Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1898, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1898-12 PAGES. , ————— WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &¢., 7th and D Sts. ~ CARPET PRICES At Low-Water Mark! Lorge Duying of Fall Carpets from first hands way in sdvance of the season en- ables ns to GUARANTEE THE LOWEST PRICES now for E ade Carpets that will be 1 this 0D. Place vour order now @ secure e benefit of these anbeard-of prices: Axminsters, Soc. and new fall effcets—never shown be- . Williams’ standard price, S0c. New Axminsters, 85c. The most ser le grade of Axminster made. Willams’ standard price, Se. New Moquettes, 85c. All the newest and sw-liest Willtay standard price, Sde. New Savonnerie Carpets, $1. patterns. A splendid wearing Carpet and in highly tistie colorings. Willams’ stendard $1 yard. New W ilton Velvets, 80c. Velvets are among the finest Carpets m and these are the Suest of velvets. jams’ standard price, Soc, New Wilton Velvets, $1.15. Extra heavy dy—exquisite rew patterns. Williams’ standard price, $1.15. Standard prices for pestry Brussels, 45e.. SOc. and 65e. yard. Wash.B. Williams, 7th & D. au8-604 POSTPONED MICHAEL vs. MORAN . Ten-llile Paced Race UNTIL --TONIGHT AT 8:30 O’Clock. Reserved seat coupons are good for same seats on this dat Tickets for rices, 50c.,75c. and $1.00 Box Seats, $1.50. it iF Everything the ama- teur photographer could wish for in the way of supplies--we have it and at the right price. : *“Walford’s,” 909 and 477 Pa. Ave. aulo-2od le at Eclipse store, 14th and H. UROL a OK A STAR VENTILATOR. E er a Metal top a Glass top. fnsuring light snd _yentflation Chureb. vols and Halls properly veuti- lated. Smoke removed uneys. MERCHANT & CO, INC, aus-m.w&f,26 517 Arch St. Phila. THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Twe Points in Surgeon General's Re- port Criticised. To the Editor of The Evening Star: It may seem superfluous to further add to the controversy now raging as to the competency or incompetency of the medical department of the army, but I Would like to call attention to one or two points that the surgeon general of the army and his defenders seemed to have overlooked In their publications. Great stress is laid by them on their inability to get their supplies landed. ‘ow, it occurs to the lay mind (and yet itate to take issue with the ex-cathedra ements of physicians, which surely ought to impress us laymen into silence) that inasmuch as the supplies of the med- ical department were so vitally important wht to have been no chances taken transportation or disembarka- should have been at their d i of time, sent on a sp i duty was to What is every one’s s, is a rule that land them. thus pro- seem that ement with tye quar partment landing accom The vy »int the Red Cross was plies off and save the medical from entire and lamentable spite of this Surgeon General id in an interview In New York n various papers on July 27, his view of the work of the the front: “I have opposed from the first, and I oppose it now B ting the plea of the medical de- t that it was impossible to land its was it ever impossible to land in the Outlook of July the story of those ter- after the battle of Santiago, medical department of the army Jed through its awful task “with a f five surgeons and about twenty and attendants, when there have been a force of fifty surgeons and at least two hundred stewards and at- tendant I would ke to ask who designated the number of surgeons and hospitals to be at the front. Surely here is a point where re- sponsibility can bi ed. If five surgeons wi rdered ten times as many h ve been sent, somebody miscaleu- ordinarily, and at a time when ant suffering to hundreds o how many who shall say? surgeons and attendants red by the lac« of n able to do much the terrible conditions 0. that time : Was it ever impossible to land mi NOT A MEMBER OF THE RED CROSS. August 10, 1898. ——— — He Gave Up. From the Chicago Journal. An Iowa judge was telling stories in a hetel lobby, and he related an amusing in- cident that had occurred in his court when @ colored man was brought up for so petty offense. The charge was read, and as the statement, “The state of Iowa against John Jones,” was read in a loud vaice, the colored "3 eyes bulged nearly out of thelr sockets, and he seemed perfect- ly overcome with terror and astonishment. When he was asked if he had anything to say, or pleaded guilty or not guilty, he gksped out: yo’ honah, ef de whole state o’ Iowa is agin this one pore nigger, I’se Swine to give up right now. = —— — The Genuine Horafor's Acid Phosphate NEVER GOLD IN BULK. AFTER NEW PLAYERS Frank Killen, the Former Senator, Has Been Obtained. CLUB APTER ANOTHER OUTFIELDER Receiver Appointed for the Browns. CURRENT SPORTING NOTES Teday’s Schedule an@ Weather. New York at Washington—Cloudy. Chicago at Brooklyn—Rain. Beston at Cincinnati—Rain. Record of the Ciubs. we .) Clubs. & 3 Pittsburg... - 58 35 .628' Philadelphia 43 - 59 35 .623| Brookisn. 6 . 52 38 (573 | Louisville... 36 + 52 42. (553| Washington. 