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oni division hospital in Us early history.
This was midsummer and many men ,ay
uncovered on account OF ths short supply
q blankets lie supplied the deficiency.
Taera WAS also a that Elrle 3 shortage -
tents and food suitable 20 typhoid patents.
He had undertaken 70 supply the def
cheney and had distributed Two carloads
OF The necessary deficiencies. 1t seemed.
h. said, AS il the hospital Was arranged
upon a smaller scale than was demanded.
ard a consequence there was cen
slant demand upon the Red Cross 20 Sup
ply the deficiency.
Cen Kent said he had heard many com
plants concerning misconduct az The hos
pitfalls and many OF them were apparently
Wen vouched for. but they had no: gem
orally proved Wei. founded when inyest-
gated.
Replying to a question. he said he
thought IL had been very difficult 20 ret
ms deal men Of sufficient Administrative
ability 10 manage such Institutions AS tae
civ sion Hospitals. Before The female
nurses were secured the nurses. who were
men OF the hospital corps. were rot Capa-
bic. They were not Intelligent as class.
az a, while some of them were doggedls
ftithful they failed 10 meet the require
nenis They did not. for Instance. seen
10 regard Il As of consequence if flies were
crawling n and cut of . sick mans montl
WITH impunlty. ana he had as many as SIS
cases OF this kind al one time. Since TIE
trained nurses were secured the sick we're
better cared for n home.
Lieut.. Col. NifQuain. a veteran OF the
civil war and a graduate of the military
school of Brussels, Of the Third Nebraska,
sad the regiment was eXceisenty equipped.
except that the ,entage was poor. He Also
said the quality of the clothing was bad.
The pork had also teen wornly at times
and the beef tainted, but these had been
exchanged.
He thought the camp entirely too much
c.owded.
Other witnesses examined A. the after
noon session were Lieut.. Jones. commissary
OF the Fourth Virginia: Private A"en ..
White. OF HE same regiment: Private :.
G. Thompson. Third Nebraska: Lieut..
Freeman. commissary of the one Hundred
and Sixty-tirSt Indiana; James K. POurie.
a company comfnissary sergeant OF the
Sixth Missouri and Private James I.
James OF the Sixth Missouri.
All these witnesses expressed themselves
as sat SIZED. with their treatment. The
commssary officers said the ratious were
abundant bar that occasionally fresh
meats were tainted. owing TO The heat.
The privates found no fault, Ell saying
they had enough 20 eat, and generally THAI
the food WAS good.
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"A SPANISH FAIRY STORY.
,.TrIE BETWEEN DEWEY AND
JysuRGE~T NAVY.
Insurgents Have No Navy, and
story Probably Arose From Some
x~..rl., Smuggling Arms, Having
Beep Captured by Americans.

-,.stgr<GTO%. Oct 2A-The sarSa-
- 500 nish report 9: naval battle be-
- I)aeey's vessels ana the insurgent
- IN the Philippines - received with
ses<,,,ge tncresil i'tE III the navy and war
s-.a-f,rerts II there has been any recent
-, l,essey has failed 10 report Il. ard
So Cyen OTIS nor United States Con
- whitman have regarded {. as worthy
: .o,l-e /; Is believed - the navy de-
s~-rant that Spanish authorities refer ~
- seizure % the little steamer Abby by
= Neculloch on September - last Il
"a. reported the Abby was bringing arms
- supplies OF war 10 the insurgents.
Tnsyelpon she vas seized ard was taken
- tn MoCuloch 10 Manila. /, is just
sa..,sse there mas been come similar incl
ssn,s 80. deemed worthy OF report i-i the
ssa4s Ct Cebu ar Fancy. as Il has been
-soert@d the Insurgents are importing arms
!. suresd instruction and Dewey would
.zYe yrstressed them.
Tns Insurgents save only a few coast
tsz ysssels. and i would ne absurd TO
"a, taese navy" l. is not surprising
IA, tns Spanish cabinet X trying TO make
suueh o. inis incident, or anything else
"a can ba twisted into "A demonstration
~ actual nas tliitieg between the American
tsrees IN the Philippines and the lnsu--
.4nss for II would make ground TO sus-
saf tfie CObttItBp'B lfs-F are sure 10 put
fgrygz.d when the Philippines came under
ssnsldsratlon before the Paris commission
RAJ the United States forces have never
b. able to take possession of and hold
,er..oFy outside OF Manila proper Under
fhe raief % nterna;ional-.aw such point
would b- entitled 10 serious consideration
Z determining what disposition should be
made Of the territory.
Otis sends a. Bulletin.
The war department today posted the
following bulletin [ ndsr date OF yesterday
cts cabied the war department:
The s.tua ton in LuZJD is somewhat
Improved. The influence OF the Fiipiuos
6, education and property not desiring
dependence, but hostile 10 Spain IL gain
.ag ascendancv la the revolutionary coun-
els Am promising nothing. bat enforc-
IN the law. The complication seriously
Affects the interests and commerce and
a!minishes revenue. Affairs are progress
lag fayGgably. though sick reports are in
ereasing. mostly due - the careiessnes or
snased men. The health of the officers liz
god The conditions Of the city and IA
ELITES for quartering troops are improV-
iag During the month there were TWEEN
y-e.ght deaths
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LEATHER LEAGUE IN SESSION.
Proposal Made 10 Create q Worlds
League on the same Lines.

