The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1898. MAJOR GENERAL OTIS AND EGULAR TROOPS SdiL. HE event in the Eighth Army Corps yesterday was the sailing of the fourth expedition of troops to the Philippines. An incident, attaining almost the dignity of an event, was the moving of the New York regiment from Camp Merritt to the Presidio. From this tim~> forward the Presidio will gain in fmportance as military statio Several regiments are under ord rs to leave Camp Mer- ritt for the scene of operations In the Orfent and their departure will m: terfally diminish the ! ¢ that camp. Meanwhile a pressure is being exerted to obtain authority to move the Iowa and Kansas 1ents to the reserva- tion. —_——— REGULARS SAIL FOR THE ORIENT Departure of the Peru and City of Puebla With Troops of Fourth Expadition. aft out to see the Iz emall ¢ The fleet of ge one. with the irsfon- stack tug hoard a of the Jipowners’ owboat ‘ompar neral E. S. Ot Major ( A v was I aboard, and about 3 barture of with d a few minutes shrieking ot and along the ality accord W the b ater. The bay of white caps in the Golden an exceedingly bid the soldiers and ous rd-by & From the Pacific 1l dock to BI Sint the whter foo was lined with people, who ches nd lags until the two vessels passed 10st to sight through the Gol > men ard both vesse bed the masts portholes to native land. Between t nofse of the whistles and the cheers of thy people upon the shore the boys in sent back a wave of counter cheers t could be heard even upon the top of T graph Hill, despite the howling of tha win hose that had_ provided them- selves with flags waved them to their upon land, while those that had 1al ensign made their ha purpose. went out upon tugs, and | fter the vessels left they th them, but after rounding n k raph Hill the smaller | craft began to fall behind until when Fort Mason was reached the transports had left the smaller vessels astern, and they then tur i . blowing a last good-by with th, or of M T jor General Otis 1en who have led under him, from the island were the first and as the Peru was passing the dogs of war barked twelve times in k succession. The men acknowledged ing so loud that their rd above the noise of Peru breasted Black r on took up the nd for fifteen along - the deeper and ns of war. While the 1 the forts without a . the men upon this “d to the echo, and they Answ will that bespoke the intense determination in the heart of each to do or die extremity need be to of Old Glory. the entire water front but the prominent points of In the eity which com- mnnd‘ a good view of the bay were also crowded with persons, It was generally remarked that an unusually large number of ladles were out to see the vessels safl. M of these gazed at the transports as they glided through the water and said not”anything. for since the departure of the: First Californin’ Regiment ho. expedi- tion has carried away so many brave sol- diers who were native to the State. The majority of them are in the compantes of e Fourteenth Infantry a e I Ctx}::lr.\fl ; v and the Fourth er passing Fort Mason ve: vore. fietoss the bas award Time: Dot in order to_ take much advantage as possible of the smooth water caused by that promontory. Then they headed stralght for the ocean and passed over the bar and out of sight. The crowd lingered until-the =hips had disappeared from view and nothing more remained to he seen, and more than one turned with reluctance and with heavy hearts sought thelr homes The | crowd | 3 | promoted to be a nd Fort Mason salutes | to begin thelr long wait until news shall come from the dear ones who have gone. | vas a noticeable fact that after the | vessels had started the City of Puebla | seemed to be making the greater head- ay. She did not breast the point of Tel- | raph Hill until the Peru was a half- | mile farther out, but then it was seen | she was slipping through the water | with greater ease and more speed, so that when the transports reached tlie Golden Gate the Puebla had closed up nearly half the gap that separated her from the Peru. So close were the vessels together at this point that there is no doubt but that the soldlers on one vessel could easily distin- gl|[<h friends on the other steamer The majority of those who witnessed the departure of the vessels sought_the ater