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The evening times., 1898-09-03
Some Bad Traditions.

1t is not a pleasant thing TO see that
some Of the veterans of the Grand Ar
my of the Republic are engaged in MAX
ing light Of the miseries of the fever
stricken volunteers. They recount
weird stories of their own sufferings in
the Civil War. and seem 10 think tnat
the mistakes frauds and miseries of
that period should all be repeated at
the present time, or the War Depart
ment viii not live up to its traditions.
These cavilers are in the minority. TO
be sure. but il may be worth while TO
comment on their arguments.
In the first place. it might naturally
be supposed that the nation would
learn something in thirty-five years
time There is no more reason why We
should go back to the imperfect
methods Of '6l in the transportation
and feeding of our soldiers than that
we should attempt to fight the Spanish
navy with the wooden sailing ships Of
the first half of the century. One is
just as foolish and suicidal as the
other.
Another alleged argument used by
these men is that the armies Of the
Civil War were starved and sick until
they learned TO take care Of them
selves When they learned to live of
the country, they had enough TO eat
This living off the country however
1 is something which the soldiers in the
present war have been forbidden to do
Here and there a regiment. deprived Of
| food for twelve to tWenty-four hours,
1 has raided the restaurants and fruit
stands wherever it happened to be;
and more fuss has been made about it
than the farmers of Pennsylvania and
Maryland made when their lands We're
ravaged To feed both armies. one after
another Until within the last twenty
FIVE years. it was considered the newt
able thing that an army insufficiently
provisioned should take whatever il
could find in the country round. Some
armies do it yet. But in the main. the
youths of the volunteer army in the
| Spanish-American war have not
taken care of themselves" in that
way. They have been starved.
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have given up all thoughts of consul
ships and postoffices. The plan would
also have been NEST inexpensive.

Perhaps General Wheeler is not to
blame for his lack of confidence in the
conclusions of all the doctors, considering
the diversity of opinion the different med
ical men have expressed as TO Camp
Wikoff. Still he should try TO d.scrim-
mate. Dr. Cyrus Edison is an expert in
the sanitary field and is suspected of the
most intimate knowledge of disease
germs. He has been positive and un-
yielding in his condemnation of the
camp site. In this he is backed by DR..
Sem, a mere surgeon as to reputation,
but man whose prophecies have had u
painful realization in many instances.
And now DR.. Max Meyer, whose single
interest in life is to run down and cap
ture bacteria. has discovered great
many kinds of fungi. diatoms and bacilli
in the water there. that detract from its
purity and make ii particularly unwheIe-
some for soldiers struggling with dis
ease. Against these men is the camp sur
geon who is not known to be an author
ity in sanitary science.
The evening times., 1898-09-03
MYSTERY OF A HAT BOX.
Contains n Letter which Hints at
Suicide.

Atlantic City, N J.. Sept 3-The police
are wrestling with a mystery which Is
supposed 10 involve story OF broken
hearts and possible suicide. Early last
month a large hat box came to the Hotel
E!barOn addressed 10 Mrs. S. l. Schwarz
AS no person named Schwarz hadFbeen at
the hotef this summer DR.. Ludy opened
the box and found that il contained a
woman's hat and a note fnclosed in a
small confectionery box, which also con-
tanned a bunch of faded forget-nle-nots
on the outside of the smaller box was
written. ITO be opened after my death
MayTne c. Schwarz- The letter was in
cased in a blue envelope on which was
written. TO be put in my casket when
am gone Life Is over for me from this
moment
The note read as follows: "Good7by. my
all in this world Don't forget your last
words Never come again. Yours all the
time kissing. LOuia'
The box had first been addressed to
Long Branch the name of that place be-
ing crossed out and Atlantic City sub
stituted There was also a Cancelled label
from Norfolk. Va. bearing the name OF
g. $ Hosier. Besides the articles men
toned there were eight reCeipted hotel
bills. five from the Savoy. New York. re-
caipted by J. y Collins and three from
the Waldorf-Ast0ria IeceipIed by Palmer,
cashier The bills were for weekly aC-
counts, two of them being dated April q
and June l. 1895 respectively. y date on
the outside of the box, July IL 1885. New
York. shows that the package came d.
rect from that city, as il was received
here the next day
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HER SOLDIER HERO DEAD.
Corporal Leonhard Succunbs l.
Fever.

