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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
Natural History Society.

Tho Natural History Society last even
ing received from Edward Tatnall seventy
six plants found In this vicinity, William
7, Bancroft also gavo star fish and
Sarah NJ Foil eighteen plants Frank NJ,
Jones showed twcnty.four specimens of
butterflies and a 1.-Two silver -holied snake
which was found near Washington street
bridge. The exhibit of his snakeshi ip
caused much excitement among the wo.
men.
Walter D. Bush read an interesting pa.
per on The Coming and Going of the
Birds"
His subject was illustrated by many
mounted specimens of birds, which, he
said, during the present week can be heard
IN concert at daylight in Brandywine
Park Mr. Bush closed with strong plea
for the feathered songsters.
He said: Before closing, one word in
protest against tine custom now declining,
am glad TO say, Of using for personal
adornment these little creatures, whose
very hapless innocence and beauty should
protect them against tho cruel brutality
OF fashion, to satisfy whose whlms hun.
dreds of thousands Of the most beautiful
and useful Of them have been destroyed.
Ladies', for the sake Of gentle woman.
hood and mercy, do all you can to dis
courage and eradicate the unfortunate
taste which bids fair to extorminate ono
OF the most beautiful Of divine gifts to
earth, tho wearing Of whose plumago could
add nothing to the perfection of that other
divine gift, yourselves" "
David Reinhart and A.. X. Taylor were
to membership,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04

The third annual meeting of the Della
ware Baptist State Mission Society will
De held in the Bethany Baptist church
Wilmington, Delaware on Thursday
the 9Th inst. Rev. o. G. Buddington
PRESIDENT of the Society will preside, and
tho following will be tho order of exer-
cisos
Afternoon session Devotional 2. 80; SER
mon, Rev F, F. Briggs, 500; needs and
prospects of the various fields, $40; Swed-
ish Church, Wilmington, Rev. Victor
Sandal Eighth Street, Wilmington, Rev.
henry Jones; New Castle, Rev. r. b.
Cook, D. "a; Calvary, Dover, Rev. J. T.
IPlontty; Milford and Harrington, Rev. S.
D. Ovetton; Report of secretary and treas.
urer election Of officers and business
Evening session-Devotiona and praise
services, 745; address, Rev. Wayland
Hoyt, " u sl5; address, Rev. Z. b. Pal.
mer, ID. D., S.45; offering. =.
Supper served by ladies of the Church
I, AND o cordial invitation Is sex.ended.ta ap
delegates and visitors to remain and enjoy !
social intercourse
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
Double Murderer Fatally Shot.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 4-"Bilr Ad.
ber, one of the most notorious charac-
ters of the city, on Sunday night com.
mltted his second murder within three
gears, and was himself shot and per-
maps fatally wounded. Adler mixed"
with the negro keepers in crap game
al Sixth street and Broadway, and
when the smoke cleared away it was
tound that Adler had shot and killed
William Johnson, negro, and that
Adler had been shot in the side by
vames Gordon, colored. In 1894, dur
ing the street masquerade which con-
ifiuded the fall carnival, Adler killed
Postoflice Inspector Jesse Mcclure. He
lTas convicted of manslaughter and
Served ten months in Jail.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04

