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The times., 1898-09-01
OPEN BIDS AT NOON.
builders Will Compete for the Three
New BattIeships.

Bids viii be opened at the Navy De-
partment at noon today for the construc-
tion of the three battleships authorized
by the naval appropriation bill, passed At
the late session of Congress.
BY that act the limit of cost, exclusive
of armor and armament, is fixed at s., 0OO-
600 each. One of the vessels must be
built on the Pacific Coast, the act pro-
vides, unless the cost of construction
there is more than 4 per cent in excess
of the lowest accepted bid for vessel
constructed elsewhere.
As is customary in these competitions
bidders have been invited to estimate
upon the construction of the vessels in
accordance with plans prepared by the
department or submit plans of their own
to accomplish the desired construction.
The general characteristics of the depart
ment's design. the approximate equiya-
lent of which must be provided for in
any design submitted. are. Length, 35S
feet: breadth, p feet: mean draft. o Is
feet; displacement, 1850 tons; coal ca
pacity, LOO tons.
tom, with watertight compartments; two
military masts, with fighting tops; armor
ranging from { l-2 to 15 i-2 inches in
thickness; weight of machinery and boil
ers not to exceed 1.l30 tons; battery TO
consist of four i3-inch guns in turrets,
ten 6-inch guns in broadside on the main
deck, four on the upper deck, with sec
ondary battery of twenty-four rapid fire
and machine guns; weight of armament,
4
tons; two submerged torpedo tubes. fitted
for 17-foot torpedoes; electric light plant
complete, seventy-four tons. speed of
sixteen knots an hour is expected on the
trial trip, TO be sustained four hours No
premium is allowed for greater speed but
If the vessel shows less than sixteen
knots the price will be reduced S25 0e6 for
each quarter knot TO fifteen and half
knots, and $4,000 quarter knot to fifteen
knots. If she shows less than fifteen
knots the vessel may be rejected or pur-
chased at a price to be agreed upon.
The times., 1898-09-01
MUST REPORT AT ONCE.
Orders for Soldiers Who Have Lost
Their Regiments.

The following instructions have been
published for the information and guild
ance of all concerned:
"AlI officers and enlisted men absent
from their organizations on leave, fur
Tough, or from any other cause, viii at
once report by letter to their respective
company or regimental commanders the
date. cause, period. and authority os ab-
sence. In case the whereabouts OF the
company or regiment is not known to the
absentee, the report can be forwarded
under cover TO the adiutant general OF
the army.
Surgeons in charge OF hospitals and
all post commanders VIII. at the end OF
each month. send to the proper company
or regimental commander the name ef
each officer and enlisted man in the hos
pital or at the post. other than those be-
longing thereto, giving the cause of de-
tention. date Of arrival. departure, re-
turn to duty. or death, or any other IN
formation that may be pertinent 20 the
case"
A general order has been issued to ths
army as follows:
''AIl public records and papers, such as
letters and kilograms received. books OF
SSHttdA SPCSldA OIOCIS anu .
books Of letters received and sent. guard
report, morning report, descriptive and
clothing, sick reports, etc, are the prop
erty of the United States and will be re-
| quired by the War Department in the set
! tiement of claims against tho Govern
ment. and for other official purposes
| Whenever posts, districts. geographical
| departments, corps, divisions, brfgades,
| regiments. and companies are discontinue
| ed, all such records will be carefully la
beled and packed and marked. showing
the command to which they pertain, and
forwarded by express to the adjutant gen.
eral of the army"
The Secretary of War has decided that
| sick and wounded soldiers granted fur
loughs under the provisions of general or
| ders. No. ia, August 9. 1898. are entitled
to transportation from their homes upon
return to duty whether application there
for be made by them in person or by
letter.
The times., 1898-09-01
n individually. and the cere-

