Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1898, Page 1

SSS THE EVENING STAR. ABLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by ‘he Evening Star Newspaper Uompany. 8.H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t New York Ofice, £9 Pottar Building. 1 to avbseribers in the »y carriers, om their own accoupt. at 10 cents ber week oc: 44 cents ver mon bh. Copies ay th onote:, 2 cents ea b By m L-snywhe e in the United States or Canada—posiage piepali—se cents Der month. Saturars Quivtupie s tage adder, met O'iew at eeund-clase mofl mtter.) CFA mail subscriptions ranst be Rates of advert own © AT THE WHITE HOUSE Evening Sta- te ser Star. $1 per year, with Washingroa. D. ©. id In advance ypiicatton A Local Delegation Calls Concerning the District Attorneyship. CONFERS WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL Slow Progress in Selecting the In- vestigating Commission. SERVE Messrs. Gould, McGowan, Leskin and ey L. Jeffords of the District bar call- ed the President by appointment this morning to recommend ex-Governor Hart of Ohio for district attorney of the District when the President sees fit to make a change in that office. As far as can be learned, however, the President has taken no steps looking to a Attorney Davis. [t General Griggs has Tr on successor for District riggs is back in his after a brief vacation, and was with e President a short time today. Prospeets in North Carolina. Representatives Pearson, Steele and Cum- mings were among the official cailers at the White House toda: Mr. Pearson wW: return to rth Carolina and enter actively into the warm campaign which is going on in that state. Mr. Pearson has been re- nominated by the republicans of his dis- trict. His opponent is ex-Representativ Crawford, who was in Congress four years ago. They will hold a joint disc Mr. Pea he outlook is good for the There was doubt for a time about shth district, now represented by R. Asheville on Saturday. tha republicans split and one faction nominated Dr. Wilcox, who has since died. It is now thought that Mr. Linney will not have opposition in his own party. Mr. Pearson says that he thinks Repre- sentative White, colored, will be re-elected, despite the race issue made by the demo- crats. Representative White was himself a call- er at the White House during the day. He thinks the republicans will win in the state election, which, however, is not for gov- error. The War on the Blacks. Representative White said he thought the republicans of North Carolina would gain a seat in Congress and hold their own in every other way. “I regret the unholy war the democrats are making on the color line, id Representative White “Ever in white and col d people have lived in peace and affection for each other. t state of affairs has cont i rruption until now. The strite eling which have been stirred up ed before and will hurt my pe 2 state. Capital will not inve ere there is so much rai 1 hatred. The have repeatedly charged colored men lately. id democratic ¥ 1 investi- cases and found them One of them was that er had broken imto the house man bear Moorehead City intent. may investigated the story. he neighborhood toid me ether it Was a person mal that had caused the disturb- di there was not the slightest evi- in the state. I have just attended a republican convention in a coun- ty where the negroes outnumber the whiies two to one. There are thirteen county of- fices. Of this number the negro is allowed three Insignificant offices. He freely gives up 2 Ts. This was done, too, by a onvention in which there two white men as delegates.” Indianians Want a Furlough. “presentative Steele's call was in ref- © the 160th Indiana Regiment, now camp at Lexington. Mr. St has ked the President to return the regi- to Indianapolis and furlough it until ordered to service. Mr. Steele says regiment is not asking to be mustered bet would like to secure a furlough. President has the matter under con- ration. county on! were in m it is out, v The Investigating Commission. ‘The distinguished men who have been in- Vited by t President to serve on a com- Mission to investigate the conduct of the ow in giving their assent to the It is said that the majority of the ted to serve have either de- er have asked for time to consider T, with probability that a ma- w ork rine men in Jority of t probably all, will deciine. 7 ficulty in procuring men f work. The “resident is bs discouraged, but had hoped for More success Will continue his at- tempts to get a commission of nine men who will be i by the entire coun- try. If xt get nine he may decide t mmission of seven men. The I fers so that the work e and the investigation € He can i before Congress, and that b wuether it will conduct a s tinct investigation. = +e _____ PHE FORT ROYAL DRY DOCK. Some Injury Caused by the Recent Storm at the Port Royal t arrived in Wash- ne temporary duty u. He says that RoyAl was some- severe construction b ry deck at F ured the cozst about & week ago. cing the danger of the to be flooded before the Notwithstanding this, the ean FC high as to ure by of the top of the however—the did more dam- washing the earth and he altars and causing a "k well up near the head to tea feet. Fortunately, the nd more tmportant portions of jured. and the engineer he can repair the ilure of about $600. uge with the expen tee PAY ACCOUNTS, TRANSFERRIN Decision of the Internal Revenue