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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
TROOPS WANT TO GO HOME.
The WAR OVER THEY ARE DISSATISFIED WITH
REMAINING AT CAMP THOMAS

+'''''
REMAINING AT CAMP THOMAS.
CHATTANOOGA Tenn. Aug. Il (speciaD.All inter
est AT Camr Thomas centres in the grand parade
TO occur next Wednesday. Artillery. cavalry ana
infantry will all pass in review before General
Rrecknridge and his STAFF and thousands Of visit
ors who will be present The paymasters did not
conclude work yesterday. as was expected. owing
- the failure Of funds 10 arrive. The worN was
finish ID to-day when the ?th New-York was paid.
The Army IL not now the splendidy organized
body Of men it has been. The soldiers see the
chance for nghting has gone. and that all they
have in prospect Is dull camp life or garrison duty
This is not what the volunteer soldier cam" out for
He came out TO fight and nothing else can keep
him contenicd. To-day twenty-sx members ~ the
i5sth Indiana boarded train and went to their
homes in indianapolis \ number Of the men e
the lst Georgia Regiment started on Friday Tor
Macon without leave.
Colonel Lawton. commanding the regiment. re-
ccived the following telegram last night
Macon. Ga August r. isos.
Colonel Lawton. lst Georgia Infantry camp
We are in the barracks Caught before We could
sec our mothers II you will release Ne We VIII re-
port "' '''''"' RoYs OF COMPANY.E
There is an interesting story behind the telegram
After receiving their pay a number OF men lef; the
camp Eleven missing from Company T.
Colonel Iawton had reason 10 suspect that the men
had gone To- Macon. and tcl.graphcd to captain
Ren the recruiting officer there 20 watch the
trains which was done and the eleven mon "ef"
arrested as they left the train and wore lodged ~
the barracks Then they iccgraphcd 20 'oloncI
Lawton asking 10 be released THOR rcGucst was
not granted by Colonel LAYTON. who decided 20
send Adiuian' White and detail or men ai'"r th'
prisoners They VIII be brought back 10 camp 20
morrow and viii be couri- miriiai"d.
II Will he seen that u - r"r"s-arN :" 40 -'n'',
thing 10 keen tho men occupied and coutcutcd
General Rrcckinrdg. said to-day This r. the most
irving and critical ucriod IA The liie Or IN" N"lun
;cer army The work ~ improving the camp hos
pifals will be pushed with all haste. Immediately
af,e~ the biz review the breaking up ~ N" camps
Will hegin and the regiments Will move into me
mountains - g., -.
Sergeant iajor Howard ! Storm. - TIE ~ Ne"
Nork ,lilI today body sent ." hi- nome
No ~ East Eighty ninth ST. New ork
Lieutenant liolDhan. = ~ H'h = iiIn.n 't"r.
%ev-York io-day colonel wilder ~ IN" i4fh. has
decided 10 DO away WITH Logging ~ DIS rcsim"ni.
saving they are TOO hot and wear "uf "asily.
,,ba1l,lr Wilson 81 the 18Th is conducting ser
vices Tor me 18Th and IN. lat Missouri tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
THE SEGURANCA'S LAST MAN ASHOhh'
MANY OF HER SICK NOW IL BELiENOE-TiiE
CONVALEsCENTS AWAITING TRANS
PORTATION HOME


PoRTATION HOME
The good Judgment and forethought used IN pro
visioning and supplying the transport Soguranca
were emphasized Yesterday by the fact that before
night she was allowed TO discharge all her pas
sengers was released from Quarantine and came
up TO her pier in the East River. II Is understood
that she will be at turned over to her owners
the Ward Line. and will soon resume her trips ne
tween this port and Havana.
The Governors Island boat. General hancock
Yesterday afternoon Steamed DOM TO Quarantine
and Swinburne Island and brought up u" men,
taking sixteen Of them from Swinhurne Island.
where they had been kept for observation me
sick were taken 10 the East Twenty sixth-st pier.
and were received at Bellevue Hospital for treat
ment Nearly all Of them are suffering from ma
arial fever but none Of the cases are regarded as
serious number OF the soldiers aboard the
Seguranca were discharged soldiers Of the Rcgu-
lar Army who up 10 ~ot their transport" ION
home from the Government Suli others 20 ~"
number OF a hundred or so were dlSfflhuteh among
Forts Wadsworth Hamilton and Socum.
Nearly all the discharged troopers ana lnianirN-
men showed tine effects of their harG campaign
ing The chin OF every man was decorated WIN
ragged growth of hair the trousers were FADED
The slouch hats battered and Ding Ever,
man carried a bundle under his arm. Most o'
them inquired at once for cheap ho'e lodgings
near the Army Building whore they might spend
the night To-day they Will get their ransporta-
ton to the posts where they enlisted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
Two Great Soaps
CASHMERE BOUQUET
and WORKS
SANTIAGO SICK IMPROVING.
GENERAL SHAFTER EXPECTS TO START
IN THREE OR FOUR DAYS.

