The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 1, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY; -DECEMBER 1, 1900. ON WILL SELF-DEFENSE FOR HER GHASTLY DEED Trial of the SRensaiional Kansas Case Begins and Witnesses Relate Circum- sfances of the Killing of Mrs. Castle. MISS MOR PL ONDON, Dec. 1.—Oscar Wilde died at half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at a small hotel in the Quartfer Latin, Paris. For the previous three days he had lan unconscious or in a delirium from the ef- fects of an abscess in his ear, which the ELIX DO, Kens, Nov. 30.—Jessie, It was announced that the State and | doctors could not locate exactly. Inflam- ™M Im and ted and scarcely | defense would present a total of 115 wii- | mation from this gradually mounted to moving & mus - to-day to the | NeSses to be examined. The taking of tos- | his brain. He dled attended by a few . Sy wrlied oS then begun, the State calllnig | faithful friends. who decline to accept Qerly, the frst person who | the general verdict of the world agafnst | him. His end may be compared to that of Verlaine. It is interesting to note that “Mr. and Mrs. Daventry,” a play the au- thorship of which Wilde was credited with. is now the rage here. The majority con- th struggles of der she is be- ere Mrs. Bettie Spangler, the Castle home in . Castle’s cries for help. | Mrs. Moberly told of breaking into the ! house and finding Mrs. Castle Iying on the | floor with her throat cut and Jessie Morrl. ding over her. She Pushl’d Miss R s screams for | N back, she said, and as she did | sider 1t very shocking, and every one d by the State | ®o t atter tried to get something from | rushes to see whether it is as bad as re- - o strongest wit- | ber shoe. She held Miss sMorrison so sh2 Wilde, it is declared, was re- - " « one-fourth of the profits of the 10ve and demanded an explan be situation. '‘She tried to kil N Morrison. testified to seeing a black- | ving on the bedy of Mrs. stood over h stained razor that h which Mrs. Patrick Campbell n way at noon. 1 be paid for S, Dec. 1.—The Journal says it Is w! PARI rumored that Wilde committed suicide. Castle as Mi Wher est thie morning Brumback O'Flahertle: Wilde Oscar Fingal was = ¥ been found in the Castle home was eX- | born in Dublin’in 1 His parents were . the r te. The court- | hibited witness sald she thought it rhe | hoth noted people, his father having a na- was r d with specta- | #ame one. Later when another neighbor | tional repu surgeon and his . w p he majority. The 1 they both led Jessig Morrison out | mother wn as a_ literary 5 < ¢ fe wanted to go back glven a thorough he had left on the floor 1874 after becom- E This letter, blood of “Trimty College, Dublin, nducted to | stain shown (o the witness and | und a prize-winner at Oxford. In 1578 he he and her | ident The letter, according to ! went to Lendon, where he became famous Rt ien en’ out of the s o . on on the morn- o st v g of the murder a: was handed by | > the pris- | her to the murdered woman so she might jer of the esthetic movement. he traveled through the United Return- pe, be.continued his lectures th her fingers | bave an o for attack as Mre. ! through England. - He was everywhere * Castle cross-examinatlon | recognized as I'iant and brainy man. elicited 'nc His lecturing tour ceased after he reached Paris, where he attained still greater hon- e 0| berly ors. He 1eturned to London and devoted tt ok . his spare time to literary pursuits. The Atto back said swn, her eyes hal by Che heast-of ey ) s sta i B world was startled in 1 the evidence to show that n them Wilde on accusation pect e to show th b : de accusations mous con- e Morrison we! fp“’jfi‘;{‘,lf s | w om her tee ,sald to His trial attracted d-wide at- . b e s 8t d of Mrs Jastle, unable | tention He was convicted and sentenced writing a note. ere Was & | to two years' servitude at Woking prison. that the pris- the admission of the ‘mote, | The confinemen: so worked upon-his svs- raz: Jessie Morrison killed me.” | tem that on his release on the completion at she s afterward wrote & 1onECT | of his sentence he was a physical wreck. Several attempts have been made since his release to raise funds for the gifted author, but none were successful. Before Wilde succumbed to the effects shown, was jealousy an tred against Mrs , another neighbor, testi- | creams from the Castle | voice say: “Get off | State would rou are killing me." ol of his carousals his fertile brain had fur- PP - she "Tooked | mished the literary world with ~several CPNERIe N b winlow.. - - .. | works, the most famous of which was the e e B s N on stood jover the BIostrate! rovel '“The Picture of Dorian Gray. iss Morrison had cut Mrs tle in eelf- | tie's head. Jessle saw witness at the | the Duchcss of ' Padua /' a tragedy. He Gefense after the latter had attacked window and stralghtened up. e e e A They would show said, that Olin Cas- can show how Jessle Morrison | gn'of No Importance,” which were played : pay Miss Morrison atten- | moved, said the witness, and Mrs. | thronshout Foaleed and . thet Do : 5 to Miss Wi. | Branaie e pess. and Mrs | throughout England and the United s Sk ;,{“- t;:jhrfi:‘;f, apon d:,;i( ;’";‘ Bdn?m'rfll‘_ | States, attracting many favorable criti- letters. The | cally Jessie Morrison placing her hands at | “io; He visited San Francisco in 1882 and re- al( showed | the throat of the other woman, then ra ceived many attentions here. He was the e Db s hee Maagl & ng her hands at| guest of honor at the famous Tavernier- or sid 3 se. witness said Tor at 728 ery dly toward | Miss b ey i B g Strong studio, at 728 Montgomery street. He ‘was ‘also eatertained in fine style at the Bohemian Ciub. then on Pine street, the knees.) where he met Judge Hoffman, General r tntered the room nes, Judge Boalt. Frank Pixley and - ' claimed have | m Other eminent citizens. On the oc- 4 Kille § I cut her throat all 10 | casion of the club night in his honor he pieces with wore kis regulation knee breeches and a w tness then full complement of buckies. He was then s from the house, of her going back | jn the zenith of his fame and the honored - - of ber (rying to hide §ome; | suest in homes of intellect and refine- t she nad in her hand an¢ knowledged to his friendly run away from Mrs. Mober. | ment. He acknowiedged to i acquaintances that his long hair and knee breeches were trappings of the show busl- ness. Judgment Against Brotherton. In the Sheriff's Court to-day the London tminster contract corporation was against Josh Hamilton ormerly an American Metho- dist minister. It appears from the testi- mony that Brotherton and J. C. Kemp Van Ee came to England in 1895 and pr moted a number of doubtful mining com- panies. They then formed the contract corporation, Inducing Sir James Linton and other men of importance to act as directors. Brotherton, it Is added, next gold shares in these companies to the 1 the witness NDK-ALCOHOLIC FINDS EVIDENCE MEDICINE URGED| OF GROSS FRAUDS i it W. C. T. U. Ccmmittee to Is-|Court Names Receiver for | DEATH OF OSCAR WILDE IN AN OBSCURE HOTEL OF LATIN QUARTER Lies Unconscious for Days and Attended by Friends Who Refuse to Accept the World’s Verdict Against Him. ED BY A FEW FRIENDS: THE LATE OSCAR WILDE, ONCE FAMOUS A8 A PLAYWRIGHT AND ESTHETE, WHO DIED IN AN OBSCURE HOTEL OF PARIS ATTEND- e — + tract corporation for £55,000, and it 1s fc'fllh;ed he and Van Ee left for America with.the money. Counsel said the papers in the case were served on Brotherton in ‘Atrica, where he was found living In luxury. iBrotherton,” sald Arthur Hewitt or the r{‘lnlln}t:ms' uz a cor- e “was served with a writ at or ;:sauro"f)ler?:-}-r_ much to his surprise. Of course, he did not respond. Proceedings will now be begun in the American courts 00 which I believe he still retains. originally a resident of Boston, His career in London was one of the most remarkable in the annals of promotion. He lived in a quiet suburb but had good offices in the city, and floated company after company.” Mormons Roughly Handled. A Vienna special sa: Adviced received from Temesvar, South Hungary, record the rough treatment received there by two Mormon elders, emissaries from Salt Lake City, Utah. The two elders hardly commenced to enunciate thelr yfews on polygamy when the audience stormed the Intg)rm and ejected the pair from the all. One of them was compelled to run the gauntlet of 300 irate citizens armed with sticks, straps or knotted cords and shod with hobnail shoes. He was er- ward stripped to the waist and thrashed Spokes, counsel by a half-dozen matrons of Temesvar. The second Mormon was ducked horse pond. Finally the two elders were rescued by the police. The Minister of the Interior has prohib- ited further Mormon attempts to proseiyte as Pelng a danger to the }vell being of the state. Mrs. Maybrick’s Case. The officials of the United States em- bassy say they have not received any in- structions in regard to taking further steps for the release from Woking prison of Mrs, Florence Maybrick, who {s under sentence of imprisonment for life on con- viction of poisoning her husband. Shot Down by Soldiers. A special from Bucharest, says: A rising of Moldavian asants against the new tax on prune spirits has taken place. The military have shot twenty men and have made many pris- oners. For Exchequer Bonds. Subscriptions to the new issue of £3,000,- 000 3 per cent exchequer bonds ;&ly.ble in 1903, to-day totaled £6.263,500. The ten- ders ranged from 9 to 100. The average price was 98 2-10. The Statist will say to- morrow that no ngpl!ca.tlon for the ex- ehequer bonds will be made by Americans. sue Memorial to the | the Guardian Trust of Physicians. Kaunsas City. TURKEY WILL - I 30.