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The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08

At five great Australian cricket
matches the total attendance was $40, 600
Cornell has cancelled the lacrosse
game with Lehigh, scheduled tor Mon
day next.
The loss of number of Yale athletes
bv enlistment for the war will impair
the Blue s chance, according to keenc
Fitzpatrick, in the dual meet with Har-
ward.
Leonard Hurst, the English distance
runner, did not succeed in his effort
to make new record for twenty miles.
He made the attempt at Bolton, Lanca-
shire, recently.
j. D., Winsor, captain Of PennsyE
yania's track team and the champion
high jumper OF the Intercollegiate Attn
letic Association, spralned his ankle Sc
verely in practice Friday. He will be
laid up for at least two weeks.
The University Athletic Advisory
Committee has decided not to permit
any of PENIS track men to compete IN
the Southern Amateur Championships,
to be held on Nav II at New Orleans,
as was contemplated. The men We're to
run under the colors of the New lork
Athletic Club.
The average this year Of Harvard's
strong team has fallen off somewhat
from that OF last year. Last year forty
men made strength tests of over LOU.
This year only twenty.siX have passed
that mark. The best record last year
was made by A. Lowering, '9S, with
1860. The best record this year was
made by G. j. Herbert, 1900, with
l.459.3
w. A. Brady, Yousoufs manager, has
issued the following letter to Ernest
Roeber
Yousouf, inside of forty-eight hours,
has beaten Tom jenkins, of Cleveland,
and Ed. Atherton, of Rochester, both in
straight falls. He met both men at their
own game, catch as catch-can, and won
easily. He met men who were willing
to stand up and wrestle, and did not
adopt defensive and foul tactics, such as
the Roeber-F itzsimmons crowd tried In
New York. Yousouf now stands ready
to meet Roeber Heraklides, Mcleod,
Evan Lewis or any other man in the
United States, for 81, 900 side, winner
to take all. If Roeber can be induced to
meet him again the Turk will bet 81 600
to 5000 he will win if the match is not
interfered with.
w. A. BRADY, for Ishmael lousouf.
"Jumbo," the mascSt OF the University
of Pennsylvania football team, who
was run over by wagon, was buried on
Friday.
Wawasett Gun Club gave practice
shoot at their grounds over Eleventh.
street bridge yesterday afternoon. The
score of best out of thirty being as fol-
lnME.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08

A good many cyclists are of the opin-
ion that once they ring their bell as a
warning to pedestrians they do all they
are supposed to do, after which pedes-
trans are expected to get out Of the way
as best they can. Cyclists invariably
make pedestrians dodge them, instead OF
lodging pedestrians, as they should do.
Accidents would be more frequent were
it not for the pedestrians who endeavor
to keep out of the way OF careless riders,
while some of the latter 60 along as if
they owned the universe.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08
SELF DEFENCE.

Jeffries and Sharkey are now expected
to come to this city.
Joe Goddard intends to 60 to the Klon-
dixie.
Peter Maher has posted his forfeit to
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08
MISCELLANY.

A prominent Yale authority believes
that Harvard will win the dual meet by
the score Of 81 points to so.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08
THEY PLAY MONDAY.

WHERE THEY PLAY MONDAY.
Philadelphia at Washington.
Baltimore at Boston.
Brooklyn at New York.
Cincinnati at st. Louis.
Cleveland at Chicago.
Louisville at Pittsburg.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08

Batteries-Young, OConnor and
Criger; Frazier, Cunningham and Will
son. Umpires-Wood and SWartwoodi
Second charlottesville, Z; Cleveland,
10. Batteries-McGee, Cunningham
and Wilson; Powell and Criger. UNI
pires-Wood and Swartwood.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Louisville at Cincinnati.
Pittsburg at Cleveland.
st. Louis at Chicago.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
TO ALLEVIATE THE
 SUFFERING IN CAMPS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Some state ments made at the War Department to-day indicate that efforts are making to alleviate the suffering in the camps. The surgeon general reports that up to the sth day of August there had been sent to Chickamauga Camp 342S cots and bedsteads, 6536 gray blankets, IS9S cotton sheets and 3250 mosquito bars. Another statement shows the number of nurses which have been provided Tor the different camps where hospitals are established, as follows: Fort Myer, Va, 63; Fort McPherson, Ga, lO en route, 46; Fort Thomas, Ky, en route, 13; Fort Monroe, Va, 3S; hospital snip Relief. 61; hospital ship Hudson, 70, hospital ship Missouri, 10; hospital train, 3; at large, 1; Key West, Fla. lo ordered to Huntsville, Ala.), g; Santi- ago de Cuba, 179; Letter, Chickamauga' 5 en route, 3S; hospitals at Chicka- mauga other than Letter, en route or on duty, 129; Sheridan Point, Va, Z; Fernandina, Fla, en route or on dpty, 20; Camp Alger, 10; Camp Wikoff, Mon tauk Point, en route or on duty, 8S; Tampa, Fla, II; Jacksonville, Fla, en. route or on duty, 59; Porto Rico, 6; total SIS.
 In addition to the foregoing list there are over 5000 workers of the hospital corps whose services are available as nurses.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
ONLY ARMY RATIONS
 FOR SICK SOLDIERS

