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Army and
Navy News

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Both the Buford and the Sheridan
of the transport service are believed
to be en- route from Manila to Homo
lulu via Nagasaki. The Buford went
TO Manila last month from Seattle,
with a regiment, and the Sheridan
made her regular trip from San Fran
cisco across to Manila. Both vessels
will carry bomeward bound regiments.
Navy Rifle Range.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Aug. 81
Steps have been taken by the navy de-
partment to secure a much needed
small arms rifle range on the Pacific
Coast. Commander Maybury Johnston
was today appointed chairman of a.
commission to report on available
sites.
Although the department has the
necessary funds with which to make
the purchase, it would not be surpris-
ing if interested states and cities on
the Coast should donate the ground
best suited for the department IS pur-
pose.
Officer Is Charged.
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 3.-Besides
Lieut.. L. W. Hazelhurst and Private
Grover Elan, charged with killing
Private Edward Coulter of the 18th In
fantry, u. S. A., Lieut. B. G. Moon of
the Coast Artillery, stationed at Fort
De Soto, Fla, will face the court
martial which convenes at Fort Nc
Pherson Monday. An announcement
to this effect was made yesterday, but
the commanding officer refuses to
make public the nature of the charges
against Lieut.. Moon.
Bluejackets' Families Benefit.
WASHINGTON, Aug. sl.-Aeting
Secretary of the Navy Winthrop has
received $4,000 from the Panama gov
eminent, paid by it as money repara-
ton in the cases involving the NAL
treatment Of American naval officers
and seamen at the hands of the police
of that republic. Of this amount $4,000
is indemnity for what is known as the
cruiser Columbia incident, when sew
eral officers In uniform were arrested,
locked up and roughly handled in
Colon on June /, 1906. The assault, it
is declared, was entirely unprovoked.
An indemnity of $4,000 will be paid
to the relatives of Charles Rand, a
boatswain mate on the cruiser Buffalo.
who was killed in Panama in Septem-
Der, 1908, and $1,000 viii be given to
the relatives Of Joseph Cieslik. a sail
or of the same vessel, who was stabbed
at the time and killed.
Rear Admiral's Troubles.
BOSTON, Aug. 26.-Rear Admiral
| Joseph Giles Eaton, U.S.N., whose wife
has made charges that their baby was
poisoned, had conference here today
with his counsel. He said later that
he would not start any action for d.
voree till after the autopsy on the
chiId's body, which will show, he as
serts, that the child died Of cholera
morbus, and not of poison.
He says when his wife's charges are
proved to be unfounded then he will
begin his divorce proceedings. Con-
tinuing, he said:
| My wife and the girl June have
accused me of attempting to poison
.them so many times that the aecusa-
ton after a while lost its weight and
became merely a joke-and then the
joke became tragedy. Her latest ac-
eusations are cruel, but they have lost
their power to hurt
i The admiral then told of number
of accusations make against him by his
wife and stepdaughter, June. whom he
spoke of as ga harum- searum girl, -
whose head was filed with romantic
ideas. He had to enjoin man of three
score years from paying attention to
her and that made June very angry.
On one occasion, June was sent to her
room to prevent her from keeping an
appointment and while there took a
dose of wood alcohol. Emetics were
administered and soon the girl was all
right.
Mrs. Eaton gave out the following in
terview at the Isis cottage, scituate:
"On Friday last, about clock in
the afternoon, / left my little Joseph
asleep in the hammock on the piazza
while L and my two daughters, June
and Dorothy, went bathing. We were
IN the water about thirty-fve minutes
swimming up and down in full sight
of the cottage.
"My husband was in the cottage at
the time. Suddenly 1 looked up and
saw him standing on the piazza. hur-
ried up the beach with an odd PRESENT.
ment in my heart. 1 ran up on the
| piazza steps. | ran to the baby in the
hammock. At one glance 1 saw death
| written on his face.
II 81 nut the child in his oo-cart and