Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1898, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1898-12 PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES THAT A MEET- he ¢ AND PANY OF WASHIN company’s ( a, D.C, on the lock noon, for the rease of the capital 13th July, 1808 f authorizing 1 mpany DA ESSION OF the Eastern § will be b day of purpose Secretary. + for the Distric TURDAY EVE ter, of ¢ cor. ING, 1 in Naval Lodge Hall, 4th at. and Pa. ave. s.e., lwek, 10 which all members of the order are invited. Business 1. To take action relative to raising © the benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers and sailors of the present war. «to the approach rand Chapter. 3. a fund v3 To transact business relati of the General Any unfinished business from previous meetings. By order of t W. G. Matron. CHAS. L. PAT- Tt rend $ etary it’ _TO WHOM IT MA debts of sny . onsible for I will not be respo Ee meas nature made by Mre. T. HL S DONT SAG 3 ants bag at the ki Fi pay es when we cut J. FRED. GAT- F. MUDD, d ‘ h st. E. now with us. 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WANTED (Houses) WANTED (Mis ellaccou WANTED (iteoms) (Situations) eee RHEE ME Re eee NOR Herdeneeeeeanehaeaeeetnn WANTE m Hospital Plans. nn, jr., has been appointed strict Commissioners to assist the ings in the preparation of construction of an Isolating ‘ounds of Providence Hospitak The was made with the under- the plans prepared shall be a building not to exceed the cost of #), including heating. The compensa- for the plans and specifications, includ- Ing the necessary tracings and blue prints, fs to be $600, provided the plans are ap- proved as required, and the contract made for building within the said amount of This sum of $600 is also to in- chu services heretofore rendered for the prepared for the building first to be erected on the same Santiago Blockade Raised. The State Department has decided that it is not necessary to give formal notice to the world of the abandonment of the block- ade at Santiago. The capture of the town is supposed to be sufficient notice to every- bedy concerned that it is now an open ort, and the Treasury Department has een informed. “APENTA,” THE BEST NATURAL APERIENT Water. jits remedial setlon remaing untmpaired, wever long it may taken.""—The Medic: Mexaaine, INTEREST DIVIDED Troops at Camp Alger Discussing Variety of Topics. GREAT DESIRE FOR ACTIVE SERVICE Typhoid Fever and Work of the Provost Marshal. NOTES OF THE CAMP soe Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAMP ALGER, Va., July 20, 1898. Interest at Camp Alger is divided today between the War Department, the reported epidemic of typhoid fever, the prospective moving of the Ist Division and certain do- ings of the provost marshal’s office. Ever s.nce the Santiago expedition first set out the regiments left behind have been im- patiently watching the office of the Secre- tary of War for some indication of the trecps that were to be taken to Porto Rico. The importance of the typhoid fever ques- tion grows more decided with every new case sent to Fort Myer. Many of the men in Gen. Butler's command look on the es- tablishment of a new camp at Dunn Lor- ing as an effectual quietus to all their hopes of assisting Porto Rico, and so are keenly alive to every change of plan in the program announced by Adjt. Strong of the Ist Division. It has been an open secret that for a week past the order issued by Gen. Graham, recently, forbidding the sale of intox circumvented. This the provost marshal was determined should no longer be the case, and a suc- cessful effort was made last night to stop the traffic indicated in at least one quarter. Nothing has been heard here that would indicate that any regiment in the 2d Corps has been selected to join Gen. Brooke's forces. Many of the regimental command- ers intimate that they have private ad- vices from the War Department that their men are to go, but except in the ranks of those same regiments these reports are not given much credence. No one at head- quarters has any knowledge that any one regiment {s soon to be ordered away. It Is suggested, on the contrary, that the estab- lishment of the Dunn Loring camp is an apparent reason for believing that all the regiments will remain here some time. Under Waiting Orders. The Rhode Island men have been under waiting orders for some time and the two New York regiments, the 159th Indiana, the 7th Ilinois and the 2d Tennessee have all been erdered to submit lists of the articles needed to complete their equip- ments, so that they may be ready to leave for the front. Everytaing of however lit- tle importance is taken as full of signifi- cance when it concerns the possible move- ments of troops, so it is not surprising that this order should have excited no end of discussion. One of the surgeons In camp who spent yesterday at the Fort Myer hospital said this mornirg that there were at least