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1Hos. J. OWEN. AUCTIoNEER, 9i3 + ST. NV.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VERY VALUABLE I'M.
PROVED PROPERTY. BEING THE FIVE.
STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK BUILDING
CONTAINING .CUT F0RTY-oNE ROOMS
AND FIFTEEN BATH ROOMS. KNOWN AS
THE TANISTOCk APARTMENT HOUSE, NO.
40 Sd ST. NV
By virtue Of certain deed of trust, dated
June the sth 1897. and duly recorded in Liber
No, 222i. folio 169 ct seq, one Of the land rec
ords Of the District Of Columbia. and the re-
signed trustees Will sell public auction. in front
OF the premises, THURSDAY, JANUARY
THIRTEENTH. 1898. at HALF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, the following described land end
premises situate in the city Of Washington Dis
trict Of Columbia and designated as and teing
all those parts Of original lots numbered one and
two in square numbered i've hundred and twenty
nine t529), contained within the following Eetes
and bounds. viz: Beginning for the on Third
street hundred feet north of the south
ner OF said lot numbered one and running thence
north on said street fifty feet to alley twenty
feet wide; thence west on said alley sixty-two
feet nine inches; thence south fifty feet, and
thence east sixty feet nine inches to the place
Of beginning, improved above.
Terms: Sold subject to a prior deed Of trust Of
above said trust, cash. A deposit OF $500 requ-ed
time of sale. Conyeyancing and recording at
purchasers cost Terms OF sale TO be complied
with within fifteen days from day of sale or the
trustees the right to resell the property
the risk and cost Of defauting purchaser, after
five days previous advertising I'm some newspaper
published In Washington. ID. O.
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS, Trustee
de31-d&ds SAMUEL A. DRURY. Trustee.
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Boards of Examination.

Capt. Edgar A. Shilling. Company B, I'd
Battalion; Capt. Thomas S. King, inspec-
tor of rifle practice of the LIST Regiment,
and First Lieut. Chas. l.. Beatty, super
numerary. have been relieved from duty
as members of the brigade board of exam
1nation. Capt James l.. Mock, adjutant.
I'd Regiment, Capt. George c. Shaw. in
sptctor of rifle practice, I'd Regiment; First
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TEOS. ]. OWEN. AUCTIONEER. e13 + ST NV

TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY.
BEING SO2 MARSHAL ST, MT. PLEASANT
BY virtue of a deed Of trust duly recorded In
Lioer numbered 2202, folio is ct seq, one OF the
land records of the District Of Columbia and At
the request Of the party secured thereby, the un-
dersigned trustees will sell, at public auction i'm
front of the premises. ~ WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY
TWELFTH, 1898, Al FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the
following de~rrbed land and premises, situate IN
the county of Washington, District of Columbia,
Known and distinguished as and being lots a and
as Of the trustees of Washington Proyident CONF
pany number two. subdivision OF lots in block r
Of Todd K Browns subdivision, on of part OF
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains as Der plsf
rex orded In the surveyors ONCE OF the District Of
Columbia, in Liber Governor Shepherd. folio 81.
iurroyed by q two-story frame dwelling. -
Terms Of sale' Sold subject to prior deed of
trust the particulars OF which will be stated NJ
time Of sale; balance over and above said trust
one-half cash, balance in one year, with interest,"
secured by deed Of trust the property sold a.
all cash, at purchasers option: 800 deposit r.,
uuired at timn Of sale Conveyancing, &C. at pur.
chaser's cost.
WILLIAM .. ABBOTT, 81
GEO. W. CISSE.
deSod&ds Trustees.
r. nxAA. A.~kaA.~ ~
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS
C. G. SLOAN & CO.. AUCTIoNEERs, 14o7 ST.
WE HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO SELL. AT
PUBLIC AUCTION. THE FOLLOWING M
PROVED AND UNIMPROYED RE Al. ESTATE

