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Evening star., 1898-07-16
To PREVENT PENSION FRAUDS,
Stringent Law Passed ut Commits
siOner Evans Wish.

During the expiring hours of Congress
bin was passed which escaped the at
tention of the public, although 1t was of
considerable Importance. 1t was the bill
amending section 474G of the Revised Stat
utes, measure that had the earnest sup
port of the commissioner of pensions, since
by its passage much Of the fraud con-
nected with the pension business would
be wiped out.
Some weeks ago Commissioner Evans
learned of the SlirShOd methods employ ed
by pension attorneys in executing vouch-
oTs. The investigation By the special ex-
aminers confirmed the matter and brought
to light system SO lax and open to The
practice of fraud tnat 1t was decided TO
try and get some specific legislation on
the subject.
The bill was prepared by Commissioner
Evans and urged by him to his friends
in Congress. BE thought the bill had fail
ed, but now rejoices in its passage and
approval on the ,th instant. The law is
as follows:
That every person who knowingly or
willfnlly makes or aids. or assists in the
making, or in any wise procures the max
ing or presentation Of any false or fraud
uient affidavit. declaration, certificate,
voucher or paper or writing pulporting to
be such, concerning any claim for pension
or payment thereof or pertaining to any
other matter within the jurisdiction of the
commissioner of pensions or of the Sec
or wiilfuliy makes or causes 10 be made.
or aids or assists i'll the making, or pre-
sents or causes to be presented at any
pension agency any power of attorney or
other paper required as voucher i'll draw
ing pension, which paper bears a date
subsequent to that upon which It was actu-
ally signed or acknowledged by the PEN
sioner, and every person before whom any
declaration, affidavit, voucher or other pa
per or writing to be used in aid of the
prosecution of any claim for pension or
bounty land or payment thereof purports
to have been executed who shall knowing
ly certify that the declarant, aff1aut or wit
ness named in such declaration, affidavit.
voucher or other paper or writing person.
ally appeared before him and was sworn
thereto, or ackno owis1gei5 the execution
thereof, when, in fact. such declarant.
affiant or witness did not personally ap-
pear before him was nor sworn there
to, or did not ackloWiedae the execution
thereof, shall be punished by fine of not
exceeding $780, or by1 Imprisonment. for a
term of not more than five years.
Evening star., 1898-07-16
HANNAITES AGAINST DICK.
Trouble Within the Ohio Sennfor's
Following Has Developed.

Following Has Developed
Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star
COLUMBUS, Ohio. July 16.-That opposi-
tion to Col. c. W. F. Dick, Senator Han
mas political lieutenant, has made factions
In the Hanna faction, was developed in the
organization of the republican state execu-
tive committee Thursday evening. Col
Dicks opponents charged that he had sac
rifced Senator Hanna's interests to serve
his own.
John r. Malloy. who has been secretary
of the executive committee for several
years, was leader of the faction against
Col. Dick, and the latter's friends tried to
retire him from this position, first by get
ting an order against his taking such a
political position while acting as cashier
of the Columbus post office, and failing in
this, to make the position a subordinate te
one.
They proposed to make Martin Cowen of
Bellaire assistant secretary. Malloy de-
c!ared he would not accept the secretary
ship if there was to be an assistant secre-
tary.
II. NJ. Dougherty, who led the Dick fac
ton, replied that he could do as he pleased
about that. Mr.. Cowen would be assistant
secretary or he would not accept the chair
uanship.
Malley saw he was playing into Dicks
hands by refusing to accept the secretary
ship, and so he withdrew his objection and
accepted the situation. Cowen was elected.
Evening star., 1898-07-16
NEW CAVE IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Interesting Discoveries in Vicinity
of Parkersburg and Cheat Neck.


Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, July 16--A re-
markable cave has been discovered near
Parkersburg, w. Va. The entrance Will
only permit one person going in at time,
and after proceeding ten or fifteen feet a
large room is encountered, twenty feet
square Of solid stone. Dates are carved
corner of the room a stone door, swung on
large steel hinges, leads TO stone steps,
which the explorers followed to a room, ten
feet below the first room, where many hu-
man skeletons were found. BY the aid of
a rope one can be lowered into another
room, twenty feet below the skeleton cham
her, where fish can be found by the hun
dred in a pond, the fish resembling the
common perch. Hundreds of stone fish are
TO be found in the different sections of the
cave. These the people are carrying away
as relics. The cave is on the farm of B. A
Price
A party from Morgantown, W. Va, opene /
one of a series of mounds in the vicinity of
Cheat Neck, W. Va, with interesting re-
suits. The mound was partly built of
stones, rising in a conical shape and COW
cred with moss and wild flowers After
to the center of the mound, where two
skeletons were found In a fair state of
preservation, both being of gigantic stature
and build. When the men were in full life
they must have been at least twelve feet
high and possessed of enormous strength
as the size of the bones would indica re
With the exception of the enormous skulls.
the skeletons were in a perfect state I,
preservation.
Evening star., 1898-07-16
WELLMAN PASSES VARDOE
Arctic Expedition Continued It's Journey
Northward From There Today.
The FridtjOf Met a Spanish Ship at
Archangel-NO Trouble as
Neither Had Guns.

