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.LAND PRICE THREE CENTS. VOL.. XIVII. 2tfO. 8G. BOCK ISLiAUD, LX.L,., SATURDAY., JANUARY 2a, 1899. ROCK ARGffi FATE OF GEM. EAGAH Re&ts with Ihe Thirteen Soldiers Who Have Listened to His Case. REPORT AS TO HIS PENALTY, VhUe I la 3fot So Stated Officially. tb Inprntlon la That Ilia Virulent Attack on Bla Superior Will Meet With DU. mlaaal From the Army An Inaanltj I'lra Attempted. Washington. Jan. 28. Col. Davis judge advocate of the Eagan court martial, is engaged in going over the record of proceedings in hoje of be ing able to deliver the papers to the secretary ox war today. UllicialJV nothing is vet known of the nature of the verdict. It is not thought, in the course of the regular routine, the papers will reach the president lie- Tore the expiration of a week or U) days. A general impression nevertheless prevails that the finding 01 the court martial places Eagan's penalty at dis missal from the service. Washington, Jan. 8. .The case of Commissary General Chars I. Eagan, charged with ctr.duit unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and with con duct tending to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, is now la the hands of the court-martial appoint ed to try him. Yesterday the taking of. testimony wag closed and arguments tot cnur.se! submitted. Tl-.e tiial had lasted three days and consumed less than eight hours of actual silting. A sebtion behind clrred doors of an hour or to FufQceJ fcr the court to reach a conclusion and err.liody it in a report. What the verdlrt v.as is altogether a. matter cf speculation, and, official?, ct least, will not to made pubMc ty the tii.il 1-oarJ, ini.iii.Ty teulat ons requir ing that its lindir.z shall go through lrescrlLed channels and be kcjt act ret until action be lml and promulgate! by tile pro;.cr r vi v:r.g uulhoiitl s. I'uriuM of tlie i."mtuff Teatiatiun.v. The testimony ct the tl sins s.ssion of the court was ilirtttcd largely to i.a tablirhirg the fact ll.at th? gtr.:ral had iost his imntal balance as a result of the charges made ajilnst him by Gen. .Miles. Ills daughter and her husband told of the general's changed condition, bad Inrlr.iareJ that they had great fear that he mignt at any time kill his ac :uikr. 2lr. ilcKc-e. a Ue-l izz friend. ftatd that t that time he believed uim actually !-. - fwta tm thin to:mtiun wt-rc I rought out s:rosly. X dramatic incident of the trial yesttr ny w:rs the ter::'mony of iUs f eneia.' daughter. M.-a. M Kee. in vh:cu sho described l..-r fath"r"s arosaranre on :he day he first rrad Oeneral Mines' statement. Pt:ir.d!r.g in the doer of h'.3 "ouae with tho n?wipior containing the evidence in liia hand he had ex claimed .vildi;-: "I have been crucified by Ocr-.-ra! Milrs." The yecretary of war was a vitr.e?3 t- j rovc that Hasan was d -barrel by the president's im munity orrt'-r fro-n p:osccut!ntl Miles in a military court. Wortliiugt'iii' Argument for Kagan. AVorlhlrrton ; t ned hia argument for Ea?an by contending thct by the law of this country: civil, criminal or military, the defendant cou'.d rot be railed t; a count for what he said be fore the war investigating commis.-lon. Counsel then called attention tj the president's public statement that wit nesses were given Immunity and de clared that this guarantee was c. aimed by the accuse?. He had b?cn accused of a heinous crime, and in h's statement to the investigating commission had defended his honor and innocence, as he had a perfect right to do. Wcrthing ton next cjuoted from authorities to show that to convict theaccused of con duct unbecoming ar. officer and a gentleman, the offense must be such that any brother officer who rhould. after his conviction, take him by tho band or visit his home, or be on inti mate terms with him. would himself bs disgraced thereby and render himself unfit to associate with gentlemen and men or honor. Counsel then reviewed the statement made by General Miles and charac terised it as without a parallel in the history of the country. He commented upon the statement that General Miles pretended to have known about the so-called beef frauds for three month before he had sprung them upon th country in his testimony before the war investigating commission. During that time, said counsel. General Miier had not communicated the