MEMS SPIRITS RAISED By THE PROSPECT
OF RETURNING HOME.
WASHINGTON Aug IA dispatch received by
Adtutant General Corbin tonight from General
Shafter indicates that the health conditions
among the troops at Santiago are improving
The men, whose spirits have been raised at the
prospect Of returning to the United States. are
daily getting better in health.
General Skaters dispatch. which was bul-
letined at the War Department tonight, Is as
follows:
Santiago. August a. 1895 80 p M
II. c. Corbin, Adjutant-Generai |. > A. ASH
ington: .ho,
under ordinerv circumstances would he sick
are trying 10 pull themselves together so as 10
he ready 10 go. Large number of TYPHOID feVer
cases. ! think ] shall have things IN 'hree o'
four days so that | can leave, hut VIII no' 90 so
until arrangements for those left are made
SHAFTER. Maior-General.
General Skaters report of the health condi-
tions Of his corps. also received tonight follows
Santiago de Cuba. August H. l>9S
Adjutant General Washington:
Sanitary report for August l3-Iotal huhoei
of sick. 25l4: total fever cases. l9i'' total
number new fever cases. 80 'o'a' "u'''''
fever cases returned to duty, Dot
Deaths August IL
Private WILLIAM H. SANDERS Troop p lst rni; ME
states Volunteer Cavalry. remiitent malaria 'e>e''
Private REUBEN INGLE. Company A. goth Infantry
Private oLoF HUSKY. Company L. 34h Michigan
malaral fever =, o.A N,s
sachusetts typhoid fever
August II:
Private JOHN T. FALION. Company II. Is, Illinois
Private DANIEL. J. MALONEY Company e. S3d Mich
prvs a" IRVINE iArrzENHEIsER sth Ohio; pernicous
malarial fever. ,,.A >,,o.,ro,.
Private EDWARD MfoIr, company /" "f'' ''''"'e"'''
typhoid fever. - -, ,.o,
First Sergeant T. L. SHERROTT. Company O. list Ne"
York; typhoid fever.
SHAFTER Major General
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
ART ~ KANSAS.
THREATENED REVIVAL or THE LEGISLATIVE
CHAMBER OF HORRORS"


CHAMBER OF HORRORS"
From Tho Kansas city Star
Various stories are told about the accrby dis.
played by Mrs. Annie Digs, state Librarian or
kansas toward the fresco work now going on IN
The State House dome being ndelcato and. what
is much worse ugly. The presumption ~ strong
that the wrath OF Mrs Digs IL justiiahlc. The
Kansas State Capitol. from the day OF It's begin
ming with a founda lion which proved To be Of blue
mud instead OF building stone. seems To nave brcn
designed 70 cxemplify the ruin which strong drink
brings upon the brain and hand of the artist Inc
trail Of delrium IS visible everywhere inc potent,
grave and reverend State Senators OF twenty-five
years ago cannot have forgotten the frescoed por-
traits which gave their place of asscmblage the
M me Of the "Chamber II Horrors" The red
Nor depcting him as a bloated victim OF the rum
uouer Is said 10 have done much 10 drive Kansas
INTO an acceptance Of prohibition TIE pictorial
terrors OF the State House produced AT one time
revulsion against art a. understood 10y the Kansas
eypcrts who had evidently taken their nrsi lessons
In a wagon shop. and when the dream OF beauty
now known AS Representative Han was compl"t"d
no portraits were allowed. and In their places were
inscribed the names OF the great men or Kansas,
with lettering and border corresponding TO the
label on a paregoric jar In country drug store:
'The wise rule adopted I'm the case Of the Hall OF
REPRESENTATIVES seems 10 have been repealed. and
mo Wild artist again RACES through all parts OF the
m fafed CaptoI. Mrs Dggs in common win
everybody with eyes TO see. has suffered much.
hu, she draws the line at Mrs. Lease depicted as
Venus rising from the sea or Diana taking bath.
as the case may be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
FIGHTING THE PTS HTCROBE.



