Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1898, Page 11

eet = A SPANISH WOMAN'S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE ! The Difference Between Spain’s Brutality to Women and Anglo-Saxon Humanity. Among all the incidents of the Spanish-American war, one of those which best illustrates the Spanish character, is the story of a wealthy woman refugee driven from Santi- ago by the fear of bombardment, re- turning again to find her home and property pillaged and destroyed by soldiers of her own race and blood. Imagine, if you can, such an oc- currence in an American or an Eng- Kory foe Paaus, Imagine any one of the dred inhumanities and atrocities toward women which characterize the Spanish race being duplicated under the rule of an Anglo-Saxon nation! Impossible! No wonder so. many frightened refugees lock upon the American army as their deliverance from the hands of a brutal“and inhuman mob. The way a nation treats its women is the mark of its standing among the world of nations, and shows in an instant its state of civilization or of savagery. THE AMERICAN SENTIMENT. Americans exalt their women as the better part of the nation, and} render them such true, devoted hom- age womankind receives in no other country in the world. It is not mere lip-service nor the shallow gallantry which parades it- self in fine phrases and extravagant compliments. It is the simple and sincere deference of genuine man- hood towards the sex which includes their mothers, ers, sweethearts and wives How iully do American women appreciate and reciprocate this obvi- as ous sentiment of American maa- hood? It is a question worth look- ing imto. Do the women of our country fully realize the opportuni- ties for happiness and power which lie within their grasp? If they should lose a large proportion of the queenly heritage so freely accorded and which rightiully belongs to them, where lies the blame; and wherein is the redress? HOW IT IS SOMETIMES THWARTED. Many a woman—many a thousand women—throughout this land where womankind is loved and reverenced, lead lives constant misery and sorrow. Many a woman feels that her daily lot is wretched and unhap- py beyond description. She is weighted down by a crushing bur- den of physical weakness that her husband cannot understand, and for which he does not know how to make allowance, simply because he is a man. He forgets—if indeed he ever real- izes—that a woman’s entire exist- ence, mental as well as physical, is bound up in and identified with the delicate and important special organ- ism of womanhood. When a woman is peevish, fretful, nervous, full of aches, pains and constant miseries he will seldom attribute them to their actual cause. WHERE THE BLAME LIES. He will blame a woman’s temper for what is rightfully due to a condi- tion of disease and weakness. will forget his loyalty and patience; grow careless of her feelings, neg- lectful and even perhaps unkind. What should be the delight and com- fort of domestic life is embittered and sometimes almost destroyed through tual ignorance of the great fundamental facts which con- rol and color the woman’s physical life. Should there not be a more thor- ough confidence and frank under- standing between husbands and wives, and between mothers and daughters on this all-important sub- ject? Ought not every one con- cerned to make this problem of re- pairing the physical capacity, upon of He! which all other capability depends, *he foremost object of their earnest <olicitude? 5 The kindest of husbands cahhot fully sympathize with what he does not understand. However terribly a woman suffers she hates to be com- plaining of ill-health all the time; she hates to acknowledge that shé has any weakness of this nature. If she calls in the doctor, nine times in ten the inexperienced local practi- tioner does not diagnose the trouble correctly. He prescribes for liver disease or heart-weakness; or he may y: “Your nerves and stomach need a little toning up; that’s all.” He will seldom recognize the fact that the real trouble is in the organs dis- tinctly feminine, the special, intricate and sensitive structure which fits a woman for wifehood and mother- hood. WHY WOMEN HESITATE. | When a sensitive modest woman CAN PROTECTION." once fairly realizes the cause of the continual aches and pains that are sapping her vitality and making her Vie a failure, one of the first thoughts that come to her is a dread of the mortifying questioning, examina- tions and local applications which doctors so uniformly insist upon; and it seems to her almost as if it were better to endure her constant pains and miseries than submit to this em- barrassing ordeal. ONE WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE. The