Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1898, Page 3

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Sincerely you Holi “ing of the stockholders of the CITY A} BURBAN RAILWAY COMPANY OF W TON will be held at the company's office, and D sts. n.e., Washington, D. €., on the day of July, 1808, at 12 o'clock noon, fc arpose of ‘authorizing increase of the capital ck of the company 222 SE STEVENS, Secretary, “I Never Disappoint.” In Printin stin > high-grade appearance that it as the work of thoroughly ex- ‘ed printers and pressmen. Let us a letter head, head, a cir- be particular ADAMS, Prompt Printer, 512 1ith. jy23-14d Globe Prinitng Office. Yew Faces’’ - — as bi 2 t for a printer to keep ap his type as a merchant All the new face types bere, you the neatest, most a b you can get. Hartman & Cadick, 1001 F. ““We Print and Engrave Arythin<. _Je16-3m When you're ready for that FLAG POLE don’t for- get to order it “at the mill.” es § feet to 150 feet—S0e. to $500—any i, Ist end Ind. ave. "Phone 217. 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LEGAL NUTICES... LOCAL MENTION LOST AND FOUND. MEDICAL OCEAN TRAVEL..... OFFICIAL NOTICES... PERSONAL. saeaee POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PIANUS AND ORGANS. PROPOSALS. RAILROADS. .. - STELIAL NOTICES. STORAGE. . ae SUBURBAN PROPERTY. SUMMER RESCRTS.. UNDERTAKERS. .. WANTED (Help). WANTED (Ho-ses)... WANTED (Miscellaveous). WANTED (Rooms) WANTED (Situations)... WAREHOUSES Raleigh Wynrer, colored, living at No. 950 E street southwest, was found sick near 7th and E streets southwest about 6 o'clock Scturday afternoon. He was removed to his home in tne patrol wagon. Miss Annie Tass fell from a car at 9th and F streets last night about 10:30 o'clock end injured her head. She was taken to her bome, No. 633 2d street, in a cab. THE DISTRICT BOYS| Their Trip From Key West to Santi- ago de Cuba. A PLUCKY LITTLE CONVOY How the Time Was Spent on Board the Ship. MEN IN GOOD HEALTH Special From a Staff Corr. of The Evening Star, ON BOARD U. S. TRANSPORT CATANIA, Friday, July 8, 1898. The District troops took their farewelk lcok at the shore of their own country about 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. To- aay, about the same hour, they caught the first glimpse of the land which they hope to help free from the hated rule of Spain. The Catania’s log shows that the noon ob- servation today places the ship's position in latitude 21 deg. 23 min. north, longitude 76 deg. 02 minutes west. This, translated into shore language, means that we are abcut ten miles norta of a point called Lu- cretia, on the Cuban coast. With a con- tinuation of the good luck that we have had up to this time, we should reach San- tiago de Cuba about noon tomorrow (Sat- urday). This fs our sixth day aboard ship, and the men are standing the trip remarkably well. Outside of a few cases of seasick- Surgeons Pyles and Cox have had no for their professional services. Without Water. The Catania got away from Key West about 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, after a vexatious delay of over twenty-four heurs, getting some broken-down machin- ery repaired and our supply of fresh water renewed. This was the most trying expe- rience of the trip. Our men had the morti- fication of seeing the Hotilla of transports they expected to accompany sail away Tuesday morning without them. Then fol- lowed a long wait in the sweltering sun, which beats down on the harbor at Key West uniil it would not seem surprising to am arising from the waters. But they stood {t like the real veterans they are, and stood it without complaining. To add to the general discomfort, the circu- lating pump had broken down, and there quite a while when the men were without water. Even this serious matter was treated as a jest by most of the Dis- trict boys. I saw ane stalwart young fel- low go up to his first sergeant and ask for water. “There is Lone; the pumps are out of order,” said the sergeant. “Is that so?” replied the trooper. “Well, I just believe they have shut off the water because they thought I would get rusty if i drank it. You know they all say I have n constitution. it became apparent that the Dis- roops could not get away with the jorts §t became an interesting other qvestion whether we would have te make the trip without an escort. The Catania cerries no guns. and the small arms of Col. Harries’ men would have been no match for the smaltest mounting no heavier ordnance than a 4- pounder. Our ship can only make about ten knots under the most favorable cir- cumstances, and oftener steams stead along at eight. Rumor places several small Spanish gunboats in and around Ha- vana. It would be well worth the risk for some ambitious Spaniard to take the chances of the blockade for so helpless a mark as we would make. The