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&Jici&juyKnfl iMM ^ntcUigmcer. I WL E """'"M'"i':lt 1L WHEELING. W. TA.. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. I89& 1-RIOE TWO CENTS. GORDON AVENGED. ' The Signal Victory of tbe AngloEgyptian Troops OVEK THE DERVISH FORCES. OmAurman. the Capital of Mahdlam? Cap* 1 lured by General Kitchener After Fierce FJffht!o|C-The Urarery of tbe Dervishes [ Cad llardlj be Overettlraatad?British 1 Lou Two Hundred, but Thouendl of irtlt.J o.._ ?f (h. ' the Enemy wer? 91oa( Bitterly Couteitoil OatUaa of Mod. ' era Tiiucj. OMDURMAN, Opposite Khartoum, on 1 the Nile. Nubia, September 2, by camel post to Naslr.?The Sldor, General Herbert Kitchener, with the Khalifa's 1 black standard, captured during the 1 battle yesterday, entered Omdurman, the capital of Mahdiam, at 4 o'clock this 1 afternoon at the head of the Anglo- ( Egypt/an column, after completly rout- ' Ing the Dervbhes and dealing a death * blow to Mahdiam. Roughly our losses were 200, while thousands of the Dervishes were killed 1 or wounded. j Last night the Angio-fegypuau wu/ ( encamped at Agalza, eight miles from Omdurnian. The Dervishes were three * miles distant. At dawn to-day our cav- j airy, patrolling toward Omdurman, dlfl- j covered the enemy advancing to the at- < tack in battle array, chanting war songs. Their front consisted of Infantry and ! cavalry, stretched out for three or four t miles. Countless banners fluttered over 1 their masses ana xne copper aim mBaa drums resounded through the serried ranks of the savage warriors, who advanced unwaveringly with all their oldtime ardor. Our infantry formed up outside the camp. On the left were the firs; battalion Northumberland fusiliers ad second battalion Lancashire fusiliers and the first battalion grenadier guards, with the Maxim battery, manned by the Royal Irish fusiliers. In our center were the first battalion "Warwickshire regiment, the first battalion Cameron Highlanders and the first battalion Lincolnshire regiment with Maxim# worked by a detachment of the Boyal ?" Williams. On aniun y UIIUC4 ??<? ...... our right were the Soudanese brigades oommaiided by General Maxwell and General Macdonald. The Egyptian brigade held the reserves and both flanks were supported by the Moxlm-Nordenfelt batteries. A Fierce Contest. At 7:20 a. m. the enemy crowded the ridges above the camp and advanced steadily In enveloping formation. At 7:40 our artillery opened fire, which was antwered by the Dervish riflemen. Their attack developed on our left; and In accordance with their traditional tactics they swept down the hlllelde with the design of mshlngr our (lank. But the withering maintained for fifteen minutes by all our line frustrated the attempt; and the Dervishes, balked, swept toward our center, upon which they concentrated a fierce attack. A large force of horsemen, trying to face I hail nt from t<he Cameron Highlanders, the Lincolnshire regiment and the Soudanese, was literally swept away, leading to the withdrawal of the entire body, whoae dead itrewed the field. The bravery of the Dervishes can hardly be overstated. Those who carried flagu struggled to within a fow hundred yards of our fighting line, while the mounted Emiis absolutely threw lives away in bold charges. When the Dervishes withdrew behind the rldgo In front of their camp tho ^ whole force marched in echelon of bat- ( tallona toward Omdurman. As our troops surmounted the erect adjoining ? the Nile, the Soudanese on our right came into contact with the enemy, i who had re-formed under cover of the , rocky eminence ana had massed be- < neath the black standard of the Khalifa 1 in order to make a supreme effort to retrieve the fortunes of the day. A [ mass 15.000 strong bore down on the 1 Boudaneee. 1 H?rirlati0S MfHfrt Away* General Kitchener swung round the ( center and left of the Soudanese and i telaed the rocky eminence, and the J Egyptians, hitherto in reserve, joined the firing line In ten minute* and before g the Dervishes could drive their attack home the flower of the Khalifa's army i w&scauRht In a depression and within & j tone of a withering crow-Are from three brlfadea with the attendant artillery. 