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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-13
THE ENGINEER CORPS IN Fl WAR
Con. Wilson's Reply to the Questions of tn,
Investigating Commission.

Investigating COmmisHiOn.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 12.-Brig.- Gen. John NJ.
Wilson. Chief OF Engineers. U. g.. A.. has SUBJ
mitted to Chairman Dodge Of the War Investi-
cation Commission his reply to the questions
asked by the commission regarding the opera
tions OF the Engineer Corps during the war
with Spain. Gen. Wilson gives an outline OF
the work on coast Notifications during the
war. the expenditures for which aggregated
$4,S2l.500. Submarine mines to the number
of1.535 were planted in twenty-eight different
harbors. together with all their cable. anchors.
junction boxes and electrical apparatus. A
large number OF additional mines. with all
accessory material. were. held in. readiness to
replace mfne9 lost BY accident or design and to
extend the mined areas. IL necessary. In this
work there. were required q large corps OF
skilled electricians. instrument, men. sailors
and laborers. in addition to small detachmentS
Of engineer troops sent to each locality, with .
the mines. repairing damages and patrolling
the mined areas; The expenditures on account
Of torpedoes for harbor defence to Aug. /. 1893,
amounted to about 81. 1881. 900.
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supposed to Have Conc over NIarara Fails.

NIAGARA FALLS. n. T.. Oct. 12.-wiIlIam
Divine, a retired merchant OF Hlllsdale. Mich,
is supposed TO have gone over the falls. lie
left home last Friday and wrote home from
Detroit and this city. In the letter he mailed
saying he would have no moro use for II. and
that when the letter reached her II would he NIL
seem somewhat blind" sa'd he. Ills son il
here and offers q reward for thu body. Divine
was ~ years old. II IL thought he was tenn
porarily insane.
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MRS. FITzHUeH LEE III.
Suffering from Dengue Fever and in q
Critical Condition.

RICHMOND. Va. Oct. 12.-Mrs Fitzhugh Lees
condition has been growing wo:ss steadily for
twelve hours. and tonight she is thought to be
In a critical condition, She is suffering from
a severe attack Of dengue fever. which has
developed the typhoid nature. DIR. Hunter Me-
Guire iS In constant attendance. He regards
her condition as dnngerous. Miss Ellen Lee.
Der daughter. Is with her mother. and hun
dreds OF her friends are daily inQuirers regard
ing her.
Gen. Lee and his son. Lieut.. .FitzhuRh Lee.
Jr.. arrived from savannah tonight In answer
to n telegram summoninR them here. They
drove at once to the hospital where Mrs. Lee L.
and afterward went to a hotel for tho night.
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Naval Orders.

WAsHISGToN. OCT. 1.-THE 10 owing naval
orders have been issued:
Chief Engineer Hugh II. Cln died Oct. 8. 1908:
Chief Engineer @. W. Baird. raised to tho relative
rank Of Commander, Oct. IL; Chief Enginstr o. ".
Stevens. to continue present dnteA when retired;
Pay Inspset9rE !; Below from B;i,imors and homs;
more; Assistant PaymAstsF q, NJ. tukeSh, TO
Monocacy; Ensign B. u. Mccormick, 10 Phila-
delphIa hospital for treatment and home; Lieut.. P.
Andrews, from PhiladslPlia and home Lieut., A, n.
yard; Pay Director L. O. Billings, from cOsit signal
service Rnd home,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-13
Tbs Only WsnaAu Who Holds a Commission
In the Army.

w~AsBIR0ToE. Oct. II. Among the army
orders Issued to-day was the following:
BY direction OF the Secretary OF War. As
SIstAnt Surgeon Anita n. McGee, U. $. A., will
proceed from thiA city to Fort Monroe, Va. on
official buslnSAs pertaining TO the medical de-
psrtuiept OF tho army and on completion OF this
luty will return TO her proner station,
DIR. McGee ~ tbe only woman who holds q com-
mission Iii the army. She BE- tho ,laIEhIer of
Prof. Simon NeEeoml. ". B. ~, and the wife of
Pro-. AeaOO % sho Geological survey.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-13
Lieut.-Col. withrow Under Arrest.

LEXINGTON, KY. Oct. 12.-Lieut.- Col. c. l..
Wlthrow. Tenth Immunes. has had charges
preferred against him OF conduct unbecoming
an oficer and n gentleman. and he Is not al
lowed to leave his rrYimsntal camp. He is ac-
cnsed OF hRbitnal drunkenness. The specilca-
awaiting trial by court-martial on similar
charges.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-13
sho Himself Alter a Quarrel with HI. wife.

