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TWO CENTS.
SCJIANTOX. 1A., MONDAY MORKING, NOVEMBER 21. J SOS
TWO CENTS.
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REPORT OF
STERNBERG
Surgeon General Gives
His Version of War
Mistakes.
CAUSE OF INEFFICIENCY
STedical Officers Were In Most In
stances Without Expel lence In
Aimy Woik Difficulty In Ob
taining Medical Supplies In Ref
erence to Camp Sickness Much
Caused by tho Manner of Occu
pation Rather Than on Account
of the Location Many of the San
itaiy Preparations Rendered Val
ueless by Catelessness The Mon
tauk Camp.
on the area of tho contracted camps
prevented tho posslbllltyof good banl
tary condition. .dfa'J1'8 charac
ter may V; niKl'i "' - "celt or Uvo
-r ' ' 1 X S-Vfte serious results, as In
Qftsv .. of National ciuaidsmen out
iur IC'll llllB IICUl pniuui;-.' UUIIllfe LIIU
summer, but their continued occupation
inevitably result In the bi caking clown
of the command by dlarihoca, dysen
tery and typhoid few..
Practically nothing was done to make
tho men comfortable or to remedy tho
liiMinitnry conditions until tin so were
brought to the uttentlon of the Hecie
tury of war by Inspectors sent out from
tho wur depattment. Then the ramps
held for so long weie abandoned, but
not before tho manifestations of ty
phoid Infection, weio rife in them. New
sites weie carefully selected, regiment
al camps weie expanded, company
tentnge Increased and board liooilng
piovided. Then, foi the llrst tlmo the
tjiinp' wont Into camps suitable for
continued ui( tipulinu.
Om iiiomlucnt cause of the lln lease
of sickness in the ouily circus has been
commented upon li only a few of our
medical olllcois. These cite the provnl
eneo of dtunkonness nnd ve-neie.il dis
ease due in the facilities and the temp
tation iitlouletl bv the pioxlmit) of
RECEIPTS FROM
TARIFF RETURNS
AMOUNT TO HALF OP GOVERN
MENT EXPENDITURES.
Seiles of Interesting Tables Issued
by the Treasmy Buieau of Statut
tics Showing Receipts foi a Nuni
bet of Years Sum Contributed by
Tea Merchants and the War Reven
ues Average Receipts
Past Ten Yeais
MORE ROOM -FOR DREYFUS.
Ho Is Now Allowed to Walk Ovor
Eight Acics of Ground.
rails', Nov. 20. The government, ac
cording to the Temps, has ordered a
modllleatlon of the prison treatment of
foiinvr Captain Albert Dreyfus.
Dreyfus 1h to bo ullowcd to promen
ade and exetclso fix houis u day over
an area of eight acres.
It Is still unknown whether Dreyfus
will be brought back, and the most
conflicting statements mu current.
C'ointe Estcrluizv's book, "L'AffuIre
Dicyfus," Is bellewd to be an attempt
to thtow mvhterv on the Esterhuzy
During case rather than light on the Dieyfus
1 affair.
WILL REJECT $40,000,000.
Pnnclil to the Sen nton Triliuiie.
Washington, Nov. aO.-The recent! Spain Liable to Continue the Bluff
discussion as to the icvcnue pioduclng foi Moio Money.
Utilities of the picsont tailff law loads London, Nov. 21 The Mudrid corre
especial Inlet est to si seiles of tables spondent of the Dall) Mall sa)S. "It
Just Issued by tho ticiMin buieau of s asserted that the government would
Mutlstles, showing tho iecelpt from reject an offei ot MO,HOO,000 fot the Phll
nrioiis souices by months dining a pplne.s us rldlcul ui-l"
long term of yeais. The Madild eoiiespondent ot the
An examination of these IU;iues Stuinlaul sa)s
shows that the custom tecelpts of the '.Spain will dec line indemnity for the
THE WRECK OF
JHEATLANTA
MORE PARTICULARS CONCERN
ING THE BRITISH SHIP.
Twenty-three Lives Lost, Including
All the Officers of the Ship Tlneo
Sailors Sui vlve The Stoiy of
George Fiazier, the Sailoi Thrill
ing Experience.
TUH XKWS THIS MOKNIXG
Weather Inil.iitlonj Today:
fair; Warmer.
that If the s) stems of the men h.td not
been weakened by dissipation they
would not have succumbed so readllv
to the other Inlluences which affect d
them.
iiowtons op typhoid.
It was typhoid fever which bioke
clown the sticngth of tho commands
generally, the outbreak becoming dls
tlnctly manifest In July. Sporadic cases
appeared In most of the regiments In
May i ml June, these cases having been
bi ought, In many Instances, from the
state camps. In fact some regiments
as the Fifteenth Minnesota, suffeied
more from this disease at tho state
rendezvous than any of tho regiments
In the huge federal camps. It appeals
Horn a general review of tho sanitary
reports nlioady filed that the preval
ence of the disease was propottloned to
the Insanitary camp conditions which
I have lefeired to. The piobablllty of
its communication to soldleis In camp
through the agency of flies was pointed
out as a reason for insisting on a san
itary police of the strictest character.