gallant colonel, however, after a consultation with the skipper of the Ca- Spanish gunboat, tania, determined to take th, isk. soing around by the southwest passage. That evening, however, he went ‘ashore, and Commodore Howell told him he could hav the Wasp, one of the converted yachts of the mosquito flotilla, to convoy him down. A Plucky Little Convoy. When we had gotten outside the bar next y our welcome little companion steamed up on our port side and hailed our cap- tain on the bridge. “I have the honor to accompany you to Santiago,” shouted the commander of the naval vessel through his megaphone. Then, after some inquiries as to the speed the transport could make, he gave the follo ing di ons : “You will take and keep a place about S00 yards off my port quarter. In the event that an enemy approaches during the night you will be warned of the fact by two bright red rockets from the Wasp, upon which you will make your escape by the disengaged side, and 1 will attend to the enemy.” While this was going on the Wasp had almost crossed our bows and was steam- ing away rapidly to take the position she had designated. The faces of the District soldiers presented a curious study. They looked at each other with an expression like that one sometimes sees at.a play when some dramatic climax arouses feel- ings which can be expressed either in laughter or tears. The Catania, about 400 t long and her decks crowded with a thousand armed men eager to face any foe, and this little cockle shell of a gunboat, about one-fourth as long and with a crew of less than fifty grinning sailors, calmly tells to get away when danger ap- proaches and leave the rest to him. It was, in a way, like the Lovie Randall offering to convoy one of the Norfoik liners. But three long glistening 4-pounders on the deck of the Wasp explained it all, and the District boys understood it. It came al- most near to opera bouffe, but the earnest- ness of the commander of the little naval craft saved the situation from that and changed it to a tragedy-promising war drama For two nights the eyes of the District boys were turned, not without some little anxiety, on a bright white light ahead which marked the position of our convoy; but the red rockets, fortunately, were not sent up. Prospect of a Serap. Yesterday afternoon, however, we were treated to a prospect of a “scrap.” Far away on the horizon ahead of us our keen- eyed captain on the br ige of the Catania sighted a thin line of snoke. He promptly rotified Col. Harries and soon had half a dozen officers and the newspaper men aboard with him on his high perch, peering out to sea through their marine glasses to try and make out the stranger. Meantime there was evidence of the greatest activity on the Wasp. The little yacht-gunboat, which had been creeping along at about half speed waiting on us, began to wake up, and as the black smoke poured out of her funnel she seemed to get away like a greyhound after a hare. A hoist of flags broke out on her signal hal- yards, notifying us to look out for trouble as she sped away. It was a lively sight for the troopers aboard the Catania, and all eyes were strained to see the outcome. Pretty soon we were able to make out enough of the stranger to see that our little friend was sreatly outclassed in point of size, but I do not believe there was a man aboard the Catania, from the colonel down to the col- ored boy, George, who waits on Major "\ THE BEST NATURAL APERIENT **Must be 88 one of the finest aupopgst natural lent Waters known."”"—The Hospital. Urell, who had the slightest fear as to the outcome, There was something so inspir- ing in the remembrance of those words shouted to us through the megaphone by her intrepid commander. Well, it soon turned out that the stranger was a friend, and the signals announcing that fact carried something of a disappoint- ment, perhaps, to all parties concerned, Going Through Their Paces. Though they are taking it easy on board ship the District men are not without em- ployment. There are the usual calls sound- ed and reports to be made. The Catania has three decks, upon which the three bat- talions are stowed away in hammocks. To give all the men a chance for a breath of fresh air on the spar deck a rule has been established to change berths every two hours, so that each battalion has two hours eut of every six on this upper deck. The men of each battalion, too, as they come on this deck are put through a five-minute Grill in what is known as the setting-up ex- ercises. Each man thus gets twenty min- utes’ drill during the twenty-four hours. This rule has no doubt been largely re- sponsible for the good health enjoyed by the men. ‘The officers have not been idle either. Twice a day they meet on the after deck, where they are put through an hour's course of instruction in military matters by