Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-11-05


dispatch from Washington saying That
cable udvlces from Santiago ann""!c3
the probable loss of the Panama once a
United States tran sport, off Cape Mayti.
Tie Panama sailed from Santiago on
Tuesday. having on board 80 odd pas
SenSers. thu greater number of whom
were soldiers. There were u few civil
ianS aboard. including Congressman
Da!zell of Pennsylvania.
The vessel is said TO have been off
Cape Maysi yesterday, and it was ex-
pect ed that she would reach New York
city ON Saturday. The news of the prob
able loss of the vessel. according to the
information received here. was brought
to Santiago By il fishing schooner.
The schooner left Santiago a week
ago, and while cruising along the coast
early yesterday morning the captain
sighted wlerkage.
There were chairs and trunks. AT
first it was impossible to make out from
what craft the debris had come. After
IL close inspection several pieces of
Joiner work and some life prrseiverS
were seen, each one hearing the name of
the transport Panama.
Believing that possibly all those on
the vessel might have been lost. The cap
tain put on all sail and hea,ied back t.
port
One of the passengers n the Panama
was Congressman DalZe!l of Pennsyl-
varia. H.. Went to Cuba in the ;nteres
Of the Pennsylvania railroad company,
and had completed his labors and was
returning home. in company with q.
Nj. Huff formerly congresslnan-at al large
from Pennsylvania.
It
Only little surprise was expressed
here when the news spread that the YES
sci had p:obably gone to the bottom.
She had been i'm IA bad condition. and ii
was expected two months ago that sh"
would hc taken out of the service tenn
porarily and repaired
San Francisco Nov. 3.--The followir .
correspondence. dated Manila, Oct. y,
has been received: The health of the
troops here at present is far from being
good, Al tavit" the conditions are very
bad. There have been 10 deaths there
since Sept. l. mostly from typhoid fever.
One-third of the officers of the Montana
volunteer regiment are on the sick list,
including the colonel and lieutenant
colonel.
In one battery alone over - per cent
Of the men stationed theIe have been
on the sick list within II north. The
hospital accommodation there are IN
adequate. The supply of medicines was
exhausted ut one time and for days There
was nOthirg medicinal to administer to
the patients. The men are qllartered on
ground floors where ii is damp, and in
this country especially conducive to ILL
ness. Many of the men worked them
selves i'll during the process of cleaning
Cavile but now that sanitary conditions
are berg looked after, an improved
health record will doubtless follow.
In Manila the conditions are hctt +.
The men are fairly we'll quartered and
are being given better accommodations
as fast as possible, and it will not now
be long before all reason for complaint
will have assed. Much of the sickness
of the past can he traced to the over
crowding of the men while proper quar-
ters were being prepared.
Malaria is the most common of diseas es
among the troops. Typhoid fever has
also developed to a serious degree. The
average number of sick i'm the hospitals.
In addition to the number OF men re-
lieved from duty by order of the phy-
sicians, is 800. The new cases reported
to the hospitals daily average about 40
cases. There have been II cases of
smallpox among the soldiers so far. six
of which have proved fatal.
The regimental physicians have ad
Wis, d the whitewaahing of the soldiers
qua 'teis ard the liberal use oi corrosive
sublimate. but there is not sufficient lime
or corrosive Sublimate, or even IL good
substitute. to be had. smallpox is al
ways prevalent among the natives. The
doctors are doing everything possible To
confine it among the natives. No cases
have been reported in the past five days.
The hospitals are beirG put into sani-
tary condition. They are abundantly
supplied with food and medicines are
now obtainable at Il moments notice.
Colonel Lippincott today said: with
cool weather a radical Improvement is
looked for
General Otis recently inspected one of
the convent hospitals established stree
the capitulation of Manila and said il
was the finest hospital he had ever
visited.
London. Nov. 3.-Thc Paris CORE
spondrnt of The Morning Post says;
1t is expected that il rupture of the
peace negotiations between the United
States and Spain Will be officially an
bounced on Friday. The feeling here
Is that the. attitude of the Spaniards
Is irrational. in view of the fnancal
of the United states. and that
they may ultimately regret having failed
to agree quickly with the adversary.
The Berlin CORES Spondent of The
Standard says: Russia and other pow
ers are credited with the intention ~
intimating to Washington that the an
demonstrate With President.