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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-06
ppoyyN.S DECIDED ADVANTAGE
copr,N Funds HELD IN BRITISH BANK IN
TIL, HRITIsH tGwN1"S NAME.

London. Jan. Especial dispatches from Shanghai
,.-dav say thai J. McLeavy Brown. the British
Corean Customs Agent al Seoul. maintains hrm
t,d - ,,. most and that NJ Alexen. the Rus
pn lo'u Hgenf mo has been endeavoring 10 sup
nlant he fngshman. has heen unable TO optaln
innfroI Of the finances. owing 10 the IaCt Una
~ ~ ,,,rds are vested Ga Mr.. Browns name IN
-. Hong Kong Rank NJ Shanghai which .nst-
.,,' .i',on IL, hon0rs Mr. Browns signature.
'n,ea nooctia fious between Sir Claude NJ Mhcdon-
aid The British Minister at Pekinf ana ne
,orence TO The questions arising from the Russian
occupation OF Port Arthur. are pr3Greo'hs s,,a,, &,
reported TO have excited intense enthusiasm nh. IN
yah'n n;,dooynr 10 promote IN AnglO-Japanese ALL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-06

JACOBUS AND SWORDS RETAIN COUNSEL.
John Wesley Jacobus. who has been turned out OF
office as an assessor has retained Ehu Root to
appeal to the courts for his reinstatement. on the
ground that as a veteran OF the he could be
moved only on well-fognded charges. Colonel
Henry /. Swords. who turned out Of clerk
ship in the District Attorneys Office. also has
ploycd counsel to make a fight In the courts the
same grounds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-06

PRINCE HENRY's FLEET AT PORT SAID
Por, Said Jan 5-The German wnrship.
Deutschland and Genon. under the command oi
pr,nca Henry OF Prussia. have arrived here on
their way to China
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-06
BITTER STRUGGLE IN OHIO.
r FIRST TEST OF STRENGTH WILL
OCCUR NEXT TUESDAY.

,epoRTANT CHANGE IN TIE SITUATION
vrsrEsDAy-rHE TWO HOUSES 10 RNIoT
,orxrrY on wEDNrsDAy-PEFsEN~ IN
D1cArIONs POINT TO a DEADIoCK
NO CANDIDATE SELECTED sY
THE ANTI HANNA FORCES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-06

Notice ~ contest In The NNIIId New-York
District was filed by the Democratic leader. Mr..
Dornely. on behalf OF Thomas jefferson Hay
den. The sitting member Is Mark ]. Lowen-
thai Republican.
Mr. Nixon introduced a bill apprpprating
sG2 800 - make good the deficiency IN payment
for publishing the session laws OF 1897 in news
papers
Mr. Marshall Of Kings introduced tall grad
ing the salaries ~ the Fire Department in the
Borough Of Brooklyn 10 correspond with the
salaries paid IN old NcwYork.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
THE DREYFUS CASE.
Prisoners Counsel VIII Make Strong
Effort for RetriaB.

PARIS, September 6.-The Figaro says
today that General Saussier refused to ac-
cept the war portfolio because he had been
connected as military governor of Paris
with the Dreyfus case, and he therefore
considered that he should leave to another
the settlement of this matter.
The newspapers confirm the report that
the acceptance of the Office by General
Zurlinden. military governor Of Paris, was
due to President Faure's insistence. Some
of the papers praise his acceptance of the
office under the existing difficulties of the
situation and attack NJ Cavaignac. the late
minister for war declaring that his action
in resigning was tactless and illogical.
The newspapers regard the revision of
the Dreyfus case as being assured, saying
that the prisoners counsel will now make
strenuous efforts to secure a public retrial.
The Matin says that Colonel Picquart
yesterday signed demand for the provis-
ional liberation of Dreyfus.
Gen. Borin has been appointed acting
military governor Of Paris, in succession to
Gen. Zurliuden, who has accepted the
portfolio of minister of war
Evening star., 1898-09-06

