The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 13, 1898, Page 4

CHARLES S TON TO DEPART ATURDAY Will Be Closely Followed by the Transports With Troops. There Is a Prospect of General Graham and Staff Accompa- nying General Merritt. Washington, May 12. It was stated at the Navy Depart- ent to-night that the cruiser Charles- ton would not leave San Francisco for Manila until Saturday, owing to a de- lay in securing the necessary provis- fons and munitions of war. The Charleston will be closely followed by the troop transports, under command of Major-General Merritt, who will be Military Governor of the Philippines, and General Otis. It is reported in re- liable quarters that General Graham and staff will also accompany the ex- pedition, but some doubt is expressed as to the accuracy of this statement in view of the fact that General Gra ham will retire in September, and un- | der the terms of the bill recently passed by Congress the services of re- tired army officers cannot be utilized in the present war. It is quite possi- ble, however, that General Graham may be selected for this service with the understanding that he will be re- called before the date of his retire- | ment. . Indeed, the administration hopes the war will be over before September. General Miles, who has planned to Jeave Washington to-night for Tampa, | will not go before to-morrow after- noon. In the meantime, the troops will be rapidly mobilized at gulf ports and concentrated at Tampa With a view to invading Cuba next Monday. The War Department plans embrace the em- barkation of a large portion of the in- vading force early Monday morning, and their landing on Cuban soil Before night of the same day. The depart- ment naturally declines tc make pub- lic the landing place, further than to say that it will be somewhere on tha portion of the island lying west of Havana. It would not be surprising if Commodore Schiey’s flying squadron should receive immediate orders, to start for Cuban waters to co-operate with the blockading squadron in de- . Call Office, Riggs House, | fending .the military base established by the invading army until the arrival of Sampson, when the big rifles of his battle-ships are expected to be turned upon the defenses of Havana. A message from Admiral Dewey was received by the Navy Department this evening that greatly cheered Secretary Long. for it showed that the doughty American commander was not only master of the situation, but had evi- | dently driven every from the batteries about Manila, for the cablegram told of the busy work of the American fleet in dismantling the captured Spanish vessels, raising guns from the bottom of the harbor and | making salvage of all naval property worthy the effort. In the face of the disquieting rumors received from Brit- sh sources of indiscriminate rioting in | the Philippines, Admiral Dewey’s dis- patch was most reassuring. A sgallant ensign and four | sailors of the United States navy were | killed yesterday by a Spanish shell that | pierced the boiler of the torpedo-boat | Winslow in an assault upon the Span- | ish gunboats and the shore batteries in | Cardenas harbor. These are the first casualties on the American side in the war with Spain. and while they have a depressing effect upon the adminis- | tration, they have only served to strengthen the cetermination of ths lPresidr-m and his advisers to press the | campaign relentlessly to a speedy close. A grave feature of the disaster of the | Winslow is the fact that the most ex- | perienced officers in the Navy Depart- | ment unite in the opinion that it was | a serious error of judgment to send her into Cardenas Bay. Torpedo-boats of her class are but thin steel shells with little power of Tesistance, and the duty | of such vessels is merely to launch tor- pedoes under cover of the protecting guns of the cruisers and battle-ships. | Lieutenant Bernadou, the Winslow’s | commander, was wounded in the en- counter, and it is not probable that any action will be taken by the depart- ient until he has entirely recovered, | but there is a strong