Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1898, Page 1

——— THE EVENING STAR. pi shies semen PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. New York OZice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star {» served to subscribers in the tity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents week. cr 44 cents ver month. Copies at the moter, 2 cents each. By mail—angwhere in the ited States 1 Canada—postage prepaid—60 cents ver month. ae , Saturdzy Quintuple ——— $1 per year, witl ‘oreign postage added, $3.08. (Entered at the Post Otice at Washingtoa, D. O., 1s second-class mail matter, €7 AN mail subscriptions must be paid inadvance, Rates of advertising made known on application. _Ghe aS o Fvening Star. No. 14,190, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1898—-TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. THE STAR BY MAIL, Persons leaving the city for any period can have The Stdr mailed to them to ary address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter. Terms: 13 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents perf month. Invariably in advance. Sub- scribers changing their address from one Post-oftice to another should give the last address as wel! as the new one. SIGSBEE ADVANCED Goes Up Three Numbers for Extraor- dinary Heroism. NO NAVAL REVIEW IN HAMPTON ROADS Sampson and Schley to Retain Their Commands. MENOCAL’S RETIREMENT ent today advanced Capt. arles D. Sigsbee three-numbers on the of captains in the navy “for extra- st igsbee was captain of the Maine when that vessel was blown up in Havana harbor. He commended the auxiliary § Paul during the war, and fought and disabled the Spanish torpedo boat de- stroyer Terzor off San Juan. Capt. Sigsbee also di »vered the presence of Cervera’s fleet in Santicge harbor, and watched the entrance until Schley’s squadron arrived, which was several days later. He was re- cently igned to the command of the Texas. This assignment is appropriate, in view of the that the Texas is the sis- ter ship of the Maine, and was built at the Norfolk yard while the Maine was being built at the New York yard. No Review in Hampton Roads. The Navy Department is receiving many inquiries as to whether the assembling of meny warships at Hampton Roads will re- sult in a naval review there. No such re- view is contemplated, the assembling of slips at that point Is purely for admin‘stra- tive reasons. In the main the vessels ar2 the small ones of the auxiliary fleet. They are to be inspected with a view to det2r- mining what repairs are needed, and what ones can te disposed of to advantage. The big battle ships and cruisers now at New Ycrk are not to go to Hampton Roads, ac- ecrding to present plans. Commodore Re- who was in command of the naval base at Key West, will now take command he base at Hampton Roaés. He is on West on th2 Lancaster. 2 ell will continue in com- this squadron of the North At- lantic fleet, Commodore Remey’s duties ap- plying more pai ular! 0 the naval base. Breaking Up the Rendez Orders were pus. ed by the Navy Depart- t the assem- ampton Roads. fleet at will be sent to New nd torpedo boats to 1. The only ships to remain ss Monrce are auxiliary cruisers orders were issued owing >f steamboat companies that a fleet in the harbor at Hampton would interfere seriously with navi- 2. Will Retain Their Commands. Rear Admiral Sampson will retain com- mand of the North Atlantic fleet, notwith- he Cuban military niral Schley will present naval command, rving temporarily on the Porto continue in his although Rican commission. This statement was made authoritatively at the Navy Depart- ment today. The list of naval assignments posted today contains that of Admirals Sampson and Schiey to the Cuban and Porto Rican commissions, respectively, but no ri fleet c made to any change in the o>mmands. Civil Engineer Menocal's Retirement. The Na nent announces th gineer A. G. Menocal, r 1, under the age neer Menocal d with the aragua canal pro- re- connec- etive construction of the The retirement be- it is understovd, without to the suspension. Two ADMIRAL on and Schley Expected to Ar- rive This Evening. COMIN Sam It is expected that Admirals Sampson and Schley will arrive here this evening from ork to confer with the Presi- dent in rd to their new duties as mem- bers - of commissions to supervise the the Span: armies from Th is much in- and they will receive jcome from all classes of so- sh authority for that the new assignments rs will not necessitate the their present commands eved, however, that future y change present plans in . and that it will be found ad- office: in command orth Atlantic squad- arily at least in order to permit psen and Schley to give their to the important duties ns at Havana and fiable for the ntic squadron, ra Howell and Commodores ind Philip. The best part of dron is now in home ports, York and Hampton Roads, arrassing to man details connected and affairs from indies. Moreover, the that Sampson and earned the right to a each on shore. 0s AMBASSADOR CAMBO. vacatior TRIP. He Left Yesterday co Be Gone Three Weeks. yon, the French ambassador, and t Washington yesterday morning yleasure trip through the north. will visit Niagara Falls, Montreal and New London, be gone about three weeks. During the ambassador's absence M. Thiebaut, the first secretary, wili have charge of the embassy and will attend to any business the Spanish government may have with is government in connection with the treaty of peace. —_——_—_—_+o.