Maj. Hine. The non-commissioned offi- cers go through a similar school, taught by the officers of their respective companies. The evenings are usually passed in a pleasant social way, singing being the pre- vailing choice of amusement, though dra- matic recitations and music by the band are occasional diversicns. Since we got to sea the weather has been delightful. We have had the strong south- east trade winds dead ahead almost ever sirce we left Key West, and in spite of the warm gulf stream the ship has cooled off wonderfully, and a refreshing night's rest is obtainable even in the lower hold. Arrival at Siboney. SIBONEY, Provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Sunday, July 10, 189s. ‘The District troops arrived here early this morning, having been just one week out from Port Tampa. About thirty-six hours of this time, however, our engines Were broken dcwn, and we were either drifting helplessly or barely maintaining enough speed for steerageway. We came through the Wirdward passage early yes- terday morning, and nearly all day were in plain sight of the hills of Santiago proy- ince. This is a most uninviting looking sec- tion, along the ccast, at least, and the gen- eral sentiment of the District boys was that if this was Cuba the Spaniards ought to be iad to give it up to the insurgents or any one els? who would take it. Ghastly evidence that war, real war, was on became apparent as we steamed west- ward from Guantanamo. The bodies of dead sailors, Spaniards I suppose, began to be sighted, and it soon became almost s9 common as to cease to arouse interest among the men. Arrived here at Santiago there was ad- ditional evidence among our own men that war was being waged fiercely just up the coust at Santiago. They were carrying our poor fellows down from the camp of Gen. Srafter and placing them on the hospital skip Solace and the Red Cross ship State of Texas. ‘They were all wounded, more or Jess severely, and as they lay about the bank on stretchers in the broiling hot sun one was reminded of Gen, Sherman's fa- Mous remark about war. This is the point where the reinforce- ments for Shafter are landed and marched over a mountain road of about seven miles to where our troops ure intrenched before Santiago. Gen. Guy V. Henry and his com- mand also came in this morning on the Harvard and St. Louis, and it is rumored | that there will be 30,00) reinforcements for Shafter before the week is over. Col. Harries went ashore soon after our arrival, but received little encouragement as to the prospect of getting his regimen ashore. It is really more pleasant on board of ship, however, so the men will not feel disappointed if they have to spend the re- mainder of the day aboard ship. There are all sorts of rumors afloat as to what is going on up at Santiago, but they are mere rumors. D. I. MERCIER. Se NINE MONTHS WITHOUT NEWS. Ge Randall Did Not Hear of the War Until June 14. Brig. Gea. G. M. Randall, who has been staticned at Fort St. Michael, Alaska, ar- rived in Washington last evening, and was at the department this morning. He is one army officer who has but recently learned that this government is at war with Spai It had been nine months since he had re. ceived a letter or any sort of communi tien from the cutside world when on th 14th of June he heard of Dewey's victory at Manila. That was the first he knew of there being a v His rank in the army tenant colonel. On the 4th of May med by the Senate as brig- i, but he did not learn of this fact until the 27th of Jure. As soon as he was notitied of his premotion he forwarded his acceptance. Coming to Washington as quickly as he could in obedience to orders, h* arrived only last right, and qualilied a3 brigadier general at the War Department this morning. VOLUNTEERS FOR PORTO RICO. Large Body Passes South Over C. and 0. Railroad. Special Dispateh io ‘The Evening Star. CHARLESTON, W July 25.— One hundred and thirty-five carloads of Urited States volunteers, who are to com- prise a portion of the Porto Rico expedi- tion, passed this city over the Chesapeake and Ohio raiiroad yesterday. There were also a number of freight trains carrying the army's baggage and equipment, among the latter being thirty-five ambulances, At Huntington the ladies of the city met the various trains and furnisked each man with a substantial lunch, including coftce. Each of the soldiers accepted the offering, though many of them said they d been so well fed by the government along the route that they would be unable to eat the lunch given them by the ladies until jater. ——————— TARIFF TOO HIGH. Cigar Exporters Say That It is Pro- hibitive at Santiago. The cigar exporters of this country have entered a protest at the Treasury Depart- ment against the tariff in force at Santiago so far as applied to cigars. They say this tariff is