Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1898, Page 11

— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1161 Penns7ivania Avenue, lith 8:, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. = Soo Few York Ofice, 49 Potter Building, The Evening Star ts served to subs elty by carriers, on their own a:coun’ 44 certs per monty. b. By sin the 10 centa as second-cls. 3 mail matter.) SF AI mail sudserip Rates of advertising m: FIRST FIGHT IN CUBA So Spanish Guerrillas Attack Col. Hunt- ingdon’s Force of Marines. FOUR OF OUR MEN KILLED One of Whom Was Surgeon John Blair Gibbs. - OFFICE MISS ING 1898, by Assuciated Press.) Pr D namo, Ha 1at . Via Mole St. Nicolas. 12.—Lieut. Col. R. Huntin: talion of marines ich landed from the transport Panthe: and encamp- ed the hill guarding the abandoned ca- ble station at t € to the outer harbor of Guantanamo, has been engaged in beating off a bush ack by Spanish guerrillas and urday afternoon since 3 o'clock Sat- ghting was almost continuous thirteen hot until 6 o’clock this morning. when reinforcements were landed from the blchead. Four of our men killed and one wounded. The advance pi 5 jer Lieut: ville and Shaw, are unaccounted for. Surgeon Gibbs Killed. Among the Killed is Assistant Surgeon Jobn Blair Gibbs, of Major Gibbs of the on regular arr who fell in the Custer mas- sacre. His he at Richmond, a but he has bee! g in New York, he entered since the war Y popular officer, hers Killed are: haries H. Smi+h of Sm; ‘illiam Dunphy of Glow Iwood. ter, Frivate James Mess. Corporal Glass was accide: McColgan of Stoneham, tally wounded . but it Ss consi¢ The splashes of nd light at the positions upied ades carried indicate fatalities, off the killed nt began w desultory fir- ousard yards inland company y and was driven in, amp and repulsi MeCoigan and shot in the head. i by the bullets, of 30 yards have a indicate that the victims rang! which inside a rang retary motion, Were killed at ch Bedies Were The bo and ¢ with n in the Mutilated. S$ were stripped of shoes, hats ge belts and horribly mutilated Ww tal hen they were brought mn formed three sides out the camp on th bay were the war- ill camp are high wh @ thicket gre The sky w @hen sunset caz Ward. Night fell The parral cans on the against the sky Spantards fought from cover till midnight, discovera hes, at which the epeaters sound- blowing nd impenetrable. thick sh squads, cone over, had the ne he Mart gn in ch, a Colt machine pushed up the bay, enfilad- ing t i it is thought that some The marines trailed much water's edge and the: lest it. are numer in the vicini- throw their reh lights ul electric eyes sweeping foliage and disclosing oc- @ transformation scene at overy of the enemy was greeted cracks of the rifles along the edge of camp ridge or by the long roll of the machine gun, searching the thic leaden stream. Sh tack. e the main at- allant charge by ys from the main body, and were third of the ; but they came so close that at points there almost a hand-to- hand struggle. The officers used their re- The § up the southwest slope, but were n repeated voll iards got through the open on to the edge of the camp, where Jose Campina, the Cuban guide, 1 upon them with his revoiver, and . turning and finding themselves with- support, ran helter skelter down the of the hill. uring this assault that Assistant ibbs was k He was shot in front of lis own tent, the far- of attack. He fell into the arms Colonel open the out reverse It was Surgeon the head tt oin cf Private Sullivan and both dropped. A fecond bullet threw dust in their faces. Surgeon Gibbs lived ten minutes, but did aot regain consciousness. ons of the hospital corps then l their quarters to the trenches the old Spanish stockade north of the camp. The attacks were continued at intervals throughout the rest of the night, h tiring from small squads in various directions. = Toward morning the fire slackened. Dawn is the favorite time for attack, and, as the east paled, the mariz & on their rs Were aroused. Some were actually ugleep, as they had had no rest for forty- tight hours and tired nature could no long- er stand the strain. But no attack came. Artillery Brought into Play. Three new 12-pound field guns, which be used during the night for fear our own men, shelled eral Spaniards acter daylight. They | lived into the bushes like prairie dogs into pws, as the shells broke over them in she gray dawn. ent of the Associated talked with Major Cockrell, who was jm charge of the outposts, word came of the tindtag of the body of Sergeant Smith. He was reported as having been killed at 5 o'clock on the previous day, but it ap- pears that he had been seen alive at 10 o'clock in the evening. When and how he was killed no one knows at this writing: neither had the men been mustered nor had Part 2. Che Foening Star. Pages 