Arthur Richter. 80 years old. Of 3l4 Hnlsoy
street. Newark. had n quarrel with his wife
yesterday and she sent for the police. When
Richter heard this he went into his bedroom
and after locking the door harr.caded II with
furniture and shot himself In the head A po-
him dead. Richter was u jeweller and had been
eccOntrtc.
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TROOPS FOR 1ANzAx11Eo.
The Transport ROumanian Sails with tn,
Fourth Immune Regiment.

F~ERNANDINA. Fla. Oct. 12.-The transport
Roumanian sailed for ManZanillo. Cuba. this
afternoon with the Fourth Immune Regiment
and stores. The ship pulled away from the
dock at 3 O'Clock. Long before the hour set
for sailing q guard went over the city hurryinG
the soldiers aboard. and just before the gang
plank was taken in eight sick soldiers were
brought ashore to the division hosnital.
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Santiago Sick nrnnrt.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 12,-BrIR, Gen. Wood. at
Santiago. tonight made the following report
Fever cases. all kinds. $50: total sick.
I.io2 Dealt, EPhralm Ritter; Co, G.. Fifth
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Movement. of Naval Yen.elr.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 12.TMovements OF naval
vessels have been reported to the Navy De-
partment as follows;
Arrived The Alliance At GreenpOrt. Oct. II; thu
Dolphin at Boston, Oct. -.
Sailed; The Newark from Port Antonio for Guam
Oct, III the MontRomery from Newport for Lam.
bert's Point, Va. Oct. ~.
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mastering Out Inc New York Troops.

Col. Hardin OF the Second New York and
Col. D.. Z. Wilder OF the Fourteenth New York
have been ordered to assist Glen. Randolph ut the
Army building In preparing to muster out their
respective regiments. The first New York
troops to be mustered out Will be tho Filth
Battery on Oct. ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-13
Plumber shoots Himself.

Franz Homer, "a years old. a plumber. OF 1884
East Thirty-ninth street. committed suicide
yesterday at his homo by shooting himself
revolver. Why he killed himself is not known.
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Died In Porto Rice.

w~AsHISGroS. Oct. 12.-The daily death bull
letin for Porto Rico is as follows:
Ponce, Oct II. Died. Oct. IL, Private
Charles Church. Third Illlnols, typhoid; Oct.
ii. Private George Reuben Mong. Sixteenth
IcnnsyigGnIa, typhoid fever.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-13
Safe Robbers Get $4,000.

WALDEoH. Ill. Oct. 12.-Robbers blew open
the safe Of II. Y. Swan with dynamite last night
and secured $l7.OOO In cash and negotiable
notes. About $1,000 Of this plumber belonged
which til" work was performed 1t is believed
that Chicago crooks were the robbers.
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Ten Yours for Jaekson. VIM KILLED His Son

HAcKEN JACK. n. j., Oct. l2,-Nicholas jack
son, the negro who was convicted last night Of
manslauRhter in killing his younG son, was
aentrnced to-day to ten years AT hard labor In
state. prison, This iS tho greatest pDssihlO
penalty for the crime. -'sE
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-13
Republican Nominations In RiehmOnd.

The Republican convention In Richmond
county was held at staplston last night. Jo-
seph Blmonsop was nominated for member Of
tEict Attorney.
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FOREIGN views ON THE SPEECH.
The london NewH Thinks tho President IL
Preparing Us for Small Demands.
S,.r;ni C.bI, D,,poteh "a Tur aur

preparing Os Tor Smal Aemnhub.
Special Cable Despdteh to THE Sun.
LONDON. Oct. 13.-The Dditv Netcs interprets
President McKinley's speech at Omaha as
pointing to minimum rather than maximum
demands on Spain. and thinks 1t was designed
to prepare the public mind for the small de-
mands. The paper says: H wants his coun-
trymen to be reasonable. and no judiciously
credits them with a self-denial which is already
the wonder OF the world
The Morning Post says that behind President
McKinley's hiEh-fown sentences on duty and
patriotism fingers a serious apprehension Of
the future which is opening before the United
States. His generalities show that he is puz-
zled in his own mind and is waiting q lead from
the wireDullere.
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40 cars ; cod in One DnY

