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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
WAR BREVITIES

me FISH Commission steamer AIbatrosz
was reported yesterday AT Acapuleo
Mexico II is not known what her mis-
sion is al that point Acting Secretary
Alien mas notified the Presidents thar the
AIDatross Is no longer needed BIZ the
navy. She will be returned TO the Fish
Commission The revenue cutter Nc
Lean is also to be retired from further
service with the navy.
Assistant Secretary of War NeikIefohn
has taken charge Of the system OF tariffs
and taxes 10 be levied by the military
governments in the new American possess
sions-POrto Rico, Cuba and the Philip
pines.
The War Department is in receipt OF
many letters from the relatives of dead
officers and soldiers. asking for further
information In instances where the cases
are borne on the hospital rolls there is
no difficulty in rendering information and
forwarding the effects. but little or moth
ing is yet procurabIe where men have died
in the field
Lieut. Roy W Heron. of Company C.
District of Columbia Regiment is i'll with
malarial fever in the Boston hospital
which was assigned TO the sick troops
from Santiago Lieut.. Heron has very
nearly recovered and will be released in
few days
The Spanish government has been re-
quested 10 remove the mines from the
harbor at Havana
The cruiser Albany, purchased from the
Brazilian government before the war
broke out but still unfinished in a British
shipyard. is 10 be pushed TO completion
1t is said that she viii be in readiness
for service within six months.
The military camp at Fernandfna mas
nh -,
unhealthfulness. All the regiments sta
toned there have been ordered to pro-
coed 10 Huntsville Ala
Brigadier General Ludlow. now in New
York, has been ordered to come TO WASH
ington.
The hospitals at Washington Barracks
and Fort Myer We're yesterdfy presented
with boxes OF oranges by Major Rich
ard Sylvester and the police OF No.
Precinct. under Lieut.. 7. 3. Amiss.
President Mckinley will receive the:
new Chilean minister. Senior c. Morris
Yicuna. today
4 delegation of the leading citizens of
Norfolk. headed by Senator Allen. called
at the Navy Department yesterday and
expressed the desire of the people of Nor
| folk that the auxiliary feet give naval
parade while at Hampton Roads.
Capt. Fred VI. Page. assistant adjutant
general of volunteers. and Second Lieut.
| Alfred Hampton. Third United States
VOLUNTEER Engineers. have been directed
| TO accompany Gen. Matthew c. Butler as
aides. when he goes TO Cuba as one Of
| the military commission
| An order has been issued from the ad-
| jutant generals office, by direction of the
| Secretary of War. in accordance with
] the provisions OF an act of Congress max
ing appropriations for the support Of the
army, directing that officers travelling on
| Government transports. where subsist-
! ence is not furnished. will be paid mileage
at the rate of cents per mile
/ Admiral Schley has fully recovered from
| his recent Illness. He went aboard mis-
/ flagship, the Brooklyn. at New York. yes
| terday and is expected 10 be in Wash
/ ington not later than tomorrow
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
LA BoURGoGNE WRECK.
Senmen Report Passing Dead We
tins of the Disaster.

Chief officer Mclean. of the BRUSH
steamship Siberian, reports 10 the Naval
photographic Office that on July 20. lat
ftude ~ degrees. 40 minutes. longitude
so degrees. % minutes, his vessel passed
life buoys from the French steamship
La Bourgogne life belts. doors. and
other wreckage, and dead body in a
life boat
Third Mate Mcdonald, of the British
steamer State of Nebraska, reports thai
on August l, between latitude IS. longi-
tude 81. and latitude A. longitude 60.
he passed a quantity of small wreckage
and saw several dead bodies. evidently
victims of the La Bourgogne disaster.
Under date of July IS. Officer White
way, of the British steamer Sycamore,
reports passing an amount of small
wreckage. including boat gear, a life
boat. a lot of white-painted wood and
the bodies of two men. one of which
wore a life belt This was in latitude ~
degrees. % minutes, longitude GO degrees,
80 minutes. and probably refers TO La
Bourgogne disaster.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26

