BOMB Fowl BOARD
i‘Iioosevc-Slt’s Stinging Letter Stirs
Up the Commissioners.
- CAN DEfIDE WITHOUT HELP
The War Commission Listen to the Testi-
mony of Dr M. B. Terry Surgeon-Gene-
Of the National Guard of the State of
New York and Pres. Baldwin of the L.
I. R. R. Then a Letter from R. Roose-
velt is Read.
New York, Nov. 28.-—The first wit-
ness before the war board Saturday
Was Dr. M. R. Terry, surgeon general
of the National Guard of the state of
New York. He told of his observa-
tions while on a tour among the army
camps.
' Dr. Joseph Chmelicek, acting assist-
ant surgeon in the army, who was as-
signed to duty in the hospital at West
Tampa, testified that everything pos-
sible was dqne for the sick soldiers.
YV. H. Baldwin, Jr., of the Long Is-
land Railroad Company made a leng-,
thy statement. At .the close a letter
. from Robert B. Roosevelt, secretary of
the committee for the protection of
Soldiers, was received, which was as
follows:
‘ ' New York, Nov. 26.
Tothe Presidential Commission of In-
, quiry: _ . ~ i
i Gentlemen: I haVe noticed in the
"morning press that one of your mem-
bers criticises the witnesses who have
testified at the request of the commit-
tee formed in this city to protect the
soldiers, for the reason that, while
establishing the fact that much
groundless and inexcusable suffering
was inflicted on the army, they do not
fix the responsibility nor show who is
to blame.
If the views of your commission are
correctly reported, there seems to be a
misunderstanding between us. We
supposed all the witnesses were to do
was to prove the facts, and that the
commission would fix the responsibil-
ity—indeed, was appointed for the ex-
press purpose of fixing the responsibil-
ity—and that it would have been a
case of presumption, might be even a'
case of cruel injustice, if any witness
had undertaken to express his opinion
on the condition of which he was of
nme’ssity only partly informed, for the
men who are guilty of the ill treatment
of our soldiers will be eXecrated in
this community. No one knows better
than myself how ,deep this feeling is.
.Any party or' person who trifies with
it will regret doing so, and any person,
who, through ignorance or prejudice,
directs it into an erroneous channel is
doing a great wrong. The heroic boys
may forget their sufferings, may even
refuse ‘to testify to them, but their
mothers will not and their fathers will
not.
’ Nor will it do to take refuge behind
'the errors of the civil War. Then We
were wholly taken by surprise at the
'North. No one here could believe in
the possibility of so hideousa folly.
'Therc followed blunder after blunder,
disgrace after disgrace. There was no
intentional cruelty, such as has so of-
‘ten prevailed in this war, but do you
forget the rumors of peculation, the
paper shoes, the shoddy clothing, the
'~demurrage on transport? But the men
were not starved and the sick were.
'treated with all possible attention and‘
kindness. Water was not sold to fever
racked sufferers at ten cents a. glass,
food was not sold to starving men at:
'25 cents for a. sandwich, and dainties’
for the dying" were not eaten by the
officers. i
But suppose matters had been a!
thousand times worse in the civil war,
~would that be any reason now that‘ our
‘men should be sent with arms out of.
'date, that there should be no ambu-'
lances, no pack trains or transporta-
‘tion to carry food to the front, not half
sufficient medicine or doctors, no prop-
er hospitals, and that men with freshly.
‘treated wounds should be left to lie
'in 'the mud on a blanket, if they had
‘one, without if they had none, nor even
Why mid-winter underclothing should
"be sent to Cuba and midsummer gauze:
undersuits to Montauk, in company.
with the siege guns intended for San—'
‘tiago-fl’ '
The witnesses have established mon-
rstl'ous incapacity, even greater negliJ
game and indifference and political ln-'
‘terference. That they have not full-
confidence in the power of your com-
mission, no matter 'how good its will
to meet all the requirements the pub-‘
’lic demands of it, is only echoiné‘your
'own doubts, but in spite of that they
seem to have done their share, and it
would seem that it only remains for
you to do your best, even if that best
“is not quite satisfactory to yourselves.
