Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1898, Page 4

— _ THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JULY -1,-1898—16 PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. FHE ‘AL ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS OF the National Union Insacence Co. of Washing- ton will be held at the office of the compay MONDAY, July 11, 1898. Polls open from 1 to 2 o'clock” p. m. 9 NOBLE D. LARNER, See's : TOR AND RU 2, NECTICUT AVENUE TURK: 0: SIAN BATT we; moderniy equipped; ele- gantly appointed; filtered water; expert | whi Attendants; open’ all night and Sunda; Cona. ave pit jyl-3m “I never disappoint. * Whatever’s Printable we print. One of the best-equipped, most thoroughly up-to-date offices in the city. Modern types, modern presses and best compositors and pressmen. Let us bid on your next Job. S. ADAMS, Prompt Printer, 512 11th et. If you've forgotten to get ‘new Blank Boo! for the fiscal year send . We Blank Books. Biank Books. Blank Books. 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Je20-10d , Washington, June 23, S and keepers of dogs {n it are hereby notifled that ¥ act of Congress on all or kept in eaid District will be due ‘ble on July 1, 1898. Upon payment of tags will be issued, as provided in said rder of the Commissioners of the Dis- Je: ION FOR THE nt physician of at the hospital 2) p.m. Applications should be the undersigned, JOHN F. of the medical staff, 2426 < FENCES AND PORCHES. sre DoW prepared to build Iron Fences and Best goods, best work and lowest Estimates furnished. Catalogue of Fences BARBER & ROSS, 11TH AND G STS. OsTEOPATHY. F. G. BAIRD. G. D. KIRKPATRICK. KIMBALL BLDG., 1417 G ST. N, Consultation and examfnation free. anS-tt e. my6-tf INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS aT’ YS Dawes saeeal ene COMMISSION COUNTRY EDUCATIONAL, EXCURSIONS Ce a ae ee eer er ae ee FOR KENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Miscellancous FOR RENT (Offers) FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RE. FORE FOR kt FOR SALE (Bicycles) FOR SALE (Houses) FOR SALE (Misc: laneou <D VEHICLES (Help) D (Henses) s (Hseellanecus) WANTED (Rooms). meme mnae WANTED TO REMOVE TROLLEY WIRES. Brightwood Company Authorized to Issue Bonds. ‘The House today agreed to the conference report on the bill requiring the Brightwood Railway Company to remove its overhead trolley from Kenyon to Marshall streets. The company is authorized to equip the road on those streets with the underground electric system, and for that purpose to {s- sue bonds not to exceed $150,000 in amounc, The company shall issue coupon tickets with the Capital Traction Company, to be gold four for 25 cents. o— WOMEN’S PATRIOTISM. Ladies of the General Land Office Will scribe $100 Per Month. ‘The Indies of the general land office met in the office of Chief Clerk Metzger a short time ago and formed an association for the Felief of the soldier boys at the front. Miss M. A. Patterson was elected president, Mrs. E. 8. Evans, secretary, and Miss Dora Schwarzkopf, treasurer. The ladies are pledged to subscribe $100 each month. ns Mr. Davis Retains Office. The Senate yesterday afternoon receded from its amendments to the sundry civil @ppropriation bill, which were still in dis- pute. One of these amendments related to the appointment of district attorneys and was aimed at District Attorney Davis. It provided that district attorneys who re- ceived their appointments from courts and not from the President cannot hold office beyond a session of Congress. In receding from this amendment the Senate left the matter so there is nothing to prevent Mr. Davis from retaining his office. ae If you went anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer, BALLOON ABOVE SANTIAGO Seen Taking Observations Yesterday of Spanish Fortifications. It Was Sent Up From the American Camp, in Charge of Two Men. NEW YORK, July 1.—A dispatch to the Journal from a correspondent in Santiago de Cuba states that a balloon sent up from the American camp was seen from San- tiago on Thursday. In the balloon were two men, seemingly taking observations of the Spanish fortifications about Santiago. CHICAGO, July 1.—The balloon that is now in active use and sailing over the be- leaguered city of Santiago and in plain view of 25,000 Spaniards and 17,000 Amer- icans, was shipped from Tampa _ with Shafter's forces, together with the sub- marine cables and other field telegraph equipment now being used by the Signal Corps of the regular army in Cuba. Mr. W. J. Lloyd, assistant district super- intendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, says that it is probably one of the finest and most improved equipments used in warfere. This balloon was shipped from Paris early in May and is charged with oxygen gas from tubular reservoirs which have been in use by the army for experimental purposes at Fort Riley. The balloon is first charged and then allowed ta ascend by means of wire cables from a large reel, made fast to a