Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1898, Page 3

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WANTED sit A Tribute to 910 F the Editor of The ble To The greatest the path of the s ton city is the W. C. T. U. free lunca room, 910 F st northwest. It is really a re- ception every dav from 9:1 with s for ttan fled and ntive, are al with cheerful smile giving en- words and counsel, and with nd sisterly interest make the there exceedingly delightful, uistory of pleasant memories. or who to this place come: end will be a braver has such good women It has been my good for- knowing ing for him to be a frequent visitor at these recms, and I have watched with interest the per: em of the workers, the unity of harmony. Day ‘after day It and find that it is not orly a h: t a great number of la- dies who are giving their time to us boys— compliment—and angels. The lunch is of lity and served in the most asy chairs and resters are writing | a home for ailing or done by these good and help. their crowns lers thirk sno ild be prou in so—and W. of this ro nor to the good Chris engaged in this work. This is glory yy of one seldier, who speaks if of hundreds of others who have the great blessings found only in 910 F street north» t A SOLDIER. Camp Alge~, July 27, 1808, pemaee Cains Commissioner General Peck Here. Ferd. V. Peck, commissioner general to the Paris exposition, called at the White House today for a short talk with the President bout the work to be done by It understood that Mr. Peck will appoint Paul Blackmar as his chief assist- Mr. Blackmar was superintendent of department of concessions at the i's fair. He will probably have charge © apportionment of space to exhibitors. . Peck was also in conference with As- nt Secretary Cridler and other officials of the State De; ‘tment today with regard te the janization of the American com- mission and United States exhibits at the position. ——e-—_—__—___ Edward Cuen, a resident of Herndon, V was Overcome by the heat near the Whi House yesterday afternoon. He was _re- moved to the Emergency Hospital by Offi- cer Boyd. |AFTER SURRENDER Conduct of the Troops in Front of Santiago. THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED T0 CHEER Hardships Have Been Splendidly Borne by the Men. OPINION OF CUBANS Correspondence of the Associated Press. BEFORE SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 5.—The American soldiers encamped on hillsides that fall away from cur en- iting day after the trenchments have been wi day for the result of the combined truces and conferences Between Spain and the United States to re mad2 known. They learned yesterday that Santiago had capit- ulated. This news was sent along th? lines to right and left from General Whee‘er’s headquarters by Colonei John Jacob <As- tor, and with it went instructions that our boys were to make ne demonstrations of joy, in order that the ‘eelings of the Span- jards in the trenches a few hundred wards a some cheering among the crowded tents when our men learned that the object cf three weeks’ ger and hard- ship had been attained. During the afternoon m2n climbed to the trenches to look again at the city they had taken, but were “not allowed to ente some were glad fer peace and others called for more fighting. The Strain Over. The strain of the watching and waiting s removed, and soldiering resolved it- into getting as comfortably fixed in the camp as the mud would permit. At sunset yesterday, as the regimental bands all along the Hne plaved naticnat airs, is the camp custom, and as a tired soldier boy hummed the words of “Star Spangled Banner” to the band’s time, he chanted the victory he had not been per- mitted to chee! The hardships of this campaign. let alone the fighting that scattered the graves of comrades side by side with the tents of the living, have been splendidly sustained by our men. Now that the heavy rains of the first of this week have cease condi- tions are better, but rain clouds cover the sky and any hour may sce knee-deep rivers sweeping through clumps of tents, and it may be next to impossible to start fires to cook food. Then, food has been scarce. from here to Siboney impassable during the times they have b: rough, and teaming has been heavy. When men put up with th pieces of hard tack and half a cup of coffee a day the qu ion of nutriment is serious, and when unseasoned soldiers 9 seventy-two hours without sleep it can be truly said they endure hardship. But they have borne it all with fine courage and a good nature that was never long ab- nt. w If as The roads have been almost rains, and at all Poor Cuban Women. With the courage and determination of cur men one notes the excellent physical condit‘-n of our mules and horses afte! three weeks. of the heaviest kind of inc: sant labor. long and far into the night pack and provision wagons toll up to the front and the Red Cross am- bulances bring back the sick and wounded. Poor Cuban women, footsore, starving and weary, drag themselves along the mud- dy roads from El Caney in a search for food, and our men and ambulances pick them up and succor them. At Caney the food