Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1898, Page 3

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BAPTISM OF FIRE| “|The District Volunteers Did Duty at the Front. HURRIED FROM SIBONEY 10 TRENCHES Narrow Escape of Col. Harries and Some of His Officers. NO REST AT NIGHT Special From a Staff Correspondent. With the United States Troops in Front of Santiago, July 12, via Siboney, July 13.— The men of Col. Harries’ regiment received their first baptism of fire from the Spanish intrenchments yesterday afternoon, and last night they received a bapt.sm frem the clouds which for discomfort and possible future ill effects far outclassed the shower of Mauser buliets. The District soldiers reached the front Tuesday afternoon about 2 o'clock, and immediately took position on the right of the advance line, where there was sharp firing going on. As the regiment marched past General Wheeler's headquarters, firing began along the entire extent of the long crescent-shaped line which our troops oc- cupy in the investment of Santiago. Above the sharp reports of the field artillery and the periodic boom of its heavy siege guns we could hear the sharp, irregular rattle of the smali erms which told that the sharp- shooters were also at their deadly work. Nobody knew just where our boys were to go into action, but all knew they were going to be posted where there was work to be done. This is always the time in an engage- ment which tries the souls even of ex- perienced veterans—the waiting and the anticipation of what 1s coming. It would, therefore, not be surprising if raw troops should show some nervousness under such conditions, but if there was faintness in the heart of any one of the District boys, he surely made no sign. Veterans never marched more steadily or with more non- chalance to the place assigned them on a battlefield. After many detcurs and disappointments the District regiment was finaliy directed to swing off to the left for the line of fire. From the main trail encircing our front they had to clmb a long hill, which fortu- was not steep and was freer from underbrush than most of the surrounding country. At the top they found they were to occupy the position lately held by a reg- iment of regulars, who had thrown up some rifle pits at the crest of the hill. They were told by Major Creighton Webb, who direct- ed Col. Harries into position, that this was the nearest point to the Spanish line. The faces of all who heard this information plainly indicated the pride that was felt in being given this place of honor at the tront. A Shower of Mauser Bullets. ‘There had been a short lull in the firing, and Colonel Harries, Surgeon Pyles and his assistant, Surgeon Cox, Chaplain Dud- ley, Majors Urell, O’Brien and Hine of the staff had gone over the crest of the hill to make a reconnaissance. Two or three regular army officers were with them and had warned them to be careful about form- ing in groups, as the Spanish sharpshoot- ers were unwearied in their efforts in pick- ing out officers as targets. They were all scon thoroughly advised of the wisdom of this caution, for in less than a minute a shower of Mauser bullets whistled arcund the District officers. Colonel Har- ries, Major Hine and Surgeon Cox per- haps had the closest calls of any of the officers, and all made a somewhat hasty, though dignified, movement for cover. In the meantime the main body of the regi- ment had come up and a detail of two com- ies was made to occupy the trenches and return the fire of the enemy. ¢ m- pany I, under the command of Lieutenant Walker, and Company B, under Captain King, were detailed for this duty. There ome desultory firing during the next two hours, but about 5 o'clock a flag of truce fluttered from the Spanish line in front of us, and vigilance was changed to expectation as to what the next move would be. Meantime the remainder of the men had been busy getting ready for their night's bivouac. They had left everything in the way of tents, baggage and rations at a amp which they occupied the night pre- vious on thelr way to the front. All the: had was what was left of two days’ ra- tions In their haversacks, a blanket upiece and in some cases a rubber poncho. Brush tepees to keep off the night dew were hastily constructed, a hasty and frugal meal made off of the ever-ready hard tack and such canned stuff as the boys had hand, and they were ready for the night which had by this time settled down on the new Tp. Digging Trenches in the Night. But there was work ahead of the men even though it was night, and in spite of the fact that they had had but little sleep during the two nights previous, in addition