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~ THES HVENENG STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1898-11 PAGES” . . men and four corre: fr Gay he brought his com! atong the Utuado road as far as Adjuntas. “The road Pises west of the Cayey range, and fs Fough, but practicable for cavalry and in- ssable at Utuado, may be pushed ——————————————————— AT THE WHITE HOUSE}? 8° A Longand Highly Important Con- ference Took Place. cross to the north coast and strike in on Ben Juan on left flank. But if Gen. Brooke ts successful, ft 1s probable that Gen. Otega will find Aibonito untenable, in SITU fehich) cece the shots of our army. atter | DISCUSSING THE PEACE SIPUATION z a junction, wiil move on the main Enemy in Full Retreat. Gen. Stone met with a most enthusiastic my, numt © has not be though ree 1 Coamo. gade and the batter- yend Ponce. e will * plat be not is o1 bombard San Juan and ns to keep the enemy Int harbor of Pence a d at Arroyo, on Some of the Points Spain Wants Made Clearer. RESPONSE TO CAMBON y Day was at the White House ing in conference with President sy regarding the peace situation. ry Long was present a greater part ne and later there were with the ecretaries Alger and Long and General Smith. ‘ambon had seen President Mc- and Secretary Day yesterday after- n it Was agreed that he and Secretary d have a more extended confer- en r certain propositions. According- ly they met last night and were together a long time. All that was said and done was reported to the President today by the Sec- master M. Peard nip, are the 3d Tilimols, the ist Onlo. | retary of State. The President and Secre- ed Ntichican “™* ™™" | tary undoubtedly decided on answers to be SS ae egndecnt wee at the out- | ven M. Cambon. These answers will as been no fighting as Friction Between Officers. STON. Ma: August 4.—A special to Journal from Ponce, the din etts Regiment, which is The friction the regiment . which has r since the command left sensation has oce brigade. of between rs i th th igned their com- ssions. The exact reason which prompted them to take this action is not at present known. prebably be communicated to Spain's rep- resentative this afternoon or tonight, and will be forwarded to Spain. Pending this the answer of Spain to the main propositions will be withheld. The answer may be delayed several days, but Spain will accept in toto the terms proposed to the general understanding is that her last Saturday. The best information obtainable around the White House today is that Spain’s ac- ceptance of American terms has not been that at presented to the President, and Monday when Chaffin, Maj. | Yesterday's conference with M. Cambon ceases aie aie ‘apt. | Spain's representative, did not refer to a reply to the note of the United States. Points to Be Cleared Up. M. Cambon is thought to have received from Madrid instructions to ascertain the AND Some Press Opinions Upon the Terms of Peave. ay Shall the Philippines Be Held or Not and What Shall Be Done With Themt Sober Second Thought on the Philtp- pines, From the Philadelphia Press. President McKinley has done the coun- try great service in the past three months, but there are few services of greater value and far-reaching moment than the shrewd policy under which he insures a sober sec+ ond ‘thought on the Philippines. A Double Responsibility. From the New York Tribune. We must protect the Tagals from Span- ish vengeance as well as protect the Span- jards from Tagal vengeance. The Philip- pine problem, with its double duty, is on the national conscience, and we cannot es- cape it by simply loosing our hands. We might embark our troops and turn our prows eastward, but the guilt of any evils strred up by our occupation would follow us, home. Must Shinny on Our Own Side. From the Chattanooga News. ; We can’t claim the right to keep Europe out of the western hemisphere if we insist upon taking a part of the eastern hemis- phere. We must shinny on our own side if we expect Europe to keep in her proper sphere. Don’t Give Up the Philippines, Mr. McKinley. From the New York Herald. If the Philippine problem 1s not settled with clearness, firmness and courage Eu- rope and America will have the heritage of contention, misunderstanding and dis- pute. fz Dewey's guns shaitered Spanish sover- eignty when they destroyed Montojo’s fleet. The destiny of the Philippines then fell into America’s hands. The United States owes it to itself and to the civilized na- tions of the world not to withdraw from the position “her victories haye won for her. S Porto Rico has fallen to the United States, Cuba has come under its guardian- ship, and the Philippines should remain un- der its rule until such time as the native population may prove themselves capable The cause must have been jous indeed. on of this government on certain de- | of self-government. Th leave Maj. Charles K. /talls rot affecting the main propositions “Hola” Means We Will “Keep.” d of the regiment. submitted. It was necessary, Madrid held, |... the Brooklyn Eagle. matter has been fully reported to | that there should be an understanding on What shall be done with the Phillppines Gen. Miles and a rigid investigation has | these vetails before an answer to the main} iat Sita by the treaty of peace, but, been ordered. By m law to resign !n | propositions could be sent. Sanding it. the United Gtates “will occupy foce of the enemy means a court-martial. Asmong these details, it Is sald today, are | and hold the ees bey, ee Sears OF - evacration and transpor' Spain | Manil: “And hold” me: and No Report to the Department. | [6 620 Ation and transportation to Spain | xeep them, or It means nothing. We are Tt is stated at the War Department that | °f Spanish troops; the continuanc Sl thus to be permanently invested with the cortinuarce