Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1898, Page 2

TEED EYEQLYG, STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1898-12 PAGES. 2 ‘ THE TRUNK LINE WAR Canadian Pacific Not Entitled to Dif- ferential Rates. MATTER EXHAUSTIVELY CONSIDERED Decision by the Interstate Com- merce Commission. SUSPENDING THE LAW state commerce commission in dian Pacific passenger rate case oday that the Canadian Pacific 1 to the differential passenger s contended for. e inte American lines and the Canadian ¥ c have been engaged six months or in a war in passenger rates between points, and also between St. Paul and other localities and points on the Pacific h arose from the refusal of an lines to tonger continue allowing adian Pacific a differential bas's which fares from the east to c coast points by that route were less those by the American lines by $7.50 first-class and $5 on second-class busi- Very large reductions in rates have been e during the contest. For instance, the an Pacific reduced the first-class from Boston to Seattle first from to $40, and then, on March 10 last, $35. The latter reduction was mace | 4 fter the commission had suspended the and short haul.clayse.to enable the can lines to meet the rates made by Pacitic. This order was to but on June 2 the suspen- ended ‘by the commission until is, and about the time this the present inquiry was insti- stigation was had in Chicago Au- gust 1, and the decision now rendered is based n the facts then disclose of the Canadian Pacific. ‘ion is unable to find in the testimony juct of the ¢ dian Pacific in this matter. It there may be reasons why this r differential ought never to have says had just convalescent. go home Saturday, suffered typi went into the nurses’ discolored from the He noticed the loaf of bread, and his eyes showed eager ‘nything outrageous in the con- | big carving knife and begun to cut a slice. oO TOUR OF HOSPITAL (Continued from First Page.) in Cuba the day before he left the island. Up to that time he felt quite well. He has been able to write only a postal to his home. “In two days I can go home,” he said, and kis countenance showed how mvch that meant for him. Wanted His Old Uniform. Next to Hendren’s cot was a soldier, a mere boy, who had been told that the suit he had worn in Cuba must be burned. When the nurse came to get the clothes the boy soldier looked at the suit and hesi- tated. “I would rather part with $20 than with that suit of clothes,” he said. “I heped to take that home.” The nurse told him that the doctor’s orders were positive, but that he could remove the buttons from the clothing, which he proceeded to do. Further aleng in the ward a nurse was dividing her attention between two men, both of whom were extremely ill. The eyes of the one were set in a vacant stare. The other was shaking as with the palsy. It was in the warmest part of the day, and sun was shining hot on the tents. There was little breeze to make the place cool, and the sick man threw his hands about im a distressed condition whenever the nurse stepped fanning him. He was delirious and was only a skeleton. It was a@ pitiful sight to see the nurse go from one to another of these extremely {ll men, each of whom would have been benefited by her constant attention. William White of Company K was not taken sick until he left Cuba. The very morning he embarked he was taken ill. Private George Vaughan of Company M ceived a letter from his father and sister and it had evidently done him much good to read it. S. 8. Bliss and 3. H. McHenry were both McHenry was expecting to ward a patient, who had oid fever, had left his bed and room to get bread. He was a mere skeleton and his face was effects of the fever. anticipation as he took up a 2 of the nurses saw him and promptly prevented him from touching the fodd. You must take only what your nurse g! s |. but in insisting upon it that | you,” she said. “You may be on a light company simply claimed what numerous | diet. and that plot bread might delay America Bald)" claimed, 0 and whist tan cacgras eon a iaantin bah hoi meee eo any-| “It is Bard,” she remarked, “to stop the wrong in t ent atti- | peer fellor from having food, but it is for tude nadian F specting | their good. They are so hungry that they nt of this question. Its propo- | would injure themselves if not prevented 1 tration was not unfair. | trom dofne ao." hepatica ped ay eye ee Eee) ae ice eae Ge Gonmeny 0 to arbitrate. In view vading a novel while in bed, and was to the American roads the long and short haul » request for its continuance, y to deter- im for a differential ys that all along this has hopeful of an early return to He was well while in Cuba and Was taken sick on the boat on his way home. ington in two or three days. He wv expecting to go to V Private Henry V. V. Pierce, a son of Col. “ E. S. Pierce, deputy sergeant-at-arms in DoE OF the amet rn the g<laim | the House of Representatives, is in the hos- nadian road is entitled to a differ- | pital. His father was here yesterday look- nder any American line on any | ing for him. rican business is probably untenable, Richard Thomas of Company K is con- from the standpoint of the American | vajescent and came to the general hospital eo eres ane ta che ee ann | semterdny fon a daw dager tests, 46 wae ican 1ines, and the public inter- | sick while in Cuba. est in the-reduced rates caused by compe-| George F. Shilling of Company G was tition is not to be ignored. quite ill The nurse requested that he The Differential Desired. should talk but a few moments. He show- Passing to the question of fact, whether a@t the present time the Canadian Pacific ought to have a differential on the busi- the commission holds that between New York and .San Canadian Pacific is abo: 3,000 miles by the direct that the Canadian Pz em to hav y busine: nger traffic betwi these differential shoul! be Sanadian for a s, and he differential should 1 and points nerth on Atiantic oak gland and k. Between these n Pacific is a natural nd should be tre time an utes are compa: dian Paciti i on accour found to have ct that it makes St. Paul th presumption i time over the latte not create a dis- obtaining a