"If done in good faith it will teach the:
soldiers that at least there is a. power
which has honestly endeavored to do.
them justice: has endeavored to re-‘
v‘ive that patriotism which was so
grandly flourished five months ago, but
has been nipped in the frost of brutal-
ity and neglect.
inquiries in the first'p‘lace to the food.
supply. Find out who gets the'differ-
ence between the liberal! rations al~
lowed by the government and the moo.-
gre hard-tack, bacon . ecnhoflee .
served to the soldier}.t Tg’w‘i‘tnfises
are the books and rolls in, the public
departments, to. which ‘you have ’full. -
access. Find out who ,left the medi-'
clues, the two fully equipped hospital ‘
and the ambulances at Tampa, when
there was abundant time to ship them'
On the transports which were delayed;
for a week by the rumors 'of‘ the Spa-“
nish fieet.’ “’hy General Miles's intel-E
ligent directions “to make a list of ev-i
erythi'ng which was stowed on board
and where,‘ so each article could easily,
be got at, and to put a variety on each
ship, were not followed.
How can any witness within our
reach give you this information? We
have furnished you the feets, shown
you brutality, cruelty, neglect, indiffer-
ence, how men whom the government
was under every obligation to protect
and who had a right to relyon such
protection, were starved even in a land
of "plenty, were uncured for when sick,
left without attention when wounded,
were abused, maltreated, in some cases
practically murdered. We have shown
you ’an‘indifferen'ce and belittling of
human sufferings which continues even
now. If this nation is to become a
I -' warlike one, if we areto have an army
You can direct your ~
which shall be efficient. and to be re-
lied upon, thine crimes and blunders
must be corn-cted, and your commis-
sion must correct them.~ I: is not for
you to make the feeble excuse that our
committee, a mere voluntary associa-
tion, with no legal power, no legal ex-
istence even, shall shoulder this re-
sponsibility for you. In saying this I
do not mean in the least to express a
doubt of either your ability or desire
to do so, for the whole country urges
upon you the necessity to succeed.
Yours very respectfully,
ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT.
Secretary Committee for Protection of
the Soldiers, ,
General Dodge suggested that the
letter be received and filed. Captain
Howell. seconded the motion.
“We have invited all the witnesses
to tell everything they know,” he said,
"and we have made and are making
every honest effort to get witnesses
and to get the truth from them. I do
not see that Mr. Roosevelt’s letter de-
serves any answer. I am ready to
stand on the record of the commissiop
when the commission has made a rec'-
ord. I do not need Mr. Roosevelt nor
any one else to make up my mind for
me.”
The afternoon session completed the
work of the commission in this city,
and the members went to Boston by
the midnight train. -
tuna—-
GEN ERAL BUTLER.S REPORT.
“'ork of the Evacuation Commission Pro-
ceedingI Smoothly.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 28.—General
M. C. Butler of South Carolina, a. mem-
ber of the Cuban evacuation commie-
sion, arrived here Saturday from Ha-
vana in response to a telegraphic sum-
mons from President McKinley and in
the afternoon he had a two hours’ con-
sultation with the president at the
White House.
He made an extended report of the
terms upon which the Spaniards had
agreed to complete the evacuation by
January 1.
General Butler gaVe it as his opin»
ion that all the Spanish troops will
have departed ten days before the date
fixed in the agreeme 1:.
He says that the paniards met the
American commissioners with reason-
able fairness, and that there has been
little friction.
In addition to his report upon the
actual work of the committee, General
Butler gave to the president‘much i'n-
formation as to the eneral situation
in Cuba, the ability 0 the Cubans for
self government, the sanitary condi-
tion of Havana and the general re-
sults of his observations during his
stay there.
He thinks that the military govern-
ment of the island must be continued
for some time, but that it should only
be as vigorous as may be necessary to
preserve order. If military control is
exercised with discretion, he believes
there will be little trouble.
General Butler describes Havana now
as a pest hole, filled with filth and des-
titution. The Spanish authorities have
agreed to inaugurate the work of put-
ting the city in a sanitary condition,
with the aid of the American authcri-
ties, and the work to this end is to be.
gin at once.
