The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1898. WIFE ASSAILANT QUIETLY LYNCHED Fate of a Man Who Shot His Spouse. INTIMIDATED THE SHERIFF AND REMOVED THE PRISONER. | | Btory of the First Hanging, Lawful or Otherwise, That Has Occurred in Scott County, In- diana. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SCOTTSBURG, Ind., Dec. 24 —A lynching took place here early to-day 8o quietly that few of the residents‘ knew of the occurrence until this morn- ing. Marion Tyler, the victim, had been in jail for several weeks, in con- | sequence of an attempt to kill his wife. Shortly after midnight the mob was for) d, all those composing it being ma The men hurried to the Bheriff's residence in the jail, called him by name and, covering him and his sons with guns, the leader demanded: “Turn over the keys of the jail!" The demand was promptly rcfused,{ but the mob became so threatening and determined that the Sheriff and his family were frightened into telling where the could be found. The men took them and went to the jail, | they secured their prisoner and mber 3 last Tyler shot and wounded his wife and then > an ineffectual attempt at suicide. trial was to bave taken place Jan- 13 i £ Tyler's parents, residing | eansboro, Ill., were notified of | what had occurred. TRANSFER OF REGULARS TO RELIEVE VOLUNTEERS| Arrangements Being Made to Send | Troops to Manila vie the | Suez Canal. NEW YORK 2 Col- | er gen- | ceived definite ordérs from the transportation via the Suez canal | preparations to that | ips are being fitted for | to Manila, and will be | m this city with troops | hawk, now on the ways | = Mobile, purchased | at the opening of | 1d_at present running regu- | n Havana and Sayannah, Ga. | nsports will take the Fourth, | and Seventeenth regiments of reg: The Fourth and half eenth will ip on the Mo- : Twelfth and remainder of he Mohawk. These t present “at Fort rracks, Ohio; Jef- | Missouri, ' and ' Fort | ‘e l Of Interest to the Coast. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Robert W. | Hurlburt was t | | appointed Postmas- v, Cali- igned. Limekiln, as been changed to Lem- ranted as follows: 3. Culver, | ’S-Amuwl Wy J. Killen, crease—Rodolphos D | $8 to $10. | nal—John A. Moore, | Philander §! | Mexican War . Fanner, | Consular Reform Measures. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Harry field ident of the Cleve f Commerc few day r reform eland Chamb They which Commerce and oth- ons throughout end to urge upon Congress, for a hearing before the Committee of the ign Affairs Committee the | will “oreign ask R reported is deemed to } mercial or T are co-operat Relics From Cervera's Fleet. | WASHINGTON, De There is now | ard a quantity of | ised from the Cer: ink near San s launch boilers, tor- | at e . hand pumps and a mass of other from the Colon and Maria would be ¢ as 3 s historic associations, The | ordered demy at Annap- ouvenirs and | uff nt re- for the en- | inder wi roken up or sold \ il be | Big Loan Declared Legal. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26.—Judges Sul- | r and Penr day bill in y brought ind Yocum to restrain t loan of $11,900, by r he | 000 1o be | 1 better wal 000,000 for the public library, \ establishes the legality of | nd it will be negotiated at | Beautiful Royai Bavarian China Dark Green Ground, Pale he-| liotrope center and large| Cameo heads. Graceful shapes| Salads, Comports, Roll Trays, Fancy Chocolate| and Tea Cups, Cake, Tea, ! Fruit, and Bread and But- | ter Piates, and everything that’s beautiful Effective prices breat American import'g Tea Co, €61 Market, o). Powell 705 Larkin St. 40 sixth § 1419 Polk St. 1819 Devisadaro St. 2008 Filimore St. 521 Monlfomery Av, 1190 Kentucky ® St. 3285 Misslon " St. 52 Market St. Missi n St. xtcenth St. 855 Layes St OAKLAND STURES: ‘ 3Washinetonst. 181 San Pablo Ave. Broadway, 616 E Twelfth St. 1810 Scventh St. ALAMEDA—1358 Park St. SAN RAFAEL—B St mear Fourth. te for Cataloguoe 05 17 i | not REASONS FOR THE INCREASE OF THE ARMY MIDNGHT WORK OF A MoaiArgument in Support of the House Military Measure. ‘One Hundred Thousand Men Re- quired for Coast and Frontier Defense and to Maintain Order in the Islands. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—Represen- tative Hull, chairman of the Military Committee of the House, to-day filed with the clerk his report on the bill for the increase of the regular army. After detailing the amendments adopted in committee, all of which have been set out in the Associated Press dispatches, the report says: The bill fixes no maximum strength for the entire army. Assuming that the Gov- ernment will require about 100,000 men for the defense of the frontier, for coast defense and to maintain our authority in the islands, for whose good order and gov- ernment this nation 1S now responsible, together with a reasonable reserve force, the bill provides regiments of cavalry and infantry sufficient to give the num- ber required for each arm of the service and a corps of artillery for our seacoast batteries, with two regiments of artillery for fleld batteries. The committée believes the organiza- tion as provided for in this bill will make the most efficient military organization, at the lowest cost to the taxpayer, of any organization proposed by- any-Dbill before | Congress. The organization of fhe cavalry, as provided in this bill, is substantially the same organization now previded for bv law. The change in the present organiza- tion is in making €ifteen captains in place of twelve, and in providing for a com- missary of the regiment. By this increase of rank the adjutant, quartermaster and | commissary are given'the rank of captain, | and a commissary sergeant is also added The fifteen first lieutenants provided ha three extra first lieutenants for each regiment, to be available as adjutants. It also provides for the crea- tion of a band for each regiment by en- listing the men as musicians, while, under the present law, they are enlisted in the regular force and enrolled as musicians. The organization of artillery provided for in the bill changes from the regi- mental formation to that of a corps of artillery, and as the artillery arm has so grown in importance the committee feel justified in submitting the full reasons for the change. The relation of tion to the work perform ma; best understood by brief referen its history. Our pres- ent system dates back to 182 first four regiments were or fifth regiment was adde sixth and seventh in 1898, the arm was. first orga 1521—the question of coast defense was nearly so important as it is to-day, and consequently the question of organ- ization was not 50 important. Moreover, this relative unimportance of both func- tions and of organization continued for many years—in fact, down to 186l. On the other hand, there werc questions be- fore the country that made the services of infantry of very great importance, and hence we find the artillery almost con- tinuously used as infantry. Thus in t Mexic: War the Fourth Artille used as infantry. It was armed equipped as infantry and served as such not only in Mexico, but also in Florida during the Seminole troubles, on the lains and elsewhere. even in the forts. When the Clvil War broke out in 1861 all the foot batteries heretofore armed and equipped and serving as infantry were converted Into light batteries, only to re- sume thelr infantry equipment and duties after Appomattox. In the bill under sion the number of “artillery units (batteries) were ob- tained from consideration of the number the artillery organiz: that the army w | of gun positions to be manned. You must have, at the limit, as many batteries you have gun positiohs. Further, these batteries must be grouped In sufficient numbers at each harbor te man all the guns in that harbor. Evidently the idea of the regiment does not come forward here at all, and for a good reason—there is no relation between the regiment as a unit and between the work to be done by the artillery. In other words, tne es- sential of artillery organization is the battery, these batteries peing grouped ac- cording to the necessities of each casa, necessities differing from harbor to as | harbor. The conditions are entirely different for infantry and for cavalry. In these each indf 1 carries a weapon, which is not the case with the artillery when used as such. The fighting strength of infantry or cavalry is measured by the number of weapons it can bring into line, but no such measure can be uniformly apnled to_the artillery. Experience has shown that the regi- mental organization is suited to the in- fantry and to the cavalry, the unit se- lected, namely, the regiment, belng the greatest number of muskets and of sabers, respectively, that can be directly controlled by one man, essary one. But evidently no_such necessity exists in the artillery. Why, perpetuate a system that Is essen- tially a relic of the past and wholly out of harmony with present and with future conditions. There is no sen{iment con- nected with the maintenance of the regi- mental organization, because, as already explained, the chances are against an offi- cer’'s serving wholly in one regiment. For the purely local feeling for the regiment alone has been substituted a strong feel- ing of pride in the army as a whole, a feeling gorn of the desire to see this long- neglected arm of the service at last B to a full realization of its opportunjties and its duties. Let it be borne in mind how