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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-18
General Wood Finding Much Trouble
in PreseI wing Order In the City
of Santiago de Cuba.
VISIT TO SPANISH WRECKS
THE MARIA TERESA THE ONLY SHIP
THAT MAY BE FLOATED.
Surrender of Spaniards at BaracOa
and Sagua de Tanamo-Gen. SHAFT
ter's Daily Sanitary Report.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 17.-Three
hundred and seventy-five patients from the
hospital at Siboney were brought to Santi-
ago this afternoon and will leave by the
hospital ship Quitania tomorrow. The
Eighth Ohio will leave on the Mohawk. One
company of the Thirty-fourth Michigan
Regiment will go in the morning to Guam
tanamo bay for transportation on the
steamer Resolute.
Over six hundred refugees from the prov
ince of Santiago have returned within two
days from Jamaica They are mostly plant
ers and their families.
The authorities are finding great difficulty
in maintaining discipline in the city. The
immune soldiers are causing much trouble
and. though the city is being patroled by
the Eighth Illinois Regiment (coloreO, it
will be necessary to supplant them with
special organized police force.
The Associated Press correspondent to-
day visited the wrecks of the war ships of
Admiral Cerveras fleet Captain Sharp, of
the Chapman-M Merritt Wrecking Company,
is working vigorously to float the Maria
Teresa and expects to get her afloat and in
such condition as to enable her to come to
Santiago within fortnight. The Maria Te-
fesa has hole fifteen feet long in her bot
tom, very close to the keel. This is being
closed and stopped with unriveted plates.
soldered, and cement and bagging. Captain
Sharp suggests bringing the Maria Teresa
first to Santiago for temporary repairs and
then taking her to Havana, where 1t will
be possible to patch her up sufficiently for
her TO undertake the voyage north. He
thinks the vessel can be repaired TO
make her available as tirst-rate cruiser.
Captain Sharp, however, has no sanguine
hopes of saving the Cristobal Colon. In
fact, he considers the task practically i'm
possible, despite the contrary opinion en-
tertained by some, and he would not guar
antee that the vessel can be fioated. The
salvage of the Reina Mercedes and the Mer-
rimac, however, will be easy. They can
both be foated with little difficulty and he
will undertake the contract with confidence.
Thirty men are at work on the Maria Te-
resa and twenty-one more will be sent. The
Almirante Oquendo and the Vizcaya are
both total wrecks and are not worth saving
for junk.
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Provisions for Havana.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE steamer Ma
tanzas. of the Ward line. sailed to-day for
Havana with large cargo of breadstuffs,
rice, beans and fresh vegetables, while a
part of her deckload consisted of six thou
sand chickens The vessel was formerly the
Spanish prize Guido. which was captured
by the Havana blockaders and afterwards
bought by the Ward line and is the first
vessel to leave New York for Havana since
the war
The steamer Lydia. also of the Ward line.
also cleared for Havana, carrying the first
mail that has left this city for that port
since the outbreak OF hostilities. The mail
consisted of five sacks, three of letters and
two of papers and packages. There were
about three thousand letters in all, many of
which were registered. The Lydia also car
ried a heavy cargo of provisions and a num-
Der of passengers.
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knew Little About the War.
.pyright. 1898. by the Associated Pressl

Copyright, 1888. by the Associated Press)
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. II, 1880 a.
m.-This morning Major Miley, with party
consisting of Captain Ferry, of General
Lawton's staff; Maj, Louis Tooley. chief of
staff of tile Spanish general, Toral, and Dr.
J. B. Hubhell. of the Red Cross Society,
returned from Baracoa and Sagua de Tana-
mo, on the north coast of the province of
Santiago de Cuba, whittier they went last
Friday to receive the formal surrender of
the Spanish forces at those points
Mayor Miley took with him thirty tons of
rations for the Spanish troops and Dr. HUB
bell took sixty tons behalf of the Red
Gross Society, all of which has been di-
vided between Baracoa and Sagua de
Tanamo
Major Miley found little sickness at either
place and no yellow fever: but the Span
iards were in perfect ignorance as to- the
progress OF the war They had not heard
of Admiral Cervera's defeat. On the con-
trary. they had been told that the Ameri-
can transports, which they had seen off the
coast were Spanish ships bringing rein
fOrcementS.
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SPANIARDS TO BE SET FREE.
Cervera and His Men May All BE Re-
leased i'm Few Days.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. Aug. H.-Orders were
issued at the Naval Academy to-day re-
leasing Capt. Emylio Diaz Moreu. captain
of the Colon, Spanish navy, prisoner OF
war. Captain Moreu will leave here with
Admiral Cervera tomorrow for Spain. Adj
miral Cervera Captain Moreu and Lieut..
Cervera arrived here this afternoon from
Portsmouth, N. H., and shortly after reach
ing the academy the order releasing Capt.
Moreu was issued. All the Spanish officers
here expect 10 be released in a few days,
but not all of them expect to return to Spain
Immediately. One of them intends to re-
main in this country permanently, and 9th
ers will visit Baltimore, Washington and
their country.
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Hired to KIN a soldier.

