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LAND VOL. XLVI. NO. 24. EOCK ISL.AIND, rLL.., SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1898. PRICE THREE CENTS. ROCK ARGUS. SCHLEY A REAL HERO, Throngs Greet the Victor of the Santiago Harbor Battle. AHD FAIE OSES KISS HIM. A 4 m 1 rm 1 filren a Des erred Ovation Commission Noon to Ball for Porto Kico President Starts for Camp Meade ' Day ioe Home to Ohio to Kest I n til His Start for Paris Sept. 1 7. Washington. Anz. 27. Admiral Schley receive! a great demonstration at the navy department today. The officer and clerks of the state, war and navv departments crowded the corridors leading to the nary depart ment until it was impossible to pan through. When the admiral appeared all attempted to shake his hand. The l:uly clerks were even more demonstra tive and the admiral was kissed hy old and young without discrimination. The Porto Kican military commis sion will sail for I'orto Hico on the Snacca. now one of the vessels of the war department, but which will prol- ably le transferred to the navy Schley will hoist his tlajr on her while the Brooklyn will lie dockol for re pairs. nu t erins roK food. Eighth Ohio, of (Uarrrtson's llrtgads. With Men Mick anft HnuKry. New York. Aur. '21. When the 8th Hiio landed, nearly were reported hick and were sent to the jreneral hos pital, lint it developed that 170 of the sick" men were sulTering from hunger. When they were fed they were able to leave the hospitals. They repeated the stories of hardship en countered coming up from Cuba, and said it was almost impossible to gat food. One hundred and fifty men in the general hospital were allowed to go on tiO days' furloughs, as they had improved. Some of t he nurbcs in the general hospital at Camp WikofT are suffering from dysentery. Orders were issued todav that thev be iriveii more time to themselves iu whioh to exercise, bathe and rest. More ;:urc arri vh! today xml will reach camp ready to take the places of thoM; overworked until all needed are there. TAN NEK IN WASHINGTON. Ciets Three More Illinois Keiclments Mas tered Oat. Washington. Aug. 27. Cov. Tan ner, of Illinois, is at the war depart ment, and as a result of a talk with him. Adjt. (ien. Corbin issued orders to muster out the 1st. 5th ami 7th Illinois. The governor says matters are proceeding very satisfactorily be tween the state ami government for the settlement of the state's claim for expenses incurred in organizing vol unteers for the Spanish war. Alger arrived from Montauk Point at H. drove to the White House and had half an hour's conference with the president in regard to the condi tions at Camp WikofT. The President Vacation. Washington, -"g- -7. The presi dent ami Mrs. McKinley left Washing ton this morning for Somerset. Pa., where they will spend some days with Abncr McKinley. the president's brother. Harrisburg. Aug. 27. The McKin ley party arrived this afternoon. A large crod was at the station. The president held an impromptu recep tion of 10 minutes and then left for Camp Meade. TIIK KKLItiHH S PKOHLKM. letter Addressed to President McKinley as ; to the Philippines. London. Aug. -7. The Philippine lands committee in Lurope has ad dressed a letter to President McKinley rcirardinir the apieals made to him by high Kom.tn Catholic ecclesiastics in America to protect the religions in the islands, the expulsionof the mars U.yml saaksa tna fsssl para. arhplsss aaa" aaUUoaa POWDER Absolutely Pur etc. The committee contends that it is '-a necessary antecedent to moral sanitation." The letter Dames par ticularly the archbishop of Manila and the bishops of Xueva. Sagovia and Enueva Caseros. "whose acts of hostility against loth the natives and Americans and against the Jesuits and other respected religious institutions are condemned by every one.'" Day to Kest 1 ntll Sept. 1 7. Canton. Ohio. Aug. 27. Secretary of State Day arrived today to rest till the start for Paris as a member of the peace commission Sept. 17. Yellow Fever In Mexico. Vera Cruz. Mexico, Aug. 27. Sev eral cases of yellow fever have ap peared , and strict sanitary precau tions have lieen taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Peasants Killed. Feggio, Italy, Aug. 27. During a heavy thunderstorm 20 peasants sought shelter in an old house in the suburbs. The building collapsed and 18 were killed. BruLx Is Not Foundered. Paris. Aug. 27. The report that the French armored cruiser Uruix had foundered in the Indian ocean is with out foundation. The Iiruix is now at Saigon, the capital of Krench Cochin, China. Merely a inversion. Washington. Aug. 27.