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2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1898-24 PAGES, AT THE WHITE HOUSE Announcement of Appointments Made by the President. DISCUSSING PORTO RICAN MONEY The Proposed Increase of the Cabinet. ICRETARY FOR COLONIES t today made the following rd of Nevada ted States mint superin- at Car- of cust Island, at Providence, of Maine, at Wisca ms Wilson of Rhode L: D: u Command in Porto and Acting War Department con- President u bout fix- the Porto Rican peso, so yment of customs duties at : ports Is concerned. It was de- ‘o shall be accepted at ayment of duties. Two as equivalent to one ation of Curren ary Gage Secretary t the of the cent years. ( nated from 35 to Its bullion it 41 cents. The value now s only to dues to the United n The permanent value ve to be determined by as well as the entire question of s of the island. The peso ts Setas, New Executive Department. many tariff and customs questions p from the new acquisitions of the States indicate clearly, it is said by omir Ur cials, that elther a new cab- rtment will have to be formed or nd large bureau will have to be to some of the departments now in fficials especially find that t acquiring all them with ant had few 5 nents of affairs. s in charge of and works frequ All the offi work inc ined action to ork under right their A Colonial Secretary. made that a depa ablished, with a ne The t the F ole ties be » governme » work for a and respon stoms mat rk for a large President's Departure. A zacement is m from the White nt McKi will not ¥ ights 1a. Behalf of Ge ‘ommand; 1 Comm: A Battalion Returns to the Washing- ton Barracks. Private John | McKenney Roger Shaw rivate John Me- Cc. De Laud equal fire anc ir ad army, they of es- munication and in every cessful geen DISTINGUISHED Thomas G. Bradley as Rough Rider. Record of a Am who Ri rs in Cuba was Mr. Thomas G. Brad- whose present home is at Potomac. Montgomery county, just beyond the Dis- et line. Mr. Bradley has returned ashington and is in the best of health ws to the stories of other Rough Bradley distinguished himseif by yarage and daring on a number of oc ms. During the battle of San Juan he was assigned to duty with the dynamit« gun. He was promoted to be sergeant an! was afterward recommended for a com- mission as Iteutenant to succeed Lieut. Tif- fany, who died in Boston after returr Sergeant Bradley would doub is to gone out of service so soo: the regiment was mustered out Co! elt called for Sergeant Bradley's d charge and wrote upon the paper the fo! lowing unusual indorsement: “One of the very best men in my regi- ment; he embodied every soldierly quality velor, hardfhood, energy, obedience and with.them al was emphatically, in the ‘roe sense of the word, a gentleman.” BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- fow will show that the circulation sworn to Is a bona fide one. It 1s easily possible for a news paper with an elastic conscience to swell {ts legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by rescits, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star 1s many thousands in excess of any Other Washington paper. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” TURDAY, September 17, 198. MONDAY, September 19, 1895. TUESDAY, September 20, 1898. . WEDNESDAY, September 21, 1398 33,840 28,020 28,477 28,223 THURSDAY, Si plember 22, 1899. . 28,193 FRIDAY, September 33, 1898 -28,065 Total... .. 174,818 Daily average........ - 29,136 I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR cirentated during the six secular days ending Friday, September 28, is¢8—thut Is, the mum- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnish edor mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchesers or subscribers, amd that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remaim In the office unsold. 3. F. NEWBOLD, Superintendent of Cireulation. Subscribed aud sworn to before me this twenty-fourth day of September, A.D. 1898. GRENVILLE A. WHITAKER, Notary Public, D. C. IS COL. ROOSEVELT ELIGIBLE? His Enemies Claim He is Not a Resi- dent of New York. ion as io whether Theodore eligible to the office of gov- error of New York is being discussed by Mr. Roosevelt's friends, Governor Black’s friends, the democrats and the indepen- dents. Mr, Roosevelt, according to an alleged aMdavit that has been sent to New York from Washington, affirmed under oath on March 21, 1808, that he was at that time a resident of Washington. Last night he de- clared, in an interview In New York, that he had not removed his residence from New The qu Roosevelt York state, and showed to his political fricnds evidence that satisfied them that he is now and has been for more than five S a resident of New York state. oth the democrats and the political nds o} vernor Black intend to make t of this affidavit and of the in sibility of Mr. Roosevelt that it seems h. State constitution provides that only nts of the state, who have been resi- for five years, may hold the office ernor. med by the democrats and the friends of Governor Black that Mr. Roose- Velt’s affidavit settles the question beyond controversy, This affidavit as given by temocrats, who have had it sent from n, is as follows: rgton, D. ¢ ore Roos: On April 16 to elt, being duly sworn, last I was appointed as- sistant secretary of the navy. I came on to Washington and took up my residence h _ On May 1, 1897, 1 and my family oved out of the house we had been oc- ‘ York city, and my sister i rented the house from her, 2 1g being that my