Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 347, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1902 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1902.

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Viaduct News Stand. 384 High treet. If Venezuela had ary sort of a reputation the course pursued by Great Britain and Germany would arouse very general Indignation. When Andrew Carnegie declared that trusts should be supervised by the government a man spok" who knows about them. The great combination to which he belongs courts publicity by publishing its reports. The ninth Council corruptionist has been convicted in St. Louis. He was a member Of the House of Delegates and sold his vote. Such offenses prosper for a time, but sooner or later they are founJ out. and when found out the offender brings up in the penitentiary. Despite the fears of Mr. Watterson, there is no probability of the nomination of Mr. Cleveland, consequently the prediction of Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, that the 6.000.060 Bryan voters will vote too Republican ticket before they will vote for Mr. Cleveland counts for nothing. Last year the State of Corgla paid 1800,000 to relieve needy ex-Confederate soldiers. This year 1880,060 will be required. The amount is a burden upon the taxpayers, but it is a small amount compared with the amount of pensions paid the veterans and their heirs in Indiana Marly tll.000.000 a year. Colonel Miner, in command at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, has announced that he will not permit soldiers to visit Leavenworth city unless the authorities close up the brothels and gambling houses. He complains that the soldiers are first made drunk and then robbed by gamblers and thugs. Leavenworth is in Kansas, and Kansas has a prohibitory liquor law. Former President Cleveland's address at Philadelphia in favor of providing better educational facilities for the negro race did him much credit. Altogether apart from the question of color or politics It is a matter of public duty and national concern that the colored people In all our cities be given the best opportunities possible for becoming good citisens. Mr. Cleveland treated the matter as an Important social problem and he made a strong presentation of it. Whatever may be the result of the hearing which Governor Durbin has been giving to charges made against the sheriff of Sullivan county, the fact that the conduct of the sheriff has been Inquired into wilL have an excellent effect. The fact of the hearing will lead thousands of people to see that to participate in a lynching may involve them In danger of being sent to the State Prison, while sheriffs generally will loam that they must do all In their power to protect men whom they have arrested. The signing of the protocol for a resiprocity treaty with Cuba is an important point gained. It shows that the points of 41,.. a. i j . - wucrwiw ueveiopea in a protracted initiation have been settled as far as the confers au concerned, put in writing and signed. The next step will be the drafting of a formal treaty embodying the points in the protocol and the ratification of the treaty by both governments. As tho preliminary details have been settled this ought to be comparatively easy. The rather small meeting of the advocates of reciprocity at Detroit declared with much emphasis for a removal of the duties on "the natural products" of both the United States and Canada. That was the action to be expected of men who desire free trade for all the world except themselves. A few merchants In the border cities, who imagine they can do more trading If they have the farm and forest products of all Canada, and a few free-trade politicians like ex-Governor Lind controlled the meeting. There was pot a farmer from Indiana. Illinois or Michigan In tho meeting, else free trade In the natural products of the two countries i ild not have been indors. -I Why n,.t declare free trade In manufactured goods? Because Canada and some of the delegates are manufacturers, and desire protection for their own. Canada desires free trade "natural product because nearly all 4f the subject of Great Britain residing 1& Canada are farmers and have no market for hay. apples, potatoes, poultry, eggs Md farm products generally. All the cities -floaf -the northern border and on the Atlantic coast are desirable markets for such products of the small farmer. The owners Of small farms In the Saat as well as In the central Northeast are now supplying thoas markets and receiving fair prices for their producta Since the higher duty

was put upon poultry and eggs Indiana finds 'a good market as far away as New York. Under the Wilson-Gorman law Canada glutted the markets at times, and if any of the products of Indiana reached the Eastern cities the. price was so low as to make the business profitless. In Indiana the poultry Industry has been increasing rapidly during the last few years, largely because the American markets are secured to the American producers. If protection Is to be maintained It should cover the thousands of small farmers whose success depends largely upon retention of the markets for which Canada clamors.

