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They were ; Doctor ; Gjffln,Uihf is in charge Of- th Stern htrg hj$ittal at Camp Thomas,. Chick , arhaugaj park, Ga., and Captain IJald-ridge-1.ai brigade commWfary of sub f sLHtenci at Camp Cuba i Libre, Jack 1 soh-viljj- Fila. Doth- contributed much J ;?informa(iolr. in regard I to the two t campsj (The commiiisioners .have prac- tit-ally elided to jjtart on the night of the 116th on a round' of thel.yarious -cmisj-ii They will go to Camp Meade or to-1 Javksonville fir&t. but are; not 'yft decilei which. 'All-the camps will ' bi visitt-il "in succession, .but the-un-- drstanding is t!?at the trip to CampWi koff will.n.Ht be."niade until some time inH . K"venibj.T4' Xcxjt weekj will be. given ' - largely ;!to the inspection of bflicial re ild to " -otller istalements. - which have bc-un furnished in reply, to letters from th'. cmmission.J I . ' 1 ' Major jit. Lmmet (Jifiln was ,'a bri gade suj-gejon at! Canip Thomas and told (ifl hfs jvisit to the' Second division hi5spUal-,n1 July 'last, when he said it vfas-oNejTrowded. In each tent ad under it Hies there wert; eight or nin-e men, when there! should have been but from fott-tv-to six. There was , a suffi ciency ok' f physicians and iMajor .Giffin was sur they jwere competent men. The majbrixy of I patients 'were, i suffer- - ing fronf 'typhoid ftiver' and i ivenerial ' disea.st's.41 about JO per cent, being of the latHer! class, lie thougrtit the : crowding of the hospital 1 was from Jack of isullk'lcnt tentagiv a fault- due- to . the surgeon in charge! . Dr. .Giffin i raadtt.hi Visit to the division .. him ! sfelf to f se i a man of his brigade who . had b'eei shot in the Jeg. lie" found him In, a tent with' typhoid fever pa tients and consequently had ,him re moved.! !?Th'e. division: hospital surgeons . were competent in j their" profession, some of ; j them being the most compe tent' in the United' States, but they ' were not linen of lexecutive ability. . .. None of i them was 'addicted to drink. . He considrd the wateri supply good. He ' thinks th I wells were poorly located. . They were too near the kitchens and : were tqojshallow. .Many of them were , only, seventy-five feet from the com pany kitchens and 'were open when. he arrived. : He then, had them moved ' farther! ibfick and gave j directions for , daily disinfection and 1 covering. By "this timehowever, the' regiments were all infectep, as he thought, by the flies, - going from the sinks to the. mess .;.Ubles.;4jjiL:i'-l.':',i . : Dr. Giffin1 was satisfied that the ty ". phoid fever had been brought in . by the troops,!:, the. first; j-case i ;coming . through ia Mississippi; regiment. ' The .; locatiron was a heakhful one, as he had '! made -.an i investigation jand found that previous to! the arrival of the troops there' had only been 6ne' case of ty--; , - phoid fever in the! vicinity for nine - years. There had j been about. 5,000 cases of typhoid) fev'erj in the camp. i ;Dr. Giflini had j no 'complaint of neg . lect or nefficiency to make against any. of the bureaus ot the ,war department and he had heard of only one com- plaint.' T9iere' were no! matches I for twenty-fpr hoTTTsr He thought -- that tfyei contrLCt surgeons ( should have btjen examined befor they wvere-- ap- ; pointed The doctor also expressed the opinionj tlrat the complaints of starva tion had arisen from the fact that it was necessary to 1 put convalscents : from typ.hold:-fever oira- sparse diet. . He ; thought many dedths had - been ; caused .by overfeeding af fer. convales- cqnts had returned ' to ,their homes. Orders were given, ' to his "knowledge, folrj promijt j measures looking .to the Suppression ; of the fever when.it broke out, but the orders had not been obey- , .ed. f; He Knew of more case's in .which J the, slnkSi iw-ere at least within twenty i -" relet of the I kitchen and in the cases i ofj he Fourteenth Minnesota arid Ninth Pennsylvania regiments the sinks were ! crjowded near fhe .kitchens, when there : was a quarter