disposition in the highest naval quarters to institute a rigid investigation as to the source of | the orders under which this little vessel | was exposed to the heavv fire of shore i batteries, mounting eight-inch guns. brave DR. IL.T. STAFFORD DIES AT SALINAS Succumbs to a Surgical Opera- tion Performed for Appen- diecitis. "Was Pension Examining Surgeon and Held High Offices in Several Fraternal Societies, Special Dispatch to The Call. SALINAS, May 12—Dr. Henry Edward Btafford, the leading physician of this city and county, died at his home here this evening from the result of an opera- tion for appendicitis. He was taken ill on Friday and the disease progressed with such alarming rapidity that on Mon- day Dr. Huntington of Sacramento was summoned by telegraph. He arrived by special train and immediately decided upon the operation, which was performed in the presence of all the local physi- cians. The patient never rallied, but sank slowly until the end came this evening. At the time of his death Dr. Stafford was pension examining surgeon and also the Southern Pacific Company’s physi- cian. He was a Ma- past master in the sonic Order, past high priest of the Royal Arch Chapter, past noble grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, past chief ranger of the Foresters and held ‘high offices in other fraternal and social organizations. He was formerly a school teacher at Santa Rita, in this State, and at the time of his death he was a mem- ber of the Board of Education. He leaves a wife and three children in comfortable circumstanceg. Dr. Stafford was 47 years old and a na- tive of Canada. The funeral will be held next Sunday under the auspices of the ‘various organizations of which he was a member. TWO EXTENSIVE FIRES IN CHICAGO. Large Grain Elevator Destroyed and a Fatal Blaze in a Boarding House. CHICAGO, May 12.—Grain elevator D, belonging to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Elevator Company, was de- stroyed by fire this afternoon. The losses on building and contents will ag- gregate about $1,200,000. The elevator contained 1,115,000 bushels of grain, valued at $890,000, the property of P. D. Armour. The grain was fully insured. One person burned to death, one fa- tally injured and over a dozen others more or less seriously hurt, were the results of a boarding house fire at 325 La Salle avenue to-day. JOHN F. BARTHELMAN HANGED AT FOLSOM. The Wife-Murderer Goes to His Doom Without Uttering a Word on the Scaffold. SACRAMENTO, May 12—John F. Bar- thelman was hanged at the Folsom peni- tentiary at 10 o’clock this morning. He seemed resigned to his fate and sald not a word on the gallows. Barthelman mur- dered his wife in Los Angeles on Novem- ber 3, 1896. BUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS. State Association Closes Its Conven- tion at Napa. NAPA, May 12.—The morning session of the Sunday-school Association opened with praise service, conducted by Mrs. E. E. Steele. The following were. fifteen- minute addresses: ‘‘Primary Class Meth- ods,” Miss A. O'Nelll; “After the Pri- mary, What?” Mrs. Nellie Hart perance in the State.”” Rev. E. S. Cha | man; “Very Interesting Work of the Bi- | ble Socie Rev. John Thompson, who is always eloquent on Bible work. led by William Abbott. ‘‘Purpose of the Sunda hool to Church Membership” was the subject of an address by Rev. W. | C. Anderson. Charles M. Sacramento was chosen president, Earl Bingham of San Jose secretary and C. B. Perkins of San Francisco treasurer. Re- ports of committees followed, which brought out spirited short talks of great profit. The last half hour of the closing session was given to consultation lessons. The convention was instructive and in- spiring from beginning to finish. POPULISTS OF TULARE State Convention Delegates Instruct- ed to Keep to the Middle of the Road. VISALIA, May 11.