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. VOL. XLV. NO. 22. mis ill nem mmm onus 11 ness in cdrculatioii. H, f .WORLD'S CUCE fearful Conditions that Ob tained at Camp Wikof. FIRST ARRIVALS THERE SLEPT UNDER TIIEIII BLANKETS IN THE OPEN AIR. DRINKING WATER FROM STAGNANT POND One Glass cf Sour Milk in 24 Hoursi Surgeons Living on Patients’ Food. Ambula css Needed by Sick Filled with i Sight seers. ] Washington. Oct. 1. —The War In- 1 vestigating Committee devoted its time J today largely to the consideration of a ( statement tiled l»y Mr. Nelson Hersh on > behalf of the New York World, giving ; what he styles a record of facts con- • corning the establishment of Camp » Wikoff and its management, together j with specific instances of abuses charged to have existed, dates, number . of sick in hospitals, deaths, etc. It is ! asserted that at the time Montauk 1 Point was selected as the site for the camp it was "a barren waste.” It is charged that when the lirst detachment of 275 troops arrived, August Bth. “the ' camp was not ready to receive them, and they slept under their blankets and m the open air, as no tents had arrived.” This, it is added, was eleven days since it had been decided to es tablish the camp. Continuing, the as sertion is made that the sick were re ported suffering from want of proper accommodations and food; that their tents were without floors and with only their blankets between the sick men and the ground, arid that a glass of sour milk apiece was the only nourish ment they received in twenty-four hours. The War Department is charged with frequent changes of plans, and it is asserted that General Young was given , only six days for the preparation of the , camp before the arrival of troops, when , two weeks was necessary, which caused j "great confusion.” On the 14th of August l>r. Ed son visited the camp a.id found that the 1.400 troops there were almost wholly dependent for drinking purposes upon a body of water without inlet or outlet, known as Fort I <-nd. This pond received the drainage from the camp, anti the doctor found the Witter to contain 00 grains of salt to the gallon- This condition, he said, eatised disease, and rendered the pond a constant menace to the men. By August .”0 there were oO.IMIO men in camp, and 1,300 in the hospital, with many unable to secure admission front the transports. The regulars were re ported to lx: suffering for the necessaries of life, and had received no pay for three months. Contract surgeons were reported to be living sit the expense of patients. “After the doctors had lunched,” says the account,” ‘‘twenty-five empty Appollinaris bottles were counted on the table, said to have been diverted from hospital stores.” Particulars are given of the death in his tent of Private Hugh Parrott, on August 28. and it is asserted that Dr. Tabor refused him iKsanission to enter the hospital on the ground that he was not sick. The assertion is made thac when, on the sth of September, Dr. Fee went to Camp Wikoff with a special train to take sick soldiers to the Brooklyn hos pitals, “he was tillable to get more than fifteen men to the train on account < i the lack of ambulances, which were be ing used to carry sight-seers around ihe camp. While hundreds of soldiers were waiting to be transform 1 to boats and trains, a dozen ambulances were at the depot filled with laughing men stub women who were seeing the camp with officers’ friends. After this incident General Young gave orders that the am bulances were to be use 1 only for the transportation of the sick. A long list of witnesses’ names were forwarded, and there was a general re quest. that correspondents and reporters of the World be called. The Commission directed that a reply be forwarded to Mr. Ibrsh informing him that the statement should have caretul consideration. WILE GAIN TWO SEATS. Pritchard’s Claim for Republicans in This State— Question of Camp Sites— Mrs. Bagley Presented to the Presi dent. Washington, D. C., October L—4 Sp ecial, i Senator Pritchard and Chairman Holton, of the State Republican Execu tive Committee, called on the President to-day. In an interview Pritchard said the Republicans would gain two seats in the House from North Carolina. Senator Pritchard so far as can be learned made no effort to-day to get a camp for the State. Secretary presented to the Prosi <l*-fit Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley, of Raleigh, FOOTBALL YESTERDAY. Yah 5; Wesleyan 0. Princeton 21: lahigh 0. f or in II 47; Trinity O. VY.