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THE TIMES. WASHINGTOiVl, TUESDAY OCTOBER 11. 1898. &ixtit& ; . (MORXINC. EVENING AND SUNDAY.) THE TIMES COMPANY. STILTON HUTCHINS. President JFtV.?. PL-ULICATION OFFICE. THE HUTCHINS BUILDING, Corner Tenth and D Streets Northwest f rrscniPTios IUtei KOKTHLT BT CaKHIEB: Korcinj;, Evening; and Sunday Fifty Cents Coining and Sunday Thirty-five Cents Evening and Sunday Thlrty-flve Cents by UAir Cne Year. Morning, Evening and Sunday. ,f5.50 EIx Months, - " 3.00 Three Months, " -".. 1-73 One Year. Morning and Sunday 4-00 Six Months, - " 2-25 ,'Three Months. " - " l."T "'One Year, Evening and Sunday 4.W lEIxMonths, " " " 25 a tree Months. " " "" Evnday onlr, Ona Year '-O0 Orders by mall must be accompanied by subscription price. Trlvm, I Editorial Rooms 3 v'J?, i Busaness Offlce 1640 iUMBEita. J circulation Department 268 CIRCULATION STATEMENT. " The circulation of THE TIMES for the week ended Oct. 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The Advertisers' Guarantee Company, of Chl go, hereby certifies that it has, by ita expert examiners, proven and attested the circulation of THE TIMES, Washington, D. C. The daily average PAID circulation for the -month of Au gust, 1683, was 48,020 copies. This is GUAEAKTEED to the advertisers of the country by a BOND of S50.C0O in the Fidelity And Deposit Company of Maryland, deposited with the Northwestern National BanV, of Chicago. ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY, By J. R. MASON. President TUESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1S9S. Peace ami Profit. Dispatches from Paris yesterday were significant of an impending, sensation and scandal In connection with the peace negotiations now in progress be tween the United States and Spain. As the deductions which our own corre spondents have made, appear to be cor roborated from several independent sources, we can assume that enough is known to justify the press of the coun try In taking the matter up, with suf ficient basis for action to make action -interesting. As far as The Times is concerned, there is nothing unexpected in the news that the same old Spanish bond gang that worked so persistently last "Win ter .for peace at any price, and to per petuate the unholy alliance between the Jlepublican Administration and Spain, is now operating in the American and "French capitals, and attempting to commit our Government to the pay ment of the Philippine debt in any event, and a settlement in whole or in part of Spain's other debt contracted in the effort to subjugate or extermi nate "the Cuban people. If that be pos sible. The people who notoriously are inter ested in this conspiracy are identically the persona who formed the old Span ish bond syndicate, whose criminal aims" and adventures were temporarily wrecked by the destruction of the JIalne. Up to the moment Mr. McKin ley saw that he must accept the man date of the nation and wage war, it Is a matter of common knowledge that this Anglo-American Spanish bond and sugar syndicate controlled and dictated .the .foreign policy of his Administra tion. Like its nearest friend and po litical adviser, Hanna, it kept out of .sight as much as possible while the blood of the country was up and bul lets flying; but It was always in secret activity, continually In close conference with the White House and th State .Department, through its senat al and financial members, and ever ready to seize upon the first opportunity tc stop the war and to command a peace set tlement favorable to its designs. This syndicate, through its chief rep resentative in public life, was present at the famous secret conference held in the Executive Mansion the night before 2M. Cambon presented the prearranged peace overture from Spain. It joined forces, perhaps, not altogether ingen uously, with Archbishop Ireland in a combined pressure upon the President to compel his acceptance and adoption of the Edmunds-Ireland protocol. It has been ever since using every device known to the gentle art of stock job bing, bourse salting, statesman brib ing, and corrupt financial thimble rig ging, to consummate a deal by which Its principals and accessories expect to sell Philippine and Spanish-Cuban bonds to the American people at par, after the conspirators have picked them up at fractional figures. This nefarious game, as it relates to our Eastern possessions. Is being played to work out profitably whether the United States shall keep or -refuse the Islands. But there would be many more millions for the gang in the latter event; hence the sturdy Influence ex erted upon Mr. McKlnley, through Day, Sfte Ireland, Edmunds, Gray of Delaware, McCook, Atkins, and the rest, to con vince him, against his sober judgment and patriotic Instincts, that he ought to return practically all of the Philippine archipelago to the horrors of Spanish tyranny. "Whether the conspiracy is to bear the golden fruit the conspirators hope for, or not, is a question of consider able doubt. A great deal depends upon how much of the truth regarding this most gigantic scheme to betray and rob the country, can be explained and brought home to the people before the elections next month. Again, much will depend upon the political result of those elections. If it should appear from the returns that the voting masses are indifferent to the "War Department outrages upon American soldiers, and will view with . complacency a wide open steal of many millions, at the ex pense of the American taxpayer why then the game will go merrily on to its close, and pleasant prosperity will add another dozen of multi-millionairea to the honored plutocracy of the land. There is a remote possibility that ventilation of the scheme in its newer form, even at this late day, may do some good, but probably, only in the way of affecting the vote for Congress men a few weeks hence. "We may be sure that nothing short of a ver' ob vious and