family move out on May 1, but that T could stay there until October 1 if I so de- a. I had no residence !n New York ty, and did not vote, and could not vote there at the last election. Since October, 1 have not had any domicile or resi- in New York city, and have not and own or lease any dwelling house ozver. Last June I rented the which I am now residing with my at 1810 N street, Washington, D. C. my family came on here Bay, L. I, and since. then I A and now am a restdent of Wash- red) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. worn to before me this 2ist day of EDWIN P. HANNA, 2.5 Notary Public. This affidavit. it is said, was made by Roosevelt in reference to a tax on 000 ¢ own ir pe al property he was said to this as colonel of the y York as hi that his holding here and his absence with his regiment does not invalidate his segal resi- dence at Oyster Bay, r. ee GILL’S MURDERESS. EMMA According to Superintendent Birm- ingham It Was Dr. Nancy Guilford. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., September 24.— Superintendent of Police Birmingham has issued a statement in which he announces the complete unraveling of the Yellow Mill Pond murder mystery. The superintendent ays Dr. Nancy Guilford caused the death ot Emma Gill by a criminal operation, as- serts that the body was dismembered in a htub at the Guilford house, and names try Oxley as an accomplice to the ex- t of being responsible for the condition the girl and consenting to a criminal ion. According "s theory mber mberm night er threw t to Superintendent Birming- the girl died the night of in Dr. Guiiford’s house; the took place the next ‘day, Harry Guilford and his head and legs into the mot Yellow Mill pond, the woman riding to the spot and in a wagon the oth red at a livery stable on on a bicycle, acting as a scout; © parts of the body being similarly ed of the night of September 12. It also asserted by Superintendent Bir- mingham that Eudora Guilford assisted r mother in di The carr her two pesing of the mutilated age which Dr. Guilford excursions to the mill according to the po- and in {t are sald to ba Howard Guern. » Who was ted with Oxley, was the latter's con- nt after the affair, ard is expected to rnish tmportant evidence. Dr. Guilford’s 1 servants, Rosa and Clara Drayton, o regaried as valuable witnesses for the prosecution. Harry Guilford and Walter C. Foster were erraigned in the city court, the first named on a charge of attempting to pro- cure a criminal operation on Emma Gill. Guilford’s examination was continued for one week, while Foster was discharged. Paes THE NAVAL ACADEMY. Opposition t6 Sending Cadets to Bos- ton for Instruction. ‘apt. Dickins, assistant chief of the navi- gation bureau, Navy Department, has re- turned from Boston, where he went to in- quire into the facilities possessed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for providing instruction for officers of the con- struction corps. He went there at the sug- gestion of Secretary Long, as it is propos2d to transfer the course in naval architecture from the Naval Academy to the Boston in- stitute. It ts stated that Capt. Dickins will make ‘ report adverse to the change. Represent- tive Mudd has protested against the pro- ed change and states that the people of Annapolis would protest against any action that tended to reduce the importance of the school or to rob it of any of its func- ‘ions as an institution for the education of officers for the naval service, THE CROQUET SCORES Results Recorded in the Annual Tournament of District Association. Close Seores Made by the Leaders Make Hard Work for Guessers —Championship Hono: The annual tournament of the District of Columbia Croquet Association; so far as the first ard, in all probability, the sec- ond divisions are concerned, will be a thing of the past after this evening. The games in the first division will surely be cleared up by tonight's play, while the games in the second division, with the exception of one or two members who came in late, Will also probably be played off. The third di- vision will finish {ts games next week on the same court The score todey presents some interest- ing changes. It shows conclusiveiy that the champioaship hcnors lie between Wah- ly and Daryea, and there Is every likeli- hood that the t'tle will rest on the ow come of the game between these two ex- perts that is to he played this evening at 7 o'clock. As the score now stands, each has won eigat and lost none. Duryea has Williams, the pleyer who defeated Strong, yet to play, besides Wahly, while Wahly bas for his othe: ccntestant Bean, a player whom he is reasonably sure of defeating. In this way Wahly has a slight advantage over Duryca in that he has the weaker player to meet in his remaining game. The game between Duryea and Wahly should attract considerable interest aside from the fact-that it will, in all probability, deter- mine the championship, as hoth are in splendid form and are this year playing the games of their jives. The contest will. un- doubtedly be a most scientific exhibition of the art of how to play modern croquet. Strong, Bryant, Sisson, Veasey, Avery and Harris have’ all finished their games. Bean has three yet to play, Holden has one and Williams has two unplayed games, Wahly and Duryea each having two to complete their record. These will all be played late this afternoon and tonight, and the outcome will be watched with more in- terest than has yet attended a croquet: tournament in this city. As the score now stands, Strong is not to