Commissioner Regarding Stamps. The adjutant general has issued in gen- eral orders a letter of the cofmmissioner of the internal revenue, in response to an tn- quiry from the paymaster general of the army, as to whether assignments or trans- fers of officers’ pay accounts require stamps. The ruling of the commissioner is that if the money is due and payable on demand a 2-cent stamp will be required, but if the officer has anticipated his pay and is drawing money on the amount due him im the future, the orders for the pay- ment of the money will require a 2-cent stamp for each $100 or fraction thereof. Star. WASHINGTON PIERCED UEMPHESS “HEART BEAVE CAMP WIKOEP She Walked Fifty Yards After Receiving the Assassin’s Elow. Imposing Demonstration of Sympathy by Officials and Citizens of Geneva —The Post-Mortem. GE VA, Switzerland, September 12.— Th> post mortem examination of the re- mains of the late Empress of Austria, who was assinated on Saturday last by an Italian anarchist, whose name has been iously given as Laccheni, Luchesi and Luigini, has revealed that the weapon com- pletely transfixed the heart, penetrating three and one- third inches and making a nd one-sixth of an inch wide. The fact that her maje walked fifty yards to the ibed to her remarkable will power and natural energy. ‘The body of the empress has been inclos- ed in a triple coffin and placed in a room trensformed into a mortuary chamber. The walls of th artment are veiled with black drapery covered with silver stars, i several Sisters of Charity are contin- ually on their knees beside the bier pray- ing fur the soul of the departed. Nearby stands the prayer table of the deceased, bearing her rosary and crucifi The ssin can only be p b governing Geneva imprisonment, the law prohibiting capital punishment, and a new ven if enacted, could not be retro- law, active so as to forfeit Demonstration of Sympathy. The imposing demonstration of sympathy organized by the federal council commenc- the anarchist’s life. ed at noon ted: The apprcaches to the Hotel Beurivege gwere guarded by gen- da jon was headed by gendarmes dies with four cocked hats and long cloaks, half yellow and half red. Their leader bore a crape-covered mace. They were followed by the members of the government, the members of parliament, the diplomatic corps and the civie dignitaries. Then came a great mass of the popula- tien of Geneva. In close ranks the people defiled bareheaded before the hotel, in spite of the very hot sun. In the meanwhile the historic bell of the Cathedral of St. Clemence clanged heavily. ‘The procession lasted over an hour. All eyes were directed toward the terrace of the hotel, where stood Gen. Berziviczy. marshal of the late empress’ household the Austrian minister and the members of the suite of the deceased. The majority of the stores were closed. Her Cousin at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, September 12.—Baron Wal!- deck de Villeneuve, captain in the 7th Im- mune Regiment, now: at Jefferson barracks, is a cousin of the late Empress of Austria, who was assassinated In Gene He seered very much affected when he read the news of the crime in the papers. He $s wired the following cablegran: of con- dolence: mperor Joseph of Aus- ere sympat K D to s tached to the court of the emperor. — ae THE BOTKIN EXTRADITION. Her Attorneys Will Vigorously Re- sist the Proceedings. SAN FRANCISCO, September 12.—The question of the extradition of Mrs. Corde- lia Botkin for the murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning and Mrs. Deane of Delaware will doubtless be brought to a focus on Tues- day morning. Governor Budd will hear the testimony of the prosecution and ar- gument of the defe against sending Mrs. Botkin to Delaware to stand trial for the crime. The papers are almost ready and by ‘Tuesday Chief of Police Lees and Detective MeVey expect to be fully prepared with their side of the case. Mrs. 1 - torneys are prepared to combat the efforts of the prosecution on what they call the inherent weakness and deficiency of the prosecution's evidence. If the governor shall order the extradi- tion of Mrs. Botkin the whole contention will be carried to the superior court and rehearsed before Judge Cook on the hear- ing of the habeas corpus proceedings. It is understood that the governor will hear testimony in the Palace Hotel in this city. ——_— EMBARKED FOR SPAIL VILL Cervera’s Farewell Words of En- thusiastic Praise of Americans. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., September 12.— Most of the sailors and marines who sur- vived the disaster which befell the warships of Admiral Pascual Cervera at Santiago July 3 were taken from Seavcy’s Island this norning to the steamship City of Rome, which has been chartered to take the ad- miral, his officers and men to their native country. By 9 o'clock all were embarked. Admiral Cervera, with his son Angel, made farewell visits to the officers of the navy yard previous to boarding the City of Rome. On his way to the boat the ad- miral spoke enthusiastically to those who accompanied him of the treatment the Americans had accorded to the Spanish prisoners, to his staff and to himself. He detailed the many courtesies he had re- ceived at Portsmouth, Annapolis, Norfolk, New York and Washington. Hé said he would carry home with him many happy recollections of the kindness and gener- esity of those high in official circles, as well as of citizens in eve ik of life. INVESTIGAT Col. in Cruiser Harvard Affair. Dudley Probing Into the PORTSMOUTH, N. H., September 12— Col. E. 8. Dudley, U. S. A., of the adjutant general's office in Washington, is here, making an investigaticn of the shooting of Spanish prisoners on board the auxiliary cruiser Harvard, which occurred just be- fore the vessel left Cuba for Seavey's Is- land. He is taking testimony of the ma- rines and the Spanish prisoners, and also had a long conference with Admiral Cer- Vera on the matter. The shooting was the outcome of a dispute between a number of the prisoners and several privates of the 9th Massachusetts Regiment who were on board. + —— Riches and Rich Men From Klondike SEATTLE, Wash., September 12.