of a mile of open field ; back of them. He thought that it had Nvbeen a haistake to-locate t so many meji I together, as; were at ,' Camp Thomas. Requisition hadjbeen honored p'rompt- ly. i Hei jcrpt! everything he asked for. M ' ATgCAMPj CUBA LIBRE. - i ' CaptainJames :C. Baldridge, commis sary .of f iibsistence for the' First bri gade, geqjm'd division, fSeventh army - "corpse novj at. Cam p Cuba Libre,, Jack . so'nville, tupie thei .attention! of the, 'committed daring the , afternodn. He reached tbej camp oh I August 2nd and - made anl Jjrrmediate inspection of the . kitchens. : He ound some of them hot : well managed, as all of the army cooks - were ' not r experts, i He believed vthat for an ariny in' camp green coffee-was preferable! to the roasted, as.it vas stronger !2(nd fresher.! The meat 'he .. considered! good and it; was received -on! tlme.t except in one instance. Upon complaint-Eby the : Second New i Jersey regiment he investigated the,, meat .which, had, been rejected by it. Some Of !this meati was !fcAaten' by the brigade Officers and' .found to be - wholesome. The next, day the same regiment- re jected ,a consignment of t corn beef, but this a"so he found to bes -eatable. The men wrere rliberally-siipplied with . food and the !-location i of , the camp was -good, r stilt there has been an increase pt djaaseikw"jic"i;b.e attributed to tha I- -U AND CUBA LIBRE i i w Out the Camp Groundless Com i ''!., s Ii : ': ii '.! ;I ,-!. -If :- S . -i'i! I- t I .1; ' i; Cuba Libre Thi War Kecord . , .Our Small Casualties n ' : - i irvi-'.jt 4 . li Recent War General climate and to -the. assembling of a large body of men. j i) He also : thought decaying fruit j and ih-eij canteen .beer thad had ah inftlie-nce lin producing' dis !easeV ' . ; ' i ; if ij.-j i y JHJ : ! r ;, . : General Dodse ead ;a- letter to the witness forrri a member of the Second New Jersey, regiment $aylng some of the regiment; were dying of starvation and others ' were u comrJlietely broken down. Captain Baldridge' said ;therei had been a great! deal: of! complaint : from this regiment. Theyj received their full rations and! he j ! attributed ; their troubles partlaUytq ft,he fapt that they had an' inexperiept edl main las commis sary of subsistence Thelregimenthad also made a icemtractj "with ah Oritside baker, which give each Kjpaiiy only forty-one and ohe-haTf loiivesof bread l.r day. The 11 iritioft' Wuldhave given them tw 'ceas ; muclf. ' Captatn lialdridge said liq had nomplaint to make of the of1)cers' of this regiment, except that theW" w4re yiithout experi ence. J He instanced tri fact that when thp regiment! was orflered to Pablo Beach, with the-'excptjorvof Hwo cam- tV.A mnirt Inidy i tooK all trie rations, leaving1 -"nothin those left behind. . iM to eat for Captain Baldridgei sam that when she first went "to Jacksor.vilfe,'. the rota toeg were smallKd ..were 't good, but . afterward tne inuauij iiiu commissioners hfe-re adjourned'.. , our naval! (Casualties during ; x THi- wau.n m ; Seventeen sailors killed and eighty four casualties,1, atf told, was the total loss suffered by ithe United Statesnavy during the wad' The figures have just been compiled' ajt the navy department. In Dewey's gr-at fight :in Manila bay not a man was filled and every one of the nine men1 wjoundert was able and did return 'to! duty. ( trt the battle of July 3rd .off" :Sdntiago, one man 'was killed and there1 i were , eleven casual ties altogether. In that fight also ev-., ery one of the; wounded ; returned to duty. The loss suffered i in the attack upon the forts, 4t :the entrance to San tiago b,y the American fleet; June 22nd was one' sailer killed and eleven ! men wounded, of ,wbom, only seven I were able to return to duty. The heaviest loss of the navy! was at .Guantanamo. There .were twenty-two casualties : in that 100 hour fight and of the list ! six marines were, killed, ir Of lithe sixteen wounded, nine returned to duty, three were invalided ram - the 'service and four continue uinder; treatment. Next after