--The presi dent appointed the following ost masters for Iowa: W. W. Overhol zer. Ireton; C. D. llellen. Webster City. PTTHIANS ELECTA CHANCELLOR iatnple.of Pennsylvania, Oot It Endow ment Bank Talk Prizes Awarded. Indiana pcli?. Aug. 27. The supreme Wee Knights of I'ythias adjourned yesterday's session at 7 o'clock last evening after havinir elected the; fol lowing ollloers: Supri-me chancellor, Thomas C iiunple. Allfshrny, Pa.; su preme vice chamellor. Osdcn II. Feath ers, WlFcoruin. The other officers will be electeJ today. Much of the morning session of the supreme lodge was de voted to the consideration of the report of John A. Mlnscy. supreme oreanizer of the cndowinf-nt rank. of the cond.tlon of that organisation. It was ordered printed. Vague rumors were tloating aliout amor.jr the supreme representa tives as to the condition cf the endow ment rank, and this is why the report was wanteJ. The Rathbone Sisters' elected the fol lowing officers: Sui-reni" chief. Mrs. Jeanette It. S. Xeuhert. Kansas City; rupreme mititnss cf records and corre spondence, Jlrs. M. D. Woods, Kansas City. Camp Coirrnve Is a'.most a thing op the past. The last formality was the award of prizes yesterday as frllows: Class A First nrize Sl.'.OO. John IJarr f;ien company. Kau Claire. Ais.; sec ond t'.rize, $1,200. Terre Haute. Ir.d., com pany No. 3; third prize. $1,000. Kala mazoo. Mich., company No. 9. The gen eral prize. Jewel valued at $100. for the lest company commander of this class was awarded to Captain Con Terge, of the John I'.arr Olen company. Clas E First prize. $".00, Couer d Leon company, Lancaster. O.; seror.d prize. $4f0. Vigo company No. SI. Terre Haute. The awarding cf prizes to the sub ordinate lodges of Indiana for good showing in thestret parade was fo: lows: Darlington. Ind.. lodge, first prize. $4: Hatfield No. 433. Newton. Ind.. Herald prize $200; Center lodge, IndianapoTis. third prize. $150. OUTLOOK CONTINUES GOOD. Favorable Features Dominate the Trade Situation Advanrkig Prices. New Yoik. Aug. 27t Bradstreets' rays: Rush ess conditions In the main reflect the continuance of most of the favorably features hitherto domIHtlng the trade situation in the more favored sections of the country. Prominent In this direction are the iron and steel ajid allied industries, in which active demand, pre set t or pr. soective. has led to further price advances; sustained and even increased activity in distribution at most wttstern markets, with some Improvement likewise noted at the south and on the Pacific coast; steadi ness In prices wheat, corn and cotton, however, excepted; a reduced number of business failures, fair sains in rail road earnings as a whole, and bank clearings showing heavy gains over all corresponding periods in previous years. The less favorable elements In the situation are the reports of arrested or smaller than expected trade at east ern market, more p-irtxularly in tex tile lines; lowered quotations and ap tarer.tly lessactivedemand from abroad for our c treat products, and reduced prices pid for the south's great staple, raw cottn. In the Iron ar.d steel trade the strep.sth develored has been nota ble. Business failures in the I'nitei States this week number 172. against 133 last week. 210 In this week a year ago. 320 In 196, 1&0 in 1S35 and 19:! in 1S&1. Scores on the IMamuud. Chicago. Aug. 27. League records on the diamond ys:erd.ty wt-re as follows: At Cleveland New York 8. Cleveland 1; at Pittsburg Brooklyn 3. Pittsburg 2; at Louisville Philadelphia 3. Louis ville 5; at Cincinnati Baltimore 0. Cin cinnati 10: at St. Louis Washington S, St. Louis 3; at Chicago Boston 2. Chicago X Western league: At Milwaukee Minr.eaiolis 0. Milwaukee 2; at Indian apolis St. Paul 4. Ind anapo'Is 2; at De troit Ka'nscs City 8. Lvtroit Perry Heath Heme Again. Washington. Aug. 27. Perry Heath, first assistant postmaster general, re turned to Washington