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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
ITEMS FROM.
NEW CASTLE.
Correspondence OF the REPUBLICAN,
.. :, NEW CASTLE. Sept. l7th

Conductor Clongh and moierman Camp
bell are the fnvorites among the lady pa
irons Of the electric cars. Thor popular
ity was acquired by u little act Of kindness
to poor colored woman.
The funeral Of Asbury Jester will take
place tomorrow afternoon at2 O'Clock.
Wolter Bacon who has been employed
at Challenger's drug store will shortly re-.
move to Philadelphia. He has secured Il
position with Wholesale drug house and
will assume his new duties about the first
OF October. He is young man that Is
sure to win the confidence OF his employers
by his sober and assluous acts.
Tho funeral of Patrick Eagin will take
place on Monday morning. High mass
will be celebrated in st. Peters church
and interment mado in tho adjoining
cemetery.
Deputy Coroner James T. Chandler held
an inquest yesterday on the body of John
Tolnan, the bright little son OF James b.
Toman, that was killed on Thursday night
by freight train. A verdict OF accidental
death was returned. The funeral will
take place on Monday afternoon. Inter-
ment will be made In ST. Peters cemetery.
Mr., Frod L. Eagle will shortly remove
to the Eckles house on Fifth street.
Mrs. Morgan has removed from the
Glebc property to the house recently vacat.
cd by George ". Bull.
Cupta ain Frazer and daughter, OF Now
York City, former residents OF this city,
are the guests of New Castle friends.
Miss Julia Lindle IL visiting In Phila-
delphia.
George w. Bull who has been visiting
relatives here has returned to hi. home q;
WalingfOrd, Pa.
John Tobin is in MiGdiptown to-day.
The recent sad accident at the Ninth
street crossing where young Toman lost
his life will bo lesson 10 other boys.
ENot day passes but the motormen on
the electric cars have narrow escapes from
killing chidron who jump aboard
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
OUR SOLDIERS AT SANTIAGO.

Inadequate Mail Service Makes Them
Sick From Suspense.
Santiago de Cuba, Sept 17.-Contrary
to reports that seem to have been cir
rulated in the United States represent
Ing that the American soldiers were
dying of starvation at Santiago. the
troops here have ample supplies OF
every kind except that in some in
stances the fresh meat supply has been
unsatisfactory.
The fact is that the meat sent here
in refrigerator ships, owing to the delay
in unloading, becomes more or less
tainted before it Is used. It Is esti-
mated that at least 40 per cent Is quite
useless. Less than half the meat is
sued to Colonel Hoods regiment has
been fit to eat. and naturally there has
been some complaint. Near Santiago
are great fields Of pasturage and the
United States government would do
well to send lives beeves here instead
OF contract meat. The cost would be
less and the satisfaction greater.
Aside from the sickness that Is Incl
dental to the acclimatzation, the
trouble among our soldiers is chiefly
mental, rather than physical, and
better mail service would do much to
remedy it. Scarcely any mail has
reached here. The men, more or less
enervated by the climate and deprived
of communication with their homes
and sick from suspense.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
SDarrOW's Point ShjpynrL.

The Baltimore Sun this morrihx said:-
The Maryland Steel Company, Sparrow's 8
Point Is makiag preparations to put Its
shipyard in operation again. In expecta.
ton of getting non racts for the govern
ment tn build three or four torpedo -boat
dcstroyert. F. w. Wood, president of the
company. is actively engaged In assombl.
Ing an efficient organization of shipbuild-
ers. At the head of the list Is Andrew G.
Wilson, who will DO the superin tendent
Rogers Wilson, bis son, Will be assistant
superintendent
A. S, Cheesebrcugb, noted designer of
vessels has been en gagged, and Andrew
Baird will be placed in charge Of the mold
loft. All of these officials have been se-
cured from tho shipbuilding firm Of
Harlan d Hollingsworth Wilmington,
Del In addition Robert Cochran, form
erly connected with the Columbian Iron
Works, Baltimore, has been appointed
foreman Of the construction and hull do.
partment. Capt joseph Brown, who was
foreman of thu ship carpentoring depart
mont, hns returned to the company in the
same department,
Besides the war vessels which the COM
pany expects to build, thore aro good pros
poets Of considerable commercial work
Negotiations are pending for tho building
of two merchant vessels for New York
parties.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
RESTLESS
VOLUNTEERS.
II ON sic k Volunteers
Threaten to Make =
/ Trouble.

