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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-04

Eddie McDunec Beats Jimmy Michael
and Sets New Marks

BOSTON. July ALI worlds records
from one TO tfteer miles inclusive took
sudden drop at Charles River Park this
afternoon. when Eddie MrDufee OF Ros-
ton. defeated Jimmy Michaels. the tiny
cyclist who has long held the title Of
champion Of the world. II is possible that
the race might have had Il different ending
but for accident which hefeil Michael
early in the race. while in the lead His
handle bars became loose and he was
forced 10 leave the track for another ma
chine. which proved 10 he in little better
condition than the first. McDuffee had
gained a fii! lap during the transfer. ard
a. Michael c0ald do nothing with his new
machine ne left the track. coming on after
the machine had been repaired. hat not in
any sense a competitor He rode IN all
SIX and two-third miles McDufYee con-
;inued to reel of the miles during all this
time. cutting record after record until al
tho ecd Of :Ac fifteenth mile and the race
hs was - - seconds better than the
worlds record held by himself
The u"n tAok theiv positions ana a. tSe
WORT were off Tx 4 Hasa Michael rausht
his team. first AMI opened up = gap Of for
~ NaTis before Mcpuffe. was we'll started
TIE pace waa terrific ana ~ he end ii
me aySt ~ 10 n watches recorded H. -
against - 80. he former worlds rt,,-
Cri mad" " F,,Ar- q his race With Mar
t'u ore wrFk aEo- Thv two miles we.
ridden IN 2 ii 2-1 a gain e : So The 7srvv-
.cis t~o-7l.lo rr-ret Nscha. hal addict
Two more records - zig credit when ~
ra H{5s went dCva ana h. VAS otit ~ 3.
NJ IuG~e 5rcn 1ook the l"at and tlt no,
a'at> tire Y,a-r Ii cont nUGUsiv urged hs
TsactrrNhers On. ARA every nile clipped
second or MO from tAe previous reror3.
Tse bell announced the ias, mile 81 III
raee AMI his pacemakers eXevtet them
solves 70 the utmost as thcv Ssung into
ne strtch OF ne last Ian McT8frr
pulled o43t a SpArt AMI head,l the team
across she tape In - - 50 se<oHi<
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-04

Arthur Lane Of Alexa ndria, Ind. who
j. now In the Ealdes country, Alaska.
writes that moose aud elk ana otneT
large game are to be found there. but
that they are not plentiful. He says that
there are ducks and geese until one can't
rest.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-04

The game today al Y. NJ c. A park viii
he. called at $50 o'clock, with the follow
ing batting order:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMs

Kansas City is also preparing to hold
a peace jubilee.
Spanish troops and insurgents arc
having fights almost daily in Cuba.
Reports sent out of smallpox having
broken out at Hotel Victory, Putin
Bay. are false.
Miss Clara Bartcn. of the Red Cross
society, is at MatanZas. Cuba, relieving
the distress there
Archbishop Ireland has been ap-
pointed member of the Lafayette me-
mortal commission.
The report that the French armored
cruiser Bruix had foundered in the In
dian ocean was without foundation
Walter Lee. years old. and John
Hamilton, 8. got tangled up with a live
wire at Decatur. Ills. Both are dead.
Whitecaps are driving the negroes
out of half dozen counties in Texas
and they are taking refuge in Dallas
Among the arrivals at the Fountain
House. Waukesha, Wis. are ex-Nice
President Adlai Stevenson and wife.
The Republican Editorial association.
of the Eighth congressional district OF
Illinois, is holding its annual outing at
GIenwOod Springs. Wis.
The steamer Progresso arrived at
Seattle Saturday from st. Michaels
with a large amount Of gold duSI, the
property of a few persons
The government secret service has
been unable to catch the men response
BILE for the counterfeit 500 silver certif-
cate, or 70 corral the plate.
Senator Wolcott is giving a fete at
Wolhurst, his country. seat near DEN
yer. for the benefit of Colorado soldiers
Fifteen thousand people attended on
Saturday
Captain Anson, who left the Chicago
Base Ball club an orphan. wants TO go
to Paris as director Of athletics or Com
missioner General Peck's stan. His
wish may be gratifed-
The report of Chief wilkie, OF the Sc
cret. seryice. shows that Missouri holds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
governor by driving out ene ROby

