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0 THE RED CLOUD CHEEP. i i s i i I AFFAIRS OF STATE EVENTS OF INTEREST TO AMERICAN PEOPLE. timely Mention of the Dnlnc of the Hv tliinal Ci)nr'. lepartinmll ami Ki rratlve Ofllclal Action, mid Mor tnieuta of Army nail Nvy. Wlnrlny, Mny 3. Tlic postofllce department has eslab llshed 11 postofllce at Klsmerc, Cherry count, Nebraska, with Carrie F. Giles ns postmaster. The president has appointed Colonel Funston of tho Twentieth Kansas to be n brigadier general of volunteer: in recognition of his gallant services. A Washington dispatch siys a letter rrom imvnna nnnouiiees tluit Colonel Ld It. Hl.or of Lincoln has arrived In the city and in occupying an important position In the olllce of tho auditor of customs for the Island. Secretary of State May was formilly notified yesterday of the release hy tho Spanish garrison at Ponapc. in the Caroline islands, of a naturalized Amer ican cltl.cn named Mclliidcr. held as a prlsoneivof war since last summer. Hcnrescntatlvo Morccr hat recotn icndcd the establishment of rural free delivery services at F.Ik City and Men boh, Douglas county, Neb. ' A special agent, who Is now In Denver, has hern ordered to Investigate the conditions surrounding these olllces and report on tho advisability of establishing the service. A Manila dispatch says Agulnaldo has sued for peace. Mo made the name proposition as (Icueral liuu.i, ashing an urmlstlee until Filipino congress meets and decides whether Fhlllpino army hhould Mirrender. General Otis sent word that they must surrender uncon ditionally before mmco e.in be assured. Tho postmaster general Iiuh directed tho postmaster at Han Francisco to take out of the math for Mnnll'i three pam phlets Issued by F.dwtird Atkinson of Huston, vice president of the untl-lm-pcrlallst league. Tholr circulation In HiIh country Is not b -red, but the olll elals claim their circulation In the Philippines among tho soldiers would fctlr up a mtinlty, Tlmrailny, May 4, President MeKlnley has been Invited to visit tho Omaha exposition and may stop over on his western trip. Acting Secretary of War Melklcjohn has promulgated an order formally disbanding the Second nnd Seventh nrmy corps. Tho war department docs not anticipate- serious difficulty at Wardner, Idaho, after the troops now on the way arrlvo there. The postoftlce department has estab lished a postofllco at Cuming, Cuming county, Nebraska, with Karl .1. Koll morgan as postmaster. Stanton Sickles of New York has been appointed secretary of tho United States legation at Madrid. Mr. Sickles In a son of General Sickles. Stanley Turner of Detroit has been selected as consul at Windsor, to sue eceed Julius Lay, who has been named for the consulate at llarcelona, Spain. Word comes from Apia. Samoa, that Matnafa, the rebel chieftain, has ac cepted an armistice. It in staled that the Hermans refuse to Bign the procla mation. General Otis made no mention In his report to the war department today of the progress of the negotiations with the insurgents for tho cessation of hos tuition, but the Washington officials express themselves oh hopeful of tho outcome. Tho District of Columbia command ery of the Loyal Legion has declared forfeited the membership of Ooucrul Charles P. Kagan, commissary general of subsistence, who wan court mar tlaled, but whose sentence of dismissal wait commuted to suspension. Friday, Mny 0. Tho government has decided to es tablish a military post at Pyramid harbor, Alaska. Tho liurbor is on the Chllkat Inlet. Congressman Mercer yoderday wont Out to tho navy yard and selected a guji taken from the Spanish cruiser Almirante Oqucndo. The gun Is to be placed in a public park at Omaha. President MoKinley today decided to leave the city next Monday auj.to re main away two, and possibly three weeks. According to his intention the president will spend his vacation nt Hot Springs, Va. ' First Assistant Postmaster General Terry S. Heath returned today from a i most thorough trip of inspection in all parts of the island of Porto Mleo. Mr. lleathsays tho otlieial report made just as he sailed showed that tho postal servico on the island was easily self bustalnlng, and that each postofllco was getting mall at least once a day. Tho amalgamated association of street railway employes, in session at Louisville, hn.s telegraphed a protest to President MeKlnloy against tho prac tice of street car companies In various cities displaying tho sign "U. 8. Mall" on all cars. They claim that ouly a car which Is actually carrying mail can display it. The postotlleo depart ment lias been asked for a ruling on tho question. Bnturtlay, May 0. The postmaster general ordered that the rural free delivery service of the country be divided into two grand sub-divisions, tho western and eastern. Tho former to consist of states west of tho Ohio, and Us headquarters will be at St. Louis. Francis M, Dice of Craw fordsvlllo, lnd.,will have charge of he division. 