Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR, ee PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsytvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Ster Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUF FMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building. - ts served to subseribers tn the The Evening 3 city by carriers, em their own account. at 10 cents per week. cr 44 seus ver momb. Copies at the conoter, 2 centa ea bh By m:.l—anywh o the United States or (anada—postage prepaii—G0 cents per month, Satura7y Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with fore! v postage added, $3.08. (entered at the Post Otiee at Wash'ngroa. D. C., a8 second-class mofl mutter.) €7 AD wail sabseripttons raust be paid In advance. Rates of advert siog Male known on avplication Che Lvening Star. No. 14,205.. WASHINGTON, D. CG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER & 1898—TEN PAGES. ee THE STAR PY MATL. Persons leaving the city for any pertod can have The Star mailed to them to ary eddress in the United States or Canada. by ordering it at this office, letter, Terms: 18 cents per week: 25 cents for two weeks, or SO cents per month. Invariably tn advance. Sub- in person or by scribers changing their address from should as well as th one Port-oftice to another Bive the last addr new one TWO CENTS, | LAST DAY IN CAMP Col. Harries’ Order Praising Hie | Men’s Personal Loyalty. a LETTER FROM GENERAL SHAPIER ed rs Who Are Too Ill to Be Moved Home. The Sol TWO FATAL CASES Special From a Staff Correspondent. CAMP WIKOFF, N. ¥., September 8.— ry one in the camp of the Ist Regiment of the District of Columbia was stirring very early this morning. Orders had been given to have all baggage packed and ready for tra fer to the station at Montauk by 7:30 o'clock. Shortly before 12 o'clock the entire regi- ment was assembled on parade, and the last of Col. Harries’ general orders in this camp was read to all the men. It compli- | mented them on their splendid conduct throughout the campaign in which they have been engaged. The order reads 'as follow “In view of the probability that this order ig the last which will be publishei to the regiment prior to the assembly for muster out, the colonel commanding desires to E official expression to his gratitude for the personal! loyalty which has been one of che regiment's strongest characteristics. With- out the hearty support of ofiicers and en- listed men the efforts to inculca:+ discip- line and insure efficiency must speedily have come to naught and, had those qualit- les been absent, the regiment would not have achieved the honors of a place in the Sth Army Corps and active participatioa in the Santiago campaign. Col, Harries’ Compliments. “At Camp Alger, at Camp Thomas and at Tampa you worked with wonderful fidelity to render yourselves fit for a posi- tion on the fighting line, and so thorougaly did you establish the merit of your claims for consideration that you were assigued to the first expedition. Deprived of that as- signment by the collision and temporary uselessness of two transports, you con- tinued your efforts to become thoroughly capable, and when reinforcements were called for, you were sent tu Cuba. There your conduct was beyond praise. Placei in the trenches nearest the enemy and ui the Weakest topographical point tn the lines of the army of investment, you performed arduous and perilous duty with remarkable cheerfulness and effectiveness. In sunshine or in storm—both of them laden with dis- comfort and danger—and when privation Was the common lot, you measured up to the full stature of the American soldier, than whom there fs no better soldier. “Immediately after the surrender ef San- tlago came the assaults of disease, from which you valiantly defended yourselves by uncommon cleanliness, energy and dis eipline. The few who succumbed lie in soldiers’ graves; their memories to be hon- ored, as those of m who died for their country and for the cause of liberty. “One company, H, is not with us, be- cause duty called it to Porto Rico, where it has added materially to the more than excellent reputation enjoyed by tne regi- ment. “You are now about to return to your homes and then engage in th: pursuits of peace. If you apply yourselves hereafter as diligently as you have during the four months of your service you will always be what you are no od citizens, credita- ble in all respects to the Distri-t of Colum- bla and to the country, of wha Wa: ton is the capital city.” Their Last Rations. Last night the rations to be eaten by the Ast Regiment of the District of Col during their trip from Montauk to Wash- ington were Issued to the men. These ra- tions will provide their supper tonight and their early breakfast at Wilmington to- morrow morning. A iater breakfast will be enjoyed in Weshington. These rations consist of ham, salmon, crackers, wheat bread, canned peaches, oranges and lemons. At Jersey City and at Wilmington hot coffee will be provided. General Wheeler’s very complimentary letter to the officers and soldiers of the Ist Regiment of the District of Columbia was received here Tuesday and published in The Star. Yesterday a no less flattering tribute to the soldierly qualities of the District boys was received from General Shafter's headquarters. Gen. Shafter's Flattering Letter. After referring to former instructions from the adjutant general of the army to the effect that the District regiment will be mustered out tn compliance with instruc- tions already furnished, and directing that the regiment should proceed to Washington today, the letter states: “In relieving you from duty with this command, the commanding general is pleased to