front, and next to the Pacific Mail dock the zreatest crowd was upon Melggs wharf. Many hundreds of people congre- | ®ated there and In the viefnity, and when | the ship ve In sight they did all in | their power to let those aboard know | t they were sorry to have them go. (v of those on Meiggs wharf shouted 1ges to the boys in blue, all forgetful that their voices were lost in the nolse of the whistles and the booming guns. In- numerable good wishes for success and I e return followed in the wake of se two vessels as th iiled so brave- out of a friendly harbor, and one old | woman who stood among the crowd upon | the shore breathed a prayer so loud for the return of her.only son that those | @about her heard it, and as if In respect | for her sacrifice and sorrow drew apart that she might be alone with her thoughts that were too sacred for intruston. All _she asked. and she did no more than | hundreds of others, was that God would be with her boy and bless him, and tha - E: at it it was his ‘will she praved that he might be snared to return in safety and he ing vears. | urth expedition sailed awa d the distant Orient. SRS EIGHTH CALIFORNIA. 1 into history Colonel Henshaw Solves the Problem of Draining the Camp. | 'AMP BARRETT, Sather Station, Cal., | ly 15.—Colonel Park Henshaw believes | has solved the problem of amp sani- | ation as far as waste water from the Kitchens is co When the regiment | amp a large catch b | center of the space s company A dug in the streets. small m each company’s kitchen car- waste water from the fauce discovered that the adot absc 1in a short time the basin would be overflowing. Wells we ink to the gravel bed, and the | water will be turned into them. It is be- | | Heved that the er will be carried off in the vel. If this fails, then connec: be made with the Fruitvale he sanitary condition of the camp is all that could be desired. A detail of men placed front of Colonel Henshaw afternoon, and Old Glory w; a flapnole « in arters this S run up for alut the first time. The detail ed the flag | with three cheers after their work was | completed. A.ter dress parade to-night | one of the companies marched to the col- | ore and gave three cheers. The band | paraded 30 loc! nd played | | “America” while the flag was lowered. | It will be rai t reveille o’clock— each morning hereafter, the band turning | out in force for the ceremony. Colonel | Henshaw will make application for a gun | | to fire at sunri sunset while the | | regiment remains in > as to have the regular army c Captain M. W. S ., Company G, umeda, who was officer of the day ne of the best taedclans in gim While on duty this after- { noon he T his movements. | :d to the ry and : matter with post No. 17" w ceived until the third en the S wh entry replied: othing.” don’t you ecall out the guard?"” he next question. he guard was caught and stood look- ing on in wonderment. One of the ser- nts saw the trouble and, running to v, told him to call out the guard, try was unable to comprehend tion and stood motionless. Some broke out with: Officer of the day, turn out the guard.” in line, but In a moment th, it took the young ci | more to drill the g read them a strong lecture and advised tudy up on guard duty before they in detailed for sentry servi fan Endeavor Sociéty has been in the iment with D. C. Preston, Compan; president; son, Company F. mpany M organized B. Short- rer, and F. chairman ridge, Company lookout ittee. Among those enrolled at present are Privates Goff, F. E. N , C. B. Howard, A. B. Daly 2 nd J. Johnson, Company Je: and C. F. Menzier, Company 1; W. F. Lenard and E. P. Wells, Company F; Harry Nichi s and W. F. Brown, Com- A. E. Holt, Company J. Company A; Private Corle, pany H Strgen W. F. Dudley. M.D.. has been ma and | enarge of the Eighth Regiment. vic nd Surgeon George F. Shiels, pro- . Assistant Surgeon . Yost takes 1""E°D.” McGettigan of been appointed as sec- assistant surgeon. detail for guard, Th sisted of Captain A. of Chico. officer of the day; First Lieu duty to-night con- Cahlll, Company nt C. K. Megget, Company D of . officer of the guard: First Li M. W. Stockdale, Company C of super-officer of guard; five 1ts, two corporals and sixty-four men were taken to the hospital lay suffering from minor ailments. Sprained ankles, severe colds and bowel