"is exposed to the prevailing winds, so
.row. entrance, Which is well protected
by. a: reef. which faces the channel for
.31 width of one hundred yards.
_3 harbor possesses a depth of 29 feet,
' largest ships of our navy.
'~ that Culebra has only about seven hun-
~ dred inhabitants and is one of the od-
. cut it is controlled by a governor, who
is appointed; by the governor of Porto
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'1 NEW NAVAL STATION!
lts Establishment Will Place Usi
On a. Par With England‘s
CULEBRA ISLAND THE SITE '
Important Decision Arrived At by the'
Navy Departxneet and Based on thc‘
Official Survey blade by Captain Ches-
ter of the Cincinnati. A Board of Ofll~
curs “'ill Go to the Island.
Washington, Sept. 22.—The navy de-
paitment is preparing to establish a
9owerfu1 naval station in the West
1indies on one of the islands secured
:ilrom Spain. It “as at first thought
that a navy ya rd 01 some sort of sta-
hon would be located in Porto Rico,
but an examination of that island
shows that there are no suitable places
on its coast for even an anchorage for
our vessels.
The Water at San Juan is quite shal-
Eow and is not deep enough for a bat-
tleship. The coast at that point, also,
that it would be almost impossible to
secu re a safe harbor there. The bottom
is 1 lOStIY coral, and it would be a hope-
lers task to attempt to dig a channel
sulliciently deep for our heavy draft
Warships.
i‘he island of Culebra has been se-
lf cted as a naval station, and as soon
as it has been fitted up with guns and
ammunition and a garrison stationed
there, the United States will control
the important Virgin Passage and will
rival England as a controlling factor
in the west Indies.
Captain Chester of 'the Cincinnati
was recently ordered to make a survey
of this island and reportto the de-
partment on its value from a. strategic
standpoint, and also in regard to its
adaptability as a naval station.
Captain Chester's report is now at the
department. It shows that the island
of Culebra is one of the most impor-
tant of the many bits of land that (lot
the South Atlantic and Caribbean seas.
11. is only a few, miles directly east from
Porto Rico, and, with St. Thomas, on
the opposite side, guards the Virgin
Passage. .
(Captain Chester reports that Culebra
hasten ideal harbor, with a long, nar-
.00-.
The :-
which is more than sufllcient for the
.9 Captain Chester states in his report
diesn islands in that region. At pres-
Rico.
The army of the island consists of I
‘twc: soldiers. No harbor duties are‘
collected and the natives of the island
are required to ship all their goods di— !
met to Porto Rico.
Before anything can be done in the
way of establishing a naval station at
Culebra Congress will have to appro—
priate funds and authorize the work.
The department is considering the ap-
pointment of a board of officers to pro-
ceed to the island and make a‘ survey
and report upon what will be needed
to fit it‘up for the reception of ships
and to make it a strong point of de-
deuce.
ROUGH RID'ERSAT WHITE HOUSE.
[raised by the President for Their Work
at. Santiago.
’Washington, Sept. 22.—President Mc-
Kinley yestetrday informally received
a delegation of about a dozen members
of the Roosevelt Rough Rider regiment.
A majority of the delegation was from
New Mexico and was en route home.
Each of the callers was presented in-
dividually to the president, who, after
greeting them personally, spoke with
earnest enthusiasm of the work of the
regiment in the Santiago campaign,
saying that he was pleased to have
the Opportunity on his own behalf and
on behalf of the country at large to
thank the regiment through he pres-
ent delegation for the work it had done.
“Your record is one,” he said, “of
which the entire nation is proud. I tell
people who talk with me about the
Rough Riders that you. left the boats
in squads of twenty or thirty, inquiring
the way to Santiago, and that you
hardly stopped until you arrived there.
You have not only done well, but I have
no doubt you will all be willing to
again serve your country in an emer- l
gency.”
The response was that they would be,
to a man. “We want our colonel to
raise a brigade instead of a regiment
next time,” said one of the youngest
members of the party.
The president also congratulated the
soldiers upon their good fortune in se-
curing competent officers to lead them
and met with a hearty response in 'all
that he said about Colonel Roosevelt
and Generals Wood and Young.
\ The Commerce Comlnisslon.
Brooklyn, Sept. 22.—Ex-Mayor Schie-
men has been agreed upon as chairman
of thte commission appointed by over-
nor Black to inquire into the causes
of the decline of the commerce of the
port of New York, in compliance with 1
an act of the legislature, and he is now l
”at work considering the scope and na— |
sure of the inquiry to be conducted.
