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BEGAN SPURT-MARTIAL"
Pleads Not Guilty, But Admits
Using anguage C111 rged.
OUTLINE OF HIS DEFENSE-
li'is Testimony (liven Under the: Promise,
of the President. of Imznunity— (loath-(l
to Desperation by the Charges of (lei .
lilacs-lie Appeared to be (.reatly I :1-
Had.
VVashingtcn, D. C., Jan. BG.--Tii.-
board of army officers designated l-g”
the secretary of wax to .c-zt as 11 (our:
maitial in the ea: c of Brigadier (lon-
elai Chili Yes P. Eng. in, (Honimltsary
general of subsistence, charged with
conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman, and conduct to the preju—
dice of good order and military discip—
line, in connection with his testimony
before the war investigating commit--
tee, met in the Red Parlor of the EL)—
bitt House at ten o’clock yesterday
morning and‘almost immediately pro-
ceeded to the business in hand.
The members of the court who ap-
peared in full dress uniform. were Scu-
tcd about a long table placed length-
wise of the room, General Merritt, the
president of the court, occupying the
seat at the head.
At ten o’clock Colonel Davis called
the roll of the court, all of the mem-
bers responding to their names. As he
concluded General Eagan appeared
with his counsel, A. S. W’orthington,
formerly United States district attor-
ney for the District of Columbia. They
took seats near the judge advocate at
the foot of the table. General Eagan
also wore the dress uniform of his
rank. ,
Almost immediately Colonel Davis
arose and introduced General Eagan
and his counsel, and then proceeded to
read the order convening the court.
The judge advocate, when this “as
concluded, tumed to General Eagan
and inquired whether he objected to
any of the members of the court as
designated by the order. General Ea-
gan replied “I do not.” .
The members of the court then arose
and took the usual oath which was ad-
ministered by Colonel Davis. The
charges and specifications, which have
been published in press dispatches
were then read. General Eagan ex-
hibited no signs of nervousness. \‘Vh'ile
he stood listening to the reading of the
charges and specifications his face
seemed somewhat paler than usual.
‘ At the conclusion of the reading, on
being requested to plead to the speci-
fication to the first charge, General
Eagan said “Not guilty, not denying,
however, that the specifications set
forth correctly 9. part of the language
used.” To the first charge he pleaded
“Not guilty.” To the specification to
the second charge he pleaded “Not
guilty, not denying, however, that the
specification sets forth correctly 3. part
of the language used.” To the second
charge he pleaded “Not guilty.”
The judge advocate then said that
the case in hand was a peculiar one,
but presented no unusual’ difficulties.
The accused had seen fit to add to his
plea. of not guilty some words quali-
fying it, but he did not think that the
plea relieved the court from the ne-
cessity of proving the facts alleged.
Mr. Worthington responded briefly
and explained why the qualifying
words had been used upon his recom-
mendation. The specifications did the
accused a great injustice in that they
selected particular expressions with-
out giving the context, in one or more
instances the specifications quoted be-
ginning in the middle of a sentence.
Mr. Worthington said that he desired
to state briefly to the court the sub-
stance of General Eagan’s defence.
Whatever, said he, the court may
think of the propriety of the language
used by General Eagan before the war
inquiry commission, there was no
doubt in the speaker’s mind that he
was fully protected in using that lan-
guage by the laws of the land. In
no court, civil .or military, he said,
could the accused be held accountable
for his language, even if: it could :39
shown that the accused was actuated
by malice. In addition to this; the
president of the United States had in-
structed the war inquiry commission
to announce publicly that witnesses
before that trfbunal would be given
immunity for whatever they might
testify to. This was a solemn promise
given by the president of the United
States, and counsel had no doubt that
the court would'find that Gen. Eagan
could not, under these circumstances,
be held to answer to a. military court
martial for his language.
General Miles, he said, had appeared
before the committee 'about three
weeks before General Eagan had made
his statement, and on that occasion
had made most serious and sweeping
charges against many of General Ea-
gan’s subordinates, and particularly
against General Eagan and the com-
missary department of the army. He
had charged General Eagan with be-
ing incompetent and neglectful of his
‘ duties, and had inferentially charged
' him with issuing poisoned meat to the
soldiers of the army, and had averred
that many had died in consequence.
He had also implied that General Ea-
gan was acting corruptly in the mat- ..
S building so as to accommodate all the
ter.
