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The evening times., 1898-08-18
CAMP wIKoFF's D1srREssEs.
Not Enough Reds for Soldiers In the
Detention HOspftals.

Camp Wikoff. Montauk N. Y, Aug 49,
Last evening a thunderstorm of unusual
severity. accompanied by a high wind,
swept over Montauk Point. Rain fell in
torrents for two hours and in that short
time managed 10 undo much of the work
done on the roads by the engineer corps.
The 2O6 sick soldiers of the Seventy
first New York and the Sixteenth regular
infantry, who were transferred from La
Grande Duchesse yesterday to the deten-
ton hospital, brought a crowded state
of affairs. Col. Forwood found himself
last night with only fifty spare beds and
$50 men on his hands for whom he could
not provide and whom he could not put
into the general hospital without violat-
ing the quarantine rules. He held a con-
sultation with Gen. Young which did no
good, as the Necessary hospital room
could not be provided in an hour and
many of the sick men spent the night on
straw beds but under cover.
In the emergency the Red Cross Society
came into the breach with fifty cots.
which supplied that number of the worst
cases with beds. More beds are expected
to arrive today and by tonight the hos
pital will be equipped for all who are
there now. There are still some 400 sick
to be landed. and unless some of the pa
tients are removed the same state of af-
fairs will exist again.
Provost Marshal Capt. Chase has dou-
BILE lines of guards about the infected
hospital and camps, and quarantine is
more effective than 1t has ever been. The
funeral OF Private. Green and an unknown
man from the Matteawan yesterday has
done more to keep many men out of dam
ger from YelloE jack than the provost
marshals syernSSt orders.
General Kent.keeps in quarantine, but
frequently 3ehrear the line. Last night
he told a reporter the story of ehe Sew
enty-firs aeSaMiago. He said they were
as good aSs sn1 volunteers. but not as
good as reEulate. Had he known they
were volunfeersshe would not have put
them in the ar5ng line. and their great
loss came While they were being Shifted.
tinued Gep6s Kent, suffered with the
others in al theSfhinss that made life in
Cuba a tort4A We we're exhausted when
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DIED

WASHINGT0N-Departed this life August n,
1893, at $40 p. m, EDMUND WASHINGTON, In
the forty-second year of his age.
Funeral from his late residence 1910 Fourth
st. NV, Saturday. August 30 ls9s, at o'clock
a.. m. from st. AugIstines Church Friends and
relatives invited to attend Item
JoHNSON-Departed this life on Wednesday.
August IL, at O'Clock a. m. JAMES CHRIS
TOPPER COLUMBUS JOHNSON. aged twenty.
seven years, the Oldest son of ]. E. and Annie
johnson.
Funeral will take place Friday morning at II
O'Clock. from the family residence 3I5 Seventh
Street southeast, Rev. J. /. Irving, pas;or Of
Encn Baptist Church. officiating. 1t
BROokS-At Garrett Park, Nd. on wednes-
day. August Il, 1s9s. at $50 4. m.
BLANCHE STEWART, beloved wife of James N.
Brooks and daughter of Joseph F. and Isabelle
Stewart. aged twenty-three years and six months.
Funeral from Metropolitan Baptist Church.
Sixth and A Streets northeast, at p. m. Fri
day, 18th inst Interment Rock Creek metery
$50 He giveth His beloved sleep 1t
GREEN-On Sunday. August Il. ls9s, GEORGE
GREEN. aged twenty-thrte years
Funeral August Is ls9s. from 1905 Four
teenth Street northwest. II
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Doctor. Fail to Help You.
Adj. Willard 5 Hotel.
CHARGES MODERATE, mEoIcIx: INCLUDED.


comes in and goes out. There is a heavy
tariff on all articles of impost. and then
there is a special tax on all articles not
enumerated in the tariff. Then, in addi-
ton to that. an additional tax of 10 per
cent on the bill Is added. Each hackman
who plies between the port and the town
of Ponce has to pay tax of IS a month.
No person can write a letter to an official
without first going to the collector and
purchasing certain kind of official pa
per. for which he must pay 50 cents to 81
a sheet. The price Is regulated by the
rank of the official who Is to be written
to.
The effect Of this has been rather to
decrease the number of complaints from
citizens than to increase the revenues of
the island. Col. Hill says that las. year
100000 pounds of coffee were exported
from Ponce. None of this went to the
United States. Most of 1t went to France.
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we lef, Cuba, and came here expecting
10 get good food. We did not find it, and
are not much better OFF than when We
came. except for the fact that we are III
pure air and are at home"
Gen. Kent brought north with him the
tabulated report of the losses of the hrst
division of the Fifth Army Corps which
he commanded. The table of percentage
of losses of officers and men is as follows:
Sixth Regiment-Officers. 56 per cent;
men. d per cent. Twenty-fourth Regi-
ment-Omcers. 80 per cent: men. Is IL
per cent Sixteenth Regiment-Omcers.
30 per cent: men. 20 per cent Thirteenth
Regiment-Officers. - per cent: men, 25
per cent Tenth Regiment-Officers. y
per cent: men. 10 per cent. Second ReGi-
ment-Officers. % per cent: men. per
cent. Ninth Regiment-Ofiicers. % per
cent: men, per cent. Twenty-first Regi-
ment-Officers. 4 per cent; men. per cent.
Seventy y-first-Officers. 2 per cent; men, Il
per cent.
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OBITUARY NOTES.