NEW YORK, Aug. 27:-When the transport Yucatan reached the pier to- day and began to discharge the six companies of the Seventh United States Infantry which she had brought from Santiago, it was learned that seven men had died on the passage and three more had died last night while the ship lay in the bay awaiting her turn to unload her human cargo.
 The Yucatan had 200 sick men on board. It Is alleged that the ship left Santiago without sufficient quantity of proper food or supplies for the sick, and that she reached here without any food but army rations, which the sick troopers were unable to eat. When General Wheeler learned of this state of affairs he at once sent on board some proper supplies. The sick men are still on board the vessel, waiting until there Is room for them in the hospitals
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28

LONDON, Aug. 27.-No one except the actual participators in the negotia- tions knows what is the latest phase or the international crisis which still ab- sorbs European attention. We are told to-day with equal emphasis two things which are of an exactly opposite tenor.
 One is that the Anglo-Russian rela- tions are more strained than ever and a rupture is close at hand. The other Is that Great Britain and the Czar have reached a complete agreement and Lord Salisbury has abandoned the policy or the open door and China will be par titioned forthwith, Russia and Great Britain dividing the lions share.
 There is a possibility that neither story is correct, but Lord Salisbury, be- coming convinced that 1t is no longer possible to maintain the integrity of the Chinese empire, Is preparing to fore stall his rivals by being the first to seize share of the spells. This poli- cy will probably yield the largest re- suits to Englishmen.
 It will be necessary at all events for the Washington Government to decide definitely and in detail what policy to pursue in case such action is takensby Great Britain or any other power. There will be nof time to formulate policy after the moment of action comes. It will then be question of hours. and the American voice. if it is to be heard at all, must speak clearly and emphati- cally if necessary in the European capi-
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
PRESENT A SORRY
 SPECTACLE INDEED

NEW LONDON, Conn, Aug. 27.-The sound steamer Block Island arrived at her slip in this city about 9:30 o'clock this morning from Montauk,. bearing $50 members of the Second Massachu setts Regiment, United States Volun teers. from Camp Wikoff. The men as a rule presented sorry spectacle. Some idea of their condition may be had from the statement of one of them that in one company alone, Company B, but thirteen men were able to walk from their tents to the boat. Accom- panying the troops were thirteen off, cers out of thirty-six who left Massa- chusetts when the regiment started for the front.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
MANY OF THE "SICK"
 SUFFERED FROM HUNGER