It Is well known to the medical pro
fession t'idt this fever Is piopogated
by a contaminated water supply, and
it Is now iccognlzed that tho greSt
pievalence ot this disease In on aggra
vated form in tho camps of the Civil
V ar wus duo to the use of surface and
shallow well wateis, Infected by ty
phoid ecieta. To prevent tiansmls
slon by the water supply 1 recommend
ed the use of boiled nnd filtered water
when a pute spring supply could not
be obtained, and to enable an efficient
tlltiation of suspected waters to be
made, field lllteis of approved ccm
stiuctlon were Issued on my recom
mendation by the quai torniustei's de
pa itment.
The seriously trick weie to be Heated
in division Held hospitals (unless their
tiansfer to a geneial hospital was ad
lsablo) under tho care of tho most ex
perienced physicians anil able surgeons
on duty with such division. Medical
ofiiceis left on duty with their togl
ments weie to exerclso sanitaiy super
vision over this well men and to deter
mine whether a soldier reporting him
self blck should be sent to the hospital
of remain as a trhlal case under treat
ment In quarters. This consolidation of
the medical foico by divisions. Imply
ing as It did the breaking up of tho
regimental hospitals, met with a stiong
opposition from leglmental medical
officei. paitlcularly from those who
the lolunteei leglments as soon m weio not detailed for special service at
thev were mustered In. tne necessary
articles of field equipment, I telegraph-
itles to the laiger i.uups. They hold I treasury department now amount to Philippines It the sum offered appears
Washington, Nov. 0. Siugeon Gen
eral Geoige M. Stcrnbcig has made his
leport to the secretin y of war. It re
lates to the woik ot tho medical eoips
during the war. The following are th
n ore impoitant features ot the re
port The number of medical olllceis, 102,
allowed by law to the aimy Is inade
quate In lime of peace. The Insuffi
ciency in time of war was met by the
assignment of over G30 contract sur
geons. The ety small proportion of
medical officers having oxpeiimce in
militaiy chaiactei Unpaired the clll
eienc) of tho depaitment at the out
set, but many ot the stall surgeons
fiom the civil life showed gtcat apt
itude for tho service and speedily be
came of value, as rdminlstratlve and
ianltary ofllce-is.
No provision was made for hospital
corps men for the volunteer troops,
except that which empowered tho bee
jetary ot war to enlist as many ptl
vates for the hospital corps as the
service may require. The number ot
men enlisted nnd those trunsfciied dur
ing the war was approximate!) n.ooo.
Th want of a sufficient body of
ttulned corps men necessitated the de
Idll of enlisted men fiom the legl
ments fot hospital duty in several of
the camps and the employment of
ttnlncd nurses at the genet al hospi
tals. Over 1,700 female nurses lane
been employed, at first at the geneial
hospitals and later at the fldd division
hospitals when It became cIdent that
th field rervicer purposes for which
tin latter had been oiganized would
have to give place to tho imperative
need of caring lor tho many sick
nu n coming from tho regimental
camps.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
Immediately upon the declaritlon of
war, April SI, steps weio taken to
obtain medical supplies for tho new
volunteer army. The manufacture was
expedited w ith the utmost dispatch. On
May !, seelnr that It would bo Im
possible to huve ready for Issue to
one half of the ordinary expenditures' inadequate1 In the e)es of the nation.
of the government, which Is about The Vienna cunespnndenl of the
the usual poitlon allotted to that I Dally Telegraph sav: 'Tollowlng the
branch ot the revenue-producing mi- advice of Austtlj and German. , Spain
vie? The oidlnniv oxpetidltuic-e of I will accept AmeiliaV often of compen
the got eminent, uslde fiom those of I saltan for the Philippine Islands. '
the post office dep.ntnieiil, which is i - -
piactlcally self-sustaining are usuallv1 t a NirftTTPTTV APT
calculated at about M.OOO.OM a day I BAHkRUriLX AU1.
and avetnged riming tho yeais 1S04 to
1S)7 $.lGO,r00,000 per a.imim, and al i n,oview 0t the Operation of the Law
iiuuiiL me smile line in 13;m, running
ed the govornois of the teveral stutes
for authority to use the medical equip
ment of the national gu.ud in the Ser
iee ot the stalo until our army mel-
Ical supplies weie ready for Issue
the division hospitals.
PREPARATIONS VALUELESS.
Tho Fifth nimy corps, long before
this corps embatked for Cuba, Its Hell
hospitals weie in condition for efficient
the Pacific mllrond ind extrnordln.iiy
war expenditures. The geneial plans
of those chaig.! with the dutv of
providing tho revenues for the govern
ment hnw contemplated the produc
tion of one half of the neeesMiiy ex
penditures fiom customs' nnd the re
maining hnlt from Internal levenue
nnd mlscell mecus sources, or in othet
words, a half million dollars a dav
from customs and a halt million dol
lars a day from Internal revenue and
miscellaneous.
THE DETAIL1.P riariiES.
It Is Interesting, then foi e, to e
umine the detailed flames of the ie
ceipts of tho government eluilng the
time In which the present custom l'i'v
lies been in op-ratlon under noimal
e ondltlons, nnd to determine whether
it is supplying Its assigned pronoillon,
one half of the normal expundltuies
Tlie dally statement of leielpts ami
expendltuies Issutel bj the tieasury
depaitment shows that on November
17, the 1-iOth clay of the pi.sent fiscal
year, tho custom receipts bad dining
these 140 days amounted to $7.!,:'.l0,IJ!l.
Of this sum a little over $1,000,000 was
from the duty placed on tea by the
war revenue act, so that fully S72.000 -000
of the $73,310,420 leceived In these
110 days ate the legitimate normal
icvcnues from the rates, levied bv the
custom law enacted In Inly, 1S'i7. or
a little more than the promised late
of a. million of dollais a day from cus
toms under that act.
