[E VESTIEATIEN BEGINS
Geu. Wheeler_ on the Stand. He
Praises Shaffer at Santiago.
THE SUPPLIES WERE AMPLE
Story of the Experiences of His Command
{2 The Witness, Intimates I13 Felt 111 r!
Because His “’38 the Fourth Command
to Be Ordered to Land.
Washington, Oct. 5.—-The war inves-‘
tigation commission began its exam-
ination of witnesses yesterday by plac-
l‘ng General Joseph Wheeler on the
stand.
General Wheeler stated that he left
Tampa for Cuba on the 14th of June,
but that he had no knowledge of the
plan of campaign before going aboa1d
the transport.
”I ought to say,” said the general in
the course of his testimony, “that it
was magnificent to see officers of high
rank go ashore with their packs on
their backs, accepting all the fortunes
of war with their men. They slept on
the ground with the soldiers. None of
us were mounted, and we were without
tents for seven days.”
The supplies he considered sufficient
except in a few instances, and in those
instances the deficiency was only t‘em-
po1ary.
“General Shafter,” he said, “deserves
great credit for the , eal he displayed
in this respect. He fioted himself to
this task and I think ere is no doubt
that he succeeded.”
Discussing the plan of campaign he
said he doubted whether any more ef-
fective plan could have been adopted.
Speaking of the medical department,
he said that at times there weie com-
plaints, but that they were not seri-
ous. On occasions there was a short-
age of surgeons, some of the surgeons
.being sick or wounded.
According to General Wheeler's be-
lief, the wounded in battle were
promptly cared for by the surgeons.
After the fight of Julyl all the woun-
ded were carried from: the field that
night. The witness had heard that
there was more complaint of the shor-
tage of medicine among the infantry
than in the cavalry arm of the ser-
vice. «m-
Going back to Tampa, he said that
at the season he was there, the first
half of June, the site was without ob-
jection, but he had felt that it would
be bad later in the summer.
It was his impression that Tampa
had been selected as a camp site after
the beginning of the war, and was in-
cidental to the intended movement on
Havana. There was, he said, at times
some shortage of supplies at the camp,
‘but nothing,” he added, “that a sol-
dier could complain of. ”
They had comfortable tents and the
commissary supplies were sufficient.
The water supply also was good. He
said the men in his command were well
taken care of. However, very few men
Were at that time sick. He had him—
self gone into the hospitals and had
found the men doing well.
General Wheeler took up the com-
mon report that‘ the Cubans stole
goods. It was not fair, he said, to thus
accuse the natives for there was so
much of this flotsam and jetsam that,
hungry and poorly clothed as the Cu-
bans were, they were not to be blamed
for helping themselves.
In reply to questions, he stated that
he never had heard'of any shortage
Df co‘mmissary or ordnance supplies at
Santiago, but he had been told that
the medical supplies were short. Yet
he had no personal knowledge on this
point. He had seen some wounded men
crawling to the'rear in the engage—
ments, but as a rule as soon as a man
fell in battle he was carried to the hos-
pitals by the medical corps.
The spirit of the army was such, he
said, that there was no disposition to
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complain. “They were all proud to be
there and willing to undergo hard-
ships.”
General “7heeler said the regulars
had shown a greater ability to take
care of themselves than the volunteers.
The volunteers were more careless. The
volunteer cavalrymen were not so neg-
ligent as the other volunteers, because
they were generally men who had .been
used to camping. He thought this fact
had a strong influence in ke ‘ng tfic
regulars in better health fin t e
volunteers.
Captain Howéll asked to what he at‘
tributed the development of. disease af-
ter the capitulation of Santiago, and
General Wheeler replied that it was
due to the climate and the necessary
exposure. He had known of no in-
stance of a sick or wounded 'man dying
from want of care from the prysicians.
So far as he knew there was general
commendation ~ of the medical corps,
except that on one or two occasions
there had been some grumbling.
