North Carolina Newspapers

1IBH11. She Abandons the Cuban Debt i Contention. MAKES A HARD FIGHT i To Have oiirl CniiwlJioner Agree to AkHimie Iart)f j HiIIebt-ller Com. ftilfouWi Finally Agree for the'Cu-" ban, Porto Itiraii mdtSjfifii Section ToftlieVrotoc ol to br Ibodld In tbe Treaty, of fIea-e!h-Tlite Philippine ClaiiMC Nowlto be Taken up. I n - f. I r lit ' i - T f 1M .H'J M UM I HHI'I' 'ommi.uMuners -Haye: accepted the n?g- ati- .aw rlj IjfnitcMJj States om- ihiSsionl toward it he pnipo.sed ad up- Tiun by the United; ,Staus of th ban debt. - i . i lhc Aincriian I commissioners have ttrmly; but Icourteouisly, declined to as sume "for -.the Unitci! States the, entire or joint responsibility for "the Spanish linahcjaJ'conf i lions, j. . : ; i .. 'Senor -Monti-ro Rios, thp president of the Spanish cornrni -iMori and his icol leag'ue, iih fUithfiil insistence, .sougfit ahothj-r result; but they failed to attain it aijid have finally abandoned the effort arid have agreed that the 2uban; artiel. of the protocol shall, r -.7 . - i - - : I it L , . . " - without c-ondiltion's,! have) a place inithe ultimate' tie Lty uf peace. Though, through-the several jsessjons- the Span ish tummi.ssi6ners i 4havtr had before theit the irre ocable presentation ' of their American colleagues', it was' not until .Monday that! they became abso ;ed.! that ' the Americans lutely con v in -to accept- thej Cubai debt, meant ex-. j .fWtly what, they said. . 1 -r ? commissioners: had, as ai background to their, efforts, doqbts bf succeeding, 'their hope of SO; doing has been su keen and their eontentiori has been so vig orously p-roseimted that the final con tinuance of their inability I to win their point LVought .to the &p4niards- such a shuck and depression that, consistent ly -wUIk theses dispatches at the' time, there "were grave, doubts as to the con tinuance of the negotiations. - i In support of these statements is the fact that "Senor Monterc. iRios, . after Jlonday's session, and onj Tuesday last, would, have-resigned the! presidency iof, theSnanish commission had he not be-- lieved - that hjs doing - bo " may have grievously shaken, ! even if it ! had not -unseated Senor Sagasta's igovernment.: From this standpoint, if for. no other Veasonv Senorj ! MonterO' Itios retained his p.osi'tion, and; i at yesterday's ses sion, acting ' Under ; the -cionyietion ; ar rived at on Monday,! the iSpaniards an mounced that j they i would iforego" fur ther argument on the Cuban debt and agreed that, practically i in the terms and absolutely; in the spirit of the pro tocol, the artir-le about Cuba should go forward into Spain, agrees the ?!, final i treaty. Thus ho. relinquish sovereignty. over and claim to Cuba, - r terms or conditions. without ' eith ;.A11 differen es. i if . any I .existed, re !the selection prarding Porto Ric(! and ! of" theisland f.iL v.iaum iw ere aisu ai ranged by, a .. iThepession mutualii understanding-. I . 6f , the! joint commissionk- ers began today at 2 oclock p. nr. and ended at 4 o'cjloclc p. m lAVashington Octobe -The inti ! American ratio'i . conveyed by. i the commissioners :to. the bpanish commisi- sioncrs. ;Ht M nday's session .' of th peace onferehc in Paris, ! thai the po pit inn of the united States w 'h respect to Cuba and the Cuban debt could not be regarded tis subject to char.ge and that,, consequently, the American coiyh m-issioners aru ready to i proceed with the 'consideration.' of lother heads under? the protocol, the -Paris Udvices show -. had the derii , cess-ion as to k'd fffect. The one con- puniri a will lit- .ike will be to guara.itee-i