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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
THE PEACE COMMISSION
WHITELAW REID AND JUDGE
 WHITE SELECTED TO SERVE.
As Made Up the Commission Consists of the Above and Secretary Day and Sem atOrs Davis and Frye-Three of the ationists While Messrs. Day and White Are Less Radical.
Are Less Radical.

Washington, Aug. 26.-Secretary Day afternoon announced that Whitelaw Reid and Judge White of the United States supreme court had been selected as peace commissioners, the commits sion being Secretary of State Day, Sen- ator c. K. Davis of Minnesota, Senator William P. Frye of Maine, Whitelaw Reid of New York and Judge Edward D. White of Louisiana.
 The following attaches of the peace commission have been selected and will be appointed by the president:
 John Moore of Massachusetts, now assistant secretary of state, to be secre- tary to the commission; and J. R. Mo Arthur of New York, to ne assistant secretary. MT. McArthur 'vls formerly the first secretary of the United States legation at Madrid and is now on spe- cial duty at the state department. He has had considerable experience in work of diplomatic nature.
 Assistant Secretary Moore said to- night that he had not decided when he would resign his position as assist ant secretary of state, but that it probably would be within a fortnight. He had long conference with hte president this afternoon, at which some of the plans of the commission were discussed. Secretary Day also had an interview with the president.
 As the commission is constituted Mcssrs. Davis, Frye and Reid are well known annexationists or expansionists. Secretary Day is less radical. He would prefer discovering some means of meet ing our needs in the Far East at a less price than the total responsibility for a colonial dependency unfit for local government. Judge White has al- ways been a pretty loyal Louisianian, and inclined to deprecate any measure likely to bring a new element of domes- tic competition into industrial fields now wholly or partly occupied by the emi-tripical belt of our own country.
 Of course, the commission is bound to be governed by the instructions it receives from the president, but it is fair to assume that the president would not have made up the personnel of the commission in the way he did if not willing to give the majority some Iati- tude in the exercise of it's we'll known judgment.
 The membership of the commission being completed Secretary Day arrang- ed to leave for Canton tonight or to- | morrow in order to make his personal preparations for a trip to Paris. He will be accompanied abroad by Mrs Day, who has entirely recovered from her recent illness. The secretary has already shipped to Canton number of his personal effects in anticipation of his early retirement from the head of the state department
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
SECRET4RR ALGER TALKS.
Finds Camp Wtkoff in Good Condition
 and Men Comfortable.

New York, Aug. 26.-Secretary Alger on his arrival from Montauk Point went direct to the Fifth Avenue hotel. In talking of the army he said:
 'I did not find the condition of Camp Wikoff nearly as bad as l had expect ed. I cannot see that there Is any jus or the well soldiers are not properly treated. I think there are sufficient ac- communications for all soldiers who will go to Camp Wikoff, especially now that so many there have been given fur loughs Thursday I received offers from New York and Brooklyn hospitals to take at least three hundred of the sick from the camp"
 Secretary Alger was asked: "How do you account for the confusion and lack of facilities at Camp Wikoff?'
 To this General Alger replied: Did you ever go into camp with one hun dred or even fifty men? If so, you know there is much confusion with that number of men. What do you suppose it must be- then, with thousands? To person who knows but little about sol- diering there may appear to be much confusion and privation, but it is only what is to be expected in roughing it. On many occasions I myself have been in camp and have encountered these things.
 q found many soldiers lying with nothing but a blanket between them and the ground Still there were thou sands of bags in camp. l asked the men why they did not fill the bags with straw, of which there was large quantity in camp, and so make beds themselves. They said they had not thought of such thing.''
 Then" the secretary was asked again, you cannot see that there is justification in the complaints which have been made?"
 None" he replied.
 ''If there was any lack of medicines or necessary supplies, the blame would be on those whose duty it was to order these things. The first day I went through the Detention hospital and later the general hospital and I talked with nearly every man who was awake. I said to all of them, Boys. is there anything you want?' They all answer ed; Nothing. we are quite comforta- ble.' A few of the men had no cots, but this was soon remedied. There are some few sick men, but there is no yell low fever. There is some typhoid. I saw some men there as yellow as any
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
SAY W-E ARE CRUEL.
Complaint of the Spanish Troops on
 Return Home.


