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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-08
GEN. WHEELER'S
SON DROWNED.
He and Lieutenant Kirkpatrick are
Missed and Their Clothing Found
on the Beach.

CAMP WIKOFF. MONTAUK POINT,
L. /. September Thomas il. Wheeler
son of General Joseph Wheeler, and
SECOND Lieutenant Newton ID. Klrkpat-
rick First Cavalry were probably
drowned while bathing here this AFTER
noon.
younr wheeler was a naval cadet in
his second year. lie had been acting on
his fathers stan FOR some lime past ile
was seventeen years of use' Wa i'i.s
,crne fellow and mad made q most Oh
friends among the 0l4el oi.0'''. -
oerher witn Lieutenant kirkparicK ne
g.enf 10 tne beach tnls afternoon TO en-
iov The surf bathing. Tho SURF ran MI"
ana the undertOW W. very slIoha'
40 ONE SAW THEM
A,rsre,fiv NO one .tW the young men
,.',.r.s ana it was not until about o
o,clock that they were missed. lel.
clothes were found a short distance from
General Wheelers tent, close TO me
water and il d. believed tnat the yo-i7
officers were swept away by the Suo"S
seas. ... ,,., from
the First Cavalry Is stationed alons ~, .n,
coaet to watch for tho bodies tha1 may
be thrown upon shore. ..s,
v,hus I'm command at Camp Nikon
csn@raf NVheeler's headquarters were To-
cated on high hill near the station
considerable distance bSck from the wa
ter. it was only to-day that MS mead
nlartsrs we're shifted down 20 the beacn'
ifis tent and the tents of his stan oih-
GERS are not more than twenty yards from
the waters edge.
NO ONE DOUBTS IT.
n WAS this change Of location tnat
gave young Wheeler and Young Kirk
patrick al opportunity 10 lnduise 'heh-
selves I'm the surf. They had often spoken
of so dolng. and every one here Is con-
vinced that they were drowned to-day.
OF the accident General Wheeler has
nothing to say. His three daughters, two
OF whom have been acting as nurses IN
the general hospital. and the other - q
nurse In the detention hospital, are with
him. gr.ef-stricken.
Lieutenant Kirkpatrick was from VIZ
glnla. lie was appointed second lieuten-
ant June H. 1876
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-08
DON'T WANT TO QUIT.
First south Carolina objects TO Being
Mustered Out.

WASHINGTON. Sept MAJOR Joh'
Earle. OF the First South Carolina Regt
ment. stationed at Jacksonville was at
the White House and War Department
to-day representing the officers OF that
regiment, 10 protest strongly against tie
mastering out OF the regiment. lie says
that the officers and men OF the reg.'
ment do not want TO De mustered out. but
want 20 continue IN service They are
bitter against Governor Eilerbe for re-
commencing that they be mustered oui.
and threaten 10 make II warm for the
Governor in the primary election soon TO
be held.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-08
SANTlAG0'S HEALTH,
No yellow Fever There aud Very Little
r,,toid-The Outlook Favorable


sAHTlAGO DE CUBA. sept. 6.-The
r-ritc5 states transport Vigilancia sailed
to-Iav for Montauk Point with 40 con-
,,,iescents. representing various regi-
,,onts only q sick men OF the Fifth
~. Corrs now remain. Eleven of this
.,,,r,ber are down with yellow fever at
sihonev. the others are in The city hos
nitals suffering from typhoid-malaria.
..aientura and dysentery. ARRANGEMENTS
or. bolne made 10 send them home as
soon az they are able 10 move. Probably
fbev will go on the Sequence.
No yellow fever Is reported in Santiago.
and very little typhoid fever. calentura
or dvsentery. General Wood believes he
will be able 10 ward OF the usual Sep
tamber epidemic. Three thousand Span
ish prisoners have been shipped from
Guantanamo this week, two thousand
from Leon and one thousand from san
Ianaciou. only about six thousand are
left and these will be shipped rapidly to
spain.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-08

