Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1898, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1898—10 PAGES. 8 —— SPECIAL NOTICES. cAMP MEETING WILL HAVE AMP MEE ‘ne EMORY GROVE ervices SUNDAY, Any 20. and “will sell exer jon tickets at reduced Fates to Washington Grrve, ner which the ca fe sttusted. KEY. EDW. MOORE, President. aut = Don’t be pokey! Keep up with the timee! Don't build another carriage cr wagon with old-fashioned “‘horse- killing” axles—get_a set of the Baker “BALL- BEAR XLES—which increase the pall- of ycur horses nearly double. Sce | at our stcre that spins for 15 min- utes without stopping. : JOHN B. ESPEY, Hardware, 1010 Pa. ave. aul9-10d Best History of the War are the dispatches, personal letters from the front, and editorials, which are found in the newsp: Make a histe self. Paste your clippings in a * SCRAP ‘That's the best—but doesn’t cost much Easton & Rupp, 421 1ithSt. anlo-14d MS WANTED TO HAUL BRICK: § rk. Apply at W. T. 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Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday—For the District of Columbia, showers this after- noon and tonight; fair Saturday; westerly winds. For Delaware, Marylané and Virginia, showers this afternoon and tonight, fair Saturday; variable winds becoming west- erly. Weather conditions and general forecast —Thunder showers and rain have occurred in the Atlantic states and the Ohio valley. The temperature has fallen in New Eng- land, has risen in the Missouri valley and middle Rocky mountain region, and has re- mained nearly stationary elsewhere. Weather conditions are very unsettled in the eastern part of the country. Rain may be expected in the Atlantic states, probably clearing Saturday after- noon. Threatening weather, followed by fair in the lower lakes and the Ohio valley. Partly clou@y weather in the middle and West gulf states. The following heavy precipitation, in inches, was reported during the past twen- ty-four hours: Cincinnat:, 1.10; Santa Fe, 144; Jupiter, 1.46; Knoxville, ‘1.0 tansburg, S. C., 1.74; Tuscumbia, Al Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 2:32 a.m. and 2:52 p.m.; high tide, 8:31 a.m. and 9:02 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:10 a.m. and 8:29 P.m.; high tide, 0:10 am. and 9:44 p.m. ‘The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 5:17 a.m.; sun sets, 6:49 pm. Moon sets 7:41 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:18 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:57 p.m.; extin- guishing begun at 4:26 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 7:42 p.m.; extinguish- ed at 4:41 am. Condition of the Water. Spar- ». Temperature and condition of water at 8 am.: Great Falls, temperature, 78; condi- tion, 4; receiving reservoir, temperature, ondition at north connection, 2; condi- at south connection, 4; distributing rvoir, temperature, 78; condition at in- t gate house, 3; effluent gate house, 3. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 2 p.m. yes- terda: August 184 p.m, 85; 8 p.m., 72; tion z ‘2 mid- night, 74. ugust 19—4 a.m., 76; 8 a.m., 76; 12 noon, p.m., SL Maximum, 87, at 5 p.m, August 18; mini- 9 p.m., August 18. ing were the reacings of the the weather bureau for the ‘our hours, beginning at 2 p.m. ometer twenty. yesterda: August 18-4 P-m., 29.04; 8 p.m., 29.98; 12 94 am., 2994; 8 am., 29.96; > 2 p.m., 29.96. ————— DEVELOPING CHINA. Contracts Awarded for Building Rail- ways, Working Coal, &c. United S reports to the State Department that sev- imp ntracts relating to the de- ‘lopment of China have recently been en- into by the Chinese government. es Minister Denby, at Pekin, A contract has been made by the Russo- Chinese Bank for a railway, 140 miles long, from Tai-yu-an-fu, the capital of Shansi Province, to Cheng-ting-fu, in the province of Chihli, the first large city south of Pao- ting-fu, the capital of Chih. Pao-ting-fu 1s on the trunk line from Hankau to Pekin. ‘This contract also includ?s mining privi- leges and the building of necessary branch roads. A contract has been granted to Mr. Luz- atti, agent of an Anglo-Italian syndicate, for workiag cecal, iron and petroleum throughout central and southern Shanst, with the privilege of building railways and cutting canals to join trunk lines or navi- gable rivers. The contract runs for a pe- ried of sixty years, and is entirely vested in the Anglo-Italian syndicate. This