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recalled and said that never during their acquaintance with the accused had they known him to use vulgar or profane language. DR. AND MRS. HOPKINS. Dr. W. E. Hopkins, of California and New York. General Eagan's son-in-law, was called. He came to Washington after Gen. Miles had given his testimony and lived at the general’s house. He said that he then observed that General Eagan was very restless and nervous and could not eat normally or sleep normally. At the table he at times would stop eating and apparently would lose himself in thought. He was intensely nervous and showed signs of congestion of < i tain parts of the brain. Witness had had long talks with his wife about her father, and he had told her that her father must be caielully watched and that they must be prepared for anything. General Eagan's mind was nonreeeptive at this time and the witness believed that something very serious might happen. General Eagan, witness added, was in a gloomy frame of mind in consequence of the things that had been said about him. He felt that his honor was destroyed, and that he did not want to see people. Gen* r.tl Eagan, witness further testified. did not want to go into a street car, and was ashamed to meet any one and keenly felt his disgrace. The general felt that General Miles had destroyed his honor and that his tlfcwork was destroyed. In all the time the witness had known General Eagan witness had not‘known him to use such language ns was used in his stateir* nts. Mrs. Hopkins, the daughter of General l agan, was the next witness. General Eagan’s counsel explaining that he called h r against the wish of her father and husband. and only because her absence from the trial might be remarked upon. She said her father came home- one afternoon and standing in the doorway with a paper in his hand, exclaimed: "General Miles has crucified me.” She said she could never forget that scene and said that since that time her father had been a greatly changed man. He could think of nothing else nor talk of anything else than that General Milos had ruined his life. He was from that time on In an alarming condition, and when witness was compelled to go to New' York she had returned almost at once to help care for her lather. The witness poke with much feeling in regard to her father’s changed condiion, and was given the closest attention of the court. CLOSING ARGUMENTS. Mr. Worthington, at this point, read Gensral Eagan's military record from the Army Register, and also read an interview with General Miles printed in a New York newspaper soon after he had made his statement before the war commission, at the coneluion of which the defense rested its case.' t 11:10 o’clock a recess was taken until 11:30. Mr. Worthington, after recess, began the argument for the accused, opening by saying that he contended that by the law of this country, civil, criminal or military, the defendant could not be called to account lor what he said before the war investigating commission. He quoted from a number of high authorities to show that if the words spoken were pertinent and material to the case in hand and were not objected to by the tribunal hearing the same, and were not maiieious in character, the witness could not be held answerable. The remedy said Mr. Worthington, lies with the rlhunal before which General Eagan gave his testimony. If he had been told by that commission that his language was exaggerated and inadmissible he would have withdrawn his words at once, but at this late day to call him to account was, said Mr. Worthington, unfair and unwarranted by law. Counsel then called attention to the President’s public statement that witnesses were given immunity and declared that tins guarantee was claimed by the accused. Under ihese circumstances he believed Gemral Eagan was perfectly protected against ;.ny results such as had been forced on him by this court. He had been accused of a heinous crime, and in his statement to the investigating commission had defended his honor and innocence as he had a perfect right, to do, hut using stronger language, perhaps, than he should have used. Mr. Worthington again quoted from authorities to show that to convict ti e accused -it cendue t unbecoming an officer and gentleman the offense must he such that any o-other officer who should, after his conviction, take him by the hand or visit his hone, w te on intimate terms with him. would himself be disgraced thereby and render himself unfit to associate vviih gentlemen and men of honor. The indorsement of several high reviewing officers in the United States army on the findings of court-martials were quoted as showing that the offense must be exceptionally heinous, and such as would unfit the accused for association with rightthinking men. One case cited was that of sin officer who struck another who was a cripple and called him a liar. General Sherman, who reviewed this

FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. Generally Fair Weather—Warmer in Northern Indiana. WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.-8 p. m.—Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio—Partly cloudy weather; brisk southwest winos. For Indiana—Generally fair; warmer in northern portion; southwesterly winds. For Illinois—Partly. oloudy weather; warmer in nothern portion; southerly winds. Weather Conditions and General Forecast.—The storm Thursday night 1. Ontario has moved to New Foundland. A second storm has developed to the north of Lake Superior. A third storm has developed In tne northern Rocky mountain region, and a fourth storm center last night in the west gulf has moved to the east gulf. Rain has fallen on the gulf coast and snow in the lake regions and in the interior of New England; snow in the upper Missouri valley, and it has been generally fair elsewhere. including the Pacific coast. The area of high pressure oentral Thursday night in North Dakota has moved southeastward and stretches in a ridge of high pressure from Texas to New England. The temperature has fallen sharply in this ridge, Albany and Boston reporting a fall of 30 degrees in twenty-four hours. The temperature has risen in the middle and upper Missouri valley and nothern Rocky mountain region, and has remained stationary on the Pacific coast. Threatening weather may be expected in the Atlantic States, with rain on the south Atlantic coast and in Florida; snow in the Red River of the North and middle Missouri valleys, and generally fair weather elsewhere. The temperature will rise in the upper lake region and the upper Mississippi valley, and will remain nearly stationary elsewhere. Brisk westerly to southwesterly winds maybe expected on the north Atlantic coast, and brisk to high northeasterly- winds on the middle and south Atlantic coast. latent Observation* tin Friday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m.. 30.33 6 85 North. 1.1. snow. T 7p. in.. 30.18 15 57 West. Clear. T Maximum temperature, 17; minimum temperature. a. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Jan. 27; Temp. Pre. Normal St 0.10 Mean 11 T Dtqiarture from normal —22 —O.IO Departure from Jan. 1.. *BB *0.92 •Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, bocal Forecast Official. Venlerday'd Tent pc rat urea. Stations. 7 a.m. Max. 7 p.m. Atlanta, Ga 34 38 34 Bismarck. N. D—l 2 14 8 Buffalo, N. Y 6 10 10 Calgary , N. W. T 12 Cairo. 11l 18 22 22 Cheyenne. Wyo 10 30 30 Chicago. 11l 0 12 10 Cincinnati, 0 12 20 18 Concordia, Kan 4 30 26 Davenport, la —4 16 14 Des Moines, la —2 20 IS Galveston, Tex 52 52 42 Helena, Mont 2S 48 46 Jacksonville, Fla 48 54 4S Kansas City, Mo 6 24 20 Little Rock. Ark 26 30 2S Marquette. Mich —8 2 2 Memphis. Tenn 26 28 26 Moorhead, Minn —22 Nashville, Tenn 20 26 24 New Orleans, La 40 50 40 New York SI 30 20 North Platte, Neb 10 34 28 Oklahoma. O. T 18 26 18 Omaha. Neb 0 24 24 Pittsburg. Pa 12 16 16 Qu Appelle, N. W. T —lB —4 —lB Rapid City, 8. D 6 34 32 Balt Lake City, Utah 22 50 44 Bt. Louis, Mo 8 &) |8 Bt. Paul, Minn —2O 12 10 Springfield. 11l 2 18 14 Bpringfieid, Mo 10 24 30 t aksburg. Miss 31 40 31 Washington 23 34 22 —Below zero.

case, disapproved the findings of dismissal of the court and said in effect that this penalty should not be imposed except the offense unfitted the perpetrator for the society of gentlemen, ami while he regarded the action of the officer as properly subjecting him to a severe penalty, yet the extreme* penalty of dismissal should not he imposed. The minings were disapproved in concluding his address, which lasted over an hour. Mr. Worthington made a strong plea for the accused, asserting that through this whole controversy he had conducted himself as an honest man goaded to desperation by the cruel and unjust accusations of his superior officer. Judge Advocate Davis, in concluding the argument, spoke only about thirty minutes, and as he concluded at 1:30 o’clock Gen. Merritt declared the case closed and ordered the room to be vacated by all except the members of the court. VERDICT PROMPTLY REACHED. The court was in executive session for a little over an hour, and in this brief space of time reached its conclusion, for it soon became known when the doors were reopened that a verdict had been reached, or, in military parlance, the court-martial had made its findings. The fact was confirmed by the announcement from the judge advocate that the court had adjourned without delay. It can be recalled only to correct a fault in the proceedings, which is a rare occurrence. Os the nature of the verdict or findings nothing is known positively outside of the members of the court, who are all under oath to keep the proceedings secret. The secrecy is maintained for all time by the court, but there is nothing to prevent a reviewing officer from making the matter public, though it is also the custom for them to refrain until the last chapter has been written and the conclusion of the court is. ready to be officially promulgated. In the regular order the findings and proceedings must now be carefully gone over by Judge Advocate Davis. He thought it was possible this afternoon to conclude his task to-morrow or Monday. He will place the papers in the hands of Judge Advocate