Tho lecelpts from customs eluilng the
past ten yeais have aveiaged Sl.'.lUO.OOO
per month. This ten years' teim in
cludes the opeiatlen of four tailff laws
and It Is therefore inteiestlng to com
paio the opeiat!oiv of the new law
at Its vaiious staged with this general
nveage dining a ten yeais' teim,
which Includes the- operation-' of four
tariff acts.
As It was not expected that the new
law would It: Its fast four months op
erate normallv In Its pioductlon of
customs revenue owing to the excessive
Importations just pi lor to Its enact
ment, it Is not proper to show, first
tho iverage leceipis during the flint
four months of Its operations included
In the calendar year 1817. nnd also to
consider oepniatcly tho last four
Yaeiulna, Oie., Nov, 20 Additional
particulars of tho wieck of Hie Tiltlh
ship Atlanta, Captain Charles McBrlde,
from Tacoina to Capetown, Thuisdnv
ruorulnr, live miles south of Alsenel,
were brought heie by a coi respondent
of the Associated iPrcss who went to
tho scene. Twent) -three llve weie lost,
Including all the office! s ot the ship,
anil onlv thice sallow survived to tell
tho leirlble stoiy of the wieeU. Th
Mitvhors are:
francls MeMahon, a nalKe of Mei
fast, Iieland, ageil IS. John Webber,
Tarrytown, N. Y., Oeoige Fraxlei,
Philadelphia.
The lost are- Captain Chailes Mc-
Hilde; Hunter, tlist mate. N.
C. Huston, second mate, all of Ciieen
ock, Seotland. David Stevvaid, of Liver
pool. Aleck Deck, W. E 'Ciogei. M. O.
I'llkliiKton. Joe Oass.t. WIlHiim-
! son, T, Lewis, Michael aallagher, David
I Oicen, JncolMli, Pedro llieg-
i ory, John Mnrks, John Smith, seitnan;
I Hamilton, sallmakoi.
The unknown- Two cooks, oaipenter,
sallmnkei', second mate nnd one sailor.
The body of Juccdison was lecoveted
and burled yesteiday.
Wedneselav moining the ship stood
off on the stai board tack, the com set-dug
S. E. 'i E., until Wednesday
night until about 12 o'clock. She kept
backing off steering southeast bv ist
nnd i tinning under full sail when sud
denly the lookout sang out "breakers
ahead."
Almost at the same time the ship
stiuck with a tiemendous crash. She
un-iii v i i .v.-..m.w.. ..... ... ..i a,ai
details oiaiatlon f the lealute of the ''- '"' " '""'"""" --"
law permitting peiM.ns to become vol- I birched foiwar.l. struck again, was
i.ntn.) bank.upts. which took effect " ' " "v.hesma
August, isos I'nun this lepott it up- "'-"l 'p nn,,1co,111,CC!'-,." . ,?S
ippllcants for lellef '"'. nu-Bru-i u, ..-.....-
lll I iiniiieie'l mn mi- . " , ...
1 (leiieral-fnclc Sam Will Talk Plainly
to Spain.
He-port of Surge on (le-licial Steiiibig.
Wreck of th- Atlanta.
Tat lit Itcrclpts.
2 (lencral-Satutdnv's l'oot Hall (lames,
riimncl il and Commercial.
3 Local Rev. J 1' Moffat Advocates a
Curfew Law.
New Turn in tin Glbbonr. Case.
4 Editorial.
News and c-oinmeiit.
; Local City Committee Detlnts a Ito.
liulillcau.
No Vellovv Fever at l'lttston.
6 Local Wcsl Scianton and SaUmbaa.
News of Catooi elnlo.
General-Incidents ut the Tlilittentli'a
'trip South.
CLOSING UP
WITH SPAIN
Work of Commissioners
May Be Completed
Today.
FINAL NOTE TO THE DONS
of July 1. 1898 Seventeen Hun
ched Petitions Tiled.
Washington. Nov 21' The forthcom
ing annual upon of the attorney gen
eial einbtaees a levlew of the opera
tion ot tlii. national liankiuptc) law ot
July 1, P'es which has been prepaied
bv Mi. E. C lliande-nbuig, In chtugo
of bauhiuptcy laotteis, department of
justice. Mr. I'landenblllg, who Is pie
PHilui; a buoK on bankiuptey, brlell)
ic-vlevvs simtlai p ist legislation and
It Will Be Made Plain That tht
United States Shall lu Future Own.
the Philippines Spain Must Ac
cept a Sum of Money for tho
Islands oi Lose Them by Conquest.
A Document That Will Stop
Fuither Haggling for More Money
on Pait of Spanish Commlssl'on-eis.
KRAG-JORGENSEN GUNS
Thliteenth and Other Regiments at
Atlanta to Re Equipped with the
Deadly Regulai Army Weapon.
Special In the Si lantern TilbtlTle
(.'.imp S. U. M. Young. Augusta, Oa
Nov. 20. Theie Is now every prospect
ilnt tho Thirteenth, and In J act ev
il v other leglment encamped heie,
will go to Cuba for a certain time,
and present piospccts point to an
e.ulv move In that dliection. The moie
positive proof is now at hand.
