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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-09
5000 chlidron's Suits
AT SAKS' TO-DAY.
Dowey's Secretary Critically III
S3.15.

(By telegraph to Virginian-P ilot.)
Washington. Dec. S.-Lieutenant L.
NJ. Brumby. the flag secretary to Adj
miral Dewey at the battle OF Manila,
is lying critically i'll at the Garfield
Hospital in this city. He is suffering
from II fever contracted as a result Of
his long stay in the tropics, and has
been at the hospital for about two
weeks The physicians at the hospital
express the belief that he will recover.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-09
Railroad Man Dead

(By Telegraph to Vlrginian-Pilot.) :
Baltimore, Md. Dec. S.-Austin NJ.
Whitsitt. of Columbus, Ga, died in
this city to-day OF dropsy. He was IS
years old. Mr. Whitsitt was connected
with the operating department OF the
Southern railroad.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-09
CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE.

John Randolph Tucker. a prominent
lawyer of Bedford City and n partner
of Mr. Lawrence Campbell, will be
warmly supported by his friends for the
position of Judge of the Eighteen tn
Judicial Circuit. Judge Dupuy, of Roa-
noke city. is the incumbent. He will
also be a candidate.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-03-17

The amount of premiums received during the year,
less amount paid for reinsurance .,.,.. 800. 81
The amount of interest received from all sources.
The amount of all other receipts ..........
Total ................
The amount of losses paid during the year .... 81
The amount of expenses for all purposes Except
1OSSes) ........... Observation-Disclosures.
The amount of dividends paid and other payments
to policyholders ..,..~. .....t:......-
otdl
The amount Of losses unpaid. ................ S
The amount of all other liabilities, including
American Az Reserve. Observation-Disclosures. IL
Total .,............
The amount of assets, and how invested.
Real Estate, market value. ................ S.
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate first 1ens
Loans secured by pledge of Bonds and Stocks
Loans made to Polcyholders on this Com
pany's policies assigned collateral
Premium Notes policies in force. $500.
Stocks and Bonds owned, market value
Cash in Office and in Banks ..........,....
Interest due and accrued .....................
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-03-17
Che 3ewtsb Population.

DIR. "A. S. Isaacs, of New York, con-
cludes well-considered short article
on The Jews, published in the Inde-
pendent, by saying: I'm reference to
the number Of Jews in the United
States, it is impossible to give more
than approximate data. Attempts
have been made, but the results were
unsatisfactory, sufficiently SO to dis
courage for the present similar efforts.
1t is no exaggeration to estimate the
Jewish population at about l 200, 900.
of whom 100000 are in Greater New
York. BY way of comment the Amer
ican IsraeHte says: 1--WE fancy, how
ever, that Mr.. Isaacs' guess is too
large, and that 100000 probably
would be nearer the correct number
But his estimate is as likely to be
right as our own In connection it
may be as well to note curious error
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-03-17

sees in the Algerian murders a demon
stration of pious Christianity. The
Catholic League, Justice Egalite,"
goes to the country at the general
election on the cry of Down with the
Jews; to the DEVILS Island with all
anti-patriots. The Catholic bishops
allow Drumont to come forward and
pose urbf ct orb asthe political spokes-
man of French Catholicism; the saw
age expressions of anti-Semitism ac-
companying the Catholic subscrip-
tions that rolled into the Henry fund,
were allowed to pass without pro-
test; and even in the Madelaine at
Paris, a popular preacher is allowed
to hur every species Of opprobrium
and insult, IN a so-called sermon, at
the Jews OF France, to the delight of a
fashionable congregation and without
provoking word of disapproval
from his spiritual chefs. Can stronger
evidence be wanted of the enmity Of
the Jesuits and their co-religionists to
our French brethen, and Of the part
they have played, if not in creating, at
all events in perpetuating the Dreyfus
scandal and all it has given rise to?
1t is with the deepest regret that we
note these facts-a regret, however,
mingled with satisfaction that these
discussions, echoes ola medieval strife,
find no counterpart on these shores,
where all classes and creeds unite for
the honor Of the common fatherland.
Jewish Chronicle.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-03-17

