Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1899 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 189».

NEW YORK NEWS NOTES

l H TH AT AUK TO Oi CIM 0 THE StAAHATTAN KI.EV ATKU.

Tfc« W«y I* Wkich a Poltceaaaa 1 apt a red Two Bar*lar«—Dopew !>•*» Sot Liko Operatic Music. It Se*M«.

[Siactal Comopondcnc* IndtanapnlU New*) New York. February 9.-The directors of the Maahattan Elevated have agreed to aak the stockholders to authorise an increase of tl8.000.000 In the capital stock, making the total mot&OOO. The stockholders will meet on the 28th and carry out this plan. They will have the prlvilege of aubscrlbing to as much of the new stock as corresponds to their proportion of Che present Issue. If any should hot do so', a banking firm, which has underwritten the plait, will take the remainder. The money will be devoted to the introduction of a system of electric traction. Which system will be employed is not yet settled. President. Gould says that the most conservative and careful esttrAtes show that by electric systems a saving of cents a carmile can be made, and ad the annual car mileage of the elevated system Is over 40.000.000. the savings in operating expenses alone will be more than *1.000,000. which, with other economies possible, will put the whole Issue of stock on a 6 per cent baste. At present. Manhattan is not earning the 4 per cent, which la paid upon It. Mr. Gould says that the new method of operating will enable a saving of about 18 per cent, in running time to be ma&e. but that will amount to less than ten'‘minutes on the average journey, and will scarcely satisfy the public. On the whole, It would appear as if the new arrangerilent were a typical SageGould arrangement, making money by economies only, and not a broad-minded policy of expansion, elaboration, public facilities, and money-making on a larger scale. The management of the elevated

manager Is said to have declared chat he prooosed saving the company 11,000,000 a year. • • • A bicycle policeman has Just made a clever capture. He waa standing by his wheel on the boulevard, when a cltisen came up to him and said that two men in the saloon on the corner had been overheard planning the robbery of a near-by flat. Going quickly to the flat, the policeman persuaded the woman, who was the sole occupant, to leave and let him remain In the flat to entrap the visitors. This she did after some hesitation, and the policeman hid behind a piece of furniture in the parlor. Presently the burglars came along, as planned, and rang the vestibule bell, gently at first, and then furiously. At last, when no attention was paid to their summons, they concluded that no one was at home, and mounted the stairs. Tc further assure themselves, they knocked at the door of the flat. Again there was no response, and the thieves opened the door with a skeleton key. The policeman heard them go through tho rear rooms, gathering things up, and soon they came Into the parlor. He sprang quickly to his feet and fired a shot In their direction. The noise brought other persons to the scene. Handing his revolver to a reliable-looking man, the policeman took a picture from the wall, and while his volunteer assistant kept the burglars covered with the revolver, the policeman unfastened the picture-wire and bound the two house-breakers together with It. Then he locked up the flat and marched his prisoners to the stationhouse.

opportunities to Judge, said that It absurd for sensible people to sit

▲t his rsoant speech to the girls of the Vassar Alumnae, gathered for their annual dinner. Senator Depew, in a characteristic way. voiced the sentiment of many men ef affairs concerning operatic music. The Senator, who has had many

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listen to stech screaming and caterwauling as occurred on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House. To Illustrate his point, he sang a verse, which he said he had heard a village peddler sing many years ago, and had never for-

gotten:

Here's year good, fresh olaros to buy. They’ve Just come up from Hockawye, They're coM to stew and good to fry And good to make a dam potpie. •■Now," aald Senator Depew, "that may not be exactly classic, but it la Miltonic— It Is Tennysonian, compared with the libretto of almost any opera now on the

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The West Shore will be absorbed by the New York Centra! on April 1. It has been controlled by the latter company since 18*5, lut In future the merger will be complete, and the old name will disappear from cars, locomotives and advertising matter. While the two roads were nominally separate, there was some competition between them, and to keep up a good showing for the Central Itself, the road was overcrowded with freight while the West Shore was not half utilised. Under the new arrangement much freight will be turned over to the West Shore, the main line of the Central being reserved for time freight and similar litgh-clasl traffic. As railroads do opt consolidate in the same way as Greater New York did. many West Shore officials will hkve to walk the plank. Thin 1* a result of the Morgan Influence in the Central, as represented by President Callaway, upsetting all old plans and consolidating and simplifying In every direction. Tge street-cleaning department Is being much bothered by a succession of light falls of snow. No sooner is the work of cleaning up after one storm well under way than another begins; and none are heavy enough to Justify calling In the contractor for snow removal. The higher officials of tho department say that they have much trouble in getting the men to work faithfully. The sweepers think that because Tammany is in control they can take thingn easy, and this is a boomerang to the Tammany offlctalswho are trying to make a rWd for good work in the department. Every week the commissioner announces a number of suspensions and dismissals, but each; man remaining thinks that his 11 be sufficient to save him. ■ will not share the fate of names are posted.