eighty cases of typhoid fever under the care of the surgeons there. He thought most of them would prove light cases, but that many of those sent over last were very seriously ill inde So far today but four new been reported, all from the 6th N names of the patients are E York and Privates Henry L. Churchill and Robert Olson, Company E, and August F. Buch- holz, Company A. In the New York Ca alry the surgeons seem to have the fever well in hand, no new cases haying been reported there since Wednesday. "There are now eight cases in the hospital out of the 200 men in the two troops. New Camp Selected. Colonel Schall of the 6th Pennsylvania has finally selected a new site for the camp which is presumably free from the un- healthful condition of the old one. He has chosen a spot in the pine woods near the camp of the 7th Illinois, where there has not been a case of illness for at least a month. Nothing new has developed in the plans of General Butler concerning the new camp for his decision. Further delay may be ex- pected, however, because of the seizure of one of the new wells by the Ist Connecticut and a controversy over some land, which General Butler hopes to secure for the 12th Pennsylvania. It is expected that two or more wells will be finished within the week, o that if the land question is settled the h Pennsylvania may remove from its present quarters before Sunday. Brigadier General Plume and the engineering officers of the Ist Division, Major Josiah Pierce, spent today laying off the camp for the Ist Brigade. that is for the 65th New York, 7th Ohio, 1s. New Jersey and 9th Separate Bat- talion of Ohio Volunteers, colored. Gen- eral Butler said today that his headquar- ters would not be moved before Saturday or the early part of next week. The hos- pital wi? go over last of all. Capt. J. C. W. Brooks, quartermaste: the Ist Division, and Capt. James E houn, an ald on General Butler's staff, or- ganized yesterday into a scouting party for the provost marshal. These two officers first dressed themselves as enlisted men and then obtained passes until 11° o'clock last night. This done they set out to dis- cover some violation of the liquor law. An offender was soon found in the form of a man who was always selling the last pint of whisky he had. After some little parley he sold a flask to Captain Brooks and was arrested for his pains. He spent last night in the guard house before he gave his name, T. J. O'Boyle. This Provost Meshal Kirby expects will prove a warning to other offenders. Notes of the Camp. A man wearing the uniform of a lieutenant in the artillery service has been arrested on the charge of impersonating an officer. His name, he said, was Haxel, and his regiment the 5th Maryland Artillery. This explanation, when corsidered in the light of the fact that he slept in camp with en- listed men, was regarded as insufficient, and Haxel was accordingly placed in custody until the question of his rank can be de- termined. Privetes Fitz Lee Smith, Company A; C. F. Davis, Company F; C. F. Adams and David Downey, Company B, all of the 3d Virginia, were before the Ist Division court- martial this morning, charged with drunk- enness, disorderly conduct and_disobedi- ence of orders. Private Alfred St. James, Company B, of the Gth New York, has sentenced to pay $10 fine and serve ten ys at hard labor for resisting an officer, Capt. King’s wife and a party of young ladies from Alexandria called at the quar- ters of the 3d Virginia this morning and brought with them an exceptionally good luncheon. ‘apt. Hoyt of the 6th Pennsylvania is to deliver « lec.ure to the men of his regiment on “A Walk About Jerusalem.” A furlough for eight days has been granted Father Sherman, the chaplain of the 4th Missouri. The remains of Private Hollenbeck of the ath Missouri, whose death was reported in The Star of yesterday, were taken to Mound City for burial. Some discussion having taken place about the rank and pay of regimental adjutant and quartermaster, headquarters was asked to render an opinion on the subject. It ap- pears from that opinion that the officers indicated have the rank and pay of un- mounted captains. The medical department has recommended that all refreshment stands in the camp be closed. ‘Chis action ts thought advisable because some of the enlisted men were dis- covered eating five and six plates of ice cream one after the other. The body of Private Edward Dearth, Company B, 6th Dlinois, who was drowned at Cabin John bridge June 28, has been re- covered and will be interred at Arlington this afternoon. Tillman, the absconding orderly from the headquarters of the 3d Virginia, has not yet been caught. A discharge has been granted First Ser- geant Samuel Porter, Company E, 65th New York, in order that he may accept a com- mission of second lieutenant. a. Deserter May Be Shot. DENVER, Col., July 20.