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Soldiers.
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PENSION CHECKS AT FACE vALus
Banks Have Always Charged Heavy
Discount and Now That Is
Done Away With.
MONEY ORDER SYSTEM EXTENDED
Anew Order Issued by the POST
Office Department. Thai Pats
lhc=*1sostofflue on the
sg Footing OF u Bank.

Washington, Oct. at Is est.
mated that u quarter of n million dol
lars will be saved to the pensioners OF
the United States each year by an or
der issued yesterday by the postotice
department, giving postmasters au-
thority to cash the checks in which
the pensions are paid. The payments
are made quarterly, and the pension
ers are low compelled to pay varying
rates Of discount in order to obtain
the cash for their checks. This sys-
TEN will, of course, be abolished by
Yesterdays orders, as the postmasters
will cash the checks ut their face
value.
Whilo the pension checks drawn in
favor of pensioners IRE payable at a
limited number of places, the holders
who reside in cities have no difficulty
in negotiating these checks through
banks, but inasmuch as the greater
number of pensioners reside in places
remote from banks, the matter of pro-
viding means whereby these persons
might promptly obtain payment of
these checks without expense to them
selves has been for years past a ques-
ton which has received attention
from the pension department.
Incidental to this many postmasters
at money order offices in small places
have requested the postoffice depart
ment to permit them to cash these
checks and to remit such checks to
their respective repositories in lien of
the corresponding mount in cash.
The methods by which this inter-
change could be successfully carried
out received the consideration of Com
missioner Evans and Assistant Post
master General Heath at a conference
yesterday, the result of which was
that the postoffice department will au-
thorize postmasters Mt all money or
der offices in the smaller places to cash
these checks for pensioners known
personally to the postmasters, and to
treat them in all respects, SO far as
prompt payment is concerned, in the
same way that money orders are low
treated. 1t is not expected that these
checks will be presented to postmast-
ers at the larger pla es where there
are banks. this arrangement being in
tended merely to add to the conven-
fence of the old soldiers, and to enable
them to avoid the expense which now
frequently attaches to the negotia-
tions of their checks.
Through this method millions of
dollars will be paid the pensioners
through the money order system of
the department and without any ex-
pense whatever to them. On the con
trary the checks will be of advantage
to postmasters at the smaller places
for use for remittance purposes, and
the measure will undoubtedly prove
popular and Convenient.
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THE mnN1YRE COURT MARTIAL
Testimony So Ear in Favor of tho
Chaplain "f the Bnttteship

ID. -HsE 4Gta.tF gsro .. =t=rH.,a -Us
Denver, Colo, Oct. 5.-The first wit
ness called this morning at the court
martial trial of Rev. Jos II. Mcintyre,
chaplain of the b%attleship Oregon, was
George L. w. Briefly, musical di-
rector. He testified that Captain Nc
Intyre, in the lecture on August 8,
stated that Mr.. Scott of the Union
Iron works, had for years been trying
to secure a battleship contract, but
on accoun of the greater influence of
eastern builders with the government
and the idea that prevailed in the east
that westerners could moi build bat
tleships, he had been unsuccessful UNI
til the awarding of the contract for
the Oregon. He praised the construc-
ton of the Oregon, but the witness
heard nothing about political pulls"
nor to the effect that eastern con-
tractors cheated the government. In
reference to the battle of July 3 the
witness remembered that the chaplain
said that while the Oregon wac GO
ing in she met the Iowa. with Eight
ing Bob Evans in command, going
the other way. The chaplain did not
say TINT Fighting Bob took the
Iowa to the rear and kept her there
during the battle. Witness testified
that Chaplain Mcintyre said when the
Cristobal Colon hauled down her flag
he looked around and saw the smoke
of part of the American fleet ap-
preaching in the distance. Witness
could not remember what was said
about the report being made, but re-
called that in speaking of the prize
money the chaplain said Admiral
Sampson received $4,000, Captain
$500, himself ss75 aud the audience
nothing. The chaplain did not say the
audience had as much to do with the
battle as Sampson. Chaplain Mc1n-
tyres references to Fighting Bob"
Evans made the audience laugh. Wit
ness could not state the reason.
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0ANlEL.0. EsHBAUGH is MIsslNi
President of Failed New England
Loan and Trust Company Has Not
Bccn Seen Since Monday.

