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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-28
MISSIONER FRYE.
He Says He Was Reluctant TO Accept
The Appointment.

BOSTON. Aug. Civilian n. Frye.
United States Senator from Maine and
member OF the Peace Commission. passed
through Boston on his way from Wash
iugton TO Maine to-day. In an interview
Senator Frye stated that he was reluc-
tant 10 accept the position.
President Mckinley did me the honor
10 say that he particularly wanted me 10
serve on the commission" said the Sem
atOr.
What his reasons were. though, l must
decline to tell you. Neither can l say
what VIII be the terms Of the United
States that will be offered by the United
States Commissioners to those Of Spain.
when the commissioners meet IN Paris
Senator Frye declined TO state his posi-
ton regarding expansion and said that IL
was impossible 10 tell what the commits
sioners would decide upon.
In discussing the question as 10 whether
or not the United States will be likely
to demand more than Manila and the
island Of Lrzon IN the Philippines. Sena-
tor Frye said:
There are other ISLANDS In the Philip
pines that are valuable. The commission
ers. YOU understand, can exact whatever
trade benefits they wish outside the
conquered territory II cannot now be told
what will be demanded
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-28
Queen Yilhelmina's Happ est Day.

While the boy and girl readers Of this
new PAPER are getting out thelr schoot
books O. certain royal GIRL -FOUR thousald
miles away. Is preparing 10 lay hers ASIDE
August 3lst. Wilhelmfna the girl Queen
of Holland. celebrates nsr clgnlecnln
birthday and one week later, IN me city
OF Hague she goes lhtolkh WIN lHr
solemn ccrcmOnw OF inausur1 ton ana
puts on her crown
Tho crown which the girl Queen Of
Holland VIII place upon urr head was
one worn by her father before her, 9nd
hy Kings and Queens or Holland FOR
many centuries. After ~ has been worn
once by Wiiheimna 10 viii Oe taken on
and nut away in che great iron safe where
all the other crown Jewels are kept. And
day and night soldier Will guard IL Win
drawn sword. ON great occasions VIII
he.mina can wear ler crown but Tor the
everyday work of ruling her country She
will not need H. When Wi.helmina goes
next wednesday Oh he Hague. as her
capital citv is called She VIII enter under
am arch Of flowers erected Dy her loving
Everywhere she WIN see the legend:
Long live the Queen" CaunOns viii
nro their saiutes and from me hlFu
church towers the glad bells viii peal.
What am experience for young girl
Wilhelmina viii scarcely know whether
tO laugh or 10 cry. Queen Victoria did
both the day She was crowned siXty-one
years ago.
There win be a whole week Of this re-
iOiC'ug. during which Wihelmina VIII
be kept busy unwilling statues. dedicat-
ing buildings and attending fetes. BUT
at the end OF the week on the morning
of September 9Th. all noise viii cease and
great sOiemnity VIII settle uu0n the
crowds of Dutch people assembled BOO the
CITY.
Early I'm the morning the little queen.
dressed an in white. with her robes or
state falling around her viii proceed to
q little church called New Church TO q
the Cathedral OF the Dutch Caiv.n'sts.
but TO US IL would be no moro than
chapel
Accompanying her viii be her mother
her l0dies-in waiting ana the members of
her Parliament. also "a great many men
who are known as dluiOm f7 and state
Ciguitarioe. These viii cufirn'r fll the
little chapel So that Wihcimina's loyal
subjects cannot as much MS get a glimpse
OF their Queen az the moment of crown
ing
After a short ceremony The Queen win
steD forward and. lifting her right hand,
will say:
OF swear 70 the Dutch poon'a that
will observe and always maintain the
Constitution. 7 swear that T VIII defend
and guard with all my power the iude-
pendence and the territory of The emr ire.
that I viii protect public and private lib-
ertv. and the rights OF an my subjects.
and that ] VIII use every means conhded
national and individual well being. as q
GOOD Queen should do. And may God
helD mo"
A. this tho bells VIII ring ouf and WI
helmina viii be proclaimed Queen OF the
Netherlands
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-28
THE SITUATION
IN CHINA ACUTE.
Great Britain viii Regard Any Fail
ure of China to Regard Her
Wishes as Casus Bell.

