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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
Mr.. ALGER HEARD.
The Secretary OF War TestIfies Before
the War Investigating Board.

The Secretary OF War TestIfies Before
the War Investigating Board
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. - Secretary
Alger appeared before the war investi-
eating commission yesterday and de-
MED positively that he, directly or in
directly, had been interested in any
army camps or any supplies furnished
the government during the Spanish
war. All complaints had been inves-
tigated, and while there were defects
they were only those INSOFAR able from
suddenly creating a great army.
Secretary Alger stated that he had
been on duty at the war department
constantly during and after the war
with Spain. The chiefs of bureaus in
the department, he said, were gener-
ally appointed to such places because
of seniority, but the President, if he
thought proper, could break this rule.
men asked in regard to expenditures
Y the department of the war fund,
he secretary replied that the larger
art had been devoted to strengthen
ing coast defenses. In anticipation of
such an inquiry he had brought with
him memorandas prepared by heads of
bureaus, giving details of the expend-
iture of this fund.
He was asked: Have you received
any complaint from the major general
of the army while at Porto Rico as to
the quality of refrigerated and canned
roast beef furnished the army?"
The secretary, replying, referred to
his annual report, quoting a dispatch
from General Miles asking that no
more beef be sent because they could
get a large supply there. General
Miles had said something about beef
that had spoiled there.
Secretary Alger next told of the in
spection of the camps, especially the
tour of inspection by General Miles
He (Alger) never had received any
official complaint from the armies in
the field in regard to fresh or canned
meat furnished the troops.
''Have you any information that
meat was chemically treated?'
Nothing but what had been
brought out by this commission. =
Beef, he went on, has been used as
an army ration for many years, and
its use was not an experiment in the
| Spanish war. No complaints had been
received by him from the camps in re-
gard to beef.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
HOOK is NOMINATED.
President Appoints Him to Succeed Judgs
Foster on U. s. District Bench.

President Appoints Him to Succeed Judge
Foster on o. S. District Bench.
WASHINGTON, Jan 3O.-The Pres
ident has presented to the Senate
the nomination of William e. Il ook, to
be United States district Judge for the
district of Kansas.
Mr.. Hook was born in Greene
county, Pa, September "A, 1857. He
came to Kansas with his parents early
in life and was raised in Leavenworth.
He began the practice of law in the
Office of Lucien Baker. now United
States senator. and is in partnership
with him under the firm name of
Baker, Hook & Atwood Mr.. Hook,
while active in politics, never ran for
an elective office, but was city attor-
ney for five years by appointment. He
was elected delegate to the national
Republican convention in st. Louis in
1896, and was a strong supporter of
Mr.. Mckinley for the Presidential
nomination.
He has wife and four children.
Mrs. Hook, who was Miss Louise
Dickson and was raised III Leaven-
worth, is a leader in many charity
works at her home town.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
EAGAN IS FOUND GUILTY.
Dismissal From the Army With a
Recommendation for CIemency.
VERDICT OF COURT-MARTIAL.

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-A special to the
Times-Herald from Washington says:
Dismissal from the military service
of the United States, with a rec
ommendation for clemency, is the YER
dict passed by the court-martial uDon
Commissary General Eagan for his re-
cent virulent attack upon Major GEN
eral Miles The verdict was reached
within forty-fve minutes after the
trial ended yesterday.
The attendance at the court-martial
was much larger yesterday than at
any other time since the trial begun.
Among the spectators was a score or
more of ladies. Several of them were
friends of General Eagan's daughter,
who was called as witness, while
others were attracted by curiosity.
The testimony at the closing session
of the court was directed largely to es-
tablishing the fact that the general
had lost his mental balance as a result
of the charges made against him by
General Miles His daughter and her
husband told of the generals changed
condition and intimated that they had
great fears that he might at any time
kill his accuser. Mr. Mckee, a life
long friend, stated that at that time
he believed him actually insane. The
facts in this connection were brought
out strongly by Mr.. Worthington, in
his efforts TO show that General Pagan
at times was wholly irresponsible. A
dramatic incident of the trial was the
testi -nony of the generals daughter.
in which she described her fathers
appearance on the day he first read
General Miles statement. Standing in
the door of his house with the news
paper containing the evidence in his
hand, he had exclaimed wildly:
II have been crucified by General
Miles,
Immediately upon the case being
closed the room was cleared and the
court went into executive session to
deliberate upon its findings
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
THE Filipino SITUATION.
kguinaldo Sends an Envoy to
France and England.
THEYWILL NOT RECOGNIZE HIM