General Lieber, whose duty it will be to make a most careful examination of every part of the record and findings, with a view to the detection of any irregularities in the forms. Presuming that he finds all of these things are regular he will forward the papers to the secretary of war with his indorsement, if he sees fit to add one, and the latter will act finally ‘‘by direction of the President.” according to the form of practice adopted in Secretary Lament's time. It is proper to state that it is possible for the papers to pass through the hands of General Miles at some stage in the proceedings, he acting also in the capacity of a reviewing authority: but this is not a uniform practice, and there was a notable exception in the Carter courtmartial. DOES NOT FEAR IMPERIALISM Dr. Abbott Says It Would He Cowardly to Leave Filipinos to lh*>lr Fate. NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—Dr. Lyman Abbott addressed a joint meeting of the Post Graduate Club of Columbia and the Woman’s Post Graduate Club of Columbia, in Barnard College Dali last night. Dr. Abbott during his lecture made it clear to his listeners that lie thought it cowardice to destroy the government of any country and then sail away and leave the country to its own resources. He expressed the opinion that the United States should exercise a protectorate over its n* wly acquired territory until the people have te;n educated to a condition where they are able to govern themselves. He would then leave it to them to determine by suffrage whether they wish to govern themselves or be governed by the United States. He said further: "What is this country to do? i believe myself that the late war was a righteous one. I did not believe the same thing of our war with Mexico, but after the conclusion of that war I accepted conditions as they were and believed with those who thought we ought to accept the new conditions. How are we to accept the conditions now confronting us? We can disavow the relations we find ourselves in with Cuba and the Philippines. \Ve can sail awy from Cuba and the Philippines and say: ‘We have freed vour lands of the Spaniards: now do the oest you can.’ "The golden rule is a good one. i believe that it applies to nations as it does to i#ldividuals. Suppose we were to leave tnese countries to their destiny, now that we have shaken their former government ‘o the roots. I think we can supply a hatter government for them. I mink we might send Quay to Cuba and Croker to the Philippines, and improve their government, and perhaps we would thereby imp: me fair own. [Applause.] It is foolish for any government to ai t upon its traditions. It is almost incredible that any intelligent person should think that a minister should think as ministers thought in the sixteenth c**nturv. It is Incredible to believe that any such person would expect any politician to think as politicians thought in the eighteenth century. Life is a condition of intellectual growth. We ought to apply new thought to new conditions. "I have no fear of imperialism. 1 think we ought to exercise a proteel orate over Cuba and the Philippines. We ought to say to the people that we will protect th*m from internal strife and from outside attacks. How can we escape this responsibility? We can show them that we can give them a better government than they had. We can do just what we have been doing. We can improve their streets, establish schools and institute a civil government as good as our own.”

JOHNSON AGAIN. (Concluded from First Page.) day*. When this bill was brought into the House, said he, the proposition to quadruple the size of the, standing army was so monstrous that there was general dtssent on the Republican side of the House. The chairman of the committee had been as lacking in frankness as the administration had been with reference to its Philippine policy. Now it was proposed to take this monstrosity and cut it down so as to provide in general for an army of 23,009. with a sort of sliding scale up to 100,00?, on which the President could exercise “his well-known powers of elasticity." He agreed with Mr. Dockery, he said, that no President should be intrusted with such power, much less a man who was seeking to wage war against a people beyond the sea in order to force them to submit to a government they despised and repudiated. Every man in the House, he declared, knew what the proposed change meant—it meant an army of 191,000 by direct enactment of Congress or by the will of the President. There was, lie urged, no reason why Congress should abrogate and give to the President this extraordinary power. He declared this bill would cost the treasury sli>O.OOG,Oi>o a year, and he warned the Republicans they would not dare go to their constituents on the record. Mr. Cannon scored Mr. Johnson, who would be a great man. he said, if his judgment equaled his ability. He did not believe any one could be found who would have wanted the army or navy to depart from the Philippines up to this time. “You are mistaken,’’ cried a voice from the Democratic side. "Where is he, where is he?” asked