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The times., 1899-05-02
The InsuInr Commission.

The Insular Commission. composed of
Gen. Robert P. Kennedy, President; Major
Charles w. Watkins and Major Henry C.
Curtis, met yesterday in the Lemon blild-
ing and proceeded with the preparation of
its report on observations made during its
tour of Porto Rico. The session was exec
utive. II is thought that the report may
be transmitted to the President this week
The times., 1899-05-02
TARDY FAVOR FOR pREyFUs.
a Compromise Measure to Release
aim From Exile

London. May 1.-The Birmingham Post"
learns that the French government intends
to- anticipate revision Of the Dreyfus court
martial b. setting him az liberty in ad-
vance of the termination Of judicial pro-
ceedings.
According to this plan, the Post" says:
"On June l the prisoner viii be released.
but in order that the army shall not be
disturbed Dreyfus will be awarded com
pensGtion so that he with his family may
live outside of France"
The times., 1899-05-02
OBJECTED TO MARRIAGE BANS.
4 Sensational Scene mt Ceremony
at PiccGdiIIy.

London, May IAN unusual scene oc-
CURED in Christ Church, PlccadilIy. today
upon the occasion of the marriage OF a
prominent colonel. well known in society
who was divorced from his first wife
The opponents OF the remarrags Of di-
yorced persons interrupted the curate in
the performance OF the ceremony and read
a protest, declaring that the colonel had
a canorical wife living. The congregation
Kissed the objectors, who were forcibly
elected from the church.
The times., 1899-05-02
kicked in the Face by Horse

Radford. Va. May Truman Bullard,
a prominent young business man here met
with a very painful accident Saturday
night about midnight. He had just re-
turned from a country dance. and. having
taken the horse from the buggy. the ami
NAL in some way became excited and sud
denly kicked Mr.. Bullard in the face.
breaking his nose and knocking the right
eye entirely out.
The times., 1899-05-02
PROTESTS AGAINST A PROTEST.
Chicago Ministers Object to Express
sious of DisloyaIty.

Chicago, May 1.-Rev. DR.. Brushingham
and other ms.isters will soon issue a call
for a meeting to protest against the atti-
tude of the radical anti-expansionists held
in this city last night.
MANY ministers and many patriotic Chi
cago business men may not favor expan-
sion," said DIR. Brushingham today. but
they certainly do no. approve of holding
riotous meetings to try to embarrass the
government at this critical time"
The times., 1899-05-02
WILL LEASE THE BALTIC.
1t Is to BE Used by the Department of
Justice.

On account of the unsafe condition of
the building occupied by the Department
of Justice. Attorney General Grfggs has
decided to lease the Baltic Hotel Building
in Street, opposite Mcpherson Square.
and the old Corcoran Art Gallery at Sew
enteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
for the use Of the department. The hotel
lease will expire on June /. 1t is proba-
BILE that the Court of Claims and one or
two OF the Assistant Attorneys General
VIII occupy the old Coreoran Art Gallery.
The plan is to occupy these buildings un-
til the new structure authorized by Con-
gress at the last session is completed.
The times., 1899-05-02
REPORT OF THE BEEF COURT.
The Document Sent to the White
House by COrbin.

The report of the Beef Court of En-
quiry has been sent to the Executive
Mansion by the Adjutant General OF the
Army and will be considered by the Presi-
dent upon his return.
After the President has read it, the doc
ument will be sent to the Public Printer.
and after having been printed it will be
made public.
1t is generally accepted as a fact that the
report, forecast OF which has been pub
lished in The Times. finds that the ale
cations made by General Miles have not
been sustained.
The times., 1899-05-02
The samoan Issue.

tFrom Inc PhlIadeIphia Ledger.l
Late adyices from Germany indicate that the
German animosity is now directed toward Eng
land rather than the United States German un-
friendlness for England is thing, and the
two nations abundanty able TO settle their
differences between themselves, but in the Sa-
moa business the United States and England must
stand together. whether Germany chooses to stand
with them or mt
The times., 1899-05-02
IcOnOclastic.
(From DC s.. PanI PIoneer rre.s

(FTom the st. Paul Pioneer Press.)
How happy it Will make the OF certain
kinds of chewing gum 10 know that the alleged
vanilla favor which they prize so highly never
came from the vanilla bean at all, but is prod
uct of benzol, distilled from coal tar. This much
has been brought out by the inquiry to the
use which was being made OF such a dangerous
explosive benz0l in apparently harmless
chewing gum factory which blew up in Phila-
deIphia the other day. And it would seem that
this coai-tar product is used not only as the
source of vanilla favor, but a solvent for
gums naturally TOO tough or hard for mastica-
tiun.
The times., 1899-05-02
pnrl. Promised, n sensation.