is the greatest industrial concession ever made by China. The engineers and staff ar2 to be composed of English and American engineers. Two American engi- neers—Messrs. Jameson and Shockley—have visited Shansi, and they report that the scinerals are inexhaustible and as yet al- most untouched. The minister says he ts cr2dibly informed that the Hankau-Canton line has been granted to an American syndicate, but he doubts whether they have the Hankau-Pe- kin line. A contract has also be2n granted an American—Mr. H. H. Lowry—to operate, in conjunction with a Chinese company, the coal mines west of the city, and to build a railroad to Kalgan, conditioned on the rais- ing of 10,000,000 taels ($6,730,000). 22 ESA Hoeke’s clearing sale continues only fif- teen days.—Advt. } posed of a GEN. BUTLER LEAVES Severs His Connection With First Division, Second Army Corps. FAREWELL ADDRESS 10 THE COMMAND Charges Against Third Virginia Reg- iment Still Under Consideration. THE SECOND DIVISION —————— Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAMP ALGER, Va., August 19, 1898. Maj. Gen. M. C. Butler, commanding the Ist Division, 24 Army Corps, today left Camp Alger to enter upon his duties as a member of the Cuban peace commission. His successor as commanding officer uf the 1st Division has not yet been appointed. Gen. Butler will go tomorrow to Newport News, returning to Washington in time for the first meeting of the commission, which takes place Monday morning. He will then go to his home in South Carolina for a brief stay before setting out for Cuba. Before teaving camp Gen. Butler publish- ed the following order: “Headquarters Ist Division, 2d Army Corps,” “CAMP RUSSELL A. ALGER, Va. “August 19, 1898. “General Orders 21. “In severing his connection with the Ist Division, 24 Army Corps, the major gen- eral com: nding ishes to express to the officers and men of the division his high ap- preciation of their soldierly qualities and to thank them for their } enforcement of discipline. vice have prevented th ing in active hostiliti ai support in the The exigencies from they s entitled to the gratitude of their countrymen, as they have stood ready at all times to respond to any orders from superior authorit: With an extended experience with volun- teers, the major general commanding de- sires to say that the first division 1s com- fine a body of volunteer soldiers as it has ever been his fortune to know, and from his knowledge of their qualities he feels justified in saying if the opportunity had presented itself they would have re- flected honor and glory upon their flag and corntry. “The major general commanding will rry with him the warmest sentiments of em for the officers and soldiers of the 1st Division and trusts his separation from them is only temporary: “By command of Maj. Gen. Butler. (Signed) “F. S. STRONG, “Assistant Adjutant General.” Brother Officers See Him Off. Without prearrangement of any sort Gen. Butler's departure was made quite an event. Brig. Gens. Gobin and Plume and Col. Burdette, commanding the three brig- ades of the command, accompanied him to the train. There the party was increased in number by the arrival of Capt. J. C. W. Brcoks, division quartermaster, Assistant Surgeon Moncelius and Lieut. Moore of Gen. Gobin’s brigade, Superintendent Ryder of the Southern railroad had his private car on cne of the side tracks, awaiting Gen. Butler’s arrival. This was coupled on behind the noon train and brought to the 6th street station, dinner being served en route. Third Virginia Case. Col. Gross and his associate officers of the court of inquiry devoted the entire morning to consideration of the case in- volving the 3d Virginia. They have not yet reached a conclusion. When the court has fully determined on the facts in the case a statement involving that decision will be sent Gen. Graham at Middletown, Pa., and then to the War Department in Washing- ton. It will not be given out here. There is, of course, much speculation as to the nature of the verdict. The Virginia men are for the most part all confidence, and cannot see any possibility of an unfavora- ble verdict. Some of the regular army men, on the contrary, express themselves freely as of the opinion that the testimony fully justifies Gen. Butler's order. The court is composed of two regular army men, Cols. Duval and Edgerly, and one volunteer, Col. Gross, who is the presiding officer. After the