The general paid a high tribpute to
the discipline and uncompiaining suf-
fering of the Spanish troops. They en-
dured hardships, he said, which would
have caused American soldiers to re-
volt.
HOLLAND’S QUEEN TO WE-D.
hen-omn to Prince warmth of Wiea'e Now
Practically Settled.
London, Nov. 28.—Thevyoung queen
of Holland, who recently displayed
her strong will by recalling a whole is-
sue of postage stamps because her por-
lish, is again showing her spirit _ in
the question of her betrothal to Prince
William of 'Weide, an officer in the
German army, which has been practi-
cally settled upon.
The official announcement of the be-
trothal has been kept back on account
of certain difficulties in tht protocol,
the question being whether the prince
should be invested with the rights and
‘Jperogatives of prince consort or retain
‘his present rank.
Unless the former plan is adopted
neither the laws of Holland nor the for-
eign courts will recognize him as a
member of the Dutch royal family.
The W'eide family insist upon the ti-
tle of mince consort, but Queen Wil-
helmina demands that Queen Victoria’s
precedent be folloWed and that the ti-
tle of prince consort be not conferred
until eighteen months after the mar-
rlage.
It is expected, however, that the dif-
ficulty will be overcome before long.
The wedding has already been fixed
to take place 'at The Hague next
spring. '
Robson “111 Return to Annapolis.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 28.—Naval
Constructor Hobson arrived at Wash-r
ington yesterday from Norfolk and
came directly to the navy department.
He has just returned from his trip on
the‘Vulcan to Cat island, the scene of
the casting away of the Infants Marl-.1
Teresa.
Hem-ought with him the report of
Captain McCall... who was in charge
of the expedition sent on the Vulcan
to endeavor to some the vessel. The
report is merely an elaboration of the
)ictoryL'of thef‘journey and its results
already contained in the telegraph re«
port to the department and where it
touches upon the present condition of
the Teresa makes the wreck appear
eyen more hopeless than Captain Mc-
Calla's telegram.
This statement was strongly rein-
forced by Constructor Hobson’s verbal
report to Acting Secretary Allen.
_ Captain McCalla will resume his du-
ties as captain of the Norfolk navy
yard.
Constructor Hobson will go to An-
napolis to take up the‘direotion of his ,
course in naval architecture. He was
desirous of returning to Santiago and? ‘
endeavoring to raise the Colon, but'
the department had made other ar--
{)angements thatmade this iznpract‘ica ~:
le.
British Seize An Island
London, Nov. 28.--According to a dis;—
patcl'nfrom Shanghai to a news agency
published here ‘ yesterday rafts-moon,
the British admiral has hoisted the;
union jack over Ting-hat capital of{ ‘
the island of Chusan, and ova:- so-
era! other islands in the Chuscn‘ arch--
Inelaso- . 1--...-“ 1...“.-. .....i=..‘
trait on them made her look too girl- .
SPAIN WILL SIGN NOW;
Instructions gill—tofiave Been:f
Sent from Madrid.
WILL MAKE NO PROTEST,
Paris Advices Say That American Demand
Will be lllet To-day. After the Peace
Convention Commercial Treaties to be
Arranged. Po-aco Commission Says Open
Door Does Not Mean Free Trade. ‘
Madrid, Nov. 28.-—-The Imparcial says,
“the Spanish government thought that
after the signing of the peace treaty
friendly relations between the United
States‘ and Spain would be resumed,
and the government would negotiate
directly on matters of secondary im-
portance. _
“But the last note of the United
States requests that the Paris commis-,
sioners be empowered to arrange a re-‘
vision of the treaties of commerce and
a special treaty for the Philippines, as
well as settle other questions. The
Spanish cabinet is obliged to accede to
the request, and therefore several ad-
ditional sessions of the commission will
be necessary after to-day’s session.
