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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-04
SHOES.


Mems Good High Spun Working Shirt for
l5c to Soc. Mems Good Twill Drawers. s2c
Men's Good Under SHIRTS, 2le Ladies' Hose
black or colored. pairs for &c. Mems Hose.
black or colored, pairs for &c. best HE'D
Hose, pairs for sc. Mems LaundriedShirts 2ac
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-04

THE undersigned have formed a CO.
l. partners. hip for the purchase and sale
Of real estate in this and adjoining coun-
ties. and have formed connections with
agents in the North, West and with State
Immigration Agent. Parties desiring to
sci. land or exchange. will find il 20 their
TO communicate with the an
dersigned. MORGAN & LUCAS,
May Cts Leonardtown, Nd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-04
VERnSSTRAnBOAT COMPANY
Potomac RiEsr Route.

BEGINNING TUESDAY, December ~.
the STEAMER POTOMAC viii leave
Pier .. Light Street, Baltimore, at5p. m.
Tuesday and Saturday, for the Potomac
River, calling at Mil1eF's, Brcme's, Ba-
cons, Grason's, LewisettA, Bundick's.
Cowart's, Walnut Point, Coan, Kinsale,
Mundy's Point, Lodge, Adams, Piney
Point. AbclI's, Leonardtown, Cobrum's,
Towards, Stones. On Tuesday only
for Lancaster, Bushwood, Riverside.
Liverpool Point. Giymont, Alexandria
and Washington.
Returning, viii leave 7th street wharf.
Washington, at p. m. Thursday, for
Baltimore, calling &C all the above men
toned wharves. leaving Leonaritown
AT A. M. MONDAY AND FRIDAY
KIN5ALE, 10 m, MILLERS' at ( D. m,
Grason's at 8 p. m, Bacon's at 8 D. m.
arriving In Baltimore early Tuesday
and Saturday mornings.
Freight received daily at Pier o, Light
Street, Baltimore.
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agent.
STEPHENSON BRo.. Agts. Washington,
WIN. REARDON, Agt., Alex.
Dec s2-tf}
COL. CLARENCE HopsoS,. -. President.
ANDREW N. coFFMAN,. ........ Cashier.
IA NVwx ar.~r d. A
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-04

containing -9Ii Acres, more or less, ex-
cept those lots m said Island conveyed
by Jos. t. McwNiiams. which are de-
scribed in deed from Robert @. Combs,
Mortgage. to Fenton A Denison, re-
corded in Liber J J G., No. Folio 133
ct seq of said Land Records. subject TO
two mortgages securing in the aggregate
$3.50, with accrued interest, the exact
amount of which will be made known
on day of sale.
TERMS OF SALE The amount
over and above said mortgage in CASH.
Deposit of SO required on day of sale.
WILLIAM p. SPRINGER,
Mortgage, Washington, ID. G.
FILLMORE BEALL, Soly.
April Goth, 'o9-td.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-04
CLOTHIhG @.

A new line of Spring and Summer Clothing
Mems Suits. English Worsted. checked 81
striped. OF different make. $500; the same form
erly worth Sl500. Black Clay worsted Suits
in Frock or Sack, from $50 to 80 90 worfl
$500 Mems woilen Suits. from 500 to $500
Youths suits from le0to SO
Children's Suits from Soc to 40
Mems PATS from soc to az
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-04

Our Savings Bank Department al
lows per cent interest
Sept o ely.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-04
FURNITURE.
GROCERIES.

A Nice Rocking Chair, Cane Bottom 81 Is
Bed leads. single or double, as low as Sis.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-04

pY VIRTUE Of the Power of Sale con-
- tanned in a mortgage from Mary 4.
Swami, and Charles A. Swami, her hus-
band, dated August %, 1898, and record
ed in Liber j. j. G.. No. Folio 294. one
of the Land Records of st. Mary's coun-
ty, default having been made in the pay
ment of the debt secured thereby, the
undersigned Mortgage named therein,
viii sell at Public Sale in front Of The
Court House door, in Leonardtown, st.
Mary's county, Maryland, on
TUESDAY, May 10th, 1899,
at o'clock p. m. the real estate in said
Mortgage described being the parcel OF
land in the Potomac River, in said coun-
ty and State known as
B1ackis6One,s
Island,
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HATS

A large line of Mems and Boys Straw Hats
Mems Sunday HAS from lie. 10 IS.
Ladies' Sailor Hats lee.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-15
YOUTHFUL TRAVELLER.
Eight-Y~ar-Oid Tommy MrMilla n
starts Alone for Dawson.

