Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 11, 1899, Page 2

/ ] The Rerald-Deview. By EB. Kiley. MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS - The ouice scidvin se Ss Lhe Man, but the officer very often does. Chewing gum continues in favor with females as a lockjaw preventive. The man who keeps his mouth shut seldoms acquires a reputation as a liar, Don Carlos has decided that there is not enough left to fight over. Possi All men resemble pawnbrokers; their industry depends upon their in- terest. All the world’s a stage, and the ma jority of the performers play to the galleries. As a rule the man who is unable to trust himself displays pretty sound judgment. As a rule cleanliness is next to god- line: but in St. Louis it’s next to impossible. ’ Thugs held up a Chicago detective, but they escaped without losing any- thing of much value. It’s much e r+ for appearances to keep a man down than it is for a man to keep appearances up. It isn’t likely that Solomon succeed- en in convincing all his wives that a word to the w Admiral Schley is said to excel as an artist, and the way he helped to draw the war to a close is convincing proof, too. If there is anybody in the army who has been overlooked by an investiga- tion committee he will please step for- ward now. “T love to look in the mirror,” re- marked a foolish young girl. ‘Yes, but you never see yourself,” replied her sensible friend. A proclamation is sometimes so heavy that nobody can carry it. The young emperor of China seems to have overlooked this fact. It is probable that Hetty Green will never be satisfied with the American system of taxation until her property is exempt from all assessment: Gen. Miles’ phrase, “ambalmed beef,” will become historical, but it was left to a Boston boy poet to write about “a foaming jug of unfermented cow.’ Some traitors are bad, and others are merely good men who have been con- verted from the error of their ways and are no longer available for campaign use. Admiral Dewey is in every way qual- ified to investigate the Philippine isl- ands; indeed, he may be termed the best all-round investigator the Philip- pines ever had. The persistency with which the pub- lic declines to take interest in the af- fairs of Admiral Sampson may sooner or later call for some action on the part of the board of strategy. The last wild camel in the United States died the other day. While fnll particulars of the sad event are not at hand, it is probable death was caused by the last straw breaking his back. German physicians say that no pro- fessional bicycler has a perfectly sound heart. As nearly the whole masculine population is affected by the nicotine habit, one may query whether there is any casual connection between the lat- ter fact and the former. As the alcohol poison goes to the brain, so does the tobacco poison go to the heart, possi- bly predisposing its victim to injury from any strain upon that organ. eer ee 35 ee The causes which predisposes to bodily illness run through a series of seasonal changes. Spring has its re- laxations and languors, summer its high heats and sudden damps, and the autumn dies down with chills and fevers. Winter brings more marked exposures, especially as we pass from hot rooms to cold ones, or from the shelter of our house to the nipping and eager airs or penetrating Jamps of the outer world. To many the coming in is quite as exposing as the going out; and as a rule those who keep too closely within déors are the most liable to colds and stuffiness. In truth, our rought and changeable northern climate is not unfriendly to health and vigor. All depends on our way of taking it; on prudent self-adjustment to the conditions, and especially on not minding it too much. To those who live in nature as a spider in his web, “December’s as pleasant as May.” Prof. C. Hanford Henderson counts himself rich in the acquaintance of “beautiful men, beautiful women and beautiful children—beautiful and ac- complished, lovable and free;” and he pleases himself with the persuasion that “the secret of their charm is that it has been gained, not at the price of another’s undoing, another’s pain, an- other’s exclusion, but with all helpful- ness for their brother-man.” Proba- bly this holds true of the best persons known to any of us. Is it not, as Ib- sen says: “the task of free society to ennoble all the neople?” a SS THE NEWS RESUME EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED FORM. A General Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week From All Parts of the Globe, ,Boiled Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. Criminal Record. A number of