WE HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO SELL, AT
PUBLlC AUCTION. THE FOLLOWING M
PROVED AND UNIMPROvED REAL ESTATE
TO CLOSE SYNDICATE:
On TUESDAY, JANUARY. ELEVENTH. 1898,
AZ -FOUR O'CLOCK PM, valuable lot north
side OF st: between Cd and Sd SITS. NV. sublot
b. square 55S. fronting 24Ia feet on X ST. by
about lob in depth, improved by old frame
house No. 2O9h K ST. NV.
On SAME DAY, AT HAIF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, No. 124s II st. me-, twostory
Of trust for 81 500
ON WEDNESDAY. JANUARY TWELFTH 1895
AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM. fine lot on st.
fronting Capitol grounds LIST st. NV; lot
has frontage of 25 feet by 120 feet in depth.
ON SAME DAY, AT HALF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, No. 1903 and III y ST. Sc two
two-story brick dwellings, Will be sold separately
whole.
on MONDAY, JANUARY SEVENTEENTH
1888, AT FOUR O'CLOCK, three houses, Nos 312
3l4 and BIG Mclean ave, between and q and
Sd and Az SITS. s.w. two stores 6 rooms all
modern improvements; street concerted.
ON SAME DAY. INN EDIA TELY AFTER THE
sewer, on Golden st. s.w. between 10th and 18th
separately as e whole.
These sales offer grand chance for good invest
ments. and those looking for bargains should not
fail to attend
Terms very liberal and made known on day of
sale. Titles good abstracts of title in hand.
ja6-d&ds c. u. SLOAN & CO.. Aucts.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.


RADCLIFFE. SUTTON co., AUcTIoNEERs.
CHANCERY SALE OF VALU-
ABLE BUSINESS PROPERTY
NEXT THE CORNER OF
NINTH AND E STREETS
N ORTHW WEST, BEING
STORES NOS. 40 AND 442
NINTH STREET, AND
HOUSES NOS. GOA AND 600
E STREET NORTHWEST:
ALSO THE THREE-STORY
BRICK DWELLING. NO. o22
+ STREET NORTHWEST.
AND THE VALUABLE
STABLE PROPERTY, WEST
HALF SUBLOT &C." SQUARE
37S, FRONTING ON A THIR-
II 800 FOOT ALLEY IN
SAME SQUARE.
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de9-d&ds

DTHE SALE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED
property advertised to take place December g.
1897, and postponed until December 49, 1897 10
further postponed until SATURDAY, JANUARY
FIFTEENTH 1893, at the same hour and place.
ANDREWsB. DUVALL.
CHAS. G. COLE,
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dent. Gen. W. B. Bend: vice president,
Gen. H Nuremberg; general manager.
Lieut.. F. B. Mccoy. U. 8. A.: directors.
Col. Joseph Bobleter Col c. McC. Reeve,
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AUCTION SALES,
FUTURE DAHS,
c. G. SLOAN 4 CO., Auctioneers. IA,
~ w. SHoAN w.. Auctioneers, 1907 q ct. NV.
TRUSTEES SALE OF yALuARLE IMPROVED
kkAL ESTATE. SITUATED On 9TH STREET
BEaM ZEN AND STREETS NORTH