He thought there was a deficiency in I
the hum)»: of ambulances, but this
Was due to the exigencies of the cam-
paign. General Wheels-r soil that he
. new of no confusion iii shipping sup-
Dlies from Tampa. He was not ac-
uainted with a case in which the body
of a vehicle was shipped on one vessel
and the wheels on another. I-iis mem-
ory was not distinct as to complaints
from officers in his command as to the
scarcity of medical supplies, but he
thought there were some such com-
plaints, and in such cases he had them
supplied as promptly as possible. There
had been difficulty in getting the tran-
Sports to lie as near inshore as was de-
sirable, rendering it difficult to get at
ilqulies promptly.
General Wheeler revealed the fact
that he had felt somewhat hurt that
is had 'been the fourth command 01'-
tlered to be landed when he thought
his rank entitled him to the first land—
ing. General Shatter had given the
0rder.
Coming back from Santiago to Mon—
tauk General Wheeler had sailed on
the Miami, having chosen it because
it was said to be the worst of the
transports. He found it very comfort-
able, and when they landed there were
Only thirty-four sick, and only three or
four of these were too in to stand up for
inSpection. There was plenty of water
on the vessel and ice for the sick, al-
th-mgh not for others. ,
Alter th‘ flesh “on of Cervem’ s
fleet, and there was no danger on the
Sea. the army was more abundantly
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WEEKLY-
suppiied than any army in the field
had ever been.
Asked if he thought
any 11ch Let in r1 eparing for the cam-
paign, he said 3 shad been so busily
occupied that he had not given the
matter great attention, but he thought
at the time that no precaution had
been 'negleced.
He said that the tents had been left
on the transports because it was de-
sired to waste no time removing them.
“We were there for business,” he said,
“and we felt that prompt disembarka-
tion and a speedy movement to the ~
front would impress the enemy more
than anything else we could do.”
DEMOC RATS FOR‘ SILVER.
Massachusetts Convention Declares Em<
phatically for Chicago Platform.
‘Vorcester, Mass, Oct. 5.—The Demo-
cratic state convention of Massachu-
setts assembled here at 10.30 o’clock
yesterday morning.
The silver men had everything their
own way. " -»
Temporary Chairman Christopher T.
Callaway, in his speech, declared con-
tinued allegiance to Bryan and the
Chicago platform; denounced expam
sion and imperialism and scored alleg-
ed army mismanagement.
Permanent Chairman Philip J. Do-
herty made a long address, beginning
with “a eulogy of Bryan and an argu-
ment for free silver. He called atten-
tion to the alleged bad condition of
the manufacturing interests of the
country, the lower wages, the strikes,
etc., and pleaded for the opening of
the mints to silver, saying that “those
who favor the single gold standard, no
matter what their past services in the
old party, are no longer Democrats.”
Mr. Doherty then quoted at length
from official reports on Secretary Al-
ger’s conduct during the civil war, and
arraigned the abuses in the war de-
partment during the past few months.
He declared the president responsible
for much (i the neglect of the sol-
diers. - on?» was WW
The platform, as reported and pas-
sed, declared emphatically for the
Chicago platform, denounced imperial-
ism and favored public ownership of
street railways and similar anti— ~corpo—
ration measures.
Ex- Mayor Alexander B. Bruce of
Lawrence was nominated by acclama-
tion for governor.
Edward J. Slattery of Framingham
was named by acclamation for lieuten-
ant governor.
T1011. George Fred Williams then ad-
dressed the convention.
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EPISCOPAL COUNCIL-
l‘riennial Session to Begin To-day in
Washington.
Washington, Oct. 5.-—A notable es-
semblage of the clei gy and laity of the
Protestant Episcopal church will be
brought together at the Triennial coun-
cil of that church organization, which
begins here to-day and continues for
three weeks.
The council is made up of two bodies,
a house of bishops, comprising all the
Episcopal bishops here and on mis-
sionary service from this country, and
a house of clerical and lay delegates,
four of each of the latter coming from
each of the fifty-eight dioceses. The
last council was held at Minneapolis
three years ago.