11-14. WASHINGTON, D. ©, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1898-FOURTEEN PAGES uitenants Neville and ntington and Major *Cock- pr: e to the nerve nd of officers and men, as the engagement was a for a large majority. The darkness and in a strange stood to their posts with and there was ave especia. n in they were but nd fortitude no exhausted, were for more fighting, promising to inflict tvy punishment. They complimented the daring of the Spariards with characteristic camp profanity. Today the amplest precautions have been tak. das the Dauntless was leaving reinforcements were landing from the Marblehead. A stormy time was expected. stimates of Attacking Force. astimates vary ay to the attacking force: pme sa and the figures run as high 1,000. Col. Compina, the Cuban guide, > Span mostly irregulars, but the reports of the discharge of Mauser s would indicate that they were regu- as most of the guerrillas carry Rem- tons. The Spanisn guerriilas, as a rule, have more dash and courage than the regu- lars. he ds were atis- nd are almost invisible at a dis- The new campaign uniforms prove factory tance of The Lee guns caused several in drawing cartridges. Corpor tered his hand. De of the men, who are keenly regretted, the marines rejoice that they have been engaged in the first fight on Cuban soil. jled from New York the day clared and expected to land within a week at Havana. Since then, until they landed on the shore of Guanta- ay, they had been pped up on the » and they had begun to fear that the troops would beat them after all. A New York dispatch say: John Blair Gibbs, who is reported killed at Guantanamo, was forty years old, single, and lived alone. At his late home in this city he is said to have been a graduate of the University of Virginia. He lived and practiced medicine here for about four years. Two months ago he received the ap- pointment of a & ass nt surgeon, and was ordered to Key West. Since that time his friends in this city have heard litue from him, but supposed him to be on the Panther. His only known relative in this is a Mrs. Rooseve » but it is said that he has a brother in Altoona, Pa. —_—__>— CUBAN ARMY OF INVASION, List of the Troops Which Sailed From A dispatch from Tam ; says: The expedition that sailed from to Key West prior to going to San was made up of nearly twenty regimen of regular infant of from 34” to each, including besides the regim h Army Corps, four regiments of infa try that have been in camp at Mobile, and which formed part of Major General Cop- pinger’s command at that rendezvous. The total foree of regular infantry was about 11,000 men. There were also two regiments of volunteer Infantry, about 2,000 men al- together, the 24 iment of Cavalry from Mobile, 500 men, and two squadrons each from the ist, 34, 6th, 9th and 10th Cavalry, about 2,000 men; eight troops of Volunteer Cavalry, taken from Roosevelt's rough rider ) men; four batteries of light ar- tillery, 300 men and 16 guns; two batteries of heavy artillery, 200 men and 16 guns; the battalion of Engineers, 200 men; signal and hospital corps, etc., about 300 men, a grand total of about 17,000 men. The reg- ulars were practically picked men, as not a recruit was taken, the reginents carrying only the old seasoned troop. The following s the list of transports ar- ranged in their numerical order, command- ers and carrying capacity: 1. Miaml, McDonald; 1,200 men. a rday here single 2. 0 men, 3. 'y; 100 men. 4. Cherokee, Garvin; 1,000 men. 5. Seneca, Decker; 900 men, 6 Als mo, Hix; 900 men. 7, Comai, Evans; 950 men, 176 horses, 8 Yu an, Robertse rkshire, Dozer; 474 men, 174 horses. ney, St 100 men. 11. Olivette, Stevenson; 400 men, 16 horses. 12. Seguranca (flag), Hansen; 500 men. 13. 14. Concho, Rick; 1,300 men. 15. Florida, Miner; 600 men. 16. City of Washington, Stevens; 900 men. 17. Alleghany, Nickerson; 450 men, 190 hors 18. San Marcos, Itzen; 1,100 men, 26 horses r, Peterson; 350 men; 300 Johnson; 900 men. . Leona, Wilder; 1,250 men. 22. ; 1,100 men. ancia, McIntosh; 1,200 men. 24. Orizaba, Downs; 1,000 men. . Iroquois, Kimble men. 26. Matteawan, Lew 400 is; S800 men, horses. = . Morgan, Staples. 28, Stillwater, Gault. . Lieakwater, Rivero. “). Cumberiand. 