of the blockade of Havana; key of the Philippine: The “control, lispo- , Lo pen SG vMong | te Status of Spanish subjects and prop- | sition and government” of the Test of the £5 hit ete eg =e See erie at Havana while an evacuation was | Philippines will be settled by the treaty. riagion in the Gth Massachusetts Regiment. | ogres: the same status at Manta | The argument whic ietory, est, Bow serving in Porto Rico, and the resig Ration of pending the work of the peace commis- icn; a hundred questions necessary to a setilement before a basis for peace can be agrced upon. Having lost practically ev- erything, the Spaniards would naturally seek every advantage in the settlement of | details, which, after all, are important. Evacuation of Cuba. For instance, it is said that Spain would 4 number of the regimental offi- Under the circumstances, the depart- t officials decline to dis the report- ion, and they convey the ides no knowledge of what —+ e+ —____ RETURN OR PERISH settled off-hand. 1 cannot retreat from Manila or get away trom the archipelago, without fulfilling cer- or, obligation, power, responsibility, clvili- vation, peace and aversion to anarchy will make for our retention of the Philippines should be unanswerable. We Must Fulfill Our Engagements. From the Newark (N. J.) Advertiser. The Philippine question, also, is not to be Whatever our wishes, we tain engagements contracted Ly »ur pres- probably desire to know how quickly the | ence there. The course indicated by the ee United States wants Spanish troops gotten | President, namely, to hold the city, harbor € “ af. away from Cuba and Porto Rico and how | end bay of Manila pending arrangements Continued fr om First Page-) the transportation should be carried on. She would probably express inability to get all her troops away in months and would desire the stance of the United assist Gen. Young i n of affairs at that point. To Be Moved as Fast ax Possible. notice w ted at the - ent this aft The rate sent to Spain last Saturday de- | | The commission of Amerieans and Sp: gga Satis a anda 2 Fi en iearee of } iards suggested by President McKinle 3 a Ek AD Fe age noe anrewd-plamt auAcondventa: ther August 4, 1898. | Cuba and Porto Rico. This word has a limit to a country incapacitated to do any- thing immediately. In answer to the question of the imme- diate evacuation of Cuba, the President is said to have told M. Cambon that thi ecuntry might not desire to at once step into Cuba with its troops, but it would tn- on the immediate preparation of for removal of her troops and the imme- diate removal of at least a portion of the of War has ,ops relieved from further : f transportation end the-transfer of Span admit of,1<¢ duction of the the Spanish prisoner s follows: ordered Gen- will arrit eat C ntiago. alled from, it Pd Cadiz. Aug. 1.) Spanish soldiers, En Cerner ‘As to the evacuation of Porto Rico, the Leon Cadiz, Aug. President will say to Spain that this cen fee gen On Lage cos ae begin at once, as the United States will be Ban Francisco ¢ in position te replant the Spanish troops —— rr with American soldiers. “1s,408 War Material at Havana. Transports now at Santiago are as fol-| spain fs also said to desire an under- — ican Wacheaeon 600 ) Standing about the artillery, arms and am- buo me Fi an, munition at Havana and other points. She desires to retain thes In fact the numerous details Spain wants information about gives the President and Secretary Day a great deal of work and study. The questions have to be answer- for Montauk’s cai rts will sail as fast as they arked. t Montauk Point will p for the tended, From the St. Louis I heove: for the future disposition and government of the islands ernment. was imperative on the gov- A Shrewd Plan. From the Utiea Press. i a finger in the pie as The other questions involved in the peace settlement are not difficult com- pered with that of the Philippines. Manila W 1 Be Enough. From the Raleigh Post. Manila will be enough for us in the far east, to hold as a monument to the energy of Dewey and his hip: A Wise Step. From the Boston Advertiser. The appointment of a commission to settle e fate of the Philippini >ms to be a ep on the part of President McKin- Until the victory of Admiral Dewey at ila the average American citizen kn>w le, if anything, about those islands on the other side of the world. ‘We Must Play Our Hand. public. We are in this Philippine game, and it be- us to play our hand out with nerve and with a complete appreciation of the tremendous issues at stake. ~ Keep All the Philippines. From the Chicago Tribune. Gsoned troops for the campaign | eq and must be carefully answered so as | In discussing what disposal to make of t Havana, in which they will proba- | ©? | 5 e eeinnce the Philippines some of che President's ad- bly take part. “The first transport left San- | Mot LOU LOR gle 2 Eee OIE ee Oe Arab eeieee abe tat re tote keeping only a iago yesterday. The movement is expect- | peace. = alin tion and giving back ail the ed to be completed by the 20th of th ‘The question of the evacuation of Spanish | [S2hue ts'Susin, nae cond aanaacetihers Five t nited States ros ee is "| troops is by no means a small one. To! ia such a plaa? What was the use in send- Spain it is of the greatest importance. To evacuate Cuba is to end the war, leaving only details to be settled. With her troops cut of Cuba and with no navy Spain has no way of renewing the war if she disliked the findings of the peace commission. ‘Therefore it is admitted that she shows sight in wanting certain things made clear before finally agreeing to accept the rrison duty—the first has al- | others are being pushed as transportation can Alger’s Statement. ference ary Alger at on) with the Presi- said that, it e begin the re- | fe 2 Santiago to Montauk | of the | terms imposed by the United States. The yuntry : | President is willing to answer these que 4 othe ses. | tions and to be liberal to Spain in doing so. eee No Hint at Spain’s Reply. > to bi The positiv tement is made by a | person of good authority that M. Cambon transport who has ch: of the {bas not yet referred to the final answer reau of the War Depart- | of Spain. Because he has not done so, and } nd gave his views to | has confined himself to the question of de- | on creat | ‘i's, the administration has strong ground t yt at | for believing that Spain is ready to ac- ~and wants cept the main terms. it may be stated that the President is confident that Spain will accept the main terms without modification, which wouid not be made if asked for. No Modifications, The President and-cabinet agreed last Friday that the terms submitted to Spain should be final; that modifications should not be made in any particular. M. Cambon {was made acquainted with this determina- tion and so notified Spain. He was in po- sition to inform Spain that it would be ~ vee DIMES POURING ‘The Navy Department the Beneficiary of an Endless Chain. Dimes hav> been pouring into the Nav. Department upon § ary Long, contrib- i by patriotic Americans who want to a battle ship to replac> the Maine. SBomedody, the Secretary does not know who, started an endless chain to this end; end the Secretary ts doing his best to break IN. ing Merritt and his army to Manila? Where s the justice, cither to the insurgents, or to Dewey's heroes, or to the American or Phil- ippine people? The proposition will not bear inspection, and the move closely it is looked at the more like a shaineful blunder it appears. We Gain No Strength by Tropical Ac- quisitions, From the Boston Herald. if we acquire the Philippines, and it is a question of cultivating territory’ there, the people of the United States will never leave their own land to do it. We procure them, at the best, only for colonies of a few speculators who are absentee landiords and do their work by proxy through alien agents. The question of whether American or Asiatic vacant land shall be improved really settles itself by the laws of climate, and we gain no strength as a nation in more than name by tropical acquisitions. Keep the Pi ippines, Frem the Albany Times-Union, The Philippines would be useful, profita- ble and advantageous to the United States. They should stay under the stars and stripes forever. Magnanimous Terms. From the Spokane (Wash.) Statesman-Review, Nothing could be more humane or in keeping with the policy outlined at the be- ginning of the war than the peace terms proposed by the United States to end the war with Spain. Coaling Stations All We Want. From the Winona (Minn.) Herald. ° ie on as | useless to ask for changes in the chain. To such of the contributors as pict = anges in the main) a, thing to be considered in the Philip- give their addresses he ts returning the , : -_ | pines is solely for our interest. For that money, with a note informing them that he| Tis understanding, as clear as erystal, | reason coaling stations will satisfy every has no authority under the law to receive it, and that the object ssems to be other- wise provided for, as Cengress has specif- ically appropriated money for the construe- tion of another battle ship to be known % the Maine. puts out of question the stories that Spain has asked our intentions as to permanently holaing Manila and Manila bay. If that had be2n her question the President would have quickly replied that our intentions would be made known only when the peace coramissicn meets. ——————_+e+___ CAPT. LAMB RENOMINATED. a Cabinet officials say positively today that = meotciet Convention | Spin wyuld get no satisfaction should she ously Chose Him. ask anything about the Intentions of the Third Virginia Un Spectal Dispateh to The Evening Star. United States. RICHMOND, Va., August 4—The third Blockade of Havana, Gistrict convention met here at noon to- Spain is anxious to have the blockade of Havana removed so soon as she accepts our terms, and she wants to know how soon a this can be done. Although she gives up fan and H. M. Smith, jr., permanent | Cuba when she accepts the terms proposed, chairman and J. W. Gordon secretary. she wants to send succor to her starving The resolutions reaffirmed the Chicago | people. One of President McKinley's first platform, and pledged to the administra-| steps after the announcement of Spain’s peta gp Si pattiothe eicisems 11S, | acceptance will be to remove this blockade. presecution of the war with Spain. This afternoon the opinion prevails in The convention was harmonious and en- | high official circles that Spain's official ac- thusiastic. ccptance of the American terms will reach the White House about Saturday, or rot later than the first of next week. — Michael Cavanaugh, fifty years old, fell on the pavement near Pennsylvania ave- nue and 4% street last night and cut his head. “His injury dressed doc- day d renominated Captain John Lamb for Congress by acclimation. C. A. Boyce was made temporary chair- SS Thermometer Readings. Noon, 88; 2 p.m., 91; maximum, 98; oc- curred at 4 p.m., August 3; minimum, 76; oceurred at 5 a.m., August 4, Barometer Readings, Noon, 20.94; 2 p.m., 29.91. justifiable ambition we may have. Any- thing further 1s more lidble to be a detri- ment than a benefit. President McKinley's Mistake. From the New York Evening Telegram. As President McKinley will name the American commissioners it is for him to determine whether they shall represent what Senator Hanna calls “the bigger s2nti- ment” of the country in favor of maintain- ing a hold on the Philippines or the minor sentiment that would give them up. This gives him an opportunity to rectify, in a measure, at least, his mistake in