LONDON. August 27-Authoritatye
confirmation has been received Of the dis
patch from Pekln 90 the Daily Mail this
morning asserting that the relations be-
tween the Tsuug il Yamen and Sir
Claude Macdonald, the British Minister
90 China are strained 10 the point of rup-
ture and that Sir Claude has intimated
that Great Britain viii regard as a
casus belu. any failure of China to OBJ
serve her wishes. They say that the sit
uauon between Great Britain and China
IS acute. Sir Claude Macdonald siren
uously insisting that China shall observe
her engagements 10 the British syndl-
Gates and demanding satisfactory ex-
plantations with regard 10 the Pekin-
Hankow railway. IL necessary the Brit
ish squadron now assembled at Wei-Hai-
wei Will support the British minister s
demands. Meanwhile, II IS stated, the
negotiations that are being conducted by
Sir Charles Scott. the British Ambassa-
dor at ST. Petersburg 10 define the re-
spectIve British and Russian spheres OF
influences are proceeding in 4 perfectly
friendly spirit"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-28

AZ the opening II the present month
this State was fairly grooming" under
the weight Of growing crops. zone hum
dred' represents in the Office OF the COM
missioner Of agriculture a full round
fine cr0p-as good a crop as any man
could reasonably expect or desire. But
the crop Of corn growing IN the State,
really made" stood on the LIST OF Au-
gust az l2i. il stands at that great gen.
eral average now. and 10 will stand there
when the crop IS gathered. This must
mean that the state has grown enough
corn for home consumption. II probably
means more bushels OF homegrown corn
than was ever produced In a single year
The condition Of the States crop OF hogs
IS III. and IT will be still higher when the
growing corn is gathered and used The
condition Of work stock is also high, lO4
Field peas, too, stood on the lst day OF
August at 49, Neither man nor beast
need starve In Alabama during the COM
Ing year.
Nearly all the minor crops are doing
We'll Peanuts stood at l8swcet pota-
toes al %; Irish potatoes az q, sOrgum at
lli; grapes at l02: and peaches at 137,
Ihese hsures account for the abundance
OF excellent fruit that IS seen IN every
fruit stand. The soil OF Alabama has
been fruitful this season almost beyond
any previous record
The cotton crop is put by the commits
siOner at ll2 for the entire State. Such a
high figure Is not. however conclusive
August ana september are both critical
months Ia the growth Of the great staple.
Thus far the prevailing we, Gather has
not materially injured the crop. but II the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-28

His injuries had become apparent 10 eyes
of the surgeons and they decided that
the best place for the solder was al a
Northern hospital. lie was hastily
placed aboard a homeward bound trans
port.
ON the homeward passage McComas
kept al00f from his companions, an OF
whom had received injuries in the battle
before Santiago They called him cow
ard" they tainted him beyond endur-
ance and when the Government wharf
was reached at Fort Monroe the most
detected man aboard tho transport was
william McComas.
lie became 'dcspOndent and brooded
over the unldnd remarks OF his comrades.
lie was told that no would be Kept at
the Fort until HIS recovery and then he
would Doe given DTS discharge and finally
unable 20 bear his troubles any longer
ho lcaped over the side Of the transport
and without % struggle forfeited ms
bright young life.
The soldiers who witnessed tho death
OF the young recruit expressed but llt-
lie svmuathy for HIS death They scene
cd 10 think that be had done the best
thing under the circumstances ana W..n-
u "a few hours tho incident Xas almost
FORGOTTEN by the hardened men who had
come fresh from the scenes OF more h9r-
bio deaths than that of young Mccomls.
Two days later the body of the suicide
was recovered I'm the lower basin OF the
river and 70 was taken back to the Fort
for disposition. Then am examination
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-28

