Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1898, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1898-14 PAGES. GREENE AND HERSEY | + Witnesses Before the Investigating Commission. - NO SUFFERING IN THE PHILIPPINES —+ The Rough Riders Well Provided For. FORCE TOO SMALL MEDICAL The war Inv committe met 19 o'clock this m the Lemon bu ng. and half an hou er the examinati of F. V. Greene, who was in servi in Manila, was begun. Ex-Gove ver announced that he could not remain with commission all the morning, and that he would prefer that Mr. Denby ould conduct the examination. All the members of the commission were present. ireene did object to being » testified that Jist New York Regi- he had been ap- ar, and that moted to sent to Man! had ina and other = of the a gone troops, whence he n Francisco on the ¢ orts his command t 2d to month’s supp transports ount of qua: ok out + used in Manila, s to be used on board » took a large '3 supplies, and in ‘our months’ sup- and maste general the were well packsd, al- though a few articles came in late and were just on top of other supplies that were needed first. In his opinion, both tha medical and commissary supplies were suf- Gen. F. V. Greene. icient. There was no complaint regarding he supplies, but there was complaint about 2 cooking. After they en out f¢ they had into gox and there was no furt y were thirty-two Gays stopping voyage. ta mile and a quar- they were three of the men was Their camp was a where alth he commi abundant, but th them ashore. With » difficult the meat to spoiled. They Xcept to have he twenty-four ‘ou had no t of what provide: causes—the wind and surf.” “Tha replied the witness. “And d not prevent the sup- y owed much of their d to the abili- eir quartermaster. “If had had a ba ve been Boiled All Their Water. Gen. Greene said the men in his com- mand had some fever, but no yellow feve 3o far as he knew, there was no yellow fever in the country. There was consid- erable diarrhoea. In his brigade he had but twenty or tht They had effi- cient medical officers and did not have to buy medical in Mantla. All the men in Camp Dewey, he said, had bamboo vads, which rat rem a fuot and a half above the ground. Only the hospital te nad fi They had no fresh milk He had heard 10 com hospital servi and for bad not examin: he hos nad there sickness in Manila t command had had in San Fran ey had boiled avery drop of thelr water before capturing Mani After th> command got in Manila the Americans induced the insurgents to allow the Water to come into the city, and then they had abundant supply The sinks mps we - twice a day jars, he said, blue un the volu brown igue suits. when the and got » ish shoe: the t once In Mani jovght, were American ske Mr. Denby asked Gen any suzgeetion to make = ment that could have manner of conducting t Deadlock Caused by Red Tape. Gen. Greene—“The only suggestion I would make is that the army regulations ke adzpted more to troops in active cam- paign than they now are. The army r ulations are based on the requirements of the commands in forts. Sometimes the men have to go hungry because no one has ty to issue rations. For example, in unloading the lighters with sup) Manila one of them capsized and was These ration } previously been iss regimen The responsible for t for new rations. had tasued the reene » any improv:- made in the war. missary was no longer Th n The ratio regiments asked mmissary said he and that he could do nothing more. There was a deadiock. ‘The men had no food, under the reg- ulations the comm: could issue no The only way out of that was to a board of survey. examine and the case. The report had to go to the division commander before more ra- tions could be issted. In the meantime the men had nothing to eat.” The rations, he sald, while ordina: ample, were not sufficient for the troops in the trenches before Manila, and he final- ly succeeded in getting a double supply {s- sued to his command Gen. Greene suggested that in order to prevent these difficulties the army regula- tions be changed to give commanding oti!- cers more authority in time of war so that the troubles they had at Manila could have been overcome. Gen. Greens compared the transports he that there had been colluston between the railway authorities and officials in the se- lection of the ground for Camp- Merritt. At the same time he knew that Gen. Otis had selected that camp, and he was satls- fied that there was no truth in suoh a charge. The cause of trouble at Camp Merritt, he said, was chiefly on account of the sinks, and he added that lots of trouble was experienced by “all the people of San Francisco” going out to the camp with ples. Transports in Bad Condition. When he was asked if he knew of any fault on the part of the quartermaster's department, he said the condition of tran- ports In New York was not such as it should have been. He did not know who had hired these transports or who was re- ble for such contracts. eral Greene suggested that in the fu- ture coffee used in the army during times of active campaign should be roasted and ground and issued in tins. The soldiers in he said, prefer green coffee, be- retains its strength. They | can ast and grind it in barracks. But they were given green coffee in Manila, and there Was no way to roast and grind it in the trenches, where it was raining con- ntly. General Greene did not think the army would be well off without fat meat in He said a certain amount ‘at meat was necessary for cooking the soldiers’ food. Speaking of hardships suffered by the troops at Manila, he said he did not con- sider the hardships they suffered as very severe. They were considerable on account f the rain, but nothing like the hardships he had observed in the Turko-Russian war, for instance, where at Constantinople the Russians had 60,000 men sick in hospitals. He spoke of the campaign of the Turks FY the Balkans, when the men had no blankets, slept in the snow without cover- ing and forded rivers filled with ice. General Greene said he thought very few | mistakes, if any, had been made in the ila campaign. The troops had run out