serious danger that the deal, and its inevitable scandal, would menace the existence of the Republican party in 1900, will serve to prevent the bond plotters from accomplishing their end. Afraid of It. Two weeks ago today The Times sug gested that the official report of Col onel Roosevelt on the Santiago cam paign had not been published and that it would be a good thing to give it to the press. It is a fair assump tion that Colonel "Roosevelt knows many of the most vital facts In rela tion to the campaign and has stated them and commented on them in his oMicial report. Additional importance is given to his recital by his nomina tion as the Republican candfdate for governor of New York. He is still be lieved to be a fearless, truthful, im partial and independent observer who would relate the facts as they are. The American people are more deeply interested in an accurate account of that campaign thjtn they have been in any subject for many years. It is their honor that is at stake, it is their money that has supported the army, it is their seivants whose conduct is in question, and it is their right to have the official testimony of one or all of their mili tary ollicers. They were led to believe that Colonel Roosevelt was well quali fied to observe and faithful to report what he saw and experienced. It is now repeated by the Republicans that he Is all that he was said to be. Then why should they be denied the inform ation which his report will give? The President, in appointing a Com mission to learn, among other things, the facts his report is supposed to give, urged its members to leave no stone un turned in their search. Here Js a stone that has facts under it, and still it is carefully avoided. The adjutant gen eral has distinctly said that Colonel Roosevelt's report will not be publish ed. It is within the authority of the Alger Relief Commissioners, under the instructions of the President, to de mand it. "Why don't they? France mid England. A war between England and France would prove the greatest shock of the century to the moral sensibilities of mankind. It would show that an ap parently just cause is not necessary to a conllict between two enlightened na tions, and that a war that has been avoided for so many decades may be precipitated as a mere matter of ex pediency by a government that is threatened by its own people. If there should be a violent clash between these two peoples, it would have no higher source than the need of distracting pop ular attention from the shortcomings of an administration. It does not seem possible that the men who are guiding the French republic so near the rocks would be rash enough and selfish enough to force a groundless and disas trous war in order to prolong for a lit tle time their own power. For some years England has expend ed lives and treasure to rescue the en tire course of the Nile from the hands of savage fanatics who were a constant menace to the orderly Egyptians and an obstacle to the extension of civiliza tion and commerce. Alor.e England has brought Egypt from a bankrupt nation, the prey of ambitious and plun derous adventurers, to a condition of unprecedented prosperity and good order. Whatever advantages the Eng lish have enjoyed as a result, they have fairly won. They were right to assert that no other power should set up claims to territory anywhere in the Nile Valley. France, without the shadow of a lawful right, sent Major Marchand with a detachment of sol diers into the valley. Here he pro fesses to have bought Fashoda from the Shillock chiefs, who, he says, had placed the country under the protec tion of France. The Shillocks were al ready under treaty with England by which no authority but that of Egypt should be recognized. The chiefs deny the alleged transaction with Major Marchand. Lord Salisbury has been very patient and generous, but at last he is as firm as adamant. He recalls the fact that but for the English-Egyptian v.'ctory at Omdurman, Major Marchand and his force would have been massacred by the dervishes and affirms that since England has conquered the country for Egypt, the latter alone shall have title to it. This is both reasonable and right. By publishing the correspond ence in which his distinct purpose to ex clude the French from Fashoda is an nounced. Lord Salisbury has made it impossible that he should recede from his position. Now, either France must recall Marchand In a short time or the English and Egyptian troops must drive him out It is hardly to be sup posed that any other power would ap prove the French claim, which is so obviously-unsound. If France resists, she must fight alone, and as naval forces must do the most of the work, her chances of winding glory are in deed few. irhere are circumstances that might Induce "tti&- French-''government to contest the English claim to the last extremity, but for the cer tainty of early and awful defeat. A -war would unite the ,French peo ple and distract attention from the crowding issues that may lead to revolution; it would restore- the popu larity of the military staff which has been so sadly impaired by conspiracy, slander, forgery, suicide, murder, and general dishonor. The army, would fight as it did not in 1870 and in the Hush of victory all that Is shameful would be forgotten. Then, too, ft will be hard for the French government to explain the recall of Marchand and the abandonment of its claims in a way to satisfy a people that Is over-critical and nearing a state of riot. Yet there is England's navy, unmatched in the world, and the fearful example of Spain. On the whole, it does not seem as though the government could be mad enough to attempt to save itself by a trial of strength with England. When France was so rash as to allow Bismarck to bring on the war of 1870. she was ig norant of Germany's strength. What was known to all the' rest of the world, she refused to believe. , Can it be that the instructions given