Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR, t po a = PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 1fth St., by ‘The*Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8.H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. = = Kew York Ofice, 49 Potter Build'nz The Evening Star ts served to eft lers, om thetr or 44 cent $3.08. Office a dclass tani! matter.) EF AIL matt subacriptions mist de patd fn adeance. Rite< of vertising made knewn on app!iaation. Che Lveni el gq Stat. | THE DE LOMELETTER Carlos Socarros Tells How Historic Document Was Obtained. STOLEN BY A HOTEL WAITER The Theft, He Says, Occurred in This City. DENTED BY SENOR QUESADA a = CHICAGO, December 10.—The Journal ‘o- Gay prints an interv with Senor Carlos Vincente de Quesad arras, cousin of retary and . Who com- Quesada en. Que Cuban junt art forces during irs’ wa independence Ac- w nor Quesada cla s “De Lome letter, written by th 1 minister, ridiculing President’ M was stolen in the United States ot Havana. Que- sa who fou ler all of the prom- ine ind who was pre: at the death of Maceo, s t De Lom gallantry led to his dow i a Wo- man in the employ of of the Spanish m e€ were many parties to the con- spiraey which resulted in the theft of the Lome letter,” he The junta had rked tru a to the employ of These clerks kept us S which they could, but T So it was arranged 2 Was to start up a flirtation L and endeavor to gain man ted to en- w in New York. De things to her which ejas came to thi: shed every minute. Thr is the junta country igh the managed to into the hotel ping. He wi As he spoke assigned to y ly upon sh minister wrote promptly that informed had been hed to a New ron the sup- lent igton in in Wash 2 and Denounced by Se ban junta, whe this pr Quesada. of the Cu- dis nmeasured secretary terms as a He said the man mentio Vincente de Q not a cousin “are absolutely without lies from b me letter wa man who got it} @ newspaper man,” da Mr. to 4 rman, “know paper man in Tr was not sold to } to all of them y did not nted. But dispateh, GROSSED. Joint Meeting of Pence Commissions ait | the | nta- AI asion as a latter en hands with red the 1 were exceed rded mn ot comple the hands of mmissic tographed which hour t took clock, while await- ing ast Sections uf the TRIAL, Effort to Have Case Removed to Su- preme Court. PHILADELPHIA, Decemt ices Gri v 10.—Supreme nd Williams today ing the defendants in conspiracy cas rul we » to argue a peti- tion for a writ of riiorari removing th proceedings from the court of quarter ses- ons to the supreme court. The rule is turnable January 7, and all proceedings ayed in the me ts of time © res the rule granted by court will be to carry the trial term of office of District expire with 8 been ac- th EXODUS FROM DAWSON CITY. Winter Opened W in Yukou mtry. TACOMA, Wash., December 10—The steamer Rosalie brings news that an exodus n is takin place from Dawson City. Halverson says: ent Severity | Mich: ANNEXATION Sentiment of the Best People in the Philip- pine Islands, Arrival of Two Highly Educated Na- tives Who Are Desirous of Being Citizens of the Republic. Two young and prominent Filipinos, Don Maximo Cortes and his brother, Don Angel D. Cortes, have come to Washington from their far-away home to make a plea for American citizenship for themselves and their father, Don Doroteo Cortes. They did not call at the White House today, and will to see the President next Don Maximo and Don Angel D. Cortes are young Filipino millionaires and belong to one ef the wealthiest and best families of the island. Th are highly educated and nxious to become citizens is of this country. gress will 1 It is possible that Con- asked to pass a special act conferring citizenship upon them. Both of the brothers speak English fairly well. Best People for Annexation. Maximo Cortes says that the best people of Manila are heartily in favor of annexa- tion. He b s that a majority of the people favor annexation, and that only the politicians among the insurgents are dis- posed otherwise. He says that the Fili- pinos want to see Consul General Wildman made governor of the island. Mr. Wild- man. w who is now at Hong Kong, is popular th all the Filipinos. Dorot-o Cortes is the head of the family in the Philippines. Although at one time the legal repr tive of Spain in the island. the Spanish government began per- secu s Ss prosecution of bad St and at last his prop2rty was confiscated. Little of it w: ever re ered, although considerable cash remained in the hands of the family. Many other wealifi: Filipinos we uted in th> same way the object of the Spaniards being to secure money The Cortes brothers bear letters of intro- tion from Consul General Wildman, n. Merritt and Admiral Dewey. These yeak of the brothers in the high- terms, and mention the as: they frequently gave to the Americ Consul ers s General Wildman says that he saw Maximo Cortes give Aguinaldo $10,000 in cash, with the understanding that Aguinaldo was to fight solely for annexation. After the on of Manila by the American fore i s and the property belonging to wrtes family was placed at the d of the Americans and much of it oc- ecu cupied free by our forces, ——_—_—_+«+—____ JUDGE CAREY NOT A CANDIDATE. r Wyoming Politicians Who Are enator. Wro., December 10.