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from the New York Journal, dated
New York, Friday, Dec. %, 1898, head
ed Miles Makes Grave Charges Against
the Administration: Poison Used in
Beer Made the Soldiers Ill; Tons of
Meat Sent to the Troops in Porto Ri
co. In view of the grave charges
made in this purported interview with
General Nelson A. Miles, I have the
honor to ask that this article be re-
TERED to General Miles to ascertain
II the statements therein made and at
trlbuted to him are correct, or to what
extent they are correct, and that he
may be directed to state in detail
whether he is correctly quoted and in
what particulars he is correctly or in
correctly quoted. Very respectfully,
CHARLES P. EAGAN,
"Commissary General of Subsistence"
Headquarters of the army, Wash
ing, Dec. 27 1898. Respectfully return
ed. | have repeatedly refused to be in
terVieWed or to comment on or discuss
my testimony. When a proof is fur
nlshed me and corrected and examin-
ed, l presume the commissary general
can obtain a copy This subject has
been referred to the inspector general
of the army with directions to make a
thorough and rigid investigation of the
whole matter and the commissary ger
eral Will have an opportunity of being
heard. NELSON A. MILES
Major General Commanding
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Will Investigate.

Washington Jan. 3-The war inyestiga-
ton commission has decided to make a
thorough investigation of the complaints
made about the beef furnished the army
in the expeditionary campaigns. Summons
was made to-day for the appearance be-
fore the commission next Friday of Major
DAILY, the chief surgeon at army head
quarters at Tampa prior to the departure
OF the Shafter expedition, who made a
vigorous report, forwarded by General
Miles. in condemnation of the beef The
Swift Packing company will be heard
next Monday in defense of these supplies,
There was only one witness to-day, Col.
James M. Moore, assistant quartermaster
general of the army who appeared mere
ly to correct some errors in the report of
previous testimony
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RETURNED TO WORK.
Another Chapter in the Marlborough
Shoe Strike.

Marlborough, Mass, Jan. 3.-Anotner
stage in the general strike of the Marl-
borough shoe workers was reached to-
day, when the big factory of s. ii.
Howe Shoe company and two ether
smaller establishments, controlled by
the company, resumed operations, after
shutdown of more than two months.
The Howe company, when all its fac
tories are running in full employs
about l,5O0 hands. The superintendent
says he has received more applications
for work than he has positions for at
this time. Mr.. Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor, VINO
is in the city, has arranged for a per-
sonal conference with President S. H.
Howe for the purpose of relieving the
situation. Mr.. Howe still refuses to
recognize any organization, and The
meeting is entirely personal. The
strike leaders assert that only a small
percentage of those who struck have
returned under the free shop system.
and that the position of the union is
as strong as at the beginning.
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OF THE BEEF
The Board of Survey Will Go Into
the Matter Exhaustively.
EVIDENCE is VOLUNTARY
representatives Of the Swift Company
Will Be Summoned and General
Miles VIII Give His Testimony
in the Matter.