WHO WILL GET C REDIT f It looks as If the United States might be the only power to get any prestige out of the present Venesuelan trouble. Venezuela certain. y cannot, for after exploiting her reckless methods and impotent defiance there is no possible outcome for her but submission to the demand of the other powers. And there cannot be any prestige for two great powers in a Joint victory over a miserable weakling like Venecuela. In fact, they have ulready come near incurring criticism by the suddenness of their demonstration and the seemingly unnecessary severity of some of their acts. In the dispatches from London and Berlin there is a manifest disposition to divide, if not to shirk, the responsibility for the sinking of Venezuelan ships. That affair could not advance the settlement of the BritishGerman claims, and neither government can get any credit out of it. The United States has already gained prestige by the conduct of its minister at Caracas, and will probably gain more. The minister has not done more than his duty, but he has done that in such a prompt, vigorous and effective way as to win warm approval from the British and German governments and press. This approval inures to the credit of the United States, which is establishing the reputation of always being on hand and equal to emergencies. This government may gain still further prestige out pf the affair if it should become a mediator between the parties and the means of settling the controversy. Already some foreign papers are suggesting that the United States should offer its services as mediator in the interests of peace, and attention is called to the fact that it is the oil power that is in a position to do this. Our friendly relations with all the powers and the fact that we are now the only power that has a minister at Caracas gives weight to the suggestion. Suppose, for instance, that the United States should offer to assume control of the Venezuelan customhouses until sufficient revenue were collected to pay the foreign claims, accounting to Venezuela for the receipts. This ought to be as satisfactory to Great Britain and Germany as if they seized the customhouses themselves, and it should be far more satisfactory to Venezuela. Moreover, it would cause less embarrassment to trade. President Castro has declared that if the two European powers take possession of Venezuela customhouses he will declare free trade with the whole world. This would put them in the position of levying duties and collecting revenues on Venezuelan imports without a shadow of authority from that government. The governments of other countries trading with Venezuela might protest against paying that sort of tribute to Great Britain and Germany. They might, with some show of reason, Bay that as Venezuela had repealed all duties on foreign imports Great Britain and Germany had no right to impose them for the purpose of making other nations pay their debts. The repeal of duties by Venezuela would be an extreme measure, but if she did so the Invading powers would have no right to collect them. The case would be very different if the United States should agree to act as arbitrator, and, with the consent of Venezuela, should take temporary control of her customhouses, collecting the duties imposed by Venezuelan law and accounting for them somewhat as a receiver does for the earnings of property. Such a settlement would afford a fine illustration of the superior advantages of peaceable methods and a fine opportunity for demonstrating the American capacity for doing things. By such an arrangement Great Britain and Germany would collect their debts, Venezuela would save her "face" and the United States would get the credit of having settled an international quarrel. ftJJ MUM PROPOSITION. The Joint resolution offered in the House on Thursday by Mr. Shafroth, of Colorado, authorizing the President to propose to Great Britain and Germany to submit their claims against Venezuela to arbitration and to guarantee the payment of any awards which may be f-und is a proposition of exceedingly doubtful expediency, since it makes a precedent of this government being ready to assume responsibility for the liabilities which the South and Central American republics may incur with European nations. This is, in effect, the proposition which Mr. Bryan urged as the policy to be pursued in the Philippines. Under that policy we should guarantee the islands against the interference of European governments and be responsible to such governments for the adjustment of damages which the Filipino government might Inflict upon Europeans dwelling in the Philippines. Without any control over those turbulent people or any authority to compel them to conform to the laws of nations Mr. Shafroth would have us set the precedent of protecting them when they violate international obligations and resort to violence. If the Venezuelans were a reasonable people striving to maintain a free government, and, to thtlr utmost, to keep their obligations to other nations. It would be a moral duty of the United States to tuktf its part in such cases. But the Venezuelans are not a people seeking to establish a stable and free government, or even making an effort to meet their obligations to other nations. They have made no progress In years. Half of them are ready, under some revolutionary leader, to make war upon the existing government regardless of Its character. Revolution follows revolution, and the development of the rtcfe country is impossible. Such a people cannot make material gains as long as the present conditions exist. It would be a blessing to all these socalled republics if the United States could control them as it controls the Philippines. Such control would result In improvement, but now there is no hope of any better conditions. Sometime in the future the governments which lead in the civilization of the world may see the necessity of placing all semi-civilized, turbulent peoples in

