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The times., 1898-09-29
RACING REBELS ORGANIZE.
A Meet Arranged for I'm This City OIL
October and s.

A Meet Arranged for I'm This City on
October 1 and 5.
Philadelphia, Sept. 2S.-The bicycle rae
ing men who have seeded from the l.
4. w. met at the Bingham House tonight
and formally organized the National Rae
ing Cyclists Union.
These officers were elected: President,
E. C. Bald: vice president. Arthur Gardi-
ner; recording secretary. Thomas Cooper;
corresponding secretary, F. f. Spooner;
treasurer, F. A. Mcfarland. The execu-
tive committee consists of these five off,
GERS and Jay Eaton and Earl Kiser.
A couple of hours were spent in motions
and amendments. and all parliamentary
passages imaginable. the sum and sub
stance of which was whether Major Tay-
lor the colored crack, who late in the
day was persuaded to put in an applica-
tion for membership, should be admitted
His cause was championed warmly by
Jay Eaton, Tom Cooper, and "Plugger
Bilr' Martin. Those who had the other
side were Gardiner. Stevens. Mcfarland,
and Becker. 1t was decided to admit the
applicants singlyA and by a two-thirds
vote. To the surprise of all when Tay-
lor's name came up he was unanimously
elected.
The riders elected We're: Fred Sims,
The times., 1898-09-29
THE CUBAN WORM TURNS
Food for Spaniards Taxed by
the Gibara Government.
STILL GREAT SUFFERING
Morse Brings Five Hundred Tons
of Supplies for the Famished Resi-
dents of the HoIguin District-Gen.
and Assistant.

Santiago de Cuba, Sept 8-News was
received here today that the Spanish gem
eral, Mario, commanding the garrison of
1900 men at Holguin, had protested TO
Commander Maynard, of the United
States gunboat Nashville, that the Cuban
municipal government at Gibara is i'm
posing a tax of 10 cents a barrel upon
all foodstuffs landed to feed his soldiers.
Commander Maynard maintained the au-
thorlty to collect this tax and stated that
the paymaster at Gibara, O'Leary, was
collecting the duties on all stuff imported
In accordance with the minimum Spanish
tariff in force at Santiago.
Paymaster OLeary has taken the
ground that the garrison at Holguin are
practically prisoners, and be- therefore
lets provisions and clothes vthao4are sent
to them by Capt. Gen. Blaneo hand with
out paying duty. The provisions for Hol-
guin are shipped by rail from Gibara, and
the Cuban government imposes the tax
before the trains are allowed Ito leave.
Commander Maynard has reported the
matter to Washington. 20 -;
The Cuban officials at GibarA have. in
turn, protested to Comma HdeTs Maynard
that tobacco and cigarettes sept to the
Spaniards at Holguin as part OF the SOL
diers' rations. without the payment of du-
ties have been sold by retail merchants
at Gitard. ,o nc
The Spanish steamer Ayiles which ar
rived here yesterday from Havana. took
SlG0, 000 in gold from Gen. Blaneo 10 Gen.
Mario for the payment of the iatter's Off
GERS! Another 100000 will be sent soon.
The Red Cross schooner Mary +. Morse
has arrived at Gibara with 500 tons OF
supplies for the relief of the sufferers in
the Holguin district. There Is much sick
ness and suffering among the Cubans
and Spaniards throughout the district.
Gen. Castillo formally accepted the Of
fee of counsellor and assistant to Gen
Wood this morning, and he enters upon
the discharge of his duties Immediately.
Gen. ColazZo. of the Cuban army, will
publish In the Porvenr tomorrow a col
umn signed article on the situation here
in which he contrasts the treatment OF
the Cubans by the Spaniards at the close
of the ten years war with their treatment
by the Americans at the present time
much TO the discredit of the Americans
Lieut.. Rooney, of the Third Immunes
will start tomorrow with 50g,000 rations
which he will distribute free of cost &c
the Cubans in the interior of the province
The rations are for civilians mainly
Lieut.. Rooney has orders TO issue no ra-
tions to armed men.
The times., 1898-09-29
WAR BREVITIES.

