The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1897, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY, IAY 3, 1897 asmall knile. He fell desd,and Iran, | followed by more than filty Spaniards. But my men came to the rescue, and the | «h fled. I returned and put fireto| o Tl of their forts from wh! the force in [ had come. The garrison, after a tance, abandoned the fort, leav- | il tnis time, April | , I have been in Havana province again | and my troops are constanily fighting. | ambush short res; Fights occt ¢ also between the Span- | ish forces bans under General Rod ® 8 2 2 11 2 ] o s ngo. But notwithstanding s occurred in March and Aprll, t Havana is pacified. declares still in the field to prove he Les. Sapcti Spiritus the column of Gen- n engagement yesterday | with insurgents under General Francisco | ut lasted hive hours and | treated. | mber of { 1 Aldave's Cclumn} | losses is not t is ighty Dei R wba province by count of General Garcia's im at Guamo, arrived yes- ed in strong terms to v Tep! m a tart communica- o de Cuba. ¢ return to Spain | d that even the | : | ed by Spain will be ler attempts to en- - UCHA’S | | 4 | ARREST. | | General Weyler Urders the Insurgent to Be Deported. NEW YOR day 2.—The Jour- ecial from Havana arrested i nder close guard. He is now | prison in ihe fortress of | the city. It is un- | hat Weyler tt cha was formerly chief s gent forcesin Pinardel Rio a physician of General Ma- ceo until the 'atter's death at Panta He surrendered to the Spanish killed. The Cubans de- 1 he betraved Maceo into the Span- har His rearrest now and pro- deportation have created wide- | r Maceo w: posed spread astonishment — Cathoun Will Confer. | RINGTON, D. C., May ate the Ruiz m nington to-mo: confer with the rder, will ar- ow night end State Department officials beiore proceeding to Havana. Itishisin- tention to leave Washington for Cubs on | Thursday or Friday of the present week. | THEASUREB BARTLEY'S TI/EFTS.} Nebracka Will Sue ths Omaha National| Bank to Recover tie Sum of $201,884 05. | OMAHA, Nesr. t Natlonal Bank for $201 May 2.—The State will | 05, this teing paid defaulting on the now celebrated sinking fund | nt. The papers in the case are | prepared by Attorney - General yth and will be filed as soon as they can be completed. The filing of this suit will mark the culmination of one of the most sensational features in the exposure | of the defalcations in the State Treasurer’s e while it was administered by J. S. | ey. | Up to March 20 of the present year it | was popularly supposed that Bartley’s | trouble was due entirely to the weakened | ion of the Nebraska banks with he had deposited public funds. | ey evaded a prompt settlement with | ccessor on the plea that if he drew | as from the banksin which they | posited the banks would be forced | 1o suspend, and_thus hundreds of private | business men in all parte of Nebraska | i | would be forced to the wall and a wide- precipi ated upon the State. h He was 00,000. Nearly one-half of this 1 2 warrant scld to the Chemical N 12l Bank of New York through the aha National Bank. Attorney-General myth contends, on the part of the State, | that the warrant was illegally drawn, that | it bore an iil rate of interest and that | the Omaha National Bank had no right to pay it out of the funds belonging to the | State, although a check for the amount | bearing Burtley's signature was duly pre- sented. Hence suit is to be brought to recover the amount. | R ADMITTED TO HARVARD. | | After a Seven Years' Fight Mary Lydia | Leggett Will Enter the Divinity | School. | BOSTON, Miss,, May 2.—After a seven years’ fight E d University has given | way to a woman, a Westera preacher, and has just decided to admit er to the di- vinity school. | Mary Lydia Leggett of Topeka, Kan., | | | bas the distinction of being the first woman to take the divinity course at Harvard. Asa Unitarian minister she is well known in many parts of the West. was assistant pastor at Topeka and built a church at Beatrice. Her present charge is the Congregational Unitarian at Dighton, Mass., aboat an hour from Boston. By making weekly trips from Cambridge to her parish she will fulfill the pastorate auties in the pulpit and otherwise while pursuing her studies. It has been a long, brave fight for ber rights which is now re warded by her admission which has just been attained by a special vote of the fac- ulty, and was a big surprise. She is still debarred from homiletics, however. In response to the question whether she is finally admitted to all the instruction desired, Miss Leggett answered in the negative. She takes her half ioaf grate- fully, and aided as far as possible by Dean | Everett scrambles about in the bushes seeking the homiletics. LA Stockton Defeats Sacramento. STOCKTON, Car., May 2.