Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUF FMANN, Pres't. Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building, ——— ‘The Evening St ls served to subscribers in the wana Coane ele y Star, $1 per year, with "lettered at the Pent Otiee at Washington, D. C., No 14,200, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1898—TWELVE PAGES. TOUR OF HOSPITAL Bedside Talks With the District’s Sick Soldiers. ALL ARE RECEIVING BEST TREATMENT Some Will Try to Return With the Regiment. THEIR CONDITION DESCRIBED Special From a Staff Correspondent. CAMP WIKOFF, Montauk Point, L. L, September 1.—When the Hudson and Min- newaska arrived here, bringing the Ist District of Columbia Regiment, 150 sick sol- diers were taken to the general hospital. Since that time a few others have been sent there from the regiment and a number of those taken there at first have gone home on furloughs. It is not possible to state just how many of the District soldiers are in the general hospital today, but the number is probably over 100. The records of the hospital are not kept in such a way that accurate informatio: can be obtained regarding those who are being treated there. The Star correspondent spent five hours yesterday in going through all the wards of the general inespital, talking to the Dis- trict soldiers and learning their condition. There are about 2,000 beds in the aospital and nearly all of them ure filled. They are divided into forty wards, each containing about fifty beds. There is no coinprehen- sive record showing in which of these wards the District soldiers are located. At the entrance of about half of the wards a list of the men in them is posted. but in many instan the regiment te which they are attached is not indicated, and it ppens that men are there names are not include in these lists. In order to get in communication with the sick soldiers of the 1st District of Columbia Regiment it was necessary to walk through the wards and inquire from bed to bed whether the sick men wer? from the Dis- trict. As a rule the patieni’s name is post- ed at the head of his bed, but frequently this means of identification was lacking. Friends of the District soldiers who have ceme here have csually found it necessary to spend several hours in hunting up those they have come to see. In one case the father of a boy who was near the point of th a few days ago was not able to ree- nize his con until the boy spoke to him. The charge had been so great that there was little resemblance between the ema- ted and the stalwart boy who left home a little over three months ago. The is now improving, but he is little more than a skeleton, starvation having done m: to reduce him than the high fever from which he has suffered. he hospital is as ccmfortable as it be made ander conditions which prevail. During the heat of the day the canvas forming the lower portion of the tents raised and che ccean breezes make the pa- tlents comfortable. All the boys are ac- mm«¢ single spring beds, which placed along both sides of the tents, about three feet apart. Receiving the Best Care. Every one of the District soldiers wro id he was receiving the Not a complaint was by any ore of the seventy men talked to. They were receiving a palatable and nourishing diet, and medicines for them were plentiful. In nearly every in- oldier a tin tag attached to about his neck, and this tag shows his name, together with the regiment and ccm to which he belongs. s throvghout the hospital are ing. It would be most ult to €xaggerate the havoc wrought starvation, fever and dysentery. In y cases the pictures of the reconcentra- dos starved to death by Weyler’s orders Ve an iden of the condition of the sol- Except in a small percentage of owever, nourishing food and proper treatment will save the lives of these men. by liers were identifizd y The Star correspondent. nces in the trenches in front jago continually rise befor: them and their thoughts t home.” Ey a a Washingtonian brightens or it brings nearer to them that h they long. Many cf the s enough te read inqu! > Evening ar, and he said and made Lim he read familiar names. hundred ily among the Dis- , but that changes in the hos- d so frequently that it was to get to sick men. At the Hedsides. iaj. Charles Hine is still in the hospital, but hz is continuing to improve. H. M. Bell, Company B, left the spital for home a few days ago. Edwin L. Conley of Company E is suffer- ing from fever, the force of which, it is be- been broken. His throat was that it was difficuit for tim to ept in a whisper. Nolan, Company A, wes brought fiom the curap Wedn lay night, suffering frem the effects of malarial fever and diar- rboea. He is convalescent and ig looking ip home with his rezi- rsday sick s giment wou! ther we forth an express’ y were ali fiers were told that be sent home at the the news always n of satisfaction. glad to hear, too, that the id off next Monday many cases they in- her their pressnce in the gen- pital would prevent them from ob- neir money promptly. ePike was brought here Wed- suffering ‘from a ure. d in s here might 1 i effect on him. He was doing well. Corporal Charles L. Snell of Company G fering from trouble of the bowels. has not had a chance to write home since he arrived in the hospital, and was worried lest his people should think that he was dangerously il. Private Harries, a brother of Colonel Harrics, is suffering from the effects of three attacks of the fever. He spoke of the splend:d treatment he was receiving and was getting along nicely. Private Norbeck, trumpeter of the regi- ment, was convalescent and expected to go home last evening. Francis P. Smith