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VOL III, NO. 2tl.
LARGEST
CtRGUL.f\TION
'NEWPORT NEWS, VA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 181)8.
ODim? SINGLE COPY.TWO CENTS
1 KlUJCa ONE WEEK. TEN CENTS.
Business Men Opposed to j
Employing'Mr. Poiter
TO MAKE CONNECTIONS'
The Common "Council 1'aliilniieil to Ap
pulut.it Commit tec to Consul! Willi
lli.'l'.ranurimil His It,mils.
men illiiiill ik Clutlige..
Old Point Comfort has beon til* see
of many brilliant social events, but Llie |
ball given al the Chumberliii Hotel last
night eclipsed all past functions in
point ?t brilliancy. The ball was ten?
dered to Admiral II,w.u and the ., Iii -
cits of the Meet now anchored in Hamp?
ton Roads by .Mr. Allan 1>\ Campbell,
manager of the Chatnberlin. and it was
a complete success, for Mr. Campbell
spaired no pains to make it the event ,,f
tlie season, which, indeed, it was.
All day yesterday incoming trait
and steamers brought invited gu.-sts
from Northern and Western cities, and
long before tie- h.mr appointed tor t
ball I,, begin guests thronged the cot
dors, reception rooms. verandas and
halls of tl.agiiilicenl hotel. It wa
the lirsi social event naval ..flicets haw
participated in since the .-e.-salion ..
hostilities between Spain and the Ulli
led-Stales, ami hence to them it wa;
esi.hilly enjoyable. Many of the olli?
cers showed tic- maiks of the tropi
for their faces had I.e.-,, brownd by the
service th.-y s? u in Cuban ami P.I
Hit-ati waters.
It. ar Admiral 1 1,.well, tin- guest
honor, was not present. II.- was ord<
ed to Washington several davs ago. but
expected p. return yesterday. The ad?
miral was represented bv Captain I. a
ry. of the cruiser San Francisco, the
llugship ..I" Hie H.ei. Anoth.-r gues: of
honor was C dunel II. W. Latte, ..l
Maryland, win. is now tl.mm indani
at Fortress Monroe. There were prob?
ably Mm guests present, including the
naval ollicers. regular ariio oliiceis
station. .I at the for;, the nliicefs tin
First Maryland regiment, which is I
the ladies. " " ' '"' '% ' '" "
Th.- cent? insid ? He hotel prior to tie
opening ol the hall room delled ana
sis. Ollicers. civilians and ladies w
there patiently wailing while the} t;
ned their warm bill happy faces. The
atiiK.sph.-re was fairly exuberant wiMi
anticipation, the strains of national
airs, played by Ha- hand iron, lb
cruise,- San Francisco, i .-sou,,de.
throughout tin- h..!. ', and only tit- el... It
in He- lobby preserved its sphinx-lik
Imperturbability^ and steadily dragged
its lean ling.-r toward ;>:?J o'clock.
Promptly at that hour tin* sonor.im
tinkling and trumpeting of the orches?
tra glided int.. a ..waltz, and tin- bat!
was on. Anything more beau I if u.
that the pi-iM-essi. nal of otllcei-s, ciad
white" duck uniforms witli gold tinted
shoulder straps, inarching int., the ball
"t 'Villi with ladies l.-aiiitig on their arms
"?JtllllO.conceived. I ! 11 to hi i llg g'tlth
'*-'find radiantly, a- llowers in summ.
rtuishlue. ib.- dam eis lengthened in th,
^s-pacious hall until it was ..-..iiverie.
into a fairy land of benutv with th
added charms of reality and what Mat
th.-w Arnold happily expresses, th
quality of "sweetness ami light."
'fiie costumes ..! i P..- Indies were .x
press!ve of the fasiiiuns of the day, an,
th.- proii.lesi , .iitrl beauty of Loui
Quatorze never woi-c her robes wii
happier effect than did those ladies
clad in creaming, clinging folds of silk
or 'in foamy, feathery whit.- with lie
witching frills ami fascinating bows
Willi I heir filmy laces, ribbons
gauze fluttering like?gauze-winged but?
terflies among pretty faces tin.I h
bunches of .-rim.-..m and pink and white
roses, tie- ball r....m was an ,-n. "nanl.d
palace of delights, witli youth, b-auty
and all the charm* of life when it is
in its sun,Hierhin.! of song.
Dancing was continued tid a late
hour this mm-iiing. At midnight there
was an iiilcrmisshiim, wli. n a e ,.illation
of all 111.- viands of the season was
served, after which dancing was re?
sumed and kepi up til! the last number
on tin- card ? ?Home. Sweet Home"?
was played. Then the orchestra st it k|
up the "Star Spangled Banner" which
stirred up the patriotic emotion.; of the
guests as they filed out of the hall.
Among tin- naval ollicers present wer?
the following:
Captain Richard I', l.eary, cruiser
San Francisco.
Captain Chester, cruise- Oiticlnnaii.
Co.lander Benjamin F. Tilley, gu.:
boat Newport.
Lieutenant Albert Greav.es, torpedo
boat dishing.
Lieutenant Nathaniel I!. ("slier, tor?
pedo boat Ericss.Vh.
Lieutenant William L. Rodgers, tor?
pedo boat Foote.
l ieutenant WilKum R. Sin emaker.
torpedo boat Talimt.
Lieutenant Chester M. ICnepper, tor?
pedo boat McKe -.
Lieutenant Commander Adolph Mar
ix. gunboat Scoi-pi in.
Lieutenant W. 11. 11. Sjuthetiand,
gunboat Eagle.
Lieutenant John Hood. gunboat
. Hawk.
Lieutenant James. M. Helm, gunboat
Hornet.