1 The devoted Mahdleta strove heroically 1 to make headway but every rush was ] Btorped, while their main body was literally mown down by a sustained deadly crow-Are. i Defiantly the Dervishes planted their tandarda and died bealde therr Their dente masses f?radually melted to companies and the companies to driblets ! beneath the leaden hall. FInully they 3 broke and fled, leaving the flcld white * with Tlhbah-clad corpses, like a enow- j orirt dotted meadow. i At 11 :is itie sirdar ordered an advance * nd our whole fore* In line drove the 1 eattered remnant of the foe Into the d^frt, our cavalry cutting off their retreat to Omdurman. Amonjf the chief Incident* of the battle was a brilliant charge by the Twenty-flr?t T/anccni under lieutenant Colonel Martin. Galloping down on a detached body of the enemy they found thf I>rvl?h awirAafn?tn maunil h?Wlnd n<] warn forced to chars? home against I appalling odd*. The lancers hacked tnroojfh the muss, rnlll?d ond kept the J^rvlah h?>rde at bay. Lieutenant < Greenftll, nephew of Hlr Franda areen- j fell, waa killed, four other ofllcers were < wounded, twenty-one men were killed ] an*! twenty wounded. The Kgyptiao cavalry were in cloeo j righting throughout with the Baggara horsemen. For * short period the enemy captured end held the gun, but It tvas brilliantly' retaken. The heroic bravery of the Dervishes evoked universal admiration. Time after time their dispersed and broken forces re-formed and hurled themselves upon the Anglo-Egyptians, their emirs conspicuously leading and spurning death. Even when wounded and in death igonles they raised themselves to Are a last shot. Among the wounded Is Colonel Rhodes, the correspondent of the London Times and a brother of Cecil Rhodes. 08MAN D10NA BflOAFXt Bat It la Eitlmmud that 15,000 of HU Troop* Wcr* IfUlu. LONDON, Sept E.?The war correspondent of the Dally Telegraph, with he Anglo-Egyptian force?, says: "Khalifa Abdullah, with his harem, ind Ouman Dlgna, his principal gen?ral, managed to eacape, but Abdullah's manner and thousands of prisoners are n our handa. It is estimated that 15,000 >f the enemy were slain. Our total casmltles were about 600. "Besides Col. Rhodes, another corresjcmdent was slightly wounded. Mr. toward, the New York Herald correspondent, was slain by a shell In Omlurman." The war correspondent of the Dally Sews says: "Our victory was not easily or cheapy won. The dervish Jobs was enormous, [t Is estimated that the killed of the memy were no fewer than 8,000. "Our whole force was engaged lr? the , 0 .OA n m until innflnivn ifeiiklilfs llviu v.uv a. uii wumi phm?... ... The dervishes displayed remarkable >ravery to the last. Instead of waiting 'or us in Obdurtnan, where they could lave made a resistance that would lave cost us thousands of lives, they ldvanced to meet us. The sight was ex:raordinary. Borne 12,000 men In four jrlpades attempted to rush our Zeriba. "With desperate gallantry they were epulsed, suffering huge loss. Our Maxm guns especially made terrible lanes in their ranks, end our artillery dealt havoc In the town, which was full of vomen. The dervish army of 60.000 is itterly broken, but we are fully prepartd to fight them If they wish it." The Standard's war correspondent ilso pays a tribute to the magnificent ?urage of the dervishes, but says: "Fortunately for us. their, leaders ihowed little or no wisdom In choq&ing i battle-field. By not occupying theTiIIl )n our left front the enemy mlssed'hls )PPortunlty." Describing the attempt of the BagHira horsemen to retrieve the day's forunes by a final charge, the correspond?nt says: {'Dashing across the level stretch j>t lebbly soil the Khalifa's cavalry rode nadly at the steady line of our lnfanry. Out troops awaited the charge vlthout flinching. On came the der t'isnt'9. dui anain ine asam* uic ' nto them did lis work. Mrn and horses :ell thick and hardly a rider in that desperate charge escaped. "A large tiodr of the enemy"!! Infantry, mdlsmayed by the 5lrunrhter,TonlcMie jeen preparing to follow the cavalry, sut our field artillery and Maxims descending from the hill on which ther were posted came again Into action, and ben the conflict entered a new phase. "The attack on our camp had been repulsed, ond the only question was ivhcther the defeat of the enemy was omplete. It wns