Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 213, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1899 — Page 1

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ICLLOW FEVER CAUSES A FANIC AMONG OLD POINT GUESTS. Hundreds of Citizens of Tfampton, Xerrport Nent and Norfolk Hurriedly Depart for tbe North. MAY BREAK OUT AT PHOEBUS PEOPLE MINGLED FREELY WITH INMATES OF SOLDIERS' HOME, Sanitary Conditions Dad and Extent ot the Infection Cannot be Ascertained, DR. WASDIN ON THE SITUATION MARINE HOSPITAL SURGEON OX THE SCENE WITH HIS AID?. Supposition 5ow Is that a Tramp Soldier from Santiago Brought the Fever North HAMPTON', Va., July 21. Tills usually tranquil town has been In a state of feverish excitement to-day since the discovery of yellow fever at the soldiers home. Scores of people took advantage of the first opportunity to leave the place. Last night a special train left Old Point with fully three hundred of the guests of the hotels. Business In the town of Phoebus, adjoining the soldiers' home is suspended. It Is difficult to obtain information from the home. The entrance, and In fact all points from which escape Is possible, aro carefully guarded. Late this afternoon a self-appointed guard of fifteen Hamptonians with Winchester rifles went to the home to assist in enforcing the quarantine regulations. Chesapeake & Ohio trains have discontinued their service to the city. . Governor Woodfln, of the soldiers home, says there have been three deaths from yellow fever since yesterday and thirty cases are now under treatment He does ijot think the disease will spread beyond the home. The most plausible theory of tho introduction of the disease is that the germs were imported by a soldier on the transport that brought bach sick soldiers from Santiago. There are no cases here, at Old Point or Newport News. Ilnnnlngr Like Rata from Newport. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July H.-Af ter a day of intense excitement over the yellow fever outbreak at the National Soldiers xiotae, cwyuit ZiZAjl feeling of .comparative-security. The clty-f-officers andlhe various municipal bodies have been busy since early morning, and It Is felt now that no loophole has been left through which the scourge may find Us way to this city. The latest report from the Soldiers Home gives the total number of cases as thirty-three, an increase of three during tho day. There was one death this afternoon. The universal hope now Is that the disease will be confined within the home limits, and the authorities at the Institution express confidence that this will be done. The town of Hampton, which is in close proximity to the Soldiers' Home, early this morning established a cordon of armed policemen at the approaches to the reservation. Notwithstanding this precaution, Newport News quarantined against Hampton and Elizabeth City and county and Warrick county. Thus this city, which is nearly ten miles from the infected point, has the advantage of practically a double quarantine on land. A tug boat patrols the river to. prevent the evasion of quarantine restrictions by means of boats. The danger line ashore is guarded by an adequate force of special policemen. The street railway company was prohibited this morning from running cars between Hampton and this city. Although hundreds of people left the city to-day on account of the scare, their departure la regarded with indifference and amusement, rather than as a judicious precaution, by the great majority who stay at home. The City Council to-night appropriated 1,000 for Immediate use In maintaining the quarantine. Fears that It Will Spread. NORFOLK, Va., July a. Fear of the spread of yellow fever to thl3 city and thence abroad has been largely allayed by the absolute quarantine against the three peninsula towns adjacent to the infected spot. There is no fear that the fever will Invade this city. No precaution has been overlooked by the local health authorities In their efforts to keep out the disease. Steamers that stopped at Newport News and those that took on passengers at Old Point were not allowed to tie up at Norfolk to-day. No steamer can come here from any of these points. A fleet of seven tugs has been chartered to patrol the fourten miles of water between Norfolk and the Soldiers Home, and the Norfolk river front Is constantly guarded by policemen, while a guard from the navy yard is stationed at the naval hospital to prevent the landing of small boats containing refugees from the peninsula. The city Is in excellent sanitary condition and all that skill can avail will be done to prevent the Introduction of the fever. There are no cases and no suspects in Norfolk. The Old Point hotels are practically deserted. REPORT TO DR. WYMAN. Thirty-Seven Cases Up to Last Nlffht, nrlth Seven Deaths. WASHINGTON, July 2L-The latest official advices received up to 3 o'clock to-night show a total of thirty-seven cases and seven deaths from yellow fever at the Soldiers Home at Hampton. Va. One new case occurred at the home to-day. Thus far the disease has been confined to the home, but all surrounding towns are excited and a vigorous quarantine is being maintained. Dr. Wascin, of tho Marine Hospital Service, Is In charge of affairs at Hampton and Is working in co-operation with the local boards of health. He has strengthened the cordon about the town of Phoebus, which he reports is in a very bad sanitary condition. The fact that only one new case appeared to-day is encouraging to the officials here, who are taking every measure to prevent a spread of the disease. They feel that the fact that the affected locality Is In the hands ot the government and under one management will be of great value in dealing with the scourge and enable better results to be obtained than where epidemics crea oui w commercial piaces. Already a Urabtr of inquiries have been received by break out in commercial places. Already

