Evening star. [volume], September 30, 1898, Image 1

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
TflK EVENING STAR.
Vl BLISHKl) DAII.T. EXCEIT SI SDAV,
AT THE STAR BUILDINGS,
1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by
The Ev nine St?r N',tv ; ?aper Company.
E. H. KADF:- MANN, PresT.
- ?- ?
Kex York 05o?, 4} Potter Biildlnj.
The EwahK s? ir mvH to ntacrfliffR -n '.b*
citv l'.v f.irrt. rs. ??:! fin-ir own account. at 10 ?*cnts
l>- r week. ? ; ?? erats per montJi. <*??;!? ^ st JJ?
cooBfrr. J (-rata each. Bj mitt- anywfcprt in tag
1'nititJ States ?r Canada (Mistuge prepaid .>0 ccuts
I- " tatmih ...
Saturdav (jtii?tnpl?> S! ? *-t Star, $1 per year, wit
fo ? mm ; ? _ d. ?"v _
tht* i' >? ?nfi < at Washington, P. C.,
as class mail r:itt?r.?
CTWll rn ? . ?s rt?1 ? s ::: :<t !??? p:ii<l in advance.
I. ? p on app-Kation.
No. 14,224.
WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1898-SIXTEEN PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
THE STAR DV MAIL.
Perjona leaving the dtjr for any
period can have The Star mailed to
them lo at y address In the United
States or Canada, by ordering It at
this office. In person or by letter.
Term*: IS ccnts per week: 23 cent#
for two weeks, or 50 ccnta per
month. Invariably In ndvanca. Sub
scribers changing their ai.lresa from
one Posi-cfr.ee to another should
give the last address as well as tha
new one
THEY MUST EXPLAIN
Men Who Make Statements Must
Give Their Authority.
WSK INVESTIGATING COMMISSION
General Assertions to Be Carefully
Sifted.
PLAN S TO BE FOLLOWED
The war investigating commission met
today in the Lemon building and continued
to consider letters of complaint that have
been received by them directly or through
the President. The President today sent
th* m another batch of such letters and
their own mail is daily increasing in size.
Ti?* re were four members of the commis
sion present today, as foliows: CoL Den
by. chairman; Gen. Wilson, Capt. Howell
ctn?l ex-Gov. Woodbury. The morning ses
sion lasted from lo until 11:30 o'clock, and
at the commission reassembled to con
tinue the same work it had been engaged
on during the morning. The members of
the commission now in the city are not
acting on important questions relating to
the policy to I-..- their guide- during the in
vestigation. deferring all such matters un
til the full membership is present at their
tleliberatk ns. They ar-j occupving thorn
s'Ives with work that has already been
outlined, to transact which the fuil mem
Ik rship is not necessary.
I he most significant act of the commis
si--n tf is morning was in relation to an ed
it--rial published in the Brooklyn Eagle
s- m? tim?- ago commenting on what was
4 ir.f-l to U ;;n awful instance of cruelty
on the part of medical officers in one of
tiit* hospitals.
< allinu for tin* Facts.
In relation to this editorial the comrnis
sion authorized Secretary Weightman to
send the following lett* r to St. Clair Mc
Kelway. editor of the Brooklyn Eagle:
i'car Sir: The attention of the commis
sion has 1 e n called to an editorial article
In your newspaper idate not given) entitled
-?iedical Murdi rs, Thr-ir Victims and Their
J : " I am directed by the presiding of
' ' ! to ask you whether you have any
f -!s within yiiur personal ki.owWuc upon
wru. li yo?i have i?as. .1 the charges set forth
in that article. .\n?! whether, if so, you will
,h'' commission by furnishing them
with those facts ir: compact and explicit
form.
IVrmit IT.I to submit to your notice, hy
v> ?> -f i!!-:.--:ration. .,n ixtr. i t from' the
e-iiton.u artit-lf in question:
" '? ?t a pi ee with this was the dis
patch at night. . :, foot. ,,f lift, . n ill ;,n,i
it ver-fi.i -.-it soldiers back from the g.-n
? ral h- st.it . . mil.-. to their camp, amid thi
ll.: rut:, ss. t? rails, those who hail brought
t:.e,n to t-i.it hos;.ital in the armv convey
ance na.i lost the list of th-ir names en
? They were not taken back in the
conveyance. Th- driver was not sent back
t" -? t a !:? w li t ? f tin j... names. Th. wag
t.:*invalids war- s-nt out
j. >ra,j able to stand and compelled over
n * "? ?"I' !in ! their way. or lose it.
<i- t:. ? i!'? 1 i tl. tn il..f. it mattere.1 not which
i" who thrust them forth, of a t.i, -e
with this was th- imbecility ?f putting
?n wo?den floors in the tents of regi
iii-nts. ,iot w ail.- the regiments were ther-.
?ut th' ?!.<;. t!i. y I, ft a nil the dav inter.
Aral ..t a ;?!? <. with It is the Imbecility ,f
tiot or.I.Titiir int.. thos.- camps Ihelatedlv
mad- . omfoital.l. I the r. srlm. r.ts still th. r'e
an.l suffering for the v.ant of just su h
J. .ring to their t. ni-.
Taes ar< b it a f w .-hap;, rs o." Inbed!*
lty and cruelty. They mat. with many
? i: :. rs in th.- same camp. Th. v mat'e
!;? a 'housar.'l :? s'an o in other cami.s.
th" ">!? gs not seer ?.> Alg or
3:' ,ey. when tmy muk- their tours
abroad. They are things carefully kept
tnm r he. ring . r cone a <.1 fro a. :her
i ? w. ii it th. >- ?r 11::a? s v. r ich ai. n-.ak
'. .g their way arr: .1 g the p.,.pl<: things
vhi.-.i ar. -olannir hom< s. breaking
1 rt - at .I 1: ti.. ralm nitration will take
ro . t... r v.cw . f it. ihiiiLs that are Incens
L! ~ .v "tion at ! to r. v. ngo.