fact that such an alternative is entirely needless; that there is a perfect and unfailing remedy by which her troubles may be absolute- ly cured in the privacy of her own | home without resort to these repug- nant methods, comes to many a wo- man like a revelation of mercy and deliverance. “For one year I suffer ed more than tongue can expre says Mrs. Lily Heckart of Bartl ville, Cherokee Nat., Ind. Ter. was in bed nearly all the time. Sk I was scarcely able to work half of the time. I could not even dress myself. God alone knows what | suffered. I had falling of the womb so badly that at times [ could not be turned in bed. I suffered from pal- pitation of the heart. I would often faint away, and it seemed as if I never would recover. I had sick headache nearly all the time, and also had St. Vitus’ dance. At the commencement of the monthly pe- riod the misery would be ‘so great that I would be nearly crazy; this would last from twelve to twenty- | four hours, and I would suffer untold j agony. When I would stand on my feet it seemed as though the top of my head would come off, and I had almost lost memory when I com- menced using Dr. Pierce’s medi- cines. I had doctored with five dif- ferent physicians, but they did me no good. They finally said they had dene all they could. WHAT HER DOCTOR SAID. “One of these doctors, of forty years’ experience, said to me: ‘I can’t do you any good, so why not try Dr. R. V. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip- tion? So I decided to write to Dr. Pierce and describe my troubles. He wrote me a nice, fatherly, kind letter in reply, and I followed his advice. I took three bottles each of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and “Golden Medical Discovery,’ and by the time I had finished these I had no symptoms of the old disease. I was soon able to do all my work. T now do all of my own sewing and am heavier than ever before; I weigh 145 pounds, and my husband says I look the same as when I was young. Life is a pleasure to me now, instead of a burden, as it was before I commenced using Dr. Pierce’s medicines. I can now en- joy the society of my friends, and Dr. Pierce’s medicines have done me more good than all the doctors ever did. “Three of my neighbors have used Dr. Pierce’s medicines, and it has helped them all. I will take no other medicine but Dr. Pierce’s, and I rec- ommend it to ali my friends. I am willing to answer any letters of in- quiry if stamps are inclosed for re- ply.” AN EMINENT SPECIALIST. This superb remedy was devised by HE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1898-12 PAGES. an educated and experiented physi- cian, who for thirty years has been at the head of one of the representa- tive medical institutions of America, The Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical In- stitute of Buffalo, N. Y. Here Dr. Pierce, as chief consulting physician, has successfully treated more cases of chronic feminine diseases than any other physician in the United States. There never was another medicine devised which restored complete health and pure vital capacity to the womanly organism so promptly and radically as this matchless “Favorite Prescription.” It absolutely dispels all abnormal and diseased conditions peculiar to women, however severe and obstinate they may appear. THERE 18 NO OTHER. It is the only medicine invented by a skilled and eminent specialist which banishes the anxieties of prospective motherhood and relieves the trying ordeal of all its dangers and a large proportion of its pains and discom- forts. “I began taking your ‘Favorite Prescription’ in August, 1897, and took it until after my baby was born. in November,” writes Mrs. Mollie E. Grimes of Flomaton, Escambia coun- ty, Ala. “I took three bottles of the ‘Favorite Prescription’ and one bot- tle of your little ‘Pellets,’ and oh, what an appetite they did give me! “My baby is now three months old and weighs fifteen pounds and a half. When she was born she was the fat- test little baby girl you ever saw. She was the largest one of all my babies, and at the birth I had an eas- ier and shorter time than I ever had. I suffered everything that flesh could suffer with all the rest of my children, and I was also subject to miscarriage. “After having this trouble twice I was almost heart-broken to think I could not raise any more children and had to suffer as I did. I took your ‘Favorite Prescription’ and also your little ‘Pellets’ (I do not forget them, for they act like a charm), and now I am the happy mother of a fine baby girl. I am stouter and health- ier than I ever was. I think all pro- spective mothers should use Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. I