The following additional second lieutenants in
the Corps OF Engineers have been appointed TO
vacancies in the corps: William D. Conner. John
c. Cakes Louis C. Wolf, Sherwood A. Cheney
Frederick W Alstaelter, Harley b. Ferguson
Frank C. Boggs jr-; Charles S Smith, William p
Wooten. and Lytle Brown.
By order of the President, Capt. Henry p
Ritzius, Twenty fifth Infantry, is detailed on tenn
porary duty acting Indian agent at the San
Carlos agency Arizona Territory, to succeed First
Lieut. Sedgwick Rice, Seventh Cavalry, who has
been relieved at his request.
Lieut.. Col. NJ c. Martin. of the quartermaster's c
department, has been ordered TO Fort Ethan AL
len, Vt, on business.
These soldiers, who are in Washington. have
been discharged from the service: Priyates Err
nest Ludwig and William V. Whitall, Battery NJ.
Fourth Artillery: Corp. Fred Clay, Company c.,
Fifth Infantry; Sergt. Edward L. Cogan, Battery
f. Fifth ARTILLERY. and Private Raymond Dynes,
Company h, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer In
fantry.
The times., 1898-09-29
coNEY ISLAND FIGHT A DRAW.
Erne Surprises Everyone by Punish
ing Iayigne Severely


New York, Sept. 2S.-George Lavigne,
the lightweight champion of Saginaw,
and Frank Erne, of Buffalo. fought a
beautiful twenty round draw at the
Greater New York Athletic Club, Coney
Island, tonight. Erne, who had been
looked upon as an easy mark for the
champion, surprised 5000 persons by put
and in the last five or six rounds his
friends went wild over the fact that he
outpointed Lavigne.
The latter has undoubtedly gone back
since he met Walcott at Maspeth- several
years ago. and was disappointment to
those who had picked him as sure win
ner He was slow, but never ceasing in
his attack, using the old boring methods
that have won so many battles for him.
but Ernes wonderful cleverness stalled
off many dangerous smashes and made
1.-The Kid look funny at times.
Erne used superb judgment throughout
the contest. worked his left with such
unerring accuracy that "the Kids face
was badly bunged up and finished as
strong as a lion.
Lavigne was very strong, too, at the
close, and the decision of Referee Austin,
although it could not have been other
wise because of an agreement between
the men, was considered just.
There were many partisans of the Buff
falo boy, though, who believed that Erne
should have received the verdict Erne's
manager took exception 10 the ruling by
saying that Referee Austin had misun-
derstood the articles of agreement
IF the police stopped the bout it was
to have been declared a draw he said
but if it went the limit there was to be
4 decision. The referee made a mistake. "
The times., 1898-09-29
SHIPPING SILVER BULLION.
Ten Million Ounces VIII he Sent To
San Francisco for Coinage.

Assistant Secretary Vanderlip, of the
Treasury Department, returned last night
from a trip to Chicago. He went there
on two missions, one TO investigate the
condition of the Central Pacific Railroad,
and the other to arrange for an enormous
shipment of silver bullion across the con-
tinent
To a representative of The Times last
night Mr. Vanderlip said that ne had not
completed either mission.
1T is contemplated, he said. "to ship
about 100000 ounces of silver bullion
across the continnet from the mint in
Philadelphia to the mint in San Francis
co. Such shipments are usually made by
express, and we have contract with the
express company 10 ship all money by
express. But bullion IS not money any
more than pig iron Is. and there is no
more reason why We should ship pigs of
silver by express than We should ship
pigs of lead that way. Ten million ounces
OF silver weigh 625, ,0G0 pounds avoirdupOis,
and il would be a great expense TO ship
II by express. The companies would as
sumo the risk and furnish the guards, but
If we ship ii by freight, We furnish our
own guards and take the risk.
1T Will take fifteen or twenty cars TO
carry this amount Really, / believe
there is little risk, hardly any more so
than if 1t We're lead We would select
the heaviest pigs. weighing about sixty
five pounds. These viii be loaded on the
cars and a tourist placed al each end of
the train. The guards would occupy the
cars and every time the train stopped
they would surround it and prevent any
one from approaching il. The expense
would be much less to the Government
than If 1t were shipped by express, and
I can see no objection to this plan. The
Government has surplus of gold on
hand at the Philadelphia mint. and it
wishes to coin it as rapidly as possible.
At the San Francisco mint the conditions
are such that silver can be coined there
without trouble. 1t is necessary that
certain amount of silver should be coined
every month and it is believed that send
ing the silver 10 San Francisco will be
worth the expense
The times., 1898-09-29

