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cylinders are 202. 81 and 3s inches, re-
spectively, for the high the intermediate.
and the two low-pressure cylinders, and
the common stroke is - inches. When
making about 330 revolutions a minute
these engines will develop an Indicated
horse power of quite 5000, and the boats
should make without fail 30 knots for
v hich they are designed. Steam at a work.
ing pressure of 80 pounds will be suppl ed
by four water-tube boilers, two forward
and two aft of the engine compartments
AT least a hundred tons of coal will be car
ried, and a considerable radius of action is
assured. This coal is slowed abreast the
boilers and engines for protection anc will
offer moderate resistance to shells OF /
and 3-pounders.
The limit of cost for these boats - saaa
900, and no bonus is offered for excess de-
velopment of speed.
With these boats built and in our Dosses-
sion, we should have a powerful adjunct TO
our defenses, and every inducement has
been offered TO the bidders. promising early
completion and the possible fulfllmen. cf
these designs. 1t will be some time before
the bidders own designs can be properly
analyzed, and there is no doubt but that
the major part of the boats will be t,uilt
Upon the departments lines and OF the
bidders plans those Will be favored that
ofer to duplicate rapidly the largest of the
ooatS now under construction.
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Millionaire in a Moment.

From LONDON Tft-Btts.
1t falls TO the lot OF but few men, to make
the discovery that they are standing on a
mine of & ms of fabulous value. This good
fortune has recently befallen Mr.. T. c. Bas-
sett. a mining expert, whose keen eye and
a stroke Of luck converted him in moment
from poor man to be master of millions.
Mr. Bassett, who is attached as expert to a
mining corporation in South America, was
on short visit to relatives in California
when it occurred to him that he might
utilize some of his time prospecting for
gold.
His wanderings took in the direction OF
the famous Death valley, where one day he
mounted a small cone-shaped hill in order
TO get a better view of the surrounding
country. He was about to descend the hill
to continue his tramp, when a patch of
blue at his feet arrested his attention Bas-
setts trained eye recognized in the blue
patch the blue float" which is a sure indi-
cation OF the presence of turquoises in the
soil. He lost no time In locating claim.
and was soon hard at work with pick and
shovel. His most sangu!ne expectations
were more than realized, for at the depth of
six feet he found the ''boxite VEIN" which
was thickly studded with beautiful stones
The deeper he dug the more magnificent
were the gems, and within a fortnight he
was able TO return to San Francisco with
no less than seventy pounds of the most
brilliant and fawless turquoises that have
ever been discovered.
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WANT OF PROPER NURSING.
GanaraI,s II ou,Ix nm the Su Inject.

DIR. Kent's Letter and the Surgeon
Generals Reply on the Subject.
The following letter from Surgeon Cen
eral George NJ. Sternberg was received yes
terday in New York by Stephen E. Barton
Of the Red Cross:
your letter of August %, inclosing
letter from Rev. Alexander Kent, has been
referred to me. 1 shall refer it to the chief
surgeon at Jacksonville.
THE closing paragraph Of Mr.. Kent's
letter, to which you call special attention,
is as follows:
Reports this morning reveal a start
ling mortality among the typhoids, thir-
teen in the last twenty-four hours in the
I'd Division alone. Most Of these, in my
judgment are due to the want of proper
nursing. In the first place, the number of
nurses is insufficient and their hours are
too long. In the second place, most of
them are not skilled nurses. They are
having their first experience in the care of
typhoids. Effort has been made to remedy
this, but the only way 1t can be remedied
is one contrary to the view of the surgeon
general, and one, therefore. which his
subordinates do not feel at liberty to take.
The Red Cross has on several occasions
offered to furnish skilled nurses at it's own
expense, but has met uniformly with the
reply. I'VE are abundantly supplied with
such nurses now" Since that reply was
made to Mr.. Cobb, however, the surgeon
in-chief has dispatched gentleman to New
York to secure 150 nurses, but the opposi-
ton to female nurses continues, and, as
no adequate supply of trained male nurses
can be found, our boys must continue to
die for want of Intelligent, skillfuI nurs-
ing
Mr.. Kent is iaboring under a misappre-
hension with refereuce to my views 1
nave never objeGted DO sending trained fe-
male nurses to our general hospitals, or to
field hospitals III which the typhoid fever
cases are treated I'VE have now more than
800 trained female nurses. The health of
the command at4Jacksonville has been re-
ported to me as excellent until very re-
Gently, when, as 1 understand, consider
able number ofntypkoid fever cases have
developed" N
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Base Ball Notes,

