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The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14
Notice.

The Woodmen Of the World will
accept applications during Deem
Der at the low admission fee of S3,
Insurance at reasonable cost.
Largest membership of any order
in the city Ask your neighbor
about it,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14
Sold by Williams & Williams.

The Hunter Transfer and Storage
o., have the only safe and conyen'
lent rooms in the city, for storage
Of your furniture or piano. We
are prepared to store goods Of any
kind.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14
WAArIs SHILOH 2

A grand old remedy for Cough, Colds
and Consumption; used through the world
for half a century has cured lnnnmeraDle
lieved many in advanced stages. If You
are not satisfied with the results we will
refund your money. Price % cts, 50 cts.
and Sl.00. II II .
Sold NV Williams g. williams
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14

10 biliousness, Herbine, by expell
ing from the body the excess of bile
and acids, improves the assimiIative
processes, purides the blood, and
tones up and strengthens the entire
system. Price SOC. For sale by
Smith Drug Co.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14
MANY a LOVER

Has turned with disgust from an other
wise lovable girl with an offensive breath
Karl's Glover Root Tea puriies the breath
guarantee. Price 25 cts. and 50 cts,
Sold bv Williams g. Williams.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14

For broken limbs, chiIblains, burns,
scalds, bruised shins, sore throat,
and sores of every kind, apply Bal
lard's Snow Eminent. 1t will give
immediate relief and heal any
wound. Price 20 cts and 80 cts
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14
DO YOU KNOW

Consumption is preyentable? Science
has proven that, and also that neglect is
suicidal. The worst cold or cough can be
Gu ed with Shiloh's Cough and Consump-
ton Cure Sold on positive guarantee fol
over fifty years
Sold by Williams 81 Williams,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14

Geutlemen-do not forget that
the reliable gents futnishers,
Sharpe & Brewer, give a ticket for
tree shines, with every pair of their
shoes sold. 3-l9
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14

Constipation leads to liver trouble
and torpid liver to Bright's disease
Prickly Ash Bitters is 4 certain cure
at any stage of the disorder. Sold
by all druggists. II 6 2w
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14

Fine line OF new gold and gold
plated cuff and collar buttons,
diamond studs etc. at Schuster's.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14

Have you a cold? A dose of Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup at bed time
will remove it. Price 25c. and 5Oc.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-12-14
Seamless, stainless, and
double sole and heel hose,
Zoe, at DeLamar'S. 210 E.
Broad.

Old newspapers tor sale at the
Texarkanian office. Alp.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22
Body Of a Filipino in the Place Of a
California Volunteer.
Parents Of Young San Franciscan Pay 1t the Last
Tribute, Thinking It Was That of Their
Soldier Son.