The council this year aggregates
about 580 delegates, including bishops,
clergy and laity. The Woman’s Auxil:
iary and the Board of Missions hold
their sessions at the same time. Many
of the delegates will be accompanied
by their wives and families, about three
thousand persons all told being ex~
pected.
v us.
Zola Said to lie in Paris.
Paris, Oct. 5.—-Le Petit Journal as-
serts that M. Emile Zola is living qui-
etly at his home in Paris.
Le Gaulois publishes a report of an
interview with Grant Richards, the
London publisher, who is to issue Es-
terhazy’s book, in which he says that
the book will be published simultane-
ously in London and New York before
December 31.
Le Siecle'accuses Lieutenant Colonel
du Paty de Clam of having devised the
forged documents in the Dreyfus case,
signed “Speranza,” and “Blanche,” and
also of having invented the story of the
veiled lady.
Sui-rendered After Five Years.
New York, Oct. 5.—-Henry Kevlin, Jr.,
who swindled his employee, French &
Word, woolen importers, of 95 Franklin
street, out of thousands of dollars by
forging checks, and who disappeared
in 1893, walked into the firm's office
and gave himself up to-day.
there had been
He said that his conscience would'
give him no rest. A member of the
firm went with him to the district at-
torney’s office, where he was placed
under arrest and subsequently com-
mitted by dege Fitzgerald to the
@1an to await trial.
Colonel Sanger to Testify.
Covington, Ky., Oct. 5.—Gen. Sanger
will leave Camp Hamilton for Wash-
ington to-day. He will appear before
the investigating commission in re-
sponse to a summons from the adju-
tant general. During his absence Gen-
eral Wiley of the First brigade will as
sume command of the troops stationed
Here. '
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Murderer Clommor Must Be Hanged.
/ Norristown, Pa., Oct. 5.—-The Court
has refused to grant a new trial to
James E. Clemmer, convicted of com-
plicity in the murder of Mrs. Charles
0. Kaiser. Before the death sentence
was passed Clemmer protested his in-
nocence. The governor will fix the day
for the execution of the sentence. '
D’Anblzny to Succeed Cambon.
Paris, Oct. 5.--Figaro states that the
Count d’Aubigny, now French charge
d'affaires at Munich, will replace M.
Cambon as minister to the United
States, and that M. Cambon will go
to Madrid. These changes, the paper
says, were decided upon at yesterday's
cabinet council.
B. J. Haywood l’ pleased,
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 5.--B. J. Haywood
of Harrisburg, former state treasurer
of Pennsylvania, who was arrested in
connection With the charges against
Senator Quay, was released at noon
w-sterday on instruction from District
Attorney Graham of Philadelphia.
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CANDIDATES 110111111
001. Roosevelt and Judge Van
Wyck Officially Informed.
OTHER NOMINEES ARE SEEN
Oyster Bay the Scene of a. Pleasant
Gathering. The Van Wyck Home in
Also H as Disi inguished
Brooklyn
Guests. Now the Fight Witt Begin.
Oyster Bay, L. 1., Oct. 5.—The candi-
dates on the state Republican ticket,
and the members of the notification
committee arrived here yesterday on a
special train from New York at 12. 4S
9-111 " ~‘-‘ '
There were several carriages an alt-
ing the party at the depot and all were
driven to the residence of Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt, where the official cere~
mony of notifying the candidates of
being nominated at the Saratoga con-
vention took place.
Colonel Roosevelt had arrived earlier
in the day and met the v1sitors «at the
house. Of the candidates John T. Mc-
Donough was the only- absentee, as he
had to remain in Albany, where he
was in the .court of appeals yesterday.
Nine members of the notification com—
mittee were on hand, the other two,
Thomas C. Platt and George R. Malby,
having been prevented from attending
through indi§position.
The special train was made up of
two parlor cars. The majority of the
members occupied the rear car, and as
the train dashed through the wayside
stations there were crowds of enthusi-
astic people at each station, who cheer-
ed and waved their hats and handkcr~
chiefs. ,
After half an hour’s drive the party
arrived at the residence of the colonel
of the Rough Riders, situated on top
of a hill, which is reached by a winding
road. . .