—The steamer Rosalie has arrived here from Skaguay, Alaska, with sixty passengers from Dawson, who brought out about half a million dollars in gold dust and drafts. William Sranley of this’ city had about $160,000 in drafts. The 800 pounds of gold en which they were issued was shipped down the river to St. Michael — EEE Evidences of a Murder Mystery. OAKLAND, Cal., September 12—The arm and hand of a woman, who was probably not over twenty-five years old, has been found in Lake Merritt. In connection with the recent discovery by some boys of a woman’s head floating in the Berkley, this ghastly find strongly points <o the commission of @ murder as yet unde- Many of the District’s Sick Soldiers Taken to New York. RILEY HAS BEEN OPERATED UPON Mrs. Glenn Reports the Condition of the Men. MISS HAWLEY’S a WORK Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CAMP WIKOFF, MONTAUK POINT, N. Y., September 12.—The weather is clear and cool. Several tented hospitals are being re- moved and boarded ones built to accom- modate the soldiers whom it will be neces- sary to keep here for the next ten days or until they have advanced in convalescence. The hospital ship Shinnecock got away last evening for New York and its vicinity, with 350 convalescents aboard, including many boys from the Ist District of Colum- bia regiment. I visited the ship and found everything most comfortable, with medi- cines, surgeons and nurses to insure the comfort of the boys. Sergt. Meigs, Sergt. Walk, merer and the rest are enthu praise of the treatment received general hospital Sergeant Meigs has a large block from a Cuban tree, from which he has promised to have paper weights made to be distributed to the nurses and to Dr. Heller, in whose ward he received every attention. The Santiago arrived in Port Pond yestercay, and immediately unloaded sev eral hundred sick. The hospital ship Re- lief arrived this morning, and will icave again today with 250 patients from the general hospital to be taken to Boston. Their Condition. Miss Hawley of Washington ts looking after the District of Columbia soldiers in the detention hospital. Riley has been operated upon for numer- ous troubles. Kyle continues to improve. George Shilling is devotedly attended by his movher. Alfred was sent away on the Shinnecock. Sullivan, Hearn and Graham are decided- Corp. Kam- stic in their at the bay panied by his mother. Morgan, who was sent from the detention camp to New York, aroused the apprehen- sion of his nur: . He vowed he would buy a at the first hash penser he came in contact with. The typhoid colony—Beavers, Richen- bacher, Seibert, Vaughan Giovan- noni, Campocil and Kauffman—are report- ed by Dr. Heller as doing wel. M . GLE. Those Taken to New York. The ambulance ship Shinnecock reached New York Saturday with 280 sick soldiers from the general hospital at Camp Wiko(l, including the foliowing members of the District of Columbia regiment, who were sent to the hospitals indicaiec Fort Hamilton Hosp.tal—James Craven, Company B; John Hindle, Company B: James K. Maras, Company Wil C. Myers, Company iF; Thomas Company I; Wuiam White, Company Bediow’s ‘Island—James M. Power, Com- pany E. EE Warden, Company F, was furiough- e Yesterday the Shinnecock took the fol- lowing named District men to New York: George T. Schilling, Company G; Klbert B. Richmond, Company G; W. Il. Noyes, Com: pany D; C. M. Walker, Company D; George C. Meigs, Company F; Citford A! Lucas, Company af John Krammer, Company [; S. T. Wallis, Company b; L. C. Dyer, Com- pany C; J. 8. Gininty, Company L; Harry L. Slater, Company K! Alger Says It's All Right. DETROIT, Mich., September 12.—Con- cerning reports from Camp Wikoff that the camp is preparing to break up under per- emptory new orders from General Miles, Seeretary Alger said today: here is nothing new in that. Camp Wikoff from the first was merely intended S a detention camp. The purpose from th n to get the soidiers away from there as soon as possible. No change in purpose is indicated by these dispatcie: from my own orders given before I left Washirgton. Relative to the statement, attributed to General Miles, “Never mind what Alger says,” etc., the Secretary positively refused to speak. Kimball Prefers Sea Girt. NEW YORK, September 12.—Colonel Kimball, deputy quartermaster general at the army building in this city, on receipt of the telegram advising him to select and prepare careps for soldiers near this city, sent a telegram to Washington, saying that he had selected Forest Park, Brook- lyn, and Sea Girt, N. J. Hé preferred Sea Girt. He asked that an officer shoud be detailed to report to him at once to arrange the details of the camp determined on. DEATHS MONTAUK. AT Only Five Reported — Detentic Hospital Cioses Today. CAMP WIKOFF, MONTAUK POINT, L. I., September 12.