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THE PENALTY IS DiSl‘c'llSSAL'
President BIcKinley and Secretary Alger
Determine in Order the (Ionnnissury-
General Tried for 1-11.- lViolent. Attack
on Major-General Mi es. .
Washington, D. 0., Jan. 16.--It has
been decided by the president and the
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Secretary of war that Brigadier Gen:-
eral Charles P. Eagan, commissary
general of subsistence, will be court
invartialled without delay for his de-
famation of Major General Miles.
Before the trial of General Eagan
occurs that officer will be relieved
from duty as commissary general and
placed under arrest.
- This decision is the result of the
careful consideration given of the mat-
ter by the president and secretary of
war, who foresaw immediately after
the submission of the statement that
there could be no other course than
to direct the court martial of the offi—
cer who so flagrantly violated the
principles of a gentleman and an ofli»
cer of the United States army.
It has developed that, rather than
prefer the charges against Gen. Miles
which General Eagan proposed to
make in his statement before the com-
mission, the chief clerk of the com.-
mlissary and subsistence department
threatened to resign.
The chief clerk is William A. De—-
caindry, a member of the Cosmos Club
of this city and well known in liter—
ary and scientific circles. Mr. Decain-
dry and the comm’issary general have
not been enjoying cordial relations, and
the trouble culminated when General
Eagan desired 'the‘chief clerk to pre-
pare the charges against General
Miles.
The clerk refused. to obey his chief.
and wrote out his resignation, but by
the advice of friends he has not pre-
sented it.
The determination to court martial
General Eagan was formally reached
Saturday, after the president had been
in conference with several public men
and had consulted with Secretary Al-.
ger, who was at the White House for
more than an hour.
It is not intended to let the beef con-
troversy creep into the trial. So far
a sthe president is concerned, he has
no desire to permit the controversy to
continue, and he will accept the re-
port of the war commission as final.
General Eagan will be tried on char-
ges arising out of the violent language
he employed in attacking Gen. Miles.
The most important charge will be
“conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman in violation of the sixty-
first article of war,” the penalty for
violation of which is dismissal.
He will probably be also tried for
“conduct :to the prejudice of good order
and military discipline, in violation of
the army regulations.”
There is every reason to believe that
the president and secretary of war
have given senious consideration to the
character of the charges which will
be preferred against General Eagan,
and it is understood orders will be
given to Judge Advocate General Lie—‘
her early this week to'preparc the
necessary specifications to support the
charges.
Secretary Alger, after returning
from the White House, sent for Gen-
eral Eagan,_ and it is said informed
that officer of the condemnation by the
administration of his action in uttering
such vituperatiive language.
General Eagan has been engaged in
carefully revising the statement he
read befort the commission and elim-
inating the remarks to which the com-
mission took eXCeption. The revised
paper will be transmitted to-day and
will contain an apology to the com-
mission for the language he employed,
but General Eagan will explain that he
was led to it by the seriousness of the
charges preferred against him by Gen~
eral Miles and the officers of his Porto
Rican command.
There is no reason to .believe that
General Eagan will apologize to Gen—
eral Miles, and if he should do so the
commanding general will- not accept
the apology. ,
General Miles makes no secret of his
belief that General Eagan" should be
dismissed from the army for his un—
disciplined, unmilitary and ungentle—
manly condugt~,r.bu‘t.lfor_ the present he
is determined't'o leave his vindication
in the handsi‘bf they-president and the
secretary of wars—w
The Rebellionrin-‘Bolivla.
Lima, Peru;‘f’Jan.‘- 16;--Reliable ad-
vices from Bolivia say that General
Caceres is detained at Uyuni by order
of President Alonzo.
According to the same advices, Gen-
eral Camacho, the head of the federal-
ist troops, left La. Paz with two thou?
sand men and has taken up a. position
at Quenco, two leagues from La Paz,
on the heights on the road to Oruro.
President Alonzo’s troops were out-
flanked by the federalists and his ad—
vance guard was defeated.
The foreign consuls at La Paz have
decided to act as mediators between
the government troops and the insur-
gents, with a view to averting blood-
shed. '
$100,000 Lift for a. Library in Kenosha
Kenosha, “Ila, Jan. 16.--E. C. Sim-
mons, ex-mayor of Kenosha, has of-
fered to build and present to the city
a-library building and to purchase 25,-
0'00 volumes for the new institution.
He will also construct a park in which
to place the library, which he will
build as a memorial to his son, Gilbert
M. Simmons. The gift will involve an
outlay of over one hundred thousand
dollars.
'fl'ill Nut. Fill Blnglu-y’s Place.
