Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8.H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't ~ New York Office, 49 Potter Building. The E ts served to aubserthers in the city by carriers, on their own account. at 10 cents Per week. cr 44 cents ver monch. Copies at the conoter, 2 cents ea bh By msJ—anywhere In the Up er m Saturasy Quin foreign postace + Canada—postage prepali—60 cents le Sheer Star. $1 per year, with $3.08 (Entered at the Post Om Washington. D. C., as seennd-clugs m {i matter.) © AU mail sub fons most he paid In advance, Rates of a rtisiog Made known on application. Che Hvening Star. No 14,209, WASHINGTON, D. ©, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1898-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. RIOTS IN AUSTRIA Italians Stoned to Death and Lynched by Austrians, VIOLENT STREET FIGHTS IN TRIESTE The Embassy at Vienna Strongly Guarded by Infantry. ANOTHER ARREST “4 f ROME > LOND September Vierna empire from vcarian It it ation of t it anti-Italian place natives with revo say nfuriated of the ns have Italians the . where the aling in ometin st vers. s ones to re reported 13.—An _ anar. Mian distribut days > on Italian w was the manifesto, The t arrived from Sw was m The p an tht e crowd pre: with interfered the ca) both lodged in was apers here remark that the 's at Milan commenced in a sim- ilar manner. — BACKS ZURLINDEN. Excited Diseussio: by the French PARIS, September fatin toda FAURE of Dreyfus Case Cabinet. —The Rz tha say followed, and the the after cause re and which, ithdrawal from t 5 It in a g the view cf the possible ral Zurlinden, M. Bris a punded G Bragere, wh said, is disposed t pt the portfolio. Suse ee COL. DE CLAM RETIRED. Result of Investigation Into the Drey- fous Case. It is off announced at Paris that Cel. Du Paty de Clam has been placed on the ed from his pe general staff's hazy case. Du Paty de n of the minister for have considered tha n of the Drey Sac case, day, at the re- tice, M. Sarnen, in which to to release Col. ring of the case JUDGE PROUTY NOT LYNCHED. Groundiess Story Sent homa and Widely WICHITA, Kan., September 18.—A week &g0 a negro named Dave Fitch was killed by six cowboys at Tecumseh, Okla. Judge Pro who has juri over that sec- 2 not act in the matter as quickly From Okla- Circulated. Prouty's friends. DLY DECR 1 Inspector Says They Will # Be Exterminated. SING. tember ai 138.— mn of inspector a of th member and or has re- “ comn n tour of the is- year to year con- herd is rapidiy ining from 19 6 this bei i be extermi- gee MRS. CARSON WARD DEAD. Resided in’ Gz Weilt-n thers rs, on Here, but Was al PD morning on of the heart, Fraderick ave nue of ni Mrs. Ward an hour before left her home whee Laura, daughter, in a carriag go to the pos @ and to call upon friends in another section of to At the post office she was heard to com- plain of pain in an arm and was sp2edily on her way tow home, but when within fifty yards she was strickep and fell to the street. She was removed to the residence of Miss Adeline Gloyds and Dr. J. H. McCormick called, but life was axtinct. Mr. Ward and the child survive. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willam H. Coomes, aged thirty-one years, and was widely related and well known in Washington. commission, | seal | Representative Overstreet Quite Satisfied : With the Result No Effort Made to Get Out a Full Vote There or in Ver- mont. “The results of the Maine elections are quite satisfactor said Representative Overstreet, secretary of the republican committee, to a Star re- congressional porter to¢ “It was a foregone conclu- sion t the republicans would carry the stat no effort was made to increase ument, nor a hand book, nor a nt into the state. In fact, We did nothing except to equip the ordinary No especial good could hae come from rolling up a larger ma- jority in Maine, and we devoted our atten- tion to states which are closer. No Effert to Get Out the Vote. “The short vote in both Vermont and Maine can be sunted for by the fact that no effort was made to get the vote out. The result in both states is gratify- ing in showing that nothing is to be feared from the dissatisfaction of the returning soldiers. We red no loss in either Ver- mont or Maine on account of criticisms of our soi- the experi of war growing out in the phere © re ; f republican nomin this did not indicate dissatisfaction with the atrary, it meant that there seratching s evident- g that the’ were 1 indifferenc? rather than was responsible for the vote. iers Vote the Republican Ticket. had not expected any added benefit general republican cause from the to Vermont and Maine elections, but it turns the t that we can take decided satisfaction in the fact that the returning soldiers voted the republican ticket.” ee THE WAR TAXES. Indications That They Will Be Re- tained for Some Time. All indications point to the retention for a considerable length of time of a large proportion of the internal taxes imposed by the war revenue bill. Senators and rep- resentatives in Congress who assisted in framing the law, and who will be called upon to pass