VARDOE, July Is delayed in transmits
s.on).-The steam whaler Fridtjof, having
on board Walter Wellman and the mem
bers of his expedition to Greenland, ar
rived here today for coal, having left So
lombola, town near Archangel on July 8.
The party sails northward tomorrow
On July II, in latitude u N, 10 miles
south Of Franz Joseph Land, heavy pack
ice was found.
While at Archangel the governor of that
place refused to allow the Fridtiof and i
Spanish ship to sail on the same day. say
ing he feared the hostilities between Spain
and the United States would cause IN out
break between the crews of the two ships,
although the Spanish ship WIS a trader
and the armament of Mr.. Wellman's steam-
er only consisted Of a harpoon gun
Evening star., 1898-07-16
INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
Interstate Commerce Commission to
Settle Dispute.

Interstate Commerce Commission to
Settle a Dispute.
The interstate commerce commission late
| last evening decided to grant the. request
made few days ago by a delegation of
| representative railroad men to investigate
| the long-pending quarrel in regard to rates
| between the Canadian Pacific and various
American railway lines, and have ordered
| that an investigation of the matters be
| made and that the cause be set down for
| hearing at the federal court room in Chi
cago, ILL.,. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of
August l. 1898, at which time end place
| all parties interested in the matters under
| investigation will be heard. At that time
and place also the following named COM
panies are directed to appear by their gem
eral passenger agents or those persons hav-
ing in charge the passenger traffic of the
respective lines: The Atchison, Topeka and
Santa F'e Railway Company, the Buring-
ton and Missouri River railroad in Nebras-
ka. the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern Railway Company. the Chicago
and Alton Railroad Company, the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad Company, the
Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad
company, the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad Company, the Chicago
Great Western Railway Company, the Chi
Company, the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railway Company, the Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
Company, the Colorado Midland Railway
Company, the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad Company, the Fremont, Eikhorn
and Missouri Valley Railroad Company,
the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Com
pany. the Hannibal and ST. Joseph Rail-
road Company. the St. Louis, Kansas City
and Northwestern Railroad COMPANY the
Kansas City, st. Joseph and Council Bluffs
Railroad Company, the Illinois Central
Railroad Company, the Iowa Central Rail
way Company, the Jacksonville and st.
souri Pacific Railway Company, the
Minneapolis and st. Louis Railroad
Company, the Michigan Central Railroad
Company, the Oregon Railway and Navi-
cation Company, the Oregon Short Line
Railway Company, the Rio Grande West
ern Railway Company, the Rock Island and
Peoria Hallway Company, the st. Joseph
and Grand Island Railroad Company, the
ST Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
Railway Company, the st. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad Company, the South
ern Pacific Company Pacific SYSTEM, the
Southern Pacific Company (Atlantic sys-
tenn, the Southern California Railway
Company, the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad
Company, the Texas and Pacific Railway
pany, the Wabash Railroad Company, the
Wisconsin Central lines, the Great North
ern Railway Company, the Northern Pa
cifc Railway Company, the Boston and
Albany Railroad Company, the Fitchburg
Railroad Company, the Toronto, Hamil-
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway Com
pany, the Grand Trunk Railway Company
of Canada and the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way Company.
Evening star., 1898-07-16