There is one shining exception to the
general rule that In America we take
little thought for the past, and that
The inhabitants of that historic VII
lage have taken the utmost pains to
preserve every landmark. every historic
building, every tombstone that had
any connection with history or litera-
ture. Standing by the grave of En-
erson, with its two tall pines at head
and foot. in beautiful Sleepy Hollow"
the grave marked only by an unhewn
boulder of rose quartz without inscrip-
ton, no one could wish to change that
beautiful and fitting burial place fer
any other. even a Westminster Alb
hey.
If we are to have a Valhalla, let it
be our own. Let it be the outgrowth
of our national spirit not something
taken from the traditions of others.
In pursuance of this idea, it seems that
the most beautiful Hall of the Dead"
which we could choose might be an
out-of-door temple, carved by the
winds and waters-one of the great
canyons of the West, perhaps, with
their masses of eyer-blooming wild
flowers. Our great men were out-of-
door men. Many of them lived under
the open sky: most of them drew their
inspiration, in some way or other,
from nature. There was never, per-
haps, a people which owed so much
to nature in all it's forms as we do.
We may as we'll acknowledge that we
can never produce grander sculpture
than has been given us, withou. hui
man toll, in our own land.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
ALLEGED AMERICAN OUTRAGE.
BRITISH Subject said to Have Been
Arrested on Canadian Soil.

Toronto. Ont, Aug 25.-An Ottawa dis
patch to the Globe says that reports have
been received there of an outrage COM
mitted by an American officer on a Brit
ish subject on Canadian soil.
Thomas Meagher, British subject, re-
sides near the village of Port LIambton,
on the Canadian side of the ST. Claire
River. Heiis the owner of steam
launch in which, a few days ago, he
crossed over into American waters, near
the clubhouse at Marshland.
Henry AveCy, deputy collector of GUS
toms at that point. ordered Meagher into
port. Meagher disregarded his orders
and went on to his destination on the
Canadian side. of the river He was fol-
lowed by Avery and his assistant. not
only TO the Canadian side of the river,
but upon Canadian soil, where they at
tackled him. and, without warrant placed
him under arrest
Meagher was taken across the river to
the Marshland Hotel where he was hand
cuned to bedpost In a small room and
kept so confined for upwards of twenty
four hours. when he was removed to Port
Huron and thrown IN jail
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
Worth Seeing.

(From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.)
But Lee told them he coming back and
when he it would be at the head OF an
army corps, under the Stars and Stripes He was
not beasting for that fact was as well established
as anything in the future could be. His pre-
diction is coming true. though rather sooner than
the gallant general anticipated 1t will not do
for the Administration to disappOint Gen Lee
and the people. They want him sent to Cuba
Just to give Bianco an opportunity to welcome
him. unless the doughty and discourteous Span
lard away. Augusta did Altogether the
meeting OF the two viii be worth seeing and we
hope that Blanco viii be held within the shadow
OF MORO Castle until Lee gets there.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
spafn,s Autonomfst Failure.

The report of Blanco that the au-
economist government in Cuba should
be abolished, as il has outlived its
usefulness, is not of particular concern
to this country, since it is expected
that in few weeks the last vestige
of Spanish authority, and local au-
thority instituted by Spain, will disap-
pear forever from the island that ma
ton has so long pillaged and abused.
1t is a pretty confession, though, of
the failure of the one concession Spain
was forced TO make apparently in the
interests of the Cubans. 1t was Bian-
co who at one time profeSsed TO see
success in this measure of local self
government, as 1t was alleged to be,
and who affirmed that the better class
of the people were wholly satisfied with
it. Circumstances-na the con-
quest of Cuba by the Americans-have
brought the career of this local gov
eminent near its end, but as long as
Blanco is to maintain Spanish sover-
eighty in the island there can be no
other reason for it's immediate aboli-
ton than its complete failure. 1t is
just as useful now as it has been at
any time, aud there is just as much
reason for its existence. if 1t were a
success, as for the continuation of
Blancos supremacy.
The fact that from the beginning the
autonomist government did not have
the confidence of the disaffected Gu
bans or of the Spanish loyalists is an
added proof of the incompetency of
Spain to administer colonial affairs for
the welfare of the colonists. This was
the one attempt in her long career Of
criminal abuses to meet the require
ments of a dissatisfied and rebellious
people, yet she did not have tact
enough to make her concession accept
able 1t is a proof that this Govern
ment cannot afford to restore to her
control any part of the Philippines un-
der pledges of reform. At the tine the
autonomist scheme was tried it was
her last hope of escape from war with
America Foreseeing the disastrous re-
suits of such war, the authorities at
Madrid hoped, at the least, to make
favorable impression on America by
displaying Willingness to correct
abuses in Cuba. They did their best.
yet it was a failure from the start, and
imposed on no one except the timid
old women like Professor Norton, Mrs
Godkin and others whose opinions
are always directly contrary to those
of the great body of the American peo-
pie.
Spain is no more able to reform than
Turkey. 1t is as reasonable to look for
the voluntary or even enforced cure
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
A National NaIhaIIa-

