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Evening star., 1899-04-05
Invited to a Paris Congress-.

The Secretary of State has received note
from the French ambassador here inviting
the United States to participate in the in
ternational congress against the abuse of
alcoholic. liquors. to be held in Paris from
April to o.. The subjects to be discussed
will comprise medical science and hygiene.
political and social economy, legislation, in
education and propaganda.
Evening star., 1899-04-05
Future of Washington.

matter be called to the attention of the
Northeast Citizens Association, with a
view of concerted action in this respect
Future of Washington
Mr. n. G. Ordway spoke Interestingly of
the future of Washington, and the many
advantages of the eastern section as a
place of residence. He considered it an
ideal location for the new Supreme Court
building. In this connection Mr., O. B. Hal
lam offered a resolution that the Attorney
General in recommending a new Supreme
Court building next year be requested to
insert a provision that accommodations be
also furnished for the Court of Appeals
and the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia. The resolution was referred to
the committee on legislation.
Street improvements in East Washington
was the subject of an interesting talk by
President Smith. He referred especially to
the streets east of 11th street east and
spoke of their impossible condition 1t was
his impression this matter should be taken
up by the committee on streets and atten-
ton given it. At a future meeting of the
association, he thought the unimproved
streets in East Washington should all be
named.
Mr. NJ l. Weller was in hearty sympathy
with street improvements. He thought East
Capitol street should be improved before all
other streets. and that Congress be pc
titioned to put it at the head Of the list of
streets in East Washington to be improved
next year. He put this in the form of a
resolution and suggested its reference to
the executive committee for action This
was agreed to.
In Need of Improvement.
Mr. Loring Chappell thought the people
OF East Washington Were more interested
in street Improvements and railroad mat
| ters than anything else. There were streets
| in Northeast Washington in great need of
Improvement, and he thought the associa-
| tion should have on It's committee on streets
I at least one member from that section. 1t
/ was entirely unrepresented. The Northeast
Association was not needed In it's recon-
| mendations, he said, and it was for the
| East Washington Association to help out
| that struggling locality.
| 1t developed upon investigation that out
| of five members Of the committee on streets
two of the members were from the north
! eastern section. Mr.. j. w. Babson moved
| that the committee be instructed to nre-
| pare q schedule of the streets to be i'm
| proved. and submit the same to the execu-
! tive committee at its meeting prior to the
| next meeting of the association.
| Mr.. NJ. L. Weller moved to amend by In.
| viting all citizens interested In street i'm
| provements in East Washington to forward
| their requests to the executive committee
and that assurances be given that they will
receive due consideration. In this way the
opinions of the citizens generally will he
heard on this important matter The
amended resolution prevailed.
| Upon motion of Secretary Sperry the as.
sociation adjourned to meet on the first
| Tuesday in September.
Evening star., 1899-04-05
Local Pensaens ..

Pensions have been granted to the fol-
lowing residents of the District of Column
bia: Francis P. Devices. So: Helen O. Paine
$50; A. b. Thieves, S.: William Palmer, in
crease $s to $40; Flora S. Kalk, ST. May
c. Bates. s17; Charles Sanford IS; Daniel
Williams. $40; John w. Welch, $3.50.
Evening star., 1899-04-05
Military Reservation in Hawaii.

General Miles has appointed a board to
examine and report what public land and
property in Hawaii should be reserved for
military purposes, and has also appointed
a board to determine and recommend har-
Dor lines at Honolulu. This latter board
will consist of Maj. w. c. Langfitt, Capt.
J. H. Rickon and Capt. H. A. Springett, I'd
L. S. Volunteer Engineers.
Evening star., 1899-04-05

The Evening Star fs the
only afternoon paper In
Washington that receives
the dispatches of the Asso-
cfated Press. IL fs there
fore the only one ta which
the reader can Ind the
complete news of the
world. directly tranxmit-
ted by telegraph. mp 10
the moment OF going to
press.
Evening star., 1899-04-05
MILES APPEAL REJECTED
Offered Additional Testimony Regarding the
Meat Furnished the Army.
The Court of Inquiry Intimates That
1t Has Heard Enough About the
Canned Roast Reef.