PARIS, Jan 30.-Unofficial informa-
ton has been received announcing
that Senior Tauson. the Filipino envoy
to France and England, will probably
reach Paris within three weeks, bear
ing credentials from Aguinaldo and
the so-called Philippine republic.
T0uson's expected arrival in Paris
cannot cause the slightest embarrass-
ment to the French government, which
will .categorically refuse to receive
him in his alleged official capacity,
not only because France is animated
by desire to be agreeable to the
United States during its present devel-
opment as a world power, but also on
purely technical reasons.
MANILA. Jan. 30-According to a
dispatch from Iloilo, capital of the
island of Panay, at the election held
on January II, Senior Ramon Melliza
was chosen president of the so-called
Visayan federation for a term of two
years, his predecessor, General Lopez,
being appointed commander in chief
of the forces of the revolutionary gov
eminent. Senior Melliza is kindly dis
posed to the Americans and it is hoIE-d
that the difficulty between the natives
and the United States authorities will
be settled amicably.
Business was being resumed there
when the dispatch in question left
and sugar was entering from the
Island of Negroes. Ships were loading
hemp. The sugar crop is far below
the average and shows an estimated
| deficiency of about 1900 tons.
Six native commissioners, headed by
Senior Ramon Avancena. a lawyer, ar
rived from Iloilo by the United States
transport st. Paul. They have come
to consult with Aguinaldo. A num-
Der of native soldiers who had been
transported were landed on January
% in the Island of Panay, about
twenty-five miles north of Uloilo.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
Find Death In a Tunnel.

ALTOONA, Pa, Jan 3O.-A gang of
twentysix track repairers were work
ing On the railroad at the western
opening of the Gallitzin tunnel at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon when they
heard the approach of a locomotive
which was running west through the
tunnel. The workmen all stepped
from the north track. on which west
bound trains move, to the south track.
The smoke in the tunnel prevented
them from seeing the approaching To-
connective, which, in order to avoid OBJ
structions on the north track. was run
ming on the south track. One man
was instantly killed, one died in Al
tooDa hospital and sixteen were more
or less seriously injured None es-
capped without injury.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
EuIogize Jose AIartL

HAVANA, Jan. 3O.-Four thousand
persons, men in their best clothing
and women gaily dressed, stood amid
a pouring rain in Paula square listen
ing to six intensely patriotic eulogies
upon Jose Marti, the Cuban patriot
and first president of the Cuban revo-
lutionary government. tablet to
his memory was unveiled at the house
where he was born, in a street nearby,
and eighty-two societies, consisting of
$500 persons, with banners, flags and
five bands, marched through the prin-
cipal thoroughfares to the square.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
THE CHEROKEE TREATY is IN.
Ratification by the Senate VIII Leave
Only the Creeks Without an Agreement

Ratification by the Senate VIII Leave
Only the Creeks Without an Agreement
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. - The agree
ment concluded at NIuscogee, 1. T.,
January A, between the Dawes
commission and commission
from the Cherokee nation providing
for allotments of land and other ques-
tions, and the general introduction of
the Indians into United States citizen
ship, has been sent to the Senate.
Agreements with three of the tribes,
Seminoles, Choctaws and Chickasaws,
already have been put into effect.
The Cherokee agreement makes the
fourth submitted for ratification and
the only one of the five nations now
remaining to treat with the commits
sion is the Creek, with which negotia-
tions have been resumed.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
Army Corra1s at Savannah.

SAVANNAH, Ga. jan 3O.-Lieuten-
ant Colonel j. Bellinger, depot quar-
termaster, has received instructions to
prepare an army corral here All the
surplus animals and vehicles from the
various camps in the South are to be
sent to Savannah as rapidly as posi-
BILE Great stockades and stables will
be built. workshops erected and ar
engagements made for putting the
army equipment sent here in frst-class
order before it is fol mally distributed
to Cuba and Porto Rico Work viii
be started on the corral in a few days
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
FIghtIag the SALARY Law.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan 30. The general
fee and salary bill passed by the Leg
islature in 1897 IS being vigorously at
tackled all along the line. No effort is
being made to repeal the law as a
whole, but the same end is being
sought in another way-by passing
local bills Bills exempting this or
that county from the provisions of
the general law have been introduced
by the wholesale. If they all go
through, the general law win be prac-
ticalIy q dead letter
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
Bear on q Rampa<e.