troubles are the prevailing complaints re- ing attention. he flag_presentation is now set for | Monday afternoon on the parade ound just before or at dress parade. The flag is the gift of patriotic citizens of Oak- L su. Catholics In camp will attend mass at St iizabeth's Church, Rev. d_Becher pastor. Christian Endeavorers have been to attend the State convention meeting at the Tenth avenue ptist Church at 7:20 o'clock Sunday. Many members of Company DD and Company B will attend services Sunday iing at the Brookiyn Presbyterian Church. - MORE BAD BACON. Colonel Berry, Seventh Cali- fornia, Will Ask for a Board of Survey. There was mutiny vesterday In the | ranks of the Seventh California, and for | good reason. The men of Company G go up to @ breakfast of bread and gravy, and none too much of that. It was an | unstable diet for a crowd of husky men | of whom six hours’ hard drilling was ex- pected, 80 the men flatiy refused to go out to drill until a fit meal should be furnished them. After promises of full rations and argument on the part of their officers _the men finally fell in and did their duty as soldiers without further complaint. : The reason for the trouble is the vil- lainous bacon that has been issued by the commigsary department. Colonel Berry last evening made re- quest upon Brigadler General Otis for a board of survey, which will be detalled to-day. BRIGADIER OTIS, The General and Staff Decide to Sail on the Steamer Pennsylvania. It was announced at Brigadier General Otis' headquarters last evening that the general and his staff would embark upon the steamer Pennsylvania instead of upon the St. Paul, as was the original inten- tion. General Otis says that he may again change his mind as to his boat, but | consent of the commanding officer of the regi- that as it stands now he will go aboard | ment or detachment, or of the surgeon in the Pennsylvania. | charge of the hospital. Consent to visit hos- General Otis further states that it Is not | pitals will be granted only for urgent reasons. his intention to stop with the fleet at | By command of Honolulu. The celebration there will be | BRIGADIER GENERAL MILLER. in the hands of the major general, and the brigadier says that he has no time for it, | In a day or so another order will {ssue, and will, consequently, hurry through to | requiring regimental surgeons who wish the front. to send men to outside hospitals to send them first to the division hospital. This Reni e order is necessary so that the records HEALTH OF THE TROOPS. | may be kept complete. A number of cases have arisen where all frace of men from Regulations at Camp Merritt | different regiments has been lost for a to Prevent the Spread of | iuched off to one or the other of the nu- | merous hospitals. { M Every safeguard is to be thrown about the | rcceived word that his requisition for a health of the men at Camp Merritt, and | 1200-bed hospital and medical supplies week at a time, through their having been Infectious Diseases. jor Owens of the division hospital has everything that can be done will be done to | had been approved at Washington. He THIRTY-ONE YEARS IN THE GUARD. LIEUTENANT COLONEL HORATIO POTTER STACPOLE, First New York Volunteers. n arrow, of a goodly six feet, and with a most soldier- ly and commanding app 1ce, Lieutenant Colonel Horatio Potter Stacpole looks every inch of him the soldier that he Is. Governor Black in appointing him to the lieutenant coloneley of the First New York regiment, pald but a fitting compli- ment to his thirty-one y of faithful service in the National Guard of his na- tive State. Colonel Stacpole is 49 vears of age and was born in Albany, N. Y, where he has resided ever since. On the 6th of May, 167, he enlisted as’a private in Company B of the Tenth Battalion of Albany. Ten years later he was elected captain of the same company and served in this capacity for fourteen years, when he was chosen majfor of the famous battalion. He held this office when the war broke out, but resigned it to accept the licutenant colonelcy of the First New York, inasmuch as the entire Tenth Battalion, composed of Tompanies A, B, C and D, all of Albany, were selected by Governor Black to form the First Battalion of the regiment now here. Colonel Stacpole’s connection with the National Guard of New York