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The times., 1898-04-02
INsURANCE sTATEMENTs.


STATEMENT OF the condition OF the CAPITAL
TRUST COMPANY, organized under the laws Of
Virginia September 90 1880 at the close Of b;isi-
ness Dec. 81, 1897, required by act Of Congress
approved july %, ls92:
Capital stOck. 500 600 90
Capital stock paid up--.....-...-..-... O00 90
Assets .......-.................... Isl $40 %
Liabilities S23 20
Amount due depOSit0Ts- -..--..-........ Al SOB as
Gross income for six months ending
Dec. 81, 1897. s07..-...-.---.---.---.-... 7.4I9 %
Current expenses for six months end
ing Dec. 81 1897. IS97......-.-....-..-.... 3.S7I 30
City OF Washington, County OF Washington S.
l. CHARLES III. ALEENDER Cashier Of the
above-named Company, do sOfsmRiy swear that
the above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief
CHARLES H. ALLENDER. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this 3I5t
day Of March, 1898.
lSeall HENRY X. SIMPSON, Notary Public.
COrrect-Attest:
FELIX P SEIBERT,
WI d. CROSBY
CHARLES H. ALLENDER.
Directors.
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AEGOT TIAT|NG FOR SHIPS
Governments Energetic Efforts
TO Strengthen Our Navy.
SECRET SERVICE TELEGRAPH
The Government Has Arranged to
Establish Its Own System along
the Atlantic Coast-SuppOrters OF
Families Stricken From Military
RoiIs-Reeruiting Naval Reserves.

Toronto, April 1.-The United States
Government is trying to buy ships here.
The Poison Iron Works a few days ago
received from the Navy Department at
Washington a request for information
as 10 whether vessels suitable for war
purposes Were to be purchased in Toronto.
AS a consequence of this dispatch, F. B.
Poison is now engaged in negotiations for
the purchase by the United States Gov
ernment of the weIl-known steam yacht
Cleopatra.
The times., 1898-04-02

Take Laxative Bromo Qunine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it fails
TO cure 25c. The genuine has L. b. Q. on
each tablet.
The times., 1898-04-02

the committee does not propose that that
disaster shall be submitted to any in
ternational court Of inquiry. 1t has in
vestigated the whole question thorough
ly and will devote all of to-day's session
to a further consideration of that branch
of the general question. 1t is quite prob
able, therefore. that when the commit
tee reports upon the resolutions Mon
day or Tuesday it will deal extensively
with the Maine question and place it
before the American people in manner
altogether different from that IN the find
ing of the Court of Inquiry.
80 Sinking.
The hour will soon he at hand when the
country will know what the future has
in store. There is no shirking of re-
sponsibiltiy by the Senate committee and
there Will he no holding back by the
President. All parties have been keyed
up to the pitch and the consensus of
opinion was last night that the United
States and Spain would be at war with
each other by week from to-day at
farthest. The only thing that can make
war impossible is an absolute surrender
by Spain, and that is now not looked for.
Her last reply to Mr.. McKinleys de-
mand was an insult. 1t was an ingen-
ious plea for delay, an effort to submit
the question to body that has not yet
been elected, a subterfuge which ought
to open the eyes of the most ardent adj
vocate of peace and show him that
Spain's only play is one for time so that
she may be better prepared to strike the
blow which she hopes to again strike
in h. do
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MIR. Woodrord's Instructions.

It was denied last night that any sec
ond message had been sent to Madrid
today. but The Times has very high
authorlt FOR The statement that mes
sage was cabled to Minister Woodford
last night instructing him to arrange
with the British ambassador at Madrid
to take care Of American interests and
for Mr Woodford to get his private
affairs in such shape that he could leave
Madrid at a moments notice This looks
as If the beginning Of the end were near.
The times., 1898-04-02
Take Dir. Henry's Blood Tea.

The great Blood Purifier, Kid
ney, Liver and Bladder Regulator.
At all druggists. Price, 25c.
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The Forthcoming Message.

The message, it is said, viii be a strong
document, and a state paper that will
live long in American history. It viii
review the situation in Cuba generally,
and Will take the position that American
commerce has been so intereferd with
that the time has come for the United
States TO interfere in order to preserve
the rights of its own citizens. Refer
ences will be made to the depIorable
condition on the island, and the constant
menace TO the United States of the con-
dition of the country in its diseased breed
ing capacity. The fact that Spain has
agreed to feed the reconcentrados and
permit them 10 return to their lands and
earn their living will be touched upon,
but it viii be pointed out that this ac-
ton comes too late to carry with saving
grace.
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ENGLAND's NAVAL STRENGTH.
Imposing sIancuvers Ordered in the
Gulf of PechiIi.