Specia! Dispatch TO the Poss-rnteiligencer
VICTORIA, q. G. Aug. 1.-THE most
interesting passenger arriving from
Skagwny by the City of Seattle today
was Tommy Mcmillan. He In only s
years old. but he has been half way to
Dawson all alone. and would doubtless
have gone all the way il he had not been
turned back by the police
Tommy says his home Is on Madison
street. Seattle. From his story IL ap-
pears that his father went to Dawson
about year ago. Tommy being left In
charge Of his aun; and grandmother at
Seattle. They were in poor circum-
stances. and as time went on without
word from the bread-winner N became
harded than ever 90 provide the family
with the net-sssaries of life
Tommy Is only a little boy. but he has
a mans heart, 50 he determined To seek
his father and obtain the much needed
aid for the old folks Watching his
chance he slowed away In the coal bunk
ers OF north~hound steamer. Arrived
safely at Skagwsy. over the pass the 1T
tie fellow frudged manfuily. fed BY kind
hearted travellers and sleeping wherever
night overlook him. AT Bennett poor
Tommy was kindly but firmly turned
back by the police. and sad at heart
was compelled Ia return To Skagway. He
bearded the CITY 81 Seattle and was
given a free ride home The passsn-
gers on the boat raised sufficient money
among themselves 20 paw Tommy's fare
to Dawson. and H. on arrival at Seattle.
hts story * found TO be true. the youth
fni klondtser will be sent. prepaia to
his destination.
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PALMER MOUNTAIN MINES.
ations 1t the Wehe Group-Gray
Eagle Tunnel-Surveys OF the O.
s.-Larxe Surface improvements.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
LOOMS Aug. A.-At the Black Bear
the shaft has been retimbered to the 10
foot level and there Is still thirty feet to
go. This is being done as fast as good
work can be done. When this work Is
completed II will be a model for all flu
ture shafts on Palmer mountain.
The excavation for the hoist Is COM
pleted and timbers for the superstruc-
ture and galiows frame are all out The
ore bins are started and the material to
complete the hoist will be on the ground
tomorrow or next day and Immediately
pu. in place.
The work OF repairing the fiume and
overhauling the mill will be completed
as soon as the mine Is ready to hoist.
In the 15O-foot level the water has all
been drained out. The Post-Intelligencer
correspondent made an inspection. find
ing six feet Of ore In the west face and
four feet In the east. while the floor Is
all ore.
The returns made by the mill from this
ore just before the mine was closed a
few years ago proved the richest vein,
and as there is plenty OF ore in sight
be shipping bullion again.
At the Wehe group II has been decided,
in lieu of sinking the present shaft.
which Is 10 feet and has followed the
vein. making it somewhat irregular to
begin a new one and sink vertically 500
feet. running drifts to the vein at each
100 feet. This work has just been start
ed and will be pushed 10 completion.
The steam hoist ordered IL expected to
be in and running within thirty days.
The mess and bunk houses. residences.
office and assay office will be built at
once, the lumber now being nearly all
delivered for that purpose.
General Manager Wehe also has charge
Of the Pasco and Buckeye groups, which
adjoin the Wehe. He has let l00-foot
proviso that the contractors can 60 500
feet on each at the same price.
Ample funds are said to be In the
treasury OF these three companies for
development and all surface improve
ments. Mr.. Hughes. who has just re-
is the general manager OF the three COM
panies. and A. NJ Wehe is resident man.
ager.
At the Gray Eagle group formerly the
Osooyos. the Van Glider brothers have
started a 300-foot tunnel to crosscut an
800 feet wide on the surface for 6.00D feet.
The tunnel started will top Il at about
$50 feet vertical.
This vein has an iron cap, but a few
feet down gives way to quartz. assays Of
which shows so gold values from an
s. j. Dallabough. an old-time Nevadan.
is In charge of the work.
The Q. s., Manager Barrow. Is busy
with having his surveys completed. and
Is driving the tunnel to tap the vein. as
we'll as making considerable surface I'M
ern Washington has made a greater
showing with the proceeds OF the sale
Of 10000 shares of treasury stock than
Manager Barrow.
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PRIEST. SCHURMLN returns
Philippine ConmissiOn. Hat Talks
Pleasantly Of His Travels and Ex-

San FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-THE steamer
china, from Yokohama and Honolulu. ar
IiVed tonight. Among the passengers was
President J. c. Schurman. of the Philip
pine commission, and professor Of Cornell
university. Mrs. Schurman accompanies
aim. and the party includes Mrs. George
Munro. who is Mrs Schurman's mother.
and Miss E. Bush.
The etiquette Of officia.dom seals DR.
schurman's lips. and until ne has seen and
reported to President Mckinley he posi-
lively declines to say anything about the
work OF the commission. 10 discuss the
policy OF expansion. the conduct or dura-
gardng the Philippines.
President Schurman left Manila July S
on the Bennington. Commander Tauag, for
Hongkong. the Bennington having been
placed at his service by Capt. Barker In
order 10 enable him 10 catch the Pacific &
Oriental steamer Rohilla for japan. He
landed at Kobe. and went by rail 10 Yoko-
hama. He was there al the time the en-
peror issued his rescript announcing the
treaties with foreign nations which mark
ed the admission OF Japan into the full fell
iowsnfp OF civilized nations by aboiishing
extraserrtiorial jurisdiction and consular
courts.
This even. DIR. Schurman says. has Great
ed profound impression. Col. Buck. the
United States minister resident and envoy
extraordinary. was the only representative
or foreign power who recognized the
event and the empefors reScript. by issu-
Ing a public notification to the citizens Of
his government.
IT was a very graceful thing to do"
said DR.. Schurman, and Col Buck did II
gracefully. He expressed good wishes and
confidence for the result OF the new trea-
ties. and his action created a most favor
able impression.
I'm Japan met Marquis Ito. the great
est man In the East. the Viscount Okuma,
Admiral Count kabayama. the Dewey OF
Japan. and the first governor general Of
Formosa: Count Oaki. minister Of foreign
affairs. and numbers OF other members Of
the cabinet. Marquis Ito is In opposition.
but think he will soon go back TO power.
From San Francisco l shall 90 immedi-
ately to Washington"
DIR. Sehurman's colleagues on the COM
mission were in Manila when he left or
their plans he will say nothing
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WASHINGTON. Aug 4-Gen Otis has
reported the following deaths in his CON-
uanI.
Drownea~JuIy -. Patrick Dury, corpo-
William Stafford. Company II. Twenty
first infantry: August :. Albert peruitsky.
Company g. Twenty-frst infantry.
Dysentery-Augus. s Thomas Maioney
Company r. Seventeenth infantry: August
s Walter r. Hutchinson. Company A. FSf-
ty-ffrst Iowa: August : Frederick 3 Ra-
tsv. Company r. Twelfth infantry.
TYPHOID seyer-AuEust Z William Kun
Rodney Clark Company Il Fifty first
Iowa: August II Frank J. Halfey. Com
nsny /. Twelfth infantry.
Arterlai sclsresis-Anzust 6. Joseph
Walker. Company VI Fourth cavalry
Ensnavea--A3vtn Elder. corporal Com
parry @ Thiri infantry.
Erssipcias-August Gilbert Smith.
Company e Seventh infantry
Enterit's -Aasus, 2 Kim JeSsiam. Com
pany X. Th.rd artillery
From wounds in actson-Ausust y. Mich
olas Nolan. Company n. Seventeenth IN
.aa;ry.
Ksliea-six'h infantry. At B<bon. Negroes.
July H. Company X David sanaerson
1uiy ~. Company X. Vincent Ssgar. near
Ssn Isldro. Negroes, John Helchensr.
T'Wewiy third infantry. near Fardo. Cehu
July q. Company X. Robert II Moore.
Seventeenth infantry. near San Fernando.
Lnxogs. August O.
Nlrth Infantry 49, company IL Corporal
So raues T Posl'rger: Company II. Cor
poraI George s. Wells. Company H.
Charles T LAWYER. *.
Fourth infantry. near Sovaists. ftth--
Company l. Frank Tasa2uar~
'Tsuer.. v-xscsrf inssrtry-Ssar Szr Luis
tssh Company r. Via w Cox
Txeafs-fsst irfsntrv-Near Mars2usna
Company r.. waisiax Collins. Company G.
John A. Brennan
TSwen.v-soarsh in.an;ry-E lanes Ned
Fourth cavairy-conpsny q. Sergeant
James r. Robinson. Company r. -
GAhusyE
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OVOUVVUVVN
5 Brush Your TEEN s
& We Have the
: BeUsa. :

