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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
HEALTH OF Orr TROOPS.
Remark ably Low Death Rate Both In Cub
and the Philippines.


and the Philippines.
WASHINGTON. Sent 24.-Ths remarkably low
death rate among the troops in Cuba at this
season OF the year. the unhealthy period. has
been source OF qualification and sur
prise to the military authorities. That
the rate OF decease among them is lower
than in healthful regions OF the United
States was emphasized again today by the re-
ceipt OF telegram from Major-Gen. Brooke.
giving the death report for Sept. 20. for his
military division. com prising tho entire island.
The report contained only one name. that OF
Sergeant John Lynch. Troop G.. Second Cav
airy who died at Matanzas from an unknown
cause.
0This gratifying condition among the troops
In Cuba applies also to the troops In the Phil
ippincs. Despite reports that an appalling
number OF tho American soldiers are sick. the
weekly death reports from Gen. Otis have
shown a remarkably low death rate among his
men. The report for the week Just closed was
received by telegraph from Gen. Otis to-day
1t contains only twelve names. all that were re-
ported for the seven days ended yesterday. and
one OF the deaths were due to accidental drown
ing. With more than 10000 soldiers in the
field during 4 season marke ed by an almost I'M
precsdsnted fall OF rain. with all that that
means to troops from a temperate climate. and
a majority Of those soldiers unacclimated, tho
small number OF deaths has encouraged tho
War Department officials to believe that the
army in the Philippines will be practically In
tact when the Luzon campaign Ia begun. The
list received from Gen. Otis day Is as follows;
Pasmler. Company Z. Twenty third Infantry;
Sept, II, Isaac Z. Rambo, Company L. Fourth
2 .snf GRn La sfA Hs
Company D. Third infantry, 23d. Benjamin
TolsiSon. Company 3. Third Infantry
strong. Company H, Twenty third Inian-
try. Drowned accidentally, at Bacood.
band, Sixth Infantry, Pneumonia; Sept i8
John Nolan. Company Fl. Nineteenth Infantry
Darrhoea. CHRONIC; Sept. II, Louis E, Corbett
William II, Casey. Com pany q Fourth Infantry,
Appendicitis SEPT. ~ Thomas Holiday
Ascending Sept. 20. -Shubell A. Snow, Com
pany q. Twenty-irst Infantry"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
FRANKFORT NEARLY WRECKED.
Tho Leelanaw Gets Into San Francisco
Leaking Badly After having Run Ashore.

Tho Leolanaw Gets Into San Francisco
Leaking Badly After Having Run Ashore.
SAN Francisco. Sent 24.-The iron trans
port Leelanaw came near being wrecked last
night near Half Moon BAY. The TRANSPORT
sailed recently with mules for Manila. but
when Honolulu was reached the mules sick
ened and the load had to be left there. The
Leelannw returned with freight. which con-
sisted largely OF feed. and expected to take on
another load OF horses here
In heavy fog yesterday the Captain lost hIs
bearings and tho vessel went ashore at Point
Montara. After remaining fast tor seven hours
the vessel got of at midnight with tho high
tide. She arrived to-day with her pumps 60
ing, Her cargo Is being rapidly transferred to
the Rio Janeiro. The extent of the damage
has not yet been ascortained. but she 10 leak ing
badly. Only her double water-tight compart-
ments saved her from being total loss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
YELLOW FETER IN H4VAyA,
Only 10 Deaths in August Against eco and
l2I in AnGmat. 1900 md 1901

l21 In August, 1890 and 1897.
WAsHINGToN. Sept 24-Informatlon has
been received by tho Supervising Surgeon
General OF the Marine Hospital Service that
the number Of deaths from yellow foyer in
Havana last month was far less than in an
month OF August In the last ten years. The
improved condition is due. OF course. to the
better system OF sanitation introduced by
the United States authorities. In August
OF every year. from 1880 to 1893, the mum Der
Of fatalities from yellow fever was at least six
times rs many as in August lS99 In 1898
and 1897. the last years OF Spanish occupation
the August deaths from yellow fever were, re-
spectively. 2G9 and III. Last year the August
deaths numbered only q. and this year only
10 were reported In letter to the Supervis-
ing Surgeon General. Passed Assistant Sur
Reon RoSenau says:
The fewer mum Der OF cases OF yellow fever
which have occurred AmonR our soldiers Is un-
doutedly due to the Intelligent care which ia
given to them. Mail 10 northern points by
way OF Tampa or Miami. and opened In the
South by the rails mau service. 10 dis
infected by shrinking iormalin in the
are. opened and and shaken up 30 that the
are also sealed and not opened untl reach aeio
ing Tampa or Miami, which gives them about
twenty-iour hours exposure. Package mail,
newspapers and this like enn not be properly
disin iocted without apparatus. and all mail
matter OF this kind addressed to points south
OF the southern boundary OF Maryland is being
held until We can insia and house the disinfect-
ing cylinder"
To do tina Uud.on ri0bt taka nav TIra a,..x ...
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
Tried to Junp from a Ferryboat.