—The Sacra- mento baseball players arrived in Stock- ton this forenoon with the idea that they had victory in their hands. They soon learned that the Stockton players knew bow to play ball, for they went back to the Capital city with but one ially to their credit, while the boys from the mill city romped over the bases about as they pleased and piled up fifteen runs. In bat- | was in se | confrm Chairman Ding! | nomenally large —as large, W ting the Sacramento balltossers were never in it, while the Stockton men knocked the ball all over the field. Tue runs by innings were as follows: 1 3 0-15 1 0 o0-11 10 0-1 10 0-2 ABOUT TO REPORT THE TARIFF BILL Senate Sub-Committee Ready to Submit Its Work. The Democrats to Be Given Time to Consider the Measure. Jones of Nevada Holds the Key to the Situation and Is With the Republicans. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 2.—Sena- tor Jones of Nevada, the Populist mem- ber of the Committee onjFinance,has been in consultation all day with o!d-time Re- publican associaies who are members of the sub-committee engaged in revising the Dingley tariff bill. The sub-committee ion at a late hour to-night, and apparently nothing now stands in the way of their intention to report the bill to the full committee next Tuesday. The revised bill has been printed and conid be reported to-morrow, but as Platt o! Connecticat, 8 member of the sub- committee, will not return from his wed- ding trip until to-morrow night, action will be postponed until bis arrivai. Senator Jones is a Republican still, so far os his tariff views are concerned, owing to the peculiar personnel of the Finance Committee he holds the key to the situation. The sub-committee now feels assured that the Democrats will not insist upon deleying the bill in committee, even if able to do so, and its programme provides for reporting the bill to the 8 Thursday. The Republicans will accede 1o the request of the Democrats for time to con-ider the bill, and it wiil not be called up for consideration in the Senate for about a fortnight after it is placed on the calendar. The present intention of the Republi- cansis to move to take up the bill in the enate on Monday, May 17, and they are bopeful that the Democrais will tind the intervening time sufficient for c ering There | changes in the various schedules auring | have been some important the past few days, including a slicht in- | crease in some grades of wools and fruit and also some changes in the sugar sched- ule. Asa whole thebill, when finally re- ported, will provide for a decided reduc- tion in rates as fixed in the measure passed by the House. B FLOOD OF FOKEIGN GUODS, | Enormous Increase in the Importation of Free-List Articles. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2 —The treasury figures for the month just ended y's statement made to THE CALL correspondent a few days ago, that there is likely to be nearly a year's supply of foreign goods in the | country when the new tariff goes into | effect. While the retroactive clause, o called, of the Dingley bill probably prevented some of the new contracts which woul have been made and thenew orders which would have been given, it did not re- ducs the amount of goods bronght in during April as compared with the pre- ceding month. That clause of the bill provided that the new ratesof duty shonld apply to all goods coming in after | April 1 which had been purchased prior to that date. This, of course, permitted all goods con- tracted for or ordered prior to April 1 to come in under Wilson-law rates, and also left 1t largely in te hands of the import- | ers to indicate by their own statements | whether goods coming in after April 1 bad been purchased or ordered prior to that date. Some of the importers have also clung to the belief that this feature of the bill would fail to pass the Senate, especially in view of recent publications so indicating, while still others have chosen to take the | risks upon being required to pay the extra duty in case this feature of the bill should become a law, The result of these conditions is that the April importations have been phe- indeed, as | those of the month preceding, and larger than those of any other month since the on law began to poyr forth its flood of foreign goods into the country. The | importations of foreign goods during the | month of April will foot up & total of probably $80,000,000 1n value. The following figures indicate the hot haste with which foreign manufacturers and home importers have filled the ware- houses of the United States: The total | importations in August, 1596, amounted to less than $50,000,000. In ~December they amounted to $39.000,000, and in April, just ended, $80,000,000. While the increase has been especially noticeable by reason of the increase in | customs receipts the growth has been even greater than is shown because of the fact that importers have naturally in- creased their orders for goods now on the | free list which they had reason to believe will be placed upon the dutiable list under the new law. There has been an enormous increase in the imvportation of articles upon the free list. The importation of non-dutiable ar- ticies in August, 1896, amounted to $20,- 000,000, ana in April last $45,000,000. That the election of a Republican Pre dent and Congress proved a signal for in- stant activity on the part of the import- ers and for immediate preparations for flooding the country with foreign goods before the new law could go into effect is shown not alone by the above figures, but by the increase in customs receipts. The growth in these since the month in which President McKinley was elected has been remarkable. In November, 1896, the customs receipts were $10,000,000, and in Avpril, just ended, they amounted to $23.- | 000,000, or an increase of more than 100 per cent. WARRIOES CKY FOR QUARTER. Beg to Be Relieved From the Duty of Conrt-Martialing Women. ATLANTA, GA, May 2.—The army officers constituting the military court which has been trying Captain Romeyn at Fort McPherson will be sent home es soon as their duties connected with that inquiry are over. They will not be re- quired to participate in the general invas- | tigation of affairs at the barracks that the War Department contemplates. The members of the court urgentiy begged the War Department to relieve them from their present unpleasant duties, pleading that the charges and counter-chareces which threatened to hold them at Fort te next | McPherson were not such as should be | tried before a jury of military men. They | say they don’t believe it to be their duty to court-martial women, which they have virtually been doing in the Komeyn- O'Brien-Bamford case. They assert that the condition of affairs at the garrison | cannot be remedisd by military nquiry. | In view of their departure the future of the charges preferred against O'Brien, Bamford and others is problematical. etarss e AHERICA HAS A GORILLA. The Fust One Ever Brought to This | Ccuntry io Be Placed in the Bos‘on Zoo. BOSTON, Mass., May 2—There arrived here to-day from England, aboard the Cunarder Pavonia, the first goriila ever brought alive to the New World. Skeptics may smile at this, 50 to prove the accuracy of the statement a few words by W.T. Hornaday of New York, the highest | zoological autrority in America, may be | quoted. Writing to Mr. Edwards, the brother of the man who brought the ani- mal over, Mr. Hornaday says: “Thus far, during all its sixty-seven years of exist- ence, the London Zoo has had just two gorrillas, one in 1887 and one in 1896 | There has never been one landed alive on tnis side.” The animal was placed in the Boston Zoo. The gorilla is & youngling, He is not very tall, perhaps two feet when he | stands up, but he is almost as broad as he | is high, that is his forte—breadth. His | bands are small and weil made; his legs {are short and all muscles. Unlike the | baboon, he has no ta!i; he is enveloped in | a well-fitting coat of soft black fur. It is a remarkable head, the most buman easily, judzed by the shape, ever shown byawild animal. Its coatour is strikingly caildlike. The brow is low and broad and | deeply wrinkied. The mouth and chin | are well formed. The eyes are large, soft, | brilliant and black. He is stunted, pudgy, black-skinned, shaggy — the double of a veritable Georgian backwoods pickaniany. bt Gty TURFHMEN AT THE SHORT END. | The American Trotting Association Grieves Over Spalding’s Infatuation for His Typewriter. CHITAGO, 1L, M1y 2.—The American Trotting Association is among the public | institutions of the West which have cause | - ing, the defaulting banker, for his type- writer, Sarah Ervin. Spalaing was treas- urer of the Western League of Track Man- agers, aud is reported 1o have had the custody of $25,000 or $30,000 belonging to the association at the time of the collapse | of the Globe Savings Bank. Action has been bezun against the bondsmen of | Spalding to recover $31,000, but it is feared | little if anything will be recovered. | Spalding is nota horseman and is not identified with the American Trotting As- | sociation except as custodian of its funds. | Tt is said that his election as treasurer was | due to the fact that he was president of the bank at which the association had been in the habit of doing business. Edward Hayes, who owned a half in- | terest in Alix queen of the trot- | ting turf, was formerly vice-president of the Globe bank, while his partner, Morris J. Jones, was a director of the American Troiting Association. Hayes thus be- | came treasurer of the trotting association, | but left the bank and resigned the treas- | urership two or three years ago. When | he did so Spaldinz, president of the bank, was chosen to succeed him. A large part of the lost funds is said to be accumuluted profits. Itisnot believed thatthe asso- ciation will be embarrassed on account of this financial complication. EE 4 DIFFELENT STORY. What the World Correspondent Says of the Situation. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 3.—The World prints a Washington dispatch differing radically from all other reports. The cor- | respondent says that the sub-committee, after an all-Sunday session, has concluded that the tdriff schedales it in mind, | which were lower than those of the Ding- ley or McKiniey bills, will not produce sufficient revenue during the first year or eighteen months to pay the expenses of the Governmeunt. The correspondent continues: “As Sen- ators Aldrich, Allison and Platt are | stronzly opposed to prohivitive rates they have been forced to consider new mources | of revenue. It will, therefore, amaze the | whole country to-morrow when it learns that these distinguished Republican pro- tectionists are considering a tax on those articles of universal consumption which { all free-traders consider the surest sources | of revenue—tea and coffee—togetber with an increased tax on tobacco and beer. | 'The corresponaent then, without giving any authority for his statements, declares | that the committee intends to raise $30,- 1 000,000 add:tionsal revenue on beer, while the tax on tea and coffee is expected to raise $30,000,000 more. *‘The sub-commit- tee,” the article continues, “has zlso con- sidered an increase of tobacco taxes, equivalent to $14,000,000, making $74,000,- 000 in ali —_— EVERY BOER WILL BATTLE. Views of the Postmaster-General of the South African Republic. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 2.—Postmas- ter-General Van Alphen of the South Af- rican republic is here to attend the inter- n.tional postal congress. He said to-day the Boers would go to every extreme to avoid war with Englard, but if attacked would fight hard. He said the Uitlanders had nothing 1o complain of. On the contrary, the extravagances and vices they had introduced in the country had justly offended the Boers, whose youths are being corrupted by foreigners of dissipated habits. The Uitlanders’ out- cry about a lack of suffrage he denied as hypocritical, because they repeatedly re- fused to secure it by forswearing alle- giance to other countries. They wanted the Transvaal mines only. He said the whole Transvaal’s population of 80,000 would rise to defend the country if neces- sary. SOUTHERN SOCIETY SHOCKED, Colonel Buck Consents to Attend a Re- ception Giren by the Negr ATLANTA, Ga.,, May 2.—Colonel Al fred Buck, the new Minister to Japan, has shocked Southern society by accepting a reception from the negroes. The colonel Das long been a Republican leader of the State. Since the Scnate confirmed his nomination the business men of Atlanta without regard to party have honored him wjth a banquet, and the Duughters of the American Revolution have given a recep- tion to Mrs. Buck. Last week the negroes of the State ten- dered the colonel a reception in the big- gest building they could find and the colonel has accepted. The reception will be held to-morrow night. Polite society throughout the State will not recover un. til tho colone! is well on his way across the Pacific. — e Type are slightly less than 1 inch in length, | to mourn over the infataation of Spald- | WENT OUT [N A BLAZE OF GLORY Brilliant Close of the Fourth Woman's Congress. Professor Jordan Cleverly Tells a Few Truths About “Misery.” Miss Eliza Keith Weaves Personal Experiences Into a Striking Paper. The fourth annual meeting of the ‘Woman’s Congress is a thing of the past. The closing session was held las t evening and was a fitting end in point of bril- liancy, intellect and attendance for the great traths promulgated and the success it achieved. Allthe great and shining lights that had contributed to the success of the con- gress—with, of course, the exception of the white-gowned and turbaned Hindoo youth—were assembled on the stage, seated on either side of their dignified president, Mrs. John F. Swift. Miss Ray Frank was the first speaker of the evening. She began her able address by neatly complimenting the ladies for the good work they had accomplished and for the many practical things made pos- | sible by the discussion of the excellent papers read. Miss Frank’s paper was a strong plea that filial Jove and devotion bek not swal- | lowed up in these times of too much edncation. | Among other things, Miss Frank said: Two theories are held regarding the moral | nature of man. One is that morality is of di- vine birih; the other that our ancastors found | it ezpedient in the best (o retain certain characteristics because they had found them tobs the best. In all the discussion during this conv n each one has dwelt upon the importance of this element that makes and | unmakes us—the moral element. In exempli- fication there is that 0 d and (rite saying.a nation is no greater than its morelity. The | average man gives the average strength of the nation. If this beso it certainly behooves us to learn what 1s the average strength of this Teat American Nation. 