Adjutant General Schwan yesterday tele-
graphed Maj Gen. Shafter that the Secre-
tary of War desires him to proceed to this
city at once and report as witness before
the army court of inquiry. Gen. Shafter is
in San Francisco and left for the east last
night in obedience to his orders
DR.. c. A. Nicodemus, who was in Porto
Rico with Gen. Miles command, was put on
the stand before the court of inquiry yester-
Gay afternoon after The Stars report of
the proceedings was closed. He came back
to the United States from Ponce on the
Mississippi having on board refrigerated
beef that had been on the Manitoba.
On the second day out the men complain
ed of the meat The surface of the meat
was offensive, though below the surface it
was better, though still of disagreeable
odor.
The odor," he said. was the odor of the
dissecting room 1t was not the odor of
merely decayed meat. There was no nat
ural decomposition.
The surface of the meat was hard and of
dark brown color. The men who ate the
outer portion of the meat were made sick.
1t had a strange, sweetish, acrid taste. The
fresh meat they got in Porto Rico. which
had been killed in the night and served the
next morning, was palatable and made
trouble.
The bad odor of the refrigerated beef
was developed by cooking.
second Lieut.. Henry B, DIXON, 10tn cav
airy, who in June and July was commits
sary of the divisional brigade at Lakeland,
Fla, testified concerning beef furnished the
troops there. The refrigerated beef he re-
ceived at Lakeland from Armour & Co. was
always good and not different from what
he had frequently seen in the SOUTH He did
not recall any unnatural spots on the meat
that appeared to be from any unusual
causes.
An Old investigation Recalled.
DR.. w. S. Devee Of Chicago was recalled.
He is an inspector of the Agricultural De-
of the packing houses of Chicago on COM
plants, and had made report to the de-
partment. This. however, could not be
found and DIR. Devoe was asked to give the
best information be could. He proved a
very unwilling witness, saying that he saw
no reason why statements concerning facts
of four or five years ago should be brought
out here to the detriment of the business of
q firm which had since, as far as he knew,
obeyed the law.
The court insisted, however, and he said
that the firm of Nelson. Morris & Company
vas the one which had been especially in
vestigated. The testimony had been given
mostly by discharged and disgruntled en-
ployes, and was to the effect that the car
casses of cattle had been taken from the
tanks and placed on the local market. ne
findings had not been conclusive. There
had been no evidence that the firm had con-
nived at this disposition of the carcasses of
animals, and there was denial of the COM
plaint by the firm. DIR. Deyoe said he had
at the time been reasonably well satisfied
that the law had not been complied with,
and that he had reported to the department
Evening star., 1899-04-05
THE EVENING STAR.

PtBL1SHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY
AT THE STAR BUILDINGS
Temporary Busi7eas oaoe, llos Pennsylvania Avenue
Ihe Evening Star Newspaper Company.
s. q. KAUFFMANN, Pres't
Evening star., 1899-04-05

attention to Graceland cemetery and -sx-
pressed the hope that it would be made
great public park. He. suggested that the
matter be called to the attention of the
Northeast Citizens Association, with a
view of concerted action in this resnect
Evening star., 1899-04-05

Thousands of situations have been OBJ
tanned through the want columns Of The
Star.
Evening star., 1899-04-05
New York Office, 81 Tribune Buildiue,

ibe Evening Star 10 served to Subscribers in the
eI1y py curriers', on their account. 10 cents
peF wees. or ~ cents per month. Copies at the
souhter cents each BY mail-anywhere In the
per month.
Saturday ouintuple Sheet Star 81 per year, with
toietEn postage added $3.0S
EEtered at the Post Office at Washington. d. c..
as see0nd-ciasS mail matterD
II AL mail subscriptions must he patd in advance
Rates Of advertising made known on application
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Twins Whom Nature tnited-Reesnt
Instances.

Double human beings have become SD
common in she world that clsssifications
ara. How made OF them. Aipaopages -
the categorical term Designating :wo well
developed human beings with thorax pro-
yer In each bur connected BY a tieslsy lga-
ruant frxTn the breast bona down 10 t8e
navel Tss true Niphopages aTa rare. Ia
fact the number Of those barn living sa4
that hate sseea observed does net appear
10 exceed seven or eight. ard several Of
these have not lived longer than sew
DAYS or even a faw hours In iss4 there
we're exhshltssi In Europe tie :so sisters
Hssssrica ana iScadica. who were bern IN
the EagHsA Indies II ISIS. Two Others.
Resalina and aIayla. 10 years cid. have }gst
s-sugs discovered IN RFszsl Two aat of
tAr.ae recorded attempts ~ separate Xigs9o~
ragss have proved successful.
The ar.i living double human ths, ne
weria knows anything sssoat gsre Helene
ara ,Iad.ta bern IL Hungary IL i'8 ard
ssx.nx in Ia TIE Ssarsass twins. C5a-zs
ana Fng. who were exhibited WIKI great
success in America and England tAirfT or
r1lsru years ago were pyaessssS The aTsf
Ia demonstrate 60 she sarid thst brothers
rcHiau't &iwsys agree. sx~S ~Sea nature
lied sn.ra Together for life They were
Izsrai liz fsIT loved married. had aUfsssruos
chssarsn afe died wealthy. Ia more resent
seags two talented All r<xssy eosersa
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ARMY SYSTEM OF GREAT BRITAIN.
a5anzaon Of Fighting Men Compared With the United States
Unit Is the Battalion, Nearly as Large as the
American Regiment