have been received by the chief of ord
nance in reference to the prompt compl-
ance with proper acquisitions, or COM
plants of any character in,feference to
the operations of the ordinance depart
ment in connection with furnishing neces-
sary armament for permanent defenses or
siege and field artillery. rifles, equip
ments for infantry, artillery and cavalry
and ammunition of all kindseto
g. What funds were undegi the control
of the department April ]. 1898, land what
additional funds were available by
August 81. under general or rfspecial legis-
lation? p
The adjutant general has been request
ed to furnish the commission with full
and detailed information concerning the
moyem ents of troops and specific infor-
nation is asked concerning the expedi-
tions to Santiago, Porto Rico and the
Philippines.
The adjutant general is also requested
to supply the following information:
Location of camps in the United States,
by whom selected number of regiments
and number of officers and enlisted men
of regulars and of volunteers at each
camp; organization of camps, names of
commanding generals, together with
names of division and brigade command
ers; length of time each camp was main
tanned and number of deaths by disease
| at each camp.
The times., 1898-09-29
COLONEL BRYAN IMPROVING.
Nothing to say About Colonel Roose-
NeIt's Nomination..


Col. William j. Bryan, who is slightly
i'll with malaria, at the residence of Mr..
Bride, on Capitol Hill, is rapidly improv-
ing.
Col. Bryan said yesterday that, though
his physician had not given an opinion
as TO the probable duration of his illness,
he himself expected to be well enough to
return to Florida by the last of the
present week.
When asked about the expected visit
of Mrs. Bryan to this city he
said that as she had been needlessly
alarmed by reading the reports published
before he left Jacksonville and since he
arrived in Washington; he had thought
best to have her come on here and see
for herself that he was not seriously in
disposed. Mrs. Bryan is expected to reach
this city tomorrow afternoon
About the nomination of Col. Roosevelt,
for governor of New YORK, Col Bryan
declared that he had absolutely no opin-
ion to give; and declined to say anything
that might be taken for an expression of
opinion as to the colonels record or
chances of election.
Two of the officers of Col. Bryan's regi-
rent. Capts Beers and Marple, are in
the city, and have called to pay their re-
sLects TO the colonel.
The times., 1898-09-29
AN INSULT TO THE BRAVE
Men and Officers We're Not TO
Blame for Sickness.
THE WORDS OF GEN. NILES
At a Reception in His Honor He
Denounces Those Who Say the
Soldiers Fell Victims to Disease
and Died Through Fault of Their
0Nn-A Stirring Speech.

A reception was given TO Gen. Nelson
A Miles by his comrades of the Medal of
Honor Legion, at his home No. 1909 Sew
enth Street northwest, last night There
were eighteen veterans present, all of
whom had received medals for conspicu-
Gus galantry during the Civil War.
Among these were two who had also
served through the war with Spain, Gen.
Nelson A. Miles and Col. Urell.
The early part of the evening was taken
up with music and "reminiscences of the
war Refreshments We're served, ana
speeches were made by different members
of the Legion. Gen. Miles was the last
TO speak His utterances were stirring
and patriotic. In the course of his re-
marks he said:
The volunteer troops of the United
States in the war with Spain were as
brave and as patriotic a body OF soldiers
as ever took the field in any campaign
the world has ever seen. The battles they
fought were won as gallantly as any re-
corded in history.
And yet the periIs which our soldiers
had most cause to dread were not bul-
lets. but disease, which swept over our
camps. destroying hundreds. where bull
lets naQ hlllcQ one. OuE Sbih4tkS tAANt4tN
into the fever-stricken camps as they
went up the hill in the face of the enemy
with courage and devotion that must
open 10 them the glorious pages Of his
tory.
Those who say that these men sick
ened and died because they wished 10;
those who blame the soldiers and off-
GERS OF our army for the disease and
death that deva tat the camps and thin
ned the ranks Of our army; those who
assert that our soldiers suffered through
their own fault, insult a quarter OF
million of the bravest men that ever car
ried arms beneath the sun.
These men did not suffer and die be-
cause they liked it, and whoever says
they did insults our army and the men
who officered il. 1t is an affront to rea-
son. ! have nothing to say of the blame
for the death of those brave men
Continuing. Gen. Miles remarked: we
have been In the real estate business, and
we have added territory 10 the United
States-a great empire"
The general referred TO the bravery OF
the colored troops and spoke in the high
est praise Of their conduct.
Soon after Gen Miles had ceased speak
ing the party broke up and the reception
ended.
The times., 1898-09-29
ALGER's PLEASURE UNABATED.
He Brands ~ Oyerdrawn stories of
III-Treatment From the Camps.