burglaries have oc- curred recently in Santiago province that seem to indicate the operation of a regular band of American crooks, John Hallin and Arthur Daught have been arrested on a charge of stealing copper and brass from the Mare Island navy yard. w. Cc. mmons, accused of embez- gling $5,000 from the government while acting as postmaster at Hespe- ria, Mich., has been arrested at Seat- tle. He has been wanted since 1893. The bodies of two men have been found murdered near Hackberry, Ariz. The remairs have been iidentified as those of James Dowd, a miner, and John Blake, 2 Mormon teamster from Utah. The president of the Banco Espanol, Havana SES hi testify before the commission inv gating the munici- pal finances, and fey be sent to pris- on. Victor Wilhelms, the on Aug. 11 last. is, shot and wounded a police officer who was en- deavoring to arrest him, has been se tenced to fifteen years’ penal servi- tude. : There is further délay in the ar- raignment of Mrs. George. James 8. Sterling of Canton, Ohio, one of her attorneys, has been taken ill, and Judge ‘Taylor has postponed passing on the motion to quash the indictment against ber. narchist who, Washington Talk. The senate confirmed Elias H. Cheney of New Hampshire to be con- sul at Curacao, West Indies. Senator Warren introduced an amended bill to construct a fort at Sheridan, Wyo., formerly the site of Fort Custer. The attorney general has approved of the ruling of the board of general appraisers made on Oct. 18, 1897, hold- ing that the new tariff act became op- erative at six minutes after 4 o'clock on the afternoon of July 24, 1897. The navy department has accepted finally and paid for the torpedo boat Farragut, built by the Union Iron works at San Francisco, and the tor- pedo boat Rowan, built by Moran Bros. at Seattle. The state department has been in- formed by Minister Powell that the Haitien government will put in force the act passed by the chamber to in- crease all import duties 25 per cent on and after Feb. 1 rhe executive committee of the American Boys’ association, the object of which is to build a first-class bat- tleship for the American navy, are in Washingtor consulting vartous offi- cials in furtherance of the plan. The senate adopted the Mason reso Intion calling on the secretary of war for information as to the percentage of sick soldiers in the Philippines, the number of deaths due to the climate and what is the sickly season. Secretary Long has telegraphed Rear Admiral Dewey asking him to inform the navy department of the number of marines stationed in Peking. These marines were ordered to China’s cap- ital some days ago in anticipation of an outbreak. To previ ent army officers of superior rank ‘om seizing upon the quarters of officers of the transports upon which they may be traveling, the sec- retary of war has been obliged to make an order prohibiting them from taking the rooms of the masters and quartermasters of the transports, Foreign. Harry Bates, the sculptor and an as- sociate of the royal academy, is dead at London. A Sofia, Bulgaria, advice says M. Grecoff has formed a new cabinet with himself as premier and minister of general affairs. The earl of Elgin, until recently vice- roy of India, has been appointed Knight of the Garter in place of the late duke of Northumberland. Col. Kitchener, brother of the sirdar, with a strong Egyptian force, is be- sieging El Obeid, the last stronghold of the dervishes in the Soudan. The St. James Gazette says the French government is negotiating with French and British financiers for a loan of $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 to be devotel4d to army and navy purposes. Mexico has accepted the invitation to participate in the military congress at Tampa, Fla., Feb. 8, and the re- public’s two delegates have left for the north. Pope Leo, according to the Rome correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle, contemplates a universal jubilee in 1900, to mark the opening of | the twentieth century Minister Powell reports from Port au Prince that the election for members of the chamber of deputies passed off quietly and resulted in the election. of governmental candidates, so that the gevernment has an absolute majority in both chambers. This, it is thought, ‘will insure the stability of the present government. A meeting of 1,000 Protestants, rep- resenting fifty Protestant organiza- tions of the established church in Eng- land, Scotland and Ireland, presided over by Baron Kinaird, adopted reso- lutions denouncing “Romish practices in the Church of England,” and _peti- tioned the queen to direct Lord Salis- bury to take legislative steps