governor Dy OIiNlnS Oul Tie 1SODy
gamblers
While he was serving as secretary OF
state he made considerable reputation
as g member of the state board of tax
commissioners, holding out stoutly for
a heavy increase in the assessment of
railroad, telegraph and other corporate
property. He had contended in his cam
paign that the farming classes were
bearing more than their share of the
burdens of the state government, and
as member of the board of tax COM
missioners he assisted in raising the
valuation of corporate property for
taxation from $50 0e0. .0O0 to s160, ,0o0 900,
at which figure it has stood ever since.
During the strike of the coal miners
in 1894 the governor sent nearly the
entire militia force of the state into the
counties where 1awlessness was threat
ened and gave ample protection to the
railroads that were attempting to trans
port coal to Chicago. Again, in the
strike Of the American Railway Union
he sent large force Of militia to Lake
and adjoining counties and heartily CO.
operated with President Cleveland in
suppressing the mobs that sought to
destroy railroad property on that oc-
casion. Personally Governor Matthews
was one of the most genial men IN the
state and was very popular with all
classes Of Democrats
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
HAS A sPAsM OF MORALITY.
Sunday Closing War Shuts Up Everything
Except the Saloons.

Except the saloons.
Cleveland, Aug. 29.-CleVeland had a
spasm of a very peculiar kind of moral
ity yesterday. Nearly every cigar store.
news stand and candy store was closed:
most of the druggists sold nothing but
medicines on prescription, and restau-
rant keepers refused to sell cigars. Yet
the saloons. as usual, with little pre-
tense of keeping closed, DID a rushing
business. through side doors and behind
of a few merchant talors and clothiers,
whose clerks a short time ago induced
the Retail Salesmen's union to cause
the arrest of those clothiers who kept
their stores open on Sunday mornings.
thereby depriving their employees of
part of their weekly day of rest.
This movement spread to the butch
eTN and the grocers, and then the ag-
grieved clothing. dealers, not more than
a dozen in number. decided to make
the Sunday labor law obnoxious by
compelling it's rigid enforcement upon
everybody. They hired an attorney
who caused the arrest of few cigar
dealers and news stand keepers last
week Then they announced that yes
terday all such places would be watched
and these who violated the law would
be arrested. The cigarmakers' union
volunteered to- help make the law OBJ
noXious by sending spoilers out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
PRESIDENT AT CAMP MEADE.
Stops There ON His Way West and Pays
the IinN. "a SNORT visit.

Camp Meade, Pa. Aug. 29.-On the
way west for q breathing spell which
he viii obtain visiting Cleveland and
his Ohio home at Canton the president
(who is accompanied by his WifeJ
stopped here for an hour and was
pleased with what he saw. The First
Delaware acted as guard of honor to
the president during his tour of in
spectiOn. After a hurried insp- elton Of
the quarters OF the general and his
staff. President and Mrs. Mckinley
were driven through the camp. Com
pany streets were sCrupulcusly clean
and the men looked their best. The pres
ident was much pleased with the
location of the camp and the appear
ance and condition OF the men, The
various regiments were drawn up in
line TO receive the party when they
arrived at their quarters. The presi-
dent visited the division hospital and
the hospital which the Red Cross so
ciety of Philadelphia has established
for the care Of the most serious cases
He left for Somerset, Pa, at , p. m
President Mckinley intimated to
General Graham that the picked regi-
ments or his corps would he sent TO
Porto Rico and cuba for garrison duty
and that the remainder would be mus
tered out. The general may convene d
general court martial To consider the
conduct Of certain high officers charged
with dereI.ction Of duty.
The one Hundred aRd Fifty-ninth
Indiana was scheduled to ar
rive last night. and today the
remainder Of the Second division
will be on hand. Commencing tomor-
row the movement OF the FIRST division
from Camp Alger viii begin and con
tinue at the rate Of one regiment a day.
The health OF this camp is splendid
there being less than zoo cases in the
general hospitals. With the exception sf
fifteen typhoid fever cases none is scri-
GUS. The typhoid cases are being treat
e. by the female nurses a the Red
Cross hospitals Eighty patients from
the two Missouri regiments were taken
away from here yesterday morning in
the Missouri hospital train. which was
met at Harrisburg with fifty more
patients from the Camp Alger hospi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
FIVE DEAD ON THE RAIL.
Four of Them Members of One Family
Five wohnded, One Fatally