Mr. Cannon, looking around. He paused. Nit*. Handy (Dem., Del.) rose up. Everyone laughed. "IS there another?" shouted Mr. Cannon. "We will nave an experience meeting." Mr. Todd (fusion. Mich.) arose amid another outburst of laughter, hut he was the last. Mr. Cannon ridiculed the idea of trotting out the ghost of Caesarism in order to frighten the country. Mr. Johnson, replying to Mr. Cannon, said that the original wrong was committed when the President, sent his commissioners to Paris to demand the cession of the Philippines. But now he should withdraw the menace which inspired in the people of the islands the well-grounded fear that we were determined to take away their liberties. The only danger of trouble was that the misguided policy of the President would provoke those people to a just resentment. Now was the time to fight this whole proposition, to expose it and agitate it. and not wait until the machinery tor a colonial policy was forged. If it succeeded we would repent in sackcloth and ashes. At 5 o’clock the House recessed until 8. the evening session to lie devoted to private pension legislation. After fifty-nine private pension bills had been passed to-night, Mr. Ray (Rep., N. Y.) made the point of no quorum to prevent final action on a bill to pension Letitia Tyler Sample, a daughter of ex-President Tyler, at the rate of <SO per month. The Senate passed a bill to pension her at the rate of SSO. The House bill was for <2O, but when the House to-night restored it to SSO. against the committee recommendation, Mr. Rayprevented final action by raising the point of no quorum. The beneficiary of one of the bills passed to-night was over one hundred years old. Receiver for \\ . .1. •*!>♦'ll A Cm. CINCINNATI. 0.. Jan. 27.—0n the application of a member rif the company, Judge Smith to-day appointed Thomas J. Cogun receiver for the firm of W. J. O’Dell A Cos., biokers, who conduct a business of dealing in margins on stocks and grain, with numerous branch offices In other cities. The capital is placed at $50,000. No statement of liabilities has been made, but they are thought to *xceed the capital. It Is said $25,000 of elc’n.s are held in Louisville. The recent rlso in grain and stocks Is responsible for the olaUe lUm . - .

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1890.

CANAL BILL MAY PASS OUTLOOK FOR ACTION BY THE HOUSE IS IMPROVING. Topics Discussed by the Cabinet—Minister Merry Xw Happy—Sen or Quesada’s Mission. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. §7.—'The outlook for legislation at this session for the construction of an isthmian canal has suddenly become better. The Morgan bill, as it passed the Senate, is now before the House committee on interstate and foreign commerce and was the Subject of consideration at its meeting to-day. The committee finally adjourned until next Tuesday without actien. The meeting was behind closed doors. From what the members say the feeling in the committee has become much more favorable to the building of a canal and has also apparently veered around more in favor of the Morgan measure, the basis of which is that the United Suites shall become the majority stockholder in the Maritime Canal Company, vghich owns the only concessions actually existing at this time for the construction and operation of a canal through Nicaragua. What is known as the Grace-Cragin syndicate lias concessions that are to go into operation upon the expiration of those of the Maritime Company. These later expire by their own terms next October, but the company insists that it has a right to renew them, also under its own terms. The House commerce committee is considering the policy of this government acquiring whatever rights both the Maritime company and the Graee-Ciagin syndicate-possess. By so doing there could be no contest on anybody’s part as to the ownership or control of the canal once it was constructed. * * * Allen Buchanan, of Evansville, and F. O. Branch, of Martinsville, graduating cadets at the Naval Academy, have been assigned to duty with Dewey’s ricet. They will sail on the Solace from New York on next Monday. Representative Landis has recommended cadet appointments as follows: West Point, Benjamin Ristine, of Crawfordsville, principal; Lee B. Martin, of Attica, alternate. Annapolis, W. i a- Roy Mier, of Flora, principal, Hugh Clifford, of Delphi, alternate. The West Point examination will be in June, the Annapolis in May. * * * First Assistant Postmaster General Heath said to-day that if the receipts of Bluffton pestoflioe for the quarter ending March 30 reach the required amount an inspector w ill be sent out to report on advisability of establishing free delivery there. The service will probably be established in April. * * * Representatives Overstreet and Crumpacker introduced more petitions favoring the passage of the Ellis bill. * * * The nominations of A. M. Ballinger, of Upland, Ind.. and W. 11. Burris, of Milford, Ind., to be postmasters at the places named were confirmed by the Senate to-day. * • * The Cabinet session to-day, while lasting almost two hours, was uneventful, and practically