1t is suggested by the Baltimore Her
aid that just at this time, when our
nation is about to enter on a new era
of unknown but undoubtedly impress
sive history, ii would be well to estab-
ish a national Valhalla. At present
We have no place for the sculpture of
our honored dead. Rome had her Pan
theon, England has her Westminster
Abbey We. the youngest of the ma
tions, have been too busy with life
thus far to give much attention to
tradition. Our history is alive, plastic,
fluent, shaping itself in the boundaries
Of States and the forms of govern
ment, not crystallized in buildings Of
stone. But that is no reason why we
should not have eur Valhalla. The
plain fact probably is that we have
thus far been too busy to think about
st.
Another reason why such a thought
has not received much attention as
yet is that it will be about eighteen
hundred years before such historic
place will begin to be really impress
way for the average American to see
before him.
Perhaps our national defect is myo-
pia- We are so intent on seeing one
thing at a time and seeing it clearly
that we lose the grand effect. The
average American hardly understands
how great his country is till he is torn
forcibly from his business, by wife or
daughter, and carried off on the Eu-
ropean tour. Then he sees how much
there is in America that Europe can
not furnish him. And he comes back,
in the majority of cases. with a respect
for historic ruins, but with no particu-
lar desire to import any of them into
his own country.
There is one circumstance which in
itself is sufficient argument for our
establishing a Hall of the Dead"
where our honored ones can be buried.
This is the Indifference, occasionally
the neglect, with which their graves
are treated at present. For more than
q generation Washington's tomb and
residence stoo1 lonely, neglected and
uncared for. The length of time it
took to build the Grant monument
would have been absurd if anything
but monument had been a-building;
as it was, the absurdity was swallow
ed up in the disgrace. Very few, ex-
cept some of the children in our pub
lie schools, know where any of the
other Presidents lie buried. The graves
of our military heroes are forgotten
even by those who live within few
miles of them. The graves of our
great authors are equally unknown
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
FRIDAY. AUGUST 2s. 1898.
Let Us Have Light.

Has it ever occurred to the Secretary
of War that he will save himself and
the Administration a great deal of
trouble if he VIII personally ask for
an investigation OF the recent proceed
ings Of his department now?
The investigation is bound to come.
That Congress will order it is as GER
tain as that Congress will meet on
the fifth day of December next. Why
should not Gen. Alger appeal to the
President at once?
The country is angry. The admin
istrative system which continues the
horrors of war in peace can never be
successfully defended. The men who
went forth 10 fight Spaniards could
not have supposed that they left worse
enemies at home. Now that their suf-
ferings have taught the country the
truth, it demands an accounting.
Secretary Alger may be the most in
nocent man alive, but the War De-
partment is guilty. Some one has blum
dered; some one must be punished.
Shall the trial come now or later?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
THE VOYAGE IS ENDING.
Our Boys VIII Soon Tread en- Native
Soil Again.