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There will be a change In management in one of the most conservative railroads in America on February 23. On that day flam Sloan, the elghty-two-year-old president of the Lackawanna, will retire after more than thirty years' service In that Office, and he will be succeeded by W. H. ^Truesdal*. of the Rock Island, a Western nian, who Ur supposed to be thoroughly imbued with the advanced ideas of his section, aa all his experience has been on Western roads. The Lackawanna has A grees annuel Income of about $44,000,000, making It one of the greatest revenue producers in the railroad world. The new president is expected to make radical changes and develop the capabilities of the

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i Abdul Mahed EH Tail, l*te of the city of fes. Morocco, furnlehed a knotty problem for New York courts. He was a mer#nt, and had a claim for about (10.000 iin«t a Arm of this city at the time he The money was subsequently colted. and ndw there is a question as to is entitled to It, for the Moor had flfve wives and many children. A refhaa been appointed to obtain evidence to the legality of the claims of the revrepresentatives of the estate.

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* The news of tho battle of Manila was % conveyed to the people by extras on Sunday, ffee voice of the newsboy be* fag heard again aa on the Sundays of \ Jaet spring. The Astor Battery having arrived homo. New York did not have In the lists of killed it some of the Weetern , l The Tenth Penneyl-

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the Metropolitan Street la now paying tho Company WHs.WO p«r jrlvliege of operating the Une, This does not In-

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elude any allowance for the value of roadbed or rolling stock turned over by the Harlem company, for the road was entirely reconetrueted by the Metropolitan company, and new cars put upon It by the leasee. The present rental is probablv equal to the original cost of the road ae laid down fifty years ago. There are now In use on the Manhattan elevated 334 locomotives, which In two years’ time, according to present plans, will be for sale at a very low price. These little engines are able to haul five loaded passenger cars up a grade of eighty feet to the mile, and so could be used In suburban service on any standard gauge road. As few roads will need more than twelve or fifteen, it Is probable that they will be scattered all over the United Slates, and that In view of the opportunity to get motive power so cheap, many railroad companies will augment their suburban service. • • * It Is reported that two prominent society women had a duel of words over the telephone last week that became so warm that the ctntr.il operator called the attention of the manager to It, and he disconnected the Instruments, following out the company's rule that no profane language L to be transmitted. The difficulty arose over the fact that one of the women had said that stories -told by the other were too broad. This was quickly passed around, and the person w'ho started the gossip was called up on the telephone for an explanation, with the result stated. • • • Some doubt has teen expressed as to whether the Knickerbocker Athletic Club can survive the awful scandal into which it has been drawn by reason of the poison mystery, and the revelations concerning the habits of life of a certain few of Its members. Many resignations have already been filed, and others are said to be awaiting an opportunity to drop quietly out of the organization. This outcome Is. in a measure, unfortunate, for the club is lodged in one of the best buildings of the sort in the United States, and includes many thorough gentlemen among its members. • • • It Is proposed to amend the school section of the charter with a view to concentration and consolidation of authority, with consequent saving of expense. At present there are borough boards and a city board, borough superintendents and a city superintendent, all with numerous attaches. It Is proposed to have one Board of Education for the whole city and one superintendent, retiring or reducing the pay of all the other persons concerned. This will probably meet with the hearty Indorsement of the public, for the school pay-roll is now decidedly top-heavy. • • • When one of the many wills for large estates filed in this county Is contested, or perhaps broken, news of the occurrence te flashed all over the country, and so It happens that there Is a very general Impression that wills are easily set aside. As a matter of fact, for every such large will commented upon, there are five thousand wills of rich and poor passed upon by the surrogate's office and sustained after the careful perusal which these officials make of all such documents submitted to them. • • • A bill has been introduced In the Assembly. authorizing the building of another tunnel under the Blast river by a gas company. The idea is to manufacture gas in the Borough of Queens, where land Is cheap and there are few neighbors to be offended, and pipe It to Manhattan island, where contrary conditions prevail. One company Inaugurated this system about five years ago and has been very successful. • • s Judging from the police reports, It would seem as If John McGurk, was. of all citizens of the United States, the one best known to the blue-jackets of the navy. Every one of them who reaches New York starts for the Bowery as soon as he gets shore leave, and soon lands In one of McGurk’s dives, where male and female sharpers are waiting to welcome him. • The new transports are sailing In the order of the rank of the distinguished generals for whom they are named—first, the Grant, then the Sherman, and now the Sheridan, which will sail on February 14. In view of the fresh disturbance in the far East, an extra force of men has been put to work upon the Sheridan, that she may aursly sail upon the date named. • • • Commissioner Scannell seeks to secure a modification of the civil service rules so as to permit him to promote firemen who perform conspicuous acts of heroism without regard to their standing in competitive examinations. Some of the bravest men In the department, he says, would fare poorly lit an examination calling for high educational attainments. • • • The Hudson river tunnel scheme Is coming to life again The reorganization undertaken by English capitalists several months ago has now been nearly completed, and it Is said that the finished portion of the tunnel will soon be pumped out and the work of extending the long bore pushed to completion. • * * The pay-roll of the city of New York exceeds MO.OOfiLOOO. Much interest Is now being taken In the details thereof by Indignant taxpayers, and it seems highly probable that steps will be taken to have legislation secured by means of w.uch useless offices can be abolished and excessive salaries reduced.