1f knowledge made ono wise we would not be in necd of reformers. Only onme thing counts, and that is the moral thougnt—the moral 'thought that gives birth to obedience and reverence to the law. Miss Keith followed Miss Frank, sum- ming up in a brilliant paper her knowl- edge of children as gleaned from many years’ experience in the public schools. Miss Keith looks upon our public schools he nursery of this great American Nation. Among other things Miss Keith said: The child who savs, V't; you can’t make me,” is already an anarchist and & menace to Who says “please’” 10 a refrac- orrigible pupils should be | if the schoo's enrollment and the principal’s salary shrink at the same time. Mothers should talk with their sons as well | a8 with their daugh The mors] education | should begin in the n y. Save your boys. It is u dangerous dociriné tnatsays the boy | can go to the devil and return and be wel- | comed back into the fold. Miss Keith closed her paper with a glowing description of the patriotism of | the rublic #2hool children. Mme. Montford filled in the brief recess | between Miss Keith's paper and Professor Jordan’s address with many anecdotes of | her life in the far-off Orient. Al the same | time she took exception to a suggestion from Miss Keith that the sexes in the schools be separated, contending that this separation of the sexes was the ruin of tbe O:ient. Proiessor Jordan's brilliant paver, a few | truths about *Misery,” brought the ses- sion to a close. Among other things Pro- fessor Jordan said: I am golng to talk for a little while about misery—nature’s protest against nature’s de- gemeration. Misery is pain so constant and steady that it is always present. Let us scparate misery from sorrow. SOrrow relntes to some one else; misery is ali to your- sclf, Sorrow is sacred. Misery is atonce & symptom, a cause and effect of nature’s de- generation. Nearly ail the causes of misery come from mistake in the pursuitof happiness. Hupoi- ness comes in tae first place tu_ihe exerciso of the functions; the foliowing out of impulses. Happiness may be looked upon as nature’s bribe to do the thing we have to do, Genuine pleasure gives sirengih. Butany form of unearned hapriness is sure (o bring in ity train unbounded misery and depression. If one would live as he ought to live he would never have any blue days, but he wquid hava the pleasures of Living. During the evening Mrs. Lovell White read the foilowing resolutions which were unanimously adopted: The Woman’s Congress desires to express its appreciation of the co-operation of all who have contributed to the success of its fourth annual meeting. 1t is therefore Fesolved. That the Woman’s Congress Asso- ciation of the Pecific Coast is_indebted to the speakers who huve so earnestly presented the subject of educetion and carried out the pro- gramme of the congress of 1897, and to those who huve been £0 ready to take part in the discussion—10 the friends of former congresses and to the strangers in our midst; and further Resolved, That we owe & special debt of gratitude to the president of Stanford Univer- sity for his generous co-operetion with the programme cowmitiee in the maming of sp-ukers and for his hearty efforts to promote e Interesig of the cougress Resolcd, That the Woman’s Congress is again indébted to the press for its generons re- Ports of the congre:s, 10r the spreading abroad the £00a things presented and the giving to avsent membirs and 1o earnest men and women throughout the length and breadth of (e coust a full wnd graphie aceount of its pro- ceedings. Resolvcd, That the gratitude of the Woman’s Congress be again expressed to Major Hooper and those associated With him in tie manage- ment of the Occidental Hotel for the many fuvors extended to the executive bonrd and that ve tender our sincere thanks for their | gracious hospitaiity and our cordal reception atany and all times during the four years which have each brought forth a Woman’s Congress. Resolved, That this congress is also indebted to the Souihern Pacific and Union Pac fic Rail- road Company for courtesies exiended 1o its Eustern guests and that due appreciation of such co-operation be expressed 10 the officers of the company. Resolved, That we hereby express our appre- ciation and tender our sincere thanks to