Lieutenant Ginge L. Dyer, gunbnal
Stranger.
Lieutenant George R. Evans, gunboat
Tecumseh.
Lieutenant Fr.-d.rlek P.. P.rai
gunboat Uncas.
Lientenanl John I.. Purce.il, gunboat
Osceola.
Lieutenant Commander Jam s l>. Ad?
ams, gunboai Yanktoii.
Lieutenant Kilwin Cleer, guniionl
Apache.
Lieutenant Commander Royal R. In?
gersoll. . .
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright
Kellogg, lighthouse tender Maple.
Commander Henry W. Lyons
patch boat Dolphin.
Lieutenant Commander Charles I.
Forse. ? oilier Lebanon.
Ensign J. M. I'Slarikenship, collier Av?
arenda.
The following persons from Newport
News were present:
Mr. W. A. Post, Attorney and Mrs. A.
C Garrett Hon. Thomas Temple Pow?
ell, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Saunders. Lieu?
tenant W. 1- Hillyer, Mr. E. W. Rob?
inson, Mr. Webster Stringlnld, Dr.
Samuel W. Ilobson, -Mr. H. B. Baile.v
and wife. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Street
Misses Sally Clarke. Evelyn and May
Garnett, Olivia and Fannie Will -ck,
Norria Norton, Florence Greer; Messrs.
G N. Wise Irwin Tucker. 10. A. Aden
C. Aylett Asrhby, S. L. .Wood. H. F.
Norton and A. S. Garnett.
Colonel Thomas Tabb, Mayor 3. Pat?
ron Hope and Judge Buker P. Lee were
among the Hampton people in attend?
ance. 1 ?
V IH. ..11 Tili: CONVENTION.
?tf'liullliritus IT. pose to ^o.liltii lie II Can
tlUtttteatNorrotk Weiliiesdio*.
Ii was learned from a reliable source
yesterday that, although! Caugressmuii
.1. T Hull, chairman ot" the Republican
National Committee, has issued a circu?
lar teller authorizing Mr. S. B. (barney,
of Portsmouth, to eall a convention for
tliis Cnngressioai district, the convea
iion called by Postmaster S. I.. Bur?
roughs, of Portsmouth, to I?' held In
Norfolk at noon next Wedncsdav. will
lake place, and a candidate will be
fdac. .1 in the Held.
li looks us if Chairman Hull took
lite "bit in bis uiouih" when he at?
tempted In annul the convention called
by I'oslinaster Burroughs. He took
this step without hearing both sides of
the ease, anil when interviewed by
National Committeeman George li.
tt.iwden regarding the matter Chair?
man Hull reconsidered iits action and
has s,t text Monday as th,. time for
hearing both sides of the ease, so the
unit er is slil! statue i|tio. Mr. Bowden
has gained ,,n,. point.
Acc.iring to Hi.- plan of party organ?
isation a.I..pi.-d at Sta union Hie Na?
tional Republican Congressional Com?
mittee has nothing t.. .1., with conven?
tions Itch, in this or any other Congres?
sional district of tim Stale. The "plan
provides thai in case of dissatisfaction
in- aggrieved parties may appeal lo th?
Slat- executive committee, and if they
ar.- not satisfied with Hi- result after?
ward they may then lay the matter
before the entire Stale e.iminllUe.
WI I.I. SC K i-oij Kin.mm
I'rtcr IVa lileh-Adtuinlhtmliir Will Ask Tor
I'.?IC?'?
A suit for $10.1100 against the Cliesa:
peak- and Ohio railway tug Hi.n
and I irge No. 2 bei mging to th- same
omp; ny was etiu-teil in Hie I'niied
-t.ii.-s Cirri at Norfolk yesteidav bv
Messrs. Shatp ,x- Hughes, attorneys for
"hy Sergeant 1-:. W. Milsiead. oV this
city, administrator of Peter Peebles,
win. was drowned in Hampton It.ads
Tie deceased left ,-, w ife and nine cliil.
Ir.-n, for whose hen, tit the damages
are atkod.
The decimation alleges that while
f'eelihs was lishing in :? small sail boat
it anchor alnuti i ,\.. miles from shore
a tin mouth of James river, on June
id. iviT. Ha- tug Hint,;t approached
'rum tile direction of Norfolk, having
ti o.w on a hawser of probablv 100
aid.- in length, the i Mies ipeake and
ihio barge No. 2. ami althougli tlu-r.
teas I otliiug t. necessitate their going
ni> v, here in tile direelion of Poeliles'
io.h. the tue was so carelessly and neg
igeiitly navigated that it went very
los.- ;,, ii. causing a heavy swell, and
the hug.-, although a very slight
hang.' her helm would have enabl. .1
icr t , avoid the accident, came into
oilisioti and sunk Hie boat, and cans. .1
he drowning of its occupant.
It is further alleged thai Peebles was
.ii no respect or degree at fault in the
?nailer, hui thai the collision was due
solely to Hie negligence, want of skill
ihd . ire f th.li.-.-rs and crews ot
ilk- tug ami barge
r.iati s..
Mrs. Powell, of Twenty-seventh
-ti.et. linst lind, is improving.
Mr. Henley chapman, of Smithfield
visited friends in the city yesterday.
Miss Lena Daniel, w ho has been v.sit
ing Mrs. Fred J.s. on Twenty-sixth
SI reel, for several imuilhs, toft lor her
home in Stauntoit, V:i., Thursday,
Mrs. T. .1. AfacKay is visiting in
Pennsylvania. She will be absent two
am tubs.
Mr. Pill. Superintendent of the Vir?
ginia Insurance Association is critical?
ly ill at his home on Chestnut avenue.