Philadelphia, May 3.-Flour weak; win.
ter suDertine. S2.75G2.JO; do. extras, $50
3.25; Pennsylvania roller, clear, Sta4l5.
do. straight, a15G4.35; western winter,
clear, $i44.lb; do straight. $4159435; city
mills, extra, S.l0G3.35. Wheat dull; con.
tract wheat. May, SO4Q81l4c.: No. Penn.
sylvania and No. 2 Delaware red, spot,
SsM46gac'; No. l northern spring. spot
6hQS7ac.; No. red, May, 7SIsc.; do
June, TIC; do. July, 76Hc; do. September
72Ar. do. December. 74izc. Corn quiet
and steady; No. 2 mixed, spot, 2sIs6p2ac. :;
No. mixed, May, 2Stsg29c. Oats quiet
and steady: No. Q white. CARROTS, 25hGJ
2bc.; No. white clipped. carlots, 25I2QU
&c: No. white. May. June and July,
26d25Ac. Hay firm: choice timothy, SltG
l4.5O for large bales. Beef steady beef
hams, $lq2l.5o. Pork firm: family, s1O5l
Oil. Lard dull and easy; western steam
ed, &.s2A Butter quiet; western cream
cry, B6bl7C.; do. factory, Sfl12c Ell
gins, lie; imitation creamery, 1O@14Isc.;
New York dairy 1lBl6c. do. creamery,
l3@l7c.; fancy PROFITS jobbing at 2OQ2Gc.
do. extra. wholesale. lsa2Oc. Cheese
steady; large, 9ia1l0sc; small, 1OAm1lc.;
part SKINS 4qSlsc.; full SKINS 21u3c
Eggs easy: New York and Pennsylvania,
l04l0l&c.; western, fresh, S@lOc; southern
&c. Tallow steady; city. 3hc.; country,
3hc. Petroleum steadier; United closed
at SlAc bid. Rosn quiet; strained COM
mon TO good. Sl.65. Turpentine quiet at
3O1ac. Pig iron steady; southern, $lOGl1:
northern SlO.60Gl2,5O. Copper easy;
brokers, S1l.25 exchange. $11a11.l2ls Tin
lull; straits, $l3Qg1330; plates quiet Spell
Ter steady; domestic. N1O4I42O Lead
lhows no new feature today. being still
more or less in buyers favor, although
,omnaly held at former prices; brokers
luote at $3.12,@. while the exchange quotes
32O43.25. Coffee steady; May, sf45; July.
750; August. $7.50@755; September, $l55ls |
80; December Si60GJ770.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
NEW CASTLE NEWS
Correspondence of the REPUBLICAN,
NEW CASTLE. May 4, 1897.

One story is good until another is told.
Joseph H. King yesterday afternoon in,
formed the dissatisfied fishermen that he
would have his books audited. Accord
lhgly, he secured three disinterested
parties last evening, and found that from
| april " to April 20, inclusive, there was
soidNso, ls9 shad for 81 ,5039 92.. The money
| PAID to the fishermen was s1, 1853, SO, there.
Dy showing that King had paid $59. 9l out
oI ms commission, and In regards to the
claims Of =. l. Rogers it must be under.
stood that there was also an expense of 2
cents on each shad for the sloop.
Ihe City Council held special meeting
iast evening and passed a resolution re-
questng the Legislature to report un.
iavorably the bill before that body max.
ing amendments to the City Charter Tho
reasons assigned are that the instrument
was never submitted to tho City Council
nor 70 the people, that the new Charter
Just Killed was the bill the people Of New
Castle favored that Counci! has the right
70 appoint Board of Health and that
thefe Is proper protection against fire at
present. Wv
The matter is a serious one inasmuch as
tle appointing power of the Mayor is kill.
ed under the bill and placed in the hands
Of a commission
Ihere Is too much petty jealousy among
our people, III one person does not geG
%hat is wanted then he tries to hinder the
workings Of the machinery of the other
tellows. stop your personal abuse of one |
another on the Streets attend to your own |
pusiness ana remember some day you may |
want your enemies to be your friends.
Ihe official board of the Methodist Ennis.
6S9pai Sp Church held meeting last evening.
me board has been grossly misrepresented |
py correspondent of an afternoon paper
Last week he had report to the effect
tnaG tne presiding elder would be snubbed !
when ne paid an official visit to the church
mere. The board considered the conduct
OF the writer of that article at its meeting
last evening
To make the matter worse said one of
the Boaad last evening the INSCRIPTIONS
writer was brought up Methodist his
Iather and family are honored members of J
lhe church and then to think he would I
persist In mlsrepresenting the church peo.
pie. HIS paper has u poor circulation and
that helps the matter.
~, a gay party of thirty young people from
wilmington spent yesterday in the woods
below New Castle.
Cooper and Duncan ore plastering John
Carriers house at Farnhursu
Several members of Company H attend.
% the ball of Company A in Wilmington
asst evening,
The A, Il. Bailey passed up the rivey
yesterday in tow of the Asa Hughes, The
3aileY's lnasts were gone
ol1lcer Morgan shot two dogs yesterday
md the trolley cars killed one.
Bayard Fleming sprained his ankle by
alling from Fred Eagles barn.
City Council and the Trustees of the
common meet to night
lhe Meredith Senate defeated the Cuban
ilants, by the score of 20 to 9. 1t was an
Interesting game
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
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Christian EndeaYnr Officers.

