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THE 10th MUST HURRY HOME.
Another Squad of Fever Patients Sent
to HOspital-Nearly 200 Sick.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CAMP MEADE, Pa, Sept. 6-Fourteen
more men were sent to the hospital this
morning from the One-hundred- fifty
ninth, each with temperature higher than
1O2, with many half-defined cases of fever
in quarters. The increase in sickness caused
Major Stunkard to recommend that the
command be moved to Indianapolis as soon
as possible. Colonel Barnett expresses the
hope that this move will get the command
away by the first Of next week at the latest
Colonel Duvall, chief mastering officer, was
In camp most of to-day and said he thought
that the regiment would be able to get
away within a week. There are ia sick on
hands besides seventy in the hospital
The following manned enlisted men have
been transferred to the hospital corps from
the ne-hundred-and-ffty- ninth, and will
not be mustered out with the regiment:
Silas H. Vail and Charles Lowe, Company
b.; Richard j. Haines. Lee E. West and
Avista Miller, of Company D.; William
Rissler and Harry Houghland. of Company
M; Philip Lane and Louis Alkine, Com
pany /.
Lieutenant Colonel Mccoy, Captain Nor
ris, Major Louden and Lieutenant McCurdy
have joined the regiment from leaves of alb
sence Major Louden was on sick leave and
is much improved. Lieutenant Cresse Com
pany A, who has been iii for some time.
will leave for home in a few days on a sick
leave.
Owing TO the poor quality of clothing is
sued by the government and the wear and
tear of the last month on the same it was
found necessary to have the men make an
other draw on the quartermaster. This is
sue was made during Sunday and it took
over five hundred pairs of trousers to fit
out the regiment All of the company COM
manders are busy with company records
and closing accounts with the government
Instead of having the clothing issued at one
time it required five different acquisitions
to complete the lot. This fact makes Just
five times the work for officers and men,
This will be the chief delay in the prepara-
tion of the regiment for muster out. The
work will require two weeks yet at the very
least, and will not be finished in Camp
Meade.
There have been many inquiries as to the
location of the sick of the regiment After
a great deal of effort am able to present
a list of the sick and their whereabouts as
nearly accurate as possible Some Of the fol-
lowing-named officers and men may have
been furloughed by this time:
At Fort Myer. va.-Capt. W. ]. Cole
man. Company C: Lieut.. F. r. Farrow,
Company Il; Robert Amos ComrSny M;
Corporal Abe Buckingham. Company G.:
Samuel cardwell, Company H; Summer COX.
Company l.; Melvin Creech and Norman
East, Company H. Fred Finney, Company
K; Frank =. Gather, Company D.; Newton
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requesting him to furnish fuller details of
the American economic regime in the Island
of Porto Rico. This step was taken after
considering his first report on the subject.
The Cabinet has been occupied in DIS
cussing the situation of the Spaniards. civil
and military, of the Philippine Islands. " no
may be desirous Of returning to Spain, ut
who are deferred in so doing by the number
of the insurgents and their armed ships.
Therefore, it said, the Cabinet realizes the
necessity for sending warships for their
protection.
The Cabinet has decided to prevent the
newspapers from printing accounts of the
secret session of the Cortes. The Spanish
newspapers generally blame the government
for attempting to control the debates OF the
Cortes, saying their convocation is useless
If closed doors are added to the silence i'm
posed on the press. The senators who op-
posed closed doors are not disposed to re-
sist them. Several of them who have been
interviewed on the subject denounce the ac-
ton taken, but said they did not think II
worth while, under the present circum-
stances, to place obstacles in the way of
the government
General Weyler declines to discuss the
closed doors, but he is determined to pro-
woke debate at public sitting, in order
to attack the conduct of the war.
The Chamber will be prorogued in
month, the new session beginning in 1898.
Admiral Monterola has been nominated on
the Cuban evacuation commission to sue
seed General Gonzales
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Ex-Prisoners of War.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 6-The National As
sociation of Ex-Prisoners of War elected
the following named officers: Commander,
James Atwell, Pittsburg vice commander,
John Kissan, Cincinnati; national chap
lain, Rev. John S. Ferguson, keokuk Ia. ;
historian, Louis r. Fortiscue, Philadelphia;
adjutsnt general and quartermaster gem
eraI, Stephen NJ. Long, East Orange, n. j..