had been quite ill dur- ing the iast two days, from malarial fever, but his condition was not thought to be dangerous. IH, but Glad He Went. Private Harry Shinn, Company G, is in the hospital and is convalescent. He was taken sick over a month ago, and just after th: surrender of Santiago. He recov- ered, but was taken ill the second time. He was feeling very well, and said he would like to go out and take a walk around. “I would not take the world for that trip, at all {ts hardships,” he said. “I am glad I went: I em sorry I got sick, for I tried hard to hold vp. I could talk two months about Cuba,” he added, laughing. Private E. W. Hart, Company B, 1s im- proving. He has had fever twice, and has suffered trom dysentery. Craig Harris, son of Senator Harris of Tennessee, was taken ill August 2 at San- tiago. When he left there he had the dis- tinction of being the youngest soldier in the regiment. He had a powerful consti- tution, and pleaded so earnestly with his father that he succeeded in going to the war. Senator Harris himself enliste’ for the civil war when he was a mere boy. “I do not think I would have been tuken ill,” said Harris, if it had not been for a fall I had down a steep hill. That was at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. 1 was made un- conscious, and at 4 o'clock the fever came en me. I feel pretty well now. When I was mustered in the doctor told me I had a constitution of iron.” Henry Jacobson has been quite ill, but he is getting along all right now. He was taken sick in Cuba. Chandos J. Jackson, Company A; Rich- ard J. Quinn, Company I, and Arthur C. Noble, Company D, had received fur- loughs, and had just left for home. William T. Baum, Company L, was taken k in Cuba a few days before he left the island. He suffered from fever and was sick all the way on the voyage home. Private J. S. Ginnaty, Company L, has had fever, but he is convalescent now, though he is very weak. He was well when Santiago was surrendered, but the day after that he went on the sick list. Private L. C. Dyer, Company C, came to the hospital Wednesday. He had been sick on the boat, but he fs doing very nicely ne: Private B. A. Reynolds, Company G, came here on the transport Berlin, arriving Wednesday. He was detailed in Cuba for guard duty with General Bates. He was taken ill three weeks ago while located on San Juan hill. G. P. Mason, Company M, fs convalescent. He expected to go home last evening. He was taken sick several times while in Cuba, the last time being just after the surrender. William Bailey, Company I, was taken sick at Santiago. He has improved very much since he arrived at the hospital. Uwen Lacked Nourishment. Sergent S. J. Owen was feeling very hepefu‘ and said he had just written a letter '> his home for the first time since he arrived here.. He has asked for a fur- lough and wants to get home. “I have ad about everything, tion included,” said Owen. sick the day we left Cuba. Up to that time I snanaged to hold up. If I had had geod nourishment I would not have given out. My stomach became so weak from lack of food that 1 was unable to take the rations when we got them.” N. R. Kent, Company E, was taken sick July 25. He has been sick ever since. He had malarial fever. Distinction of the District Band. B. L. Watson, musician, was taken sick July 28. It was with considerable pride that Watson remarked, “We have the dis- tinction of being the first American band to play on the firing line. He said he had never played “The Star Spangled Banner” with the fervor with which it was rendered in the trenches July 17. When iold that the regiment would parade on Pennsylvania avenue next Friday he at once brightened up and said he hoped to be out of the hospital by that time. He was much pleased when told that Col. Har- ries had said that the band that had play- ed in the trenches was the band he wanted to play when the regiment goes up Penn- sylvania avenue. E. Ferris, Company G, expected to go home in a day or two. He was taken sick on the boat on his return home. He had a previous attack while in Cuba, which last- ed two or three days. He was regarded as one of the strongest men in the regiment before being taken sick. Nicholas Davis, Company C, has been ex- ill, but is now improving. He is still quite weak. He was taking some chick- His father, Davis of Washington, Is here with his He arrived a couple of days ago and starva- “I was taken en broth with a decided relish. JILL searched through the hospital to locate his son, He went through the ward scanning , but could not recognize his boy. 2 nurse pointed to the cot on which the young man lay, and asked if that was not his son. Mr. Davis looked steadily at the emaciated figure, but until the other held out his hand and smiled the father could not recognize him. Davis was one of the weakest men in the hospital a couse of days ago, and his recovery was regarded as doubtful; but he is improving now. B. S. Favorite of Company L was ex- extremely deaf from quinine. He was taken sick August 1, got better on the 10ta, and then had an attack of dysentery, which rendered him very weak. He was expect- ing his mother to arrive at any hour, and it was evident that the thought of her coming did him more good than the medi- cine he was taking. Private James Hearn, Company B, Is get- ting along all right. He was sitting up eating chicken broth, and taking fresh milk. He was taken sick at Santiago and got better, but again went on the sick list while on the transport. Albert M. Billings, Company L, was taken sick at ago with malarial fever and was in the hospital there. “It s awful to think of it,” he said, referring to