At recent meeting OF the Paris Biological So
ciety VI. Courmont gave an account Of some expert
ments he had made with ant-streptOcoccic serum.
He immunizcd ass by inoculating II with n cult
Of streptococ Uhe bacteria OF suIpuratonJ de-
rived from case OF human eryspelas, and thus
obtained a serum which rendered rabbit perfectly
immune against these streptococci He had also
isolated eleven kinds OF strcptococci from erysipclas
suppurating LESSONS In human beings and tried
the serum obtained from the ass against these OF
the eleven different streptococci seven only were
fuenccd by the serum. Even then. II an ass be
inoculated with two samples OF streptococcl II Is
not possible obtain a serum efficacous against all
kinds Of streptococci for the various kinds OF this
organism too different for anti-streptococcc
serum to overcome them ali.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
GENERAL AMES'S REPORT.

Washington. Aug. 14.-General Ames has re-
ported 10 the War Department his arrival at
Montauk Point from Santiago. Following is
his dispatch which was made public by Ad-
jutant General Corbn tonight:
Montauk Point y. Y. Aug. IL
Adjutant- General. Washington.
Sailed from Santiago. Cuba. Monday last. S'n
instant Arrived this morning. CONDITION OF
troons on board 9th and 18th Infantry Regu-
lars much improved by voyage. NO new cases
Of sickness: no yellow fever; no deaths
A. AMES Brigadier-General Volunteers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15

TESTIMONY As TO DISSERTATION OF GRAVES
At MANASSAS
Thorough.are Gap. Va. Aug IA court martial,
of which Rrigalicr-C;e cole. commanding the
Third Brigade of IN" army in camp rear Manassas,
is president convened here yesterday and began
the trial OF Captain Louis G. Duncan OF the 22d
Kansas Regiment who IL charged with digging Up
tho body OF the Confederate officer Major Duke.
o! Alabama near Yates Fords. and permitting the
privacs OF his regiment TO desccrate graves In his
presence. Colonel A. y. Shaie and Major \.
Harvey. OF the I'D Kansas. are acting az counsel
for Duncan The Witnesses called Included Pr-
Yates Nym. Company !: Harrcll Company /. and
Prince Albert Wise. % the I'D Regiment. Their
testimony generally to tho effect that they
saw Duncan and others digging into the graves
md obtaining buttons and other relies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15

Of their order that members who work on sun
day for less than double wages shall FORFEIT Two
davs nav 10 the union. Colonel Hecker caiieo
them together. and explained the situation. out
lining the necessity Of getting the camps READY
for the wornout soldiers who were coming In
on the transports.
CARPENTERS GIVE THEIR DAYS WORM
They could not however disohey the orders OF
the union hut finally one Of them stepped FOR
ward and said. "I'll give my days work to the
Government" Immediately every other carpen-
ter volunteered his services for the day. All
day long they have been working hard, hurry
ing forward TO it's completion the work that is
now far advanced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
HE'D SEEN EN-.
From The Chicago Record.

From The Chicago Record
The young man who knew ali about everything
and was willing 10 tell everybody else talk
ing 10 the new boarder. who was a school-teacher
and who had come 10 the little summer hotel for
her vacation.
Have you ever seen Hampton Roads," the
young woman finally asked
Seen em?" he cried with enthusiasm: Il should
say so Took a bicycle trip over ON last summer"
The school-teacher did not ask him any more
questions about his travels and privately the young
man told his roommate that ne thought he had i'm
messed her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
HICKS ISLAND OFFERED.
IT is NEAR FORT POND BAY AND COULD BE USED
FOR HOSPITAL PURPOSES.

Deep River, Conn, Aug. Thames A. Jones' OF
Deep River has offered 10 the Government the
free use for hospital purposes OF Hicks Island,
near the military camp at Montauk Point. Long
Island This island. which Is owned by Mr.. Jones.
Is about thirty in area and on /: are several
commodious buildings. wharves. boilers, engines.
pumps etc Hicks Island is only two miles from
the Long Island Railroad. and four miles west OF
Fort Pond Bay where the big camp Is located. II
is AT the entrance of Napeague Bay which aHorns
a splendid harbor for lSht-draught vessels;
The island VIII, IL is believed, prove 10 ne an
ideal spot for a hospital service In connection
Washington authorities will avail themselves OF
Mr.. Joness offer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
THE OIL or CORN,
From The American Ma ,hnis,.

From The American Ma 'hinis,
by,product OF one Of the modern processes Is
corn oil In the manufacture OF glucose 1t is neces
sary frs to extract the germ of the corn and this
has heretofore been wasted In Chicago a COM
pany now ships so barrels OF corn oil per day. ex.
oil is obtained. The oil. shipped In second hand
arrels, mostly goes to England for soap-makng.
and, rated at three cents a pound IL also used Tor
cheap paints. and 70 quick drying.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
A DELPHTC Difficulty.