allescJ fact to the responsible officers, nor taken any steps to put a stop to them. Jade Advocate's float ng Speech . Colonel Davis, the judge advocate, closed the argument. He said that hi had no other idea from the beginning tfcji th-jtt ajl.the facts. and ti whole Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. Alum bating powders arc the greatest mm tern to health of the present day. Movat. WMsn ool, ttw "jont. . fit to ignore all these remedies and to take the matter into his own hands. He had prepared, with deliberation, a statement, which he had read before the war commission, which was gros!y Insulting and an undoubted infraction of the army regulations as charged. ll'DLOWS1 BEFLT TO MI I. US. Military Governor of Havana Sends a State ment to the War Probers. Washington. Jan. 28. There were no witnesses before the war investigation commission yesterday, but the commis sion received and gave out an affidavit fromGenerai Ludlow, now military gov ernor of Havana, which the gsneral had forwarded in lieu of personally appearing la Washington. The type written statement waa principally In answer to the statements of General Miles before the commission in refer ence to the lack cf preparation made by the engineer corps, of which General Ludlow had been the chief officer in the field. General Ludlow, in his state ment, disclaimed ail intention of dis respect toward General Miles before categorically contradicting the iatter's testinicny eaj reported In the papers. General Ludlow says: "Having only newspaper clippings which were sent to me by friends, I am without au thentic information as to what General Miles really stated to the commission. If these clippings indicate correctly the natureof General Miles' statements and of the responsibility which is therein made to attach to me for any short comings th3t may be supposed to have existed in connection with the em barkation and disembarkation of the Santiago expedition, I beg leave, dis claiming all Intention cf disrespect, to express surprise at the statements made. I had the honor at the tlrr.c to b attached to Gen. Miles staff, as chief engineer of the armies In the field, and such orders as I received wtre given by him. In the newspaper statements it is represented that I had been oriercd by General Miles to supply my?elf with ev erything necessary f. r the disembarka tion of the tro ps in Cut a: that I failed to comply with thie instructions, and that pra-tlcally I had done no more than than furnish a number cf small pontoon boats that would be entirely useless for the purpose, although I had been sent to various places for the pur pose of collecting a proper equipment. I beg leave to rriaks the following state ment of the actual facts of the case and of my responsibilities and duties for the information cf the commission. to which I propose to append my affi davit as to their correctness, as has frggnv-wttti opjexL,HJLiuil." Tfte TUPtam with statements made to the commis sion." General Ludlow then givea a denial to each of the statements -and the dac- uments which he.claim3 prove his case. He incorporates in his statement a re port of a rather warm controversy he had with General Miles at the army headquarters in Wahingtr n after the return from Montauk. General Miles had said that General Lutliow's "fight ing at Santiago was good, but his en gineering was very bad." General Lud low said that he refuted this statement at the time, pointing out that he had done all the engineering work that the time and circumstances permitted: that the Santiago expedition was not an en gineering campaign, but a race b:-tveen the physical erdurance of the army and the Cuban malaria, and that "if the army had storped to build railroads and bridges, it would have been on its back before the surrender instead of after." In conclusion General Ludlow re quested that the commission should give his statement as much publicity as the statement of General Miles. THE SPANISH CORTES. Dete for the Opening Fixed Matters to Come Cp. Madrid, Jan. UH. The reoienin;r of the cortes is lixed for Feb. 20. The overniuetit will introduce a bill for the payment of indemnity to Span iards who .