Sir Julian Pauncefote Honored.
Washington, Sept. 22.—The retirement I
of Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador, from the active diplomatic
service would have taken place yester—i
day had not the British foreign office
extended his term of service until next
April, in recognition of his long and
eapable service.
. Russia’s Protest
Yokohama, Sent. 22.—Advices from
Seoul say the Corean cabinet has de-
cided to cancel the engagement of the
nine American, nine British, five Ger-
mans, five Frenchmen and two Rus-
sians who were enlisted in Shanghai to
act as an imperial guard.
Cattle Record Broken.
Kansas City, Sept. 22.—A11 local cat-
tle records were broken at the stock
yards here when 18,035 head of cattle
IFranklin Institute on
Iparty also inspected
'hospitals and in the afternoon left for
SAILING FROM PORTO RICO.
It or Hundred Spanish Soldiers Left San
Ju uYesterday.
San Juan, Sept. 22. -—The repatriation
of the Spanish soldiers began yester—
Four hundred men sailed for'
Spain on the French steamer Chateau'
Lafitte.
Eight huwed infantry, belonging to i from the
the Asturias Battalion, will sail to-day
on the steamer San Francisco.
The water front was crowded with
thousands of people when the Spanish
engineers marched to the wharf, where
the ey were received by Captain General
Macias and General Ortega. The cap-
tain general made no speech, but shook
hands with the officers and men. There
was no demonstration by the people.
Some Spanish field pieces are already
on board the San Francisco, but a
question has arisen in the commission
concerning the disposition of some of
the guns, and it was not settled when
this dispatch was filed.
'The captain general has given no-
tice to the Spanish troops to retire
from Aibonito, Baranquitas and Bar-
ros, and from flumacao, Guamani and
Cayey.
Our troops will occupy these towns
when they are evacuated.
Residents of Porto Rico and Ameri-
cans here are alarmed bemuse Span-
ish ips‘ returning from Cuba‘stop
at this port. They fear the introduc-
tion of yellow fever into the island from
the Spanish steamer City of Cadiz, as
some of her sick were too ill to pro-
ceed and were brought ashor Our
commissioners will protest if t ere is
a repetition of this.
The volunteers ham now all been dis-
banded and the Spanish soldiers are
dismantling armories and barracks
and boxing the guns and ammunition.
They rejoice over the prospect of an
early return tp their homes.
Rear Admiral Schley has refused to
purchase the coal stored here, and it
maybe purchased for the use of the
United States army.
HEAVY ART’ILLERY FOR MANILA.
Gen. Miller to Command the Expedition
Recently Ordered.
San Francisco, Sept. 22. —-The Cali-
fornia Heavy Artillery, Major F. S.
Rice commanding, has received in-
structions to proceed ,.to the Philip-
pines. It is thought that it will be at
least two weeks before the next expe-
dition can get away.
Several Of the transports of previous
expeditions are expected to arrive with-
in a few days,: and it will take at least
ten days to fumigate and load them
for the voyage. 1
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‘ ACASEOF YELLOW FEVER.
A Transport Arrives at Camp Wikofl‘ with
Sick from Cuba.
Camp Wikoff, Monttuk Point, Sept.
22.—The camp officials received a de-
cided setback yesterday, when a trans-
port arrived from Cuba, having on
board sick and convalescent soldiers
hospital at Siboney, and
bringing one unmistakable case of yel-
low fever. -
The transport was the Segurance.
She has not yet been boarded. The
boarding officer, Dr. Magruder, had
been ordered back to Washington, as
no yellow fever cases were expected,
and when the transport arrived there
was no regularly appointed quarantine
officer to go out to her.
General Wheeler, who is again in
command, had a talk with Colonel
Greenleaf, who has been superintend-
ing the hospital work, and it was de-
cided to send one of the surgeons from
the camp to inspect the Seguranca.
How many soldiers she has on board
is not known yet.
The arrival of the ship will necessi-
late the opening again of a detention
hospital. This will be established be.-
hind the headquarters occupied by Gen-
eral Shatter while he was in the camp.
All the sick from the Seguranca will
be sent to the detention hospital as
soon as they are landed.
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THE ARMY IN PORTO Rico.
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Rogue." for Recall of Certain Regiment-
Giving the President Concern,
“Washington, Sept. 22.—Repre3entative
Stone of Pennsylvania saw the presi-
dent yesterday in an effort to have the
Pennsylvania troops, at present in the
field in Porto Rico, recalled, and others
substituted in their places. The presi-
dent promised to give attention to the
request.
