Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1898, Page 2

| | Seems ere ee ‘MAY SELECT M. RIBOT 4 (President Faure Looking for Head of New Ministry. JDE FREYCINET’'S NAME MENTIONED Guards Patrol Paris Streets to Prevent Further Riots. QUIET IN CITY TODAY ——-— PARIS, O¢tober 26—Although there Is evidence of suppressed excitement on all sides here, there has been no disturbance of public order up to the present today. The police and municipal guards are out in strong force, and they will not permit the cfowds to assume dangerous strength. But the situation was eagerly discussed by excited groups in the main streets. President Faure this morning received in audience Senator Loubet, president of the senate, and M. Deschanel, president of the chamber of deputies. It is the intention of M. Faure to form @ new cabinet as rapidiy as possible, and the names of MM. Ribot and De Freycinet re the most prominently mentioned in con- ection with the premiership. During the afternoon M. Faure consulted with M. Leygues, vice president of the chamber of deputies, who advised the formation of a concentration cabinet, to include among its members MM. Ribot and Dupuys as the principal ministers. In the lobbies of the chamber -* depu- ties today the deputies of all shades of opinion expressed the conviction that M. Deleasse should remain at the head of the foreign office, in order to assure the con- tinuity of the Fashoda negotiations. Se GOLD DIGGINGS. POOR Disappointed Alaskan Prospectors Return to Vancouver, B. ¢ VANCOUVER, B. C., October 26.—The Garden party of Fresno and the White party of Michigan, representing fifty peo- ple, have returned over the Edmonton trail from the Peece river country, after traveling through 1,300 miles of rough country and undergoing many hardships. They returned empty-handed. They pres- ected twenty-eight creeks and rivers, over 400 miles of territory. They found evi- dence of gold everywhere, but not one pan would pay. The much-boomed Peace river country turned out very disappoint- ng. Hundreds of Americans are coming back over the trail, under terrific winter conditions. John MacKenzie, who has just returned from the Peace river country, tells a story of am unknown prespecior being killed by @ grizzly bear two months ago on the trail. Another of MacKenzie’s stories related to the disastrous trip of Maj. Moody of the northwest mounted police, who was sent cut by the Dominion government to dis- cover an all-land route to the Kiondike by the way of Edmonton. Maj. Moody had one guide frozen to death. Two others d gerted him at different places on the trail. His outfit was burned by bush fires, and for two days he traveled on short rations. When MacKenzie lest heard from the ma- jor he was pluckily pushing on north of Fort Graham. It is over a year since Moody started out on his journey. He has still several months’ more hard work be- ke, if he ever eed DEPRIVED OF HIS WIFE. Young Maryland Miner Invokes Law's Aid to Recover Bride. Special Dispatch te The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Mé., October 26.—On Thursday last Miss Grace Jacobs, daughter of Dr. C. C. Jacobs of Frostburg, and Prominent in Cumberland and Frostburs society, Was married secretly to John Graham, a young miner. The bride's par- ents strenucusly opposed the match, but after the ceremony they invited the young couple heme. Graham permitted his wife to spend the night with her parents, with jhe unlerstanding that he was to come agter her the next day. Since then he has Deen excluded from the premises and_h: hot been permitted to see his w yerde with Yes- ed out_a writ of habeas corpus view of having her restored to the Lim, claiming beth are of age and that he is fully able to provide for her. has caused a decided cobes are quite wealth: — To Examine Contract Surgeons. ATLANTA, Ga., October 27.—An_ order from the War Department has been receiv- ed at Fort McPherson instructing that a board meet at the earliest day practicable ‘and all contract {here are eight of the icPherson. The board will consist of one Surgeon major and two captains. —_+ Ryan Indian College Burned. October 26.—The Ryan Col- ts contents, was burned to- ) pupils in the building at the Th> Ryan College was one in Indian territory. The affair The Ja- ILLON, Obie, Octobe: M. D. Ratchford, national presi- the United Mine Workers, says h: © will probably be Vice President of Minois. Ratchford indorsed foe EE ‘orren Withdraws Resignation. «MADRID, October 26.—Gen. Correa, the Jainister of war, has been prevailed upon te withdraw his resignation for the present, Ju view of the difficulties with which the tountry is ccr fronted. Two Protestants Arrested. -LIMA, Peru, October via Galveston, Wéxas.—Two American Protestant tract distributors have been arrested at Arequipa, Capital of the Peruvian province of the Same rame, charged with distributing pa- bers contrary to the state religion. The state's attorney will apply for their Telease. > Objcet to Criticism of Foot Ball. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Oct. 26—Because of criticism of foot ball playing by Dr. F. S. Carpenter, one of the professors in Central Medical College, nezrly all the students have announced determination of leaving the college at the end of the present term te return no more. The affair hes created ad great stir here, where three medical colleges are located. —— Union Painters Locked Out. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. October 26— Union painters in Indianapolis are all idle today. This is in accordance with the pro- nnounced by the Master Painters’ n, which served notice that if the ; not withdraw its boycott pro- Mounced against a certain firm the bosses would discharge every union man. The ul- tiratum went into force this morning,when the men found the shops locked against them. ——_—-_—_ Sixty Japanese Drowned. KOBE, Japan, October 26.—The Japanese steamer Mijagala was sunk today almost immediately after having been in collision with the Japanese steamer Kinshiu-Maru. Sixty Japanese were drowned. ———_- Spanish Sailors Released. MANILA, Philippines, October 28.