2 34 44 “boi'St. Lous. The negotiations between J. ard Pitcher Frank Killen were brought to a@ successful conclusion last evening, and the well-known feft-hander is now a Sena- ter. Killen was recently given his re- lease by Manager Watkins of the Pitts- burgs, and was at liberty to sign with the club offering the most money. He has al- ways been 2 top notcher in the matter of price and until this season in the same class as to pitching ability, although his work this year has been far from bad. When asked why Killen had been re- leased, Manager Watkins recently said that it was because Killen was an old play- er and insisted upon having his own way. Watkins insists upon implicit obedience by all his men, even in pitching the ball, and as Frank no doubt believed he knew some- thing of the game, a clash of opinion usual- ly followed, which finally brought about th release. This same difference is said to oxist between the Pittsburg manager and Pitchers Rhines and Hart, but it is likely these two twirlers will sce the wis- dom of abiding by the decisions of their manager. Frank Killen made his first appearance as a Senator in 1892. In 1891 he was with the Milwaukee and Minneapolis clubs of the Western League, and his work was so good that Manager Barnie, who selected the Senators in "92, picked him out to strengthen our batting corps. He did well hington, but at the end of the as 28 game: His batting average ar he won 17 and batting average was . Washington has needed a good left- handed piteher for some time, and all judges agree that Killen is far from being won and 28 was .211. Last games, and his a s-been.” He is expected to join the club within a day or two, and may zo against the Louisvilles Friday or Satur- day. Another player that Mr. Wagner is said to be negotiating for is Jack Farrell, the center fielder of the Springtield, Ohio, team. Farrell played in 68 games last year, | ing a batting average of .201 and fielding but his reputation has been made this year through exceedingly brilliant.work in the field and good, hard hitting while at the - Mr. Wagner has made an offer of $400 for Farrell, with the proviso that be be given the center fielder on trial for a month. If satisfactory the mon2y will be paid, if not the player will be returned to the Springfield club. Manager Lew Whistler, the old Washing- ton player, who is managing the Spring- field club, is somewhat averse to this proposition, but he has enough faith in Farrell's ability to take chances on the al, and it is believed the new man will on report in Washington. His nation- ality is all right, Mr. Wagner having reached the conclusion that the Teuton is teo siow as a thinker, and will in the future sign only players who can boast of descent from the Emerald Isle. Boston, 8; Cincinnati, 0. Only one game was played in the hig league yesterday, the Bostons meeting the Cincinnatis at Cincinnatl, and whitewash- ing them by 8 to 0. Old reliable Charley Nichols was at his best, and but five safe hits were registered off of his delivery. In addition to batting weakly, the Reds put up a poor fielding game. R. HE. Cincinnat!.....000000000-0 5 4 Boston. . 030113000-8 10 0 New York today. Dineen will pitch. The great Rusle will twirl for the Giants. Billy Joyce says he wants three straiguc from the Senators, Jack Doyle is playing New Yorks and doing well. ‘The Washington “fans” will be out today to judge for themselves where the trouble lies. Two games for one admission will be played tomorrow with New York. The last double-header with the Giants at National Park drew about 10,000 spectators, and in- cidentally put the Senators on the down left field for the 0. ry Swaim was given his ten days’ of release last night. Swaim pitched one or two good games this year, having lots of speed and command, but his recent work was-very unsatisfactory, as his good right arm had apparently gone back on him. Without speed Hillary was an easy proposition. The friends of the Cincinnati club need not be worried over the work the team has been doing at home the past week or two. In seasons gone by the Reds have won a majority of their games on the home grounds and were weak away, but this sea- son their work on opposition grounds has been of the best, and quite a pleasant sur- prise to their adnflrers. From now on the Cincinnatis have hard work cut out for them, but there is no indication displayed that they will not be able to meet the emer- gency successfully. In a recent conversation Manager Wat- kins of Pittsburg, in speaking about his signs to the players, said: “I have only four, one telling the player to sacrifice, the second for the hit and run game, the third to hit the ball out, and the fourth to bunt. This completes the list, and they are as simple as can be. But when I give a player instructions what to do he will obey. or get out of the club. Take a peep at Pat Dono- van this season. His work is simply won- derful. He obeys instructions without a murmur and says he likes it, as it saves him the trouble of thinking. ‘If the Pitts- burg club wins I want the credit; when it loses I am willing to take all the blame.” Wise man is Watkins. He is handfing his players with a positiveness that is truly re- freshing, and Mr. Wagner will see wonder- ful results at National Park if a manager with like ideas is quickly secured. The struggles for the pennants of the At- lantic and Eastern Leagues are both in- teresting and exciting. In the former Richmond and Reading fre having a see- saw fight for the leadership, the southern team having the slight advantage of four points at this time. Just how great the rivalry is between these teams can be judged from the score of yesterday's game, when they played ten innings without scor- ing, rain stopping play in the eleventh in- ning. Lancaster, the present holder of the pennant, is a close third in the race, and it looks as if the struggle at the finish will be between this trio of clubs. In the East- ern League the first four clubs are fighting close, but the indications are that the champion pennant will go to Canada next year. RECEIVER FOR . LOUIS BROWNS. President Muckenfuss Appointed by the Court. ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 10.—Judge Wood of the circuit court today appointed Presi- dent B. 8. Muckenfuss receiver of the St. Louis Browns, on application of the hold- ers of first mortgage bonds, His bond was fixed at $20,000. GLOoM IN OYSTERVILLE. The “Dry Ret of Indifference” at Work on the Orioles. From the Baltimore Sun. The once great Orioles have made a@ sorry showing on the present trip. They have at times this season played the good earnest base ball that made their friends hope that they would recover their old spirit and make a great fight for the pennant, as they did last year. This tip, however, has sent such hopes to keep company with McGinty. Outside of the pitchers and two or three other players the team has done sorry work. If this were merely a batting slump and] the players were fighting im old-time Oriole fashion to win the games and improve their batting by hook or crook there would still be some hope. But the, rot of indiffer- ence, and of the spirit @At thinks “I don’t care, my salary and reputation are safe,” is killing the chances for this season and the future of the finest ball team that the league ever saw. In the ten games played since the Orioles left home they have won three, lost six and tied one. This is all the more disgraceful from the fact that the Orioles’ pitchers have been doing splendid work, and have held down their opponents to twenty-nine runs in the ten games, an average of fewer than three runs to a game. With better support théy would have done even better than that. MICHAEL’ RAC TONIGHT, Both He and Moran Are Anxious tor _ the Contest. The ten-mile paced match race between Jimmy Michael, the Welsh ‘champion of the world, and A. C. Moran, the local rider, will be held this evening at the track of the Park Bicycle Club on the Conduit road. ‘The event has been twice postponed on ac- count of rain, and should the weather clear up before dark this evening the race will surely be held, Both men are anxious for the contest to come off, and will be ready for a fine raze when the” event does take place. Michael is reported as having said that he would remain in this city and race Mor- an, if he had to stay for a full week. The fact that his ch race has been twice postponed, not only in thts city, but in Bal- timore as well, exasperates him. His race Saturday afternoon at the Manhattan Beach track with Eddie McDuffce has been declared off, and this will permit him to stay In this city and wait. The only fear e midze* is’ that his pacing crews might get out of riding condition hy the lack of taining. The Welsh midget and his pacemakers arrived in town this morning on an early train. The pacing machines and crews Were taken out to the track, and despite the showery condition of the weath- er managed to get'a good deal of practice riding. The rain checks for the Monday night race will be accepted at the door, but only those will be given reserved seats who produce the coupons. All other grandstand checks will ertitle the holders to general admission seats only, located in the rear of the stand. Should the weather clear up it is expected that a crowd of consider: bly over 5,000 persons will be present, the attendance Monday night being nearly three sprint races with the heats and finals will make a preliminary. affair of seven races, the two-thirds of a mile professional handicap and the one mile i eur handicap being run in two heats. The Aust -alian pursuit race will be run as one race, unlimited distance. As the first race will commence at 8:30 o’clock the big event, which will close the program, wil) hardly start before 9 later. 30 or 9:45, possibly SUNDAY’S CENTURY RUN. List of Those Who Survived the Ordeal. The committee in charge of the open cen- tury run of the Century Cycle Club met at the headquarters of the club, 627 E street northwest, last night and completed its task of checking up the survivors. Out of the 125 starters exactly 100 survived the run. The following is a complete list of the survivors as given out by the commit- tee: Wm. A. Hasler, W. 8. Jones, W. C. O'Con- nor, Fabér Stevenson, R. 8. Dimmick,How- ard Fisk, Allan Hollander, BE. S. Byrnes, H. Sheehy, C. V. Sparrow, J. M. Flynn, Henry Wesbury, E. P. Gooding, Samuel Barn- hartt, Leslie Barclay, Robert Moyer, D. R. Thomas, H. C. Bushby, H. W. Higham, R. Stokes, J. A. Thompson, Brent Wilson, Geo, C. Wathen, J. A. Galeski, A. Mills, W. Al Bolden, N. McDaniel, F. Dorr, A. B. Griffith, Mrs. Harry Park,’ Harry Park, H. 5! Stringer, W. C. Drury, H. B. Allen, L. M. Kruger, C. Bowie, jr.j C. E. Hasselbach, Mrs. May Rogerson, Ed. L. Hutchinson, William Brearley, L: Hasselbach, L. ford, E. W. Simesick, W. W. Wynne, G. Cator, W. Taylor, W. F. Maher, J. F. Sheehy, R. C. Williams, James Mulroy, S. F. Richards, R. R. Bartholomae, W. M. Conn, L. D. Brosius, F. H. Crook, F. T. Howe, jr.; W. H. Kauffman, F. H. Rior- dan, R. Robeck, R. J. Fields, A. J. Kent, H. B. Cobey, W. G. Allen, A. 