charge of some outside and competent power to keep peace among them and establish primary grades of civilization. Such a proposition may militate against the Monroe doctrine, but it does not seem right to permit such peoples to occupy a rich country as the arena of revolutions and misrule. When we are ready to take that ground Mr. Shafroth's proposition can be considered, but to adopt it before we flha'.l have authority to enforce a policy that will insure good government is very much like putting the cart before the horse. To make a precedent which would lead these revolutionary republics to assume that the United States would pay the expense of their lawlessness is entirely out of the question. THE PHILIPPUSE AJU THE MOROE DOCTRINE. The new discussion of the Monroe doctrine started by the Venezuelan affair has given rise to the suggestion that the acquisition of the Philippines by the United States has weakened its position on that question. The arugment is that the Monroe doctrine committed the United States to the policy of not interfering in old world affairs or acquiring any old world possessions, and thereby enabled it consistently to protest against any old world power acquiring territory in this hemisphere. The

argument fails in assuming a main point. It is not true that the Monroe doctrine pledged the United States not to extend its territorial possessions in the old world. The acquisition of territory has always been regarded as one of the natural consequences of war, and it would have been absurd for the United States to have pledged itself against such a consequence of a foreign war. The extent of the pledge contained in the original assertion of the Monroe doctrine was that it was the policy of the United States not to interfere In wars between European powers. "In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves," said Monroe's message of 1823, "we have never taken any part, and it is not our purpose so to do. Our policy In regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, remain the same, which is not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers." This is the extent of the Monroe declaration, viz., a pledge on the part of the United States to adhere to the policy of noninterference in wars between European powers in matters relating to themselves. The rest of the Monroe doctrine was a notice to European powers "that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety." Nowhere In Monroe's message was there any allusion to the acquisition by the United States of possessions in the eastern hemisphere, nor did it ever receive that interpretation until after we had acquired the Philippines, and then only as an argument against expansion. Our war with Spain was not an interference in a war between European powers relative to European affairs. It was an interference to end a war going on at our very doors and which was endangering the peace and welfare of the United States. There is nothing in the Monroe doctrine to prevent the interference of the United States in such a war, and still less Is there anything to prevent the United States from acquiring territorial possessions in the eastern hemisphere as the result of such a war. No European power has attempted to construe our acquisition of the Philippines as a weakening of our position on the Monroe doctrine. Only Americans have done that, and for party purposes only. No one thing can be so beneficial to tho National Guard as meetings of the officers to familiarize themselves with their duties. There cannot be effective troops without well-informed and disciplined officers, no matter how excellent the personnel of the rank and file. General Hancock is reported as saying, after noting the reports of the losses In new regiments in an action: "There is a first-class regiment," pointing to the report of one of them; "look at the number of officers killed and wounded; they were all there, and that means a soldierly lot of officers, and good officers mean a good regiment." In the past the greatest drawback of the National Guard has been that the offict.-s did not know the duties that devolved upon them. This was particularly the case before the Spanish war. Fortunately, most of the regiments had a number of officers who had seen service in the Union army. The Spanish experience pave the National Guard a corps of efficient officers, but. with all the practical knowledge they obtained on the field, it is most important that they shall meet for instruction in the many details that make a good officer. The National Guard has long since passed the stage of the militia company which turns out in civic parades. It is an organization recognised by th.- general government, and it stands behind the regular army. It is hoped that there will never again be occasion to call the guard into the field, but a few regiments of weli-instructed National Guardsmen are useful to the state and sometiiuti' to the Nation. The report of the committee appointed to appraise the .lrsona! grounds estimates the value of the property at $154.090, which in the opinion of the committee "is the fair market value therefor." This conclusion was reached after examining many witnesses, and the report Is signed by three of the four members constituting the committee. Their valuation is based on the supposition that th property will be sold as an entirety and that the buildings cannot be utilized for any special purpose. The committee wi re evidently of the opinion that tho government would not engage in the business of a real-estate dealer or In hawking the property about to realize th- largest possible price for it. but would dispose of it as a whole and close the transaction. Their estimate is based upon this idea, and they off r some good suggestions as to the mode of conducting the sale. The three members of the committee who Join In this report are Messrs. Byron K. Elliott. Henry Eitel and Charles E. Coffin. General Coburn make a minority report, placing the value of the grounds and buildngs at 1260,000. His reasons for differing with the majority are clearly stated, but the government will hardly be attracted by the plan of subdividing the land and selling it in Job lots to suit purchasers. The government is more interested in realizing the fair value of the property speedily so as to convert it into an army post than it Is in getting the last doilar out of It. The removal of the national heu.lquarters of the Carpenters' and Joiners' Union of America from Philadelphia to ihis city

shows the westward march of empire and Influence. The union is one of the oldest and strongest in the country, and it comes here for purely business reasons and without any special inducements being offered.