—The general ET. LOUIS, Nov. 20.—Judge Thayer in| % on board | the United States Circuit Court of Ap-| he W. | peals to-day rendered his decision on the . Pre- | appeal of John W. Gates et al. for the ap- | of the | pointment of a recelver for the Guardian The | Trust Company of Kansas City, and is- sued an order appointing Hon. Francis M. ck to that position with a bond of $100,- Visit of the Kentuoky Causes the Sultan to Hasten i Payment. RS 000. s e sotnd The court finds that for the protection el . o ety n'_ all interests it is best to place the as- e America | Sets of the trust company.in the custod of a competent receiver until a final de- cree sha ¢ rendered, or until some ar-| of the | rangement be made among the shareholders which will enable the com- | al representative |pany to resmue its business with adequate Islanc The union | capital and conduct it on proper lines. In Manila a home for | his opinion Judge Thayer said: ‘‘The proof shows with reasonable cer- tainty that the officers and directors of fendant company have made a prac- yrganizing other corporations in various was cians ¢ non-alcoholic med- Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, WELLINGTON HO- TEL, WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—If Tur- key should settle direct with the Ameri- can missionaries, who filed claims for $90,000 with the State Department, no com- plaint will be made by the adminfstra- tion. It is conceded by some that this may be the result of the visit of the Ken- tucky. The authorities insist that the Cordelia Moots, president was decided upon for ap- i sailors ommittee mitted a me- ef for the Gal ana it is probable 1l make an appropria- th t engage Bt e o e enterprises of a highly ative character; that funds of the - secretary S aablowe | oM to a large amount have been in- | United States cannot afford to accept & ovork nd India vested in the stock and lands of such con- | gettlement of the claims under cover of cerns which had at the time no market value; that money in considerable sums had been loaned to such companies, some- times upon thelr stock as collateral and on other occasions without any security; . superintendent of ¢, spoke of what the in the South was The offi- but it has no control over the claimants. Such a course would, however, probably be welcomed by the authorities. In the case of Frank Pears, a ship contract, . that some of these enterprises have who was murdered in Honduras, while proved absolute failures, and that the ' the Government was Insisting upon the - — == | money invested therein had been wholly | payment of an indemnity of $10,000, the lest, while other of such enterprises are | heir were conducting private negotia- ADVERTISEMENTS. in a precarious condition and the outcome | tions with Honduras. In the interest ,of —rroee | thereof is doubtful and uncertain. future protection of American inter- Moreover, in some cases. if not in all, ests the department deemed it adyisable there appears to have been such identity | fo continue to press the claim, with the resuit that it was paid. It was learned to-night that Mr. Gris- com had sent a cablegram to Secretal Hay, which indicates that the Turkis claims may soon be satisfactorily set- tled. All that the officials would say was that the information {8 encour: . LONDON, Dec. 1—“It is probable,”’ eays the Cunatuulno{!le correspondent of in the personnel of the governing bodies of these corporations and the governing | body of the trust company that it is im- possible to believe that the interests of either were properly guarded in any of the | transactions and dealings which occurred | between them. “In addition to the acts aforesaid the | proof shows that the defendant company “Ilingered between life and death.” made large invest; i Y | the Standard, “that the contract for a «T think | oty apparently withont o ehadoenl BTOP- | cruiser to be ‘bullt in the United States i | thority under its charter. Such unauthor. | Will be canceled as soon as the Kentucky Dr. Pierce |izeg investments have resulted In the | Geparts, for it is difficult to see how the Pavorite ‘lockin; up of the company’ Vi money is to be found. rescripti means and impairing its up fy[. Svailable A rieum dispatch from Constantinopls p_,,; e | Sermore. the court entertains no|®8ys It is suggested that Russia i fedical Di | doubt that the defendant company has | Prompting the Forte to to grant Tedi s- | paid one and probably several dividends 0 exequatur to Dr. Norton. The dis- covery’ the out of its general d that | patch adds: “It {s an open secret that Yo Jvas not | they alsilke the foreign consuls in Asi b st medi- mfi%";fih.