acknowledge the soldierly man- ner in which you and your men have per- formed your duties.” The letter is signed by E. D. McFernand, assistant adjutant general. When this letter was presented to Colonel Harries General Shafter made a very es- pecial point of stating his own high regard for the Ist Regiment of the District of Co- lumbia and the excellence of its discipiine. “I want to compliment the Ist District of Columbia Regiment,” said General Shafter, “It 1s the best regiment I have ever seen. The discipline fs splendid.” Mrs. 8. Shuster of Washington, accom- panied by Miss Brown of Amagansett, L. L, visited Corp. G. W. Shu: of Company B today, and Mrs. Shuster permission for him to return with her to An huster has be: but is impro and will probably able to return Washington within the next ten days. No Men Reported Sick. Capt. Domer of Company C is proud of the distinction his company enjoyed yest= day of being the only company in the r: ment to have no men reported sick. The records show that this ts the first tim since the regiment left Washington that be has obtained | such has been the c Eighty-four men were marked sick in quarters yesterda; three being sent to the hospital, and Con- pany C did not have a man in either the sick or hospital list. Thomas C. S. Maddox of Company B, who hag been at the detention hospital, died yesterday. Maddox had been ill about three weeks before leaving Santiago, and was extremely weak when he arrived here. He was about twenty-one years of ago, and was @ graduate of the Washington High School. His remains were interred in the graveyard near the hospital yesterday evening. Today Capt. King of Company B was endeavoring to arrange to have Mad- dox's remains exhumed, embalmed and shipped to Washington. Frank B. Griffith, Company I, dled in the general hospital last night at mid- nigit. His father is here, and the remains will be embalmed and sent to Washington. Too Ul to Travel. Private Campbell of the District Regi- ment’s band is critically ill. His father is with him. When preparations were being made for the regiment to start for Washington to- day Surgeon Pyles decided that Juseph Beavers of Company K, who had remained in camp with the regiment, was too ill to travel. He was removed to the general hospital. He has typhoid fever. Beavers begged to be allowed to aecompany the regiment, but Surgeon Pyles would not risk having him to make the journey. Privates Rosser and Peters are both threatened with typhoid fever, but they will be allowed to go home with the regiment today. Rosser had concealed his illness for several days. fearing he would be sent to the general hospital and not allowed to go home. James Q. Hearn was critically night, but ts better today. Col. Harries and other officers of the regiment today received a large number of letters from friends of sick soldiers here inquiring of their condition, which hud been delayed a week or more in deltvery. Inquirles regarding the condition of sick soldiers will be answered by Mrs. S. A. Glenn, matron for the District Regiment, at the geteral hospital. Vatients in the Hospital. As has been pointed out in these dis- patches records are kept of the loca- tion of : the hospital, so that people coming here to see their friends do not know what ward they should go to. It is this fact, more than any other, that has caused people to tramp through the hos- pitals, to the annoyance of sick men, in order that they might find their relatives or friends. ‘The ambulance service in effect here is not all that it should be, for it has oc- curred that after men in camp have been reported to get to the general hospital twenty-four hours have elapsed before the ambulance has arrived to convey them. Condition of the Sick. Company officers who have visited the sick in the general hospital today report the condition of a large number of sick men as follows Company A—Thomas Jones, malarial fe- ill last ver, improving; W. A. White, malarial fever, will rejoin the company tomerrow and return with the regiment; William UW. Anderson, malarial fever; Adolph Van Ruth, malarial fever. Van Ruth was sent with nine others from the general hospi- tal by Miss Helen Gould to her country home in New London to recuperate. Ed- ward A. Coller, who was left in the division hospital at Santiago, to be sent from there to the general hospital in Santiago, from whence he would be forwarded to the United States on a returning hospital ship, has not been heard from since, and all in- quiries regarding him have elicited no in- formation -as to is whereabouts. Company I—Lievtenant Crist, in com- mana, said today that he was unable to find but two of Company I men in the gen- eral hospital here. Corporal John Kam- merer has been very ill with typhoid fever. However, he will be well enough to return Thursday with the regiment. : malignant malarial fever and dys- entery, sinking very rapidly. ‘Inom.as Swale low was sent to division hospital at San- tiazo, but all inquiries have failed to lo- caie him. Long List in Some Companies. Company C—N. B. Davis, malarial fever, not able to leave in time to return Thurs- @ay with his company. Sergeant ‘ider- strom was taken to the general hospital today, threatened with typhoid fever. 