 London, Aug. 27.-The Madrid cor responent of the Daily Mails says the officers and soldiers who have returned from Santiago de Cuba bitterly accuse the Americans of thrilled promises made at the time of the equalization of Santiago. The Americans, they say, forced the Spanish troops to encamp on a spot where hundreds of corpses of the Spanish defenders of Fl Caney were buried. The rains almost un- earthed the bodies, the stench from which produced an epidemic. The Americans, the Spaniards assert, kept the latter without food and the officers received only timed sardines. Most of them returned seriously i'll from the eff fleets of prolonged hunger. Several die daily.
 ''The government has resolved" the correspondent says, to appoint the ex- Spanish consul at Key West as diplo- matic agent at Washington until peace shall have been signed"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
4. M. F. CONTENTION.
President and Vice President Elect
 Residents of This City.

Boston, Aug. 26.-The closing sessions of the jont convention of the New Eng land Sunday schools and Varick Chris tian Endeavor societies of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church were held to-day.
 The election of the joint officers for the convention was as follows: Rev. Ell. Hill of New Haven, president; Rev. J. B. F. Bell of Waterbury, treas urer; Rev. L. H. Taylor of Worcester, statistician. The other officers elected on the part of the Sunday schools were Miss Jennie Jackson of Attleboro, vice president; Gao Beaman of Middletown, secretary; Miss Alice Mum Of Water bury, recording secretary; Miss Harriet A. Wood of Norwich, corresponding secretary.
 On the part of the Varick Christian Endeavor societies: Miss Josephine Scott of New Haven, vice president; Miss Jennie Jackson of Attleboro, sec- retary; Miss Mary Chase of Providence, recording secretary; Miss Georgia Haw- kins of Worcester. corresponding secre- tary. The next session of the conyen- tion will be held st New Bedford.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27

Washington, Aug. 26.-Dr. Wyman, surgeon general of the marine hospital service, has received official informa- tion that a case of suspected yellow fever exists at the artillery post at Fort Point, near Galveston, Texas. A difference of opinion as to whether the case is yellow fever exists among the physicians, the marine hospital surgeon believing that it is, while the Calves ton health officer takes a contrary view. The strictest isolation of the case will be enforced until the true character of the disease is disclosed. A telegram from the Dry Tortugas states that the Vivian just arrived there from Havana and has four suspicious cases of yellow fever on board. The vessel has been quarantined. These isolated cases, pr. Wyman says, are easily handled and he expresses no fear that the disease will spread. The utmost precautions are being taken in all di- rections to prevent yellow fever getting a foothold in the United States.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
THE "ADMIRAL DEWEY."
New Ship Named in Honor of the Manila
 Hero.

New Ship Named in Honor of the Manila
 Hero.
 New York, Aug. 26.-When Admiral Dewey sank the Spanish fleet at Ma nila the American Mail Steamship com- pany was building four steamships for service between New York and Cuba. It was decided then to name the larg- est vessel the Admiral Dewey" in honor of the hero of Manila. Presi- dent R. A. c. Smith of the company re- ceived the following cable from Admir- al Dewey to-day:
 '.Please accept my hearty thanks for the great honor paid me and my best wishes for the success of your steam CT.
 Signed: George Dewey.r The Admiral Dewey is expected in this port in about four weeks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Favor Selling the Church Edifice to St.
 NIichaei,s.

The First Baptist church trustees met last night to consider the offer of the St. Michaefs Italian Catholic church to buy the First Baptist church property on Wooster Place. The sentiment of the meeting was unanimously in favor of accepting the offer but final action rests with the church society, a meet" ing of which will be called for next Fri day evening at 7:45 o'clock
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
Soldiers Getting Better.

Although some of the soldiers at the New Haven hospital are very i'll and no appreciable improvement in their condition can yet be noticed, most of the boys are improving and the good care, wholesome food and healthful air of New Haven is doing them a wonderful lot of good. Many of them were taken out riding yesterday by friends who called for them, and elev- en attended Polls Wonderland, passes for them having been sent to Superin- tendent Starkweather by MT. Poli.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
Fruit for Soldiers.

