meets next month. The plan is for all the suffrage clubs of the State to meet in Indianapolis on a fixed date and appear bodily on the floor of the Assembly, asking the Legislature for recognition. Representative Kirkpatrick, of this county, will present a bill embodying the petition of the ladies, and tho local club, with a membership of nearly two hundred, will be present and urge its passage. The ladies insist that such measures have been passed by other States and much good was accomplished. They claim that cities and towns where women have a hand in the elections are morallv elevated and the laws better enforced. Representative Kirkpatrick, who has Just retired from a four-year term as mayor of the city, is inclined to favor the idea, though he believes it unconstitutional; that the Constitution must be first amended before equal municipal suffrage can prevail. Mrs. Laura G. Schofield is president of the local suffrage club. Fl*h Meßoberfs's Strange Request. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEWPORT, Ind., Dec. 2.—The last will of P’ish Mcßoberts, who died at his home southwest of Dana, was filed for probate with the county clerk here yesterday. He owned 240 acres of fine prairie land valued at S6O an acre and left it to his heirs for life, after which it is to become the property of the Dana Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and the same is never to be sold. A member of the lodge is to be appointed each year to oversee the farms. The income from the farms is to be used to support old, helpless and broken down members of the lodge and of the Rathbone Sisters. If the lodge permit the taxes to go delinquent more than two installments the deed becomes void and in such case the land shall become absolute property of the heirs. Another provision is that if at any time any of his brothers or sisters become old and helpless the lodge shall look after them. If the proceeds of said land amount to more than is necessary for the above purposes the lodge can take the rest and give a banquet each year in honor of the giver. Stale Orphan Home Question. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART. Ind., Dec. 2. —In reply to some letters by local residents to Governor Mount and the secretary of the State Board of Charities in the interest of a state school for dependent children the Governor simply stated that he referred the matter to the superintendent, but added that he did not think the time ripe to establish a state institution of the kind mentioned. The superintendent, however, gave the matter more careful attention, but disapproved of a state home. Instead he suggested that each county care for its own orphan children, or perhaps a better plan for a number of counties in certain districts to unite and build a home. He also advised that an effort be made to have the legislature do something to keep orphan children from other States out of Indiana. These opinions will in all probability put a stop to all movement to secure the establishment of a state school. Kicking Against Ga* Supply. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Dec. 2.—The City Council has decided to take vigorous action against the natural gas company. It is charged that the company is violating the city ordinance by not furnishing sufficient gas for heating and cooking purposes during the recent cold snap. It is also charged that the company has been charging about 25 per cent, more on small heating stoves than the ordinance rate. The city now proposes to back any consumer who can be found willing to bring suit for enforcement of contract. An effort is being made to ascertain if there be any one who is ready to take legal steps against the company. It is contemplated that ultimately the City Council, unless the gas company shows a disposition to come to terms, will revoke the present franchise. Roltbed an Old Soldier. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Dec. 2.—John Mack, an old soldier of the Marion Home, was robbed last night by George Walsh. The officers followed him to Alexandria, where he was found in a room at the Commercial Hotel. He was arrested after having to tear down the door to the room to capture him. and brought to this city. When arraigned in the mayor's court to-day he pleaded guilty and was l>ound over to court. He gave his home as Tiffin, 0., and age as twenty. Gas Pressure of 225 Pound*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Dec. 2, -State Gas Supervisor J. C. Leach, of Kokomo, has been in this section of the gas belt the past few days to call the attention of the Man-

hattan Oil Company to a violation of the anti-waste gas law. One of the company's wells near Pennville has been allowing the gas from the well to go to waste. Whl e here Mr. Leach was prevailed on to test the Hartford City Natural Gas Company’s new well on the Gadbury farm, west of town, with his own gauge. The well showed a pressure of 225 pounds, which Mr. Leach says is greater thun any other well in the gas belt. He finds the supply in this vicinity more generally harbored than in most localities. Crazy Man Dem.-uid* $20,000. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 2.—Charles Schultz, jr., son of a well-to-do farmer of Clay township, created considerable excitement this morning at the First National Bank by demanding $30,000, which he claimed they had received by draft for him from Liverpool, England. He grew violent and threatened to make serious trouble for them if they did not hand over the money. He also claims that the Czar of Russia gave him a deed to the large McEwen farm, east of this city. He recently lost his mind and has not been perfectly rational since he received a gunshot wound in the leg. He has been placed in jail and will probably he sent to the Central Insane Hospital. Exhumed Fred Davis’* Body. Speciai to the Indianapolis Journal. SIIELBURN. Ind., Dec. 2.—The body of Fred Davis was brought here from Urbana, 111., a month ago and interred. To-day V. D. Snyder, of P oria, 111., Dr. Nichols and Attorney Dobson, of Urbana, exhumed the body and examined it for evidence of violent accident. Mr. Davis was insured against accident for $15,000 In the Continental Assurance Company, of Detroit, of which Mr. Snyder is agent. The relatives of Mr. Davis claim he fell from his sickbed. causing hernia, which resulted in death in a few hours. The company claims he died of natural diseases. Prize Essays on Vincennes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES. Ind., Dec. 2.—At the meeting of the Southern Indiana Editors’ Association in this city recently the citizens of Vincennes offered SSO in prizes for the three best articles on To-day the committee made the following award: First prize, $25, to A. S Chapman, of the Madison Democrat; second prize, sls, to W. W. Aikens, of the Franklin Star; third prize, $lO, to General Jasper Packard, of the New Albany Tribune. There were fifteen contestants and it took the committee a week to decide on the successful ones. A Marriage Secret Leaks Oat. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 2. —It was dis covered to-day that more than a week ago )r. Don Platt Murray, of Dunkirk, and Mi s Lulu Bell Best, of the same town, were secretly married at the home of the bride’s sister, the wife of County Clerk John M. Reed, in this city. Rev. Naftzger officiated. The intention of the couple was to keep the matter a secret from their Dunkirk friends until the holidays. The groom is a son of William Murray, ex-county auditor, who resides near Selma, east of Muncie. Glass llliuvcr Fatally Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 2.—Jules Michaux, a window glass blower of this city, employed in the Baur factory at Eaton, while blowing a cylinder of glass to-day lost his balance and fell in the “swing” hole on the redhot glass. In a second his clothes were in flames, but the timely assistance rendered him by his “snapper boy” saved his life. His legs and the back of his head are badly burned. He was brought to his home in this city. His recovery is doubtful.