As the occupants of the vehicles
alighted at the main entrance Colonel
Roosevelt shook the hand of each man
and bade him welcome. Standing 011
the piazza were Mrs. Roosevelt and
some women, who watched the arrival
of the visitors 'with interest.
As soon as the whole of the party had
arrived, Benjamin B. Odell, chairman
of the Republican state committee,
called them together to the east side
of the house, where the piazza is wid-
est .. 1' «earma%~
Here Colonel RooseVelt stOOd beside
his wife and the other candidates. The
members of the committee and the vial-
tors a'fid guests took their places
around them in a semi-circle.
Mr. Odell introduced Mr. Depew, who
delivered the notification address. The
speaker was often interrupted by at»
plause.
In accepting the nomination Colonel
Roosevelt said he would abide by the
platform laid down at Saratoga. He
held national issues to be paramount,
and promised a proper administration
of the National Guard.
At the close of the speech luncheon
was served. -
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The Democ‘rats Notify.
Brooklyn, Oct. 5.—Last evening the
formal notification was made by the
official committee duly appointed at
the state convention to Judge Van
Wyck, the Democratic candidate for
governor.
The ceremony was a simple one and
took place at the Van Wyck residence
0.. Hancock street. The committee
consisted of Senator McCarren, Fred-
erick C. Schraub, Perry Belmont and
John F. Carroll. Mr. Schraub, who
came down from his home in Lowville
Monday night, and who was chairman
of the Syracuse convention, made the
notification speech, and it was a very
creditable effort.
Judge Van Wyck replied briefly, 'ac-
cepting the trust and responsibility im-
posed. He expressed himself as being
in full accord with the platform pro—
mulgated at Syracuse.
Upon the return of the committee to
Manhattan the nominees on the state
ticket were gahered at the Hoffman
house and received formal announce-
ment of their nominations from Chair-
man Schraub and his colleagues.
The campaign will now open with
vigor and the struggle bids fair to be
one of the most intense ever witnessed
in the Empire state.
Ca'roliné 111511311110341 Dead.
New York, Oct. 3.-—Mrs. Caroline Mis-
kel-Hoyt, wife of Charles H. Hoyt, the
actor and playwright, died yesterday
afternoon at two o’clock, soon after
giving birth to a daughter, at her home,
No. 25 East Thirtieth street. The child
survived the mother only a few hours.
Mr. Hoyt is bowed down with his
great sorrow. Only two years ago he
lost a little daughter. The mother at
that time was desperately ill, and the
words of sympathy that came to them ‘
from a large circle of friends showed
the affection in which Caroline Miskel- ‘
Hoyt was held, for she was as charm-'
ing and attractive a woman as she was
a lovely actress.
Hohenstein Still Premier.
Vienna, Oct. 3.—-The report that
Count von Thun-Hohenstein, the AIus-.
trian premier. has resigned, is unfoun-
ded. The premier appeared in the
Reichsrath, where he made two
speeches.
The Opposition demanded that he ex-
plain the agreement arranged with
Baron Banffy, the Hungarian premier,
in case of its being impossible to pass
the Ausgleich constitutionally.
Count von Thun-Hohenstein refused
whereupon the opposition demanded a"
division on the question, and the pre-
mier was defeated by ten votes. His
defeat, however, does not entail his re- -
signation. I
' Gen. Miles in 'lown C
New York, .Oct.
called at the 7Army building about 9 a.
111. He was inColonel "Amos J. Kim‘
ball’s office for a half- hour, and left
'the city for Sandy Hook to witness
General Miles was ac-'
ordnance tests.
companied by "a member Of his staff,
Colonel Francis Michler. , ‘ _
After the tests the general went to
Colgate Hoyt’s country place out on
Long Island.‘ Mr. Hoyt is a relative
1°: Mrs. Miles. ,
3.—-—Major General ,
Miles arrived in this city Saturday and i
A. 11 1‘11 .‘
GRAVE EEISIS IN CHINA
Reports of the Emperor’ s Murder
Confirmed. Horrible Details
PEKIN AMERICANS STONED
irazn
Reported Suicide Turns Out to Have Been
Horrible Assasination. Executions were
Baiborous Torture. A Red Hot Irou
Said to Have Been Run Through the
Emperor’s Body.
