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preliminary information. He said his fu-
ture movements, so far as service was con-
cerned. we're unknown to him, as he was
not aware to what duty he would be as
signed. He stated that he would go to
west Point Immediately and see Secretary
Root and reach his old home, Rochester
day.
When asked his opinion regarding the
press dispatches this morning reciting Com
missioner Tafts views on the Philippine
conditions. General Otis said:
In my opinion. the conditions in the
philippines are rapidly improving We are
in effectual control of the interior of sew
eral of the larger islands where the Span
lariS never secured foothold.
"All the F'ilipinos seem to want office. -
ne continued with good humor. THE ap-
piications are numerous. Aguinaldos cab
met Is entirely disintegrated. l could have
brought all the members with me had
wished to. The arrest of Pillar. which. I
believe, was self-secured, removes the chief
of the robber bands. There will be good
crops raised In some of the larger islands
this year, which shows the people are re-
turning to the avocations of peace"
Force Needed for Several Years.
In your recent article in Leslie's Weekly
you stated. 1 believe, that an army of the
strength at present in the Philippines would
be required for several years to come" sug-
gested the reporter
Yes, that Is so, but the reason is that
such a force will be needed for repressive
measures. keeping down the robber bands
and similar service
In case the necessity should arise and
tne demand for troops become urgent in
emma, could any be spared from the Phil
lppines for that purpose?' inquired The
Star man.
Yes, with conditions continuing to i'm
prove
Continuing. he reiterated the statement
that all the former leaders of the rebelious
F'ilipinos were giving up and accepting the
new issues.
ported killing of Aguinaldo?'' was asked.
No" he responded. He was up in that
part Of the country where it was reported
he was killed. However. Aguinaldo is no
longer a factor. All or nearly all his strong
est associates have left him.
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TRANSPORTING THE SIXTH.
Three Vessels to Sail From San Fran
cisco July 1.

Quartermaster General Ludington is COM
pleting arrangements for the transporta
ton of two squadrons of the 9th Cavalry
from San Francisco to Manila on the regu-
lar transport leaving about the 1st of July.
The transportation of the men is much
easier proposition than the transportation
of their mounts. While one vessel is suffi-
cient for the accommodation of the troops.
three sells will be required to transport
their horses. The animal transports Lee!a-
nav and the Conemaugh, which are now at
San Francisco, will be used in the trans
portation of 800 cavalry horses, and the
remaining 400 horses will be shipped on the
animal transport Lennox. which is due at
Portland, Ore, from the Philippines on the
10Th instant.
Owing to the scarcity of forage in the
Philippines it will be necessary to arrange
a monthly supply service of that commodity
from San Francisco. According to Colonel
Bird of the quartermaster's department
the transportation of forage is one of the
most serious problems of the Philippine
transport service.
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TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES.
Alleged Irregularities at the
ASnnh,A q. NJ. Den0f.

Alleged irregularities at the St.
Asnph's q. NJ. Depot.
Although not yet officially acted upon. 1t
is practically settled that an investigation
will be made of the charges recently filed
against Capt. Elias H. Parsons, assistant
quartermaster. in charge of the depot at
St Asaph, Va; Warren A. Gibbs. chief
clerk at that depot, and B. B. Rhodes, for
age master. These charges We're filed by
two discharged employees of the depot. Geo
w. Nairn and S. E. Rabbit, and alege the
employment of government employees funds
and material for private use. The most Sc
rous allegations are that men carried on
to make articles of furniture ou. of govern
ment material for private persons; also
that these men We're employed in making
repairs at the residences of Captain Par
sons and Chief Clerk Gibbs during time
for which they We're paid by the govern
ment; that man employed by the govern
ment at the depot acted as a butler or serv-
ant at the house Of Captain Parsons. and
generally that public property was applied
to private uses by the officials in question.
Captain Parsons is officer of the voun-
teer establishment, in which he has served
since 1898, previous to which he was civil
employe in the War Department. He lives
at 1915 Clifton street in this city. and has
had charge of the depot at ST. Asaph for
several months. He has made a general
denial of all the charges. which, he says,
were made by disgruntled employees. whose
services had been dispensed with. He
courted an investigation and was confident
of eXoneration. He has also informed the
quartermaster general that the men who
made the charges against him had offered
to withdraw them if they were reinstated
in office
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ANXIETY IN BERLIN.
Government officials Fear Pekin Em-
bassy Will he Attacked.