,.rwyonK Sept 1.-THE United states
transp,r. 0bGam. ta.ns on board Malor-
conceal Nef. 10 a. Niles and nis siail'
-l.t,r crsorIesf Captain whitney tne
second Regiment Of Wisconsin No'nn-
t,sr. consist of 30 officers and 800 men'
and The hospital corps from Porto RICO
,..-i,sd hero to-day Nw Miles. son aud
.arrbte- were also 0n board The irans-
port. which called from Ponce ON aep-
tember Ist. Tho surgeon in charge i.-
porte5 ell well on board and no sickness
or deaths durlns ,he voyage. Iho troops
were i1 .ho best of spirits. Ihe n'9
transports was decorated profuse.y Win
palms and draped with naes
From the fore truck was flying the
American cnsIeu over large spanish
r.r white l0ne stllncs 0f international
code l.gs were 00atiue from cDen maal-
head go the rails.
MILES STATEMENT
The following statement cmana iihS
(rcm General Miles .Vas given to thc roe
urrters on board OF fuo Obdam. lt SIS in
lhe form OF lcttcr. in which General
lultf ie mentioned n tAc third person.
"Whue at Porto Rico and durins ina
....s,,lr WON. General Miles and staT. two
r.,..lil,s 80 r- second r.r.me.t of
,vt.c.rsfr Nolurfrore. learned the fol-
,,-..-. r.rt. lorr.-rfrr fh. Cuban and
r.,... rI..r rrr.litf.re.
.r.. t.. r,.t ,,.r. fof me saw that the
,.r n.. l..rf affer hone conducted
largely as General Miles stated publicly
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-08
He Reached New York on
the OLDHAM Yesterday
Re Directed the Cuban Campaign
from the Beginning
HIS PLANS FOR OCCUPATION.

qbey Were 10 Make q FcintatHavana
But Take Porto RICO Instead, ana
Then Land "a Heavy cavalry
Force in Cuba-Why 80 Was
Changed Tho President
Gave Tim Discretion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-08
Forecast for Thursday:

Forecast for Thursday;
yirrinIa-Fair and cool weather IhuSs-
day and Friday: nortnwesteriy windS -
coming variable.
North Carolina and South Carolina.
showers In the early morning. followed
by fair: cooler on the coast; northwestern
ly winds. becoming variable
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-08
THEY LOST NO TIME.
Wisconsin Troop Start for Home ss
Soon rs They Land.

NEW YORK, Sept. THE nine com
panles OF the Second Wisconsin VOlun-
teers, which reached port to-day on
board tho transport Oodam. were landed
al 1890 p. NJ at the Erie railroad yards
In Weehawken, whore a special train was
waiting TO convey them westward.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-08

NARRAGANsErT PIER. r. l.. Sep
4embor T. Miss Winnie Davis had a
comfortable day and was resting well
tonight.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-08

Continued on Sixth Page)
The herald., 1898-01-25
JAPAN'S NAVAL PROGRESS
orientals Planning to Steal March
on Uncle Sam

To q country whose coast line on the
Pacific ocean is as great and valuable
as is that of the United States, the re-
markable naval progress of Japan is of
great moment. Already she ranks as a
sea power, and when she has added to
her fleet the ships now building she Will
be the strongest naval power on the Pa
cfic ocean. Her program of construc-
tion during the coming few years is
greater than the programs that are be-
ing followed at present by either Russia
Italy, Germany or Spain.
England leads still in plans for naval
construction, but Japan comes next, ac-
cording to the New York Press. Last
year she added to her fleet two battle
ships built in England There now are
in course of construction for her by Brit
ish builders three battleships of II, 800
tons displacement and one of 10000 tons.
Four tirst-class armored cruisers of
$500 tons displacement are being built
two in England, one in France and one
in Germany. Two protected cruisers OF
about 4760 tons are building in this coun-
try and two similar ships in England.
One protected cruiser of 2S00 tons anu
one of 1900 tons are being constructed
by the Japanese government in it's own
works. Nine torpedo boat destroyers of
about 300 tons displacement, eight of
which are building in Scotland and one
in Germany, and thirteen torpedo boats
under course of construction in Ger
many, complete a program startling in
it's magnitude for a country which few
years ago was deemed weak and help
less.-Pittsburg Daily News.
The herald., 1898-01-25
ON CHANGE
Conditions Shown by the Dealings on
Wall Street