complicated is the artillery service; how many differ- ent kinds of guns it has to serve, that in future it will be charged with the torpedo service and that the nature of artille service in general will depend entirely upon locations that differ from harbor to harbor and it is at once evident that an arbitrary division of the personnel into regiments is Inherently vicious. The corps system, on the other hand, gives the artil lery the adaptability and flexibility that are demanded by the ever varying condi- tions of its service. " In respect to the number of batteries recommended by this bill one argument only need be brought \IE. If the neces- sary personnel is not to be provided, why are millions appropriated every year for guns and for the complicated ordnance of the present, which cannot be trusted tc trained men? ‘";Sy June 30, 1899, 195 batterles of coast artillery will be needed for the guns actu- ally installed. The bill asks for 144 su batteries. According to reliable observ tion the deterioration of electric machin- ery in our coast forts when uncared for fu 23 per cent per annum. of other ma. chinery 20 per cent, and of guns and ca riages 2 per cent. A battery of two 12 mufi guns complete with all its machinery eosts $146.000; 1f uncared for the yearly 1oss would be about $44.000. In the organization of the lnfan(rr iment the change has been made in reg- the number of enlisted men In a company’ from 106 to 145. The object of the in- crease is to provide for an adequate force at the very lowest cost to the Gov- ernment. It has not been the object of the committeé to sacrifice efliciency- for economy, but taking the number of men necessary to carry out the purpose of the object, we belleve that an organization on the basis of 145, which would give us but 112 privates, is more efficient in ac- tual service than one of 126 privates, as proposed in the Senate bill. The ‘largely increased number of rej ents which would be made necessary by the reduced nfimber of privates would entall an in- squadron | nd { creased expense each year on the Gov- ernment for officers and would materially impalr the effectiveness of companies and regiments on the line of battle. General Sherman, in his report to the War De- partment in 1876, after a full study of the armies of Europe, and after he had seen their operations on the field of battle, recommended a company of 20 enlisted men in time of war, and further stated that we could count on one-third of the men being absent from duty in an army serving in_the field. General Schwan said that after twenty- one years' service as a line officer, he re- garded 145 men as the best organization. General Miles, in his testimony before the committee, recommended 100 enlisted en. The organization provided for In this bill gives as a maximum a smaller regi- ment than in the minimum of the leading nations. The committee inserted a new | section in regard o the Record and Pen- | sion_Office, believing that the present chief of that office has by his ‘wonderfully efficient services made it only proper for !hlm to have the rank of brigadier gen- | eral. His administration of the office has | resulted in a saving to the Government of over $400,000 a yvear in clerk -hire alone. | The committee has placed in the bill | | certain limitations as to age. The Govern- | | ment retires an officer at 64 on three- | | quarters pay. If men are placed in the | army at an advanced age they render the | w.mvernmvnt absolutely no adequate serv- | lce for the obiigations the Government | umes to care for them during life. The guestion of how long a man should serve before being retired was one the commit- | tee was not at all agreed upon, but a com- promise was finally placed in the bill limiting appointments to those not over 50 years of age. | The retired list should not be used as an |asylum for men who have spent their | active life in civil employment. An ex- | ception was made in a, new section ex- | empting all the staff corps now open to ‘a;wmnlmvnt from civil life from the ! | | | | opération of the age. limit, all men who served in the Civil War and the recent | war with Spain. The reasons for the in- | corporation in the bill of section 5 is found in the following, submitted by an | | officer from the War Department: “I | have made a calculation that the bill pre- | pared, provided all promotion in each arm s by seniority in each arm respectively, | | would give the following results as regards | | promotion to captain: In the infantry all | o | the present first lieutenants and sixteen | psecond lieutenants. In: the artillery all | the present lieutenants and forty-two sec- | ond lieuteénants. Total for Infantry and | artillery, fifty-eight. In the cavalry