cannot praise it enough, for I believe it saved my baby’s life. What your medicine did for me I want pub- lished.” IT VOL 'O DANGERS. No alcohol nor opiate, no false stimulant, no dangerous narcotic of any sort or description whatever, en- ters into the composition of this great “Prescription.” It is utterly free from all those delusive elements which so largely compose various “compounds,” “malt extracts” and so-called “tonics,” which tend to give a mere temporary exhilaration fol- lowed by severe depression, and are liable, if persisted in, to awaken a morbid intemperate craving for alco- holic stimulants. _Dr.; Pierce’s Fa-| vorite Prescription is a temperance remedy, pure and simple. The strength it gives is temperance strength; true nerve force; genuine, sound, enduring vitality. Dealers in medicines GETS | are provided with this great “Pre- scription” and will supply it on re- quest. Any druggist who attempts to foist a substitute upon his custom- ers in place of what they ask for clearly shows at once his Jack of bu: ness honesty and his contempt for their judgment. Do not be misled or beguiled. If you have made up your mind that Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the remedy you need, stick to it, and insist upon that and nothing else. A HUSBAND'S DUTY. Every husband of a suffering wife; every mother of a delicate, ailing daughter, should make it a business to write to Dr. R. V. Pierce at Butf- falo, N. Y., for a letter of sound, sensible. professional advice, which will be sent promptly and entirely without charge. In any case, where desirable and practable, Dr. Pierce will suggest special seli-treatment at home without a physician’s aid. Inviolable confidence is, of course, the unvarying rule that governs every communication received by Dr. Pierce. No letter is ever pub- lished without the writer’s express permission. No sensitive woman need hesitate to seek so certain a re- lief, which involves no sacrifice of time or privacy. A GRAND VOLUME FREE. Every family should possess a copy of Dr. Pierce’s great thousand-page illustrated Common Sense Medica! Adviser—a magnificent home medi- cal library in one volume. Nearly a million copies were sold at $1.50 each, but a free copy in strong paper covers will now be sent for the bare cost of mailing, 21 one-cent stamps; or for 31 stamps, a heavier, hand- somer, cloth-bound copy. UNIQUE DRILL AT CAMP THOMAS. Review of Tfansportation Depart- ment Commanded by Gen. Sangier. One of the most imposing and unique drill exercises that has yat taken place at Camp Thomas occurred on the Smith-White field yesterday afternoon. It was the transpor- tation drill and review of the 3d Division, 1st: Corps, Brig. Gen. Sangier commanding. Folly 250 wagons, besides the ambulanc2s of the division, took part in the exercises. There were four mules to each wagon, making a total of about 1,200, while at- tached to the ambulances was a total of 60 horses. Th2 review was a matter of such rare oc- currence that it was witnessed by briga- diers, various regimental commanders and other mounted officers. With the wagon trains in line, each being provided with its canvas covers and carrying all extra parts, Gen. Sanger and staff tcok the inspection, following which the command was given for the wagons to pass in review. The scene was one which cannot soon die from the memory of those who witnessed it. The teams moved stz2adily and in such perfect order that one could but be strongly impressed with the excellent discipline of the animals, while the rattle of wagons and tr2ad of hoofs was impressive, tes SURVEYOR'S REPORT Business ‘Transacted in the Office the Past Year. PRESERVATION OF* THE OLD RECORDS Recommendation of Special Appro- priation for’ the Purpose. FIRE-PROOF ROOM WANTED Mr. Wm. P. Richards, the District sur- veyor, has submitted to Captain Beach, the Engineer Commissioner, his report for the year ending June 2, 1808 The report shows that during the year lots were surveyed for private parties and 576 cer- tificates of surveys issued, which, together with the recording of the same, make a total of 1,142 plats issued and recorded. In all cases of surveys of lots full or partial plats of the square have to be. made, show- ing the original lots dnd subdivisional parts into which the lots in the square have been divided. This, says Mr. Richards, is very essential to the intelligent-and correct mak- ing of the survey required, and that al- though new plats are not required in each instance, still it would be fair to estimate the number of new plats made at 200, mak- ing an aggregate of 1,342 plats. Subdivisions Recorded. One hundred ana twenty subdivisions were received and recorded, which, together with the