COlOred Congregation Directed to
Re scind Order Diminishing Members.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, July IA, 1898.
A council called at the True Reformers'
Hall, on Prince street, Alexandria by the
aggrieved members of the Ebenezer Baptist
Church, lightweight in number, convened
at IL am. Thursday and was organized by
the election of the Rev. E. r. Jackson as
moderator and Rev. A. II. Callett as clerk
After devotional exercises by Revs Jack
son and Howard, the roll of churches was
called and a majority Of the churches of
Washington and Alexandria responded
The aggrieved members were then repre-
sented by their committee, Mrs. Anderson,
Mr.. Anderson, Mr.. Williams and others.
The council appointed the following COM
mittee on resolutions, which withdrew and
afterward reported to the effect that the
council had heard with sorrow of the seri-
Gus difficulty existing in the EbeneZer
Church, and having been called to give
counsel and advice I'VE advise the Eb-
enezer Baptist Church to rescind its former
action IN excluding those members whose
names appear on the roll presented to us
thirty-two in number" The reason for this
advice is that 1.-The action Of the church in
excluding the members named was irregu-
lar and without scriptural ground, in that
they were not presented with copy of
charges preferred against them; neither
were they called to trial by the church
regularly, nor informed of the charges, but
We're communicated upon charges pre-
sented to them after they were excommuni-
Gated, which they had no chance to rebut''
After citing other alleged charges, the
council recommended that the church come
together and restore the thirty-two eXclud-
ed members to full membership, and as
the trouble seems to have originated over
The calling of pastor, that when they
shall have restored these excluded mem
bers they will as soon possible assemble
themselves for the purpose of taking an
other vote on calling a pastor, as this
seems to be the only way out of the pres
ent difficulty. The council also advised
that, should the church decline to grant
these requests of the council refuse to
comply with the same, the said aggrieved
members may seek church home in any
regular Baptist church, into which they
may be received according to the advice of
the council.
The report was signed by the committee
as follows: Rev. r. Johnson, M. D.; Rev.
G. w. Lee, D. D.; Rev. w. ]. Howard, Rev
w. H. Johnson, Rev. Richard Johnson,
Mr.. Trice, J. w. Bronson, S. Jackson, j.
A. Goodwin, Moses Stevenson, Rev. P.
Hays, Rev. W. Waller, Rev. A. S. Truitt,
Rev. A. Willbanks, VIM. Carpenter, Rev
E. R. Jackson, moderator; Rev A. H. Cat
lett, clerk.
Evening star., 1898-07-16
Pension for Mrs. Moore.

Upon the recommendation of Capt. Aus
tin. the acting major and superintendent
OF the District police force, the Commits
sioners have directed that the usual for
mality attending the granting of pensions
to widows Of members of the force be
waived in the case of the late VIM G..
Moore, and that the sum of $50 month be
appropriated out of the policemen's fund
for his widow, Mary G. Moore under the
act of February 25, 1885. The Commission
ers have also approved Capt. Austin rec
ommendation that the sum of S75 be nppro-
priated out of the same fund on account
of the funeral expenses Of the late head of
the police department
Evening star., 1898-07-16
More Gold Hearers Re.urr.

"A further contribution of $3.50. .00J in gold
and drafts to swell the klondike treasure
receipts has arrived here on the City of
Seattle, five hours behind the Cottage City.
The fortune winners on board were Ed.
Levin, four-years' resident of the Klon-
dtke; F. A Raney, Capt. Holmes, George
Holmes. Devine and Habernal of Seattle,
and ter others.
Raney, as spokesman of the party SAYS
SlO,ooo,000 in dust is outbound by the lower
river boats, while the party of which he
Is member brought a quarter of a ton
OF nuggets and dust with them. It is antic-
ipated that all the larger river boats viii
have trouble in crossing the Yukon fats,
as the river is lower than usual at this
season of the year, and this viii naturally
augment the traffic by the upper river
even though the Skaguay- Bennett railway
cannot he completed this season.
Evening star., 1898-07-16
MINERS FROM kLONDIkE
Twenty Reached Victoria, B. e., With About
Three Quarters of a Million.
News of the killing of Soapy Smith,
the Gambler, Who Defied the
Skaguay Authorities.