'IM.'c, I mi nnfin fTli,tPi IViitii. t ore ntoii.n-
Iwiltten communication will declato
dent was Iniormcd by Acting Regime ii-j ,h.u the t,l(l urllck, ()f Uw protocol.
al Adjutant David J. Davis that a v.im legaiding the- Phllipiiines, Is capable ot
clunge will be wrought In th' equip- , only one fair construction, that no ar-
P.u Is, Nov. 20. The Spanish peace
coininlssloneis have been notified that
the United States commissioners will
be leady to treat with them tomoriow
afternoon, rules" the Spaniatds ha'
an adequate- leason for fuither delay,
the two commissions will Join in tho
most Important meeting thus far held.
The- Ameilcan commissioners in a
service Subsequent events, however.
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Most of the governots v ho had ileld """- -ii eiuucicN, wie-c preparanonj iiioiuuk m no ui'"'""'". ''"h "
equipment icspondcd promptly and " the medical depaitment When the the beginning ot the present fiscal
satisfactorily, but unfoi innately many l','"nd embarked on the trunsport year,
of tho state medical denailmc-nts had "B ?K?at waB?n? alKl lnulM RECEIPTS FI'.OM C'l'STOMS.
no such equipment. Meanwhile, the, "'-' -' " ,? "V . I Monthly nve.a.
olbcers in cliatge of the medical .up
pl) depots W'lc- dltetted to make nr-
U all the divisions, with a latgo part of
e-ieti or the hospitals, were also left
' lllllnirl Tlh.nri n mltilln r.r m .. .. ... -
langements so that supplies . ould be . " " """" " '" "'",;"":.,w". !
....1.. ....(. .,,,.. v,r,L, I,,, uuv ui nic:
Immediately obtained foi 1C0.000 men
for six months. Whenever notice was
leceived from the adjutant general'.?
office that comm md wen- to be moved
or camps formed, I endeavoicd to an
ticipate the wants of tho troops by tel
egiaphlng the officer In charge of tho
noaiest medical supply depot to for
ward supplies for the statc-d number
of men.
In my opinion the i eduction of the
ngo limit fiom 21 to IS years nnd the
haste with which the volunteer regi
ments weie organized and musteied In
to the '"ivli' weie lesponslble for
mm h of tin .eleknes w hleh vvns re
pot ted in the eaily days of their ramp
life All mllitniy expeilence shows that
)euing men under 21 vears bleak down
readily under the strain of war ser
vice, and every leglment had many of
these ouths In Us 'ranks. Medical ex
aminers were appointed to test if v to
the physical qualllleatlous ot each man I
before acceptance, but notwithrtandln?
this, so many men wei ufterwaids i
found on the silk lists of the camps
unfit for service fiom caut-es existing i
ptlor to enlistment, thui special ai-
rancements had to he. made fur their
discharge. I
CAUSES OF SICKNESS
Soon after th" newly l.iiscd levle-,
weie agstesated In large camps slck-l-esH
began to ineieaso piogieslve iv
fiom causes that weie so peneiul in
theli ori union lh.it scaiiely a ugl
nient escaped fienn tlu-li haimtul in-
tluciu'e. 'J'liese c auses may hugely be
vessels. These did excellent seivieo nt
Sau Juan and El Caney Ten of the
ambulances of the Third or reserve di
vision hospital weto subsequently
I'hlpped to Cuba, where they airlvcd
July 2, and were of value lu moving
the sick and wounded to the hospital at
Slboney and to the hospital shirs and
transput ts Of the pioperty and sup.
piles curried to Cuba a portion was not
avullable for service at tho time It was
most needed, to wit, on Julv 1, 2 mid 1,
when the wounded from El Caney and'
San Juan were coming from the fiont
for can and treatment. This was be
cause, in geneial. no oppoitunlty was
attended to land the medical pioperty.
Earnest eifoi is were made by medical
olllceiit to have supplies at tho front
with the tioops. Duilug and after the
battles or El Caney nnd Sail Juan there
weie an Insutlli Iciu y of te nts, cot-, bid
ding and medicines due to the causes
stated, but all the hospitals weie well
quipped foi smglcal woik
ttei tho capitulation of Santiago
the troops tit tho front bioke down
itipldly uiiilei the latlgue tiny had
I undergone and the malarial Inlluences
to which they Were exposed; but by
. tills time an ample supply of tents,
furiiltuie, bedding, clothing and med
ical stoies had i cached Slbonev, to-gi-thei
with a coips of trained inline"
and u loice of suigeons, those scut to
duty at the jellovv fivi i hospital In.
lug Immune to that dlseasi. Mean
while, to iclleve the pressun on tin
field hospitals, such convalescents .mil
sick as could beat the Jouinc) home
Ten )C.irs. IsVJ-tH jiri.Vj.oiO
August to December, jy7 ;i a, Hoc
Jan. 1 to Jul) 1. JMN 10,011 two
Jul) 1 to Nov. 1, IMS 15 W'.ij'iii
Nolo The receipts from tea July 1 to
Nov. 1. IS''?, were ?" 10S leaving th-
monthly average dining tint tlmo pi i
duced by the custcms act of IK)", $r.,i?iJ,(KW
MORE TROOPS WANTED.
piurs that the
have- been found In e-veiy walk of life,
lnespectlvo of class ot locality, and
shows that the Inige class of men who
le.ve been imfoitunate- in their busi
ness enteipiNes have availed them
selves ef the lellef offeted. Notwith
standing the law has been in foice
over tin co mouths, the courts In eight
c'-s'iirts declined to proceed with the
I'-fcienee anil adjudication of the peti
tions for the leason that the Supieine
lourt has not promulgated the lules,
fornix and outers lequlred bv the act.