The association adopted resolutions ex-
pressing the utmost confidence in President
Mckinley and other executive officers Of
the administration in their action with re-
gard TO the army, and further giving the
opinion that alarming reports Of the condi-
tion of the soldiers were traceable. not 10
complaints from the soldiers themselves.
but to the efforts to create sensational mat
ter for publication.
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Col. Bryan's Political Enemies Tick
led at the Way He Is to BE
Kept in the Service.
RUSH ORDERS FOR THE 18TH
CAUSED BY THE RAPID INCREASE OF
SICKNESS AT CAMP MEADE.
Another Transport Ship from Porto
Rico Arrives, but No Sign of
General Miles's Vessels.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-The Twenty
seventh Indiana Battery was ordered home
from Porto Rico along with the first in
stalment of General Miles's army of in
vasion, but for some unknown reason it has
not yet started, or, if it has, the War De-
partment has not been notified. If the rule
of the department be followed Captain
Curtis will notify the secretary Of war by
telegraph when he is to start and give the
name of the transport on which the bat
terry embarks. Up to 10 o'clock tonight no
such notification had been received at the
War Department, and, as the business of
the day was practically closed up. nothing
was expected.
Secretary Alger will get out on tour of
inspection of the military encampments and
hospitals He will ascertain by personal
inquiry and personal observation exact con-
ditions and If officials of the War Depart
ment or officers of the army are found to
be responsible for neglect in the provision
ing or the care of the volunteers, punish
ment will be meted out to them. Secretary
Alger is not going to permit himself to be
made scapegoat for the shortcomings and
sins of others and he is starting in on a
campaign for self-protection and for the
preservation of his honor. From the fact
that he declined an invitation this afternoon
to attend the Omaha exposition. the second
week in October. because of this trip he
has in view, it is evident that he intends
to take sufficient time to go clear to the
bottom of things.
The Nebraska delegation which came to
Washington to-day to invite the President
to attend the Omaha exposition is in a state
of glee over the predicament IN which Col
William Jennings Bryan has placed him
SELF Nebraska's quota for mastering out
has been ordered home and the only way
Colonel Bryan can realize his ambi-
ton to participate in the approach
ing political campaign will be to re-
sign his position and desert his regi-
ment. He is between two fires and it is the
Nebraska opinion he will not dare quit the
army under such circumstances. He may
yet have to do police duty in Cuba or Porto
Rico, when he feels that he ought to be
enlightening the voters of the Prairie State
Senator ALLEN, the Populist leader of
Nebraska, is glad enough to have Bryan
kept lin hook" He regards the "boy
orator. as dangerous senatorial dark
horse
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CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK.
Mussulmans Claim to Have Been Dii
crfmfnafed AEafnNf hY the Powers

MussuImans Claim to Have Been Dis
crimfnated Against by the Powers.
LONDON, Sept. 6.-There is no doubt that
Canea is being bombarded by the war ships
OF the powers which have been stationed in
the waters Of the Island of Crete since the
powers took joint control of the island.
.Advices from Canea were received this
evening from a correspondent there, who
also cabled that he feared for the safety of
his colleague at Gambia, as he was unable
to communicate with him. The fact that
no dispatches were received from Gambia
after the bombardment began seems to in
dicate that the situation there is serious. 1t
has been known there that the Mussulmans
@ere discontented at the joint rule of the
powers in Crete. This was largely due to
IRE fact that they were confined in the
towns while the Christians were allowed
the nasity of the island. But the rising of
she Mussulmans was unexpected.
The Cretan fleet is under the command
of tbs French admiral, Potter. as the
senior officer, and consists of British,
French, Russian, italian and Austrian ships,
Germany having recently withdrawn from
participation in the joint control or govern
ment of Crete. The troops of the powers
are divided among the different towns, the
British garrisoning Gambia. The Mussul-
mans complain that they recently consented
that the Christians should be permitted to
enter the towns on condition that the Mus
sulmans were allowed the freedom of the
country. and they further declare that the
representatives of the powers have not full
filled the latter part of the bargain, and
that while they are confined to the towns
the Christians pillaged their property in the
country.
The British consul at Canea has started
for Gambia on board the British battle shin
Camperdown.
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all spoke Of the strength and life of the
strong nation whose defenders they are.