1. C. Dyer, malarial rever, able to return with the regiment; R. Kirkland, malarial fe not able to leave the hospital in time to join the regiment in the return to Wash- ington; H. Seibert, malarial fever, unabie to join his company for the return home Sergeant Jesse Owens, sent home yester- day; J. J. Hearn, diarrhoea, not able to travel; James M. Powers, malarial fever, very weak, unable to travel; N. R. Kent, wualarial fever, will recurn with his regi- ment; D. L. Morgan, dysentery, will re- turn with his company; Dennie Riley, ma- Jarial fever, very weak, not able to be John M. McQuade, maiarial fever, will return with the regiment. Company D—Martin P. Rollins, trouble, convales stomach , , will be sent home to- morrow; W. H. Noyes, fever, rapidly im= Proving; A. L. Givonnoni, malarial fever, con escent, return with the regiment: 1s. L. King, stomach trouble, im- wilt not be well énough to travel; James S Ginnaty, malarial fever, ible to return; George T! Hilton, malari¢l fever, will join regiment Thursday; Benj-min F. Harbar and William B. Cattell \ ere reo turned today from the hospital’ G-orge F. Martin, Sam Morgan, William Mc Queeney and Corporal James J. Lavin, all .? whom were ill with fever, are well crou,h to joi the return; Albert M. Pillmgs” ma- lariai fever, sent to hospital in New York yesterday; Sergeant Frank H. Smith, ma- jariat fever, will return with his company; John C. Meade, maiarial fever, will be able to return; Bernard A. Hendren, malaria! fever, weil enough to return; First. Ser- geant Joseph A. Jennings, malarial fe Will be able to travel: Henjumin 8. F vorite, typhoid fever, improviny, not able to be moved. It fs understood that all of the men from Company M in the genera! hospital are get- ting alone rivcly. Company G—Corporal George sh typhoid fever, slight improvement. Pe vates Phelps, Scott, Weiss, 88, Tart, Chasa, he‘nline, Sergeant Barber, ali have malaciul fever, but are doing well. Pri- vates Wiliam Griffin and Witla Driver have recuvered and will rau.rn to their homes tomorrow. Privates Cornish, G'.min and Corporal Snell have Leen sent to New York hospitals and reported as convales- cent. Regimental band—B. L. Watson, rheama- tism and dysentery bowel trouble, unable to travel; Louden N. Campbell, ‘typhoid fever, prooably will not recover; have tele- graphed his father. : The Case of Spencer Bliss. It is understood here that some criticism has been mace o: Colonel Uarries on ac count of friends of Spencer Bliss of Com- ny G failing to secure for him a furlough. Private Bliss was sent to the general hos- pital, and it is stated that when a furlough granted there, Colonel Har,’es declined to allow him to take advantage of it. ‘The fact is when a furlough is granted a sick man at lbs hospital, the commanting offi- x of # iegiment has no control over it, and, of course, Colonel Harries has not in- terfered. Bliss is convalescent, and is now serving as a volunteer attendant at the general kosp'tal. Mrs. H. A. Dobson, mother of Sergeant Henry lvobson of Company D, visited her son in camp ydsterday. Mrs. Bradiey was here yesterday to see her son, Private Ed- ward Bradiey of Company BF. Private Bradiey had left for home on Sunday, and passed his mother, whe was on her way here while en route. Mrs. Bradley de- sired to secure a furlough while here for Private Bennett of Company F, but Ben- nett preferred remaining with his company and going home with them next Thursday. Benjamin J. Madert of the band is receiv- ing a large number of letters from his friends in shington inquiring whether his brother, Henry Madert, also of the (Continued on Second Page.) wa ae SHAFTER IS COMINGIARRIVE ON TIME|MR.QUIGG’SFORECAST Accompanied by Major Miley, He Left Camp Wikoff. THEY STARTED EARLY FOR THIS CITY First Illinois Regiment's Difficulties in Starting Westward. THE DEATHS IN A DAY CAMP WIKOFF, MONTAUK POINT. L I., September 8—General Shafter and Maj. D. J. Miley of his staff left for Washington early today. Companies B and M, about 260 men, of the 8d Texas Volunteers got away on the 9 o'clock train, bound for Fort Clark, Texas. About twenty-five of the Texas men are sick. These were put into a bag- gage car and made comforiable on steamer chairs. Ordered to Washington. General Shafter has been ordered to re- port to Washington, and will visit the President and the ¥ Department. There is no especial significance in his being or- dered to Washington. The President de- sires to see him and taik about the San- tiego campaign. He could not come to Wushingten uniess he was ordered, as his last orders directed him to go to Montauk Pcint. Connecticut Boys Arrive. NHW YORK, September 8.—The 1st Con- necticut Volunteers arrived in Jersey City by way of tha Pennsylvania ri from Dunn Loring, Va., at 1 o'clock this morn- There were 1,326 men, none of whom was suffering from any serious illness. ‘They remained in Jersey City until 6 a.m., and before departure had broakfast. Pennsylvania railroad transports took the regiment to Mott Haven, where they boarded New York, New Haven and Hart- ford trains and continued their journey hom. Wlinois Men‘s Troubles. NEW YORK, September 8—The Ist Reg- iment, Illinois Volunteers, 967 men, reached Long Island City at 4:40 a.m., today, hav- ing leff Montauk Point at 8:35 last 2ven- ing. It is not yet known at what time the regiments will start west from Jersey City, there being difficuity in obtaining for the soidier tne accommodations desired. Col. Henry L. Turner is quotad in an interview printd in the Evening World as saying that his men shall go home in Pullman cars whatever ms be the cost. To the interviewing reporter Col. Turner furnished a copy of th2 following telegram, which, be said, he had dispatched to the Lehigh Valicy railway omciuis through his su- periors: “When my regiment leaves Jersey City ft will leave as a regiment. I will not countenance any partiality. man must have a bed. I will ke troops: in Jersey Criy until I am asswerd that the pquate.”” furner added that he had receiv2d a dispaich from the Chicago relief commit- tee telling him to take Pullman cars at any cost, and that if the government would not pay the charges the