Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1898, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1898-12 PAGES, TO LET ANTS MRDPAN, 611 N rkmanship nom! bef giving us and lumber Ist and Ind. ave. mili w W. SMITH whea you printing makes Soare ZOO ents bring e wor Hardware, PCY, Mie Par ave. ding upp 20K BINDE! average in ar let us do mate. ANNUAL it comes to Paper, we know there’s not a paper ‘‘want’”’ hat we can’t Lowest prices. on& Rupp, 421 11thSt. the lowest INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS, Page ATTORNEYS AMUSEMENTS. - AUCTION SALES BUSINESS CHANCES. ;OPODISTS ITEMS. . {ISSIUNERS OF crry Flats). ENT (lous ¢ RENT (SMisecaveou KENT (Offices OREO bone eee eben eoenne ¥ WANTED AND TO LUAN. EAN TRAVEL... 4 4 | DEATH ADDS A ViCTIM. f District Re te Disease. ambit um Georg yesterday oint. An of the land fiv red here Jaw and lived at n th Sinclair, the Ce call for His for- while lhe was will be Sngland. bt in- + berhaps emba: Leen it will probably — Takes Law in His Own Hands. John W f man by and spitting » the man ad- court warning the law in his not hereafter take a ds. in The Star pay because they DSWwers, | i | be ISICK CALL IN CAMP Every Morning the Doctors Adminis- ter Medicines, a FER FROM LOSS OF SLEEP THEY sui Constant Improvement in the Men’s Condition. DANGER FROM OVEREATING CAMP WIKOFF, MONTAUK FOINT, L. L, September 5, 189: in the c s of the regi- © présent typical sc of Camp always give evidence of the ngs through which the sol- diers who went to Cuba a. As in all other regiments, every morning the surgeons in the Ist Regiment of the t of Columbia proceed to call up one company after another to see who are ick, and to give the invalids treatment. t Part of Headquarters Staff. Drs. Pyles and Cox, surgeons of the regi- ment, ted for some time by Dr. A. T. Ebert, attend to the sick men in such a manner as to call fcrth gratitude from every one of the soldier boys. Every one here is loud in the praise of Dr. Ebert, who began assisting the regular surgeons of the regiment at Santiase. Dr. Ebert is one of the contract surgeons engaged by the government. He is from Atlanta, Ga. and on the transport coming ew with the 2d and 3d Battalions, and together with the surgeons of the regiments labor. ed unceasingly to help the i the universal sentir that he should be in th proceed up Pennsylva Sick call is one of the of the soldier be le when they th: directly after breakfast. Then it is that tor sitting in front of the hospital b near by, proceeds cings to men who need steward on these occa- of t chief » those containing ¢ & Up for Medici k men come up accerding to com- which belurg. They form line as if waiting for tickets at a office, and when the surgeon begins operations there is heard a long story of the ages of disease contracted by the men. “Hold out your tongue,’ the sur- geon after a man has tld him how bad of late. This order is complied with, after which the dector feels the man’s pulse, looks into his eyes and takes of the ex- tremely sallow com: To the ordinary obs wn by all the men does marked way wi that torpid liver and a deranged the surgeon the difference at After this account exion exhibited by him. the er sunburn cursory examination, accom- d by a statement of his feelings on art of the man, in rep! to questions ctor, the prescription is given. 1 hospi 1 these prescrip- re verbal and are immediately filled st d from the bottles before two quinine pills,” sa he d er medi among the es ac. Cuban ing soldiers Cutting Up Meat. quinine is the most useful of all the reme- dies « f the hospital tent. Another man is now before the surgeon. feeling very well,” he say bespeak the truthfulness of “E had a very high fever t night and this morning and I am quite weak.” Tell of Their Is. A third man approaches, stating that he terrible pains in his kidneys, at the time placing his hand where he sup- his kidneys are located. It not in- quently ‘happens that the hand is placed no one who has studied anatomy i ever expect to find kidneys. But it makes no difference; the man’s appearance and his general sia‘ement are always suffi- to tell the skillful surgeon what the rouble realy is and the remedy is admin- ered Of course there are suspicious cases in camp now and then. Men who have long n on a low diet, have slept in a tent with three companions, one of whom has ‘CASTORIA For Infants and Children, Bears & ° the xem signature @Y - of Kind You Have Always Bought CASTORIA vsually been ill and has required the tention of the other during the night, na urally are worn out and enjoy the freedem from guard duty that comes with having their names on the sick list. But such ceses are very rare in the 1st Regiment of the District of Columbia. Almost without exception the men do everything to brace themselves against attacks of illness, and regard it as a matter of honor to do their share of the work until the collapse of their energies 1s complete. This fact was never better than when the Minnewaska arrived at Montauk with the Ist Battalion. There