THE EVENING GAZLTTE MORE MEN FEE MANILA .( Sever; Regiments Ordllr'ed to Sail E: ' from San Francisco. \ AGUINALDO T0 AMERICANS Psi. ,: I” Army Authorities Exercised Over the Sit [g nation in the Philippines. Gen. om g: Reports of the Growth 31f Insurgent El Power~ What Is Said at the War De. :7: parament About the Order, ‘ Washington, Sept. 20. ——The army au- thorities are greatly exercised over the situation in the Philippines. It has been decided to strengthen the force under General Otis, upon Whose rep- resentations the step is taken, and five regiments now at San Francisco have been ordered to Manila,-,,'and will sail as soon as the transportation has been secured. A, “at General Otis has cabled the depart- ment from Manila that Aguinaldo is addin gto his power, and that he has .,. a} his command, or Within call, a force of not less than. 30, 000 men. This statement'has created a sensa~ tion among the ofiicers here, who have seen the private advices from Manila, and it presents to them the immediate necessity of discouraging the insurg- ents by some means more definite and energetic than negotiations and making threats. - gThe situation as described by Gen- eral Otis is most serious, and While in its general features it is not unexpect- ed", it is more menacing in extent than most of our authorities in Washington anticipated ., was: The five thousand troops designated for service at once in Manila;,have been strengthened by the assignment to duty under General Otis of four comi‘» “ panics of the Twenty-third infantry,” and recruits‘from Pennsylvania, Cali- fornia and ,Dakota. volunteers, regi- ments now in the Philippines. The other regiments ordered yester- day morning to Manila are the Fifty- first Iowa, Twentieth Kant. as, First Tennessee and First Washington, with a detachment. of the_..Second Oregon. Orders havelbeen iss'ti'é'd insuring the comfort and health ‘of the troops dur- ing the long trip. ' It is realized now that it was a mis- take not to have taken the advice which at first contemplated placing these troops in Hawaii. The auth01i- ties would have gained that much time, and at not much greater cost than has already been incurred, cert- ainly'at no more than must be incur- red now that the troops have to be sent to the Philippines direct, with all .xhaste. ‘ ' A Statement to the American People. New York, Sept. 20.—The following dispatch has been received at the office here of the Associated press: Manila, Philippine Islands, Sept. 19.— The Filipinos gbvernment desires :to inform the American government and. people that the many rumors circulat- ed regarding the strained relations be- tween the Filipino and America? for- ces are base, malicious slanders' of the enemy to both parties; are Withoutvany truth and are circulated for the pur- pose of prejudicing the appeal of the Filipinos for their release from the op- pression andmcruelty of Spain. The re- lations of our people and"yours have been and will continue to be of the most friendly nature, and we have withdrawn four forces frdm the sub- urbs of Manila as an additional evi- dence of Our confidence in the great American republic. AGUINALDO. Washington, Sept. 2.——The Associated Press dispatch conveying Aguinaldo’s message to the American people was regarded with much interest at ethe White House. The president read tht statement with evident appreciation, but did not. volunteer any information as to the attitude of this government. Ofiicials very near him spoke of the message as a "very important docu- ment.” Said to Have Been Planned Here. London, Sept. '20.——The Daily Tele- graph’s St. Petersburg correspondent , says he has‘ascertained that Luc‘cheni, " the assassin of the Austrian empress, ' belonged to a gang of Anarchists who went from Europe to the United States two years ago, and who hadfor their object the assas sina'tion of crowned heads. The correspondent also says that it is known that the chiefs of the band are still in New York. Prospectors Unable to Return. Seatttle, Sept. 20.—There will be no rush of the disappointed back from Kotzebue Sound'this fall at least and four or five San Francisco schooners are preparing to go into winter quar- ters there. They have no choice in the matter, for the crews have deserted and gone to the gold fields. Men to take their places cannot be secured at any price. 