The spectacle was inspiring and the effect
was evidenced by roars of cheering all along
the line of their march. This was repeated
as the boys of the city schools. the younger
hope of the country. passed by bearing
arms Coming first however. in the second
division the colored troops carried off the
honors and must have been thoroughly
pleased by the recognition given their sol
dierly bearing.
The campfire at Music Hall tonight was
attended by over 5000 people. Many were
unable to gain admittance. Hon NJ. E. In
gals, chairman of the citizens committee
and president of the Big Four and Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railways. presided. The
opening part was the Catholic festival
chorus, in which there were 500 young
women dressed in red white and blue. max
ing a most beautiful appearance as we'll as
rendering excellent music. Weber's military
band and the Catholic festival chorus as
we'll as noted soloists, contributed TO the
musical events of the evening, while the
bograph rendered an excellent programme
of war pictures The address of the even
ing was delivered by Rev. David II. Moore
editor OF the Western Christian Advocate,
who was a colonel in the civil war. He
spoke for the work of the army, while
Charles F. Sheriff. national commander of
the Union ex-prsoners of war, spoke for
those who were in prison. Governor Mount,
of Indiana, was on the programme, but he
was taken sick and unable to be present.
While the addresses were all of the highest
order, yet the great chorus of Catholic sing
ers and the soloists were the attractive
features Rev. c. l.. Work was the leading
speaker at a campfire at Chester Park,
and there were numerous impromptu
speeches at the campfire at Camp Sher-
man. A public reception was given tonight
to Rear Admiral Kelly. of the National
Naval Association, and the Women's Club
of this city gave d brilliant reception to the
visiting ladies'.
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British Consul Reported KILLED and
Great Part of Gambia De-
strOyed by Fire.
SPANISH CORTES IS BALKED
CANNOT OBTAIN WAR DOCUMENTS
FOR FREE DISCUSSION.
Queen WiIheImina OmcialIy En-
throned with a Great Display
at Amsterdam.

GAMBIA, Island of Crete Sept. g. p. m
-Candih is in state of anarchy. A collision
between the Mussulmans. who were DEM
onstrating against European control. and
the British authorities, who have been in
stalling Christians as revenue officials, cul-
minated to-day in bloody lighting between
the Mussulmans and the British troops.
Riots took place in various parts of the city
and many have been killed. When the out
break was fiercest a war ship stationed In
the harbor began firing shells, with the re-
suit that a portion of the city is in flames
The greatest confusion and uproar prevails
pass without further pillage and destruc-
tion.
The trouble began with the attempt of the
British military authorities to install Chris
tian officials. They had appointed council
OF internal control to administer the 1.-THE
revenues and detachment of soldiers was
stationed outside the Office as a precaution.
A crowd of unarmed Mussulmans who had
been demonstrating against the Christians.
attempted to force an entrance into the
ofice. The British soldiers fired and wound
ed several.
The Mussulmans ran for their arms and.
returning. attacked the soldiers. Other Mus
aulnaans spread rapidly through the Chris
tian quarter. shooting into windows and
setting many houses and shops on fire. 1t
is reported that the British consul has been
killed.
CANEA, Sept. s.-The Turks set fire to
the whole town of Gambia. The only war
ship there at the time of the outbreak was
the British gunboat Hazard. which landed
a party Of marines to assist the one hun
dred and thirty British troops there.
Four war ships have started for Gambia,
where. it is reported. three English persons
have been killed and four wounded and six
Mussulmans killed. Special precautions are
being taken here and at Retimo. troops
being held in readiness. The fighting has
ceased at Gambia. but the fires continue
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THE coRTEs nLuFFrn.
Minister of War Declines to Furnish
the War Documents.

MADRID. Sept. Elm the Chamber OF
deputies to-day Lieutenant General correa.
minister for war declined TO comply with
several requests for the production of docu-
ments referring to the war, basing his re-
fusal on the ground that production would
be 'inimicaI to public interests" The Sem
ate appointed committees to study the var
ious peace proposals.
The Cabinet has authorized the foreign
minister. Duke Almodovar de Rio. to neeo-
tiate with the Philippine insurgents to ran
som the 5000 Spanish prisoners now in their
hands. and it has been decided to transmit
money to Manila for that purpose and for
the relief of the Spanish troops. which are
urgently in need OF funds. The ministers
will ask General Jaudenes. the commander
of the Spanish troops In the Philippine
islands, how TO transmit the funds. The
government has also cabled to Captain
General Macias. at San Juan dc Porto Ri :.