New York, Aug. 26.-A carload of fruit sent by fruit raisers in the neigh borhood of San Diego, Cal, for the sol diers at Montauk Point, through Miss Helen Gould, arrived at Weehawken to-day and was ferried around to the Long Island road in bulk. Miss Gould arranged with Lieutenant Colonel J. Morris Brown for it's quIek passage to Montauk.
 Colonel Brown also sent to Camp Wikoff 360 additional hospital cots, making total of 1,700 sent to the camp from this medical depot.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
FIRE ON OREGON.
Blaze Originated in Coal Bunkers and
 Was Distinguished by Crew.

New York, Aug. 26,-The battleship Oregon was menaced by fire this morn- ing. The blaze started in the main coal bunker of the vessel as she lay in the Brooklyn navy yard. Smoke was discovered pouring out of the bunker next to the forecastle on the starboard side, and an alarm was given. The crew responded at once. The work of putting out the fire occupied more than an hour.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
THREE TRANSPORTS 4RRIVE
From Santiago With Troops for Camp
 WlkOff

Washington, Aug. 26.-The transports Yucatan, Hudson and Catalina arrived at Montauk Point to-day with several hundred men from Santiago. The ar rival of the ships was reported to the war department tonight by General Wheeler, in command of Camp Wikoff. During the voyage four deaths occur red on the Yucatan, one on the Hudson and nine on the Catalina. General Wheeler's dispatch announcing the ar rival of the transports is as follows: Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y,
 Aug. 26, 1898. Hon. Russell A. Alger, Secretary of
 War, Washington, D. C.:
 Yucatan arrived with six companies, Seventh infantry, 4S7 men; one hum rded and ten sick, four deaths, no con- tagion. Hudson arrived with 514 troops, consisting of Second and Third battal- ions District of Columbia, ninety-five sick, no contagion; McDonald Second battalion, died on voyage. Catalina, 4Ol men, various commands, arrived. Fol lowing died on voyage: Ralph Lah- land, private, Company c, First Illin- ois; Joseph McGiery, corporal, Com pany F, Twenty first infantry; Charles Wheaton, private, Company l., Thirty third Michigan; R. A. Jones, private, Company L, Thirty-third Michigan; Fred P. Huston, Company B, First H. linois; Guy Thorn, private, Company H, First Illinois; John R. Guy, black smith, Troop G, Ninth cavalry; c. B. Crubaugh, private, Company A. Eighth Ohio volunteers. Major George M. Me- Greery, surgeon, U. s. A.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
LIQUOR DEALERS, ASSOCIATION.
Delegates to State Convention Chosen
 Yesterday.

heBLcEuhys
 The New Haven Retail Liquor Deal- CTS association met yesterday and elected the following delegates to the state convention to be held in Danbury: William F. Radon, George Stanford, William Clarkson, Jake Mann, M. B. Began, James F.. Kelleher, John Beecher, James F. Donohue; alternates, Charles Kautz, J. J. Ryan, Thomas A. Sullivan, Thomas Flanagan, Patrick Sullivan Frank McGinn, Thomas Mems and James Clyne. The associa- tion voted to ho1i picnic on Septem- Der 15 at Schuetzen Park. The dele gates as mentioned above were ap- pointed a committee of arrangements for the picnic. The following sub-com- mittee was appointed to meet next Thursday evening in Elks hall to ar range for printing, music, etc. Athletic sports will be held at the picnic and ar engagements will be made for thor oughly enjoyable occasion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
SOLDIERS WASHED OUT.
Heavy Rain at Ponce Causes Incon-
 yenienGe.

Ponce, Island of Porto Rico, Aug. 26. A deIuge from the mountains to-day flooded the rivers and the bridge be- tween the town and the port was de- stroved. This will prevent General Miles attending reception given in his honor by Porto Ricans at the lead ing club tonight and will probably cause much inconvenience in the trans portation of troops who are returning home. Several camps were washed out.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
ST. LOUIS AND ST. PA UL.
Ordered to Navy Yard to Go Out of Com-
 mission.

Washington, Aug. 26.-The navy de- partment has ordered the cruisers St. Louis and St. Paul to the League Island navy yard, Philadelphia, where they will be restored to their condition as liners and returned to the American line from which they were chartered. The Yale and Harvard, the other ships of this line, are still in the service of the war department as troop trans ports, but these are also likely to be returned to the company at an early day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
LIEUTENANT TIF,FANY'S BODY
will be Taken to Newport, R. l., on
 Monday.