abandon- ing to a joint commission the exclusive pease of the United States to determine their ‘uture. Spat s Sovereignty Cannot Be Re- _ stored. From the Kalamazoo Telegraph, ‘This nation has been the instrument of Providence for the uplifting of downtrodden people; and our sacred duty will not be rformed until we give to all these people tter government, more hoppiness and more civilization. Spain's rule in all of her islands has been cruel und barbaric. One thing {fs certain, and that is Spain's former sovereignty will not be restored. It is not for this country to shirk its mani- CO N| THE NATIONAL GUARD] S!K sou Officers at the! Front Have Forfeited’ Theix Commissions. OPINION OF JUDGE ADVOCATE CENERAL The President Unlikely to Fill Their ‘Places. FX, = LIEUT. COL. MAY’S LETTER An important question affecting the or- ganization of the National Guard of the District of Columbia is under consideration at the War Department. It is, in briet, whether the officers holding commissions in the guard who accepted commissions in the voluntegr army now operating against the Spanish army did not thereby vacate their National Guard commissions, Some of the stay-at-home members: of the guard argue this proposition in the affirma- tive and are endeavoring to impress upon the President and the Secretary of War the necessity and desirability of filling the offices alleged to have been vacated in the manner indicated. The question was presented to the War Department by Lieut. Col. May of the Dis- trict National Guard, who represented that the interests of the’ organization were suf- fering on account of existing conditions. He did this several weeks ago. Hlis letter, in the usual routine of business, was re- ferred to the judge advocate general of the army for an opinion on the questions’ pre- sented. The report of the judge advocate general, which answers the question in. the atfirma- tive, is as follows: Under an act entitled “An act to provide for the organigaticn of the militia of the District of Columbia,” approved March 1, 1889, providing “that the active militia shall be composed of volunteers, and shall be designated the Nationdl Guard of the District of Columbia,” two regiments and one independent battery were organized and were being maintained with their full complement of officers ard a sufficient num~- ber of men to meet the requirements of the act mentioned, when the present war with Spain came on. Since the passage of the act of April 1898, entitled “An act to provide for tem- poraily increasing the military establish- ment of the United States, and for other purposes,” a number of the enlisted men who belonged to these militia organiza- tions enlisted in the volunteer branch of the United States army, and forty-six of the officers have been appointed as com- missioned officers in that army; and they have been sent to Cuba as a part of the army of invasion. The term for which they have entered the United States army to serve in the war with Spain is two years or during the war. 7 ‘Of course, while serving in the United States army they cannot perform their du- ties as officers and men of the militia of the District of ‘Cotumbia. The evident in- tention of the militfa act mentioned fs that the organizattotis ‘shall be maintained per- petually, and’tht the District shall al- ways have avidétive militia force at its service, exceptiwhén its active militia may be called into ‘the service of the United States outside the District as militia. “The case now before me arises on a let- ter written th.the Secretary of War by Henry May, lieutenant colonel in the Dis- trict militia. He says the commanding general of the District militia is one of its officers who hg accepted an office in the army of the United States, and that he gave indefinite leages of absence to all the others who had accepted such commissions, and then these two paragraphs follow in his letter, v “Phe resulqcof'this action is that the whole National Guard is thoroughly disor- ganized. Thera-fte fét enough officers to keep the organization in existence. The 1st an@®%P-regithents, ‘which should censist of three battalions ‘each, are now under the command of a major and cap- tain, respectively, ...The battery, which should consist Of not less than four and not more than guns, has only one com- missioned officer, a second lieutenant. Now the question is whether or»not the National Gvard commissions of those offi- cers who have accepted commissions in, the yelunteer army are vacated so that their successors may be’ appointed. “There is no authority of law for the commanding general to give indefinite. leaves of absence to officers, and the fact that he and the other officers and men vol- untarily entered the United States service for two years, and thus put it out of their power to serve in their capacities of milit men during that time, in my opinion, con- stitutes an abandonment of their offices and places in the militia organizations. — ‘The object of the militia is the public service and protection, &c., and when one set of officers and men discontinue their service in it their places should be thrown open te be occupied by others. “In my opinion tie question asked should be answered inthe affirmative. At least the fact that thore particular men have gone into the United States army skould not stand in the way of the District main- taining an effective militia organization. (Signed) “G. NORMAN LIEBER, “Judge Advocate General.” This report has been before the Secretary of War for several days, but has not yet been acted upon. It is explained at the departirent that the press of cther business of more general importance has prevented the question receiving the consideration it deserves, but that it will be taken up and acted upon at the first favorable oppor- tunity. The