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The evening times., 1898-08-30
TUESDAY, AUGUST 80, 1898.
How Soldiers Feel.

The statement of many of the Mary
land soldiers that they would not en-
list again if a call for volunteers should
be made is an echo of what many
others have said. and it is one of the
worst consequences, as well as one of
the strongest proofs, of gross neglect
and cruel inefficiency. 1t is a prompt
evidence of the accuracy of Mr.. Haw-
thorne's warning. Maryland was one
Of the first of the States to fill her
quota, and her men made efforts to be
sent to the front at once.
Some addle-headed editor, the only
defender of the War Department,
points to the desire Of many Of the
soldiers to remain in the service as a
sufficient denial of the reports of ILL
treatment. The explanation is plain
enough. Since the country has been
aroused to the point of indignant pro-
test, there Is every reason to expect
the soldiers will hereafter receive the
good treatment that is their due. As
they have served the nation when it
meant hardship, sickness and exposure,
tanned when ii means rest and rations
enough. Many are too reduced by dis
ease to take up their former employ
ment at once. and as they are without
other means of a livelihood, il seems
only fair that the Government should
support them until their health is re-
stored. 1t took them when they were
able to pass the most exacting physi-
cal examination. 1t has used them in
such a way that they are now feeble
1t is no approval of their experience.
no denial of the reports of suffering.
If they ask the nation to compensate
them for their hardships by a few
months of humane care.
If the Administration cares to remove
the spirit shown by the Maryland and
other toops, it will demonstrate its dis
approval of former neglect by retaining
all who desire TO remain, under condi-
tions that will restore their confidence
in the justice of the Government And
it will probe all charges to the bottom,
fix the blame for needless afflict:ons
and punish the offenders.
The evening times., 1898-08-30
HOMICIDE AT CAMP MEETING.
White Map Accused of MurderfnK
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A White Man Accused OF MurderfnR
n Negro Surrendern.
Frederick. Nd. Aug. 3o-Charles Miller,
the young white man, son of Martin Mil
Ter. of Middietown. who stabbed Roy
Brown. colored. aged eighteen years, in
the throat at the colored camp meeting,
near Mercer's Grove Monday night, from
the effects of which he soon died, came
to the sheriff yesterday morning and was
committed to Jail.
According to -Miller's statement, the
tragedy was the result of a most trifling
matter. He said: II was riding bicycle
on the road near the camp meeting
ground when I met Brown. We talked as
to our ability TO ride the wheel and as to
the speed we could attain. A controversy
ensued and we became involved in a quar-
rel. Brown finally. called me a liar, hav-
ing already armed himself with a stone,
when struck at him with an open pock-
ct knife. j had no intention of killing
the boy, but l am told the blade pene-
trated the right jugular vein, producing
an ugly wound. and that he bled to death
in less than ten minutes. Several physi-
clans were summoned, but he was already
dead when they reached the scene
The coroner's jury in the case brought
in a verdict of willful murder.
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SHAPING UP CAMP wIKoFF.
Brisk Preparations for u Visit From
the President.

Montauk Point, N. Y, Aug. 30-The Of
ficers at Camp wikoff are exerting all
their energy now in preparing the camp
for President McKinley's visit next Sat-
urday. Work on the several hospitals has
never progressed so rapidly as now. To-
day the last tent necessary to complete
the annex to the general hospital was
erected. and now there is room for 800
patients besides those already occupying
the full wards. Building cannot go on
without end. however, and to avoid an
other such crisis as the two through which
the hospital has already passed, the hos
pital ship San Marcus, which Is expect
ed here will be used in transferring con-
valescents to New York and Boston.
DR.. Nicholas Sem has begun work in
the surgical ward and already thirty
four surgical cases have been disposed
of successfully. DR.. Sem chose his nurses
from among the Sisters Of Mercy who
came here from Emmitsburg. Md, two
weeks ago. Six more Of the sisters were
asked for by telegraph today.
Today's mail brought to Gen. Wheeler
a letter from John r. Long. of Louis
Vile, KY, offering houses for a winter
hospital to which the sick troops can
be removed should cold weather come
before Camp Wikoff breaks up. The
houses offered are thirty-nine in number
in the borough of Queens, near the Old
Brooklyn City line.
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THE cUsrolrs sHAKE-uP.
Ihere May BE Further Inquiry Int<
the BaltfmOre Custon House.