Boston, Aug. 26.-It has been arrang- ed that the family of Lieutenant Will liam Tiffany, the Rough Rider who died at the Parker house last night, will leave with his body for Newport, R. l., next Monday forenoon.
 Captain Boris A. Young has offered a cavalry detail from the First battalion to escort the body and the offer probab- lv will be accepted. Private Secretary Perkins to-day called at the Parker house and conveyed to the relatives of Lieutenant Tiffany the governors sor- row and regret.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
SICKNESS IN ARMY CAMPS
THE WAR DEP1RTuENT GREATLY
 SHRED UP,
Investigations Will be Made at All
 Camps to Ascertain Who is Respon- plying the Soldiers With Comforts Although General Corbin Says That No Official Complaints Have Reached
the DepaI tment.

the OepaI tmeht.
 Washington, Aug. 26.-General Cor bin, adjutant general of the army, says that no complaint has reached the war department from major general, briga- dier general, colonel, or men of the army regarding want or destitution, or lack of supplies for the care of the troops. No demand has been made for supplies, other than the regular requi- sitions for troops, which come in the ordinary routine way. General Cor bin declined to be interviewed on the subject of the many stories af1oat re- garding the Restitution and misman- agement of the war, saying that the facts will come out in due time, and the people will see for themselves what was done.
 It is stated at the war department that General Boynton, in command at Chicalamauga, has been ordered to make thorough and complete investi- gation of the hospitals at that place, to ascertain how the men have fared, and report all the faults to the depart ment. If there has been any shortcom- ings he is instructed to ascertain who is responsible and to include the names of those found guilty in his report.
 There seems to have been neglect in carrying out the order of the depart ment No 116, which allowed sixty cents a day to all soldiers in hospitals, tl,o +o 11 which could be drawn money to pur- chase delicacies and necessaries for the sick soldiers.
 Officers at the war department de- precate the manner in which com plaints have been made in the newspa- pers on the ground that the whole matter will discredit the American army and have a bad effect on disci- pline. The soldiers, they say, will be made to believe that they have been badly treated, that they are being inn posd upon and at some juncture it may result in mutiny and insubordination for the reason that the troops in case of some order which seems especially hard, will take matters into their own hands, claiming the people are with them. It is claimed that if the stories are all true it will indicate that the American army is of really little ac- count and cannot bear hardship.
 War is tragedy, from one end to the other" said prominent officer of the department to-day. There were some people who thought it was pic- nic and that the war in Cuba was to be a holiday time. No man who con- sidered the matter knew anything about the climate, the difficulties and the trials which would have to be un- dergone felt that way. They expected hardship, expected that the troops would enter the portals of danger and death and would have to face bullets and fever. It is only wonderful that we have got off so easily. Our losses are less than was expected when the war began"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
Cruiser Cincinnati.

St. Thomas, D. W. l., Aug. 26.-The Jrnited States cruiser Cincinnati has made a survey of the havbor of Cule- hra off the east coast of Porto Rico, and heturned here on Wednesday. The neutrality laws prevent her securing further coal here until final peace mas been arranged between Spaln and the United States,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
GA1vESroN QUARANrINED.
A Suspected Case of Yellow Fever Ut
 Fort Point.

Galveston, Texas, Aug. 26.-state Health Officer Blunt arrived this morn- ing to investigate the case of yellow fever at Fort Point, two miles from this city. Meanwhile no trains are permit ted to go out. The city is perfectly quiet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
Winnie Davis III.

Narragansett Pier, R. l., Aug. 26.- Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jeffer- son Davis, is seriously i'll at the Rock ingham, where she has been confined to her bed several weeks.
 Mrs Davis is at the bedside of her daughter,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
WAR CLOUDS IN THE EAST
RUPTURE BETWEEN GREAT BRIT-
 AIN AND CHINA IMMINENE.