adoption of the opinion of the judge advocate general would result in the va tion of the office of brigadier general of the National Guard of the District, now presumably held by Col. Harries, command- ing the Ist District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, as well as the offices in the guard now heid by others of its officers serving at the front with the yolunivers from the Dis- trict. In view of the sacrifices made by these patriotic men for the benefit of their coun- try it is hardly conceivable that the Presi- dent will consent to their being superceded in hte District National Guard by men who have no special claims for such preferment. «. is more likely that he will find it ex- pedient to follow the course adopted in most of the states of keeping the offices open until the cessation of hostiliies per- mits the oiticers now in the field to return home and resume their offices in the Na- tional Guard organizations. —_— Camp Alger. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I am surprised at the government mak- ing so many changes with Camp Alger, and now to osdervthe camp to be aban- dored on account!®@f unhealthfulness is a slur which I thinkythe inhabitants should strongly resent, a¥though to the majority the change of: camp: will be the removal of a nuisance. * ‘d The causes gf typhoid are now well de- fired, some of whieh are deprivation of feod, unhealthy food and change of cli- mate (the germ tay be dormant in the system). Most ofthese troops, no doubt, ‘during the excitentent of erilistment, had irregular meais;-#en they were rushed through on trains? long delayed, with no adequat+ susten: prepared for them, for many thowsandS passed through Alex~ andria positively starving. At camp there was a “mix uf” of commissariat arrange- nents, and thé'mef‘ unnecessarily rationed on a war or famin@ ‘basis, totally different, I presume, tl had been accustomed to, and the camp, instead of being for mil- itary duty and training; was turned into a mammoth ice cream garden. Was this conducive to health? Was Falls Church to blame for this? Falls Church will suffer, for the name will be associated with typhoid all over the Union. Willi any statistician note the route of 5,000 nen (strangers), under foregoing con- Citions, passing through any surrounding city (hot weather, and Consuming large quantities of water), and give us the chances of inféction? * Why not give the men an Intestinal anti- septic? There are many prophylactics that could be suggested, and move each street a reasonable dis! from the water, al- though it is not usual for surface water to Virginia Sanitary arrangements suli “further’ So, ‘Si si iS arrangemen: ath : do the troops good. : “I, AMBROSE. Alexandria, Va. August . THOMPSON. — Nothing Done for Their Comfort at Egmont Key. A Voyage Without Proper Food, Medicine or Attention—Forced to Stay on Shipboard. Still another complaint has come in re- gard to, the incompetence of the medical corps with Shafter’s army at Santiago. The story of the conditions on the trans- pert Santiago is similar to that told by the sufferers on the Seneca, Alamo, Leona and the Concho. Stanhope Sams, the corre- spondent of the New York Times, himself a convaiescent on the Santiago, has writ- ten that paper as follows: ‘We reached Tampa bay yesterday and went into quarantine at Egmont Key to- day. The reason we did not come ashore yesterday and enter quarantine at once was that the War Department did not think it worth while to make any prepara- tion for the feeding and proper treatment of 180 sick men. » It sent these men, one-third of whem are convalescent from yellow fever, and all of whom are suffering and too weak to take care of themselves, on a voyage of four days without physicians and without proper focd, and made apparently no effort to have them cared for when they reached our. shores. The agonies endured by these victims of the Cuban climate during their voyage, when they had to eat the ordinary army rations, arid had no medicine to al- leviate their constant suffering, were awful to behold. The two sick physicians aboard, Dr. Guiteras and Dr. Vaughan, were power- 1 to lessen the pain of the invalids. They themselves needed attention and care and rest, but had to work night and day be- cause no physician had been detailed to ac- company the*sick. After a most distressing voyage, in which many of the convalescents and other fever cases had grown worse because of the un- necessary hardships they had endured, the Santiago's sick eagerly Hailed the first sight of our shores. They cxpected confi- dently tnat they would at once be received into. comfortable quarters, have all their wants attended to and get, after a half famine of six weeks, good food and neces- sary medicines. But these small details had been overlooked. The station keepers at Egmont Key knew no more of our whereabouts than if we had been making voyage in the upper reaches of the ‘ongo. An Unfurnished Hospital. The ship is really a hospital without the sual corps of physicians and nurses and the comforts that lighten the burdens of the sick. True to the pian of managing the ambulance and medical work of the campaign, not a single well physician or uurse was sent out with this shipload of sufferers. ‘There is one woman aboard, who came down to nurse her brother, and is now returning home, who has volunta- rily given up her whole time on the voyage to attending to the wants of some of the sick, but she has nothing to do with our hospital service. All the physicians «board are gomg home on sick leave. Dr. Guite- ras and Dr. Varghan are quite weak and rot able to look after the other suffere: but both are devoting their entire time to alleviating pain. Again, in perfect harmony with the way ve managed the sick and wounded after El Caney