31. Anickerbocker; 900 men. 32. Clinton State of Texas (hospital), Youngs barges—Bessie, Martha. ‘Tug—Captain Sam. On the sides and on the smokestacks of every one of the transports which formed the sleet were painted large white numbers, and by these numbers the boats were offi- clally known, their original names being discarded. Lis was for the purpose of fa- cilitating signaling between the flagship and the other voais ef the fleet. ——— THE MARINES AT CAIMANERA, Described as a Fine-Looking Body of Men. From the Nev York Herald. None of those who saw the Ist Battalion, United States marines, marshaled for their final inspection at the Brooklyn navy yard before sailing on the auxiliary cruiser Pan- ther, on April 22, doubted that they had a glorious future before them, and more than ene old campaigner, after locking them over critically, declared them to be the fin- est looking body of men they had ever seen under arms. Certainly no troops starting for war displayed greater enthusiasm. hough the pride 1. more ‘than one wo- man’s eyes was dimmed with tears when the moment for taking leave came, the joy- ous prospect of fighting overbalanced the grief of the departure, and the only reaily sad faces to be seen about the yard that afternoon were those of the scant fifty ma- rines left behind under command of Cap- tain Porter. « As the Panther, which was formerly the Red “D” liner Venezuela steamed down the East river in the twilight she was greeted with whistles from all passing ves- sels and with hearty cheers from their pas- sengers. Her first port of call was Hamp- ton Roads, and she left there for the south the morning of April 26, the cruiser Mont- gomery going along with her as a convoy. When the battalion started it consisted of e infantry compani each consisting of men and three officers, and an artillery y of 117 men, carrying four 3-inch Every man in the artillery company killed marksman, and many possess ’ badges. Here is a roster of isa sharpshoot. the officers: Lieutenant Colonel R. W. Huntington, in con 1 of the battalic Major Major Henry C! Cochrane, enant H. L. Draper, adjutant; Cap- aries L. Macawley, quartermaster; Sdgar. Allan C. Kelton, First 's, Second Lieutenant B—Capt. B. R. Russell, First Lieutenant C. L. Ingate, Second Lieutenant N. H. Hall. any C—Capt. G. F. Elliott, Com First Lieutenant L. C, Lucas, Second Lieutenant P.M. Bannon. Company D—Capt. W. F. Spicer, First Lieutenant W. C. Neville, Second Lieuten- ant M. J. Shaw. Compan pt. H. K, White, First Lieute ahoney, Second Lieuten- ant W. N. ely. Artillery Company—Capt, F, H. Harring- ton, jeutenant C. G. Long, Second ant E. 8. McLemore. ch company consists of one first ser- geant, four sergeants four corporals, one drummer, one fifer, ninety-two privates and a color guard of a color sergeant and two privates. HAWAIIAN DEBATE. THE Speeches in the House of Representa- tives Saturday Afternoon. The debate on the Hawaiian annexation resolution continued in the House of Repre- tatives until nearly 5 o'clock Saturd: afternoon. Mr. Dinsmore argued that annexation weuld mean foreign entanglement, and in this connection he protested against the sted Anglo-American alliance as be- ing a something much to be desired by England, but to be avoided by the United Protesting finally against taking slands, he said: “If we take them, God Mr. Gillett (Mass.), in support of the an- nexation, declared conditions had greatly changed sin the days of Washington, when the policy of the new country was reasonably against territorial expansion. Then, he said, it was farther from Massa- ch ts to Pennsylvania than now from New York to Europe. He argued for Ha- Wail as a military and naval necessity, a controlling point of trade and naval oper- ations in the Pacific. Mr. Ale Y.) said the victory annexation of Hawali - and made it wise to ion and control for He expressed emergenc the con- on that Hawaii would be offered by the Hawaiian government to England if s country should refuse to accept it, having refused, the United States could not interfere with the Hawaiians dis- ry of their own possessions. He then s ef the population of the islands, not- ty its Intelligence, stating that 85 per at could read and write and that 96 per ent of children of school age attended the schools. Mr. Clark's Opposition. Mr. Clark (Mo.), opposing the resolu- tions, spoke against the enlarged coloniza- tion policy as something “gorgeous in ap- pearance, but fatal In experience, or ¢lse all history is a lie. “Mr. Speaker,” declared the ouri if this pelicy is pursued, » the Jingoes want it, and you are here pre ding over the House tw vars hencr® you Nl be called upon to recognize the ¢®ntle- man from Patagonia, the gentlemangirom Cuba, the gentleman from Porto Rij, the ntleman from Greeniand, the gen'*man from Hong Kong, the gent!eman froré and, with fear and trembling, the ;4ntle- man from the Cannibal Islands as hefcazes with gleaming eyes and glistening#teeth upon your imposing and tempting gy great laugh followed this predictior# from th ourian. Mr. Parker (N. J.) was pre: » Mr. Reed occupying temporari s upon the floor. The laughter wa Mr. Clark added: “It is unnecessary I prepared that for the regular occuy! the chair.” Mr. Walker (Mass.) spoke for the ®solu- tions. De ing that annexation wld be followed by territorial expansion, 1}, sald Hawaii was a commercial, military #d na- a 2 He digre: do brie! 0 ad- the construction of the Sa when > Say nt of one of the great needs ff the Tnited States, and contended that $'awaii would be essential to complete condrol of the canal by America. Py At the conclusion of his speech they!Touse adjourned. as HONOLULU. aT Hearty Reception Given the Ch#-les- ton on Her Arrival. From the Honolulu Commercial | dver- r of May 30 is clipped the follow¢: The big army which is to occgy the Philippines will congregate in the%lono- lulu harbor, ‘The Charleston will be anchoredgn the stream until all the transport boai® have arrived. This will be ten days at le@t. “The City of Peking was to have 1f't San Francisco on Wednesday last. Sig2 will probably reach here late Tuesday n&ght or early Wednesday morning. “The Australia and City of Sydnef to leave a dey or so after the Peking. “The Monterey is coming. The bigémont- tor will not arrive until the latter gart of the week. 2 “The harleston brought no orders for the Bennington. It is expected, hcwever, that the Mohican will arrive within «1 week lor ten days to relieve the Bennington. The Bennington will probably be erdered to convoy some of the transport s‘i\ips to Manila. were Charleston’s Arrival. “The Charleston was telephoned of? Koko Head at 9:55 o'clock. Less than au hour afterward the Inter-island steamer -W. G. Hall steamed out into the harbor to wel- come her. On board were about 150 per- sons, mostly members of the “Big One Hundred” committee. The government band was also aboard. The Charleston was met this side of Diamond Head. Three mighty cheers were given by the towns- people, which were heartily responded to by the navy men. It seemed as though everybody in town was down to watch the Charleston come in.” It is stated that some of the new men on the cruiser were seasick on the voyage, but it is added that “the seasick ones got bravety over their troubles and 'remem- bered the Maine’ to the extent of drilling every day.” it is added that “as soon as the Charles- ton arrived yesterday a gang of laborers was set to work loading lighters with coal. This was being transferred aboard last night.” ee Promotion of Dewey’s Captains. The naval orders posted Friday co‘tained for the first time in a formal shspe the order advancing Dewey's captains fur their conduct at the battle of Manila bay: They go up as follows: Captain Wildes, 5 num bs Captain Dyer, 7; Captain Coghian, Captain Lamberton, 7; Commander Walk- er, 9; Commander Wood, 10. ——_——_ 2+ —____ ‘Will Be Examined Again. ‘The War Department has acceded to the request of the owner of the steamer Cen- tennial, now on the Pacifle coast, that an- other examination shall be made vf her. ‘This vessel had been chartered as a trans- port, but because of her alleged unsea- worthiness this was canceled and the own- er nétified she would not be wanted for the purposes intended, Ae Jury Returns Unanimous Verdict in His Favor. DECISION MADE BY VIVA VOCE VOTE Pathetic Scenes in Court Follow- ing the Announcement. Sea eS HOW VERDICT WAS RECEIVED Dennis Canty was declared “not guilty” of the murder of George Rye, March 15 last, at 8:40 o'clock last Saturday night, after the jury had been out a little over three hours. Th2 verdict was reached by a viva voce vote of the jurors and it was unanimous. They could have made that an- nouncement immediately after all the evi- dence was in a day or so previously, as at that time they had concluded Canty was not guilty of murder. Foreman Marr is the authority for this statement. District Attorney Davis continued his ad- dress, after The Star's report closed Satur- day, and made a remarkable and scathing denunciation of the defendant. It showed that he was determined, if possible, to sc- cure a conviction. Justice Cole began his charge at 5 o'clock and went through the prayers of counsel in an exhaustiv2 and explanatory way. He was apparently most liberal, and the opinion was current after- ward, ‘bearing out The Star's prediction, that the jury could not, in view of the jus- tice’s charge, find Canty guilty of murder. The passionate speech of Mr. Davis and the nearness of the verdiet completely nerved Mrs. Canty and the mother and ter of the accused man, who sat at his s in the room. His wife was almost hyster- ical during the whol2 time. When Justice Cole finished, at 5:37 o'clock, and the jury filed out of the court room fog the last time, anxious, tired, heartsick little Mrs. Canty began to cry and moan in a most distr ing way. Her husband tried to soothe he but she could not repress the convulsive sobbing. ‘Their friends all over the court room hurried to her, and one after another tried to comfort the despairing woman. Finally she was led down stairs into the cell with her husband. Crier Joyce the mean- time had announced that a recess for thirty minutes would be taken. The Crowd Lingered. The crowd remained in and around the court room, and none thought the jury ide would be long in reaching a verdict. They were not ready to report at the time