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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
THE MONEY OF THE CUBANS
SENATOR BACON PROPOSES AN IN.
vESTIGATION.
Wants a Report on the Funds Recefy
ed and Expended by OmciaIs
of the United States,

Senator Bacon today introduced the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved by the Senate. That the COM
mittee on relations with Cuba is hereby
directed to investigate and report to the
senate as early as practicable regarding
the moneys received and expended in the
Island OF Cuba by, through and under the
officials and representatives of the United
States. both civil and military, from the
date of the occupation of Cuba by the mil
itary forces of the United States until and
including the Goth day of April, 1890.
Said committee shall investigate and re-
port as to receipts as follows: From Gus
toms, from postal service, from internal
revenue. from al other sources, specifying
the details as far practicable and par
,lculaffy the places where and dates with
in which said amounts We're collected or
received and the officer or officers collecting
ana receiving the same, well as the law
or authority under which said amounts
We're IN each instance collected or re-
ceived
Said committee shall investigate and re-
port as to the expenditures of the said
amounts so received. the necessity and pro-
prlety thereof, specifying in classes and in
detail so far as practical said expenditures
and particularly the work. service or prop
erty for which said expenditures We're
made and the value thereof; also the law
or authority under which each of said eE-
penditures was made, the officer. civil or
military, by whom said expenditures was
authorized, and the officer, civil or mill
tary. by whom said expenditures was
made. and the particular fund from which
the money was taken for said eXpendi-
lures.
Said committee shall also report a state
ment of all public works of every kind, in
Guiding buildings, wharves. railroads and
all other structures built or constructed
improved, repaired or decorated by or under
the authority of any such officer. civil or
military; and in each instance the cost
value, necessity and propriety of the same,
and the uses to which said buildings or
structures have been put Where said
buildings and works We're constructed, or
improvements We're made, by contract, or
where the material used in the same was
furnished by contract, the committee shall
report copies of each of said contracts and
the names of all parties interested in each
of the same
Said committee shall also report a
statement of the personal property which
was purchased or procured and intruste ed
TO any officer, civil or military in Cuba.
within said time, the cost and value of the
same and the uses to which said property
has been put and the disposition which has
been made thereof"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
MORE CARS RUNNING TO-DAY
ST. LOUIS POLICE GUARD MEN IN
STRIKERS PLACES.
4 General Sympathetic WaIk-Out of
All Union Men May He
Ordered.

ST. LOUIS, May 11-Cars are being run
more freely on the system Of the Suburban
road today. They are still guarded by po-
lice and are well patronized. At O'Clock
the transit company started out two cars
on the Lindel division, and these are be-
ing run without molestation. having on
board a number of police, but very few
passengers.
Governor Stephens has returned to Jeffer-
son City after an Intellectual attempt to
arbitrate strike matters.
1t had been decided by the police officials
that there is no immediate necessity for a
sheriffs posse. but Sheriff Pohiman has
been asked to be in readiness to furnish 800
men If called to do SO.
According to President Kreyling of the
Central Trades and Labor Union, the strike
may assume vast proportions if not soon
settled. In an interview President krey-
ling said: "The situation is far more criti-
cal than at any time since the strike be-
gan. The action of President Whitaker
and Mr.. Baumhoff in stubbornIy refusing
to submit to arbitration merely accentuaLes
the bitterness of the long fight now in
evitablc. II is a fight of unionsm for its
very existence, and must be won il 1t takes
every union man in st. Louis to do it.
Members of the leading unions in st. Louis
have CanvaSsed their organizations, ana
they have reported to me that their mem
bers are willing and eager to render active
assistance. In fact, they are willing to go
out on a sympathy strike and only await
the word of their officers. That means
900 men and women will lay aside their
work.
$50 far the step has not vet been decided
upon Such action is not merely proba-
bility: 1t will be fact should it become
necessary to obtain settlement of the
transit company strike"
Arrangements are being made, it is re-
ported. for a mass meeting of union labor
to be held Sunday afternoon, when the
question Of a sympathetic strike will be dis
cussed
In East st. Louis, where all the employees
of the East st. Louis Electric Railway Com
pany were ordered to strike yesterday in
order to enforce the demands for the rein
statement of discharged men and readjust
mcnt of wages and hours, most of the lines
are running today. The crews of only ten
cars are out, and the company has decided
to close down the Missouri avenue line. on
which traffic is light. until the trouble ends.
No trouble is anticipated by the manage
ment of the street railway company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
departments action will be purely formal.
INSPECTOR KING TALKS,
Waiting for the RequisftiOn Papers
for NeeIy.

