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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
NEW-JERSEY RESERVES MUSTERED IN.
SOME WHO WILL BE OFFICERS on THE BADGER.

The 100 officers and men OF the Battalion OF
the East New Jersey Naval Reserve. who are
10 man the auxiliary cruiser Badger. were yeser-
day mustered into the United States Navy as vol
untccrs. the Portsmouth, at IToboken. Navy
Surgeon Pickerall. who conducted the physical ex-
animation Of the men on board the Portsmouth,
the headquarters OF the Reserve had charge OF the
mastering IN Of the men They will remain the
Portsmouth until the Hldeer. which Is now being
prepared for them at Brooklyn. Is ready II IL be-
lioved that she Will 20 into commission tomorrow.
Among the men mustered In was Commander
Washington Irving Of the Battalion OF the East
lie waived his rank and accepted that OF Junior
Lieutenant In order 10 remain In the detail Navi-
gator Edward Mcclure Peters also mustered
In and Will be the navigator on the Badger Other
officers were Lieutenant g. Franklin Hart. chief
engineer. Lieutenant Harold Anderson, assistant
engineer Junior Lieutenants Irving Blount. Charles
w. Nreeland and Thomas Goldingay: Senior Lieu
tenant George H. Mathcr and Ensgns Daniel A.
Dugan md w. T. O'Rourke.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
CUBA AND PORTO RICO.
INTERESTING INFORMATION GIVEN BY THE b.
REAL, OF FOREIGN COMMERCE

Washington. May BIN response TO the demand
for information in regard TO Cuba and Porto Rico
the Bureau OF Foreign Commerce Of the State De-
partment to-day issued a bulletin containing much
interesting information, drawn from consular re-
ports and other official data. concerning the geog
raphy. products commerce. railways. debt. cables.
etc. Of these islands 1t includes also detailed de-
scriptions OF all the large cities. 1t is pointed out
that II all the land suitable to the growth OF sugar
cane was devoted to that industry Cuba might
supply the entire Western Hemisphere with sugar
The island already has produced In a SINCE year
for export million tons. and Its capabilities
have been only in the experimental stage. Although
settled than nifty years before the United
States Cuba still has thirteen million acres Of
primevai forests. including mahogany. redwood
ebony and many other valuable woods.
In a report from Consul Hyatt. the richness OF the
mineral deposits about Santiago de Cuba is pointed
out American companies. with a combined capital
Of over 100000. operate mines in that neigh
borhood, and employ from eight hundred to four
teen hundred men. shipping to the United States
from thirty thousand to nifty thousand tons of iron
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19

feels that he is little of sorts he will resort TO
the right remedy, he will have submit to the
more serious ills of life Mos; men, when they have
headache feel drowsy during The day and are rest.
less during the night, and find their appetite falling
off, pay little no heed these warnings The
inevitable result is dangerous and possibly fatal
malady; The doctor may call il consumption. mala.
ria or biliousncss, perhaps blood or skin dis.
ease II makes but little difference These troubles
AL haze their inception in the causcinproper
and insufficient nourishmcnt. Dr. Piercc's Golden
Medical Discovery corrects that cause It makes the
appetite keen and hearty the digestion perfect the
liver active and the blood pure and rich. II is the
great blood maker and flesh builder II facilitates
the assimilation Of the ifegiving elements of the
food filling the blood with the nutrirncn that makes
new and healthy flesh and nerve tissue. Medicine
dealers sell it,
Last summer writes Miss Laura Persel OF East Beth
iehein, Washington Co, Pa " was going into consunp
ton DR. Perec's Golden Medical Discovery pleely
cured me"
man or woman who ncglects constipation suffers
rom slow poisoning. DR.. Perces Pleasant Pellets
cure constipation. One little Pellet" is a gentle
laxative and two mild cathartic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
ANOTHER HOSPITAL SHIP SECURED.

