M'KINLEY VISITS SICK SOLDIERS. A DAY AT MONTAUK. mil Iks Its li tka BatflteJ War4-0,i. Bkaftof Tit til t n-rmMnt Titlta t Djl LiaauaastA Fatrlatla tMfk. Between eight and ten thousand Der vishes were killed last Thursday at Omdurman, on the Nile, Nubia, when they come forward to (five battle to the advancing; British Army. The sirdar. (Ion. Sir Herbert Kitch ener, with the khalifa's black stand ard, captured during the battle, enter ed Omdurman, the capital of Mahdlam, Thursday afternoon, at the head" of the Anglo-Esryptlan column, after com pletely routing the Dervishes and deal ing a death blow to Mahdlsm. Roughlv the English losses were I0, while thousands of the Dervishes were killed or wounded. Wednesday nlcht the Aiiirlo-Kgyp-tlan army encamped at Agnlrn, elRht miles from Omciurmnn. The Pcrvishe were three milts distnnt. At dawn Thursday the British cavalry, patrol Ins; toward Omdurman, discovered the eremy advancing to the attack In bat tle nrrav. chanting war songs. Their front consisted i f Infantry and caval ry, stretched out for three or four miles. CnuntUss banners fluttered through their masses and the copper and brass drums resounded through the serried ranks cf the savage war riors whn advanced unwaveringly, With all their old time ardor. Of the battle Hen. Kitchener wires the following: At 7:40 our artillery opened fire, which was answered by the Dervish riflemen. Their attack was developed on our left: and In accordance with their tra ditional tactics, they swept down the hillside with the design of rushing our flank. Put the withering fire main tained 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 horse men, trying to face a continuous hall of bullets from the Cameron High landers, the Lincolnshire regiment and the Soudanese, . was literally swept away, leading to the withdrawal of the entire body, whose dead strewed the field. As our troops surmounted the crest adjoining the Nile, the Soudanese on our right came Into contact with the enemy, who had reformed under cover of a rocky eminence nnd had massed btneath the black standard of the khalifa In order to make a supreme ef fort to retrieve the fortunes of the day. A mass 15,000 strong bore down on the Soudanese. Gen. Kitchener swung round the cen ter and left of the Soudanese and seiz ed the rocky eminence, and the Egyptians, hitherto In reserve. Joined the firing line in ten minutes and be fore the Dervishes coulddrlve their at-, tack home. The flower of the khalifa's army was caught In a depression nnd within a lone of withering cross fire from three brigades, with the attendant artillery. The devoted Mahdlsts strove heroical ly to make headway, but every rush was stopped, while their main body was literally mown down by a sustain ed deadly cross fire. Defiantly the Dervishes planted their standards and died beside them. Their dense mases gradually melted to com panies and the companies to driblets beneath the leaden hall. Finally they broke and fled, leaving the field white with Jlbbah-clad corpses, like a snow drift-dotted mendow. Among the chief Incidents of the battle was a brilliant charge by the Twenty-first Lancers, under Lleut. Col. Martin. Galloping down on a de tached body of the enemy, they found the Dervish swordsmen massed behind and were forced to charge home against appalling odds. The Lancers hacked through the mass, rallied and kept the Dervish horde at bay. Lieut. Grenfell, nephew of Oen. Sir Francis Grenfell, was killed, four other officers were wounded, twenty-one men were killed and twenty wounded. The heroic bravery of the Dervishes evoked universal admiration. Time after time their dispersed and broken forces reformed and hurled themselves upon the Anglo-Egyptians, their emirs conspicuously leading and spurning death. Even when wounded and In death agonies they raised themselves to fire a last shot. Karl Neufeld, the famous German, who had been a captive of the Mahdi inee 1887, wat rescued. Tho London paper editorials rosound with congratulations upon the aveng ing of Gordon, and are full of eulogy of Baron Cromer, the British financial adviser to the khedlve. Gen. Kitchener and all concerned In the splendid suc cess. All day Sunday Impressive scenes were witnessed at Gordon's statue In Trafalgar square, London. Early In the morning the statue was wreathed and decorated with a placard bearing the words: "At last.." The police removed altogether three such placards, but the demonstrations con tinued. FARM II URBAFFT. Tka lltsltk Baura m IrJ Iknli at Cllrt arttalsl far lamsititaf. Gen. Luis Pando, chief of staff of Gen. Blanco, landed in New York from the steamer Philadelphia Sunday and went to the Hotel America, whre he will remain a few