HE British military system seems
extremely complex when compared
with that OF the United States. par
ucularly I'm the matter of the for
nation Of bodies of troops and the
Nfms applied TO them. In the Infantry
srytsc the unit of organixati ton is the
atsalson. which IN numbers approximates
hs American regiment. while the word
regiment. IN the British army, Is applied
body Of troops which may vary In
numbers from something less than a bril-
tsas 70 almost division according 10
American methods.
Tie unit Of drill is the half company.
senmanded by lieutenant or second
haatenant. The number of noncommis-
aoned officers and privatss varies from
ssth,y.fys to lie The war strength OF a
MstAlion Is eight companies, carrying
sNs men and twenty tine officers.
The latter include colonel lieutenant
saanne'. three majors. eight captains and
usteea heutenants The battalion ~ sub
divided into fonr uh-hattaiions of two
on'nTaniss eaeh. the frat ~ which Is
summarized by tho lieutenant colonel and
ne remainder by the majors
10 each regimen. there are two battal-
@ss for foreign service knnWn as regu-
aN There are also two hat;alions Of
"h',is Tor home service The militia bat
nhsas are theoretically ~ Stx~ccmpany
sssmsiion, Including S0i msa OF all ranks.
sss u time ~ war they are recruited up
. necessary. In addition 20 the bat
sa"ns Of regulars ard militia there may
osis ~ more hattaiiona Of volunteers.
fsr Instance. she Cheshire regiment. a
sn Of which ia now IN service tn South
s.ness has Eve kattalionS If volunteers.
tr'of 10 the outbreak az war the first
Nxaist hattalioa VAS stationed In India
80 We second ~ limerick ireland. The
safa and fourth hattaItJn& militia. are
= tnestsr afai Macclesftsld. respectively.
ss I'VE volunteer hattalions. which. be-
ssfe TIE last reorganization ~ the army
@s'ssi MSS perfected were known AS the
ssaesfsire regiment have the.r stations at
aaseaheaed Chester. knutsfora. Stock
f,a asd Congi@s>.s
~ .ae OF the confusing points In the Eng
method az reference to military bad
- she castarn ~ giving a division the
ssHt or the whole Thus each 81 the
sS s%f'Sii0rs 80 the Cheshire troops
~sf De separately referred ~ ne the
.s*sasre regimen similarly confusion
Tue fa'na % $50 American is caused
reference to sab hattaltous rs hattal-
-. ard II Is evce"airely Aifs3cuit Ia tell
~ss'siy 3ust hoa nanv rne0 are In
!. s'~H when sic number 81 the battalion
reported er;s
- ise erdoF &c service the regulars take
sevss''ee eTf are gereTsiiv known as The
ssrsft< n}"8 They are kept on
"eiins AZ 81, t3Fne<. ana Theoretically,
!, - ofae are mere sAaa rhine hzitaIiars
90 saola Rational l~a,1v az Infantry al
As.s AZ" s'''s''-@'@ ~ i'"I'A
= A-.t
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lo.iei horses. There Is, of course. as vide
variation from those figures as the ext
gencies of war require.
In the cavalry service the regiment IL the
unit Of organization and the troop the unit
Of drill. In the line Or foreign service
there are 60 men and eighty-two officers
10 each regiment. In the household cav
airy home service branch the standard
strength Is 4A men and twenty-n:ne o.
ficers, A detachment Of each line fegi-
fnent Is len at home for recruiting and gem
erai purposes when the main body Is detail
Ell for foreign service. The volunteer cav
airy is known "a yeonanry. The regiments,
Of which there are ttsirty-seyen. are named
after shires. They embrace about 1s.o"e
men. The artillery service Is known "a The
royal artillery, 1t consists Of twenty-five
batteries of horse artillery. designated by
letters. nlnety~two numbered batteries Of
field artillery. ten numbered batteries az
mountain pieces and ninety mine numbered
garrison service companies divided as fol-
lows. Eastern division. twenty-uine conf
panics: southern division. farty-one conn
panies. western division. tweuty-nine conn
panies The militia and volunteer artillery
organizations are operated IN connection
With the garrison service. with which they
bear the same relations 10 a great exter,
as the corresponding bodies Of infantry DO
10 the regulars.
ly In she british army service. and they
have hesn So varied ara have Cccurrci So
often within recen. years that only those
IN close touch ear keep pace with them.
Il IL astonishing now h.tie is kaowu x
the British military system afrsne Anleyi
ear army officers, except those whose duties
require them 20 keep themselves informed
tuf II Is fact zoo. that rreu who left
the British service q decade ar mere ago.
whether officers or privates, freely admit
that they d. nct understand tho present
system.
As Il exists to-day the British military
system is the result of process ~ evcla-
ton. embracing something ~ almost every
era ia military history hat Win tne high
eS; possible standard q effectiveness rs-
eatnsa The nomenclature and styie - ac-
.,ogitarssfans % many ~ ths sndiyf3Gal ss,diss
are as cid as the traditions of the districts
10 which they eve their origin except I'm
so far as changes have been ssade T. nset
the necessities cf modern warfare. Sec
itonai prise sn ;huss features IS encouraged
because I, promotes = Spirit cf friendly
rivalry ard enhances efsletsncs.
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RULES GOVERNING NEWSPAPER
CORRESPONDENTS AT THE FRONT.