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-There was nothing
particularly interesting in the stock mar
ket today previous to the reception Of the
news that the United States ship Maine had
been ordered to proceed to Havana Until
that time the market was wholly in the
hands of professional traders, and trans
actions were on small scale. This state
OF affairs continued until after midday,
when 1t was followed by a general i'm
provement prices of a majority of stocks
having risen to shade above Saturdays
close just before the selling movement in
duced by the news of the Names move
mentS began. This news was regarded
with skeptcisni at first, and the market
held for time, but upon the publication of
the Associated Press accredited report
liquidation promptly set in. The offerings
were not on a tremendous scale, but the
demand was light and prices fell fast.
Specialties which had been marked up in
the morning and some of the railroad
stocks which had shown the greatest
strength recently suffered the heaviest
losses on rush to take profits. The atti-
tude of the authorities at Washington in
attracting as little attention as possible
to the movements of the Maine had little
effect in alloying the bearish tendency in
the market With the exception of short
rallies in the local New York group the
market closed weak and near the lowest.
In the last fifteen minutes of trading Third
Avenue slumped to 1731s and then jumped
w points, to 1871, a fair example of the
instability of this group of stocks.
The new United States fours fell Y in
the bid price today. The calling of the
governments deposits in New York tends
to increase the supply of government bonds
by releasing those which have been paced
as security for these deposits.
The herald., 1898-01-25

it pass into law, it will behoove the
italian soldier to return at once to his
native shores after battle. If he tarry
too long, he will run the risk OF not only
losing his property, but his wife and
children. The law will fix the time after
which a soldier is presumed" to be
dead at two years, dating from the con-
clusion of peace. or three years from the
cessation of hostilities if no treaty be
made.
A queer and embarrassing situation
might easily be created should the 4304
return from the battle of Adowa. In
case the presumably dead do appear
again or prove, themselves alive, their
property will have to be returned, and
the widows also, if they have remarked.
Any children by the second marriage will
be legitimate and live with the father,
but what situation for the mother or
either of the husbands!-Pall Mall Ga
zette.
The herald., 1898-01-25

planned for erection are a new rectory,
a residence for Caryl Florio, the musical
director of All Souls church and school
house for accommodation of white pu-
pills. The village will be lighted by elc-
tricity, and the water supply will be had
from the system traversing the estate.
The construction of the residences will
show two designs-one class intended for
lease to annual holders, while another
set will be furnished and offered for ten
ancy to those who prefer to occupy the
dwellings for only portion of the year.
The residences, of both kinds, will be
rented according as applications are
made, the earliest desirable applicants
securing the choice of the apartments at
rates ranging from $40 to $35 per month.
In the new school building it is the in
tention to establish a school for the
children of residents on the estate and
of the neighborhood that will afford the
opportunity of thorough education, in
Guiding courses of manual training for
boys and the kitchen garden for girls.
The building is to have number of
classrooms, an assembly hall and rooms
for the exemplification of the practical
studies above spoken of, with all acces-
sories of tools and cookery equipment.
A school for the colored children of the
neighborhood will also be opened in Bilt-
more as soon as suitable arrangements
can be made for a building and teach
err 1t is contemplated to open reading
room shortly in temporary quarters near
the church, where all the attractions of
good literature and pleasant surround
ings may be enjoyed during the ap-
preaching winter evenings.
Since Mr.. Vanderbilt's return to Bilt-
more house the architects have been bus
lily engaged with him in locating the i'm
provements and the plans of the rectory
and the school have already been sub
mitted to Rev. Dr. r. r. Swope, who Is
in charge of the educational features
connected with the estate. With the
completion of the important and hand.
some improvements noted Biltmore viii
be provided with metropolitan advant-
ages of churches, schools, residences of
modern conveniences, stores, rapid
transit, electric lighting and water and
sewer systems.-Springfiel Republican.
The herald., 1898-01-25
ENoCH ARDENS
Four Thousand Made by the Battle of
AdoWa