field wagon. The cable is used as a telegraph and telephone conductor, and the occupants of the balloon transmit to the ground their cbservations. ‘There fs little danger of ths balloon being pierced by a rifle shot on account of its constantly swaying condition and the ex- treme difficulty of hitting anything at an elevation of say 2,500 feet, which is the usual limit of a cable reel. Th2 French ciaim to have a gun which will pierce a balloon, but it is supposed there ure none in use either in the American or Spanish armies. Had one of these balloons heen atoard of Sampson's fleet much anxiety would have been preventsd pending the final discovery cf Admiral Cervera in San- tiago harbor. It is Mr. Lloyd's belief that the balloon is in charge of Major Joseph EB. Maxfield, who was formerly signal officer of the department of th2 Missouri, with Gen- eral Brookes of Chicago. This particular balloon has a lifting capacity of 300 or 400 pounds, which will enable it to carry two signal men of ordinary weight, as well as the necessary telegraph apparatus. This is said to be the first time that a balloon has ever been put in actual war service on this side of the Atlantic oceai a GUERRILLAS IN CANEY. Five Hundred of Them, With One Gun, in an Old Church. Special Dispatch to The Even'ng Star. Camp of the Ist Regiment, Wednesday, June 29 (via Playa del Este), July 1.—I ac- companied an advanced reconnaissance to Caney today. Five hundred Spanish guer- rillas were encamped there, entrenched be- hind a barbed wire’ fence and a ditch. They had one smalt gun, and an old church had been turned into a fort by the Spanish. There were no scouts or advanced outposts and no earthwork in the direction of Caney. This place probably will fall tomorrow. General Shafter came to the front today and camped. He has stopped the wagon trains, because the wagons stuck in the mud. The heavy rains yesterday will cause further delay. Troops are on extremely short rations, on account of the difficulty of packing pro- visions to the front. Working details from many regiments are roadmaking. Our outposts are now at El Poso, five miles from Santiago. A thou- sand Cubans, under Gonzales, hover about our front, performing good scout service. Charged With Having Violated the Pension Laws for Twenty Years, The pension office has just received in- formation of the arrest of Margaret Mc- Carty, Ellen Casey and Eugene Casey, charged with forgcry in the case of Mary McCarty, mother of Dennis, a deceased soldier of the civil war. These arrests are considered among the most important ever made by the department, as the culprits have been sucessfully impersonating a pen- sioner for more then twenty years. According to a report from the special examiner who worked up the case it ap- pears that the pensioner Mary McCarty died in this city, December 28, 1877. Since that time Margaret McCarty has personat- ed her mother and signed and sworn to the vouchers to May 4 last. In this she has been assisted by Mrs. Ellen Casey, another daughter of the deceased pensioner, end for the last three or four years a son of Ellen Casey, Eugene Casey, has been a witness. Mrs. Casey has been held in $1,000 bail for the action of the grand jury and her son, who is twenty years of age, in $500 bail. The principal, Margaret McCarty, {is reported sick in bed with inflammatory rheumatism and has not been given a hear- ing. She is, ho ver, in charge of a United States marshal. Several thousand dollars have been embezzled from the gov- ernment, the pension officials charge, in this case. ——_-e—_____ THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Effort to Have It Exempted From the Civil Service Law. Senator Pritchard today talked with the President about issuing an order appyr- tioning the appointments in the govern- ment printing office, as exclusively an- nounced in yesterday's Star. The senator is strongly of the cpinion that as long as the printing office remains under the cl service the appointments made from the eligible list ought to be apportioned among the states. The serator is extremely hope- ful that the President will shortly issue an crder modifying the civil service rules gov- erning the printing office. He Is urging the President to do this as soon as possible. A majority of the Senate has signed a pet! tion asking that the office be exempte The President is aware of this, and it believed that in the course of a few weeks ke will issue the order. Senator Pritchard has the matter ir charge, and is strongly backed by Senator Hanna and other leading republicans. - THE SENATE RECEDED. Agreed to Sundry Civil and Indian Appropriation Bi! The Senate late yesterday afternoon cleared tha legislative decks for what may be the final action upon the Hawaiian an- nexation resolutions. Through its action the last of the appropriation bills that has been pending in conference was disposed of and was a Jaw before midnight. After a debat2 lasting three hours the Senate finally receded from its amendments