'lhowor department has received tho following: Manila, May .1. Adju tant General, Washington: following casualties at San Thomas ycutcrday: One officer, Lieutenant Tuggnt-t, Twelfth Kansas, and four enlisted men killed; three officers, twenty-two enlisted men wounded. Among tho wounded is General Funston, hand, slight, Lawton reports tho capture of 150,000 bushels of rloo and '.'OX tons of bugar at Mailing. Valve of subsistence captured at Malolos, Sl,300,0tK. Large captures rice and corn belonging to the enemy nt other points. Insur gents destroyed by llro yesterday the town of San Thomas and last evening tired the city of San Fernando, The Italian government has In formed thli government that It has ex tended for three months the time In which the last of the Cenutl claims shall bo paid by Columbia, Postmaster General Ktnory Smith made a ruling yesterday that the sign "U S Mall," or other signs Indicating tho carriage of the malls, must be car ried only by such cars on street rail llncs.ns actually at the time are train porting the mail. Tho order to thU effect will be promulgated tomorrow. 1 his Is in rcjiHinsc to a request mado the day before for a ruling. The state department today re ceived a dispatch from President Schur man of the Philippine commission, giving the substance of the conferen ces with the representatives of Amil- ualdo, and asking for further instruc tions. While the text of the dispatch Is not to be made public, Secretary Hay staled that it showed a very sat isfactory condition of affairs In tho Phllppines and pointed to a settle ment of dllllctilttes there. Hominy, Mny 7 So far .1.10 nrresls have been made by the regular army at Wardner, Idaho, of striking miners. The troops arc In control of the situation. An order of tho war department gives to the commanding officers In Cuba, Porto Hico nnd the Philippines absolute authority in tho matter of transfer from the lino and enlistment and rc-cnllstment of the hospital corps. President MeKlnley has asked the military commanders In Cuba, Porto Mtco and the Philippines to make suggestions as to what would be proper rations for the army. The re quest comes as a result of his consid eration of tho Wude beef Inquiry re port. Forty thoiiMinil will be used as the divisor In fixing the shares of tho sol diers In the 81,000,000 allotted by the Hulled Stales government to l!e di vided among tho Cuban troops, and the payment will begin at tlio end of next week. A general order regard ing tho payment and setting forth tho rules to be observed will be Issued by uovcrnor uencrai urooito on .Monday next. The sisters of charity of Mantanzas, who have been occupying tho homo owned by Iteneflcencia. a charitable society, have been ordered to move out. Major General Mrookc, the gov ernor general of the Island, has been asked to intervene and telegraphed to the Menclleeneia officials forbidding the expulsion of the nuns, who are un der American protection. I MonlH.r, Mny 8 Filipinos arc proparing to mako a now stand at tho town of Malacor. They have a force of 0,000. Two big mass meetings wero held in Chicago yesterday by persons favor ing expansion and the policy of tho president. Among tho speakers wero Mishop Fallows, Congressman Dollver of Iowa, Thomaa ilryun, Judge O. II. Horton and other notable men. The report of the Wade court of In quiry, which has been Investigating General Miles' charges regarding tho beef supplied the army, has been made public. The court finds that the gen eral of the army was not justified in his charges, and that General K ngnn wos too reckless In his purchase of un tried rations. Senator Thurston has made the fol lowing statement concerning his now famous "Mose" poem: 'I wrote tho verses nearly thirty years ago when hardly more than a boy, nnd thought they were fairly good at the time. They were not put In print, but I oc casionally recited them to friends, and while the guest of some Philadelphia friends a few weeks ago recited them at a fishing club In New Jersey. One of those present Insisted upon a copy, which he wrote down, and it seems subsequently gave them to a Philadel phia paper. J have been much amused by the various parodies