days, when he sails on the Auranla for Spain. He was not in good humor when a reporter called on him. One reason was that he did not have the 12.0110.000 francs which the New York Herald accused him of taking; In Cuba, and another was that all the way up from Havana on the steamer the Cuban passengers, who were many, kept insulting and reviling the Spanish passengers who were few. It required all the diplomacy of the Spanish officers to keep them from bloodshed. Gen. Pando would say little to re porters. He did Unbend enough, how. ever, to declare that Gen. Toral ought to be courtmartlaled for surrendering . Santiago, and he was glad he added, to be able to say that Toral would cer tainly be court-martialel. He a no as ' scried, sarcastically, that the Unltel States ought to start a fund a raise monument to the premier of Spain. KLCPiHUBB' IEAE0BBD. OBitlala Istklaf far a Fertile Malas fits) Twt Cattuifu rrasFtatart. . The Roanoke arrived at Seattle raw dnva ami with 469 passengers from Klondike m.d $CUO,000 of gold consigned to the Cunadlan Bank of commerce, Only tevenly-flve of the passengers had gold. Probably twenty-five hud over $10,000 each, fccnia hud not more thun 1100. An unusual Incident, attending tlie arrivel of the Rosnuke was the holding and KtmrrM-e of her passengers aud the t;a;KUE for three sack of stolen i old uu t. v.arn individual vssseiir os caii:ir.td cs k cam off ia MOVEMENTS TOWARD PEACE. Camp Wlkoff will ba dissolved by October 1. Tresldent McKlnley visited Camp Wlkoff last Saturday. More than 800 men have died In thi Chtcknmnuga camp since May 1. Most of Germany's ships have been withdrawn from I'hlllpplne waters. General Maclas. of Torto Rico, haa offered General Brooko the use of his private residence. Smokeless powder will hereafter be used In the navy. Contracts were let a few days ago. Gen. Miles with 4.600 soldiers has left Porto Rico for New York. He left 12.000 troops behind. Philippine Insurgents are sacking villages and robbing Spaniards on the outskirts of Manila. Admiral Sampson, with other mem bers of the Cuban pence commission, left for Havana Inst Monday. The troopship Routnanla arrived at Mcntauk from Santiago last Sunday. Seven deaths occurred en route. Already five thousand patients have been attended to at Montnuk Point hospitals. The deaths number eighty. Soldiers, sentenced to death by Agul naldo. the Philippine Insurgent, were reprieved at the request of Gen. Ander son, The post office department has sent a commission to Porto Rico to arrange for the establishment of offices cm the Island. Dr. Senn, chief surgeon of the United f'tiUes volunteers, holds Gen. Shatter responsible for the epidemic at Bantl nttn. The Eighteenth Pennsylvania regi ment may go to Cuba with the army of occupation to be commanded by Gen. Sheaf. Gen. Weyler Is anxious to place him self "at the head of the people In their struggle for the salvation of the country." The hospital ship Olivette, sank at Fernandlna, Fla., a few days ago. All on board escaped. No one knows what caused the accident. Admiral Schley left New York on the Seneca last Wednesday for Porto Rico, where he w ill set as one of the military peace commissioners. Private John Wagner, of the Seven teenth regular Infantry, hung himself while delirious from fever at Camp Wlkoff last Wednesday. Commodore Watson cables from San tiago that the cruiser Marblehead suc ceeded In raising the Spanish gunboat Sandoval, sunk In Gunntanamo. Soldiers are being rushed home from Porto Rico. Many of them are sick and the government Is doing all In Its power to avert another Santiago hor- or. Cornelius W. Bliss, secretary of the Interior, defends secretary Alger of the war department. He says no secretary of war has ever devoted more time, energy or care to the welfare of the soldiers than has Alger, When Dewey some months ago cap tured the gunboat Leyte, that vessel was towing three boats laden with 900 fleeing Spaniards. Nothing has ever been heard from these boats, and It Is believed they were lost at sea. The last of the Spanish troops In Snntlago, 2,200 In all, sailed Tuesday for Spain. Seventeen of the number died on the wharf while waiting to be laced on board the transports. The only Spanish soldiers now at Santiago are Gen. Toral ana his stair. La Lucha, a Havana paper In an edl torlal says that the problem In Cuba Involves absolute Independence or an nexntion, but that tho proposed protee torate would be an indignity. It ad vises Cubans to adopt one of the two solutions independence or annexation. Secretary Alger snubbed General Miles agnln by ordering that the Porto Rtcan troops be not reviewed on their arrival In New York, aa the general In command had wished. An open