—Judge ex-United ates senator, has an- neunced that he will not be a candic for election to the United States Senate at legislaturs. His re- S$ materially improy- ark’s ch, of re-election. The other avowed cand s are John C. Davis, Otto Gram, Judg2 M. C. Brown, overnor W. A. Richards, Col. J. L. Tor- and C. W. Burdick os “MARR YIN QUIRE” IS DEAD. braim Keigwin Had United 9,000 Couptes in Wedlock. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., December 10.— Ephraim Kcigwin, known far and wide as the “marrying squire,” and who has mar- “ couples for better or wors is aged sixty-seven. Keigwin was a famous gold hunter in ’49, and was suc- » umulating quite a fortune. erved continucusly ag magis- and had performed mar- for judges of the supreme ndents of public instruc- sheriffs, und 2ven preachers. ON SAME TRACK. court, sup: tien, judg TRAINS MEE Serious Collision Michigan C. and N. W. Railroad. Branch ‘OMINEE, Mich., December 10.—The and the northbound passenger the Chicago and Northwestern 1 head-on at 8 o'clock today, a hun- dred feet from the Menominee iron bridge. The northbound tr which w two hours late, had baggage and mail cars, two day couches and a sleeper, and carried enty-five people. he » badly smashed and the Ss covered by 2 number of the pas- slightly hurt, and some wo- H. Hanrahan, tireman of the nerthbound train, was badly injured, and had to e cut out of the wreck. Engineer el Killian of the southbound train w diy injured about the he: Both trains were running at the same. spee and they sustained about equal damage. > LECTION LAW GOEBLE E IS VALID. Decision Handed Down Today Kentucky Court of Appeals. Special Dispatch to The Evening FRANKFORT, Ky., December 10.—The peals holds that the Goeble elec- lid. The four democratic idity, and the three re- by publicans dissent. An opinion of great length was delivered by Chief Justice wis. The decision is a great disappoint- to democrats opposed to the law, as expected it to be declared unconstitu- Uonal. > DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS. The Bill to Be Reported to the Full Committee Monday. The subcommittee $f the House appro- priations committee having charge of the District of Columbia appropriation bill com- pleted its work this afternoon and will re- port the bill to the full committee next Monday. 3 ~——- + e+ — THE CANAL BILL'S PROSPECTS. What House Advocates of the Meas- ure Say. Advocates In the House of the Nicaragua y that if the bill providing for the onstruction of the canal s the Senate early this session, a measure having that object in view will certainly be put through the House. It ts generally understood that there is a strong lobby—in fact, two or three lobbies—here to antagonize legisla- tien, and that the plan of attaek will be to get up a conflict between rival propositions, It is insisted, however, that the general proposition to have the canal constructed under the control of the government is so nearly universally favored in both houses of Congr that it will not he possible to prevent legislation, though it might be de- layed. ee © are nearly 1,000 men strung along the Yuken between Dawson and Chilkoot Pass. All are making an effort to reach the coast. I had a good dog team, plenty of grub and also a well-filled quently I came along booming, passing many who had started from Dawson ten days ahead of me. Muny left Dawson short ef provistons and with little or no money. “it seems to me certain that many of these unfortenates will die on the trail. Some will make Skaguay all right. This winter is proving the most severe experi- enced in the Yukon for years. Several se- vere storms have raged in the interior already.” ack. Conse- To Investigate Bay State Disaster. By direction of the Secretary of War a beard of survey, to consist of Col. Charles A. Woodruff, subsistence department; Maj. John W. Summerhayes, quartermaster, U, S. V., and Capt. Isac W. Littell, assistant quartermaster, has been appointed to in- vestigate and report upon the causes of the recent aecident on board the steamer Bay State, and to fix the responsibility therefor. The board jis to meet in New York city, December 8, or as soon there- after as possible, THE ISTHMIAN CANAL Senator Morgan Will Open the Dis- cussion Monday, NO COUNTER PROJECT IN OPPOSITION ee Demand in the West for Inter- oceanic Waterway. THE PEOPLE —— WHAT WANT. Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama, who will open the discussion on the Nicaragua canal bill in the Senate Monday, was asked by a Star reporter today in regard to the course the friends of the canal would take during the period when the bill will be be- fore the Senate, and what the opposition would probably adopt as their policy in order to attempt the defeat of the meas- ure Senator Morgan replied that the oppe tion appeared to be bent solely on prevent- ing the building of a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and did not appear to have an. uggestions to improve the plan for accomplishing that work which was before Congress. He said the trans- continental railroad interests appeared to want to have ell freight and passengers going from the Atlantic to the Pacific co: ef the western continent patronize transportation or go around and said the people of the Pacific coast are chafing under the disadvantage which this course is imposing on them to such an ex- tent that Congress should beware lest their satisfaction should become so great that some day there might be