Any Failure by China to Observe Crent
 Britain's Wishes May be a Casus Belli
 English Warships Are Beinr Mobi,-
 ized to Support That Country,s Am-
 bassador-Relations With Russia Arc
 Cordial.
 London, Aug. 27-The Pekin corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says: "The situation has suddenly become acute. The relations between the Tsung II Yamen and Sir Claude Macdonald, the British ambassador, are strained to the point of rupture. Sir Claude MacDon- aid, the British minister, has intimated that any failure by China to observe Great Britain's wishes will be accepted as a casus belli.
 Tn support of Sir Claude Macdonald the fleet has been concentrated at Wei Wei and Hankow, and all the warships under 5000 tons have been mobilizine in the Yang-Tse-K -Kiang river. The na- val demonstration is solely directed against China, as it is semi mi-officially stated that the existing relations with Russia are cordial. Lord Salisbury has abandoned the policy of the open door, substituting for it policy of spheres of influence.
 Diplomatic conferences have been of constant occurrence within the last few days. Lord Salisbury insists upon the recognition by the other powers inter- ested in China of the boundaries of Great Britain's sphere of influence. Tn the same instrument whereby Great Britain recognizes Russias position in Manchurta, Russia is required to ac- Knowledge the paramouncy of England in the Yang-Tse- -Kiang valley and guarantee that our territorial require- ments shall be permanently respected.
 Great Britain is willing to drop her protest in respect to the new Chwang railway, but Russia is required to can- eel her agreement with China that the country having the largest financial iri- terest should arbitrate in disputes con- nected with the Pekin and Hankow railway.
 "The negotiations are confined to Pe- kin. The British ambassadors at St. Petersburg and Pekin are in close com munication."
 London, Aug. N.-A special dispatch from Shanghai says: Violent scenes are reported to have occurred between Sir Claude Macdonald, the British nair1- lster, and M. Pavloff, the Russian charge daffaires, owing to the latters commanding the Tsung-Li-Ya Yamen to break its agreement with the Hong Kong bank under pain of the czars strong displeasure. The Chinese are in- clined to obey M. Pav1off, seeing that they must confine themselves to verbal protests.
 Extreme activity prevails ashore at Port Arthur.
 The action of the Russians at New Chwang indicates an intention on their part to remain there in strong force. whether they build the Tien-Tsin rail- l,way or .not.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
Republican Caucuses.

Willimantic, Aug. 26.-The republican caucus of the town of Windham was held tonight and delegates elected to attend the state and other conventions. Delegates were chosen as follows:
 State-Huber Clark, George M. Har- rington, Charles l.. Boss and Charles A. Capen.
 Congressional-Dr. c. J. Fox, George B. Stiles, Van Buren, Jordan and Will liam c. Lyman.
 County-Charles A. Capen, w. D. Grant, Charles A. Gates and Chagles Fenton.
 Senatorial-Williarn L. Williams. J.. J. Ottenheimer, J. A. Petter and R. l.. Wiggins.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27

Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y,
 Aug. 26, 1898. Adiutant General, Washington, D. C.: Second Massachusetts leaves on steamer Block Island for New London at ' o'clock Saturday morning, from which point they will be conveyed to Springfield on special trains.
 (Signed) Wheeler,
 Commanding.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
Movement of Soldiers.

Washington, Aug. 26.-The following dispatches from General Wheeler were made public at the war department to- night:
 Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y,
 Aug. 26, 1898. Adjutant General, Washington, D. G.: Three hundred men Seventh infantry who disembarked from Prairie at Amagansett now entering camp. (Signed) Wheeler,
 Commanding.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27

Ridgefield, Aug. 26.-At the republi- can caucus held here tonight the fol- lowing delegates were chosen to att tend the several conventions:
 State-P. c. Lounsbury, George L. Rockwell, Lewis l.. Belden and Hiram Kellogg.
 ngressional-Edward B. White, L. L. Beckwith, Samuel D. Wheeler and Harvey P. Bissell.
 Senatorial-John Brophy, E. A. Hoyt, T. D. Hoyt, and M. c. Keeler.
 County-N. T. Willis, George l. Ab- bolt, John B. Keeler and Bradley San- ford.
 The delegates were not instructed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27

Any Failure by China to Observe Great
 Brftatn's Wishes May be n Casus Bellf
 English Warships Are Being Mobi,- ized to Support That Country,s Am- bassador-Relations With Russta Ara
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27

They Cheered Lustily and Elbowed for HandshnI c Police Make n Way for the Admiral With DiflieuIty-Escorted to Hotel by Cyclists Greeted by Me- Kinley and Thanked for Ills Part Ina Battle of July 3.