commitise would. Col. ‘Turner told The Star reporter that a iftile after nocn yesterday, while his reg- iment was waiting at the Montauk Point station, he was intormed by the superin- tendent of the Long Island railway that no train for New York could be had until morning. “I said,” the colonel’s narrative goes on, “that } wanted to go that night. ‘Lhe superintendent shrugged his shoulders and replied that it was impossible. “I then telegraphed to the main office of the railroad at Long Island City that T Wanted“those cars got ready for my regi- ment; at if they were not ready in an hour I would send two companies to take them. And I meant it.” Their Train Sidetracked. According to Col. Turner's statement the first section of the railway train which brought the regiment from Montauk Point, and which section carried the sick, was etracked for an hour and forty-five minut t Amagansett, only eight miles from Montauk Point. There are 246 men of the Ist Ilinois on the sick list. ‘The six men who were in a state of col- lapse on their arrival at Long Island City were: Siephen Hajak, private, Company F, suffarin om malaria; W. A. Levine, pri- vate, Company D, typhoid-malaria; H. H. Drake, private, Company I, malarial fever; Fiederick Martinson, private, Company I, pneumonia, developed last night; Arthur C. Kight, private, Company I, ‘malarial fever, and Charles McAuiiffe, Company H, typhoid fever. Kight’s mother was at the station to re- ceive him, having come on here recently with a committee from Chicago. A committee representing th> citizens of Chicago has been here looking after the needs of the men of the ‘They bave thus far >xpended §2,000. Much assist- ance, which was given without charge, was renderel by the Red Cross stations. The ist Ulinois Volunteers were taken across to Communipaw on ferry boats, and there embarked upon trains of the Lehigh Valley railroad. The hospital train, carry- ing 206 sick men, pulled out, westward- bound, at 1:15 p.m. The Lehigh Valley counects at Suspenston Bridge, Niagara Falls, with the Grand Trunk railway. Naval Reserves Depart. NEW YORK, September 8.—Five hun- dred members of the Illinois naval reserves, taken off forty-two different vessels on which they served during the war with Spain, left the Pennsylvania railroad depot in Jersey City this morning for Chicago. The men are expected to arrive in Chicago tomorrow afternoon. The men, who had been assembling on the receiving ship Vermont for several days, were transferred to Jersey City to- day on two navy yard tugs. They were in charge of Lieutenant Commander J. M. Hawley and Chief Engineer Harrie Web- ster. The first section of the train pulled out of the depot at 10:30 o'clock, and the second left soon afterward, in charge of Boatswain Francis E. Larkin, who was on the Maine when she was blown up in Havana harbor. ~ About sixty of the reserves came off the Oregon and almost as many came off the Yale. Almost without exception they saw fighting, and many of them were in sev- eral engagements. Each man carried with him today a clothes bag and a hammock. The reserves were paid off last night, each man receiving about $25. ‘There are still 300 members of the Illinois Naval Keserves on various ships in the navy. They are distributed on the Cincin- nati, Newark, Terror, Amphitrite and Mian- tonomoh. oe gee The Botkin Requisition. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, September 8.— ‘The application of the Delaware authori- ties for the extradition of Mrs. Cornelia Eotkin probably will be handed to Gov. Budd some time today. His decision in tha matter is not expected before the first of next week. a Geneva’s Electric Works Burned. GENEVA, Switzerland, September 8,— The great electric works in this city, which supplied Hight and motive power to the whole canton, were destroyed by fire last night. see es But There Was a Hitch This Morn- ing, A TRANSPORTATION TANGLE The District Regiment Finally Ar- ranged For. SOME QUICK ———— ORK What looked like a serious hitch in the arrangements for the home-coming of the District troops has been satisfactorily ad- justed, thanks to the prompt and energetic efforts of Adjutant General Corbin and Major Bird of the quartermaster general's office. About 1% o’clock this morning word was received by Major Bird from the presi- dent of the Leng Island Railroad Company that he would be unable to furnish trans- portation for the District troops from Mon- tauk Point to New York today according to the original program for the reason that the train equipment provided for the Dis- trict had been taken by the Ist Illinois Regiment. This was starting and unexpected intel- ligence, and for a time it looked as though the District regiment would be unable to get away from Montauk Point today. Major Bird tmmediately conferred with Adjutant General Corbin on the subject, and orders were issued that the regiment must be brought to Long Island City to- night if physically possible. General Corbin sent telegrams on the sub- ject to the general commanding at Camp Wikoff and to Colonel Kimball, depot quar- termaster at New York city. In substance he said that the Secretary of War directed in the matter of the transportation of troops from Camp Wikoff that the neces- sary arrangements be made by Colonel Kimball, the depot quartermaster in New York city, and not by the local quarter- master at Montauk Point, ag no end of con- fusion has resulted from beth officers try- ing to do the same thing. Gen. Shafter was informed that Col. Kim- bail had been instructed to a piace himself in communication with him to rpceive any suggestions or direction he might make locking to the speedy and comfortable movement of the troops. In