' George.
CAN PROVE EMEALMING
,Gren. Miles Declares His Evidence I
Overwhelming.
HE OUTLINES THE CASE
{Announces that; He Has Affidavits of Men
Who Actually Saw the Beef Treated—
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Describes How Canned Roast: Product
is Put. Up.
New York, Feb. 1.—-General Nelson
A. Miles, in the Waldorf- AstOIia last
evening, made the following statement:
“On the 20th of last Septembei I is-
sued an order to regimental comman-
ders ordering them to report to me
concerning the beef which had been. is-
sued to their men. At the time that I
went before the war investigating com--
mittee I had only received reports
from fourteen of the commanders; now
1 have thirty reports. They‘all tell the
same story. The evidence proving the
truth of the statements which I made
is abundant and overwhelming. In ad-
dition to L1]: reports of the regimental
count: antlers. Ihave a great mass of
evident, veinsisting of communications
and 1.1;.u21\:._-, etc, from officers, sol-
diers and t...1111.1is. Every part Of the
country has ..;'.11ibuted to the mass of
tOrl€b|.-Ul.1.... -t- \1 hich I have received
1.1 lu-1'.t;l.U; LU the beef served to our
solcnw, 1.-.t. the evidence is all corrob-
orative ol 1. hat I have said.
“I have overwhelming evidence that
the embalmtd beef was treated with
chemicals in order to preserve it. I
have affidavits from men who saw the
beef undergoing the treatment or em-
balming process.
“Now as to the canned roast beef.
that was difierent from the embalmed
beef. The canned roast beef was the
beef after the extract had been boiled
out of it. You have seen the adver-
tisements, ‘Beef Extract, one pound
contains the substance of from four or
iive pounds of prime beef?’ Well this
is the beef after the extract has been
taken from it. They put this beef pulp
in cans and label it fCanned Roast
Beef.’ The soldiers report that the
canned beef was nauseating. If swal-
lowed it could not be kept on the stom-
ach.”
Signs of a Shipwreck.
Victoria, B. C. Feb. 1.--The steamer
Queen City reached here yesterday
from the west coast of Vancouver is-
land bringing the news that the Siwash
Indians claim to have seen a large ves-
sel which had floated on to. the rocks.
There was no means of identifying the
vessel, the name board being quite ob-
literated. Some cases of fish, life
buoys, planking, bulwarks and pot-
tions of the ship’s deck house were also
found by the Indians but furnished'no
clew.
Anti-Murmur; Riot in Bristol.
London, -Feb. 1.--The inhabitants at
Bristol are greatly incensed "at. the
Mormons, who are conducting a mis-
sion there. They persist in holding
’ meetings despite the violent populfi".
opposition and a large number of 110-53.
" licemen are required constantly to pro."
tect the members of the small c01-
ony.
Monday night every pane of glass
in the. Mormon leader’s house was
broken.
Blizzard in Montana) .
Helena, Mont, Feb. 1.--One of the
worst snow storms experienced in
Montana in several years has been
raging since Saturday.
About two feet of snow had fallen
at noon yesterday, and the blizzard
was raging over a good portion of the
state and over the Northwest Terri-
tory with no indication of abating.
Stockmen are anxious over the out-
come and railroad trains have difficul-
ty in making any sort of time.
Mrs. George’s Trial Delayed.
Canton, 0., Feb. 1.--There is further
delay in the arraignment of Mrs.
James S. Sterling, one of her
attorneys, has been taken ill and is un-
able to appear, so Judge Taylor has
postponed passing on the motion to
quash the indictment against her.
If Mr. Sterling’s illness is prolonged,
the judge will pass on a motion in an-
other casewhich raises'the same ques-
tion in the same identical language.
Deaths on Spanish Troopship.
Barcelona, Feb. 1.--The steamship
Chateau Lafitte has disembarked 1,250
repatriated Spanish soldiers from Ci-
enfuegas. The work was
torchlight.
All the men were deplorably emacia— i
ted. Fifty—six died on the voyage and
three hundred and fifty others erase-
' riously ill.
Chimay's Pictures Barred.
Brussels, Feb. 1. --Recently a Belgium
merchant travelling_
by post.
Thé‘ postal authorities intercepted
them‘r‘a‘nd the merchant has been'flned '
for importing objectionable matter.
French Transport Damaged.
Marseilles, Feb. 1. --The Frenéh steak
mer Pierre le Grande and the Frencn
transport Tonkin have been 111 collis-' "
10!).
injury Sustained. by the latter is not
known.
No Election in Delaware.
' Wilmington, Del., Feb. 1.»At the
joint session of the legislature yester-
day three ballots were taken in the,
contest for a United States senator to'
There was no
succeed George Gray.
election.