Caleb B. Bowers. one of the leading
citizens of Connecticut. died Tueisddy
night at his summer home al Savin Rock.
He was seventy-eight years of age In
1850 he received an appointment in the
Postoffice Department in Washington.
Later he organized the Putnam Fire In
surance Company. of Hartford. In 1873
he went to New Haven. and in 1875 was
elected as a Democrat to the State sem
ate of which he became president While
holding this office he became acting gov
ernor of Connecticut. and was afterward
known as Gov" Bowers.
Mrs. W. ]. Calhoun. wi g Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commissi, fler. who is a
close friend of President Mckinley. Is
dead in Danvil,e Ill Typhoid fever was
the cause of DEATH
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Spanish wounded were carried, the hos
pital corps of both forces working to-
gether. The fight had been won. Success.
thanks to the pluck of Major Martinez.
in remaining In the town SO long. was
complete.
Hulngs' flank movement came near
failing to reach the town In time. owing
to unexpected obstacles on the night
march Had Major Martinez abandoned
the town fifteen minutes earlier he would
have escaped.
His name was Don Rafael Martinez.
He was Spaniard. He is dead. and
American magnanimity can well afford to
recognize his bravery. 1t was well known
in Coamo that the town was to be attack
ed On Tuesday by 4 largely superior
force.
Martinez knew that resistance was ut
terly hopeless. But Col San Martin had
been practically disgraced by Gov. Gen.
Macias for evacuating Ponce. and all
commanders of garrisons in the path OF
the American army were ordered to fight
So Major Martinez kissed his young
wife and children good-by one day last
week and sent them into San Juan Tor
safety Then he called his officers to-
gether and told them that Spain required
them TO die defending Coamo. The Off
GERS did not finch. Two of them. Capt.
Santo Lopez and Capt. Jose Sancha Es-
cante shared the fate of Martinez and
the glory of his death.
When Major Martinez was found five
wounds three of which were mortal.
We're discovered. His horse was shot In
four places.
Coamo. which Martinez had defended
at such cost. was taken. The Third Wis
consin met the Pennsylvania troops in
the plaza and exchanged congratulations.
A yA1 hn
the Third Wisconsin. AS the regiment
marched 1t filled the road completely
Just at the edge of the town 1t met a
child's funeral. All the dangerous eX-
citement of the hour had not delayed this
necessary ministra.icn to the dead. Tue
tiny white pine coffin. evidently of home
construction. was-borne upon the head OF
the aged grandfather. a custom common
in Porto Rico. The lid had been removed
and the dead baby's face peeped at the
sun through a mass of wild flowers. Be-
hind followed a dozen morrners.
The column separated and passed on
bo h sides of the primitive cortege, which
moved slowly on. apparently unaffected
by its jarrirg environment. Not few
heads were barred as thu men moved rap
idly by the tiny white coffin.
Inside the town all was confusion. The
inhabitants We're uncertain and nervous
and the. soldiers jubilant. Florencia San
tiaso. the alcalde hastencd to deliver the
city government to Gen. Ernst.
Gen. Wilson arrived and provost
guard began TO bring order out of chaos.
Within an hour the troops had moved on
through the town and encamped mile
beyond. near where Hulings had consum-
mated his successful flank movement.
Reassured. the citizens assembled in the
streets and cheered the Americans Gen.
Wilson Congratulated Col. Hulings and
the Sixteenth.
Already the children had resumed their
games of marbles and swimming in the
river. Another important town had pass
ed from Spain 10 the United States.
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"Gentlamen:
WON HIS RACE WITH DEATH.
santiago Hero Did Not Die Until he
Hal Joined His Mother Mt Homo.