his telegram to Gen. Shafter Gen. Corbin said that it was reported that the movement of the ist District Voluneers had been delayed nd explained that arrangements had been made for their reception in this city to- morrow morning, not omly by the people, but by the President himself. He added that it would be a great disappointment if they did not arrive here im accordance with the program agreed upsn. Maj. Bird had an earnest conversation with Col, Kimball and the railroad officials over the long-distance telephone, tmpress- _ng them with the necessity and tmportance of moving the District troops in accordance with the prearranged program. The con- ference developed the ‘act that the failure to have the necessary transportation equip- ment at Montauk Point this morning was due to the result of a misunderstanding vetween the authorities at Montauk Point nd Col. Kimball at New York. In accord- ance with his instructions ffom Washing- ton, which he received last Sunday, regard- ing the transportation of the District troops, Col. Kimball corresponded with the major general commanding at Montauk Point and was instructed to provide trans- portation for the District troops from Jer- sey City to Washington Thursday night, the understanding being that the local quartermaster at Camp Wikoff would ar- range with the Long Island company to take the men from Montauk Point to Long Island City ‘The train equipment provided for this last named purpose wds usurped at the last moment by the Ist Illinois Regiment, which refused to accept the train equipment placed at its disposal and through some- body's error was allowed to take the cars intended for the District troops. Upon being informed that the District troops must be brought through today, Colonel Kimball promised to see that {t should be dor To accomplish this it was neces- sary, however, for him to send to Montauk Point this morning train equipment which was being held at Long Island City for the transportation of a New York regi- ment over that line. He was given the necessary authority to divert this equip- ment from its original purpose and to use it for bringing the District troops to Long Island City. The railroad company entered a mild protest against sending so many empty cars to Montauk Point, but finally consented to do so in view of the pressing emergency. Later in the Gay a message was received frem Col. Kimball saying that the train had gone to Montavk Point, and would be ready to leave there with the District troops on board at 5 o’clock this afternoon, and would travel on a schedule that would bring them to Long Island City at about 1 o'clock tonight. Special ferry boats pro- vided by the Pernsylvania railroad would meet them there and take them across to Jersey City in full time to permit the boys to embark on the tourist sleepers provided for their comfort by midnight, sllowing them ample time to reach Washington city by 8 o’clock tomorrcw morning, in fultill- ment of the origmal plans for their move- ment. Maj. Bird assured a Star reporter this afternoon that there was net the slightest doubt that the orders of the da- partment would be faithfully executed and that the Distric: soldiers would arrive in Washington tomorrow morning st 8 o'clock. It will take about twenty Pullman sleepers to accommodate them on the trip from Jersey City, and the probabilities are that the train will come in three sections. 0 THE SITUATION AT MANILA. War Department Officials Decline to Discuss the Insergents. ‘War Department officials would not dis- cuss the reports that there are strained re- lations between the United States forces at Manila and the insurgent forces under Aguinaldo. The impression seems to be, however, that Aguinaldo is rather restless and has given the United States authorities some uneasiness. No orders have yet been issued looking to sending further reinforce- ments to Manila, though several days ago it was announced that three regiments now at San Francisco would in all probability go to Honolulu, so that they might be in readiness to go on to Manila if needed. Bayard Slightly Improved. DEDHAM, Mass.,.September 8.—The con- dition of Mr. Thomas F. Bayard was slight- ly improved this forenoon, due to.the cool weather, ss a Roosevelt- Will Get Nearly All the Votes in New York Convention, WILL BE GIVEN THE NOMINATION Ohioans See the President About “the Second Ohio Volunteers. WHITE HOUSE CALLERS ————— Representative Quigg of New York, the right-hand man of Senator Platt, said at the White House today that Colonel Roose- velt’would be given the republican nomina- tion for governor by an overwhelming ma- jority. The New York man calicd to see the President early about various small matters, and, no doubt, to give his impres- sion of the political situation in New York as far as the republican hosts are con- cerned. It was when Mr. Quigg left the President that he predicted the certain and almost unanimous nomination of Roosevelt. “There will be 971 votes in the conven- tion,” said Mr. Quigg, “and Colonel Roose- velt will get all of them with the exception of about 100. These will be made up main- ly of state ofice holders. It may also be added that Roosevelt will be elected by a big majority.” Mr. Quigg did not think that the forces of Governor Black will make a serious is- sue of his nomination in the convention. Mr. Quigg deciined to comment on the talk of Governor Black withdrawing from the gubernatorial fight and standing for the Senate to succeed Senator Murphy. This is said to be what Senator Piatt is now attempting. Mr. Quigg said that he did not think there would be a congressional investiga- tion of the conduct of the war. The Second Ohio. A delegation of