not Ion* before the IiTvlshes were seen In fall flight toward Ihe right, leaving their dead on the leld as they tl?d. Practically the whole trmy of the Khalifa was destroyed. Our asuaNles number over 200. "Our-fosses In the Zariba, whan the r-ut nttnnlroiT lit. VAN> fimflll. ?on?lderlng the number of the enemy }ur artillery and rlflo Are wan terribly flfectlve. The dervishes fought well, lisploying a courage that would hnve leemed marvellous had we not known heir spirit." Wllllnm'a Congratulation*. T^ONDON, Sept. 5.?The Cairo correspondent of the Times says "The first elegram of congratulation to arrive "rom Europe was from Emperor W1I1aun, who sa<d: 'I am sincere-iy glad to >o able to offer my congratulation? on he splendid victory at Omdurmen, vhlch nt last avenges poor Gordon's leath.' ' Vnnontaiu Connif Nomination* Jpeclal Dispatch to the Intelligencer. MOROANTOWN, W. Va.. Sept 4.? \t the Republican primary eleotlon In this county yesterday. Edward M. Irant was nominated for the leglnlaure over George W. Lalshley, Falrchlld Flornpr for county commissioner over John C. Price, and Stephen Mason for county superintendent of schools over L?ouls Snyder, and the nominations are oulvnlent to an eleotlon. . A free bridge jvcr the Monongahela river at Morgantown was the issue in the contest for county commissioner, the free bridge idvocate winning br a decisive malority. Wtit Virginia Potion* Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. ? Penslocs lave been granted to West Virginia applicants as follows: Increase?Alexander Watts. MatvlIIe. [12 to 114; William Condon, Wheeling, 18 o _ , . Reissue ? Thomas Keorns, Point Pleasant. 117. Widow?Martha Loftus, Scioto, $3. A pension has been granted also in mmp of William Patterson, deceased, iVathlngton. Pa., >8. Mc?w?enT Coll?p?M. MARIETTA, Ohio. Sept. 4.?The McSweener trail cam' to e h?l! nuddenlr rente rday. McSweoner collapaed under [he "train. The court adjourned until rueedny mornlntf. anil nppoluted three nhyHlclans to puns upon hl? condition from time to time. lie In better to-dar ind Is eating aurncient w siw i..?., strength. _ .>'0 Yellow y*rmrat K*r JACKBONVTIiUX PI*., Sept 4.-A ?jx?clal to tho Time* UnJorv a ml Cltlxen .'rom Key Went uay?: Btate IIcttMh Officer l^rter lewed a proclamation tolay stating that he believe* no yellow fever exl?t? In this city, nor ha? there Deeo any h*rr this auimocr. The present quararoMne wW he k??pt on for a reiv days nr> n mean* of precaution to avoid the powHblv error of lu?C year n the upp<?r gulf coaat. Ifemplila' sweeping (Inn run tin*. MT5MTHI8, Twin., fiept. 4.-The \femi?hla board- of health to-day established a rigid quarantine agalnat the ?nrtlr? country. So one will he allowed to errter the nlty from nny direction, rhls uctjori vu tak?*n- on account of prevalence of yeMow lever in rtroL ' A SHADE OF GLOOM Cait Over tbe Encampment at JHontauk Point. BY SICKNESS AND DEATH Otherwise Camp Wlkoff Would PrHMt * Brilliant Military PUlm Bicwtorj AI|m'i OommiBU ? Oca* BhafUrTiUki , on tka Cnban Campaign?8om? of (hi ObatnclM that had to ha Overcome?The Saoeeae af tha tantUfa Campaign wai ; daata Shaffer's Energy? Delay WonlU Have Haaat DUaiter to oar Arm* WASHINGTON, 8epL 4.?Secretary Alger, who returned late last night from New York, after tois Inspection tour i through Camp Wlkoff at Montauk Point with President McKlnley and several of the bureau official? of the war department, commented to-night i/pon the condition of the camp and stated the re- < suits of his visit The secretary said*: "I feel certain, after a careful examination of Camp WikofC and a thorough investigation of it* condition*, that everything possible Is being done for the men, both sick and well, who are retained there. The camp la an admirable one?the best, I think, I ever saw. "While the conditions are as good as oould (reasonably be expected tinder the circumstances, even better than I ever ! knew them to be in a camp, a shade of ' gloom la cast over the enoampment by the physical condition of the men. Sickness, suffering and death mar what . would otherwise be a magnificent military picture. These oondltlon* however, are not the result of the situation of the camp itself, but ef the terrible campaign which the troops have Just < passed. That campaign of Santiago will * be memorable in the military history 1 of the world. It was wonderful both In < Its oonduct and In the results accom- < plished. Few military experts expected ? when the campaign was Inaugurated 1 that such a success could be achieved in < so short a time. That success was i achieved so soon and with a loss com- > paratlvely so small is due to the energy 1 and ability of General Shatter and his < commanding officers, and to the dash, J bravery and splendid fighting qualities < of the fnen of General Sbafter's corps. Ohftaclen to b? Orcrromr. 