Immediately upon reading the testi-'
mony given by General Miles, General '
Eagan went to the secretary of war
and asked leave to bring charges
against him. General Alger had rc-
plied that under the president’s order
of immunity General.Miles. could not
be held responsible for his language
before the committee. The newspapers
then took it up and goaded General
Eagan almost to desperation. He had
come to believe that the press and the
country at large had accepted the ac»
cusations made by General Miles as
hue, and the condition of his mind,
in consequence, grew worse and worse
until he was in a state bordering on
distraction. ,
The language which General Eggs;
used under these circumstances Was
the natural outburst of an honest man
suffering under an unjust accusation.
In closing, Judge Worthington reas-
scrted that General Eagan could not
be held accountable, for "his language
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before any tribunal in this country,
civil or military, particularly in view
of the president’ s order of immunity.
Major S. C. Mills was then called 1:
testify on behalf of the government.
He. said he was the recorder of the
war inquiry commission and was pres-
ent and heard General ISagan’s testi-
mony before the commission. The
manner of General Eng-an in giving
'his testimony, he said, was that of a
man laboring under g1eat c7. c1 temcnt,
but tlying to contlol his ex<iiemenc
retired.
Major General McCool-i. a
member of the war inquiry commis—
sion. was the next witness. He was
present and heard a part of General
Eagan’s testimony before the commis-
sum.
“The impression I had,” he said,
"was that General Eagan must be la-
boring under great nervous excite-
mom."
Ho rec oiled some of the langu e
used, and it agreed substantially VV1 i‘m
the testimony as published. He \\ 11.;
shown a. copy of the specifications and
identified some of the language as
having been used by General Eagan.
General Miles had appeared before
the commission some days before Gen-
eral Ea’gan was heard. He had ob-
jected to being sworn and his state—
ment had been received without his
taking the oath. General Miles was
the only witness, so far as he recalled,
who had objected to taking the oath,
although one witness in New York
had refused to swear that he would
tell the whole truth. Other witnesses
had preferred to affirm. The commis-
sion had no hard and fast rule in re-
gard to the matter of the oath.
The judge advocate then read at
some length from General Miles’s tcs-
timony before the war investigating
commission, which called forth the ob-
jectionable language in General Ea-
gan's statement.
A; the conclusion of the reading of
General Mile’s statement Mr. VVorth—
ington read at length from General
Eagan's revised testimony before the
war inquiry commission.
At two o‘clock the court adjourned
firm
at‘
.until ten o’clock to-day.
Earthquake in Mexico.
Chicago. Jan. 26.--A dispatch to the
Record from the City of Mexico says:
“In point of duration the earthquake
Tuesday evening was the severest ever
known in the history of Mexico. The
movement began in the City of Mexico
at nine minutes past five o’clock. The
oscillations were from northeast to
southwest and lasted one minute and
fifty —six seconds.
Thrce minutes later came. a compan—
ion shock. “hich lasted five seconds
also oscillating northwest and south-
east. The movement made perfect
cross.
The earthquake was felt over the en—
tire republic, and it had a general
movement from the Pacific to the At
lantic. It reached Colima at seven
minutes past five o’clock, oscillating
from east to west. It lasted one min-
ute and twenty seconds.
It reached Vera Cruz at eighteen
minutes past five, and the oscillations
were from south to north, lasting ten
seconds.
Many houses were cracked in the
city. Some were entirely ruined. Fully
a dozen walls were crushed and bro—
ken in the National Palace. A -twc-~
foot iron pipe, carrying water from
Chapultepec to the city, was broken
in seven places. Intense cold and oth-
er phenomena followed.
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Price of Bessemer Ore. "
Cleveland, 0., Jan. 26.-—After hold-
ing several conferences, the Bessemer
ore dealers have decided to fix the
price of Bessemer ore upon the basis
of twenty cents a ton increase over
the prices of last year.
L. C. Hanna of the firm of M. 11.
Hanna & Co, speaking of the advance,
said:
“The ore men have formed no con-.—
bination of any kind this year further
than to agree upon a price. Lead-ing
dealers have got together during thr-
last few days informally and have
agreed that a higher value must be
placed upon ore this year. An in-
crease of twenty cents a. ton was made.
upon base ore as a standard. The
raise in price w as made necessaiy be-
cause of the inn eased expense of min-
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Spoiled Beef on the Manitoba.
New Haven, Conn., Jan.“'26.--In con.
nection with the subject of “embalmed
beef” for the army the New London
Telegraph of yesterday morning says
that last summer the United States
transport Manitoba, which discharged
the sick of a. United States cavalry
regiment at East New London, had
four hundred quarters of preserved
beef in her refrigerators in such a con-
dition that the quartermaster refused
to open the (icon because of the
stench.