all who have contributed to the decoration of this ball, to the Commissioners of Golden Gate Park, the teachers and pupils of the pub- lic scnoois jor their floral giits and to the ladles who have given their time and labor in assisting the committee - on decoration ihroughout the week in beauitiying tbe plat- (orm. Resolved, That the manager of Galden Gate Hall be heartily thanked for the couriesies ex- tended to the members and guesis of the Woman's Congress Association. Resoived, That the executive board fs indebted 10 the earnest men and Women who have thronged thishall duriug the past week for the interest and cageraess with which they have Teceived the message oi the fourth annual session of the Woman's Congress. ENDEAVORERS' MERTING. The Last Mass Convention Before Our Guests Come in July. The Christian Endeavor mass conven- tion, to be held on Thursday evening, May 6, in the First Congregational Church, gives promise of being the largesi gather- ing held in this City. This will be the last local mass conven- tion before the international gathering of Endeavorers in July, and it is the purpose of the committee on arrangements to make tion. There will be speakers from this City, Oakiand and Sacramento, songs by the Endeavorers as a body and solos and quartets by special singers, and the rally will close with a consecrati by tne Rev. Henry N. Hoyt of Sacramento, It will be on this occasion that the '$7 convention reception committee, under the direction of Chairman A. S. Joknson, will do its first practical reception work. Several of the members of the commit- tee will be on hand at 7:30 and extend a cordial welcome to all who attend, thus g the Endeavorers a practical lesson on how to receive the thousands who will visit the City during the international gathering. All the members of the re- ception committes will wear white caps, which wiil distinguish them during tue convention week. _Angther 97 committee to do active ser- vice on this occasion will be the usher committee. Dr. R. L. Rigdon, the chairman, has a new plan for seating large delegations, and it is his intention to give it a practi- cal trial on that evening. The mass-convention' will commence promptly at 7:45 and alter a few songs prayer will be offered by Rev. George C. Adams, D.D., pasior of the First Congre- gational Church. A. J. Todd, vice-pre i- dent of Golden Gate Union, will then read the lesson. The Philomel quartet—Mrs. Kva Tenney, Mrs. Susie Hert-Mark, Mrs. Etta B. Blanchard and Mrs. Emilie Parent—will sing a selection. A few minutes will be given to hearing the reports of the corresponding and re- cording secretaries and the treasurer’s re- ports, and then an address will be made by James S. Webster, vice-chairman of the ‘97 committee on the ’97 convention. “‘Practical Consecration’” is the subjct selected by the Rev. R. F. Coyle, D.D., 2nd he will ina brief twenty-minute ad- dress talk on this importart sut ject with especial reierence to the interunational gathering and the work connected wit : it. Mrs. Susie Hert-Mark, who has been so long known among the Endeavorers as the sweet singer of California, will then sing asolo. Rev. H. N. Hoyt of Sacra- mento has been selected to lead the con- vention service, which will conclude the exercises. _ The decorations for the evening will be in the convention colors, purple and gold, and will bein cbarze of alocal committee, of which Miss L. A. Hofmann is chair- man, The local committee on arrangements is as jollows: Chairman, Mr. Symond-; r, S J. Harrison; advertising, A. E. Skillicont; decorations, Miss L. A. Hole mann. The following are members o! the union committee: James F. Mason, Robert Cleland, Miss Susie Ward, Miss L M. Claytou and Miss Boyce, FEATHERED THEIR NESTS. w Two Thieving War Department Offi- crals Under Cleveland Were Caught by Lamont. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2.—During the last few monti's of Cleveland’s ad- ministration Joseph B. Doe, Assistant Secretary of War, held a sinecure, and people are just beginning to find out the reason. He was deprived of all authority, not allowed to issue any orders or sign any but routine mail, and did not perform any other function of his cffice. He was not even permitted to issue requisitions. La- mont assumed all the labor and responsi- bility that had formerly been done by the assistant except such as could be in- trusted to his chief clerk. The extraordinary circumstances were known by the employes, but the reasons were not understood. There was also considerable comment concerning the un- usual act of President McKinley inaccept- ing Doe’s resignation before the selection of his successor. It is customary for assistant secretarles to hold over until new members of the cabinet have familiarized themselves with the duties of their