for the United States that; life - and property Ghall b'e secure in Cuba. This; the United Stat-; -Willi rcstionsibjl'ty a??itne only until" such time as a sta ble1 govorn-me ht shall be formed and; operative in 'uba.. iThtH'ei will be no antcejon this score, perr'etual gua TTndue signi Icanrei has been jvttach- ed to the .dispatch of a -special ines- senger from Wash in1 rton -'jvesterday- to the president at. Philadelphia.. AlmvSt every 'da v a li jt,ng report has come by cable from Jutlge Day. president of. the American com Imiss-Joners, at Pariss tell- ing what has een accomplished, what the Spanish commissioners were seek- ing. and what th-e American commis sioners propose to do at the next meeting. The these reports president had gono over' very carefully in com- pany 'with, times '-.with Sejeretary Hay and: some- military i or naval -expeijts. if their acLvicel seemeid to i be 'necessary. Baking Powder J e from pure , cream of i tartar. Safeg uards; the food against alum Alum baking powders are the greatest menacers to nealth of the present day ' I- ROVAL BAKING POWOER CO., NEW VORK. Yesterday's report v was Very- long and toi have reduced tQ I cipher qtAe for the purpose, ui telegraphing1 it to Phil adelphia would have consumed niore time and beer? "Jess satisfactory n. re-" fcults than the services i of; aimessnger. As a lvftal stage ,has' been' reached it was thought .ajdvisabte not to delay till the president'? return j and! so i Assist ant Secretary C rid It's, confidential clerk jwas sent to! Philadelphia with the daily report. ! 1 , 1 , It is expected that s the. commission ers wll xiow-take up the subject of the Philippines. ' fThe , 'American . ci)imis sioners have divert this subject ;much attention, but .so far it has never ap- peare? before! Xhy' Joint cirnmipion, effort f made by the Spaniards et the A-ery beginning of the sessions tohave the united states i a Danaon i ianua. a precedent to further negotiations on the subject of -th'f Philippine$. The American commissioners!, among othT irr things, nave oeen looKing into me ''subject of the; Philippine debt, about which there is much, ignorance at this end of the line; It is urtijikely thit the same rule will; be applied to that debt as ! wis insisted! upon relative toMhe Cuban; debt, ijn :otherj words, if the United States annexes, the Philippines, which! now seems to be the logical out come of the situation,: it might b rea sonably contended' ! that at r least so mucri jof !the debt as represented mon eys expended I for the Improvement of the island should pass to the I United States with the title.; The situation is regarded : as materially! different I from that in ,Cuba, 'whefe the United States gains nothing substantial, for, with the annexation of the Philippines we should: .in r-nuire a. territory almost, as large as the Iiritis"h Isles with a teem- t !! - " . . 'Mi. .i, ji;i;;.-.t it.- a.u. o ruin -nr.it ' ing population qi muie uidii o,uuuw-v reople. It will1 be 'for the Amejrican commissioners "tP rrange the dptails of the transfer-f)f the Philippines to the'pnited States, as -it is expressly stipulated in ,the peace ,protoooll that the disposition Iof the Phil ippines I shall be af ranged by? the ; peaces commission ers so that there, jis ample Avarrant, unlike the cas of Cuba, ' for full cis- cussioin lof all ; questions of the; Philip pine dbt municipal iand insular; Overcome evil with good. Overcome your cough's- and cojlds with' One Min ute ,C0ugh Cure. It Jis so good children cry for ; it. It cures croup, bronchitis, pneu'rnonia, grippe- and all throat and lung diseases. 