have even the un- divided honor of third place, as he stands at a tie with Bryant, each with seven won and three lost. Strong has not been play- ing up to his best form in this tournament and his friends look to see him retrieve himself in the remaining games to be play- ed with Duryea in the Van Wickle badge series. Scheduled for Monday. In the series Duryea and Strong are tied, each with two games won. The remaining games of the seven will not be played until Monday, as the wind blowing today made long shots almost impossible, as it com- pletely cleared the courts of sand and al- lowed the balls to roll too mueh at will. The games will be started at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. In the game played yesterday in this series Strong gained the balls in the mid- dle cf the contest by a masterly carom stroke, and again later by a long shot the entire length of the court, winning with one of Duryea’s balls a rover and the other for the center wicket. The contest in the tournament series between Strong and Dur- yea resulted in a victory for tie latter. Wahly, by defeating Avery und Harria Jast night. brought nis score up to eight won and none lost. Some interesting games in the second di- vision were played this morning, Yost de- feating Peck in an extremely well-played game and being defeated himself by Cole- man in another interesting contest. This puts Coleman in the lead for second divi- sion honors, with Hall a close second and Yost third. As the score stands for the third division, Baker has the lead over all his opponents, being the only man with a clean record of no games lost. He has won seven, with H. Wahly and Stauffer com- ing next, each with six won and two lost. The Score. The score at a late hour this afternoon stood as follows: First Division, WwW. L. L. Bean . 2 5 |Veasey . 8 Bryant. 3 3 | Wahly, oO Duryea. 8 OO jAvery . 8 Holden . 20 7 |Williams 3 Sisson 2 8 |Harrts .. 8 Strong Te i] Second Division. L. Ww. Catlin .. 2 |Hickman .... 1) 7 Coleman 1 /Yost . a ee Cooper . 1 3 [Peck 28 6 Dudley 2 6 |Edmunds 5 3 Hall .. 41 Third Division, We id) Ww. L. Baker 7 0 |Webb. mon Morris . 0 4 (Davis . 1 5 Stine 0 3 (Stauffer 11) @ 2 Thornton ..., 1 7 |Wagoner 0. 4 5 Walton 6 2 |Van Wickle. 1 1 Wahly, H... 6 2 —_——.__ REQUEST” DENIED. District Declines iol Piace a ’Phone in Eastern Dispensary. Mr. Thomas W. Smith, dean of the East- ern Dispensary, recently asked the District Commissioners to furnish the hospital with telephone facilities at the expense of the District, as the institution is not in a finan- celal condition to stand such expense... Maj. Sylvester, the chief of police, indorsed the request as follows: “This dispensary is proving a great bene- fit to the citizens of the District, and the management fs always willing and glad to co-operate with the police in their efforts to take care of the sick and injured. The assistance rendered the Georgetown Uni- versity Hospital is similar to that requested by the Eastern Dispensary, and if the Dis- trict can help this institution in this mat- ter, I recommend that it be done.” The matter was referred to Mr. Walter C. Allen, the District's electrical engineer, with a statement by Commissioner Wight that as Mr. Smith has control of a private wire adjacent to the house of truck com- pany A, the use of which he is willing to give, the connection with police headquar- ters could be made through the truck house, the only expense being the placing of the Instruments and the annual rental of $5, such as is pald for District "phones. In reply, Mr. Allen stated that the condi- tion of the funds for telephone service will not warrant the placing of the telephone in question during the present fiscal year, as besides the rental of §5 a year, other expenses would amount to $13.75. “Under the circumstances,” reported Mr. Allen, “and in view of the limited funds for extensions of the telephone service, I think it would be advisable to confine such ex- tensions as can be made this year to the various departments of the District govern- ment, and not to outside institutions. The placing of the telephone in the Georgetown University Hospital was against my recom- mendation, but was done at the urgent re- quest of the major and superintendent of police. Other hospitals might also claim the privilege, which the department could not then well refuse. Commissioner Wight thereupon indorsed the application as follows: “I recommend that Mr. Smith be notified that the Com- missioners have fully considered his appli- cation for a telephone in the Eastern Dis- pensary, and regret that they are com- pelled to say that, owing to the unusual demands which have been made on the ap- prepriation available for that purpose, they will be unable to furnish the instrument.” This recommendation of Mr. Wight will be approved by his associates, it is under- stcod, and Mr. Smith will be so notified. In many cases, as, for instance, where in- jured persons are carried or are to be car- ried to the dispensary for treatment, tele- phone communication would be of the greatest convenience to the police and the public, as well as to the dispensary, and the hope is expressed in several quarters that in view of the smallness of the ex- pense involved some way may be quickly found to Introduce this telephone, ———_-—_— Files a Demurrer, Mr. S. T. Thomas, attorney for the Dis- trict of Columbia, late this afternoon filed a demurrer in the case of Wm. 8, Detweiler. against the District for the cancellation of certain taxes. In the demurrer it 4s