OMAHA, Neb., Jan 3O.-An enormous
silver tipped bear, frenzied with an
liberated tooth, which its master was
trying to extract, escaped from its
cage in the Creighton thcater and
created panic before being captured.
In addition to frightening number
of persons, the big bear seriously hurt
its master, Paul Batty, badly lacerated
Stage Hand Mcdonald and tore the
clothes off Jake Rosenthal, manager Of
the theater.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
A REGIMENT LEAVES ILOILO.
Regulars Left On the IsIand-Troops on
Transports in Good Health.

transports IN 0OOQ health
MANILA, Jan. 3O.-Major General
Otis has recalled the Fifty-frst Iowa
volunteers from uoilo. This has been
done in order that the transport
Pennsylvania. on board of which
the regiment is and has been most of
the time since it left Honolulu, may be
repaired. The Eighteenth infantry
and the Sixth artillery will remain at
noilo indefinitely.
A native commission from Iloilo is
on board the Pennsylvania. 1t comes
to consult Aguinaldo.
Influential natives at Iloilo want the
Americans to land, as the rabble army
is growing impatient and want to loot
the town. They have already burned
several villages near IIoilo. There is
no illness on the transports at uoilo
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
A Big St Louis Elevator Fails.

ST. Louis. Mo-, Jan. 3O.-Henry
William Sebastian, president of the
st. Louis Bridge and Iron company,
has been appointed receiver of the
Farmers Elevator company, which
made an assignment to-day. The ele-
vator was one of the largest here, hav-
ing capacity of 900, 900 bushels No
figures are given to show the extent
of the liabilities and assets The
company has a capital stock of $780,
600, and a bonded indebtedness of
$500, 600 and float ng debt of S75, 600.
For some time q heavy debt has been
hanging over the company. ,
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
Topeka, Kans.
Reduced Rates via Santa Fe Route.

For annual meetings Grand Lodge
A F. & A. NJ, Grand Chapter R. A NJ.
and Grand Council, r. & S. NJ. of Kan
sas, held at Leavenworth, Kans-, Feb.
1918, 1899. The Santa Fe will sell
tickets at one fare for the round trip.
Tickets on sale Feb. Ills, good to re-
turn until Feb. IS, 1899
Annual convention Kansas State
Temperance Union held at Topeka,
Kans., Feb. rs. Fare and one-third
on the certificate plan via Santa Fe
Route, certificate to be signed by Mr..
T. E. Stephens, secretary, 7O3 Jackson
street, Topeka, Kans.
Annual meeting Kansas Common
wealth Institute held at Topeka, Kan.
Feb. 5-13. Fare and one-third on GER
tificate plan from points in Kansas,
certificate to be signed by Mrs. Annie
L Diggs, State Librarian, Topeka, Ks
w. j. BLACK, G. P. A,
Topeka, Kansas.
There is new lodge in Kansas; foI
boys this time. 1t is military in its
to abstain from tobacco, Intoxicating
liquor and profane language
A Sedgwiclz county young man adj
vertised for wife under an assumed
name. Then photographs were ex-
changed and the sister felt so humi!i-
ated that she told her mother. The
old lady broke the news to pap" who
yawned and remarked: Mother, it's
pretty hard to have two fools in one
family
The publication of the lists of judg-
ments on which taxes are delinquent
will cause neat sum of money to roll
| into the Golfers of the printers of the
state.
A man in Washington county is try
| ing to get people in that section of the
state interested in Utah real estate.
+! It is hard to imagine any reason why
. man should want to desert Kansas
for Utah, although there are doubt
less opportunities out there for the
right kind of men to make remarkable
records.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
Against American Investors.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Jan. 3O.-The
Cubano Libre publishes long article
setting forth its objections to the pro-
jects OF foreign capitalists for working
Cuba virgin SOIL" constructing rail
roads, establishing electric light
plants and carrying on similar enter
prises- I'VE do not want anyone to
invest capital in Cuba except the ma
tives,'' says the paper. America is
proof of what monopolists can do in
running a country
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
Wood May Succeed Brooke.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3O.-A Washington
dispatch to the New York Journal
says: 1t is announced on excellent
authority that the President has de-
cided to remove General Brooke, mill
tary governor of Cuba, and appoint
General Leonard Wood in his place
The change is to take place February
L General Wilson is reported to be
scheduled for second in command
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
PrInterz Are Good Farmer.

