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EXPLANATION BY GEN. FUNSTON.
Why He Hanged Two FiIfpinos Last
April without Trial.

Manila Correspondence Chicago Record.
During the early part of April some start
ling stories came into Manila regarding the
summary hanging OF two natives near San
Isidro by Gen. Funston. II was said that
no trial had been given them and that there
was a likelihood Of an investigation, which
might result in "A court-martial. Since then
] have learned that Gen. Macarthur. In
command of the division in which Gen.
Funston Is serving. has given his unquali-
fed approval Of the course taken, and 'hat
Gen. Otis has also approved of II.
In order to obtain u correct story Of the
incident which has interest as being the
first Of It's kind. / have got Gen. Funston's
story Of II. He had just returned from a
scouting trip. and expressed himself as
being glad to comply with my request Tor
the facts regarding the hanging of the TWO
natives on March -.
There was al that time on duty with my
brigade one Of the companies OF Col. Wild
cr's regiment Of Macabebes. and while the
company was out hunting insurgents three
Of the men had been left sick in the hospi-
tai al San Isidro These men had recovered
sufficiently TO be discharged from The hos
pital. but had not yet been able To join
their command. on the evening of March
- they We're walking without their arms
along one OF the streets Of San IsIdrO. when
they were seized by about twenty men.
armed only with bOlos and revolverS their
arms pinioned behind them. and they were
hurried to the town Of Gapen. whore they
were held over night IN house. The next
morning at daybreak they were hurried by
an unfrequented TRAN toward the mountains.
Il was just coming IN from an eleven
days scouting in the mountains, with Capt
KOehler and his troop Of the 4th Cavalry
and by chance met the outfit in the rail Just
outside one Of the barrios of Gapan. In the
confusion one OF the prisoners who had his
arms tied behind him. broke away. and run
ming TO me hastily explained the situation in
Spanish. at the same time indicating the di-
rection in which the most of the band had
fled when they saw us We quickly ran
them down and killed three with our revol-
Xers and retook Tho other two ptIsouers
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DIED.