-uffered through the ces sion of the Philippines to the United States. The members of the opposition purpose to raise a delate on the wars in Cuba and the Philippines. It is lelicved the ses sion will be short. Saasta will then submit to the queen regent the ques tion of confidence iu the government. An oflicial gazette announces that the Spanish troops in the Philippines who are to be repatriated at the ex pense of Spain only number 2.000. The remainder will lie repatriated at the expense of the United States. Big St. Lonls Failure. , St. Louis. Jan. 28. The Farmers'' Elevator company has made an as signment. The elevator ha a ca pacity of a million-and-a-half bushels. The company has a capital stock of $350,000. bonded indebtedness of f 300, 000, and a floating debt of $75,000. Troops Ordered Bark From Hollo. Manila, Jan. 28. Gen. Otis has re called the 51st Iowa from Iloilo in or der that the transport Pennsylvania, on which the regiment is and has been most of the time since she left Hono lulu, may be repaired. The 18th in- ! fantry and 6th artillery will remain at : Iloilo" indefinitely. CoL Sexton Better. Washington. Jan. 28 Col. Sex- i ton's condition shows much Lid pro ve- The words of praise bestowed upon Hood's Sarsapan'.la by those who have taken it prove the merit ol the medi cine. " Louche. Oyster lunch at the Owl ealoou to-aigUU . li u i ii in case De Drougai uui. : said that if the accused thought him- I self aggrieved by the statement of (General Miles he had a positive and rare remecy. rie nia a ngot to ae mand a court of Inquiry and he also . had the undoubted remedy of resort to I the civil and criminal law. But he saw DEATH'S ICY FINGERS Gather a Terrible Harvest o Gold Hunters in the Klondike Region. E0V7 FIVE MEU "WERE OVERCOME. Taralyxed by Pala and the Bitter Cold Tuey Glee I'p the Fight. Soum of Them on the Trail and the Snow la Their Winding Sheet Others Lose Farts of Their Llmba Son's Vain Sacrifice to 6ae HI Father. Seattle. Wash., Jan. 28. The steamer Cottage City from Alaska brings news that a number of Copper river prospec tors perished in Valdez glacier. The fol lowing are known to have been lost: Charles Khron, Mew York cits: C. P. fmith, Chicago; Ole Evjen. Baldwin. Wis.; Henderson. Wisconsin; George Sweesey, New York. Among the badly frozen miners are: George Poalowitz New York city; Sylvester Grog. St. Jo seph, Mo.; Holven Evjer.s. Baldwin, Wis. There are siz men at Valdea suf fering from frozen feet, hands and face, A hospital has been established at Twelve Mile Cair.p, on the ether side cf the glacier, and fifteen men are suf fering there from the same cause. All were frozen trying to cross the glacier, but managed to get back into camp. The freezing of the Evjens. father and son. Is particularly sad. They started for Valdez. but on getting well toward the summit of the glacier found their feet freezing. Son's Sacrifice for Ilia Father. Doth started back. The son gave his father his own extra wrapping for his feet, and as a result froze both of his awn legs in a few minutes and was un able to proceed. He bade his father good-bye and compelled him to go on without him. Then the boy lay down in the snow to die. His body will prob ably never be recovered. The father reached Twelve Mile Camp very badly frozen and is not expected to live. Smith and Khron were members of the same party, in company with George Poal owitz, Sylvester Greg and several oth ers. They started across the glacier early in December. Smith was the first to freeze his feet. After they had crossed the summit and were going down the long stretch toward Valdez his strength began to .fail him. At last he could keep up no longer. Calling his compan ions around him he told them he was (loomed even if they got him into camp, and that they must try and save them selves. Ll'LLrn TO A LAST SLEF.P. After Sending Message to Ilia Wife and Children Other Sad Caaes. Telling them to tell his wife and chil dren back in Chicago how he died, he lay down in the snov and was soon lulled into a last sleep by the deadly frost. He was a Jeweler by trade. Chas. Khron wanted to lie down and die when the trip was almost at an end. His comrades kept him moving in spite of the pain of his badly frozen feet, and at last got him Ir.tu Valdez. His toes were so 'badly frozen that -they fell off when his hoots were cut away. Blood poisoning set in soon after and in ten days the miners buried him in a rough grave. He was a member of the Manhattan Mining company, of