The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 26, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1898 l will be Lo long waits, as is generally the case with big parades. The parade will move over a route only four miles long. This is just half the length of the route in Boston three years ago. From Ohio street, Alle- gheny, is will move via Fifth and Forbes avenues, Pittsburg, where Pres- ident McKinley, Vice-President Hobart and other prominent dignataries will review it. From Schenley Park the marchers will be taken back to the business sections of Pittsburg and Allegheny in trolley and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cars. The Councils of the two cities have passed ordinances prohibiting vehicles other than those in the parade on the streets to be trav- ersed from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. The ball and banquet will be held in Duquesne Garden, Craig and Neville streets, which is now being built. The hall will have a capacity of 25,000 peo- ple. The center banqueting table will be on a platform raised from the floor. At this table will be seated the grand master (President McKinley), officers | of the Grand Encampment, toast-| mester and other distinguished guests. The other tables will radiate out from the center table, forming a sunburst. The interior of the banquet hall will be lighted by 2400 incandescent lights and forty arc lamps. Only Knights Templar will be ad- mitted to the dancing floor. Fifty dol- lars has been offered for a single seat | and $500 for a box containing six seats. Large sums have been offered by men not Sir Knights for the privilege of the floor, but the committee decided that only members could be admitted there. A committee of inspection will be on duty at the door to see that every ar- rival is properly attired. If his regalia | is lacking in the smallest particular | he will be barred out. No regimental | inspection could be more severe. Non- members will be allowed in the gal- leries and boxes as spectators. California Sir Knights will come to the conclave in a special train from San Francisco. The headquarters of Cali- fornia Commandery No. 1 will be at the Hotel Henry, where elegant quarters have been reserved. Golden Gate Commandery No. 16 will be at Newell's Hotel. Both hotels are downtown and Within a block of the Masonic Temple. | Commandery No. 9 of Los Angeles has | written for quarters for forty knights and ladles. Much interest is being taken in Golden Gate Commandery be- | cause of its drill corps, which is ex- pected to be in the parade. The head- quarters of the Grand Commandery of California will be in the Carnegie build- L1 HONG CHARG GAINS N POWER Causes the Arrest of an Enemy and Rival. CHANG YEN HOON ON TRIAL CHARGED WITH HARBORING A CONSPIRATOR. Stripped of Yellow Jacket and Pea- cock Feather—War to the Knife Between Manchus and Chinese. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Sept. 26.—The Times Pek- ing dispatch says: Chang Yen Hoon, the Cantonese enemy and rival of Li Hung Chang, who is charged with har- boring Kang Yu Wel, has been arrest- ed. He is now under trial by the Board of Punishment. He will be stripped of all his offices and his removal gives in- creased power to Li Hung Chang. The officials generally welcome the Em- press’ return to power, but the people are indifferent. Kang Yu Wei is charg- ed with conspiring against the Empress Dowager and has been declared an out- law, and his arrest has been ordered. The Times Shanghai correspondent says: On the arrival of Kang Yu Wel at Wu Sung he was placed for safety on board the steamer Ballarat, whicn sails for Hongkeng to-morrow. In the course of an Interview he Informed me that he left Peking on Tuesday in com- pliance with a secret message warn- ing him of his danger, from those inter- ested in the,country’s welfare. He fur- ther stated that recent events were en- tirely due to the action of the Manchu party, headed by the Dowager Em- press and Viceroy Yung Lu and in- cluding all the high Manchu officials. The latter were dispeased by the Em- peror’s leaning toward the reform party and decided to restore the re- gency of the Dowager. The Dowager Empress’ party is bound by an under- standing with the Russians whereby the latter, in consideration of the sup- port of the Russian interests, under- take to preserve Manchuria as the geat of the dynasty and to maintain Manchu rule in China. In pursuance of this compact the gradual substitution of the Manchus in all high offices and military commands began last year under the direction of | the Dowager, thus creating friction with the Emperor, whose dethrone- ment was finally completed. The movement 1is entirely Manchu as opposed to Chinese. The in- fluence of Li Hung Chang is now subordinate to that of Yung Lu and is likely to decrease. The Emperor's health is excellent and his capacity for work and eagerness for progress are remarkable. His Majesty is convinced, however, that it will be