Camp Mende. Pa, Sept. 16 "A major
ity OF the men in camp are becoming more
| and more restless, and unless the War
Department acts promptly there may be
| mutiny In some of the commands.
Captain McDevitt, of Company z. ono
Of the Chester companies OF the Sixth
Pennsylvania, has teon acquitted of the
charge preferred against him. According
to the testimony, Captain McDevitt stop.
ped fight between two civilians in Har-
rlsDurg, whereupon one OF the men insult
cd him The captain, 1t is said, promptly
knocked !he civilian down. For this the
officer of the guard preferred tho charges.
Captain Rogers, OF tho First Delaware,
fell from horse last night and broke his
right leg
Major Walter B. Gordon. of Whining
ton, has no: yet received his commission
as colon OF tho First Delaware. but tho
general satisfaction. Major Townsend
will succeed Lieut.. Col. g. w. Stevenson
when the latter leaves for home. First
Lieutenant Edward Brown will probably
be mado captain of Company G. In place
OF Captain Boyd, of New Castle, promoted
to major, andlSecond Lieutenant Watson.
son OF ex-Governor Watson, will be adj
vanccd to first Lieutenant.
Company b. First Delaware, which.haa
ooi ~ pio'o"V uuty ~ iurEispurk, NAs
presented to ex sheriff Sheesley, who pus
In II bathhouse for the boys near their
camp, gold cane In recognitioo
OF his kindness.
b Hutchins. Company l.. and G. r..
Willard Company 3, First Delaware,
were admitted to the Harrisburg Hospital
10 day. The former ia suffering from ty-
phoid fever, and the latter from intermit-
tent fever. Thomas Williams, also of the
First Delaware has been admitted to tho
st. Clare lniirmary.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Business of the Country Is Rap
idly EXpandIng,

The Business of the Country Is Rap
idly Expanding.
New York, Sept 17.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
Business Is passing well through the
difficulties that attend the winding up
of war which are generally greater
than those involved while war Is in
progress. The rush of orders kept back
while war lasted by those who thought
1t shrewd to take any chances, has
lifted prices little and caused larger
, demand for the time than can con-
tinue. but though 1t has passed. there
Is ample evidence that the consuming
demand is very large. How large, can
only be Judged after some weeks of
waiting. but only 1t looks more as If
those who wait longest are likely to pay
most. The business of the country is
expanding so that payments through
clearing houses in the second week
of September were 22.5 per cent larger
than in 1892, and for two weeks 12.0
per cent larger. From these and rail-
way returns. and such trade reports as
are instructive, it must be concluded
that much more business Is being done
than in the best of past years. though
not always with much profit.
Failures for the week were ia in
the United States. against 204 for the
corresponding week last year. and %
in Canada, against 40 last year.
Bradstreet's review says: Reports of
still further enlarged distribution at
most western markets and of slight i'm
provement at eastern centers, where
demand has been slower to materialize:
enlarged foreign demand for bread
stuffs: increased railway earnings, not
entirely due to the swelling movement
Of grain to market, which, indeed, is
still behind last years record; bank
cearings increased over last week and
over all corresponding weeks except
one year ago, when speculation was
very active: rather better than eX-
pected government crop reports and en-
larging exports of American manufac-
lures, are all features tending to make
the trade situation at present no.
table one. Crop impairment in Au-
gust, not unusual nor unexpected.
proves to have been less than feared.
and average conditions of leading
crops. notably wheat, corn, cotton and
potatoes are better than one year ago.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
GENERALS SUDDEN DEATH.
Grigadier General Haskell Succum bed
After Greeting His Old Command.