is insufficient. Weak women and children get none, and starvation there is growing rapidly. A Cuban woman from El Caney stagger- ed into camp this morning. She was pale and pinched and the ragged silk dress that half covered her attenuated body spoke of more past luxury and refinement than did her fe pair and utter ex- She did not ask for food, but for work. She washed clothes from the hos- pital tent for half a day in return for food, and sat down to the welcome army fare with hands bleeding from the unaccustomed labor. At dusk turned wearily back d El: six miles away, the rich- er by one she Camp Locations. The camps have up to this day been pitched where conditions exacted, and their locations have seldom been good from the point of comfort and health. Now that th: “game” is over, our soldiers will be moved into locations where these points are con- sidered. The country affords good sites and when once the evacuation condition: are settled and the capitulation properly confirmed changes will be made. An unsettled feeling pervades the line, and men gather together personal belong- ings and are looking over old battle fields for mementoes of the three days’ fight and the ten days’ weary waiting. A farmer's boy from Michigan will se- cure the horn-handied pocket knife of a dead peasant from the Asturias as a sou- venir to the American lad of the days he fought to free Cuba. And if the Michigan man ever grew en- thusiastic and generous back in Michigan over the idea of fighting to help the strug- gling Cubans gain the same liberty from Spain that his forefathers won for him from England, the same ideas have been pretty thoroughly knocked out of him by actual contact with the Cubans. The Caban Army. The Cuban does not stand high in the opinion of the United States army. Ex- pressed in different ways the opinion pre- vails that “we will soon be back in Cuta to thrash the Cuban: Our men have no praise of their alleged ally as a fighter. He is always more ready to eat American provisions than help American soldiers, and instances of Cuban greed, inhumanity and cowardice are common talk among the army. These opinions of our men are known among the Cubans, and will un- doubtedly result in a growing antagonism on the part of the men we are fighting for—an antagonism that will result in their being in the future less reliable and less worthy of trust by the United States than they are today. EEE cae is Immune Nurses. Mrs. A.“M. Curtis, wife of Dr. Curtis of Freedman’s Hospital, has returned from a trip to the south, where she went to secure immune female nurses for service with the army at Santiago and other points. Major Adair and Mrs. Curtis were sent south by Surgeon General Sternberg of the War De- partment. They secured a total of 129 nurses, male and female, who have seen service in yellow fever epidemics. A num- ber of these have already been sent for- ward. —~o-—___ Mrs. Porter Coming Home. Secretary John Addison Porter will leave for New York tHis afternoon to meet Mrs. Perter, who is expected to arrive there from Santiago, where she has been aiding Miss Clara Barton In Red Cross work. Mrs. Porter left Santiago last Saturday. She has aided in ail the arduous work done at Santiago by the Red Cross, and comes heme for a few days for recuperation. same away would not be hurt by the echoing of victorious cheers. So the news was re-| ceived very quietly. Tere was, however, -) SAGASTA:—“Alphonso, there’s more than measles the matter with you.” AN EPISODE OF THE WAR. Showing Self-Reliance and Faithful- ness of the American Soldier. Lieut. Col. Edgar R. Kellogg of the 10th Reguiar Infantry, who commanded his regiment during the terrific fighting at Santiago July 1, in which the 10th suffer- ed severe loss, is at the Arlington and re- lates an incident of the famous battle that is worthy a place in history, as il- lustrating one characteristic of the Amer- icen soldier that distinguishes aim from the soldier of any other country. The incident related by the colonel is as follows: During the hottest of the fight, when Spanish bullets were flying th st und mei: were falling killed or wounded, a private of the 9th Infantry, who had been Uy separated from his command name the colonel couli not re- offic 1den wh i, askec rermission of an 10th to fight in his company, he wanted to do his duty and fina his cwn regiment. Permission wes granted atm, and all day the soldier aid his part toward winning the batue with as much skill and vigor as though he be- onged to the 10th. When night cam private accosted Co!. Kellogg and ask tor a certificate showing thit he had per- formed a soldier's duty all through the battle. “For,” said he, “my captain might think I had ‘been skulking ali day unless 1 can show that I wes lost and that I fought with your regiment.” Col. Kellogg questioned the man sharply and sent his adjutant to the captain under whom the man said he had fought to see if bis story was true. He found that it was true and that soldier had per- formed valorous service all day in his strange position. ‘Quickly writing the proper certificate, the colonel dismissed the man, who started at