has been a brilllant one, and to his own personal endeavors is largely due the high state of efficlency of that guard. The Tenth Battalion is considercd to be the finest military organization in the State. Company B was organized in 1854, Company A in 186) and Companies C and D shortly afterward. During the war the Tenth Battalion was known as the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Volunteers of the Tenth Regiment, but resumed its old name after being mus- tered out of the service, and Colonel Stacpole declares that if the four companies are spared to return to their native State they will again be known as the famous and reliable Tenth Battalion of Albany. Tall and as straight will immediately begin gutt shape for the Philippines. and supply are based on per cent., the pro rata re army regulations in the Private Bartlett of the Twentieth Kan- sas, who died on Wednesday from spinal meningitis, was interred yesterday in the Presidio plat. Private Albert Stowell of the Seventh California died at the French Hospital vesterday after several days of suffering from pneumonia. Woodland Recruiting Office. A recruiting office for the regular army will be established ‘Woodland to-day. The office will be opened by First Lieu- ing matters in His equipment sick rate of 10 ired by British ndian service. prevent a spread of the two or three infe tious diseases that are constantly being | found in one corner or another of the | camp. Typhoid fever claimed another victim yesterday in Private Zeb Stafford of Company C, First Tennessce, who died at_the Marine Hospital. To preclude a possibility of any spread of diseases among soldiers or _civillans, General Miller vesterday issued the fol- lowing rigid order. It excepts no one: General Order No. 2. Pursuant to recommendation of chief sur- geon, Independent Division, FEighth Army Corps, all persons, whether 'officers, enlisted men or citizens, not connected with the Hos- pital Corps of this command are prohibited from entering any of the hospltals within this command without first procuring & written tenant Delamere Skerrett, Third United States Artillery, and all alpp!lcu.n(s ‘who are able to pass the mental and physical examination will be readlly accepted. The Third Artillery is one of the best regi- ments of the army. and will soon be re- cruited up to the maximum strength under the law. The grade of the service is high and the standing of this particu- lar regiment is not excelled. e EIGHTH ARMY CORPS. Plans of Saili;:;—changed——'l‘he Steamers Not Required to Sail in Squadron. Orders left by Major General Otls yes- terday materially change the original plans for dispatching the fifth Philippine | Lieutenant Colonel Lee Stover will fol- low some days later with the remaining Dakota battalion, sailing on the St. Paul. The men of the two regiments are in splendid physical conditlon and in fine fettle for a fight or fln,\‘thlni else in the way of trouble. At Camp Merritt they are the envied of the whole camp. The Seventh California particularly is blue. Though they are resolved to be good sol- diers and do no kicking, it is impossible for the officers and men of the Seventh to conceal their disappointment. Splen- didly equlgped. well drilled and finely set up, thev have been compelled to sit on their own little sand heap and watch four expeditions sail through the Gate. They were the second command to come into camp, and they declare now that they have given up every hope of gettin away. “That’s why there is no gla smile in the camp of the Seventh,™ as Adjutant Alphonso puts it. expedition. Instead of salling as a flotilla on or | about the 2th, the boats will sail inde- | pendently and just as soon as they can be loaded. The Pennsylvania, carrying the First Montana and recruits of the First Cali- | fornia, will get away on Monday. Colonel Kessler will have his heavy equipment loaded aboard to-day, and exnects to break camp on Sunday, possibly not until Monday morning. Pursuant to orders from General Miller, | he yesterday detailed Quartermaster Sea- | dorf and Lieutenant Knowlton to take charge of the quartermaster’s and com- missary’'s departments, and detailed Ser- geant Ripley and six privates to guard the steamer. Colonel Frost, with two battallons of the First South Dakota Volunteers, ex- pects to