fifty- seven of the present lieutenants would be | left such. The scheme to equalize pro-| motion to captaincy would, therefore, glve fifty-seven captaincies in . the artillery and infantry to the fifty- seven remaining first lieutenants of cav- alry, All the first lieutenants in each arm | would be captains and all the second lieu- | tenants in each arm would become first | | lieutenants, leaving the vacancies at the foot of the list of first lieutenants and all i | the second lieutenants to be filled by pro- | | motion from the ranks, from the volun- | teers and from civil life.” | The official estimate of the cost of the | {army under the organization proposed; in the bill Chairman Hull : states is about $90,000,000. Hull estimates the pay of the army at $24,416,887 and the | additional cost for subsistence and all | other expenses to bring the total up to not exceed $83,000,000. STEAMER FROM CALCUTTA TAKES PLAGUE TO ENGLAND | One of the Cabin Pasengers, an Officer in the India Company’s Service, Has the Disease. PLYMOUTH, England, Dec. 24.—On the arrival here this evening of the British | steamer Golconda, from Calcutta, Novem- | ber 19, via Mediterranean ports, for Lon- | don, it was reported that there a case of bubonic plague on board, the patient | | being one of the cabin passengers, an offi- | | cer in the India Company’s service who | | was coming home on leave. | The sufferer was attacked by the dis- | | ease the day after the steamer left Ma | =eilles, and”he was isolated as soon as | the na'ture of his disease was learned. He was landed here. gy GIVES BIRTH TO A SON. | | Czar, Becomes a Mother. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2.—The Grand Duchess Xenia, sister of the Czar, has given birth to a son. The Grand Duchess Xenia, eldest sister of Emperor Nicholas, was born in 157, and Is the wife of Grand Duke Alexander, a son of the Grand Duke Michael, who is the grand uncie of the Czar: - Beer That Is Not Taxable. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Some days ago the Secretary of the Treasury sub- mitted to the Attorney General the ques- tion of the taxability of beer, under the war revenue act. It is understood that in the forthcoming opinion it will be held that beer in the hands of the retallers on the date the act went into effect is not subject to the increasedtax. Thisquestion | has been before the Internal Revenue Bu- | reau for some. time, and there being some | doubts as to the legality of the tax, {ts enforcement was not carried to the point of reissue. Considerable sums, however, were collected from retailers on_this ac- count, and these will' be refunded. Two Brigadiers Relieved. 24.—Brigadier WASHINGTON, Dec. General Robert H. Hall has been relieved from the command of the Flrst Brigade, First Division Fourth Army Corps, and ordered to join the Fourth Infantry. Brigadier General John A. Andrews has been relieved from the command of the Third Brigade, Second Division First Army Corps, and ordered to join the Twelfth Infantry. ¥ SO Confession of a Perjurer. OMAHA, Nebr., Dec. 24,—13d Brixis has made a written confession admitting that | he perjured himself in swearing that his | former employer, Joseph Eleroff, a res- | taurant keeper, was guilty of setting fire to the building at 107 North Ninth street on the morning November 12. Brixis came here from Denver several weeks ago, where he was formerly a deputy sher{ff. Sword for General Boynton. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 24—A thou- sand-dollar gold and silver mounted sword made in this city was sent by ex- ress from here to Chatnnob%n to-day to ge presented to General H. V. Boynton, as the Christmas gift of citizens of that city to the officer, in testimony of thejr high a%%reclatlon of his late services at fi:an et omas on the Chickamauga bat- e | covered in the ashes. | Grand Duchess xénin, Sister of fhe? C and this unit is | 1 the Spanish regime, FOR A FASTER MAIL SERVICE Speed of Trains to Be Greatly Increased. MANY SCHEDULES SHORTENED DAY BSAVED BETWEEN NEW YORK AND THIS CITY. Changes That Will Benefit All Points in the East and the Cities on the Pacific Coast. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Second As- sistant Postmaster General Shallen- berger and Captain White, general su- perintendent of the Railway Mail Serv- ice, have succeeded in arranging for a general change in the transcontinental mail service, which will be of great benefit to all points between Boston and New York on the East and San Fran- cisco, Portland and all points on the Pacific Coast on the West. The time of the fast mail leaving New York at 9 p. m., on the New York Central road, will be shortened three and a half hours between New York and Chicago, the arrival at the latter point being at 8:30 p. m., instead of at 12 midnight, as now. The connection will be made at Buffalo, so that mail which now arrives in De- troit at 6:20 p. m. will arrive at about 1 p. m., insuring delivery at nearly all points in Southern Michigan on the day of the arrival in Detroit. From Chicago fast trains will leave for Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneap- olis and for Omaha. Mail heretofore reaching St. Paul at 1 p. m., and Min- neapolis at 1:40 p. m., will arrive at about 8 a. m. and 6:40 a. m. respectively. The overland trains now leaving at 1:30 p. m. will change so as to leave about 9:30 a. m., thus effecting a material gain throughout Minnesota and expe- diting mails all the way through to the coast, involving Helena, Mont., Spo- kane and Seattle, Wash., and the en- tire Northwestern coast. Mail now ar- riving in Omaha, Neb., at 2:40 p. m. will arrive at that point at about 3 a. m., and will connect by Unlon Pacific transfer with the overland train leaving Omaha in the morning over the Union Pacific railroad, instead of the one leaving on the same day and time in the afternoon, thus effecting a gain in transit of from ten to thirteen hours at points between Omaha and San Fran- | cisco, arriving at San Francisco at 8:45 D. m., instead of at 9:40 a. m. on the following day, as at present. The entire State of California will re- ceive this mail practically for business purposes about twenty-four hours ear- lier than it does at present. The Oregon Short Line, running from Green River, Wyo., to Portland, Or., will schedule its train so as to connect with the fast mail, thus reaching Port- land at 5:30 p. m., instead of at 7:20 the following morhing. = These changes will affect the entire Pacific Coast as well as all intermedi- ate points from New York to Chicago. Eastbound there will be a correspond- ing gain. Mails from the West via Omaha now arriving at Chicago at 6:45 will arrive at 3:30 a. m., and mails now arriving from Stz Paul at 7 a. m. will arrive at 2 a. m., connecting with fast mail trains on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the Pennsylvania and Illinois Central, leaving Chicago at 2:30 and 3 a. m. Mails from the West now arriving in New York at 10:35 a. m. will reach that city at 5:35 a. m., in time for the first carrier's delivery. The Boston, which now reaches the delivery at 2:10 p. m,, will arrive at 7:32 a. m. There will be a corresponding gain for nearly all Eastern points. The con- nection with the fast mail on the Illi- nois Central will advance all mails for points contiguous to that line through to New Orleans. Mail will reach Pitts- burg at 4:55 p. m., instead of at 11:5) p. m. The connection with the Monon fast mail, leaving Chicago at 2:45 a. m,, will put mail into Cincinnati at 11:20 a. m., instead of at 6 p. m., as now. CHINESE MURDERED AND INCINERATED Robber Takes a Life and Sets Firz to the Home of His Vietim. CARSON, Nev.,, Dec. 24—A Chinese washhouse in Lake Valley was destroyed by fire last night, and this morning the body of the Chinese proprietor was dis- There was a bul- let-hole in the head and_his skull was | crushed, showing that hé had been mur- dered. Robbery must have been the ob- ject, as he had a stock of winter pro- visions and a large sum of money. The scene of the crime is in El Dorado Cal., and officers of that county nvestigating. A stranger who came to lley some weeks ago has been ar- rested on suspicion. e Tod Sloan’s Christmas. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 24.—Jockey Tod Sloan has arrived here to spend Christ- mas with his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. | D. G. Blouser. This is his first visit home since the beginning of his’turf career, ten years ago. He was accompanied here by Eddie Bald, the bicyclist, and Charles wyer, a son of M. F. Dwyer of New York. The three will resume their jour- ney West the last of next week. heir car is filled with hunting equipments. Tod says he will remain in Calirornia until April, when he will return to England to rlga two seasons for the Prince of Wales and Lord Beresford’'s stable. He will do no riding in America in the meantime. g Editors Offend a Judge. CARSON, Dec. 24.—The News having | charged the court and Commissioners with having conspired to make an unfair drawing of the Grand Jury, and the pub- lishers when called before the Grand Jury having failed to make good its charges, the court ordered the District Attorney to prepare the necessary affidavit to brin, contempt proceedings. They will be calle: upon to appear on Tuesday at 3 o’clock. Collision in a Fog. BTOCKTON, Dec. 24.