impossible to overcome the opposition without the assistance of England, which he en- deavored to obtain for his recent pro- gressive measures. Kang Yu Wei urges that England now has an opportunity to intervene and restore the Emperor to the throne, by doing which, he asserts, she will earn the gratitude of the Chinese peo- ple. He also observes that unless pro- tection is afforded to the victim of the coup d'etat it will be impossible for any native official to support British interests. A special from Shanghai says that Kang Yu Wei's brother has been ar- | rested in Peking and condemned to| death. The dispatch also says that Sir | ‘Willilam McDonald, the British Minis- ter, gave instructions that Kang Yu Wei should be protected from assault. The British Consulate has his baggage and documents referring to state segreu. t is reported that Russia has of- lfired the services of 10,000 troops to the Dowager to keep order. REPORTS OF EMPEROR'S DEATH ARE REVIVED LONDON, S8ept. 26.—The Dally Tele- graph's Hongkong correspondent, wiring Sunday, says: Although there is no posi- tive confirmation, all the evidence tends to the conviction that the Emperor is dead. A private dispatch says he died on September 21, directly he issued the edict fiivlng the Dowaser the re[en% Nobody oubts that Yang and Chang Yen Hoon, who_was Minjster at Washington in 1865, are both innocent of the charge of poison- ing the Emperor. CRITICAL :LLNESS OF TYPHOID'S WORK AT CAMP MEADE Two More Men Succumb to the Disease. STEPS T0O CHECK ITS SPREAD TWENTY-THIRD NEW YORK 1'0 BE ISOLATED. Change of Hospital Surgeons—Red Cross Society Sending Trains to Convey Patients-to City Institutions. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CAMP MEADE, MIDDLETOWN, | Pa., Sept. 25.—Major Joseph K. Weaker of Norristown was relieved to-day as surgeon in chief of the Second Division hospital and assigned as acting surgeon of the division. This change was made necessary by the resignation of Major Devine, who returns to Boston to re- sume his private practice. Major Charles C. Wiley of Pittsburg will have charge of the hospital until the general court-martial disposes of the case of Major Charles R. Parke of Scranton. Parke expects to be ac- quitted and returned to his former position at the hospital, Private George Morgan, First Mary- land, died last night at the Red Cross hospital of typhoid fever. Corporal August F. Ross, Company H, Second Regiment Engineer Corps, also suc- cumbed to typhoid fever. To prevent the spread of typhoid fever In camp the Twenty-third New | York Regiment, which is afflicted with the disease, will be isolated from Camp Black. Chief Surgeon Girard says the fever had its incipiency in the New York camp and the sick will be sent to Philadelphia hospitals. The Reéd Cross Society will send a hospital train to camp from Phila- delphia to-morrow to take 100 patients. They will be carried to the Woman's Homeopathic and Woman's Hospital. | The Reading hospital will send a train | also for fifty patients. Religious services were held to-day in many of the regiments and there was a large attendance. Colonel W. J. Glenn | of the Fourteenth Pennslyvania has | been appointed acting commander of | the Second Brigade, First Division, in| the absence of General Oates, who has gone to Alabama on private business. | Major General Graham issued an order to-day consolidating the TFif- teenth Penuslyvania and Ninth Ohio | Battalions, in command of Colonel Kreips. The new organization will| take the place of the First Delaware in the First Brigade of the First Divi- sion and will probably be ordered to Cuba for garrison duty. The battalion is made up entirely of colored troops in command of Major Young, a graduate of West Point. Eight companies of the First Dela- ware have recelved orders to move to- morrow on the grounds vacated by the | Twelfth Pennslyvania, and as soon as | their muster-out rolls have been pre- | pared they will be forwarded to their home station for a thirty days’ fur- lough, at the expiration of which they will be retired from the service. Oil stoves have been placed in both divislon hospitals and the flles between the tents removed to protect the pa- tients and nurses from the weather. The nights in camp are very cool and | many of the officers are using oil stoves to keep warm. General Graham expects to begin practice marches soon by regiments. They will march to rendezvous within | a radius of ten miles of camp and will | take with them baggage and water wagons and ambulances for the sick. The health of the corps, with the ex- ception of the New York regiments, is excellent, and unless there is a change the troops will stay here until cold weather. The prospects are that the| First Division will be the first ordered south to prepare for duty in the West Indies and the Philippines. CRIMINAL NEGLECT AT VOLUNTEER CAMP Archdeacon Bradley Speaks of the Inhuman Treatment of Sick Soldiers. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2%5.