Indianapolis Journal, Volume 48, Number 258, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 September 1898 — Page 2

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the men squatted down on the pavements and lounged on the grass plots all along the street. Little girls passed among them from time to time carrying pitchers of water which they eagerly handed out to the soldiers, who for the first time in many days had the pleasure of flndi.ig their wants anticipated. One feature which quieted the cheering of the people watching the parade was the procession of ambulances and carriages which started from the Union Station about noon on its way to Camp Mount. It consisted of two ambulances and ten carriages containing nearly sixty sick soldiers of the One- hundred -and - fifty-eighth Regiment. The procession moved at a slow pace over the entire distance and attracted general attention. In the ambulances were the soldiers who were too sick to sit up, while the carriages were filled with the boys who were on the road to recovery under the doctors’ care. When the procession reached th§ fair grounds it was met ty the hospital attendants, who at once put the men to bed and gave them all the attention they needed. All the sick men stood the trip from Knoxville well.

A VERY HAPPY SPREAD. The instil Roys Fed ly a Host of Patriotic Young Women. One of the most interesting features of the welcome of Indianapolis to the One-hundred-and-fifty-eighth Regiment was the dinner served *y the ladies in the ball park, south of the fair grounds. In the middle of the park were arranged thirteen tables, a short one for the colonel and his staff and one long one for each of the twelve companies. The tables were in the shape of a half wheel, the short table forming the hub and the company tables radiating from it like the suokes of a wheel. Before the regiment marched In the park the tables were most tempting. They were covered with snowy cloths, decorated with baskets of 'flowers, and flag paper napkins pinned before each scat fluttered in the breeze. At the head of each table was a staff on which was a large initial letter of red to indicate which company was to occupy the table. A pile of boxes was at one end of each table. Pretty girls in bright attire stood ready. At the other and of each table were other girls, with pitchers of coffee, cream and sugar, ready to serve the soldiers. As the regiment marched into the park and began filing up along the tables the ladies welcomed them .with cheers, which were taken up by the spectators in the pavilion. The companies had left their muskets and inarching equipment behind and brought nothing with them but large tin coffee cups. The band was stationed immediately back of the officers’ table. As the musicians played the “Stars and Stripes Forever” every soldier came to attention, removed his broad-brimmed hat and held it across his breast. There was not a sound. The silence was almost oppressive, and tears glistened on more than one eye as the band played on. After the music Chaplain Carstensen said a grace, the regiment still standing. The feeling of the occasion was not broken until the order to “charge” came. Then the men fell into their places at the table with happy shouts, the women ran about laughing and in as short time as it takes to serve an ordinary table twelve hundred hungry soldiers were enjoying themselves as only hungry men can when there is a good dinner before them. The coffee had just the right aroma and there was “real cream” for it, with plenty of loaf sugar. Scarcely were the boys seated than they began fastening clusters of flowers in the lapels of their blue coats. It was a noisy meal. Cheers were given for the ladies of the aid society, for Indianapolis, for Colonel Smith, the Columbia Club, the Marion Club, and everybody else that the happy men could think of. The company rivalry began to show itself in a goodnatured way. A man in one company seized the staff on which was tacked the company initial and fastened it to another pole, which he held in the air. Then a tall sergeant in another company stood on the table, holding the initial of his company aloft. Not to be outdone, another company sergeant got on the table and a second man climbed on his neck, this time raising the letter higher than any of the others had been. While other companies were devising scheme's for raising their company standards higher, all were surprised by a shot from a tower near by, on which a man was waving his standard. But Company A succeeded in finding the highest point to wave its standard from, when one of the company climbed a telephone pole. After the dinner was over the companies carried off the company letters and placed them at the head of the company streets. Those who were there will long remember the occasion. Everything moved off smoothly under the generalship of Mrs. McCrea and the ladies who assisted her. “Mrs. McCrea ought to be a major general, she knows so well how to do things,” a man remarked who saw the clock-like precision with which the affair moved. There was plenty of lunch' boxes with chicken, grapes, rolls, pickles, etc., and when the last man left the camp over a hundred boxes were left behind. At 5 o’clock at the same place a box supper was served to Company I, Barnett’s Regiment, the One/-hundred-and-fifty-ninth, Mrs. Kurfiss having general charge. The officers’ table was presided over by Mrs. English. There was a little delay In getting the tables and ground cleared off after the feast to the One-hundred-and-flfty-eighth Regiment, so that the One-hundred-and-fif-ty-ninth had to wait a. few minutes when it marched down through the fair ground. A’ one time Mrs. Kurfiss feared that there were not enough boxes for all, but it was found that some of the tables had more than enough. Any man that did not get a box will be remembered to-day. TENTS SOON UP. After dinner was served to the men of the One-hundred-and-lifty-eighth Regiment, the boys marched to the camp ground allotted to them just south of the camps of the One-hundred-and-fifty-seventh and One-hundred-and-fifty-ninth Regiments, where they had previously stacked their guns, ready to pitch their tents. It was some time, however, before the large