3 U. S. S. Philadelphia Sails.
Washington, D. 0., Feb. 1.--The crui- '
ser Philadelphia sailed. yesterday from
San Diego bound for Samoa. She will
touch at Honolulu and should arrive at
Apia about March 1.
Egypt’s Mixed Tribunals.
Cairo, Feb. 1. —All the powers have.
agreed to a prolongation orlfh'e mixed
tribunals for a year from to- day.
done by _
in Switzerland.
purchased some nude portraits of the"
former Princess of Chimay for a friend . ,
in Namur, to whom be forwarded them ,
The latter was badly damaged. The _
.to Day the insurgent
10f the British empire,
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' ” MR. PORTER’S MISSION-
His Departure {31-0111 Havana to Santa
Clara To-day.
Havana, Feb. 1.--Robert P. 'Porter,
the representative of President Mc-
Kinley, and Senor Gonzales Quesada.
the Cuban commissioner: who recently
left ,VVashington on a special mission
to Cuba, started yesterday for Caiba--
rien, province of Santa Clara, in orde1
to see General Maximo Gomez.
Washington, D. 0., Feb. 1.——The dis-
patch i'rom Havana saying that Rob—
ert P. Porter has taken to Cuba 311-
500.000 to pay the Cuban army is a
mistake. Mr. Porter did not carry any
government money with him, nor has
he authority to negotiate for the pay—
ment of the Cuban soldiers. The ob—
ject of Mr. Porter‘s visit to Cuba is
to investigate the number and condi-
tion of the Cuban soldiers and report
to this government.
Senor Quesada, secretary of the late
Cuban junta in “lashington, accom-
panied Mr. Porter to consult with Gen—
eral Gomez about the Cuban soldiers.
The result of these investigations may
determine the policy of the adminis~
tration.
Certain friends of the administration
have been advising the president that”
the best way to quiet the Cubans was
army a sum of
money. The admimsn'ation, however,
is not going to commit itself until it
has all the data.
FRANCE SEEKING A LOAN.
Report. that. she is Trying 10 that English
, Money. 3
London, Feb. 1.-—The St. James Ga-
zette says that the French govern—
ment is negotiating a loan with French
and British financiers for from eight
million to ten‘ million francs, to be de-
voted to army and navy purposes.
According to the St. James Gazette
it is the intention of France to increase
her navy during the year, and her
army will also receive attention, in-
cluding the ifitroduction of a quick
firing gun.
The paper says that it learns from
a trustworthy source that orders have
already been given L0 English firms,
and that others are to follow. The
paper adds:
“France, naturally is desirous of
maintaining peaceful relations with
England during the next few months.
in order to obtain all the possible.
financial help in this country. So far,
the loan arrangements in London are
only in the most embryonic condition.
and the proposals are looked at in a
lukewarm manner.”
American Trade Rivalry.
Washington, D. 0., Feb. 1.--Consul
Halstead of Birmingham, England, re»
ports to the state department that
there is a great awakening going on
among English manufacturers over the
disastrous possibilities of American
trade competition.
A new trade paper there has met
with a most cordial reception," he says.
and the‘ news columns of both daily
and trade papers are filled with facts
about American trade, while the mat-
ter is given serious editorial discussion
which in English daily papers means
much more serious consideration than
the same editorials pay devoted :to a
like subject in the average American
newspaper.
In this _11'eek’s issue of the particu—
lar trade paper referred 'to Mr. Hal-
stead says that fully twelve nine hun-
dred-word columns are devoted to
American trade matters, about one—
half taken from the American consular
reports.
The Philippine Connnission.
Vancouver, B. 0., Feb. 1.--Professors
J. G. Schurman and D. C. Worcester
members of the Philippine commission.
arrived here Monday night on the de--
layed Canadian Pacific express, and,
despite a rain storm, there was a rep-
resentative crowd of citizens at the
station to greet them.
After a cordial welcome at the depot
the travellers went aboard the steam—
ship Empress of‘Japan, where addres-
'ses were made and replied to.
Secretary Stein of the Board of Trade
read an address expressing the grati-
fication of the members at meeting the
commissioners at the western capital
and said that
the board prayed that the labors of
the commissioners might have a suc-
cessful issue.
Aged Man's Long Walk.
Borlentown, N. .1., Feb. 1.-~Patrick
Cotter, an octogenarian of this place,
who mysteriously disappeared on Jan-
uary 38_last, has been heard from at
Hazleton, ,Pa., where he went to visit
H. B.‘ Conahan, former director of the
. Middle Coal Fields poor district. Cotter
has never ridden on a railroad train
or steamboat and nothing will induce
him to try the experiment. b
Although eighty years old, he walk-
l
l
t 83y,
,5 horses seen is very great.