rop ture between the men Is expected when General Miles lands. Private Alexander Laduke, Company I, Second Wisconsin volunteers, was placed In the Federal prison at Lcav cr.worth, Kan., to remain for life for the murder of Private Thomas Staf ford, of the Thirteenth United States nfantry, In a saloon row at Ponce, Porto Rico. YICTOBIA'I IHFLCIRCB. Tka Faaaa Danauat issati it tka Oiar tall to Him Bats Frtsntsl IT tka Qaaas. To some observers the ciar's call for disarmament appears a curious ex ample of personal feeling and the workings of the Inner family politics of Europe. Queen Victoria Is Emperor William's grand-mother and sue is connected with the csar through the marriage of the duke of Edinburgh to the Grand Duchess Marie 01 kussio. sister of Alexander III. The csar and emoeror having secured about all they want by aggression, and finding a vast military establishment burden, were willing to heed the desire for peace of their royal relative. Em peror William considered, tne idea or proclaiming peace when he visited Je rusalem, but it was Nicholas who first gave form to the idea. It Is believed that the influence of England's queen felt as It were in the family circle of European royalty, was the moving force with both. Continuing Its comments upon the rtnrs universal peace proposal, tne Westminster Gazette expresses the hone that the emperor will And allies end supporters, as his aim is practical, As Orar-Warkal IiliBtasut The United Btatea tug Uncas arrived at Newport, R. I., a few days ago from Hampton Roads, uname to pro ceed on her voyage to Boston, owing to ihe condition or tier commanding officer. Lieut. Bralnard. For 128 days the Uncas was on blockade duty in Cuba, and during that time Lieut. Bralnard waa practically the only officer on board. The mate was unable to lay a course. Out of that time Lieut. Bralnard had only five nights' rest, and these in his clothes. He had to stand his watches. He Is complete. lv broken down and was transferred to the naval hospital hers. He belongs in Illinois. levari thwart la tka Fklliitisaa. According to advices from Hollo, Gen. Htos. governor of the Visayas, Is arresting and shooting suspected per sens, Including prominent natives of Manila. The obslructlcnt on thi railway from Manila to Calcocan have been removed and the first train left Sunday. It Is expected that traffic will be resumed to the Dagupan terminus in a tew days. tVrara Ctara st Bavtasak. While there was no loss of Ufa from Wednesday night's storm which swept fc'avannuh, Ga the damage to prop erty will foot up close to half a million dollars. Probably 100 buildings were unroofed and as many mora were otherwise damaged. The roof waa torn from half of the Savsnnah Theater and the auditorium of that building was uausfc-.rr.ed loto a lake, . DERVISH SOLDIERS MIHIIED. THOUSANDS KILLED. tMlia IUmItm Iti ttatk Blaw tt Ui Baaia (flits Ttaasa-Oariaraai, tat Capital, Bsitst-BrMah Latin M0. With a persistency that tried the pa tlence of his companions, President McKlnley made a tour of the hospital tents at Montnuk Inst Saturday. The President was accompanied by Vice President Hobart, Secretary Al oer. Attorney Oeneral Griggs and a few other prominent men In Washing ton circles. As the President left the railway station, he saw Colonel Roosevelt among a group of horsemen nearby. The president Immediately left his carrlnge while the gallant rough rider tussled with a gauntlet for a few sec ends so that he might shake hands un gloved. General Shafter was III at the de tention enmp and when he saw the president he attempted to rise but was disstmded by Mr. McKlnley. who said: "Btny where you are general, you are entitled to a rest." The president then congratulated Gen. Shafter upon the success of his Santiago campaign. As the president passed through the hospital ward Oeneral Wheeler would nnnounce. "Roys, the President of the United States has come to see you." Some of the soldiers slept on uncon scious; some listlessly raised upon their elbows; others feebly clapped their hands. Mr. McKlnley gently shook hands with many, and at, every cot he paused an Instant, and If he saw the sick man looking at mm ne bowed In a direct and personal way. When the president was about to leave he was Informed that Miss Wheeler had promised Lieut Prndo, ho was In a dying condition, that he should see the president. "Certainly. Let us go to mm," Mr. McKlnley said. The others of the party discreetly re malned outside the tentt. The Presl- ent reappeared with the nurse a min ute or two Inter. His eyes were moist and downcast. He next proceeded to the Infantry plain, as It Is called. The men of the Ninth Massachusetts, the First lilt rois. the Eighth Ohio, the