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DON'T LIKE THE SURGEONS.
New York Troops Believe Autopsies
Bcgin Too Soon After Denth.

NEW YORK Aug. S1-Two carloads Of
sick soldiers Of the Ninth New York Vol
unteers arrived to-day from Camp Thomas.
Chickamauga. The men were convaiescent
from rheumatism. malaria and typhoid fe-
YER, and were in fairly good condition. Or
derby Robert Stanley in whose charge the
men were. was especially bitter against
some of the surgeons at Chickamauga He
said that they did not show any respect
for the dead. The orderly declared that
when Private Charles Mum died, between Z
and 5 o'clock Saturday evening, his body
vas not permitted TO rest in quiet. He de-
clared that before 10 p. m. the surgeons
were at work cutting up his body to per-
form an autopsy. The orderly also cited the
case Of Private Graham. and declared that
an autopsy was being made on his body an
hour after his demise
Orderly Stanley stated that Adiutant Kipp
was making an investigation and that he
expected papers tonight ordering him south
TO assist in the investigation.
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ONO HOSPITAL TRAIN.
The state Sending "a Special 10 south
ern Camps for sick Troons.

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 3l.-The railroads
have come to the relief of the State of Ohio
in its effort to provide hospital train TO
bring home the sick troops in the military
camps of the South, and the train Will
probably be started on its journey Friday
Surgeon General Loves, of Ohio, will have
charge of the train. which will consist Of
fourteen coaches and sleeper and baggage
cars. The seats viii be taken out of the
coaches and cots will be provided The
train will 80 through to Lakeland, Fla.
where siXty-five sick troops of the First
Ohio Cavalry will be taken aboard. At
Fernandina about the same number of sick
infantrymen will be taken ON, and at Hunts
VILE Ala, other sick troops will be picked
up. The train will return through Chatta-
nooga. taking on from one hundred to two
hundred sick Ohio troops there.
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SOCIALLY AND POLITICALLY ROTTEN
London saturday Reviews Opinion of
Americans in General.

NEW YORK Aug. 31.-The London Satur-
day Review. which recently said that
Chauncey Depew was a painted puppet
and snob,' expresses the views here be-
low and which candid expression is being
quoted in English financial and other news
papers averse to American interests in
Great Britain and to English interests en-
barked in this country. There are Of
course many worthy private persons in the
United States. but what we have to think
OF now are the people of that country as
represented in their social. civil and political
customs Socially it is sordd TO the last
degree: its courts of law and all its civil
institutions are corrupt, the methods Of its
political parties are no better than those
of Long Firms 1t has contributed nothing
TO the self-respect of humanity. on the
contrary. it has shown all the world to what
a depth of public depravity civilization is
capable of descending
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Surgeon General sternberg Is silent.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Surgeon GEN
eral Sternberg would not discuss The state
ments made by Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas
Sem regarding the sanitary conditions at
camp Wikof. Quartermaster General Lud-
ngton said no reports had reached nim that
the water was bad or likely to become so.
The reports of water first made showed
that it was good. The point that Surgeon
Sem makes is that it will soon become in
fected with typhoid germs
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He VIII Keep Camp Poland Healthy
III IL Can Be Done.

CAMP POLAND. Knoxville, Tenn. Aug.
3l.-General Mckee, now acting com
mander of this division. to-day issued an
order positively forbidding the practice OF
retaining sick soldiers IN their own tents
or in the regimental hospitals. They must
be transferred TO the division hospital. He
calls especial attention to the fact that pa
tients whose temperature ts above the nor
NAL for more than twenty-four hours must
Continued on Third Pagc.l
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More Men for Cnmp wiIkoG.

