Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Ster Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUF FMANN, Pres't. New York Oiice, 49 Potte: Baildtng, pscribers tn the ‘eir own account. at 10 cents vents ver mon‘h. Copies at the 2 certs ea b. Bs muil—anywhere in the ates 1 Canada—postage prepald—60 cents r month. P'Suturdyy Quiutuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage adied, £3.08. (eaten d atthe Post Ofiee at Wasbing:0a, D. C., 88 second-class mall matter.) TAN mail subsertptions raust be paid in advance. Ratev of advertising made knows ou appiication. served to ‘The Evening Sta~ to Che Foening Star. No. 14,204, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1898—TWELVE PAGES. 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: 18 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably In advance. Sub- scribers changing their address from one Post-oftice to another should give the last address as well as the new one, LINE OF 600 MEN Colonel Harries Will Only Have That Number Marching Here. UTTLE LIKELIHOOD OF A DELAY Forty Soldiers Will Have to Go in Carriages From Depot. FORTY FOR HOSPITALS ee Bpecial From a Staff Correspondent. CAMP WIKOFF, Montauk, N. Y., Sep- tember 7.—Colonel Harries has telegraphed Major Sylvester, stating that when the Ist District of Columbia Regiment reaches Washington, enty-five of the men will be without homes, forty will need to be taken at once to hospitals and forty others will require carriages to take them to their homes. The ferty men who should go to hospitals are all in the greatest need of the best at- tention it will be p ible to bestow upon them. This numter is likely to be in- creased rather than to be diminished. It is expected 600 men of the District reg- iment will be in the parede on Pennsylva- mia avenue. This is about two-thirds of the strengtn of the regiment when it left Washington. It Is altogether improtable that the Dis- trict regiment will receive transportation from Montaik to Jersey City on board a sound steamer. The regiment will doubt- less make the entire trip by rail, and as troop train: ually hold up for all other trains to pass them, the trip home is apt to prove a very tedious one. Fear of a Dela The soldier boys are daily feeling more ercouraged here as they find Thursday ap- preaching with no suggestion that their return home js to be delayed. The health of the regiment improv- ing. The fact that the boys since coming into this camp have had to sleep on the is con. | | the Company I, Pster Peter- son F, Oscar Snyder; Company B, Wm. Evans, Harry Cameron, G. H. Lit- tlefield, J. H. Kolb; Company G, Sergeant Ernest Barber, L. Heinline; Company C, Barry Siebert; Company D, C. N. Walker, Ernest Noyes, A. Giovannoni, George Hal- dern; Company E, J. M. Powers: Company I, C. F. Tagg=rt, George Gaskell; Company K, J. Sullivan; Company L, J. D. O'Lear:; band, L. CampbeH. Private Thomas Walsh of Company A, who was detailed as clerk to the quarter- master’s department while the regiment was at Santiago, has made application for return to his company, in order that he might return to Washington in the regi- ment in the same capacity he occupied when he left home. Among the agents of the Y. M. C. A. who have charge of work in the camp occupied by the District regiment is Geo. A. San- ford, who is quite well known in Wash- ington, having been secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in 1887. Mrs. S. Gienn, who is serving as a matron in the general hospital here, and who has a son in the District regiment, makes fre- quent visits to the camp. The medical de- partment has received a quantity of port wine paid for by The Evening Star Relief Fund. It was very beneficial to the sick men. Cc. E. KER} ee A STEAMER FOR THE TROOPS. Secretary Alger Trying to Obtain Comfortable Transportation. Secretary Alger returred to the War De- partment at 2:30 o'clock, and immediately summoned Quartermaster Gen. Ludington and Co}. Hecker fer a conference regarding the transportation of the District troops. He told them that he desired a steamer furnished if possible for the trip from Mon- tauk Point to Jersey City and sleeping cars rrevided to bring the men from tha: point to Washington. He was informed that there would be no difficul AT THE WHITE HOUSE) Witt SAVE OVER A MILLION) ADMITTED BY MILES A Captured Spanish Flag Presented to the President. WARM PRAISE FOR THE VOLUNTEERS A Visit Promised to a Delegation From Chicago. VARIOUS CALLERS RECEIVED Lieut. Col. John Biddle, chief engineer U. S. Volunteers; Capt. Harry Alvin Hall of the 16th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Lieut. Edward M. Fulington of the 4th Obio Volunte2r Infantry and aid on Gen. Wilson's staff, called at the White House today and presented to the President the royal Spanish arms and a Spanish flag cap- tured at Coamo, Porto Rico, on August 9. ‘The royal arms were captured by the 16th Pennsylvania Regiment, along with 200 Spanish prisoners, in their endeavor to re- treat from Coamo, and the flag was taken from the barracks at Coamo. Lieut Col. Biddle made the presentation speech. The President, in reply, spoke of the bravery of the