Thirteenth, Twenty-first. Twenty-second and Tenth regular Infantry were assembled without arms. About 6,000 men stood In close order. President McKlnley said: "General Wheeler, soldiers, oj Camp Wlkoff, sol dier's of the Fifth army corps I trust that you will put your hats on. I am glad to meet you. I am honored to stand before you to-day. I bring you the gratitude of the Nation, to whose history you have added by your valor new and glorious page. You nave ome home after two months of severe ampnlgnlng, which has embraced as sault, siege and battle so brilliant In enlevement, so far-reaching In re ults, as to command the unstinted praise of all your countrymen. You had the brunt of the battle on land. You bore yourselves with supreme courage, and your personal bravery, never before excelled anywhere, haa won the admiration of your fellow- ttlzens and the genuine respect of all mankind, while your endurance under lecullar trial and suffering has given added meaning to your heroism. We cannot bid you welcome here to-day without our hearts going nut to the heroes of Manila on sea and on land whose services and sacrifices, whose courage and constancy, in thnt far distant field of operations have '.ever been surpassed by any soldiers or sailors the world over. To the army and the navy, to the marines, to the regulars, to the volunteers and to that Providence which has watched over them all the Nation to-day Is full of thanksgiving and praise." The grave yard, In which 80 or 70 plain new wooden crosses stood, was near the road on the left. The Presi dent solemnly raised his hat. Mr. McKlnley went through all the wards of the detention hospital. When he came to the last ward Major R. T. Ebert said: "This Is the dangerous ward," and, turning to Secretary of War Alger, In quired: "Do you think the President had better go In hero?" Mr. McKlnley, without waiting to hear what General Alger's reply would be, started into the ward. General Alger and the others of the party re mained outside. The President Issued an order direct ing that the regular troops at Camp Wlkoff whose posts are east of the Mississippi should return with the least possible delay to their posts. The presidential party then went down to the station and left on a special train. On the train Mr. Mc Klnlcy made this statement: "I was very much pleased to meet the heroes of Santiago and to observe their splen did spirit. What I saw of the care of the sick men In the hospitals by those In charge and by the noble women en gaged In that work was especially gratifying to me." The President spent Bunday at the home of Vice President Hobart at Pat terson, N. J. Oevsrsmsst Flaaitta. The monthly statement of receipt and expenditures of the government for August shows that the receipts from ail sources aggregated 141.782. 07, an increase of $22,769,093 over Au gust, 1897. The receipts from the sev eral sources of revenue follow: Cub toms, $16,249,699; Internal revenue, $24,- 01&.934; miscellaneous, i. 617,0,3. The expenditures for the month og gregated 156,260,717, an Increase of 122,' 672,6i0. The heavy increase on both sides of the ledger are due to the war expenditures on the on side and the Internal revenue law on the other. The monthly statement of the public. debt issued snows that on August 31, tho publlo debt, less cash In the treas ury, was i,uiz, u,u, wnicn la a de crease for the month of 134,789,711. Bits far Batilsaklaa Ottstt. Four firms offered bids for the three new battleships authorised by the last congress. The lowest bid of each for any type of one vessel follows: Newport News. Va., 12,680.000; Cramps, Phlla delphla, $2,660,000; Union iron works, ban r rancieco, sz.iwa.uuv; Dialogue at Co., $2,840,000. Many details of con' btructlon will figure in the awards. Ftaiaa Far Oal. Bay. The London National Review, ra ferring to the recall of United Btatea Ambassador Col, John Hay, to become secretary of state, says it considers Col. Hay to ba the best ambassador accredited here In recent years, add' Intr: "He has SDoken well and not too often; he has abstained from being more British than the British; ha has refrained from fulsome flattery, nor has hu indulged In post-prandial gush t but he has missed no fair opportunity of promoting friendly Anglo. American relations and has been emphatically the right man at tho psychological moment.' FORGED INTO EXILE. Baatfii lay Ba Biliaaal ty tka O.afml.a al hi- al4a af Hia Bar. Colonel Henry, a prominent Freneh army officer has made a confession to having forged certain papers which re sulted In the exile of Dreyfus, another French army officer. Colonel Henry then committed suicide, cutting his throat with a raior. The sensational Dreyfus