to sup- press the practices condemned, The British man-of-war Penguin, which has been sounding between the islands of Longi.and Auckland, N. reports that Falcon island, which sud: denly appeared in 1885, is now three fathoms under water. ——————— ee ee ee ee, Happenings. ar Independence, Kan., J. M. Ander- 's dry goods store and Abe Gott- Tieb's clothing store were destroyed by fire. The total loss is estimated at $55,000. The carpet factory of William Judge & Bros., Front street and Columbia avnue, Philadelphia, was gutted by fire. Loss estimated at $100,000, cov- ered by insurance. One of the largest tobacco houses in Kentucky, located at Providence, and operated by J. G. Givens, was de- stroyed by fire. It contained 700,000 pounds of fine strip tobacco, possibly two-thirds of this season’s purchase. Rev. Dr. Knapp, until ney pres- ident of Queen's college, St. John’s, F., mysteriously innpenten from his residence in Brighouse, West York- shire, Eng., on Jan. 18, an dno traces of his whereabouts can be found. A gang of twenty-six track-repair men, working on the railroad at the western opening of the Gallatin tun- wel, near Altoona, Pa., were run down. by an engine. One man was killed, one died in the hospital, and sixteen were more or less injured. Personal. Ludvig Josephson, the noted Swed- ish composer, is dead. Col. Mackinnon, former secretary of the National Rifle association, is dead at London. Rudyard Kipling has a ed at New York on the steamer Majestic, from Liverpool. Lord Hallam Tennyson, a son of the late Lord Alfred ‘Tennyson, has been appointed governor of South Australia. Isaac Eberly, for years one of the most prominent men in Columbus, Ohio, died after an illness of several weeks from cerebral paralysis. Robert Mitchell, aged eighty-seven years, a multi-millionaire, died ‘at Cin- cinnati. He started his career as a journeyman, became the head of large furniture factories and stores, was in- terested in banking and many enter- prises. ‘ Otherwise. A stock exchange seat sold at New York for $38,000. A gold strike is reported in the Isa- bella, near Colorado ° Springs, which Yields from $40,000 to $100,000 per ton. Manufacturers of the lower priced derby hats have combined to regulate the output. Dr. Hitt of India, who is visiting at Battle Creek, Mich., says there are 532 cases of leprosy in the United States. The Cherokee-Dawes treaty has been ratified by the Cherokees by a majori- ty of more than 1,500. The car ferry Shenango No. 1 is ice bound with a load of cars twenty miles oft Port Burwell, Ont. An effort will be made to dynamite her out. The Cripple Creek district gold pro- duction for January is the heaviest in the history of the camp, having a total value of $1,542,000. The publishers are so confident of the success of John Morley’s life of Gladstone that they have paid him £10,000 in advance for his work. The newly organized American Sugar Beet company will have a capital of $5,000 in preferred and $15,000,000 in common stock. It will operate west of the Missouri river. A certificate of consolidation of the Union Tobacco Company of America and the North American Commercial company was filed at Albany, N. Y., with the secretary of state. It is reported that the Columbia River Canners’ association, recently formed at Astoria, Or., is to consoli- ne with the Alaska Packers’ associa- tion. The Manufacturers’ Association of New York held its annual dinner. Gov. Shaw of Iowa made a lengthy address on the “Evolution of Finance.” It was a plea for making the gold standard more secure. ‘khe local committee at Atlanta, Ga., has taken up the work of caring for the: ninth triennial international Sun- day school convention to be held there in April next. About 2.000 delegates are expected. Capt. J. B. Moore, of the revenue cut- ter Winona, which has been searching for the yacht Paul Jones, has reported to the treasury department that he is satisfied the vessel was lost with all on board. The directors of the Glucose Sugar Refining company of New York have declared a regular quarterly dividend of 11% per cent on the common and 13-4 per cent on the preferred stock, pay- able March 1. Secretary Long has received an invi- tation from the mayor of Torquay, Sngland, for the European squadron to visit that place. The mayor congratu- lates the navy for its success in the Spanish war. The engagement is announced of Miss Violet Deetritck, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Deetritck of Youngs- town, Ohio, and William McKinley Duncan of Cleveland, a nephew of President McKinley. All records of ice travel on the Yu- kon have been broken by the recent feat of the mounted