1 talked- yesterday with General Shatter," continued the eecretary, "and he discussed some of the obstacles which .had to be overcome In the Santiago campaign. Just now he, by the way, Is suffering from the effects of the campaign himself. While I chatted with him his face was. flushed with fevec^md be was really, a slok-msn. , Vpca his arrfvai'af Montauk Point he 1 went into Hie detention camp with the < other soldiers, and, like the true soldier I he Is, tie ssked nothing b&tter for him- ( self than was being received by the men I whom he commanded. The time of his 1 detention expired to-day and he expect- I ed, upon leaving the detention camp to i I assume command of Camp Wlkoff. 1 1 have not heard whether be took com- I mand to-day or not. 1 "He said that when he arrived In Cuba and realized the condition that < | confronted him and bis men, h? knew 1 that the campaign must of necessity be 2 one of days rather than of weeks and I montha 'He had lost nearly all of bis i lighters snd was thus seriously hand!- 1 ! capped in effecting a landing of both < his troops and the stores and supplies i I which the fleet carried. The tremendous 1 rains which set in Immediately after tils arrival rendered it next to Impossible 1 for either the troops or supplies to be 1 gotten forward. He felt, however, that < whatever were the difficulties he must < press forward and if possible end the ] campaign in the briefest time. The ell- i cnatlo conditions were such that to lose 1 any time meant the destruction of his t /v^mmnnA h* ItlnM* and th# COIMMIUMt 1 failure of the expedition. He took no chances on delay, therefore, but swept his gallant army upon the Bpanlards with such Irresistible dash that victory woa won almost before the Spaniards themselves realized what they had to encounter. Secret off Shafter'a Hncecaa. "It la perfectly evident now that had General Shafter waited until hla army and Its supplies could have been sent forward with due deliberation, the expedition against Santiago would have failed utterly. In a measure It was his disregard of military conventionalities that enabled him to carry the campaign to a brilliantly successful lssu& "During all the time that the troops were lying In the trenches before Santiago, despite the Immense difficulties experienced In getting supplies to the front, the men suffered very little from j a IftCK or proVl?nmm. ui cvurau, uic; . did not have what they are now receiving at Montauk Point but they had the actual neoeaaarles of life, notwlthatand- j ing the newapapcr report# to the con- < trary. Doubtlwie there were Individiial caace of Buffering because of the acarclty of aupplleH at the front, but, as a rule, the nn*n had all that the *ol- ( diem of the Union army had at tlm*e during the civil war. While the Fed- f oral forts* were lying in trenchoa before Petoraburg they Buffered at time*, t during thone aeven months for good 0 A kai, lll>A ?k#k KilfAPA QdVIa IUUU, UUl 11 rv r; un- liviuia >/v>vi? '??. . tlflffo, they endured It without cumplaint.*' * "It la particularly notable," continued | Secretary Aljrer earnestly, "that the men are not complaining of th?*lr treatment* I talked with acores of thtm?I wo* about to ?ay hundred*?and not n * breath of complaint did I hear from any nf them. They Buffered, they are suffering yot, but they endured and are { enduring their trlaln like Spartan* There may be Individual eaaes of com- 1 plalnta. It would Indeed be Strang* If I there were not. but aa a body the army < of (Jeneral flhaftcr In not only aatlsflrd I with the situation, but Immeaaureably proud of Ita marvelous achievement. 