Waiting for the ReQufsftiOn PRpers
for HeeIy.
NEW YORK. May n.-Post Office Inspec-
tor John D. King, who is the complainant
for the government against Charles F. w.
Neely; the chief financial agent of the pos
tai service in Cuba, charged with embez-
zling Cuban postal funds, said today:
What the result of the government inves-
tgation in this case has been I do not
know. Inspector Burton is expected to
arrive in Washington today with requisition
papers signed by Gov. Gen. Wood, and the
papers will hardly reach the acting COVER
nor of New York before tomorrow. Nicely
WILL Of course. have to answer at the
hearing which takes place here Thursday
afternoon before United States Commits
sioner Shields. The two $4,000 United
States treasury notes furnished by Neely
as cash bail were put up by the Seventh
National Bank of this city
When questioned as to what was found
among Neelys effects when arrested In
spector King answered.
"A great many stories have been pub
lished in regard to mat matter that were
incorrect. Tht. exact amount of cash found
upon him was sG-5o2. There was also found
two gold watches. two diamond rings.
worth at least $500 each. ana $500 worth of
shares of various stocks"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11

THE FIGHT AT ZAND RIVER.
Gallant Charges by East Lancashire
md SusseN Regiments.

LONDON, May 1.-THE Daily Express
in its second edition today. publishes dis
patch. dated Riet Spruit May 10. morning
describing the crossing Of the Zand river
by the British. 1t says:
The rear guard of the Beers. with their
guns, resisted the advance The mounted
infantry, two batteries and pompoms clear
ed the way, and the Sd Cavalry Brigade
acted as a screen before the main column.
Gen. French was on the left and Gen. Ham
ilton on the right. The Beers had destroyed
all the bridges during their retreat.
1T Is impossible TO ascertain the Boer
losses. but they are thought to be heavy.
Those Of the British. considering the i'm
rortant advance made, considered
light"
A special dispatch from Riet Spruit,
dated May ~, describing more fully yes
terity's successful operation. says:
Gen. Hamiltnn's scouts had on two pre-
vtGus days ascertained the Bocrs' position
and strength. On Wednesday night the
Cheshire regiment crossed the river ir-
trenched themselves and prepared to hold
the passage for the regiments following
them.
AT daybreak on Thursday the main body
crossed at two or three points. The mount
cd Infantry Were e.then in action driving off
the advance Beers preparatory to a general
forward movement. The Boer tight first
gave way, but Tucker and Hamilton had
l.
six guns. and served them well. working
with great determination, but the BRUSH
worked up closer and closer, their guns
meantime firing necessarily.
THE East Lancashire and Sussex Regi-
ments by IL o'clock had worked well to the
front. The order was given and like flash
the two regiments sprang forward simultan-
oously, and in q few moments had secured
two commanding ridges.
THE advanced line was now within
twelve hundred yards of the Beers main
trench. and the latter We're already losing
heart from the demonstration on their
fank. but they kept up IL rapid. though
wild. fire.
AT this moment the final charge was or
dered and away went the Lancashires and
the Sussex regiment again: but the Beers
could not stand, and they fairly bolted and
the rout of the Beers along the whole line
was then complete"
Mules for the British
NEW ORLEANS, May 1.-THE steamer
Monarch sailed today for Cape Town Afri-
ca, with $50 mules. and the steamer Corin-
thia cleared for the same port with I 40
mules. ali the animals being consigned 10
British army officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
Movements of warship..

