A ROUGH REPLY.
Gen. Eagan Calls Gen. Miles a
Liar.
liitetiael}' Sensational Testimony la
t.lvrn lo Hit- War Inventilator* by
(lie i Olll minimry (General «!' tlio
Arm) It rd In;; Hir "Km
halmed Heel" Dispute.
Washington, Jan. 13. —Commissary
General Kagan yesterday reappeared
i>efore the war investigating commis
sion to answer the charges of (ien.
Miles concerning the commissary sup
plies furnished the army during the
war. llis statement furnished the
sensation of the war commission's his
tory and was regarded by old army
officers as one of the most remarkable
attacks ever made in the history of
the service.
Eagan's statement to the commis
sion was a bitter personal attack up
on (len. Miles so entirely unqualified
both as to scope and language that
the war commission on hearing its
conclusion ordered a brief executive
session, after which the doors were
reopened, the witness was recalled
and business resumed in the usual
way. The subject in controversy was
'ien. Miles' already famous "embalm
ed beef" testimony and the letters an<T
documents supporting it. (ien. Miles
had charged fh:it the canned and re
frigerated meat sent to the army in
Cuba and l'orto Ilico was unfit for
use, that it was preserved by the use
of chemicals, and that it. had "been
bought and sent to the army under
pretense of an experiment."
This reflection upon both the ability
and honesty of the commissary de
partment angered Kagan and caused
him to request to be recalled to reply
to (len. Miles'charges. That his state
ments concerning the commanding
general were not the result of a sud
den outburst of passion was shown by
the fact that he read his remarks from
a carefully prepared typewritten
copy.
Gen. Eagan's testimony rrn this point
follows: "Gen. Milt's was asked by
yonr committee how tinned fresh beef
became ;i part of the nrmy ration. ITis
answer is: 'You hat! better ask the
secretary of war or the commissary
general. I think they can tell. I
Know it was sent to the army as food
and the pretense is that it was sent
a- an experiment.* fien. Miles in say
ing that this food was sent to the
army as 'a pretense for experiment'
snys that which implies corruption.
'"I answer that it was not furnished
under the pretense of experiment, nor
even as an experiment, and when Gen.
Mil<>s charges that it was furnished
n sa 'pretense of experiment' he lies
in his throat, he lies in his heart, he
lies in every hair of his head and ev
•>ry pore of his body: he lies wilfully,
deliberately, intentionally and mali
ciously.
"If his statement is true That this
was furnished under 'pretense or' an
experiment' then 1 should be
lr.mimed out of the army and incar
cerated iu prison. If his statement is
false, as I assert it to be. then he
-houkl be drummed out of the service |
iml incarcerated in prison with other
libellers. His statement is a seanda
ious libel, reflecting upon tin 1 honesty
>? every officer in the departnie>; who
has contracted for or purchased this
meat, and especially and particularly
in myself. In denouncing (leu. Miles
is a liar when he makes this state
ment, I wish to make it as emphatic
ind as coarse as the statement itself.
I wish to force the lie back into his
throat.
"I wish to brand it as a falsehood
»112 whole cloth without a particle of
truth to sustain it.and unless he can
prove his statement he should be de
n iiineed by every honest man. barred
the clubs, bar red from the society of
decent people, and so ostracized that
the street bootblack would not conde
scend to speak to him, for he has
fouled his own he has aspersed
file honor of a brother officer without
1 oarticle of evidence or fact to sus
tain in any degree his scandalous, li
belous, malicious falsehood, viz: that
tlii beef or anything whatever was
furnished the army under 'pretense of
\ periment.' "
Witness charged Gen. Miles with
hampering the administration of the
war department by calling off officers
from duty where their presence was
absolutely necessary. This was the
se in taking Col. John Weston away
fi- ' n Cuba to si rve with the Porto
I'ican expedition and in putting Maj.
A. 1.. Smith, a very efficient oflicer as
s'aned as depot commissary in Porto
P'eo. lo work on "some transport
duty" when his services were demand
el on shore. Gen. Eagan said the com
manding general we.'t (dearly outside
his power iu doing this and intimated
that Gen. Miles was moved to do so
by the ignorance and inefficiency of
his own appointee, Maj. Black, who
was supposed to be the chief commis
sary officer on Gen. Miles' staff.