to the sundry civil and adopted the con- ference report on the Indian appropriation bill. Mr. Allison (lowa), in charge of the bills, explained that it was necessary that the reports should be agreed to last nvight, as that was the last of the fiscal year. He pointed out that if the bills were not laws by midnight they would have to be pass2d again by the two branches of Congress. The delay consequent upon such action would seriously embarrass the government and might force Congress to remain in ses- sion sev2ral weeks longer. In denouncing the action of the conferees for striking out the free homes provision of the Indian bill, Mr. Pettigrew (S. D.) charged the republican party with being dominated by the “mon2y power” and with the election of senators by the corrupt use of money. Mr. Bate (Tenn.) and Mr. Tillman (8. C.) discussed at length the Hawaiian annexa- tion resolutiors. The latter discussed the rac2 problem from the standpoint of a southern man, and was characteristicaily vigorous in his remarks. He accounted for the slight interest manifested in the Ha- wailan debate by saying that the question was fully discussed in executive session zarly last winter, and that it was only nat- ural that there should be a lack of interest and. an unwillingness to listen to a repeti- tion of speeches delivered then. At 6:34 p.m. the Senate went into execu- tive session, and at 6:37 adjourned, A DESERVED PROMOTION. Mr. Cortelyou Made Assistant Secre- tary to the Presiden: President McKinley has appointed George Bruce Cortelyou of New York assistant secretary to the President, to fill the addi- tional position of that grade recently cre- ated by Congress. For nearly three years Mr. Cortelyou has been the chief executive clerk to the Prest- dent. He was born in New York, July 26, 1862. He received his education in public and private schools; tutored classes in English literature at Cambridge, Mass.; returned to New York, studied stenography and was appointed confidential stenogra- Pher in the United States appraiser's office at New York. In October, 1889, was ap- pointed private secretary to the post office inspector in charge at New York. In July, 1891, Mr. Cortelyou was appoint- ed private secretary to Mr. Rathbone, fourth assistant postmaster general. He resigned in March, 1892, upon the advent of the new administration, but was reappoint- ed by Mr. Maxwell, assistant postmaster feneral. In addition to his duties as pri- vate secretary, he was acting chief clerk of the office and had much to do with the organization of the bureau of the fourth assistant postmaster general. In Novem- ber, 1895, he was appointed stenographer to the President and in February, 1896, ex- ecutive clerk to the President. He is a graduate of the law schools of the Georgetown and Columbian Universities, receiving from the former the degree of LL. B., from the latter the degree of LL. M. He has been for many years a member of the New York Press Club and has been a frequent contributor to newspapers and periodicals, When Mr. Porter became secretary to the President he assigned to the executive clerkship many duties not heretofore asso- ciated with the place. He is the confiden- tial clerk to President McKinley, and to him the President dictates his addresses, messages and other state papers. Under the direction of Secretary Porter, he pre- pares these documents for the public print- er and the press. He also has charge of Mrs. McKinley's correspondence and the a ent of her receptions. During the of the present administration his duties have been of an exceedingly im- portant and confidential character, and particularly has this been so of late, the work and respo ities of his position having been greatly increased since the declaration of war with Spain. Mr. Cor- telyou's appointment was a personal one with the Pre ALMOST UNBEARABLE, Humanity Sweltering From the In- tense Heat. When the sun this morning first peeped over the edge of the eastern horizon those who were up and about realized that bis Gaze was arient to an intense degree, and as the old fellow climbed higher and higher toward the zenith everybody who kad arisen later came to the same con- clusion. By 10 o'clock it became pretty evident that so far as human feeling was concerned, which {s really the only proper test of temperature, anyhow, today would be the most unbearable of all the hot days which have been experienced here this year. The sun beat down relentlessly from a cloudless sky, and a responsive gridiron 0! asphalt streets and avenues threw back its glare with almost added interest, and to make things worse a lazy breeze picked up and wafted everywhere the atmosphere irade stifling and sickening by this dual action of direct and reflected heat. It was noticeable that hot weather jokes were scarce. The heat was too serious for even the scoffers to find it a matter for humor. It was aiso noticeable that the streets, after the noon hour, were unusual- ly deficient in pedestrians. Few were out Save