London. ~"Oct. 3.—A special dispatch
from Shanghai says the announcement
of the death of the emperor is con-
firmed. The reports as to the means
employed in his taking off differ.
One story has it that he died by poi-
son and another that death was caused
by strangulation, while a third states
that he was subjected to frightful tor-
ture, a. red hot iron being thrust
through his bowels.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
Says it was semi- -officially announced
there that the emperor of China com-
mitted suicide on September 21.
An earlier special dispatch from that
place says telegrams furnished by the
Taotai, or local governor, to a Chinese
paper there, allege that the emperor
committed suicide on September 21, af~
ter signing the decrees which placed
the empress dowager at the head of af-
fairs in China.
This, it is added, is understood to
mean that the emperor was assassinat-
ed.
All the English speaking secretaries
and the principal membeds of the Chi-
nese foreign office, it is further an-
nounced, have been seized and banish...
w wows-“- the; “1.9).:
8dThe British foreign office Saturday
received a. dispatch from her majes-
t ’s minister at Pekin saying that Mr.
ortimer, a member of the Britis.1 le-
gation, on returning home with a lady,
was insulted and attacked by a mob,
which stoned him and covered him
with mud. ._......4..,_
Later in the day, the dispatch says,
some American missionaries were sim-
ilarly attacked, as was the Chinese sec-
retary of the United States legation.
The latter’s ribs were broken.
Sir Claude M. Macdonald, the Brit-
ish minister at Pekin, reports that
there is dangerous feeling. abroad.
Steps have been taken to call the_ at-
tention of the Chinese government to
these outrages.
The chief interest here now centers
on China, where it is the general opin-
ion that the emperor has already been
done to death by the empress dowager,
who, it now appears, was once a bar-
maid in a Chinese liquor shop.
The emperor is known to have lately
shown leanings toward Christianity,
and it was recently reported that he
had burned the Confucian classics in
the palace.
Theman who will now ascend the
throne of China is Yin, a grandson of
Prince Kung. He is a good looking, in-
telligent young man of decidedly pro-
foreign leanings. He is regarded by
the Chinese as being the legitimate suc—
cessor of the emperor's predecessor.
Englishmen who have met Yin de-
clare he will not be a puppet like his
predecessor. He has a stronger will,
and, moreover, is not related to the
empress dowager. A prominent resi-
dent of Pekin, Dr. Dudgeon, who is
perhaps the only foreigner who ever
dined with Yin, asserts that the em-
press dowager is not opposed to pro-
gress He adds that she was respon-
sible for the installation of electric
lights in the palace and introduced a
railroad and an electric launch into
the palace grounds. She is also held
to have favored other western ideas.
It is now said that the dismissal of
Li Hung Chang, who was the ally of
the empress dowager, and the strong
pressure of Russia, which was alarmed
at the probable results of the mission
of the Marquis Ito to China, were the
true causes of the Emperor's deposi-
tion.
The time, however, has gone by for
a continuance of the old regime. The
Young China party will not rest satis-
fied with the existing state of things.
Kang Yuwei, the fugitive Cantonese
reformer, is known as the modern sage
of China. He is the leader of the re-
form party and the originator of the
society formed in opposition to the cus-
tom of binding the feet of Chinese girls,
which was organized in Canton with a
membership of ten thousand.
Kang’s daughter has never bound her
feet and has published a treatise
agains foot binding.
Note Circulation Increased.
Washington, Oct. 3.—-The monthly
statement of the controller of the cur-
rency shows that at the close of busi~
mess on September 30,1898, the total
circulation of national bank notes was
$235, 356, 950, an increase for the month
of $8,178, 335, and an increase for the
year of $4, 631, 459.