Gen. Eagan made a vigorous attack
on the inspector general's department
in connection with this investigation.
He asked why were not these inspec
tions made while the armies were in
the fields, and said the principal offi
cers of this department "took other
positions and let the inspections of
the army, which were never needed so
much as during the war, go, so far as
they were concerned, for personal ag
grandizement, as we know they took
volunteer rank with increased pay.
A Finnin-lit 1 Htsi*<'iii<*nt,
Washington. .Tan. 1?.. Charles ft.
Dawes, comptroller of the currency,
in commenting upon the abstract of
reports of national banks under the
(•all of December 1.1 SOS. said yester
day that it was the most notable state
ment made in the history of the na
tional banking system. The total of
the resources on September 20, ISO I *,
were $4.003,511.044, which was the
li'rtrest sum reached in the history of
ff, ( , system up t i that time. T*e total
resources on December 1 were $4,.'513.-
304,510. nil inereastt In resources over
{September 20 of $309,883,474.
DANK ROBBERY.
Rurslar* Blow Open a
Hank Nate and Xeciiri*
Ashburnham, Mans., .Jan. 10.—The
safe of the First national bank of Asli
burn ham was blown to pieces by dy
namite aibout 2 o'clock Monday morn
ing. The interior of the bank was
badly wrecked and all windows were
blown out. A sum of money estimated
at from $1,500 to $2,000 is missing.
There is no cine to the robbers.
The bank is on the second floor of a
two-story brick building. The street
door of the main entrance had been
forced open with a jimmy and a simi
lar process was applied to the door
of the bank upstairs. The burglars
evidently charged the iron safe heav
ily with dynamite, for the safe had
been blown to pieces. Two of its
doors were found half way across the
room and a bar of iron had been
blown through a window and nearly
across the street. All the windows in
the place were demolished and the
furniture was badly splintered. A
large quantity of notes and drafts and
about SIOO in money was found scat
tered alnrut the floor. Cashier Sawyer
estimates that the robbers took at
lest $ 1 ~100 and perhaps ihe plunder
may amount to $2,000. The damage
to the 'building is about $2,000.
ARE NOT WARLIKE.
A KpanUli l'rlp*l lli«- l r l 11 |»l «i «»*
W (inWl Not Oppono tin 1 I tilled Stutea
Hill lor Hull I,cutler*.
San Francisco, .lan. 10.—Father
Diaz, leader of the ten Spanish priests
from Manila who are in this city on
the way to Panama, says:"The Fili
pinos are not naturally warlike and
would not be now opposing the 1 ni
ted States were it not for the leaders
who are spurring them on. These
leaders are in the work solely for per
sonal gain and would prove lianl mas
ters for the weaker portion of the
natives should they gain the power.
"At lloilo. where I was stationed,
there would have been little fighting
if it had not been for these malcon
tents, who fairly forced the natives
to take up arms. Most o? these men
who are at the head of insurgent
movements are lialf J breeds. As to
Aguinaldo himself, he is a crafty fel
low and has a following anions those
people who hope to climfb by his ad
vancement. I do not consider Aguin
aldo personally responsible for all the
brutality shown our friars, yet he
could have prevented a good portion
of it if he had seen fit to do so."
ANOTHER WRECK.
Trains Collide on lllt' I iilon I'm I tit
Hoiul Fireman Killed and Several
I'utiKfniters Hurt.
Sidney, Neb., Jan. 10. —At Sunola,
15 miles east of here, the Union Pa
cific had a bad wreck Monday. Train
No. 3, fast passenger, which left Oma
ha Sunday evening, a double-header,
ran into tralin No. 2. The engineer of
No. 2 had orders to meet No. 3 and
the brakenian was just in the act of
opening the switch when the double
header came thundering along at 40
miles an hour and nearly one hour
late. Doth trains were on the main
track, the engines were badly demol
ished. The entire train of No. 3 was
destroyed excepting mail car and one
sleeper. The composite car of No. 2
was burned up. Engineer lionner was
internally injured and bad st veral
ribs broken. Fireman Coleman was
killed. Engineer El! was scalded but
not seriously. Several passengers
were badly hurt.