40: The Detroit Journal.
i day II was dark: the sickening vapor hung
TX a pail over the earth.
lie people wild with terror and fed 10 the
,.:lpe.
What does It mean?" they cried, franticaly.
The venerable priest Of Apollo shook his head.
TITS Q Scotch mist he ansv cred them. sadly,
..and never cosld make head or tail Of dialect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
ELRST TO BE MISTERED OFT.

The 10Th Massachusetts Volunteer Signal Corps
Is now at Governors Island. II consists Of twenty
nine men. In command OF Lieutenant H. W.
Sprague. 1t was learned yesterday the island
that the corps would In all probability he mustered
out Of the service to-day. In this case these men
will be tho frat volunteers 10 he must cred out.
They. too. arrived here on the Seguranca. .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
THE GOTERNOR'S ISLAND PITTENTS.

fun 10 OVERLOOKING with eighty-clght more or less
serious cnses. OF these however only fourteen are
confined 10 the tents the others being IN various
stages OF conValescence Several OF them will he
discharged to-day. Forty-three OF the sick came
here on the transport Seguranca on Friday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
Cnrouedn ADVERTISEMENTS.

~
EUROPEANS AND lkArTT.
LERS will find the London office OF i"s
Tribune, 140 Fleet Street a convene" and
place to leave their advertisements '
subscriptions for The Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
A DEATH AT FORT UPHERFON.

Atlanta, Ga. Aug H-Frank J. S,anna~d s'h
United States Infantry died to-dny at Fort Nc
Pherson from typhoid fever
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
MORE TROOPS GO TO MONTAUK.
MEN OF THE THIRD CAVALRY AND SECOND EN-
GINEERs SENT TO THE CAMP FROM
JERSEY CITY.

Several hundred troops arrived at Jersey CITY
yesterday morning and went by way OF the Long
Island Railroad Montauk Point The hrst ue-
tachment consisted Of part OF the 81 cavalry WIN
were in much the position as the troops OF
the Rough Rilers who arrived here last week
They were left behind in this country when part
OF the regiment went over TO Cuba. and they ar
rived at Jersey City by rail from Fernandna Fla
The troopers went Long Island City on the ferry-
boat Jersey CITY and thence by rail 10 Montauk
Point while the horses and baggage were taken 10
Bay Ridge and thence by rail 10 the same destnd.
lion The other detachment was The "a regiment
OF Volunteer Engineers. who came from chicago 70
help General Young In the work OF getting camp
WikoT into frst-ratc shape .,,
As result of a suggestion made by C0lohei
Ki.nban 10 the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at Washine-
ton the two large Siarn barges. Curry and Arthur,
were sen, to Montauk Point on saturday evening,
where they will be used floating detention camps
10 accommodate temporarily soldiers tor whom
Camp Wikoi is not ready when they arrive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
ROUGH RIDERS TO LEAVE JERSEY CITY

Captain McGnnls commanding the Rough Riders
Quar,ered a; the iih Regiment Armory Jersey City'
yesterday received orders 10 take his men 10 Mon
tauk Pon, at o'clock Monday morning There
were not half dozen OF his men al the armory
al the time They were roaming over the city
and as the readest means OF collecting them the
police were asked to send out a general aiarm
asking the patrolYnen - direct all the Rough Riders
whom they saw 10 report AT the armory az once.
This was done. and shortly after o'cocx they
began 10 straggle In. The men were also informed
by the police that all who had no; reported al
the hour named for marching would be regardea
"a deserters The horses and equipments OF the
men were sent from the Bay-st station OF the
pennsylvania Railroad 10 Bay Ridge YESTERDAY
George Allen one OF the Rough Riders. was
found sick n Bergen Square, Jersey City; yesier-
day He was taken 10 the CITY Hospital where
fever OF a mild type.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
A GREAT GAIN IN COMMERCE.
THE UNITED STATES FORGING AHEAD
OF OTHER NATIONS.

r.,,,- -,,r SWEDISH GOVERNMENTS FIGURES
srrow-THIs COUNTRY GAINS IN AMOUNT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15

The average annual output OF coal ny "iea'
Britain and ireland during the lsd- 30 per'o" -
given as l26g72Ooo tons against lASlsVV tons per
onnurn in the 1915 period. Germany. H'o'oV'
tons in the ls7l-',5 period and 9"So" per a"n"",
I'm the 1875 period while tha' 81 w .k
&C.,, 4, ,,,.o, a, A. ,s3 400 tons per annum In the
rS-l per,od and 100 $50 600 tong per annun IN Ine
lsql-'o5 term Commenting upon thiS ohs n on
Liable saws. During tho earlier period II thus APP
poars that Great Britain and Ireland suppI'h ',
nor cent Of the worlds output OF coal put al ~"
present time only Is per cent; Germany l. pr -,
while tho United States have advanced ITO" Il yer
cent to nearly 80 per cent"
The Mena star., 1898-11-16
lind Say