prohibitive. It was fixed at $4.50 a pound for cigars and cigarettes, the same as the tariff enforced in this country. A hearing will be given the exporters and it is probable that the tariff, hastily ar- ranged, will be revised. As long as the sol- diers are at Santiago they will want the kind of cigars they have been accustomed to at home, and the exporters think they could do considerable business at Santiago. eo -______ Footwear for the Philippines, United States Consul Gilbert at Liege re- ports to the State Department that the latest customs statistics of the Philippines show that the imports of footwear for the year 1894 amounted to 183,475 piastres, equal to about $94,306. These statistics, the consul says, show that the United States did not, at the time mentioned, figure in the boot and shoe trade of the Philippine Islands. Spain, protected by laws that dis- criminate against all foreign products, has furnished nearly all the boots and shoes disposed of in the archipelago. The United tates being the largest manufacturers of boots and shoes, our manufacturers, the consul says, should prepare for trade with the Philippines. ——_-» -—___ Local Pensions. Pensions were granted today to the fol- lowing residents of the District of Colum- bi Milton W. Johnson, §6; Wm. H. increase $6 to $8; minor of Thomas Ww, $14 | mountain slope. GOING TO PORTO RICO A Commission to Spread Information Among thePeople. WILL REPORT 0 GENERAL MILES To Make Their Way td Different Parts of the Island. PURPOSES OF THE TRIP A party of nine Porto Ricans, accom- panied by W. P. Sutton, left this city Sat- urday evening for Newport News, Va., to embark on the St. Paul to report to Gen. Miles at Porto Rico. They are to receive instructions from Gen. Miles regarding their future movements. M is understood that they will be landed in Porto Rico with instructions to make their way to different sections of the island and tell the people of the results of the war up to the present time, and to do what they can to bring about a feeling of friendliness on the part of Porto Ricans toward Americans. This party may be regarded as a com- mission of the United States government ment of New York city. The attack of the American fleet on San Juan de Porto Rico, which was brief and intended only to draw the fire of the batteries there, is generally regarded on that island as a de- feat of the American fleet. The result of all these false reports is there is a feeling in Porto Rico that the defenses of that is- land are impregnable in‘ any attack the Americans can bring to bear on them. Men who waver in their allegiance toward Spain are, through these reports, made to feel that Spain will predominate in the war and they support the Spanish govern- ment. Undeceiving the Islanders. The Porto Ricans who left here Satur- day night for thelr homes will show the people there that they are being misled and that the United States will inevitably take the island. There is a very large por- tion of the population at heart favorable to annexation, and it is believed that through these means much can be done to bring about friendly co-operation on the part of the inhabitants of the island when the American troops land. The party going to Porto Rico consists of W. P. Sutton, in charge; Antonio Mattei, Mateo Fajardo, P. J. Besosa, Raphael Mu- noz. Jose Budet, Domingo Coliazo, Raphael Maxcuach and Emelio Gonzates. W. P. Sutton was assistant secretary and executive officer of the republican congres- sional committee during the last national campaign. He was for five years consul and ten years consul general in Mexico, and in 1889 was detailed as chief clerk of the internatioral pan-Ameriean congress. Antonio Mattei is a leading coffee planter in Porto Ric‘, and has been a merchant there. Mateo Figardo is a leading merchant on the island. P. J. Besosa is a commission merchant of PORTO RICANS WHO WILL JOIN MILES. in a semi-official sense, as their transpor- | tation to Porto Rico will be at the expense of the government and they will receive in- structions from Gen. Mules, though they are not under salary end their instructions will really be In the nature of suggestions on the part of the general commanding the | army. With one exception they ve until | lately lived in Porto Rico; and all of them have many relatives and friends residing there in ail parts of the island, and in this | way, it Is thought, credence will be given their statements and tne Porto Ricans will be informed regarding’ the ‘rue situation outside of that island. : How the People ‘Arc Deceived. 