his ex- periences. Private Joseph Kohn of Company M is convalescent. He was taken sick with ma- larial poisoning eighteen days ago in San- tlago. He was expecting to go home last evenin:. John was an enthusiastic soldier. His father lives in England and he was in Louisville, Ky., when the Maine was sunk. He came on to Washington intending to enlist in the navy, and failing in that join- ed the District regiment. E. C. Kauffman, Company F,:was taken sick near Santiago and was cared for in the hospital of the surrendersd city. He ts doing well now. G. Eichenberger of Company G was taken sick August 12 in Cuba. He was expecting his father to arrive today to take him home. B. Hendren, Company L, was taken sick (Continued on Second Page.) REVISION TO BE MADE|'NYADED BY INSURGENTS/FRENCH CANADIANS French Cabinet Decides to Give Dreyfus Another Chance. FAVORABLE SENTIMENT IN PARIS Gen. Pellieux Tenders His Resigna- tion, but Withdraws It.” THE ARMY SCANDAL wee LONDON, September 2—A special dis- patch to the Evening Standard from Paris, published this afternoon, says the French cabinet has decided upon a revision of the Dreyfus case. Sentiment in Paris. FARIS, September 2.—The movement in favor of a revision of the Dreyius case is growing stronger in the vapers which have uptil now been hostile co the prisoner of Devil's Island. The Matin today says: “The absence of M. Bourgoies (the min- ister of education) prevented the ministers from coming to a decision yesterday and another meeting of the council will be held today. Gen. Pellieux nas tendered his resigna- tion, but it was withdrawn on the insist- ence of Gen. Zulindon. ——— SIX NEW YORKERS SUCCUMB, Unable to Live in the Intense Heat in the Great Metropolis. NEW YORK, September 2.—This is the third day of the late-summer hot spell in this city and vicinity. The temperature at 8 o'clock this morning was 76 degrees. At 9 o'clock it had risen to 79 degrees, and at 10 o'clock to 82 degrees, and at 11 o'clock to &3 degrees. The percentage of humidity at 8 o'clock was 87. The lowest tempera- ture from midnight until this morning was 76 degrees, at 6 o'clock. The deaths report- ed in this city up to 9 o'clock, which were attributed directly to the effects of the hot weather of yesterday and last night, num- bered six, of whom three were infants. Many people succumbed to the heat and were taken to hospitals for treatment. In Jersey City up to 10 o'clock this fore- noon there had been seven prostrations by heat reported. ee CAMP MEADE MOVEMENTS. Troops to Be Mustered Out Will Leave on Sunday Next. CAMP MEADE, MIDDLETOWN, Pa., September 2.-The movement of the troops from Camp Meade, which have been or- dered to their home stations for muster- out, will begin Sunday, the detachment of the 9th Massachusetts being the first to start. The detachments of the 33d and 34th Michigan will follow Monday, and the 3d Missouri and 159th Indiana Tuesday. The muster rolls of the 6th Pennsylvania and 22d Kansas are completed, and the regi- ments are awaiting orders to start for the state camps. The troops will be given a thirty days’ furlough before they are mus- tered out, in order that the officers may prepare the accounts and get the papers in shape. Major General Graham was advised by the War Department today that the 3d Connecticut would be sent here from Nan- tic, Conn. Major Wright, commissary of subsist- ence, has been ordered to Camp Alger to relieve Capt. Brooks, to receive the quar- termaster and commissary property, which will be turned in by the regiments ordered to be mustered out. Rev. S. Reading of Williamsport has been appointed chaplain of the 12th Penn- sylvania Regiment, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Chaplain Rick. Chief Surgeon Girard has accepted the offer of the Lancaster, Pa., hospital to re of twenty-five sick in the divis- pitals, and of the Columbia, Pa., hospital to treat ten. A detachment of the New York was arrested last night by the provost guards, and the 4th Missouri came to their rescue, throwing four guards into the canal. General Graham has not yet appointed a court to try First Lieut. Bowers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment, who was or- dered under arrest yesterday without an assignment of the charges. The men in the hospital corps will be dis- charged on application when their regi- ments ars mustered out. A hospital train from the Medic9-Chirurgical Hospital, Phil- adelphia, took away this afternoon two hundred sick soldiers from the division hos- pitals. There are thirty-two typhoid fever cases in he Red Cross hospitals. — SICK SOLDIERS NEGLECTED. Owing to Senator Allen’s Efforts Pro- vision Was Promptly Made. Senator Allen of Nebraska was at the War Department today, looking after the interests of the sick soldiers of the 24 Ne- braska. He had received a telegram from Omaha, saying that these soldiers were arriving there without provision for their care. Secretary Alger at once directed that the adjutant general of Nebraska take charge of these sick soldiers, place them into hospitals, the expense to be borne by the United States. Subsequently, a genera! order was issued to the adjutant generals of different states, directing them to take charge of sick soldiers on the game basis. ———___+-2<+____ Personal Mention. Prof. Louis Amateis of the Columbian University, who has been abroad for two years, will return to Washington and re- sume his duties at the beginning of the academic year. Mr. Henry F. Woodard of the firm of Birney & Woodard has returned from Amagansett, L. I. While there Mr. Wood- ard visited the District regiment at Mon- tauk Point a number of times. Dr. Keech