There May BE Further InQuiry Into
the baltimore Custom House.
Baltimore. Aug. so.-Co.lector Stone has
announced the following appointments
In, the custom house force as having been
approved by the department at Washing
|-ton: ~ -s'ss - = -
Charles g. Leonard. stenosrapher and
typewriter. 1890 a year.
Harry H. Mobley. laborer for record
room. $50 year.
Clarence A. O:dfesd, William H. Baird,
Arnold ]. Guide aud John Bauer, laborers.
81 per day.
William H. Richardson, inspector, re-
instated, $3.50 per day.
Mr.. Charles G. Leonard chief clerk to
the park board, will not accept the prof
fered position ,of secretary to Mr.. william
F. Stone, collector Of the port. He wrote
to Mr.. Stone yesterday. declining the ap-
pointment. Mr. Leonard is very well sat
isied with his present position, which
pays $500 year pore than the one ne was
offered.
The fourteen men who were ordered TO
be dropped from fur,her service were
notified that their dismissal will take
P;Iss Tse1a. on MfiiSay Rs4 employed nsat as mes
senger under the office Of the surveyor OF
the port, was Yesterday notified that his
services were no longer required. HIS
saa1ry was $50 per year.
The examination into the charges pre-
-ferred against-bewis H. Robinson. in
spector of immigrants. furnished mate-
rial for general speculation and Discus
sion at the icustom house yesterday.
Commissioner, of immigration Percy c.
Hennighausen was furnished with a copy
of the charges preferred against his
deputy by the Treasury Department at
Washington. Accompanying the copy was
a letter instructing Mr.. Hennighausen TO
deliver the copy to Mr.. Lewis II. Rob-
inson, and to direct Mr.. Robinson that
the department would wait three days
for his answer.
These instructions were received on
Saturday night and Mr.. Hennighausen
said: II have complied with the instruc-
tons gave Mr. Robinson a copy Of the
charges and notified him that he would
have until Wednesday to file his answer.
While I understood that special agents
were examining the several branches OF
the Government in Baltimore l did NOT
for a moment think that the examina-
ton would affect Mr.. Robinson. as i have
always considered him a most efficient
officer. l am glad to state that none of
the alleged violations took place during
my term OF once, as all Tue chdise
preferred relate TO dates prior 10 my
taking charge"
Mr.. Robinson when seen at the custom
house said: II will have nothing to
say until i have my hearing, which will
be accorded me. have copy of the
charges. and they are highly amusing.
Ii is all spite work. and an attempt TO
blacken a mans character"
II is understood that the Treasury De-
partment will make a further investi-
CATION. and 1t is hard to say at this time
how searching 1t will be or who or how
many will be affected by II.
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THE BIBLE SAVES HIS I1IE.
An Old Story Told in n New Way
The Assault on DR.. Potter.

<NSS@uha Sn sSh'
New York, Aug. S0.-The Rev. Daniel
c. Potter. of No. l55 Ninth Street. Long
Island City. said last night that there
were no new developments in the report
ed attempt to assassinate him on Sun
day morning He said that he was sat-
isfied that the police were acting in
differently in the matter and he did not
expect them the make any effort to run
down the unknown man whom DR.. Pot
ter says he saw ride on a bicycle i'm
mediately after the shooting
The minister still has in his possession
the Bible which he says saved his life.
The two bullets that lodged in the book
have not been removed. The pistol
found in the grounds surrounding the
jefferson Clubhouse. adjoining the min
isters residence. is in the possession of
the police. The minister says that he
noticed something about the revolver
that he believes has escaped the atten-
tion of the police. and that is three we'll
defined hicks In the barrel.
DR.. Potter said last night that he fully
believed that the pistol had been used
in disposing of three victims. and that
the assassin had in each case cut a nick
in the barrel in true Western desperate
style. The minister is confident that the
Bible alone prevented fourth nick be-
ing put in the pistol barrel.
The evening times., 1898-08-30
RISKS LIFE FoR A KISS.
A boy In a Swing Initiates Trnpexe
Performers.

New York, Aug. 3O-During the whole
summer twelve-year-old Samuel Kalvolie.
of No. 35 Leonard Street, Williamsburg,
has been the most venturesome of all the
children who used the playground of
Public School, No. 43. in Boerum Street.
He could swing higher than any of them.
At running or jumping he outclassed
them all.
He was the center of an amazed group
of youngsters yesterday afternoon. swing
ing up and down, reaching even higher
than the stanch crosspiece from which
the ropes were hanging. The youngsters
clapped their hands and shouted Good,
Keep 1t up.'
Samuel had once been to q circus and
had there witnessed the wonderful feats
of the trapeze performers. He remem-
bere. how they waited kisses from the
tips of their fingers to the spectators. He
had never before dared to release his hold
while swinging. but this time he tried 1t.
He fell and was removed to ST. Cathe-
rines Hospital, where the doctors fear
he will die from a fracture of the skull.
The evening times., 1898-08-30
sickness. in Porto Rico.

