The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05

Washington, September 2.-The ma
rine hospital service is making repa-
rations TO ouen the detention camp at
Mullet Key, Fla, in view of the pres
ence of yellow fever at Key West. AS
sistant Surgeon Corrupt is in charge Of
the camp. He will be assisted by AS
sistant Surgeon Carter. DR.. George a.
Sheldon, and Hospital Steward Pack,
Advices received at the marine hospital
bureau up to a late hour this afternoon
indicate no new cases n no deaths
since the one Friday night.
The first intimation of the disease at
Key West was received by DR.. Wyman
on Thursday night. He at once direct
ed Surgeon Carter at Havana to pro-
ceed to Key West. The latter secured a
tug boat and this morning announced
by telegraph his arrival.
| Surgeon General Wyman has wired
DR.. McAdam to prepare a list of people
who have left Key West within the
last two weeks. He made the same re-
| quest of the Plant line of steamers on
| the west coast and the Flagler line on
the east coast. AS soon as these names
are received. the authorities at the
places of destination will be notified in
order hat persons from Key West may
be Kept under observation for ten lays.
AS Key West is under strict quaran-
tine, arrangements will be provided for
delivering mails and necessary sup
plies on floats some distance from the
shore.
Surgeon General Carter reports that
the troops at Key West have been iso-
lated and Quarantined in their bar
racks since the first report OF yellow
fever.
Surgeon G.. NJ. Magruder has been
ordered from Memphis to Port Tampa
to supervise the operations of the SER
vice from that point. Acting Assistant
Surgeon Aultree, of Tampa City. in the
meantime is meeting vessels arriving
at Port Tampa and keeping close watch
On all communications from Key West.
Passed Assistant Surgeon w. CT.
Stipson has been ordered from Old
Point to Miami to represent the service
on the east coast.
The navy department was advised
during the day that the naval tug Po-
tomac had left Key West for Ports
mouth, n. H, and the tug Nezinscot
for Port Royal. They carried all the
naval garrison at Key West save a
few care-takers and the naval sur
geon, DR.. ~McClanahan, whose case
looks suspicious.
The war department is making every
effort to secure the removal Of the two
batteries of artillery garrisoned at Key
West, but has SO far been unable to
do so because of the strict quarantine
drawn by the Florida state officials.
Surgeon General Wyman, of the ma
rine hospital service, has undertaken
!, to secure h removal of the troops. If
he succeeds the soldiers will be taken
!. directly from the wharf at Tampa on
Z board the train to Atlanta and placed
l at Fort Mcpherson. Otherwise the
L nQVu danorfYoan will he Ah1g-nI e.
send a government transport to Key
} West and bring the troops north.
{ Assistant Surgeon r.. X. McClanna-
han, medical officer in charge of the
: naval station, is among the suspicious
cases at Key West, hough to be vel.
. low fever. Another plan contemplated
e is to have the garrison taken to Sa.
b vannah and the department is now en-.
o deavoring to make arrangements t.
= that end.
CONFERENCE ON PHILIPPINE
AFFAIRS.
g An important conference on the Phil.
a fppine situation, in which Presiden
Mckinley received for the first time
full verbal report of what the Philip
pine commission had done, was helc
at the White house tonight. The par
d ties to it were President Mckinley
Secretary of State Hay and Presiden
e Jacob @. Schurman, Of the Philippin
Al commission, who made the report. MI
Schurman arrived here with Mrs
n Schurman late this afternoon fron
: Ithaca The conference tonight occu
pied three hours. Secretary Hay an,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, wer
! with the president when Mr.. SchurmaI
:! reached the White house.
Mr.. Wilson soon withdrew. MI
" Schurman's statement consumed prac
y tically the entire evening. At it's con
. %clusion, Secretary Hay and Mr.. Schur
:. man left the White house together
" Neither Mr.. Schurman nor Secretar
Hay would give any details OF tn
conference. Mr.. Schurman smilingly
but firmly, declined to discuss wha
ii had been done and refused point blanl
If to answe any question bearing on it.
ID THE CUBAN ARMY PAID.
=; Adjutant General Corbin today re
10 ceived a cable message from Genera
Brooke at Havana, stating that the Gu
ban army had been paid and OF tn
- s., 000,0 900 set apart for that purpose
there was on hand a balance of $500,
900.
- The president has recognized the fol
lowing consular officers: Albert Folge
- Dewey. vice consul at Punta Cord
:, Fla; d. c. Eitzen, vice consul of Rus
STA, at Pensacola, Fla.
!. THE PRESIDENTS RETURN.
to The president and Mrs. MCKINLEY
accompanied by Assistant Secretar
Cortelyou. arrived at 1 o'clock this al
l. ternoon after an u~neventful night
run from Canton. Ohio. The party wa
Of met at the Pennsylvania station b
10 Cecretariles Wilson and Hitchcock
General Corbin n John Addison Por