NEW YORK. Jan 30.-The farming
expeI iment conducted by Typograph-
ical union No. 6, for the benefit of the
unemployed printers of this city, has
proved great success The land com
miteee of the union in its official re-
port Just issued recommends farming
Oh large scale this year.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
n1ntIIa.ed With an Ak

P3NA, Ill, Jan 30.-Mrs- Mary Nc
Intyre, wealthy widow 60 years old,
was found murdered in her home yes
terday. The body had been fright
fully mutilated with an ak. Mrs.
Mcintyre is supposed to have kept
considerable money about her Every
thing of value in the house was car
ried away. There is no clue.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
The cortes to Debate the War.

MADRID. Jan 3O.-The reopening of
the cortes is fixed for February 20
The government will introduce bill
providing for the payment of indemn-
ity to Spaniards who have suffered
through the cession of the Philippine
islands to the United States The
members of TIE opposition purpose to
raise debate on the wars in Cuba and
TIE Philippines.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
MANY can to See Ireland.

ROME, Jan. 30.-Archbishop Ireland
went to the vatican yesterday, where
he had a conference with Cardinal
Rampolia, papal secretary of state.
Many cardinals and other high
ecclesiastics visited the archbishop at
the Hotel Bristol, where he is staying.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
Columbia Has = Big Fire.

COLUMBIA, Mo-. Jan 5o.-This city
was visited by disastrous fire early
yesterday morning, which destroyed
four store buildings on broadway. All
parties were insured The total loss
is estimated at about $4,000. The
fire was caused by defective stove.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
WEST VIRGlNIA'S SENATOR.
The United States Internal Rerenue Con

The United States Internal Revenue Com
missioner, y. B. Scott, Is Elected.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan 26.-N-
B. Scott of Wheeling was elected
United States Senator to-day in joint
assembly. Scott received 4S votes
just the number necessary to elect
McGraw As and Golf 1. Mr.. Scott is
the present internal revenue commits
sinnPr
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
LOST IN A SNOWSLIDE.
Apex, Col, Home Wiped Out and Three

Apex, COL, home wiped Out and Three
Perish.
APEX, Col, Jan. 30.-A snowslide oc-
Cured here at Q {. m. yesterday in
which three lives were lost. They are:
Mrs w. H Rudolph and her two chill
dren, aged , and 4. w. 81. Rudolph,
who, with his family, vas in their
house when the slide started, succeeded
in escaping, but his wife and three
children were swept away in the
avalanche of snow. A searching party
succeeded in rescuing the 6-year-old
son alive. The other three have not
been found.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
Mrs. Krebs Found GUILTY.

JUNCTION CITY, Kan, Jan. 3O.-The
trial of Mrs John Krebs, charged
with numbering Mrs Lizzie Craig last
month, has ended In a verdict of
murder in the second degree The
jury was out twelve hours
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
HE ASSAULTED A. J. SMITH.

The Jury Recommends Mercy for Brad
ley, the Santa Monica Veteran.
Los ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 3O.-A- c.
Bradley, the old soldier who shot Gov
ernor A. j. Smith of the Soldiers
home at Santa Monica. has been found
guilty of assault with deadly weap-
on, but recommended to the mercy of
the court
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04
Excursion Rates via Santa Fe Route.