There were 320 passengers on No. .1
and all but two, an old man and a
woman, are accounted for.
Train Kobber < till I!'**»' il ■
Mansfield. Mo.. Jan. 11. —The prelim
inary hearing of the Macomb train
robery cases was resumed yesterday.
K. Kvruin, on the witness stand, made
a confession in which he implicated
Lewis Neigh, his father-in-law; <>. M.
Ray, Joe Shepard. William Jennings,
,1. A. I'agley and.l. ' . Wright, l'.yrum
said: "We rode on horseback to Ma
comb. Mo., secreting our horses and
walking down the track to await the
arrival of train No. 4. Hay boarded
the train at Norwood with short fare
and was put off at Macomb so as to
stop the train. After we completed
the liold-up we mounted our horses
and rode five miles to an old house on
Lew Neigh's farm, where we divided
the proceeds of the robbery."
\ l»c>t|iernlt' Heed.
London, Ky., Jan. 11. Details of a
desperate duel to the death have just
reached here from Sexton's ( reck, in
Clav county, between Tom Wiiitmore
and Dan Parker on one side, and A. C.
Turner and John Murray on the other,
which resulted in Parker killfcig Tur
ner instantly. The fight w.i- brought
about by the rivalry of Parker and
Murray for the hand of a young wo
man in the neighborhood. They se
cured a friend apiece and the im
promptu duel bet-ail on the road,
which ended in M ray's friend being
killed instantly, both principals escap
ing practically unhurt.
A Flour Combine.
Duluth, Minn., Jan. 10.—Local inter
est in the deal by which a syndicate
is endeavoring to secure control of all
the large north western flour mills has
been revived by the presence here of
experts from New York who are go
ing over the accounts of the Duluth
mills. The combination, if it is ef
fected, will include all the DifTuth and
West Superior mills, the Allis mills at
Milwaukee and the New York City
mills.
A I'ulal < olli*iosi.
Council Bluffs, Ta„ Jan. 11. —Two
freight trains on the Rock island road
collided about five miles east of this
city at an early hour Tuesday morn
ing, resulting in the instant death of
Engineer .1. W. Taylor and Fireman
John Stone, of the extra freight, and
Fngineer John Caldwell, of the regular
freight.
at Your H'2o
Washington, Jan. 10.—A new coun
terfeit S2O silver certificate has been
I 1 discovered. It is a photoetehed pro
duction of poor workmanship and can
Y)ee. a "ilv detected
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899.
A FATAL WRECK.
Collision on tho Lehigh Valloy
Railroad.
■tlxlreu People Killed and Tweul)"
live Until) Injured—A Ulini
der In Order* t au*ed
I In- Wreck..
Xew York, Jan. 10.—By a head-on
collision between two passenger trains
>f the Leliiffh Valley road at West
Dunellen, N. J., at 12:47 p. m. yester
lay, l.'i persons were killed and over
!(» were injured. The dead are: Mar
tin Keenan, hotel keeper, Mt. Carmel,
I'a.; \V. 11. II in ke I, contractor, Mount
Carmel; Jacob Heller, tailor, Mount
"armel; H. K. Weikell, Mount Carmel;
Frank Fisher, Mt. Carmel; William H.
header, Mt. Carmel, son of C. C. Lead
■r, president of a bank in Shamokin;
Frank Markel, Shamokin, Pa.; Theo
lore S. Kohn, Shamokin; Abner S.
Keifer, I'ottsville; William 11. Markel,
Shamokin; James .Tarvis, Mount Car
mel; two women who are stiTl to be
identified.
The injured are: Arthur Tregembo,
Nicholas l'arreca. Henry John Carre
?a, Louis l'arreca, Mrs. Mary Parre
,->a, O. S. Schaeffer. K. \V. Kick, Jos.