1 Prr?lileiit*a rtollellnilr. t "The President wai particularly mile- t ltoua ?bout the condition of the men f who are UL He went to Camp Wlkoff to ascertain for himself whether the men In the ranks needed anything that they were not getting. Hie orders were that they should want for nothing, but he desired personally to know whether these orders were being carried out After several hours of patient Investigation he left camp satisfied that the men were being as well cared for as they couhl be In a field hospital. He took no official's word for anything. He had gone to the camp to see for himself, and his conviction aa to the conditions was reached only after he had come In personal contact with those conditions. In th? honnltalA he went from ward to ward, almost from cot to cot, stopping every few seconds to talk to the sick men and cheer them with kind expression of a grasp of the hand. It was an experience not soon to be forgotten. Such a visit' an President McKinley made to Camp Wlkoff yesterday Is almost unique in military annals. He went to the camp equipped with knowledge, Judgment an^ experience to make sn investigation. He had served in the camp and in the field himself, and he knew just what ought to be expected In the circumstance a. That he was reasonably well satisfied with the conditions as he found them Is In itself a guarantee that they are not far wrong." A rumor was given some currency that the camp, having been found by the Prealdent to be unsuitable for its purpose, was to be abandoned immediitely. This Secretary Alger pronounced to be without foundation. It probably prew out of the order by the President that the regulars at Camp Wlkoff, whose former posts had been east of the Mislissippl river would proceed as soon as possible to their old stations. Secretary Alger said that this order had been decided upon ten days ago and had no possible relation to the condition of the camp. CAMP WIKOFF IT III M UlMOITOH WuriHt ..... B Thre? Weeka?Col* Roo?cv?lt'a Far*w?ll ^ hpeach lo ihe Koagh Hldara, CAMP WIKOFF, Montiuk Point. N. ' ST., Sept. 4.?This great camp will dis- * lolve during the three coming week?, ' and by Octcfoer 1 it will have shrunk to ilender proportions. The well men, ac- 1 lording to the war department's pre*- c ?nt designs, will leave the camp as fast as transportation can* he conveniently j provided, probably at the rate of 3,000 >r 4,000 a week. The convalescent from the hospitals, Instead of being sent f again into camp with their commands, ] trill go to their homes. The President, ? Secretary Alger and General Wheeler < had a talk about it yesterday and al- a though General Wheeler thought the v men would do well in camp until Oc- v tober 1, it was determined to continue ] sending the men away. The regulars ] taken from the pasts east of the Mis- t ilsslppl will, according to the President's v Ilrectlons, be sent where they were be- t 'ore the war. The war department has i lot transmitted the order to General t snaner yci, uui u rrui uv uuu?v ?? , ieived by Tuesday, ? The Eighth Ohio and First Illinois will t >reak camp Tuesday. Rid- i ;rs will not parade. The Riniffffftldere r leld religious service In their camp to- t lay. Colonel Roosevelt, after Chaplain < Brown had concluded, rose and made a ( Ittle speech, a sort of farewell, aome of ^ ;he men took It to be. Colonel Rooserelt complimented the daring and Aral- f antry of the men, their wholesome J rood fellowship, their skill In managing i lorses and In the use of arms. 1 When the regiment was forming, he aid, many men had offered themselves vho said they were ready to "storm i, tforro or fight hell," but would not take <5 tlndly to camp routine ana unu. ah luch men bad been rejected. The Rough Riders bad all the forces of In- * Jivldual strength and in battle was ibout as coherent and effective as a o projectile. c General Wheeler said to-day that ? Lieutenant Colonel Mark, of the medcal staff of the army, had come to jherolcally examine the water supply >f the camp. He was at the top of his J profession and would In two or three t laya be able to give an absolutely au- t Iwrltatlve decision as to the purity of 2 he water. People had an idea that the ^ arater came from the fresh water pond. d Seneral Wheeler said they were mlsaken. The water was drawn from