The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-14
MAY NOT BE ALL
SMOOTH SAILING.
Those Who Remain in the Army May
Yet Win Fame.
TWO RICHMOND LADIES' ESCAPE
They Narrowly Miss Death in Run
away i'm Washington Capt Nc
CauI Transferred 49, A Large
Excursion-Army Changes

WASHINGTON. Sept l5.-special-
General Joseph Wheeler Ia by no nea 4s
alone ia the belief that there VIII De
more lighting before peace Is dtclaitu
and oven those who are more sah5ul.e
realize that there Is great danger. Solha
% the men who have been IN such q nlf-
ny 60 leave the service may yet see tAOs3
who remained have opportunities 10 VA"
LOn0rs on the field.
The chief danger is that tie Peace
commission may not De A.4s 'p 7.t.i-
the Philippine questions. bur IN aolition
10 this there seems great pfopa~A-ty
That the men who consent 70 90 Eftti-
son duty. may ind IL exceedingly uNtiy.
MAY GIVE IhOUbLE
ACuinaldO has by 10 means hoen 60
tractable ns mo was at first thought 60
be and while eventually he Woulc WIKI
out doubt be conquered the work would
be TO Child's play and would DO great
deal toward settling the question oi dis
posing OF the threatened surplus On the
treasury not 20 speak OK the cot OF
precious lives
Inen' TOO. there is no telling Whal ao-
surd excuse the shllty Spanish diploma is
may give for refusing 20 cFacuate teha
and Porto Rico. This government has
already had number OF examples OF inc
methods OF these people Eneh posl' l'.'.,
conditions az home demand a pun ana
it may yet be the another display ot
force II not actual shooting Will Doe me-
cessary TO convince Spain that hO ,ool-
4sAitae Wall Nt lpltt dNfNs
ARMY ORDERS.
orders We're made public to-day honor
ably olsCharging Captain William Lar
rabee. Dr., Commissary Of Subsistence.
n. :. ". his services being no longer
needed" This action was taken several
days ago and since James @. Blaine md
several others have been discharged. This
marks the beginning of the end az these
offices and She services of quite q NUM-
Der arc likely to be dispensed with In tne
A board OF officers to consisting ~ Mai.
5tanhOpe j.. Blunt. Ordnance Deparl7
mcnt. z. $. Army; Major Danici N.
Taylor. Ordnance Department. u. =.
Army. Captain Beverly W. Dunn, Otd-
nance Department l.. S. Army. and fWst
Lieutenant George w. Burr Ordnance
Department, a.. s. Army, is construted
go meet at The call OF the President at
camp Wikoff for conference with officers
VINO were at Santiago. cuba. with a view
no obtaining Information useful 10 tho
Ordnance Department concerning lne ac-
ti0n in active service OF the cd4iure 80
Calibre As Springfield rifle and its im-
munit0n, and the modern field artillery
with it's ammunition and equinments.
RICHMOND LADIES PERIL.
Two Richmond ladies' had a narrow cs-
cape from death I'm a runaway accident
in this city yesterday afternoon. Misses
Lula Woodward and Minnie Shirley OF
Richmond, and Mr. q. IT,. DickersOu. OF
Beaufort n. c.. were driving along Ma
ryiand avenue, Southwest, when the two
horses alta ched 10 the vehicle became
frightened and ran away. The trap was
overturned and badly damaged, but for
tunately all three escaped without a
no LEAVE CAMP ALGER.
Captain Patrick IT, McCaull, commits
sary 0f subsistence. United States Vol
unfeers, has been relieved from duty at
Dunn Loring and ordered % proceed 10
Philadelphia with his clerk for duty per-
tanning 90 the payment Of Communication
Of r1tiOns 20 soldiers on furlOuugh.
SOLDIERS TRANSFERRED.
The following among others now with
the Seventh Army Corps 90 JacksonNliie
have been transferred as first-cl9ss prl-
Yates 90 the United states Volunteer Sig
nal Corps and ordered 90 report 90 Lieu
teuant-COlonel j. j.. MaXheId, chief sl8-
nal officer Of the same corps. for duty
Corporal George 1T. Nelson. Company L'
Yates Thomas c.. Riley Company j.
Fourth Virginia: William II. CartoZa'
Company NJ. Fourth Virginia.
Acting assistant surgeons have been
transferred ass follows
Phillip =. Parrish, Alton, Va. % Lex
ington. Ky: Walter S. Chapman, san
Carlos. Arizona Territory. 90 Fort Mon
roe: Charles v. Butler, Charles q. Eich-
en- Francis r. Porclv3l. Frank w. iioss
and John u. H. Slaughter Camp Alger'
cuth Army Corps.
4 BIl EXCURSION.
Three hundred and httN-cisnL eNcuI-
sioui-ts were picked up along the NOR
folk and Western railroad yesterday by a
train which left Bristol early in the
morning and reached Norfolk last night.
The party arrived in Washington tonight
0n "a Norfolk and Washington steamer
and The greater number OF the eXcur.lon-
fists are at Hotel Johnson. They VIII re-
main several days.
REVENUE RULINGS.
Tho Commissioner on the Internal EeV-
cnue to-day decided that agents for FOR
clgn insurance companies must pay We
fqv reoulrcd OF local companies No DOUBT
existed on the minds Of tho revenue OH
clals that there was no Intent on the part
of C0ngrcss 20 discriminate against nome
companies hut the point was raised ana
formal decision made necessary IL li
astonishing the number OF himsy pretexts
ON which those liable TO the taxes try 20
evade them ar cases similar 10 the aooF1
arise every day. -.-.,,.,--
The following fourth-clas3 ostmasltIs
have been appointed Tor Nirs mia;
CUuertOn Norfolk county tlrisdht j..
Ford vice T.. J. Roper. removed iloeIt y
I,rrnare Shenandoah county. Lillian "
Cormqn. Vice John ID. Merkley. resigned
ora. hluet0n county. Thomas ho3-
erte. vice r.. l.. Snodgraas rrsl.neu ;
WlNlqmsville. Bath county j.. il. Mar
shall vice j. O.. Wallace, dead.