Male sky, Mary Jarville. Maias
ta, George Launsky, .Tames Prender
<rast, Josephs, O. Staine, Har
ry It. Foster, "Mrs. Henry Loekhaven
and her mother. Mrs. Loudenslager,
Miss Anna Johns, John Prentice,
Frank E. MeTntyfe. L. S. Walter, Win.
Feelin, .m rs. John Hallou, John Bal
lon, Abraham Algier, Mrs. Hiltz. Con
ductor Price, Harry Riddle, Ralph L.
Reed, P. O. Heim, Stanley Day, Wil
liam Corrie, and an unknown man.
West Dunellen is three miles from
Hound Krook and about 30 miles from
New York City. At the spot where
the disaster occurred there is a sharp
•nrve in the track and a steep cut
ting. but the accident was due to some
terrible mistake in train orders. The
-cenes which accompanied the colli
sion. the sufferings of the injured, and
the panic that reigned among the 400
passengers were well night indescrib
able. The blood-stained wreck of tan
gled and twisted iron and wood that
was still on the railroad tracks last
night bore witness to the truth of the
general verdict of railroad men that
this was one of the worst collisions in
recent years.
A head-on collision on a double
track was made possible only by a
freight wreck which occurred at
Bound Brook at 0 o'clock yesterday
morning. This completely blocked the
eastbound track, and all through tl*e
morning I.ehigh Valley trains bound
for New York switched from their
own track to the westbound track, go
ing over these rails from Hound Brook
to Newmarket, a distance of six miles,
and changing at the latter place back
to their right side of the road.
Train No. 20, which loft Shamokin,
Fa., at T a. 111.. was so heavy with hu
man freight that it had to be broken
into three sections. The first two sec
tions arrived at Hound Hrook, switch
ed over to the other track, switched
back at Newmarket and reached New
York in safety. The third section of
this train was almost an hour late,
l's seven cars were crowded with 400
excursionists, most of them from
Mount Carmel and Shamokin. Maha
noy City, Hazelton, Ashland and l'otts
ville, Pa. The party was traveling
under the auspices of the business
men's excursion, an annual event
which many patronize for a three
days' visit to New York. Their train
switched over at Bound Brook and
proceeded, like the preceding sections,
on the westbound track. Meanwhile
there had been waiting at Newmarket
a local train that plies regularly be
tween Now York and Hound lirook.
Owing to the traffic all going 011 one
track, it was almost an hour late.
\t liist Ihe train inspector :tt South
T'lainfield gave it permission to go.
• Inst before reaching West Dunelien
Engineer Hick slowed h.is train down,
because lie stops for passengers if
there are any. Martin Hrennan, the
signal man, threw up his arms and
waved them as if to say there were
nil passengers, so the local put on
steam and headed round the curve, go
ing about 25 miles an hour.
In the cab of the excursion train
was James I'rendergast. the engineer,
witih his fireman, George Cheshire.
T'he.y saw the local as it started on the
curve. With shrieking whistle and
brakes grinding sparks from the
wheels the excursion train bore down
on what seemed certain destruction.
The passengers, alarmed at tlie con
tinued whistle, opened the windows,
mothers snatched their children in
their arms, men started from their
seats, but before they had time to find
out what was the matter they were
hurled headlong, knocked senseless
and many killed outright. The two
engines, from which both crews had
jumped, came together with an awful
crash. The excursion train was prob
ably going at about 1.5 miles an hour.
The local engine, as if tripped in it*
faster flight, turned a complete som
ersault and came crashing down be
side its now demolished obstruction.
The tender stopped a few seats from
the rear door. The car rolled over,
carrying with it the imbedded tender,
the fragments of a dozen bodies and
the imprisoned wounded.
New York, Jan. 11.—-As far as can
be ascertained the total victims of the
Lehigh Valley collision at West Dun
ellen yesterday numbered 10. Three
died during the night. They were
two unidentified met) and a woman.
ICpideiiitc or 4irl|>.
I'ana, 111., Jan. 11.—The grip is epi
demic in central Illinois. Over 300
cases are reported in Tavlorville. a
similar number in .Shelbyville, while
fiillv '-'■*> per cent, of the population of
I'ana are likewise afflicted. In many
instances the disease is proving fatal.