4 The latest informatiof redeived in this country from Porto Rico shows that the people there believe Dewey's, fleet was de- | feated at Manila, that ervera has cruised about the West Indies and wong the At-| lantic coast, achieving many Victories, and that the Spanish arms have prevailed over the Americans, wherever the two forces } have met. In Porto Rieo the:Spanish vi tory at Manila” and “the successful bom- bardment of Boston’ hae bgen celebrated with magnificent ceremonies, and lately the people have been told,that the Spanish ficet is preparing for “an overwhelming blow to the United States in the bombard- New York city, where he has resided for many years. Raphael Munoz has been bookkeeper in a leading mercantile Fouse of Porto Rico. Domingo Collazo nas been selected as secretary of the commission, and he and Jose Budet, Raphael Maxcuach and Emelio Gonzales ars all connected by blood with leading families of the island. All the above Porto Ricans are strongly in favor of the annexation of their island, do not approve the project of a small ion of their countrymen who wi! to | get rid of Spanish misrule by the estab- lishment of an independent gowxernment. Many of those Porto Ricans have been at their homes as late June, and are in close touch with the affairs on the island. They will doubtless give General Mil much information that will a: ing his invasion succes the country perfe Mr. Mattei especially has a large personal following in Porto Rico, as he was the leader in the revolution on the and in 1 . He had an elaborate plan for an up- rising of the peop against the Spanish government, and was to distribute arms among his followers on a given day. The vessels to bring arms to Porto Rico were to sail from Hayti, but President Hereux was informed of the plan by Spanish spies and refused to allow the vessels to sail and confiscated the arms. Mattei thrown in jail, and finally secured his release by + the payment of a large sum of money. FINANCIAL. FINANCTAL. REPORT OF TRE CONDITION Of the COLUMBIA XATIC IN ‘ At Washington, in the District of Columbia, At the close of busiress, July 14, 1508. RESOURCES. Lears and discounts..... a Overdrafts, secured and unsecured. U.S. bonds to secure cireuiat: revenue amps on hard. S. bonds: q thos, ete =m ‘ BeuXing house, furniture and Axtares, Other “real estate und mortgages Cheeks and Exchanges f a tes of othi 7 ractional paper and cents. . currency, oT Ligal tender noves Redemption fund with U. (5% ef cireulation)..... Dre from U. S. treasurer, 5% redemption fund. ‘Total .. 08 oo LIABILITIES. 1 stock paid in plus fupd........ ee Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes pald.... ‘ National bank ‘notes 250,000 100,000 00 “ atstanding. to other netic benks .. - $31,010 43 to state banks ond bankers and trust com- nies... + 191,204 28 Dividerds ‘wnpaid 411 00 ounty of Washingt LARENCE CORSON, cashier of. tt THOS. H. YOUNG, Notary Public. Correct—Attest: ALBERT F. FOX, INO. JOY EDSON, Ww. ARKE DUN "ANSON, Directors. REPORT OF THE CONDITION Of the NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK, At Washington, D. C.. at the close of business, July 14, 1898, it nd discounts...... ts. secured and unsecured . bonds to secure circulation. U. 8. bends on hand Premiums on U.S, bonds... NI securities, etc... : ng-house, furniture acd fixtures. al estate and mortgages owned ks (not reserve te banks and bi from approved reserve ther cash items... ring house. . Fractional paper curret cy, nickels cents : Lawfnl moa Specte ... ate Legal-tender notes. . Rede y reserve 00 09 $300,090 400,000, Surplus Undivide standing... foral » state banks bankers Divid nd swear that Lest of my, . do solen nly is true to the GEO. H. B. WHITE. Snbserthed and sworn te before me this of July, 1898, ALFRED B. BRI Notary Correct—Attest: F. S. PARKER. YIN RB. . = Parily Cloudy Weatk With South- erly Winds Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Tuesday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary- land, threatening weather, probably show- ers tonight; er; southerly wind. For Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, threatening weather, with show- ers tonight; Tuesday, cloudy weather, with showers near the coast; easterly winds, becoming southerly. Weather conditions and general forec: An area of high pressure covers the ¢: gulf, the Atlantic states and New England. } A second area of high » is central in the Missouri vall pressure relatively low in the lower lake region and the west gulf states. The barometer has fallen in New England and the lower lake region, also on the Rocky mountain pla- teau. It has risen throughout the Rocky The temperature is lower in the upper Missouri higher on the northern Rocky mountain plateau and stationary in the other districts. ! For the past twenty-four hours, ending 8 a.m. Sunday, showers and thunder storms occurred in the east gulf states and New England, and occasionally in the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys. During the last twenty-four hours showers and thunder storms are reported in the gulf states and on the southern Rocky moun- tain slope. Threatening weather, with occasional showers, {s indicated for New England the lower lake region, the Atlantic and gulf states tonight, probably followed by clearing and cooler weather In the Ohio valley, the lower lake region and New Eng- land Tuesday. The temperature will be cooler in the horthern portion of the west gulf states tonight. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the twenty four hours ending $ a.m. Sunday—Allendale, 8. C., 3 Black- ville, S. 1.76; Washington, Waynesboro, G: 24; Newman, Rochester, 1.56; Charleston, 1. 4 4.64, Jacksonville, 11s; Qu’Appelle, 1.14; Hephzibah, Ga., 1.00. During the past twenty-four hours—St. Georges, S. C., 1.68; Goodwater, Ala., 2.1. Lafayette, I. 04; Monroe, Ala., 1.56; Natchez, Miss., 1.80, Havana Weather. HAVANA, July 25, 8 a.m.;Barometer, 80.08; temperature, 82; winds southwest, 5 miles; weather partly cloudy. Tide Table. , Today—Low tide, 5:43-a.m. and 6:05 p.m.; high tide, 1148 am. 3 «4 Tomorrow—Low tide, 6:34 a.m. and 6:55 p.m.; high tide, 12:31 agp. apd 12:38 p.m. The Sun ang Moon, Today—BSun rises, 4:55 a.m.;,sun sets, 7:18 p.m. fi Moon sets, 10:25 p.m. . Tomorrow—Sun rises, 4:56 @m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8:25 p.m.; extin- guishing begun at 4:04/a.m." The lighting is begun one hour before thé time named. Are lamps lighted ag, 8:1@, P.m.; extin- guished at 4:19 a.m. i Condition of jhe Water. Temperature and condition pf water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Temperature, 84; condi- tion, 30. Receiving reservoir—Temperature, 85; condition at north donnebtion, 36; con- dition at south connection, 24.’ Distributing reservoir—Temperature, 84; condition at in- fluent gatehouse, 32; efftuent gatehouse, 32. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 4 p.m. yesterday: July 24-4 p.m., 83; 8 p.m., 78; 12 mid- night, 75. July 25-4 a.m., 72; 8 a.m., 74; 12 noon, 88; 2 p.m., 85. Maximum, 85, at 2 p.m., July 25; mini- mum, 72, at 8 a.m., July 25. The following were: the readings of the barometer at the weather bureau for the Past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 P.m. yesterday: s July 24-4 p.m., 90,14: 8 p.m., 80.12; 12 midnight, 30,13, 30.14; § a.m., 30.14; noon, July 25—4 a.m., 80.10; 2 p.m., 30.05, LLY DREW PENSION, ILLEG Had Remarried Since the Death Mer Soldier Husband. idge Osg20d, a justice of the peace of of E Lawrence, Mass., was arre: on the 16th instant and was Id under $500 bon: for the action of the grand jury on a charge of violating section 4745, R. S. ing the post-dating of pen James H. Noland, a notary public of Providence, R. [., was arrested on the 18th instant, and was held under $500 bonds for the action of the grand jury for violation of the same section. Hattie M. Reynolds was, on the same day, errested for making false affidavit on per sion vouchers, to tke effect that Rebece Reynolds, her mother, drawing a pension, had not remarried since her husband's death, and was held by the Unite : commissioner at Providence under 500 bonds to await the action of thegrand jul Rebecca S, Reyncids, the mother, drawing pension as the widow of Alfred’ W. Rey nolds, late of United States navy, was 4 rested on the same day for violation of the pension laws and was als) held for the grand jury by the United States commis- sioner under $1,¢00 bonds investiga- ticn disclosed that the soldier died May 31, 1869, and that this widow was remarried 6, U. S., prohibit- ion vouchers, May 12, 1870, to Samuel H. Rulon, and, notwithstanding this fact, made pplication under date of December 'I3, 1s97, for pen- sion as the widow of the soldi2r. "The pen- sicn was granted her en account of the service of the soldier, and she continued to Graw the money up to March 4, 1898. sore are eds Western Recruits for the Navy. The navy has for a time suspended its efforts to recruit sailors in the west, and Commander Hawley and Chief Engineer Herrie Webster, members of the board, have returned to the Navy Department. The work was successful beyond the ex- pectations of the projectors of the trip, and the results, it is believed, will be high- ly beneficial to the navy generally in in- fusing into it an element of western blood and brawn that tends to the nationalization of that service. 