—Rev, Cyrus L. Bradley, archdeacon of the Protestant Eplscopal diocese of Bastern Pennsyl- vania and chaplaln of the First Regi- ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, in a ser- mon to-night severely criticized the man- agement of the volunteer camps which came under his supervision at Chicka- . where his regiment was stationed Tor e Song time. He sald the medical, commissary, quartermaster and ordnance departments were all to blame, and con- tinued thus: 1 personally saw men left in the hospital in camps for thirtv-six hours without any medical attendance whatever. 1 saw men in those hospitals suffering from fever, with the rain beating down upon them. I saw men committed to the care of unskilied attendants when it was absolutely impossible for them to receive anything like the attention they de- served. 1 saw men suffering from fever, ing with their mouths open and their mouths filled with flles. In conclusion the archdeacon said: 1 won't say more. There is much more that might be toid if it were proper for me to tell it ,but perhaps this will suffice. I had not in- tended to touch upon this phase of our ex- perience at all, but when I think that these things have taken place in this, the richest, greatest and presumably the most advanced nation on the face of the earth, I cannot hold my peace. . AR CHAUNCEY DEPEW WILL NOMINATE ROOSEVELT SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. 25.—The slate prepared by the leaders claiming to have control of the Republican State Conven- tion and given out as that to be named on Tuesday by the convention, is as fol- lows: For Governor, Theodore Roose- velt; Lieutenant Governor, Timothy L. ‘Woodruff of Kings; Secretary of State, John T. McDonough of Albany; Comp- troller, William J. Morgan of Erie; State Treasurer, John P. Jaegel of Cayuga; Attorney General, John E. Davis of Onedla; State Engineer, not selected. It is belleved here that the convention willl last but one day, it being the finenfl opinfon that all diefferences will be set- tled on the first ballot for Governor. The Black adherents have decided not to make a fight on the organization of the conventfon and it will be organized with Sereno E. Payne of Cayuga as temporary chairman and Horace G. White of Syra- cuse permanent chairman. Chauncey M. Depew will name Mr. Roosevelt, and Delegates Cullin _of Os- wego, Farnham of Orange and Wallace of Queens will second it. The Black peo- pl:m ave not arrived at a decisjon as to W will name their candidates. R sk T e ROOSEVELT WILL NOT THE CHINESE EMPEROR LONDON, Bept. 25.—The Peking corre- spondent oth th: tI;‘n.uy Mall u-;t“.: The head e palace informs me that t!'i‘:n%;%:m‘; 18 seriously indisposed | l?la that his death {s not unll gy RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—Theodore Roose- velt has issued a statement in which he declined to accept any nomination the Independents might offer him. It would SRR 1o B iy Bt John J. chspm sesrad INFANTA MARIA TERESA FLOATED BY HOBSON PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Sept. 2.—The wrecking company engaged under Lieutenant Hobson in the work of saving the wrecked Spanish war- ships, has succeeded in floating .the cruiser Infanta Maria 'Teresa. The cruiser, after being got afloat, was taken in tow by the Potomac and convoyed by the cruiser Newark, the Scorpion and the Alvarado, proceeded to Guantanamo Bay, where she arrived last night. The successful issue of the attempt to float her was greeted with the blowing of whistles, the firing of national salutes and by cheers, in which Cubans joined, disturbing the noon siesta. Off Siboney the barometer and the wind indicated the approach of a hurricane and the towing power was increased. The Newark, under Captain Goodrich, ren- dered valuable assistance in the work of saving the Maria Teresa. The cruiser is being put in condition for her trip north by the repair ship Vulcan. NATIVE CONGRESS WILL LEVY TAXES Must Supply Funds for Aguinaldo’s Army. MOVE AROUSES OPPOSITION SOME TRIBES DISTRUSTFUL OF THE TAGALLOS. “Dictator” Repeats the Accusation That Spanish Priests Are In- triguing to Foment Dis- turbances. Special Dispatch to The Call. MANILA, Sept. 25.—The Filipino Congress is engaged in the considera- | tion of the question of raising funds to defray expenses of the maintenance of the army pending a decision by the Paris conference. Hitherto the army of the Filipinos has been cheifly sup- ported by public subscription, but now the native government contemplates the imposition of various taxes. The inhabitants of the northern provinces, however. especially of Pampang and Tlocious flatly refuse to pay land or poll taxes because it was the popular im- pression that the revolutionists would abolish taxation entirely. The natives of Pampang and Pangas- inan the richest two agricultural prov- inces of the island, and those of Iloci- ous and Zembales, who are the stur- diest mountaineers, distrust the Togal- los, and insist upon the