—The Populists of Tu- lare County have nominated this ticket: For Superior Judge, Alfred Daggett; Sheriff, A. P. Merritt; Clerk, Q. V. P. Day; Assessor, J. F. Gibson; District At- torney, F. B. Howard; Treasurer, E. A. | May; Recorder, George E. Avery; Tax | Collector, G. V. Reed; Auditor, Claude Harrelson; School Superintendent, Mrs. Della B. Howell; Surveyor, D. L. Wishon; Coroner, J. J. Schlitz. Everything did not run smoothly in the | convention. One delegate noticed that a | few favorites already in office were nomi- | nated by acclamation, and he indignantly declared that the whole ticket had been “cut and dried” and refused to sit in the convention. He at once unpinned his badge, took his hat and left the hall. In the evening there was a gathering of the party and speeches were made by prominent’ Populists. The convention resolved to oppose fusion with any other party and pledged its delegates to the State Convention to refuse to sit in the convention if any fusion proposition carried. e . VERDICT FOR DR. SEIFERT. Outcome of a San Jose Case That Has Attracted Great Interest. SAN JOSE, May 12.—The suit of Grace L. Burke vs. Dr. G. W. Seifert to recover $25,000 damages for alleged surgical mal- practice, which has been on trial in Judge Lorigan’s- court for eight days, went to the jury this afternoon. After a short deliberation a verdict was returned in favor of the defendant. The case has at- tracted a great deal of interest among members of the medical profession ‘both here and in San Francisco. The medi- cal witnesses -for the plaintiff were all homeopaths, those for the defendant reg- ulars, or allopaths. The plaintiff, a girl of 9 years, broke her arm by a fall. There was both fracture and dislocation, and as dislocation was not reduced the claim was made that Dr. Seifert, who attended the patient, failed to make a proper diag- imsis, and was grossly negligent and care- ess. — SANTA FE STEAMSHIP LINE. Vessels Will Shortly Ply Between San Diego and Yokohama. LOS ANGELES, May 12.—The general offices of the Santa Fe Rallroad in this city gave out information to-day that all arrangements have been completed for Emmg a line of steamers from San iego to Yokohama in connection with the Santa Fe Railroad. The first steamer Z?é'e lef.va San Diego not later than Oc- T Chased by a Spanish Torpedo Boat. HALIFAX, N. S, May I12.—Captain Brunst, of the German steamer Sophie Rickmers, reported that while crossing the Newfoundland banks he was chased by a Spanish warship. The latter was very speedy and fired three shells at the Rickmers, but the German vessel, being an eighteen-knot boat, and the weather becoming hazy, she Ifiot away. Captain Brunst says the Spaniard was a torpedo | boat with three funnels and was very low in the water. The Rickmers pro- ceeded to New York, Spanish soldier | | | MAJOR-GENERAL WESLEY THE SAN FRANCISCO CAI/JL’ FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1898. MERRITT. TO COMMAND IN BRIGADIER-GENERAL ELWELL 8. OTIS. THE PHILIPPINES. WILL RUSH REGIMENTS SOUTHWARD Bids Sought tation by Q ter Ki for Transpor- uartermas- mball. Twenty-Seven Thousand Volun- teers Will Join the Regulars for Invasion of Cuba. NEW YORK, May 12.—Acting under hurried instructions from the War De- partment, Colonel quartermaster of the department of the East, sent out to the various railroad and transportation companies a call for “Tem- | bids for the immediate transportation to four Southern points of mobilization of 27,000 troops. The bids will be opened in the office of the quartermaster of the The afternoon was devoted to praise, | army about noon Saturday. The men will be ready to start the following day and will reach their des- Campbell of | tination, leaving the military camps in | New York, New Jersey, New Hamp- | shire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachu- setts and Maine. This will be the greatest move of troops since the Civil War. In all there will be twenty-five full regiments of infantry, four batteries of artillery and two troops of cavalry. The only regu- lars in the list of troops from this de- partment are the regiment quartered at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont. This sud- den change in the plans of the War De- partment may have some effect on the contracts for the vessels of the Old Do- minion, Clyde and Morgan lines, for which arrangements were made by Colonel Rimstall on Tuesday. Rallroad men estimate that it will take at least 1000 cars and ninety en- gines to make up the trains to trans- port the troops. TAMPA, May 12.