each member individually, and the cere-
mony is over.
The queen, when she enters Amster-
dam in triumph will drive through the
poorer section of the city as well as
through the finest residential quarter,
and every day for fortnight she will
be in plain sight of the people both there
and at The Hague. There will be series
of popular fetes, with few special pripi-
leges for the aristocratic classes. The at
tendance at the installation ceremonies
in the church will be limited to 1000, and
the state dinner will be mainly an official
and diplomatic affair, with not more than
$50 guests.
Everything will be done for the pleas
ure of the masses, and very little for the
entertainment of the privileged classes.
The queen regent and her daughter have
assented readily to arrangements which
are in accord with their quiet tastes and
simple manners. They prefer to please
the many rather than to crafty the eX-
elusive spirit of the fEvored few.
The queen is a rich heiress in her own
right, apart from the liberal allowances
which she receives from the state treas
ury The house of Orange has always
known how to invest it's money TO good
advantage. A big private fortune was
made by King William l. mainly in COM
larged by his successors. Queen Will
helnnina, as the last survivor of the line.
has inherited great wealth, and with her
fortune, her crown, and her contented,
easily governed people, she has much to
offer to a royal suitor She has several
palaces and country houses, and If these
are not among the finest royal residences
in Europe, they are well furnished, and
with one exception, comfortable al
though adapted only to the requirements
of a modest, unpretentious court
On September s the queen will visit the
exhibits reminiscent of the House of Or
ange. which have been borrowed from all
quarters of the globe. After this the ex-
hibition of the Rembrandt paintings viii
be visited, which also are borrowed from
the owners in all parts of the world to
supplement the home collection. In the
evening there will be a gala performance
at the principal theater. which the queen
has promised to attend and for which
all seats were sold months ago.
These collections will possess sig
nificance which must at once be appar-
ent. The next day the queen will return
10 The Hague, and here, where she will
feel more at home, court and public fes-
tivities will continue for another week
The streets and public buildings will be
richly decorated. and the loyal populace
win cry itself hoarse wherever and when
ever the little Wilhelmina will show her
self
The times., 1898-09-01
THE VETERANS PREPARING.
Big Washington Delegation to the
G.. A. II. Encam:Iment.

G.. A. n. Encam.Im
All arrangements for the departure of
the local contingent Of the Grand Army
of the Republic for the national encamp-
ment, which will be held at Cincinnati
made, and the veterans will leave on
Sunday via the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway
1t is expected that between 800 and 400
members of the Department of the Po-
tomac will attend the encampment. The
party will leave here about noon on Sun
day, and the route will be through Sec
tions of the country which will bring
back many memories of the days of the
sixties to the veterans. The battlefields
through which the train will pass are
Manassas, Bristol Station, warrenton
Junction, Rappahannock, Brandy Station,
Culpeper, Rapidan, Orange. Gordons-
vile and others.
Department Commander Arthur Hen
bricks has invited Gen. ]. p. S. Goblin,
commander-in-chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic, to accompany the dele
cation from this city to the eneampment.
and he has accepted the invitation, and
will join the delegation on Sunday at
the Sixth Street depot.
There are seventeen Grand Army posts
in the District of Columbia, but they will
go to Cincinnati as one body, and not as
posts. Much interest centers in the cleo
ton of a national commander to succeed
Gen. Goblin. The leading candidates for
the honor are l. f. Mack, of Ohio; Jacob
Sexton, of Chicago, and Col Shaw, OF
New York
The times., 1898-09-01
HER HANDWRITING IDENTIFIED
DunninE Gives Damaging Evidence
Against Mrs. Botlin.

DunninC Gives Damaging Evidence
Against Mrs Botkin-
San Francisco Aug. 3I.-Chief Lees this
afternoon said he had had a conversation
with Detective Mcyey, of Delaware, and
that it had been decided that the latter
should make public an interview he had
with John Dunning, the husband of one
of the murdered women, before leaving
Delaware.
McVey said that Dunning has positively
identified the handwriting of Mrs. Bot
kin. on a piece of paper that lay in the
candy box, on which was written:
with love to yourself and baby.
MRS. c.
Furthermore, Dunning, when the two
anonymous letters-that of July 10 and
another were shown him-positiyely de-
clared them to be in the handwriting of
Mrs. Botkin. The identification was made
on Dunning's return from Porto Rico
Detective McVey does not apprehend
muCh trouble in Mrs. Botkin's removal
20 the East He says the matter of
eXtradition will be a simple proceeding
The evidence is overwhelming. he says,
ard cannot be disregarded by the law.
The anonymous letter of July TO- 1897, to
Mrs Dunnlng. was the betrayal OF her
husbands alleged relations with pretty
English woman. 1t spoke of the de
lightful Bohemian existence" of Dunning
and appealed to his wife 10 investigate
The writer hoped that Mrs. Dunning's 8
womanliness would revolt at the reyeia-
tons that were certain to follow an
investigation of her husbands conduct
The evident intention of the writer was
to cause the separation of Dunning and
his wife.
Chief Lees asserts that Mrs. Botkin's
motive was to free Dunning from matri-
moniai bonds in the hope that ne might
resume his alleged former relations with
her.
The times., 1898-09-01
think he took most foolish way Ia
express himself before the whole office.
Epidemic of Resignatiop..