“Instructions were Sent to Senor
Montero Rios ordering him againto in-
sist that the absolute rights of Spain
in the Philippines should be maintain-
ed in accordance with the very clear
text of article 3 of the protocol. How-
ever the government declares that Se-
nor Montero Rios will sign the peace
treaty without reserve, as its signature
under protest will depriVe the treaty
of a definite character and leave mat-
ters As bad as they are now, and we
have ministerial authority for saying
that the government desires the spec:
diest settlement of these matters, as
otherwise they may result in grave
dangers to Spain.“
Mal
‘Paris, Nov. 28.——Spain will‘ not ask
for time beyond today. She will then
meet the Americans and make a cdn':
elusive reply.
Speculation continues rife here as to
the acceptance or refusal of the Amer-
ican terms, but a majority of those
who are in any degree able to judge»
believe that Spain will yield, and the
American commissioners expect that a
treaty will be signed.
Regarding the discussion of the so-
called “open door” policy in the Phil-
ippines, the American peace commis-
sioners understand that it does not
mean free trade nor even low duties,
but that the Philippines, whatever the
tariff rates, shall be open to all trade
on equal terms. ~
The Philippine islands will be ex-
pected to yield sufficient revenue to
meet the expenses of its own adminis-
tration, and a large schedule of dutia-
ble goods may be established, or only
a few may be taxed. ,
‘his constitutes a question, but an
immaterial one. Another and a mOrc
important question will be solved fa-
vorably to other nations. Thus, the
ships of all nations will be permitted
to engage in commerce throughout the
archipelago. This is in contrad'lstinc-
tion of the United States’ interdict of
coast trade in foreign bottoms, which
may possibly extend also to Cuba and
Porto Rico. The advantage to the
United States in the Philippines’
coasting trade lies in the fact that Am-
erican goods will only have one ocean
to cross, while the goods of other na-
tions must cross two oceans.
v
D‘o‘n Carlos Hus Money and Men.
London, Nov. 28.&An English Carlist
positively asserts that Don Carlos’s ar-
my will take the field in Spain soon ail-
ter the [treaty of peace is Signed. .
. e‘ deélares that a. lean‘has been
fulyfinanced, and that it,is__div‘ided
equally between, France and England,
andflhe, adds that, after the EngliSh
capitalists were shown the evidences
on which Don Carlos’s chances cf'_s'uc-
cess are based they offered Several
times the'amount asked. ‘ , _ ,.
Finally, the, English Carlist asserts,
much more money would have been
secured had it not been for the fact
that Don Carlos‘stjpulated that there:
should be no assist-adios from JewsLasH
he is apprehensiveot" their obtaining
financial. control of the monarchy]. ,.
Continuing, it was assertedjhat the
Spanish government has known for;
some time that Don Carlos possessed,
an army, organized into battalions" and
batteries, ofilcered and largely arr‘r‘l‘ed’.
But the Spanish ministers counted. on
his failure to secure funds. Therefbr‘gj,
the Spanish government is said to be"
panic stricken and to be endeavoringfi
to make the Spaniards believe that.
Great Britain has agre’d to finance Don
Carlos and that he in return has un-
dertaken to cede the Canary i ands
to Great Britain in the event 0 suc-
cess. ’ .
New Justice for Santiago.
Santiago _de Cuba, Nov. 28.—-General
Wood has appointed Senor Eudaldo
Tamayo chief justice of the supreme
court, and Senores Jose Berela and M.
de J.'Mandulay associate justices.
The chief justice will receive a sal-
ary lof: $3,600 a year and each of the ..
associate’justic'es‘a salary of $3,000.
These are ,about half the salaries
paid to the chief justice and associate
justices in the Spanish regime, but ow-
ing to the fact that the officials now
receive full pay instead of, as before.
being paid less than half their sala-
ries, the positions are now really
.worth more than they were under the
Spanish sovereignty.
The men appointed are well known
Cubans who have been connected for
years with the Bar Association of San-
. ‘t
.x'» ,.,
1
tlago and have held many important
positions. and: their appointment ap-,
parently gives satisfaction to all class-
es of' inhabitants.
Ordered to Cuba.
Knoxville, Tenn, Nov. 28,-.The, 4th
-ng sailors '10:) 'iuaunSaJ BBSSBHUBL:
roy‘ Brown, will go to Cuba this Week.
The orders came: by telegraph yester-
day.-
The regiment will proceed to the
province of- Santa. Clara, which may
mean the capital city, Santa Clara..Cl-
‘e'nfuegbs or Trinidad. ,.