report in yesterday's Star clos- ed addresses were made to the court by Brig. Gen. Gobin, representing Gen. Butler, and State Attorney General Montague. Gen. Gobin first epitomized the evidence and then argued at much length to prove that it was more than competent to sustain Gen. Butler's action. He then spoke with much earnestness of the undesirability of having civilian’authorities interfere in the administration of military punishment. Mr. Montague’s reply to General Gobin began with a question, addregsed to the lat- ter, as to whether or not the counsel for General Butler had read the testimony, of which he presented an abstract. General Gobin’s reply that he had not done so made a decided impression on the court. Probable Transfer. A general order was issued this morning making the first order issued in the case less severe. It does away with the reports of absentees required by that instrument. It 1s not impossible, however, that the regi- ment may soon be transferred to another command. Word to this effect has reached the officers of the regiment from Freder- icksburg, where General Fitzhugh Lee is visiting. He announced to friends of the command in that city that the 3d Virginia would surely be transferred to his corps and be sent to Jacksonville, instead of to Middletown. Two deaths have been reported since yes- terday noon—Privates M. E. Hurley, Com: pany D, and F. V. Hack, Company H, 6sth New York. Both men died of typhoid fe- ver. Word has been sent to their relatives in Buffalo. Unless instructions to the con- trary are received by tomorrow the re- mains will be interred at Arlington. TRANSFER OF A BRIGADE. Troops at Thoroughfare to Be Sent to Middletown. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. THOROUGHFARE, Va., August 19.—Ar- rargements are being made with the South- ern railway to furnish cars for the trans- pertation of one brigade of the 2d Division to Middletown, Pa., Monday next. Gen- eral Davis estimates that each company will need three cars for men and baggage, and that a regiment will be carried by a train of three sections. Inadequate side track facilities will necessitate the loading of the troops cn the main track, the way being clear from noon until about 5 o'clock each day. The greater part of the weex will be required to move the division. Information was received by General Davis this morning from General Graham to the effect that the wall tents will be erected for the troops at Middletown by de- tails sent from Camp Alger, and that the arrangement of the camp will be completed before the arrival of the 2d Division. A check roll-call was made last night in the 6th Pennsylvania to account for the canteens belonging to the men of the regi- ment. Sixteen canteens full of brandy were taken from a colored cook by the provost guard last night, and as several had the “keystone” marked on them the roll-call was taken to identify the owners. Under orders from regimental headquar- ters information as to the guilty parties was not given out. A hospital train left Thoroughfare yes- terday afternoon for Fort Myer, carrying seventy patients who had been under treat- ment In the field hospital. Over thirty of the number were suspected typhoid pa- tients. ‘Two general courts will be in session dur- ing the remainder of the stay at Thor- oughfare. The members of the new court are: Lieutenant Colonel Dan. Moriarty, 7th Iilinois; Majors Alvin Barker, Ist ode Island, and J. P. Stewart of the 22d Kan- sas, and Captains G. G. Cornwell, 6th Penn- sylvania; C. H. Ledward, Ist Rhode Island; E. J. Griffith and S. C. Kelley of the 34 Missouri; T. B. Coulter and J. E. McDowell, both of the 159th Indiana; H. B, Hender- son, 3d New York; F. Charleswrite, 22d Kansas; H. W. McBean, 3d New York, and Patrick O'Connor of the 7th Illinois.’ The court will consider all cases brought be- fore it. Private Jas. Tinan, Company B, 7th Illi- UNCLE SAM: “Willie, Boy. You're Looking for Trouble.” nois, while drunk yesterday afternoon, in company with some companions, “rough housed” a peddler and distributed his wares among the crowd. Private Tinan was cap- tured by the provost guard, and under di- rections from General Davis will be turned over to the civil authorities. The evidence for the prosecution in the court-martial case of Captain Duncan of the 22d Karsas, charged with desecrating confederate graves, was finished by the court sitting at Thoroughfare Gap, Va., yesterday. Three privates in the 159th Indiana Regiment gave testimony to the effect that Capt. Duncan seemed to be di- recting the work of opening Major Duke's grave. The statute of the state of Vir- ginia making the offense a felony was in- troduced. Counsel for the accused asked until Saturday te prepare his case and this request was granted —_+—_—_ CASE OF CORA ERRICKSON,. Petition for Release From Board of Children’s Guardians. Hearing was begun this morning beiore Justice Bradley, in Orphans’ Court, in the matter of <he guardianship of Cora M. Fnrickson, on the petition of her eister, Nellie B. Warner, to have the girl taken from the custody of the board of children’s guardians and to have another guardian appointed. The case was continued until next Tuesday, that the board of guardians may answer the charges of the petitioner and those also ccntained in an affidavit of Miss Errickson. herself, who {s nineteen years of age. According to the papers in the case, read in court, Cora was, a few days before her sixteenth birthday, on December 5, 1805, taken before the Police Court and commit- ted to the custody of the board of guar- dians, on the grounds that she was at that time destitute of a suitable home and ade- quate meaas of earning an honest living. While under the control of the board she was put to work as a servant with tho family of James G. Carter, at Meacham’s River, Va., where she served until Octobei 5, 1807. About this time she was put to service at the Newsboys’ Home in this city, where, she alleges, the work she was re- avired to perform’ was onerous and dis- agreeable, such 28 ought not to have been imposed on one of her age. She had to care for the washing and other work of twenty boys, white and colored. For her service, she said, she was to receive $1 a week. She worked nine weeks. It is claim- ed that $9 from this situation and $50 from her work in Virginia are due her. Miss Errickson states, in an affidavi that while she was in service at the News- boys’ Home she was not permitted by the superintendent to either write to or visit her sisters, living in this city. Finally she left the home, barefooted, that she might see her sister, Mrs. Warner, who lives at 2606 O street. Mrs. Warner says she can secure work for her sister at $3.50 a week, and does not think she should longer be held by the board of guardians. Judge Bradley said he thought the board should be satisfied if the girl was able to obtain a better home and work. He said for the present the girl skould remain with her sister, and he warned the agents of the board of guar- dians against any attempt to arrest her. It was stated that the money due the girl would be paid to her when she becomes of age. ————— RULE GRANTED. Court Accedes to Request of Fidelity and Trust Company. ‘The Fidelity and Trust Company of Mary- land today filed a petition in Probate Court in the estate of Nora M. Hughes, asking that the court require Frank J. Donnelly, administrator of the estat, to give counter surety. The petitioning company states that at present it is the sole surety on the bond of Donnelly, and it verily believes it is in danger of suffering loss and damages by reason of its suretyship. ‘The reesons for this fear are given in the petition, which states that July 29 last the first and final account of the administrator in question was approved and passed, and that by this account he was chargeabl2 with a net balance of $228.88, and with jew- elry appraised at $1,118.75, and that-the said administrator Donnelly has failed to make a distribution of the cash balance and jew- elry, which by law, it is alleged, it was his duty to do. In the petition it is further stated that the surety company is creditably informed and believes that some part of the jewelry menttoned is now on deposit at the Wash- ington Safe Deposit Company, in th2 indi- vidual name, it is alleged, of Frank J. Don- nelly, and not in his name as administrator. The court is asked to require Donnelly to give counter surety, good and sufficient, to the company which is now on his bond to secure it against loss. If the administrator fails to do this the court is asked to order the property remaining in the administra- ter’s hands delivered to the petitioner, to be dealt with according to law. Justice Bradley issu2d a rule against Don- relly, requiring him to show cause on Au- gust 26 why the petition should not be granted. es Don’t fall to visit Heeke’s clearing sale carpets and furniture.