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MAM CHARGES MAY RESULT FROM SECRETARY ALGER'S INSPECTION TOl 11. Medical and QuaTtfrmniiter'i DeparttncntM Accused by Army Officers of Neglect nml Inefficiency. INCIDENT AT LEXINGTON WHERE GENERAL3 SANGER AND WAITES RELIEVED TII El it MINDS. Surgeons to Re Subject Hereafter to the Orders of Commanding OtHcern at the Various Camps. SPEECH BY GENERAL ALGER AFTER INSPECTING CAMP POLAND AND CONGRATULATING M’KEE. Blame for Sickness and Hardships Placed on Officers Who Failed to Report to the Secretary. * LEXINGTON. Ky., Sept. 21.-A prominent gentleman, close to the national administration, as well as to the officers here at Camp Hamilton, says the present tour of inspection of the Southern camps by Secretary Alger, Quartermaster General Ludington and Surgeon General Sternberg will likely develop numerous charges from regimental and general tield officers against both the medical and the quartermaster’s departments, and especially against some commissaries. The talking was begun here by General Sanger against the medical department, and by General Waites against the quartermasters, and it is expected that officers at other points will, add very materially to this testimony before the tour of inspection is completed. Secretary Alger stated that all of this information and all other evidence that he could secure would be presented to the investigating commission at Washington. At the conference here last evening of Secretary Alger with General Breckinridge, the commander of Camp Hamilton, and other officers, General Sanger said while the division hospital may be a good thing, that as it was conducted it had been a disgrace to the service; that it had deprived the regiments of their surgeons and caused hardships on the sick, who Should have had better attention at the proper time. Surgeon General Sternberg. In reply, insisted that all requisitions had been honored in Washington, and that any medical men failing to do their duty should be reported. General A&Uf&g.Secretary Alger tsftt the neglect of some tc iwnish supplies was criminal. While in Chlckamauga he frequently made requisitions which were not honored. An imperative order had been sent to have all water boiled. He had made a requisition on Quartermaster General Lee for water boilers. No attention was paid to his requisition, and after he repeatedly urged Quartermaster General Lee to send the boilers and telling him how the men were contracting typhoid fever, he was met with a reply which read: “The War Department does not furnish boilers." General Waites then purchased the boilers himself, but the seeds of typhoid had been sown, and the daily report showed the list of deaths and of the cases in the hospitals. Pointing at Quartermaster Ludington, General Waites said: “These men cannot say it was somebody else’s fault. It was the fault of Quartermaster Lee and it was the fault of Quartermaster Ludington, who Is standing right there." Ludington made no reply to Waites, as Sternberg had done to Sanger.

Control of Surgeons. CINCINNATI, 0., Sept. 21.—The TimesStar’s special from Lexington, Ky., says: “General Breckinridge, who is In command of Camp Hamilton here, and Surgeon General Sternberg had a long conference just before the surgeon general left here with Secretary Alger. General Breckinridge wanted to know just who had the right to command the hospital surgeons. He said that at Chickamauga these individuals were a sort of ‘do-aB-you-please’ fellows, under nobody’s command. General Wilson had requested certain things to be done In the hospitals at Chickamauga and no attention l)ad been given his demands. Investigation, General Breckinridge said, showed that the surgeons considered themselves subject only to the orders of General Sternberg. General Breckinridge said he found the same trouble at Camp Hamilton and he wanted to have a distinct understanding regarding the matter. General Sternberg said the surgeons at Chickamauga were subject to the orders of General Wilson, and that the general should have found this out. If he saw his orders were not obeyed, he should have found the reason for such disobedience and had the matter settled at once. General Breckinridge said the same was the casq right here and he wanted General Sternberg to inform General Sanger that he was the proper person to command the surgeons.” President Urged to Retire Alger. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—The President Is being subjected to considerable pressure from frightened politicians to retire Secretary Alger and thus put the stamp of his disapproval on alleged abuses In the management of the War Department by bureau chiefs and officers in charge of camps and transportation of troops. The President gives no encouragement to those w-ho talk, write or wire him In that vein. He is confident the approaching Investigation into the management of the commissary, quartermaster’s and medicine bureau will result In a complete vindication of Secretary Alger and the administration’s conduct of the war. He may change his mind about General Alger, but his present disposition Is to stand up for him and give him full support. General Wiley Misquoted. CINCINNATI, 0., Sept. 21.—A special to the Enquirer from Lexington, Ky., apropos of the testimony of officers to the secretary’ In regard to the bad state of affairs at Chickamauga. says: "The visit of Secretary Alger yesterday and the stories of suffering and mismanagement in Camp Thomas told him by officers were the topics discussed by soldiers at Camp Hamilton today. Brigadier General Wiley Is considerably annoyed at a statement published In a Cincinnati paper this morning. ‘I am quoted,’ he said to the Enquirer, ‘as having said that General LuddJngton was to blame. I did not say no, nor do I think he was. I