think he took most foolish way ia
express himself before the whole office.
Epidemic of Resignatiors.
II was not. therefore, very much sur
prised to find Mr.. Wheeler working ths
roast (New York; -Montauk Point wire)
the next morning. On the follow
ing morning he resigned. Mean
while. another man, one of the night
force. had been in and resigned because
his trick had been changed as q punish-
ment for not showing up for a couple OF
days
''Then another man resigned who had
told me the day before how much ha
liked the Office and what a snap 4 was
I called him out and asked him what
he wanted 10 go for. and he said: T
don't know 7 amt a-going to work kc
they all resign ESats the way Il wens
the lieutenant relieving them and letting
them go as fast as the Western Union
and Postal could trot men over.
One Man VIII @stiek.v
II could not find any reason why 7
should give UP 800 JOB for any such
reasons as these were, so I stuck.
can't see why 1 should get up and quit
Whatever happens. though, 7 am go
ing TO stay right here TIL It Is over. be-
cause I regard Il as an extremely silly
proceeding all through
The operators here work eight hours
In the day time. and seven and half
hours at night. and work every other
Sunday, for 500. At night Ii Il usually
very light after o'clock. but In the day
time it is very heavy, especially after
noon feel that the whole trouble Is a
disgrace to the profession. II Is too
bad that after this Office had made such
a fine record for expeditions and accurate
service, 1t should be spoiled because all
the operators got the big head-that's
the only way I can account for it
The times., 1898-09-01
AN EXPERTS DISCOVERY.

For several years a food expert ex-
perimented with a food. the aim being
20 produce one easy of digestion, that
would contain more nutriment than
meat
Grape-Nuts is the result of this ex-
perimenting.
1t is shown that one pound of Grape
Nuts contains more nutriment than ten
pounds of beef and than brain and body
feel the effect of improved nourishment
al once.
One cent meal is the cost of Grape
Nuts.
The times., 1898-09-01
LABOR DAY CELEBRATION.
The Prospects for n Successful OBJ
servance Are Gratifying.

The joint committee, representing the
Central Labor Union and Building
Trades Council, having in charge the ar
rangements for the celebration of Labor
Day. met last evening In Electrical
Workers Hall.
The different subcommittee reported
all plans perfected, and everything points
to a most successful observance OF the
wage-earner's national holiday.
The committee on contributions report
ed the following additional donations to
the list of prizes to be awarded: A
years subscription to The Times: parlor
rocker. by Mayer & Petit; dining table,
by Johnson Bros; hand satchel, by S.
Kann Sons, and a cake. by the Boston
Steam Bakery
The times., 1898-09-01
The Letter.