—Advt. GOOD sU MER READING. Tomorrow's Star Will, Contain It in Unlimited Quantities. Saturday's Star will be an uhusually in- teresting number, and the special articles it will contain will cover a wide range of timely subjects, Many of them, will be ex- tensively and appropriately _ illustrated, some by half-tones, and all of, them will be found well worth reading. ‘The follow- ing are some.of the features of’ tomorrow's Star: THE WRECK OF THE (ustrated). A thrilling short story by Cutliffe Hyne. Complete in Saturday's tsste. CATTLE BOAT DONS OF THE NAVY (illustrated). A chat with Admiral Cervera and his captains at Annapolis. BRUSSELS STYLES (Illustrated). A famous designer tells about pelerines, and how they should be made. THE LOST PROVINCES (illustrated). Another installment of Louis Tracy’s en- tertaining serial. THE SHINING METAL (illustrated). Amecican gold first taken home to Spain by Columbus. By F. A. Ober. STYLES FOR SCHOOL WEAR (Illus- trated). Pretty models in white aprons and fall jackets. AN ALL-YEAR RESORT (IHustrated). Advantages offered to American tourists by attractive Porto Rico, A RICH ISLAND (illustrated). How Juan Fernandez, the home of Alex- ander Selkirk, is to be colonized by Chile. By Frank G. Carpenter. CHIEF OF ENGINEERS (Illustrated). Magnitude of the work accomplished un- der the direction of Gen. J. M. Wi!son. THE OUTWITTING OF THARADEEN, THE DACOIT (Illustrated). Another capital boys’ story by W. Mur- ray Graydon. COSTUMES FOR OUTINGS (Illustrated). Ellen Osborn’s chatty fashion letter from the Adirondacks. LESSONS OF THE WAR. Conclusions drawn by officers of the Texas as to ships and guns. A YOUNG RULER. A sketch of the Queen of Holland, with a half-tone reproduction of her latest photograph. OWNERS OF THE SOIL. Charles M. Pepper tells why Spanish property holders make good citizens. A SMART ALEC’S WOES. Why it is not well to tell afl you know too soon in the army Or navy. i THE FUTURE OF CUBA: Plans for educating the fgndtant natives of the island deine panes SESSION CLOSES¢ Daughters of America) Elect Officers and Adjourn, ,, The Daughters of America,.closed their eighth annual session yesterday, after de- ciding to meet next yeaf'‘at “Bridgewater, Conn. The reports submitted, during the day showed the Nationa}; Copncil of the Daughters to have organizations in thirty- six states, with 27,000 members. The fol- lowing officers were instgfled"to serve un- til others are chosen at,the next annual convention: National councilor, Mr. J. R. Rollinson of New Jersey; national associate councilor, Mrs. Jennie F. Krise, Maryland; national vice councilor, Mrs. Laura South- ard, Virginia; national secretary, Miss Julia Tipton, Dennison, Ohio; national treasurer, Cc. K. Campbell, McKer , Pa.; national —- Mrs. Lois Lambert, Massachu- setts. peeINR Aoi iets Bids for Naval Ordnance. ‘The. ordnance bureau of the Navy De- partment has opened bids for a large amount of heavy ordnance for the war- ships. The aggregate of the contracts will reach $360,000. These are for cast steel ain of large caliber. With th 3 increase. of naval ordnan ll be well supplied with materia Ma of the leading. steel and ordnance firms bid in-the compe- tution et prices -somewhat-lower than have LATE ARMY ORDERS. Brigadier General Henry Carroll, United States Volunteers, now at Fort Monroe, Va., has been ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he will await orders. Major C. P. Townsley, chief ordnance of- ficer, has been ordered to report to Gen- eral Rodgers for duty as an assistant in the preparation of a report and the organi- zation of the siege train and its equipment. The leave of absence granted Captain 8. R. Jacobs, Ist District of Columbia Vol- unteer Infantry, has been extended thirty days on account of disability. Additional paymaster: have been as- signed to duty as follows: Major J. G. San- ders, to Denver, Col.; Major J. M. Cleland, to Omaha, Neb.; Major Philip Dallam, to Chicago. Officers recently promoted have been as- signed to regiments as follows: Colonel G. M. Randall, to the 17th Infapiry; Colonel W. S. Worth, to the 16th Infantry; Lieu- tenant Colonel Charles Hobart, to the Sth Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel J. N. Coe, to the 13th Infantry; Major J. B. Gutherie, to the 15th Infantry; Major M. C. Foote, to the 21st Infantry. Officers of