upon my youth ful effort, which has been given a cir culation entirely unexpected by the author who many years ago ceased tc look upon them as a novelty." Ttirrir, May 0. The civil service examination will be hold at Kearney, Neb., June 7 to till tho positions of postofllco clerk and carrier In that city. Herbert M. Ilushncll, postmaster at Lincoln, Neb., Is in Washington to consult with the department as to an Increase of the facilities at the ofllce in Lincoln. Tho comptroller of tho currency hat approved tho Hanover National bank ol New York and the Union National bank of Omaha as reserve agents for the First National of Genoa, Neb. Lieut. Gen. Polavleja, Spanish min ister of war, huscablcd toOcncral Mlos, Spain's principal military otllcer In the Philippines, au authorisation to return to Spain whenever it is convenient. Tho Chinese legation at Washington has mado a strong protest to tho state department against tho extension ol the Chinese exclusion act to Cuba, this having been ouo result of a recent order extending the Immigration laws of the United Mates to Cuba and Porte Itlco. The assistant secretary of war ha telegraphed to General Otis the wish of tho department for tho collection from Filipinos of exhibits for the Oma ha, San I ranclsco and Philadelphia ex positions and that they should be for warded free of expense to this country on government transports. General Miles mado the following statement in regard to tho beef inquiry: "The president is commander-in-chief of the army and my superior. He lias approved the findings of the Wade court of inquiry. Therefore 1 havo no comment to make. It would be an uu soldierly act wero I to do so." He also stated that ho would take no further steps In the matter whatever. The navy department has selected Mear Admiral Watson, at present com mandaut of the Muro Island navy yard to bucceed Admiral Dewey lu command of the Asiatic squadron. Watson will report to Dowey, after which Dewey may come home whenever ho feels ho c ,n bj spared from tho Philippines. River Ioiaa Itaulf. One of the strangest streams: In the world Is In East Africa. It flows In the direction of tho sea, but uover reaches It. Just north of tho equator, and when only a few mlleB from the Indian oceun, It flows Into a desert, where It suddenly and completely disappear!. i Tho Swindling Operations Hegelberg Exposed, of Dr. DID A BLIND POOL BUSINESS, Ma Confetaei lllmfelf n Fool to Think II Could "Jlet thn Mrkel"Abuut April 110 l.a it llo DUappaare I from titxr York an I It Njit Uu lor Arrait In Lot Ancftloi. Nrw York, May 0. Tho pollco of this city said to-day that tho sum to tal Involved in the swindling of which Dr. Hegel barg, now under nrrest In Ixjs Angeloi, Cal., is accused, will reach 8100,000. Dr. Ilcgelburg waa president of the Investor.-!' Guaranty and Trust company, with olllces In this city, It Is alleged that the com pany did a "blind pool" business In stocks. About April BJ, last, patrons of tho company who called at Its olllces found tho doors locked and no Information was obtainable as to tho whereabouts of tho members of tho concern. Krncst S May, keeper of a roitatirant, undo specific complaint that ho had Invested 8S, 10) with tho concern, and that ho believed ho ha'd been swindled. Two day.s before tho company's of fices were olotod somj of Hjgolbarg's customers received from him a typo written circular dato.l at Newark, N. J., saying that disaster had overtaken him. Ho attributed it to tho panicky market and said he had destroyed tho books and asked for a few months in vhlo'.i to make everything squire. Ho confessed that ho alono constituted tho whole company. Tho letter con cluded: ' 1 was a fool to think I could bear tho market and mako a fortune for you and me, but you will hardly bo moro successful. You loio only a few dollars, while I lose my very ex istence." Captain McCluslcoy said that a man named Young, who was n friend of I May, the restaurant keeper, had also been Induced to Invest money In He gelburg's conoorn and that May and Young had lost about S30.003 between llipm FOR RECALL' OF VOLUNTEERS. Qorernor Thorns of C.i!or.t; Tlln Abont the Solilleri In Philippine. Dknvkii, Colo., May 0. Governor Thomas has unnounced that within n few days, If President MeKlnley and tho secretary of war continue to Ignoro his communications on the s ubject of the return of tho Colorado roglmont from tho Philippines, he will tako steps 'with a view to secur ing tho lmmcdlato recalling of the troops. "I cannot as yet say j;;st what , course I shall follow," he said, "but I