+__ Philanthropist Blair 96 Years Old. NEW YORK, August 22.—John I. Blair, the banker and philanthropist, is today cel- ebrating his ninety-sixth birthday at his home in Blairstown, N. J. He founded the town and nearly all the residents in it de- pend for @ livelihood on the industries he started. CAPT. MILLS’ APPOINTMENT|| IST NOT MADE OUT Chosen Superintendent of the West Point Academy. ‘Was Shot Through the Head in the Charge on San Juan Hill—Thought to Be Fatally Wounded. Capt. Albert L. Mills, assistant adjutant general United States Volunteers and first lieutenant United States Cavalry, was to- day appointed superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Col. O. H. Ernst, corps of engineers, who held that office at the outbreak of the war with Spain, has been appointed a brigadier general of volunteers and is now serving with Gen. Miles’ army in Porto Rico. Since his detachment from the academy a few months ago Lieut. Col. Hein, commandant of cadets, has been in nominal charge of its affairs. The appointment of superintendent of the Military Academy carries with it the rank and emoluments of a colonel in the army. Capt. (now colonel) Mills was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1879 and was selected immediately after graduation from a class of sixty-seven members, because of his soldierly bearing and especial fitness, as military instructor of the incoming class during the months of July and August, a mark of distinction highly prized by all graduates, and an early precedent of selection since follows through his nineteen years of distinguished service on the frontier and in this war with Spain by the various superior officers under whom he has served. Capt. Mills commanded scouts in the campaign against the Sioux Indians Jan- uary and February, 1891; was adjutant of his regiment from 1890 to 1894. He is the author of “Campaigns in 1862 in Virginia,” a work published and studied at the United States Cavalry and Infantry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., at which institution Capt. Mills was in charge of the depart- ment of tactics and strategy when hostil- ities with Spain began. He was commissioned captain and assist- ant adjutant general of volunteers May 12, 1598, and assigned as chief of staff to Gen. S. B. M. Young's brigade, composed of the 1st and 10th Regulars and 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry (Roosevelt's Rough Riders), “‘and participated with dis- tinguished gallantry and conspicuous abil- ity in all engagements preceding the final surrender of Santiago, having with super- human effort personally superintended the formation and continuance of the advance of this dismounted cavalry brigade upon the strongly intrenched position of the eremy at La Guasima according to the prearranged plan of Gen. Young. This first battle, which was to set the pace cf those to follow. was fought and won by Gen. Young's brigade of dismounted cav- alry, precisely as it was planned, and was jecisive in that it gave us the highway to go and protection for the base of Shot at San Juan Hitl. At San Juan hill Captain Mills was wounded, being shot through the head, the bali entering the left cheek bone and mak- ing its exit at the outer angle of the right eye, a wound thought to be fatal at the time, but from which it 1s now believed he wiil recover with no greater resulting in- jury than the loss of an eye. Captain Mills is forty-four years old, a native of York, and after nineteen ars’ service In the grade of lieutenant is now only in sight of his promotion to a captaincy in the regular cavalry; there- fore in his appointment as superintendent of the United States Military Academy, with rank of colonel, may be seen the President's recognition of the younger ele- ment of the regular army and their distin- guished gallantry in battle. It is noticed on examination of the army rei. er that of the four senior professors of the Military Academy their rank at date of appointment was first leutenant and average length of service about nine years. Of these, Colonels Michie and Bass performed distinguished service from 1861 3, as did Colonels Wood and Davis, sl Feiberger being a classmate of ain, now Colonel, Mills. oo MOBILIZATION AT HONOLULU, Two Brigades to Be Added to Those Under Gen. King. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 22.—The transports now here are the Scandia, Aus- tralia and City of Sydney, and the City of Peking is due to arrive from Manila. The former, which is to be sent to Honolulu, as a half-way station in case of need by en. Merritt in the Philippines, will be oc- cupied by two brigades. The ist Brigade, under Gen. Miller, con- sists of the 7th and Sth California Volun- teer Regiments, the 3d Battalion of Call- fornia Heavy Artillery, Troop A of the Nevada Cavairy and a detachment of the pital Corps. 