Ohioans, including ex- Mayor Baxier of Lima, ex-State Senator Shaw, P. Cuneo of Upper Sandusky and George E. Gilliland, saw the President to- day as to mustering out or furloughing the 2d Ohio Volunteers, now camped at Knox- ville, Tenn. It is probab‘e that, while the regiment cannot be mustered out, the men will be furloughed from time to time to allow them to recuperate and to relieve the strain of protracted camp life. lis on Various jects. Representatives Hepburn of lowa and Wanger of Pennsylvania saw the President this morning. Mr. Hepburn wants the President to visit his district when he goes to Omaha in October. The President said he would see what could be done. Mr. Wanger talked with the President about the appointment of a postmaster at Rosemont, Pa. He has recommended H. S. Stilwagon for the placé, and the appoint- ment was ordered by the President. Senator Bacon and Senatur-elect McCo- mas hai short talks with the President. Senator Bacon denied that his call had anything to do with the vacancy on the peace commission.. He said that he could not accept, if offered the place. No Comment on Miles’ Statement. Despite the presence of many high ad- ministration officials at the White House today, it is said by a majority of those with the President that there was not a word of comment during the day on the inter- views and position of Gen. Miles. It is said that not only was there no official con.ment or suggestion, but no personal or private talk. There was an apparent dis- position to let Gen. Miles do the talking and to say nothing about his action. Should the President at any tme think Gen. Mile has overstepped the bounds he will take action without advising with cabinet offi- cials or others. Peace Commissioner Not Selected. It is authoritatively announced today that the President has not yet made a selection of a fifth peace commissioner. Conferring With the Cabinet. All of the cabinet officers in the city, to- gether with Acting Secretaries Allen and Moore of the Navy and State Departments, respectively, were at the White House at different times today in conference with che President. There wag no concerted gather- ing of the officials, department matters en- geging the attention of each officer. Secretary Alger expects to leave the city at 11 o’cicck tonight and cailed to taik with the President about “odds and ends,” as he expressed it. He wants to get the affairs of bis department in shape prior to his long absence trom the city. The Secretary said that nothing was said regarding the Philippines. Phe state- ment is made that nothing has been heard from Aguinaido and that no severe orders regarding the insurgent commander have been issued to the American officials at Manila. The Proposed New York Parade. Secretary Alger will make a report to the President this afternogn on the advisability of the troops at Montauk parading in New York city. This report will include reports which have been received from Generals ules, Shafter, Wheeler and otner officiais, as well as surgeons. it is thought that the Secretary’s report will advise against the soldiers parading, giving their condition as the best reason against such a demonstration. Secretary Gage and Postmaster General Smith taiked with the President about ap- pointments in their respective departments. Invitation From Governors. The governors of Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa, Wyoming, North Dakota, Oregon, Montana, Minnesota, Utah, Colorado and South Dakota have joined in the request that the President visit the Omaha exposi- tion from the llth to the 15th of October, and take part in a great peace jubilee. The governors of ail these states have written personal letters to the President. + 0 + WILL CAUSE DISARMAMENT. Gen. Lawton’s Plan Not to Feed Cuban Soldiers, As announced in an Associated Press dis- patch from Santiago a few days ago, Gen. Lawton, military governor of Santiago province, will furnish food to such of the Cuban insurgents as lay down their arms and return to their homes. It was also said that he had given employment to such men of the Cuban army as could be util- iz@i. This plan of Gen. Lawton has been approved by the administration. It is be- Heved thst his action will have the ten- dency to turn the Cubans into peaceful walks of life, and that if it is extended to other pafts of the island much trouble that formerlf menaced the government in Cuba will be avoided. <> _____ NOT OFFICIALLY REPORTED. Destruction of Arms by Spaniards at San Jaan. No official‘information has been received at the War Department concerning the re- ports that the Spaniards are throwing their arms into the harbor at San Juan, Porto Rico, although it would not be unexpected. it is said that until the commissions re- pert or come to some agreement regarding the arms in Porto Rico and in the hands of the Spanish ovtside of Santiago in Cuba, the United States has no authority over them. From what the ordnance officers have heard of the Spanish arms they are not very anxicus to have them introduced Into the United States, and will not regret their loss on that secre. The arms captured at Santiago are being sent to the United States, the ordnance bureau being inform- ed of several shipments. ——E—E———————— SERVED WITH MILES IN PORTO RICO Return to the City of Brig. Schwan and Gilmore. Brigadier General Schwan and brigadier General Gilmore, who served with General Miles in the Porto Rico campaign, arrived in Washington this morning from New York. General Schwan was accompanied by Capt. R. W. Hoyt, 11th Infantry, and Lieut. B. A. Poore, 6th Infantry, of his staff. Gen. Schwan and Gen. Gilmore are attached to the adjutant general's department, and it is