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made no reflection whatever upon Surgeon General Sternberg, end v/nat I d’.d say about Colonel Huidekoper was that he is a graduate of reputable medical Institutions and holds diplomas from good medical colleges.' "The order to the Twenty-first Kansas to proceed to Topeka to be mu tered out was suspended this morning by Secretary Alger. He was so favorably Impressed with the regiment that he desires it to remain In service." Welcomed to Chutlanonea. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 21,-Secre-tary Alger and party reached this city tonight from Knoxville at 9:30 o'clock. The rarty was met at the depot by the mayor of the city and a large number of citizens and were conducted to the City Auditorium, where 3,000 people had gathered to meet and receive them. Secretary Aiger was greeted with the most cordial applause. He made a short speech, thanking the people for their courteous reception. He said, with reference to charges of mismanagement: “That some mistakes have occurred I admit, but that the medical dejiartment, the commissary department and the quartermaster's department have done their full duty, I affirm.” Secretary Alger and party will spend the day at Chickamauga Park to-morrow, visiting Lei ter and Sternberg hospitals and inspecting the camp sites of the various regiments of tne Camp Thomas army. Would Not Drink. Roiled Water. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—The quartermaster's department of the army states that the claim made by certain officers that boilers were not furnished for boiling water at Chickamauga is not true. On the same date that Chief Quartermaster Lee telegraphed for the boilers 2.000 were sent and a little later 500 more. It Is also stated that the soldiers would not drink the boiled water because it had a Hat taste, and preferred and drank the fresh water. ALGER SPEAKS AGAIN. Says Commanding: Officers nt Camps Are Responsible for Suffering. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 21.—The secretary of war, who to-day inspected Camp Poland and reviewed the enlisted men encamped there, made a speech to the commanding officers at General McKee’s headquarters during the morning, in which he fixed the blame for the sickness in the different camps throughout the country on the commanding officers. Secretary Alger was given an enthusiastic reception by the citizens of Knoxville and by the commanding officers of the camp on his arrival. He went from the depot direct to the camp and, shortly afterwards, accompanied by his staff and the officers of the camp, all on horseback, the secretary rode over the drill field and inspected the troops. He then reviewed the grand parade arranged in his honor and afterwards made a speech to the commanding officers. He next visited the hospitals and regimental quarters and made a thorough inspection of the condition of the camp and men. Gen. Alger congratulated General McKee on the splendid condition of his camp and of the troops. He expressed satisfaction with the location of the camp and the showing made by the men. The parade at Camp Poland was witnessed by an immense concourse of people and General Alger commented on this fact. He said it indicated to his mind that the people of Knoxville were glad to have the soldiers here. The commands in review were: The Second Ohio, Third North Carolina, Sixth Virginia, Sixth Ohjo, First West Virginia, First Georgia, Eourth' Tenncssife and Thirty-first Michigan. After the review General Alger asked that the commanding officers assemble at General McKee’s headquarters and at the latter’s tent on the high eminence overlooking Camp Poland on the one side and Knoxville on the other, the secretary was surrounded by the officers and the Knoxville citizens’ committee. He removed his hat and, in a delicate and careful manner of speech, he said: “I came here to visit this camp for the purpose of acquainting myself with the conditions and to see for myself just how the troops are faring and to hear from the officers any recommendations that they may think will benefit the camp. I want to hear what the commanders have to say about division hospitals and regimental hospitals, more especially. There has been a great deal of talk about the conditions of the camp hospitals. I want to say that had the War Department been acquainted with the conditions said to have existed at Chickamauga the troops there would have been moved long before they were. We received only good reports at Washington from the commanding officers and it was supposed that the outside reports were exaggerated. The commanders of camps are responsible for the condition of their camps and If the men are not well cared for and if the hospital and sanitary conditions are bad the commanding officer must answer for it. The War Department has been and is ready to supply the demands of the troops for medicine and sustenance and there is no reason why conditions other than the best possible should exist.” Secretary Alger and party left for Chattanooga at 4 o’clock.