upon the subject of the reten- tion of its provisions, are inclined to the belief that the time is not near for a gen- eral repeal of the act. Representative Steele of Indiana, a mem- ber of the committee on ways and means, in an interview with a Star reporter, sald: Some of the heaviest revenue-producing sections of the law will have to, be con- tinued in force for some time to come. We are on the verge of increased expenditures for the and navy, and money will ot cube se my mind that we have to build a larger navy. I am atified to find that the people of the in- he country—of Indiana im par- ger for an adequate us the residents of the seacoast com- 8. itor Allison of the committee on is quoted as expre ie the opinion | that the main features of the war revenue law will never be stricken from the statute oks. He thinks that much of the r of the future must come from internal taxation. ee THE NEW YORK PARADE. Efforts Still Being Made to Bring It About. Gen. Miles sald today that dispatches were being exchanged with New York con- cerning the prep d parade of troops there, and althcvugh he feared the parade was off, yet efforts were still under way to | bring it about. Aside from the troops com- ing from Porto Rico and those at Montauk, there are some 7,000 cavalry horses, which, with their mourts, would make a consider- able showing of the equipment for the |meunted branch of the service. About 1,000 horses are to be disposed of, but the remaining 6,000 probably will be driven oss Long Isiard, up to New York, thence to take stock trains for distribution to cavalry posts. The drive through Long ‘siand would take until after next Satur- so tha: a parade with this cavalry ad- junct hardly could be arranged before next week. As a result of the telegrams being exchanged with New Yerk a final decision on the parade is likely to be reached very scon. — 4ON IN GUATEMALA, a} Cabrera Chosen by an Almost Unani- mous Vote. Minister Hunter telegraphs the State De- partment from Guatemala under date of yesterday, as follows: “The election for president of Guatemala, during the first seven days during September, resulted in the election of the | present incumbent, Manuel Estrada Cab- rera, by the largest majority ever given a presidential candidate in this republic. ‘Two candidates were voted for, Cabrera and Castillo, both liberals. Three hunéred and sixteen thousand five hundred votes were cast. Of this unprecedented large number Cabrera received 315,036 and Castillo O64. Peace, good order and an untrammeled ex- ercise of the election franchise marked the entire election. The national assembly meets on the 18th instant to declare the re- sult and the inauguration takes place on the 22d. he new president is forty-one years of age, a statesman of broad, comprehensive | Views, possessed of rare ability and attain- | ments, and was for many ycars minister of | justice in the cabinet of hi He assumed the executive f vernment April 8 last as ‘he constitu- snal successor of Barrios oO Was as- and enjoys the distinction of be- ing the first president taken from civil life since Don Mariano Calves, in 1839. All since then have been military chiefs. Ca- tious of the brera’s election means peace and prosperity to the country and an able, honest and stable government. HUNTER.” This appears to settle the report of riot and bloodshed in Guatemala by an incom- mg steamer, as Minister Hunter brings events up to yesterday. ———————— YELLOW FEVER AT PONCE. Gen. Brooke Reports on Conditions in Porto Rice. The following was posted at the War De- partment today: PONCE, September 18, 1898. Adjutant General, Washington: The number of sick among troops in Porto Rico, 1,886—about 18 per cent; 177 typhoid, 447 malaria, 1,262 other diseases. investigation of two deaths at Ponce shows them to be yellow fever, which originated in quartermaster’s hospital. One more case has developed. All troops at Ponce have been removed to camps. General Henry has taken precaution to prevent disease Spreading. BROOKE, Major General, Shouts and Threats From the Spanish Lawmakers. D’ALMENAS CAUSES AN OUTBREAK His Second Denunciation Includes General Linares. PRISONERS SET FREE —_——_+—__ MADRID, September 13.—There was an- other uproarious session of the senate to- day. Count d’Almenas, referring to his state- trent yesterday giving the names of the generals he recently said ought to have their sashes tied around thelr necks in- stead of around their waists, naming Wey- ler, Blanco and Prime de Rivera, after which he also included Admiral Cervera in the category, said General Linares was also incompetent and ought to be ar- raigned. Thereupon General Weyler and others loudly protested against these charges, and General Weyler calied on Count d’Atmenas to name those generals who were accused of falling to do their duty, and, he added, if the accusations were true and the culprits cculd not be legally punished, the generals would take the matter in their own hands and inflict proper punishment. A great tumult ensued, the senators shouting and threatening each ‘The president of the senate vainly strove to restore order and broke his bell in attempting to do so. Liberated by Aguinaldo. HONG KONG, September 12.