Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1898, Page 1

_— THE EVENING STAR. See PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Rew York Office, 49 Potter Building. > ning Star Is served to subscribers in the PicgSheet Star, $1 per year, witt ded, $3.08. e Post Office at Washington, D. C., tl matter.) ng must be pald In advance, je known, tion. as second EF All ma! Rates of adve Star. WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, OCTOBER: 8, 1898-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. “TWO CENTS. + Question of Asheville Dia- cese Considered, ———— er CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION House of Deputies Takes Im- STATUS DEFINED portant Action. PROPOSED ADVISORY COMMISSION Spirited Debate of the Question a Probability. a THE PROCEEDINGS TODAY Prayers for the President and his family in the hour of trial and bereavement upon them were offered in the house of bishops of the ‘opal convention in Epiphany morning in addition to the re lived to consider in ad- election of missionary bishops, of the election of bi: p to the vacant jurisdic- ile, N.C. rth Carolina was divided in- ses, but the building of Bilt- the questio: YY rey! Thos. Underwoo Bishop of Kentucky. more at Asheville by Mr. Vanderbilt, who is an E: palian, led to the belief that there w immediate upgrowth of population in that section, which could not be thore y cared for by the original dio. cese. Therefore the misstonary jurisdiction of Ashev tablished several years ago, but no bishop has ever been conse- crated. As a matter of fact, the expected growth did not materialize, and there has never ber the need of a bishop there. The w question will be gone over by th nd the vacar be filled, al e is some cor rable belief thing to do jurisdiction the best the as before. and Missionary ion was before form of a report ving the matter in m of the mis- substitution for it four y year not meet Alexander Chas. Garrett, Bisbop of Dallas. ary jurisdiction be erected Into a ‘dlocese. Referred to the con:mittee on new dioceses. Advisory Committee Suggested. A communication from the presiding bishop was laid before the house, concern- ing the action of the Lambeth conference. It stated the resolutions there adopted urg- ing the appointment of an advisory com- mittee for the whole Anglican communion all over the world. In effect !t would be a conservative body. The resolutions impose upon the archbishop of Canterbury the duty of appointing as representatives of the Church of England the archbishop of York, the erchbishop of Canterbury, the hops of London, Winchester and Dur- ham, the archbishop of Armagh in Ireland and also the primate ottish Epis- copal Church. Accompanying the re ion from the archbis to appo: ing the ative: lutions is a propo- hop of Canterbury ppointment of American represen- It was referred in the house to- to a committee of five bishops—Whit- Coleman, Potter, Davies and Sey- nd they are to report as quickly as e to the house. safe prediction cannot now be made as to the fate of the matter, but strong ob- Jections to it are developing. Bishop Tut- tle of Missouri is most plainly outspoken4n ms advanced are that the body weuld meet in England and that there are few American questions large enough to warr: their being teken acer the water; indeed, it is deciared, there is fear that in such a case the American church might suffer in a conflict with English in- terests. To put it in a few word clergy apprehend that it mi the American ht lead to a John Scarborough, Bishop of New Jersey. usurpation of power on the part of the English church that would be di: ‘trous to the younger church in this country. It is argued that the Englishmen are long head- ed. learned, compactly organized and wealthy, and might control the whole com- mittee. Rival Claims. Archbishop Lewis of Canada, who is in the city, claims he was the originator of the Lambeth conference, although Bishop Hopkins insists that he was the prime mover. Secretary Hart of the house today was unable to throw any light on the sub- ject, but he said he had heard that the proposition originated in Canada. Bishop Garrett of Da reported today. The bishops went int uuncil and then, at 1 o'clock, adjourned until Monday next. Bishop Cheshire's Address. During the morning the address of Bishop Cheshire of North Carolina, the in charge of missionary jurisdiction of Asheville, submitted and read. It stated some interesting facts about the jurisdiction of Asheville, show its growth during the Ts pas the number of h edifices, R confirma- tien * 3; Sunday school teachers, 149; y School schol- rochial school teachers, 10; maps, 482; total contribu- ptedness, $4,748. in figures were: Number of cler- 10; missions, church 3,634; baptism: communicants, 1,808; ; Sunday school chool teachers, total _con- tributions, The num| Auxiliary from 16 to 24, financial report § 20,144.01; indebtedness, $3,350. r inches of the Woman’ increased In the last year in almost every one the larger than last year, fri spite of the fact that