of East Capitol street has just returned from a pleasant sojourn at Old Point Comfort, Va. Ensign Horace Macfarland of the Oregon, a Washingtonian, who did fine service in the war, is home on leave, visiting his ‘brother, Mr. Henry Macfarland, at 1816 F street. The following Washingtonians will sail from New York on the steamer Pennland tomorrow: Mr. and Mrs. James Munro, Mr. George B. Pratt, Mr. Wyatt Archer, Mr. George W. Scott. General Wilson, chief of engineers, Teft here this afternoon to inspect the new fortifications at the eastern end of Long Island sound, near New London. He will return to this city early next week. Capt. W. N. Hughes, 13th Infantry, is at 614 Massachusetts avenue on leave of. ab- sence. Capt. F. L. Dodds, acting judge advocate of the department of the gulf, is on a visit to this city. Dr. Charles W. Stoddard has returned, ‘after a visit to Marquette, Mich., and an extended tour of the great lakes. + Mr. George H. O'Connor has gone to Montauk to visit his brother, Kenneth O'Connor, of the ist Regiment, District of Columbia Volunteers. Dr. Arcturus L. Howard has gone for a two weeks’ sojourn at Salem and Atlantic City, N. J. Several Ship Loads Qapture: Outlying Gen. Rios Unable to Prevent Their Operations—Semi-Offleial Note Issued at Berlin. MANILA, Philippine Islands, September 2—Several shtp loads of insurgent troops have invaded the southern islands, with the view of seizing everything possible prior to the settlement of the peace condi- ticns. General Rios, the Spanish commander, with a flotilla of gunboats, is acting ener- getically, but the insurgents have cap- tured the outlying islands of Romblon and Palawan, where they found treasures to the amount of $42,000. The prisoners cap- tured have arrived here. Delegates from the Hong Kong insurgent junta are to have an interview with United States Consul Williams tonight, and it is thought this may possibly result in a settlement of the insurgent question. Germany Reduces Her Force. BERLIN, September 2—A semi-official note issued today says: “A state of peace having been re-established. between the United States and Spain, orders have been given that the German naval force at Ma- nila be reduced to one or two ships, which, pending the complete restoration of order in the Philippine Islands, Will suffice for the protection of German subjects and in- terests in that region. se CAPT. COTTON DETACHED. Other Naval Orders of Interest to the Service. Capt. C. S. Cotton has been detached from command of the Harvard, ordered home and placed on waiting orders. Lieut. C. F. Cooper, from the bureau of navigation to th? Naval Academy. Paymasters G. W. Simpson and J. A. Mudd from the naval station, Key West, to the Navy Department. Surgeon L. G. Heneberge® from the St. Paul to the Indiana, relievibg Surgeon N. M. Ferebee, who {s placed on waiting orders. Chaplain R. E. Steele from the Lancaster to the New York navy yard. Lieut. H. T. Mayo from the Bennington to the Ind2pendence. Lieut. J. J. Hunker from the Harvard to the fish commission. Lieut. A. H. Davis from the Harvard to the New York navy yard. Surgeon D. O. Lewis from the Harvard to the Yankee. Lieut: 1. R. Beal and Lieut. G. I. Jones from the Jason and hem3. Lieuts. L. W. Bartlett, A. W. Socola and B. R. Quick from the Pasgaic.and home. Lieut. W. J. Maxwell from the Columbia to the Sylph. Lteut. L. L. Reamey trom the East Bos- ton to the bureau of yard and docks. Lizut...R. C. Smith from the Indiana to the. Resolute. - Lieut. W. J. Sears from the Resolute and placed on waiting orders. re Lieut. J. T. Smith ‘from the YoRemite to the hospital at New York, for treatment. Chief Enginesr R. W,’Milligan from the Oregon to temporary duty in the bureau of steam. ertgineering ‘ang. then to the New York. Z Lieut. G. H. Hiswald from the Lehigh and honie. Lieut. S. J. Eshleman from the Passaic and home. Lizuts. J. McFarlane, G. B. Townsend and T. M. Harmon from the Nahant and home. Lieut. A. B. Denny from the Leigh and home. Lieut. C. C. Reid from home. Chief Engineer H. W..Spangler from the East Boston and home. Lieut. W. L. Beers from the East Boston to the Yankee. Lieut. J. B. Brown from the East Boston to the Oregon. Lieut. J. W. Bostick from the Passaic to the duty at New Orleans. Lieut. A. Gartley from the Sylph and waiting orders. Ensigns R. L. Low and W. J. Rodgers from thé Sylph and home. Assistant Engine=r J, D. Miller has been honorably discharged. +0 4____ TO BE MUSTERED OUT. the Jason and Another List of Regiments Prepared by the War Department. A bulletin posted at the War Department today annourc2s that orders have been is- sued for mustering out the following named volunteer organizations: Thirty-second Michigan Infantry, 47 offi- cers, 1,272 enlisted men, ‘from Chickamauga Park, Ga. to Camp Eaton, Island Lake, Mich, First Ohio Infantry, 49 officers, 1,243 en- listed men, from Jacksonville, Fla., to thair armory, Cincinnatl, Eighth Ohio, 48 officers, 1,247 enlisted men, from Montauk to Columbus, Ohio. One hundred and fifty-eighth Indiana, 50 officers, enlisted, men, Knoxville to Indianapolis, Ind. Two squadrens of Ohio ‘cavalry, 34 offi- cers, 791 enlisted men, Huntsville, Ala., to Columbus, Ohio. Third Ohie Infantry, 49 officers, 1,266 en- listed men, Huntsville to Columbus, Ohio. Second North Carolina Infantry, 49 offi- cers, 1,280 enlisted men, from St. Simons Island, Ga., to Raleigh. First Alabama. Infantry, 50 officers, 1,274 enlisted men, from Jecksonville, Fla,” to Mobile, Ala. d Second Alabama Infantry; 50 officers, 1,- 198 enlisted men, from Jacksonvill2, Fla., to Mobile, Alm i Third United-States, Volunteer Cavalry, 41 officers, 966 enlisted