—The cavalry regi- ments from Chickamauga, the first train of which arrived in Tampa late this afterncon, will be encamped in Tampa. A location for the infantry regiments has not yet been definitely decided upon, although it is quite probable they will encamp near the cavalry. The place selected is con- venient to the railroad and is fully three miles nearer the port Tampa docks than the camping grounds of the infantry already here. The Orizaba, the big Ward line steamer that has been at the quaran- tine station down the bay for several days, passed into the slip near the coal docks last night and to-day took on a full supply of coal. The work of fit- ting her for transport duty will' be rushed to a conclusion, including the Olivette and Gussie, both of which boats are expected here by to-morrow night. A fleet of eleven transports will be gathered at Port Tampa ready for embarkation. These boats can easily carry a force of from 7000 to 8000 men, with about 2000 horses and mules. The Salvation Army may furnish a corps of nurses for the army in Cuba. A delegation of Salvation Army leaders from New York, including Mrs. Cap- tain Sam, sent here by Commander Booth-Tucker, has asked General Shafter for permission to send fifteen or twenty nurses, all of whom are said to be trained, with the expedition. Permission was refused, it is said, al- though it is intimated that after the troops get into Cuba there would be no objection to Salvation Army nurses, should nurses be required. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 12— The Second Regiment of Infantry marched from Camp Thomas to Ross- ville station this morning and there boarded the Southern Railway trains for Tampa. The Seventh and Sixteenth Infantry regiments marched nine miles to Ringold, Ga., where the Western and Atlantic trains were taken for At- lanta. The First and Tenth Regiments of Cavalry, originally ordered to New Orleans, but later to Tampa, will get out to-morrow. The work of removal is progressing more_slowly than expected and it is now doubtful if the entire army will be off before Saturday night. Twenty carloads of provisions for the volun- teers are arriving daily. Almost every vacant building in the city is being used for storage purposes. The Soddy Coal Company of this city hag received an order for twenty-five cars of coal daily until further orders. The coal is shipped to Tampa and put aboard the war vessels there. Recruits continue to come in rapidly. They are assigned to the various regi- ments and sent on to the front. cral Brocice's staff, speaking unomoial- - Brooke’s 5] ng unofficial- ly, sald that the Second Cavalry, .w%‘clh Amos S. Kimball, | | left last night for Moblle, might not remain at that place more than a day. The indications are that all available cargoes will be put into Cuba without delay. . { WASHINGTON, May 12.—Reports re- ceived at Adjutant-General Corbin’s of- fice show that up to and including Tuesday 54,752 of the volunteers had been accepted as having the requisite qualifications for soldiers and had been mustered into the United States ser- vice. Major-General Wheeler has been or- dered from Chattanooga to Tampa to command the cavalry about to leave for Cuba. KESWICK PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE Half the Business Portion of the Mining Camp in Ashes—The Principal Losers. KESWICK, Cal., May 12.