Saies-reg,har eaii-ie O'Clock m.-Merrenthaiel
dahoi! pc , at lsS, at LIS. After czll-Capital
.lF, aF,s ton 10 at - 10 at "a American GRAPHIC
District of Columbia Bonds.-2o-year Funding 5s.
IOOA BID. 30-year Funding gold 6s, 1OJ bid.
tTnding currency 3.G5s, ia hid,
Miso eilaneous Bonds Metropolitan Railroad 5s
lis12 bid Metrop,tlitaE Railroad COW Gs l25 hid
Aetiol,olitan kniroad certificate of Indebtedness.
A. ia bid Metlop"ltan RailIoad certilcate of
Indebtedness, B. 100 bid. Columbia Railroad Gs.
IL bid Belt Kafl.crd IS, ~ bid, 0U asked.
Washington Gas Company ser. A, 6s. 1882 bid.
" washington Gas Company ser B 6s ia bid.
American Security ana Trust 5s. 100 bid. Nash
ington Market Company LIST 0s. l1o bid. NASH
tngton Market Company eNt'n Us. l1O bid Ma
SOME Han Association 5s. los bid.
Natioral Bank Stocks.-BaBk OF Washington,
$50 bid. Metropolitan, 3oS hid. Central Il2 bid.
Farmers and Mechanics, ls0 bid Second. l4O
ital. l20 bid. West End, SIS bid 80 asked Lin
coin, ll5 bid, 12l asked
Safe Deposit ard Trust Companies.-NatiunaI
Loan and Trust. l27 bid, l3O asked. American
Security and Trust I5C bid
Insurance Stocks: :-F:rsmen's, 25 bid. Franklin,
Potomac, IS hid Arlington, 122 bid. German
American. lsj bid. National Union, 10 bid Co
hlmbia, 10 bid. Riggs, ~ bid, asked peo-
PIE :, S1I bid, asked Lincoln, 3i9 bid, 20
Title Insurance stocks-Real Estate Title. Il
bid. celuInbie Title, AZ bid, 5A asked.
bid Metropolitan, l24 bid Columbia 18 asked.
Gas and Electric Light Stocks. Washington Gas
4sk bid, 40 asked. Georgetown Gas, As old
United States Electric Light, leg bid I05 asked.
Telephone Stocks.--C hes ap cake and Potomac, AZ
bid. Pennsylvania. IS bid.
Miscellaneous StOclls.-MergeDthaler Linotype
16 asked. American Graphoph, ne xi3 bid 1877
asked American Gri phophone pref 49, bid
Pneumatic Gun Carriage .25 bid. Great Fails lee
l12 bid, 10 asked
rights.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
ENTITLED TO a PENSION.
Decision Regarding n Minor Who
Deserted and Re-EnIisted.