veils two and three hundred feet deep. * ?Vomen passing through the camp were llspleased by seeing that some tents did ij iot have floors and fancied that the fl nen must aleep on the ground. They t rere wrong In supposing that. In tents vithout floors were wooden bunks or a hick straw. As for himself, General B iVheeler said he liked the camp better 0 very day ana wouia iikc 10 hyb iu it intll October flrat. The season of Sep- t :ember galea Is approaching and the var department foresees that the Long Island railway may npt be able to f nove conveniently more than one thouland men a. day. Plans have been parlally made to transport troops to New <j Tork by water If It Should be advisable, a The troop ship Roumanla. a few days 'rom Santiago, cam* In to-day with Y Companies K and L of the Ninth Mas- n inchusetta and convalescents from va- t 1oub commands, In all about 600 men. t Seven died on the voyage and were d juried at sea. The Unionist also arrived from San- H lago with 360 men. Fifty-three were ^ >f Company B, First Illinois infantry, jj rhe rest were teamsters and carpen- y ;ers. All on board aro welL e The number of patients In the general " inspltal Is 1,040. No one died at the de entlon hospital to-day. It has 275 pa- H JentA J CAMP MEADE. ' loldlun tiling Mniifrnl Oat-?*rlonn v Trniiblea In ('Atnp. '' CAMP M BADE, Mlddletown. Pa.. J 5opt. 4.?The Sixth Pennsylvania rcgl- <1 uont will begin leaving Camp MeAiIe 11 to-morrow and by Tuwiday night the entire twelve companies will have gone iwny. Two cnmpanlrs each from the 4 lr#t nnd ncomd battalions nnd one from t :he Old State Fenclbles are scheduled n o start first. They have turned their * rovornmcnt property, over to CJUef Ord- c aancs Officer Duvall and will be gTven i thirty days' furlough. at the expira;lon of which they will report to their company armories for muster out. The first battalion of the Thirteenth ( Pennsylvania has been ordered to camp it Camp Meade siding for fatigue at the quartermaster department New uniforms have been Issued to the One f Hundred and Flfty-nlnBh Indiana, jvhleh enjoys the unenviable distinction j )f being the worst equipped regiment in the second corps. Privates James and Lin toff Glover, brothers, Company P, Second Tennealee, were seriously stabbed lait night In a quarrel 1th Private Pursely, of the lame company. Prlvate.Connelly, Company P, stabbed :he company cook, Charles Johnson. Private Welsman, Company H. Tenth n niowfll.M rvnhnld C 'ever In the division hospital. 1 General Graham has issued an order 2 lirectlng surgeons at hospitals not to * p-ant furloughs to any soldiers wtiom e :hey do not believe to be able to travel 0 ilone and that no furloughed soldier t shall be allowed to leave the hospital I vlthout being fully Instructed as to the 1 Ilet he shall observe while traveling to d lis home. Lieutenant Colonel Blckerts, >f \he third battalion of the Sixteenth u Pennsylvania, has been directed to re- 1; >ort to Colonel Duvall, chief ordnance t fflcer of the second corps, the lmmedl- P its need* of the battalion. These four 1 umpanles expect to be ordered to Porto Moo to join the regiment The Sixty- r Ifth New York passed through to- o light en route to Buffalo from Camp ? tiger, mere were iniriy-EOur aamn- ? ilons to-day from the general hospitals, h Che detachment of the Ninth Maesachu- o letts left to-day for Framingham, Ulch., to Join the regiment, which has J e turned from Santiago. General Cor>in has gone to Cincinnati to attend the lational encampment of the G. A. R., if which he is commander-in-chief. A WILD BTTXOR J kbont Pnndo ErcapliiR with Loot of 1:1,000,000 Franc*. NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-The story torn Havana that General Lais N. Pando, the former cqmmander of the Spanish troops at Manzaniilo. had se:retly fled from Cuba on the French iteamer Notre Dame du Salut for Spain vlth 12,000,000 francs, was proved to be infounded to-day. when the Ward liner Philadelphia came to her dock on the 3aat River front. General Pando was he first of the forty-eight passengers rho arrived from Havana on the vessel 0 land. He <vas plainly aresaea, ana vore nothing to Indicate his frank In | he Spanish army. He looks more like 1 Frenchman than a Spaniard, being ihort and stout, and wearing a thick 9 lack beard. Ho claims' to dpnik no a Snglisb, and a(ter arranging "for the o emoval of his pieces of baggage drove I o a hotel, where hen engaged- a suite j )t rooms. a The customs officer who examined a Spneral Pando's luggage, said that the laitor was well supplied with funds. p The Philadelphia brought n cargo of 4 47 bags of sugar and 231 packages of e ohacco and cigars. The latter 1r con- n igned to firms in Boston, Chicago. San .g iVancisco. Canada, England, Hamburg, 0 iremen. Florida and this city. <j BolilUra Sail from I'orto Klea. WASHINGTON*. Sept. 4.