1 Brigade, now under command of n, is composed of the 20th Kan- ssee and 51st Io with a s nt of Oregon recruits, The troops under Gen. King, which sali- ed on the Arizona, will be held at Honolulu to await further orders. Gen. King will have immediate command of the new camp of mobilization at Honolulu, subordinate, of course, to Gen. Merriam. Col. Barber of the New York regiment is the commandant of the military post at Honolulu, which is of the department of California and has no connection with the expeditionary fc ; but he will, in a great asure, be independent of Gen. King. It is possible that the supplies carried by the Arizona and Scandia will be placed upon one of the two, which will continue in this way to Manila, while the other will be brought back to be again loaded with troops for Honolulu. —_+___ THRONGING TO THE FLEET. Sightscers Capture the Vessels Under Admiral Sampson. NEW “YORK, August 22—The fleet of Admiral Sampson continued to attract much attention today. It was a busy morn- ing on the vessels, for the crews were washing down deck and cleaning the ships from bow to stern. The thousands of visitors to the warships yesterday left much dirt behind them, and this all disappeared before the water used by the jackies. Fresh supplies were being loaded on the vessels again today. Dozens of boating parties were about the vessels, but visitors were not allowed aboard while “house cleaning” was in pro- gress. = ‘The battle ships Oregon and Iowa left Tompkinsville this morning and went to the navy yard, Brooklyn. ANOTHER POWDER EXPLOSION. Killed Two and Perhaps Six Others Will Die. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., August 22-—A tremendous explosion at the plant of the Chattanooga Powder Company at Oolte- wah station, eighteen miles from the city, ‘lied two white men, Lucius B, Eakin and Harton Mortchke, and wounded seri- ously, if not fatally, six others. After the explosion the plant was destroyed by fire. SEs tie Dr. John F. Morse Dead. SAN FRANCISCO, August 22—Dr. John Frederick Morse, a member of the San Francisco board of health and the state board of health, a prominent Mason, Odd Fellow and Elk, died at his home in this Regiments to Be Mustered Out Yet to Be Selected. MAY BE COMPLETED TOMORROW Case of Small. Arms Surrendered at Manila. WORK OF SIGNAL CORPS The War Department has not y2t made out its Hst- of regiments to be mustered cut of the service, but has been in constant cor- respondence with various sections of the country upon the subject. At first it was thought that the demand to remain in the service would prove embarrassing to the department, as so many troops desired to continue in service. It is now believed that there has beon a change of santiment, and the officers and men of regiments that see no possibility of further fighting are willing to go back to their vocations. Some want to go to the new possessions, but others, it is sald, s2e no glory in policing Santiago and other captured points where there is nothing to do. Some of the troops are also becoming very weary of camp life. The 1st Alabama, it is understood, has been select- ed for mustsring out, at their own request. Order May Be Made Tomorrow. An order for the mustering out of be- tween 75,000 and 100,000 volunteer troops will be issued by the Secretary of War to- morrow in case the selections now being made are completed in time. The names of the organizations are as yet an official secret. There is reason for the belief, how- ever, that the Ist Regiment of United States Volunteers (Col. Roosevelt's Rough Riders) will be mustered out among the first, and that the District regiment is not included in the list now in course of prep- aration. They will be disbanded later in the year. Ordnance Officers Relieved. Ordrance officers are really relieved thai they will not hive the care and repair of the small arms captured at Manila, which by the terms of surrender are to be re- turned to the Spanish soldiers when they evacuate the city. It is stated by officers of experience that !t would not be profit- able for the United States to secure am- munition supplies for a different kind of gun, where there were only a small num- ber such as those captured at Santiago, or which might have been captured at Ma- nila. If fifty or one hundred thousand stands of arms were taken, then the United States might work profitably in the matter of supplying them with ammunition dif- ferent from the regular arm which has been adopted fo: the troops and which are new in use. The ordnance bureau had an opportunity to select the Mauser when the Krag-Jorgensen arm was chosen. The of- ficers who made the examination found de- fects in the Mauser which gave the other gun the preference. They believe that the introduction of a small number of small arms into the army of different make and caliber would do more harm than good, and in the end the expenses would more than make up for the temporary saving that might follow the use of the captured arms. Repairing the Manila Cable. The Manila cable was repaired and oper- ated by the signal corps of the United States army. The first intimation that the cable was again in working order was in a ispatch from Lieut. Col. Thompson, who telegraphed Gen. Greely that he had re- paired the cable with the materials which he had taken to Manila with Gen. Mer- ritt’s army. A cable repair ship left Singa- pore to repair the cable, but it was put in working order by the United States officers before the cable ship arrived. Two days after the message from Col. Thompson, a message was received from the president ¢f the cable company, announcing that the Manila