to the Peace Commissioners to demand only the Island of Luzon were intended to deprecla.te"'PhlIlpplnc bonds until they could be gathered in" Vy friends? If not, and if it has been the purpose all along to take all the Islands, as Senator Hanna says, then why this deceptive scheme? Of course Secretary Alger did not reply to all the questions asked by the Alger Re lief Commission. He was quite as guarded In his answers as General Dodge is in his questions. He took it for granted that the Commission would be embarrass ed by any accurate knowledge as to who selected the camps that have had such i shameful record, so in reply to the query as to who located the camps, ho says General Lee selected the camp at Jack sonville. A dispatch to the Chicago Tribune from Washington says the Kepubllcan politicians who objected to the proposed investigation of the War Department are delighted at the course It has taken and now admit that the President was more shrewd than they. Naturally they did not think he could get a board that would be so devoted to his political in terests. Mil It is wonderful how the Alger Relief Commission manages to strike only those witnesses who have never seen anything out of the way. Now. there are a num ber of ofllcers, including Generals Sang ster and Wiley and three surgeon majors and several colonels and captains, who gave the most shocking accounts of things at Camp Thomas. Never by any chance does one of these get called as a witness, but only persons who were not In a position to see or who were purposely blind. Does the Alger Relief Commission have an agent to examine the proposed witnesses in advance, or Is it mere blind luck? OREGON'S NEW SENATOB. Mr. billion the Fourth Jevt lh Mem ber of Hif tjiiiT House. Joseph Simon, who mmb Just been elect ed to fill the Oregon .csucy In the Unit ed States Senate, wm. according to the press dispatches, "born In Germany of Jewish parents." Mr. Simon will not be the first person of the Judean race to hold a seat in the Senate of the United States. There have been at least three others to precede him. The first of these was David L. Yulee, who sat in the Sen ate from Florida, from July 1. 1S45, to March 3, 1S31, and again from March 4, 1S35, to January 21, 1SG1, when he retir ed from Congress to cast his fortunes with the nascent Southern Confederacy. Senator Yulee was born in the West In dies in 1S11, but came to this country with his father when very young and while still a mere youth located In Florida. His father's name was Levy, and he was of Jewish extraction. The senator first sat in Congress as a delegate rrom Florida for two terms under the name of David Levy, the last of these terms expiring on March 3, 1845. It was in the Interval between that date and the beginning a few months later in the same year of the next term of Congress that he changed his name to Yulee, or rather ad ded that name to Davla Levy, his new name in full being David Levy Yulee. Thus he left the House on March 3. aa David Levy and entered the Senate when it assembled on December 1, folowing as David L. Yulee. It must be admitted that he selected a well-sounding name for his new cognomen. Senator Yulee died in New York city, October 10, 1SS6. The next in order was the most famous of the three, and one of the most dis tinguished lawyers and statesmen this country has ever produced, Judah P. Benjamin, of Louisiana. He was in the Senate from March 3, 1S33, to February 4. 1SC1. when he and Ills colleague, John Slideli. withdrew to join the Confederacy. Benjamin was successively Attorney Gen eral, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State of the Confederacy. It Is worth noting that Benjamin and Jefferson Davis once had a sharp personal controversy on the floor of the United States Senate which would have led to a duel had not Davis had the manliness to apologize on the floor of the Senate for the-harsh lan guage he had used. After the fall of the Confederacy Benjamin escaped to Eng land, going from Florida to the Bahamas in an open boat. He was admitted to the bar In London, after he had mastered the English law. and soon rose to emi nence in his profession. In 18S3 his health began to fail and he Tetired from prac tice, a famous farewell banquet being given to him by his fellow-lawyers In the hall of the Inner Temple, London, on June 30. 1SS3. "" 116" then went to Paris, where he lived until his death on May 8, 1SS4. Mr. Benjamin was, like Mr. Yulee, born in the West Indies. His parents were English Jews, who in-lSll sailed from England to settle in New Orleans, but hearing that the mouth of the Mississippi was blockaded by a. British fleet they put in at St. Croix, where, on August 11, 1S11, the future lawyer "and statesman was born. In view of his alien birth It Is interesting to .observCthat when Mr. Benjamin, in 1S15, was a.member of the convention to revise the constitution of the State, he advocated the addition of an article requiring the governor to be a citizen horn in the United States. The last of this trio was Benjamin Franklin Jonas, wlio was in the Senate from Louisiana for .the term from March 4, 1S79, to March 3. 