The battle of Adowa has had many
consequences other than OF a military
character. For example, it has served to
bring into relief a hiatus in italian law
which had not before been noticed. The
right of succession of heirs and the stat
us of the widows of men who have fallen
on the field of battle are provided for,
but there Is no such provision in regard
to the heirs and widows of the missing.
The heirs, as the law now stands, are
obliged to wait 81 years before the miss
ing person can be regarded as legally
dead. OF the 1910 reported deaths at
Adowa, only SO have been officially au-
thenticated, leaving 1904 families who
cannot enter into their succession, al
though morally entitled to do so.
Two methods of providing for this Diff
ficulty have been put forward--namely,
either to shorten considerably the time
Of waiting for the return of the absent,
or to substitute judicial declaration of
presumption Of death for the positive tes-
timony at present required. A bill for
this purpose has been presented to par
lament by the minister of justice. II
The herald., 1898-01-25
FREAK HANDS AND FEET
Nature Gave William Brebacht More
Fingers Than Toes

William Brebracht, a patient at the
city hospital, has one of the queerest
assortment of fingers and toes ever seen
in that institution. Brebracht is SO
years old. He is laborer and for some
time has been suffering from malaria.
Yesterday morning he was taken to the
city hopsital for treatment. He had
scarcely entered the reception room
when the physician in charge noticed
that his hands looked strange. On ex-
animation he discovered that Brebracht
had six fingers and one thumb on each
hand. The two extra fingers on each
hand are on the lower portion of the
hand, below what on ordinary people is
called the little finger The extra fin
gers do not appear to inconvenience him
in the least, and he has the same control
over them that he has over the others.
Brebracht appeared amused over the in
terest his odd hands excited, and, with
a laugh, he said:
That's nothing, doctor; you ought to
see my feet"
He then obligingly removed his shoes
and showed that, while long on fingers,
he was short on toes, and that the long
ness did not make up for the shortness
He had only two toes on each foot. The
others had not been cut off; he had been
born that way. Brebracht has pecul-
lar theory as to the cause of his de-
formities. He says that when nature
commenced the work of making, she
started at his feet and worked up. She
made an error on the number of toes
and attempted to rectify it on the hands,
but found there was not room enough
on the hands for the number of toes that
was missing from the feet, so she did the
best she could and the result was seven
fingers on each hand.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The herald., 1898-01-25
CHICAGO MARKET
Prices and Prospects Of the Trade in
Cereals

CHICAGO, Jan. N.-There was enough
bull news to hand at the opening in wheat
to start that market stronger than for
some time past Trading In May COM
menced at from 929s to 927s, and July from
S4& to S5, showing an advance for both
months of about &c per bushel over Satur-
days closing price.
Liverpool showed advances ranging from
Ad. to I'D at the opening there, and re-
ported the market very strong, partly on
account of rapidly decreasing stocks. An
other bull encouragement was a reduc-
tion equal to 12a4 in the Italian duty on
wheat.
After noon prices tended downward un-
til shortly before the close, many holders
taking profits. May got down to 92A and
July to S41, but about ten minutes before
the close news of the ordering of the
United states warship Maine to Havana
was circulated on the floor, and the pit in
an instant was in an uproar. Every short
In the pit started on wild hunt for cover,
and the price shot up so quickly that it
fairly took their breath away. The price
had hardened to 925sq92A bid, when Phelps
of Milmine- Bodman bid 92A for 5O.O 900 BUSH
els and got it. He Immediately followed
that by bid of 927s for 90, 900 bushels more,
which no one seemed disposed to part with,
and after that there seemed to be no more
for sale, and every one wanted it and
kept raising their bids till 1t brought 1884.
1t sagged for an instant and 93a was given
as the closing price, but the excitement
continued after the bell rang, and before
the crowd stopped trading 81 was paid
for May. Shorts In July were also scram-
bling. and that option touched SIC for the
second time, closing at S4hGS5c
The herald., 1898-01-25
LIVED TOO LONG
Story of Lady, Once Wealthy, Is
Buried in a Pauper's Grave
Rattle his bones over the stones;