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 3l.-The Depart
ment of the Gulf was to-day ordered to
send all the recruits for the regular army
now in this department to Montauk Point
at once. The men, numbering l. 400, will be
started for Long island as soon as the
transportation can be arranged
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WASHINGTON Aug. 3l.-The following
dispatch was sent to General Wheeler this
morning:
The President will pay your command
an informal visit on Saturday, accom-
panied by the secretary OF war
"CORBIN"
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NANCY. France. Aug. 91.-A court-martial
here has just sentenced private soldier to
three months imprisonment and 800 francs
fine for shouting 'vive Zola."
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4 Conference to BE Held This Morn-
ing May Fix the 157th Camp
at Fairview Park.
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5000 SLAIN N BATTLE.
Rebels. 10000 strong. Win Two Vie
tories I'm Ten Days.

LONDON. Sept. Ia special dispatch
from Shanghai dated Wednesday. says:
The Chinese government troops, it is re-
Continued on second Pnge.)
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THE 161ST AT JACKSONVILLE

COL. w. II. DURBIN ASSURES HIS MEN
THEY WILL GO TO CUBA.
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COMING TODAY
THE 157TH INDIANA NOW EN ROUTE
HOME FROM FLORIDA.
lee. JeIIies. Soups and Nurses All
waiting the sick Soldiers at
state Fair Grounds.
COLORED COMPANIES PLANS

EXPECT TO QUIETLY LEAVE FOR
FORT THOMAS THIS MORNING.
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MEXICAN OPINIONS.
Some Are Wise and Others Are Worse
than Spanish.

some Are wise ana OtneFS Are worse
than Spanish.
CITY OF MEXICO, Aug. 14.-The press
comments variously on the terms of peace
between the United States and Spain. The
Mexican Herald says: Spain may thank
the shortsightedness of her statesmen for
the loss of Porto Rico The Cuban question
might have been settled long ago, as some
Spaniards wanted it settled, by selling the
island to the American government. Before
the American people lies the perplexing
Cuban question. The island will have to be
held as England holds Egypt. and in our
opinion it is extremely unlikely ever to en-
joy absolute independence; perhaps it is not
desirable"
Ell Nacional Moderate Liberal paper,
says: THE war waged in Cuba by the
Americans has not been a savage and bar
barous struggle, but civilized as far as war
fare can be civilized. AS to Spain, we all
looked for such conduct, but not so in re-
gard to the United States, and it is neces-
sary to confess, whether we like it or not,
that the American army in Cuba, both land
and sea forces, has made good it's claim to
be considered courageous, disciplined and
civilized. 1t will not do in the future to
disdain the American army. He who does
so will show that he is unable to profit by
the lessons of history"
Ell Tempo the organ of the Clerical and
reactionary party and opposed to the gov
ernment, says: 1.-The protocol makes no
mention of the enormous pecuniary indem-
nifty which it was said the Yankees intend
ed to demand of Spain. Will they, with
their accustomed bad faith, hold that Gus
tom in reserve to bring 1t up at Paris at the
last moment and obtain by that means fur
ther advantages? This might happen and
it would not surprise us If it did We cam
not enter into further comments on the fa-
tai announcement, for we are overwhelmed
with reflection in which Mexico and her fu-
ture appears to our imagination in so sad
a light that we cannot put our thoughts
into order"
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The Thunderer's Flattering Editorial
on the Greater United States.