—Geo. Lare, who enlisted in the 7th United States Cavalry two months ago in this city and deserted recently from Fort Grant, Ariz, was brought to Fort Logan and tried there bv court-martial. Desertion in time of war is generally punished by death. No decision has been given out. TROOPS MARCH TOMORROW Men at Oamp Thomas in Readiness to Move ‘on Porto Rico. Maj. Gen. Brooke Again at His Head- quarters—Lorigan’s Resignation Causes Others to Be Filed. CHICKAMAUGA-CHATTANOOGA MIL- ITARY PARK, Tenn., July 20.—The move- ment of troops from Camp Thomas for Porto Rico will begin tomorrow. Today the various commands included in the first or- der to move are busy packing up and load- ing their effects. They will have every- thing finished by night, and can get out at an early hour tomorrow without delay. Railroads have trains in readiness,and have things so arranged that they can put the troops through to Newport News in a very short time. The commands which go tomorrow are the 2d brigade of the Ist Division, 1st Corps, consisting of the 4th Pennsylvania, 4th Ohio and 3d Illinois, under command of Brigadier General Hains; Light Batteries B of Pennsylvania, A of Illinois and the 27th Indiana Battery, the Signal Corps under Major Glassford, the reserve hospital corps under Major L. S. Smith and the reserve ambulance corps, with thirty-three ambu- lances, under Major Frank Boyd. Major General Brooke was at his head- quarters early today. He spent the morn- ing in consultation with his officers arrang- ing plans for the departure to Porto Rico. He declined interviews on the movement of troops or any other subject. The Troops to Go. Although the orders have not yet been issued, it is believed safe to say that the 8¢ Brigade, fst Division, Ist Corps, and the 2d Division of the Ist Corps will begin moving Thursday or Friday. These com- mands are composed as follows: Third Brigade, 1st Division—First Ken- tucky, bth Iilinois and 3d Kentucky. First Brigade, 2¢ Division—160th Indiana, 31st Michigan, Ist West Virginia Second Brigade—Sixth Ohio, h Indi- ana, 2d Ohio. Third Brigade—Fourteenth Minnesota, Ist Pennsylvania, Ist Georgia. l, Gen. Poland, commander of the 2d Divi- sion of the Ist Corps, has been ill for the past few days, but hopes to be about in ar day or two. He will accompany his divi- sion to the front. The telephone system of the park has been abandoxed, and the army officials are depending entirely upon the telegraph, the signal corps having perfected an excellent system, with an office at each of the divi- sion headquarters. The system gives Gen. Brooke's headquarters direct connection with the government at Washington. Yes- terday the work of taking down the tele- phone wires was begun. Maj. Lorigan’s Resignation. Major Lorigan’s resignation as major of the 2d Battalion, 9th New York, has been accepted, and he has departed for New York city. It grew out of his opposition to Col. Green for the colonelcy of the regi- ment. Both men had been prominent in New York state military affairs for years. Because of the existing friction and the unpleasant results attendant, Major Lori- gan decided to withdraw from the com- mand. er, after having filed his resignation, he reconsidered the matter and wished to withdraw the resignation, but was inform- ed by Col. Green that this could not be done. The matter had begun to assume more general proportions by this time, Ma- jor Lorigan’s resignation being accom- panied by that of Capt. John D. Walton, Company D. Since that time the resignation of Capt. Bryde, Company F; Capt. Thompkins, Com- pany B; First Lieut. Leon Bardy, Company B; First Lieut. Winter, Company V, have been filed through sympathy. Col. ‘Green refused to discuss the matter or to speak of the probable successors of the commis- stoned officers who have resigned. A spirited row is now on between the line of the 4th Ohio and the- medical staff. Lieut. Col. Huidekoper has ordered Captain Surgeon Wright over to the division hos- pital. Col. Coit claimed the order should come through him and appealed to Brig. Gen. Hains. Hains sustained Colt and Wright will stay until the matter can be carried up. ee WILL MEET ABOUT AUGUST 10, The Canadian-American Commission to Consider Disputed Questions. The high commissioners recently ap- pointed by President McKinley to repre- sent the United States at the coming Ca- nadian-American commission, which is to meet at Quebec and endeavor to “settle ntmerous long pending border difficulties, will hold a ,preliminary meeting at the State Department Friday for the purpose of organizing and outlining the American plan of procedure. The American commis- sicners are Reciprocity Commissioner Kas- son, Senators Gray and Fairbanks, Repre- sentative Dingley and Mr. J. W. Foster. It had been intended to meet about the first of August, but it is now arranged that the commission will open its sessions about August 10. Lord Herschel, the British representa- tive, sailed yesterday for this country. He will probably go to Pequot, Conn., on his