The circulation based on United
States bondsamounted- to $205,056,063,
an increase for the month of $8,280,359,
l and a decrease for the year- of $548,-
718.
l The amount of circulation secured by
lawful money was $30, 300, 887, a. de-
crease for the month of $5,180,177. The
amount of United States registered
bonds on deposit to, secure circulating
notes was $229,960,129, and to secure
public deposits $68,461,120.
. on... from the Oquendo
Playa del Este, Cuba, Oct.» 3.—Na.val
Constructor Hobson has returned here
from the wreck of the Almirante
IOquendo, bringing with him ten of
her guns.
Warning of the approach of a. hurri-
cane having been cabled here, all the.
ships sought shelter. The barometer
is low, but there has been no blow as
yet. .
The bridge of the Infanta Maria Te«
resa has been decked. Some humzz.
bones were found in the inner bilge.
Wrecking. -
succeeded in repairing the cable
.Caimanera.
Deathtof-Mme. Carnot
Paris, Oct. 3.—Mme. Carnot, widow
of President Carnot of France. who
was assassinated by an Italian Anar—
A_ large force is now engaged in the-
T T l“
‘ sentations made by
GEN. MERRITT 1N PARIS
Commander of American Forces at
Manila Meets the Commission.‘
CiTY SEES STORMY TIMES
The Peace Commission Holds a Joint
Meeting. The Proceedings Largely
Devoted to Arranging Preliminary
“Details. Reception by President Faure.
Paris, Oct. 4.——The American Peace
Commissioners yesterday, after being
closeted for more than an hour with
Gen. Merritt, who is in excellent health
and smrits after his long journey, met
their Spanish coliegues in conference
in the afternoon at two o’clock.
The day’s proceedings, like those of
Saturday, were devoted to formalities
and details and to arranging in a way
satisfactory to both commissions the
most satisfactory way of conducting
business. So far. the method of carry-
‘ing on deliberations without having
any presiding officer or chairman has
worked very smoothly, affairs being
discussed in a concersational way, as
friends might talk over their after-
dinner coffee. The interpreters, how-
ever, have a very busy time of it.“
The plan of work directed to be pre-
‘ pared by the secretaries has not been
perfected, as the Secretary of the
Spanish Commission did not arrive
here until yesterday. - - w ~-
At the second meeting of the Spanish
and American Peace Commissioners,
held yesterday, certain propositions
were laid before the joint Commission
which, it was agreed, should be discus
sed by each Commission se erateIly.”
This action was taken wi 1b a view of
hastening the proceedings. The next
meeting of the Commissionswi’l}
on Friday next. Am ”E
While it is the general impression
that, the meeting was again devoted
to prelim r es and that the adjourn-
ment to Elriday" was taken only. to eff-
able the secretaries to draw up a
schedule of work, the representative of
The ASsaciate'd- Press learns that the
session was highly important, and that
the Americans made a demand of such
a character that the Spaniards found it
necessary to ask for an adjournment in
order to enable them to consult the
Government at Madrid. “f" £3 .
It is believed that the question con-
cerns the Philippines, and it is known
that the Americans are highly pleased
at having so soon reached what they
consider a very important phase of the
negotiations. They regard the two ses-
sions thus far held as satisfactory to
America. A member of the Commis-
sion expressed the belief that the work
would be completed within a month.
The American Commissioners will be
received by President Faure at five
o'clock this afternoon. mrv'
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Stormy Scenes? 322%
Paris, Oct. 4.—Revisionists and anti-
revisionists seem to be spoiling for a
fight. Captain Dreyfus, whether guilty '
or innocent, has certainly caused a ver-
itable cyclone of passion to be let loose.
Paris was in a, turmoil all day Sun-
day. Crowds, scuffles, uproar and ar-
rests formed the programme. At this
moment the mounted Republican
Guard is patrolling certain parts of the
city, and all of the police force is on the
alert.
About a score of persons are said to
have been seriously wounded in 'the
various free fights that have broken
the monotony of the Parisian Sunday.