yesterday mu h improved in health from a trip to Eu rope. No other preparation has ever done so many people so muca pood as Hood's Ssrsaparilla. America's great est lnedieite. COMMISSION AMD Last Two to Talk Peace with Spain Are Justice White and Whitelaw Reid. BOTH HAVE ACCEPTED THE TASK. Secretary Day Goes Home to Prepare for His Trip to Paris -Secretaries of tlie Commission Selected War Department Comment on the Stories of Alleged In necessary Suffering of the Soldiers Of ficials Keady for Any Investigation That May Be Ordered. Washington. Aug. 27. Secretary I?ay, at 5 p. m., yesterday announced that Justice White, of the supreme court, had accepted a peace commissioner ship, and that all now have accepted rind the peace commission stands com pleted. The other commissioner la ASSOCIATK Jl'STICE WHITE. Whitelaw Jlcid, editor of The New York Tribune. T.ie cabinet was in s-'ssion two hours yesterday and uevoted a large share of tli? time to mattf-rs which will come before the peace commission. The membership of the commission being completed Secretary Pay arranged to leave for Canton in order to make his personal preparations for the trip to Paris. He will be accompanied abroad by Mrs. Day. who has entirely recov ered from her recent illness. The sec retary has already shipped to Canton a number of his personal effects In anticipation of his early retirement from the head of the state department. Attache of the Commission. The following attaches of the peace commission have been selected and will be appointed by the president: John Moore, of Massachusetts, now assistant secretary cf state, to be secretary of the commission; and J. It. MacArthur. of New York, to be assistant secre tary. MacArthur was formerly first sec retary of the United States legation at Madrid, and Is now on special duty at the state department. He has had con siderable experience in work of a dip lomatic nature. These appointments were decided on by the president yes terday afternoon. I1KING OX YOI K INOI IMTOIW. War Department OIBcers on the Alleged Suffering of Soldier. Washington, Aug. 27. Oenetal Cor bin, adjutant general of the army, says no complaint has reached the war de partment from any major general, brigadier general, colonel or men of the army regarding want or destitution or lack of supplies for the care of the troops. No demand has been made for supplies other than the regular requisi tions for troops which come in the ordi nary routine way. CJeneral Corbin de clined to be interviewed on the subject cf the many stories afloat regarding destitution and mistnanagtment of the war. saying that the facts will come out in due time, and the people will see for themselves what was done. The whole department is greatly stirred over the many newspaier accounts of what has been going on. and it was the subject of disc ussion everywhere about the war department, but apparently each head of a bureau believes that an investiga tion of the subject will vindicate him and his department. The officers in Washington say that the accounts of suffering have been ex aggerated, but if there has been suf fering further than the incidents of war naturally would bring about the fault has not been with the officers In the department here. Kach officer pro fesses to be ready'and willing that there should be an investigation. Some offi cers say It will be necessary and wel come a complete congressional Inquiry which will bring out all the facts. One of the complaints which had been made was in regard to the Eighth Kew York at Chlckamauga. It is stated at the war department that General Boynton, in command at Chlckamauga, had been ordered to make a thorough and complete Investi gation of the hospitals at that place1 to ascertain how the men have fared, ar.d report all the facts to the department. If there have been any shortcomings he Is instructed to ascertain who Is respon sible and to Include the names of those found faulty In his report. Officers of the war department deprecate the man ner In which complaints have been made, on the ground that the whole matter will discredit the American army and have a bad effect on dis cipline. The soldiers, they say. will be made to believe that they have been badly treated, that they are being Imposed