Guantanamo, the battle with the forts' and gunboats i off j Cienfuegos caused the grreast number i of casual ties, the list aggregating .twelve, with one man killedJ ! Another; n an died subsequently fr(m . wounds, nine re turned to duty, and 'one continues un der treatment. j , !' j' ' More fatal in its i results, wras the fierce battle betjween the jtorpedo boat "Winslow and trie! revenue jcutter Hud son with the Spanish laiid' batteries and artillery forces fat Cardenas;. Qf the eight casualties, Lfive :"weri deaths, though three wounded men afterward returned to duy. ,' In I the bombard ment of San JuanJ? thelcasUalties num bered! eight; with) ione man killedJ One of the wounded, men. was Invalided home, while sixf returned to duty, j There were four other casualties oc curring in .as ; many i separate engage ments," and i tha,t J completes tbje list of naval i losses. Of fthe; sixty-seven J men wounded in the): war, fifty-four jwere. returned to duty, one died of ( wounds, six were invalided from th$ service and six continue; under treatment. Consid ering the results: obtained, this list is said to be the most; remarkable in the naval history of the) world.; I i; i LEE'S CORPS REORGANIZED. ' General Lee has been, ordered tb .re;-, organize the Seventh army corps ; now", under his command at! Jacksonville, so as. to make lit iconsist of two divisions of. two brigades each, i j H ; One 1 Minute , Cough ; Cure surprises people: by its quick! cures and ! children may take it in large quantities with out the least 'dangeri ..It has won for itself the best reputation of any prep aration used today i; for; colds, croup, tickling m the - throat; or obstinate conghs. - R, R. ; Bellamy. Receptions to Candidates In Tikw York - . t - .' 1 ii i ;: t . - I - ; . . ; i , - . .New! York, Oc.tober 8. An Jestimate".! of ..-the number, bf enthusia;sts and! well I" , - . . i I M: . , - j j- f .'', .1 ! -. wishers that thronged the streets lead ing to the Union' League Club and the club House itself tonight at he re ception tendered, to Colonel ; Theodore RooseVelt is .2O;0O0J" TVIhen thl colonel .was about to depart: shortly after 10 o'clock: the crowd ' began.- clamoring loudly for a speech! j He finally decided to' say something from Ithe front steps. A mighty rear! went :up i when he I ap peared ; and : Ws Introduced as ''The Governor." - Hi shortaddness I was tu multuously received."? 1 1 : democratic nominee for'goVernor of the the Manhattan: -club i tonight, as were Several 1 other candidates . bn i the state ticket .who w-ere present-is The occasion was made signlficenti nofi onlyi byl the presecene of a great crow'd, but by the presence of many.' gold democrats, prominent among them John G, Car- lisle. j the e pi sco pa 1 corxcni. i QtietloQ of Clioowln: a nuitop for or, f AbolUblns the IiMlouary IliveeMiofI WMerti " Xortb , Carolina JLntcnd . menu to tb ConUtatluo -i ; ! . - r "Washington, October 8. Various p4 tltions and resolutions werei included in the preliminary routine business which came up before the house of deputies; of the Episcopal cpuricil to- day. -Among the resolutions was one by Rev. Mr. Taylor, of Los Angeles,) expressing the .sense of deep gratitude . of; thi3 natl itlon at. the many manife iions ox i rnenaiy reeling shown by itain in the recent war, with Great Britai the Spaniards,! , and time v may arrive States "and the mother country .shall stand shoulder-to-shoulder to defend the liberty of mankind and the Chrisn ! tian civilization of the nation's of the eartn. , I- Delegate Stoutzenburg, of offered aTresolution Which was referred' to. the committee on canons, ; restor ing the office of evangelist to the Epis copal churb. ' . . j The bishops resolved t to consider I in ; addition to the election of.