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The War Investigation Committee “Till
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Any Meat Would Spoil in the Cuban
Climate Unless Properly Cared.
Washington, D., 0., Jan. 9.--Many
witnesses are to be examined this week
by the war investigating commission
regarding the beef supply of the army
during the war with Spain The com-
mission has granted the request of
-General Eagan commissary general of
subsistence; that he be allowed to ap-
pear agaiinstlo reply to the statements
of General Miles about the quality of
the beef furnished the troops zin'Porto
Rico. Telegrams have been sent to the
principal packing firms of the country
extending permission to them to fur—
nish witnesses, and already represent-
atives of several contracting firms
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the beef supplied the army. both be-
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ted the government, has been asked
to appear before the commission and is
expected t-iis week.
General hogan has made public the
statement of Lieutenant Colonel O. E.
Wood, chief commissary .of the Sev-
enth Army Corps testifying to the good
quality of the beef furnished the men
and in refutation of General Miles’s
charge that the beef was embalmed.
Colonel W'ood’s letter is dated at Camp
Columbia, Havana, December 31, and
includes an extract from a report that
he made to Major General Fitzhugh
Lee on the same subject. In this re—
port Colonel Wood’said:
“The meat supplied by Armour & Co.
is excellent in quality, but after de-
livery from a refrigerator car must be
handled properly and without any de-
lay. W'henever a well founded com~
plaint has reached me, I have at once
given such directions that it has been
corrected. except in such cases where
regimental boards have taken the mat-
ter in their own hands in defence of
army custom, and condemned the en-
tire issue of beef, when a careful and
judicious trimming away of the taint-
ed parts would have left the bulk of
the meat sweet and good, thus causing
a useless waste of the most desirable
part of the soldiers’ ration.”
Aiiti-Expausionists in the Senate.
Viashington, Jan. 9.--Mason, Repub—
lican of Illinois Saturday offered the
following which went over until Tues-
day next, when he will address the
Senate upon it:
“Whereas, All just powers of gov--
cl'nment are derivcd from the consent
of the governed, therefore, be it
"Resolved, by the Senate of the
United States, That the government
of the United States of America will
not attempt to goxein the people of
:1ny other countiy in the world with—
out the cor sent of the people them—
selves. 01' subjut them by 101cc to our
domination against their w ill. ”
The meson .tation in the Senate of a
memorial fiom a Confedmate post in
Florida opposing the proposition to
pension Confederate soldiers was made
the text of some remarks by Mr. Allen
ropullst of Nebiaska, u ho said;
-"I do not suppose there ever was a
serious puipose on the part of tho.
senator from North Caiolina 1\I1.But-
ler, who offered the amendment to
pension Confederate soldiers. I think
that the author of that proposed am-
endmont was simply, like the president
701" the United States carried away by
' enthusiasm.
I think that altogether
too much notice is being taken of it.
It would be a great injustice to the
rank and file of Confederate soldiers
, to say that they would take seriously
1'2. propOSltion to receive pensions from
iteries and their
"it would be well
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the 1.11 ted States government after
they have cared for themselves over a
third of a century and for their ceme-
dead. It strikes me
very forcibly that this whole thing can
be closed by saying that both the pres-
ident of the United States in his en--
thusiasm, and the author of the pro-
posed amendment in his enthusiasm.
were for the time carried away, and
now to close the
whole incident with the happy thought
and recollection. that all sectionalism
has been closed by the late Spanish
war.”
Dick H.0ker’s Mani «sup.
Washington. Jan. 9.--Mr. -Richard
Croker has stirred up a hornet's nest
among the Democrats in Congress. His
emphatic declarations in support of the
policy of expansion and against the
free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, has
aroused, the “aunties" and the Bryan-
ites to a realization of the fact that
Tammany’s influence will be exerted
against an anti- expansion policy and
against free Silver.
It .has tended to widen still further
the breach betvveen'the eastern Demo-
crats and those of the West and South.
Many of the leading men in Mr. Bry—
an's following assume to make light of
the matter, but the bitterness of their
comments shows they realize that Mr.
Croker has struck a severe blow at
their faction by declaring for expan-
sion, for a large army and navy and
against the doctrine of free coinage.
~pauish Prisoners Left in Havana.
Havana. Jan. 9.--Two hundred Span-
ish officers and soldiers are in the Pre«
511110 peniter- tiaiy serving sentences
imposed upon them for military offen—
see.
