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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-07-27
Taken BACK to Prixon

Columbus, O., July "a. Timothy
Hogan, the noted mail-box robber, who
escaped from the penitentiary May 8
last, was returned to the penitentiary
Saturday night.
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Gorcd to Death.

York, Pa, July 21.Ex-State Sena-
tor Gerald G. Brown, grange lecturer
and agricultural editor, was gored to
death here by bull.
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'REHRE5 FROM CABINET !.
Secretary Of War Alger Places His
Resignation in the Hands Of
President Mckinley.
WILL TAKE EFFECT ON lsT OF AUGUST.
Elihu Root, Of New York, Ten6ered
the Position by the President and
Accepts the Portfolio-Wtll Conn
mence His Duties Next Tuesday-
Brief sketch Of His Career.

Washington, July 20. Secretary Al
ger on Wednesday rendered to the pres
3ident his resignat ton of the war port
folio. The resignation will become eff
fective August 1, though it was ten
dered Eat the pleasure of the president
Gen. Corbin's Tribute.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin was seen during
the evening, and, while not wishing to
discuss any of the facts connected with
the resignation, expressed his personal
regret at the turn of affairs. He said:
II feel great sympathy and great re-
spect for the secretary. History will show
that If he has erred it has been on the
side of the soldier, on the side ofthose who
were fighting the battles. No man in that
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-07-27
Gone to Peary,s II eIief.

Halifax n s., Jul % 80. steam
bark Diana, with the Peary relief expe-
dition, sailed from Sydney, G. 81, Fri
day afternoon for the fur north.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-07-27

Opal mining is one of the latest Aus
tralian mineral industries. The prin-
cipal opal mining center is White
Cliffs, where the gem has been found
in highly payable quantities and Of
the richest quality, within a radius of
ten miles, and a population Of ], 500 or
Whereabouts is settled there.
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win BeEin Augu.t 4

Paris, July q "a. 1t is announced that
the Dreyfus court martial at Rennes
will open on August 4.
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Married Her Coach him 4 d

SEsag m Married Her COachman.
Swampscott Mass, July 90. Abbie
Phillips aged II and worth So 600. 600,
was married here to Bernard B. Ken
needy, the family coachman.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-07-27

position has ever had more at heart the
interests of the soldiers, their comfort and
their welfare. Time and again he has said
to us that everything must yield before the
requirements of the men in the field, and if
the funds were lacking he would pay for it
himself. He will leave the department with
the respect and esteem of everyone in it.. Y
Many Cabinet Changes.
Secretary Ayers departure from the
cabinet will leave in it only three of
those members who entered it at the be-
ginning of the administration, namely,
Messrs. Gage, Long and Wilson. The
number of changes that have occurred
in the 21s years of its life has been very
unusual. Six abinet officers in all have
resigned their portfolios either to re-
tire to private life or to accept other po-
sitions of honor and trust at the hands
of the president. These include Secre-
taries of State Sherman, who went out
because of i'll health and advanced age,
and Day, who accepted a United States
judgeship; Attorneys General McKen-
ma, who accepted a position on the SUI
preme court bench of the United
States; Postmaster-Ge General Gary, who
retired because of i'll health, and Secre-
tary Bliss, of the interior department,
who returned to New York and re-
sumed active connection with business
affairs.
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Resignation and Acceptance.

HesIEHHtIUn unu AcceDtance. -
Washington, July 81. Secretary
Alger has received from the president
letter, accepting his resignation to
take effect August 1.
The following is Secretary Ayers
letter of resignation and the presi-
dents reply to it:
July 19,1s99.-sir beg to tender to
you my resignation OF the Office of secre-
tary Of war, to take effect at such time
Evening star., 1899-03-30
Hot Words About Cold Reef