... ^ as th-'' n ? r the scratching
??. the surface ..f . ?. ii- a fippant Insolt to
la. dead and to th. dying, an.l to the rack
to, t.. whom even death is denied. They
r?i r t a showy arraignment of imbecile
..?1.- i.t bureaus a paro.iv on r.m^ilv ar,.'l
I* f? -rm.'
-The eo?mlmion woold be glu.i IO have
tf.. timony of a Und that can be used in
1 Igatior., ,t ..ri'y relating to the
circumstances attending tlu death of Lieut
I-aT. rty. at Camp Wlkoff. as alleged in the
* r ' rate 11. but also relat
] r /, r" ' . S ? - no. y is , xa-riy
' r ? ' r . ? -S t? w hie!, you
what the commission wants, win you
? ?rli what you have at
your dtsp ?.l or can obtain for th. :,ur.
P ?
I'lnrtK hi iitl. I'iiiiiiiiImnIo'i.
The s rii'itig ..f th:s i, tter indicates what
the commission pr poses doing in a large
"umlier of cas. s. Wh-n. v. r the attention
.?ommissl...., is ca!I.il to extravagant
(tatenenta ,,r mismanagement or neglect
conduct of the war, whether they
i- made t.v newspapers, ministers in their
1 1 or lecturers ..ti th- platform, tho-e
r. sponsible tor them will i?. state
!.\'v' ?? wruing 0:, v. iia; information
? > th. ir .- at. n . nts an.l to gtv,
. ... ' "? ' "???? *?'??? I o. a tan is necessary to
1 rm t th- commission to Inquire further
1 ;?? ? cases. A number ef very severe
e "" l'ro'10UIlre.i on th<?,.
.; t!; arm-v h>' ministers, ami
n..nj of whos sermons have been
reported 111 ti.. nswspapera w i': i?. ,4..,
'! Ed*U?
l ??? '''v? 11 tf-ey fail to go
going before Vt.
fae.s w : I 'be ;? a.i' Vub!;;"" Char*ts- thos,.
Kev Teunis S. II .:?hn. pastor of the
;Tr!'r,!,'": ? ' ""a,.' :hU eity. ^nt!
1" ????... sermon. 111 whieh h.- matl
r?fJ; ;, r; , h t? th..?.',, :
i,: ??': ?a !''11 ? sutt? that
In l.?? .-t of th. l;ir^e cities of th.
ry
oriv her has sever?*lv
r. ?? "?;-i tbe w? Department. These ser
1 . very fr. .|uet,tiv been bas. ,|
?v*n *hen the sermon w:
ilJ
| w.iV^ ?skedT"atau
II V ^ "if '"fore it? ,n warrant
tie r words ol condemnation. Of course
f Jh* commission has u
. V t cHPP*ngs of newspapers,
.. wh h 1. S, rmons ,.r. r. p ti?1. but it
I, ..... .. I as th. purpose of the . unmis
? ' ? !" ' ???' ?? ki."?ii ..ur the country many
| ; will forward muck matter to them
?' ? thto via;, they will be enabled to
r ?? ,???"?? numb.r of people who
J1 talked about ihe War. basing
r assertion on generalities. In many of
1 . -? s. how , \ ,-r. it is believe.) men
It - ebarges Will I,, able to Kjv,. the
J-?.m!s.i..n much valuable information and
\ th? ta. t ..r wrong-doing as well as to
In lieate tiiose who are resiior.sible for it.
On the iicfenaiive,
N.it all the letters comi.ig to the com
mission contain charges of wrong-doing in
'lie army. A very large number of com
mur.iratioiis are Mag received from offl
ters In the volunteer army, saying that
Charges that have come to their notice are
Wh ly unwarranted. One officer has writ
ten th" commission, saying he had visited
C'hlckamauga. Fernnmlina and Tampa and
was well acquainted with the conditions
of those places, and that charges which he
had heard relating to mismanagement in
them Were wholly unwarranted. He said
he did not wish to have the government
pay his expense in coming to Washington
to'testify l>efore the commission. He was
perfectly willing to pay his own expenses
if he would be given a chance to tell what
he knew. The commission will give him
an opportunity to offer his testimony.
As heretofore stated in The Star, (*en.
Wheeler will probably be the first witness
to come before the commission. Up to this
afternoon no word had been received from
him in reply to the commission's invitation
for him to testify. When this testimony
will be heard will depend upon Gen. Wheel
er. The commission will be prepared to
hear him early next week.
Gen. Lee has also been invited to testify
before the commission, but no intimation
has yet been received from him regarding
the time when he will be ready to appear.
Merely Invited Them.
Letters sent to both Gen. W heeler and
Gen. Lee have been in the form of invita
tions lo appear before the commission. If
officers of the army decline to testify the
President will be notified of that fact, and
he has already promised the commission
that he will bring to bear all the power in
his command to force testimony. Such
means for procuring testimony from Gen.
Whefler or Gen. Lee is not thought of. No
one expresses a doubt that they wi!! both
respond to the commission's invitation.
These are the only officers of the army
who have been invited to appear before the
commission. The question of the invitation
of Gen. Miles and Gen. Shafter ha.s not. it
is declared by members of the commission,
been even considered by them. The sensa
tional part of the commission's pmeee -
in'-s if there is to be a sensational fea
ture. is likely to be called out when these
two generals get on the stanil. and that
fact seems to be generally recognize ?. For
! this reason it is likely that those generals
will not be invited to appear before the
commission until other matters have been
aitended to. and until the commission has
had more time to consider their plans of
procedure.
The U'or in the raclflc Region.
The examination of complaints 10 tlie
President was continued at the afternoon
session of til? war investigation committee
yesterday.
A decision was reached at this session to
include in the work an inquiry into tlie
conduct of * he War Department in the Pa
c'fi, as well as in the Atlantic region, and
t. this end lett< rs were written ;o tun.