Loan and Trust Company Has Not
Been Seen Since Monday.
New York, Oct. 3.-Thc Evening
Post says: The whereabouts of Dam
iel o. Eshbaugh, president of the New
England Loan and Trust company,
which has been i'll the hands of q re-
cciver since Monday morning, are the
SOURCE of some anxiety on the part
of his friends. His whereabouts are
not known to Otto T. Barnard. the re-
ceiver of the company, and he has not
been seen since early Monday at the
office Of the company in this city. Mr..
Eshbaugh's home is at Montcluir, n.
j. He has, it is said, not been seen
there since his last appearance ut his
office.
The failure Of the New England
Loan and Trust company was an
nounccd Monday. At about half past
9 o'clock on that morning Mr.. lssh-
baugh was at his desk in his private
office. Soon afterward he was seen,
by the clerks in the outer Office to go
cut, putting on his hat. He left his
desk open. The morning mail was
not touched.
About an hour after, when Mr..
bannard arrived. ne found the presi-'
dents desk in this condition and took
possession of it with its contents. The
family of Mr.. Eshbaugh left Monclair
Monday. His wife and several chill
dren are now in this city staying with
friends. On Sunday Mr.. Eshbaugh is
known to have visited a clergyman of
Montclair. He. explained that he was
suffering mentally and physically
from the worry and excitement incl
dent to his business troubles.
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MORE TROOPS FOR PUERTO RICO
War Department Has Decided to
Agai" Commence tho Move
@rl a. mem t0 tile south.

War Department Has Decided to
Agai" Commence tho Move
&- ment ca the Soutl.
Washington, Oct. 5.-The war de.
partment has decided to send more
troops to Puerto Rico. Orders have
been issued directing the Fifth regu-
lar cavalry, Sixth volunteer infantry
and Forty-seventh New York to pro-
coed to such point In Puerto Rico as
may be desired by the commanding
general of that island. All troops at
Camp Meade will soon be ordered to
points in the south. Some may go to
Cuba.
Although the pressure for the mus
ter out of entire regiments is not so
great, the demand for the discharge
Of individuals has overwhelmed the de-
partment. There is not IA senator or
representative who has not presented
requests of this kind, and there is a
constant demand for the discharge of
one man or another upon some pre-
text, which would not be deemed valid
in the case of men in the regular
army. Personal appeals are made by
fathers, mothers, wives, sisters and
sweethearts. Every man i'll the de-
pnrtment WHO'S supposed to have any
influence is sought to secure the dis
charge of enlisted men who have tired
of the life of soldering. These re-
quests and demands for mastering
out have no doubt had effect in maxi
ing the war department seek more sat
~isfactory methods of army %organiza-
ton for the purposes of which men
will be needed in the future.
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inr IVORY, and fAs mary little things
required 10 keep up the different de-
paSstments Of the city Of so, 0QQ..peepic
nra at present $500 to $4,000. OF this
about $Is6eo Is forasanitary work
engineering, theS#balance % hospi-
tal, Police, etc.
epidemic UIays,idnhscss -
"Tlie greatgexpert on yelloNisfsyer,
DIR. Guiteras, assured me insJnly;fllat
m epidemic of yellow feyegof great
severity was absolutely ~Sauiiayoidable.
and that we were destined to loss z 3
large proportion Of our people here.
Thus far it has been avoided and not
only avoided, but todayI do notsknow,.
of an authentic case of genuine yellow
fever in Santiago de Cuba proper, and
every day increases orr chances Or cs-
cape"
General Wood then makes some re-
commentators as to whathe needs
the way of management OF y
pitfalls and sanitary affairs. He also
speaks of the management OF the city
under military and civil a~uthQrities.
The United States officers have been
able to rule the city by a combination
of both. The use of military force has
been avoided as far as possible and
only when the police have been inade-
quatc.
General Wood communicates the
gratifying intelligence that all indica-
tons now po:ntto the speedy disband-
ing of the Cuban army. He says She
feeling of the better class Of Cubans
toward the Americans is very kind
and they appreciate what the United
States is trying to do. The general is
very hopeful that everything will
come out all right.
No one AN tell, lie says, how long it
will take to establish n stable govern
ment but he thinks it will be quite a
period of time.
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KILLED HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF
Walter j.. Yates of Essex. Ia.. Kills
His Wife, Shoots Mrs. e. j.
Nurth nUti Suic{,las