no attention was paid to the Philippine question. .There were no official advices presented from either the Philippines or Samoa, although Secretary Long announced the early depature of the Philadelphia from San Francisco direct for Samoa. Two Cabinet officers, after the meeting, when asked regarding the Philippines, said that at no time in Cabinet session or privately had the President expressed to the Cabinet his intentions as to the final disposition of the islands, and added that the President has not yet determined what disposition the interests of the United States would make necessary. Most of to-day’s session was devoted to administrative details of tariff customs and postal service on the islands now occupied by the United States. Secretary Bliss laid before the Cabinet the agreement concluded on Jan. 14 between the Dawes Indian commission and the Cherokee Nation for a general breaking up of the tribal organization. * * * United States Minister Merry, who has been at his post in Costa Rica for many months awaiting the time when he might secure recognition in his other capacity as United States minister to Nicaragua, has cabled the State Department that he has at last succeeded. According to his advices, the government of Nicaragua, again an independent state, has sent him a cordial invitation to appear at the capital and present his credentials as United States minister, which invitation he has accepted. * * * Surgeon General Sternberg has made public the report of Lieutenant Colonel O'Reilly, chief surgeon Department of Cuba, relative to the British method of caring for troops in the tropics. Asa result. Dr. O’Reilly recommends that troops intended for Cuban service should be recruited in the South, and be colored, with white officers, to a great extent. They should be sent in November, after the rainy season. No improvement is needed in the rations, and night service should be avoided.

Scnor Quesada, who, throughout the last war and before, was one of the diplomatic representatives of the Cuban Junto in Washington, left Washington to-night on a special mission for Cuba. He will go first to Havana, and then proceed with all dispatch to join General Gomez as soon as he can exactly locate that officer. Senior Quesada is actigg directly in this mission under the instructions of President Palma, of the junto, and while it is not deemed expedient at this moment to say more of the nature of the mission with which he i.s charged, it is known that t lie officials here fool i lie utmost confidence that results beneficial to Cuba and satisfactory to the United States government are likely- to follow'. * v * There is a disposition manifested in the Senate to promptly pension widows or the sailors and soldiers who lost their lives during the Spanish war. Senator Lodge has Introduced a bill granting a pension of SSO jar month to Lillian Capron, the widow of Captain Allyn G. Capron, of the First United States Volunteers, who was killed in the battle at Las Quasimas. Cuba. Senator Quay is endeavoring to have the pension granted to Harriet V. Gridiey. wife of ('apt. c’harles V, Gridiey, who participated in the battle of Manila and died on route to this country, increased to SSO per month. * * * A rough canvass has been made of the House committee on judiciary as to their views on the question of declaring vacant seats held by members holding outside offices, which is understood to disclose that fourteen out of the seventeen members individually favor dclaring these seats vacant, although this view has not yet been expressed in a vote. TO PAY TEMPLE DEBT. W. C. T. U. Demonstration on Mis* Willard's “Heavenly Birthday.*’ CHICAGO. Jan. 27.—The Chicago Young People's Christian Temperance Union, which has just formulated and ent out a plan for lifting the entire debt from the Woman’s Temple and making it a memorial to Miss Frances E. Willard, is bending all its energies to make a great demonstration at the temple on Feb. 17, the first anniversary of Miss Willard's "heavenly birthday.” Its plan, which is to divide the s9cn,ooo necessary to free the building from debt into 80,600 shares of $lO each, is meeting with hearty indorsement and co-operation. It i.s expected that thousands of dollars will be pledged before the 17th. although so short a time intervenes between now and then, but in any case the work will fie pushed with vigor and the young people, art assured ttie entire sum will be pledged before the close of lsw. An earnest appeal was issued to-day- that all lovers of Frances E. Willard and the temper ome cause send their pledges to Miss tiv.t V. Shontz. president, No. 1119. the Temple, on or before Feb. 17. The appeal concludes as follows "All pledges are conditional. Not one penny Is to be paid until the entire sum is subscribed. and not one penny of the amount subscribed will be used for expenses.” TO Cl UK A COM) I\ ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo-Qulnine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If it fails to cure. 25c. The #t-nuiue hag L. U, U- on each tablet.

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