TAMPA, Fla, Aug. 17.-An attempt has
been made to assassinate Robert Bagman,
Company c. Second Georgia Volunteers. In
defending himself Bagman shot and NOR
tally wounded his negro assailant, James
Jackson. Bagman recently received an
anonymous letter informing him that he
would be killed If he did not cease his at
tentions to q young lady of this city. On
leaving the young woman's home Bagman
was attacked by the negro, who narrowly
missed stabbing him in the neck. AS 1t was.
the soldiers clothes were slashed and the
Co. s,'r,a5Ii ~ ~. ~, - t
arrested. The officers of the Second Geor-
gia think Jackson was hired to kill Bag
man.
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ROOSEVELT MAY RESIGN.
He VIII First Explain the Necessity
of the Ground Robin"

WASHINGTON. Aug. lit is reported
here this afternoon that Col. Theodore
Roosevelt. commanding the First Volunteer
Cavalry better known as the Rough Riders,
will resign his military commission in a
few days. but before doing so he will visit
Washington for the purpose of comforting
with the officials of the administration con-
corning the situation at Santiago which re-
suited in forwarding the round robin" Pc
tition for the transfer of the troops to the
United States
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LONDON, Aug. 1&-The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Times says: 1.-THE fall of
Manila so quickly after the signing of the
peace protocol has caused profound dis
appointment in ministerial circles. The
Cabinet to-day discussed the probable con-
sequence. The press INDUCES in surmisss
regarding General Augustus absence The
explanation of it is probably the govern
ment's decision reached in the latter part of
last month. His departure may well have
been an additional precaution. Similar dis
appointment is felt by the public generally
at the news from Porto Rico, but no at
tempt is made to conceal the disagreed ole
fact. The press frankly records the enthu-
siastic reception of the Yankees by the I'M
grateful natives.
General Blanco's resignation is little
more than official etiquette. The lethargy
of the public is due to the loss of confidence
in the government. and there is no doubt
that politicians, as a class, for the moment
are thoroughly discre61ta I'd in the opinion of
the Masses
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Typhoid to BE Investigated.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Surgeon Gen
eral Sternberg has decided to send out a
scientific commission 20 investigate the
causes of typhoid fever in the army camps
and report upon a method to prevent such
occurrences in the future. The commission
Will consist OF Maj. Walter Reed, U. S. A.:
Maj. Victor Vaughan, division surgeon OF
volunteers of the University of Mich IN;
Maj. Edward o. Shakespeare br'g AIDE
surgeon United States volunteers Tie az
ter made an investigation of cholera for the
government not long ago.
The surgeon generals office has decided to
take all the we'll and cOnValescent men
away from Key West so that they will not
be in danger from the outbreak of yellow
fever at that point.
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OMAHA, Neb, Aug. 17.-An unique con-
vention assembled here to-day 1t is a con-
gress of white and colored Americans, the
bringing about a better UNDERSTANDING be-
tween the races in the United States. Many
delegates from Western and Southern
states are present The consensus of opir-
ion as developed by the discussion of the
race problem is that both sides are wrong
to large extent, and mutual concessions
ing hoped for can be brought about PEI
manent national organization Will be COM
pleted before the congress .idjouras.
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Cable Notes.