Webster Davis, assistant secretary of
the interior, today rendered a very import
ant decision in the appealed claim for pen
sion of Jasper NJ. Stine. late of Company
NJ, 18th Illinois Cavalry. In this decision
the assistant secretary passes upon the
pensionabe status of minors who deserted
from the service.
The claimant enlisted as private in
Company E, Sth Missouri Infantry, on June
%, 1861, to serve three years, and deserted
October II, 1861. He again enlisted in Com
pany F, 6sth Illinois Infantry, on June 5,
1862, to serve three months, and was mus
tered out with the company September IS.
1862. He enlisted once mere on May IS,
1868, in Company NJ, 18th Illinois Cavalry,
to serve three years, and was mustered out
July IA, 1865. During this term of service
he was prisoner of war for ten months
and half, having been captured in action
at the battle of Jonesboro', Va, January 3,
1864. He claims that during his contine-
ment in prison he contracted the 1isabili-
ties for which he seeks pension.
The assistant secretary says that "the
question in this case is whether the minor S
contract of enlistment. was valid or void
The claimant being a minor (only a few
months over fifteen years of agel at the
time he enlisted, he was incapable, under
the law, of making valid contract hence
his desertion may be viewed in two differ
ent aspects-as the reputation of a con-
tract, and a crime. 1t is only in the
former aspect that this department and the
civil courts are concerned with it As a crime
it is cognizable only by military courts. II
minor repudiates his voidable contract in
such way as to involve the commission
of a crime he may be held to answer for
the crime but he Is no longer bound by his
contract. Claimant having made void, or
at most, voidab1e, contract of enlistment in
1861, to serve three years, and having by
desertion. shown his intention to repudiate
it, was no longer bound to serve by virtue
of that CONTRACT Hence his re-eniistment
In 1853 was netoin violation of his former
contract, and he was not, during his SER
vice under such ,re-enHstment, absent from
his proper command. and out of the line of
duty. The action of the pension bureau is.
therefore, reversed. "tb
Evening star., 1898-09-06
BROOKE AT RIO PIEDRAS
Installed in the Summer Residence of Cap
tain General Macias.
Col. Pine Did the Honor for the
Spanish mmander-OHiciaI
Visits Exchanged.

SAN JUAN De Porto Rico September g.
Major General John r. Brooke, the Amer
lean commander, arrived safely at Rio Pie
dras yesterday afternoon.
Col. Pine. the local Spanish commander
al Rio Piedras. rode to the outskirts of the
town and greeted Gen. Brooke in behalf
of Captain General Macias
Col Pine. after having bean introduced to
Gen. Brooke's staff. escorted the party to
Cen Macias summer residence, which has
been placed at the American commanders
disposal The houss is a pretentious dwell
ing facing the plaza.
Quarters for the staff of Gen. Brooke
Will be found tomorrow in another house.
Gen Brooke, who is outranked by Gen.
M&cias, the latter being lieutenant gen.
sraL viii call upon the captain general at
the palace and pay him an official visit Of
courtesy.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
ARCTIC SHIPS LOST,
All the Vessels Caught in the Ice
Destroyed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, September g.
a special to the Examiner from Seattle
says the news of the disaster to the Arctic
whaling fleet came in the following letter
from Capt. j. c. Downing of the Wolcott
to Austin Claiborne. the local agent of the
Pacific Steam Whaling Company:
JUNEAU, August -, 1898.
Il arrived from the westwa d this evening.
The latest from the Arctic is that all the
vessels that were caught in the ice were
lost. Mason captain of the Jeannie) is
crazy. L obtained the above information
from Capt. Ned Lennon, pilot of the gun
boat Wheeling.
"(Signed) j. c. DOWNING"
This letter came via the steamship Alki,
which has arrived from Juneau.
Mr.. Claiborne believes that only the
whaling vessels originally caught at Point
Barrow We're destroyed. This includes the
Jessie H Freeman. Wandefer, Belvidere,
Orca, Rosario, Newport, Fearless and Jean
ME.
The Rev. Sheldon Jackson, who returned
on the Roanoke, reported that the Belvi-
dere got out and reached Port Clarence
Where she coaled August 4 from the bark
J. D. Peters. She then returned to Point
Barrow. The Belvidere's officers also told
Mr.. jackson that the Rosario had been
crushed in the ice, and that the Wanderer
had extricated herself and moved on to the
vicinity of Herschel Island.
AS the Orca and Jessie H. Freeman were
destroyed last fall the natives having set
fire to and burned the latter it would an
pear that the only vessels remaining at the
mercy OF the ice foes and jams were the
JEANNE, Newport and Fearless
But besides the eight vessels named there
We're the Belaena. Belona. Narwhale and
Mary d. Hume remaining in that part of
the Arctic.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
BOTH SIDES OFF THE STREET.
Com IN ssieners Receive Request Con
cernihE Stops of Street Cars.