5 Canadian Canal Traffic. Montreal, Sept. 20. —The retuins of‘ trafiic through the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie canal show that during the sea- son, up to the end of August, 2,661 ves- sels passed through the lock, carrying 2,189,964 tons of freight. This is a decrease compared with the traffic during the corresponding period last year of 29 vessels and nearly a. million tons of freight. Yale Football Practice. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 20,—Six- teen candidates for positions on the Yale University football team of 1898. presented themselves at the Yale field yesterday morning for the initial prac- tice of the season; Captain Chamber- lain superintended the practice, which was light, consisting largely of punt— ing, falling on the ball and tackling the dummy. No More Doctors Needed in the Navy. Washington, Sept- 20.-——No more doc- tors are needed for the navy. There has always been a difficulty in getting physicians for the service, and now for the first time in some years the medical corps of the navy is up to the authorized commissioned strength. TO WITHDRAW FROM SANTIAGO? -4‘?. e Only a Few Regulars Likely to Be Kept There. Washington, Sept. 20. —All-. or nearly all of the military force‘ ‘in‘igantlago may be withdrawn. General II; t _n 'has advised the war defartme 1% at ' he favors some such plan, reta 11g 111 the province only regularsfi‘fevfiof which will form the nucleus'ofx an arm? composed of Cubans. Lawt'o'n these natives are tractable"a our officers they would 1.15123“ng diers, especially with tliewfi‘exa pleé’df the regulars before them}- 7 ' General Lawton also reports that the refrigerated beef furnished the army In Cuba is not suitable, and he has” rec- ommended that live cattle be shi pad to Santiago and killed and dregs there just previous to use. . That was one of the propositipns made when the matter of subsistence for our forces in Santiago' as origi- nally under consideration, abut at that time the transportation of cattle and - its butchering seemed 1m§ractil1able :fi.’ . . circulated that further 1 portant de- velopments are pending :13; the affairs of the Baltimore and Ohio 'railroad. It was reported that varidus inte’reas connected with the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad, the St. Ljouis feeder of the system, were to 'meet in this city. Inquiry among persons in a place to know what were likely to be the de- velopments elicited the information that the reorganization of the Balti- more and Ohio Southern Company was in contemplation. This reorganizafion, which will in- clude a physical rehabilitation of the property, and probably its financial re- organization as wellhis to he proceeded With‘ shortly after the completion of the reorganization of the Baltimore and Ohio Company. Hall Storm in Montreal Montreal, Sept _ 20. ——The most de- structive storm of the year swept over Montreal Sunday, causinggthousands of dollars of damage to windows and skylights. Mir-z f“ Sea-Mm“ ' Hail stones the size of pigeon eggs fell in abundance, and one déath reported as indirectly due to this cause. A trolley wire was broken during the height of the storm and struck James McKenzie, a passer 13y, instantly.' ing him. Several other pedestrian. were stunned by the hall stones bef013 they could reach shelter. Dr. John Hall’s Remains , Belfast, Ire., Sept. 20.—The body of the Rev. Dr. John Hall, pastor of, the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church of New York, who died at_the residence of his sister at Hazelmere, County Down, on Saturday, will he removed to ' Bangor on Wednesday, where it will be embalmed. It will then be shipped to Liveipool, where it will be put on board a steamship sailing on Satur- day, September 24, for New York. The burial will take place in Woodlawn cemetery, the body being placed by the side of Dr. Hall’s son; ON THE DIAMOND Games Played Yesterday At New York: . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 St.Louis.. 0.00000010—1 New York.. 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0—2 Batteries, Sugden and Hughey; War- Base hits, St. Louis Errors, St. Louis 1, ner and Gettig. 2, New York 1. New York 4. At Brooklyn: 1 2 3 4 Pittsburg... 1 2 1 2 Brooklyn... 1 3 0 0 Base hits, Pittsburg 14, Brooklyn 17. Errors, Pittsburg 4, Brooklyn 2. Second game: 56 7 8 3000 0005 1 2 3 4 5 Pittsburg.......... 0 0 0 2 4—6 Brooklyn................ 