The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 13, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRA CISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1898. 'AMERICAN NAVY’S RANKING OFFICER YIELDS TO DEATH Passing of Rear Admiral Kirkland From the E ffects of an Operation. Summoned on the Day When the Dawn of Peace Would Have Permitted His Retirement. VALLEJO, Aug. 12.—The death of 1 Rear Admiral Kirkland, which oc- curred at his home at Mare Island at 7 o'clock this evening, closes a no- table career. Up to the 2d of last month he was the ranking officer of the United States navy and on that day he was entitled to retire, having served forty-eight years under the flag. The necessities of war bade otherwise, how- | ever, and the admiral was retained on duty at Mare Island, though he had often expressed the wish that peace would come, that he might be relieved end obtain the rest which he so richly | deserved. This was not to be, and his splendid career was closed by death on the very day when peace was as- sured and his rest was in sight. It is a strange coincidence, but a fitting end | for the noble old seaman whose life | had been given to the Government. | The patient rested more easily last night than at any time since the oper- ation was performed early in the week, and Dr. Hibbett, who had been with | him, believed that he would recover. Evidence of exhaustion developed dur! ing the morning and was quite pro- nounced at 1 o'clock this afternoon, when Drs. Waggener and Hibbett made a careful examination. At 2 o'clock it was evident to the surgeons that dis- solution was near, and the family was notified to prepare for the worst. Mrs. Kirkland, the admiral’'s son and | daughter, W. A. Kirkland Jr. and Mrs. | Quackenbush, were called, and remain- | ed at his bedside until the end. Rev. Father Thompson was summoned fror - Vallejo, and the dying man was given the last sacraments of the Catholic | church. | At 5 o'clock he became unconsgious, | apparently relapsing into peaceful | sleep. He continued to breathe easily | and apparently without pain until 7] o'clock, when he passed away without | a struggle. The funeral probably will take place on Sunday from St. Vincent's Church | in this city. The remains will be placed temporarily in a vault and later will be shipped to Brooklyn, N. Y., where they will be finally interred. Admiral Kirkland was one of nature’s noblemen, and his death is a loss to the country. He was the ranking offi- cer in the navy and was very popular with all his subordinates. He was a typical seaman—frank and open-heart- ed and always a true and faithful pub- ‘lic servant. During the war he has been continually at his desk, and the strain upon his system, together with his advanced age, tended to weaken his once splendid physique, and the exhaustion due to a severe operation was more than he could stand. CAREER OF REAR | ADMIRAL KIRKLAND Saw Service as Midshipman on the Oalifornia Coast in the Early Fifties. Willilam A. Kirkland was born in North Carolina 62 years ago. He enter- ed Annapolis in 1850, and after gradu- ating made his first cruise on the sloop- of-war Portsmouth, which was attach- ed to the Pacific squadron. Thus young Kirkland, as a midshipman, saw service on the California coast and in the har- bor of San Francisco before the navy yard at Mare Island@ was established. During the years following his experi- ence in the navy was as uneventful as | usual in times of peace. When the war broke out he was a lieutenant and at- tached to the steamer Pulaski, off the Brazil coast. The following year he was promoted to lieutenant commander and assigned to the Jamestown in the China station. In 1864 he was commanding the ironclad Winnebago, in the Western Gulf squad- ron. He took part in the movements against Mobile, which resulted in the captureof that city. In 1869 he wascom- missioned commander and in 1880 pro- moted to captain. In 1893 he became a commodore and two years later a rear admiral. In June, 1896, he was assigned to the command of Mare Island. When the present war broke out he was the ranking rear admiral in the navy, which position he continued to hold until the 3d of July last, when by the age limit he went on the retired list. He was continued in the command of Mare Island, however, under special order of the President up to the time of his death. Rear Admiral Kirkland was the last of the class of the naval academy of 1850 to retire from active service. Of the twenty-one graduates with Kirk- land only Rear Admirals Beardsley, Carpenter, Potter, Ramsey and Walker remain, and they have all been on the retired list for some time. In the earlier days of the navy up to the war of the Rebellion the midship- men spent most of their time at sea, and the apprenticeship as officers and subsequent junior service was chiefly in cruising vessels, and this accounts for the many years of, sea service which the older officers have as a rule to their credit, and Xirkland headed all of his class with a record of 23 years 9 months at