-Th* follow- ? ng cablegram wa? received by the war ?i epartment to-night from General Wil- P on: " "PONCE* Sept. 4. J Adjutant General!; Washington: j, "Transport Panama aaiiea at ? r 'clock p. m. to-day with 246 conrales- d ent soldiers; Burgeon Daly aad three * Militants on board; could acoommo- ?. at? no more. WILSON, .. "Major General" J I?wlon'i Health Haport. W1A8H3NGTONI Sept. 4.-General t! i aw ton's report received to-night, of J he health oondHlon of the American s roops at) Santiago follow*: Total sick, ei 38; total fever, 184; total new cases fa- t' er, 20; total re-turned to duty, - 8; 0 eaths, 2. ? * o AV INDIAN 8T0HT J M tboat Antlree, (lie Arctle Kxplorer, Drop- C( ping from th? Cloiiii. (] CHICAGO, Sept. 4.?A special to the P ?imes-Herald from Winnipeg, Man., 01 aye: Indians reaching Dauphin from Jj he far north report meeting an EbquI- jr nau, who told of the appearance h mong thom of a strange roan who de- E cended from the clouds on the shores a if Hudson Bay. tl The opinion among the whltea 1e that D he man ] Andree, the Arctic explorer. MAT WOT BPBVITR Q Si'AmltMutlor linjrnrtl In a Critical Oea< (j (lltlon?Oeneral llrraklii| Dawn* .. DBDJTAM, M?uw., Sept. 4.?The oo?<lltlon of Thoma* P. Bayard, former mbsasador to England, who It at Karl- " tell* tho homo of Ms daughter, Mrs. p, barren, waa critics* to-day. 80 pro- tl ounces hu? been Uwchonce In the put tl wo or three days that It wacr thought ho patient would nob survive many aye. ^ Mr. Bayard cam* to Karlateln^ the ^ u miner home of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. w Vanvn, about three weeks a go. XIla <ji leaith was nut good and during: the lr irst two weeks It did nut improve. A tl reek ago a change came which appear- 11 d to be a gradual breaking up ot me ystero, combined with kidney trouble, it flrMts It wn? not thought likely that ils cam would prow vertou* although p, : wur admitted by those In attendance j, hnt the end of a great career wa? not i?r off. The extreme heat of ttie put . bw da}'* hut had a depressing effect ipon the patient, and-on Friday anxiety run keenly felt. A consultation of * hysiclans wns held. Late on Friday a avorable turn'Was noted, but yesteray the change came for the worse. T*>- ; ay he was venvi-conscious with a fair uj U<lKf. mill !> ! > ComHIIUh. NAJIRAOANSBTT PIER. R. I., Sept fj .?The condition of Miss Wlnnio Davit 7 o-night shows no market* Improveuent. She passed- a restless night, but i'iis more com.'ortable to-day, and h?* hysiclan It mora booeful of b?r rtcov- p ry. - *: U FRANCE'S CRISIS. laralgnac the Minister ol War, Resign* his Portfolio. ' IEOPENING OF DREYHJS CASE AlMMta r?N|?M CoaelMlU?TtUH f allaMMt I>*Maa<ts I(-Pr??l4?Bt fain Ritiroi ! ftrto tt Cmnt?r wtU (Ha I Cakla?(-R?i Llk?lj that Other MtaU* ' Un will RaM|a-ralM tta?ia llw> tkm Coa vocation oflka Ckana?r mt Dap Ilea? Fancral afCoLHtarjr, Uu Ialal4?i PARIS, Sept. 4.?Owing to the reelglatlon of H. Cavalgnac ot the ministry if war. President Faure returned to >arU til la morning and conferred with 4. Delcasse, minister tor foreign afolra, M. Bourgeois, minister ot publlo ducatlon, and General Zurllnden. Tba ablnet will meet to-morrow expressly o deal wltl) a request from Madame Jreyfua for a revlilon of the pneeednc* of the courtmartlal that coocmned her huiband. Aa the cabinet la now practically inanlmouely In, favor ot revision, party because the ministers are aware that here la no other method of satisfying ubllc feeling, the outcome of the mettng la almoat a foregone conclusion. It la not thought that M. Cavalgnao's etlrement will Involve the resignation f other ministers. The tact that Oenral Zarllnden