differ- ation } except granting of the So states that it has or disallow the diferen- but would consider it ex- 2 conclusions the basis of an The opinion concludes ax follows: “It must be distinctly understood that e at ommend the settlement of rsy y the making of any oiving arbitration, or other- in violation of the anti-trust erpreted by the Supreme Court e past or future hi: controversy as may in der appropriate any stat to Congress will al report to that on can af- conclude that we to sind the sus- rs hereto made: but ud be adjusted in THE MILES-ALGER ISSUR. Senator Proctor Will Wait Until It Comes Up In Congress. Senator Proctor called on the Secretary of War and Gen. Corbin teday, and is to go this afternoon with Secretary Alger to Mon- uk. It has been published that Senator | Proctor was behind Gen. Miles in the issue 2 Miles and th Secretary. A Star reporter asked the se ator if he had seen the publication and What ne had‘to say about it. The senator Feplied that he had read what had been written. but that he had concluded to say nothing on the subject. “The fact Is," he said, “it would keep a man busy if he attempted to keep up with and pay attention to everything published. Of course, I am interested in what is go- ing on, but if there is anything in this matter it will be time enough to consider it after Congress convenes. If there is any- thing in it, it will have settled into tangi- ble form and have become crystallized by time Congress meets, and of course I e there and know about it. i then, too,” he added naively, “it L be cooler weather by that time. It ms to me the world is running quite emoothly just now. and if there is anything out of order it will be straightened out in due time. [expect to accompany the Se ary of War to Montauk this afternoon, 1 after that i am going to Europe and will be abroad for three or four weeks. My €lectio: in time $ coming on and I shall be bacit for that, and will be on hand for atever may come up after Congress ” —————_+-e+____ Red Tape Cut. It is not believed that from this time for- Ward there will be ary occasion for com- plaint from the treatment of sick seldiers. It is the intention of the department to cut pe and to provide all the sick in rmy with every porsible comfort that be required and every convenience and luxury that their ecndition may require. ——____+<— Chief of Navigation Bureau. Capt. F. W. Dickins, who made such a Sood record at the head of the naval b: Feau of navigation at the time of the Maine Gisaster, ts again acting as chief of that bureaw ed considerable weakness, but brightened up when told that the regiment would go home next Thursday. Corporal J. M. Petty, son of Auditor Petty of the District of Columbia, is con- valescent. His father had been with him several days and expected to take him to Bensonhurst, L. L, a coupl2 of days ago. He will shortly leave for that place, but will return here to go home with the regi- ment. He was well satisfied with the treatment he received at the hospital, but did not like the idea of remaining there. While sitting at the front of the ward a Lumber of sick soldiers who had just ar- rived on a transport were being carried in on stretchers. “I was so used to seeing dead men being taken off on stretchers while at Santiago that that does not seem very terrible to me,” was remarked as the sick men were carried by. est Graham, Company B, has been e the 12th. He was getting along very well, and remarked that the diet they were receiving was extremely appetizing. A nurse came along with a big tin pan piled high with grapes, and Graham ate nis share with a relish. Private Zebulon White of Company G was ill with gastritis. He was taken ill two days before the Minnewaska arrived here. He had a telegram from his mother, who wanted to come to see him at the hospital, but he sent word back that he would rather go to see her at home. Hospital Steward Becomes a Patient. Sergt. Samuel Wallace, hospital steward, was temporarily detached from duty while at Santiago, and he fears that the great need of hospital stewards here will pr vent him from getting a furlough. He was at Providence Hospital before he left home and he is anxious to get back again. He worked hard for the sick, but he had to give up and become a patient himself. He hopes something may be done to prevent his returning to duty until he has fully re- covered his health, William Cattell, Company L, was taken at Santiago, but is doing nicely now. R. B. Scheitlier is now convalescent and expected to go back to his regiment to- day. Private Edward Schort, Company F, was expecting to go home today. Not Eager to Return to Cuba, George H. Gilman, Company G, was taken sick at Santiago. ‘Phere are lots of peo- ple who have not been down there who are anxious to go," he said when some one re- marked that the war might be resumed. “I don’t want to be selfish and have too much of it. I want to pass good things around.” George W. Kyle, Company F, was taken sick just before he left Cuba. He said he thought his chief trouble was starvation. He is stronger now, though he can scarce- ly steady himself to walk. “I am coming around all right,” he said. William C. Morris, Company F, was tak- en sick a week before he left Cuba He said he was feeling pretty strong -and hoped to leave the hospital in two or three days. Private E. M. Phelps, Company G, was taken sick three weeks ago. For a long time, he said, he was unconscious and had no remembrance of the early period of his illness. He was feeling very we!l and was reading a novel. A little beyond his cot was a man belong- ing to the 9th Massachusetts, raving in the delirium of fever. He arose and in an an- gry voice called out that he would have ho rows around there. “The poor fellow,” said the nurse, “has been delirious all day.” Private B. M. “Downing, Company B, is getting along very well. “I never knew What a good ing it was to be in the United States,” he said. “I don’t care how soon we are mustered out. We get good treatment here, but I want to see home as soon as possible.” Private M. P. Rollings, Company D, was taken sick after he had landed at Mon- tauk. For a timé he was sick in Cuba, but he improved and