Others who talked with the president
yesterday say that the general subject
)f the recall of Porto Rico troops is giv-
lng him some concern, as is also the
question of the diSCharge of individual
soldiers in this and other departments
of the army.
Many applications are daily made for
such discharges, and to some of them
the president gives personal atten-
tion.
He has laid down no general rule
31.5,.
the ci-rcumstatnces i neach case to .con-
trol.
The Brooklyn Arrives.
New York, Sept. 22.—The cruiser
Brooklyn, anchored off, Tompkinsville,
Staten. Island, yesterday morning. She
ticipating in the historical celebration,
she will go to the navy yard is not
Washington, Sept. 22.—General Miller,
now in command M San Francisco, will i
command the reinforcements ordered
to Manila.
Batteries A and D of the California
artillery will go with the expedition.
General Miller has made application
to have the troops which accompany
him armede-ith the Krag-Jorgensen ri-
tie.
The department will stand upon the
order recently issued regarding arms
' and the commanding general at Manila
will decide what regiments, if any,
shall be armed with the Krag-Jorgen-
. sens.
General Merriam, who reached San
Francisco Tuesday from Honolulu, has
telegraphed the war department of his
arrival, and Says that he will send his
report by mail.
This report is upon the subject of
camping grounds and military matters
in general‘at Honolulu.
Modern Explosives in “'ar.
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 22. —Hudson_
Ma: rim of New York, the well known
expert on explosives, 1ead a paper here
before the chemical section of the
“Modern High
Explosives and Smokeless Powders and
Their Applications in Warfare."
Mr. Maxim maintained that it was a
‘ crime for a nation not to seek the most
destructive oweapons that could be se-
cured and not to be always prepared
for war. The more terrible the weap-
ons the less would be the loss of life,
because war would not be so quickly
precipitated. There would have been
no .war with Spain, he contended, had
it not been that the Madrid govern-
ment and some other governments had
firm belief in our unpreparedness.
Secretary Alger at Knoxville.
Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. 22.—Secretary
of War Alger, Surgeon General Stern-
l1erg and party arrived yesterday from
Lexington and were met by a recep-
tion Committee. The party proceeded
at once to Camp Poland, where the
Second division of the First corps, com-
manded by Brig. Gen. McKee, passed
=in review before General Alger. The
the camps and
Chattanooga and Camp Thomas. The
city was in. gala attire and a half holi-
day was observed in the secr’etary s
honor.
A Mnrder Near Dawson City
Seattle W'ash" Sept. 22. —George Bow-
man of Bridgeport, Conn” was murder-
ed last winter during a terrible snow
storm by a companion who came from
Springfield, Mass. He was almost in
sight of Dawson City when his strength
failed him and he sank down ,in the
soft snow. His companion, who was
the leader of the party, went back to
him and, with an oath, shot him dead.
This is the- story that is told by J. C.
Sachs, who has just returned from
Alaska.
English Sculling Championship
—London, Sept. 22.—W. A. Barry de-
feated George Towns of Australia yes-
terday in the final heat of the races for
the sculling championship of England,
time, 23 minutes and 23 seconds. Towns
‘ had the lead for a mile but dropped out
of the race on the second mile.
Senatorial Nominations.
Buffalo, Sept. 22.—Three Republican
senatorial conventions were held yes-
terday morning, at which the follow-
ing nominations were made: Forty-
seventh district. N. W. Moreen; For-
ty-eighth district, Simon Sisbert; For-
ty-ninth district, eorge A. Davis.
Harrison Will Attend
Chicago, Sept. 22.—Mayor Harrison
has acceptetd an invitation to attend
the christening ceremonies of the bat-
tleship Illinois at Newport News, 0c-
tober 4. A party of aldermen and city
were received. The previous record
was 17,447 head, received on August 3,
1397.
it
officials will accompany the mayor on
the trip. . .
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. the troops.
known, but it will probably not be be-
fore next week.
At present there is not even berth-
ing room at the yard for her and until
some of the other vessels are ordered
aWay or taken out of dry dock it is
probable that the Brooklyn will remain
anchored in the bay.
Philadelphia’s Jubilee.
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 22.—The pro-
gramme for the peace jubilee, on Octo-
ber 26 and 27, includes a civic parade,
dedication of the restoredIndependencc
hall, reception to President McKinley
and a bicycle parade on the first day.