June closed month. thus giving the
ehinooks chance to get I'D the river
and opening the month of August. when
fall salmon are abundant
The chinook does not come into the
sound, but the tyee and the blueback, or
sockeye take its place In these waters
from Wenatchee Commissioner Little
Will go to Little Spokane and the col
siiie, 10 look w sites for the hatcheries
which are 10 be built on these streams
These. too. will be royal chinook hatch
cries. tnough probably not completed to
turn out more than two or three million
Try each season. These streams are so
far from the ocean that the commissioned
n8ufes that the fish that ESCAPED the
not more than reach them before Septem-
per. and he hores to have the hatcheries
Tar enough along by that time 10 he
gin the work OF propagating them this
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WATERsPOUT N THE COLUMBIA.
Crosses sand Island. Thowtng Logs
High into the Air.

ASTORIA. Or. Aug i4-ANnst II N this
morning. during heavy shower Of rain
the unusual phenomenon of n waterspouf
vas plainly visible at ilwacn and Fort
Candy. II originated Just ofr the dock q
the fort. and Was about twenty feet In
II moved OF TN the direction ~ Fort Ste
vens on the Oregon shore. traversiug the.
full length az Sand island throwing i'm
nlense logs OF drsftwood and tons az sand
high into the air.
After leaving the island II veared alb
rently "a the eastward and. crossing Ba-
ker's hav disappeared. The sight was
witnessed bv hundreds Of people at the
beaches and the marks ~ It's Journey
across sand island are plainly visible in
"a deep gully cut through the Sard. II i'~
track across the bay many fishing boats
were narrowly missed
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ms \ OIE TUNNEL.
- wORx o. 4 M1NE1 N
csnsDoo DIsTnIcf.
s.,~pss. Isss.As :" ce'e-
=. rtxnssefA Birthday ~
- r-s.sse worla-HtstSFy
q. W. HISS Lived . Hermit