‘;fifl’:g':&”,flc{ made for the | yjilor especially the Americans, whom Cines i the | BATERE, o e K, supicion as o he | they”Surplel of Liding the American mis- world,” | false impression that 1 | sion work in Armenta. ontint 10 [ ous condition ot 1t was In & prosper- | " CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 39 (Thurs- Amelis | The court is of the opinion that the act | “‘”'"",‘"'f”’{{,‘”{ ’,’hmhrm”,fid o ?l . | creating trust companies does not auth matic circles that the gan clatmp Dougherty, fze the acquisgion of 5 author- | griging from the Armenian massacres of Kerrigan | fze the jacquiswion of securities by such | “may nmow be regarded as practically get- Wayne Co.. collateral for ldans unless they hawe on | tled, as an irade providing for the Bulla- yoe Co., | oacortainable market vaiue srd ooy 1o 1:;5 of a cruiser in the United States is Mo. "I | ) 3 “inv may be | officially promulgated.” Jave birth t properly termed "investment securitles.” | “The question of the consulate at Har- gave o | "In_accordance with these views, th . a baby last | court finds that it 4 ' oae | poot ‘remnins opam, the Pofts [psesioping - s s unsafe for the com- | {n its refusal to an_exequatur to summer | pany to continue the further transaction | Dr. Thom! orton. The moral ef- - of its customary business untll it has real- | feoi r ¢ th After con- ized £ its | fect, however, created by the pi ce of zed upon some of its assets and liquidated | the United States battie-shi tucky ment | its present indebtedness. D 8 Sabort 4f fha Ml me very ! e —— tions of the American legation, taken in had the | RENEW EFFORTS TO CAUSE S e e e h'-‘l;g st o - ! | other clalms, leads legation to hoj ('a; d_’;‘:” DISMISSAL OF POLICEMEN | for |:ln cesu-ly arrangement of all outstand- — i ing differences. g g 2 - NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Frank Moss has got, and he > sent to Governor Roosevelt, Mayor Van Fire in Treasury Department. diagnosed mv case as uterine trouble | Wyck, the Police Board and the District v R 5 e g s Attorney communications r WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—At 11:30 to. tending to dr Medicine seemed to | 3 egarding _the | gov fire was discovered In room 0, on the late negro riots and the part taken by the police, espectally in the investigation or- deres ¥ the Mayor. The communi was signed by W, Brooks. Prosident of | do me no good. 1 lingered between life and .death for quite a while, every day growing weaker until I could not walk third floor of the Treasury Department, which is occuplied by the auditors for the Interior Department. It destroyed some temporary supplies used in the office. The across the room. My friends were look- | the Citizens' Protective League, an organ- | Joss, is small. e cause of the fire is not ing for my death every minute. A friend :‘&:‘.g{,g“}:"&&“{l%op‘;v‘;? sach com- definitely known, but is su to have P 4 ] o m Sj advice. He replied immediately, m ‘nxeu::eo mowmodm the clubbing Troops Leave Porto Rico. me full instructions as to what to shielding them prosecuted and driven| SAN JUAN, Nov. 30,—The United States at once followed his advice, and when I :&’ the police force. . | transport Crook salled for New York yes- had taken his medicine about & week I )(r.P ks writes to the Governor that | terday with & of the Fifth Qavalry. it a deal stronger. When I had | {88, 2OU58: Civastigations. plreonnoted | aiited this eventag for I ews, taken it about one month 1 felt as Sompiaints. againgt Ligher oot having on e headguarters, band as T do today. I took four bottles of | bave not preferred a charge against & sin- | and co 3 ;A B each kind and two visls of ‘Pleasant ofiger. 5 . the medicine, Pellets.’s Many thanks for It has permanently cured me.” %fiflsgvmh E_t‘.".é‘m“ Settera to the Maver For & Cold in the Head. o cover the same Laexative Bromo-Quinine Tablets, * DRUGS, ROBS HIS BRIDE AND FLEES Arrest of a Married Man for Crimes Committed in Canada. ~ Special Dispatch to The Call | INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 30.—A man giv- ing his name as W. C. Welch and C. B. | Cross, but who is said to be C. B. Holmes with a family at Pasadena, Cal., was ar- | rested here to-day and held for the au- | thorities of Windsor, Canada, where he |1s wanted for drugging and robbing a | woman whom he had married a few hours before. The woman arrived this evening | and identified him. BShe said she was | | formerly Mrs. Hallle E. Norton, a widow, | 1tving in Vernon, Mich., a short distance | from Detroit. November 10 a matrimonfal | advertisement appeared in Detrolt, and | she and Welch, alias Cross, allas Holmes, ! became acquainted. After a week's corre- | spondence they became engaged, and she went to Detroit to meet him. This was | November 17. That night they crossed the river to Windsor, Ont., and were married. They stayed at the Manning House, and when she awoke the following morning | her husband was gone with §700 of her | money. 