I will exhaust every resourco at my commanti 10 uriug tlioso boys home. 1 havo tried quiet, peaceable means and have failed. Now I will bo obliged to resort to something more forcible and It will bo made publlo. Of courso I do not deslro to tako any action that will unjustly hamper the administration, for lam an American, but I do not propose to sit Idly by and see tho volunteers from Colorado flighting and dying in tho Philippines in defense of tho policy which Is actu ating those In chargo of the move ments of our armies abroad. "In the first place, tho volunteer troops are being detained illegally and In defiance of the constitution. They enlisted for the Spanish war. That war it over and still they are detained In those far-off Islands. "Under tho constitution tho Colo rado volunteers will be perfectly justi fied In laying down their arms where they are and In returning to the United States. If they should do any thing like that, probably they could bo court-martialed and punished under the strict letter of military rule, bat in that event tho same military rule would be placed above tho con stitution of our republic." It Is regarded as possible that lu tho event of tho failure of any "publlo attempt" which may bo mado to bring about tho return of tho troops, tho governor will resort to legal proceed ings. If such proves to bo tho case, tho Supremo court of the United States may bo called upon to decide a test case regarding tho powers of tho President nnd that provision of tho constitution relating to tho purpoios for which volunteer soldiers may be vailed into sorvlco. The Cant! to Oo to CongreM. Washinoton, May 9. Secrptary Al ger has issued a formal pormlt for the turning of tho waters of Lake Michi gan into tho Chicago drainage canal. Ho announces that ho roust submit tho question to Congress, and that "If at any tlmo it becomes apparent that the current created by such dralnago works In tho south and main branches of tho Chicago river bo un reasonably obstructive to navigation or injurious to property, tho secretary of war reserves tho right to close such dtsohargo through said channel or to modify it to suoh an extent as may bo demanded by navigation and property Interests along said Chicago river a in.' Its south branch." General Aa-lerion In Charge In Chloaco. Chicago, May 9. General T. J. An derson, recently assigned to Chicago as commander of tho Department of tho Lakes, arrived to-day from San Francisco. He went at onco to army hoadquarters, where ho was received by his now staff. A RetlroilMivJ r Kllleil by rail. Namvckkt, Mass., May 9. Major L. C. Overman, United States army, retired, was killed by falling from a staging on which ho was ut work at hts Rummer homi luro to-day- At ono tlmo ho had chargo of government work in Clevolaud, O. ir $!nii RITUALISTS, Tba Archblihop of Gtntorbary Hear; Charges Altiit Clergymen. London, May 9 An important stago In tho ritualistic controversy opened to-day when tho Might Hon. and Most Iter. Frederick Temple, archbishop of Canterbury and prlmato of all Eng land, tho Might Hon. and Most Iter. Witllam Datrymplo MacLagan, arch bishop of York, sitting asnsctf-consll-t ii tod tribunal, bsgun a hearing of tho charges against tho Mev. Henry West all, vicar of St. Cutliberts, Phllbeaoh Gardens, of ceremonial nig of tncenso and lights, and tho Mov. Kdward Mam, vicar of tho churoh of St. .John, Tlm Lorhlll, Norwich, upon tho charge of ceremonial tno of Incense. Westall and Mam will havo tho asslslanco in tho ecclesiastical trial of a number of experts upon tho question of tho rit ual, Including tho Mev. M. M. Pcrclval, rector of tho Church of the Kvangel- is'.a in Philadelphia. The decision of the archbishops will not bo binding, except as to tho comclenco, upon any one. Tho chief purpose of this nrcli episcopal Inquiry is to avoid rfjrjnca to tho secular courts. A largo asscmblago of bishops anil woll known clergymen wero present In tho historic guard room of Lambeth palaco when tho archbishop of Can lorbury opened tho proceeding with an explanation of tho nature of the hearing. Arguments of counselor both sides followed. Ii A CRIME AGAINST CHRIST." I'.irdlnil Gibbon So Characterize a Itncnnt Now York MsrrUsn. Mai.timoiik, Md , May 0. Cardinal Gibbons, In tho course of his sermon at tho cathedral, on tho unity of tho church, characterized tho recent dl vorco and marrlago of n society lady In New York asaerlmo against Christ. His eminence, said: "Consider tho pontiff In relation to King Henry VIII, who asked for tho pope's s motion to a divorce so that ho might