—The ‘American authorities have released some of the Spanish sailors captured during the war. ‘The authorities at Iloilo have cabled to |. expressing their loyalty to the Spanish crown, > PHILIPPINE QUESTION NEXT American Peace Commission Ready to Dis- cuss the Matter. Paris Papers Full of Local Troubles— One Significant Dispatch From Madrid. PARIS, October 26—The American peace commissioners held a session of several hours during today prior to the joint ses- sion of the two commissions, which opened at 4 o'clock this afternoon. ‘The Americans fully realize that they are approaching the discussion of the chief question intrusted to them, namely, the future of the Philippine Islands, and it may be taken for granted that they are well prepared to take the matter up if it is broached today by the Spaniards. The morn:ng. papers here treat of the fall of the French cabinet and the scenes in the chamber of deputies yesterday almost to the exclusion of general news. All of them, however, dwell briefly on the Spanisa crisis or the split in the liberal party of Spain, without. however, direct reference to the Paris peace commission, except in the case of a new paper, La Volante, which, ia a Madrid article, dealing with the inter- national situation ‘in Spain, sums up as ‘ollo’ Spain's Internal ‘Trouble. “Whatever may be said, one way or the qther, regarding the situation, one thing is apparent—that the moment is badly chosen for a ministerial crisis. When dreadful calamities threaten Spain from the outsid> and at the moment when her destinies are being decided by the Paris ccnference, and at the moment when her flag is crushed at Porto Rico, the liberal party is in a state of chaos and disagreement, and in the face of American pretensions, which are daily becoming more arrogant, Spain finds her- self with a ministry without authority. “Never has she needed more imperative- ly a Strong government, one more watchful or awake to outside questions. Instead of this, miserabl- internal quarrels are dis- tracting the attention of those who now ought to have no other preoccupations than the salvation of their country. The Matin, closing a brief resume of the Spanish crisis, says: “The council dehb- erated on the customs tari: of Porto Rico, prematurely considered as no longer form- ing part of Spain.”* a THE SEVENTH ARMY CORPS. Order of Reorganization Issued by the War Department. An order has been issued by the War De- partment for the reorganization of the 7th Army Corps, as follows: Cavalry brigade—ith United States Cav- alry, 8th United States Cavalry. First Division. First Brigade—Ist Texas Infantry, 2d Louisiana Infantry, 3d Nebraska Infantry. Second Brigade—9th Illinois Infantry, 2d South Carolina Infantry, 4th Illinois In- fantry. Second Division. First Brigade—i6ist Indiana Infantry, 24 Illinois Infantry, 1st North Carolina In- fantry. Second Brigade—ith Virginia In- fantry, 49th Iowa Infantry, 6th Missouri Infantry. Assignment of Officers. The following assignments of general offi- cers by the President, and of staff officers by the Secretary cf War, to the 7th Corps, are announced: Major General Fitzhugh Lee, commanding; assistant adjutant gen- eral, Lieutenant Colonel Josep H. Dorst; assistant adjutant general, Captain Edwin St. J. Greble; chief quartermast2r, Lieuten- ant Colonel George E. Pond; chief com- missary of subsistence, Lieutenant Colonel Ohve E. Wood; chief ‘surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel Louis M. Maus; inspector general, Lieutenant Colonel Curtis Guild, jr.; judge advocate ; chief signal officer, Lieu- tenant Colonel Joseph E. Maxfield: chief engineer officer, Lieutenant Colonel Wil- liam R. Livermore; chief ordnance officer, Lieutenant Colonel Rogers Birnie, jr. First Division, Maj. Gen. J. Warren Keifer, command- ing; assistant adjutant general, Maj. Will- iam S. Scott; inspector general, Maj. John G. Evans; chief quartermaster, Maj. Noble . Creager; chief commissary of subsist- ence, Maj. James M. Moody; engineer offi- cer, Maj. Hugh H. Gordon; ordnance offi- cer, Maj. John L. Chamberlain; chief sur- geon, Maj. Jefferson R. Kean. First Brigade—Brig. Gen. Lioyd Wheaton, commanding; as@istant adjutant general, Capt. Charles H. McGill; quartermaster, Capt. Oscar C. Gues: commissary of subsistence, Capt. James E. B. Stuart; sur- geon, Maj. George B. Bunn. Second Brigade—Brig. Gen. Edward B. Williston, commanding; assistant adjutant general, Capt. Jacob E. Bloom; quarter- master, Capt. George L. Goodale; commis- ury of subsistence, Capt. William B. Hale; rgeon, Maj. Francis C. Ford. Second Division. Major General Francis V. Gre2ne, com- manding; assistant adjutant general, Maj. Robert E. L. Michie; inspector general, Maj. ) Benjamin H. Cheever; chief quartermaster, Maj. James L. Wilson; chief commissary of subsistence, Maj. Robert L. Longstreet; engineer officer, Maj. Hugh J. McGrath; ordnance officer, Ma. Frank H. Enmunds; chief surgeon, Maj. George R. Fowler. First Brigade—Brigadier General Henry T. Douglas, commanding; assistant adjutant general, Capt. Robert G. Paxton; quarter- mast2r, Capt. Frederick W. Cole; commis- sary of subsistence, Capt. Theodore B. Hacker; surgeon, Maj. John G. Davis. Second Brigade—Brigadi>r General Henry C. Hasbrouck, commanding; assistant ad- jutant general, Capt. Hugh D. Wise; quar- termaster, Capt. William G. Ball; commis- sary of subsistenc Sapt. James C. Bald- ridge; surgeon, Maj. William S. Bryant. Cavalry brigade, Huntsville, Ala.—Brig- adier General Louis H. Carpenter, com- manding; assistant adjutant general, Capt. John E. McMahon; acting quartermaster, Lieut. C. J. Symmonds, 7th Cavalr missary of subsistence, Capt. William M. Loveland. + e + ________- TO LOOK INTO CUBAN CAMPAIGN. War Commission Will Investigate Hospital Corps, Particularly. HUNTSVILLE, Ala., October 26.