-t point Cadets 10: Tufts College 0. I !>!<>• r tjy of Pennsylvania 10; State C'dlege 0. Harvard 11; Williams 0. CHARTERS OF EASTERN TOWNS. llow They Were Amended by the Last Legislature. To the Editor: The Chairman of Coin niilftx* on Corporations was one D. B. Sutton, of Wilmington. reputed law partner of Governor Russell. Ihe regu lar place of meeting of this committee was in the Supreme court Library. Near the close of the session it was learned by the jM-ople of Newborn that a bib had been introduced to amend the char ter of their city, and learning the char acter of said bill and the same bring ex tremely objectionable, a mass meeting was called for the purpose of taking such action as would, if possible, prevent its passage. A committee was appointed to canvass the city and secure signatures of all the business men who opposed the proposed changes in the charter. The same was signed by ALL regardless ol politics, and a representative was sett' to Raleigh next day with the petition. On Friday morning he appeared before the committee in the Supreme court Li brary and stated to Mr. Sutton, chair man. that he was sent here by the peo ple of Newborn, and that he came armed with a petition “signed by every business man in the city protesting against the passage of the bill.” Ho asked Mr. Sut ton the privilege of presenting to tic* committee his petition and making a brief statement which was refused with the statement that he had other business to attend to and lie could not bother with him and his petition. The gentleman expecting to leave for Newliern next morning turned the petition over to Mr. Walters, of Rockingham, member of the committee. On the next morning, as soon as the State Library was opened, Mr. Sutton, with one white man (Pop.), and two negroes, entered the room and took scats in one comer. In passing near where they were I heard Mr. Sutton remark; “The session is coming to a close and I am going to report these bills. We haven't got a quorum (only four out of sixteen members present), but that makes no difference.” lie then commenced to call the bills by title on the back and in each case stated that “the hill is all right and takes care of our party and that is all we want. T want a favorable report.” Thus the bills amending the charters of the towns of Edenton. Plymouth. Washington. Greenville, Newborn and others were passed—only one White man and two t; grnes voting and not a single one of the bills was read or were opened to expos** the contents. Just as the city of New born was reached the gentleman from Newliern stepped in and requested Mr. Sutton to hold ut* on this hill until he could find Mr. Walters, who had his pe tition. A motion to that effect-was pass ed, but when it was announced one of the negro members arose and stated that he understood that they had voted to re port the Newborn bill favorably. Mr. Sutton replied that “if the gentleman thought that that was the motion die bill will be so reported,” and forhwith he endorsed “Favorable Report" on tie* back. J. (’. ELLINGTON. CRUSHED IN A CANE MILL. V Leading Citizen Dies—Winston’s Sales of Tobacco. Winston. N. C., Oct. I.—(Special.) The ten-year-old son of Thomas Swin was caught in a cane mill yesterday, five miles south of Salem, and all of bis ribs* on one side were broken. lie died to-day. 11. E. Robertson, one of Moeksville's leading citizens,died this morning, aged 55 years. Winston shipped over one million pounds of manufactured tobacco during September and sold (107.600 pounds of leaf for *28,263.82. PARIS COMMISSIONS MEET. Nothing Given Out Cmvorii’ng the De liberations -A Short Session. Paris. October L—The American Span ish peace commissions assembled f*.r their business session at. 2 o’clock this afternon in the rooms assigned to them for their deliberations at the French For eign Office. The session of the commissions lasted ninety minutes. The next session will take place Mon day afternon at 2 o'clock. Both commissions maintained sceiecj to their proceedings. FOOTBALL AT THE HILL. The University Team Defeats the Guil ford Men. Chapel Hill. N. C.. October 1.