The Spanish authorities, instead of
taking them .to Spain to serve out
their terms, left them, among five hun-
dred other convicts. As it is no part
of the business of the American autho-
rities to punish Spanish military pris-
oners whose common offense has been
diSrespect to officers, all will probably
be released after trial by a. board of
officers which will be appointed to ln<
quire into the cases.
eight hundred and twenty-two hundred
‘they did not disturb it.
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Sister and Two Brothers of the MonahanfI - .
'The Admiral and Gov. Roosevelt both for
Family Committed to Jail.
Scranton, Jan. 9.—-Mary, Tom'and
John Monahan, sister and two broth—' '
ers,-were arrested on warrants issued
by Alderman Donohue 0f Wilkesbarrc
and served by Sergeant Kline of that
city for the murder of former Post.
master Michael Corcoran. Kline also
had warrants for two others, named
Clark and Langan, which he was un-
able to serve. The warrants were is-
sued upon the evidence obtained by
Detective Seidman on last VVednesday-.
when he forced a confession from Dave-
Williams, one of the persons implicat-
ed. \X’illiam's’s confession follows:
"I was standing in front of the hotel
a. little after one o’clock on the morn~
ing of the murder, when Tom Mona~
han, Langan and Clark came down the
street. They told me Michael Corcoran
had had-a fit and wanted me 'to go into
the house with them and help them.
I consented. Tom Monahah led us
around to the back door. He knocked
at the door and somebody from the
inside said: ‘Tom, is that you?’ He
replied: ‘Yes.’ The door was opened
by Mary Monahan. ‘How is he?’ asked
Tom. ‘He’s fixed,’ the woman replied.
We entered and Tom Monahan led_
us to the bedroom occupied by Mr. Cor-‘_
coran. The door was open. Corcoran
lay on the bed as if sound asleep. Tom
took‘a revolver out of his hip pocket.
\Vhen Mary saw this she exclaimed:
‘No, Tom, don’t kill him. I cannot
stand that. I am sorrry for what I
have donealready.’ Tom paid no at-
tention to her, but walked. up and plac-
ed the revolver near the sleeper’s head
and fired the shot. Mary ran out of
the room. Monahan, Clark and Langan‘
then went to work on .the safe and
after they had opened it took between
dollars out. They offered me my share
of the money, but I refused to take is:
and told 'them that I would never have
killed Michael Corcoran.
“Mary Monahan then asked what
kind of an excuse she would make for
the affair. Torn went out into the back
yard, and got a clothes line, which
they tied around the man they had
murdered. They then conjured up .the'
scheme to loosely tie Mary Monahan
for an excuse or blind. Tom then took
the watch and also the ring from the
murdered man’s, finger, after which he
again rifled the safe and took the pa-
pers. He also found another watch in
the safe and took that. In the stand
drawer was another watch and $15,
which Mary said belonged to her so
They then told
her not to say a word or get loose until
they got away. The gang ithen threat.-
ened me and said they would kill me
on Sight if I ever told what I knew.”
Successor.
E). —-l‘ enjamin F.
Smith has ap-
late Justin S.
senator Dior-rinks
St. Aibnns. Vt, Jan
ll‘ifield, \\ hom Governor
pointed to succeed the
Morrill in the United States Senate,
represented Montpelier in the legisla—
ture of 3.880 and 1-1'ovml a strong and
influential member. This is about the
extent of his participation in politics.
though he was a. delegate to the na-
tional convention of his party and
served as United States district attor-
ney from 1863 until 1880. In 1883 he was
elected president of the State BarAs-
sociation. His principal work has been
railroad and corporation cases, and as‘
counsel for the Central VermontRaii—
road since 1865 he has been engaged in.
some of the most important of the cor-‘
poration litigation in New England. '
It is understood here that Mr. Fificld
will not serve for a longer period anti
will not stand for an election when the
state legislature meets.
Iv‘oi'znci' Governor Dillingham will
probably be elected senator by that
body. There were four candidates
urged for the vacancy, and Governor
Smith. rather than offend any faction,
wont outside to make his choice and
then left the final selection to the leg-
islaturc.
Quas's Case is A. i'gued.
Philadelphia, Jan 9. -—The Quay con!
spiracy case w as called before the state
supreme court Saturday. Ex- District
Attorney Graham, who has been re—
tained by Mr. Rothermel, the recently
elected district attorney, as special
counsel in the case, presented a, motion
asking the dismissal of the petition
for the writ of certiorari on the ground
of insufficiency of facts in the aver~
ments of the petitioners and want of
jurisdiction of the supreme court.
Chief Justice Sterret, who presided .
with the full court of seven justices,
informed Mr. Graham that his motion
would be considered after argument
had been heard on the petition. A de-
cision is expected to-day.
Dawson staiving Men.