THE HUMORISTS. The Idea! Baltimore American. Jones Do you treat your cook like one of the family? Smith Great heavens, no! We wouldn't dare to take euch a liberty. Department Store of the Futnre. Chicago Tribun. Customer I want to get a porous plaster. Salesman Three aisles to your left. We sell them only by wholesale at this counter $750 a mile. Mitten. Brooklyn Life. Hewitt I proposed to twin sisters and both gave me the mitten. Jewett Well, there's one consolation; your mittens ought to be mates. His Idea. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. "I see where a Missouri man reiuv ted on his deathbed that no flowers be used at his funeral, save the artificial ones from his wife's hat." "He knew they couldn't get anything more expensive, I guess." Papa's Crossness. Chicago Post. What makes papa so cross?" "I don't know. Did you say anything to annoy him?" "Certainly not. I Just happened to remark that Christmas was almost here." The Philosophy of It. Atlanta Constitution. "I can't git my min' right on what sort er fish hit wuz dat swallowed Jonah," said the lay member. "You don't have ter." replied Brother Dickey. "Des shet yo' mln' up, en thank God hit didn't swaller you!" I) iscon raging Philadelphia Press. lie I don't hear you practicing on the violin any more. She No. you see the heat Injured It so that I can't use it. He The heat? She Yes, pa threw It Into the Are the other night. The Dice of Destiny. New York Tribune. Caesar, upon crossing the Rubicon, exclaimed: The die Is cast!" hastily murmuring. "Come seven, come eleven." "Will you put that In the Commentaries?" asked his chief tld. Reconsidering the matter, the conqueror decided that "Come one, come all," would sound better, and asked his officer to shake. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Wrecks In Which Employe Were Killed and Injured. FORT WORTH, Tex.. Dec. 12. A Rock Island north-bound passenger train ran into a broken rail near Terrall. L T.. early this morning and was badly wrecked. Engineer George Clark and Fireman George Wt-lls, of Fort Worth, were killed. None of the passengers was seriously hurt. CHARLOTTE. N. C. Dec. 12. The Atlanta express No. 39, south-bound on the Southern Railway, ran into an open switch Bear High Point. N. C, colliding with a freight train on the side track. Both engines and a baggage car were demolished. The two engineers suffered broken limbs and several passengers are reported to have been slightly injured. HELENA, Mont., Dec. 12. Two more railway torecks have been reported, with heavy loss and serious Injury to several employes. One wreck on the Great Northern occurred near Neihard. The engine and twenty-rive cars were wrecked and Engineer Gorham and Conductor Stroup injured. Three engines were demolished on the Northern Pacific in a wreck near Hope. The wreck was due to confusing orders. Three work trains came together, but the crews had time to escape. DEWEY'S GREAT FLEET. Forty Men-of-War Participating In the Xaval Maneuvers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Admiral Dewey, in a cablegram received at the Navy Department to-day. dated San Juan, Dec. 11, announces the progress of the fleet maneuvers by the combined squadrons under his command. The cablegram follows: "The combined squadrons are now assembled off Culebra engaged In maneuvers. The search problem is completed, the squadrons under Rear Admiral Sumner having been successful." Forty men-of-war are participating in the exercises. The operations are being watched by official representatives from the Navy and War Department and will continue until some time in January. NORMAL SCHOOLS. President Fisher, of Hanover College, Offers a Suggestion. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal. Inasmuch as the question of another normal school is sure to be before the Legislature in its approaching session, I ask the privilege of suggesting for consideration of all concerned what may be a better way. I am not prepared to say that in any case there should not be another normal. This is a matter on which every one should be open to the fullest light. But if the suggestion which I now proceed to make is accepted then there can be no urgent need for another normal. My suggestion is the passing of a law somewhat similar to that which is on the statute books of the State of Kansas. I quote it from the official "School Laws of Kansas" of im. Pp. G4-65: "Section 171. Approval of Courses of Study. rpon the application of any college, university or educational Institution of like standing. Incorporated under the general laws of the Stale of Kansas, the State Hoard o:' Education shall have th" power to examine the course of study prescribed and the character of the work done by It. and II in the judgment of said board it shall prove to have as efficient course as the four-year courses In the State Normal School, the said State board shall nave power to actt pt grade given on academic Subjects completed in course and passed in regular examination to persons who are graduates of. or may hereafter graduate from, such institution, in lieu of the examinations on the same subjects required for the State certificate, which said board is empowered to give by Sections 1 and 1 of tills act and Section of Article 6, Chapter 122. laws of 1876, "Section 172. Examination upon Professional Subjects. (Laws 1666, Ch. 1,J. Section 4.) The board shall examine all persons whose grades are thus accepted, upon the professional subjects included in the course of study at the State Normal School, viz.: Philosophy of education, history of education, school laws, method of teaching, school management, and upon such other subjects as the regulations of the board require, upon which they are unable to present grades as required in Section 3 of this act." !t seems to me with present light that a law in the main like the abov would be far better than either to have the one Normal School as now or to increase the number as is proposed. It would lead the colleges to establish normal departments and so to provide the very best sort of men ana women for teachers. It would open the way for the non-State normals to be recognized as on an equality with the State Normal just so soon as they incorporate under State law and satisfy the Board of Education as to work. It would remove all feeltng on the part of the other institutions that an unfair discrimination exists against tnt-ra as to certificates for teachers. It would do no harm to the State Normal. It woult! save all outlay of money for a new normal. If the Legislature has any money to spare beyond what it Is now giving to the State Normal, let It distribute it uuitablv to the other colleges for the normal work which they would do under this sort of laws. D. W. FISHER. li"unover College, Dec. 12.