—The deaths reported from the generzi hospital today were as follows: Walter Eliger, Company G, 3d Infantry; dysenter Samuel P. Wiley, corporal, 9th Massachusetts; typhoid. David Hochauser, Company I, 8th Ohio; exhaustion. Burt Smith, Company B, Sth Infantry; malari: James E. Tiernan, 9th Massachusetts; ty- phoid. ‘There are 671 patients in the general hes- pital and but sixty-five in the detention hospital. he latter will be closed today. > of the tents of the detention hos- pital were taken to Boston today on the hospital ship Relief, while the other forty patients are being transferred to the gen- eral hospital. It is expected that by Thursday there will be no patients in the general hospital. Nearly every train that arrives brings de- tachments of troops who have been sent here to join their regiments of the regular army preparatory to being sent to their home station. ~Among those troops which arrived today were a detachment of the Ist Infantry from Atlanta, about 200 men. ————— Personal Mention. ~ Join V. Shea, of Woodside, Md., and brother, Jas. W. Shea of Washington, are enjoying a trip in Omaha. The Rev. Hedding B. Leech, pastor of Sandford Street Methodist Episcopal Church, East Orange, N. J., is visiting his parents at 711 12th street northeast. Mr. Leech is a son of the Rev. George -V. Leech, D.D., of this city. Mr. and Mrs. John Sherman are expected to arrive in New York tomorrow on the steamer Kensington. Charles Denby of Indiana, ex-minister to China, is at the Ebbitt. Major C. C. Sniffin and W. A. Sitch of the United States army are at the Ebbitt. Company C, Twenty- D. CG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 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 address in the United States or Canada. by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter. Terms: 13 cents per week 25 cents for two weeks, 3 cents per month. Invariably tn advance. Sub- scribers changing their address from one Post-oftice to another should give the last address as well as che new one or | REPLY TO SPANISH: NOTE| Envoys to Be Sent by the United States to Manila. They Will Try to Induce the Insur- gents to Respeet the Suspension of Hostilities. MADRID, September 12.—The French am- bassador at Washington, M. Cambon, who has been acting for Spain in the peace ne- gotiations, has cabled to the government here the American reply to the Spanish note protesting against hostilities upon the part of the insurgents in the Philippine Isl- ands in spite of the peace protocol. The United States promises to send envoys to induce the Togalos to respect the suspen- sion of hostilities and to prevent vessels leaving Manila with insurgents having the intention of propagating the insurrection in other islands. Aguinaldo’s Commissioners. SAN FRANCISCO, September 12.—News has been received that Aguinaldo’s three commissioners to the American-Paris com- ion have started from Hong Kong and 1 arrive in San Francisco on September on the steamer Gaelic men are native Filipinos, who have | been appointed by the insurgent dictator with the permission of the American com- mander at Manila. They will arsue for the independence of the Philippini E PHILIPPINE: TO CONF The American ission Members of the Peace to Ne Here Wednesda y of State Day arrived in W from his home sh- at Canton on an y morning train tod. As so s he had breakfasted he repaired to the White House, where he had long conf2rence with the President, which is presumed to have had special reference to the nature of the instructions to be given to the peace commissioners. Nothing has been heard at the State De- partment recently from the other members of the commissicn. Mr. McArthur has just returned to Wash- ington from New York, where he completed all the details of the trip, and it is now settled that the American commissioners will take passage on the Campania, leaving New York next Saturday. It is not expect- ed at the instructions to be given to the of the commission will be made in the view of the department ‘$ Will be placea at a con- a uble di ntage in conducting their negotiations were their case made known fully in to the Spaniamis. The Secretary will spend this week in making for the departure of the rday, and for the ion in Paris. It is Lhe thoroughly pre- d to mcet the commissioners of Spain. the American members of the com- on will be in this city Wednesday, at which time they are expected to have a long conference with the President. They ay also confer with him Thursday. It is understood that at_tomorrow’s ses- nof the cabinet the question of the at- titude of this country on the Philippine All will be discussed, ‘This discussion will re- t in committing the President and his dvisers to a course which will be out- lired to the American’ peace commission- ers, and which will be negotiations to ensue. pace commissioners will £0 aw: country fully posted as to the followed in all the ident’s position. That will be made so clear to them as to leave nothing in dcubt, The best information obtainable is that | the President is still convinced that this country does not want all the Philippines, and that his instructions will be that the Is:and of Luzon shall come to the United States. eee LONG RUN FOR BAT" SHIPS. The Iowa and Oregon