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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08
EAGAN NOT TO BE DISMISSED
SUSPENDED FOR SIX YEARS, BUT WILL
GET FULL PAY.
AT THE END OF THAT TINE HE WILL co on
THE RETIRED LIST-sENTENCE OF
THE CoURT-MARTIAL COMMITTED
Ply THE PRESIDENT.
rRY rrLrGnArn TO TIE rnIRrvr. !


Washington Feb. The sentence Of dismiss
sal imposed by the court-martlal on General
Eagan has been commuted by the President.
and for the next six years that officer will en-
Joy the full pay Of his grade $500 annually.
and will then 20 on the retired list for the rest
OF his life, with compensation at the rate Of
S343 - month from the Government In the
mean time. until 1905 Colonel John F. Weston
will perform the duties and assume the respon-
sibilities Of the office Of Commissary- General Of
Subsistence Of the Army. with a colones pay
and allowances amounting to $500 year.
General Eagans gallantry in battle and his
record Of thirty-seven years in the military ser
vice, together with the adroit plea Of his clever
counsel that newspaper publications had driven
him to the verge of insanity. have had the ef-
feet Of condoAng his grave offence against MILL
tary law and public decency to the extent that
h. is merely stripped Of his uniform. while per-
mitted to enjoy all the emouments Of public
servant without performing public duties.
The order OF the President regarding General
Eagan, after thorough consideration Of his
case, was made public this afternoon II is as
follows:
The accused after a tral by a court martial
composed Of officers Of high rank and dlstln-
Cuished service. has been found guilty Of con-
duct unworthy an officer holding commission
Of the United States, and obnoxious In the
highest degree 10 the discipline and good order
OF the military establishment Such behavior IS
csr ecially deserving Of condemnation in an ON
Ger holding high rank in the Army and charged
with the performance OF difficult and important
administrative duties in time Of great puphc
emergency, and from whom, when subjected 10
adverse criticism. an unusual degree Of re-
straint and constant and unfailing sef-controi
arc confidently expected.
The proceedings findings and sentence in the
case of Brigadier-General Charles ?. EaSan,
Commissary-General Of Subsistence. United
States Army, are therefore approved. In view
however Of his gallant conduct in battle upon
more than one OcCa aston which merited and mas
received the warm commendation OF MS su-
perors and Of his long and honorable record or
service. extending over a period surprising IN
duration that usually allotted 10 a generation;
having regard, also, 70 the mitigating circum-
stances which were developed during the trial
of the case and In Difference 70 the recon-
mendation 70 clemency submitted in his be-
half the sentence imposed by the court Is com
mutad 10 suspension from rank and duty Tor
six years WILLIAM NJ hlNLEl'
While the sentence of suspension according
n the law officers Of the Department, does not
deprive General Eagan Of any part OF his pay
as il reads from rank and duty" ne loses his
allowances which include Communication OF quar-
tors ratlons and fuel and his horse allowance.
This is a large item
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08
SHOT DOWN IN A JINGLE
LIEUTENANT AND PRIVATE KILLED
AND SIX WOUNDED.
TROOPS ENTER CALOOCAN DRIVING THE
NATIVES BEFORE THEM-SUBURBS
ARE SHELIFD

Manila Feb 8 10 a. m-Iieutenant Afford
a. L. FordO. Company I. Goth Kansas In
fantry and a private OF that company were
killed. and six other members Of the regiment
were wounded, near Caloocan last evening
while reconnotring. The party was in
jungle when It was attacked by the enemy
Two companies Of the Kansas regiment were
sent to the relief Of their comrades. and drove
tho Filipinos into Caloocan. penetrating to the
heart OF the town. Meanwhile the gunboats
sheed the suburbs.
General Otis finally recalled the troops, but
the natives. misunderstanding the retreat, failed
TO take advantage Of II. The outskirts Of the
town we're burned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08
FACTIONS ~ Porto RICO.
GENERAL. HENRY FINDS IT HARD TO FILL
PORTFOIIOS-RA RATIFICATION
FTT. T.FERATFD

san Juan De Porto Rico Fob. 7.-Majo--Gen-
eral Guy V Henry. Governor of Porto Rico has
no. yet appointed the heads ~ tho four depart
ments-State. Justice. Finance and interior
which he has substituted for the dissolved lnsular
Cabinet. He fayors two Liberal appointees. one
Radical and one Independent The Liberals and
Radicals are making great efforts TO control the
appointments. and General Henry is not little
disgusted with Porto Rcan politics.
There was a public demonstration to-day 70
celebrate the ratification Of the Peace Treaty
The circulars distributed described the affair
a. celebration in honor Of the Incorporation
or Porto Rico among the United States"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08
SEEKING TO RAISE A LOAN.
CUBAN ADVISORY CABINETS PLAN TO
PAY SOLDIERS.
SEVEN MILLIONS WANTED-LEADERs RE
TURNING TO GOMEZ-LTTTLE COM
MENT on MANILA FIGHT.