the last report (1897), included sixteen months, while this wes for only twelve An examination of the statistics of thé missionary jurisdictions will show that the jurisdiction of Asheville stands: First. as to population per square mile, the population being very evenly scattered has Wm. Hobart Hare, Bishop of Dakota. over the e are many sr Jation from towns: the only 13.000, tively 2} 9okly the population is made intelligent farm twenty-one coun diction He on railroad ire territory, and while there towns ranging In popu- 1) down, there are few large has a population of territory {s a compara- settled farming section, and up of a well-to-do, ss. Sixteen of the comprising the juris- In the parish schools and scholars the jurisdiction not only nds far to the front among the missio} fields, but compares favorabl st of the dio- ceses, and makes a better showing than many of them. ‘The jurisdiction of Asheville has the fol- lowing property, the incomes from which, said Hishop Cheshire, could be used to aid in the support of a missionary bishop. ‘A large, new brick residence, with spa- cious grounds lued at $15,000. Suitable for the bishop's residence. ‘Two invested funds, ageregating $11,800, that will yleld upon a conservativ2 esti- mate about $40 unnually. Non-productive real estate In the very heart of Asheville, valued at $20,000. The assesments on the parishes and mis- sions for the episcopal and contingent fund amounted the past year to $923.00. Asheville now reczives $3,350 from the board of missions, and, in view of its grcwth during the past three years and its promise for the future, {t is the poilcy of the church to advance the additional $1,200 needed to maintain a bishop. All the condittors Indicate that with proper episco- pal supervision Asheville will become an independent diocese in a few years. HOUSE OF DEPUTIES. Interesting Discussion Precedes Changes in Constitation. ‘The house of deputies, shortly before re- cess today, adopted the recommendations of the committee on the revision of the censtitution {n two tmportant particulars. An animated discussion was held for two hours previous to the passage of the amendment, providing for the striking out of articles 4 and 10 of the constitution gov- erning the corsecration of bishops and the insertion of a new article to be known as article 1f. Previous to this motions and resolutions of various sorts were offered, chief among which was one offered by Hev. R. W. R. Taylor of Los Angeles, which was yart as follows: “That the house of deputies, the house cf bishops concurring, places on record its sense of deep gratification at the many manifestations of friendly feeling to our nation which have been so freely and cor- in (Continued on Eleventh Page.) VIEW OF A SURGEON Major R. E. Giffan Before the Inves- tigating Commission, HIS EXPERIENCE AT CAMP THOMAS His Reason for the Spread of Typhoid. OVERCROWDED HOSPITAL The war investigating committee met at 10 o'clock this morning, and at 10:30 began the examination of Maj. R. Emmet Giffan, surgeon, United States volunteers. Ex-Gov. Beaver was the only member of the com- mission absent when the meeting was opened. Surgeon Giffan was sworn, and testified to his appointment in the volunteer service, May 20. He was stationed at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga., where he acted as brigade surgeon. The Hospital Overerowded. The witness had once visited the division hospital at Camp Thomas, and said it was crowded. That was about July 17 to 20, Beyond being crowded, it was not suitable. There were eight and nine men in a tent there should not have been over six, to his mind—from four to six would have been a good number. The doctors, he sai3, were sufficient, and good men. He knew nvuthing about the nurses. The nurses were men. The witn had been brigade surgeon weeks. ‘The crowding of the hospital, he theught, was the result of not having tents enough. At that time Maj. Bradbury w urgeon In_charge. When asked if he saw anything done which was not right in his judgment in the treatment of patients he replied that h heard there was a man suffering from gunshot wound in the leg who was being treated in the same tent with typhoid fever patients. He went over to see the man: thought he should not be in the same tent with typhold fever patients and had him Sent to Cincinnati. At the time the witness complained of the crowding of hospital tents he thought Maj. Bradbury was the chief surgeon. Giffan favored regimental hos- against division hospitals. He said are three su: ach regiment, nd When a division hospital is established one or two of th surgeons ure taken from the regiment for duty in the division hos- to and pital. He thought {i would be better keep the surgeons with their regimen let them treat the men in their ow He did not think there was ivantage in having a large number to; rina di- vision hospital. Dr. Conner. cared for in a large rather than in hospitals?” Surgeon Giffan: “‘T think it i The witness said all the surgeons in the sion hospital at Camp Thon wore