Pekin. April 1.-Orders have been given
for an immediate naval demonstration by
the British fleet in the Gulf of PechiIi. in
which the greatest possible display of
power shall be made.
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savannah the Headquarters.

Savannah, Aprils 1.-The Government
has arranged for the establishment, in
one days time, of its own telegraphio
system for secret service along the 2ntire
Atlantic Coast. The whole coast viii he
divided into two districts. Savannah Will
be the headquarters. The Government
intends TO build houses on the beach.
where naval reserve officers will be sta
toned with telescopes 20 keep watch and
report, to headquarters in this city all
ships sighted at sea.
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The Expected Happened.

lhe reply Of Spain to the message Of
the President proved 10 be what mem
bers Of Congress had anticipated. They
said they had expected a series Of sub
i"rfuges and protests instead Of
s-raightf0rward. candid response TO the
proposals Of this Government.
The universal comment was that il II
we're practicable 10 wait until the meet
ing Of the Spanish Cortes for a decisive
reply 70 the basis Of settlement proposed
by the United States. some other prete,t
Tor further delay would be invented by
the scheniing Spanish premier.
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Repairing the Cruisers.

Newport News. Va, April THE re-
pairs being made to the guns of the
cruiser Brooklyn will be completed this
afternoon. Seventy men from the ship
yard here are rushing the work.
The work of cleaning the sea growth
from the bottom of the Massachusetts by
divers, which was started last night is
being pushed with all possible haste to-
day
New York April 1.-The battIeship
Texas is still al the navy yard, but she
is ready to go to sea at any moment
In her fighting paint she looks like d
floating fortress.
Winsted, Conn, April 1.-Governor Orin
L. Cook to-day received orders from the
Navy Department to have the naval re-
serves of this State ready for call at
any moment. The governor says only
the call is needed for action
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Charges rloderate, Medicine Includes

Daily Ofiice IIours-l0 a m to ) p. IN. Monda.
Wednesday. Thursday, and Saturday, to p II
Sunday, 10 to y III.
CONSULTATION CONFIDENTIAIA FREE
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Cuban independence Demanded.

New Haven. April 1-At q special
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
this afternoon resolutions were passed
indorsing President Mckinley, declaring
for Cuba's independence and instructing
the Connecticut delegation in the Senate
and House to support President Nc
Kinlev
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SPAIN MUST REPLY DIRECT
Continued from first pageD

ton. But yesterday was only one of
several when the market has indicated
very clearly in advance that the news
would be later 1t was in fact the least
significant of what the banner days of
the war gambling. as every one predict
ed what the reply of Spain would be.
There is at The Arlington. Senator Han
mas hotel. an army of prominent stock
market men over from New York max
ing the Capital their home and place of
business during the time that the fate
OF the nation hangs in the balance. These
men, with hardly an exception, are
known to he in favor of peace at any
price, but this does not prevent them
from lowering over the battlefield like
buzzards waiting for the grim spoils of
war If war must come they are deter
mined TO make the best of it.
President Pleads for One Day.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations will today formulate it's report
for submission 10 the Senate on Mon
day. although there Is an intimation
that it may be withheld until Tuesday,
as the President last night informed some
OF the members of the committee that he
could not get his message ready until
that day There is no longer any doubt
| about the attitude of the President.
Whatever his personal inclinations are,
he has been driven to firm stand, and
/ could not now retrace his steps if he
would
| The Cabinet meeting yesterday even
! ing was more than a mere Cabinet meet
! ing-it was a council of war. Messrs.
Gage and Long. who have been for peace
at any price, held out as long as they
could, and then capitulated and joined
with their associates in agreeing to the
policy the President outlined The action
of the Cabinet was communicated to the
Committee on Foreign Relations, and
met with its hearty approval
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30
KIoWA PoPULIsTs.
Two of the Nomine es Will Not Re
ceive Support of PopuIist Papers.