expected that they will resume the duties at the War Department performed by them at the outbreak of the war, Gen. Gilmore at headquarters of the army and Gen. Schwan in the office of Adjutant General Corbin. Neither of these officers would discuss any of the questions relating to the conduct of the military campaigns in Cuba. or Porto Rico. ——__+ e+ EXORBITANT CHARGES, Gens. Duties on the Cargo of Food for the Cubans Placed at $60,000. The order directing the payment of the Spanish duty on the rations carried by the Comal to Havana for the starving inhabi- tants of Cuba has been held up pending the ascertaining of further information on the subject. In answer to a cable message as to what the duty would be, a reply was received stating that it would be accord- ing to the Spanish rates, $60,000 in goid. No agent of the United States government has any such amount of money on hand at Havana to pay such amount, and it may be that the United States government will take a different course than that decided upon last evening. By the terms of the protocol Spain re- linquishes her rights to Cuba and the United States government may decide that it will not pay duties on such cargoes aa sent in the Comal. +0 +______ LI HUNG CHANG DISMISSED. In Accordance With Demand of Sir Clande MacDonaid. LONDON, September &—A private egram just received here confirms statement, made in a dispatch from Pe- king yesterday, that Li Hung Chang hae been dismissed from the Chinese foreign Cffice. “But,” the dispatch adds, “it 1s pointed out here (at Peking) that this does rot necessarily mean that he has been ée- prived of all power It is presumed that this was done in ac- ccrdance with the demand which, it was rumored, the British minister here, Sir Claude M. MacDonald, was instructed to make on account of the alleged general partiality of the great Chinaman to Rus- sia, culminating in Great Britain being de- rrived of the contract for the Peking- Hankow railroad, by giving the Russo- Chinese Bank financial control of the road. tel- the Ses Se JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN ARRIVES. NEW YORK, September 8—The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, who arrived in this city yesterday, left today on the “Air Line” on the New York and New Haven railroad for Boston. Mr. Chamberlain will go from Boston to Danvers, Mass. Secretary Chamberiain, although pale- and thinner than when he visited this ccuntry two years ago, said his health is fairly good, and he expected that # rest and a short vacation in the United States would @o him a great deal of good. He will return home in the fall, His visit to this country, the distinguished English states- man seid, has no political significance. eee Late Naval Orders. Lieutenant A. Gleaves has been detached frcm the command of the Cushing and or- dered to duty at the Washington navy yard. Ensign L. B. Jones has been authorized to delay reporting for duty at the naval proving grounds, Indian Head, until Sep- tember 15. Lieutenant A. Burnstein has been de- tached from the Apache and ordered home. Lieutenant A. L. Sparks, from the Ster- ling and home. Lieutenant J. S. Brown, from the Ore- gon and home. Lieutenant R. K. Wright, Ceesar to the Southery. Lieutenant L. V. House, from the South- ery and home. The following named officers have been hoercrably discharged: Lieutenant 6. D. Greene, Lieutenant W. B. Duncan, Ensign W. Norman, Ensign G. N. Heins and Passed Assistant Kngineer W. M. Gilman. ee Capt. Howe Ordered to Niantic. Pursuant to instructions from the War Department, Capt. Walter Howe, 4th Arti- lery, Fort Washington, Md., is appointed mustering officer, and Second Lieut. R. H. McMaster, 6th Artillery, Fort McHenr: M4d., is appointed acting assistant quarter- master, acting commissary and ordnance officer, and they will proceed to Niantic, Conn., without delay, for the purpose of furloughing for thirty days and mustering out of the United States service the Ist Connecticut United States Volunteer In- fantry and Light Battery A, Ist Connecti- cut United States Volunteer Artillery. a From Camp Black to Camp Meade. The 201st, 202d and 208d Regiments, New York United States Volunteer Infantry, have been ordered to proceed, without de- lay, from Camp Biack, Hempstead, L. 1 to Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa., reporting upon arrival to the commanding general, 2d Army Corps, for duty. The troops will take their entire field equipment. The sick of these regiments who are not fit to travel will be left at Camp Black under proper medical and hos- pital attendance, and every precautica will be taken for their care. ee Personal Mention. Capt. Charles Morton of the 3d Cavalry is at the Ebbitt on leave of absence. , Mr. H. V. Longworth, British consul at ‘Trebizonde, Turkey, ts making a tour of the United States on leave of absence. He is at the Ebbitt House. Dr. J. C. McGuire has returned to Wash- ington after having spent the summer with his family at Bayhead, N. J. Mr. Johy G. Morrison, assistant librarian ef Congress, has left the city for a trip to Boston and the White mountains. Mr. Morrison is an active member and officer of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and expects to attend their annual con- i in Boston during the present month. Lieut. Col. E. S. Dudley, judge advocate, is at the Ebbitt. Maj. J. H. Hepburn, 8th Volunteer In- fantry, stationed at Fort Thomas, Ky., is at_the Raleigh. Capt. C. A. Stedman of the gallant 9th Cavalry is on a visit to this city. He is at the Portland. 