the army have been assigned to duty as follows: Major J. L. Chamber- lain, ordnance department, to duty as chief ordnance officer of a division of the 7th Army Corps at Jacksonville: Captain C. E. Pellew, Signal Corps, to Montauk Point: Captain H. D. Snyder, assistant surgeon, to Fort Ethan Allen, V: A. A. Surgeon J. M. Heller, to Montauk Point; A. A. Sur- geon G. M. ‘Bradfield, to Fort’ Myer, Va.j A. A. Surgeons W. H. Aylesworth, L. J. Genella, C. J. Kenworthy, G. W. Luster, L. M. Lindsley, E. F. MéClendon, W. E- Moody, W. H. Reynolds, O. W. Stone, Batt Smith and A. L. Izlar, to Santiago de Cuba: Acting Assistant Surgeons W. B. Stemen and E. D. Meeker, to Chickamauga: A. A. Surgeon F. I. Visbrow, to Ponce, Porto Rico; A. A. Surgeon J. E. Brackett, to the hospital ship Missouri; Captain’ B. E. Trippe, 10th Cavalry, to Montauk Point: Captamn E. Purviance, assistant. surgeon, to Fort McPherson, Ga.; Captain J. E. Brady, jr., Signal Corps, to Washi , shington aes D. C.; Major W. H. Stillwell, oS from this city to San Fran- A general court-martial ha: pointed to meet at Fort Uh ates K: to- day for.the trial of such prisoners as may be brought before it. Colonel E. L. Hug. sings, &th Volunteer Infantry, is the presi- dent and Lieutenant J. R. Gillespie, 8th Volun Ma niece Infantry, is judge advocate of The followin i named officers of the vol- have Tesigned: Lieutenant L. . Ist United - teer Infantry; Chaplain $- aS Pennsylvania Infantry;. Lieutenant’A i Coles, Ist Georgia Infantry: Lieutenant it: Upieeoubleday, 224 New York Intenry: Clonel J.C. Shandrew, 15th Minneseva Infantry; Major Charles M. Robinson, sur- Mommie’ States Volunteers; Major 'S ‘Major Re, additional paymaster. United s the army in Washington. Lieutenant Colonel Vale: Ty Hav: surgeon, ‘has been ordered to report ‘to, the ee oF (the department of lent ti surgeon of that department, "17 %* chief jor H. G. Fish, sui Cavatry, dias resigned rgeon, 34 Volunteer e_following-named officers h; signed: First Lieutenant W. 1. G. Savadery, 52d Iowa Volunteer Infantry; First Lieu- tenant W. H. Wilkinson, 52d Towa Volun- teers; First Lieutenant T. F. Kemery, 157th indians Yolmteer Infantry; First Lieuten- a ares a is, 6th Ohio Volunteer In- Acting Assistant Surgeon G. W. a son, United States army, has been onetty from Buffalo, N. Y., to Fort Myer, Va., for assignment to duty. cers of the army have been assigned to duty as follows: First Lientenant J HL Bacon, 3d United States Volunteer Engi- neers, to St. Augustine, Fla.; Second Lieu- terant Thomas Talbot, 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, to Porto Rico; Major F. Von Schrader, quartermaster, to Middle- town, Pa.; Major F. A. Smith, commissary of subsistence, has been ordered to Chi- cago. Second Lieutenant W. F. Stewart, jr., Ist Artillery, has been relieved from ‘duty at Fort Monroe and ordered to Key West racks; First Lieutenant T. C. Dickson, ord- nance department, has been ordered to the works of the Garvin Machine Company, New York, on business pertaining to the inspection of machines in process of manu- facture for the ordnance department; First Lieutenant L. 8. Sorley, 16th Infantry, has been ordered to Montauk Point to join his regiment; Second Lieutenant W. T. Bates has been transferred from the 2d to the 1th United States Infantry. ———__+ + ____—__ Plans Approved. The District Commissioners have approv- ed plans for the eastern terminal extension of the Columbia railroad, which is ‘to be used in connection with the proposed east- ern exterision of the line along Benning road. The present line of cars running out H street will turn down 15th and enter the steble, pass through the building, and, coming out the east end, return to H street over part of the new tracks on Benning road. The new line to Benning will enter the east end of the stable, pass through building, and return to Benning road over pee eee ee Cat he wireet Bae ae TO BE REMOVED Culmination of the Trouble in Civil Service Commission. STATUS OF MR. E. D. BAILEY To Show Cause Why He Should Not Be Dropped. SHARP CORRESPONDENCE ———— Th2 trouble between the civil service com- mission and former Chief Clerk EB. D. Bailey has reached an acute stage. The civil service commission has sent a com- munication to Mr. Bailey, who is now a clerk of class 3 in the office of the commis- sion, asking him to show cause why, for stated reasons, h> should not be removed from his present