Brigadier General Snyder and Its
will to with the regiment. _ '
,_ Spain Will Not Ask More Thank ‘h'
‘thc’dépositors dollar for dollar.
"German federal
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REGULAisjgiSERVICE’
Volunteer Term ofEnlistmeut not
to Be Enforced. '
A LARGER STANDING ARMY:
Dhairman Hull of the House Committee:
on Military Affairs Says a Bill Will be:
Introduced During Fisrt Days of Com-'
ing~ Session for Increase in Size of Army.
Washington. D. C-. NOV- 23_-.—chair-
man Hull of the House committee on
military affairs was at the war de-
partment Saturday in consultathn
with Secretary Alger, General Corbin
and others in regard to legiSlation 355".
Eectin ' the army.
Congressman Hull stated that he has
the draft of a bill for the increase of-
the regular army practically completed,
to the House during the first tWO 01‘.
three days of the coming session. 1
Several important features of the'
measure have yet to be settled and Mn;
Hull will be i- almost daily confer--
ence with the ar department OffiCials
Until these points are decided.
A special arrangement is to be made
by which the volunteers now in the
service will be released as soon as pos- .
sible. It is now reasonably certain that ;
the volunteers will not be required to.
serve out their full two years of en-i
'iistment unless they particularly desire
to do so. The disintegration of the.
volunteer force will take place very,
rapidly after the passage of the bill for '
the increase of- thevstanding army. .
“If my plans are not ,disarrang'ed,"
said Chairman Hull, the law increasing
the size of the regular army will be,
adopted by December 25, so that it can;
go into effect before theholidays. We'
have already mapped out the main:
features, but there are some matters i
yet to be settled. The bill, howeverr
will be completed and presented with-‘
out delay and will bepushed with
vigor. I hope that the department will‘
be able to begin recruiting during"1
Christmas week. As fast as new regi-
ments are organized they will be de-
tailed to take tfie'places of volunteer.
restrooms. The change will go on
regiment by regiment, until all the vol-
unteers ire mustered out; or as many,
as care to retire from the military ser-g
vice. Although! there is less talk in-
the press nowadays about musterlngg
out the volunteers, 1 know that the-
feeling among the men is just as strong
as before. They want to get out. The
people of New York state are particu-
larly anxious that the two Iowa. regi-'
ments still in the field be releasel.
They believe that they enlisted to serve
merely during the war and now that
hostilities have ceased this duty should
be performed by men who are profes-
sional soldiers. .
It is very probable that the regular
army will be larger than had been con-
'templated.
“There is a disposition in official cit--
cles,” said Chairman Hull, “to place
the maximum strength in times of
peace at 125,000, instead of 100,000,
which is the size that most people
appear to have agreed on some time
ago. New evidences are developing
every day that we will have need of
a. large armed force, and in all proba—
bility 125,000 men will not be any too
many.”
made in the law, authorizing the pres-
and the Philippines.
“Of course the number of these meu‘
to be taken into the army,” he said,
‘:will be limited and will be left dis-
craionm with the president.” :
Chairflh Hull saysthat he does not
believe it will be poflible for Congress
to pass any legislation establishing a
federal national‘resorve. . '
cf the various states,” he said, "are so.
jealous of. their own existenCe that they;
will ofiimse and defeat/ff possible any”
bill offllthls sort. I am in favor Of a
'natlonal reserve organization, to be
formed on the some general lines of
the regular army, but I will not havét
time; to devote to this matter. The:
billfo'r the support of the regular army
will not treat of this matter, which
_ . ill come up, if it is brought forward
at all, in a measure introduced from
the committee on militia.”
,Vehy slow progress is being made by'
the war department in getting off the
.iroops detailed some days ago for duty
In Cuba. On Wednesday of this week‘
a ”brigade of troops'now at Augusta.‘
wads orders; to be sent to Savannah‘
an reac avana not .. -'
£8th 1. - , later than De .L
#3“ the present time there is only one
tfansport'i at Savannah, the Cluster
$.11?qu is sghgduled to take the Fit:
;'n'“ ‘nite fates ‘»
vlths'. ‘- infawtry to Nues'
Th? Manitoba yesterda lcf ' . -1
port New for Savannah,y andt .273;
the only arm'y’ transport on route to
Havana. , ,._. .. '
Most of." the army ships are either
laid up for repairs" of are not availat
bio for duty in connection with the re-
cently ordered movement to Cuba.