santiago Hero Did Not Die Until ne
Hal Jofned His Mother mt Home.
New York. Aug. 1s.-James Seaman,
hero of Santiago. lies dead In BrooKiSh'
Tho old mother whom he had longed to
see was with him at the end. Fer her ne
fought death after he was mortaiiy
wounded. and the surgeons wondered at
his hold on life. When carried down San
Juan hill they said he had only two hours
to live.
IT must live to see my mother again,
he said family. His lungs had been
pierced by a Mauser bullet. but the in
tensity of his purpose to return and die
at home kept him alive forty-five days.
He died in ST. Peters Hospital holding
his mothers hand, and his last smile was
for her.
When the hospital ship Relief arrived
the surgeon sent Scanian's mother tele-
gram telling her that her boy had come
home and wanted to see her on board the
ship,
With her daughter Mrs. Scanlan went
down the bay and was greeted by the
man at the accommodation ladder. He
had been on the lookout for the wounded
soldiers mother and escorted the women
20 the cot where James Seaman lay.
The meeting was one Of the most pa
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SEARCH FOR AN EYE PICTURE
A Curious Effort to Discover Dolly
Reynolds, Murderer.

New York, Aug. 1S.-Taking his cue
from murder investigation in James
town. n. Y. several years ago. DIR. Ern-
est Chauve az. of this city. has tried to
find the picture of her murderer in the
eyes of Dolly Reynolds. The investiga-
ton of the retina OF the dead girls eyes
did not take place until twenty-four hours
after her body was found in the Grand
Hotel bedroom and was probably too
late to be of value.
DR.. Chauvenais says:
Her eyes were open when the death
blow was given and focused on the
murderer. who bending over her. dealt
the bludgeon blow that killed.
Even twenty-four hours after her
death the silhouette of the door if her
room. toward which she was facing, as
the death blow came. was partly discern
t5le to the scientific eye.
THE local conditions were such as to
preserve the picture of the murderer for
at least eight or ten hours. The dimly-
Lighted room. the position of the head and
eyes shaded from the gasiight and day.
light-all were favorable conditions.
The eyes of the dead woman were
strong and in good health. tending to give
even a better photograph.
Near the foct of he bed the shadow
of a dark object, in general outlines the
figure of a man. was discernible and
the slightly-lighted shadow of the upper
portion of the body would establish the
fact that he was in his shirt. without
coat or waistcoat, at the time of the
crime.
1.-The details of the face and figure.
however. had been blanched out An
earlier investigation might have given
a complete picture"
The police continue to weave a COM
plete net about DR.. Kennedy. the dentist.
lover of the dead woman. His examina-
ton at police headquarters resulted IN
several contradictions. though he kept
his nerve and stoutly avowed his inno-
cence. Every effort is being made to To-
cate the iewelry stolen from the victim.
Missing are six diamond rings and four
other rings. diamomt earrings. and a
diamond brooch None of 1t has been
found. 1t seems to fix the motive of the
murder as robbery.
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THE SIXTH'S TROUBLES.
Colon eI Woodward Tells Why He
i Reaig ned.

: New York. Aug. 1s.-Col. Charles E.
Woodward. of the Sixth Massachusetts,
Volunteers, and five of his officers, who
resigned in Ponce. Porto Rico, where.
according TO reports. they were threat
ened with military inquiry for a fall
ure to obey the orders OF Gen. Garretson.
the brigade commander. arrived here yes
terday on the auxiliary cruiser st. Paul
The cruiser brought up sick and wound
ed troops from Guantanamo. Cuba. which
were landed at Montauk Point She
reached Upper Quarantine. Staten ISL
and, in the forenoon.
Col Woodward's officers accompanying
him were Lieut.. Col. George H. Chaffin.
Major George n. Taylor. Capt. L. A.
Goodeil and, Chaplain William F. Dusse-
ault.
The colonel is a State senator in Massa-
chusetts, and is the president of six street
railway companies in Wakefield. Mass.
where he resides. He was one of the
four men selected by the governor OF
Massachusetts at the beginning OF hos
,ilities to raise and organize a regiment.
ltil HIS " lahc "a
the Sixth Massachusetts.
The question of what specific orders
We're given, l cannot enter into now."
said the colonel. IT intend to make a
written statement to the governor. There
was talk of shooting. That
much will say. You can
draw any inference you wish from
that. The Sixth Massachusetts was re-
garded as one of the best regiments at
Camp Alger.
..on the Yale" continued the colonel,
there was insufficient food. and the wa
ter was not fit to drink. complained
about it and was told that We would get
a d-d sight less before we got more y
Thirty men in one Of my companies
became i'll on the voyage to Santiago,
and one died and was buried at sea- The
Yale remained at Santiago several days
and then went TO Guantanamo, where the
Eighth OHIO men were landed On that
march of 30 miles to Ponce. over the
toughest kind of roads. each soldier was
weighted down with a knapsack, three
days ratiops. two blankets. his musket
and l20 rounds of ammunition. Is II
wonderful that the men sank by the way?
Would you shoot men under these circum-
stances because they were unable to keep
up the march? Gen. Garretson blamed
me for letting the men lag. but an entire
company of regulars, including a captain,
fell out. al
The water we had to drink was that
which ran in the bitches to irrigate the
land. The natives wash their clothes in
it and cattle wade in 1t. Some of the
men drank this water without boiling 1t,
and sickness was the result. What orders
were given me regarding my men-or
some of them-I will not say. l simply
resigned rather than submit to what was
in store.
THE regulars have no use whatever for
the volunteers. After l have written the
governor, ! may have something to say
about this matter that 1 do not feel like
discussing now
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THE WARNING TO JAUDENEs.
Letter Of Dewey and Merritt to the
Spanish Conn ndcr.


