The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-17
ANOTHER AMERICAN FREE
Oscar Cespedes Released From
the CabanaS Fortress.
LEE CABLES TO SHERMAN
ynfounded Gossip About Discour-
tesy 10 Vice President Hoba rt.
sixteen More Applications Bull
letined at the Treasury-Secre-
tary AIger Busy in His Office.

A cablegram from Consul General Lee
addressed TO Assistant Secretary of Stat,
Rockhnl. received this morning, announces
the release from prison OF Oscar Ces
pedes. a native OF Key West, on condition
that he leave the island. The suspect
was ca aptured without arms in an insurgeni
hospital near Zapata Swamp, September
9, 1896. He was imprisoned at saT
severinO Fort, MantanZas, until the ques-
tion OF competency between military and
OWL Jurisdiction was decided, the mil
itary law prevailing. His case has been
pending ever since the decision was reached
Secretary Alger was the only one of
TIE three Cabinet Officers in the State,
War and Navy building who was absent
from the White House conferencethi mo orn-
ing He remained in bis office and enter
tained callers in the midst of his routine
work Senators Allison Of Iowa and Platt
Of Connecticut were among those who had
business with him. The fact that the War
Department has no gifts to dispense prob
ably accounts for the Secretary s absence.
THE appointment OF Mr.. Joseph T. smith
as director of the Bureau of American Re
Ro concession or change TO be made. II is
a political appointment, made by the Sec
reLary Of State, to be approved by the Pres
ident and is generally known as a place
to be filled 10y a personal friend Of the
Chief Executive. Mr.. Smith was political
secretary TO Mr. Mckinley before the latter
became President, and as a newspaper MS n
Senator iIuar lied upon the Secretary OF
State this morning.
Secretary Long has issued an order
making additional changes in assignments
OF naval officers, as follows:
Past Assistant Surgeon ]. NJ Moore, to
the Alert; Past Assistant Surgeon L. w.
spartling, detached from the Alert ard
granted leave for three months; Surgeon
n. H. SimOns, from Newport torpedo sta
tion, to the Columbia; Surgeon r. z Derr,
detached from Columbia and granted leave
of absence for three months; Ensign a. g.
Kavanagh, from the Oregon first 10 the
Asiatic station, then to the Yorktown;
Lieut.. A. Sharp, from the Bureau OF Equip
meat 10 the Assistant Secretary's
office, as naval aid, To succeed Lieut..
Schuetze, who leaves TO take bis place on
the Marblehead at the end OF the month.
Lieut.. A. c. Hodgson, 10 the Alert; Lieut.. A.
G. Baker. from the Alert, and grantsd:eave
for three months; Paymaster s. Rand,
from the Columbia, TO seUtie accounts, and
waiting orders; Paymaster j. L. Cam,
from the Newark To the Columbia; Ensign
Z. II. Osborn, from the Newark 20 the Co
lumbia; Ensign F. r. Payne, from the
Newark to the Terror.
Secretary Gage, of the Treasury Depart
ment, excused himself to ali callers at 10
O'Clock this morning, and repaired TO the
White House for a conference with the
President He did not expect to return to
the Department before IL.
Among those who called prior 10 his de-
parture was Vice President Hobart. he
and the Secretary had brief conference.
It is denied atthe Treasury that there was
the slightest misunderstanding attending
his can OF yesterday Mr.. Hobart dropped
hts card when passing il 10 the private secre-
tary. Never having met him Heretofore,
Mr. VaDderlip could not be expected TO
recognize him, and as he stopped TO pick
Mr Hobart's card from the floor the distin-
guished visitor passed out having dis
covered that the Secretary's room was
crowded with people who had preceded
him Thus the story is stripped Of seDsa-
tioDRl features.
Senators Cuilom and Mason and Repre-
sentative Larimer, Of Illinois, called on
Secretary Gage this morning and intro
dUced Capt. William NJ. Meredith, Of their
State, who has applied for his old place st
the head OF the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. The captain is eligible for re-
appointment. He is an eN-UnlOn soldier,
and can come in under rule 10. He is
quite hopeful OF the result being in his
savor.
The list Of applicants bulletined at the
Treasury today numbered sixteen, and is
as follows:
William Youngblood. OF Montgomery,
Ala, for auditor OF the Interior Depart
ment; Talieson Evans, of New York, for
slditor OF the War Department; Daniel
Ramey. or Washington, %. c., for deputy
auditor of the War Department; E. B. NJ.
Brown. OF Columbus, Ga, commissioners
general OF immigration.
Collectors of Customs-A. Sherman Ma
gaw. OF India napolis, Ind, for the post at
Sitka. Alaska; George Hester, OF Cleve-
land. for coTectorship at Cleveland; 8. c.
Wheeler. of Sandusky, Ohio, at SanduSky.
Collectors of Internal Revenue-John W.
Davy, OF San Jose. Cal, for San Fran
cisco: c A McVery, OF Fresno, Cal, for
San Francisco; william H Quinn, OF San
Francisco for same: I. b. Miller, or
Helena. Montana. for the post at Helena;
T.. w Gardner, OF Amsterdam, n. Y, for
the office at Albany; E. j. Cridge, OF Troy.
N. Y, at Albany; Penrose McClain, OF
Philadelphia at Philadelphia: Henry Wag-
ner, OF Pittsburg, Pa, for Denver, Col:
J. C. Dempsey, Henryvilie, Tenn, for
Nashville. Tenn.