men, from Chicka- mauga to Old Fort Omaha.” Second Massachusetts Infantry, 45 offi- cers, $46 enlisted men, frgm: Montauk to South Framingham, Mass.” First Pennsylvania Infantry, 41 officers, 1,045 2nlistéd men, from: Knoxville to 1st Regiment Armory, Philadelphia, Pa. Second Pennsylvania Infantry, 42 officers, 1,029 enlisted men, from Montchanin to 2d Regiment Armory, Philadelphia, Pa. ‘Third Pennsylvania Infaatry, 41 officers, 941 enlisted men, from Hartsville, Ala., to #d Regiment Armory, Philadsiphia, Pa. Fourth Wisconsin Intaniry, 50 officers, 1,288 enlisted men, at ‘Camp Douglis, Wis. Highteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, 36 of- ficers, $42 enlisted men, frem*Camp Meade to Regimental Armory, Pittsburg, Pa. Seventy-first New ¥okk,: 50° officzrs, 971 enlisted men, from (Montauk to Camp Black, Hempstead, Lj: First New Jersey Infantry, 49 officers, 1245 enlisted men, "ffom Camp Alger to Sea Girt, N. J. ee First’ South Carolina, 49 offic2rs, 1,171 en- listed men, from Jacksonville, Fla., to Co- lumbia, 8.'C. ee ee JAPAN TO EORRQW MONEY. e = ants $50,000,000 Peace Talk. ber 2.—An agitation juichase of the state wnd ieports are re- Report That . She aind Alxe Doesn't. YOKOHAMA, .Se; is growing‘out"of ti of four trunk r&il vived that the. a foreign loan of complete public Little importance is Hho czar’s peace as to have pea ue it ig: betleved Little Progress Made in Anglicizing Them. LOYAL, BUT THOUGHTS ARE OF PARIS The Old Making Way for the New in Quebec. MONUMENT TO MONTGOMERY Staff Correspondence of The Evening Star. QUEBEC, August 30, 1898. Before arranging to take a recess the Joint high commission has come a little nearer to reaching a common ground. It may not have made much progress toward settling the seal fisheries dispute or toward supplanting Canada’s preferential tariff by reciprocity with the United States in nat- ural products. The deliberations are secret and only guesses can be made regarding tkese subjects. Besides it was not ex- pected that fundamental differences of this kind could be rettled in a fortnight. But going outside the domain of practical and controverted subjects the suggestion of a rronument to General Montgomery has been made, and is well received. If the monu- ment is built the labors of the joint com- mission will not prove barren. The senti- ment which it would represent is worth mcre in strengihening the ties between friendly countries than trade concessions. Montgomery was quite a brave chap,” said one of the numerous attaches or clarks” among the Canadian commission- ers, “he ought to have a monument.” The memory of this brave chap who scught te take the English fortress on the St. Lawrence when the colonies revolted is preserved by a signboard hanging over the cliffs, which tetls that Montgomery fell in December, 17 There is also a tablet in the house that was built on the site of the one in which the American commander died. The common heritage of valor is seen in the monument to Wolfe and Montcalm. Perhaps when it was erected the English- speaking residents of this province and the French Canzdians did not care to honor the bravery of one whose success might have made them citizens of a republic in- stead of subjects of an empire, but more likely they were not thinking of it at all. Wolfe and Montcalm are part of their his- tory, while Montgomery simply might have been, Yet it is to be hoped that some enduring tribute to the revolutionary gen- erals, who, like the English and the French commanders, fell at the head of his men, will not long be lacking. While Quebec has its fitting monu- ments, marking Fistoric events, it can fin} room for more. An American writer, with seme pretentions to literary reputation, was here the other day. In years gone by he had been for several months a “enizen of the city. “They are desecrating the old town,” he complained. “They've got the eiectric railway, and I hear them talking about more modern dings. They are spoiling it. What does Quebec need with eleetric car lines and modern buildings? T hardly recognize the place. Don't teil me about its commerce and business. Let Montreal have that. Quebec was never meant for a commercial mart. It doesn't need to grow. Let it live on its histery,” 1 confess a sympathetic feeling for this view. Doulitless the electric cars are a convenience here, as elsewhere. They shorten the time In going from lower town to upper town, or vice versa, and yet they might be spared. The caleches. or “ca- as the Hibernian drivers call the heeled vehicles, are a comfortable of getting about. Moreover, the ed. narrow and hilly streets are not so difficult to thread, and they offer as many short-cuts as do the courts end al- leys of Boston. A climb up the larger hills once or twice a day is a bracing con- suitutional. The newer buildings, while open to the objection that they are mod- ern, have been put up with some regard to their surroundings. The architecture ts not flashy and the structures are not gt gerbread. The city hall and the new court house have about them the solidity, with- out the excessive ugliness, of English gov- ernment buildings. In a hundred years they may not be cut of place in the midst of genuinely ancient landmarks. Todsy they are too new. “Come on, Eliza, there’s ene of those musty old places down this lane,” I heard one of the visiting strangers call out one afterncon. Eliza came along in due time, clutching ker guide book in one hand and her skirts tn the other. He and she were typical tourists, hunting out musty old places. They were sightseeing in a very thorough way, Hke persons who feel they have a conscientious duty to