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The evening times., 1898-08-10
EXTERNAL DEBT OF SPAIN.
Ownership of Bonds VIII Not Profit
Her Subjects

Madrid, Aug. 10.-The official Gazette
today publishes a royal decree relative
to the conversion Of the external debt
Article 1 provides that any foreign sub
ject may in October next receive the
bonds of the external debt which he pre-
sented on the dates fixed by the royal
DEGREES of June 10 and 26 last, upon Civ
ing his word of honor that they will not
be sold to Spanish subjects.
Article 2 provides that foreign bond
holders not presenting bonds on the dates
fixed, or who have purchased subsequent
ly, may present them to delegates of the
minister of finance after making oath that
the bonds will not be sold to Spanish
subjects.
Article refers to the bonds in possess
sion of the Bank of France. 1t provides
that the bank shall give to the delegates
of the minister. of finance a list of the
numbers of the, bonds, together with
declaration that Spanish subjects shall
not participate In their ownership.
Article 13 provides that in conformity
with the law of Nay Il last, holders of
bonds of the external debt may convert
them to the internal debt at a nominal
profit of ten pesetas for every hundred
pesetas of the nominal capital convert
ed.
The evening times., 1898-08-10
A ProntIe.. Controversy

The controversy as to who is re-
eponsible for the lack of medical and
other supplies for the army at Santi-
ago becomes more animated every day,
but draws no nearer to a decision. The
War Department has published a de-
tense that is obviously unsatisfactory.
disingenuous and absurd. That is to
say, it denied the facts that were pat
ept, maintaining that the transports
used as hospital ships were not in an
sffensive condition. and that the water,
which had been in the tanks for thirty
lays and for which there was no ice.
was quite sweet and fit for use by the
sick. For General Shafter it has been
asserted that the captain of the Concho
lid not report on the state Of the water
supply, although a commissioned officer
testified to hearing the captain protest
70 the commanding general and appeal
The evening times., 1898-08-10
Nils Gould,. Gen. crosby

New York. Aug. 1o.-Miss Helen Gould
and Mrs Russell Sage visited the camp
at Montauk Point today as representa-
tives of the Woman's National War Re
lief Association, to learn what is wanted
for the comfort of the soldiers. Miss
Gould is enthusiastic about this work,
and has contributed many hundreds of
dollars to the associations funds. She
gave $500 more yesterday, and her brother
Howard gave his check for 81. .O00 There
was a meeting of the association yes
terday at the Windsor Hotel. Mrs. Ellen
Hardin Walworth read a long report
about her visit to Fort Monroe and the
condition of the hospitals there After
the meeting had adjourned Mrs. Wal
worth went to Montauk Point. Miss Hell
en- Gould will act as director general here
after while Mrs. Walworth is absent from
the city. 1t was decided at the meeting
to place four diet kitchens in the ambu-
lance ship Missouri. and to have an ele-
vator placed in the hospital ship Relief
The evening times., 1898-08-10
CORRIDOR GOSSIP.
1t Ii SnEge~ted That Gen, Wheeler
Mny BecOme Secretary Of War

II II SuRserted That Gen. Wheeler
Mny Become Secretary of War.
persistent talk to the effect that Secre-
tary Alger will retire after the war has
naturally led to the discussion of a prob
able successor. Among the names whisper
ed around the corridors OF the War De-
partment none is SO often heard as that Of
a Democrat. a red-hot Democrat.
Stranger things have happened" said
a grizzled veteran of the last war, today,
than the presence of little old fighting
Joe Wheeler in McKiniey's Cabinet, His
appointment as Secretary Of War would
be graceful acknowledgment of the
fact that this has been an American
war, and that all party lines have disap-
peared at the sea shore"
The gossfps are also trying to select a
successor to Judge Day as Secretary of
State. OF course. ne must be a Republi-
can. Cleveland is the only President who
ever selected as the head of his Cabinet
man who had never acted with the
Administration party.
1t seems to be generally accepted in
certain quarters that Senator Cushman
X. Davis can succeed Judge Day If he
wishes when the vacancy occurs, but a
doubt Is expressed as to his inclination
in the matter. His position as chairman
of the Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations is congenial; and, besides. he
perhaps, would not like to take the
risk of being retired TO private Yife at
the end of two years.ln ,.ils nJi.i
Next TO Mr.. Davis name that of Con-
gressman Robert r. Hit Is most fire.
Quently mentioned.
The evening times., 1898-08-10
The Affair of Malate