wagons were loaded with the camp equipments and the men meantime lolled in the grass. It was r.early 4 o’clock before the first batch of tents was unloaded, but within half an hour afterwards a white city had sprung up, four men at a tent working with great rapidity. Nothing showed more fully the effective drill work the regiment did in the South than the manner in which the twelve hundred men went about their work. To the onlooker the field seemed to be in as much confusion us a bee gum, but the soldiers knew their duties and before dark the camp wits in almost as good order as if they had been camping there for a month. Oolonl Smith and his staff established temporary quarters on a knoll overlooking the camp. Adjutant Powell's regimental mail lay un the giound with a batch of documents. Dr. Charles Wright, sitting astride a charger, rode over the field delivering orders. There were hundreds of curious spectators who had never seen army life before, and many things that were mysteries to them before were cleared up. The camp seems well chosen. The company streets are wide and there is not that crowding that was to a certain extent unpleasant to tlfe men of the first regiment that went into camp. After the tents were pitched, details from each company brought straw for tin? men’s beds and by night the boys were all eomfortabey housed. From now on the regular camp routine will be followed, except that the men will be relieved cf heavy drills and their duties will be comparatively light for the few days that they remain here before being furloughed. lieutenant Waterman, the United States mustering officer, while urging that the preliminaries to furloughing go through as rapidly as possible, will not insist on the regiment being furloughed before the first of next week. The companies do not seem to be in a hurry to get away from Indianapolis. where they have been made so welcome. Yesterday the sick from the regiment were taken to the Skate Hospital at Camp Mount from the sleeping cars they had occupied on the tvay from Knoxville. Abeut sixty of them were taken t® the hospital In ambulances and carriages that drove slowly Into the camp. Drs. Stewart and Schaeffer were in charge of the hospital yesterday, with the usual number of nurses. Surgeon Major Charlton and Assistant Burgeons Barcus and Jones and Hosnital Steward Wright, of the One-hundred-and-flfty-eighth, helped install the patients. Dr. Chariton detailed twelve men to assist the local physicians. The additions from the One-hundred-and-fifty-elghth made about One hundred patients in the hospital last night, including some that are still here from the One-hundred-and-fifty-seventh. ihe Twenty-eighth Battery and the One-hundrod-and-fifty-ninth. Some of the men are pretty nick but the doctors do not think that their condition is alarming. Lieutenant Poland suffered an accident yesterdsy that will incapacitate him for active duty for a few days. At the corner of Washington and Meridian streets his

horse slipned on the wet asphalt pavement and the lieutenant was dismounted. Tn falling, the horse fell upon his foot, breaking the bones of one of the toes. While the accident was painful nothing serious is apprehended from it. * ABUNDANCE OF FOOD. Adjutant Powell Had No Criticism® Except as to Water. All the officers of the One-hundred-and-fifly-eighth Regiment were enthusiastic over the warmth of the reception accorded the regiment by the people of this city. “Never,” said Adjutant George W. Powell, “have we seen anything like it. Not a man of the regiment will need souvenirs to rem:nd him of this day. It will live in their memories through life.” The adjutant, when asked about the life of the regiment at Chickamauga, said that he had no critcisms to offer. There was one thing that might have been better—that was the water. “The food for the men was abundant, end good,” said he. “Occasionally a side of bad bacon was discovered, but it was always rejected and good meat secured instead. Where large quantities of supplies are purchased by contract such things are bound to occur. To avoid sickness, it was considered necessary to boil the water, which we had to haul several miles. As an illustration of the abundance of food: I received in my mail to-day a check for $95 from the government, representing provisions that the regiment might have drawn, but did not. The money will be prorated among the companies. We have been asked for an official statement with regard to the hospitals. In a report made to the government, the opinion has been expressed that it was a ndstake to put ail the sick in division hospitals. Shortly after the camps were established, field hospitals were abandoned and all the sick were sent to division hospitals. Beside this, regimental surgeons, nurses and hospital stewards were taken from their regimewts and placed at the division hospitals. Dr. Homer Jones and Hospital Steward Wright were left with our regiment, and the care of over twelve hundred men was placed on them alone. You can imagine the result. Many mornings there were long lines of fellows slightly indisposed who had to receive medical advice and prescriptions. Frequently the doctors had to go without breakfast until 10 o’clock or 11 o'clock before their duties were partially ended. When w T e learned that the field h(M<pitals were to be abolished we objected, but it did no good, even when we called the Governor’s attention to the subject and he took it up w’ith the War Department. The experience of the last three months has, I think, demonstrated that it would have been better if the regimental surgeons, with their own Red Cross nurses, had been left to care for the sick of their own regiment. Left with their own surgeons the men would naturally have received more satisfactory attention from those who were interested in them personally and had the pride of the regiment at heart.” Adjutant Powell, with other officers of the regiment, have nothing but words of praise for the hospitality and thoughtfulness of the people of Knoxville. They seemed to haVe nothing but the comfort of the soldiers at heart. In the matter of hospitals, for instance, never a day passed that great loads of flowers were not sent out to the hospital to cheer the sick.