sea out of a total service of 47 years and 11 months. Kirkland's first war experience was at the age of 27 years, as lieutenant commander, and serving as navigating officer of the United States steam sloop Wyoming under the command of Com- mander David McDougal, when that gallant cfficer engaged the batteries and armed vessels at Simonosaki, Ja- pan, in July, 1863, and gave the Japa- nese rebels a wholesome lesson. Of the officers’ shipmates with Kirkland, only Pay Inspector George Cochrane and Chief Engineer Philip Inch are yet liv- ing and in active service. Returning . home he served with credit through the war, and at its conclusion solicited and readily obtained sea service on the South Atlantic station, and where he \Imost constantly served for nearly 20 years. His only sea service away from Montevideo and its attractions was while in command of the Europeon sta- tion from April 30, 1894, to November 12, 1895. The usual period of command is two years, but Kirkland and the Demo- - cratic administration did not harmon- 1ze; there was nothing of a diplomat about Kirkland, and his bluff, honest candor was not what Cleveland and his - Cabinet wanted in dealing with the Turks and Armenians. The admiral made himself obnoxious to the mission- aries, whom he Is said to have called “a bad lot.” This alleged unparlia- { mentary and undiplomatic remark, coupled with rumors of his uncourte- ous behavior toward Emperor Willlam at the Kiel canal festivities, gave his enemies in the Navy Department an opportunity to cause his recall. The incident with the Kalser is said to have occurred when the Emperor expressed | the wish of his brother to visit the flag- ship Chicago. When the request was made known to Kirkland he replied, 'h\;\'ell. trot him along; I'll be glad to see m."” ‘While it is highly improbable that Admiral Kirkland should forget the courtesy due to a crowned head it is on the other hand characteristic of the man. His language was usually forci- ble, and it was impossible to misunder- stand his meaning. His direct way of getting at matters and in expressing his views were startling to people whose nerves were in a weak state or whose life had been spent in Washing- ton, where straightforwardness is any- thing but likely to make an officer pop- | ular. The fact was that Kirkland hated any roundabout way, that he despised tem- porizing, and had a contempt for sham, and wherever he quick to let the offender know that he was found out. He wgs entirely im- partial in his intercourse with people of all classes, and officers and enlisted men, as well as civilians, were all treat- ed in the same way. Yet he was liked by all who came in contact with him and who did not attempt to impose upon him. No doubt there are some who | would prefer to be out of his reach and | control, and that civil engineer at | League Island, of whom Kirkland said that “he,” the civil engineer, “‘was the | d—st fool he had ever seen, is prob- | ably one of Kirkland's non-admirers. discovered it was | THE LATE REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM A. KIRKLAND. at Havana and San Juan to arrange and’ execute the details of the evacua- tion. There will be three commission- ers for Cuba and three for Porto Rico— | two army officers and one navy officer being appointed on each commission, ‘While no positive announcement of names can be made to-night it is prob- able that the Commissioners for Cuba | will be Major General James F. Wade, Major General Fitzhugh Lee and Rear Admiral Winfleld 8. Schley, and that those for Porto Rico will be Major Gen- eral John R. Brooke, Brigadier General Guy V. Henry and Captain Willlam M. Folger. MAYAGUEZ PAPER ON THE FALL OF THE CITY | Spectal Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gor- don Bennett. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. 12—An official notice says: La Gurnicion, a newspaper of Mayaguez, issued to-day, says that Colonel Soto, military com- He had very little shore duty at navy yards, the only notable one being on the receiving ship Vermont, at the New York yard, 1887-88. It was while there that he got himself disliked by the poli- ticians for restricting the indiscrimin- | ate use of the vard ferry boat by all| sorts of people, and Bill Frey, Ned Ca- hill and other Democratic leaders got even on him by having him transferred. | His last cruise closed in Novenmber, 1895, and he has had command of the Mare Island Navy Yard since July, 1896. On July 3 last he was retired for age, but continued on active duty. Sixty-two years of age to a man like | Kirkland, with a splendid physique and carefully tended body and mind, was | less perceptible than fifty years to many other officers, and but for his en- emy—rheumatism—he would have made a record as a fighting officer at retiring age second to no younger one in the service. HISTORIC SCENE [N THE WHITE HOUSE Continued from First Page. the whole of the Philippines, to which she proposes to accord all political and administrative reforms consistent with the maintenance of her