Paris, May IA sensational divorce suit
borught by a well-known actress, who is
described as painters wife, will be heard
in the Paris courts within a few days. Her
name was associated with the death of the
late President Faure, 1t being stated that
she was with him when he was stricken
with the fatal attack of apoplxy.
The times., 1899-05-02
For Family CONSUMPTION

tfrom the houston foSt-)
II is becoming very evident that our naval
officers will have to wait until they get of quiet
ly in corner with their friends and their uncles
and cousins and their aunts before telling them
funny stories and then only under an oath OF
Sqgrppy
The times., 1899-05-02
bishop wh'ppie breaches in London

London. Nay I.-blShcp Whip e, OF
Minnesota. preached in St Marsarcts
Church. Westminster. Par,iament's Parish
Church, yesterday. Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequcr. and
many other members OF the House of
Commons were present. The sermon made
a powerful impression upon the cong.e-
cation.
The times., 1899-05-02
Massncl,ns.tts Trnitors.

(From the Chicago limes-lIerald)
1t is time that the whole country took notice
Of the treasonabe utterances and acts of the So
called anti-mperiaIists OF Massachusetts. There
is line where the eopperhead becomes traitor
and the antiimperialists to have forgot
ton
The times., 1899-05-02

The latest Dreyfus story is quite char
acteristic of the French. 1t is to the effect
that the prosecuted captain is to be 1e-
leased on June l. because he is innocent
but that he is to be kept in exile from his
native land because his return would -be
inconvenient to some persons in the army.
As general proposition we fancy that
France would best give up the idea OF a
worlds exposition. AS far as foreign
sentiment goes the Republic has re-
signed its commission as one of the civil
lied nations and it is very likely to be
treated from that point of view by its
great neighbors. The Dreyfus affair has
raised a strong question in this-and other
countries on the capacity of the French
for self government.
The times., 1899-05-02
Lihrnrie. nnd Librnric..

NIUUV.J
1t is said that the increasing number OF excel
lent public libraries is having the effect in some
places of sde-tracking the Sunday school library.
II this is true the public Libraries are doing good
beyond what was expected OF them.
The times., 1899-05-02
While y. Fraser Acquitted.

Annapolis, Md, May I'm the Anne
Arundel circuit court Saturday Willie y.
Frazier was acquitted of the charge of
killing her cousin, Charles Il. Frazier. b.
throwing him downstairs. 1t was proved
that Frazier attempted to enter the room
of the accused at night He was iEtoxi-
Gated. She pushed him out OF her room.
and in falling his neck was broken. She
testified she did not know OF his death
until told. The jury was out an hour
The times., 1899-05-02
CIRCULATION STATEMENT

The Advertisers Guarantee Company, Of Chi
oago. hereby certihes that il has, by its expert
examiners, proven sad attcsted the circulation OF
THE TIMES Of Washington ID. C. The daily
sverage PAID circulation ior the month OF March,
1889. wss 30. isS copies.
This is GUARANTEED to the advertisers OF
the country by bond of s5O.0O0 in the Fidelity
and Deposit Company of Maryland, deposited
with the Northwestern National Bank. Of Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY.
BY j. H. MASON President
The times., 1899-05-02
Dewey Day.

All over the country, Washington ex-
cepted. Dewey Day was celebrated with
greater or less elaboration. New York
made it a gala occasion and the story of
the great fight in Manila Bay was recited
in every public school. The metropolitan
harbor. its navy yard, and great forest of
shipping glowed with national emblems
and display of bright bunting. In many
places patriotic societies glorified the Ad-
miral and his brave officers and crews. The
President from New York, sent him a
ringing message. 1t read:
Navy Yard, Brooklyn, May l, 1899.
Admiral Dewey, Manila:
On this anniversary OF your great victory the
people OF the United States unite in an expression
of affection and gratitude to yourself and the
brave officers and men of your fleet, whose bril-
liant achievements mark an epoch in history
and will live in the annals OF the worlds heroic
deeds. WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
And Washington, the Capital of the ma
ton to which Dewey has contributed a vast
and splendid Eastern empire, and in the
interest and glory of which he has changed
the map of the round world. sat like n
bump on log and did not do a thing.
The times., 1899-05-02

spain's power 10 continue the war with the
United States was broken at Santiago. Actually
she overthrow by General Shaiter and Rear
Admiral Sampson. Her disaster at Manila was
not vital. Yet, instead of having a Shafter day
or a Sampson day, we iiagc Dewey Day.-New
York Sun.
We should say so. Imagine Sampson
day or a Shafter day!
The times., 1899-05-02