Rattle his bones over the stones;
He's only pauper whom nobody owns.
In the Christian community of Macon,
with it's dozens Of churches, it's hundred
or more ministers of the Gospel and it's
thousands of church members, a respect
able white woman was buried Sunday
afternoon literally unwept, unhonored
and unsung. Buried like dog, without
ceremony.
1t has not been many years ago since
this woman had friends galore. Then she
had money and plenty, and while Dame
Fortune was lavishing smiles upon her
she bought lot in Rose Hill cemetery.
Fortunately she had clung to this last
relic of her better days, and this was
all that saved her from the still greater
ignominy of being buried in the pot
ter's field.
In the years of poverty through which
this woman lived she maintained that
priceless jewel, virtue, and although for
long time an inmate Of the Rolf home,
all of those around her recognized in her
a lady. Saturday she died, and while
those about her said it was a pity that
such a good woman should die, they
could do no more than give passing
thought to the death of a fellow being
superintendent Galloway had the body
nicely prepared for burial, and a pauper
coffin made of plain boards and costing
S1.S5 was provided Then it was remem-
bered that the poor woman had carried
So to the home with her, and had often
stated that she wanted 1t used to buy
lining for her coffin, so that it might at
least be trif1e different from the plain
stained boards of the other t,ai aiiperS
Two dollars and ninety-fve cents of the
amount was spent for the trimming,
and the poor old souls wish had been
complied with.
Sunday afternoon the lid was put on
the coffin and the Rolf home wagon drove
up. The coffin was put in and the driver
started off. DR.. Worsham and his son
beheld the sad sight and they followed
behind in a buggy to Rose Hill GEM
etery. There Sexton Hall met the re-
mains and escorted them to the grave
When the coffin was lowered the only
persons present were DIR. Worsham and
his son, Dr. Roland B. Hall and the ne
gro grave diggers. No service was held,
no tears were shed, no regret expressed,
but the heaven winds as they
sweep over the everlasting mounds of
Rose Hill will sing an eternal requiem.
Had this woman died fifteen years ago
there would have been a grand funeral
grafton, beautiful flowers would have
adorned her rosewood casket, hundreds
of friends would have shed tears copi-
ously and trained voices would have
| chanted beautiful hymns She made the
mistake of living too long-Macon Tele-
graph.
The herald., 1898-01-25
ACCEPT THE ISSUE
Ex-Confederate Object to Holiday
Being Made of Davis Birthday

The evident intention on the part OF
the Georgia legislature to make the
birthday of Jefferson Davis legal holi-
day in this state does not meet alto
gether with favor among the old vet
Grams here. They regard it as sort of
play to the galleries, or, rather, sop
to the old soldiers than as evidence of
any real desire on the part of the legis-
lature to show reverence to the head
of the confederacy.
"For number of years after the
war" said General McGlashan, vice.
president of the Confederate Veterans
association, "the fame of Robert E.
Lee so overshadowed that of Jefferson
Davis that the latter was practically in
eclipse. Of more recent years Mr..
Davis is receiving more attention from
students of history. I do not favor the
idea of making Mr.. Davis birthday a
legal holiday. For several years after
the war I contended that whatever
might happen the north and the south
were two separate and distinct nations,
that an ocean of blood and 100000 lives
lost in the great struggle separated and
would keep them apart.
"My views underwent a change many
years ago." said General McGlashan,
1--WE are now one nation. Henceforth
our destiny is one. Whatever tends to
sectionalize and to keep alive the bitter
ness of the struggle should be avoided.
We can properly do reverence to the
memory of Robert e. Lee for his great
virtues as soldier and Christian.
The name of Davis is typical Of the
storm-tossed nation which fell, Of the
issues that divided the two sections and
resulted in the effort to establish sep
arate nation. Had the south succeeded
he would doubtless have become one Of
out national heroes. We failed, and Mr..
Davis must go down to history as the
head of defeated cause"
The old veterans are dying out and
soon there will be none of them left to
observe the holiday should 1t be es-