but they had bought all the shoes could get on the Pacific coast, and r shoes arrived after they got into Manila. Speaking of the character of officers ap- pointed from civil life, he said they were not experienced and were generally with- a wledge of k pline. He said so many regular army officers had been put in the volunteer service that the regular troops were without enough regular officers to be in their best condition. He didn’t think retir s would have been able to stand the strain of the campaign had the law allowed them to be in the service. The older officers were completely worn out by the hardships, he said. Major Hersey Testifies. Upon the conclusion of General Greene's testimony at about 12 o’clock, Major Henry B. Hersey of the Ist Volunteer Cavalry (rough riders) was called and began his testimony. Maj. H out from the sey stated that he was Santa Fe, N. M. Testifying regaré way his squadron of the 1st Volunteer C: airy was taken care of prior to leaving Sentiago, he said they had been well sup- plied with fcod. There was some coin- paint about one of their surgeons, but he found upon making an investigation that the surgeon’s unpopularity was brougat about on account of his manner ana bear- ing toward the men, and not on account of failure to attend to his duties. Major Hersey said that at Tampa his squadron was camped vetween two regi- ments of regulars, and the officers of th regiments offered to have their quarte master sergeants instruct the men of his squadron in the details of their duties, and in that way he had received a great deal of assistance from them. The health of his squadron appear&% to him to compai favorably with the h th of the regulars camped alongside of them. Transportation Was Bad. In his opinion there was no reason to compla‘n to the supplies, &c., of his squad: at Tampa. His squav ron went to &0. but did nouget there until after th render. His squadroy Vani sailed on the a, and that transport was in perfect condition. At Santiago they were quite weil supplied with subs and medical es, their ¢ diftiew being on the transportation facilitics } 0 poor, which was chietly dy roads. S got ot them we at. their rations, rte, but at eme portion | alway asked what wa the cause of the pocr tran n, he said he supposed it was ¢ ant of the hurried starting of the expedition to Santiago, which was not determined upon, rstood, until after the nish fleet was known to be at Santiago. o'clock the commission took the to 2 o'clock, when Major ned his t He said there was yellow fever among the Rough Riders, but ihe men were well or by the medical officers. While Col. evelt was doing brigade Maj. Hersey was in command of the regiment. The Re gh Riders went to Montauk Point arded as one ports. He did not conditions on the transport as particularly bad; not worse than would be expected on a ship that had not been fitted up 4s a passenger steamer. The water they had on this ship was not particularly a le to the taste, but ey all drar There was ice enough on the trip for sick, but not for all. Maj. Hersey said their camp at Montauk Point was a model camp. The water s ply, he said, had been criticised a g deal. but he used it without bad effect. The water came from wells. ‘There was plenty of water. There was a break in the pipes at one time that made trouble for a short time. The sinks, he said, recelved excel- lent attention; there was plenty of disin- fectant. He had never seen sinks given more attention than those at Camp Wikof®. The sinks were not offensive at any time. ‘The sick of the Rough Riders, the wit- were taken to the general h pital when they were ill enough to go th ‘There were some sick in the regime camp who were card for and given spec attention there. The sick of the regi at Camp Wikoff reduced in number. first ten days in camp saw an increase of fever cases. Men who had fever in their systems showed its effects after they got ness said The there. But after the first ten days they improved rapidly. About 30 per cent of the Rough Riders, the witness said, were cowboys, or men ac- mp life, . Denby asked th ceases of incomp witness to indicate t2ncy of any kind any that had come to his attention. Maj. Hersey: “Under the circumstances, I think the arrangements were first-class. The men expected hardships. Th what they expected, but nothing that ¢: have been avoided.” Medical Force Inadequate. Surgeon General Sternberg has sent to the commission investigating the conduct of the war the following memorandum re- lating to the medical department of tha aimy: “The number of medical officers allowed by law is inadequate in times of peace. The total namber allowed is 192. There are at present thirteen vacancies. The admin- istration of the surgeon general's office and the Army Medical Museum requires six. Eleven are on duty at medical supply de- pots and as chief surgeons of military de- partments. One is at the Soldiers’ Home, fifty-six are at general hospitals, on hos- pital ships and at garrisoned posts. Four have been disabled since the commence- ment of the war by sickness. Five ure on duty as chief surgsons of army corps. ‘This leaves ninety-s2ven medical officers availa- ble for duty with troops in the field. Of these, thirty-five have been appointed bri- urgeons of voluntzers and are dis- ted among the fous army corps. Since the declaration of war the loss by death has been two, and twenty-three are now absent from duty on sick jeave. Contract Surgeons. “This defictency tn regular medica! off- cers has made it necessary to employ more than 65) contract surgeons. Most of these doctors from civil life are doing good ser- vice. and many of them are thoroughly well-equipped physicians and surgeons, with ample hospital experience; but it hus been impessible to make a careful selec- tien, owing to the great pressure of busi- had seen in the Pacific with those he had lence with in the Atlantic, the former Ing models of equipment, while those in e Atlantic lacked all their conveniences to make them suitable for the transporta- tion of troops. ‘The witness was questioned regarding the potion of Camp Merritt at San