City of Chicago. .............
City of Omaha.
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans r
r. Co., Memphis Divis'n Guaranteed
Chicago, st. Louis and New Orleans r.
r. Co., Gold. ...........
Minneapolis, ST. Paul and Sau1t Ste. Ma.
RE, Gold
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Rail.
way Company, Consolidated. ...
Manhattan Railway Co., Consolidated
United States, Registered .............
United States, Registered. ............t,.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
LUMbUS' LAST
APPEAL DEFACED
Statuary Group at the
Capitol Injured.
Special Dispatch to The Can.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 20.-The magni-
fcent group of statuary, Columbus
Last Appeal TO Queen Isabella sta
toned in the center of the rotunda of
the State Capitol. has been defaced. The
work is one of the most striking pro-
ducts of the chisel of Larkin Gold
smith Meade, an American sculptor of
worldwide fame. II was fashioned at
the sculptors studio at Florence, Italy,
on the order of a prominent New York
merchant. Disaster overlook the mer-
chant before he could give the statue
the place of honor in his art collection
and D. o. Mills took it off his hands
In that year, 1888, Mills presented the
group to the State of California, and it
has since adorned the rotunda of the
Capitol. The group is cut from an i'm
mense solid block of marble of the
purest white Italian variety. It's cost
was $4,000
The figure in the group which has
been most admired, is that of the page,
who is kneeling beside the Queen in an
attitude of expectancy. The delicately
chiseled fingers are outspread. bent
gracefully at the joints, lending 10 the
figure a rare charm. Somebody has
broken off the first two fingers of this
page, and the handsome little Spaniard
has the appearance of having been up
against Shafter at Santiago. The mu-
tilation is almost as pitiful as though
somebody had Topped off the head of
the Queen herself or had trimmed with
a meat ak the overgrowth of hair upon
the head of the discoverer.
1t was thought at first that the loss
of the pages fingers might have been
accidental, but the State janitor said
this afternoon that if this were the
case the pieces should have been found
in the rallied Enclosure which the group
occupies. No such pieces have been
found. It is thought by some that the
act may have been committed by some
precious crank who imagined that he
was thereby adding to the woes of
Spain, while others advance the sug-
gestion that some disappointed office
seeker or discharged employe may have
knocked off the fingers.
Meade. who carved the beautiful
work of art. produced the colossal
statue of Vermont, which crowns the
dome of the State House at Montpelier.
His statue of Lincoln for the Presi-
dents monument at Springfield, Ill,
was placed there in 1874 One of his
more recent works is a colossal statue
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21

INDECENT patients already in the hos
pitfalls. and that $200,00 will not foot
the tardy doctor bills of the winter at
these institutions.
IN view of these circumstances the
meeting decided to send a memorial to
Congress asking for aid. Committees
were appointed on finance and to draw
up resolutions and the memorial. H.
T. Roller, the agent for the Seattle
Yukon Transportation Company, who
goes out on business, Will carry the
memorial to Washington.
The Government here declares itself
out of funds for the purpose of relief
An entertainment was given at the
Monte Carlo Theater few nights ago
for the benefit of the destitute, at which
the Yukon Commissioner, or Governor
Ogilvie, made an address, which was
an appeal to the rich to aid the desti-
tute The referee at a Saturday night
glove contest, which failed in exciting
incidents, won loud commentator by
declaring the event mo contest" and
turning the box office receipts over to
the hospital
There is a great deal of sickness in
the Hospital and the summer death
rate is mai Gained The rate, consid-
ering all things-the unhealthy condi-
lions, the poor food, the dark. unven-
tilated cabins, the lack of proper rene
dies and treatment incidental to life
and death in an isolated country-is not
large. 1t is impossible TO obtain a COM
plete record of the deaths, for until
within this month no official record has
been kept. The three undertaking es-
adjustments scarcely make a note of
the transaction II their bills are paid
in cash, and even the hospitals keep
but an imperfect record There are
three cemeteries for burial. in either of
which no permit is required. A man is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21