recognition in the swampy cemetery. and,
resealing them in zinc covering soldered
alright, placed the body in a box and
sent it with twenty-five others to the
transport City of Puebla.
The Puebla arrived at San Francisco in
the latter part of May last, and the box
containing the hermetically sealed re-
mains supposed to be those of young
Deckelman was turned over TO the under
taker designated by his parents. It was
decided that it would be best not to open
the zinc case. and the body was lowered
into the grave. the Deckelmans having
paid religious tributes TO the memory of
their son without farewell look at his
face.
The suspicious of the elder Deckelman
We're not aroused till several days later,
when he recalled the fact that the Casket
did not seem TO be heavy enough to con-
tain the remains of his son. He cOmmu-
nicated this belief TO Reinhard, who told
him that this was probably due to the
rapidity of decomposition, the remains
being little more than a skeleton Later
on, Reinhard says, he was told by Deckel-
man that his son had been buried at
Paranaque, and not at San Rogue. A re-
turned soldier, he said, had so told him.
Reinhard explained how mistakes had
been guarded against and the elder Deck
not, however, for on the 11th of this
month he got a permit from the Board
of Health TO disinter the body In COM
pany with an undertaken, he went to the
family plat and saw the casket raised and
the zinc casing cut open. The remains
were practically in the same condition as
bones. The flesh was nearly all gone, so
that not a single distinct feature re-
mained. On top of the skull, however,
there was stiIl a good sized pateh Of hair
enough for the father to satisfy himself
that it was not the hair of his son.
The hair of young Deckelman was light
brown and very soft. The hair on the
skull of the disinterred body was black
and coarse. The father was overcome at
the discovery. 1t was a losing again of
the son he had mourned. He. knew not
what TO do, nor where TO go to find the
body of his boy. He was haunted, too,
by the idea that by some strange chemt-
cal charge in the swamps of San Rogue
the brown locks of his boy had become
transformed into the black shock he saw
before him. He was at his wits end and
knew not which way to turn, resolving
finally to have the remains reinterred.
The zinc covering was soldered up, the
body was lowered and the grave filled in;
There the remains are to-day, but
whether or not they are those of his son
or of a dead Filipino, the father of Fran
els DeckeIman is at a loss to say.
Reinhard. who disinterred the body at
San Rogue. says that there is no mis-
take; the body is that of young Deckel-
man without a doubt.
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A casket supposed to contain the re-
mains Of Private Francis Deckelman,
Company L, First California Volunteers.
was lowered in May last into grave in
the Deckelman family plat at Odd Eel
lows Cemetery On the 11th of the pres
ent month, on the suspicion that a mis-
take had been made. the casket was dis
inferred at the request of the boys father.
and the suspicion verified. Another
corpse. he believes, than that Of his son
met the eyes of the elder Deckeiman.
Decomposition had set in to such an ex-
tent that identification was impossible
but it was plain 10 the bereaved father
that a dead Filipino had been given the
resting place intended for his son.
Young Deckelman was the son Of MI
and Mrs F. Deckelman of sos Lyon
street, his father being a member OF the
firm Of Vessels & Deckelman, 239 Cali
fornia street He was just q years old
when he enlisted as a private in Company
L, First California He sailed with his
regiment to the Philippines, landing at
Cavite July 2, 1898. When the regiment
moved to Camp Dewey Deckelman, who
had been detailed from his company for
duty with the Medical Corps, remained
behind He died in the hospital August
IS following and his body was buried IN
the San Rogue Cemetery.
Early this wear the Government sent
from this city s. Reinhard who was COM
missioned TO disinter the soldier dead and
prepare them for shipment 10 this coun-
try. Eight days after Reinhard reached
Cavite the Aguinaldo rebellion broke out
and the plan of disinterment had to be
abandoned for the time. 1t was not at
tempted till April, the rebel army mean
while having overrun the San ROGUE
Cemetery When the insurgent bands
were driven back, however, Reinhard be-
gan the work for which he had been en-
pioyed. He entered the cemetery with a
number of assistants and found that all
the headboards marking the graves had
been destroyed by the Filipinos.
In ordinary cases this absence OF head
boards would have made difficult the iden-
tifcation of the. dead. Such a centin.
gency, however, had been provided for, it
having been the. custom to place on the the
top OF each coffin before the earth was
thrown on a sealed bottle containing
Slip of paper upon which was written the
name of the corpse.
Reinhard says that in addition to finding
this bottle on the comm IN a grave OH M
grave was identified by members OF CON- n
had the coffin hauled up, took out the
remains, which had decomposed beyond
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22
AN OFFICE ABOLISHED
BY THE LEGISLATURE
THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC
WORKS CEASES TO EXIST.
supreme Court Passes on the Test
Case Against Colgan Presented
by Edward E. Leake.

The Supreme Court yesterday denied the
application of Edward E. Ieake, Commls-
sioner of Public Works, for a writ ofman-
date to compel Controller E. P. Colgan to
draw a warrant for the salary of the
Commissioner for the month of last
March The Controller had refused on
the ground that the office had gone out
of existence by an act of the last Legis-
lature. On account of the large amount
Of public improvements in hand and con-
templated the Commissioner took the case
TO the highest court for a decision. In
denytng the petition the court said:
I'm 1893 the Legislature created the Of
fee of Commissioner of Public Works. de-
fining its duties and powers and fixing the
salary, and made an appropriation to
carry the purposes of the act into effect.
In 1897 the Legislature passed an act en-
titled, An act to amend an act 10 create
ing his duties and powers, prescribing his
compensation and making appropriation,
approved March "a, 1898, relating to the of
fee of the Commissioner OF Public
Works Section 2 of this act is as fol-
lows; This act and the act creating a
Commissioner of Public Works, defining
his duties and powers prescrlnlng IL T5gSo ms
latirlg to the office of Commissioner of
Public Works, of which this act is amend
atory, shall cease, terminate and be at an
end on the 1st day Of March, 1899. and the
office of Commissioner created hereunder
and under said act approved March q,
1898 and all officers and employees appoint
ed by said commission shall cease and
continued and the State of California
shall in no manner whatever be liable Tor
the compensation of the Commissioner or
employees employed by him or by said
commission after said date
'As to the meaning of this language
there is not the least uncertainty. 1t is
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22
Declare That His Potent Pull Was
Used in Stopping Their Graft.
Failing TO Get Ills Share Of Recent Robbery, They
Claim lie Induced the Police to Have Warrants
issued for the Arrest Of the Gang.