—A special dispatch received here from Manila from a Spanish source says: “Aguinaldo has liberated ail the Spanish prisoners. The Americans, in vivlation of the terms of the capitulation, have seized the public offices, destroyed the archives, disregarded the municipal laws and are collecting the overdue Spanish taxes.” a AN ERA OF PROSPERITY. Geo. Gould Says the Country is on the Eve of It. LONDON, September 13.—Mr. George J. Gould of New York, who sails for home to- morrow on bocrd the White Star jiine Steamer Teutonic, in an interview today, said: “All I have heard from home since we have been abread has convinced me that we are on the eve of an era of prosperity, perhaps unprecedented in our. history. ‘The business outlook could not be better, and, with the splendid harvest they will have to move, railroad securities ought to boom. ‘This naturally will have a beneficial effect on all sound stocks.” Touching on polities, Mr. Gould said: “I belleve the Philippine question will be peacefully settled to the satisfaction of the American people; but have given it little or no thought.” Referring to the challenge of Sir Thomas Lipton, Mr. Gould remarked: “I have not formed any plans in connec- tion with the America’s cup challenge. I know nothing more about the matter than I have read in the newspapers. But 1 may Say, as a yachtsman, that I am pleased an- other challenge has been received for the cup. I hone nothing will prevent a race and I trust the best boat will win.’ > FOUND DISTRESS, NOT GOLD. Misfortunes of Miners Lured to Kotnze- bue Sound. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., September 18.—W. C. Strong, who has arrived here from St. Michaels on the steamer Garronne, says that the Garronne sighted considerable wreckags west of Unamik Pass, The wreckage appeared to be that of a schoon- er, but no marks of {dentification were found. Mr. Strong says Kotzebue Sound has proven to be another source of disap- pointment. Misfortune has been the lot of a large number of prospectors who were lured to that section by stories of its golden Wealth. Parties just from there report a most distressing condition of affairs. Not one dollar's worth of gold has been found and 1,000 men are on the beach waiting an opportunity to get away. Nearly as many more “re working their way to the beach to secure transportation out. Four thou- sand dollars’ worth of supplies are piled on the beach and being offered for sale, but Pirchasers cannot be found. ‘There are several smal] schooners in the sound which will soon saiJl,bringing all they can accommodate. It is thought that gold exists at the headwaters of the streams emptying into Kotzebue Sound, but these streams are not navigable for canoes, and the mountains are almost impassable. One or two expeditions have been organized to reach the headwaters of the streams, but will go up the Koukuk river and cross the divide on the snow this winter. Among the arrivals from St.Michaels is a party consist- ing of W. H. Buckingham, J. F. Benson, M. T. Niver, E. E. Meekly and J. J. Hahn of Canton, Ohio. This party took a for-y- {cot steam lainch to St. Michaels to be used in the transportation of their supplies up the Yukon and also in prospecting vari- cus streams. On August 18, jvst before they were to stert up the river, a severe storm visited St. Michaels, wrecking the craft, which, to- gether with their cutfits, went to the bot- tom, ccmpelling the party to return. The same storm wrecked several other small craft, and a huge wave carried a large stern-wheel steamer, belonging to a Penn» sylvania company, high and dry on the beach. ADMIRAL CERVERA’S GRATITUDE. His Graceful Expressions Addressed to the Associated Pre: NEW YORK, September 13.—The follow- ing is a literal translation of a letter re- ceived by the Associated Press from Ad- miral Cervera: “PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Sept. 11, 1898. “To the President of the Associated Press: “My Dear Sir—Tomorrow I sail for Spain, and I wish to say to you, as the represen- tative of the greatest news association in the United States, that I sail with my heart full of gratitude for the sympathy that has been shown me by the people of this country, “My farewell, then, takes with it every assurance that the memory of this sym- pathy 1 shall warmly and actively con- serve during the rest of my life. “I take advantage of this occasion to sub- scribe myself as your faithful and obedient servant, who kisses your hand. (Signed) “PASCUAL CERVERA.” ——.__. TURKEY IS RESPONSIBLE. American Losses During Armenian ‘Troubles Laid at Her Door. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 13.