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ACCUSES REPTBLICAN ORGANIZATION.

AN INSPECTOR OF ELECTION SAYS 1T MAKES
MEN PAY FOR HAVING THEIR PLACES
CHOSEN FOR POLLING BOOTHS.
Benno Erickson. who was inspector OF cleo
ton In the Nineteenth Election District OF the
XXXIh Assembly District at the last election.
brought suit against Joseph Gregnoly, proprietor
OF tailor-shop at No. 1905 Frstaye.. in the Ninth
District Municipal Court yesterday, declaring that
he had secured the selection OF Gregnoiys shop as
a polling place for the election and the tailor had
not kept his agreement to pay SIS for the service.
In the trial OF the Erickson said that II was
the custom for the Republican organization TO get
s25 $50 from the propretors Of the polling places
besides compelling every man. before he received
the lease, affiliate with the Republican party.
Erickson also sail that Gregnoly had promised y
pair OF trousers and a waistcoat, but he had not
received them. When he asked what would
be done with the So. he said 1t would go into the
Republican organization. When he was asked how
the Republicans could have the selection OF a
polling place IN thar district. Erickson said that
the Police Board gave the odd-numbered election
districts to the Republicans and the even numbered
ones TO the Democrats
Justice Fallon reserved decision for eight days.
There will be investigation OF Gregnoly
charges IL has been the rule for the Police Board
to make selection OF polling places on the recom'
menda ton OF police captains
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TROOPS IN CUBAN CAMPS.
LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DlFfEf-
ENT DEPARTMENTS

Washington. Jan (SpeciaD.-The American
tyoons now garrsonng Cuban provinces and the
commanding officers of the various military dNis-
ions are as follows:
Department Of Havana City. Major-Generai VIII
tam Ludlow commanding. Department OF insane
provlnce Major-General Fitzhugh Lee,Ihe troops
stationed in these military commands are ,i, IN
SS.atod States cavalry Cd United States artillery,
sh and 10th United States Infantry heao9uaa
and Companies A. b. c, ID, f, F., & ana RI o "a
fni,ed States Volunteer Engineers "a, 4th ana S!h
Illinois l6lst Indiana. 18Th Iowa, "a louisiaha o.h
Missouri "a Nebraska. LIST North CaroIina 20 SOU"
Carolina lst Texas and 4th Virginia volunteer Al"
fentry . ,,...os NTH headnuarters in
the city of Matanzas. Mator-o5enerai James n
yu.sson T. s V commanding Companies H. a. i
Mns9n a. I;ni,ed states Volunteer Engineers 10th
eenS,sn. "a Kentucky. sth Massachusetts, ana lZ'h
swVork Volunteer Infantry ..
Densrtment OF Pinar del Rio. with headq esi
On tke CITY Of Pinar del Rio. Brigadier-Geneis a,
rsorge " Davis L. s. w. commandins-lst Chit t
States Infantry and @cd New-York volunteer ia"
penar,ment Of Puerto Principe, with hsadq9ap-
ts,s in the city Of Puerto Principe Brieauier ~
10 + n CARPENTER l.. $ Y, commanding 99li
tinted States Cavalry and 18TH Chled states III
iDenartment OF Santa Clara. with headql M Ia
,hs city OF Santa Clara. MalorGeneraI j. - d. To-
y Z commanding-ith Tennessee Noiuh'eei III
nensytment Of Santiago with headquarters N tne
.,,v ~ Santiago Major General leonar Npou'
enmmanding-5th United States Infantry ISu q,
sss and sth Illinois Infantry, 20 3D. o'h anu VII
United States Volunteer Infantry
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New York Navy Yard and ordered TO duty az ihsp'e'
in charge OF the Fifteenth Lighthouse Disfic''