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‘Peoploi‘d Bank to ray Up.-
Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 2834T'homas
W. Barlow, receiver of the" People's
Bank, has informed, the depositors of
that institution that the remaining ten
per cent. duo them will be fluid 65’ and
after December 5, 1898.
This payment will clos‘c’ every u‘n-
contested claim against the“ bank. in-
cluding the deposits of the my dad
state.
The People’s Bank closed its doors
on March-25, after the cashier, John
S. Hopkins, had committed suicide; It
is charged that Senator QuaLy' was
mixed up in the failure. ~
When the bank closed its doors the
liabilities were about $1,500,000, while
the assets were less than a million dol-
lars. ’ ' A
At the time of the suspension Prcsi-'
-dent McManes pledged himself to pay
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' Geinuuy After Anni-chime.
..,-;Be'r,lin. l‘Zovt- 28.-—The North German
Gazette says that it learns that all the
governments. . have
adopted a uniform systengfor Watch-
ing Anarchists, and that a. central .in-
telligence department with that object'
in view,~is to be established in this
City. ...,". . u 'MK’J‘J' d $355933 i .91
.'. gen—«.4... .
Mr. Hull says that provision will be;
ident to enlist natives in Porto Rico'
“T58 Nam-mm Gund Organisations "
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QUAY’S CASE IN mum
His Counsel Demure to Four-of
I the Indictments. ‘-
MOVES T0 QUASH THE FIFTH
Court Listens to the Arguments and the
Reply of the District Attorney, and
ThenTakes Papers Under Advisement.
'Failure to Charge Any Unlawful Act
Says Attorney. J
Philadelphia, Nov. 29.—The case of
Senator Quay and others, charged with
conspiracy in the misuse of the money
of the state on deposxt in the People’s
Bank, came up yesterday in the court
of quarter sessions, Judge Finletter
presiding.
The defendants, who are Senator M.
S. Quay, his son, Richard R. Quay,
and Benjamin J. Haywood, .ex-state
treasure-r, were not in court, their in-
te‘rests being looked after by Attor-
neys .Rufus E. Shapley and A. S. L.
Shields. _ , '
Immediately upon the opening. of
the Court Attorney“ Shapley filed de-
murrers to four of the five indictments
found 2.:ain:t the defendants by the
grand jury, and filed a motion to quash
the fifth indictment.
Al‘g’t?“‘.:l’.t :1: ti.;;3 demurrers wag
'71:: .' T11 v: by Mr. Shapley. In 3
zones". "in: the objections to the in-
1’_i'i:‘" - it “'37, ETC? 0;: octtcrtwi‘: of
insufficient 931ciiications,' complete
5“"713‘9 to charge any unlawful act and
:13::'c:‘.:e of allegation that the de-
fendarts unlewf‘ully obtained any mon-
ey cithcr from the bank or from any
other source.
If the defendants did, as the indict-
ments charge, purchase stocks and
bonds through Cashier Hopkins as
agent, Mr. Shapley claimed that no
unlawful act had been committed. He
claimed that the banks every day act
as purchasers for their depositors or
enstomers. , , __ . ’ _
Regarding the: dileg‘ations' respecting
the use of state moneys, he argued
that all moneys deposited in a bank
go in the general fund of the bank,
and that therefore the indictments are
defective in charging misuse of state
funds obtained from the People’s Bank
whereupon, if any moneywas obtain-
ed from the bank it was funds of the
People's Bank and not state funds.
Furthermore, these state funds were
deposited in the bank by various state
treasurers in full authority of law.
On conclusion of the arguments and
the reply of )istrict Attorney Graham
the court took the papers under ad-
visement.