—The war investigating commission today began the irspection of Camp Forse, preparstory to the inquiry which will be instituted here later. The commissiorers separated into parties of two for the purpese of inspec- tion, but even they found the task before them quite arduous, as the camp here is a large ore, with about fifteen subdivisions of troops, to say nothing of the hospitals. There are a great many regulars here, and among them many who participated in the Santiago campaign. Many of those will be examined when the commission be- gins its sittings. The investigation here will be directed especiaily to the procuring of facts con- cerning the management of the hospitals, and the care of the sick while the army was in Cuba. “We know all about the landing and the way the battles were fought,”~said Gen. Dodge. “What we want to know is how the sick and wounded were cared for.” In pur- suit of this purpose a large number of sur- geons will be called. The commissioners were greeted here by a mild snow storm and very muddy roads, and decided to post- pone camp inspection and to begin the tak- ing of testimony today. ——— Terrific Storms in Macedonia. SALONICA, European Turkey, October 26.—Terrific storms have swept over Mace- donia, doing an enormous amount of dam- age and causing considerable loss of life. In one instance a caravan, consisting of forty-seven persons and one hundred horses, was ‘engulfed in the River Galice and all were drowned. : : = SS Wants Quickly Filled. At this season, when so many are seek- ing situations, and, on the other hand, so many seeking employes, it is of interest te know that advertisements under the classifications Wanted Help and Wanted Situations are inserted in The Star at a charge of 15 cents for fifteen words, THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1898-14 PAGES. DAN CUPID AND MARS [PRICK DID NOT MIND Musty Pension Records Reveal a Sweet Ro- . oe Stood if\ourt Under the Gaze A Northern Soldier Weds the South- ern Lassie Who Nursed Him Back to Life. The revords of the civil war fail to show, in the compilation of statistics, any reports | from Cupid, but it is known that the little boy god played a most important part in the struggle, and even brought happiness ; ——S where nothing but despair was expected.| MR. BAB, DRIER’S fvery now and then the pension office ’ : ms brings to light a remance. Such a love |; story has recently been unearthed in ex- |/ amining the application of Annie Lee for a pension as the widew of Francis Lee, late of Company B, 124th New York Infantry. Hers is a real romence—a genuine “Held by the Enemy” love story. The story of Francis Lee is generally that of a score of other Union soldiers who fell in love with bonny lassies from the south and married them. The details are different. Francis Lee enlisted from Newburgh, Or- ange county, N.Y., August 12, 1862. After the battle of Chancellorsville he was taken prisoner and paroled. His company was ordered to report May 16, 1863, and when the confederates started on their march from Culpeper, Va., to the parole camp. in Maryland Le« was sick. He had contracted pneumonia and had some heart complica- tions.. He fovrd it expedient to linger in Virginia, ani dropped out of the ranks, too il! to proceed. He was not missed from his company until the prisoners arrived at camp parole and the roll call was not an- swered. Of Course, They Fell tn Love. He was considered a deserter. Lee wandered through Virginia, and final- DENIAL Rees i = i S When ,¢¥e trial-e2“Sotm Price, charged with the‘larceny of $1,682 from the Metro- politan R&ilroad Company, Was resumed today. in ,Griminal Court No..1 the impanel- ing of & J¥ry was completed by the selec- tot of Eltier E. Dwyer, John L. Schaffert, Harry 4-<Daltoa, Thomas Foley, Benjamin FP. Harper,~Chafjés ‘R. Murray, Douglass ‘Thompson; Jo¥n $.\ Cartan, Charles Merkle, Theodore #, McGawley, William McKinley, jr and Philip-AfDajano. The opsume Sraeuae made by Assist- ant Disthies Attorneg ohn. E. Laskey, who detailed to the jury thé history of the case. He told of fr. A Maur gs Babéndrier drawing a sum of.J March 30, 1997, from the Washington Lean and Trust Company, at Oth’ atid F*Sfreets, and plicing it in a satchel. _Mr,,Rabendrier next proceeded to the Vatoldi dining 8, On 9th street be- tween E an@¥ streets, for twhcheén, where he left thesatehel with: the -young lady cashier. ~The satchél- was stolen from be- side the ‘cashiers desk By a man who en- tered the establishment and- ordered sand- 1 d vash- | Wiches. He declared that.the government ly sought admittance at the house of Wash- | ReCe®., ington Pritchard at Delaplane. | pees oe ¢ soldier was quite and Be oa + “ e samele: ous Virginian tock him in and nursed him | panenanios Wittest Rete eaT te ies back to health. He stayed at the home-of+ superintendent of Mo my BEE breach, his benefactor during the summer because Metropolitan. Baflroad | Compan After of his weakened condition, and in the fall. | telimng the story of the Thott he eas Cnet by the district’‘attcrney: — when he was better and ready fo gv, Col. “Did you, Mz, :Babendrier, remove any Mesby, with kis daring band of guerillas, ~mgnry.ttom that !satchel 2...” located in the vicinity, and he was foreed to remain for fear of being captured. This ‘No, str, 1 didagot,” réplied th NO, Sir, 1 7 ie with emphasis eee was cvidently one of the features of Cupid’s campaign, to hold the boy in blue until he had declared his love for the daughter of his friend. It seems that Annie Iritchard had been already won by the horrid Yankee, for her devotion to him during his sickness was remarked by the family. Then came the sweet dove of peace. ‘The surrender of General Lee at App mattox became known, and the soldi with many a loving good-bye, left for his home in New York. But he came back, and, as the records show, married Miss Annie one beautiful spring morning. He took his southern bride to his New York home, but the rigorous winters were too much for the undermined constitution of the soldier, and they returned to Virginia within the year. Recorded as a Deserter. On September 15, in the centennial year, the