establishment of an American protectorate. Yesterday the assembly debated the question of a land ta- A majority of the members was opposed to the main- tenance of a burden unequally distrib- uted and unduly favoring the Togallos, and demanded that a statement of ex- penditures be submitted before the matter was decided. The statement was not forthcoming, and the question was shelved. Aguinaldo realizes the difficulty of reconciling the conflicting interests, but hopes that the nations will allow the Filipinos a fair chance to show that they are capable of self-government. Aguinaldo desires the Associted Press toinform the world that there is con- clugive evidence that many Spaniards and priests are intriguing with a fac- tion of the natives to foment disturb- ances so that Americans will believe f the whole population to be irreconcil- able. He asserts that the intriguers have money and provide uniforms to persons who impersonate rebel officers and enter the towns, and he accuses Eugene Blanco of being the chief paid agent of these intriguers. In the course of an interview Agui- naldo said that the Filipino fleet com- prised eight steamers, which were engaged in convoying troops for a grand campaign against the Spanish garrisons in the southern islands. These vessels are practically un- armed. The Spanish gunboat El Cano, he says, recently entered Masbate and caught and sunk the Filipino troopship Burisan which was lying at anchor there. . He admitted the recent purchase of the steamer Abbey, formerly the Pasig, but denied that she had landed rifles and ammunition at Batangas; but he ad- mitted that she carried two Maxims and a shipload of stores. The United States stean.cr Hugh Mc- Culloch captured the Abbey sixty miles south of Marila. It is belleved that the Abbev has landed 7000 rifles. OREGON PREPARED TO SAIL FOR HONOLULU Will Leave This Week—Other Ves- sels of the Squadron May In- clude the Vulcan. NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—A Washington speclal to the Herald says: Instructions given by the Navy Department to Cap- tain A. 8. Barker, commanding the bat- tlesship Oregon and senior officer of the squadron which is under orders to pro- ceed to Manila, require him to sail dur- ing the present week for Honolulu. Reports received at the department yes- terday announced that the Oregon is ready for the voyage and will be in condi- tion to safl to-morrow. The supply ship Celtic, the distilling ship Iris and four colliers which will accompany the battle- ships will be ready during the next few days. The department is considering the advisability of attaching the enx!nsermg and repair ship Vulcan, which did suc magnificent work in Cuban waters, to the squadron. Rear Admiral Dewe{ s in need of such a ship, and it may be de- cided to send her along with Captain Bar- ker’'s command. The Vulcan recelyved or- ders yesterday to come north at once. She will undergo such repairs as may be necessary, take on board supplies and will be ready for the voyage, it is stated, by the latter part of the week. With the Vulcan at'Manila it will be unnecessary to send ships to Hongkong for repairs. Besides the authorities expect the Pacific to be a theater of ons for some time to come; hence the decision to place the squadron in the East in the highest possible state of effectiveness and to sup- ply it with all necessary equipment. The squadron on its way asound to Honolulu will make stops at but three points— Bahia, Sandy Point and the Galapagos Islands. ENGINE AND BAGGAGE = CAR WERE DITCHED Southern Pacific Train Crashes Into Boxcars on a Side- track. SONOMA, Sept. 25.—A wreck oc- curred on the Southern Pa- cific Rallroad at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon, near the Home for Feeble Minded. As passenger train No. 46, in charge of Conductor G. A. Gage, on its way from Banta Rosa, was nearing Gels- ton Station it ran into an open switch onto the side track on which were stand- some empt: xcars. One of the The Era consiaerably shal sengers were shaken Egebl\’x?non?wm seriously injured. rhacliehaisdd o Texas Fever in Ventura County. VENTURA, Sept. 25.—Texas fever has broken out among stock. G. W. Cheyman E‘ three head during past few days. o A g, P s LOOKS DARK FOR THE DECKHAND Unraveling the Yacht Chispa Mystery. EVIDENCE AGAINST NELSON HIS STORY OF THE BROOKS MUR- DER DISCREDITED. Witnesses Declare That the Shots Aboard the Craft Were Heard Before He Plunged Into the Bay. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL Sept. 25.