W'ashington, D. C., Jan. 16.--It has
been practically Concluded not to
make an appointment of a commit“.-
r.er on the Canadian joint commission
to fill the place vacated by tht death
of Representative Dingley. .
it is let-z zhtat the commission has
progressed so far toward the end of
its work that it would not be feasible
in take in -a new member.
' DEPEW AND FAULKNER.
Two Notablefienatorial Contests'to Occur
During This Week. '
W'ashington, D. C.,Jan. 16.-—The sen—
atorial elections this week will attract
the attention of the entire nation. Of
all of them three are particularly no—
table, those of Pennsylvania, New York
and Virginia.
In New York the legislature will
elect as successor to Senator Murphy
Dr. Chauncey M. Depew, who has been
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW.
a. war horse of the Republican party
but has not held an elective office'since
'he was chosen secretary of state of
New York during the civil war.
Dr. Depew’s biography need hardly
be retold, for it is familiar to the en-
tire American. public. He will retire
after his election from the office of
SENATOR FAULKNER.
chairman of the Vanderbilt systems
to which he was only recently elect—
ed.
The West Virginia contest is for
the seat now "occupied by Senator
Faulkner, and if the Republicans hold
their small majority he will probably
succeed himself.-
NELSON DINGLEY’S DEATH.
Public Funeral To-day in the Hall of the
House
Washington, D. C., Jan. 16.--An un—
usually large attendance of members
marked the opening of the House Sat—
urday. Chaplain Couden‘s opening
prayer was devoted exclusively to the
death of Mr. Dingley, whom he de-
scribed as “a leader among men, one
who had left behind him a clean rec‘—
ord, a spotless character, and a career
‘that shall live in history and be wor-
thy of all emulation.”
After the journal had been read Mr.
Boutelle, Republican of Maine, was
recognized to make the announcement
of Mr. Dingleys death. The speaker’s
emotion almost overpowered him and
his voice trembled as he spoke. He
oilered resolutions of respect, '.‘.'l‘.i~h
were agreed to, and Speaker lleed an .
ncunced the following representatives
as members of the committee to go In
Ivlainc with the body: Messrs Boutellc.
I‘uyne,‘ Dolliver, Tawney, Hilborn. Ev—
ans, Clark of New Hampshire, Bailey,
Dockery, Bell and McClellan.
As a further mark of respect to the
memory of Mr. Dingley the. House ad-
journed.
In the Senate Mr. Dingley's death
was tlie',subject of the chaplain’s on-
ening prayer. He, spoke of the dead
representative as “a prince and a great
man,” and as a man who had led a life
of unswerving integrity and of su-
preme usefulness.
When the message from the House
announcing Mr. Dingley’s death was
read, Mr, Hale, Republican of Maine,
offered resolutions expressive of the
deep sensibility with. which the Senate
had heard the announcement and pro—
viding for the appointment of a com-
mittee- ofnine=~to join then-House com-
mittee to take order for superintending
the funeral. The resolutions were adop—
ted. ' -
In accordance with Congressman
Boutelle’s resolution, appropriate se‘r-
Vices will be held in the hall of the
House of Representatives to-day at 12
o’clock. .
Unlike the recent funeral ceremony
of Senator Morrill, which was held
during a recess of Congress, this will
be official in character and invitations
will be sent to-the president and mem—
bers of the cabinet, the chief justice
and justices of thernited States .su-
premc court, senators, representatives
and members of the diplomatic corps.
Shatter on Engan’s Tirade.
San'Antonio, Tex., Jan. 16.--Major
General W. R. Shafter"spen't Sunday
in this city. Asked as to the Eagan~
Miles controversy he said:
“The press reports ‘quote General Ea-
gan as saying that I approved of the
beef furnished the troops. I never
made such a. statement. I know noth-
ing of the beef in controversy. I can
only speak of the beef I saw myself at
Santiago, and I can say that it was
good. I have expressed no opinion on
any. other beef. . ,
“The tiradfi of General Eagan against
General Miles is indefensible, and the.
affair has taken such a serious turn‘
that I have no inclination to express
an opinion in the matter or discuss the
details.“ I have: made it my policy to
keep‘hands. off in the controversies in
which these fellows in Washington are
indulging." '
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.paper and that the secret died
WEST llDllS FOR US?
Would England Give Them For a.
Foothold in the, Philippines?
AN EXCHANGE TALKED or
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The British Public Manifests No Repug-
nance to the Suggessted Enchange—An
Intimation That the Question is {Llready
n. Subject of Ofllcial Consideration.