-(Spe cial.) —The University team defeated Guilford to-day by a score of 18 to 0. The features of the game were fumbling and “off-sides” by the Carolina men, 1 (living Guilford in North Carolina terri tory at the end of the first half. Scores were made in the last half. Howell made brilliant runs around the end. Guilford has a strong, hardy team. The Univer sity of North Carolina is in good shape. Students continue to arrive daily. WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT. New York, October 1. —The weekly bank statement shows- the following change; Surplus reserve, increase. 87,- 074,275; loans, decrease, *6.580.500; specie, increase, *6,667,800: legal ten ders. increase, *750,200; deposits, in crease. *1,374,900; circulation, increase, *524,400. The banks now hold *15,327.150 in or ccss of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule. ARRESTED FOR MURDER. Weldon. N. C., October I.—(Special.) Sam Williams, colored, was arrested here last night charged wPn being an accomplice in the murder of Tilghmnn Stewart, in Northampton county, about six weeks ago. He will lie turned over to tin* Northampton authorities. IThe body of the man II it'on. who was drowned in Roanoke river last Sunday, has been recovered. RALEIGII, N. C., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1808. i. Broker —Yes, I’ll eat all the cotton vou don’t get Bc. 2. Farmer —IT re you are, Mr. Broker, now he ! p your for after McKiiley is elected. See! self FOR HARBOR DEFEICE ] she Government will Build Four Powerful Monitors. BIDS ALREAOY OPtNEK .MONITORS TO BE Bt'tT"' STRICT LY AFTER I>Ei ARTMEN'T DESKS NS. TWEN’Y-SFVEN MONTHS TIVE GIVEN Vessels have no duplicate in Modern Ship Coa strucl'on, Resembling Liitle Monitors Uskl in Civil War. Newpart NiWi /m»ng Bidders. Washington, Oct. 1. Kills wore opened | at tla> Navy DeliartmciU tee-elay for the construction of four harbor defense ves sels of tin* monitor typo, authorized by Congress at an expenditure of $1,250,000 for eaeli monitor, 'flu* net directs the; Secretary to have in view the best results and most expeditious delivery. Conse- j quently the Department in laying down its requirements made twenty-seven months the maximum time fur the com pletion of the vessels, providing a penalty ranging from SSOO to SOOO per day for any delay in their completion. The monitors are to he built strictly in accordance with the Department de signs,. no provision being made, as is usually the ease, for tin' submission ** f contractors’ plans, in type, they have no duplicates in modern ship-construc tion, and more than anything else re semble the little monitors which dis tinguished themselves in the Civil War. The hoard of bureau chiefs would have liked very much to have provided a more powerful class of vessel, but the small limit of cost fixed in the appropriation act prevented this, and they were ob liged to content themselves with single tumated monitors of 2,700 tons displace ment. Nevertheless the designers have contrived within these narrow limits to plan a most serviceable ty|>e of vessel, though their usefulness will he strictly limited to harbor defense*, and on account o. their small proportions they will not lie able to undertake any long voy ages. While resembling roughly the war monitors, those new vessels will b*> vastly superior to them in actual pow er. Their speed, for instance, will he twelve knots, about double that of the old vessels. Their batteries will consist or two 12-inch breech-loading rifles ca pable of piercihg the side of nine-lentlis of tin* naval vessels of the world; four 1-inch rapid-fire guns and seven sms Her calibre rapid-fire guns like those that did such service in the destruction of Cer vera’s squadron. The builders are not required to furnish either guns, armor or turrets. The, hit ter. by the way, are to lie electrically controlled like* those* on the Brooklyn. Those turrets will In* of tin* balanced type ten inches thick behind eleven inch barbettes, and a licit of armor seven inches thick and five feet broad will la* placed on the side's of the vessel. The monitors will be 225 feet long. 50 feet broad and draw about 12*4 feet of water, enabling them to move freely in any of the* shallow Atlantic coast liar •tors. The lowest bidders for building the monitors were in the order named as follows: Nixon, of Elizabeth. N. J.. $525,000; Newport News, sßHo,o<*o; Bath Iron Works. Me., SNG2.oo and I’uion | Works, San Francisco, $875,000. CUT OF THE SHADOWS!' M>. SAMUEL J. HARTS! Lt APPEALS TOj VIrDITE MEN. ( A-Pc'tthe if Letter T illing How ho Rcg.v•.;•■} tho Tendenc’es of Fusion in the State An bcident Still Remembered. Concord. N. <’.. Oci-iber 1. | Mr. A. B. Young. Chairman County. Democratic Executive Committee, has received the following: Dear Sir:—My daughter, Emm.", was* outraged and murdered nr our home , near Concord on Sunday afterno >.i. May j 20th. IS!IS. by two negroes wb'h* I ana ( others of my family were at '*n«trn wot , i shipping Cod. The two negroes, .loot , i Kizer and Tom Johnson, wh Cdid these crimes were quickly hung to d *.