MENT ON MANILA FIGHT.
my CABLE TO THE TRIBrSEl
Havana. Feb. 7.-General Brooke's Advisory
Cabinet Of Cubans is seeking Endorsement for a
plan Of guaranteeing a fixed loan for the com
plete settlement Of the insurgents pay The
proposition is to appoint committee Of bank
ers and merchants 10 formulate the basis Of
S7OOOOOO loan. in addition TO the S3"oVo
from tho United States. This would be equiva-
lent to years full pay for the officers and
men.
The American military authorities cannot go
beyond the action Of Washington. but there is
no limitations on what the Cuban Assembly may
ri ,dge Itself 70 do when an independent gov
eminent IS established.
The insurzent leaders who threatened 70 op-
pose Gomez are becoming more moderate.
Gomez will leave Remedies on Wednesday
morning and will give to the people Of the coun-
try chance 70 greet him. Great preparations
are being made everywhere for his reception.
He will wait until his popularity has been
demonstrated. and then declare his programme
leaving the Cuban Assembly 20 accept or reject
it. Radical talk is lesseuing.
Little comment is made on the events in the
Philippines. Where unfrlendly settlement tow
ard the United states is shown, It is either from
the spanish asses or IRON Hleo"'0ii""''
Cubans The respect shown by the American
authorities in reference to the memorial ser
vices for Calixto Garcia has had an excellent
effect.
The railroad and dock lsborers are striking
for higher wages. Half a dozen of such strikes
have occurred within the last two days, but no
disorder has followed. The strikers are asking
for the restoration Of wages to the amounts
paid before the insurrection. In some cases
they also want payment in American money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08
COUSINS DROWNED WHILE SKATTVG.
TWO YOUNG MEN BREAK THROUGH THE ICE on
ct MARY's LAKE.. WHITE PLAINS.

p Il Anderson and Charles ". James were
drowned In ST. Mary's Lake, White Plains. yes
,ardsv afternoon. They broke through the ice
yrhue skating James was twenty-three years old
ara Anderson was nineteen. They were cousins
The young men were both good skaters, ana were
having an afternoons sport when they went
through the ice. Witnesses say thev were racing
about the pond. and some say thet as they
o,rcled about. Of them fell and the other fen
IN top Of him their combined weight added 10 the
sb,rn blow on the ice causing Il 70 give way.
,rhe,, sank Immediately and ssid to have como
up under the Ice
An effort was made ny others on the pond TO
rescue them by breaking away the ice around me
hole but this war OF no avail
Work was al begun on the task OF reoo'-
.rine the bodies After several hours Anderson
bodv was brought up. and The work was men
stonned for the night as Il il bitterly cold and
stOrmlng
The young men staying at the home OF
Floyd T. James. proprietor OF the orA"aupuh
Hotel stables IN White Plains. Anderson lived n
Long Ridge, Conn. and was on WISH /" MS
cousin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08
TREATY CABLED TO GENERAL OTIS

Washington. Feb. General Otis has been
informed by the War Department OF the ratn-
cation OF the Peace Treaty. copy OF me
treaty was mailed to him about month ago
but on receipt Of the Departments telegram
vestsrday he replied that he had not seen the
-, -, IN. document and had nothing but news
naper reports OF its contents on which 10 act
The war Department accordingly to-day caolea
80" srttre treaty 10 General Otis for his infor-
80. 80 and n viii be published by him through
n,,t his Jurisdiction as a proclamation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08
HIGH WATER STOPS RAILROAD TRAFFIC

Chattanooga. Tenn. FEB. 7 fSpeclaD.-The Ten
nessee River is stI rising rapidly. and Is sweed
hy heavy rains which fell in the mountains last
n!ahL II is thirty-eight feet at Chattanooga TO-
night and still rising Indications point 70 q
forty-hve-foot hood Thlriythreo feet IL me
Danger line Reports from uprver points FOR one
hundred miles indicate great damage Farming
districts are inundated, and the lower portions OF
the city are under water. Hundreds ~ people are
moving from their houses. Railroad trAinc IN
rnany directions 10 hampered by the high water,
nd several roads have entirely suspended opera
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08
PROHIBITION sEcrRE IN MAINE.