position. The commission refers to Mr. Bailey's interview, published in The Star of July 29, in which Mr. B-tley charged that his reduction from a cler< of class 4 to a clerk of class 3 was the result of his testimony before the Senate com- mittee which investigated the civil service ccmmission last winter, and was not be- cause, as alleged by the commission, he had a low rating for efficiency. This the commission gives as the chisf reason why the subordinate should be removed. The commission’s letter was dated Au- gust 15, and Mr. Bailey was given until to- day at 3 o'clock to make his reply, and to- day this reply was placed in the hands of the commission. It was >xpected the commission would take some action on Mr. Bailey's case to- but Mr. Brewer being away from the , the matter was not corsidered, but it will come up tomorr commi: pn will prot The correspondenc , when the of it. to follows: The Commission's Letter. August 15, w morn nly a ferre 1898. Mr. Edwin D. Bailey. You will please take noti that “he your al from the position you occupy, and from all other service under the commis- sien, and it hereby gives you the reasons and charges upon which it will base its ac- tion should such dismissal take place. The commission charges that you, on or about the 20th day of July last, did, in an interview with one Mr. Jones, a corres- pondent of The Evening Star, a newspaper published in the city of Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, utter words and use lan- guage for the purpose of the same being published in said newspaper, with the in- tent and desire on your part of bringing disrepute and casting reproach upon the commission and the members thereof, and, by implication at least, charged the com- mission with a dishonorable act in the per- formance of its official duties. To be more specific, the commission here gives you a full and complete statement touching the matters referred to, in order that you may have the advantage of the same should you fee fit to answer the charges and com- plaints here made by the commission against you. Some time prior to July last the commis- sion directed the heads of the several di- visions under the commission to make up the efficiency ratings of each of the em- ployes under the eommission, and on or about the 20th of July the heads of the several divisions made their report to the commission as directed. Such efficiency rating report was made in accordance with the regulations which had been in force under the commission for more than a year then last past. Such report was afterward, on or about July 25, 1898, approved by the commission, and on July 28 the commission made and caused to be entered in its min- ute book the following order or minute, and on July 29 said Jones was permitted to copy such order and did copy the same, and thereafter, on the same day, he read a copy of such order or minute to you, and thereupon, after having heard the same read, you dictated and uttered the language and words mentioned and given in your in- terview which was published in The Even- ing Star on July 29 last, and on the same day a copy of such minute was mailed to you. Copy of such order or minute read to you and the interview referred to having been published in The Star as aforesaid are here given as they appeared in said pape: “The civil service commission today re- duced Mr. E. D. Bailey, a clerk of class 4, to the grade of cla , and promoted Mr. G. R. Wales to the v Mr. Bailey the of the civil service commission who testified before the Senate investigating committee which was looking into the affairs of the clvil service. “A reporter of The Star first informed Mr. Bailey of the change which dropped him to a lower class. He sai “I never heard a whisper of incompe- tency or inefficiency until after I was sum- moned before the Senate investigating com- mittee. On the other hand, it is the pres- ent board, less Mr. Brewer, which made me chief clerk of the chief examiner's division, and which sought my advice and recom- mendations in most of the important ac- tions taken during the past two years, “Whatever the commission may say, there can be no doubt that their present action is the result of the testimony which I gave before the Senate inv: gating com- mittee. That testimony was very damag- ing to the course of the commission, and remains unrefuted to this day. ‘As to the question of efficiency, I am very willing