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THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM
Testimony of Dr. HuidekOper Is
Taken by War Board.
GERTAIN C
Defence of the Bledical Officers at Camp
Thomas. Regimental Ofiicers Blamed.
The medical Stores Given Out in a
Parsimom‘o us Manner.
Washington, Nov. 15.—'The war in-
quiry commission resumed the exam-
ination of witnesses yesterday, with
Dr. R. S. Huidekoper, lieutenant colo-
nel of volunteers on the stand.
He said that he had occupied the po-
sition of chief medical officer of the
First army corps at Camp Typinas, at
Chickamauga Park, until the 23d of
July, when he went to Porto Rico with
General Brooke.
Speaking of the supply depot, he said
that there has a good supply of some
articles and a superabundance of oth-
ers at the beginning of the history of
Camp Thomas; but that this condition
of affairs did not long continue. He had
immediately undertaken to regulate re-
quisitions so as to equalize them in the
v' riousdivisions of the command.
lt one time he had to appeal to Gen-
r 3.1 Brooke to get the supplies neces-
: .ry, the deputy surgeon general in-
: :sting upon being guided by the sup~
ilies on the table, which was not a fair
test.
“Do you not know,” asked Dr. Con-
ner, “that there was a full supply of
medical stores at the depot at Lytle?”
“I know many articles were lack-
ing," the doctor replied, and added that
it” was not true, as had been stated,
that there was a full supply.
He had made~ constant representa-
tions to the surgeon general of the
shortage of supplies. He had never
t'urned down any requisitions from the
division hospitals, except on one occa-
sion, except when he knew that the
articles were not on hand.
He had refused his sanction to a re-
quisition for flooring for hOSpital tents
w ~en General Bro‘oke had expected to
m' do.
He contended that there had been a
sufficiency of tentage, saying that no
patients had been compelled to lie out
without covering for any length of
time.
It was true, however, that there were
occasions on which the sick men had
been kept for several days at a time
under the tent flies.
“The Second and Third division hos—
pitals,” he said, in reply toa question,
“were always clean and well ordered."
Both institutions were well built, but
they had suffered throughout for lack
pf proper attendance. There was never
a suflicient number of hospital corps
men.
On the other hand, the First division
hospital was not so well conducted.
for lack of discipline, due to the pros—
pect of removal. He had repeatedly
called attention to the lack of nurses.
and about the first of July there. was
an increase of hospital corps men in re-
sponse to his representations. The sup-
ply was never equal to the demand.
Reverting to the question of tentage,
Dr. Huidekoper said he knew, of his
own knowledge, that the surplus tent—
age at the reserve hospital was turned
over to the division hospitals, and that
tents had been held there to the detri-
ment of other hospitals.
Colonel Huidekcper said that he had
succeeded in getting supplies only by
being the first on hand, as the medical
depot was run in a very parsimonious
manner. There was not only a great
scarcity of important drugs, such as
quinine and opium, but a disposition on
the part of the purveyor not to give
out what there was.
Dr. Huidekoper said that, with a few
unimportant exceptions, the medical
supplies for the Porto Rican expedition
had been ample.
At Newport News he had given or—
ders that the sick men be eliminated
from the command, but he found that
the order had been evaded and sick
men taken aboard. This was especial-
ly true of the Third Illinois regiment.
whose surgeon, Dr. Huidekoper said.
had persisted from the start in break—
ing the spirit, if not the letter, of the
law. The regiment had left sick at
every town that it had visited.
Responding to a request from cx--
Governor Beaver, Dr. Huldekoper de-
tailed the particulars of his education
as a physician, giving also his experi-
ence in military service.
He said that he had graduated as a
physician from the University of Penn—
sylvania in 1874 and afterwards had
AMPS CRITICISED;
THE SUPPLIES AT SANTIAGO.
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Washington, D. C., Nov. 15.—The re-
port of Lieutenant Colonel Charles P.
the army, has been submitted to the
secretary of war.
It shows an expenditure of $6,008,715,
with a balance of $20,222,689 to the cred-
it of the bureau.