THE 150TH PAID OFF. May Get Away To-Morrow—Condition of the Sick. Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock Major Jonas M. Cdeland. paymaster, commenced paying the men of Colonel Barnett’s regiment. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon he finished the work. The total amount disbursed to the One-hundred-and-fifty-ninth Regiment was $24,000. Col. Barnett stated that, the regimental and company records were now ready to be handed to Lieutenant Waterman, the mustering-out officer. The colonel stated that he could not positively say when his regiment would be furloughed, as he did not, as yet, know what would be required of his regiment by Lieutenant Waterman. In ease the mustering-out officer has the same instructions from the War Department in regard to his regiment as those required of the One-hundred-and-fifty-seventh Regiment, Colonel Barnett is -mite certain that his men will leave on the thirty days’ furlough either to-mor-row or Saturday. Lieutenant Waterman felt sanguine that the regiment could get away Friday or Saturday if the regimental and company records were up to date and the required reports and return sheets all made out. Transportaion is being arranged over the Big Four and Vandalia. Owing to the heavy rain that was falling when the One-hundred-and-tifty-ninth went into camp the men became very wet. In the evening Surgeon Stunkard ordered every company to report to the hospital, and thero issued a dose of quinine to every man. The same ceremony was repeated in the morning. The surgeons are gratified at the results, the number of men usually reporting at sick call being below the average. Private John Dorsey, of Company K, Prineeton, was'taken ill yesterday morning and conveyed to the state hospital at Camp Mount.. The nurse in attendance could not posltvely state as yet the nature of his illness, but it was learned that he has symptoms of malarial fever. Private Sidney Davis, of Company B, Terre Haute, was attacked by severe cramps and was also taken to the hospital. His condition was quite serious yesterday morning, but in the afternoon he was resting easier. Last evening, about 7:30, Private H. F. Greeneway, of Company C, One-hundred-and-fifty-ninth Regiment, was stricken with an acute attack of cholera rrerbus just as he was coming out of the Hubbard block, on Meridian, street. His condition was serious, and he was at once taken to the City Hospital ar.d placed under the care of the physicians. Frcm the latest reports it is learned that 1 is condition is improving. It was learned from the boys of Colonel Barnett’s regiment that yesterday was the first time since a brief period following the “saw horse” episode that they have had ar.y real liberty, being allowed to depart and return to the camp as they desired without being placed in the guardhouse. It seems to be the opinion of the boys that after the story of the “saw horse” was made public the commanding officer gave the men more liberty in order that the feeling of the men in regard thereto might be forgotten. The boys say that whenever they were paid a double guard was placed around the camp, and orders were that no man should be allowed to go out, thus denying them the liberty of getting to town and procuring a great many necessities of which they were very much in need. At Camp Thoroughfare the One-hundred-and-fifty-ninth was the only regiment having a camp guard. The boys say that when a heavy guard is constantly kept around the camp it makes guard duty very laborious, especially when twenty to fifty men are sick cr on light duty by order of the surgeon. The boys say that if they had been in the enemy's country they would have cheerfully gone on guard duty every day, but as long as they remained in their own country they could see no reason why such a heavy guard should be maintained. Sometimes the guard was as high as one hundred. The boys say the officer in charge could have remedied all this, and censure bis severe methods very sharply. EVANSVILLE’S GREAT PREPARATION Great preparations are being made in Evansville, Ind., to receive Company E, Captain Blum commanding, and Company M, Captain McDowell commanding, of the One-hundred-and-fifty-ninth. Mr. Walter Wunderlich, of the Evansville Courier, which has started the movement to give the boys of the Evansville companies a grand reception, is in the city looking after the Interests of the men and making arrangements to get them away as early as possible. When Companies E and M arrive itt home they will be greeted by 7,500 school children. All the secret societies, the G. A. R., the ud Soldiers’ Club, the Sons of Veterans, the Indies’ Relief Corps, the Turners, accompanied by four bands, will turn out to meet the gallant soldier boys. After a short march through the city when they arrive, they will be taken to Evans Hall, the largest hall in the city, where the Ladies' Relief Corps will serve a spread, and the mayor will deliver an address of welcome. At night they will be treated to a grand display of fireworks on the river front. The entire city is anxiously awaiting the return of the soldier boys. MnJ. Fee Installed as City Clerk. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, lnd., Sept. 14.-Ar-rangements are being made to give a public reception to Company I, of this city, which has reached Camp Mourn with the One-hundred-and-fifty-ninth Regiment. A public meeting was held to-night. Definite plans will be made soon as the time of the arrival of the company here is known. Chaplain W. K. Weaver, who was brought home to this city quite low with typhoid fever several weeks ago, was well enough to-day to rejoin Ids regiment, the One-hundred-and-fifty-nlnth. and will remain with them until mustered out. Rev. Weaver is pastor of the local Presbyterian church.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1898.

and is popular with his men. Surgeon E. Hawkins and Maj. J. F. Fee, of the One-hundred-and-tifty-ninth, were here over night. Major Fee was installed as city clerk by the City Council, having been elected to the position at the last city election. Arranging: for Mndison Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., Sept. 14.—A public meeting, called by Mayor McGuire, was held at the City Hall to-night, at w'hich preliminary arrangements were made to receive the members of Lieutenant Garber's cou’pany, about sixty of whom are expected to be mustered out of Colonel Barnett’s regiment at Indianapolis in time to reach Madison by Saturday noon. LEFT FOR FORT WAYNE. The iiSth Battery Fnrlouglied anil Quits Camp. Yesterday morning at 11 o’clock the Twen-ty-eighth Battery, of Fort Wayne, under the command of Captain Ranke, left the state fair grounds for home via Peru. The men had been paid off by Maj. Jonas Cleland and Assistant Paymaster N. J. Smith. The men were very anxious to leave on the thirty days’ furlough. A camp guard of ten men under the command of Lieut. Oliver S. Jones has been left. The guard is under the direct charge of acting Sergt. George Depner. The names of the men who volunteered are as follows: Corporal Will Briggaman, Privates Richie, Lucas, Redelsheimer, Johnson, Young, McMiller, Juley, Sullivan and Luddington. The headquarters, hospital, commissary, mess and tents for the shelter of the guards were left standing. The'other tents were taken down and placed in the hospital tent. The entire camp guard that has volunteered to remain here will be relieved at the expiration of til teen days by a guard under the command of Lieut. Will Cleary, of Fort Wayne. The battery left the following sick patients at the state hospital at Camp Mount: Sergeant Hassenfuss, Privates Sovine, Hollopeter, Harper, Carl, Evans, Zollinger, Rable and Zimmerman. Private Henry Zollinger, who was In a serious condition, is improving. The condition of Private Paul Zimmerman remains about the same. A trained nurse is in constant attendance and every comfort possible is extended to the sick. The other sick patients of the battery are confined by slight attacks of malarial fever, and it was recommended by the surgeons that they be left in charge of the hospital until their condition is such that they are able to go home. Miss Scott, chief nurse, and Mrs, Peake, assistant, have charge of the trained corps of nurses. Everything in their power is being done for the sick patients, in whom they take much interest. Corporal George Depner, who was confined in the hospital by a slight illness, has entirely recovered and reported for duty.