line was again in working order. The signal corps has sent with every de- tachment ordered to the front a complete cutfit, so that when the army landed at any place it was prepared to at once begin eperations to place the government at Washington in communication with the officers in the field. Outfits were carried to Santiago, and also to Ponce, although the lending at the latter place was unexpected. Yet with the materials at hand an impro- vised cable was put in operation until sup- plies could be obtained from St. Thomas. Olivette’s Sick Going to Boxton. The Olivette, hospital ship, which bas just arrived at Montauk Point with two hundred sick on board, has been ordered to proceed to Boston. The sick soldiers will be taken to hcspitals in Boston, which have volunteered to Surgeon General Sternberg to take care of them. Paymaster General Stanton has ordered three paymasters, with funds, to go at once to Manila to pay the troops there. ‘ihey will sail from San Francisco in a day or twa. Adjutant General Corbin has cabled Gen. Merritt to send a list of the wounded at Manila. Ordered to Camp Mende. Capt. Frederick W. Hyde, commissary of subsistence, United States volunteers, is relieved from duty as assistant to Maj. John Littlo, purchasing and depot commis- sary at Dunn Loring, Va., and will pro- ceed, accompanied by three civilian em- ployes, to be designated by Maj. Little, to Middletown, Pa., and report in person to Lieut. Col. James M. Allison, chief com- missary of subsistence, United States Vol- unteers, for assignment to duty in the sub- sistence depot there. Acting Assistant Surgeon William L. Ste- vens, United States army, will proceed from Orange, Va., to Camp Meade, Middle- town, Pa., and report in person to the com- manding general, United States troops, at that place for assignment to duty. Acting Assistant Surgeon Edward Lyon, jr., United States army, will proceed from this city to Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa., and report in” person to the,commanding ‘general, United States troops, at. that Place, for assignment to duty. Lieut. Col. Joshua W. Jacobs, chief quar- termaster, United States Volunteers, now at Santiago, will report in person to Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton, United States ‘Volunteers, commanding the Department of Sentiago, for: assignment to duty as chief quartermaster of that department. Leave for Lieut. Weaver. Leave of absenée for one month on ac- count of sickness is granted First Lieut. Clarence A. Weaver, assistant surgeon, ist District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry. city yesterday of hemorrhage of the brain, | The resignation of Second Lieut. Alfred induced by overwork. B. Maclay, United States Infantry (6th Regiment), has been accepted by the Presi- dent, to take effect August 19, 1898. Maj, D. M. Appel, surgeon, has been or- dered to duty at New York city. Maj. J. L. Powell, surgeon, has been as- signed to duty at Montauk Point. Capt. Wm. F. Lewis, assistant surgeon, has been ordered to Fernandina, Fla. Resignations, The following named officers having ten- dered their resignations, are honorably dis- charged the :ervice of the United States: Lieut. Col. William H. Stacy, 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry; Second Lieut. Roland H. Sherman, 8th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; Capt. George Waters, Light Bat- tery C, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery. Maj. George H. Torney, surgeon, Unit-d States army, will repair to this city on business pertaining to the medical department, and, upon the completion thereof, will return to New York city, N. Y., and resume his dutf@s on the hospital ship Relief. TO IMPROVE OUR WATER Feasibility of Filtration Will Be Investi- gated. Systems in Foreign Cities to Be Studied—Col. Miller to Examine the System at Macon, Ga, General Wilson, chief of engineers, has made practical arrangements to execute the will cf Congress in regard to improving the condition of the water supplied to the citizens of the District of Columbia. The District appropriation bill passed at the last session in making appropriations for the care of the Washington Aqueduct and the water supply of the District provided among other things as follows: “To enable the proper officer of the gov- ernment having charge of the Washington aqueduct and the water supply to the city of Washington to make an investigation of the feasibility and propriety of filtering the water supply of Washington and to submit to Congress a full and detailed re- port thereon, and to meet all necessary ex- penses of said investigation, $3,000. Said report shall be accompanied by a detailed estimate of the cost of the work recuired and in making the investigation, and in the preparation of this report the chief of engineers, U. 8. A., shall be associated with the proper officer of the ‘government in charge of the aqueduct as consulting en- gineer.”” Foreign Filtration Systems, In execution of this statute Gen. Wilson has arranged through the Scoretaries of War and State to be supplied with the his tory and latest information concerning the filtration systems adopted by the European cities of Altona, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Ber- lin, Birmingham, Bradford, Bremen, Br