THE TINES. in all is editions. Morning. Even
ing, and SUNDAY, will he mailed TO address
Tor FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
often as desired
The times., 1899-05-02

Peaders Of THE TIstES who may at any time
be Unable TO procure copies Of il at any news
stand or railroad station on railroad trains,
will confe. favor upon ths management by send
ing to this office information Of The fact.
The times., 1899-05-02

Communications intended fer publication in
THE TIMES must be tcTsely and plainly written.
snd msst in all cases be accompanied by the
name and address Of the writer. Rejected COM
muncations will net be preserved, and only man
usciipts Of obvious importance viii be returned
10 their authors
The times., 1899-05-02

Assistant Postmaster General Allen. who
was in charge of the reception of the
One Hundred and Sixty first Indiana regi-
ment yesterday, said last night at the Rigs
House The boys will be received in
Indiana with a small blaze of glory. The
papers of their home towns are full of
their coming and great preparations have
been made for their welcome. The boys
have had clean, fine record in Cuba
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
WOODEN GUNS AND DYNAMITE
The Philippine Insurgents Are
Driven to Sorry Straits in
Their Warfare.

Recent copies of THE American" one
of the enterprising newspapers pub
lished at Manila, contain details of the
fighting that has been going on in the
islands for two months. Here is au item
that shows that the insurgents are up
To anything if it will help them TO win
the day:
The insurgents have used almost
every kind of weapon in lighting our
boys, from old sixteenth century can
non to modern rifles. Had the Kansas
boys pursued the insurgents little
closer in attacking Caloocan, they would
have been met by shower of dynamite,
On entering the insurgent trenches
near the railway depot, Sergt. Freeman,
Of the engineers, found 20 hand
grenades of this violent explosive in
Two boxes, each containing ten sticks.
He was ordered to bury the stuff by
the commanding officer.
Here, too, is an odd statement, which,
The American says, was made by an old
Spanish officer:
Many relic hunters have trampcd the
battlefields over in search of war tro-
phies in the shape of knives and guns,
but have been surprised to find only
dummy guns made completely of wood
with barrel of polished cocoanut.
They suggest that the war is more of a
childs play than a stern reality.
A Spaniard who had served two years
as a captain of volunteers in the Span
ish army makes the following statement
in regard to the use of these guns:
The insurgents have always been very
short of arms. Years ago when we used
the Remington rifles they had nothing
but knives, but when we disca rded the
Remingtons for Mausers a large num-
Der of the former fell into the hands
of the insurgents. As they still pos
sess very limited supply every precau-
ton is used to prevent the loss of gun
othe enemy, and this isiwhcre the wood
en- guns come in handy. A regiment is
lined up with two men out OF each set of
fours armed with rifles and the other
two armed with dummies. III an en-
gagement the unarmed men hug the
trenches, willie the armed ones raise
and fire. AS soon as one of the men is
wounded his mate throws away his
wooden gun and takes that of his COM
rade. Thus after n days heavy fight
ing. though the number of killed may be
immense, the firing line is Just as strong
as before the battle. - Detroit Free
Press
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HARD TO GET.
The Girls Were Learning to Make
Hair Flowers and They
Wanted White.

A venerable white-haired clergyman re
Gently preached in the church of a friend
He had hardly got back to the vicarage
from the church when the door bell rang
and young lady asked to see him. He re
ceived her. They talked about the sermon
and other things, until finally she asked
diffidently:
ooh, won't you please give me lock Of
your hair?'
Certainly, my child" said the old gentle
man, tlattered at the request. ''I'll send il
to you tomorrow" And he did.
On his return to his own home he had
five more requests of the same kind, and
he proudly boosted to his wife that he was
glad to see that he had not yet lost his
power to please. All went well until his
wife received this note
Dear Mrs Fourthly: Won't you please
ask your husband to send me just little
lock of his hair? We have ali been taking
lessons in making hair flowers. So many OF
the other girls asked him, and he sent it tc
them, that | thought | would rather ask
you to get it for me. Won't you please dc
this for me. 1t is so hard to get white hail
for lilies of the valley"
This was a terrible blow, and the less
now said about locks of hair in that ole
gentleman's presence the better.-Cincin
natl Enquirer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
HUMOROUS.