were 182 men in that battalion. Col. Har- ries gave instruction that forty of them be formed into two squads of twenty each and worked until their equipments had been put on shore. When this command was given the officer who received it looked quizically at the colonel and shook his head. Few Able to Do Hard Labor. “I am afraid, sir,” he said, “it will be impossible to get more than thirty men who can be worked on that duty.” When these thirty men began carrying the boxes ashore it was readily seen that they were working by the aid of their sol- dierly grit and not by their muscle. Thin and emaciated, their knees trembled under loads that they would have regarded as trifling three months ago. They worked for hours, steadily and without a murmur. Another man coming before the surgeon stated his The doctor asked him what he had eaten for his dinner on the night previous. He found that the man had indulged freely in a heavy diet of fresh meat. ‘It would be better if you would eat no more meat today,” he said. “Drink what milk you can get, eat eggs and do not over- at- illustrated case. load your stomach,” the surgeon admon- ished the sick man. The fact is the half-starved men from Cuba, since getting fresh provisions, are inclined to eat too much. Their systems, worn out by a lack of nourishment, crave more food than their weak stomachs are able to digest. In one c when fresh meat was issued to the men at Santiago one of the soldiers, who is known for his good sense, > carried away by the cravings of hunger that he ate two pounds of steak. He was in the hospital the next day. The trouble now s that food, when not carefully selecte not digested, and re- sults in an aggravation of the stomach troubles brought on by starvation. Some of the men are apt to boit their food, and it is a most difficult taing for the doctors to prevent them trom Going this, the cravings of hunger stronger ..an the sense of what is right. A Pew Feign Hiness. While it occasionally happens that these sick calls develop the fact that men will claim symptoms that they do not feel, it more frequently occurs that they will de- cline to tell how sick they are, in order to keep out of the general hospital. In the general hospital here there is no lack of proper food for the invalids, good medi- Ww Giving Out Supplies. cal attendance and all the conditions that tend to restore health. But somehow the soldiers are prejudiced against going there. They feel that to be sent to the general hospital indicates that they are seriously ill, and they prefer staying with the regi ment and being treated by the regimental surgeons. One man in the sick call this morning showed that he was quite ill, “Wihy didn’t you come here yesterday?’ the doctor asked. “I thought you would give me quinine,” - ‘Twe Centaur Company, New York City. | the man replied, “‘and I don’t feel that I (oe (|) WUXURIESHH} Wad can stand it. My head fs bugzing and I am so deaf I can scarceiy hear,” the soldier replied. : “But you see your fever is-higher today than it was when I last’saw' you. You men must come up and get’ your medicine. Give him nine grains of quinine,” said the sur- geon. ake three grains every four hours," ‘he added, as ‘the steward passed over the medicine required. The sick man put a quinine, capsule in his mouth, made a wry face, gulped it down and walked off. Effects of Quinine. “How it makes my head ring,” he said as he walked away. You must take your medicine,” said the doctor, “or you will soon have typhoid fever. It Is a question whether you prefer a long spell of sickness to having your head ring,” the doctor said, as the next man came up. This man had all the evidences of severe illness. After the doctor had questioned him and looked him over he remarked that he thought he had better go to the hospi- tal. The man was evidently crestfalien. “I think I will be better tomorrow, doc- tor,” he said. “Give me another day be- fore you send me away.” “But you will be better off at the hospl- tal. You would get attention there that you cannot secure here.” At sick call the men frequently complain- ed that they feel worse in Camp Wikoff than they felt in Cuba. Many of them ex- pected that upon getting back in their na- tive clime they would throw off Cuban dis- tempers more rapidly than has been the ce The fact is some of them got alonga great deal better while at Santiago than they have since arriving at Montauk. The excitement kept them up! But more stimulating than quinine or brandy ts the one idea that dominates every man in the regiment—that he must be in the parade on Pennsylvania avenue whey the District boys return next Friday morn- ing. “I have not fallen out on a march yet,” said one of the sick men, “and I don't pro- pose to fall out on that last march on the avenue.” Luck of Sleep. While a great deal has been said about the hardships resulting from work in trenches filled with water and from lack of food, much less stress has been laid upon the difficulty men have had in getting sleep. From the time they landed