1SS3. Mr. Jonas was born in Willinmstown. Grant County, Kentucky, on July 19, IS'1; removed with his father tp Adam3 'County, Illinois, at an early age, and was educated there. In 1So3 he went to New Orleans to live: graduated from the law department of the University of Louisiana in 1S35; prac ticed law; served in the Confederate army during the Civil War; was a mem ber of both houses of the legislature and city attorney of .New Orleans after the war, prior to being elected to the United States Senate. He served' out his Senatorial term and was succeeded by James B. Eustls, who was ' Mr. Cleve land's ambassador to France. GENERAL POLITICAL GOSSIP. The attention of the Hon. Marcus A. Hanna is repcctfully Invited to a recent report submitted' to the secret service bu reau of the Treasury Department by one of its most trusted agents. This report treats of a nfw Infant Industry which has sprang "into existence within the past few years tjhe, manufacturing of 'genu ine counterfeit silver coins." and dis closes a truly remarkable state of affairs. It seems that there is estimated to be several millions of dollars' worth of bo gus silver coins in circulation in the Unit ed States that absolutely defy detection. They are of the same weight and fine ness of the genuine article turned out at the United States mints, but they areout laws, as they were not made under the supervision of Uncle Sam, although ex actly as good as If they had been. ! Since the manufactured depression in the price of silver bullion the coin con tained In a silver dollar has been worth less than fifty cents, according ,to the commercial gold bullion basis; therefore, It has been possible for a number of years to exactly duplicate the silver coins Issued by the Government and make a profit of from forty to fifty per cent. Some enterprising parties out West caught on to this fact four or five years .ago, and, according to all accounts, they have been doing a most lucrative and thriving business down to the present time, without running any very great risk of being detected aim l-.nlshed. The secret service men have been very active in trying to locate the plant, or plants, as the case may be, but thus far they have learned practically nothing beyond the fact that- the counterfeits were In creasing In number very rapidly. It will be recalled In this connection that Hon. John Sherman offered a resolution of in quiry in the Senate on this subject about three years ago, but notnlng ever came of it. Tho Treasury Department refused to make a report on the Sherman resolu tion on the ground that it would not be to the Interests of the public service so to do. It Is said that there Is a syndicate or trust behind this enterprise, and that they have their headquarters in some one of the remote recesses of the Rocky Mountains. The suggestion to Senator Hanna is this: He is known to have very clo?? and intimate relations with nearly all of the registered trusts and corporations In the country. Through this source he cer tainly ought to be able to get into com munication with the silver coinage trust. Once he has established "relations" with the gentlemen composing the syndicate. Mr. Hanna can easily strike a bargain with them to run off, say S5.O0O.O0O of the stuff for use in his future campaigns In behalf of sound money. Then, If his conscience should trouble him after ho has had received his portion, he could quietly give the tip to the secret service people and have the pang run in. Anoth er way by which he could win fame and glory as a patriotic and public-spirited citizen, without any loss to himself, would be to give the syndicate warning and then have the plant seized when no body was present. The members of the syndicate would doubtless fall In readily enough with this arrangement as they could easily establish their "business" in some other locality. Mr. Hanna ought to give this matter thoughtful and prayerful consideration. It contains many brilliant possibilities for a man of Mr. Banna's Imaginative tem perament, hot tne least of which perhaps would be the 'relieving of Mr. Hanna of the necessitjvof violating the civil service law in trying tp fry fat out of the hard working employes of the Government. Un der skillful management the "Silver Coinage Trust" could be transformed Into a perpetual source of campaign revenue. Qulgg Is in a fair way to go into re tirement after the 4th of March next Capt William Astor Chnnler. a grandson of William B. Astor, and a soldier of San tiago, has been nominated by the Dem ocrats in Quigg's district. Then a Re publcan is circulating a petition to run as an Independent candidate against Qulgg. He has obtained a good many signatures, and is confident of getting the requisite number to entitle him to have his name placed upon the official ballot. If he succeeds Mr. Quigg's doom will be sealed almost beyond a doubt. The first day of registration this year in the Greater New York territory will be on Friday, and from this some clear idea can be formed of the Interest the people are taking in the campaign. A light registration in the cities in New York is always construed as favorable to the Democrats, as the percentage of stay-at-homes is always larger among the Republicans than in the opposite party. James R. Brown, chairman of the exec utive committee of the Chicago platform party of New York, has sent copies of the following letter to all the members of the Democratic National Committee, which Is self explanatory: "You will have probably noticed from the public prints that a party termed the 'Chicago Platform Democracy' has been Tecently organized In this State and that a full State ticket has been put in the field by the above party. We desire to call your attention to the following facts loading np to the organization of this new party. On September 23 last a con ference of delegates representing Chica go platform Democrats was held at Syra cuse. This conference was composed of three delegates from each assembly dis trict selected by a conference of Demo crats held in the given assembly dis trict The Democratic State convention at its session on Thursday, the 29th ult.. at which session the convention adopted a State platform of the party, utterly re fused to in "any way recognize the plat form of the party adopted at Chicago in July, ISM. This procedure was In direct violation of Democratic party precedent, followed In this Stato for the last thirty years, since every State convention held during that period oxcept one. which met just before a national convention of the party, had Indorsed and reaffirmed the platform of the preceding national con vention. Referring to the ticket nom inated by the Democratic State conven tion, I may