soldier’s health was so bad that he ap- plied for a pension. It was discovered then, for the first time, that the War De- partment had never given him a discharge from the service. . As this is one of the necessary links in the chain of evidence before a pension can be granted, the pension office refused the “witness, Not the Satchel He Used. 2 The government's representatives were evidently surpriged nd counsel-for the de- fendant unddubtedly pleased when Mr. ; BabenGrier declared that a Satchel handed him for examination was not the one uscd by him the day ofthe robbery, although there was a resemblance. he "The witness’ stated that as he left the trust compary’s building he noticed a heavy-set man sitting at a table. He could not state, hawever, the color of the hair of this individual, or whether or not he had a beard or mustache.. The defead- ant, Price, has” grayish hair, with short beard and mustache.- _ . On cross-examtnation considerable time was occupied in questioning Mrg Baben- drier as to the location of the ‘cashier's desk, safe, cigan-case and tables in the dining room of the Vatoldi. Mr. Robeyt FatMiller, paying teller of the Washington Loan and Trust Company, testified that Matth 30, 1897, he paid to Mr. Babendrier, on check, the sum in- volved in the robbery. Mr. Miller was examined ct length as to the denominAtio#of the bills and coins id Mr. claim until’the proof was forthcoming. The | Pld Mr Eevee and: the “methods’ of records of the War Department were | (me,Dank: 1 ; : ‘ searched in vain to find anything to show the soldier’s whereabouts after May 3, 1864, and he was regarded as a deserter from that dat2. The soldier made several at- tempts after this time to establish the fact that his absence from his company was due to severe fllness, but up to the time of his death he was unable to supply the neces- sary proof? His own captain was found and app2aled to, but refused to aid him, believing that he deserted his company for the beguiling influence of the southern las- sie. The captain.pointed out, in support of his belief, that the soldier had even af- filiated with the south by moving to Vir- ginia. liam J. Wiison, treasurer of th> Metro- politan Railroad Company, went on ihe stend after Técés# He id-ntified the satchel which Mr. daubondrier deelared, earlier in the day, wes ngs the cone -in which ‘he piaced the money, afterward stolen, as the on® used in“tarryffg the money for use on the 9th streé# Tmé* Mr.’ Wilson prodticed a key that fitted thd satchel.. He added that it- was Bis opstem go, turn over the satchel to Mr, Babenprder very Tuesday, yhen, the "Tatter drew Tun m the bank. Mins Si pees ne i Miss Bile 7S ‘ashier at the Va- toldf, was text caflea"and examined as to the arrangement ‘6f"the dining room and furnistiings ahd “thé“visit of the man who orderéd sandwichés Marth 1897. Noth- ing new*vr important\‘was developed by her testimony except- that*the ‘man stip- posed to have, swlen: the: satchel. resem- bled the defendant, Price, she said, “very ‘much’ as to figure. Priog stood up at the requést “of éounsel, when the matter. of Identification was in order. He met:the searching gaze of Miss Searles without the slightest ;change of expression and was apparently the most unconcerned individual in the. court roam. Miss Searles stated that she could not positively identify Price. - The next witness, Alfred L. iioffman, a barber, now Hving"in Baltimore, testified that March 20,1897, between 0 and 1 p.m. he was lunching at’ the Vatold!. He noticed a man at the cashier's desk, wear- ing an Alpine“hat, with iron gray’ beard and hair. He had not seen the man since till yesterday, when he noticed him in the court noom. ohvtie “Look around the room and tell us if you see him now? adireeted Assistant District Attorney Laskey: “I am_ most, positive that_Is the man,” stated Hoffman, pointing to Price. The lat- ter smiled. é James B. Weikert, a salesman, who was in the Vatoldi the day the robbery. oc- curred, téstified that his attention was at- tracted bya man.who entered and pur- chased a cigar. "The man stared at wit- ness, and then werit outside.~ He later re- turned inside the dining room about the time. witness departed. The man was short and thick-set, with gray mixed mustache and goatee. -Mr. “Welkert fdentifiéd ‘Price as the man referred*to. The -head: waiter at the Vatoldl, “Richard Boston, colored, alse identified Price. ee DEMOCRADS » AND. SILVER. Justice Done at Last. After the soldier died the widow con- lirved to prosecute the pension claim, knowing full well the circumstances, and believing it was only a question of time before her husband would be righted. The case was brought to the attention of Com- missioner Evans, and he took a personal terest in it. A special examiner was de- tailed to inquire into the facts and to re- port everything he could learn in the sol- dier’s favor. The s fal examination re- sulted in the n of such indispur table testimony as to the soldier’s illness and his inability to rejoin his company that the War Department gave him an honorable discharge from the servize. Then followed the allowance of tne invalid claim filed by the soldier, as well as the claim of the widow. The invalid claim having been filed prior to July 1, 1880, the allowance carries ar- rears back to the date of his discharge from the service, May 4, 1864. The widow's pension commences January 13, 1891, the date of her husband's death. The accrued pension which she will receive amounts to $2,700, and the check for this amount will be sent during the week. Value of Special Examination. The outcome of this case clearly indicates the tremendous advantage accruing to any honest claimant by reason of the special examination instituted in al ldoubtful cases by the pension bureau. The pension bu- reau could not take favorable action upon this case until the charge of desertion was removed. After this was done it was plain sailing. The special examiner visited the vicinity, took the testimony of the persons acquainted with the