those vhose business compelled them to be, and ihese moved more slowly than usual and made frequent stops in shady Places. ‘Two thus met under an F street ay-rin wful, aia’t it?” queried the one in a crash suit, swabbing lis brow with a hand- kerchief already wet and limp from con- stant use of the same sort. “Yep, pretty bed,” replied the other, who was clad in blue serge, “but just think of our boys Cown ut Santiago fighting in weather just like this.” “Dogged if there "t some solace in that,” said che othe; n. “Less go and get a high ball and drink to those brave boys.” And the suit said: “T'll go yo MYSTE ASSAULT. Young Colored Man Beaten Into In- sensibility. A young colored :nan named William Col- bert was assaulted ond seriously injured about 11 o'clock last night on a lot near He was un- 3d and Q streets northwest. ce us wh Policeman Br, Gregor pic d him up and Frecdmen’s Hospital. The doctors found he had been kicked in the eye and had re- ceived several bruises about the head. Soon after he reached the hospital the in- jured man regained consciousness afd went heme. A colored woman known as “Toot- sie’ West was arrested on suspicion, but was subsequently released. Colbert and his little boy were walking across the lot when the former found a pair of slippers and an umbrella. It was while he was investigating his find that he was assaulted by an unknown colored man who 18 supposed to have been with the owner of the slipper, and these were ciaimed by the woman who was arrested. She denied that she had witnessed the as- sault. Her statement was that she was on her way home from an excursion and stopped on the lot to rest. When the as- sault was committed she says she was at the corner of 8d and P streets, and had left her slippers and umbrella in charge of the young man whom she had met down the river. REMAINS THE SAME. Brewers Did Not Advance Price of the Amber Fluid. A ccnference at which, it is stated, all the heads of the various breweries in Washington and vicinity except Mr. C. Heurich was present was held last evening at the office of the brewers’ exchange, on 4% street northwest, for the purpose of considering the advisability of increasing the price of beer. One of those who attend- ed said he had interviewed Mr. Heurich as to his views on the subject, and the latter replied that he did not intend to change the price from the present figure and would pay the government tax for his customers. In view of the stand taken by Mr. Heu- rich, the meeting adjourned without de- pee. upon their future course in the mat- ier. —__-.__. Agreement on Sundry Civil Bill. ‘The House today agreed to the conference report on the sundry civil appropriation GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER Verdict in the Case éf Charles Kuhnert, Charged With Murder. ST Se Alleged to Have Been the Cause of Robert J. Coyle’s Death— The Septence, —+ The trial of Charles ‘Kiifinert, charged with the murder of Phomas J. Coyle, the cigar dealer and subititute*letter carrier, March 18 last, was sd in Criminal Court No. 2 this morning“ before Judge Bradley. The morning was consumed in examining additional witnesses for the government, but very little new light was thrown on the rather mysterious killing. The witnesses were questioned by Prose- cuting Attorney Shillington and cross-ex- amined by Mr. Sillers, attorney for the de- fendant. At 1 o’clock this afternoon Justice Brad- ley instructed the jury to return a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. The d2fendant Was then sentenced to eight months in jail and fined $10. Fhis action was taken with the consent of the defense, who offered no testimony. The tsrmination of the case was abrupt. Coyle and Kuhnert were drinking in Geary’s saloon on F street southeast, when the former was struck. Coyle walked out of the saloon, complaining of a pain in his head. He grew worse that night, and died early the following morning. A post- mortem examination disclosed the fact that Coyle’s skull had been fractured, and, emonnace following, resulted in his leath, The Affray in the Saloon. James A. Geary, proprietor of the saloon at 902 Ist street sdutheast, told of th> Grinking by Coyle and the accused, Kuhn- ert, in his place March 18, the evening of the fatal assault. Neither was intoxicated. Kuhnert sald he was going home. Coyle ask2d the accused if he wanted him to go by New Jersey avenue and L street. Kuhn- ert not answering, Coyle repeated the ques- tion, when Kuhnert was seen to turn and f3ll Coyle with a fist blow. Geary was compelled to put Kuhnert out of the room to avoid further trouble. When he had gone Coyle wanted to follow his assailant, but was detained fully five minutes. Coyle left the piace about 10:20 o'clock, returning shortly before mtdnight with his brother- in-law, James Hart, and ordering drinks. After Coyle had swallowed a little he be- gan vomiting. Geary heard nothing pass between Coyle and Kuhnert to justify the blow. Mrs. Mary A. Coyle told of finding her