lau, Copenhagen, Dublin, Hague, Hamburg, Konigsburg, Leeds, Liverpool, Lond Magdeburg, Rotterdam, St» Petersburg, Stettin, Stuttgart, Warsew and Zurich. The Secretary of State has called on the consuls named to supply all material data relating to the operation of their systenis of water supply. In addition to this preliminary work Col. A. M. Miller, the engineer officer. who is directly charged with the completion of the tunnel aqueduct and the Howard University reservoir with a view to increasing the water supply of this city, has been instruct- ed to proceed to Macon, Ga., and make a personal inspection of the system of filtra- tion recently introduced in that city. To Examine Macon’'s System. The system at Macon embodies all the latest improvements and most modern ideas on the subject and wili afford a good object lesson to the officer, who is called upon to suggest to Congress the “feasibility and propriety of filtering the water supply of Washington.” It is the purpose of Gen. Wilson and Col. Miller to make a thorough and exhaustive investigation of the subject and to report the result to Congré at the earliest pos: ble date. Gen. Wilson$ as a native of ti city, has always taken a great personal in terest in all local matters, and it is under- stood to be his desire to accomplish a rad- ical and comprehensive tmprovement of the water system of the District, both as re- gards quantity and quality, before his re- tirement from active service a few years hence. AT THE WHITE HOUSE A Quiet Day and Few Callers on the Pres- ident. Representative Low Believes in Ex- ercising Great Prudence in Deal- ing With the Philippines. The President had a quiet day and but few callers. Ex-Senator Blair, Representa- tives Yost and Low and Commissioner Evans were the only officials. The mem- bers of the cabinet have not returned from New York. The President is still being deluged with communications upon the disposal of the Philippines, it 1s satd—the views of men of prominence in all sections. The opinions expressed vary in many shades, from the extreme to the most conservative, from the advocacy of a policy of holding all the isl- ands to a policy of holding nothing but a coaling station. Representative Low of New York called on the President this morning to pay his respects, as he said, Kepresentative Low's Opinion. “On the subject of our recently acquired territory,” said Mr. Low to.a Star reporter today, “I am inclined to be something of an imperialist, as the term is generally accepted now. That is, I bélieve in expan- sion. As to the Philippines, I would, as we say in the House, ‘reserve all points of. order,’ for the present; hold everything until we decide what we finally desire to hold for good and all, “The settlement of that problem will re- quire our most intelligent theught. We will have to proceed with the greatest caution and deliberation, weighing every point carefully and looking far into the future. “The Pacific is to be the theater of great events during The next fifty years in my opinion, and the United States are des- tined to take a prominent part in those happenings. Our interests in the orient will be second to no other nation’s. There- fore, what we do now, in making terms for the Philippines must be with a far-seeing eye for the future. I fe no concern as to our ability to handle “questions in a wise manner. & Local Pensions. Pensions were granted today to the fol- vetctnraadin ef the District of Colum- = thi 1 5 a ew Tats ale Anita H. Mc- OHIO’S SILVER FIGHT Dayton Democratic Convention to Be Controlled by Bryan. PARTY SPLIT UP ON THE QUESTION Effort to Control State Organiza- tion for National Purposes. GOLD MEN TAKE NO PART Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 22.—Copies of the official program of the democratic state convention, which opens at Dayton tomorrow, were reccived here today, bear- ing on the first page a large picture of William J. Bryan, in full colonel’s uniform. Though it had been tacitly agreed among party leaders that Col. Bryan should be highly praised in the resolutions, without pledging the party to him for 1900, it now lcoks as if the management of the con- vention inter.ds to try to put the Ohio dem- ecrats on record as favoring him for its next presidential ncminee. Ex-Goy. James E. Campbell and ex-Con- gressman Paul Sorg will appear in the con- vention as contestants for seats from But- Jer county. Two mass conventions of dem- ocrats were held there to select delegates. The one that chose Campbell and Sorg, who are. Dowling faction men, was not called by the county committee. They will probably not be seated. The Dowling faction delegates in Mont- gomery county seem to be regular, but it is doubtful whether they will be seated. This factional contest grows out of the Taanagement of state poiitics, and has no bearing on national politics. Col. James Kilbourne of this city, who was favored for permanent chairman, is ill and cannot attend the convention. Silver Men Will Control. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 22.—The democratic state convention which convenes tomorrow at Dayton will be contsolled by the silver wing of the party. A canvass of the delegations thus far elected shows beyond a reasonable doubt that John R. McLean will be in control. Several conservative delegations are like- ly to be unseated in order to assure the indorsement of Bryan and the Chicago platform. The conservatives are repre- sented by Congressman Sorg, ex-Governor Campbell and ex-Collector Dowling. Bryan and Anti-Bryan Fight. By Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, August 22.