8. McCay, E! H. Monroe, E. A. Conway, L. A. Foster, B. Hayes, G. H. Lange, F. E. Young, W. H. Johnston, R, Moreland, W. H. Dykeman, A. Christman, R. H. Stone, W. Lembkey, Eckhardt, E. B. Bell, E. J. Murphy, L. L. Smith, H. Mattern, E. Emmert, H. T. Goy- er, H.'S, Burbank, C. P. McCurdy, M. Tib- betts, H. W. Brelsford, G. A. Cooke, W. A. Kendrick, D. J. Whitmore, D. H. Fowler, J. B. Pettus, L. R. Johns, L. P. Keller, H. K. Gibson, W. B. Wilson, B. H. Norl, P. J. Dorr and G. G. Bailey. ROWING AT TORONTO. Annual Regatta of the Canadian As- sociation. ‘The nineteenth annual regatta of the Ca- nadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen began on Toronto bay Monday afternoon and continued yesterday. The weather was rough and a west wind bothered the oarsmen early in the regatta. Ten Hyck won the first heat of the. senior singles without difficulty. In the eight-oar race the Argonauts led all the way and finished two lengths in front of the Vespers of Philadelphia, their only competitors, ‘The second and closing day of the regat- ta furnished fine sport. The wind and wa- ter were against the oarsmen, although conditions were better than on the open- ing day. Ten Eyck won the final heat of the senior singles in impressive style, with Goldman second and Marsh third. Cresser of the Vespers gave it up after going a mile and fouling Marsh. The Argonauts of Toronto captured the senior fours easily. Rough water did not bother them to the same extent as it did the foreign crews. The Pennsylvania Barge Club was second, with the Dons third. The Vespers were a bad fourth and the Ecorse fifth. ‘The Mutuals of Detroit did not finish, their boat breaking in two. The Grand Trunk of Montreal won the junior fours, and Ten Eyck and Lewis took the senior dou- ble sculls without trouble. Two fouls oc- curred in the intermediate fours, and the winners, the Grand Trunk crew and Brockville, will row over. Jenigen of the Vespers finished last in the intermediate singles, which Nelson of ‘the Toronto club won. Only two pairs started in the last race, the Argonauts winning from the Pennsylvania Barge Club. A race has been arranged between the Argonauts and the Vespers eight, to be decided Thursday at the Northwestern regatta. The Vespers will be given a scu- venir banner. oe TOO MUCH FAT. Comes “More Frequently to Persons Living in a Cold Climate. From the L’Union Medicale, As a general rule, obesity is more fre- quent in cold climates than in hot, the in- habitants of the extreme north becoming very fat from the great absorptian of fatty foods, oils, &c., this superabundance of such food, with the increasing use of al- cohol, and @ more indoor life, favoring the production of fat. On the other hand, the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who live on @ scant fruit diet and exercise constantly ae open air, rarely fatten. Again, while authorities agree that alimentation plays a strong part in obesity, opinions vary as to the particular foods. In the normal nutrition, the fats introduced in the alimentary canal are broken up into Part is oxidized in the heat small ay which enedicts amoun' escapes: combustion accumulates in the various tis- sues and constitutes a FIRED THE FIRST SHOT Malate Fight Brought on by & Ne- braska Sharpshooter. AGUINALDO’S © hase “ MOVE Further details of 88 fie in the Philip- pines are given by a:dispatch from Cavite, Manila bay, Aug. 8, Wia Hong Kong, Aug. 9,which says: ‘Thefirst shedding of American blood on Philippine sag took place Sunday night, when eleven: wer@-Killed and forty- four wounded during a skirmish at the Malate trenches, between Cayjte and Ma- nila. : : No. attack has yet been made on the Spanish lines, hut*the Americans now oc- cupy the trenches formerly held by the insurgents. S In Sunday night’s skirmish the following were killed - Corporal W, E. Brown of the toth Penn- sylvania. Private Brady of the 10th Pennsylvania. Private Bowker of the Ist Wyoming. Privates S. Hull, Bunton (Brinton?), Noss and Stillwagen (all understood to be of the 10th Pennsylvania). First seant Maurice Just of the 1st California. Private Dawson, Battery K, 3d Artillery. Private McKelrath (Mcllroth?), Battery A, 3d Artillery Private Winfield, Battery H, 3d Artillery. On Monday night Private Springstead of the Ist Colorado was Killed. Last night (Tuesday) the following were killed: Private Willlam Lewis Roddy of the 23d Infantry. Private R. Bowers of the Signal Corps: Private Fred Buckland of the 13th Min- nesota. Some of the wounded in Sunday night's skirmish were struck by shrapnel. Americans Fired First. The correspondent of the London Times at Cavite, under date of August 1, tele- graphs as follow “Yesterday I visited Camp Dewey and the American intrenchments before Malate. Captain Grant and Captain Young of the Utah artillery were busily throwing up ad- vanced eartliworks for guns, under protec- tion of the Nebraska volunteers. From the upper floor of a European house form- ing an alignment with the earthworks I was observing the Spanish positions, when a Nebraska sharpshooter beside me fired the first shot discharged by the Americans upon the Spaniards who were crouching in the forward trench. “This was contrary ‘to General orde He had forttiden an aggre attitude unless the Spaniards advanced. Tho insurgents now jy ferce inland on the right of the Ameriétn’ fines also opened fire, the Spaniards neplying briskly with quick-firing guns andgifles, but their shoc ing was high and their''shots fell half a mile beyond the inteenghments, where a Colorado volunteer ficket was’ hit by a Mauser bullet. i The Excitiiig Return. “Personally I was fifipréssed by the non- chalant demeanor of the Americans