Paterson. y. ]. Sept. "a soldier =
daughter and soldiers widow. Mrs Err
nest Rudolph Leonhard. Of Paterson, "
J., has experienced in a short time both
the romance and the tragedy of war Yes
terday Mrs. Leonhard was preparing to
go TO Jacksonville. having received word
that her husband, a corporal In Company
A. Second New Jersey Volunteers. was
seriously i'll there. when a second dis
patch arrived stating that Corp. Leon
hard had succumbed to the fever and had
died.
Adjoining the Leonhard estate at Hale
don is that of William Hudson who was
a captain in the civil war and was seri-
ously wounded. There Miss Harriet Au-
guSta Hudson, now twenty-five years old,
has for years lived with her aunt Miss
Hudson and young Leonhard were sweet
hearts from childhood. and they would
have been married long ago but for the
opposition OF the young Iady's aunt This
was so serious that for time il seemed
to preclude the possibility of their unaon.
and it might have done so but for Leon
hard's determinati ton to enlist when troops
were called for.
He was with Company \ at Sea Cilrt,
expecting TO start for the South next day,
when Miss Hudson visited the camp.
Fearing that her soldier boy NIGH. never
come back from the front. she had deter
mined to cast all objections aside and
crafty his wish that they be married
Her pastor, the Rev. Cornelius Twing
accompanied her to the camp having long
sympathized with the young people. and
at Mana squan, near the camp. the young
people were welded. Leonhard went
South with his regiment while his wife
returned to her home al Haledon The
young man was good soldier. and was
soon made corporal
He went 10 the front a little more than
two months ago, and as peace drew nigh
the hopes of the young pair grew high.
Leonhard had not been shot by the Span
! iards. as they had feared, and the pros
poets for a speedy reunion seemed bright.
But neither had reckoned with the dis
eases tha> were to sweep through the
army camps Word came a few days ago
that Leonhard had fallen victim 10 ty-
phOid fever. and that his chances Of life
were small. Then came the final message.
che body of Leouhard will be taken 10
Paterson at once for burial. and will re-
| ceive military honOrs.
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RooSEvELT's BOOM GROWS.
brooklyn Delegates Pledge support
to the Rough Rider.

New York. Sept. 3.-Both Democratic
and Republican politicians now regard
the nomination of Colonel Theodore Roo
sevelt for governor as d foregone concIu-
SIGN.
The tide in Roosevelt's favor is run
ming even more strongly in Brooklyn
than had been supposed. George ii. Rob-
erts, jr, chairman of the Republican city
committee. says that III of the Kings
county delegates had been Sledged to
Roosevelts candidacy. and r. Ross Ap-
pleton, who heard MIR. Roberts state
n.ent. declared that before the convention
assembled every one of the Brooklyn
delegates would be in line for the colonel
of the Rough Riders.
A high State Official is quoted as
having said that Senator Platt had told
he had decided In favor of the nomina-
tion of Colonel Roosevelt.
Efforts to interview Colonel Roosevelt
on the promising condition of his guber
material boom continue to prove uaaVaiI-
ing.
II am an American soldier" the colonel
said. when the subject was broacaed at
Camp Wikoff. Il know nothing of poll
tics. All know here is to receive orders
and obey them. Politics form no part of
camp life"
Colonel Roosevelt has received more
than five. hundred dispatches from Chi
cago Republicans. urging him 10 accept
their invitation TO open the campaign
there. Representatives Mann and Cody.
acting on the suggestion of Senator Ma
son. visited Camp Wikoff on thursday
and again urged Colonel Roosevelt to
consent, but he replied that he was un
able to make any promises.
Little talk of any other candidates on
the Republican side was heard at the
Hoffman House or the Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel. Friends of Governor Frank s.
Black openly expressed their disappoint-
ment over the loss of SO many Brooklyn
delegates. but nothing definite could be
learned as To their future plans.
Governor Black Is expected in the city
today, on his way home from Washing
ton and the Southern camps. to which he
went to inspect the condition of New
York troops
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police duty after Gsnegal Skaters s
repeated refusal. to advise the instant
removal Of Skaters corps in order to
escape the epidemic that threatened it.
and to anticipate an outbreak of ty-
phoid fever among the troops from
Chickamauga's pestilent camp now in
Porto Rico.
In an article contributed to a medical
publication. DR.. Senn makes this de-
iib5rate charge: 1t was not the medi-
cal department, but the arrogance or
stupidity of the commanding general
Of the invading army that is response
BILE for the extensive outbreak Of yellow
fever during the Cuban campaign
Dr. Sem has made this charge before,
but hardly with such directness. He has
affirmed that at the critical moment
when il was still possible to make a
fight against the threatened disease.
three surgeons in succession applied to
General Shafter for the detail of ieSi-
ment for sanitary work. but were rude
ly rebuffed. When General Miles came
he instantly responded to the demand,
but il was ther too late. He has
HAPI ne Reached iIit'
front he found the refugees from the
town washing their infected clothing
in stream from which all the camp
water was taken. at a point above the
camp. and that he had difficulty in get
ting a guard placed over the water
supply TO prevent its pollution.
1t is, of course. the clear duty of the
higher officers to institute proceedings
against DR.. Sem. This is an offense
less technical and more positive than
that charged against General Miles.
and we do not see how ii can be ig-
nOred. To overlook ii means an end to
discipline. And veto take notice of
il is to make the investigation into the
whole conduct Of the Santiago cam
paien that the War Department. Han
ma and all the Republican politicians
are trying TO escape. The man GER
tainly wants to force an official in
quiry. and appears TO be willing to un-
dergo its annoyances in order to protect
his profession from the blame that is
directed against it.
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MILES MAY BE HERE SOON.
What May Happen After n Formal
Call on AIgcr.