0 0 1 0 1——- 2 Batteries, Schriver and Gardner; Mil- ler and Grim. Base hits, Pittsburg 9, Brooklyn 6. Errors, Pittsburg 0, Brook— lyn 1. At Baltimore: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Baltimore ...... 1 0 0 2 4 O 0 5~—12 Cleveland.. .. .. 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0—- 6 Batteries, Maui and Robinson; Fra- zer and Crieger. Base hits, Baltimore 16, Cleveland 8. Errors, Baltimore 4 Cleveland 0. Game called on account of darkness. At Philadelphia: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cincinnati.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ,0—0 ‘Philadelphial 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0—8. Batteries, Breitenstein and Wood, Fi- field and McFarland. Hase hits, Cin- cinnati 5, Philadelphia 12. Errors, Cin- cinnati 1, Philadelphia 0. Second game: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cincinnati.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0— 1 Philadelphia 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 0— 9 . Batteries, Hill and Wood; Donohue and McFarland. Base hits, Cincinnati 6, Philadelphia 7 Errors, Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 2. At Washington: 1 Washington... 2 Chicago ........ Batteries, Dineen and Farrell; and Nichols. Base hits 13, Chicago 7. Errors, Weshingtin 0, Chicago 0. Game called on account or darkness. 4 5 6,7 8 3 0 1 O 0— 0 0 0 2 0— 5 Katol O At Boston: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. 9 , Louisville... O 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ‘0— 1 Boston.. 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0—7 . Batteries, Magee and Kittridge; Wil- lis and Bergen. Base h'its, Louisville 4, Boston 11. Errors, Louisville 1, Bos- ton 0. How The Clubs Stand. Clubs. .Won. Lost. PC. Boston 84' 44 .656 Baltimore 80 46 .635 Cincinnati .............. 80 51 .611 Cleveland .............. 74 53 .58.". Chicago . . . .. . . . . . . 72 59 .550 New York 69 60 .535 ‘ Philadelphia . . .. .. . . . . . 62 61 .504 Pittsburg .. . . .. 65 65 .500 ' Louisville . . ...... . . 57 72 .442 Brooklyn ............... 47 73 .393 Washington .. . . .. .. r. . 42 _ 87 .326 St. Louis 34 95, .264 ii . ed‘ Washington . 311101111 1011 CHINA Emperor Declares in Favor of Western Civilization. ‘11 ._.____ Many Ways and He “'11! Adopt ts Good Features. The Right to Be Given so Every Person to V Memorializo the Throne. Pekini Sept. 20.—The reforms lately foreshadowed have been embodied in a. remarkable series of imperial edicts which are startling the native offi- cials. The emperor has issued a long ex- planation of his new policy, declaring 2that western civilization in many 1:- spects is superior to the Chinese. He intends to adopt the good features of western civilization, discarding on bad. The most striking edict proclaims tbs establishment of a postal service throughout the empire, and in this his majesty appeals to the peoplevto co- operate, as they will 'thereby aid in strengthening the empire. .Another edict confers the right on practically every person in the empire to memorialize the throne, a privilege that has heretofore been confined to the favored classes. Another orders that monthly ac- counts of the government’s receipts and expenditures be rendered to Pekin and that these be published. The emperor comMands that the edicts be posted throughout the coun- try to convince the people that efforts are being made for their welfare. In consequence of British pressure the Tsung-li-Yamen has ordered Huy- u-Fen, who obtained the concession for negotiations to obtain the loan for the construction of the line from the-Hons Kong and Shanghai Bank. ESTERHAZY’S INFAMIES. Ah Vaclllates Bet“ een Suicide and Mali- ing a Clean Breast of it. London, Sept. 20. —Public curiosity in: England and France, which was great-I ly piqued by the promised revelations of ‘Major Esterhazy in the Dreyfus case, is still unsatisfied. The Paris papers announced yester- day that Esterhazy had returned to Paris and had declared that he did not lntend to make a statement. Scoundrel though the ex-officer is, he retains some peculiar ideas of hon- or. He is now vacillating between com- mitting suicide and making a clean breast of his infamies. He has already made a full verbal confession to three responsible per- sons, but persistently delays putting it into writing and I'efuses to permit its publication at present. The principal reason for this seems to be that his confession will not have sufllcient’politicai effect unless it is held until the chamber of deputies meets. Esterhazy’s justification for all that he has done in the Dreyfus case is in— teresting to' moralists. It is embraced in his maxim: “A soldier should place his conscience as well Ias his sword at the disposal of his superior officers." Closing Up the Camp Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, Sept. 20.