Augusta Nc. Feb The Woman's Christian
-rernperance Union opposed the proposed resub-
,ission OF the prohbitory amendment 10 the voters
Of Maine before the Legislature to-day. and as no
friend Of The bill appeared the plan 10 attempt an
overturn Of prohibition was killed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08
METHOD OF PAYMENT NOT DECIDED.

Washington. Feb lit is said at the Treas
ury Department that no conclusion has yet-been
reached as 20 the method OF paying TO Spain
the 500. 600 900 called for by the Treaty Of Peace
but 1T is improbable that the Government Will
shin the actual gold COIN as II would unneces-
sariy involve great risk and heavy expense.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08
CONTOC4TTON OF THE CORTES.
PREMIER SAID TO EXPECT A MAJORITY OF
THIRTY FOR RATIFICATION

THIRTY FOR RATIFICATION.
Madrid Feb THE Premier. Senor Sagasta,
I'm an interview to-day, is quoted as saying ne
will Immediately submit to the Queen Regent
decree convok,ng the Cortes. and also az adding
that he expects TO have q majority Of thirty
favorable to the approval Of the Treaty OF Peace
with the United States
The Queen Regent will sign decree to-nor-
row raising the state Of siege throughout spain.
The Government has issued Red Book on
the war with the United States. 1t is buky
merits and communications already made pun
lie and now have only historical interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08

Miami Tampa, Atlantic coas. and Plant system
Foufe OF the New-YOrk and Florida Special Two
other trains. Seven steamers week. Florida 70
Havana Tri-weekly 10 Nassau Also New-fork
10 Aiken and Augusta without change Apply -
and 26l Broacwsy.-AdvL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08

vEUvE CLICQUOT CHAMPAGNE
YELLOW LABEL SEC" GOLD LABEL 'BRUT
The highest grade champagne. unsaualled In auaI-
ity.-Advt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08
REBELS IN RETREAT.
AMERICAN LINES AROUND
MANILA EXTENDED.
CAPTURE OF THE WATERWORKS AZ
SINGALON-HEAvY LOSSES OF
THE ENEMY.

Manila Feb. THE Americans are In come
plete control Of the situation within radius
Of nine miles OF Manila. Their lines extending
to Malabon on the north. and to Paransque, On
the south. are fully twenty-five miles long.
While a few detached bodies Of the enemy
still offer desultory opposition the main body
Of the rebels is in full retreat and utterly
routed.
OF the hordes OF troops originally drawn up
in battle array against the Americans fully
one-third are already incapacitsted and the
others are scattered in every direction.
Late yesterday General Hales brigade ad-
vanced and took the waterworks al Singaion-
-Four companies Of the Nebraska regiment and
part Of the Utah Battery. with two field guns
and two Hotchkss guns. met the enemy on the
hill half mile out. and sharp engagement
took place. in which the Nebraskans lost enc
dead and three wounded.
Sergeant Young. formerly quartermaster-ser-
geant in the Sd Artillery wounded, capt
ured and brutally murdered, and his body. when
recovered. was found 70 have been horribly
mutilated
The Fniplnos were driven back retiring In
bad order and carrying with them the valves
and heads Of the steam chest and cylinder Of
the pumping machinery. These were afterward
recovered E@a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08

Y s STICK LICORTCE
Made with the utmost care and uniformity. Specify
y & 8 when purchasing. Druggists d eonfectiohsis'
-Advt-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-08

II was also reported tonight that wen-known
citizens Of New-Yor might be authorized 70
investigate the great increases OF salaries made
in New-York by Tsmmany Hall, and report
shortly TO the Legislature on the subject with
the aim of protecting the taxpayers by legis-
lative action In some way.
The Governor gave an indication to-day that
he is keenly observing the action Of the Tam
MANY Hall officials in raising salaries IN New
York and also OF the suggestions Of Tammany
Senators at Albany that the Legislature Itself
ion In this practice. A newspaper clipping was
shown him in which the total of Tammanys
Increase OF salaries was given. He SAID Tam
rnanv's reck lessness was so great tnat ne could
not help thinking its leaders believed their con-
tinuapce In power would be brief and therefore
were careless as to their conduct.
Nevertheless he thought the Tammany lead
ers should be consistent Senator Ahearn, Of
their organization. had introduced a bill raising
the salaries OF all the school teachers in New
york THIS was a power already possessed by
the city authorities. Why should Tammany
Hall while crying home rule whenever II was
suggested that the State concern itself about
the decentralization OF the Police Department ~
New-York Introduce such a measure Ahearns
School Salary bill clearly Invading the alleged
home-rule rights Of the city?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-09-07
Cruelty to Flowers.