BERLIN. June 1.-THE German foreign
Office has received dispatch from Pekin
dated Sunday afternoon. saying the Amer
lean mission house at Tung- Chow, the river
port Of Pekin, has been burned by natives.
The officials of the foreign office suppose
this happened Saturday or Sunday morning.
The dispatch further says the Interna-
tional Club. outside of gate of Pekin. has
been burned. and that the Belgian secre-
tary of legation was attacked by Chinese
soldiers. The foreign office interprels the
latter news confirming the serious view
IL has taken of the situation. II expresses
fear that the German embassy will be next
attacked
An official Of the German foreign office
called attention to remark dscribed to
Col. John Hay. the United States Secretary
Of State TO the effect that the United States
could not enter into an alliance with the
powers regarding China. and added:
There is no question of an alliance.
which is unnecessary. but only Of political
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Mnrine. Gunrd Methodist Mission.
Special Train with 500 Men Leaves
TIen TSin,

TEN TSIN, June 1o.-Telegiaphic com
runiclJion between here and Pekin was in
corrupted this morning. a special train
left AT ) O'Clock this evening with thirty
British troops to guard Tong Shan. II is
considered that the number will be made
quatc. If trouble arises in Tong Shan all
the northern China railways will be at a
SIandstiN
Owing to difficulty in securing the vice.
roy's permission for third special train to
start for Pekin. the foreign troops occu-
pied the ears, whercupon the Chinese en-
giuc driver ran away with his locomotive
The crowd tried TO pull up the track, buI
The troops cleared the rabble away at the
point of he bayonct and seized the en-
glnc.
ON learning of this the viceroy granted
Permission. and the train left at 5:15 p. M,
with about 500 men. The force was made
up of 800 Germans. eighty British and the
rest French troops.
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The War Department made public today
an extract from a report of Major General
Otis, showing that from February 10 TO
April % of this year there had been re-
ceived at the port of Manila 100000 bales of
Manila hemp. and that additional quanti-
ties of that fiber were coming in at the
latter date rapidly as coasting vessels
could be secured to transport the same
1t further appears that the receipts this
year promise to be as large as those of any
preceding.
The report characteriZes the statement
that the insurgent authorities threaten to
kill any of the natives found cleaning
hemp as being circulated for the purpose of
keeping up the prevailing high prices.
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Wants IA Lieusenancy.
HE WILL RETIRE.
Col. James G. &. Lee Has Served With
DiStinctiOn.

Col James G. c. Lee, assistant quarter
master, L. S. A, now serving as chief
quartcrmaster Of the department Of the
lakes, will retire from active service by
tho operation of law on August IL, 1900,
upon which date he will have reached the
age of sixty-four years. Col. Lee served
through the civil war with distinction, en-
tering the army as a captain November
%, 1852 He was promoted to the rank of
major July 2. 1870, and took part in a num-
Der of the famous campaigns against the
Indians. In 1892 he was raised to the rank
of colonel. and five years later was given
commission as quartermaster general
During the war with Spain Col. Lee serv-
ed as member of the special commission
appointed by the Secretary of War to visit
Cuba and select sites for camps and hos
pitfalls. He went to Chicago as chief quar-
termaster of the department. of the lakes
in February, 1897 and has served there
ever since
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BATTLE SHIP KENTUCKY.
Will BE Ready for Her TxvO-Day Trial
the 10Th Instant.

the 10Th instant.
The naval inspection board has been
notified that the battle ship Kentucky will
be ready for her official two-day sea trial
on the 25th instant The trial will start
off from Newport r. L., where the board
will join the ship. She is now in Lynn
Haven bay, making some practice move
ments and gun drills. The Kentucky has
already had her official speed trial and has
been accepted in preliminary way by the
Navy Department. The trial yet to take
place is simply to make sure that the ma
chinery and hull have developed no weak
ness or defect that should be made good
by the contractors. The ship has actually
been in commission for several months,
and has been kept near her home yard
so long only because it was deemed eX-
pedient to have her within reach of speedy
repair in case some defect should develop
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Buffalo and Albany Mt southampton.