a boundary line drawn between the western and eastern states. Senator Morgan remarked that if there are objections of a diplomatic character against the canal project they should be roperly presented to the President of the United States after the canal bill fs passed, and if they could not then be satisfactorily rranged the President could stop the issue f bonds for the building of the canal pend- ing further ne vague sugge tions of such difficulti id, should not stand in the way of congressional action Senator Morgan is known as the mos distinguished nal project. For many y. has employed his great ability lawyer and advocate for the advancement of the canal project, and has more than once had bills framed by him assed by the Senate with large majorities. He has never faltered in his advoc of this great undertaking, which he regards as absolutely necessary to the future wel- fare and greatness of the American repub- lic. He has never been more thoroughly equipped for leadership in this project than he will be Monday, when he will begin the legislative fight in the Senate. Opposition Without Plan. “I do not know," said Senator Morgan to a Star reporter today, “what course the opposition will take in regard to the Nica- ragua canal bill. It looks as though they have little prospect of success, although they have made a combination here to de- feat any legislation and by all possible means to prevent the building of the canal. None of them is looking out for any bet- ter plan than that which has been brought forward by the Senate committee. This matter has been presented to Congress in five committee reports, covering a period of twelve years, and has received the sanc- tion of very many able and experienced legislators, and now to reject this plan, be- se the opposition say they have some other proposition which they have not for- mulated, would be very unfortunate. “The fact is, none of these gentlemen who oppose this canal have brought for- ward any measure of any kind to build the canal or to secure that result, and I suppose their object is one of obstruction, that their antagonism is for the purpose of defeating the project to construct the canal and not to build tt on a better plan than that proposed. If any of them had presented a bill outlining a plan on which they think the canal should be built it would be a different matter. We would then have some counter project that we could understand. The Pana Canal. “The Panama men are here trying to con- vince the government insidious argu- ments and importunity that the Panama canal is the one that ought to be built; but they furnish no counter proposition. They tell us they do not want us to build canal, and they want us to abandon our project, that has received the recognition of every President from Grant down, and ac- cept from them an assurance that at some time or other they expect to build a 1 across the Culebra mountain. If they had proposition to make we would understand something about the value of their preten- sions. But none of them come forward with any proposition except Mr. Grace and his party of London speculators, and he Proposes to wipe out all that has been done through a of the government of aragua, » in its dying agonies when orming part of another government, which was to destroy its independent existence, ind he expects us to take his assuranc that at some Ume or other a private body of gentlemen will organize in London and cisewhere and build the canal and control 4 ppens to be the very thing that tn people do not want, for if there is any one doctrine established in this country in regard to the cana} that is irrev- ocable it is that thisecanal must be under the control of the United States govern- ment. I do not mean ownership and sov- ereign authority, but that control that comes from ownership of stock in the canal and from the necessary influence that the government of the United States must ex- ert over a canal so Important to her as that which will connect our Atlantic and Pacific coast lines by way of the isthmus and save at least 10,000 miles In the journcy. Every Objection Met, “I have no disposition to discuss the merits of this question, which the people of the United States have settled for them- selves. It is not necessary, that I should do so. I am merely looking over the vari- ous efforts that are being made to prevent the people from realizing what they know is necessaty for the integrity of the coun- try and for the defense of all sections of the United States. I have anticipated that when it should become obvious that the people would demand this canal, and that it would, therefore, be necessary for Con- ress to carry out their wishes and build it, all kinds of combinations would be en- tered into for the purpose of obstructing it. I am not disappointed in that. But when reports have been made meeting every objection that can be urged against this canal, as_I think, fully, fairly and satisfactorily, I do not care about going over the ground now. These reports in the Senate were first made by Mr. Sherman, as chairman of the committee on foreign rela- tions, and come down to date in both houses of Congress. “In the bill I reported at the last session of Congress on the 20th of June the private ownership of stock in this canal is entirely eliminated, and the stockholders under that bill will _be three {n number—the