engaged to dig a grave, and. that cere-
mony being over, the mourners dis
perse, and that is all there is to it, ex-
cept where the grave is marked.
The process of. digging a grave is
similar to the first step in digging "a
mine. A fire is built and the surface
thawed and removed. The fire is re-
newed and the few inches of thawed
earth is removed as before. This is
repeated until the required amount of
earth is removed, the process some
times taking a week.
Scurvy is becoming very prevalent
again, especially in the mining area.
Charles Schmidt, an old man suffering
with the trouble, lay in his bed at Be-
nanza three days unable TO help him.
self before his cries brought help. He
was finally brought to the barracks
and placed in a hospital. j. Hillman,
after a somewhat similar experience,
was brought in day or two ago from
Dominion.
A number of cases of partial freez-
ing have been reported L. Madison
from Forty Mile. suffered the amputa-
ton of both hands and feet on Novem-
Der rs. He was picked UP in a semi
conscious condition by the captain of
the Rock Island No. ?, wintering there
Madison is a man of strong physique
and. having no desire to survive his
terrible mutilation. is refusing food in
his wish TO die. He has brother at
Forty Mile who owns some valuable
mining property
Work in the mines here is progressing
busily and steadily but there is nothing
notable To report concerning it. The
same may be said of the mines on the
American side. A vast area is being
prospected this winter and the develop
ments of next spring viii tell wonder
fully interesting story.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
OVERHEARD TO
FEARFUL DEATH
Tragic Suicide of Charles
Burke.
Correspondence of The Call.

HONOLULU, Jan. Is. = Charles
Burke of San Francisco committed sui
eide on the morning ofgthe It'll inst. by
jumping from the deck of an island
steamer into the sea. The vessel was
off the coast of Hawaii at the time. The
body was not recovered. Undoubt-
eddy Burke was insane when he took
his life. The young man recently ar
rived at Hilo on the bark Amy Turner.
After spending a few days in that town
he left for Honolulu on the steamer
Claudine. On the trip down he devel-
oped symptoms of insanity A watch
was kept on Burke's movements. but
without success. He broke away from
an officer of the ship and jumped over
board. Not sign of the man could be
found anywhere. He was undoubtedly
eaten by sharks soon after sinking.
Before he jumped overheard Burke
told A. Richley, passenger, that he
had been in the employ of the Pacific
Paving Company of San Francisco,
where, after seven years of service, he
was accused of being a defaulter, of
being short in his accounts $1,000. This
Burke denied. He claimed that he had
taken money, but that the money was
his by right, wages for the long SER
would take charge of his money The
Honolulu man consented TO do so
Burke turned over to him a check of
$1,000 drawn by Louis T. Grant on
Bishop & Co, payable to r. T. For
rest. Both of these are Hilo parties
Burke also turned over S75 in gold, S6
in silver and two rings, one set with
diamonds and rubies and the other a
plain gold band. He said he had given
$4,000 to a man in Hilo named McDon-
aid, and asked Richley TO collect and
hold the same. At this juncture Sec
ond Mate VOTERS came down the deck
and Burke ran for the railing His last
words were. Give the money to mother
in San Francisco"
A big military instruction camp on
the uplands above Honolulu is the lat
est proposal by the military authorities
and correspondence with the War De-
partment is now under way. The idea
is TO have a permanent camp to ac-
commodate at least L. 900 men, and TO oc-
cupy as much space as possible for car
rying out extensive maneuvers- In fact
TO have as ideal a drilling ground as is
possible.
Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco
is expected 10 visit the Hawaiian Is
lands some time this month.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
THE PHILADELPHIA
WILL BE RUSHED

CORONADO, Jan. 20.-Commodore
Kautz, L. s N, in reply TO a question
tonight said he had received tele-
gram from the Navy Department ask
ing him how soon the PHILADELPHIA
could be made ready to sail for Samoa.
He went over the situation with Cap
tain White, commanding the flagship.
on the question OF stores and coal. and
wired back that he could be fully
equipped by next Thursday.
Immediately afterward an order was
/. given to a local dealer to have thirty
barrels Of beef on board the PhiladeI-
phia within twenty-four hours. Other
supplies will be rushed on board and
possibly certain stores obtained by rail
from San Francisco. There is plenty
OF coal here. which Will find its way
into the Philadelphia bunkers in short
order
I called the attention of the depart
ment TO the foul con -ition OF the ships
bottom, said the commodore. and
suggested that the vessel should be
drydocked, but the department seems
TO regard the Samoa incident of more
Importance, and I therefore expect TO
sail from here direct for Apia. We are
under instructions to await the arrival
OF chief engineer to succeed our pres
ent officer, who is TO be relieved on ac-
count Of sickness. Unless otherwise
ordered we shall wait for him. He
should arrive within a couple of DAYS
after we are ready to sail"
SAUSALITO, Jan. 20.-Mr. McMorris,
chief engineer Of the United States
steamship Albatross. has been trans
ferred to the United States cruiser Phil
adelphia. He took his departure from
the Albatross this morning and will
join the Philadelphia at San Diego.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21