,...s.,cA 10 the Post-Inseiiigencer.
llsrs.vER. B. c., Aug. Ito WORK
~ ysars In one tnnnei 49,. ,s
the monotony OF ex1s.ehe. -
..4.nce of .'Bfli'' Thompson VINO
- 70 arrive In the city IN a re"
-. catboo. Thompson Is one
pss...s miners In the country. ana
- - has lived like q hermit.
-. west from Tennessee In the
"a re xoid fever IN Cariboo In
0 - sIxtIes. He was then mid
-.n His party narrowly es-
xsrmctfon at the time OF che Ia
sss.resOta massacre, and one rea-
~ ~ hardy miner did not go
z3.fs within few years was that
- - wish to have any more trouble
.scfh viii be his eightieth birth
IL ssl 50 proposes celebrating 1t by
q excursion to civilization for
- time since he went into the
- He will come down and see
". S1k4s on the Coast, and VIII likely
80 remainder OF his days here.
sssnanu has not become as rich as a
~ OF the old miners. but he Is
S1ebIy well or For the last de-
- - been carrying out a ponder
5keme. and as the return as he
sioae was not sufficient to enable
&S HE help he has done most Of
kf1fk connected with It himself
- creek was one Of the richest In
~ a the early DAYS. II Is now
ri ieycioped thoroughly by a San
- company But Thompson
- me ground on II that he consid-
mnnbtc.
elcuIated ten years ago In which
~ be would find the old channel
RI ersek, where he thought there
~ . gold enough to keep himself
~ children for their lives. He
6 tunnel In the side Of the hill.
II k1l9 all these years he has done
H. but work through this tun-
II re years ago Il was In the side
b r. npuntain i,t0o feet and now he
RI paxsed the 2.000-foot mark. He
RI lpnnd the old channel. but he
l11t he will undoubtedly get II
4 ~ years more" and with this
he has worked year after
E5eh finds have lately been made
RI IN Francisco company. and II IL
obAhle that they have found the
nel. which IL about In a line
- = end Of Thompson's workings.
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cuFy ard potAsk seecsec - ADD su~! 20 tAe
s~fal aAGc watch - devcAxtns NE | wAs
advsard ey friends vbe hAd s~<a wonderful
c~ra EsAe By IT. - nv swfsfe Sp-crAc We
Ros TOO ocstieS. ssA seis h<vpr again revive n
Axssa. imcvev-d from the a4r;, and . cem-
piece sao rersec. cure vaH she resols 5, 8.
II Abe aa.y elood remedy Watch reaches DIS
peyntr eaAas Mas W LIZ.
Montgomery. Ala
or the many blood remedies. 5 :. s.
n the only one which can reach deep
seated violent caees II never fails TO
cure perfectly and permanently tire
most desperate casss which are beyond
the reach Of oshnr remedies
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STATE BOARD OF CONTROL.
Annual TOur 81 Inspection Of the
state Installations.

special Dispatch TO the Post-Inteliigencer
TACOMA, Aug. 1.-THE state board of
audt ard control cons sting OF Gov.
rogers. Ernest Lister secretary: Judge
Staiicup. II. j. Sniveiy and DR. Jordan.
VIII start tomorrow afternoon on their
annual tour Of inspection Of the state In
sutu,ions except the Vancouver school,
which is under separate management
The Soldiers Home n; Orsing will be
first visited, then the state Industrial
school at Chehalis and the asylum for the
insane at Sfe!lacoom. The board will then
go east OF the mountains and inspect the
state penitentsary at Waiia Walla and the
Medical Lake insane asylum
II II probable. according to Secretary
Listers opinion. that the vacancy caused
BY the resignation 81 Col. Ridpath will be
filled by appointment by the governor dur
ing the trip OF the board but as TO who is
TO have the honor Mr.. Lister does not
venture an opinion
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wounded-Twenty-first infantry. at Ca
iamba. July 80. Company c. Corporal Alex
ander Foster. chest, severe. Fifty-nrst
Iowa, near San Fernando August 8. Com
pany NJ. Harry p. Brenholts. leg. severe;
Twenty-first infantry, near MariQuina.
August IL, Second Lieut.. Marion NJ Weeks.
abdomen moderate: Company Z, Corporal
Louis w. Blood. thigh. moderate: Com
pany b, First Sergeant George T. Rollins.
arm. severe: Charles wellington. leg, Sc
we're; Company G. James j. Canaiy. thigh.
moderate: Frank u. vendle, arm. slight
Company f. George w. Howard. thigh.
severe: Twenty-fourth infantry. Company
E. Samuel Webster. chest. severe. Clar-
ence Rucker, forearm. moderate. John
Cecil, thigh. slight; Corporal Willard
Howe. thigh. moderate. Fourth cavalry,
B. Charles JabeIman. arm. moderate.
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Force Attacked and Scattered In th>
NetghbOrhoOd Of MnlolOs.