baa bees In conference rlth M. Faure la taken to mean that ie will euoceed M. Cavlgnao at the war nice. The ministerial conferences which ave been continued throughout the day iave had to do with the detail* of re iston. There Is no foundation for the eport that the chAmbers will be immediately convoked. According to Le Solr, M. Fkure, who ecelved M. Cavaignac to-day. strongly rged him to withdraw hla resignation, 'he paper also asserts that at the ouncll to-morrow the president will ndeavor to prevent a decision In favor f revision. On the same authority It j announced that General Roger, chief f M. Cavalgnatfs military ataff, will re* Ire at hla own request. The name of General 8auaaler, fornerly military governor of Paris, ia nentloned In connection with tha war fflce portfolio. The services at the Interment of tha emalns of Lieutenant Colonel Henry t Pochy yesterday were civil, tha Ishop of Chalons having forbidden re Igioua services. Several staff officers irera preaent at Che ceremony. o. a. a.. eifgamnrar faoy VUtfora Arrtra at Cincinnati?Vint Parade To-day. CINCINNATI, O., 8ept. 4.-Ovar *>,DO excursionlits are estimated Jo have rrlved here to-day for the thtrty-secnd national encampment ot the &. A. ? wklAk tiaatna Th? Am ota and the streets presented every ppearance of the great annual reunion b the excursionists arrived and were non seeing-the sights. None of. tha osts arrived to-day in bodies, and yet here . were tnsny uniforms aroon the xcurstonists. Rain In the morning Mfca the day pleasant for the early rrlvals in visiting Camp Sherman and ther attractions, and there is every !nIcation that the hot wave Is over, fo ar as this locality is concerned. The arches and other structures wtra lurainated apain to-night, and thou inds viewed the decorations, xne nm arade occurs at 6 o'clock to-morrow lornlng, when the naval veterana form > escort Rear Admiral Daniel F. Kelljr nd staff from the depot to the nava) eadquartera. The local posts and othrs will form another procession ?t tha epot when Commander-in-Chief Oobln nd staff arrive at 10:40 a. m. to-morrow nd will be escorted to their headquar?ra. The locaPpoats and naval vetrana will toe engaged all dar to-raor>w. Owing to his work in connection with le Ohio hospital train. Governor Bu shell and staff will not arrive till Tues- , ajr evening, and like duties with tha ick Michigan soldiers prevent Govrnor Ptnfree and staff from arriving 11 Wednesday morning. The governpa of all the atatea will be met on their rrlval with large escorts. The Mend* f COL Albert D. Shaw, of New York; imea A. 8exton, of Illinois, and I. F. rack, of Ohio, are at work early In Mia >nteet for commander-in-chief, and sere Is also an early contest between hlladelphla, Denver. Pittsburgh and ther places for the next nation*! enimpment. Assistant 8ecretarr of Agculture Brlgham Is here from Waahigton to participate In the reunion of Is old regiment, as Is also Chaplain ouden. of the house of representatives t Washington. In connection with the encampment lere will be an unusually large Labor ay demonstration here to-morrow. Army of tha Cumberland. WASHINGTON, Sept 4.-General IX . Stanley, president of the Society of >* Army of the Cumberland, announces iat the executive committee of the oranlaation has decided that the annual teet which was to have taken place at Detroit the 21>t instant, will be poetoned until September, 1919, many of ie active members being engaged la js war. DNtritlirt Now fork Fire. N?W YORK, 8ef>t. 4.?Fit* thla afmoon destroyed the east aide bouleird horn, rubber, bone and ivory orku at First avenue and One Hunred and- Twenty-fourth streets. entaM? a loss estimated' by the owners of 16 tmiicun* ai ?2w,uw ma or ? jw ce ?t >66,000. Moremonta ofBlnmihlpi. NWW T0TIK?Arrived: La Chami*na, Hfcvre; ami led; Chester, Amaterira LONDON?Arrived: Minnesota, PhilMphift. HA.VRK?Arrived*: La Ot?cofne, New ortc. WMtfeer ramin fbr To-?Uy. For Went Vlrjrtnla, Western Panntylva& end Ohio, thunder storms; fresh south* ly winds. I*omI T?mp*ral?re. The temperature Saturday ss observed r C. Bchnepf, drufrtat. cornar Market \d Fourteenth streets, was aa follows: a. 77 j S p. M a. m H4 f 7 n. m SS M I weather?Change. SUNDAY. ? I ? P- B ?. ra ? LP- 1 lii * N FesUMC-Cbuc* .