The beef had been carried to Porto
Rico and back, and it was reported at
the time that a board for its inspection
had been appointed»
To be Lodged in Barracks.
Pinar' del Rio, Cuba, Jan. 26.--The
summer home of the First United
States infantrywill be a massive Spa-
nish barrack building, which has been
disinfected- Surgeon General Stern-
b‘erg approves taking. the regiment out
of the tents when the weather is warm
and a third story will be built to the
men
The sh uctuie cost half a million dol-
lars during the twenty years which
elapsed while it was being built.
Severe Gala on the Gulf.
Fort Worth," Tex, Jan. 26.--A severe
galeis reported along the gulf coast.
The steamer Morgan, from New 01‘-
leans and Galveston, unable to get in-
side the bar, has been carried to sea
by the gales.
The lighter Santiago, Captain Ken.
ncdy, has been beached near Bagdad,
and is a total wreck. It is believed
that eight members of the crew were
drowned.
The Subsidies Bill. '
“’ashington, D. 0., Jan. 26.-—The
Hanna-Payne shipping bill was fur—
ther considered yesterday by the
House committee on merchant marine.
A favorable report is expected after
some changes have been made, sugges
‘ ted by the hearing. '
“ceeded to the railroad
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.the police station.
ADELINA PATTI WEDS-
The Diva Marxied to Baron redersirom—
Gayety in Buccon, “Tales.
London, Jan. 26.--Adellna Patti, the.
singer, was married yesterday morn-
ing at Brecon, Wales, to BarOn Ceder-
strom, director of the Health Gymnas-
tic Institute here.
Mme. Patti took a. train from Craig
y Nos, her residence, to Brecon, which
was prettily decorated for the occasion.
The band of the South Wales Border-
ers met the party at the station and.
with the Fire Brigade and police, head
ded by the Town Banner and the mace
bearers escorted the wedding party,
in five landaus, to the Catholic church.
Vvhich had been specially decorated.
Sir George Faudel Phillips, former
lord mayor of London, gave Patti away
and the service was very short.
Baron and Baroness Cederstrom left
the church at eleven o’clock, entered
a carriage, the procession was refornn .
and bridegroom pro-
station and
started for the city of London amid an
ovation.
The Wedding breakfast was served
on the train, which was composed of
the special corridor cars built for tl‘.
Prince of Wales.
The procession to the church and
returning to the station passed under
several triumphal arches bearing in-
scriptions in honor of the bride.
The wedding party reached London
late yesterday afternoon. The bride
and bridegroom will start to-day for
the south of France, where they will
pass the honeymoon.
Baron Olaf Rudolf Cederstrom was
born in 1870. He is the eldest son of
Baron Claes Erdad ,Cederstrom, dc-
ceased, who was a lieutenant in the
Swedish Light Guards. Baron Ceder-
strom until recently was instructor in
a health gymnasium and director of
his Health Gymnastic Institute in Lon-
don.
Mme. Adelina Patti, or Adele Juana
Maria. Pat-ti, was born at Madrid on
February 10, 1843, and was the young-
est daughter of Salvatore Patti, an
ed and the bride
MME. PATTI.
Italian singer, who died in 1869, art
a Spanish mother, also a singer, an
known as Signora Barili.
Mme. Patti was instructed by Mau-
rice Strakosch after her parents had
emigrated to America with their child
daughter. Strakosch married Patti’s
elder sister, Amelia. Patti made her
first appcarance as a singer at an early
age, was withdrawn for further study,
and reappeared November 24, 1859, in
New York as Lucia, with great suc-
cess.
On May 14, 1861, she made her debut
in England at the Royal Italian Opera
House and achieved a fame that has
followed her during life.
Mme. Patti on July 29, 1868, was mar-1
ried to Henri, Marquis de Caux, equer-
ry to Napoleon III. Later she sepa-
rated from the marquis, was divorce-.1
and subsequently married Nicolini, a
tenor singer in her company. He died
at her mansion, Craig y Nos, in Vv’ales.
' “ Minister’s Trial Postponed.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 26.--The tri-
al of the Rev. James B. Miller, a grad-
uate of the Yale Theological School.
who is charged with having stolen five
thousand volumes from the Yale li-
brary and local booksellers, was to
have been begun here yesterday, but
by mutual consent of counsel it was
postponed until next Saturday. In the
complaint against the Rev. Mr. Miller
there are 148 separate counts.