AFTER Gfeetlng his Ola command.
Columbus, o., Sept. 17.-Brigadier
General T. Haskell died suddenly at
his home at the Columbus post about
4:3O yesterday afternoon. He was
stricken with apoplexy. the excitement
through which he had passed during
the cay being the immediate cause of
the attack. General Haskell command
ed the Seventeenth infantry at the
battle If El Caney, and was wounded
in the left shoulder and knee. He came
home about month ago, and was rap.
idly recovering. The wound in his
shoulder, however, paralyzed his left
arm. Yesterday the Seventeenth regi-
mcm returned home, and General Has
Ee!l went to the depot in a carriage to
welcome his men. He rode at the head
OF the regiment through the city, and
the cheers of the immense crowds of
people that lined the streets were di-
rected almost as much to him indi-
ridually as to the regiment. AT the
reviewing stand the crowd surrounded
the carriage, and flowers were fairly
showercl into the vehicle from every
side.
ht 'oo N~dit'lin Sity btI-
eral Haskclps residence to pay his re-
srcCts. The general was resting at
the time, but came down stairs They
had been engaged in conversation
about five minutes when General Has
kcll suddenly started to his feet, clasp
ed his hands to his head and then fell
to the floor. Captain Clay sprang to
his assistance, and was SURPRISED to
find that his pulse had ceased to beat.
Post Surgeon Pitcher was called, and
stated that death was caused by apo
r!c&y. Mrs. Haskell was prostratcd by
Eer husbands death. Besides the Wild
oW two .GnS survive.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
Nine SAlL0RSDR DROWNED
Fishing Schooner Run Down by a
Big Ocean Steamer.
MET DEATH IN THEIR BUNKs.

The Men Were Asleep When Their
Vessel Was Cut Down to the Waters
Edge and Sunk Before They Had an
Opportunity to Escape.
Boston. Sept. 1.-THE steamship
Gloucester, of the Merchants and
Miners Transportation company. which
arrived here yesterday from Baltimore.
reports that at lao o'clock in the morn
ing she met in collision with the
Gloucester schooner Alice Jordan off
Martha's Vineyard, and that nine Of
the Jordans crew were drowned. Seven
of the crew were saved and brought
here on the Gloucester.
The schooner was cut down to the
waters edge. and rapidly filled. The
Gloucester was stopped at once and
boats ordered lowered. The schooner
sunk in very few minutes, and be-
fore nine of the crew, who were asleep
below, could reach the deck. Six of
the Jordan's men We're taken from the
water by the G!oucester's men. The
commander of the fishermen. Captain
jeremiah H. Warren, was also rescued.
The boats of the Gloucester searched
for long time for traces of the nine
missing men, but without seccess.
The seven survivors left for their
homes in Gloucester last evening. Be-
fore leaving Captain Warren, of the
wrecked vessel. gave the following
story of the disaster:
The Alice c. Jordan, with q crew
- Iact
bound for Block Island on a fishing
trip. At 1:4O this morning the schooner
was off East Chop, in Vineyard Sound,
through the water at a six knot clip,
and the approach of the steamer was
noticed by the lookout fully 20 min
utes before she crashed into us. The
schooner kept to her course, believing
that the steamer would pass her in
safety, but as she came nearer " waa
seen that a collision was inevitable,
and the three men on the schooners
deck shouted to those below to hurry
on deck.
The Gloucester struck the schooner
with fearful force, nearly in the center
of the port bow. and cut into her fully
a third of the breadth She began to
Ill SGpltih w al zen, Jo-
seph Pitts and Jeremiah Ryan were on
the deck when the vessels came to-
gether. Ryan was killed by q falling
spar from the steamer.
The other five men saved were asleep
In the after part of the vessel, but with
the exception Of one man, H. c. Carey.
avery man in the forecastle went down
with the schooner. Carey states that
three of the men in the forecastle were
killed in the hunks when the steamer
cut into the side of their vessel. The
other five men made frantic efforts to
escape. but could not reach the deck
before the vessel filled and plunged to
he bottom.
Captain Warren, although he blames
he steamer for the collision, said he
vas grateful to Captain Howes, the
'fliceTs, crew and passengers for the
Kind treatment of himself and his men.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
PROBING A MURDER MYSTERY.
bismemberedB Body Found In Connect.
icut Has Been Identified.