A woman who loves her garden says
she cannot understand how people can
bring flowers to town these days, es-
pecially when they carry them in the
hand or wear them as bouquets. They
take them out of the shady, cool gar
den, fresh, dewy and fragrant, and
hold the delicate stems in hot hands
or pin them in coats or gowns to fade
and die" she says, plaintively. wild
roses, which city people dote on, wilt
before the railway station is reached,
and pansies are dying of thirst long
before the train arrives in town. Pan
sizes are hardy and will perk up and
take a fresh hold on life if placed in
water before they are quite dead, but
most country-bred flowers are more
fragile, and 1 always feel sad when l
see them going off to the CRIME and
dirt and hot breath Of the city, to be
forgotten in a mans buttonhole or
dropped and trampled on in the car.
Maybe l am representative on the sub
ject, but I try to do my duty and send
the blossoms l love best to the chill
dren's missions in the slUms every
week. But l send them packed in cot
ton and paper and plentifully sprinkled
before they are placed in the box. i
never do up a box of blossoms with
out hoping, almost unconsciously, that
they will have a comfortable journey.
It's just the same yearning solicitude
book lovers have when they are ham
ding books or when they see a beloved
book i'll treated. And l think anxiety
and tenderness over flowers is a more
natural emotion And then she
placed a great branch of cream-white
blossoms in a shining blue bowl and
the room was redolent as OF the per-
fumes Of Araby.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-09-07
Reigning STYLES.

The reign of tight skirts promises to
be long. There is no symptom of any
change, save to increasing tightness,
outside are made as fiat as possible,
and both are nodded to the form with
out fold or wrinkle. This leads, Of
course, to a revolution in underwear
which shall eliminate all amplitude
and gathers around the waist. Many
women inclined to superabundant flesh
have all articles of underwear which
fasten about the waist mounted on a
&ight-fitting yoke some four or five
inches in depth, or else cut in such a
way that the ~fullness may be taken up
by darts around the hips and the top
finished by a straight strip stitched
down to hold the edge firm. This
Idea is now adopted by everybody, and
all possible means of insuring slen-
derness are now sought. The best way
to have the skirt of the gown lie
smoothly across the hips is to wear
the corset outside the petticoat over all
the rest of the underwear. This gives
an unbroken line and abolishes all
folds.
The p%etticoat, like the gown skirt,
is tight and plain as far down as the
knee, being fitted by darts. Below the
knee it blossoms out into luxuriant
decorations-innumerable frills, ruff
f1es, plaitings, puffs, ruches and bows
of ribbon. AS the flare of the gown
must be sustained by the p%etticoat, no
crinoline or other stiffening being now
employed, all this eXuberant trim
ming is a fashionable Necessity.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-09-07

More than half a century ago Sun
day was kept very strictly in the zoo;
at least with many of the animals the
day was a day of fasting. 1t is not so
now; but how many of the folk who
behold the feeding of the lions know,
how many of the animals themselves
know, that they owe this more humane
treatment to the elephant Jack" who
was a favorite figure in the Gardens
till his death in June, 1847? Some peo-
pie when they have a grievance go on
strike, others go Gin their thousands"
to Hyde Park, but that was not Jacks
way. Long had he %pondered the old
wise saying, IF you want a thing done,
you must do it yourself" When, then,
he found that he was expected to feel
happy and contented all Sunday with
nothing but a light breakfast, he rea-
soned the thing out and came to the
conclusion that, in these circumstances
life vas not worth living. He resolved
therefore to make a bold stand for his
rights, and for two or three Sunday
nights running he made such a noise
his keepers had little rest. This, how
ever, not bringing him more victuals,
he proceeded to adopt stronger meas
ures, finding, oddly enough, in oppo-
sition to that great statesman, Mr..
Bright, that force was a remedy. On
the fourth Sunday he smashed the
door, and would have done other dam
age to his cell had the keepers not
risen in the middle of the night and
fed him. Ever after he had full meals
on Sundays. He was a very great re-
former. He stood about ten feet high
at the shoulders.-London Little
Folks.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-09-07
Costume of a Japanese Nurse.

