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The Gold Reserve in the
at Wonderful Rate;
MORE TROOPS TO
The Firsi North Carolina Regiment
Regiment Ordered to Knoxville
. S . ": ... -.r : !-f - 11 '
pfiPensions-4-lhe lreasury uepanmem 10 ivmiciraic nc
7 demption of Pacific Railroad Bond,BidS for; Fur-;
r niKinnc tti Xaw with OneiMillion Pounds ; :ii i
;' of Smokeless Powder Opened.
Carhn! 'Wikoff, Montaukl Point, Sep
tember 3.4-PreBiderit .McKinly spent"
five hour.4 ,'in the camp today, bare
headM"!rnft8tr)f the : time, . vi&iting:
the
j tej hospitals' jini inspecting j
J,; ,1 I i.tf
11' in their cantonments. lie
sick in
the well
made- & speech - to the assembled
to the assembled in-
f intrymen, reviewing the icavalryroen,.
r
wrrf;KJ.ed his opinion; of tJe camp to
the ri'M rters and issued an order' di
'rectinf? Jth;(;i "regulars to fetijrn to- their
- stations 4ast of the Mississippi.
! GenerallWheeler, his'stafg and nearly
every ofTer of prominence in the
. camp mei the president 'at the sta
tic n, except. General 1 Shafter.. who . is
'KtJU in idetention anJ General Young,
who fell and broke his arm last ni'sht.
i After jgreetingsand mtrtluc tions on
the railway jdat'fofm, the- . president,
took General -Wheeler's, arm and went
to a i carriage. iColoneJ s Theodore1
Kltoosevelt, pf the Jiough-i Riders, was
; amdnff theigroup of horsemen near;-by.
Mn.McKInJey saw him and got out of'
; 'the carriage to speak to him. Colonel
Jlooaevelt hastily dismounted and tus
sled with a gauntlet for fiteen seconds
o that! ungloved "1 he might shake
hands." I The column -of., . carriages
- , ,3 . : 1 1 . ..... . .1 r r v. T v : 3
WUUHU Ul!3 Illil, catui ICU,DJ ilC J.1U1U
ravalryi regiment land; the mounted
band of the Sixth, cavalry. The par
ty; paused a moment on .the hill, and
the president looked out on th-i wide,
Undulating cape, water, bound on eith
er side and whitened on the levels and
'lull tops by the. tents of .I8,i:w men,
laid out in ; geometric lines.
HIS MEETING (WITH 5IJ AFT1CR.
. Mr; McKinley ..tlrove . to General
Shafter's.tHnt in he !; detent ion camp.
The s:enrtl,- who f-was -flushed and
weak frmii a mild case of malarial
ifever, was ; in full luriiform; sittinij in
a chair at the door of-rthe tent. He
- tried tepi ris-e, bpt Mn McKinley said:
1 "Stay where you are, general. You are
entitled tp Vest.',' j w
! The prident congratulated .General
Shafter ionj the. Santiago campaigr: and
after aj fw I minutes' rest, proceeded
to the ceneral hospital. The soldiers
recentlyi arrived on I transports, and de.-'
itained in Une detention section of the
camp line wup irregularly ion eaeh side
of the ro4di and cheered, i'- Mrl Kinley
V took off 1 his Sstraw hat then,' and scarce
ly put-it op! for more than sa minute or
. two at f a time 1 during the remainder
I of his -progress through the' camp. J
Miss jWheeler, among the sick sol
1 diers,. a! daughter .0 the general, hap-
pene'd to i be In the' first row of ' the
1 hospital tents apd speishowed the pres
I ident through her " division. General
i Wheeler announced in each ward:
1 "Boys, the. president has ome; to see
1 you, or 11 "Soldiers, the president' 'of
i the United States."( j , 5
1 Some ofj the soldiers slept on uncon-
1 suiuus, sunit; iisiieasiy 1 ciitru uyun viieii
elbows, others feeblyi clapped ' their
1 hands. I'Mn McKinley gently . shook
1 hands with, many, and at .every cot he
-i paused ani istant and if ! he saw the
pick man Rooking at him he bowed in
i a! direct arid personal way. ;
i -In the second WHMTd the president en
I tered.t Sergeant John A. ,' Alexander,
I Company pty, 1 FTrst I Illinois, . who . has
1 fever, wai irather . startled by hearing
1 General Wheeler announce the presi
T dent.. Thej sergeant half raised up on
'"his cot. Mr. McKinley, attracted by
the movement, :took Alexander'si hand
1 and said:',; 1 .
"J am Borry to-see! you so sick. I
I hope that jyou. are (getting better."