The Merchants' Association is opposed to the bill reducing the rate of internet from G per cent, to 5. It has been introduced in the Legislature again this year, but It is not plain that it will receive more votee than In previous years. The merchants claim that H would make it harder to borrow money In this State. • • e Workmen have begun to prepare the building. 131 Bowery, for use as the “Squirrel Inn.’’ one of Bishop Potter's twentieth century saloons — to be conducted without intoxicating liquors. It Is a flve-story brick building and (15,000 will be spent in fixing up the place. • • • The new steamer of the Ward Une, called the Havana, has started on her first trip to Cuba. She Is the third largest American-built merchant vessel, only the St. Paul and tbe St. Louis being greater In sise. Surrogate Arnold has resigned hls lucrative office rather than stand the Impending examination by a committee representing the State Legislature. He had a term of nine years, at (15,000 per annum, still to serve. • • • A number of Waldorf-Astoria waiters went on strike this week because of a reduction of wages; part of the general system of economy put in force there because of increased taxes. F. W. S.

A MARRIAGE NOT LEGAL.

A JOURNEY THROUGH CUBA

A Second Ceremony, However. Made the t’nion n Binding One.

(Special to The Indianapolis News.) Richmond, Ind., February 11.—The closing chapter in a rather peculiar divorce case was enacted here last night by the marriage of Frank K. Ruby and France* A. Fulton, both of this city. Some ten or twelve years ago, Mrs. Fulton was married at Eaton, O., separating from her husband, James Fulton, after less than one year. She came to Richmond and knew nothing of her husband's whereabouts for a number of years. She was Ignorant of the laws of marriage and divorce, and she supposed after a few years of separation that she was legally divorced from her husband. Four or five years ago she married Frank K. Ruby. Six weeks ago Fulton applied in the Wayne Circuit Court for a divorce from hls wife, and the facts as related were brought out. The divorce was granted to Fulton, and Mrs. Ruby was then informed that her marriage to her present hueband wae illegal. They have two children. Yesterday afternoon another marriage licence was procured by Ruby, and last night the couple were re-married.

~** 1 ■ 1 o ■ — The Revival Interrupted.

Wabash, Ind., February H.—During revival services tn the village church, at New Parts, one of the members, Joseph McFern, waa severely crltlclaed by Henry Zimmer, and this led to blows, but* men striking and choking each other* rieiuS Interfered and the men were sr rated,

after which the meeting clpsyL^ - The Grip Cwre that ffipe are.

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AMERICANS ARE REGARDED WITH WONDER IN MANY SECTIONS.

The Small Buy Rreemblee Hls Little American Brother la Hie Quest for Pcnnlee—Peace and Political Stability.