There is only too much reason to
the troops in Porto Rico. 1t was di-
rectly charged, more than a fortnight
ago. by the surgeon in charge of the
hospital ship Relief, that every regi-
ment from an American camp carried
with n the seeds of this intractable DIS
ease. General Miles, after an inquiry
by medical men. confirmed this. Prep
arations were. or should have been.
made for a fight with the expected
epidemic. From a report published this
morning 1t seems that the fever has
developed and an alarming percentage
of men are already affected.
1t is not clear, though, why the SOL
diers should be again crowded into
troopships for a voyage Of many days,
or What is to be gained by their re-
turn to this country. Unless official
and neXspaper reports of the climate
of thetsSnn are wholly erroneous. no
betRr~p{2ce. for the sick can be found
here. 1t has been asserted that at
certain, protected heights there is an
ideal temperature, and certainly on
such heights the most perfect system
Of drainage is easily established. 1t
is practicable to provide the same deli
cacies and the same med, cal care there
that the sick could enjoy here.
The voyage must be anything but
sanitary in the case of a large number
of typhoid fever patients, or even Of
soldIGs who have been subject to con-
tagion, but are yet to show indica-
tions of sickness. In the most favor
able circumstances the crowding of
many troops on ship means discom-
fort and exposure and the spread of
disease IL the seeds are present. If II
is. in fact, a TYPHOID epidemic that is
feared. it seems the more rational
plan to carry the army into the noun
tains Of the island, sending with them
sufficient number of doctors and
nurses, an abundance of food fit for the
sick, and proper medicines.
Unless all the positive assertions of
sanitarians, backed by strictly medical
men, have been unwarranted, it is not
difficult to restrict or prevent the raw
ages of tyIshoid fever. provided the
sanitarians are allowed absolute au-
thority. AT Camp Alger, at Chicka-
mauga and elsewhere 1t was their own
fault if they did not have their own
way, as far as We know. That they
were not able to stay the progress of
disease is only too obvious. They deny
responsibility, however. In Porto Rico
they can hayE full sway, from the Sc
lection of the camp to the choice of
food articles. If they cannot prevent
the fever from extending, they must
confess they have deluded the public
all, these years. There is a growing
st,f4ftion that this is the appalling
fact. They have an opportunity to
restore public confidence in their doc
trines if, instead of advising an exo-
dus from the island. they apply their
methods there.
The evening times., 1898-08-30
THE GIRLS GO HOME.
Two Sisters Leave the Camp of the
"AnEel Dancers"

Two Sisters Leave the Camp of the
CANCEL Dancers"
New York, Aug. 30.-Lucy and Emma
Lamb, sisters. fifteen and seventeen years
old, respectively, were returned from
Park Ridge, N. j.. to their home in Bris-
tol. Conn, yesterday. after an adventure
at the Lords Farm" near Woodcliffe,
controlled by the so-called "Angel Dane
ers," of which Huntsman Mason is the
leader.
Lucy and Emma Lamb left their home
in Bristol a short time ago, and went to
the Lords Farm" Their mother was in
poor circumstances and she supposed her
girls would earn a respectable livelihood
at Mason's farm. On visiting the place a
day or two ago Mrs. Lamb did not like
the surroundings, ard decided to take her
daughters home. Mason objected to this
and. it is alleged, persuaded the girls not
to go with their mother. When Mrs.
Lamb tried to coerce them the girls dis
appeared and hid in a field of rye.
Mrs Lamb yhen obtained warrant
from Justice Mittag. Marshal William
Flower went to the farm at midnight.
when the Angel Dancers" and all the in
mates Of the place were asleep. The
Lamb sisters were aroused and told by
the marsnal that they would have to go
home with their mother or submit to ar
rest. The girls concluded to return home
The evening times., 1898-08-30
UNKNOWN SOLDIER DYING.
Member of the Seyenty-first New
York Found MOrtnIIy Wounded.