TO LEAVE CAMP MEADE. Seventh Ohio Given Thirty Days’ Furlough, and to Be Mustered Out. CAMP MEADE, Middletown, Pa., Sept. 21.—The Seventh Ohio Regiment will start for Columbus to-morrow over the Baltimore & Ohio for muster-out at the expiration of a thirty days* furlough. This will probably complete the departure of troops from Camp Meade until the final movement to the West Indies and the Philippines. Col. Burnham, of the Fourth Missouri, has finished his work as chief mustering officer of the corps and returned to his regiment. With the probable exception of the Fourteenth Pennsylvania, none of the troops will be mustered out before the peace commission concludes its negotiations with Spain. Colonel Edward S. Dudley has resigned as judge advocate on the sftff of Major General Graham, and Major S. W. Groesbeck, who served with Major General Shafter through the Santiago campaign, takes his place. Colonel Dudley was ordered some time ago to make an investigation of the killing of several Spanish prisoners on the transport Harvard for mutiny and has gone to Washington to prepare his report. Col. Dudley heard the stories of the Spanish officers and men before they left Portsmouth. N. H.. and later investigated the officers of the Ninth Massachusetts and Thirty-fourth Michigan, who had charge of the dons at the time of the shooting. There are Bull more than one hundred typhoid fever patients in the division hospitals and they will be taken away to city hospitals as fast as they are able to be moved. The trial of Major Charles R. Parke, of Scranton, has been called on and efforts are being made to hush up the matter. Parke and his attorneys, however, will not have it that way. The major has been under arrest for ten days for refusing to accept descriptive lists of patients delivered to the Second Division hospital while he was surgeon in charge. The charges will probably be dropped and Parke restored to bis position of executive officer of the hospital. Major Jackson, of St. Louis, has relieved (Continued ou Second Page.) ~

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TO BE REDUCED ♦ NUMBER OF ARMY OFFICERS GREATER THAN REQUIRED. President McKinley Preparing to Cut Down the List in Proportion to Volunteers Mustered Out. ♦ W. J. BRYAN IN WASHINGTON WILL ENDEAVOR TO HAVE THE THIRD NEBRASKA SENT HOME. _4 Noncommittal in Regard to the Report that He Will Resign ns Colonel of the Regiment. ♦ PRAISE FOR ROUGH RIDERS ROOSEVELT’S TROOPERS COMPLIMENTED BY THE PRESIDENT. Delegation of Santiago Heroes Welcomed at the White House—Cupt. Allyn Cnpron’s Funeral. * • WASHINGTON. Sept. 21,-The President is now considering the subject of mustering out a number of general and staff officers of the volunteer army proportionate to the 10J.009 volunteers ordered mustered out. The lists of officers in the volunteer service have been prepared and carefully gone over by the President and War Department officials. Many officers, both general and staff, have resigned, which tends to simplify the mustering out, as there is no desire to retain officers who do not care to serve longer. The President is considering also the matter of six or seven promotions that are to be made for gallant and efficient services in the Santiago and Porto Rican campaigns. These promotions will be announced in a few days. It is probable, howe\er, that they will be honorary, and the officers receiving them will be likely to be mustered out soon after the promotions are made. In mustering out general and staff officers some of the regular army officers who have been promoted in the volunteer service will be mustered out as volunteers and returned to their regiments and former rank. Most of these to be mustered out, however, will be from the number appointed from civil life, as the regular army officers will be needed In the garrison duty yet to be done by the troops. An order was issued at the War Department to-day designed to facilitate the mustering out of detached soldiers and to save them as much annoyance as possible. spia order states: "By direction of the sscretasry qjt war, when volunteer soldiers, whose reg.,ivcj oecn ordered to be or have been mustered out of the service, report at military posts or stations from furlough or ether absence from their commands, except desertion, the commanding officers thereof will notify the adjutant general of the army, giving all possible information obtainable from the men covering the period of absence, to what date and where last paid, etc. Descriptive lists of such men will be furnished from this office, on receipt of which commanding officers will cause the men to be examined by a medical officer. Con manding officers will act as mustering officers In such cases unless there is a mustering officer present. If the station of the nearest paymaster is at a distance from the place of muster out, the discharge certificates will be sent with the rolls and the paymaster will make payment by check through the commanding officer. Quarters and subsistence will be furnished the men until final payment is made.”