get away on Tuesday on the Rio | de Janiero. Lieutenant Murray and Lieu- | tenant Horting, quartermaster and com- missary, will begin loading heavy stuff to- | da Sergeant Doolittle and six privates have been detached to guard the vessel. The Twentleth Kansas Volunteers ye: terday moved their camp to the lot va cated by New Surgeon Rafter of the Twentieth Kansas con- demned his camp the other day. and Col- onel Funston requested permission to move his camp to the Presidio. New York got the plum, and Kansas must con- tent itself with a change in sand heaps. gl MOVED TO THE PRESIDIO. New York Regiment Is Now Located on the Plain West of Camp Miller. The First Regiment of New York Volun- teers marched in a body yesterday morn- ing from Camp Merritt over to the Pres dlo, where they are now encamped. The afternoon was spent In erecting the tents, and by evening the camp, which is located west of Camp Miller, was in fair shape. The camp work will be completed to-day. The New Yorkers are very much pleased with their new location, which is in every way far superlor to Camp Merritt. The regimental headquarters is located at the end of the cable-car track, on the north side. The New York troops, which the John- son-Locke Company has contracted to land in Honolulu between now and Aug- ust 17, will probably go to the islands on the steamers Centennial, Humboldt and Tillamook. Mr. Johnson made an attempt to engage the Occidental and Orfental Steamship Company to take some of the soldiers down on ‘the Gaelic, which 1s scheduled to sail on the 26th, and another detachment by the Oceanic company's steamer Mariposa, on August 10, but he did not meet with much encouragement: The Humboldt and Tillamook are hand- led by the Johnson-Locke Company, but are under charter to run to St. Michael and some arrangement will have to be made with their owners before they can carry troops to Honolulu. Together they have accommodations for about 600 sol- diers, The Centennial can carry 80 troops, ese three ships therefore can transpos the New York regiment. Lk e Promotions of Surgeons. The resignation of Dr. Shiels, chief sur- geon of the Eighth Californfa—he having been made a brigade surgeon with the Philippine expeditionary forces—promotes Dr. Frank W. Dudley to be chief surgeon, and Dr. Charles D. McGettigan becomes ant surgeon. Dr. John D. Yost be- the senjor assistant surgeon. Dr. . for some time, been the resi- cian of the cf pital. Dr. McGettigan for two years d charge of the Sister’s Hospital in Sacramento. il oy War Incidents. I'1"P'A£=h1“lr‘s' Troop of Utah Volunteer Cav- alry has been ordered to move from Cam Merritt and take station at the Pres!dh)p. % ATTORNEYS ACCUSED OF SHARP PRACTICE J. J. GUILFOYLE AND B. HAS- KELL IN BAD ODOR. They Entered a Dismissal to a Suit in Violation of an Order Made by Judge Hunt. Although the amount involved in the litigation over a one-quarter interest in the schooner “Christina Steffens,” in which Dietrich Poll appears of record as plaintiff, and R. A. Gilbridge as defend- ant, is not large enough to startle a capl- talst, the attorneys in the case appear to have taken too great an interest. Two of them, in consequence, Haskell and J. J. Guilfoyle Jr., are in bad odor in Judge Hunt's department of the Supe- rior Court and, in the mind of the court, | are gullty of “sharp practice.” Attorney Andrew Thorne originally rep- resented the plaintiff. Last Friday Has- kell, who represents the defendant, ap- peared in court and stated that he had an aflidavit which he wished to file charg- ing Thorne with dereliction of duty. Thorne immediately demanded that the affidavit be filed, much to the surprise of Haskell, and in consequence the latter be- | gan to wilt. No demand made by Thorne was obeyed and he called upon the court to compel Haskell to make good his charges. Haskell still refused, and the court exonerated Thorne and sarcastical- ly_touched Haskell up for his backdown. Yesterday Haskell appeared in court with the piaintiff, Poll, and Actorney Guil- foyle, and on the motion of Poll, Guil- foyle was substituted as his attorney In place of Thorne. In making the order substituting the attorneys, however, Judge Hunt remarked that it looked like an effort to deprive Thorne of his fee. In order to defeat such a purpose the court made an entry on