Francis- He sald he knew nothing of the report ness in the surgeen general's office, and the urgency has been $0 great that it Fas noe been practicable to have examining boards to pass upon their qualifications. I have endeavored, so far as possible, to obtain satisfactory professional indorsement be- fore making a contract with an applicant. The number of appiicants has been great. and the personal visits of applicants and their friends so numerous, as to con- stitute a serlous embarrassment In con- ducting the business of my office. “In addition to this, there have been ap- pointed by the President eight corps sur- geons, with the rank of Ifeutenant colone!; twenty-four division surgeons, with the rank of major, and eighty-six brigade sur~ geons: also three medical officers for each of the regiments of the United States in- fantry, cavalry and engineers. All volun- teer regiments have three medical officers appointed by governors of states. “The very small proportion of expe- rienced medical officers has seriously im- paired the efficlency of the medical de- partment, but many of the division and brigade surgeons from civil Ife have shown great aptitude for the service, and have already become valuable medical officers. The same is true of many of the doctors employed under contract. Medical Officers in Fifth Corps “Referring to the alleged deficiency of medical officers with the 5th Army Corps at Santiago, I would say that this corps, upon leaving Tampa, had with it thirt regular medical officers, fifteen commission- ed volunteer medical officers and twenty contract doctors, a total of seventy-one, or over four per 1,000 of the strength of the command, which, I was informed, was about 16,000, Additional medical assistance was sent by the hospital ship Relief, which arrived at Siboney July 7 with twenty doc- tors board. There was also some volunteer assistance by Dr. Lesser of the Red Cross Society, Dr. Rudberg of the Swedish navy and several surgeons of the navy from ships in the vicinity. The Hospital Corps. “It has not been the expectation of the medical ‘department that every wounded man would immediately receive the atten- tion of a surgeon. No modern army makes provision for so large a number of medical officers as this would require. But attached to our army there ts a cor of non-com- batants, known as the Hospital Corps, which is the organized and authorized Red Cross of the army. At the outbreak of the war we had 1,800 Hospital Corps men in service. At present there are more than 6,000. These men wear a brasard upon the left arm, bearing the Red Cross of the Geneva convention. We have done our best to Instruct them In giving first aid to the wounded, and in a majority of cases a first-aid dressing properly applied by one of these men is all that is required. All of the surgeons who have come from the front have testified to the remarkable re- sults attained from the prompt application of aseptic dressings by our Hospital Corps men and by the soldiers themselvesor their comrades. The proper application of the dressings contained in the first-aid packet, which is carried by every soldier, is, under existing regulations, a matter in which every enlisted man has special instruction. For some time past this instruction has been given first by our medical officers to the compan. officers, and by them to the enlisted me’ The Death of Lieut. Lafferty. Dr. William W. Walker, the physician who attended Lieut. Lafferty in his last illness at Camp Wikoff, has sent an ex- plaration of his connection with the case to the investigating commission. The let ter is dated October 2, and was written at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He says the lieutenant had been warned tn Cuba and had afterward had typhoid fever, which was followed by phlebitis. He grew be: ( ne but afterward developed pneumont letter continues, as follows: i “Dr. Dellafield, a very prominent New Yerk physician; Col. N. Sonn, M asen, Col. Greenleaf, Capt. Ja seme other prominent phy ed in consultation in Lieut. c screen was placed around his bed and ial nurse detailed night anu day to attend Lieut. Lafferty ‘alon orderly, whose duty it was to devote whole time to Lieut. Lafferty. I saw him every hour during the day. I made my visit to the ward at 9 p.m. and again from 12 to 1 a.m. and at m. If anything occurred in the ward I called, and an swered cheerfully at any hour. “After Miss Annie Wheeler left us as chief nurse, Miss Murray, assistant nurse, Was made chief. She is a noble, fine, hard- work taking woman, who tovk es- pecial s to sce Lieut. Lafferty needed nothing we could give him. Lieut. Laffe ty was the pilicers’ ward ng, pa had charg: in three w . and no one regretted more than your humble serv- Lafferty, if at his home and and # million dollars tale E > recei in the offi- | ard at the general hospital at Camp | Wikoff, and I defy the world to prove the contrary | ‘rs. Lafferty, Lieut. Lafferty’s mother, arrived at Camp Wikoff ten days before his death, and there was nothing Maj. Nan- Maj. Brown, Maj. Thomason, Capt. Jackson, M. D., or Col. Greenleaf or I could do to please her; the same with the lady nurses, and when Lieut. Lafferty died, about 10 a.m. Monday, Septemb: » told me I had killed her son, and to Kill her. I did my duty, as 2 yed by every officer in the ward and | ical man in the hospital.” + 0+— PENITENTIARY OFFENSES. Those Convicted of Them Here to Be Confined Out in Ghio. Orders were issued this afternoon by Chief Justice Bingham and Associate Jus- tice Bradley of the District Supreme Court, the presiding judges of the two criminal branches, to the effect that hereafter all prisoners trom the District convicted of penitentiary offenses shall be confined in the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus, instead of in the institutions at Albany, N. Y., and Trenton, N. J. This action was taken in response to @ letter from Attorney General Griggs. . —_-+_—_. Pesonal Mention. Governor J. R. Tanner of Illinois, who was present at the launching of th? battle ship filinois at Newport News, Tuesday, was registered yesterday at the Shoreham Hotel. Mr. Louis D. Wine is confined to his resi- dence, . 