preliminary plats in duplicate and the recording, aggregate 360 plats, among them the following: Dedication of part of widening Columbia road. : Dedication of part of “Engleside” for wid- ening Park ®treet between Kenesaw avenue and Grant street northwest. Establishing building line of 16th street extended between Kenesaw avenue and Lowell street northwest. West street extended through Cunning- ham's land. Arizona avenue between Canal and New Cut roads. Square 69, closing alley and opentng minor street—Newport place. Square 412, opening and closing alley. Dedication of T street south and 18th @xst. Dedication of land for widening Columbia road in front of blocks 5, 6 and 7 Washing- ton Heights. Closing alleys in blocks 137 and opening str hrough block: and 135, Burleith addition to W. ington. One hundred and eleven reports upon mis- cellaneous subjects. The report continues as follows: The improvements on many of the ave- nues, streets and alleys in the District ren- dered necessary the removal of many of the marks of surveys which were of great Value, and in order ito preserve their exact location for future .refgrence their positions have been fixed by,~measurements so that they can be See replaced when the improvements havé "béén finished. To pre- serve these points‘sequired measurements to be made on 111, avenues, streets and al- leys. = _ “The card system”'Has been intrcduced into this offiée in @”véry modest way and has been found texwerk very advantage- ously in the matter.@ef ready and correct reference. Its use, thys far has been con- fined to the persortlel /of the office, and in order that the puBlid imay be benefited by its advantages overcthe old system o! book indexing I recommend to your consideration and ask that a cardesystem outfit be pur- chased for the use ef this office. Suggestion Renewed. “During the year,aseomplete inventory has been made. of jalkthe maps, which are of great value, aff#rwhich they have been fnitékea* and “tarefily mgt “away.>, Three! veliimes of miscellapeouss: plats have been carefully examined and indexed. t one-third of the time of th 1 of this office is devoted to tt public in giving: information respecting the original records and-subdivisions of prop- erty, and other information concerning property interests in the District 6& Co- Jumbia. bes to renew the recommendations de in former reports concernin ords of this office which are rapid integrating, and ere long wil! be past saving, owing jo the pcor character of the papcr cn which they are made and their continuous handling e the year 1:09, the date which first appears on records of the subdivisions. The r: in some instances have become s defaced as to render the writing an? fi ures unintelligible. Every possible prec tion has been taken to preserve and save them from injury, but, owing to the fact that they are the current books of record, end the only ones available for the use of the public, and are in constant use, their condition ‘cannot be wondered at. The have been bound so often and the paper cut so close to the writing as not to allow any more to be cut therefrom without olly obliterating official signatures and S. “Cliffpvourne”’ for 5 Bt st Wash- hese records are of inestimab!e value fer the reason that they contain correct information respecting the early history of the District of Columbia under the munic- ipal_ governments of Washington Georgetown, and also the county, which, prior to the year 1871, was under the ju- risdiction of the levy court, and embraced all the territory in the District of Colum- bia 1 within the boundaries of the aforementioned cities. ortance of the Records. “The foundation for all titles to property i this city is contained in said records, in- esmuch as they show the relations existing between the United States and the original proprietors at the time Washington was selected as the temporary and permanent Seat of government of the United States, and which, under an engineer and a com- mission appointed by the President, was platted, surveyed and laid out Into streets, avenues and squares, the last of which were divided between the United States and the proprietors of the original tracts. “The books of record, showing the origi- nal divisions and subdivisions of property in this city, now in the custody of the sur- veyor of the District of Columbia, are the enly official ones extant, and their loss would be irreparable to the’ District of Co- lumbia and the property owners. In order to save the records from further deface- ment and injury, I suggest that duplicate copies be made of ihe records not already copied, and that the copies already made be -verified by careful comparison with the originals. and thejr oprectness