The First and Second Battalion First
District Of Columbia Volunteer Regiment
will arrive at Montauk Point, L. I, this
morning on board the transport Hudson.
The Third Battalion will arrive on Sat
urday night on board the transport Min
newaska
The boys will be landed at once upon
arrival, and will only stay at Camp WI
koff as long as is absolutely necessary for
purposes of health and rest This may
mean one week. but it is stated authori
tatfvely that they viii not remain there
longer than two weeks.
This VIII give the troops an opportunity
to regain some of their old vigor and
spirits. and viii enable them to get into
condition for the royal welcome to be
given them in this city.
Adjutant General Corbin stated last
night that the District troops would De
mustered out within two weeks after the.r
arrival at Montauk. and that the regimen,
would be ordered TO this city for dis5and-
ment
the mastering out process will be very
formal and will occupy nearly two weeks
The boys wiz. however, 5e allowed fur
lOughs until mustered out. and will be
free TO move as they Please.
Each volunteer will have his name
checked off the rolls. Each article of
Government property in his possession
will be received and checked of. The
whole regiment will also undergo a strict
medical examination
No fears need be entertained for the
safety of the boys. as they are embarked
on two of the safest transports fin use
by the Government and are assured a
speedy ami comfortable voyage
The interest in the coming welcome to
the troops is daily growing. Everybody
is preparing and everybody is talking
about the big day.
Commissioner Ross will announce the
committees today, and the plans will then
be rushed 10 completion
Commissioner Ross has thus far receiy-
ed the following voluntary contributions
towards the fund to defyay the expense
incidental to the reception of the District
havS vyhen they return home:
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26

Of hereditary criminals as for just
and honest administration of colonial
government by Spain. The most sol
emn pledges, surrounded by every safe
guard the foresight Of man can de-
sign, would be of no value, simply be-
cause. the Spaniard, used to centuries
of robbery as an inherent right, must
be forever incapable Of comprehending
the object to be attained. If any part
of the Philippines is restored to Spain
there can be no illusions-it will mean
a continuation in some form of the
outrages that have prevented the
growth of the colonists and doomed
them to lives of ignorance and poverty
As the autonomist government in Cuba
has failed to such a degree that the
Spanish governor general urges its
abolition. so must any government fail
that Spain devises for the correction of
Spanish expressions.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26

All Michigan is astounded by the sign
ing of a protocol by Gov. Pingree and
Secretary Alger. although the terms are
not known. Until the visit of the former
to Washington Gen. Alger was the object
of his choicest profanities. I'm his war
fare on political wickedness he was wont
to point to Gen. Alger as the type of all
that was bad. That he should now ride
about the beautiful thoroughfares OF the
National Capital in Gen. Ayers private
carriage and journey on the railway in
Gen. Ayers private car is a shock to the
people of his State. They have ceased to
talk about Spain up there.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
PATRIOTIC RESOLUTIONS.
The Columbia Typographical Union
Committee Takes Action.

The special committee appointed by Co.
Iumbia Typographical Union No. 10l to
cooperate with the general citizens COM
mittee in arranging plans for extending
a cordial welcome to the members &c the
District troops on their return home met
yesterday morning at Typographical
Temple After discussing the rousiag pa
tr.otfc demonstration which took place at
the New National Theater on Wednesday
evening the following resolutions were
adopted by the committee:
Resolved. That in the name OF Columbia
typographical Union. No. 1Oi. each member Of
said union who shall return ard be mustered out
of service be presented with his accoutrements.
Resolved. That ;opriste banquet be ar
ranged, at date convenient, at which our re-
turned soldier members shall be hOnorcd guests,
together with such speakers and Others shall
be deemed expedient. at which banquet the
tokens of our appreciation shall be delivered to
the keeping of those who with patriotic valor
won them in the field OF action
Resolved, That there be raised by popular
subscription in addition to the fund contributed
to the general citizens committee, such moneys
as may be necessary TO a successful contamination
OF the objects of this preamble and restitution.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26

The inability of the War Department
Miles is natural. The commanding gen.
eral has shown no disposition to assert
himself, and submitted to delays and TO
the neglect of his suggestions with d
grace that seemed angelic. Those who
know Gen. Miles well. however. maintain
that he is not so gentle at all seasons;
that he is the kind of man to bear
even indignities when resenting them
might work III TO the country; but war
being over. it would be like him to insist
on having the President understand ev-
erything that was not according to his
trained taste.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
REPORTS OF ILL-USAGE.
Surgeons mt Chickamauga Did Not
Care for the Sick.