Member of Company K Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 2.—A telegram received from P’irst Lieut. C. C. Smith to-day stated that Charles Everson, a private in Company K, One-hundred-and-sixty-first Indiana, died at the Second Division hospital, near Savannah, Ga., this morning. Mr. Everson’s parents reside in this city and his remains will be sent there. He was the first member of Company K to die. Will Re-Enter tlie State Militia. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Dec. 2.—The ex-mem-bers of Company B, of the state militia, and Company E of the One-hundred-and-fifty-seventh Indiana, have agreed to reorganize and be prepared to re-enter the state militia. The company at Goshen has decided to permanently disband, and the proper agents were instruced to dispose of the company’s effects. Jail Delivery at Vincennes. Special to the Indianapolis Joiu-nal. VINCENNES, Ind., Dec. 2.—At an early hour this morning there was a jail delivery and William Edson, Charles P. Briggs, George Moore and James Ryan, all held for grand larceny, made their escape. They gained their freedom by means of a counterfeit key, Indiana. Obltnary. LAPORTE, ind., Dec. 2.—Pulaski King, one of Laporte’s wealthiest citizens, died to-night, aged seventy-five. He was the oldest printer in the county, having acted as "devil” during the publication of the first Laporte newspaper, started in July, 1835. He subsequently became a dry goods merchant, in which business he made a fortune, retiring about fifteen years ago. MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 2.—Charles A. Turner, aged eigirteen, died yesterday of fever. liwliuna Notes. Mrs. George Green, who was mysteriously shot at Cementville, Clark county, two weeks ago, died yesterday morning. Her husband, who is in jail at Jeffersonville charged with the crime, protests his innocence. There are mo e applicants to sell liquor in Grant county now on file in the auditor's office at Marion than were ever filed before. They now number thirty-three. The applicants are from all over the county, with the exception of the Quaker town of Fairmount, where there are now five saloons. Carnegie’s Mania. W. E. Curtis, in Chicago Record. Mr. Andrew Carnegie in his communications to the newspapers is becoming almost as hysterical as in his personal conversation. He cannot talk about annexation or expansion without becoming \ery much excited. His face becomes pale, his slight frame trembles and his eyes glow like coals of fire. It seems to have become a mania with him. He acts as if it was a matter of personal responsibility to prevent the ratification of the peace treaty. In a letter to the New York World to-day Mr. Carnegie comes precious near attacking the personal motives of President McKinley, and declares if lie permits annexation he will pass into history as “the first American President foul with dishonor.” The violence of his language both in conversation and print has already deprived him of any influence. Two Railroads at War. CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—The Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe has declared war on the Chicago Great Western. A bitter feeling has existed between the two roads for some time, because the Great Western w'ould not maintain rules of the Santa Fe for the interchange of passenger traffic. The misunderstanding has culminated in the issuance by the Santa Fe of a notice to connecting lines, announcing the severance of passenger relations between the two roads. SBI,OOO Willed to Charity. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—The will of David T. Leahy, a reputed millionaire, who died last month, was filed for probate t„-day. By the will the Catholic University of America, at Washington, is given SIO,OOO and $71,500 is distributed among twelve charitable institutions of Brooklyn, including the Newsboys’ Home, which receives $5,000.