Dawson, Jafin 9--\Vith all her gold
Dawson to- day contains a larger per-
centage of miserable men than anv
other place in existence. Hundreds
nightly throng the saloons for shelter.
They have neither food nor money nor
employment. A movement is on foot,
started by United States Consul Mc- 1
Cook, to appeal to Congress for aid
for invalid and indigent citizens of the 1
United States now here.
Large numbers of persons suffering!
from want of the necessaries of life
appeal almost daily to him as Well as
to the Dominion authorities. .
The Philadelphia Exposition.
Philadelphia, Jan. 9.—_-The directors
of the Philadelphia Exposition Associ-.
ation have elected P. A. B. Widener
president and chosen Di. W. P. Wilson
to be director general of the exposi-
tion, which it was decided should be
opened about September 15 'next and
close about November 10.
The national government has appion
priated three hundred thousand dollars.
for the exposition, contingent upon an
equal amount being raised through
other sources.
A Kansas Man Sues Himself
Fort Scott, Kan., Jan. 9.--David Jen-
nings, county treasurer of Labette
county, Saturday brought suit against
himself to prevent the collection of a.
special tax against his business prop-
erty at Oswego, and upon his petition
the district court granted him an m-
junction restraining him from levying
against his own property for the col-
lection of the tax. . He allegesdn his
petition that he made a. formal tender
.work that has been undertaken.
.should go still further in the direction
_le DINNER' IN HONOR OF SAMPSON.
~ in Greater N ivy. 1
-~ New York,vJan. 9.-—The Colonial Club
gave a dinner to Admiral Sampson on
Saturday evening. The admiral receiv-
ed ‘a very enthusiastic greeting and
when he arose to Speak he was roundly
cheered. Enthusiasm reached a high
pitch as the events of the evening de-
veloped and each one of the distin-
guished naval heroes was honored by
a special ovation. The arrival of Gov:—
ernor Roosevelt late in the evening
was the signal for a. tempestuous out-
break of good feeling. , 1
In responding 'to the toast, “Our
Guest,” Admiral Sampson. said that
the winning of a victory like any oth-
er accomplishment, was a matter of
business.
work, not sentiment. To win a victory
one must have the force to do it. Bat-
tles were not won by excessive brav-
ery, though bravery was an essential
factor.
It was necessary in winning a vic-
tory to bring to bear a force and pow-
er that exceeded that of the enemy.
Without such a. superior force any ef-
fort of courage and of arms would be
extremely hazardous. As a nation we
should not give up as completed the
.We
of progress. It behooved the country
to prepare itself for the future contin-
gencies which were visible even at this
time.
_ Governor Roosevelt said he could
hardly express the satisfaction it gave
him to think that he had been connec-
ted even in a small way with a navy
which had reflected such great and. un-
dying fame upon' the nation.
He hoped that the people would not
be content to dine and applaud the
naval heroes, but would see that their
legislators did not neglect the work of
continuing to build up and strengthen
the navy. No matter how patriotic the
naval heroes were, their efforts would
go for naught without the practical re;
sults of careful preparation in giving
them the very best fighting machines
obtainable.
All honor to the men whose foresight
and public spirited efforts within the
past fifteen years had helped to build
up the American navy. Credit in this
respect was due to rmen of both par—
ties. Ships built under Republican and
Democratic administrations took part
in the recent war. It should be re-
membered that it took many years to
build a. modern warship, consequently
those who wanted to keep up the high
standard of our navy must be con-
stantly 0n the alert and constantly at
work. If our sailors are going to do
their bes t they must have the beer
ships and enough of them.
“I have been myself an eye witness
to the deplm able results of a struggle
of bravo. men with inferior arms
against an enemy with the best 11:.'
modern implements," said Governor
Roosevelt. “Our artillery at Santiago
was practically at the mercy of the
Spanish forces for the reason that the
Spaniards were piovided with smoke-
less pow der while our men had the Old
fashioned black powder. Every puff
of smoke from that black powder diew
the immediate fire of, the Spaniards
and made of our artillery helpless tar—
gets for an enemy whose exact where-
abouts could not be located.
“\Ve need to have an effective system
of coast fortifications,” said Governor
loosevelt in conclusion. “We need um-
ple means of protection from hostile
attack, but more than anything - 1215
“'e need a first class navy, a force that
is able to go out and find the enemy}
and smash it on sight.”
Professional Courtesies lo Corbett.
New York, Jan. 9. ——McCoy has con-
sented to allow ex— Champion Corbett
to witness the fight on Tuesday Tom
O’Rourke, manager of the Lenox A. C ,
has been written 'to by the Kid. The
latter says that after mature delibera-
tion he has decided to withdraw his
request that Corbett be barred from
witnessing the fight. McCoy said: .