In the fighting line. They were like high-spirited youths on a* picnic. R§¥hole groups lying in' the second line werg playing cards, Had the Spaniards, whe “were anaccountably non-aggressive during-the American land- Ing and advance, dropped shrapnel trom Malate fort, they would Bave wrought ter- rible havoc, one house, forming a conspicu- ous miatk, being within easy gun range. “The return to camp exciting, but effected without mishap. The natives fol- low the American advance, oecupying the houses within the fighting line, “General Aguinaldo’s -cuerrifias caused the Americans considerable trouble... While I was in camp information was received a party of California volunteers, en- gaged In felling timber, had been arrested by the insurgents. Colonel Smith, under General Greene's tructions, ordered out an armed detachment, which released the prisoners and brought the insurgengs into Camp Dewey. Geni ont a mes- sage to General Agu , saying that if the Americans were further molested he would disarm the whole Filipinos. “There are many new cases of typhoid fever and measles. During a sudden storm over night the City of Para drifted under the guns of Manila. The Charleston res- cued her and towed her to a safe anchor- age.” Dispatches from Cavite to Hong Kong, urder date of August 5, report that Ma- nila was then “still Spanish.” ‘These dis- patches say of the fight: “The insurgents rendered no assistance, but retreated on the first shot. It is be- lieved that General Aguinaldo, aware of the Spanish intentions, moved his men away. On August 1 the Spaniards made two weak ettacks, but were easily repulsed. On At- gust 2 they made another attack, when one was Killed and eleven wounded. On the 3d there was a cannonade all day. “Tho electric lights were extinguished in Manila at night. The. Americans, though under arms, did not attack the city. A copyrighted Associated Press dispatch from Manila, dated August 3, via Hong Kong, August 9, says: ‘ne rumor is’ current here that the in- surgents, fearful that “peace will be con- cluded between Washington and Madrid, and that the Americans will withdraw from the Philippines, are consequently the more strenuous in their desires and efforts to capture Manila. Sunday night there was a heavy bombardment, with heavy modern shells. It is generally believed in the city that the Americans assisted, and the pa- pers published lists of Americans alleged to have been Killed, ineluding some names of rank. ‘There {s also a report that half the Amer icans have succumbed to fever, and this misstatement, with others like it, encour- ages the Spaniards to maintain their sui- cidal resistance. On Sunday many shots entered the town. Several reached the citadel itself, and it is reported that some ladies were killed. There was a frightful panic inside the walls, women and children shrieking and praying in their terror the whole night through. One shot caused twenty casualties at the Luneta battery; another exploded at the Malate barracks, killing five. Saved the Magazine. The troops turned out‘Just in time to save Malate fort and thermagazine. The in- surgents showered lamgesand smal! shots with such precision ghat<the garrison be- Neved the whole Amrerleyn army and fiect were concentrating their-fire. Many Spaniards had previously resolved to cease fighting the moment the Ameri- cans began, but the thstirgents have sub- sided, and the fort”. been reinforced fromthe barracks. bas been little fighting in other ctfons. The total Spanish losses are prifably a hundred, but many houses have fously damaged. hgre was a furious dh. Telephonic in- i headquarters to various outposts.4 ceived from El P: aa, accordingly, a squad of horsemen hastened thither. In the darkness and stétm*%he sentries fired and wounded two, PYobdbly in the panic they imagined that? the’*horsemen were Americans. Sel A few such nights wéuld drive.the Span- basin —— Semone see there wo the ghastly prospect of prolonged devastation and slaughter, with the in- evitable destruction of the town and its in- ‘pecan unless the Americans hastened burned and the driven a si gale, threatened the Whole of ber were finally extinguished, mainly ———— WHILE TRE —— by the British merchants at Ma- n ‘The British consul here died of dysentery yesterday, but his remains cannot be buried in the Protestant cemetery on account of the insurgents. Disease is Raging. For four days a typhoon has raged. The suburbs have been flooded, the trenches swamped and the sandbags dissolved. Disease is raging. Mere infants of thirteen years of age are enlisting; they become officers and fight in the trenches. The newspapers applaud what fhey should con- demn as a crime. The British vice consul, supported by the French consul, who is the dean of the for- eign representatives here, took the initia- tive in unofficial “feelers” looking to an armistice, pending peace, but the Ameri- cans are not authorized to accept anything except surrender, and the Spaniards will never surrender. The latter hope to endure until peace is declared between Washington and Madrid. ‘The hardships of the situation are chiefly pressing upon the natives and the foreign- ers, and not upon the Spaniards, because the bulk of the priests, the officials and the military can monopolize the food sup- plies, and though 250,000 of the population starve, the fact goes practically unheeded. The 10,000 Spaniards in Manila are con- fident of their safety. They believe that the strong walls