Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1900, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY Temporary Business Otfice, 1197 Pennsylvania Avera> The Evening Star Newspaper Conpaty SH. EAU S, Peastt Suiltiaz Seterd: Sheet st Jen pst a. $3.08. Mice on. $1 per your: sn = ‘Siar. Entered a the Post es sro it-ciaes mail matter.) © All maf aubseripr Rates of advertic ne 1 sbington. D. C. 4900—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS. BRITISH IN A TRAP TO INDICT GOV. TAYLOR TO INSTRUCT THE SUDGE CANTRIL Col. Broadwocd’s Command Ambush-| @#**P JURY TO THE EFF ed Exst of Bloemfontein. Argument Gubernator Contest LOS? SEVEN PIECES OF ARTILLERY to Begiu Refore Court of Appeals Today. FRANKFORT, Ky. —It was as- ya Apr that Jy ' jge Cantril would in- Nearly All the Men of Two Bat-) orice Franklin county grand jury, d Wye when the court convened at 2 o'clock this teries Missing, afternoon, to return indictments against Re- Governor Tayler and all of the republican state officers, charging them BOERS AT THE VAAL RIVER Cue usurpation of the offices they hold. rpation of office under the Kentucky publican Sg ———_— ute law is a high misdemeanor, punish- - : oe » by heavy fine, and Commonwealth's LORS = Le eS wea" | attorney Franklin’ has intimated that he — = Caos rem | will make a vigorous prosecution of the sahaipscciles Ramulca ata mfentein. SUP | curpation indictments, if they are re- day, April 1, 8:15 p.m., in which, after re- | Do erring to his previous um, he gives z . Be iat ae Gas ce cine He nlonice LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 2—Arguments cack coht ad ea le a *© | in the gubernatorial Contest cases were be- Of Q Battery, four officers were woun¢ gun before the court of appeals, sitting in two of whom are missing. © Aner W. the chancery division of the circuit court in killed and forty non-commissioned officers | this clty, to Chief Justice Hazelrix Se ; sora | #nd the other members of the court of ap- geese ath * Jord | ieals arrived here from Frankfort this Roberts then continues: morning. J © Hazelrigg announced that ‘In U Ba | the arguments w - heard today; Major Taylor 4 would be two speeches on each each speaker to be limited to an hour . and that a decision would be t of the week. ce represent “wn of Bowling Prior speak for two cavalry ambulance 2 TROUT FOR MARYLAND STREAMS. Fish Con mer George Sends Out pusands of F Gen. Roberts’ First Dispatch. following h Com: for the western il soon go out of seorge , who » had €x- for stock ADRIFT GN AN TCE PLO. ay Two Young <ht Out Of : BUFFALO, N. Y lous bark- those on the the DEMOCRATS ISSUE A CIRCULAR. mmittee Demands L Pintform. National Cd Kan the re Sir George Newnes’ 50 m. Ss NDON r ed out in who, with the surviving mem- arrived on the steamer dents of the Fight. m Bloemfont south, with sl wd, DR. N. D. HILLIS RESIGNS. Anau went Made to the Chicago Presbytery This Morning. CHICAGO, April 2—Dr. W. C. Gray today presented to the Chicago presbytery a let- ter from Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, resign- from the Presbyterian Church. Dr, tion is the result of his ri an- 1 be entitied to the protection of the United States (except. those who have chosen to preserve their allegiance to Spain), who, together with such citizens of the United States as thay reside there, shall constitute a body politic, under the name of the people of Porto Rico, with certain governmental powers as authorized in the ill, It was the purpose, as T understand it, of the distinguished chairman of the com- mittee reporting this bill to avoid the in- sertion of any provision in the bill which eculd be construed as extending the Consti- tution over the island at this time. The Constitution cannot go there and enforce itself. The statute laws of the United States not locally inapplicable, as in the bill provided, shall be extended over the island. “There has been mutch said about the Con- stitution, of and by its own force, ‘follow ing the flag’—that ‘whenever the sov- ereignty of the United States fs established TRUSTS PAID TARIFF Senator Cullom Addresses the Senate on the Porto Rican Bill, Commissioner Wicht’s Remarks Have Attracted Attention. THE SITUATION NOW CHANGED ARGUES IN BEHALF OF MEASURE He Has Been the Architect of His Own