Killed tit 31 < )*o**in<>.
New York, Jan. 11.—Henry Mitch
ell. a -'i d SO, and James Leonard. !10,
were t.'lled lal night at a Susquehan
na railroad crossing in I'aterson, X. J.
Tltey were riding in a covered wogan
and drove directly in froijt of a
train.
AS A DECLARATION OF WAR.
Aifiilliaido Will So Itejrard the Land-
In;; ol American Soidiern at 110110-
Harhor Kn trance lliockaded by Fil
ipino*.
Manila, Jan. 13.—The situation at
Iloilo is unchanged. The Filipinos are
unceasingly active day and night. On
Saturday they loaded some lighters
with rock and sank Them at the en
trance of the river, blocking the chan
nel for all vessels with the exception
of launches. All the harbor lights
liave been extinguished.
011 Sunday one of the Arizona's
boats, manned 'by soldiers, was car
ried by the ebb tide to Quimaraes isl
and and while attempting to lann
there armed natives assembled on the
beach and compelled the Americans to
retire. The Filipinos refuse to have
any dealings with the Americans.
It is reported that the rebel govern
ment at Malaios is willing that the
Americans should establish a protec
torate on the condition that they
promise to give the Filipinos absolute
independence within a stated time.
If is also said that the Filipinos will
demand official recognition.
Kfforts are being made to bring
about another conference with the
rebels. The educated Filipinos are
anxious to avoid trouble and it is
hoped that the militant Filipinos will
recede before wiser counsel. In the
meantime the tension i.s extreme on
both sides.
London, Jan. 13.—The Hong Kong
correspondent of theTimes says: " The
Filipino refugees insist that Aguinaldo
will regard a landing of the Americans
at Iloilo as a declaration of war and
will immediately attack Manila. He
has already warned the foreigners, in
cluding the Spaniards, of his inten
tion. offering them a safe conduct into
the provinces. The American authori
ties still exercise a strict censorship
at Manila over all press messages."
The Hong Kong correspondent of
the Daily Mail says that 5,000 addi
tional Americans who had embarked
for Iloilo have returned to Manila.
EIGHT CANDIDATES.
They are Gained by Itepiiblleaii* for
the rime Now Occupied l>) Senator
tinny.
Harrisburg, Pa.. Jan. 13. —George A.
Jenks, the democratic candidate for
governor in the late campaign, is the
choice of the democratic senators and
members for I'nited States senator.
He was nominated bv acclamation at
Thursday's caucus after ex-bient. Gov.
Ohauneey F. I'.lack had polled 14 votes
to r>.-> for Jenks.
A conference of the republican sen
ators and members who refused to
take part in a senatorial caucus until
Senator Quay is acquitted of the con
spiracy charges pending against him
in the Philadelphia courts met yester
day. A new pledge binding the sign
ers not to vote for Mr. Quay until hi
is acquitted was adopted and signed
by the 43 senators and members pres
ent. A committee of 20 was appoint
ed as a steering committee.
Both branches of the legislature
met at noon yesterday. In the senate
Senator Cochrane, of Lycoming coun
ty. 011 behalf of the democrats, placed
Hon. George A. Jenks in nomination
for I'nited States senator. The fol
lowing republican candidates for the
senatorship were then named: M. S.
Quay, Congressman John Dalzell. ex-
C. ngres.-man Charles \V. Stone; R. A.
Irwin. Hon. Charles Tubbs and ex-
Congressman Huff. The senate then
adjourned until Monday.
In the house the following candi
dates for senator were named: Sena
tor Quay, George A. Jenks, ex-Con
gressman Charles W. .Stone. Charles
Tubbs, J. !•'. Downing. Judge John
Stewart. Congressman Dal/ell, Col. R.
A. Irwin and Col. George K. Huff. All
ibut Judge Jenks are republicans. The
house adjourned until Tuesday.
ON THE VERGE OF WAR.
The Itival Claimant* to tiie Sainoan
Til rone are ItalMiig'a Disturbance.