Lexington, KY. Aug. 25-The Twelfth
New York began arriving early this
morning. The men seem week, but tell
stories of terrible treatment of the sick
at the Chickamauga division hospitals
DR.. Wiley. of this city. who has just re-
turned from ChickamauSa, corroborates
the stories of bad treatment.
The soldiers say surgeons deliberately
falsfied reports. When Inspector Gen.
Breckenridge arrived and found the true
conditions, he called the surgeons before
him and reprimanded them severely for
allowing the sick to be neglected. The
New Workers say Camp Henry Clay looks
like Paradise in comparison.
The Twenty-frst Kansas arrived today.
This will leave but three more regiments
TO come-the Second Missouri. First New
Hampshire and Ninth Pennsylvania They
will reach here tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
THE CEssIoN OF JAMAICA.
Residents There Said to Desire t.
Become erfcaBs.

London. Aug. 25.-Neville Lubbock. who
was the expert adviser of the British dele
gates upon the occasion of the Brussels
conference upon the question of sugar
bounties, was interviewed today in refer
ence to the proposed action by the ia
maicans to petition the Queen for the
cession of the island of Jamaica to the
United States.
Mr. Lubbock said that, In his opinion.
the cession of the island to America
would be of immense advantage to the
people of the Island.
Almost all of the products of the island.
with the exception Of rum, went to the
United States and there was feeling that
the British colonies had been shamefully
treated by the mother country. Person
ally, he said. he could name three or four
firms which had lost over sl.Oo0,co0 In
consequence of this treatment.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
MAYOR FIsKE PROTESTS.
TeIesraphs the President Regarding
Eighth New York.

Mount Vernon, NY, Aug. 25.-As the re-
suit of the protest of the parents of young
men of this city who are in the Eighth
Regiment New York Volunteers over the
alleged bad treatment of the soldiers and
the filthy condition of their camp at
Chickamauga. Mayor Fiske sent the fol-
lowing telegram from here this morning
to President Mckinley:
"On behalf of our citizens. / protest
against the reported treatment of fifty
four of our soldier boys in Company NJ.
Eighth New York Volunteer Regiment"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
The stnte Department.

(From the St Louis Globe-Democrat.)
When John Hay, a few weeks hence takes Will
liam R. Days place, the post Of head of the
State Department will have changed incumbents
oftener in the same length of time than it did
in any other Administration in the country's
history except in that of John Tyler. John Sher-
man left the Office about three months ago, and
was succeeded by Mr.. Day, who is about to step
down and to be succeeded by Mr.. Hay. When
Daniel Webster. the last Of President Tyler's
original Cabinet, left the State Department on
May s, lSiS he was succeeded by Hugh s. Le-
care, who took the Office of Secretary of State
on May 0. Iegare died on June while in Bos-
ton with Tyler attending the unwilling of the
Bunker Hill monument, and succeeded by
Abel p Upshur on July "a. Thus in less than
three months the State Department had three
chiefs-Webster, Legare and Upshur. But the
fatalities in the Office did not end there, for
Upshur was enc OF the killed by the ex-
ploson of the cannon ON tine United States steam
er Princeton ON February IS, 1874, seven months
after he took Office. Another of Tyler's Cabinet
officers, Thomas w. Gilmer, Secretary OF the
Navy, lost his life in the same disaster. On
March 6, 1874, John c. Calhoun succeeded Up
shur. Thus in ten months OF Tyler's Presidency
there were four Secretaries of State, the list
beginning with the Wing nationalist Webster and
ending with the Democratic particularist Cal
houn.
Wnshingt0n Representative Paper
From the National Advertiser.)
The Washington Times rejoices in circulation
larger than that of all the other Washington
daily papers put together.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-26
MORE MAIL CLERKS NEEDED.
Postal Department. in the Philip
pines Orders Supplies.

The second expedition Of postoffice
clerks is ready 10 start for Porto Rico.
They will at once establish postoffices at
San Juan. Mayaguez, and Guyana. The
War Department will convey the postal
clerks to the islands.
The postmaster at San Francisco has
been ordered by the department to for
ward several thousand money order
blanks to Manila with all possible haste
A cablegram from the postal superin-
tendent in charge of the Philippine mail
service informed the department that
he was out of blanks and the business
was increasing at gratifying rate