husband about midnight in the lower hall, unable to speak, but pointing to the bruises on his nose and head. She did her best for him, but he died early the next morn- ing. She did not hear her husband fall and she did not think he fell off the sofa, al- though he must have been sitting on it before she found him. The defense clatms that Kuhnert is ig- norant of how Coyle received the fatal frac- ture and that the case is lacking in every essential of murder surroundings. Blow Struck by Kuhnert. Witnesses this morning told of the blow struck by Kuhnert in Geary’s saloon the night of the affray, when Coyle was knocked down and cut on the nose. The first witness called was John Brack- enborough, a colored man, who was in the saloon, and witnessed the difficulty. There was no ill feeling apparent between the two men when the blow was struck. He saw nothing in Kuhnert's hand, but after he had struck the first blow with his fist the defendant grabtied for a bottle and glass on the bar, but the ‘witness caught him and helped to prevent any further trouble. George, Chapman, colored, who works in Geary’s saloon, gave practically the same version of the difficulty, ing that when Kuhnert struck Ccyle the latter’s nose bled a little. Kuhnert was shoved out of the place and Coyle was, restrained from fol- lowing by Geary. , Irving W. Archer Of 1004 South Capitot street. a watchamn at the railroad cross- ing at New Jersey avenue, near Geary’s salodn, saw the two men together about 10:30 o'clock the night of March 18, just after the saloon trouble. Coyle said to Kuhnert: ‘Charley, you treated me dirty.” Kuhnert replied, “That's all right; you had no right to slur me.” Coyle replied that he would meet his assailant again face to face, but would not “do him” as he had done. Cut and Bruise. Coyle showed witness the cut on his nose and a blue bruise on the left temple. Wit- ness felt the bruise and found it was soft. Coyle coraplained of his head. Ou. cross-exammation, Archer sald he was not sure, but thought Coyle had on a jerby hat at the time. Coyle was his friend. Heard Kuhnert say something about seeking police protection. Wm. J. Bolger of 602 I street southeast, a young white man, who knew the dead man and the defendant, stated on the wit- ress stand that he was near Watchman Archer's box the night of the tragedy. He corroborated Archer's testimony regarding the cut on Coyle’s nose and the bruise on his left ternple. Coyle did not appear to be drinking that night, and he did not know him as a drinking man, He did not hear Kuhnert say anything about police pro- tection. He saw Archer place his hand on Coyle's bruise. At the Watch Box. James B. Gallagher of 804 Sth street southwest, a clerk at the Baltimore and Potomac railroad freight office, was next sworn. He was in Watchman Archer's box at New Jersey avenue when Coyle and Kuhnert came from Geary’s saloon. Coyle told Kuhnert he would meet him again. The latter, walking away, muttered some- thing about police protection. Coyle, speak- ing of the bruise on his temple and cut on his nose, said that in Geary’s he had treat- ed Kuhnert several times. Kuhnert said: “Tommy, I owe you 50 cents.” “That's all right; I'll meet you at River View some time,” Coyle said he replied. ‘What do you mean by that?” Kuhnert demanded. Coyle replied that he meant no harm. Then Coyle declared that Kuhnert asked him to go home with him; that Kuhnert had been drinking several days and want- ed Coyle to fix things for him. The latter said he would go only as far as New Jersey avenue and L street. He refused again to walk home with Kuhnert, when: the latter struck him. Coyle said to witness that he did not know how many times he was struck. Gallagher said he felt Coyle’s’ bruise and found it to be soft. Coyle shook his head constantly and said: “Oh, how my head hurts.” The injured man seemed miserable. talked all right, but appeared to stunned. Vomiting Caysed by Injury. Deputy Coroner Glazebrook was recalled, and stated that Cgyle’s , vomiting after Kuhnert's blow was, evideptly due to the brain injury. The fracture itself did little immediate damage, the énsuing hemo rhage gradually overccm! the victim, He might have wa! ground for two sys, that depending upon.the flow of the hemorrhage. 