ed, and Justice Cole extended the Uil 8 o'clock, announcing, also, that he was going to dine with his brother. W. L. Cole, at Mt. Pleasant. he anxious und interested spectators hurried to their homes and, returning at $ o’cluck, all but filled the haif-lit iorrid court room. There was only one woman present, and she had rot been observed before at the trial. Judge Wilson, Mr. Worthington, Messrs. Thompson and Fi ey of counsel for the defense and Messrs. Davis, Shillington and Laskey of the gov- ernment’s force were present. The defend- ant, his wife and female re and friends waited below. Those were longs. anxious moments. E iy watched the door for Justice Cole's arrival. At o'clock Mr. Van Senden, his face illuminat- ed by hope, breathlevsly came into the unsel that the Still his honor ody became af- 8:35 Clerk Gatiey room and whispered te the « jury had re; verdict. bustled in, the audien.: braced itself, Jus- tic Cole ‘calmly appgared and took his ton the bench, Cri} Joyce rapped to or- nd down the subg the clerk w ered to Deputy Springman So bring Canty into court. At 8:40 sharp U%: jury filed in amidst breathless silence. to# their accustemed chalrs and each resjfnded as the clerk called the roll. Cary, ashen pale, but calm, pushed his wayjo his seat, followed by the guard. The sp {tators were reliev to find that the ladic& did not appear. painful scene had beei€ expected. The Verdict /Announced. “Have you agreed ton a verdict?” ask- ed Clerk Gatiey, rising from his chair. “We have,” respond-d Foreman 2iarr, as the jury stood upon their feet. No look from them bet ved the wor to come. It was a,terribie mement for Canty; an A intense, anxious period for the others. or not find the accused guilty The * re lh the room, for ly whe! ‘anty’s e: a cheer-broke yes filled with throu tears, blood rushed t» his face, and in a moment his hands were going like pump hand and he wv surrounded by an eager, thankful, joyful crowd of friends. Crier Joyce pushed through the a commanding order, but little heed en_his words. The sound of a woman's sharp sobs came from the corridor back of the room. Mrs. Canty was crying hysierically in the mar- shal’s office. The hoped-for news prostrat- ed her. She sank weakly down, pathetical- ly moaning and crying, in a chair. Her father tried to quiet her, but was powerless. Her friends fanned her and others brought ice water. Her hands trembled so she could not put the glass to her lips. Mrs. Canty, the aged mother of the free man, meantime had hastened to the court room, and, finding her son, she threw her arms around his neck, and then, taking his face in her hands, she kissed his cheeks both sides again and again. No words came from her, but her pale, worn cheeks quiv- ered with emotion, and tears dropped down upon her black dress. Canty cried, and so, indeed, did all near by. “Go to your husband, he needs you. Don’t stay crying here,” whispered a friend in the ear of the sobbing wife, in the mar- shal’s office. The effect was electrical. The moans ceased; only a few convulsive sobs came. She forced herself upon her feet and, with arms feebly outstretched, strug- gled toward the door. It was a scene sel- dom equaled for pathos. As the wife reach- ed the corridor her husband, seeing the de- voted wife, came into it from the door be- yond. “He is coming to you, Mrs. Canty,” cried the crowd. 4 She stopped like a woman stricken, and, held in the arms of her faithful sister-in- law, waited. The crowd was so dense that Canty had difficulty Im getting to her. Slowly he drew nearer, and then, a space having been cleared by the messengers and deputies, husband and wife sprang to- gether. Her arms were about his neck, her head laid upon his breast, and he clasp- ed close, kissing and soothing her anguish- ed joy. There was not a dry eye to be seen in the corridor at that moment, and not a spectator but was glad that the law had spared the devoted wife's husband. Everybody was crying, “I told you so,” and Mr. Worthington, Ju Wilson and the other counsel almost lost their hands in the close, continuous hand-shakes they received on every side as they passed out Into the air. The free man and his wife and relatives were pushed by friendly hands into the marshal’s office, and the crowd whith would have gone on shaking Canty’s hand and cheering up his wife for an hour was forced to waste its energy upon itself. Foreman Marr's Statement. Foreman Marr, with a bundle under his arm, was hailed by The Star man just as he thought himself beyond reach on the city hall steps. 