made by President Mckinley McComas,
although but nineteen years of age was
among the first TO offer his services 20
the Government. He was accepted and
assigned e. Company ID, Second United
states Regulars. and within one week $
time he had given his last farewell to
his father and mother and friends and
was on his way to join his regiment at
Tampa.
OF all tho men in that particular regi-
ment there was not one among them
who proved better physical specimen
than did McComas. His outdoor coun-
try iife had given him constitution
Of iron, he was strong as an OK, and
performed the hardest duties with an
ease which won for him the admiration
Of all his messmates.
II was this strength that the boys Of
the Second admired. They talked among
themselves Of what MeCOmas could DO
IN an emergency. they naturally thought
that he would be a fearful adversary II
aroused TO anger and for the first few
weeks IN the army every man in Com
pany D left McComas strictly alone.
When the Second Regiment was re-
moved TO Key West some Of the boys
OF Company d took advantage OF the sa-
looms in that place and imbibed freely Of
the poisonous rot which is called pure
Whiskey and sold al twenty cents q
drink McComas had been detailed 70
guard duty and It was while in the pur-
suance Of this particular branch Of his
military duties that he acquired the So
briquet Of Coward McComas.'
IL was said that he halted a party OF
men from his own company who were
struggling into camp after hours. He
marched them 10 the sergeant Of the
guard and the following morning each
OF the seven disturbers were sentenced 10
three days in the guard house on bread
and water.
After the men were liberated they all
began 20 quietly abuse McComas. He
said nothing and the men noting his ac-
ton became more forcihe in their un-
pleasantries and finally one OF the num-
her stepped mp TO McComas and dared
him 10 fght. McComas much 20 the
surprise of his followers fatty refused 20
engage I'm any such encounter, where
upon the bellgerent soldier struck the
inonensive lad a sharp blow I'm the
breast.
In explaining afterwards why he did
not resent the open insult McComas
quietly replied that he had not Joined
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Tainted because OF his alleged cow
erdice. driven TO shame BY the cruel
tests OF his comrades, bearing at the
same time the awful wounds OF Maui
ger bullet IN mis- chest. and with two IN
gers OF his right hand shot away brave
William McComas. a private in Company
ID. Second United states Infantry
plunged headlong from the deck Of a
transport ar tho Government wharf at
Fort Monroe to his death a few days
ago.
OF all the acts demonstratve OF quiet
,nassuming herolsm which have been
brought 10 The surface in the deadly con-
nict in the Southern end Of crimson
stained Cuba this remarkable act Of
Private McComas viii long claim the
attention OF the boys IN blue who are
now dghting shoulder TO shoulder IN the
defence Of their coLntry's honor.
McComas was but a STRIPPING. barely
cut OF his teens He had lived all his
,ife on a farm in western Massachusetts,
and had not been accustomed 70 tho
continuous element of tinsled glory
which were the features OF his new en-
vironments. His parents are wei-to-do
country folks whose sole ambition IN
life was the rearing OF the boy who had
been driven 10 his death by the thought
iessness OF his comrades.
Il was openly claimed that McComas
was a coward OF the rankest type, 1t
was even said that he had purposely In
ficted the wounds upon his hand in order
20 escape duty upon the battle line. His
comrades learned TO loathe him; they
had no time for a man who played what
they called the baby act and the re-
rnarkable attitude assumed by the soldier
boy from the old Bay State was proof
conclusive IN the minds OF his comrades
that McComas was an arrant coward.
The circumstances attending the gem
eral bearing OF McComas may have JUS
tifed the boys OF the Second in placing
the young recruit under the ban, but
later developments have placed an en-
tirely different aspect upon the calibre Of
the "Greenhorn" as he was generally
called and to-day there IS not one man
in all Company D. who has not ex-
pressed sorrow for the many unkind
acts which they had thrust upon the for
bearing farmer boy
When tho first call for troops was
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-28

the army for the purpose Of indulging
in brawls and besides" he added,
'should ! have struck Mccarthy the
chances are that i would have killed
him"
when the Second Infantry arrived I'm
Cuba almost the first accident TO befali
q member OF the regiment was I'm the
shooting away Of two fingers of McCo-
mas right hand. lie stopped I'm the
midst OF the down pour Of leaden bull
lets and cOOlly wrapped q handkerchief
around his hand and was about 10 rc-
sumo his place ia the ranks when the
sergeant OF his company ordered him TO
the rear for treatment
The first skirmish lasted but an hour
and then the firing ceased and 81 soon
became whispered among the men of
Company that I'm order to escape being
sent 10 the firing line McComas HAD
deliberately inflicted the wounds in order
10 keep out Of the more deadly fire. Nc
Comas with two fingers amputated and
his hand done up in bandages heard the
tauntng remarks OF HIS comrades and
although the tears mounted 20 his large
brown eyes he said nothing but turned
sadly away and sought comfort In soli-
tudo.
IAN hour later tho second. skirmish
started and the soldier boys OF the
second started on q run for the trenches.
NcComas seized a rifle from The hospital
tent and running across an open patch
directly I'm the line Of fire. managed TO
reach the ranks Of the Second Massachu-
sets. with these brave men he fought
like q demon despite the fact that DE
could use only one Of his hands IN mani
pulating the heavy rife. Tie was az the
front during the entire OF that oventful
"a OF July. lie never falterod neither did
he waver from the path OF duty. but
with the fortitude Of veteran he re-
turned shot for shot with the GOODNESS
and precision Of a sharpshooter.
When the firing had ceased and the roll
call Of Company y was held, 80 was
found that William McComas. private.
was missing An hour later when Nc
Comas walked into camp looking weary
and haggard he was Immediately court
martialed as a dcserter ana IL was only
through the testimony OF tho men Of tho
Second Massachusetts that ne escaped
capital punishment
The order Of General Shafter which
directed that all wounded soldiers De
removed 20 the United States was t1e
direct cause of McComas leaving Cuba
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THEIR SICKNESS
WAS STARVATION.
Over Half of the Sick from One Regi-
ment Able to Leave Camp When
TheyWere Fed--Nlrses Sick

