Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-01-11
SOLDIERS POISONED.
A Report Received of the Case On
the Transport Rio Janeiro.
BODIES OF DEAD SOLDIERS IN CUBA.


Washington, JAN, 9.--Commissary
General Weston has received the re-
ports of the officers in charge of the
Thirty-frst infantry while on board
the transport Rio Janeiro, upon the
alleged poisoning of the men through
spoiled meats. The report of the reg
mental surgeon, {. W. Frye, has al
ready been published, to the effect
that the poisoning resulted from
fresh and not canned meat. The
other report is from Lieut.. Col Plum
mer. He states that 250 men were
made sick on October % and % after
leaving Honolulu, bound for Manila,
and one man died. This was the re-
suit OF ptomaine poisoning from the
condition of the fresh meat eaten.
From the experience of the voyage,
Col. Plummer recommends that meat
for the use of troops be packed by
persons expert in packing fresh meats
for long voyages. Also that officers
OF the quartermaster' and commits
sary's departments be occasionally
sent on the transports to acquire eX-
perience. Gen. Weston has forwarded
the reports to Maj Baldwin, the COM
missary in charge at San Francisco,
to develop other facts relative to the
responsibility for the condition of
the meat.
Bodies Of Dead Soldier. In Cuba.
Washington, Jan. 9.-Quartermasier
General Ludington has made arrange
ments for the shipment to this coun-
try of the remains of about 100 sol
diers disinterred at Santiago last
spring and detained there until this
time on account of the sanitary pre-
cautions against the introduction of
contagious diseases. These bodies will
be taken to New York, where those
identified and claimed will be trans
ferred to relatives or friends for pri-
vate interment. The remainder will
be brought to Washington for rein
terment in the Arlington national
cemetery by the side of the other vic
tins of the Spanish war. Burial par
ties are now engaged in collecting
the remains of all other soldiers in
tered on Cuban soil, including those
who have died since the termination
of hostilities at the various military
stations. These remains will also be
brought to this country and all not
claimed viii be given honorable bur
ial at the Arlington cemetery.
The keoent Purchase of i;onds.
Washington, Jan, a. statement
prepared at the treasury department
shows that the bonds purchased I'M
der the offer of the secretary OF No-
vember Is, 1899, amounted to S1p,-
300,6j0, as follows: Four per cent,
consols of 1907 coupons, Sl,02a,700;
registered, $l3,2si65O; five per cent,
loan of 1904 coupons, S991,e 200; regis
tered $1,000, 100. The interest antic-
ipated amounted to S97,71j, and the
premium paid S2,3135o2, making
total expenditure of S21,77l,S61.
B,g Demand for Small Notes.
Washington, Jan. 9.-united States
Treasurer Roberts, said yesterday
that the demand for small notes still
continues beyond all precedent and
has resulted in reducing the supply
on hand to a point where an increase
was absolutely necessary. To meet
this increased demand the bureau of
and printing began yester-
day to print 100000 additional in
new fves and tens, and this increase
will be kept up as long as the needs
Of the country require it.
Augmentation for the BubOplc Plague.
Washington, Jan. 9.--ln view of the
existence of the bubonic plague in
the orient and in South America, Sur
geon General Wyman has requested
$25, 900 additional for quarantine SER
vice, TO be appropriated as an urgency