Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1898, Page 1

a THE EVENING STAR. SSS SS = PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, J1C1 Fenrsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by The Bren SP ATI cone Few York Office, 40 Potter Building ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the tity by cirriers, on thetic own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the renter 2 certs each, By mail—anywhere in the United States «r Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents per month. Saterday Quintuple Shect Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, (Entered at the Po.t’Office at Washington, D. Ou as second-class ma’l matter.) > All woil sutseriptions must be pald in advance. Rates of ae ee made known on applicatior. Che. te ‘Lvening be od cena ee Star. No 14,098. WASHINGTON, D. C,, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1898. TWO CENTS. If you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, lease property or rent rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. EXTRA! 110 O'CLOCK P. M. REPORTS FROM DEWEY) | Spanish Fleet of Eleven Shins Totally Destroyed. AMERICAN SHIPS UNINJURED Qver Two Hundred Wounded Spaniards in the Com- modore’s Hands aS Prisoners, NONE ON THE UNITED STATES SHIPS KILLED The President Makes Dewey an Admiral and Sends Congratulations. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF MANILA BAY FIGHT Sceretary Long at 10:30 o'clock read the following to newspaper men is Dewey's dispatch: “MANILA, May 1.—The squad- ron arrived at Manila at daybreak this morning. Immediately engag- 2d the enemy and destroyed the foi- ‘owing Spanish vessels: Reina Chris- tina, Castilla, Ulloa, Isle de Cuba, General Lezo, the Duero, Correo, Velasco, Mindanao, one transport and the watg battery at Cavite. The squadron is uninjured, and only few men were slightly wounded. The only means of telegraphing is to the American consul at Hong Kong. I shall communicate with him “(Signed) DEW Wee It is said at the Navy Department that its advices also show that Dewey’s forces were not sufficient to nake a landing, but that this in no way interfered with the complete :ontrol he exercises over the city and ts fortifications. He asked for more men to hold the island, and said that he had him- self cut the cable. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt an- nounced briefly the contents of Commodore Dewey’s report. He said that eleven Spanish vessels, six cruisers, four gunboats and a trans- port, had been destroyed. The bat- teries were all silenced and Commo- dore Dewey was in possession of the island. No American vessel was in- jured and none of our men were killed. Only a few of our men were hurt. Commodecre Dewey said that he had struck the Spanish suddenly and smothered their fire so that they were unable to do damage to his feet. The President has received no official advices beyond the announce- ment of the arrival of the McCulloch. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip has received a cable from a friend, Mr. Hardin, a former Chicago newspaper man, who was on the McCulloch during the great naval engagement at Manila, in which he says: he Spanish fleet of cleven war- ships was destroyed totally. Best of all, no American ship was lost or even damaged. No American was killed, and only six Americans’ were injured. Arother cablegram received by Mr. Vanderlip from the commander ei the McCulloch at Hong Kong states that Chief Engineer Brandall died on May 1. The cause of i Geath is not known. MANILA AT HIS MERCY. second dispatch from Admirat Dewer announces that he had taken the fortifications and had effected al. A landing at Cavite. He had 256 wounded Spaniards as his prisoners and the town of Manila was at his mercy and could be taken at any time. He said he was not in serious need of anything at present. CONSUL WILLIAMS’ CABLEGRAM. ROCHESTER, N. Y., May 7.— Mrs. O. F. Williams of this city, wife of United States consul to Manila, received the following cable message at 8:30 o'clock this a.m. from her husband at Hong Kong: “Spaniards surrendered. well.” Am A SECOND REPORT. A second dispatch from Commo- dore Dewey reads as follows: CAVITE, May 4.—I have taken possesion of naval station at Cavite on Philippine Islands. Have de- stroyed the fortifications at bay en- trance, paralleling garrison. I con- trol bay completely, and can take city at any time. The squadron in excellent health and spirits. Spanish loss not fully known, but very heavy. One hundred and fifty killed, in- cluding Captain of Reina Christina. I am assisting in protecting Spanish sick and wounded. Two hundred and fifty sick and wounded in hos- pital within our lines. Much excite- ment at Manila. Will protect for- eign residents. (Signed) DEWEY NOW AN DEWEY. ADMIRAL. Appointment Sent by Special Cable- gram by the President. By direction of the President Sec- retary Long sent the following cable Ceci to Commodore Dewey: | “Washington, May 7. “Dewey, Manila: “The President in the