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(Special—Copyrighted.) Havana. February 2.—On the first day of February tho village of Managua was in a state of excitement. Two Americanos were In town. To the said Americanos It was evident that their country had not been very profusely represented In that part of Cuba. I now have an Idea of how it feels to be a circus. The adult population came to the doors, windows and balconies. The children fell Into our wake en masse. Said I, “There are more than forty of them." Said my companion, “There are nearer four hundred.'’ Two Zulus in tho costume of their country would have attracted less attention on Broadway than did the two Americanos in the streets of Managua. It was decidedly embarrassing—eveq for newspaper correspondent* Managua lies almost due south of Havana, and is at the end of the calaada (a term applied to the macadamized highways of the country) which runs In that particular direction. It Is not a town to be particularly highly recommended to the tourist, though the region traversed by the calzada Is of interest Just now to the student of the conditions of the Island. Much the same features are presented aa those I have found elsewhere In the country behind Havana. The landscape shows low rolling hill* a generally well-cleared surface, the usual number of palm trees, the signs of the destructiveness of war, and the evidence of a return to the agricultural Industry of the region. Sparsely Settled. This particular district Is of comparatively sparse settlement, and there Is little to indicate that it was ever the home of a large number of people. The traces of war here, as elsewhere, are apparent In the ruin of the villas, which, evidently, were once the homes of the larger and more wealthy planters. Few of these anywhere, of those that I have yet serei, are being rebuilt, and few of the lands about them show signs of more than a trifle of cultivation. There was one at Managua whose reconstruction was nearly complete, and which was surrounded by many broad acres of tobacco of excellent appearance. The Inference was quite direct that the owner of the place was a man of pluck and financial resources. A large force of hands was at work upon the buildings and In the fields. Thus far my observation on the country points to a conclusion that it is the poor man, and not the capitalist or the large planter who is doing much of what is being done in the way of agricultural production. It is true that in some parts of Plnar del Rio, and in the western part of Havana province, the local merchants and tobacco-buyers are standing behind some of the growers, and supplying either cash or credit, but much is being done which can only be the result of Individual effort. Signs of distress or suffering are rare. 1 noted th* faces of those forty or four hundred children who followed us about Managua. As we sat drinking a cup of excellent coffee, for which we paid 2 centavos the cup, in a very attractive little posada, the people and the childreh crowded the room to watch us. I watched them in return. They were not cleanly, rosy-cheeked, healthy-looklng people. The children were dirty, sallow-faced and ragged. But they were the people and the childreh of the masses of all the West Indies, no more ragged, or dirty, or sick-ly-looklng than those of Porto Rico or San Domingo. Children Wanted Pennies. The children wanted pennies. That seems to be a very contagious disease. They certainly had not acquired the habit of asking Americans for coppers, because Americans were so evidently a curiosity to them. As far as we could make out, they had contracted the fever from a brighteyed little rascal of ten years or so who told us that he had spent four days in Havana, He constituted himself our guide during our Investigations of the town, and marched beside us while the forty or four hundred followed after. Hls "gi* me fl' cents, me,” was wholly creditable in Its pronunciation, though perhaps less so as a principle. We rewarded his services and his bright intelligence to the extent of four “fl’ cents" (a peseta), and, as we drove away, sowed a crop of misery for the reaping of any other Americans who may visit Managua. We certainly sinned, and hereby is public confession made, but we pitched a 1 indfui of coppers Into the highway for H e fun of seeing that Juv-smie army scianble for them. It need not •*? said that Wo had our fun. We offer our sympLth'es to the next who go there. But that sort of petition for coppers is not beggary from need. I have seen no beggary In any of the villages which I have visited, nor in ally through which 1 have passed. That sort of thing seems confined to the cities, and te, in the great majority of cases, the work of professionals. It is tn the cities that distress Is most easily reached, and It te In the cities where the most systematic relief work Is being done. Havana Is districted, each district having Its depot of supplies for distribution. A thorough canvass is In progress, and none need go hungry in that city. Havana the Focus. The farther one goes from the larger centers, the less manifest become the signs of activity. This Is due, largely, to the self-evident reason of smaller population to given area. Assuming 800,000 as the approximate population of the four western provinces of Cuba, It is probable that more than half the number will be found within sixty miles of Havana, that city being, of course, included. Beyond that zone, except in the vicinity of established towns and villages, one may travel for scores of miles without seeing a house or a human being. The greater portion of the territory within that zone finds its commercial and Industrial focus in Havana, with which the most of it is connected by raUroads or by well made calsadas, over which one mav drive or ride with entire comfort. The cost of carriage hire fos trips through this section is unduly great. There is perhaps no other city in the world where so good a carriage can bo hired for so small a sum for the dtetance covered as in Havana. But once the established boundaries of local traffic be covered, the price jumps out of all proportlon, and the would-be excursionist Into the country must spend from an hour to a day in negotiating for a vehicle. For a recent trip of twenty-five miles, to consume about five hours, the writer encountered an asking price of twelve dollars in Spanish silver. This, equivalent to about nine dollars ki American money, would hire a first-class turnout for a long trip Into the suburbs of any American city. After a couple of hours of jockeying with different drivers a bargain was concluded for eight dollars Spanish, or about six dollars American. Aaotber Dicker. Upon returning. negotiations were opened with the driver for a similar trip for the following day, but in another direction. Again the price started at H2. I was too anxious to get Into a bath-tub to spend the necessary time to effect a compromise, but the trip will probably be made, and eight pesos will be the price. I know It and that driver knows R, but he will be unhappy if he can not wrangle over It for an hour or two, and drop a dollar or a half-dollar from hte price every time he see* me. Cruelty to animals is an epidemic In Cuba, as It Is In Porto Rico, but, In spite of all the wretchedness and misery through which Cuba has passed, and through which Porto Rico has not passe 1, the percentage of well-fed and well-cared-for animals in Cuba is vastly greater than It Is in Porto Rico. In Porto Rico ore uses two of the animals which are said to be horses, wii relays every twelve or fifteen miles. If the road be rough, the relays are more frequent. My trip tc Managua was made with a single horse sad no relay. He was a plump little beast, rather on the cob order, and made ea average pace of a little better th&a six