Dr. Wyman from quarantine officers throughout the United States asking whether they shall Impose a maritime quarantine against Norfolk. He has replied that there appears to be no necessity for such restriction In the case of either Norfolk or Newport News. Dr. Wasdln's official report of his examination of existing conditions at the Soldiers Home reached Dr. Wyman to-day. It is dated yesterday and notes the fact that the doctor has seen all the cases of suspected disease at the home. lie sums up the history of the contagion as follows: "Early in June an old soldier entered the homo for a short rest and soon afterward appeared at the dispensary, where he Informed the physician in charge that he was but recently from Santiago, via a transport to a Northern port; thence he started for Manila via San Francisco, beat his way to the home on a freight train and entered with his baggage. He complained of dumb chills and fever and was prescribed for. lie mingled freely with the inmates of the home and a short time ago disappeared. From this as a possible cause, the outbreak is as follows: "Preceding Friday, the 21st Inst., there had been noticed nothing of a suspicious nature. The weekly death rate was as usual But on the 21st and 22d there became ill during the night, with sharp, more or less chill, high fever, some eight or ten Inmates, men of usually good health. These seizures, although noted as peculiar, had occasioned no alarm until about Thursday, the 22th inst., when a death occurred, the man becoming distinctly yellow some time prior to death. On or about th same day another one died, without having attracted particular attention. He also turned quite yeUow. Autopsies were held on both by the resident pathologist. It was then or a little later that the telegram was sent you asking for an expert. I found there were 3,500 Inmates and that thirty-five had been taken ill since the 21sL" Dr. Wasdin says he withheld a positive diagnosis in his first communication because of the assertion of Surgeon Vlckery at the home that there had been no communication of the inmates with any Cuban soldiers returned since last May or early in June. With the discovery of the probable origin of the infection and the two autopsies today there can be no doubt, he says, about the disease being yellow fever, and continues: "I have advised Major Vickery to empty the dormitories at once, putting the men preferably in tents. The grounds are closed. There has been a very free intercommunication between the Inmates and people of Phoebus, a public house near the grounds having been freely visited until last night. I have suggested to Dr. Pettus to meet one or more of the local boards of Phoebus, and, informing them of the state of affairs, ask their co-operation in watching the village. These Inmates, as I understand it, do not mingle much with the people outside of the village. From this fact it would seem possible to confine it in the home." Some data furnished by the surgeon general shows the prompt manner in which the authorities have taken the matter In hand. Late Saturday night Dr. Wyman received a telegram from Surgeon Vlckery at the home asking for an experL Dr. Wasdin was ordered there from Norfolk at once, and last night a dispatch came from him, announcing the disease was genuine yellow fever. Surgeon White was sent from Washington to take charge of Marine Hospital affairs. He has had large experience In yellow fever epidemics. After a cordon had been estab-

around the Soldiers Home neighbor ... 00 .. n him lng cities were warned and advised to bunt for any inmates of the home who might be visUlng and to keep them under close observation. Dispatches to this effect were sent Sunday to Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News and Richmond, and the Health Office at Washington was notified. In Norfolk a house-to-house inspection is being made. Dr. Farquhar, at Portsmouth, was appointed to consult the health authorities there and at the adjoining town of Berkely and to aid in locating army refugees. Passed Assistant Wertenbaker, who has been ordered from Wilmington, N. C, to Hampton, is not an Immune, but is Intimately acquainted with the locality and will serve on the outside of the cordon. Surgeon Vlckery at the home has been asked to prepare a list of soldiers who have departed within a month, with a view to tracing them. To-day Dr. Wyman ordered Assistant Surgeon Von Ezdorf from New Orleans to Hampton. Passed Assistant Surgeon Smith, who is on leave, has been ordered to return to Norfolk. Surgeon Magruder has been ordered from Memphis. Both of these have had large experience In quarantine matters. Sirgeon Pettus, in charge of the Cape Charles quarantine, has been ordered to assign Assistant Surgeon McClintic to temporary charge and to remain on duty himself at Old Point. ONE DEATH DURING VOYAGE. Steamer from the Tropics Held In Quarantine in New York. NEW YORK, July 31. The Atlas line steamer Altai, which arrived this afternoon from Kingston and Costa Rican ports, is