MILITARY ORDER or THE LOYAL LEGION oil,
THE UNITED STATES
'-thhahdery Of the District II Columbia
~, city II Washington. August 5 1910
u The The, death OF COMPANION EDwARD Rn1GEIY
M!nfyland On the 9Th instant, is announced to the
companions Is requested. will he held at his late
Tesidenre ll3 Park Avenue. that city ON Thurs.
Constitution IVY '"e
Rear Admiral EDWIN STEWART. I. $ Navy.
W. p HUXroRD. Recorder. "i'n"i'"ef
EURkE. ON Tuesday. August T. 1900. at $3.50
an. f-hNESTINE. infant daughter 81 Rev.
John H and Rachel J. Burke aged sixteen
Funeral will take place Thursday. August .. nj =
pm. from residence Of parents I22s wyiIs
street northeast. Friends and relatives fn-
yiterl 10 attend.
CROWLEY. ON Wednesday. Angus, S. 1900. at
$50 am. CATHERINE. youngest daughter II
PatricF and Johanna Crowley. aged year
and six months.
southwest Thursday. August .. at 5 O'Clock
pm.
GAHAGAN. At her Residence. s2l 18th street
northwest. on August I. 1900, CATHERINE GA
Funeral from St Patrick's Church at . m Thurs
day. August - Relatives and friends resPect-
fully invited 10 attend.
GALLAHER; On Monday. August l. lsoo, at I2;Io
am ANNA A. %ALI:AHER. at Charles Town.
BE ccmforted by this message. that our own arc
forever our own. and God. who the gracious
gift. taketh 1t never away.
HAZEL, At Garfield Hospital. on Tuesday. August
Hazel. aged twenty-four years.
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
JONES On Tuesday. August = 1900 nj 8:i5
pm. SAMUEL LEVI. only child Of Frank II.
and Alberta c. Jones, aged eight months and
Funeral from the residence Of his grandmother,
No l2iG Ith street southwest. Thursday. ats
pm. Internent Congressional cemetery.e
MoXLEY. At Georgetown University Hospital on
GEoEGE C. MoxLEY eldest son Of Emily A.
Monkey and the hate Bent. ?. Monkey. aud hus-
Funeral from his mothers residence Thursday
morning Angrs, q At 80 theme lem, to T,ini.y
10 O'Clock sharp Interment at Holy Rood
cemetery.
o'CONNER. On Tuesday. August T. 1900. at
am. LAURENCE o,coNNER, a native Of tho
Funeral from HIS late residence. 222l street north
west, thence to st. Stephens Church. 18th street
.. at $50 am. Relatives and friends respect
fully invited.
WASHINGTON. The funeral Of EMANUEL. WASH
INGTnN Will take place from Metropolitan Rap
o si n'''A i""'''A'' august . ~
In MemorIam.
BoYKN. In loving hut sad remsmbrance Of our
dear mother, DIANA BOlkIN. who departed
this life five years ago today. August ;. 1870
Five long; weary years today, mother.
God called you to His throne:
How sad have been hearts since then.
How lonely has been our home.
BY HER DAUGHTERS. MATILDA, LJCRESS.
CORNEIIA AND ROSIE.
I.AwRENSON. In Affectionate remembrance Of my
dear wife. JULIA L. LAWRENSoN. who died
Mt WASHINGTON Grove. Md. two years ago today.
Three little orphans. Esther Olin and Sewell talk
Of dear mamma = if she would return some day.
Our dear daughter-in-law has passed away. We re-
her Christian character.
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ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News From
Montgomery COunty's Capital.
Specisl Correspondence Of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, August T. 1900.
Mr.. Ross Cooley. one of the oldest and
best-known citizens of this county, died
about oc,ock this morning at his home
lear Buck Lodge Of general debility. aged
ninety-two years. He was unmarried.
A company, to be known the Maryland
Land and Building Company, with head
quarters at Kensington. this county, has
recently been organized and chartered. The
company was Incorporated under the laws
of Virginia and can do business in Mary
land. Virginia and the District of Column
bia. The capital stock is $4,000 and the
officers are Thomas R. Martin of Kensing-
ton. president: NJ. l.. Littefeld, of Lay
Hill, vice president; Milton p. Caldwell Of
Washington. secretary and treasurer. The
company has acquired considerable land at
Kensington and proposes to erect a num-
Der of handsome houses there, the contract
for the erection of three of which has al
ready been let.
Mr. Samuel NJ. Jones of Baltimore is
spending several weeks with relatives and
friends In this vicinity.
A young negro was accidentally shot in
the arm at Cabin John bridge about 8
o'clock Sunday night. A crowd of negroes
became dsordery and were ordered from
the grounds by Winfield Offutt. who is en-
ployed at the bridge special guard
One of the negroes picked up a beer bottle
and threw 1t at Offutt, striking him in the
head and knocking him down. As he arose
the negro threw a stone at him, and as he
did so Offutt drew his revolver and fired
The bullet missed the man aimed at, but
struck another man In the crowd infiicting
a painful but not dangerous wound
The board Of supervisors of elections met
here today and after putting the recently
appointed clerks and judges of election
through an examination, as required by
law. issued them their commissions Mr.
Benjamin Wormesley was appointed clerk
of election for the first precinct of Rock
Vile in place of Mr.. Frank Repp, excused
Ex-Judge Wylie of Washington was a
recent visitor at the home of State Senator
w. Veirs Bouic.
George, have returned to their home at
Laytonsville from a weeks stay at Atlantic
City.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred. ]. Flick of York, Pa,
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert King
here.
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ENDED IN DEATH.
Fatal Termination of Self-Inhicted
Injuries to Alfred BeerE.

Alfred Beers, the conductor on the Ches-
apeake Beach railroad who cut his throat
at the National Hotel yesterday morning
after taking a big dose Of morphine, as
published in yesterdays Star. died last
night. Yesterday afternoon the unfortunate
man was removed from the Emergency to
Providence Hospital. The doctors were I'M
able to save his life, his death occurring
before midnight.
Beers had been troubled with insomnia
and he took the morphine hoping he would
get a nights rest. 1t was while suffering
from the effects of the opiate that he cut
his throat. Undertaken ]. William Lee pre-
pared the body for burial and the funeral
will take place from his undertaking
adjustment at o'clock tomorrow morning.
The body will be Inferred at Rock Creek
Church cemetery beside the remains of
Beers wife.
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SENATOR FOSTERS VIEWS
HE PREDICTS COMPLETE REyERs&I,
OF wAsHINGToN's VOTE.
Unemployed Should Go to That State,
Splendid Results of Foar Years
OF Prosperity.