troops in Porto Rico and of the great work the volunteer forces had done in the campaign. After a few moments spent in exchanging greetings the party visitzd the War De- partment and deposited the relics in the office of the adjutant general. Senator Faulkner, Representative Wads- worth of New York, Representatives Bab- ecck and Overstreet and John S. Wise, for- merly of Virginia, were among the visitors of prominence at the White House during ¥ about the sleeping cars, but there | the day. Mr. Wadsworth recently returned was some doubt as to the possibility of | from a visit to Porto Rico. He is not getting a steamer in time for use tomorrow | favorably impressed with the country, and morning. dces not think Uncle Sam's new acquisi- Col. Hecker said all the transports haa | ton will bring riches or prosperity to the been stripped and fumigated and that the only one available for the trip was the Mo- hawk, now at New York, and he was con- sulting with Col. Kimball at New York over the long-distance telephone regarding her HARRIES IN HIS TENT. ground has caused slight bronchial and g troubles with rheumati It is be- lieved no serious injury has been encoun- tered use of this condition. Speaking of the soldiers sleeping on the Chief Surgeon Pyles today said: The t that the boys have had to sleep on the ground is one of the reasons why their early return to Washington has been urged in e of the desire on the part of the committee on arrangements that ould not come home until a later Clerk at Work. « affections., While in oubled with these dis- “y are brought on by the Sleeping on the ground not so great a hardship compared with what the boys have rough as the people at home might has been ‘The ground has been dry, and, it would have been better if they could have had be but they have all had to sleep on ground for four mon’ Several Men Dangerously 11. How the Boys Sleep. » general hospital here are doing well, 1 be able to go on furloughs within time. A namber of them be to go to W gton with the regi- ent. There are several cases, however, who are dangerously ill, one of two whom are not expected to live. As a officers of com nies make daily vis- its to the general hospital to see the men under their command who are sick there. Yesterday a new rele was put In force in the hospital, which prohibits any one going through a ward unless he has a pass, signed by the surgeon in charge of tho ward he wishes to visit. Im the General Hospital. | use. She was partly stripped, but might be used for a trip by daylight. It would, however, take her ten or twelve hours to get to Montauk Point and the same period to make the return trip,where- @s the distance could be made by ratl in four or five hcurs. A ferry boat had been chartered, he said, to carry the regiment across to Jersey City. Secretary Alger told them to investigate the matter thoroughly and to make the best possible arrangements for the District boys. HARD ON SICK MEN, Discomforts Follow a Failure to Et- fect Transportation. CAMP WIKOFF, MONTAUK POINT, L. I., September 7.~Gen. Shafter said today that he had not had any official confirma- tion of his unofficial information of yester- day that some of the Porto Rican troops were coming to this camp, consequently he assumed that none of them were coming. The Ist Illinois Volunteers had expected to leave for home this morning. - Their baggage was all sent to the train—about eight carloads of {t—and a portion of the regiment (the well men) was at the sta- ton ready to take the train, when it was learned that there would not be enough sleeping cars for the men. The Illinois men ill require about forty sleeping cars. Col. Turner got a telegram that the cars were not ready, consequently he declined to go until he knew positively whether the number of sieeping cars needed would be ready for him on the Jersey side. The baggage was all sent back to the camp and all the men returned. Hard on the Sick Men. Several hours after the general hospital authorities had been notified that the 1st Illinois Regiment would go ~* ambulances with the sick men of the regiment began to arrive at the station. There were thirty or forty, and they also had to be sent back to the hospital. This was particularly hard on the sick men. ‘ol. Turner t ¥ able to leave tater So ERAN SUL be The Ist District of Columbia Volunteers, ene thousand strong, with 125 sick men, Will go, as previously announced, tomor. The 9:h Massachusetts wi water, probably tomorrow, ‘The intent is toisond ster to Camp Dewey, at South Companies B and M 3 unable to get away today. ‘They sai pe ae the, 9 o:stock train tomorrow morning. Ss pital up'to noon today were: “neFS! hos: van S$. Wilso: Ilinols, typhoid fever,” Company B, Ist lara Tillick, Company B, 8th Ohio, ma- Charles Harv: neat’ Harvard, Company F, 8th Obto, Walter Manshan, Company I, 9th Massa- chusetts, dysentery. Patrick Moriarity, sachusetts, malarial fever. John McCormack, sergeani, ith Regular Infantry, Company I, dysentery. Among the sick who had been sent to the Beneral hospital from this regiment are Edward Carroll, Cavalry, typhoid. Deaths From Pneumonia. Samuel L. Parrish, a representative here of the