\. x ABOUT FLORIDA CAMP Committee of War Commission Submits a Report. THEY FIND N0 FAULT Report of the Sub Committee of the Com- mission on the Florida Camp. The Committee Wm Favorably rlmpres‘sed With the Site. Jacksonville, Fla... Oct. 21.——Gen. J. Wilson and Capt. Howell, constituting the sub—committee appointed to visit and report upon the conditions at Camp Cuba Libre, made their report to the full commission yesterday. The following is the important part of the document: “We carefully examined the site of the camp of the Third Pennsylvania Volunteers, which it has been reported was a. trtopical- jungle, on worthless land until cleared, and upon clearing which the troops are said to have Worked like slaves until it was fit for a camp site. While your committee cannot state the condition of this land when the troops arrived, it found no a pearance of a tropical jungle in the . 'cinity. There were no evidences of 1 .ere having been serious work in pre- ) aring the camps, although. as is usu- :‘..I, there were small bushes, vines, and low palms here and there over the cap sites and adjacent land. “Altogether the committee was most favorably impressed with the charac- ter of the site selected. We visited and obtained from the County Clerk of Nassau county, Fla., Mr. George E. Wolff, a map showing the lands occu- pied by the troops, and his official certificate as to the ownership of the land. This certificate states that the greater part of the lands occupied re- verted to the state of Florida in June, 1897, by reason of unpaid taxes, and that no one by the name of Alger ever controlled any lands in the county of Nassau. as shown by the records, and that the land occupied by the Third Penn-sweets Wireless at Inner: dina as a camp was at the time the property of the state of Florida. “The water 'was piped without ex- penditure to the camp from Fernandi- na, being from an artesian well about 60 feet deep, the supply was unlimited. The water had a slight sulphur taste. which it is said some of the troops dis- liked, and occasionally used surface water. The locations of the hospitals pointed out to us, were on high ground well drained, and apparently well se- lected. The Mayor of Fernandina in- “formed us. that Major endley, the sur- geon in charge of the camp, had stated 'to him just before the troops left, that ~i:h_e number of sick was 540. l. “Your committee, therefore, has the ’honor to report that, in its opinion. ’the camp was well selected; that prob— ably the site was equal in all respects 'to any other that could have been found on the Florida coast. That from ”the information it obtained, and what it saw, it was far from being a tropical jungle, and that the certificate of the county clerk indicates that no govern- ment official was interested in the land; that the amount of work done in clearing the underbrush was no greater than might have been expected at al-r most any locality in the south, select- ed for camping purposes;_that the site was well drained, the water for drink- ing and cooking purposes good, and the bathing facilities at the sea» beach excellent.” Killed by a Chinese blob. Paris. October 2l.——-At the cabinet meeting yesterday the minister of for— eign affairs, M. Delcasse, read a dis- patch from‘the French minister at Pe- kin, M. Gerard, announcing that a French missionary and several Chinese Catholics have been‘ massacred or burned to death in a chapel at Pak- lung, in the south of China, by a riot- ous mob. M. Gerard immediately de~ manded reparation from the Chinese government, including pecuniary com- "pensation. M. Delcasse instructed M. Gerard to inform the Chinese foreign office that the French government will take ac- tion if China does not adopt measures absolutely guaranteeing the lives of the missionaries. San Juan Commiasmn’s Goodbye. San Juan; Porto Rico, Oct. 21,-— Judge Advocate Hunter has inducted into office five native Supreme Court Justices. The scene as the natrualiza- tion oath was administered to them was impressive. The new justices ap- pear to be very intelligent men, with a thorough understanding of their du- ties. ‘ The American and Spanish commit- tees met jointly for the purpose of ex- changing farewells and adjourned. Yellow Fever Refugee Dead, Warren, 0., Oct. 21.