—The east sidn of Main street, from Shasta to Nortk was razed to the ground this morning b fire. It originated in a lodging hous known as Our House, and s supposed tc have been due to the carelessness of an inebriated lodger. The same premises had a narrow escape from fire last week through the explosion of & lamp. Half the busipess buildings in Keswick were destroyed. Nothing could be done to stay the flames, for the town has no fire com- ?i’ény or water works. The total loss is ,000 and the jnsurance is light. The buildings were all frame structures. The property destroyed included five saloons, two restaurants, two lodging houses, a barber shop and three stores. The Kes- wick Hotel, the largest and finest build- ing in the village, escaped with slight damage to the front. It was thought a Eiano player named Smythe had been urned, but after the ruins had been searched for three hours Smythe turned up. Keswick has been a town of phenom- enal growth. In two vears it has grown from nothing to a town of 1200 ga ulation. The buildings destroyed were of the char- acter usually erected in new mining towns. The following are the principal losers: Moore & Marx, saloon building, $800, in- surance $400; McCarthy & Gillespie, two- story lodging house, insured; Lewis & Calvin, saloon building and stock, $3400, insurance §2000; Rummelsburg Bros., gen- eral merchandise, insurance H C- Candliss & Patterson, saloon_and lodging house, $3500, insurance $2000; W. E. Bidle- man, saloon bullding, $500, insurance $200; Van Deventer & Cummings, saloon, insur- ance $850; John Morrissey, two:-story sa- Joon and’ lodging, $4000, insurance $1200. —_— RAILROADS AND THEIR EMPLOYES. WASHINGTON, May 12.—After a pro- longed discussion the Senate this even- ing passed the bill “concerning carriers engaged in interstate commerce, and their employes,” popularly known as the railway arbitration bill. The most im- portant amendment to the measure was that offered by Hoar of Massachusetts, which provides that courts shall issue no injunction against railway employes which shall compel them to give their crsonal service to a company against heir will. On the final vote only three Senators—Money of Mlpalsaiggl wlins of Utah and Tiliman _of South Carolina— were recorded against the bill. A bill was passed removing =il disabili- ties imposed by the fourteenth amend- ment to the constitution on persons who - were at one time engaged in rebellion against the United States. he war revenue measure was reported to the Senate, and notice was given that it would be taken up next Monday for consideration. — OF COAST INTEREST. ‘WASHINGTON, May 12.—The Senate proposition to decrease the number of mail deliveries in the larger cities (in- cluding San Francisco) to four has been disagreed to by the conference commit- te;ec which leaves the law as It is gt pres- The House River and Harbor Commit- tee to-day unanim sentative DeVries® lution making {he credt '67"the Han Jonquin Ruver o n the Stockton u:l cmon? Ch: n;. :26 Rava witn & view 5o Broviding & perma- ) a nent for t rovement, e 58 TAXES FOR THE WAR REVENUE Finance Committee Re- ports the Bill to the Senate. All House Provisions for Bonds and Certificates Are Stricken Out. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, May 12. The Senate Committee on Finance to-day finished its consideration of the war revenue bill, after a two weeks’ sitting, and Senator Allison reported it to the Senate at 4 o'clock. The bill shows that all the provisions in the House bill for the issuance of bonds and certificates of indebtedness were stricken out, and Allison, in reporting the measure, made a minority report giving authority for the bond issue. The amendment inserted at the in- stance of the Democrats for the issu- ance of greenbacks is as follows: That the Secretary of the Treasury Is heéreby authorized and directed, for the purpose of meeting and defraying the ex- penditures made necessary by reason of the existing war against Spain, to pre- pare and issue on the credit of the United States of America, from time to time, as the same may be needed, during the next fiscal year, United States legal tender notes to the amount of 3150,000,000, which notes shall be of like denominations and of the same legal tender quality and shall be payable and redeemable and re-issu- able in the same manner as the $346,000,000 of such notes now outstanding as de- scribed and mentioned in the act of Con- gress of May 1, 1878, said notes when first fssued to be expended only upon the war account aforesaid, and sald notes