Senators at Louisville today
The Colonels are playing fast ball these
days.
That shut-out at Cincinnati was quite a
shock to the Baltimore fans
MERGERS hitting will keep him on the nine
short AS outfielder he might prove
wonder
If the Senators can only make it an even
break at Louisville they might get out of
the eleventh hole before the season ends.
The games at Cincinnati, on form, will af-
ford little satisfaction to the local fans
The Brooklyn leveland series will be
transferred to Rochester. n. Y, as an eX-
pertinent. No more games will be played at
Cleveland this season. As a result of this
transfer neither Boston nor Cincinnati will
get the best of it, as the Wanderers" will
play games scheduled for Cleveland in those
cities.
There was a rumor on the street yester-
day that Hugh Duffy, the captain of the
Boston club. had been secured by Mr. Wag-
ner to look after the Senator's next season
The rumor lacks foundation, from the fact
that Duffy has given it out that when he
quits Boston he will quit base ball. The ag-
gregation representing Boston would be like
ship without rudder with little Hughsy
left out
Jack Doyle is showing his versatility
these days by taking George Davis place at
short for the New Yorks and playing it
we'll His batting eye has returned and he
is now, next to Van Haltren. the heaviest
hitter on the team.
President Ebbets of the BROOKLYN club
has given 1t out that he will not employ a
bench manager for next season, but that
he VIII retain Griffin as captain and look
after the internal affairs of the club him.
self Mr.. Ebbets has lots to learn about
the national game, and especially about the
players, this fact being illustrated when he
relegates Aleck Smith to the minor league
and calls back Tom DAILY Smith is a thor
ough gentleman, and ranks next to Griffin
as the best player in the Brooklyn aggrega-
ton.
A curious story is told on Dan Mills. the
Philadelphia base ball writer, who has been
hammering Dick Cooley all summer When
charged with trying to put Cooley out of
the business, Mills is reported to have said
lIat 1t looked that way, but that he was
making good player of Cooley and knew
what he was about. Dick has q way of
taking things easy" Mills said, ''and I
knew IL he thought he was being imposed
upon he would keep up a continual brace.
He has played the game of his life this sea-
son. and believe am responsible for it,"
The friends of the Baltimore club have
been in high feather recently over the squirt
made by the Orioles, and are placing them
at the head of the procession at the end of
the season 1t should not be lost sight of
that the birds have been meeting easy clubs
for the past two weeks, and their hardest
games are yet to be played. Boston and
Cincinnati win get easy problems the next
two or three weeks, and will take the same
advantage Of them that the Orioles did.
Ducky Holmes teek the news that the
Evening star., 1898-08-27

FROM country Life s1lluStrate.
The insurrectim in the Philippine Islands,
now followed by the. attack on Manila by
the United States heAt. has brought to
close very interesting set of expeditions
to explore the arsimab6ife of this very little
known arehipelago Fhese were conducted
by Mr.. John Whitehead, and among the
results of his labors was the discovery in
1896 of the largest eagle in the world. 1t
was shot on the Island of Samar, one of
the Philippines, where it lives above the
level of the enormous forest, consisting of
trees eighty yards high, and feeds on mon
keys. 1t is larger than the golden eagle,
more powerful than the harpy eagle, and
has beak higher, deeper and more for
rnidable than that of any other raptorial
bird 1t weighs from sixteen to twenty
pounds, while the average weight of,
golden eagle is only twelve pounds. The
only fall-grown specimen of the great for
est eagle obtained there is in the Museum
OF Natural History at South Kensington.
1t was disabled by single buckshot in the
neck. and ultimately taken down from the
tree to which it chung by a native hunter.
Its claws are as formidable RS It's beak,
and resemble those of the harpy eagle.
Evening star., 1898-08-27
SPORTS OF THE D AY
Record of the Clubs.