upon, and at some juncture it may re sult in mutiny and insubordination, for thereason that the troops in case of some order which seerrs especially hard will take matters into their own hands. claiming that the people are with them. It Is claimed that if the stories are all true it will indicate that the American army is of really little account and can not hear hardships. "War is a tragedy, from one end to the other." said a prominent officer of the department. "There were some people 7o thought It .asi.i.'nic, and that me- war Ta'Cuba was to be a noil day time in Cuba. No man who knew anything about the climate, the difflcul ties ar.d the trials which would have to be undergone felt that way. They ex pected hardship, expected that the troops would eater the portals of dan ger and death, would have to face bul lets and fever. It Is only wonderful that we have got. off so easily. Our losses are less than expected when the war began." CONDITION OF CAMP WIKOFT. No Justification for the Complaints Made, Says Secretary Alger. New York. Aug. 27. Secretary Alger arrived in this city last night. In an Interview he said: "I did not find the condition of Camp WikofT nearly as bad as I had expected. I cannot see that there Is any jastification In the talk that eithar the ill or the well soldiers are not properly treated. I think there are sufficient accommodations for all soldiers who will go to Camp Wikoff, and especially now that so many there hare been given furloughs." Secretary Alger wa9 asked "How do you aecountfor the confusion and lack af facilities at Camp Wikoff?" To this General Alger replied: "Did you ever go into camp with 100, or even fifty, men? If so you know there is much confusion with that number of men. What do you suppose it must be then with thousands? To a person who knows but little about soldiering there may appear to be much confusion and privation, but It is only what is to be expected in roughing it. On many occa sions I myself have been In camp and have encountered these things. I found many soldiers lying with nothing but a blankot between them and the ground. Still there were thousands of bags in camp. I asked the men why they did not fill, the bags with straw, of which there were a laj-ge quantity In camp, and so make beds for themselves. They said they had not thought of such a thing." "Then," the Secretary was asked ajrain, "you cdpot see that there Is Justification in the complaints which have been made?" "None." he replied. "If there was any lack of medicines or necessary supplies the blame would be on those whose duty It was to order these things. The first day I went through the detention hos pital and later the general hospital, and I talked with nearly every man who was awake. I said to all of them. 'Boys, is there anything you want?' They all answered, 'Nothing; we are quite com fortable.' " SCI1LKY GIVEN AN OVATION. Admiral Arrives at Washington and Sees the Preitident- Washington, Aug. 27. Admiral Schley arrived here yesterday afternoon and drove Immediately to his hotel. The admiral and Mrs. Schley when they appeared were greeted with cheers and shouts of '"Hurrah for Schley. Everybody Joined in the shouting and the station Joined in the shouting and admiral and insisted on a handshake. At the gates the arowds increased and amid deafening cheers the admiral and his wife, the former with hat off, passed through two solid lines of- people. A lieutenant and squad of police with dif ficulty cleared a passageway to the car riage which was in waiting. Th eadrniral staytvl only a few rr.hi utes at the hotel and then drove over to the navy department, where without any preliminaries he reported directly to Acting Secretary Allen. The latter accorr.anied him over to the White House reaching there at 4:50. The president gave him a most cordial reception. thanked him for the success of the fight with Cervera's fleet, had him "tell the story o'er." and then discussed his duties on the commission for the evacuation of Porto Rico. DO"NT WANT TO COME HOME, 4 The Men of the First WisroiiKin, but Gov. Scofield Snys They Mini. Madison, WTis., Aug. 27. Some oppo sition has developed to the mustering out of the First Wisconsin volunteers, and Governor Scofield has received a