Tho Wilmington Christian Endeavor
Union held its yearly rally in st. Paul's
church last evening and elected these Of
ficers; President. O. A. Cline; vice, presi.
dent, Miss Anna 7. Lincoln; correspond.
Ing secretary. j: Fl. Burns; recording sec.
Tetary. M. ii. Hurley; treasurer, e. ].
Guthrie; advisory board of pastors the
Rev. Ezra Tinker; the Rev o. D. Robin.
son, the Rev. w. A, Walling, the Rev, W.
y. Lewis, the Rev, G. f. Hendricks, the
Roy G. A. Wolfe, the Rev. W. H. GUY,
General Secretary Lang of the Y.M.C.A
spoke Of "Tbe Young Man and the Y. P.
S. G.. q" and Rev. W, L. s Murray made
an address on Pastor and Young People
in tbeir Relations" 1t was reported that
Wilmington has twenty.three societies,
with active membership Of 14O2. Com.
munications wEe read from Senator GRAY
and Rev. + B. Meyer Of London.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

New Jersey postmasters: John L,
Derby at Crawford; William H. Larison
at Madison.
A whistle in a 3-year-old boys throat
at Paterson, N. j., was cut out by sur
geons after having been located by the
%-ray.
Actor James 3. Gentry was removed
to the Eastern penitentiary, In Phila-
delphia, to serve his life sentence for
the murder of Actress Madge Yorke.
Serious rioting has occurred in the
San Luis province OF Argentina, caused
by the great destitution and suffering
there and the delay of congress in
sending aid.
DR.. Zertucha, the alleged betrayer Of
the Cuban General Maceo has been
arrested and taken to Havana. 1t ia
that the Spanish will deport
him to Charfarinas Island, the Span
ish penal station off the African coast.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
W. N. R. r. Stockholders,