The details Of the fight at Malate are
read with intense interest, not because
the affair reaches the dignity of battle,
but because it is the first on Philip
pine soil. Admiral Dewey's magnifi-
cent achievement was on the water,
and while il gave to the United States
tta potentiality of control, in fact it
left the Spaniards and insurgents in
Festive and exclusive possession. With
the arrival of the expeditions from San
Francisco our soldiers were landed
but until the last night in July no test
had been made of our power to hold
what we had taken. 1t was the Span
ish idea that we were on Spanish soil
by the grace of Aguinaldo, and that
whenever it should seem expedisnt the
valorous Spanish regulars would sweep
cur troops back into the sea.
The fight at Malate-on the line of
entrenchments surrounding Manila on
the land side-demonstrated our right
to claim possession of foothold. We
are no longer there through the kind
ness of the insurgent leader or the in
of strength and courage. We are there
by right of the blood of our heroes
which now, for the first time, stains the
soil of the Philippines. We have gravs S
there which make our claim legal. 1t
is not mere matter of sentiment to
say that the Americans who were killed
and wounded in the four hours of fight
Mol
right on the islands. While there is
sentiment against placing in alien
hands land that holds the graves Of
American soldiers, the fact that is most
important is the exhibition of our abil-
ity to hold what We have taken from
the enemy.
No one can read the hurried reports
Of this engagement without a feeling
of pride that once more the American
soldier regular and volunteer, has dis
played the noblest qualities. The regu-
lars were, as usual, as firm as adamant
and as Indifferent to the storm of bull
lets. The volunteers had never been
under fire before, yet they never fall
tered when ordered to advance over an
open field that was swept by the fire
of the foe. Our soldiers are all alike,
whether they come from the pine for
ests of Maine, the prairies of Illinois,
the mountains of Carolina or the coast
of the Pacific. They have what no
other soldiers on earth have ever shown
and what wins in war-the quality
technically called initiative" which is
based on intelligence and independence
of character and a sense of responsible
ity to their country.
The evening times., 1898-08-10
CHASED BY A BEAR.
Lively Adventure of Female Bfcy-
clists in the Adfrondacks

Mineville n. Y, Aug. 1O-',Bears p"
sad Miss Hattie Miller. of Trenton
We'll, l should say we did see one. And
what is more" she added, I'VE were
chased by bear for near'y two miles. 1t
ever had
And Miss Edith Stanley. of New York.
lays aside her noyel and remarks:
We'll. l should say so. When 1 want
10 see any more bears it will be in a ZOO
logical garden, not on a mountain road
tagging heiter-ske!ter after me-"
1t was perhaps the oldest adventure
two young women ever had in the Adj
rondacks. They have been in this place
for several weeks visiting relatives.
Both young women are expert cyclists.
and early the other morning they started
for ride. They had covered nearly ten
miles of good road before they thought of
dismounting. Then at a bend in the road
they stopped and rested in the shade of
some trees. The spin may have wearied
them more than they realized, for both of
them soon fell asleep.
Miss Miller was awakened by hot
breathing in fer face. and. opening her
eyes, was terrified to see great bear
bending over her. She struck out with
both hands and screamed. Then she
sprang to her feet
What is the matter?" cried Miss STAN
ley. rousing up and rubbing her eyes
Then she too, caugh, sight of the lear.
The bear showed no disposition to at
tack them, so mounting their wheels,
which they could scarcely do for fright,
they rode away. The bear disappeared in
the underbrush.
The young women pedaled fast down
the mountain side, and for quarter of
a mile neither spoke. 1t seemed as though
they must certainly be safe, when Miss
Stanley amazed her companion oy
screaming loudly and falling sideways
from her wheel. AS soon as Miss Miller
could apply her brake and bring her
wheel to a stop she looked back. Miss
Stanley lay in the road. her wheel in her
lap, and the bear close beside her.
A stout cudgel was lying near by. This
Miss Miller seized and vaiiantly ciubbed
the bear, until 1t took refuge once more
in the dense underground that skirted
the roadside.
Scrambling for their wheels the girls
sped down the long. winding' mountain
road. But the bear was quicker. IT re-
appeared in the roadway list IN front of
Miss Miller. She swerved a:iickly to one
side and passed by. but Miss Stanley was
less fortunate. She ran at full speed
lHtO tut Detr, tOoA hcdISA afo WdS
thrown several feet from her wheel. It
was this header" probably rha-- saved
the young women. 1t nearly frightened
the life out of Miss Stanley. hut it cem-
pletely frightened the puSnacity cpt Of
the bear.
Miss Stanley picked herself up. desert
ed her wheel and ran. Tae bear stood
for a moment seriously AMI ;hougbtfuIly
the wheel and then, With
out even offering to ouncture the tire,
shuhied away.
1t was a quarter Of an hour before Miss
Stanley dared to return and mount her
Wheel From there fhe young w3men
rode home in safety.
The evening times., 1898-08-10
SILVER DEMOCRATS.
Hill Denounced. Croker Criticized
and Chicago Platform Ind.,r,ed