NEW YORK. August 27.-Some OK the
nurses in the general hospital az Camp
Wikon are suffering from dysentery and
orders were issued to-day that they DE
given more time to themselves IN when
to exercise battle and rest. More nurses
arrived to-day. There are three male
and three female nurses in each ward
during the day time and two on duty a.
night.
When the Eighth Ohio was landed
nearly three hundred reported sick and
were sent to the general hospital, but IL
developed that 10 Of tho sick men
were only suffering from hunger. When
these men were fed they were able TO
leave the hospital. They repeated stories
Of hadships encountered coming up from
Cuba and said it was almost impossible
for them TO get fo/
BURROUGHS FOR MANY.
One hundred and Fifty men in the gem
eral hospital were allowed to 80 on sixty
days furloughs to-day. as they had inn
proved.
When the transport Iucatan reached
the pier to-day and began TO discharge
the six companies Of the Seventh United
States Infantry. which she had brought
from Santiago. II was learned that seven
men had died on the passage and three
more died last night while the ship lay
in the bay waiting her turn 10 unload
her human cargo.
MISMANAGEMENT.
II IS alleged that the ship left Santiago
without "a sufficient quantity Of proper
food or supplies for the sick and that
she reached here without any food but
army rations which the sick troopers
were unable TO eat When General
Wheeler learned of this state Of affairs
he at once sent on board some proper
supplies. The sick men are stu on
board the vessels waiting until there is
room for them in the hospitals.
The Second Massachusetts left behind
seven officers and % sick men IN the
hospitals. Altogether $50 men departed.
AS the men marched ID the dock. 100
men dropped out Of line but We're aided
by their comrades and We're thus able
to continue until the boat was reached.
ROUGH RIDERS.
The Rough Riders vii leave camp u
about ten DAYS. IL Is reported that
they will be mustered out in New York
after their arrival. either In Madison
SQUARE or Plaza Square at Itfty-rinth
street. The hospital report at Camp
Wikon today was as toiows' cases Dr.
the general hospital. l,i2o, OF which -
are typhoid. Cases In the detention hos
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THE SICKNESS AT
CAMP THOMAS.
Newspaper Articles Have Greatly Ex-
aggerated the Facts.
FEW OF FEVER CASES VIOLENT
The Hospital Accommodations Are
Good aud the Patients Supplied
with All the Necessary Delica-
cies-Troops still Leaving.

CHlCKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK.
Aug. 21.-rhe regiments that left Camp
Thomas to-day were the Second and Fifth
Missouri. OF the Third Division. First
Corps, and the Sixth Ohio, OF the Second
DIVISION. First Corps The destination OF
the two Missouri regiments IS Lexington
while the Sixth Ohio Will so into camp
at Knoxville.
General breckenridge Will hasten the
departure OF the Third Corps for Annls-
ton. Ala, al soon a. the regiments OF
the First Corps have all left The park.
EXAGGERATED REPORT.
The sickness at Camp Thomas has been
greatly exaggerated by articles that have
recently been published in some parts Of
the country While there are all told
about ! 500 sick soldiers in the hospitals
at this park. only about 500 OF this num-
Der are pronounced typhoid fever cases
and q majority OF these are not OF "A vio-
lent type. THIS statement is borne out
nv the dea-h rate. For instance. at the
St<rnberg Hospital where there are 40
patients the death rate has been one and
one-hAlf per cay. or three patients lost
every two days. Immediately upon the
opening OF the Sternberg Hospital on the
18th instant. all the most virulent cases
os typhoid fever were transferred TO 1t
FROM the division and regimental hospit-
ais. Inst,,4. OF deaths by the wholesale,
a visit 10 chs Sternberg Hospital reveals
that a large majority Of the patients are
improving and that as a rule they are
cheerful and hopeful In ten days ninety
pat!ents have so far recovered as 10 DC
cent home on furloughs'
GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS.
The hospital covers about ntty acres
OF ground and consists OF 20 tents ana
thirteen pine wood pavafons each OF the
latter being lSxsG feet and provided with
beds for the accommodation OF twenty
patients. The total capacity OF the hos
pi,a is leo patients.
The bedsteads are OF iron on which
are woven wire mattress, on which Is
laid an elegant hair mattress SIX Inches
IN thickness. Through the surgeon gem
eral the hospital - supplied with all the
deifcRcies necessary. including ice. milk,
spr!ng chicken. etc. Tho hospital Is pro-
vided with a crematory In which AL
ssfuss matter Is reduced TO ashes, while
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dampness Is much longer continued It
must bring trouble to II. The dreaded
boil worm viii appear. and other troubles
will come A good appearance on August
LIST is. in fact, often misleading. Cotton
is the crop that cannot be measured until
It is actually picked. Up to the last min
ute Of its field lie 1t is subject to dis
aster. True. the crop may DO bumper
crop. Ii looks now as II the man who
made ten bales last year Will this year
gather twelve bales. but IT may not look
that way in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Age-Herald
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Major Giffen added disinfectant plant
I'm which all linens are thoroughly disin-
fected before being sent out for laundry.
Governor Hastings OF Pennsylvania, ar
rived at Camp Thomas on a special hos
pital train this morning, visited the hos
pitfalls and left this evening with 105 Penn
sylvania and New York sick and con-
valescent soldiers aboard his train.
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Il
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.