New-York Navy Yard and ordered TO ou,S ns
in charge OF the Fifteenth Lighthouse p's"'e''
Lieutenant w A. GILL Is detached from ina r"''"e"'
and ordered the Asiatic station
Ensign c. T. WELSH retired Is detacneu " "
branch photographic Office San Francisco
Lieutenant W w GIIMER when detached "o" '
Vulcan f. ordered 10 the Franklin q,
Ensigns W. T. CILrvERII's &. + PRESTON ana D. I -,
HOLDEN detached from the scorpion anu o''''''
the Solace.
The following officers were honorably discharged
January 4 o..
Lieutenant J. ". WII.MOTT Ensigns X o. NJ III II
NELL and f. r. WEST. chief Engineer W ~, ~
LEVAY Passed Assistant Engineers A. J. NH ' ~
and = THOMPSON Assistant EnRne'Is !"
HOWATT. W. II. MACKAY and H. I. fo"f''''"
The following officers honorably discharged
December 81: .
second LAeutenants A. H. CHURCH r: +. CARM0Dn
F. |. BRADMAN, B 6. MOSBY, NJ NJ bNi - r. y y
DEI.ANO W. II. PARKER, O. G. hlNb anu ~ -
DEVI.IN 49, =
Eneign NJ D. MONROE and Assistant Engineer " -
EDWARDS were honorably discharged Jah"a'' ~
Assistant paymaster T. Il. IGLEHART Is detached "o'"
the Scorpion and ordered home.
Ensign w NJ wIII.ETT is detached from the So'ace ""'
ordered home
Ensign W W BARRETT II detached fsom the soa'e anu
ordered home. -,
Ensign F. IL AINSWORTH Is detached from rhe ~"
renla and ordered % temporary duty on the
ON the arrival Of Yosemite at Guam ne VIII wv w
tache,f and honorably discharged
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THE ARMY BEEF I'M ES1IG11ION.
GENERAL MILES'S INQUIRY MAKING Pho'-
RESS-COIONEL SHARP PRAISES
THE MEAT ISSUED.

Washington Jan. 6-The investigation Instituted
Nv General Miles through the Inspector-General
ONCE AS TO TIE quality OF the meat furnished 10
the troops in the field is making progress Letters
have been addressed all inspectors in the helo
but the replies so far received have contained
chiefly negative information The investigation VIII
be thorough however, and is expected to produce
n large amount Of Information. which VIII FORM
an interesting supplement TO the work OF the war
Department Investigation Commission
D. Colonel Henry Sharp Of the Commssary Depart
mont who served at Camp Thomas ana In Porto
Rico. was before the Commission to-day He said
tina, he had made the contracts with Nelson Nor
rs A. Co for beef at Camp Thomas. and had SUI
perintcnded the and inspection OF refrigerator
beef In Porto Rico He had been In the Coih-
rnissary Department fifteen years, and SAID 'id'
the quality OF fresh beef issued at Camp IhoHds
was equal to any he had ever seen in the Army
Ex-Governor Beaver read to the witness parts OF
Surgeon w. H. Daley's report to Genera nes
on TIE "eu balmed beef issued at Camp lhoias'
and asked II he had noticed the "nawkish 'as'e
and disgusting odor" or the beef reierieu w.
Colonel Sharp said the report In question referred
20 a time after ne left Camp Thomas ana sa'u
oos,t,vey that the des ription did not apply to any
:, tho beef he had seen In Porto Rico, he SAID,
he had in.pected one vessel of refrigerator beei at
Arroyo and that beef the wonder ana au-
nn,ret,on' of all the natives and foreign RESIDENTS
rore of whom had ever seen such gooo peel ne
native cattle in Porto Rico, he said, were IN
fnely inferior to the American reiriseratoi W -,
H. Army and he warmly commended All ue
American beef given 10 the troops IN PORTO rn w.;
t,oionel SHARP thought the loss or the spoieu v,
whch has been in question fell on the contractor
and not the Government ,ou -, ,refareoce
Colonel snaT ssd reriseraed beef arst canned
second, and beef on the moor thiru
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ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AT THE JACKSON cEIE|
BRATION

ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AT THE JACKSON cEIE~
BRATION
Cincinnati. Jan. 8.-The Duckworth club or On
cinnau gave its annual Jackson banquet tonight
The date was early, TO have Coonei bryah
present az he responds TO a toast at the JACKSON
banquet I'm Chicago tomorrow night Democratic
leaders rom all over the State held conferences
with him in the day Joining In the reception 10
him az the Chamber Of Commerce at noon. over
400 guests were at the Gibson House tonight
After the addresses of the retiring president LOUIS
Renelin and the president-elect Gideon C. Nlisoh'
and OF Mayor Tafel. Edward klbler ana 'uus'
William II. Jackson the guest OF honor "i""i" -
Hrvan was introduced amid much applause
After discussing the Chicago PLATFORM anu
emphasizing the l6 to / plank. Colonel Bryan look
I'D the new questions that have grown ou' "
war On the question OF annexation ne n's'S',u
,ba, the Nation has not yet decided what TO DO
with the Philippine Islands. Among the others re-
sno,d,ne 70 toas:s were General F. h. fihiey'
6ptwav Cosgrove Judge J. y. Tarvin ana ION
gressmen I.entZ and Kern
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FOR COMMITTEE PLACES.
CONFERENCE OF LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS
AT THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL.

SENATOR PI.ATT AND H.. b. ODETJ. JR, CON-
SUITED SENATOR KRUM TO HAVE Hrs
OLD PLACE - SELECTIONS OF
cHArRMEN ANNOUNCED.
There was gathering Of prominent and innu.
entail Republican members OF the Legislature
Yesterday afternoon and last evening AT the
Fifth Avenue Hotel when selections for place,
on committees Of the Senate and Assembly wers
discussed Senator Plat and y. r. Odell, r..
chairman Of the Republican state COMMITTEES
were consulted by the leaders Of both houses as
TO the selection Of members as charmen OF
the committees Among the Senators who
Joined in the conferences were Hobart Krum,
John Raines. Timothy f. Ellsworth Edgar T.
Bracket, George X. Malby and Cornelius r.
Parsons Speaker Nixon Of the Assembly and
several prominent Republican Assembymen
also talked with Mr.. Plat. Ex-speaker OGrady
was present at some Of the talks. and advocated
permitting the Democrats in the Legislature to
have a representation Of five on each committee
OF twelve. His Views did not meet favor
Senator Hobart Krum has wanted to be chair
man Of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
and he talked with Senator Plat and other
leaders on that sublec. with some feeling be-
cause the leaders wished him to retain the
Craftsmanship Of the Committee on Taxation
and Retrenchment, and yield the other chair
manship to Senator Bracket. There had been
a report that Senator Krum might kick over
the traces II lie could not have the chairman
shin he wanted but II was said last night that
he had been persuaded to keep his old chair
manship.
Senator Ellsworth, as president pro tenn OF the
Senate will be chairman of the Committee on
, Rules and with him will be associated Senator
Raines and Senator Grady. Other chairmen OF
ssnate committees have. been selected as fol-
lows:
Finance W. HIGGINS.
Judiciary-EDGAR T. BRACkETT'
Crles-N. y. sTRANAHAN.
Insurance-GEORGE r. MALBY.
Railroads-JOHN RAINES.
Commerce-JOHN FORD.
| Taxation and Observation-Disclosures khtA
Banks-L H. HUMPHREY.
The selections for chairmen Of Assembly corr
mittees were said last night 10 be the following:
| Ways and Means. =. ALIDs.
JuiIciary-OTTO KELSEY
| cnies-ROBERT MAZET.
Railroads LOUIS BEDELI.
| Excise-M MARVIN l. GREENWOOD.
| Iasurance-THOMAs \. SEARS.
| Taxation and Retrenchment-E EDWARD G. BRENNAN.
Commerce and Navigation-R. II POST
1t was said that no Republican member or ths
| LEGISLATURE wanted the Craftsmanship or the
| Committee on Canals. The talks over committee
| places will be continued at the Fifth Avenue
| Hotel to-day
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the United States forces In the Philippine ISLANDS