———Miss Beck, who recently came here from Mississippi to escape yellow fever, died yesterday. Her death is believed to have been caused by yellow fever. There was a severe frost throughout this section ‘last evening and there appears to be no danger of the disease spreading. Harold Frederic’s Death, London, October 21.—The remains of Harold Frederic, the. newspaper corre- spondent and author, will be cremated at Woking cemetery. It has been learned that Mr. Frederic has been in the hands of Christian Scientists and that a doctor was only summoned to attend him a. few days ago. Russian Fugitive Arrested. Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 21.—Ivan Kraus, an oflalcer of the Russian army at Port Arthur, China, who; arrived lure on board the steamship'Empress offlapan as a stowaway, has been ar- rested. Kraus was discovered making maps and plans of the fortifications at Port Arthur and fled. ~ ‘ _————————— l British Warship Launched. London, Oct.‘ 21.—-The third-class cruiser Prometheus was successfully launched from the dockyards at. Hull yesterday, with all aboard. She is a vessel of 2.135 tons and 7,000 indicated horse-power and willcarry eight guns. 2. --..-_..-.. 1 . —-. . _ of her machinery- T H m ous RULE m'p‘om aloof Gen. Brooke Installed in the Palace at ’ ' San Juan. city remains orderly, and all is quiet elsewhere. Major-Gen. Henry re- mains as commander of the district of Ponce. Brig-Gen. Grant has been ap- pointed commander of the district of San Juan. Senores Rivera, Blanco, Lopez, and Carbonnel, Ministers of the insular government, have tendered their res- ignations to Gen. Brooke, saying that .they will perform their functions, if desired, until their successors are ap- pointed. The first general order issued by Gen. Brooke is a. difinified document, and has been well received by the peo- pie. The postoi‘fice here, under American auspices, is being established with all possible haste. United States Special C‘ommissioner Carroll arrived here Wednesday on board the steamer Panama. ' Plague Scare In Vienna. Vienna, Oct. 21.—The death of Barisch, the employe in the bacteriolo- gical department of Professor Noth- nagle's establishment, who contracted the bubonic plague here while assist- ing in cultivating the plague bacillus for purpose of scintific in investigation, has almost created a plague panic in Vienna. The body was buried with re- markable precautions, it having been soaked in disinfectants and placed in a double metal coffin, carefully sol- dered. Barisch’s two nurses have developed alarming symptoms. They have been isolated. His duties in the Nothnagle estab- lishment were to cleff and feed the rabbits, rats and guinea pigs that were the supjectsof experimental inocula- tion. His-widow says that familiarity with danger made him careless. Tr'nln Killed Three Boys- fl Buffalo, Oct.. 21.—William Berner, Fred Berner, and Charles Coatswrith, three. young schoolboys of Cheektowa— ga, were killed-.byn-a fast passenger train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad in that township. . The boys Were stealing a ride on a freight train and jumped off, landing on another track directly in front of the passenger train. Their bodies were horribly mangled. ‘ f‘ ' .k We Need Swlfl: Ships. Washington. Oct. 21.-—Engineer-in- Chief Melville, in his annual report, says the war showed the necessity of high speed in battle-ships and of the training of engineers. He lays stress on the help rendered by the repair ship Vulvan off Santiago. ' The torpedo. boats showed a long list of accidents and he thinks they cannot be safely used as blockade ships. He advocates the water tube boiler. 40 Chlldl'au In Peril. Putnam, Conn., Oct. 2l.—The Wind- ham County Children's'= Home, at ' Thompson was totally destroyed by a. fire yesterday. . The fire started in the barn and quickly extended to the house by way of the connecting sheds- The forty odd children in the home were saved. The loss is estimated at $15,000, partly covered by insurance. \I’oman Commits Murder. Naugatuck, Conn, Oct. 21.—Mrs. An- geline Rose, aged 21 years, was mur- dered yesterday forenoon by Mrs. Marie Pompanio, aged 25. The two women. who are Italians, quarrellcd and Mrs. Pompanio stabbed Mrs. Ros-3 in the side with a table knife. The murderess gave herself up to the au- thorities. Thief Caught: lilile Einiseli‘. Omaha, Oct. 21.—An unknown _man has committed suicide in the Public Library here under mysterious circum- stances. Everything points to the fact that he hid himself in the building the night before with the intention of tak- ' ing the Byron Reid collection of coins. When detection and capture confronted him he fireda bullet into his brain. Dr Brooks Finds 3 Geneva, N. Y., Oct. 21.