San Francisco. Jan. 13. —The follow
ing letter has been received from Sa
moa and shows how alarming was the
situation when the steamer Mariposa
left Apia for this city:
"Apia. Dec. 2s. -Kvents have moved
very rapidly since the last mail left
here. Civil war has been narrowly
avoided and for the first time in Sa
moan history the lives of white resi
dents have been threatened by the
natives.
"Kven now bloodshed is not far
from improbable, armed guards pro
tect the residences of Chief Justice
Chambers, an \meriean citizen, and
that of Mr. Otirr. the leading English
lawyer of the town." who has taken a
prominent part in supporting Malie
toa's claim to the throne. If fighting
once liegiiis the results will 'be serious,
for each side has thousands of <nen
In the field and it will require ener
getic action on the part of Rnglish
and German warships to keep the con
flict within bounds.
"The whole trouble has arisen
through the injudicious action of the
three treaty powers in bringing the
deported Mataafa back to Samoa. By
doing so they have thrown down a
bone of contention and converted
what might otherwise have been a
peaceful election into an angry com
bat.
"The most serious element in the
whole affair is the disagreement be
tween the consuls. The German con
sul has been playing double with his
colleagues, and the English and Amer
ican officials are naturally indignant."
fx-Hankers Arrested.
New York, Jan. 13.—James Mc-
Naughton. former president of the
Tradesmen's national bank, and Mien
Mo.Vaug'aton. a director of that bank.
Were arrested Thursdav and arraigned
before Commissioner Shields, charged
with violating the revised statutes by
certifying a cheek drawn on the
Tradesmen's national bank to the or
der of the Knitc-l Slates Trust Co. for
,s.">on.ono whei the trust company, as
.'Cleir.'d. had 110 funds 111 the bank to
Its credit. P.oth pleaded not guilty
nnd they were held in 0011 bail
each for examination next Tuesday.
EAGAN IS CENSURED.
War Investigator* 'l'ake Action Rr<
the I tieramen of the IoIII
mlnnar) t.enerul.
Washington, .lan. 14. —There was no
abatement in the interest exhibited
here Friday in all the incidents con
nected with the bitter attack made on
Thursday by Commissary General Ka
gan upon Gen. Miles. As might have
been expected a matter of this official
consequent** was sure to attract the
attention of tin- president, and in con
sequence a greater part of Friday's
session of the cabinet was given to its
consideration.
The war investigating commission
passed a resolution of censure on Gen.
Kagan for the language he used when
he appeared to answer the charge-,
made against the commissary branch
of the army by Gen. Miles, and sent
the statement incorporating his testi
mony 'back to him, with the privilege
of resubmitting it if he chooses to re
vise its language. Further than t!
the commission determined it could
not proceed. The commission regrets
that Kagan proceeded as far as he did,
and it is explained that the vitupera
tive nature of the testimony was a
complete surprise to the commission
and that but for the rapidity with
which Gen. F.agan read his long state
ment and the absorbing vehemence of
its delivery he would have been check
ed at the time.
What further steps mav be taken in
the matter, save as to the acceptance
or rejection of a revised statement if
one is submitted, lies without the
scope of the commission. If tTie state
ment is returned with the objeetion
able language entirely stricken out,
and with only conservative language
used, the commission will accept it
and consider it as any other testimony.
Gen. Kagan did not give any sign of
an intention on his part to avail him
self of the offer made by the board.
His friends did not hesitate to inti
mate that he would expunge the ob
jectionable language, but he would
say nothing for himself.
The war department officials are not
ret clear as to what would be the ef
fect of a withdrawal or modification
of the statement. One element holds
that, officially, the record failing to
show that any objectionable language
lind been used, there would be no le
gal offense. Another takes the view
that while the amendment of the
statements would mitigate Gen. Ka
gan's offense, it would not wipe it out.
Another aspect of the case is the
bringing forward of the plea of ex
emption which was guaranteed in the
name of the president to all witnesses
before the board from what they,
might say, but aga.in the officials were
divided and this was also true of the
members of the cabinet, as to whether
the exemption could be claimed in this
particular case.