once to hunt up his own’ regim Late in the evening, as ol. Kellogg was walking the lines of bis regiment to cueer up his men and to see that all was well with them, he made a ghastly discovery, stumbling over the dead body of a soldier of the who had fallen, piere vy a Spanish bul- let. A hasty exam‘netion in the fitful moonlight showed that the dead hero was the faithful and conscientious soldier of the 9th who had fougiz all day with the loth. In his pocket was the certificate so recently given him by Col. Kellogg. He had gone but a few steps on his journey to his own regiment when he was struck down by a stray Spanish bullet. ‘Thus is illustrated in the strongest light, as the colonel remarked, the self-reliant and independent character of the Am can soldier. If separated from his com- mand he is not lost and helpless, sitting down to await an order from somé officer, but, on the contrary, he hunts up anotner place to fight and gives a good account of himself wherever he may be. The sad and pathetic ending of the story serves to emphasize the splendid soldierly qualities of the modest hero who gave up his life for his country on that battle-swept hill overlooking Santiago. | The story was attentively listened to by both the President and Mrs. McKinley, beth of whom were visibly affected by it. Col. Kellogg was obliged to relinquish command of his regiment July 18, on ac- count of a severe attack of malarial fever and camp dysentery, and was sent north to recuperate on the steamer Relief, which reached New York Sunday, July ‘24. He is rapidly recovering, and when he returns to Santiago it will be to command the 6th Regular Infantry, of which regiment he 1s to be colonel, vice Col. Cochrane, who was retired June 30. Senator Hanna and other personal friends of Col. Kellogg are vrging him for ap- pointment as brigadier general, with fair prospects of success. ———__-e.______. BIDS RECEIVED, Offers for Site of Proposed Manaal Training School. Proposals for a site for the manual train- ing school for the first eight divisions, for which Congress appropriated at its last session the sum of $50,000, were opened at the District building today. The advertise- ment was for a site not less than 200 by 200 feet, and the following were received: Heiskell & McLeran, lots 4 and 5, square 5i4, containing 18,624 square feet, at $1.50 a@ square foot, $27,086; Beck & Weller, all of original lots 4 and 5, and north 80 feet of original lots 8 and 1, square north of square 396, 19,880 square feet, $50,000; also all of lots 18 to 26, square 444, 22,049 square feet, $65,000; Charles W.- Handy—bid in- formal, because the required deposit did not accompany” {t—north part of lot 72, and lots 73, 74, 75 and 76, square 444, 12. 760 square feet, at $2.25 a square foot; Rosenberg & Co., sublots G, H, J, K and L, square 447, and lots Q, R, 8, T and V, 17,001 square feet, $45,200; also lots G, H, J, K, L and M and part of lot 17, same square, 17,7382 square feet, $55,100; C. H. Burgess and F. P. Nash, lots 7 and 8, square 423, @ square foot, and lot 6, same square, $3.50 a square foot; Herbert A. Gill, lots 26-to 30, and lots 38 and 39, block 8, Howard University subdivision, $16,000; also lots 31 to 37, ag 38 eng Fa $21,000; also lots 27 to 35 and part of fot 26, at $1 a square foot; and also, for $1.10 a square foot, a site on the east side of 7th street from south line of Pomeroy street; H. N. Taplin and W. Silas Sheetz, lots A to K, square 337, $48,250, and lots A to J, square, $41,400, - UNSETTLED WEATHER. Probably Showers Tonight’ and Fri- day, With Southerly Winds. Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday.—For the Dis- trict of Cclumbia, Delaware and Maryland, unsettled weather and probably showers tcr ight and Friday; southerly winds. Fer Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, showers and thunder storms io- night and probably Friday;'’ southerly wirds. Weather conditions and genenal forecast —The pressure is high im the east guif states; it is low throughout the central valleys and the Rocky mountain districts, with a depression central in the upper lake region and a feeble storm center central in Kansas. The barometer has fallen in the Saint Lawrence valley andithe lake regions and risen in the. Missourt valley. The temperature is higher in the Saint Lawrence valley and lower in the Missouri valley. ‘ Showers and thunder storms have oc- curred in the cast gulf states, the Atlantic states, New England, the lake regions and the middle Mississippi valley. Unsettled weather, with showers and thunder storms, is indicated for tonight and Friday in the lower iake region, the Ohio valley, New England jand. the Auantic stat Showers may occur also in the east gulf states. The weather will be gen- erally fair, with high temperature, in the west gulf states. The temperature will re- main stationary in the Atlantic states, and will be somewhat cooler in the lower lake region Friday. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported during the past twen- ty-four hours: Washington city, 1.02; Au- gusta, 1.06; Jackson, Miss., 2.00. Havana Weather. HAVANA, July 28, 8 a.m.