Lincoln Conspiracy and Its Conspirators Copyrighted, HB; by The Baltimore American.

We arrived in right of Fort Jefferson. Dry Tortugas, Fla., on July 24. 1865. When nenring the grim-looking walls a signal gun was fired from the gunboat, which was responded to by the officer in command of the fort, and soon the offlor of the day made his appearance on board and was informed of the object of the visit of the boat, etc. Within a very short time we were placed within a small boat, were conveyed to the fort and placed within one of the many casemates existing there. The officers who had us in charge remained at the fort a sufficient length of time to have, as it is called, a lark. After three months of torture both of body and mind we thought that we had at la! found a haven of rest, although In a government bastile. where, shut out from the world, we would dwell and pass the remaining days of our life. It was a sad thought, yet it had to be borne. We were now left under the charge of Col. Charles Hamilton. One-hundred-and-tenth New York Volunteers, who was at that period commandant of the post. He gave us instructions relative to the rules in force, stating the consequences which would attend any breach of discipline, finally impressing upon our minds that there was a dark and gloomy dungeon within the fort to which offenders against the rules were consigned, over whose entrance was inscribed the classic words: "Whoso entereth here leaveth all hope behind." We asked him if there were any special instructions relating to us, to which he replied: "No, you have the same privilege of the Island an any person confined here, no instructions to the contrary having been furnished by the War Department in your cases." Our bed that night was constituted of "a soft p'ank," and, in fact, so continued for months, until, through our own exertions and means received from home, we were able to purchase pieces of canvas, wherewith to nail up a rudely-constructed bed. SPANOLER A HANDY MAN. Spangler's trade was a godsend at this time, and proved so on more than one occasion afterward. The next morning we walked around the inclosure of the fort and toward evening strolled around the breakWater wall for the purpose of forming some idea of our desolate condition. The Dry Tortugas is a small island Isolated In the Gulf of Mexico in about 25 degree north of the equator, comprising in all seven and a half acres of land, and lying directly beneath the rays of a tropical sun. It is located sixty-five miles northwest from Key West, ninety-five miles north from Cuba and about 200 miles directly south from Tampa, Fla., this being the nearest connecting point with the mainlands of Florida. Upon its limited area was erected a huge and massive structure, hexagon shaped, of brick and mortar, in an unfinished condition, called Fort Jefferson. When completed, if ever, it would mount 480 guns. On the outer side of the fort there existed a wide and deep moat, to prevent the surging of the sea from washing against the main structure Itself, and intended at the same time as a defense against assaulting columns. It Is ocean girt on either side, strongly protected by coral reefs and Intricate channels of approach. On our arrival the island was entirely destitute of vegetable matter, with the exception of some few bushes of small growth, and about a dozen cocoanut trees, which had bean planted many years back by the hand of man. Beyond this there was naught to gaze upon inside save the white, glittering coral sand, which had a very Injurious effect upon the eyes in many cases, causing men to become totally blind after dark, a disease known there and of frequent occurrence, termed moon-blind. MANY FEDERAL PRISONERS. There were upward of six hundred federal prisoners confined there for various offenses against military rules and laws, who were compelled to labor dally, from morn till night, upon limited and loathsome sustenance. Without exception, it was the most horrible place the eye of man ever rested upon, where day after day the miserable existence was being dragged out, intermixed with sickness, bodily suffering, want and pinching hunger, without the additional acts of torture and inhumanity that soon I became a witness of. Around about the fort there were several small keys, termed, respectively, Sand. East. Bird and Loggerhead keys. Sand key, very small in area, lies in a northeasterly direction, distant about half a mile, upon which had been erected a hospital for quarantine purposes and to be used in case of any epidemic occurring at the fort. Every foot of Its space is now peopled with the dead, many of the bodies having been washed up by the 3urf of the sea. and the hospital building having been torn down for the purpose of erecting a theater at the post. Bird key, the largest in area, is distant about five miles from the Dry Tortugas. upon which, in the summer season, sea gulls in dense flocks congregate to deposit their eggs. These were gathered by the garrison and used for food. East key lies In a southwesterly direction, distant about one mile from the fort, and was used as a cemetery for the dead. Loggerhead key lies northerly, about three and one-half miles from the fort, upon which is erected a lighthouse of great height, used as a guide to ships to prevent their running upon the reefy