Meanwhile Gen. Miles is apparently
waiting for the war department to net.
taking the position that it is incum
bent upon it and the war commission
to protect the army front such attacks.
THEY IGNORE THE LAW.
A Scathing t'rllielsiii ol' tin- .Methods
ol' llate « lilting Practised by Kail
road Corporation*.
Washington. .Tan. 14.—The annual
report of the inter-state commerce
commission was made public Friday.
The attention of congress is again
called to the vital rispeets in which
the inter-state commerce law has
proved defective and inadequate and
r •iterates its former statement that in
its present condition the law cannot
be enforced. "Meanwhile." says the
report, "the situation has become in
tolerable from 'lie standpoint of the
public and carriers. Tariffs are disre
garded, discriminations constantly oc
cur. the price at which transportation
can be obtained is fluctuating and un
certain. Railroad managers are dis
trustful of each other, and shippers
all the while in doubt as to the rates
secured by their competitors. The
volume of traffic is so unusual as fre
quently to exceed the capacity of
equipment, yet the contest for tonnage
is never relaxed.
"Knormoii'S sums are spent in pur
chasing business, and secret rates ac
corded far below the standard of pub
lished charges. The general public
gets little benefit from these reduc
tions. for concessions are imiinly eon
fined to the heavier shippers. All this
augments the advantages of large cap
ital and tends to the injury and often
to the ruin of smaller dealers. These
•ire not only matters of gravest conse
quence to the business welfare of the
country, but they concern in 110 less
degree the higher interests of public
morality. The conditions now widely
prevailing cannot 'be better illustrated
than b\ reference to investigations
made by the commission during the
year."
The report then notes the Trans-
Missouri and Joint Traffic association
decisions by the supreme const, says
the railroads suffer from unlimited
competition and that a great part of
the competitive business is now done
at secret illegal rates. The results, it
says, are gross discriminations be
tween individuals and gross prefer
ences between localities that almost
always favor the strong and oppose
the weak. '"Probably no one thing to
day does so much to force out the
small operator and build up trusts and
monopolies against which law and
public opinion alike beat in raiin as
discriminations in freight rates."
Widespread Damasrc I'otlotvn a Storm,
London, .lan. 14. —While the storm
was at Its height Tliur. lay evening, a
train near Llanfairfeehan, Wales,
dashed into the sea, owing to the fact
that the tracks were washed away.
The fireman and engineer were
drowned. Widespread devastation on
land and sea has been the result of
the storm and the aggregate losses of
property are immense. The channel
steamers had terrible experiences. The
pier at the entrance to Dieppe, France,
has been completely demolished and
great havoc is reported along the Nor
mandy coast.
WELLS FILLED WITH SONES. }
11 iimlri':l« of Human Skeleton* arc*
found IN** M r < uliaii Tuunt Arraniic*
IIII'IIIK fur <■<> venting llatana.
Havana, Jan. 12.—T'erfecto
who was president of the Havana Jun
ta l'atriotica, will be appointed mayor
of Havana by (ien. Ludlow. Lacoste
is a wealthy planter, popular amon jj
all classes of Cubans, and a resident
of Havana. The Cuban Mario Meno-i
eal will be chief of police, and •!. G*
Evans, of the South Carolina volun
teers, former governor of South Caro
lina, and now one of (ien. Ludlow's
staff officers, will be appoint,ed super
intendent of the department of cor
rection, embracing - the police, minor
courts and correctional institutions.
Ex-Chief McCullagh, of New York, will
remain here for a time to help carry
out the police plan he htul devised,
with Col. Moulton, of the Second Illi
nois regiment, who was superseded a»
military chief of police, and has re
turned to his regiment at Quemados.
La Discussione describes the finding'
of f,o human skeletons in a well on a
plantation near Manguito. The writ
er of the story asserts that these peo
ple were undoubtedly thrown in while
alive. He says that in some cases the
finger bones are severed and the sup
position is that this was due to the
efforts of the victims to raise them
selves out of the pit. The body of
I'edro Alayon. a prominent Cuban who
disappeared mysteriously during the
insurrrection. has been identifier 1 . La
Discussione accuses the guerilla i lief.