Undoing. Powers of Congress as Defined by the Constitution. over any territory,” then and there, ex = oe oad uh Of ret re proprio vigori, the Constitution is in fore . tard _ = FUTURE RESPONSIBILITI without any action by Congress. Mr. Pri SOME OF TODAY’S CALLERS dent, I do not agree with that. In my judg- ——_——— ment such doctrine fs not sound.” ae In the course of the debate upon the Powers of Congress. The feeling over recent remarks of Com- Porto y Senator Cullom made | Mr. Cullom quoted the following declara- | missioner Wight has attracted the attention tion made in the fir of the republican phia in 1856: “Resolved, That the Constitution confers t national convention rty, held in Philadel- quite Mr. Cullom be; y saying that the last years had been full of great events demanding the careful attention of those in charge of the conduct of national affairs, |O% Congress sovereign powers over the te as one event had followed in quick suc- | Ttories of the United States for their gov- on after another, each in its turn had | &™Pment.” of the White House, and it is said tode on good authority that the President re- gards the situation as having completely changed. In fact, it has changed since Sat- urday morning, when the President, it Is said, thought that he would reappoint Commissioners Ross and Wight. Since then absorbed the attention of the whole peo-| ,AS well aa that four years later. when | he has become acquainted with the fight ple, presented problems.to the execu- | frm of the party then declared: > | being made on Mr. Wight and the reasons therefor. He regards Mr. Wight’s remarks as to certain classes of citizens of the Dis- trict as unfortunate, even if not intended challenging the most tve and to Congr earefu! consideration. They would be met with courage, wisdom the Constitu- slavery to any of the United S heresy, gt var‘ hat the new tien of its owl or all of the territori is a dangerous pol dq patriotism, and as a nation we would | with the explict ri ance) in the way they have been construed. It ee cit provision of that instru- through our difficulties and as a re-|mentitseln was gald this morning by a responsible er place us the foremost He declared there was probably no more | person that Mr. Wight has probably been Ok explicit enunciation of principle to be found | the architect of his own undoing at a time where than in the It f the world had been changed two platforms. when a continuation of the honors he en- was well to recall them now for the reason 3 , . i eaicye ‘The Hawaiian Jal- [that again ine doctrine we oe that the | Jexed was about to be extended to him bout their place as a | Am in Constitution “by its own force” | Without serious opposition. Cuba was no | ext over every foot of soll owned by |, The formal fight on Commissione the ates. had not begun at the White Hou: That assumption was a step toward the | 4nd will not be taken there, it is said, until justification of improper methods in gov- ch shape as to be considered effective. © mi present t y not be much need, however, to formal! indictment’ made by the colored people of the District. ernment, and for son o it furnished the basis of the arguments in fa or of the continuance and extension of human slav- Sayin thisseountee: 3 Owing to the belief which prevailed until The Constitution had clothed the Con- |® day or so ago that Commissioners Ross EEBaReWithi {ret powers mess for estab. | and Wight would be reappointed the names fisting: tect Td to make all needful | ef other candidates not been presented rules and regulations respecting them, and | to the President. How soon there will be a had eiven that body sufficient scope within | Tush in this direction remains to be seen. which to e: yoWers. Congress. The Presid ts Callers. not yet hay ed the status of : F aiehinct Goacerences wil Porto Rico, nor ena 2 form of govern- | . The President had short ¢ nes pei ath Tt Tee Nt Gna not having anide tea tere tors Allison, Spooner and Wolcott. of the United States, nor a colony, {The latter touched on different features of dependency, 9 Rico jun Alaska bill, which will be voted on by nd p the Senate this week. ernmenta ‘Swe ; * ives Me- ee oe K Senator Hanna and Representatives Me- of the President ited States Cleary and Ray introduced some constit- the war