New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-01
SEVENTY FIRST IN A BAD wa
o,,r DEATH AMONG THE SOLDIERS AND
SEVERAL NEW FEVER CASES.
co,,,,xv ZIG MASCOT STRICKEN DOWN N THE
ARMoRY-slCK OFFICERS SOMEWHAT BEL
-rp-y.r,, FPoM CUBA ARRIVES


rER-MA1L From CUBA ARRIVES
Tho condition generally Of the men Of inc "st
Regiment who returned 70 this CITY lIpn ~o-.F
Wikoff last Monday is not encourasing' NJ. -
ora death among them yesterday. and II * pro'''
bio that more cases will resul; fatally before wv
week is out while more than one man VINO W.
sunnosod 10 he free Of fever when he f'ach'' w"
York showed symptoms Of the disease !eS'ei"ay.
or course # Is not necessary 70 add that e'c'I"e
tbs- can nceslhy be dcne for the fetirnfu N
d,ers is being done and II Is hoped that inc c''''
has been passed in the majority Of cases; ou'' -
has been said the hope may not be reahzeo' 49,
rhreo men Of the regiment remained ~ inc
arnnorv on Tuesday night They had ihVi'a''o"S
sloep elsewhere. hut preferred me arih"'E'
men called at the building yesterday morhns' "''.
Of them were men living out Of town VINO h'' ~,
sufficient money 20 take them 70 their homes. Inc
majority belonged to Company !. IheN oot'"'''
that when the muster roll Was caIled q" 'D.
they we've in trenches at the front Inc '''' III Wv
reor c5yld answer to their names but Company l.
in the trenches could not leave the 'front.' '""
ouentlv the men in the rear got their money n"'
they who did fighting on that day had pee' "
nrived Of their pay since just because they nap
pened to be in the thick Of the fgnt
PRIVATE MKEEVER DEAD.
Percy E. McKcever. n private Of tho list dion
in the Mount Sinai Hospital early yesterday MOI
ing McKeever was taken To tho hoSp"aI o" u"
fever The entire staff Of the hospital ola an I"
they could TO save the young mans NE but u
was found to be impossible. He was emac'''
weak from lack of proper food. ana "dhh s'oNN'
His father and mother were present wAeh ne ueu'
and the scene was a most pathetic one. lhere
are two other men Of the list in the Mount SINAI
Hospital ,,
Acting Superintendent Abrams OF the hospital
said yesterday morning that on Tuesday Ac''hS
President Gittermarn sent two physicians 10 Long,
Island city care for any stfagSlers 'ha' "'.s".
arrive from Montauk Point. They reported th''
| mos, NJ the men from Camp Wikon had Deeh
shuntcd off so as arrive In Brooklyn proper ana
that those who arrived at Long Island city We're
cared for by friends Nj. Gittermann then as
patched the physicians IN Mon'auk Point 10 o"e'
their services TO the surgeon in charge
COLONEL DOWNS IMPROVING.
Colonel Downs. who went with his wife to the
Park Avenue Hotel Tuesday. passed good
night and MIS- Downs said yesterday thar she
houed Ter husband would be well enough to travel
10 the Adrondacks on Saturday or Monday. There
was a report yesterday that the Colonel was SUI
fering from fever. but IT IS Incorrect he j. Only
afflicted with the natural exhaustion following 'ne
campaign When Colonel Downs goes to the Adj
rondacks lie will stay at the camp OF Genera T. A.
McAlp!n. He received large bunch of noweI'
Yesterday morning from the members Of the 'res-
cert Lodge.
Major Frank Kcck. who is at hs home. no i7S
Msnhattan-ave.. suffering from fever. was sone-
what better yesterday He was greatly exhausted
when he reached New-York. but II !" hoPen '"''
! he will continue TO improve.
Charles Boyd the seventeen-year-old co'ored
mascot Of Comuany II. was taken ID with the
typhoid fever AZ the armory AZ ~, cGo% los
n" "o\ WV ~ ~ IL, Res!r,@rt passed through
l ,ns IN m nf vay 70 ne 7ron, BOYD Who
1i Trair ofaring IA. 7s' nad stopped ~ 'he
I nd q
men, by MS aniiea Ihe o., men ybc, III ,r1'1
started he pulled aboard and, kt', ,dg,r.r,
T ,bs C y,'B Zoo hGd been sayns a. Inc armory
lie hfd bec1 Jolly and good-naturGa az I'D. I',
/ shouio,f ~ t,tcrs Of fever until yesterday
ma. DEAD SOLDIERS BURIED
Tho funeral OF private John Cayanagh. ~
CONN 1fT r.'i took place yesterday morning IN =.
c,ahriels Church in East Thirty -soTenih-s' IN'I'
/ was iarc2 humber o. friends present in'in''ns
| dozen ~ eShefIs Of Company y. several me" I'm
! tho ,l7fs, R-=inent and hundred members OF -
! Tcserb.s Society. Of which CavaNarh wat mem
! her ~. difector Of the society. the koF Ihci'''
| Thornton celebrated The mass ara Para h's"
! tribute 70 the dead soldier There We're many
floral Gifts sent 70 the church. one 'af-e "''a'.'
/ Wikon from fever. lie lived 81 no. 81 E'S' '''''
He, Agnes.s chapel at Nne,y seconds, a4d
/ colu-nHSs.ave vas flcd ycsierday morning WIN
ihe family friends ana reaure- 90 Ono Glad M Dos.
sNt
/ Ion on Monday There were delesau. 'io IH -
/ rs, Eceimout tho Eth United states ATuufIF n"'
| Inc Knigh,s Of Temperance. Tn" CONN ~aF CO..,
! cred by the American htg. ard - IL. -. ~
/ plsces were cent 10 the cnurcu Ire poHF ~
buried IN Kensico Cemetery. re2rese thtN't % ~"
7ist Regiment and tho 1th Artillery pong pic H.
Nlesstcr i0ire1 hts regiment A. the op"nns .i w..
! war and went through The santiago 'aLi'.I,S,, ~
| He came here on the ONyctie, bur was 'dh'n u"
| The body Of Private John ! guilty. OF No. -
! Fast \inetv-third-sf was buried Nes'ertHiN NO
! u1 IN Calvorv Cefnoterr. this huTlal penn M -
| ersond lie died and was buried in amp W lnou
| W. houf the knowledge OF his parents. RulN VIZ
tvenfv-one years old. He was IN the ifd busl-
ress when he Joined the 7lsi two months oeioie
Inc war regan and went through m" ,Sah'-,s2 =
campaign Win his regiment coming PACK tAchen
Mr. and Mrs guilty wont down 70 the camp on on
August T. as soon as they possibly could an 1ndd
learned 10 their horror that their son was hela
70 have the BODY disinterreG. and J. was sem YES
,ordsv IA an undertaker's here No service was
VA ,e hero mad been services AZ the camp.
IT, co1n was wrapped In an American nag \
drtau 81 the list mon accompanied IN" hodN 10
Two wagt H. loads Of mail sen: to the 1si Rcgi-
,,ont il, Cuba and undcvered there reached tho
aarniort last night and tho corvalcscent soldlrrs
,bn r,lod M the armorv found theF "aN ~ once
20 an inonrovieed pOstofice and began the Work
NJ scrtinE the mail There were packages oi al
Jirds and newspapers and letters BY the bushei
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EIGHTH REGIMENTS SICK IMPROVE"