shall be exempt from taxation by or under State or municipal authority. The provision for the coinage of the silver seigniorage is as follows: That the Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately cause to be coined as fast and as soon as possible into standard silver dollars, which shall be of like weight and fineness and of like legal ten- der quality as_those provided for under existing law, the silver bullion now held in the Treasury being the amount of the gain or seigniorage derived from the pur- chases of silver bullion by the Treasury under the act of July 14, 1890, amounting to the sum of $42,00,000; said moneys so coined to be imemidately available for payment of expenditures on account of the present war with Spain. The Secre- tary of the Treasury is hereby further au- thorized to immediately issue, In advance of the coinage of said seigniorage afore- 2aid, silver certificates of similar design and denominations and of the same quan- tity, payable and redeemable in like man- ner as those authorized by law, in such sums as may be from time to time need- ed for public expenditures, not exceeding in the total amount of said seigniorage 50 held in the Treasury. The provision inserted at the in- stance of the Democratic members of the committee, and which has been known as the corporation tax, is much broader in its scope than this descrip- tion would lead- one to believe. The first paragraph of this provision is as follows: Every person, firm, company or cor- poration, owning or possessing, or hay- ing the care or management of any rail- road, street railroad, sleeping car, canal, steamboat, ship, barge, canalboat or other vessel, stage coach or any other vehicle, except hacks or carriages not running on continuous routes, engaged or employed in the business of transporting passengers or freight for hire, or in transporting.the mails of the United States, shall be sub- ject and pay a special annual excise tax equivalent to one-fourth of one per cent- um of the gross receipts from passengers, mails, shippers or freighters of any such raflroad, street railwni. sleeping car, canal, steamboat, ship, barge, canalboat, or other vessel, or such stage coach, or other vehicle; provided that the assess- ment hereby made shall not include any amount for the receipts of the trans- portation of persons, freight or mails be- tween the United States and any forei port; but such taxes shall be rated for the transportation of persons, freight or mails from a port within the nited States through a foreign territory to a ort within the United States and shall e assessed upon and collected from sons, firms, companies or - corporations within the United States recelving hire or ay for such transportation of persons, relght or mails. A like tax of one-fourth of 1 per cent of the gross receipts is imposed on “any person, firm, company or corpor- ation carrying on or doing an express business”’; also on any person, etc., owning or having the care or manage- ment of any telegraphic or telephone line; also on life, fire, marine or acci- dent insurance companies for the se- curity and assurance of employers against losses by employes, all of which are to pay on the basis of premiums and sments collected and the du- tles aecruing, like taxes to be paid by foreign companies doing business in the United States; also on persons, etc., furnishing gas or electric light, electric power, steam heat, steamboat, steam power, refining sugar or petro- leum. The act is made to take effect on the day next preceding its passage. r- to $300,000,000, 1 guaze in both The Republicans decided to make a minority report recommending the re- tention of the bond feature -and also the provision for the time certificates, but reducing the amount of the bonds and changing the lan- 1RE NANED FOR STAFFPLACES Big Batch of Nominations Submitted to the \ Senate. Regular Ar\my Officers to Be Promoted and Additional Civilians o Be Honored. ——— John Jacob Astor and Other Well- Known Men Get Commissions for the War. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, May 12.