—-Dr. William R. Brooks, director of Smith Observa- tory, has discovered a. new comet. Its position is right ascension, 14 hours, 33 minutes; declination, north 60 rio— grees, 26 minutes; motion, southeaster- ly. .The comet is large, round, and bright. This is the twenty-first comet discovered by Brooks. Cum r-t Three Killed 0n Torpebo Boat. Astoria, Ore., "Oct. 21.—The torpedo boat Davis, which started on its Official trial trip yesterday, was disabled by the burstingof several boiler tubes. Eight of the crew were badly scalded. and three of them died soon after reaching. here. McNeeley, P. Luitho and H. Wood. Balloted All Night. for Congressman. Boston, Oct. 21.—The Tenth District Democratic Congressional Convention after a session lasting until after day- break. yeterday morning, nominated Henry F. Naphen. Boardman Hall led from the beginning to the final bal- lot. . , Steamboat Sinks a Tugbont. Cleveland, Oct. 21.--The tugboat L. P. Smith was sunk in the harbor yes- terday by the steamboat Olympia. Fireman James McCarthy was drown- ed and Capt. William Colter and Pat- rick Donaldson had e. narrow escape from death. The Captain and engi- neer were picked up by the Olympia’s boats. 3500.000 Loss by FIII'O. , St. Louis, Oct. 21.—A special to th Post-Dispatch from Dallas, Tex., says that the extensive-plant of the Texas Drug Company in that city'Was burned yesterday. The loss is estimated a: $500,000. ' Comes to Register, . Chicago, Oct. .21.—Secreta.ry Bliss. of ,the Interior, will leave. the President‘s party to-morrow and go direct to New, York, in order to register on Satur- day. __v .4. ..-— San Juan, Porto Rico, Oct.- 21.-—The_ ‘ The dead were C.’ " .4; And the EvanninG GazET many ways it manifests itself, such as Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Swelling of the Joints, Enlarged Glands, and other similar derangements are cuaeo BYs * SMITH’S ’ l reen Mounta RENOVATOR. . Scorfula is a. disease that is due to hereditary causes. Sufferers from scrofulous troubles should check the ravages of this terrible malady. People who are so afliicted T. u should bear in mind that they are not only endangering ‘ - their own health and shortening their own lives by letting this disease have its course, but they are also laying up untold troubles for future generations. Scrofula besides manifesting itself in all sorts of facial eruptions and vari- ous sores on the body, also attacks the‘great internal organs and causes death by such diseases as scrofulous kidney trouble, scrofulous consumption and - numerous other ills. If you are a sufferer from this affection, take surely and quickly Smith’s Green Mountain Renovator. ,HERES PROOF Sufferers from rheumatism. It will cure you. “I was covered with boils and carbuncles. - was an extremely severe one. My trouble originated from a scrofulous taint in my blood. I obtained no relief from the physician’s prescriptions, but was promptly cured by taking Smith’s Green Mountain Renovator.” statement was made by Mr. Babcock of the firm of Bab- cock & Cutler, Montpelier, Vt. “ I suffered the most-terrible agony with inflammatory _ I also had a disgusting running Sore on my hip. Nothing did me any good until I took Smith’s Green Mountain Renovator. medicine in eight weeks. H.G. DAY,Attica, Green 00. ,Wis.” scrofula, or blood poison that is contracted, even syphilis, My case The above I cured myself with this wonderful can be cured quickly and positively by taking Smith’s Green Mountain Reno- vator. It acts in the most marvelous manner and is never known to do any harm, as it is purely vegetable. Every bottle of Smith’s Green Mountain Ren- ovator is sold under a guarantee. HE KEPT Hla SEAT. E. “'as Unacquolnted \‘Jth the Ways of ~ Some l’ewnolllers. A man who had not been to church for a very long time finally hearkenco to the persuasions of his wife. and dc- 'ci_ded to go, says Tit-Bits. He gm the. family all together and they stern-r) early. Arriving at the church than; were very few people in it, and no pm:- holders at hand. so the man led his family well up the aisle, and took po» session of a nice pew. Just as the service was about to lie-- glnfla pompous-looking old man can“: in, walked up to the door of that pew. and stood there exhibiting evident