Merriam. in command of the department of
th? Paciii ?: to G-n. Otis, in command it:
the Philippines, and to Gen. Merritt. who
ctcupied this latter p< st until recently.
The letter o Gen. Merritt is as follows:
"We have the honor to request you to
furnish us. as early as possible, with such
information as you may possess as to the
adequacv or inadequacy (,f the quar erm.is
ter commissary and mfdical supplies and
r.iidicil st iff of the troops under your com
mand while in this country, while en route
and while you were in cemmand at Manila,
and whether or not such supplies were
promptly and sufficiently issued to the
troops. Also, as to the proper or improper
preparation 01 the transports for th' trans
portation of ycur troops to your station.
We would a 1st be pleased to be intormed
as to the rati< n issued to the troops."
The lett r.i to Gens. Merriam an.l Otis
are copies of the letter to Gen. Merritt. ex
cept that Merriam is asked to supply in
formation concerning the expedition to
Hawaii.
TO HOLD LUZON ISLAND
Instructions of the President to the Peace
Commission. |
Liberal Government for tlie Itc.nt of
the Philippine*?Ce*?ion Only With
Asnericun Consent.
The instructions of the President to our
peace commissioners at Paris did not eon
template the acquisition of the entire
group of the Philippine Islands by the
United States. It is learned on indisputa
ble authority that the instructions brit fly
wen.. as has already been guessed, that
the demand should be made for the ces
sion to the United States of the Island of
Luzon, including Manila and Manila bay;
that a satisfactory liberal government
shall be accorded the people of the rest of
the group of the Philippines, and that
Spain shall not cede all or any part of this
group to any foreign government without
first securing the consent of the United
States.
What the* President WnntH.
This demand. It is understood, represents
all that the President wants, and that he
w uld be reluctant to have this govern
ment acquire absolute possession of the is
lands outside of Luzon. The belief is grow
ing. however, that Spain will not want to
retain a conditional sovereignty over the
rest i11 the group if Luzon is lost to her.
It is fully understood that Spain desires
to pait with these possessions at a profit,
and that to be permitted to retain a nomi
nal sovereignty with a requirement thai
she shall give to the island a government
more liberal than the Spanish institutions
have ever contemplated, and that she shall
not have the right to part with any of the
territory to a for ign power, will take from
the possessions all their value to her, and
if compelled to accede to these terms it is
b*-lieve<l that she will endeavor to gain
some concessions, commercial or of other
< !.;ira< tor. in return f<?r the relinquishment
of the entire group. It is understood that
the President does not view this probable
outcome with favor, but fully realizes that
insistence upon the demands made in the
instructions to our commissioners may co'm
i i the assumption by the United States of
heavier responsibilities than we desire. We
are likely to l>e confronted in attempting to
confine our acquisition to the Island of
Luzon alone with the necessity to make
choice between assuming responsibility for
the whole group or permitting a cession
by Spain to some foreign power, probably
Germany.
Selling tin* Rent of the Group.
It is anticipated that the Spanish commis
sioners, after finding that they are com
pelled to yield to the demand of a relin
quishment of sovereignty over Luzon, will
insist upon her right to dispose of other
islands to the best advantage to herself.
This will be resisted by our commissioners,
and It Is believed that they will be In
exorable. In that event it is believed that
the Spanish commissioners will insist that
if we will not permit the transfer of this
territory to a foreign i>ower we shall take
it ourselves for a consideration. Inasmuch
as comparatively little value is attached to
the possession of the entire group, the bur
dens attending it l>eing great, this govern
ment will not l>e disposed to yield any com
pensation to Spain in consideration of our
assuming greater responsibilities and more
remote territory than we desire.
COL. lilt VAX'S CALLERS.
Goftitlp Caused by u Visit of John R.
McLean.
Col. William J. Bryan is still a victim of
the maJarial fever which fastened upon
him in Florida, and has not recovered
strength to warrant his return to his com
mand.
He Is besieged by callers, and yesterday
received so many visitors that the doctor
attributed a rise in the fever last night to
that fact.
Mr John R. McLean called upon Col.
Bryan today, and his visit gave the polit
ical gossips something to talk about. Mr.
McTittfl is one of the most ardent support
ers of the free silver democracy, and is
credited with still maintaining an interest
In the coming campaign.
Frightful Sanitary Conditions to Be
Relieved.
CLEANING UP THE CITY OF SANTIAGO
The Death Rate Has, in Conse
quence, Steadily Dropped.
RESTORING THE SEWERS
Secretary Alger has received a long let
ter from General Leonard Wood, military
governor of Santiago. It is personal to a
grc*at extent, but deals with many ques
tions or interest to the public, and Secre
tary Alger has allowed some extracts to be
published.
It may be stated that the Secretary feels
that the course of events at Santiago has
demonstrated the wisdom shown in the
selection of General Wood for this pecu
liarly difficult post. Combining, as he did,
medical skill with the highest type of sol
dierly qualities and executive ability to
meet and overcome the problems presented
at Santiago. The letter, moreover, presents
vividly the frightful conditions that con
fronted the American army of occupation
after the surrender of Santiago.
General Wood says, in part:
"I have had," writes Gen. Wood, "a very
difficult position from a sanitary point of j
view, and not an altogether easy one from j
a military and civil standpoint. When we
came into the city the sanitary situation
was something frightful. There were a
great many unburied dead in the houses,
between two and three thousand Spanish
wounded and sick, and a great horde of ;
half-famished and sick people, nearly 20,- j
000 in number, who had Just returned from !
El Cant y, where they had gone during the |
siege. The water supply of the city had
been cut off; there was no water to be I
obtained except from cisterns and a few I
wells, and the streets were full of dead
animals ar.d all sorts of filihy materials, i
1 had to start in from the bottom and re- j
pair the waterworks. Then came the re
moval of the dead. Some of these were
burned, because the number was so great
and deccmposition l ad advanced to such
an extent that they could not be buried.