Washington. May S-Assistant Secretary Meikle-
John has chartered the steamer John EnglIs of
the Maine Steamship Line. for a hospital
ship for the Army. The vessel Is said TO be we'll
adapted for the purposes for which II Is intended
Is OF generous proportions being over three thou
sand tons. and IL almost new. Surgeon General
Sternberg has assigned Major George H. Torney
surgeon. to prepare the vessel for hospital pur-
poses The Englis takes the place OF the Vgilan-
cia which had been chartered for similar USE but
which. upon investigation. was found not to be In
oil respects satisfactory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
LEE READY FOR DUTY.
GENERAL. wILLIsToN ALSO REPORTS At ARM
HEADQUARTERS

Washington May ajor-Gcneral' Fitzhugh
Lee OF the volunteer army who has been assigned
10 the command Of the Seventh Corps at Tampa.
Fla vas al the War Department to-day. He will
start for his post o. duty tomorrow or next day
Rrgadier- General Edward y. Wlils,on reported
Ior duty q: Army headquarters to-day. II IL eN-
rer,ed that ne will be assigned To a position in the
Second Corps. with headquarters at Falls Church.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
\ magnificent example Of

magnificent example Of
what care Of health will
do for a man is presented
in the life Of Mr.. Glad.
stone, the greatest states
man of the century.
This Grand Old Man 4"
at eighty six years Of
, age. retained his intel.
lcctual vigor undated,
and had not lost the
sincwy grip with which
he fastened upon any
subject that interested
him.
Nearly every man has
it in his power to live TO
n green old age like the
grea. statesman Of Eng.
land. II is simply a
matter OF a little daily
thought and regard for
health II when n man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
GENERAL. MERRITT'S ADJUTANT.

COLONEL. J. b. BABCOCK ORDERED FROM
TAMPA TO THE PHILIPPINES.
Tampa, Fla, May IS (SpeciaD.-Coonel j. Is.
Babcock Adjutant- General on General Smarter
staff, and Colonel Il. f. Pope, Depot quarter
master. have been ordered 10 the Philippines.
Colonel Babcock VIII report 10 General Merritt
as the Adjutant- General OF the expedition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19

ORDERED TO THE PHILIPPINES.
Vancouver Barracks Wash. May 1S.-MaJor
Thomas H. Barry. Assistant Adjutant- General
Of the Department OF the Columbia. has received
orders to report at the Presido. California. for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
A VOYAGE OF TwENTY-FOUR DAYS.

"A v II w I'm I IL -.
Washington, May 1s.-The cruiser Charleston,
which started to-day on her long Journey to
meet Admiral Dewey at Manila. should arrive
there In about twenty-four days allowing two
days at Honolulu for coal. Nothing better Illus
trates the value Of the swift iong-rsnge cruisers
OF the type that make up the Spanish flying
squadron than the fact that they would be able
to make such a run this directly from San
Francisco to Manila without stopping anywhere
for coal at a speed about % per cent greater
than that OF the Charleston. Admiral Dewey's
cable dispat ches show that he Is able to main
tain the ground ne has gained until reinforce
ments arrive In the usual course so that the
Charleston will get there in time to his
purposes. The stock OF ammunition which the
cruiser carries Is believed to be the great essen
ta just now. the fierce engagement at Cavit6
having consumed a large part of the American
Admirals shot and shell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
JArAN'S FRIENDLY ATTITUDE.
MINISTER HOsHI TALKS OF HAWAII AND

THE PHILIPPINES.
Washington May 1S.-The japanese Minister
Mr. Hoshi. saw Secretaries Long and Aiscr TO-
day and secured credentials for Lieutenant Ma
rita OF the japanese Navy. and Major shioa' OF
the Japanese Army. who Will act as observers Oh
the naval and military operations against SPAIN
Major Shiha took an active part in Japans war
against China and has been detached from the
Japanese Legation IN London to come mere as
military observer. Lieutenant Martha Is an cx-
merit in naval construction and has looked after
the construction OF japanese cruisers In Anerl-
can yards
When Mr. Hoshrs attention was called TO the
report concerning Japans altitude toward the
Philippines and Hawaii he added some interests
ing information. In addition to the specific de-
NAL he made yesterday. az to Japans purpose
10 protest against American occupation OF the
Philippines. AS to Hawaii. he said that Japan
had no objection whatever to the annexation OK
the Hawaiian group to the United states. Tho
only question now involved. he said. was the
payment OF a suitable indemnity by Hawaii for
the exclusion OF japanese immigrants. On this
point Hawaii had proposed arbitration and ia
pan had accepted II. 1t remained only 10 de-
termine the scope OF the arbitration. and the
Minister felt that these details would he ad
JuSteu. Inc JAPANESE ClaiiilS i"i mummy 90
Cregate about SiJoOOO When the Minister was
asked II the United States would become liable
for these claims in case OF annexation. he said
he felt no doubt that annexation would be ac-
companied by assurances to Japan that all her
rights and interests including. OF course, these
claims. would be protected.
A to the Philippines. Mr.. Hoshi said Japan
naturally looked with interest on movements af-
fecting those Islands. for there were many Jap
anesc there. and geographically they were close
~ allied to the archipelago constituting the
japanese Empire. Al the same time Japan had
not, he said. shown the slightest purpose OF in
tcrfering with the present course OF events. The
fact that reports OF a japanese protest came by
way OF London was regarded by the Minister
suggestive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
MORE PRAISE FOR THE ADMIRAL.