was on duty. Mrs. Logan Remembers the District. In a tent where half a dozen of the boys are located in the front Mrs Legan, widow * of General Logan, was passing through and stopped to talk with them. An officer of an Iilinois regiment came by and told Mrs. Logan of a stock of dainty provisions his regiment had received. “Be sure to divide them with the District boys,” she said. Private Harry F, Scott, Company G, was feeling very well. He had his mother’s Picture in his hands as he lay on his bed. | It was recently taken with a kodak, and i: seemed to do him mere good than food or medicine. “It makes me feel as if I were pretty near home, and I hope to be there Wed- nesday.”” Hermann Weiss, Company G, was taken sick a month before he left Cuba, He has had a long siege of illness, but appeared to be getting aicng nicely. Near him was Carl Rottman, Company F, and he appeared to be getting along all Tight. Bertram Dowser, Company F, was living in Washington when recruits were taken for the District regiment. He enlisted, though he is an Indiana boy. He was ex- pecting to shortly start for Indiana. Private William White, Company A, was sick for the third time since joining the regiment. He was improving rapidly. John W. Shuster, Company B, was doing well. His mother came here yesterday, haying seen in The Star that her son was in the hospital. A Welcome Sight. “We kad a Star here the other day,” said Bertram Bowser, “and it looked good. It locked like getting home to be able to read The Star. William C. Stowers, Company K, is con- Valescent, and last evening left for his home in Cincinnati. His father was liv- ing in Washington when young Stowers entered the regiment, but his home fs in Obio. Private Clark, Company K, is convales- cent, and left for Washington last night. Many Sick Will Try to Come. A good many of the sick soldiers will probably endeayor to go to Washington with the regiment next Thursday. The trip on a Sound steamer to Jersey City will be infinitely more comfortable than the tedious ride on the Long Island railroad, and there is a general feeling among the hoys in the hospital in favor of getting back to Washington with their regiment, if possible. A number of the men will be able to leave at that time. CHAS. E. KERN. Are Well Trented. The following extract from a letver dated August 31, from Private Wilford L. tar- ries, who signs himself ‘In the hospital,” shows that the District soldiers are being sll treated: No matter what the papers may say, we are getting along splendidly and are receiv- ing the best of treatment, but we would all rather be back in Washington, where I expect we will be in a few days. I have just hea: is sick in bed again, but not THE REGIM ‘T'S FUTURE. What Gen. Corbin Says About Its Movements. Adjutant General Corbin said today that he desired to uvoid any controversy over the questions affecting the moyem2nts of the Ist District of Columbia Volunteer In- fantry, and corsequently he would say nothing more on the subject than that they Were to be miuster2d cut, and that the question of the date of the departure of the regiment from Montauk Point to Washing- ton rested entirely within th? discretion. of the general commanding the corps to which the regiment was attached and the colonel of the regiment. THE DISTRICT SOLDIERS, They Need Aid and Support Practical Sense. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I fear that the same clamor that sent our brave Americans to the front in mid-sum- mer, to the unacclimated country, Is again rampant to bring back to their homes the fever-stricken and weak soldiers who need rest, care, pure air and ocean breezes and good food, all of which they are now re- ceiving at their camp with every prospect of being restored to vigor and health in three or four weeks; therefore, to hasten their return for the purpose of having a “Hurrah!” is not only cruel, but criminal. Tt is well known that where people suffer of fever or are convalescing therefrom, they are sent to regions where there are sea breezes. In the instance of our brave District boys, the reverse is being recom- mended. No one has a higher admiration for the soldierly qualities of our boys, no one sympathizes more keenly and heartily with their longing to be home, and with the natural feelings of wives, sisters and sweethearts. But history and experience tells us that kirdness kills more than dis- ease. Instead of one hospital we will have a thousand. There is also a possible danger of the fever spreading and becoming epi- demic, all of which can be avoided by ac} ing intelligently and sensibly. I therefore hope and trust that the sound and sober Judgment of Colonel Harries will be ac- quicsced im, and the boys remain where they are uatil they are in a physical con- dition to be properly received, and until assured that the reception will not prove inimical to their future health. I trust that all ideas of a banquet will be aband- oned. These brave boys need to be aided, encouraged and supported in a practical sense, and every dollar ought to be used to make them and their families comfortable. But under all circumstances let them have a chance to get the fever out of their bones, and not perpetuate it by excite- ment and senseless parading. S. WOLF. September 2, 1898 District Men at Boston Better. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BOSTON, Mass., September 2.—The Dis- trict of Columbia men confined at the local hospitals were reported this p.m. as im- proving in health and strength. Thomas Herbert and William Nelson, who have ina been on the dangerous list, are also better, although their condition is still somewhat critical. No one has been discharged with- in the past twenty-four hours. . BAY4RD STILL VERY ILL. ‘rm Statement of His Physicians After a Conference Today. DEDHAM, Mass., September 2.—Hon. Thomas F. Bayard had a rélapse late last night and a consultation of physicians was held, after which Mr. Bayard'’s physicians remained with him until morning. A second consultation was held this fore- noon, and it was reported that Mr. Bayard was much better, but he was still very ill. ssa be RAISED THE QUARANTINE. Galvestion Never Healthier Than at Present—Health Officer's Action. GALVESTON, Tex., September 2.