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The evening times., 1898-06-25
In Darkest Africa.

(From the Topeka State Journal.)
Some of the things in the way of mis-
sionary work in Africa are outlined in a
letter received in Topeka from John NJ.
Bell, who is superintendent of the Bonn
bali mission at Freetown.
The letter was written to his mother
and sisters, and is as follows: Il guess
you think 1t long time since you heard
from us. 1t has not been our fault, how
ever. We are In the midst of a very Sc
we're African war between the English
government and native All roads are
closed. No one allowed to travel. The
natives are afraid the soldiers may get
some messages. so they allow no one to
go to town at all. The people in Freetown
are suffering for something to eat and the
natives won't allow anything to go down
there, so they may starve them out We
have tried five times to get men through
to Freetown and our man has been gone
two weeks now making the sixth trial
Do not know what has become OF him
The mails have been closedAnone trav
cling. We have had none since Febru
airy Is, and there has none gone down
since before that as 1t was Got safe to
send il.
From Freetown we have our mai.
brought by a private mail route; there
so you see We dare to risk sending
mail, for had our man been caught with
mail he would have been killed and the
mail destroyed. Just now the mail can
go through; for how long. i cannot say.
Not very long unless the Government
gives up the fight. I think they will sur
render as soon as the rainy season sets
in, for white men cannot stand these
rains for very long.
well. Notwithstanding the war, tn.
malaria, the chills, the rain. the hot
weather, the excitement of the war and
the trouble to get goods from Freetown
we are all well. 1t seems as II the
devils headquarters are located here. and
1t is like going to Washington to whip
America. This must be his stopping place.
for surely there is no place like It in the
world. There may be as much sin else
where, but surely there is not another
nation on the face of the earth where
there is as much ignorance as there is
here. The people cannot tell anything
of their ancestry: they know nothing Of
themselves; can't tell how old they ARE;
don't know an hour from six months. 1t
is far beyond anything ever dreamed
of. You cannot write 1t, tongue cannot
tell 1t; the heart of civilization cannot
conceive of 1t: nothing but to be here will
every tell any one any thing about It. I
will not write a great deal this time. for
It Is hardly probable that this will get
through to Freetown.
The evening times., 1898-06-25
The Eighth Army Corps.

The War Department today made public
the order recently issued forming an ad-
ditional Army Corps. as follows:
Headquarters of the Army. Adjutant
Generals Office, Washington, June q.
1898
The following order has oeen received
from the War Department:
War Department.
Washington. June q. 1895.
by direction of the President. the
forces comprising the Philippine expedi-
ton, under command of Major General
Wesley Merritt. United tates Army, are
hereby constituted an Army Corps, to be
known as the Eighth. Major General
Merritt is assigned to the command OF
the Eighth Corps with Authority to trans
fer the command of the corps to Major
General Otis or the next officer in rank
al such time as he may deem it eNpedient
as a matter of military administration.
".R. A. ALGER, Secretary of War
by command of Major General Miles:
"H. C. CORBIN. Adjutant General"
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Amateur whitecappers.