Red Cross Soclety, called upon Gen- eral Shafter today and called his attention to the fact that three persons had died yesterday of pneumonia in the general hos- pital. Mr. Parrish thought something ought to be done to counteract the effects of the cold, damp fog which comes up here every night. He did not suggest anything more than a double thickness of canvas. Company D, 24 Regufar Company E, 9th Mas- } ccuntry. It is supposed that he gave his views to the President. Ex-Secretary Sherman's Visit. Ex-Secretary John Sherman paid a visit to President McKinley today, the first he has made since he left the cabinet, five months agu. He declared that the visit was purely personal, and had no signifi- cance. “I am a private citizen,” he said, “and the public is not interested in me. The ex-Secretary appeared to be in better health than at any time in months. He walked up the steps to the President's office, declining to take the elevator through the private part of the house. As the venerable Ohioan started out Mrs. McKinley was going out for her morning drive. Mr. Sherman saluted her pleasantly and escorted hér to the carriage. Doesn't Want to Be Mustered Ont. Major John Earle of the 24 South Caro- lina Regiment, stationed at Jacksonville, was at the White House and War Depart- ment today, representing the officers of that regiment, to protest strongly against the mustering out of the regiment. He says that the officers and men of the regi- ment do not want to be mustered out, but want to continue In service. They are bit- ter against Governor Ellerbe for recom- mending that they be mustered out, and threaten to make it warm for the governor in the primary election soon to be held. Will Attend Chicago Peace Jubilee. President McKinley has accepted an in- yitation to attend a peace jubilee in Chi- cago, and the time for his visit is fixed for October 18 and 19. The original time for the jubilee was from October 10 to 12, and the Chicago committee which waited on the President today invited him to attend at that time. The President said that he could not go then, as he would be at the Omaha exposition on those dates. The committee immediately changed the dates to October 18 and 19, and the President accepted the invitation. He will go to Chi- cago from Omaha. The committee which came on here consisted of Wm. R. Harper, president of the Chicago University; John W. Ely, John B. Payne and John F. Wal- lace. The delegation was accompanied by Secretary Gage and Controller Dawes of the treasury. The Alabama delegation in Congress, ac- companied by members of the Birmingham Commercial Club and Col. Youngblood, urged the President to attend a peace jubilee in Birmingham on the 20th of Octo- ber. The President said that he did not think he would be able to attend, but would give a definite answer later, Vacancy on the Peace Commission. No announcement was made from the ‘White House today as to filling the vacant place on the peace commission. The Prest- dent was busy all day with various callers, delegations and officials, and had no time to give to hunting a commissioner if he had not yet picked his man. White House officials thought no announcement would be made today, although they could not be certain. The talk of Senator Gray going on the commission is regarded as wholly guess- work, and based on the difficulty the Prez dent is having in getting ® democrat. Sena- tor Gray is a member cf the Canadian com- mission and engaged 1 ocher work. He could, of course, accept the position aud leave’ the adian commission. There is little doubt that he would have been ap- pointed at the beginning if he had not been a member of the Canadian commiseicn. From the beginning of the war he has hed the confidence of the Presi-ient and has fre- quently advised with nim. The senator was opposed to Hawaiiai annexation, but it is now admitted by ail democrats that conditions are so changed that a man's po- sition months ago is not binding on him now. Senator Gray was at the White House some time in conference wiih the President. It is beleved that he wou‘d accept a peace ; commission position {ff the situation was all right to do so. The President ts thought to have broached the subject, but how far is simply conjecture. Army Officers Honored, The President today directed the bestowal of brevets of major general upon Briga- dier Generals Samuel S. Sumner and Wil- eam Ludlow, and the; brevets of briga- dier general on Colonel Richard Comba and Lieutenant Colonel Jos. T. Haskell, all of the regular army, fcr distinguished gal- lantry in the campaign of Santiago de Cuba. —_— NEW ORDER NOT GIVEN. Why the Eighth Ohio Was Kept ‘Waiting in the Sun at Montauk. ‘The official reports at the War Depart- Mient concerning the transportation of the “8th Ohio from Montauk home show that the quartermaster’s department was never notified of the change of plan regarding this regiment. It was ordered pn Septem- ber 8 to be sent to Columbus; subseqtkently the colonel had a verbal understanding that it was to be sent to ‘the.séveral com- panies’ homes. This order never reached the quartermaster general, nor Colonel Kimball, chief quartermaster at’ New York, vntil the regiment arrived at the station and refused to take cars unless transpor- tation was arranged to send the several companies to their homes. ‘then quickly issued and ranged accordingly. Orders were transportation ar- Bids Opened for Stamped Envelopes and Newspaper Wrappers. Great Reduction Under the Bid of the Purcell Company ° Accepted in March—Plympten-Morgan Co. Once again wiihin @ year bids were opened today for furnishing the govern- ment with stamped envelopes and news- paper wrappers. While there were only tour bidders, the competition was close on several items, and incidentally the govern- ment made a big saving over the bids re- ceived in March, on which Postmaster Gen- eral Gary made an award. . 