of the city will resist for three months, and they are resolved, re- gardless of the fate of women and children, finally to sell their lives dearly in wreaking their hatred upon the English, the Ameri- cans and the Filipinos. The Spaniards are busy making mitrail- leuses. This correspondent has seen natives eating rats and mice, and it is reported that they are stealing food and murdering. Searcity of Food. Under date of July 30, a Manila dis- patch states: The scarcity of food now affects even the richest class in Manila. There is no meat, bread or flour, except very small reserves, chiefly laid under requisition for the Span- ish troops. The newspapers, though rigidly censored, admit that the famine and the unprece- dented rains are causing the epidemic. ‘They pretend that the disorders are trivial intestinal ailments, but it is believed most of them are dysentery, due to wretched food and the dangerous character of the water. A number of important persons are in. An abattoir has been. established for slaughtering horses and dogs. The news- papers admit that the military bakers are reduced to the nece8sity of using rice, the stock of which will shortly be exhausted. The stock of fuel, too, is exhausted, and the bakers are burning doors and window frames. It is impossible to eat uncooked rice. A decree has been issued authorizing the entry of private premises and the seizure of cattle and horses there, for a nominal payment, made in worthless drafts. Sev- eral animals belonging to British owners have been taken, though there were plenty belonging to Spanish owners that had not been seized. An attempt was made to seize the indispensable pony of the consu- lar physician, and considerable indignation has been expressed. There may possibly be some trouble over it. The insurgents deny that they have of- fered to join the Spaniards against the Americans, insisting that their offer was only to avoid bloodshed, in the hope of re: onciling some of the Spaniards to renounc- ing their allegiance to Spain, by inducing the Americans not to bombard the city. It 1s alleged in a dispatch officially pub- lished here that Germany is combining with Russia to prevent the capture of M. nila, and that therefore Admiral Dew and General Merritt will refrain from at- tacking the city, so that the American re- sources are exhausted; that Admiral Cer- vera, on issuing from Santiago harbor, was victorious and captured Admiral Sampson, afterward bombarding Ameriean port that the Cherokees and the negroes in the United States have rebelled: that President McKinley has been mobbed; that Admiral Camara is at Singapore; that he is going to land _in the South Philippines; that the allied. Spanish fleets will annihilate Ad- miral Dewey, and, finally, that the cli- mate is decimating the American soldiers. corr EASURE RESORT, Capitol Grounds Never Failing De- light to Thousands. Few, Washingtonians, probably, are ac- customed to think of the Capitol as a pleasure resort. The majority of citizens, in common with the outside world, no doubt associate it with the sessions of Con- gress, in the absence of which it is simply a huge white building, idiy waiting for future gatherings of the nation’s ‘egisla- tors. The residents of Capitol Hill, how- ever, have learned to appreciate the build- ing for an entirely different reason. 1t is the goal of their evening promenades, and deservedly so, for the evening must be warm indeed when no stray breeze is to be found floating about some one of its airy corners. The main thoroughfares of the Hill, Maryland avenue, East Capitol street and Pennsylvania avenue, ell con- verging in the Capiiol, are crowded every evening with people on their way to the bread terraces west of the great building. Nor are the river breezes the only charms of this resort. The elevation of the pla- teau on which the Capitol stands gives a magnificent view, which Humboldt, the famous traveler, is said to have pronounced the finest he ever saw. Below lies the city, embowered in Its forest of trees. The mall, stretching due west to the river, re- sembles some old English park, whose baroniat castle is represented by the tow- ers of the Smithsonian Institution, rising above the dense foliage. The river on the west and south gleams in the evening light like silver. Beyond it rise the wood- ed hills of the Virginia shore, forming a rich background for the white pillars of Arlington, Soft green hills rise all about the city, in fact, and on nearly every side they are crowned with some picturesque building, such as the Soldiers’ Home on the north and St. Elizabeth's to the south. The beauty of the scene is greatly enhanced by the glorious sunsets which are seen almost nightly. People who have traveled ex- tensively in Italy have said that the far- famed Italian skies cannot surpass cur sunset heavens in loveliness. The porticos and copings of the terraces about the Capitol furnish unconventional seats in abundance for those who come to feast from nature's lavish hand. ‘The terraces themselves are bright and pretty with the light summer dresses of the young people. Many iittle pale-faced babies are brought here, whose heavy eye- lids show the withering eifect of the day’s heat, and they revive in the evening br2eze like drooping flowers after rain. Some- times the smail children have a merry game of “I spy,” hiding behind the huge pillars and the flower beds, getting so much delight out of it as to make the older folks smile and