sovereignty. “In regard to the evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico it will be asked that the army be allowed to depart honor- ably, and that assurances be given guaranteeing that Spanish and foreign interests will not suffer. The army, which has not been conquered, will re- turn to Spain with its guns, arms and munitions. “In regard to the Cuban debt, as the United States refuses to assume it, Spain will endeavor to arrange with the Cuban treasury to pay it when the island is able. “The question of a treaty of com- merce will lead to considerable discus- sion, and the matter will be submitted to a commission of diplomatists, under the presidency of Senor Castillo.” The protocol will be published simul- | taneously in the official gazettes here and in Washington. The commission to meet in the West Indies will be composed, it is under- stood, of military officers, and it is be- lieved here that this commission will pave the way for commercial treaties and for the recognition by the United States or Cuba of a portion of the Cu- ban debt. The suggestion that Senor Moret, for- mer Minister for the Colonies, may pre- side over the Paris commission, is not very popular. Various names are men- tioned in connection with the commis- sion’s personnel, but nothing has yet been settied as to this. Senor Sagasta has again assured the Queen Regent that he does not fear Carlist trouble, and the Carlists them- selves appear to recognize that the country is not in the temper that would support a Carlist rising. They are speculating on the return of the dis- contented army, hoping for mischief then. S R PEACE COMMISSIONERS NOT YET DECIDED UPON NEW YORK, Aug. 12—The Wash- ington correspondent of the Herald sends the following: President McKin- ley is not yet ready to announce the peace commissioners. He has practi- cally selected five men who will repre- sent the United States on the joint commission, but he is still walting to hear deflnitely from some of them as to whether it will be possible for them to accept before announcing their names. Secretary Day, who will head the administration commissioners, is now the only one who can be said with any certainty to have been selected. Former Secretary of the Navy Tracy will probably be named as one commis- sloner. By the terms of the protocol the President has ten days in which to ap- point commissioners to arrange with the Spanish commissioners for the evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico, and then the commissioners have mander of Mayaguez, after a fight with the American troops, retired to a point outside the city on the opposite side to that on which the American forces en- tered. The paper admits that a critical state of affairs exists. George Willlam Crawford, retiring British Consul, left here to-day for Ja- maica, being taken out In a boat to the ship which brought his successor here. When the new Consul was coming in guns on the plaza were fired in salute. Many citizens thought that another bombardment had been begun and hur- ried to the country. FREEDMAN HALSTED. e steTe IMMUNES RELIEVING TROOPS AT SANTIAGO WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—The War De- partment has received_the following: SANTIAGO, via Haytl, Aug. 12.—Adjutant General, Washington: St. Louls left the Morro during the night of the 1ith with the Ninth and Tenth Infantry and two companies of the Seventy-first New York. The St. Paul should have left Guantanamo last night or this morn- ing with the Second Infantry, four companies of the Seventy-first New York and General Kent, with his headquarters staff. The Mor- ter few minutes with the leaves in a very v-first Infantry. The Rio Grande, Sargent's /wegiment on board, has SHAFTE with Just £ R. Sargent’s regiment is the Second Regiment of Immunes. McKinley Warmly Congratulated. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—President McKinley has been the reciplent to- night of warm congratulations from all parts of the country on the successful termination of the war. SAYS THE FIGHT WILL NOT BE PREVENTED BUFFALO, Aug. 12.—Charles M. Wil- son, manager and secretary of the Hawthorne Athletic Club, said to-day that he would continue to make pre- parations for the Corbett-McCoy con- test regardless of the letter read at the ministers’ meeting yesterday, in which the Sheriff declared his intention to stop the fight. Mr. Wilson said that he had antici- pated just such a fuss and had secured the best legal advice in New York and this city, and added that in not one {nstance had his ciub violated a law, nor did it intend to violate any. He sald that the#question had been aired in court, and that no lawyer would be foolish enough to fight the case over again. The only harm that could come to the club was that a few out-of-town people might be scared away. No ef- fort will be made to evade the law. It is not necessary, Mr. Wilson says. SHOT THE PRISONERS TO AVERT A FAMINE TUnburied Corpses ¥ound at Guam by the Americans Explained by the Governor. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 12.