police of the Northwest Territory in bringing a big shipment of mail from Dawson to Skaguay in nine days and ten hours. The wine growers of Ohio are to | form a combination. Circulars and propositions were received in Toledo from Sandusky soliciting the wine growers there to join in the trust. A meeting will be held next week to de- termine the capital stock. Mayor Quincy of Boston, in pursu- ance of orders for the reduction of salaries of all departments, has re- duced his own 71-2 per cent. Nearly 5,000 employes out of the 10,000 will be reduced and $200,000 saved. The steamer Chateau Loflite, from Cienfuegos, arrived at Barcelona with 350 repatriated soldiers, all seriously ill. Fifty-six soldiers died during the voyage. The men disembraked by torehlight and formed a gruesome pro- cession, the sight of which caused a painful impression here. H. M. Buck, a Connecticut watch- maker, has invented a rotary cylinder designed to increase the speed of steamships 50 per cent and do away with vibration. The British govern- ment will pay $28,000,000 for the de- | vice if it stands the test THE LEGISLATURE Business Transacted by Minnesota Solons, St. Paul, Feb. 1.—Without a word of discussion the house yesterday, upon a report of its committee on elections, confirmed the title of Hon. Richard H. Medicraft of Roseau to the seat which he occupies in the house, as against Peder H. Henricks, the Populist nomi- nee for representative. The following bills were passed: 'To provide for the destruction of weeds on the public highways and streets of villages. — Relating to the appointment of guardians for insane TSons. The following bills were introduced: Relating to attorney fee on foreclos- ure of mortgages. — To provide for the protection and permanent establish- ment of all government cornerstoncs on public highways. — To regulate the sale of binding twine manufactured at the state prison. — Relating to hail in- surance companies. — To regulate the operation of telephone companies and declaring such companies to be com- mon carriers. To aid in the estab- lishment of day schools for the in- struction of the deaf in special school districts. — To regulate the practice of medicine by all schools and all systems of treatment. The Senate. The remoyal of James S. O’Brien ot Stillwater by Gov. Lind as a member of the state board of prison managers was submitted yesterday forenoon to the senate in a curt executive com- munication from his excellency, . the governor, asking the senate to “advise, consent and concur,” in tie removal of Mr. O’Brien and in the appointment of David Bronson of Stillwater. Under the rules the removal and nomination went over until to-day, when it will probably be taken up. The reason given out by the governor for the re- moval of Mr. O’Brien is that he was indiscreet enough to offer to manage the prison board to suit the governor if the governor would reappoint Mr. O’Brien as surveyor general of logs and lumber for the First district. Mr. O’Brien denies that he made such an offer to the governor. In response to the senate resolution adopted the fore part of the session, ex-State Oil Inspector Barrows yester- day submitted to the senate a report showing the amount of the earnings of himself and deputies in fees during the two years that he was in oflice. According to his report the total amount collected in fees by Mr. Bar- rows was $36,368.29, and the total amount collected by deputy. inspectors was $19,547.65, making a total of 915.94. Out of this sum $9,690.51 was paid in salaries, commissions and for oftice expenses, which, taken from the amount collected by Mr. Barrows, ‘left his net income for the two years at $26,677.78. The following bills were introduced: To amend the law relating to courts of justice of the peace. — To grant state aid for public libraries in vil- lages. — To establish boards of equal- ization in cities of less than 4,000 in- habitants. — To fix eight hours as a day’s wi ork i in cities of 5,000 or more inhabitants. — To authorize county surveyors to lay corner stones and compensating them therefor. — To re- lieve ex-State Treasurer Bobleter and his bondsmen from liability for mon- eys deposited in banks that failed. — To appropriate additional moneys for the support of the Northwestern ex- perimental stations at Crookston and Grand Rapids. St. Paul, Feb. 2.