North and Suicides.
Clarion, Ia, Oct. 5.-SNalter J. Yates
shot his wife and Mrs. L. j. North at
Essex, near here, yesterday. and then
shot himself. He died instantly and
his wife will die. Mrs. North is only
three years ago and his wife recently
left him, staying with Mrs. North.
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CRUISERS ARE SENT TO CHINA
Two or Dewey's Victorious Vessel.
Will Go to the Capital of the
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Washington, Oct. 5.-Secretary
Long upon advices received from the
state department showing the exist
ence of threatening conditions in
China has ordered Dewey to send two
warships to u point as rear the Chi
nese capital as possible for a warship
to approach. The ships selected are
the Baltimore and Petrol. 1t is ex-
pected the Baltimore will not be able
to get beyond Taku at the entrance
of the river upon which Pekin is stu
ated, but the Petrol, being smaller in
proportions, may be able to reach
Tien Tsin, eighty miles above the
mouth and about the same distance
below Pekin. Officials regret that
there are not on the Asiatic
squadron u few light draught gun
boats of the Helena class which could
ascend the river as far as the Chinese
cnDital.
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Mr.. George stebbins,
Providence Permitting,
Missouri, America.
Earliest Sirike.

st. Louis Republic: The earliest strike
occurred about 1850 b. G., or upward OF
~thirty-three centuries ago. Pharaoh was
building q new temple of Thebes. The ma
sons received very little cash, but a guam
tity of provisions, which the contractor
thought sufficient, was handed to them
on the first day of each month. Sufficient
or not, they mostly ate it before the time
had elapsed. On one occasion many of
them had nothing left quite early In the
month, so they marched to the coutract-
or's house. before which they squatted
and refused to bulge until justice was
done. The contractor persuaded them to
lay their distress before Pharaoh. who
was about to visit the works. and he gave
them a handsome supply of corn. and so
all went on we'll for that month. But the
same state of things required by the mid
die of next and for some days the men
struck work. Various conferences took
place, but the men declined to do a stroke
until they were given another supply of
food. They ,daclared the clerks cheated
them. used false weights, and SO forth,
familiar enough complaints In this coun-
try under the truck system. The on
tractor not complying with their demands
they marched to the governor of the city
to lay their grievances before him, and
he tribe to get them 10 return to.work by
smooth words. but that was no use, and
they insisted on having food. AT last. to
get rid OF them, he drew up ar order for
corn on the public granary, and the strike
was at m epd.--t -
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PEACE COMMISSION IN QUARTERS
Are Located in the Apartments Eor-
merry Used by the Lex. Iim,-
press Eunenfe.