1 R. R Bellamy. 1 ' 1 Tlie Captrttii Alone BoicueJ k Rochester, ?sT; -Y., ' October 27. A special! to The 1 -Herald from Sodus Says: Three master schooner, St. peter, of St.! rVincent? sank this noon about five miles northwest; of Sodus, on Lake Ontario, with all on board save pap tain John1 Griffin, who was rescued in an unconcsious condition, j J Word was sent to -Charlotte that the distressed vessel had. -been sighted near Pultneyville and thejttig:, Proctor, start ed with the life saving ' crew. When within a mile of lithe SU Peter the crew of the Proctor; were .horrified to see the distressed 'ship) sink. In! ten minutes the tug was; ; cruising 1 about the spot where j she. ;went down.' Cap tain Griffin was, picked 1 up in ani un conscious condition, hi; After spending half' an hour Hooking for otber i niem bers Of - the ill-fated crew the tug started-for Sodus. ; The captain is jstill unconscious, but will , recover. 'The wife of the" captain was also lost. . Constipation prevents the body from ridding: itself of waste matter. De Witt's Little. Early;! Risers will remove the trouble and cure i Sick Headache, Billiousness, Inactive jLiver and clear the" complexion .SmalS, sugar coated, don't gripe or cause' nausea, R. R. Bel- lamy.; i '. , w-. iii i- . I if i i I A Desperate Battle jwl tit; Indians Baker City, 'Oregon,' October 27 ' ! i I ' " ! '! "S ' !i ' . ; - I: . I special from Canyon, City, states that a young; man 'who was. a member of the sheriff's possei has i just returned to Canyon, City I with; ; the report , of a i '. !! I!) .i' J '; - :' i 1- : - ' ' ! 1 . desperate fight which, occurred between the whites and a renegade band of In dians.'! i The nineteen white men1 and five buck warriors j were about forty feet apart' when the: battle began. George i Cuttings, 'son of David Cut- I tings, received a ball in the Lief t; arm, the missile passing! through his lungs One of the Indians,- who "was shotland killed; fought with desperate courage. After being repeatedly shot he con tinued ,fighting ith his1 rifle until it was empty, then fired his revolver, un til the muzzle dropped, so low thatj the bullets ; struck i the ground ! nearj the dying .redskin's Iside. George ; Cuttings, after- he received a' wound; started in company with M; Mosier if6'r Izee, near the scene of the trouble; : iThe wounded man became so weak that he was left nearthe trail 1 Propped up, against a Mree. rWhen a searching paftiy went to look for Cuttings they found, his dead body near a spring where he. had crawl ed. The posse continued pursuit ' and after a; rimning battle killed alll five Indians, i . Settlers have : sent' to Canyon ; Cityo for more ammunition, stating that the 'Indians are gathering around Izee in large numbers !!i:; i. .'!'..,!"' I t r r l c J. The, trouble; arose over .the Indians i aPHicino' th0 wi,itM nf WMifnff icooc 1 ses , ; r; j :A cough is nqt like a feter.' It does , not have torun a certain course. Cure j it quickly and effectually i with One Minute Cough j Cure; the best remedy for all I ages and for the most severe cases. "Wei recommend1 it because it's good. : R, R. Bellamy. ' ' , , A Case of Yellow Ferer In yeiv York New1 York, October 27- Colonel i-:-")-1 .;-j.; ii Ki j:ji';:--r ..V'i .',i. j George E. Waring Jr. fonnerly street commissioner of New orkj is sick at his home in this.; city with vellow fever, contracted in Ha-anaJ 1 Commis sioner Wm. J. Jenkins of 'the he 1th ! department, made an official statement returned from PT, n Uv,o "Wo f tr, steamer Yucatan two days ago,, - : T r ';f;. f-r . . r. l."V f r f U-i V' s i A GAGE OP BATTLE 4 Thrown J)ovm to the Democrats bt Wilming ton by, Governor Rissell. h i THE PRINCIPLE OF RULE OR RUIN Clearly Enunciated by the Reader of the Xegro PartyThe Present State of Affairs and Prospect of llorribl Results, of" Political Antagonism Cannot Deter Him From Determined Effort ' i 'i - '( l!