Take Laxative Brono QuinIhe Tablets. All draGgistA
fotuud tbs haolley 81 4. fails 10 cure. 2Bc, m en-
AshAS Il y. '. On each tablst.-l6V.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28
ON A BURNING
 SHIP AT SEA West Indian Passengers
 in Great P eril. PANIC STRICKEN JAMA!CANS MAKE A MAD RUSH FOR TEE
 LIFEBOATS. Brave Mate With a Revolver Looks to Women and Children-Land- ing at New York Without
 Loss of Life.
PANIC STRICKEN JAMAICANs
MAKE A MAD RUSH FOR TEE
 LIFEBOATS.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, July N.-The steamship Ardandhu of the Tweedie line, trading between West Indian poSts and this city, came up the bay to-day with a heavy list to starboard and the cargo stored in her lower hold on fire. The fire first made its appearance at 9:30 on Monday night when the vessel was off Fenwicks Island, on the coast of Maryland. The widest excitement followed the outbreak of the fire, and several of the eleven steerage passengers, all Jamaicans, endeavored to seize the lifeboats. The third mate Percy Sanders, was forced to draw his revol- yer to prevent the men from the steer age leaving the burning steamer in the three lifeboats, which could easily have accommodated the other forty-f1ve pas- sengers and members of the crew. The steerage passengers were, however forced out of the boats by Captain Walker and his men, mad when discipline was re- stored preparations were first made for the saving of the women and children of the vessel. The lifeboats were lowered The sea was quite calm and the ship s officers stood by the rope ladders Thus a panic was averted and the safety of the flfty-six persons on board the Ar dandhu assured.
 The heat was so intense and the smoke was so heavy that 1t was for time un- safe for the passengers to remain on the upper deck. They were all ordered for ward and the women and children were first put into the lifeboats, each of which had a full supply of food and water on board, and were supplied with compasses and signal rocl cts. It was nearly mid night when Captain Walker considered he had the fire under control and decided to continue on his way to New York The women and children were taken back to the steamer and the lifeboats were hoist ed to the davits. but were not taken on board. The officers from that time on kept watch over the lifeboats to prevent the eleven Jamaicans, who appeared ter ror-stricken, from deserting the burning ship in them. Most of the steerage pas sengers, however. slowed themselves in the small boat astern and remained there until the Ardandhu reached the Narrows.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28
ENCOUNTERED GALES
 IN NORTHERN WATERS

SEATTLE, July N.-Details have been received here of the perilous trip of eighty gold seekers from Illinois across Boring Sea in the river steamer Alaska Union. The party Is headed by pr. F. c. Hage- man of Chicago. They left here May 21 for Nunivak Island in the schooner Beu- lah. At Nunivak the Alaska Union was constructed. On July ? she started to cross Boring Sea loaded to the guards with freight and passengers and towing a barge and steam launch.
 The start was hardly made before a storm came up. At its height one of the boiler pipes burst and flooded the lower deck with steam and scalding water to a depth of six inches.
 Captain Charles E. Baxter of Chicago with crowbar broke open a door that had been nailed up to keep out the sea and released the water. For seven hours the Union lay helpless. and then 0t un- der way just in time to escape another storm, which she avoided by running un- der the lee of Nelson Island. On the 4th another start was made, but another storm caught her while in shoal water The pilot cast anchor and threw her nose up to the gale. The anchors held her while for hours she lay rocking and toss ing on the ugly, lumny swells character istic of Boring Sea. Not one of the party expected to escape. On July the mouth of the Yukon was reached. The members of the expedition are in the best of health
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28
BISMARCK IS
 SERIOUSLY ILL Report of His Condition
 Verified. HE HAS GROWN VERY WEAK UNABLE TO COMBAT RAVAGEs
 OF DISEASE. The Iron Prince Is Slowly Failing, Though His Physician Says There Is No Immediate
 Danger.
HE HAS GROWN VERY WEAK
UNABLE TO COMBAT RAVAGES
 OF DISEASE.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BERLIN, July N.-A representative of the Hamburgische Correspondent, tele- graphing from Friedrichsruhe at 4:40 D. m., says: The reports of Prince Bis marcks s serious illness are unfortunately verified, so far as can be ascertained The family feared the worst yesterday. The Prince is weaker to-day, but as he slept well last night, 1t is hoped he may again improve. The whole family is assembled at Friedrichsruhe
 The Hamburg correspondent of the Vos- sische Zeitung says: All the evening papers, with the exception of the Ham burger Nachrichten, represent the con- dition of Prince Bismarck as unfavorable. Despite his good sleep, there is still ground for anxiety.
 The Hamburger correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt says that it has been an anxious crisis, but that there are hopes ter.
 A dispatch from Friedrichsruhe to the Lokal Anzeiger says: Prince Bismarck has been seriously i'll for some days with acute Venal inflammation, but is better to-day. He has eaten ice and taken nourishment There Is no immediate dan ger What is serious Is his extreme weak ness.
 In the face of conflicting statements and the secrecy maintained at Friedrichs- rune, accurate accounts of Prince Bis marcks condition are impossible It is
 