PLAIN “W. J. BRYAN.” Tlie Colonel Omitted His Title When He Registered His Name. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—C01. William Jennings Bryan, Third Nebraska Volunteers, reached Washington to-night from Jacksonville, Fla. Colonel Bryan’s uniform looked as immaculate as if he had just stepped from his tailor’s establishment. “Colonel Bryan, Jacksonville dispatches say that you are likely to resign your commission,” was suggested to him. “Really, I cannot discuss that matter now,” he replied. “Do you expect to meet Governor Holcomb, of Nebraska, here?” “I do, yes,” he replied. “Do you know whether he has arrived yet?” This question was answered at the Metropolitan Hotel, to which Colonel Bryan went directly. There he found awaiting him a telegram from Governor Holcomb informing him that he would be here to-night or tomorrow morning. Colonel Bryan was asked whether it was the intention of himself and the Governor to make an effort to have the Third Nebraska mustered out of the service, but he declined to say what his mission here was. He intimated that he might have something to say before he returned to Jacksonville. In the corridors of the Metropolitan Hotel Colonel Bryan was recognized by several acquaintances and given a cordial greeting. He registered simply “W. J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.” It is known that an effort will be .made to induce the War Department to muster out the Third Nebraska, and the appeal may be made directly to the President. It is the expectation of Colonel Bryan that he and Governor Holcomb will make their application to-morrow. In the event of its not being complied with It is thought to be likely that Colonel Bryan may resign his commission as colonel. ROUGH RIDERS COMPLIMENTED. Delegation of Roosevelt’s Troopers Greeted liy the President. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-President McKinley to-day formally received a delegation of about a dozen members of the Roosevelt Rough Riders regiment. A majority of the delegation are from New Mexico and are en route home. They were all I resented by Delegate Ferguson, of that Territory, who stated that New Mexico had furnished four of the captains and 440 of the men constituting the regiment. Each of the callers was presented individually to the President, who, after greeting them personally, talked with them and to them as a body in an informal manner. He spoke with earnest enthusiasm of the work of the regiment in the Santiago campaign, saying that he was pleased to have the opportunity on his own behalf and on the Lt half of the country at large to thank the regiment through the present delegation for the work it had done. “Your record is one," he said, "of which the entire Nation

Is proud. I tell people who talk with me about the Rough Riders that you left the boats In squads of twenty or thirty, inquiring the way to Santiago, and that you hardly stopped until you arrived there. You have not only done well,” he said, “but I have no doubt you would all be willing to again serve your country in an emergency.” The response was that they would to a man. “We want our colonel to raise a brigade instead of a regiment next time,” said one of the younger members of the party. The President also congratulated the soldiers on their good fortune In receiving competent officers to lead them, and met with a hearty response to all that he said about Colonel Roosevelt and Generals Wood and Young. The delegation comprised the followingnamed members of the regiment: Captains W. H. Llewellyn, T. Fuller, R. C. Day and M. Luna; Lieutenants W. E. Danle. J. N. Carr, Thomas H. Rhynning, E. S. Keys, Coleman; Corporals Llewellyn, Fries, Denny, Caldwell and Keithley and Troopers Knox, Coulton and Wood. FUNERAL OF A HERO. Remains of Cant. Allyn Capron Interred in Arlington Cemetery. WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.—The remains of Captain Allyn Capron, one of the notable figures of the Santiago campaign, \pd father of Captain Allyn K. Capron. of the Rough Riders, who fell in the first battle of the war, were burled at Arlington National Cemetery to-day, with military honors. The funeral was attended by a large number of prominent army officers, including Major General Miles and members of his staff, Generals Rodgers and Gilmore and by the officers of Captain Capron’s late regiment, the First United States artillery. Among the many floral tributes was a wreath of orchids and lilies sent by the President and Mrs. McKinley from the White House conservatory. Another handsome wreath came from the officers who had participated with Captain Capron in Indian campaigns. The honorary pallbearers wre officers of the staff and line with whom’ he had been intimately associated, while the active pallbearers were drawn from the noncommissioned men of Captain Capron's own battery. The casket was borne to the grave on an artillery caisson, an American flag draping the casket. Rev. Alfred Harding conducted the Episcopal burial service, after which the Impressive ceremony w’as closed by the firing of three volleys over the grave by a detachment of artillerymen and the blowing of taps by a bugler. - | Ovations Tor Shatter. DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 21.—Specials from several towns on the Lake Shore Railroad say that Major General Shafter, who is on his way to Constantine, Mich., Is receiving ovations from the citizens. At Hudson the car which General Shafter occupied was filled almost to suffocation by a crowd of citizens anxious to shake hands with the general. So large was the crowd that a number were unaole to get off the train and vere carried to the next station. WHITE PIGEON, Mich., Sept. 21.—General Shafter arrived at Constantine, Mich., to-night, and to-n'errow will attend the reunion of his old regiment, the Nineteenth Michigan. A large crowd of visitors Is attending the reunion.