-p:-.'r" .-'.-": .j -'!. i '''"-. i-"' :'T-.'.- -( ' F i '".'"'.' i to Over-Ride tbe Jlenof His Ow'i Color jwith His :. i;: "f! '-y . ' .'v "i - p -rp:''i:i,I';. .-'!:!" ,'"" .' )- I'- ' ,. , Black Cohorts-i-Correspondence with the j ,i " Governor Over this Question. 1 Washington, October 27. Colonel Jas.;;; E4 Boyd, assistant attorney gen eral, has returned to Washington from North Carolina,! He will be here a "' .'.! '- i ' ' " j; '!'! ' ''J I".-- .' 1 I: " ":' : :." "' '-' ' Vi-SK I . it ' f' "'-"'.! ' ..-'.:f .'"' "' short time and return tg take part in -the red hot political campaign in pro gress, He will make a number of speeches.! He describes the . fight as af . ; desperate one. , - J ' 'J ''(." I:' i : ' -' 'f'l! ' '- ;i V-:- 1 v . . -.- .'--ffif ;-' iV;-'. - . ! . ' ' 't'- I The situation in North Carolina grows more. dangerous every day. ' The ; f " I ' . i I - if - "ii'-c5 - i ' j : r- :j .'-.? .. : ' following correspondence between a number of fVplmington business men and .Governor Russell is made public nous the outlook is: "lon. D. L. RusseU, Raleigh, N. C: "Dear Sir: We have. been deeply very excited state of our inhabitants, in view of l ihe ! approaching '- eledtion wjhich .threatens to provoke a war between the White andj the black races. I-'- l : . i I :i '. I " - " '' - M . ! ; '- ' '- f v- - ' r ' j" ' - t -'. ,: T- " '--- . ' ., "We have frequently observed during political campaigns in. the past a " -' i ' v . ' '! '''! ' - - ' '' : ' ; -! i -is , .si . ' ' : " . r ' . ! 1 degree of hostility which, at times, appeared to threaten the public peace; but wthich passed off when wiser counsel prevailed; but the present state of excitement is apparently really beyond bounds, anf we declare to you our conviction that we are on the brink of a revolution, which can only be avert ed by the suppression of a republicanticket: - " j . ! i i "The white people and taxpayers; generally protest . that they have' been driven to desperation, and we have no hesitation in) saying that even the usual indiscretion of political partisans on th&t next' election day will pre cipitate a conflict; which may cost hundreds, and perhaps thousands, pf lives, and the partial or entire destruction of the city. ' ' ; j J'- :'i :i r i- - - ' ''- I Vv - ; .'" i. I .:' "3.: ij i'" S 'I l: -. "' - .1 ,.- "ji" : -J .r' .We, therefore, on behalf of ;the conservativeiDttsiilesg firms in Wilming4 ton: deeply interested in the peace and welfare ofCur p community- entreat you, as the representative of the republican party tie'te to meet the emergency' and ayert a calamity; by ' the means which we havefitttiicated, or by some other personal or political sacrifice, which would be gratefully recognized land ap proved by our conservative-and patriotic ! people who look to you in 'this' extremity. ; . ' f "Respectfully, Governor Russell's reply was as ; i , i "Gentleman: The substance of yourj of New j Hanover county must be supppressed;. that is," that the republican voters of that, county shall not vote the ticket of their party. That if jthey do so, there will i be revolution conflict which may "cost hundreds andi 'ner haps thousands of lives and the partial or utter destruction of thecity. 