NEW YORK Oct. 28,-The Lu1aar
League, IN annual session here. elected
Officers today as follows: President, Z.
+ Eiler. New York. reelected. grand sec
rotary. II. G. Olsen. Chicago. reelected !:
assistant general secretaries =. C Gra1sr.
BuHalo ~. Y, and George VI jones.
reading Pa. treasurer. Cornelius Eek
hartS. Washington. literary secretary,
Rev. Charles Fahe-. % Pennsylvania as
sis-ant literary secretary, Rev. @. H
ScETure OF Ohio.
Tae committee on worlds league. which
Was appointed two years ago IL Tn con-
vension heId az On. cage, reported that thu =
ha3 commUn Gated with me heads o. the
league IL five different countries On the
subject &C worlds league. Il was sus-
gested that 4 delegation Of ff1een Luth-
erans Be selected 10 &c 10 Europe % IN
terest Lutheraus IN the different countries
OF the subject Of 4 world league.
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SEVERE STORMS IN TEXAS.
Number Of CaSUalties. Including n
Fatal Train Wreck.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. CA special to the
Republic from Houston. Tex. says: The
electrical and wind storm which swept
over Texas last night was very severe in
South Texas. The damage 70 cotton is
enormous.
AT Deer Park. twenty miles from Hous-
ton the residence of q. +. Adams was de-
mOlished. Adams. his wife and baby sUs-
tanned minor injuries. while \. ]. Cook
was crushed 10 death. At Pasadena the
residence Of John Stout was turned over
and completely wrecked. SIX occupants
Were injured.
The wind was SO high at Missouri City.
thirty-tive miles west of Houston. that 1t
bew a number of freight cars from the
fornia express. running forty miles an
hour dashed into the cars a; full speed.
The engine turned over. instantly killing
George Johnson. of San Antonio, the engi-
netr. ana badly scalding the fireman and
injuring the head brakeman. None Of the
passengers was hAdly hurt.
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PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 2n.-Brig Gen
Roberts is dead a his home In this city
aged ~ years. He entered the West pOin,
Military Academy in 1885. lie was made
brevet lieutenant in the Fourth Artillery
June 10. l<}6 and first lieutenant July =.
1881. On August 20. % the same year he
was promoted to a captaincy in the Fourth
artillery. HI served AZ Fort Hamilton
y. Y. in 1858 and took part in the
operations against the creek nation IF
Indians. He served In the Florida war Of
1861 "a captain of a regiment Of mount
ant professor Of natural and experimental
philosophy At the military academy In lS3S
and 1893 He was afrerward retransferred
10 Florida and took part In the Indian
war. In 1893 he commanded Fort Mifflin.
In 1857 he WAS transferred 10 Fort Lesv-
enworth, Kansas. and afterward assumed
charge OF Fort Monroe.
He served throughout The civil war In
1851 he was in command of Fort Monroe
ard IN 0ctoher 81 she sane year was
made chief # artillery in the Seventh
corps On March e. lsf% he was made
colonel = the Third regiment % Pennsyl-
wanna heavy artillery and was afierward
t-4vr-fr~ro3 ara rGt m charge 80
the Fourth Artillery corps. On AnrtI ..
i-s- hn VAS made brig der genera of
volunteers. on Nay u. I>55. n was hre-
,.--. at - ri- ii r < ueta' of REGULAR Sin
tho cloSa Of the war he had heli the
0fF;Ca = assistant inspector Ct reraI Of the
1rrartrnent I'm Washington and spperin-
-erdent Of the artillery school al For
Monroe.
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They Express Misrepresentation of the
Mar Rexenue Tax.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 2o.-The new officers 81
ths National Wholesale Druggists wert
elected today. Fx-Mayor Cyrus +. Wal
bride 81 s.. Louis VAS chosen president.
Reports of committees were then read.
Two important recommendations were
made by the board Of control.
The first OF these was that the new com-
:nittee on legislation ASK Of congress a fe-
ductiou and greater uniformity in postal
laws
The report % the COMMITTEES on legisia-
tion declared the war tax law AS crude Il
piece VI legislation was ever executed
and is in addition ambiguous and unfair
Frank T.. Eaxon. Of Kansas City, was re-
elected 10 the chairma nship of the proprie-
tary committee.
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DISPLAYED THE AMERICAN FLAG.
British Soldiers During Athletic
sports Pay Is Compliment.