—The United States, it 1s anounced, has replied to a recent note of the Turkish govern- rent, declining to accept Turkey's repudia- tion of the responsibility for American losses Gurirg the Armenian troubles, PINE TREE STATE ELECTION|TUMULT IN SENATE| DEWEY HAS NOT ASKED aiD Merely Wants Authority to Buy Some Fresh Beef. Dangers of the Situation in Philip- pines Believed t6 Have Been Exaggerated. The officials at the War and Navy De- partments profess to feel more confidence than they have heretofore expressed re- garding the present situation in the Philip- Pine Islands. In spite of all the disquiet- ing reports that have come of late from newspaper sources indicating the existence of critically strained relations between the insurgents and the American forces of oc- cupation, it is a fact that for three days Past no word came to the State, Navy or War Department from Manila until this morning. That was a message from Ad- miral Dewey asking suthority from the de- partmental officers to purchase some fresh beef which would afford him a supply for three months. The admiral made no men- tion of any disturbance, whence it is in- ferred that the dangers of the situation have perhaps been exaggerat2d at this dis- tant point. One reason for the confidence felt by the War Department officials in a peaceable so- lution of the difficulties is their knowledge of the peculiar fitness of General Otis, the n military commander, for the dis- f just such duties—diplomatic as elas mili as pow confront him. He distinguished himself in the closing days il war end afterward by the tact, m and discretion exhibited by him in adjusting the many delicate questions arising the efforts to reconstruct the scuthern states. Therefore the officials are confident that if by discretion and Judgment a clash with the insurgents can be avoided without losing any of our advantage Gen- eral Otis may be safely relied on to ex- hibit these qualities. Not much importance ts attached here to the vainglorius Spanish report of the destruction by Spanish gunboats of an in- surgent flect which attempted to make a landing on the Visayas Islands. General Otis has informed the War Department that the insurgent navy consisted of three small coasting vessels carrying an agere- gate force of about 24) men, while it was Known that the Spanish government had still one or two gunbeats concealed some- where among the many Islands of the Philippine group. These insurgent vessels, by the way, started fram Manila before the signing of the protocel, at a time when there was unquestionably at least a tacit co operation between the Americen forces and the insurgents. Now, however, the sit- uation has changed. The military authori- ties here after a careful consideration of the question have concluded that it 1s in- cumbent upon them to compel the insur- gents to an observance of the suspension of hostilities agreed upen between the United States and Spain, at least in cases I'ke that in the vicinity of Manila, where by the acticn of the United Bates forces, naval and military, the residemts had been deprived of the protection of the Spanish military ard naval forces. It is stated au- thoritatively that General Otts has been given plenary powers to deal with this matter, although, as already stated, it is heped and expected that he will be able to prevent an absolute hegtile clash. an aad CLARA BARTON'S RETURN. mederati in President of Red Cross and Party Reach Washington. Miss Clara Barton and party reached the city yesterday from Tampa, Fla. Those with Miss Barton were Dr. Winfizld Egan, chief surgeon of the Red Cross; Gen. Von Schell of the Belgian Red Cross; Dr. Gill, J. A. McDowell, Miss Lucy Graves and Miss Annie Fowler of Ilinots, The party is hers waiting orders and may be sent either to the Philippines or Porto Rico. Miss Barton went to the headquarters of the Red Cross on the old Chautauqua grounds near Glen Echo, where she is stay- ing. She is slightly indisposed and will en- deavor to recuperate. She has nothing to say additional to what bas been printed relative to her experiences at Havana. It is stated that she will make to the Presi- dent and the Secretary of State a detailed statement of the action of the Spanish authorities In refusing to allow the Red ‘Cross to land cargoes of supplies at Havana. — et GOING TO NEWPORT. The Cruiser Brooklyn to Have an Ovation. Acting Secretary Allen has given orders for the cruiser Brooklyn, now at New York, to proceed to Newport to accept the hospitalities of the citizens of that place. The people have subscribed a considerable sum of money to defray the expense of a reception to the sailors, and have arranged an elaborate program for their entertain- ment. It was the intention of the Navy Department to send several of the torpedo boats to Newport from New York, to take part in this reception, but unfortunately the time set, the 15th instant, will find most of these craft in the drydock, or un- der repair at the New York yard. Some of the big monitors are now on the way north from Porto Rico, at last report being at Charleston, 8. C., and they will also report at Newport, if they can reach there in time. ———_+ 0+ ___—_ SENATOR GRAY’S SUCCESSOR. Vacancy on the Canadian Commis- sion Soon to He Filled. It {s expected that the vacancy In the American representation of the joint United States-Canadian commission by the trans- fer of Senator Gray to the peace-commis- sion will be filled in the course of a day or