certified to by ths surveyor or vapsistant. surveyor of the District of Columbia. This, would give them legal status,,and the originals could then be put in a c@.of safety, and used only in cases of litig: 5 “To execute the Worknecessary for copy- ing and compari: pies of said records would require an annyal appropriation of $2,600 until the Work ,is completed. This sum would be r sd for the employ- t draftsman at $1,400 copies of the rec- ent of a clerk at jt in the perform- ‘rally and the vert- ords, and the e1 1,200 per annum ance of the work, fication of the e ey Need of Fire-Proof Room. “In a special repont-mage by Mr. Henry B. Looker, the sumweyer of the District of Columbia, February-2- 1898, to the Engi- neer Commisstones, hé strenuously advo- cated the fire proofing of one of the office rooms used by him in the new wing of the city hall, so that ‘the records of the sur- veyor's office might be placed therein at the close of the official day and thus be saved from destruction in case of fire cur- ing the absence of the surveyor and his subordinates. The floors of the offices are de of wood and rest on brick arches, but the entire construction of the rooms overhead is of wood and liadle to destruc- tion by fire at anytime. The building is patrolled by a watchman both day and night, so that whilé a conflagration might be a remote possibility and might not oc- cur during the occupancy of the rooms by the surveyor, I thitk-it advisable to use and the manner in which he wished it done. Makes Comparative Statement. “I would respectfully call attention to the amount of work required of this office since the surveyor became a salaried offi- cer in comparison with what was done under ths fee system. There has been very Mittle increase of force under the recent arrangement, while the work has almost doubled, making it impossible to keep up with the current work and have records in the best shape. In addition to the work for private parties, calls for which are made daily, a large number of surveys are ordered hy the Commissioners, from time to time, in the location of aileys, street lines and schoo! sites. The law requiring all official surveys to be made by the em- ployes of this office has narrowed down the work formerly done by the outside parties and thrown additional work upon this force. At least one field party, con- sisting of an assistant surveyor and’ three aids, should be added, and also one or two ssistants for the effice work. This would aid in gathering up many loose ends that it is now impossible to attend to, aad would expedite all field work. “This office, for the past year, has been under the direction of Mr. Looker, sur- veyor of the District of Columbia, and tne above recommendations accord with gestions by him. My connection with office during that time has been quite close and I respectfully urge these pressing needs. “The assistants of this office are capable and efficient and J desire to express av- preciation. for their interest and aid.” 2S CHO INVESTIGATION. a THE Co? Maj. Heyl in New York to Conduct the Inquiry. From the New York Herald, Today. That the army authorities intend to pro- ceed promptly with the investigation to fix the responsibility for the disgraceful condition of affairs on board the transport Concho was shown yesterday by the arrival trom Washington of Major Charles H. Heyl, assistant inspector general, who is charged with the duty of conducting the inquiry in New York, and by the fact that Surgeon General Sternberg has telegraphed to Major Harvard, chief surgeor with Shat- ter’s army, asking for a report at once on the responsibility for the alleged misman- agement. Immediately on his arrival Major Heyl went to quarantine, accompanied by an of- ficial stenographer, and had a long consul- tation with Health Officer Doty, after which he took the testimony of a large number of patients who had come up from Cuba on the Cercho. These proceedings were held in private. Major Heyl, on his return from quarantine in the afternoon, went to the army building and had a long ccnferance with the medical officers st ticned there. When ed about his mis- sion Major Heyl said: “I have no opinion to express at present. Ail I car say is that I am here for the pur- pose of makirg as thorough an investiga- tion as possibl: To Report in a Few Days. On leaving the army building Major Heyl said that he intended to take the testi- mony of former Park Commissioner McMil- lan and Dr. A. Monas Lesser of the Red Cross Society, beth of whom came up on the Concho. He intimated that he would return immediately to Washington and that he would make his report within a day or two. . Colonel Charles C. Byrne of the army medical department sent a