LONDON, Aug 15.-The Times this morn
ing comments editorially on the generous
recognition of the part which President Nc
Kinley has played throughout the war be-
tween the United States and Spain and
says: IF foreign observers might presume
to have an opinion on his conduct it would
probably be that President Mckinley has
kept his finger constantly on the national
pulse and has known how to stimulate and
direct national thought without too mark
edly outrunning its movement. Everything
has been done in the open, every move has
been discussed as a possibility all over the
United States before the government was
irrevocably committed one way or the
other, and the result of the cautious tenta-
tive policy is that where he stands at this
moment the President has the whole Amer
lean people at his back. We 90 not know
that there can be any higher craftsmanship
for a President governing under the Con-
stituton of the United States 1t is note
worthy that while the Spaniards, who are
usually regarded as chivalrous, romantic
and medieval, have turned first to the fnan-
cial aspect of the situation, the Americans,
who usually supposed to be intensely
practical, have as yet hardly given
thought to the financial or economic side
of the question. What occupies the Amer
lean people at this n oment Is rot the cost of
the war, the value of their acquisitions or
the balance of the profit and loss account,
but the moral result of the struggle and the
nature of the ideas Lich it stimulates.
Whether Organism is dead or only Sleep
ing, whether the smaller issues of party
warfare are superseded by large and worthy
conceptions of national policy or only
thrown for the time into the background,
there can be no doubt that the war has
had and will have a profound effect upon
American ideas and aims. Not only has il
renovated the idea of national unity. i'm
paired by the great civil struggle but it has
supplied that sense of contact with external
forces which is probably one of the most
potent influences in favor of maintaining
the national spirit.
The Antilles themselves introduce a novel
element inte American life and open up
questions on which parties may differ great
ly and worthily. This in itself is a gain.
and one which was more or less con-
scientiousIy sought when the war was un-
dertaken, The perilous unrest spoken Of BY
Continued ON second rasc.l
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WAR SHIPS PUTTING IN.
Key West Reports "a Dozen or More
Already Returned.


Already Returned.
KEY WEST, Fla, Aug. IA, 7:30 D. m
In accordance with orders from the Navy
Department following the Presidents proc
lamation Of a suspension of hostilities. Com
modore Howell, of the north Cuban coast
blockading squadron is rapidly assembling
his ships at Key West. Many arrived yes
terday and still more to-day. The flagship
San Francisco, with the commodore aboard,
arrived this morning. She looks none the
worse for her experience off Havana early
Friday morning The hole torn in her stern
by the twelve-inch shell from Moro Cas-
tie, has been neatly patched and the dam
age to the ship is not considerable. The
larger gunboats and the torpedo boat de-
stroyers have not yet received orders. but
the torpedo boats and revenue cutters have
already been called north.
The revenue cutter Hudson, which won,
perhaps, the highest distinction of all the
smaller craft by her gallant work at Car
denas during the Winslow engageme lt left
for Norfolk this morning and the revenue
cutter Morrill, which arrived from the Ma
tanzas station this morning, left for Nor
folk this afternoon. They will be followed
tomorrow by the revenue cutters Wood
bury and Window. which came from Ha-
vana, and the lighthouse tender Maple,
from the Isle of Pines. The Fish Hawk,
which only recently came down from Phla-
delphia, will return to League island as
soon as she has taken on coal and water.
The other ships of the feet here to-day
are the Bancroft, Marietta, Castine, New
port Miantonomoh, Apache, Peoria, Hor-
net, Oneida, Hawk, Dorothea, Buccaneer,
Sylvia, Ranger Piscataqua. Sirene and I'm
cas-. The Teoumseh and small unarmored
tugs Sioux, Calumet and Cheyenne, left to-
day for Tampa.
The gunboat Princeton, which has been
doing special duty around Guantanamo and
British Honduras. opportunely returned to-
day, but she has received no further or
ders. Other ships of the blockading squad
ron are expected tonight or tomorrow.
Naval officers are unanimous in their ex-
pressons of qualification that the war is
over and are anxiously looking for orders
which will take them north.
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Spanish Colonel Hurled Defiance Mt
General Wilson.

HEADQUARTERS OF GEN. WILSON.
at Coamo, Aug. 49, noon delayed in trans
mission. 1.-The orders to advance given to
General Ernest's brigade were counter
manded on receipt of the Presidents order
to suspend hostilities. General Wilson this
morning sent party with flag of truce
to notify the Spaniards of the suspension
OF hostilities, but the flag was not respect
ed. This was by order of Governor General
Macias. AS General Macias has no COM
munication with Madrid, he may thus cut
himself off from official notification of the
situation, although natives have been sent
through the Spanish lines to spread the
news that cessation of hostilities had been
ordered.
The soldiers of the American army gen.
orally received the news of peace with de-
light, although some are disappointed that
there is to be no further fighting. and many
officers express regret at the suspension of
hostilites in the midst of the campaign.
Tell the American general if he desires
no further shedding of blood to remain
where he is"
This is the reply that the Spanish COM
mander, Colonel Nuevillas. sent to General
Wilson's demand for the surrender OF
Aibonito made last night.
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ONLY 5000 LEFT.
Skaters Remaining Forces to Leave
Cuba This Week.