2 Absconder Warner Captured. Lewis Wa-ner, the absconding president of the Nort'sampton Savings Bank, and the Hampshire Savings Bank of Northampton, Mass., was captured by the Louisville, Ky., police Saturday afternoon. He has con- fessed his guilt and is willing to return to Massachusetts without requisition papers. When captured he had only §7 in his pock- et. He has been living in Louisville for several months. “His shortage is $640,000. Newspapers as Fighters, From Ieslie’s Weekly. The newspapers of this country are be- ginning to awak2n to a sense of the dangers that beset them through unfair competition and from other sources. Chicago has pre- sented a remarkable spectacle recently, one unparalleled in our history, of a great city deprived of its English newspapers. The newspapers of Chicago ceased publication temporarily rather than submit to what was considered an unjust demand by the Stereotypers’ Union. As a result of this action the union quickly offered to com- promise, but the battl> was fought out and the union lost. All the leading newspapers of New York city have united in an agree- ment not to sell their publications to news- dealers who insert advertising circulars in rapers sold and served by them. The State Editorial Association of New York, at a recent meeting, appointed a commiitee ta appeal to the governor to protect the news- papers of the state against unfair competi- tion caused by advertising in street cars and the elevated railroads. It has been found that the charters of the str2et car and elevated railroad lines do not give them the right to do advertising, or any other business except the transportation of pas- seneen It Ss vestinanted that more than $2,000, are diverted annually fi dail; and weekly newspapers and magazines oy illegal advertisements in surface and ele- vated cars, and ths newspapers of this state are determined to abate this nutsanze if it is itr thelr power. All this indicates that the newspapers are at last waking up to the necessity of uniting in thefr own d2- fense, and if united they will win every Eee ener Feeae Ba rc BANKERS, 1315 F St., Sun Buildir Dealers tn. all government curities ew war loan 3s bought and sold. Membership in this Butlding and 1 FAR BETTER THAN An account in a SAVING BANK. Money invested not only earns inte entitles the owner to participate in t the assi n. Get familiar with the a of the 1 g and fuvestment se- Sy25-t8 Association $y23-tf One of the very best Recipes s: Wealth For men and women working for bought and sold. wages —next pay day place it in to take one doll: this—the Union Savings Bank— with a firm resolve to add to it every money you have in the future—cnt away and drop the habit of little, vseless spendings you may Sn- dulge in. This course persistently pursued—wiil eventually sce you possesred of a “nest egg” of the most gratifying dimensions. Union Savings Bank, 1222 F St. Jy18- 154 start it of 6 N A BODY.” ENLISTING “ When an Organization ix Entitled to Certain Privileges. In a recent decision, the Attorney Genoral advised the War Department that it can- not be said tha ization of a state has enlisted in the volunteer army “in a body,” unless at least a majority of the organization shall have come directly from the service ef the state into the vol- unteer service of the United States. Where jess than a majority of the members of a ja organization so en! they are not entitled to represent or to be calied the organization, for they are not a majority. In the Attorney General's opinion where more than fifty per cent of the members of such organization enlist, claiming to do so as a body, and coming in under such circumstances as to indicate that they have enlisted in good faith as an organization, the law would apply and they would be en- titled to whatever privileges as are con- ferred upon such an organization. The Attorney General has also given cn epinion to Secretary Alger, in which he Says: “If a volunteer regiment is made up of separate companies or battalions contribut- ed by two or more states, the governor of each state would be entitled to appoint the officers of the companies or battalions by them, respectively contributed in a body. He would not be entitled to appoint the regimental officers to which the regiment is entitled by reason of its organization in that form. The same would apply to a bat- talion. If a battalion is made up of com- panies contributed by two or more states, the governors, respectively, of each state, would be entitled to appoint the officers of the company, but the officers of the bat- talion as such would be appointed by the President of the United States.” It has been also decided that if a regi- ment of militia of a state has, under the laws of the state, four adjutants and has enlisted in a body, and the four adjutants were duly appointed by the governor of the state, and have been accepted by the vol- unteer army, each adjutant is entitled to be paid as such, as provided by law, and the same rule applies to the other extra officers mentioned, so appointed and re- ceived into the volunteer army. _ ———_-e Judge Sheppard Nominated. As a result of the recent primaries held in the fourth corgressicnal district of Tex- as,‘ Judge John L. Sheppard of Marion ccunty has been Gezlared by the executtve committee to be the democratic nominee. J. W. 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