In all other cases the courts have pio
eeeded and adjudicated petltloneis"
baukiupt, oi have lefeued the cases to
the tefeiees for .utloil Since the law
took effect 1,700 petitions In oluntniv
banktuptey have been filed. Slngular
Iv. the districts of Delaware, Eastern
Pennsylvania, Southern Oeoigla. Ne
vada, New Mexico. Western Viiglnla
and W)omlng show that no persons
therein have applied to be adjudged
baukiupt The following shows the
number of caues filed in each state
Alabama. 181, Ailzonrt, 1 AikniT-as,
2.!, California, S8, Coloindu. 20; Con
necticut. !i. Dtlawaie, 0, District of
Columbia, 1; Kloilda. 20, Oeoigla, 10.
Idaho, :: Illinois, as. Tndlanu, 31,
Indian Tcnltoiv. T. Iowa, 47. Kan
sas, ci, Kentuck), 71. Louisiana.
7. Maine, 70: Mar) laud, 32, Massachu
setts. I; Michigan. 17. Minnesota, 41,
Mississippi, 7; MIssouil, 04; Montana,
11; Ncbiaska 23, New Hamphshlio, 2.
New Jusey, 1J. New Mexico, cw
Yoik. 2tl7, North Carolina, 12; North
Dakota, 1; Ohio, 70, Oklahoma, 2; Ore
gon, 9, Western Pennsylvania, 31;
Rhode Island, 14; South Carolina, 2,
South Dakota, 0, Tennessee, 69; Texas,
132. I'tith, y. Vermont, 11, Viiglnla,
east, 1. Washington. 13; Wisconsin, 30
As the iuvoluntaiy featuie of the
law which permits credltois to have
their debtor adjudicated a bankiunt
did not take effect until Nov. 1, 189S.
It has been Impossible to obtnin any
data with leference to the operation of
this piovislon.
REGIMENT ARRESTED.
the decks wete quicklv eleaied of c-v
eiythlng moveable. Thee lew hail tak
en to the ilgging. most of them to the
mizzeii mnst Within half an hoiu after
sti iking the hull bioke In two. The
main mast fell and this staited the
miz7.cn mast, in which nearlv all the
crew had taken refuge. At this mo
ment George Pinzler. a sailor, plunged
overborn u, pie-ferilng to take his
ehancis bv swimming to being can led
ovei by the totteihig mlzzcn east. -He
anil two otheis succeeded In catching
hold of the main hatch and held on
for a few minutes when he was told
that the pint life boat was near him.
riazler sivtim IrtthB -hoat after a elcs-
peiate stiuggle and succeeded in
climbing into it. his ship mates In the
rigging giving him three c'-eers. Af
tei helping Mc Malum and Weber Into
the boat thev soon drifted on shotc.
ritAZIEIt'S STOIIY.
Fiazier. in telling the stoiy of the
wieck, said- "The uist thing I knew,
the Hi st mate culled me nnd said the
ship was on the bench. The otheivmen
i aim to the door and sung out "all
hands lay aft, we ate going to wear
ship.'
The seeonei mate shouted: 'Clear
awav the boats, thnt'x out onlv
chance.' The second mate and mysel'
jumped on the boat skids to clear away
the port bow. I shouted out for some
one to give me a hand to the mlzzen
reterred ti Ignorance on the pan of
officers .jf the pilnclplcs ot camp said- i weie sent to the United States on
tatlon mid or their duties and respon- . tianspoit vessels. This was nu emei-
slbilltles as ugaids the weifuiu of thj
enlisted men in their commands
Tho ulies. of i Li tain or the c amps hav
been insumci I hi the nowspapeis as
the cause of the .dekness w hleh was de
veloped In them hut a levlew of the
whole situation shows that il was not
the site, but tho manuei of Itt- occu
pation whii h - nit.t ne held liisponslble
for the gene nil spioad of dlseatM anion-?
tho tioops April 20. ISDS. loieseelng
the likelihood or insanitary e ondltlons
In the eampH. 1 Issued elreulai No. I,
Impiei'fclng upon medical officers their
repponslblllty In siniltaiv .natteis and
tt-ee necessity for a striet sanitary
police, portloulnrl) in the euro ot the
iilnks and In tho pruservntlou of the
camp area from cotitumlnatlon. Hut
tlwi dc-llsIM' ' "'
gency nieasuii- to lellevti tlin liiiHpltals
at Slbonev and peiinlt of the irausfei
to them of the men who weie dek In
leglmental camps
THANSl-'ICU TO MONTAI'K.
Tho tiansfer of tioojis fiom Santiago
to Montauk Point. New Vcnk, was also
an emeigino ineasme, und the ie
sponslblllty of excluding yellow fever
infection fiom eveiy trauspoit rpsted
on the medic al ofllcers viho had clunge
ol tho embaikiitlou. Had they failed
lu this duty tho effect would havo been
disastrous during tho ougei to tho
men confined on shlphoaid. and the
risk of Importing the diseuse Into this
Citizens of Fann Still in a State of
Tenor. '
Spilngllcld, 111. Nov. 2(i. Notw Ith
standlng the declaration by Captain C,
Dutler, In command of the National
tiuard at Pana, to Oovornor Tanner
last night that he felt able to cope vvitn
tlie occasion with the troopn at his
command, a de-legation of thorn fifty
business men of Pana, r d by for
mer Mayor Huber, visit governor
at the executive mansion today and In
fonned him that Pana was in a state
of teiror and that Captain Hutlei ap
peared to be Inadequate to the- occasion
and asking that the roveinor send iiioi"-
lioop.s to Pana and take stringent
measures to pieseivu the peace
Accordingly Oovetnor Tannci oideied
Company C, Fifth Illinois Infant! , to
pi oceed to Pann this ev enlng. The gov
ernor TilbO suiiernoded Captain liutlc-i,
who has been In command ut Pan i,
with Lieutenant Colonel Prank P.