washington, ID. c., Aug 30. 1888
Thinking that you would be Interested
in hearing the details of the telegraph
row at the War Department, / will write
about It, When first came 10 work over
here I discovered that the office was q
hotbed of jealousy. Each one seemed to
be afraid that he would do something for
which some one else would get the credit,
and therefore each man was consequent
ly blowing his own horn, and, as all tried
to blow the loudest. 1t has been quite ex-
citing and interesting. I concluded that
it would be extremely wise to keep out of
II, and was, therefore, very careful TO say
nothing at all TO anyone.
About two weeks ago one of the men
got drunk and stayed away without a
sub. for a day. The next day he came
around still with quite load. and upon
the lieutenant in charge (Pierson) ask
ing him where he had been he turned in
and 'cussed him roundly for his i'm
pertinence. Now. Pierson, instead of call
ing the guard and having him put out,
tried to coax the man TO be good.
beginning of the Trouble.
''The dissatisfied operator asked permIs-
sion to put on a SUBJ which was given
him.
He did not show up after that for a
week. at the expiration of which time the
lieutenant sent him his discharge pa
pers. Then he came around the next
morning to tell the lieutenant what he
thought of him. and he did 1t in thrill
ling style. mixing up everybody in the
telegraph business In the country in the
squabble. He told him what he thought
of him and said that everybody in the
telegraph business in Washington and
everywhere else thought the same way
1.-The next day opened with the office
hum of suppressed excitement 1t is
usually very light until about noon, when
business commences to come in from the
different departments in large quantities
| The way business has increased since this
| trouble started is something wonderful.
About noon Mr. Pierson told Mr. Wheel
! er, the chief operator that in view of the
| immense amount of business being filed
! he thought ii would be a good idea to
| a few days, until the rush was over
| whereupon Mr.. Wheeler announced in q
| loud tone of voice:
| " 1 will not ask these men TO eat lunch
! in fifteen minutes. You know as we'll as
| orders are given, some one else will have
| to do it.
Now, you know, / was brought up in
Chicago, where a breach of discipline like
| this would not stand for a minute. and
consequently, ] was amazed. While ]
was, of course, very much in favor OF
Sans sentiment 1 could not help but
The times., 1898-09-01
Fighting by Telephone
(From the Minneapolis Tribune. )

Cen Shafter. in his explanation OF his doings
at Santiago, says it is true that he remained n
the rear of the fighting line, but that he was con-
nected with it by telephone, and could easily
give his orders. Shafter is probably the first
great military commander who ever fought a
battle by telephone 1t is safe way-for the
commander--to say the least.
The times., 1898-09-01
HISTORY OF THE TROUBLE
New Light on the War Teleg-
raphers' Controversy.
THE OTHER VERSION OF IT
One of the Operators in Private
Letter to a Friend Says Lieut..
Pierson Was Right-Short Lunch
Time One of the Grievances-Some
Resigned Because others Had.

The subjoined private letter, written to
a friend by one of the civilian telegraph
operators in the War Department office,
was shown to Assistant Secretary OF war
Meiklejohn yesterday afternoon. at the
latter's request, by the writer. 1t gives
an interesting account of the controversy
between the civilian operators in the
war office and Lieut. PiersOn. of the
Signal Corps The letter is dated yester-
day
The times., 1898-09-01
The President,k Yacht.

The President new yacht and dispatch
boat has arrived at the Washington Ma
Wv Yard 1t is the naval yacht Sylph.
The trim craft has been laid up al the
League Island Navy Yard. Philadelphia.
and will be oyerhauled and fitted out for
the Presidents use in taking trips down
the Potomac. In this distinguished SER
vice. the Sylph will succeed the naval tug
Triton.
The new Presidential yacht was built by
ne Delaware Ship Company and was
purchased for the auxiliary navy last
June She is schooner-rigged, $50 feet
in length and can speed over the water
at the rate of sixteen miles an hour
The Sylph is elegantly fitted out and
has every appliance for comfort.
The times., 1898-09-01

Your credit is good at Lansburgh's Furni-
ture House. 18th and SITS. oc3-n
The times., 1898-09-01

Next Encampment at Detroit.
Indianapolis. Ind, Aug. 1.-The
knights of Pythias voted to-day to hold
its next encampment at Detroit.
The times., 1898-09-01

Il want to correct the impression that
seems to have gotten abroad to the effect
THAI the men were given had food. The
men that were well had plenty of food
after the first two or three days. II
was hard tack, to be sure and coffee
pork tomatoes, potatoes, onions, and can
ned goods. but they were substantial ar
my rations. The men had no meat be-
cause after that first day il was feared
that they would gorge themselves. The
District boys were not given fresh meat
by order of the colonel, acting upon the
advice of the regimental surgeon The
boys wanted il, but ii wasn't well for
them. and they couldn't have it"
THE chief difficulty seemed to be to
get food for the sick men and the con-
vaiescents. Fever patients could not
live on army rations and salt pork, and
the things that they should have gotten
in the way Of special foods were scarce
The Red Cross was of invaluable ser
vice 10 the sick and gave them oatmeal,
matted milk. and lime juice
In speaking of the District men who
died at Santiago. Dr. Dudley said
that Ire first District soldier to succumh
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-06-22
.EAcrs AND FIcTIoN' GREW.
Of Western Magazines its Circulation
 is Greatest