power. ft was proposed | U at The President talked for fifteen mi the with J Sealing, vice chairman of liean state committee of Indiana. Mr. \ ling over the republican situation in hi st and ¢ ared to the dent that Indiana wou nd by the admin- istration in Novembe Randle saw the Pr eular form tion Mr. Calls. A noon f. Ran nd Mr. ter for nh of Roy Randle tric rmany, Nominated for Consul. but it rests with ( The President sent to the S ti _eharacter of the | the nominations of Charles at length Sena- | Hlinois to Be consul of the Uni ar a crutheuity | Cologne, Germans law Congress Varix Commissioners’ Expenditares. with the The President today sent to th ed no hardshiy : ee Loves Selous our hane ovided the Te statement from Commissioner Preside possible sate of duty upon a few. things . showing the expenditures peaples in the be order to raise a little money to run their | the commission at the Paris exp. ring the Fi s nt, and th only for a} i r. The total outla = > until the eta start 1 s letter of transmittal Mr. Peck g care of them ¢ their own says the United States will be represented tem of taxation, time ab at the exposition by 7,000 exhibito! PEO RESr free trade would biished betwe pak oe United States and the ves toate it Sooneladians Sc Culbsn aad: Yaar ration for and in the 0) ts le re 4 5 ment of governments curried on unde Sot Er ne defn a Justice One Result of the Revision of the ‘eo that state t : Rico and the other islands “not destr y that at to distant day they mig Loe rin ete Naval Regulations. a enpatie: ot 6 lherty sand this count » result of the revision of the naval civil government ur an act of Cong: Se ents te re ee ee regulations recently was the elimination making them one great body polit apo snaina e ea of the article of war which encouraged, by eed Te tm as | government. and ation, with | implication, the use of false flags in time ored in Be cm at and good sense cough to sec that Jor war. The article read as follows: et of | py its enactment, soon demonstrate the wis. | ceive an enemy fs permissible, but it must rtheldim of the government of the United |b: hauled down before a gun ts fired; and a civil | State under no 3s shall an officer all the Isl- EAE - commen ght a battle without EXPLOL the display of the national gn.” The revisors have struck out all this ar- lom, & Filipino Stronghota Re- | Hele down to the word “under! The effect SOUT garded as Impregoable. eRe San OC eh Sree Oise a Cotes ze ; but implicat not by with this] Ideutenant Colonel Edward M. Hayes of <8) . a rule more in confor- o has had the | the $th Cavalry, known as “Fighting Jack | mity than the old pr with the modern the President from the time of | Hayes,” i a to stand an excellent chance | Puls oF saan ee ce anny Wes Depa bly : Gee rl ai mE ING seeteedersienio® ous pecause of some complaints r of tie army in 189%] Of promotion to a brigadier generalshtp | riage during the Spanish war against the hour. 1 op poor, ig- | the near future, in recognition of his bril- | use of deceptive flags by our naval offi- : their property hav- | lant military services beginning with thewar | cers. {coved or swept away | of the rebellion and continuing through the —o+—___— hey I en cared | Sianish war and the Filipino insurrection. SURPLUS OF 816,550,000. aponsth wmmen- | Although he has always stood high in the} © Congress appro- | military service brave: (andi efficient)|/taccmen’ OF Meceiwin and Expendi- ver two of dollars, which | officer, attention has been drawn more par- xcs) During March: A colcc tariff duties from The monthly comparative statement of ment of his views on the eof and a gu predestinatior dious tire, a 5 +22 — the men dragging them ealer Will Answer Charges. s had been shot.” ay basa B TON, April 2—The Post : Francis KIMB' RL April 1.—There ts | Truth, the “div! healer,” who is under eres eo The Saal Tiver- | ponds of $5,000 to appear in the fed court to answer a charge of fraudulent ms 2 a ¢ of the mails, has returned to Boston from prying Wi 1 400 | Keene, N. H., where he has been for Le pe ys. ‘Phrough counsel the inform: 2 ne aa was given that BRITISH OFFICERS CAPE. © against him. ever, refused to discus —_—_~+-<-__. Early Brenking Up of the Yukon. in the Capt. Haldane and Lieut at Ler LONDON Le Mesurier zo Marques. April 2—A from Lo- ounces ispatch the Gor- ur making 1 wee previous within the memory of Alaska pion- This is the news brought by the steamer City of Seattle, which arrived to- aay. Mesurier of from escaped iventures, Chu —__++2_- ricades were = were confined Steamship Arrivals. 