After detailing the conditions of the
commissary department audits organ—
ization for the war with Spain, Gen-
eral Eagan comes to the Santiago cam-
paign, of which he says:
“A very serious freight blockade at
and in the neighborhood of Tampa in
May and June, 1898, was caused by the
celerity with which the troops and their
supplies were concentrated at that
place in preparation for the invasion
of the island of Cuba. This blockade
was a matter of grave concern to the
subsistence department and it was only
after the most peremptory orders of the
commissary general of subsistence to
unload cars and to hire warehouses, if
necessary, that the officers of the de-
partment on the spot were enabled
with unflagging zeal and untiring en—
ergy so far to extricate the department
as to permit the! Fifth army corps,
when it sailed on June 14, to take a
supply of rations sufficient to last the
command of sixteen thousand en sted
men- for four months, and the se ding
on June 26, 27 and 28 of further sup-
plies." '
TROUBLE WITH MEXICO.
American‘Conductor Kidnapped and Con-
fined in a Jail.
Denver, Nov. 15.——'A special to the
News, from Nogqles, Arlz., says:
“Excitement exists heirecVer an epi-
sode which thggatens .0 result in in-
ternational complicatio . On Sunday
last James Temple, a co duotorlon the
New Mexico and Arizona Rail . 81y. was
attacked by Mexicans. In defend g
himself he shot John Arvalla fdtai, .
It occurred about wo thousand f‘ ct
north of the intern 'tional bound ry
line. Later he retu nod to his 119%,,
south of the line, an w . arrested
Mexican oflicers on a. c, ‘ge a} manger,
the law of Sonora. providing myths“!-
al of a person charged " th e _‘e
against a. Mexican citizen, ‘ on h t ‘e
crime may have beg]: committe , In a
foreign country. Friends 'of NT‘édifile
engaged an attorney, but the Mexican
authorities refused to allow the prison-
er to be seen.
“UnitedStates Consul J. F. Darnell
appealed to the state department at
Washington and received the following
telegram:_ j '
“Darnell, Consul, .Nogales, Aria:
“Have wired Legation at Mexico to
demand immediate release of Temple.
"HAY,
"Secretary of State.”
Temple is in prison at Magdalena.
No Conspiracy on the Buffalo.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 15.——The first
intimation that there has been any-
thing like an organized conspiracy to
prevent the sailing of the cruiser Buf—
falo reached the navy department by
way of the newspaper reports.
The officials give little credence to
this story. They say it is frequently
the case when a. vessel is hurried away
from the navy yard, after hasty re-
pairs, as was the Buffalo, things go
wrong to such an extent as to excite
suspicion in some minds that evil-min-
ded persons are responsible.
The finding of small articles belong—
ing to sailors inside of the condensers
is not of itself a fact unexplainable,
except upon the theory of conspiracy
to damage the ship.
Such things have often been inclosed
in boilers and cylinders by careless
workmen. The bad condition of the
valves referred to as an evidence of
tampering, is explained by the fact
that the machinery of the Buffalo suf-
fered much, not only from neglect, but
from bad handling, during the several
years she lay at anchor in Brazilian
waters. ,. _.
Arrival of the Obdam.
New York, Nov. 15.—The United
States transport Obdam arrived yes-
terday from San Juan and Ponce, Por-
to Rico, and Santiago, with seventy-
two convalescents, discharged soldiers,
and civilians.
There was but one death on board,
that of Elmer Hathaway of the Hos-
pital corps of the Santiago General
Hospital, who died of consumption on
November 1 and was buried at sea.
Hathaway's home was at Riley, Kan.
The Obdam brought the body of
C. D. Jacob, private of Company G,
; First United States volunteer cavalry,
1 who was killed at San Juan Hill, on
studied much in Paris, Berlin and oth-
er European capitals, and had had con- .
siderable experience in hospitals and in
general practice. He went to Europe a
second time‘ on the recommendation or
Dr. Hayes Agnew, who desired to cs-
tablish a veterinary hospital. After re-
turning to this country he went to New
York and was engaged largely in the
manufacture of toxines, only practis—
ing medicine in charity cases.
He had been a surgeon in the Penn-
syqlvania. National Guard from 187;
to 1893, being brigade surgeon most of
the time, covering the Homestead
strikes and the Johnstown flood.