Burning is not uncommonly practiced here
during the epidemic season.
"We had yellow fever all around us. ?.nd
about twenty cases in the Spanish Military
Hospital. The civil hospital was full of
dying people, and public buildings were be
ing used as hospitals. On the whole, it was
an extremely difficult task, requiring a
great deal of hard work. I have been
working systematically with every means
at hand to improve the sanitary condition
of the city. It is In this department that a
vast amount of work has been done. I
have a force of about 17o n en constantly
employed and at many times have had ac
cumulation: of indescribable filth removed
which has occumu'ated in the out houses
and yards, as well as the streets of the city,
which is reputed to be one of the most un
healthy and filthy in the world.
Drop in the Dentil Rate.
"The death rate has dropped steadily
since we came in, and is new about one
fourth of what it was in July. The water
system has been put in order and a great
many repairs made to it, ami the supply,
although insufficient, is. utilized to the
greatest advantage.
"1 have had to hire doctors for the hos
pitals. purchase medicine for them and sup
ply them with beds and bedding and food?
in fact, re-establish and take entire charge
of them. I have also established a strict
system of house inspection and inspection
j of the streets, and have a disinfecting de
| partment as well as a cleaning department.
The city has been divided into five districts,
in each of which is a relief station, where
food is distributed and a physician is in
attendance who prescribes for those who
present themselves sick and visits the sick j
in the houses. The police department, all
doctors and the officials in each ward have
received instructions to furnish these phy- |
sicians a list of sick requiring attention, i
and also of the worthy poor, in order that
we may be somewhat protected in the dis- j
tribution of medicines and rations. I am
issuing it present about 15,000 rations per '
day. The physicians are probably prescrib- I
ing for ibout 000 or 700 people, and on
some days many more. These physicians
are native Cubans, educated In the United !
States and employed by our government as
contract surgeons.
!lnrued the Garbage.
"The garbage and material which I col- j
lect in the streets 1 have dumped outside
of town and burnt. I have also had the
lower and most unhealthy portion of the j
city ditched and drained and the ditches
running into the harbor cleaned out, also j
the water-front system of sewerage, which j
was completely obstructed and in a fright- j
ful condition. It has long been the custom
in this town to depend on heavy rains and
the rushing floods through the streets to i
sweep away the accumulated filth of the
dry season. All this has been swept down
to the water front, where it has been col
lecting for years, choking the drains and i
filling the shallow waters near the shore so
that when the tide goes out masses of de
composing material are exposed to the in
tense rays of the sun and furnish frightful
causes of disease. Later this year when I
the epidemic season shall have passed, it
is my intention, if I am granted funds and
authority, to have the shallow places I
dredged out, so that at least a thin layer
of wafer will cover them at low tide and
prevent the present condition of affairs.
"The police force has been re-established
and its uniforms changed to one slmilur to
that worn by the Cubans, and they will
scon be entirely rid of all suggestion of
Spanish rule.
"The light house system in the harbor I
have re-established, and arranged pilots,
harbor masters, etc.
Actins; nit I'oliee Judge.
"As the courts are not yet running, 1
have the delightful experience each day of
acting as police judge and clearing the
docket of all sorts of odd cases. Of course
the most serious cases, such as crime, are
being held for trial, either by military com
mission or by the courts when they are es
tablished and in operation.
"The receipts of the city from customs
since we occupied it, I understand from
Generals Shafter and Lawton, who have
charge of this matter, have been about
$100,000. The expenses uf the city per
week, supporting the hospitals, cleansing
the streets, doing the necessary engineer
ing work and the many little things that
are required to keep up the different de
partments of the city of 50,000 people, are
at present $4,500 to $5,000. Of this about
$1,600 is for sanitary work and engineer
ing. the balance for hospital, police, etc.
"1 have been as economical as possible,
but have felt that in this matter of sani
tation expense should not be taken into
consideration, as the lives of all Americans
here might be said to depend upon a prompt
and thorough correction of the frightful
unsanitary condition in which the city was
found.
"The great expert on yellow fever. Dr.
Guiteras, assured me in July that an epi
demic of yellow fever of graat severity was
absolutely unavoidable, and that we were
destined to lose a large proportion of our
ptople here. Thus far it has been avoided,
and not only avoided, but today I do not
know of an authentic case of genuine yel
low fever In Santiago de Cuba proper, and
every day increases our chances of escape."
General Wood then makes, some recom
mendations as to what he needs in the
way of management of the hospitals and
sanitary affairs. He also speaks of the
management of the city under military and
civil authority. The United States officers
have been able to rule the city by a com
bination of both. The use of military force
has been avoided as far as possible, and
only when the police have been inadequate.
The general continues: "I am very anxious
to have the schools started in the city
and get the children out of the streets;
! also to got the issue .of rations down to
such a point that we are sure we are not
pauperizing the people."
On the subject of rations Gen. Wood
| makes some recommendations. He thinks
| It would be well to get the rations out to
the small places in the country, so that the
| Cuban soldiers as they leave the army may
be able to get their farms in the vicinity
of these towns These men could then have
a limited amount of food, from which they
could be supplied while the crops are ma
turing. After the first crop nearly all the
assistance should be brought to an end.
DlMl?fiii<linjr the Cuban*.
Gen. Wood discusses the problem in Cuba,
which is well understood here, of getting
the Cuban army disbanded and the men
composing it at work. In discussing this
phase of the situation he seems to think
that it will be necessary to discourage the
idea among the Cubans that rations will
be constantly issued to them, because as
long as men can get a full food supply they
will not need very much else to get along.
Gen. Wood communicates the gratifying
intelligence that all indications now point
to the speedy disbanding of the Cuban
army. He says the feeling of the better
class of Cubans toward the Americans is
very kind, and they appreciate what the
United States is trying to do. The general
is very hopeful that everything will come I
out all right. No one can tell, he says, j
how long it will take to establish a stable j
government, but he thinks it will be quite !
a period of time. |
The letter from which the above extract [
was taken was dated September 0. On Sep
tember 16 Gen. Wood wrote another letter
to Secretary Alger, in which he says:
font in ue?l Improvement.