surprise that it was occupied. The oc- cupants moved over and offered him room to sit down, but he declined to lu- seated. Finally, the old man produced a card, and wrote upon it with a pen- oil: “I pay for this pew." ‘ He gave the card to the strange oc- cupant. who, had he been like most. people, would have at once got up :mv' left. But the intruder adjusted his glasses, and, with a smile, rem] the card. Then he calmly wrote beneath it. . “How much do you pay a year." To this inquiry the pompous old gentleman, still standing, wron- abruptly: “Ten pounds.” The stranger smiled as though he were pleased, looked round to compare the pew with others. admired its nice cushions and furnishings. and wrote- back: “I don’t blame you. It is well worth It.” The pompous old gentleman at that stage collapsed into his seat. Lincoln’s Famous Letter. A copy of the following letter of Abraham Lincoln, written to a Mrs. Bixby, of Boston, has con engrossed, framed and hung in one of the Oxford University (England) halls, as “a specimen of the purest English and elegant diction extant: Dear Madam: I have been shown .l the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the moth- (11' of five sons who have died glori’ cusly on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to be- guile you from grief of a. loss so over- whelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may as— suage the anguish of your bereave- ment and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the hltar of freedom. Yours very sincere- ly and respectfully, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. . Incomplete Annals. .' “See here, Lucy. in your war scrap book you’ve left out the hottest part2" “What?” “The speeches made by our Con- gressmen before war was, declared”: Detroit Free Press. Babies in Holland. Babies have a comfortable time enough in Holland. where the cramp. ing swaddling pillow is replaced by English layettes. It is, however, ex- pensive to know too many, for every Woman who visitsvor is visited by nurse and infant for the first time, must give the former at least five shil- lings. ,. ‘ bottom. Surgery on Snakes. Snakes in captivity, it seems, some times find difficulty in getting rid of the .skin which is shed every year. An Austrialian diamond snake in the Bom- ' bay Museum-which appeared likely to succumb, was quite blind and re- qued all food. A European sympa- thizer therefore pressed the native snake keeper into service to hold the snake. and himself, with a pair of sharp-pointed scissors. performed the delicate and risky operation of clip ping away the membrane which ad- hered to the eyes. J. M. Phipson, editor of the Journal of the Bombay Natual History Soci- ety, performed a far more dangerous operation a couple of years ago. ~His patient was a large hamadryad, 01' king cobra, the most vicious and poi- sonous of all Indian snakes, and :1 most powerful creature to boot. Mr. - Phipson gripped the king cobra round the neck and a native literally held "on for his life further down, and when the reptiles struggles were over 'a third man, armed with a surgeon's scalpel. removed eight layers of membrane from each eye—London Sketch. Orgundie Gowns. Some of the expensive organdio gowns made by Doucet, Hentenaar, Wellle and other French couturiers have the skirts formed with deep hip yokes of white or cream colored em- broidbry. The wide flounce of organdie is shirred to this yoke, and has only a broad hem and a few tucks at the The waist has long, close sleeves and a guimpe of elegant em- broidery, or sometimes the guimpe is omitted, and 3. Marie Antoinette fichu is the only decoration on the plain bodice—this of the organdie trimmed with frills of the embroidery. The folds of the fichu cross the front in sur- plice form, and are tied at the back with long ends that fall nearly to the skirt hem. These ends give a pretty finish to the back of the gown, and do not hide the pretty yoke effect of the dress skirt in front. STE'I'T a flavor Mind "0 R3 the head if CELEBRATE]: it aches or ' ' " feels d i z z y. T h e trouble isn’t t h ere. Never mi 11 d the mouth if it tastes badly. ',. The trouble is low er down—— ,- in the stomach H o s t e t ter’s stomach Bit- ters is what you . need to make you well. l Bum-"(5 Beware of Imitations —~ in ,‘ e THE YEAR ’ CRIBING ‘ ' FOR THE um. ' um ~ .. AND N. Y. WEEKLYTBIBU: E. 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