Com IN issioners Receive Request Com
cerninE Stops of Street Cars.
The District Commissioners today re-
ceived communication from the Metro
politan Railroad Company asking permis-
sion to stop it's cars on both sides of the
street at the following designated points:
1th and F streets, 18th and F streets, 14th
and F streets, Vermont avenue and H
street, 1Ith and H streets, SD and p
streets, Beth and o streets and 32d and
Dumbarton avenue.
This request is made, 1t is stated, in the
letter, for the reason that the physical con-
ditions existing at the points named create
a condition which is taken advantage Of by
passengers, and they have made both sides
of.the intersecting streets a stopping place.
They alisht from and board the cars on both
sides Of the street at the points mentioned,
and especially has this been the case at
7th and f streets, and Vermont avenue and
H street. Parties attending the theater,
going east, desire to cross the street and
Theater. Persons going west, and wishing
to stop at the Arlington, find it very in
convenient in wet and snowy weather to
be compelled to walk the long distance
across from the near side of the avenue to
the hotel. At 18th and F streets patrons
of the Columbia Theater desire to alight
in front of the play house.
Mr.. Coleman states that there are many
other reasons why the permission asked
should be granted.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
sick Soldiers From Porto Rico

Maj Hopkins, Secretary Alger's military
aid, has just returned to Washington from
New York. where he went to arrange for
the care Of the sick soldiers who are ex-
pected TO arrive with the Miles expedition.
Maj. Hopkins reports that Maj. Appel of
the medical department of the army has
procured list Of 800 hospital beds which
Will be available for the soldiers. 1t is not
known just how many are i'll. but from the
fact that Gen. Miles reported that he would
bring 4,OG0 men with him II Is presumed,
that the number will be large
NAL Appel has made up d list of sick sol
dlers who are now lying in the hospitals of
New York and II is said at the. War Do
partment that he Is the proper person to
whom 10 address inquiries as to The condt-
ton OF these patients. His address Is the
Army building, New York
A telegram received at the War DEPART
nent at noon today announced the arrival
al Philadelphia Of the hospital ship Relief
rron Porto Rico with 2i6 sick soldiers
aboard. The men viii be cared for In the
Philadelphia hospitals.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
District Soldiers Should Not Marc