Oscar Brann, 10 years old. a Swede. who said
he had no home, tried yesterday to Jump from
the Staten Island ferryboat Northlsld The
boat was about half way to Staten Island
when Brann. who was sitting on tho
main deck. rushed to the rail. threw his hat
Several passengers grabbed him and he sat
down again, In few moments he got up
again and was on top OF the rail when Edward
him down. Brann said no was out OF work and
wanted to die. He was arrested by 6peciai
Policeman Yerks and locked up at the West
Brighton station.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
PROGRAMME FOR DEWEY WEEK.

How tho Days VIII BE Spent While the
Admiral Is New York's Guest.
The programme Of the celebration Is as
follows:
- Th'Tsddy Sept. 2S, Admiral Dewey's flagship
Olympia vi arrive aud anchor of Tompk ms
vile at the head OF the North Atlantic SQUAD
ron ltctr admiral samp son will welcome him
in behalf OF the Navy Department Gen.
Merritt will probably take this occasion To
welcome bin. and the Admiral will be met by
a committee o' six from the clty's Reception
onmlttee; which wi explain to him the pro-
and tho State officials will probably 60 on the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
WOMAS's FITAL LEAP.
She Jumps From a Third Story Window
and Is Picked Up Dead.

ana is Ilcked Up Dead.
woman about "a years old. known only as
Mrs McGirr" committed suicide last night
by jumping from the thIrd-storY window OF the
furnished room house at 236 East Thirty
fourth street. She struck q cornice and the
railing in front OF the house In her fall. and
was instantly killed.
Mrs. McGirr and younger woman who said
she was Mrs McGirrs daug hter-in law. rented
n front room on tho third floor Of the house last
Friday The daughter law went away and
didn't return. Mrs. McGirr had her m calls Sc mt
up and never left the room
On Saturday she told the landlord that she
was very nervous and thought OF jumping
from tho window She also said thar her hus-
band was employed by the Hamilton Bank Note
Company. and that her eldest son. William,
worked for the same concern. Two other sons
she said. were employed in a newspaper office
and In the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing
at Washington, respectively.
The woman's body was removed to the East
Thirty NTH street police station. She left NO
effects in her room.
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The Great Long Island Sound Steamers City Of
Lowell from Pier 81. ~ r., and Plymouth from Pier
~. n. r., will participate in the Naval DsmonItrA-
ton, sept goth In honor Of Admiral Dewey and will
also make the following trips: Sept 2sth Down the
Bay and perhaps to Sandy Hook to meet Olympia;
Sept. Soth. Up River around War Ships and oppo.
site starting point OF Land Parade on Riverside
Drives Sunday. Oct LIST. Up the Hudson to War ships
and far As West Point Tickets now ready wharf
Oices aud Cooks, 261 and 1925 Broadway; latter
once open evenings, See Adysrtise mept-Ady
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
RuIxs OF ANOTHER AZTEC CITY

Reported Discovered Nonr Guadalnjarn-
ArchieOloGistS Surprised.
GuADALAJARA Mex. Sept 24-The ruins of
an Aztec city have been discovered near here.
A number OF ArchBoloGists have left to mako
explorations.
The area covered by tho ruins indicates that
the city had a population OF not less than
identity OF tho city and It's discovery has
caused much surprise.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
SAYS FURNITURE MEN BEAT HER.
Mrs. MuIler's Ante-Mortem Statement Sets
the Police to Work.