London, Jan. 16.—--A subject which
will engage the’attention of Ambassa-
dor (lhozite immediately upon his ar—
rival in England isone which links
the political fate of the Philippines
and that of the British West Indies. '
Several public hints have been made
within the past fewlweeks as to the
great mutual advantage that would
accrue to the United States and Great
Britain from the latter’s relinquish-
ment of her principal possessions in
the \Vest Indies in exchange for a.
foothold in the Philippines. ' ,
.The suggestion has not met with the
outburst of opposition which
have been expected. This is perhaps
due to the. fact that it is not taken se-
riously by the British public.
The idea of surrender of a foot of;
sclil anywhere which has long been un—
der the British flag, is deeply repug-
nant to the British heart, no matter
how obvious the advantages of .an ex-
change may be.
British opinion, however, has under-
gone some radical modifications in the 4
past few months; the desperate, almost
hopeless, financial and commercial con-
dition of Jamaica and other islands
has been fully explained by the Eng—
lish newspapers, and in fact it has
been admitted that the only way to
re—establish prosperity is through a
political. union with the United States.
On the other hand, the enormous po-
litical and matenial value of the Phil-
ippines has been clearly pointed out.
The great difficulties of administra-
tion on the' basis of liberty and free
institutions will in no way discourage
British statesmen or laymen. ‘
It is probably true, therefore, that if
a proposnion of an exchange of the
British W'est Indies for the Philippines
is made after these considerations have
fructified in the public mind it will not
cause the uproar with which it would
have been greeted six months ago.
An assertion that there have already
been important discussions of the. sub-
ject and that consultations and an ex-
change of papers bearing thereon be-
tween the l'oreign and colonial offices
have taken place would probably call
out a prompt and official denial ofthe
same. >
It is affirmed, however, that such a
project will, encounter no serious oppo-
sition in either of those departments
of the British government.
This is one of the- possible solutions
of the Philippine problem which are
within the range of practical poli-
tics.
RUSSELL HOY‘T COUNTERFEITER.
Tl'e Gentlnnan Leader of a. Faunms Gang
Dies in a Hospital. '
Danbury, Conn., Jan. 16.--Russell
Jloyt, the former New York business
man, whose country residence at Beth-
e] was discovered to be the headquar-
ters and workshop of a gang of fa—
mous counterfeiters, several years ago,
died Saturday in the hospital in this
city of infirmities brought on by prison
life.
Hoyt was a member of an aristocrat-
ic family, and spent his summers at
his place in Bethel. He had been en-
gaged in various enterprises in New
York and Brooklyn and was thought
to be wealthy. ’ '
United States secret service officers
who were watching Big Murphy, at fa-
mous counterfefter, followed him to
Ifoyt‘s place in Bethe], and the de—
tectives became convinced that they
had discovered the headquarters of a
gang of counterfeiters who had been
circulating the finest imitation of a $20
bank note they had ever seen.
Hoyt’s brother, Lorenzo, one of the
solid citizens of the village, was also
arrested. it has always been supposed
that he gave the information that led.
to the discovery of the counterfeiting
plant and the arrest of the members
of the gang. for he was released soon
afterward and his brother was sentenc-
ed to a long term in prison,
l'Zhe plates. from which the counter—
,fé-‘ts were madeaud the presses and a
large quantity of a remarkably fine
imitation of the bank note paper used
by the government. were found buried
in 4h r?" yard-sof- Hoyt; s~house.
it is believed that Huyt discovered
the secret of making the government
with
him.
The officers never discovered where
the paper come from, and its striking
similarity to the genuine paper caus-
ed theme. great deal of uneasiness.
A few months ago Hoyt was pardoned
b‘. the president because he "had pa-
ralysis and could live only a short time.
Admiral‘s Cousin Kills Hersh-2
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 16.—-Miss Anna.
Mary Hoke Schley 25 years old, daugh—
tel" or Colonel Williami‘louis ‘soney,
pdet, lawyer and veteran of two wars,
and second cousin. of Rear Admiral
Schley. committed suicide yesterday in
her home. ‘
Since‘l'the death of her father, to
'whom she was much attached, just a
month ago, Miss Schley had been in-
consolable. A week ago her mental
condition became. alarming to her
friends, and attendants were almost
constantly at her bedside. ,
Yesterday a ternoon her sister, who
had been chatting with her, went down
stairs for a few moments, and -when~
she returned found Miss Schley lying
on the bed with a bullet hole in her
left breast. She had shot herself in
theheart withooue of her father’s re-
volvers.
Residence of Russell' Alger, Jr., Burned.
Quebec, Jan. 16.—-The residence of
Russell Alger, Jr., at GrandeMere, has
been destroyed by fire. Thelpulp and
paper mills adjoining, and in which
Secretary of War Alger is interested,
were saved. . ' _ ~ .