Rev J. T. Mai-Kay has announced Ihe
following subjects for tomorrow. Morn?
ing: "Crowing the Waters ..!' Life."
livening: "The Gospel Applied tu Our
City."
Mis : Mn- :h T?ch: aid i.iuise
era! wi eks wi.Hi tl,.- Misses Cliapmati.
in Isle of Wight, returned hone yes?
terday mi.ruii g.
Judge Buckley, of Fort Littleton.
Fulii.it county. Pa., and son, Mr. l'.dgar
Buckley, of Smith Centre, Kansas, were
the guests yesterday of the family of
Mr. .1. A. Robinson, on Twenty-sixth
street.
Mr. I.. H. Birdsong. who has been
with M.-y.-rs Pros, for the past three
years as window dresser, card adver?
tisement writer and salesman, has sev?
ered ii:s connection with the firm. He
will tak, a short vacation m-xt week.
Mr. J. A. Willett. cashier of the First
National Bank, left ? last night on a
short vacation, which lie will spend at
his ..Id home in nairthern New York,
w hen- his famWy is spending the sum?
mer.
Secretary C. C. Kent has returned to
ihe eitv from Chicka manga, where he
had one of ib.- V. M. C. A. tents, Mr.
Rent went from Chickamauga to
Knoxville. where he remained a short
time, and then visited relatives in this
State before returning to his work
here.
The new Chesapeake and Ohio steam?
ship Itapidan, which only recently
made her maiden trip across the At?
lantic, is expected tu arrive liefe Sun?
day from Liverpool. Tim Itapidan left
that purl August '21 and allowing four?
teen days to the trip the big freighter
should get in not laid' than Sunday.
Kxports from Newport News for the
mouth of August amounted" to $1.61S092.
Very few ships entered ii nil cleared
with cargoes last month, which ac?
counts for the small valuation of ex?
ports. These figures, however. will
compare favorably with the total for
the corresponding month of last year.
".limmle" Mitchell, formerly an em?
ployee al the shipyard and later at the
Norfolk navy yard, died at St. Vin
uceiil's hospital Thursday morning at H
,'clock. The funeral look place yester?
day afternoon al 4.:W o'clock from his
late hoarding house.
Private Giger's ease did not come
up in the Police Court yesterday, as
hi was slill al the hospital at Fort
Monroe. Geiger was turned* over to
Patrolman W. T. Webb yesterday af?
ternoon and the case will be heard to
While giving a trapes - performance
at .. Barton's theatre las! night Miss
Wolff, an actress, lost her hold and
fell to the.floor, a distant.f about
fifteen feet. She was picked Up and
carried to her room. Miss Wolff fell on
her left side and may be injured in
termilly.
The Plant liner T.a Grande Duchesse,
which lias been in service for the past
three months as an army transport, re?
turned to Newport News yesterday
and is now tied up at the shipyard. The
same board which inspected the ship
before she went into service, with a
view to determining the alterations to
be made, will again inspect the Duch
esse for the purpose of ascertaining
Just what must be done to her in order
to restore her to her former condition.
No Moxiulre.
Do not loose sleep when a 10c hottle
of "No Mosoulte" will drive away ev
erv mosquito. FRED F. ALLEN &
CO. aug-10-l-w
Given to Admiral Hovvell and
Navy Officers
BY HOTfcL CHAMBERLIN
ltrilltunt Seltnen ill Iii? Hostelry. Social
Invent or the Svanu?. Lint ?>t N? ?
port Noo I'C.opltl
I'rcneiit.
Tin- Business Men's Association met
in adjourned session in tile Uruxtou
Building last night for tin- purpose of
further considering tlie matter of coin
pulsory connection with the city sew?
erage system, ami the quest ion of
whether or not the consulting engineer
must lie recognized as Hie only super-i
inlendent Ihe city can engage to over?
see this extra work.
There were present the following
members of the association: President
Vest and Messrs. West. Ma rye, Henley.
Bickford, Powell, Tucker, B?nen.
Creasv, 15. Peyser. Sol. Peyser. Kol,,,,,
son. Barclay and Uaft'oe. Mayor Moss
ami Citv Engineer Kitchen were pres?
ent, as were Mr. W. rC. Cottrell. L>. S.
Cornell and B. I.. Anderson. Mr. An?
il, rson acted as secretary in the ab?
sence of Prof. Ii. W. Huffman.
President Vest called the meeting lo
order and after staling the purpose for
whii h the association was called in
session, invited those present lo enter
a general discussion of tin- all-Impor?
tant matter before the meeting.
Mr. Mary suggested that Mr. Bick?
ford i mild throw considerable light on
lln- legal side of the question, and call?
ed upon him to express an opinion as
to whether or not the city would he
obliged to retain Consulting Engineer
Potter to superintend till extra work,
simply from the fact that the original
contract gave him full power to make
all necessary improvements ami altera?
tions.
Mr. Bickford willingly responded, be?
ing careful, however, to explain he
was not acquainted with the. details ol'
lh- agreement and could only give an
opinion that would apply to a common
sense business transaction. He was
kepi busy throughout the evening an?
swering questions, and his suggestions
as to the j.roper course lo he pursued
were so char thai they were promptly
adopt.,!.
The lirst quest ion to h.nsidered in
connect ion w ith the running of ;he pro?
posed coi.ctions, said Mr. Bickford.
was the responsibility for failure of the
entire system to work properly. The
entire matter lay with Contractor H??
nau ami his bondsmen. H. saw no
reason why Mr. Potter should In- re?
tained to superintend the work when
the city engineer or some other officer
eoul.l a- t in tin- same capacity, saving
the city the ill-;"; per-cent, commission
allowed Mr. Potter for all work done,
according to the original contract.