A physician notified the coroner's ONCE yes
tcrday that Mrs. Annie Muller. OF 1l6 Univer-
sity place. had been assaulted by four agents OF
an instalment furniture house. and was in
danger OF dying. Coroner BAusch took the
woman'S antS<mortem statement and turned
the case over to the police.
Mrs. Muller told Coroner Bsusch that she
bought $9S worth OF furniture In June last
moved, the furniture people lost her address
and did not call until Sept 10. when they
wished to take the furniture away. She re-
sisted. and they kicked her and beat her on the
abdomen, They did not get the furniture.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
REGIS GOING To SPAIN.
Tho Former Mayor of AlRisrs Gives Up His
Idea of DefyinK tho Government.
spseiaI Cabh DssDateA 10 THE suS

PARIS. Sept. 24.-The Figaro says that Max
Regis. the notorious Jew-baiter and former
Mayor OF Algiers. who started a riot In that
place few days ago. has sailed for Alicante.
Spain. Regis had announced that he In
police appeared during the auti-JeW riots for
which he was responsible. he ran away and
left his followers TO the mercy OF tho author
itiaa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
Save Time and Monex.

Tho New York CsntraIs Empire State EIpress la.
tween New York and Bunalo, 40 miles in Ia6 min.
ntss tWo9ent mileage ticket Ss,sol Is good %
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
SKIRMIsH IN VENEZUELA.
Big Battle with tho Rebels Expected in q
Few DayS-Gsrman Warship at La Guayra.
S,neIaI cabh DsTpatsA 10 TIE Ruv

CARACAS. Venezuela. Sept. PA band OF
EuerrlllaS In command OF Gen. Ciprlano Castro,
a similar body under Gen. Mendoza ear Mara
cay. SO miles south Invest Of this city. A great
battle between the government and rebel
forces is expected within few days.
A German warshp has arrived at La Guayra.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25

Psiandi Polandi Poiandi PoIandi
rhs pursst natural spring water known.-AdH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25
Zinc Throurh Train servioa

BStueen New York and Chicago via LAnkAwAnnA
Railroad. Coaches. Sleeping Cars all Ventilated
rSO segyice. Lowest rates. 42e BroAdwAy,-Adv.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25

Troy Brut Champagne and King william Scotch
Whisisy ". o. P,l served ON ali the boats.-LdS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25

Save Money. Boy Omoial Dewey.
Red nrss. torches and hAgs at Eordlng er- Charlton
Fireworks Co.. ls5 Franklin st.. New York.-A9v.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-25

To do the Hudson right take Day Line Steamers.
Fastest and hnsSt Popular Musie,-Ads.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-09
Cable Notes.

The Prince of Wales. who has been on a
visit TO Marienbad, returned to Eng and yes
terday
The German government has sent Prof
Won Volkens, of the University of Berlin,
to the Carolines to investigate the soil and
the flora.
1t is announced that Project Andjelic, one
of those accused of attempting to assassi-
nate King Milan, hanged himself in his
prison cell at Belgrade yesterday.
Senior Eduardo Romano. former senator
for Arequipa, was yesterday inaugUrated
as President of the republic of Peru for the
term of four years in succession to Senior
Nicolas Pierola.
Baron Won der Recke Won der Horst, the
former Prussian minister of the interior,
has been appointed governor of Westphalia.
He succeeds DR.. Studt, who has succeeded
him in the Ministry.
A dispatch TO Lloyd's. at London. from
Hammerfest, Norway, says that all the YES
sells of the Yenesei expedition are returning
to London. They were badly damaged by
the ice and unable to reach the Obi Siberia.
The Trades Union Congress in session at
Plymouth, England. has elected j. Haslam,
of the Derbyshire Miners Associs ton. and
A. Wikie. of the Shipwrights' Associati ton
of Newcastle. delegates 10 the Trades Union
Congress to be held al Detroit, Mich.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-09
INDIA's NEW DEPARTURE.
vicerOy CurEon ON the Adoption OF
the Gold Standard.

SIMLA. Sept Sat yesterdays session
OF the India Council the viceroy. Baron Cur
zon OF Kedleston. concurring in the state
ment OF Clinton Dawkins. the financial
member. who. in introducing the currency
bill. said that in the absence Of the mint
proclamation from India it had been decid-
ed 10 make gold the legal tender imme-
diately. in the conviction that no other
measure would save India from disastrous
embarrassment and fresh taxation. re-
marked that, thanks to the sagacity and
common sense of the committee, the ability
OF the chairman. the strength Of the case
for the gold standard and the remarkable
consensus of opinion. a conclusion Of the
fiercely disputed matter had been reached.
eminent had been the defense of India from
the inevitable consequences of the decline
in the value of the rupee-namely, fresh
taxation. The adoption of gold standard
would enable India to embark IN discussion
with foreign powers and enter the field on
equal terms. Since gold began 10 enter
last year 10000 pounds had arrived A
fixed value must lend stability and conf
dence TO foreign trade. He did not indulge
in chimerical dreams of the future or pre-
tend TO open an Asiatic klondike. He
firmly believed and hoped the present action
would invest the financial horoscope of In
dia with the security which IL had hitherto
lacked and which 1t was the duty OF the
government TO utilize in the interests or the
Indian people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-09
SUGAR TRUST CIRCULAR.
Revised Plsn for the Distribution and
Sale Of It's Product.