New York, Aug. GA soldier tof the
Seventy-irst Regiment is lying in Belle
vue Hospital today, perhaps mortaliy
wounded. He has been unconscious for
hours. and il is though his skull is frac-
tured. The name of the man and the
circumstances by which he was injured
are unknown. II is believed that he is
William F. Brede, of Thirty-first Street,
South Brooklyn. All that Is known of him
is that he was found unconscious shortly
after midnight at Forty-second Street and
Second Avenue. He was bleeding from
a wound at the base of the skull. He
was clad in the uniform of his regiment,
which but a few hours before had passed
through the city's streets cheered and ad-
mired.
A citizen who found the man believes
he fell from a street car.
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make him repeat this statement. The
very good fighting condition. and more
over. they are under discipline. II DR..
Tabor really thinks that the soldiers
are alltiars. hesshouId be bravesenough
To- stahd up for his opinions. He
should be willing to make that state
ment before the War Department.
where sts'can be put on, recprd. There
was once a tairy tale Of two rival
c!aiipahts to a throne. one of whom
was strong man. and t.e other a
small boy. The claimants were to
fight for the succession. The guardians
of the boy decided to place his part Of
ihe business in the hands of a syndi-
cate. Instead of Allowing the youngster
to fight. they engaged a foot soldier, a
cayalryman' and sailor to repre-
sent him in the field. The soldier,
against whom DIR. Tabor made his in
teresting charge. is at present debarred
from resenting it. In the first place he
is too i'll to hold himself up straight,
and in the second place he would not
be allowed to fight with the surgeon
of his regiment. The matter would
better be syndicated. Let the fathers
and brothers of these boys who are
dying of neglect in the Montauk camp.
denied even the right to complain, at
tend to DR.. Tabor's case, 1t is enough
for the soldier to face Mauser bullets
without being slandered by wholesale
after he comes home. DR.. Tabor will
to be punished with sufficient severity
to make him use better judgment in
future
The evening times., 1898-08-30
CAST oN A DESERT ISLE.
Hardship of Men Who sosgh
> initii Riches In the North.

T. .ritf sAsehe0 In the North.
wiikesbarre. Pa, Aug. 3o-J. De W.T.
| Metxea, Of this city, arrived home today
after an unsuccessful Attempt to reach
the Klondike haying been cast away on
barren island for forty-five days. Mr..
iMeixell went to Seattle. WASH. and in
the latter part Of, March he and twenty
nine men left Oh the schooner Elsie. LOCO
tons burden, for Kotzebue Sound, in the
extreme noIthern portion Of Alaska
After being out twenty zone days the
schooner ran against a reef. 1t was one
o'clock in the morning. a heavy storm
was raging and. almost naked and half
frozen. the men chung to the wreck until
morning. Then, after great exer:aon.
they managed to reach the shore. but
without any provisions. One of the men
fortunately had u few matches, and a
great fire was built.
They found the island on which they
were stranded to be ntarly destitute of
vegetation and uninhab.ted. The men
were arrayed only in their understanding.
all the rest of their clothing. together
with provisions, tools and outfits. being
on the wrecked schooner. They found
stream in which were sea salmon in
aaye to kill a considerable number OF the
fish. which they cooked at their fire.
Piece by piece, they recovered enough Of
their clothing to save them from freez-
ing to death.
ca one time, Mexell says. the ship
wrecked men seemed determined to hang
the captain OF the vessel. whose incom-
petency they believed, was responsible
for the wreck. For forty-five days they
lived on the island. subssisting on fish.
and saved themselves from freezing to
death by keeping up a raging fire OF
drfftlwood. Then they saw a vessel head
ing for the island. 1t was a fishing
schooner of the North American Com
mere.al Company. They were taken to
Kodiak Island. where they had to wait
a month for a vessel bound for the
Uni;ed States
Mr. Meixeli arrived In Seattle on Au-
gust s. Five OF his companions died from
disease, brought on by exposure and
starvation, and several Others OF the
party when he left them were hovering
between Efe and death. The island on
which. they were wrecked Is Cherikof
Island 800 miles from the mainland.
The evening times., 1898-08-30
Jerseys Oldest Patriot.
From the New York Tribune.)

From the New York Iribune-)
Mrs. Nancy Burger is the oldest patriot in New
Jersey She has lived l01 years. and her home is
in a quaint little cabin on mountain clearing
six miles south of Bellefonte. Her husband,
George Burger a strapping forgeman, fell fighting
on Commodore Perry's flagship in the great naval
victory on Lake Erie in the war Of 1872, her two
eldest sons were killed at the battle of Antietam.
and now her great-grandson, a boy of eighteen
years, is serving in the present war as member
Of the Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, at Chicka-
mauga. Grandmother Burger recently became the
recipient Of a pension of sl2 a month"; with the
largely accumulated back pay. Her son Samuel,
aged seventy-nine years, resides with her.
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And Two Women Renlain to Mourn
His Absence.