Wells-, Fifth infant!) of Decatui.
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LOVES HIS GREAT UNCLE.
Emperoi Nicholas Adchesbes a Flnt
tciing Note to tho Giand Duke.
Si. Petersbuis, Nov ".0. Empeior
Nicholas has addieshed a most Hat
teilng resclpt to bis gienl uncle, tho
Impel in! Giand Duke Michael mwl
dent of tho council ot the emphe, and
chief of the Second bilg.nl' ot aitlllei)
of the Imperial guard, on tlie occasion
of the grand dukes milttuiy Jubilee.
His majc-st) speaks of his ' unbound
ed esteem und love" and ouleis that
the same honois be lendmed tin guind
duke as under the legulatlon", aio in
cut dc-d to the ezur himself
Locomotive Explodes,
l.lnm o., Nov, in A freiKht lucumutivt
on the Chicago and Eilt iiillioud exploded
near turn this morning, killing David Lit
tle, the fireman, and piobalily fiitull) ln
Jurliig Walter Bhlitlcff. engineer: Edward
Quick, conductor, and Prank Smith,
hralccmun 'bout rf c-ars vvr itwIwI
Sixth Viiglnla, Coloied, in the
Guatd House.
Maci n, (la, Nov. 20. The Sixtli
Vliglna negio leglment that caused
so much ti mble at Know Ille Is un
der arrest at camp In Macon, all their
arms and ammunition having been
taken fiom them. Thry nie guaiilrd
b a battalion of the- Tenth Inimtmes.
also ntgioes.
About midnight lust night k0 ot the
Sixth broke tliiougli the lines at camp
and starteel to town with the- avowed
tail pas- ot killing the white piovost
guaids. each man being armed with
a i ille nnd a belt lull of caittldges. In
formation loiicc-ining the action ol the
ment of tli soldleis. In the Unit- 1
States aiseiial. which Is located al this
place, theie are seveial thorn und of
the famous Krak-loigoiihon rllles. The
clays of the old Spilngflelds me num
bered and the government will begin
to i'call them tomoiiow morning. Is
suing In their slend the more deadly ,
and expeditious Krag-Jorg'-nsens-.
With thest vlll go the knife bxyonets.
Major Pitman, ot the regular, aimy.
who has charge, will begin tomorrow
and will equip 'the men at the iate
of one column each da). lie will stmt
In with the Eighth Pennsylvania and
then will come the Thirteenth's turn.
This means that the boys will be sup
plied with the new llfle- by Thutsday
ev enlng.
The change will be an acceptable one
an I all mc looking foi w aid to it with
a gieat deal of pleasure and Inteiest.
AVhen asked what the change nvnnl,
Adjutant Dav les simply stated that "It
begin to look like business." It would
not sui prise anybody heie If we weie
In 'ul-a at the- end of a mouth, though
time will be taken to make the men
familiar with the new weapon.
Hit haul J. nouike.
CORBETT-SHARKEY FIGHT
The Twenty Round Bout Between the
Two Pugilists Will Be Brought to
n Decision Before the Lenox Club.
New York, Nov. 20. That the twenty
round boul between James J. Corbca
and Thomas Shaikey will be hi ought
mast l lertriiiir. As soon is r reached . .. .ii,i i.r... . .1... r ..1.1...1..
the poop I was swept off my feet, but cii, m.xt Tuesdav night without any
ginsped a stanchion when the sea had I ,,0.ce other interferences Is now al-
mcut a big ceitalnty. With the big
spent Its force. When the sea c-leareel
off the poop I ran to the ml7zen tig
ging and climbed Into it. I stayed Mime,
I suppose.tei- minutes when the ship
lighted and listed over to stai board. I
c 1 aw led acioss the Jnck yard and got
into the poit ilgging when the ship
broke In two. Shortly r.tter that the
main mast went bv the boaul anil it
staited the mlzzen mast. I then took
to Hie watei and swam to the indn
hatch, wliK h floated close to tne ship
1 stayed on tho hatch about twenty
minuter. The se-.i was throwing wreck
age up, hitting me over the head until
1 ill If ted cle.11 of the ship. Another fel
low swam to the hatch, but I told him
to get off the hatch and look fot one
ot his own, lie would not do It. so
I got off myselt as It vvculd not hold
up two Theio was another hatch
neatby and I swum to It.bul th bleak-e-is
washed me oft. The men in the
ilgging w.te wntchlng me nr.d told
me that the boat v.'us coming. I swain
to the boat and got one arm iwr
the gunwale, the crew In the rigging
1 heeling me all the time. I crawled
Into tin- boot, which was full of wat
er, an 1 looking aiound Law Webber
on the side. McMuhon was among the
wreckage and we hauled him into
bltiatlon Is needed to elucidate Uh
teams, and that the United States can
not admit nnv othei power to Hgure
bete purely as a lexicologist. They will
maintain that the two commissions me
chaiged to deteimlne whether Spain or
I the United States shall In tut tiro own
I the Philippines.