United States, Costa Rica and Niearagua. If we cannot manage this canal in a proper way the government of the United States cannot manage anything. There is no other way I know of by which these three governments can get into greater harmony of action or more certainty of action than is provided in this act of incorporation. “I never flatter myseif that anything will eccur with which Congress has to deal un- by land ; Cape Horn, | WASHINGTON, D. 0, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1898-TWENTY-FOUR PA GES. TWO CENTS. til all opposition hasbeen ovefcome, but I am convinced that a magjority of two-thirds in each house of Congress is to@ay ready to respond to the demand of the le, and for that reason is in favor of proceeding at once to take the me@cessary action to build that canal. If the people are disap- pointed in their demand om thts»occasion the men who obstruct their will eught to be prepared with very strong reasons to justify their course of conduct. I do not believe they have such re Tam sure no reasons have beem suggésted that in the slightest degree are sufficient to answer this demand of the people. The Attitude of Great Britain. “This question of possible interference on the part of Great Britain with this canal, which is now being pushed to the front, is an tnvention of the men who are trying to defeat the canal. For more than twelve years Great Britain.has:been fully advised of the course of the United States ‘in this matter, and has never opposed the-slightest criticism or objection to anything we have done or proposed to do in any bill before Congress. How these gentlemen have as- certained that Great Britain must be con- sulted before we proceed to build the canal I am not advised. There is nothing in the bill now pending in the Senate that is ut all inconsistent with the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. On the contrary that bill carrics out the purpose and intent of the Clayton- Buiwer treaty in a broad, pacifie and sin- cere way. Ownership of Stock, “We claim nothing for the United States in this bill relating to the control of the canal that does not belong to any man,orany state, or any corporation, that owns a majority of the stock in any other corpora- tion. I have not heard that the United States is prohibited by concessions or other- wise from owning stock in the canal. There is no intimation of any such thing. On the other hand, the concession says foreign gov- ernments may own the stock, and if the United States may own $100 of the stock I do not understand why it may not own a majority of it if it is able to buy it. The polmt that was made on this subject w that the United States could not be p mitted to own a majority of the stock in that canal. Nobody ever pretended that she had no right to own any of the stock. Now, I would like somebody to point out to me in what way the United States Is prohibited from owning a majority of the stock. “This sort of quibbling was brought for ward in the past, but now that the canal is recognized as indispensable for the pro- tection and security of our country, objec- tions against its construction must not only be serious, but they must be substantial, in order to obstruct and avoid the purpose of the people of the United States that a canal is to be built at amy expense, and even ff it 1s to be done at thevexpense of war. True State of Sentiment. “The true state of the sentiment of the people of the United States taday is that if there is no other way to build this canal than to go there and take the country in order to build it, they would demand of that that should be done. But, no such measure ig necessary Nothing needs to be done but fer the Con- gress of the United States te observe a straightforward, honorable, upright course, acting upon rights already established upon concessions that have beem made, and pro- ce to declare what our will #s in regard to this matter. It is prowied:in the bill that is before the Senate that the Pres- ident of the United States may at any time suspend an {ssue of bomes to raise money for building this canal, * “Of course, such a suspension would amount to the entire stoppage of the whole progress of the work. Now, if Great Brit- ain, Nicaragua or Mr. Grace or any one else chooses to raise a question in regard to this matter and our rights as asserted in this act of Congress, the President can stop proceedings and settle stich questions. If not settled satisfactorily to the United States he can suspend the issue of bonds. The matter fs left entirely in his discretion. What this bill does is to amend an act o1 Congress chartering the canal company. The right to make that amendment was provided for in the act whieh granted the original charter, “These gentlemen who, are proposing a postponement by Congress until they can have a definite plan agreed upon under- stand perfectly well that if that postpone- ment {s to continue until their objections are disposed of no canal will ever be built. That is precisely what they want. What the Railroads Want. “The Panama railroad, the companies that have built railroads through Guatemala, the Southern Pacific and the Central Pa- effic, with ali their vartous branch de- sire to control the transportation of all the commerce that comes across the Pacific ocean and across this continent, and they wish to handle it on their