pable surgeors, and he did not know a » in which a surgeon drank to were comp “nt so far as onal MNlity was concerned, but they » not capubls as far as their executly ity was concerned. Sinks Too Near the Kitchens. The witne: d the water supply at s was good. The sinks were badly located in his brigade; they were too near the kitchen. They should have been from 150 to 200 feet from the camp and from eight to twelve fzet deep. Some of the sinks in his brigade were seventy-five feet from the company kitchens, He thought this was the fault of the regi- mental command+r. The regimental sur- geons should have objected to these sinks being s brigade 200 f near the camp. When he became surgeon he had the sinks put back from the camp. By the time he got there the camps had all been infected. The fii he thought, hud gone from the sinks to the kitchen and so had been the cavse of the spread of typhoid. He was no- tified that typhoid did not originate in Camp Thomas, but was brought there. He thought a Mississippi regiment was the first regiment te carry typhoid to the camp. He thought a Pennsylvania regi- ment also brought typhoid there, and these two cases, he thought, resulted in all the typhoid in the camp. There were from 4,000 to 5,000 cases of typhoid in the entire corps. He had made a careful investiga- tion and found that there had not been a case of typhold fever In the vicinity of Camp Thomas for nine years prior to the war. a Surgeon Giffan testified regarding the hospitals he had bullt et Camp Thomas. The Sternberg Hospital. ‘The witness had a number of photographs of the Sternberg hospital and they were shcwn to the commission. Water was brought to the Sternberg hos- pital in pipes for ordinary purposes, and he used distilled water for drinking pur- poses, later bringing drinking water a dis- tance of seven miles. He had 100 hospital tents and thirteen “working tents” in the Sternberg hospital. He had iron bedsteads with open wire springs and hair mattre 5 Five hundred and thirty-three was the largest numberof patients he had had at one time, and the whole number he had treated was over 1,100, He had sixty Br deaths. The worst cases from the division hospital had been sent to the Sternberg hospital. He had 25 contract surgeonsand two army offi He had 167 nurses and 159 in the hospital corps. The nurses were efficient. He got his supplies by requisitions direct to the surgeon general in Washington, with the approval of the corps commander. There was no delay, and his requisitions were always approved. If in a hurry he would telegraph for hospital supplies, and had requisitions filled by telegraph forty or fifty times. At times he bought supplies in Chattanooga. The witness told of ways for supplying his patients in the Sternberg hospital with delicacies. He said the Red Cross had sent jellies, etc., by freight from the east, but the long journey usually caused these sup- Piles to be spoiled when they reached them. He got everything they needed, however. He had no knowledge of any neglect to any patient in the Sternberg hospital. He never made a requisition for anything that was not supplied in a reasonabie time. He had no complaint against anybody. He had never heard a complaint except on one oc- casion when they were out of matches twelve hours. Last night, he said, the Sternberg hospital contained 283 patients, Could Have Stamped Out Typhoid. Surgeon Giffan said if the typhoid cases had been diagnosed in early stages and {so- lated the disease could have been stamped out. “I am not satisfied it could have been done,” sald Dr, Conner, who had been ques- tioning the witness. The witness thought all surgeons ap- pointed in the volunteer army and for hos- pital duty should have been examined be- fore appointed. He had discharged some contract surgeons when he found they were incompetent. Speaking of the stories about starvation, he thought the starvation complained of was in cases of typhoid patients on special atet. Had they been allowed to eat all they wanted, it would have resulted in their death. He said he had no doubt deaths had occurred in cases of men who went homa frcm the hospitals and were there overfed. ‘The witn2ss said he thought some typhoid fever patients were kept in their regimental camps by a concealment of the fact that they had the disease. Who Was to Blamet Capt. Howell: “You have said that if th> first few cases of typhoid fever had been isolated there would have been no epi- demic. Whose duty was it to hav2 seen that that was done?” R Surgeon Giffan: “It would be the duty of the commanding officer on recommendation ot the chief surgeon.” Col. Sexton questioned the witness re- garding th2 period in typhoid fever when the disease became infectious. The witness replied that that was a matter that medical men are now exam- ining. Surgeon Giffan said he would have iso- lated every case of typhoid fever until the patient had wholly recovered. Mr. Denby—‘Is it customary to isolate typhoid fever patients in separate hospitals in cities?” Surgeon Giffan—“No, sir; it