In one quarter alone over forty arrests
have been made. Of these thirteen have
been kept and the others liberated.
Among the latter is M. Francis de
Pressense, one of the first authorities
on foreign politics in Frances and a
leader writer of the Temps. With him
were arrested . Ernest Vaughan, di-
rector of the Aurore, and M. Morhardt,
another of the Temps' editorial staff.
All three were to have addressed a.
meeting in favor of revision in the
Dreyfus case. This manifestation was
announced to be held in Salle Wagr'am.
F100 «13 in Georgia
Baxley, Ga., Oct 4.—Brunswick and
its vicinity are flooded and inundated
a thousand houses and stores are dam-
aged, and there has been loss of prop-
erty worth half a. million. The list of
dead is now small, but is increasing.
Three thousand persons have sought
refuage on the hills from the rising
waters.
Thirty blocks in the heart; of the city
were under six feet of water for twelve
hours.
This is the greatest flood Since the
Sea Island affair. A man arriving here
last night passed through seventy
miles of wrecked country.
Professor ('ommlts Suicide.
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 4.-—Henry J.
MCDei-mott, aged twenty-five, a stu-
dent of the Sheffield Scientific School.
class of ’96, and assitant professor in
chemistry at the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, New York City, commit-
ted suicide yesterday by. taking poison.
Despondency from 111 health is suppos-
‘ed to have been the cause.
, . To Avoid, Collisions;
Berlin, Oct. 4.—ASva-result of repre-
the Hamburg-
American Steamship Line, the Ger-
man Foreign Office intends to invite
thegovernmentsof the maritime na-
tions to‘come to an agreement to legal-
ly compel steamers to follow transato
lantic lane routes, in order to avoid
collision.
Henry George Declines.
New York, Oct. 4.——Henry George last
"night declined the nomination for Gov-
ernor on the. ticket placed in the field
by the Chicago 1) ‘ntform Democvrats,
and the committee having authority‘
to fill vacanc1es no unrated Henry M.
.' McDonald of.the Count of New Yor‘
Cable repaii men on the Oaubet have . y K
at
for. the place.
. . IV I .
Gold from. thu .Klondllra.
Vancouver, B. C.. Oct. 4.-—The steam-
er Fastnet has arrived from Skaguay
with half a million in dust and with
news that a millibn more was on the
way. There will be but one more boat
chlst at Lyons on June 24, 1894, died 'frcm Dawson, the Columbia, which will
Saturday at thte Chateau de Preale.
In re.
bring down a large amount of treas-
MILES PLANS EEJEETEE
Troops Will Not “Be —Quartered\ in
Northern City Buildings.
GOING TO SOUTHERN CAMPS
the Absence of the Secretary
During
Miles Got the Assistant Secretary to
bloke anulries Regarding Accom-
modaflons in Big Northern Cities.
Alger Rejected tho Proposition. It”?
Washington, D. C., Oct. 4.-—Secretary
Alger rejected, in a firm manner, the
proposition advanced by General Miles
for taking care of the volunteers dur-
ing the winter. Genera Miles believes
that the troops should be quartered in
period and is violently opposed to send-
ing them to Southern camps to pass the
time. in tents. When Secretary Alger
went to his home in Detroit a couple
of weeks ago General Miles busied
himself with a plan for housing the
troops in the North. He suggested to
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn that in-
quiries be made in the big Northern
cities to see at what cost a number of
large buildings, sufficient to accom-
modate the entire volunteer Army un—
til next spring could be rented. Mr.
Meiklejohn was persuaded that the
scheme was a good one and the Quar-
termaster General was accordingly di-
rected to investigate the matter. Tele-
grams were sent to New York, Brook-
lyn, Buffalo, Boston and a number of
other cities to see what buildings yvere
available. It is not known how far the
matter went, but from what happened
yesterday it w hown thagg. ecretary
Alger was not EEFTT en ‘tIreTy ignorant of
Genggl Miles’ proposition, but also
disaproaved of it. ~ gnaw—r
. terested.‘I
nati called on the Secretary this morn-
ing and endeavored to have him select
one of the suburbs‘ of that city as a
camp site for the troops over winter.
