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.
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