5 Joseph B. Hart, a czar nlaker and broth- er-in-law of Coyle, told of the injured man visiting his house just after the saloon a: fair. He saw a cut,on nQse and discol- oration of the left temple. Coyle held ints hand to his head, complaii all the time. James E. Hart, another Dfother-in-law of the dead man, who returned to the saloon with Coyle, told of the bruise on the left temple, and described Coyle’s death. Mrs. Debo-ah Hart,-wife:af Joseph Hart, added important testimony, Judge's: Ruling. The presecution closed just before the noon recess, with the examination of James Callahan, who was in Geary’s saloon at the time of the occurrence. At this point Mr. Albert Sillers, attorney for the defendant, moved that the case be taken from the jury, as the government's evidence was insufficisnt- This motion was overruled by Justice Bradley. Mr. Sillers then moved that the jury should consider the case as one of manslaughter and not of murder. Prosecutor Shillington replied at some length. Judge Bradley stated that he would instruct the jury that the case was not one of murder, and that it would be for them to determine whether or not it was a Th 4 cfenee will gat Il its testiraony ie defense Ww! in this afternoon. sai "The Jury Secured. A jury was ‘secured after The Star's re- He be port closed yesterday afternoon. It con- sists of the following: George P. Downey, T. D. Manning, jr., William T. Reed, John ©. T. McCarthy, Charles M. Turner, Chas. F. Obold, Patrick Vaughn, W. H. Mickle, ir., arles B. Henson, John A. McNulty, Charles A. McNair and David E. Jenkins. The first witness called for the United States was Dr. Larkin W. Glazebrook, deputy coroner. The witness said he had examined Coyle at the morgue and found him to be a small, emaciated man, in the first days of consumption. There was a clean-cut wound on the left side of the nose, evidently by some sharp in- strument. On the ieft side of the head was a hole, although the skin was not broken or bruised. Opening the scalp he found a bad fracture of the skull, the bones in the center being dep! about three-quarters of an inch. man's death was due to hemorrhage subsequent to the fracture. Dr. Glazebrook said he was struck with the remarkable thinness of the skull of the dead man, its thickness at the point of fracture being scarcely one-sixteenth of an inch. Held to the light it could be seen through. Ordinarily the skuil is about one- half an inch in thickness at that point. The farcture was made, in his opinion, by some blunt instrument. It might have been. made by the man falling violently against a chair, Dr. Glazebrook said, on cross-examination, but was not by failing on the floor or against any smooth object. Dr. Albert E. Johnson, who attended Coyle before death, was called, and his tes- timony was similar to that of the first wit- ness. ———— FULL OF GOOD READING. Some of the Special Features in the Big Saturday Star. Filled with bright, ‘entertaining matter suitable for warm weather reading, the big Saturday Star this week will be a rich lit- erary mine in which all may delve, know- ing that they are sure to find treasure. Women will find much to interest them in the fashion letters from The Stars special correspondents on both sides of the Atlantic. There will be a capital short story for boys, as well as fiction for grown- ups; letters descriptive of travel and inci- dents in foreign lands will be a marked feature, and, all in all, tomorrow's paper will be an excellent example of modern, up-to-date journalism. The special short story this week is en- titled “Fourth of July Riding at Galena,” and {s written by Carlos Pilgrim. This story gives a graphic and entertaining ac- count of a popular frontier pastime which was indulged in on the national holiday. It tells of the skill and endurance of the brawny westerner, Joe Curlew, in handling a wild horse, and how young Pedro won from him the honors of the day in his ex- hibition of bareback riding on the back of @ frantic steer. Among other features worthy of note in tomorrow’s paper may be mentioned the following: DECIDEDLY DUTE€H (Illustrated). ‘Another in the valuable series of articles printed in The Star describing the West Indies. This time Curacao is the sub- ject of a particularly timely sketch. A WONDERFUL CITY (illustrated). Frank Carpenter tells of some of the queer features of life and business in La Paz, in the heart of Bolivia. FASHION’S FANCIES (lllustrated.) Just now the rage is all for baby ribbons on gowns and underwear; some novel- ties in lingerie. RINGED JAGUAR OF AMAZONAS (Illus- trated). Another of the thrilling adventures of Matthew Quin, wild beast agent, written for the delectation of boys. ASHES OF EMPIRE (Illustrated). The eleventh installment of Robert W. Chambers’ thrilling serial. MIDSUMMER MUSLINS (illustrated). Materials that are-at once seasonable and becoming and fit in well with the land- scape. THE SKIES IN JULY (lustrated). Points of interest to amateur astrono- mers; how to locate the constellations and planets. LIVE TO REGRET IT. Soldiers and sailors find that “bucking,” or resisting authority, does not pay. OUR OWN GREAT DAY. Some of the noteworthy celebrations of the Fourth of July through which may be traced the present observance of the day. ——EE FAIR, High Temperature Indicated for Twenty-Four Hours, Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary- land, fair weather tonight and Saturday; continued high temperature; variable or southerly winds. For Virginia and North Carolina, fair to- night and Saturda; ight variable winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— An area of high pressure covers the gulf States, the Ohio valley and the lake re- gions. The pressure is also high on the north Pacific