case may again be opened at Paris and the exil ed Hebrew released. Dreyfus was ar rested and sentenced some months ago for making public military documents to an official of a foreign power. Most ardent In the prosecution was Col. Henry, a popular soldier of the French army. It appears that so soon as M. Cavalg nnc assumed the office of Minister of War he charged the official bureau to make a thorough research of the Drey fus case, nnd It was this Inquiry which resulted In the discovery of documents lately In the Chamber by M. Cavalg nnc showing that proof of the guilt of Dreyfus was forged. When Colonel Henry was summoned and questioned by M. Cavalgnnc he at first affirmed the authenticity of the Incriminating document, but when dis crepancies were pointed out he at first admitted nddlng sentences, and finally confessed to fabricating tho whole let ter. It Is affirmed, however, that while this discovery has not clinnged M. Cavalgnac's belief In the culpability of Dreyfus, the Minister Is determined to punish all the guilty parties, no matter what their rank or position may be. On account of the Dreyfus agitation In Paris, M. Cavalgnnc, minister of war has resigned. He still believes Dreyfus guilty of treason, while popu lar sentiment Is growing In favor of tne exiled soldier. CHEERS FOR VICTORIA. Baasrsr Wllllaai Oalla Can Bit to Basar Britain lanralfs. The garrison of the city and the Prussian troops quartered In the vi clnlty of Hanover, Prussia, Sunday at tended a comp service In the Waterloo Place, the site of the fine column erected to the Hanoverians who fell at the battle of Waterloo. Emperor William attended the serv, Ice, and snld that the troops were on historic ground. He reminded them of the comradeship In arms of the British and Germans at Waterloo, and referred to the fact that, only a few hours before, an English army had won In Africa a victory over a much stronger force. At the close of his address Emperor William called upon the troops to give three cheers for Queen victoria, who is an honorary Colonel of the Mecklen burg Grenadiers. BLOWN OF BT A T0RFID0. Faar Mis Illlil Wkilt Biatrial alms Fram tka Mississippi. Tho a-overnment steamboat John R. Meigs was destroyed Saturday by an explosion at St. Philip. She had on board a party engaged In removing the orpedoes laid In tho Mississippi river during the beginning of the war. Tho killed were: Captain Starr, commander of the boat; Sergeant John Newman of tho engineers; Pat Carlos, Ralph Rogers. Major Qulnn. of the engineer corps, was advised that the Meigs had been blown up by a torpedo or mine. The Government engineers had been una' bio to recover the mines and torpedoes from shore by means of the cables to which they had been attached, owing to the fact that the sand In tho river hud weighted them down and caused the cables to part. On this account crew was ordered down on the Meigs to grapple for tho mines and bring them to the surface. The crew had almost completed the work when the accident occurred. A Osasrsaa Baksr. Charles Kllng, a pie baker In Jersey City, gave the "Jucklos ' of the fleet at New York a feaBt of pies yesterday, Some time ago he went to see the crui ser New York and was so well treated on board that he determined to show his appreciation. Ascertaining the number of men on all the ships, he cal led In extra hands and turned out 5,000 large pies, which, by special permis sion, were sent to the navy yard and Tompklnsvllle, one for each sailor. NEWS NOTES. Orwood. Miss., has 2! cases of yellow fever. Earthquake shocks were felt at San tlago last Saturday. Fifty deaths from heat were reported In New York last Saturday. En route to Jerusalem Emperor Wll llam will visit King Humbert. France does not endorse the Cxar'i appeal for peace, Germany does. Twenty-one deaths due to heat were reported In New York last Friday. King Oscar of Sweden will send dele gates to the Russian peace conference, It Is officially announced there were 2, 8U0 deaths from the plague last week at Simla. The Japanese legation at washing' ton and London are to ba made em bassies. Mrs. Charlotte Kounts of Pittsburg Is dead. Tuesday she poured oil In her stove to start a Are. Tho steamer Superior was wrecked during a gale near Chorlevolx, Mien, last Bunday. The crew escaped. While blasting rock at Bloomlngton, Ind., four men were Instantly killed by a dynamite explosion a few days ago, Fire at Constantinople recently des troyed 200 houses. Many residences of the foreign ambassadors were burned, The English trades union congress decided to send two delegates to the meeting of the American Federation of Labor. While aaleen. Wm. Burrow, of Knox, vllle. Tenn.. killed his wife and then committed