PRINTING/GOVERNMENT STAMPS
Interesting Figures from the Report of
Director Johnson.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 29.—Claude
M. Johnson, director of the bureau of
engraving and printing, in his annual
report, says that during the year there
were 92,979.47 sheets of stamps and
government securities printed and de-
livered at a cost of $1,570,598.
This sum, however, includes $12,590
increase of stock, $30,000 paid for ma-
chinery and $6,416 paid to outside em—
ployes,
Deducting these extra amounts the
cost per one thousand sheets this year
was forty-seven cents less than last,
making a total saving of $43,700.
The average number of sheets han-
died by each employe was 57,290, which
is the best record ever made by the
bureau and. an increase of 56 per cent.
over the year 1893.
. A remark; file record. was made by
the bureau iii ifipply'iiig adhesive
stamps to tbn internal revenue bureau.
In seventeen days after the passage
of the act the bureau had delivered
185,390,926 stamps. _ '
This work was done .in addition to
and in estimation with the new bond
issue, and in addition to supplying in;
creased demands for United States
notes,.silver certificates and treasury
notes, 'as well as the issue of a new
series of postage stamps for the Omaha
TranszMississippi exposition. '
The direct-or recommends that the
appropriation for printing postage
stamps be made direct to the bureau,
and so settle the point that the gov-
ernment and not private establish-
ments shall do‘ this work.
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Breakdown on the Buffalo.
\Vashington, D. C., Nov. 29.—-The
navy department has made. public the
report of the court of inquiry of
which Commander John~ McGowan was
president, appointed to investigate and
determine the responsibility for the
breakdown of the -machinery of the
cruiser Buffalo when only a few days
out from New York on her way to
join Rear Admiral Dewey’s fleet in the
Philippines.
The report found that the accidents
were due to neglect‘and incompetency
on the« part of the engineers of the
ship, and recommended that Chief
Engineer Frederick C. Bieg‘ be repri‘
manded, and that Assistant Engineers
Frederick J. Simmonds, William H.
MacKay and Thomas Rodgers, who
have only temporary appointments, be
discharged from the service.'.
Assistant Secretary Allen modified
the findings so far as to retain the
three assistants in the service, but
transferred them to other duty.
prcgon Sheep Snowbonnd.
Tacoma, Wash, Nov. 29.-Thousands
of sheep are imprisoned in the moun-
tains near ’I’endleton, Oregon. Three
feet of snow has fallen in the foothills
unduthe sheep cannot get through it
to the valleys below.
This situation results from the fact
that the sheep men have kept their
sheep on. the mountain ranges as long
as"1 possible‘ on‘ account of the dryness .
and: lack of gras'1s‘outside. ‘ ‘
unless chinoo’k‘ winds blow and melt j
the snow,~ sheep men will be unable'
to bring their sheep out without heavy
loss: ~ "
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. Elevatolf‘lncoiporstlon. :
Trenton,- N: J..‘ Nov. 29.—7The Otis
Elevator Company,lihs“iii'edir articles of
state.
of which $4,500,000 is" preferred. The
""v‘re .of the incorporators“ Were? not/
filed. , . ‘" A - ' 4
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incorporation with the secretary of" locity of
The capital stock‘- is $11,000,000, ' fell. f x : . . v
To compare tides he will take one};
fisherman 810118 the shore.
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Life and Property Destroyed;
ATLANTIC coisr surrrns;
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The Stan-m of Saturday Beats the Record
hr November and Almost Equals tho -
Great Blixzard of 1888. It Was Central.
0ver,_New York. Boston Suffers Serious—l
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ly.
has just ended its career in this vi-
cinity _ beat anything on record for
the month of November in New York,‘
so the local weather bureau reports.
The bureau’s advices, received‘ from
all over the country, show that this
city was the southern center of the
storm.‘ .. g}.
Unofiicial reports still coming in and
the experience of New Yorkers bear
witness to the storm’s power, and a
heavy aftermath to damage to proper-'
ty and obstruction to traffic is Still
being gathered. , ‘
Steam and electric railroads, tele-
graph and telephone companies have
.men , at" work repairing the damage
caused by the ravages of the storm.