Z. q. SLOAN CO.. Auctioneers. I4o7 G st. NV.
TRUSTEES. SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
RhAL ESTATE. SITUATED On 9TH STREET
M HtETMEEN AND $ STREETS NORTH
rast r resaTs q the Provisions Of certain deed q
reciion OF the holder OF tho note secured thereby
pets he been made in the payment of said
BaS9e J auS,'p aki T. r fGn q The FRI
PAST FOUR O'Clock IN. The fStIoa ~ n nrn.
erty siius,ed , in n. city of Washington. and de-
Premises No. 1918 9Th street northwest ~
Terms OF sale: one-third of the purchase price
with interest thereon at the rate OF Per cent pcr
annurn the deferred payments TO be secured on The
at his option drpIsii Of 500 %ili Se re r,Sred
at the time of sale. II the terms are not COM
r,sell at the risk and cost of the defauiting pur-
chaser All oonveyancing and recording at tho
MICHAEL !. COLBERT. Trustee,
MICHAEL C. MccoRNIck. Tr ~. NV
Jao-d&ds sth and sts NV.
THOMAS BOWLING 4 CO.. Aucts, eI2 st NV.
TRI sTEEs. SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY, BEING No. 1919 FIFTEENTH
STREET NORTHWEST, SoUTnEhsr COR.
Pk1yEp srs 81 rTnREE-sroRi MODERN
1893. and recorded In Liber no. 1855. folio ses et
bs. and by direction in writing OF the parties Sc
cured bv said deed Of trust. will offer for sale,
IN I'm front OF the premises, ON WEDNESDAY, THE
TWENTYNlNTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1897 at
FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following described
al estate. viz: All Of lot numbered one hundred
and seventeen u11D, In Rudolf tioldschmid's eub-
vision Of lots in square numbered two hundred
anS twelve GID as per plat recorded Iil,er 49,
folio s6, OF the records Of the Office OF the sur.
veyoI OF the District If Columbia with the build
ings AMI improvements thereon being No. 1929
18th street Northwest.
Terms CT sale one-third cash, balance in eoual
al
pr annum, payable semi-annually, in one. two
and three yeas, aud secured by q deed OF trust ON
the property sold or all cash. at the option OF the
purchaser. deposit OF 500 will be required at
the sale. All coIveyancing and recording expenses
to be paid by the purchaser. and all the terms TO
be complied with by the purchaser within fifteen
days from date Of sale, the trustees have the
right e advertise and resell at the risk and COST
JAMES A. BATES Trustee
de1a-d&ds ABRAM p PARDON Trustee
1.-THE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED UNTIL
THURSDAY. JANUARY SIXTH. lS,s same hour
| and place BY order OF the trustees de29-dts
1.-THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED UNTIL
THURSDAY, JANUARY THIRTEENTH 1865
same h ur and place. by order of the tristee
ja6-dts
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Beginning at $50 pm. January 8 Sc
ries of lectures on the subject of electricity
as applied to military engineering will
be delivered in the quarters of Company
c, Engineer Battalion. An invitation has
been extended to all officers of the guard
t. ATTEND these lectures Later, military
sketching and reconnaissance will be dis
CuSSed.
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The purchaser Of the above described property
Mt the sale above advertised having failed to com.
ply with the terms of sale rs therein provided,
the premises, on WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTH
BAY pay oG OF DECEMBER, A.D 1907. AT, FOUR
items as set forth in foregoing advertisement
ANDREW b. DUVALL, Trustee.
de2-d&ds CHARLES c. COLE, Trustee.
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On TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY ELEv-
public auction, the entire contents Of Hotel
Hanover" Sd and Pennsylvania avenue northwest
consisting Of Furniture Carpets, Stoves, Cash
Register Iron Safe, Glass Ware Toilet Ware.
Bedding, etc To which l invite the attention Of
dealers and private buyers. Terms cash.
jhS-2t THOS. b. STAHL, Constable.
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DTHE SALE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED
property, advertised to take place December g.
1897. is postponed until THURSDAY, DECEMBER
SIXTEENTH. 1897. at the same hour and place.
ANDREW B. DUVALL.
CHAS C.4COLE,
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1t is understood that the new home OF
the National Guard at the Center marke,
building will contain a large apartment
and dark room, specially arranged to
accommodate the blue printing department,
of the Engineer Battalion.
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The troop of cavalry mustered into the
National Guard the 18th of November,
and known as the Washington City Troop,
has been officially designated Troop A.
Over thirty members of the troop have
been mustered in. The full quota will be
enlisted SO 1t is stated, within few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08

The manual of physical Grill of the
United States army, prepared by First
Lieut.. E. l.. Butts, has been prescribed
for the use of the District of Columbia
National Guard.
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For other Auctions See Page 6.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.

RADCLIFFE. SUTTON & CO., Auctioneers.
CONSTABLE'S SALE OF THE
ENTIRE CONTENTS OF
''HOTEL HANOVER" N. E..
CORNER Sd AND PENNSYL-
NANIA AVENUE NV.
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Ill J. COLBERT, Trustee
THOMAS BOWLING Il CO.. Aucts., 6l2 Z ct NV,

MICHAEL c. MCCORMICK, Trustee.
Ja6-d&ds 9Th and q SIS m W
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The company team rife match for jan
uary will be shot Wednesday and Thurs
cay, the 18th and 18th irstants. The bat
talon and regimental team matches will
both be shot Thursday, the Goth.
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Capt. Edward F. Riggs, aid-de-camp,
has been directed to report to Capt Her
bert ]. Slocum, for temporary duty as as
sistant instructor of drills.
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All commissioned officers of the brigade
have been directed to assemble at head
quarters the last Monday evening of each
month between and 10 o'clock. The
commanding general and staff will be
pleased to see all officers of the guard, who
may choose to call, either socially or on
business. the other Monday evenings Of
the month.
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1t Is understood First Lieut. Schuyler C..
Stokes. inspector of rifle practice of the
I'd Battalion, will tender his resignation.
Capt. Hedge G. Forsberg, Battery A, Light
Artillery, has rendered his resignation.
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uyTHE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED rNTIri
THURSDAY. JANUARY SIXTH. lS.s same hour
and place by order OF the trustees de29-dts
1.-THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED UNTIL
THURSDAY, JANUARY THIRTEENTH 1855
same n ur and place. by order of the trustees
ja6dts
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and Major Frew w. Ames The officers
of the association will also be ex-officio
members of the board of directors. The
judges of the drill will be selected from the
officers of the United States army, and
they will have the absolute decision of all
questions of tactics and procedure.
a challenge has been issued for the
Texas cup.
Ample cash prizes will be given. One will
be the maiden class, open to those who
have never entered an interstate drill be-
fore, ard the other a free-for-all compe
tition.
Much encouragement has reached the
officers of the association, but no meet
ing has been held since the organization"
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AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices in Produce at the Sea-
boards Commercial Metropolis.