detained at quarantine owing to the death of one of her saloon passengers from yellow fever during the voyage to this port. The Altai sailed from Baranqullla July IS, Cartagena July 19. Greytown July 22 and Port Ltmon July 21, with a general cargo and ten saloon passengers. On the morning of July 23 Miss Maria J. Martinez, a schoolteacher of Baranqullla, aged thirty-three, died of yellow fever and her body was buried at sea on the afternoon of that date. There were no other cases of sickness during the voyage to this port. He.th Officer Doty, on boarding the steamer at quarantine, decided to detain her for a thorough disinfection and fumigation. The vessel will be held until to-morrow morning. Baltimore Quarantines. BALTIMORE, Md., July ZL - Dr. C. Hampson Jones, health commissioner of this city, announced : to-night that a rigid quarantine has been declared against the towns of Newport News, Hampton and Old Point Comfort, Va., on account of the prevalence of yellow fever in that vicinity, and that it would be rigidly maintained. No boats touching at either point included in the order will be allowed to land passengers from thoi.e places, nor will persons coming here by train from the quarantined towns be permitted to enter this city. Dr. Jones does not fear that yellow fever will reach Baltimore or become epidemic in any case, but he deems "an ounce of prevention" a good thing at this time. Garrison to De Moved North. NEW YORK. July 3L General Merritt. commanding the Department of the East, said, to-day, he was making arrangements to transfer the garrison at Fort Monroe, with the exception of about twenty men and two officers, all immunes, to Battery Point, at the mouth of the Delaware river. The troops at Fort Monroe consist of three batteries of the Fourth Artillery, together with the headquarters of that regiment, all under command of Col. F. L. Gunther. The batteries there arc G, N and O. The Last Epidemic Was in 1853. WASHINGTON, July 31. The Soldiers Home has no connection with the War Department. It is under a board of managers created by Congress, which manages all the soldiers homes throughout the country, 1 ttontinued on Second Prjtc.) The

HIS LAST SHOT

SECRETARY ALGER FIRES A PARTING VOLLEY AT HIS CRITICS. Statement on War Appointments Given Out Before Leaving Washington Last Night. M'KINLEY WAS RESPONSIBLE RETIRING SECRETARY OF WAR SAYS HE NAMED ONLY THREE MEN. Pick, of the Country Selected, and with Fevr Exceptions They Reflected Honor on the President. ADVICE TO HIS SUCCESSOR OPEX THE WAR DEPARTMENT UOOIC AND LET THE PUBLIC JUDGE. Gen. Alser Packed Ills Trunk and Left Last Night Secretary Root Takes Charge To-Day. WASHINGTON, July 31.-One of the last official acts of Secretary Alger, who tomorrow will relinquish his portfolio, was to prepare a statement covering several matters regarding the conduct of the war which have been the subject of criticism in the public press, particularly with reference to the appointment of staff officers In the volunteer army. The statement follows: "I am led to make the following statements on account of many criticisms which have been made by the public press and especially on account of a recent article which appeared) in the London Times, containing assertions which have no foundation in truth. "At the commencement of the war with Spain, and for several years prior to that time, the regular army consisted of only 25.000 men, with the minimum number of officers prescribed by law. The situation can be partially appreciated when it is remembered that within sixty days from the declaration of war the strength of the army was increased to 275,000 and everything for the equipment of thl3 great force. Including: clothing, tents, transportation, medical supplies, camps and camp equipage, and all that pertains to equipping an army for service had to be manufactured, transported and distributed for use. "From the statement referred to, the public mind might be made to believe that the volunteer army was officered by men selected through political influence with the secretary of war, by special favor and without anywregard to fitness for the duties they were to perform. As Is well known, the volunteer force, with tho exception of three regiments of engineers, three regiments of cavalry and ten regiments of immune Infantry, was, made up of regiments from the various States, the officers of which were all appointed exclusively by the Governors of the respective States from which the regiments came, and any officer found unfitted for service and discharged was replaced by another in the same manner. The President had no voice or control in the matter. "The returns of the volunteer army show that In August, 1S9S, there were 207,241 enlisted men and 8.7S3 officers In those regiments. This, with the regular army recruited up to the war strength, made an aggregate force of about 275,000 officers and men. The volunteer officers appointed by the President numbered, all told, 1,032. Of this number 441 were taken from the regular army and 591 from civil life. The scarcity of regimental officers in the regular service owing to appointments in the volunteers, special recruiting and mustering details, had so reduced their number that to have taken a larger number for service with the volunteers would have seriously Impaired the efficiency of the regular regiments. For a little over a thousand appointments made by the President the number of applications was over 23,000, and