There are two obvious dangers tn he
avoided in feeding an army The men must
not be over-fed nor must they be under
fed Either error is likely to produce de-
moraiization. If the troops are fed too
well they become difficult to satisfy when
the stress of the campaign closes In upon
'nem and tney are forced to subsist upon
tne parest OF rations. A false standard of
soldering is established which Is ant to
create great deal of grumbling in the
| ranks, for it is human nature that the more
is given the more is wanted On the other
hand, the men must be fed substantially.
the food chosen with reference to its porta-
bility. its durability and it's nutrttiye quail
1t1es. certain variety must be provided
to afford reasonable degree of accommo-
dation to the varying tastes of the uen
and the requirements of the system. CHI
matte conditions are to be taken into ar
count. Other elements enter into the case
TO make the office of catering to thousa nds
of men living such life one Of the creates,
difficulty
These facts are to be kept strictly in mind
IN measuring the responsibility for the
wretched failures Of the army commissary
: department during the war with Spain. At
the same time that they operate to excuse
some of the mistakes which seem now to
have been due to the necessary environ
| ment of the campaign they serve to show
that there was need at that time of the
most careful calculations, the most deltber-
ate decisions, the shrewdest estimates of
human nature and the most painstaking
caution in dealing with contractors as well
as with soldiers. 1t does not suffice for the
| men high in authority. when reports of
dissatisfaction with the ration are submit
| ted dismiss he MAJ
temptuous expression of acquaintance with
| the whims of the unreasonable men in the
| ranks. The men who are fighting, suffer-
! ing, exposed to danger. ordered to march
over the toughest of unknown countries.
| have right to a few whims.
But nothing in the case warrants such
an attitude as that of the commissary gem
erai which has been revealed through the
testimony given yesterday before the court
| of inquiry by Major Black. who told thus
| of a conversation which he had with Gem
| eral Eagan during the war:
He asked me why the refrigerator beef
| was not issued at Ponce, and replied that
| 1t was because the issue commissaries did
| not want 1t, as they were getting native
| beef. Thereupon General Eagan became
| very much excited and exclaimed -
l. them, they have no right to refuse it.
Evening star., 1899-03-30
Call 1t "NatiOnaI Lfbrary.u


If the great library in WASHINGTON.
builded, supplied, supported by the plain
people, is not a national library" what is
it? Library of Congress- is not only a
misnomer, but 1t Is an Insult to the nation.
Congress is epheuneral, the nation stable:
Congress often retrogrades the nation
steadily advances. There are a few sena-
tors and fewer representatives who avail
themselves of the splendid facilities of the
library to study along lines of betterment
for their constituencies, but a vast majori-
ty of both houses, If they ever seek book
at all, do so only to buttress with seeming
learning some bill Of doubtful proprtety or
seek to gather statistics which by partial
or twisted presentation may be made to do
duty as arguments in favor of some act
which fears real light. The British Muse
um, with It's marvellous store of literature.
from the ponderous tome to the daily news
paper, is national in scope and name. nor
would our brethren across the sea take
kindly to a proposition TO rechristen n
THE Parliamentary Library"
Congress, at the earliest opportunity.
should name the great building whose eild
ed dome shines with such suggestive efful-
gence. and the priceless contents of that
building, the National Library" Already
1t has nearly one nNlion printed volumes
on its shelves-in 1852 the total was only
2O,OO0-and there Is room for three and a
half millions more. 1t Is monument to
the growth and the achievements of the
mighty republic, and as such Its name
should indicate It's nature.
Evening star., 1899-03-30
Gen. Eaxan's Testimony.

General Eagan has taken the stand and II
Is impossible to see wherein he has i'm
proved his case or even that of the beef
discrepancy between his own testimony on
4 former occasion on the one side and that
OF his successor in office and that of the
contractors on the other as to the time
limit OF the contractors responsibility for
the refrigerated beef He has put forth the
plea OF bad memory. never a very dignified
or a very convincing defense. He has a,
the same time revealed a curious method
or official reasoning which is worthy OF
further consideration
General Eagan says that he was satisfied
that the chilled beef could be preserved
sweet for seventy-two hours after leaving
the ships, provided 1t was handled with
proper care But he foresaw that if the
army knew that this was the requirement
and the expectation the meat would no,
receive such care Accordingly he wrote
into the contract twenty-four- hour pro-
vision, while preserving an understanding
that the meat was TO be kept good for the
longer period. Thus he sought TO serve
notice upon the army authorities in direc,
charge Of the handling of the meat that II
Was quickly perishable while trying to hold
the contractors to a margin of accouuta.
bility.
This species OF double dealing does moi
tmpress the casual observer as either saga
cious or proper. 1t was fair neither to the
army nor to the contractors. 1t is clea,
that II there were carelessness In the meth
Evening star., 1899-03-30