The hour of reckoning between Secre-
tary Alger and Gen. Miles is near at
hand. 1t is believed that the steamship
Obdam, bearing Gen. Miles and his staff,
will touch the pier at Long Island City
tonight, and then will come the prelude
to the drama which is to follow.
Gen. Miles left Ponce on Tuesday. and
War Department officials say If the Oh
dam makes only fair time she should ar
rive in harbor in New York some time
tonight. They also say that the general
will probably come to Washington next
Tuesday and resume business at the old
stand. army headquarters. in the north
east corner of the war building. 1t is be-
lieved he will call upon Secretary Alger
soon after his arrival here. as a matter
of official courtesy. He will probably
force an issue by that call. Secretary
Alger has stated that he does not believe
Gen. Miles authorized the two interviews
or the publication OF the secret kilograms
of the War Department
II is understood that upon his call upon
Secretary Alger the latter will ask him to
affirm or repudiate the interview. If Gen.
Miles stands by the interviews the Sec
retary will either ask the President to
appoint a court to try Miles or else con-
fess the truth of the statements made by
the latter.
There are some officials who profess to
believe that Secretary Alger will ignore
the matter and let IL rest for policy s
sake. but the conCensus of opinion is that
there will be a scene in the secretary 5
Office when Aiger and Miles meet again
President Mckinley may intervene
promptly 10 prevent a scandal for the
good OF the party. The quarrel has
already Gistu> bed him greatly and he de-
sires TO bring the matter to quiet ter
mination. Whether he viii succeed re-
mains 10 be seen. There is al unusual
quiet about the secretary's office, tut it
is believed to be the calm which precedeS
the breaking of the storm.
1t is regarded as significant that Sena-
tor Proctor, who is a warm friend of
Gen Miles. accompanied Secretary AL
ger to Montauk Point last night. AS the
hour for Gen. Miles arrival draws nigh
il appears that the senator has stepped
into the ring as peacemaker and is al
ready taking steps 10 fOrestall any has
ty action on the part of either the gem
eral or the secretary. When asked about
the Miles-Alger imbroglio yesterday,
Senator Proctor replied:
Il have nothing 10 say on that subject
now.
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The Presidents Object Lesson.