At a recent meeting OF the Council Of tho New.
York Commandsry Of the Naval Order OF the
United States series OF resolutions eulogistc OF
Rear-Adm.ral Deweys great victory at Manila
were adopted. ordered engrossed and forwarded 70
him by the steamer which will sail next week
from San Francisco. Besides. Admiral Dewey
order and life member Of the New-York Com:
mandery. An insignia OF the order 10 to be sens
10 him with the resolutions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
FnNTs FiNE FURNruRB
SPECIAL.
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811.OO.
@y West $50 Street.

active field duty in the Philippines. he WIN
start for San Francisco tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
RESERVES FARE WELL ON THE REsoLurB

RESERVES FARE WELL ON THE REsOLuTD
Camden. N. j.. May IS (speciaD.-The New-Jerssy
Naval Reserves. especially those from Haddon'
field. who were accepted and board tho
auxiliary cruiser Resoute. appear be contented'
In spite Of alleged brutal treatment by examin-
Ing surgeon. They say they have found their OF
GERS the Resolute gentlemanly and entirely az.
recruiting office. Lieutenant Charles 8. Braddock.
Jr.. of the Haddonhed Naval Reserves. In speaking
Of his work and that OF Ensign Fithan Tatem. Q
Camden lawyer. said their lot Is as pleasant -
could be expccted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
AN EARLY START.

The feet assembled off San Juan dc Porto
Rico about o'clock on Thursday last and pre-
pared for battle, stripping the decks and getting
ready the guns, ammunition and appliances for
handling the wounded RearAdmral Samp-
son had transferred his flag to the Iowa. and
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

In the deep alluvial soil of the forests the electrical tree was found.
 Professor Leipsic had scoffed at the natives stories of tree that killed in- sects and was possessed of the devil, but when, under the guidance of the natives, he was at last confronted by this strange wonder of the vegetable world he was astonished. He began an investigation that lasted for weeks Under the trees he found hundreds of dead butterflies and small birds killed by the electrical current of the tree and learned from the natives that birds never nestled upon it's branches. When the dark green leaves of the tree were touched with the fingers a tiny spark was emitted and a distinct electrical shock was felt Professor Leipsic found that even at a distance of eighty feet, the tree had strong influence upon the magnetic needle. These mag netic variations varied according to the time of day. It was strongest at noon, but almost entirely disappeared at mid night. It's electricity also disappeared in wet weather.
 During the time Herr Leipsic was conducting his investigations the rainy season set in, and with his own hands the scientist cut one of the trees down. The natives could not be persuaded to
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

approach the tree for love nor money and single handed Herr Leipsic felled the tree and dug up the stump.
 His report upon the character of the wood is as follows: "The sapwood Is large, and in color greenish white; theI heartwood is of rich reddish brown color and is beautifully mottled. The weight of the wood is eighty eight pounds per cubic foot and it has but few fiber markings"
 When thoroughly seasoned Herr I,eir1- sic found that the wood was almost unaffected by alternate dryness and moisture of the atmosphere, yet it sea- soned we'll, worked we'll and took a fine polish. The tree produces but a small amount of gum of no commercial value The roots and stump of the tree did not vary from the ordinary tree of like class, and Herr Leipsic looked in vain Tor some deposit of minerals, which could explain the peculiar attributes of this tree. He followed the roots to their ends and could find no visible ex- planation of the source from which the tree drew it's current. No tree in the neighborhood was possessed of the characteristics of the electrical tree, yet In each specimen like the original tree the same results were obtained, with the exception that the strength of the current varied with the size of the tree. The tree is small, never reaching more
 