WALKED ABOUT W ITH TYPHOID. An Illustration of Maj. Fred Charlton’s Devotion to Duty. Surgeon Major Fred R. Charlton, of the One-hundred-and-fifty-eighth Regiment, is held in the highest esteem by the officers of the regiment. A story showing his splendid courage and grit is being told. Shortly after the regiment went to Camp Thomas the surgeon was placed in charge of the division hospital, a place of very great responsibility. The duties were most trying. After being in that climate for several months the conditions around him began to make inroads on his health as it had on others, and his friends noticed that he w r as looking badly. He disregarded all suggestions that he taka rest, And continued his work. After a time the assistant surgeon general noticed Dr. Charlton’s appearance and ordered an examination. It showed that his temperature was 103, that he was in fact suffering with typhoid fever. He had walked around with it several days. At last he was peremptorily ordered to rest. In a week he was l ack at his post again. A sample of his blood was sent tn Surgeon General Sternberg at Washington and the test showed typhoid. Although with a sick leave in his pocket Dr. Charlton attended the sick Tuesday night in the cars at North street, Instead of going to his home. Dr. Barcus is another surgeon who has won the hearts of the boys and many of those in the Indianapolis companies want him to come to Indianapolis and practice. He went ir.to the regiment with all the officers prejudiced against him, on account of his appointment being from outside the militia, and ho came home with these same officers as well as the men sounding his praises. SIGNAL CORPS COMPANY COMING. Left Jacksonville Last Niglit—Four Men Loft Behind. The Indiana signal corps company left last evening at 7 o’clock for Indianapolis. Those who were left behind to go on to Cuba were Corporal G. Raymond White and Private Will Schlemmer, of Crawfordsville; Gruesbeck, of Warsaw, and Hews, of Indianapolis. The “big four” remaining have been assigned to the Second United States Signal Corps. Five of the 157t1i Siek Discharged. Five patients left in the state hospital at Camp Mount by the One-hundred-and-fifty-seventh Regiment were discharged yesterday by the surgeons, having, entirely recovered. The names are as follows: Sergt. Thad Keller, of Company F, South Bend; Privates Shock and Tucker, of Elkhart; Harry W. Miller, of Fort Wayne, and Wellington Harman, of Company A. Knox, Ind. Private Charles Simons, of Company C, Goshen, who is confined with a severe attack of typhoid fever, show'ed some signs of improvement. The nurse in attendance stated that he is much brighter than at any time since he has been at the hospital. His father was at the bedside of his son yesterday. The eamo guard of the One-hundred-and-fifty-seventh Regiment is having an easy time. The guard is formed in three sections, one of which is on duty tWenty-four hours. Each section is divided into three reliefs, tiius giving the men one day’s guard duty and three days off. In this way the men have an opportunity to visit the fair. The men are in the best of health. Private L>enslow, of Company F, South Bend, Ind., who has been confined in the state hospital at Camp Mount by a severe attack of typhoid fever and hemorrhage, was very much improved yesterday. The doctor stated that the hemorrhage has ceased and that if he does not receive a backset he will pull through. Private Denslow's brother, who has been visiting camp, has returned home. Cupt. Dyer Resign* His Commission. Special to the Indianapolis Journai. KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. 14.—Capt. George Dyer, of Company I, One-hundred-and-six-ticth Indiana, has resigned, and will return home from his regiment at Lexington, Ky. The resignation was accepted and Col. Gunder will name the successor. Captain Dyer will resume his position as yardmaster ior the Lake Erie & Western Railway at Tipton. Why He Didn’t March. Adjt. Taylor Power was prevented from marching with his regiment, the One-hundred-and-flfty-eighth, by the critical illness of his wife. She visited Chickamauga and contracted typhoid fever, of which she is dangerously ill at the home of her lather, F. T. Lee, of Peoria, 111. NOT A CAVALRYMAN. Lieut. Goodrich Has a Had Mix-Up with His Horse at Camp Cuba Libre. Correspondence of the Journal. CAMP CUBA LIBRE, Jacksonville, Fla.. Sept. 11.