The stockholders Of the Wilmingtor
and Northern Roalroad held their tyye n
tle5h annual meeting at Birdsboro, yester
day, and tho reports Of the officers showed
affairs to be in an excellent condition
Those facts were included in the report OF
the directors.
The receipts were as follows: From mas.
scngers S72, +05 40; milk, S9,902. 46; mar.
keting, 81, ,9Sl, IA; express, s., ,S54Gl; mails.
Si663. Al; freight, 1866, ,655.9l; telegraph,
Si9l. 25; miscellaneous, &C. 433. SO; gross
earnings, S483 72G.03; operating expenses
S307 5OO,l2; receipts loss operating ex.
penses. rental Of leased lines, interest and
taxes, SlO6l5.70
Compared with the present year, thero
was decrease In gross earnings of $?4,.
6o93G, and u decrease in operating rxn.nS
os of Sl3,07S.43 The operating expenses
were Sh.73 per cent. Of the gross earnings
as against ei0S per cent. in tho previous
year, divided as follows;
For transportation, S26i, sos QS; for main.
tenance OF way, $751; 436. 70; for office ex.
penses, 81, 395 So; for printing advertising
and stationery, s5,440 l2 for superintend.
ence, 2i,52549; for car service, $3.50. 40;
for loss and damage on freight, S5l7e5; for
miscellaneous, e., 254.G7; total, 1897, 800 12,
Some of the principal items of expendi.
ture are as follows: Real estate-addition.
al right OF way near Wagontown, SlOO
construction-iuprovemenG of tannery
building ut Wilmington, $3.50 81; now arch |
culvert at Winterthur trestle, Sl,4O3 40; |
new water station as Cossurt completed,
$55I29; filling wooden trestlos, S76l, ,G5:
new eidings, i8l0 feet, SG,9lS.go; total,
81, 9Sl,3l.
The total equipment of December 81 con.
sisted of % locomotives and 1863 cars. The |
total mileage Of the road is q, 30 of main
line and 9S 35 of silinps Tba ind,
ness is; Trust mortgage, per cent. bonds
S35i, 900; general mortgage 8 per cent gold
bonds S39b,000.
These officers were elected: President,
II. A. DuPonti secretary, h, B. Shurter;
suporintendenu and treasurer, Colonel A,
6, MCCausland; chief engineer. l.. II,
lllllsf general freight and passenger
agent B9wness Briggs; auditor, l.. Is
lownsendi board of directors, H. A. Du.
pont, George Brooks, DR.. Charles Huston,
A, l., Foster. John S, Gerhard Colonel l..
Heller, w. w Kurtz.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
Alleged Dynamiters Relensed.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, May 4.-James Mil
Ter, John Bird and George Jordan.
three of a party Of seven colored peo-
pie who were charged with blowing
up Hungarian shanty on the Lehigh
Valley railroad, by which six lives
were lost, were brought into court yes
terday on a nolle PROSE- and discharg-
ed. Nelse Miller, the leader of the
party, was convicted of murder in the
first degree. but he died in prison be-
fore the sentence could be carried out.
Frank Shaffer. another of the party,
was also convicted of murder in the
first degree, but the board of pardons
changed the death sentence to life i'm
prisonment.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
THE TURNER'S

Have appointed as Special Agents In viii.
mlngton for their Great Remedies, the
following Druggists: S, c. McKeever.
Il. G. klmble, Wilmer C. Taylor DIR
Bennet Downes, B. Il, Veasey, West
Stree0 PHARMACY, j: Harvey Spruance,
Bro.
HAVE YOU A BABYp p--Giys it Po.
Melia. Will make it pink and plump.
Po-Melia perfect food. Discovered and
Perfected by the Turner's Of Philadelphia
ARE YOU A VICTIM?- ?-Thousands of
men and women arr suffering great pain
with their Kidneys. Utah Kidney Beans
cure all Kidney troubles. Made by The
Turner's.
FLYING SPARKS FADE AWAY
Nervousness, loss of appetite fade away by
using Bicola Pills, Make nerves right, an
petite right, blood right. Great female
regulator Made by The Turner's
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
Two Important Torelrn Missions

Washington, May 4.-The president
now has under consideration the claims
of aspirants for two of the most i'm
portant European missions, Russia
and Spain, and it is believed has ar
rived at a point where he will be able
soon to send in the nominations for
these places. While it Is not known
definitely who the nominees will be,
there is reason to believe that tho
Russian mission may go to General
J. Fl. Wilson, of Delaware. As a sue
cessor to Hannis Taylor at Madrid the
name that so far stands at the head
of the list Is believed to be that of
ex-Speaker Bryant Of the Illinois leg
islature.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.

ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Newark at Philadelphia.
Hartford at Reading.
Paterson at Lancaster.
Richmond at Norfolk.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
Killed by His Drunken Son,

Z Independence, Kan. May 4. The
murder of an old man by one of his
tHons is reported from Howata, 1. T.,
tha victim being John Riley, 60 years
Pf age, whose place, two miles east
pf Nowata, is widely known as the
old Riley farm" Jim and Lewis Riley,
Mis- sons, aged 20 and 26, came home
drunk, and were soon engaged in
desperate fight. When the father at
tempted to separate them Lewis drew
4 gun and fired two bullets into the
Ola mans body, killing him instantly.
Young Riley fed.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
Earthquake in Virginia.