name of the American people, thanks you and your officers and men for your splen- did achievement and overwhelming victory. In recognition he has ap- pointed you acting admiral and will recommend a vote of thanks to you by Congress. (Signed) LONG.” RIOTING IN MADRID. MADRID, May 7, ncon—Much excitement prevails here. A‘ serious riot is anticipated. Martial law has been proclaimed at Ciudad Real, fot far from here, owing to further riot- ing. GIVING OUT THE NEWS.” ~ Excitement Caused by the Arrival of Dewey's Report. Notwithstanding the fuct that everybody Las been for several days past in moment- ary expectation of cable advices from Com- modcre Dewey, the town was thrown into the wildest excitement at breakfast time thla morning by the reported arrtval of the fortified, ccniaining barracks. ind administrative bu Iding. Separated New Manilla by the Pasig river. 2—New Manilla, unfortified, ccntaining business and manufacturing houses. 3—Binonda, suburb. 4—Bulacan, industrial suburb. 5—Balanga. fashioxbte resort, twenty-five miles from Mani 3 guarding the north 88). ees correnider, Island ‘and fort, commanding both harnels, 9 -Caballo, is‘ard en fort, guarding the south chanel (ive miles across). 10—Limtones point (fortified). 11—Reatingo (fertifea). cutter McCulloch at Hong Keng with dis- patches for the government from Commo- lore Dewey. The publication of newspa- per dispatches telling of terrible mortality of the Spanish and the escape of the Amer- ican forces, men and ships, from serious injury added to the excitement and to the intense satisfaction with which the long- expected news was received. There was an instant rush of newspaper men to the Navy Department to secure fur- ther information from official sources, and perhaps dismayed by the number and im- petuosity of the newspaper ~ontingent the officials of the navigation bureau, where cipher dispatches are transcribed and trans- lated, promptly closed and locked their dcors against everybody. One of the offi- cers of the bureau had been on duty every moment of the twenty-four hours for sev- eral weeks past, waiting to receive cable- grams of importance. A similar state of affairs has prevailed at the State Depart- ment, where one of the secretaries and the chief clerk have divided up the watches of the night, sleeping on temporary cots set up in an ante-room. The State Department had the honor of receiving the first news. It came in the shape of a cablegram of three words from United States Consul Wildman at Hong Kong and was as follows: “Hong Kong. McCulloch. Wildman.” That is the usual form in which naval movements are reported by cable. This dispatch was received by Third Assistant Secretary Cridler, who was turned out of his cot by a messenger boy at 4:40 o'clock this morning. The naval officials were promptly notified and awaited with intense interest the dispatch which was expected to surely follow from Commodore Dewe: About 9:30 Manager Marean of the West- ern Union Telegraph Company appeared at the department, bringing with him a sheet comprising four lines of the mysterious jargon which makes up the naval cipher. He handed this directly to Secretary Long, who gazed at it curiously for a moment and then turned it over to Lieut. Whittle~ sey, one of the cipher experts of the navi- gation bureau, for translation into English. Then the Secretary made a pretense of sitting down at his desk to transact other business, but it was plain to be seen that in spirit he had joined the anxious crowd of newspaper men and officials who throng- ed the reception room and the corridors, waiting for the news. The naval cipher is one of the most com- plex in the world. The messages come in words of strange formation, taken from all languages. These words are turned by the translating clerks into groups of figures, and these in turn are resolved into their equivalent words in English. All this takes time. Meanwhile Secretary Alger, hearing of the receipt of news, had come over from the War Department to see his colleague, but he also was obliged to wait patiently for the translation. Senator Hoar, a mem- ber of the foreign relations committee, also Joined Secretary Long and waited upon the cable experts. About. 10 o'clock Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, in the kindness of his heart, and, as he expressed it, perhaps the last favor he would be able to bestow on news- paper men, came to their relief and gave them a short abstract of the cablegram so far as unraveled. This only whetted the interest of the crowd in waiting. Half an hour later Secretary Long appeared with a copy of the translated cipher in his hand. There was a great rush toward him, but the Secretary good-naturedly made allow- ance for the excitement of the crowd and retreated smilingly to the corner, from where he read the cablegram given above. A Discrepancy. It was immediately noticed that the ca- blegram as officially promulgated did not -entirely agree with the brief summary of its points: which had been previously given