2 from the ——i Madrid Press Not to Print Proceeds ings of the Cortes, PROPHECY OF MINISTRY'S DOWNFALL — Several Due!s Expected to Follow the Senate Scenes Yesterday. RECRUITS FOR POLAVIET# =e eee ey MADRID, September 8—The Spani<h cabe inet at its meeting this morning agreed te take the most stringent measures to pre- vent the publication of the proceedings of the cortes and to orovide for the censor- ship of telegraphic dispatehes, The minister for foreign affairs, Duke Almodovar de Rio, informed his colleagues that as a result of the negotiations et Washington relative to the Spaniards in the Philippine 1siands instructions had been fent to the Spanish consul at Hong Kong in accordance with the agreement reached. The Society for Commercial Union ts sending a petition to the cortes @emanding the closing of all military schools, the cur- tailment of retiring pensions; that all offi- cers returning from Cuba be placed in the reserve, and that, in addition, a budget of one million pescias annually be provided for the care of the sick end wounded Span- ish soldiers returning from the colonies. Government Isolated. The newspapers assert that the ment is greatly surprised end chagrin the attitude of the conservatives chamber, which indicates that the ™m r MUZZLED BY SPAIN gover t is Isolated on questions of such mag- le as the conclusion of the peace treaty, Continuing, the Spanish papers express the opinion chat this foreshadows the down- fall of the ministry. The cabinet will probably meet this even- ing in order to discuss the situation; but the chamber does noi meet today, as this is the fete day of the Virgin. It appears that many of the government supporters abstainel from veting last micht, This fact is greatly commented upon The disorderly scenes witnessed in the chamber yesterday evening would have shamed a bull riag. Fists and sticks were shaken in the air and invectives were to be heard on all sides. As @ result, several duels are expected to take place. A Philippine Republic. It is understood here that Spain intended to bargain at the Paris peace conference to retain part of the Philippine Islands; bur the impression somehow prevails that @ republic will be established there under the protectorate of the United S¢ Great Britain and Germany. Gen. Polavieja, the former captain gen- eral of Cuba and of the Philippine Islands, who has just issued a manifesto intimat- ing he is ready to place himself at the head of a ral political party, is une derstood to be recruiting a strong party of discontented Itberals and others, wi object, it is claimed, of “restoring th tary preponderance of the government RESTORED ORDER tes, AT CANEA. International Troops Arrived and Oc- cupy the Fortifications, CANDIA, Island of Crete, September &— A detachment of international troops, which has just arrived here, has occupied j the fortifications and restored order. it ts now estimated that 200 persons were kill ed during the rioting. The Mussuiman troops protected the C ans placed un- Ger their care, but they did not atempt to prevent the pillage of Chrisian } which continued until the international treeps arrived. CANEA, Island of Crete, September 8— The president of the Cretan executive com- mittee has notified the foreign admirals that, in view of the massacres at Candia, it ls impossibie to continue the effort to organize an administration until the Turk- ish functionaries and troops are withdrawn. He demands the convocation of the Cretan assembly and proposes to place a force of Cretans at the disposal of the international administration. ises, SUFFOCATED BY SMOKE. Two Persons Kilied and Four Others Injured at Prescott, Aris. PRESCOTT, Ariz., September §.—Fire im the residence of Judge H. T. Andrews caused the death of two persons and seri- ous injuries to four others. The dead: Mrs. T. A. Andrews, Celia Ny- ren. The injured: Mrs. K. W. Mitchner, James Austin, Dennis A. Barker and L. 8. Hunt. The casuaities occurred while effort was being made to save the furniture from the burning dwelling of Judge Andrews, the victims being suffocated. The property loss was slight. — CHARITY BEQUEST OF $150,000. Mrs. Haddock of Philadelphia Left Mea: for Orphans’ Home. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., September &.— The will of the late Mrs. Katherine L, Haddock of this city, who died recentiy at Chelsea, N. J., has been admitted to pro- bate here. Among the charitable bequeste made by the testator is her house in this city and an adjoining lot, valued at $25,000, together with $125,000, for the establis! ment and maintenance of a home for phans, to be known as the Haddock Me- mecrial. Preference is given to those infantis whose parents were members of the Pres byterian Church, of which Mrs. Haddock was a member. The will also bequeaths $20,000 to the Presbyterian Orphanage. Lee ences FEW POPULISTS IN ARKANSA », or The Party Almost Extinct in Their Old-Time Strongholds. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., September 8 —Ua- official returns show that the populist party has become almost extinct in Arnunsas. It appears that they have lost Nevida, White, Cleveland and Polk counties, here- tofore considered their strongholds, and have elected but one member of the legis- lature, that member being elected in Cler- bourne county. About 100.00 votes were cast in the state, of which the republicans polled about 35,000, and populists and prohibitionists per. haps 15,000. Governor Jones ran far ber hind the democratic ticket. ——_ FILIPINOS START FOR AMERICA, Committee Leaves Hong Kong to Con. fer With the President. LONDON, September §.—A cable dispatch from Hong Kong, dated September 6, re- ceived in London yesterday announces that a@ committee of three Filipinos, appointed by Aguinaldo, has teft Hi Kong in order to confer with President iniey upon the future of the Philippine Islands.