—1ne Union Trans- portation Comvany's steamer Captain ‘Weber ran into a schooner anchored in midstream in the San Joaqtuln River in a dense fog. with the result that a large portion of the steamer’s house was toin out. t 1s aueged the schooner (the Hermine Blum) displayed no lights nor rang a fog-bell, and tnat sne is liable to a fine of 3 3 Budget for Porto Rico. . BAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Dec. 24— General Guy V. Henry, the Military Gov- ernor of Porto Rico, reduces the budget for next year from L.M,mogem, as under to 1,700,000 pesos.” He asks for authority to apply the custom- house revenue to the improvement of roads and the cleaning of cltles. Colonel Wolverton Retired. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Lieutenant Colonel Willam D. Wolverton, depu surgeon general, has been retired. -W — Ivory Is a B:;kmpt. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Edward J. Ivory, the well-known Irish agitator, who was arraigned on a charge of conspir: a year or so ago, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptey to-day. His total liabili- ties are $5613, due principally to a 1n:acsz:many for money loaned to Ivory in —_— ANGELLOTTI'S DENIAL. Not a Candidate for Supreme Court Commissioner. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 24.—Superior Judge F. M. Angellotti, in refutation of his can- didacy for the office of Supreme Court ‘Commissioner, as published in to-day’s Chronicle, said to me: “I wish it distinctly understoed that I am not a candidate for the office of Su- reme Court Commissioner, have never cen, and under no circumstances will T consent to be a canwdate for the office.” Lumber Mill Destroyed. BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 24—Twelve cars containing 11,000,000 feet of lumber, 2 planing mill, elght sheds and a large quantity of machinery, the property of the Shepherd & More Lumber Company of Boston and this city, were swept away by fire to-day, causing a loss estimated at a quarter of a million dollars. The en- tire plant of the company was practlctfllg wiped out of existence, and it was witl great difficulty that adjoining property was saved. —_—— Volunteers Paid and Discharged. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. 24.—Two hundred soldiers who enlisted for two years, or during the war with Spain, were discharged from the Twentieth Infantry here to-day and paid. Most of them wiil re-enlist for the Manila trip. The regi- ment, which has been ordered to the Phil- l?pmes, expects to leave for San Fran- cisco Jquary 10. s 3 el VSR Rejects the Proffered Loan. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 24.—It is semi- officlally announced that the Minister ot Finance, M. de Witte, is unable to ac- cept the proposal recently communicated % the United States Charge d'Affaires of illlam Ivins of New York, the repre- sentative of a group of financlers, to make a large loan to Russia. S ‘Wanted a Fight and Got It. GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, Dec, 24—Edward Earwood, a farmer near Yellowtown, came to Gallipolls, and while on his way home disturbed a literary meeting in a country schoolhouse. After he had made threats to ‘‘clean out” the place and had used considerable bad language, he was hit just above the left ear with a_club and ‘died of a fractured skull in an hour. ek Bragnan’s Slayer Released. CARSON, Dec. 24.—The Ormsby County Grand Jury failed to find a bill against James Moss, charged with the killing of Martin W. Brannan, and the prisoner as dismissed. The testimony presented o the Grand Jury was conclusive that Moss acted in self-defense. EAGAN OR MILES MAY BE COURT-MARTIALED Continued from First Page. charges against anybody what- ever in the service, but thinks the | law, military and civil, is ample to be invoked in the cause of truth and justice. General Eagan con- tents himself with the complete denial of the statements alleged to have been made by General Miles.” The interview alleged to have been given by General Miles, and to which General Eagan takes exception, was published yester- day in a Cincinnati paper. Gen- eral’ Miles expressed the belief | that the action of chemicals used in the preparation of beef for the | army of PortoRico and Cuba was | largely responsible for the sick- Iness of the army. General Miles | was also quoted as saying he had “suggested that food was sent to his large army under pretense of experiment,” and, further, that | to feed an army with such beef was “more than an experiment.” When I saw General Miles to- day he declined to make any statement whatever for publica- tion concerning the matter, giving me to understand that the action he would take | would be maintained a secret for the present. From what I have been able to learn, however, Gen- | eral Miles will not