arrival, to confer with the British’ ambas- sador, Sir Julian Pauncefote, who 1s sum- mering there. Aside from ‘being on the commission, Lord Herschel is at the head of the British arbitrators on the Venezuela question. The Canadian commissioners on_ the boundary settlement are Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Louis Davies, Sir Richard Cartwright and Mi. John Charlton, M. P. The personnel of the high commission is exceptionally distinguished, including the former lord chancellor of England, the premier of Canada, the chairman of the ways and means committee of the House tatives, an ex-Secretary of s well as senators and members of ment, prominent in their respective of action. This, as well as the im- pertant subjects to be considered and em- braced in a treaty, promises to make the gathering at Quebec a notable one. CS Sra ES The Cerruti Case Still Unsettlea. Baron Fava, the Italian ambassaflor, called at the State Department again to- day in reference, it is understood, to the Cerruti case. So far as can be learned the matter remains in statu quo, and no set- tlement has been arrived at, although the impression seems to be gaining ground at the State Department that_the matter will soon be amicably adjusted —_—___--______ Relieved by The Star's Cablegram. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I cannot forbear a personal acknowledg- ment of the service rendered to me and mine by your cablegram from Santiago yesterday in relation to the health of the District troops. It was a noticeable piece of journalistic enterprise, and as thought- ful and kind as it was enterprising, but this is so characteristic of The Star that I might ordinarily have taken it as a matter of course. In the present case, however, it* commands a depth and warmth.of appre- elation far beyond my power to express. My youngest son is one of the District boys, and I have not had a Ine from him since he left Key West. To receive a dis- patch, therefore, right from the regiment, so direct#@and explicit in its terms as to the condition of every member of the regiment, was next to a letter from my loved ona himself. I cannot tell you what a sense of relief it gave, nor express a tithe of the pleasure it brought to our anxious household. Suly 20, 1898. J. T. PETTY. Ee At the Bisley Rifle Meet. LONDON, July 20.—At the Bisley rifle meeting today in the competition for the St. George's challenge vase, first stage, 500 and 600 yards, open to volunteers and retired volunteers, gt 900 yards, nearly eighty men scored thirty-five points, the highest possible. Of the Canadians com- peting Hayhurst scored thirty-five. In the Daily Telegraph cup contest Broadhurst wag among the fifteen highest posable. In bg Se the tie oy re e) ir thest bles, including Broadhurst. The final ties will be shot later. Armstrong and Ross of the Cana- dians, wom f2 each, | MANY ARMY PROMOTIONS A Iarge Number of Appoistments by the President. = = Selections for the QSartermaster's, Ordnance, Commissary, Engineer, and Other Departments. The President has made the following ap- pointments and promotions in the army: Quartermaster’s Départment. To be Neutenant colonel, Maj. (Charles R. Barnett, U. 8. A. f To be majors—Capt. John B. Bellinger, U. 8. A.; Lieut. Leon S. Roudiez, U.S. A.; John W. Mason of West Virginia. To be captains—John W. McHarg, J. Ed- ward Farnum, Thomas S. Crasselli, James A. Campbell, Nathan M. Flower, Lieut. Edwin R. Butler, 2d Arkansas Volunteer Irfantry; Bon T. Haughwaut, Harry B. Chamberlin, William S. Scott, Charles T. Baker, Samuel Beard, Thomas Downs, Walter B. Barker, Charles M. Wrigley, Marion M. McMillan, George L. Goodale, Lieut. John J. Bradley, U. 5. A.; William C. R. Colquhoun. Ordnance Department. Lieutenant colonels—Jas. Rocwkell, jr., captain, ordnance department; Rogers Birnie, captain, ordnance department; Wm. Ennis, captain, 4th Artillery; Henry D. Borup, captain, ordnance depariment; John T. Thompson, captain, ordnance Ge- partment; Wm. P. Duvall, C. Shaler. Majors—Lieut. John L, Chamberlin, United States Artiller; Capt. Benjamin Alvord, U. S. A.; Capt. Wm. J. Nicholson, 7th Cavalry; Capt. Frank H. Edmunds, U. S. A.; Capt. John McCleland, 5th Ar- tillery; Capt. Eli D. Doyle, artillery; First Lieut. James T. Dean, 14th Infantry; Capt. Henry H. Benham, 2d Infantry; Lieut. Matthew C, Butler, jr. Commissary Department. To be majors—Capt. Frederick A. Smith, 12th Infantry; Solomon F. Thorne, Capt. Morris C. Foote, 9th Infantry; Martin I. Townsend, Daniel Hogan, Henry Page of Utah, Lieut. George W. Ruthers, 6th In- fantry; Willlam Williams. To be captains—Sergt. Abram Benedict, Charles Weiser, John B. Clark of Illinoie, William _B. Cowin, Isaac D'Isay, James A. Logan, James C. Baldridge, James A. Bai- ley, jr., William B. Hale, James C. Read, Thomas F. Ryan. Engineer Department. To be majors and division engineers— Captain William E. Cratghill, U. S. A.; Lieut. Edwin A. Root, Ss. A. Adjutant