The only~ new feature of the case at
present is the recovery of the famous
Doomesday book, a rare volume be»
longing to Professor Day, which had
just been found in a pile of books tak-
en from. the Rev. Mr. Miller’s room to
Whether this book
was stolen or borrowed is a question.
Professor Day admits that he had giv-
en the minister permission to borrow
books from the library.
Spanish Regiment for Aguinuldo.
Madrid, Jan.‘ 26.--An omcial dispatch
from the Sulu islands of the Philip-
pine group declares that all is well
there and that the Spanish occupation
continues. ' '
Dispatches received by newspapers
here. assert that the‘ insurrection of
the Filipinos (is spreading considers—P
bly. It is added that a native regi-.
ment which Was disbanded by the
Spaniards enlisted as a body in that
service of Agulnaldo. g
Accoring to figures published heron
eighty thousand Spanish soldiers per-l
ished, chiefly from sickness, during the:
last Cuban campaign. 5
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To Abandon 3 Canal.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 26. --A bill Wall
introduced in the legislature yesterdayf
by Senator Goodsell to authorize the
Dclaw are and Hudson Canal Company,
to abandon its canal.
This company. which operates the‘
Delaware and Hudson Railroad system
finds it cheaper to transport coal from
its fields in northern Pennsylvania by,
rail than by its canal. ,
The bill amends the charter of the;
company and gives it full power to:
consummate the abandonment.
Building the Shamrock.
London, Jan. 26.--Sir Thomas Lipton
denies the truth of the statement sent
out by the Central News that the new
racing cutter Shamrock will be built
with manganese bronze plates and steel
ribs. He also characterizes as .false
the statement that an order fol man»
ganese has been placed at Deptfoxd
to: use in the construction of. the
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Steel’Bar Penetrated Body.
Ernest R. Peter died at. the Join
Hawley Bible‘school in Brookficld on
Monday. He had been severely injured
a few days previously and his wounds
had been healed through the Pl’llCzu;y
of prayer, the people of the scho<_.l be-
lieved. His death, which was sudden,
is attributed to heart. trouble, follow in};
an attack of grip.
The story, as told by the Rev. F. K.
Hawley, of the Bible school, follows:
Some two weeks since, one of the
members of the school, 'Ernest Ray
Peter, after adjusting a pulley of the
which used to furnish
power, jumped down to the floor,
noticing a steel bar-l which was stand-
ing near. He came down upon the bar,
which entered his body ten inches.
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The young man Wth remarkable pres-
ence of mind and nerve, drew the bar
out, hurried into the house and imme- ,
diately fainted.
The members of the home, who be-
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lieve that God hears prayer, gathered
about him, in faith. The young mani
was delivered from his pain, and be
gau at once to recover. The wound
healed quickly, and all the organs of
the body went on with their normal l
functions.
the house, upstairs and down, without
discomfort, giving thanks to God for?
what. He had done. i
As soon as the accident occurred Mr.
Hawley telephoned one of the leading‘i
surgeons of New England, with whom
he conferred. They have at the school :
a graduated nurse of a New York hos- T
pita], who: washed the wound with :
sterilized water, and covered it. with a
surgically clean bandage. The nurse
said that in three days the wound was
perfectlyzhealed.
Mr. Peter went on for two weeks,
with no inconvenience save what
seemed like a light attack of muscular
rheumatism in one of his legs. He was
about and out of the house. Last. Sat- '
urday ai‘ternom he rode to the station ‘
Sunday morning he
to meet. the train.
was ill. He became worse during the 1
day. His friends prayed for him asI
they did at the‘time of the injury.
He was perfectly calm and clearin his
mind, and had no alarm about. him-
self, joining in the singing and took
nourishmentlifteen minutes before he.
died. About noon Monday the nurse
discovered that his heart. was rapidly
Seeing no sufficient cause for
failing.
this, the physician who is called to the
house when there is occasion, was sent.
for,:but the young man dropped away
and Wes dead before the
suddenly,
physician reached there.
The medical examiner of the town
said he saw no connection between his
death and the injury of two weeks be-
fore, and also that the sickness that
was upon him when he died had the
appearance of grip. This he had to
judge by the symptoms as reported
by the nurse, and seeing the sickness
was not, sufficient to cause death. the
only conclusion was that the trouble
was with his hea rt, which utterly failed
under the strain induced by the grip
conditions. Since his death it. has been
learned that for some time he had been
afflicted with a serious heart. t1 ouble.
Mr. Peter was one of the four mission-
aries who were to have sailed for Af-
rica in a. few days under the auspices
of the Unity association.
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