said that the complainant has not stated in his petition such a case as entitles him to any relief in equity against the defendant, A STARTLING STORY Private Charles Mareni Arraigns His Superior Officers. BXACT IN: BVERY DETAIL Declares Ha Was Persecuted While Critically {Il NOW IN WASHINGTON Private Charles A. Mareni of Company H, 2d Regiment Illinois Infantry, United States Volunteers, arrived in Washington this morning. He is sick and weak, but is de- termined to have his case heard by the War Department authorities and reeponsi- bility fixed for the tmposition and tyranny which he declared he has been made the victim of. He was painfully pushing along by means of a cane when he began to talk abcut his affairs this morning, having just reached here from St. Louis, where he was taken sick on his way from Jacksonville. “On the 25th of April last,” he said, “I gave up a lucrative position with D. B. Fisk & Co., in Chicago, to give my serv- ices to ry country. Our regiment went to the state camping grounds, Camp Tanner, and afterward went° south, arriving at Jacksonville May 2). “The next day I was'taken ill with dysen- tery, reporting on sick call the same day, and from this moment I became a target for my superior officers, as I will explain. They proceeded to show every possible form of dislike for me, and I would not, have been sick for a week had they not shown such prejudices, He Names the Officers. “Those officers are Capt. J. H. Garrity, First Lieut. Walter J. Durand and Second Lieut. Fred V. 8. Chamberiain. May 23 I was worse and did not get up to answer roll call at 5:30 a.m. I was told to Teport to Capt. Garrity, who discredited my sick- ness and put me on fatigue duty for two days. plucked up courage," continued Mare- ni, “and worked hard not to answer sick calls for fear I might be given more fatigue duty for my alleged shamming, but I got Worse, and in about ten days I’ was taken with asthmatic chills, in addition to the dysentery, and was carried to the regi- mental hospital. In four days I was sent back to my quarters ‘sick in quarters.’ I was no better, but after a lapse of forty- eight hours I was detailed, ‘until fit for duty,” in the camp kitchen to cook and car- ry water. The kitchen detail is the hard- est work one has to do in a camp. I was taken down again with another chill out- side the kitchen and carried on a litter to the regimental hospital. I felt better next morning, but was very weak, and Major Surgeon Lydston, now resigned, told Stew- ard Barcel that J should be discharge I was in no condition to live the soldier. Toy 34 Made to €ook'for the Stam. “I was returndd té my quarters and to duty. My dyseniery became chronic. Not- withstanding this Maj. Marquols had me detailed as cook for the regimental staff. I Was compelled t6 arise at 3 a.m., and fre- quently did not get to bed until 10 p.m. I stood this until;Capt. Garrity complained that he could net have so many men talled from his; company. The fact was that he knew Iwas picking up a few dol- jars from the gjatt Qfficers, and his dislike for me was so great that he didn’t want to see it. La 8 “I was sent back to-my company July 11 and two days later my intended bride came from Chicago and. we;were married July 17. My company officers again showed their dislike to me by’ refuSing to take any part in the ceremony, so?@Apt. Van Zandt of Company A gave the bride away and Se ond Licut. Adams of Company A was b man. We were married at the Brigad ¥. M. C. A by Chaplain Jones of the 2d New Jersey. Alienated His Wife's Affections. Private Maren! then recited how his best friend and chum, a New York man in her ccmpany, succeeded in alienating the af- fections of his young wife, and how when he (Mareni) reported the proof of the af- fair, which included confessions from both culprits, to Lieutenant D rand the male culprit was given two days in the guard heuse for being absent from camp with- out leave. Mareni further stated that the discovery acted so terribly on his nerves that he had hysterfa and was only relieved after being given six hypodermic injections of mor- phine. To add to his troubles his wife after this declined to recognize him. “I began to get weaker and my dysen- tery grew worse. They tried to cure me at the regimental hospital, but without success. My company officers never spoke to me other than in the terms of a man talking to a dog. At last September 7 Major Marquois sent for me to go before the board to be examined for disability. Examined by Surgeons. “He tola them I was suffering from chronic hysteria and chronic dysentery. He also said I was suffering pain constantly and that he had no medicine to give me to re- lieve it. He said he did not think I could be cured so as to be fit for service. The board voted unanimously to discharge me for disability on account of chronic hysteria and chronic dysentery. I returned to my quarters in a very Weak condition, and next day our camp was moved to Panama Park, two and one-half miles from Jack- sonville. Friday, September 9, in my weak condition, I was’ detailed again to work in the Kitchen. I was in terrible pain, but managed 1o help get breakfast next morn- ing, after passing a sleepless night, and then answered sick call. “I asked Surgeon Porter if he could re- lieve me, and he said no, so I asked him if I could see some private physician, and he sent to Lieut. Durand, in command of my company, and Lieut. Durand refused, and said he believed I was shamming and not sick at all, thus discrediting the examin- ing board, He sent me back