General's Department. To be captains and assistant adjutants general—Samuel 8. Sexton; Hallet A. Bor- rowe, sergeant of the Ist U. S. V. Cavalry. Pay Department. To be additional paymasters—Jonas M. Cleland, Glen Hays Logan, Theodore Stern- berg, Henry H. Twombly, Thomas C. Good- man, William R. Graham, Junius G. San- ders, Charles B. Marsh. The following promotions in the 2d Regi- ment, U. S. V. Caval have been made: To be majors—Capt. William C. Wheeler, Company B; Capt. Robert Calverley, Com- pany L. To be captains—First Lieut. Arthur L. Davies, Company B; First Lieut. J. Wash Young, Company I; First Lieut. Robert A. Hacker, Company L. To be first lieutenants—Sepond Lieut. Francis A. Perry, Company. B; Second Lieut. John H. Ivey, Company. G; Second Lieut. Edgar G. Shurtleff,’ Company I; Sec- ond Lieut. Andrew J. Burt, Company I. To be second leutenants—Sergeant Cyrus E. R. Mead, Company B; Corporal Ralph P. Cooper, Company G; First Sergeant Sid- ney K. Hooper, Company 1; Sergeant Thos. W. Davies, Company L. To @ chaplain—Henry G. Golden of Wyo- ming, to fill an original vacancy, FOR POLICING SANTIA Hurrying Forward thé Imniune Reg ments Wanted for Shafter. The War Department fhis morning was Going its best to hurry forwaxd the im- mune regiments Which Gen. Shafter has so urgently requertgd, ond it is hoped that they will be sent within twenty-four hours. They are wanted by Gen. Shafter to serve as .nilitary pickets for the city of Santiago proper, thus obviating the neces sity of reta‘aing within the zone of infec- tion any of the men who now constitute Shafter’s army. The situation at Guantanamo among the Spanish troops there surrendered is cal- culated in some measure to disturb the de- partment’s plans for the shipment of these soldiers back to Spain. The department is under obligations not to place aboard the steamships that ere to be used for the con- venience of the troops any soldiers having yellow fever. So it will probably be neces sary to place the surrendered camp under very rigid sanitary rvles and to sift out very carefully all persons showing the faintest symptoms of disease. When the others have been isolated for a sufficient period of time to make sure that they have not contracted the fever, they will be ready to go aboard ship, but it can be readily seen that the adoptton of these precautions involves considerable delay in the return of the Spanish troops to Bpain, and it is dcubtful if this move can be initiated with. in a month. This delay is unfortunate, in view of the possibility of trouble ensuing from the presence of the two armies, as well as the Cubans, at Santiago, but as the Spanish officers have been or will be pa- roled, it is presumed that they will use thelr influence among the enlisted men to prevent any friction, Secretary Alger has cabled to Gen. Shaf- ter directing him to cavse to be prepared at the 2arllest posslile moment a complete List of the American soldiers suffering from yellow fever, as well as the names of those who have lost their lives from that disease. This information will be telegraphed to the War Departnisa:, and will, it is expected, serve to allay the apprehensions of the relatives and fricnds of our soldiers. a CONDITION OF NAVY'S WOUNDED. Not a Case of Infectious Fever to Be Found. Surgeon General Van Keypen of the navy is back from a visit to the wounded brought up from Santiago by the hospital ship Solace. These embrace all of our men wounded at the battle with Admiral Cer- vera’s squadron, twenty-two in number, as well as twenty-five sick sailors from Samp- son's fleet. The fact that only twenty-two men were wounded in this notable engage- ment is regarded as one of the most re- markable circumstances, connected with that event. Dr. Van Reypen fund that all but two of the men were moving about, and these two more serjously,,injured are on the way to recovery. The wounds are from bursting shells, ana in/A few cases from bullets. The twentystwo include some marines, so that the actual number of those wounded in the sea, fight,Js even less. There is not a case of fever of any kind among the sick or wounded”brought up from the fleet. c oe Dr. Van Reypen says) this: satisfactory health condition exists .at all naval points. At Caimanera, where the marines are camped, there Is not the slightest symptom of fever. At Portsmouth, N. H., where the Spanish sailors are quartered, there is no fever of a serious character, it, being inter- mittent and free from infectfon. In gen- eral, Dr.