 all alarmfst reports, first because his patient IS still in the habit of reading the newspapers when he is well enough, and. second, because he contends that Prince bismarck has the same right of privacy citizen.
 From the best available sources 1t may be gathered that Bismarck's condition is one of diminishing strength and power to fight against chronic diseases rather than of sudden collapse or change, and that he may. live for some time unless sudden weakness of the heart sets in. The in- fiammation of the vein of the leg Is caus- ing increasing trouble. Some reports say that an open, painful sore in one leg pre- vented him sleeping and has caused general weakness.
 pr. Schweninger, in a published inter- view, denies all these alarmist reports He complains of the great trouble caused to himself and the whole Bismarck house. hold by. telegraphic and other inquiries from all parts of the world, saving that he wants his time for his patient and cannot be expected to answer inquiries, and expressing the opinion tlho+ people ought to be more considerate."
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28
" SWIFTWATER BILL"
 RIVALED BY "FRENCHY"

JUNEAU, Alaska, July 23 (by Steam ship City of Topeka to Port Townsend, July 2D.-Sunrise City, on Turnagain Arm. Cooks Inlet, the principal town or that mining region. has another such character as "Swiftwater Bill'' of Klondike fame, though the Cooks Inlet plunger is known by only one name. He Is becoming as famous, though not quite so rich, either in name or gold dust. He is known as "Frenchy." This incipient Croesus has a placer mine in a gulch up Six Mile Creek, into which all the paying creeks in that section empty. Sunrise City stands at the mouth of Six Mile It's present population is about 2000 per
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28
CUBAN TROOPS TAKEN
 FROM CAMP MCALLA
Given a Housing Send-Off by Marines as They Embark for
 Caimapera

Copyrighted. 1898, by the Associated Press PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 27, 2 p. m.-All the Gu pan troops at Camp McCalla were transferred this morning to Caimanera, In the Samoset. They will camp there awaiting orders. They rather expected to go to Santiago.
 The parting between the United states marines and their Cuban allies was attended with quite a ceremony. A guard was drawn up and the Cubans shouted: Viva Americana" Viva Gu pa Llbre," and Viva McCalla." It is generally conceded they have been of great service to the marines. The lat ter remain in their original camp.
 The preparations of the fleet con- tine without incident. The Vixen, with General Howard and number of army nurses, went to Santiago this morning. General Howard arrived on the Niagara. The Marblehead picked up thirteen submarine contact mines in the upper Guantanamo Bay yesterday. All were covered with barnacles and were harmless. They had been in the water since April g.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28
SECOND CAPTURED FLAG
 REACHES SANTIAGO