On Jan. II and Feb. and 81, March
and p, the Santa Fe will sell round
trip tickets at the very cheap rate of
one fare plus $500 to all points in
Arkansas, Arizona, Indian Territory,
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
These tickets will bear going limit,
with stop-over privileges of fifteen
days, final return limit p days from
date of sale. Before purchasing tick
cts, you will do we'll to call on some
representative of the road that reaches
all points of Importance 1.-The Great
Santa Fe"
w. J. BLACK, G. P. A,
Topeka, Kans.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04

Some farmers near Caldwell last
around four wolves. This is the first
time a wolf has appeared in a wolf
hunt in Kansas for years.
One of the subjects which is upper
farmers at present is the one which
relates to the most economical and ad-
vantagious method of heading and
threshing Kaffir corn.
ANY excitement or disturbance of
the animal system always affects the
milk cow. In April, 1898, the Kansas
Agricultural college purchased IL head
of cows from Lincoln county, which
had to be forwarded by rail for over
100 miles. Records were kept from
each individual milking and it was
found that, with the ride, homesick-
ness and change of feed, it took nearly
two weeks for these cows to return to
their normal quantity and quality of
milk. Observations since then have
demonstrated that any unusunl ex-
C1Iem0nC OF OlStur DdncO always 1nnu.
ence the milk flow.
The st. Paul creamery sprouted an
other tentacle last week; skimming
station at South Mound, making three
that it now has in operation.
Secretary Coburn addressed series
of questions to commission statesmen
and packers for the purpose of getting
pointers as to the desirable qualities
of hogs fitted for market. These ques-
tions, with answers thereto, are en-
| bodied in his eleventh biennial report
! just issued, and ought to be read by
every person who is at all interested
in hogdom.
Railroads pay about one-ffth of the
total taxes of Reno county.
When the Kansas farmer reads Oh
the thousand of dollars that are paid
out for particularly fancy breed OF
carnations. he can't help but wish that
the people would go crazy over sun,
flowers
The Frisco has SO. 900 damage suit
on hand. as the result of injuries re
ceived by Emma Ross, fourteen-year-
old girl, at Opolis last October. She
was riding horseback and was struck
by the engine of an extra
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-04

Within the past year Colby has ta4
ken up fifteen hundred dollars worth
of outstanding bonds
The state insane asylum fight at To
peka is by far the most interesting
thing in the legislature. 1t is thought
that Wellington will get this institu-
ton if it is located
The extra session of the legislature
will be held to have been constitution
al. A similar session was so declared
by a court in Delaware. A governor
is sole judge of emer gencies.
The quarters of the Twentieth Kan
sas at Manila are much more comfort
able than the quarters were at San
Francisco. Few notes of discomfort
are heard from the Kansas boys over
sea.
Wheat is climbing up rapidly in
price and will not slump, If it does.
until after the Kansas crop is harvest
ed. Kansas will be cutting capers be-
fore high heaven before this time next
year.
A Kansas constable sent to levy on
some calves returned without them
and with this memorandum: THE
above calves were seeable through the
kraks but not gitable as the door was
1okked.''
At Pretty Prairie, Reno county. two
dogs fought. The owner of one dog
threw a rock and hit the owner of the
other dog. A law suit resulted and
jury held that the man threw the rock
at the dogs
Dick Holmes, Saline county man,
insists on sparkling young women who
do not want to be spanked. and so an
noying them. The other day he was
tried for insanity and the jury quickly
acquitted him.
The Horticultural department has
prepared a printed price list of the
vines, fruit trees, shade trees, and o.
namental shrubs that can be disposed
of in the spring. 1t will be mailed to
any one in the state upon request.
There is only one man holding any
state Office whatsoever who lives west
of the center of the state-Grimes who
| is state treasurer. Western Kansas is
| getting ready to execute picolo solo
| in T sharp soon, if it doesn't get more
pie.
| When it comes to raising broom corn
all the other counties in Kansas have
| to stand back and give Mcpherson a
| clear track. In 1898, 4,79O acres were
planted to this crop. The yield amount
| ed to 2,734, 500 lbs, valued at So, s62.-
| so. The previous year was far ahead
of this though, for then the acreage
was nearly doubled, AGO. 500 pounds
being produced and the value of the
| crop reached the handsome figure OF
SIP, 245.
| That most dangerous combination,
! small children and matches, caused the
destruction of the home of a Smith
| Center farmer last week. Very little
was saved, but among the things Ia
ken out of the house was the farmers
coat, in the pockets of which he had
stuffed $500 in bills. A few years age
the average farmer up in that country
with $500 cash would have carried il
securely strapped to his body, and
during the nights would have set VI
with club in his hand, keeping guard
| over it.
Excursion Rates via Santa Ee Route.
On Jan. II and Feb. 7 and 21, March
and p. the Santa Fe will sell round