merry Used by h lex
Z press Eu.cnie.
Paris, Oct. 1.-The United States
peace commission has taken posses
sion of its working quarters, a suite
of seven rooms on the ground floor of
the Hotel Continental, formerly used
by the ex-Empress Eugene. Ameri-
can flags drape the entrance to the
apartments. The clerical force of the
commission has been ~systematized
and is now working busily.
The spirit of the Raris press is
daily rendered into English for the
information of the commissioners, and
the same is done with the Madrid
newspapers.
Many wooden boxes of records, data
and authorities affecting the case OF
the United States We're unpackcd to-
day and carefully arranged.
The American commission held its
usual session this morning. ii is be-
licved the commissioners are crystal
LIKING their plans and arranging all
details of the work which will be
taken up when the commissions begin
their joint sessions.
This is the first Indictment day since
the commission has been abroad. and
the wives of the commissioners and
other members of the party are devot-
ing tito visiting the Louvre and other
places of interest.
The Spanish commissioners formal
ly deny the various interviews and
paragraphs purporting to give the
substance of their instructions. which
appeared in the newspapers. The sec
rotary of the Spanish commission said
to u representative of the Associated
Press with the American commissions:
"No member of our commission has
given any interview, and all which APP
peared ill print as to Il instructions
were false. We are herc to defend
ourselves, and naturally we are not
willing to give away any Of our weap.
ons to Il opponents"
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HtNR=Y GEORGE WON'T RUN
Dccl mes the Honor of the Nomninn.
tton of Governor of New
-.-L--X w .------ 49, -------

New York, Oct. 5.-Henry George
has declined the nomination for gov
ernor on the ticket placed in the field
by the Clicago platform democrats,
and the committee having authority
TO fill the vacancy nominated Henry
N. Mcdonald OF the county of New
York for the place. Mr.. George, in his
letter, says that by pursuing uninter-
ruptedly the duty of writing his
fathers biography he can do more for
the principles of freedom than by en-
gaging actively in politics.
Henry NJ. Mcdonald, nominated in
Georges place, is a lawyer and was
formerly a banker of Pierre, S. d. He
is president of the New York Bime-
tnllic association.
Ezra A. Tuttle, a lawyer of Brook
Ign, has been nominated by the silver
democrats for attorney general in
place of Ole Snyder, who declined to
accept the nomination.
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Dog taxes are giving trouble to Ger
man military men,. The Herzog Karl
Of Meckienburg-Strelitz infantry reg
Siment Mo- 43 enjoys the distinction Of
being Observation-Disclosures In the Ger
lsan-Aysn9l sb1sssS fninnFi drawn
I'M as@lIttlsscaf By dogs. It won the
honor Byysits gallantry in the war of
1856 against Austria, when it captured
the bass drum and cart of an Austrian
regiment. II refused to pay a tax on
the dogs at Konigsberg, on the ground.
that theyswere useful and not n lux
ury, but was compelled to pay, as the.
law gives full power to tax all dogs
to the local authorities.
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A. W. LYMAN DIES OF DRoPsY
Noted Cuban War Correspondent
for the Associated Press

Noted Cuban War Correspondent
for the Associated Press
Paeses Away.
New York, Oct. 5.-A. w. Lyman,
one of the best known newspaper
writer's in the country, died ut his
home in Brooklyn this morning. He
was in the service of the Associated.
Press during the entire period of the
war with Spain, having been, on the
dispatch boat Wanda until the landing
of the United States troops in eastern
Cuba, when he was stationed at ST.
honey, and took charge of the work of
the Associated Press with the troops
in front of Santiago. He was stricken
down with fever at Siboney, but re-
manned faithfully on duty until after
the Surrender of Santiago, when he re-
turned north. He developed dropsy
trouble, which ended in death. The
body will be taken to Cleveland for in
terment. He leaves u widow and one
corr Eslt-- H.rE. .rEaHs. ~
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When George Edward Graham, the
correspondent of the Associated Press
on board the flagship Brooklyn, re-
turned to his home In Albany, the 9th
er day, all business was suspended in.
the different editorial rooms of the
city Mt 4 p. M, and the newspaper men
went in a body to welcome him at the
dur,nf
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PENSIONS AND PosTmAsTeRs
list Of Changes md Appointments
Nude, III the Various
nrn,rf,nants