to Go Ro the Horn to San Francisco. The Navy Department ig shifting around some of the officers on the battle ships Ore- a gon and lowa preparatory to their de- parture from New York on their long cruise to San Francisco by way of the Siraits of Magelian. The department has just selected from among the fleet of col- ers acquired during the war four of the best and largest to accompany the battle ships on their long run, These are the Cas- sius, the Scindia, the Alexander and the Aberendia, and their coal capacity is sutli- cient to insure a full supply for the big battle ships, as well as for themselves, without subjecting the fleet to the refusal of any of the South American republics to take on coal on count of the technical existence of the state of war between the United States and Spain. No attempt is to be made to drive the big ships so as to equal the famous run of the Oregon coming stward, the need for the ships on the Pacific side not being so pressing as to warrant running the risk of injuring the boilers or machinery by keeping up fuil speed. It is expected that the battle ships with their coliiers will be able to start from New York about the end of this month, and if they reach San Francisco by Washington's birthday the Navy Depart- ment will be satistied. ae LESS POWDER. FOR SMOK ntracts Awarded for Furnishing One Million Pounds. The contract for supplying the Navy De- partment with smokeless powdcr has been awarded to the California Powder Company and the Dupont Powder Company, each to supply half a million pounds. Th: contract price is 80 cents per pound, the government to furnish alcohol necessary for tne produc- tien of the powder. ‘The twe mpanies | ter, | Gene Were notuied late last week that the con- tract had been awarded them, but the contracts have not yet been signed. ————_+ «+ —___—. . MAINE'S QUIET ELECTIONS. The Republicans will Undoubtedly Ne-Elect Gov. Powers. PORTLAND, Me., September 12.—Maine State and congressionai elections in off. years are quiet and teday’s election is no exception to the rule, Neither republicans nor democrats have made an active cam- paign, and the vote promises to be light. The republicans will undoubtedly re-elect Governor Powers and the four representa- tives—Messrs. Reed, Dingley, Burleigh and Boutelle. Nearly the whole republican leg- islative ticket will be elected. There were only five democrats in the last legislature, and the democratic minority in the new one will no. be tormidable. In some dis- tricts the democrats made no nominations. in Portland the voting began light and a comparatively small vote was thrown up to the noon hour. The republicans will Probably elect their ticket here, but, as there is some cutting on both sides, the result cannot be foretold with certainty. ‘The democratic nominee for governor is Mayor Samuel Lord of Saco. There is con- siderable interest in .the vote Former Representative Luther H. McKinney, Aare Reed's: feelin ~apd the first corgressional district, which includes Portland. CARE OF THE SICK|DELAY IN EvacuATION|REAL YELLOW FEVER, War Department Plans for Well-Built Hospitals. IMPROVEMENTS AT CAMP WIKOEE Gen. Coppinger Reports on Con- dition at Camp Wheeler. RANSPORT REGULATIONS SS Surgeon General Sternberg today fur- nished some interesting details of the plans of the War Department for the establish- ment of two large, well-equipped winter hespitals for the troops. He said that without attracting much attention the medical department had for some time been at work erecting such a hospital on the government reservation at Fort Monroe, and he was pleased to be able to announce that Lieutenant Colonel Woodhull, the eon in charge, had reported that the pital would be ready for the reception t Friday. There is alread fort a tent hospital in excellent of accommodating 500 patients. new hospital will be additional to this, be constructed of lumber after siyle of regular barracks, and will contain 1,000 beds. It is intended for the reception k soldiers returning from Porto Rico. hos of troops ne the Looking ahead to the possibility of an 7 of Cuban ports by the ¥, with the resulting re 1 the medical department for the care of the sick soldiers, Surgeon General Sternberg is pianning for another hespital on an even larger scale at of the southern ports below Fortre r voe and more accessible from Cuba. He has appointed a medical board to make an inspection of available places, and the im- pression prevails that the hospital will be eit located at Charleston or Savannah. The hospital ships Resolute and Missouri are under orders to prepare immediately for a return trip to Porto Rico to bring back any sick soldiers requiring home treatment. Altering Camp Wikoft Hospitals. Surgeon General Sternberg has received the following ‘clegram from Surgeon For- wood, in charge of the medical establish- ment at Camp Wikoff, Montauk, respecting the improvem-nts being made at that place: The few patients remaining here tem- porarily under treatment will be perfectly comfortable in the alter2d wards now being prepared. The tents are taken off the floors, widened two feet and the plate raised two feet. There are sliding windows and a gocd ventilation, and three medium base burner stoves in eac Two of th are well under way.Th large force of ¢ penters and plenty of lumt ything under way and in three or of these wards will be ¢ i accommod: fifty patients ch, will be, I think, mer than eno’ Shinnecock took about 3% today (y The Ret hospita fief will tak here ) from the divisi. tomorrow, and the Shinne cock will be ready for 300 more at 1 o'elc Tuesd i less than 100 patients I>ft, and he fs dire ed not to receive ny ore from an! scurce. The only influx of sick will be from the camps and the general hospitals where all typhoid eases hav been sent. 1 inquired in many wards and was 1oid that ts were comfortable las: night dur- ing the cold orm.”