(From the Detrolt free ,fFeSs.J -. -.
In the regular course of the United
States mail service a good citizen of De-
troit received a letter the other morning.
1t was not an artistic production. but had
a dire significance. In one corner, done
in red ink and uncertain lines. were skull
and cross bones, a demoniac effect appear
ing about the eyes because 'ef a'stroke of
genius accomplished after the amateur
artist drove his pen into the wrong bottle.
This letter broke to the receiver the in
.elligence that he was. in imminent. dam,
ger of being blown up, suspended by the
heels or whipped to an dfnahitnate state
unless he treated his boys better. He,
was too harsh with them and the people
would not tolerate It. Hereafter they
'ess than one a week. ana they must go
TO every circus that came tont0wHi Like
consideration must be shown as to ba =
ball and football, or the trouble would
commence and the "Whitecaps'' would at
:end to the matter.
When the recipient of this missiye sat
down to dinner he looked troubled. Tom
my and Benny. the twins. also had things
IN their minds. Finally Tommy wriggled
in his chair and said: ''"Did you get il, :
papa?" Tommy wound up with a grunt,
.or Benny punched him severely In the
RIBS. But 1t was too lafe. :. The old gem.
tieman did not require that he be buried
under a sky-scraper in order to, take a,
hint. He was SO relieved in mind that
ne adjourned the meal at once, and in the
back shed Tommy and Benny did a COM
rosite dance to the tune of stout branch
from the lilac bush. -.
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to join Admiral Simpsons feet. arriv-
ed. but were too late To catch the steam
er and have been compelled to remain
here until tonight when they will pro-
ceed to their destination.
The vo1unteer; regiments are also get
ting their share OF recruits, and detach-
ments OF from twenty to a hundred have
been arriving daily from the several reg
mental headquarters, to which recruiting
officers have been sent.
The congestion in the railroads, which.
to some extent. delayed the Shafter ex-
pedition. threatens 10 again make itself
felt. and every effort is being made to
prevent l.. The Governments transpor-
tation is being divided between the two
railroads entering Tampa, and the expe-
rience gained .dAriHg the.preparation for
the first expedition has been profited by.
When sths Shafter expedition sailed the
storehouses where the Governments sup
plies are kept were almost emptied into
the transports, SO that an entirely new
supply had to be brought from the North.
This has been done rapidly as possible,
SO that>today an army of $1,000 could be
equipped and given "a months rations
without difficulty.
Maceo's Nephew Mt PeeksI<ilI.
Camp Townsend, Peekskill, N. Y, June
25.-There are now 800 men in camp.
Among the arrivals from New York yes
terday WAS Santiago Maceo, nephew of
the late General Maceo, of the Cuban ar
my. He is TO be Colonel Grfffin's orderly.
There was considerable excitement in
camp yesterday morning when the report
was circulated, that one of. the men, WHO
arrived from New York Thursday had de-
parted during the night with about $780,
but on investigation 1t was found that his
blanket was the only thing he had stolen.
His name is not known, and he had not
been in camp long enough to be enrolled.
His description has been sent to the ponce
of neighboring towns, and a squad OF men
in charge of Lieutenant Bishop was sent
out to look for him in the vicinity OF
PeekslilI He has not been found as yet.
The evening times., 1898-06-25
Fighters Not Allow ed to Fight.


The first word Of complaint from the
rawest recruit in the volunteer army Is:
when are We going to move? Why
don't they push this war? I doubt that
we will ever see Cuba And then he
regrets that he did not join the regulars.
for "they will see the fighting If there
is to be any,.
It is not generally known that there Is
a full regiment of United States cavalry,
tough old troopers, who know no more or
the Spanish-American war than can be
learned from the newspapers, more or
less out of date brought into the posts
by stage. While the rest of Americas
little Regular Army Is in camp on the
coasts or on transports bound for Cuba
or Manila, this marked regiment Is scat
tered in one and two company posts. rig
Idly following the garrison routine OF
peace. In the headquarters at Fort
Grant Arizona, the big drum major
leads the band out to guard mount and
drill, the men, gay with the yellow trim
ming of their cavalry dress uniforms,
march out on the sun-baked parade and
the women and a few blanket Indians
watch the exercises as intently as II
America were not at war with foreign
power.
But that is with the band At the
other stations of the regiment, Duchesne.
with the Uncompahgre Utes, in Utah. or
Huachuca on the Mexican line, or at
some of the Apache posts, the troop or
two contents itself with drilling to the
music of trumpets. '--
The .stay-at-home' regiment Is under
punishment. 1t has lost favor and must
keep peace among the Indians on issue
day, while its comrades are making
conuuests for America. 1t 1.-The the
Seventh; the regiment of Custer and
Forsyth of the Little Big Horn and ~of
Wounded Knee. This disgraced regi-
ment has lost more men and officers
since the war than all the rest of the
army together. The State of Kansas
must share in the, humiliation of the
Seventh, for the regiment was born on
| the reservation at Fort Riley in 1858. and
much of its life hassbeen spent there. 1t
has probably never been east of the Miss
| issippi River for more than a visit. The
Seventh Regiment has simply taken up
too much space in the army history OK
the last thirty years and must be sup
pressed. The act of suppression Is now
going on.
The experience is not wholly new 10
the Seventh Regiment. When Col. For
syth left Fort Riley. eight years ago.
with his regiment ana iSht- battery ioE
| the Pine Ridge agency. no one supposed
he would return disgraced. The battle
| of Wounded Knee occurred and the regi-
ment lost thirty-six men and officers kill
| ed, but $50 Sioux danced no more. In
i few days the colonel was ordered TO
leave his command at once and return
to his post on the Kansas prairie. For
| syth and his soldiers were charged with
barbarity toward the poor Sioux. 1t was
| humiliating to Sheridan's old chief OF
staff. but he made no defense and
court of inquiry decided that he had act
ed wisely. The Secretary of War COM
The evening times., 1898-06-25
THE SPRINGFIELD RIFLE.
II Should Not Re Condemned BE.
cause of Shnbkiness.