Antonio Hies. Sergeant Jean I'erez and
Vicenta Zalgo, a schoolmaster, of be
ing the authors of the terrible crime.
Ml are sai<l to be in Havana. La Dis
cussione prints also a story from Ma
tan/as of the finding there of the re
mains of from 200 to 300 persons in a
well near the headquarters of the civil
guard.
A GUERILLA WAR.
One of Aniiiiialdo'* Unvoy* Predict*
llial It i'ould l>i- Uascil Agaliikl
American* for Year*.
London, Jan. 12.—The Deri in cor
respondent of the Standard says that
lilumentritt, Aguinaldo's representa
tive there, writes to the Tage'blatt as
follows: "The Americans, being ad
dicted to drink, are less able to fight
in the tropics than the sober Span
iards. A guerilla war could be kept
up for six or eight years, during'
which the inevitable conflict between
the powers in eastern Asia would af
ford the Filipinos a chance. All the
Jesuits and I'enedietines are at lib
erty. Only the other orders have been
kept prisoners. The former are now
pro-American, because American rule
offers the only hope of retrieving their
fortunes. 11l treatment of prisoners is
severely punished, while nuns are not
molested, most of them being natives.
The Americans imagitie thev can buy
the insurgent army for $3,000,000. but
the Filipinos anticipate that an Amer
ican party inspired by Washington's
spirit will yet come into power and
grant them independence."
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.
A Sjondon Ranker Acknowledge* Ilie
Supremacy uf American* in Finan
cial Aflair*.
London, Jan. 12. —At the semi-an
nual meeting" of the Union bank of
London yesterday. Mr. Schuester, the
governor, in his report, said the Uni
ted States had become a most import
ant factor, which must not be over
looked in forecasting the future. He
added that the remarkable activity of
trade in the United States after a suc
cessful war and prospective new mar
kets, together with albundant harvests,
had created an unprecedented trade
balance in favor of that country
which had already made itself felt on
this side and for the first time he be
lieved it might be said that it was not
Europe that had financed the United
States, but New York that had fi
nanced Europe. During the last few
months the United States liad lent a
considerable amount of cash in Lon
don and Merlin and its power to ob
tain gold henceforward in very large
amounts whenever if chose must not
be lost sight of.
■tioton* Students.
Madison. Wis., Jan. 1-1. \ crowd of
nearly 1.000 students of t.he University
of Wisconsin attempted to break up
the play "Fra Diavolo," given at the
Fuller opera house last night, and in
consequence five were arrested. I'lie
oflicers attempted to arrest a number
in the theater, but these were rescued
by their fellows after a fierce strug
gle. The opera house was crowded
and many women were severely han
dled in attempting to escape from the
buildinsr. After the play the students
gathered in the street and threat tied
all manner of violence. They refused
to disperse at the command if the
"hief of police and five were arrested.
Arranged for a Railroader*' Conirrc**.
Chicago, Jan. 12.—Arrangements
were completed yesterday for a con
rcss of railway employes to be held
in this city February 18 under the aus
oices of the Railway and Telegraph
Employes' Political league. Delegates
will be present from Indiana. Ohio. Il
linois. Missouri, Wisconsin. Minnesota,
Town, Kansas and Nebraska. The con
gress is called to form a national rail
way employes' organization and to
nrotest against the enactment of leg
islation unfavorable to railroad inter
ests. It is expected that 10.000 dele
gates will attend, representing 100,000
railway employes.
A ' 'ate I'oKl'lta' (or I< if unifl'vr*
Albany, N. V.. Jan. 12. The report.
of the special committee of the sen
ate to investigate the spread of
consumption and the establishment of
better sanitary conditions for con
sumptives and the protection of the
public has been presented. Dr. l'msh.
>f Brooklyn. whote the report, which
is concurred ii; by Senator Davis, of
Buffalo. It finds that e sumption is
contagious and recommends that the
state establish a hospital for the
treatment of cases of tuberculosis. I he
i jspital to be located somewhere in
t ie \dirondack mountains.
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