witness replied. He believed the beef
on the Panama had come from the
transport Manitoba. On the Panama
coming over from Ponce. he had made
some tea. or soup, from the refrigerated
beef. the same that had been con-
demned, had filtered it and sealed it
Theoretically in a can and when he
reached his home at Pittsburg had ana
lyzed it. From this he got a lightish
brown residuum. This, he said, dis
closed the chara cteristics of borax and
salicylic acid.
DR.. Daily urged that he be permitted
to demonstrate the test. DR. Conner
objected, insisting that ne leave the
powder the witness brought as the resi-
dunn Of this beef with the commission
TO be examined by a Government
chemist.
Witness pleaded not to have the mat
ter taken out of his hands, but COM
promise was effected by deciding that
DR.. DAILY be present with the official
chemist, and it was arranged TO have
Professor Clarke of the Geological Sur
vey here examine the powder.
At the afternoon session DR.. DAILY IN
derwent a rather severe cross exanira-
ton, especially on the subject Of the
date on which he had reported as 10 his
suspicious in regard TO the beef and why
said he had never discussed with any
officer the subject Of bad beef In
stead of commenting on such matters
he had rather attempted TO allay dis
content with the meat. While at Chick
amauga he had found meat which ap-
peared to have been treated as indf-
Gated in his report.
At Jacksonville he had Inspected
meat which, while of good appearance.
49,, yrss7-f HI
there said that much seasoning was
required TO overcome the unpaIatabIe-
ness of the cooked meat.
In regard 10 his report on the aues-
ton OF the meat furnished the army.
Dr. Daily was asked whether il had
been forwarded from army headquar-
tiers 70 any person interested. He re-
piled that in his opinion the major gen
eral Of the army was the person most
likely to be interested.
DR.. DAILY was at Tampa about the
30th Of May. His suspicious in regard
to the beef. he said. were aroused
about the 18th of June. He reported
this fact in August.
Mr.. DENLY asked where, in his onin-
ion. an officer had performed his duty
when. knowing that the beef supplied
the army was detrimental to health.
he had concealed that fact and had not
reported for many weeks.
Dr. Daily replied that he had re-
ported upon the facts in regular wav
and after mature elaboration. He
could not. he said. howl about it to
every one he met"
Mr.. DENLY, still following UP this
line of interrogatory. asked whether he
would have treated a patient as he had
treated the soldiers Of the army.
You are on trial now, DOCTOR" con-
tinued Mr.. DENLY, Ion trial before the
country
To this the witness protested vigor-
ously that he was not upon trial. and
that the country would never put him
on trial.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
CHEMICALS IN
THE ARMY BEEF
Surgeon Daily Sticks to
Charges.
Special D.spa,cA to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-MajOr W.
H. DAILY. chief surgeon with General
Miles, whose field service stretched
q: from Tampa 10 Porto Rico, and whose
report condemning the beef furnished
the .expeditionary forces created a SEN
satiou some weeks ago. made his long
awaited appearance as a witness be-
fore the War Investigating Commission
to-day Surgeon Days report was the
strongest IN language of those submit
ted by General Miles in substantiation
of his attack on The beef supplies. He
!. has been too i'll TO appear heretofore.
. He vas accompanied b. General Miles
. own stenographer. despite the presence
=. of the commissions stenographer
on being sworn the witness identified
the report submitted as his own. chang
ing its date however. from September
81 10 October 81. He was willing, he
said. 10 stand by his report 1t was
wholly voluntary and was not called
out by any request or in obedience to
= any circular or letter, so far as he re-
'Tnembered.
Dr.. Daily said he should say the at
tempt 10 preserve the beef BY chemicals
was not success. That had been his
experience on the transport Panama in
the beef carried by which ship he was
pretty sure chemicals were involved.
That beef. he said, was very foul. Most
of the beef which the Panama carried
= was refrigerated. They had secured d
ton Of beef and for this they at first
had one and One-half tons OF ice, later
increased 10 eleven and a half tons OF
ice The beef, however, had a decidedly
peculiar odor.
" AT Ponce" ne went on TO say. Il
observed the refrigerated beef taken
from the transports. 1t had peculiar
ddor. ! observed the exaninstio of
spoiled beef on one Of the transports
Il was done by q butcher down in the
hold He thrust his arm in every di-
rection into the putrid meat, trying TO
: find a solid piece. This meat had the
same peculiar odor" He added that
the transport Panama's beef warranted
his report that its Od0r was like that
Of a dead human injected with preserv-
atiyes. He also depicted the strong
odor about the transport Chester.
General Beaver asked II the witness
did not think his examination purely
superficial and without any substantial
knowledge
NO. ! would not Ike to say that"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-The Washing
ton corresp ondent of the Herald tele-
graphs: Germany is TO be called 10
account for the interference Of her rep
Tesentatives in the Samoan question
and the violation OF the provisions Of
the tripartite treaty under which the
South Sea Islands are governed.
As a result OF the Cabinet meeting to-
day, and of communications ex-
changed by Secretary Hay and Sir
Julian Pauncefote. there is every rea-
son TO believe that joint representation
will be made 20 the German FOREIGN
Office by the American and British En-
bassadors in Berlin. While officials are
Chary Of discussing the character OF the
note TO be submitted, il is generally
understood that Il will be along the
line Of the discussion precipitated at
the Cabinet meeting by dispatches laid
before il by Secretary Hay-that the
tripartite treaty has been grossly viO-
lated by the action Of the German Con-
sui and the former president OF the
municipal council OF Apia; that they
have interfered in the election Of a sue
cessOr 10 the late MalietOa in an illegal
manner; that the usefulness of the Ger
man Consul in Apia has ended. and
that il is TO the interest of Germany. as
We'll as OF other powers siguatOry TO the
Berlin act. 10 not only disayoW the
actions OF the Consul and of the former
president OF the municipal council. but
10 withdraw them at once from the
islands.
II Is not doubted that, confronted by
Great Britain and the United States
Germany VIII promptly comply with
all OF the demands 10 be presented. II
was stated by a Cabinet officer that the
dispatches are rather misty, but no ap-
preheusi0n is felt, now that the United
States and Great Britain are moving
together that any trouble with Ger
many Will result.
Consul General Osborn has been noti-
fed that orders have been gwen to the
Philadelphia 70 proceed TO Samoa, and
the announcement Of this action on the
part of the Washington Government
viii doubtless be influential in prevent
ing any further German moves in the
game in progress at Apia and viii fur
thermore show the natives that this
Government proposes 10 see that the
terms Of the treaty are carried out
This Government VIII sustain the de-
Cisi0n # the Chief Justice and place
MaIiet0a Tanus on the throne unless
the decision when considered. should
be manifestly illegal. in which case ne
EotiatiOns Will be begun for another
. election.
o. Il is believed in we'll informed circles
that one of the results of the present
complication viii be the revision Of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21