Contractor Honan's bondsmen are re?
sponsible only for the completion of
th. work mentioned in the agreement,
and their consent would have to bo
obtained before any change in eng??!
neers could lie made. otherwise the
city, might he placed in an ciitIiarras
sing" position. He suggested that the
council lie requested in appoint a com?
mittee to consult with Unnau & Sons
and their bondsmen for lhe purpose of
ascertaining whether or not they will
la- w illing to go ahead w ith Hie work of
making the connections and doing till
m i essary extra work under ihe super?
vision of the city engineer or some
other competent person, instead of Mr.
Poiter. the bondsmen of course to hold
themselves responsible for the entire
work. Mr. Bickford embodied this in a
motion, and the secretary was instruct?
ed to notify the clerk of the council
of lln- association's action.
Mayor Moss stated that he wished to
correct the impression that the sewer?
age commission had directed Mr. Pot?
ter ami the coin rail..r to go ahead
with tin- work of making the connec?
tions from the main to ihe curbstone.
Nothing of the kind had been done, he
said, and furthermore Mr. Honan.sta?
ted to him that he would not undertake
to do the work unless awarded the
contract by hid.
The question was raised as to lhe pos?
sibility of the city being held liable for
Mr. Potter's tl 1-2 per cent, on all extra
work whether or not he actually per?
formed the duty. Mr. Henley raised
the point and wanted to be sure thai
the contract made no such stipulation.
Mayor Moss assured tin- association
that the agreement as 10 commission
was only on the $70.000 of the first
a w ard.
The association also discussed the
propriety of making property holders
pay foi" the connections with vacant as
well as improved lots, hut nothing final
was done.
The association's attention was then
directed to the movement on foot to in?
due- the War Department to make a
permanent camping point of Newport
News for such a time in the future :is
ii was deemed necessary to scud troops
from this country to Cuba and Porto
Bico. The fact that ?.he presence of
the troops was the best possible ad?
vertisement the city could enjoy was
generally admitted, and it was decided
to take active steps to secure the en?
campment of the soldiers here, if pos?
sible. A committee consisting of Mayor
Moss and Messrs. Marye and Henley
was appointed to secure statements
from army officers stationed here as
well as the army surgeons on the suit?
ability, from a military standpoint," for
the encamptment of troops. This com?
mit!, o will report at the next regular
'meeting, when the association will take
tina 1 act ion.
The association at 10:20 o'clock ad?
journed until the fourth Tuesday in the
month.
Denial or Stritt'-r?.
A committee of sheet iron workers,
who struck at the shipyard lor higher
wages, called at Ihe-Daily Press office
yesterday and slated that only three of
the men an at work, all of the others
being out and sonic of them having left
the city.
Superintendent Post, however, and
Foreman Bowbottom are authority for
the statement that more than half of
the men have returned to work, and
that the affair has been practically set?
tled.
Niagara Km I In unit Upturn ?13.
The next pers.vmilv conducted tour
to K'rignrn Kails. Buffalo, ?'..va. Ro?
chester and Wa kins Cl. n ,\ill IcUM
limore steamers and lue Baltimore
Ohio 11. It. (Royal Blue Line), Wedrie
dn-y, September 7th. Round trip from
Norfolk $13.00. Tiefe** limited f-i :l
days. Stopovers permitted on telura
joutney. For tickets and further Info -
mation apply ;.<?
ARTHUR fj. LEWIS.
S. P. A. B. O. R. R.
Under Atlantic Hotel. Scrp2-Gt.
MAY liNLAKtiK THE (JOMMfTTKK.
Nearly SSno ltal?r<! fi r I'.uteltHlnliig tlir
Firemen, j?
The limine- commute of the cfti
z.-ns' executive committee ' has been
busy iv,i- ihe past few Jays; making: a
canvass of other sections of the city,
and as u result nearly $SO? has been
collected r,,,- the fund with; which all
expenses will be.defrayed. ';
It is is very evident that jEhe finance
1.imittee is not made up of a suflie
ient number of g.lemon to '.'thoroughly
canvass the city in the short time that
will elapse before the opening of the
convention,. The members; of- this
committee, have worked faithfully in
several ,.f the business districts and
have secure,! nearly $S00. !; Were the
committee to lie enlarged it Us believed
that the necessary funds can be rais?
ed with greater dispatch.
It is not " ' ?:..<;? that more members
will be added to lliis committee at the
meeting of th, ut'.ve i'committee
Monday night. ' W. '
The amusement cnmmilttf "!,s -lusl
sent out to .,11 the volunteejf fire com?
panies of the State, and those non-re?
sident of the State, which ufere invited
to he present at the convention, a cir
, ul.ir letter giving the plans of the com?
mittee for tlie entertainment of the
guests and a few interesting facts
about the city. Tills committee pro?
poses to send out several more circu?
lars before the convention 'date. ac?
quainting" the firemen with the latest
plans ami developments with re?
gard to tiie arrangements for their re?
ception and entertainment, i
Tin- committee has also [Issued an?
other pr gram of the convention fea?
tures, much moie attractive than the
lirst one. The souvenir program will
not be issm d until tlie week ,of the cot)
'_;_I J
tii ucrut ItlrtliHEcr W . A. I'owt Ket urns.
Mr. \V. A. Post, general manager of
tlie shipyard, returned fronf Washing?
ton yesterday, whither he W<?nt to bo
present at the opening of the bids for
Hi,- battleships. Mr. Post expressed
himself as being highly pleased with
tii,- result. He is quite surj? that at
least olle of tile vessels Will be bUill
here. $
Whiie in Washington Mr.-. Post noti?
fied the Navy Department that'jLlie bat?
tleship Illinois would be launched on
October 4. " / -
When asked about the strike of the
sheet iron workers. Mr. Postulated that
it is practically settled. Only half of
tin- men quit work, lie said,5 and today
most of those who went out (returned to
their duties.