-lh that j Sunday night by white men of Cabarrus ! as they ought to have been. For several : years I have voted tin* Populist and Fu sion tickets because 1 thought 1 *. is j doing in this way the best T cornel for j our State. Nobody can know ns l#uowj know how wrong I was in voting these J tickets and now I have t*» softer for ’(. j 1 1 am sure that such votes tend to make! tin* negro do such deeds Penalise when white men vote and electioneer with ’he negro In* feels that the officers thus , elected and the political parties winning ‘ elections with him and by his votes will 1 protect him in anything he does, and 1 j now appeal to tin* white men of North I Carolina to vote for llu* protection of our mothers, wives and daughters. Use this letter as you please. Yours truly. SAMUEL J. IIARTSELL. Messrs. A. B. Young. John I*. Allison, ( ' Robert E. Cbsmi ami Col. Paul B. Means. < r ituord. will vouch for the*, good o' i* of Samuel J. llartseli. i I j TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES. Fever cast's of all kinds at Santiago 1 yesterday: 022; total sick. 1,002; death, 1. The Panama sailed from Ponce vaster- ( ' day with one hundred and seventy eon . valescents and five officers. j Agoneillo and Fopez. Aguinaldo’s rep- J t resent a t ives. called on the I resident M*.-,-j i terday. They were not received in any , official capacity. Van Wyck, Democratic nominee for Governor of New N ork, has resigned his seat on the Supreme court bench to accept the nomination. , r. Nancy (Juilford. the mid-wife of! Bridgeport. Conn., who is wanted lij the Amer'ienn police on the charge* of having i Ih-cii «’imne<‘te<l with the death of Em nut , <Jill, his boon arrested in England. j WHY CADE IS A POPULIST. To n Pamlico Audience Tie Can't Hive n Reason for tin* Faith That is in Ilitn. * "I'm a Populist. I'm a strong l’opu l.st. t don't know why. luit I'm * i Populists, or lmw I remain one.” said tin* i Rev. Maj. Baylus Cade, in a speech to the Fusion Ist* in Pamlico last week. , The Rev. Major's inability to give a. reason for the faith that's in him is , greatlv to In* regretted. If lie had stated i that lie's tin* (Inventor's private seeiv ] fury and the fusion contract calls for a . Populist in that position, his hearers 1 j eo’ihl perhaps have told him why he was 1 j ii Pqnulist and how he manages to re main mu'. Tim Rev. Mai. Cade's innocence is something truly touching. He’ll have n ri*viso his Kiii'crh. 1 am told by Dr. Abbott that the Pamlico audience liter ally wept when they heard it. It takes a wise man to nick a fool , tv hose money he can spend. SECTION ONE-PAGES Ito 8 - LAST EDITION.! THE WINTER CAMPS Georgia and South Carolina V\ ii! Secure 7hem. THESHES RECOMMENDED AMUNt! THEM ARE AUGUSTA. ATLANTA, MACON, COLUM BFS. COIUVBJ J , GREENViLir, SPARTANBURG Main Ccinp Doubtless to be at Augusta, Wh>,e Camp can be lit by 11 c’ricily ai d Abundantly Suup’ird with Water from City. Washington, D. C., October I. Ex Senator Patrick Walsh, Col. I>. B. Dyer and Representative Fleming, of Georgia, were in Washington’ to-day, urging Au gusta, (!a., ,as a site fora military camp. The committee presented to the Secre tary the many advantages or Augusta, pointing out. that the proposed site was high and healthy, and that an abundant water supply could he obtained I rum tin* Augusta Water Works, while the camp could he lighted by the electric system () f tin* city. As to drainage and other features tin* Secretary was assort'd the proposed site was perfect The Secre tary found that the rep tvs n alien* made w ere home out by the report of General Schwan ulm is president ot the Board of Camp Inspection. The further fact that Augusta is a central point for headquar ters wore w ithin easy reach of the other camps was also made prominent by the committee. While no oftieial