This will be accompanied by a clear
declatatlon that the Culled States will
possess the Philippines.
Following this declaiatlon the Ameri
can commissioners vv 111 lay before the
Spaniatds two alternatives.
First, to accept a sum of money from
the United States and to cede and
evacuatr the Philippines
Second, to lose the Philippines to the
United States by conquest, with the
possibility of other teiiltorlal losses to
indemnify tlie United States for tho
added expense eif conquest.
This 1 onimuiilention may not be for
mally designated as an ultimatum, but
it will lack naught of the conclusive
ness Indicated by that woul. This will
be so plain that the Spanish conitnls
sloneis will "scarcely haggle for more
money on the tlist alternative nor chei
Ish any doubt of Anieilcan action under
the second, should the first lie declined.
THE PHILIPPINE DEBT.
No one lieu, except the American
commissioners, knows how much will
be tendered Spain as the cheapest and
most humane way ot settling the ellf
llculty. She is exceedingly anxious to
escape the Philippine debt and possibly
the sum to bo offered may be detei -mined
by an analysis of that debt,
which consists of $40,000,000 in bonds, on
which she realized $3G,000,000. Of the lat
ter amount she Is believed to have ex
pended some tlo.OUd.OOO or $11,000,000 in
fighting the United States und a pait
in attempting to quell the Philippine
insunection.
A leasoiuible guess at the sum for
tender would be $20,000,000 though It
may fall below that.
The Cuban question ma) come up
again tomoiiow Tlie Ameilcan com
missioners had thought the discussion
contest only 4S hours hence evciythingi on that point llnlshed, but the Spanish
seems to bo running smoothly, for as
yet. no woul of piatest, lay or cleileal
Ins b?en utteied lu refe-ience- to the
meeting of the big pugilists within the
limits of the- city
The lesnl authcuitles seem to be per
fectly satisfied that every detail ot
th-. Ilnt ton law governing pugilistic
exhibitions In this state will be lived
up to by the pilnclpals. Corbett is
lb tavoiitc- In the betting at 100 to SO,
nnd tho general Impression Is that the
rulei uoverning the bout, which call
lor a clean bleak favor him. The sail
or pugilist Is stiong on fighting, but
has )ct to show any elegieo of clever
nerfi at long lange woik, while tho
Vi-l.v apposite cm be si Id of Coibett.
ivjther thing which gouu Judges icfer
commlssloneis me lepoited to have de-
claied last week that the inottgages
Imposed by Spain on the Cuban's, as
well as on the Phlllpplne's revenues,
must not be Imp. died or questioned.
This would compel the American com
missioners soon and piobably tomor
iow to demand whether Spain means
to lepudlate the nluln compact of the
protocol to rellueiulsh soveielgnty over
and title to Cuba
Three weeks ago the Spanish com
missioners accepted the Cuban aiticle
In the piotocol wllh the conditions,
save that Its embodiment in tlie tienty
should depend onlv upon an agreement
heie 011 all the ai tides in the protocol,
Iteeentl), however, Spain's icpieseii
tutlves have said that the Cuban mat-
to Is Shai key's lack of control over his tei hail been only lempoiatily pusred
tempoi when re.elving punishment.
Dining his long w-eks of haul train-
11,,. In1.lt ViTrt 1i.nl .1,, nnio liiil em,v
uegiocs was sent to provost headquai-; ,,.,,.,, .,,., f . ,.,' nn,,'
, ......... .. . .. . ...... ....
ters ami Geneial Wilson at onco or-
eleud Colonel (iuillaul, ot th" Third
engineers, out to ariest the negioe-i
The- TI1T11I went dottbli quid; to tlu
1 amp of th-- Sixth and tound thtiii
tinting and dlsordeil.v.
Further tumble is fenie.l when the
Sixth Is released ftnin tin) .:u.iul house
Killed at a Weddln,,.
New ii)lk, Nov. II Antonio Salmlll. .in
Italian, fa ocais of age was uiurdt'icd to.
night in Hobciken bv Antoul Aiiiuueloc
also an Italian. Dm ha, a wtddiug ut Ha
b.illl's house, Amnoilot and uncitliu- til-d
t wi.-.ik vengeance upon SiImIIIs brotli-il-lli'law
nnd Sab.nll mclunl the men
fiom the house 'Jh obejul putl) and
when followed to th" dooi bj Sabdll,
turiu-il on him nnd sliui aim, l.illln-. Mm
lastaiiilv
Whete They Aie Grave,
Lotiilili. .uv il. The O.lIU Clironli'le
iu an tdlloilal on the IIIxpiiiii.Aiuiiic.in
situation this moiiiliig. nJlcw e.puislug
"Huiue iippiehensliin llial we iiui, Imve
been inluaki'ii with lugaul to the Aivlo
Amriliiiu tiitenie ' points tu the- "cs.
t iblltihuunt of a mtdliieval. navigation
lav In I'm to Itito," and asks- 'li a still
graver diKappolutiueiit uiulng in U10
closing of tlu- doors in 0111 coainuuci In
the Philippine""
Shipping News.