wish themselves children once more. Meanwhile the clouds are changing in splendor, the monument’s shaft is bathed perhaps in soft rose or golden ligat, the windows in the majestic facade of the Hbrary gleam with flame color or amber. Nor are the eyes alone pieased, for singing birds linger about the Capitol grounds, charmed doubtless by ihe hospitable old trees, the green lawns and plentiful water suprly. One hears now and then the clear call of the robin, and, sometimes, the rare, sweet notes of the song sparrow. Gradually the colors soften and die out, the breeze freshens, and the lights of the city begin to appear. The sleepy babies, refreshed for the night's slumber, are trundled off in their carriages, the children are called home. It ig the hour for lovers. The sunset glory passes only to yield to another scene of enchantment. The brill- jantly lighted avenue, with the twinkling lights in swiftly passing cars, looking like fireflies, gives one the impression of fairy- land. If there is a moon ihe dome looms up dark and vast against the thoonlit sky, but gleams softly on the side where the moonbeams fall. The pillared porticos stand sharply out like cornices of the Par- thenon; the dust and heat of the day seem far away; the glamor of romance has made the marble terraces a lovers’ paradise. At last even they are gone, and the great silent building is left to its own memories, deserted, opptet the lonely es of the watchmen. broods upon the pas what are its most cherished “4 the thunder of its elog Drs. M. L. Julihn, R. R. Roberts and B. THE YELLOW FEVER A Talk With Dr. Parham of New Orleans, GEN. SHAPTER’S REPORTS A PUZZLE He Never Knew Such a Slight Mortality With So Many Cases. NO DANGER FEARED Dr. F. W. Parham, an ex-official of the Leutsiana board of health, now in Wash- ington, has deen making a close and care- ful study of yellow fever conditions In Cuba, as shown by the daily bulletin of the crude returns of General Shafter in his brief and business-like statements sent to the War Department. There is a world yet to explore in yellow fever, and the wiser of the health officials throughout the United States are prepared to read and learn, and even to listen and learn when- ever the dread disease appears in any spot on the globe. New Orleans is by common consent regarded as the prime center of yellow fever information whenever the scourge has made its presence felt in the United States, for it is in that city that the vast majority of deaths have oecurred, and it fs to the talented physicians of that city that the medical authorities have looked for any pronouncement as to the character of the disease, its spread, the means of prevention and the means of cure. In 1878 no less than 8,500 people died of yellow fever in New Orleans, and fully 000 were stricken throughout the south. A.death rate of fully 15 per cent estab- lished the peculiarly fatal character of the frightful visttation. ‘Trade was utterly paralyzed, shotgun quarantines: were es- tablished and universal wreckage of the State resulted. It is not a matter of sur- prise, therefore, that an ex-official of the board of health in New Orleans should ex- press some “doubt as to the accuracy of the figures which come from General Shaf- ter at Santiago each twenty-four hours with the regularity of a well-regulated clock. Doesn’t Understand the Reports. “I notice,” he said, “that in his Satur- day bulletin General Shafter says: ‘Total fever cases, 3,408; new cases fever, 606." He then proceeds to state that there was one d2ath, and that not from yellow fever. Of course, such a statement amounts to little, because there are many fevers that are not yellow fever, but it is inconcelv- able that the yellow fever exists f any tent when there is not a single death from the disease in twenty-four hours. I have no conception of a condition which shows 3,406 sick of fever, and but one fatal termination in a day. Even bad colds show a higher rate of mortality. “I am inclined to believe that there 1s such a chaotic condition of affairs in the neighborhood of Santiago that nobody knows exactly how things stand. Physt- cians who are ‘Jumped up’ for the oc sion are not usually skillful, and few men of ability can afford to leave their regular practice for the pittance which army ser- vice gives. “The surgeon general of the army and such men as Dr. Nicholas Senn and Dr. John Guiteras are, of course, the highest and best of authorities on yellow fever, but they cannot be everywhere, nor can they even supervise properly the crude work of subordinates, who may be the ver- jest tyros in the medical profession. I no- tice, by the way, that Dr. Guiteras has jeft Cuba and Dr. Senn has expressed his disapproval of existing methods of hand- ling the sick during the Cuban campaign. Who are diagnosing the cases, their compe- tency, experience and general ability are utterly unknown. “My experience with yellow fever in this country, which covers thousands of cases, leads me to believe that the unacclimated die at twice the rate of the acclimated. In New Orleans English cotton buyers, for example, over here only for a season, fell early and easy victims to the disease.” Men from Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Washington and other northern and west- ern cities lie down and die when natives seemed to suffer but a few days of incon- venience from the fever. It is all the more surprising, therefore, when I read that the troops at Santiago, largely recruited from sections which have never known yellow fever, recover rapidly from the disease, and that the death rate is but 2 per cent. And to this date there has not been in the dispatches the suggestion of a case of ‘black vomit’ in the total of 3,406 ‘sick from fever.’ There is a great mistake some- where. There can really be no genuine yellow fever in Santiago, or the rate of mortality would be five times as large as it is. A Theory Destroyed. “The correspondents of the large dailies, who are on duty at Santiggo, refer to that city 2s a pest-hole, the home of ‘yellow jack,’ the cesspool of the island, where the scourge ravages the inhabitants every year on account of unsanitary conditions. Every skagrant drain in the city is charged up with its share of yellow fever, and each reeking filth pool has a thousand germs of the disease lurking in {ts bosom. Well, all this theory of filth being the necessary handmaiden of yellow fever has been utter- ly destroyed. by our experience in New Or- leans. Last year we had a ‘visitation,’ and three-fifths of the cases were in the ‘gar- den district,” corresponding to your north- west section. Itallans living in squalor and huddied together in ill-ventilated rooms, “The Great Providers.” Think of the biggest Side- board bargain you can recol- lect and then come and see this one. We have been in the busi- ness many long years, and we can honestly say that we never temember a value like this Large, with swell front, made of very pretty oak, finely fin- ished and handsomely carved. You never saw its equal marked for less than $25.00. For Thursday our price will be $15.75. “Cash or Credit.” Mayer & Pettit, 415-417 Seventh St. Brood Poison. HAVE YOU Cotorea spans, sim, Coppers Ulcers in Mouth, Hatr-Falling? Write COOK REM- EDY ©0., 1688 MASONIC TEMPLE, CHICAGO, ILL., for proofs of cures. CAPITAL $500,000. See eee ee et ote eet Ot OLED OY DOLD LLL ALLL LD NAD esosseatontoesendonseesoete Ss Worst cases cured in 15 TO 35 DAYS. 100-PAG BOOK FREE. jetiame ee = a were more free from attack than those who observed every sanitary precaution, and whose homes were surrounded by attract~ ive dawrs, through which the purifying air from the Gulf of Mexico was constantly blowing. “The truth of the matter is that the medie cal profession is as much in the dark about yellow r as the humblest jayman. We know notning, we discourse learnedly, and we talk in our conventions as if we had the disease, Its symptoms, causes and cure, at our finger tips. We have nothing of the kind. There is not a theory I have ever formed about yellow fever which has not been utterly destroyed by subsequent ex- perience. Today I am at sea, and so is every other physician, who will look facts squarely in the We know that a virulent fever comes, that people die in great numbers, and then we hold a cons ion. The resuit is usually that re yellow fever to be among U cl ear, for example, down at McHenr near New Orleans, there were tw casts of yellow fever, yet not a curred. Was it reall do not know, and it will never be known “If Gen. Shafter's reports are accur and of this there is litt If it and the death rate 3 , 1 do not know but that I should advise the retention of the troops in that neighborhood. There never was a better time to have the yellow fever than just now if the conditions of receovery are 80 favorable. I think New Orleans would enjoy a visitation upon such terms to in« crease her crop of immunes. Immunes That Are Not Soe. “Speaking of immunes reminds me that there has been no greater fraud and farce in this war than the organization of the so-called ‘immune regiments.’ One was gathered together in our state on a hap- hazard plan of enlistment, and the result was that not one man in twenty-five had ever had the yellow fever. More than 100 of the ‘tmmunes’ were recruited in Cincin+ nati, where yellow fever has never been known to exist, and the plains of Texas, equally free from any suspicion of the disease, furnished 20) more. Yet this rezi- ment is aow on board a transport bound for Santiago to act as a garrison for the town, and the authorities fondly they have men who are bomb-proof against yellow jack. The thing would be laugh- able if it were not £0 serious. ‘We have a new board of health in New Orleans, and its work be thor< ough in every way. At ail events, this is August 11, and we have had no yellow fever in the city, though everybody pres dicted a return of the fever as the result of last year's experience. The winter wag mild, and the germs were believed to bd lurking around somewhere ready to devour us. But they have kept in hiding thus fas and we now feel littls fear. “Talking of germs reminds m2 that the higher medical authorities seem to be pret« ty well agreed that yellow fever is a germ, or bacillus, disease. How these g2rms oF bacilli are transmitted frem man to man, or from house to houre, is not y2t know nor will it ever be. The most plausi!) theory is that the atm from point to point. 3 phere blows them Certain it is that y=l- low fever has appeared in spots where only atmospheric transfer could explain tha prevalence of the disease. But, as I said before, no ‘physician can speak with au- thority upon this point, for w2 are only guessing when we talk of yellow fever in any of its phases. ‘Anxious mothers and fathers with down at Santiago need giv cial concern if the disease retains ms themselves 1 its present mild form. 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