—Barometer, 2; temperature, $4; winds southeast; clcudy; light winds. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, $2; condi- tion, 1; receiving reservoir, temperature, 86; condition at north connection, 12; condi- tion at south connection, 36; ‘distributing reservoir, temperature, 84; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. partly Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 8:44 a.m. and 9:03 p.m.; high tide, 2:25 a.m, and 2:39 p.m. Low tide, 10:04 a.m. and 10:22 p.m.; high tide, 3:31 a'm, and 3:52 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 4 p.m. Moon sets 12:32 a.m. tomorrow. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises, 4:58 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8:28 p.m.; extin- guishing begun at-4:07 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 8:08 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:22 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- terda: a.m.; sun sets, 7:16 8 p.m., 76; 12 mid- 74; 8 a.m., 75; 12 noon, Maximum, 89, at 3:30 p.m. July 27. Minimum, 74, at 4 a.m., July 28. The fgllowing were the readings of the barometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 Pm. yesterday: July 27, 4 p.m., 29.88; 8 p.m., 29.87; mid- night, 20.87. July 28, 4 a.m., 29,86; 8 a.m., 29.89; noon, 29.88; 2 p.m., 29.86. £ SS Has Been Commissioned Major. The President has commisisoned Erastus L. Hawkes of this city major of the United States volunteers. Major Hawkes rendered valiant service in the 1224’New York Vol- unteers during the war of the rebellion and lost a portion of his hand at the battle of Gettysburg. CASTORIA For Infants and’ Children. Bears 4 the signature Kind of er" You Have Oo Always Bought CASTORIA + ‘The Centaur Company ‘New York City, ._. ° KEEP ONE ISLAND. Ex-Senator Blackburn's Solution of the Philippines Problem, Ex-Senator Blackburn of Kentucky is in the city. Mr. Blackburn, while in the Sen- ate, was strongly opposed to the extension of the territory of the United States be- yond the American continent, and had he remained in that body would have voted agalnst the annexation of the Hawailan When asked by a Star reporter today to state his views as to the proper course for this country to pursue in agreeing to terms of peace with Spain, Mr. Blackburn said: “In my judgment it would have been wise after Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila to have ordered him home and to have allowed his vessels to help form a cordon about Cuba and Porto Rico. In that way we would have been relieved of any complications over those islands, for, in a general way, I think we have much to lose and nothing to gain by such a posses- sion. If we had not annexed the Hawaiian Islands I would not favor holding anything there now, but under present conditions, I think we should take the island in the Philippine group with the best harbor— probably the Island of Luzon—and hold it asa al station, letting the baiance of the islands go. If there should be any in- ternational complications before the war {s over we may depend upon Great Britain with her 760 warships being at our back, and in that event the islands should be turned over to Great Britain. We don't Want them. We now have 8,000,000 of our population of an inferior race, and that 1s enough. _ But whatever we do we should have no joint interests with any other government in the Philippines or where else. The Joint protectorate we have over the Sa- moan Islands should be a lesson in that re- gard. The Philippines should not be passed over to Spain until we have collected an indemnity for our war expenses. _ “The law of gravitation applies to polit- ical matters as surely as it applies to wa- ter. We will keep Porto Rico, and the law of political gravitation will bring Cuba to us in time.’” + CADET HASKELL’S EXPERIENCE. During Leave of Absence is Wounded With the Rough Riders. Among the visitors at the War Depart- ment today was Cadet Ernest PB. Haskell of the United States Military Academ: acting lieutenant of the 1st Volunt22r Cay- alry (rough riders). Cadet Haske i, who was badly wounded at Santiago, arrived at Fort Monroe on the transport Hudson Zcrday. Alarming repcrts as to his con- dition were scmewhat exaggerated, and after a stay of two days at the hospital he is now on the way to his home in Massa- chvsetts. Lieut. Haskell has the distine- tion of being the only West Point Cadet in the present war. In January last, having suffered from a severe strain of the back, he wes granted sick leave until August 28. He came to Washington and placed him- self under the charge of Dr. Leonard Wood, afterward colore! of the Rough Riders. since promoted to be brigadier general and tempcrary military governor of Santliag For many weeks he lay at Garfield Hos- pital encased in a plaster cast. Upon r. ecvering his health he applied to the Se: retary of War for permission to go to the frent during the remainder of his leave of absence. Col. Wood and Lieut. Col. Roose- velt joined in the request. The Secretary ecnsenting, Cadet Haskell joined the Rough Riders at Sa Antonio, Tex., about the 15th of May. His military