NEW YORK. Oct. "a dispatch 10 The
Tribune from Halifax says:
The regimental sports Of the Royal Cana
dian battalion Of imperial troops were
marked by an unusual incident. At the
conclusion of the sports leo men. the pick
of the garrison. formed a pyramid by
mounting upon one auother's shoulders,
ard the man At the apex. a fine specimen
OF the British solder. STOOD waving II one
hand the Union Jack and in the other the
Stars and Stripes. This finale was cheersd
by the large number of spectators present.
1t WAS The first time in the history OF Hall
fax that men OF a British regiment had
displayed the flag OF another nation.
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NEwFou NDLAND's THO, BLEs.
Royal Commission VIII Recomm n d
Removal of the French.

ST. JOHNS. y. f Oct. 20.-Admirai Err
skine and Sir John Branst0n, the royal
commission now inquiring INTO the French
SHORE question. are holding daily confer
eHces with the colonial cabinet with a
view TO arranging bass Of negotiation
with France for a settlement OF the issues
involved The ministry fav0rs the ahso-
lutte removal OF the French from New
foundland soil OF some Interpretation OF
the treaties which will prevent the few
French fishermen now visiting the coast
from interfering with the development OF
that large and valuable section Of New
fouRd!aDd's coast lire. The commissioners
will return To England next week.
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LAFAYETTE MONUMENT.
Peck Asks for n Site Within the Ex-
position Grounds.

PARIS. Oct. 20.-At the meeting OF the
municipal council Of Paris today. tn pres
ident OF the council read letter from r.
W Peck, United States comm ss-oner 10
the Paris expos ti5n Of 1900. asking him. on
behalf OF the Lafayette monument COM
mission, for a site in the exposition
grounds fer the proposed statue Of Lafay-
cite The president thanked the United
States for this evidence of sympathy and
republican brotherhood. and said he had
forwarded the request - the exposition
commissioners. with request THAI it De
granted.
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Nearly Three-Quarters of II VIII Not
He Thrcshed at All

WINNIPEG. Man. oct 2a.~Of an es-
timat"d yield of from 25,oS GO 10 q. go .9a
bushels OF wheat IL is now calculated that
only about sos. tp5 bushels VIII be threshei
and the balance standing in stacks ana
shocks Is threatened with tot ii destruc tiou.
The outlook is exceedingly gloomy. Farm
"rs almost despair ~ saving the balance of
their crops. The harley and 0at crops are
all out in the fields as we'll as wheat II
has been raining more or less steadily for
the past three weeks and necessarily since
Saturday last. II heavy frost or snow
should come now the whole outstanding
crop would be rendered unfit for even hog
food
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Old hoard of Directors Chosen With
OUT Open Opposition.

NEW YORK. OCT g0.-At the annual
meeting 0f the stockholders Of the North
ern Pacific Railway Company. held In this
city today, the retiring BOARD OF directors
was reelected Seven hundred and sixty
thousand shares were voted. Philadelphia
stockholders came IN with 1900 shares and
an opposition .ichet, but withdrew it. They
took no part in the election ~>
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Jose 4. Ruiz Convicted Of Murder

DENVER. OCt. "a special % The
News from albuquerque says; Jose +.
Ruiz was today in the district court con-
v!cted of murder IN the frs degree The
date OF his execution aas not yet been set.
Last November Ruiz. while much .rtox.-
Gated. fired two shots into Il group Of chill
drcn. killing 6-year-o,d PatriCio O'Bannon
arI Wnunalrg ArtNso Garcia
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FIGHTING TICKET sCALpERs.
Railroads Try To Enjoin Them Sell.
ing Excursion Tickets.