Ware, Mass. Aug. 29.-Five persons
were killed Saturday at Writings
Crossing on the Boston and Maine rail-
road by collision between a train and
a wagon containing a pleasure party OF
eleven persons. The dead are: George
Whiting, aged So: Mrs. Whiting; Jessie
whiting, their daughter. aged IS; Sadie
Whiting, another daughter, aged 20;
e boy who tagged the crossing. name
unknown. The injured are: George
Whiting, Jr., fatally; Herold Rich, aged
13; John Scott, aged 6; Mildred Scott,
aged 4; Mrs. Houghton, both legs
broken.
The pleasure party was made up of
the Whiting family and some of their
immediate friends of Bondville, and
they were going from their home in
BondviIle to Forest Lake in a covered
wagon drawn by four horses. On one
side OF the crossing there is quite
steep hill running down to the tracks.
AS the wagon came over the crest of
the hill and started down toward the
railroad track the flag boy at the foot of
the hill was seen to come out of his sta
tion to flag an approaching train.
The momentum of the vehicle on the
steep grade was so great that 1t went
by the flag boy and out upon the tracks
just as the Northampton and Ware ac-
commodation train came along. The
engine struck the wagon about in the
middle. tossing the occupants on all
sides. killing the horses and demohsh-
ing the vehicle. The train was stopped.
Five bodies were picked UP a terribly
mangled condition, one, that of the boy,
being decapituIated. The latter was
the substitute crossing tender. the reg
ular flagman having been called away
and put the boy on to flag this train.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
REPORT FROM CAMP THOMAS.
Gen. Boynton Gives the Lie to Recent Sem
sational Charges

sattOnal Charges
Washington, Aug. GA few days ago
Secretary Alger issued an order to Gen
eraI II. V. Boynton, now at Chicka-
mauga Park, to make a thorough and
searching investigation of all the hos
pitals .n.Cau-D Thomas and TO report
Instantly any lack or attention 10 the
inmates. any inefficiency in the medical
officers or any need of supplies OF what
ever kind. General Boynton's attention
was directed to the sensational charges
made by one DIR. Terry against the con-
duct OF the hospitals at Camp Thomas.
and he was urged to make prompt
report Of tho exact conditions as he
Should find them. Last night the fol-
lowing telegram was received by Adju-
tant General Corbin from Boynton:
Have completed investigating hos
pitaIs under secTetary's orders. Results
exceedingly favorable in all essential
features. The facts efEectually dispose
OF all recent sensa ational adverse criti-
cism. Report Will be written ont TO-
morrow"
The result of General Boynton's in
ve3tigation as briefly stated in his tele-
gram afforded the officials Of the war
department great satisfaction. They
have implicit confidence in General
Boynton and are satisfied that his in
vestigation has been thorough and his
reports accurate. \ copy of General
Boynton's dispatch was sent to Presi-
dent Mckinley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
Con,nc.ltome -ssm zorro Rlco.

Guayama. Porto Rico. Aug. 29.-Bat-
teries a. of the Twenty-seventh In
diana and a ofIllinois left here Saturday
morning for Ponce, where they Will en-
bark for home. General Haines has been
ordered north. He will be relieved of
the command OF the Second brigade
here by General Grant, who has ar
rived. The First Kentucky regiment
Will be attached to General Ernst's di-
vision. relieving the Second Wisconsin.
General Grant will have only the Third
Illinois and Fourth Ohio regiments un-
Ger his command. a private of the
Third Illinois recently wandered into
the Spanish lines and was sent back
with q box of cigars with the compli-
mcntS of the Standards
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
WAS A KENTUCKIAN BY BIRTH.
Made His Mark in the Politics of the
state of His Adoption.

Governor Matthews was born in Bath
county, KY, Dec. II. 1S45. He left
Kentucky in 1865 and settled in Yer
million county, Ind, where he had q
farm of 1000 acres. He organized the
Indiana Short Horn Breeders associa-
ton and was one Of the founders of the
National Association of Short Horn
Cattle Breeders of the United States
and Canada. Although always having
a strong prediction for politics. Mat
thews rarely sought office He served
a term in the legislature in 1876. In
1890 he was nominated and elected sec
retary of state and in 1892 he was
chosen governor.
Governor Matthews was related
through his mother to some Of the best
families of Virginia and Kentucky. He
was the son of Thomas A. Matthews
and Eliza A. Fletcher. His maternal
great-grandfather. General Thomas
Jefferson Fletcher. was an officer in the
United States army in 1872. After his
term as governor expired Matthews re-
tired to his home in Vermillion county
In 1896 the frierdsof Matthews resolved
to make him a conspicuous candidate
for the Democratic president a nOmina-
ton The state convention was en-
Enthusiastically in favor of his nomina-
tion by the national Democratic conven-
tion which met in Chicago in July 1886.
Matthews indO-sed the action Of the
national Democracy and Immediately
began a most brilliant campaign for
Bryan and Sewall- He never faltered
for an instant. but continued actively
at work until the polls were closed in
November Of that year On Jan :.
1858. he married Martha r Whitcomb.
daughter OF the late James Whitcomb.
who was governor Of Indiana from
1873 10 1s49 and was afterward United
States senator from this state. Mat
thews attained vide celebrity while
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
Col. Culver on Chickamauga.