—The meshes of circumstantial evidence tending to the belief that Captain J. Morse Brooks was murdered on the yacht Chispa at Sausalito by Peter Nelson, the deckhand, are tightehing about that young m n in a manner that is evidently causing him considerable mental discomfort. An important discovery was made to- day by Sheriff Harrison. As a result that official is now thoroughly con- vinced that “Pete” is guilty of the as- sassination. “I nave little doubt that we have the right man,” sald the Sheriff to-day. ““A morning paper asserts that G. Mil- ler, who was formerly employed as deckhand on the Chispa and had a bit- ter quarrel with Captain Brooks in August last, is now under suspicion. This is hardlr true. We merely wish to learn where Miller and a former em- ploye were at the time the deed was committed. Nelson is the man that committed the crime, in my opinion, and I think time will prove the cor- rectness of my theory.” As was stated in to-day’s Call, there are several things leading the authori- tles to this bellef. The latest link to the chain of evidence is furnished by ‘William Harrison, the poolroom broker, In his published statements the im- prisoned deckhand declared that the bow of the Chispa pointed south, and that when he left the boat and jumped into the water he headed for the shore, the leap being made on the starboard or shore side. Next, he asserted that the,shots were fired directly at him as he was swimming away from the g yacht. s Harrison was standing on shore near the water's edge at this time. To The Call correspondent and to Sheriff Har- rison he said to-day that each of the three shots was fired toward the stern of the boat, at right angles to the course in the water taken by Nelson. Moreover, Harrison is sure that the bullets went in a horizontal direction, or nearly so, as was shown by the flashes, and not in a downward direc- tion as if the object shot at were near the yacht. One of the strongest points made is a statement by Harrison that the splash made by Nelson’s body striking the water did not occur until after all three shots were fired, showinr that he could not hav been shot at while swimming. If Nelson fired the shots himself he would necessarily have had to do so before jumping from the boat, No charge has yet been preferred against the nrisoner, and none will be until the conclision of the Coroner’s in- quest to-morrow. Coroner Eden scouts the idea that a man could hav - grown cold in the time that elapsed between the firing of the shots, or e en for ten minutes prior thereto, and the time when Cramer, Harrison and Johnson boarded the yacht. The evidence given by Willlam Har- rison to-day, the fact that Captain Brooks was cold when discovered dead, the peculiar wound and the manner in which Nelson received it, his declara- tion to Commodore Gutte that he would | know the tall man among a thou- sand” when he got only a fleeting glimpse in a poor light, and his hesi- tating demeanor when, this fact was brought to his attention, are considered damaging evilence by the authorities, Constable Cramer still believes Nelson innocent, but admits that it looks bad ro;_‘:flm. e inquest will be held to-morrow at 9 a. m. Sheriff Harrison was in- formed to-day that Miller had sur- rendered himself to Detective Egan, and in companv with Constable Gan. non went to San Francisco to see him, They are expected to return to-morrow | G Cores Miller, th eorge ler, the sallor whos was mentioned in connection wietbnng‘:: murder of Captain Brooks of the yacht Chispa, visited police headquarters yes- terday and asked if he was wanted, Sharift Harrison of Marin County was at once sent for, arriving here a short time after- ward. After hearing Miller's statemen he’ allowed him to ?0, after thoroughly satisfylng himself of his innocence. Mii- ler was employed on the vacht about a month Afi but after working five days he quit, being unable to get along with Brooks. He- says the latter was ugly and mean, and was.continually under the influence of liquor. ‘He néver heard that he had any valuables on the yacht. GEN.ER;AL FITZHUGH LEE GOING TO WASHINGTON Taken c? Mean That the Movement of Troops to Havana Is ? About to Begin. NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—The Jackson- ville, Fla., correspondent of the Herald telegraphs Secretary Alger announced to- day that General Lee would be granted leave for a time and would go to Wash- ington to recuperate. ,This is taken to mean that the movement of troops to Cuba is not far in the future and that Gen- eral Lee has been ordereu to Washing- | ton to confer with :he President and War Department about the movement of troops to Havana. 18 especially bable when considered in the t of he fact that Secretary Algnr es to | vannah to—r}lxht én l.n?ec the harbor and shipping facilities of that city with the view of selecting it as one of the places of embarkation of troops, * i s 1Y Ford Speaks at Hanford. HANFORD, Sept, %5.—Hon, Tirey L. Ford opened the campaign for the Repub- l(l)o‘:n- %r Kings County ;:t avenln;. The -ho Suitcrien “Fora's disovasion of Btate ang national 1ssues n a mas- | .d'mnnr, enthu 7 Te- "LET NO GUILTY MAN ESCAPE" ,McKinley Instructs the War Investigators. 