out, and the immediate presumption was that in the short time accorded for con- sideration the officials had concluded that it was a part of public policy to ex- purgate the dispatch. Thus as made pub- Mc it contained no reference to the cutting of the cable by Commodore Dewey, to the fact that he lacked men to take possession of the place, and, finally, that he had the entire Bay of Manila at his mercy, It was also noticed that the dispatch. Lore date of May 1, and it could not be for an instant supposed that the McCulloch has occupied more than six days in making the shcrt run across to Hong Kong. There- fore it was immediately assumed that the above dispatch was only the first of two or more that had been brought over to Hong Kong by the McCulloch, In other. words, Commodore Dewey hag written Sun- Gay night sitting in his cabin a brief ac- count of the day's work. Instead of send- ing it immediately by the MuCulloch te a Herg Kong he had delayed that vessel for two or three’ days at least, probably to use her in the subsequent bombardment of the town and forts. The events of thes? last few days were without a doubt made the subject of one or more official dispatches which are to follow the original. In fact it was known that the department at 10 o’clock was still receiving sheets of the ciph2r code from the telegraph company, while the cipher experts were still at work behind the heavy closed doors of the navigation bureau. —___ NUMBERING THE REGIMENTS. They Will Follow Consectively Those of the Civil War. In response to an inquiry, Adjutant Gen- eral Corbin has telegraphed the governor of Iowa that it had been decided that the new regiments of volunteers organized under the President’s recent call will be ramed in the.order of their establishment where the numbering of regiments raised by the states during the civil war left off. In the case of lowa there were forty-five regiments of volunteers during the civil war, numbered in the order of their or- ganization. Consequently the first regi- ment organized in that state for service in the war against Spain will be named the 46th Iowa Regiment of Volunteers. A similar course will be followed in the case of all the other states and territories and is intended to avoid the possibility of em- barrassment and ecnfusion that would have undoubtelly followed a repetition of the regimental designations used during the civil wi -—_—_ ++ ‘THOOFS REFUSE TO ENLIST. Two Companies of Colorado National Guard Object to Officers. DENVER, Col, May 7A sensation has been caused in military circles when Com- panies A and € of the Ist Regiment of the National Guard ‘voted not to enlist in the new consolidated regiment of volunteers, because they object to the officers appoint- ed by the governor to command them. Twenty of tHe seventy-three members of Company A, which is from Denver, finally consented to enlist, but Company C, from Longmont, refused’ in @ body. The chap- lain of the régiment was a member of Company C and will retire with the com- pany. —_>—_—_ RENEWED RSOTING IN SPAIN, _ Frequent Conflict Between the Mobs amd the Police. MADRID, May 7.—The provinces are still in a state of disor@er. Renewed rioting is reported from, yatfous points and there have been frequent conflicts between the mobs and the police. At Soria, capital of the province of that name, about fifty miles from Logrono, the rioters have burned the market building and the barracks of the troops. Here, again, the women joined in the rioting. The feeling ig especially bitter against the speculators in grain. ———.__ VIRGINIA MILITIA. Will Be Taken Aboard the Steamer Chesapegke at Lancaster, Special Dispatch ‘to The Evening Star, RICHMOND, Va., May 7.—Governor Ty- ler has ordered! the steamer Chesapeake to Proceed to Lancaster and there take on board the company there raised by T. Spicer Curlett and bring the men to Rich- mond. The governor received a telegram from the War Department saying they had is- sued hurry orders to send tents and other equipment and supplies to Richmond on a fast train which will probably arriye here sgon. A battalion of troops will go into camp at the exposition grounds today. >_> Convicted of Highway Robbery. Stanley Betters and William Betters, both colored, ‘have been convicted in Crim- inal Court’ No, 2 of robbery. It was charg- ed that the defendants the vth of last month “held up” Christian Heitmuller while he was!passing along a road near Brookland, and ‘took from him his pocket book, containing about $8 in money. They were remanded to jail to await sentence later. —_——- Seven Army Corps. Ga.;.Chickamauga, Tenn.; Richmond, Va., and Long N. ¥., have been virtually selected as placas for the mobilization of the volunteer ‘army. Pa Queem; Upset in # Lake. BRUSSELS, 1 ‘T—The Queen gium, who fs ad iter of the FIRST REGIMENT OF CALIFORNIA. The Selected Men Have Just Been Sworn In. SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.