"Since my last letter everything has been
I going on smoothly and the improvement is
' continued. People have all they want to
eat, and I do not think there is hunger, to
any extent, in Santiago. I have increased
the number of doctors and the relief sta
tions of food. Committees of prominent
citizens in each ward voluntarily make
house-to-house visits daily in addition to
those made by our physicians, and report
in full all cases which command attention.
They are authorized to give out diet also.
I have located an old artesian well machine
and am going to try for artesian water
near the water front. We ought to find it
in a basin surrounded by beautiful moun
| tains.
"You would be delighted to see the old
bronze cannons and mortars which we have
taken here. Some of them go back to the
middle ages, and were evidently captured
from the French. I hope they will be taken
to Washington, where they will be the most
interesting and ornamental in our park.?."
in the later letter General Wood speaks
in hi?rh terms of Aureiius 12. Mostre. who
has been an official interpreter and ^nas
been with General Wood's command ever
since they have been in Cuba. General
Wood says he would be very valuable if
given the commission of captain, and could
attend to many matters into which he has
to examiae.IIe is an American citizen and a
highly intelligent and educated Cuban.
It is rather an interesting coincidence
that General Lawton and General Wood,
! who were the only survivors of the Geroni
mo campaign in "8tl, and were the only offi
cers with the expedition during the iatter
month of its work, should be at Santiago,
representing about the only survivors there
of the first army that went to Cuba.
It is <:uite probable that General Wood
will be granted leave of absence some time
during October, and will come to Washing
ton. When lie returns to Santiago he will
no doubt be accompanied by Mrs. Wood.
?- ?-?
XEW SECRETARY OF STATE.
John Hay Sworn in l>y Justice
Harlan.
Mr. John Hay went to the White House
about ten minutes before the cabinet met
this morning and was sworn in as Secre
tary of State by Justice Harlan of the Su
preme Court. The ceremony was the usual
one. The President and a few of the cab
inet members were present.
Invitations are being sent out to the dip
lomatic body in Washington to attend at
the State Department Monday morning a
reception to be given by Secretary Hay, in
order to establish formal relations witii the
representatives of foreign powers. The ,
diplomatic room has been put in order for ;
the occasion and the introductions will
probably be performed by Assistant Secre
tary Adee.
On leaving the White House Mr. Hay
wjnt to the Department of Stale and en
tered actively on the discharge of the du
ties of his new office, signing the official
mail for the tirst time in his capacity as
Secretary of State. During the afternoon
he received tlie heads of bureaus, clerks
and other employes of the department, in
many cases renewing acquaintances form
ed whin he was assistant secretary of
state, a great many years ago. Although
no appointment ha,^ yet been made, it seems
to be settled that Mr. Spencer Eddy, who |
accompanied Mr. Hay from London, will
be his private secretary in the State De
partment. He acted in that capacity for
Mr. Hay while the latter was ambassador
at the court of St. James.
UE.\. LEE REPORTS 1IEKE.
He Will He Sent to Culm Without
Doubt.
Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was at the War
Department this morning. He is in this
city in response to a telegraphic order from
Secretary Alger. After a brief interview
with the Secretary, ihe general said that
the Secretary desired to see him after the
cabinet meeting. Gen. Lie says that he
will go to New York, visit his son at West
Point, and then return to Washington. If
there is no pressure for his immediate re
turn to Jacksonville he intends to spend a
few Wieks in the Virginia mountains upon
the recommendation of his, physician. Gen.
Lee has been suffering slightly from ma
laria.
There is no doubt that Gen. Lee is sched
uled to go to Cuba. Some question has
arisen, howjver, aa to the ppint in Cuba
that he will occupy. It is understood tliat
Gen. Lee would prefer that his command
! go to Havana.
Capt. Algernon Sartoris, grandson of G;n.
. U. S. Grant, who is serving as an ald-di
cairp on the staff of Gen. Lee, accompanied
I the lattei to Washirgton, and was at the
War Department today on otflrial business.
WILL SPEAK IN THE WEST.
Tlic Poxtmuster (.eirral to Take n
Mouth'* Trip.
Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith,
with tho delegation from Pennsylvania,
will leave Philadelphia Sunday night for
Omaha, whorj he will deliver the oration at
the Omaha exiositlon on Pennsylvania day,
October 5. From Omaha he goes to To
peka and delivers a campaign speech on
the 7th. The nerf day he speaks at Wichi
ta. Short trips will be made to Denver
and Colorado Springs, after which he re
turns to Omaha and meets the President
and cabinet. On the 13th of October he
Bpeaks in Columbus, Ohio, and then goes to
Crawfordsville, Ind., for a speech. On the
18th he will visit Chicago to participate In
the peace jubilee. From Chicago he goes
again to Ohio and Indiana for several
speeches.
Since it became known that Mr. Smith
would do some campaign work, republican
campaign managers all over the west have
been writing him urgent letters to speak in
their districts.
Mr. Smith will be accompanied by his
wife and his private secretary, Mr. Clar
ence Dawson. The trip will last about a
month.
Secretary Gage Required to Answer
to Proceedings.
ALLEGED REFUSAL TO DELIVER BONDS
William H. Wharton of New Jersey
the Complainant.
CONTENTS OF PETITION
William H. Wharton of Jersey City today
filed in the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia a petition for mandamus to
compel Mr. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of
the Treasury of the United States, to de
liver to him or to the Produce Exchange
Trust Company of New York certain bonds
of the recent $200,000,000 war loan which
were subscribed for by the plaintiff.