“Corbett is in the same business as
myself, and I do not think it the prop-
er spirit to be at odds with him. My
plan is to do good for evil. All feel-
ings that have existed against Corbett
in the McCoy camp are f01ever dead.
There is no doubt that McCoy will
enter the ring on next Tuesday night
fit to fight the battle of his life. While
he confidently expects to beat Shar-
key within twenty rounds, this fact
has not stood in the way of hard-train-
ing he has indulged in.
Dewey a. Republican.
New York, Jan. 9.--The 'Associated
Pres-s says:
Owing to the persistent use of Ad-
miral Dewey's name as a pOSsible Dem-
ocratic candidate for president in
1901;, and the doubt which has arisen
as to his political belief, an inquiry has
been instituted in Montpelier, the Ver-
; mont home of the naval hero.
Charles Dewey, president of the Na-
tional Life Insurance Campany, said
his brother never had voted since he
, entered the navy in 1854.
“I have always considered," said Mr.
Dewey. “that George was a Republi—
can, l"1"t not a politician in any sense
of the w and. I believe he is a Repub-
lican, the same as his brothers and his
father, and he would, naturally, inhei-
' it the political principles of his faith-
er' 5 family. "
Three Killed in Pittsburg ll‘ire.
Pittsburg, Jan. 9--A fire which broke
'out in the Hotel Richelieu at 3.15 Sun-
day morning resulted in a. property
loss of only about $15,000, but three
lives were sacrificed and five people
were badly hurt. The dead are:
Mrs. Katherine Boyle of Pittsburg,
Penn.
Amos S. Landi-s of Grapeville, Penn.
George A. Walters of Camden. N. J.
The ,three victims were guests of the
hotel, and all were suffocated by the
dense smoke.
vhfarlborough Coming to Front.
London, Jan. 9.--'1‘he Duke of.Marl-
boroughs appointment as paymaster
general merely gives him a status in
the government and a starting point
for further and more important prefei-
ment. -
of a certain amount of money to him-
self and refused to agent it.
,..-.. g n' W
Inna.
, all. duties.
The paymaster generalsh-ip is purely
an honorary olfllce without any a m.
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It "had to be done by hard,
THE conv1crs' TREADMILL.
”Punishment Indicted Upon the Prisoner!
in the Ragoon Jail.
In the center jail of Rugoon the Brit-
ish ofliciziis have introduced a method
of making convicts work which is a
very effective mode of punishment. 1‘1
is a tread mill on a large scale.
wooden cylinders about seven feet in
diameter are . provided with keen
edged plan-k steps all around. About
the cylinders, at a convenient height,
there is a heavy iron pole, stretching
across the entire room, upon which
the chains of the convicts working in
the tread mill are fastened. When
they are all in their places the bolt
holding the cylinders in one position
is removed and the convicts must
tread, tread, without a stop for two
hours and a. half. If one of them stops
treading he slips down as far as the
chain permits,
beat against his shin bones so vigor-
ously that the skin is bruised and
scraped. .
This is exceedingly painful, and the
convict hurriedly catches up the next
step and tries to tread along with the
others. This barbarous punishment is
a necessity. however, for the natives
are extremely fanatical and death has
no terrors for them. Imprisonment
would be for them .a favorite method
of living a life of seclusion and medi-
tation, with no care for food or lodg-
ing, were it not for the cornpulsory
work. The large shed containing the
six tread mill cylinders is situated
next to shops where the power is used
in wood working machinery. About
seventy convicts are at work there a“
one. fine.
Pointed Paragraphs.
A great many social barriers are
crossed in love.
A woman always thinks
ought to join some'church.
There are no breakers ahead of the
8. man
man who is already broke.
The architect of his own fortune
never tires of planning extensions.
The fellow who shakes the tree
doesn't always get the most fruit.
There is nothing more musical than
the voice of a mule to another mule.
An Irish philosopher says it’s a wise
man who has his after thoughts first.
Some men owe their success to act-
ing contrary to the advice of their
friends
Sometimes the only difference be-
tween a boom and a boomerang is in
the orthography.
It’s a poor rule that won’t work both
ways, but it’s a poorer one that won’t
work at all.
Truth crushed to the earth Will rise
again—«and the crushing and rising
constitutes a continuous performance.
Some girls who profess to be highly
educated have merely been immersed
in a weak solution of accomplish-
men-ts.
Some one asserts that a cat’s eyes
are larger at. midnight than at any
other time. 'Wc are positive its voice
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