The story that comes from st. Louis
about yesterdays game in that city has a
more pleasing tone and the local fans
will give thanks that the Senators have at
last been able to break their run of losses
by winning from the Browns in a we'll
played game by to 3.
Both teams fielded and batted alike, but
the Senator's long hits came at a time
when runners were on bases and many rum
ners were chased across the plate thereby.
Mercer pulled himself together yesterday,
and besides fielding his position perfectly,
hammered out single, triple and home
run. Reitz was close on his heels
with a single, double and
triple, while Anderson Clipped in
with two doubles. Hitting of this sort,
when facing Jack Taylor, is bound to win,
as this well-known twirler generally plays
the game by himself when on the rubber.
Dineen's pitching was also hit hard, but
with the exception of fuckers triple and
Kinslows s double, the long hits were miss
ing and the singles came at time when
there were no runners on the bases. DonO-
van played in right field for the Senators,
McQuaids s weird exhibition of the day be-
fore no doubt convincing Manager Mcclure
that the Washington pitcher is about as
good as the average player that can be
picked up on the trip. MCGUIRE and Far
rell changed positions; the shift doubtless
enabled both players to do better work for
the day. Second Baseman Joe Quinn was
injured before the game and this caused a
shift of the st. Louis team, Dowd going to
second and Carsey into right.
Evening star., 1898-08-27
MISS wIMER AGAIN WON.
Will Play Miss Juliette Atkfnson for
the ChnmpiOnnhin

lay HuhSb Atkinson TOr
the Championship,
Play was continued yesterday in the
Niagara International tennis tournament.
The feature was the singles match between
j. d. Forbes of Harvard ana E. p Fischer
of New York. Forbes was very accurate
in his passing and won in straight sets. In
the ladies' singles Miss Marie Winner of
Washington easily beat Miss Maud Banks
of Philadelphia in the finals, and will play
Miss Juliette Atkinson for the champion
ship today. Scores:
All comers-Fischer beat Pope, 60. s-e.
Cole beat Tate. 6-4, 6-1; Cole beat Ayery,
ID, ID; Norris beat Gabriel. 60, Ga;
Ware beat Porter, 60, 6-1; Forbes beat
Fischer, 6-3. g.
Ladies' singles, final-Miss Winner, WASH
ington, beat Miss Banks, Philadelphia, Ga.
7-5 63. =
Mems doubles-Fischer and Bond beat
Tate and Lamont, 60. g.; Langton and
McLaughlin beat Wagner and Norton, GA,
6-4; Porter and Misner bent Blackwood
and Pope, Cd, TO.
Handicap singles. first. roui,d-H. J. Nc
Evening star., 1898-08-27
New York, s.; CIeHeIand. 1.

Pitcher Meekin was at his best when men
were on bases. and a result the New
Yorks defeated the Clevelands yesterday
on the latter's grounds by to 1. Pitcher
Wilson was hit rather hard by the Giants.
X. ii. Z.
Cleveland -. 0 0 o 0 O-1 7 3
New York. U 1 0 3 o. II /
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Laughlin, half 30. beat H E Avery, owe
Is, 1-6 6-2, 6-; W. Langton, 10, beat H.
half Is, beat Harry Cole, owe Is, e-3, 6s.
To wheerFr6m New York.
w. Brown inteAds 70 ride a wheel from
New York to Washington in twenty-four
hours The best previous time between
these points was made-by Lieutenant Wise
who rode from Washington to New York in
twanty-seven hours. Mr. Brown will start
from New York Saturaay midnight, septem-
ber II. His schedule Is from New York to
Philadelphia in Seven and one-half hours,
Philadelphia to Baltimore in ten and one
half hours, Baltimore to Washington in
four hours. He will rest one hour in Phil
adelphia and ona horr in Baltimore. At
Laurel he will beimetsby pacemakers from
Washington, whokwillvpace him to his des-
tination.
Titus Defeated Starbuck.
Fred Titus of New York defeated Frank
Starbuck of Philadelphia last night in
ten-mile paced bicycle race at the Colosse-
um Baltimore. Time, IS .33 2-5. The fast
est mile. the second. was pedaled in AS As.
Titus took the lead in the third mile and
led by fifty yards throughout the race.
Archery.
At the annual meeting of the Eastern
AicIeiy AsSooiaeioii, WHICH CloSeu yeStel-
day in this city, the championships were
won by Miss Cooke and Mr. Maxson, the
winners Of last year. The national associa-
ton target meeting occurs at Wyoming,
Ohio. August 81 to September 2. But three
local archers will attend, so the Potomac
Arrhers will not be represented by a full
team. While this necessitates the surren-
der of the team championship now held
by them, the local archers will, as indi-
viduals, fully uphold the credit of WASH
ington as the home of good marksmen.
Evening star., 1898-08-27