—After two weeks given to preparation and enrollment and two days of physical examination at the arn:ory, the actual work of swearing in the first regiment of the guard as Unit- ed States volunteers has taken place. The first regiment in camp will include 1,200 men, officers and privates, all told. Of these, 972 are enlisted men and fifty- eight officers. Of the latter, there are five field officers, six officers on the regimental staff, twelve captains, twelve first lieuten- auts, twelve second lieutenants and three medical officers. At the armory on 10th and Market streets the 492 men who have been enrolled for the two batteries of heavy artillery called for, were subjected to the physical exami- nation and sworn in after the quota of in- fantry. eigen es STEAMER THOUGHT TO BE LOST. ‘ew and Passengers, Numbering Sixty-Eight, May Be Drowned. SYDNEY, N. S. W., May 7.—The British steamer Maitland, Captain Anderson, for Sydney from Newcastle, is believed to be ashore at Broken bay. Her crew and pas- sengers, numbering sixty-eight souls, are believed to have been los The Maitland belongs to the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company (Limited) of Sydney, N. W. She was built at Dumbarton in 1870, is over 231 feet long, has 27 fect beam, ts 10.5 feet deep and 250 hoi'se power. >— ANOTHER PRIZE CAPTURED. Spanish Brigantine Frasquito Taken by the Montgomery. KEY WEST, Fla., May 7.—The Spanish brigantine Frasquito of Barcelonag bound from Montevideo to Havana, ané having on board a cargo of jerked beef, was brought in here by the dispatch boat Hamilton to- day. The Frasquito was captured off Ha- vana yesterday afternoon by the United States cruiser Montgomery, Commander G. A. Converse. ——— ARRESTED AS A SPY. Englishman Who Was Sending Out Information From Cadiz. CADIZ, May 7.—A man, said to be an Englishman and giving the name of Ot- win Boyer, attempted to telegraph yester- day details of the movements of the Span- ish warships. The clerks refused to trans- mit his message without the authority of the manager of the office. Boyer thereupon went away, but was fol- lowed and arrested. He was taken before the prefect, and, his actions being unsat- isfactory, he was imprisoned and handed over to the military authorities, who, it is said, suspect Boyer of being a spy. —__—__ MISSIONARIES WERE SLAIN. Confirmation of Reported Murder of Miss Archer and Others. SIERRA LEONE, West Coast of Africa, May 7.—Additional advices corfirm the re- reports of the assassination of Miss Arch- er, Mies Hatfield and Mr. Cain, and add to the list of murdered missionaries the name of Miss “Kegg,” possibly a mispronuncia- tion of the name Miss Scheneck. Mrs. Cain fled into the bush and her fate is not, known. All these missionaries were Americans Who were sent out here by the United Brethren of Christ Mission of Dayton, Ohio. ——— LAST OF INDEMNITY. CHINA PAY Japan Will Now Begin Evacuation of Wei-Hai-Wei. LONDON, May 7.—The representatives of China paid the representatives of Japan Over £11,000,000 ($55,000,000), at the Bank of England at noon today, this being the balance of the Chira-Japan war indemnity. The Japanese troops will forthwith com- mence evacuation of Wei-Hai-Wel. The date of the British occupation of. Wei-Hai- Wei is not yet settled. —_-_— POPE HAS NOT INTERFERED. Dental That He Advised Christina to Ask Intervention. ROME, May 7.—The Vatican has issued an official, statement- absolutely denying the repert that the pope has sent an earn- est.message to the Queen Regent of Spain advisirg her to immediately ask for the Mediation of the European powers and promising his support and that of the pow- ers to obtain an honorable solution of the aificulty. —_>——_ REGARDING THE LAFAYETIE, {| omeers of Company tay No Spanish OMfcers Were Aboard. London Spectator Says We Ough Retain Captures From Spain. LONDON, May 7.—The Spectator, in an article today, urges America to keep the Fhilippine Islands, to raise a colored army 20,000 men, “and with this effective Sepoy army hold the Philippines, Hawati and Porto Rico, paying the army of occupation ADVISED TO KEEP THE ANDS. out of the local revenues.” Continuing, the Spectator sa: “With such a garrison the citizens would be as safe as in a drawing room and as full of business as on Broadway or the Strand.” the Referring to the outcome of the war, Spectator remarks: “The Americans will emerge from the war with new ideas and larger ambitions. They will have defeated a second-class Eu- repean st&te and will feel acutely that, as matters stand, they would have been de- feated by a first-class one. They could not have fought France, to say nothing of Great Britain, without suffering grave de- feats at sea and enormo: That is not the po: losses on land ion Ww! ‘h suits Amer- itan temper, and Washington will set itself to construct a first-ciass iron fleet. That once built, the desire for a position in the world equal to their position among na- tions will compel them to abandon the idea of non-intervention and change the Mon- roe doctrine into a direct and effective pro- tectorate of the two Americas. “We hope the Americans will keep