8:30 p.m. At New York—Manitou, from London. after several un-] At Liverpool— from New York. ee suceeeded in cut- r but even then the Capt. Sigsbee in St. Paul. spo eas ST. PAUL, Minn., April 2—Capt. Charles in the space which @ tray D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., arrived in this city today. He was given an enthusiastic re- ptlon, and will be the guest of the city for the remainder of the week. A public beneath had previou: be rej i ance two men would be | reception will be held this evening. be al of was postp © two men, = he damp, subterr: ing, began W. J. Bryan at Seattle. April William J. last night and was re- special committee and several people. He went to his hotel, ‘ging in air. of finding a to despair g ferent @ suitab! Th jons in the hop ceived by as most arduous, as they ho ¥ bat) thousand @ screw driver and a skewer with » dig the g which w where he held a brief reception, after which The imp he was driven to the residence of Clark —heard somebod: Davis, a distant relative. There he re- would he removed a ter passing twenty days underground, in mained until # o'clock, when he started for Bellingham ; cramped position, and sut g ona lit- —— food and water sup yy some of Iz Arrives. ir fellow 3 who were in their —Prof. Agas- siz, the distinguished scientist, was among the passengers who arrived yesterday from the orient on the steamer China. ++ Strike at Watertown, N. Y. WATERTOWN, N. Y., April A strike was Inaugurated at the works of the New York Air Brake Company this morning. Four hundred men are out. No trouble has occurred. ht at the good news was indescribable. wing morning they heard the officers above leaving, and all day long the room was filled with curi- rs looking at the qade their way to the r the railings and reached the sireet. ticularly to him through his recent distin- guished exploits in the Philippines. To him is due the credit of the capture and occupation of the famous insurgent 1 up to Janu- Lin pur w direction of the f War for the ben- the government receipts and expenditures shows that during March the receipts amounted to $48,726,837, and the expend- sed. and to | stronghold Biacnabato. The Spffniards made | Mure ae. 5 Late ee i of school hou: several imeffectual efforts to capture tne) cetpts trom| the s yurces of the re in planting and cul. | Pltce, and their failure led the natives to] enue are given Customs, $22, Mr. President, some | believe that !t was impregnable. Biacna- | 090,681; red with the ‘ other side of ihe | bato, or “Split Rock,” as the name indl- } same apa m0; Internal che se the government first col- sf rigantic ele! Srravine fotmne enue, $2 of abou lected this sum from the Porto Ricans, put | “ue= ™ eRe a ce tate Bade dts 500,000; mis Tele the treme and thew ater aa up | ing a natural fortification, south of Mount |” ‘the expenditures charge he War De- Congress authorized the President to take it | Madion. 1t has no inhabitants except the | partment amounted to $8,320,053; navy, $4,- out and give it back to them, complain and | garrison. ‘The surrounding country is rocky | 413.637, < criticise the performance. and without crops, but there plenty of The statement shows the receipts during Pala by the ‘Trusts. wood and water. It was successfully held is Se nas couse: exceeded “yell, Mr. President, if it went back to | BY sixteen insurgents against 900 Spaniards 02,000. —_—__+ in January, 1897. Its capture by the troops the same parties who paid it, who were in] under Colonel Hayes was one of the bril- Personal Mention. fact a part of the sugar and tobacco trusts, | Hiant < of the recent Phiippine cam-| pr, W. F. Luckett has returned to the it would seem to be a useless performance, | P2 4 We wvacation/an alorids Hae he feet te ew ane ee r commanding: the division, in | ¢Ht¥ after a month’s vacation in Florida. y few , importers connected with the sugar co Monopolies. One of the firms Mr. Jose Romero, second secretary of the Mexican embassy, who has been quite ill for the p: two weeks