has not been customary.” The witness said medical men know that typhoid fever is infectious, but in the past they have not kept such patients apart, but he thought in the future it would be done. He would have done s0. Mr. Denby—‘‘Tell us who the man was who was reponsible for not isolating these patients?” Surgeon Giffan—I do not know the man who is responsible. The witn added that the need for iso- lation of typhoid cases could be seen better now than it could have been seen before the war. The witness sald he had noticed in the newspapers that there were no cases of men from the 6th United States Infantry being in the Sternberg Hospital. He had telegraphed today to his executive officer at the hospital and had received a reply that there had been 117 men of that regi- ment in the Sternberg Hospital, and there were there today sixty-four of them. Gen. Dodge—‘*How do you consider Camp Thomas from a standpoint of health?” The witness—‘I think it is a very healthy place. Chickamauga Park has been and will be again a very healthy place Small Camps Better Than Large. The witness said it would be better to Lave bodies of soldiers in small camps and to keep them moving rather than to congre- gate them ima great camp such as that at Camp Thomas. Ten days, he thought, was the longest period a camp could be occu- pled without danger to disease. When asked if orders regarding sanitary Precautions had pot been issued at Camp Ti:omas he replied that they had, but they had not been complied with. He had 4 Gen. Breckinridge issue such orders. Yet in spite of these orders he knew of sinks twenty feet from kitchens. The examination of Surgeon Gibbons was cenciuded at 12:15 o'clock. apt. Howell anrounced that he had re- ceived a letter from a man in Atlanta who sald he had bought a pair of shoes he thought had belonged to the government, and if the ccmmission wanted him he would come to Washington and give his testimony. setter send him No. 2,"" sald Capt. How- el!, referring to a circular requesting eupie with information to state facts in their pessession in detail. CAMP WIKOFF, Gen, Sternberg Submits His Instruc- tions to Col. Furwooa. Surgeon General Sternberg today sent to the military investigating commission the correspondence regarding the establish- ment of Camp Wikoff. It wes accompanied by the following letter: ; General G. M. Dodge, President of Board to Investigate the War Department: “Sir: I have the honor to transmit here- with copies of correspondence relating to the cperations of the medical department at Camp Wikoff, L. I. I respectfully invite special attention to the following letters of instruction and to copies of telegrams dated August 1 “SG. O., Washington, Aug. 6, 1898. “Colonel William H. Forwood, Assistant Surgeon General, U. S. Army, Montauk Point, L. 1: “Sir: Your telegrams have been re- celved. I had expected that the water must be pumped into tanks and distributed to the camps. I trust that the quartermas- ters department will push this work through so there may be no complaint of insufficient supply. I expect yeu to act as chief surgeon for the camp and to regulate everything. In my opinion it, will be best to establish a detention camp with a ca- pacity of 4,000 or 5,000 somewhere near the landing place, and in connection with this a tent hospital of 250 beds in addition to the 500-bed hospital already provided for. * * * J shall send a quantity of disin- and these should be used very y in the sinks at the detention camp and hospital. Let us try and do this thing in such a way that there may be no criti- cism of the medical department. Apply to me for anything necessary and 1 will do my best to fill your requisition. “Very respectfully, (Signed) ‘GEO. M. STERNBERG, “Surgeon General, U. S. A’ Washington, August 12, 1508, . G. O., “Col. Wm. H. Forwcod, Assistant Surgeon Mon- General, U.S.A., Chief Surgeon, tauk Point, L. 1 “My Dear Colenel: I send you ini check for $1,010 to be used in any w you think best for the benefit of t in hospital. This mo the American tional committee. “Be sure that you have plenty of quinine and all other medicines likely to be re- quired, and hospital stores of all kinds for the sick errlving from Santiago. 1 have #sked to have Heizwaun ordered to report te you. You will use your own judgment about assigning him to duty in charge of the 5%-bed hospital. You should have tents upon the ground and heds ready to put up another hospital of the same size on short notice. The men returning from Santiago are saturated with malarla, and the cool climate of Montauk will no doubt case a large number of rélapses and de- velop the disease in those’ who have not already had it. Keep always a surplus of tents and beds ready to put’ up at a mo- ment’s notice. Very truly yours, (Signed) “GEO, M. STERNBERG, “Surgeon General, U. S. Army. “S. G. O., Washington, August 16, 1898. “Col. Forwood, Assistant Sufgeon General, that ie sic is centributed by Red Cross relief Camp Wikoff, Montauk Pefint, Long Island, N. Y. “Four hundred convalescents. cgming by