"Capt. Blithers' face is so Scared, and
yet he says he was never in an engage
ment." NO; they eloped the very first
day they met."-Judy.
Dyer think Bunker's reached the
age of discretion yet?" "Well, hardly!
He's getting married for the third
time" Comic.
Mamma-"Robby Robby! Is this an
inkspot on the library carpet?" Rob-
by (hastily)-"An ink spot? No, in
deed Not if l got it there. Judge.
First Klondiker (shivering like a
corn popper)-"I wish 1 was half
froze." Second Observation-Disclosures!
What for?" Because I'm nine-tenths
froze now."-Life.
YES" sighed the man off the Ger
manic, "we had an awful cold voyage
two-thirds of the way" "What did you
do them" inquired the sympathetic
listener? "Well, about that time we
got boat stove in and that helped a
lot."-Yale Record.
Lady engaging servant)-"As there
are several children. / hope you are very
guarded in your conduct" Bridget
"Shure, mum, I've two swatehcarts-
ones policeman and the other is a
soldier. Could / be better guarded,
now ?'-World's Comic.
Doctor-"Troubled with insomnia,
Ell? Eat something before going to
bed" Husband-''Why, doctor, you
once told her never to eat anything be-
fore going to bed" Doctor with dig
nity)-"That, my lear sir, was in 1895.
Science has made great strides since
then. ILLUSTRATED Bits.
"Oh, Georgia! Who opened the ca
nary's cage?" Il did. You told me a
little bird was a-whispering to you
when was naughty, SO | knew il must
be him, as thsie was no other little bird
about. So I opened the cage and the
cats eaten him. That's wot he's got for
telling on me" STRAY Stories.
1t wasn't fresh quarrel. 1t was the
same old row. She said: 81 don't be-
lieyc all those tales about business keep
ing you in the city all night. | believe
you are living double life" Then he
retorted: Il wish it was a single one"
And all hopes of reconciliation are
shattered once more.-Pick-M e-Up.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
Cheap Excursions, 1899.

Annual Meeting General Assembly Cum
berland Presbyterian Church at Denver,
Col, May Is to 26.
Annual Meeting General Assembly Fresby-
terrain Church at Minneapolis, Mimi, May
Is to June /.
National Baptist Anniversaries at San
Francisco, Cal, May 20 to 20.
National Educational Association at Los An
geles, Cal, July IL to IA.
50 For all these meetings cheap excursion
rates have been made and delegates and
others interested should bear in mind that
the best route to each convention city IS
via the Chicago Milwaukee & st. Paul KY
and its connections. Choice of routes is Of
fered those going to the meetings on the Pa
citic Coast of going via Omaha or Kansas
City and returning by St. Paul and Mime,
apois The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Ry has the short line between Chicago and
Omaha, and the best line between Chicago,
ST. Paul and Minneapolis, the route of the
Pioneer Limited, the only perfect train IN
the world.
All coupon ticket agents sell tickets via
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.
For time tables and information as to rates
and routes address Geo. H. Heatford, Cen
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
FRILLS OF FASHION.
Points for Ladies on the Latest In
Attractive Costumes and
Accessories.