+Van Reypen regards the health conditions of the naval branch of the ser- vice as exceptionally satisfactory, not a single case of infectious fever existing any- where. ee James McLean Drowned. James McLean, who lived in Fairfax county, Va., near Herndon, was drowned in the Potomac river near Seneca Sunday afternoon. Mr. McLean could not swim. He went in the river to take a bath and unintentionally got into deep water. His body was recovered near the dam yester- sent to his late home. Dersgeet leave £ day and was about forty years old and family. His father lives in this city, on 4t street northeast. ee 2 Cruelty to a Mule. * Francis Jenks, colored, was today fined $10 by Judge Scott for cruelly beating a DETAINED AT QUARANTINE/ AI) QF THE COURT New York Health Officer Holds Seneca’s Passengers for Observation. Foreign Military Men on Board—No Certainty That She Brings Yellow Fever Cases. NEW YORK, July 20.—The United States transport Seneca, Cayt. Decker, arrived at quarantine today, aad was detained by the health officer for disinfection. Six persons were removed to Swinburne Island for ob- servation and treatn:ent. Dr. Doty says that while these cases are rot well marked, and are net by any means yellow fever, he will rot take any chances, and therefore decided to 1emove them to Swinburne Island imn ediately. The steam- er will be thoroughly disinfected. The most severely wounded soldiers will be sent to Bellevue Hospital for treatment and the others to Hoffman Island for ob- servation. - ‘The Seneca, now known as transport No. 5, left Siboney, Cuba, July 14, wigh ninet: nine sick and wounded soldiers and forty eight passengers. The sengers were al- ready on board when the sick and weunded were received. The ship, being intended for transporting troops, vas not in any way fitted for a hospital ship. The passengers were Col. Yermsleff, Rus- sian army officer; Gen. Euver Pacha, Turk ish army; Lieut. Akiyama, Japanese navy; Count Von Rebeure, German army; Com- mander Andersen, Swedish navy; Lieut. Atilgaard, N gian navy; Mrs. Sylvester Scovel, Miss Jeanette Jennings of the Red Cross Society ané a rumber of newspaper correspondents. The arrival of the sick and wounded on board the Seneca off Siboney caused con- siderable alarm, as there were no med- icires, no antiseptic dressings, no ther- mometers, no surgical instruments, doctors or nurses. Drs. Hicks and Bird, assistant surgeons, and one nurse came to help out. Miss Jennings did great service, and merit- ed the praise bestowed upon her by all on board. The foreign officers of the Russian, Swedish and German delegations and their assistants gave up their state rooms and quarters to the sick and took pot luck with the convalescents. The steamer be- tween decks was filthy and not fit for human beings to occupy. The bunks were built of rough boards and looked like cattle pens. The ice gave out first, and then the fresh water became vile and unfit for use. A little was obtained by condensation. The washing of wounds was in many cases done with salt water. The food was scarce. On arrival at quarantine Dr. Doty re- moved to Swinburne Island John Ennis, Company K, 6th Massachusetts; T. F. Burgher, captain and assistant adjutant general, United States Volunteers; William Paley, photographer; James Novac, pri- vate, Company G, 8th Infanti Morgan Washburn, civilian, and Henry Weiber, Company D, 224 Infantry. The passengers say that if yellow fever had appeared on the voyage home the mor- tality would have been fearful. Nothing could be done on board to prevent the ac- cumulation of filth. The vessel's capacity was crowded to the utmost; bunks and cots were erected in every direction. The Seneca brought the bow chaser bow gun of the Vizca on board before sailing. or ya, which was put -_—— GENERALLY FAIR. Cooler Weather Indicated for To- morrow. Forecast till § p.m. Thursday: For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary- land, generally fair tonight and Thursday; cooler weather Thursday and Friday; west- erly winds, becoming northerly. ‘or Virginia, fair tonight and Thursday; cooler Thursday; west to northwest winds. Weather conditions and general forecast: The pressure continues high in the east guif states, and an area of high pressure has developed on the northern Rocky mountain slope. The pressure is low in the lake regions, and is moving rapidly east- ward. The barometer has risen throughout the Rocky mountain slope and the upp lake region and rapidly in the upper Mis- sissippi valley. ‘The temperature has throughout the Missouri ppi valleys. howers and thunder storms occurred in New England, near the middle Atlantic and throughout the lake regions, © on the middle Rocky mountain slope. The temperature wiil fall decidedly in the Ohio valley, the lower lake region, the north At > states and New England tonight and Thursday. The weather will be genera'ly fair and cool in these distric Thursday and Friday. Showers are indi- cated for the middle Mississippi valley 10- night; the weather will be generally fai and slightly cooler in the guif states. The following heavy precipitation inches) was reported: During the pa Washington city, 1. buque, Wichita, 1 Newbern, N. C., 1.84. Havana Weather. HAVANA, July 20, § a.m.