to the kitchen again, but I could not endure my torture, and at 11 o'clock 1 crawled into town, tak- irg four and a half hours to go two and a half miles. I went to Dr. Romero, corner of Bridge and Adams street, in Jackson- ville, and he diagnosed my case as chronic dysentery and nervous prostration. He gave me orders not ‘to return to camp be- cause I was too weak and would never get there. Sent a Proxost Guard. “T hired a room at 382 Adams street and crawled to the telegraph office to send a message to camp notifying my officers where I was, when.J met Captain Wells, Company G, 24 j¥ew Jersey Regiment, who volunteered to take the message for me, as he passed our eamp on the way to the rifle range, where I) Was detailed. I was very sick for three ay four days, and Sepr tember 14 my doctor said he didn’t think I could last. So,J wrote a little note to my leutenant, telling him to come and see me and hear the lagt wards of a dying man. Instead, he senf a. vost guard. I sent the guard to my dogtor’s house to get a permit to move me,.and then crawled out, and I left Jacksgpville to go to Chicago. Sick at Fort\ McPherson. “I went to Fort’MoPherson, as I was taken very ill at Atlanta, and there made a brief statement, which I sent to my officers at Jacksonville. I was put to bed under di- rection of a regular-army surgeon, and it was like changing from hell to heaven. “September 22 I was allowed to get up, and tember 22 T-secured transportation to this city, arriving here yesterday over the Southern road. I have notified the col- onel of my. regiment and Major Taylor, U. 8. A, Fort McPherson, that I am here, and now, through the kindness of The Star, I notify whom it may concern in the War Department that I am here waiting to be disposed of.” —_+— Cherge of Assau' d Battery. Edward C. Burgess, a white man about forty-five years of age, was arrested this afternoon by Officer’ Marr and taken to police headquarters. It ts said Burgess is wanted in Anne Arundel county, Maryland, on a charge of assault and battery. He was turned over to Sheriff Englehart will be taken to Maryland this afternoon, FAITHFUL AND PERSISTENT Splendid Work Done by the Pension Office Ladies’ Relief Association. The Report Submitted by Chairman Mary B. Saunders—The Comma: Entertained and Aided. Mary B. Saunders, chairman of the Pen- sion Office Ladies’ Relief Association, has submitted her report of the work so faith- fully and heroically performed by the asso- ciation at Potomac Hall in comforting and succoring soldiers passing through the city from August 16 to September 22. It is a Yoluminos and most interesting document. It opens with the statement that the asso- clation in the beginning informed the «s- sistant secretary of war that the relief work proposed was not to be taken as a reflection on the government, but it was to be done simply to extend hospitality to the soldiers passing through the city, who, at best, had been obliged to suffer ciscom- forts in camp and while traveling. Then follows complimentary mention of the helpers in the work and the donors of the refreshments and articles used. The sac- rifices made by the former in order to lightea the hearts of the soldiers and the generosity of the donors are pictured in glowing words of praise. a “Many who came regularly and all day, the report states, “steadily worked making sendwiches, preparing edibles, setting and cleaning tables, washing dishes and doin all that was needed.” The names of th good Samaritans cover three long pages, and all but a few were women. Of the pension office ladies the says: “The ladies, with very few exceptions, gave of their means and time as they could afford and manage, some coming oftener than others, but as many were away on leave and others lived out of town, and again others had onerous, absorbing duties at home, so all could not equally come for the same amount of time, yet all wished to do and helped all in their power, taking pride and pleasure in the inception and progress and success of our enterprise.” Special thanks are returned to Comm sioner H. Clay Evars, Chief Clerk Baile: and other officials for their sympathetic and indulgent treatment of the lady work- ers, and who also rendered active help dur- Ing the bustest hours at Potomac Hall. Several clerks took a week's leave, and aided by their wives, bent all their ener- gies upon theiz labor of love and patriot- ism. Highly flattering comment is made upon the attention to duties of the secretary, Miss Mary McHenry; the treasurer, Miss Isabel 8. Chamberlin.’ The work of Misses Ida and Lillie Neumeyer and the Roth family, in caring for the sick, also is given its tribute of praise. The names of the thirty-odd commands entertained are: The 5th and 6th Batteries, 224 Kansas, Missouri, Ist Maine, 2d Tennessec, Vermont boys, Sth Pennsylva- nia, 7th Iilinois, 12th Pennsylvania, Mich- igan troops, 13th Pennsylvania, 17th Penn- sylvania, 8th Pennsylvania, Ist_Connec} cut, Sth Maryland, 2d New’ York, 3d York, Sth New York, Ist New Jerse New York, 25th Infantry, U. 8. A.; Signal , 159th Indiana, Rhode Island Volun- 16th Infantry, U. 1ith Infan- . U. 8. AJ; Bth Caval t -; 10th Valry, U. 8. A.; Ist Cavalry, U. 8. A; Rhode Island Infantry; the total number- ing at Jeast 25,000 hungry men. ‘The treasurer's report shows that from various sources there was received up to September 22, $1,842.