II Should Not He Condemned Be
cause of Shnbkiness.
The War Department today issued the
following order pertaining to the con-
demnation of Springfield rifles:
Headquarters OF the Army.
'.Adjutant Generals Office,
Washington. June e. 1898.
THE attention of the department hav-
ing been called to the fact that efforts
have been made to cause the condemna-
ton of Springfield rifles. caliberg AS be-
cause in some cases they require cleaning
or slight repairs that can be made In the
field, and that many of these arms have
had but little service of a kind that could
injure their accuracy or firing qualities,
the Secretary of War directs that when
arms are presented for inspection, With a
view to condemnation strict attention be
paid to paragraph sA of the regulations.
which prescribes that public property in
use will not be reported as unseryicea Bile
nor condemned by an inspector merely
because worn or shabby in appearance
when really strong and serviceable.
BY command of Major General Miles:
III. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General
The evening times., 1898-06-25

plimented him and ordered that he re-
turn to his regiment. The Kansas legis-
lature showed its confidence by request
ing the President TO make him briga-
der.
While the Seventh is passing these
dreary days with garrison duty or practice
marches thousand miles from sign
of war, not whimper is heard in the
regiment. for every man is a soldier. But
its friends. the West. will do the talking
and 1t may be that the Sioux and the
Apaches will yet miss the old friends
and have to be satisfied with volunteeR
soldiers as their policemen.
The evening times., 1898-06-25
AuCr1oN sALEs.
THos. }. OWEN. AUcrroNEER.
FOR SALE AT AUcTroS-vALuABLE real
ESTATE On TWELFTH STREET WEST

FOR SALE AT AUCTIoN-yALUABLE REAL
ESTATE On TWELFTH STREET WEST,
NEAR STREET SOUTHWEST.
BY virtue Of deed of trust dated the 18th
2254, folio 266 ct seq. Of the land records
Of the District Of Columbia, the unde signed trus-
tees therein, at the request Of the party secured
thereby, will sell at public auction. in front Of
the premises, on WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY
OF JULY, A. ID. 1895, AT i:30 O'CLOCK p. NJ,
all those pieces parcels of ground in the city
Of Washington, District of Columbia. descri. ed
as parts Of original lots numbered one and TWEEN
ty-four, in square two hundred and ninety-six.
beginning for the same the west line OF
Twelfth Street west forty feet north Of the inter-
section of said Twelfth Street with G Street
one-half inches to the west line Of said lot one;
thence north with said west line twenty feet to
the intersection Of the south line Of said lot
twenty four; thence with said south line twenty
feet to the southwest corner Of said lot twenty
four; thence north with said west line OF said
lot twenty four twelve feet; and thence east
ninety feet one and one-half inches to Twelfth
street west; thence south with said Twelfth
Street thirty-two feet to the beginning. I'm
proved by frame dwelling house. Terms of sale:
One third of the purchase money cash and the bal
ance payable in six and twelve months from day
OF sale: for which the purchaser shall give his,
her or their promissory notes, with interest,
cured by n deed of trust upon the property sold.
All conveyancing and recording at purchasers
cost. deposit OF SIc0 will be required when
property is sold. Terms of sale must be complied
with within fifteen days after day Of sale; other
wise the property will be resold at the risk ard
cost of the purchaser. The above property will
be sold subject 10 a prior deed of trust fer
8. 800.
EUGENE CARUSI
WILLIAM J. MILLER,
Trustees
Ie25-d6dsexS 1856 La. ave. NV.
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co,ored Volunteer. Elect Omcer..

The first battalion of the colored volume
teers Of the District Of Columbia held a
meeting last Thursday night and elected
the following officers. whose names Will
be presented TO the President next week:
Major c. T. Yoder: adju;ant. T. s. Car
lett. Company A-Captain. r. NJ Dorsey:
first lieutenant. Ernest Lewis. Company
B-Captaln. II. G. HALEY: first lieutenant.
W. II. Bowie. Company C-Captain. ..
E. Jones: first lieutenant. W. H. Brooks.
Company D-Captain. +. ID. Lee. hrst
lieutenant. W. H. Burwell.
Letters Of regret were received from
DIR. Rober; Reyburu and Hon. L. n.
Saunders expressing regret at their in
ability to be present l.,
The evening times., 1898-06-25
SENTENCE DEFERRED.
An Attorney Secures Another Ex-
tension of Time.