Washington, Jan. 3.--The board of
survey appointed by the secretary OF
war to examine into and report on the
responsibility for the loss of 800. 900
pounds of refrigerated beef of Swift &
Co., which was rejected by General
Miles upon its arrival at Ponce, Porto
Rico, mad which was subsequently
thrown overheard, While en- route on
the return voyage, met to-day, but de-
cided that inasmuch as the PROCEEDINGS
of board of survey were subject to
review, they would not be made public.
The board is instructed to ascertain if
proper efforts were made to feed this
beef to the troops in Porto Rico and
TX the responsibility in the case proper
e1toft was not made; to ascertain
whether, as reported in the testimony
before the war commission, the beef
had been chemically treated. and
whether the United States was re-
sponsible for its loss. which involves
recommendation as to whether Swift
q co. should be reimbursed.
A board of survey has no power to
administer oaths. 1t can only find on
information and recommend subject to
review OF the amp hitting officer in this
case, Secretary of War Alger. The
board will investigate the questions
with which they are charged They
intimate that the proceedings are not
or great Importance in reality, only in
VolVlng a recommendation as to
Whethef Swift y Co. should be paid for
the beef. Such a recommenda ton.
however, necessarily involves the fix
ing OF the responsibility for the rejec,
tion of the beef. The board decided to
go INTO the investigation exhaustiyely.
All the records will be carefully exam
lned, witnesses will be summoned and
Wherever possible affidavits will be OBJ
tanned IN support of the testimony, The
board has no power to administer oaths
and affidavits must be voluntary. Rem
resentatives of the Swift company un-
doubtedly will be summoned. as will
General Miles and other army officers
conversant with the facts but up to a
late hour this afternoon no summons
SO far as could be learned had reached
General Miles, "
The general of the army is very COM
placent over the matter. The 800, 900
pounds of refrigerated beef arrived at
Ponce the very day the protocol was
signed. This amount of fresh meat. it
is stated, would have furl ished rations
for the American troops then on the
island for so days. But it is alleged
had it been landed it could not have
oeen Kept There was barely enough
ice IN Ponce to supply the hospitals.
Our troops, save about 900 men. We're
scattered throughout the southern por
ton of the island from Mayaguez to
Guanama, distances varying from 2G
to 80 miles. Had the beef been landed
almost the entire quantity, the general
Of the army holds, must inevitably
nave peen spoiled. 1t is thought the
work OF the board will consume the
greater portion Of two weeks, possibly
longer
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WANTS INSTRUCTIONS,
Perkins Asks the Legislature To Tel,
Him How To Vote.

Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 3-When the
senate was called to order to-day a
communication was received from SEN
ator Perkins, in which he asked in
structions from the senate on the pend
ing question of territorial expansion.
He expressed himself as confident that
this question is of more importance to
the welfare of the country than is anv
problem that has arisen during the
present generation. He stated that in
the absence of instructions from the
legislature of California that he will
vote to amend section of the treaty.
which provides for the payment of $40
ooo,0OO for the REIMBURSEMENT of Spain's
sovereignty or her interests in the Phil
lppine islands. He is of the opinion that
the United States requires only a mil
itary station, naval and coaling station
IN the islands. Further, it seems to
niin' that to acquire territory in the
Islands or on the Asiatic coast is con-
trary to the spirit of the constitution.
The cost of maintaining a stand
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WILL HAVE WAR.
Grand Duke Cyril Thinks We Have a
Fight On Our Hands.

New York, Jan. S.-Grand Duke Cyril
Vladimirovtch of Russia, who is on his
way to his own country to attend the
wedding of his sister was welcomed to-
day by the Russian colony of this city
with a church service in the Russian or
thodox church. Bishop Nicholas, retiring
prelate of the Russian church in America,
who will take ship with him tomorrow,
presided at the service and made an ad-
dress. The little church was decorated
especially for the occasion. The duke re-
ceiVed the representatives of the press in
the state parlor of the Waldorf Astoria
which was decorated with palms and
roses. The duke said
Il believe you will have much trouble
with the natives in the Philippines; in
fact, in my Judgment, you will have war
with them sooner or later As far as
Russia is concerned, the presence of the
United States in the East is entirely sat
isfactory. / believe it will be new fac
tor for peace in the affairs of the Orient"
The grand duke will sail on the Fuerst
Bismarck tomorrow.
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HAWAIIAN ADVICES.
The Question of the Admission of the
Chinese Will Cause Trouble

Shinese WI SauSe trouble.
San Francisco, Jan. 3.--The steamer
Australia from Honolulu brings the fol-
lowing advices to the associated press:
A survey has been made of the
steamer Columbia, which sprung a leak
while 200 miles at sea, bound for Seat
tie, and was compelled to return here.
The damage can be repaired here, but
the owners, the Honolulu Seattle COM
pany, have decided to place her on the
market and ask $4,000 for her. If this
price cannot be obtained, she will be
sent to the coast for sale. The cruiser
Etna Italian) arrived in Honolulu on
the 27th and will remain about 10 days
before proceeding to the Samoan and
Fiji islands. After a short cruise among
the islands, she will go to Sydney, N.
S. w.
A great deal of trouble is expected
here over the question of the admission
of Chinese. The supreme court has or
dered the landing of large number
of celestials and Special Agent Brown
is at loss to know what to do in the
premises. He has appealed to the adj
ministration for instructions.
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DEPARTURE DELAYED.
The Scandia Cannot Possibly Leave
Before January Is.