5 | Mrs, Welch says she drank beer that | was drugged by ber new husband. The matter was reported to the authorities, \and Welch was traced to this city, where he was captured while ln%;nrtn' for mail il'tmiéhe ploltgmeo. lgr:‘ Velch ‘)’xtal six | children in Vernon, but no pro; Y. When arrested Welch had 14 1n his pockets and $200 in a sock. Before the arrival of his bride to-day Welch began abaeas corpus progeedings in the 'm- !inal Court. This afternoon the proceed- ings were ended and Welch was turned over to the United States Marshal to- uight. wife sald she had learned since her husband deserted her that he had a family in ena. If this grovn true Welch will rosecuted for igamy if he fails of conviction for the robbery in Windsor. & MRS. VAN WERT IS GIVEN SENTENCE OF TEN YEARS Threw, Vitriol in the Face of Mrs. Alice Hemmel, Thereby Caus- ing Her Death. 2 VAN WERT, Ohio, Nov. 30.—Mrs. Emma Van Wert, indicted for murder In the first degree for having caused the death of Mrs. Alice Hemmel, by throwing vitriol in lha; .:Au (;n September 23, this ty t e Dot s e ORlio Benttontiary for ten years. The case was to have been assigned for trial to-day, but by arrangement between relatives of the accused and the prosecut- ing attorney a plea of manslaughter was accepted. Mrs. Van Wert was _immedlat. taken to the mlt.nu;ry. She has naovl?er dls- elosed the motive of her erime and h never publicly expressed regret for lt.“ S umo % “Dooley’” Seriously Ill. CHICAGO, Nov. 30.—Findley P. Dunne, author of th."Baoley" papers and for maay years an active newspaper man of e e A N inle Hotel but was Femaved o the hos- pital by tgo' advice of his physicians. e Hale l;,hgi- BPRING! , 1L, Nov. 30.—Bishop Beymour, who réturned to the oity to-day oy, AMERICAN TRODPS - TOTHKE N0 PART Administration Does 'Not-, However, Object to Puni- tive Expeditions. SR Bpecial Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, WELLINGTON HO- TEL, WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—No ob- Jection will be made by this Government to punitive expeditions sent to different sections of China by other nations. This decision was reached at a meeting of the Cabinet to-day, when Secretary Hay brought to the attention of the President and his colleagues dispatches handed to him by Wu Ting Fang from Viceroys of BSouthern China appealing to this Gov- ernment to use its influence to prevent the dispatch of a punitive expedition to the province of Shansi. The authoritles will not permit the Amerigan troops to take part in any attack on peaceful Chinese, and it is belleved that the attitude adopt- ed by this Government will have a salu- tary effect on Europe. Secretary Hay has received information | showing that in compliance with the In- structions sent him on Tuesday, Minister Conger has recommended negotiations contemplating a modificatign of the de- mands adopted by the forel Mini; . Itis pmug:ted t.h{t he has prcpued"y.;r:» gosale of = moderate character suggested "{ the Becretary of State, and that he 1l recelve counter proposals from his colleagues which will be based upon the instructions gvm them. LONDON, Dec. 1, 8:20 . m.—Th; tator In a 'striking article deaiing pith the Chinese crisis expresses the opinion that the most recent occurrences in Pe- king £ hadow a Chinese victory over the s has’ been as sSeems not unfln and Great be willing to inocur the e: and risk involved In persistin demands, it will be equivalen tory for'China, as nothing has that will_conviice the Chinese might; that ure in eir to a vic- that their Empress has been defeated or urope can avenge any future mas- The Shanghal correspon p‘(onrlnf‘ f::t;mwmn‘ y‘llt;::r-fiifu‘ - rdial reception mi} Seymour_ the situation is un changed. The Hankow Viceroy refuses to stop sending supplies to the court un- | less the Nanki icero; 11 also refuse, and the hne-rn.‘utmul):h"l!u undertakes to send no more arms, says he must con- tinue sending I%Wll“ 80 long as the Em- peror requires them. In fact, all our re- mnltrl.nwfielh Ou;lll '.hm is a ‘ce. ‘e have n« & courage more talk. In the Chinese th here the allies are represented as soldiers who do nothing but talk until their ca- reer is ended by decapitation.” e i Dying of Smoker’s Cancer. NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—George S. Jewell is dead at his home in Brooklyn, in his :‘nym—:eeond year, from smoker's cancer tongue. He was in first. 3 was ucml.nry e Teft it when it the Jones-Hecker- Jewell Milling Cc ‘Relative of Wi WASHINGTON, ‘ashington, great ey Dead. ov. $0.