Earned runs-St Louis. :; Washington. g. Two
base hits-ki kinslow. Reitz. Anderson t2). Three
base hfts-Tucker. Mercer, Reitz. Home run
Mercer. Hit by pitcher-Gettman. Mcclure Tay-
lor. Double piays-Anderson and Smith, Sullivan
and Tucker ir5t base on balls-OT Dineen, 81 off
Taylor. g. Struck out-By Dineen, .. Stolen bases
Stencil (2l, Farrell. Time-2.1U. Umplre-Ems-
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Chicago, 3; Boston, 2.

The Orphans continued their winning
streak yesterday at Chicago, defeating the
Bostons for the third consecutive time by
to 2. Nichols held the Chicago lads down
to four singles, but the hits and errors
were punched in the third inning and
enough runs were made to win the game
r. II. E.
Chicago. 0 o 0 o x-3 4 4
Boston. o 0 0 1-2 7 2
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Dramatist-"what do you think of my
new play? Great, isn't it?"
Manager-"Wonderfuli Especially the
villains well done. Even the lines
which they speak are stolenr'-Unsere Ge-
sellschaft.
Evening star., 1898-08-27
brooklyn, 3, Plttsburg, 2.

Although outbatted- and outfielded, the
Brooklyns defeated the Pirates yesterday
at Pittsburg by to 2. Hart did not allow
a hit until the seventh inning but tie five
lucky hits that followed netted enough runs
to win the game for the Grooms
r. II. f.
Pittsburg. 0 o 1 % o
Brooklyn. ...... 0 0 0 Ia s 4
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Cincinnati, 10; Baltimore. q.

The Ewingites pulled themselves together
yesterday at Cincinnati and shut out the
Baltimores, 10 to 0. Pitchers Hill and Nc
James were at their best and worst but
four hits being made off of the former,
while the latter was driven from the box
in the second inning. Nops took his place
and also pitched poorly.
r. II
Evening star., 1898-08-27

At a recent auction in London $50 was
paid for four volumes OF visitors regis
ter kept in Shakespeare's house at Stratford
from 1921 10 1915.
Evening star., 1898-08-27
Use n and
Facial SoapATFacialC Cream

The Grandest Toilet Combination known for the
skin, complexion and teeth Is Wocdbury's Facial
Soap Facial Cream and Facial and Tooth Powder.
The daily use OF these articles will protect fair
complexion and cure bad skin. Sold everywhere.
Evening star., 1898-08-27
Louisville, 5; Philadelphia, B.

Cunningham kept the hits of the Phillies
scattered at Louisville yesterday, the Col
onels hitting timely and winning by 5 to 8.
Both teams fielded poorly.
r. Fl. e.
PbiIadeIphia a n n n n n .
Evening star., 1898-08-27

Best of Furniture and Carpets at greatly
reduced prices in Hoeke's Clearing Sale
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1898-08-27
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Speed.

two sets of triple-expansIon engines of the
four-cylinder type The diameters Of tie
Evening star., 1898-08-27

The vessels will have twin screws
actuated by two fine triple-expansion en-
gines of the four-cylinder order. These en-
gines will be placed in separate water
tight compartments, and will have, each,
a high-pressure cylinder of fourteen inches.
an acknowledgements cylinder of
twenty-five inches. and two low-pressure
cylinders Of 25A inches In diameter, and a
Evening star., 1898-08-27

Laughlin, half 3or beat H. E. Avery, owe
Is, 1-6 G-2, 6-f; W. Langton 15, beat H
Lamont, half 3076-A "a; H E. Gabriel
half Is, beat Harry Cole owe Is, 6-3, 6-3.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
Tie Condition of the Banks.