—The sun was shining on Camp Wi- koff yesterday for the first time in three days, and everybody here was trying to dry himself and his effects. Surgeon Major Brown has been tak- ing an inventory of the hospital prop- erty which has been turned over to him. The task is an enormous one and cannot be completed within two weeks. The hospitals have held at one time more than two thousand patients. Much of the property belongs to the govern- ment and will have to be turned in to the quartermaster’s department. A very large proportion of the govern- ment property belongs to the hospital and medical departments, and a sepa- Irate accounting will have to be made to them. Gold Still Comes in New York, Sept. 20.—The steamer Umbria, which arrived at this port on zsunday, brought gold to the amount of $402 ,000, consigned to Kuhn, Loeb & ECO” $180, 000 consigned to Lazard, Fre- Ires, $50, 000 consigned to Heidelbach, ' ICkelheimer & Co., and $28,700 consign— ed to James E.‘ Ward & Co. On the French liner LaNormandie 1Was a consignment of 1,,000 000 flames in gold for Heidelbach,Icke1heimer & (‘10., and another of 1, 360, 000 francs for .James E. Ward & Co., steamship agents 'a of this city, who will reship their con- ‘signment to Havana. _ Sugar from Afar New York, Sept. 20.—The second car- go of sugar that ever came from Maui to this port is lying below decks in the American ship Luzon, which arrived in port yesterday. The consflgnment consists of 2,250 tons, and left the Pa- cific April 29. Maui is the second larg- est of the Hawaiian group and is sixty miles to the eastward of Honolulu. ‘ Another Dark Day in New Hampshire. Manchester, N. H., Sept. 20.-—A pe- culiar smoky darkness extended all over southern New Hampshire yester- i day. The afternoon was very dark and . the sun looked like a dull red ball. The sky had an appea1ance similar to the... on the famous yellow day in t." e early eighties. Blanco Ready to Fight. Madrid, Sept. 20.—Captain General . Blanco has sent a message to the gov- ‘ernment through General Pando, his second in command, who has arriv‘cd here, to the effect that the army in Cuba will do its duty in the event of the failure of the peace commission and arenewal of hostilities. I - —‘—"‘—".-‘_. E The Gould Blockinaillng Case, ‘ Albany, Sept. 20.—The trial of Mrs. Margaret Cody, under indictment in this county on the *harge of blackmail- ing= Miss Helen M. Gould and George Gould, will begin on Wednesday. A GREAT AWAKENING NEAR ‘ the Newehwway Railroad, to reopen “Says it is Better Than Chinese In Capital WriteS' - cue Davis. ‘ by themselves. _._. -..... ........_. -..—~» ~»— GEN. JOE WHEELER. FRESH HONORS FOR THE MAN WHO SOUGHT TO RESCUE DAVIS. A Unique Character in History—Proms Leader in the Rebel Cause He Retires to His Farm, Later to be Called to Rep- resent Bis People at Washington. ' A correspondent of the Washington ' General Wheeler is one of the few men Who have come out of this war without anything but glory in their records. His life has been a somewhat curious mixture of the most dashing and picturesque ad- venture and the most uninteresting of drudgery. A West Point lieutenant just entering upon his military career at the beginning of the civil war, he unhesitatingly devoted his heart and his hand to the fortunes of the Con- fedei'acy and became the most daiing and successful cavalry leader of the South, possibly of the whole country. Wheeler’s exploits during those four years were told with glee by the Con- federates and with a mixtue of admi- ration and gnashing of teeth by the Union ofiicers whom he circumvented. When Lee surrendered and Jefferson Davis was a prisoner, Wheeler, loyal as ever to the cause for which he had fought for four long years, risked his life and freedom in an attempt to res- It failed, and when the turmoil of war had a little subsided and the knights of the Lost Cause