per- form. Neither would have been suspected of sentiment, yet when beth anathema- tized Quebec’s modern buildings, and re- gretted that these were hiding the o!d landmarks, they had a higher place in my estimation. The People Unchanged. While the outward appearance of Quebec may be slowly changing and becoming too modern, the people do not change much. At a time when the United States is by force of circumstances taking on itself the responsibility for governing colonial depen- denties whose tongue is foreign to its own, the conditions which obtain in what is in reality England’s French-Canadian colony offer an interesting study. I do not know what would be considered evidence that this part of the dominion has become An- glicized or that its ‘nstitutions and its cus- tems are Anglo-Saxon. Assuredly, there is little that can be noted by a chance ob- server. Both tongues are spoken, but it is Erglish that appears to be the foreign lan- guage. When the town is full of travelers from across the border, who announce in tones which can be heard up the St. Law- rence as far as the falls of Montmorency that they “talk United States,” the same language pronounzed with a harder accel is apt to-be heard from those whose ‘bi ness it is to look after the dollars of the American tourists. Everybcdy talks Eng- lish to the visitor, and everybody whom I have met seems to drop with equal facility from one tongue into the other. But 1 im- agine that in common intercourse among the people of Quebec province French js the prevailing language, just as it is in the parliament or provincial legisiature. It muy be on the part of many of those who speak it a patois or a dialect which would not be understood in the salons of Faris, yet the nationality is as distinct as though the idiom were the purest Frenea. Legal no- tices, documents of all kinds, ate printed in both languages. I asked an official if this dual method of managing government at- fairs was not a nuisance. “No,” he re- plied, ‘we are accustomed to the method. It is all a matter of training. We know French and our French Canadians under- stand English, though sometimes they pre- tend they don't. But this isn’t_an English- speaking province and the sensible ¢aing is to recognize that fact. Everybody in busi- ness or in office talks French.” An exception to this rule was the Irish peliceman who good-naturediy explained some points of local municipal administra- tion to me. “The Frinch,” he said, “is a fine people, but I won't learn their lingo, and they’ got to know English when they talk tc me. Thim Friach lads is just as sassy as other boys. They'll pritind not to understacd whin I tell 'em to get along,” and he started after a pack of mischievous beys. The soldiers at the citadel are more cormopolitan than the policemen. The one who showed several of us about was as smart as a French guardsman. He spcke excellent Engifth, with a lisping accept, | sn hearing his conversation it required ‘an effort to remember that he was one of her Britamnic majesty’s regular soldiers. TWO CENTS. THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star mailed to them to ary eddress 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 per month. Invariably in advance. Bub- scribers changing their address from one Post-oftice to another should give the last address as well as the new one. An English soldier, a real Briton, could never have imitated the drollery with which this military guide dropping into French archly asked, “Would messieures the Americans like to see the cannon which we took at Bunker Hili?” with a stress on the “we that expressed a mingling of at British satisfaction with French rony. If the language of their forefathers is preserved by the descendants of the French colonists the customs and traditions live with it. “These people must be good farm- said former Secretary John W. Fos- ter. “I noticed coming along the railroad hew trim and well kept their farms ar Nothing is wasted and nothing neglected. Stmilar observations were made by other members of the party. The drive through the village of Beaufort or along the road to Charlesbourg shows how thrift nourishes contentment. I do not know whether these Marsard cottages, with their gardens and the strip of a farm running down to the river, are so exact a reproduction of Nor- mendy and Brittany as the travelers say. They are quaint enough, but they do not appear to be primitive. The log house in the United States meets our notion of what is primitive, but in Quebec province even the log house and the straw thatches would not seem so. They are too neat and taste- ful to suggest the pioneer. ee aiere Canadian farmer also lacks @ picturesqueness of the peasant. Probably it is because he is*not a pecan! but a shrewd landowner who knows how to make a few acres yield the fruitfulness of the soil and a little more. These St. Law- rence river farms would be accounted poor holdings along the Mississippi, yet they afford a good living to father and son and grandson, who build their homes in cot- tages oné back of another, and pass a com- fortable existence. They are content with their language, their church and their gov- ernment which is not alien to them. If it were they would be less content and less would be heard about the loyalty of the French Canadians to the integrity of the British empire. “They are a good people,” said the priest on the boat to me. He was returning from an absence of many years in the western states to the scenes of his own youth and student life, and he uncon- sciously spoke in French. “I shall see few changes among my people,” he continued. They are not what you call