with grip, left today acknowledging the receipt of Colonel Dav repor' he of the capture of Biaenabato, said was more than pleased with Colonel (A. S. Lacells & Co.) who paid a. part of led suceess, and expressed | gor Atlantic City. this tax of two million dollars is now ee eae eeepc cetigg | Mr. Wm. B. Hibbs has just returned from suing the United States to recover back in troops to force an entrance | @ business trip to Chicago. While there he the amount paid, which in my jud, where Spaniards failed; to that famous and | WA? ae a member of the Chicago board men evidence, if we need further evi-| hitherto impregnable natural stronghold of | Of trade, 4 Menta Gnas those Event corpockiiGns unmralinelenenser # iB General Joseph Dickinson, formerly chief and mono: inste of staff to Gen, Joe Hooker, is very sick at his home, No. 530 Tennessee avenue northeast. Dr. M. D. Peck js lying very ill at his 3 dof being in favor of tax, are really opposed to it advocate ‘free trade’ beiween Porto and the United States. Major General Lawtom especially _com- mended Colonel Hayes ‘as worthy of spe- cial and substantial consideration for faith- ful and gallant service In the presence of ear i ‘ 1927 15th street. he fact is, this umount collected on | the enemy under unusually trying and dif- | Tesidence, the imports from Porio Rico, which was | ficult condition Seen ee re UeEnt Wig caer aaa largely paid by the bankers and agents of ———____+e Lied A heen CER Been NRE the American Sugar Refining Company and| Aamiral Hichborn’s. Weste mene n Trip. Rear Admiral Hichborm, chief of the bu- reau of construction and repair, will leave here in a few days for San Francisco to inspeet the ships building. at that point, and also to investigate the needs of the Mare Island navy yard. This will be Ad- miral Hichborn’s first visit to the Pacific coast since he went around the Horn on a clipper ship from Boston, just before the civil war. He made that voyage before the Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Horn of San Fran- cisco, formerly of this city, arrived here last ‘night on an extended eastern trip. ‘They are staying with their daughter, Mrs. Laura M. West, No. 70 Massachusetts ave- nue northwest. Mr. Walter J. Hunsaker, managing editor, Detroit Journal, is in the city. Adit. O. D. Thatcher, who has been con- fined to his residence, 1336 Q street north- west, by severe illness the past two weeks, is slowly improving and hopes to be up in a few days. e tobacco tru: ck to relievi that country. Now t substantial relief h: ple of the is 0 what S| States in de and in the futur to be dealing with a condition as well as a s 1 am informed, g and help build up at immediate and been given to the peo- and we must mect the quesiion of the United raril: Concluding, Mr. clause in article Cullom said that by a of the Paris treaty It ts provided that: “The civil rights and po- Mr. T. R. Chapman, who accompant Rifai status of the native inhabitants of | mast and soon after obtained an appoint- | cot Charles Bird, quartermaster, te May the territories hereby ceded to the United | Ment as ship's carpenter :at the Mare Is- | nia and San Francisco on a tour of inspec- States shall be determined by Congress,” | /@ud navy yard. His sill and capacity | tion of the army transportation service, has soon rv Ited in his appoifitment as an as~ sistant constructor in the navy and his advancement to the head‘of the corps has been steady and rapid. ee W. H. Troniand Promoted. William H. Trouland of the District of Columbia, a $1,200 clerk in the bureau of accounts, State Department, has been pro- 1su9, and continued to reside in Porto . | mated’to the $1,400, gradeito Mita vacancy, and their children born since, shall be | caused by the resignation of Disbursit deemed citizens of Porto Rico, and as such | Clerk Branigan. = oe which would be fpund to be the basis of the tile of the United Siates to the control and government of Porto Rico. ‘The Constitution and the Flag. “The bill under consideration,” he said, “provides for a civil government, and pro- vides that all the inhabitants who Spanish subjects on the llth day of returned to this city and resumed his duties in the quartermaster general's office. Mrs. Wm. H. Walcott of 13th street, wife of Col. Walcott, is still confined to the house with the grip. + Secretary Long’s Departure. Secretary Long has gone to Colorado Springs, Col., to visit his invalid daughter, and will probably be absent ten days or two weeks. Assistant Secretary Allen will ect during his absence. A HEAVY VOTE SPITE OF BAD WEATHER. PROSPECT oF IN Women Turn Out in Force at Cleve- land to Vote for School Director. — ¢ CINCINNATI, Ohto, April 2.