miles an hour f"* over four hours, to a carriage with two passengers and ths driver Being attracted by the unvarying rhythm of hls little jogging trot, I called my companion's attention to it. and we kept It In mind for the next ten mllea, measured by the mile-stones, or, rather, by the kilometer-stones. Throughout that distance he did not once break from that Utile Jog-trot. It waa like clock-work. No whip was used to urge him, no pull made on tne lines to hold him In. It was the gait to wnlch he was broken, and there are others like him. The Return Journey. Qur return from that Managua trip was a merry one. While In Managua my companion and I purchased each a local-ly-made straw hat of a pattern and shape very common In the Cuban army. The price paid was equivalent to 45 cents in American money. These we donned for the homeward trip, wearing them a la insurgent, with the rear of the brim turned downward over the neck and the front turned sharply upward. Our joure ney was made through a ripple of smiles. Those who did not smile laughed. Brighteyed senoritas waved handkerchiefs from balconies; boys cried "Viva Cuba"; and a Cuban soldier, standing in front of a barracks, occupied by a squad of Cuban troops, roared a lusty “Cubano-Amerl-cano” as he waved us a hearty greeting. We were almost too conspicuous, perhaps, but the bonnets were vastly more comfortable under the hot sun than the heavy black felt affairs which we usually wore, and the popular enthusiasm for the distinctly Cuban roof was endlessly entertain!nsr. Again I say, give Cuba peace and political stability, and there need be no anxiety for her material welfare. The possibilities of the land are endless. The results of a new and higher civilization, of education, and of moral development, all of which are now, presumably, to follow any system of government which may bo established, are not to be foretold. But unless disturbed by political turmoil, Cuba's industrial progress will be rapid and her return to a complete self-maintenance a matter of a very few months only. A. G. R. IMMUNES NOT IMMUNE.

Much Sickness Prevails In Those Regiments—Colonel Ray’s Scheme. r Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Santiago de Cuba, January 30.—The department is giving serious attention to the state of health of the Third Immunes, as well as to the depletion of the regiment by sickness and the enormous number of discharges that have been granted and the probability is that they will be transferred before long. Colonel Ray has a scheme for reorganizing the regiment, which he believes could be made to work successfully. It Is that four companies of Cubans could be en listed. Many of these were Insurgents during the Insurrection, and would be only too glad to enlist under the Stars and Stripe* He would not at once have any Cuban commissioned officers, but would appoint to those companies officers of hls regiment who have made some progress in the Spanish language. For each oompany be would have one interpreter, but he believes that the men would soon 'learn English, for all military orders would be given to them In that language. He believes that Cubans all over the province would willingly Join companies thus organized In the different immune regiments, and that the members of these companies would In reality be Immune. It has been conclusively proved that the others were not. Those who en listed from the Gulf States have succumbed to fevers and malaria much quicker than those who have come from colder climes, proving that the colder the climate a man comes from, the better health he has enjoyed hi' Cuba. Colonel Ray himself is an instance of this, for he has lived for many years where the winters were very cold. He has been in the Klondike and similar places, and has not, since hls arrival in Cuba, suffered from a single day’s sickness. Terms of Enlistment. Colonel Ray believes that the term of enlistment for these Cubans should not be less than two years, and that they should be enlisted simply for service in Cuba, and, as the troops that he brought down with him from the States are gradually discharged, he would be In favor of making fresh companies of Cuban troops, officered, as before, by Americans. The highest rank to which a Cuban would be c'lglble In hls plan would be that of sergeant. He also believes that In six months It would be possible to have hls regiment almost entirely of Cubans, and he woufo make it compulsory for officers to pass a certain standard In Spanish within that time. If they were unable to do so, he would ask for their resignation and pu. In their places good men who have served In the ranks. Colonel Ray would also make promotion to non-commissioned officers from among the Cubans themselves linguistic, the men having to pass a course of English. These Cuban troops officered by Amert cans he believes to be the best form of governing Cuba during the military occupation, for the men would very soon get to know that their officers were doing the best for them that It was possible to do. Colonel Ray's idea is very much on the lines of the Indian regiments which have been found so successful under British rule In India. Colonel Hay believes that in the next few months at least half of the army of occupation should be immune regiments, enlisted In this fashion. This would save a lot of transportation, would use entirely In Cuba the money earned by the men, and be a boon both to the United States and to the Island of Cuba. Other Regiments. The Second Immunes. stationed at Glbrara and Holguin are enjoying comparatively good health, and are doing work that has been very satisfactory to tbe department, but they are no more Immune than any of the other Immune regiments, and It Is doubtful whether they could stand a summer without great loss of life. Although Colonel Hood has not been heard from on the subject, it Is probable that he would welcome the addition of a few companies enlisted in the manner proposed by Colonel Ray. The Fifth Immunes, now In Santiago, have not proved a very healthy body of men. and they have also suffered from the climate. Their sick list is still large. Col. Sergeant is believed to be in favor of trying the plan proposed. The Fourth Immune*, stationed at Manzanillo, have enjoyed good health, and It Is not thought that Colonel Pettit would desire to try this innovation. With regard to the three regiments at San Luis, the N1n»h, the Eighth Illinois and the Twenty-third Kansas, there is no reason, being quartered in the healthiest part of the mountains, why they should not retain their good health until the time for their disbandment arrives. Two companies could easily do all in the way of guarding property, etc-, that these three regiments are permitted to periorm. CLEVER SWINDLERS.