—Miss Eugenia in al | ants and, durlng the present emergen: Roumania, | rom- | Britain _may RADICAL CHANGES IN "ARMY BILL ARE PROPOSED Abolished, Variou WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Secretary Root's army bill provides for a lieutenant general, six major generals and fifteen | brigadier generals. The number of cap-| tains, first lleutenants and second lUeu- | tenants of the cavalry and infantry are | increased from twelve to fifteen for each regiment. Three of the captains shall be | avallable for detail as adjutant, quarter- | master and commissary; three first leu- | tenants for squadron and battallon adju- tants, and three second lieutenants for squadron quartermasters and commis- sary. Provision for the discontinuance of the artillery arm as at present organized is made by organizing an artillery corps known as coast artllery and field artil- lery. Officers of artillery are to be placed on one list for promotion according to seniority. The corps will have a chief of artillery detailed trom the colonels, nnd‘ while serving in this capacity he will| have the rank and pay of brigadler gen- |. eral. There will be in addition thirteen | colonels, thirteen lieutenant colonele, | thirty-nine majors, 152 captains, 188 first| lieutenants and 19 seccnd lieutenants. | The “captains and lieutenants, when noc | required for duty with batteries, will be available as staff officers during garrison. | Each battery of coast and tield artiliery | shall be organized as at present. The in- crease in the artillery shall be twenty per | cent each year for flve years, until the | maximum of 18,920 men Is reached. The adjutant general will have the rank of major general, and his corps is | increased one lieutenant colonel and ten | majors. The inspector general's depart- | ment is increased one Heutenant colonel | and six majors. The judge advocate’s de- | partment is increased ome colonel and | three majors. The quartermaster's de- | partment is increased two colonels and | one lieutenant colonel, four majors and| twenty-four captains. To fill the grade of captains, volunteers not over 36 years of age may be appointed. The subsistence department is increased one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major and thirteen captains. The medical department is in- creased two colonels, two lieutenant col- onels, ten majors, 117 captains and first lfeutenants. The pay department is in- creased one colonel, one licutenant colonel | and the number of majors is fixed at nine instead of twenty, as at present, with | twenty-seven captains. The majors in Lhe pay department at present will hold that | rank, but no promotions are to be made | until the number of majors is reduced be- | low nine. To fill the vacancies of cap- tains, men serving as additional pay- { masters not over forty years may be | selected. The engineer corps is increased five captains, fourteen first Heutenants and twenty-one second lieutenants. Pro- motions are to be made by seniority, and | vacancies are to be filled from the regular army. The ordnance bureau is increased one lieutenant colonel and seven fii lieu- | tenants. The signal corps Is increased two majors, four captains, nine first lieuten- the President is authorized to continue : the Philippines ten first tenants and ten second lieutenants as volunteer sig- | nal_officers. i All the promotions in the staff created | under the act are to be made from the | present staff corps, and when vacancles | occur by retirement or otherwise, the pro- motions shall, be made by seniority. Va-| cancles that cannot be filled by such pro- | motions are to be filled by detail from the | line of the army, the details lasting four | years. after which the officers shall not | e available for staff duty until they have | ro- of | | served two years in the line. The vision for flliing vacancies at the heax the various staff corps is as follows: ““That upon the occurrence of a va cancy :n the office of the adjutant ge: eral, judge advocate general, quarterma ter general, commissary general, paymas- ter general, chisf of ordnance or chief | signal officer, the: President may appoint the chief of any of said departments or corps m the officers of the army at| large not below the grade of Heutenant colonel. Provided, that chlefs of staff | corps or departments shall be appointed for terms to continue four vears, unless | sooner terminated by the President, and | while so serving shall have the rank, pay | and allowances now authorized for chiefs of sald corps or departments, and provid- ed, when any officer serving a de- tail as chief of a staff corps or depart- | ment is retired, he shall be retired with | rank and pay now authorized for the chief of such staff corps or department.” It is provided also that officers below the grade of lieutenant