,r,yo- story Brick near Broad and Mayo
streetg. $1,000. Pays - per cent.
Two-story Detached. large lot. No. 20i
south Jefferson street, 100.
pav-WindOw Brick Cary near Beyltefe.
modern improvements. only 81 30.
Modern Two-StOry Brick near Second ana
Cary streets. rooms. only ZOO
Modern B9y-WindOw, near Floyd and
i.ombardy streets. s rooms 81 go
TWO BIG BROAD-STREET BARGAINS
south s.ce. corners. only 1900 ani
$500.
A~Sa ttta Main street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-28
ANOTHER STORY.
Surgeon Congdon, from Camp Thomas
Saws IL is Ncritable Pest Hole.

NEW YORK. Aug. IA hospital train
Of two cars arrived at Jersey city to-
day from Camp Thomas. Chickamauga
Both Of the cars were Pullmans, and
there were forty-one sick men in them.
Thirty-eight were down with typhoid
and three were sick with malaria. The
sick belonged 70 First New Hampshire
Volunteers.
They were I'm charge Of Surgeon Charles
A. Congdon. He said that one of the
typhoid patients was likely 10 die before
the train reached Concord. y. II. Sur
geon Congdon said that Camp Thomas
was the flthiest place he ever saw. and
that II was a pest hole The surgeon
stated that when he left Concord he
weighed 10 pounds. but now he weighs
only 100 pounds.
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700 LArEFoE oLAssITIcArIoN.
FoR SALE
MAIN-STREET STORES.

Three-story Brick. Main near ihlf,'sNth
~. lgs,eS 'grick opposite Chamber ot
CONNIE $50 Pay per cent nc,.
rhree-stofy Brlsk. Main .i near Fifteenth
street. win net I I.,r,e cent %, ,,o ,-o
S0F ,,csed choaaDeake and Ohio improve
ncnfs that Will pay big profits.
J. THOMPSON BROWN & co.
.,se lfi3 Main street.
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LENlENCY FOR THE THIRD.
They are Now Enjoying the Privilege
ofFurioughs and Passes Again.

WASHINGTON, August 2-There We're
200 men I'm line in q review OF the Second
Brigade. Third Division. az Camp Alger
to-day. The troops comprised the First
Connecticut. the Third Virginia and the
Eleventh Troop Of the Sienal corps.
Greater leniency is being SHOWN the
Third Virginia and to-day the GORDON OF
sentinels was removed.
The regulation OF four roll calls a day
also was roscinded. and now the Nir-
glnians are again occasionally enjoying
the privilege OF furloughs and passes
The days report showed 5lS patients
IN the hospital. p returned TO duty and
% more received.
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President " @. Human mas ISSUE.
the call for tho annual siaie in.e.l's
tho Illinois Federation OF baDot
cati a. Cor Tuesday. October Z and me
.cseio, will last four days. Two hun-
dro1 delegates are expected % b. m
attendance. Tho prison labor BY ana
employers liability act viii probably o'
acted on.
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ptal 40. Diptherla IN the detention
hospital 4. in the general hospital j.
Deaths o.
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The fittings OF a newly-patented lraihe-
less spectacle are made with ring bear
ing surface with a narrow edge. much
larger than the clamping bolt. $50 a. 20
bring the pressure evenly about ana
some distance from the perforation tor
the bolt. decreasing the liability Of break
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-28

Mrs. J. T. Taylor and family ard Mrs.
Edward Parr. OF Church Hill, are spend
ing the summer in the mountains OF Viz
ginia.