"Thank you, I think I shall get-well."
1. "Da- Toil wish 'for n anything?" ' fa
,' q,uiredi General iWhjeeler. I i f
i ."No, I have everjfthing good for me,
! I guess," Alexander replied wearilv;
"liut I wish I were? home." X !
-'I hope i that 1 we I may soon get ;you
I there," said Mr: MKimey.' - i
l lie. had, "many bits of. talk- with the
men and j seemed
to ibe in no .hurry.
He- almost Outwore
the patience of all
his parts' by his:
"w-ard aTtQTward. .-
ALONE VlTH A
plow-going through
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DXINGV SOLDIER.
, VWhen seemingly all ! the i wards of the
jfreneral hospital had been gone through
and
the
resident
was about 1 to get
Attorney General
into
a
'carriage,
I Clriggs det-4ined ihim.i l "Miss " Wheeler.
I nas : told me; ! said he f'of ra Lieutenant
t Irado, who: -is in. aj tent hack here by
; nimseir. ' ana 1 ne is 1 m- a wying condi
5 lion. He has asked abdut your com-
ing, and Mass Wheeler has promised
' jlhat you shall see' him." : i r
t ' "Certainly. Let us go 'to him," Mr.'
1 ."McKinley Jsaid. I V- -!'.
i I The others of ; the party discreetly
i remained outside the tent- The presi
' dvnt re-apjjeared with the nurse- a
i minute on two ;later. 1! His eyes were
i '-nxiist andjdown- cast, !! ; :i .
j 'i.. The president) iprpceeded to the in-I
f antry plain, as it it called'" The men
I of the Ninth Massachusetts, the First
1 Illinois the Eighth Ohio, the Thir
1 teenth, -a Twenty-first, ii Twenty-second
1 and iTenth t regular 1 infantry were as--
eembled 1 without arms. ' About - 5,000
1 men stood ' in r close order. General
Wheeler, said: 1
. The (president of
our great country
lias come! here to
greet i the soldiers
that marce,d so gallantly Jup San Juan
hill onj Ju!ly 1st : He : comes here j to
express; tKei: nation's thanks to? these
"brave men. I wish
to tell . vou that
sent .me here two
.when the Ipresid-ent
'I
mm
Treasury Increasing
BE
DISBANDED
hil N
to be
Mustered! Out
-Th
egro
it
1
Report of 1 the; Commissioner
1 . . L 1 ! 4 Li.:!.;i T ' I .
.'I !
weeks aero' to command this camp he
i enjoined me .In th most emphatic lan
i guage that 1 shoulld, without regard to
1 expense,'! exercise; i any and i every ne
cessary tjo imake qomfortable this body
ofbfava ..men who byi their
have raised this Republic i to t
egt ,ton amonff tnf reat
! courage
the; high-
the. greati nations
of the earth.- I have the honor and
pleasure of introducing 1 to you, the
president of the United States."
HIS ADDRESS TO THE SOLDIERS.
President; McKiiley"said:
'Generiill Wheeler, - soldiers or cajnp
Wikoff, soldiers 6f the s Fifth army
corps I
trust thf
at you; iwill put your
hats onHI iam glau to meet you.- 1 am
honored ltd stand beforei you (today. I
bring yoU ther gratitude
of the nation
to whose history j you
have a,dded by
your valbri a ; new and
loriotis page.
You havie .come- after .to months of
severe cimi)aignihg ' 4" hjich has em
braced assault,- siegeii $.nd battle; so
brilliant Snj achievement,! so: far-reach
ing in results as to --command the un
stinted plraise of all youriiJio-Mntrymen.
You had! the brunt of the battle" on
land. Y
iu bore -yourselves with su-
preme 0
ourage, .and your personal
bravery.
never before excelled any
where, has won the admiration of your
fellow citizens and the genuine respect
of all mankind, while: your- endurance j
under petculiari trial and' suffering has j
given added meaning ;to lyour i heroism, is
Your exertions- made .easy jthe j conquest
ofPorto Rico: under the i resistless ar-
my commanded 1 by u Major General
Miles, aad behind -you, ;to proceed at
a moment's: summons,' rvvere more than
200,000 of! your; comrades jready to sup
port youi disappointed , that the joppor
tunity wlhich you had -did. pot come to
thenvyet filled with, pride !at your; well
earned fame and Irejoic'ing upon! your
signal viptories. 1 - ',, 1
VYou were on the line of batttej they
no. less than you were t in the Ime of
duty. All have ; served; their country
in its need, all will serve it so long as
they may be required, and all will for
everf have the thanks and regard of
a i grateful people.", , j "I
"We cannot bid ?yau welcome here
today.' without our hearts, going! out to
the heroes of' Manila son sea and on
land, wjnose j services s and i sacrfices,
whose courage and. constancy in that'
far-distant ' rjeld j of operations ! have
never been surpassed by ,any soldiers
or sailors 1 ther. world oyeruM To the ar
my and jthe j navy,-! to the marines, to
the regulars j to j the: volunteers, ' and
to that Providence! which! has. watched
oyer them all,, the' nation today is full
of thanksgiving and. praise: The brave
officers and men j who. fell in battle and
those who ; haven died if rom : exposure
and sickness will , live in immortal
story and their memories! will be per
petuated in the hearts ! and; the"; histor
ies of a generous; people, and thpse who
are depend&nt upon them iwill not be
neglected bjy the. governmnt for which
they so freely sacrificed their! lives."