VICTORIA, B. c., July 16.-The steamer
Cottage City, which touched here on her
way to Seattle from Alaska, had on board
twenty miners from Dawson City, with
about three-quarters of a million dollars in
gold dust and drafts, mostly the latter.
They came up the Yukon river in steamer
to White Horse Rapids, where they trans
ferred to a Lake Bennett steamer.
They say banking accommodations in
Dawson are now good that there is no
necessity of men bringing out money In
any other form than drafts. The most of
the gold will come out by way of St.
Michaels. Those believed to have the most
money on the Cottage City are the four
Butler brothers of Ellsworth, MINI. The
eldest vent in three years ago, the other
three last year. They have cleaned up a
large amount on Bonanza creek. They sold
claims to an English syndicate represented
py Mcfarland and H. NJ. Coleman, the lat
ter of whom came down last night. The
price obtained cannot be learned but Cole
man is authority for the statement that it
was d very large one. All the men on
board were very reticent, saying the i'm
position of the royalties caused them to re-
fuse to state the full amount of money
brought out.
The only boats that have yet reached
Dawson from down the river are the Ham,
ilton. Weare. Bella, May West and the
Victoria.
Among the Cottage City passengers are
Henry Cheney of Rochester. n. Y; Miller
and Vines of New York state.
All have money, Variously estimated from
ten TO fifty thousand each.
Good strikes have been made on a new
branch of Eldorado, Bonanza. French creek
ana Skookum gulch. They are reported
enormously productive at high levels
Quartz claims prospected SO far yield
poor prospects.
L. III. Coleman. who is a Well-known min
ing engineer, went in early this spring and
purchased number of claims Tor the Eng
lish syndicate which he represents. He
estimated that the yield this year Will be
at least ten million dollars. With the ex-
ception of q few cases Of scurvy. the health
OF Dawson is reported very good.
1t is estimated that the Canadian govern
ment Will collect royalty on about ten mil
lions worth of gold this season.
The Cottage City, besides bringing a lot
of gold. brought the sensational news of
the killing of Soapy Smith, the notorious
gambler at Skaguay.
A klondiker had been robbed of his sack
and Smith deted the authorities to make
trouble, going out with a Winchester rifle
to make his def. good. He ran amuck of
Frank H. Reed, city surveyor and in a
scuftia snot Reed through the hip. Reed
replied with his revolver, shooting Smith
through the heart, killing him instantly,
Evening star., 1898-07-16

delegation Of leading local and national
Afro-Americans called on the President to-
day and urged the appointment of T. Thos.
Fortune of New York as member Of the
industrial commission. Among those in
6orsing Mr.. Fortune are Prof. W. s. Scar
borough of Ohio Prof. Booker T. Wash
irgton of Alabama, Prof. R. R. Wright of
Georgia ard Robert II. Terrell of this city.
Evening star., 1898-07-16
DENOMINATION for Die stnker

The civil~serytce commission Will con-
duct an examination August 6 to fill va
cancy in the grade Of die sinker in the bu-
reau OF engraving and printing. The SAL
ary of the position is s1,252 per annum
No educational test will be given. but the
applicants will be graded upon their age.
experience and intelligence. character as
workmen and physical condition.
Evening star., 1898-07-16

The outbreak of fever at Santiago has
caused the War Department to redouble its
vigilance over the camp at Tampa. where
typhoid fever exists. There are some cases
of malarial fever there, which are betnq
closely watched, but the strict precautions q
being taken are expected to prevent any
more serious disease
Evening star., 1898-07-16
CANADIAN COM MISSION
The Members Were Appointed by the Presi-
dent Today.
They VIII Meet and Organize About
August 1-Diferences to
Be Settled.

The President today appointed the fol-
lowing as members Of the Canadian COM
mission: United States Senator Charles
w. Fairbanks of Indiana, United States
Senator George Gray of Delaware, Repre-
sentative Nelson Dingley of Maine, John
A. kasson of Iowa and John w. Foster of
the District Of Columbia.
President Mckinley and Secretary Day
had conference about the commission be-
Evening star., 1898-07-16
HAVE YOU A SON. RgNTMER

Husband or Lover in the Army or NayyY Mail
him today 25c. package Of Aliens Foot.Ease
powder for the feet. All who n arch walk or
stand need IT, II cures aching. tired sore, swol-
len, sweating feet, and makes hot. tight or new
shoes easy. Feet can't Blister. get Sore or Cal
ious where Aliens Foot-Eass is used. I0, 600 tes-
tlmonials. All druggists and shoe stores sell IT.
25c Sample sent FRI z. Address Allen s. Ohm
sted. lie Roy. n. I. my11-3m
Evening star., 1898-07-16
Archbishop of Santa Fe Dead.

TUCSON, Ariz.. July 16.-The Most Rev.
Archbishop Salpoint Of the diocese Of Sam
ia Fe is dead, after an illness of several
weeks from paralysis. He has been In
charge of this diocese for more than thirty
years.
Evening star., 1898-07-16

It matters little what it is that YOU want
whether a situation or a servant-a "want"
ad. in The Star will reach the person who
can fill your need.
Evening star., 1898-07-16
nattimg
Remnants
& Odd Rolls

We've prepared feast OF the most
attractive sort for buyers. The sale
was put off till the Accommodations
had become large enough to give
you a choice from a variety OF Mat
fings second only to a full stock
itself It's ready now. 1000 yards
of Mating in remnants here. Hun
dreds of odd rolls. Prices that
know no duplicates in the Mating
world.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-20
TO FOLLOW OUR NEW POLICY.
Empire Always Means a Great
Standing Army.