THE numerous grafters and bunko
men who allied themselves with
John Sweeney on account of his
alleged pull with the police are
now up in arms against the man,
who boasts that he has one or more de-
1ectiv7s on his staff and that he is in a
position TO square any case Of a bucolic
stranger being skinned by the schem-
ing gang. Sweeney ostensibly is known
as the proprietor OF a Iodgjng-hOuse south
Of Market street. but in reality is the
go between for the horde Of sure-thiug
operators that infest this city.
The trouble that exists between the
modern Fagtn and the adept pupils dates
back TO about q week ago. Sweeney
learned that TWO of the gang who had
worked under his protecting wing neglect
ed TO account TO him Tor a trick they
had turned. He made q quiet investiga-
tion, with the result that he was stag
gered 10 find that they had the audacity
10 beat a sucker" out of several hum
dred dollars without having given him
q percentage OF The spoils Determined
Sweeney summoned them before him and
in Ianguag ge more fOrCeful than elegant
informed them that they could no longer
You have 1,ay5i me false" remarked
the king" with considerable dTamauc Ell
feet. thereafter cut me out OF the DECK
PEELED subjects slowly left his Majesty
10 ruminate over their fatal blunder in
not 'pieCIug-' the man who boasts that
he controls the Police Department.
The GisgTaced gTafJers subsequently,
fearing that Sweeney intended 10 have
them thrown IN Jail, decided to inform
J1eir companions in crime OF the edict OF
the king
After a formal discussion, they resolved
TO defy him even at the risk of being sent
Oh learning that his subjects" were
determined to dethrOne him, Sweeney
became desperate and swore TO get even.
The following day warrants were sworn
out for six OF the gang Tor Vagrancy and
hey were promptly arrested. Detective
Egan figured as the complaining witness
Since then fifteen other warrants for
have been issued, but for some reason
they have not been served. It IS claimed
that Sweeney, anxious 10 whip the dis
gruntled gang Of grafters into line, has
asked the police not 10 arrest them at
present, as he seems TO think that they
viii shortly regret their action and beg
TO be taken back to his fold.
Evidently realizing that he is suspected
Of being responsible for the issuance Of
the warrants Sweeney has discreeuy kept
out Of the way Of the Teyeugeful gang.
his lodging house. intending TO Wreak EiO-
leuCe on him. They were told that ne
they were being misled they waited out
side for several hours, but without catch
ing a glimpse OF their intended victim.
Some time ago Sweenley, 50 1t Is claimed;
gave the gang the double cross and
they started out 10 get his scalp.
one Of them telephOned 70 him, saying
that Detective Egan wanted To see him
q midnight in front OF a Market street
saloon. Sweeney lost no time IN reaching
the supposed tTySLing place and as he
entered the saloon he was attacked by
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22

L. Third Artillery; Sergeant John Felger, Com
pany A, Eighteenth Infantry; Private joseph
teer Infantry; Private William D. Grant, ,aoI lbs
pital Corps, United States Army GorporIl IS1tt
Walter c. Graham. Company NJ. Inn Vfntor Isete,
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry; Private victor t
H. Hall, Company L, Twenty-third ihIahtls
Private Henry Herbsh, Company G. seven even
teenth Infantry; Corporal John Hayes, Cofii-
pany A, Eighteenth Infantry; Private James a
Hess, Company A, Twenty-thtrd Infantry; F[l-
vate Frank P. Hicks, Company A. tourth IN
fantry; Private Willis W. James. Company G
Company A. Twenty-third Infantry; Private
Volunteer Infantry; Private Charles jordan
Cornnanv A twelfth Infantry: Sergeant Lee E.
johnson Company D, Fifty-frst Iowa Volun-
teer Infantry; First-class Private Hrehratn Hn+
Jess, Company A, Battalion i1ngin n,d
Frank c. Keogh. Company D, Thlrteentn MIN MIN
nesota Volunteer Infantry; Musician Matnlas
Kulda, Company \. Twenty-thlrd ma man. 0
aon Volunteer Infantry; Musician Oliver j.
Lansing Company B. Fourth Infantry: Private
vania Volunteer Infantry; Sergeant Fred f.
Collins Company F. Twenty second Infantry
First Colorado Volunteer Intantry! fLIxaoe IIsa
Michael Mack, Company y, Eighteenth lnfan-
try Private Doyl G. Maitland; Conpany my rl9 r.
Company 3, Twelfth Infantry Private J0nn
J. Martin, Company F, Fourth Infantry; Pr1-
vate Leslie McOnown, Company M Second Ore y1
gOn Volunteer Infantry; Private Charles Mel
son. Troop G, Fourth CavaIry; Private Johh
T Parkinson. Company H, Twenty-second In
fantrv: Private Arthur l. ParramQur, Battery
G, Third Artillery; Private Frank l. Peter
son Company E, First Nebraska volunteer
Infantry; Private John A. Pierce, Company d.
Second Oregon Volunteer infantry; Private Private
Volunteer Infantry Private Michael Rear
don, Company c, Twenty second Infantry;
Private George W. Roof. Company NJ. Twenty
second Infantry; Private William c. Russell,
Company A. First Washington Volunteer In
fantry: Private Richard Sandridge. Company
c Eighteenth Infantry: Private James Sturde-
want, Company A Eighteenth Infantry; Pri-
vate John H. Spain, Company c. First Colo
rado Volunteer Infantry; Private Mcdowell
p Schaughency, Company H, Tenth Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer Infantry c,.
Fourth Infantry: Private Emil H. Rilev Com
pany D, Eighteenth Infantry; Private 3,, Charles
volunteer Infantry; Private William f. Stugh-
er Company L, Eighteenth Infantry; Private
Michael Spaulding, Company D, Seventeenth
infantry: Sergeant Frank K. Sharp, Company
K Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry;
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22