NEW YORK, Sept. S.-The American
Sugar Refining Company to-day isused a
circular headed, THE revised Plan for the
distribution of sugar. to go into operation
Monday next" 1t says, in brief:
Sugar will be billed by the American
Sugar Refining Company at the New York
Qong) list price for each State, plus the
freight to jobbers' town. same as hereto
fore. The 3-16 will be deducted from the
invoice and same will be subject TO a dis
count of / per cent for cash in seven days.
The 1 per cent. trade discount is discon-
tinued. The jobbers must sell the sugar ac-
cording to the factor plan, taking the New
York card price for each State a basis.
adding the rate of freight in the rate book,
and may deduct up 10 3-16 of cent
pound. and this will give the lowest deliv-
cred price at any point
Jobbers who handle the American Sugar
Refining Company's product with the ex-
ception of domestic beet and domestic cane
sugars) and sell them strictly according TO
their rules and terms and not below the
lowest prices. expressed above. of the
factor plan, will, at the end of sixty days.
receive from the American Sugar Refining
Company a voluntary gratuity. of one
eighth of a cent a pound on their pur-
chases All outstanding contracts are TO
conform with the above. Under the old
factor plan the jobbeTs had profit of about
$40 on every 100 barrels sold. Under the new
terms it is expected that they will gain an
extra profit of about "a on every 100 barrels.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-09
SAW GHOST AND TAINTED
SPIRIT OF MURDERED MAN APP.
FEARED To MRS. NEWMAN.
Reports from the New County Coun-
ellis Show There VIII BE n Big
Saving to Taxpayers.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RUSHVILLE. Ind, Sept. s.-James Levi
and family, living in the northeast part OF
the city on ground joining the Upper ceme-
terry, were aroused at ] o'clock this morn
ing by the screams of Mrs. John Newman.
married daughter of the Lewis, who
makes her home with her parents. The
woman's husband and father ran to her as
sistance and found her unconscious just
outside the kitchen door. After being re-
stored to consciousness Mrs. Newman said
she was in the act Of pumping a drink Of
water, when the ghost of George Palmer,
who lies buried in the graveyard short
distance away. appeared before her and
looked into her face. She called out for
help and he vanished. Mrs. Newman says
she remembered nothing more until her
family stood around her on regaining con-
seriousness. James Levi, the father, dug
the grave in which Palmer was buried.
Levi examined the grave this morning and
found 1t had not been disturbed. Palmer
was murdered here a few weeks ago. This
is the third time he is alleged to have ap-
peared to inhabitants of earth since his
demise. New interest has been aroused in
the case since Mrs. Newman's experience
of last night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-09
WILHELM SPEAKS AGAIN
SAYS THE sUREST BULwARK OF
PEACE Is THE GERMAN ARMY.
Tribute to the Grand Duke and Ouch
Corps OF His Royal Highness.

CARLSRUHE, Baden, Sept. S.-Emperor
William, addressing the burgomaster of
Carlsruhe to-day. and, expressing his salts
faction at the bearing Of the troops, said:
MANY centuries must elapse before the
theory of permanent peace attains univer
sal application. At present the surest bull
wark of peace for the German empire con-
sists in its princes and the army they lead"
After the parade banquet was given at
the castle, and the Grand Duke of Baden
proposed the Emperors health. Emperor
william in responding TO the toast, con-
graduated the grand duke upon the bril-
liant achievements of the Fourteenth
Army Corps and INDUCED in historical rem
iniscences, lamenting the absence of the
heroes who led the corps twenty years ago.
ours is the task said his Majesty. Ito
maintain the inheritance they have left us.
To-day's parade is source of pride to our
people and country and an admonition for
other lands. Those colors range themselves
around the golden banner of our empire to
protect and safeguard it. The surest cement
holding together the Fatherland is the
mutual cooperation of our princes and the
blood jointly shed on the field of battle.
May the century now drawing to close
find our young empire and our army in the
same condition as the great Emperor left
them. May the German princesses always
stand by our side like the great Empress and
her illustrious daughter. everywhere miti-
eating the suffsTings of the people with
loving hands. That will preserve the old
monarchical loyalty in the new century, in
spite of all new ideas. as an example to all
lands
Il bow in reverence before the noble and
pTincely pair who have devoted a lifetime
10 a realization of these sentiments and
who in this way, have become a model to
their country and 10 ours. l raise my glass
With sincerest wishes for the house, country
and army corps of your royal highness.
HOCbf hOCht hOChrf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-09
Indiana Notes.