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NEW vol-ms SPEEDWAY. ,
An Endless Procession of Vuiedly Into!»
esiing Turnonts.
The regulations keep out candies
and all heavy vehicles; there is only
one heavy, lumbering vehicle seen on
the New York Speedway, and that is
the watering wagon. With theil
broad—rimmed wheels, and mowing de-
libel ately along, the watering wagons
certainly do look odd amngall the
light carriages. But while only
.lig hter vehicles are admitted, these
really include a very great variety
There are surrey-s, skeletbn wagons
spider .p‘haetons, and so on, besides the
great number of runabouts and light
wagons of one sort and another. And
while there, is some restriction as to
the kind of vehicle, there is no restric-
tion 011 the horses; the variety of
The. atten-
tion is fixed at once by the number of
~ vehicles with pneumatic tires.
ed the entire distance to Hazleton. ‘
nearly two; hundred miles, and arriv-
el last' Friday evening apparently none
the worse for his jaunt.
After. , concluding his visit- . the ~ has ,.
started to walk back by. way of
Mauch Chunk; Bethlehem and Lens-
dale.. .
1
Nephew of McKinley to Wed. 3 3 3
Youngstown, Feb“ 1. --Th_e engage-
‘ 'ment is announced here of Miss Viola
' Deetrick,‘ daughtEr of
and Mrs.
John Deetnck bf’ this city,- and Mr."
William ”McKinley Duncan. of Cleve-‘
land, a. nephew; of the president.
The Wedding. Will occur in the spring
and the 'young couple will Inake their
.home in Cleveland ~1vhere the pros:
‘pective bridegroom is engaged in the.
practice of law.,, .
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Lima, Peru, Feb. 1, via” Galveston,
Tex.--Trustworthy advices received at
this place from Boliviasay that the
president or that republic, Senor Severn
Alonso, who has been operating with
an army against the insurgent forces
which have occupied La Paz, the 110111.
inal capital, has retired from the neigh-
borhood of that city and is being p111-~
sued- by the insurgent troops.
A hteumor Ashme.
Key West, Fla, Feb;1.--A British
steamer, whose name has not yet beer
learned, went ashore ysterday mornim
near sand Key Iighthousa [Her carg
is bottom and stavea, from Galveston
Tex.
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The spectators line up on the walks
on either side of the Speedway close
to the roadway. The people who are
driving more slowly keep to the right
and leave the middle of the road to
those who are driving fast. There is
an endless procession along the outer
edges of the load, and the people here
include a great number of leisurely
drivcts who have come out not to
drive fast, but to go over the beauti-
ful and picturesque Speedway, to get
intothe current of life here and to
, until '1 ‘s
see the people that do drive fast; ev- ;
erybody likes .to look at them. It is
not unusual to see family parties in
the cartinges driving along, nor is it
unusual to see :1. child carried in a
light wagon. I saw one little girl sit-
ting between her father and mother
holding a doll. The family parties
don’t all'stay in the slow-going proces-
sions, however; occasionally they go
out and take a. back at it with the
quick stoppers, and they are not al-
ways the slowest among them, either.
There was a two- seated or three- seat-
ed carriage that came pretty near be-
thing of that sort on the Speedway
last Sunday at own by a pair of good.
New 1011-:51111.
Boxing 11. Bride‘s Ear.
In Lithunia. :1 province of Russia
it is customary that the bride‘s earn
. not opium smokers,
3 n-r,.. .- ..-",3. .Irn 1!:g"!'"“"__
A ma""-r~"u’s l-z-ES'trc, which 1111'." '
said to lamp: 8‘ '1“..“*.-1 1W" "'1"
3 13.3 1.3,, "p... 0.,. fin}; u .
following 1'.."'-'_"s' 13211111- be
{Ht-1'37 by blips-Ml". or he sends P"
secwtm'im to drink wine. crn r11 '1‘ ‘
seeds and poetry «itlr
or he ma v shoot nfi’ a few mew-"'1:
tar-get in 331115 fat-mien: or (and z."
commonest) he mnyinvltc the 1‘
merchants-to a “feed” in his "M" '
or accept invitations from them. 8"
this is rather dangerous W0-1k.f::~
there is a . sort of unwritten if!
against mn-ndnrins leaving their my"
y-am‘ens. except on official luv-I’ve“
bent: on the other hand, merchants
liig'h standing steer clear of the low"!
mandarin unless he happens to 11¢-
cormp-atr-iot of theirs.