—State Health Officer Blunt has raised the quar- antine against Galveston, and the city was never more healthy than at present. The quarantine was but temporary, and was piaced last Friday, August 28, on aceount of a suspicious case of fever at Fort Point, Se ES Discharges WIll Come Rapidly. It Ils expected_that the orders for rauster- ing out the volunteer regiments will come with considerable rapidity now. It is said that by December there will not be more than 50,000 volunteers in the government service. All the regulars east of the Mis- sissippi will be immediately ordered to the vurious posts they occupied before the war. 2+ —____ Put Out of Commission. Orders were issued from the Navy De- partment today putting out of commission the auxiliary vessels Restless, at New York, and Suwanee, at Norfolk. The ves- sels will be inspected by the board which js to determine whether or not they shall be retained in the naval service. For Appointment of Trustee. Mary E. Cissell has entered suit against Louis H. Schneider and others, asking that some suitable person may be appointed trustee under the will of Mary A. Schneid- er, deceased, in place and ‘stead of Louis H., Julius M. and George ~ A. Schneider, | Who have refused to act as trustees. [ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK Presidential Party Safely Reached JOINED BY YR, AND ARS, OBARE ieee Camp Wikoff-Cleaned in Anticipa- ~ thon of ‘Tomorrow's Visit. SHAFTER Is INQUIRING NEW YORK, September 2—President McKinley,-~ccompanied by Mrs. McKinley, Maj. Webb C. Heyes, Col. and Mrs. Myron T. Herrick and George D. Cortelyou, the President's. assistant secretary, arrived at Jersey City over the Pennsylvania railroad at noon today. He was. met at the Pennsylvania railroad Station by Vice President and Mrs. Hobart, who will remain with them during their stay in the city. The party were driven to the Manhattan Hotel, where they will oc- cupy the state apartments. Arrivals at Montauk, NEW YORK,September 2The trans- ports Nuecas, City’ of Washington and Clty of Berkshire arrived’ at Montauk Point to- day. The Berkshire had 350 convalescents on board from the Siboney hospital, under charge of Dr. W. E, Parker. She sailed from Santiago on August 25. The Nuecas had’ on board the 24th United States Infantry, Maj. Markley ana two companies of the tst Mlinois. The 3d and “4th Michigan Volunteers left Camp Wikoff; homeward bound, on a sixty days’ furlough early today. They will travel by ‘the West Shore line. ‘The trains carrying the Michigan volunteers had been arranged for by Governor Pin- gree. They are made up of Pullman coeches for both the sick and the well men. The governor's son, H. 8. Pingree, is in charge, and with him are the sixteen volunteer nurses that came from Detroit on Wednesday to care for the invalids of the regiments. In the 33d: are eighty sick men and in the 34th forty. A few men not a to travel are left in the general hospi- al. Colonel Rooseveit is pushing the muster- ing out of the Ist Cavalry (rough riders), who will leave for their homes in different parts of the country in the next few days. Awaiting the President. It is expected that when the President and Secretary Alger come here tomorrow orders will be issued ding home many more of the volunteer troops. It is ‘said detachments of the regular troops will be sent to the forts about New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut to relieve the vol- unteers who have been on duty there dur- ing the summer. whe removal of sick soldiers on hospital ships to city hospitals continues to go on steadily. Many who are able to walk are being taken away by train, to be cared for in the city. General Shafter ig familiarizing himself with the condition of affairs in Camp Wik- off. He has helt! conSulations with Generals Wheeler, Young,and: Ames. The last named has been carefully looking into the affairs of the camp at Geheral Wheeler's sugges- tion and advistd Geheral Shafter as to the condition of the post hospitals, the meth- ods of caring for the sick and the sanitary condition of the camp. ° Today the camp ig being cleened up all around, so as to ‘have everything in the best possible stape’tomorrow when Presi. dent McKinley,ang his party arrive. The special train having on board the presidential party will arrive during the forenoon. There wil be no formal parade or review of the troops. When the Prest- dent arrives a” Salute will be fired in his honor and General Shafter and staff. and Generals Wheeler and Young will receive the distinguished visitors, who will enter carriages and he escorted into camp by a detachment of'‘cavaltymen. ~ Jn accordance with the President's ‘desire not much display willbe made over his arrival in camp..._, Secretary “Alger, who became well ac- quainted with the camp during his recent visit, will personally conduct the President throuzh the camp. : ns A LAKE OF WINE. The Immense Reservoir That Has Re- cently Been Built in California. From the Pittsburg Dispatch, Two hissing, groaning steam pumps have recently completed a laboricus task extend- ing over five days, that task being to fill with wine the greatest wine reservoir any one ever heard of. Imagine a lake 104 feet long, 34 feet wide and 24 feet high in which ficws red wine, pure as the purest grape that grows in California. For It is in California that this wonder is to be seen, down at Asti by the Russian r.ver valley. The wine ts a part of the product of what is called the Swiss-Italian compeny, and the lake Itself is the blend- ing of the juices of grapes from a. thou- sand vines. As a system of blending wine it is in this respect as much a wonder as in point of quantity and place of keeping. I: is another proof also that necessity is the mother of invention, for if it had not been that the colonists could find no way to dispose of their wine in a profitable man- rer, owing to its abundance, it is probable the lake would never have been created and another wonder thus lost to the world. The tun of Heidelberg, which the last gen- eration and even some of the present learned to think of with wonder, ts but a