report on the condition of the Concho to Washington yes- terday. Speaking of what he had observed jonel Byrne said yesterday afternoon: t should be borne in mind that the con- dition of war makes a great difference in circumstances. One cannot judge of the condition cf affairs in Santiago by what we see h I understand that from the first there has been a scarcity of medical sup- pties in Cuba. Some of the supplies were left behind when General Shafter’s army started from Tampa, after delays and un- immediately. orders to sail When the army reached its destination it was impossible under the conditions to un- load ill thé supplies, and for this reason a great part of the supplies was taken back te Tampa in the transports. urgent “When ihe Concho stated back trom San- iago i imagine that the authorities were ina difeule predicament. While there w a Scarcity of supplies, they found that they had on their hands a large number of con- valescents whose condition made it neces- sary that they should be got away from the island and sent home as rapidly as pos- sible. Had they not been sent away the authorities feared that they would con- tract fevers, which in their debilitated con- dition would almost inevitably result fatal- ly. It was most unfortunate that many of the men suffered relapses on the way hom but this was one of those unfortunat things that could not have been foreseen. “I have received no instructions from Washington in reference to an investiga. tion, and my report has been substantially to the effect that I observed no evidences of overcrowding, but that the Concho was without proper and sufficient medical and hospital stores.” An Associated Press dispatch from New York states that Health Officer Doty said yesterday afternoon that he found affairs on the Concho in a deplorable condition, and that it would take days to thoroughly cleanse the ship. He said he was surprised that the sick men on board lived to reach New York. Surgeon General Sternberg has received i ‘am from Dr. A: Monas Lesser, the surgeon-in-chief of the Ameri- can National Red Cross Association, who was aboard the Concho on her trip from Santiago to New Yorl “Every unfavorable criticism of persons belonging to the regular medical depart- ment of the United States army or nav published as being my statement is not au. thentic and has not come from me. I have only the highest praise for them.” This dispatch from Dr. Lesser was ‘e! tirely voluntary and is a source of gratifi- cation to General Sternberg, who feels that the officers of his department have met, as far as they were able, all demands upon them and have done their work in a satis- factory manner. Another dispatch which the general re- ceived last night came from Chief Surgeon Harvard, on duty with Shafter’s army, and simply said, “No ice needed. Abundant supply on hand.” + ee DEWEY AND THE IRENE INCIDENT. Semi-Official German Statement That He Asked Diedrichs to Act. The semi-official North German Gazette, last evening, at Berlin, published a state- ment on the subject of German policy at Manila, based on official reports, explain- ing that this was done “with the view of correcting misrepresentations in foreign newspapers.”” It says that for the purpose of affording the German colony immediate shelter in case of need, some chartered steamers were anchored near the German warship Irene, in the Pasig river, under the protection of the armed boats. The French and British colonies, the statement continues, followed this example. Aguinaldo, still according to the North German Gazette, gave Rear Admiral Dewey a written assurance that the insurgents would act humanely, and at Aguinaldo’s request, and with Admiral Dewey's ap- proval, the commander of the Irene took four Spanish ladies and six children from the province of Bataan under his protection and placed them on board a chartered steamer, every step being taken with a thoroughly friendly understanding with Admiral Dewey and Capt. Gen. Augusti. The North German Gazette then adds: “The imperial consulate at Manila hi under its protection not only German resi- dents, but subjects of Italy, Austria, Swit- zerland, Holland and Portugal, to all of whom protection of the warships will be, if necessary, similarly extended.” ——eoe———_____ Distilled Spirits Trust Formed. At Cincinneti, Ohio, last night a plan was formulated which will be made effect- ive by organizing an association today by which the manufacture and sale of the en- tire output of distilled spirlts of the coun- try will be controlled. The name of the new organization, which has been practi- cally effected, will be “The United States Spirits Association.” It is the result of a combine upon by all distrib- “1 NEW