—The senate yester- day buckled right down to work and held an all-day session, as a result of which the list of bills on general or- ders will be materially reduced. A number of new bills were introduced, altogether, the senate spent a very busy day. Almost one of the first actions of the upper house, after prayer by the chaplain and roll call, was consideration of a motion by Sen- ator Daly (Dem.) of Otter Tail county to concur in the removal by Goy. Lind and, of J. S. O’Brien of the state prison board and the appointment in his place of David Bronson. Senator Daly’s motion to concur was adopted by unanimous viva voce vote. in committee of the whole the sen- ate recommended for passage ten bills that were on general orders, reported progress on several and recommended one for indefinite postponement. Those recommended for passage are the Me- Gill bill to reimburse in the sum of $24,500 the business men of Minnesota who advanced money for the state's exhibit at Omaha; the Greer bill cre- ating a tax commission to revise and codify the tax laws; the Coller bill to repeal the Ozmun_ corrupt practices act, which was intended to prevent corrupt practices during political eam- paigns, and several others of less gen- eral interest. The following bills were introduced: To preserve, protect and propagate fish. -- To provide for the tinfe of re- demption of mortgaged property at chattel mortgage sale. — To regulate the practice of medicine, surgery, et¢ of all schools. — To restrain and cense peddlers. — To amend the Laws of 1889 relating to mineral land leaces, — To legalize and validate proceedings of banks. — Amending the law relating to municipal courts in cities of less than 5,000 inhabitants, The House, ‘The louse proceedings were decided- ly routine in character, and aside from the introduction of bills there was nothing of general interest. Among the more important Dills in- troduced were the following: Requiring railroads to construct plat- forms to facilitate the shipping of live stock, products, ete. — To prevent the entry into the state of sheep having any contagious disease. — To prevent fraud in the sale of garden and grass seeds. — To protect the public health by regulating the use of unwholesome matter in the manufacture of food produets. — Authorizing county com- missioners to purchase lands for coun- ty fairs. — To punish illegal voting at school meetings. — Relating to the ad- dition of territory to incorporated vil- lages having more than 1,000 inhabi- tants. — To detach Wadena county from the Fifteenth judicial district and attach it to the Seventh district. St. Paul, Feb. 38. — In committee of the whole yesterday the senate spent more than an hour in discussion of the OHO US, bill, requiring foreign cor- porations doing business in Minnesota to have a public office or place in this state at which to transact its business, The real purpose of the proposed law is to place foreign corporations on the same footing with regard to paying a license for the right to do business in tie state as those incorporated in Min- nesota under the terms of the law of 1889. The question was discussed pro and con but no action was taken. A number of other bills of minor im- portance were disposed of in commit- tee of the whole. A bill was passed to legalize certain deeds, mortgages, satisfactions and re- leases of mortgages or other liens upon lands, powers of attorney and the rec- ords thereof, heretofure defectively ex- ecuted, acknowledged or made. The following bills were introduced: To prevent fraud in the sale of gar- den and grass seeds. — To prohibit theatrical plays, ete., on Sunday. — To legalize and make valid certain deeds transferred by husband to wife. The House. The fact that the house went down the line with its list of general orders and disposed of all the bills ready for ccnsideration, practically without de- bate, may be taken as an evidence that the committees are doing their work with more care than usual. Fourteen bills were recommended to pass and one was killed, and the whole opera- tion consumed hardly an hour. The most important bill of the lot was one by Mr. Jacobson, providing that testimony be taken before the railroad and warehouse commission may be certified into court upon appeal and shall there have the force and ef- fect of evidence taken by the court, The bill was recommended to pass. The following bills were introduced: Relating to clerk hire of probate judges in certain cases. — Authorizing pledges of personal property to pur- chase at public sales of such property. — Establishing a board of appeals for the inspection of grain. — To repeal sections 1526 and 1527, General Stat- utes of 1894, relating to the deduction of indebtedness from ‘credits listed for assessment. — To provide for the se- lection of grand and petit jurors. — Re- latirg to work upon public highways. — Providing for the selection of candi- dates for election by popular vote, St. Paul, Feb. 