The battle ship Iowa has gone into dock
at Bremerton. Puget sound, for repairs,
which will consume forty days.
The Michigan, which is training some of
the naval mAlitiamen on the lakes, Is sched-
uled to leave Chicago on the 2Sth instant
for Kenosha, Mich, where she will embark
some of the Michigan militiamen.
Admiral Watson. on his flagship BaIti-
more, arrived at Shanghai today, en- route
for home.
The Bennington, which is coming across
the Pacific to San Francisco. has arrived
at Yokohama.
The Glacier has sailed from Brisbane for
Manila with supply of refrigerated meats.
The Adams has sailed from Mare Island
for Port Angeles, Puget sound.
The Chickasaw has arrived at Tompl,ins-
vile.
The Prairie has arrived at Key West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
CLEAR TWENTY-SEvEN DAYS.
Condition of the City Wnter-WOrk on
the Tunnel.

The water served to the people of this
city was clear twenty-seven days and
slightly turbid three days during the month
of April, according to report made by
Colonel Miller the engineer officer in charge
Of the Washington aqueduct. The con-
sumption and waste of water during the
twenty-four hours ended at am April
amounted to IL, iJ490 gallons
Steady progress is being made In the re-
construction of the acueduct tunnel and
the Howard University reservoir The
work includes putting in new lining and re-
pairing the old lining of the tunnel. ex-
cavatinS for the east and west gate houses
and revetment work at the new reservoir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
OVATION TO ROOSEVELT.
The New York Governor warmI,
Greeted at the CnnitOI.

Governor Roosevelt was given an ovation
at the Capitol today. He visited the Sem
ate soon after prayer, and while the journal
was being read There were then few Sem
ators present but enough to keep him busy
shaking hands. AS others entered the
chamber and caught sight of him they
Went over to greet him, and for few min
utes he was the center of observation from
the galleries and of attention from the
floor.
Later in the day he visited the House and
his presence there almost broke up the
session Members of the House fiocked
around him, many hands being held out to
him from all directions at the same time
the crowd filling the space to the left of
the Speaker. About that time the House
went into committee of the whole and
Speaker Henderson, leaving the chair, join
ed the governor and went with him into
the lobby, where nearly the whole House
assembled to meet the governor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
TO ADVERTISE EXHIBITS.
to the Firms Who Will Parti-
cipate in the Exposition.

In q recent letter to the State d partment,
Consul General James T. Dubois at St.
Gall suggests an excellent method for ad-
vertising American exhibits at the Paris
exposition. American firms should send
to the consular officers neatly printed
cards, mentioning the character of their
exhibits. and extending cordial invita-
ton to the bearer to examine them while
visiting the exposition. The consular Off
GERS would see that these cards Were placed
in the hands Of merchants residing in their
districts who are likely to be interested in
the exhibits to which they relate.
Consul Dubois says he is the recipient of
numerous inquiries from foreign dealers.
asking the names and nature Of American
exhibits at the exposition. and this has
prompted him to submit this plan OF sup
plying them with the desired information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
TURKEY SENDS AGENT HERE.
Will Try to Effect Settlement OF
Claims by IndirectfOn.

SiNI"h ny luutrect1On.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 1.-THE mat
ter of the settlement of the indemnity
claims is temporarily delayed. Well-iE-
formed circles say that the Turkish minis
ter in Washington, Ali Ferrouh Bey, has
given assurances of the settlement of the
claims. but asks for a short delay, which
Is granted.
Ahmed Pasha has left Constantinople.
He is going to the United States with pro-
pcsals, the object of which is the settle
ment of the claims in an indirect manner.
In the event of the failure of Ahmed's pro-
posals. the United States government will
resume negotiations with the porte.
The impression here is that Ahmed will
not succeed.
1t is understood here that the Ahmed
Pasha referred to is a vice admiral of the
Turkish navy. 1t was reported that he
was coming to the United States ostensibly
to place contract for a warshfp with one
OF our shipbuilders. but actually to COM
promise the claims of the missionaries un-
der cover of this transaction. In fact, it
was supposed that he had sailed from Con-
stantinople for the United States April 30
and that report was made to the State De-
partment, although denial was afterward
uttered. II he is actually coming to the
United states with the purpose of arrang-
ing satisfactory adjustment of these
claims the officials will meet him in
friendly spirit, for they are by no means
disposed to unduly strain the present crit
ical situation in the orient
1t appears to be the fact that the only
object of the Turkish government at this
moment is to obtain delay though Ferrouh
Bey. the minister here, has not made any
representations to the State Department
within the last few days in that direction.
Though chatting under the slowness with
which the Turkish replies are extracted our
officials feel that they have still gained a
substantial advantage in having secured
with such formality as will no longer admit
of question an absolute acknowledgment
from the Turkish government OF its indebt-
edness on account of these indemnity
claims
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
DIR. G. WYTHE COOKS PROTEST.
Opposed to the Wording of the Pro.
posed Code.