to the tiresome march of fourteen miles to the front from Siboney. A new line of trenches were to be dug extend- ing our advance closer to the enemy, who were then about 500 yards away. Col. Harries and Lieut. Hayes had made a re- ccnnaisance of the enemy's position and marked out the places for the new trenches. ‘They had also come to the conclusion that the Spanish, under their flag of truce, were about to extend their lines toward us dur- ing the night. Company D, Captain Hodges, and Com- pany L, Captain England, were detailed to Gig the new trenches. The men were sup- plied with picks and shovels, each man, in addition to his rifle pit, bearing one or the other of these tools, which to the soldier are only second in importance to his rifle. It Was an {rpressive scene, as the men struck out in single file for the trenches. They had bean warned to be careful against mak- ing any noise, as their lives depended upon silence and caution. The men were bluntly told that any one who, so far forgot the common welfare as to talk aloud would simply be shot in his tracks by his com- manding officer. All orders were to be CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Bears ° the os signature @ a Zw The Kind cy You Have Always Bought CASTORIA ‘The Centaur Company, New York City, given out on the work in whispers, and full and complete instructions as to how ‘the work was to be done were given just be- fore starting. Finally, all was ready and the men moved off grimly and silently to th2ir work of the night. As the line crossed the crest of the hill the men were just dim- ly visible against a rift in the clouds in the southern horizon and made a picture which was specter-like and weird in its effect. Clouds had been gathering all the even- ing, and out in the direction of Santiago there was a great deep blue mass, which was occasionally lit up by gorgeous dis- plays of lightning. About 10 o'clock rain began to fall. To speak of the downpour which soon followed as rain would give but a feeble impression of the actual condition. Water just seemed to come down from the clouds in laminated sheets with barely breathing space between the layers. It was simply awful. Our wretched apologies for shelter, the brush tepees, were worse than useless, for they seemed to accumulate the water to the amount of about a double handful and then let it fall in a lump on the unfortunate victim below. The men preferred to get right in the open and take the deluge without the aid of such a futile attempt to break its force. The camp was soon a picture of uiter wretchedness as it was lit up at frequent intervals by brilliant flashes of electricity. The men were wan- dering aimlessly and helplessly about with such scant covering as they had at hand to protect them from the elements. Finally some of them got together and built a fire, around which the drenched wanderers col- lected like night flies around an_ electric lamp. To add to the general gloom and horror of the situation sharp firing began out on the trenches about midnight. It seems that the Ist Illinois, which occupied a position just to the left of the District troops, aiso had a party out digging trenches. Though Col. Harries had notified Col. Turner by messenger that he would have a party out on the line, th message appears never to have been delivered. Consequently when the Illinoisans heard our men at work on their right they mistook them for Span- jards and blazed away at them. Our boys dropped quickly into the trench they had made and by rare good fortune no one was hurt. The March to the Front. The march from Siboney to the front was a new experience for the District men, but they proved quite equal to t, as they have to every duty that has been re- quired of them. They left Siboney about 12 o'clock Sunday night and marcheé four miles toward Gen. Shafter’s headquarters, and pitched their tents for a short rest. Reveille was sounded at 4 o'clock the next morning, and, leaving their tents under a small guard, they struck out again for the front. The night march was full of a sort of weird interest for the men. The read winds around the hills which skirt the southern shore line of Cuba. Dense unde growth, making a sort of Indian jungle, skirts the trail on either side. The air heavy with the odor of sandal woo?, and the night stillness often broken by the cries of strange birds. Occasionally they would pass the camp of some other regi- ment, who had siarted ahead of the Dis- trict men and rad stopped for a rest. There would be the usual hearty soldierly greetings, inquiries and good-natured chaft and badinage. The road to the front fs very and in some places only pass at