1 Fancy SILK Crepon Skirt, silk lined slightly
faded from window display. Reduced from $44 90
to $3.50.
Changeable Green and Black Crepon Skirt, silk
lined. slightly faded from window display Re-
duced from $3S. 90 to $1,000
Handsome Plaid CameFs Hair Skirt silk lining
and dust ruffe OF burnt orange taffeta perfect In
every respect. Reduced from $500 to 5000.
2 Black Brocaded Silk Skirts Reduced from
$500 to $3.50 each.
All-wool Bicycle Skirts. Reduced from So 80
to 50 % each.
Il Tan vene tian Cloth Skirt. burnt orange satin
lined jacket; size a. Reduced from $50 90 to
$1,000 -
Extra Fine New Blue Broadcloth Suit, shirred
velvet yoke silk lined; size "a. Reduced from
$4,000 to $500.
Black Peau-de-Soie Silk Jacket chiffon and
ribbon trimmed: size &c. Reduced from $3S 90
to $500.
i Black Cloth. Cape. satin lined. Reduced from
$1,000 to $5.
Third floor,
Evening star., 1899-03-30
Matter. brought to a Head.

This latest news from Samoa greatly in
creases the gravity of the situation there.
Those shells from the warships bring mat
ters to a head. They make imperative a
review of the whole contention. The day
of settlement is at hand.
The first thought is that the time is un-
fortunate The relations between the
United States and Germany have been so
seriously strained of late there is risk in
any additional complications. But 1t is also
true that there Is a certain restraint i'm
posed upon all parties in interest by reason
of that fact The value of restraint was
demonstrated at Manila The German ad-
miraI who started out very disagreeably
and aggressively there. changed his course
upon hint from home. while Admiral
Dewey. who showed no lack of firnness,
steered course of patience and came out
with flying colors. Undue heat on either
side would probably have brought the two
governments into armed collision.
The matter to be dealt with in Samoa is
of an entirely different character from that
but still it calls for similar line OF treat
ment. Germany will find it necessary to
examine the action of her representative,
and if it is not worthy of support she can
not afford to support it. She cannot afford
to take the ground that the United States
and Great Britain have Joined hands out of
prejudice, or through an excess of senti-
mentality growing out Of recent occur
rences elsewhere. The Samoan tub must
stand it's own bottom. The Anglo
American agreement there must be consid
cred solely with regard to the particular
matter in dispute.
There is no comfort in the fact that Sa-
moa is small and remote, and that the
question in dispute relates to a grotesque
sort of kinsship, Differences about little
things often cause the gravest trouble.
Moreover, small as the issue is, it yet in
wolves the pride and prestige of the three
powers which have made themselves re-
sponsible for law and order in Samoa. But
it ought to be possible, and The Star as
81 mes that il will be, 10 compose the diff
Guilty upon terms of advantage to the Sa-
means and honorable alike TO all three of
the guardians of the islands.
Evening star., 1899-03-30
Tammany to Be Investigated

The upstate legislator in New York Las
a weapon always ready at hand to weid
against the Tanmany machine of New
York city when political circumstances re-
quIre a raid on that organization This is
an investigation of tine conditions in the
metropolis. Tammany is vulnerable to such
attacks, because its administration of the
city affairs is never quite what it should be-
II can not be while TaInmany is Tammany
and while offices pay big salaries and the
police have unlimited power for bIackmai
This weapon has now been drawn again
and TammaDy Is wondering what will re-
suit. The assembly at Albany yesterday
by a strict party Vote, decided 10 send a
committee of seven down to the big city to
look into affairs in general and police af-
fairs in particular 1t is to be practically
another Lexow committee. If it will result
as satisfactorily as did that enterprise in
uncoFering and exposing fraud and corrup-
ton il will be welcomed. If it only sue
ceeds in stirring up ne political waters
Without bringing any good to the people it
VIII not be worthy the effort and the ex-
pense-
II Is dlfheult to believe that Tammany
Went back into power with a thoroughly
chatstened spirit. The LexoW inquiry
caused 1t TO be driven from office 1t had
Chine IN control of every department of the
municipality. The revelations We're such as
10 XIII and bury beyond the hope of resur
iectoh any ordinary political party or Or
gahlzatIon involved in the responsibility for
the conditions uncovered But Tammany is
unique, as New York is unique. The organ
4zauon can stand any amount of punish
Heht and exposure without finching while
the clty can apparently stand any amount
VI ihIsSoVernment without learning the
lesson OF solidarity among the refornars
sccofulnSIy the old machine went into
lower again at the first opportunity after
lne-eiection following the exposure and II
IS 10 De aScertained whether il has rs-
turned 10 Its old tricks. The temptation is
ui4auestlonably as strong as ever and the
opportunity Is as open. Indeed the CON-
soHoauon of the municipalities has afford
eo IamHlany wider field in which TO n,,
It's trade OF administration for revenue on,v
1he popular interest in this newest at
Tempt 10 Investigate the City will not he az
great outside Of the METROPOLIS as tboupb
~ were assured that tie result would be the
permanent retirement of Tammanv from,
power But with the demonstrations of nm
wise Iacuonalism among the reform e,a-
Lueht "hlch recent years have afforded
iresh IN the memory ii is rather roo ,ouch
10 expect That any considerable degree of
permanent good government will resuIt
from the enterprise.
Evening star., 1899-03-30
Fighting a Favorite.