m. United States forces In the Philippine ISLANDS
and to conduct his warfare on civilized INES
"Aguinado." writes Mr. Wildman. has Write"
me by every opportunity and believe ne haS oe1"
frank with me- both regarding his actions anu MS
motives / do not doubt that he would ike 10 De
President OF the Philippine Republic, ana there
may be a small cotere OF his native advisers VINO
entertain "a ike ambition. but am perfectly GER
tain that the great majority Of his followers anu
all the wealthy and educated Filipinos nave p"'
one desire-to become citizens Of the United STATES
As for the mass OF the natives, they wouu DE 'o"
tent under any rule save thai u the Hl"s'
Consul-General Pratt. stationed at Singapore W.
tails his last interview with Agunaldo saying '""'
he enJolned the Philippine leader the necessity
under Deweys direction. OF assuming absolute con-
troll over his forces in the Philippines. since no
excuses on their part would he tolerated py '"e
United States, the President having declared that
hostllites with Spain were to be carried on III
strict conformity with the principles OF Civilized
warfare Mr. Pratt says that to this Injunction
Aguinaldo gave his full assent Mr.. fratt aiso
saws that Aguinaldo expressed the hope that the
United States would assume protection over the
PHILIPPINES for at least lopg enough to allow the
Inhabitants to establish government or thelr OWL
IN the organization OF which he would desire
American advice and assistance
Assistant Secretary Moore, in a memorandum 10
the Secretary says Mr.. Pratt was Instructed
tonal assistance OF General Aguinaldo, but not 10
make any political pledges"
Writing on June Is TO Mr.. Pratt. Secretary Day
said
This Government has known the Philipplne IN
surgents only as disseminated subjects OF span
and ls not acquainted with their purposes; IN.
United States In entering upon the occupation oi
the islands a result Of its military operations
in that quarter will do In the exercise or tne
rights which the state OF war confers, ana w"
expect from the Inhabitants, without regard "a
their former attitude toward the Spanish Govern
rnent. that obedience which will be lawfully Que
from them.
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COLONEL GRIFFITH SEEKS 4N OFFICE.

DOUBT WHETHER THE TAX CORRESPONDENTS
HE WANTS Is VACANT.
Albany. Jan. (SpeciaD.-Governor Roosevelt SAID
to-day that he did rot yet know whether he had
the legal right to appoint Tax Commissioner, ana
that the subject being investigated. Some per-
sons had made the charge that New-York was I'M
Justly treated by the Tax Commission, and ought 10
have a representative on the Tax Board. but con-
troller Roberts wrote TO Colonel Roosevelt during
the recent political campaign that he did not thinS
New-York was treated with any unfairness The
present Tax Commissioners were appointed in ls*i
and then 1t thought that the term OF one OF
them would expire on December 81, 1898. But II Is
now asserted that the terms OF all three OF tne
Commissioners were extended to December 81, lsSs
Colonel William NJ. Griffith, Ex-Governor Blacks
private secretary has been A candidate FOR Tax
Commissioner but now that there is doubt aooa!
the Governors authority 10 make the appointments
he may be a candidate for some other place.
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crpppycy BILL MAY BE WITHDRAWAL

washington Jan. CIT is probable Una, u ,me viii
inn and currency bill reported 10 IA. .s", c,ar.
be withdrawn. leaving no "e"'"'s s'ao'as,on has
go, among the members Of the Banking ana
Currency Committee to the right Of ms meas,
ure 10 have a place the calendar Cnar ma" ,,
walker holds that the action In reporting 'ne ' ="
- n.,m,ss,on TO withdraw H. This move
nrom,ses to meet with spirited opposition ron
oiher members Of the committee On .ne 9Th q
View 10 having Representative McSieaIyi one mr., y.
the authors OF the measure voluntarily WIN
draw IL
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PEEKSKTLL HAS 4 MYSTERY.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A WOMAN FOLLOWS A
VISIT FROM A CLAIRVOYANT.