€2, and there has been expended $1,854.20, leaving a small balance on the wrong side of the ledger. cea RALPH GALT MARRIED report United to Miss Mande Bramlitt Quietly Last Night. Ralph L. Galt of the firm of M. W. Galt & Company was married last night to Miss Maude Bramlitt of Augusta, Ga., by the Rev. Dr. A. 8. Fiske, pastor of Gunton Temple Memorial Church. They will leave in a few days for a four weeks’ tour, re- turning to live at Mr. Galt’s residence, No. 1300 N street. The marriage was private and will be a surprise to his many friends. He had kept his purpose so quiet that not even his as- sociates in his place of business were aware that he had a second time become a Benedict until this morning, when they were apprised of it in an indefinite way. e marriage was witnessed only by a rentieman cream of Mr. Galt, and it oc- curred at Dr. Fiske’s residence, No. 1353 Q street northwest. Dr. Fiske is not person- ally acquainted with Mr. Galt, who lives at No. 1300 N street. The party calied upon him about § o'clock, and, producing a regular license, asked to be married. The minister, without further questioning, uni- ted them, and they departed at onec. Mr. Galt was at his post of duty for a short time today, but The Star reporter was unable to find him or to obtain from his friends any extended account of the Stony know,” sald Dr. Fiske to the re- porter, “that I married Mr. Galt and Miss Bramlitt in the presence of a friend of the groom. I had never seen them before, and asked them no questions, after seeing that the license was regular. The bride is a very pretty woman, about twenty-two or twent: pe years of age. She was becomingly attired and she said and did nothing to indicate that It was a marriage in defiance of parents’ wishes or secret in particular.” Mr. Galt and his first wife were di- vorced last year, the papers being with~- held from publication by order of the court. He is a young man, possibly thirty-five years of age, and very popular among a wide circle of friends. —__>___ ROOSEVELT’S STATEME} coL. Derides the Idea That He Has Lost His Citizenship. NEW YORK, September 24—Col. Theo- dore Roosevelt talked more at detail today about the claim put forward by the adher- ents of Goy. Black that he (Roosevelt) is not eligible for the governorship by reason of an affidavit filed with the commissioners of taxes. “You may be sure,” the colonel said to a World reporter, “that this talk of my being disqualified is all rubbish. That paper does not affect my standing as a citizen in the least. I signed that paper only to avoid paying double taxes, in Washington and New York, on my personal property. When I found I was assessed in both places, 1 wrote to my lawyer, Mr. Root, asking him what I should do. i told him I would not lose my citizenship in New York for any- thing, and in my letters I repeatedly said that I would not eonnent = do anything affect my domicile. “Tr shall asie Mr. Root to make the letters public. They were not written for publl- cation, and are in a decidedly colloquial style, but I would rather have them made public than be misunderstood in this mat- ter. “Well, my lawyers fully understood my wish in this and they assured me that signing this paper would in no way af- fect my citizenship in New York. They tell me the same thing now. They said at the time that the Constitution provides that no one shall lose his citizenship in any state because he is in Washington at- tending his duties es a public official. “It 1s all poppycock for any one to say that I have lost my citizenship in New York.” a YELLOW JACK AT JACKSON, State Health Officer Advises Depopu- lation of the City. JACKSON; Miss., September 24.—Another case of yellow fever has appeared in Jack- son. The patient is a thirteen-year-old messenger boy named Harry Wright, em- ployed by the Western Union company. He lives fully a quarter of a mile from the former seat of infection, and it is feared a new foci has appeared. Dr. Purnell, state health officer, has is- sued a proclamation advising a total de- population of the town. ‘ions are now being made to send out a special train- toad of refugees. The infected house is and ! surrounded by a strong cordon of guards. The case is of a mild type. [OKLAHOMA'S GROWTH Rapid Rise of This Comparatively New Ter- ritory. AnnuaF Report of Gov. Barges to the Secretary of the Interior—A Story of Progress. The annual report of the governor of Oklahoma territory has been sent by the governor, C. M. Barnes, to the Secretary of the Interior, At the outset the g¢ ernor states that the year ended June 30, 1898, was one of progress, prosperity and Gevelopment “never before equaled in the history of the states and territories of the United States. Tne population aggregates a third of a million, and the governor s: that the people who are largely en: in agriculture are prosperous and content- ed, producing crops that astonish the world. The present population ef the territory is 311,400, a gain of 12 per cent in two years. But the enumeration taken by the township assessors has always been found to be much less than the actual popula- tion, as they miss almost all of the trans- ient population the towns and cities, of who do not list property for taxation, and it is therefore reasonably certain that the population of the territory at this time is tully a third of a million. Taxable Property. “The return of property for taxation in the territory for the year 1808 aggregated $40. S16, an increase of $8,589,064 last year. “The total bonded debt of Oklahoma ter- ritory is but $48,000, incurred in 1891 to erect buildings for the higher institutions of learning. In addition to this the terri. tory had outstanding on July 1, 189s, Warrant