Cavite, Aug. 13, via Hongkong. Aug. Is
Following is a copy of the letter sent by
Gen. Merritt and Admiral Dewey to Gen.
Jaudenes on August 4:
ITO the General-in-chief. commanding
the Spanish forces at Manila:
'Sir: We have the honor TO notify your
excellency that operations of the land
and naval forces of the United states
against the defenses of Manila may begin
at any time after the expiration of forty
eight hours from the receipt by you of
this communication. or sooner If made
necessary by attack on your part.
'.This notice is given to afford you an
opportunity to remove all non-comba-
tants from the city. Yours respectfully,
WESLEY MERRITT,
major General, L. S. A. Commanding
-u4+7 GEORGE DEWEY,
..Rear Admiral, T. s. N. Commanding"
To this letter Gen. Jaudenes replied as
follows:
'f Manila, August I.
Gentlemen:
II have the honor to inform your ex-
cellencIes that at half past Il today re-
ceiyed the notice with which you favored
me. that after forty-eight hours have
elapsed you may begin operations against
this fortified city, or at an earlier hour
il the forces under your command are at
tackled by mine As your notice was sent
for the purpose of providing safety for
non-combatants. give thanks to your
excellencies for the humane sentiments
YOU show and state that. finding myseiI
surrounded by insurrectionary forces,
am without place of refuge FOR the IN
creased number Of wounded, sick. women
and children now lodged WITHIN
a,aI,s RespectfulIy, and kissing the
hands of your excellencies.
"FEROIN JACDENES.
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thetic of the many greetings and part
ings of the war. Seaman was over
joyed at the victory he had won over
death. and the mother. though shocked
at his changed appearance. was brave
enough to smile through her tears.
The wounded soldier was transferred
to St. Peters Hospital in Brooklyn and
the mother stayed by his side or near him
until the end came.
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A DISH FOR DYspEpTIcs.

Persons suffering frometomach troubles
find 1t hard to secure a food Of easy as
similation that contains enough nourish-
ment. A number who have been suffering
from serious forms of stomach disorders
have tried Grape-Nuts. the pre-digested
food, and obtained a food rich in nourish-
ment and easily digested. Food experts
say there Is as much nourishment in one
pound of Grape-Nuts as ten of meat.
It Is food for athletes. brain workers
and invalids. Made by the Postum Cereal
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Grocers sell.
The evening times., 1898-08-18

The Rev. W. B. Costley. of stockbridge.
Ga, while attending to his pastoral du-
ties at Ellenwood. that State. was at
tackled by cholera morbus. He says: by
chance 4 happened 20 get hold Of bottle
Of -Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and d.
arrhoea Remedy. and think II was the
means Of saving my life II relieved me
at once" For sale by Henry Evans.
Wholesale and retail druggist. s3s Street
northwest. and Connecticut Avenue and
8 Street northwest, and 1923 Maryland
Avenue Northeast.
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House Blown Up by Dynamite.

Fairmont. W. Va, Aug 1S--Fifty dis
guised men yesterday morning entered a
house kept by Susie Colson. near Spring
field. and tdrred and feathered four men
and three women. found there. The house
was then blown to pieces by dynamite.
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Attempt to burn n Lodging House.