two. Ex-Secretary Foster, with Secretary Anderson of the commission, is now in the city, and are making arrangements to leave for Quebec about the end of the pres- ent week, to be present at the resumption of tho joint meetings on the 20th. Gen. Foster has already had @ short conference with the President touching the work of the commisston, Naval Orders. Lieut. Commander R. G. Davenport has been ordered to command the Fish Hawk, relieving Lieut. Commander F. H. Delano, who ts ordered to the Boston: navy yard. Ccmmander J. J. Briee (retired) has bean detached from command of the Mare Island navy yard and ordered home. Lieut. J. I, Madge has been detached from the ecmmand of the moniter Wyandotte and ordered home. ~ A The following ramed. volunteer officers have been honorably discharged: Lieuts. O. White and T. M. Horse; Ensigns J. R. Har- rell, J. Farnsworth, H. H. Smith, A. W. Russell, Passed Assistant Engineer R. B. Dick, Passed Assistant Surgeon J. Sailor and Assistant Surgeon R. 8 Le Coute. Governmeut Receipts. Government receipts today—From inter- nal revenue, $45,243; customs, $682,859; miscellaneous, $17,860, enditures, $1,- 753,000. ary ge 2 —__—_ Burial of Blanche, Roosevelt. LONDON, September 18.—The remains of the Marchesa D'Alligri Roose- velt), the American Binger and novelist, Whose death was announced on Saturday last, were buried this morning in Bromley cemetery. The funeral was private. COL. SMART’S REPORT Result of a Recent Inspection of Camp Wékoff. SICK MEN IMPRUDENTLY FUSLOUGHED Streets Are Kept in Excellent Con- dition. WATER SUPPLY ANALYZED Surgeon General Sternebrg calls atten- tion to some important features of the re- cent report made by iLeut. Col. Smart con- cerning the condition of Camp Wikoff. Col. Smart fs in charge of the sanitary division of the surgeon general's office and is pro- fessor of hygiene in the Army Medical School. He has had great experince in water analysis and was detailed by Gen. Sternberg to make a sanitary inspection of the camp and report on the water supply, ete. The features Gen. Sternberg calls at- tention to are as follows: “The first subject which arrested my at- tention on arrival at the hospital was the utterly prostrated condition of some of the men furloughed at the intervention of friends who desired to remove them to their homes. No doubt much pressure was brought to bear on the surgeons charged with the duty of furloughing them, but it appears to me that much greater care should have been exercised in authorizing the departure of certain of these men on a journey which necessarily involved much fatigue. An hour later a t2legram from yourself to the surgeon in command ex- Piicitiy forbidding the furloughing of men unable to take care of themsélves appeared to me to be sufficient to rzmedy this evil, due not to carelessness, but to excess of sympathy with the soldier and desire to have him in the care of his friends and relatives. “The site of the camp is an excellent one, a firm, compact and well-drained grassy 60d, the soil beneath the surface being held well together by the intertwined roots of the grass and freely growing annuals, ava forming thus a surface which wears well under foot and is productive of neither dust in dry weather nor mud in rainy weather. Here and there in shaslow depressions and ravines the surface has been eroded down to a clay bed, which stuyports surface water in pools, but in view uf fresh breezes con- stantly blowing from the ocean | am of the opinion that i» malarial developments need be anticipated from these small ponds. Some of them in progress cf time would probably become @ nuisance by surface drainage into tiem and would require to be drained and filled up, particularly one on the north side of the general hospital and between it and its sinks. “The camps of some cavalry recruits and of the engineer battalions are on the suuth- east border of Fori Pond. The Ist Division extends from this eastward on a line skirt- ing the ocean, with their sinks on the sea- ward side of the men’s quarters and well removed from them. the 2d Division cn the rolling ground in the interior between the ocean and a large body of fresh water, Great Pond. Camps Kept Well. “The camps are kept in excellent condi- tion, the streets ond inter-regimental areas perfectly clean, all garbage buried, except some 8f the refuse, which is more con- veniently disposed of by burning, and the sinks deep, well protected by boarding, and so carefully attended to as in no instance to constitute a nuisance. The streets of the infantry camps are from twenty to twenty-five feet wide, as most of the reg- iments are small; in the cavalry division they are wider, as the camp areas are larger, to give space for the horses. Only two of the regiments, the 8d and 2ih In- fantry, are in any way crowded. “The tents of all the commands are wedge wall tents, three men to a tent, each tent well spaced from its neighbors. In a few cases board floors have been laid, and lumber is being delivered in some regiments for this purpose, but speaking in general terms, the men sleep on bedsacks filled with straw or