child beside a full-grown man when com- pared with this California creation. One could go boating on this lake very com- fortably, although it would be but a short ride. A steam jaunch would find room encugh to steam back and forth and pos- sibly-turn around. The passengers might refrésh themselves with a quality of wine that comes high after it leaves California, and as for a wine bath it is a big swim- ming tank, indeed, that can boast of the size of this contrivance or give equal op- portunity for a plunge. The owners of this lake guard it with exceeding care. In the first place, they built it in the most careful manner. Nature gave no ald, for the lake is an excavation, cement lined. So perfectly has its interior been glazed that the properties of glass are all there. This might not seem so important to one who knew little of wines, but as a matter of fact the wine blends and reaches a higher standard far more easily if such conditions exist. This is how the tank was really built. First an excavation was made in the rocky billstde. Next a wall of concrete two feet in thickness was put in the floor and sides. Then came the laying and glazing of the cement. This was tot all. Had the lake been left opendat*the-top impurities must have found thes way into {t, not to men- tion the deluge_that_ somes in what cae fernia_ knows. | rainy season. around the sided | ‘oi bidet girders were put in place, and on thése rests the sectional ecver of the Ide: “"Phis is so constructed that not a ray*bf ‘Ifght can penetrate into this vast quantity. wine, and it mellows and ripens just as if it were in the most deep down vault that can be found any- where, . ” ES Catante’s Coal on Fire. NEW YORK): September 2.—The tran- sport Catania, whiett arrived this morning from Montauk,'%landéd a number of sick soldiers of varfous regiments from San- tiago. During ‘the Yoyage from Santlago to Montauk “the_engineers of the transport found the coal in the after hold to. be on fire. The hatches were closed, and the fire was kept under control until the steamer 1eached Montauk and discharged her sick troops, whea~the chief engineer reported the coal again on fire. The transport was then ordered to proceed to this port to un- load the burning cda'. She has on board 300 cases of cartridges, which will be dis- charged in mediately. ~ —— Experiments were recently conducted by the German army to “determine. what color ae ee a is in war. 'wenty sharpshooter’ who were directed to fira at different colors-in the distance found scarlet the most difficult to hit. As the col- ors were gradually remcved to a greater distance it was found that light gray was the. first.to become ‘1 shable, then Searlet, then dark gray;-and last of all blu and gresm ces Ses cee] IMPORTANT PROBLEMS. Committee to Settle. The citizens’ committee having in charge the arrangements for the reception will Meet tonight at the Ebbitt House. Owing to the complicated state of the conditions confronting the body, the meeting will be ‘an important one and the attendance of ev- ery member now in Washington is earnestly desired by the chairman, Major Sylvester. The committee is so representative in its character, however, and is composed of such exp2rienced members that there Is lit- Ue doubt that its conclusions upon the sub- jects to be considered will meet public ap- proval. The chief question to be discussed will, in all probability, be the actual physical state of the regiment now at Montauk and the advisability of receiving it as de- termined in the plan submitted at the last meeting and approved by the committee. It may be deemed best to postpone the ovation for a few weeks, in order that all the members of the regiment may partici- pate in the honor, and also that more com- plete arrangements can be made for a demonstration worthy of the returning he- roes. The meeting, however, will assured- ly decide these vital points, with a single Purpose of doing what is best for the regi- ment as a whole. Not Able to March. A very valuable contribution to the pub- lic knowledge of the regiment’s conditioa was made today by Dr. C. B. Gilbert of this city, who has just returned from a visit to the camp at Montauk. He called today on Maj. Sylvester, at police head- quarters, and, in the latter's absence, left a message for him with-Secretary Alvey. “I came vo see Maj. Sylvester,” said Dr. Gilbert, “in order to add my testimony to that of Dr. H. L. E. Johnson and the other members of the committee now at Mon- teuk that the District soldiers are in no cendition to march up Pennsylvania ave- nue. But they should be brought home at once. “I spent several days at Montauk. There were 17,000 men there Sunday and more have since reached there. Depressed and Homesick. “I didn’t hear a laugh, or a shout, or a cheer, while I was there and seldom saw a smile. The men are all depressed, appar- ently, in body and in soul. They look like a crowd that expects an execution on the morrow. The District boys in camy are just the same. Depressed sically and mentally, sallow and emaciated. They are all suffering from homesickness, and I be- lieve they will get sicker if they are left there much longer. Many of them wiil be hard to recognize when thay come home, even by their best friends. They are.cer- tainly in no condition to do any marcaing and won't be for some time. A hospital steward told me if our boys were to be kept there until they were able to march they would all be dead. I wisa you would impress upon Major Sylvester what I have said. Only Think of Home. To a Star reporter who was present Dr. Gilbert repeated this, and reiterated his opinion that a march for the boys would be out of the question. “The boys are being well taken care of,” he said, “but they want to get home. They think by day and dream by night of noth- ing else, and so they are dissatisfied even with their good treatment, aud, as I said, will get sicker. The 2d and 3d’ Battalions are doing well because they have been there longer, but the 1st Battalion is in bad condition. The boys in the hospital are do- ing well, but the men outside all want to get home. It was scorching there day be- fore yesterday. The camp is shadeless; no