RETURN OF COLONEL HAY • ■ -• FORMER AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN - ARRIVES j*T NEW YORK. 1 He Says Our Naval Victories Surprised Everybody Abrond—Ex-Minister Angell Back from Turkey. NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-The White Star liner Teutonic arrived to-day from Liverpool, having on board many notables, including the new secretary of state, Col. John Hay, former ambassador to the court of St. James. He was accompanied by his wife and son Clarence, Spencer Eddy, his private secretary, and the staff of the United States embassy at London, with the exception of Lieut. J. C. Colwell, the naval attache, and Second Secretary J. R. Garter. Others of the first cabin passengers on the Teutonic were J. B. Angell, the retiring United States minister to Turkey, and his family, and George J. Gould and Mrs. Gould. “I am a week behind because I have been at sea,” said Colonel Hay when he was located on the promenade deck of the steamship while coming up the bay. “Is there any formal understanding between the United States and Great Britain?” Colonel Hay w r as asked. “Not that I know of,” he answered. “But the relations existing between the two countries are comfortable and satisfactory. There is no alliance, and I don’t think anything of the kind is contemplated. The attitude of England during the war was absolutely correct and strictly neutral. Still at the same time England showed a great deal of friendship for the United States. The feeling of the people of England w’as strongly in favor of this country.” Regarding the work of the navy, he said: “Our naval victories surprised everybody abroad. They expected Spain to put up a better fight and not to be beaten so easily on the sea. It has been said that Cramps has an order for ships like ours, but I don’t think that our naval successes will lead the other countries to have their war ships built here. I am inclined to think that the European nations would be disinclined to have anything in that line done by outsiders that they could do themselves.” “What do you think of the Czar’s disarmament scheme?” “I am satisfied that the proposition Is a sincere one. All civilized peoples want peace and if the Czar accomplishes what he has set out to do his name as the greatest peace maker will go down in history. Again, I say I believe that scheme was suggested in good faith.” Colonel Hay will remain in this city for a day or two and then he will go to Washington to assume his place in the Cabinet. Fitcli and Josephy Arrive. NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Among the passengers who arrived to-day on board the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Friederieli from Bremen and Southampton were Clyde Fitch, the playwright; H. Josephy, the pianist: Consul F. Ritch; Henry Villard, of New York; Captain Whitehouse, United States navy; Beriah Wilkins, of Washington, and Col. C. V. Carrington. Another Endless Chain of Letter*. BINGHAMTON, N. Y.. Sept. 21.—George E. Green, president of the Commercial Travelers’ Home Association of America, has started a 10-cer.t endless chain of letters for the purpose of raising money to complete the home, the cornerstone of which was laid on South mountain, in this city, Oct. 9. 1894. Engineer and Brnkeninn Killed. FINDLAY. 0., Sept. 21.-On the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton to-night, at the junction near here, a freight engine and fourteen ears were ditched and Engineer Popp and Brakeman Morlarity, of Lima, 0., were killed. /

MILES OBJECTS OPPOSES SENDING TROOPS TO CUBA IN THE NEAR FUTURE. Little Probability that the Army of Occupation Will Be Transported to the Island Before Dec. 1, EVACUATION PREPARATIONS WORK OF THE SPANISH AND AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS. No Date Fixed Yet for the Departure of General Blanco’s Troops for the Peninsula. MANY DEATHS FROM HUNGER CONDITIONS AT MATANZAS CONTINUE TO BE DEPLORABLE. Lawton Well Satisfied with Affairs in Santiago de Cuba Province—Gurcia to Visit This Country. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—General Miles has entered a protest against sending any more American troops into Cuba in the near future. The protest Is provoked by the announcement that the President was going to begin about the 15th of October to send an army of occupation into Cuba numbering between 49,000 and 60,000 men. General Miles is of the opinion that it will not be safe to send men there before the middle of November or the Ist of December. He holds that while the rainy season is practically over by the middle of October, the season immediately following a cessation of rainfall is the most unhealthy of the year and the hardest upon unacclimated people. The President has no intention of sending a large army into Cuba before the Ist of December. He will probably put a few regiments into Havana and other large towns in northern Cuba between the 15th and last of October by w’ay of notice to the Spaniards that the time is up and that they must be removed. The main army of occupation w ill not go till later. It is stated at the War Department today that no determination had yet been reached as to w’hether the evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish should begin at the west or east end of the island, although the inclination seems to be that the evacuation should proceed frem west to east. It is known that active preparations are being made for the occupation of Cuba by the United States troops, each bureau of the War Department shaping affairs to that end. The troops destined for Cuba will be paid before embarkation, and the subsistence and quartermasters’ officers are making ready to supply transportation and food for them. Just when the occupation will begin, it is said, will depend on the evacuation by the Spanish. This is indefinite, but the department is under the impression that it will begin very soon.