4. —One of the pret- tiest senate fights of the session is that over the Somerville bill, placing foreign corporations doing business in Minnesota on an equal footing with Minnesota concerns, requiring them to establish a local business office and agent and to pay the regular license fee, as provided by the law of 1889, when they file articles of incorpora- tion. Senator Horton of Ramsey is leading the fight against the measure, ably supported by Senators Wilson and Stockwell of Hennepin, while Sen- ator Somerville is supporting the measure. The bill is on general orders and has been under consideration two days. It o¢cupied half a day yesterday and will be taken up again to-day, the sevate being unable to decide whether to adopt or kill the measure. The senate put in another busy day yesterday, holding two sessions, and will also work to-day. Among the bills passed were the following: Providing for the distribution in each county to farmers by county auditors of the sugar beet seed now in posses- sion of the state. — To appropriate money to defray the expenses of the Minnesota exhibit at the Omaha ex- position. — A bill for an act to author- ize counties to purchase land to be used as agricultural fair grounds on approval of electors of such county, and to improve, sell and lease the same. — Relating to the sale of for- feited property on tax sale and the disposition of the proceeds thereof. — A bill for an act to repeal chapter 277, General Laws of 1895, entitled an act to prevent corrupt practices in elec- tions, ete. The following bills were introduced: To prevent delivery of liquor on the Sabbath which has been sold the day previous. Amending the law relating to bonds given by contractors on pub- lie work. — Amending the law relating to savings banks and fostering said institutions. — Providing for a poll tax on dogs. Providing for punishment of violators of*law relating to non-sup- port. — To erect a live stock amphi- theater at the state fair grounds. The House. The house put itself on record yes- terday afternoon in a manner diamet- rically opposed to the position taken by the senate on the divorce for deser- tion proposition. The issue was made over Mr. Fosnes’ bill to increase the period to three years. The bill was identical with that offered by Senator Wilson in the senate and which was killed after a hot fight. Before the bill was debated at any length Mr. Fosnes offered ah amendment making the period two years. The amendment prevailed by a vote of 36 to 33. Mr. Foss spoke briefly in favor of the bill. Mr. Umland was opposed to it on the ground that the present law was in the interest of morality. Mr. Deming took the ground that the causes for divorce were too easy and too numerous. He offered two further amendments to the pill and to existing law, one providing that impotency to be a ground for di- yorce must have existed before mar- riage and the other amending the im- prisonment clause so that it should only apply to cases of imprisonment for two years, and that the action might not be begun until after a year’s imprisonment, nor in any event after the imprisonment had legally ceased. Bowh were adopted and the bill was recommended to pass, The following bills were passed: Providing a punishment for wilful damage to bicycle paths. — Relating to evidence taken before the railroad commission. — Relating to the descent of property inherited by an adopted child. — Abolishing days of grace. — Making teachers’ university certifi- eates good for two years from date, in- stead of two years from graduation. — Legalizing acknowledgments taken by ofticers of corporations in matters in which the corporation is interested. Prescribing the manner of designating acts amending laws appearing in the Statutes of 1894. The following were amcng the more important bills introduced: ‘lo appropriate $1,000 annually to the Minnesota Stock Breeders’ associa- tion. — To establish the office of fire icarshal, — Legalizing bonds hereto- ‘Wildes, a retired ph fore issued by cities under chapter 224,’ Laws of 1893. — Relating to the or- ganization of trust companies. — To provide for the taxation of insurance companies and to distribute a portion’ of the tax among the fire departments of the state. — To appropriate $45,000 for the erection of a live stock amphi- theater and agricultural hall on the state fair grounds, CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD. Countess von Webereau and Her ~ Nephew See Arrested, Berlin, Ont., Feb. 5. — Countess vor Webeneau and her Pees Herman Bolderhausen, are under arrest here charged with conspiracy to defraud the Merchants’ Fire Insurance