Those democrats who are opposed to Mr..
Bryan are casting about for compromise
candidate with whom to defeat him for
next years nomination. Mr.. Oiney has
some supporters, and Mr.. German quite a
number. The former is for, the latter
against, expansion. Both are for sound
money, although Mr.. German, for party
regularity's sake, supported MIR. Bryan in
1896 The movement does not appear to be
formidable at present nor capable of much
growth, but there is enough to it to suggest
the effort made in 1892 to defeat the third
nomination Of Mr. Cleveland
The leaders of that movement were Sena-
tors Hill, German and Brice. Each was
himself candidate, but the prime PROPOSE
ton was to block the game of the Cleve-
landites. Mr.. Hill was to control New York
and such neighborhood votes as could be
rallied around New York in a pinch. Mr..
German was to influence votes from the
south on the strength of his Force bill rec
ord, which was then very fresh. Mr. Brice
was to do what he could in the middle
states.
Everything looked very promising for
awhile. The leaders of the movement were.
In their way, strong and very shrewd men,
Each was regarded as a past master of
strategy and finesse. All three were thor
oughly in earnest. They wanted Mr. CIeve-
land defeated, and considered that the good
OF the party demanded it. Mr.. German and
Mr.. Brice attended the national convention
to give matters their personal supervision.
Mr.. Hill remained in Washington. but his
heutenahts We're on the scene in force.
The result is history. Mr. German and
MIR. Brice as candidates petered out before
the convention was fairly organized: and
while Mr.. Hill remained in the fight to the
end he developed no strength at all. MIR.
W hltney captured the southern vote for Mr.
Cleveland right under Mr. Gorman's nose
and Mr.. Brice proved of no force in the
middle states.
Iammany shouted Justify for Mr.. Hill
but 1t appeared on the scene so unusually
tough IN personnel that 1t became the butt
OF the convention and a milestone around
the neck Of its favorite. Mr.. Cleveland was
nominated with ease ssga.s Iis.,- 4n.n.-~n.
And yet Mr.. Cleveland then enioyed no
shch popularity as Mr.. Bryan now does
In TACT he has never been personally pof,u-
lar with his party. Mr.. Bryan, on the con-
trary, is sort of political darling. His
party seems to idolize him
Evening star., 1899-03-30
consider 1t the best beef in the United
States, and them, I'd have made

consider 1t the best beef in the United
States and - them, I'd have made
them take It."
Thus is afforded a side-hght upon the
temperament which vented itself in the
foul language before the investigating COM
mission. This does not seem to be proper
attitude for the officer who had charge of
the enterprise of supplying the army with
food. While he may have realized the
danger of giving soldiers too good a ration
and thus pandering to an un-military appe-
tte, he assuredly did not understand either
the character Of the men in the field or
that of the meat. which he would have
forced into their unwilling stomachs. The
subsequent developments as to the nature
of this beef which the men would not ac-
cept show that General Eagan's judgment
of what constituted good beef was not such
as was to be expected in the chief COM
missary officer of the army.
Evening star., 1899-03-30
China Department.

miss sing. Reduced from IS g5 TO 81 30 f
Decorated English Porcelain T'oat Sat ,ar
cover odd. Reduced from So 30 to s5 so '
TO Sl.OO each ~ fi--'
Decorated Carlsbad China Fish Set incIui,ng IL
$500. 'iO" FfSV 10
o herman Shina Salad or Berry Bowls, green dec
ofat1on Eetinred from .soc. e.tc. each
Decorated Carlsbad China yaseline Eo,tla tIoIs
ers. Reduced from 25c. 10 l5c. each.
G. + doZeh peco'ated German China Tea Cups and
~ Decorated German China Sauce DISHES Re-
duced from Zoe. to &c. each. "
D Decorated German China Syrtn pitchers Pa
duced from DE. 15c. each.
Green Glass Vases with gold da,,orot,on pa
duced from 15c. to 2:Ic each ~
1oc. to DC. each. V
Fifth floor
Evening star., 1899-03-30
Women and the Death Penalty.
Mrs. Narcotic in 1.-The Taller"