in Cuba their sleep was largely in the nature of cat naps. Four men in a tent, at least one of whom has been sick and requiring atten- tion from his comrades, are not conditions to allow the\men to secure rest. If the men in a tent were so fortunate as to be well themselves they were sure to have some one in an adjoining tent whose groan would disturb their rest. “I have not had three hours’ good sleep since I havé been here,” said one of the men at sick call, and yet the conditions under which they have all lived here have been much better than anything they ex- perienced since landing on Cuban soil. Of course, this case was exceptional. As a rule, the men are sleeping well, eating well and are being cheered, up every day, and especially since they Have/had the date fixed for their return Hidme ‘they have con- stantly been improving, : CHAS. E. KERN. —_—-——. TOOK OLD GuORY: DOWN. _——_ i: American Consul at'Dawkon and His Flag Routed From an Office. SAN FRANCISCO, Gal., September 6— A special from Seattle says: Col. McCook, Uniteii’ States consul at Dawson, has had a slight difficulty with a Dominion official already, yet he has been at Dawson but a few weeks. As a result he was compelled to yemoye the United States flag from the store of the Alaska Commercial Company at Dawson, ané al- low a Dominion customs offfger, Davis, to hoist the British ensign. The American coat-of-arms was removed from the door, and Col. McCook sought another office, Sars Gas Escape of the Khalifa. Advices from Omdurman say that the Anglo-Egyptian cavalry, which went in pursuit of Khalifa Abdullah, after the fall of Omdurman, abandoned the pursuit about thirty miles beyond the city. The khallfa bas gone to Kordofan, to the southwest of Omdurman. Gen. Kitchener has organized Arab camel squads to follow him. Sunday the British and Egyptian forces, with the sirdar, participated in an imposing service in memory of Gen. Gordon. —>— * A German biologist says that the two sides of a face are never alike; in two cases out of five the eyes are out of line; one eye is stronger than the other in seven persons out of ten, and the right ear is generally higher than the left, THUNDER SHOWERS TONIGHT. Much Cooler Weather Indicated for Tomorrow Afternoon, Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For the District of Columbia, eastern Penns vania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, thunder showers tonight and Wednesday; much cooler Wednesd roon or night; southerly winds. jay after- Weather conditions and general fore- cast—There has been a decided fall in tem- perature from the Rocky mountain region to the Mississippi vail Wichita reports a drop of twenty-two degrees in twent four hours; Amar y degrees; Kan- sas City and Che ixteen degrees; Dodge City and Rapid City, fourteen d grees. Thunder storms and rains haye occurred in a narrow strip from New Mexico to New England. The area ot high pressure in Montana a8 Moved to Wyoming, increasing in mag- nitude. The pressure continues high off the south Atlantic coast. Thunder storms and rain may be expect- ed from the lower lakes, the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys to the Atlantic coast, and“in the west gulf states. The following heavy precipitation inches) was reported: During the twenty-four hours— Keokuk, 1.94; s City, Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 ‘am.—Great Falls, temperature, $3; tion, 36; receiving reservoir, tempe 86; condition at north connection, dition at south connection, 36; distributin reservoir, temperaiure, 43: condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate hou 36. Gn Cuban Werther. HAVANA, 8 a.m.—Barometer 30.04; tem- perature, winds southeast weather partly cloudy SANTIAGO, 8 a.m.—Barometer, 29.13; temperature, 74; winds north, light: weather clear. Tide Tah Today—Low tide, 6:17 a.m. and ) p.m. ; high tide, 12:08 p.m. Tomorrow—Lew 44 a.m. and p.m.; high tide, 12:20 a.m. and 12:53 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 5:33 a.m.; sun sets, 6:22 p.m. Moon rises 9:36 p.m. 4 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:30 p.m., extin- guishing begun at 443 am. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 7:15 p.m., extin- guished at 4:58 a.m. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 4 p.m. yesterday: September 5, 4 p.m., 79; midnight, ; September a 8 m., 78; 12 noon, 90; 2 p.m., 90. Maximum, 92, at 1 p.m. September 6; minimum, 7 6 a.m September 6. The following were the readings of the barometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 p.m. yesterday: September 5, 4 p.m., 12 midnight, 29.97; 8 a.m., 30.00; 29.04! 9.08: 8 p.m., 29. September 6, 4 am,, noon, 29.98; 2 p.m. A deposit secures the bargain in Hoeke’s Clearing Sale.—Advt. —— PAGO PAGO BAY STATION, Gunboat Bennington Ordered to Make a Survey for It. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 6.