The witness assertedthat the sick in '
Porto Rico had had good attention con-
tradicting the assertion of Colonel
Hartsuff that there had been negli-
gence. He said it was not true that
Dr. Hartsuff had taken charge of a
hospital, as the latter had stated, be-
cause of mismanagement.
Dr. Hartsui‘f' had volunteered to take
a hospital on one occasion, but the of—
fer had been declined, so that it was
all on paper.
“In fact,” the witness added, “Gen—
eral Brooke would have stopped him
if he had attempted to do so."
The Kaiser’s Progress.
Canes, Crete, Nov. 15.—The German
imperial yacht, Hohenzollern passed
Cretan waters at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning.
The dispatch boat Herta entered Su-
da bay in order to fetch dispatches for .
Emperor William.
Austrian Diplomat Going Away. .
New York. Nov. 15.-Baroh von Hen-
gelmuller, the Austrian ambassador at
Washington, will. start for Europe to-
day on-the North German Lloyd stea.
mei- Kaiser Wilhelm der Grouse.
July 1.
United States Supreme Court.
‘Washington, Nov. 15.——The United
States supreme court has affirmed the
judgment of the lower court and denied '
a writ of-habeas corpus in the case of
John Anderson, convicted and sentenc-
ed to be hanged after a trial at Nor-
folk, Va., for the‘murder of the mate
of the Olive Pecker.
Chief Justice Fuller, in announcing
the decision, held that Anderson had.
not been denied a constitutional right
in not having counsel of his own choice
at the trial.
The court adjourned for two weeks,
and when it reassembles will announce
the bankruptcy rule.
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The Government of Spain.
Madrid, Nov. 15.——Aragon has now
joined with the other provinces of
Spain in demanding the decentraliza-
tion of the government, on which sub-
ject a Catalonian deputation was re-
ceived in audience by the queen regent
yesterday.
The Aragonians, in presenting their
demands, point out that the “Anglo—
Saxons of America, aided by the Au-
glo-Saxons of Europe, have obliterated
half of Spain from the maps."
3 The Illness at Santiago. 4
Washington, D. C., Nov. 15.—The war
department has received a dispatch
from General Wood at Santiago giv-
ing the following sanitary report for
November 12:
one death from typhoid fever.
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T "In Wyok's Expenses.
T Albany, N. Y., Nov. 15.—Auguotus
. . Van Wyck, the Democratic candidate
for governor in the recent election, has
certified to the secretary of state that
- his election expenses were 3449.60.
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Report of Lieut.-Co_l. Charles P. Eagan. ,
Flag-an, commissary of subsistence of .
Total sick, 1,115; fever, all kinds, 511;
’ mews 110nm PLAGUE.
Keeps Thousands Awake in
and Around the
Norwalks.
The plague of the night.
Keeps you awake, can’t sleep a wink.
Bad enough to lose your rest.
But it is harder still to bear at work.
Breeds misery by night, profanity
by day.
Know what it is ?
The bane of all classes of people—
Itchiug Piles.-
Itch. Itch. Itch.
you crazy.
Hard to bear, hard to walk, hard to
sit down.
Itching away in any position, any
time.
Don’t. stand it any longer. .
There is relief for every one, prompt.
and permanent.
Dean’s Ointment relieves at. once.
Doan’s Ointment cures permanently.
Piles, eczema and all skin disorders.
Read this case: _
Mr. Lewis Snow, of 33 Prospect
street, Webster, Mass, says: "There
was a bad case of bleeding piles in my
family, which had resisted ordinary
efforts to cure. We were so favorably
impressed with the results obtained
from using Doan’s Kidney Pills that we
reasoned if what is claimed for them is
so thoroughly carried out why should
not the representations made for Doau’s
Ointment be equally true. We got a
box at a drug store and it stopped the
trouble. We consider both Doan’s
Ointment and Doan’s Kidney Pills val-
uable remedies and have no hesmition
in recommending them."
Just such emphatic endorsement is
plentiful in Nor-walk. Drop into Glen-
dcning‘ & Co. ’5 drug store and hear
what. their customers report to them.
Dean’s Ointment for sale‘by all deal-
ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-
Milburn 00., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name
Dean’s and take no substitute.
Nearly drives
, Pets Travel in Baskets.