—Barometer, 0.02; temperature, 82; winds southeast, 8 miles; weather partly cloudy. Tide Table. fallen decidedly and upper Mis tin twenty-four Norfolk, 2. Miiwaukee, hours— Du- Today—Low tide, 2:23 a.m. and 2:59 p.m.; high tide, 8:27 a.m. and 8:45 p.m, Tomorrow—Low tide, 3 a.m. and 3 p.m.; high tide, 9:05 a.m. and 9:33 p.m. The Sun and Moon, Today—Sun rises, 4:51 a.m.; T21 p.m. Moon sets, 8:23 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 4:51 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8:29 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Arc Jamps lighted at 8:14 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:15 a.m. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 4 p.m. yes- terday: July 19.—4 p.m., 72; 8 p.m., 73; 12 mid- night, 71. July 20.4 a.m., 71; 8 a.m., 7: 86; 2 p.m., 92. Maximum, 92, at 2 p.m., July 20; mini- mum, 71, at 6 a.m., July 20. The following were the readings of the barometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 p.m. yesterday: July 19.—4 p.m., 30.00; 8 p.m., 30.00; 12 midnight, 30.00. 5 July 20.—4 a.m., 29.85; 8 a.m., 30.08; noon, 30.00; 2 p.m., 29.98 ——— BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL. sun sets, ; 12 noon, Arrangements for Labor Day an: Other Proceedings. R In the absence of President. William Sil- ver, Vice President H, L. Street occupizd the chair at the meeting last evening of the Building Trades’ Council. ‘The Labor day. excursion committee re- ported having received donations from various business men of the city which will be distributed at River View on Labor day. The defense committee in the conspiracy cases reported having retained Messrs. Jere Wilson and J. H. Ralston as counsel for the indicted men. The council appropriated a sum of money to assist in defraying necessary expenses. An appropriation from the stonemasons for the same purpose was also reported. The special committee appointed to inves- tigate the reported violations of the eight- hour iaw on the work on the P street bridge. reported that they had séc pos- itive evidence that the law Was not complied with. The council indorsed the action of the Central Labor Union, relative to the case of Mr. George H. Elliott, as printed in The Star of last evening. from the Plumbers and Ges Fitters Aste m the an clation, Stone! ee Union, No. and Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jointrs. wil Kline, jr., charged with house- ing, Was brought before ice Hag. tte to It is Invoked to Determine a Question of Trackage Arrangements, STREET RAILROADS AT VARIANCE The Brightwood Company Asks That the Law Be Executed. THE USE OF TRACKS ees Four years ago Congress by law required street railroad companies operating con- necting roads to make reciprocal trackage arrangements, the practical effect of which would be that the cars of either or both ccmpanies could run over the tracks of both roads. In no single instance has this law been complied with, but a petition filed ia the Supreme Court of the District today by the Brightwood Railroad Company brings out the fact that this subject has been a matter of correspondence between that company and the Metropolitan Rall- road Company since the recent completion of the undersround system on 9th street, thus making those roads connecting. As a result, according to the petition, no agreement has been reached by the com- panies, and now the Brightwood company seeks the assistance of the court, as au- thorized by the act of Congress in question, to settle the terms end conditions under which the trackage arrangements between the two compantes car. be put into effect. At the outset the petition recites the fact that the Brightwood company is chartered by Congress; that it is operating a line of street railway commencing at the Intersec- tion of Florida avenue and 7th street, north along 7th street extended, and that the Metropolitan Railroad Company is a cor- poration chartered by Congress and operat- ing a road along several streets and ave- nues of the city and that its tracks and those of the petitioners are in physical con- nection at 7th street and Florida avenue. Proceeding, the petition states that the Brightwood company ts anxlous to enter into reciprocal arrangements with the Met- ropolitan company “under which the cars of either company may be run over the tracks of both companies, and to that end have endeavored to enter into a mutual agreement with the said Metropolitan Rail- road Company, but, without any fault on the part of the petitioner, negotiations looking to that resuit have wholly failed. as at large and more fully appears from the correspondence between the officials of both companies hereunto attached.” Court's Intervention Necessary. It is further alleged in the petition that the provisions of the act of August 2, 1894, cannot be carried inte effect without the intervention of the court and the determi- pation by the court as to the proper terms, conditions and compensation :nder which Teciprocal trackage arrangements between the two companies shall be put into effect. ‘The court is asked