each application was accompanied by a certificate of his ability, and in most Instances giving the military service either In the regular army or a state organization, and not infrequently both. These certificates showed that each one was as well qualified for the- position he sought and to which he was appointed as could be possible for men In civil life In this country. Of the number appointed there were, for instance, twentysix major generals, of whom nineteen were taken from the regular army and seven from civil life. Of these seven all except one were graduates of West Point Military Academy and all had distinguished themselves In command during the civil war. Of brigade generals there were 1C2 appointed, sixty-six from the regular army and thirtysix from civil life. Those from civil life had ail seen service during -the civil war or on our western frontier, and all had proven themselves competent to command. "It has been stated and repeated many times that the secretary of war mede these appointments, when the truth Is that very few were made on hi3 recommendation, although he caused the entire list with the recommendations to be compiled and placed before the President for his selection. I would be only too glad to have had the honor to have made these appointments. No better, no more loyal or more patriotic set of men, as a whole, ever served their country, and their "appointments were a credit, not only to the appointing power, but to the country they served. There were exceptions, but that could not have been foreseen. In every walk of life men are found who cannot carry out satisfactorily the work they have undertaken. There were three regiments of cavalry the officers of which were appointed by the secretary of war. Col. Leonard Wood, now a brigadier general and commanding the Departments of Santiago and Puerto Principe, was one of these. Colonel Grlgsby and Colonel Torrey, both good officers, were the other two. There wero three regiments of engineers the colonels of which were all graduates of the Military Academy, and not only the officers. but the enlisted men were selected with a view to their special fitness, and In most instances on the recommendations of the colonels themselves, and all proved themselves most efficient. "There were also ten regiments of immune infantry of whose colonels eight were graduates of the Military Academy, who were selected for special fitness to command, and in the short time these regiments were in service developed remarkable proficiency. "Criticisms as to the amounts and methods of expenditures, which could imply the

wrong or careless use of money, were also made by the London Times. This charge is false. So far as the conduct of the service was concerned, no person with any knowledge of the facts can ever charge truthfully and no one can ever show that a dollar was misappropriated, stolen, or embezzled out of the hundreds of millions of dollars that' were expended. The records are an open book, and I will be glad to have them rigidly examined, and I ask my successor to open these accounts to the country whenever properly called for, in order that the entire truth may be known. "II. A. ALGER, Secretary or War. Washington, D. C July SI, 1S03." BETTER FOR MILES.

The New Secretary Instrnctcd to Confer -with the General. WASHINGTON, July 21. General Miles lias every reason to believe that he will now be something more than commanding general In name only. It has been stated that General Miles Is preparing his case, and that when the new secretary takes office en Tuesday he proposes to demand his rights. This is not true. He simply Intends to resume his former duties under the regulations. , In this way it will devolve on Secretary Root to raise any question concerning General Miles's duties and responsibilities, and not the general. General Miles does not expect 'anything but harmony, nor does Mr. Root Mr. McKinley Insists on It. At the conference between the President and General Miles, the day before Alger resigned, the desirability of more pleasant relations between the major general commanding the head of the War Department was emphasized, and assurances were given that General Miles would receive better treatment In the future. The new secretary has already been requested by the President to give General Mlles's recommendations and views careful consideration. On his part, General Miles will be expected to aid the secretary in administering the affairs of the department and dealing with the military situation In the Philippines. Adjutant General Corbin Is too much a soldier not to obey the President's wishes. His friends point out that, although it has been repeatedly asserted that he is not friendly toward General Miles, he has maintained pleasant official relations with that officer, notwithstanding bis loyalty to Secretary Alger. With a tactful man like Mr. RCot at the head of affairs It Is believed by officials that the bickerings which have distinguished the War Department the last year will cease. Root Arrives To-Day. WASHINGTON. July 31. Mr. Root has notified Secretary Alger that he will be In Washington and ready to assume control of the War Department at 11 o'clock to-morrow. General Alger left at H:45 to-night for Michigan. FAIR NAME OF GEORGIA GOV. CAXDLER DISCOVERS ITS GLORY IS BEING SULLIED. Appeals to All Good CItlsens to Join Hands and Prevent Any Farther Lynching;. . ATLANTA. Ga,, uly 3L Governor Candler to-night Issued an appeal