railroads, in- stead of by water. They intend, if they vent it, that there shall be no water competition with their transit routes, ex- cept around Cape Horn. That is what they are attemptin They want to de- stroy the hope of building any canal. “If we persist in acting in the interest of such plans, and subject the people of our Pacific coast to the hardships they are en- during and have endured for so many years, we may have to consider the ques- tion of drawing boundary lines on the crest of the Rocky mountains, for these people have been punished by the government of the United States on thts account, and they have become exasperated. What We Owe to the Navy. “I think that we owe enough to the grand achievements of the American navy in the last six months to make us willing to pro- vide a shorter line of communication be- tween the fleets of the Pacific and those of the Atlantic than the 14,000 miles that the Oregon had to travel to come here to defend the Atlantic coast and has again to go over together with the Iowa and other ships for the purpose_of controlling our interests in the Pacific ocean.” ————+ e+ ——__—_- BROOKE’S COMING. —— Has Telegraphed That ‘He Will Ar- rive This Evening. Major General Brooke, who has just ar- rived at Newport News from*Porto Rico, has telegraphed the Secretary of War that he will arrive here this evening. General Brooke is booked for assignment to duty as military governor of the Island of Cuba, and will confer with the President and Sec- retary of War in regard to the future ad- ministration of affairs on-thatdsland. The question of hfs selection will be finally determined after ‘his arrival here. It is understood that the gslamd_will be di- vided into four military departments, un- der command of the follewing: named offi- cers: Havana, Major General Fitzhugh Lee; Santiago, Major General. Leamard Wood: Puerto Principe, Brigadier General Simon Snyder; Pinar Del ‘Rio, Brigadier General L. H. Carpenter, a IGLESIAS SAILS FGR PARIS. Costa Ric: President Pleased at His Reception Here. NEW YORK, December 10.—President Rafael Iglesias of Costa Rica sailed today for France on the steamship La Gascogne. President Iglestas said that he was very GEN. much pleased with pdlal reception he had received in this egpnitry. “I am on my way to e,” Bald Presi- dent Iglesias, “and I ‘spend some time in Parts. Then I to England, I Feb: .@ then ann rigs nA ruary, and tl intend seeing the coun- try_from Maine to Calif President McKinley has treated) me indly, and through the prese P'send best re- gards today.” ‘This was the first visitiof the Gosta Rican president to the Taina Staten AT THE WHITE HOUSE Congressmen See the President About Army Cases. SECRETARY OF BRITISH EMBASSY a os Mr. McKinley’s Proposed Visit to the West Indies. BERRY FOR EXPANSIO: Neither house of Congress being in ses- the tendency of congressional e. sion today mind and feet was toward the White Hou The President received many of these v! tors, giving a few minutes to each. Sena tors and representatives still have their hands full of volunteer army cases. Men in the army want promotion, they want to be mustered out, they want transfers; men out of the army want to get in. The great ma- jority of these cases go to the War Depart- ment, but if a representative is especially anxious he goes to the White House and di- rectly to the President. The army cases and various political ap- pointments in the different states form th> greater part of the business laid before the President by his callers. Just now the big questions of the day are at a stand- still, so far as the House is concerned, and the President takes up the minor matters Senator Chilton and the Texas members of the House saw the President to urge him to muster out the Ist Texas Regiment, now at_ Savannah. The President was unable to make any promises, and the Texans are under the im- pression that no volunteer regiments will be mustered out soon. The day's visitors also included Senators Wilson, Deboe, Linds: Hanna, Warren, Allison, Lodge, Shoup, Senator-elect Mc- Coma: Representatives Foss, Wheeler, Sayers, C. W. Stone, Fletcher, Overstreet, Otjen, Taylor and Belknap; Archbishop Ireland, ex-Gov. Merriam and Gov. Russell of North Carolina. New Secretary of British Embassy. Sir Julian Peuncefote introduced Mr. Elliott at the White House. Mr. Elliott is the new second secretary of the British embassy. He has arrived here from Con- stantinople, where he has been stationed, and Sir Julian introduced him today to Secretary Hay and other officials. | Sir Julian's appearance at the *Wh House at any time ts always taken to me some grave dipiomatic matter. The f: is that Sir Julian is welcome at any hour at the Executive Mansion. He often strolls in to show a visitor the east room and e desire of all hmen visitin, United States is to see President McKinley and the White House. When Sir Julian does not call with visitors he sends his card and that insures every possible atten- tion. “Englishmen invariably go away with smiling faces. Governor Russell will be in the city sev- eral days and will talk with President Mc- Kinley at some length on Monday. President's Trip to the West Indies. Secretary Porter said at the White House today that the President has not talked about going to Cuba or Porto Rico next spring. He did not know, however, that such a trip would not be taken. The