beds which abound. Those were all the points of land visible, all else was the deep and briny ocean. I looked long and intently upon all the surroundings of the place, and asked the question: Is this, Indeed, to be my home for life?" PLACED IN A CASEMATE. When we had returned from our walk around the breakwater wall we were placed within our dingy casemate for the night. Food issued was horrible in the extreme. Many were suffering dreadfully from scurvy and chronic troubles. The bread was disgusting to look upon, being a mix- ' ture of flour, bugs, sticks and dirt. Meat, whose taint could be traced by its smell from one part of the fort to the other In fact, rotten, and to such an extent that dogs ran from coming in contact with it. was served. No vegetable diet was issued of any description, and the coffee, which should have been good, as good quality was Issued, wa maue into a slop by those who had charge of the cookhouse. These articles, with but little variation, composed the diet until the Fifth United States Artillery arrived and assumed command, which was in the month of November. Up to the above date there was not an article of food raised upon the island. The meat and flour that had been repeatedly condemned by the Inspector, the quartermaster still issued, not only to prisoners, but. in many instances, to the garrison. Our treatment during the stay of Colonel Hamilton, of the One-hundred-and-tenth New York Volunteers, was as good as could be expected under such circumstances. In a short time the One-hundred-and-tenth New York was relieved by the One-hundred-and-slxty-flrst New York, under

By Samuel Bland Arnold

Who wa lmprlone 1 at the Dry Tortugas. whom we received far better treatment, no change occurring, however, in the nature and kind of food issued, it still being of the meanest and coarsest nature. The stay of this regiment was very short, and they were relieved by the Eighty-second United States colored infantry, under whom the first change occurred, rendering Imprisonment almost Insupportable. Dr. Samuel Mudd, upon the arrival of the Eighty-second Regiment, on Sept. 25. 1865, made an attempt to escape, because, as he afterward informed me. he was fearful that his life would be sacrificed under their rule. I'nder the plea of the attempt of Mudd to escape, each of us was placed within a dungeon and shackles were placed around our ankles, and in this degraded condition we were compelled to daily perform certain assigned labor. COLONEL GRENFELL ARRIVES. Col. George St. Leger Grenfcll, quite an aged gentleman, arrived at the fort shortly after Mudd's attempt at escape under the alleged charge of conspiracy and was placed in tho same dungeon with us and the same shameful Indignity and degradation heaped upon him, which leads me to suppose that Dr. Mudd's attempt at escape w:as not the true grounds upon which this act of barbarity and inhumanity was based. It was hardly known throughout the country as yet that we had been sent to Dry Tortugas. The War Department, under whose sealed orders we were sent to Dry Tortugas, knew of the fact of our arrival, and so did its chief detective, Gen. L. C. Baker, who must have started on his tour of the Western part of the country about the same period as our departure from "Washington, from the fact that less than a month had passed away before he had unearthed p.nother conspiracy which was organizing to rescue our imprisoned bodies from the authorities at Dry Tortugas. The country seemed to be infested with conspiracies, or at least the heads of the different departments of the government breathed only poisonous vapors of combinations of persons combining together in some unlawful enterprise. Why was this so? I will answer it in a very few wordi. They were the conspirators themselves, conspiring not only against the innocent citizens of the Republic, but against the Republic itself, creating a necessity for the purpose of carrying out the natursl propensity of their own hearts. To cover up their own natures in the transaction they stooped to deception and caused to be stated, that the reason for placing us in irons, etc., was Mudd's attempt at escape. ALLEGED RESCUE PLAN. That It was all false and was so from the beginning I will endeavor to prove, using their own weapons, as will be seen by the following copy of a telegram which was forwarded to the commanding officer of Dry Tortugas for his guidance and instruction, viz.: "Louisville, Ky., Aug. 17, 1865, 9 a. m. "Hon. T. T. Echart, Acting Assistant Secretary of War: "I have important papers. I think the commanding officer of Dry Tortugas should be put on guard against an attempt to rescue the state prisoners in his charge. A company is organizing in New Orleans for that purpose. I have all the facts from a reliable source. "Signed L. C. BAKER. Brig. Gen. Pro. Mar., War Department. "A true copy. "A. General s Office. Aug. 17, 1865 "Signed E. D. TOWN SEND, "Assistant Adjutant General." News of this conspiracy organizing, not organized, was communicated to each department commander, and soon all were in wild commotion, each endeavoring to outdo the other In their attempt to render abortive the object of that which had no existence beyond their own designing minds. OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS. In quick succession communications from