—Quite a num- ber of delegates are here for the demo- cratic state convention, which meets here tomorrow and Wednesday. While the con- vention does not assemble till Wednesday, the real contest comes tomorrow at the Cistrict and committee meetings, when the new state central committee and other committees are selected. The feature of the convention is the con- test betweeen the Bryan and the anti- Bryan men for control of the state orguni- zation, which will be directly effective next year when nominations are to be made for governor and other state offices, and in- directly in 1900 on the nomination for President. Ex-Congressman Paul J. Sorg, who is rrentioned for the gubernatorial’ nomina- tion next year, is classed as a Bryan man; ex-Collector Jeseph H. Dowling is here as his manager. Chairman W. W. Durbin of the state central committee arrived early today and is c peratirg with Dowling. Allen O. Myers, Gecrge Karb, James Ross and others, who were in charge of the last campaign, are also classed as Bryan men. Judge Allen Smalle. who will deliver the keynote speech as temporary chairman of the convention, is enthusiastic for Bryan. The pronounced gold democrats are not co-operating in the convention. The fight- ing is between those who supported Bryan and the convention will no doubt declare strongly for free silver. With William Bell, H. C. DeKan, Lake Jones, Thaddeus Cromley and others for secretary of state and many for minor places, there is no lack of candidates, but the contests over the organization and platform leave the nomi- nations in the background. CONVENTION AT ST. LOUIS. Arrival of the Advance Guard of Re- publicans, ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 22—A majority of the members of the state committee and many of the 1,000 delegates and legions of visitors expected to be present at the republican state convention to be held here tomorrow, have arrived, and more are ex- pected before night. The principal business of the convention will be the selection of candidates for judges of the supreme court, long and short terms; @ state commissioner of railroads and a state superintendent of public in- Struction, and the adoption of a platform. Already some of the candidates have ar- rived and established their respective head- quarters in different hotels. Thomas Ait- Kins of Springfield is here with a big dele- gation, which is booming him for the chair- manship of the state committee, in place of Chauncey Ives Filley. Wallace Love of Kansas City is also a contestant for the state chairmanship. There will be a strong fight between the Filley and Kerens fac- tions to control the committee. Judge Gardner Lathrop of St. Louis is being talked of for the short term on the supreme bench. Edw. H. Higbee of Lan- caster is a prominent candidate for one of the supreme court terms, and shows con- siderable strength. Ss ANOTHER KLONDIKE STAMPEDE. It Sends 500 Idle Men in a Hurry Out of Dawson. SEATTLE, Wash., August 22.—The lat- est stampede from Dawson City is the north fork of the Forty Mile creek, on American soil. This news has been brought here by parties arriving from Dawson. They report that on August 2 word of a rich find on Forty Mile reached Dawson, and in twenty-four hours about 500 people had started for the scene of the reported discovery. They were mostly idle men. The miners did not take much stock in the report. —.__ ARSENAL FORCE REDUCTION, About 700 Persons Will Stop Work at Frankford September 1. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 22.—No- tices have been posted at the Frankford arsenal to the effect that the services of all the extra men who were put to work since the outbreak of the war will be dis- persed with on September 1. About 700 persons are affected by the order. The re- duction in force. will reduce the daily: out- put from 150,000 to 40,000 cartridges. Se Oregon at Brooklyn Yard. NEW YORK, August 22.—The battle ship Oregon left her anchorage off Tompkins- ville, 8. I., this forenoon and went to the Brooklyn navy yard, SHOT WHILE PREACHING Missionary Fletcher Shot Down in the Pulpit in Georgia. Colored Officials of a Methodist Church Accused of the Crime and One is Under Arrest. NEW YORK, August 22.—The American Missionary Association has received dis- patches stating that the Rev. J. B. Fletch- er, a Congregational minister, ané one of its missionaries, has been shot while at- tempting to organize a Congregational church at Smiley, Ga., which ts about twen- ty miles from this home at Hagan, Ga. He went to Smiley as the result of cor- respondence concerning the organizing of the church, which has been carried on for several months. While in the pulpit he was shot through the window, his body being riddled with 107 buckshot and several small shots. They entered his hips and thigh, one lodging in his left hand and five in his hight hand. He fainted as he fell. His wife, with the assistance of others, put ‘him into a buggy and drove him twenty miles to his home. His condition is serious, although the expectation is that he will recover, But two shot have been removed from his body. One of his assailants has been arrested. The others have been lo- cated, and it is believed that they will be arrested in a short time. Mr. Fletcher's wife was made temporarily insane by the occurrence, but has regained her reason. Mr. Fletcher announces his purpose to prosecute his assailants at what- ever cost to himself. The would-be assassins are said to be colored officials of a Methodist church, but the officials of the association are ful to acquit Methodism of any responsibility of the crime. A report concerning the occurrence will be gee onaaky, made at the fifty-second annual meeting of the association in Con- cord, N. H., the third week in October. eee TUG AFIRE RACED FOR SHORE. Ran Five Miles Aguinst Death ana Won in the End. CHICAGO, August 22.