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Goodman and II. Hawkins. Company H;
William Kelley. Company d; H. Knauer.
Company c; Corporal Charles Kautz, Com
pany NJ; James Muller. Company d. Ed
ward F. Pierson, Company l.; Orrin Daw-
son, Company B Shirley Reeves, Company
1: John Roesch. Company b: Ernest Rudy
and Walter Shirts. Company l.; John F.
Sloan, Company A; L. F. Strickland, Com
pany K; ]. F. Swan, Company A; James
Whitaker, Company H; Thomas White.
Company D.
In field hospital, near Bristow. Va
George McCullum. Company b; ]. Herd
wick. Company A: B. Warren, Company E;
R. Burkholtz, Company G F. E. Gather.
Company d. j. A. Rogers, Company K;
Oscar Moore, Company H; Edward Rose
man and w Kennedy, Company L; E.
Brockway. Company l.
At University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia-James Hill, Company l. Ed
ward Bitters, Company M: Marion Yeltou.
Company i; - Whitney. Company K;
- Hoagland, Company NJ; J. P South,
Company I.
In Med -Chirurgical Hospital, at Philadel-
phia-H. B. Winters. Company D; Isaac
Miller, Company G.; C. L. Green, Company
A Lee voxton, Company L. B. F. Carter.
Company L. H. Corklin, Company I E.
Broner. Company G.; Clyde Woods Com
pany K. G. w. B.
An Associated Press dispatch says: If
there is no change in Chief Quartermaster
Howard's plans the Twenty-secopd Kansas,
One-hundred-a -hfty-ninth Indiana and
Third New York will get away in the next
forty-eight hours.
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PORTO RICO TRANSPORTS.
The Chester and Relief Arrive, but
No Indiana Troops AbOarda

NEW YORK. Sept. 6-The United States
this afternoon from Ponce, Porto Rico.
from which port she sailed Sept. 1. She
brought about sixty officers and civilians
and $50 men. Among those on board were
Brigadier General Schwan and staff, Briga-
dier General Hains and staff and the
Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel
Case commanding Among the civilians
was Perry NJ. De Leon, United States con-
sui at Ecuador. The transport experienced
fine weather throughout the voyage. The
general health of the troops on board is ex-
cellent, and the men were in the best of
spirits reaching port There was one
death on board during the voyage, Capt.
M. H. Smith, Company K, Fourth Penn
sylvania who died last night of malarial
fever. The body was brought to port Cap
tain Smith was native of Columbia, Pa,
and thirty-eight years old. Six men were
in the ships hospital on arrival, five suffer
ing with typhoid fever the other i'll of
malaria. After brief inspection at quar-
City, where she will land her troops The
Chester, as she steamed up the bay was
greeted by passing craft, the troops return
ing the greeting with cheers. The Chester
left Ponce three hours after the departure
of the transport Obdam. on board of which
General Miles and staff embarked Nothing
was seen of the latter during the voyage.
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Taking Private shirts Home.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.--George Shirts,
of Nobesville, Ind, started home this even
ing with his son, Private Walter Shirts, of
the One-hundred- ed-and-fifty-ninth Indiana
who is convalescing from severe attack OF
typhoid fever. contracted at Camp Alger.
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HOW HOWARD DIED.
Trying to Get First News of Karl Men,
field at Omdurman.

LONDON. Sept IA special dispatch
from Omdurman says: Hubert Howard.
the correspondent OF the Times. met his
death owing to his eagerness to get the
first news of the fate of Karl Neufeld and
the other European prisoners of the
Khalifa. He pressed into the city before it
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Mimic Battle of Manila.

CINCINNATI. o.. Sept. 6.-The most re-
alistic representation of the battle of Ma
Mia was given at the Lagoon. a pleasure
resort on the Kentucky side OF the Ohio
river. 1t was an ingenius arrangement Of
fireworks and water craft by which the
thunder of Dewey's guns was followed by
the actual burning of Montejo's ships. This
was the treat by the Naval Veterans AS
ISOLATION. 1t was witnessed by a vast
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Hospital ship from Porto rico.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6-The United
States hospital ship Relief. from Ponce and
other points in Porto Rico. arrived in this
city last night with 244 sick soldiers and
officers aboard During the voyage from
Porto Rico there were four deaths. all of
whom were buried at sea- They were:
Smith Feck. Company H, Eleventh In
fantry; William Gilbert, Company H. Elev-
enth Infantry; Ramboth Fayton. Company
X, Fourth Ohio. and Andrew Loughender-
fer. Missouri Artillery. All the deaths were
due to typhoid fever.