The series of short, plain, primer
lessons in banking which has been run
ming in The G o b e is supplemented
by the report of the state bank exam
iner on the condition of the banks in
this state, which we gave in yester-
days paper. The state and national
banks provide as a security fund for
those who entrust them with their
money a capital of over $3.50 900. To
make assurance dOubly sure" the law
provides, as to state banks, a liability
of a further sum equal to the amount of
stock. The report shows that persons
in this state having nearly 100000,
for which they have no immediate use,
which they do not care to keep in their
individual custody, have deposited it
III these banks for safe keeping.
Some of this large sum is in the ma
ture of a time loan to the banks, on
which they pay interest; the remainder
being merely left for safety. subject to
check or draft. Against this class of
owners Of surplus money there are
other persons who have not a sufficient
supply Of money of their own to meet
the demands of their vacations. and, in
stead of losing time in finding the in
dividuals having a surplus and nego-
tiating loan of them, they have gone
to the repositories and borrowed Of
them nearly $4,000, 900. Thus is shown
the movement of money where a bank
ing system is in vogue; the current Of
unneeded money flowing into the local
centers and thence flowing out again
into the channels of trade, facilitating
the making of exchanges and the pro-
duction and distribution of articles to
meet the wants of the people. The
banking is to money what the grocer
is to edibles, the clothier to clothing,
the school is to education, an essential
Indispensable factor in the economics
of people.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
WILL TAKE IN THE LADIES.
The Retail Clerks Provide for an
Innovation in Their Local

Retail Clerks National Protectve Assccia-
ton Local Union No. 2. held enthusiastic
meeting in hall of assembly halls last
night. President f. X. Wiring presided. Tao
meeting was the last one of the association
in the old hall, where they have met for the
last eight years, or since their organization.
The association viii. on April l. open its
own home, in their new rooms. in the Ex
change building SS7 Wabasha street. where
they have secured a lease on the third and
fourth floors of the building. The fourth floor
has been fitted up for ledge room. The
third floor will be arranged a club room
and on this floor VII be found smoking. re-
ception and reading rooms and very inter-
esting library.
The association at their first meeting In
April will open their quarters by iniat-
ing large class of twenty to thirty new
members. a large number of whom will be
isdv retail clerks.
This will be an innovation, as the association
at present has lady members. The lady
members Of the club will be placed on an
equal footing with the male members that
there will be no distinction
Sometime during the next three weeks an
association OF the retail grocery clerks will be
organized and it is expected they will occupy
quarters with the retail clerks association
in their new home. Last nights meeting
was devoted to general routine business aud
L. d. Stickles and A. j. F. Trudeau were
instructed to prepare resolution OF thanks
and present the same to the hall board OF the
trades and labor assembly for courtesies ex-
tended during the past eight years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
The Government particeps Cr:minis

The statement of Col. King. chief of
the service in charge of the improve
ment of the upper Mississippi river,
whose subordinate Southall was, that
the officials knew a year ago that
Southall was issuing forged pay checks,
is a most astounding one
He was permitted to resign year
ago when the discovery was made that
he had been negotiating these time
checks, on condition that satisfactory
arrangements for payment of the OUT
standing checks would be made"
That is to say. officers of the govern
ment knew that these forged pay
checks had been issued: knew that
Southall had been selling them to per-
sons who had the right to believe he
was acting under authority, and yet,
instead of causing his prompt arrest
for his arrest now shows that his acts
were criminal-condoned the matter
and permitted a reSigna ton.
This statement of Col King is con-
firmed by that of Col. Mackenzie. IT
have known for about year that
there was something wrong as to the
time checks issued in ST. Paul. When
l was in that city last summer L look
ed into the matter a little somewhat.
but could learn little. 1t was suggested
that several thousand dollars in time
checks had been issued, but as the
matter did not come up officially and
did not involve the government funds
no attention was paid to it, beyond
informing the secretary of war"
This is even more astounding than is
the statement of Col. King. 1t was
known last summer that Southall had
issued from $4,000 to $4,000 of these
checks; checks asserting that the gov
eminent owed the person named the
sum stated; certified to by Southall as
government official and yet mo at
tention was paid to it." Why? Because
it did not come up officially" and be
cause it did not involve government
funds" That is to say, it was no con-
Germ of the government or of it's officers
if one of its subordnates was defraud-
ing people of their money under the
semblance. at least, of governmental
authority.
And nothing was done about
it beyond informing the secre-
tary of war" This carries the
participation step higher. Why
did not that official act then? He
has acted now. He orders Southall's
arrest for the same act Why did he
not do it then? Did he assent to the
resignation? There is evidently much
to be learned. There is a responsibility
here, in morals if not in law, for, in
morals the Officars who l<pAw Of tho
fraud and hushed it up violated law,
and. as to all subsequently issued
checks. made the government particeps
criminis. The matter needs probing to
the bottom