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condition. The committee found that the
cause for it's bad condition arose from lhe
iacl that 1t was not intended to be more
than a temporary hospital but the slcl,
increases so rapidly that Il was over
otoweed Another cause was the incom-
potency OF the men detailed from the regi-
iheh's for nurses. IN many regImas;s the
most worthless men were dstal.sd Tor that
duty. The detail was made according 10
regulations The fault was not with the
madlc.l department, but OF the system.
me commission found unae ssssr5 suf-
lertng because of lack of tents ana cots.
50 that the patients were exposed 10 th.
rain and compelled to lie on tap grour d
This was the fault OF the quarternas er's
department. acquisitions were not flied
Tor from TWO 10 ten days. ani in some In
stances We're NOT filled at all When asked
u there were many dsuths resuli.nE f.om
these neSlects, he said there was an ord,r
from Or. Hoffman TO Major Smith to ganl
tifty of the worst patients 20 Sternbslg
hospital, or those two died IN a shorr t,me
after the removal. IL was claimed by nr
Holman that tia order was to send flf,x
pa'ieHis and not fifty OF the wo-s, ma
uents, The original order was mar nrn-
duced. The witness admitted thar he
would not charge these deaths to neslees
owl 10 want OF Judgment IN sending men
out unfit 10 bear The iaAsue. TAs only
complaint against the medical CORPS wss n
the case OF one Major Hubbard. who re-
quAed the s,ck men 20 stand a, at,eneion
whiio attending sick calls. The medical
corps Was not nesleaitui bat was al.
htartenci beeauEe OF inabilsy to get sun
phes, medicine and proper nursing. As IN
stances OF nsglect, the witness said hi,
commission has much Testimony, that pa-
Heats "ere allowed 10 remain filthy In
their beds and were actually fly-blnwn
Tbs nagleo, was chargeable 10 The nnrsss
C'fep'sy The nJrses were freounnly
changed and the officers In charge wera |
also frequently charged. Some We're asked !
70 resign ana others broke down. The w,lt- |
moss saw many patients on cots on The |
ground the wards were not all floored !
ANIL IN August. The evidence before The I
commission showed that the medical Off |
iers wern conscientious and did their hest |
. remedy the evils prevailing IA The hos |
,Ha's. The witness read the siatementx |
Rev, j. Smith and Colonel Holman. had |
made 70 his commission. The former was |
! snathiug arra.gmncnt OF the irefriciency |
y the supply department.. medical eppar- |
Itais. ice, drinking water and other ne |
'esesties not being furnished
lie aifo complained OF the incompetency
N the nurses
Colonel H0ffs statement before the co,n |
mission dealt with dsfense OF the field /
hospitals, which he said were originally |
Inteidsd to accommodate 200 sick. but me |
sickness increased 50 rapidly and unex- !
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Ar ronr THOMAS.
Investigating Committee Inspected
CmInp of SINth Mc&ir,ent.

Camp of sixth Regiment.
Cincinnati Ohio. November 3.--General
Dodge General Saxton AMI Dr. Conner OF
1he war investigating committee reached
Fort Thomas, Ky, NJ 10 a, m In company
with Major Hall. who is the surgeon In
charge OF the hospital at that place. the
commissioners proceeded on tour OF per-
sonal inspection through all the wards OF
tho hospital, They also Inspected the camp
OF the Sixth regiment, which Is ia tents
on the grounds adjoining the hospitals. This
regimere was cut to pieces In the Santiago
campaign and has since been recruited.
General Dodge pui many questions to
the patents in the hospitals concerning
their treatment. but found RIO one com
plmnins He was especially interested In
lhose transported previous 10 today from
Lexington. They We're all 10 good spirits
and apparently not unfavorsbly affected
by tho railway Jouriey.
The Afternoon session was taken up IN
nearln. three witnesses, mostly from the
division hospitals at Chiclsanouga. The
hrst witness was Major II. +, Elburn OF the
Second Kentucky. TIE death list OF his
regiment, he stated, was twenty-slx, most
ot them dying al home on furoughs The
sickness in Chickamauga increased very
rapidly. He brew that there was n short
ago OF cots In tho hospital, as well as OF
tents. IN answer to Questions put BIZ Dr.
Conner he stated that he served ON COM
mission appo!nted on account OF a com.
plant OF the colonel OF the First Arkaoszs
to investigate the division hospital Dr
Ward, the witness and Major Johnson I
formed tho commission. Tbs COMMISSION 4
Was appointed Ia the satter part OF August /
o. abou, September 5. The patients ~sr. |
thfn being removed 10 tha hospital ara
the hospital was IN a chaotic con .on. Tba
sinks were as close as 100 feet from he
warus and were In an naeiean yol,1iiion
There was dumping ground whe,,. o,he.
refuse was throsu, There was i gully
rtnrsng right through the site. The sick
wene 10 fairly good condition The commit
~. we examined ego or 900 witnesses Including
eommanheg chaplain. rryates hospltai
cornE, nurses and others, The comn,issioa
onciussed AZ first that she hospital was In
= nad condition, but II got. better and dur
ins Major Smiths control II was In good
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GENERAL BROOKE DENIES
There Has Been Any Misconduct on
Part of Americans.