NuDa rms week.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.-By Wednesday
or Thursday of this week it is expected by
the War Department officials that all of
General Skaters command will have left
Santiago for the United States. In a dis
patch to the War Department tonight Gen.
Shafter says that the early departure of the
troops now depends entirely on the trans
ports which are daily expected to arrive
at Santiago. At the present time only
about five thousand men of General Shaf-
ters corps are at Santiago. the remainder
having already sailed for this country.
General Skaters report to the War De-
partment concerning the departure of the
troops follows:
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. IA. 3:17 p. m.
III. c. Corbin, Adjutant General U. s. A.
Washington:
''All of cavalry division, Kent's division
Lawton's division. except Seventh and
First Infantry. and sick and suspects
of these commands have already
sailed, leaving Bates's division, Eighth
Ohio Infantry. batteries of light artillery.
one battery of heavy artillery. four troops
of Second Cavalry and two companies of
engineers yet to go. If ships expected with
immunes get here as they ought, to-day or
tomorrow, will get the most of the COM
mand away within the next two or three
days. All depends on the transports, and,
as they have not arrived, can't closely ap-
proximate time SHAFTER,
major General
Adjutant General Corbin also received the
following, dated Saturday. from Santiago:
Rio Grande, Seneca and Comanche. with
Ninth and Tenth Cavalry. Fourth and
Twenty-fifth Infantry, all loaded, and will
go out this afternoon unless hurricanes, of
which reports have been received as blow
ing south of Jamaica, prevent. City of
Macon and Arcadia will go tomorrow with
two light batteries and Twelfth and Seven
teenth Infantry. One of the hardest rain
storms we have had is raging this afternoon
Am getting the sick that have to be left be-
hind in very comfortable condition. Two
thousand Spanish troops to be loaded to-
morrow and on another ship that is in as
soon as it can coal, probably two days.
Hope to get troops off so as to be able to
start the latter part of the week for the
United States. Will ship 400 convalescents
on Catalina Monday. SHAFTER.i'
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been in use as fast as they can be released
and are no longer required for service.
All vessels of the navy that can be spared
from service in the West Indies will be or
dered to ports in the States, where the men
will be given brief holidays. The big battle
ships of the feet will be put in dry dock
as soon as possible. and undergo such re-
pairs as may be necessary. 1t is expected
that the large dock in the New York yard
will be ready to receive the ships in about
two weeks. The auxiliary vessels of the
navy which will not be used for the perma-
nent navy will be disposed of as soon as
they go out of commission, probably being
sold at auction
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lTALY'S GLAD HAND.
First Foreign Power to Send Congrat-
uIatiOns to United states.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1A-The United
States government to-day received the first
congratulations from a foreign power on
the successful termination of the war with
Spain. The congratulations came from
Italy through the Italian ambassador
Baron Fava. He communicated 10 the
state Department to-day, by direction of
his government an expression of the cor
dial satisfaction of Italy at the prompt sig
nature OF the preliminaries of peace to-
gether With the wish of the Italian govern
Hent mat, after the war; conducted with
such coEspicuous galantry by the United
states, this country might enjoy the bene-
fits or peace Ambassador Fava. i'm pre-
senting the views Of his government ex-
pressed the hope that they would be COM
municated as soon as possible to the Pres
ident
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santiago Customs of s5s.445.24.