case and clearly show- el to the satisfactioih of Cqmmissioner Evans that the soldier was not only en- titled to a pension, but that the charge of desertion was unjust. —_— MARION BARNWELL DEAD. How the State Conventions Declared on the Money Innue. ¥rom the New York’ Fribune, The democrats‘ff this state say“that ‘ques- tions of national moment have no place.in the present state campaign, and that their candidates, botH<for“Btate “oMves” arid “for Congress, need pay no attention to the free silver question oF the platform adopied by the .demoeratic. party. at- the; Chieago:-con- vention in: 1896. “The.democrats of most of the orhérbtates*wh6' have néld State con- yentions this year dQ not Agree with the so-called democrats of New York, as the following table, gf their political declara- tions upon the rrency question. (taken ‘from “Money” shows: z Democraiig Stage Platforms, 1898. She Was Known Here as Mrs. Daisy Helphenstine and Was an Actress. Marion Barnwell, an actress, formerly Mrs. Daisy Helphenstine of this city, died in New York yesterday of pneumonia, hav- ing been sick but three days. In private life she was Mrs. Henry Baldwin, being the wife of a wealthy distiller of Duxbury, Mass., whom she married after her divorce from Mr. Helphenstine. Last season she succeeded Cora Tanner In “The Sporting Duchess,” and up to the time of her illness this season was playing in Richard Mansfield's prodiction of “Cy- rano de Bergera She was a very beau- States. ee Indorsed, tiful young woman. Her body has been 3A. 7/Biwbe ater eae sent here for burial. New Hampebize.ol a-cofFer-silver. Chicago platform ermont. .-..-+ gates "ai@e. Slvr Chicago platform —_-—__. Massachusetts. x caee silver Chteago platform s sland... alg == -Chie HE GIVES 1,000 CORDS OF Woop. Gonneeticuts-c cede cae (ago Platform New Yor! man Will Let the Poor Pierre Wage: New Jersey of the District Have Them. Pennsylvania. Delaware. Pierre Waggaman several days fo in- }. Maryland. Virginia. formed Commissioner Wight that he would North Carolina. <7. be glad to donate for the benefit of the poor | South Carolina. of the District a thousand cords of wood, | Gcorsi# 2S if it could be hauled ar, from his land retreat north of the Zoo Park. Mr. Wight com- met . 5 municated with Mr. Justice C. C. Cole, | Kewsis™ ee es chairman of the Central Relief Association, kocoabants Chicago platform suggesting that It would be advisable to | Kentucky. ‘ree sllvst Chicago platform accept Mr. Waggaman's offer and employ | Missourl Bcc aiiver Qhice#e platform poor men out of the association's funds. to | Qhie--- fliver Ghiche Platform haul the wood to some point where it could | Illinois. Chicago platform be cut up by other deserving poor people, Fusion and, when occasion arises this winter, be distributed to the needy. Justice Cole has replied to Mr. Wight's letter, to the effect that there will be a meeting of the association in a few days, when the matter will be called to the atten- tion of the association. Justice Cole also wrote that he felt sure the association will accept Mr. Waggaman’s kind and sede offer with sincere thanks, and pt the Commissioner’s suggestions. me —_>—__ Police Parade November 7. Major Sylvester stated today that the annual parade of the police department would take place November 7. He ‘expects to make the arrangements this afternoon unless pressure of other matters prevents. STAFF OFFICERS ASSIGNED Appointments in First, Second and Fourth Corps. ‘ Announcement of General Interest to Army Officers Made at the War Department. The following assignments of staff offi- cers to brigades in the Ist, 2d and 4th Army Corps have been made by the War Depart- ment: First Corp First Brigade, 1st Division, Atlanta, Ga.— Assistant adjutant general, Capt. William F. Hancock; quartermaster, Capt. Samuel A. Smoke; commissary of subsistence, Capt. John M. Tobin; surgeon, Maj. John C. F. Martin. Second Brigade, 1st Division, Macon, Ga.— Assistant adjutant general, Capt. Theodo- sius Botkin; quartermaster, Capt. Lewis V. Williams; commissary of subsistence, Capt. William B. Cowlin; surgeon, Maj. Charles M. Drake. - Third brigade, first division, Macon, Georgia.—Assistant adjutant general, Cap- tain Sherrill Babcock; quartermaster, Cap- tain Samuel Baird; commissary of subsist- ence, Captain Charles E. Cabell; surgeon, Major Eimer BE. Heg. = First brigade, second division, Columbus. Georgia.—Assistant adjutant general, Cap- tain Fréderiek J. Kountz; quartermaster, Captain Moses Walton, jr. 3 subsistence, Captain Wilson I. Davenny; surgeon, Major John L. Macumber. Second Brigade, 2d Division, Americus, —Assistant adjutant general, Captain Willard A. Holbrook; quartermaster, Captain Walter Allen; commissary of subsistence, “aptain Charles E. Golden; surgeon, Major Frank Bruso. Third Brigade, 2d Division, Albany, Ga.— Assistant adjutant general, Captain Wil- iam R. Samples; quartermaster, Captain Abraham S. Bickham; commissary of sub- sistence, Captain James C. Gran: Major Robert Burns. Second Corps. First Brigade, 1st Division, Camp Meade, Pa.—Assistant adjutant generai, Captain Lucien G@. Berry; quartermasier, Captain Laurence ©. Baker; commissary of sub- sistence, Captain John’Landstreet; surgeon, Major William T. Wakeman. Second Brigade, 1st Division adjutant general, Capt. Arthur quartermaster, Capt. John C. Breckinridge c ssistant commissary of subsistence, Capt. Morton J. Henry; surgeon, Maj. Henry I. Ray- mond. Third Brigade, 1st Division. ant ad- jutant general, Capt. A. Wi Norris; quartermaster, Capt. Giles H. Holden; com- mis: of subsistence, Capt. Harlow L. Strect; surgeon Maj. William B. Banister. First Brigade, 2d Division—Assistant ad- jutant general, Capt. James A. Colvin; quartermast Capt. Chester B. Worthing- ton; commissary of subsistence, Capt. Frank H. Lord; surgeon, Maj. Philip Wales. Second Brigade, 2d Division—Assistant adjutant general, Captain Daniel B. De- vore; quartermaster, Captain Richard J. Fanning; commissary of subsistence, Cap- tain Joseph DuBarry, jr.; surgeon, Major