the Philippine Islands, and that they can keep them there is no doubt whatever. Europe, to put the truth in its most brutal form, cannot attack them without our permis- sion.” > COUNTERFEITER ESCAP! He Had Pro: Go to War if CHIC, priscner convicted a plea to Judge G if he lowed to go he in the d fight for Cu- The judge sentenced him to four years in the penitentiary. Holston hand- cuffed to Deputy Sheriff Robinson, and the officer started to walk through the streets to the jail. On the himself from the nk Holston, a of counterfeiting, made seup fer his freedom, saying that y Holston managed to rel handcuff around his vrist and made hi scape. The offiver walked a block before he noticed that his ™Man was not with him, and would not known it then unless he had been told of it by another officer, who met him and asked where t ner had gone. a ATURES WI have NO Fi BE LACKING. Knishts Tempinr Announcement Re- xarding Conclave at Philadelphia. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 7.—The publish- ed statement that owing to the war ail social features connected with the twenty- seventh triennial conclave, Knights Tem- plar, to be held in this city October 10 to 1%, would be abandoned and nothing but an executive session would be held is de- nied by the executive committee. All features, executive, parade, drills, {l- luminations and social entertainments, will be carried out as previousiy arranged. The committee also announces that the hotei accommodations are ample for all who may attend the encampment. FATHER SHERMAN GOES TO WAR. Son of the General Goes Out With Missouri Troops, ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 7.—The son of the late Gen. William T. Sherman, the Rev. Father Thomas Sherman, has been appoint- ed chaplain of the 4th Regiment, Missouri -| National Guard. Father Sherman declined to express an opinion of the consequences of the war. He said that he considered it his duty to serve his country. He was asked by Col. Corley of the 4th to accept the position as chaplain and readily consented. He is fa- miliar with camp life, having spent consid- erable time with his father during the last war. ————— ACTIVE PURSUIT OF GOMEZ, Armistice Was Decided Off in April 30. MADRID, May 7.—An official from Havana says: “Since April 30 hostilities have been pur- sued against Gomez with the greatest ac- tivity and vigor. Several engagements have taken place. Thirty-two rebels have been killed, and one Spanish officer and thirty-three soldiers have been wounded.” Cuba saint i FAIL ON PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. Washington National Guardsmen Dix- of Surgeons. TACOMA, Wash., May 7.—About twenty per cent of the members of the National Guard companies thus far examined by the surgeons at Camp Rogers have failed to pass, on account of physical disabilities. A meeting of the line officers of the regi- ment was keld and an expression was given by some of the company commanders that if the same percentage of men were re- fused they would take their companies home and make no attempt to be muster- ed in. The officers also agreed upon a telegram which was sent to Washington asking that the examining and mustering officers be instructed to admit line officers of the regi- ment without subjecting them to the phy- sical examination. —— Supplics for Manila Fleet. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 7.—At the local navy pay office, orders are being is- sued for hardware supplies to be shipped to Manila on the City of Peking. From the nature of the orders, machinery, plates, bolts, nuts and screws, it is believed that the Navy Department anticipates that con- siderable dagrage was done to our fiect in the Philippines. pe Guarding ’Frisco’s Water Works. SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.—All the reser- voirs and exposed vital properties of the Spring Valley water works, which supply San Francisco with water, are guarded egainst treachery from a foreign foe by an armed patrol which watches-day and night. It is feared that attempts may be made to blow up reservoirs with dynamite and then set fire to the city. —————— Suppuscd to Be Spanish Warships. LONDON, May 7,—A special from Fort de France, capita! of the Island of Martinique, French West India Islands, says five war- Letter From a Sailor on the Balti- more to a Friend, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 7.