retract what he | has said. He has made a careful investigation of the beef ques- | tion, and his statements before | the War Commission some days |ago were fortifie(l by reports from regimental 'commanders and surgeons. He did not say of his own motion," therefore, that the beef was bad, but he gave it as his opinion, based upon the re- ports of officers under his com- mand that such was the case. It is presumed by those close to him that General Miles pro- poses to make a statement to the Secretary of War concerning the condition of meat furnished his army, and will recontmend that such action be taken in the premises as may be deemed proper. It will then rest with the President and Secretary of War to determine what shall be done, and the friends of General Eagan say that in case the matter takes such a turn as that indicated there can be but one result—his court-martial, which they are cer- tain will terminate in his vindi- cation. Should such a vindica- tion occur, they add, General Miles will have been shown to be guilty of having publicly calum- niated General Eagan, and that he should be court-martialed on a charge of “conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman.” Should he be found guilty the ar- ticles of war prescribe that the sentence shall be dismissal. 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GENERAL DAVIS WELCOMED PATRIOTISM DISPLAYED BY THE CUBANS. Great Demonstration of Insurgents, ‘Women and Children Upon the Arrival of the American Force. Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. PINAR DEL RIO, Dec. 19.—The re- construction . of this great tobacco- raising, sugar-growing province has begun. Absolute peace exists, and the people are at work. General Davis, be- fore he left for Havana, was told that brigands probably would overrun the province; that petty dictators were taxing the villages; that insurgents had occupied the towns and would not yield paramount authority to the Americans, and that he would be in- finitely vexed By obstacles in every step of restoration of civil order among a restless people. When General Davis, with his staff, a battalion of the Two Hundred and Second New York Regiment and a sig- nal corps company, reached the bor- ders of the province in the journey by train from Havana they were received at Santiago de las Vegas by a colonel and 150 Cuban horsemen, aligned near the station. Afterward, behind them, were 125 young Cuban women on horse- back. Around and behind this caval- cade townspeople gathered, shaggy- haired old men, women in black, troops of children with flowers and small Cu- ban and American flags. As General Davis and his staff appeared on the platform there was a passionate burst of “Vivas” and bare machetes flashed In the medley of colors. The cheering was so proionged and genuine that . the Americans were moved by it.. The colonel placed him- self ahd his men at General Davis’ dis- posal. The Alcalde of the town made an address. The general, who knows some conversational Spanish, but not enough for a public speech, said, through an interpreter, that the Cuban people had been through great trials and .sufferings and that the Americans were there to aid in securing their lib- erty. Surgeon Major J. J. Kneedier had be- come separated in the crowd from Gen- eral Davis and one of a committee of priests began to read him an address of welcome, thinking the doctor was the general. Major Kneedler, who at first did not perceive the drift of the address, was unable to find an opening to stop the padre before the welcome had been concluded. The doctor, through a Cuban, who could speak English and Svanish, said that as one of the American ships with General Davis he regarded the Cubans ag men and brethren and that in all his travels he had not been in so fine a country. The Americans then swept on through wide spaces of deserted country. From the train they could see occasionally the blackened walls and tall chimney of a ruined sugar centrale. At each of the towns the senior Cuban officer made known his allegiance to the proposed order of things under the American Froteotonle. Pinar del Rio City gave a reception ag enthusiastic as that given at Santi- ago de las Vegas. The Cuban com- mander turned over the municipal and provincial belongings. General Davis has communicated by letter or by mes- senger with the important towns in the province. Not an incident of brigand- age or injury to personal rights has resulted. The most flagrant crime has been the disappearance of seme chick- ens. The Spanish residents, some of whom are the well-to-do men of . the city, had lived in the interior between Spanish evacuation and American oc- cupation unharm The people near r have torn the wire from the troche