SOUTHAMPTON. JuEc 1.-THE United
States cruiser Albany, which was placed in
commission at New Castle-on-Tyne May
10. and under orders to proceed to the
Mediterranean, arrived at Southampton to-
day.
United States training ship Buffalo. which
sailed from New York April 10 for a
cruise in the Mediterranean. has also ar
rived.
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Mr.. Coco Noma a member OF the Japan
ese parliament, has arrived In Washington
on tour of the United States. and paid his
respects to the Japanese minister here. He
is member of the progressist party in
japanese politics. and is a man of promi-
nence in his country. He was seized upon
by the health authorities at San Francisco
and compelled to submit to incubation with
Hafkin anti-plague serum. a proceeding
which naturally tended to prejudice his
views OF things American for the time
hain
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LIEUT.. CRAMER DISMISSED.
Record of II Philippine COurt-Martial
Received Mt the War Department.

Received ut the War Department..
Judge Advocate General Lieber today re-
ceived the record of the proceedings in the
case of First Lieut.. Robert B. Cramer 34th
Volunteer Infantry, who was dismissed
from the army for various infractions of
the articles OF war. He was tried by a
court-martial at Manila, in February last,
on charges of conduct unbecoming an Off.
Ger and a gentleman and conduct to the
prejudice of good order and military dis
oirline. There We're three specifications i'll
the charges.
The alleged offenses occurred on the 22d
and 23d of January last. The court found
the officer guilty of both charges and spec
ifcations. and sentenced him to be dis
missed from the service. This sentence was
confirmed by Gen. Otis, commanding the
military division of the Philippines. in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the 10th
article of war, authorizing final action in
such cases by commanding generals in the
field and the dismissal took effect April 50.
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Training Ship saratosa'. Itinerary.

The Navy Department has made public
the itinerary of the training ship Saratoga.
which will leave Philadelphia on summer
cruise June 16. She is scheduled to arrive
at Southampton July II, and to leave
Southampton for Havre July 81 arriving
there August 1. On August 10 she is
scheduled to leave Havre for Gibraltar, ar
irving there on the 25th of August, and
ing September .. On the 18th of Septem-
ber she Will sail for home, and is due at
Philadelphia on October q
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MISSIONARIES ASK ADD
CabIegram From MethOdists in Peki1
to New York ROard.

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE following
cable from Pekin was received today at
the Methodist Episcopal board:
'PEkIN. June 9.-Massacre native Chris
tians. Situation foreigners critical. Press
Washington. DAVIS
"GAMEWELL''
This came direct from the missionary So
c:ety at Pekin, of which Messrs. Davis and
Gamewel are In charge. A copy of the
message was Immediately sent to President
Mckinley
In repeating the cable message to the
President Rev. A. b. Leonard the mis-
sionary secretary. added the following:
This means our people are in great peril
and greatly need such protection as our
government can afford
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TELEPHONE MEN IN CONVENTION.
Fourth Annual Meeting OF Independ-
ent Campauie:, in CIeveland.

CLEVELAND Ohio. June 1l.-TelephOne
men from every section of the country ar
rived here today to attend the fourth an
nual convention of the Independent Tele
phone Association of the United States of
America 1t Is estimated that 1909 dele
gates and visitors, representing forty states
have already arrived. Today was largely
devoted to preliminary meetings and the
inspection of the electrical exhibits in
stalled by leading telephone and switch
board manufacturers in the electric build
ing on Prospect street.
The first session of the convention will be
held tomorrow morning
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wisconsin Democratic Convention
Will Meet Tomorrow.

will Meet Tomorrow.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 11.-Wisconsin
democrats in state convention tomorrow
in this city will select four delegates at
large to the national convention at Kansas
City and ratify the choice of ten district
delegates to be chosen by the various dis
trict delegations. Judge James II. Nc
Gillian of Greenbay probably will be the
temporary chairman and Thomas l.. Cleary
of Plattville permanent chairman.
Chief interest centers in the contest for a
national committeeman to succeed f. c.
Wall, who is n candidate for reelection 1t
is probable the platform Of 1896 will be in
dorsed and the delegates instructed for
Bryan.
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Says the War in the Philippines is
Over.
CONFERRED With The PRESIDENT
Only Bands of Robbers Opposing
Our Troops.
HIS FUTU RE PLAN rs