Greensburg, Aug SO.-The Peoples
party of this county nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: Representative, Rev. B.
H. AlbertsOn; probate judge, J. P. Mil
Ter; clerk of district court, O. C. Eaton;
superintendent of schools, A. W. Hersh-
berger, present incumbent; county at
torney, E. A. Fisher; commissioner
Third district, H. ]. Brown, present in
cumbent.
The resolutions reaff1rm support of the
national platform of 1896 and state
platform adopted at Abilene. Reaffirm
government ownership of public util-
tiles Of monopolistic character. inc1ud-
ing railroads; municipal ownership of
street railways, waterworks. lights, etc,
and until such time as the government
obtains possession demand reduction in
present rates Demand ado ton of
referendum. Demand such modification
of tax laws as will eliminate so far as
possible injustice now existing. De-
mand of the Republican party an expla-
nation as to why it took credit for the
advance in the price of wheat in 1896
and 1897, and diSclaimS any reSpOnSi bill
ity for it's decline now. Condemns
congress for issuing bonds instead of
greenbaclxs, cOmmendS present state adj
mInistration for it's record, and asserts
that the laws passed by last legiSla-
ture and enforced by the executive de-
paTtment have been of more benefit to
the state than all the legislation of the
preceding thirty years. Demand free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
present ratio. Commend the noble boys
of army and navy for their efforts to
give freedom to Spanish-cursed Cuba;
in that they are invincible in war and
thoroughly patriotic. Fully commend
the services of Senator Harris and Rep
resentatives Simpson and BOtkin for
their constant efforts to obtain legisla-
ton in interest of the people, and their
opposition to trusts and combines. De-
mand the most rigid and economic ad-
ministration of county affairs.
The nominations of Hershberger and
Fisher were very hotly contested.
Charges that they were working with
the Republican ring were boldly and
publicly made. Hershberger is charged
with defeating the Populist candidate
for commissioner last fall, in the inter-
est of his brother-in-law, who publishes
the Signal. Fisher, with having de-
cIared last fall, after his defeat for
Judge, that hereafter he would be with
the Republicans, and comdemning the
Populists and their paper for his defeat.
The Populist paper here will not sup
port either of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30
A WOMAN SURGEON
With Rank of Lieutenant, Appointed
by Secretary Alger.

Washington, Aug. 30.-FOr the first
time in the history of the American ar
my a woman has been appointed a
member of the medical staff. DR.. AMI
ia Newcomb MCGEE, wife of Prof. w. J.
MCGEE of this city, and daughter of
Prof. Simon Newcomb, formerly of the
naval observatory, was regularly sworn
in as an acting assistant surgeon. This
according to Secretary Ayers order,
will entitle her to the uniform of a sec
Ond lieutenant, without designation of
rank. 1t is not likely, however, that
DR.. MCGEE will avail herself of this
privilege.
The appointment, while a novelty
from a technical standpoint, is not the
beginning of DR.. McGee's service with
the war department. Throughout the
war she has been in charge of the se=
lection Of the women nurses and of the
700 or more now in the field, most have
passed muster at her hands. Assistant
Surgeon MCGEE goes to New York
to select 80 graduate nurses for service
in Porto Rico. DR.. MCGEE has regu-
Iarly practiced her profession in Wash
ington for some years, and is well
known in medical circles throughout
this country, having contributed sever
al papers to the American association
for the advancement Of science and to
other scientific ORGANIZATIONS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30
KANSAS news.
Dickinson County Farmers
Caught by Swindlers.
Two Townships Raided by IT.
responsible Fakirs.
IOLA'S LOG ROLLING.
Prayers Offered For Dancers by
Travelling Missionaries
Who Warned the Young People
of Everlasting Punishment.

Abilene, Aug. 3O-An old fraud has
been revived and worked successfully
upon several people in this county re-
Gently. The victims captured were
mostly farmers, though some town peo-
pie and at least one county official were
caught.
Two men came from Chicago. They
looked up list of reliable men in the
town and county, secured the services
of well-known farmer living in Hol-
land or Wheatland township to intro
duce them and proceeded to business.
They were selling a lot of cloth, value
SIS, for suitings and the man who
bought was entitled to membership in
their club and could buy muslfns at
two cents, Brussels carpets at 80 cents,
and all kinds of standard goods cheaper
than any house in Abilene could get
them at wholesale
The contract required them to have
the suitings purchased made up in
Chicago and if the purchasers were
financially good their note was as good
as cash. The list of victims was plen-
tiful, of course, and many a man bought
his cloth, sent it to Chicago and had it
come back made up in manner, but
he would then figure a little and find
that he had suits not so good as those
he could buy ready made for about
in the club proved valueless.
Those who gave notes now find them
due and in the hands of local parties
who purchased them fnnocently. They
have some cheap clothing, but high
enough in price, and a little more ex-
perience to show for their patronage
of travelling fakirs.
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MRS. WILMRRDING AGAIN.
Prosecuted Woman Not Yet Sure of
Her Freedom.