—With a fire under the deck, Capt. Crawford ran his tug, th> Ira Smith, five miles under a full head of steam toward the mouth of the river. For a time the seven men on board were in danger of being burnsd to death or drowned. As it was, five of them were severely burned. They are Capt, James Crawford, Walter Paxton, engineer; Karl Knudson, John Krogman and G. H. Sager, cecntractor. Whil2 the tug was a mile off Lincoln Park a fierce blaze was discovered in the hold of the little craft that threatened to destroy her. Battling with the flames, holding the steam at highest pressur2 and sounding signals of distress on the whistle, the crew worked with feverish enerey. Thousands of pleasure seekers on the lak> shore drive and the edge of the lake watched the race against death. When the river was reach- ed the flames were under control. In the river the flames again broke out, but were socn extinguished by the fireboat Yosemite. —— ORDERED FROM CAMP THOMAS. All Regiments Soon to Be Conveyed to Their State Capitals. CHICKAMAUGA-CHATTANOOGA NA- TIONAL MILITARY PARK, Tenn., August 22,—Judging from present indications, Camp Thomas, the largest military camp of the Spanish-American war, will soon be a thing of the past. A number cf regiments have already been ordered home. A number of others have been ordered to Kuoxville, Tenn., and Lexington, Ky., and now comes an order to Colonel Wheeler, acting chief quartermaster, to secure bids from raii- roads to convey all regiments remaining at the camp to their resp2ctive state capitals. The idea seems to be to get the regiments to places where they can be mustered out clos2 to home, the necessity for keeping the army Intact being no } i di The ist Georgia and 31st Michigan | midnight for Knoxville, where they will go into camp. The 12th Minnesota and the oth Pennsyivania will leave at an early hour temorrow for Lexington, and others of the 2d and 3d Divisions of ‘the 1st Corps will follow in short order. ‘The ambulance com- pany of the 8d Division goes to Knoxville tcmorrow. (+a SPANISH FOREBOD oF EVIL, Ministry's Organ Sugests Trouble to Come Over War Questions. MADRID, August 22, 7 a.m.—El Correo, the organ of the ministry, says: “The Cu- ban question may yet be the occasion of serious incidents, as may also be the ques- tion of internal policy, which may raise in- cidents that it is difficult to foresee.” The Madrid press generally, and notably El Heraldo, advises the government to seek to save the economic situation by means ex- clusively Spanish, instead of appealing to foreign capital, which El Heraldo says “will doubtless be offered, but on such terms that the loans would be most burden- some.” —— THANKS FROM THE PRESIDE) rr His Gratitude for Kind Treatment of Soldiers at Bellevue Hospital, NEW YORK, August 22.—President Mc- Kinley has sent a letter to Charities Com- missioner John W. Keller, thanking him for his kind treatment of the soldiers left at Bellevue Hospital to recuperate. The letter states that the treatment accorded the sick and wounded men has been the very best they could have had. Surgeon General Sternberg also has writ- ten to the commissioner to thank him for his treatment of the wounded and sick. Five more of the sick men left the hospi- tal today. They were sent back to the service at Fort Hamilton. They are Charles Henry, Company C, 9th Infantry; Louis Jacobsen, Company D, 7th Infantry; Nelson Johnson, Company C, 4th Infantry; Leonard Kuffer, Company A, 22d Infantry, M. Lorwey, Company A, 7th Infantry. There are sixty m2n left at the hospital, ——— ST. PAUL LEAVING SERVICE, At Philadelphia, Where She Will Be Restored to ‘Original Owners. PHILADELPHIA, August 22.—The auxil- jary cruiser St. Paul, which anchored at the Brown, in Delaware Bay, las: night, weigh- ed anchor this morning and proceeded up the bay to this city. She will arrive at Cramps’ ship yard late this afternoon. The St. Paul will be returned to the Interna- tional Navigation Company by the govern- | ment as soon as she is put in the same con- dition as when the grat liner was procured for naval service. pire ese EIGHTY SOLDIERS DROWNED. CHILEAN MINISTER Comes to Foster Friendly and Com- mercial Relations. HIS SECOND VISIT 10 WASHINGTON To Exchange Nitrate for Our Manufactured Goods. ——_ + ——_ HIS FAMILY WITH HIM —>__. Senor C. Morla Vicuna, envoy extraor: nary and minister plenipotentiary of Chile to the United States, has arrived here and ig at the Arlington, where he will remain until he has secured a house in which to make his home during his residence