1t will be recalled that the Purcell com- pany was accepted as the lowest bidder under the administration of General Gary, and an award accordingly made. General Gary retired {rom office before the contract was signed, and his successor, Mr. Charles Emory Smith, after an exhaustive iuvesti- gation, decided there was sufficient doubt as to the award and as to the ability of the Purcell company to do the work, and later rejected the bids, recalled the award and ordered a readvertisement of the con- tract. The case was immediately taken into court, and is now pending in the Court of Claims. The bids today were under the readver- tisement, and while only four bidders sub. mitted proposals, there; were many inte! ested paper men present. Some surprise was occasioned by the failure of the Pur- cell company, the lowest bidders last time, to submit a bid. One. of the company stated after the bids had been opened that the company already had a contract for doing the very thing for which the bids were just opened. The Plympton-Morgan company, the old rivals of the Purcell company, put in a very low bid, and will undoubtedly get the contract. The bid was §48,257.12 lower per year, or $193,428.48 lower for the four years, than the Purcell bid which was ac- cepted by General Gary and rejected by General Smith. Briefly, it may be stated that under the present bid of the Plympton company the government will save upward of $1,500,000 on the price now paid under the current contract. Cost of Stamped Envelopes. There is an important feature of this bidding which will be welcome news to the public generally. There 18 a proposition to reduce the price of stamped envelopes, and if this is dcne the public can purchase en- velopes already stamped at @ slight cost. The Purcell company claims that this is directly due to ite advent as bidders. Four years ago, when that company entered the field as bidders, government was pay- ing $1.70 per thousand for the envelopes most generally used. Now {ft is paying 31.30 per thousand to the Purcell company, which In March reduced it further to 78 cents per thousand. The bid of the Mymp- ton-Morgan company today reduces it to 73 cents per. thousand: There was a time in 1874 when the government paid $2.90 per thousand for these same’ envelopes. There are really but four items of in- terest in the envelope conttact, since under them practically all of the, work is done The most important is Tor extra letter size stamped envelopes, of whickk it ix estimated the government will require 355,957,000; the mmercial size, which it is estimated 62 882.000 will be used; the legal size en- velopes, which ~he department estimates will require 50,742,000 to satisfy the de- mand, and ordinary newspaper wrappers, which will require 40,747,000. So that bid- ders confined their low prices more espe- cially to these items. Bids and the Bidders. The bidders and the prices submitted on the above mentioned items were as fol- lows: Plympton Morgan Company—Extra size envelopes, 73 cents per 1,000; commercial size, 56 cents per 1,000; legal size, 82 cents, and newspaper wrappers, 85 cents per 1,000. Charles Cooper, Brooklya, N. ¥.—Extra size envelopes, 73 cents; commercial size, cents; legal size, 82 cents, and news- paper wrappers, 43 cents. American Envelope Company of West Carleton, Ohio—Extra letter! size, 83 cent! commercial size, 78 cents; legal size, cents, and newspaper wrappers, 45 cents per 1,900. Connecticut River Paper Company of Holyoke, Mass.—Extra size, 785 cents; commercial, 75 cents; legal size, 89 cents, and newspaper wrappers, 48 cent: The bids were scheduled today and will be submitted to the Postmaster General for examination during the week. As the Plympton-Morgan Company is the lowest bidder, the contract will doubtless be awarded to tt. + 0+ ____—_ THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL. Over 1,700 Ships Carried Nearly Five Million Tons of Goods Last Year. During the year ended Jun? 30 last, 4,842,- 078 tons of goods passed through the Suez canal, borne by 1,702 ships. This infor- mation is furnished by United States Vice Consul General Watts at Cairo in a report to the State Department. He shows that the traffic receipts from this commerce were $5,636,920. As might be expected, Great Britain is far in advance of all other nations in the number of ships passing through the canal, those under the British flag numbering 1,196, out of -a total of 1792. Germany