—The Ori- ental steamer Victoria arriving here to- day brings the following Oriental ad- vices: A Japanese paper prints a story to the effect that the Americans at Guam found a number of unburied corpses. The _overnor innocently ex- plained they were bodies of prisoners sent him from Manila. Provisions were short and some 150 of them were or- dered out to be shot as the easiest way out of the difficulty. S NOYO’S CAPTAIN DIES AT SEA. Steamer Arrives at Seattle With Her Flag at Half-Mast. SEATTLE, Aug. 12.—The steam schoon- er Noyo arrived here to-night from St. Michael with her flag at half mast, in- dicating the death of her captain, H. Edgett, who died at sea of Bright's dis- ease. He was buried at Unalaska. The Noyo had about thirty passengers, twenty of whom were from Dawson. They had but a small amount of gold, the majority of them having gone in this spring and failed to find a fortun POPE LEO RECOVERS. His Holiness Sufficiently Strong to Resume Audiences. ROME, Aug. 12—The Pope has recov- ered his health. He arose at 9 o'clock this morning and conferred for a half hour with M. Lapponi, after which he received Cardinal Rampollia the Papal Secretary of State. During the afternoon twenty days more in which to assemble | the Pontiff received others in audience, DEBRIS LITTERS THE TIDE LANDS Summerland Men Yet Wielding Axes. RAILWAY PROPERTY RAZED SOUTHERN PACIFIC OFFERING NO RESISTANCE. Agent Treadwell Seeks the Assist- | ance of the State Attorney General to Oust the Owners of Wells. Special Dispatch to The Call. REIGH OF TERROR EXISTS IN CHINA Three Rebellions in as Many Provinces. PEKING GOVERNMENTIN PERIL | FRIGHTFUL ATROCITIES ARE PERPETRATED. Magistrate at Paklauo Burned Alive With Kerosene and His Family Butchered and Thrown Into a River. ! Spectal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 12. — The SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 12—The destruction of the Southern Pacific| Company’s property at Summerland continues. This morning what few piles remained to J. B. Treadwell, the | Southern Pacifie Company’s agent, on| the beach, were chopped down by men | employed by the riparian owners. They | | are constantly on the watch and every- thing that the Southern Pacific Com- | pany puts up on the land in front of their property destroyed. This morning men were employed by ‘William Moore chopping down all piles | placed in front of his wells. No re-| sistance was offered by Treadwell’s | men, though it was expected, and the | riparian owners were ready for any | that might come. No arrests have been made thus far, although threats of such procedure | have been made. The local attorney for | the Southern Pacific Company followed | Treadwell, who left yesterday, to San Francisco. Treadwell is suppoged to have gone ot obtain reinforcements from the Attorney General. The plan of the corporation seems to be twofold: First, to get the Attorney General to | give the company authority to run over State tide lands across Summeriand’s front; second, to get him to institute proceedings in the name of the people | to drive out the persons owning beach wells, under a shadowy claim that H. L. Willlams, the founder of Summer- land and the man who first developed the oll industry in this region, gave the beach as a street, though it is impas- sable a great part of the time and is separated from Summerland by pre- cipitious bluffs. This attempt is a mere bluff on the part of the Southern Pacific Corgpn.ny and cannot uitimately suc- ceed. The affair is being talked of on the streets and in the clubs, and general indignation is expressed at this high- handed proceeding of a grasping cor- poration. At a late hour this afternoon there remained no property belonging to the Southern Pacific Company on the beach or State lands, and what seemed to be peace prevailed. The next move of the corporation will be watched with much interest, both by citizens of Summer- land and Santa Barbar: OFFICERS AND OUTLAWS IN A RUNNING FIGHT Deputy Sheriff and Bandit Slain in a Battle Near Breckin- ridge, Colo. DENVER, Aug. 12.—A speécial to the Republican from Breckinridge, Colo., says: A well-planned hold-up took place here in the Denver Hotel, but owing to the alarm caused by the acci- dental discharge of a shotgun held by one of the three robbers, their move- ments were so hurried that they did not go through the safe or cash register, and onl secured about $50 in money from a till, several gold watches and other jewelry. This afternoon Sheriff Detwliler and a posse encountered the robbers near Kokomo and a running fight took place. One of the robbers, Steve Ryan, is re- ported killed, and another, Dick Man- ley, badly wounded. Charles Ryan was captured by the posse and another man by the name of Ryan, suspected of being implicated in the robbery, is still at large, but is being pursued by the posse, Ex-Deputy Sheriff M. E. Conrad. one of the posse, was killed in the fight, and Sumner Whitney, another member, was serlously wounded. Conrad for- merly