CHICAGO. Oct. 20.-The tgnt between
tho railroads and the ticket brokers. re-
sUlting from The efforts Of the former 10
prevent the scalping of tickets by the lat
ter has been taken 4nto court. Seven rail
roads toSar secured from Judge Smith a
temporary injunction restraining the sale
by the brokers Of excursion tickets issiIef
by the railroads on account OF the peace
jubilee IN tbs city, The brokers against
whom the injunction is lsv!ed number
seventy-'wo. and include all the down.
town ticket scalpers.
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SEIPHi HIDING IN JAPAN.
very LnrEe Steamship just Conn
pIetcG af Nagnsaki

WASHINGTON. Oct - The latest re-
ports 10 The state department tell OF the
marvellous development OF shipbuiiding III
japan United States Cons.li Harris, At
Sagasaki. says there has jus; been deliv-
e'td there the largest steamship ever
launched outside Of American and Eu-
ropean waters. she is the Hitachi Maru
haiii by The Nitsu Bishi Company at Maya
saki Her displacement Is u Go tons
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Miners knocked Down the Shaft.

BUTTE. Mont, Oct. 20.-Emil Flankey
and Hermann keekkIe. miners employed
!n the DISCO nine. were instantly killed
white ascending the shaft today. Tn
Cross-head got hung in tht shaft and when
Lo7ened struck both men, knocking them
from the bucket
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FORT WAYNE. Ind. oct. Cover l. $40
people, 10 of them delegates. are IN At
rd3ace a. he Internal onal-* conventto
= ttr railroad Y. NJ {. 4 The conven-
son opeae! this evening In the Bartt-.
tlbe'04-le. Business sessions commeuc-
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Died on the Voyage.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 2l-The steam
er State of California arrived from Port-
land night and in one of her staterooms
lay the body Of Louis Strach. aged H.
who had been i'll for several months from
consumption. and was bound for Southern
California. but dad on the voyage.
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Kangiey Postomce Discontinued.

Special Dispatch 20 The Post-inteliigencer
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4a.-kangley pos,
oitee will be discontinued October 81 Ma
fey kangley Will he delivered AT Palmer
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was declared ~. Superintendent Sye. q
the American Steel ana Wire Company.
has announced that al the old employees
woo desire 70 return 70 1ors could 30 50
as far as there wsra vacancies. tbs vi!
provide places fer al ruc q few % tire
S.riEers
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GENEVA. \. y oc; 40-Dr William
f iraoks dlrect,r 90 ihe South obSe~v
te;y. discovered new come: tonight. Is
Tost.e- IS fEht as err or IS hours B mir
ut. f'ei Ta:.on r0ytn 80 degrees y min
utCs. motion soutaraStcriv.
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mex meeting all be ~ Chicago TnerA
.as sAaE+~ap .G the fxs q o.ficerx Mira
a L, Longiey. 81 San Francisco vas
elected secretary
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Wire Drawers strike OF.

CLEVELAND .. oct. 20.--By unani-
nous vote of the striking: wire drawers. at
a meeting held this afternoon. the strike
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National Spiriiuaiist Association.

WASHINGTON. oct. 2o.-The sixth an
hual convention OF the National Sp.ritualiSt
Association came 10 an end tonight. The
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MINNEAPOLIS Mimi. oct "a spe-
.ssI 70 fhe Journal from pealwood. : =.
avs ex-Gov Charles II. Sheldon died to-
-av ~ pneumonia.
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HAVANA rs EXCITED.
ALL SORTS or pIsrUaHiNG RI
,inHs IN CIRCULATION.
Real DnnIrr TX io the Females Whp
Have Relatives In the Ranks
of the Insurgents.