in the states progressive. But taey have the fundamen- tal virtues. They are true to themselves, they hold together, and they are cred- ilable citizens of any government. Eng!'sh statesmen have been wise enough to sce that such a pecple cannot be unmade. Th will always prese1ve their individuality end their language is part of it.” Preservation of French. I had been told before coming to Quebec that the French Canadian element was in a transition state, and that the evidences of its ultimate disappearance might even now be discerned. If the evidences are more discernible than they were a hundred and forty years ugo, when New France came under English rule, they are still be- yond the ordinary vision. In the states among the “old foiks” of the Germans I have often heard bitter regrets because their children were unwilling to learn the language of the fatherland. Association with those who speak a common language Was enough to create a dislike for the speech of their parents. No such con-lition prevail» in the French province of Quebec, because the English-speaking element of the population is not numerically or other- wise the dominating element. Possibly more French Canadian children speak English in this generation than in the last one, possibly more will speak it in the fu- ture than in the present. Nevertheless, this will not be at the expense of their own tongue. The young French Canadian has no ambition to forget the language of his parents. With him to know English is an incident, not an object. ‘The certain means of preserving a ‘an- guage is in its literature and, after that, through the newspapers. It would be a hazardous judgment to say that the French newspapers in Quebec and Montreal are better than the English ones. Each class has its own constituency, and, lik> good new where, is printed for that censtituency. This may be said as a preface to the statement that several of the French journals of Qu2bec and Montreal are unu- sually good ones. They give guidance to the aspirations and the purposes of the French Canadians. A full understanding of the politics, the economic situation, or the social life of the province cannot be had by reading the English newspapers alone. They do not interpret the feelings or reflect the thought of the major part of the popu- letion. I notice also that the Paris corre. spondence of the French Canadian journal is mor2 complete and more regular than the London correspondence of the papers printed in English. The truth appears to be that the real Canadian, whether he is of French, English, Scotch or Irish extraction, cares little about what is happ2ning in the English capital. He may feel and profess a sentimental loyalty, yet it does not inter- fere with his independence as an individual. However, what is going on in Franc>, though it can have no political significance and cannot influence hi: surroundings, does interest the French Canadian. He even shares the emotional phases of the Fr2nch national life, and probably is better inform- ed regarding the lightning changes which take place in the ministries than the Paris boulevardier who gossips 0: them in the cafes. All this is with the knowledge that these things do not concern him. Perhaps that Is what enhances his relish. As long as it is so New France that once w: bee province that is, will continu hindrance to Anglicizing the dominion. The more sensible plan seems to be that which English statesmen have been w enough to follow. While England is cont>nt with the allegiance given the empire, and while Quebec, as part of the dominion, is content with English political institutions which af- ferd stability and security, the difference in language is not worth trying to r-volution- ize. Nor is it worth while guessing whether in the remote future it will be evolutionized out of existence. If that ever happens Qu>- bec will cease to be the most interesting portion of Canada. Though its historical monuments will remain, it will become al- most as commonplace as some of th other provinces. CHARLES M. PEPPER. —_.___ SECRETARY ALGER‘’S DEPARTURE. Leaves for a Second Trip to Camp Wikor, Secretary Alger, accompanied by Mrs. Alger, Secretary Gage and Senator Proctor, lcaves Washington this afternoon for Camp Wikoff. At Jersey City the party will go aboard the steamer General Meigs, which will transfer it to the Long Island railroad station, where it will be joined by Presi- dent and Mrs. McKinley, who have been in New York during the day. Two speciai ears will be in. waiting for the President and Secretary Alger, and some time during the night the train will start for the east end of Long Island in time to arrive at Camp Wikoff early tomorrow morning. ———_—____+ + _______ WILL SAIL SEPTEMBER 17. Date of Departure of Peace Commis- sioners Fixed. Secretary Day of the State Department, now at his home in Canton, Ohio, will re- turn to this city next Tuesday for the pur- pose of conferring with the~President re- garé‘ng the final instructions to the United States members of the peace commission, which is to meet in Paris October 1. The American commissioners will leave for Europe on the steamer sailing from New York on the 17th instant, and it is neces- sary for them to have all their preliminary arrangements in this country completed —X—XKXa_—_—— TWO POWERS UNITE Report in London of Agreement Be- tween England and Germany. TREATY OF ALLIANCE HAS BEEN SIGNED Their Common Policy in Regard to Russia and China. THE RESULTS OFIT —— LONDON, September 2.