Presi- dent, it is said, would like to see the new acquisitions of the United States in the West Indies. After Congress adjourns next spring the President may conclude to take such a trip. twithstanding the fiction about a Presi- dent not at Hberty to leave the United States, it is said that there is no valid ob- jection to such a visit. he President could visit Havana and remain in direct tele- graphic communication with Waehington. A Democratic Expansionist. Representative Berry of Kentucky was one of th? callers. He is the tallest man in the House, and when one of his colleagues told him the other day that he appearad to be growing taller, he quickly responded: j “That's because I am an expansionist.” Mr. Bzrry is a democrat who believes in expansion. “If we do not grow,” he said, there will be decay. Growth brings lL energy and deve ment. As to the Phil- te ippines, 1 think a military government should continue for a ye until we can d rmine what kind of a permanent gov- ment is TONIGHT’S pplicable DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. Resolution to Bind Party Members Will Probably Be Adopted. There was considerable agitation among democrats of the House today over the subject of the caucus to be held tonight. There has been a great deal of a tempest in a teapot over the matter, but the pros: pects are that the caucus will be a very tame affair. Many of the most radical of the men who do not like Mr. Bailey have said that they will not attend, and some of Mr. Bailey's friends who do not believe in caucuses to control legislation may mot be present. It is probable that there will be a quorum, however, and that the resolu- tions will be adopted, and that the whole business will occupy not more than a few minut Under the rules governing caucuses no subject can be considerea except that named in the call, Therefore, the only question will be the adoption of the resolution pro- viding that an affirmative vote of two- thirds of a cauciis may make caucus action binding upon the entire body, which has been amended so as to make an exception from the operation of this rule where members have been instructed by their conventions or committed by pledges in conflict with the action of the caucus. ‘This resolution, as amended, will probably be adopted without the question of vindica- tion or of personal anvagomism entering into the matter. COUNTING ON VOLUNTEERS. What Opponents to Acquisition of the Philippines Say. The opponents to a policy of permanent possession of the Philippines are counting ‘on their position being strengthened by the sentiment among the volunteer soldiers who are serving there, which will be mani- fested on their return home. A number of men in Congress who have acquaintances in the army at Manila have received letters from them in which are very unfavorable reports on the Philippines. This leads them to believe that when the volunteers return home and tell their story it will have an influence upon the sentiment of the country adverse to the policy of permanent possession. They express the opinion that the longer the question is left open for con- sideration. the stronger will become the op- position to arnexation. ——__+_____ Late Naval Orders. Lieut. Commander I. Harris, who was in charge of the Maria Teresa at the time of her abandonment at sea, has been detached from duty on the Franklin and ordered to command the Vulcan. Chaplain H. W. Jones has been ordered to the Chicago. Chief Engineer G. H. Bull has been de- tached from the Glacier and ordered home. Passed Assistant Surgeon 8. O. Heiskell has been honorably discharged. —e« : A GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH Colonel Dunwoody to Take Charge of All Cuban Lines. Will Be Operated by the American Forces Until the Government is Surrendered. Gen. Greely of the Signal Corps is pre- Paring for a practical experience fn the government operation of the telegraph, and to this end Col. Dunwoody, one of th» most experienced and scientific officers in this branch of the service, has Leen ordered to Cuba to take charge of the extensiv> ne work of telegraph lin on the tsland. } . and will mak There quarters at Ha about 2,000 miles of te ph connectin the various main poin the island. There 1s no private owne . and the tire stretch of lines part of the Spanish govecnment property left behind when the evacuation is compl: ually it is presume: od. ivent- these lines will belong to the Cuban government, but during t United military control of the istar these 2,000 miles of wire must be for and operated by the United States forces It is a considerable undertaking, requir- ing not only skilled operators at the n2W towns, cities, railroad stations, camps, and various points connected by th> line also a large force of linemen, the rough work of repair a through the inaccessible interior. to the magnitud: of the work, » take y considerable has been done in the sections turned over to Ameri can control, but this is comparative alongsid> the many miles of line wh come under control when Hava’ other points are evacuated. In general it is intended that the regu force of the signal service will conduct skilled work, and Cubans are emp!o: on the rough work of repair and constru tion. Several lines have been constructe in Santiago province and Pinar Del Rio, and a detachment is now at work building a line from Puerto Principe