'! The soldiers cheered many times.. The i
part, of the field ;where the Eighth
Ohio stood, the. regiment which is '
sometimes called: "the president's own"
was particularly noisy; The! 1 party
then went , to the: detention hospital.
The. grave-yard in i which i sixtvj or sev
enty plain new wooden : crosses stood
was near;. the road on the left. The
president) solemnly: raised: his hat.
IN THE INFECTIOUS HOSPITAL.
Mr. MqKinley went ;: through ' all- the
wards of I the detention hospital in the
same. -careful way in, which he had 1
gone- through those of the general hos- '
pitaL When he came to the last ward, I
Major RT. Ebeift said: "This is aj
dangerous! ward," land turning i to Sec- j
retary otj-War Alger, . inquired: "Do I
you thjnki the presidents had better go;
in here?"j . ; . , j
Mr. McjKinfey, without! waiting to !
hear "whaX: General:: Alg-er's reply would '!
be.started into the ward.! General Al- i
rer and jthe others'' of ; the party - re
mained outside e !
The presidential party then! ; drove
through lines j of cavalry draw ft, up on
eiiner siae or , tne roaa.: - : ; j
i he presidential party left! at 12
o crock pi . m. ' ' ?
One Minute Cough1 Cure surprises
people byj its quick cures and children '
may take:, it in large1 Quantities with
out the least danger. " It has won for
itself the! ,best' reputation of any prep
aration used, today for colds, croup,
tickling: n the throat! or, Obstinate
oonghs. ,R. R. Uellams'.
j Earthquake Slioc-ks at Santiago
i Santiagor de-; 0uba, : Seutemher 3.
Twoidistinct earthquake shocks were
felt I herej , this! afternoon.! ; The first,
which. ojqc,uri;ej3 at '2:15 ! o'clock,! was of '
unusual; 'j severity' and ; shook . every.!
house in the cifyi. The frightened rxc '
pier rasa 6ut into the streets. The sec
ond shock, which was lighter,1 Occurred
Just an hour laljer. j ' i
.The Saratoga' sailed this evening for
Montauk Point with 10 sick ' and a
quantity pf Mauser riflessarid iammuni-i
tion. . 1,1 ijll-iililV-,!1''- 1 j ' '
The sailinjr of the Missouri has been
delayed : until rtomorrowj owing; to the
difficulty of . obtaining: a sufficient sup
ply of wdteri ; i ; i
j. ne reports 01 i uenerai . wood's corps
of physicians ? showed! a: marked
im- j
provemen.t in the general health of the
city. The death; -rate 1 this i week is
from 50 to 75; per cent, .lower than jt
Was tWO WPPKR -fifrt.; : , i ;'.:!! ;. -f ' .
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rifE DBFAFIK CAS-U "
.:;.:. .'-. j yi'' T : Ij; iH. ' : ! ;
The EiritemcDt In Prl 1 oa the In
! re-5Uxhe Frtiitb .'ninltr f
j. . Belsu ; ; ;j 1 jjju
Paris.'September 3-rrCavaiaac min-
ilster off war, has resigned. He sent
i the following, letter of resignation toi
IM." Brisfeon, premier and president, off
the council: ,x i
' "I have the honor to send, you and
to' beg you to transmit to the president!
of the republic ray resignation as min
ister: for war. There exists- a disagree
ment 'between us, which,' being pro
longed would paralyize the; government
at a time when it most needs full un
ity of decision. I remain convinced
of the guilt of tDreyfu3 and! as deter
i mined i as heretofore to combat a re
vision of the case. I do pot! intend tq
! shirk" the responsibilities lof jthe pres-
i ent ; situation ; but : I cannot assume
i them 'without being in accord with the
I chief of the government: to which I
have thje honor to belong." ! :
The Dreyfus agitation is not abat
'ing,' The,populace was again , inflam
;ed todajyMby posters, printed by The
; Siecle. 'With which the' town! has .beeh
plastered.l ,They reproducej-two letters!