Catania, two hundred sick by. Olivette. Pitch 100 more hospital tents and put beds in them as soon as possible. Apply for as many female nurses as you can use. Make contracts with as many le. Murses as you require at $30 per month and ration. You have authority to empl at $50 per month, also to make ‘acts with competent physicians, if more are necded. Keep sufficient medicines on. hi to sup- ply regiments in camp with m neces- sary articles. You should ve & million quinine pills ready for is: to returning troops. Send as many sick fo New Haven hospitals as they can take care of. If Recessary to make room send sidk also to New York hospitals. Ackn: receipt. “STERNBERG, Bur; General “8. G. O., Washington, August 17, 1898. “Col. Forwood, Assistant Surgeoa General, Camp Wikoff, Mentauk Point, N. ¥. “I advise you to send typhoid patients to New Haven hospital, as reoommended in my letter of August 14. Doy't fall to dis- infect all excreta. Buy all the quicklime Lecessary. : “STERNBERG, N. Y. “Do not fail to everything neces- sary for the comfort of the sick. ‘Apoly to me for additional female: nurses neces- sary and for money to buy delicacies when required. ‘STERNBERG, Surgeon General.” Very respectfully, (Signed) GEO. M. STERNBERG, Surgeon General, U.8.A, MURDER THE CHARGE Government Demands the Surrender of Indians Who Fought Bacon. THEY WILL LIKELY RESIST ARREST It May Take Some Time to Appre- hend the Recalcitrants. GEN. BACON AT WALKER WALKER, Minn., October 8.—At the In- Cian council held at the reservation a de- mand was made by the government, through Indian Agent Sutherland, that the men conc2rned in the killing of soldiers near Bear Island be given up to answer the charge of murder. Marshal O'Connor and 250 troops, com- manded by Gen. Bacon, will move to the egency on the reservation at 10 o'clock this morning. Boats have been chartered, and another effort will be made to apprehend the twenty Indians for whom the marshal has bench warrants. When the troops ar- rive at the agency runners will be sent out and the men ordered in. In cage they do not respond Marshal O'Connor, backed by the troops, will go after them. Information given out by one of the In- dians at the council yesterday was that nineteen young bucks composed the force which engaged Gen. Bacon’s command near Bear Island. Gay-She-Gwon-Ay-Yosh, or. as the English version would be, Strong Voice of the Wind, was the leader, and di- rected the plan of battle. Stl on Bear Island. Tre band, eacepting the killed, are now on Bear Island, and refuse to come tn or take part in the council. It is likely that such renegades as they can induce to join them will make things lively for several months, confining themselves to @epreda- tions on small settlements. TE report that Rog-a-Mah-Ga-Shik was killed by one of the sharpshooters is denied, the chief re- fusing to take part in the attack. Thirty-five Indians put tn an appearance at the town of Lothrop, nine miles south of here. 1. evening. The women and chil- dren were gathered in a building, and the citizens are guarding the town. An unconfirmed rumor is to the effect that four Indians wrom Marshal O’Connor wants have surrendered. a ed Gen. Bacon's Report. Adjutant General Corbin this morning re- ceived the following telegram from Gen. Bacon, dated Walker, Minn., October 1, Asus report that nd today “Replying io yours, this date, I telegraphed you on the Sth, €th forwarding details. 1 now report, accompa- nied by eighty men, 3d Infantry, United States marshal, deputies and Indicu agent and police, went en the 5th to mainland, nayth of Bear Island, Leech Lake. “After arresting leading Indians, my command was attacked by a force of Bear Island In- Gians. The fighting lasted from noon unul dark, the Indians being beaten back, and presumably left the mainland during the night of the Sth. Yesterday a few stray shoes were fired into camp from surround- ing underbrush. The marshal, Indian agents nd most of the civillans left by steamboat at the beginning of the fight. “My casualties are: Killed—Capt. Wilkin- son, Sergt. Butier, Privates Zeibel, Onsted, Lowe, Schwalenstocker and one Inaian po- iceman. Wounded—Sergt. Ayres, Privates Turner, Daily, Wicker, Brown, Bushay, Jenson, Ziegler, Francom and Deputy Mar- shal Sheehan and one Indian police. Total killed, seven; wounded, eleven. Tine Indian policemen concealed themselves at the opening of vhe fight and were shot by mis- take by my pickets in the night, while try- ing to escape in a canoe. “Gigned) BACON, “Brigadier General.” ~-—_—__+ 0+ —___ MAY KEEP AUXILIARY VESSELS. They Will Be Useful Among Our New Possessions. The board which was appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to recommend what disposition should be made of the sixty-six vessels which were purchased by the de- partment at the outbreak of the war has made a partial report, which is now under consideration by Secretary Long. About twenty-five of the vessels have been recom- mended for retirement from naval service, but it does not follow that this will