San Francisco, Jan. 3.-The transport
Scandia, which is to convey the goth
infantry to the Philippines, cannot pos
sibly leave this port before January Is
or later. 1t has been stated that the
wives and families of the officers of the
goth will go on the Scandal but as COM
fort will be at premium when all the
soldiers are on board an effort will be
made to have the families sent on a lat
er vessel. The transport Ohio is due
here on or about the Sth inst, and will
be prepared at once for the reception
of the 3rd and 22nd regiments of United
States infantry, which have been or
dered to the Philippines.
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LETTERS IN THE CASE,
Easan's supporters Insist That the Beef
Was All Right,

was All Right.
| Washington, Jan. 3.-Commissarv
| General Eagan late in the afternoon
gave out, for publication some a6di-
| tional correspondence relative to the
criticisms passed by General Miles up-
on the quality of the meat supplied to
| the army during the war. First is a
letter from Major Black, who was Cen
eral Miles commissary officer during
the Porto Rican campaign. In view of
the regulations forbidding the destruc-
ton or condemnation of any supplies
except upon the finding of a properly
constituted board of survey, he was
asked as to the correctness of a state
ment attributed to General Miles that
10000 pounds of canned beef had been
condemned in Porto Rico. His replv
was as follows:
Replying to your communication of
December ST. relative to board of sur
vey,' / have the honor to state that I
find no report of boards of survey on
refrigerated beef or timed roast beef
among my papers,
Following up the inquiry into the al
legations against the. quality of the
roast beef furnished the army, General
Eagan says he directed a special ox
animation to be made of all the meat
the minute he heard the first complaint,
me first report came to hand was the
following:
''Ofice purchasing and depot comrlis-
sary, Tampa, Fla, Dec. 81, 1898 Com
missary General Eagan, Washington:
Sfr-It has just occurred to me that
With the intensely unjust things that
nave been said about the beef husi-
ness connected with the commissary
generals department, it might be graf
Tying to you to remember that under
your direction l examined a very large
number OF cans of beef, both roast and
corned, representing hundreds of thou
sands of cans and found none bad. Yon
will remember that l did this with a
great deal of care and it occurred to
me that inasmuch as I went through
the war of '61-5 from beginning to ED
and issued this kind of beef to both bri-
gades that I was connected with in this
war, and having made this eXamina-
tion referred to, that it would be graf
flying to you to know personally that
have never seen in this somewhat |
extended experience better beef in cans !
than you have furnished
Il trust you will pardon this SEEM |
ing intrusion, but 1 cannot refrain from |
testifying from personal knowledge as
to the good quality of this beef. | am |
very respectfully,
"E. R. HUTCHINs,
Captain and C. s., Z. S. V, Purchasing
and Depot Commissary."
The last of the letters relates to The
issue raised between General Miles and
General Eagan as to the authorship of |
q certain newspaper criticism upon the
army supplies, and included General
Eagan's and General Miles reply as
follows:
The adjutant general of the army:
General-l tnclose herewith an article |
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ing army in the Philippines and
the expense of civil government
Tor the islands is also given as
ahother reason for the United States
are pointed to be but $50 900, 900 annual
ly. The fact that the islands are dense
~ populated is given as reason why
they are incapable of development, as
was the Louisiana, California and Alas
ka purchases. The unhealthiness of the
of the islands is urged as another ar
gument against them. The influence
upon American labor by acquiring If
the islands is pointed out in the letter
as not for the best interests of the
country. The communication was or
dered printed in the journal
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Forfeiture of Franchise,

San Francisco. Jan. 3-Attorney Gen.
eral Fitzgerald filed an important suit on
behalf of the state of California to-day
for the forfeiture of the franchise of the
Giant Powder company, consolidated of
this city, and for the payment of S., 900
for the alleged unlawful exercise of it's
privileges. 1t is contended that by rea-
son of the dynamite trust the prices of
explosives have been excessively in
creased and free competition prevented
For the reasons given. the state demands
the forfeiture of the companys franchise
together with the imposition of a fine of
s. 900 and costs.
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SCHEMED TO DEFRAUD.
Baron and Baroness de Bara Arrested on
a Chicago Complaint.


Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 3.-Postofice
Inspector w. S. Mayer. acting under
the direction of Inspector in Charge
James E. Stewart of Chicago, caused
the arrest at st. Augustine this after
noon of Baron and Baroness de Bara
for using the United States mails in an
alleged scheme to defraud. The couple
it is asserted, appeared in Chicago
about the first of last September and
worked from an office al lis Dearborn
street. The baron and baroness were
arrested at their home in ST. Angus
tine to-day by United States Marshal
Horr, and while they made no resist
ance, it is claimed that the case was
, one of mistaken identity. Their hons.
| is furnished magnificently. They have
been received with more or less social
regard since coming to st. Augustine
ana their entertainments have been
very elegant. They will be given a
hearing before United States Commits
sioner Goodell at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Chicago, Jan. 3.--A couple known as
Baron and Baroness de Bara lived in
Chicago from June / until Nov 2S last
year and conducted. according to the
postoffice officials, one of the greatest
confidence games ever perpetrated IN
this country. Inspector Stewart has
been working on the case for three
NSSr'. IL 10 SSliliIdlou lIldl lIlG couple
have secured at least $4,000 by their
schemes and the work was done in two
months The victims live in England
and Scotland and number thousands. 1t
is claimed that the baron represented
himself as the head of the Edison Pho
nograph company and that by selling 4
agencies in England and Scotland he
mulcted his correspondents out of sums
ranging from G1 to G100. The numer-
Gus letters that arrived in Chicago af-
ter their departure We're ordered to be
forwarded to a small town in Connec-
ucut, or else to New York City, where
they We're never asked for. 1t was only
by chance that detectives turned their
attention to st. Augustine. Less than
three weeks had been taken up in the
case since the first complaints of the
frauds came in
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Free of DUTY,

Washington, Jan. 3.-Justice Peckham
to-day handed down the opinion of the
unitedhStates supreme court in the case
of the United States VS.. the Buffalo Nat
ural Gas and Fuel company, appealed by
the United States from the decision of
the circuit court of appeals for the Sec
ond district. The case involved the right
OF the gas company to import gas from
Canada by means of pipes under the Nj
agara river free of duty The opinion
classifies natural gas as crude bitumen.
and has the effect of admitting it free of
duty, under the tariff law of 1890, and also
under the present law
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State Will Be Represented.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena, Jan. Ex-Governor Smith has in
structed Attorney General Nolan to 90
to Glendive and represent the state at the
coroner's inquest that has been called TO
examine into the murder of Sheriff Cava-
hauSh OF Dawson county. The inquest
mas beeh postponed until Friday ON that
account, as the attorney general will be
unable to leave before Thursday because
of the arguments he must make before
the supreme court in the case of the state
vs. Geddes and Welch and the State VS.
Spotted Hawk, set for Wednesday and
Thursday
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Orders for War Shins.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Secretary Long ca
bled orders to-day to the Oregon at CAL
lao to proceed to Honolulu, taking the
distilling ship Iris with her The Iowa
was ordered to San Francisco to make re-
pairs to her boilers and replace a broken
cylinder head. With her will go the sup
ply ship Celtic and the colliers Scandia
and Justin. The Oregon will get orders
at Honolulu to proceed to Manila if the
situation does not change in the mean
time. The gunboat Castine has also been
ordered to Manila
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Planning a Coup.