wnicn .Dreyius wrote to ; tne -minister
for war? in 1894, and one iwhich he
wrote ;tp his counsel,, M. bemange, in
1 1894 f protesting his innoceoice and de
nying tjhat he had ever, even "been
guilty ojE indiscretion T;he posters al-
so cill' attention to the fact 1 that Col
:onel Picquart -wrote on .JaAy 9 tli affirm
ing i the falsity of lieutenant- Colonel
Henry's documents and they: denounce
the arrest and imprisonment of Golo-
nel Picquart.' ' i: - h -
These! are' the eireumstances which
led M. Cavaignac to resign 1 ! After the
Wiscoveify: of Lieutenanti Colonel
;,Henfy's forgery ' 'the -: government
sought .jmeans to reassure the public
; The ;question of revision nwas broach
ed. Certain ministers believed the
time had come to throw full light on
and to establish every: responsibility,
H i' Mr. Cavaignac strongly objected
He, declared that he was. convinced of
the guilt i of 1 Dreyfus. ' M. Brissonl
vainly endeavored to overcome his re
sistance. Later, M. iSarrjen. pointed
out to; M. - Cavaignac j that j the revision
IMPORTANT EYE5TS OF THE.SaY.
There Were Tine Cases of
Yesterday.
The First N- C. Regiment is
Negro Regiment is to be Retained
The, Navy Department OpeAs
Pounds of Smokelees Powder.
G;a.
ilJVli;is OTj rs to General Bookt His Private Kesi-
dence near San Juan.
4A Deputation of Philippinps
Urge" Annexation of the Philippines.
. Auguinaldo Writes an Impertinent Lettfr.! to General Oils
ana tiets a anun.
It is Rumored that the Britisih Have Captured Kahtoum
1 The French Minister of WarfResigns. 1
President McKinley Goes to
all the Wards of thei Hospital. Alone He VL .ts ,a Dying Soldier:
He Makes an Address to.the Soldiers. , J:; ;j
:jThe Excitement in Paris over the Drevs Case' Increases.
The City is Placarded with Flaming Posters. , I'll
J'TntrerinT Fact are Contained in the Ailanal Report of the
'Commissioner .of Pensions.
5 General Brooke Starts To-Day
would be purely judicial. !-:M.i Cavaign
ad replied that revision could only be
justified if some newi fact; were deveH
oped ti show 'there' had. been a judi-j
eial er-or and that no-such ! facts ex-i
isted. lenry's forgery being :vsubse-j
quent to the conduct of Dreyfus and
only: ii idirectly connected?: with It.
M.i; I ourgeois, recalled from' .Switz
erland, - made a new effort, but M.
Cavaigaac still refused.1, The latter
then s;lW M. Brisson, the; premier, and
declared that his determination was
immov lble, and -that he would resign.
t Afterf M. j Cavaignac s departure aj
conference wTas .held !i at" jthe? ministry:
of the interior betwelen: MMj Brisson,
Bourgeois and1 Sarjrien.! jAbout 9
o'clock M, Cavaignaci's : letter of - resignation-was
received. i
It; is paid that a majority . of the'cab-i
inet: accept the views of Brisson.i
as thei other ministers -.retain rtheirj
portfolios. ' The reslignation: of . M.i
Cavaignac : enables the government to
decide the matter and it i is believed
that M. Cavaignac successor at thei
war i office will soon be: appointed andi
a definitive resolution taker!
Food Still Searce: at Havana
i j i ..:..i. :i " s ,
Havana, September: 3, 9 : p, m. Al
though! not a day hasi passed i since the
blockade : was raised : without two, orl
three vessels arriving here : with pro
the prices of the necessaries
1 of life fare not, only excessive but,, in
during the blockade; As -the .Red
Cross society's ; supplies on ; the ; Clin
toniwere not landed, this: condition of
things seriously; affects the poor. Ricd
is selling at 6J cents. During the
blockade meat sold at from 40 to 49
cents- a pound retail.!
! Corbett andlQLcKloy to Flsbt .
Kew York, September 3. Jim Corbettl
aiTiveu; icie xl iuuii iuuo 1 iuci iviu
McKoys at an uptown sporting resort
and! they arranged to fight their pro
posed battle on Octot- 15th at Buffa-
lo. CoTbett left
for Asbury S Pork to
night and will
resume a training on
ouuiiuay. -.mcvuj!- win
toga. Corbott said:
return to Sara
'I have decided
his'fight, yrin or,
i 4:::::':
to quit the n,ng after
lose."