In the petition it is alleged that Secretary
Cage, June 13 last, signed and issued a
circular, designated and known as Depart
ment Circular No. 101, division of loans
and currency, inviting subscriptions from
the people of the United States for $200,
0(10,000 of the 3 per cent loan authorized by
the act of Congress to provide ways and
means to meet the war expenditures. Tiie
circular is given in full.
The petitioner, who is represented in the
proceedings by ex-Secretary J. G. Carlisle,
states that no regulations, except such as
were contained in the circular, were pro
mulgated or adopted by the defendant as
Secretary of the Treasury concerning the
loan or the manner of subscribing or pay
ing for or issuing the bonds, and that while
the circular was outstanding and in lull
force and effect. July s. l.v.ix. the petitioner
made and signed a subscription on a form
prescribed and sent 'out by the Treasury
Department for coupon I Kinds to the
amount of $K>n, and at the same time exe
cuted a power of attorney to the Produce
Exchange Trust Company of New York
authorizing and empowering that company
f"r thp *???!?> bonds in accordance
with the requirements of the circular and
to receive the bonds when issued.
AKret-IIIcnt KI1<<I<-.; In|?,.
The subscription and power of attorney
he placed in thj hands of G. it. Wightman,
to make a contract with the trust company
to advancj a sufficient sum of money to
pay for the bonds and to receive and hold
the same as collateral to secur? the repay
ment of the money to the company, with
interest thereon. In accordance with th.
agreement thus entered into. th,. trust com
pany, July lit, IS'.IS, forwarded th.- plaintiff
W hat ton s subscription and power of attor
ney tc -Mr. Gage, Secretary -.f the Tr-;is
U'er. who now holds the same, and at the
same time paid to the treasurer of the
i nited States, for and on account of the
subscription, the sum of $10.40, b-ing 2 p- r
cent of the whole amount, as required by
the circular.
Shortly after this, it is alleged. Secre
tary Gage decided that the petitioner was
was entitled to have and receive the bends
subscribed for by him as aforesaid, and
then and there awarded and allotted the
same to him and caused a notice of such
award, officially rigned by F. A. Vanlerlip.
assistant secretary of the treasury, to b?
sent to the petitioner.
Amount I'niil.
The petitioner further states that in ac
cordance with the requirements of the boni
circular and the notice that bonds to the
full amount of his subscriptien had been
allotted to him, the sum of $104.?3 was
paid through the trust company to the
treasurer of the ("nite'l States on account
of the subscription, and being 2<> per cent
of the amount thereof; and on September j
17 another installment of $l<Ki.2o was paid
to the treasurer on account, being another
i!?> per cent of the same with interest from
August 1; whereby the petitioner says he be
came and now is the owner of coupon bonds
to the jimount of $2<i.S, being 4<> per cent
of the whole amount subscribed for, and is
entitled to have the same delivered to the
Pioduce Exchange Trust Company for him.
SwretHry'i Aliened Itcfiixal.
The petitioner claims that the trust com
pany lias no interest in the subscription or
the bonds, except the right to receive them
from the defendant and hold the same as
security for money advanced with the in
terest thereon. Notwithstanding the prem
ises, Secretary Gage, although requested
so to do, lias refused and still refuses, it is
alleged, to deliver or to forward said bonds
or any part of them to the Produce Ex
change Trust Company, or the petitioner,
or to any other person for him, anci it is
alleged is about to attempt, or has at
tempted, to cancel the award and allot
ment, reject the subscription and deprive
petitioner of his property in the bonds
witiiout due process of law, or any process
of law whatever.
Justice Cox granted a rule requiring Sec
retary Gage to show cause on or before
October 14 at 10 o'clock a.m., why a per
emptory writ of mandamus should not be
issued as prayed.
The bonds in question, it is understood,
are a poition of those held up by .lie
Treasury Department on the ground that
the subscriptions were not bona lid'-, but
Were made at the instance and for the
benefit of large corporations. Much Inter
est will attach to the sun and the outcome
will be closely watched.
Second Suit Entered.
Geo. B. Wightman. the agent mentioned
in the above suit, acting between Wharton
and thj trust company, has also entered
suit in equity against Secretary Gage, seek
ing to restrain that official from annulir.g
or setting aside the award of $335,340 worth
of the 3 per cent war bonds which were
subscribed by the plaintiff for different
partiis in lots of $520, $540, $500 anii
each. He executed power of attorney
authorizing the Produce Exchange Trust
Company to pay for and receive the bonds
lhe facts set forth in this suit are the
same as in till proceedings for a man
damus. This case has also been set for a
hearing October 14.
DEATHS AT PONCE.
Gen. Brooke Reports Further Lohh
From Ui-teuMe in Porto ltieo.
A dispatch was received at the War
Department today from General Brooke,
dated Ponce, September 30, stating that
th? following deaths have occurred since
September 28: Private C. A. Laoden,
Battery C, Pennsylvania, smallpox; Pri
vate Charles Dana, 5th Artillery, ty
phoid; First Lieut. R. V. Beach, 1st Vol
unteer Engineers, typhoid; Private James
T. Cahell, G, 1st Volunteer Engineers, tv
phoid anu strangulated hernia; Private
Frederick C. Woodburn, Hospital Cnrp=
typhoid malaria; Private Eouls H. Huttolph'
I, l!?th Infantry, typhoid; Private John a'
Gibson, Battery H, 5th Artillery, typhoid.
CONSOLIDATION OF BANKS.
Ten or Twelve National Institution,
VVill Be Merited.
Consolidation of ten or twelve of Boston's
national banks is as good as assured. A
circular has been issued to the savings
barks, which practically own a controlling
Interest in these banks, naming a price
which will be paid for their holdings. The
Intention is to liquidate these banks and
organize p new national bank with a capi
tal of gl.WKor $5.<kkm**?. The largest
capitalization of any Boston bank at the
present time is (l.<tU0,4Mlt>.