THE CUBAN COMMISSIONS. Spuninrds Preparing for Evacuation— No Date Set for Departure. HAVANA, Sept. 21.—Last night the colonial Cabinet held a session, presided over by Captain General Blanco, to treat of matters pertaining to the evacuation of the island and to examine into and approve of the decisions of the Supreme Court in answer to questions which will arise at the Paris peace conference. The colonial government’s judgment and opinion will extend to matters of grave import, such as the administration of justice, civil rights, citizenship rights, international relations, territorial rights, the public debt, and internal debt of the colony, university and professional titles, industrial and intellectual rights, liberty of the army, commerce and tariff regulations and other subjects equally vital. The colonial Cabinet has been furnished with a list of the questions which will arise and the answers to be given, as decided upon at Madrid. Its advice w’as solicited on these different points and it is understood the answers are fully approved by it. Important documents will b© taken to Paris by Dr. Congosto, secretary general of Cuba, who will sail for Europe, via New York, on Saturday next. The American commissioners have not yet answered the communication sent them by the Spanish commission regarding the evacuation of the island. Admiral Sampson, when approached on the subject of the date for the final evacuation proposed by the Spaniards, and asked w’hether or not it was true that objection would be made to the embarkation of the Spanish troops taking until the end of February, and whether a protest or any answer had been made to the note of the Spanish commissioners, replied that he knew nothing about the matter. Such is the reserve with which our commissioners are clothed. Mr. Robert P. Porter, who is in Cuba on a special mission from the United States government in relation to the financial and economic aspects of the situation, Intends to visit Trinidad before returning home. Since leaving Havana for Cienfuegos, week before last, Mr. Porter has been assiduously gathering material for a full report to President McKinley relating to tariff regulations, port charges, internal taxation and other sources of income of the island. Advices from Matanzas state that between the Ist of January last and Sept. 15 there were reported 331 births and 3,901 deaths. Os the latter 80 per cent, were due to hunger and distress. These advices also report that the body of a white man, who had died from hunger, was found lying in San Sebastian street, opposite the Matanzas Railway station, yesterday, and that up to 9 o’clock this morning it had not been removed. The conditions at Matanzas continue deplorable. The announcement is made that the Matanzas Railway Company will soon rebuild its stations at Golpi, Rabel, Bare, Carrilo, Podreso, Crimea and Murga, which were destroyed during the year, and that, beginning Oct. 1, it intends to run two trains daily from either end of the line, thus resuming the operation of the road as it was before the war. To-day’s shipping arrivals comprise the steamers Western, from Mobile; Sparrow, from Vera Cruz; Puerto Rico, from Barcelona: Mascotte and Fanito, from Key West; Remembrance, from Santiago, and J. Jover Serra. from Barcelona. These vessels brought cargo and passengers. Senor Anto Maria Campos, chief of the civil administration, will resume the duties

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of acting secretary general when Dr. Congeato leaves for Europe. LAWTON AND THE CUBANS. The General Not Expecting: Trouble— Gnrein’s Visit to Santiago. NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—A dispatch to the Herald from Santiago de Cuba says: Calixto Garcia has arrived at Jiguani on his way to Santiago. He will probably go from here to the United States, where his daughter is ill. He will come to Palma Sorania to-day, reaching here to-morrow. General Lawton intends to receive General Garcia to-mor-row as an honored guest. As he now holds no official position in the Cuban army, he will be treated by the American commander as a distinguished private citizen and a great soldier. General Wood will go to the outside limits of the city to welcome the Cuban leader, and a guard of honor will meet him and escort him through the town to the palace, where he will be received by General Lawton. A levee will be held, at which the various American officials will be presented to Garcia. The Cubans in the town, who are also planning a reception, are greatly elated, contrasting General Lawton’s action with General Shafter’s. In an interview Genera! Lawton expressed himself as well satisfied with the position of matters in the province under his command. He scouted the idea of the likelihood of any trouble arising in connection with the Cuban army, now practically in process of disbandment. He said: “I don’t believe any friction i3 likely to occur. General Castillo’s command has already been disperse, and the otl.tr bodies of insurgent troops will be gradually got rid of by granting them long furloughs. The men will be allowed to take their arms, but no trouble need be anticipated on this account. In a few months in this climate those arms are practically useless. They have little ammunition now, and I shall take care that they get no fresh supplies. To make ’an attempt to taka away their arms is simply to give them too great an idea of their own importance. It would give some trouble, and in the end would defeat the object in view. They would secrete their arms and attach more value to them. “I do not anticipate any evil results following the letting loose on the country of a large body of armed men, accustomed io predatory habits. Os course, there will be a little trouble, but we will deal sternly with offenses against the public order, and time, I believe, will solve all matters. I attach a good deal of importance to General Castillo’s visit to Santa Cruz He knows our views on various matters, and he is in thorough accord with us. He will be able to do a great deal to smooth over any little matters which may arise.” The Infanta Maria Teresa is not yet afloat. When she was pumped out last Saturday it was found that she was still hard and fast on a rock, which had penetrated her bottom. Another ten days’ delay will result.