Washington. Oct 1:-pensions were
granted yesterday as follows;
Iowa: Orisinal-Samuel Kaskadon.
Malvern. S.; George Schmidt. LeMars, IS;
Paul Henderson. Sc. Additional-Levf II:
Briggs, Sc to IS. Renewal-George ".
Makepeace, Sioux City. 50. Increase
Brazilla A. Chafree. Union IS to s12. Re-
issue-John H. Hamilton. Mount Pleasant,
81. Widows-Hannah J. Duncan, Mar
shalltown, So.
South Dakota: GENERALIZATION Thorne,
Sioux Falls. IS.
Nebraska: Original-Orrin Edwards.
Omaha. $40. Additionai-Samuel Mer.s
riman. Memphis. s to SIP. Renewal-Jaa.
g to SO: Frederick Booeher. Paramount,
Mrs. Mary .zielian of Valentine, Neb.,
has been. appointed lanndress at the
Keams Canyon indian school, Arizona, at
$3.50 per annum.
The postoffice at New Haven. Mitchel,
county. and Scioto. Montgomery county,
ia;s viii be made money order Offices oc-
"a postoftice has. geen established at
Beaulieu. Walworth county, s. D., with
George w. Ryan as postmaster.
Star service on route No. 40, 416. Marcus
to Fielding. Cherokee county, Iowa, has
been increased to six times d week.
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viii STRIKE ron NINE h0ulgHlis;
n pOxrnphtcal UntuSs PrSaHss1ses n
Il EEtxl.s tho Hook and syssb I

~
says:
One OF the biggest strikes In the
history Of the Typographical union is
an event of the near future. 1t will
be q concerted movement for q work.
ing day of nine hours md Mill eyi-
IDENTIFY be fought to a finish. It will
be Waged with fat treasury at ito
back, and the sympathy and co-opera-
ton Of local labor Unions 81 all kinds
throughout the country. The move
ment was begun about n year ago,
and it is announced that the climax 10
neal ut hand. Word was received in
this city yesterday by the local typo
graphical union 10 be ready for the
strike in the near future. it will nf-
feet only certain offices. Books, job
and publishing establishments that
are working more than nine hours 1.
day will be the victims of the strik,
The telegraphic orders will be issue,
and the fight will be on in earnest.
The prevailing opinion among the
trade seems to be that it will he called
on or before October 10.
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EngIand's chancery court has re-
fused in a recent case to recognize the
,alidity in England Of legal American
divorces. A widow, who, applied for
lower, was shown to have been mar
Tied four times in eight years and to
a three previous husbands still liv-
ing from whom she had been divorced.
Florida decree was selected for the
Test, and Justice Kekewich held that
It was void in England.
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Judge Grosscup, Of Chicago, who
was the star ~imperialist at the Sara
toga conference, said of the war: ut
was, in my judgment, q providential
hand, gloved in the smoke of battle,
that led us put from these combining
boundaries to the mountain spur we
now occupy" That sentiment is dis
tinctly Chicagoesque. Boundaries
have no standing in Chicago.
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a young woman at one Of the pri-
cate schools near Washington recent
" received q real Cuban machete from
4 newspaper man who had just re-
turned from Havana. The knife was
twenty inches long, with a heavy
blade painted blood red TO within a
half inch Of the cutting edge. On the
back Of the handle WIS a small and in
conspicuous Label, which read: s:Made
In Hartford, Conn"
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WAS BURNED 70 DEATH IN JAIL

John MuCreary, IL Clare, Iown, Farm.
CT, sets Fire To tho Jail aud
Dies In tn. iilnncs.
Glare, Ia, Oct. 4.--John McCreary, a
farmer residing q few miles from here,
came to town yesterday and got on a
big spree, which resulted in his death
in a most horrible manner.
Later in the afternoon yesterday he
was arrested for being intoxicated and
placed in Jail. This morning the Jail
was found to be on fire, and before
Mr.. McCreary could be rescued his
body was cremated.
1t is suggested McCreary set fire to
the Jail while in a drunken frenzy.
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At Danzig the Prussian government
Is about to establish q technical insti-
tute with forty professors and as many
instructors. Its spccialties will be hy-
araulic engineering, shipbuilding, ma
rine engines, electricity and agricul-
tural chemistry. The object of the
school is to apply science to the needs
Of the low lying maritime districts of
Prussia along the Baltic coast.