the different headquarters arrived at the post, copies of which I herewith append: "War Dep t. Adjt. Gen s Office, Washington Aug. 17, 1S65. "Col. C. H. Hamilton, One-hundred-and-tenth New York Volunteers, or the Commanding Officer. Dry Tortuga, Fla. "Sir I inclose herewith a copy of a telegram from Brig. Gen. L. C. Baker, provost marshal of the War Department. The secretary of war directs that besides taking effectual measures against any attempt to rescue prisoners you will place the four state prisoners Arnold. Mudd. Spangler and O'Laughlln under such restraint and within such limits inside Fort Jefferson as shall make abortive any attempt at escape or rescue. You will return by Lieutenant Carpenter, the beat er of this, a full report of the measures you take under these instructions. Very respectfully, "Your obedient servant. "Signed E. D. TOWN8END, "Assistant Adjutant General." "Headquarters Division of the Gulf. New Orleans. Aug. 20, 1865. "Commanding Officer. Tortug-as: "The Inclosed telegram is forwarded for your information. You will at once take measures to prevent the accomplishment of such purpose as the surprise of your port and the release of the prisoners there. Report by return of the bearer the strength of your garrison. Very respectfully, "Your obedient servant. "Signed P. H. SHERIDAN. "Major General." COPY OF TELEGRAM. ''Washington, Aug. 17. 12:; p. m. "Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby: "This department is informed that an operation Is on foot in New Orleans to go to the Dry Tortugas and by surprise or stratagem seize that place and release the prisoners there. Immediately receiving this telegram please send a special messenger to notify the commander at Key West and Dry Tortugas to take strict measures to guard against any stratagem or surprise and secure the safety of their commands.' lou will also use every effort to defeat its object. You will also notify the division commander and request his co-operation Acknowledge the receipt of this telegram. SignedJ e M. STANTON. "Official. "Secretary of War. "Signed p. h. SHERIDX.V. "Major General." A instructed. Lieutenant Carpenter, bearing these dispatches, arrived at Fort Jefferson. Florida, during the month of September, whilst Maj, Willis E. Craig. One-hundred-and-sixty-flrst New York Volunteers, was in command. Captain Prentiss, provost marshal In charge, forwarded the required information relative to the strength of the garrison and the measures adopted in our method of confinement. which seemed to be satisfactory, as we were not molested nor restricted In any particular in the privileges thus far granted, and things went on as usual until Sept. 25. the day the One-hundrad-and-sixty-first New York Volunteers were relieved by the Eighty-second United States Colored Infantry. Maj. George E. Wentworth commanding, the period of Dr. Mudd's attempt to escape. DR. MUDD'S POSITION Dr. Mudd occupied quarters at the post hospital building, where he had been given the position of wardmaster. We never met except at morning and at night, going and returning from work. I was perfectly ignorant that he entertained the Idea of attempting escape. His secret was kept entirely within himself. At the time I was confined to my bed with a very severe case of break-bone fever, when the news reached me of Dr. Mudd' attempt at escape, and I was informed by Captain Prentiss that he thought that it would have an injurious effect upon each of us, as each would be held responsible for the acts of the other Strict post orders were forthwith issued

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Some of the Special Fentirei That Will Appear To-Morrow. BOOK LOVERS HAUNTS Queer Places In Which Indianapolis People Who Like to Delve Among Old Literature Are to Be Found. EMPIRE GALLERY GOD8 An Afternoon's Observations of tho Obstreperous Youngster. INDIANA STATEHOUSE An Illustrated Article Showing th6 Four buildings Wherein Indiana Law Have Been Made. DELIVERING PACKAOESThe System in Vogue in Indienapolls for Carrying Home the Purchaser of Sh pp rs TALKS ON LIVE TOPICS Stories of Local interest Picked Up Here and There. AFFAIRS IN WALL STRERTFinancial News and GosMo from tho Journal's Special Correspondent. GEORGE ADE'S SOCIAL STUDY The Modern Fable of the Samaritan Who Got Paralysis of the Helping Hand. STRANGE iTORUH FROM FRENCH COURTS Narratives of Unusual Crimes Committed by Men and Women. A FOOD EXPERIMENT Dr. Wiley's Curious Test of Food Adulterants. WOMAN IN JAPANHer Position is One of Contented Subjection to Man. DOMESTICATING ZEBRAS African Traveler is Trying an Experiment with the Animals on His Russian Farm. POPE LEO'S NATIVE VILLAGE He Has Taken It Under His Care and is Showing Great Munificence Toward It. in Dr. Mudd's case, and he aa ironed and placed within one of the cells attached to the guardhouse, and compelled during the dsy to perform the most menial labor on the island. In fact, they could not hunt up hard enough work with which to vent their spleen upon him. It was legitimately his place to escape from his imprisonment if he could, and it was the place of his Jailers to prevent it if possible, without resorting to such cruelties as were afterward imposed upon us. Soon the seed of persecution became engrafted, from which each was to bear like part. It could be read upon the