—Tha President to-day sent the following nominations to the Senate: War; to be Inspector-generals, With rank of major—Captains Jesse M. Lee, Ninth United Btates Infantry; Henry C. Ward, Sixteenis in- fantry; rge S. Anderson, Sixth Cavalry; Farl D. Thomas, Fifth Cavalry; Alex Rodg- ers, Fourth Cavalry; Jobn A. K. Davis, First Artillery; James Parker, Fourth Cavalry; Philip Read, Third United States Infantry; Thomas Weodruft, Fifth Infantry; Benjamin i Cheever, Sixth Cavalry; Stephen Y. Seyburn, Tenth Infantry; Stephen G. Mills, Twelfth In- ; Herbert J. Slocum, Seventh Cavalry; 'C. Benson, Fourth Cavalry; William P. Duvall, First Artillery; -F. Crelghton Webb, of New York; Russell B. Harrison of Indiana. To be assistant adjutant-generals, with rank of major—Captains Walter S. Schuyler, Fifth Cavalry; Louls V. Cazierie, Second Artillery; William J. McCammon, Fourteenth Infantry: Jumes 5. Pettlt, First Infantry; Au?‘:i [ harpe, Twenty-second Infantry; : Scott, Seventh Cavalry; Edward Davis, Third lieutenants F. F. Strong, H. Sergeant, Second Cav- Infantry R. Ebel Artillery. First Fourth Artillery; H. alry; C. R. Bdwards, Twenty-third D. D. Sturgls, Fourth Artillery; S. R. A signal corps; also Campbell E. McMichael of Pennsylvania, George H. Hopkins of Michigan and John A. Logan Jr. of Iliinois. To be quartermaster, with rank of major— Captains Cbarles Penny, Sixth Infantry; John W. Summerhayes, Samuel R. Jones, Meade C. Martin,. Oscar F. Long, Guy Howard, Freder- ick von Schrader, J. E. Sawyer, Frederick G. Hodgson, James B. Wilshire, Thomas Cruse, t termasters. First lieutenants all assistant quarter: Edudntnens Eugene F. Ladd, Ninth Cavalry, A. Wadsworth of New York. s To be assistant adjutant-generals, with rank B. M. Weaver of captain—First Lieutenants Jecond_Artillery; F. P. Freemont, Third C. M. Truett, Twenty-first Infan- try: E. S. Greble, Second Artillery; Joe Beach, Third Infantry; H. C. Carbaugh. Fifth Artil- lery; J. B. McDonald, Tenth Cavalry: A. Mills, First Cavalry; C, G. Treatt, Fifth A tillery; J. A. Dapray, Twenty-third Infantry; K. F. Hancock, Sixth Artillery; W. H. Smith, Tenth Cavalry; John F. Morrison, Tenth In- fantry; B. Alvord, Tenth Infantry; H. C. Ca- bell, Fourteenth Infantry; G. H. "MacDonald, Fourteenth Cavalry; W. H. Johnson, Sixteenth Infantry; W. L. Sehon, Twentieth' Infantr G. Hutcheson, Ninth Cavalry; J. K. son, Twenty-third Ninth Infantry; C. lery; W. A. E. L. Michle Seventh Artilles Infantry; R. G. Sixth Cavalry} ry: DL B Fourteenth Paxton, Tenth Cavalry; R. L. Joseph_ Benson For- aker Jr. of Ohlo and Bradley Strong of New York. To be assistant quartermasters, Second Caval 8. §. Zay Jr., Howze, rank with of captain—First Lieutenants B. B: Seventh Infantry; C. C. Walcutt Ji Cavalry; J. A. Penn, Second Infantry; G. M. Alexander, Thirteenth Infantry; Hiram E. Mitchell, Oregon; John B. Tilinofs; Willlam D. Jenkins, Texas; Benjamin Johnson, California; James R. Hosmer, New York; Willlam A. Harper, New York; G. H. Holden, New York; H. W. Nicholson, District of Columbia; Thomas H. Cavanaugh, Michi- gan; Elias H. Parsons, Utah; Edward C. Me- Doweil, Tennessee; Francis M. Schroeder, Dis- trict of Columbia; Arthur Thompson, New York; Charles M. Augur, Colorado; Willlam K. Alexander, Virginia; Willlam G. Ball, Ohio; Abraham 8. Beckham, Ohio; George C. Balley, New York; Minnesota; Briton Davis, : Frederick Buher, man P. Young, New Y South Carolina; com, Pennsylvania. "To be commissary of subsistence, with rank of captain—First Lieutenants D. Hoyle, Second Artillery; Parker W. West, Third Cav- ary: O. M. Bundy, Third United States Infan- try: Elmer F. Taggart, Sixth Infantry; Alex: ander R. Piper, Fifteenth .Infantry: "Second Lieutenant H. E. Cloke, Sixth Artillery; A. Richard Thompson Jr.. Indiana: Danlel Van Voorhls, Ohlo; E. B. Fenton, Michigan; Samuel B. Boots, Ohlo; John F. Jenkins. Wyoming; Indiana; J. A. Stemeral, Nebraska; . Lytle, Pennsylvania; William A. Tennessee; M. M. M. H. Beckham. Texas: Frank York: Theodore B, Hackener, Tennessee; John H. Earle, South Carolina; James McCleary, Téxps; Thomas