to the people of Georgia to Join hands and put an end to mob vio ence In the ' State. The Governor believes that the only way to restore a condition of peace and tranquillity and to bring an end to the lawlessness that has been manifested in different parts of the State is for the people to uphold the courts, aid them in bringing to speedy Justice all criminals, and by the strong force of a virile public sentiment bring punishment to the lawbreakers of all kinds. The Governor tells of the reproaches heaped on the State by the repeated outbreaks, and says: "The purity of the fair mothers and daughters of Georgia must and shall be preserved and at the same time the lives and liberty of all of the law-abiding negroes in Georgia must and shall be protected. Arson and burglary and assassination and robbery and rape must stop and at the same time lynch law must stop. The good of both races and the fair name of the State demands this. "The ordinary processes of the law are amply sufficient to punish all crimes. Our judges are pure and incorruptible. Our Juries are composed of our most intelligent, upright men, who seldom make mistakes. The mob often makes mistakes and the Innocent are made to suffer with the guilty. It never knows where to stop, but, after punishing the guilty, drunk with the blood of one victim, it thirsts for the blood of another and often sacrifice on the altar of vengeance those who are guiltless of any crime. "We must away with the mob. We must re-enthrone the law. We must restore the altar of reason and tear down the altar that passion has erected. We must do this in the interest of the white men of Georgia and in the interest of the negroes of Georgia and for the fair name of Georgia and to protect the virtue of t' , women of Georgia. Lynch law does not . .op at arson," nor murder, nor robbery, nor rape. This requires the strong power of the statute law, sustained by a healthy, vigorous public sentiment. "I would appeal,' continues Governor Candler, "to all officers of the State, civil and military,' urging them to remember that the dignity and the fair name of Georgia are in their keeping. I would appeal to them to remember that they are the guardians of the peace and happiness of the people cf the State. It is their duty to apprehend and bring to Justice all who violate the law, whether it be the negro who commits rape or the white man who kills him for the crime. The grand Juries must realize that it is as much their duty to ferret out and return true bills against members of the mob who lynch a murderer as it is to return a true bill against the murderer himself. "I would appeal especially to the bar to bring that potent influence which the members of the profession exercise in every community to the aid of law and order, not only by discountenancing mob rule, but by aiding the courts and Juries in bringing accused parties to speedy trial. It is the duty of a lawyer to see that his client has a fair and impartial trial, but he should not resort to mere technicalities and pretext to defeat the end of justice or even to delay the enforcement of penalties whereby society suffers and the confidence of the people In the ability of the courts to punish crime is destroyed. "In bringing about this end," said the Governor, in conclusion, "I would Invoke the active, earnest co-operation of all good men, white and black, with the officers of the law in their efforts to prevent crime, suppress mob violence and biing criminals to Justice and to restore peace and order and tranquillity to all of the people of every race, clats and condition." Jones Wilt Work. TOLEDO, O, July 3L Mayor Jones will to-morrow morning open political headquarters with a full staff of employes to take charge ot the maepenaent movement for uovernor.

100.000 TROOPS

NUMBER THOUGHT TO BE NECESSARY TO PUT DOWN REBELLION. Rnlny Season Finds Philippine Insurrection as Vigorous and Impudent ns It Ever Was. A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER NO ATTEMPT TO CRITICISE, BUT A FLAIN STATEMENT OF FACTS. United States Troops Unable to Endure More than, a Year's Campaign on the Island. MOTHER FILIPINO SKIRMISH ATTE3IPT TO RETAKE CALAMDA RESULTED IN DECIDED REPULSE. Returning: Xebraslcans Greeted -with a Great Noise of Cheers, Whistles and Bella In San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, July 81. An officer of one of the volunteer'reglments in the Philippines has written the following letter to the Associated Press: MANILA, June 27. The arrival of the rainy season finds the insurrection as vigorous as It has been any time since the outbreak. The insurgent armies are well recruited, notwithstanding their heavy losses, and are well fed and clothed. They have profited by their five months ot warfare against the Americans. They are fast adopting American tactics and becoming better disciplined and more skillful In the use of their weapons every day. One hundred thousand soldiers should be here ready for business by the beginning of the dry season In November. Garrisons could then be stationed at strategic points. A continuous warfare cannot be carried on in this enervating climate by the same troops. Frequent reliefs are necessary. Troops should not be kept here longer than a year. Men from a northern climate retain their native vigor for six or eight months after arrival here and then begin to succumb to the various ailments of tropical weather. This Is exemplified In the case cf the volunteers