 height, with a trunk measuring twelve to eighteen inches in diameter
 In some forms it is found in a low treelike shrub. The bark of the trunk is hardly more than a sixteenth of an inch thick, with a dark gray surface thickly covered and roughened with lenticels. The young branches were covered with a slightly sticky gum in the morning. but this was soon dis sipated by the sun. The leaves are from three to four inches in length, rounded at the ends, while the color is a rich dark green. The tree bears small crop of dark berries which, when young, contain a great deal of tannin. This, however. disappears when the fruit is matured. The seeds in the berries are four in number and are very hard, with th1ckiy- corru- gated surface.
 Professor Leipsic will endeavor to ex- port one of the trees but in the opin- ion of numerous authorities upon ror- estry the transplanted tree Will not possess it's strange characteristics when taken from it's native surround- ings.
 A further investigation of this won- derfuI tree is looked forward to with great enthusiasm among the associates of its diScoVerer.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
THE GHOST AMONG THE SICK
 SOLDIERS AT HONOLULU U


| instance of hospital discipline seemed
 somewhat uncalled for.
 In one case Harold M. Sewall, ex-
 Minister from the United States, was called upon to obtain information of a man in the hospital. On another occa-
 sion young fellow was sent to the military hospital. We waited four hours, with temperature of 103. On a hard, straight backed bench, in the heat of a tropical day, he sat outside the door, with his head resting on his hand. suffering, dejected, sick at heart and sick in body. Finally he was call ed in and examined. Then, with this high temperature he was dismissed and told to go back to his camp. Bet ter take car" called kind hearted steward, who noted that the sick sol dier staggered as he walked slowly away
 The sun beat down mercilessly upon hlm; he was dizzy and his mouth was parched; the car was coming: he thought of it's slow progress down to Waikiki, full half hours drive; he re- membered the long, hot, dusty walk when the car stopped. And he had just enough thinking power left to know that he could not reach his camp. He went to the Queens Hospital, and the. 6 they took him in.
 After a hard tussle one mothers boy was saved to gladden. a home in New York; a home that might have had a rebellious Thanksgiving day and a Christmas that was all gloom and dark ness.
 The next day his captain, who had sent him to the Military Hospital, tele- phoned for information as to the boys condition.
 He is getting on we'll" was the re- ply. 'Oh yes, he is pretty sick, but we will pull him through"
 The boy was lying in raging fever on a bed at the Queens Hospital at that moment.
 The boys have a horror of the Mill tary Hospital. They do not like Major Davis, who has rough, curt way with them, and the tales told in camp by the convalescent patients have not en- couraged them. The hospital has been overcrowded; men sick unto death have lain next to men on the road to recov- cry. Men have passed away in crowded wards, with but a screen to hide their death struggles from the boys whose spirits, at best. have been depressed enough to retard their slow recovery.
 Inefficient night nurses, poor food and the horrors of homesickness have been |
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

r ONOLULU, Dec. 7.-Smoldering
 fitfully there has been a feel
 ing in Honolulu against the
 military hospital and the sur
 geon in charge, Major Davis,
 and this feeling has burst forth into activity since the death of Gran vile L. Wells, soldier of the First New York Regiment of Volunteers, on Wednesday. November 30.
 Granville Wells was a popular young fellow in his regiment and a member of the Knights of Pythias, in which so- ciety his father stands very high. Col onel Wells wrote to one of the two lodges here and requested that his son be taken under the protection of the order. Dr. Peterson, the executive of- ficer of Mystic Lodge, Knights of Py- thiaS, states that in that relation and with the addition of letter from Col onel Wells, besides the presentation of his professional card, he was denied the privilege of seeing young Wells.
 Now it is well understood that it is wisely against regulations to permit visitors at the hospital, but Dr. Peter son should have been exempt from this law, as his letter from the young mans father gave him what should have been an open sesame to the dying boy and maybe to receive a sons last mes sage. It Is not disputed that young Wells had the best of care at the hos pital, but the fathers letter authoriz- ing his order to look after his sick boy. presented by a medical man, should have been respected.
 