President Mckinley must have had a
forcible object lesson presented To his
view some time ago. 1t will be re-
membered that two of the Presidents
nephews. James Mckinley and John
Barber, are members of that Ohio vol
unteer regiment which is called The
Presidents Own" This regiment was
stationed at Camp Alger during the
time when it was stated that the camp
was healthy. clean, and well supplied
with water for drinking and bathing
purposes. 1t is related that when the
young men thought of enlisting they.
or their relatives. wrote to the Presi-
dent. asking if there was any chance
of their receiving commissions. Their
distinguished uncle replied that they
would have no commissions unless
they earned them. They must enlist as
private soldiers. And that little story
looked very pretty in print.
The President one day invited his
nephews and some other volunteers to
dine at the White House, and, of
course. they accepted the invitation.
They arrived at the White House in
the President noticed that they were
not at ease, for some reason or other.
He said to the young Mckinley:
Jimmy. do you want a promotion?'
And here comes in the moral of the
tale. The young man replied that he
had no desire for promotion. but it
would be a great pleasure to him if he
could have a bath. This is the first in
stance on record in which an Ohio man
has refused office because he wanted
something else worse. The President
discovered, on inquiry. that the other
members of the party were of the same
opinion. There was not one of them
who did not feel that it would be a
greater blessing to be clean than to be
colonel So the President rang for the
steward and directed that each of them
be shown to a bath room and given all
the essentials for a good, thorough
scrubbing. None of them had had a
bath for several weeks. and the de-
lights that the next hour held for them
can only be described by a trans
cendental Persian poet.
We recommend this little incident to
the Presidents thoughtful considera-
ton. 1t is true. pointed, and all
in the family. An Ohio regiment
has been subjected to conditions
which make cleanliness a greater
blessing than promotion. If the
President had only known that such
things were possible, what lot
! of trouble it would have saved him just
after his Inauguration! He could have
| dumped all the Ohio politicians who
| wanted offices in the woods at Falls
Church for a month. and at the end of
| that time they would have been So
anxious to go home and have a bath
and a square meal that they would
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TRIAL OF JOHN w. JAGo.
Accused of Having Robbed the Mails
the Rrffannie

London. Sept. 3--John W. Jago. former
ly first officer of the steamer Britannia.
who is charged with smuggling and with
robbing the mails. in association with
John Kynaston, third officer of the Bri-
fannie. was again arTaigned in the Bow
Street police court yesterday. Solicitor
Osborne. of the treasury. who appeared
for the prosecution, said he was surpris-
ed 10 find Jaso in the employ of such a
company he had been engaged, and
he was still more surprised to find that
ne had been occupying such a post as
the one he had held He was at a loss
to know how the man got his credentials.
JaSo. Mr.. Osborne said was the prime
mover in the smuggling and mail rob-
bing- kynaston had made full confess
sion, which would be read later KynaS-
ton had been acting throughout at the
instisation of Jago. Henry Galway third
steward of the Britannia, gave a long ac-
count of how the trick was done He
said he went into the scheme magfning
it was only smuggling job He was not
told of the abstraction of the mail bag
He was afraid that the smuggling would
be discovered and told Jago so. Jago
promised him equal share. one-third.
of the proceeds for keeping his mouth
shut.
Frank Robert Sparks, bookkeeper for
the Anglo-SwisS Condensed Milk Com
pany. of New York, was called to the
stand and examined He said he had not
received the coupons whicn mad been sent
to his address. The closed envelope in
which stolen coupons were posted were
shown TO him.
MIR. Osborne at this period rose and
said: IF this envelope contains coupons
one of the cases is ended -
There was a moment of almost breath
less silence. when the envelope was open
ed and found to contain nothing Jago
was then rema nded.
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The Redemption of Cuba.

To the Editor OF The Times:
AS | am a subscriber to your valuable
paper and take much interest in the mat
ters pertaining to Cuba. allow me to say
have been panied often by the unchari-
table remarks made about the Cubans by
many who have spoken upon the subject
but especially so by the Rev. Mr. Dudley
whose remarks can be found in your is
sue of the 1st of September. in which
these words are used: The Cubans are
not worth the powder that would blow
their brains out" St. Paul if living to-
day amid such circumstances. would say:
My hearts desire and prayer to God is
that the Cubans might be saved"
While / am not an enthusiast in regard
to annexation. yet / believe the hand of
God can be traced in this matter. To one
acquainted with Cuba and its surround
inSS the situation as it is is no surprise.
What Cuba needs is the pure gospel of
Jesus Christ. and men who will go pre-
senting not themselves as the pauacea for
the ills and sins. but Jesus Christ the
sinners friend. II the Cubans are as rep
resented by some let US as Christians en-
better plane of living. The Cubans are
like all other peoples who have not had
the pure gospel of truth presented to
them. Give them the gospel, for 1t is the
power of God.
d. f. WISEMAN
Pastor Church of Our Redeemer
The evening times., 1898-09-03
THE CUBAN COMMISSION
Expected to Sail for Havana This
Afternoon.