and those regulars who have been in the Philippines since last summer. The most ot them are saturated with malaria, many have rheumatism and all are greatly debilitated. They are unfit for further duty, and recuperation seems slow and unsatisfactory. As it is with them, so it is likely to be with their successors. The eigLt million people of the Philippines are as highly civilized as the twelve million of Mexico. If the American people will Imagine the United States to have acquired Mexico against her will and to be engaged In an attempt to put down a universal rebellion of Mexicans with 20,000 troops they will have a duplicate picture at close range of the situation in the Philippines, with the exception that the climate of the Philippines is from 10 to 15 degrees more tropical than that of Mexico." Otis Is a Hard Worker. CHICAGO, July SI. Lieutenant Edward E. Kelly, of the Volunteer Signal Service, has Just returned from Manila to this city. He said to-night: "The newspaper stories have been greatly exaggerated. There is no organized rebellion in the islands at this time. There are a few bands of Insurgents continuelng a bushwhacking warfare, but there, is not a force of Filipinos in the Island which will make a stand against the American troops. General Otis has broken up their organization and when he receives enough troops to garrison the towns and maintain law and order what is now left of the Insurrection will disappear. General Otis has been unduly criticised. He is a hard-working man. He can be found at his office from 6 a. m. until midnight. It is my opinion it will require at least 100,000 men to hold the islands for a time, but the troops will be used for garrison duty and not for fighting. FEEBLE FILIPINO RALLY. Another Attempt Made to Retake the Town of Calamba. MANILA, July 31. After concentrating their forces for two days the Filipinos yesterday morning attacked Calamba, the town on Laguna de Bay captured by Gen. Hall Wednesday. The engagement lasted an hour and the Filipinos were driven off, carrying away their dead and wounded. The American forces lost two men killed and six wounded. A company of the Sixth Infantry, commanded by Captain Simpson, has had an encounter at Babalaynos, on the west coast of the Island of Negros, with a rebel force. The latter lost eighteen men killed. There were no casualties on the American side. The United States transport Grant sailed for the United States to-day, having on board 4SI men of the Idaho Regiment, &40 of the North Dakota Regiment and 271 of the Wyoming men. WASHINGTON, July 31.-General Otis reported to the War Department of the efforts of the Filipinos to retake Calamba, chronicled in the news dispatches, as follows: "Manila Adjutant General, Washington. Insurgents in considerable force appeared in the vicinity of Calamba yesterday; were punished and driven off by Hall. Our casualties were one killed and seven wounded. Captain Simpson, Sixth Infantry, struck the robber band of Negros on July 28, killing nineteen. No casualties." . CHEERS FOR KEBRA&KANS. Noisy Time in San Francisco When the Heroes Landed. SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.-The Nebraska regiment landed from the transport Hancock this morning and marched to the Presidio, where they went into camp preparatory to being mustered out. An immense crowd of people lined the streets and cheered the war-worn veterans. Whistles were blown, bells rung and cannon fired from the time the men started on their marci till they passed from the business section out to the Presidio. Market street had been cleared of all traffic. General Shatter had provided an escort of artillery, and this body of soldiers with a band headed the procession. The men were cheered to the echo as they proceeded along the line of march, but the sight of the battle flag of the Nebraskans aroused all the enthusiasm the spectators could muster. The hospital corps brought

up the rear of the Nebraskans, and, seated In the wagons, were several wounded men. Then came the Utah Light Artillery, and the welcome they received was fully as demonstrative as that given their predecessors. Bringing up the rear of the procession was Troop F, of the Sixth Cavalry and Third Artillery. In the reviewing stand on Van Ness avenue were General Shatter, Governor Poynter, of Nebraska, and several members of his staff. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and their friends and ladies. As the Nebraska and Utah boys passed the stand they cheered for General Shatter and Governor Poynter. Everything was In readiness for the reception of the soldiers at the Presidio. The camp had been partially prepared for them, and by night they were comfortably quartered. They will remain In camp until they are mustered out, the exact date not having yet been determined. DEATHS IN PHILIPPINES.