Eight deaths from sunstroke were report
ed in Paris on Monday.
Emperor William will stay two days at
Livadia as the Cars guest during his jour-
ney to Palestine.
The bubonic plague is again epidemic at
Bombay. There were lob deaths officially
reported last week.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has offered the
Town Council of Dumfries. Scotland, the
sum of 31000O to build public library.
In conformity with the law passed April
is, 1897, M. Faure, the President has de-
creed that after Sept. of the present year
bounty shall be granted on refined French
native and colonial sugar intended for ex-
port, as follows per 1O0 kilos: First grade,
2.42 francs; second grade, AT, and third
grade, 3.11.
Emperor william has ordered Admiral Won
Dfedrichs. commander of the division of the
German squadron IN the north Pacific, to
go on board the first-class cruiser Kaiser to
Batavia, Java, to represent him at the fes-
tivities there in connection with the forth
coming coronation of the Queen of the
Netherlands.
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NevYa from 101st.
special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Aug. IA letter has
been received here from Captain Smith, of
the Richmond company, now with the One
Lundred-and-sixty-first Regiment, at jack
sonville, Ela. He says: 1--WE will not drill
for several days in order to allow the boys
to recuperate and get acciinlated. The
weather is severe and much warmer than
in Indiana. However baths are provided
for each company and the ST. John river,
q mile and a quarter wide, is within an
eighth OF mile from camp. We are six
teen miles from the ocean, but the breeze
is most refreshing. An excursion steamer
will take most Of the Richmond boys to the
beach next Sunday. and many of them will
see the Atlantic for the first time"
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been found in the ruins and many of the
inmates are still unaccounted for.
From various points on the continent, in
addition to Mimi Novgorod, reports have
been received of serious CONGREGATIONS. Ex-
tensive forest fires are raging in the noun
tains near F'errol, Spain. AT Schaerbeck,
not far from Brussels, the Santa Maria
market place, a large building, and seven
houses adjoining were burned last evening,
with an estimated loss of $50, O00 The Esti-
val military equipment factory at Lyons,
France, was also destroyed by fire last ev-
ening.
Advices from Skalat, in GaIicia, Austria,
report that three hundred houses have been
destroyed and 800 persons made homeless
by fire there. A destructive fire is also re-
ported to have occurred at Concarneau, in
Britanny, near Quimper.
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"Cuba Ltbrev CamD Note..

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug 17-Colonel
Jay L. TORY, who was severely injured in
the railroad wreck at Tupelo, Miss, while
en- route here with his regiment, has almost
fully recovered and to-day took command
of his regiment. The regiment came down
to the Windsor Hotel in a body bringing
the colonel's horse, on which he rode cut to
camp.
Two deaths occurred yesterday They
were Corporal Ross Lackey, of Company
II, Fourth Illinois, of meningitis, and Pri-
vate Harry L. Clifford of Company A, First
Wisconsin, of typhoid fever.
Governor Holccmb, of Nebraska, who has
been on a visit to the Third Nebraska Regi-
inent. commanded by Col. w. j. Bryan, has
left for his home.
The First Brigade of the Second Division
has prepared very elaborate programme
of field day sports, to be held on Saturday
of this week.
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NEW YORK, Aug 17.-There are now
about 5000 troops at Montauk Point and
they are mostly in camps of detention and
in tents about the sand dunes. Additional
troops are arriving daily. To-day the four
troops of Rough Riders who had been stop
ping in Jersey City for some days got into
camp over the Long Island Railroad. The
transport Matteawan is being unloaded and
as the soldiers reached the shore they re-
ceived an enthusiastic welcome. The First
regular cavalry and part of the Fourth
regular artillery came to Montauk from
Santiago on the Matteawan.
One soldier died in the detention camp to-
day. He had fever, but whether it is yellow
or malarial is not definitely known There
five yellow fever cases in the detention
hospital and two suspects.
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NEW YORK. Aug. H.-There was consid-
cradle handclapping and some cheers at z
o'clock this morning when Admiral Ger
vera landed from the Fall River line steam
boat Priscilla. at the foot of Murray street.
While on the boat passenger shook hands
with CerYera and remarked: I'm glad to
know you were kind to Hobson."
Lieutenant Hobson is a brave young man
and l admired his courage" answered the
admiral.
Admiral Cervera was on his way back to
AnnanOlis.
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its camp to higher ground. Paymasters are
busy to-day paying off the men. The cars
and neighboring farms are guarded by sol
diers supplied with cartridges. The Second
Tennessee Regiment is without a hospital
tent and much Inconvenience has resulted.
The grave alleged to have been desecrated
by Captain Duncan, Of he TweHty-second
Kansas, has been Identified. One of the
witnesses of the opening of the graves made
a memorandum Of the inscription on the
stone of the grave ii which Assistant Sur
that of Lieut.. A. ]. Humphreys, of the
Fourth Alabama
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FoR Pennsylvania TROOPS.
Hospital Train Sent to the Camps to
Bring Home the Sick.