The banks named are the Boston, Colum
bian. Eagle, Harvard. Market, North. North
American, Globe, Line* In ard Massachu
setts. However, all th?*se banks may not
be included. J. P. Morgan & Co. of New
York are said to be behind the movement,
and are ailed by Price. McCormack & Co.
of that city, and Kidder, Peabody A: Co.
and R. L. Day & Co. of Boston.
The plan is in keeping with the sugges
tion made by the Savings Hank Company
srme time ago. In the meantime the City
and Everett banks have liquidated, and a
controlling interest has hern bought in the
Continental National with the purpose in
view. The Tremont and Revere banks also
reduced their capitalization a while ago in
furtherance of this scheme.
TO HAVE THE BEST CAMPS.
Tl?e War Depart men t W ill Xot Ilaa
Kle Over Eapentie.
Gen. Schwan has been for some time pafft
inspecting sites for camps in the south. He
is now at th? War Department preparing
his report. He discussed the matter of
sites briefly with Gen. Corbin today, and
was informed by that officer that the desire
of the President and the Secretary of War
was to have the very best possible places
selected for tamps, without regard to
whether they were offered by the communi
ty, or whether they w?re to be paid for by
the government. The War Department has
authority to condemn ground for cami'S,
and if it is found that desirable property
can be secured in this way, they will b?
selected without regard to expense. It is
said that the department is determined to
have the very best camps that can be
found in the south.
BOXES FI LL OF NOTES.
Retain of the En^inoerM \\lt?> Ex
amined the \i<'?rautiu 4 anal itmite.
The civil engineers, who have been in
Nicaragua since the beginning of the in
quiry by the present Nicaragua canal com
mission into the feasibility of the projected
canal, have reported here to Admiral
Walker, the president of the board, and
have been permitted to return to their j
homes. These engineers, who have been
engaged in making actual tests and inspec- I
tion of the country which will be traversed
by the canal, have brought with them an |
enormous amount of field notes, tilling jio
less than seventeen packing boxes. Th-se
have been turned over to the commission,
which, Admiral Walker says, is now ready
to proceed with the c illation of the ma
terial collected and the preparation of the
final report.
Counterfeiter of Silver Coin.
Detective Barker of the secret Strvi?e
today wired Chief Wilkie, from Elkins, W.
Ya.. tl at he bad arrested Albert Cousins
for passing and making counterfe.t silver
coin. Cousins has teen held for tne grand
juhy with a strcng case against him. i
Considerable counterfeit silver has been In
circulation in Tucker county and other
counties in that section.
? -?
ADMIRAL SiCARD RETIRED
Will Remain at the Head of the Promotion
Eoard.
Sketch of IUn Volatile Career UuriiiK
the Civil War and in Bureau
OilieeM Since.
Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard, prcsi- i
dent of the board charged with the pro
motion of officers distinguished for gal
lantry during the late war, was retired
today by operation of law. having reached
the age of sixty-two years.
Secretary Long has, however, by speeial
order, directed that the officer retain his
place at the head of the promotion board.
Admiral Sicard stands distinguished among
the officers of the American navy for many
notable accomplishments, covering not only
the period of the civil war, but that of
peace in the development of naval ma
terial.
He was born in New York September 3o,
and appointed to the Naval Academy
from the same state in 1851. His first serv
ice was on the frigate Potomac and the
steam frigate Wabash in the Mediterranean
in 1855. In is<;i he was a lieutenant, and
when the war broke out took station on
the Oneida as executive officer in the west
gulf squadron, where he served from *<Il!
to He was in the bombardment and
passage of Fort Jacks.?:i and Fort St. Phil
ip, assisted in the destruction of the rebel
flotilla of gunboats and participated in the
capture of the Chalmette batteries and the
capture of New Orleans in April. He
was twice engaged with the batteries be
low Vicksburg and finally with the sue- (
cessful passage of the river at that point,
and in the same year he was engaged with
the armored ram Kansas.
As executive officer of the Ticonderoga
he took part in the pursuit of the cruiser
Fh rida and other confederate cruisers, and
joined the North Atlantic squadron in
He was in command of the Senator during
the attacks on Fort Fisher, in ls?U and 1S4>."i.
and led the left wing of the naval assault
in the tinal successful land assault on Fort
Fisher. He was aiso a participant in the
bombardment of Fort Anderson in Febru
ary, 1S?F?.
In 1881. being tlu n captain, he was made
chief of the bureau of naval ordnance.
Tills was a period when the I'nited States
navy was being recast on n w line-', and
Capt. Sicard led the way so far as the
ordnance was concerned. To him is due
the credit of inaugurating the n w system
of steel breech-loading ordnance. v.*hh h
mak?s the Amer'cau naval ride of today
the best in the world. To do this he found
it necessary to establish a gun factory at
the Washington navy yard. Meanwhile
he found time to engage in the develop
ment of many branches of naval constiuc
tion.
As commodore he was commandant at
the New York navy yard for several vear?,
and in April. 1897, becoming rear admiral,
he was made commander-in-chief of the
North Atlantic squadron. For nearly a
year Aomiral Sicard devoted himself to
the training of the personnel of the ships,
to the development of a system of fi^et
maneuvers, to the instruction of the crew.?,
particularly in gun practice, and. indeed, in
all of those matters of naval training
which made the North Atlantic squadron
such a tremendous engine of warfare dur
ing the war with Spain. Just a noni'i be
fore war was actually declar- th a Im.r.il,
then with his fleet lying off the coast of
Florida ready to swoop down upon Cuba,
broke down in health, and by order of a
medical board was succeeded in command
of the squadron by Capt, Sampson. He
came to Washington, and. notwithstaniing
his ill health, consented to serve as the
president of the naval war board, whese
brilliant services are now a matter of
record.
Assistant Secretary Alien** Trip.
Assistant Secretary Allen of the Navy
Department left here this morning on the
flispatch boat Dolphin for an inspection
3f the navy yards at Norfolk and New
Fork and the naval station and war col
lege at Newport. Leaving Newport he will
?o to his home in Lowell. Mass., ar.d spend
i short vacation with his family. He will
resume his official duties in this city about
the 1st of November.