Otis Reports Casualties at Calamba and Hospital Deaths. WASHINGTON, July 2L General Otis has cabled the following casualties at Colombo: Killed. July 20 At Calamba: Quartermaster Sergeant Fred Suppinal, Company I, Twentyfirst Infantry. Wounded. Fourth Cavalry James A. Reese, leg. severe: First Washington Infamry, Company H. Fred L. Ballou, shoulder, slight; Twenty-first Infantry, Comapny D, Peter Christie, temple, severe: Twenty-first Infantry, Company F, Charles Grottendick, abdomen, severe; Twenty-first Infantry, Company 1, Corporal Godwin J. Lane, back, severe; Twenty-first Infantry, Company H, William H. Phillips, hand, slight. July 27 At San Fernando: Third Artillery, Battery L, J. VIrger. ear, slight. The War Department to-day received the following death report from Otis at Manila: Gunshot wound, accidental May 6: Henry Lehmay, Third Infantry. Baccarulos June 15, at Carlotta, Negros: Charles Gardinell, Company F, First California. Tubucular Meningitis June 23: Frank J. Murray, Company A, First California. Diarrhoea July 11: Frank Bohner, Company M, Twenty-third Infantry; July 23: Wesley Lytle, Wyoming Infantry. Typhoid Fever Peter Manz. Third Infantry, Company F: July 25: John F. Walker, corporal, Company G, Fifty-first Iowa. Shot, accidental July 22: James McGuIre, quartermaster sergeant, Sixteenth Infantry, Company B. Syncope Christian Bosold, Company H, Seventeenth Infantry. Dysentery J. J. Bowen, Company G, First California; July 24: Thomas Brether, sergeant. Ninth Infantry, Company B. Peritonitis William Beauchane, Company F, First Idaho; July 23: William Fourth Infantry. Company E. Stabbed by natives July 26: John M. Gamble. Third Artillery, Battery K. Enteritis July 27: George Geller, Twelfth Infantry, Company A. New Commissioned Officers. CHICAGO, July 31. General Anderson, commanding the Department of the Lakes, has received notice from the War Department at Washington of the following appointments to command the new Thirtieth Infantry Volunteer Regiment, now being recruited at Fort Sheridan: Captains Charles P. Newberry. E. H. Fitzgerald. E. Ross Smith, E. Y. Miller, K. M. Burr. N. S. Kerrlck, G. F. Connolly. M. K. Webb. F. D. Newberry. J. F. Ryan. O. G. Scranton. First Ueutenanta-John McBrlde. A. C. Thompson. Kent Browning, Wm. A. Meek. Benjamin Stark, Jr.. A. T. Balentlne, Chas. O. Thomas, Jr., William C. Reed. Hugh C. Preston. Frank S. Tower, William A. Castle, Marlon B. Wllheit. Percy P. Hawkins, De Witt W. Chamberlain, Charles F. Richmond. John. Fpnnpr and nnhrf f Pvr Second Lieutenants Watson Lindsey. A. H. Bradford. Walter O. Newman, Wilford Twyman, William IL Monroe, Henry Gibbons, John P. Spurr, James A. Simpson, William B. Enlass, A. B. Deitseh. David A. 8nyder, Harry D. Mitchell and Charles R. Marrison. The roster of the officers for the Thirtyfirst Infantry, being recruited at Fort Thomas, Ky., was announced by General Anderson, as follows: Colonel. James S. Pettlt; lieutenant colonel, Webb C. Hayes. Majors-John E. McMahon. Hunter Liggett and Lloyd M. Brett. Surgeon, Joseph N. Henry; assistant surgeons, Abram L. Haines and Ralph S. Porter. Captalns-W. E. Cabell, J. B. Adams, Paul C-.PaJJahr ohn Vann Philip. L. C. Bennett, W. H. Glllenwater, William M. Schofleld, Charles P. Stevens. William J. White. A. J. Sharplsy. J. L. Burchfleld, C. A. Reynolds, E. Lv Gilmer and John A. Wagner. Poynter Telegraphs for Money. LINCOLN, Neb., July 3L Governor Poynter, who is at San Francisco, to-day telegraphed for the 11,000 unexpended appropriation for the benefit of the First Nebraska and the money was sent It will be used In hospital service. The safe arrival of the soldiers has added to the interest In the State reception to be tendered on their return to Nsbraska. The local committee has the promise ot President McKinley to be present if he makes his expected Western trip. . The Thirty-First Organized. CINCINNATI, July Sl.-The Thirty-first Infantry, United States Volunteers, Colonel Pettlt commanding at Fort Thomas, is now fully organized and wili soon be fully equipped. The first battalion is equipped and under Major McMahon will march on Wednesday to the rifle range, thirteen miles distant, for two weeks of target practice. The other battalions will follow In turn. Regular Army Promotions. WASHINGTON. July 31.-The following promotions have been made in the regular army: Benjamin F. Koehler, to be first lieutenant of artillery; Ira A. Haynes, captain of artillery; Leroy Ettinge and Eugene P. Jervey, Jr., first lieutenants of cavalry; Richard B. Paddock and James B. Hughes, captains of cavalry; Frederick K. Ward, major of cavalry. Coghlan's Naval Station. SEATTLE, Wash., July 31. Captain Joseph Coghlan, who arrived from the East to-day, has assumed charge of the Bremerton naval station, relieving Captain Green. POLICEMAN ROBBED THE DEAD O'Brien Found Guilty of Ghoulish Work In New York. NEW YORK, July 3L Policeman Thomas F. O'Brien to-day pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny in the second degree. O'Brien was charged with having stolen a gold watch, a chain and two charms from the body of George B. Rhoads, proprietor of the Stuyvesant Fire Insurance Company, who was run over and killed by an Eighthavenue electric car on June 10. O'Brien accompanied the body In the ambulance to a hospital and relatives of Rhoades subsequently discovered the robbery. The chain and charm were returned to the relatives and it was dlscdvered that it was O'Brien who had given them back. A pawn ticket for the watch was found on O'Brien. The maximum sentence Is five years. HER OWN AVENGER. Sllss Fannie Goodwin, a Kentneky Milliner, Shoots a Man. HOPKINSVILLE. Ky., July 31.-Mlss Fannie Goodwin, milliner at Falrview, this county, shot and mortally wounded Bryan Allegree. She charged that he wrote scurrilous notes, made remarks, wrote with chalk on the front of her store and cut offensive phrases in her windows with a diamond.' Miss Goodwin and a friend were stopped by Allegree. Her escort stepped towards him. "Stand aside." said Mirs Goodwin, when she shot, and Allegree fell. Miss Goodwin was released without bail.