indebtedness of $251,530.51, whi had accumulated from casual deficits the revenues from year to year since the organization of the territory, the deficit being caused by failure to collect a large percentage of the taxes levied. Mines and Minerals. “While there are indications of valuable mineral deposits in various parts of the territory, there has been as yet but little Practical development of mineral resources of Oklahoma. There fs no longer any dceubt of the existence of coal in commercial avantities in the territory. Coal haa been mired and marketed for over a year at Ralston, Pawnee county, and several fine beds of a good quality of soft coal known to exist in the Osage Indian reser- vaticn. There are also outcropping veins in eastern Pawnee and Payne counties, and two good veins have been struck by 1 drillers near Cushing. There are outcrop- pings in Lincoln county, near Orlando in Logan county, and in the Kiowa and Co- manche reservation, and a lump of coal weighing 2.500 pounds, from Pottawatomle ccunty, is attracting much attention at the Omaha exposition. being a surprise even to the visitors from the territory. There are rich deposits of coal all along the Cr ek reservation line, and the Choctaw rail is supplying thousands of tons of the coal from its mines in the Indian tory. over in best terri- Oklahoma in the War. The governor continues: “Long before the actual declaration of War with Spain I began receiving letters from patriotic eltizens of the tert tory offering their services in defense of the ration, and almost simultaneously with the orening of hostilities the militia compantes all offered to volunteer and my mail was loaded down with offers to enlist under the flag of freedom. In the first call for troops we were accorded but one troop of cavalry or special mounted riflemen, and so great was the rush to enlist that a regiment could have been filled as readily as was the trcop. “After a rigid examination, cighty men were mustered in to become a part of the Ist Regiment of United States Volunteer Cavalry, since become famous as velt's Rough Riders. The list of na: s of officers commissioned for this troop and the men mustered are appended. “These brave scns of Oktmhoma were among the first American troops to land on Cuban soil, and they were in the thick of the fray at El Caney and La Quasina and acquitted themselves with honor. When the gallant Capt. Capron (who had been a resident of Oklahoma for years and the first to volunteer to raise a regiment in the territory) fell, the brave boys of Oklahoma and Indian territory were close about, and dashing forward helped put the Spaniards to rout. Many were wounded in these fights before Santiago and several gave up thelr lives, but they shall live long in the memory of the people of the territory, who honor them all for their patriotism and their bravery. Indians. “The number of Indians in Oklahoma at this time is 13,033. They are under the care of five different agencies. “Contrary to the general opinion that the Indians are passing away, nearly every one of these tribes is gradually increasing in numbers. “The sun and ghost dances and other savage rites are gradually parsing away, less time spent in wholesale visiting and riotous feasting, and more in farming and other industries, peiygamy being stamped out and the women more or less emancipat- ed from the slavish life of the past. The Indians as a whole are quiet and law-abi irg, and the courts or officers of the law have had little or no real trouble with them in the history of the territory. Statehood, “Since the passage of the Curtis bill, changing to sonze extent the status of the five civilized tribes and apparently post- poning the question of statehood therein for several years, the sentiment in Okla- homa is somewhat stronger for immediate statehood than when I made my last re- port. All political parties have this year declared in favor of statehcod upon such terms and with such boundaries as may seem best to Congress.” ——____+ o+_______ Special Appropriation Necessary. Controller Tracewell of the treasury has decided that Public Printer Palmer cannot expend $600 for the putting down of new sidewalks around the government printing office. Mr. Palmer wanied new sidewalks on H street and North Capitol street. The Commissioners proposed to pay half of the cost—about $1,200. Mr. Palmer desired to know if he could pay his half out of the appropriation made for him by Congress. Controller Tracewell says he cannot, and that a special appropriation will have to be secured for the work. oo Alleged Wilful Abandonment. Mrs. Ellen K. Temple was this afternoon granted an absolute divorce by Justice Cox from George A. Temple. Mrs. Temple brought suit against her husband March 2 last, charging him with willful abandon- ment and desertion. ——— New Building at 12th and F Streets. Plans for the building which Colonel Henry Strong intends to put up at the southwest corner of 12th and F streets on the site of the structure which was de- stroyed by fire Monday night, are being prepared by Mr. N. T. Haller, architect, and it is expected that his work will be so far enough advanced that it will be pos- sible to ask for bids some time next week. The new structure is to be five stories in height, and is to be of much the same de- sign as that of the Wyatt building, at the northwest corner of 14th and F streets. Baltimore Markets. tanged receipts, 1.50 bushtiay wird, el i—receipts, z gy a bushels; sales, 150 bushels. Wheat = il eae, Sar’ dl ooo ; steamer No. 67%; rec = 010 bushels: exports, 80,820 bushele: stock. 