-.rriissionary .bishops, next week, the question: of: the election of a missionary -bishop .o vthe vacant jurisdiction of Ashevtle; N. Originally1 North Carolina wasdyided into two jdioceses.rbut the buildingof Biltmore at Asheville by Mr.!! VanderX i bilt, whoi is an Episcopalian, - led to ; the beliefj. that there would be an im mediate upgrowth of population in thiat section, w hich could notn be : thor oughly cared for by the original dio peise. Therefore the missionary jurfs i diction , of Asheville was ''established several years ago, but no bishop has ever been:consecrated. As a matter of fact the expected'growth.did no. ma-., terialize and there has never been felt the need of & bishop there. The whole question will be -gone over by the bish ops, and the vacancy may be filled, ; although there Js considerable1, belief: in! the house that the best thing to do! w ouldbej to i abolish the " jurisdicti6n and divrde-the state as before, i. ( j : ; i Then thef hott&e resumed consideration: of. the . amendments, to the constitu tion. Delegate Packard, of Maryland,, in.i the chair, the pending .-prorosition being the incorporation into thef con stitution pf the -canonical provisions requiring j the sanction of the stand- IMPORTANT EVENTS OF TH! DAY. The Indian Troubles in Minnesota: aft 4. Considered by J-' i -il !"!' j. ' - "i'5 lii.v !T . r 11 ; -ri . 'h J-1 ;3?v.fi .m i-.,l ' ' 'i 1 1- !lJ i Means Over: The Governor o Government Protection. The War Investigation Commission 1 1 famines Two 3lorei' -t' .1 ' r. . . f " ii" "l: ' i' -: I 1 - .1.-1 . I ' JS?-?- Witnesses, One Regarding Camp Thomai fand the Other as tol the Camp at jacksonville. ! Yi , ' , 1 i 32 i . ri.i''.;i .(-' V ..';: -Ii.. , -J - l ::.fj--'ffl t- ' -'!..'' ! I -J '!-f- ' 1 te. 2 o; With Troops From the West Indies. I ! j , . I; J The Losses in Our. Navy During'theReca4l War We In the Episcopal General Council the .Qutlationis-to be Decide? Whether There Shall be! Consecrated .aBishJ fotheIissionar ' Diocese of North Carolina nrt; 0! t i!4 w.i. ' -i'';ir-i:: riM Done i Away Withi X . r.. -i-:' !..';.. .. :-u V 1 fcach to Understand the Position; of the )ier and I They 'ar Widely Apart. '81 1H;! The American Tobacco Company Btiyi j ihe bacco Plant. Tliere are no New Developments in thefcCieorge-Saxton Mur-gj derfa -MA .V . : f. : I M 1 1 ' ;.!; - "i ? 'f . ' ; .' ..r1 '-.'- i ' - -j - !i5:,: ' ; , :. ' .. . ; ;i! ing committees of all, the dioceses to the election, of bishon. This nrnnnspd amen-ament,,ed to a long debate! dur- ing the session of the house on, Thurs- day, the Rev. Dr. Taylor, of Indiana, having moved to strike! it 'out. Dr. Tay-. lot's motion ; was lost by an oVer- whelming viva , voce vote. .: - ii 1 ! An amendment offered by Rev, Dr. Jewell, of Milwaukee,! was adopted changing the: phraseology' of the! sec-; the: provision ' for the consent .of ; the standing' committees of the dioceses to the ordination ! and consecration - of i bishops precede ! the provision ! jrequir ing such consent of the bishops, which makes the language conform ! to ithe canonical law. - A number -of; , other amendments 'svere proposed, ;'but all were rejected, and then Article i 2 of the , constitution; as reported; by : ; the committee, with the amendment adopt edfon motion j of Dr. Jewell, was- cari ried by an almost unanimous vote. This article relates entirely to the se-r lefction,; ordination and Jurisdiction of bishops. , ' j s-- ! I Article 3 of the new constitution was adopted i almost unanimously. ;It eli'm-j-inates . the provision; in the existing constitution which prohibits! bishops fan churches in foreign -lands from having ai seat in! the . house of bishops and making them ineligible to! a dio cesan office in the. United States. s I Fori the purpose of ' keeping . fully! alive the missionary interests 'it was determined by the: bishops, the depu ties concurring, that the country be divided into foifr districts or divisions, in each of w:hicn there shall bej held a missionary council every year in which the general triennial' convention does not meet, instead of one general mis sionary council in those; years. Its per sonnel is to be . made up of the bish ops in the district and the; clergy men, and three j members of the laity from each diocese. j " - The deputies