'URGES A THOROUGH INQUIRY EVIL-DOERS MUST NOT EVADE PUNISHMENT. | President Refers to the Sersational Charges of the Press, and Says the Country Must Learn the Truth. Speclal Disphtch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25—The com- mission appointed by. President Mc- Kinley to investigate the administra- tion of the War Department in rela- | tlon to its conduct of the Hispano- American War will begin {its labors formally to-morrow. The: commission effected an organization yesterday by ‘the election of General Greenville M. ! Dodge as president, Richard Weight- man secretcry and Major Stephen C. Mills of the regular army recorder. | 'The presideit is understood to be thoroughly pleased with the personnel of the commission. It was his effort to secure as members of the commmis- | slon men of the highest character and | standing, in whose opinions and judg- | ment the country would have all con- fidence. He desired, also, to have represented on the board all phases of public and political feeling, every sec- tion of the country and all classes of business, professional, commercial and military. The men whom he has ap- pointed are possessed of wide and varied experience, many of them hav- ing served with distinguished honor to themselves either in the Union or Confederate army. The President feels assured that the verdict of the commission, whatever that may be, in the inquiry it is about to conduct, ‘will be accepted and ap- proved by all right-minded and right- thinkin~ American citizens. That it is the President’s desire that the inquiry should be rigid and searching was in- dicated by his statement to the com- mission_when {t assembled at the White House for a conference with him yesterday. No limit is placed by the President upon such investigation. It is to include every department of the army, and the President assures the commission in advance that he will af- ford it every facility in his power for the prosecution of the most searching inquiry into every part of the admin- istration of war. In addressing the commission the | President said among other things: Gentlemen: Before suggesting the mat- ters which shall come before you for in- vestigation I desire to express my appre- clation to each of you for your willing- ness to accept the patriotic service to which _you have been invited. You are to perform one of the hifhest public du- tles that can fall to a citizen, and your unselfishness In undertaking it makes me profoundly grateful. There has been in many quarters severe criticism of the conduct of the war with pain. Charges of criminal neglect of the soldlers in camp and field and hospital | and in transports have been 80 persistent that, whether true or false, they have made a deep impression upon the coun- try.. It is my earnest desire that you shall thoroughly investigate these charges and make the fullest exposition of the administration of the War Depart- ment in all of its branches, with the view 1o establishing the truth or falsity of these accusations. I put upon you no limit to the scope of your Investigations of all departments connected with the army. I invite the closest scrutiny and examination and shall afford every facil- ity for the most searching inquiry. The records of the War Department and the assistance of United States officers shall be subject to your call. I cannot impress upon you too strongly my wish that your investigation shall be so thorough and comdplete that your re- ort when made will fix the responsibility or any failure or fault by reason of neg- lect, incompetency or maladministration upon officers and bureaus responsible therefor—if it be found that the evils complained of have existed. The people of the country are entitled to know whether or not the citizens who 8o promptly responded to the call of duty have been neelected or misused or mai- treated by the Government to which they 50 willingly gave their services. If there have been wrongs committed, the wrong- doers must not escape conviction and punishment. COL. HAY WILL SOON TAKE THE STATE PORT FOLIO i iselecfion of His Successor as Em- bassador to England Yet in Abeyance. NEW YORK, Bept. 2%.—A Washington ! special to the Herald says: Colonel John Hay, it is expected, will arrive in this | city on Thursday, when he will receive | bis commission as Secretary of State | from the hand of President McKinley. In anticipation of his arrival, many of the diplomats who have been away on ‘thelr annual vacations are returning to | Washington. Count Cassini, Russian Embassador, will be here to-morrow, and Sir Julian Pauncefote is expected to be back this week. Other diplomats are ar- riving. When Colonel Hay takes the oath of office he will at once nnurfi the members of the diplomatic corps of his arrival and the assumption of his new duties, and will invite them to call at the State Depar ment a few days thereafter for the pu | pose of meeting him. When these for- | malitles are com&)leted. Colonel Hay will élc:;m:ence the direction of his depart- | men | . One of the first matters which will have | to be disposed of will be the selection of his assistant, and it is expected the Pres- ident will also consult him regarwng the appointment of an