1 "Who constitute,) who are the men on! this republican ticket? Therepubli- . ; 1' ':. ; ! ; " . ' ' . J i '" r . - 'il I :'" i : - : ' I ' . v ' v 1 i van convention or Jew Hanover county propose to nominate a. ticket that; will be. composeldr with! one exception, of white men.; jThat exception is the. register Of ded4 ajcolored manlwho has held that office for two years, who, I am inform, land believe istcomDe- .1 I I: '!m : .;' '!!'. -r;t . :i. '..' j ' -.f' fi ":-.". ' ' !' " tent anI has made a reasonably good officer and' aS to whom I have heard no complaint as to. his official eonduct. The; republieaiis propose, as I ain in- formed, to vote for the following, members of the5 lislathre: For thej sen4 i ate, 13. t . Keith, foy the house D. L. i l avv, wju. at! mtse men : jut., iveitn is a repsitaoie merchant of your I city. He was votedxfor by perhaps 90 ,ty in the lastj elections an elector on the presidential;! ticket, and was 4lect j ed by the people of NorthCarolina by a majority ofsome!2O,Q0Q. j x "Captain R. B. Davis, has been for many .yea?s a leading man of North j Carolina. He has been one of eleaders f of ! the , democratic party in the ; state. He has "been elected by their vote's and' hag' served as one of their t. most important men! in the state legs - tion and c.ultureian an orator of distinction.' He ?was also an elector for !' - " i. . N ' I the state at large in the last presidentiai'Wection," Und !was elected by the whole people of the M "Mr. D. L. Gore, state by some 20,000 majority" is a man of large connections. AsI understand it he has I democratic party-until the election of 1806; when voted for McKinley. . "AU of ithes men are North Carolinians, as Tvll'jteonnected, as icapabl i and as closely associated with the business, social ndiJniaterial interests ojf the state as any; three men -who could befound in, f-our communityj III ; "I am inforpiedj that republicans 6f New Hahdver i are willing to adoprf such a ticket for county' commissioners as will give lhe highesssurahce of protection of property-rights and ministratioa. You say the republican , ticket must t.. ! ' ' . . . i .... i preis tne repuDiican tiCKet, wnich -WUl . ... TT! iU ,'. cyv xiduuver iue unviiese ui exercising tneiK 'constitutional neht to ; vote. for. members df the legislature and' county I officers, but also, would Mptiv h.m their firK n irr-marr. Jl :J-,aJ- L..- ' . " : , " . - state omcers as are to be voted for in ! deprived, not only of their rights under , secured to them under the United! States'; constitution as 'well. IT CANNOT t "fild,' could not, with all the civil and : back, force neerrt tiiIa W&tioa- cannot be. And those who j iwill reap only the' harvest of dismay ."Even General Grant,; who had conquered the iconfederate armies in the for the first time, and explains how se- J ,1 r "Wilmington," N. C October -24, 1898. . . ,.;?, ,,7 concerned dfiring the past week by the ;' "ALEX SPJRUNTife SON "JOHN WILDER I ATKINSON, "J. H. SLQANJ i ( ! "WILLIAM; GILCHRIST, "CORBETT& jGORE." A follows:' f letter is? that the republican ticket i have not nominated a ticket. They W 'hi Gore, and R.i B." Davis. ner cent oflhfe democrats of vnnr rmm. lature. He i& al gentleman of educa-. property anil of extensive i business generally- cted. politically with the) of honest atitl economical .county ad- I i. ! S be suppressed. Do you mean to sup- . i I' . L- ."'.'