The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01
CONDENSED NEWS,

The condition of Miss Winnie Davis,
who is critically i'll at Naragansett,
Pier, r, L., was somewhat improved
yesterday.
OF the 1,043 men who went to Santi-
ago in the ranks of the Seventy-frst
New York, less than 800 will return to
New York city this week from Camp
Wikoff.
Senator Fairbanks, one of the mem
bers of the American Canadian Arbi-
tration Commission, is quoted as say
ing that the first weeks work was sat
isfactory, and that indications point to
the best results.
Premier Segasta says neither the war
issues nor the peace question will be
debated during the approaching ses-
sion of the Spanish Cortes from the
fact that there are no reports upon
which to base a debate.
Three regiments, the First New
Hampshire and the Second and Fifth
Missouri, arrived at Lexington yester-
day. Gov. Hastings hospital train al
so arrived and took on board a num-
Der of sick soldiers from Pennsy
regiments.
By direction of the Czar, note has
been handed the foreign diplomats at
st. Petersburg suggesting the present
as good time for holding an interna-
tional conference with view to the
maintenance of peace and q reduction
of the excessive armaments.
The last of this week will see the de-
parture of nearly all the volunteers
now at Chickamauga Park. The last
regiment of the First army corps, the
First Pennsylvania left yesterday for
Lexington, and the Third corps will
begin to move to Admission, Ala. to-
day. Gen. Breckenridge will proba-
bly, move his headquarters to Licking
ton September /.
Gov. Hastings of Pennsylvania, is
taking 22l sick Pennsylvania SOL
diers back to their homes in the hos
pital tiain. which he equipped with
IS, 900 raised in half an hour at Phila-
delphia. He rescued the suffering fell
lows from the Chickamauga hospital in
spite of the protests of the officials
against such shipping of red tape.
The train was fitted up with every lux
ury.
The exposure of the shameful con-
dltions at the camps is having a good
effect, both in securing more attention
to the wants of the soldiers and in an
effort to fix the blame. Conditions
have much improved at Camp Wikoff.
In fragrant case which has Just come
to light at Camp Alger, there is pros
pect of definitely locating the RESPONSE
bility A soldier died at the camp yes
terday of pure neglect, having been
left twelve hours without attention af-
ter having been brought there. He
was delirious when finally discovered,
and never rallied The responsible
surgeon and nurse are said to have been
located, and will be held to account.
Gen. Boynton has made short work
of his investigation at Camp Thomas,
and seems to have found everything
lovely. He reports to Adit Gen.
Corbin that the reports of bad condi-
tions have been exaggerated. He will
write full report later.
The horrible condition of the camp
hospitals at Fernandina, FLA, are said
to have been largely due to friction and
petty jealousies between the surgeons.
Beside there was too much red tape,
and it is charged that obstructiouists
have been operating at Washington,
handicaping Surgeon Gen. Sternberg.
Aguinaldo has--not yet dlvested him
self of the notion that he is one of the
great Powers. He now proposes tC
send representative to the Paris peace
conference to argue his claims for the
establishmentof an insurgent republic
He will shortly assemble at Malolos q
congress chosen from the leading Fill
pinos who favor the insurgent cause.
Instructions as to the eva cuation O
oil Spanish possessions in the West In
dies were mailed from Madrid Mon
day.
The natives of Manila are returning
to peaceful pursuits. The seat Of Agu
inalo's, government" has been re
moved twenty miles north and the in
tervening territory is free from insur
gents. Trenches are being torn ava.
and the fields are being cultivate,
, again.
! Maj. Gen. Merritt will sail tomorro,
from Manila bound for Paris to b,
J present at the meeting of the Feac,
Commissioners.
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