3d “I am going home to my wife and babies, whom J haven't seen for four weeks,” he cried. “We only took one vote—a viva voce vote—and it was unanimous. Practically our minds were made up after the evidence . Ps in course of erection. This neces: took us by storm all last week. G Where there is smoke there i pocket. there are very apt to be bargains—and there are! Going to entirely reorganize our shoe business before we take possession of sitates the disposal of the entire stoc! oing to be busier this week. s apt to be fire! This week we shall offer the following bargain lots: Where there are such big crowds daily buying shoes, Investigate for yourself, for it me. ——=s If you want to buy, sell lease property or rent rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the ising columns of The They are closely 1 by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. YW, our new building now in all of our 3 stores. Buyers money in your Pretty Footwear for school commence- © = ments and at almost half what others ask. 3 Misses’ and Children’s Black, ‘Tan and White “Kid. and Black Patent. Leather Sundals “and “Oxford” Ties, dollar” qual- ty. 67c. REBUILDING SALE PRICE Misses’ and Young Hand-sewed Turned 7 Kid and 1 to wom! REBUILL Boys’ 6 ck Vici K as. 6 REBUILDING Py Mi m Patent buil-de REBUILD Children’s and Misses’. Ladies’ Shoes. Every pair of Women’s Shoes reduced, both high Shoes and Oxfords, and the Tan High Shoes have had an extra cut for this Week's sale. Anothy late ¢ and dur en's Dark Choco- Ixford Ties, stylish 25 value. White RELIABLE SHOE was in, but we didn't give genc ral expre sion until we d to the law in the case. We ec ven a verdict in a few minute ng the box, but we wanted our supper, and the older men on j wanted to impress several the Ban t duty ie import knew that our verdict would fol our graves, and w lads to feel the ng us Ww fevolvin yh . audea hastening homeward. Estimate of the Jury. “It was the best jury I ever handled,” said the deputy who watched them and re- mained a prisoner with them during the four weeks. -ver a word of complain or grumbling came from them. T 3 no trouble at all. I never saw telligent lot of men, They stu t nd their verdict v s the result caretu 5 of their convictions ’ The names of the jury are: Wm. H. Marr, foreman; N. A. Lohr, John S. O'Connor, W Richard Laws, A. S. Howard, Josep! ton, Wm. Johnson, Ed. KE. Foley, Yerkes, } and J. V After the crowd passed away, Mr. and Mrs. Canty were driven homeward, where, they received a number of their and also were inundated by tele- phone ‘and telegraph messages of con- gratulation. ——— ORDERS. ARMY AND NAV st Lieut. Joseph Frazier, 9th Infantry, s been relieved frota duty rth Military Academy, M to join his regiment Surgeon ouri, and or- George B. Lee nville, Fla., to mmanding the h Army Cor The foliowir ed to repo: nickamavsa for duty with the corps indi- or David Vickers, inspector gen- eral, d Staies Volunteers, to the Gordon Vcorhie sistant adjutant general, United States Vol- unteers, to the Sd Army Corps. The following named officers have been ordered to report to Major Gen. Coppinge Umied States Voiuat president of the army retiring board, for examinatien by that board; Col. Henry C. Cook, 5th Infan- try, and Major Edmond G. Fechet, 6th Cavalry. 2 The following named officers of the Vol- unteer Signal Corps have been assigned to duty as recruiting officers of that corps as follows: Capt. Edward B. Ives, in New York city; Capt. Frederick T. Leigh, in Brooklya, N. ¥.; Capt. Carl F. Hartinann, in Newark, N. J.; Capt. Howard A. Gid- dings, in Hartford, Conn. The assignment of Brig. Gen. Jacob Cline, United States Volunteers, to the Ist Army Corps has been changed. He is ordered to report to Major Gen. Coppinger, com- manding the 4th Army Corps, for assign- ment to duty with that corp: The as@igament of Brig. n. Charles Fitzsimons, United States Volunteers, to the 7th Corps, has been changed. He has been ordered to report to Gen. Brooke at Chickamauga for assignment to duty. Brig. Gen. John N. Andrews, United States Volunteers, has been ordered to r port to Major Geu, Coppinger, command- ing the 4th Army Corps, for assignment to duty with that corps. Major. John M. Sears, additional pay- master, United States Volunteers, has been relieved ‘from duly in this city and ordered to report to Major’ Gen. Wesley Merritt for duty with the Philippines expedition. Capt. Frank H. Lord, commissary of sub- sistence, United States Volunteers, has been ordered to report to the commanding. general at Tampa for assignment to duty with the 5th Army Corps. Second Lieut. Robert D. Kerr, Corps of Engineers, has been relieved from duty at Willets Point, N. Y., and ordered to report to Major Gen. Merritt for assignment to duty with Company A, Battalion of Engi- neers. Army Corps; ———-2+—____ Anniversary Exercises. There was an interesting gathering at Christ Church, Navy Yard, Saturday even- ing last, the occasion being the anniver- sary of St. Agnes’ Chapter of the Daugh- ters of the King. Visitors from the various chapters of the District were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. Arthur 8. Johns, rector of Washington parish, and appropriate addresses were delivered by the Rev. Willard G. Davenport and the Rev, John M. E. McKee. At the close of the service the congrega- tion adjourned to the Parish Hall, adjoin- ing the church, whose reconstruction im- provements have just been completed, and where a collation was served by Mrs. Johns and the other ladies of St. Agnes’ Chapter. —_.