colonel in any of | the above-named departments shall one year in the line, but shall not their places in the staff cor i The above quoted provision is one of the | most important and radical of the| changes proposed by the bill. It amounts, | in effect, to the abolition of the staff corps as & permanent institution in which officers now serve throughout their mili- tary career. The proposition that line officers be appointed to do staff duty foc | a_definite period, and at the conclusion of that term return again to the line, has | BY SECRETARY ROOT Staff Corps as Permanent Institution Is s Officers Being Required to Serve in the Line. been strenuously advocated by many of the best mmu.r¥ authorities in this coun- try for years. It is a pet idea of former Becretary of War Proctor, now one of the members of the Senate Committee on Mil- itary Affairs. According to the provision as it now stands, the full effect of it will not be worked out for several years, as it is not proposed to make the provision ap- plicable to present members of the staff corps above the rank of lieutenant colonel. The provision “fon the filling of vacan- cies that may occur by reason of the pro- motion of officers under the proposed act is_as follows: “That vacancles In the grade of fleld of- ficers and captain created by this aet in the cavalry, artillery and infantry shall be filled by promotion according to se- niority in each branch, respectively. Va- cancies existing as the promotions have been made shall be proviged for as fol- lows: A sufficient number shail be re- served for the next graduating class at the United States Military Academy. Of- ficers now holding commissions in the volunteer army and whcse age does not exceed 32 years at the date of the passage of this act may be ordéred before boards of officers for such examinati be prescribed by the Secreta Volunteer officers who establish their fit- ness before these examining boards m be appointed to the grade of second liet tenant in the regular army. Volunteer of- ficers so appointed to the grade of second leutenant shall be arranged according to rank on a separate list. All vacancies then existing in the grade of first lleuten- | ant in each arm of the service shall be filled from this list and the lineal lists of second lieutenants according to senmiority, as determined by length of prior commis- sioned service; but nothing herein con- tained shall change the relative rank of officers heretofore commissioned as second lleutenants in the regular army. “When the vacancles in the iride of first eutenant shall have been filled from the two lists, the names of the remaining second lieutenants shall then be placed in one list in each branch. arranged as to seniority, according to the dates of their commissions, and promotions thereafter lshall be made as provided for in existing aw." Provision is made for the retirement of any officer who has been suspended from duty. This would apply to General Eagan, commissary general. The President is authorized to enlist and organize natives of the ~hilippines in or- ganization similar to the cavalry and in- fantry to the number of 12,000, the officers for such organization to be selected from the regular army. The highest officers in command of the natives shall be majors. When natives by their service and char- acter show fitness for command, the Pres- ident is authorized to make provisional appointments in the grade of first and sec- ond lieutenants. A regiment of authorized. An official statement in connection with the bill was issued at the War Depart- ment to-day, as follows: “There has been considerable difference in the promotions on various staff corps since the war of the rebeilion, which has led from time to time to special legisia- tion with a view to rectifying inequali- ties. In the new bill which has been sented to Congress the Secretary of War has caused to be adopted a ratio as fol- lows: To each colonel there shall be one lfeutenant colonel and three majors, and to each major of staff three captains. “This has been made to apply to the de- partments except in the engineers and medical departments. The engineers al- ready have a greater proportion of high grade officers than would be authorized under this scheme, but no reduction has been made in the corps. The Increase has been made at the bottom. The duties of the engineers are largely connected with river and harbor improvements.” Porto Ricans is also DEFALCATION MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND Investigation Shows Ridiculously Poor Business Methods of Cin- cinnati School Board. NCINNATI, Nov. 30.—It ls evident | that the defalcation of the late George R. Griffiths, school clerk. will exceed $100,000. 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