59 90d Contd: on om grate, wera Gorn, stendy apa . . On grade, 7 steady—spot and month, 3 October, 33 - set San, Sia Se, Say, ren 334 asked; steamer mi; receipts, 1 708 asbels; exports, 42.687 bushels Brock, 480 low, 36a37. | Oats firm—No. 2 white western, 2iice 28; ‘No. 2 mixed do, 254355 ‘agcetpes, 20.814 bush- firmer-Wo. 3 % 2 western, 63; te. ceipts, 14,155 bushels. ain Geis Ar unchanged. unchanged. FINANCE AND TRADE Pacific Stocks Showed Strength on the Board Today. STRONG HOUSES BACK OF THE BUYING Break in Tobacco---Review of the Speculative Situation. —--+ —- — GENERAL MARKET REPORT Special Dispateh to The Evening W YORK, September Ame 2 securities fn ndon ended week * desultory fashion, with business practically at a standstill. St. Paul and Louisvt Nashville were nominally + Yerk pari Were firm on jobbers were unchanged. The New York market y. while other Americar, ws bids. Brith opened with ter fecling and higher prices for the Paciis shares, while most of the industrials were a little below last night's close a clined to heaviness, This was especially noticeable in American tobacco, which, after opening at 148, quickly react o 1454». The demand from the cor helped Union Pacific, and it is understood that some sirong interests have been ac 1 stock. fter the opening th firm on mod yn of a bearish ing the preferre A short while eral list bevam The publica: ot. sugar in a ering in that stock, as it was r a very weak move. The early decline in Tobacco was caused by some realizing on news of the pu: of the St. Louis plug plant. e prate business Advertisem, Cleveland, Losin and Wheeling Were strong on probability of estat! ment of close re ions with the I val Steel Company. ‘The positions now assu by the bulls and bears on the are being supported by the wing argu ments: The bulls say the tend. oward easier rates in the money market, the pertations of gold, the large shipm wheat and the advance in pri ccmmodity and the unusual nearly ail lines of business, esp: ticeable in whe large western scon give us a strong market. he beats argue that the market has market ne im- ot nts im no- will ivity ally cities, Nn overbought—some operators carrying vy lines and waiting for an opportunit unload; that the public is filled up with stccks, and that a fresh stimulus is needed to produce better prices. They also refor to the reported attitude of the Spanish peace commission in regard to the Philip- pines and possibility of democratle suc- cesses in fall elections as future devel: upcn stock: Paul's earnings for third September show an increase of $11 compared with the same period last * then given were the k of 314, as we larges' Bank statement Reserve increased. Loans de ed. increased Legals increased. Deperits decreas: Circulation incr The bank gained $1,183 21,47 eh +11, 102, 400 4.30) copeserseceseee G07, 00 toment shows banks hav ” in lawful money, about two-thirds of it in specie. This is the first time the banks have gained reserve in many weeks. There has been a further contraction of the lo y as lar that of last week. ndition of th market shows that this has been tn » main voluntary. The de is somewhat larger than is ce y the change in other items, an sult brings the surplus up to loaned at 8 per 1 market t has been stron, on professional trading. It 1s under- stood that a large speculative Chicago in a. terest has sold its stocks, but the market has taken them fairly well. Bank state- ment is likely to be favorably construed and will doubtless influence easter money next week, —__—_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Market. High. Low. Close. 3. 8 Bw New York American Spirits... WY T9Y iv0y American 8" 145y 147% Atchison ........ 13 18 8 Atchison, pfd.. : My“ SA Bay djustments. The crs & Vhio... . - . 5 Brooklyn Tapid Transit OSig 825, ORs, Canada Southern. ear _ Chesapeaxe & Onio 2 WK Ry C., C. C. & St. Louis eee . Chicago, B & Q....222! iid% zi Chicago& Northwestern. lig Chicago Gas 105 shy 103. si 15% Consolidated Gas. 18135 Del., Lack & W : Delaware & Hudson Den. & Kio Grande, pf gE “ General Electr lilinois Central . Lake Shore nae Louisville & Nashville. Metropolitan Traction M Southern Railway. Southern Ry., pfd.- Texas Pacific. Coal & Iron. Union Pacific. Union Pacific, pfd. U.S. Leatner, ptd U. 8. Rubber... Rubber, ptd.. Wabash, pfd..- Western Union Tei...2 General Electric, New. Il. Steel 3 Grain, Provisions Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1421 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs, La- denburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN Wheat—Dec. May, Corn—Dee PROVISIONS.» Open. High. sir 9.20 490 497 Jan. Lard—Dee. Jan, Ribs—Dec. San. aut October. . November. EE A New Specialty Store. A new specialty house will shortly be opened in the commodious building (216 F street. The firm will comprise Messrs. Smoot, Coffer and McCaliey. Each of these gentlemen was for more than twelve years with the iste Seaton Perry, Mr. Smoot as bookkeeper and confidential man, Mr. Cof- fer as buyer for laces and evening goods and Mr. MecCalley as buyer for dress . All three are goods thou, ond will carry a completo and Sclect stock of black dress goods, cloaks, sults, dress trimmings, linings, gauzes, laces, rib- bons, vellings, notions, handkerchiefs, ho- They will carry the same high-class quail: €: 3 tes and exclusive copies thee made’ the house of Perry famous, and will no doubt achieve an equally signal success.

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