The street cleaning department
makirg tremendous efforts ”to remove
the snow, but it is not likely that nor-
mal conditions will «be restored before
to-day, ',
There was no general railroad block"?
ade. Local trains and trains through
from the West were still from fifteen
minutes to half an hour late yesterday
morning. 5
But the whole‘oi’ Long sland is a
snow drift, and trains are not yet run-
‘ning on anything like schedule time.‘
The Long Island trolleys simply prov-
ed snares, and passengers on them
were compelled to walk long distances
in the spow. ’ . > ‘ -’
' The New Jersey surface railroads‘
were affected similarly, though not to
the same extent.
The telegraph wires are down all.
over Long Island and the New England
wires are crippled. 3'
No wires are working east of Boston"
and the Western Union wire to Sandy
Hook is disabled.
The railway mail service of this dis-
trict has been seriously hampered by
the storm, and incoming mails arrived
at the general postofilce from two to
24 hours late.
Local Forecaster Emery says: “The
storm has been attended by heavy
snows in the Middle Atlantic and New
England states, and dangerous on-
shore winds shifting to the northwest.
The highest velocity was reported in
New York; Boston reported 60 miles,
Eastport 56, Block Island 60, and San-
dy Hook 60. ' f
“Barring Portland, New York is also
credited with the heaviest snow fall,
9.7 inches, equal to .97 inches of rain.
The 'fall in Philadelphia was nine inch-
es and in Boston 8 1—2 inches. The
fact that only a little over an inch fell
in Albany shows easily that the storm
was not at its fiercest inland.” ‘
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New Haven, Conn, Nov. 29.—The
state of Connecticut is digging itself
out of the worst snow storm that has
visited it since the often recalled blitz;
card of 1888. ~.,,
Railroads are blocked, trolley lines
are buried in big snow drifts and the
various departments in the cities are
trying as best they can to clear the
streets. ‘3
One of the greatest difficulties that
are confronting the city departments
and the street railways is the dearth
of men to shovel snow: A» » , '_ g
Boston, Mass, Nov. 29.e’.l‘iie New?
England coast, so far as could be
reached by wire yesterday afternoon.
is strewn with wrecks, and it is probaé
bIe that more than a score of lives
have been lost.
There are thirty vessels ashore on
the islands in and about Boston hat-L
bor. ‘ _ g
It is estimated that it will cost the
city of Boston $100,000 and the Boston
Elevated Railroad Company nearly as
much to clear the streets and tracks
of snow.
So far as damage to property in the
although the loss of four great elms
uprooted on the common in front of the
state house will mar the. beauty of
that spot. . '
Tarrytown, Nov. 29.—All river men
are unanimous in saying that the
storm that struck this section on Sat~
urday night is the worst since the bliz-
zard of 1888.
The river front is strewu with wreck-
age, and many canal boats, barges and
schooners are ashore. t
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Twenty-five Wrecks.
from Long Island coast towns indicate,
better than anything else, the severity
of the storm. It is feared that many
lives hays been lost. ' , ,
Giant waves swept into the bays near
Northport, where vessels had taken
refuge, and slammed the unfortunate
craft ashore, where they lie. some of
them wrecked beyond repair and others
dismantled and battered.
Not a vessel remained afloat in the
harbor of Northport, and twenty-five
wrecks line the beach near that place.
It is thought that two score wrecks
will be found on the“ Long Island
shore. . . ,-
To complete the'scene of desolation
all the wharves, pavilions and boat
houses are twisted into grotesque and
curious shapes, their huge timbers be~
ing sent high on the. beach, some stuck
on end, firmly imbedded in the sand.
Iron rods, ‘which clamped the frame-
work; were twisted and broken short
' off. ' -
At Norihport the “oldest inhabitant",
has to think for some time to remem-
her when such a scene as Saturday's
storm has been witnessed before in that
vicinity. , ’
He will, however. say at once, that '
the famous blizzard of 1888 could nOt
compare with this in the'frightful ve-
the wind, although more snow
back to 1851, that being the record high.
tide year in the memory of the oldest
HAVOG (will ‘ STORM.
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New York, ,Nov. 29.—Tardy reports.
Railroads Blocked, Ships Ash‘s“;
city goes, it was not very extensive, .
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