be done. The examinations made by the board were purely technical, and under its instructions ft recommended the retention of only such vessels as would probably be of sery- ice when the naval establishment shall re- turn to normal peace conditions. It was not for the board to take into consideration the needs of the navy in case there shall be new territory acquired, or other needs shall arise that did not exist before the war. he department, however, is likely to take a broader view of this matter, and, with an idea to providing a number of ves- sels suitable for service on the coast of Cuba and among the Philippine Islands, it will probably decide to retain most of the ships which the board has recommended to be sold. These vessels are mostly either yachts or tugs. The yachts are not regarded by na- val experts xs desirable vessels for war purposes. They are too lightly constructed, in most cases lack the water-tight bulk- heads which protect the ship from being sunk by a single shot, and are also in- capable of carrying guns of sufficient cal- iber. While all these shortccmings exist, still, under proper management, such con- verted vessels are really very serviceable in an emergency, and some of the brightest pe of the naval history of the war will those which record the exploits of such craft as the converted yachts Gloucester, Wasp, Eagle, Hist, Hornet, etc. It is possible that en inference may be drawn as to the policy of the American peace commissioners as to the Philippines from the decision of the Navy Department to retain these small vessels for patrol boats among the islands, although, on the other hand, this may be but another exhi- bition of the prudence and forethought in preparing for any emergency that has char- acterized the Navy Department from the time of the sinking of the Maine. + + —_____ BATTLE SHIPS’ LONG TRIP. The Iowa and Oregon May Not Start Before Wednesday. It is stated at the Navy Department to- day that in all provability the battle ships Iowa and Oregon will not be able to start from New York for Honolulu before next Wednesday. The instructions to Captain Barker, the senior officer, commanding the Oregon, are to sail as soon as the ships are ready for the voyage. But there are some matters of equipment that it is desir- able to add to the ships before they sail, and as there is really no necessity for their departure, in advance of the colliers Scin- dia and Sterling, which are to supply them with coal for the voyage, there will be no real delay by deferring the Wednesda It Is said by naval officers here that on the voyage the battle ships will make the attempt to replenish their coal supply from the colliers in the open sea. This has always been regarded as im- practicable, but certain experiences of the Sampson squadron while lying off Santiago tended to show that with the exercise of prudence in selecting the weather and in bringing the ships together coaling can be accomplished in this way without incurring extraordinary risks, although there is al- ways some danger attached to the perform- ance. If the lowa and Oregon prove by their own experience that this can be done With reasonable safe:y the demonstration will be of great value to all navies, for it will show that in case of emergency, at warships can free themseives from the onerous restrictions of neutrality in replenishing their coal supply. From. in- quiry that reachod the department as to the time the Oregon, with the lowa, may be expected to arrive on the Pacitic coast it is evident that the people of that section of the country contemplate giving the fa- mous battle shiparousing welcome when she gets around. ——_—_—_+>-o-+_____ KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AT PITTSBURG. start until next Callfornia Contingent, 500 Strong, Reach There This Morning. PITTSBURG, Pa., October §.—Gorgeously plumed sir knghts, the first of the creat body of Knights Templar which will vir- tually own Pittsburg for the next six or eight days, arrived in Pittsburg today. This vanguard was the sir knights of the state of California. The party was made up of the Grand Commandery, its honorary es- cort, California Commandery, No. 1, of San Francisco, and a score of members of other commanderies of that state. They arrived about 10 o'clock this morning and their arrival marked the opening of the great round of festivitics that is scheduled for the coming week. This famous contingent of Templars from the far west were met at union station and escorted to the headquarters of Cali- fornia Commandery, No. 1, by Pittsburg Commandery, No. and detachments of the other four local commanderies. The visitors were given a most royal wei- come and greeting. The party numbers nearly 5) sir knights and a number of ia- dies. They left San Francisco last Monday morning and have made the long pligrim- age overland in a special vestibuled Puil- man palace train. ‘Iney were the first to eave their homes and are the first to be welcomed by the triennial conclave city ot Asys. —— eee NAVAL PROMOTIONS, A Plan