7 3 INVESTIGATION BEGINS "G ,21 Gen. Wheeler on the Stand. He Praises Shafter at Santiago. THE SUPPLIES WERE AMPLE Story of the Experiences of His Command 5 The Witnesg, Intimates He Felt Hurt ' Because His Was the Fourth Command to Be Ordered to Land. Washington, Oct. 5.——The war inves- tigation commission began its exam- lnation of witnesses yesterday by plac- ing General Joseph- Wheeler on 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 aboard 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 011 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 tem- porary. “General Shafter, ” he said, “deserves great credit for the zeal he displayed in this respect. _He devoted himself to this task and I think there is no doubt that he succeeded. ’f 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 were 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 July 1 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. 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 soi- 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 arid 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 of commissary 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 complain. “They were all proud to be there and willing to undergo hard- ships.” General Wheeler said the regulars had showu 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 keeping ~ e regulars in better health than e volunteers. Captain Howell 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 the number of ambulances, but this .was due to the exigencies of the cam- paign. General Wheeler said that he knew of no confusion in shipping sup- plies from Tampa. He was not ac- quainted with a case in which the body of a vehicle was shipped on one vessel and the wheels on another. I-lis mem- ory was not distinct as to complaints from oificers in his command as to the scarcity bf 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 difiicult to get at supplies promptly. ' General Wheeler~revealed the fact that he had felt somewhat hurt that his had been the fourth command or— dered to he landed when he thought his rank entitled him to the first land- ing. General Shafter had given the order. Coming back from Santiago to Mon- tauk General Wheeler had sailed on the Miami, having chosen it because it wassaid 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 ill to stand up for inspection. There was plenty of water on the vessel and ice'for the sick, al- though not "for others. After tho dastI'II-zion of fleet, and there was no danger on the sea, the arrny'w-as (‘Fl‘vm'n‘g the ’ more abundantly . r 11E EVE Mr G G E2 E TTE suppned than any army in the field had ever been. Asked if he thought. there had been any neglect in preparing for the cam- paign, he said he had 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." DEMOCRATS FOR SILVER.’ Massachusetts Convention Declares Em‘ phatically for Chicago Platform. Worcester, 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 expan‘ 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 of the neglect of the sol~ diers. 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 acclamatiun for lieuten- ant governor. Hon. George Fred Williams then ad- dressed the convention. EPISCOPAL COUNCIL- l‘rienuial Session to Begin ’l'o-day in \Vashlngton. Washington, Oct. 5.—A notable es- semblage of the clergy 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 :11 ads 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. W ' Zola Said to Be 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 Loxlon publisher, who is to issue Es- terha'zylfis book, 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 “Bl nche, ” and also of having invented the story of the veiled lady. iin, endered After Five Years New '%k, Oct. 5.——~Henry Kevlin, Jr., who sw dled his employes, French 6'; Word, wbolen 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. 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 Judge Fitzgerald to the ’lhmbs 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- ume command of the troops stationed ere. Murderer Clemmor Must Be Hanged. Norristown, Pa., Oct. 5.—The court has refused to grant a new trial to James E. Clemmer, convicted of com- city‘ in the murder of Mrs. Charles . 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’Aubigny 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 Released, Omaha, Neb., Oct 5.-—B. J. Haywood of Harrisburg, fo11191' state treasurer connection with tllzl charges against Senator Quay, was released at noon «Sfcl (11] on instructiOn from District Attorney Graham of Philadelphia. in which he 'says that of Pennsylvania, who was arrested in‘ UANIIIIIATIIS NOTIFIED 001. Roosevelt and Judge Van Wyck Ofioially Informed. OTHER NOMINEES ARE SEEN ‘ Oyster Bay the Scene of :1 Pleasant ' Gathering. The Van Wyck Home in Brooklyn Also Bus Distinguished Guests. Now the Fight Will mg... 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 12.48 p. m. There were several carriages await- 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 visitors 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 indig’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 handker— 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 on 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. Here Colonel Roosevelt stood beside his wife and the other candidates. The members of the committee and the visi- tors and 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 ap- 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. The Democ'f'ats 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. ON THE DIAMOND Games Played Yesterday At Philadelphia: NewYork..0 o o 1 1 o 1 o 0—3 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 4—4 Batteries, Warner and Rosie; McFar- land and Platt. Base hits, New York 8, Philadelphia 10. Errors, New York 2, Philadelphia3 At Boston: Baltimore ...... I! 0 0 0 0 1 0 1—2 Boston ....... O 0 0 0 0 1 0 3— 4 Batteries, Clarke and McJames; Yea- ger and Nichols. At Chicago: Louisville... 