Gen. Oils arrived in this city at 7:45
o'clock this morning and was met at the
station by Gen. Corbn. He accom-
panied by Capt Slayden and Lieut.. Stan
ley aids. After breakfasting at the Ar
lington he proceeded to the War Depart
ment. where. in the absence of Secretary
Root, who is attending the closing exer-
cises at the West Point Academy he was
received by Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn
and Adjt. Gen. Corbin. Gen. Schwan and
Col. Barry. both of whom We're members
Of the generals staff in the Philippines,
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Ohio Delegates to Kansas City.

Special Dispatch 10 The Evening Star.
COLTMBIS, Ohio. June 11.-It seems to
be practically assured now that the four
delegates-at-large to Kansas City, to be Sc
lected by the democratic state convention
on Wednesday, will be John c. Welty w.
S. Thomas. James kibourne and George
W. Hull. The only fight will be on the plat
form. and Mclean will probably be able to
make II read merely declaration for BIZ
metal.ism and agreement to support the
platform adopted at Kansas City. Bryan
will no doubt be Endorsed for the nomina-
ton
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Situation Growing Worse.
He and Mrs. Dewey Escorted to Train
by Mayor Maybury.

DETROIT. Mich. June IA private
train bearing Admiral and Mrs. Dewey left
for Grand Rapids at am. today over the
Pere Marquette railroad. The car con-
tanning President Head of the Pere Mar
quette and the official reception committee
from Grand apids was attached. Ad-
miral and Mrs. Dewey We're escorted to the
Union station by Mayor Maybury. half
hour stop will be made at Lansing. while
the distinguished guests are driven w to
the state capitol.
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To Examine omcers.

A board Of ordnance officers, consisting
of Captains Rogers Birnie, VIM. B. Gordon
and j.. b. Babbitt. has been ordered to
meet at New York city next Wednesday
to prepare examination papers for lieuten-
ants of the line who may apply for trans
fer to the ordnance department.
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Has Been Predicted.

Lieutenant Colonel Carroll HI Potter. 22d
Infantry, has been placed: on the retired
list at his own request after more than
forty years service Lieutenant Colonel
Potter has just been promoted from major
of the 14th InfaAtry
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Army Assiynn,ents.

Major II. A. Greene, recently promoted
from captain of the 10th Infantry, has been
assigned to the 14th Infantry and ordered
to join that regiment.
Assistant Surgeon Robert P. Cooke, at
Boyce, Va, has been ordered to Havana for
assignment to duty
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Gen. Mile. In New Uniform.

Gen. Miles has gone to West Point to at
tend the graduating exercises at the Mill
tary Academy tomorrow. On that occasion
he will wear the uniform Of his new rank of
lieutenant general for the first time.
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combination for specific purpose. There
is no political question, but police ques-
ton. The case involves the interest of no
single nation. but of ALL in common
1t was further added at the foreign Of
fee that there are now G-'0 foreign soldiers
in Tien Tsin. In the 1.5o0 now on the way
to Pekin 1Jo are German. They will re-
pair the railroad needed probably
reaching Pekin today. One of the two tel
egriph wires to Pekin which was destroyed
has been restored.
The German gunboat Tiger has been or
dered to sail for China Immediately.
The German governor of Tsing-Tew has
been ordered to cooperate in quelling the
disturbances.
English and Americans in Harmony.
TEN TSIN, Sunday, June lot is
learned that but for the firmness of the
United States consul and Capt McCalla
(of the Newark. in charge of the American
landing party and the British consul there
would have been further delay in Dispatch
ing the international guards to Pekin and
the ma jority of the forces would not have
been British. At a meeting of the con-
Suls and commanders of troops last even
ing, when the necessity for the immediate
dispatch of troops was considered. the rep
rcsentatives of Two European powers ques-
toned the necessity and afterward dispar-
aged the idea that the British force should
preponderate. The Anglo-Americans, how
ever, insisted and carried their point. The
americans seneIdiiS uepiofe the shalihess
of the United States forces here. AT the
same time they are ready to defer to what
ever may be considered best at Washing
ton.
Situation Growing Worse.
LONDON. June ia special dispatch to
the Associated Press from .'ekin, under
date of June 9. says:
The situation is growing steadily more
alarming. The missionary compounds were
all abandoned yesterday evening. Forty
American and English missionaries are
gathered at the American Methodist mis-
ii was impossible to send to their homes.
They waiting, with a few revolvers and
guarded by ten American marinees for re-
Inducements to take them to the coast.
country to the east says the pOpulace are
asserting that they must have a new en-
parDr -
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HOUSEHOLD SERVICE.
Statistics to BE ObtaIned for Indus
trial Com m 1 ssfon.h