and El Pozo, the Santiago was sent out with its burden of sick men with crly the common rations of the army, and with no delicacies for the invalids, who had not eaten anything for eight or ten deys, and could not possibly swallow the cearse fare of the sOldier afield. A little condensed milk and a few trifles in the way of food were got aboard at the last moment by the efferts of the sick physi- cians, ‘There were also no medicines sent with the ship. Dr. Guiteras said it was heart- breaking to have to watch men suffer and Lot be able to do anything for them. The only medicines aboard were compound cathartic and quinine pills, No. Provision for the Sick. Dr. -Guiteras and Dr. Vaughan imme- Ciately went ashore to arrange for the re- ception and care of the sick. They were thunderstruck to learn that Dr. Giddings, who is in charge of the United States Ma- Tine Hospital here, was in Port Tampa, and knew nothing of the voyage of the Santiago and her passengers. They tele- graphed to Dr. Giddings. but he did not get down to the key unt today at noon. There was not even a hospital steward at the siation—absolutely no one to look after the sick who must have been expected daily from Cuba. The subordinates who Were left at the station reported that there Was no food and no provision for the sick, except that forty-eight tents had been put up recently. It was a very cheerful prospect, indeed, ck men! No food, no preparations to take care of them, and forced to add one more day of suffering to their regular ten days of quarantine. It appears that the Treasury Depart- ment. which has ‘ge of this marine hospital, knew nothing of the coming of the Santiago. Not a word had been re- ceived here from the officers of the War Department at Slboney or at Santiago de Cuba. The station here was established exactly for this purpose. It was thought advisable that all troops returning from Cuba should be detained for ten days and thoroughly inspected before they should be Fermitted to go into the states. Egmont bay was chosen as a suitable point tor such a station, and work was pushed on it so as to have it in readiness for use in this war. Yesterday the first shipload of sick men came into the bay for rest, proper food and care and for medical at. tention; and they not only were not able to get any of these things promptly, but. because of the dilatory or negligent course of the representatives of the War Depart- ment. they have had another day of mise ery to their already long ordea tg and aittaring. § ordeal of fatizue +02 _____ DISCUSSING LIPTON’S CHALLENGE, English Comment on the Proposed America’s Cup Contest. LONDON, August 4.—The papers are ac- tively discussing Sir Thomas Lipton’s chal- lenge for the America’s cup. The Daily Chronicie says: “The approval of the Royal Yacht Squad- ron doubtful. The squadron authorities desire conditions attached to the challenge, which will inevitably appear ungracious to the American people. Apparently the Earl of Dunraven is not without a voice in the maiter, although it is difficult to see wnere his claim comes in, Some people think the claim lies with the American people on Lord Dunraven for an apology which has never been given.” The Daily Telegraph says: should be bygones. “Bygones Let us start with a clean sheet. It is in this spirit that every one will consider and applaud the challenge, Sir Thomas Lipton’s popularity in the United States will doubtless do much to smooth away difficulties, and there can be but little doubt that the Royal Yacht Squadron will approve the challenge. When the challenge has been accepted the build- ing of the yacht will be commenced.” The Cowes corres; nt of the Daily Telegraph says: “Y: men feel that an alteration, should be made in the conditions under which the race is sailed, and, if that is possible, they would all be gl: contest occur.’ ees ——.—_. Editor Harden's Appointment. Mr. Edward W. Harden, formerly finan- cial editor of the Chicago Tribune, has been designated by Secretary Day to study and report upon the general financial conilition of the Philippine Islands, the banking sys- tem, the character of the banking business transacted, the kind of money in circu.a- tion, the general condition of exchanges, the rates of interest and kindred subdjecis -Mr. Harden is at present in Manila, hav- ing gone there on the “McCul!uch” with Admiral DeWey’s squadron. Ordered to Pompton Lakes. The leutenant colonel and 3d Battalion 34 New Jersey United States Volunt Tnfan- try have been ordered to from Fort Hi , N. J., as soon as practicable, to Pompton Lakes, N. J., “ar- ial a Teporting upon = Ly. ‘The battalion will be accompanicd by its Proper field, staff and medical officers and “non-commissioned {ity and Trust, 47 bid, 48 asked. G: asked. Pneumatic re: Washington Steamboat, 95 asked. DIERS LACK CARE| FINANCE AND TRADE Trregularity Due to Noticeable Re- actionary Tactics, ROOM ELEMENT OFFERED DOWN Industrials Attacked Because of Recent Advances. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, Avgust 4.