MANILA Aug i5.-S:ss a. ma force
of United States troops from Quinua.
four miles northeast OF Malolos, and
from Baiiuag. near Bustus about
six miles northeast OF Quingua. en-
coun'ered body OF insurgents
at about half way between Bus
tus and Quinua. of about 500 In the
engagement that ensued the Fiipinos
were severely punished and scattered.
The Americans lost one man killed. The
insurgent force Is believed 10 have been
under the command OF Gen. Pao del
Pillar and to have had in view the tear
ing ~ OF the railway at Bocave and
Bimma. about three miles from BuIa-
can.
A battalion Of the Twentv-first in
fantry will be sent 10 those points this
afternoon 10 strengthen the railroad
guard and 10 reconnoiter the country in
the direction OF Norxagay and OF the
BustuS road.
Gen. Wheaton. with the troops at Calu-
tut. made reconnaissance on Angeles.
abou; four miles tn the northwest. where
he found $40 Of the enemy. He siieneed
their fire and then returned 10 Caiuiut
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Sacrificed to
Blood Poison.

Those who have never had Blood Poi.
son car not know what a desperate con-
dition II can produce This terrible
disease which the doctors are totally
unable to cure, is communicated from
one generation TO another. infiicsing its
faint upon countless innocent ones
Seine years ago I vas ;noculAted with poison
BY nurse who infected MY hst~ vi III alood
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LONDON. Aug. IA dispatch from
Calcutta says that the survey steamer
Resolute was sunk In collision with the
British steamer Scindia. last reported
from Calcutta July for Bombay. The
ResoIuie had half dozen European off,
GERS and crew of about sixty natives
aboard. The chief officer, second and
third engineers and some natives were
saved but the remainder of those on
hoard are missing.
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ron THE EXPOSITION.
<kngis Comfy Farmers Win Place
Coed Exhibits IN seattle.

Sne-ia, Dispatch - the Post fn'elitgeneer
NOUN VERNON. AuE, IA nars-
her of farmers throughout Skagtt county
are making preparations To attend the
exposition 20 b. held in Seattle October
10 Is
one mar residing near Edison viii ax-
hihit a head ~ cabbage weighing fftv
hounds Others have nieke3 cat their
hes. varieties ~ vegetables fruit oats
nuss wheat. which they VIII take e. Sc
attiA.
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FIRE AT NORTH YAKIMA.
Commissioners Decide to Make an
Issue 81 County B~nds,

Special DISPATCH 70 the Post-Intelligencer.
NORTH YAKIMA Aug 1.-THE house
OF Frank Garrett was burned tonight The
building and contents were a total loss:
partly insured. The origin OF the fire Is
unknown
bonds OF the county to the amount of
$s2.000 10 fund the general and road and
bridge warrants These are several wears
behind. The amount In $6S no and 3e3 00n
interest has accrued. The bonds will prob
ably be sold al the October session.
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PENSION COMMISSIONERS EVANS.
G. A. n. Committee Say the Charges
Against Him Were UnfOunded.

CHICAGO. Aug. IA special to the
Evening Post from Washington says:
The committee appointed by the grand
commander OF the Grand Army of the
Republic to investigate Pension Com
preaching G. A. r. encampnent at PhiIa-
deiphia has completed its report. The
committee exonerates Commissioner
Evans from the charges preferred
against him and will report that the pen
sion office is being honestly and con-
scientiously administered. The report
will say that the commotion that exists
IL largely traceable to popular mis-
construction Of some Of the pension laws
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ARMY EQUIPMENT.
Train Load OF Wagons, Tents, Etc,
Arrives IT Tacoma.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Inteiligencer
TACOMA. Aug. IA train load Of no
army wagons. thirty blacksmith shop
outfits. several thousand tents and other
army equipment has arrived TO go on the
steamship Port Albert to the Philippines
The steamship Will go over to Seattle
some day this week to have her con-
densers put In. and will then be returned
here 70 nniah her loading She now has
lpo 90 feet OF lumber In her hold. and
viii take on large amount OF feed. hay
and oats, In addition to the wagons and
other equipment. the mules going In on
the upper decks that have been built
since the ship came here to ct out