NEW YORK, Aug. H.-Some of the nurses in the general hospital camp at Camp Wikoff are suffering from dys- entery, and orders were issued to-day that they be given more time to exer- else, bathe and rest. More nurses ar rived to-day, and ten more will soon reach the camp, ready to take the places of those overworked. All that are needed are here. There are three male and three female nurses in each ward during the daytime and two on duty at night.
 When the Eighth Ohio was landed nearly 300 men were reported sick and sent to the hospital, but 1t developed that TO of the sick" were only suffer- ing from hunger When these men were Ted they were able to leave the hospi- tal- They repeated stories of hardships encountered coming up from Cuba, and said 1t was almost impossible for them to get food. One hundred and fifty men In the general hospital were allowed to go on sixty days furlough to-day, as they had improved.
 The Second Massachusetts, when it departed, left behind seven officers and 200 sick men in the hospitals Alto SClHStl 0eV ileu OepdrIeQ. AS the men marched to the dock 100 men dropped out of line. but were aided by their comrades and were thus able to con- tinue until the boat was reached.
 The hospital report at Camp Wikoff to-day was as follows: Cases in the general hospital, 1l20, of which 125 are typhoid; cases in the detention hospi- tai, 430; diphtheria in the detention hospital, A. in the general hospital, l.
 Deaths: Edgar H. Train, Second Massachusetts, typhoid fever: Charles Flynn, Company c, Twelfth United States Infantry tvnhOid favar
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-A Camp Thomas, (Ga.) special to the Herald says: Major Parker of the Twelfth New York, acting inspector general of Camp Thomas, to-day reported offf- cially to General Breckinridge. by his order, on the sanitary conditions of the camp. The report, which is a complete statement of the conditions of the camp, and the causes leading up to the unusual death rate, advises the aDan- donment of the camp. In the report Major Parker says:
 "The number of sick men in this camp increases each week by one fourth. At this rate of progression. the sick will soon reach number which, with the present facilities, it will be impracticable to handle.
 This park, I think it can be shown. is not fitted to be a camping place for troops The park is mainly forest with occasional openings only. Such camps are not healthy. Being very largely in the shade, the tents and ground around them remain damp. The sanitary action of sunlight on germ organism is shut off. The park is incurably infected. Every breeze carries a stench. The sick report mounts up day by day. General lassitude is apparent in the men and officers. The months in which typhoid fever and malaria are most common are at hand The cases of typhoid fever have reached 500 and the whole situation presages a general epidemic.
 Under the circumstances detailed above. no remedy exists except gen. eral departure of the troops from this place"
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
STRAINED TO THE
 POINT OF RUPTURE
Such Is the Condition nAuthoritatively Said to Exlst Between Great
 Britain and CLi ina.

Britain and Gina.
 LONDON, Aug. 27.-An authoritative confirmation has been received from Picking by the Daily Mail this morn ing of the report asserting that the relations between the Tsung Ii Yamen and Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister to China, are strained to the point of rupture and that Sir Claude has intimated that Great Britain will regard as a casus belli a failure on the part of China to observe her wishes. The Secretary says that the situation between Great Britain and China is acute, Sir Claude Macdonald strenu- ously insisting that China shall ob- serve her engagements with British syndicates and demanding satisfactory explanations with regard to the Pe- king-Hankow railway. If necessary the British squadron, now assembled at Wei i-Hai-Wei, will support the Brit ish Ministers demands. Meanwhile, add the Foreign Office officials, the ne gotiations that are being conducted by Sir Charles Scott, the British Ambas- sador to St. Petersburg, to define the respective British and Russian spheres of influence, are proceeding in a per fectly friendly spirit
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28

e NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-A Camp @ Alger, Va. special to the Herald @ says: Some startling facts as to @ the management and conduct of the @ First Division Hospital will likely e be made public soon. unless report @ of pr. Vaughn. Dr. Shakespeare and @ Dr. Reed, who constitute the board @ of visiting surgeons. is withheld. @ These physicians were instructed to
 @ make a thorough inspection of all
 @ the army camps. They began their e labors at Camp Alger. There they @ found that for weeks a condition e existed that can only be attributed e to gross mismanage cement, negligence. @ indifference and absolute disregard @ of all ideas of humanity. According @ to the statement of a regimental sur @ geon who has in the past been on e duty at division hospitals, the three @ physicians made thorough inspec-
 @ tion and gleaned Information that @ caused one of them to remark: @ There will be other linen to wash @ besides typhoid"
 @ My informant said: "An alarm
 e ing state of affairs has existed for @ some time, and while things have @ improved since the visit of the three @ physicians, yet there is room for
 e more Prior to the visit carelessness
 @ and indifference were manifest @ conditions that would not be toler Co ated in a well-regulated and prop @ erly governed hospital"
 0
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
PATIENTS BROUGHT
 ON THE CATANIA

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-The sur geon general of the army received telegram this morning from Sergeant Ireland, at Montauk Point, saying that the steamship Catania arrived there yesterday from Santiago with 353 con- valescent patients from the Siboney hospital and that nine deaths occurred on the trip. He also reports that Major McCreary, surgeon, U. s. A., died on the Catania on the morning of the 23d inst from dysentery, following yellow fever, and was buried at sea. Major Me- Creery was a native of New York.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
CONTINUOUS FIGHTING
 IN PUERTO PRINCIPE
Spanish and Rebels Not Yet Ob- serving the Terms of the Peacc
 Agreement