and have inclosed vards and fields with it. ‘The principal storekeeper has painted advertisements on two of the s The town is W fed on chickens, fresh beef, fruit ang vegetables The country is exhausted but the revivica- tion has begun. Palm huts are build- ing on wasted farms. The country peo- ple are now living chiefly on radishes, sweet potatoes, sugar cane and chicken and quail shot or trapped in the thickets, Pinar del Rio City has many pretty houses. The population was 12,000, of which number 7000 have been buried. The women are all in black. Following General Davis’ instruc- tions the American officers and privates are careful to return the salutes of the Cuban soldiers, who, armed and un- armed, are coming and going all the time. They subsist largely on gifts of food. Some, forced by necessity, have sold their rifles. Mausers captured from the Spaniards are selling for $5 or $6. In Havana Mausers are surreptitiously sold for $20 or $25. The battalion of the Two Hundred and Second New York Regiment, under Major Wood, is camped on high ground and about a mile outside the city. The landscape of rolling coun- try and distant. mountains is most beautiful. The men have been work- ing hard cutting grass and organizing camp. They have not missed having fresh bread and beef since they left Havana. Forty-two head of cattle bought to-day for the camp are graz- ing near by. Guard duty is light. One post of three men Is maintained at the railway station and another is at El Globe Hotel,where General Davis stops. No other guard duty outside the camp is required. The men expect to be re- placed by regulars in the spring and allowed to go home. Dreadful stories are told of the malaria that develops around Pinar del Rio with the begin- ning of hot weather. JAMES W. FLOOD IS A FREE MAN Ex-Cashier of the Donohoe - Kelly Bank Walks From San Quentin Prison. SAN QUENTIN, Dec. 24.—Notice was received from Governor Budd by Wardea Hale to-day of. the pardon of James W. Flood, ex-cashier of the Donohoe-Kelly Bank, who was servine a seven-year sen- tence for having embezzled $60,000 of the bank funds and falsified the records of the bank in order to get possession of cer- tain money. Flood indicted by the Grand Jury in 1893, but the case was fought so bitterly that he was not sent to prison until December, 18%5. Flood was released and went to San Francisco this evening. Bight were pardoned in all. The most important were Byrd Beebe, sentenced to life for murder in the second degree, who has already served twelve years; the Gib- son brothers, whose case has already been exploited in public print, and T. H. Mau-- pin, serving time for the killing of a squawman. e S MACY’'S NOSE IN FRONT. Schorr Entry Wins the Christmas ; Handicap at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24.—The Christ- mas handicap for all ages at a mile, ued at $1000, was the feature of the day's card. Tommy Burns' riding _landed the prize for his employers, J. W. Schorr & Sons of Memphis, whose candidate, Macy, had but a short head the best of it at the wire. The weather was cloudy and track good. Results: First race, six furlongs—Debride won, Sim Canova third. Time, 1:15%. ' ws:g:gd'nce, handlcap, five furlongs—Village Pride won, Frank Bell second, Gold Fox third. Time. 10 eelling, mile and three-elghths— Slay Pointer won, Double Dummy second, 4. Time, 2:24%. M e, Christmas handicap, one mile— Macy won, Loiterer second, Belle of Memphis 1:42%. thirhin race, lls and & _sixteenth, selling— Sistor Stella won. Bequeath second, Tranby third. Time, 1:50% Forbes Defeats Sprague. CHICAGO, Dec. 24—Barry Forbes was given the decision over Eddle Sprague of Streator, I1l., at the end of a six-round bout to-night at the Chicago Athletic Club, Forbes had the better of it all the way thrnug)_l. RIS Governor Tanner Seriously Ill. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec. 24.—Governor Tanner's illness has taken a more seri- ous turn, and he has been compelled to take to his bed.” He returned home sev- eral days ago from an Eastern trip suf- fering from an attack of grip. Whate and Negro Miners Battla. PANA, Ill, Dec. 25.—White union miners and Imported negrc miners en- gaged in a street fight this event Da- vid McCavic, a white miner, and Charles Gilbert, a non-union negro miner, were very badly injured. Gilbert will probably dle. b ‘Will Not Buy Fernando Po. BERLIN, Dec. 24—In here it is said that there is no truth in the report that Germany has proposed to buy the island of Fernando Po, the Span- ish penal settlement in the Bight of Bia- fra, Western Afri cuf' Iieat Publication. SANTANDER, Spain. Dec. 2.—The pa- pers here have ceased publication, owing to the severity of the censorship, 2 official circles _ i