training was of great | Value in assisting in the organization and instruction of the regiment, and he was given the honorary title and the authority of an offices. He accompanied the re; iment te Tampa, and thence to Cuba, serv- ing until he fell in the charge on San Juan. Lieut. Haskell was slightly wounded im the first fight of the Rough Riders, on June 24, but not disabled. He was under fire at Bl Paso when the 2d Cavalry Brigade were supporting Grimes’ battery, which was stelled by the —- in the early dawn of July 1. Late in the same morning the Rough Riders waded San Juan river, and while they were forming for attack Lieut. Haskell was shot down by one of the many sharpshooters who were scattered through the thick brush and concealed in the heavy foliage. "2 ‘The nature of Lieut. Haskell’s wound and his marvelous escape from instant death excited great interest and astontshment among the surgeons in Cuba and Fort Monroe. The history of his wound had preceded hfs arrival at the several stages of his journey from the front. A Mauser bullet penetrated his intestines, passing downward from left to right, tripping on”* the hip bone as it passed out at the sma!l of the back. While his suffering was in- tense, no operation has been necessary, which the surgecns pronounce a most re- markable case. Lieut. Haskell, though still weak, is entirely out of danger and is rapidly convalescirg. , 4 Cadet Haskell was appointed to the Mil- itary Academy from Massachusetts in 1896 as the result of a competitive examination. Though he has been a cadet for two years, his leave of absence will necessitate his staying at the Academy three years more. He is a nephew of Gen. Samuel Breck (re- tired), the immediate predecessor of Gen. Corbin as adjutant general of the army. FOR HIGHER RANK Board at Camp Alger Examines Off'- cers for Promotion. BUT THREE CANDIDATES IN THE LIST Apparent Abatement in the Typhoid Fever Among Soldiers. —_—.—___ NOTES OF THE CAMP Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAMP ALGER, Va., July 28, 1898. A beard of examiners was convened at cerps headquarters this morning for the purpose of examining for promotion certain regular army officers on duty here. It consisted of Lieut. Col. C. F. Roberts, ad- jutant of the corps, president; Lieut. Col. Edgerly, inspector general of the corps; Lieut. Col. Duvall, chief ordnance officer of the corps; Col. Girard, chief surgeon of the corps, and Maj. Cook, chief surgeon of the Ist Division. Lieut. Van Dieman, 21st Regular Infantry, whe is now an aid on Gen. Davis’ staff, was appointed recorder ot the board. The officers who had been notified to re- Port for examination were Maj. E. F. Ladd, U. S. V., quartermaster of the 2d Division and first lieutenant in the 9th Regular Cay alry; Lieut. Col. Burhan, 4th Missourl, U. S. V., ond first lieutenant in the 14th Reg- ular Infantry, and First Lieut. Arhem of the 25th Regular Infantry. As the number of officers examined was small the court was able to conclude its labors before noon and to adjourn without Gay at that time. The Fever Situation. There is a lull in the typhoid fever ex- citement, only two suspected cases having been reported since The Star went to press yesterday. Both are from the 65th ew York—Corp. John D. Clute, Company A, and Private Charles 8. Grace, Company E. One other case has been reported to Col. Welch of that regiment, but of which the surgeons have no official knowledge. Lieut. Fred. H. Wilson of Company E, who left for his home in Jamestown, N. Y., recent- ly, succumbed to the fever as soon as he left the train. All the patients now in the hospital at Fort Myer are reported as in good condition and likely to recover. Confusion and dismay dominate the ranks cf the sutlers who have hitherto conducted stands in or about the camp, the order lim- iting the establishment of such institutions to one for each regiment. The order which was issued by the commanding officer of the 2d Division yesterday, prohibiting the sale of certain articles, has been adopted in substance by the officers of the Ist Di vision, so that the entire camp is now to be altogether free from annoyance on that score. Men have been at ¥ in the rain all morning tearing down the shabby wood- en structures and carting away the lumber. By tonight there will be probably on fourth only of the number that did busine yesterday. Guards have been stationed in front with instructions to allow storekeep- ers to sell nothing to enlisted men, and as these men are the particular patrons fo which the stands were established, the or- der amounts to a practical termination of the business. Private Gay's Offer. Private Floyd W. Gay, against whom charges were prepared yesterday for lar- ceny, forgery and robbing the mails, is sai to have signified his willingness to plead guilty to the first two charges if the third is withdrawn. As charges and s fica- tions are now before the ant adjutant general of the Ist Division, it 1s not thought likeiy that any change will be made there- in, even to secure a partial confession from the accused. The other men from the 65th regiment Who are now in the guardhouse