and bishops' held i but one session each today, and then ad journed until; Monday. On Jthe' joint open meeting preliminary to Uhe sepa rate sessions today the prayer service .; ...' . i ; i i I i w . tor ramiiies in affliction was ! read a thought suggested by' the death of the i President's brother-in-law. y More trlan ; twenty million free sam-l pies of DviW'itts Witch Hazel Salve have been distributed by the i manu facturers. W?iat better proof of their confidence.' in i its merits do you) want? It cures, piles, burns, scalds, sores," in the shortest; space! pf time. , R. R, Sel- jtil-:j-J - Hi';. -! k- W i i I M ,nr. CeoirsHl Uellenl-Ilur of C 'anion. Hjlo October S.M, KDar- ber, ,th t7thsrr-in-Iaw- of Prvftldent Mc Kl nlej : recti ved a telgrara ffOm! Washingt! sei?j tonight stating, Bu -' o'clock -vOu'id .best suit th prudent holdIn ti funeral services, oY the remain3 . George D. SaxtonMrsJ -McKinlev1 brother, who X, as diW;- L Sgt as he was lapfloch- the tffo a friend. Accorheiy, ' it. , II. J i . untA fnk'tna; ifamllvl: anrt imm'mliif friendsv 4d;) will "occur at the, ljirber home whf r thle bodv was taker?' This ' is ithe oht axton, homestead, am.? was me wanviiVj" nome oi me Aictvinieys during tbj: pMsident"s career irVacon- I gress. Tlf SYashington ; messag also announce-5at the' president art his party w life rwcnv-aiiion uer Vims, jenn syivanla i-hH jat 10:25 o'clock Sriday 'nri4.ming;f;;,m.'r .n -ii U j Mrs. iAlchfeE. 'George, ' .the vman suspected' fiHng the fatal l.hlfs.r is ;in -jail,,1 tK formal charge "ofj fint de gree" n;un" made today not'Sjpmit--ting ' libe4under bond. She is sely confined sv far asrcommunicatio:.wilh friends ; is "irfqerned, i although ,iii i is "not restrieli in her consul tatlortf ivith -herxattorrMs. She seems toj bf om fortibly ivtibiish.ed and the 4?icers say that, t ether her jdppetite lifir her rest is dilfVrbd by the oonditiWys in which s&4 placed. She , is !cool- and collected jjiirt Mill 'maintains silen-e on every fe&t cbroiected with fhd IJrag edy or..wfi:tplierselfxwhile it was fcf ing enacted. tJJP act that her attrl-Ieys objected .t Issignment when sh.fAvas taken interne justice's court tod-,' in dicates thft a hay ' propose rto i alttaf 4 the affidavit p teqhni'cal. grounds, -iwfhey secured al'i adjournment!' of j thkt,ar- the crime 'As !commi:ted5J byl sf-6'rch ing all .arcuyd pe, sceneot tne eoot ingk the fieH .through which s is said to htVi Walk.ed last night' iand other placs:r-'in which she is to have' bnt but to no avail, i There i fjorae gossip that ;-'i:'i yW,4' ir i: .!' 'kl ii- M ' , J ;.. . 'j1, ":';;1; .jf'ji .J..! . ; K 1 thp-ight - i-m- i 5J "Vl TTX 2 lid the State ts 110 3Iore Federal 1 r I !l-.; 'ii- I. 1 t - re aevKUK . f ' ' . " If I A 1 1 1 .? ft ri 1 Whether TV iit Diocese-Shall Ih&l -v ;;i. -- 4.; Wk::: '-!. ;r.j . : -i-" u 1 . e . - -i'-.V; t R- a-.,1 -rtf ',.;. , ---k -M-m. Drummond Tot -r-:l: -. . ' i' :, niA rjM - --.1 - -t i .; - t- 1 i- il- 1- -. '..-.- i may have t:sc$l enticed to the lAltbpuse i residence tfk decoy ! letter. T'hiM is ?SlonZil ll at home tfi evening and that'jhe r did not expfc t be and, thereforjhe ! had no reat.o to call. 1! r-J , i j lEf i j M The : coroiS began taking testimony j this af trci and examined ihaEf i a dozen' or .ice I neighbors who :-Had . heard1 the shooting ,or, saw the jjad man. .! The? to$ily! development of ithe : l. . . . t I ' ! L. . . ' ry, Bederm,.n that he saw a womaix in black in feit. of the.fAlthouse Kome fire .severai" Ciofs at a man. After- 4he first ' shots ljif had walked away'lfnd then there iia.-jie ! from the man a f-fnt call; for hlt' Sbe turned abrUlyi. walked ba4ki i and i fired-. rpvpmI n.-?lrp shots and ,4thfen' i-ran away. He 6 Said -A. 11.11. IS Z i I " l "'.' S .-f withe people Were; button j ini recognized, Saxton's bay. 1 not. leu wxjy.jtne people were; Du:or aDproachinjJiFJ'ecoffnizedi Saxton's b?1v The most .if iortant witnesses wilK'iot 'be examinebintil next week. I ' ! 