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CURRENT coMMeNT.
Miss Jessie Schley, who made Spain
beg for peace, has not yet expressed
her opinion on Philippine annexa~
tion. Consequently it might be just
as well to proceed cautiously in this
matter. . '
. The Czar wishes for peace when-he
is before folks, and as-soon as they
turn their backs he Whispers to the
Navy and Army and Ordinance de-
partments to brush up and put on a
front; But if the other folks would
stop fighting, maybe he would, too.
A lecturer on wastes in American
households estimates that 100,000 fam- .-
ilic-s could be" fed with the food daily
thrown away by hotels, restaurants
and large private establishments in
New York alone. The cause is said
to be. the. abundance of food and the,
bad cookery in America. If the figures
are true New York is a big field for
missionaries in domestic science.
American girls. according to Dean
Smith. of.Baxrnard College, are grow-
ing taller with startling 'apidity.
Bryn Mawr has. kept statistics for
twenty years. and, the figures indicate
an increase in the height of students
of 2 or 3 inches. The average height
of the girl of '85 was} 5 feet 3 inches.
and of ’88, 5 feet 4 inches. It is now
5 feet (5 inches. The students at Vas-
sar drag-eporte-d to be taller than in
any previous year.
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Do you know a man who twiddles
his thumbs all the time he talks to you.
or his fingers. or possibly the watch
chain which he wears? 01' if he does
not do any of these things he does
something equally as annoying. It
may be that you yourself, when you
sit thinking what you will say nexl
to your typewriter girl, beat time with
the tip-s of your fingernails, while she
taps her foot. All these little idiosyn-
craoies the neurologist classes as phy-
sical" autcuiiatisms and regards as
energy waster-s. Mental automatisms
are attracting a great deal of atten—
tion, and Dr. G. Stanley Hall, of Clark
University, has sent out a syllabus
asking you whether you find yourself.
avoiding or stepping on cracks, or
counting figures in patterns, or the
posts flying past the windows, group—
ing uniformly recurring shapes in
wall paper, or bisecting lines and rows
of figures.
The great Napoleon counted win-
dows as he. walked abroad, and if he
happened to lose count his temper was
completely upset foil the rest of his
walk. Everybody knows the story of
poor old Dr. Johnson, who counted
posts, and many sad insane. men are.
doing the same to-day. There is a
man who rides on the Olive street cars
who plays a tattoo with his pencil
from Grand avenue to Broadway, and
you know just who the lady is who
fans constantly while you are trying
to get interested in the sermon, the
cold blast striking you in the most
tender part of the neck. One should
avoid as much as possible this ten-
dency of «mind and body to dissipate
needed energy. .
A close approach to total abstinence
from alcohol in any form now has its
advocatesin the medical profession.
They view the question entirely from
t'he practical, professional standpoint.
and assert not only that intoxicanvts
are of no medical value except in rare
instances, but that in the vast major-
ity of diseases they are positively de-
leterous, even when administred in
minute quantities as the vehicles for
other drugs. At a meeting of the New
York State Medical Association few
of the papers read excited more dis-
than did one by Dr. J. )I.
Fm'i-ingtcn. of B‘l'OOllle County, on
“"l‘he Passing of Alcohol.” He declar-
eveninn
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led that belief in the remedial efficacy
of alcohol, which was practically un-
animous a few years ago. is now held
by a minority of the profession, the
majority agreeing that" alcohol im-
pairs instead of aiding digestion, that
it invariably retards, perverts, or de-'
stroys cell growth, and‘that its effects
are depressing instead of stimulatin-(r.
In the discussion that followed the
reading of the paper, its conclusions
were criticised by some of the doctors
present, but their objections seemed to
be rather that the author went too
far than limit he was not moving in
the. right direction. One speaker ad-
vised the substitution of acetic acid
for alcohol as an extracting agent.
second said that in the last four years
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he had not given the equivolent of a
,teaspoonful of alcohol—*t.o_,all his pr-
tients put together, and that he was
better satisfied with this practice than
with that of previous years, in which
be had used alcohol more freely. A
third gave as the result of his long
experience the opinion that alcohol
should be preacr-ilbed with the greatest
care, and he confessed with sorrow to
having sent two pe'rsonsJo drunkard’s
graves by giving intoxicating liquors
instead of the stimulants like cafieine
or carbonate of ammonium, which he.
would now meson-be.“ All this was
certainly “temperance talk,” of the
very strongest and most impressive
kind, likely ' to have, .it seems to us.
much more effect than all the inac-
himte eloquence of the men of one
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