to the cor There are companies of signal service men at Santiago, Puerto Principe, Pinar Del Rio and Havana, but this force will have to be considerably augmented when all the lines of the island come into our control. It was for this reason mainly that it has seemed inexpedient to materially reduce the force of the signal corps, as the work ead of it will be scarcely less, and may be considerably more, than that during tt War. All the United States military camr will be connected by telegraph, although considearble relian placed upon telephone lines in those camps far from the railroad stations. The pr: is that the Ines throughout the interior are in bad shape after the many years of Cuban warfare preceding the war between this country and Spain. A Thorough Medical Inspec: vice as Result of Col. Greenteaf’s Tour Surgeon General Sternberg ke was hopeful that the pre Speciion tour of Col. Greenleaf to the var! ous army camps of the country would be Productive not only of good results in itself, but would ultin:ately lead to the establish- ment of a thorough medical inspection sery- ice. While the war was in progress, anl since then, some efforts were made to n.edical inspection, but as so many offi were needed for actual field service few w a work of inspection, Now, however, that the demands on fi officers are less urgent, Gen. Sternberg some of them may be utilized for general inspection service. Already a start has b made in that direction, and at each camp there is a medical officer desig- nated to carry on the work of inspection cf ail hospitals and other surgical and medical equipments o7 the camps. But the de: to develop end co-ordinate this, and out of Col. Greenicaf’s tour of the various camps probably will come eneral sy Ser- very ilable to carry on the general 2 as res MAJ. MUHLENBERG NOT ») BLAME, Cause of Delay in Paying Off the Fourth Virginia. The officers of the pay department of the ay that Major Muhlenberg, the pay. ster who is engaged in paying off the 4th Virginia Regiment of Volunteers, is en- tirely innocent of blame for any delay in paying off the men who have chosen burn him in effigy, as reported. The regi ment was oraered to be mustered out to- day and the pay department was prepared to do its share, so that no delay might fol- low. At the last moment, however, the accounting officers of the United Stat treasury found that nearly all of the men in the regiment were more or less ind d -to the government, and under the law and regulations this indebted: must be si tled in full before the muster out and th final payment. This discovery necessitate the making up of new pay rolls, in which account is taken of the men’s Gebts, and the delay in making the final payments was caused solely by this fact, and was in no e chargeable to Major Muhlenberg. ~~ ee NEXT CENSUS. THE House Committee Located and Will Meet Monday. The House committee on the census has been provided with quarters and is about to enter upon the work of preparing legislation for taking the next’census, The committee has been located in a room in the terrace on the House side, the room for- merly occupied by the index clerk. Chairman Hopkins has called a meeting for next Monday, and meetings will be held frequently thereafter until a bill is reporied and placed upon the calendar of the House. The committee will take the Senate bill as the basis of action. This bill has been pub- lished heretofore in Tne Star, and is a comprehensive measure, providing for the initiation of the census. It is said there has been no change in the attitude of the committee toward the civil service question, and that the act wiil probably not place the census employes un- der the civil service law. Neither is it likely to exctude the employment of residents of the District of Columbia. The House ee ee on the census con- sists of Albert J. Hopkins, chairman: Chas. A. Russell of Connecticut, J. W. Babcock of Wisconsin, Joel P. Heatwole of Minne- sota, Ernest F. Acheson of Pennsylvania, D. E. 8. Alexander of New York, Wm. F. Aldrich of Alabama, Richard A. Wise of Virginia, Marion De Vries of California, James Norton of South Carolina, Edwin R. Ridgely of Kansas, Francis M. Griffith “Every newspaper reader a buyer; but some readers require much more th others, and therefore spen much more. Every buyer in Woshington whose trade ts of material consequence to a denier in a render of The Star. Remember that! MEDICINES IN CUBA ee Major Havard Before the War In- vestigating Commission. ——_---- DIFFICULTY IN LANDING SUPPLIES ——— i Efforts to Fix the Responsibility For It. INSPECTING TRANSPOR? te Sen ee Maj. Valary Havard, surgeon, U.S.A., wes before the war investigating commission, in session in the Lemon building, this morn ing. Dr. Conner was the first of the com mission to examine the witness. . Havard stated that he had been sta ed at Tampa as chief surgeon of the alry division, and he related the prepa- ions he had made for the medical equi ment of the ufter expedition to Cuba ; When he went to Cuba he took nearly the medical supplies he had at Tampa +"Was there enough to satisfy any demand all that might reasonably expected to be made during two weeks? ‘Yes, sir.” | “These supplies were actually taken wilt you to Cuba?” “Yes, sir.” Maj. Havard stated that not all the medi- cal supplies were landed at the time the cavalry went ashore. His stores were