(-. i i" pi !;'.'i !! .. be inot1, oniv lO dehv the reoublicans . . .;!' I. : . . J io ts.u,u iuu6c iuu &ui;u this eleetiofi? .They would thus be the state Constitution, but of those . - ."Very truly yours, D. Li RUSSELL, Governor.?' BE DONEJ i i, i.. . T i military powgr tits of the country at his A ' engage in such a desperate enterprise and ruin."' J;'v. , I '-", A SECIIET CONFEIHtrK Oq ItuMll Lmwjrer Vosftrday lieord llrraklns Day forth Fair J ; '; r ' .Mi "J ; " -:i; J (Special to The Mes5ey&r.) Ralegh, N. C., October in- qufty made tonight as to thjresult of the conference of Governot& Russell's attdrneys today met with nd esponse. ! i p.e atenaance at tne rair ;tday was 17,0p0 a record breaker. Npsfair was eyei enjoyed so much. . V ! ! ' ' Tie races were the feature; 7 First race won in' 3 straight heats J hj Maggie Caroll, owned by Walton. ISejcond ' race won in 3 straight 'heats by Olenco owned by B. -NMlIughes, Rbiahd S being Second. fes- Third race won in 2 strait heats by ClassieiB,' owned by A.! K,'Quarle, Vermont ,. Brad fordbeing seefnd.i j A MAKVEL IX JEl.E7tllITV TfainWi' Tenia's New Invention for toe mission ofl'ow'frili 1 I j ' : . '. 1 - ' - '-i, i -: h" a; t,ne electrician, describes kxt today's issue of the Electrical Reviewi a possi- i: i; '! ' . F .;' .:..('..:. ' '4Hv i' -;'!!. ' biuty in i electric power trahsmission. His linventions for: transmitting eiv- trcip" at high pressure pverbng dis tances have been successful! applied ihany 1 natural sources '"power. Probably the .most important pf these pjauts lu nue uuueu ouiies Hi au im- '. I. S : l1'..:--, .. . . . '..ii'-': - Si". il . T ii. agara Falls,, costing ovr $6,000 to install, which supplies electricity to manv large factories and supplies elec tric- power for running the trolley! lines of thje city, of Buffalo, twenty-? x miles uistant. . ii-; y . The announcement is now blade "that byl elnploying apparatus whitSi i he has inyeted, capable of 'generating lelectri- cai piressures vastly in-excei or any heretofore used, located at&matural sources, of power, the. curren'Jvcaa be cohducted to a terminal at anHeviition wherfe the rarified atmosphere! $s capa ble or conducting; freely the;pticular . u .. i i' i . ' . i i L .' if 1 I ! . ' --. .J- current prouucea; men, at : ajaisiaoi. pojnti where the energy, is to 'be used comrAerciaily, to maintain second terminal at about the same;?jBlevatiO'i to jatiract and receive the current and to convey it to the earth thrbUgh spe cial means for, transforming ijftid util- f With the article-an illustration is presented showing streams olfa Electric ity issuing from a single -terminal; .giv ing ap. estimated electrical psrsure of two -and a half million volts. , The Electrical Review comments; on -Mr. Tefelas novel and startlingjiideas as follows: 7 i "';-. .; '.i-:.7;j. t'f hT'lt' j 'jTesla now proposes to Jansmit, without the use of any wirea(,tb rough the- natural media the; earthnd the aiij reat amounts of , powp t dis tanjees of thousands of miles. ais will appear a. dream a tale from !e f Ara bian Nights.' But the! extn&rdinary. discoveries Tesla has made during :a 1 I :' 'j-'!' . '' jJii.'Ji;f-i v.:. ' numDer.oi' years oi meessauij;; mwi,. whcli are. authoritatively: described in out present issue make 'it evident that his work in this - field has iissed a stake of laboratory experimehvl; and i is. ready! for a practical test on afi indus trial scale. The success of J efforts means that power from such-screes as Niagra will become available in any' part or me j wrorju, regaiuie-uii uid, tnWfP.'' : 7 : i 77-'C ; 7, tarice I Mi 1 lat te to bed and early to 10?e,i pre 4 pares a man for his home in the skies Bu!t earl v to. bed and a-Little Ear Jy Rier' the pill that makes longer ana better ana wiser, it. iw. ffiiiamy I..,': r; - . I5fi; j ' Klthener'M Ileception In ltundon j tl ' !' ilL.M! i; 1 .ondon,' October 27 GenerjKitche F ' 13 I . t I-:' .