New York. Sept. 3.-The Cuban Com
mission. it was expected this morning,
would sail for Havana on the Resolute
either late this afternoon Or early to-
morrow morning. The Resolute was ly
ing I'm the Brooklyn navy yard this morn.
ing and active preparations were max
ing for the voyage.
The Commissioners selected by this
Government are: Major Gen. M. G. But
ler. Admiral Sampson and Gen. j. +.
Wade
The staff selected includes the following
army and navy officers:
Gen. Buffers staf-Capt. W. +. Brooks,
and F. NJ. Page and Lieut.. Alfred Hamp-
ton. Admiral Simpsons staff Lieut.. G.
G. Marsh. Sydney Stone and Roy Smith.
Gen. Wade'S stalf-Capt. A!my, secre-
tary; Capt. ]. b. Foraker. jr.. commits
sary; Major Charles J. Allison and Capt.
Lloyd G. Griscom quartermaster.
In addition to the staffs a corps of
clerks and stenographers will accom-
pany the Commissioners. 1t Is said at
the navy yard today that Admiral Samp-
son was in favor of making the steam
ship the headquarters for the Commits
| sion, and 1t was thought that this would
be the course decidede upon when the
expedition reached Havana
The evening times., 1898-09-03
DUMMY" BIDDERS FOR BONDS.
An Alleged Illegal Syndicate Scheme
Under Investigation.

The Treasury Department has unearthed
a systematic scheme which has been prac-
ticed by syndicates and other combina-
tions in various Eastern cities for the
purpose of obtaining large patches of war
revenue bonds from the Government.
Solicitor of the Treasury O'Connell re-
Gently went to New York as the result of
numerous complaints which had been re-
ceiyed by the Secretary of the Treasury
of the persons who were bidders for the
bonds and returned yesterday with a
mass of testimony which he has submitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury, and all
of which tends to show that there has
been a systematic scheme whereby many
persons have been getting ahead of the
Government by securing more than law
full amount of the bonds.
The report of Solicitor O'Connell inti-
mates that millions of dollars were secur-
ed in this manner from the Government.
Many of the bids received at New York
are shown to have been signed by persons
who had no interest whatever in them.
but had simply signed by pre-arrangement
with the syndicates who furnished the
money for the bonds. In other words the
persons who bid were the tools of the
persons for whom they were thus induced
to join in the popular rush for the bonds.
1t IS also said that a number of these
dummy bidders were even induced to
sign for monetary considerations. and
other bids were signed by what proved to
be forged signatures, upon investigation.
In conclusion, the report shows that
agents were actually employed to secure
subscribers for corporations at so much
per subscriber. The report cannot for
prudent reasons be given to the public at
this time but a thorough investigation is
being made and action may be taken by
Secretary Gage, which may result in the
refusal of the Government to issue bonds
to cases which have been proven fraudu-
lent.
The evening times., 1898-09-03
THIRTY DEATHS FROM HEAT.
A Misunderstanding Day for Septcm-
her in New York

New York, Sept. 3-Thirty deaths and
eighty-two prostrations occurred from
the excessive heat OF yesterday.
Never before do the residents of this
city remember of passing such night as
that experienced Thursday. No one
thought of staying in bed; people walked
the streets and roamed along the river
front Over 1000 persons went to Coney
Island after midnight to sleep on the
beach. The local car lines did as much
business through the night as they usu-
ally do in the rush of the day.
People did anything to get a breath Of
air. The breeze that came from the river
was nothing but hot wave. that added
to the sufferings of wan and weary peo-
pie.
The morning came. and with it the red
hot sun. which found suffering humanity
in just the weakened condition to be easy
victims to its powerful rays AS the day
advanced the victims of the continual
strain began TO drop faster and faster
Every hospital in town had out all its
dmbulances in response to hurry calls
Those who died through the day were
Joseph Almond, i21 First Avenue; David
Blake, 265 East Fourth Street: Peter
Burke, 204 East Sixteenth Street: Maggie
Calkin, 4o3 East Nineteenth Street; Alice
Horan and James Clarin, of % East Fiji
ty-fifth Street: John Deegan, 365 Central
Avenue; Patrick Desmond, Margaret
Ficken, Michael Fitzgerald 1910 First
Avenue: Lawrence Guy, -; Hildebrand,
2i6 East Eighteenth Street: Louis Houfel
2el Elizabeth Street; John Beilew, 90 West
1lSth Street; Elizabeth Intermann 1919
Third Avenue; Carmelia Jezzetello. go
I East 1G9th Street: Michael katz, 76 Lud-
low Street; Rose Kugari, 5 Minetta
Street; Edward Leary, SO Cannon Street:
John Lindkind, Forcunsto Masso. 40S Sec
ond Avenue: Timothy O'Connor 1853 East
112th Street; William Pearson, 81 Little
Street: Joseph Renash, Parker Nosburg,
29 Taylor Street, and five unknown per-
sons.