for such minor offenses as overstaying their leave or failing to report for roll call object to having Gay confined with them. It seems that this objection is not affected, and th. officers of the 65th are inclined, therefore to respect it. Notes of the Camp. Patients in the hospital of the 24 Tennes- see were nearly drowned during the rain of last night. Some confusion has arisen in the 7th I- linois over what seems to be multiplicity of orders. Some time ago Gov. Tanner no- tified Col. Kavanagh of the 7th that the lieutenant colonel of the regiment would have to command the battalion, without a major, as the War Department had re- fused to appoint a third major when any one of the three mustered in with the regiment was for any reason detached. In spite of all this, word came to the regi- ment today that M . & Cc. been directed to take command of the bat- talion, over which Lieut. Col. Moriarty had been placed. Dcubtless some explanation wili be forthcoming from the War Depart- ment. ‘the Camp Alger Bulletin,” a newspaper, published by the enlisted men of the 4th Missouri, made its first appear- The editors are Regimen- weekly ster Sergt. H. C. Waller, termaster Sergt. L. H. Gould, Com- pany H, and Sergt. N. G. Wilson, Com- The little paper is printed by a ington firm, and is really very hand- Its motto, “If you see it in the is thoroughly some. Bulletin sit down and think, indicative of the enterprise and originality of the editors. Private Frank Schwarz, Company M. 65th New York, has been posted as a deserte He left for his home, in Rochester, July 12, on a seven days’ furlough, and has not been heard from since. Pinafore, a burlesque, is to be produced shortly by members of the 4th Missouri. It will be produced in a very beautiful and picturesque summer theater, built by mem- bers of the regiment. There are to be fourteen boxes reserved for officers. Trips to the Potomac for the purpose of taking a bath, will not be necessary again for a week. The American volunteer sol- dier, as he is at Camp Alger, never permits | ‘and last night the opportunity to slip by i e converted into each company street w a bath house. Privates A. S. Reeves and Sam Dennis, Company A, 2d Tennessee, who were an- nounced as deserters recently, have been captured and brought back to camp. > HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Annual Report Submitted to the Sec- retary of the Interior. The annual report of Howard University hes been submitted to the Secretary of the Interior. It shows during the year an en- rollment of 184 pupils in the normal de- partment. Of this number two were with- drawn at the request of the faculty and sixty-two left of their own accord without knowledge or consent of teachers, leaving at the close of the year 120 In the univer- sity. ‘The report gives the details of the differ- ent branches of the university, together with the number of pupils in each and the course of study. There were graduated during the year thirty-two from the regu- lar medical course, five from the dental course and seven from the pharmaceutical course. During the year ninety-six pupils were received and twelve were graduated with the degree of L. L. M. and twenty-three with the degree of L. L. B. The president says the students as a whole attained good averages during the year. In the theological department thirty-six students registered during the year, eight of whom ieft. In this connection President Rankin sa} “The progress made has been excellent. The standard of scholarship is rising and the conditions of graduation are from time to time increased. Some of the students pay their own way. Nearly, probably quite all, of them are engaged in various kinds of Christian work. y denominations are represented and all work in perfect har- mony. ‘Recapitulation: Normal department—184 enrolled; 64 left. tory nt— 101 enrolled; 13 left. College di t— Number enrolled, 46; left, 8. ledical de- partment—160 enrolled; 12 left. Law wa number t—Number enrolled, 96; Tort, & Theological department—Number l FINANCIAL. 2O00000000000000000000006 American Sécurity & Trust Co., 1405 GN.W. 3 Letters of Credit. Brown Brothers & Letters of Credit fesued for the use of Travelers, available in all parts ‘of the world. OFFICERS. CG J. BELL..... -.- President A. T. 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President Rankin says the universit never been so well attended as durii past year. Attention is called to the fact that a large number of the pupils come from out of the District and are entitled to no school privileges here. They are, he says, from thirty-seven states and terri- tories, besides Burmah, Bulgaria, Canada, Corea, Japan, Switzerland, South America, Turkey and the West Indies. During the yeur there was expended $89,- 811.26. The receipts were $91,257.83. ———<—$$ Knocked Down by Runaway Team. Samuel Sayles, colored, thirty-two years old, living at 329 L street southwest, while trying to stop a runaway team was knocky ed down and run over about moon & near the foot of 8d street. He was inj about the back. The fifth Inet u wagon was summoned and injured was removed to his home.