resided in Pennsylvania, where his parents are now. Reports received here at midnight are to the effect that small bodies of armed men are coming into Kokomo from the neighboring camps for the purpose of lynching Manley should his wounds not prove fatal. ispoiciaie Railroad Catastrophe in Italy. GENOA, Italy, Aug. 12—In a colllsion vesterday evening between a passenger train and a freight train near Ponte De- cimo nine persons were killed and forty | seriously wounded. * | are steamer Victoria, arriving to-day from China, brings news that the three re- bellions in progress” within the empire still spreading, with prospects of - /est_consequences to the Peking Government. The most formidable re- bellion is in Kwangsi Province, around Wuchow. Another embraces the Chihli and Shantung provinces, while Szech- uan is disturbed by a third. Shanghai received news late in July that riots had commenced in Szechuan, | being directed against foreigners and the Peking Government. The American, English and French missions in that province had been attacked and several native Christians killed. Father Freu- | ry, head of the French missions, was carried into captivity by the notorious brigand Sumanzu and 4000 armed fol- lowers. The French mission offered 10,000 taels ransom, but the brigands want more. Riots and disturbances have occurred at eleven towns in Kwangsi Province. The magistrate at Paklauo offered a reward for the capture of the rebel chieftain in that neighborhcod. The chief immediately captured the magis- trate, poured kerosene over him and set fire to it. His family was butchered and flung into the river. Two magis- trates are shut up in Yung Un, which the rebels have besieged. If captured they will be burned. Komuk, the celebrated Chinese gen- eral sent against the rebels of Kwangsi, has killed 400 of them. Many of their mutilated corpses have been floating down West River past Wuchow, whose local Council offers a reward for each rebel's body recovered. Wuchow is ter- rorized despite General Kom's success and trade with disturbed districts has stopped. In fact the rebels are permit- ting no boats to leave Wuehow's sub- urbs. Below Wuchow traffic is almost suspended because of pirates, who have lately captured two vessels. All rich men are sending their families out of ‘Wuchow. FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO INTIMIDATE HOOLEY George Lawson Johnstone Threatens the Promotor and Has to Apologize in Court. LONDON, Aug. 12—When the exam- ination of Ernest T. Hooley, the com- any promoter, in hunkrupt(fi’ proceed- ngs was resumed to-day, Mr. Hooley, who has been suffering from sickness, unex- pectedly attended in spite of his' physi- clan's order and created an intense sen- sation by {nforming the Registrar that, while entering court, George Lawson Johnstone, a son of John Lawson John- stone of Kingwood, Kent, approached him, drew him to one side and said: “If you say anything further about us I shail enter the witness box and state What I know about your wife's funds.” Mr. Hooley added: “I cut him across the head with a stick.” The Registrar thereupon directed Mr. Hooley and his counsel to forthwith pro- ceed to Justice Wright's court and_ to enter a charge of contempt against Mr. Johnstone. p? Before the court adjourned George Lawson Johnstone entered the witness box and apologized for the incident earlier in the day. After the apology the Registrar allowed the matter to drop. S Captain Clark to Visit Cheyenne. CHEYENNE, Aug. 12—Captain Clark ,of the battle-ship Oregon is expected in Cheyenne for a two_weeks' visit to his 3rother-ln-law. N. R. Davis, in a few ays. ADVERTISEMENTS. @?en It’s Hot You feel all played out, weak and de- bilit ted because your blood is impov- erished. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best summer medicine you can take because it enriches and vitalizes the blood and takes away that tired and languid feel- ing, creates a good appetite and gives refreshing sleep. A small amount in- vested in Hood’s Sarsaparilla will yield rich returns in increased vigor and vi- tality. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America’s Greatest Medicine. §1; 6 for $5. Hood’s Pills cure Liver Ills. 25 cents. Jna BOMBARDMENT OF MANZAN ILLO BY SAMPSON’S SHIPS Fight Reported to Have Occurred Just Before Peace Articles Were Signed. ald -telegraphs: demanded its surrender. have resulted in a victory for the Americans. patches received by General Greel, del Este make no such statement. thing to do with the engagement. at Manzanillo. there that hostilities were over. ish commander at Manzanillo. Co00UOO00DO00000000 0000000000000 0000000000000000 NEW YORK, Aug. 12—The Washington correspondent of the Her- Acording to Secretary Allen, the Navy Department received a dispatch to-night notifying him that the naval force sent by Admiral Sampson had appeared in the harbor of Manzanillo and The commandant of the city declined tocom- ply with the demand, and an engagement took place, which is said to The fight at Manzanillo was begun at 4 