* Conditions at Camp Wheeler. In view of all that has been sald of a critical cha er frum a sanitary point of view respecting the conditions of the United States troops quartered at Hunis- ville, Ala., the War Department has it proper to make public the follo which has been received by Sternberg from Major Surgeon General Coppinge HEADQUARTERS 4TH CAMP WHEELER, HUN MY CORPS, SVILL 5 September 9, 188. General G. M. Sternberg, Surgeon General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. Dear Surgeon General: I have an impres- sion that at this time it may be of interest to you to have a line on a lines-man’s view of the sanitary condition of the 4th Army Corps. We are mped in an attractive, open valley, the fresh, cool, invigorating ‘air of Huntsville’s hills steadily winning our poor, enfeebled men back to Hfe and strengtn, after the poisonous fever-laden swamps of Tampa. Our corps and brigade hospitals well sup- plied; surgeons ‘and attendants doing fine work. Their work has been long and arduous. Doctors Reynolds, Lippitt, Strong and Richards, now fever-stricken, broken down, were especially noticeable for their inde- fatigable zeal for the well being, and their tender solicitude for the welfare of those to whom they ministered so well. O'Reilly has worked nobly and effec- with marked and successful admin- istrative crracity. Our condition struggling at Tampa with typhoid and malarial fever was sad. [ can- you for the extraordinai which you supplied the corps with doctors immunes, nurses and medical stores. Tu more extraordinary when you reflect how conflicting and unlooked-for orders fired our men, with little time for preparation, into unlooked-for places. You humanely responded to every appeal. On behalf of my stricken men I wish earnestly to thank you. Believe me, sincerely your: J. J. COPPINGER, Major General, U.S. V. Washington Barracks Hospital. The post hospital at Washington bar- racks, District of Columbia; the Sternberg and Sanger field hospitals at Chickamauga Park, and the military hospital at Pon Porto Rico, have been designated as ge eral hospitals, and are placed under the exclusive control of the surgeon general of the army. Regulations for Transports. A board of officers, consisting of Briga- dier General William Ludlow, Col. Frank 3. Hecker and Lieut. Wm. C. Rivers, has been appointed to meet at the Army build- ing, New York city, at the call of the presi- dent of the board, to make regulations for the government of troops on transports. Sites for Permanent’ Hospitals. The acting secretary of war will this afternoon designate a committee, headed the | by Gen. Schwan, an engineer officer, a med- ical officer and an oificer of the quarter- master’s department, to inspect and select sites for permanent hospitals. At Chickamauga Park. The following was posted at the War De- partment this afternoon: * (Copy of telegram.) “By direction of the President—Respect- fully referred, Secretary of War.” CHICKAMAUGA PARK, Ga., September 11, 1898. ‘The President: Less than forty davs ago work was begun to build and equip Stern- berg Hospital, to supply a crying demand for better accommodations and more care- ful treatment of the sick of this command, who were daily increasing in numbers when I assumed command, on August 2. Major Griffin was put in charge of this hos- Pital, and it has in that time been of infinite comfort to the hundreds of sick who have been in its wards, and is now a model field hospital in every way. He de- serves great praise and commendation for the work he has done. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE, ‘Major General, Commanding. Spain Wants the Customs Receipts as Long as Possible. Troops Will Not Be Sent to Cuba Until Danger From Fever is Past. It is believed in official circles here that indications point rather strongly to a pur- pese on the part of the Spanish in Cuba to delay evacuation of the island as long as possible. The protocol provides for the “immediate” evacuation, but the evacua- ticn has not been “immediate,” and the word is subject to a very flexible interpre- tetion by Spanish custom, and considerable regret 1s being expressed that a definite time was not named within which the Spanish should be out of Cuba. The word “imme- diate,” it is said, was used with the idea of giving it a liberal interpretation so as not to necessitate the sending of troops to the island until after the unhealthy sea- son had passed. It appears now, however, as if the Spanish were going to try to stretch it still further, by raising all sorts of questicns involving de The instru tions to our commissioners, now at Hz vera, -contemplate their considering no conditions, but merely the formal arrange- ment for the transfer of authority and the departure of the Spanish troops, but it ap- pe that the instructions of the Spanish commissioners contemplate thei ering upon negotiations concerning the retention of property