Walter Ketchurn, of Daleville, wants the
body of his father exhumed and the
stomach examined. The old gentleman died
several weeks ago, aged eighty, and as a
will for 5000 is missing the son believes
that he was poisoned.
S. B. Fleming and A B. Trentman. of
Hartford City, have sold the Utility Oil
Company to Cleveland capitalists for $l4, 900.
The property includes a lease on the Ford
farm. north of Hartford City, covering 163
acres and ten producing wells.
Sam Miller. an Anderson property owner
on North jackson street, where street i'm
provements are going on, armed himself
and drove off the negro laborers who were
about to tear up his newly-laid sidewalk.
The contractors say II does not conform to
the specifications, but Miller Is determined
to protect IT.
Is an applicant for divorce from Anderson
Warner. to whom she was married thirty
four years ago. Mrs. Warner alleges that
he has had a lifelong habit of fogging her:
that he constantly wears policemans billy
Oh his wrist. hitting her on the head when
ever she comes near him.
A number of Richmond people, who have
been in Europe for several weeks, have re-
turned home Among them are DR.. and
Mrs. ]. r West, Mr.. and Mrs. George H.
Knollenberg and children. Miss Dena Steen,
Miss Bertha Cawkins and Mr. Adolph Ger
Paris at the time the mob broke into the
churches and witnessed some OF the scenes
of disorder. t,s.
Russiaviile gets its gas from the Lafayette
Natural Gas Company, which gets its sup
ply from the helcs In that vicinity. The
two Stoves and one light. and the company
has raised the rate to So The consumers
are Indignant and town meetings are being
held to devise means to fight the monopoly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-09
INTELLIGENT DOGS.
They Understood the Conversation
Going on About Them.

New YORK Evening SuH
The following story is told about an up
the-State dog who is religiously inclined
as to cause a little annoyance to the family.
church, walks into the family pew and stays
there quietly until the close of service.
when he goes home. Not long ago the ques-
ton of allowing him such freedom was dis
cussed and the conclusion reached that he
must be locked up after that. The dog was
there but he didn't say anything. However.
when the next Sunday came, ne was no.
for his breakfast and not until they went
to church did they find him. There he was,
already ensconsed in the same old place.
The sexton said that when he came to open
the church he found the dog waiting on the
steps. II would be a hopeless task TO try
to convince that family that the dog did
not understand the conversation and reason
In dog stories another perfectly true one
would seem to prove not only that the dog
in the case could understand cOnverSat ton.
but that he was not above using f1attery and
policy in an almost human manner. He had
always protested the most undying affection
for his young master until one day when he
heard conversation that said a great deal
was leaving the suburbs soon for the city.
and his dog, he thought, he'd leave. too.
Straightway that dog looked about to see
to whom he'd just as soon belong and after
having selected a man he thought would do.
he surprised him by series of the most
fattering attentions that said as plainly
could be that there was never quite so nice
a person. But to another Individual still he
was given. and then the funny part of il is
that his great fondness for the man of his
choice died out as suddenly as 1t had devel-
oped. He had no further use for him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-09
Maccabees Parade and Picnic.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY. Ind. Sept. s.-Fully
1900 visiting knights of Maccabees, with
their families. were here to-day from Mont
pelier, Bluffton, Eaton, Muncie. Marion,
Gas City and Fairmount to attend the Mac
cabees picnic. A thousand people and three
bands were in the parade. AT noon a grand
picnic dinner was spread in North Walnut
street Park. free to all. There was a bal
loon ascension, baseball game between
Hartford Tent No. So and Muncie Tent,
No. 49, and an old fiddlers contest in which
over fifty took part. The city was deco
rated, and Maj. n. S. Boynton, of Michigan,
the father of the order, who commanded
the company that captured jefferson Davis
during the rebellion, made an address. Ad-
dresses were also made by Great Command
err Milo Merrideth. OF Wabash, and Depu-
~ Great Commander Reprogle. There were
also many ladies present of the L. o. T.. NJ,
an auxiliary order.