Paris, Jan. 4-The NIatin this morning
publishes an interview with a prominent
Bonapartist purporting to give the gist of
Prince Victor Napoleon's statements fo
MS company the other day at Brussels.
RMS represents him as preparing assidu-
cusly Tor coup, which he is fully re-
solved to execute. Prince Victor. how
ever, is hostile to all useless Manifesto.
tions. His brother, Prince Louis Napo
leon. will be found beside him on the day
OF action. They are closely united in
warm and sincere affection
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Killed in n Saloon,

Colfax, WASH, Jan. 3.-James E. Hard
wick, barkeeper, was to-day shot and
Killed in saloon by w. G. Campbell, a
plumber of this place. Campbell, who
was drunk. wanted to pay for drinks with
bar checks, which Hardwick refused to
accept. Hardwfck struck Campbell a ter
rifle blow on the head with a beer bottle
Campbell staggered back then drew a re-
volver and shot Hardwick through the
heart AS he was falling Campbell shot
Hardwick in the back. Hardwicks death
was almost instaneous. Campbell is in
jail,
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Couldn't Organize,

Dover Del, Jan. 3.-For the first time in
the history of the state the complete or
ganization of the Delaware organization
was not effected to-day. The senate or
ganized at noon, but the house could not
agree on account of the disagreement be-
tween the regular republicans and the
union. or Addicks' faction. Organization
of the house was postponed until to-mor-
row
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Joseph Grau Pardoned.

special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena, Jan. 3.-The governor to-day
pardoned. Joseph Grau, who is serving n
sentence of three months in the county
jail OF Valley county for disturbing the
peace. The pardon was made upon the
petltlon OF County Attorney Kerr, Sheriff
Kyle and the justice who sentenced Gran
They represented that he had probahlv
been sufficiently punished and that his
wife and four children dependent upon
him for support are in hard circum
stances.
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Has a ,Monopoly.

New York. Jan. 3,-There are no longer
any concealments of the fact that what is
known as the Whitney syndicate has oh
tanned control of the Edison Electric IL
Illuminating company George F Peabody.
second vice president and director of the
Edison company, admitted this to-day.
This acquisition, with the other Whitney
syndicate holdings, gives the syndicate a
practical monopoly of the lighting, heat
ing and motive power of this city.
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A Steamer Abandoned.

London, Jan. "A dispatch to I4loyds'
says the Italian steamer Vorwaerts,
which left Amsterdam on Dec. 10 and
touched at Cardiff on Dec. 20, has been
abandoned near Trevose Head, on the
west Cornwall coast She went ashore
in the gale that has been raging in the
Irish channel. Eleven of the crew, who
put off in boats. We're drowned. Nine who
clung to the rigging were rescued by the
coast guard lifeboat
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Estimates ComnIetel.

Washington. Jan. 3.-secretary Long
has completed detailed estimates for con-
gress for the 15 new warships he recon-
mended to be constructed in his annual
report. The figures are for armament
and armor, and for all the ships are
$l4, 16S, 400 and for construction and en-
gineering SIG. 100 000
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Brooke's Cabinet,

Washington. Jan. 3-The cabinet which
General Brooke will appoint to look into
internal revenues and taxation in Cuba
in proportion to the needs of the commu-
mites and in accordance with the prin-
ciples of justice and good government
In all likelihood these alotments will re-
qure the approval of the secretary of
war,
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Entire Glass Dismissed

Richmond Va, Jan, 3.-News is received
from Lexington tonight that that TODAY
the superintendent of the Virginia mill
tdry institute issued an order dismissins
the entire first class of that institution,
consisting of 50 cadets. The young men
dismissed represent l. states and their
offense was a breach of discipline com
mitted on New Years eve in the face of
special warning
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AnOthar Ra1uctipn

New York, Jan. 3.-The Arbuckles have
reduced the price of granulated sugar
1-l6c pound, making their price just
that much below the quoted prices of the
American Sugar Refining company and
several of the independent refineries,
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Dry Goods Failure.

New York, Jan. 3.-Arnstein & Bonn.
dealers in dry goods in this city. assigned
to-day. The liabilities are reported to be
about $4,000. The assets consist of stock
and outstanding accounts,
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EOtlutl Dead

New York, Jan. 3.-John w. Dearborn.
a mining expert, said to be well known in
the far West, was found dead in room
in hotel on Washington street. He was
about 60 years of age
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Declared a Dividend,

New York, Jan. 3-The directors of the
American Steel and Wire company have
declared dividend of 1% per cent. on the
preferred stock,
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To-Day's Weather.

Washington, Jan. 3.-For Montana.
Light snow, followed by fair varlabla
winds.