THE PEACE PLANS
American Commissioners at Paris Ar<
Preparing Them.
IN READINESS FOR JOINT SESSION!
Spaniards Repudiate Alleged Inter
views in Certa;n Newspapers.
T IIE F O R M AL DENIAL
PARIS. SopUmber ?>.-Thr Inited Statei
Peace commission has ,akrn ,, ,s^g|on 0,
working quart .-n., ? mt,e of ,,,%er
rrt tns .in the ground n..or ..r thr Hotel C< n
tln? ntal, at the corner tf the Ku. I>?- K1m.1I
and the Rue Royal. eommunditiK lh>- Tul
llerles Oar ions and formerly used l.y ih.
ex-Empress Eugenie. American n?R>. drap'
the entrance ..f the peace commission",
apartments.
The clerical force of the commission hap
teen Fystematiced, anil is now workln*
busily. The spirit of the Paris press it
daily rendered into English for the infor
mation of the c< mmissioners. and the same
thing is done with the newspapers of Mad
rid. Many wooden boxes of records, datR
and authorities affecting the case of thf
United States were unpacked today ant
carefully arranged.
CrvatalllKing Tbeir Plans.
The American commission held its usual
stsrslon this morning. It is believed the
commissioners are crystallizing their plans
and arranging all the details of the work
which will l>e taken up when the commis
sions begin their joint sessions.
This is the first Inclement day since the
commission has been abroad, and th?- wives
of the commissioners and other members of
the party are devoting it to visiting the
L? uvre and other places of interest.
The Spanish commissioners formally den>
the various interviews and paragraphs pur
porting to give the substance of their In
structions which have appeared in the news
papers. The secretary of the Spanish com
m-: sion said to the representative of th?
Associated Press with the American com
mission:
"No member of <<ur commission has giver
any interview and all which have appeared
in print as to our instructions is false. We
are here to defend ourselves, and. naturally,
we are not willing to give any of our
weapons to our opponents."
Toil AY'S ? AltlMCT Wi:i:Tl\(i.
Secretary \lger Tellh liin PlmiN About
Sending Troops to Cuba.
Secretaries Gage and Bliss were the ab
sentees from today's session of the cabinet.
Secretary Alger told the President and his
fellow cabinet members something of what
he had found on his tour of inspection < f
southern camps. He narrated many in
stances of the former conduct of the camps.
The Secretary then told of his plans for
sending troops to Cuba. Tht- Secretary has
received information from medical experts
that there will be no danger to immune
regiments in Cuba after the ir.th of Octo
ber, and that it will be safe to send any
regiment a short time after that.
'l'he War Department has engineers In
Cuba now locating suitable sit**s for camps
and making all arrangements for sending
troops, in fact, every division of the War
Department is bending its en-rgies to get
ting things in shape for the men who will
represent the United States on the island.
DEATHS AT CAMI1 THOMAS.
Gen. Boj iitou Reports That Tliey
Numbered 42<?.
General Hoynton, at Ohickamauga. today
telegraphed the adjutant general that the
total number of deaths at Chi-kamauga
camp from arrival of regulars. April 14, to
date. 1p volunteers and 1 regular. Of
the number. 14 deaths were accidental.
Gen. Boynton says figures include deaths
in Chattanooga hospitals.
I\ % OUT II CAROL! \ A.
| Ex-Representittivo Settle Talks on
Republican l,r?*|??"'tn.
Ex-Representative 8< ttle of North Cir
olina was a caller at republican congres
sional committee headquarters today.
"The republicans expect to el< ct four
representatives in North Carolina," sail
Mr. Settle to a Star reporter, "our pros
pects are fair, although tii re are same
odds to contend against. 1 think the ou -
look will improve Locn."
"To what extent will fusion prevail?"
ht was ask* d.
"Well, the republican and p puhst com
mittees have agivvu upon fusion, and it
only remains to Im- sc<n how far the \ot ;s
*iil carry o<|t ih?- agr ew t. T;.t t n
is upon practically the same basis as \.,
the last election."
4
TH El KACIIAM.K SI(.N \|>.
Youthful HeroeM of Santiago lion
bnrdiuent Meet at l.ant.
WICHITA. Kan. September 3t?.?Ned
Larimer, signal boy on the battle ship In
diana, and Sergeant MeGhee, signal boy
on the Oregon, met here today. Both are
Wichita boys, but have never met before.
McGhee stood on the Cuban coast n< . r
Santiago and signaled to Larimer during
the bombardment th location of Spanish
guns. Larimer left for Annapolis today to
rejK?rt for duty.
CYCLO\E IS VPPRO \< lll\G.
OI'server nt Jamaica Warning
ol' a CutniiiK Storiu.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 30.?
The weather bureau reports that a cyclone,
northeast of Jamaica, is rapidly approac h
ing. The weather at this port is fair, but
there is an ominous sea swell on the north
and east coasts.
TROOPS OFF TO l'A\A.
Company of Illinois Militiamen Sent
by th?' Governor.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 30.?The shcr
iff at Pana. 111., where there has been trou
ble between imported negroes and the union
mine rs, telegrsphed Gov. Tanner at ?"? a.m.
today to send 3U0 rifles, and have the wea
pons in Pana at 7 a.m. The governor sai i
the request could not be complied with.
AURORA, 111., September 30.?Company
G of Col. Hamilton's new regiment, Illinois
National Guard, seventy-five strong. Capt.
L. M. Harris commanding, has left for
Springfield in response to orders. It is
Intended for service in strike troubles at
Pana.
!t!lKning Man Found Again.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 30.?
Henry Gray, superintendent of the Duluth
Rolling Mills, who mysteriously disappear
ed from the Weddell House Tuesday night,
has been found. He was located by the
police. Mr. Gray is a sick man and a nurse
and physician are in constant attendance.