I : S!-
' 1.-: ;::'i3f'iiV--V; Ly M'l r--1 .
The AnsJ-;rmsn Alllanrej. i -
Berlin, Sejfitnber SThe officiais of
the German lireign officx, asiejrtj that
the London reports .of ait offensive
and defensive alliance having been
concluded tfeween Great .BritiaX and
Germany,: ,af 'entirely without, jfdua-
dation, r-n-i.,lM; n.MM'ry- - ! rN
The Briti ambassador j here1 asked
if. an ! agreent between Great Briv
ian ana Gf Miany concerning : j Af rilcji
had been glebed, m He midr i
and agreemeiftt already 1 exists,
many prefers jthat , England I
Such
Gei-
rather
than France fshould i hold Egyipt, al
though all Germany! . expected
from the EffyMsh occupation has not
been reailze5: An Anglo-German un
derstandinggarding the, rest, pf Af
rica aso exists. The recent meetings
between MrUBalfour and Gout Von
Hatzfeldt det with other matters." "
Govenunent'cwel Blown t'pfByf l
;- 'iCyM x I 1;l Torpedo.;-:, j ; :
- New Orleat t,! September 3.j Thfc gov
ernment stea mboat John R". Meigs: was
totally destiOyed-f byi an explosipn at
Fort St. i Pl tllln i today. She! : had
aboard Lieut tiant' Jervey and aiparty1
engaged in, "i amoving the torpedoes
laid in the Jfssissipjrt river duriogi the
beginning jofi!the war. "LTelitenanfc : Ter
xvey had a. farfow escape.: The ilkilled
were Captail :Starr, commander of the
, boat : Ser eea'it J o-h n Newmani - I : the
engineers;
Rogers. '
Tat Carlos r , and
alph
l: f
' More thatttwienty million freet sam
ples of 'DeWitt's Witcn Hazel 1. Salve
i have been distributed byi the manu
facturers. ?Wh.at better proof pf I their
confidence ih ft's merits do youT want?
It cures -pilesi i burns; scaios, sores,, in
j the : shortest Space of time.
;i i. ' i i ' i i 3- -: 1 :- I !
R.
It., Bel-
1 lainy. . t
Spauuft tPeaee xmmlit8ionerjf
'"Madrid:; Remember 3. It is current
ly reported; that the - Spanish minister
- 1 - . - m : . . . t ' - U i 2. ;a
at yesterday seaDinet! meexmg uwuiLe
ly selected ib three following peace
commissioners: General Rafael . Cer-
ero v Saenzi cerieraT of 7 engineers
Senor Villaurutia, under; secretary of
state for foreign affairs. - ! I -
Th Cnrii;tfi- declare that aften pro
testing in th6fec6'rtes against th'e; policy
of i the, goyei?iment they,
draw. -v. 1
vH - j :-: mflMy k-: U !
i "" 1 '
will witn-
Yellow Fevet? at Orwood, Miss. q
i:y-:-r- :y:.:,:mU:ir : :":: ur: ' :. ?
i' - :.r:!-' :- mm M--:: - i-vn.ir:.;i.
I Ordered Ouf of Service and the
Bids for Burnishing 1,000,000 g S
i- : : . . . ; .: - , . ,: i . ... 1 - ;
J : -, . .; i: V: s-Ba: H J .: . 1
wait on Ccmsul Williams and
srtine
1 - ' " I
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f
Camp Wikoff He Goes Through
j ittS ,
for San Jufin.
! The Strm-SwsfBptXerrltory j
Savannah iGaL, : . September 3. Two5
more wrecks were, reported today off
the entrance lo balabogue sound. Both
were dismai
schooners
There
were no signS of life on jeitherj vessel.
The coast-1 i&j being patrolled in the
hope of rescuing the Icrews of some of
the wrecked vessels!, ! but:. except the
!.:.'' I- ' il 5-.. l - : r: "f. ; :: i i . Ill ..... I
of the bark, laoo none are known to
have been saed.
On the stoTn'-swe
section
of the
coast the Ids of property 1 1st increas
ing. . r The mis of water in :the low
lands are beiasr saddeo.to ! .by the floods
in the river. ? and the waters every
where in thje hooded district are rising.