in the form of realty as well as ceriain military stores and armament. They Want the Customs Receipts. It is foreseen that when our commis- sioners decline to go into these questions the Spanish commissioners will the matier being referred back to this gov- } ernment, and that various steps looking to delay wili be taken, whicn are Mable to prove embarrassing. The fact is, it is said, that the Spanish are now, after havirg been deprived for many months of ail customs revente, beginning to receive large sums of money from customs, and they are anxious toe remain in recefpt of this income as long as possible. It 1s feared that it will be far into November, if not lazer, before the evacuation is ac- complished and the American troops are placed in commend. Occapation of the West Indies. Arrangements for the military occupation of Cuba and Porto Rico are now under consideration, but it is not the intention cf the President to send an army to Havana and other ports of Cuba not now occupied until after the unhealthy season has en- tirely passed. The intention i3 to wait un- ui late enough for the danger of the terri- ble Cuban fever to be over, and then to compose the army of occupati almost entirely f regulars The idea is to send about 60,000 men to Cuba, and to have an army of 10,000 or 2,000 in Porto Rico. This will require a force somewhat larger than the +« r forec, and the defici ill be made up | of some of the bes s that have been inured to the service. Talk of the Seventh Corps. There has Leen consideravle talk of the 7th Army Corps, under command of Gen. Lee, being sent to Havana, but it is ex- tremely doubtful whether this will be done. The plan under consideration is to use the veluntecrs that are retained in the service largely for garrison duty in this country, some may have to be sent to the Phil- nes or to Honolulu, where they will be available for a call to Mania if n ary. ‘The purpose is to fully r it the regu! army and to rely on it aimosi exclusively for the Cuban service. a TROOPS AT CAMP MEADE. Sudden Death of Private Mull—Col. Whitney's Accident. CAMP MEADE, MIDDLETOWN, Pa., September 12—Private Wm. J. Muli, Com- pany D, 20ist New York Regiment, died suddenly today of heart disease. Mull came to camp last night with his regiment and was preparing to bathe in the Susqu2hanna river with some comrad2s when he expired His body will be shipped to his home in New York city for interment A strong guard has been placed about the camp of the ist Battalion of the Lith Rennsy.vania Regiment, which is doing taugue duty at the commissary depot. bul- ty men out of the battalion are absent Without leave, and a detail will be sent trom the regiment to search for them in and about Scranton. Ine men are anxious io g2t home, anu it is thougnt.to be the next regiment trem Pennsyivania for mus- tering out. Our. Coryell expects to have the imuster- out rolis and oiner pap2rs in shape to leave camp Saturday. ‘ine 1th Pennsylvania Kegiment has been assigned to ihe 1st brigage of the 2d Division with the 2d West Virginia and the 203d New York. Col. Glenn today assumed command of the brigad2 composed of the 1ith Pennsyl- vania, $d Connecticut and 202d New York. Gen. Grahum has decided to make two full divisions and a provisional division of one brigade and Gen. 8. B. M. Young of Pittsburg wili ccmmand one of the divi- sions, Gen. Gobin returned to camp today and resum2d command of the 1st division. The Sd New York and the 5th Massa- chusetts regiments arrived in camp today Col. Whitney of the 5th Massachusetts fell from his horse and broke a bone in iis foot Col. Rickards of the 16th Pennsylvania Battalion has been ordered to move his command to New York tomorrow to take the beat on Wednesday for Porto Rico. En Route to Camp Meade. aW YORK, September 12.—Tae Sth chusetts Volunteers left Jersey City this moraing in four sections over the Penn- sylvania railroad for Camp Meade, Middle- town, Pa. Phere were 1,220 men ed 40 officers. All were weil. The regiment expects to form part of the army of occupation In Cuba. A hospital train of eleven cars arrived in Jersey City late last night from Cincinnati. It was in charge of Surg. Maj. Charles Richards and Capt. H. A. Shaw. Two stew- ards and twerty nurses’ were also on the train. Two more cars were added to the train to: it is waiting for sick Surg. Richards said he had received or- ders from the War Department to report with the train at Jersey City. He did not know where he was to get the sick from, neither could he tell where he would take them. The major said that later orders would explain these things. —. IMMUNE SOLDIER KILLED. Aftermath of Pay Day Among Troops at Galveston. GALVESTON, Tex., September 12.—Ed- ward Callahan, a private in Ist United States Volunteers (immunes), was shot to death last night, and his companion, Jack Elliott, a civilian, was wounded In the ab- domen. Harry Owens, a supernumery po- liceman, surrendered himself. He says he attempted to arrest the men, who had im- posed upon a little boy, and they threw him down, kicked him and began knifing him. The immunes were paid off yester- day, and most of them were down town celebrating. fe Pastor Called to Baltimore. KANSAS CITY, Me., September 12.—Rev. Chas. M. Hawkins, D.D., pastor of the ‘Troost Avenue Methodist Church, has ac- ‘cepted a call to a Baltimore, Md., church. > Army Surgeons at Ponce Finda Case Among Soldiers. PRIVATE CHAS, MINER'S SYMPTOMS After His Death an Autopsy Con- firmed the Diagnosis. NUMEROU SICK > MEN PONCE, Island of Porto Rico, September 11 Gelayed in transmission).