—A report was current here today that a treaty of alliance between Great Britain and G+rmany, on the lines of the speech of Mr. Chamber- lain, the secretary of state for the colonies, was actually completed yesterday. This is probably an amplification of th» scssip relative to the daily visits of Count von Hatzfeldt-Weidenburg, the German ambessador, to the British foreign office during the past fortnight, which have been atiributed to a desire upon the part of Germany and Great Britain to formulate a ccmmon policy in regard to Russia and China. Another explanation of the German am- bassador’s visits to the foreign office here is that they relate to the mixed tribunals of Egypt, the international agreem>nt on the subject ending in February. Hampered British Plans. Through French and Russian influence, the court has always hampered the British plans for the use of the Egyptian savings and the advancement of Egypt. Now, it is said, an agreement has been almos reached by which Germany will support the British views relative to the future composition and powers of the mixed tri- bunais. It is aid that as a quid pro quo for Ger- many’s support in Egypt, Great Britain will recognize Germany's claim to utilize Syria as an outlet for her surplus popula- The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon says it has received from a source in which it has every cont:dence information that the Anglo-German agreement was signed this week by Mr. Balfour and the German am- bassador in behalf of the respective powers. A Momentous Departure. Continuing, the Pall Mall Gazette says that while the agreement is restricted, it embraces an offensive and defensive alli- ance in certain eventualities. The Gazette adds: “This new and mo- mentous departure in our foreign policy com as a natural development of the European situation.” The Gazette then quotes the speech which Mr. Chamberlain made at Birmingham on May 13 last, bidding for a ¢ertaan alliance, and continues: “Latterly it has been evident, from the tone of the semi-official German press, that the two governments have been drawing closer, and finally there were prolonged conferences between Count Haizicldt and Mr. Balfour. The departure of Count Hatz- fetdt proves that the object cf the consulta- tions has been achieved. Yesides, Mr. Chamberlain has gone to America, Lord Salisbury is prolonging his absence and Mr. Balfour leaves for his holidays on Sat- urday. Evidently the ministers do not ex- pect to have to deal with crucial questions of foreign policy.” Syria and Its Industries. Syria is a division of Asiatic Turkey which includes Palestine, estimated to cover an area of about 146,00) square miles. I: has a population of about 2,750.0), most ly Mohammedans, but including about 330,- 000 Greek Christians, 260,000 Maronites and Roman Catholics, 175,000 Jews and 48,000 Drus Wheat, barley, maize, millet and lentiis are raised in the plains, cotton and the mulberry fi is extensively Lebanon. The arish on the coast and silk roduced on the slopes of her chief products of Syria are sheep's Wool, olive oll, sugar, indigo, gums, dates, timber, hides and skins. The camel and mule are employed as beasts of burden and sheep and live stock form the chief part of the wealth of the inhabitants. All merchandise is conveyed on the backs of animals, and it is estimated that tran- sit trade employs 8,00) beasts and abo’ 30,000 drivers. Commerce is greatly im- peded by the want of roa those which exist being mere mule or camel tracks. The only carriage road is Damascus, opened in 163. The public revenue of Syria, derived from taxation of every kind, is estimated at $2,000,000. Emperor William of Germany has for some time been planning a trip to Pales: tine, and is expected to visit Jerusalem this fall, in order to dediczte the German church there and lay the corner stone of from Beyroot to rtaken to regain lics the possessicn of the Coenaculun (¢ ion), ihe “chamber of the last supper,” and the Sultan of Tur- | key is said to have intimated his willing jne=s to meet the wish of the emperor iu this matter. + ENGLAND'S PEACE NOTE REPLY. Czar to Be Assured of Hearty Co-Op- eration in His Great Work. LONDON, September 2.—The Westmin- ster Gazette this afternoon announces that although, owing to the absence of the Mar- quis of Salisbury, Great Britain has not yet fcrmally replied to the czar’s peace note, the British ambassador at St. Petersburg has already communicated in cordial terms the hearty sympathy with which the re- script was read by the acting minister for foreign affairs, Mr. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury. When the Marquis of Salisbury replies to the note, the Westminster Gazette con- tinues, he will hail with satistaction and delight the czar’s initiative, assuring him of the determination of her majesty’s ad- visors to co-operate heartily in promoting his great aim. ——. —_ GEN. MILES’ DEPARTURE. It Occurred Yesterday and Gen. Brooke Assumed Command. GUAYAMA, Porto Rico, September 1 (e- lcyed in transmission).—Upon Gen. Miles’ departure today Gen. Brooke issued an or- der assuming command of the troops in this island. The bridges along the military road are being repaired, and Gen. Brooke will start northward on Saturday morning. The march to San Juan will probably consume four days. The general expects to establish his headquarters at Rio Pizdras, outside the city, owing to the crowded condition of San Juan, which is filled with Spanish troops. Gen. Brooke will retain active command ever the troops left on this side of the isl- and. Col. Glassford assumes charge of the telegraphic syst2m, with two companies of the signal corps. nit eealbeshione RUSSIA’S PEACE CONFERENCE. Reliable Information That It Will Fellow the Paris Meeting. BERLIN, September 2.—It is the inten-