came second, with 178; France had 107; the Netherlands, 99, and Austria, 49. Only four American vessels passed through the canal during the year, our commerce in that Qaafter exceeding only three of the commercial-nations of the world—Argentine, China and Greece. + 0+ ____ CAMPAIGN LITERATURE. soe Thousands of Documents Daily Sent Out by the Republican Committee. The republican congressional committee is sending out campaign documents to the number of about 100,000 a day. There is a corstantly increasing demand for litera- ture, and the mailing depdrtment is run- ning on full time to fill the orders of the candidates. ; The handbook for the use of candidates will be published within the next ten days, Assistant Secretary Schrader being now in Philadelphia superintending-the final proof reading. ? ——_ + 2+ ADMIRAL CERVERA:- HERE. Called at the Navy Departmest to Ex- press His Gratitade. Admiral Cervera, his son; Lieut. Angelo Cervera, and Lieut. F. Gomes Imag, arrived here today from Norfolk amd called at the Navy Department. In the absence of Sec- retary Long, the admiral and his*two com- panions paid their respects to Assistant Secretary Allen, and to him expressed thanks and gratitude of Admiral Cervera for the kindly treatment accorded him and his men while prigoners of the United States. The party remained bus.@ few min- utes, Invited the Postmaster General. A committee represtnting the citizens of | Chicago, composed of Dr. Hafper, pres- ident of the Chicago University; Judge Payne end Dr. J. J. Ely, called upon the Postmaster General today and formally in- vited him to be present peace jubilee which takes. place in Chiesa Gctober 18. Mr. Smith expressed himself as highly gratified at the kind invitation, and prom- ised to be on hand, He will doubtless de- liver an address. = Statement Made by Him Upon Ar- rival on the Obdam. HE HAS BEEN CORRECTLY REPORTED Substantial Accuracy of the Kansas City Star's Accounts. ———+—_—_. REQUESTS HE HAS MADE a NEW YORK, September 7.—The United States transport Obdam, having on board Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles and his staff, Maj. Greenleaf, Capt. Whitney, the 2d Reg- iment of Wisconsin Volunteers, consisting of thirty officers end 800 men, and the Iluspital Corps, from Porto Rico, arrive here today. Mrs. Miles, son and daught were also on board the transport, which satied frcm Pence on September 1. The surgeon it charge reported all weil on board and no sickness or deaths during the voyage. The troops were in the best of spirits. The big transport was decorated profusely with palms and draped with flags. From the fore truck was flying the American en sign over a large Spanish flag, while lone strings of international code flags were floating m €uch masthead to the raiis. Miles Srys They Are Accurate. Gen. Miles <cdmitted tu the Associated Press reporter who interviewed him while Obdam was lying off Liberty Island the substantial accuracy of the statements attributed to him by the Kansas City Star's correspondent at Ponce, Porto Rico. “There are,” Gen. Miles said to the news- paper men about him, “ a few minor inac- curacies in the published reports, such as usually occur in svch interviews. J do not care to point out the inaccuracies referred to at this time: they are un tant. “It is true that I requested that my troops in Porto Rico on their return home should be allowed to camp somewhere near New York, preferably Brooklyn Heights, Fort Wadsworth or Governor's Island. And I also requested of the War Depart- ment that the troops be allowed to march through New York city. “I never intended to parade myself, as I shall go to Washington in a few days. and would not be here at the time of the con- templated parade. “I asked that the Wisconsin men aboard the Obdam be permitted to stay in this vicinity for a day or two to give them a chance to see the city. It would do no harm to let these western boys get a glimpse of New York. Surely they merit it. Many of them, I think, have ne seen the city, and perhaps wiil never have an- other opportunity to see it. Received No Reply. “To my first request, namely, that my troops be permitted to camp hereabcuts, in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, and that they be allowed to parade, I have received no reply. To my second request I received a reply at quarantine this morn- ing, ordering the Wisconsin boys home forthwith. The men will go from the transports directly to the cars. “I shall stay in the city a day or two to transact some business and will then pro- ceed to Washington. General Wilson's di- vision will reach New York in a day or two, 1 think. They will come on the trans- ports Mississippi, Manitoba, Alamo and Concho. The last will carry Gen. Wilson and his headquarters.” General Miles said that he did not desire to criticise the conduct of any officer en- gaged in the late war. He expressed the opinion there has been too much criticism, ccmplaint and condemnation published al- ready, and that the public had lost sight of the success and glories of the war. He did not care to enter into any general dis- cussion of the events of the war beyond the written statement which he had pre- pared during his voyage on the Obdam, and which he has given out for publication. He will go to Washington tomorrow morn- ing. General Miles declared that the health of the troops still in Porto Rico is good. He said that he considered the island a most charming country, but that he is greatly pieased $@°return to the United States. Obdam’s Men Taken Westward. NEW YORK, September 7.