trees or foliage, and is quite pleasant when the ocean breeze blows, but in a land breeze, like that of Wednesday, it- was simply scorching. The nights are cold, Correspondent Kern of The Star has stat- ed everything as it is in his letiers. The relief committee from Washington cannot be too highly commended for its work. “Yes, 1 saw Colonel Harries. Colonel Harries was on his bed in his tent. No, he is not seriously sick. He is suffering the usual recurrence of the fever. This fever shows many peculiar symptoms. A sufferer will have a very high tempera- ture today, for instance, and in thirty-six hours it will be below normal, and go there with a dash.” ee BRITISH PILL STATISTICS. Their Appetite for This Form of Medicine ix Immense. From Tit-Bits, The British appetite for pills can only be gauged from the revenue receipts relating to the stamp duties paid for patent medi- cines (which las‘ year in ths aggregate amounted to almost a quarter of a million pounds) and by making allowances for the pills dispensed by doctors and chemists, which are not dutiable. An allowance of a trifle over half an ounce of pills for each in- habitant of the united kingdom for the y2ar cannot be said to be an extravagant esti- mate; indeed, such an allowance means but y $a year, or one and a half pounds of pills to last a lifetime of sixty years, Placed in a straight line the pills of a lifetime would extend through some forty feet, and there would be some 1,920 of th>m. The latter figure may seem rather large, but if sixty years of pills were combined into one spher2 it would have a diameter of less than four inches and a cireumfer- ence of under one foot. it is not until we make calculations re- garding the pill as a national delicacy that we arrive at any figures of magnitude, and then w:2 find that something like 1,280,000,- 000 pills are swallowed annually. If these British pills were put in a straight line they would extend from London to Luck- now. The placing of the pills in a lengthy Une of 5,050 miles would afford occupation for a pair of idle hands during eighty-one y2ars, at the end of which time the owner of the hands would probably find the task of laying down three pills every second dur- ing an eight-hour day somewhat monoto- nous. If in place of putting them into an extended line we placed the pills in rows of 1,685 pills, and, having arranged th> same number of pilis in a row as a base, we could use the rest of the pills in making 1,085 similar layers, the resultant cube would have each of its dimensions rather more than 22% feet. Having p2rformed this feat, we could proceed to stir up the Jot in @ gigantic mortar, and having thoroughly mixed the ingredients—and what a mixture it would be!—roll the mass into one splendid spherical pill weighing 637 tons and pos- s2ssing a diameter of over 28 feet and a cir- cumference of over 88 feet. Five men, six feet in height, standing on one another's skoulders—not heads, that would be too painful, especially for the on: on the ground would require the services of a small boy to crown the human Eiffel Tower in order to get level with the top of the monster pill. ——+e+____ Novelties in Teeth. From Tit-Bits. “Pecullar fashions in teeth? Oh, yes,” and the dentist displayed a case contain- ing sets of all makes and sizes, each dif- fering from the conventional molars adopt- ed by conventional wearers. “Here is a set of decayed false teeth. Some patrons—ladies, especially—are not desirous of appearing ka @ perfect set, and attempt to decelve their friends by having one or two teeth apparently dis- colcred. The corner teeth in this set (in- tended for a lady of rank) are cleverly blackened on the edges to present an ap- pearance of early decay. “These special teeth (ard we have them im all stages of deterioration) are far more expensive than ordinary molars. We never urGertake to make them for less than one guinea a tooth, and if the tooth has to be set in a slightly crooked position to further deceive, our fee is considerably higher. “Teeth like these (exhibiting an upper set bearing an eye tooth more than usually discolored) are beyond-the reach of ordi- nary customers. The wearer would never be suspected of having false ivories, and the somewhat irregular setting adds to the ) success. This set is from a photograph, the owner requesting us to photograph | his mouth ere submitting himself to the pincers, so that the exact shape could be ecpied in detail. _ “The original teeth were green and un- sightly—these, while of similar shape, are merely soiled, so that the owner will teil his friends he has had his teeth cleaned.” Two well-known English plants, the this- tle and the rape, are so inimical that if a field is infested with thistles which come you have to do ts to sow it with rene A you have sow it with rape. e thistle will annihilated. WILL HAVE NO FURLOUGH. Unnsual Conditions Attached to t Mustering Out Of the Rough Riders. Owing to the pecullar conditions of the case, the Ist United States Volunteer Cav- alry (Roosevelt's Rough Riders) will be mustered out at once without the two months’ furlough with pay allowed every other volunteer regiment that participated in the campaigns in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. The reason for this ap- parent discrimination is that the regiment, according to representations made by its commanding officer, did not desire the’ fur- lough, but preferred to be disbanded im- Mediately. Although the pay of the officers and men will cease when they are muster- ed out, they will be entitled to an allow ance of what is known “travel pay” sufficient to take each individual member to his home. As is well known, this regiment was re- cruited from all ranks of society in differ- ent parts of the country and there was no place where they could be ordered as a body to be mustered out which would be more convenient to the mass of men indi- vidually than the camp where they are now located on Montauk Point. According to a high official of the War Department, the men of the regiment have no ground of complaint against the War Department in the matter of their dis- charge, for the reasun that the department did exactly what their commanding officer represented that they desired to have done. Consequently the Ist Regiment of Rough Riders will be mustered out at Camp Wikoff, and will transfer all the property in their possession belonging to the gov- ernment, including equipmenis of all kinds, to the proper officers of the army detailed to receive and account for them. This may possibly interfere with the plan of having the regiment parade on Broadway in New York with the regulation military uniform as is said to have been contemplated. The other two regiments of rough riders, com- manded respectively by Colonel Torrey and Celonel Grigsby, will also be disbanded in a short time. SS s JAMAICA AND ANNEXATION, Suggestion for Andrew Carnegie to Prove His Triumphant Democracy. KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 2.