Washington, November Some OF the
newspapers published IN Porto Rico have
been publishing articles bitterly crltcising
the conduct OF tho United States soldiers
who have been sent to the island as a per-
manent garrison. The soldiers have been
accused OF sd sorts of misdemeanors, OF
ruff!anlsm, OF petty larceny OF the destruc-
tlpn OF private property, and, in fact, OF
every kind of excess which might be
eaarged against green troops in a foreign
country. The charges reflected particu-
larry upon the volunteer regiments, and
were so general and earnest that Secretary
Aiger feels called upon TO take formal
notice of them. II was evident that IL
they We're we'll founded the Porto Ricans
would likely be alienated from new alli-
ance almost before they had become fairly
attached
cablegram was sent TO Major General
brooke, commanding all the United States
troops In Porto Rico, calling his attention
to these reports. Tue answer came this
morning in the shape OF the following
cablegam from General Brooke:
Ad1utant General, Washington,
San Juan Porto Rico. November 2--Bad
behavior OF our soldiers In Ponce province
Is news to me- Colonel Casleman COM
man'ing the troops there, IL now with me
and says the report is entirely unfonnded.
New regiments coming In are unsettled
FOR y few days, but all aTe away from there
now aud al their regular stations.
Brooke Major General COMMANDING.
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CAMP THOMAS SCANDALS.
Chief Surgeon Hartsuff on the Witness Stand
Regarding Them.
THE FAULT LAY WITH WAR DEPARTMENT
lie Protested Against some OF the
BIunders, hut Could DO Nothing
To Prevent Them.

Washington, November 3.--Dr Hartsuff,
who was chief surgeon OF the army at Camp
Thomas, Chiclspmauga Park, from April 81
to July % last, was examined today by
Colonel DENLY OF the war Investigating
commission concerning the conduct of the
camp from a medical point OF view. He
criticised various features In the manage
ment of the camp beginning with the To-
cation OF some OF the regiments. He said
that the park was, upon general principles,
u good camp ground but that some OF the
tfons and others ON rocky grounds, where
it was impossible to get the sinks OF suf-
ficient depth. In other cases the camp
was horribly drained and In most in
stances the tents were too close together
He said the sites were selected by General
Brooks and tMst notwithstanding his own
position as chief meiical officer he had
not been consulted i'm regard TO the loca-
tion. He made formal protest at the
time, but his protest was not hcedod
DO YOU" asked Colonel DENLY, "ttlnt
| the establishment OF division hospitals a
bad policy?"
~ cry bid as done" replied tbs witness.
Could not you Va chief medical officer
have controlled tho matter?' he was next
| asked.
No, SIR: 1t was an order OF the secretary
Of war, and under his orders 40 regimen a.
HOSPITAL could be maintained"
He thousht this order uniorhinate, and
said that ia carrying IT. iuto eject the work
| OF darling for the sick was greatly inter
fercd with aud that no one WIS benefited
by Il.
~ hantsuit also sah the wafer supply
OF inc camp was no. good lie said saat
! "hcu Vht lfopps pcsuh 20 pour IN Lhe us-
poVely was Hplue lhHt the supply was IN
sulr!cient. and that he. General Brooke anu
"laefs had sou ABOUT 10 increase H.
lie had recommended TO oenefai Erooke
the cremation oil tue sarhaSe lie sttted
| thdt ule RECOMMENDATIONS h'a net oeen
eeted upon, ani ~ response 20 question
| from Colonel Dcnby saad medical ottitor
could not execute out couid only recon-
mend
lie attrlbuteu lhe ihilufc 10 the con
fusion incident TO preparing great army
Tor the heid.
Asked II The volunteer army surgeons
under him We're competent. DR. Hirtsun
| replied THAT some were while Others were
not
Summing mp DR.. Hartsulf said; d" In my
opinion the sickness at Camp Thomas WIS
due largely 10 lneXperience and in many
CsseS 10 the lnetiiciehcy OF the medical Oh
Ulcers and also TO the incifloiency and in
| experience Of line officers, who did not
furnish The support tht they could have
furnished to the medical department. The
execution of any plan OF operation rests
largely with the line officers. the duties of
the surgeons being limited TO recommended
tiona. Therefore they are unable to COR
rect abuses Dhemeelves and have to depend
upon others TO do that. This upplles 10 thu
officers OF regiments al we'll as to general
officers
| Colonel NJ. H. McCord OF the Frs. Terri
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DOMESTIC.