—The nine companies of the 2d Wisconsin Volunteers, which reached port today on board the transport Obdam, were landed at 12:30 p.m, at the Erie railroad yards in Weehawken, where a special train was Waiting to con- yey them westward. —_—_————_ THREW AWAY THEIR HAVERSACKS. Humphrey Tells Why Soldiers Suffered Before Santiago. Colonel Humphrey, chief quartermaster at Santiago during that memorable cam- paign, was in Washington today. He re- cently returned from Santiago, but did not leave until all of the troops were embarked or about to embark. Colonel Humphrey tells some interesting experiences which occurred during the campaign, and relates the difficulties which his department work- ed under during a brief and brisk cam- paign. Speaking of the reports that the troops were not supplied with food during the fighting, he said that this was due to the fact that many soldiers threw eway their haversacks and it was utterly impossible to get new supplies to the fighting line with the limited notice that was given. In one case, however, these facts came to his no- tice, and he unioaded a train of ammuni- tion in order to send it back to bring up supplies. Some regiments which did not want to fight with their luggage deposited it and placed a guard over it, and at the clese of the day sent back after it. Where this was done they were supplied. There was no doubt, he says, that.where the discarded kits were unguarded the Cubans picked up the supplies and made way with them. Colonel Humphreys wants to emphati- cally deny that the army which achieved such a@ victory at Santiago is an army of owlers, complaining of every inconven- lence. The complaints, he says, do not come from the*. There were some troops that had a very hard time, he says, and the way they stood it is ‘a Breat credit to them. Volunteers as well as regulars took what came and did not complain. col. TO GARRISON CUBA. It is Said That the Regulars Will Be Used Principally. It is said at the War Department that the troops which will be used to garrison Cuba pending the establishment of some permanent form of government there will be principally regulars. The regiments, however, have not yet been selected, and the fact that some regular regiments have been left for the time at Montauk nas no significance as indicating a purpose to send them to Cuba. It is the plan of the depart- ment to return all of the regulars to what they regard as a home pusi—that is, the place where they were stationed when call- ed upon for war service. This will be Gone ever: in the case of the regulars who will be sent to Cuba. The put is to give the men an opportunity to recuperate from the hardships they wave suffered in t Past campaign. Morcuver, it is unlikely that the Cuban garrison troops will be shipped from Montauk, and it is expected that some more southern point will be the Port of embarkation, the fall being then sufficiently advanced to warrant such a course without jeopartizing the health of the men. —————_+ 0 +_______ WOULD BE A CAUSE FOR WAR. If Germany Surreptitiously Obtained Part of Spain's Lands. The officials of the State Department at- tach little importance to the stories com- ing from Hong Kong to the effect that German warships are preparing to teke Porsessicn of one or more islands of the Prilippine group. The fact is that the United States is thoroughly convinced that no other power will undertake at this mo- ment to disturb the status of the Philip- Pines pending the action of the peace com- mission which will meet in Paris very soon. Technically the United States and Spain are now under an armistic ither would be permitted, according to the terms of internaticnal law, to perform any act that weuld in any manner affect the territories of the other party, and by the same iaw no neutral nation could perform such an act. Germany could not even by cession cr purchase acquire from Epain any of the Prilippine group pending the decision of the peace commission, and were she to at- tempt to profit in that manner by the pres- ent situation of Spain, her act might be regarded as a casus belli, ——_—_—_~+ 0 +______ NICARAGUA CANAL DATA. Admiral Walker Engaged in the Compilation of Material. Admiral Walker, president of the Nicara- gua canal commission, has returned to Washington and is again devoting his at- tention to the collation and compilation of the material which will form the substance of the report of the commission. The ad- miral says that the commission has now about 20) men at work along the line of the proposed canal and they will stay there throughout the rainy season. They are making borings and ascertaining the char- acter of the soil at every point where it is proposed to locate dams, rocks or other heavy masonry structures. In addition to the field parties are taking accurate neasurements of the rainfall and the flow of the various streams lying within the m. This infor- ion is particularly Gesired owing to the fact that up to this point all the calcula- tions made have been based upon the con- ditions as existing in the dry season, the time when Nicaragua has always ‘been visited by commissions. Admiral Walker is confident that the sion will be able to report to Con- at the approaching session, and. while the necessary data has not been obtained to curately determine the cost of the canah he feels eenfident-thet the project will be shown to be entirely prac- ticable and worthy of execution. + «+ _____. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The Navy Department Seeks an Opin- ion From Department of Justice. To settle some doubtful points regardin e distribution of prize money clair the sailors of Dewey’s and Sampson's flee the Navy Department has procured fr the Department of Justice an opinion con- struing the prize laws for its guidance. For one thing it is held that a prize court is limited in {ts functions to the determina- tion of questions concerning the division of prize money as between v« or between a capturing vessel and government. When it comes to the point w the money is to be distributed among -the individual captors, the distribution is to be made by the Navy and Treasury [I epartments, which determine the proportion allowable to each person. Consequently the United States attorneys for the districts in which prize cases have been adjudicated or are pending, have been directed to forward to the Navy Department copies of the decrees of the courts as a basis for the depart- ment’s action. Another question that 1equired determin- ation was whether the executive or the ju- dicial branch of the government was cloth- ed with authority to provide for the distri- bution of bounty money, meaning by that term the money which (the statutes author- ize to be paid to the sailors capturing or destroying hostile ships based upon the number of the enemy and the character of his ship. There is a lack of precedent for a decision in this case, but the department has finally concluded tat proceedings for the payment of bounty money may be in- stituted before a prize court, or (the better practice) they may vc submitted to the United States Court «f Claims at the in- stance of the claimants. + 0+_____ NEW MINISTER FROM JAPA) sse’s A Successor to Mr. Toru Hoshi Will Be Chosen. The Japanese minister, Mr. Toru Hoshi, has been elected to the Japanese parlia- ment, and as a result he will retire from the post here, the present indications being that his successor will be Mr. Hatoyama, a leading member of Count Ckuma’s prominent lawyer of Tokio and a man © versed in American affairs, being a gradu- ate of Yale. Mr. Hoshi left here some weeks ago on a leave vf absence, in order to participate in the parliamentary elec- tions, his purpose being to return this fall. He had been mentioned for a cabinet port- folio, and it was thought he might take either the ministry of justice or of foreign affairs. His election sem>oves Fim to the legislative fleld. he appointment of his successor to Washington is attracting much interest in Japan owing to the in- terest Japan takes 'n tite di mination of the Philippine question. Mr. -Hatoyama, whose name is most prominently mention- ed, is particularly well qualitied for the post here, owing to his familiarity with ihe language and his long residence in the United States. Government's West Indian Line. The government transports which go to Porto Rico and Santiago sail from New York every Wednesday. These transports carry mail and freight for the government, but do not engage in any other business. Public transportation will not be one of their functions. As scon as communication is opened with Havana these steamers will probably stop at that port. Personal Mention. Captain R. H. Loughborough of the 25th Infantry is at 2421 K street on leave of ab- sence. Major B. B. Buck of the 24 Texas Vol- unteer Infantry is at the Soldiers’ Home. Mr. William Allen Cowles and Mr. Mac- Gregor MacNéir have staried on their usual summer jaunt along the Atlantic coast. They will be at Narragansett Pier for the wor 3. Hell Lewls, after’ spon weeks abroad, has returned to hee Dr. J. C. McGuire has returned to the city from Bay Head, N. J. ——+ + _____ Government Receipts. Government sant from internal rey- enue today, $397, ; customs, $709,307; mis- cellancous, $13,258. WARSHIPS AT CANDIA ccnp Early Restoration of Quiet on the Island is Expected. RIOTING WAS ACCIDENTALLY CAUSED Twenty Killed and Fifty Wounded Among the British. ps OF CHRISTIANS FATE CANDIA, Island of Crete, September 7.— The British battle ship Camperdown, bav- ing on Sir A. Billotti, the British consul et Canea, has arrived here. Several other warships have also reached this port, reinforcements of blue jackets have been landed and an early restoration of qu! expected. The British vice consul here, Mr. Calo- cherino, was killed during the recent figh ing. The res have been extinguished. During the rioting the British and German consul- ates were burned. The custom house, house were saved. Quict is being rapidly restored. Twenty Were iKlicda. LONDON, September 7.