POLITICAL DEAL Ex-Gov. Stone to Succeed National Chairman Jones, BRYAN'S NEW NATIONAL PLATFORM To Be Announced to the Missouri Convention. BAILEY TO BE DEPOSED Special Correspirdence of The Evening NEW YORK, August Ex-Governor William J. Stone souri, it is said, has come to the the democratic leader of his state, a thermore that indirectly Mr. Stonc himself in communication with Senator Murphy and Richard Croker. In a letter sent by ex-Governor Stone to Secretary Walker of the aqueduct board, Mr. Stor says that he regards Mr. Croker as one of the most remarkeble men of the country, and that he never knew a man who had such 2 pronounced force of character. All this may not seem to be important on its face, buc when it is made known that ex- Governor Stone is slated to succeed Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, as chairman of the democratic national committee, a uttle more light is thrown on coming events. In other words, Mr. Croker, having made an alliance last fall with Mayor Car- ter H. Harrison of Chicago, who ts to han- dle Illinois demccratic politics, is now mak- ing an alliance with ex-Governor Stone, who is to be the great man of the demo- cratic national committee. Mr. Croker pro- poses to become more of a figure in the national politics of his party, and side by side with him in the venture is said to be Senator Edward Murphy, jr. Senator Vest is still friendly to ex-Gov- ernor Stone for the reason that Mr. Stene a little over a year ago declined before the caucus the nomination for United States tor, and allowed Vest to succeed him- If anything should happen to Sena- t, Mr. Stone would go to the Unite Senate. St the demoera: i h the situation say, has s ded Chairman Jones of the national committe as the handler of William J. Bryan. Jones ana Bryan didn’t get on very well during the ¢ gn of iMG. Jones was genti. nexperienced, while Bryan was i ‘nd headstrong. Stone is spoken of as a much strenger and more resourceful poll- tician than Jones, and Bryan regards Stone as the best politician in the democratic party. Stone raised mcst of the money for Bryan in 1898. Stone has just moved from old home in Nevada, Mo., to St. Louis, has set up as the great democratic man- ager of Missouri, which has always been considered the bell-wether state for the southern and some of the western states. Stone has zaken Bryan in hand since the Spanish war broke out. Bryan made a speech at the Omaha exposition, in which he inveighed against territorial expansion and annexation. Stone got hold of Bryan, and it wasn't but a few hours before Bryan issued a statement that he had not been reported correctly in his Omaha speech. Stone was the last democrat of prominence in the west to see Bryan before Bryan moved on Jacksonville with his Nebrask: regiment, and Stone, it is now asserted, has in his possession a letter from Bryan, which is to be read at the forthcoming demoeratic state convention to be held at Springfield, Mo.; on August 10. Bryan's Platform. In this letter Bryan favors the annexa- tion of Cuba and Porto Rico, and favors a coaling station for the United States in the Philippines. Bryan, in the same letter, comes out strong for the construction of the Nicaragua canal by the government, which Senator Vest and every democ congressman from Missouri except Coch- ran opposed bitterly. Missouri is regarde as the most powerful democratic state in the Union. It was ascertained that if Bryan could not ja’ ed 2 colonele of a regiment ex-Goy. Stone had provide the way and means for Missouri to give him one, and Stone declares that Bryan has got Missouri as solidly as though he were a citizen of the state. ‘an, in other words, is not relying upon Nebraska for solid support in his schemes, and nei- ther i one. They have the much more powerful state of Missouri behind them. New Democratic Leader. lt was further ascertained from demo- crats familiar with what is going on that both Stone and Croker regard Representa- live Bailey of Texas as unfitted for leader- ship in the House of Representatives, and both will, if the House is democratic, com- bine to elect Representative De Armond of Missouri as Spe: Anyway, they declare that be Armond is to succeed Bailey as the leader of the democrats tn the House. McMillin cf Tennessee is out of the run- ning. He is not to go back to Congress. He is the democratic candidate for gov- ernor of Tennessee. De Armond is spoken friends. jan. i] of highly by his He was originally a Pennsylvan- Without going further into what might be considered useless details, the Platform of the Missouri democrats at Springfield on August 10 will proclaim the new natiunal issues of the democratic party and will, without doubt, 02 incorporated