a time. Soon after leaving camp Tuesday morning we began to se dences of -the fighting which had ¢ place between Shafter’s forces and the Spaniards. There is many a grave along the route to mark the path of progress and liberty which Uncle Sam is blazing out for these Cuban people, who yearn to be free of Spanish tyranny. Col. Harries’ camp was pitched the first night near where the gallant Capron and several of the Rough Riders fell. Capt. Paget's Tribute. All along the route we hear echoes of that gallant fighting by which the Span- iards were driven back on Santiago's forti- fications. I met the other day Capt. Paget of the royal English nav: He is of that famous family of Pagets who have been so conspicuous in military and naval af- fairs. This grizzled veteran was most en- thusiastic in his praise of the American troops. He had seen them storm block houses built of stone half way up and the remainder constructed of heavy timbers. The position of the Spanish inside seemed impregnable to everything save artillery. Yet he had seen American troops charge across the open in the face of this galling fire and batter down doors and drag forth the astonished Spaniards from within. He had in his time seen Soudanese, inspired by religious fanaticism, make wild, gallant, desperate charges against what seemed overwhelming odds. He had seen English troops hemmed in by unequal numbers gal- lanuy cut their way out. But it was, he said, an entirely new experience to see these cool, steady Yankees advance delib- erately into the face of such a withering fire that every tenth man dropped under the effect of it and carry their point as steadily as if they were on parade. No re- ligious fanaticism to brace these men in their struggle, no wild excitement of a glorious charge, where heavy cordons of cavalry could sweep across the open and carry all opposition through sheer force of momentum, none of these things to re- lieve the stern and deadly fate which stared these men in the face so unmistakably. They were only Yankee infantry charging coolly and collectively under a sense of duty—nothing else. It might be, he thought, that some sentiment, such as in- spires one who takes up the cause of a weak man against a stronger rival, might have actuated our men; but he doubted that, as he had discovered a feeling of something stronger than contempt among our men for the Cubans. He could only account for the splendid courage he saw displayed on the theory of calm adherence to duty. They had been ordered to go, and as long as there was one man standing he would continue to advance. “Gad, sir, it was magnificent,” said the old veteran. ‘It made me proud to think these men were of my blood and spoke the same language I speak.” But while Capt. Paget is unstinted in his praise of the splendid heroism he saw dis- played on the fields between Siboney and the position of our army in front of Santi- ago, when it comes to discussing the strate- sy of the campaign he is not so enthusi- astic. Though not disposed to indulge in open criticism, his remarks lead one to in- fer that he seriously doubts the advisabili- ty of sending infantry against fortified block houses, where in several instances the enemy had light artillery also. In fact, Capt. Paget's praises are bestowed in in- verse ratio from the commanding general to the man In the ranks, Back to the District Troops. To get back to the District troops again. When I left their camp yesterday morning there was a flag of truce flying from the Spanish line, and there was ali sorts of speculation among both officers and men as to what its meaning was. There were flying about the usual rumors which, if true, must have originated inside the Span- ish lines and been transmitted by grapevine telegraph or some similar device into ours. It seems pretty certain, however, that some sort of negotiatious were in progress look- ing to a capitulation. Colonel Harries made a reconnaissance about 8 o'clock and found that the Spanish had extended their lines about fifty yards toward our position during the night, while our lines had been extended nearly 200 yards in thelr direction. The outposts were consequently only a ttle over 250 yards apart. The District regiment is now at- narrow, one wagon can tached to Lawton’s Division of the Sth Army Corps. Lawton’s is known as the fighting division and Cotonel Harries is in his element. When dawn broke Tutkday 'Inorning the District boys presentedyja Spsetls limp and drenched appearance. I‘ saw young men whom I had knowrmin Washington as petted society favorites standing around and shivering in the gray chilly dawn. But there was no work of complaint. They took