—The Gleaner today publishes a symposium of the views of the leading merchants ard other public men here on the question of solving the annexaticn movement by ex- changing the British West Indies for the Plilippine islands, eccording to the pro- pesal of Mr. Ardrew Carnegie. Opinions or the subject are almost balancec, with an adverse tendency. The Gleaier firther suggests that _Mr. Curnegi2 solve the problem by purchaSing Jamaica, and thus practically Mustrate his “triumphant democracy.” —_—+ FEROCIOUS COW LEPHANT. She Made a Charge on a Hunter Eat- ing His Lunch, From the Nineteenth Ccitury. While we were sitting under a shrub with our minds set on refreshment, one of our hillmen came running up to say that an elephant was approaching, and presently a@ cow stalked up to within thirty yards of the tree. We looked at it and waved our hand:,whereupon the beast slowly and delib- crately moved off into the grass, which here Was not so tall as it had been below in the place at which we found the herd. We then resumed our interrupted luncheon, and pres- ently the hillman, who had climbed to the top of a little tree, said that the elephant was again approaching. My companion serambied up into th tree, and I, taking my eight-bore gun in hand, stood upon the fork just on a level with the top of the grass to see what was happening, and made out the elephant looking curiously at us at a distance of forty yards on the other side from that on which she had first ap- peared. Then suddenly she was lost be- hind a little clump of trees and I looked up and said: “Where is she? I cannot see her now.” But the words had hardly left my mouth, when, without a moment's warning or a sound, she charged right up to us from behind some trees. I had hardly time to cock my gun and fire both barrels in her face, which was 80 near that the weapon might have touched it when discharged. The fire turned her, but it was a close call, and in another mo- ment she would have had me and would have butted down the little tree. Elephants will charge anything if they are thoroughly roused, and think very little of shaking a pigmy enemy out of a bush. —— How to Hang a Hammock. From the New York Herald. The general idea that the head erd of a hammock should be higher than the foot end is an error. The occupant should rest in a state of equilibrium—that is, in such @ position that there will be no tengency to shift toward head or foot. To effect this the hips must rest at the lowest point at whatever degree of dip the hammock may be hung. The pillow arbitrarily determines the po- sition of the occupant. Whatever length of hammock extends beyond the feet should be hung proportionately higher than the head. There will be little or no com- fort in trying to resist this natural law. ———__+ e+ —___ An Easy Way to Become a Benefactor From Harper’s Bazar. Few of the many people who possess hun- dreds of paper-covered novels appreciate what a boon some of those books which they have read would be to a family whese members have little money to spend on reading matter. One man, cn leaving his country place each autumn, sends al! his readirg matter to a poorer neighbor who lives in the country the year around. Only these who bave known the shut-in feeling and the isolation of a sparsely settled coun- try neighborhood in the depths of winter can conceive what a blessing those books ere. For the man who bought them is a man of excellent literary taste and does not buy trash. He also sends to this same rural home all the magazines for which he subscribes after he and his family have firished with them. They are read and reread in that snow-bound New England brome, and in themselves afford a liberal ee in the current literature of the jay. a Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs, Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Open. High. Low. Close. 624 61% Gi% Gis Cis (3% BK Slip BU ROG m 19% Me 220 21h SIONS. 2a High. Low. Close. . 87 887 887 SST 955° 955 9.55 BOS 515 5.17 5.07) 5. 5.25 525 GAT 5.17 482 455 482 452 497 407 482 4582 High. Low. Close. 5.63 5.55 5.55 5.63 5.58 5.58 5.08 5.61 5.42 5.74 5.66 6.67 Fist Government Bonds, FINANCE AND TRADE The Feature of the Day Furnished by Northern Pacific, Se RECUPERATIVE PROCESS NOT ENDED Almost Stationary Condition oj Prices This Week. ENERAL MARKET REPORTS —— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 2~—Today’s stock market was in many respects a counterpart of its Immediate predecessors, both as to volume and results. The spe- claities had temporary periods of activity, due to special causes, and the general list fluctuated listlessly about the opening level. Manhattan's statement for the year end- ing June 30 showing a surplus after charges and dividends of $223,276, against @ deficit of $165,349 last year, forced a covering movement, which added substan- tially to first prices. American Tobacco, on the other hand, reacted violently as the result of the siow and disappointing pro- gress in reaching an agreement with the manufacturers of the plug product. General Electric and Pacific Matl at- tracted some good buying, but there was a professional atmosphere noticeable in a larger degree than heretofore. New buy- ing for pool account in American Sugar gave those shares good support for a time, but there was a lack of enthusiasm even in them. The buying of