New York. Aug. SO.-For six hours
yesterday Mrs. Marie Fatimah Will
merding sat in a little room in the
White Plains court house and listened
to lawyers and alienists battling over
the question of her mental condition.
All of the doctors declared her to be
insane.
By her side sat her friend, Mrs. Jack
BlOodgood. Not so long ago the two
Mrs. Jacks" were conspicuous figures
in the fashionable set One of them is
lum, and the other a widow, with the
atrical aspirations. Both were smartly
dressed, Mrs. BloodgoOd in a black
gown with white cuffs. a white neck
band and white watch chain. Mrs.
Wilmerding wore a heliotrope silk shirt
waist, blue serge skirt, brown kid
gloves, a large black cravat and AL
pine-shaped white straw hat trimmed
During the whole trying ordeal the
two women, both of them scarcely more
than girls, sat side by side, at times
presenting a pathetic picture. Mrs.
Bloodgood is a marked blonde, Mrs.
Wilmerding decided brunette Mrs.
BIoodgood has a fine determined little
face with plenty of character showing
in the strong lines of her chin. Mrs.
Wflmerding's face. beautiful in the
sCftness of its outlines, was sadder yes
terday than on the day, a couple Of
weeks ago, when she astounded every
one by going on the witness stand and
confessing to past indiscretions. which
showed she had gone the whole gamut
of dissipation.
Strangely enough her best and truest
friend, Mrs. Bloodgood. was not there
today to aid her to gain her free
dom from Bloomingdale. On the con-
trary, Mrs. Bloodgood emDhatically de-
MED that she was in any way response
BILE for or connected with the present
legal proceedings to secure Mrs. Will
merding's release Mrs. B1OodgOod be-
heves it would be a fatal bIunder to
give Mrs. Wnmerding her liberty now
when she Is so rapidly regaining her
mental strength.
The examination will be resumed
Thursday
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correspondence ensued, photos were ex-
changed, curiosity rapidly ripened by
this process into admiration, which in
turn gave way to affection, and the
marriage Sunday evening finishes the
chapter.
Thursday morning on the 2:30 train
a lady was deposited by the south
bound katy passenger at Labette.
She was brunette of pleasing features
and address, was the possessor of
graceful form and a pair of fine eyes.
She made inquiries concerning the
whereabouts of William Morris. Bill
was with a threshing outfit and was
not expecting his bride to be soon, and
consequently it was late that evening
before the word reached him. He start
ed towards town in company with a
friend, and that our readers may ap-
preciate his feelings as he journeyed
toward his fate, we quote his remark:
The nearer get to Labette the queer
er I feel
''They met. They were mutually
pleased. They will henceforth journey
hand and hand together along the path
of life until death or divorce doth them
part
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ny B, Seventh infantry, malarial fever
and dysentery; Henry Berberick, pri-
vate, Company G, Fourth infantry,
jaundice; H. r. D. Oliver, private, Com
pany H, Second u. S. volunteer infant
ism; William H. Milton, Company r,
Twenty-fourth infantry, Inflammation of
liver; Cam Hughes, corporal, Company
G, TWenty-fourth infantry, yellow fe-
yer; John O'Brien, Company G. First
volunteers, typhoid fever; Chas. Thorne,
private, Company B, Sixth infantry,
pernicious malariaI fever and acute
dysentery; George Briggs, private,
Company I, Thirty-fourth Michigan,
pulmonary tuberculosis; Thomas Cas-
tie, corporal, Company H. Ninth Mas
sachusettS, pernicious malariaI fever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30

The New York Mail and Express
takes shot at the Tribune man on the
occasion of his appointment on the
peace commission. The Mail and Ex-
press says; THE latest arrangement
seems to be that Mr.. Jacob w. Reid. of
the Tribune, is to go to Paris as a peace
commissioner and not to London as am
bassador. If the gentleman had to be
rewarded for defeating the Republican
national ticket in 1892 it is much better
for his feelings that he should be given
an appointment which need not come
before the senate for confirmation. Nor
Is it at all likely that with four such
broad-minded experienced. unselfsh
and patriotic statesmen on the peace
commission as Secretary Day, Senator
Davis, Senator Frye and Justice White,
the fifth wheel can affect seriously the
straight and smooth running Of the We
hicle''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30
COMPLETE BIG FISH DEAL
Combine Controlling Oyster Beds an
Catching Business in Operation.