com- pany. The prisoners put in a claim for $2,000 for their goods, w hich they alleged were destroyed in a fire Tues- day morning which consumed the house in which they lived. It now turns out that they had sixteen large cases of goods at the Waterloo station addressed to Buffalo the day before the fire. The prisoners were re- manded, STREET CAR HOG, Shot, Perhaps Fatally, by a Retired Physician. New York, Feb. 5 Dr. Thomas an, shot Hugo Wolfert, a cook, in a Lexington ave- nue car, inflicting a wound, which is said by the hospital officials to be fatal Wolfert, according to the story told to the police, was occupying more room in the car than he was entitled to and refused to make way for a lady. Dr. Wildes gave his seat to the lady and upbraided Wolfert, who struck him. The physician then drew a revolver and shot Wolfert through the breast, Tr. Wildes was arrested. Terrible Gas Explosion, Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 5. — A terrible gas explosion occurred on Sycamore street, Etna, completely demolishing the brick residence of Joseph Acker- man. Mrs. Weaver was killed, Joseph Ackerman had both legs broken, Mrs. Ackerman was injured interually and two young women, daughters of the Ackermans, were badly crushed. The explosion was caused by a gas leak in the cellar. THE EAGAN CASE, Papers Are Now in the Hands of the President. Washington, Feb. 4.—The record of the court-martial in the case of Gen, Eagan is now in the hands of the pres- ident for final review. Yesterday Mr. Worthington, attorney for Gen. Eagan, filed with the judge advocate general additional or supplementary plea, which he was granted permission to lodge. It was an elaboration of the points made by counsel before the court-martial. A formidable array of authorities have been produced, par- ticularly in support of the contention that Gen. Eagan’s conduct, though the facts be admitted, was not legally in the line of the charge of conduct un- becoming an officer and a gentleman. This paper was placed by the judge advocate general in the hands of the adjutant general and will be added to the papers bearing on the case now in the hands of the president. AMOA, Chambers Makes a Report. Washington, Feb. 4.—The state de- partment has been informed that Chief Justice Chambers of Samoa has made a long report upon the cireum- stances attending the recent uprising at Apia. This report was addressed to each of the three powers under whose authority the cuief justice holds his appointment. The copies sent to Germany and to Great Britain have reached their destination but that sent to the state department here is still on the way. It is said that the full mail reports of the recent occurrences can- not be expected to reach Europe until the 21st inst., and the United States a week later. Chief Justice GO OUT OF COMMISSION. All Vessels of the Navy in Reserve Will Be Disposed Of. Washington, Feb. 4.—The navy de- partment has ordered that all of the ships of the navy now held in reserve shall be put out of commission at once. There are a number of these ships and the government will effect a considerable saving, besides making available the services of a number of sailors for use in the active ships. The cost of the keeping the Minneapolis alone in reserve with about 100 men aboard was about $36,000 per annum. The advantage of the system, howev- er, has been fully shown in the late war. QUICK TRIP TO MANILA. The Buffalo Has Reached There With Men and Supplies for Dewey. ~Vashington, Feb. 4. — The Buffalo bas arrived at Manila, having made a record-breaking run from New York to Manila in fifty-four days. She has aboard about 700 sailors to relieve men in Dewey’s fleet whose time has expired. She will be used as a regu- lar transport for men and naval stores. making regular trips between Manila and San Francisco every three ionths. SUED A LABOR U And Got a Verdict for Being Kept Out of Employment. San Francisco, Feb. 4.—Fred Hess, dr., who sued the San Francisco Typo- graphical union to recover $25,000 damages for having been forced out of employment by the union, he be- ing a non-union man, has been award- ed $1,200 by a jury in the superior court. j iN SLOAN'S FORTUNE. The Midget Jockey Said to Have Cleaned Up a Snug Sum, San Francisco, Feb. 4.—The Exam- iner says that Tod Sloan has received a telegram from New York stating that he has cleared up $250,000 as the result of speculation in Wall street. It is said that before coming West Tod left several thousand dollars with L. B., Bell, a Wall street operator, with’ general instructions to invest as he thought best. No details of how the money was used has been received,