suicide. He was a somnam hllllat. Dr. Adams of New York, whose gold was stolen on the Roanoke en route from Bt. Michaels to Seattle, has be coma Insane. The North Carolina railroad comnils slon has decided that the Southern Ex nress Company shall pay the war stamp tax on all packages. Louis Rosenbloom, an aged Chicago tutor waa kicked to death by ona of his pupils a few days ago. The pupil would not stand a chastisement. James Nolan, a 1-year-old boy, of Warren, O., waa attacked by a hen which he waa fondling and the result Ing Injuries have caused blindness. While drunk Judge Johnson, of the Jackson cvunty, Ky court killed his wife who had left home because of his brutal treatment and then suicided It is tha imprrcslnn at Washington that tha death of King Malietoa will result In tha division of the Bamoan I lands among tha United Btates, Unif land and Germany. While walking on top of a retaining wall on a Pittsburg boulevard last Bunday, John Action, colored, fell off and broka his neck. He died on Tuoa- day. PLEASED WITH MONTAUK. aa. Wkaalar Ffttaraa i Basaatlai tat la Oat-WUUi, (kafttr Will Ma Aniat Oaanasl tf Caaf Wlkif. The transport Mexico, with Oeneral Shafter on board, was sighted off Mon- tauk Point Thursday morning and an our later dropped anchor in Fort Pond bny. The City of Mexico has on board beside Gen. Shafter the mem bers of his staff, including Lieut. Cols. J. McClernand, B. F. Pope and u. McC. Derby, Majs. Robert H. Noble, ohn Mlley and 8. W. Orosbeck, Cnpts. K. Ollmore and E. H. Plummer. Gen. Shafter and his staff were land ed from the City of Mexico shortly be fore 1 o clock, being taken on in the uxlllnry gunboat Alleen, and landed the "floating dock," some distance way from the quarantine pier. Gen. Young was at the pier at the time. The coming ashore at the float Of the commander and his staff was un expected. Gen. Wheeler had tho ca- alry drawn up at the quarantine pier, nd the guns waiting to salute General Shafter. He was not aware that Oen. Shafter was on shore until General Shafter and his staff had been driven to the detention hospital In carriages. Oen. Wheeler was a little put out when he learned that Gen. Shatter ap peared In good health when he came shore. On the City of Mexico, beside the general nnd his staff, came one company of the First regular Infantry. No report as to their condition has been made. Gen. Wheeler, when Informed that Gen. Shafter was' ashore, ordered the salute guns fired. It was difficult to get near Gen. Shafter at the detention camp, but the commander of the San tiago campaign sent word to the corre pondents that he was glad to De on American soli once more, but was sor ry to learn that so many of his men had died and were still sick at Mon tnuk. He sold, however, that had the troops remained In Santiago they would have fared much worse. Oen. Shafter Is now. strictly speak- v.tt. by renson of rank, In command of "amp Wlkoff, but he win not assume the reins of control until his term In the detention camp Is finished. In an Interview Gen. Shafter said: I enjoyed the trip north on tne Mexico areatlv. but more so on ac count of the ship being a prise. From casual observation, I IlKe camp Wlkoff. It seems Just such a plnce as should have selected. I win soon a quaint myself thoroughly with all the details of the camp. HOLLAND'S NEW QUEEN. Wllkslalaa It Only Ilf ktsia liars tf Afi Fraila- atlas kr tka tullrlag sannli. Wllhelmlna Helens Pauline Marie was enthroned Wednesday as Queen of the Netherlands, the occasion of her eighteenth birthday. In honor of this event the entire country will Jubilate until September 6, when the youthful sovereign win oe formally enthroned In the new chun:h at Amsterdam, after taking this lor mat outh: I swear to the Dutch people that will observe and always maintain the constitution with all my power tne in dependence and the territory or tne empire; that 1 will protect public and private liberty and the rights of all my subjects, and that I will use every means confided in me by the law to foster and uphold the national and In dividual well-being as a good queen should do. And may Ood help me." The queen regent of Holland, In a proclamation Just Issued upon the oc casion of the end of her regency, ex presses warm pleasure at seeing tne whole nation "ranged Joyously around the throne of the young queen," thank Ood that her dearest wish has been heard, and the people for their loving and faithful support of herself. Invokes God's blessing upon the youth ful sovereign and concludes: "May our country become great in everything In which a small nation can be great. UATB TBIIB 6HIP6 BIBINO. Ifaaiak Haval Ffiaaasra Frsawlat; to Bttara to Basis at Tksir Oiriraniit a