Hospital Train Sent to the Camps TO
Bring Home the Sick.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 1.-THE Philadel-
phia hospital train authorized by the City
Council to bring home from the Southern
camps the sick soldiers of the Philadelphia
regiments left this city tonight over the
Pennsylvania Railroad. The train is COM
posed of six hospital coaches, specially ar
ranged for the comfort of the sick, two bag
gage cars a Pullman dining and sleeping
car. The train is in charge of the heads
of the Councils various soldiers relief COM
mittees, and has on board four surgeons
and fourteen skilled women nurses. DR..
VIM. r. Bait is chief physician The start
was made shortly before o'clock and the
train is scheduled to arrive at Chattanooga
tomorrow night at AS o'clock. A Sec
ton of the train may be sent to Fernan-
dina, Fla. On the return trip over the
Southern Railway stops will be made at
Dunn Loring and Washington, arriving
homo in about six days.
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SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 16.-This
evening the Eighth Ohio regimental band
serenaded the Carlos Cuban Club in recog-
milton of the courtesy extended by the club
to the officers of the American army md
navy during their stay in Santiago. The
American national hymn was received with
enthusiastically the Americans, Cubans, and
even the Spaniards present arising ap-
plauding and cheering
The Clinton has been placed at the dis
posal of Miss Clara Barton of the Red
Cross Society. and will be loa iel at once
to go 10 Havana before the end ~ this
week, to asst in relieving distress there.
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American. Cheerea Mt Arecibo.

PONCE, Porto Rico Aug. 16, delayed In
transmission -Couriers from Gen. Henry
who have arrived here report that when a
flag of truce was taken to Arecibo, on Sun
day, only 40 Spanish soldiers were there.
The inhabitants cheered the Americans in
the presence of the Spanish troops. The
couriers say that had the suspension of hos
tilities been postponed two days General
Henry would have had Arecibo.
General Stone has accomplished wonders
in clearing the rough mountain trails be-
tween Adjuntas and UtuadO.
"A report is in circulation here that Aibon-
ito has been burned by the enemy, but the
runnr lacks continuation.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. IA launch
from the government transport steamer
Scandal was having trial on the bay to-
day with a number of invited guests on
board. The government steamer General
Mcdowell came up and in some manner yet
TO be explained crashed into the launch,
throwing three of the occupants into the
water. Mrs. Paxton wife of a stock brok-
er of this city. was drowned.
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Railway Disaster in south Africa.

CAPE TOWN, Aug. ia collision has
occurred at Mates Fontein between goods
train and a passenger train The mail train
was on its way from johannesburg to this
place. After the collision the cars of the
mail train caught fire and twelve natives
were roasted alive. Altogether twenty-five
natives and five Europeans were killed.
Among the latter were Mr.. Devilliers one
of the bond candidates for Vrybung; Rev.
Mr.. Dutoit, wife and child and Davey Cope,
a prominent Rand football player. Many
other persons were injured
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Orders were is-
sued to-day directing that the paymasterg
which have been at Santiago should proceed
to Porto Rico to pay the troops. General
Miles did not want these paymasters and
the money to be sent to Porto Rico from
Santiago for fear that they may bring yell
low fever. The surgeon generals Office
does not believe that there is any danger OF
infection.
paymaster has also been detailed to go
with the troops which are to be sent to
Alaska The paymaster may not remain
with these troops, but will arrange for
their payment while they are located there
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LONDON, Aug. 1S.-The Daily Nails
Vienna correspondent says that numerous
Alpine fatalities have occurred within the
last week. They included the American,
Miss Merrant, who, while making danger
Gus ascent of the Dresch- Usterspitze, near
Innsbruck, slipped and fell a distance of
1850 feet. She was instantly killed.
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UDneces.nrv AIarm.