4 TeWItt's ?tch Hazel Salve hashe largest salelpj any salve in the wtfild. This fact at Ita merit has led dishon est' people fr-attempt to pounterfes it. .Look out f?tr"the man who attentats to deceive when you, call forpe Witt's WiUh Hazel Salve, the gysat pile 'cure. Rl Bellamy. i 3 r 'J -1 i J3. 'iW 1 l!rr,:Ll: :- !' ! m !: Xlie lreJ nt leaves, WashinstiSt Washingtr js ' October 1 8.' Presiast and ,Mrs. MiJinley left here over jhe Pennsylva'nr'aiirbad s t 7:30 o'cloctlto night for CUijjtori, wherp they will At tend the ftihrat of Mrs. MckinlsJ's brother, Gerge axton, who -was Ms assinated lstnifeht. With thorn vire Miss Helef .cKinley, Bowman; r-m Barber Mr. and, Mrs. abd 'her fjn. Mr. John Xarber. and Malor1 Wib Hayes. To; jiarty' travlid in the vatej" car i Cfl'wariia; which wasattas.)i ed to the ot the regular wesf-n express. -SrL I You Invitk' ilisappointment when bu experiment!, DeWitt's Little i Es-ly '.Risers are p?asant, easy, ; thorojfgh little pills. 2. Vhev 1 cure constituatfon and sick hltdache just as sure as fpu take, tbn-u ' Is. '. R. Bellamy. i . General fii' joltes Sanitary Hepoi : ' Washinglini October ! 8. 6en3al Brooke', in telf gram to' the warje partment t?'tight gave the .numberj of deaths im(j.s the American' tr6op at Porto Ricor th6. past 'four daysat seven. 'A V. raignmentu'iyif V) o clock Mndf. . i Officers -.i'ale been making specsJ, ef forts to ft. the weapon 1 with KUlieh J--. ns; T1TT C TIT A D 1HT AT CD Further ; Figliting WitVlie Hostile Indiank May Ocour iAR w I I I - i ;lfe?TT" By a Spkv TtfleKrati From the (joWitnor ot .Minnesota The Telegram .! Submitted litted to tlie' President and-Tfoor Ordered to the ;Vlace o ' i -i.-.N-'j .---i mf -v,i V i::l;??A -! x:v; :v n., i, m anger Oii Thousand 3tc?i c&sar' to " Completely ,; I ! 'i-ii.:.. tr-iJ f.IMi-.ilM.a.i-u- it ii Jt- Ii.-.i-w4f SS-fj ! tii i !:!ih' .:-.;;:: A H li . jHr .r nil rih:Hi Dange Subdue the Indians-4-Th General Bacon's Wit l th Walker,, Minn., Octqr S.At th In diani council held at reservation i demand was made by Uhei guvernrnenu t h ro ij gb Indian A geni u t h e r la n d !t h a J the men concerned in jtlie killing; of ! J . ' I -. I i . ' V 1- I I 'i : i diersj near Rear islandrbe givert' u p t-1 answer .the; charge! of Murder. bt. li'aui, Minn.. uctoer s. a, 4t er Minp.) i special - itfe'Tht ' say ; . j.'" r!:;:'':':tiiil- W msputf.i ... central iucoii recesju. States -Marshal O'Connor ;;, ,r ; ,!? .; ! i-l..-. h .B-if-ii'l from Unit ft: today a rr'- quest irt writing . to li& jve nis - entire force to 'the, Leech Laky reservation to J !' i ; S : reinforce Lieutenant lifimphrey i there A ?npftt-m.inv : Itedsi uir a i e Mgatherin around the lake and! ni troops will be in a better1-si:uatiiji at the aue 1 n i ; ny of to pursue those v ho tne cau-j the ; present f trouble1 . fit is a mistake i trouble is iver . ' H: ' Beaulieu. lithe Indian Hide to say or think tbat t or the; end in sight. who has all along take of the controversy, a iSits toda tf-? i l J that the Indians are fart tfMn pacification. Gan Ah. Mah Go Ship, mef of the Hear Islanders; told, me: las ight .that he feared the withdrawal jf General ia pjighting would con from the scene oS make it impossible to cbgtrol his young mtn.nHpo were responpioie ior tne trouble. r Tne Indians u3unk :,they (an. frlom -the "woods and- prevent them fr0h pursuing the Indians into therforestpj General Ra-. con Wjill keep his i heAilquartersj at Walker 'and Colonel Halrich will be; in direct fcommunication pah the forces; in the! field, ii Four IndidHs were turn-, ed ovr to Marshal O Qnnor 'at the agency- today, for Gus. IH. Beaulieu. Today the Indians at thie-jage'ney began a conference i among, the mselves - and 'will keep it up for threUldays. I Two;,hundred men of Jie Third' In fantry, -under comtnari" r of ; ;. Colonel Harbaij;h, went: aboarthe steamer3 Flora and Lelia D, with! a large barge in towfor the agency. The entire com mand will go into camps and await de velopments, j General Bacan has placed sixty men' of Company N.j. 1 -for guard duty irt town. i - j t General Bacon says