— The United States gunboat Bennington has been ordered to Pago Pago bay, Samoa, ac- cording to Mare Island reports, to make a survey for a coaling station. She is to sail next Wednesday. upon finishing the survey she will proceed to Manila and relieve the Concord, which will come to Mare Island and go’ in dry dock, the English docks not being avati- able. The Bennington will stop at Mare Island to load coal. es STORM LIKE A CLOUDBURST, Cleveland Suffers From Heavy Rain and Lightning. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 6.—One of the heaviest rain storms ever experienced in Cleveland, resembling in some respects a cloudburst, swept over the city at an early hour today, Vivid dashes of lightning ac- companied the wind and rain. Several houses were struck by lightning. Cellars were flooded and the streets looked more like raging rivers than anything else. The wind blew at the rate of forty-two miles en houf, tearing up trees and other- ie amage- wise doing considerab) Died of Typhoid Fever. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 6.— Private McCune of Company I, 24 Oregon Volunteers, has died of typhoid fever. Three new cases of typhoid fever have been admitted to the division hospital CUSTOMS DUTIES Revenue Derived at the Port of San- tiago de Cuba, ——— LETTER FROM MR. DONALDSON How the Funds Have Been Judi- ciously Utilized. ——— REVENUE cCUYr NEEDED Mr. Walter A. D son, who was sent to Cuba as the represcrtative of the Tre: ury Department to look after customs m ters, has writtea a private letter to a frien in this city, dated Aveust 18, in regard t conditious of the customs service stituted at Santiago de Cuba when t province fell into the bands of the Amer- icans, in which he says “I have this to stcte in summation of the in- werk done to date, that about $90,000 In Guties have been collected, which have been duly accounted for and turned into the United States depositery. Gen. Shaf- ter was hted with the we he t t it would not amount to as all of the army officers ith whom I came in contact. In fact, I am inclined to believe that the entrance of under the r. marine nant ntrusio in > this mil r, I have t ate the revenue lefray the m called upon out of w nother 1 Wood. this the ¢ have sl com: se, the ¢ not compare with a av horrors thay n sireet, but if th on landing could cue appre would easily be ef t ef th ver of hi, employes ons have ec me in clearances for various ports on the north and south side of the i ticularly Manzanillo, Guantanamo, Cien: fuegos, Gibara, Baracoa, Cardenas and other ports. Guantanamo has been made a subport of my district. Th s probably will be made likewise subport My own su fon is that the subport principle be caried into effect as extensi ly as possible, so that there w chief ports of entry for a time, z ent, under the Spanish regime, comme: ing with Havana and terminating w Santiago. That will make perfect the countability of receipts for customs ‘poses. at is done at this port fs an exceilent of what is done at ail the or nd I find that a great many matte: and i examp ports, cf extreme importance connected with acministration of the custom house at Ha- ana are coming to my attention cvery day. 1am glad to say that I have survived where others have fallen, in spite of my ap- parently frail appearance. Strong men have lien and died in a single night. Officers d men who have campaigned and rough ed it in the far west for years, I have seen weak as children and slowly drifting into the next world. I can explain my escape only by good luck, some care and Divi Providence. Of course I have taken suct precaution seemed rez Mable, but they hardly explain my escape. At the present moment I can say that I have never felt better in my Iife than I feel now. A Revenue Cutter Needed. “Ww I have needed here chiefly is a revenue cutter or vessel suitable a purpose, with a steam launch I could have taken pos: lor h with these sion of every one of the subperts in a few hour: cured the funds on deposit, established a system d works, and held the ports 2 which I of entry e t they call the h : ports. There is t available, but as we are from the world and hear n I cannot hat ship you n > availe for t purpose. however, that one of the cently ace quired by the na use along the coast during the pres just the thing. might be the n nt war would have been Four or five hundred tens aximum. Remember that it is the coast guard line that prever gling. In the absence of railroads we wend especially upon the revenue cutter service. At the proper time I shall submit a omprehensive plan which will take care of the entire coast of the Island of aba, the configuration of which is such that th can be readily protected by a si ple but effective plan. m) “Gen. Shafter has a remar , faculty of grasping all the details of a Situation. He has worked too hard and has begun to show signs ef fatigue. Syke Marriuge Licenses. Marriage Mcenses have been issued a8 follows: White—Lawrence W. Bailey and Ella May Jennings; John W. Jennings and Isabel Arth; Rodney D. Chipp and Alta E Burroughs; Robert F. Eubank and Emma Ludwig, Richmond, Va.; John W. Bowles and Bertha Dingley, Richmond; J. J. Wil- liams and