iuf« rotation on the subject is forthcoming it is said the selection of sites for camps in the South lias been practically determined. It is understood they will be located at Augusta, Americas and Athens. On., and Columbia. Greenville and Spartan burg. S. C. The main camp will he at Augusta on a site of about 000 acres just outside the city. THE CAMP SITES CHOSEN. Washington, D. C., October 1. Ihe of ficial announcement of the sites for army camps in the South recommended by the Schwan board sent South for that pur pose was posted at the A\ ar Department to-night: “The following points have boon re commended by the Schwan hoard: Augusta, Ga., Columbia, S. (’., Green ville, S. C., Spartanburg, S. C.. Atlanta. On.. Athens. Ga., Macon, Gu„ Columbus, Ga.. Americas, Ga.. and Albany, Ga." These arc* the* camps at which all the volunteer troops, not sent to tin* front, will be quartered for the* winter. ant still the pops. come. A Large Assemblage at Suow Hill Ad dressed by Hon. F. D. Winston. Snow Hill. N. C.. Oet. t.—(Special.!-- Hon. F. D. Winston addressed a large assemblage of white men in Green coun ty to-day before* the meeting of the Democratic mass convention. The crowd numbered over 7<>*>. Winston made it magnificent speech, listing for over two hours, which was often applauded and aroused great en thusiasm. Many Populists were* present. They ure* rapidly arranging themselves for the cause* of honest rule and the White Man’s Government. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I WHY THEY WENT THERE PRITCIDRO, HOLTCN AND SETTLE AFTER FUNDS, Went to Washington to Secure thtm in Older 1o Pun tl.e Republican Cam- I j pa„'£n. Washing! l n. D. C., tMedw-r 1. —»St***- I cinJ.i —It was lestrued tonight that the . ' nbjoe-t of Sena O r Pritchard. Chairman IF lt«*n and Charles Settle’s visit to Washington was to secure money from (!■•* National Republican Executive* Committee to run tin* campaign in North ('aroiinn. Mark Hanna is here, and has been in | ce m'en nee with the committee, and, though he* has given th ru assistance, it is difficult for the North Carolina del egation *o extract much e mif<>rt from 1 the Republican treasury. So they have i.:::e;e re*prvsentations t•» the National Committee that they are* going to make unexpected gains in certain sections. Th • idea is laughed at by well-in formed Republicans, but the* delegation was successful in getting a little cash to take hack to the* State*. BASEBALL YESTERDAY. At Baltimore—<First gum*.)— .-Baltimore' . . . O(t(I(>1 Oft 2 x—G 11 2 Brooklyn . . . 00100 1 500—5 1)1 (Seeonei game)— I ' ill imore* 2 1 0 0 0-5 3 0 i Brooklyn Oimi | o—l 5 1 At Cincinnati-(First game)— Cincinnati . . 030 I 000 Ox—4 7 0 ! St. Lemis . . . 00 00 10 0 2—3 13 1 lSe*e‘emd game.)— ( : neiumitt . . 010 ft 10 0 1 O—3 0 t St. Lemis ... 001 (>00222 7 15 3 At Pittsburg Pittsburg . . . 0 1 0000 lOx 2 7 2 Clevedmnl . . . 000000010 I 71 At Washingtem il'irst game*)— \\ ashiugton . . 00210 25 o 0 S 10 2 New York . . 1O 11 1 00**0 1 0 3 tSe'e-i'Dil gatin') Washinußeui . . . 02510 0 0 S 10 1 ' New York . . . 0 0 101 00—2 11 I At Boston Ib.ston .... 0 1 (*2OO 2 Ox—s «) 3 Phi teledphia . . OoOt*(* 00 0 2 2 (i 1 STANDING OF THE CLUBS. ' Weell. Lost. P. ('. jß' stecn 05 45 .G7S i Baltimeere* I*l IS ,G 55 Cneinnati SG 5S ,5!)7 Cie'velaitel ...... 77 G1 ,55S ( liie tgo 7K <!l .510 New* York 72 G 8 .514 Philniledphia <SO 07 .507 Pittsburg G 8 72 .ISO Louisville 04 75 .400 Brooklyn s** S 3 .370 Washingtem IS I*2 .343 St. Lmiis 30 tftl .203 GREAT MEETING. Jackson, N. C., Octeeb*r 1. -(Special.)- f rin* best meeting bedel hers tn twenty years closed last Thurs.d p* night. If was eonelnctcel in the Batdist church b.v Re*v. G. Ia Fine'll, e»f Williamstein. Mr. . Fine-h is a preaedict* of great power anil ■ pathos, and InrgV* audiences were pres ent at every service*. Thir'y or forty professions of faith were made and * quite a tnimher joineel tin* Baptist church ■ and some will join other churches. t It is reported that tin* Emperor of China has eommitteel suicide*, which real ly means that he* has be*en asseissinated. It is also r**|>f»rt«'<l that all English-speak ing si*en*taries and principal me*nd»ers of the* Chinese Pore'ign Office have* bivn seized ami hanisheeU Ami it is aehleil that the Chineses are* comniiting outrages j against foreign residents.
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