From the Argonaut
10 those who may doubt the realization
OF the foregoing hypothesis, we can only say
mat they may be in error. The picture here
presented would, we think, be received with
favor by majority of the American people.
Inc opposition to the new policy would be
Feeble and numerically small. The conserva-
tism OF the rich, the cultured, the highly ed
ucated. and the professional classes might in
ouce them to look upon this new policy with
disfavor. but they need fear nothing. Money
ID indispensable everywhere except in heaven,
ana Drains. education and courage will al
ways come to the front. Cadets of wealthy
houses would fill high positions in the vice.
regal courts of our new colonies, and young
men or poverty and brains would seek the
colonial service to struggle up to fortune as
50 many young Engishmen have done in
ihola since the days Of Warren Hastings.
ana as Tor that wealth which is not only
conservative but cowardly. it, too, need fear
nothing. With the vast interests resulting
from our new policy and the needs of our
cofonial empire, large standing army will
pc necessary. Around great cities like New
York. Philadelphia and Chicago there Will be
great ,garrisons. Within the precincts Of cit
european cities. vast buildfn gs, great casernes
enormous barracks, human hives wherein
are congregated thousands of soldiers trained
TO Stay their fellow man across the border
and to keep their fellow man on this side of
1t in order. There will be no more riots
no more trades union boycotts no more rail-
way strikes under new policy. Our
great standing army Will settle all that
The man OF millions, the capitalist the real
estate owner-all of these need have no
not liberty, will be safe under our new Colo
NAL empire
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-20
To Get Chean Statistics

Senator and National Chairman Han
ma shares the opinions of his fellow
part1sans that the war has served its
purpose, and that there is no further
need for carrying on a Campaign
of education" So Room 1, Glover
building, Washington, D. c., is closed.
It's literary bureau shut up and locked,
and the weekly supply of prepared
editorials and political plate matter
for Republican country papers ceases
TO how; much, we can believe, to the
discontinue Of a large number of those
molders of public opinion. But Mr..
Austin, the versatile compounder Of
those brilliant editorials that made
the columns Of the assisted papers
shine with much unusual brilliancy.
and of those marvellous statistics that
demonstrated how easy it is to make
everybody rich by taxing everybody.
must be taken care of. Having shown
his remarkable ability as a "statisti-
clan" Of the sort Of which his party
stands In sore need, what place So
suitable as that Of the chief Of the bu-
reau Of treasury statistics?
Between that bureau and it's statis-
tics and Mr.. Hanna's educational bu-
reau and it's statistics there has been
continual antagonisrn. Mr.. Ford, the
incumbent Of the former, was one of
those impracticable. visionary, finicky
fellows who imagined that statistics
and facts were synonymous, stubborn
things to which politics must bend If
they CHANGED to clash. So he kent
right on gathering facts Of trade and
finance, of imports and exports, CAL
lously Indifferent whether his statistics
harmonized with those Mr.. Austin was
emitting from his bureau in the Glover
building or not. And usually thew
did clash. Democratic editors had no
difficulty in knocking out Mr.. Austin's
statistics with those of Mr.. Ford. yery
much to the annoyance Of those who
were disseminating Mr.. Austin's weekly
conslgnments of copy" or plate. and
somewhat to the chagrin of Director
General Hanna
That astute and thrifty manager saw
that two birds might be killed with
one stone, heavy charge upon the
national campaign fund be transferred
to the general treasury by simply GUST
ing the implacable Mr.. Ford and in
stalling the pliable Mr.. Austin In his
place. Then there would be no source
from which the enemy could draw facts
to contradict Austin's actions. The
statistics of the treasury could be doc
tored as were the reports of our con-
suls that figured in former educational
campaigns, with their lurid pictures
r,PF Pro- do
of "pauper labor" So out goes Mr..
Ford, in spite Of the aegis of the civil
service act, and in goes Austin with
his versatile Imagination and genius
for f1ctional statistics. And students
of economics here and abroad will put
future issues Of the treasury bureau
Of statistics-lf they do not consign
them to the waste baslket-on the