the order stating that no dismissal of the action should be en- tered or filed and that all proceedings should be stayed. Notwithstanding the order of the court, Guilfoyle and Haskell went to the County Clerk’s office and en- tered a dismissal of the action. was discovered by Ambrose Watson, clerk of Judge Hunt's court, and he in- formed the court. Judge Hunt immediate- 1y ordered the entry of dismissal canceled and the papers returned to the attorneys. This was done, but the end s not yet, In all probability the lawyers will be call- ed to time for the flagrant disregard to the order of court made in thelr presence. —_———— HORSESHOERS WILL MEEY. Officers of Mechanics’ Athletic TUnion Preparing for the Forth- coming Tournament. Preparations are being actively pressed for the opening meeting of the Mechan- jcs’ Athletic Union at Central Park on July 3L From present indications the new or- ganization will be ushered into existence in an auspicious fashion. The initial con- test will be in the form of a mammoth horse-shoeing tournament, the first event of its kind to be held in America, or, for that matter, any place in the world. Turning contests have been held before where prizes were given for the best horseshoe turned out in the shortest space of time, but races wherein not only are the shoes turned out of the solid bar but fitted to a horse as well, will be first produced at the coming tournament at Central Park. The event is already attracting great interest among the army of local horse- shoers, as well as among the many knights of the anvil in several of the in- terior cities. Yesterday President Miller recefved the first batch of entries, the en- try blanks having but just been issued. Among these were three of the most not- ed horseshoers in the city—Frank and Thomas O'Rourke and Albert Draeger. Frank O'Rourke is looked upon as the most likely candidate for champlonship honors, as in the opinion of the knowing ones there is no better or quicker per- former In the business than he. Thomas O'Rourke, the youngest man in the tournament, is’ one of the speediest shoers in_the city. ‘Albert Draeger has already won many honors in competition, especially in turn- ing out horseshoes. He won the cham- pionship of Germany and later at the World's Fair in Chicago was awarded the gold medal. This was followed by a sim- flar medal at the Midwinter Fair in this city. He has won two medals at the Me- chanies’ Fair. —_———————— WOMEN TIRED OF LIFEH. Mrs. Catherine Hoff and Dora ‘Heaney Attempt Suicide by Different Routes. Two women, one married and the other single, were taken to the Recelving Hospi- tal yesterday for treatment, after having attempted to end thelr existence, owing to despondency. Both will recover. Mrs. Catherine Hoff went to 920 Central avenue Thursday to do some work. Yes- terday morning she was discovered un- conscious in bed with the gas turned on. At the hospital the usual remedies were applied and she was soon pronounced out of danger. She said her husband, Robert Hoff, a carpenter, had left her in Aprhi Jast, and was now in Tulare County. She had been forced to work for a living, ana becoming despondent, thought it better to dfe. She has a child in Mount St. Joseph Orphan Asylum, and, in the care of friends, a daughter, 9 years of age, by a former husband. Dora Heaney is only 17 years old, but yesterday afternoon she sought to end her life by swallowing a dose of strychnine. She had been living with a friend, Mrs. Hanson, at 2 Brennan Place. The only reason she would give for her foolish act was that some one called her a bad name, which made her despondent. She was em- loyed at the Pacific Metal Works, but %st her job. Her father and mother are The fact | & dead, but she has a married sister in the city. — e COST OF REPRODUCTION. Expert Curtis Still Testifying in the Big Railroad Case. The cross-examination of Expert Cur- tis in the case of the Southern Pacific Company against the Board of Railroad Commissioners, before Commissioner in Chancery Heacock, was resumed yester- day in the apartments of Mr. Hayne in the Parrott building. Most of the inquiry was with reference to the rails on the main and side tracks of all the roads of the system in this State. Expert Curtis testified that there are still seventy miles of the original iron rails