—The course of prices in. today’s stock market was gen- erally irreguiar, with noticeable evidenc>s of reactionary tactics on the part of the trading element. Satisfactory grain con- itions were instrumental in forcing prices up during the opening hour, and there was a@ moderate commission house demand for the better class of dividend-paying issues. The room element was disposed to con- test the wisdom of advance from the pres- ent level and under cover of extreme dull- ness offered prices down around the room. The attack was first made on the indus- trials because of their recent substantial advances. The Rubber issues were sold for beth accounts on the theory that a 20 per cent advance covered all that was good in the changed fortunes of that company. American Sugar was also sold by specula- tive clique and for a time was easily de- pressed in the absence of inside support. The Traction issues were relatively strong, owing to a growing confidence in their ability to earn dividends. The re- ports of daily Increases in Brooklyn Rapid Transit show a remarkable improvement in earnings, and the new lines of Metropoli- tan are relied upon to improve the invest- ment character of those shares The low-priced shares, which have not moved noticeably, are being talked of again in certain quarters, but the demand for them must wait until the whole speculative situation broadens somewhat. On all sides there are heard expressions of confidence in the future of the railroad and industrial shares. The temporary reactions and periods of hesitancy are likened to last summer's market, in which a profit was al- ways possible at some time each day by buying at a steadily advancing high point. The movement at that time was accom- plished on large dealings, and there is rea- son to believe that if the present market could but attract last summer's demand it would far exceed its results. The demand for bonds is good in spite of occasional profit-taking on the speculative issues. While new issues are brought to notice from time to time, there is a good demand for Atchison and the Pacific low interest-bearing bonds. The earnings of the former road insure the payment of interest, and the latter have never been considered doubtful. The new B. and O. securities are favorably spoken of also, but must wait a time for especial prominence. Conditions warrant frequent reactions, but there is no deterrent a further improvement of a substantial ind. — FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. Opeo. High. Low. Close. American Spirits....... 12% 18 American Spirits, pfd........ Ameri Atenison, pia. Baltimore & Onto Brooklyn R. Transit. Canada Southern... Canada Pacite. 35 BBY 14 St. P., M.&O Consolidated Gas Del. Lack = W Lelaware & Budson ... Den «& itu Granue, pra Ene... General rie. Hlmois Centra: Lake Snore. . Louisvilte « Nasneui evated., Michigan Cencrai Missouri Pacitic. Northern Pacifle, pfa., Ont. & Western Pacitie Mau. -* Bis Phila. & keading. | cy jouthern Ky... ofa. BI Texas Pacine.. 12 Tenn. Coai & trot 25: Union Pacine = 2 Union Pacine, p 62 Westerm Union lei. . Bt Am. Steel and Wir B94 Rubver. Am. Steel and Wire pfd. Rubber pf. 3 ‘ Washington Sales—regular ES District of Co reney. 112%, bid. Miscellan ja Bonds.—3.65s, funding, eur- Bond: Metropolitan Railroad co Metropolitan Railroad 5s. 115 bad. 6s, 118 bid! politan Ratlroad certificates of indebtedness, Metropolitan Railroad certificates: of it Railroad 5s, d Gs, 100 bid. pany 6s, series A, 113 bid. iy Gs, ser . 113 bid. Light imp., 105 asked. Potomac hone’ 5s, 103 urity and 5s, 100 bi ‘lation 5s, 1 Ban! 2, 285 Metrepolit 1. 140 bid. Farmers and 180 Wid. Second, 140 bid. Citizens’, 137 bid. Columbia, 30 bid. Capital, 118 bid. West End, 85 bid, 90 Safe “Deposit and Trost Com; ‘ Safe Deposit and Trust, 112 bid, 115 asi {ington Loan and Trust, 1 bid. American Seecur- Me bid. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 26 bi 37 bid. Metropolitan, 70 bid. “Cor Po c, GO bid. Arlington, 124 bid. can, 185 bid. National Union, 10 bid. Iumbia, 10 bid. Riggs, 7% bi 544 bid. Lineoln, 9% bid. Conimercial, 4 bid. ‘Title Insurance Stocks. ate Title, 71 bid. Columbia Title, 4% bid. Railroad Stocks.—Capital Traction, 73 bid. 75 asked. Metropolitan, 120 bid. Columbia, 73 bid, 76 asked. ‘Washington Gus, . 48 bid. U.S. Electric Light, 102% bid, 103% asked. Telephone Stocks.—Chesapeake and Potomac, 52 bid. Pennsylvania, 38 bid. Miscellaneous stocks. — M ithaler Linotype, 180 bid, 1811; asked. Lauston Monotype, 10t, Ud, 17% asked. American Grapho) , 12% bid. American Graphophone prefered, aid Did, 1395 in Carriage, .26 bid. .31 asked. Falls Ice, 110 bid, 125 asked. Norfolk and xEx div. Grain, Provisions Cotton Markets, Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs, Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN Open. High. Low. Close. 65) 6S, SS St ae = & Sigg he vas ig Spe Pork—Sept...... 1.90 9.00 885 «8.92 Dee Sess nese SES 532 5.22 5.30 5.35 5.87 5.15 5.20 rape 5.92 5.92 595 5.97 5.99 5.99 6.00 6.03 Baltimore Markets. 4.—Flour quiet, it ber, Tinga steamer No. ded, tigate yellow corn, 40. Oats easier—No. 2 white western, S2ya%34%g; No. 2 mixed, Sla3iy— No. 2 western, 49—recelj exports, none; stock, 5,127 bushe 28) busheis, els; Hay, good demand for the better grades-« No. 1 timothy, $12a$12. Grain freighte inclined to be weak, unchanged. Sugar strong,? unchanged.? Butter? steady.? un- changed. Eggs firm, unchanged. Cheese steady, unchanged. Lettuce, WaT per bushel box. Whisky unchanged. _ Oo bd Government Bonds. 2 per cents, registered... 3 registered of 1908-1918. 3 coupon of 1908-1918. . 4 registered of 1907. 4 coupon of 1 1 4 registered of 1925.. 1 4 coupon of 1935. x S per cents, registered of 1904... 