NEW YORK, July 26.-Flour-Receipts, 10, 500
brls; exports, 81 1853 brls. Market weak and 5115c
lower. Corn meal steady; yellow Western, 75c
Barley malt dull; Western, 57@63c.
Wheat-Receipts, 121,45O bu; exports, 93.7S1 blu.
Spot weak; No. red, 7512@76c f. o. b. afoat ex-
port grade to arrive. Options were weak all day.
Aside from bearsh Liverpool cables, selling was
prompted by larger arrivals of new wheat. July
74a7Sc. closed at 75c; September, 7OMQ71 1885,
closed at 7OSsc.
Corn-Receipts. 14S7OO bu; exports. 1884, 1856 bu
Spot easy; No. 2, S9%c f. o. b. aaoat. Options
opened easy under reported rains, rallied, but
broke finally with wheat and closed 12c lower
May, 4112Q41&c closed at 411zc July 3Si2c.
Oats-Receipts, 134,5 500 blu; exports, $50 3S9 bu
Spot steady; No. @ CSC; No white, &C. Options
dull and weaker; September 255sc.
Hops steady. Wool dull TalIow dull but
steady. Rice steady Molasses firm.
Cotton seed oil-Prime crude f. o. b., mills, Is
Ole; prime yellow. 231a024c off summer
yellow, 23423Ac; butter oil. 26Q2Sc; prime winter
yellow, 2SG29c.
Coffee-Optons opened steady at unchanged
prices TO 10 points higher; showed investment
ders, not seen for long time past; foreign rep
resentatives also bidding; closed steady, I'M
changed to points higher Sales, 2S 25t aags in
cluding: August, 545@5.5Oc Spot coffee-Rio dull
No. z invoice, &c; No iobbing, 61ac mild quiet
Cordova, S1sG15c
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining SIC; centrifu-
gal, So test, 4isc; refined firm
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song for the Regular! song and peoples
cheer
For the man In blue who's grit clear through
from end to end o the year.
From end to end o. the year he goes with little
enough for pay).
Through summer heat through wintry SHOWS
where duty points the way
o little he cares for the cyclones breath or the
blzzard's nor west sweep,
Content enough with his quarters rough and
never a growl at his keep.
Ready to dig or ready to die, ready to brol or
freeze
So long as ne knows he is giving his blows to
keep the flag on the breeze.
A grasp for the Regular! a grasp for the
brawny hand ~
That seeks not to shrk soldiers work how
ever it's cast or planned.
Q grudging enough in the hour of peace is the
praise for his manly deed;
But the people know where their faith must 60
in the day of the Nations need
When the dogs of out the trail, when
the foe has loosed his pack
whose tfusty rifle is ready then to bay him
doubiy back?
Who meets him wherever he dares to claim a rod
And make him feel the might of his steel from
mountain crest to sea?
Our hearts to the Regular! hearts to our
dauntless son
Who clears the way for a freemans sway with
bis freeman's sword and gun.
we saw him rush through the tropic brush to
succor our gallant Wood.
And well he knew. when the bullets flew where
the forts of Caney stood.
. who will forget the bloody debt he wrote from
his streaming veins
When down from the heights of San Juan he
looked on the Cuban plains?
o who Will forget the charge he made and the
vanquished foes despair,
When the banner of Spain ne er rose again and
they saw old glory there?
John Jerome Rooney, in New York Sum
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HOBsON AND LETTER.
Two Men i'm New York the Same Day
and How They Were Treated.