Siasaaa. Acting Secretary Allen of the navy. hus authorised the release of all the Spanish naval prisoners captured in the bnttle of July 3 from Cervera's fleet. These are now at Annapolis and Seaveys Island, Portsmouth harbor, the officers being at the academy and the sailors at the island. The condi tion of the men physically Is all that could be desired. The Drlsoncrs are to be returned to Spain at the expense of the Spanish government. That was the condition upon which our government agreed to release them without parole or otner restriction. Admiral Cervera was charged by his government with the arrangements for the transportation of the prisoners. They are all to go to gether, officers and men, and it is pre sumed that Capt. Eulate haa gone to New York to charter the two Spanish steamers now lying there. TBB DBADLT 0AMFS. Kara laUiara Esaa Dlsl af Dlasaaa Tkas ay liaalsk Ballsta. While 350 officers and men have been killed In battle or died of wounds re eclved, there have died of disease In camel between 1.200 and 2.000 volun teers and regulars. The Chicago Tri bune haa secured the names of 1,284 who died In camp, on transports or at home after contracting the dread mal ady at one of the camps. There Is no doubt about the 1,284 whose names have been secured. Neither Is there much doubt, 'says the Tribune, that there are hundreds dead whose names could not be secured on account of lack of records, and the in ability or unwillingness of army offi cers to furnish lists of tne dead. Camp Thomas, 352; Santiago, 341 San Francisco. 78: Camp Alger, 7u Camn Wlkoff, 63; Jacksonville, 50; Tampa, 58; Miami. 26; Fernandlna, Lakeland. Camp Meade and other mln or camps; In private hospitals, at home. etc.. 115: state camps, 36; trans ports atld hospital ships, SO. Total, 1,284. Of the regular army 290 are dead Massachusetts is second with 130; 1111 nois third with 100, Michigan fourth with 91 and New York fifth with 85. Iks Wsait l Baltiar't Jaskit. Rlv surgeons. 30 nurses and 3.000 tons of provisions for the army In Porto Rico are aboard the Seneca which sail ed Wednesday for Porto ltlco. Dr. Anita N. McGee, tha first woman to be aiincilnted a surgeon In the United Slates army, was busy yesterday se lecting the nurses, all of whom are femalus. She also inspected the ship. Dr. McGee has the rank of second lieutenant and wears a uniform de i-otlng that rank. It Is the same as i regular officer's uniform, except that she wenrs a skirt Instead of trousers. The skirt Is made of army cloth. The Jacket is Ilk a mans' shoulder straps ana an. HORRORS AT MONTAUK. HattHkiMlto Isa ArtlTS Fraa Oaks Is Fltltafa) Otalltln Dr. Isss OasiSBM Oasis Vlsat, as. Wkssltr Oriara aa lartstlfaltia. The deaths among the soldiers of tht) United States at Camp Wlkoff are silent evidences that the stories In re gard to starvation and neglect are true. That these volunteers should suffer when the nation has placed at the disposal of the authorities for their relief, millions of dollars has aroused Ihe people to Indignation and exacted from the president a promise that the matter will be Investigated. Another horror ship arrived at camp Wlkoff. Wednesday with the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers on board. What these men passed through in Cuba and on their way home Is mutely told In the long list of deaths that oc curred while the Alleghany was on the voyage. Fourteen of them succumnen to me ravages of disease, neglect and poor food, and fully five times that numbr are In such critical condition that they will not survive long after reaching- their native soil. The Alleghany carried, all told, txu men and a large number of horses. Excuse for the large death rate Is made by the officials because the Alle ghany carried 145 sick of the regiment; but the men say they were poorly fed, had poor accommodations and little medical attention. The sick soldiers. so far as food was concerned, had little better care than the others. When It Is stated that a majority of the sick men were sufferers from ty phoid and malnrlnl fevers the big death list on the ship can readily be understood. Camp Wlkoff at Montauk Is to be In vestigated. General Wheeler has or dered Oeneral Albert Ames, chief of staff on General Kent's staff, to con duct an Investigation. He Is given al most autocratic powers. Gen. Wheeler has ordered him to get at the bottom of all the things which have been com plained of. The subjects General Ames Is to Investigate are: Why Is the general condition of the camp so poor? Why do the conditions that prevail exist? Who Is responsible? Why troops were sent to tne camp De fore It was ready to receive them? Why. since there was but one ralrroa leading Into the camp