LONDON, Aug. 2S-The Madrid corre- spondent of the Sunday Times says: The Government has received cipher dis patch from Manila giving full details of the equalization and condition of the island. The contents of the dispatch have not been made public.
 General Rios, Governor of Visayas Islands, reports fighting between the rebels and Spanish troops at Cebu and 1loilo. A f1otilla has been ordered to pro- tect these islands from invasion by the rebels sent from Luzon by Aguinaldo. General Rios has armed several battal- ions of militia
 Telegrams from Cuba report continuous fighting in the provinces of Puerto Prin- cipe and Santa Clara between the Spanish and rebels.
 The Canary squadron Is now at Ferrol.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
NURSES NEEDED BY
 SICK ARTILLERYMEN

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Aug. 27.-The fol- lowing telegram has been received by the secretary of the Board of Trade from Surgeon H. M. w. Moore, Bat tery H, First Ohio Volunteers, at Camp Thomas, Ga:
 "Can Columbus send two nurses at once to accompany sick men of Battery H home from camp? We change sta- tion soon, and I am unwilling to leave them here and cannot take them on the troop trains. Government furnishes transportation and sleeping cars. No nurses available here.
 Arrangements are now being made to send the nurses.
 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. 27.-
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
MANY FEVER CASES
 YET AT SANTIAGO

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-The fol- lowing is the health report from Santi- ago to-day:
 SANTIAGO, Aug. 27, via Hayti.- Adiutant General, Washington: Total sick. 555, total fever cases, 427; new cases fever, 19: returned to duty 24.
 'Deaths: Leopold Debend, civilian packer, acute dysentery; Charles B. Vyberts. private, First Illinois, typhoid fever. LAWTON, Commanding
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
CROSS MISMANAGEMENT OF THE CAMPS WHERE
 SICK SOLDIERS SUFFER

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-The Wash ington correspondent of the Herald telegraphs: As a result of Secre- tary Alger's visit to Camp Wikoff 1t has been decided to scatter the troops now assembled at Montauk Point as quickly as possible.
 I am informed on good authority that Secretary Alger Is now con- vinced that the plan of making Camp Wikoff a permanent encamp- ment is impracticable, and that as rapidly as possible the regiments now here, not alone the volunteers. but regulars also, will be ordered away to different sections of the country.
 I am told that both President Me- Kinley and Secretary Alger are of the opinion that a mistake was made in choosing Montauk Point as a camping ground for the Cuban army. They also think now that the general plan of bringing this great body of sick men together into one camp was another mistake.
 The plan now proposed is to order the regiments now there and re- leased from quarantine to other portions of the country, thus estab- fishing instead of one great army camp several regimental camps, where even with limited transporta- tion facilities 1000 men can be given the necessary food and attention to bring them back to health.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
CRITICAL SITUATION
 IN THE LADR0NES
Spaniards Petition for Permission to Flee to Manila for
 Safety

MADRID, Aug. 27.-Negotiations have been opened with Washington to obtain permission for the Spanish in the Ladrone Islands to go to Manila, as the situation in the Ladrones is extremely critical.
 Great preparations are being made at Vigo and Pontevedra for the repatriated soldiers who are expected to arrive there shortly. All possible sanitary precautions are being taken.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 27-While Acting Secretary of State Moore said tonight the State Department had no information from the Ladrones, 1t Is learned that the War Department has received advices confirming the Associated Press dispatch from Madrid. The officials refuse to dis cuss the dispatch or reveal the nature of the trouble.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28

The exact number of sick men In Bat tery H, First Ohio Volunteer Light Ar tillery, cannot be learned at this hour but it is and has been for several days rather large. The request of Surgeon Moore of the battery for nurses from Columbus and from Cleveland, in which he states that none can be secured here, meant none available to accom- pany the sick home. There are plenty of nurses here, but none can be spared to make the long trip.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28

successor, and the most that can be said about Senator McMillan's chances is that his name Is under consideration His name has come more prominently to the front during the past two days because Whltelaw Reid and Senator Hoar both of wisoIa were seriously considered In cgli- nection with the appointment, are now out of the field
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
SENATOR MMILLAN FOR
 AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND
May Succeed Colonel Hay as Uncle Sam's Representative at the
 Court of St. James.