An Attorney Secures Another Ex-
tension of Time.
The sentence of lawyer ]. H. Smith.
who was convicted sometime ago on the
charge of embezzlement, was yesterday
deferred until Tuesday next.
The defendant was convicted on three
separate charges and sentence was de-
layed to await the hearing of a motion
for a new trial and arrest of judgment.
Several continuances We're agreed to by
the district attorney and yesterday was
set for the final disposition of the matter.
When the cause was called Mr..
Smiths attorney, John II. Moss.
pleaded for a further extension of time.
at the same time intimating that the mo-
tion for a new trial would never be ar
gUed.
The evening times., 1898-06-25
CRIMINAL CASES.
Several to lie Called for Trial Next
Week. -rg .-.s-'f

~ Hbc AoE FsSNs
Week. --r-rg a.s--f
Beginning on next Monday the criminal
business demanding the attention of the
courts will be rushed through as rapidly
as possible, with a view of clearing the
dockets before the close Of the present
term.
In connection with this, 1t was rumored
at the City Hall this morning that the
jury drawn to serve during the July
term of court would be discharged i'm
mediately after being sworn.
AS stated in the Times a day or two
ago. the case of the United States against
Kuhnert will not be called on Monday
next. The business of the week will be-
gin with the trial of Charles Rouse, who
is charged with criminal libel on the COM
plant of DIR. W. o. Cannon. When this
matter is disposed of one or two other
small cases will be heard before the muir
der trials of Kuhnert and Mahany are
called.
The evening times., 1898-06-25
Money to Loan on

Household Furniture, Pianos. &c, with.
out removal from owners possession; payments
received on principal, which reduces the cost Of
carving: ali business strictly confidential; no
expense to applicant il loan is not made; efi-
Gent service enables US to act promptly on all
applications. See US before going elsewhere.
Capital Loan Guarantee Co..
6o1 F Street N. w.
The evening times., 1898-06-25
U. s. MARSHAL SALE.
je25-d6dsexS

UNITED STATES NARsHAL'S SALE OF A
LARGE STOCK OF MEMS, WOMEN'S AND
BOYS SHOES, CLOTHING AND FURNISH
INGs, sATCHELs, TRUNKS. ETC. At 10o9
1-2 STREET SOUTHWEST
By virtue Of writ Of feri facias issued out Of
the Clerks Office of the Supreme Court Of the
District Of Columbia, and TO directed, ! will
sell at public sale for cash on MONDAY. JUNE
q, 1895 at 10 O'CLOCK A. NJ, at No. 1909 I-2
st. sw., Washington. ID. C., a large stock Of
MEMS womens. and boys shoes, clothing and
Furnishings satchels, trunks etc. seized and lev
led upon the property of Benjamin Garfinkle,
and sold TO satisfy execution No. 1920. in tvor
of Norris Garinkle
AULICK PALMER, U. S. Marshal.
DUNCANSON BROS. Auctioneers
jel5, IS Il, %, - % ,25-em
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Deposit for Salary Reaue.ted.

The Commissioners have notified the
Washington Gaslight Company to depos-
it the required $1,000 for the salary Of
the inspector of gas-fitting for the next
fiscal year.
The evening times., 1898-06-25
Through Parior Car to Atlantic Citl
via PeusAyIva ania Rallrsaa. A..

Commencing July I. buffet parlor car
will leave Washington at l2:ss p. m. week
days. Returning. leave atlantic City
le:z5 q. m.
Egs, q, ,3opm-e6, q .22am
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100000

100000 :s.:s ss.s :: - d. Ds. s:.,.s '.:s:..' s
thosined lnstitutes. go s Il uw.s
washington. 4. c.; llls nadisoa Ave-. hsitincse.
Nd. and GREG ubosa y. Q. Write coeedsesseSU.
The evening times., 1898-06-25
Reduced Retes to Nswnt Gretna via
Pennsylvsnla Railroad.

Account Pennsylvania ChautauQua,
tickets will be on sale June 70 to August
:. good to return to August 10. at rate Of
$60l.
je1S,.5pm-1s,5 ,5eam
The evening times., 1898-06-25
MARINE BAND CONCERT.
First of the Season Mt the White
House This Afternoon.