TACOMA. Wash. August L. 1870
In this. the extreme northwestern o,,,r.
ter of the Union people are in a hurry
ana all are busy. for Washington has not
known in its history such times of solid
prosperity as II is at present enjoying
one OF the busy men of the state is Sem
ator Addison q. Foster. chairman Of the
committee on coast and insular survey.
Senator Foster is actively interested in
lumber, coal. coke and packing indus, ri.s
He also has large shipping interests Being
himself business man and closely assn
ciated with business men and manufacture
ers. he understands thoroughly the situa-
ton here
senator on the fly today and asked hin, O.
ms Views ON state and national issues
hih Inc democrats and fusionists win
asked ny was
They will come out losers by AZ least
i-"' majority. was the answer II
mo" that TINS is mighty big estimate
OF a majority for Mckinley from ar, ..st
ern standpoint, since BRYAN carrind ~.
state In 1895 by over 1000 our oeouie
are going 10 reverse themselves this wear
tilil l DeIeve "" will roll up the larl,,. ma
Joilty l have named
The House viii Re RepubIic.n.
what do You think of the outcome. OF
Ni' N"HsiVSSl"iidl elections
There is no doubt that the state will
fc-elect tw" republican members of Com
SreSs and. In that way. retain its present
standing. From my observation in various
states during the past two months 1 am
OF the opinion that the House will remain
rtpnD1can by very large ma jorIty
ne great body OF our people are mn
doubtediy satisfied with the policy of tn.
republican party. and will signify their sat
isiacton and confidence by casting their
votes Tor Mckinley and Roosevelt I'm No
NelDer: The state of Washington is ex-
ceedlngly prosperous. and I'm many in
stances. IL Is absolutely impossible. To- Sc
cure men to do the large amount of work
that is offered in many lines of business
including the operation of coal mines lum-
per camps. saw mills. railroad construction
anu Improvement work.
IN All the Seaboard towns of the stata
OF dShlngton a large amount of p.r-nla-
heht improvements are being pushed for
"aru by railroad and other companies and
corporations for the purpose Of meeting
ana nandiing continually increasing and
broadening business. II is felt that this
cohdiuoh OF affairs and the prevailing
prosperous times generally result from m.
careful, prudent, wise and able manaPe
lh.ht OF our government under republican
administration"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-08
Boy Pleads Guilty.

August Baum. white boy. aged fourteen
years, and Howard Green. colored. aged ten
years, today in the Police Court pleaded
guilty Of the larceny of $12 from Frederick
Drown. At the request of Green's mother
her boy was sent to the reform school, and
at the suggestion of Acting Prosecuting
Attorney Semmes. who ascertained that It
was Baums first offense Of the kind, sem
tence was suspended by Judge Taylor. and
the boys personal bonds were taken. He
was also notified by the court that If he
he would be charged with second offense
larceny. and. il convicted. given a severe
sentence.
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Accidentally Shot

Philip Roy, colored. thirty-five years old
came to Washington from Westmoreland
county, Va, a few days ago to visit his
uncle, Thomas Roy. who lives at $40 +
street southwest. This morning the uncle
the weapon accidentally exploded, sending
a bullet into Philips leg. A physician at
tended the wounded man and he was after
ward taken to Freedmen's Hospital for
treatment He will not be able to return
home for several DAYS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-08
Mr.. Wight return. Home.

Ex-District Commissioner John B. Wight
absence of several weeks. during which
time he made tour of the Pacific coast
states and Alaska. Mr.. Wight had a most
pleasant trip. and has returned with the
purpose OF taking the southern agency Of
the Alpha Cement Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-08

The following bids were received by the
District Commissioners today for repairing
the plumbing in the Gales public school
building: Ed. ]. Hannah, 81. $50; s. S. Shedd
< Bro, s4,396s1, and James Nolan & Sons,
81, lS0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-08
Fund for Famine Sufferer.

The committee of one hundred appointed
to solicit funds for the famine stricken in
India acknowledges receipt of the follow
ing contributions:
Previously acknowledged 50. 1872 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-08
A Great Clearance of Ladies'
Shirt Waists