hay. These, with _ their blankete, are clean and sunned and aired @aily. Some recruits recently arrived are not yet provided with bedsacks. “In the interior of many of the tents there ts a lack of tidiness and solaierly neatness, due to the worn-out condition of the men. The 10th Cavalry was exception- ally good in this respect, every tent being notably clean and neat. “The kitchens of all the commands are under tent flies, all utensils clean and wastes buried. No suggestion of a com- Plaint as to the character of the food sup- ply could be elicited in any of the regi- ments. Ice, milk, eggs, melons, etc., ap- peared to be abundant in every camp. The Water Supply. “The water supply of the camp and hos- pitals is taken from a well about 200 yards from the eastern margin of Fort Pond. A free supply was found at a depth of forty feet below surface. Two strata of clay, cne near the surface, the other at a depth of twenty-five feet, separate the well water from surface contaminatiun. It 1s distributed by about eight miles of pipe end on tap in each of the regiments. Two of the regiments—the 9th and 13th Infantry —are provided with Pasteur filters in their company kitchens. following tabulation shows the re- sults of a chemical examination of the water by myself on Thursday, September 8, immediately after the samples were drawn: Ft.Pond Well Tap water, water. water. 62.0 3.0 3.0 . None. None. None. Oxygen requires B75 075 Free ammonia. 0025, 002 Albumenoid ammonia. .048 008 “The figures represent parts per 100,000 of the water. “The Fort Pond water is unfit for use as a potable water. The other samples are organically pure. “With this satisfactory water supply and the good sanitary condition prevailing in the regimental camps I have no hesitancy in saying that the troops could stay on their present ground in winter quarters without any such outbreak of typhoid fever as has occurred at Camp Alger and at Chickamauga Park. The Hospital Well Appointed. “A well-appointed hospital has been es- tablished for each of the divisions, under the superintendence of Majors Wood, Kil- bourne and Harris. Each consists of ten three-tent pavilions, framed and floored, with cots for 150 patients. Mrs, Willard of Boston has provided special diet kitch- ens for these hospitals. The Ist Division hospital at the time of my visit dd no ambulance wagon, and the cots and bed- ding had not arrived. The 2d Division hos- | pital had two ambulance wagons available for service, and about fifty patients al- ready under care. The cavalry division hospital was complete in its arrangements. Many of the sick men whom I saw In the regimental camps are now under treatment in these division hospitals.” ———— Coaling Station Contract Awarded. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 13.— Healey, Tibbetts & Co. of this city have been awarded the contract for construct- ing the coaling station at Pago Pago. Their bid was $142,900. The work will take about a year and include wharves, coal bunkera and houses. COMMISSION'S WEAKNESS Without Power to Compel Witnesses to Tes- tify. Army Officers Would, It is Claimed, Decline to Give Damaging Testimony, The difficulty which is being experienced in the construction of the proposed com- mission for the investigatior®®f the conduct of the staff branches of the army during the war with Spain has excited some dis- cussion in military circles as to the possi- bility of the practical failure of an inves- tigation by commission. It develops that there is a decided disapproval among army officers of the proposition to have the con- duct of the war investigated by a civil commission, which cannot be clothed with any judicial authority. The objection not on account of any prejudice against civil authorities interfering in military mat- ters, but is due to the fact that testimony before a commission not possessing judicial authority would be in a manner voluntary and would, it is said, put officers in the attitude of gratuitously giving testimony which might be damaging to individuals or to the administration of the War De- partment. Some of the officers point out that injury is liable to result to the army if they give testimony when there is no power to com- pel them to testify. They say that it would be no trouble to get ali the informaion there is concerning the campaign at San- ago, the management of the war through the department and the operations of the medical, the quartermaster’s and the com- sary departments if a tribunal or board were organized with authority to compel testimon, but that offi ardize thelr own interests n put them- selves in tha tude of being volun: in- formers when the composition of the com- mi. on making the ing is not ich as to make it compulsory upon them to teil what they may know. 5 ‘They say it will be impossible-Zor a com- mission not having the power to compel testimony to get at the fa Most ofti- cers, they say, will make it a point of hon- or, as well as a matter of self-interest, to decline to give testimony of any in ance unless compelled to. If the commis- sion could compel testimony an officer giv- ing testimony