to Be Submitted by the De- partment to Congre: The Secretary of the Navy has directed that Rear Aamiral E. 0. Matthews con- tinue his present duttes as a member of the special naval board, considering the question of promotions for gallant services during the Spanish war, regardless of the fact that he will go on the retired list on account of age on the 24th instant. The ucticn of the departinent in this case is a clear indicaticn that the board of pro moUon is nul expected to coimpieie its work the cate named. It is the departmen desire to be prepared to submit a pian ot promc as lo Congress Cariy in tne next sI0h, ana, Correquenily, Une sessions ur ine naval board are not likely to cununue mlany Weeks beyomm@ we due os Aum Mulinews’ retirement. Rear Admira: sont- gumery Sicard, wav is presiuenc of Lic bOard, and ear Aumira! C. 5. Norton, wno is a memoer, were siiniariy piaced on tne Teured ust Within the past lew Weeks. —_—_+0+___ WILL GO YO PORTO RICO, by The Forty-Seventh New York Order- ed to New York. Pursuant to telegrephic instructions trom the War Department, the 4itn New York United States Volunteer lntanury has been r2lieved trom duty in the Department of the East and will proceed from Fort Adams, R. 1., to New York city and thence to Porto Rico, W. I., and upon arrival there be reported by the regimental commander to th: commanding general, Department ot Porto Rico, for assignment to station. ‘fhe regiment will take its camp and g Tison equipage, except Wagon trausporta- tion. ‘Tne several staff departments will turnish all that is necessary for We trans- portation, subsisience and medical attznd- ance of the regiment, and see unat it bas SULICIENL and Suitable Supplies Of ull Kinus. whe regimental commatiuer hus peen m- structed lo make a Cureiul inspecuon, with a v.ew lo discharging, prior vw ueparture, such men of his regiment as are not in Sood conuition of heath, of who for othe: good and sumicient reasons should be re- aleved Irom iuriner service. + 0+ _____ CAPT. WHITING ACQUITTED. Charges Against the Commander of tne Monadnock Investigated. The incoming mail from the east bring: a report of a court of inquiry held in mia- nila to invesuigate charges made by Haroid Sewall, late United Sues minisier tv Ha- wali, against Capt, Whiting of the Monad- nock, The gist of the charge was that the captain had detained the moniior at Hono- lulu on the passenger course from San Franciscu to Manila much longer than was necessary because his family resided in that city. ‘The Monadnock was oniy wo or three days overdue at Manila, and the court acquitted the captain of any iniention of delay. Capt. Whiting married inio the ebrated Ah Fong family at Honolulu. ——_—_+ A CAPTURED SPANISH JACK. The Navigation Bureau Receives a War Trophy. A Spanish “jack,” the first war flag of that kind yet received at the Navy Depart- ment, was one of the trophies that came today to the navigation bureau. It Is near- ly square and differs materially from the national Spanish standard, having a field of red and yellow bars surrounded by a broad white border, and lacking the usual royal Spanish coat of arms in the center. The flag is tagged “Spanish jack taken from the gunboat Jorge Juan, sunk in Nipe bay, Cuba, July 21, 1898, by the Wasp and Ley- den. Jack and colors secured by the U. S. S. Leyden.’ In this particular engagement, which marked the initial step in the execution of a plan for the establichment of a naval base on the north coast of Cuba, similar to Santiago on the south coast, the Wasp Was commanded by Captain Ward and the Leyden by Captain Crossley. $+ 2+______ WHITE HOUSE CALLERS. The President Received Only a Few Visitors. Owing to arrangements to leave the city tenight, and to much business to he dis- posed of, the President received only u few visttors today. Adjt. Gen. Corbin was one of these. In the afternoon Assistant Sec- retary Howell of the treasury had an ap- pointment to talk with the President about arranging to admit cattle and provisions free of customs duties to Cuban points, so as to relieve starvation and distress. The result of this conference will probably be an order permitting the free entry of cer- tain goods to Cuban ports. The President made the following ap- pointments: Thomas F. McGourin of Flor- ida, marshal of the United States for the northern district of Florida; John F. Squire of Colorado, register of the land office at Glenwood Springs, Col. The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches vi the Associated Pres It is therefore the only one in whic: the reader can find the comple: news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to pre: KILLED BY A WOMAS: Brother of Mrs, McKinley Shot Dow: at Canton. —<—_ = MRS. GEORGE ACCUSED OF CIM The Ohio City Much Moved Over the Tragedy. NEWS AT THE WH1 E HOUSE CANTON, Ohio, October 8—The city is intensely moved by the shocking tragely that so deeply affects the home of {is m vst highly esteemed citizen, the President of the United States. It now turns that Mrs. George had been around the rest