tl'at wrhile! the Indian? retreated to Bea island ,after the fight, hetis not at al3patisfied that they have had ; enough.fi He says lit may take ' 1,000 men taliully subdue the savages. . jf? St. Paul. Minn., October 8. The fol lowing! telegram was sentlby Governor iiougni ioua,y: - ri . j i i; "H. C; Cprbin, Adjutant 4ineral,Wash ington D. C: , . , "No 'one claims that rtie "reinforce-, mentg were deeded at Wfflker- I have not been asked for 1 assistance from that quarter, though IV :3o not think that General Bapon .has-won the vic tory ihe. claims, j The; pfaple generally say the Indians claim they have'wbn. That 'is my, opinion.- Tgg people jail along, the Fosston brancVof ,fhe Great Nortljeirn .railroad I ar4 very . imuch alarmed " and jare asking rr assistance. The soldiers tare . hre an?J, are willing and ready to, go but ag,fou have re voked your order iof- yrterday, you can do! what' you like th.your so! diers.5, The state of j Mfnfcjsota will try and get along without' as Instance from the department in the fUre.- ! ! I n' " " i ? M. CLOUGIOGovernor." Washington, Octbberi. Upon ; r'e- ceipt iof Governor ;ciosh'fe message, General .Corbin visited t$a? White house and showed it to the prfeldent. An dr- der was sent to General Iacon,' direct. ing niiji . to : comer vtn Goveimor Cloughia-nd to station tissps alone the ,'bne of the railroad in ttfe vicinity, iof th.e recent .trouble in sitSi number as wia prevent any dangef o the. people and tp allay their alarms " j Minneapolis, Minn., October ' 8. A special to The Journalfrfrom; Walker says;) f;; :J'Pm :--r -''vi f fi -!'. '; :' There are now about .f&fl soldiers en camped at the agency, froops landed about' noon, butmet no opposi tion. The "Soldiers have ne into camp in a square overlooking .te Iake.which they : have named CamrlVilkinson. I A number of friedly Indiati came.in ca noes ! from Bear island f 3ms morning. They refuse to talk of th:e, hos tiles abd disclaim any; knowledge their where-r abouts. It is difficult t see how this matter - is any nearer a Solution- than, it was !a week-agb. All -the men but two for whom warrants are ' out . are still ajti large on Bearv liland i where dancing, continues. Thesfmen Marshal O'Connor is. determined jii have and the soldiers apparently raust get them for him.' '1 ' 1 jf1 ' i Batteries A and B. . Minnesota na tional guard; left this morfiing for Deeri river and Cass lake; via';guluth. They1 are in ; command-of nMaj E.i C. Lib bey, i One battery is frormihis city and one from St. Paul.,,! Thelare all that is-left of' the state militiathe infantry companies having :been::ll mustered into the volunteer servicsS- iThey are equippdd-with ! a Gatling and a field gun for for each battery aria each man : carried a sabre and revolver. The trip Washington, October S.vrThe follow ing dispatch has- bee.n reived at :the war depaCrtment: si I ' ! 1.Walker. MinnOctdber 7.-' "Adjutant "General, United States Armv: ;;;.' i r :..:i i! ;.; !'; H----- !M'; ':;! ; iVt ! "Replying to yours thJ date, report that I telegraphed you pjthe 5th, 6th and today, forwarding avails. I now report. U Accpropanied bj eighty paep, r. r.-i. : :-i :- fi f-;- :-'.yt-- r nr- tm- !! -:-m;! r v!"H.ri.; . j;,5-ri-,m 3 . . ft ; - ' I i;k '-mryhAr -U4' tr,. '-':r-'-r i1';'-- ffe " , fri'i-; 1 -,!:! ii r 'rvfi;M; mm ipmm m $ lrmm r m wl4tM i .f;' -I, Ir' ; '-l j 1 .- ' r : 1 :- f;ri.;-v -r- ' '-!'- ':' '- M l-;-'". rpitf : r slM uV - rU' z'vl 1 1- ji.f C: -i !! .' ?irf a:iinyi Timei WAKE UKiipIc Still A Alarmed.- t J i-i-?ft.-M;i ....in h I'" ! Report Ofi His Action 1 e naiaifcs. .'f.iih'e Third infantry, Unite! ; St4it jjiiajVhal, deputlt; and Indians,' a od , o ijutpn tlveifeth 1 to ; mainland nirtb , ot ?Uf3rt island', Ich Liikft. After ,ar-t-ftfsng leading Indian my cornnvtnd !?vag attacked by aforce'of Itoar-.ts-.u?j Indians. The fighting latft from jI'-. until dark, i the Indium bing iff';.in back and prcKutn;vbly I' ft 'the ';t.sfKtnd during the night of tht 5th." .t-Tilay. a few stray shot wVrtf nrid flif i-camp from surrounding Uind"r The marshal, Indian aMits anl -Jsoir-Vf the civilians 1-ft by ste.)irriboat ?