WASHINGTON. Aug 4.-General Shaf-
ter reports to the War Department tonight
concerning the customs receipts at Santiago
as follows:
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. IA, 5:S7 p. M.
II. c. Corbin, Adjutant General U. S. A.,
Washington:
Il have the honor to report for your
information that there were taken in
at the customs house here, from July 30 to
Aug. 13, inclusive, $5S, ,445.2f.
''SHAFTER. Major General"
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POT SHOT AT NEGROES.
sherif's Posse Attacks Gamblers and
Kills Five Outright.

MOULTRIE, Ga. Aug. 14.-Sheriff Fisher
and posse of thirteen men made raid
on crowd of negro gamblers at Bayboro,
thirteen miles east of Moultrie. last night
There were seventy-five or one hundred
negroes in the house and Sheriff Fisher
walked in some of the negroes began shoot
ing one ball hitting the sheriff in the hand
lnficting painful wound. Two others of
vigorous fire and as a result five negroes
were killed outright three others mortally
wounded and three more painfully. but not
FATALLY hurt. The negroes made a deter
mined resistance ana two hundred shots
were exchanged
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spaniards Packed in Like Pigs.

WASHINGTON, Aug. lit is quite evil
dent from dispatch received by General
Corbin tonight from General Shafter that
the Spanish Transatlantique Company, in
transporting the Spanish prisoners from
Santiago to Spain, is economizing space in
its ships The dispatch from Shafter which
was dated at Santiago this evening. reads:
Luzon sailed this afternoon for Spain,
with 2Oo6 soldiers, priests. 16 women, "a
children and 137 officers; total 2237"
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SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. IA, p. M
The Spanish transports Isla de Luzon, P.
De Satrustegui and Isla de Panay are in
port, and will begin embarkng the Span
ish troops Tomorrow 1t is expected that
they will carry over four thousand.
The transport Leona, from Savannah, ar
rived this morning with the remainder of
the Fifth Immune Regiment.
Mr.. Jarvis. vice president and Cuban man
ager Of the North American Trust Com
pany, who has been here for the last ten
days establishing Santiago office, will go
to Havana, where he will establish head
quarters for the whole island. The North
American Trust Company acts as the fiscal
agent of the United States in Cuba, all rev.
enues, duties and taxes passing through it's
hands.
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tween Spain and the United States and says
the communications on Eastern questions
which Day and Cambon have signed begin
the first chapter of a new history of Eu-
rope.
FL TEMPO Conservative says: Peace
is an accomplished fact. The bitterness of
defeat does not prevent us from seeing with
satisfaction the end of the war
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HONG-KONG, Aug. 14,-News of the ces-
sation of hostilties between the United
States and Spain was received here yester-
day. The British steamer Australian, bound
for Sydney. New South Wales, was char
tered to carry the news to Mania. No other
vessel was available for the purpose owing
TO the prevalence of typhoons
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German Comment Is Sensible.

BERLIN. Aug. 15.-The leading papers
here welcome peace between the United
States and Spain and express the hope that
the latter country will endeavor to accept
the situation and will not regard the loss
of her colonies as an open wound, only to be
healed by revenge. The National Zeitung
says the United States is behaving in be-
coming and dignified manner and that there
is no reason why Spain should not enter into
commercial relations with her conqueror.
The Vossische Zeitung says: Spain is
precipitated into a chasm of political OBJ
livion whittier long years of priestly domi-
nation would inevitably have hastened her."
The paper thinks the United States will
deal as the government thinks best with the
Philippines. but that the decisions regarding
those islands are of the deepest import to
Europe
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who had advanced beyond Guayama, will
return to that town. General Miles expects
TO do nothing pending the arrival at San
Juan of the peace commissioners.
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Miles Awaiting Peace Commission.

PONCE. Porto Rico, Aug. 10, evening"
The peace news has stopped all forward
movement of the American army In Porto
Rico. General Wilson. at Coamo, and Gen
Schwan. al Mayaguez. will remain at those
places. General Henry. who is at Utuado
VIII return 10 Adjuntas, and Gen Brooke,