2 0 0 Chicago ..... 1 0 0 Batteries, Dowling and Kittridge; Thornton and Nichols. Base hits, L011- isville 11, Chicago 7. Errors, Louisville 0, Chicago 4. Second game: Louisville............ O 0.1 0 0 0— 1 Chicago.............. 0 0 1 0 3 0— 4 Batteries, Magee and Kittridge; Tay- lor and Chance. Base hits, Louisville 1, Chicago 6. Errors, Louisville 2, Chi- 000—4 020 100000—2 cago 3. Game called on account of darkness. At St. Louis: . Pittsburg...” 1 O 0 0 0 2 on. 3 St Louis“ .0 O O 2 0 4 0— 7 ‘1 Batteries, Gardner and Bowerman; l-Iughey and Sugden Base hits, Pitts— burg 10, St. Louis 10. Errors, Pittsburg 4, St. Louis 3. How the Clubs St and. Clubs. Won. Lost. P.C. Boston 96 45 .681 Baltimore 91 49 .3011 Cincinnati .............. 90 58 .608 Cleveland .............. 77 61 .558 Chicago 80‘ 64 ‘ .550 New York ............. 73 68 .518 Philadelphia 69 .68 .504 Pittsburg ................ 68 72 .486 Louisville ... . . . . . .. 64 77 .454 Brooklyn ............... 51 . 84 .378 Washington ............ 49 ’ 92 .348 St. Louis ........... 36 .255 105 01.111 newssr CITIZENS. Education as Applied to Cubans and ' Porto Ricaus. I With Porto Iii the protection of the United States the colored populations of those is; lands will derive benefits and/receiw rights which unjustly were Withheld from them by the Spaniards. The no gro of Cuba, in particular, is a' sadly demoralized c1eature, worse in habits and surroundings than was the Afro American before generous-hearted Lin coin taught the slave holders a lessor in history. The average negro of Porto Rico and Cuba knows little or noth 1113- He is obliged to work hard or the sugar, coffee and tobacco plants. tions and in the rice fields, but he knows nothing of the higher class 01 industries, because nobody hastaughl him. He does not fear God, because nobody has shown him the wisdom of doing so. There is nothing absolutely new in stating these facts, but there is something new in saying that a num- ber of influential Americans have de- termined to lift the negro of both is- lands from his lowly surroundings by teaching him not only the value learning a trade scientifically, but also the necessity for acquiring some knowledge of the Christian world. At the head of this benevolent corps is William H. Baldwin, Jr., the presi- dent of the Long Island Railroad. Mr Baldwin for several years has been interested in the good work of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In- stitute of Tuskegee, Ala. This insti- tution is devoted exclusively to the , advancement of the colored people of both sexes and has done much to make the negro of the South and West in dependent of others and the creator of his own finances. The Tuskegee Institute being recog- nized as the most successful of its kind in the world, it has been sug- gested that when the United States finally takes hold of Porto Rico and Cuba some provision be made for the immediate education of the negroes of both islands. Those who have given the subject deep thought, and Mr. Baldwin is one of these, think that if the government import from both is- lands a certain number of colored peo- ple of each sex, particular attention, of course, being paid to the more ad- vanced kind, and give them, at the government’s expense, the benefit of the various branches of learning at Tuskegee, they will be able, when fin-ally graduated fr that institu- tion, to go back to guislands and in- struct their less favored brethren in the trades and industries they have learned. NEED OF GOOD ROADS. Uncle Sam Has Still Much to Accomplish Along This Line. Although much has been done to improve the condition of the roads on this side of the Atla there is still aig'ireat deal to be ‘ ed. This is made especially man est’ when the roads here are compared with the highways in nearly all the European countries. Were the government of the United States to expend millions every year it would still be a long while before Uncle Sam could rank his roads in the same class with those of John Bull. In addition to the ad vantages generally recognized as in- separable from good highways, meth- ods of communication would be cheap- ened and bicycles become an ordinary means of conveyance in the country as well as city. Machines driven by electricity would gradually come to supersede the horse. This would re- quire rnore elevating. manual labor in the manufacture of all the machinery needed to replace the horse. In Eng- land, France and Germany the roads already admit of the use of electrical vehicles, which are ‘ becoming more and more popular'each year. In some parts of Germany it is said that farm produce is now being transported on electric wagons. The use of electric- ity as a motive power is as yet but imperfectly understood and the con-' struction of horseless carriages is still "~11 its merest infancy. Great develop- ments may confidently be expected here in this line, but American inge- nuity will be hampered until highways Ire constructed over which it will be feasible for such vehicles to travel. Empty Talk Higgins Hall—Have you heard that empty box story? ' Rustic Bridge—No. Higgins Hall—It’s just as well you haven’t; there’s nothing in it. —Chau- tauqua Assembly Herald. NOT HEF’. FRIEND. He—I met 111:3. Sneerwell. Friend 0’ yours. isn ’t she? She to1d me people at the hotel think 15011 9.1. d I are brother and sister. 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