—Lieut. George Goodrich, acting adjutant of the One-hundred-and-sixty-first Indiana, had a narrow escape from death last night. He was riding to the city on horseback when his horse frightened at some object and became unmanageable. The lieutenant was thrown to the pavement and his horse rolled over him. Dr. W. C. Roland, surgeon of the provost guard, was called and upon examination found that the lieutenant sustained only some skin cuts and bruises. The government paymaster stationed here is a gentleman of color. When he presented himself to the Second Mississippi regiment yesterday, and told the boys he had $20,000 for them, they declared they “would not accept their pay from a cl nigger.” Later In the day the paymaster returned to the city and as the boys now have money in their possession it is presumed they compromised. The number of patients in the Third Division hospital Is daily decreasing. The One-hundred-and-sixty-first Indiana to-day has two siek in hospital and only a few reported for light duty, which means they are excused from drill and guard duty, but can be detailed for police work. The hospital tents have all been braced and prepared for the

equinoctial storms that usually visit this point during the month of September. There are seven contract doctors in the Third Division hospital and thirty-one female nurses. These nurses get S3O a month and rations, but the government food is too coarse for them and they are compelled to deny themselves almost the necessaries of life. The One-hundred-and-sixty-first Indiana regiment will be paid within the next few days. B. F. Hittle, Herbert Campbell and Fred Fifer, of Company L, who are from Indianapolis, desire to inform their friends that they are in good health and enjoying army life immensely. Will Ellerman, of Company E, left last evening for his home in Jeffersonville on a ten davs’ leave of absence. Corporal Thomas F. Keifer. Privates Perry, Angleton and Kuntz. of Company E, will be sent to Pablo beach to-morrow. Captain West, of Company M, from Lawreneeburg, says his company is enjoying perfect health. Captain G-winn, of Company If. from Rushvllle, reports his company in good health, there, being only five siightlv ill in company quarters. He will send Sergeant Joseph Caldwell. Corporal Wertz and George Bowding to Pablo beach to-morrow. A fine “mess” hall, as the boys call it, has been erected by Captain Anderson's company. Daniel Robe, Robert Owens, Martin Bonadore, Andrew Cronin, H. J. Low and August Znelke, of Company L. will spend the next few days at Pablo beach. Sergeant Oscar Taner. of Company F, has malarial fever in a light form. Joseph Devere, of Company F. from Richmond, and the one who wrote home that “from twelve to fourteen men were dying here daily.” which letter was published in the Journal of the 7th inst., was up before Colonel Durbin to-day to explain why he had misrepresented our camp. It was Joseph Devere who got up the petition in our ramp asking to be sent home. Colonel Durbin has reduced our morning drill from three hours in length to one hour on account of the extra guard duty imposed on our boys, caused by so many regiments leaving here. The tents of the officers of this regiment were inspected for the first time yesterday. The inspectors appointed by Lieutenant Colonel Backus were Lieut. Richard Buchanan, of Company D. and Lieutenant Owens, of Company K. Appointment to positions on the inspection board carried with it some honor which is deserved by these two young officers. Their inspection was complete and exacting. The quarters of the field officers, majors and line officers were all visited and several recommendations looking toward the tidiness of tent interiors w r ore made. The inspectors reported that as a whole the officers had kept their places of abode in a very neat condition. Max Gaddis, from New Castle, cook for the third battalion mess, has the reputation of being the best cook in this regiment. Captain Oghnrn will return from Pablo next Wednesday. L. E. W. Ruslrville Private® Home. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Tnd., Sent. 14.—Privates Tra Geiger, Harry Davis and Irwin Morford, Company H, One-hundred-and-sixty-first Indiana, are home from Jacksonville, Fla., for a thirty days’ siek leave. Bugler Ira Palmes, of the Seventh United States Cavalry, is here visiting home folks. He went through the Santiago campaign. Mrs. Fannie Young, of this city, received word yesterday that her son, Henry Young, aged nineteen, a member of Company K, Sixteenth United States Infantry, died of fever two weeks ago at Montauk Point. Joseph Aubrey Armstrong, of Company H, One-hundred-and-sixty-first Indiana, has been transferred to the United States Volunteer Signal Corps as telegraph operator. He was mail carrier for the regiment while it was stationed at Camp Mount. By the resignation of First Lieutenant J. F. Joyce, of Qompany H. One-hundred-and-sixty-first Indiana. Second Lieutenant Harry B. Patton has been advanced to first lieutenant and First Sergeant George Caldwell to second lieutenant. First Lieutenant Patton is also on the staff of Colonel Durbin.