—The er was clearing and pleasant after a night and afforded no excuse for absence from the polls. The interest in the elec- tion was greater than usual. owing to the many personal contests for ward as well ‘ A DEMONSTRATED FACT. There is no business that cannot be benefited by ju- icious advertising, and there is none that may not waste money by poor use of space. AT THE WHITE HOUSE|C!Y ELECTIONS IN Oni0|TQ SPEAK FOR BOERS Webster Davis Will Cf Give Up His SYMPATHIES WITH THE REPUBLICS Declares That Their Cause is Just and Will Win. as for city offices an a The voting earl 2s done quite rapidly| NQ) MESSAGE FROM KRUGER in many precincts, and the outlook is for ~ a more than ordinary full vote. A great ——— many yoters made selections from both] qvoperer T sccretare arabe ilckets. ‘ z piers interior, will tv this CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 2.—Unsusal in- He will x > plat- terest is manifested in the municlnal = tion being held in this city today asa result | £07™ in the interest of th of a hard three-cornered fight over the se-| In an authorized statement given out to- lection of a director of schools. More than | day Mr. Davis says t tof his 9,000 women registered in order to be elizi- | vicit to the Hed to ble to vote, and they were at the polls early | 1.) ).. in the day, notwithstanding a heavy down- | ‘©R¢*r his re Pere pour of rain. se ZANESVILLE, Ohio, April 2—Duil ana Se ee depressing weather seemed to be reflected of khe'South African mepublice. “Mir. here today in the prevailing atme feels that this fs ¢ best way to politics. The chief interest in the the enthusiasm of the American tion centers in the popular vote propo- oe aie ee sition to erect a new bridge of con- nee a = crete to take the place of the anc t and famous wooden structure, and also on pl for water filtration. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 2— was misty and dismal, but the out early to ¢: cials and indfc In addition i F contest in the council, the city for a new market hous: to give a franchise to a na pany added interest to the TOL pril 2—Wi with light showe Not mu the municipal election, the ing light. YOU ‘clock this m ing and only a mod 5 Interest in the rc AYTON, Ohio. cloudy and th normally demo positive claim: ——__+<-___ STRIKERS RETURN TO Worn. voters ballots for city tions were fc ng ult is no! Chicazo Machinists Settle Dispute With Their Employers. CHICAGO, April 2—With the bios of the whistles in the n ps of Chi- | feel i cag sands of n terrupted About half the ed their lab: ¥ thou and t muss me the moditied $500,000, in n snutactur ple contra The men have day with ten how Fifty thor Trades’ Counc workmen in z to work with feelings of eny Of strikes and lockouts they for over a month, yet the troubles between them an scem as far away as —~+<-___ RELIEF FOR PORTO RICO. Over 8600,000 to Be Sent to Military overnor Davis. Arrangements have been made at War Department for the transfer of $4 000 of the $2,000,000 appropriated for relief of Porto Ri Judson, corp: the 0 to Capt. William V. f engineer n Ju: on the staff of Brig. Gen. Davis, military gov- 2rnor of Porto R who has be: ected as the disbursing officer of that fund. Gen. Davis originally esti ated that he wou have immediate wr $750,000, but he recenuy modifiéd his requisition to ),000, and explains that St is his purpose in t ther is their i) past » went t the Boe The Course He Would Advise. Mr. Da would hay urse he know that suci and Stop at once. Mr. Davis since his return to this c to expend that amount in payment for la- | poe had ae bor on public improvements at the rate of | tures. bu peste about $100,000 a month. The first install- ] that \ s of Was ment of these monthly payments was al- | ton. bly will be ¢ lotted today and the transfer wi next 5 M i that he brought with ed by exchange on N2w York. of the War Department ofiicials The efforis » far