Chinese—always supposing they 3'
invalids or (le-
hnucliees—rotiire to rest as early 11¢
they rise. In most Chinese towns er-
erytliing is quiet afteIrsu-nset, and .b}
7 or 8 o’clock every one is either in
bed or is simply crooning away the
time until sleep comes on.
When the correspondence of the day
has been read, drafted, achieved, seal
ed ordiispatched; when the secretarie!
have struck their balances and exhlh
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ited the profits of the day; when the .
business of the judgment seat is at an
end, the mamrin 'ge'ts ' out 013 hi!
robes. hint, collar, boots, Chaplet and
feathers into an easy costume, in
which he looks just like the ordinary
fro“ s1' greasy tradesman, lights his
pipe and retires to the ha.retm4-Com
hill Magazine.
Days Growing Longer.-
One of the most interesting subjects
discussed by Prof. George Darwin dur-
in:' his recent visit to this country
was that of the possible and probable
increase in the length of the (my.
Bv continual loss of heat, a shrink-
age of the earth is probably in progress
and although the process is exceeding
. 11' Slow. it certaunly tends to diminish
ing a carry 11111 or a rockaxway or some- ‘
the period of rotation. On the other
hand. any addition of matter from thf
_ outside will tend to increase that pe-
big bay horses. 21 fine, big team; that
could hold its end up in the middle of
the To ad in vexy good shape, indeed—f
i the arrest of meteoric bodies passing
should he boxed before the marriage:
ceremony. No matter how
hearted the mother may be. she
ways makes it: a point of administer-
ing :1 hearty smack to her daughter
in the presence of witnesses, and :1
note is made of the fact.
tender- =
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The motli- E
er’s intention is a kind one, though the f
custom itself is bad. The reason for?
it is to protect the bride should her
marriage prove an unhappy one. In
that- case she will sue' for a divorce.
and her plea will be that she was
forced into the marriage against her
will. and on that score the verdict of,
the judge will be in her favor.——_Wash.
iugton Star. ‘
Tortoise'Sbeil Always in Favor.
Tortoise shell will ever remain in
favor for hair ornaments, owing to its.
extreme lightness, which prevents any
apparent weight to the wearer. The
amber. shell from theunder part of
the tortoise is handsome in light hair
and more scarce than the dark veined
shell, so it remains 100 per cent. highel
inrprice and much sought after. The
handsomest shell comes from Ceylon
and the East Indies, with less choice
from South America and Cuba. The
best shell work is done in Italy.
Salt Rheum, Eizema, Caucetous and Malignant Eruptions as well as other Enamel
riod and make the day longer. U11-
doubtcdly slight additions to the mass.
of the earth are constantly made by
through the atmosphere. Their influ-
ence is opposed to and tends to neu-
tralize that of any earth shrinkage
that may be going on.
Prof. .D-arv' 311 declares that the day
111-:1y lengthen until it is at last fiftv-
five times as long as it is at present.
and tho-t. would be also the period of
the 1'01'1'1111'tim'1 011"th moon about the
ca 1'tl:.-—Youtl1’s Com punlon.
A Small Favor.
“Oh. George, dear, I have a little. fu-
vo'r I’d like to ask before you go to
town this morning," said Mrs.- Jocks
the other day.
““‘ell, what is it?"
‘.‘1” wish that you would. just help
Lizzie to more thelpiano. out of the sit-
ting 100111’1111d helpl :er get these big
book cases and that gremi heavy couch
out of the room. I want the couch
carried out :1.to the v11id,where it can
be thoroughly beaten.
you ‘ll just help get the carpet up and
out on the line and help Susan out
and shake it. and help hot take down
those large pictures on the sitting room
wall and carry them out so that the
duSt can be all brushed at the back,
and—well, if he hasn't gone! That’s
just like a 111111.111! Ask him to do any
little thing about vibe 1.1.1:... and he
flies elf. I never saw anything like
it!” ._
Manifestations of lmpureg fBlood. can be
- . cunso or "f
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SM 1- TH ’8 . _.
‘ pores of the skin much
' When the blood. is contaminated Nat a does. her. best
to expel the dreadful fipoisonous secreting.
In discharging these poisonous secret one through. the
damage 13 done.
at threatenhfe. 3.3
T 18 is not strange,
as the: matter which contaminates the bloodqls often of a mahgnant corrosive!
nature.
Smith’s. Green Mountain Renoyator cures all skin eruptions by enabling
‘ Nature to discharge the blood poisops thimigh the natural channels. .If you
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, that. nature for more than twenty years.
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, took about. seven botties, when the stores on my limbs
‘>, were healed and I felt well all over. I know that. your
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