boats were not used to carry men? wny neeoeo meai clnes and provisions from New York city were not ordered, or, If they were ordered, why they were not distribut ed? Why the hospitals are crowded? Why transports were allowed to lie In the harbor without supplies and relief being sent out to them? Dr. Nicholas Senn, assistant surgeon general, U. S. A., Is quoted as saying at Camp Wlkoff: "In justice to the camp I want to say that almost none of the sickness among the soldiers up to the present time and none of the deaths have been due to the conditions which now pre vail here or have In the past. Sickness tins been almost entirely limited to fevers contracted In the South and the death rate would have been much more than now had the men remained In the South Instead of being brought here. "So far none of the fevers hns been Indigenous to ramp. Hut If the men remain they will certainly be attacked with typhoid fever. This will be due to the germs which they will get In tho water. For a time this camp will be a healthy one, but In a few weeks the typhoid fever germs from the sinks, now scattered so thickly about, will permeate the earth and contaminate the water supply. Dr. Senn was as Ken ir ne nao nrougni his views to the attention of the surg eon general at Washington. "I have not done so in regard to Camp Wikoff," said he. "My protests In regard to other ramps have passed unheeded. In regard to Cnmp wiKoti 1 nave wruien an article embodying all my views. which will bo printed In a medical Journal. Then I will be asked anout and win emphasize my opinions. I want you to reiterate that unless this camp Is clear ed out within six weeks It will be the worst Infected place in the United States. It will be worse than It haa been at any time in Chlckamauga. in regard to that camp, I want to say that I warned the Washington authorities before the soldiers were sent there of the danger which would result from massing a body of men there. I told them that the water sup ply was Insufficient. There was not enough springs and the use of the river water would result in typhoid fever. My protests went .unheeded. The re sult was shown when I was in Porto Rico with General Miles. Almost the first men sent him were from Chlckamauga. They were run down and half sick when they arrived. They were In no condition to stand tha southern climate. Gen. Miles noted their weakness and I told him of the cause of It. I asked him to notify the Washington authorities and have tha Chlckamauga camp broken up. He did so at once, and the evacuation of tha place followed. I want to say, that as bad as Chlcka mauga was, this place will soon be far worse. Unless this camp is broken up within six weeks I predict that It will. bo, Instead of a 'recuperation camp,' s 'horror camp,' worthy to rank with tha Infamous pest holes of the civil war." HUH FIRST FAT A FIRB. Barissa Inpssil Uaas tka R4 Ctssa fhtttey at Hstua. Miss Barton probably will be obliged to pay the duties and fines Imposed by tne fcspnnmh officials at Havana upon the cargo of the relief shlD Comal if she desires to secure the admission of the supplies to Havana and their dis tribution. The Information that reached our Government as to the imposition of these charges came from the British Consul at Havana, who Is charges! with tha care of the United States in terests. After consideration the officials here have decided that until the United States Military Commission, which la to arrange for the evacuation of Cuba, is discharged, the administration of Spanish laws by Spanish officials must be respected and so long as it appear that there is nothing unusual or un lawful In their action they must ba al lowed to conduct the custom houses In their own way. Walkisg far i Fartaae. M. C. A. F. Bronard, a Parisian artist and journalist, who Is trying to travel from Paris to the Klondike in eight months In order to obtain a reward of 25,000 francs promised by the French Geographical society, arrived In To ronto, Ont., Tuesday. The stipulation la that he must walk tha entire dis tance except where It Is necessary to take a steamer. He left Paris on March 23 and walked to Havre, whence ha embarked on June 30 for New York, which he left on July 31 for Montreal. He is furnished with passports froratjtho French government. Still Cairjlnf Fiaaltlsaa far laitiaa a. Tha transport La Orande Duchess la anchored In the upper bay at New York with 1,000 tons at provisions loaded for Santiago four months ago which have never left her hold. Tha transport arrived from Cuba with troops on August 17. Yuuterday a board of survey, appointed by tha com utandor of lbs department, of tha east. i"
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