During the winter it was brought out
that Cincinnati was one of the places
inspected by the Quartermaster’s De-
partment, while on the hunt for build-
ings to rent. The delegation secured a.
, copy of the report on Cincinnati, which
was read by Colonel Martin of the
Quartermaster’ s Department. As Col.
rtin ”staged to point out the advant-
ages of Cincfinnati as a ca'inp site, Sec-
retary Alger interrupted him with an
inquiry of where the information came
from. ~3~ ~ 113;; w
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said Colonel Martin, “for the purpose
of seeing what cities could furnish big
buildings that could be rented.”
Secretary Alger pricked up his ears
at this, and demanded sharply:
“By whose authority was this done?"
“By the orders of the Actipg Secre-
tary (if-'War,” replied Colonel Martin,
who then explained the plan of Gen-
eral Miles to send the volunteers in the
largest cities of their respective states,
to be housed in buildings until the
spring.
“What places have you inspected?"
inquired the Secretary.
Colonel Martin named Cincinnati,
Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia,
Buffalo and a. number of other cities.
Secretary Alger clearly showed his
displeasure.
“This is a. nice plan," he explained
“for if it were carried out we might
just as well furlough all the men at
once. We would have a. nice army if
we should attempt to do this."
On hearing what Secretary Alger had
to say of General Miles’ scheme, Army
officers immediately abandoned the
idea of quarterlng soldiers in the big
cities, and it is now certain that the
men will be kept in small camps during
the coming Winter.
Bryan Leaves Washington.
Washington, Oct. 4.—-Col.
Jennings Bryan of the 3d Nebraska
Volunteer Infantry, who has 'been in
Washington for ten days, left for Hot
Springs, N. C. ., yesterday, accompanied
by Mrs. Bryan. After a. brief stay
there Bryan will rejoin his regiment at
Jacksonville.
His original ten-day leave, on Which
he came to Washington to spend, with
Gov. Holcomb, for the discharge of the
sick soldiers of his regiment, has been
extended to permithim to avail him-
self of the healing qualities of the wa-
ters at Hot Springs.
Reports Spanish Victory.
Madrid, Oct. 4.—.—Gen. Rios, Governor-
General of the Philippines, cables that
the town of Bugason has surrendered
to the '.Spanish the insurgents fleeing,
leaving twenty-seven .dead and a
quantity of guns and ammunition. The
inhabitants of the Visayas, he says,
are evidently disinclined .to rebellion.
Gen. Blanco cables that he is arrang-
ing to catch the insurgents between
two fires. The insurgents attempted
to make a landing at Tarlac, but were
reputed by the Spanish with heavy
loss. '
Anti-Anarchist Movement.
__London, Oct. 4.-—A despatch to the
Central News from Rome says that
the interchanges of opinion amang the
Powers in regard to international
'measures against Anarchists have re-
sulted in expressions favorable to such
action, all of the Powers agreeing to
the proposal.
An international conference will ac-
cordingly be summoned to meet in
Rome to discuss the steps to be taken
in the matter of common anti- Anarch-
istic action.
Decision on Banking Law Provision.
Albany, Oct.
ing that the provision of the banking
law that a trust company shall not
any of its creditors, officers or stock-
holders, prohibits such a loan 1' a
ation in which any director, oflicei or
stockholder of the trust company is Iin-
._ -..1 .' . .- . r
~ The Fire on the Alexander.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 4,—The fire in the
coal cargo of the collier Alexander is
under cOntrol. About 2,000 tons of c031
are ruined. Assistant Secretary Al‘en,
who was here, to-day ordered an inves-
tigation into the cause of the'fire.
permanent buildings during the mid I
W
A delegation of citizens- from Cincin-
“I-t was collected by our department. ”
4
Williams '
4.—-Attorney-General '3
Hancock has written an opinion declar- ..-.
make loans directly or indirectly to. a
trUst company to any firm or corpor-
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