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2 What do the J | Children i | Drink? ]! Don’t give them tea or coffee. V F Have you tried the new food drink # called GRAIN-O? It is delicious P # and nourishing and takes the place 4 A The more Grain-0 yon give the J £ children the moje health you distri- J x bute through their systems. Grain-0 is made of pure grains, and v v when properly prepared tastes like P 4 the choice grades of coffee but costs # # about £as much. All grocers sell 4 i it. 15c. and 25c. sTryGrain=o! \ f Insist that ronr grocer gives you QRAIN-O # Accept no iunuuou. m HOPE NOT ABANDONED © BY RELATIVES OF PASSENGERS OJf THE STEAMER PORTLAND. * Tiiey Think Some of the Peopl® Aboard Hie 111-Fated Ship May Have Escaped In Lifeboats. ♦ ORLEANS, Mass.*, Dec. 2.—While a bright, warm sun, with a westerly breeze, made a most agreeable change in the weather that has prevailed for the past few days, there was little pleasure to be obtained by the sad crowd of anxious relatives and friends who remained in town over night or came down from Boston on the first train this morning. In the two local undertakers’ rooms this morning there remained four bodies still unidentified. One of the bodies at Eastham was practically identified as that of Mrs. Augustus Wheeler, but no one recognized the other three—those of the man found at East Orleans, the young woman at Eastham and the body which has heretofoia been supposed to be that of James W. Flower, of Lewiston, Me. With that of the colored man at Provincetown, there still remain four bodies to be claimed by friends. Another body came ashore at Chatham last night, and this morning it was identified as that of George R. Kenniston, jr., of Booth Bay. A dispatch from Provincetown to-night states that a pocketbook bearing the name of S. C. Wedderburn, Atlantic City, was found near Peaked Hill this morning, and that the leg of a child was picked up near High Head Wednesday afternoon. What nas become of the remainder of the crew and passengers of the ill-fated Portland is a matter of conjecture. The fact that none or her lifeboats has yet been found holds out to the agonized relatives and friends a single ray of hope, to which they cling tenaciously, but when the realization of the awful sea which was running at that time is forced upon them they are obliged to acknowledge that the chances of even a single persons being saved is, indeed, slight. There are all sorts of theories as to where the Portland went down, and just at present the one most generally accepted is that, after being partially stripped of her upper works, she finally plunged beneath th* waves some five or ten miles to the northeast of this bar. Tlilrty-Seven Lives Lost. LISBON, Dec. 2.—Thirty-seven people were drowned who were on board the British steamer Clandrummond, from the Clyde, via Liverpool, for Cape of Good Hppe, wrecked in the Bay of Biscay. The remainder of the ship’s company saved numbered twenty-three. They are on board the British steamer Holbein, Captain Shurlock, from London and Antwerp, for Rio Janeiro, which is anchored off Cascaes, fifteen miles west of here, with her propeller shafting in the tunnel broken. The Clandrummond was an iron vessel built at Dunbarton in 1882, and registered 2,908 gross and 1,870 tons net. She hailed from Glasgow and belonged to the fleet of Irvin© & Cos.

Torpedo Bouts Dnningred. BRISTOL, R. 1., Dec. 2.—The torpedo boats Dupont and Morris came in here last night under their own steam, but considerably damaged. Both boats weatnered Saturday’s gale off Newport, but’the heavy seas badly twisted the stem of the Dupont and several steel plates of both vessels were badly sprung and dented. It will .probably be necessary to haul the Dupont our, as she will require anew stem, and both wii h;.ve several new plates put on before proceeding. Fugitive Steamer in Port. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 2.—The British steamer Briardene, whose master, Capt. Johnson, defied the English Admiralty Court and sailed from Queenstown Nov. IS, arrived at the Delaware breakwater to-day. The court had seized the steamer for debt and the marshal had placed a bailiff on board. Captain Johnson left Queenstown with the bailiff on board. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Arrived: Ems, from Naples. ANTWERP, Dec. 2.—Arrived: Nederland, from Philadelphia. One on Schley. Baltimore American. Even heroes get upset. Admiral Schley, night before last, was the guest of a larga part of Philadelphia—of as much of it as could fill one of its theaters. He sat in a box with ino handsome and benignant Col. McClure, and every movement he made was watched by the thousands in the place. If he bowed to an acquaintance they applauded. If he smiled they applauded. In fact, the whole evening was an incessant ovation. But Schley’s defeat came at the end of the second act. He arose with his usual grace and started to the next box to call on friends, but he had not taken two steps before a deep bass voice from the upper gallery rolled forth, “Let's all go out and take a beer,” placing the accent on the ‘'all. - * The hero collapsed, sank in a chair and shook with laughter, while the audience shrieked. Rellirion and Advertising. Kansas City Journal. The incident that is narrated of Evangelist Moody, that he advocated the use of large church bulletin boards', insisting that they were not naif so undignified as to preach to empty seats, illustrates the worldly sense of the man. “When you’vo something good to give to the hungry, let them know it, and you will till the church,” does Indeed sound like a grocerv ”ad,” but it is business. There is a curious sort of etiquette or ethics which restricts a church to the simplest announcement of the hour and subject of its service*, without display type. The church complains because the theater is better filled than the meeting house. Perhaps if the church would advertise as well it would have less reason to cumplain. Deaths in Porto Itieo. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—General Brooke, commanding at San Juan, Pcrto Rico, today telegraphed to the War Department as follows: Died Dec. I—Corporul George B. Davis, Company I, FirHt Kentucky, typhoid; Private Robert Walter. Company G, Eleventh Infantry, dysentery.”