DR.. G. Wythe Cook chairman Of the com-
mittee on legislation Of the Medical So
ciety of the District of Columbia, has WRIT
ten to the District committee Of the House
a protest against the amendment OF the
act of May 49, 1896, relating to the testi-
mony Of physicians in the courts. as pros
posed by the pending code. The letter also
says:
Your attention is also called to section
1885 Of the repeal provisions Of the pro-
posed code. which seems to repeal the
charter Of this society, and the act regu-
lating the practice of medicine and surgery.
as well as all health laws and sanitary req
ulations in the District of Columbia
would suggest that these be excepted from
repeal by their respective titles"
DIR. Cook also claims that the code in its
present form will transfer the coroners ap-
pointment from the Commissioners to tho
President, and thus legislate the present
coroner out Of office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
sEDGwICk RUNS AGROUND.
Was Leaving CienfueEOs HarbOr fOl
Havana.

The quartermaster general is Informed
that the transport Sedgwick ran aground
in the harbor of Cienfuegos yesterday while
on her way to Havana with a cargo of
miscellaneous freight, including a quantity
of pig iron. All efforts to float her off were
unsuccessful, and it was found necessary
to send to Havana for assistance. A large,
powerful tug was Immediately dispatched
to her relief, and if she is unable to pull
the stranded vessel into clear water she
Will be used in tightening her cargo So
far as known there are no rocks in the
harbor of Ctenfuegos, and it is believed that
the transport has received no serious in
jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
KILLED CHILD AND HERSELF.
New York Woman Discouraged Be
cause of Ill-Health.

NEW YORK, May 11-Mrs. Annie Gum
bert, thirty-five years old, and her severn
year-old daughter Annie were found dead
today in a fiat in West 18th street, occu-
pied by them. Death appears to have been
caused by poison. and it is believed that
Mrs Gumbert, killed her daughter and COM
mitted suicide.
Mrs. Gumbert suffered from lung disease,
and 1t is thought she decided to end her life
and her child's because Of this. Another
child, named Katie, four years old, says her
mother tried to give her some medicine last
night but she refused to drink 1t because it
was bitter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
STRIKE N.KANsAs CITY,
All Street Car Men to Quit Work This
Afternoon.

KANSAS CITY, NO., May 1I-Walter
Holmes, president Of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company. today refused to
grant the demands of the conductors.
motormen and gripmen for recognition of
their union and a uniform scale of wages,
and strike of all the lines in Kansas City.
Mo-. and Kansas City. Kan, will likely be
ordered late this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
Hilton Now the Golf Champion.

LONDON. May 11.-H H Hilton of the
Royal Liverpool Golf Club is the amateur
golf champion of the year, having defeated
Robb by and today in the final round of
the amateur golf tournament, which began
a Sandwich Tuesday last. Hilton has
three times and Robb has once previously
contested in a final tie without success
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
DIR. TABB's BODY FOUND.
Relieved That Marine Hospital Sur
geOm Committed Suicide.