Chicago, Aug. 3O.-Final details have
been. arranged in the gigantic combine
which will control the fish and oyster
industry of the United States and Can
ada. AS before reported it was orga-
nized in London as the A. Booth COM
pany, Limited, with a capital Of S5.000,
900, of which $4,000, 900 has been paid in
in nOncumulatiVe stock and the rest is
creased to $4,000 900. The trust is the
idea of W. Vernon Booth, and members
of A. Booth & Co. admit that the COM
bine has been completed within a few
days, but refuse to give particulars at
this time. The trust takes in the Unit
ed States and the Dominion TranSpOr-
tation company and controls every oys-
ter bed, the fisheries in American and
Canadian waters and has also absorbed
the various concerns of the fish and
oyster industry.
Among the concerns that have been
absorbed are:
The A. Booth Packing company of st.
Louis, Chicago and Baltimore, with
branCh-hOuses in various cities through
out the country as far as Astoria, Ore
gon; Chase, Davidson & Co, of Louis
vile, Ky; Chase & Co., of Chattanooga
and Nashville, Tenn; Lake Ontario
Fish company, Cape Vincent, N. Y;
Emerson, Boston; the Davis Fresh and
Salt Fish company Of Detroit, Mich:
Killarney Fish company of Detroit;
James Craig & Son, Detroit; Charles
Willie & Co., and Frederick Dferssen &
Brother, Chicago; Buffalo Fish compa-
ny, Davis Fish company and Buffalo
and Erie Fish association, Buffalo. N.
Y; Sanduslzy Fish company, Sandusky.
O.; z. R Edison company, Cleveland;
Cincinnati Fish and oyster company,
Cincinnati; Baltimore Packing compa-
ny, Minneapolis. Mimi; Strech enbach
& Co, Green Bay, Wis; AnswOrth e.
Gauly, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich; Geor-
gian Bay Fish company and Noble
Brothers & Co., CollingwoCd. Ont; Sell
kirk Fish company and Reed & TAFT,
SeIkirk. Man.
Other concerns interested in the mar
thine fisheries are expected to join the
combine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30
LAWTON'S SICK REPORT.
Only $50 Cases Now in the siboney
Hospital

Washington, Aug. SO.-The following
dispatch has been received at the war
department:
Santiago de Cuba, via Hayti, Aug.
2e.-Adjutant General, Washington:
Total sick, $50; total fever, 1922; new
cases fever 8; returned to duty, 81;
deaths, Miroski, John H, private, COM
pany NJ, First infantry, malarial fever,
tertian intermittent; Bender, James,
private, company K, First artillery,
pernicious malarial fever and acute
diarrhea; Withon. Irwin, private. troop
G, Tenth cavalry, typhoid fever; Frank,
Abel. private, company B, Eighth Ohio,
typhoid fever; King. James C., private,
company c, Second Massachusetts,
chronic dirrahea; Diars, James A.
chronic dysentery; Martin, Richard,
nrivate. company G, Seventy first New
York volunteers, malariaI fever:
Commanding.
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WORSE THAN EVER.
Sickness in the California Camp is In
creasing.

San Francisco, Aug. 3O.-In spite of
the great precautions taken by the
local military authorities, the health
conditions at the local camp are worse
than ever. The total number of sick
is the largest yet known. The total is
308, five of these being in private hos
pitfalls, ffty-five out on furlough, eleven
in outlying hospitals. The Seventh Call
ifornia is still to the front with 81 cases.
Private Frank H. Rodibaugh, company
H, Seventh California, died of typhoid
fever. There are 16 or IS typhoid sus-
poets in the hospital. The Tennessee
regiment has IS sick men and the Fifty
first Iowa Sc. There were So patients
in the Preside hospital this morning,
several of these having typhoid fever in
its first stages.
A cable has been received from Cen
eraI F. V. Greene, who sailed to Ma
Mia in command of the Second expedi-
ton, intimating that he intends to re-
turn to the United States Immediately.
AS the China is reported as leaving
Manila today, General Greene may
come on her