The Holly chieftain., 1902-08-01

Department from mine owners in In
dian Territory as to tie difficulty of en-
forcing the law recently enacted by
Congress for the protection of miners
in the territories. The law limits
shots to be fired in the mines 10 one
per day. and the mine inspector for In
dian Territory says that If the law is
literally interpreted the product OF
some of the mines. now 800 or 1.O0O
IONS per day. will be reduced to two or
three tons per day. He suggests that
the law be construed as if the word
"one" was once This change, while
permitting the usual number of shots,
would confine them to certain periods
of the day, and thus afford the desired
protection to the mine workers.
The President has returned TO the
War Department the cases of Major
Edwin S. Glenn, Fifth infantry: First
Lieut.. Julian p. Gaujot, Tenth cav
airy, and Lieut.. Norman G. Cook, Pril-
ippine scouts. Glenn was found guilty
by the courts and sentenced to be sus-
pended for one month and to forfeit
$50 of his pay: Gaujot was found
guilty and sentenced to suspension for
three months and to forfeit $50 per
month during that period: Cook was
acquitted. The President approves
the findings in the cases of Major
Glenn and Lieutenant Gaujot and dis
approves the action of the court in the
case of Lieutenant Cook. He makes
no comment on the case whatever be-
yond the approval in the two cases and
disapproval in the one. Glenn was
tried by court martial for administer
ing the water cure to the presidente of
Igbares, and Gaujot for administering
the cure to three natives. Lieutenant
Cook was tried on the charge OF order
ing three natives to be shot by the
Macabebe scouts
A general order has been Issued by
General Miles, commanding the army.
announcing the award of medals of
honor and certificates of merit TO Of
ticers and enlisted men for specially
meritorious service. The awards cover
n period beginning with the civil war
and extending TO last winter and are
in addition TO a list published two
years ago. when the first awards were
announced. In the present list are the
names of Gen. Horace Porter and Col.
Albert l.. Mills, superintendent of the
Military Academy, both of whom are
given medals for acts of bravery. the
former at Atlanta. and the latter at
Santiago. The medal of honor list, in
part, is as follows: William T.. Berk
heimer major, artillery corps; William
G. Bryan, hospital steward; Bernard
A. Byrne. major, Thirteenth infantry;
Robert G. Carter. first lieutenant, U.
S. A. (retired); Robert Temple Emmett,
first lieutenant, Ninth cavalry: Freder-
lex Funston, brigadier general: James
Kephart, private, Company C. First
battalion. Thirteenth infantry; John A.
Logan. major. Thirty-third infantry,
U. S. V. deceased; William H. Sage.
captain, Twenty-third infantry; George
f. Stewart. first lieutenant. Fifteenth
infantry; George W. Wallace, first
lieutenant, Ninth infantry.
The action of General Chaffee in
reprimanding Captain Frederick S.
Wild, Thirteenth infantry, upon the
sentence of court martial. has been
received at the War Department. Cap
| tain Wild was in command at hngay-
an, where cockpit was burned, two
soldiers of the commission having been
previously stabbed in the cockpit. 1t
was generally understood that the
cockpit was burned by the soldiers in
revenge. 1t was brought out in the tes-
timony that Captain Wild had been re-
quested by the civil authorities to place
guard over the property after the
first attack. and failed to do SO, and
second attempt at burning resulted in
Its destruction. General Chaffee, in
carrying out the sentence Of the court,
said: "The necessity for this trial is
ba Sed on the intention tn accpntuatp tn
the accused that the existing order to
give complete and unqualified support
to all branches of the civil government
in these islands must be compiled
with, and to show by example that
nothing short Of such support will be
accepted from officers on duty In this
division. Captain Wild's conduct is
but mildly punished by reprimand. 1t
is destructive to the very foundations
of discipline and when considered in
connection with the duty which de-
volved upon him, b in the highest de-
gree reprehensible."
Through the United States charge of
embassy at st. Petersburg. Mr.. Riddle,
the State Department has Just received
copy of the Russian note touching
upon trusts, which has excited 90
much comment in Europe. This note,
which takes the form of a circular,
was identical and was handed In St,
Petersburg to the representatives of all
the powers that participated In the
Brussels sugar conference, and, in ad-
ditiOn to Mr.. Riddle for transmission
to his government at Washington. Just
why this was done, In view OF the fact