in the platform of the state convention of New York, which will be held, it is said, about the middie of September. Furthermore, the Missouri democrats with the full understanding of the Tam- many leaders, are in their convention to at- tack what they term “Gov. Black’s force bill,” and are determined to add that if the republicans are successful in New York state the victory will be but the precursor of another federal elections bill. This, too, is to be incorporated in the democratic state convention of New York. In other i democrats at their ion on August 10 are to set forth the new Bryan doctrine in state and. na- tional affairs entirely with the approval ot the Tammany. leaders and others, and these new doctrines are expected to take the place of the Chicago platform of 1806. The democrats hope by bringing forward these new Issues to be successful, and all this is told to show the close relation of Stone and Murphy and Croker and H: i son. This, if true, is decidedly a new deal all around. CAPTURE OF THE LADRONES. Belated but Detailed Account of the Guam Island Victory. The steamer Doric, from Hong Kong, brought to San Francisco Tuesday the fol- lowing from the correspondent of the As- sociated Press at Manila, under date of July 1: Another link has been added to the chain of territory which connects the United States with their newly acquired fcreign possessions in the Pactfie ocean. On June 21 Captain Glass of the United States steamship Charleston captured the Ladrone Islands, took the governor general, his staff and entire military force prison- ers and raised the stars and stripes over the ruins of the Spanish fort of Santa Cruz in the harbor of San Luis O'Apra. It was a bloodless victory, for the Spanish, not yet having heard of the war between their country and the United States, were taken completely by surprise and surrendered the islands, their arms and themselves without offering the slightest resistance. The harbor of San Luis O’Apra, on the West coast of the main island, Guam, is an ideal coaling station, and the whole group will undoubtedly prove to be of in- calculable value to the United States. Guam lies 3,300 miles west by south from Honolulu, 1,350 miles southeast of Yoko- hama, 1,500 miles east of Luzon, the prin- cipal island of the Philippine group, thus being the connecting link between the United States and the crient. its inhabitants, who number 10,000, are hospitable, peaceful and law-abiding | peo- Bs. only too anxious to throw off the Span- yoke, yet perfectly willing to shoulder on peut ‘but prolific, ig of le compara- tively healthy and only await capital to resources. ~ For three. Charieston’s ran Gent, Lut ov June 28, shortly after leaving Seaeeeecteilteteteeeeeeeete mee The Great Providers. 79 cents. Did you ever hear of such for a Table like thie one? Ise & Siful imste Square 24-inch top and sha Micely tarned legs. A strongly most. jent Litde Parlor you ha b the same ES more. 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Goods Reliable Point Engana, the northeasterly cape of Luzon Island, a strange steamer appe 4 on the horizon, The Ch mediately cleared for action fell into line in her wake and prepars were made for giving the stranger a reception should she prove to he ho’ She turned out to be the Unit mship Bayimore, which ting the fleet for ten days Captain Dyer reporved to Captain Glass, but immediately his return to the Baltimore the whol got under way at increased spe rounded the north end of thi first rough weather of the trip in the shape of a southwesterly monsoon was encoun- ter At the hours later the Mz fleet miles of the wr ron, which had Admiral Dewey two months b 3 A large fleet of foreign men-of-war lay along shore just above Manila, most of whom were Germans. An addition was made to the fleet by the arrival of the Kaiserin Augusta, which followed the transports into the harbor from a small cove just outside, ay eae Brings Dixpatches From Masso. Senor George Reno, who has just return- ed from Cuba with dispatches from Gen- eral Massa,president of the provisional gov- ernment, to President McKinley, left Jack- sonvile, Fla., last evening for this city. Vice President Mendez Capote and Gon- zola de Quesada, charge d'affaires, have deen notified of his arrival, and are waiting for him here. <a Col. Reeves’ Wife a Stowawa; It is reported at San Francisco that Mrs. Reeves, wife of Colonel Reeves of the Lith Minnesota Regiment, managed to secrete herself on board the transport City of Para and accompanied her husband as far ag Honolulu, but whether she was permitted to continue her voyage to Mantia is not known. a plea: ave founc it in Cascarets. blood bas been p ered WO-TO-BAG fon se ‘dURE Ree a