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SENATOR BURROWS SAYS WAR 31USTBE OVER NEXT YEAR. Believes a Continuance of Philippine Situation Would Embarrass MoKlnley's Re-Electlon. , GREAT OPPORTUNITY OFFERED AT ONE TIME HE WAS NOT IN FA YOU OF RETAINING THE ISLANDS. Believes the President Is Pursulng Wlse Policy Looking to Restoration of Peace. CONGRESS MAY TAKE A HAND IF THE ADDITIONAL TROOPS SENT TO OTIS BE NOT SUCCESSFUL. Expects a Financial Bill That Will Not Arouse Opposition to Be Parsed Next Winter. WASHINGTON, July 31. Senator Burrows, of Mlchljan, In an interview with a Post reporter this i-fternocn paid: ,It is my Judgment that if the war In tbe Philippines be itlll In progress next year and the end is not then in sight the situation will be to the disadvantage of the Republican rarty. The only hope for tbe rarty and the country, I might add, 13 In a speedy change of conditions In the Philippines. Unless ths war in tbe Philippines speedily ends It will become an Important political factor, and Its continuance will make the outlook for Republican success uncertain, to say the least. If I could have had my way we would have simply taken a coaling station or a base of supplies In tho Island of Luzon; we would not have paid a penny to Spain and ws would have had our foothold in the East without sacrlilce of life and moneys I believe In finding new markets for our people, who are the greatest producers the world has known, and the Orient doubtless offers us a great opportunity. No one yet knows what possibilities are to be afforded by China, which seems now to be staggering to her fall. If there Is to be a great development in that direction I certainly want the United States to have a share. A the tam time we must rot overlook the fact that we may run counter at any moment to England, France or Germany, and I believe that England, now apparently so friendly, will strike at us the moment we cress her threshold. More than this, I pay frankly that if our participation In the Eastern trade Is to be purchgsedrat the cost of an Indefinite war In the Philippines, we will pay a very large price for what we receive." "How would you meet the present situation?" "The President is acting wisely, in my opinion. In endeavoring to restore peace and crder In the Philippines by sending an Increased army to assist General Otis. It Is to be sincerely hoped that the fresh troops will be able to establish the authorities of the United States. We must remember, however, that although v.e have now been fighting for some time we have conquered! a territory only about fifty miles to the north of Manila and fifteen miles to the South, a mere bagatelle compared with the Immense area of the archipelago. If the additional troops sent to General Otis cannot restore peace Congress will have to deal with the problem, and ought to have by the first of December some definite Information on which to act. For the present I hope the President will continue In his effort to end the trouble and that his efforts will be crowned with success. Victory for the Republican party next year will be made more certain by the success of our arms In the Philippines." "You would not now abandon, the Philippines?" suggested the reporter. "I do not see how we can get away now," said the senator. "We cannot surrender our ships to Agulnaldo and say to him that he can murder our soldiers. Now that we havs commenced the only thing we can do Is to end the conflict as roon as possible. After that is done the question of disposition of the Islands or their permanent retention rests with the people and with Congress Although he would not discuss the work of the finance committee at Narragansett T"Mo Ronatnr TttiTroiva AlA K n v "In mopinion a financial bill will be passed In the next session cf Congress and I do not expect to see It arouse such opposition as will lead to a filibustering fight in the Senate." - SAMrSOVS PRIZE MONET. Tbe Admiral Sues for the Value of the Captured Mnrie Teresa. WASHINGTON, July 31. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson has filed a suit in the Supreme Court of the District, libelling the Spanish vessel of war. Maria Teresa, and miscellaneous stores and supplies captured on her and other Spanish war vessels. In his bill he says that he brings the suit in his own behalf and also In behalf of all officers and enlisted men cf the United States navy who served with the United States naval force and trok part In the naval engagement off Santiago de Cuba, on July 3, 1S33, and In captures made subsequently thereto. Admiral Sampson says that the fleet of the United States .was acting under his immediate command, as com-, mander-ln-chlef ; that Commodore Wlnfield S. Schley was the commanding officer of & division of the fleet under his orders, and Captain French E. Chadwick was fleet captain or chlef-of-staff. He recites the capture of the Spanish vessels and says that the captured property has been or will be surveyed, appraised and Inventoried, adding: "This will show that the Teresa was; worth' $700,000 over and above the cost of recovering." He asks a rule on the secretary of the navy to show cause why the value of the captured property shown, or which may be shown, by the survey appraisal and Inventory should not be deposited with the treasurer or assistant treasurer of the United States, subject to the order of the court in this cause. i Deficit for July Is S,SIS,O0O. WASHINGTON. July Sl.-The monthly statement of the government receipts and expenditures which will be Issued to-morrow will thow a deficit for July of about lS.SlS.OOO, which is slightly in excess of the estimate made by the officials one month ago. Total receipts for the month mil by