WI1.I. REOPEN THE {CASE.
Dreyfus Likely to Have Another
llcaring.' f
i P.y Tolegraph.iJ?
PA IIIS. Sept. J.?The movement in
I'm ,,r of a revision of the Dreyfus case
is grow ing stronger in the papers which
have until now been hoslile.to tlie pris?
oner of Devil's Island. V
General Pellit-ux has* tendered his
resignation, but it was withdrawn on
the instance of General Zurlinden:
it was announced this afternoon by
the Patrie that several officers-of tlie
general staff have decided.ejto resign
shortly and divulge all 'they know of
the entire Dreyfus affair. One officer
declares that war will inevitably follow
as a result of the revelations whicli will
be made regarding the machinations of
a no Hier government.
*? M. Lassies, a member of tlie Chamber
of Deputies, had an interview this mor?
ning with the minister for war, M..Ca
vaignac, on the recent deveopments in
the Dreyfus case. Tin- minister reit?
erated that he was convinced of the
guilt of tin- prisoner, but added that at
tlie same time he was determined to
punish all who had been derelict in
their duty.
Th,- deputy afterward, declared that
so long as M. Cavaignac was minister
for war there would be no revision of
tin- Dreyfus case, adding that in the
event of a revision tlie trial could not
again he held behind closed doors, and
as it would be impossible to produce
publicly some of the documents, the
acquittal of Dreyfus must certainly re?
sult from a reopening of the case.
The most pessimistic feelings exist.
II is the common belief that Great
Britain and Russia are on the eve of
war. and that the consequences of the
Dreyfus scandal will involve France in
wat with Germany.
'I'b, government is doing its best to
stem ihe rising tide of agitation by a
studied quiescence which scandalizes
the Journal des Debats and other pa?
pers: it 'may succeed in getting over
th, crisis. M. Faure ignores the re
piouches of the press and remains at
Havre.
M. Bourgeois, minister of education,
is in Switzerland. His address is not
known here. M. Peytrail, minister of fi?
nance, is al Marseilles, and M. Lock
roy, minister of marine, is at Cher?
bourg.
in the meantime M. Cavaignac. min?
ister for war. and M. Snrrien. minister
of justice, are busy enough. M. Sar
rien laid two prolonged conferences
with M. Brisson this afternoon, and
after M. Cavaignac'* long interview
witli M. Brisson both ministers looked
rallied. These and other impromptu
ministerial conferences were devoted to
an endeavor to convince the minister
for w;ir of the necessity on political
grounds of a. revision of the Dreyfus
case, which the whole country, includ?
ing the army, now demands.
High ollicers confess that the discus?
sions thai will follow revision will pro
ahly entail war, but they say that
would be preferable to having the ar?
my remain under a cloud, with the pos?
sibilities} of agitation leading to civil
strife.
MISS HARTo'N TO RETURN.
The Ship Placed at Her Disposal Need
id by the Government.
(By Telegraph.)
HAVANA, Sept. 2.?The steamer
Clinton, which had been placed tit tlie
disposal of the Red Cross Society tem?
porarily for ihe distribution of relief
here, being wanted by the government.
President McKinley instructed Miss
Clara Barton to return to the United
States for the present. Miss Clara Bar?
ton, acompariicd by her staff, sailed on
tlie Clinton hist evening for Tampa.
Before leaving she paid the customs
line for $?tlil imposed for the lack of a
manifest of the Clinton's cargo, mak?
ing the payment under protest as direc?
ted by President McKinley.
Advices from Colon say that three
battalions of Spanish infantry arrived
there last Saturday, and similar ad?
vices from other [mints in the island
indicate that the Spanish government
is making preparations to embark its
troops for Spain..
The stock of leaf tobacco is small,
and is selling at fancy prices. The mar
,ket is overrun with the principal
American buyers, who arc bidding fu?
riously for what they can get.
BRISTOL, ENG., Sept. 2-The Trades
Union Congress lias decided to send
two delegates-to the meeting of the del?
egates of the American Federation of
Labor.
Duffey's Malt Whiskey 80 cents per
bottle. Other case goods in proportion
Mugler's Family Liquor Store. au30 lm
TO SEE WIKOFFTODAY
PresidentMcKinleyand Party
Arrive in New York.
WILL SLEEP IN A TENT
Executive tireatly Im|ireKnetl liy the Sight
or a Detail Kitcortlug the fttriimtikK
or Two Soldier* to Thuir
I list K* Htlng Place,
(By Telegraph.)
NEW YORK. Sept. 2.-?President Mc
Kittlev. accompanied hv Mrs. McKinley.
Major Webb <'. Hayes. Colonel ami
Mrs. Myron T. Derrick ami George I).
Corlclyou. the President's assistant
seerelary. arrived :tt Jersey City over
the Pennsylvania railroad station, ami
were met by Vice-President and Mrs.
Hnbart. who will remain with them
during their stay in the city. Tie pir.y
were driven to the Manhattan Hotel,
where they will occupy the suite apart?
ments.
While on its way lo the hotel this
afternoon, the carriage containing
President Mclvinlev. Vice-President
II..bait and Private Seorotarv Porter,
who arrived today, met a detail of the
Sevenly-lirsl New York regiment, es?
corting tin- remains of Corporals Shied
and liiimen. who wer,- killed in the
charge of San Juan Hill, to lh.me
tery.
With reverential respect t he 1 'resident
?nd-his party removed their hats. The
President's head was lowered and he
seem. .1 to he deeply affected hv the
speetaele. The President's carriage fol?
lowed ihe funeral cortege a couple of
blocks down Fifth avenue below Twen?
ty-third street, and then returned to
the hotel.