Mrs. Hugh Fraser, in a recent vol
ume of "reminiscences, gives a quaint
pen picture of a trained nurse who
cared for her in Japan. says the New
York Mai and Express.
"She was barely four feet high"
writes Mrs. Fraser, cher complexion
was dark, her feet were encased in
white linen socks, with divided toes,
and shod with dainty straw sandals
with green velvet straps.
Her figure, the shape of a very soft
feather pillow, was draped in a tight
fitting white apron with a large bib.
and she was kept inside her buttonless
and stringless clothes by a cruelty tight
and wide leather belt put on over apron
and all. Into this belt, holding her
breath for a long time first, she could
with great effort push her fat silver
watch, her clinical thermometer, two
or three yards of Japanese letter
(Which she would read a foot at a
time when she thought I was asleep,
and the relentless little register in
which she noted down, from right to
left, cabalistic signs with which she
ana the doctor conjured every morn
ing till they knew all the sins my pulse
and temperature had been committing.
"Her name was O'Tor San-Honor-
abs Tiger Miss-but her ways were
those of the softest pussy that ever
purred on a domestic hearth rug; and
oh, what a nurse she was! So gentle,
so smiling, so delightfully."- sorry for
one!"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-09-07
No Charge for Admission.

ITO catch a boa constructor is a diff
cult and dangerous task" a y a man
who makes it his business to capture
wild animals and reptiles for mena-
gerie purposes.
Briefly, he continues, it is accom-
plished by means of a labyrinthian
tangle, embracing sixty square feet Of
ground. The labyrinth is made by
joining together, end on end, pieces of
mating.
This web is eight feet high, usually,
and placed so that the opposing walls
will be two feet apart. All sorts of
curious and diverging combinations
are made with the matting-it is sup
ported here and there by stakes-mak-
ing, when it is set, a geometrical puz-
zle that might we'll challenge the in
genuity of man.
The trap is baited in the center Of
the labyrinth. By and by along comes
the boa constructor. 1t is easy enough
to get in. He scents the prey; he is
very hungry; the bait is devoured, and
here the boa comes to grief.
For hours he tries to release him
self from the tortuous passages which
rise about him, but finally he grows
tired and stretches himself out for a
nap. Then we open the labyrinth and
catch him.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-09-07
Climate and Complexion.

1t has long been known that climate
alone is not sufficient to account for .
colored people, says the London Globe.
DARK skins are by no means confined
to the tropics, they are to be found in
races even beyond the temperate zone
hi diversity, according to a writer
IN one of the, American magazines can
only be accounted for by considering
the different modes of life that have
acted for centuries upon the various
classes and castles of the country The
coolie who works in the fields with
a strip of cotton cloth about his loins
is very dark; the merchant and trader
who never go abroad without being
thoroughly clothed are many degrees
falrer. 1t is said that a colony of Jews
on the west coast of IndIa has been
establlshed for nearly eighteen cen
turtles but because they have MOI fol-
lowed the habits of the people as re-
CARDS clothing, they remain to this day
a white people.
IN the otner hand, the Aryan popu-
latlons of India and Persia, originally
a fair people, by adopting the customs
OF those countries, have become, in
great measure, a colored race. Accord
ingly, it is argued that the steady
march of nature is toward the evolu-
ton of a fair people all over the, world.
The layer of dark pigment beneath the
cuticle prevents the skin from blister
ing, and when proper clothing renders
this safeguard unnecessary, nature dis
penses with it altogether. 1t is also
limited that color has something to do
with the mental and intellectual con-
ditions of a people, but into these ques-
lions the writer wisely forbears to en-
ter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-09-07
A Kansas Wedding Feast.

There was a country wedding in Ford
county, Kansas, the other day, which
was attended by 800 guests. "One large
beef" says the local paper, had been
slaughtered and cooked, three hogs
had been roasted, s~eventy-fve pies and
fifty cakes had been baked, fifteen gal
Ions of canned peas had been prepared,
ten gallons of pickles had been set be-
fore the happy throng, and thirty
chickens were cooked, and besides
there were bread, ham and vegetables
in proportion. That layout was doubt
less sufficient to provide all the we'd
ding guests with "a square NEAL"