The first 1 1 win rfrom the njrth, in
three days refjehed here this afternoon,
bringing thetnails that have! ben ac
cumulating! j irth , of. the i overflowed
j -i I jf- -- - '11 I i ;.'-..:-
territory. : Th Central of; Georgia rail
road, the Getrgia! iaiid Alabama-and
the Florida! i Central r and
Peninsular
railroads aifeftStilT blocked
f f
The Savannah ana Ugeechee' nve?s
are rising tajildly ! apd are : likely; :o.
paus heavy; damage when the ; flolkl
reaches the, ttjsv country
j
A Soldier; ftnprisoned For Life
Leavenwonai; i KasL, "September
3
Private AlexjyXa Dukel company I.,
Second Wisconsin j volunteers,? was
placed . in ,t3aatfederail prison ! here, to
day to remain for life, for ihe! murder
of Private J Thomas! Stafford; : of the
Thirteenth j?J?iited Sltates' infantry; in
Porto ; Rico,
La Duke averts he
shot!
Stafford m
self-defense-
You invite yaisapponunent when ou
experiment. DeWitt's Little! ' Early
Risers are fSeasant.'K easy, thoroijgh
little pills. ' i?rhe-y curei. I constltuation
and.siclc heasiacher Just: avsure as. jou
K-i:.-.iM- -a
Fatal FblnInn Af?MilliinM H
Vicksburg IMiss;, September; 3. "he
mill stones .01 tle Ntta yuma plaiia
tion burst 1th' a terrific I force ,C jis
morning, instatly Stilling four men id
injuring fouP-cthers two of them fafUl
ly. ; Three of he dead, ! Ralph "Holrns,
Jessie Gowan;Sa.nd Andrwes Chalk were
driven through, the Walls of the build
ing by the, fc"e! of the explosion., i
it
M'KINLEY.
The President Makes a
H
f.i
of Camp
TENjDER CONCERN F0RLTHE SICK
He
Goed fTh
rough all the Hospital Wards Wifh Kind Word for
if !:-''HXvj- .-!'- fi.r , -;!.;': .-yJv'lj-" : ; i:fe'M.w: ';(';)! : i fij! --.-l j
:ognize His lresence Alne He Vi&iga Dying. Soldier
Who
Recoj
-. -.V. : ' r -. - ,X ,: " .
Who . Had Expressed A Desire
thutic (Sreeting to General
Enter the; Contagious
to the
l-i !
iWashirigtoii September 3. The ap
pended biulletln was Issued byitht.' war
department todar, announcing! the. ad
ditional Regiments jo be- mustered out
of the servke. 1 Adjutant : General Cor
bin said fthatj, in a)lj probability,! few, If
any'-'pthri troops would be ordered re
lieved fj-om duty it "this time. The
bulletin 1 of 1 the" organizations to be
mustereq ou ; follows: ' - -I
First bnited States volunteer lnfan
try at Galveston, Tjejxas.
: Ninth I Maisachusetti infantrjv from
iMontaufC 'to iSouth Far'mingha,m j-Mass
i Battefiies
Bi t C. and
D, First Maine
faHiller, at
Augusta.
1 Companies!
A. B. C. i ind D., I Second
!Washin
i :
rtoni volunteer infantry, .Van
Couver
barracks. Washington
i Distri
pt' pf ! Columbia infantry, from
Montauk to: Armory,: Washington, D.C.
Firs
battalion of Nevada infantry.
at Carson City
Ninth
Nfw York
infantry from
Huntsvjille, Ala., to Troy, N. Y.-
Third! INflw York i infantry from"
Camp: Meade,! Middleton, to Troy, N, Y.
. Fourteenth: New York infantry, from
Huntsille, Ala., -to Troy, N. Y. i
gecorld New Jersey infantryi from
Jacksonville:,! Fla.; to Sea Girt, N, J.
v First! Massachusetts! heavy, artillerv.
from. If or t Pickering, '.Mass-toi South
Farminghanr, 'Mass
Second Virginia,! forty-six u officers,
1.239 ejilisted men, from Jacksonville,
Jb la., to Armory Richmond, , Va.
Second Texas infantry J forty-six of
ficers, 1,297 enlisted men, from Jacltson-
vjlle, Fla., to Houston ;Texas. i-jj j
t Fourteenth Minnesota f ortk-nine of
ficers, ;,266 enlisted menfrom- Knox
ville,, io Sti Paul, ', ! 1
twelfth Minnesota forty-nine
offi-
cers, 11259 enlisted
men, from Lexing
ton to'St. Paul
t First i North Carolina.
nrty. iofneers.