state that two of the nomi nees were earnpst and ardent supporters of Bryan and Sevvall in 1S93. The posi tions of the remaining nominees were un known during that campaign except that one of the nominees proclaimed himself a gold standard man and, with a view of advancing the principle of gold mono metallism, attended the St. Louis gold convention of 3S9G. "The committee of organization of the Chicago platform Democrats met as di rected In the Union Square Hotel on Fri day evening, September 30, and nominat ed a full State ticket, every nominee be ing a man who openly and ardently sup- . ported the nominees of the Democratic party In 1S06. In view of the facts which we have laid before you. we desire to have you express your views to this com mittee upon the following points: "First, will you favor the admission to the Democratic National Convention of 1900 of delegates elected by the Chicago platform Democracy of this State? "Second, If you are not willing to reply to the above questions directly, will you not kindly state to this committee wheth er you believe that under the political conditions existing in this State the or ganization of the Chicago platform Dem ocratic party in. the State of New York was justifiable?? SOME CONVENTION SKETCHES. One of the most Interesting, perhaps, of t,he many striking features of the Tri ennial Episcopal Convention, now In ses sion, was the ordination to the Dlaconate. at St. Paul's Church Sunday, of the young Japanese student, John Kochln nera Ochlal, formerly from Tokyo, Japan. As the Bishop of Chicago pointed out In his sermon, which preceded the ordina tion, the young Oriental Is a striking ex ample of the good which foreign mis sionary work has accomplished in Asiatic countries. The young deacon is an unusually in telligent man, possess.ng feauircs of rare refinement, even for a Japanese. He Is of medium height, smooth face, with the characteristic expression of his race, and speaks English with hardly a trace jof foreign accent, and with a clearness of enunciation that is surprising. During the past five years he has lived In Chi cago, pursuing a course of studies at the Western Theological Seminary and the Chicago University, and he will continue the course another year. lie then expect, to be ordained to the priesthood, when he will return to Japan and take Up missionary work. He is thirty years of Bishop McICIm, of Tokyo, is the embodi ment of the quiet reserve force and straightforward simplicity so essential to tho success of a missionary and it is these qualities, together with his untiring energy which have raised him to his pres ent high position in the missionary fields, as well a.3 in other church matters. He has been one of the busiest members of the House of Bishops since his arrival in Washington, having taken part In a number of meetings and church affalra besides being in daily attendance on the sessions of the House of Bishops. Bishop McKim is one of the most pleas ing men in the general convention to meet His smoothly shaven face has a youthful, almost boyish expression, and his eyes are bright with the light of kind ness and geniality. As a speaker he is forceful, Interesting and full of variety. He is universally beloved In the Dio cese of Tokyo, Japan, and is much Inter ested In the extension of the church in the matter of foreign missions, his per sonal work and experience having taught him the great value of missionary labor. The Rev. Dr. John N. Rippey. clerical delegate to the House of Deputies from the diocese of Western Michigan, and his daughter, Miss Nan Rippey, are the guests during the convention of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles MacKay Rippey, at vj: Twenty-first Street. Mr. Jtippey Is one of the bsst known clergymen in his diocese, 'his prominence in church affairs and his popularity In his own parish being due to his untiring energy In the work of the church and zeal for the spiritual as well as temporal good of his parishion ers. He is a pleasant looking old gentle man, with kindly eyes and a gray beard, which gives him a venerable appearance. One of the patriarchs of the House of Deputies Is the Rev. Dr. William F. Brand, the senior presbyter from Mary land, who Is a clerical delegate. Mr. Brand Is almost ninety years of age, and his silvery hair and intellectual face make him a striking figure. He has spent forty-seven years as rector of the Episcopal Church in Harford County, Maryland, and during that time has nev er had a call elsewhere. The church, which is one of the handsomest in the State, was built with money which Dr. Brand personally solicited, and there are just ninety-nine In the congregation. He comes from a distinguished Mary land family, and one of his proudest tra ditions is the fact that Andrew Jackson was present when he was christened. He still takes an actlce, indeed, a very active part in church affairs and has been heard from several times during the conven tion. The Rev. Charles L. Hutchins, secreta ry of the House of Deputies, is one of the most popular clergymen in the house, de spite the somewhat austere manner In which he occasionally finds it neces--ry to take refuse from sump dii"-:t tt is an energetic, bustling man. but his energy and bustle are full of purpose and method and not of the kind so fre quently met with, which makes much stir and accomplishes little. He is smoothlv shaven, and wears eye glasses, which he peers over occasionally, giving him a very humorous expression. He is one of the hardest workers in the general con vention and he manages to keep four assistant secretaries pretty busy also. THE FEVER TN PORTO RICO. Ah KrHt n Men Leave the Hospitals Their Cot Are TnUen by Other.s. Philadelphia, Oct. lO.-WIlliam Moorlce. of Battery A, arrived -at his home In Overbrook early this morning, entirely cured of the fever with which he suffered in Porto Rico. In discussing his experi ence, he said: "While I have but little knowledge of the existing conditions on the island I do not believe they have been improving very much since the battery sailed for home. The hosnital was nin-ave au.