dence of Mrs. Althouse frequently, and when Saxton was about to enter there ast evening he was shot dead on the doorstep. Mrs. George had frequently threatened to kill him if he persisted in calling on Mrs Althouse. An viewer at the prison told Mrs. George he was not surprised to find her locked up after what she had thr ened, and added: “You remember you you wiuld kill Saxton if he did not k away from the Althouse pla “Yea, 1 remem’ that I told you that said Mrs, Georce. “And you remember you tha if you did you wor “Yes,” said Mrs. George ber t I said that 1 did wa “and T remem- not care if I Terimge From the President. Mr. Marshall Barber, President Meix') ley’s brother-in-law, whose residence is xt the old Saxton homestead, received a gram frem the President this morni ing that Mr. and Mrs. McKinley and Mrs Barber and son, John Barber, a Cuban ant Porto Rican soldier, who has been very ill at Washington. wil! leave for Cant alight at 7 o'clock. Mr. Barb Asrociated Press this morning hour of the funera’? Monday aft not been determined upon and until he could further consult Presicent by wire The post-mortem examination on the |» Saxton occupied the 1 > Superficial shot wou 1 bullet entering the left bres rth entering th five inches low the third, pa n th xdomen and suppo: n would w with of the late Mr There were tv thi 2 ng deat The body was removed to the Parber residence Unis morning. Several persot- ng that Mrs. George 1 threatened to shoot Saxton. She xr Rice and Attorney James she being "s co Mi eR during in his court t charging murder in the tirst degree has been filed against Mrs. Geov by Prosecuting Attorney Pomerene in J tice Reigner’s court. It is signed by L er J. J. rant, who Was a pe s well as leg onal f 1 couns: Story of the Shooting. George Saxton a brother of Mrs. William McKinley, was shot dead at 6:10 o’clyi est evening before the residence of Mrs Eva B. Althouse in Canton, Ohto. Five shots were fired three of which entersd his body. The dispatch from Canton an nouncing the murder, says Saxton was unconscious when neighl« arrivec to investigate the cause shooting and was dead when the phy end officers arrived, the former having 4 Pressed the opinicn th: death was Stantaneous, three bul: having enter d the vital spots. His position indicated 1 he was on the step to the Althouse resi dence when the shots were fred Mr. Saxton left the h of his brother- in-law, Mr. Barber, about 6 o'clock, ridiog hie bicycle, and this was the last seen oT him by his friends The Althouse home was dark and loci end the neighbors said Mrs. Alt not been One of the neighbors r 1 to hav i the past thre 4a woman done the shooting had passe! ck of the hou: Mrs. George, the murder, took her Gown-town = t later ding to the mi w orman’s story at Hazlett avenue near the Althouse hen About 9 o'clock was arre: th Police officers and locked lecating her w due principally to that she moved from her old h Who the Woman Is, orge is the divorced wife who formerly was a tenant a dressmaking »wn-town business block s ined in Dakota, and a pre ling later fl husband again’ ple ¢ ore: ot Saxton in is ¢ ness, bu: Hes d in loce! court ton had sent axton charged t there to seoure voree, the p damazes f wife's through her roceeding here being a sui the affections. all alle; This the ad the the defense of Saxton be were held for overdue rent in inst Saxtcn, ¢ furniture, the article the rooms. Mrs. Althouse, in front of whose houxé the shooting occurred, several months began peace proceedings against Geerge, alle her life had threatened. ing that For some time past Mrs, George has living about five blocks away trom wher the shooting occurred Early 11 the w She is sald 10 have packed up her ho hold goods and to have shipped the her mother’s home at Hanoverton. “in her goods have been gone she has been living at the rooms of Mrs. Jake Obertin, in the same house. She left the house about 8 o'clock this morning and did not return. While the officers were talking tw Mrs. Oberlin tonight Mrs. George was scen ccming across a lot nearby. As she at- tempted to go arcund the house to get in the back way, she was put under arres: by the officers and brought to police head- quarters. When she was brought into the station she seemed to be self-possessed. Refused to Answer Questio: She refused to answer any of the ques- tfons asked by the police officials, She was taken into the women’s department and an examination was made. Nothing was found on her. The skin of her hands was scraped and will be analyzed to see whether there are any traces of gunpowder on them. She was then locked up to await a hearing. It is common talk that Mrs. George made frequent threats of taking Saxton’s life. Many of these threats are said to have been sent through the mails, and the fe eral grand jury sitting in Cleveland ta. fall, indicted her for alleged improper use of the matis. Mrs. George gave bond, and the tndfct- ment, so far as is known here, is still alty Sample C. George, the husband, is now reported to have been married to a second a