WASHINGTON, July 27.-The sec ond captured flag was received at the War Department to-day with a brief note from General Shafter as follows:
 Fragment of Spanish flag captured by the Thirteenth United States Infantry at San Juan, July l.
 Inspector Breckinridge. who had been a member of General Shafter's staff, called at the White House this afternoon and personally described to the President the conditions existing there when he left, July 20. He spoke particularly of the remarkable enthu- siasm displayed by the United States troops there and of their cool, brave conduct under fire. He also minimized the yellow fever conditions, and said that the troops had been fully prepared in advance for it's appearance.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28
MILES ENTIRE
 ARMY LANDED
 WITHOUT LOSS
To Lieutenant Wainwright Is Due the Credit for the Capture
 of GudniCd.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-The Navy Department posted the following dis patch from Captain Higginson, in command of the naval expedition which went to Porto Rico with General Miles:
 "St. Thomas, July 26-Received in Washington July 27, 1:3O a. m.-Secre tary of the Navy, Washington: Ar rived here with General Miles and the United States troops to-day at 9:1j a. m. Landed them safely. There are no batteries outside. The Gloucester entered the harbor and landed a company of sailors under command of Lieutenant Harry P. Huse, U $. N. and Lieutenant Harry Wood. They dispersed a small company of Spanish soldiers and hOisted the flag. l com mend Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright and his officers for gal lantry in capturing Guanica. The transports discharged without any op- position, assisted by the boats of the Massachusetts.
 II have telegraphed Admiral Samp- son. HIGGINSON.
 Port Guanica, Porto Rico, July 25, 1898"
 Captain Higginson's brief cablegram gave keen delight to the Navy Depart ment, because of the unstinted praise 1t accorded to popular and flashing Dick Wainwright, the commander of the little Gloucester. Wainwright, having been commanded by his supe- rior, Higginson, for his actions at Gu anica, enjoys the solitary distinction of being the only officer attached to Sampson's fleet who has been twice officially commended since the war be- gan.
 The War Department has reconciled itself to the summary change in it's plans made by General Miles when he landed at Guanica, instead of ''or the east coast of Porto Rico," as previous ly agreed upon. It is surmised that he was led to make this change by req son of the detention of his lighters, and foreSaw a weeks delay in effecting a landing unless he went in where he did and ran his troops and artillery direct ly ashore. He thus has avoided eX- posing his troops to the hardships suf- fered by Shafter's men, as they lay for so many days off Santiago It Is suggested that the general has scored an important diplomatic advantage in setting foot on Porto Rican soil before the first overtures had been received from Spain looking toward peace.
 The departure of General Brooke and General Haines from Hampton Roads, which is expected tomorrow, to re- tnforce General Miles in Porto Rico, Is very substantial evidence of the pur- pose Of the Government not to abate the prosecution of military operations at this stage of the negotiations. The two generals are embarked on rapid liners and should reach General Miles by next Monday, putting him into pos session of a sufficient force to begin the movement upon San Juan at once.
 While the war officials are reasonably certain that General Wilson, with that part of the Porto Rico expedition which sailed under his command from
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28

Charleston, has already formed juno tion with General Miles and his army at Guanica Bay, no information to that effect has been received. General Miles informed the War Department that he had sent vessel to meet General Will sons expedition and guide it to Guan- lea. This was done because General Wilson expected when he left Charles ton to land at Point Fajarde.
 It is expected that General Schwan and his command will arrive at Guan- fca tomorrow, or, at the latest, Friday Following Schwan, General Brooke is scheduled to sail from Newport News early to-nIorrow morning and will ar rive at the rendezvous not later than Sunday morning.
 It is not expected by the War De- partment officials that General Miles Will attempt to bring on general en- gagement before the latter part of next week.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28
MEN AND ARMS LAND AT BANES Spanish Cavalry Driven
 Back. SUCCESS OF AN EXPEDITION CUBANS FAIL TO APPEAR AT THE RENDEZVOUS. Four of the Steamship Wanderers Men Wounded in a Brush
 With a Body of the
 Enemy.
SUCCESS OF AN EXPEDITION
CUBANS FAIL TO APPEAR AT
 THE RENDEZVOUS.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

KEY WEST, Fla, July 27.-News reached here to-day of the attempted landing on Cuban shores of a large ex- petition, men and arms, from the steamer Wanderer, which left Key West about week ago. Banes, west of Havana, was the point selected for debarkation, but on arriving there the expedition was confronted by a body of cavalry numbering d thousand or more and sharp engagement ensued. The Wanderer was to have been met by party of Cubans, who had evident ly been driven off by the Spanish forces before the arrival of the Wanderer.
 The Wanderer, which was not under convoy, drew up about 400 yards from the shore and began discharging her cargo by means of small boats At first there were no signs of resistance, and portion of the supplies had al- ready been placed on the beach when vigorous rife fire was opened on the members of the expedition from a wooded growth lining the beach, and a. force of Spanish cavalrymen burst into sight
 There were about two score of sharp- shooters who evidently expected the expedition, and they attempted to cover the retreat by lying fiat and re- turning the Spaniard's fire. They picked off a number of the cavalry men, and as the opposing force backed to the woods the Wanderers men got their boats off, but not before William Davis. mate; William Ross, seaman: Gabriel Alvarez, Felix Lopez and Rojolu Garcia had been slightly wounded
 After the Wanderers men had got away the Spaniards pushed down to the beach and resumed their fire, pep pertng the hull of the Wanderer with Mauser bullets, but inficting no fur ther damage.
 The gunboat Vicksburg returned here this morning after having been thirty eight days in the blockade. She reports that on Tuesday last, while two miles off shore, west of Havana. the Vedado battery and the battery re- gently erected fired three shots each at her The shells fell close to the ship, and she quickly got out of range