| The details of dress are very impor-
| tant and nothing can furnish a much
wider range in variety than the present
| display of nccliwear. Every conceiv-
able sort of collar band and necktie
is shown in the shops, but here. as in
everything else, one must consider the
| unbecoming differences. Lace scarfs
nine inches wide and long enough to
tie in a bow with ends falling to the
waist are most generally becoming,
| perhaps, and they are made of needle
run lace, of net with applique flowers
Of lace and of chiffon, also decorated
with applications of lace. Tatfeta silk
collar bands with tucks and cords and
bows with hemstitched ends are very
pretty and useful, but something quite
| novel is n stock of satin with cross
ing scarf gathered into cords three
quarters of an inch apart. Bordered silks
embroidered between the borders with
| polka dots are very effectively made up
into neckties. Neck bows made of leaf
| shaped ends of silk, edged with tiny
ruche of chiffon, are another novelty.
Many of the new silk shirt waists are
made in true Garibaldi style with no
yoke in the back, few plaits at the
belt and tucks forming a partial yoke
on either side of the box plat in front.
Something gorgeous in the way of n
silk petticoat is of petunia and white
brocaded silk with deep flounce from
the knee made of alternate rows of
petunia satin ribbon and lace insertion,
with lace frill on the edge. This
Aounce may also be made of glaze silk
of the color which predominates in the
brocade, and finished top and bottom
with a pinked ruche.
There are many capes among the
new wraps. They are deeply pointed in
the back or round, as YOU fancy, and
rather short in front, with sloping cor
ners. One fancy seems to be the use
of colored silk or velvet under beaded
net and edged all around with fluffy
ruche-edged chiffon frills. The palest
gray MORE is good foundation for one
pretty model well covered with frills
of black chantilly and chiffon. All the
eapes fit the shoulders perfectly, but
are moderately full on the lower edge.
A new canvas dress material of silk
and wool mixed bids fair to become very
popular.
Cream color and eeru bereges make
lovely gowns with colored tatfeta lin
ings.
Wide-striped silks covered with polka
dots are made up in shirt waists, and
SO are large plaids.
Polka dots are everywhere, On our
paraso.s, in the millinery and scattered
over the new dress goods. in all coiors
and sizes. woven in or embroidered as
the case may Ben, !. Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
Shad DeSpiscI in Colonial DAYS,

1t is a singular fact that in colonial
days the shad was despised fish.
Hired men used TO stipulate in their
contracts that only certain amount
of shad should be fed them each week.
In certain paper read before the
American Fisheries association n few
years ago Charles Hallock told of a
prosperous family who were eating
shad for dinner when knock was
heard at the door. Fearing to be caught
eating shad by a visitor, they thrust the
dish under the table.
Shad were peddled at one cent each
in the colony towns. The New England
rivers were full of them. Indians
speared them in large quantities and
smoked them for winter use, but the
settlers would not look at them. The
possibilities of this delicious fish have
been revealed to civilized people only
within the last so years.-N. Y. Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
ABORIGINAL ETIQUETTE.
A RIanketed Indians Saiutary Les.
son to Some High-Strung
Washington Women.

Five or six matrons had the entire
half of a Fourteenth street car cor
rallied unto themselves and their skirts
one afternoon last week. There was
plenty of room on their side of the car
for five or SIX more full-grown human
beings of either sex, but had this room
been taken up by other occupants of
seats the matrons wouldn't have had
enough skirt room-the simplest cal
| culation in life, of course. Two men got
in, cast humble glances at the ample
manner in which all of the vacant space
was ornamented with brocaded and
plain skirts, and then clutched straps
resignedly. The matrons looked at the
two men resignedly, as much as 20 say:
at is good for thy health to stand up.
O thou cheap thirty-cent mani"
At the corner of i street three more
men got on the car. One Of them was
white man and the other two were In
dians-one 5lanketed and in war paint,
the other in plain store clothes. The
white man in charge of the two Indians
was humble, like his kind, and only
glanced hopelessly at the room taken
up by the matrons before he did the in
evitable thing, namely, clutch strap
and grin. The Indian in store clothes
looked a bit harder at the large guam
titles of room being absorbed by the
stout women and their skirts, but then
he, too, got hold of the strap-only his
heavy jaw came down pretty hard, and
10 +, Io, 10 In
as was natural enough. The blanketed
and war-painted Indian, however, did
no apparently belong to n tribe that
gupled over things and let them go at
that. He was a tall, straight, fine
| looking red man, about 80 years old, and
his face was full of character. lie was
about as nifty a looking buck as had
been seen on the Washington streets
for some time.
He examined the matrons' side of the
car carefully and with an obvious eye
| to measurement. Then he examined
| each one of the matrons in turn. They
| each and all looked tritle nervous un.
| der the austere scrutiny. But they did
not make any offer to move up and give
| anybody chance for his white alley.
| The blanketed Indian was waiting for
them to do just this thing. When he
saw there wasn't any move in them he
picked out space between two espe-
cially stout and aggressive-loobing
holders of two or three seats each, and
he pointed with long, Rony finger at
the space. Then he made a simple ges-
ture with his open hand held horizon
tally. The gesture said as plain az
words: "Divide up there; split; I'm
going to sit down and enjoy myself"
The two stout matrons divided in a
hurry and gathered up their skirts and
then all of them followed suit, not with
out savage chances at the ornately
blanketed red man. When they had
moved moderately close together there
was plenty of room on their side of the
ear for the four men standing up. The
| four men sat down and looked deep
thankfulncss in the direction OF the
fne-profled Indian in the blanket
! Washington Post.