-H begin nlnp ' of th -fig.ht.' My -tQtlea 'are; Killed. Cixtajn LWH .jjiM; Sergeant Butler. Prlvat, Zei--'P'ii''nsteiJ. ;iiwjp. j Sehwuln-itiK kcr 'i--Vo Tnilian polW-m.n,' and f-Jovcii ,tcd. The Indian pulM men ! con- ' .tf'alf! themselves at 1 the owning of 't)tv i5bt and cre shot by mistake by: ju ktjs in ihe light while trying to ts-. 'J vgtti a canoo. Cummfsxioner f, Ln-J 'tf$$ttalrB William A. Joncx. ittf o-. cj,v3.:,i ri' . ; J...;: ' : '5 ( Biynta- He illrhave a peuiat lf2fSltn the d.safreot.-d m- and en-Kiji- to induce thm to dijerHo 'fl" linJ submit to' the regular pro l-?;x:F law. Commistsjiin-r Jorn-- is frf''l hVt a talklwith the loaders' aV,Vn os.uranr,o , given (hat they 'Vf ' t-zut prou-rteti an.j rigiiMv treated ! K.ljing about a elation of h'o$tifl- 1 -tiii.u' - ';!: s 'U.-4'aUl, Minn.,.Oet..ber R.;Xeiffrty I frJi-lU'al tr.mj.s m ill ecatthred , aVh xtthe scene of disturbance near 1(1'I''ake withi" a tew hours, i ' , Starts; from the st-ene .of trmiblV ti:ct indicate conslderabb- ,un.tr-' :lltiL.i' !!''ifi:;iii'i H 4:- v ivik p , f rlndin is-authority for the stale- ' "JM?vhat. thVir los.s in the .fight i-of njhehday was sK killed ,and 'two ntnMy wounded. , j , j " r . to a4 a. -5 '. ' 3fO.VO.TIY FOIt I'D ItTO III t Tt "WtauU Anxloum to Secure It .(itdi'lcat Itapldly SeturlnK Poet i$r tii Iland I ' ,J'4jyrlht by Associated Press.) " titf uan. Island of Porto Rico, OctO- - f& TThe .lead,,nS Politicians of ithe' isRitgare very much concerned about " ''VH'", government of Porto Itico. Atl- Prolonged struggle they ' suc 3ust before the opening of the.. wVjilp' securing from , Spain tho-out- " yjjiiliemblance'of. a complete" auton-! oif regime! The result of the war, ,thir4nsfer of (Sovereignty to the Unit--ed ;ttes, acceptable as it was to! all' cUftfe' generally, of course upset the pUla )f many of the Reading natives wthjd ambitiously striven to rise to ,e;rtiflce.t;; 'iji 'ijl':- '.'..: j:f !").;' i ; 'h-J if-rfj, t M 1te'lcorresnondent' here of the a. sditttl Press had an interview witlv Ltf33unoz ...y Rivera the president of thfeJnUuiar government i under the 5au. toTrwstic regime,' in which he made KfttP-ty that the people of the 'island 1 JMijnot take kindly1 i to a system , 1th d.es troy ed' their individuality. f ut$ie American i forces occupied (the ; t'fBS'of Carolina and Canovanos ! i on P'sobqr 5th and i Caguas was 'taken pe-'4esion of by them .the following .; diriffj- ii; '. 1"U Ir , i. : r r -.! ., ' - --"rJ-' i fl lt-!'i ! -.'I ;rsald. that by October 10th San r (i5e Porto Rico, Rio Piedras and : TV b; f!a'ju ue int; on i y . places j re- tii; i&".k in ' possession of the Span- 1 : ! m; is believed that the American com- 1 m? t toilers are making a strong- effort " - -i ; L torif'g about the-completion of the tr; -.Bfti of the island to the. United Stfh esi apprehending that acts of JTio Iel s'Uay be committed by the lls-lar..enj-ji if the: formal ! delivery does notae place soon. -i j A Decree by Illanro IS-'nai-a, October 8. A decree of Cat- taif? General .Blanco, i dated October 5th h been publisjied.1 It provides, ' Fsi'spThat a full discharge be grant ed V ii'ery enlisted man who haa lb ?t to U and who desires to remain in -?i uba HI; 'foidly, For the transfer to the sec on$ierve of those, who, possessing tht'n4?essary i qualification, wish t to refUnln Cuba. . -1 I ;Of tUrdy, For jthe return to Spain iof thf&e i-ha may have previously tloat th Ltht to a return passage; ! ! , rmm: " - -r T t. RiH tke fugbect rde biig ponUf ?'M&ifn. Actual tests show it ooes ft .... , is Absoluts ly Pure $ 1 5 ' '1XWAI SAKtMA rOWtm CO., kEW VOMC' If "i f! urm4 i"--1 . .. Pr.;'-f3i;r ; .i ; !-"-Ui'-i!r-N r . r ";ia-i ! f: PR :S' S ! $m 1 :l!;?- i i ii:. ii ir m. i i H j. ' -;; W -m rl -fi i ;1? "i " .;; -f ti' i f : 4 . "''-mis nr .! ! 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 9, 1898, edition 1
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