Joseph K. Weaver. Third Brigade, 24 Division—Assistant ad- jutant general, Captain Robert _ Sewell; quartermaster, Captain Edward F. Barrett; commissary of subsistence, Captain Orson Pettijohn; surgeon, Major Chas. R. Parke. First Brigade, 3d Divisicn—Assistant ad- jutant general, Captain William E. Hor- ton; quartermaster, Captain Thome H. Cavanaugh; commissary of subsistence, Captain Carroll Mercer; surgeon, Major William L. Kneedler. Second Brigad>, 3d Division—Assistant ad- jutant general, Charles G. Treat; quartermaster, Capt. William K. Alexan- der; commissary of subsistence, Capt. Don Dodge; surgeon, Maj. William F. de Niedman. e Fourth ‘ps. First Brigade, Ist Division, Huntsville, Ala—Assistant adjutant g2neral, Capt. Gordon Voorhi quartermaster, Capt. George S. Cartwright; commissary of sub- istence, Capt. James F. Jenkins; surgeon, | Maj. James D. Glennan. Second Brigade,"ist Division, Huntsville, Ala.—Assistant adjutant general, Captain John C. Gilmore, jr; quartermaster, Cap- tain Harry B. Chamberlain; commissary of subsistence, Captain John P. Teagarden; surgeon, Major William P. Kendall. First Brigade, 2d Division, Anniston, Ala istant adjutant general, Captain Francis B. Harrison; quartermaster, Cap- tain William M. Ekin; commissary of sub- sistence, Captain Winslow 8. Lincoln; sur- geon, Major Samuel G. Armstrong. Second Brigade, Division, Anniston, Ala.—Assistant adjutant general, Capt. James K. Thompson: quartermaster, Capt. Edwin R. Butler: commissary of subsis' ence, Gapt. George B. McCallum; surgeon, Maj. John X. P. Dodge. Cavalry Brigade, Huntsville, Ala—Assist- ant adjutant general, Capt. Charles D. Rhodes; quartermaster, Capt. Marion M. McMillan: commissary of subsistence, Capt. Salmon F. Dutton; surgeon, Maj. Henry H. Lee. The officers named, who are now on duty with the brigades to which they are as- signed, will accompany the troops to their new stations. Those not now with the brigades to which assigned will proceei to the nlaces desig- nated as the stations of their respective brigades and report for duty there on No- vember 1, 1898, or as soon thereafter as practicable. . —__—__—__+-»<___ CHARGES AGAINST OFFICERS. Privates Complain That Their Ra- tioas Were Taken From Them. Several of the soldiers who enlisted with the immune regiment raised in this city have returned to their homes, and make grave charges against some of the offi- cers. There were five companies, it will be remembered, raised in the District of Columbia. In Company C there were eighty-six men all told, yet when the com- ‘pany started for Cuba only forty-two re- sponded to the call. The others were either sick or had been discharged upon their own motion. Several of the returning im- munes claim that they were roughly treat- ed by the officers while at Fredericksburg. The most serious charge is that the men were permitted to suffer for want of food because of the action of the officers, who drew their rations from the company. This was contrary to all rules and regulations, as the officers were supposed to provide their own mess, and every meal taken from the privates meant that much less for them. Mr. A. T. Leathers, who lives on 4th street, is one of the privates who was dis- cNarged. He says he did not pay much attention to the designation of the regi- ment when he joined. He had never had yel- low fever or any other contagious dis- ease and had never been farther south than Washington. There were a number cf others similarly situated, and no questioas weré asked as to their past medical his- tory. Mr. Leathers makes the charge broadly that at Fredericksburg the officers of Company C lived on the company and the men were hungry as a result; all the best cuts of meat, in fact everything, he said, in the shape of dainties that the privates were entitled to, were gobbled up by the officers. Mr. Leathers also makes a serious charge in relation to the quarter- master’s departme! He says he actioned with clothes he never received. His statements are cor- roborated by W. A. Harner, also ef Com- pany C and recently discharged. Mr. Har- ner served the company as cook, and told a reporter of The Star today that it was true that the officefs drew the soldiers’ rations, and that there was not enough to go around. He was directed to furnish the best of everything for the officers from the privates’ mess, and while every day he heard complaints and repeated them to the proper official they were never rectified, and the soldiers continued to suffer be- cause of the greediness of the officers, He also makes the claim that he was over- charged for some of the clothing he drew, and believes that there should be an inves: tigation of the whole affair. = r+ Government Receipts. Government receipts today: From cus- toms, $1,001,437; internal revenue, $524,820; miscellaneous, $27,183. Expenditures, $1,- 870,000. ot All Washington an Audience. ‘The Star's “Wanted Help and Situations” columns are carefully read by thousands daily. Fifteen cents pays for fifteen words, BETTER THAN THE CUBANS FINANCE AND TRADE Admiral Dewey's View of the Philippine Islanders. Far More Qualified for Self-Gover ment—Representutions to the Peace Commissioners. Some apprehension has been manifested in certain quarters as to the possible ad- verse effect upon the work of the peace commission at Paris of. an uph>aval in France. It has been suggested that the Spanish cause is in such shape that the Spanish government has nothing to lose and everything to gain by any change that can be brought about in the existing con- ditions. However, it may be stated tha in the opinion of the State Department off ctals here, ther? is little danger of the situ- aticn in Paris becoming so acute as to jus- fify an abandonment of the work of the commission on the ground that the com- missioners themselves are in physical da ger. It is confidently believed that with th change of the cabinet in France the present disorder will subside and normal conditions will be restored. The Spanish Pian. Of course, it is always