lcuC hnS beeu lO0nUlHeus
Bridgeport Conn.,, Sept. 17.-As re-
suit Of yesterdays developments there
seems to be almost no doubt that the
woman whose dismembered body was
found early in the week In the Yellow
mill pond was Miss Grace Marian Per-
kins. of Middleboro. Mass. In fact, SO
positive have the authorities become
that Medical Examiner Downs filled
out a death certificate covering the
case of the woman, and the name Of the
victim he wrote as Grace Marian Per-
klns. The Identification by the young
woman's father was supplemented by
that of the Middleboro dentist who had
treated Miss Perkins teeth. The dem
tist asserted that there could be little
doubt that the head was that Of Miss
Perkins.
Additional Information has also come
from Massachusetts to the effect that
Miss Perkins left that place three
weeks ago, presumably with one
Charles Bourne, a young man Of the
town, and that since that time all trace
of her has been lost. The police here
are making efforts to locate Bourne.
Furthermore, evidences are not want
ing that the police, despite their re-
peated denials, are exceedingly eager
to ascertain the whereabouts of "Dr."
Nancy Guilford, the midwife and al
legged abortionist.
At the New Haven county Jail, where
not long ago DR.. Gill, now serving a
state. prison sentence upon conviction
Of malpractice, was a prisoner await
Ing trial In the superior court, the
jailor has been looking over the dis
carded effects of erstwhile prisoners at
his jail. He has come across three
articles Of clothing formerly owned by
DR.. Gill. on each of which, 1t is stated,
appears the fateful characters &c, 81"
which were also upon piece Of mans
undergarment in one of the bundles
which was found in the mill pond.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
SPAIN'S PEACE COMMIS SION.
1t Is Headed by scnor Rios, President
of na Sapota

1t Is Headed by scnor Rios, President
of the senate.
Madrid. Sept. 1.-THE Spanish peace
commission has been appointed. Senior
MonterO Rios, PRECEDENT of the senate,
will preside. The other names are with !.
held until the queen regent has given
her, approval.
Duke Alrodovar de Rio, the foreign
minister, and Senor oIorct. former Sec
retary for the colonies. are engaged in
drafting the instructions for the COM
mission.
The queen regent has signed the joint
bill passed by the cortes authorizing
the cession of national territory under
the terms Of the protocol.
General Augustin, former captain
general of the Philippines, accompanied
by his family, arrived at Genoa yester-
day, and Is about starting for Spain,
The steamer Leon XIII has arrived at
Vigo with General Toral and 2,47S SOL
ders and officers from Santiago de
de Cuba. The hostile demonstration
against General Toral was so violent
that he was compelled to return to the
ship. He will doubtless be obliged to
land secretly at some other port.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
Candidate for the Legislature.

William Turner grocer at Third and
Poplar streets, Is n candidate for the Re.
publican nomination for tho Legislature
from tho First Legislative District, COM
pliscd Of the Second and Fourth Wards,
and those paris Of the Sixth and Eight
Wards, lying south of Eighth street. We
suppose that the District was gerrymap.
dCred with a view to electing Demo.
crat, but as Mr.. Turner is highly popular
he may be elected If the Republicans will
nll do their duty OH his occasion. They
should be sure aud register tomorrow, as
1t might be possible that something might
occur to prevent thcm doing SO II they
should defer the matter until next regis.
tra,ion day, which comes on October 2?d,
u little over two weeks before the election.
We believe Mr. Turner hns no opposition
for the nomination. but his friends should
nevertheless turn ont on Saturday, the
9th inst, and give him n vote that ho
NAV bu nrOuu Of
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
HORRORS OF RED TAPE,
It Keeps Dead Bodies Above Ground
at Matanzas.
BUFfERINGs OF CUBAN TROOPS.
The Inmates Of Camp Rojas, Near Cai-
barien, Lack Food and Clothing, and
Citizens Are Starting Movement
to Relieve the Terrible Distress.