marry again. Tho pDpa refused to give it, saying: " 'Whom God hath joined togcthor, let not man put asunder'. Only a few days ago the country was shocked" at a woman In high llfo who was di vorced at : o'clock and married again almost boforo tho Inlc win Iry on tho divorca papirs. This Is a crlmo against tho laws of Jesus Christ. "Tho church Is ono in Its teachings. ff is tho saino in France, England, Italy, San Francisco on tho Pacific, and Now York on tho Attautic, Atl proclaim tho samo doetrlno, ono faith, one hone, ono baptism and ono Lord God grant that you may not be con- TRYING ENGLISH tented to be united to tho church, but In the Philippines, some parts of which to tho Spirit. God grant that all raaj avo been omitted by the War depart be living -branchss and boar fruit." ( rnent In making It public. Tho dis WILL BANISH UNION MEN, inthoritie frnpoiato clear Cour d'Aten of Agitators. Spokanr, Wash., May 9. Mines ol Shoshone county, Idaho, that propose to operate during thorelgn- of martial law may do so only on condition that they do not employ members of the Cour d'Alcnc Miners' union. i This is tho martlat law as laid down by General Merrlam and Attorney General Hayes of Idaho. At a meet- lng of tho ralno owners Sn this city, Mr. Hayes presented this mandate. Tho owners cheerfully promised to obey. "We ro going to clean wp the Cour d' Alone," said Attorney General Hayes prior to Ills doparture for Bob. "I have seen some of the miae own ers and tuey have, been Informed by tho proper authorities that they can not employ anyone connected with a criminal organization In this county. Tho Miners-' anion in Shoshone-county contains many desperadoes and crimi nals who haw, under the protection of tho union', perpetrated crimes and outrages. Twice has it been, neces sary because of those men and their organization, to put the county under martial law. We want to stop tba sort of thing-. G0MPERS DIDN'T PROVE IT, Complaint' Aboat the ,Itareaa or En Bravlnc Helil to lie Cnfdundeib Washington, May 0. The Secretary of tho Treasury has mado a report to tho President upon tho charges roccntly preferred by Samuol Gompers, president of tho Amer ican Federation of Labor, against tho conduct o tho buroau of engraving and printing under Director Johnson. Mr. Gompers' charges were based largely uoq tho testimony given In tho Investigation of the bureau hold in lHDt Tho secretary of the-treasury faLls- to find tho charges, sustalno in auy naatcrinl degree AGAINST AMERICAN MEAL lli Cltrman llelchttaa Will Have Noth Ins of Atnbauailor White' Hill. ., ,v m o Ik u nnthorltntt. ly stated that the coinmltteo of tho retchstag to which was roforrea tho moat inspection bill substantially agreed upon by tho Imperial cabinet and the United States minister here, Androw Whllo, lias reported against iI.a H.iiHd It (at itlil i r liaM ported in favor of a bill so hostllo to the American Intorests that the gov- eminent will probably refuse to sanc tion it. aarmnn-Amerleau l'roteit. Toledo, Ohio, May 9. Tho German, nmerloans of this olty held a monster mass meeting nt Gcrmanla hall to protest against tho proposed Mritlsh American alliance Spcechoi were mado by tho leading Germans of the city and strong resolutions wen adopted. Was Ono Comptroller of the Treainry. Mui.t.KroNTAi.NK.Ohlo, May 9. Judge William Lawrcnc, ox-comptroller ol tho treasury of. tho, United -States,, died at his country hdultf hero to-day. Ho waa president of tho National As sociation ot Wool Grower. Fin 5 roro Up a Railway Track in Sight of MacArthur's Troops. SURPRISED AMERICAN FORCES lUlltrsr Trln Ran Alinoit to tlis American Oatpo4t Otli, Hinrnvor, Itaport Thst Slgut of Wettlcaiilne Ara Mora Apparent Kvety Dif, Manila, May 0. Tho Filipinos sur. prised tho United States forces at San Fernando with a daring trick yoster Jay. A railway train, with an euglno t each ond, was run almost to tho American outposts and In plain sight 3t tho town. llcforo thov pnnli! tin reached a gang of natives sprang off '.ho train, toio uo sover.il lengths of tho railway track, boarded tho truln igaln nnd stcamod away so quickly that Micro was no opportunity to cap turo tho raiders. Tho army's gunboats, Laguna do Hay and Cavadonga, under command of Captain Grant, which started up tho San Fernando river for Gitagua jrestorday to establish a baso of sup plies for tho troopi engaged in the northern campaign, returned to-day, Major Generat MaoArthur having failed to connect with the expedition. Tho gunboats found rebels in trenched at Sosmoan nnd Guaguu, on tho water fronts of tho towns. The