up their guns and picks and shovels and moved out to the trenches with jests and in high good humor. About 9 o'clock the everlasting rain set in again and somewhat dampened the spirits of the men, as well as their clothing. I left the camp with Capt. Jack Field for Si- boney soon after. i Met on the Way: All along the route in we met troops pushing through the rain and slush to the front. At a creek crossing we meet a six- gun battery of artillery, the horses up to their bellies in water, plunging and rear- dng through the torrent. A little further on and we meet more artillery, then two regiments of regulars tramping along cheerfully in the rain. They reach one of the streams which cross the road, and which have been turned into roaring tor- rents by the rains. There is no shirking or holding back on the part of these swart warriors; they take the flood squarely as they face the Spanish block houses. In they plunge without warning, always hold- ing aloft their trusty friends, their rifle: They smile cheerily and chaff about Cu- ban weather. There are no stragglers among these stalwart soldiers from the north country. They are anxious one and all to get to the front. Now we meet a bend of Cubans. The officer in command is usually a bright, intelligent-looking half-breed or occasion- ally a white man. But the rank and file are wretched apologies for soldiers. They slouch along in utter disorder and with- out any semblance of soldierly bearing. Now we meet the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, several companies of which come from President McKinley's home at Can- ton. They are a fine-looking lot of fe lows, and they trudge along through the mud and rain with that serene air of earth ownership that marks the man from Ohio nowadays. Now we meet artillery again, a branch of the army much needed at the front. If Shafter can get all the artillery he should have the result of the next fight will be a foregone conclusion. He is liable to need more than he has at present, and need it badly. Our right wing is drawn out into a pret- ty thin line resting almost on Santiago bay at its northern apex. From there the line swings off to the southeast, following the contour of the east shore line of the bay and forming a connection with the base at Sitboney by means of the little narrow-gauge road which runs along the seacoast. The danger is on our right. Should Pando come down from the north with his reputed 6,000 troops and strike that wing of the army he could enfilade our position. A simultaneous sortie from the Spanish left would place our troops in bad straits. But the contour of the coun- try is very favorable for a quick change of front on our part, and in the énd vic- tory would no doubt perch‘\on our ban- ers as usual. D.I. M. CONDITIONS AT SIBONEY. Pitiful Spectacle of Some of the Cub is There. Special From a Staff Correspondent. SIBONEY, July 13, 1898, Coming in from the frent this morning, I found this little Cuban village in flames. There is llow fever,"‘or something else very much like it, hera, and the burning was done as a preventive of the spread of the dread sease. The doctors, as usual, Giffer in their diagnosis of the cases sup- posed to be yellow Jack. There are about thirty-five cases of fever out at the quar- oantine camp in the hills, and as yet there have been no fat: Le: in fact, if it is yellow fever at all, it must be of an un- usually mild type, or else modern methods of treatment have curtailed much of its old-time virulence and deadliness. Gen. Miles arrived here Tuesday, and when he learned the conditions prevailing he was far from being pleased. The camp ashore had been allowed to run itself pretty much. No attempt had been made at systematic policing this point, where nearly the whole of our army has passed and been encamped at one time or another. If yellow fever really exists here a good part of the army has already been exposed to it. Gen. Miles went on the principle that even if the horse be stolen it might yet be a good plan to put a lock on the door for future emergencies. So he or- dered that the village be policed at once, and as one of the essentials the old, dis- ease-breeding ramshackle huts of the Cu- bens be burned. This all seems very easy and like the natural and proper thing to do in the mere telling and ordering. It is the well-established rule that the few must be put to inconvenience, or even suf- fer, in order that the many might receive benefit therefrom. Rough on the Cubans. But to the poor devils of Cubans, for whom these huts fulfilled the purpose of a habitation, even if they were not regerded as homes in the Anglo-Saxon meaning of that term, the