o’clock, twenty-three min- utes before the protocol was signed, by a bombardment by the fleet. It was reported to-night that marines have been landed, but the dis- At the Navy Department it is said that the only vessels at Man- zanillo are some small blockading ships, which could not have con- ducted the operations described in the message. Sampson is at Guantanamo and that Captain Goodrich, Newark, Scorpion and Suwanee, is in the vicinity of the Isle of Pines and that therefore neither of those officers could have had any- In view of the signing of the protocol to-day and the suspension of hostilitles every effort was made by the authorities to stop the fight A dispatch was sent by Adjutant General Corbin to Santiago directing General Shafter to get into communication with Manzanillo as soon as possible and inform A dispatch was sent by the Navy Department to Key West also, to be forwarded to Manzanillo, and it can be confidently stated General Blanco has telegraphed to the Span- y from the Signal Office at Playa It is said Admiral with the the naval commanders 0000000000000 0C0O0000O000O00O0C0C00RA 00000000000000000 QR FLIG FLES " OVER WVAGLE Stirring Scenes Attend Its Raising. — PEOPLE WILDLY JUBILANT CUSTOM-HOUSE TAKEN AND THE PORT OPENED. General Schwan Wiil Continue His March Toward Lares—Porto Rico’s Conquest Soon to Be Completed. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. ~Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug. 12.—Stir- ring scenes were witnessed last night, when the American troops, under com- mand of General Schwan, marched into Mayaguez and raised the national col- ors over another important part of the island. General Schwan and his men were welcomed with wild ‘acclaim by the residents of the place. The Spanish troops, after their engagement with General Schwan’s advance guard in the morning, retreated from Mayagues, permitting our troops to take peaceful possession. As soon as the Spanish fiag had been lowered and the Stars and Stripes raised over the city General Schwan took possession of the Custom-house, opened the port and set the place in order. In all this work he met with little trouble. General Schwan, in har- mony with the plans of General Miles, will now march toward Lares, from which place he will proceed directly to Arecibo. General Miles, with General Stone and General Henry and their di- visions, will meet General Schwan’s di- vision in Arecibo and the conquest of the island will be completed with the march to San Juan, to which point the troops to the northeast of Ponce, under General Brooke, will advance ‘while the other divisions are marching from Arecibo. TASMANIA HOTEL HORROR. VANCOUVER, B. C. aug. 12—The steamer Aorangi brings Australian ad- vices up to July 16. On the night of July 11 the Criterion Hotel at Gormans- ton, Tasmania, was destroyed by fire and gix inmates were burned to death in their beds. The proprietor of the hotel, Mr. Lynch, with his wife and family, barely escaped in their night clothes. DIE FROM EATING POISONED CAHDY Fatal Sweets Sent in the Mails. TWO WOMEN THE VICTIMS ONE THE WIFE OF A FORMER SAN FRANCISCAN. Sad and Mysterious Passing of Mrs. J. Polk Deane and Mrs. J. Preston Dunning at Dover, Del. Special Dispatch to The Call DOVER, Del, Aug. 12.—Mrs. J. Polk Deane of this place and her sistery Mrs. J. P. Dunning, are dead, the result of poisoning from eating candy. Mrs. Dunning was the wife of J. Preston Dunning, the well-known Associated Press correspondent, recently of San Francisco, now in Porto Rico, and both women were daughters of ex-Congress- man John B. Pennington. The candy came through the mails on ‘Wednesday. The postmark on the box was illegible, but the package was sup- posed by Mrs. Dunning to have been sent by a lady friend in San Francisco. After opening the box Mrs. Dunning handed it to those sitting on the porch. No illness was experienced by any of the party until they had retired for the night, when Mrs. Deane was taken {1 with a violent vomiting spell. Mrs. Dunning also later in th® evening be- came sick. Toward morning Mrs. Deane’s daughter was taken ill, as were also a grandson and Miss Bateman and Miss Millington. Mrs. Deane died last night and Mrs. Dunning at 9 o'clock to-night. ‘While the others who partook of the candy are still suffering from its ill effects it is thought all will recover. It has not yet been ascertained who sent the candy through the mail. The lcanddy remaining uneaten will be ana~- yzed. AN APPEAL FROM AUSTRALIA Sydney’s American Colony Believes in Retaining the Philippines. SYDNEY, N. S. W., Aug. 12—The mem- bers of the American colony, through the United States Consul, have cabled to ‘Washington, praying the Government there to retain possession of the Philip~ pine Islands. ADVERTISEMENTS. TELLING TOO MUCH! ‘We may be too free with advice when we say if other dealers would sell at the prices we quote and as good articles all along the line they would be as busy from morning until night as we are. 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