Havana, via Key West, April AFTER
many days OF foolish confidence that MOI n
Ing would happen a nuubcr Of people hers,
A.mericans aud o;hers. have been punscl
into equally foolish fears. turmoil and al.
sorts OF Wild rumors In advance OF the nj -
sage o. The president to congress. People
who should know better Insist that war has
been declared Others are equally sure TINT
his holiness. tho pope, has secured peace
With honor Bankers who are American
citizens are packing their papers, collecting
al possible debts, arranging for guards TO,
their valuables and sending their families
away, Cuban women with husbands
fathers or brothers in the insurgent rams
are IN a state OF terror aud are really much
to be pitied since II any one Is marked IL
Is them, bocausu all history On parallel lines
shows no very great consideration frcm
Spanish rioters tor the geutior sex. The
Few simon.pure Americans who rcmaln
Keep as cool as may BIZ With the tsm era
turc al q degrees in the morning hoars.
inc fact Is. so far rs the Officials and
newspapermcn are concerned they have
heard so many weird Gales which they have
traced 10 their sources and found moo
buneombe, that they are NOT prcearea 10
believe any evidence but that of their owl,
sensss, When General Ire says Win ,has
delightful chuolle CT his, Wen, gsnslc-
men, guess we would better b. getting our
traps together" all viii stand to attsatlon.
formally salute, Say Very good. .!r.r ANA
pack up.
The story sent North tha. forty mines
had been recently sunk in Havana harb9r
Is not verified, 1t is improbable Likely
enough, however, n single line aad PERHAPS
double line OF torpedocs has bsen lala In
the narrosest part OF the channel atar tho
entrance
Acg'erday afternoon the Spanish general. .
Alexander, Rodriguez. With tho aabsrdlnats
comma der, Rafael cardsnas, Jose Herman
dex: luis dc csrdenas ANA Jose uamsio
Win l.oO cavalry passed ncai GuInss. this
Z proyinpe. Ntstward bound. ltjis hc;icvei
tue fcrfe has hepn ordered 10 io.a lar Sra
3ith srocrs In AlataDxas province in order, u
a repri the expvried raids Of General MAXIM,
8 liomez and Calixto Garcia, details IA whirh
have been given. No news has harm 10
ceiyed IRON The Moron Jucaro trorha ye,
3 nor Is there likely to be any for some davs
etnre the country Is In q state Of ex ci,enisn
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"scoorED' ny THE "rIcKER.,
FIRST Information of Administration
Novcs Came from Wall strec,.

'''S' information Of Administration
H"Vcs Came from Wall Street.
Washington, April 6.--tSpecial Ill NAV
be remarked that the stock ticker wa,
the first to announce at 1880 from New
York that the presidents message would
not be SEM in until 9 o'clock today, which
was shortly afterward confirmed from the
White House by telephone Then again
lust before o'clock the stock ticker
again announced thar tho message would
mol come in until next Monday. which WAS
again promptly confirmed from the White
House The stock ticker" has
"seooped' everybody or. every move by the
administration during all this excitement,
and the only conclusion for any sensible
Person TO arrive at is that it got its infor-
nation straight from Hanna's headquar.
ters.
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'sseeeooeesSesoss
wAH LOAN TALK,


Mccain ASSURES tins, President of an
Ahuiidnrvr ~ Nancy.
Washington, April 6--Scveral p.;ielais
OF the administration called Internally at
the White House luhight ana had con.cr-
cuces with the president Secretaries Long.
Bliss, Alger and Griggs were amoag those
who SAN The president, bu, all LET, ,ha es-
ecntive mansion early, and The president
retired hSiore u O'clock None Of them
would discuss the situation
& Assistant Secretary Day passed about
half an hour with the president. aai az ma
LEFT the White House YEAS asked by an AZ.
seciatsd Press representative whether tho
state department had received any inter-
nation concerning the report that Goners i
Lee had left Havana. He hau received no
" orn,stion, hc said, und there had bsrn no
iotns today n Havana, MS fur as he knsw.
y sAid upon sxesilent authority that
ar; MCCALL eSpreasei % tho president that
WITHIN twenty7fonr hours he could ralse
pmons me financial institutions OF Nav
ork aione Saov.o0p 900, which The govpru-
ntent could have on IT'S own terms. ANA that
y popular subscription were called for
$aeV, woe 900 could BIZ obtained In a few DAYS
Z flaie tonight Air, Mccall said hc did nut
save ~ discuss his interview WITH the prc,i-
Ias'p' 1'sNh - a war loan, nc aaiJ. 1--WE Nil
ny rtoks that briisr until wc get 10 n.
ilssvcryhody ought IA usplore war hut \ M
1ne prtsspt csso war Is incyitahlc his nco.
49, "A MI ssenQ kVliuls tvxcthnf."