President McKinley has wired Major
General Wheeler that he desires bis vis?
it to i amp Wikoff as informal as may
he. (me troop ,,t" cavalry will act as
the President's escort.
A salute of twenty-one gtins will be
tired.
s Tin- quartermaster's department has
been directed I., provide si* carriages
for the Pesideiit. ih.- Secretary of War
and those with them. The 'president
will probably drive through lhe camp,
lirst getting a general idea of its phys?
ical ami pi. lures,ni.? beauty. Then he
will walk ihrougli some of th.. hospitals
seeing by near inspection the condition
of things.
Th,- President will probably sleep un?
der canvas Saturday night. A tent
near General Wheeler's is being pre?
pared t"r him.
BOUND FOR CAMP WIICOFE.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2.?President Mc?
Kinley and Iiis party left tin- city at
.10:15 o'clock tonight for Camp Wikoff.
With th.- President were Viet'-President
Hohart, Colonel Myron T. llerrick. of
Cleveland. Webb c. Hayes. J. Addison
Porter, secretary to ;he President: As?
sistant Secretary Oortelyou and Wil?
liam McKinley Barber, the President's
nephew.
After dinner was served al lln- Man?
hattan Hotel ihe President went up
stairs to tii,. Transportation Club
rooms, which occupy th,- up|ier floor of
the hold, and for an hour he held an
informal reception. The President will
spend Sunday with Vice-President Ho?
bart. Mrs. MeKiuley and Mrs. Hohart.
who did nol go t.. Camp Wikoff, will
l.-a\e lor Paterson tomorrow.
STATEMENT FROM WHEELER.
MONTAUK Point. I.. I., Sept. 2.?
Major General Joseph Wheeler gave lhe
following to the Associated Press to?
day:
"Headquarters 1". S. Forces.
"Camp Wikoff. I,. I.. Sepl. 1st, 1^9*.
"'I'he following is a sample of the let?
ters we arc constantly receiving regard?
ing the s I.Hers in the camp:
" 'In regard lo my stepson, We feel
very uneasy about him on ace..tun of
tie- newspaper reports of the privation
and suffering Indicted on tin- private
soldiers. Although he has never utter
Ed a complaint since lie has been in the
army, we hear from other sources ..f
the cruel and horrible treatment In?
dicted on our soldiers under the pre?
tense of humanity for our neighbors
and the whole country is in a state of
terrible excitement. I should not be
surprised if Hie feeling should lead to
a revolution of some kind, for I a-suie
you 1 hear on all sides the most vio?
lent and bitter denunciations ..I' the
War Department and the administra?
tion. It is indeed a great pity thai
the glory of our triumphs should be
dimmed by such a shameful ihing as
the ill treatment and starvation of our
own brave soldiers while the Spanish
prisoners have the best treatment that
the country can afford."
"It will lie seen that this letter says
thai not a word of complaint lias be.on"
received from this soldier anil so far as
m> investigation goes, no complaint
has been made by any of the brave sol
diers that have added glory lo our arms
in the Cuban campaign. A great many
anxious fathers, mothers, brothers or
sisters arrive here from all parts of the
United Slates to look after their rela?
tives, whom, they say, tin- papers tell
them are suffering, and many of them
have heard that their relatives are In
a^conditlon of starvation. Most . of
'these people are little able to expend
the money for such a journey, and ihey
are surprised when they come here to
Und their relatives surrounded with ev?
erything to .at which can be procured
by money, and if sick is the h spital.
they are gratified and surprised to lind
that they arc given every possible care
'?In reply to a direct request that I
will give the exact fin is as I see them.
1 will state: Every officer and soldier
who went to Cuba regarded thai lie was
given a great and special privilege in
being permitted to engage in thai cam?
paign. They knew they were to en?
counter yelkvw fever and othi r diseases,
as well as Ihe torrid heat of the coun?
try and they were proud ami glad to
do so. They knew that ii was impossi?
ble for them to have the advantage of
wagon transportation which usually ac?
companies armies, and yet officers ami
men were glad to g... to carry their
blankets and their rations on their
backs, ami to be subjected with ait any
shelter lo the sun and rains by day
and the heavy d.-ws by night. They
certainly knew that -he Spaniards ha.i
spent years in erecting defenses, and it
was their pleasure to assault and theit
duly to capture the Spanish works
They were more than glad lo incur th?
hardships and these dangers. They
went there and did their duly, each
man seeming i.. feel thai Amerlcai
honor and prestige was to be ineasun 0
hy his conduct. The brave men win
won the victories did not complain o:
the neglect of the government, but or
lhe contrary they seemed grateful U
the President and Secretary of War fot
giving them tin- opportunity to inctti
these dangers and hardships. They re?
alized thai in the hurried organlzatior
"of the expedition by a government
which had no experience in such mat
tors, it was impossible to have every?
thing arranged to perfection, and they
will testify that under the circum?
stances tiie conditions were much "more
perfect than any one would have rea?
son to expect and that Hie President
and Secretary of War and others who
planned and dispatched these expedi?
tions deserve high commendation.
"One reason why our army was lack?
ing in some respects in equip page was
a telegram received from Admiral
Sampson stating that if the army
reached there immediately they could
take the city at once, but if there
should In- delay, the' fortifications of
the Spaniards would be so i>erfeeted
that there might lie great ditticultv it
taking it. tin receiving this dispatch
I rum Admiral Sampson tlie War De?
partment directed the army to move at
once. and. as ail connected with tlie
army will recall, the orders were re
ceived after dark and the army was in
motion, had traveled nine miles and
was on the ships at daylight. Wiiei
the expedition sailed for Cuba it went
there escort.-,] by a hug.- licet of war
ships. At that time it was regarded as
impossible for a merchant ship to sail
on the ocean safely from any American
port to Santiago-, hut as soon as th.