District Soldiers Should Not March,
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
Having during the past week spent three
days among the soldiers at Camp Wikoff, I
do not think that the District regiment
should be asked to march in parade Per-
sons who have not seen the men can have
no idea of the extent of the debility under
which they are laborng. The men have
mad the fever" with very few exceptions
and 1t has simply been suppressed with
quinine, but not cured. Most of them have
had two or three attacks the second and
third having been brought on by being
put to work in the hot sun before they were
able to do more than stagger about: then
more quinine, apropos of which comes a
writer, formereiy living in Cuba who says:
Alter much suffering from extreme de-
plllty Tor several days / gradually became
conValescent and was recommended to
drink porter. 1t is always to be preferred
TO qulnine, as there are instances of the
most deplorable effects from the use of this
drug in yellow fever" The stories told me
by many men bear out this statement; they
are all full of the drug, the result being
that any overdQing, any undue exposure to
heat, will surely bring on return of the
fever, each attack finding the patient in a
worse condition.
After leaving Cuba, there followed the
starvation on the transports, which some
who We're provided for deny. but which
many victims affirmed to me- There was
food, but it was pork canned beef, hams
poor coffee and musty hard bread, which
the most of the men, could not eat in their
SICK condition. Crowded in like slaves
many of the men suffering from dysentery
or diarfboea, between decks with insuffi-
cient nursing, one lying on the deck another
hanging over them in hammocks, it is no
wonder that they landed worse than when
they left Cuba.a' Oneimaii said ..1hey put
our guns and belts in a dry place but the
men had to lie on the deck where We were
wet through every time it rained' The
same authority quoted above says: mo
greasy food of any Kind should be touched
by the patient, as it is certain death in this
curious disease" e. .@,t
One young man told me that when he got
piece of bread half as large as his hand
that he could sit propped up for two hours
While when he could not get it, which was
most of the time. he could not raise his
head from the blanket.
The men know what they want: thev do
not want to march only part of them
can do anyhow, ard it would not be fair
to those who have suffered most for a part
to carry off the honorS. Let them wait un-
til time for mastering out, then have a
march on the avenue.
No less a matter is the fact that these
men will not be able to do manual labor for
weeks and months to come. 1t will take
at least year to get into fair condition
and many will never be well again. These
men must live, they must have clothing
for they cannot wear uniform clothes and
their families must be provided for Far
back, the empty stomach, the protecting
roof and the needy family than to spend it
in noise. C. B. GILBERT
September J. 1898
Evening star., 1898-09-06
Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, September 6.-Flour dull un-
efanged-receipts, 25 .sl4 barrels; exports 80 3Io
berrets. Wheat quiet and lower-Spot and Month.
G'isaeS: October, 6554aS8; Deeeinier 65ssa'sJls
steamer No 2 red, 611a61A A-receipts 6S. sT2 bush,
els; sales, 5000 bushels-southern wheat br
sample, eDa61; do. ON grade. 6lhsaG6h Corn
54H; stsmer mixed S3ts sa33s4 4-receip;s. 25l $40
bosheis; exports, 242 l55 Bushels. stock. 94s,g5
bushels sales, 64. 900 lgshelssoutbern white corn
34aso15; do yellow, 35lsa36 Oats dGll-No ?
white western, 2ea2t;,1 No. mixed do, 2sa2tlz-
receipts. IL, $50 bushels; exports. 1850 bushels:
stock, ga .oSI bushels Rye duh and Iower-No.
: nearby, sly, No western. 4S-receiDts. 6 40
seTssbelsi ekperts. aole; stock sou2I Bns,tis Hay
better aeilano-So: timothy, sio-5oasli. Grain
fTeights quieter-stetn 10 Liverpool. per bnshel.
2lsd. September; Cork for orders per quarter,
Ss:SSd sagar string -sIanulsted. 55s. Butter
stesdy-faney creamery, fa; do. imitation. 10alT !;
do ladle, l4al5; good ladle. IS. store packed u
ala. Esgs nrm-fresh; l5al5h Chrese steady
fancy New YORK. 80; large, s%ass.; do 81; me-
dium. s*ass; DO. 2s: small, s5sss4. Lettuce
SOC per basbeI box, Whisky, 81 -2sas1. 30 per gal
Ion for finished goods in loads; 81 i-31asl32 for
Jotbing lots.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
Big Deed of Trust Recorded.

A deed of trust was placed on record this
afternoon by the City and Suburban Rail-
way of Washington, the successor to the
lexington and Soldiers Home Railway
Company, upon all the property rights and
franchises of the said company. The
trust Is to secure the payment of 1,T58
bonds of $1,000 each, payable in gold Au-
gust l, 1913, bearing interest at 5 per cent
per annum, payable semi-annually. The
Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company
of Baltimore is named as the trustees. 1t
required $4,ST4.50 in revenue stamps to
record the paper.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
Marine Hand PROGRAM.

The program of the concert by the United
States Marine Band, William H. Santel-
mann, director, at the Capitol grounds, be-
ginning at 4:45 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
will be as follows:
/. March, "Gilmore's TriumphaP' 80. Brooks
=. Overture, ''Masaniello". ............. .Auber
3. Selection, Robin Hood" De koVen
1. Waltz, Morning Journal ......... Strauss
5. Cornet solo. The Surf Polka.
Lauritz NJ. Larsen. Steinhauser
6. Fantasie, Merchant of Venice.
Mercadante
7. March, ''The Trans--dississippi Expo
sition'' ...... ...................Sa .Santelmann
8. Comic. THE Band Strike. Fahrbach
0. Grand Fantasia, ''The Voice of Our
Nation" ............... .SanteImann
Evening star., 1898-09-06