telegram fr&m Ctlonel S. P. Schadel of that regiment, in which he says that the men are practically immune now and prefer to remain in the service in the hope of being sent to Porto Kico in place of those who are invalided from there. Later a telegram was received from General Fitzhugh Lee asking if it could not be arranged that one of the Wisconsin regiments in Porto Kico be mustered out instead of the First. He said the First Wisconsin was one of the best regiments in his command, and he. was anxious to retain it. Governor ScofieM telegraphed General Lee that the two'regiments most avail able for mustering out were the Fourth, at Camp Dourlas, and the First, at Jacksonville. He declined to change his recommendation that the First ar.d Fourth be the two regiments mustered out. The colonels of these regiments are the juniors of the other co'.or.els. Died ou the Voyage from Santiago. Washington. Aug. The transports Yucatan. Hudson and Catalina ar rived at Mortauk Point yesterday with several hundred men from Santiago. Fourteen deaths occurred cn the voy age, including the following: Ralph Lahlan. private, company G, First Il linois; Charles Wheaton. private, com pany L. Thirty-third Michigan; It. A. Jones, private, company L, Thirty third Michigan; Fred P. Huston, com pany B. First Illinois; Guy Thorn, pri vate, company H, First Illinois. Fatal Melee at Manila. Manila. Aug. 2". In a melee at Cavite caused by a Fnited States soldier dis charging Us pistol in the street for fun the following soldiers were shot: TroQ,per George . Hudson. mortally wounded; Corporal William Anderson, slightly wounded; Trooper Landon. i Trooper Nachbar, Trooper Conolly and Trooper Doyle, slightly hurt. The na tives misunderstood the act of the sol dier In firin? his pistol and a riot en sued. - m-S Werfm Tn st limp Meade. MlJdletown. Pa., i Aug. 27. The Sev enth Illinois; has arrived at CampMeade from Thoroughfare Gap. The One Hun dred and Fifty-ninth Indiana will be In tomorrow. 4 ' FIRE If A COAL MINE. Narrow Escape of the Miners from Roasting to Death in the Flames. SHAFT AST) HOIST BURNED OUT. Perilous and Painful Journey Through the Horning Mine to the Air Shaft. Where Keseoe Was Effected A Number of the Men Badly Scorched on the Way, Two Perhaps Fatally Explosion of Fire woaks Injures Six, One Very Seriously. Danville, Ills., Aug. 27. The large coal mine operated by A. H. Bonnett caught fire early yesterday morning and burned until 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Kight een men were in the mine at the tima and barely escaped with thir lives. When the alarm was given the entira force rushed to the shaft and found it In flames. The cage and cable were soon burned. For a time death stared them in the face. They resolved to try the air shaft at the other end of the mine and started to fight their way through the dense smoke and fire. The props were all ablaze, and huge lumps of coal on fire added to the intense heat. Soma fought manfully while others sank ex hausted and had to be carried on by their companions. Burning and bruised they literally crawled over red hot coals and timber until their bodies were one mass of wounds. When they reached the air shaft they were drawn up by mear.s of ropes. Two Lives Are In Danger. Many of them were so completely ex hausted that they had to tie ropes around their bodies in order to get them out. Charles Hatfield and son were among those who were seriously burned. They were brought Into the city. but the physicians are unable to state hether they will recover. The mules and horses used in the mine for team ing were all cremated. After the main shaft burned there was no possible way to get the animals out, as the air shaft through which the men escaped whs too small. Twenty-five hundred tonsof lump coal which was mined was consumed, besides all the tools and machinery used in the operation of the mine. The mine is practically worthless, and will prob ably never be worked again. TEKRIHLE DISASTER IN ALASKA. Explosion Cxi a Steamer Causes the Lou of Two Score Lives. San Francisco, Aug. 27. News has been received here confirming the re ported loss of the stern wheeler Stick een Chief. A letter received "from Juneau dated Aug. 10 brings the con firmatory news nrd further said that the disaster wai doubtless caused by an explosion and that the crew and passengers, numbering forty-three per sons, were undoubtedly lost. The Dora aved a dog which was floating on a piece of wreckage. That It was an ex ijosion that caused the. Ios3 is inferred 5? Lonj Pants School Suits 12 to 18 Years. I You can save about 100 per cent if you buy your boy a suit now, and its just about school time. 8? 