The most noteworthy example of the growth of western periodicals IS Facts and Fiction, a monthly maga- zine published by The Dominion Company, Chicago. in less than three years 1t has attained a circula- ton exceeding 10000 copies. No other western monthly legitimately circulated on its merits has ever reached this figure The reasons for this phenomenal growth are evident. The magaziue is distinctly western and enjoys the patronage of all whose blood tiugles with pride at the grand achievements of that part of our country lying west of
 he Alleghenies. Every number contains i've, practical, entertaining and instructive matter, highly illus trated, that interests every member of the household. It seeks to be helpful and to make life cheerier. It stands always for the pure and the best in American manhood and womanhOod. The magazine costs but one dollar year. To extend its usefulness still further the pub fisher offers for brief time to send every new subscriber as a premium copy of the great home book, 'Tbe Home instructor" by Thos. w. Hanford, D. D.. a book made to sell for S275. This premium offer Is regarded as the most extraOr- dinarily liberal ever made by an American publisher. Being made for a ricf time only, those who may ssh ru avail themselves of itshould q" so st once as i; is likely to be vi hdrawn without notice
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-06-22
Graduated With Honors

In a letter to a personal friend in this city, Colonel H. W. LewIs, of Wichita, Kansas, makes the follow ing complimentary mention of one of Prescott's most promising young men:
 "At our Lewis Academy com mencement, on the 9th instant, Har- rison Johnston took the first prize on oratory, which will please his parents. He has shown wonderful improvement and gives promise of making bis mark in the world. He had very strong competitors with themes appropriate to the times, but the clear cut diction, close logic and loityexpression and magnificent delivery Of Harrison, won the day before a committee of able and dis interested judges"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-06-22
The Castle Greek Hot Springs and
 Improvement to.

Telegraph Office and Railroad Station, Hot Springs Junction, Ari ZoDa.
 An all year resort for health and pleasure, a perfect climate and Da- tural hot springs of great medicinal and curative powers; au open air swimming pool. Abuu iant private baths in porcelain lined tubs. Water is piped 1900 feet to hotel and bath house. and a natural heat of III degrees Fahrenheit is re tained.
 A comfortable and attractive house of twenty-five rooms is now completed in addition to which am- pie tent room with boarded floors and sides Is furnished for those who prefer open air accommodations. Rates, S3.0O per day; special rates, of S2O0 per day. No extras.
 Round trip tickets via Hot Springs Junction. on line of $. F. P. P. 94 miles south from Prescott, Arizona, including stage fare. are sold at all stations on rail roads. Ample arrangements have been perfected at Hot Springs Junction for food and lodging and daily stage, except on Sunday, runs 10 the springs. For further information address
 C. M. CALHOUN, Manager.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-06-22
Activity in Preseett Real Estate.

Since it has bpcome a foregone conc!usion that we are to have an abundant water supply and sewerage Real Estate Agent F. c. Powers .,as sold city lots as follows:
 Henry Lemon. lots 4-5. block g.
 l. A Bailey, To; 8, block II.
 4 Harvey, lot l2, block l6.
 Dr. McNaliy tot l2, block 8,
 Arthur " Robinson. lot 2l. blck 3 Albert L Smith, lot 6, block II.
 Frank D Myers, lots 3-2i, block 8. Mrs. Barney Smith, lots 2 3 blk l 1 Ray Hill, lot I3 blocks.
 Dr Walls. lot l3, block 3.
 I'll Baldwin. lot s, block IL
 T " Johnston, lots 1879. block 3. N NJ McDonald. lot 10. block II. E Pentland, lot b, block 8
 All the above lots arc in the Mur- phy addition snd residences will be built upon them in the near future. Some of the other lots sold by the same agent are as follows:
 Wm Thomas, lots 5-7-9, block +, Knob Hill.
 LE Sangler, lot3, block g, Knob Hill
 Sparks, lot l3, block 3, Noel. Ter Addition.
 c A French. lots HIP, block f, Moeller Addition.
 Irving Sanders, lots l7-1S, block F, Moeller Addition,
 Dan Waldriue, lot l7, block Is, Cifv