Features of the second day will be a
naval parade on the Delaware, pa-
rade of land and naval forces, dedica-
tion of the rant monument in Fair-
mount park with an'address by Presi-
dent McKinley, who will there review
In the evening a banquet
in honor of the president will be giv«
an. .
No News from Fashoda.
London, Sept. 22.—Inquiries made at
the British foreign office yesterday
showed no news has been received at
the office from Fashoda, and that no
information has been received from
eneral Sir Herbert Kitchener since he
left Omdurman.
News from the British commander is
momentarily expected, however, and it
will doubtless be in the nature of tthe
guesses made, namely, that the Egyp-
tian flag is now flying over Fashoda.
Furlough for the Ninth.
New York, Sept. 22.--—The Ninth reg—
iment, New York volunteers, which ar~
rived in this city from Chickamauga
last Friday, and which was given a
leave of absence by Colonel Greene,
assembled at noon yesterday at the ar.
mory, when the men were given a fur-
ther furlough of thirty days and were
instructed to report at ten o’clock on
October 2.
Mrs. Cnrzon May Not Go.
London, Sept. 22.—The St. James Ga-
zette says it regrets to learn that it is
very doubtful whether Mrs. Curzon, the
wife of the newly appointed Viceroy of
India, will be able to accompany her
husband to India, the delicate state of
her health making it desirable for her
to remain in England for the present
to recuperate before facing the Indian
climate.
Low Price for Cotton
New York, Sept. 22.—Five minutes
before the close of the cotton market
yesterday the October future sold at
5.220., the lowest figure ever recorded
in the history of the exchange. The
lowest previous record was when De-
cember option sold for 5.23 in Novem-
ber, 1894.
Socialist Meetings Prohibited.
Berlin, Sept. 22.—The police authori-
ties have prohibited the holding of five
projected Socialist meetings in Ham-
burg, called for the purpose of discus-
sing the recent speech of Emperor
William regarding the imprisonment of
the provokers of strikes.
To Seize Khyber Pass.
London, Sept. 22.—There is a grow-
ing belief in Indian circles here that,
Khyber Pass, the prir cipal northern
pass from Afghanistan into India, will
shortly be taken possession of by Great
Britatin. '
Japan Would Disarm.
Yokohama, Sept. 22.—The Japanese
government hasvreplied to the czar’s
circular proposing universal disarma-
and promising to support it.
The New Semetary of State.
Washington, Sept. 22. Flt is now ex-
pected that Mr. Hay will be installed
as secretary of state before the presi-
dent’s departure for the West in Octo-
ber.
for conduct in suchmatters, but allows '
left Newport, where she had been par- .
early Tuesday afternoon. Just when'
ment, expressing approval of the plan-
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SENATOR EATON DEAD.
Expirtd at His Homa in Hartford Yes-
terday Morning.
Ex—Senator William W. Eaton died
at his home in Hartford, yesterday
morning. He sudercd from a shock of
paralysis Sunday.
Ex—Senator Eaton was born in Tol-
land, Oct. 11, 1816. He studied for the
bar with Hon. Calvin W1lley who had
been United States Senator from Con-
necticut. Mr. Eaton’s father was Hon.
Luther Eaton. In his early life Mr.
Eaton engaged in mercantile persuits
in Columbia, S. C. He continued in
business in Columbia for about four
years and then returned to the North.
Shortly after his return he was ad-
mitted to the bar of Tolland county.
In 1847 he was elected a member of the
House from Tolland. He was elected
to the State, Senate in 1850 from the
old Twentieth district. After he
moved to Hartford he was appointed
clerk of the Hartford county court. In
1853 he was elected a. member of the
House and was chosen Speaker. In
1873 he was elected Speaker for the
second time. In 1874 he was elected
U. S. Senator, succeeding William A.
Buckingham. In the fall of 1882 he
was elected to Congress from the First
district. He has been a. hard money
Democrat. Mr. Eaton married Miss
Eliza Wood, and leaves a. wife and one
son, William L. Eaton.
Our College Boys and Girls.
Miss Jeannette L. Gregory has gone
to W’ellesley, Mass, to enter Wellesley
college.
Miss J ulia B. Lockwood and Miss
Helen M. Swart-z have returned to
Vassar college, Poughkeepsie, to re-
sume their studies.
W'ard S. Gregory and Charles C.
Swartz will return to Yale to resume
study on Monday next.
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not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
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believe him perfectly honorable in all
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the money it saves, makes a
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