The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-23

gan to Be Further Investigated
and the Funeral POstponed-GoOd
Care for Men In General Hospital.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 22-(SpeciaL)-
The Minnesota men spent the early part
of today waiting word Of the arrival OF
the Zealandia and Valencia, the trans
ports bearing the Montana men from Ma
Mia. Shortly after noon the Zealandia
was reported as sighted. There was the
usual demonstration in the harbor and
the transport was greeted with din
of whistles and a waving of flags as she
drew up into quarantine. In the mean
time there was great excitement among
the Minnesota and South Dakota men al
the Preside and the water front was
lined with soldiers waving their hats and
cheering like mad. The men on the trans
port noticed the demonstration and gave
cheer for cheer.
Two tugs went out to greet the trans
port. One tug had on board a number
of officials Of California and San Fran
cisco and members of the local recep-
tion committee reinforced by a brass
band. The other carried Gov Smith,
of Montana; United States Senator
Clarke and party, of Montana, who were
vociferous in their JOY at beholding their
soldier boys and kin once more. This
tug took out to the transport 1000 9ot-
ties of beer and an equal number of
sandwiches and about a ton Of fresh
fruit All was for the delectation of the
soldiers, required by the regulations to
remain on board the transport until to-
morrow.
The health of all on board is excellent
and there was but one death en- route
that of James Ashton, Fourth United
States cavalry, who died on Sept. 19 Of
pleuro-pneumona. Aside from this case
there was no sickness during the trip.
GIVEN GREETING.
After the quarantine officers had COM
pleted its inspection of the Zealandia
and had certified to the good health of all
on ship, permission was given to the
Montana reception committee to board.
Gov Smith was the first man on board
and he was greeted with hearty cheers
by the soldiers, who were the first
volunteers to be mustered into the serv-
ice last year. The governor in neat
little speech welcomed the boys home in
the name of the people of Montana. He
told the volunteers how proud Of them
their people at home were and there
was more cheering, and the band play
ed Home, Sweet Home, "a Hot Time, 4"
and other popular airs.
The Zealandia then raised anchor and
started toward her dock. The tugs fell
into line and, thus escorted, the steamer
moved slowly down the bay to anchor
age off the government pier amid the
blowing of whistles, the ringing of bells,
the footing of horns and kindred forms
of jubilation.
The men will be landed tomorrow morn
Ing and, escorted by the Thirteenth Min
nesota, will march to their camping
grounds on the military reservation at
the Preside, where they will remain un-
til mustered out Of the service.
The Zealandia brought 339 Of the Mon
tana regiment, 211 discharged men of the
volunteer army, members of the hospital
corps, and 42 other passengers
! The Montana regiment left in Manila
| Lieut.. Col Bruce Wallace, appointed col
| onel of another volunteer regiment, and
| sixty-two men who re-enlisted, as well
| as nine sick, two officers and ninety en-
! listed discharged.
Only Companies D. F, G, H, K and M
of the First arrived today. The remain
| ing companies are on the transport Va.
lencia, which up to late hour tonight
;c
| pected tomorrow Or Sunday.
The following officers of the regular
army came on the Zealandia: Lieut. Col
Boyle Nineteenth infantry; Capt. How
land, Fourteenth infantry; Capt. H. A
| Humprey, Twentieth infantry; DR.. D. T
kirkpatrick, Lieut.. L. ]. Donovan Twen-
! ty-frst infantry; Capt c. ]. Sawtell Jr.
| Frank B. Dubuce, Troop L, Fourth cav.
airy; j. H. Jennings, Fourteenth infantry
The following Montana officers were or
the transport: Col. Henry Kresiter
Lieut.. Col Byron H. Cook, Chaplain
George S. Still, Maj. Adams; Capts Ellis
w Wynne, Thomas S. Dillon, John Hola-
han, w. B. Knowlton, Alfred Leadorf
! and VIM Brown.
| FUNERAL DELAYED
The funeral of Mu icjan Flanagan, a
N mber of Company \, Thir; eenth Min
nesota, who died at the receiving hosp
tai in this city yesterday morning, did
not take pace this afternoon as had been
| planned. A brother of the deceased man
who resides in ttis city, after viewing the
remains ct the morgue decided that he
was not satisfied with the verdict of the
| physic ans that daa had resulted from
alcoholism and demanded an autopsy
This was held at the undertaking rooms
| wither the body had been removed, and
showed that the immediate cause OF
| 6eath was clot of blood at the base OF
the brain, aud that its presence there IS
due, in all probability, to the dead man
! having received a blow on the back OF
the head from a bludgeon.
Flanagan had been drinking heavily V
since the regiment returned to San Fran.
cisco. The day before his death he was
picked up on the street and taken to the
hospital, where he reamined all night
The next morning he escaped from thai
| institution and was not seen again u ii
late the same night, when he was found
| N the basement of a saloon at Mark
and Fifth streets, again in an uncon
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