1717 Q stre2t northwest, with a gastric trouble which, while not regarded as serious, causes him much discomfort. He was reported as being slightly better today. Miss Blanche Meegan has returned to hor studio on Q street northwest after a busy summer. Mr. Everard Snow left last week for the Hortford Theological Seminary, whre he gees to prepare himself for the ministry. Mr. Fred. E. Warner of Boston, Mas: spent two days with Mr. C. W. Little of «37 Fiorida avenue. He has gone on west, and will visit the Omaha exposition before r3- turning east. Mr. J. W. Shea of 30th street has left on business for Denver, Col., to be gone eral months. Cadst William D. Leahy, formerly of the battl> ship Oregon, and now of the Texas, is spending a few days in Washington. See Is Unauthorized. Mrs. Dickins of the relief committee is informed that an ex-sailor ts going about with one of Captain Dickins’ cards seeking relief. She wishes to state that such ac- tion is unauthorized. a Policeman Charged With Assault. Policeman Clifford Grant has been noti- fied to appear for trial tomorrow before Trial Officer Pugh on the charge of zs- The charge grows out of the ul- leged clubbing by Grant of a bootblack named Samuel Alexander several weeks ago for laughing at him, the full partic- wars of which have been already printed in The Star. > Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been follow: White issued as Henry Willoughby and Ada Hicks of Spottsylvania county, Va. Colorea— M. larence J. Williams and Alice Steward; Frank A. Redd and Lydia wmen. ee ee Skull Fractured in a Fight. William Brewer, colored, aged ten years, who was engaged in a battle this morning with James Contee, who {s about the same age, was struck in the head with a brick and had his skull fractured. He was taken to the Children’s Hospital, where trephin- ing was resorted to, and shortly afterward Brewer began to improve. —_+—_—_. It matters little what it is that you want— whether a situation or a servant—a “want ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need, | hind the crest of,,thia ridge is a | fighting of, the BIG STRIKE IN PARIS Sixty ThousandWorkmen Parade the Streets 1 Ugly Mood. CONSTERNATION Fears That a May TROOPS ORDERED TO CITY PARIS, October 7.42he strike of the la- borers here has extended to nearly all the building trades, and {t“ts feared the rail- road men will jain in the movement. Work on the exhibition buildings and underground railroad has completely-ceased. About 60,000 men ‘have gone out on strike and the situation 1s causing consternation. The attitude of the strikers ts increasingly aggressive and fights between strikers and so-called “black-tegs" ‘are incessant, in- volving the intervention:of the po.ice, troops and mounted republican guards, who have been obliged to repeatedly charge the strik- ers. The quarters tn. which rioting has taken place are patrolled by strong detach- ments of police and troops. Fears of a Revolution. There are great apprehensions lest the agitators turn the strike movement to po- litical ends. The Temps declares that the leaders of the men are aiming at a general strike, if not at a revolution, and points out what a dreadful thing it would be if the exhibition of 1900 is compromised. dt was reported this morning that the mu- nicipal council and the contractors had come to an agreement regarding the de- mands of the laborers, and hopes were ex- pressed that the strike would end in a few days; but in spite of the hopes entertained of a termination of the strike, more men struck today, and riotous bands of strikers visited various works for the purpose of forcing men to join in the strike. Additional Troops Called out. The police dispersed these bands and ar- Tested a number of the leaders of the dis- turbances. Additional reinforcements of troops have been drafted into the clty from outlying garrisons. eas JOSEPH MURRAY DEAD. He Was En Route Here With Report on Pribyloff Istands. FORT COLLINS, Col., October 7.~-Jozeph Murray, United States agent in charge of the Pribyloff Islands, is dead at his home in this city. He was stricken with paraly- sis on Monday evening, and his recovery Was beyond hope. Mr. Murray was on his way to Washington to make his annual re- port to the government on the conditions existing on the islands over which he had Superintendency for a number of years. His sorvices have‘bcen'\ot great vaiue to the government ig’ the protection of seals on the Pribyiof T3jauds. Mr. Murray was noied in the West dg 4 campaign speaker. HE SAW BRAVE MEN FIGHT, The Britixh Military Attache on the Fight at EloCaney. From Seribner's. pi On the northeast. side.of El Caney is a stooth, gra: ridge that commands the of the villagé’at a?range not exceed- three hundred'yards! Fitty yards be ight Ken read with hédges on both sides, This commanding poiné*had necessarily to be seized, and it Was héte that the hottest day ocgurred. ‘he 1th Infantry advafeed up the road and com- menced to deploy to-the right’ through a &ap In the hedge. No sooner, however, did they appear in the field beyond than the head of their column was struck by a heavy fire. Colonel Haskell, who was was hit three times'in a very few hi quartermaster was killed by his side, and a number of the leading m Y were knocked ove: This was evidently not a Sood line of advance, and the regiment was Withdrawn into the hollow and extended further to the right, where it did exe service for the remainder of the day. wiry Ww Jortunace, ployed behind the ridge, and then idvaaced until the firing line was extended along the whole crest. Here it was expossd to a terrible cross fire from the village itself and from several of the blockhouses, ufter hour the men stood it without flinch- ing, the tlerce sun scorching their backs, and suffering heavy losses from an enemy who was practically invisible, and to whom they could not repiy effectively. About noon I crossed over to their posi- tion, and on nearing tie sunken road noticed that it was full of men lying down. J asked an officer of the regiment who was