gathered themselves together to face the future, Wheeler, practical, plucky and uncomplaining as ever, Was to be found grubbing a living out of his farm in Alabama. They wanted him to be professor of philosophy in the Louis- iana State Seminmy, but he declined that offer and kept on practicing law and agriculture'wit'h equanimity and success. The Forty-seventh Congress saw him in the House, and after that noth- ing except a war would |have dislodged him from his seat. Whenever there has been any development which look- ed like war he has always been the first to tender his services to the gov- ernment. For the last thirty years he Ilias had what one might call a stand- I-ng determination to continue his mili- tay career when he had a chance. It is my belief that if we had an admin- istration foolish and obstinate enough to refuse him a commission he would have shouldered a rifle and gone to the front as a private, and he would have inevitably come out of the fight Weaning shoulder straps. He .13 not the kind of man to be ignored. The stories which have clustered about Wheeler’s career in this war would ,make an interesting book all He not only climbed a tree to-reconnoiter the enemy’s camp -—and it wasn’t a cactus 01 a c'ocoanut palm, as some of the enterprising ant- ists tried to make us believe—but it is reported that he climbed the tree un- der Which the capitulation was signed at Santiago, and sent a leaf thereof to each of his constituents. I am inclin- ed to doubt this yarn. Of course it is a picturesque thing to think of—the slender, active little general sitting in the crotch of a limb busily picking ‘ leaves enough to ‘fill barrels, and leav- ing rthe tree as bare.as a barber’s pole, but1t is my belief that if there really was a barrelful of leaves picked off that tree, Wheeler sent scme small Cu- ban boy up to do it. He never does .an odd thing for the sake of being odd. It is certain, however,fthat he did send a good many of his friends leaves from “that there tree,” and that they prize them most highly. Wheeler’s behavior at Santiago has furnished the subject for almost the only real war poem which has appear- ed during the war. Ybu have all read it. It is called “Wheeler at Santiago," and is by James Lindsay Gordon. The poem has been copied all over the Uni- ted States, and the story of that day has been told everywhere, but I am going to tell it over again. Wheeler, not being any more acclimated than the rest of the army, was, like his men, attacked by the fever of the coun- try, and was not able to lift his head for several days. He was carried here and there and directed operations from his cot, but when the time came to at- tack Santiago he was so ill that it was not thought best to inform him just when the attack would take place. But he heard the roar of guns from afar and he was not to be let or bin dered. He told them to put him into’ an ambulance and take him to the front, and there is more power in the little major general’s say so, even when he is helpless with fever, than there is in the blatant roaring of a big six-foot bully. They put him into that ambulance and 'stai'ted for the front. On the way they met the litters with the wounded, and the newspaper cor- respondents fiar witness as to the mis- erablle inadequacy with which these unfort‘uuates Were provided for. Wheeler was out of that ambulance and in the saddle in about a minute, and a half, and though almost any man in his army could have picked him up and carried him, nobody ventured to oppose his determination to go to the front. And then he rode to the f1'_,cnt and the sightof 111m put new life into the w hole army. Gordon tells it in words which thrill ode like the sound of drum and fife. There is nothing in the whole his- tory of warfare. more dramatic than hat incident. It will live as long as there iS'an/American' to be thrilled by the sight of the starry flag. It will be a bond of 'union forever between North and South—that day at Santiago. From Machias bay to Puget sound, from Rangeley lake and the Adiron- d3: ks to Key West, and then again from Manila and Honolulu round the 1* acid to Porto Rico. Wherever Amer- icms live and die under the flags no- body will r‘efuse to cheer the name of 1013th Wheeler. 1 Ex, . ‘ lasts. 0' mum-r 'IIDUI slum THE .1. a. WILLIAMS co. GUSTONIUIV. 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