Were the women. who are strong advo-
Gates of womens rights. quite consistent in
protesting against the execution Of a muir
derer, simply because she was a woman?
Whatever arguments may be used against
the enforcement Of the death penalty, there
should not be question of sex Women
are so constituted mentally, morally and
physically that it is really a more unpar-
donable crime for them to commit murder
than for man. Indeed, it is doubly revolt
ing for a woman to commit any crime, and
there should be no mitigation of punish
ment simply because they are women.
Neither can 1t be advanced that men as
jurors would not temper justice with mercy
when woman Is on trial, for we know that
frequently justice is lost sight of altogether.
If women really want to stand on the same
plane with men, enjoy the same privileges
and opportunities, they certainly should ac-
cept their responsibilities, and be prepared
to obey the laws. 1t is apparently weak
point in their argument that they are not
willing to do so.
Evening star., 1899-03-30
Black Goods Dent.

Az yards 40-inch Silk and Wool Lausdowne pa-
aused from =. SO to $4.o0 for piece A
4S yards 45inch AIl-wool Henrietta Raau.aa
from S3.0l to S2.5O for piece. ""eeu
S3s yards 4S-inch All-wool Henrjetts paa,..a
from 81. So to $500 for piece eU"ee.
yards 4S-inch All-wool Clheviof pod,,o. <-
$3.50 to $500 for piece "oui
yard 52-ineh Ail-wool Broadeloth Raau.oa ,,,
81. rs to 75c. for piece eoi io'o
1N yards 5O-inch All-wool Chevtot poao, 49,.
$277 to 81. so for piece. N iio'"
rs yards 33-inch All.wooI Crenon paa,.aa <
2S2 to 81 so for piece ~ Hoin
2 Yards 48-inch SIX and Wool Bayadere Reluced
from IS 90 to $4.00 for piece "'eu
f yards s1 ~ 1Sineh 2, Sk and Wool Bayadere Reduced
y IA YARDS 4o-inch SIX and Wool Black and White.
Reoueed from ~. .13 to &. 90 for piece
29s yards 46-fnch SILK and Wool Black and wbi,a
Reduced from $494 to So 90 for piece
2 yards 4a-inch Mohair Crepon. Reiuced from
$3.50 TO so for piece. ~
IL yards 50-inch AIl-vool Sarce pe.,,ooa f,o,,,
94c. to SOC. for piece. -oi.
$408 to $500 for piece ~
1 yard 46-ineh Mohair Crepon. Reduced from So. 20
to S150 for piece. $
~ yards 54-inch Diagonal. Reduced from s.. .e4
rs yards 4d-inch SILK and Wool crepon. Reduced
from $3.50 to $4.00 for piece.
First floor.
Evening star., 1899-03-30

DDS of handling the meat at the points of
distribution such a trifing evasion of the
course of strict honesty would not have
the slightest effect to insure better meth
DDS. Just where this stratagem left the
government Is a serious question. 1t is
difficult to understand how General Eagan
reserved understanding could be taken
into court in case of a contest over the
performance of the written contract. De-
cidedly the commissary general deliberately
placed the War Department in an equivo-
cal position when he reduced the stipula-
tion by two-thirds and relied upon mental
reservation to secure satisfactory results.
1t is interesting to ask how it could hap
pen that General Eagan forgot so impor-
tant change In the terms of the contract
when it was based upon so shrewd a
scheme. The device which he adopted
would alone suffice, it would SEEM to pre-
serve his memory upon the point through
out even the agitation of the Miles episode
and the excitement of the court-martial.
But it is not essential to scrutinize the mo-
tiyes for General Eagans testimony. 1t is
clearly established by this revelation In
addition to the disclosure of his true tenn
permanent through the affair before the war
investigating commission that he was not
fit officer to be placed in charge of the
commissary department Of the army.
That is neither here nor there, in the
present view of the case. 1t becomes i'm
portant to ascertain whether steps can be
taken to punish those who We're clearly
guilty of gross misconduct in buying and
selling supplies for the army. Those who
perpetrated the frauds and those who per-
mitted their preparation must be brought
to book If justice is to be done.