ing down the road if those were his pryes I saw, and his reply was some- what startling: “No, sir, by God, they are casualties.” And indeed they were. On reaching the spot I found over 100 killed and wounded laid out in as many yards of road, and so close were they that one could only pass by stepping over them. There Was a strange silence among these men; not a whimper or a groan, but each lay quietly nursing his wound with closed eyes and set teeth,on!y flinching when the erratic sicet of bullets clipped the leaves off the hedge close above their heads. MAINE’S MON R SCHOONER. Will Be the Largest of Her Type Ever Constructed. From the New York Herald. The largest schooner in the world fs in process of construction at the shipyard of H. M. Bean, at Camden, Me. The vessel will be five masted, and Is being built for Captain John G. Crowley of Taunton, Mass. Some Idea of her size may be had when it is stated that she could easily contain the former five masted and now four masted schooner Governor Ames. The Governor Ames was at the time cf her construction the largest schooner in the world, but this new vessel will carry over a thousand tons more than she. She 1s the heaviest timbered and con- tains the heaviest material of any vessel ever built in Maine, and she will be the largest fore and aft vessel ever bulit or now building. The dimensions of this mas- sive craft are as followg: Her keel Is 282 feet long; from taffrail to forward knight- heads on deck she’'will measure 318 feet she will be 44 feet and 4 inches in width, nd 21 feet and 6 inchesin depth. She will have two whole decks,;and a four foot poop, running to ope berth aft of forward hatch. 2. 8 The frame ts of “Virginia oak, and her planking inside an¥ out ‘Will be of Georgia pine. The cabin will be finished in ash, mahogany, cypress and sycamore. She wili have five Oregon fnasts, the forward one being 29 inches and the remainder 28 inches in diameter, each ‘112 feet long, and the other spars in proportion, It will take 10,000'squate yards of canvas to propel this monater through the water, and when at anchor two 6,000 pound anchors will hold hér, attached by two and three-eighths inch #hains. This schooner will be one of the finest, if not the finest sailing vessel afloat. She will be heated by steam and lighted by electricity, Steam will be used for hoisting purposes, and a searchlight will prebably he added to her equipment. She will have every modern improvement. Her keel was laid on July 15, and she will be ready for sea during the early part of December. She will be used exclusively for carrying coal between Pifladelphia, Norfolk, Baltimore and Besion. She will have a capacity of 4,300 tons, eee Col. Harries Still lnproves, Special Dispatch to The Brening Star. ASHEVILLE, N. C., October “7.—Colonel George H. Harries has regained ground lest by his relapse of:a week ago. This morning he enjoyed a respite from his long-continued recumbency and was prop- } bed by pillows for a look at the mountains, 1 SEWAGE DISPOSAL. Important Action Taken on the First Application Made. Mr. D. J. Murphy, a local plumber, sev- eral weeks ago requested permission of the District Commissioners to run the sewer- age from the Catholic monastery, 15th and Philadelphia streets, Brookland, 2”) feet from the building line, and bave the sewer- age matter deposited on the surface of a cultivated farm. He stated that there was no way to connect the building with the sewer. The application was referred to Mr. Charles B. Ball, the District inspector of plumbing, who recommended, after an ex- amination of the locality in which it was Proposed to place a disposal field, that the desired permission be given, although he suggested that the subject receive the at- tention of the health officer before the permit shou issue. The health officer, Dr. Wm. C. Woodward, upon the matter being referred to him, re- Ported to the Commissiorers that the : Flication was not, in his judgment, accom- panied by sufficiently detailed plans, as re- quired by law, to enable his department to intelligently pass upon the question as to whether the proposed system could be intained without nuisance or danger to public healtn. Dr. Woodward thereupon recommended that the application be returned to Mr. Murphy, with tie request for a statement of the particular area proposed to be used, the grades thereof and the depth and char- acter of the soil. Mr. Murphy, in responding to the request for further particulars, stated that the soil in question is composed of clay and sand; that the area on which it is proposed to dis- tribute the sewage is about eighteen or twenty acres, about two-thirds being prac- tically level and the rest having a fall of one in ten feet; that the cistern is proposed to be located about 28) feet distant from the building, and its contents distributed in any part of the field. Dr. Woodward thereupon reported to the Commissioners that he does not believe that the said system can be maintained without nuisance, or without danger to public health, as required by law. He therefore recommended that the application be denied. ————— Manufacturers, Take From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Our consuls in different parts of the world have been sending home warnings to manufacturers and exporters that they are losing promising markets because they do not take care enough to meet the special requirements of the foreign customers. A pecullar and suggestive complaint is that they make their articles too good for the demand. Accustomed to meet the wants of home customers, they send the same kind of articles abroad, and find that the people have not been educated up to them. Goods are sent back because they are not according to specifications in the order. The customer acknowledges that the articles sent are much better than the specifications, and it is admitted that they cost no more than the inferior article or- dered, but they are not what the expected purchasers have been accustomed to, and are therefore unsalable. If the foreigner wants a coarse article, what is the use cf sending him a fine arti- cle at