Rochester y. Y, Aug. 1o.-Forty-,wo
silver Democrats from all the counties in
this end OF the State had a secret love
feast here yesterday. Most Of them are
delegates 10 the State convention at
Saratoga ana those who are not are
proxies.
James NJ. Nolan. of this city, quietly
got the forty-two delegates together and
told them what was wanted when they
arrived These counties were repre-
scented: Monroe, Niagara. Erie. Ontario.
Chemung. Yates. Genesee, Chau;auqua.
SteUben, Cayuga. Onondaga Seneca, Os-
wego. Wayne and Livingston.
Attorney Mackey. of Buffalo. was elect
ed chairmon. and Mr.. Nolan. secretary.
Judge S;earn. of Buffalo proposed a reso-
luton iaiorsing the Chicago platform
and making support of il imperative on
mously. Mr. Heinrich proposed that the
delegates oppose any candidate about
whose loyalty in 1895 there was the slight
est doubt.
This was also carried:
A resolution declaring tina; every ef-
for; would be made to defeat David B.
Hill.
The mention of HIS name was round-
ly Kissed. Croker was also criticised.
and Senator Murphy's praises were sung
without 4 dissenting voice.
Judge Titus. of Buffalo; Mayor Nc
CURE of Syracuse: Su'zer and Danforih;
were mentioned for the governorship.
John D. Lynn, the Rochester candidate
for attorney general, was unanimously
indorsed.
1t was decided to hold another con-
ference in the near future. probably at
Syracuse. II is the intention to organize
a similar movement in the eastern part OF
the Sta.e
The evening times., 1898-08-10
FORTUNE TO The CHURCH.
Mrs.. De Forests Gift to A-eA.isA.,
COrFfwan.

Mrs.. DE Forests Gift to Ayehbishop
CorFfgsn.
New York. Aug. 10-By the will of Mrs.
Julia d. de Forest. who died on April. 70
last In Brussels. Belgium, nearly her
whole fortune is left for charitable and
religious purposes. After naming sew
erai specific bequests she bequeaths the
residue Of her fortune to Archbishop Cor
risan. Ito be employed by him for the
benefit of the Catholic Seminary and the
Roman Catholic Christian schools of the
city of New York"
Mrs. de Forests will has lust bsen filed
for probate She was the widow of
Frederick L. de Forest and was noted
for her charitable acts She executed her
will in Brussels. Belgium, ON November
10, 1882. in the presence Of George w.
Roosevelt. United States consul. and
Gregory PheIan. vice consul. She appoint.
her nephew. Henry w. de Forest, exec
utor.
She bedueaths to each of the women
employed in her dispensaries 500 for each
year of service: to the servant of the
dispensaries, 500 for each year of service.
and to her maid. Marie Wauters Schroeder.
81, 100. The women who devotedly assist
ed her in her dispensaries are Nine.
Jeanne Coulemans, Nine. Beyuet, Nine
D. Denis and Nine. kessel. and the serv-
ant Of the dispensaries is Nine Catherine
Huylebrouk.
To Mr.. Van Hamme. cure of Notre
Dame de la Chapelle, Paris. she leaves
1000 for the erection of an altar to n.
d. de La Misericorde, in that church:
20 her neices. Mrs. Virginia Tiffany and
Mrs. Julia de Fontanilliat. Of Paris. each
1900; to Miss Julia de Forest. daughter
OF Henry G. de Forest. s50e0 for her
charitable works: TO her nephew, Henry
W. de Forest. with her sincere graft
tude for the immense services which he
rendered her. 5000: 10 tie rector of Ste.
Marguerite's Church. Paris. Mgr Para
dis, $2o.eoo. ito be employed by him for
the benefit of the Christian schools for
boys. lately erected in his parish" to
the superior general of Salesieus Don
Rua. No. % Rue Cottolengo. Turin, It
ally. 5000. for the benefit of the Orphe-
Image Don Boseo. of Turin, and for the
noviciat of the same order; to the Rev.
Father Etienne. prior of the Carmes
Averne de Ia Toison dor Bruxelles, Bel
g1Que, N.O0o for masses for the repose
of the souls of herself and her late hus-
band. Frederick L. de Forest
Mrs. de Forest was seventy years old
when she died. Since the death of her
husband she has devoted herself to
charitable work. She lived for many
years in Paris. Her husband was a
member of one Of New Yo-k's oldest
families. For twelve years Mrs de For
est was associated with the work of
caring for the sick in the hospitals for
incurables in Brussels and also in Par
is. and was liberal in her donations u
charitable work in those cities
The evening times., 1898-08-10
IMPALED ON A FENCE.
The Terrible FAN of Trolley Line