Richmond, Va, May 4.-Salem, Rad
ford, Pulaski, Blacksburg, Christians
burg, Roanoke, Wytheville, Fincastle
and other points In southeastern vir-
ginia report having experienced earth
quake shocks yesterday. At most
places there were two shocks, one
shortly after noon and the other at
about p. m. Radford appears to have
been the point of the most pronounced
disturbance. Bricks were thrown from
the chimneys and plastering was
knocked down. At several points in
the southwest there was snow Sunday
night. No seismic disturbance seems
to have been felt in the Shenandoah
valley.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04

DOVER, May 3.-The Wilmington and
New Castle Electric Railway Company it
ls understood Is doing to others wbat it
complains Others are doing to 1t. Il is
opposing the passage of the trolley road to
, the grass covered town by way of Newport
from Wilmington The latter road has a
good route mapped out. 1t can go under
and over the railroad tracks without
much cost. Newport wants to form a
park with beautiful lake for fishing. on
the borders of the town.
III Will be interesting to watch the result
OF the fight. "What right has the VIII
iqlngton Company to bar us out?" say the
Now Castle road people, and In the same
breath say Keep out Newport road"
?, ny merging with the Brandywine
Springs road the new road can go to Sixth
ana French streets In Wilmington.
A delegation of Road Commissioners
was here to-day opposing the bill to legis.
iatc them out Of office and after some de-
bate in the House the measure was post.
poned indefinitely.
By vote OF 10 to 8 the House passed the
Dill providing fine of 500 or three
months Imprisonment for o minor who
iinilsrepresented his age in order to obtain
liquor from saloonkeeper. The House
thls afternoon passed the Senate substitute
10 No. incorporate the Wilmington Title and
u7V solipauy III WnlCn James w, Pon-
DER and Others are interested.
The House passed the Senate bill TO al.
low the debt of Milford to be refunded al
lower rate Of interest. The measure to
provide for tho maintenance Of colored
TEACHERS Institutes was also passed,
The seDate passed the bill making 1t un.
awful tu catch sturgeon between June 30
and December 81.
Rival delegations were given hearing
q the House to-day over the bill to allow,
ne Delaware Construction Company to-
withdraw from the Cherry Island Marsh
company, which owns a large quantity Of
and along the Wilmington river front.
Isaac Elliott, William Sellers, II. G.
Nahahy and Others opposed the bill,
While Alvin R. Morrison, S. H. Baynard
M others favored it, After the hearing
ne measure was recommitted.
Mr. Davis introduced the bill to repeal
ne law exempting workingmen's wages
New Castle County from attachment
IL debt r
Mr.; Pyle in the Senate introduced a bill
'hlch provides that 30 days notice must
given before damage suit can be en-.
req IN the courts, and that each side
iall deposit sufficient money to pay the
Dogs can still run at large without
lVing heavy blocks attached to their
9cks.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
YHE HOUSE COMMITTEES
Populist Simpson Again Assails
Speaker Reed
FOR NOT APPOINTING THEM,