the same price? He distrusts the serviceableness of the better article, which he has not been accustomed to, and sticks to the old style, which is poorer without being cheaper. The foreign customer may in time be educated up to the American standard, but the foreign merchant objects to stand the cost of the education. +e A Blot on the Country. From the Indianapolis News. Some of the leading newspapers in North Dakota have begun an agitation for a re- form of the divorce laws of that state, which have so long been a scandal. While there is no doubt that the ease and celerity of application of these laws hurt the name of the state, it is equally true that these laws entice the mismated from all over the country, so that the Dakota lav the hotel keepers reap a very decided ber fit. This fact makes the pz ich are working for reform almost hopeless in re- gard to their crusade, as they remember the result of previous appeals to the legis- Notice! lature. Nevertheless, another appeal is to be made, in support of which attention will be directed to the incongruity of the di- vorce with other statutes in the state. Some these inconsistencies are very marked. It is shown that while a resi- dence of only three months in the state is required to obtain a divorce, the citizen who wishes to vote for a pound keeper must have been a resident for a ye or, i is foreign-born, for six yea It is time that the people of North Da- ta awoke to a sense of the decency of things. ———_+ «= —____ A Prudent Omission. From the St. Louls Globe-Demoerat. Husbands and wi traveling together on the railway in Norway, Austria and Hungary pay only one fare and a half, but the state does not undertake to locate the fraction. —————_ + +e Fate of the Bachelor. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. Every almshouse in the land is full of old bachelors, pale, moping men, who meditate on childhood and its memories of friends. If old age comes with wealth then the bachelor realizes that the sweetest things of life cannot be bought. His house is not a home. Those who wait on him work not for love, but for wages. He is like a tray- eler in a strange land, who wishes for a genuine resting place and some one to look at whom ne loves. ———__ + « = Oar Interests in China, From the Providence Journal. No one can foretell what our new ven- tures in the far east will lead us to under- take, but it is certain that new responsi- bilities have been put upon us since the Slorious May 1, and new possibilities: open- ed before us. We cannot keep the Philip- pines without acquiring a greater interest, trade and sentimental, in all the eastern coast of Asta. Our proximity to the Chi- nese empire, by reason of our holdings at Manila, creates new bonds perforce, and we cannot ignore our opportunities to in- crease our commercial reiations with that empire. An Anecdote of Gen. Meade. From the Pittsburg Dispateh. At a@ little village on the Susquehanna. river I met an old soldier, who related this incident of his experience with Gen. Meade In the late war I have forgotten his namo and the place where it occurred. It was a raw night in October, the wind was rather strong, and Gen. Meade had fixed a stove in his tent. The soldier was the sentry for the general. A puff of wind knocked Jown the improvised stove-pipe, and soon the tent filled with smoke. The general came out and asked the sentry to help him re- arrange it. The soldier replied that he was under orders and could not leave his post of duty. “Yes, yes,” sald Meade; “that is true, but I would like to have that stove-pipe fixed. You are right,” and the general went at the job himself. “I kept pacing my beat," said the soldier, “and enjoyed Meade’s efforts to get the pipe back in its place. He made a sorry mess of it. Finally he turned to me and said: ‘Sentry, you will have to help me. I will be responsible for you, and if there is eny trouble about your leaving the beat I will explain to the commanding officer.’ “In a few minutes we had the pipe in po- sition. Meade disappeared into the tent without a word of thanks, but he soon came out with a jug of applejack, and asked me to take a drink. Once more I re- minded him I was on duty. ‘Yes, yes,’ he answered; ‘I know; but you helped me to fix the stove-pipe. “He turned on his heel and re-entered the tent, leaving the jug outside. After a time he came out. ‘Did you drirk? he inquired. I nodéed. ;I knew you would; but I did not see tt. —_————— Sustain the Government. From the Boston Journal. It is not the part of good citizenship now to join in the heedless clamor which ts going up to President McKinley to muster out the remaining volunteers. Let us all be reasonable. The great war of 1861-05 ended in April at Appomattox, but many a vet- eran regiment of three and fonr years’ ser- vice was not mustered out until the autumn following. The country’s need is still su- preme, and even at the cost of sore anxiety the patriotic men and women of this com- monwealth will support the President and | sustain the government, | parted. Several day YELLOW FEVER SITUATION. Scarcity of Immune Physic’ is to Care for the Sick. JACKSON, Miss., October 7.—Owing to the rapid spread of the yellow fever in Mississippi and the number of localities in- fected, the state board is having J trouble finding immune physicians to put in charge of the camps. Numerous sus- Picious cases continue to be reported from various parts of the state. There is practically nothing new in the fever situation in Jackson today. No new cases have been reported, but rumors of suspicious sickness are plentiful, and it very probable that a batch of new cases will be officially announced tonight. Th: weather is cloudy and a shade cooler, and this will tend to develop new cases. Recause of the fever in the orphan « lum a move js on foot to have the ch dren there sent to St. Louis, to be cared for until cold weather comes. > CAPT. JAMES L. BOTSFORD DEAD. He Was a Close Personal Fr President Mchiniey. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, October ad of 7.