PROSPECTS OF MUSTER OUT

Two Women anti m Man Arrested at New York.

THE IBOTH INDIANA RECOMMENDED BY GENERAL SANGER.

Tke News Received with Enthusiasm by the Hoosler Soldiers — Views Concerning Garlic, Bread and Wine—Value of Money.

Hoosler to call on us since our arrival. To-day Colonel Ounder appointed a board to examine several sergeants who desire to be promoted to commissioned officers. Major Miller Is president of the board; Captain Burr and Lieut. Frank Beshore are the. other membersAmerican Woman n Cariosity. Mrs. Gunder Is now boarding In a private family In the city. There are not a dozen officers' wives here, and an American woman 1s looked on as a curiosity. Boarding te very expensive. The price* are from (10 a week to 12.50 a day. The poetofflee authorities have established here a money-order and registeredletter department. F. W. , — o * — OUR GREATEST CUSTOMER

New York, February 11.—Two women, a mother and daughter, and a man have been arrested here by United States marshals. who say that the prisoners have been engaged in an ingenious and extensive scheme for obtaining money by means of one of the most alluring advertisements ever known the authoritle* The prisoners are William E. Skinner, manager of the Sawyer Publishing Company. of WaterviHe, Me., who has an office in the Temple Court building; Mrs. Viola H. Rae, the proprietress of the Helen Mark Company, which adverttoes to remove superfluous hair, and Mrs. Angle H. Wing, Mrs. Rae's daughter. The Helen Mark Company has offices in the Presbyterian building. The arrests were made on indictments found by the Federal grand jury in Main* The authorities say the prisoners formed the Fairfield Floral Company of Maine, with an alleged capital stock of (100,000. They advertised extensively for persons who wished an education for nothing to send two 2-cent stamps. Then followed an elaborate system of plucking those who answered the advertteoments. Outfits to make artificial flowers were sent them. For a consideration, material was soli them, which the company agreed to buy back when It was made Into flowers. Some victims, it Is said, were let In for (310. A man employed by the prisoners WM the postofflee authorities that ths company had received 266,000 letters. The three were held In (2,000 each. Mr* Wing got ball, the others were locked up.