LONDON. Aug. H.-High officials at the
Foreign Office declare that the story, based
upon dispatch from Alden, Arabia, to the
st. Petersburg Viedomosti, to the effect that
Great Britain has recently assumed a pro-
tectorate over the whole of south Arabia,
is nonsensical, as Great Britain has for
many years exercised a protectorate over
the tribes around Alden, and there has been
10 change in the situation for the last two
decades.
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Fifth INFANTRY NAV Go to Snntingo.

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 1.-THE Fifth In
fantry, now at Tampa which was recently
ordered home to Fort Mcpherson, will prob
ably go to Santiago. General Pennington
commander of the Department of the Gulf,
to-day received orders from the War De-
+ xn,5i ~ nIlT he ordere6 81 Aapa as
General Lawton at Santiago. The Fifth was
to have left Tampa to-day. and elaborate
preparations for its reception had been
made at Fort Mcpherson.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Arrived: Nordland
from Antwerp; Trave. from Bremen. Sailed:
Majestic, for Liverpool
BOULOGNE. Aug. I7.-Arriyed: Amster-
dam. from New York
QUEENSTOWN Aug. I7.-Sailed: Ceph-
alonie, for Boston.
SOUTHAMPTON. Aug. 17.-Sailed: saale.
for New York
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Pando WIN Return to Cuba.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico. Aug. H.-General
Pando, who has been here, has gone to
Vera Cruz. and will thence proceed to Ha-
vana, expecting to accompany General
Blanco TO Spain. He said to friends while
here that both he and Blanco were I'M
alterably opposed 10 making peace, and that
the war snould have been continued. His
visit here was merely one for rest and
health.
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suicide of ann Omcer.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE War De-
partment to-day received a dispatch from
Lakeland. Fla, stating that Captain John
Carmichael, commissary department. had
committed suicide by shooting. His home is
in Lexington, Va. He married a daughter
of John Randolph Tucker. When appointed
he with the Nicaragua canal commits
sion. He had been i'll for some time
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OMAHA. Neb., Aug. 1.-THE Society of
American Florists put in its second day
session discussing matters of technical in
terest. The only public business transacted
was the selection of Detroit by unanimous
vote Ter next years convention. This aft
ernoon and evening We're devoted largely to
a bowling contest for the Evans trophy.
The games are unfinished, and no scores
VIII be given out until the contest is nm
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Hay viii Return Next Month.

LONDON, Aug. I.-United States Ambas-
sador Hay came to the embassy to-day
from the country. where he has been visit
ing, and after transacting some accumulated
routine business he returned to continue his
visit. To the correspondent Colonel Hay
said: Il have been offered and have ac-
cepted the post of secretary of state. / shall
leave London in about a month.
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conduct. as pressing instructions were sent
few days ago by way of Hong-kong 10
Generals August and Jaudemas 10 hold out
as long as possible in order TO give time for
the signing of the protocol before Manila
fell.
The press ridiculeS the Cuban autonomist
Cabinet, whose first use of the restored ca
BILE was to ask the government for re-
mittance of &S00,OO0 sterling"
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.-In consequence
of the illness Of Mr.. G. II. Hamilton one
of the counsel for the Third Virginia, hear
Alger to-day. One battalion of the Fourth
Missouri, one of the companies OF. signal
service ard baggage of the Third Brigade,
Second Division, left camp this afternoon
and will arrive at Middletown, Pa, tonight
Major General Butler will remain in COM
mand until about Sept. /, when he will be
superseded by Brigadier General Guenther
or by Brigadier General Goblin.
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new MiIftnry hospital.

NEW YORK, Aug 1T-Lieutenant Colonel
]. Morris Brown, in charge of the Medical
Supply Bureau at the army building, was
notified to-day to have one hundred cots
in readiness Tor use on Bedloe's island in
the harbor, where it is planned to establish
a military hospital.