Ilt-IreatmeuT mt FROM the Jumps
Secretary AIger, Quartermaster General
Ludingtou, and Surgeon General Stern
berg returned TO Washington at 1;40
o'clock yesterday morning from their tour
Of the Southern military camps. Several
important matters awaited the Secreta-
rvs attention, chief among them being
the plans for the military occupation of
Cuba and for the quartering Of the re-
serve troops which viii be left in the
United States
The Secretary had a brief consultation
with the President, and arrived at his Of
fee in the War Department at $3.50 O'Clock
He spent nearly an hour in conference
with Adji. Gen. Corbin and a short time
with Attorney General Griggs, before he
went 10 the White House AT Il o'clock
for another consultation with the Presi-
dent Gen. Alger remained a long time
with Mr.. Mckinley, making full re-
port OF observations made during his trip
through the South. After his visit TO the
White House Secretary Alger said:
Il am very much pleased with the re-
suits Of my visit TO the camps, for /
found that they were all in excellent
condition ! am confident that an i'm
officer concerned in the care of our SOL
diers is doing the best that can be done
to preserve the health of the men. In
every camp that I visited the appearance
OF the men was good and they answered
choerfully our questions about their con-
dition, making no complaints to speak of.
My observation was distinctly con-
trary TO the stories which ] have seen
published Of fll-treatment in the army
camps, and / speak from a knowledge
gained by personal talks with many of
the sick soldiers, asking them to tell me
of anything that they had TO complain of.
They had food and medicines in abund-
ance. and both were administered prop
erly."
The condition of the regiments as a
whole, Secretary Alger said, was good.
Some of the organizations were better
than others, owing TO superiority in their
officers, and he had observed that this
made a difference with the health of the
men. The officers, as a whole, however,
had shown great Improvement in the care
Of their command.
The times., 1898-09-29
LEAVING CAMP WIKoFF.
The First Regiment Cavalry Starts
for the West,

Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, n. Y,
Sept. 2S.-The First Regiment of Cavalry,
under command of Col. Viele, left camp
this morning over the Long Island Rail-
road for various Western forts The regi-
ment, consisting of 73S men, left in two
sections, and will go together as far as
Chicago. AT that point they will sepa-
rate, and the various troops will be sent
TO do garrison duty in the following
posts; Forts Riley. Meade, keogh, Yates,
Niobrara, kiel and Waskie.
All the men were in excellent condition.
Ninety patients who were to have gone
TO Providence on the steamer Lewiston
yesterday, left the hospital this morning.
The men who will be distributed in the
Providence hospitals were taken in am
balances to the Lewiston and went
aboard. The Lewiston also takes forty
convalescents who go by way of Provi-
dence TO their homes in New England.
With todays departures, about 225 pa
tients Will be left in the general hospital
The only death there since yesterday
is that of Harry Weldon. who died late
last night of typhoid fever.
Weldon's family is supposed TO be of
high standing in Kentucky. He was
twenty-one years old.
The times., 1898-09-29
LEFT TO GOV. HoLcoMB.
Question of Col. Bryan's Regiment
Referred to Him.

Gov. Holcomb, of Nebraska, will decide
whether the Third Nebraska, Cql. Bryan's
regiment, now encamped at Jacksonville,
or the First Nebraska, att Manila, shall
be mustered out of the service. The ques-
ton has been referred to him by the
Administration.
Nebraska has in the service, about 600
men more than its quota. To muster out
one battalion, would still leave a surplus,
and to muster out two batt2Iions would
leave the State with less than its quota.
The War Department considered 1t de-
sirable to handle the matter by regiments
Then the matter was referred to Gov.
Holcomb and he will chose between the
First and Third regiments
The general impression here is that he
will muster out Col Bryan's command,
but he may choose the Manila regiment
which was first to enter the service The
Second Nebraska was furleughed some
time ago.
The times., 1898-09-29
To Re Mustered out.