possible that the Spanish commissioners, in despair over their failure to force the Cuban debt upon the United Statzs in any shape, may break off the negotiations. But this is not regard- ed as probable. It is Suspected the Spanish program is to trump up as many points of difference as possible, relying upon the pathy sure to be excited among European nations by their abandonment of each point under compulsion from the American com- s Ss the basis for a supreme ¢ end on the Philippines. The opinion prevails hore that, notwithstanding all the contention that the Spanish com- m! loners have sought to excite over the various pI of the Cuban question, this is simply in execution of the above outlined program. All that has taken place up to tim2 before the commission in Paris tends to confirm this belief. And it is expected that when the com- mission takes up the subjects of Porto Rico and the coaling station in the Ladrone Islands there will be just as many splitting objections interposed by th> Span- ish to all propositions from the American commissioners, just as many references attempts at reference to Madrid and just as loud protests over each little point by the Spaniards at the uncompromising attitude of the Americans. All this Will simply tend to make appear more plausibie and reason- able the claim of the Spaniards at the end that, having been driven to abandon every other point of the many they have made. they have a right to expect the United States to yield something from its extreme position regarding the Philippines, Claim Regard: = the Philippines. No one knows officiaily just what the ex- tent of the United States claim will be as to the Philippines. Admiral Dewey has a much higher opinion of the Philippine peo- ple and their capacity for self-government than is generally supposed. He has repre- sented to the American commissioners that the Philippines of the northern group, meaning by that, first, the people on the ‘sland of Luzon, and, after that in order Cebu, Panay, Leite, Mindora and Samar, #re, as a rule, intelligent, practical and--a most surprising staternent—far better qual- ified for self-government than the inhabi- tants of Cuba. Admiral Dewey is as fa- miliar with the qualltications of the Cubans in this respect as almst any naval office having had personal experience with t people; so that his statement is bound to have weight with the American commis- sioners But with all this he has made no recom- mendation as to what should constitute the maximum or minimum demand of the American commissioners, and their de- mands are consequently likely to be based upon their original instructions, qualitied by any change of opinion which the Presi- dent may have experienced as a result of his western trip. ‘The Matter of an Ultimatum. Tt was denied in official circles today that instructions had been* sent to the American commissioners at Paris to hand Spain an ultimatum as to the peace nego- tiations, but it is admitted that at the con- ference of the President and members of the cabinet yesterday afternoon a dispatch was prepared and forwarded to the Ameri- can commissioners at Paris. It is asserted that this dispatch was not disturbing, and that the negotiations are proceeding “as well as could be expected under the circum- stances.” That is as far as official in- formation goes, = It is believed that the instructions to the American commissioners are to push mat- ters. This, it is asserted, is not to be ac- complished by ulttmatums. Spain may be notified later that the American commis- sioners will be withdrawn if the negotia- one aie ate more favorably, but is state at this f are point has not been —_—___+ 0+ i Cheap Publicity. For fifteen cents you can let ev. Wasaington know by a Star want ad, thet you want a situation or want a cook. See An Old Story Now. Frem the Boston Journal. The substance of the rep the Wain- wright board on the DapalGEnietct an tiago is that every ship did her duty. This simply corroboraies facts that have bech known well since July 4. a ae Should Receive Immediate Attention. From the Boston ‘Transcript. To reorganize and reform our militia sys- tem to the end that it shall be in close touch with the regular army and capable of speedy mobilization is a task which ought 2 enlist the earliest attention of the coun- ry. —— + 0 A new opera house, built by an tion of colored men at Newport N lapsed yesterday, killing one man an juring six others. socia- ‘ol- FF —ee—_____ Government Bonds. 2 per cents, registered... OT ees: 3 per cents, registered, 1908-1 10s 108% 3 per cents, coupon, 1908-1928, lw 105% 4 per cents, registered, 1907 pt uli 4 per cents, coupon, 1807. 11 1125 4 per cents, registered, 1935. 126% 127k 4 ber 127 128g 5 per cents, registered, 1904 111% 112% 5 per cents, compon, 1904. 113 sie 6 per cents, currency, 1800. 12%? Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bank: ond brokers, 1419 F st., members ‘New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La- denburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. Gnas, © 7 . Low. Close. Wheat—Dec om het: on 87 87% 31% a2 Be ho Be 3% 2% ay Low. Close. 7.89 7.90 ie ig 470 467 4:70 High. Low, . air Sis Ss 5.23 5.20 5 528 535 5:36 5 5.38 5. 43 Bak Bal Bat Baltimore Markets. BALTIM October 26.—Flour quiet, unchang- ed—receipts, 29,016 3 as ip 2.00 harrele: exports, 2-988 barrels; month and November, asked; Bij wteamer No. 2 red. 673, ankod $33 bushe .600 bushels: 1 75,000 bushels thern W by mmples Suara: Go. om grade aa. ‘a; new oF old, November or December pias January, 37a87%; Februa: oh aati receipts, 167, bushels—southern low, dull. Prices of Stocks Held Their Owa Fairly Well Today. TOBACCO BROKE SLIGHTLY Sugar Advanced Two Per Cent on : Short Covering. GENERAL MARKET RE REPORT Special Dispatch to ‘Phe Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 26.