QueeliKtowu, Nov. J'. Sailed:
Etrurta,
br-ukeis started us nhoie. I looked
towaul tho Mitel; to sec If I could see
mi) body, but unl) one man was vis
ible 011 the poit aft elavlt. Wet Itept
the boats bead to " and weie soon
vv islie-d ashore."
MeMnhon said
'The- only icis'in that I can think
tor tlie dh-ostei was that th" -aptaln
lost his leckoning on account of the
weather foi the three day.s preceding,
olhoiwlsi the neciilint is qulto unae
countiible. It was a pitiful sight to si-
the chief ofheer in tip ilgging. en lug
nnd ptaylng lor help. 1 consider the
i'ii,p.' of iiiVMdt and two tMp nutee
iiothlng sho:t of a mliacle"
Addiess to Gianeis.
Cuncoid N II, Nov. 2) - Aliliibeui eif
th" National giaiigc niteiideil siivlits
twice lodai l invliatloii. al ih While
.Vlcmoilal rulviisallst eliuich. lu lu
evmlug the pulpit was occupied bv Jtiv.
lillvu Curpeiitei Woodman, ot Michigan,
wife ot J .1 Woodman of the National
grange I'Veuitivn committee
Death of Sir Geoige Powell.
London, Nov. 2".-Slr (leor(,e Snijtli
II. lilt u Powill, the iniiueni poltticul ecun
omlst. and autliority 011 colonial ittfnii,
who has npiest-ntcd tho Klikdaln dlvlMiu
of Liverpool In parliament hi tho Couse-i
llll
fiom Llveipool, Ncav York, H.ivrn- a. Ivutive luteiests slnr ISR."., died lodu III
wt...f r (".,, ,,n V.iii ' n- . ilw fti'.flr .i
Ing under the su put 1 vision of Tom
O'llourk' . the sailor Ins learned to
govern himself in this respect, 11 is
claimed, and great things ntu expected
ot him h) his ti lends and luckeis
No man could have tialned mote uile
tail than ShaiKey Iris and the- ruin
can be said ol ('nibett, to whom vic
tory me 111s much. Chailey While, who
lino 1 hinge of the cx-i'humplon's tinln
lug, Is moie than s-uisiW with Cm
belt's ,voik and i-ieseiii (uudiilon He
says his mm was never in heller shape
than now, and, bulling incident,
should reitalnly win.
I'oibitt, White sa)s. will entei tlie
ilng weighing abe ut I-.' pounds,
elte.urk" si,)s that Shaikey' 1 w lght
V ill bo 17f pnuilils. I'.epoits Horn both
sides tonight weie- lo the e-lfee t that
eip h man Is lu the Iksi pliv steal con
dition possible and equally coiilldenl of
v inning
Tlin advance sale ot seats has been
uniistiall'. heavy, amounting to in-aily
$10,000. Tin ptilse- of S'-W.OJO, It l( an
niamced, has been paid over to tl,n
stakeholdi-r. Ul.llik Faiiell,
Chaned Body Recoveied.
Toledo, I).. Nov at- Am 1 two mm. ths'
si null and tin- letove ) of ilgllii en cl-'.nl.
tin Kinln handle is at tin I nlon ilevato
iomiiii the iluuuil bode ut uu unknown
Ui'io Inilii Ills appeal. mc liiillc.itt'l mm
to lie a wtll-to-do mai and II Is MippiiM.il
I 1 lint been vlsltliig Hie 'levator ct the
lime ol the 1 ypliiplnu
Stabbing Affray at WilUes-Baire.
Wllke-s-IJaire, Nov. 20. Ainluvv (iiou
anil Aullioiiy Winchus, two Hiiusaiiaus
re sliliiig al Multhy, cpiariellcd tills after
noon when (J roil slabbed Wluchus three
linirs with a knlfi A iluctor pronounced
the wounds fatal, elion war aucslid and
lodged In tho Wlll.t.Itane- JalL
and was still In abeyame.
TRAINMEN KILLED,
G. W, Rogeis mid H. C. Rue Cut Up
by a Locomotive.
New Voik, Nov 20. (i W. Kogeis
oi Camden, employed as a conductor
on the Ambo) division of the Penns)l
vaiila lalboad. und II (' line, bag-gagemaste-l
ot Hogets' tialn, weu
killed at liiihvvu). N J tonight. They
had completed tlu-li 1 uu for the dav
and weie walking to the depot to take
a tialn tor home when nut down by
the Chicago limited, eastbound.
Their bodies weie e-ut up nnd scat-
. tend along the track tin some distance.
Tlie engineer of the limited apparently
did not know be had stunk any one for
he did not stop. The bodies weie tak
en to the ui'ilgue.
Empiess Dowagei's Tioubles.
London, Nov. Jl -Tlie IVkin 1111 respond
ent of tlie li.illv TilcKiapii lefeiilllg to
thu "plee.iiluUSUcrN of tlie Elllpli 'S
Dowagers teniae of jmiver." says: "She
rei'iuth illMiilsml uu iibti niinlster Cliief
1 III) ilium i. Hum the Tsium-LI-Yumiu at
the lequist of (leuual Tung because she
t eared a rolilllon ninmiK ihe Kanp-Su
lump- ol Tung "
Biitlsh Baik on riic.
I.oiiilon, xuv. .11 A dlspauh tiiim Iqul
quu .-us ibat the IliliUh link Iuvercl)de,
Captain Alii whli li ai 1 Iv id theic on No-ve-lilbci
2 from Muntiivlili"j. Is oil tile.
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