You get a guarantee with every
one at the Mena Jewelry Store,
the place where they do watch
repairing as it should be DONE"
The Mena star., 1898-11-16

Rcefton, New Zealand, Nov. 90, 1896
l am very pleased to state that since
l took the agency for Cham pertains
medicines the sale has been very large,
more especially of the cough remedy.
In two years | have sold more of this
particular remedy than all other
makes for the previous five years. AS
TO its efficacy. | have been informed by
scores Of other persons of the good re-
suits they have received from it, and
know it's value from the use of it in
my own household. 1t is SO pleasant
To take that we have to place the bot
tie beyond the reach of the children.
Il. j SCANTLEBURY
For sale by L. e. Savage Nov. I'm
The Mena star., 1898-11-16

From the New York Times.
The latest use of glass is instead of
gold as a material for stopping decayed
teeth. 1t answers splendidly. and is
far less conspicuous than the yello W
metal OF course, 1T is not ordinary
glass, but is prepared by some new
patent process which renders it soft
and malleable. Glass, too. is being
used extensively TO-. church bells. 1t
can be toughened So that there is no
risk of it cracking. and the tone is
said to be beyond anything yet invent
ed, perfect. soft and sonorous.
The Mena star., 1898-11-16
REMOVAL SALE

For Furniture and goods of all
kinds 60 to the Second Hand
Store on East Mena street for bar
gains. r. M. WATERS, Prop
The Mena star., 1898-11-16
Couldn't Do 1t.

From Law Notes
In case in Brooklyn court recent
" there was witness who suffered
badly. On the cross examination the
attorney tried to weaken his story and,
in his eagerness to do so. asked his
questions very rapidly. This world
the witness, seeing which the lawyer
said: That's all right Take your
time. I'll not hurry YOU"
"Yuh-yuh-yuh-you kl-kl-klk-can't .
responded the witness.
The Mena star., 1898-11-16

do. he did it; he did IL ia an hour Mr..
Byrnes, the famous chief of detectives,
was summoned before the board, aud
in ten mirutes he handed in his resig-
nation. The same firm policy he dis
PLAYED while he continued In Office
Colonel Roosevelt was nominated by
President Mckinley on April 6, 1897,
to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
On April l. he rendered his resigns
ton as police commissioner to Mayor
Strong. The navy never received
such "a shock in its history as it did
the first few weeks after Roosevelt
went to Washington. Naval officers
had been accustomed to treating the
assistant secretary of the navy with
condensation. obeying him while still
showing him their superiority. But
this did not Ego" with Roosevelt. He
looked the officers firmly in the eye
and the time honored prosecutions Of
under secretaries crumbled.
Naturally enough Roosevelt would
not be contented to sit behind desk
while there was fighting gong on.
He submitted his resign alton to the
President April Is. and tried to get an
appointment upon General Lees staff.
Then came the Rough Rider" idea,
hardly thought of before realized.
"Roosevelt's Rough Riders some
thing in the ALTERATION of the name
struck the popular fancy and the regi-
ment became famous before it was or
ganized. Colonel Roosevelt had had
somo military experience as "a captain
In the Eighth New York regiment.
but not enough, in his estimation, to
ii him to command a regiment in
time of war, and he modestly took the
second place and was content to learn
from his friend Dr. Wood.
The jungle fight of Las Gnasimas,
the bloody charge ut San Juan hill and
the battle against army red tape at
Montauk Point are well known.
1t is worth while to recall the infu-
ence Roosevelts personality had over
his men. an influence that welded
thousand or more independent cow
punchers, ranchers and athletes into a
fighting machine. You've got to per-
form without fiinching whatever duty
is assigned you. regardless of the diff
Guilty or danger attending 1t. No mat
ter what comes, you mustn't squeal."
These words of Roosevelt's became al
most religion with his men. ITO do
anything without hinchiDg and not to
squeal. (" was their aim, and to hear
the colonel say Bully" was reward
enough.
Colonel Roosevelt returned to the
United States to find that he was al
reaay ta.iii,,cc;d. Of a5 the next governor
of New York. But his regiment,
which he had ''oreathed and eaten
with for three months, was still on
his hands. and he had no time for any
thing but it, Not until he became a
plain citizen, September %, would he
talk of politics. And then he found
the tide of events bearing him along
inevitably and irresistab bly,.