NEW YORK, ug. 2S.-The Washing ton correspondent O, the Herald tele- graphs There is considerable talk here to-day about the appointment of Senator McMillan of Michigan as Ambassador to Great Britain, to succeed Ambassador Hay. who Is to become premier of the ad- ministration on the 18th of September.
 AS far as could be ascertained, no defin- its decision has been reached as to Hay s
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
"GUIDELESS WONDERS"
 LAST RACE IS RUN

CORTLAND, N. Y., Aug N.-Marion Mills. the guideless pacing mare. died to- day. The mare stumbled and fell on the track of the Cortland County Agricultural Society here yesterday. sustaining con cussion of the brain. She was unable TO move after falling The mare had been in the Western circuit races and was on route to Bangor, Me.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
BODIES CAST AWAY
 TO SAVE 4 BURIAL

CAMP THOMAS, Aug. 27.-Brigadier General Boynton was out in the park to-day on an inspection tour. l came upon four mounds which are thought to be where some of the many dead have been cast away to save the trouble of burying them.
 For some time General Boynton has been hearing that bodies have been buried in the park, and he intends to search every spot to see what truth there is in the rumOr
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
MANY ANXIOUS TO
 HONOR CAPTAIN CLARK
Hero of the Longest Cruise on Record Now With His Brother
 in Michigan

BENTON HARBOR, Mich, Aug. 27- Captain Clark of the battleship Oregon arrived here tonight, having left the United States hospital to join his wife and daughter, who have been spending the summer here, anxiously awaiting his arrival Captain Lloyd Clark, who is in charge of the United States Government station here, will care for his brother un- til he is again able to return to his Ndu- ties. Special invitations are coming to- night from all over the State asking for the privilege of rendering receptions to the hero of the longest cruise on record.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
SPANISH GOVERNMENT IN
 A DIPLOMATIC QUANDARY
Some of Her Best Statesmen Refuse to Accept Positions on the
 Peace Commission.

snec,aI Cable to The Call and the New York
 Herald Copyrighted, 1898, by James GOT
 don Bennett.
 MADRID, Aug. N.-The Government finds the utmost difficulty in obtaining members to form the Paris Peace Com mission. The best men will not go to what they consider sure defeat. owing 10 what is looked upon as the uncompro- missing attitude of the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
SPANISH SOLDIERS IN
 PITlABLE CONDITION
Thirty Per Cent of Them Expected to Die While in Transit
 to Spaiu

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 2.-The transports San Augustine. Lenora and San Francisco will go for coco Spaniards at Guantanamo Bay. The Cheribon, hospital ship, left to-day with 1000 sick Spaniards The condition of all Spanish soldiers, who have left or are about to leave, is pitiful. Physicians say that 30 per cent of them will die before reach ing Spain. Three thousand remain here.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-28
EDqldnd Is Ready for the Pdrti- tioning of tbe FloWery
 Kingdom.
Conflicting Reports as to Wbetber She Will Act in Accord With Antogonize
 Russia

tals, or American trade rights in Asia will be all but ignored.
The times., 1898-01-16
Forget Me. Death.


Forget me, Death. as from the meadow
rise with wayward song and bounding
teet,
While far below me fades the valley
sweet,
And lar above the beckoning SUBMITS
stand.
Halt me not, midway up, where the dim
band
OF those who watch below shall see us
us meet,
And marx unee cut me down in the fun
helt
OF my souls mounting purpose. Stay thy
ha nd
As climb on, climb on-always more
Iigh
Tie sacred heights where Ioy est thou to
be,
My heart an eagle brood of hopes that
The cagiats gone, my heart their empty
nest,
Strike me, quick, Dea th, into my warm,
deep rest.
20, Death, forget me not till 1 descend
Take not Tbs place behind me, as with
slow
>, And slower steps, waning shape, l go
Toward the silent valley and the end,
Lest midway down l turn with rage and
send
A curse at thee, nay, seize thy blade
Myself down at thy feet, and with the
snow
OF those deep years let my hearts sum
ner blend,
o, mighty one! How were it meet for
the.
To set thy foot upon the yanQuiShed head.
To wrest from Age a stingless victory
Whence JOY and Song and Love long,
long, have fled!
wait me on the peaks of heayenward
strife!
Slay me, great Death, on the young
peaks of Lifei"
james Lane. Allen.