New York, a German, and leaves a widow and family in that city. The third man of the parly to lose his life was a miner named Henderson from some sma'.l town in Wisconsin. He started out with the party, but was frozen before they reached the summit of the glacier. He decided that his only hop was to turn ta k. S;on after he left the party a terrible blizzard swept over the glacier, obliterating all trails and making travel impossible. He probably lost his way then and perished. At any rate he never reached Twelve Mile camp, the only place of refuge for miles around. George Poalowitz, of the Manhattan Mining company, of New York, was tha fourth member to be badly frozen. He returned on the Cottage City in charge of Dr. Lewis, of Chicago. He wi'.l lose the greater part of both feet and is In danger of losing his life from brood poisoning- He would not let Dr. Lewis amputate his feet in the north. He faid: "It was bitter cold and for four days we wandered about the glacier trying to find our way down. We had little food. The other four members of the Manhattan company were waiting on short rations at the foot of the lake. I don't know what will become of them now that Khron is dead and I am here in almost as bad a fix. I don't want my wife to know of my condition, ro I will not tel! you my New York ad dress." George Sweezey, also of New York, was a blacksmith at Valdez for a long time. He started across the glacier early in the winter, drawing a heavy sled. The details of his death are un known, for he was alone. He never reached the other side. The miners who arrived on the Cottage City say that many others perished like Sweezey. They are unable to give names. The men starting out in pairs or singly were never heard of again. Five Drowned in Ihe Sound. South Norwalk. Conn.. Jan. 2S. Dis abled by an accident to her steering gear during a trip up the sound Thursday night, the steam canalboat J. C. Austin, of New York, ran on the rocks off Nor walk early yesterday and sank. Five persons lost their lives Captain Levire. of Jersey City; Chief Engineer Thomas Ycung: deckhand, name unknow n: pilot, name unknown; Mrs. Helen Callahan, New York. BaUoaeal Doata I'p la Ills Coat. Fennimor. Wis.. Jan. 2S. Delbert Church, aged-14. met with a fatal wound ty the accidental discharge of a gun He took his rifle along to shoot rab bits and in order to steady it in the buggy he buttoned the barrel of tbe gun under his coat. While crossing the railroad tracks the jolting discharged the rifle, the ball penetrating his luegs. PROCEEDINGS IN C0KQRES3. Senate Pimm the Pension Bill Hons Still on Army lUorganlzation. Washington. Jan. 24. The senate listened yesterday to a speech by Piatt of New York in favcr cf ratification of the Paris treaty. A resolution was of fered by Sullivan cf Mississippi declar ing that the ratification of the"t?aty should not commit tbe government to A colonial policy. The pension apprcpria. tion bill was passed after Eorr.e detats. Late In the afternoon eulogies were pronounced on the late Representative Cooke, of Illinois. The opposition to the army reorgani zation bill on the Republican side of the house has become S3 strong that yes terday Chairman Hull decided that it would be wise, in order to secure its passage, to abandon the idea of provid ing directly for a regular army of 100.C03 men. He announced on the floor that the committee would offer amendments to reduce the number of enlisted men to about 60.000. but lodge in the presl dent's discretion the authority to In crease the army to a maximum of 100. 000. These amendments have been pr? pared. How far this proposed modification will allay the opposition remains to hi seen. Johnson of Indiana declared that the purpose of the bill was to have an army of 100,000 either by direct authori ty or the exercise of the president's discretion, and he declared his purpose to fight to the bitter end the machinery which was being; forged for a colonial system. Henderson of Iowa declared his belief in the unwisdom of annexing the Phillppinesi Johnson raid the vital mistake waa made shea the president instructed the peace commissioners to demand the cession -of tbe Philippines The general debate was completed, but when the house adjourned, having been at work under the five-minute rule the first section had not been com pleted, i Michigan Blortgage Statistics. Lansing, Mich.. Jan. 2S. Labor Com missioner Cox has completed a canvas which shows that 23,70 mortgages, ag gregating $13.O33,S04, on farm property were recorded in Michigan last year. There were also recorded 17,522 mort gages, aggregating il6,135.1S9. covering city and village property. The number of mortgages on farm property dis charged was 22.491. atid they aesregated $13,102,264. while 14.423, asj-Tegating $11.