—Foreign cables reflected a more pacific outlook this morn- ing, prices tn the security markets show- Ing moderate improvement in consequence, There was not such-an increase in the de mand, however, as would justify a pre sumption of an increased public Interest in the stock market. Yesterday's advances were for the most part stubbornly retained and the belief that bargains are more likely to precede than to follow the congressional elections is gainiag ground. . It may be said of the present market that the weight of argument is wholly om the side of improvement, the only mooted point being as to the possibility of a frace tional saving as a reward for patience This condition deters a general advance im some measure, but it also operates to pre= vent liquidation. In this waiting attitude the market 14 likely to be interesting only In the spectal- ties ‘which, under special personal influe ences, or manipulation, may be made active without regard for the general list. Among the more promising shares of this class the new Federal Steel issues are becoming con= spicuous. The market price for both the commén and preferred stock of this com- pany is well supported by strong interests, and once an aggressive campaign is under- taken the iron shares under the leadership of the Federal Steel issues are expected vo forge well ic the front. Ternessze Ceal and Iron, which has been permitted to sbift somewhat unsetisfactor+ fy for itself, showed some signs of awaken- ing interest on the part of its friends to- day. The market might very profitably take up a new set of securities at this yunc- ture and let the railroads follow their nai- ural bent for a time. The covering of short sales in Sugar, one account of 10,000 shares being reported, had the effect of forcing a sharp 2 per cent ad- vance. The reopening of another independ: ent refinery is likely to find reflection in @ set-back in prices, but it is clear th is not to be allowed to decline wi quent interruptions. The sentiment of the street is strongly opposed to higher prices except on railies, but if the lequidation of long stock hat reached the proportions accredited to 1{ no material decline is likely except in @ generally weak market. In American Tobacco the manipulation was mostly in the interest of lower prices. The price reached yesterday’s high point, and broke 2 per cent on selling for both ac- counts. The incorporation of a new to- bacco company, with a capital of 150,000, was announced to be an ally of the trust, whereas the company which came into ex- istence yesterday, with a capital of $10,- 000,000, ts said to have been found out in its true character of an enemy. Yesterday's 7 per cent advance was based largely on the assertion that the company was in sympathy with the trust and need not be feared. It was only seen in its true light after the manipulation had succeeded in establishing the price pre- dfcted at the close of last week. The re- sult of the present epidemic of new to- bacco companies is to encourage the giving of a wide berth to the old. The Rubber issues were an active and strong feature of the industrial list, on the prospects of an enlarged business and most satisfactory earnings. In the railroad department the shares of the southern roads were perhaps the near- est approact. te a distinctive feature. Earn- irgs in that section are good, and share- holders are apparently encouraged to add to present holdings. +> FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, New York Stock Market. Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits. . nye UK 11% American Spirits, pfd eM BB American Sugar.. de 1154 American Tobacco. . 18g 18K Atchison .. eisest ebbae Atchison, pfd- 355, Atchison Adjustinents.. 72% 72% i2q Baltimore & Ohio, My Aig 48 Brooklyn Rapid Tri 6 66 ON Canada Southern. 538g Chesapeaxe & Ohio. 2% «My Wy C., C. C. & St. Louis B95 885580 Chicago, B&Q... 31611085156 Chicago&Northwestern, 181% 18ly 181 Chicago Gas... 1085s 106 0B C. M. & St. Paui- TOBA 108% 108A, Chicago, R. I. & Pacitio. Chie 3t.P., M. & 0. Chig. & G. Western . Consolidated Gas. Del., Lack & W Delaware & Hudson Den. & Rio Grande, pf. General Electric, né Miinois Central . Lake Snore Louteville & Metropolitan ‘Traction Manlattan Elevated Missouri Pacific. M.K. & T., pfd. tional Lead Co. New Jersey Central. New York Central, Northern Pacitic.. rthern Pacific, pfd Pacific Mail.....! Phila. & Reading’? Southern Railwa: Southern Ry., pf Texas Pacife.. Tenn. Coal & iro Union Pacific... Union Pacific, nf 1.8. Leather, pia. US. Rubber Rubber, pfa Wabash, pfa. Western Union Tei American Cotton Oli. Federal Steel... A.S. Wire. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular cal!—12 o'clock _m.—Columbia Ra! road 68, 7500 at 118. U. 8, Bleetrie Light, 7 at 1004. After, cal Metropolitan Railroad convert- Bie fae gf 1000 at 120 $1,000 nt 188, $1,000 at 126, $1,000 ‘at 126. U. 8 Elvetric Light, 31 at 1004. as aye 6s, $500 119, trict of Columbia Bonds.—Ss, 20-year fund 100 bid. 68, " h Raliroed conv. 62, 125 tid, cert. indebt., A. 115 bid. cert. indebt., B. 115 bid. » 118 bid, 125 asked. Bell Bekingtou Railrosd 6s, a 1 119 bid. Metropolitan Metropolitan Ratlroad Metropolitan Railroad Columbia Gompany series A, Me, 11 series Hi. Gs, 1 U.S. Blectric Light deb. imp., 101 bid. Ghese Apeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 104 bid. Ameri- Sen Secarity and, Trust os 100 hid. | Washineron larket Company. Lat 3 bid. Washington Mar. ket Company imp. @s, 115 bid: Washington Market Company extn. és, 115 bid. Masonic Hall Associa- tion Ss, 108 bid, National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 293 bid. Metropolitan, 317 bid. Ceptral, “146 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 177 bid. 187 asked. Secs ond, 145 bid. Citizens’, 145 bid. Columbia, 133 Did. “Capital, 125 vid. | ‘West End, 90 bid, 92° ask “Gale Depedh ont Ten Onapathon Senet Gans it .—National Safe Deposit and Trust, x110 bid. Washingtoo Loan and ‘Trust, x125 bid, 130 asked. Americau Security and ‘Trost, 150 bid.” Washington Safe Deposit, 50 bid, Insurance Stocks.—Piremen's. 28 bid. ' Franklin, 38% bid. Metropolitan, 70 bid. Corcoran, 50 bid. Potomac, 55 ‘ Arlington, 127 bid.