offices, and in all departments except the war and navy some of the Cleveland officials are still re- tained. But Doe’s resignation was ac- cepted at once. This was due to a hint from Lamont. As early as he was able to find time Sec- retary Alger began an investigation of the official conduct of Doe, but soon discov- ered that Lamont had anticipated him, and the only result of his inquiries was the dismissal of Richard J. Whitton, who was brought to Washingion by Doe and served as his private secretary for two years. Whitton was then transferred to the supply division, and 4s soon as hs had familiarized himself with the duties of the office he was promoted to be chief of tue division in place of Captain Thorpe, an old soldier who had held office for 4 quarter of a century. There were no charges against Thorpe and no complaint of his official conduet. He was simply forced out by Doe to make a place for Whitton with the ul- terior object soon to be disclosed. Whit- ton’s duties were to buy the suppiies of the departnient and disburse tle appro- priations, except the payroll. Shortly after he came in Whitton en- deavored to secure the dismissal of David Cranmer, another old soldier, who had been storekeeper for the department for many years, and had the custody of the supplies; but the conspiracy was de- feated by Colonel Ainsworth, chief of the war records division. About & year ago Doe began to issue orders to the division of supply and other branches of the department that caused considerable gossip among the clerks and to make requi ons for articles for per- sonal use which had not before been pur- chased from the public funds. He continued to do so during the fre- quent absence of Lamont until after the election in November, when that sort of business became so active as to attract general attention, and within a few weeks this gossip reached the ears of the head of the department. Lamont at once called before him the clerks in the supply civision, the store- kesper and other officials, and secured statements which caused him to require Doe and Whitton to make restitution to the amount of nearly $1000 in cash and to surrender to the department a consider- able amount af property which in La- mont’s opinion belonged to the Govern- ment. It was disclosed, for example, that in the absence of the Secretary of War Doe had ordered two bicycles, one for himself and one for Whitton, wnich were returned to thedepartment and are now stored in the basement. The official photographer of the depart- ment testified that he had made two sets of prints, about 1000 in number, from negatives purchased by Congress some years 2go from Brady, the cele- brated war photographer, and George K. Jenvy, in charge of the department bindery, testified that he had mountrd these prints and bound them in band- some Russia leather albums at the ex- pense of the Governmet. A. K. Johnson, the department carpenter, testified that he had been employed several weeks under orders of I;:n in making packing for furniture and other articles which were shipped ‘‘ceadhead” to Janesville, is., Doe’s home, Lamont himself accidentally discovered oneday in the carpenter's room' a large chest, sealed and addressed to Doe. When opened by his orders it was found to con- tain a large quantity of fine stationery, sufficient to last Doe the rest of his life, which had been packed by the svorekeeper |1t a typical Christian Endeavor Conven- | on Whitton’s requisition. NEW TO-DAY. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK. /, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “PITCHER'S CASTORIA” the sams that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of This is the original “ PITCHER'S CASTORIA” which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at ihe wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, on every wrapper. ot Tz ontha and has the signature The Centaur Company of President. . March 8, 1897. Do not endanger the life Pt T wrap= of per. No one has authority from me to use my name except which Chas. H. Fletcher is Do Not Be Deceived. of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in- gredients of which even he does not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. THE CENTAUR COMPANY. 77 MURRAY STACET. MEW YORK CITY- MIDNIGHT FIRE AT PITTSBURG Most Disastrous Confla- gration in Many Years. In Two Hours $2,500,000 Worth of Property Is Consumed. Flames Galnlng on the Firemen and Threatening a Section of the City. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 3—2 A. M.