- 663.7S4, were discharged from city and village property. The average rate of interest of the mortgages recorded was 7 per cent, and that . of thuse Cis-charged was 7.4 per cent. Indorsement of kfJchignn Solon. Lansing. Mich., Jan 8. The house, by unanimous vote, adopted resolutions commending the national administra tion for its conduct of the war. Secre tary Alger was giveh a rpecial Indorse ment and confidence was expressed n the - ability of the administration to properly dispose o all ptnding ques tions. Pingree's message criticising the Junket met with a "frost" in both houses. The senate! heard it read and made r.o reference whatever to it, while the house indefinitely postponed action concerning it. The "junketers" will start from Detroit tomorrow night. TVIdow of Stephen A. llonglns Mead. Washington. Jan.! 2S. Mrs. Robert Williams, who was married to Stephen A. Douglas in the zenth of his political career, and who waa one of the most brilliant figures In Washington society life since the days of Dolly Madison, died at her residence here Thursday night. She was a Miss Adele Cutts. She accompanied Douglas on his famous po litical campaign about the country just prior to the civil war. Or. his death she lived the life of a recluse until she met Adjutant General Williams. Illinois Solona Take a Rest. Springfield, Ills., Jan. Ss. The legisla ture has been in session four week3. Yesterday only perfunctory sessions were held in either house end no busi ness done. Over 200 .bills have been introduced. Onetbill introduced yester day makes it ar high misdemeanor to purchase Imitation butter for state in stitutions. Both bouses have adjourned to Tuesday practically. Chinee to Earn ftlOO.OOO. Chicago. Jan. 28. The Chicago pack ers. Swift : Co.. and Libby. McNeil 4c Libby, as a result of thecriticisms made against the freEh meat furnished dur ing the war yesterday announced that they would jointly pay $100,000 to any body proving that chemkal.i were used to preserve any he?f packed by them. Made Sure of Oealh. St. Louis. Jan. 48. Arthur Brown, who is employed by a glove manufac- urer here, cut his throat and Jumped from a fifth story factory window, dy ing soon after. No reason Is known for his action. Last Wednesday Brown married a young lady of this city. natter Men Adjourn. Sioux Falls S. D, Jan. 23. After a short business session yesterday the Creamery Buttermakers made a final adjournment. A res lu tion was adopted indorsing the bill suggested by the sec retary of agriculture for Inspection of butter for export. Sore lungs, pain in the chest and pain ful breathing are qnickly relieved and cured by the old reliable specific. Dr. Bull's tJocgh Syrnp. This remark able remedy breaks up a cold in one nijrht and is, without doubt, the very best medicine for all affections of the throat and lungs. It has cured thon snndsand willcnreyoa. It never dis ap points. Try it at once. Will quickly heal Sore Lungs. iKKiea are rmall aaxl pleasant to take, ixirtora rccoiumcaJ iu fiicc i$ eta. At ail druggists. Ooun&SwuD D OES THIS J3 We have placed on sale for this week only one hundred One Hundred H fDTl One Hundred OVERCOATS AND ULSTERS, all sizes, in fact all one and two coats of a kind, $18 and $20, for TEN DOLLARS Do you need an overcoat, or will you need one next season? It will certainly pay you to buy now In either case. Positively no credit on these coats. Nothing but cash. "2-OTJ US, ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. P. & M. Shields, bankers cf Belfast, have failed. Their liabilities are $E00,- 000. A Stanleton (S. I.) barber has been sent to jail for ten days for stealing S cents. Major Newton Walker, a pioneer. of Lewiston, Us., is dangerously sick with pneumonia. . The, condition of Colonel Sexton, who is ill in a Washington hospital. Is neith er better nor worse. Kmil Reuter, a wholesale flour dealer of Brooklyn, and