-dT,rtM I II'" . l ! hei 'arrived, here this af tern3fta-! and wak greeted -by the commandein-chief Vit thi British forces. General i Lord w.lipslpv-. ! and o'ther hierh military of ciajs liThe grenadiers formed I k guard of jhoaor.4at the railroad station 1 1 and Geherkl Kitchener received ayi Jovation frotm khe enormous throngs mi. people assembled to. welcome h,im llalpk from Egi-pt: The scene, of enthuaam; was almost unprecedented. The Dwds at thej Victoria station were so $ejse that the! police L were unable to : iwith thdm7!! ;:i'i :f ;; r ': m;';7 --. ';M;'!'-' As tnei sirdar issued from ifji Royal wajtink room, expecting to stTnto his J carriage he found himself txfrnted witfh an impenetrable mass .-'.peering, eesfeicAlatirig'.'. . and shoutingsfilTBraw. Herbeh!"."God Bless You, Jff Boy!" "Cheers for the avenger of Jjfordon," and kkndred cries. His fac beamed wi'tti pleasure - at the- popularreeting.. "VVljen he attempted to makhis i way thrbugh the crowd his hat w ! ''flaah ed in,' i and the! police had to sfcAvei him fort iblj from the attentions ty. the en thufeiafitic guards who endeavoured' to carry ihim'on their "shouldersthrough the! thfong. All attempts to-Bar tne 1"-WT i"!1- -iUv. ,.)T M forled to retire and was nnasw smog l-srlee out of the station throukB a' die l ' 1' i tank cpmer of the building. mm When you ask for DeWittj Witch HakelSalv,e don't accept 'a ij.tounter iei or imitation. There are rrwe cases of iPiles being cured by this4han all othbrsi combined. R. R. Bellamy, i mm;. Xne Cnarletn Dlrycle Itre C larleston, S., COctober 27,-The ra cin;r at the new bicycle park jas con tinued J today. jThe onemllei mateur event bp. the card was won b FJ M. MO gaL in 3:11. D. A. K'raiffer! cap- turfed he . two mile; handicap.1 &t)i "H'hich I Va!lth4ur was a scratch; in 5:iti. iThe "fieia.was a large one. The'je jnile amateur -handicap 'was won !btJ Sulli- vari sqratch in 2:33U- The fot'ith rafee wai nit concluded. Kramer iawd Wal thoiir both taking a heat eaelTomor- j r- row starDUCK win try to maKe-aju irac. record If or the hew track. - ' .', f IB WiE rl:l A'Aod Dav's Work by tl -S War Commission. 1 NUMBER OF WITNESSES Trmti t Nleror the ContmlMltn urn to llojt ItJil Arrominodatlont and It Uoi ,HTTrl tlte Xrooi Soldlroi Of ; lorfc. Hintlaso Supplied Will Foot But'7vTlme to i:t-llopltl Wltli- , out; latfns: Appliance A IVrwllar C'a: nnd In a Hospital ,:-iJ 'liiii ille. Ala.. October Zi:rTam' war t' ' stigating commission tegan lis Avorkf 3ay with Captain Augur, yrba' waa-'jhe Quartermaaitf-r's department at Tf ConheEtand. -He said -foe a tin khe department was swamped 1 -there?1 fd- attributed the congestion to fnriv n culler, an vmu 1v'i f S M I - . .....111 AAIT I surg who has hadicnargi ambui lice corps at' Tampa, said there i wa T-hdiortage of ambulances thtTfc , and . i,t he camp" endltlonti wore, h.nl si Colt ruff'- of ty-ninth; New t -k, said his command had net er tat & ' commissaryj suppliw. it thai t was some ddlay-ln f urnisti-; ingUStermaster stotes. Thj sick; had t h well cared for, and ( while he j had V id some criticism in', tho Nf York-'Uvspapers he , had heard none fromjtft men, Ilethqught mt ot i the si itoss -originated n the sampy camp." Tampa. 'There they had dig on; ix inches for water and there, were fAent floors. He said there ha I been' cTeen deatbs in the regiment. J . CaprS Charles V. rarkhurstriof the Secsnl 'tillery. detailed the participa tion 'd, tPe artillery in the siege at San3 There were times when bla men5 'ernot have time to eat.i but there no time when they did not hnv-P i -nd. There was m.ij Ue'wai wounds forage" the horses. . . it,- . i m . . t Pd tvN? ss;on July 2nd. and ma.wouuua . i I ... I J .