loss was keenly felt. It was truly a pitiful sight to see them, feeble o!d women, wan-faced, half starved children and tottering old men forced to gather up their few belongings and start for the rills, homeless wanderers, while their re- cently vacated huts went up in flames. It seemed @ strange and curious combination of events that politieal freedom should come to these attended by the loss of their personal all. Indeed, it would seem as if It weuld not have been too much to ask of a great government like the United States to provide these helpless ones with tents at least to protect them from the elements, This whole Cuban element of the poorer class present a sorry appearance, and seem to be about as worthless and shiftless a lot of people as could b2 gathered up under the sun. They are willing to beg, but are too proud to work. Ask a boy to carry your satchel or do gome trivial labor for you for money and he wilt draw himself up with an air of haughty disdain. Yet this same beggar on horseYack will fawn like a hungry dog and beg for cigarettes or something to eat. It is @ curious com- bination of human nature that they pre- sent. I found several Washington boys here at Siboney, all of them connected with the army in some capacity’ and all heartily sick of Cuba and anxious for the time to come when they would either be eqiered’ home or to the front. - It is the opinicn of ‘many,of the Ameri- cans here who have made a study of the sit- uation that the matter of guaranteeing a stable government to the Cubans will prove a more difficult task than wkipping out the Spaniards, , Refugees From Santiago. All along the road to the front one sees the refugees from Santiago who were forced to flee in expectation of a bombard- ment, and they, too, are animated speci- mens of misery. Scantily clad, wan and hungry-looking, they just seem to wander about in the rain and mud in the hope that death might come to relieve them ‘of an existence that must be well-nigh intoler- able to them who are so tolerant of all ‘hat which to the American seems insufferable. There are a number of warships and a fleet of transports here in the harbor of Siboney, if the little cove in the coastline can be dignified by the title of harbor. The water is so deep that ships cannot anchor | conveniently, and they must all lie to un- der steam. The other day I saw the Texas, Brooklyn and Indiana firing into Santiago. It is about six miles to the point of land west of here which marks the entrance to the har- bor at Santiago, and it was an impressive sight to see these naval monsters come up in stately procession and hurl deadly mis- siles ashore. I asked a naval officer what was the object of the bombardment and he replicd that it was to let the Spaniards know that they were still under the guns of the fleet. Some Spanish Prisoners. There are a number of Spanish prisoners here, who were captured in the fighting which preceded the investment of Santiago. Most of them appear to belong to the guer- rillas, who were recruited from the ranks of the natives. These, like their kinsmen who are in reyolt, are a sorry looking lot. I only saw one man among them who had a bright, intelligent face. He was a mere stripling and was a Spaniard. Among the prisoners was a burly negro, who had gained distinction in the estima- tion of those who guarded him. He had been caught in the top of a cocoanut tree, where he had perched for the purpose of sharpshooting. It was estimated that he had Killed and wounded together no less than fifty American soldiers, many of whom were officers, before he was discovered. A well-directed shot then brought him from his perch, with both legs broken. He lies there on a cot in the prisoners’ hospital, a splendid specimen of physical manhood, but with the face of a brute, pure and sim- ple. Stolid and indifferent he barely notices what is going on around him. He fully ex- pects to be shot, so I was told by a Cuban guard, who, no doubt, takes pains to im- press that on the black Hercules and there- by added as much misery to his existence as possible. In the same hospital was a poor demented creature, who lost his ‘reason in the excite- ment of the fighting and his subsequent capture. He has a fairly intelligent face and his appealing, unhappy look was indeed pitiable. It was a curious thing to see the egiimation in which these two cdd creatures were held by the throngs of soldiers, who came to look at them and hear the oft re- peated story of their capture. The human brute, who could deliberately single out for slaughter man after man as coolly as he would eat his breakfast, was looked upon with a mixture of awe and admiration. The