-t and as rapidly as men were discharged ' or sent home other victims of the fevr I were admitted to occupy the cots va cated. I "Two or three days before I left the place. 107 men were brought to the hos- pital from the camp at Coama. which is several miles from Ponce. One hundred sick men were placed on the Obdam and over 260 were ent home on the Relief. "The military hospital established by the United States at Ponce is an excel lent one. The doctors are competent and are as tender and careful of the troops placed In their charge as they could possibly be. The supplies are ample. Everything necessary to a good hospital is at hand and there is nothing to com plain of. From what I could gather, the regimental and field hospitals were nearly all in a wretched condition. "While provisions were plentiful near Ponce,, I was Informed that the troops in the interior suffered from the scarcity of food. I was not surprised, for the roads there are simply awful. It is almost impossible to travel over them, and wagons are constantly breaking down. It requires four days to make the trip from the .camps to Ponce and a number of sick men were reported as having died on the trip to the hospital at the latter place. Others died soon after admission to the hospital." TO EMBARK TOR CUBA. The Fourth Immune Lenvc Juck xonville for Feruandiun. Jacksonville, Fla.. Oct. 10. The Fourth Immune Regiment left here at daybreak for Fernandina, whence they will em bark on the transport Roumania for Cu ba this evening. The boys are In fine con dition physically and are fully equipped. The regiment was provided with half a million rounds of ammunition. They were loudly cheered as they passed through the streets, and at Panama, where the trains run near the camp, they were cheered again. The Seventh Corps is changed greatly now, having been organized into two di visions with two brigades each. It is said it has been settled that Bry an's1 regiment will not be mustered out. The first regiment to leave, the Ninth, will .start for Savannah. Wednesday, one regiment dally following. SpenUer "Wheeler. (From, tlie Manchester Union.) If the f)emocra"M control the nctt House the speakership t may go to Fighting Joe Wheeler. And he is no czar, either. v Two "VlevH. (Froni the Cleveland Plain DcalerjT "Are yojiawaie, niyjlcar sir," said Ilev. Mr. IJjiwell," "tliat 'the path you are traveling is an 'cxceedinRly-roufrh and crooked one?"" "Vcihir;, adzackshly." THE MONOTONY OF WORDS. The Al;er Relief "Worker Henr nn OIl Story Repented. The Alger Relief Commission examined three witnesses yesterday and incident ally presented Secretary Alger with an extra large consignment of whitewasn. It is more than probable, however, that Secretary Alger will mildly chide the Commission for permitting the introduc tion of a little alloy in the whitewash sent him yesterday. One of the witnesses for the defense, Major Hysell, so far forgot himself as to criticise the medU-al branch of the service at Camp Thomas. Major Hysell is a division surgeon. He admitted that he- saw many things that were not as they should be. such as the location of sinks In close proximity to the lei tc hens of a number of regiments; also that the water of Chlckamauga River, which Gen. Boynton praised so highly the other day, was actually unfit to drink. Major Hysell was positive on one point: Everything under his Immediate supervi sion was all right. It may be said, paren thetically, that a peculiarity observed In all of the witnesses examined by the Alger Relief Workers is that none of them has been able to recall any mis takes committed by himself. All of the blunders observed by the witnesses have been in some other branch of the service over which, of course, the witness had no jurisdiction. The general effect of Major Hysell'a testimony was plainly disappointing to the Commission. The Commissioners looked at him reproachfully until Col. Denby put this question to him: "Could that Increase" (meaning the in crease of typhoid fever at Camp Thomas) "have been checked or prevented by any action on the part of the medical au thorities?" "No, sir; I think not," answered Major Hysell, promptly. Col. Denby and his associates looked relieved. The department could not be blamed. The responsibility rested with Providence and files. Capt. Culver and Major Gallagher, the other two persons examined, made model witnesses for the defense. Capt. Culver was stationed at Chlckamauga and he thought that Camp Thomas was really an ideal Summer resort. Major Gallagher saw service as a commissary of subsis tence at Santiago. There had bfen no de lay there that he had observed, no com plaints, nothing. In fact, that could truth fully be tortured Into a criticism of the management. The commissary depart ment at Santiago was simply perfect. The men had plenty to eat. and the infer ence Major Gallagher seemed to wish to convey was that the sickness of the sol diers at Santiago came more from over eating than from any other cause. The commission will leave next Sunday on its tour of inspection. Much time was taken up yesterday In the selection of a suitable car for the accommodation of the commission. A representative of the Pennsylvania Railroad spent some time with the commission discussing this mat ter. The commission is anxious to obtain some private car that Is fitted up .vith separate compartments, bath rooms, etc No ordinary Pullman coach would an swer its purposes at all. It Is said that the wishes of the commission in this mat ter will be compiled with. The commission has voted $10 a day to each ot its members for current expenses. Authority has been granted the commis sion by the President to decide the proper compensation for its services. It is sa'ld that the members have been un able to agree upon this point. The low est estimate submitted by any Commis sioner is understood to be $200 a wek to each Commissioner. This would make S1.S0O a week to the commission in dependent of the actual expenses, which goes to show that Alger Relief Commis sioners come high. Capt. J. B. Culver. Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, who commanded Troop A of the Rough Riders, under Col. Grigsby. was the first witness cal"ed. "We fared well In the way of transpor tation and food," volunteered Capt. Cul-vc-r. "We had fresh meat four or fie times H week. We had hard bread for one week, but after that we had soft bread of excellent quality and in a lund ance. The meat was of good quality, as a rule. Once I ascertained that some of It was tainted. I inquired and discovered that the commissary had left It In the sun. It was promptly condemned and exchanged for good meat. The coffee was at times green, but generally It was roasted. It was of good quality, as was nearly all the food." At this point Capt Howell Inquired: "What is the object of the examination of this witness? I don't see what we are learning from him." "We are supposed." replied Mr. Beiver, "to inquire into the cot fcnlssary depart ments and how they were administered; the quartermasters' departments and how they were administered." Gen. Dodge remarked that there had been complaints about the way that sup plies had been furnished to the regiments. "The best way to find out" added Mr. Beaver, "is to get it from the c tptain who receives the supplies rather than from the staff officer Issuing them." The inquiry was then directed to the health of the company, and Cant. Cul ver said that he had cwenty-six men sick in all. He had visited them in the hospi tal and found them well provided for. "I had numerous inquiries from Nebraska about the sick and I was kept busy an swering the letters. I was able to nuorm the relatives and friends that the sick were well looked after and In most cases better than they could be at home. ' He added that. In his opinion, the .luartrjr master's, commissary and medical de partments were well equipped. The troops, he said, could not have been bet ter supplied. Capt. Culver told Mr. Woodbury that he had received no complaint whatever about the supplies. There was a report that the river water had been polluted above the place where it was aken in for drinking, but an investigation did not confirm the report. "It was not true," he said. "The sinks were well located 200 feet from the uicket line and not near enough to affect the health of the men." Major James H. Hysell. chief of the First Division, Second Army Corps, at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, was the next witness called. Major Hysell said the first case of ty phoid fever that came to his attention at Camp Thomas was on June 10, in an Ohio regiment. It was brought to the camp from the Wooster camp, near Co lumbus, O. Another case developed soon after. Care was taken to prevent the spread of the disease, but it broke out in various directions. From June 10 un til August 20 there were only a few scat tering cases, however. "Were those cases isolated?" asked Dr. Connor. "They were not," responded Major Hy sell. "Typhoid cases were then treated in regimental hospitals and nursed by men detailed for that purpose. In one division hospital at Chlckamauga there were 1,100 cases of typhoid fever. The deaths were fifteen." He knew of no case of neglect or drunk enness. The nurses were as competent as one might expect to find In a regi ment. The men, he said, never slept on the fioor or ground. There were never less than six or more than seven men in a tent. Dr. Connor directed his inquiries partic ularly to the water supply. Major Hy sell said his division had not a great sup ply of water. It was brought in bar rels. Major Hysell said that men In the hos pitals were allowed to go home and In some cases died. "Was that not In opposition to the sur geons in charge?" was asked. "It was." "Why did they let them go, then?" "Well, It was hard not to. I had to get on my horse one day to escape from a mother who was almost hanging on my neck pleading to be allowed to take home her boy when I knew he would die. Men run under such circumstances. They nev er, were allowed to jgq from any hospital. !Governor .Bushnell,.': telegraphed me to have the Ohio men sent home at once. I paid no attention to the communication." There was no trouble at all, Major Hy sell said, in getting all the supplies that were wanted. There was plenty of milk: and delicacies for the sick. He ascribed the spreading of disease to Improper covering of the sink's and the distribution of infection by files Major Hysell admitted that other provi sion might be made If 5000 men were sent In camp agafn and snM th-ir ,n cal men learned what "to do by exoe rience. "Then you ascribe the wants and Ills to the inexperience of the medical men?" Col. Denby remarked. "No, sir?" he replied. "Your professfon can cope with the disease, then?" "If It could, men would never die." n,,r ,lyse11 saId that out of the whole as theJ SI C!leS f fever at CamP Tom! ?h'ree fourX T WOu!d be ,ower tha ratlin tvnhnM ?"e Per C?nt- Thfe " muchnh.ghPer0,d tWW ,n.Ihe clUe The first witness at the afternoon ses sion was .Major Hugh J. GalSer tot lT'Xth Cavalr-- whVSi ! S?"' Hf served at Santiago In &. CaVa,ry and was order by Oen. Shatter to establish a commissary depot at Siboney. Cuba, on June , .fr..Beaver aaked the witness about the racllltles for landing supplies. ?Lca upon the commanding officer of the "iale for boats to unload provisions. We started with two boats the first after noon, and afterward we had a steam lighter. The lighter went as near to the beach as possible, men stripped, waded out and hauled the small boats to the shore where the supplies were piled on the beach. At the start there were no small boats to use except what were fur nished