here. Senor Vicuna was accompanied to this country by Mrs. Vicuna and their four children, Mre. Vicuna and the children having stopped at Buena Vista, Md., where they can enjoy the comforts of that resort vntil the heated term has passed. Their children all suffered from typhoid fever before leaving Chile and are now convales- cent from their illness, Senor Vicuna is no stranger to Washing- ton, his diplomatic career, which has in- cluded some of the most important mi.sions under his government, having been begun here nearly thirty years ago. It was in 1870 that he first came to this city as first secretary of the Chilean legislation. He remained here nearly two years. He was then transferred to England as first secre- tary of the legation in London and then served in the same capacity at Paris. While he was at Paris he was appointed financial secretary of the republic of Chile in connection with the various European legations. In 1895, he was appointed min- ister plenipotentiary to Uruguay and Para- guay and in 1896 was transferred to act in a like capacity in the Argentine Republic. During the latter part of 1898 was appoint- ed secretary of state of Chile, which office he held ten months, and a few months later he was appointed minister to the United States. When asked concerning his mission here Senor Vicuna replied: Friendly and Commercial Relations. “My mission is especially to foster the relations of friendship between the two countries and to advance our commercial relations. There is now a Jine of steamers plying between the west coast of South America and New York, and we hope that the commercial relations between the twa countries will be fostered in the future. We hope that the United States will become one of the chief consumers of nitrate which is produced in Chile. We desire to have the advanteges derived from using nitrate in egricuiture brought before the people of ths United States.” The export of nitrate from Chile to Eu- rope, Senor Vicuna said, now amounts to 1,250,000 tons annually, and has for years increased steadily from 5 to 7 per cent, while last year it increased from 10 to 12 per cent. When the advantage of using nitrate in this country is fully appreciated he thought the demand for it here would greatly increase. American lumber, furni- ture and machinery, especially agricultural machinery, he said, are being used ex-| tensively in Chile, and lately there has sprung up a very promising import trade there of American cotton manufactures. In cotton manufactured goods this country, in some respects, he said, is competing favor- ably with England and France, though the trade in this line is in its infancy. Our Younger Sister. Speaking of the feeling of friendliness be- twe2n the two governments, he remarked that the people of Chile call themselves the younger sister of the United States, and fully appreciate the enormous influenc> ex- ercised by this country in preserving peace in South America, not only in their rela~ tions with European governments, but among themselves. He said the people of Chile were inclined to sympathize with the Cubans in what they regarded as their struggle for independence from Spain, which the Chileans themselves made from 1810 to 1825. —— DISTRICT TROOPS’ RETURN. Will Disembark at Once Unless There is Contagious Disease on Board. The transport Hudson, carrying a deta ment of the Ist District of Columbia unteer Infantry, is expected to arrive at Montauk Point Wednesday evening. In that event they will disembark the next morning—that is, unless there fs contagious disease on board, which is a most unlooked- for contingency. It is said at the War Department that there is no foundation for the report that troops from Cuba are detained on the trans- ports at Montauk Point on account of in- sufficient hospital accommodations. Adjutant General Corbin says that it ir not so, and that if transporte are detained it is simply to permit of their medical in- spection, a necessary precaution in the case of vessels coming from a fever-in- fected country. As to the District troor he says they will be landed without ar delay, except such as is necessary to see that they are not likely to introduce yellow fever or any other contagion. The sick will be taken to the hospitals at Camp Wikoff, and the well will remain in that camp un‘fi the remainder of the regiment, when, aft @ short stay at Montauk Point, it wil! } ordered to Washington and disbanded. ++ ____ COMING TO WASHINGTON. ne Spenish Prisoners © Route From Fort McPherson. Fourteen Spanish prisoners, who have been held at Fort McPherson, Ga., will reach Washington at 11:10 tonight over the Atlantic Coast Line under charge of Lieutenant Buffington and a guard of thir- ty-five recruits of the 34 Infantry, who are bound for Montauk Point. Five lieuten- ants of the 13th Infantry also accompany the party. a ABANDONS THE PLAN. Mr. A. 0. Bliss Will Not Erect an Apartment House. Mr. A. O. Bliss has abandoned the plan of erecting an apartment house on 10th street just north of K street. Some months ago he purchased a wide frontage on that street and made an application for a per- mit to erect an apartment house 110 feet bigh. The District Commissioners declin- ed to give permission for the erection of a building in that locality of more than ninety feet in height. This decision was in