vcssjls steamed past tho works, shell ing tho occupants nnd driving them out. Landing parties from tho boats cutcrod both towns. At S-osmoan a Spanish captain was captured In uni form. He was ostensibly a prisoner in tho hands of tho rebels, and also a native ofllcir. Arriving nt Guagua, tho town and a unall gunboat were found to he burn ing, and tho natives wero evacuating the placo In consequence of the bom bard mont. At Sosmoan tho landing party cap tured Filipino flags and arms, chlofly uolos anu bows and arrows, besides a lot of band instruments, which the Amerjcans played as they marched back to tho boats. Captain Grant's expedition will probably run up tha San Fernando river, after having been reinforced on recently purchased light draft Spanish tleamers. Washinoton, May 9. Tho War de partment has received from General 0l' tho dispatch giving the situation patch is as follows: "Manila, May 9. Adjutant Gen eral, Washington: Situation as fol- lows: Lawton nt Maasln and Italinair: scouting parties to the north and east, MacArthur at San Fernando. Population of country batweon Manila and northern points held by troops returning home; appear cheerful and sontentod. Army gunboats operating In rivers. Have cleared country west ' MacArthur of insurgents. Signs of insurgents' weakness mor- apparent dally. Otis.' BELMONTS ARE "CHARMED," i the F4oa of 1,6 iJ net on Nuuhi tho New Torker Pravlmr Kentucky. Lkxinoton, Ky., May 9 Tho Mel mouts are going to Rcaoniont to spend n few days. Their baggage was sont out this morning im wagons, llcaii mont Is the country place-where Perry Belmont's horses are kept. It is five miles from town. This, afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Melmont will goito La Halle farm where W. G Whitney's horses are located. Although the Melmont's. havo re ceived no attention from, tlio society people hero, Mr. Melmont has issued this statement: "Mr. and. Mrs. Hil P. Headlcy havo placed tho- house at Meaumont stock farm at tho disposal of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Melmont, and they havo mado it their headquarters durllig their stay In Kentucky. From Mcanmont they will ninkiv excursions to celebrated stock farms. In tho re gion of Lexington, and are anticipat ing much pleasure therefrom Mr. and Mrs. Melmont are charmed! with Ken tucky llfo." Head ley has trained' Mr Mclmont'r horses for several years. THE SQUADRON'S.IUNE DRILL rroblem l'ropoted by the Naval War Colleen to He Tut In, Practice. Washington, May 9. -Renr Admiral Sampson arrived tn Washington to day and called at the navy department to confer with Secretary Long nnd As sistant Secretary Alien, respecting tho futuro movemouts of the North Allan- ll squauron. was aecuiea that the ,nlPs ""M ? trom Torapklnsvlllo ' n the -8t.h r tho Present month for Newport to bo presont thoro during tho inauguration of the governor ot Rhodo Island. The squadron will spend tho month ot June in working out practically some of tho problems to bo M down b tho nava th1"ceno of w,,,oh w war (sallege, III be entirely within tho waters north of tho Jersey coast. To Hove Ton of Dollar. rtlll.ADKi.iMilA, May 9 ThofOi'.OOO,. 000 now in tho vaults of tho mint and postofllco buildings here, which Sicuro the Issua of silver cortlficatoi, will bo transferred to tho rccintly-coinploted vaults In tho new mint slto, beginning to-morrow. The money Is inclosed ir 03,0011 boxcs-31,03J to tho box. Tar linking I'd it .lor for Mlttoarl. Jupfkkson Citv, Mo.. May 0. The Houso passed Muscho's bill to prohibit thi) uso ot chemicals that nro harmful lu food products It is alinod particu larly at Impunities In baiting powders. DUG THE BEEF INQUIRY REPORT, UenoraW Mllm u-iil Hi3n ot the I'rlnclp.il Con turn. Washinoton. May a My dlrceUc$ Jf tho Prcsldeut, who approves thi findings. Acting Secrotary of War Mclklojohn has mado public tho re port and findings of tho military court nppolntcd to Investigate tho charges mado by Mujor General Miles, com mandlng tho army, that tho beef sup. piled to tho army during the war with Spain was unfit for tho uso of tho troops. Tho most Important features of tho report are: Tho finding that tho gen eral'rt finding that tho rofrlgerated beef was treated with chemicals was not established; that his allegations concerning the canned fresh or cannot roast beef were sustained as to Its mi. suitability for food as used on tho transports and as a long continued field ration; censure of General Miles for "error" In failing to promptly no tify tho secrotary of war whou ho first formed tho opinion that tho