—Sir A. Billottt, the British ccnsul at Canea, who went to Candia on board the British battle ship Camperdown, cables to the foreign office saying that the rioting at Candia was caused in the following manner; A British soldier on guard at the tax of- fice was suddenly stabbed in the back and he dropped his rifle, which exploded, killing a Mussulman. The firing then became gen- eral and a party of twenty British blue jackets from the British torpedo gunboat Hazard was almost annihilated before the sailors could reach their ship. In addition, a detachment of forty-five British soldiers were driven from their querters near the telegraph station and many of them were wounded. The total casualties, so far as known, are twenty killed and fifty wounded, The fate of the Christians in other towns is uncertain; but it is feared that only those who succeeded in obtaining refuge in the court houses have been saved. ‘The British vice consul, Mr. Calocherine, was burned to death in his house. -—— REPUBLICANS IN VIRGINIA. board arracks and court The Party in Richmon. Hanover Conventio: Special Dispateb to The Evening Sta RICHMOND, Va., September 7,—Two sep- afafe and hotly opposing delegations left here today to sit in the district republican convention at Hanover Court House. Ther> is every indicaticn of a lively meeting. At the city convention last night it was after midnight before anything could be done toward choosing delegates. Th2 ma- cline and anti-machine factions eplit up more than ever and two conventions were held. Chy Chairmen Smith had engaged Wilkinson's Hall for the meeting, but be- the business could be commenced the machine men filed in ew masse ar n the trouble began. It was decided by Chairman Smith not to allow any one to sit in the convention who did have the proper credentials. Ths pol however, did not know who to turn down, and soon Split—The the hall was crowded with the factions. James Baker, city alderman, and one of the leaders of the anti-machine faction, and Chairman Smith had a war of words, and a few blows were passed. Afier some con- sultation on the side the machine crowd decided to withdraw and hold a meeting alone. This left the hall in possession of the anti-machine faction; but somebody put cut the lights, and they, too, had to aban- den the hall. The machine faction held a censultation in Postmasier Knight's office, and afterward adjourned to a law office near by and chose their delegates, headed by Judge L. L. Lewis. Meanwhile the anti- machine faction held their meeting and elected dzlegates, headed by ex-Postmaster Otis H. Russell, who was also elected city chairman. Mr. Russell is the choice of the anti-rachine men for Congress, and Post- master Welsiger of Manchester, the choice of the machine leaders. ——$————— REMARKABLE HAIL STORM. The Worst in the United States In Many Years. MARYVILLE, Mo., September 7.—Reports received here indicate that the hall sterm that swept over northwest Missouri the most remarkable and violent that occurred in the United States years. Trees stripped of their fruits branch2s, cornstalks barren of their leay and ears, when not cut Gown themselves; dead acly pigs, chickens and birds, bat- tered barns, houses and store bufldi with their window lights broken and their reofs crushed, mark its pathwa: was has in many The hai!ston2s were the largest that hi ever falien in this district. It is said t the loss will be in the neighborhood of half a million dollar —__ REPLY TO THE DECISION. Canadian Pacific Railway Praises Interstate Commerce Commission. MONTREAL, September 7.—The Cana- dian Pacific railway has replied to the re- cent decision of the interstate commerce ecmmission, in a letter addressed by T. G. Shaughnessy, vice president, to the execu- tive officers of competing and connecting lires. In this letter Mr. Shaughnessy says, after commenting on the marked spirit of fairness with which the commission handled the matter in view of the fact that the Canadian Pacific railway is a “foreign corporation,” concluded: “However, in this case, as in all previous cases, involving United Statés traffic, the company accepts without question and will be governed by the decision of the commission, taking care, of course, that its rates will be on the basis of those that prevail by any other routes, and tariffs covering traffic affected hy the decision, to take effect on the 25th instant, restoring ante-bellum rates, as far as practicable in existing conditions, will be filed by this company in accordance with the interstate commerce law.” —. EMPEROR WILLIAM AND LABOR. His Significant Remarks o: te Be Voted Upon. BERLIN, September 7.—Emperor Wil- liam of Germany, it is announced.in a dis- patch from Coynhausen, spesking at a ban- qvet there last evening and referring to the prosperous agriculture and industry of Westphalia, touched significantly upon the labor bill to be submitted to the Reichstag during the present year. He said it would picvide for the a at hard — any one seeking prevent workme: are willing to work from and would also it es those be ghee, aber, the Bill i i