-—_ i Private Rainey Discharged. Private Charles Rainey, Company D, ist District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, now at, Tampa, Fla., has been di from the service of the United States. | Wl. HAHN & CO.’S Men’s Shoes. Our men's business hus shown a larger ratio of increase than any other nes. It Proves men are becoming betier shoppers than formerly. Youths’ Tennis Oxford wn, with leather In mer 5 and ¢ ed or molded rubber outer sules. 2 REBUILDING SALE PRICE 37c. lack Vicl Kid Soft and and ne Laced Shore and Oxfords, plan REBUIL $1.3 REBUILDING SALE PRICE... H1.37 ry Wome: bby Lace: Fine Hand-made Low and High tops or plain. kic the jAinert Mack aud russet ee aed oS eee may are finest ‘$s.50 1.8 $4 | REBUILDING SALE PR $2.3 ry Tand-sewed) Turned Welt Tan High Men's Strictly Hand-made Patent Leather } h or russel patent Kangaroo, bright” Kid Shocs and 2 tmmings and with plain kid or Oxte es of different siyles, tan and « REBUILDING SALE price.... 526607 | REBUILDING sane price... $2-87 « peer a = : A j 2 (930 & |1914& | 233 | § | | | Z 932 | 1916 Pa. Av.| 4 HOUSES, 7th St. | Pa. Av. S.E. | § eet eee ee ae ee a PEPER ERE RE REPRE RUM ——— — = ——————— = ———==5 BANNER YEAR FOR EXPORTS. THE HEROES BETWEEN DECKS. Agriculiural Products Sent WiLL Be Over 8800,000,000. farmers the United States are & upon other parts of the world for In the fiscal year which en h than in any preceding year of the country. Ey Away The draw m in the high- When our exports of acts nounted to $79,- passed by the record of es this month. reports of May e the bur: he preliminar tions which have orta~ au of statistics make it quite apparent that thc agricultural exports of the year will be yconsiderabiy in excess of $$00,000,000, the total for the year being likely to reach $55,000,000. Never before have the ex- ports of agricultural products reached the $80,000,000 line, and never but twice have S much as $70,000,000, the two in which they passed the $ 1€ being in 1881 and 1892. Com- pared with the last fiscal year the increase in exports of agricutural products will be been fully $1 ), and compared with the ceding year the increa: ill be over $250,000,000, while the total will be fully ear s In breadstuffs alone the exports of the year will amount to nearly $1,000,000 for each business day, and will be more than $100,060,000 in excess of last year's Nearly all artici das breadstuffs have participat this increase. Of w the 1 in value of the exports for the fiscal year 189% will be more than double those of the fiscal yeur 1897, while the increase in flour wili be nearly 50 per cent and of corn nearly 50 per cent in value. May exports of corn were larger than those of any other month in the history of the courtry, while the total exporis of corn for the year for the first time will pass the 200,000,000 bushel Hine, the total in only three preceding years having reached the 100,000,000 bushels. Cornmeal, oats and oat- meal and rye show a striking increase, the gain in oatmeal being more than 60 per cent over last year, and that of oats 100 per cent, while in rye the gain is also phenom- enally large. In “provisions,, in which term are in- cluded beef, hog and dairy products, there is also a inarked increase, the total exports of provisions for the year being likely to reach $160,000,000 in value. Most of this increase, however, is in hog products, ex- portations of bacon, which were $34,187, in value last year, being likely to reach $44,000,000 this year, and lard showing a similar increase, being likely to reach $37,- 600,000 this year, or a gain of nea $8,000, - 000. Live beef seems to be gaining in popu- larity with our foreign customers, the ex- ports of beef cattle having increased ma- terially, while those of beef, either fresh, canned or salted, have failed to show any increase, in most cases a decided falling off being noticeable. The exports of becf cattle during the first ten months of the fiscal year were 379,663, against 310.4 pounds in the corresponding months of last year, while fresh beef in the same period fell from 88,034 pounds in ten months of 1897 to 227,434,373 pounds in the corre- sponding ten months of 1898. Salted beef shows a fall of 35 per cent for the year and canned beet from 46,349,006 pounds in the ten months of 1897 to 34,011,129 pounds in the ten months of 1898. -<.