food was unlit; censuro of tho commissary general (then General Kagan) for tho too extensive purchaso of tho caunod beef as an uutrlod ration; censure of Colonel Maus, of Gonoral Miles' staff; tho finding that tho packers wero not at fault, nnd that tho meats supplied to tho army wero of the same quality as thoso supplied to tho trado general ly, and tho recommendation that no further proceedings bo taken In tho premises. Tho conclusion of tho court ndversa to further proceedings based upon tho charges Is us follows: "It has been developed In tho cour30 of tho Inquiry, as recited in this report, that lu somo instances somo iftlivldu lis failed to perform the full mensure of duty or to observe tho pro prieties which dignify high military command, but tho court is of tho opinion that tho mere statement in tho ofllclal report of tho facts devel oped meets tho end of t'.io dlsclpllus and that tho interests of tho servico will bo bist subserved If furthor pro ceedings ba not taken." Tho censuro of Colonel Mans, Inspec tor general on General Miles' staff, is based upon his failure to call atten tion to charges concerning tho bcof at Chickamauga, contained in a report of Inspection mado by Dr. (or Major) Daly on tho 2(lth of October last, lu which ho 6tatcd his belief that the beet was chemically treated. "Tho silence of Colonel Maus," says the court, "on so important a matter as tho chemicalized beef reported by Major Daly, and personally kuown to himself, is most remarkable." The remark is also made that Gen eral Mllos' failure to draw special at tention to this report is "unex plained." Corninuntlng upon General Miles' testimony that he hud first formed the opinion last August that the re frigerated beof had been processed, the court remnrks: "Whatovor the date on which ho formed a. belief, or a reasonable suspicion, that the health of the troop wero betng Impaired by the use of deleterious food, it was his bound en duly, in the opinion of tho court, Instantly to tako tho most effective mcasare within hi con trol to ascertain tho actual fact and to correct tho wrong, if any should bo found. It would have boon practicable to obtain simples ot tho beef then being svppllod to the army by uoutraotors and to have submitted thesu samples to chemical examina tion which would have resulted lm tho detection ot the presence or absence of boraolo or salicyllo acids or any other aheralcal agout that may horo been used as preservative agonU Yet uo. such precaution as that sttgr gested was taken by tho major general, commanding at that tlmo or at any subsequent time, so far as has boom learned, hy the court. A chapter of the report is dovotedl to the consideration ot tho cause ot the blcknoss in the-army in the Santi ago campaign, but. "the court finds.lt impossible- to conclude that either tho canned fresh beef ao refrigerated bcof appeared to. any appreciable extent as. causes oMatcstinul disease. " General Miles, when asked whether he had nay comment to mako upon, tho beef report, replied that he had read It, "but I hnvo nothing to bay,"1 ho added; "oithetr about tho report tho mcthodiof tcstlmouy or tho-qoup-elusions, reached." SAID) M WROTE THE KA1SERL A IVonoh, Woman Tell of tturyisax iAreyrm'- Trenionable I.ettvre. P.wbih. May 9i Mile. Eloido-Wattt, daughter of a. French ofllcer now undergoing- imprisonment at Aglets foe-swindling, has wrltton to. M. Ma zatut, first preildont of tlie court oi cassation, a. letter Intended to hurt Dreyfus' case. She- de clared that the lato Sergeant Major Larimer, at oaa- tlmo .secre tary of tlu late I.leutonnnt. PnUnl f Henry, who, lilto Henry, committed suiciuo, seereiiy brought her docu ments, Including letters fro.ro Dreyfus to Kmpcror Willlaiw, which, she say3, bho buried in au Iron box In the for est of Marly, norlbwost of Versailles, bho forwarded a cabman receipt for tho trip, and declared horsolf ready to reproduce tho documents. Her com munication lias, boon presented to tho court of cassation. Tho friends, of Droyfus point out tho Improbability of tho genuineness ot tho letters, slnco the emperor of Ger many would hardly care to carry on a corrospondenoo with a spy. 1'IUihnrtr Klectrlelnm Will Strike. 1'irrsnuita. Pa.. Mav o Thn rn.t.i Electrical Workers' union, numborlng uuum ouu mon wno nro omployed on many fine buildings In coitrsa of orcc tlon, havo notified their employer that after May 15 thoy must be paid 30 cents nn hour and carfare. I the demand is not accadod to a'striko will tako placo on tho 10th. Tho men are. uow getting 13.30 for a IQ-hour day. -erv V , ; .::?