Springfield. Ills. Aug. 29.-In answer
TO an inquiry from Secretary Wines. Of
the Illinois Army and Navy League.
regarding the condition of hospital ser
vice at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga
Park, Ga, the following telegram was
received from Colonel Culver, COM
manding the Fifth Illinois infantry. who
Is at Camp Miles, Lexington. Ky: I'VE
left probably fifty sick in hospital at
Old Point Comfort: probably thirty at
Chickamauga. The hospital service
was very Unsatisfactory when we were
there. I think the press reports are
largely sensational, but deem it well
for you to look after our people at
CbirI<aTDaIIea
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
SPANS HOME TROUBLES.
Likely to Get Into "A Row Over the Settle
ment of Peace Yet.

ment of Peace Yet.
Madrid, Aug. 29.-The conserva-
tive members of the ftes meet Sat
urday to arrange their course of
action during the coming session. 1t
is understood they will not support
the radical campaign against the gov
ernment, but maintain the attitude
they assumed last session. Robledo,
however. as leader of the dissidsnt
conservatives. proposes to employ
every le9itament means to ensure de
bate upon all the questions of war or
peace. The attitude of the Carlists
and republicans is not announced. but
they can be depended upon to vio-
lently oppose the administration. If
the French ambassador at Washing
ton forwards in time the list of Amer
lean peace commissioners the cabinet
ut the meeting tonight will deal with
the Spanish commission. The minis
ters declare the only instructions
sent to the Cuban and Porto Rican
commissions were to obtain the best
and most advantageous terms possi-
BILE for Spain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
Wines Looks After Illinois Bows.

Springfield, Ills, Aug. 29.-Secretary
Wines. of the Illinois Army and Navy
League, sent the following telegram to
Or. p. d. Sims, Chattanooga, Tenn,
yesterday: The Fifth Illinois infantry
left about thirty sick soldiers at Chick
amauga, concerning whose condition We
are anxious VIII YOU look
them up for me and report so that 1
can ask Secretary of War Alger to pro-
vide at once for sending them home?"
Secretary Wines also telegraphed Col.
Culver as follows: Telegraph list of
men left at Chickamauga by companies
to DR. =. D. Sims. Chattanooga, Tenn"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
HeaIth of the JacksonviIIe Camp.

Washington. Aug. 29.-The president
expects to be in Jacksonville, Fla, on
Sept. 15 and review the soldiers of the
Seventh corps, Gen Lees command. He
told Col. Durbin, of the One Hundred and
SiXty-first Indiana. this Saturday be-
fore he left the city Colonel Durbin
speaking of the sanitary condition of
the camp at Jacksonville, says that the
surgeons have reported that the loss
from fever is less than in private life.
The sickness in the camp is only . per
cent, showing a very healthy condi-
ton. The sanitation methods at Jack
sonville have all along been said to be
the very best of any camp in the coun-
try
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29

one fatally and six seriously injured in
a wreck which occurred on the Louis
vile and Nashville near here last night
The killed are: Peter Farley company
G, New York city; Frank Giennon,
quartermaster sergeant, company G.
Fatally injured-Sergeant J. J. Man
ming. company L. Seriously hurt-Thos.
J. Skeliy, Harry @. DOnohue and Jas.
Meades, of company z; P. Mitchell
Doran. company F.
The train was carrying the Sixty
ninth New York to their new camp at
Huntsville. 1t was going at high rate
of speed. Ten miles north the engine
and tender jumped the track. derailing
five cars which rolled down a steep
ernbankment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
THE VARIOUS COMMISSIONS.
Justice White May Yet DecIine-The In
structions to Cuba and Porto Rico.

Washington. Aug. 29.-It IS not vet
definitely known whether Justice
White will accept the peace commits
sionership, in which case Senator
Lodge is mentioned for the place.
The commission sails Sept. l..
The instructions to the military
commissions were drawn up and ap-
proved by the president before he left
Washington. The general terms are
known to be the same as sent Shafter
and Merritt touching Santiago and
the Philippines. The instructions
settle the fact that the government
will at least for the present assume
full control of the entire island of
Cuba
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
Soldier Commits suicide.