Citizens Are Starting a Movement
to Relieve the Terrible Distress.
Havana, Sept. 17.-Advices from
Matanzas report terrible condition of
neglect at the San Carlos cemetery
there. Twenty mine bodies gathered
between the 3D. and 18th inst. are un-
buried and in an advanced state of de-
composition, injecting the whole neigh
borhood and creating a fearful stencil.
The bodies had been left unburied be-
cause no proper documents accompani-
ed them making their burial regular.
Red tape forbids the burial of un-
known dead, and most of tn unburied
bodies were picked up in the streets
without any means of identification.
The civil governor, when protest was
made by the residents and press of
Matanzas. at once ordered the chief of
police to make an Investigation and to
order the immediate burial of the bod
les. threatening him and his subordi.
mates with severe punishment for such
criminal neglect.
Advices from Caibarien say that the
condition of the Cuban troops at Camp
Eojas is dreadful, the inmates of the
camp lacking food and clothing. Gen.
eral Francisco Garrillo, commanding
the camp. has addressed circular let
ter to the business men and planters
of the district requesting that q meet.
ing be held at the Estate Reforma, in
the neighborhood. to consider ways and
means for relieving the situation, as
lie is determined to observe strictly the
provisions of the armistice which pre-
vent the troops from stealing cattle and
other food. while at the same time it Is
impossible to hold out without relief
until a definite peace Is concluded.
Two well known merchants Of Cal
barien have personally inspected the
Cuban camp, assuring themselves Of
the actual condition existing there.
and they report that the troops are
entirely destitute. They have issued
call for q meeting of all the business
men of the city to contribute to the re-
lief These troops have preserved ab-
solute order. and have punished severe
ly or handed over TO the Spanish au-
thcrities any one caught stealing even
fruit from the ncirhboring farms They
are entitled to be fed and cared for as
q necessary prccaution at this time.
Their prompt relief is matter of the
greatest Importance at the present mo-
Inent when the sincerity of the human
ity of the United States is 50 much
discussed.
Advices from Snncti Splritus, in the
Santa Clara province, say that extreme
poverty exists among the lower classes
there and that clothing. supplies and
medicines are greatly needed.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17
Gas Rate War in Trenton.

Trenton. Sept. 17,-The Peoples Cas-
company, Of Trenton, which is con-
trolled by William l.. Elklns. Jr., and a
syndicate of Philadelphians. last night
announced reduction in the prize of
gas to so cents per eco cubic feet. This
company has just erected gas plant
in Trenton. and war of prices is on
between 1t and the Trenton Gas Light
company, the old concern. When the
new company secured franchise the
old one was charging s. per 1.G00 feet.
The municipal franchise Of the new
company fixed 81 as the maximum
price. The new company has about
completed its plant. and was on Thurs
day confronted by statement that the
old one had reduced the price of gas
to 80 cents
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-17

Morristown, N. j., Sept. 1.-THE title
of amateur golf championship, for
which over 100 of the best golfers in
the United States have struggled for
the last five days on the Morris county
golf links, will be decided today, and
the contest has narrowed down to
duel between the east and the west.
More correctly speaking. it will be
fEht with golf clubs bewecn a homo
bred player and an imported one. Wal
ter B. Smith. the young player whose
wonderful work with the driver and
brasscy earned for him the honor of
being one of the two survivors out of
12o players who entered this years
championship tournament. meets
Findlay S. Douglas In the final rounds
of match play today. Douglas IL n
Scotchman. He came TO this country
and settled in Greenwich, Conn, year