1 3 per cents, coupon of 1904 1 Currency 6 per ceuts of 1800 162K% --.5 “an tee. er PROPOSALS ACCEPTED. Award of Contracts for the Lighting a Stree The District Commissioners have accepte ed the following proposals for street lighte ing, opened July 30, 1898 Proposal of the Washington Gas Light Company to furnish and maintain 4,000 oF more gas lamps east of Rock creek at the rate of $20 per lamp per annum Proposal of the Georgetown Gas Light Company to furnish and maintain 400 oF more gas lamps west of Rock creek at the rate of $20 per lamp per annum. Proposal of the Potomac Electric Power Company to furnish and maintain 50 or more incandescent electric lamps at the Tate of $20 per lamp per annum and 106 incandescent electric lamps in Eckington at the rate of $20 per lamp annum, or more electric are lamps east of Rock creek at the rate of $91.25 per annum. Proposal of the United States Electria Lighting Company to furnish and maintain twenty-four or more electric are lamps west of Rock creek at the rate of 24 cents per lamp per night, and 442 electric are lamps east of Rock creek, at the raic of 25 cents per lamp per night. The District Commissioners have directed that a gas lamp be erected at x3 street entrance to alley in square 14, Geurgetow: estimated cost, $6, chargeable to appropria- tion for street lighting. A. W. Dow, inspector of asphalis and ce- ments, District of Columbia, has been di- rected by the District Commissioners to attend the joint meeting of the American Chemical Society and the American Associ- ation for the Advancement of 5: 2, to be held in Boston, August 21 to 27, said jo: ney to be without expense to the District of Columbia. a A DISSENTING VLEW. Response to Reqaest for Suggestion Concerning Safety of Public. The District Commissioners recently ad- dressed a circular letter to the presidents of the various street railway companies celling their attention to the verdict of the coroner's jury rendered in the inquest | held on one of the victims in the accident last mcnth on the tine of the Capital rail- Way near Anacostia. The Commissioners invited such sugges- tions as the heads of the companies cared to make looking to the better protection, if possible, of the public. Today they tT ceived a communication from Mr. R. D. Weaver, president of the Metropolitan Rai way Company, in which he says the acc! dent referred to has no applic: conditions under which traffic i on on the Metropolitan railroad, as in the first place there is no steep grade, such as the one on the Capital rallway, and the brake used on the Metropolitan cars are sufficient to control them. He protests against this accident being made the pretext for any restriction of the right of the Metropolitan company to do business as it has been doing for the past thirty years. The further claim is made that any regulation by the Commissioners limiting the number of passengers would ‘be unreasonable, and it is claimed that such a power is vested only in Congress. Sit agate DISTRICT STREET EXTENSION, Report of W. P. Richa in Charge of Depart Mr. Wm. P. Richards, in charge of the District street extension department, to- day submitted-to the Engineer Commise sioner a report of work in this department for tap fiscal year ended June 30, 1898. After citing the proceeding unter the highway act, already familiar to the pub- lic, Mr. Richards said: “Section number four (the count of the Anacostia river) has been Guring the year in the same manner @ section three, with even a more lbs treatment as to general plan and loca*ion of streets. Some five or plans have been prepared on topographical maps en- larged from the coast survey sheets to @ scale of one inch to two hundred feet. The best features of these separate plans have been embodied in one plam which is now ready to be reviewed by Mr. Olmst 2, | after which it will be completed and sent j to the highway commission. “The maps that have been sent to the highway commission have been drawn on sheets 24 by 30 Inches, giving details aa to lots and blocks, each section cov2ring thirty or forty sheets. These plans havé all been prepared in duplicate, one copy being retained in this office. “The preparation of the plans has occa- sioned a thorough search of the records as to lots and property lines and a set of maps drawn to a ale of I) feet to the inch are now the property of this office, and cover almost the entire District. They are the most comp’ » maps, as to details, yet county, and it is desired to h this set during the coming year. ome work has also been done in fixing grades of subdivisions and of new high- ways in the sections now of record. work. umendment to the t Congress in June - | of this year has led all of section one | within subdivisio d further directs that a revised p all be made for th } of the section outside of subdivisions. ¢ revision on of section one and the coms section four will cover som ple! or seven months’ work. It is then int to make a revised and complete street grades over all the sections, using the large | scale maps of this office and the | coast survey as a base for this work.” BATTALION OF HAWAIIANS. Gen, Merriam Authorized to Organize One if It is Destred. Gen. Merriam, commanding the depart- ment of California, has received the fol+ lowing dispatch from Adjt. Gen. Corbin: “The President directs that if any of the military forces of the Hawaiian Islands desire to become a part of your volunteer army that you are authorized to organize not to exceed one battalion of infantry, naming the officers and causing the officers and men to be mustered into the service and have them to report to Col. Barber for duty.” ——__+e-+- —___ VALDEZ GLACIER VICTIM. Nearly Every Bone in Fleming’s Body Broken by a Fall. The details of another horror on the Val- dez glacier, in which Frank C. Fleming of @nicago lost his life, are told by returning Copper river miners now on the steamer Oregon at Departure Bay. In a @angerous place near the glacier, just after h's father had warned him to be more careful, Fleming’s feot slipped and he fell 200 feet. Nearly every bone in his body was broken and death was instan- taneous. The remains were recovered and buried nearby. The victim was twerty- two years of age. It is. supposed that Fleming and his father were among the unfortunate pros- pectors “A i, found ee river a ecuntry of hardship and little gold and were returning to civilization. The giacier,.on account of warm weather, is most dangerous, and only experienced mountaineers are able to cross it safely. 3 —_+ e+ ____ The time to Wine and dine Admiral Cen vera is after peace has been declared, before. While he has than most of