Atchison, prefer- red, was better than ordinary, and the much-talked-of advance seemed to be gath- ering momentum. The feature of the day's developments Was the meeting of the directors of the Northern Pacific and the publication of the Statement under consideration. The sur- plus for the year, after interest payments and 4 per cent dividends on the preferred stock, is seid to be, in round numbe $2,900,000. The to surplus is $3,387 and of this amount $3,900,000 nas b verted into a fund to insure Cividend the preferred stock. This fuad is to drawn vpon only in such lean periods May intervene between a prosperous a disappointing ason. The investment of such a fund would add to the diwidend fund from year to even though no new money was v that purpose. It will be seen that § is left over as a surplus income applic be as and to the common stock. Another year of Prosperity would insure the payment of dividends on the common stock und w« find the preferred shares upon a conscry live investment basis. The rd of this property in passing into rec hanas, NE organized and established upon a s So enduring as that indicated by the report, and all in the space of a few is a splendid testimonial to Amcri- can financial enterprise. The Union Pacific management is relied upon to be imitative to a degree which mus insure similar results, The market is firmly established upon a logical basis, and what has already b2en accomplished in some instances is being undertaken in others. The recup. process is as yet far from the lim possibilities, and accidents are the menac? to further improvement. The stock exchange will be closed from teday until Tuesday, and London will have a holiday tomorrcw. making today the end of the financial week. A review of the results accomplished since Monday indicates an almost station- ary condition of prices. In the better class of stocks the net changes are mostly frac- ticnal, while in sume today’s average levol Was exactly equal to Monday's figures. There have been exceptions, of course, but only jin the main the market has had a breath- ing spell. The public is becoming familiar with the new order of things and the banks have been watching the currency movement. Tais period of deliberation is wise and makes for future good. The bears have tried to force prices down, but the effort and the result were out of all proportion. There are no arguments for lower prices except such technical conditions which are personal to Wall street and, even these are more suspected than proved > FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. Open. Hizb. 3%, a Low. Clore. American Spirit 13% American Spirits, American Sugar. American Sugar, pta American Tobacco. Atchison ... Atcaison, pfa . Baiumore a umo .... Bay State Gas cabada Southern # St. Lows. Bay... caow Nor tuW ester Chicago Gas. CMa St. B Chicago, K.. Consolidat nota Central . Lake Suvre.. o-= Louisyilic & Nasnvulle. Metropolitan “Traction Manhatten Mievatea, Michigan Censrai Missouri Pacitic. . 6 M. K, and T., pf 35% Rauoua Lead Pay New Jersey Cen so Phila. & keacing. vouthern Ky.. pfa. ‘Lexas Pacitc. Teun. Coa & iron Union Pacite C S Leather Wabash, pf.. Wheesl Wheeling & L. E., pid Western Union rei. Union Pacific, pra. Am. Steel and Wire Rubber. Rubber p ws Weshington Stock Exchange. Notice.—Oa motion, the exchange derided to ad- Journ over Saturdays during the montss of July, August and September. 3 ‘Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—District of Co- lumbia_ 3.658, $10,000 ut 114%. Gapitel Traction, 20 at 73%, 20 at 73%, 20 at 73%. 7 at 74, 100 at 73%. United States’ Electric Light, 9 ‘at 108. aoe call—Mergenthaler Linotype, 5 at 186%, 10 at 186%. Distret of Columbia Bond —20-year Fund. fs, 100% bid. 30-year Fand. currency 3.658, 114 bid, it Miscellanerus “onda 118% bid. Metropolitan Rallroad conv. 68, 1 bid.” Metropolitan Railroad cert. indeb., A, 114 Did. Metropolitan Railroad cert. Ind., B,’ 108 pid. Columbia Ratload @s, 122 bid. Belt Rafiroad 5s, 50 bid; 60 asked. Eckington Raflroad 6, 98 bid, 102 asked. Washington Gas Company, ser. A, oe Se, old 6a, 106 did. Fund: asked. litan Railroad 113% bid. Washington Gas Company. ser. B, 114 bid. “Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 103 bid. American Security and Trest 5s, 100 bid. Washington Market Compeny ist 6s, 110 bid. Ma- sonic Hall Association 5s, 108 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Wash: 280 Bud. ba Metropolitan, 905. Did, Central, Tez hud. 2 per cents, registered............. 98 ‘aemers jechanics’, : 8 fer cents, registered of 19081938. 108 bid. Citizens’, 140 bid. Columbia, 130 bid. ‘Capl- 8 per cents, cou; : tal, 120 bid. “West End, 85 bid, 9) asked. Lin- 4 per cen colb, 115 bid, 121 asked. 4 per cen’ 1124 | Sate Deposit and ‘Trust, Compauies. — National 4 per cen 127% | Safe Deposit and Trast, 113 bid, 110 asked. Wash 4 per cen 127 ington Loan and Trust, 126 bid, 130 asked. Amert- 5 per cen 112% | can Security and Trust, 150% bid. 5 per cen o 1129, |, Anmurance Stocks —Friemen's, 25, wid Frankitn, 6 per cent: 1» of 1800. |. Metropolitan, 70 bid. Corcoran, 50 bid. Pee Potomac, 38 tid, Arlington, 122° id Gone American, 185 bid. tional Union, 10 bid. Co- Baltimore Markets. lumpia, 10 bid. Biggs, 7% Did, 8 asked. People’s, BALTIMORE, M4é., September 2.- Flour dull, unchanged—recetpts, 11 barrels; exports, none: Wheat dull and any Spot. ite; month, 4844 wt8i4; October, 67%a68;" December, 6TKas7: steamer No. 2 red, 64a64%—receipts, ‘64.655 Insh- ls; exports, w: Stock, 743. 117,000 3 ay Livcoin, bid, 10 asked. Commercial, "hitie” Insurance Stocks —Real. Estate Titte, 7 bid. Colnmbia Title, 43% hid. Railroad Stocks.—Capital Traction Company, 73% bid, 74 asked. Metropolitan, 124 bid. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.— Washington Gas, ax 48% bid, 49 asked. G wn Gas, 48 bid. ee United States Electric Light, 103 bid, 103% asked. mixed, a fespiris cee Aes i on ro 1h American G: a1 dis exp bid. American * ite bid, 14 asked. Great Falls lee, 110 Se asked. $7,450 shoe porte) der’ bushel. More to Be Released. B This afternoon the Ist and 7th Illinole ——— Infantry were ordered out on the/recom changed. mendation of Gov. Tariner. ,