—The biggest fire Pittsburg has had for many years started just before midnight, and in two hours $2,500,000 worth of property | was destroyed. It is reported that onme | fireman has been killed by falling walls. The largest losses wece suffered by T. C. Jenkins, wholesale grocer, whoss building valued at $100,000, and stock, $400,000, were consumed; Joseph Horn & Co.’s retail dry goods house, the fines: in the city, valued at $600,000, and the office building, worth $1,500,000, belonging to the firm, were also destroyed. The Metbodist book concern building is burned to the ground. At 1:50 A. M. the Hopkins-Duquesne Theater caught fire and is doomed. The fire was first seen by the watchman. It started among some waste paperon the ground floor. The watchman first tried to extinguish the blaze with buckets of water and a man in a building across Cecil alley gave the alarm. Before ail the engines had reached the scene the fire had spread until the square bounded by Fifth avenue, Liberty street, Penn avenue and Bixth avenue was ablaze. ‘The fire steadily gained on the firemen and at this hour threatens to sweep that entire part of the city. Horn’s big drygoods house, the Du- quesne theater, several large office build- ings and a number of retail shops and wholesale stores are in the immediate neighborhood. The Hotel Anderson, one of the chief hotels in the city, occupies the corner of Penn and Ffth avenues. It 13 crowed with guests, but none of them is in any danger, as they will have sufficient time to escape. Two other hotels are in adjoining blocks. IHE HAW II4N TREATY., Tremendous Pressure From All for Ita Abrogation. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 2—A United Stated Senator said to TAE CArn Scrofula Swellings On the Neck &nd Gresat Weakness Caused by Impure Bood—Was Constantly Growing Worse. “When my son was 7 years old he began tocomplain of soreness on both sides of bis neck, and soon lumps began to gather on one side and grew to half the size of an egg. We then became more uneasy and began to doctor him for scrofula, He gradually grew worse, however, until at the age of 12 years we haa lost all hope of his recovery. He became so weak he could sit up but a few minutes at a time. My wifs saw Hood'’s mended as a great blood purifier and we sent and got a bottle. We began giving our boy the medicine according to direc- tions and it was not long before we saw he was improving. He continued taking it until he wasin very good heaitb. Heis now 13 years ola and 1is well. We recom- mend Hood’s Sarsaparilia for all troubles caused by impure blood.” 8. M. SiLVER, Grouse, Oregon. HOOd’s parilla The best—in fact the One Blood Purifier. Sold by all druggists. $1; six for §5. l Hood’s Pills & totake, easy to buy, otions Sarsa- easy tooperate. correspondent to-night that a tremendous pressure was being made by the people in all sections of the country for the repeal ot the Hawaiian treaty and that in his orinion there was no doubt but thatit would be abrozated. Senator Perkins has within the last day or two received from numberless Cali- fornians strong paniq‘lons by mail and by wire favoring abrogation. If he sees that a majority of the people want to discon- tinue the treaty he will vote for its repeal : otherwise Le will vote for its continuance. HIS OWN DOGTOR You will meet 2 man every now and again who is his own doctor. He will buy shoes from shoemakers, meat from butchers and soap from chandlers, but he must be his own doctor. He tinkers with himself, uses every kind of tea or herb he can find. This being yourown doctor is all very good for the motherly woman of a big family, whose experience, actual contact—is great— but the ordinary man can no more be his own doctor than can a goat read Latin, or a mule study Greek. A man who finds he is suffering , from a nervous disorder or who discovers that he Is suf- fering from FAILING MANHOOD Should go about seeking relief the same as he would any other requisite he may require. He should go to the place that shows the greatest amount of absolute proof of its ability. If you will call to the doctors of Hudson Medical Institute you can read for yourself files and files and files of testimonials from living men; from men who have been cured of se- cret disorders, of lost man- hood and like diseases. The doctors always use Hudyan remedy-treatment as a basis or as a foundation for the cure, and never guarantee anything of which they are not absolutely sure of keep- ing. Hudyan is a remark- able treatment in cases where dissipation or abuse has wrecked the young life of the patient. Hudyan does not cure everything. It is a remedy for men and only for men. Consult the Hudson Doctors Free or write for circulars and testimonials. Hudson Medical Institute, Ellis, Market and Stockton Sis., i“Dr. Martin’s H Pain Curer Is Hot Stuff, But Will Not Blister or Burn. b 3 3 3 For internal use, diluted with water, is | @ isan agreesble medicine to take . ... 25c, 50c aud S1 Per Bottle. § ! All druggists sell it. 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