Katherine J. Grimlin; Wm. E. Brundage and Rena L. Miller, Richmond; Charle. A Wegner and Nellie EB. Morri- son; Wm. George Davis and Mary A. Fen- ; Albert T. Ellis and Gertrude A. Deane; Edward Howard and Harriett Hazzard. Colored—Walter Snowden and Cora Clin- ton; George Nelson and Sadie Gross; John W. Campbell and Annie Green; George W. Scott and Mamie J. Cox; Samuel Johnson and Marshall Curtis; Benjamin F. Jackson and Jennie Armstrong; Elijah Smothers and Vancey M. Gaskins; John W. Fergu- son ard Helen Hawkins. ——— Gave Him Ample Time. Edward Daly last night got full and pro- ceeded to beat Mary McMahon, the two being on H street. He also indulged in profanity. He claimed to have no r2col- lection this morning of the affair, and Judge Kimball sent him down for ninety dzys to allow him time to recall the par- ticulars. Boils. Capt. W. H. Dunlep, Chattanooga, Tenn. says: “Several years ago boils and car- buncles appeared vpon me to an alarming ex- tent, causing me great trouble and pain. Physicians’ treatment did not seem to avail, and finally I decided to give S. S. 8. a trial. I improved at once, and after taking six bot- tles, the boils ond carbuncles disappeared en- S.S.S.'tke Blood (Swift's Specific) is the only blood remedy guar- enteed PURELY VEGETABLE; it forces out every trace of impure blood and cures cases that no other remedy can touch. Valuable books matled soe Sete Ss Rey Reco stared FINANCIAL. Washington Lawand Claims Company, JOHN G. SLATER, President. 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F. afe Deposit Boxes, $3.00 to 5-.m,14 MONEY TA WWI Y \ ON DISTRICT REAL ESTATE. 5% NO DELAY. MINIMUM CHARGES. R.W.Walker & Son Sy27-14te 1006 F ON.W. Lewis Johnson & Co., BANKERS, 1315 F St., Sun Building. Dealers in all government and investment se- les. New war loan 3s bought end sold. Jy25-tt The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia. CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Capital One Million Dollars. Sy6-tt _ W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of LADENBURG, THALMANN & ©v., de6-160 New York. THE RIGGS NATIONAL BANK, Washington, D. C. issues Letters of Credit for Traveiers, Available in All Parts of the World, Sell Foreign Exchange. Make Cable Transfers. Charles C. Giover, President. Thomas Hyde, Vice President, James M. Johnston, 2d V. Pres’t Arthur T. Brice, Cashier. Wm. J. Flather, Ass’t Cashier, ap27-e2tt MONEY TO LOA IN SUMS FROM $1,000 UPWARD, AT LOWEST RATE OF INTEREST, 0 REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. R. 0. HOLTZMA jal-tt COR. 10TH AND F STS. 9 w. On real estate in District of Columbia, in closing Icans. HEISKELT. & McLERAN, 1008 F at. No delay ADMINISTRATION MEN WON. Captured Most of the Delegates to the Richmond City Convention. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 6.—The re- publicans had lively times last night in electing their delegates to the city conven- tion, which meets tonight. In some p1 cincis harmony was a minus quantity. ‘The meetings developed several facts that are regarded as significant in political cir- cles here. The admini fon faction cap- tured most of the delegates. As far as could be ascertained, the delegates from the second precinct of Madison and the fourth, Clay, are the only pronounced anti- machine men. Both factions were well organized. most exciting contest took place in the first Clay, Judge Waddili’s, precinct. The judge was not there, for he has taken no active part in politics since he went on the bench. Assistant Postmaster John L. Grubbs led the administration faction. He had his forces well in hand, and he and R. H. Freeman and R. 8. Hope were elect- ed delegates. M. M. Williarhs, superintend- ent of janitors in the custom house, made a vigorous fight on Mr. Grubbs, whose rul- ings as chairman he did not Itke. Williams made a strong talk against the fraud of importing coldred men who reside in Hen- rico county to vote at the mectings. A rival delegation was chosen, with Williams at the head of it. John S. Bethel, collector of customs, was put up by his friends without solicitation on his part as a candidate for delegate, but was defeated. The fight was made on Mr. Bethel because he has observed the civil service laws and retained in his of- fice certain democrats. The administration delegates are said to be opposed to making a nomination for Congress, but in the event the convention shall decide to put up a candidate they will vote for Postmaster Weisiger of Manches- ter. There will be exciting scenes in the con- vention tonight. Jeff Poweil ts going to make his presence known and will vigorously oppose what he calls the machine faction. lec Speen Wife Wants a Divorce. Mary F. Holmeaé today, through user at- torneys, Messrs. Birney & Woodward, entered suit for @ivorce from Alfred Hol- mead, who is a clerk in the interstate com- merce commission. By an order of the court the papers in the case are locked in the safe, the grounds for the action being thus withheld. Mrs. Holmead aske for an absolute divorce, The