1,160; ejilisted : men,
to Raieigh.j '
: First) Loiiiisiana,
1,192 enlisted men,
to New Orleans.
from
Jacksonville
forty-five r. officers;
Lfrom : Jacksonville
.It In: connection with the orders mus
tering out lor the above named egi
mentsj it is significant of the govern
ment s intention toi retain many oc the
volunteer trooos in the servtco lhat
orders! werf ; issued transferring1 thir
teen rpgimpnis irom tneir stat? camps
to thei various camps of mobilissation
mrougnouw the cotintry. It is unkier-
stood jthat Lhe orders Were .issued ivith
a view to. he retention in the service,
perhaps until next spring' of the organ
izations namea in the orders. The
regiments, included
follows: ' I ' -
he orders aije ag
'Thirjd Georgia, frpm Griffinj to 'Jack
sonville
i:. : ': -.
J f FJfttenth!
Minnesota, from St;
Pau
to Camp AjTeade, ; Middleton,: pa
Fourth New. Jersey.
from ! Sea Girt
to Camn Meade." r I
'. Eighth irifaoitry Oregulars) irom Fort
Thomas,:, Washington, to
Kentucky. J .
Lexington,
. Fifth Massachusetts," f rem South
Farminghakn' to Camp Meade. "
Thirty-fif!th Michigan, . from Island
Haven to Camp Mead. - 1
. Third ..Mississippi from I Jackson,
Miss. to Lexingtort.t
'. , Two -Hundred aiid! Frst New York,
from Hempstead .t Camp Meade.' .
Third North Carolina from Fort Ma
con,! to Knoxville. t .1 1
Fourth Kentucky; frdm Lexington' to
jnoxvme. i t
Third i Alabama,!
.Ti)r1renvillo -i I
iffom Mobile ' to
r-y" it . ! i .v - vi:-:jM m i
T hitfd regiment United States elngi
neers from t Jefferson! barracksMcK Lex
ington, "j H U 1 '
Firsjt Territorial regiment, from Tuc
3on,, .rizort;a,i to. Lexington. . v i--! i .;
NO MORE IBLAGKl POWDER IN THE
.NAVY.
Prbpablyp
the
navy
has
foueht its
last wiar with black ! powder. Eids were
opened today at the, navy department
for supplying the newf warships with
1.000, 0(0 ponnrfs of smokelessl powder,
a quantity sufficient to supply at least
me seconidary batteries -. of all the
ships fin the service kno this supply
will : be aiugumented from time to
time until within. the course of a'year
or two all the black powder, Will have
been i?etirel, except, possibly- some, that
will bfe retained forlsaluting purposes.
Th.erej-.were; six bids received today at
the dpartimeSit and opened by Judge
Aclvoqate' Lemly In the' presence f
representatives of nbost of thei bidders,
jpremihejnt ii among them r beingr Mrs.
iMariaj Dittmar, head of the; powder
jconceifn bearing herjnameThe bids on
I an averagelare about the same as. the
navy
s, noisv paying Lf or Its powder and
slight
y bellow ther figure paid by the
army
iundear the emergency created by
the war.
1:
GENERAL; BROOKE
LEAVES FOR
SAN JtTAlM
Adjiitantl
' General
j
Corbin today re-
ceived , a cablegram 1 from " General
j. . J j s A ir Li, J ' : i
Brooke, ., announcing that he I would
leave Ponce today for San Juan, es
corted by ?roopH.. pt the Sixth caval
ry and Company F, or the Eighth in-tantri-.
; i It jis expected that he will make
his ihjeadqmarters for j the present at
Rio;Pedra$ about seven miles from
San: Juan. General i Brooke is accom
panied oRjheitrip, which he will make
over -land, by his full staff He will
be in
.constant telegraphic communlca-
! ' , i: V rps;i-;.-1 ' -k !',-'- - . mi'MW : ' j' '-- - A' ' -: :
f ilV i-v'..;. .-::; -.',:K.1v'iK ; tj I: Hs;:.. M- t" ':.: "Jf
V- x''-IfiMxH ---t i 1i--.'-U!:-- : ji !
IN
:CAMP.i
Thordi! U Inspection.
Wikoff J
fail:
fflfl-
t 4
ill
to Sec Ii:...Uis Synipa-
Shafter..litiAfrald to .
WTards--AtAddresj ' j 1 i
mm
Soldier.
1 ti' J-
tion! jvith rc3rJ
' s-
He experts -ttt arrive
in about flvvfl4"8
"T
OF
;.'j'tJNSIONS. , -
The anneaj'.rport of Hon. 11.