SHiRT XiSTSR BY UFEERNG TIEF
Waists made good quality percale neat pink,
fs tan s1s f;fs' SeS' rS H1 'H os y 25C
sold for 6)c Marked down ................
Standard Sea Island Percale Shirt Waists
!s sf s?S s; and 1s; s3s" sa null $780,
of large Formerly sold for $oo.
Also 20 dozen extra fine White Sheer India Linon
sas: s nc: 5 ; 5 e: y; t. s5 s $780,
Reduced
IS dozen Colored Madras Bate and Cambria Waists These
line of fancy colors and sold as high
s s2s 1s " ~ a"s "'s se ;;' @c
FL dozen White Lawn Waists quality equal
regular organd beautifully tucked and finished with fine
ia = sso al s @;ss ';s s's Sc; @8c
Choice reduced to.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

something to think about and without re-
vealing his purpose ne secured the address
and place Of employment of the strangers
friend, determined TO investigate the mat
ter when he reached Denver. His train
was due in the morning, and the Rio
Grande for the West did rot leave until
$40 o'clock at night, allowing him just
time enough. he thought. to sift the
strange situation TO the bottom.
"Upnu reaching Denver he at once sought
out the man who had married woman
bearing the same name as himself. He
found him at work in the brewery, explain
ed his business and in about three minutes
was Convinced that he had located his wife.
He detailed the situation to husband No.
2, and they concluded to go to his home
and gee the wife. They did so. Contrary
TO all established rules of feminine ETH
quette the wife did not faint at the sight
OF her first husband, but calmly put her
arms akimbo and asked her two husbands
what they proposed to do about it.
&c thought you were Dead said she to
Nc. l. And I thought you were said he.
We'll, let us go to a lawyer. said No.
?. hoping that among the maze Of legal in
tricacies could be found a path leading
out of the dilemma State Senator Oscar
Reuter-. prominent Denver lawyer. was at
that time counsel for the brewery which
employed husband No. 2. and the latter
guided his wife and her other husband to
the lawyers office. The matter was ex-
planned to Lawyer Reuter-, and to him the
solution OF the puzzle was left.
But who is to have the wife, asked
the lawyer. Well, you can have her. said
husband No. 2, addressing the new-found
husband. But l don't want her. replied
No. l, you have had her for years and you
ought to keep her..
Well, them proposed the lawyer. why
not have husband No. l obtain divorce
from his wife? Then she will be legally
bound to husband No. q
Both agreed to this, but there was 4
hitch on the expense. Who was to bear
#? No. / disclaimed all responsibility, and
No. ? hardly thought it right to make him
take the wife and bear the expense. too.
Again the counsel prevented trouble. and
his proposition that the expense be shared
equally was readily accepted.
But, said husband No. l, I must 90
away tonight My ticket is only good I'M
til $40 o'clock
Now the lawyer was puzzled. How
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

we heard there was probability of the
Taku forts being bombarded that night
About / a. N. the Chinese opened fire,
the first shot passing through the Al
EeTines rigging. From this time until 6:30
d. m. there was an increasing lombard
ment the roar of the cannon being almost
deafening
The first fort taken was the north
by, We presume, the Japanese, as that
was the first flag We saw hoisted-fOllGwed
shortly after by the British flag on the
outer north fort. l asked why the forts
were being taken, and was told that thou
sands Of men were entering them and
that mines were being laid across the
river to prevent the light-draft boats
Of the Japanese from going up to the relief
of Tientsin
After taking these forts the men-of-
war steamed coward the mouth of the
river, and soon afterward the German and
Russian flags went up on the south forts.
During the time OF the bombardment we
and the ships at Tongku were right in the
line Of fire. and had anything but pleas
ant time, the shells whistling above and
around us in ali directions. and the marvel
ia that the Monocacy was only once struck,
she receiving a shot right through the
bows. The Lienshing, lying at Jardine' S,
besides running the risk of shells from
Jne forts. was attacked py party VI
Chinese who were looting the cargo, but
the fire of the Lienshing drove them away
About 10 a m, when all was quiet,
some of the officers went off the ship to
explore. On their return they had the
most CHASTITY tales to relate. The forts,
which looked well enough outside, were
mass of ruins within. Headless and arm
less bodies were everywhere, and the blue
Jackets were gathering them together and
cremating them in heaps.
AT daylight we could see in the dis
lance a black mass of Chinese hurrylng
from the forts and the villages round
about As we passed down the river on
our return we noticed that the Russian
flag was flying at the imperial dock at
Taku, and also on a destroyer lying in the
dock On passing through the fleet outside
the Taku bar, on our return, it made us
all feel very sad to see the flags on every
ship at half-mast. 1t made us think not
only of the poor fellows who had lost their
lives, but of the horrors of the previous
night and of those left at Tientsin.''
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could he get the divorce through by Q
Q clock? His visitors were invited TO wait
Tor a little while, and he fastened to the
Court House and conferred with the county
judge. The whole matter was explained to
him, with the result that he consented to
have the papers fled and the case heard
the same day.
By O'Clock the lawyer had the papers
on fle. but it was near o'clock before
the bailin had gotten jury together and
the court was ready to proceed with the
case. BY o'clock the jury heard the is
sues and incidentally all the facts in the
case, and a few minutes later returned a
decree separating husband No. l from his
former wife.
husband No. 1 was at Union Station By
$40 o'clock and continued his journey
westward having obtained a divorce on his
stop-over ticket"
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THE LOGAN STATUE.
Vice Consul Wood Appointed by Sec
Rotary Root TO Inspect 1t.