to order that the Meiro- politan company shall, within a reasonable time, make full and direct answer to the Matters set forth in the petition, and that a decree be issued prescribing the tern conditions, etc., of the reciprocal trackage arrangemen The correspondence referred to and ap- Pcnded to the petition begins with a letter dated June 7, 1898, from the Brightwood company to the Metropolitan company, calling attention to the fact that the under- ground electric system on the {th street line to 7th street having been completed, the Brightwood company has the right to trackage, and requesting that the Metro- politan company name the terms where! the cars of the Brightwood company can operate over the Metropolitan line to the Pennsylvania railroad station at 6th and B streets. The portion of the law of August 2, 1894, upon which this request is based quoted jn the letter, as follows: Upon completion of the underground electric system provided in this act, the sald Metropolitan railroad is hereby further authorized and required to enter into reciprocal trackage arrangements with connecting roads.” Metropolitan Company Replies. A reply to the above letter was received frcm the Metropolitan company under date of June 1898, and stated that the con- tents were so indefinite that the Metro- politan company “must ask you to state mcre in detail what arrangements you prepose, and how they are to be carried out ina practical manner. I will be pleased also to Know how you propose to arrange fc a terminus at the Pennsyl- vania depot. Two days later the Brightwood company replied in detail, stating, among other things, that it fs proposed to operate three cars Over the tracks of the Metropolitan to the Pennsylvania railroad station and return from 7th street and Florida ave- nue, and that the Brightwood company proposes to colléct the fares from passen- gers upon said cars while upon the tracks of the Metropolitan and report and turn the sum over to the Metropolitan com- pany, less the expense of operating the cars while on the tracks of the Metropoli- tan company. it was further proposed that the Metro- politan company could operate as many cars as desired over the tracks of the Brightwood company upon the same terms, and that in regard to the terminus at the Pennsylvania station it was proposed that @ cross over bé placed into the tracks of the Metropolitan company, so that cars of the Brightwood company could pass from one track to the other without in- terrupting the travel of the Metropolitan company. Purpose in View. It was further added that the only pur- pose of the Brightwood company in de- manding its rights under the law is to se- cure a through service for its own patrons and that it is not intended to take away any of the earnings of the Metropolitan company. In a postscript to this letter it is stated that if these terms are not satisfactory to the Metropolitan company that company is asked to name terms that would be sat- isfactory to it. A reply to this letter was received June , and in it the Metropolitan company states that the letter of the Brightwood company of the 17th instant does not give all the information desired. A request is made for details as to the character, dimen- sions and weight of the cars proposed by the Brightwood company to run‘ over the Metropolitan tracks to the Pennsylvania railroad station; also as to the schedule, the power by which the gars are to be run and under whose dire¢tion and manage- ment @hey are to be while on the Metro- politan tracks. In a reply dated July 1 the Brightwood company furnished the information as re- quested, which brings to a close the ap- pended correspondence. ——— A Strange Use for Bibles. From the Ceylon Standard. It seems that gold leaf for decorative pur- poses 1s, as a regular matter of business, packed in little books made up of the un- hound pages of Holy Writ cvt to the re- quisite size for the purpose, and stitched together. On inguiry, I jearn that the prac- tice of pucking the material in this way is a well-established one, and that the Bible is pelected for this purpose because, as a rule, the type is more evenly set, and the printing generally finer and better exe- cuted. On the other hand, I hear from ether sources that thetyise of the Bible is looked upon as a sort of guarantee that the leaf is of the best ae quality. It @ppears that the book of common prayer is employed for the same purpose. Gold leat af books are made up and supplied to the le by an enter ing firm in Bir- wah m An ent gentleman in ipplied them. It ts evyidént that he made up from the sheets in Which they leave the press, and before they * folded, DON’T OWN A DEAD DOLLAR. Every 100 cents nestling in your pocket ‘8 DEAD. inert. To place it in this Building and Le jon—is to make it ell and attract others t Invest our share)-—the won: enly 60c. a montbh—and paymer ter {estallments. 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