Private Robert B. Tate, Company c, Eigh
teenth Infantry; Private Fred Tobin, Company
b. First South Dakota Volunteer Infantry; Pr
vate Germain E. Towl. Company H, First Ne
braska Volunteer Infantry; Private William II
Tim, Company H. Twentieth Kansas Volun-
teer Infantry; Private Dunbar G. Warfield
Company A First Colorado Volunteer Infan
try; Corporal Maynard Woodward, Company
D. First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry; Corpo
raj Burton J. Wood, Company D, First Ne
braska Volunteer Infantry; Private Joseph F
Walthau. Company H, Twenty-third Infantry
Infantry; Corporal George l. Watson. Com
pany B. First Nevada Volunteer Infantry.
SOLDIERS DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED
F. NJ Sutton, G. ]. Kluesner, John NJ. Clogs
ton A. Reese, William H. Ferris, John OCon
nell c. A. Leonard, c. E. Maloy. John c
Housch, H. L. Johns. W. H Doyle.
CIVILIANS
Mark L. Hersey Jr., Rev. c. A. Owens, E
N Kelley Postoffce Department; George D
Morrison. master of Vigtlant; George Good
win machinist United States Steamship Re
lief; Emil Kuhman, teamster Quartermaster'
Department; William Russell, stowaway; R. j
Griffith discharged soldier from Fourth Caval
ry: John Monaghan. stowaway; Joe Murphy
stowaway; John Doe stowaway; three Jap
anese stowaways; Private H. Stetin, First Ne
braska Volunteer Infantry.
LADIES.
Mrs. Hersey,. Dorothy F. Hersey. Mrs
Owens. Miss Morrison, United States Army
nurses, contract annulled; Mrs L. V. Buxton
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22

contended, however, that the subject mat
ter of this section is not embraced within
the title of the act and that 1t is there
fore vCid under article ~, section "a, OF
the constitution, which declares that an
act shall embrace but one subject, which
subject shall be expressed in It's title,
and that it shall be void as to matters not
so expressed. But the fixing Of the term
or tenure of office under an act such as
this or the abolition of the office are all
matters embraced within or germane to
the subject of the original act, and they
may find an expression in an amendatory
act without specific mention of them In
the title of such amendatory act. Such
is the well settled rule based upon very
obvious considerations. Reference need
only be made to Cooley's Constitutional
Limitations, sixth edition, page ia. para
graph 8; and Sutherland on statutory
Construction, section 81, ct seq.
"It is further argued that an act passed
by the same Legislature at date later
than the one under consideration shows
definite purpose to continue the ofhce be-
yond the time expressed in the act for It's
determination (Statutes of 1887, page I'D.
Bv this last mentioned act an auditing
beard for the Commissioner of Public
Works is created; but the amendatory act
continued the office in existence for about
two years, and there is nothing IN the
latter act for the conclusion that the
Legislature meant to do other than to reg
uIate the affairs of the office during the
remaining period of it's existence
1.-The application for the writ is denied.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22
SECRETARY CUMMING
IS AGING PREMATURELY
WANTS TO KNOW WHY Is A
GIRL WHEN SHE SPINSP"
Troubles and Worries Encountered by
Manager of the Mechanics In
stitute in Getting a Maiden
to Card Wool.