 Surely there should be no ordinance against giving to anxious friends news of the condition of patients. An in- quirer for Joe Granville Wells was rudely answered: We do not tell the condition of our patients You must ask the adJutant general"
 A request was politely made for the office or telephone number of the ad jutant general. The curt message re- turned was, T don't know"
 As there is no such official in Homo lulu and as this friend of young Wells learned few hours later on the street that he had died the day before, this
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

the story told by every convalescent. Stlli oO cents day, extra-over their regular army rations-has been paid Tor each sick man at the Military Hos pltaI by the Commissary Department, where it is declared: "The boys could even have champagne, if necessary"
 At the time when the hospital was oVercrowded one poor sick fellow, after waiting for hours to be examined, asked where he was to sleep. Sleep on your hat" was the sympathetic response.
 There are other stories told by the soldiers who have been discharged cured, and the boys, as they have gone off in the ambulance to the Military Hospital, have looked back with a smile, sadder than tears and said:
 "Good-by, fellers, this is the end of me-
 The boys have tried to nurse each other, and to hide their sick chums.
 To save each other from the Military Hospital has been the prevalent idea
 A young soldier went one day to private house and asked manfully and in straightforward manner for ice and for milk. The inhabitants of the house became interested and questioned the soldier. He was nursing his chum, he explained. When the hospital was suggested hunted look, pathetic to see, came into the boys eyes. It tolo
 
 The favorite doctor of the New York Regiment was young Ashley who was sent home before his regiment because of i'll health. When he became sick he went to the Queens Hospital, where Major Davis frequently visited hlp,. When about at the crisis of a bad case of typhoid fever Major Davis came one night to take away his nurse. Major Davis explained that the nurses serv- ices were needed by friend of his The nurse eXpOstulated at leaving a patient at such a critical time but Major Davis insisted and took her away to a case of whooping cough. There was storn, of indignation among the boys, who loved Dr. Ashley, and Major Davis ac- tion was universally condemned.
 Young Ashley had a relapse. When he recovered sufficiently he was taken by Mrs. s. G. Wilder, who has a heart renowned for it's goodness, to her beau tiful home up Nuuanu avenue. There with two professional nurses, he was brought back from the jaws of death and was finally able to return to his home.
 Justly or unjustly Major Davis is un- story and he won't tell his. He is q young man and he feels the importance of his position. His duties have been onerous and he has not been well. He declines to make any comment or to give any explanation on the refusal at his hospital to the Knights of Pythias to see Granville Wells, and Major Davis is a member of the order. The Knights of Pythias have taken this matter in hand.
 JOHN KENSOME.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

In wild tropical beauty nothing can surpass the luxuriance of these un- touched Coory forests as viewed from the peaks of one of the Chats. A way ing descent of green, broken into ter races of varying heights, slopes down. ward on every side. Wild animals of many kinds breed in the jungle and haunt the grassy glades. The elephant. the tiger and the leopard, the stately samohar deer and the jungle sheep. with variety of smaller game afford adventure to the sportsman
 frOIessor Lelpsic, accompanied by small band of followers. has penetrateS the mysterious forests, and at each pressure of investigation unknown wonders have come before his gaze.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

by his story and says that he knows what he has seen and that it is the most wonderful tree in the world.
 Herr Leipsic has been in India for several years and has sent in many valuable reports, but this last one is the most startling. He has been most successful in bringing to light strange specimens of vegetation.
 His labers have been confined to the primeval forests between the Western Chats and the Arabian Sea. Nothing can be more secret, more silent and more savage than these inextricable entanglemepts of thorns and branches.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
A TREE THAT CAN
 GIVE AN ELECTRIC SHOCK

"HE most astonishing statement
 concerning botany ever made
 comes from Professor Leipsic of 1 the German Forestry Commits
 sion. This is to the effect that deep in the unexplored jungles of India there are several specimens of trees possessing the quality of giving an electric shock to any living creature that touches one of them.
 These have been christened Philoccea electrica.
 Of course a great storm of criticism, and even doubt has been hurled at Professor Leipsic, but he still stands