not on one transpori, but were sca red about am % the varic reg wv Difficulty in Landing Supplics. He arrived on the transport Alleghan and as soon as he reached Jand he hastened to the front, as a battle was impending. He jleft instructions that the supplies were to be put ashore at once and hastened to the field of actio He had a sufficient supply for all immedi jate and n ary purposes when he we on shore at quiri, He had enough to ablish hc als. “Do you know if there was any such Inck S$ to endanger the health and Hives of men of the cavalry who came under you i to an inquiry by sts | that ew a Capt. McKay who | Something to do with tra at | boney when he reached t | “Were you or your repr > opr t| vided with a rowbvat, steam tug, lighter or other means to go to the R!o Grande | and other transports bearing medical sup- i d but one boat.” ' , or ts it not, a fact that there was always on that shore an officer or some one connected with the quartermastor’s de- partment who was ready at any time, day or night, to bring medical supplies ashore from the transports? “1 cannot say.” “Did you have any difficulty in getting your supplies on shore “I had great difficulty “Did you make all rey able effort with the proper authorities to have it done? “T did. “And you failed?” “I did. “Did you have enough supplies cavalry in case a fight took place r of fact, a fight did take place enough supplies?” Phere was a surfictency s there a sufficient number of medi- at the division hospital after for the sa Were “y Maj. urd stated that the surgeons be- | came completely worn out by the continuous | strain. When they landed « fight was ex- | pected, and precautions had been taken. He | had but one medical man to each cavalry | regiment. When at Tampa he @id not | know officially till just before starting that go to Be He knew that they were to go somev and that there likel be fighting, in which men would be 1d wounded. en. Dod Ceryera's fleet was in the arbor of Santiago then? Witness—“Yes, sir.” Gen. D Didn't you know the expe- dition was to go against him?’ Witness—“Not officially; no, sir.” Too Few Surgeo Dr. Conner—"Would it not have been bet ter to have a larger number of medics officers with the expedition? Maj. Havard—“I think so.” Dr. Conner—“Is it not a f one sur- on with a regiment is net enough for ser- sir. Isn’t it a fact that at the » of the fight there were a number of irstances where one surgeon had to look after number of regiments?” Witness—“Yes, sir Major Havard siated that this condit arose when the surgeons were ill These officers were Just as liable as the men to be taken ill. Asked if there would have been any difficulty in obtaining more medical to go with expedit before ft men tart at there would have ting them at Tampa ard admitted that there was but not a great one, of supplic ght, although he was sure that al at Sthoney and the field hos- Is had enough. There were not enough surgeons. Dr. Conner. ing from the time you reached Cut until you left Santiago last stance from the quart rtment as you were properly entitled to? Witness—“I think so. I can’t remember instances.” He spoke in uncertain tones, D nner—"It has been stated that thi medical stores were scattered on the trans- ports, that they were not properly landed and that there was great difficulty in find- ing and forwarding them after they were put on shore. Is all this a fact?” “Yes, sic.” Trying to Fix Responsibility. “Then does not all this indieate that you did noteget proper assistance from the quartermaster’s department?” “I thought you had reference in the first question to a later period.”” Dr. Conner—“I am trying to learn if it is a fact that, as stated, the medical sup- plies were in limited quantities.” “Yes, sir,’ said the witness “There were no adequate means of unloading them or of getting them to the interior. Major Havard admitted that when the yellow fever broke out he had enough sur- geons and suppiies. Genera) Beaver—“Major, do you know if any one suffered from this lack of atten- tion and supplies?” “I do not know of any individual cases, but I know our wounded suffered for lack of Indiana and John A. McDowell of Ohio. ee HOLDING HIS OWN. Gen. Calixto Garcia’s Condition Un- changed Today. There has been no marked change in the condition of General Calixto Garcia, the fa- mous Cuban soldier, who is seriously ili at his apartments in the Hotel Raleigh since yesterday. The old warrior did not rest very well last night, but this morning was a trifle better. This afternoon it is stated, however, that an improvement has not been le, an. that General Garcia “is just about holding his own.” It is hoped that a change for tue better will be ap- parent in a few days, as the best of medical attention is being given. of clothing and bedding.” General Beaver—“So far as you know were any lives lost as a result?” Witness—“I do not know.” Condition of Transports. Examined as to the sending of hospital ships and transports from Cuba, MAjor Ha- vard stated that the Concho and Seneca were sent prior to his assumption of con- trol of such matters. He said that no transport was sent away by him that was not adequately supplied. A board of medi- cal men in every instance made an exami- nation and-report as to the needs of each vessel. Yellow Fever at Siboney. As to the yellow fever later at Siboney, Major Havard stated that he had made gen-