—The United States army surgeons here believe there has been a genuine case of yellow fever at this camp. Charles Miner, a private of the 19th Infantry, died on Friday, and the symptoms pointed to yellow fever, But it was not until the autopsy was held yes- terday that the surgeons pronounced it yel- low fever. Brig. Gen. Guy V. Henry has reported the case to Gen. Brooke at San Juan The Spanish steamer Alfonso XIII, which arrived at San Juan this morning from Barcelona with 1 and passengers, and which brcught instructions to the Span- | ish commissioners, also had on voard in- structions for the Spanish-Cuban evacua- tion commission. She proceeved for Havana this afternoon, as a cabled. The report of a hurricane at the Island of Barbadoes has delayed the sailing of the Spanish warships for Spain. All our ships on this station are safe in the harbors. The monitors are at Guanica and the Cincin- nat! and New Orleane are here. Six naval cadets who were on board the Cincinnati are to be sent to Annapc the Seneca, which safls on Tuesday signal corps men, out. Reports 1,553 Sick. Gen. Henry’s report made to Gen. Brooke yesterday on the condition of the troops on the south side of the {sland shows there are 1,553 sick out of a total of 11,000, the highest percentage yet reported. Gen. Ernest's brigade, consisting of the Ist Kentucky, the 3d Wisconsin and the 16th Pennsylvania, average 27 per ce: Half of the 600 cases are diarrhoea and 38 are of typnoid fever. Gen. Schwan's brigade hus 180 sick. The Ist Volunteer Engineers have 49 sick. Gen. Grant's brigade has 130 sick. Battery M ot the 7th Artillery sick. Battery A of the 6th Artillery has 50 sick, and Troop § of the 2d Cavalry has 41 sick. There is almost no sickness in Battery B has 28 of the Sth Artiller attery C of the Ist Artillery and the Battalion of Engi- neers. Although the percentage of sick is high, generally, a large proportion of the cases are not serjous, and the death rate is low Typhoid fever creasing and there is no oceasion for — oe JUDGE COOLENS DEATH. It Had Been Long Expected and Wax Desired by ANN ARBOR, Mich. September 12.— Judge Thomas M. Cooley, the noted jurist and constitutional lawyer, died early today Him. at his home. Three monihs ago he returned from a private sanitarium at Flint, Mich., where he had been treated chiefly for mental weakness. He was (cu so much improved in mental health that he was able to rec- ognize acquaintances, He realized his weak physical condition and his failing mental abilities, and often expressed a w! that death would come. Several weeks ago he relapsed into a com- atose condition. During the ensuing inter- val the only intelligitie utierance he made was once, when he inquired for his eldest son. His demise had been expected for weeks past. > THE FIFTH BODY FOUND. Many More Believed to Be in the Ruins Philadelphi. PHILADELPHIA, September —Five persons are known to have lost their Ives as a result of the gasoline explosion which occurred iast night at 15th and South streets. The fifth body, that of a woman, supposed to be Rebecca Seb nineteen years, a daughicr etor of the store where the explosion oc- curred, was taken from the ruins at 10 o'clock this morning. The remains were so badly charred that identification was prac- tically impossible. It is believed that at least haif a dozen bodies are yet in the ruins. ‘Taree children, who were playing in the yard of the buiid- ing where the explosion occurred at the time of the expivsion, are thought to have been killed. There has been no report of miss.ng per- iienstein, aged of the propri- sons made to the police departuwent, but Uhis is accounted for by the tact tnat the destroyed buildings were tenanied mainiy by foreigners, wuo are ignorant of po.ice regulations in such case: > ONLY 1,800 AT CAMP THOMAS. The Number to Be Left There After Tomorrow CHICKAMAUGA-CHATTANOOGA NaA- TIONAL MILITARY PARK, Tenn., Sep- tember 12.—The 9th New York is being paid e regiment has packed aii its ef- and is expected to wave tur home early tomorrow morning. The 2d Kentucky is aiso in readiness to move, and is expect- ed to get away before tomorrow might. The depariure of these reguueuts will leave only about 1,80u0 men al Cnicaamau- ga, these comprising one reg-micut and sud men in the hospitais. The Miaway at Lyue, which has beea Une scene of 50 much turmoil auring the summer, is now a thing is of the past. he last of tue sa. shops Were ciose today, the majormy of the shopmen going to vther camps. The work of cieaning up the park is progressing rapidiy. ‘Ihe refuse is being burnea and great quantities of disinfectants are being used. eRe Tee = RIOTING IN GUATEMALA. Three Hundred Killed and We During Election. NEW ORLEANS, September 12.—The steamer Olympia, which has arrived here from Porte Cortez, brings news of serious rioting in Guatemala during the recent elections, in which, it is said, 300 were kitl- ed and wounded. The story of the moting was brought from Port Barrios to Porto Cortez by a trading schooner, whose cap- tain says that the facts were kept off the wires by the government cersorship. Although Prospero Morales had died after his capture in a cave by the government forces, his followers were not content to wounded.