Spanish Meet was destroyed, so that it
was possible for unarmed ships to sail
safely lo Santiago. Ihe generous people
of the United Slates subscribed money
without limit and dispatched ship aftui
ship loaded with luxuries and delicti
cies 1 r ihe Santiago army, and every?
thing thai could he accomplished foi
their comfort was done by the Pr.jsi
dent and Secretary ..l War.
"Al'i. r ihe surrender bad 1.n com?
pleted and arrangements perfected I'm
transporting the Spanish army to Spain
lb.- President and Secretary of Wai
sent shipping- lo Santiago and trans
polled cur army to one of the mis;
healthful localities in the Un.ted States.
This point selecu-d by the Secretary ot
War was so situated that thorough pro?
tection was given the people of lit,
United States from the danger of yellow
fever contagion. The soldiers upon
their arrival at this place r.ive.i
every . are and bounty which could he
procured by money. Tin- President and
Secretary of War directed that Iheil
health and comfort should be car.-,I fui
wftllOUt reference to expense, and li
addition the people within a circle of 1(1.
miles vied with each other in shipping
?to them carloads and steamboat loads
..f luxuries of all kinds.
"I hav, just Ituislied my daily in?
spection ,,f Hi.- hospitals. With rare
exceptions the si.k are cheerful and
improving. 1 have nurses and doctors
to care for them, ami in all my many
lours 1 have not found a single patient
wl.lade the slightest complaint, ft
is tree there bus been suffering, aim
great suffering. Tin- climate of Cuba
was v.-ry severe upon all of our sol?
diers, hut instead of complaining, the
hearts of those brave men are tilled
with gratitude to Hie- people for the
Pollute ills generosity which has been
extended to til, III.
??There is no doubt that there has
been individual cases of suffering and
possibly neglect among the soldiers, not
only in Cuba, hut since their arrival at
this place Nearly 2U.IMMI men were
brought from a yellow fever district lo
the .United States. It would have been
criminal to have landed th.-m nrid al?
lowed them to go promiscuously among
the p. ople. It lias been slated by phy?
sicians that if it had been done yellow
lever would have spread through many
of our slates.
"To avoid such a catastrophe, a point
which is more thoroughly isolated from
the people than any other locality
Which could be found, was selected. By
these wise means the country has been
saved from a scourge of this fearful
disease. Every one will realize that to
land hS.OUO tuen and put them on bare
fields without any buildings whatever
could not be don.- without some hard?
ships, iiv.-r ?.uiiii very sick men have
been received in the" general hospital
and as many mure sick have been cared
for in the camps, and yet only about
sixtv deaths have occurred In these hus
piials.
"Tents had lo be .-reeled and hospit?
als.! constructed and preparations made
lo supply those Is.nun men with whole?
some water, food, medicines, physi?
cians, ntirs.-s. cooks, hospital furniture,
wagons, ambulances and the other
needs essential to earing for 1S.000 men,
fully half of whom are very sick or in
a feeble physical condition. in addi?
tion to Ulis most of the bedding and
much of tlie clothing was left in San?
tiago to prevent yellow fever infection.
All of these deficiencies have had to be
supplied. We had but one line of rail?
road i i bring these supplies and some?
times there have been delays."
DEATHS AT CAMP WIKOFF.
Eighteen More Men Succumb to Pis
" ease. Four Transports Arrive,
t By Telegraph.)
CAMP Wild >FF. MONTAUK P< ifNT.
E. I.. S.-pI. 2.?The deaths in the gen?
eral hospital today numbered ten; in
the detention hospital eight.
At the general hospital there are 1,2.it
sick: at the detention hospital 2?it.
One hundred meTi were furloughed to?
day.
General Shafter declines to enter in?
to a controversy, he says. with Dr.
Senn, in regard to yellow fever among
the soldiers at Santiago, and as he was
slightly Indisposed today, denied him?
self to interviewers.
Four transports arrived during the
night. They were the Orizaba. the
Berkshire, the City of Washington, and
the Nonces. The Neuces. six days
from Santiago brought :iX? men of the
Twenty-ninth regular infantry and a
detachment of the First Illinois. There
wer.- twenty-six sick men on board.
Tin- Berkshire brought tits convales?
cents from various commands, chiefly
the tegular tinny. Three died on tin
six days' voyage from Santiago. One
hundred and seventy-five of the conva?
lescents an- still quite sick, but no con
tageous cases are among them. The
dead were hurled at sea.
The Orizaba b"Ought paymasters and
clerks. twenty-four altogether. and
$1,(100,000 cash in the treasure chest. The
clerks. twenty-four altogether, and
Humphrey, quartermaster, IT. S. A.,
and a chrk. two servants and three
horses. None were sick.
MUSTERING OUT TROOPS.
(By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.?The follow?
ing troops w ere order, d to be mustered
am of service today: First Pennsylva?
nia, Second Pennsylvania, Third Penn?
sylvania. Thireenth Pennsylvania.
Fourth Wisconsin. Seventy-first New
Vork. First New Jersey, Thirty-second
Michigan, two squadrons First Ohio
cavalry. Eighth Ohio, dSS'th Indiana,
Third Ohio. Second North Carolina.
Simons Island, Ca.. to Raleigh: First
and Second Alabama. Third lt. S. V.
cavalry. Second Massachusetts, First
South Carolina, Jacksonville to Colum?
bia, S. C.
BANK CLEARINGS.
(By Telegraph.)