The first of the seasons concerts BY
the Marine Band. William H. Santeimann
director, occurred at the Marine Bar
racks yesterday afternoon. The work
Of the soldier-musicians was of its usual
high order. and the excellent music was
greatly appreciated.
This afternoon at 5:55 o'clock. the first
of the series of concerts at the White
House will be given by the band. The
following program will be presented:
L Mach, The Stars and Stripes F1rev 7 :. Sousa
The evening times., 1898-06-25
Troops Cro,vdins Into Tampa.

Tampa, June 25.-The arrival of re-
cruits from all parts of the country con-
tinues, and those for the Regular Army
are being rushed in at the rate of hun
dreds each day. so that Tampa looks
again as it did when the army corps were
arriving. The streets are full of soldiers
and every incoming train increases the
number. Thursday night 20 marines
from New York, en- route to Key West.
The evening times., 1898-06-25
Loans Of SlO ;.ss ;ss'!s; ssssis szs'

A PER CENT Dividends payable
July and January: thorough investigation in
yited: money in hand TO loan; straight or in
sfallment loans WM. NJ YAGER CO. 5OS
1I,b 81 NV je25-lmo-em
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-07-08

The man in the engine room has lit
tie of the fun or glory of modern sea
fight. He hears the booming OF the
near and distant guns, but he does not
know how the battle is going. The
ship may be hopeless wreck, and the
next minute may be his last, but that
is none of his affair. The engines
must keep moving, and they must re-
spond instantly to the will of the ships
brain in the coming tower or the bat
tile is lost. The whole ship is one
mass of complicated machinery. 1t is
steered by steam; it's turrets are turn
ed by steam directly or indirectly.
through electric, pneumatic or hydrau-
lie power; its great guns are loaded by
steam; it is lighted by electricity which
Is supplied by dynamoes run by steam;
1t is ventilated by steam-steam Is the
source of all its activities. Let the
engines cease to work and the ship
would die.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-07-08


The Oklahoma experiment station 10
trying a series of feeding experiments,
largely to determine value of Kafir
corn. Some interesting results have
been obtained. All the trials confirm
the belief that Kafir corn in any form
is healthful and palatable food for
any class of farm animals. The Kahr
stalks and leaves have been eaten as
readily as have corn stalks. Horses,
cattle, sheep and hogs all eat Kafr
grain, ground or unground, readily,
and no indications of any unsatisfac-
tory effect on health have been seen.
There is large waste when the grain
is fed unground to horses or cattle;
apparently much less when fed TO
sheep. In series of digestion expert
ments with steers it has been found
that about one-half the seed passes
through the animal undigested. A
large part of this Is made use OF II
hogs follow the cattle. Contrary to
general opinion the per cent of und1-
gested grain was practically the same
when it was fed lin the head" or
threshed With two lots of steers as
nearly alike as 1t was practicable TO
secure them, the lot fed Kaf1r meal
made larger gains than those fed corn
meal, even when the feed was changed
from one lot to the other. The largest
gain made by any lot for any period
was by one fed one-half Kafir meal
one-half corn meal From some I'M
known reason another lot so fed made
no gains, SO that the average gain in
all the trials with this mixture is some
what less than the average where Kafir
meal was fed alone, but slightly larger
than the average gain where corn meal
was the only grain food. The best
average gain by different lots was
where they were fed Kafir meal with
a moderate allowance of cotton seed
about four pounds per animal per day.
One lot the chief grain feed of which
was Kafir heads made average gain
of 1.85 per day. The companion lot,
fed Kafir meal, made average gain OF
2.36 pounds. The steers ate slightly
less weight of heads than the others
did Of the meal.
During the first four weeks of feed
ing-not counting preparatory period,
Q lot full fed broken ears of corn made
average gain of 1927 pounds per day.
The companion lot given same food
but slightly less than they desired,
made average gain of 1.66 pound. Each
lot had all they would eat of trough
feed" Where cotton seed was the only
grain feed the average gain per day by
young steers was only one pound. A
lot of lambs have kept in good health
with only Kafir heads as grain feed,
but have not made great gain in
weight. In no case have hogs done
quite so we'll when fed on Kafr as
when fed Indian corn. These trials
have not been extended enough to
justify drawing positive conclusions,
except that it may be counted settled
that Kafir corn is very valuable grain
crop for Oklahoma, and, probably, the
most valuable one for large part of
the territory.