[Special to The Indian*poll* News.) With the One-hundred-and-slxtieth Indiana, Matansas, Cuba, February 4.—The War Department has asked General Sanger how many regiments he could spare from here and what ones. He has recommended that two regiments be sent home to be mustered out, and that these two be the One-hundred-and-slxtieth Indiana and the Third Kentucky. The last Spanish troops leave the island February 10. and It Is expected the above two regiments will be sent to the United States shortly after that date. They will probably be mustered out at some coast city upon their landing In the United States. Quartermaster Allen has turned over our two ambulances by order of General Sanger to the district hospital. Our old tents have also been ordered turned over to the quartermaster here. Captain Foxworthy and Lieutenant Hlnkley have been returned to the regiment by General Sanger In anticipation of our early departure. The news of our muster-out te received with a great deal of satisfaction by both officers and men. We are very fortunate to get out of this country before the rainy season seta In and before any of us have been Infected with the tropical fevers. General Sanger will retain the Twelfth New York and Eighth Massachusetts In the service. Summer Weatber to Spare. Letters from the Hoosler capital tell us of cold weather, snow and Ice. How much we wish we could send home a supply of this beautiful summer weather! 'We have plenty and to spare. With the roses in bloom and oranges and pineapples ripe, with the balmy breeze from the ocean to temper the sun’s rays. It leaves little to be desired as far as weather 1s concerned. Yesterday afternoon the thermometer registered 107 tn the court-yard In the sun; Inside the house it was 88 degrees. It is hotter in town than out at camp, as at camp the boys get the full benefit of the ocean breeze, which keeps them from perspiring. Just now life at camp Is a little harder than usual, as each company Is building Its own streets and making roads to various parts of the camp. The larger elevations of rocks are broken off and the Interstices are filled with loads of sand. Then a rough border is made by piling up loose rocks, which keep the sand from scattering, and m a short time we shall have flrst-claas roads and streets. Many amusing occurrences happen every day from the ignorance of the Cubans and Spaniards of English, as well as our own lack of Spanish. The other day a couple of the boys wanted a dinner. Sitting down at a table in a restaurant, one called a waiter, after the usual fastiion, by clapping hls hands. Upon seeing the bill of fare was Spanish, and knowing no Spanish, he tried an experiment. Gravely turning to 1 tht waiter, after perusing the menu card, ho said: “Bring me some Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Newport News. Lexington and Columbus." The waiter returned with a dinner of cabbage, fish, garlic and

soup.

At another time a couple of officers were In the Cafe Americano, and. seeing some doughnuts, that reminded them of home, one proposed trying some. Upon biting Into one he found a small fish In the center, bones and all, with nothing sweet about It at all. Things are not always what they seem here. It Is often the house with the greatest prolusion of whitewash on it that the sanitary inspector finds the foulest on the Interior. If the proprietor of a store charges an exorbl at price, and you refuse ta pay his price, but instead lay a fair price on the counter, he will raise a hullabaloo but doesn't call In the police. Instead, to show his disapprobation, he will throw your money after you, which 1s a sign of very great contempt. Demand for Machetes. There is still a great demand for machetes. a greater demand than the supply. Hence, the price 1s climbing higher every day. A good machete costs (5 In American money, and the ones that are sold now are not as good as an American com-knlfe. But the boys are so anxious to get souvenirs that they pay double

prices.

Since our arrival here Spanish silver money has been as low as (1.25 and as high as (1.60. Usually we get about a dollar and thirty-five cents for an Ameri-

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There are no public banking houses, and the few private ones have been driven into the business for the accommodation of patrons. The large sugar dealers often

do banking as a side issue.

The standard is Spanish gold, and all transfers are mr.de on that basis. The fluctuation price of silver for each day te telegraphed throughout the island from the clearing-house in Havana. American gold te from 7 to 10 per cent, premium over Spanteh gold, and te eagerly accept ed by every one. The merchants and bankers hoard it to use in their export trade, and It soon leaves the country. Greenbacks pass on a par with gold in

commercial transactions. Unsatisfactory Meals.

The system of meals here te very trying for those of us who have to live in the city. In the morning only a roll is eaten. Breakfast Is served at noon. Coffee and a roll must sustain a fellow till noon. Coffee Is served In glasses. The waiter brings two kettles to you. Out of the first he pours boiling milk. He fills the glass until you grunt, or make a gesture of any kind. Then from the other kettle he pours the most bitter coffee that can be Imagined. The natives take three part* boil-

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For noon breakfast, you have the choice of fish and garlic, roast beef and garlic, or soup and garlic. The garlic taste and odor pervades every part of the restaurant. For evening dinner you have breakfast over again, with the addition of hash and omelette, both of which they have all kinds. The chocolate served is superb and is black and creamy, like molasses. It coats 15 cents a cup. The bread 1s the best I have ever eaten. It costs 7 cents in

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It 1s eaten without butter, and usually cold. W me te always served at breakfast and dinner, and te little better than sour vinegar. Very few Indulge in the stronger liquors. I have not seem a single drunk-