C. Catchings, Mississippl; Jay Cooke, Pennsylvania. To be assistant adjutant-general, with rank with rank of captain, Samuel Belford, Colorado. To be commissary of subsistence, of Captain, Joseph A. Coxe of Pennsylvania. To be assistant adjutant-generals, with rank of captains — First lieutenants De Rosey’C. Cabeli, Eighth Cavalry; George B, Fourth Infantry; W. A. Bethel, tillery: Edmund L. Butts, Fifth Infantry; C. W. Fenton, Fifth Cavalry; L. C. Sherer, Fourth Cavalry; Douglass Settle, Tenth Infantry; W. C. Short, Sixth Cavalry; R. Sewell, Seventh ry. Second lleutenants H. H. Whitney. Fourth Artillery; Edward B. Cassall, Fourth Cavalry; J. C. Gilmore Jr., Fourth Artillery; also Jacob E. Bloom of New York; H. J. White, Virginia; John C. Evans, South Carolina: Rich- ard H, Davis, Massachusetts; Willlam MeCitt- Tich, Californin: James A. Colvin and Edwin Murphy, New York; Joseph B. Morton, illinols; Charles’ H. McGill, Minnesota; Augustus P. Gardner, Massachusetts; George R. Voorhees, Kentucky; William E. Horton and Lars An- derson, District of Columbia. The Senate In executive session con- firmed all the military nominations sent in Tuesday, May 10, with the exceptions of Frank D. Baldwin, Fifth Infantry, to be inspector general with rank of lieu- tenant colonel, and Fred M. Alger of Michigan to be adjutant general with rank of colonel. Captain Alger was not confirmed owing to a mistake in his name, having been sent in as Fred in- stead of Frederick. Baldwin was held up at the request of a Senator, who asked that his record while acting Indian agent should be looked into. CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE, Some Prominent Civilians Get Army Staff Places During the War. WASHINGTON, May 12.—The Senate, in jts second executive session to-day con- firmed the following army nominations: To be assistant adjutant-generals, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel: Captains John A. Johnston, Francis Miceheler, Joseph H. Dorst, Wilber E. Wilder, Cyrus S. Roberts, George R. Cecil, Edward J. McCleorn. To be Inspector-generals, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel: Majors Joseph P. Sanger, T. Edmund Rice, Captain Marion P. Maus, Messrs. John Jacob Astor of New York, Charles A. Whitter of New York and Curtis Guild Jr. of Massachu- setts. To be chief guartermasters. with the rank of lieutenant-colonel: ajor Dan D. Wheeler, Charles Birm, George BE. Pond, James W. Pope, Francis B. Jones, Crosby P. Miller and Avery D. Andrews of New York. To be judge advocates, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel: Captain Fayette W. Roe, E. I. Dudley, Messrs. Andrew C. Gray of Delaware, John A. Hull of Towa, Frederick A. Hill of Connecticut, Charles L. Jewett of Indiana, Charles H. Ribble of New York. To be chief surgeons, with the rank of lleuten-a‘t,—colonel: Major Benjamin F. o Poj M. O'Reilly, C. Girata, oft, Loul Mause 'and Messrs. Nicholas Senn of Illi- nois and Rush Hidekoper of Pennsylvania, To be chief engineers. with the rank of lleutenant-colonel: ajor William R. Livermore, Captains Willlam Black, George W. McD. Derby, James L. Lusk. George W. Goethals, John Biddle and Hiram M. Chittenden. To be chief commissary of subsistence, rank of lieutenant-colonel: Lasker H. th the Majors 'ward E. Drayo and glfil. %flfl!m' Jmurfi Allison, William win, David I. Brainard, Oliver E. ‘Wood and Charles H. Brierson. To be assistant adjutant-generals, with the rank of captaln: Messrs. Frederick M. Alder, Charles R. Miller of Ohio. Will- iam Astor Chmdl;'r of New York, Erskine Hewitt of New York. Charles I. Bouvee of Massachusetts, James G. Blaine of Maine and Willlam B. Allison J. of Towa. For Hawaiian Annexation. WASHINGTON, May 12.—The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has agreed to rcm the reselution for Hawailan an- nexa i it . . [} + + +! + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + % X 79 + + + + + + + + + + 3 + + + + + + + + + + 34 >4 24 4 + + + + + - + + & + + + + + + + [ ADVERTISEMENTS. P ) Soldier Boys! 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