have tot jon government from Presiden been directed principally to providing | ever, that he : means for the Immediate relief of the ter- | with Preside but de rible distr2ss reported to be prevalent, and | make public what had passed the plans already made cover only a period | them. of six months. The utilization of the bal- | When asked as to whether he would go on ance of the relief appropriation will depend | the stump during this campaign In the in- upon the developments of the future. | te! par Mr. Davis What has been done is regarded as suf- | © to iook inte the ficient to tide over the present period of | futur within t destitution. Gen. Davis has been given | present was in Wash full discretion In the disbursement of the }] had no funds transferred to his care and will un- doubt2dly devote it almost entirely to the prosecution of public works. In the cases of men, women and children unable to work, and so secure the benefits of that admii war in Afric attitude concernin COINAGE DURING MARCH. plan of relief, it will be necessary to devise |@g the S17. Minted Guce some mor? direct system of assistance. In awcice Mieco Were Gold. such cases agents will probably be em- ployed in distributing food supplies to the indigent sick. es Will Go With Army Board. Mr. Frank J. Hogan, who has been act- ing private secretary to Colonel Bellinger of the quartermaster general's office, will accompany, In a clerical capacity, the spe- cial board of army officers, of which Pay- master General Bates is president, to New York and San Francisco to investigate the responsibility for the alleged unseaworthy condition of the hospital ships Missouri and Relief. Whether the board will proceed to Manila to prosecute its labors will depend upon circumstances. The Missouri fs at San Francisco awaiting extensive repairs as a result of her long trip from New York to Manila and then across the Pacific. The Relief is now in the Philippines making a circuit of the islands for the purpose of taking on sick and disabled soldiers at various points. It is stated that her pres- ent condition will not justify her in at- tempting to make the long voyage to San Francisco. + 0+ ____—_ ‘Movements of Ni 1 Vessels. ‘The New York, the Texas and the Machias will leave Pensacola for Bermuda on Wednesday, and will sail from the lat- ter point for Hampton Roads on April 17. The Wilmington sailed today from Bueno: Ayres for Montevideo. - ‘The Dolphin has left Port Royal for this city. ‘The Philadelphia is at Punta Arenas, and the Culgoa at Brisbane. ‘The Allance has sailed from San Juan for Kingston, Jamaica. ——_—_—__+ 0+ ____—__ Recovery of Gen. Ainsworth. Gen. F. C. Ainsworth, chief of the record and pension office, who has been seriously ill for about two months with-a complica- tion of diseases resulting from a severe at- tack of grippe, was sufficiently recovered this morning to spend a short time at his office in the War Department. Th? statement of the coinage executed the mints duri rch shows a t 11,150,(N2 piec ued at $1 By denominations the coinage was a lows: Double eagles, half eagh cent, nickel, $104, bronze, $33,4 total minor, $138.4 Sa Decision Regarding Bounty. Controller Tracewell hes docided that there is no law for paying bounty to an on- of the navy in the civil war tute for a man enre and liabie to draft, but not actually d ——_—_—_++___- Ordered to the Wheeling. Commander Albert R. Couden, rec ly in charge of the proving ground at Indian Head, has been ordered to Qunalaska, Alaska, to take command of the Wheel- ing. The Wheeling is now at Manila, will sail shortly for the United State the northern route. She is now under command of Commander Burwell, who will relinquish her to Commander Couden upon her arrival at Ounalaska. Lecal Pensions. Pensions were issued today to the fwl- lowing residents of the District of Colum- bias Peter C. Petersen, $37.50; Ruth J. McCann, $8; Nellie E. Adams (war with Spain), $12. ++ No More Porto Rican Concessions. In accordance with a recommendation of Governor-General Davis, the Secretary of War has revoked the water power license recently granted Ramon Valdes, and has announced that the department will grant no further concessions or licenses in Porto Rico until civil government has been estab- lished in the island. ed ted,