—Col. James L. Botsford died last night after a short illness, aged sixty-six years. He a close personal friend of the President On was and was quartermaster general of > during President McKinley's term as ernor. Recently the President appoiuted him an assistant quartermaster general with the rank of Heutenant colonel =e HIS BUSINESS. HE KNEW His Camp Was a Model of Cleanliness nd Health, From the Boston Transcript. There is one bright story that breaks the grewsome monotony of the record @ - amauga. It is that of the 6th United States Volunteers, Col. Tyson. When it came into camp Col. Tyson, an old regular, was given his choice, as were most colonels, of caimp- ing grounds. To the astonishment and dis- nay of his men, he would not pitch his tents in the inviting shade of the forest, but selected a sunry stretch of meadow. He kept his sunny camp scrupulously punished with the utmost rigor any viola-~ tion of the strict code of sanitation he iaid down, and had drills and inspections until the regiment shone like a glass bottle. The men not only murmured, but sw they realized that their colonel was a pot, but they did not at first appre that he was intelligent. They only that he was a “West Point bull of in the volunteer China shop.” Now they swear by him, as a man who knows his business, for not an officer or soldier of the regiment has been sent to the hospital in the several weeks it has been at Chickamauga, thanks to discipline enforcing cleanliness. Of one other camp commanded by a co.onel who did not know his business it is written that it was so filthy that Gen. Boynton, despairing of <e- scribing it in words, had it photographed. Of course, it was a busy recruiting "e for the hospital- Regular officers at the camp they have worn themselves out in trying to make volunteer colonels, or at leasi some of the volunteer colonels, realize that sani- tation is not a fad, but a necessity. qvality of a number of the volunteer sur. ‘omes in for severe criticism. They cribed as men who are good tors at home, but have not had an exper erce that fits them for dealing with ii orders that break cut in camps. They we therefore unfamiliar with the work were suddenly called upon to perform. Col. Hoff, the senor medical officer, at present at Chickamauga, puts the medical hecessity of the army pithily when he say’ You can no more make of a mere pr fessional an effictent military medical oftt- cer by appointment than you can make a trained line officer by the same method. Bi require years of training—one as much as the other. tate saw han say that Gunpowder in Hunt From the Pall Mall Magazine. A curious feature about the evolution in methods of hunting was the hesitation with which gunpowder was taken up by the great nobles. Not only did it take quite a ccutury to familiarize hunters with it, but the evidence that has come down to us shows that the humble ciasses were the first to use it for shooting game. Max milian, ardent sportsman that he we s himself that he could shoot further h greater accuracy with his crossbow n his keeper could with the fire-tube. ‘To prove this he tells us the well know stcry of a certain chamois standing at a distance of two hundred fathoms, which after being pronounced as too far off by his henchman, who was armed with one of the first sporting fire arms mentioned in print, comes tumbling down, pierced at the first attempt, by the emperor's boli. From other sources we learn of strict measures being adopted to prevent poachers and “woodloafers” using firearms, and this at a period when princes still used the cum- breus crossbow and spear. It was only in the last quarter of the sixteenth century that firearms had ousted other weapons for certain forms of the chase, the deer-battue being among the latter. ——_—_+«-+—____ Took Medicine in Water. From the Philadelphia Record. Professional humorists of the past fifty years and more have told as a fanciful joke a little incident which actually happened a few days ago. Teddy Ciaherty of Leiper- ville, Delaware county, was not well, and so consulted a Chester physician, who gave him a simple remedy. “Now, remember,” said the doctor, “you are to take a tea spoonful three times a day in water. Teddy answered, “All right, sorr,” and de- ys later George Leipe the well-known quarryman of the town, meeting the physician, asked him what pew-fangled ideas in medicine he was prac- ticing. When asked to explain Mr. Leiper said Teddy Claherty had gone to Ridle creek three times a day, and, taking 0 his clothes, had waded into the middie of the creek, where he had poured a liquid into a teaspoon from a bottle and drank it. “I watched Teddy wade out in the morning,” continued Mr. Leiper, “and when he repeated it in the afternoon I asked him what he was doing, and he said the doctor ordered him to take the medicine in water, ‘an’, be gob, sorr, I'm mindin’ the direc- ticns, but I can't swhim a sthroke, but I’m tellin’ ye if it’s the death o’ me I'll kape it up.’ The doctor made an early call on Teddy, who now drops the medicine in a glass of water and takes it that way. ——__+e-+—______ Slipped Their Memory. Fron. the Kansas City Journal. The yellow organs have thus far failed to give the War Department credit for the mildness of the fever with which it inocu- lated Col. Bryan. nd Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1419 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs "La- denburg, Thalmann & Co., New York, een Open. = Le Low. SO 6i% ot 64% 20K ad 23y Bae RR 31 31% 21% 21 2 = 5 Ptatatas) AREER! SHBNE geaaee ° Fi % poaet he moe c-} ogre Eaee ry * An | Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md. October 7.—Flou: _ changed—receipts, 7.283 barrels; ts, a0" bar rels; sales, 300 barrels. Wheat strong—spot and ‘strong, cd ir ‘Bat- Whisky tnchatied, : =a FINANCE AND TRADE Stock Market Weak, Dull and Pro- fessioual in Character. BAD EFFECT OF ERRATIC INDUSTRIALS Weakness in London Also Affected Prices on This Side. - ‘ERAL MARKET REPORT aerate a ~ al Dispatch to The BE lang Star. V YORK, October 7.