15.00 Long Pants School Suits 12 to 18 Years. J7.50 by the Dora's crew from the fact that most of the wreckage was broken into small bits. TON OF riREWOHKS EXPLODES. Six Persons Hurt, One of WIioui Has a Good Chanee of Dying. Minneapolis. Aug. 27. Six persons, one of whom may die. were injured in the explosion of nearly a ton of fire works in the manufacturing plant of Oeorge W. Porter yesterday afternoon. The names of those injured are: Mar tha E. Betcher, will probably die: Mrs. J. Ginsburg, seriously burned; Emma Betcher, slight burns: August Kloehn, ankle bones broken: A. Grlswold. leg injured; W. J. Krussow. slightly burned, and both ankles sprained. Buried In a Sewer Tiench. Manitowoc, Wis., Aug. 27. A part of the excavation being made on Wash ington street for the city sewer cave.I in, burning two of the workmen, Wen zel Stcfndl, of Appleton. and John Pet erson, of this city. Peterson was dug out first and escaped with a bruised back and slight internal injuries, but it required nearly an hour's hard work to get out Stelndl.. He was taken to the hospital and at the last hearing was still unconscious, though there is some chance of his recovery. His injuries are mostly internal, the only fracture being a broken color bone. Impaled llini-elf on a Fork. Klk drove. Wis.. Aug. 27. Charles Hinds, one of Klk Grove's prosperous farmers, had just finished stacking oats and let h's fork slide off the stack when he followed. The folk was stand ing on end with the tines up, and as Hinds slipped down ore of the tines struck him in the thigh running clear through the limb. After pulling the tine out be Jumped upon a horse and rode to Fhullsburg to have the wound dressed. Gov. Tanner at 'the White House. Washington. Aug. 27. Among the callers upon the president last night was Governor Tanner, of Illinois. One of the objects of , the call was the desire on the part of the governor to ascertain what disposition was to be made of the Illinois volunteers, and to arrange, if possible, for the early mustering out of such of the Illinois troops as desired to return to their homes. Another mat ter In which the governcr is interested is that of the reimbursement to the state of about $300,000 expended by it In connection with the maintenance of the volunteers pending their acceptance by the national government. Congratulates the Christian Commission. Washington, Aug. 27. President Mc Kinley has written a letter congratulat ing the Army and Navy Christian com mission on its work among the soldiers during the war. Midshipman Morres, c'i the Vlzcaya, mourns the loss of a collection of near ly 25,000 postage stamps, including many rare European varieties, which were destroyed in the Spanish ship. To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quiuine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. li. Q. on each tablet. THE LQIDOI. It' 's school time. Your boy needs a school suit. We have 50 Boys' Long Pants Suits worth from $12 to $15 in Worsteds, Cheviots and Cassimeres to sell for $7.50. Do you want one? $7.50 YOU KNOW $5. 00 us It's the end of our season. We have 50 Boys' Long Pants Suits worth from $7.50 to $11 that we will sell for $5. Do you want one? THE L010I. Sacrificing the . Old to Make Room for the New Not old either, all this spring's goods, but they must be moved to make space for im mense purchases re cently contracted. Big Bargains in Sight for Early Buyers. Reductions in all lines worthy of your investigation. Follow This Motto: "Never buy until you see what the Big Store has to offer' and you will be money ahead. DAVENPORT FUR1II TOBE CARPET GO. 324 326-328 Brady Street, Davenport Long Pants School Suits 12 to 18 Years. $7.50 All of our broken lots In Boys Long Pants Suits will be closed ont. We need the space they occupy. Long Pant School Suits 12 to 18 Years. $5.00 i 1 ?