Mount Vernon, N. Y. Aug. 10-John
Conniff, lineman of the Union Troll
ley Company, was fatally injured yes
terday afternoon by falling from a feed
wire to a picket fence twenty feet be-
low. Commit had been sent out on the
repair wagon to mend a broken feed
wire at Scotts Bridge, this city. He
climbed to the crosstress of the pole
from which the feed wire was suspended
and was repairing the fracture when he
received a shock which caused him to
drop from the pole to a fence twenty
feet below, which divided the railroad
track from the street.
The sharp, spiked wooden picket pen
etrated Commits armpit. and the force
of the fall was SO great that the point
of the picket pierced his left lung. The
weight OF Commits body falling from
such a height caused a section of the
fence to cave in.
The motorman, conductor and passen-
gers of a passing trolley car hurried to
the place where Connif had fallen. They
found the point of the picket which had
penetrated the mans body fou- inches
was broken off. Conniff was unconscious
He was carried to grassplot and an
ambulance summoned.
After the picket was removed from
Commits side at the hospital the physi-
clans found the lung had been pierced
and that 1t was impossible for the in
jured man to live.
The evening times., 1898-08-10
MEDICINE POISONED.
Reading Woman I'm Jail on q Sc
riOus Charge

Reading. Pa. Aug. 10.-Mrs. Mary
Schmehl. an elderly woman, occupies q
cell in Jail charged with attempting to
poison Mrs. William Dennis, No. 112
Douglass Street. Mrs. Sshmehl bad a
room at the Dennis home and helped
around the house. During the latter part
of July Mrs. Dennis became ill and doc
tor was called. He prescribed malt ex-
tract to be taken as a tonic. bottle
of the extract was procured and placed
in the refrigerator.
The sick woman drank some of the
tonic on July q, and Immediately became
very i'll. Suspicion was aroused and the
malt extract was sent to chemist to be
analyzed. After the examination it was
stated that 1t contained paris greer.
Mrs. Schmehl was at once accused of
attempting TO poison Mrs. Bennis and was
ordered out of the house. No prosecution
was brought as Mrs. Dennis recovered
Last Saturday the family went to a su-
burban resort. When they returned it
was found that the house had been en-
tered in their absence and the paris green
had been sprinkled on the stock of pro-
visions. Mrs. Schmehl had been seen in
the vicinity of the house and Mr.. Dennis
then swore out an information charging
her with attempting to poison his wife.
Mrs. Schmehl was arrested and in de-
fault Of bail was committed for a hearing.
The evening times., 1898-08-10
Friend. and Enemies of Nudd.

Laurel, Md, Aug. IA hot time Is
looked for in the Republican primaries
at Laurel next Saturday. Two tickets for
delegates to the county convention have
been placed in the field, one being Mudd
ticket and the other being an unpledsed
ticket. Capt William Potter, now an
officeholder in Washington. is supporting
Mudd. having buried the hatchet. but a
number of the disappointed patriots who
stood by Mudd two years ago, and who
have not been recognized" are uphold
ing the unpledged ticket. They assert
that kicking is the best way TO get an
office or countenance from the Republic
an machine. and. therefore. they propose
to kick hard. 1t is a curious anamoly
that the fercest opponents of Mudd two
years ago. in his own party. are now his
closest and most active lieuteEants. while
the original Mudd men Of 1886 are nov
fighting him.
The evening times., 1898-08-10
The Graveyard Problem.
(From the Savannah News,