Not to be (lob-erred from carrying:
Fido on.railroa(ls where dogs are not
alloWed, except in baggage cars, the
up-to—date woman has adopted an in-
genious device. Some of the large.
stores have been displaying unique
wicker baskets of a pattern and finish
which immediately attract the atten-
tion of the shopper. These baskets
are shaped like an ordinary market
basket, though finished a little more"
artistically, and are opened at one
end for ventilation, but barred by rat-
tan rails to prevent Fido from escap-
ing. Madam can carry her pet on
board a train and, provided the dog or
tabby makes no noise, she is free
from detection.
Other shops are showing bags
for cats, parrots, monkeys and dogs.
These bags come in all sizesfare oil‘
cloth lined, and shield the pet from
the conductor’s objecting eyes. Each
end of the satchel has heavy wire
gratings, which admit the air, and
may be instantly covered by canvas
screens in case a railroad oflicial
comes uncomfortably mean—«Philadel-
phia Press. *
Field Glass "I‘ll-4t Sfiow'é'bistancol.
The latest improvements in optical
instruments is a gauge attached to a
field glass and a prismatic lens in one
- of the barrels to determine the dis-
tance of an object. This is acrom
pl‘ished by producing two images of
. the object seen, one superimposed upon
the other. The prism creates the an-
gle which forms the basis for the
mathematical calculation of the dis-
t-ance, and the scale contains the so-
lution in advance of the geometrical
problem. On the barrels of the glass
are human figures—one of an inf-ant-
ryman and the other of a cavalryman
-—with a graduated scale. By observ-
ing the portion of the body against
Which the top of the second image is
projected and consulting the scale the
distance of the object is easily ascer-
tained. Of course the accuracy of the
! tes-t depends upon accurate focusing
of the glasses and careful observa-
tion.—Jeweler’s Weekly.
Spiced Her’b Vinegar.
This is a valuable addition to sauces
and salads, and a few drops added to a
‘ mince or hash will give it a piquant
' flavour. Put into a clean dry bottle
, one tablespoonful of finely-chopped
i chervil; one tablespoonful of tarragon,
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. also chOpped; one shallot, minced; one
dozen peppercorns; a salt~spoonful of
. celery-seed, and one clove of garlic;
pour over the herbs and spices half a
Q pint of the best French vinegar; cork
the bottle tightly and seal it with
wax. In a week or tendays strain the
vinegar through muslin into another,
bottle. It should be shaken two or
three times while the herbs are being
steeped in it.
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“This is the bill from youroculi-st."
said the collector to Mr. Grimley.
“Just take it back and tell him that
I can’t read it with those glasses he
sold me.”—Detroit Free Press.
Wickwire—Say, I have been carry-
, ing these i. 0. U.’s of yours until they
are almost worn out.
Mudge—Don’t they make a misera-
ble quality of paper nowadaysi—Oin-
cinnati Enquirer.
“animus
CELEBRATED
a. good stom—
ach. If the di-
gestive organs
are in fine
working or-
der, sickness
f is out of the
question.Good
health can be
regained and.
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{3' taking Hostet-
W en’s Stomach
Brt t e r s . It.
cures indiges-
tion, constipa-
tion and ’bil-
iousness.
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NAVAL ACTIVITY AT NORFOLK.
Large Shipment of Ammunition to Dow-
ey’s Fleet.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 15.——-The largest
shipment of ammunition made from
the government magazine since the
peace ‘protocol was signed was made
yesterday, when a train of the South-
ern Railroad left with 25,000 shells of
the six-pound size for Mare Island
navy yard, San Francisco.
From an official source it is learned
that the shells are intended for Rear
Admiral Dewey’s fleet at Manila.
Night and day work is now going on
on the gunboat Princeton, in pursuance
of an order of the navy department to
have her ready for sea as quickly as
possible.
The Princeton is to Join Rear Admi-
ral Schley’s eastern squadron, now
forming in Hampton Roads. .
Work is also being pushed on the
monitors Puritan and Terror so that
they may be available for service at
short notice.
The repairs to the San Francisco
may keep her here a year if no emer-
gency arises.
Dingley Says “No Revision.”