which might be damaging would have the excuse that he had no choice but to tell what he knew. In the ab- sence of authority to compel testimony the witness would have a right to conceal or to decline to disclose any facts in his pos- session, uud if he gave testimony damag- ing to any one it might be assumed that he did this gratuitously and was bringing reproach upon the army whtn he ¥ der no compulsion to do so. This, it is said, will undoubtedly have the effect of preventing some witnesses from giving testimony of a damaging chara the commission. EQUITY COURT ORDERS. Parties in Suits Required to Answer to Proceedings. An order was granted by Justice Cox in Equity Court No 1 today in the case of Augusta F. Wilscn against P. S. Wilson, requiring the complainant to show cause on or before Monday, September 19, why she has disobeyed the order of the court allowing the defendant to have their chil- Gren with him twice a week, as provided in the final decree in the case. Justice Cox also granted a rule in the case of Louis Arthur Reinberg agairst Nora J. Reinberg, requiring the ccmplainant to appear in court on Monday next and show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt of court for failing to make payment of ali- mony and counsel fees, as ordered by the court. cler before ——.__ SUIT AGAINST EXECUTRIX. Proceedings by Mrs. Noonan to Se- cure Dower Interest. Mrs. Ann Noonan today entered suit against Mary A. Dobbins, her daughter, who ig sued as the executrix of the will of the late John Noonan, who was the husband of the complaint. There are a number of other defendants, all of whom are benefici- aries under the Noonan will. The action is brought by Mrs. Noonan to secure an as- signment of dower, she having filed with the register of wills a written renunciation of any bequest or devise made to her by the provisions of her husband’s will, and electing to claim her dower right in his estate. The complainant declares that the total @esessed valuation of the deceased's prop- erty is $103,822, and that his personal prop- erty is valued at $4,000. She asks that her daughter be required to account for the sums she has received so far out of the estate. ee NOW IT IS GREATER CHICAGO. Town, City and County Governments May Be Consolidated. CHICAGO, September 13.—The city coun- cil has adopted a resolution providing for a commission of nine members to prepare an entirely new form of government for the city of Chicago. It is the initial step for a consolidation of the town, city and county governments. The resolution, after reciting the eviis g.0w- ing out of the sent justice court sysiem, makes a general complaint of the present charter of Chicago as being behind the needs of the city. Six of the members of the commission are to be appointed by the mayor and the other three by the county commissioners. ee ° COURT-MARTIALS NUMBER 781. Regulars Formed Very Small Part of the Totai Cases. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 13.— The judge advocate of the independent dl- vision of troops stationed here reports re- garding the trials of-men by court-martial that a total of 781 cases have been tried here since the troops came, and of this nember only 58 were acquitted. Six of these acquitted were regulars. There were only thirteen serious cases, and only four of these were regulars. ees ANOTHER MURDER MYSTERY. Missing Parts of a Young Woman's Body Have Been Discovered. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., September All| the parts of the dismembered body of the } young woman so mysteriously murdered and mutilated and cast into the waters of the Yellow Mill river have been found. The trunk was discovered today. The upper half, with the arms attached, was in one package, while the lower part of the body rs will not jeop- | port- | THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star mailed to them to ary address in the United States or Canada, by ordering tt at this office, in person or by letter. Terms: 18 cents per week: 25 cents for two weeks, 50 per month. Invariably in advance. Sub- seribers changing thelr address from one Post-oftice to another should sive the last address as well as che | new one or cents |RESCUED BY THE BEAR Captain Tuttle Reports the Success of His Expedition. WERE SAVED NINETY-ONE. WHALERS The Revenue Cutter is Expected to Reach Seattle Today. - - PERILS OF TH VOYAGE Seed NEAH BAY, Wash., September 13.—The revenue cutter Bear touched here on her way down the c t. She has on board Lieuts, Jarvis and Bertholf and Dr. call, composing the relief ty, and 91 members of the crews of the vessels that were wrecked, including the crew of the schoon- er Louise J. Kenney When the men came aboard after she reached Cape Smyth, there were 119 in all. Twelve of these exchanged places with a number from the Fearless, vessels of pped on the ebue sound; three Yukon river steam- hed Bt. Micha and the British stea lala the Bear and eighteen shipped on other rs the whaling fleet. Two Morning Li at Kotz shipped on some of the ers when they rm others shipped on at Dutch Harbor. Besides the loss of the Orca a! i Freeman was the ed in the are ail ¢ and either on their way down or have con- j tinued on their whal we Wan- j derer, which went into He 1 Island last fall, when she found she © ot get out, is known to be safe. Captain Newth of the Jeannette, who was taken ill at Cape | Smyth, came down on the Bear, having turned his vessel over to Thomas Ellis and Charles Brewer. The Bear reports that the petty officer of the whaler Rosario committed suictd by drowning last spring, and in June Phil Mann of the Josi: of heart failure. | of dre dead mber 13.