Embassador to the Court of St. James. I was told positively to-day that the President had not yet selected an assis- tant secretary, believing that Colonel Hay would have a volce as to the person to be named. The President has not offered the Brit- ish post to any one since tendering it to enator Hoar and Secretary ng, and ‘who will be selected cannot be definitely stated; and in fact I was told that the President himself did not know. far as diplomatic questions are con- cerned, for some reasonor other, there is a feeling in administration circles that the claims against Turkey are to be ressed, As a matter of fact the ques- fon is to be left to discusion between the President and Colonel Hay when the lat- ter reaches Washington, It is presumed that the matter will be kept in the chan- nels of dlglumncy, and for the present at least the President would be averse to the em{lloyment of the navy in asking a demonstration having as its object the collection of the claim. e AR FORTUNES FOR CALIFORNIANS Win a Legal Contest for a Large Estate in Austria. ALGER INSPECTS CAMP CUBA LIBRE Greatly Pleased With Its Condition. PRAISE FOR' GENERAL LEE GOOD HEALTH OF THE MEN DUE TO HIS ORDERS. Secretary of War Says History Will Pass Upon the Merits or De- merits of His Admin- istration. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. JACKSONVILLE, . Fla.,, Sept. 25.— Secretary Alger and party, consisting of General Sternberg, surgeon general; General Ludington, guartermaster gen- eral, and others, spent the day in Jack- sonville visiting the camp of the Sev- enth Army Corps. The distinguished party was met at the station by Gen- eral Lee and a company of citizens. General Alger proceeded at once to the camp of the First Division and during the day inspected the three division hospitals, going through every ward. He shook hands and spoke encourag- ingly to the sick men. In one case, where a discharge was asked for by a sick man, his name was taken, and the Secretary said that it would be attend- ed to. The regiments of the three divisions were reviewed, that of the Third Divis- jon after dark, with the light of the moon hid behind a hazy sky. At the conclusion of his labors Secretary Alger said in response to a question: “I am highly delighted with all I|and investigat have seen and ani very agreeably sur- prised at the conditions that I find ex- | isting in Camp Cuba Libre.” As Jacksonville is considered to have the best and healthiest camp in the country his statement means much. A luncheon was tendered to the Sec- | retary and party at noon, and in re-| sponse to a toast, drunk standing, he said: I have visited Jacksonville once or twice before but never with the same in- terest as to-day. 1 have listened with pleasure, but with no surprise to the reso- lutions that have been presented as to how the citizens have got along with General Lee. Any one can get along with | him that will let him have his own way. | I have known him pretty well and you | have been right in letting him run things here. 1 am glad that the soldiers have | been orderly and, of course, that has| been due to General Lee. The health of | this camp has been better than that of any other in the country. Twenty-five | per cent of that has been due to the city of Jacksonville and seventy-five per cent | has been due to General Lee, for, of course, th e subordinate officers do not count. (Applause and loud laughter.) Sickness is largely the fault of com- manders—division, regimental and com- pany commanders. General Lee is not looking very well and 1 have granted him a special leave of absence. The organization and equipment of an army of 250,000 men carrying on a war in two conunents in the space of three months has been a tremendous under- taking. The Secretary of War has been ably assisteed in U’)éa lglndertflk.lng by the surgeon general and the guartermaster’s department, They have been criticised, but not to the extent the Secretary of War has been, yet 1 know the work they have accomplished has been little short of miraculous. When this war began the clothing that the men have worn was on the backs of animals. There was no am- munition, no transportation; there was nothing beyond the War Department but @a great, rich natlon, burning with patriot- ism. Almost in a night an army was organized and equipped that paralyzed the nation with which we had to deal, and has awakened the admiration of the world. 