—Today's stock market Was similar in chars Previous days, buying and fei ture r to that of ing for pro- nal account being the principal f London apprehension of higher money rates in Berlin and the continent, pled with a cautious fear of our fall elections, has deprived the local market of considera. ble support The erratic action of the principal indus- trials continves to emphasize the irres Warity and to en age a restricted business, In a few inst % th legree su and aves are made on actuai value. In the ordinary and striclly routine features of the markei there is nothing discouraging to holders of long stock. the dulines: jegitima: temp incident to an absence mand is freque overe only through the medium of lower pri Timidity increases with delay and finally Prompts @ selling of investments in the i terest of a decreased concern as to thelr futur The strong financial leaders are known to be in a waiting mood, which, as usual, pro- fa me motes an imi ive attitude on the part of conservative invesiment cinsses Among the professional vlemunt, however, such a condit invites short and flocks not sold by their actual owners and borrowed and sold by speculative interests, This f:.miliar spec has been reflected on the t jatly during the present week. selling of Northern Pacific common stock, presumably tor German account, was accompanied by rumors of internal dissen- sicns on the question of dividends. It 1s a HUtle early to use such an argu- ment when it has been a matter of com- mon knowledge that the late winter had been decided upon as the carliest period for inaugurating payments Proiits bave been taken by hich tirst undertook marke: ‘k, and for this reason above all others price yielded. At the low prices to- . however, the same interest is credited a purchases aggregaung nearly 10,006 shares, The rey the interest t control of the ular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent was declared on the preferred stock. Metropolitan Traction was advanced un- der rather good bi of the semi-manipu- lative variety. Earnings are coming in a trifle in excess of expectations and the stock is being made to reflect the improved value acco Was advanced temporarily dur- ing the morning as the result of an effort ive it a stable position in the market ling of a biock ¢ > break from the internal contti ver. gar was in moc long stock ferced best prices, and the is apparently not e demand for both sand short accounts, an effort to hold pr r ted during the first half of the se 2 [he so-called Flower are being with mor? + than their bors. >—— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, New York Stock Market. Open. High. Low. Cl Ls uy ue Spiriis, pfd. | an Sugar Ndi ay an Tobacco. 121g Atchison, pfd...-7 Bey Atchison’ Adiustine Baitimore & Ohio... Brook! n Rapid Transit Canada Southern... Chesapeane & Ohio. CC. C. & St. Louis Chicago, B&Q e North western Chicago, K. 1 & Pacific M. & St. Pau! Ome st PL ML & O chig. & G. Western - Consolidated Gas, *Del., Lack & W Delaware & Hudso . & Kio Grande, p iinols Central . Lake Shore Manhattan Missouri Paci M. K. & T., pd. National Lead Co. New Jersey Central, New York Central... Northern Pacitl Northern Pacitl Pacific Mall... Phila. & Reading. Southern Railway. Southern Ry., pfd. Texas Pacific. Tenn. Coal & Iron. Union Pacific... Uuton Pacitic, pfd U.S. Leather, ptd. U S Rubber. ..... Rubber, pfd Wabasli, pfd..- Western Union Tel I, Steel *EXxdiv. 1K: pid Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 District of Co- lumbia 3.65s, $50 at 116%. Am Security: and capital Traction, 10 at 76%, 6 5 78%. United Stutes E gut, 10 at’ 109, 10 at 30%, 5 at 169, 19 at Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 185. phone, 50 et 14, 50 at 100 at 100 at "11 at 13%.” American Grapbophone, pfd., 30 at 144. After call—Lincoln Fire Iusuratice, $0 at 16 Dis columbia Bonds.—20-year Fund. 5s, 100 bid r Fund. gold 6s, 1 bid. Water Stock currency 7s, 108 bid. Fund. currency 3.658, 116% bid. Metropolitan Railroad 5s, Metropolitan Railroad conv. asked. M. 114 bid. Metropolitan Ratlroad 14 bid. “Belt Raliroad 5a, 55 bid. neous Bonds. 21 asked indebr cert cert. indebt., x Eckingtou Kallfoad 65. 100 bid. ington Company, ser. A, @s, 114 bid. ington Company, ser. B, 6s, 115 bid. tex E tric Light deb. Imp., 100 bid. Chesapeake and tomac ‘Telephone 5s, 108 bid. curity and Trust 5s, 10014 "bid, 100% asked. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 115 bid. Washington Market Company imp. 68, 115 bid. Washington Mraket Company exten. 6s, 115 bid.” Musonie Hall Association 5s, 108 bid National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 285 bid. Metropolitan, 312 bid. Central, 145 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 180 bid. 190 asked. Sec. ond, 145 bid. Citizens’, 145 bid. Columbia, 185 bid! Capital, 125 bid. " Traders’, 300 bid.” Lin- _ 115 bid, 122 asked Sate Deposit and Trust Companies. — National Sefe Deposit and Trust, 115 asked. | Washington Loan apd Trust, 125 bid, 130 asked. American eSecurity and ‘Trust, 150 bid. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 28 Wid. Prankiin, 38 Did. Metropolitan, 70 bid! Corcoran, 52 bid. Potomac, 58 bid, 65 asked. Arlington. "125 bid. acted. National omen. 10 . 12 as . 7% bid, People’s, 5% bid, C eokea. “Hasoine 10% Title Insuranc Stocks —Real Estate Ditle, 70 bid. Columbia Title, 4% bid, 5 asked. Katlroad Stocks.Capital’ ‘Traction Company, 78% bid, 78% asked. Metropolitan, 125 bid, 127% asked. Columbia, 7 asked. Gas and Elect 48% bid, 49 asked. orgetown Gas, 48 ask United States Electric Light, 10 bid. 111 asked. Telephone Stocks.—Chesapeake and Potoma: eunsslvania, 38 bid, 45 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks. — Mergentbaler Linotype, 154%, id. 185% asked. Lanston Monotype. iby bid,"15% asked. American Graphophone, 13% Wid, 13%, asked. American Graphoptone, pfd., 141 bi 1444 asked. atic Gun Carriage, sis bid, ab asked. Wasbington Market, 10 bid.’ Great Palis Ice, 118 bid, 123 asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, 97 asked. Government Bonds. 2 per 9 per 8 per 4 per 4 per 4 per 4 per 5 per 5 per 6 per Bon . Alfred C. Miams was executed for the mrrder John Gallo in the Salem jafl this <3 ‘Th fel at = fifty seconds after 10