in use on the main line and the remainder are steel. fifty-four pounds to the yard. on the sidings had been used on the main lines, and where steel is used it is lighter than that of the main tracks. He sald that the steel rails in this city cost $32 per ton and the cost of reproduction on the main tracks and secon runs up to | 85.51 tons per mile, and that the sidings amount to 2838 tons per mile. The for- mer cost 3222 58 and the latter $771 18 per mile. He also testifled that the engineering, incidental and contingent expenses amounted to $3200 85 per mile, or §10,000.000 for the whole road. Mr. Curtis was questioned in regard to the general and legal expenses of the reproduction. The purpose of this line of inquiry is to as- certaln the expense of reproduction of the tracks of the company in this State. —_———————— NEGLECTED HIS FAMILY. Mrs. Olive V. Barnard, wife of Frank Barnard, a well-known coal dealer, whose place of business is at 609 Battery street, filed suit for divorce yesterday. Mrs. Barnard alleges as a cause of complaint that her husband has failed to provide her with the common necessities of life. The married lot of the couple seems to have been a most unhappy one. Mrs. Barnard alleges that shortly after the marriage, which occurred on April 17, 1895, her husband began to neglect her and, not a great time later, failed to pro- vide for her. The plaintiff is at a loss to ign a cause for her husband’s action. Every request of hers for aid was denied, although her husband {s in receipt of $250 a month or more. Mrs. Barnard states that there is no community property and s the court to grant her suitable ali- mony. e Town Talk This week s full of special interest to politiclans and military men, the edi- torial and leading Saunterer paragraphs bearing strongly upon those subjects. The genial features of Lieutenant Colonel F. E. Beck beam from the title page and within are portraits of various prominent individuals. M. E. Dorn in the surf at Santa Cruz, John Lathrop’s arrival, a Texas widow’s fun at the seaside, are some of the Saunterer's snap ots. Town Talk’s next will be a Red Cross number. e e R Policy of the New America, by Henry Norman, Special Commic- sioner of the London Chronicle, in next Sunday’s Call. The rails | MRS. IDA L. FALOOD GRANTED A DIVORCE SPEEDY TERMINATION OF A SUIT FILED THURSDAY. Plaintiff’s Charges of Cruelty Well Founded—Division of Property Rights Arranged. The marital troubles that have long ex- isted between Dr. Philip H. Flood and his wife, Ida L. Flood, terminated yesterday. Thursday afternoon Mrs. Flood filed sult against her husband for divorce, setting forth many specific acts of cruelty, upon | which the action was based. The case | came up before Judge Troutt yesterday | morning, and in less than twenty-four hours from the filing of the suit a de- | cree had been granted. Dr. Flood did not make answer to his wife's charges. A written appearance, | handed to the court by George D. Shad- burne, was deemed sufficient. Flood did not intend to contest the case, and Mr. Shadburne, who represented the defend- | ant, stated that he had no evidence to in- troduce, but simply wished to be apprised | of the mature of the evidence to be in- troduced by the plaintiff in substantia- tion of her allegations. Mr. Shadburne | was not disappointed. Mrs. Flood was | put upon the stand, and told again_ of her unhappy life as the wife of Dr. Flood; how he had abused her and driven her from his home in fear. . Mrs. Mary Ennes and Mrs: J -Frat- tinger were also placed upon the stand on behalf of the plaintiff. The witnesses corroborated the statements of Mrs. | Flood, and when their testimoy had_been introduced the case w: bmitted. Judge | Troutt immediately entered a decree | granting Mrs. Flood a divorce from her usband on the ground of extreme cruelty, The division of the property of the liti- | gants was arranged amicably. A short time ago Dr. Flood conveyed certain val- uable real estate to Mrs. Flood, and this the court verified. Property of greater value, however, will be conveyed, but just | where it is situated wiil not be known un- til & stipulation has been placed on file. e THE YEAR'S IMMIGRANTS. | Annual Report of the Commissioners Shows Japan Eeading the List. 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