by war vessels. "The transport containing tha supplies was anchored between 400 and 500 yardd from shore. Th small boats held be tween two and three tons. Everything constituting a field ration was on the transport. Not over 2.SQ0 or 3.Q0O rations were landed on the afternoon of the first day. The rations were sent to the front nearly as rapidly as landed. "While at Siboney the maximum supply on handat any one time was between 40,- vjv unit mi.iahj rations. This. Major Gallagher said, was a rough estimate. He was. he said, .able to fill all requisitions for supplies and more ra tions were furnished even than the requi sitions called for. Wagons and pack trains were used to send the supplies. Major Gallagher said that he heard no complaints at Santiago about lack of fowl. He explained that on two occasions while at El Pai.o requisitions could not be fully honored for coffee and snigar. His previ ous statement, he said, referred only to Siboney. "Why 'was that?" Mr. Beaver asked.' "The surf ran so high at Siboney that supplies could not be landed," the wit ness replied. "How many rations dW you have on the boat you were on?" "About 10,)Q." "How long would that last the array?" "Twelve days." "What was the quality of the food?" "It was good. Sometimes the toffee was green and sometimes It was roasted, but it was all good. The rations consisted also of hard bread, bacon, salt pork and beef." At Siboney ofllcers could purchase ar ticles of food from a store, but from El Paso officers got only the privates ra tions. It was against the regulations to issue rations to officers, but there was no way for them to get anything else and they fared the same as the enlisted men. There were only a few instances where food spoiled before being issued to the men. He found several boxes of caaned roast beef that had beeR spoHed, and it was promptly buried. "How did that get in the rations?" was asked. "I don't know," said Major Gallagher. "I never saw roast beef in rattens be fore." Mr. Woodbury Inquired about com plaints of the quality of the food, and Major Gallagher said he had heard of none. "I knew of no suffering." he said, "caused by lack of supplies. The Ctttaun and refugees were fed in addition to the army. What was issued for them consist ed principally of food that the soldiers could not eat in the fiekl. I had charge of the depot in Santiago one month. Cu ban soldiers to the number of 5M& were fed from June S until July 11. Between 12.900 and 13.069 Cubans and prisoners were fed from thf Santiago depot. Rations were also sent to San Luis. Baraeoa and Guantanamo for Spanish prisoners." "What do you think of the army ratfcm as being suitable for soldiers in a trap-CAl climate like Cuba." inquired Mr. Beaver. "I don't think it is suitable. There is too much meat. The men have e erTitg for rice and tomatoes. V:;taVe5 will have to take the place t a portion of meat. The ration will have to be i-haKced I think to suit the climate." Major Gallagher remarked: "If we were to start again we would make great er preparations. We know what to do in the future. If there was any suffelng it was only for two days." "Who was responsible for that?" "L can't see who was responsible. T don't think any man can say who was responsible. It was due to the. high surf. As it was, we had only one day's ra tions at a time." "Did any sickness result?" asked Coll Denby. "Yes; men that did not have coffee and sugar for two days undoubtedly became 111." Gen. McCook inquired: "Supprse the surf had continued seven days, what would have become of that army?" "The suffering," responded Major Gal lagher, "would have been sa great that the army would have had to fall back." The question of transportation arrange ments at Montauk was inquired into and the Commission was informed that ttere was no difficulty in getting supplies of all kinds at Montauk. The only delay known to Major Gallagher was of two hours when a train bringing fresh bread was detained by a hot box. As a general proposition he thought it would be better to have had more than one line of trans portation. He knew nothing of the contracts for transportation and could not tell why milk and other supplies wer? not brought from across the sound. He Insisted that there was no difficulty in transportation and added that there was always on hand a large supply of food. The Commission concluded with Major Gallagher and will meet as usual today. Xo Cnsh DenlinKN "With Spain. (From th Minnrapolis Tribune.) Rut the idea of Spain jelling- the Philippine to the United States is absurd. If we want them at all. they are ours by risht of eonqH?t. Ac cording to medern u-age, we are entitled to de mand a cash indemnity from Spain sufficient to cover our war expense. Germany exacted shcU an indemnity from France a quarter of a century ap;o. France, bein t!ie defeated party, submittal to the exaction, and was aUo compelled to give np the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, (Termany treating them as conquered territcry. If Franse. at the time, had proposed to sell Alsace ami Lorraine to Germany, the proposal wwdil htve been received bv Bismuick with loom and treated with contempt. Spain's proposal to sell the Philippinfs Is char acteristic of Spanish impudence. The United States has generously waived a ea-,h indemnity in consideration of Spain's poverty, but now Spain swems to have an idea of extorting money from us. This will net go tlown. It is posINc that the American Peace Commbion wU concHKL- to abandon all of the Philippines except a eoaMner staticn though we hardly think so; but in. any event they will never coavent to pay Spain any money. If wel.ecp the Philippines it will be he cause they are ours by the grace of Ged and tlw valor of Dcwcy awl his squadron. Willie's Criticism. (From the Chicago Xcivs.) Willie Say, pa, are you a self-made, raanT Pa Yes. iiiy son, and I'm proud of it. Willie Hut pa, why didn't you use a leoMn glass?