Il NTH regard to the cost of trans
NAf hitting war re~s fron the field
" Of action 10 England. a vast
w amount % ignorance. says the
Sketch. obtains amoag the pub
lie The fact is. the latest news from
the froat,'' 50 giialy aaNsea from every
street corner by leather lunsed news
boys. 10 far more Getty luxury
than most people imagine. For instance,
several az the kilograms which Mr..
Forbes seat TO the Daily News, when he
acted for thai paper during the Russo
Turkish wGr. consisted Of SOB words As
the charge for transmission WAS Is. al.
per word snca messages cast Ess each
Under these circumstances. one may well
say that the kilograms are worth their
weight In gold. II. In addition io this, the
amount consumed In paving salary anu
travelling expenses is taken into consta-
Grafton, il will be seen that the snalnte-
nance OF "srecfai'' Is responsible fer
the disbursement OF no insignificant sum.
In no seass of the term CAN a war COR
respondent write without license" A
staE officer acting press censor. and
the imperative necessity fer always being
In possession of the following form OF
warrant (which is issued only by the war
olfice). combine TO effectnaIiy provide fer
this A glance at the regulations on the
subject appended below. will show that
they have been framed by master hand.
and offer no loophoie for the cver-xeaious
scribe 10 get round them in his anxiety
to steal a march on his brothers OF the
pen:
I.-FoRM OF CORRESPONDENTS LII
cENSE.
No. OF License.
.............. having signed the Decia-
ration attached TO the Rules for News
paper Correspondents with an Army In
the field. Is hereby licensed to act as Cor
respondent for the .....-.......... with the
Army IN ................
Dated at ...,;,ss....-.... the .......... day
BY authority OF the r. N. Commanding
I'm Chief
tSigned) ....................
/. He is authorized to draw rations for
himself and servant
2. He IL authorized to draw forage for
By authority of the General Command
In ..........,. place ............
(Signed) .......
Note.-The Staff Officer signing the lat
graphs which are not applicable are struck
out,
u-RuLES FOR NEWSPAPER COR.
RESPONDENTS AT THE SEAT
OF WAR
l. All newspaper correspondents accom-
panyinE the army IN the Held must be fur
nished with a license granted under the
authority Of the commander-in-chief at
home. In this license the paper or papers
for which the correspondent is agen, viii
be stated.
2, A correspondent may not write for
papers other than these mentioned In his
license.
8 Licenses will not be granted TO those
whom II Is considered undesirable TO have
as correspondents In the field. Retired
officers will be preferred.
4. All correspondents In the field win he
under the mutiny act during their stay
with the army.
8. Correspondents win not be allowed 10
go TO the outpests without special per-
mission. To be granted in writing each
time a correspondent may wish to visit
them
6. The use OF any cipher Is forbidden to
correspondents French and German are
the only foreign languages permitted
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TO the nnasts OF the ships. On the up
per lines viii run the conveyor carry
ing the Goa, from the Marceiius tn the
Massachusetts. This conveyor Is MOTH
ing mere than huge iron bucket with
a capacity for almost half n tor Of
coal. The bucket or conveyor viii be
drawn from the Msrcellus 20 the Mas
sachusetss by means Of steam power
an the collier. Having unioaded its
cargo of coal. the bucket by an auto
matte arrangement slides back 10 the
Mareeiius when Il is uni0aied. A see
ona bucket. which has been filled while
the FIRST VAS a@fng conveyed to the
bajtleship, il then picked TIP and trans
ferret In this way almost as much
coal. Il is claimed. can be unloade1 on
a 3attle~hip az sea as ia now possible
while tAe ship is lying by the eide OF a
coal barge in a asvbor- Ore Of the
principal obstacles that had 10 be over
come 10 devise a scheme TO coal al
sea was he motion Of the waves that
continually changed the tension, Of the
cables connecting the two ships. This
has been overcome by means Of a NOV
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HER FORTH AIT.