___ Appointment of Army Officers, The War Department has made the fol- lowing table, showing the appointment of general officers and officers of the general staff, United States Volunteers, as appor- ticred among the states and the regular army: Alabama, sas, 6; California, 11; Colorado, 7; Connecticut, 8; Delaware, 2; Florida, 4; Georgia, 11; Ideho, 2; Ili- nois, 16; Indiana, 15; lowa, 15; Fansas, 3: Kentucky, 2; Louisiana, 1; Maine, 6; Mary land, 6; Massachusetis, 9; Michigan, 12 Minnesota, 12; Mississippi, 3; Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, —; New Hampshire, 4; New Jersey, 5; New York, 57; North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, 20; Oregon, 3; Pennsylvania, | 21: Rhode Island, South Carolina, 5; South Dakota, 1; Tennessee, 10; Texas, 9; Utah, 2; Virginia, 10; Vermont, 4; Washington, 1: West Virginia, 4; Wisconsin, 5; Wyoming, 2; District of Columbia, i Alaska, —; Arizona, 1; Indian territory, —; New Mex- ico, 1; Oxlahoma, —; United Staies army, 275; United States marine hospital, 1; to- tal, 633. 2+ ______ Gratitude of Costa Rica. Mr. Calvo, the minister from Costa Rica, has furnished the Secretary of State with @ copy of the treaty of peace between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, signed on board the U.S. 8. Alert in neutral waters of the Pa- cific ocean on the 26th of April last. In doing so Minister Calvo took occasion to y Theirs ix the With From the Bultimoi Sense of Duty Done, Glory. d praises r rho stood on the bridge Me and on his com- panions who were at their perilous 7 of duty on the upper deck that m crable morning in Santiago“harbor, let 1s not forget the heroes in the “stoke hole.” If Lieutenant Hobson and his asso were brave, what is to be said of the st lime courage of the en er whose hand Was at the throtile and the firemen who shoveled coal into the blazing furnaces the good sailed into the jaws of death, Here were herces, inde: and story, of romance an might inspire poets to the “ lofues t flights n of the historian with glowing in the great lottery for the of life. Whether he lost ing fame was his. Success meant the list- ing of his name on the roll of immortality along with those of Dew aul Jones, Decatur, Perry and Fa What a urel Wreath of everlasting glory for oné single act in the gr But down in the hold, twenty feet below the surface of the rolling billows, in oml+ nous darkness, relieved only by the light of flickering drone of the hull and th amps, no Sounds save the gine, the creaking of the swash of the lashing waves | came to tell aught of what was transpir- ing above. Nothing but the soul of valor to inspire such men! No place for them on fame’s eternal camping ground! } ing but the self-same spirit of Jim Bi soe to keep “her nozzle to the bank” ail but himself were safe on s The man with his hand upon the valve and his keen car intent upon the warning bells; the men, grimy, sweating, blacken- ed, furiously piling coal into the yawn blazing roaring furnaces—neither kno ing when the dread explosion would come that might send them, torn to fragments and scattered upon fearful doom—t of the Merrimac y knew there would be no lasting re- Ward for them, no glorious heritaze which they could transmit to their children, nd renown such as would envelop the lead ers at bermopylae, at the Alamo or t ie cool and daring lieutenant on the bridge above them. To them it was duty, plain and simple, humble and obscure, with the full knowledge that their reward must be the col rlousness of duty 1 performed, anual promotion, oniy a fleeting y: no pointing to the way where ts All honor, we say, to the intrepid engl+ neer and firemen of the Merrimac! Long may their memories be preserved by thelf admiring countrymen! All honor to men whose only reward is the consciousness of duty performed! the four se were wind: the to —— oe LEES ON LY TO REGULARS, Prohibition of Army Officers Acting as Civil Officials. The Attorney General has rendered an opinion of great interest to state officials and others who have accepted commissions in the volunteer army. He holds that sec- tion 1222 of the Revised Statutes. which prohibits army officers from exercising the functions of a civil office on penalty of lo: ing their army commissions, applies only to officers of the regular army. He is of opinion it would be unfair to construe the statute as affecting officers in the volun- teers because many of them accepted these positions believing that the war with Spain would be of brief duration, and therefore preferred not to relinquish the compensa- tion of the civil offices they held. The case in question was that of Mr. Grigsby. a state officer of South Dakota, who was ap- pointed colonel of one of the regiments of mounted riflemen authorized by the volun- teer army act. , is a matter which must be settled by the states themselves. ——~1—____ Distinguished Guest at Green. President Gallaudet of Gallaudet College has a guest of unusual prominence among educators of the deaf in Prof. John Heid-