SUDDEN DEATH Of a WOMSN TOI'i'C'" ~
VISIT FROM A CLAIRVOYANT.
DR. Perley H. Mason. OF Peeksk who assumed
the duties Of Coroner Sunday. had his first case
Yesterday. and II is thought to be a case OF man
slaughter A little before noon yesterday the wife
OF John Ryan called at grocery store to purchase
provisions and then went to her home. No lus
Sprng-st. few minutes afterward strange
woman called at the store and asked where Mrs
Ryan lived the information being given To her
Soon after u o'clock Mr.. Donohue wife or the
storekeeper went to the Ryan house and saw Mrs
RYAN on the floor with the strange woman who
had called at the store bending over her MIS-
Donohue pushed the woman aside, and saw that
around the strange woman had gone MIS- Dono-
hue at once gave the alarm When Dr Mason ar
rived at the house the woman had been dead some
time Albert Cronh, who had been sent 20 nhu
the woman, had captured her. Before Jusuce
Lynch she gave the name Of Caroline Hart. or NO.
She was searched. and cards and circulars found
disclosed that she clairvoyant.
In a small gripsack concealed under her sacque
were medicines and drugs and syringe, but no
indictments to indicate that she was a mldwlle.
on the request Of Coroner Mason. who had taken
charge. the woman was committed without pan, III
the afternoon she employed lawyer and made
statement him. Coroner Mason lmpauelleI Il
fury and viewed the body at the house ne thgI'
adjourned the case until to-day DIS I. h T.
Green and Charles Mason performed an autopsy,
but viii make no statement until the inquest
alters found on Mrs. Ryan Indicated thht shs
had been receiving through the mail letters ana
medicines from Mrs. Hart, ana II Is tnougn' ' ~,
che had sent for her TO come TO feekskIl. MI
RYAN pretends to know nothing OF thls' ho"e'ci'
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made by bonds or otherwise to raise the money
At 34S p. m. the Senate went into executive SEES
sion. and at $50 p. m adjourned.
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.
NEW INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS
S1ONER AND CONSULS-PROMO-
TIONS IN THE NAVY.

TIONS IN THE NAVY
Washington. Jan. s-The President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day;
JAMES d. YEoMANs OF Iowa, to be an Interstate
ROBERT A. MosELEY. Js.. OF Alabama, to he Con-
General Singapore.
sILAs c. MFARI.AND. Of Iowa. to be Consul at NOT
''' NAVY.
Commodore ALBERT KAI-TZ. to be rear admiral
Captain FREDERICK RODGERS to be commodore
Commander EDWIN WHITE. 10 be captain
Lieutenant c. commander c. c. CoRNwEId. to be com
mander
Laeut.nan, L. c. HEIrNER to he ieu''n'n'-'0m
mander
b. lieutenant.
Ensign. to be lleutsnan,s ;pnIOr srade'-L. r. DE
sTFIGNER and W. W. PHELPS.
surgeon.
's snspssTs S6 ss ga'isa "a H'i msAssnBRoTcW
BELL. e. KELLOGG and D. VAN H. Al-i>hN.
and w NJ MFARiAND to be chief engineers
Rear Admiral Albert Kautz who was transferred
last October from the command OF the naval STA
ton at Newport. r. l., to the command OF 'he
Pacific Station, at San Francisco, is veteran OF
the Civil War He was born near Georgetown.
Ohio. and Is sixty years old. He entered the
Navy In 1854, and at the opening OF the civil war
was a lieutenant attached TO the steamer Flae' OF
the North Atlantic Squadron. He was captured
OF Cape Hatteras by the privateer Winsio" ana
placed in the county jail at Richmond va o.!
order of Jefferson Davis He was finally released
on parole and went to Washington and negotiated
an exchange by which he and some other onicers
restored TO duty.
He was on the Hartford. Farragut's hagship az
the capture OF NeH-Orleans, in April. 1852 and IN
person hauled down from the City Hall the nag
which Mayor Monroe had refused to strike ana
hoisted the Stars and Stripes on the Custom House
He served on the Hartford al Vicksburg In June
and July 1862 but nl-health kept him out OF service
during the later operations OF the war.
He was promoted to commander In 1872 became
a captain In 1885 received his commission as com
modore In November. 1897, when ne became coA''
mandant OF the Newport Station.
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MOTHER AND BABY BORN DEAD
THE WOMAN WRITES THAT HER HUSBAND
DROVE HER TO SUICIDE.