EMBARKING AT SAN JUAN. Spanish Soldiers Leaving: the Island of Porto Rico for Home. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 21.—The repatriation of the Spanish soldiers began yesterday. Four of whom tw’o hundred were sick and two hundred belonged to the engineer corps, sailed for Spain on board the French steamer Chateau Lafitte. Eight hundred infantry belonging to the Asturias battalion may sail to-day on board the steamer San Francisco. The water front was crowded with thousands of people when the Spanish engineers marched do%vn to the music of the Spanish quick-step to the wharf, w’here they were ~rec£ivefi by Captain General Macias and General Ortega. The captain general did not make a speech, but he shook hands w’ith the officers and men. There was no demonstration made by the people. Some Spanish field pieces are already on board the San Francisco, but a question has arisen in the commission concerning the disposition of some of the guns and it was not settled when this dispatch was Hied. The captain general has given notice to the Spanish troops to retire from Abonito, Baranquitas and Barros on Sunday and from Humacao, Guamina and Cayey on Monday. Our troops will move up and occupy these towns as soon as they are evacuated and the Spanish troops in position near the capital will enter the city in order to be ready to embark on the arrival of the transports here. The residents of Porto Rico and some of the Americans here are alarmed because the Spanish ships returning from Cuba stop at this port. They believe there is danger of the introduction of yellow fever into the land from the Spanish steamer City of Cadiz, as some of the men sick on board of her were too ill to proceed and were brought ashore. Our commissioners will protest if there is a repetition of this. The volunteers have all been disbanded and the Spanish soldiers are engaged in dismantling the armories and barracks and in boxing the guns and ammunition.. They are rejoicing over the prospect of an early return to their homes. Read Admiral Schley has refused to purchase the coal stored here and it may be purchased for the use of the United States army. Calixto Garcia Coming:. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—1 t is expected hy members of the Cuban delegation here that Gen. Calixto Garcia, second in command of the Cuban forces during the war, will come to this country in the course of the next two weeks, visiting New York, Baltimore and Washington. His coming is looked forward to with much interest in view of the prominent part he took in the military operations around Santiago, and the unfortunate clash between him and General Shafter following the surrender of the city. Gen. Lanton’n Health Report. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. —General Lawton’s report of the health condition of the American troops at Santiago to-night indicates a distinct improvement. The number of sick has been reduced more than four hundred during the past two days and only one death is reported. General Lawton's dispatch to the War Department is as follows: Sick 766 Fever 434 New cases 78 Returned to duty So Death—Private Frederick William, Company K, Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry. Sept. 20, cause not known. No report received from Fifth United States Infantry and Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry. Tlie Teresa Still Fast on the Roeks. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-The Navy Department has been informed by Captain Goodrich, of the Newark, at Guantanamo, that Commodore Watson sailed yesterday from that place for New York, turning over the command of the naval ships on the station to Captain Goodrich. The captain says that the Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa, on which the wreckers are working, did not come off yesterday, as was expected, but that she surely will be raised successfully. No word has come to the Navy Department respecting the result of Constructor Hobson's efforts to float the Colon and some apprehension Is expressed that the ship will go to pieces in the heavy weather that is due along the south coast of Cuba.