— A Chronicle St. Michael special says: The Bear left St. Michael for the north on July 5 to res nine miners, whose boat, a large steam launch, had been ed five miies south of Cape Ra’ while rip from Ram) on the Mich: visions Ail the m saved, ar proceeded on her wa to Point Barrow. On tt were made und bi by Lic | Jarvis xpedition we of the overiar paid in goods war Point Hope Lie the thirty-four r nat sported wich had st from the Lapps’ h je crossing Koize- bue sound on the ice on the way to b Barrow and that « 1 for food, di birth of fawn man of the wr the Bear at Point wreck of the Rosar tion of the Bely It being in wrty-nine, 5 ed Whaler Orca boarded Day. He reported the and the serfous condi- r ble for the Bear to pass tT, food was sent to the Belvi- en by a native tn skin boats in charge of Lieut. Hamlet, who successfully coraplished his mission and reached Point only eighteen hours after the arrival there. At Cape Smyth, on y 28, the crews of the wrecked steamers Josie H. Freeman and Orca and the schoon- er Rosarfo were taken on board the Bear and given the first square meal they had eaten for many a day The Newport, Fearless and Jeannette ar- rived before Augusi n the Bear be: came fast in t ice, she remained for thirteen days, it being found impossible to blast her way out. Stores were, however, transferr whalers on sleds. the Bear got } 1 to the Finaliy, on August 17, se from the ice and with the rescued whalers started on way south. A stop was made at Point Hope on the 20th, where the schooner Louise J. Ken- ney was found on the beach, wh a her been wrecked the day before. H fticers and crew were taken on board. After mak- ing several stops, the Bear arrived at St. Michael ou August low day. and left on the fol- Report From Capt. Tuttle. The following t2legram has been received from the commander of the revenue cut- ter Bear: “NEAH BAY, Wash., ‘September 12, 1898. “Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. ¢ “Bear wil lief expedition and ninety-one shipwrecked men on board. TUTT: Capt. Tuttle, under orders Gage, left Seattle last November to at- tempt to take relief to ice-imprisoned whalers on the northern coast of Alaska. He could not carry th Unalaska, but sent an overland expedition, which reached and succored the imprisoned men. The telegram now shows thai the ex- pedition was successful. +2+— HAY SAILS TOMORROW Bear further than He Will Return From Abroad on the Teuton LIVERPOOL, September 13.—The White Star line steamer Teutonic, which is sched- uled to sail from this port for New York tomorrow, will have among her passengers Colonel John Hay ng United ates ambas Briiain, and United Turkey, and family; A. Burden, Mr. and’ Mrs. Bancroft , J. W. Deane and Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould. c= Personal Mention, Dr. Saml. E. Watkins has returned to the city, having spent the summer at Belmar. Rey. C. C. Kramer, formerly of Wash- ington, D. C., now rector of the Church of the Epiphany, New Iberia, La., is visiting his brother and sister, Dr. T. B. and Miss Mary Kramer, at 634 A strect southeast. Mr. George F. Ormsby has returned to the city from Blue Ridge mountain Maj. Gen. Wm. R. Shaftef and A. J. Chip- man of the United 5! logical survey, who were school boyg together in so: m Michigan, met for Yhe first time since school boy days last evening at the Ebbitt House and renewed old acquaintance. t= eae peenamearan was in a second package. A piece of muslin in the woman’s mouia indicates that she was gagged with it or perhaps smothered. She may have been poisoned, physicians who have noted the color of her eyes declare. —.>—_. Changes in Police Force, ‘The following changes in the police force Were made today upon the recommendation of Maj. Sylvester, the order to take effect the 15th instant; Sergt. W. J. Harbison, ra- duced at his own request, to be a private of class two; Acting Sergt. Fritz Passan to be sergeant, vice Harbison, and Private Thomas Judge to be acting sergeant, vice Held for Burglary, Charles Green and Len Johnson, colored, were this afternégn held by Judge Kimball ing$500 ball for the action of the grand jury for breaking into thé store of J. W. Hall, corner of 10th ard B streets northwest, in the night time, and stealing a lot of cigars and a coat, valued in all at $16. erelalnaan Deed of Assignment. William S. MacLeod, dealer in electrical supplies at No. 631 G street northwest, filed a deed of assignment to Lucas P. Loy- irg late this afternoon for the beneft of creditors. Ascots are given at $5,500, while the liabilities are stated as $10,306.26,