Among recent interesting statistics found in
an article In the North American Review are
figures showing the tremendous waste of valuabe G
ground in and around large cities in the burial
Of the dead. Accepting the rate of mortality an
nually 20 per 1000. with her 3.5OO,0O popula-
tion, New York city has to provide for 10000
corpses annually. II 1000 corpses are crowded
into one acre. the limit in the case of the
most thickly populated graveyard. it will be seen
that it requires seventeen and one-half acres
annually for the interment Of the dead of that
city. In the case Of London twenty-three acres
are required annually. From these figures it is
apparent that all the available land round these
large cities, for this purpose, must soon be ex-
hustled. II would appear that eventually cre-
nation or some other method Of disposing OF
the dead other than that now in vogue will
have to be adopted in those communities
The evening times., 1898-08-10

for time to go to Kingston 10 get fresh
water. For General Sternberg 1t 10
said that. the charge OF the lack Of
surgeons was untrue. because DR.. Les
ser was aboard OF one Of the ships. al
though II is known that DR.. Lesser was
sick and himself suffered for medical
attention. This morning is published q
defense of the surgeon general. in
which the blame is placed on the medi-
cal officers at Santiago. That there Is
some justice in this last statement is
highly probable, if not certain. But
this is not the way to locate the crime,
for it Is nothing short Of a crime
A controversy in which everybody
makes explanations that are not sup
ported by proofs and in which the
blame is tossed from shoulder to
shoulder and back again is not what IL
needed. That II is possible Is an added
reason for thinking the whole busine IS
is bungled and that there is no system.
II the War Department had placed the
medical, quartermaster and commits
sary services on a strictly business
bass, it would be easy to fix the re-
sponsibility for any failure. That the
department is reduced to the necessity
of denying what is proved indicates
either the difficulty of finding the guilty
official or an indisposition to expose
him.
The public. as it is represented by the
newspapers in all parts of the country.
is impatient and disgusted with the
recriminations of the different officers
held to be accountable for the lack of
medical supplies, Of litter bearers. Of
rations. of tents and clothing days after
the fight, of ice and medicines in the
hospitals. of surgeons, ETC., and for the
use of unfit transports for the wounded
without potable water, without doc
tors and without medicines. The pub
lie journals, seeing no prospect of JUS
tice in the matter, are emphatic in de-
manding the retirement of the Secre-
tary of War, assuming that 1t was his
duty to institute a thorough inquiry
instead of publishing a whitewashinG
report that was clearly untrustworthy.
The proper course is to stop the con-
troversy, appoint a disinterested board
to take evidence and place the blame
where it belongs. The failure to do this
must be taken as an indictment Of the
War Department. That Congress will
the question is resolved sooner.
The evening times., 1898-08-10
NYIaHT1Na BoB'sr K1PHAsIs.

A Norwich Pastors Open Lettef-tO
the lows Captain.
Norwich, Conn.,, Aug. 1o.-The Rev. DR..
Leonard Woolsey Bacon, whose strong
opinions are remembered IN Brooklyn.
Philadelphia and throughout the South.
yesterday gave out at his home in this
city an open letter to Capt Robley D. Ev-
ans. or. as he is known, 'FiEhting Bob"
In 1t he refers to Capt. Evans letter of
July q. occasioned by the contrast drawn
by newspaper between the Thanksgiving
of Capt. Philip and what DIR. Bacon calls
your own notorious. habit Of profane
swearing"
"On one point you will have the cor
dial agreement Of all your fellow-citi-
zens.'' says the letter. when you claim
that the best expression of faith in God
is found in acts of duty and humanity.
you utter one OF the universally accept
ed commonp.aces of Christianity. 1t Is
pleasant to find you SO orthodox on this
point. ---.----.
But when It comes to using this prin-
cipie as an apology for your habit of
profane swearing. your logic fails you.
You recount your exploits In succoring
the wounded and drowning and tell us
of the tremendous fighting you were just
sums " uo, WhCu '.iC oPdhhch Emp
ed out to be Austrian. and you seem to
reason thus: I, Evans. am pre-eminent
for courage and patriotic devotion to
duty, and for generosity and humanity in
the hour Of victory. therefore am justi-
fled In habitually insulting the name of
Almighty God, and thus outraging the
most sacred feelings Of the best of my
fellow-citizens.'
Nov, captain. It is our duty, since
you have appealed to us, to be very plain
with you on this point. We believe you
to be brave in battle and generous in
victory, not because you tell US that you
are: but Notwithstanding your talking SO
much about it. But pre-eminent in the
navy for these qualities, you certainly
are not The utmost that can be claimed
for you is that you are as good as the
rest, and even this remains to be prov
en-. 1t has thus far fallen to others than
yourself to give the highest and most
heroic proof of these qualities
I'm view of this, II is not wise in
your friends to try to glorify you as
Fighting Bob To begin with this IT,
tie has already been appropriated by a
stage hero, to whom 1t is not quite just
to compare you. l. refer to Fighting
Bob Acres. And then 1t would be easy
to find some epithet to the fitness of
which no exception could be taken, such
as clustering Bob.' or Advertising
Bob"