His Abseuce.
Trenton, N. J., Aug. 3o.-Rev. William
H Cox. pastor of the Thompson Memorial
Church. of New Hope. which is a few
miles above this city, as well as pastor of
the Lambertville Presbyterian Church,
has gone away and two women mourn
his absence. Miss Catharine Thornton,
principal of the New Hope school, is one,
and the other is Miss Minnie Hoagland,
who kept house for the clergyman. The
latter makes a serious charge against
Pastor Cox
Miss Thornton had rendered her resig-
nation to the school trustees and had or
dered a wedding troussean in anticipation
of her coming nuptials with the divine.
The date fixed for the wedding was Sep
tember 10. The dominic was supposed to
be a widower and had three daughters
living with him, the eldest being thirteen
years of age.
Pastor Cox has been conducting a regu-
lar Parkhurst campaign against vice and
immortality. His reform movements are
said to have been so radical that some of
his flock would not attend services.
The evening times., 1898-08-30

A great crowd greeted the New York
seveney-first Regiment on its march from
the Battery to It's armory, yesterday. The
men were too reduced by their awful ex-
periences to enjoy the reception as much
as they were expected to. Fortunately,
the District boys did not reach Montauk
Point until the worst evils were corrected
and they VIII have fortnight in which
TO rest before they come home. They
will be in better condition than the New
Workers. and ripe for the enthusiastic
welcome the people are preparing for
them.
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ACTOR MACKAY WEDs.
The Bride n Daughter of n Well
known Novelist. .to,.--

Cambridge. Mass, Aug. 30.-A wedding
of much interest TO social and theatrical
circles took place yesterday evening when
Miss Georgia Eliot Porter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Linn Boyd Porter, was mar
ried 20 Mr.. Charles Donald Mackay, at
the residence of the brides parents, No.
SS5 Harvard Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mackay will be at home
Wednesdays after September 10. after 3.
at their new home, No. Il Blackwood
Street. Boston
The bride is prominent in the social cir
cles of Cambridge and Boston and her
father is well known 10 the literary world
as Albert Ross. one of the best of Amer
lean novelists. Mr.. Mackay is a gifted
actor, having been associated with the
National Theater Stock Company, Wash
ington. E. s. Willard, Sol Smith Russell
and Charles Frohman's companies Since
80 he has been with the Castle, Square
Comedy Company.
The evening times., 1898-08-30

In this mornings news is a repetition,
in effect. Of the report of the correspon-
dent who interviewed General Miles In
Porto Rico, together with kilograms that
lend support to his statement. There
seems to be no doubt that General Miles
feels aggrieved, and 1t is merely a ques-
ton whether he cares to undergo the an
noyance formal complaint to the Presi-
dent would create. r.i
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aoRED TO DEATH BY A BULL.
Body of n Wealthy Breeder HOrri-
bly, Mutilnted.

Wheeling. W. Va, Aug 3e.-Christian
zahn. wealthy cattle Dealer at Martins
vile, and president of the State Agri-
cultural and Cattle Breeding Society, was
gored to death by a bull In a pasture
field yesterday Mr.. Zahfr went to a pas
ture to transfer some cattle TO another
field, and as he was gone some time his
son followed to find him. He found the
body of his father near the fence. with
fifty terrible rents and gashes made by
the horns of a supposed dociie Jersey
bull.
The body was paved and .rampled into
the ground beyond recognition.
The evening times., 1898-08-30
The Wh9ie.ome Tomato.
From the New York Tribune, !,

Dr. Andrew Wilson, Of London, writes thus: ''I
have received several letters Of late reterating
question might web be tired Of answering, DO
tomatoes cause cancerr But for the fact that one
takes pleasure in stamping ones foot on a mis-
leading statement calculated to prejudice people
against vegetable food which is entirely health
full and safe, should grow weary of asserting
that not jot or little Of proof has been offered
in support Of the outrageous statement noted
above One might IS well allege that cabbage
causes cancer, 1or there would be more proof
to be had concerning the tomato myth. can only
repeat that the tomato n an excellent vegetable
enough, and may be partaken Of by those with
whom it agrees without any fear Of its initiating
any disease whatever.
The evening times., 1898-08-30
BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY.
Locust Dale Miner Suspended I'm
GreenOughr Shaft.

Shamokin. Pa, Aug. 3o.-While trying to
steady a swaying from bucket in which
three workmen were being lowered into
the new Greenough shaft Monday night.
Peter Doyle. of Locust Gap, had his hand
caught between the machinery attached
to the bucket and some heavy timbers,
and hung for ten minutes in midair, a dis
tance of .5 feet from the rocky bottom of
the pit before the bucket could be re-
leased. when he dropped into it uncon-
scious. t
His hand was horribly crushed