a spinster to spin fax or wool was what
the Mechanics Institute wanted as
feature for the coming fair, and the spin
sters came in numbers, not large but
talkative-oh, so talkative!
And still they come said Secretary
7 N Cumming Of the institute, after the
third applicant for the post had talked TO
him. He was still debonair and gay, but
the Secretary Cumming who left the office
late in the day. after talking to ten or
dozen applicants, was not the blithe and
happy Cumming Of the morning. Instead
he was worn and bore marks Of age and
his gold bowed spectaCles sat uneasily on
his nose.
Mr. Cumming can speak German and
Gaelic also Spanish, but he is not a mas
ter Of Swedish, Danish, Erse. Breton and
Polish. So he had a hard day of 1t, for
the only American who applied up TO a
late hour was a lady from Pike County,
Mo and her dialect was neat but not SO
clear as Mr.. Cumming is accustomed 70
''':t5 Gan you spin?" he asked the first ap-
'':'i Sure and I learned to spin in the ould
country" said she
.sBut do you know how to card wOol?"
Indeed and I don't" said the applicant
Gard wool? Why, we lave that TO the
chiIder. and I'll not. But can spin from
ne @And I'd how to get the roII?" asked Cum
Sure and that's your business" said
the lady. and she left her name and ad-
dress and fiounced out
Some OF. the ladies knew how 70 card the
wool and arrange it into rolls of spinning
but they were few. and Of the few only
two knew how TO spin flax as well as
yCOl-a necessary condition in order TO
obtain the place But in the various dia-
Iects that they let loose. on Cumming to
explain what they could and what they
could not do they wore him out So, ex-
cept to explain the process, 1t would be
unfortunate to talk about the art Of spin
ming to the secretary Of the Mechanics
IF any one applies" said he to Miss
Ahern, the typewrttist Of the institute,
You Just see what she wants and take
the application" And then he went away.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22

overheard The ship was stopped, life
buoys were thrown overheard and boat
could be found. He was very much ema-
ciated from his long illness and the water
was exceedingly cold, so the chances are
the shock killed him. After searching for
the body for nearly an hour the Indiana
was put on her course and came on to
San francisco.
The F1lipinos for the Omaha Exposition
are in charge of Henry L. Daily. They
are said to be d fair sample of the inhab-
itants of the Philippines. They are not
beautiful. They have band Of native
prettiiy. All their music is played by
ear. Their star piece they call Dakota" ."
because they learned 1t from the Dakota
regiment. Mr.. Daily is keeping a very
close watch on his charges and says ne
will see to ii that they are landed in
Omaha safe and sound. This band is
men women and children who will event
ually gather here al the Mechanics Fair
They viii bring the water buffalo and
everything necessary TO make up a typi-
cal Filipino village.
Among the Filipino walters on the In
diana are two graduates of the Manila
is very intelligent young fellow and is
going to make his home in America if
the Government Will give him a chance
Among those who returned on the Indi-
ana was DR.. Daywalt of San Francisco.
According to him a Filipino wounded in
battle is insenstble TO pain. One man
had his eye torn out by a bullet and his
Jaw shattered. When the wound was
dressed he tore the bandages off, and two
or three days later was breaking in a
horse as though there was no gaping
wound in his head Another Filipino at
tempted to escape and was filed full of
Krag-Jorgensen bullets. When he was
picked up eighteen wounds were found on
his body and his right arm was shattered
Three days later he was sitting up in bed
and eating Chow" on the rapid mend
Still another Filipino was wounded in a
skirmish and lay for seven days in a rice
field without water. He was carried to
the hospital tent and when the Indiana
sailed was awaiting a chance to get back
into the insurgent lines.
The most daredevil act Of the war was
performed by Sergeant Jones of the Ten
nessee regiment. The latter were opposed
to the Filipinos in force, who were IN
trenched. over the trenches flew a Fill
pino flag.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22

three of the gang. who beat him over the
head with black jacks
Sweeney drew his revolver, which was
promptly taken away from him Had It
not been for a policeman who happened
to see the men assaUlting Sweeney and
rushed 10 his rescue he might have been
made a subject for the Coroner. As It was
he was severely cut about the head and
face.
with the Police Department one OF the
gang said yesterday:
Whenever a strange bunko man
told 10 see Sweeney; otherwise he runs
afoul Of a policeman and is arrested I
on their arrivel here Immediately hunt up
the king and If ne sees fit he allows
them TO rob gullible strangers. Sweeney
4xacts 70 per cent of their ill-gotten gains
part Of which. he claims. goes to the po-
lice He claims 10 be a warm friend Of