The remains of Major Galbraith. Of the
Eleventh Infantry, who died at Arroyo
were also aboard TIE ship. and were shipped
Immediately upon arrival to Jefferson Bar
racks. Missouri. for interment.
The voyage over was without special in
cident. After leaving Ponce the Relief
stopped AT San Juan. Arroyo and Mayaguez.
The latter place she left Friday last. The
list of the sick men then numbered ninety
five regulars and 16S volunteers OF this
number twenty-one were officers. During
the voyage a number recovered and in
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Private Tried to XIII His Colonel.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 6-Private Kinney,
of Company H, First Mississippi, who made
an assault upon the commanding officer of
his regiment, Colonel Govan. at Chicka-
mauga. last Saturday night, and afterwards
threatened to shoot the adjutant of the regi-
ment, will suffer severely for his folly. He
was tried by court-martial and sentenced
to five years Imprisonment in military
prison.
The information of the findings of the
court-martial was conveyed to the War De-
partment tonight in the following telegram
from Major General Breckenridge at Chick
amauga Park:
Private Kinney sentenced to dishonorable
discharge and confinement at such place as
the reviewing authority may direct for five
years for assault on Colonel Govan. First
Mississippi. To what prison should he be
sent from here?
"BRECKENRIDGE Major General"
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They VIII BE Paid Off and Mustered
Out This Week.


CHICKAMAUGA, Ca. Sept S.-The
Eighth New York Infantry left Camp
Thomas this afternoon for New York. An
order was received at General Breckin-
ridges headquarters to-day from the War
Department resembling the order taking the
Second Division, Second Corps, hospital and
ambulance company to Admission, Ala, and
both will be disbanded as soon as the inves-
tigation of the hospital, now going on, Is
concluded.
General Breckenridge has decided to make
his general headquarters at Lexington, but
his time will be spent between Knoxville
and Lexington.
Colonel Grigsbys Cowboys" to-day
signed the pay and muster rolls, and on
Thursday will be paid, and on Friday mus
tered out of the service. The chief surgeon
of Sternberg Hospital announced to-day
that thirty-nine convalescents would be re-
leased from his hospital tomorrow, as fol-
lows OF the Eighth Massachusetts, nine;
Twelfth and Fourteenth Minnesota, twenty
two, and the First Pennsylvania, eight.
Letter Hospital now has only 151 cases,
all typhoid. under treatment. OF these
cases. only twelve are regarded as serious.
The commissary depot of supplies, which
has been located in Chattanooga for several
months. is being transferred to Huntsville.
The supplies on hard are being transferred
rapidly to-day, and Colonel Nye, who is in
charge. is expected to leave with his office
force tomorrow. The commissary at Hunts
Vile will be the base of supplies for ali regi-
ments in this section.
Deaths of two soldiers were reported to-
day. They were John Munger, private,
Company G., Twenty-first Kansas, and J. l..
Campbell sergeant, Company H, Sixth
United States Volunteers.
Evening journal., 1898-05-10
THE WILY sEA OTTER.

Jesse Kerns, being of a mechanical
turn OF mind has conceived a plan TO
capture the willy sea otter. In the shop
Of N. S. Sorenson, in Hoquiam, he has
built a unique craft. IL is in the form
OF big log, twenty-four feet long, with
both ends tapering down to one foot
IL bulges out in the middle, large
enough for a man to stand up, for the
purpose of shooting the otter. In the
centre is also a propelling and steer
ing apparatus.
The craft has been launched, but was
found to float too high in the water,
and is now being sunk deeper by the
aid of ballast When completed, it will
be given a coat Of green paint, and. as
so little of it, not to exceed twenty-fOpr
inches, is above the water, he expects
to get within easy firing distance Of the
otter. When going through the surf,
or in rough weather, the caps will be
put on, and the boat will be water
tight. If Mr. Kerns makes a success of
the venture, it will be valuable, for
these otter skins are worth from $3.50
to $500 each, and are very scarce
Spokane Spokesman-Review.