PICOUART ALSO tyd A\OTHER DREYFUSITB SACRIFICE!* OX THE MILITARY ALTAR. Former French Colonel Sen* to Prlion on the ChnrKe of Forgery and Isiofc Forged Documents. +.. A SENSATIONAL STATEMENT MADE BY THE LATEST VICTIM OF THE NOTORIOUS ARMY CLIRI'E. Said He Did Xot Intend to Commit Sal elde. and Intimated If He Wai Killed It XVonld lie a Case of Murder. UPRISING IN FRENCH GUIANA THAT MAY LEAD TO THE DEATH OR DHEYFIS OX DEVIL'S ISLAND. ♦ —. Arrival of Admiral Cervern and Hit* Sailors at Santander. Spain—Gen. Augustin at Victoria. PARIS, Sept. 21.—The minister of war. General Chanoine, having examined the documents in the Dreyfus case, ordered the prosecution of former Colonel Plcquart on the charge of forgery and using forged documents. The trial of Colonel Picquart and AI. Lohlols, a lawyer, on the charge of revealing documents concerning the national defense, was to have begun to-day before the Correctional Tribunal. The public prosecutor, however, asked for an adjournment, on the ground that the prosecution of Colonel Picquart on the charge of forgery and uing forged documents had been ordered by the minister of war. AI. Laborie, who was counsel for AI. Zola during the latter’s famojas trial, indignantly opposed the adjournment, which, ho said, was an attempt to hand over Colonel Picquart Into the clutches of the military authorities. Colonel Picquart then rose and made a statement which caused a sensation. Ha said: “This is, perhaps, the last time I shall speak In public. I shall sleep, perhaps, In the military prison of Cherche Alldl. Therefore, I wish to declare that if I find there the strangling cord of Lemerctep Picard, or the razor of Colonel Henry, it will be murder, for I have no idea of committing suicide.” The audience was intensely moved arid shouted: “Vive Picquart!” The judges, however, after a short deliberation, decided to indefinitely adjourn the case, and Colonel Picquart was led away between policemen. Lpmcrcler Picard, the man referred to by Picquart, was a detective, understood to have -been employed in the Dreyfus affair, who was found in his lodging about a year ago under circumstances which cast some doubt on the theory put forward that he had committed suicide. The commission appointed by the minister of justice, AI. Sarrien, to examine the documents In the Dreyfus case and pronounce upon the advisability of the government formally granting the prisoner of Devil’s island anew trial, met this afternoon at the ministry of justice. The greatest precautions were taken to insure secrecy. It is understood the commission will come to a decision by Monday next, when AI. Sarrien will communicate its findings to a Cabinet council which will be presided over by President Faure. The air to-night is full of rumors of sensational developments. Among other things it was announced that Colonel Picquart was already in the Cherche Alidi prison. It appears, however, that the authorities of the La Sante prison refused to deliver him up in the absence of the necessary formalities, but there is no doubt that he will be In the Cherche Midi prison to-morrow. The Dreyfusites are somewhat despondent, the military authorities who were responsible for the shelving of the Picquart trial having apparently regained the upper hand, and it is feared that Picquart will be kept in prison and his trial indefinitely postponed in order to keep his mouth shut. Never before was such a scene witnessed in court as that which followed his declaration to-day regarding his possible death in prison. The judges, officers and audience appeared as though paralyzed with emotion. The latest developments’ are thit General Pellieux will be transferred from his Paris appointment to the commiind of some provisional brigade, his name having become too notorious. The Italian government declines to replace Signor Panizzardi as military attache here until the Dreyfus case shall have ended, owing to the gross insults offered to Signor Pani/.zardl through the newspaper*.

Itevolt of Coavleti. LONDON, Sept. 21.—A special dispatch from Paris says the deputy representing French Guiana in the Chamber has received a dispatch announcing that a mutiny has taken place among the convicts at Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana. The mutineers, it appears, overpowered and murdered their guards and then stormed the military storehouse and seized the arms and ammunition there. They are now. according to the dispatch, besieging the principal prisori, and it is feared they may succeed in freeing the four thousand convicts confined in the building. Reinforcements have been telegraphed for to the Island of Martinique, but it is said they will not arrive in time to suppress the mutiny. Devil’s island, where Albert Dreyfus, the former captain in the French artillery, is confined under sentence for having sold secrets of the War Office to a foreign government, is but a short distance from Cayenne. It is possible that the revolt of convicts may be the death-knell of th* prisoner whose condemnation has so stirred up the French nation, for his guards art under strict orders to kill him If any attempt is made to release him or if there it any possibility of 1 is escaping. C 01. Henry's Case. LONDON, Sept. 22.—The Daily News says It hears from a good source that the Italian ambassador at Paris. Count TemtolliBrusali di Vergano, obtained assurance* from the government in January that Col. Henry’s forgery should be withheld front) publication, but the newspapers getting hold of the contents of the document, M. Cavaignac. the minister of war, was confronted with the choice of either exposing Colonel Henry or having the matter exposed from the outside. The paper also saya it is alleged that no razor was found la