HEROES AMONG THE REGULARS. Two Men Under Uuptain Hoyt Who Showed Their Mettle. Captain Hoyt, of the Eleventh Regular Infantry, well known in this city, where lie was recruiting officer for the two years ending shortly before the Cuban war, was in Porto Rico with his regiment. A letter in a New Y’ork paper relates this incident in which his men figure: “Hormigueros is not much of a town. Us chief interest to Americans just now is the fact that its vicinity gives the name to one of those little engagements which, in this rather opera-bouffe campaign, wo denominate as ’battles.’ It was here that there occurred one of those little exhibitions of individual courage which are of greater frequency in the ranks of our regular army than is generally known to the public. Capt. Hoyt’s company, of the Eleventh Regular Infantry, was in advance. The Spanish troops were hunting cover and falling back with great agility. Ihe side of the little hill which lay before the American lines was a cleared field; its top was wooded and formed an admirable cover. The wood might be filled with Mausers. Captain Hoyt hesitated about sending His men into it. Two men stepped from the rapks. One of them had been in the army for some years and had seen service on the plains. The other was of recent enlistment. With as much coolness as they would have shown in following a deer track, the two started up the slope at a trot, plunged into the thicket and reappeared with a cry to “come along.” Then they disappeared, to repeat the process on the next hill. Who were they? I do not krow. The army is full of such men. We hear very little about them. It Is true that they might be well advertised as the heroes of Hormigueros, because they did, iu a little way, W’hat Dewey and Hobson did on a larger ecale. It is the way of the army and navy, that is all. All that is needed is the opportunity. Had it been necessary or desirable, the whole command would have gone as the tw'o men did.” Captain Hoyt is now on sick leave in New York city, where his wife has gone from Chicago to join him. His illness, which is not understood by his friends here to be serious, is suppesed to be the result c|f his summer’s stay in Tampa. Military Notes. Joseph Reed, Company C, Twelfth Pennsylvania, died yesterday at the Medico-Chi-rurgical Hospital, Philadelphia. His home was at Teralto, Preston county, W. Va. There were two deaths of soldiers at Cincinnati hospital last night, those of Joseph Baston. Forty-ninth lowa Infantry, home, Dubuque, la., and Warren Cadwallader, First Ohio Inlantrv, home. Morrow, O. Both died of typhoid fever. Alpha Thorpe, Twen-ty-fourth Regular Infantry, home, loia, Kah., is dying of typhoid at Cincinnati hospital. GRAND CIRCUIT RACES. Three Fast Heats ly Bingen—Joe Patchen Pace® in 2:01 3-4. PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 14.—At the Grand Circuit races at Rigby this afternoon Bingen trotted three miles in 2:08%, 2:10% and 2:08%. These are the three fastest heats made by a trotting stallion this year and the third mile equals the best time made by a trotter of either sex since the season of 1897 closed. Bingen is owned by J. Malcolm Forbes, of Boston, and is now the most promising candidate for first honors in the Transylvanian, to be decided this month at Lexington. The Abbot, which was a big favorite for the class Bingen won, could not get nothing better than third money. In a match race against Chehalis, Joe Patchen paced a mile in 2:01%, driven by his owner, C. W. Marks, of Chicago. This is the fastest mile made in competition this season. Egozen, who was at odds as favorite for the pacing race, was made to look cheap when collared by Lady of the Manor in the last quarter. The Lady clearly outclassed her field and was beaten in the third heat by a break. Summaries: 2:11 Trot; purse, $2,000. Bingen, hr. h., by May King-Little Miss, by Little Jim (Titer) 1 1 1 Alcidalia, b. m. (Doran) 2 2 5 The Abbot, b. g., by Chimes (Geers)..s 5 2 Georgianna, hr. m. (Noble) 33 3 Louis Victor, b. g. (O’Neil) 4 4 4 Larbie the Great, b. s. (Peacock) Dis. Time—2:oß%, 2:10%, 2:08%. 2:19 Pace; purse, $2,000. Lady of the Manor, c. m.. by 11ambrino King-Princess Chimes, by Chimes (Geers) 1 16 1 Flirt, blk. m., by Armont-Decep-tion, by Almont Star (Renick) 3 2 1 2 Mothmiller, r. g. (Trout) f> 3 2 3 Egozen, b. s. (Critchfield) 2 4 4 (I Terrill (Scanned) 4 5 3 5 Little Girl, r. m. (Either) 5 6 5 4 Nea. b. m. (Burch) Dis. Time—2:oß%, 2:09%, 2:11%. 2:13%. Match race, pacing; purse, 52..V10. Joe Patehen, bik. s., by Patchen WilkesJosephine Young, by Joe Young (Marks) ii Chehalis. blk. s. (J. O’Neil) 2 2 Time—2:oß, 2:01%. TO CURE A~"COLD IN ONE D\Y Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablet*. All dnifBiats refund the money if It fail* to cure. 22c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.

MR. BYNUM STfcPS DOWN ♦- HESIGSS CHAIRMANSHIP OF GOLD DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. Cutting Off of Salaries Given n the lieuson—The Ex-Hoo*ier Charged with Trickery. * CHICAGO. Sept. 14.—W. D. Bynum, chairman of the National Democratic party, tenured his resignation to the executive committee to-day, and George Foster Peabody, of New York, was elected as his successor. The resignation was a great surprise to the leaders of the gold Democratic party. C. \ oy Holman, of Maine, declared after the meeting that he proposed to have Mr. Bynum investigated. Mr. Holman claims Mr. Bynum called the meeting of to-day with the intent to force him to leave Maine, where the election was held on Monday, the morning of election day, and he charges the ex-chairman with conspiracy. A committee of which Mr. Peabody was made chairman was appointed to prepare an address to the people. A resolution which was adopted by the meeting stopping the salaries of all the officers is said to be the real cause of Mr. Bynum’s resignation. Treasurer Frenzel, of Indianapolis, reported that when the campaign of 1896 was ended there was $33,000 in the treasury of the National Democracy. Since that time $23,000 had been expended. There was $1,500 which couid be had when necessary from uncollected subscriptions. Mr. Bynum had received $8,200 as salary, while SOO was credited to personal expenses. The treasurer reported that $7,7(X) had been sent to Kentucky for the 1807 campaign; $1,700 to Iowa; $2,500 to Ohio during the campaign in which Hanna was elected United States senator, and S6OO to Kansas. Finally, he said that $l5O had been expended for stationery and postage. War Department Scored. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 14.—The Democratic state convention to-day nominated B. H. Roberts for Congress on the first ballot. The platform says, in part: “The Congress of the United States and the entire people of the country did not wish to spare eijrher money or effort necessary to provide our soldiers and sailors with everything needful for their health, comfort and welfare. Notwithstanding this it is to the chagrin of the Nation that, through political corruption or incompetency of the Republican administration our soldiers and sailors have not been sufficiently provided for. Seemingly no regard has been paid to the condition of their health. Through the orders of the War Department they have been kept at places which became veritable pest holes, until they were so stricken with hunger and disease that if they were called upon to render the service for which they were enlisted they would be found physically unable to respond. The people of the United States hold to a rigid account these persons who may be found responsible for this condition, which discloses that they were worse enemies to the country than those against whom our brave soldiers and seamen were ready to go forth and do battle.’’ Maine Flection Returns. PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 14.—Additional returns of the state election from the backwoods districts and plantations make some changes in the general result. Returns from 411 cities, towns and plantations out of 515 give Powers, Republican, 53,573; Lord, Democrat, 27,751, a plurality for Powers of 23,822. If the remaining towns show the same proportionate loss, his plurality will be about 24,500. The up-country towns, especially in Aroostook and Piscataquis, all fell away from the usual Republican majority, in some oases the Republican loss, as compared with 1894. being between 40 and "0 per cent, w r hile the Democratic loss was less than 20 per cent. Later returns in Somerset county also show Republican apathy, while the Democratic vote in the First, Second ■and third Democratic districts was larger than in 1894. Soldiers nt Manila to Vote. PITTSBURG, Sept. 14.—Ex-State Senator S. S. Steel, of this city, has left for Manila, where he will receive, supervise tho counting and carry back to Harrisburg the votes of that band of heroes who are marching in advance of the American flag on the other side of the globe. Senator Steel goes direct to San Francisco. He expects to remain there three or four days before sailing for Manila. He carried with him instructions to the voters and expects to have cabled to him the complete ballots. He expects to hold the election on Nov. 8. when the election will be held in this State. The election will be held under the laws of the State and the effort will be jnade to have every vote counted as the soldier voter intended in casting it. Connecticut Republicans. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 14.—The Republican state convention met in the Hyperion Theater to-night. The session was brief, occupying little over an hour, and was devoted solely to the transaction of preliminary business. Little enthusiasm was displayed. Organization was completed. committees appointed and tho convention adjourned until 10 o’clock to-mor-row morning.

STATE FAIR WEATHER. Cleur Sky Most of the Day,' niili Possibly a Few Showers. Local Forecast for Twenty-four Hours Ending 11 p. m„ Sept. 15.—Generally fair weather on Thursday; possibly a few showers in the afternoon. General Conditions Yesterday—High barometric pressure continues from the lower lakes and New England southward to the eastern gulf coast; elsewhere the pressure is low. Warmer, fair weather prevails and light local rains fell only in Illinois, near the upper lakes and near the gulf coast. FORECAST FOR THREE STATES. For Ohio and Indiana—Showers; slowly rising temperature; fresh southerly winds. For Illinois—Threatening weather and light showers; slowly rising temperature; southerly winds. Local Observations Wednesday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 fi.ni. 30.07 63 87 South. Pt. ei’dv. 0.00 7 p.m. 29.96 72 75 South. Pt. el’dy. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 76; minimum temperature. 58. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Sept. 14: Temp. Pre. Normal 65 0.10 Mean 67 0.00 Departure from normal 2 —O.IO Departure since Sept. 1 *7 *0.34 Departure since Jan. 1 412 *0.66 •Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. WANT TO ME ANNEXED. May Be Beat for Culm, but Is It Best for Is. New York Post. We have received the following letter from the head of a mercantile house in Cuba: “Thank God the war is over, and if we have peace, with nothing to disturb the harmony that may now- ensue, there will be a chance of making up for the past which has been so full of trouble. Unfortunately, there is no trustworthy information as to tiie terms agreed upon. All that is known is that whereas Porto Rico has been given over to the United States, Cuba has not been disposed of in the same way. Spain renounces her right of sovereignty over the island, and from this it is inferred that it is the intention on the part of the United States to grant independence to Cuba untUr an American protectorate, leaving the collection of customs in the hands of the United States. Without knowing positively what is to be done. I do not care to express an opinion; I would, however, venture to say that if the wishes of the people are consulted, immediate annexation would be more acceptable than independence. By the people 1 mean resident Spaniards w’ho represent about 60 per cent, of the wealth of the island, all the foreigners, and I might say a large, if not the greater, part of the Cubans, certainly of all those possessed of any property.’’ The writer of this letter is a Scotchman without bias and without political interest of any kind. He represents only the commercial view of the situation in the island, and we are bound to assume that he speaks the real sentiment of that oiaa*. and for this

sentiment we have the greatest respect. What Cuba wants is rest, and this our correspondent believes can be obtained not by a protectorate, but only by annexation. This may ba true, but the interests of the United States are paramount, and these would not be promoted, in our Judgment, by the incorporation into our body politic of a country so completely alien to us in ideas, in customs, in religion, as Cuba. This waa the nearly unanimous opinion of our Congress and people four months ago, and we nave seen few signs of change in that behalf as yet. An experiment in the way of seifgovernrmnt ought to be made. If it fails something else must be tried afterwards. WILL MEET IN DETROIT. Sons of Veterans Locate Next Encampment anti Change Ritual. OMAHA. Neb., Sept. 14.—Detroit was this morning selected by the Sons of Veterans as the place for holding next year’s annual encampment. That city won after a hard fight, in which its principal opponent was Denver. The other business transacted by the encampment consisted of a number of changes in the rules. Anew ritual, more simple and impressive than the one now in use, was adopted. It provides for only one degree, instead of three. Attempts to restrict membership to the male descendants of those w r ho saw actual service in the civil war was voted down and the same action was taken on a proposition to raise the muster fee from $2 to $3. A resolution was adopted favoring the continuance of military tactics in the public schools. It was decided to get up a petition to the secretary ot the navy to name one of the new battle ships Lincoln. A roll of all sons of veterans who served in the late war with Spain is to be published. John M. Thurston was elected a life member. Union Veteran League. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Sept. 14.—The opening session of the thirteenth annual encampment of the Union Veteran League was held to-day at the Lycoming Opera House. An address of welcome was made by Col. James B. Smith, after which Gen. Archibald Blakely, the national commander of tlie legion, took the chair. The chapiain-in-chief, Rev. Charles L. Shergur, ol Caton, N. Y., followed with prayer, after which Mayor Mansel, on behalf of the city, made an address of welcome. Hon. Emerson Collins was then introduced by the commander and made an eloquent address of welcome, Commander Blakely responding. George W. Skinner, of Pittsburg, also made a speech. The encampment then went into executive session.