poor fool who went crazy from fear was an object of jest and derision. After all humanity ts a curious thing. Our Own Wounded Men. Here, too, are brought all of our wound- ed soldiers who were hit in the numerous skirmishes prior to Santiago and who con- tinue to be hit in the trenches there. It is a sad sight to see the poor fellows as they are brought back from the front. They are brought from the field hospital to a point on a little narrow-gauge railroad which runs from Siboney to Santiago. | They are moved about in rough ore cars, but are made as comfortable as possible on cots and such similar devices as the medical corps has at hand. Here they are transferred to the hospital ships Solace and Relief and the Red Cross ship State of Texas. The Solace has already gone north with one load of the wounded and the Relief is expected to sail in a few days. There are iron mines here at Siboney, owned by the Carnegie Steel Company This iron, so a nayal officer tells me, makes an unusually fine quality of steel and has been used largely in the construc- tion of armor plate for our battle ship: My navy friend remarked on the coinci- dence that this metal should have been taken out of the earth here, carried off and turned into a weapon of offense to be brought back and used against the lend which produced it. D. L MERCIER. —_—.___ SHOWERS TONIGHT. POSSIBLY Partly Cloudy Weather, With Vari- able Winds Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary- lard, unsettled weather, possibly showers tonight; Wednesday partly cloudy weather; variable winds. Fer Virginia and North Carolina, fair, ex- cept showers near eoast tonight; Wednes- day partly cloudy weather; variable winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— The pressure is high on the north Pacific coast and low in the Missouri valley. The weather conditions are very unsettled east of the Mississippi river. ‘The barometer has risen in the Saint Law- rence valley and fallen in the Atlantic states and throughout the Rocky mountain slope. The temperature is lower in the lake regions and the Ohio valley, and higher in the upper Missouri valley. Showers and thunder storms have oc- curred generally in New England, the lower lake regions, the Ohio valley and the gulf state: The weather will continue unsettled east of the Mississippi river tonight and Wed- nesday, and showers and thunder storms are indicated for New England, the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys. Showers may also occur in the middle and south Atlantic states. The temperature will remain about sta- tionary in these districts. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported during the past twenty-fcur hours: Binghamton, 1.44; Tole- do, 1.18; Oswego, 1.00; Tampa, 2.00;’Mem- phis, 1.68; Indianapolis, 2.42; Montreal, 1.01; Decatur, ‘Ala., 1.56; Gainesville, Ga., 2.00. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 84; condi- tien, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, 85; condition at north connection, 36; con- dition at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, 84; condition at in- fluent gete house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 6:34 a.m. and 6:55 p.m.; high tide, 12:31 a.m. and 12:38 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 7:33 a.m. and 7.54 p-m.; high tide, 1:25 a.m. and 1:35 p.m, The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 4:56 a.m.; sun sets, p.m. Moon sets, 10:58 p.m. “Tomorrow—Sun rises, 4:56 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps lighted by 8:24 p.m.: extin- guishing begun at 4:05 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 8:09 p.m.; extinguish ed at 4:20 a.m. 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. yes. terday: July 25, 4 p.m., 86; 8 p.m. 80; midnight, 76. July 26, 4 a.m., 74; '8 am., 78; 12 noon, 88; 2 p.m., 91. Maximum, 91, at 2pm. July 26; minimum, 74, at 4 a.m. July ‘The following were the readings of the barometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 p.m. qesterday: July 25,4 p.m. 90.81; § p.m., 01; 12 midnight, 29.97. July 26, 4 a.m., 29.97; 8 a.m., 29.97: noon, 29.92; 2 p.m., 29.85. sg ies MRS. WILMERDING’S SANITY. A Former Social Favorite Seeks Re- lease From Bloomingdale. Brom the New York fierald, today. Marie F. Wilmerding, wife of John C. ‘Wilmerding, jr., of West Brighton, 8. L., who hes been an inmate of the Blooming- dale Asylum, at White Plains, since last February, is to be brought before the su- preme court on Thursday in order that an application may be made for her relcase on the ground that she is sane. A writ of erica corpus was yesterday obtained from Judge Bischoff of the supreme