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[Special to The Indianapolis News.) Washington. D. C., February li —Great Britain continues to be the greatest customer of the United States, despite the fact that our purchases from her continue much below those of former years. The figures of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics covering the calendar year exports and imports show that our sales to the United Kingdom in the year 1898 were (538,661,787, against (482,696,024 in 1897, while our imports from Great Britain in 1898 were but (111.361,617, against (159,003,286 In 1897. Thus our sales to the United Kingdom are nearly five times as much as our purchases from her. The exports to the United Kingdom Increased (56.000,000 over those of 1897, while at the same time the Imports from that country into the United States were decreasing (48.000JWO. Tbe Leading Articles. The following table shows the value of leading articles imported into the United Kingdom from the United States In the calendar year 1898, compared with 1897, as shown by the "Account of Trade of the United Kingdom" for the month of December, and the calendar year. Just received by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics: Article* 1897. 1896. Wheat £20,193,864 £ 24,743,021 Bacon 5.353,624 6.488,239 Lard 1,927.162 2,796,281 Copper, unwrought .. 1,474,578 2,068.820 Raw cotton 24,557,513 27,613,032 Leather 2,606.406 3,036,811 Hams 3,411,559 3,651,414 Hops 280,453 838.074 Tallow and stearine.. 240.617 538,243 Fresh beef 4,609,130 4,677,341 Indian corn .... , 6,623,230 7.314,935 Oats 1,913.470 2,294,021 Merely an Incident. These reductions in our Imports from the United Kingdom are, however, merely an Incident of the general reduction In our imports, which, during the calendar year 1898 were (107.637,000 less than those of 1897. Indeed, the United States te proportionately to her Imports a better customer of the United Kingdom than the average foreign country. The countries of the world, omitting the British colonies, took but about 15 per cent, of their Imports from the United Kingdom, while the United States In 1898 took over 17 per cent from the United Kingdom. Indeed, our purchases from that country were far in excess of those from any other part of the world, being 50 per cent, in excess of those from Germany, double these from Fiance, more than the total from Asia, Africa and Oceanlca combined, and more than one-third of the entire importations from Europe. The Class of Articles. The reduction in our purchases from the United Kingdom during the year 1898 has been altogether in the class of articles whose manufactures are being increased In the United States, and in certain raw materials of which last year's importations were in the early part of the year abnormally large, as shown by the following statement of exports from the United Kingdom to the United States, given in the official reports of the British government for the year ending December 31, 1898, compared with those of 1897: , 1897. 1898. Articles. Beer and ale £159,796 £146,113 94,4115 Spirits 160.242 145,941 Wool, sheep & lamb's. .1,238,285 128,503 Cotton piece goods 1.008,246 1,247,856 Jute piece goods 1,253,494 840,198 Untn piece goods 1,925,861 1,634,2:« Worsted yarn 67,623 13,475 Woolen tissues 668.574 276,601 Worsted tissues 2.431.221 764,761 Tin platen and sheets.. 9*27,751 683,91.1 Alkali 139,706 169,221 Bleaching materials .... 236,886 194,309 Earthen and chinaware. 643,323 534.209 Carpets 53,970 43,699 Worsted yarn 67,623 13,475 Apparel and slops 54,380 46,462 Paper 58,951 47,235 Cement , 107.177 87,875 Hardware, unenumerated 154.463 86,891 [Written for The Indianapolis News.) To the Memory of Myron Reed. Or cypress shall ye now your aarlands make. And drowsy poppies for your sorrow’s sake, With words that halt for breath— And through the sadness of succeeding years, Lo! ye that live shall water them with tears In memory of his death. Laurels and roses shall y# also twine— With notes of dulcimer and song divine Shall all the air be rife— And hearts be glad o’er all the land and sea Joined fast in bonds of close fraternity— In memory of hls life. Dr. J. Waterloo Dinsdal* Indianapolis.

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(Special to Tbe Indianapolis News.) Goshen, Ind., February H.—The euKa of Messrs. Van Fleet & Van Fleet, Baker & Miller, Anthony Diehl and Charles G. Siroe against the Board of Commissioners of Elkhart county, for attorney fees, wae compromised at South Bend yesterday, and Judgment was rendered in f&vor of Van Fleet A Van Fleet for (402.52; Anthony Diehl, (562.60; Charles O, Sims. $297.45, and Baker & Miller, $987.43. Mr. Baker te the present judge of the Supreme Court. The services rendered were in the proceedings to disbar James O. Hoover, an attorney, of Elkhart. Judge Wilson, of the Elkhart Circuit Court, ordered suit to be brought against him, looking to disbarment, and the prosecution was successful in that Mr. Hoover was suspended for one year. The attorneys then tiled claims for services rendered, which the commissioners criticised as exorbitant, and also asserted that Judge Wilson had no right to appoint Them at the county's expense. Thomas R. Marshall, of Columbia City, was retained by the commissioners, every law firm in Elkhart county refusing to represent the county. A cnange of venue was then taken to St. Joe county. It te said that there Is no parallel to these cases in Indiana.

Retires with a Competence. Muncie, Ind., February 11.—John H. Smith, bontwood manufacturer, has sold hte factory plant, and other manufacturing interests, to Will H. Hamilton and o**-*,rs . onsideration. (Si.OOO. Mr. Smith will retire from business, having accumutatcu a liuncsutue competence, and with hte family will make a tour of Europe. AMUSEMENTS.

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