his wife Ida, died sud denly in the same hour. Mrs. Parker, the wife cf Rev. Dr. Jo seph Parker, minister of the City Tem ple, 13 dead at London. Lcuis Anderson, a student of Yale university, was sentenced to Jail f)r ten days by a Cambridge police Judge. A report from Havana says orders have been issued to muster the Fourth Illinois regiment out of the service. By means cf the X-ray a small bullet Imbedded m tha skull of R. de Mar. a cutter who lives In Chicago, was plainly located. The thermometer at Chippewa Falls, Wis., registered 24 degrees below yes terday morning, the lowest recortTof the season. Through the French embassy Spain has again urged the Ignited States to procure the release cf Spanish prisoners held by the Philippine Insurgents. Dr. William Catto. of Decatur. Ills., one of the most prominent physicians of central Illinois, was killed by being run over by a train at Assumption, Ills. In the subscription to the Peter's pence fund in 1F58 the United States led. with 711.000 francs: J-ingland and her colonies. 620.OC0; FraTte, 49S.CC0; Spain, 2H OCO. Cleveland waiter g'rls have formed a union and affiliated with the Knights of Labor. The name of their organization Is the "Lady Waiters' Industrial Asso ciation." Died Defying the 21erearter. Helena, Mont., Jan. 28. Tom Salmon, former president of the Red Lodge Min ers' union, who killed Superintendent Connor, of the Rocky Fork coal mine. for discharging him, and who waa sub sequently repudiated by the members of the union, was hanged at Red Lodge yesterday. Salmon "died" game." He refused to accept scriptural consolation, saying that he "wanted no minister, priest or sky-pilot to show him the road to heaven." Governor Is Tired of I'ana Troubles. Pan a. Ills.. Jan. 28. The operators committee, who vieittd Governor Tan ner at Springfield, reporting their side of the situation and aivising indefinite retention of the troops hero, returned home greatly dissatlfflel with the re sults. Governor Tanner treated them courteoUFly, but said he was tired of Pana committees absorbing his time in giving the various phas?s of the Par.a trouble, when he hiir.se'.f was well ac quainted with all tbe existing condi ticca. Istrodored Another faaa Ii.lL" Madison. Wis.. Jan. 2. In the senate yesterday the railroad committee intro duced anotber para hill which is likely to becoarie law. It Is modeled largely after the New York statute. A hill to license barbers waa introduced ia the assembly. II EREST . . . YOU lO.o THE DOCTOR IN WAR. Stands tbe Teat of Conrge When ever I'nder fire. Tbe London Lancet . has an article about tho bravery of surgeons under fire. Tbe Lancet's nrllclo is about Brit ish surgeons. It applies in bo far as its anecdotes go to them, but in its general terms and 'its comments it applies to all.. ' We have never read of a surgeon quailing under fire or dcFerting his port in a panic, and what is a great deal more we have never heard of a sur geon quailing before a hospital or de serting his post, though yellow fever, smallpox, typhus or cholera threatened bis life and surrounded him with its horrors. There are many well authen ticated stories of tbe courage and devo tion of our army doctors in tbe field and hospital. Tbe latter is tbe much more trying to courage and fidelity. Tbe excitement of battle goes far to keep a man at bis work, even should he be disinclined for it. The long dreary watches cf the hospital, tbe hard and thankless round of duty, the hourly scenes of horror and possibly the dis couraging absence of proper assistance and support from the administration of tbe army are wbat try a doctor's nerve and tefct bis fortitude and patriotism. We do not know why Jihey stand tho teet so well better apparently, on an average, tbun those whose trade it is supposed to be to face dentb and danger. Hut tbe fact remains that they do, nil honor to tbeni ! San Francisco Report. lie Itearlatered. , 'I will register for anotber piece of pic, ma," said a precocious urchin. "My son, you bavo cast one thought lees ballot of pio down ycur throat. There shall be no etuffiug tbe digestive ballot box in this family." And tbe little fellow bong around Mhe supper without avail. Golden Dsys. a'o Core a Cold tn One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. . . . 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