flour, feeds, meats, implements, books, re-
pairs to buildings and other necessary
ceed $780, for additional labor or services,
and for transportation and other necessary
expenses incident to securing suitable
homes for discharged boys not exceeding
sioners, $4,000. Construction of assembly
han. including plumbing, heating and light
ing fixtures, s9,15a. For one additional brick
family building. complete, $4,000; for fur
nishng same, 1900.
The estimates will be referred to the su-
perintendent of charities
Evening star., 1898-09-06
ESTIMATES SUBMITTED.
Required for the Dis
trict Reform School,

The District Commissioners have received
from Col Cecil Clay, president of the board
of trustees of the reform school, estimates
of appropriations nseded for that instttu-
ton for the fiscal year ending June 30.
1900. They are as follows:
One superintendent. N.5O0; one assistant
superintendent 500; teachers and assist
ant teachers, s5,o4o; matron of school, 5000:
four patrons OF families, $3.50 sach; $720;
81, $50; farmer, $3.50, engineer, 1905; assist.
ant engineer. $500; tailor. cook and shoe
maker, at $500 each, $500; baker. $500:
laundress, $3.50; two dining room servants.
one sean1strsss and one chambermaid at
$144 each, $576; florist, $3.50; watchmen, not
exceeding six in number. 1.620; secretary
and treasurer to board Of trustees, 5000.
Total salaries, $16, 452.
Support Of inmates. including groceries,
Evening star., 1898-09-06
Blaze in Takoma Park.

An alarm was turned in this forenoon for
fire in the house of Mrs. Falken on Holly
street, Tskoma Park, caused by a lighted
match coming in contact with some gaso-
line that was being used in cleaning the
house Damage to the amount of about
$500 was done.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
Private Maupin's Condition.

A letter has been received by a brother
of Private John Maupin, stating that there
is decided Improvement In his condition,
and that the members of the family with
him are encouraged to believe that the
cool mountain climate Of Front Royal, Va,
where he now is, will prevent an attack of
typhoid fever, which seemed imminent
when the sick soldier left here Saturday
last.
Evening star., 1898-09-06

commendable interest in the welfare of his
men, and that has not been true of every
militia colonel or of every colonel of regu-
lars. for that matter In fact he has be-
haved, while in com6and of the District
volunteers just as those who knew him
as newspaper man, street railway president
snd business man theHsht he would behave
worth having"
Thessubssriptions.
The llowing@suhsx xriptions to the fund
for the receptios Of he District of Column
oia Volunteers have Been received by Mar.
John Jo,, ,5so,,~
Evening star., 1898-09-06
Men at Boston Are Retter.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BOSTON. Mass, September 6.-AIi of the
District of Columbia soldiers confined at
the local hospital were reported as better
this afternoon.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
TRANSPORT CHESTER SIGHTED.
Che Brings Gems. Schwan and Hahn
and Her EIag Is at HaIf Mast.

and Her Flag Is at Half Mast.
NEW YORK. September 1.-THE United
States transport Chester, from Porto Rico,
with General Schwan and staff, General
Haines and staff and the 4th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry. was sighted off the
Highlands at noon today. bound In. Her
ensign was at half mast.
She has about forty-one officers and 1,15l
men on board.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
Widow the Sole Legatee,

The will of Thomas Garden, dated April
IA, 1880, and naming his wife, Margaret A.
Garden, executriX, was filed today for pro-
bate. Mrs. Garden is also made the sole
legatee of the estate.
Evening star., 1898-09-06
Contributions Received.

The following contributions have been re-
ceived by The Star for the relief of the
regiment:
Evening star., 1898-09-06
Grain, Provisions and

Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets.
Furnished by w. 3. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers. 1927 f St. members New YORK
stock exchange correspondents Messrs
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co.. New York