-'-. ' ...1 n foiv minutes af were seu w uuiu - ,-t . , ter tht were received. ' " 1 j TTit: -lieutenant Conklin, or tne aeu- ond Hiery, who was in the Santiaco , campl mfl &aid the only material de-j flcit ' 4he supplies was in thej pow- h der; w -fth he thought should have beeix smokt, . we saiu mu. Cuba" e guns and horses were sep arated -fput he understood that this couldt'tt have been avoided. He was the ol I member of his battery, officer . or mf-'f.who had not been, sick as a result li: the Cuban campaign, but be did ri lkhink the sickness could have ' been I - ' jvented. . I 1 ', MaK Lebol' in command ,0f the Sixths tvalry, complained of the difll- cuity. i securing lumper, inewuuu. horsf --es and stoves in tne ! camp here? poorly new.'' suffiC thatr the suite .Ca 2Iestated the tenta were oj. Serial and leaked even when. ' "3? also said there had not been 1 medical supplies in Cuba and, -f transport Gate City, in which. jnand came north, was poorly it the purpose. ' , f I lin Stretch, of the Tenth In- fantfv-.ave in aeiau-i f .- fisrhtr f H said there -was no time, when J " tnen had nothing o eat, but he dichot remember having 1 drawn a full rg;"bn while in Cuba. He said the ickVi 'ihe command were fed at Mon-j tauk f ter than they (had ever been befor" h their lives f - I Th18. immission devoted the after--noon I: 4 an inspection of the military camHt this place. The commisslao wasc' Sded into four parties for this, nurrfri f and even then the task wa not aj 'pmplished until the day was well -g )e. It is a large camp and the insp jn, was very' thorough., The camp' s found in' good order through out. !r4emen generally were putting thinitf ih order, as' though they ex pectV stay all winter. There were com pU fits of poor tents. A Portion 6f the ;?Tvt Florida infantry, which id cam?:tiere, was clamoring for Btove and rntrclothing. I A .large majority of th'jen at j this (point are regulars who'ii trcipated in the Cuban ' cam paign . li id their, camps 'generally were as el 7 as well-kept homes. 1 ' - 1 Thi 4 "Ifth cavalry: which has been ordej V Vtfo Porto Ulco, gave an .lnter estini A till which the visitors enjoyed veryt ih. IT- Conner and Governor Bea v,- ho visited the; general j hos--nitai; Mnd a very interesting patient there,' hi man' in whom life had been kept I limine past three weeks by keep ing 1. .immersed n water heated to 9 de ?'a. The man's! leg had' been ampu-i&d'at the hip joint because of the sVeJl Ag ot) the femoral artery. Th vTinmission : held a session - at , nigh after examining a wlt- nesstS'ilt for Chattanooga at IX o'cloc T STorriorrrow jv.m be devoted to an M 4Vtion of the site of Camp Thon. sJat Chickamauga park. 1 1 Thu bcipal witness I at the rilgtrt sessif i tfas Dr.,Cha. Ie. who was fxer-vt. v oincer ai i ueicu -": pital? vt Tontauk Foint He sa',d tne hop Sl'vas crowded: that on occa sion $&n large numbers of new men werei Vived it was necessary to fe- mov4 frin from their beds and put them inithe floor in' order tomake room f Wthem all- .He ,sald there was A. t.-.Mcv of medical supplies and he; I didihilUilnk their, treatment was such near y York city.; ' ! ! ' I TY?t jihi?ecting cornmlss'Dners "wbw i'Hihf general hospital here'todajs fcunahtne institution .without stoves. They? the matter In; band and by night 'i depot quartermaster had ciiredl ity,with the rfromlse that thex ehour "ib put up totiiorrowt ' 1 1 A ii f -i iPi 7.777 mm--. '7:i -fti": -f 1 i i ? 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