to submit it to the judgment of those with whom I have been the long- est associated in the office and who are in a position to give an unprejudiced judg- ment. But I am not willing to accept the opinion of persons prejudiced by their per- sonal interest, as is the present case with the commission. “I was not responsible for being sum- moned before the Senate investigating com- mittee, but when summoned I could do nothing less than speak the truth. I should do the same were I summoned again, even though the result were far more disastrous than a reduction. But this case has not ended. I have received assurances from those who were responsible for my appear- ance before the committee that they would see justice done, and I rely upon them.’ “When The Star reporter stated to the commission that it vas stated that Mr. Batley’s reduction was the result of an ani- mosity engendered during the Senate in- vestigation it was promptly denied. “*The reduction would have taken place,’ said two members of the commission (Messrs. Brewer and Harlow), ‘if the testi- mony had never been given.’ “The reporter suggested that the min- utes of the meeting at which this action was taken be given to the public, and the commission consented. The record states: “Inasmuch as an examination of th- work reports and the efficiency ratings cf the force of the commission discloses the fact that certain of the employes of class 3 are of far more value to the commission than E. D. Bailey, who is rated as the low- est of the clerks of class 4, it is therefore ordered that E..D. Bailey be reduced toa clerkship of class 3, and that G. R. Wales, whose rating is the highest for class 3, be promoted to a clerkship of class 4 on Au- gust 1 next. “In making this order the commission ‘has fully considered the responsible char- acier and the peculiar value of the services rendered by Mr. Wales as cempared wita these of Mr. Bailey.’ ” it must be noted that when you used the language given in the interview referred to you had heard read a copy of the minute or order of the commission reducing you from a clerkship in class 4 to a clerkship in class 3, and you thereby were informed by the reading of such minute or order of the reasons given why such change was made by. the commission in the official or- der referred to, and yet you in the inter- view given used the follo' language touching the commission its official act in its efforts to fix the pay of employes in accordance with their value to the public service and in the performance of the work of the commission: “Whatever the commission may say, there can be no doubt that their present ac- tton is the result of the testimony which I gave before the Senate investigating com- mittee. That testimony was very damag- ing to the course of the commission, and remains unrefuted to this day. “As to the Pogen e's 4 gg Tam very willing to submit it to the judgment of those with whom I haye been the long- est associated in the office and who are in a@ position to give an unprejudiced judg- ment. But I am not willing to accept the 7 @ontinued on Bighth Page) ——a FINANCIAL, A year’s work 2,7 MS, represents to fr 00s," at the year's begt many a man 71, "ym" that in these times of. only board ttl it's not what a mani and clothes. ure | taining bank account—HERE—ts surprise largest sums will keep it going. ‘ Union Savings Bank, 1222FSt aulS-15d / Bankruptcy Blanks. Under the new lew of 1898 necessary to fle a Voluntary $:.25. Sample wet, $5. ‘A Uniform System of Bankruptcy," beep, ; Planks Case, In_ press $2 cloth, $2. The Law Reporter Co., 518 sth Sta j aul-Im,14 Washington, D. a Washington Savings Bank, CORNER 12TH AND G 8 NW. 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After his infury had been dressed he was taken to his home, No, 749 7th street southeast. ‘ Henderson Taylor and Christopher Ford, — colored, were today sent by Judge Mills to jail for sixty Gays each for assaulting E¢- gar Jones, and Ford got fifteen days addi- tional for assaulting Edward Caball. Troops Tor Cuba. Adjutant General Corbin is authority for the statement that little or nothing will be dene regarding troops for Cuba save whet | actual necessity demands unt!) the military | ccmmission has made @ report. The mili- tary commission will know whether troops | are need2d and be able to suggest the num- ber. oe ree St this kind the | ‘War Department ‘organize & Cuban |~ expedition. : 4