Formal protest has not yet been made
against Henya's action In letting another
canal concession.
a memorial to the president asks that
ai International conference be called to
agree to nonrseiaure Of private goods dur
Ing war.
The transport Panama is safe and was
not wrecked. as rumored ut Santiago.
Administration Is taxing tho department
clerks Mt Washington though not openly.
The president has designated certain
parts of Honolulu harbor as public prop
city.
There are now only fifteen cases of vel
low fever at Jackson, Miss. and all of
them are convaioscent.
Treasurer Roberts reports on the oondl.
ton OF tho National treasury the repub-
licans Increased revenue fifty millions,
eu' spent seventy millions more than the
increase.
President Marsh of tho defunct keystone
National bank has returned to Philadcl-
phia; 1t has a political significance
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STATE.

Judge Meek's authority to sentence men
to Imprisonment Is to be disputed
man was crushed to death at Athens
between huge iron plates.
Mastering out of the Second Texas has
been postponed TO November Q.
Drouth in Caldwell county has become
distressing, and In Bee county everything
rrays for rain
Governor viii not approve the purchase
of the land selected for a sugar farm MS
he thinks it is too high priced.
Secretary of state Madden disclaims re-
sponsibility for elections rot being held
IN certain counties.
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FEVER AT MONTERREY.
DIR. Turpin Persists that 1t Is Of
ILL 49,. LI.I

DIR. Turpin Persists that 1t Is of
Yellow variety. Z
Laredo. Texas. November 3.--The Z
cial report of yelNrw fever in Monterl5
Tuesday is four deaths and one new d
The LAREDO Daily Times reports Y
deaths and eleven new cases for Wed5
day.
1t is reported here that Consul Gel1
Pollard is making preparations 10 ~
Monterey.
In reference to the contention OF Msil
yellow fever experts that the fever pf
lent in Monterey Is a fever exi;tinat
Tampico and the low country, stats "a
antlne Officer 1prD,n holds that sud
fever can not exist in Monterey undR1
dtnary circumstances and maintain
first assertions that that city is stti&
with yellow fever
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rESN~ t'UL.TlC>.

Governor Hogs will close the campaign
ct Tyler next Monday.
judge Robson spoke at Dickinson.
League city and Galveston
McLenran Travis and Bell countlea are
said 70 have moro applicants for appoint
ments than all the others in the State.
Caldwell county republicans met at
Loekhart and declared Tor sayers and
Burleson.
Sam Hahn nnwittingly gave away the
fact that the HRwl,y people admit Robson
will come to Galveston orldgc with a big
plurality,
Colonel Hodges announces he viii give
Judge Sheppard mis- cordial support
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FIVE VILLAGES hurled.
The Volcano Lopicin Hns BROKEN out
Nfresh.

Vancouver, B. c.. November 1.-The
royal mail steamer Aoi'angi which arrived
THIS morning from Sydney, Wellington and
Honolulu, brings report tbat another vol
canic eruption has occurred In the New
Hebrides, more alarming than its prede-
cesscrs. After twenty years OF quiet the
volcano LUpiela broke out end the burning
lava can be seen twelye miles nway.
Five villages al the base OF the volcano
have been buried The So for miles around
boils at high temperature and Je,s of
water leap high into the glr, Fortunately
none of the inliSbitants OF the five de-
stroyed villages were buried under the
melted lava
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CLERKS TAXED FOR CAMPAIGN
Republican Administration Is Working the same
Old Game Despite Civil Service Law
special Dispatch to Tho postl

with MS WanS
Monday for Canton " vote on
and heads speeches ana the
the nature
whatever grade that they nave
claks understand contributions from hm
compliance with the mt
of departments
bluff looking the
that the state
called clerks from those
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uone for Amclinrntion.