Secretary Root has appointed Vice Con-
sui Wood at Rome as agent of the United
States 20 inspect the equestrian statue Of
Gen. John A. Logan made in Rome by
Franklin Simmons, an American sculptor,
and intended for erection in Iowa Circle in
this city. Mr.. Wood is a gentleman Of
considerable artistic taste and ability and
II he is satisfied with the statue it will be
accepted by the Government and shipped
to the United States at the expense of the
sculptor. Mr. Simmons has informed Colo
mel Bingham that he expects to have the
statue in Washington by the LIST OF De-
cember next. The pedestal for the statue,
a handsome bronze affair of rare artistic
merit and beauty, is already in position in
Iowa Circle II has attracted considerable
attention and favorable comment
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Fooi-Ease, a powder It cures painful,
sInsrting. swollen feet and ingrowing nails, and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions
IT'S the greatest comfort discovery of the age Al.
lens Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel
easy 1t is certain for sweating, callous
and hot. tired. aching feet. Try 1t today. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores. BY mail for 25c
In stampe Trihl package FREE Address, Allen
s. olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

Long experience has taught US how to get the
best results from malt and hops, and by our con.
slant application have achieved the best and most
wholesome beer Heurich's Maerzen, Senate. and
Lager have reached the pinnacle OF fame Phone
634 for Il case Of the best beer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29
The Rest Remedy for stomach and
Bowel Troubles.

az have been in the drug business for twenty
wears and have sold most all ii the proprietary
medicines of any note. Among the entire list l
have never found anything TO equal Chamberlain
T,iic cholera. and Diarrhoea Remedy for ali
s-omaeh and bowel troubles" says o. W. Wake
6eid If Columbus, Ga. This remedy cured two
severe cases Of cholera morbus il my family, and
have recommended and sold hundreds OF bottles
% II 40 INV customers TO their entire satisfaction
If affoI,ts a quick and sure cure in pleasant
:orm No family should be without it keep il.
in my house at all 5es and O an sale BY Henry
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NO LAWYERS IN CHINA.
Noturies Pubic Plead Cases-AIso
Catholic Priests.


There are no lawyers in China There
are licensed notaries. who pay the manda-
rim certain amount for the privilege OF
drawing up tho complaints and statements
of the people who may have business in
the court over which the mandarin pre-
sides. They extort heavy fees from those
whom they serve, and use their influence
with the mandarin. BY a concession on
the part of the Government the Catholic
priests have a rank which gives them
the right to plead a case before nam
DARN. 1t has been said that this right
was abused TO such an extent that the
people revolted.
''If a mRn did anything for which he
could be held" said a writer on the sub
ject he would go to Catholic missionary
and be converted. In return the mission
airy would plead his case, use his influence
and money with the mandarin. and the
criminal would go free. By that means
the number of converts has grown rapidly
and the natural hatred of the Chinese to-
ward the foreigners has been intensified"
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very interesting account of the bou-
bardment and capture of the Taku forts
has just been received here from lady
who was aboard the Monocacy during the
battle. She tells of her arrival in Tientsin
on the evening OF the 18th, finding the
town patrolled by marines and not China
man about. At midnight her party was
aroused by an officer and all were hurried
to the town ball. where they remained un-
til the next morning. listening TO the firing
at the railway station and watching the
fires that were started in four quarters
OF the foreign city. At O'Clock in the
afternoon Of the next cay 1.-THE 18th two
trainloads OF women and children started
for Tongku, pilot engine going ahead;
arrived safely and made for the ships in
the harbor.
Even here" the lady goes on, "our
troubles were not at an end. We seemed
20 have fallen out Of tho frying pan into
sc FIRE. For soon after getting on board
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IN 4 REGION OF FAMINB
Dr.. Klopsch's Report of Tour
Through India.

Starvation and Destitution Develops
u Graveyard Greater in Area Than
Elsewhere Upon the Face of The
Universe MournfuI Experiences
in Poorhouses and Hospitals.