Kvans. cuiriPfiisBioner of rensio)n
was
says mat tn.?r rj is .not: oniy jFncrxa-(
ing in numWrd, but in value. L Tnq
amounts ptid out at the j Bevfral
agencies foriu; year - on account of
pensions umlrytbe general las w
er
J75.275,3S3,anu.o'n I account of wnsfons
under the .a-tftf June 27th, 1890. SG6.4
255,670. TheShmber of j pension lr
foreign curjes at thei close of thdr
fiscal, year? 4, 371, having iiicren sedi
309. The tot3? amount paid tn. pens
ers livlngTabiaut'd was t6C9,h2. I . f
onr
ii
r Pension. ct$xm pending June) 30, 't89Jf,
numbered egil. : The commissioner is,
confident tht. 'jhere' are not over 75,
000 of thes -invalids i and Iwldtws),
that j are gefijlinV original jclaims. fTh
others are Jrf-"'s where the claimants
are already; if&isioned. There! is rrjtich
complaint aKtgg penshjnf-rs,! says tho
'commissi6ni j&nd very just cause for;
such, by rea of uniformity of raiting
for the sat : 'or like dIsabiliUe!s of
different clal'iaHts. This complaint! has
always exist ji frtnd always win, under
our present yritem, and.) he
cannot be 1'nfedied without radical
change otiBpm. It is recommended ;
that the jf-yirients j of ? pensions be
made tcv'fhe of -some other suita
ble; person M the . case i of pensiofnera
who areiktl Jp. disipate! their money.
i lA special it,, fciion has been establish
ed to adjudi');t claims growing oUt-of
the Spanlsl'j'iin. These rwilll be :paldl
under the jfral laws. . T)nly about
one .hundreerf-'?lijns; of this class? have
been filed x ;to lhe close of the fiscal 4
year and. n, hjis been adjudicated.
TO ANTICIPATE REDEMPTION OF"
B'ON'DS.
u i t . t
TJie secret ry I of the .treasury has
Issued a caE'offering to redeem! the
balance of -thi bonds amounting to $14,j
004,560 issued; to the Pacific 1 raifroad
and ot this amount over $9,000,000 were
Issued to thaii Central I Pacific,- bver
$3,000,000 to Hhe Union Pacific jand bver
$1,50,0,000 to -the 'old .Western Pacific.
These bonds -will be redeemed an the
treasury ata rebate of one hal f ol one
per cent. ofhefr facet -:vaJue.at)any
j. i - n i e i . a. l m . ' a. . i .
time uurinif $ne imonin; oi eipxera oer.
This is on me iDasis or z per renti per
annum. TheflB'sbonds were to mature
January lst.i :jSj)9. : ;
GOLD PILING; UP IN .THE TEA-
.i i ; . ;1 ii ' I
j SURY.
h.T;he gold
the treasury is
steadily
climbing utfiajnd an.d 1 today afgain
ivi ac a, j;uu a. iuuu it3eiyeui.
$220,916,28?, j&l highest; in the history
bT j the - ese4 fund. United Siates
Treasurer aerts, speaking ofthej up-V
ward trend o.jth:e gpld in the treauryr
said that dutf tf iabout $40,000,000 yet1 to
be-paid Jn rsihe new rwar loan, lit Is
likely that $$.000,000 or $30,000,000 1 will
bejin gold. f?Vti would 'not be:at all
strange', her said, Vif before the
tide
turns our ? t(v& I gold w'ULi be considera- ,
,,My over $300,000.
! ! ZZJ: .
! i
! ; Truth ' Wears "Wte-11. i.i People
have
learned thtg, DeWitt's Little' I?arly
nisers are suable little, pills lor reg
ulating the towels, curing constipation
and sick b ftache. l They , don't gjripe.
it. k. lei me y;
ir, : ' :::-
-vpark
,! On th$
j-t'cjom men dat on
of
t)
Sweedish-N 'afwegian
council
King
Oscar ha3 tQmed the czar oflhis'ac
Veptance '6t Jtie
invitation ; to send
del-
esates tos.t.F 4?7npac. rnr feren-el I
: -a nospiumrun of two coaschets: ar- r
rived at "OlljPoint to "take-thej side;
Kentuckialki!!re back to their hiomes j
; The reB y ; t orthwest storm which, i
swept ach$$tbe Baltic sank' :a j Ger- i
man! torpetlctrbatand ; sever el r idam-
agedj the whuorle Germanorpedo flbrilla i
rive.oi stii ; torpedo boats btaxelj;
reacnea nar.j r I J s
jL ,i - i -j,-: .- .:; !:; : ,. -. s-
The Lnitef tates revenuei
Algenquin been seized on
:
cutter"
bjehatf
of J. Wadewho claims wages due
him as a!d iictive in Chinese smug
gling casea?.j-.M;:j: i ':u ' j : f :-:
The Royal i tl .Hubert rad Mbg
T bomL 'Ad'Bl Itctsu show h omi
' ttird f mti Jr Mnm mmy other trsstf.
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