London, November 3.--An official note
this evening says There ds now good
resson to hope tlHat the political SITUATION
ia aneliorating. 1t can be confidently
stated that when the cause of the irrita-
tion which unfortunately recently existed
between France and Great Britain on the
Upper Nile Is removed which is expected
soon to be the case, the door will again
be opened for resumption of those friepG-
ly negotiations which happily characterize
the moral state OF the relations between
the Two countries"
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San Francisco. November 3.-fhe d
first lowe Volunteers boarded the trsns
steamship Pennsylvania today. The
dsnss of the departure were like thoe|
previous embarl15tions.
The City OF Pueb.a will sail on San1
with the Kansas battalion and the M
cavalry and the Newport will pria1
leave next Tuesday with Gensrsl "
and his staff, five companies OF the
Tennessee regiment, the Wyoming Z
battery and part of the California IA
artillery.
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oFEiCERs PROMOTED.
S"iorcd Lieutenants Are Rewarded
for Personal bravery

Washington. November 3The follow
ing named officers recently appointed have
peen ordered to proceed to SANTIAGO de
cuba and REPORT In pereon 10 IN, eom
handing officer, Ninth regiment. United
states volunteer infantry for assignment
FIRST i.,sWenants Alexander Richardson
second Lieutenants Robert g. Woods. Jarnh
Y. smith and John W. Brown, They are an
,,colorsd and We're formerly attached 10 tha
twenty fourth infantry or Ninth ana Tenth
cavalry, They wers promoted on acco,lni
ui asInsnlshed personal eallaniry IN rha
Held at san Juan and El Caaey. 'ns
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[alIlllIl1IlEa1

Primary. Secondary or TerrltSrv b..
permanently cured In IL to IS DAYS
be treated at home for the same mn
same guaranty. II you prefer 10 -.
We will contract to pay railroad fa.s ~ \
have taken mercury. iodide potash' =
have aches and pains. Mucuous I'm
mouth. Sore Throat, Pimples, Coppsr ~
Spots. Ulcers on any part Of the bo1s
or Eyebrows falling out, II IL this SS..1
BLOOD POISON that we guarantees N y
We solicit the most obstinate cases III \
lenge the world for case we can ~
This disease has always baffed tbs ~
the most eminent physicians; $500. 0oo ~
behind our unconditional guaranty. ~
proofs sent sealed on application. m
COOK REMEDY ~
2Os Masonic Building. CLss
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Liverpool cotton futures l-6ld up; New
York and New Orleans close practically
unchanged
stock market closed within fraction of
Mondays figures.
much easier tone prevailed in The
wheat pit, due to peaceful foreign sltua-
ton and fine Menthor
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SPANISH LAnoaERs
To BE Imported Because Cubans wan
Not Work.

TO BE IMHOrfcd HecNnsc Cubans VIII
Not Work.
Especial Cable Dispatch to the New York Her
aid and The Houston Poet. copyrighted.
1888. BY James Gordon Bennett.)
Santiago do Cuba, November s.--Gencral
Wood Informed me today that two local
mining companies, owing to the continued
refuNa Of cubans to accept employment In
mAs'Ss on aceount Of the organization Of the
srmy. have employed 45o Galls1os miners.
Undoubtedly Trouble viii be raised by
me cubans over the introiuction of Span
- sahorefs. General v'osl will fnMish
prptectios Y pecessAay Tho men are ex-
pred uput week.
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MERCEDES CAV DE RAISED.
Captain Chester believes II Would
Cost hut Little

Especial Cable Dispatch to the New York Her
aid aud The Houston Post copyrighted.
1885, by James Gordon Bennett.l
Santiago de Cuba. November 3.--The
cruiser cinSinuati arrived this evening
from Guantanamo. after accompanying the
Maria Teresa as far as Cape Maysi, She VIII
be here several days and then 60 to Man
zanillo
Captain Chester en- the way In made an
examination OF the wreck OF the Mer.
cedes at tho mouth OF the harbor In his
opinion the cruiser can al small expense
be raised. She could be used on the gulf
coast station
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RAILROADS.

The big railroad injunction case post-
poned until November q. and all com
mission hearings declared on pending the
trial
Rumor that the Galveston. Brazos and
Southwestern will soon be built to San
Antonio
A steamship company plying between
Mobile and foreign ports proposes to es-
tablish its headquarters Mt Sabine Pass.
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Killed Two.