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.
RICHMOND. Va. May 11-Surgeon Sher-
rard Tabb Of the marine hospital service
who mysteriously disappeared some days
ago from Savannah, where he was in
charge OF a government hospital, is be-
Eeved to have committed suicide. His body
was found in a cemetery near that city
DIR. Tabb was a native of Winchester and
was educated at Randolph Macon. where he
was very POPULAR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
Diplomatic Difficulty.
He and Mrs. Dewey Entertained by
Hermitage AssOciatfOn.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 11.-Admiral
and Mrs. Dewey spent the morning at the
Hermitage, the old home of President An
drew Jackson, twelve miles from the city.
as the guests of the Ladies' Hermitage
Association, and were entertained at lunch
con. The party returned to the city early
in the afternoon. Early this evening pub
lie reception will be rendered to Admiral
and Mrs. Dewey, and later a banquet will
be given,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
NEW NOTE FROM THE PORTE.


TEUPUBa1f TO rIHna8E1eB 10 CO1IeCt
Duties at Gallipolis.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 1.-THE porte
has presented a new note to the EN-
bassies announcing its intention to in
troduce octroi in Gallipolis. The object of
this movement. it is believed. is to establish
a precedent for the subsequent imposition
Of like duties in other towns.
1t is expected that the embassies will
again refuse to assent. as the measure Is
contrary to the treaty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11

One Fare to Phfladelphia Convention.
CHICAGO, May 11.-Western roads have
adopted the proposition to make a rate Of
one fare for the round trip for the repub-
lican national convention, to be held in
Philadelphia. June 10. Tickets will be good
70 return up to June 26 from Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
SIMPLE WEDDING CEREMONY.
Japan's Crown Prince Married to the
Princess SaaA KO.

YOKOHAMA, May 1.-THE wedding of
Crown Prince Yoshihito and Princess Sada
ko daughter Of the Kujem family, at
Toxic on Thursday, was a most simple cere-
mony. The contracting parties drank cups
of wine before the shrine in the imperial
palace. The foreign residents presented an
address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
One Fare to Philadelphia Conxent,o,

The Prairie has arrived at Key West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-11
Mule. for the British.

NEW ORLEANS, May 1.-THE steamer
Monarch sailed today for Cape Town. Afri-
ca with $50 mules. and the steamer Corin-
thia cleared for the same port with 40
mules. ali the animals being consigned to
British army officials.
The Southern herald., 1900-05-04
IN VARIOUS PLACES.

Leather money was in circulation
in Russia as recently as the time OF
Peter the Great
The water of Modder river has been
analyzed and pronounced to be of ex-
cellent quality,
Among japanese a daily hot bath
is the rule. When people are too poor
TO have a bath in their own houses
they patronize the public baths.
Plum and apple selling by hawkers
was illegal in the sixteenth century
in England. The reason was that serv-
ants and apprentices were unable to
resist the sight of the fruit, and CON
sequently were tempted to steal their
employers money in order to crafty
their longing for these daintics.
Fishermen in Holland kill all fish
as soon as they are landed, while
French fishermen, on the contrary,
allow them TO die of asphyxiation. 1t
is urged that the Dutch custom is the
right one, not merely because it is the
more humane, but because fish that
are promptly killed are in better con.
dition for the table.
The Southern herald., 1900-05-04

No man is better known in the State Of
Nebraska than Mr.. Carl T. Roberts, con
tractor and mason. 4 typical American-
active. shrewd and full Of business sagaclty.
He is not only provider for his family, but
a protector. In a recent letter to DIR. Hart
man he writes, among other things, as fol
low,
"Our boy, James, had the membranous
Group, and repeated attacks OF lrng fever.
Our boy, Charlie was also subject to re
peated attacks Of pneumonia and pleurisy.
Our third boy, John, was subject to fever
and ague tmalariaD and liver trouble. Your
remedy, Pcrna, cured my boys entirely,
and now have three Of the healthiest boys
in the State of Nebraska, which | attrib-
ute 10 your medicine. Ny wife had a stom
sch trouble which Peruna also cured. Alto.
gether for my whole family we have used
nineteen bottles Of Peruna, and have thus
saved $500 in doctors bills. am a contract.
or and mason by trade and am known all
over Nebraska / have had a stomach
trouble which has been greatly relieved by
your remedy, Peruna, for which am still
taking it. We think it is the greatest med.
icine on EARTH c. 7, Roberts, Falls City,
Nebraska.