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tg<s t,ss24sazs yelled eyx~, sEEns tA* xSose
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snsaey t'ssFk 50 sae Pan Mas AsSsff7e-
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"A CCI interest is manifested In
M new eoaing device which soon
- viii be tested az sea The col
Her Marcelius is in dry dock
No. i. at the Brooklyn navy yard. and
viii go 10 sea in a few days with the
battieship Massachusetts, 20 make the
official trial for the government Much
depends uron this test. The Miller coal
conveyer is something new. and should
IL prove what Ia claimed for IL by the
inventor &, will ob1iata the necessity
OF batsleships returning 70 inland wa-
tiers or going to coating stations for
fuel. This ccaline device is expected 20
revolattonize the plan for coallng bat
ilpshtps. Il is claimed 10 make ii pos
ssias 70 coal at sea even during an
ordinary high sea The principle en-
ployei t. that used AZ life-saving sta
lions, and when IL has been tried Il
worked very satisfactorily.
II IL intended that the hat8eship
Massachusetts viii tow the collier
MarceliuS. The two vessels VIII Ne
connected by means OF two additional
cables. These cables vii be attached
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: A stat officer will be named 10 act
az press censor. He viii grant passes
ghsn necessary to all corres pondents ~
the seat Of war. Each newspaper having
a correspondent in the field or at the seat
ef war Will send him copy OF every issue
Of their papers. 50 shat he may. By ex-
auintag shslr contents. be assured that
the press rules ia the field are strictly adj
heTed 10.
This press censor will have the power
correspondents 10 their newspapers must
or alter the communication should he deem
II injurious 10 the interests Of the army.
=. The -. q. c. win through this ). ..
give much information as he may con-
slder Advisable and consistent with his duty
10 correspondents, The press censor will
fix an nossr when correspondents may call
upon him daily Tor Information. and he
will be authorized % tell them everyThing
that car be published with safety to The
army.
10. The military authorities will facin-
tate, SO far as they can. the dispatch OF
the messages Of correspondents
Although by the provisions OF rule m
the above an accredited war correspondent
becomes. ipso faetc. liable 10 trial by
court martial In the event Of his commit
ting any act az MISUNDERSTANDING -
the military code-sach exer,me measures
are not resorsed To In practice. What does
happen. however. Is that the recalcitrant
scr.be's license Is revoked. and ne Is con-
seQuentiy compelled To take an early OPP
portunity Of Withdrawing from the camp.
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An Ad isxian.

-; s7~seasssss said IRE enthusiasts can3t-
date -'sss aEmtassate the trusts al 1rA -iow-
Trkeyr's 90 sAcgns about IT. we've got y04
ssszYNd
--sis coarse y0u have" answered ,he p2S-
secraz ~Ans t<sty esa see lt Haven't yeG
observed htcw ~ are AuSss8nx 20 las by
ss1nry Ser q raiay asyS--W as1i. sAsea Star.
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India has immense coal deposits, from
which the output In 1896 was 3.5s7, $50 tons
In the Bengal district alone the Ranigurg
and Barake collieries are estimated to con-
tain tf.0c0oQo tons; the Karampara collier
les. SA10ta tons; the Bokara coliieries,
l5eo. 90 tons, and the Djherria coliieries,
a05 600 tons
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women NslHs and Christine, have heen
exhibited al over the world and are Doubt
less s,sli on the exhibition platform. They
we're bern IN Columbia county Shuth caro-
Ina. and were unusually bright ard APT