coast. An area of low pres- sure covers the Saint Lawrence valley and a depression, central in Colorado, covers the Rocky mountain slope and upper Mis- souri valley. The barometer has fallen in New England and in the Missouri valley; it has risen in the lake regions and on the Rocky mountain plateau. The temperature is higher in New Eng- land and lower on the Rocky mountain plateau. Occasional showers have fallen in the lower Mississippi valley and in the north- ern Rocky mountain districts. Fair weather, with high temperature, is indicated for New Engiand, the Atlantic and gulf states, and the Ohio valley tonight and Saturday. . The following heavy precipitation (in iushes) Was reported: Sioa uring the past twenty-four hours—Saint Paul, 1.22; Helena, 1.46. ‘Wenther in Cuba, HAVANA, July 1, 8 a.m.—Barometer, 30.08; temperature, 80; wind, east, eight miles; weather partly cloudy. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 84; condi- tion, 86; receiving reservoir, temperature, 84; condition at north connection, 36; condi- tion at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, 81; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36, Tide Table. 11:27 am. and 11:38 The Sun and Moon, ‘Today—Sun rises, 4:38 a.m.; sun sets, 7:29 p.m. ‘Moon sets, 2:47 a.m. tomorrow. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises, 4:39 a.m. ‘The City Lights. Mie es all eee by aie ex- inguishing begun at 8:47 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. lamps lighted at 8:22 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:02 em. Records for Twenty-Four Hours, The following were the readings of ths thermometer at the weather bureau for the Seen out hours beginning at 4 p.m. yes- terday: June 30-4 p.m., 88; 8 p.m., 84; 12 mid~ night, 74. July 1—4 a.m., 72; 8 a.m., 78; 12 noon, 93; 2F.m., 96. vm, 96, at 2 p.m., July 1; minimum, “ike foliowiig were the readings e fol ing were reat of the baromoter at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 p.m. yesterday: June 30-4 p.m., 80.07; 8 p.m., 80.07; 12 midnight, 30.10. : ly 1—4 a.m., 80,12; @.m., 80.16; ‘noon, 80.14; 2 p.m. 80.11.” RED CROSS WORK It is Explained by the Ohairman of the Local Committee. How the Organization Came About and Something of Its Inter- esting Career. Mr. B. H. Warner, who is chairman of the local committee of the American Na- tional Red Cross, was questioned today by a Star reporter as to the extent of the work which the Washington committee would undertake. He said the work would be confined to the sick at Camp Alger and Fort Myer, and that no supplies would be furnished nor work done that was not con- sidered necessary by the surgeons in charge. Headquarters have been established at 1310 G street and supplies which would be useful in case of sickness are to be sent there. Mr. Charles J. Bell is treasurer of the committee and money contributions are sent to him at the American Security and Trust Company. z In answer to a question as to what the Red Cross stands for, Mr. Warner said that during the past few days information on this point had been frequently called for. He gave the following general descrip- tion of the work and purposes of the or- ganization: Work of the Organization. It does not indicate any religious creed. Briefly stated, the Red Cross stands for re- lief, and the work of the American hation- al Red Cross now is to relieve the recon- centrados in Cuba, as well as our own sol- diers and sailors who may be sick or wounded. Its relief will be carried to every sufferer from war with whom any of its agents come in contact. The Red Cross had its origin at or about the time of the battle of Solferino in the Italian war of 1859. The formation of the society was suggested by M. Dunant, who witnessed the large amount of suffering incident to that terrible struggle, in which more than a quarter of a million of men were engaged. A committee was formed in 1863 to consider the question of ameliorat- ing the suffering of the sick and wounded in the time of war. As a result of the de- liberations of this committee and other con- ferences, a plan was adopted at a confer- ence in Geneva in October, 1863, at which fourteen different governments were repre- sented. Important measures were dis- cussed at this conference. A red cross with a white ground was adopted as the insignia of the aid societies. Resolutions were adopted as to the charac- ter of aid to be furnished and calling upon the different governments for co-operation. Since that time there have been wide dis- cussions as to the purpose of the society. Perhaps one of the most important accom- plishments of the society was the inter- national! treaty, signed at a conference held in Geneva, in August, 1864, by the repre- sentatives of twelve powers. This treaty was called the Geneva convention. Among its most important provisions is the fol- lowing: The Geneva Convention. “The belligerents must take care of the sick or wounded soldiers whom they may find, without distinction of