Two Men I'm New York the Same Day
and How They Were Treated.
New York Journal.
Two young men, Americans about of an
age, attracted attention in New York Satur-
day.
One came to compromise a debt of $3.50, 900
he had incurred while trying to starve the
people of the world into paying him extor-
Tomato prices for food. Among the gamblers
of Wall street he awakened the interest that
the man who breaks the bank does at Monte
Carlo. The little gamblers f1ocked to stare
curiously at the gamester who played for
millions. He enjoyed the same sort of pub
lie tTd that H4p Ives ysr TeT tbe
type of criminal--Tweed did in dramatic
moments of their checkered careers.
Another young American came to New
York in the service of his country. Wher-
ever Richmond Pearson Hobson went a
throng. with hearts beating high with en-
flocked to do him honor. Into his life the
ignoble quality of money grabbing had never
entered. For a trivial payment-such sum
as Letter would toss away in bouquet or
SQuander on a dinner-the young lieutenant
year after year, has given his ablest thought
to the service Of his country, and, when the
supreme hour arrived, calmly and without
ostentation offered to die for the Nation as
he had lived for it.
mony -worshipng nation, but the facts all
diSprove the charge Our prominent figures
who spend their lives in rolling, up millions
upon millions wrested from their fellows
and spent in crude and vulgar luxury, the
masses of the people regard with curiosity
surprise, contempt, envy perhaps, but never
admiration. If the average life is spent in
seeking money it is because the average
man must labor necessarily to live. A thou
sand things go to show that money is not
our IDEAL We elect poor men to the presi-
dency, and for heroes we choose soldiers,
sailors, pioneers of thought and IF action.
The whole house of Vanderbilt could not
create so great a stir in New York street
as did the simple lieutenant in the United
States navy who sunk the Merrimac in San
tiagOS channel.
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TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations Mt st. Louis, baltimore,
Cincinnati and Other PLACES

ST. LOUIS, July 26.-Flour quiet and easy, but
pronounced feature Of the day, and ppees Closed
11aG2Ac below yesterday. No red. cash, ele-
vator zoe bid; track. 7OQ72c; July. 69Ac August.
hard cash. 67ik070c Corn was stronger than
wheat, but closed %4hc below yesterday No 2
cash, SS&c bid; July S21sc; September, 33933lkc:
track 25d25kc; July &c: May 237sc bid No.
white, 29l2M30c. Rye lower; acc bid for new
Flaxseed lower at sSc Timothy seed S. 5082 IS
1.S5 Bran steady; sacked, east track 5l65lIkc
Hay steady; timothy, S7lS; prairie. $5506l6 90
Butter higher: creamery. 16W18lAc: dairy 13fp
16lzc. Eggs steady at &c. Whisky steady at 81 q
Cotton ties and bagging unchanged Pork quiet:
standard mess. jobbing 1915. Lard lower; prime
steam S5.22l5 choice. S.S21s. Dry-sslt meats
ribs, s5.s5lk; shorts. Sc. Bacon-Boxed shoulders.
s5.75; extra short-clear. 1925; ribs IS 4O shorts
$3.50. Receipts-Flour. 1900 brls; wheat "a 600
bu; corn, 5000 bu; oats 10 0C0 bu Shiprnents-
Flour 5000 brls; wheat 900 bu: corn < 0oo
bu; oats, 5000 bu
BALTIMORE July 26.-Flour unchanged; re-
ceipts, Is 673 brls; exports, 1882 brls Wheat weak
and lower; spot and month, 73a73Isc; Steamer
81. 0o0 bu Southern wheat by sample 700174c.
Southern wheat, on grade, 6997Sl5c. Corn strong:
57A@sse; receipts. 54.52l bu; exports III 42S bu:
Southern white and yellow corn, 4i6142c Oats
strong and higher No. white. 33934c; No. ?
mixed, 3l632c receipts, 2.045 bu; exports none
Butter unchanged. Eggs unchanged Cheese nm.
changed.
CINCINNATI July 2s.-FIour quiet. Wheat
dull, nomiaal No. red. Tic. Corn firm: No
mixed, S6A 426lac. Oats firm; No. mixed 2eIb@
at ss.25. Bulk meats easier at $5.65 Bacon 0uiet
at $3.50 Whisky active at SIPS. Butter drm:
Arm.
MINNEAPOLIS. July 2s.-wheat veal, and
lower; July, s7lac; September, 64A96iNc; De-
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Admiral SIMPSONS Attitude.

Admiral SIMPSONS desire to secure for
the navy the prize money resulting from
the vessels captured in Santiago harbor is
no doubt based upon a sense of the duty
he owes his shipmates and is not personal
to himself. The American public, however,
would prefer not to see too great anxiety
for prize money on the part of our sailors.
The prize regulations, in which the army
has no share, are relics of barbarism, orig
mating in the old times when sea fighting
was little better than piracy, and do not
square we'll with modern civilization, which
does not make war for the sake of plumber.
Whatever our sailors may justly be entitled
to under the statutes will be ungrudgingly
given but it is hard to imagine that the
laws would grant to the sailors the profits
derived from the sale of merchantmen taken
by the hardest kind of toll and fighting on
the part of our soldiers. 1t is true that the
cooperation of the navy had a very great
deal to do with the capture of Santiago, but
the prize money resulting from the destruc-
ton of Cervera's war vessels will tolerably
compensate our seamen for their services
as far as money can. and for the rest they
must look, as the army has always to do,
to the position they will ever hold in the
hearts of their grateful countrymen.