New York, Aug. 29.-Private Harry
Duval, of troop A of the Rough Riders.
killed himself yesterday by shooting
himself in the temple at Camp Wikoff,
Montauk Point. The suicide took place
in the guard house where he was un-
der arrest. He had been absent from
camp for thirteen days without leave of
absence and feared to face the court
mo artial
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29

, Camp Meade. Middletown, Pa, Aug.
29.-The court-martial in the case of DR..
Duncan. OF the Twenty-second Kansas,
found him guilty of desecra ting the
grave of a Confederate officer at the
Bull Run battlefield, and he was sem
tenced 10 an Imprisonment of five years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
PresidcptiaI Appointments.

Washington. Aug. 2e.-Tbe president
has made the following appointments:
To be chief engineers IN the reveFue
cutter service Of the United States
Andrew j. Harrison, Eugenius A.
Jack. William Robinson, Nathaniel z.
Cutchin. Charles F. Nash, Edward j.
Noonan. Harry L. Boyd and Herbert
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29

AIger Being Abandoned, while Camp
Meade Is Filling UP-President Pays the
Boys a Short Yisit-FIeId Notes,
Chiokamauga Park. Ga. Aug. %
The last Of this week will see almost
every regiment of volunteers gone from
Camp Thomas. Yesterday morning
when the First Pennsylvania left for
Lexington, IL completed the removal Of
the First army corps. By today at the
latest the Third army corps viii begin
10 move TO Annison. Ala. AT Knox
vilIo now are the following regiments
Thirty first Michigan. First West Vir-
Einia. Second Ohio, Fourteenth Mime
sofa, First Pennsylvania. One Hundred
and Fifty-eiGht Indiana, Sixth Ohio and
First Georgia At Lexington are the
Twelfth Minnesota. Fifth Pennsylvania.
Eighth Massachusetts, Twelfth New
York. Twenty-first Kansas. Ninth Penn
sylvania. Second Missouri. Fifth Mis-
souri, and First New Hampshire.
If the railroads can handle the troops.
by Saturday night not q single regiment
will be left in the park with the ex-
ception of the Sixth United States vol
unteers. which viii be Kept here to
guard the hospitals and governemnt
property.
Sending ConvsIc-cents Home.
As fast as the trains can be gotten
ready the convaIescents are being sent
To their homes. Already over 1900 sick
leaves have been granted. and there are
yet i'm the hospitals over 1900 sick. The
mastering officers stated yesterday that
they expected to have the Eighth New
York ready 10 start for Hampstead by
tomorrow morning TO he mustered out.
y hospital train containing 25s sick and
convalescent men from the Eighth New
York regiment left here at o'clock last
night. The train had full complement
Of nurses and attendants. There were
yesterday reported in all $50 cases of
typhoid fever in all hospitals and six
deaths. The Fifty-second Iowa left last
night for Des Moines, going by the
Nashville. Chattanooga and st. Louis
route
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
Transports at Camp IVikoff.

Camp Wikoff, n. Y.-The following
transports have arrived here: d. H
Miller, with First infantry except COM
pany f; Santiago, with Thirty-fourth
Michigan; Catania, with 410 men, vari-
Gus commands.
q. Later.-Every TRANSPORT in the harhor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
Jimmy" Michael Fairly Beaten.

New York, Aug. 29.-In the match
race best two in three, one mile paced
heats. between Jimmy" Michael and
Major Taylor. ct Manhattan Beach
Saturday, Michael won the first heat,
the chain on Taylor's pacing machine
bre al1ing in the last lap. Taylor won
the second and third heats, the time in
the third heat being 1:41 2-5, beating all
coYnpetitiOn records
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
To Cure a Cold i'm ono Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has
l.. B. Q. on each tablet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29

In Sweden and Norway legal mar
riage is not allowed to be solemnized
till both parties produce certificates at
testing that they bear genuine vaccina-
tion marks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
Three Illinois Regiments to Quit.

Washington, Aug. 29.-An order has
been issued by General Corbin for tie
mastering out Of the First. Fifth and
Seventh Illinois volunteers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29
GuideIessoPacing Mare Dead.

Cortland, n. Y. Aug. 29.-Marian
Mills. the guideress pacing mare. died at
5:35 Saturday. Marian Mills stumbled
and fell on the track of the Cortland
County Agricultural society here Fri
day, sustaining concussion Of the brain
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-29

ner pre-eminence in the matter Of cuss-
edness that Uncle Sam has to deal with,
though Pennsylvania, New York and
Illinois were close behind