Attempt to burn n Lodging House.
Boston, Aug. 1S.-An attempt was made
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning to
burn the lodging-house at No. IS Chand-
Ter Street. The house was filled with
dodgers and panic-was narrowly avert
ed. A large mat in the front hall was
saturated with kerosene and set on fire
The flames caught the woodwork and
brisk blaze was in progress when 1t was
discovered. The damage was slight.
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Lieut.. Col. L

Lieut.. Col. Logan Dangerously Ill.
Boston, Aug. 1S-Lieut. Col. Logan, Of
the Ninth Massachusetts. who returned
TO his home a day or two ago, is a very
sick man, and a council of physicians
will be Held today.
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Struck by n Car.

Baltimore. Nd. Aug 1s.-Mr. Charles
Andrews. of Norfolk Va. was struck by
a car late Tuesday night. and seriously
injured He is now at the Maryland Cen
eraI Hospital where 1t is feared he was
internally injured, and may have concus- 4.
sion of the brain.
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UNDERTAKERS.
J. WILLIAM LEE,
UNDERTAKEN.
332 Pm. Ave. n. W.
Ffrat-cIass Service 'Phcne 1883
UNDERTAKERS
THOS. O. JONES.

Undertaker and Embalmer, SIG Street north
east every thing strictly fl stclass and at reas n
able terms; We have as assistant the only lady
embalmer in Washington; graduate of Champion
College of Embalming. aul2-imo
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Nelson Commandery. No. 2, X. of r.,
to lndianapOus.

VIII leave via Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad for the Indianapolis Biennial
Encampment at $40 p. m. Sunday. Au-
gust q. For tickets and Information
apply to ]. c. Yost, rs 9Th st. n..; J. w.
Hardell, 1873 9Th st. NV; Louis Hartig.
7th and X SITS. NV. aul7.
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PROPOSALS


PROPOSALS FOR THE ERECTION AND COM
PLETIoN OF ROOMS IN THE WARD FOB
FEMALE PRISONERS AT THE L. S. JAIL.
WASHINGTON. D. C--Department Of Justice,
Washington. ID. C., Aug. l2. ls9s.-SeaIed prp-
posals will be received at this department until
O'CLOCK p. ~, ON MONDAY, AUGUST %
ISIS. and opened Immediately thereafter, for ali
the materials and labor required for the cree
ton and completion of three more rooms for
use matrons room, washronm, sewing -roon
etc. in the ward for female prisoners at tac
U. S. Jail. Washington, ID. c.. in accordance
with the drawings and specifications, copies Of
which may be had application TO the gen
eral agent, Department of Justice. The right
is reserved TO reject any all bids or to waive
any defect intormality in any bid. should it
be deemed in the interests of the Government
to do So Proposals, on forms 10 be procured
from the general agent. must be incIossd in
envelopes. sealed. and marked. Proposals for
rooms in ward for female prisoners, etc" and
addressed to the General Agent, Department OF
Justice, Washington, D. C. aul6-3t
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Gas lights are lighted at 7:5S D. m:
extinguishing begun at 4:26' a. m The
lighting is begun one hour before the
hour named Arc lamps are lighted at
7:43 D. m; extinguished at 4:41 a. m.
The evening times., 1898-08-18
Tide Tn ble.
City Lichtn

Today-Low tide at lisa a. m. and 2:1s
%. m; high tide at 1858 a. m. and S:23
N
The evening times., 1898-08-18

Torpid liver can positively be
cured by using Dr.. Henry's Blood
Tea, as numbers can testify to this.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-13

when the balloon was ready TO start,
the drag ropes attached TO the lower
side of the basket were allowed to trail
up over the top edge OF the balloon
house and down again to the beach,
along which they were trailed, so as
to be clear of all distractions and ready
to follow the balloon out to sea when II
rose out of its nest.
But the heavy weight of the ropes de-
feated'this purpose. The part of the ropes
which lay outside on the beach offered an
immense friction, which the balloon SEEM
ed unable TO overcome. Instead of fol
lowing the bag out of the house, uncoiling
as they went, the upper sections of the
drag ropes twisted. and, under the Sc
a moment il seemed that the balloon
would not get away; that the friction Of
the heavy ropes would hold her to the
shore. Then. to our establishment, the
couplings parted, and the airship darted
upward.
The question whether or not the loss Of
these ropes would prevelt Andree from
cussd. 1t is impossible to tell. of course
though he may have remedied the defenct
by putting out another drag net COM
posed of the rope which hung from the
basket and which, for the time being, was
used as ballast.
when the balloon rose out of the house
some portion of it caught on the structure
to exclaim. what was that? Then we
heard Strindberg crying, Long live old
Swedenr A boat was pulled out from the
shore and as the bag tore away. Andree
grabbed a speaking trumpet and shouted
to those in the boat. From his motions