countenance of every officer, and rumors gradually ripened into facts. Major General Foster, commanding ths Department of Florida, arrived upon the island, verbally left instructions with th commanding officer, and I wa removed from the office of the provost marshal, where I had been employed soon after I landed at the fort, under the plea that these positions should alone be given to men in their own army or service capable of fulfilling the required duties thereof. PLACE LEADERS DM IRONS. In a very short time thereafter the following communication was received at tho post: "Headquarters of Middle Florida. "Second Separate Brigade D. T. "Tallahassee, Sept. 3. lt. "To the Commanding Officer, Sub. District Key West: "Sir Official Information has been received at these headquarters from WaMiington that a p'.ot exists to release the prison rs at Fort Jefferson. You will take th proper precautions to prevent any uprising of the prisoners, and. in case you find this information to be correct, take measures to ferret out the leaders and place them in irons. "By command of Brigadier General Newton. "(Signed) A. C. PROTZ, "First Lieutenant and A. A. A. General. "Copy furnished. "Commanding Officer Dry Tortuga.- " By referring to the previous communication it will be seen that in the first instance L. C. Baker obtained the facts from a reliable source that a conspiracy was organized in New Orleans to release the stAe prisoners confined at Fort Jefferson, Fla. This information was gained by him on Aug. 17, 1865, and immediately telegraphed to the War Department at Washington. In less than a month, commands and telegrams having been forwarded here and there, finally culminated in establishing tho conspiracy, as seen by communication from General Newton, as existing at Dry Tortugas itself, he ordering, if it be found correct, that the leaders be placed in Irons. Therefore, no such conspiracy as detailed by General Baker ever existed, excepting in his own inventive mind. We were made the leaders so that further persecution and tortures could be heaped upon us. The finding of the court was insufficient, tortures already inflicted were not enough to satisfy the pent-up hatred of those In high positions against us. their defamed and traduced victims of military Injustice. fTo Be Continued To-morrow.J BANKING CONSOLIDATION. BsV6Jp6 Financial and Insurance Inter eats to Be Harmonised. NEW YORK. Dec. 12. A banking consolidation was announced to-day which will bring into harmony the large financial and insurance Interests of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Equitaole Life Assurance Association and the Morton Trast Company. This was brought about at tho meetings of the directors of the National Bank of the United States, which was acquired some months ago by the interest which controls the trust company ai d of the Western National Bank. The directors of the Bank of the United State voted to amalgamate with the Western and to raise the combined capital of the two banks to $10.000.00. The directors of the Western National, in whicn the Equitable 13 largely Interested, voted to fuse w!th the National Bank of the Unl'od State? on a basis inutt ally agreed on by the Interests in control. The new bank will continue under the management of V P. Snyder, the president of the Western, and will occupy for the present the office of the Western Bank. The new institution will be known a the Western Rank of the United Stat s The rite presidents will be Richard A. Mt Curdy, president of the Mutual; James E. Hyde, vice president of the Equitable Life; Thomas E. Ryan, p: -..- of the Morton Trust ompany. and Henry A. Smith, vice president of the Western National Bank, The Mercantile Trust Company, the Prudential Life Insurance Company and Geo. J. Gould are interested n the consolidation. Although stated positively by one of the concerns in the consolidation that the Prudential Life Insurance Company and the Mercantile Trust Company are Interested in the new bank, a representative of another concern said these companies had no direct interest, except in so far as they were connected with the concerns which are directly interested It was reported, however, that the Prudential and Mercantile Trust Company will have representatives in the directorate of the new bank. Regarding the purchase of the stock of the Western National Bank it was stated to-dnv that the stockholders of thii concern are to get either $;. In cash per share for their holdings or $.0 per ?hare in cash and stock in the new bank to the amount of 140 per cent, of thlr YV.--.rn National Bank holdings. It is understood the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the Morton Trust Company and th Mutual Life Insurance Company have each nearly one-third Interest in the new bank, with semr stock held by miscellaneous interests and parties. Health Aaaoclatloa Officer. NEW ORLEANS. Dec 12.-The American Public Health Association, after a four days' convention here, cuncludtd Its work this morning. The following officer were ejected: President. Dr. Walter Wymaa, urgeon general of the United State marine hospital service, treasurer. Dr. F. W. Wright, of Connecticut; secretary. Dr. C. O. Probst, Columbu. O. Washington D. C.. was chosen as the next place of meeting;.

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