—A. H Bochstaler of this city bas receive _ ter from his brother-in-law, Wi y Orner, on rd the cruiser Baltimore, now at Ma The letter was written Yokohama April 11, and it indicates the sailors knew pretty well where were going and the kin of work that was cut out for them. Part of the letter fol- lows: “We only called here for coal and will leave the latter part of the weck for Hong Kong, China, about from here, There we fleet, and !n the event of 1 from there to Manila, Ph The other ships there we 7 us are the Olympia Concord, Petrel, Boston and PR: with this ship added, will make crowd to wh n has but two shi of any cor ence there. They are two. about the type of this one, and then she has four or five frigates of the o! style. They have an excetlent fort just outside of Mani- la and an enormous army on the island, but I think we will have a very small job ot it. Yet might have more treuble than we anticip: in taking the place At any rate, you can expect a good account of us “We have an excellent ship and a cap- tain who would rather fight th and we all expect to go to victory short order when once the ball is We are taking seventy-five tons of ammu- tion to the other ships at the station, d, as all the work knéw of it, we hav had the sbip ready for action all the way RELEASE OF THE LAFAYETTE. Its Seizure Wax Due to Neglect Give Instructions, Any international difficulty connectad the seizure of the French steamer Lafay- ette has been removed by the release of th« vessel immediately upon notice of her cap. ith ture reaching the State Department. Thc explanation for this action on the part of the administration is given in the state- ment which foliows and which was issued from the White House last night: “The Lafayett released in pursu- ance of crd-rs which were issued by the Navy Department previously to her seizure, but which h: commanding receive by the ve is 1 that on made the capture. The facts are April 29 the French emi y made an in formal inquiry her the Lafayette, which left . France, for Vera Cruz by way of Havana before the war was declared cr information of the block- de received, would be allowed to land at Havana certain passengers, her mail bags and the dispatch bag of the corsulate gen eral of France, and to take some Frenc’ passengers on beard. An assurance was given that, if this privilege should de granted, the steamer would be forbidden by the French consul to land goods. “The mattcr was duly considered, ana i@ was decided that, without regard -to the strict law of blockade and as an act ol courtesy, the request of the Frencii gov- ernment should be. acceded to. Orders were accordingly sent on the dey of May Whea information was received of the cap ture of the steamer and of her having bect Lrougt to Key W those orders werc communicated to the captors, with instruc tions to release the steamer and to see that the orders were duly delivered, so that they might be carried into effect. No demané was made either by er on behalf of the French government, directly or indirectly. for the sieamer’s release, “The Wilmington will escort the Lafay. ette to Havana tonigh: Chicago's Gift to the Cubans, Mr. W. B. Phister of Chicago reports ta the State Deparument that the Cuban relief station opened by him in Chicago for unc purpose uf receiving supplies for the suf fering men and women of Cuba was closec on the ifth ultimo, after having sent ir Cuba, re of Consul General Lee, boxes and. tfty-nine bags of supplies, con- sisting mainly of summer clothing for wo- men and children, beans, peas, rice, corn- meal, bacon and condensed milk. A box of quinine was subsequently sent to che same destination. o- A Portrait of Dewey. The Secretary of the Navy has received. a large crayya portrait of Commodore Dewey, the hero of Manila, and gave it a prominent place in his main office, wher: it was an object of general attention. 1c is th: work of Mr. Berthrong of Boston by whom it was presented to the Navy Department. Mr. Berthrong is particuls ly well known to the older residents of Washingion as a member of the celebrated Washington Base Ball Club when that or- ganization held the championship of the United States. Mr. Berthrong was catcher of the team, and was one of the best ball players in tie country. ——_—_--e--___. Despoli a Flower Bed. Edgar Hurdle and Walter McCormick, boys about twelve years old, were arraigned, before Judge Scott in the Police Court charged with trespass. They pleaded guilty to the charge. Several days ago Mr. Frank Raymond, who lives at 4th and A streets southeast, spent about $20 plants to beautify his parking. Monday morning, however, the place pre- sented the appearance of having been visit- ed by a_cyciom Many of the plants had been taken away while others had been pulled from the ground and trampled un- der foot. The arrest of the boys fullowed an investigation. Judge Scott fined them $5 each, and said his leniency was due to the youth of the defendants. — Fancral of Charles Greuling, Jr. ‘The funeral of Charles Grueling, jr., was. reld yesteréay afternoon at 3 o'clock from. bis late residence, 124 Heckman street, be- tween Ist, 2d, E and F streets southeast, and was largely attended. His death oc- curred Wednesday morning, and was due: to over-exertion in lifting a heavy weight, which- ruptured .a blood vessel. The 2 ceased was thirty-two years of age. He. was a son of Charles Grueling. living with, his brother-in-law, Augustus Romacker. He was a member of the Capital Beneficial, Association, and enjoyed a wice acquaint- ance. The interment was at Prospect Hilt cemetery. for PORTLAND, Ore., May 7.—Captein Ken- dall, U. 8. A. has begun mustering inte