Livingston, KY, November BIZ!
Meadows shot and killed John and g
ton Matthews. brothers, at Pineyi!le
county, last night. Meadows was q IN
te q err Meadows surrendered and u
In Jail.
George Pagan, the most promlrsn:
n IS, was found dead today in his "a
loom, where he slept for years. The iprI
tons are that he was murdered ana
coroner is holding an inquest.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

was unable 10 attend the banquet and the
chairman read the following letter OF apol-
ogy from elm:
III is absolutely impossible for me to
leave The admiralty. My continuous pres
erpcn there Is essential. Sheffield will an
preciate this in the present state of Affairs.
am truly disappointed, but duty comes
before pleas,irr'
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Deep water committee held an important
meeting,
Marriage of Mrs. Daisy Avery and Mr..
H. l. Westall, which occurred week ago,
made public.
CAPTAIN Mckenzie Of the Salvation Army
VIII leave Houston.
George Witten's attorneys ask for a
writ OF habeas corpus
Ex-Governor lIogg addresses a large
audience at the city hall.
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A HORRIBLE DEATH.


Athens. Texas, November D.
A frlghtful accident at the brick
factory here today cost Cal
Fleming his life and Laura
Primer, colored, had three ribs
broken. They were preparing
clay in large iron crusher
where Two large irou whes5,
weighing about 200 pounds each,
revolye In circle in an iron
bed plate. They had stopped the
machinery and hsd stepped i'm
SIDE the circle to move the clay
with shovels when by accident
the crushers were thrown in gear
and started, crushing Fleming to
death in almost am instant and
throwing the negress (Primer)
from the circle with three ribs
broken ard other injuries,
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YELLOW FEVER REpoRTS1
Only Fifteen Cases Arc Now %
TreI tment Mt .1acIsson,

jackson, Miss, November 3.--Tne 9
board OF health makes the Official
nounrtment tonight that there are
fifteen cases OF yellow fever under u
msnt in the City Of Jackson. all Of VI
are convalescent; no deaths have coed
during the week. Repcrts from othfI
feeted towns have entirely ceased
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SUMMARY OF TODAY'S IMPORTANT NEWS.
yrOWEf6N.

London Evening Post says Britain and
France have satisfactorily settled the Fa-
shoda incident.
Marchand has arrived at Cairo, no ono
81 permitted to interview him.
Britain Is mobilzing her fleets as an
intlmatiou that she is in splendid fighting
;rim and as an object lesson to France ana
russia.
Health Officer Turpin insists that the
fever Mt Monterey is of the genuine yellow
variety.
a big revolutionary plot is said to have
Leon discovered and frustrated In Russia
Foreign admlrals are now engaged in
crowdng Turkey out of Cree.
Nicaragua has placed tho si0O, 900 in gold
received from the new American syndl-
cate in her treasury.
l, is necessary to import Spanish labor
ers at Santiago because the Cubans won't
work
The United States of Central America arc
row full Pledged republic
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of pdace and liberty at seeing them !.
the path Of conquest, which leads y \
taiLrism ana sooner or later. Il rs,,uhlla
by the establishment OF an armes \
garchy, dangerous to social euuIu,.
and individual liberty as in Frame
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FRANCE WILL BACK OUT.
pupwy May with tsrnce Order Mar
chand 10 Retire.

London, November 1.-THE most reli-
able information from Paris confirms the
snriter reports that NJ. Dupuy, the pre-
m,er. has decided TO wash his hands of
Fasshoda and TO recall Major Marchand'
for whose mission he is not responsible.
This decision is 10 some extent due TO
desire to allow nothing TO interfere Win
the success of the exposition in 1900
Today will be important In the history
OF the crisis. II is expected that Baron
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shreveport's Quarantine.

Nt'FtVIHI NIaVutUH 10 IHt TUst'I a
Shreveport, La, November 3. Begln'
today, the board of health laas rsnf
qrrrantine restrictions against all Pl
All Inspectors have been withdrawal
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4 WARNING.

The Hepubiic Told What the Path
OF Conquest Leads 10.
London Noyember The Paris corre-
ffondeni OF The Times VINO rspudiates 20
oaiumny charged of hostility toward tho
United States contained in letters he has
received from Americans for some time,
says:
have always been sincere ad.nirer
OF tno grandeur, e1ierpriso sr.iyity api
fertility OF the United States, but / have
experienced the regret shared by an frlends
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Arrtynl of 81. pant.

San Francisco. November 3.-The UHf
States transport steamer ST. Paul am
here today thirty-seven DAYS from u
liza. She brought four prisoners from
United States ship Charleston who Il
serve their sentences at Mare island.