treaty of Berlin. possibly its abroga-
ton, and the division of the islands
among the three powers.
Secretary Long will prepare instruc-
tons TO Commodore Kautz which will
govern his conduct in Samoa. He will
be required to protect American inter
ests in the islands and to confer with
the American Consul General relative
to the execution of the terms Of the
Berlin act. Commodore Kautz wired TO
the department that his vessel needed
docking, but the Secretary has decided
that the vessel need not have her bot
tom cleaned at this time and she will
start for Apia probably on Wednesday
next.
WELLINGTON. y. T.. Jan. 20.-The
British third-class cruiser Tauranga
has started for Samoa
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
JOINT NOTE
TO BE SENT
TO GERMANY
In the Samoan Affair Eng.
land Acts With
America.


considerable
attention
m TO
decision 1t is that solution of the
adhere Berlin Should
be found that deviated the provisions of
if will supported
details enable form
will
opposed? closed?
parsonage speaking subject
question OF
lead
in high position as
difficulty their heads The
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
ALGER AND MILES
PROBABLY SLATED
TO FOLLOW EAGAN
Obstacles in the Way Of the
Presidents Programme Will
Be Removed.

YORK, 2oThe Hads washington correspondent .
g
g Miles be removed for First that when he
does work harmonious with the administration
not
8.
the administration will g
Millions capital of the chief inter
of
He
him
of in o.
of
hauling g
in
the of administration
this carefully
:: Eagan will plead guilty to the charges him. 3:
!. g
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.