The Republican Majority sustains the
Speaker by an verH5elming Vote.
An Appropriation to Provide For the
Expenses of the Postal Congress,
Washington. May 4.-"The issue was
made, as Speaker Reed put it, in the
mouse yesterday on the speakers pol
Icy or postponing the appointment of
committees. Mr. Simpson, Of Kansas,
brought 1t on by another attack upon
The sneaker. which moved Mr.. Reed
70 challenge him to propose resolu-
tion instructing the speaker to ap-
point the committees. The Kansan
evaded this challenge, but Mr.. Lewis,
q new Democratic member from WASH
angton, took up the gauntlet which the
speaker had thrown down and moved
the adoption of the resolution of the
tenor suggested by Mr.. Reed. Then
MIR. Fleming, of Georgia, offered a
substitute embodying the instructions
IN different terms, and Mr.. Dingley
the Republican leader, to make the
issue plain, as he said. presented an
other substitute directing the speaker
10 appoint the committees "immedi-
ately"
: When the vote was taken on the
proposition the speaker was sustained
by practically the solid vote of his
party, assisted by SS Democrats under
The leadership Of Mr. Bailey. The reso-
luton was defeated by vote of 81
10 fzf~ Fof the first time this session
the factions in the Democratic ranks
were forced to Dut themselves on
record, and 80 Democrats, with all of
tbe Populists, supported Mr. Lewis.
Mr.. Low. of New York, was the only
Republican to put himself on record
dn support of the resolution. while
democrats and s Republicans refused
10 vote senate resolution appro-
priating $4,000 for the congress of the
universal Postal union was adopted.
senator Tillman, of South Carolina
was heard from briefly and pointedly
IN the senate yesterday after silence
pf many weeks, and as usual his re-
marks served to arouse lively con-
FoN X. It occurred during the con-
sidet&ttAp Of the free homestead bill.
par. Mont resented some sharp re-
marks Of the South Carolina senator
tabout "gobbling" and stealing public
lands. The incident was closed by a
statement from Mr.. Tillman disclaim-
Ing any purpose of being discourteous
TO the Alabama senator. An agree
snent was reached for a final vote on =.
The free homestead bill at D. m. to-
day. Early in the day Mr. Morgan en-
neavored to secure vote on his Gu
ban resolution. 1t went over, how
ever, at the request of Mr.. Hale, of
Maine in order that speeches in oppo-
sition may be made.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
WASHINGTON,
Last Tour of the Season via the PenpsyI.
vania Railroad.

The last personally conducted tour of tbe
season to Washington via Pennsylyania
Railroad will leave New York and Phil.
adelphia May l3. Tickets including trans.
portntion hotel accommodations, and
every necessary expense for three.day's
trip will be sold az the following rates:
From Now York, Brooklyn, and Newark,
Sl4.5O; Philllpsburg, N. j., sl45O; Potts.
vile, sH3O; Cape May. sl2.75; Phlladel.
phia, I'll So and at proportionate rates
from other points.
This Is most delightful season to visit
the National Capital, and no more salts
factory and economical trip can be arranR.
cd than the one hero presented
For tickets itineraries and tull informa.
ton apply to ticket agents, Tourist Agent
1885 Broadway, New York. or Geo, W.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent
Broad Street Station, PHILADELPHIA,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
REAbs H. ! 5 Quick Relief Female Pills

Relieves IN 2daysH. 1909 South St.. Phin,,
and dO2 Market street. al.tts-9ln
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
OuSted by Mnyor HarS.iSon.

Chicago, May 4.--Mayor Harrison
yesterday removed John NJ. Clark and
Christopher Hotz, Republican members
Of the civil service commission, on
charge of incompetency and neglect
of duty. Adolph Kraus, Democrat, was
appointed to succeed Mr.. Clark and ex-
Mayor Hampstead Washburne Re-
publican, to succeed Mr.. Hotz. Mayor
Harrison endeavored to secure the
designations of the two commissioners,
but they refused to resign, and the
mayor then directed their removal,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
To Test a South Coro,,,o1,ou

Charleston. May A suit was be-
gun here in the United States court
Yesterday which may seriously affect
the dispensary law of South Carolina.
The suit is brought by w. A. Wander
COOK q Co., of California. against Dis
pensary Commissioner Vance and all
cohstables or state officials acting
under the dispensary law, and a per-
petual Injunction is asked by the COM
pany prohibiting them from interfering
with the business of the company
which may be transacted with its
South Carolina patrons. The suit is
the result of the recent seizure of a
carload of wine shipped by Wander
COOK & Co. for number of private
citizens.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
Paymaster Coryine pIe,ds cr,,tr

Newport, r. l., Nav 4.-The court
martial In the case of Paymaster John
CorWine was convened in the war col
lege building yesterday. The charges
against the paymaster allege deser-
tion, embezzlement of $4,000 and con-
duct unbecoming an officer and detri-
mental to the service. Corwine plead
ed guilty, but asked for a continuance
until Tuesday, when he stated he
would have a statement of his case
ready for presentation. An adjourn
ment was made as requested