court di- ing Dr. Samuel B. Lyon, the medical aetnta teat of Bloomingdale Asylum, to produce her before the court at the time mentioned. TT FINANCIAL. REPORT OF THE CONDITION Of the NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, At Washington, in the District of Columbia, At the close ‘of business July 14, 1508. RESOURC! Leans and discounts Overdrefts, secured | bonds to nd unsecure + circulation bonds on hand. Stocks, securities, Banking honse, furniture and fixtures. OF real estate and mortgages owned .. meee 1,202 48 Due from national banks (not reserve agents) . Due from state banks and bankers Te from approved reserve agents. ._. ks and other cxsh Items of other national bunks... . : Fractional paper currence nickels and cents 5 Lewful money reserve in bank. Specie ~ 8 Legal tender hot DB. .0 U. 8S. certiticates of de- yosic for legal tenders. . viz, 1 69 » 00) as 100,000 00 Total .. LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in. . Surplus fund .... Undivided profits, taxes pad e to other national banks. Due to state benks and bankers. Indivicual deposits subject to check. Certified check jens “expen Tetal . District of ¢ 450 56 se: shove above nd ‘of Washington, exthier of the swear that the st_of my know 1808, He P. HOWARD, Notary Public. —Atiest: C. A. JAMES, Cc. W. HOWARD, JAMES L. NORRIS. It 3 REPORT OF THE CONDITIC Of the AMERIC, CURITY AND TRUST COMPANY, , in the District of Col ime INS. At Washingt ‘At the close of business July 14, Ol ng pnd discounts... drafts, secured and une: Deposit for U.S bends U.S. bonds on Pienitu-as on U. 10,160, 10,000 10, and. bond: tocks, securities, ete.....---.---.-- s Banking house, furniture and fixtures. ous Other ‘real (state and mortgages i owned, {neluding storage warchocse 520,814 67 Due from national bunks (not reserve agents). Due from state banks, trust companes..... Cheeks and other cash i Fractional vaper curr conte... Lawful money reserve in bay Specie. .. Legal-tender notes. “bankers “and Se ~ B8.857 Papital stock ps plus iund J profits, pa‘d. nds unpaid... Individual Ject to ch Tiust dep « of July, 18ys. Dorrect—Attest: Cnre BRITTON we THON BURD a JOHN E Ww cas é WAED THORN. HENRY ¥. BLUNT, Dires*ors. at CONDITIC SAVINGS REPORT OF 1 NATIONAL SAF AND aa TRUST Ce of the District of Columb At Washington, in the state of Dist. At the close of business July 14th, f Columbia, 1898. RESOURCES. 3 on real estate and curity. 5 bonds on hand. remiums on U. S. bonds Stocks, securities, et x Banking heuse, furniture and fixtures Other real estate and mortgages ow ed Due from national banks (not reserve agents) .. 3 Checks and othe> cash items. es of other national banks s Fractional paper currency, nickels and reserve in bank. viz: $111,155 00 8,400 00 119,555, + $8,553 00 LIABILITIES. Cepital stock paid in. - $1,000,000 Undivided profits, taxes pald . Individual di Certified chec less expenses’ and ov Total ... Destrict of ¢ I, named compan stutement is true and belief. Gounty of Washingion, ss: HOWARD, ‘cashier of the abc . do solemnly swear that the abc to the best of my kuowledge GEORGE HOWARD, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23d day of July, 1 WILLARD H. MYERS, Notary Public. Correct—Attest: THOMAS R. JONES, JOHN F. ROGERS, it Directors. ° Union == any idea how easy it Is to become & depositor? Savings Bank, On F Street--No. 1222: Sy26-150 Lewis Johnson & Co., BANKERS, 1315 F St., Sun Building. Dealers in all government and investment se- curities. New war loan 3s bought and sold. dy25-tf Membership in this Bullding and Loan Association FAR BETTER THAN An account in a SAVING BANK. Money invested not only earns interest, but also entitles the owner to participate in the ‘profits of the association. Get familiar with the advantages of the Washington Nat'l Bullding and Loan Associa- tion, 12th and @ sts. _Sv83- 14d $1 starts an account. favorite. She is a grandniece of the late Commodore Vanderbilt, and a daughter of Col. Vanderbilt Allen, who died on the Island of Capri, Italy, where he had gone for his health, some months ago. Her sister, Gladys Allen, is a resident of Phil- adelphia. Mrs. Wilmerding and her hus- band separated in October last, and soon after she went to visit her father at Capri. While abroad she acted queerly, it is said, and she was sent back to this country by her father in the care of physicians and nurses. Her commitment to the asylum did not take place until last February. when Drs. Allan McLane Hamilton and De Forest Smith certified to her insanity. Louis P. Levy, her attorney, made the petition to the court upon which the writ of babeas corpus was granted. He says that she is perfectly