HAVE LEFT PORTO RICO 4 ALL SPANISH WAR SHIPS NOW PROBABLY AT MARTINIQUE. Delay In Moving Troop* Imperiling the Lives of American*— ITransport Expected Soon. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Word reached the Navy Department to-day Uiat all the Spanish war vessels in Porto Rico had left that country. The information came from Admiral Schley, but further than giving the names of the ships contained no details of their departure, nor their point of destination are given, although it is thought likely at the Navy Department that the vessels have left for some near-by port, probably Martinique. The war vessels included the Isabel 11, a cruiser, the Creolla. the torpedo boat Terror, a small gunboat, name not given, and one other. Their departure is simply in accordance with the plan of avacuation of the island by the Spanish forces as provided for in the protocol of peace. The delay of the military commissioners in arranging for the evacuation of the island by the Spanish troops is deprecated by the medical officers here because of the danger to which it exposes the United States troops on the island. After a lapse of a month from the appointment of the commission nothing has been accomplished beyond the exchange of a few formal courtesies. It has been represented to the President by General Miles that the cause of the sickness of the American troops was to be found in this delay. It appears that under the truce now existing, according- to military law, neither side is authorized to either advance or withdraw troops. Consequently the American troops are obliged to maintain the position they occupied when the news of the signing of the protocol reached them. Those positions while well adapted for fighting were unhealthy and were not fit for permanent camps. The troops were lying around in the grass and out in low country, when they might be brought into the towns and comfortably housed and cared for if the evacuation commissioners forced the Spaniards to an issue as they should do. The conditions in this respect are not so bad in Cuba where the only American troops are as well settled in the neighborhood of Sant ago and in the town itself as they could be. The First Transport Bn Route. SAN JUAN, Island of Porto Rico, Sept. 14.—The United States Porto Rican avacuation commission met this morning. The reply of the Spanish commissioners setting forth their position in accordance with the instructions from Madrid .'as received last night. It is satisfactory to our commissioners, who hope the main details of the evacuation will be arranged within a few days. The protocol says “immediate” evacuation, which is construed to mean a reasonable time. It is understood that a Spanish steamer is expected here in a few days from Cadiz to embark the first detachment of troops, the Principado de Asturias Regiment, numbering eight hundred men, which arrived here from Cuba prior to the outbreak of the war, and a battalion of engineers. The Spanish soldiers dread yeilow fever, and this fear may hasten the evacuation of the island. Over 1,000 Spanish troops perished during the epidemic of 1896. The steamer expected here to embark the first detachment is the Conde Wifredo, of 2,272 tons, belonging to the Pinillos line. She is commanded by Captain Andranea and left Cadiz on Sept. 1 for this port and Havana. Sailed for Porto Rico. NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—The Obdam, Capt. Walter Allen, sailed from Brooklyn to-night for Ponce, Porto Rico. She had on board the first battalion of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Regiment, seventy regular passengers, sixteen postal clerks and a crew of seventy-five. Her cargo consisted in the main of commissary supplies for the regiments now in Porto Rico. She carried also $5,000 worth of delicacies and two ambulances for the army hospitals. Republican Campaign Textbook. Washington Special. The Republican textbook for the campaign of 1898 is just out. It is published by the authority of the Republican congressional committee and was issued under the supervision of Representative Jesse Overstreet, of Indianapolis. It is a book of four hundred pages, and will be found of great value to newspapers and to everybody who has to do with active campaigning. F. F. Schrader, editor of ttie textbook, has this to say about the w'ork: "The statements and figures used in this book have been taken from the latest data contained in the regular department publications of the government. They are believed to be accurate, so that speak.rs and writers may quote them witn every assurance of finding them reliable. Editorial comment has been sparingly undertaken. Beyond explanation being necessary to make them intelligible the statistics speak for themselves.” Among other things the book contains a very complete record of congressional action upon matters relating to the war. It contains the roll calls in both branches of Congress upon al! important enactions. The history is complete with all essential details. Great pressure was brought to bear upon the committee to strike out the roll calls on the votes for and against Cuban independence and to tone down the record in that particular. The committee was deaf to appeals on this score. A majority of the few Republicans who were so clamorous for the Cuban independence “rider” on the declaration of war are heartily asuained of themselves for the position they took on that issue in opposition to the administration and in violation of common sense, as subsequent developments proved. They made their bed. however, and there they w 111 have to He. The fight against the recognition of the independence of the paper re-

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