Washington, Nov. 15.—The Washing-
ton Post says that the war tax will not
be abolished at the coming short ses«
sion of Congress and that there will be
no revision of the tariff whatever. It
bases this announcement upon the pos-
itive statement made by Chairman
Dingley of the ways and means com-
mittee, who, in an interview, said:
"The government will need for some
time all the revenue produced by the
war taxes. During the month of Octo-
ber the war expenditures exceeded the
war revenue by some $14,000,000, and
this month they will be $10,000,000 in
excess. This being the case, there will
be no change this fiscal year. The war
revenue act will continue in force and
unchanged ,except, perhaps, in a few
minor administrative features, for at
least a year longer.
“It is hardly necessary to add,” con-
tinued Mr. Dingley, “that there will be
no revision of the tariff, although I
have seen some statement to the, effect
that such a revision is contemplated."
Croker’s Western Visit.
Chicago, Nov. 15.—Richard Croker,
the great Tammany leader, is here. In
an interview last evening he said:
“My visit to Chicago has nothing to
do with politics.‘ I am going to the
springs at West Baden, Indiana, for
rest and to try another cure for dys‘
pepsia. While I am in Chicago I shall
call on some of the boys who came to
New York to help elect Van Wyck
mayor. There is a friendly feeling be-
tween Mayor Harrison and myself, yOu
‘ know, and I shall see him to-morrow.
But there will be no politics in it. I
want to say that any stories about my
coming out here to form a political deal
with your mayor are wrong, all wrong.
I am seeking rest and health, nothing
more.”
Glass Factories Start Up.
Pittsburg, Pa, -Nov. 15.-—Window
glass factories. with a capacity ' of
about 1,100 pots, have started work and
nearly ten thousand men and boys are
earning their first money in more than
half a year.
Of the 1.900 pots controlled by the
American Glass Company, only about
500 were operated before the agreement
was reached Monday. The remaining
idle pots will be in complete working
order early this week.
Alexandria, Ind., Nov. 15.—After five
months’ idleness work was resumed at
the United De Pauw and Alexandria
Window Glass factories yesterday. One
thousand men will get employment.
Fire at Dawson.
S kaguay, Alaska, Nov. 15.——-Gold hun—
ters returning from the Klondike have
arrived here, bringing news that the
city of Dawson has been visited by a
$500,000 fire, in which forty buildings
were burned, including the new post-
oiiice and some of the best structures
in the city.
The fire began on the morning of Oc-
tober 16. . It started in the Green 'Tree
saloon as the result of a. row between
two women of the town.
Belle Mitchell threw a lighted lamp
at another woman. The lamp broke,
the oil spread, and in a few seconds
the building was on fire.
Miles Omitted an Important Order.
V‘Vashington, D. C., Nov. 15.—The
Washington Post says that‘ either by
accident or design General Miles in
his report omitted a dispatch which he
had himself caused to be issued on
May 9, contemplating the sending of all
the available army to cuba.
This order. it is asserted, was vetoed
by the president.
Put $5,000 in the Stove.
Kirkwood, 111., Nov; 15.-J. H. Laird,
a local merchant, yesterday had 85,000
in currency, wrapped up in a piece of
newspaper, to take to St. Louis.
He laid the package down in his bed
room while lie took a bath, and in his
absence 3. young daughter picked it up
with some other papers and burned it
n the stove.
Many Houses Burned.
Canonsburg, Pa., Nov. 15.—-This town
was'v’istted yesterday by a furious fire.
which, before it could be gotten under
control, wiped out fully a third of the '
business portion, two of the principal
hotels, many dwellings and did damage
estimated at $150,000.
No lives were lost as far as can be
ascertained.
Four Inches of Snow in Nebraska.
Omaha. Neb., Nov. 15.—Wet snow to
a. depth of four inches covers Nebras-
ka fields, though the weather is warm.
Snow fell all day Sunday throughout
wester nand central Nebraska.
The grain men- generally agree that
the present fall of snow is an excellent
thing.
To Favor Submarine Boat.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 15.—-Thc
members of the naval-inspection board'
have returned to, _Washlngton from
New York. 'where‘ they made ‘ 8.1 test
last Saturday of the Holland subma-
rine boat. The report of the board is
now in preparation and it Ills. under-
stood that it will be favorable.
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