trial Com m ssfon.
The industrial commission has decided to
enter upon inquiry into domestic and houSe-
hold service and its relations to employ
ment and other industries, and has named
Miss Gail Laughlin of New York city to
conduct the inquiry for it--that Is, to gather
the statistics and compile the information
that is to be had upon the subject. Miss
Laughlin Is a graduate Of the law school
Of Cornell University and a practitioner at
the New York bar
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AT New York-Europe, from London
Manitou, from London.
AT Observation-Disclosures, from Liver
pool.
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serve Order at kOnitz.
GRAUDENZ. West Prussia. June ia
battalion of infantry has been sent to
konitz, about fifty miles northwest of this
place. where. owing to the mysterious mur-
der Of a schoolboy. there have been for sew
eral weeks past anti-Semitic disturbances
which eliminated yesterday in serious ex-
cesses and the destruction of a synagogue
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NEW YORK. June 1.-Two fve-story
brick building owned by George f. Ketch-
am & Co.. in West End avenue and con-
tanning l25ooO bushels of grain, oats and
brcn. were tos,lly destroyed by fire today.
The loss is about Sl40U0o.
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A LIBERAL EDUCATION.

Whether or not you wish
to buy anything the adver-
tising columns of The Star
amply repay the most care
full perusal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-13
Sharks Arc Cowardly Fish.

Many tales have been told of how
human beings have been devoured by
the fish that is known as the man
eater. Although many of these have
been greatly exaggerated they are to
a certain extent true. 1t is also true
that sharks have been known to fol-
low a ship for days, picking up and
eating that which had been thrown
overheard as waste.
Notwithstanding all of this, the
cowardliness of sharks IL well known
among men who have been much at
sea in southern waters. The fiercest
shark will get out of the way of q
swimmer, If the latter sets up a noisy
splash. A shark fears anything that
splashes in the water. Among the
south sea islands the natives never GO
bathing alone, but always in parties
of half a dozen or so. in order that
they may make great hubbub in the
water and thus brighten away the
sharks. Once in a while a too ven
turesome swimmer among these ma
tives foolishly detaches himself from
his party and forgets to keep up his
splashing. Then there is swish
and the monster comes up from under
him like a flash and he is gone.-New
York Herald
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-13
Ayers SarsaParlla Ayers Hair Vigor
Ayers Pills Ayers Cherry Pectoral
Ayers Ague Cure Ayers Comatone


He who wishes may find out the
exact age Of an oyster, though he has
not the telltale evidence in teeth.
The lines in the groove of the hinge
of the shell tell the whole story, each
line representing a year. An oyster
is of age at four years; that is, he is
old enough to vote, take care of fam
lily, and go to market. Going to mar
ket is a disastrous undertaking, for a
four-year-old oyster is particularly
palatable., BY this it must not be
supposed that after an oyster has
passed the four-layer period and has
five, sig, or even ten wrinkles on his
shell he is back number. Indeed
there are records of oysters being
eaten just after celebrating their thir-
tieth birthday, and in most cases they
formed a delicious meal. Thirty is
an unusual age for an oyster to attain,
because few are given an opportunity
to live so long. If left to enjoy life
in his own way, it is quite probable
that the oyster would become an oc-
togenarian or even centenarian.-
Fishing Gazette.