sane and competent to manage her affairs, and should be dis- charged. He states that he has derived this information from converzations which he had with Mrs. John Bloodgood and Jas. Cc. de la Mare, both of whom have seen Mrs. Wilmerding in the asylum and con- versed with her. They declare that she is sane end competent to take care of herself, and at the time they visited her she begged them to request Mr. Levy to make this ap- plication to the court. He subsequently called at the asylum and endeavored to ere her and converse with her, but the author- ities refused to permit him to do so. Mr. Levy says he has known Mrs. Wil- merding since she was a girl of elght, and bole vas altorosy. for her father for many aoa Benny ee eg tngd been at es ant = er money 6 tg not insane. believes that fusal of the authorities at the esy- = ofan him to see Mrs. ling was due to the. fact relatives have exten given that ro ens is to be permitted to wee her without their Mrs. Wilmerding was formerly @ social | consent. REPORT ¢ ? THE Of th ASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST COMP. At Washt om, in the District of At the ‘of business, July ANY, Jos. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts Overdrafts, secured and unsecured... Stecks, securities, ete $2,494,888 Banking house, furniture and fixtures and vaults and xafework Other real estate and mortgages owned Due from national bunks Due from trost companies ecks and other curh items... nal paper currency, nickels its ‘ Lawful money reserve in bank, vir. Specie $144,548 2 Legal tender notes. 2130000 $3,904,982 LIABILITIES. pital stock pald in rplus fund Undivided prafite, taxes paid Dividends un) ~ co $1,020,009 less“ cxpenses Br aid Ine use bonds unpaid. Rt. Individeal deposits sub- Ject to check $2,455,293 90 Demand cestificates of deposit... 2, me certificates of de- posit a 260 Certified checss Real estate trust bonds. $5,964,082 84 olumbin. ss 1, ANDREW PARKER. secretary of the abo natned company, do solen nly swea: the abo statement tx true to the best of my knowledge and ANDREW PARKER, Secretarr Subscribed and sworn to before this 26th day of Inly, 189s. 1 S. G. HOPKINS, Notary Public, Attest: INO. JOY EDSON JNO. AL SWOPE, W. BL GURLEY H. §.) CUMMING HENRY K. WILLARD. THEODORE W. NOYES, ISADORE, SAKS. N.H. SHEA JOHN A. HAMILT The. Storage Department American Security and Trust Co. Move Household Establishments From House to House, City to City or to Foreign Coun- tries at a Fixed Price and Attend to Every Detail From Start to Finish. istimates of cost of pack- ing, hauling, inland and ocean freight charges, insurance in transit, etc. American Security and Trust Co., 1140 15th. LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES, DISTRIBUTION endowments and Tontines bought for in- WM. R. HODGES, 1812 F st. naw, The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia. CORNER ISTH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Capital One Million Dollars. MONEY TO LOAW 5%, 5 1-2%. 6 Being the Washington representatives of four ot the largest Savings Banks gether with our private clicntage, to entertain loans on city real estat cost to the borrower. Wescott, Wilcox & Heiston, _mb4-5in 1907 are pi at a miniinum Washington Loan & Trust Co., OFFICE COR. 9TH AND F STS. PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. Loans in any amount made on approved real estate or collateral, at reasonable rates. Inferert paid upon deposits on monthily bal- ances subject to check ‘This company acts as executor, adminis- trator, tee, agent, treasurer, registrar and in all other fiduciary capacities, Boxes for rent in burglar and fire-proof vaults for safe deposit and storage of val- uable JoY EI President JOHN A ice President ‘2d Vice President .. Secretary ‘Real Estate Officer = III IIII| Jy13-w,th&e-tt For thr mo-. reliable and latest ir DewS go TO Cc. T. Havenner, ROOMS ® ANY 11, ATLANTIC BUILDING, Stock and Grain Broker. Direct Wires to New York and Chicago, STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN, PROVISIONS, COTTON Bought and sold for CASH or on MARGIN. Careful atte.tion given to FRACTIONAL LOTS Correspondent, F. LL LORING, 10 Wall st., New York. my3-214 W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of LADENBURG, THALMANN & O0., 16a. New York. THE RIGGS NATIONAL BANK, Washington, D. C. Issues Letters of Credit for Travelers, Available in All Parts of the World, Sell Foreign Exchange. Make Cable Transfers. Charles C. Glover, President. Thomas Hyde, Vice President. James M. pobaainn; 2d V. Pres’t. Arthur T. Brice, Cashier. ~ REAL ESTATE WN Ja1-tt con, aND A flog wt Ber Cent tol peat “HEWRELL & NcLERAN, 1000 P