nationality. Men who may be cured, but are incapable of serving again, must, if they belong to the enemy, be nt back to their own country instead of being kept as prisoners of war. Hostile acts must not be committed against ambulances and hospitals, nor can they be appropriated if there are sick or wounded in them, and they are not guarded by a military force. Ambulances cannot be de- prived of their material in any case; and patients discharged from them are to be re- garded as neutra) Hospital personnel, administrative as well as medical and re- ligious, is declared to be neutral, and its members cannot be interrupted in the per- formance of their duties, nor kept in cap- tivity. Inducements are held out to the inhabitants of those places where battles are fought, in order that they may be en- couraged to assist in the sanitary service of armies. Finally, for the personnel and material on which the convention confers certain immunities, as a sign by which they may be recognized, use should be made of a flag or an armlet bearing a red cross on a white ground, which the military au- thorities ef the belligerents alone have the right to grant.” Attracting General Attention. The Red Cross movement is now attract- ing general atter.tion throughout the civ- ilized world. During the early days of the Franco-German war Miss Clara Barton, so widely known in this ccuntry for her rela- tions with charitable work, was invited to go to the field and see the work of the German Red Cross. She accepted the in- vitation, and since that date has devoted a large portiom of her time to the advocacy of Red Cro3s principles and methods. In this country the Red Cross has been most preminent in the relief afforded the suf- ferers from the Johnstown fiood, the Mis- sissipp! floods ard the ratsing of supplies for the famice stricken peasants of Rus- sia. For nearly six months it afforded re- Nef for nearly 6,000 negroes off the coast of South Carolina. The work of Miss Bar- ton in connoction with the massacres in Asia Minor is also of recent date and is well known. The War and Navy Departments of the United States accepted the tender of the services of the American National Red Cross on the 8th of June, and representa- tives have now gone into various camps and also into Cu’ under the supervision of Miss Barton, who has already effected a landing. The Red Cross steamer Texas was loaded months ago with food and hos- pital supplies, orginally intended for the relief of the recencentrados. The mission of this steaner, however, owing to com- plications of war could not be carried ou:, and Miss Barton now intends to personally superintend the relief of the sufferers for whom these surplies were intended and also sick and wounded soldiers and sailors. ees WATSON JOINS SAMPSON. The Commodore Reports His Arrival Off Santingo. Commodore Watson has reported to the Navy Department his arrival off Santiago. He js in consultation with Admiral Samp- son respecting the details of the cruise to Spain, which it is expected will occupy fully ‘four months, provided the war en- dures that length of time. The delays to which the Spaniards are subject at Port Said will redound very greatly to the ad- vantage of Admiral Dewey if Camara is still in reality bound for the Philippines, for they insure the arrival of almost the whole of General Merritt's military force and almost certainly of the cruiser Charies- ton and the monitors Monterey and Mo- nadnock before the Spanish squadron could reach Manila harbor. The Wounded of Quasina. ‘The Secretary of War has received a dis- patch from General Shafter, dated Siboney, Cuba, June 29, saying: “Edward Marshall reported better. Oll- vette should be kept here. About forty men that doctors will send back by first opportunity to Key West.” General BShafter’s dispatch shows that the men wounded at the battle of Quasina will be sent to Key West as soon os possi- ble, but not by the hospital ship Olivette, which will be retained in Cuban waters to meet any emergency which may require her services. The Military Telegraph. General Greely, chief signal officer, has received a dispatch from Lieutenant Col- onel Allen, chief signal corps in Cuba, an- nouncing that a telegraph and telephone station had This portance to the officials of the War Depart- ment, as it insures to them practically di- rect communication with General Shafter. ———-—»——____. Mr. Allen Made No Such Statement. FINANCIAL. 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Cross, who has charge of the White House police squad, has issued! orders that objectionable persons must not be permitted to enter the Whitc House grounds to listen to the Saturday after-' noon concerts of the Marine Band. It is the intention of Lieut. Cross to make everything pleasant for the large number of people who attend these concerts. 7 Lieut. Cross will also forbid the distribu- tion of fans containing advertisemcats and programs the concert. He says that a¢-— vertisements of this kind ere against the