Gen. Greely. chief of the Signal Corps,
has. recommended that four signal corps
companies the Fifth, which is from the
District Of Columbia; the Seventh, from
Illinois; Ninth, from New York city, and
the Tenth, from Massachusetts, be mus
tered out. All have seen service in the
field.
Gen. Greely also recommends that in
view Of the fact that all of these COM
panies performed service outside the
United States during the war, the men
be given sixty days furlough before be-
ing mustered out.
The times., 1898-09-29

William Sims. DR.. a I. Brown. o. S.
Kimball,- Major Taylor. Robert Thomp-
son, Glen. Turville. Charles TurviIIe. Joe
Vernier, j. II. McDuffy (Eddie's brother.
Joseph Rogers, and Ed Walsh.
Trainers vouehed for by their men will
be admitted to membership. but have no
vote.
The schedule of meets already arranged
is: October l. Washington; October ;,
Washington: October s and 8. St Louis;
October 13 and IA. Cape Girardeau. Mo; !;
October is and II. St. Louis; October 10.
Decatur. Ill; October %. Denver; October
q. Pueblo. The riders will go farther
west TO fill dates to be arranged along
the coast
The times., 1898-09-29
TWO MORE SOLDIERS DIE.
Privates Schug and CoDnel1 Claimed
hy Typhoid Fever.

Philadelphia, Sept. 2S.-Death claimed
two more soldiers this morning at the
Pennsylvania Hospital.
Nicholas ]. Schug, Company G, Two
hundred-and-third New York Volunteers,
died at 4:3O o'clock. Schug was brought
to the hospital from Camp Meade and
had been suffering from typhoid fever.
The other victim of the deadly typhoid
was Guy Connell Company B, Tenth Ohio
Volunteers, who came here from Camp
Meade on the 29th of the month. His
father resides at No. 70 Slater Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Private John II. Cunningham, Fifth
United States Infantry. residing at Dan
vile, Ohio, who is in this city on a fur
Tough, was found dangerously i'll on the
street this morning and removed to hos
pitai.
The times., 1898-09-29
Philippines, omefaI Guide.

Postmaster General Smith received
bulky package from Manila yesterday. 1t
was labeled "Guia official de las Isles
Filipinos'' and contained the names and
places of business of all the Spanish gov
ernment officers and employees of the
islands.
F. w. Vaille, who went over to Manila
with the first expedition 10 take charge
of the postal department in the newly ac-
quired territory, sent the directory to Mr..
Smith
The times., 1898-09-29
MAIL FROM DEWEY.
Two Spanish Flags Sent by tn
DashinS Admiral.

Two Spanish Flags Sent by the
Dashing Admiral.
large mail bag from Admiral Dewey,
which reached the department yesterday
morning, contained two Spanish flags.
One, a large ensign, was labeled Official
flag of Manila. Hauled down August Is,
1895, $40 p. m, by Flag Lieut.. Drumby
and Signal Boys Stanton and Fergerson
from the flagship Olympia. after the sur
render of the city to the combined naval
and military forces of the United States
The other was a smaller flag, and was
labeled: Flag of Spanish armed trans
port Cebu, captured at Manila August Is,
1895"
These labels are printed on cloth. The
official flag of Manila is considered a
great trophy at the Navy Department.
The times., 1898-09-29
The santiago Health Report.

This dispatch was received at the War
Department last night from Maj Gen.
Lawton at Santiago:
Fever cases. all kinds 1856; total sick,
112S. Deaths: Hugh G. Blount, sergeant
major Third United States Volunteer In
fantry, malarial remittent fever, Septem-
ber q; Henry Johnson, sergeant E, Ninth
United States Volunteer Infantry, yellow
fever, September q; Joseph Holmes, pri-
vate, f, Ninth United States Volunteer
Infantry typhoid fever, September 81
The times., 1898-09-29

War Department, has been detached from
his company and ordered to report in
person to the Assistant Secretary of War.
This action was taken because Lieut..
Pierson was one of the officers selected
by the chief signal officer for mastering
out of the service. He will now retain
his position.
The times., 1898-09-29
ALL BUT THREE AWARDED.
Contracts Let for the New Torpedo
Boats.

Contracts for all the new torpedo boats,
except the three which the Bath Iron
Works proposed to construct, have been
awarded by the Navy Department.
The Bath Iron Works submitted prop
osition to build three of the boats upon
their own specifications, but it was not
accepted by the department. The officials
of the company have been notified by the
Navy Department that it will be neces-
sary for them to expand their specifica-
tions so Is TO include certain features re-
garded by the navy authorities as essen
fial