1 have no apoligy to make for what has been done. 1 am willing to let the record o!”me campaign stand and ak for itself. spfilflted States Senator Morgan said to me before he left for the Hawalian Isl- ands: “The world has never seen nor will it see again the mobilization of such an army and the accomplishing with it of what has bee‘lil done with this one in such hort perfod.” als[ l?nnt?ers not what may become of me. I may be buried in oblivion or in the | grave, but the unbiased historian will give the world the imaprtial record of what has been accomplished, and the rec- ord will stand forever as a monument to the greatness of this nation and o. its boundless resources. We are a great na- tion. We don't have to uepend on any other nation on earth, and our resources are such that we can be independent of | all. We should have a standing army large enough for our needs. We should | have a great navy that we may take our place among the leading nations of the world. ‘When this war began I issued an order that the North and South should be brig- aded together. They have been united and it is proved that the sectional lines of the North and the South no longer ex- {st; and I thank God that I have lived to see the day when we have a united coun- try. I thank {ou, General Lee, for the weicome and the' nospitality of to-day, and I hope for the continued prosperity of this city and this nation. ( Great and continued applause.) Surgeon General Sternberg, in an in- terview, said that he did not think that he should be held responsible for the mistakes of all the officers under him, and yet he had been criticized for all| that had happened. He said that every | requisition that had come to his office for supplies had been promptly filled, and that he knew of but one item that had been cut out of a requisition, and that was for chewing gum. His depart- ment had been ready to meet every de- mand, and if the supplies wanted had | not been asked for it was not his fault. Regarding female nurses, he said that his position had been misundersteood. | He had been in favor of them from the start and did not know it would be pos- “ sible to get along without them. i As to the hospital here, he was highly | pleased, and found the sick being well | cared for. In contrast to other camps, | the purity of the water supply was un- questionable. He had made inquiries at random and had not heard a single complaint during the entire day. CONFERENCE SABBATH AT SANTA BARBARA Bishop Hurst Preaches on the Proofs That the Bible Is Not Fiction. SANTA BARBARA, Sept. 25.—The fifth day of the Methodist Episcopal Confer- ence opened with a sunrise prayer-meet- ing conducted by Charles M. Crittenden, the founder of ‘the Florence Crittenden Rescue Homes. At 9 o'clock there was a conference love feast which lasted an hour and a half. Long before the time announced for Bishop John Hurst to begin his sermon Grace Church was crowded to overflow- ing. Hundreds were turned away for lack of even standing room. Bishop Hurst delivered a scholarly sermon on the proofs of the truth of the Bible. This afternoon memorial_services wers conducted by Rev. C. H. Payne of New York. At 4 o'clock the ordination of BALINAS, Sept. 25.—After a legal Lght lasting elght years the heirs of the late Charles Ahlborn of San Francisco, now resident here, have won a will contest in the A.u-tm;nflcoum. fi:‘oh;go them sflxfio marks, equivalent to. . b3, 2 e 1 Bow here, will leaye at once r_Hurope to recel: for She a of es is ive lam; bott House in elders and deacons and consecration of deaconesses took place. This evenin, the sermon was delivered by Rev. & Payne, D.D. ., and was followed Ry consecrations by Charles M. Critten- en. ey Bect popoas v S, ntment -) B o ference and that in ot Te th ar ¥ ent would be on. Al rebaRlity s fEADY T MEET THE WAR ISSUE Record of the Republi= cans Very Clear. Y SO SAYS MR. OVERSTREET TRUTHS POINTED OUT BY THE COMMITTEE’S SECRETARY. Only Thing Left Undone Was Due to Democratic and Populist * Opposition in Con- gress. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK. Sept. 25.—A Wa ton special to the Herald sa managers of the Republican Congres- | slonal campaign say they are ready to | meet the Democrats on the war issue. | “If we are to have the blame for any mistakes that have been made or for individual incompetency said Mr. Overstreet, the secretary of the Repub- lican committee, “then. ‘we must be given the credit for the way in which the President, as commandér-in-chief | of the army and navy, brought the war | to a speedy and satisfactory termina- tion. We must be given credit for the | action of the Republican majority in Congress, in spite of Democratic oppo- | sition, in making all the necessary ap- | propriations, providing for the neces- | sary supplies and doing everything that | it was po: le to do to insure the suc- | cess of the war, leaving only one thing { undone which we were prevented from ‘dulnz‘ y the Democratic and Populist oppe on in the closing hours of the session—providing for the inspection n of camps S0 as to dis- | cover and.remedy the very defects which are now being charged to us. “In the organization of an army of more than 200,000 men some mistakes were inevitable, and it was to be ex- pected that some men would prove to be incapable or even dishonest. It is surprising, when the magnitude of the work is considered, that there is so little to criticise.” FUTILE WAS THE SEARCH, Party Fails to Find the Body of Young Schroeder. 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