NEW YORK. Sept. 2.? The total hank
clearings In the Cnited States for tlie
week were il.269.381,ft48; per Cent in?
crease, 12.4. Exclusive of New York,
$458,921,071; per cent Increase, 1.6.
Indiana Soldiers in a Dis?
tressing Condition.
"FEVER IN THEIR BONES"
Colonel Stu.ielmker Say. the Return of Bll
??Titters" to Iii.llaoapolli Has Saved
Hundred* uf Live* in the
Keglmeut.
(By Telegraph.)
INDIANAPOLIS. 1ND. Sept 2?Col?
onel Studehaker's "tigers." the One
Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana
volunteers reached Indianapolis from
the South this morning. The regiment
left its eanvp at Fernandina Fla.. last
Puesduy evening. The soldiers were
given an enthusiastic reception by the
citizens.
Colonel Suidebarker said:
"This is nol the sain... regiment I took
iway Ii-,.,,, Indianapolis last May.
"The personality is the same, but it
is mad,, up of a different lot of men.
1 hey have fever in their very bones;
they are hungry and their strength is
wasted. It is a|| ,1,,,. to lhe cesspools
.ii w hich we lived in the South.
"Port Tampa?1 charge the condition
of my men lo it and to the conditions
surrounding it. For eight weeks we
were in camp there, exposed to the fe?
vers and the unrelenting sun of Flor?
ida. Wo have not been in the shade of
i tree since last June, it was a happy
day for us when we received orders to
l.-ave there. But when we moved we
lid not h.-ttei- our condition much. The
fevers followed us. and day by day the
regiment became weaker. At Fernan
dlna we had the same difficulty to ob?
tain proper food. The United States
authorities seemed willing enough to
provide us with what we needed, but
Feriiandina. is such an out of the way
place that it is dltlicult to reach it. One
railroad runs to the town.
"When men who have been investi?
gating the condition of the Florida
camp say we have not been in actual
need of food and medical assistance
they do not know what they are talking
alKiiit. My men cannot march in
straight lines on account of their weak?
ness. They cannot carry their rifles at
the right position. They cannot march
any distance without many of them
having to drop out of the ranks to rest.
1 think that our coming home has
saved lhe lives of hundreds in the reg?
iment."
The officers of Colonel Studebaker's
regiment hesitate about fixing blame
on any particular government officer.
They say th.-y are still in the service
and a court martial might meet the man
who talks too much.
DEMONSTRATION AT PAN A.
Deputy Sheriff's March Through the
City With Bonded Ritles.
PAN A. IBB., .Sept. 2.?Fifty-four of
the deputy sheriffs, who have been on
guard duty al the Sprlngslde coal
mine, made a demonstration this after?
noon by inarching in a body through
the principal streets of the city with
loaded Springfield ritles and fixed bay?
onets to i'ity Hall Park, where they
rested on their arms for half an hour.
They were in charge of Mayor Penwell
and t'hief Deputy William Baldwin.
Later they returned to the Sprlngslde
mine. Ail along the line of march cit?
izens hissed the deputies and applied
all manner of epithets at them, but the
deputies coolly continued the march.
Mayor Penwell said the deputies were
brought to the city on ordrs from Gov?
ernor Tanner, hut the state secretary of
the labor bureau. David Ross, the gov?
ernor's representative looking into the
situation, denied the statements of the
mayor. Mayor Penwell said it was
feared the lives of the deputies and
operators' families were in danger.
The demonstration created great excite?
ment.
GENERAL CRAY'S DIVORCE.
Strange Petition Filed in Kentucky by
an Aged Husband.
LOCISVILLK, Sept. 2.?A special to
the Evening Post from Richmond, Ky.,
says:
"The petition for divorce filed by Gen?
eral Cassius M. Clay to secure a legal
separation front his girl wife, Dora
Richardson Clay, recites "that the
plaintiff has treaied the defendant in all
respects as a dutiful and faithful hus?
band should, and that he has fully met
and discharged all the covenants of said
marriage contract, but that the defend?
ant did, without fault on the part of
plaintiff, abandon him on July 3, 1897,
and has since lived separate and apart
from him."
General Clay prays for a divorce and_
asks that the defendant be restored to'
her maiden name and given all proper
relief, which is supposed to mean that
be intends to provide a liberal alimony.
The defendant's answer admits all the
charges. General Clay says that the
girl shall never want so long as he
lives.
- J
OCR SPANISH PRISONERS.
Stale Department Now Considering
Their Release.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.?Having ar?
ranged for the release and return to
Spain of the Spanish sailors captured
after the destruction of Cervera's fleet,
the Spanish government is now seek?
ing to secure the release of the Span?
ish soldiers who are still held captives
in this country. There are a few of
these confined at Foi l McPherson ami
our government is entirely willing to be
rid of them. Our government having
finally consented to release the sailors
upon the sole condition that the Spanish
government would transport them
home. M. Thiebault. acting in the inter?
est of th.- Spanish government, has just
made application to the State Depart?
ment for similar treatment in the case
of the Spanish soldiers. The request is
now under consideration and doubtless
will be granted.
Ft "I'll MEN KILLED.
(By Telegraph.)
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. Sept. 2.?A'
special to the Sentinel from Blooming
ton. Ind., says:
"A horrible accident occurred at
Stinesville this afternoon in which four
men were instantly killed by a dyna?
mite explosion and many others seri?
ously injured.
"The men were blasting rock for a
new pike, when a terrific explosion of
dynamite occurred.
WANTED?At the Virginia Cleaning
and Dying Establishment, 85 suits of
clothes every day to be cleaned, dyed,.
presse?! and repaireu. and made to
look like new. 3105 Washington av?
enue. . _ aug-10-tf.