Mrs Annie Weidener. thrty-hve years Old, ana
her four -year-old child, Annie were fouhd ue'u III
bed last night in their three-room fiat on the
10, eoor roar OF No 3I9 East Eighty -ei2hth-st.
The room was filed with gas, which flowed from
an open Jet.
Lying on a table a policeman found letter ad-
dressed to 'Bertha." sister OF the dead woman
1t was written In German. and In 1t the writer sau
she had not slept since January !. and was SO
tired She said her life in America had been that
Of a dog I'm rainy weather" She said she was
about to crafty her husbands wish. and that he
had driven her to this insane act by his cruelty.
would have saved M from this scoundrel. Goodby
my heart is breaking. Annie tmeaning the chlld
kisses you goodnight" the .etter continued. ,a,
,rhe husband came home from his work as watch
man I'm A stoneyard In response to "A summons. II,
was Qreaflv affected. and protested that his VIE
had Wronged him. but said he forgave her as sur
did not know what she had written lie was SURF
she was insane.
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The proprietors of the Fifth Avenue Hotel have
contradcted a report that they would discontinue
husiness at Broadway and Twenty-thrd-st at the
expiration of their lease of the building and that
the hotel would be turned into large department
store. representative OF Hitchcock. Darling Il
Co said last night that the firms lease Of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel would not expire until 1901. and
would he renewed.
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Day FOR MUSTERED OUT VOLCATEEhS'

Washington Jan. 6-At the opening OF me SEES
-. ., the House to-day Mr. Marsh. OF Illinois
s.tsd unanimous consent for the consideration VI d
,uI 70 grant to officers and men OF the Vo'uh'ee'
army on their muster out two months sA,~ ras
- .r "a one months extra pay II they nave
Ct, ss,y,d within the limits Of the United states
mi. extra pay is TO be in lieu OF burroughs o D
leave OF absence. IL has been me sn@e SO that in
tnsss The hi only sought TO do directly, VIA hs ss
iean.Ss 90 been done Indirectly AFTER utss e. 60
heretoioIs ~ psuev announced that he mao no
pianauoi % he measure and the bill was passed.
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TO GO TO MANILA BY WAY OF SUEZ.
THE FOURTH INFANTRY WILL SAIL FROM NEW
TIL 4 NSPNRT MOHAWK.

Chicago Jan. photographic instructions were
received here to-day from Secretary Alger giving
final orders for the movement Of the 4th United
States Infantry to Manila. The thirteen hundred
men and officers will leave Fort Sheridan on three
special trains on January 10. IT will take three
Pullman cars twenty-seyen tourist sleepers ana
thirty baggage-cars to carry the men and equip
ment East. The regiment Will reach New-fork on
January 10. and will sail that evening for Mania
on the transport Mohawk, by way OF the Suez
Canal Battery - Of the 9Th Artillery, now at
Savannah and one company OF the 7th Infantry
will be transferred to Fort Sheridan to do garr1-
son duty in the absence OF the ith Regiment In the
tropics
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PRIESTS ESCAPE FROM AGUINALDo.

San Francisco Jan. 6.-Among the passengers on
the steamship Doric were ten Spanish priests. Of
the ST. Augustin order, refugees from the wrath
Of Agulnaldo who had been in hiding In Manila
for several months. and are on their way 10
Panama. expecting to find new field of labor In
Central America They were not in ecclesla stcal
attire having discarded It for purposes OF disguise
when fleeing from the PhIlippIne rebels.
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VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY ARBiIRiiiON'

THE COMMISSION NOT LIKELY TO BEGIN ACruA AL
WORK BEFORE MAY.
Washington Jan. 6.-Sehor Andrade. the VEN
ezuelan Minister. has returned 10 Washington from
a vacation IN his own country tie expects " so
IN Paris TO attend the meeting OF the Venezuelan
Doundor, Commission on January %. 1t is under
e,ood however that this meeting Will be purely
formal for purposes of organization and In order
10 receive the briefs OF the counsel on both siaes
An Adjournment Will then be taken until some tlne
IN Nav when It Is believed. the arguments VIII
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RETIRENENTS ~ THE ARMY.

Washington. Jan. 6.-Several important retire
ments I'm the Army will occur this year Brigadier-
General Stanton the Paymaster-General VIII re-
tire on January 80; Brigadier-General Flager' the
Chief of Ordnance, on June "a Brgadler 81 a.
on October IS.