The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-24

the highest respect, Your obedient scrvssnt,
Alex, SwettentaIn, Governor.
Orders Supply Ship Not 70 Come.
When Rear Admiral Davis was called.
at the headquarters house to bid fare
We'll to Governor swettenham, he3
formed the governors aide he would
wait no longer and requested him to
tell the governor that In consequence
of his attitude In not desiring Anleri-
can aid he had countermanded Presi-
dent Roosevelt's order, dispatchinE the
supply ship Celtic, laden with beef, for
the relief Of Kingston.
Governor Swettenha1n. arriving at that
moment. there was a brief private
meeting n h governor escorted
Rear Admiral Davis to his carriage,
Solicitations We're exchanged and the
governor replying to Read Admiral
Davis regret that. he was unable to
do more for Kingston, said:
All the more to your honor" adding
a deep bow, evidently in reply to ADJ
miral Davis reference to his depart
ure and meaning he would do the same
II in the admiral's place.
In Urgent Need of Aid.
Rear Admiral Davis told the Asso-
ciated Press he deeply regretted the
WINGED h a the governor was unequal,
to the task OF relieving d~istress-that
was evident from the fact that
the American field hospital had tended
many sick and wounded and others
We're constantly arriving. having been
unable to gain admission to the Cow
eminent hospital.
The American hospital was estab-
Hshed in Winchester park, the Q
erty Of the Jesuits, Thursday, under
the American flag and in charge OF
Police Surgeon Ames n Surgeon Nor
ton, of the battleship Missouri. and aid
ed by h sister of charitys.
The hospital received more than ATTY
sufferers, including persons with frac-
tured bones and skulls, cases OF blood
poison, which had resulted from neg
lect of wounds, etc.
Opposed American Hospital
Governor Swettenham and the local
medical men were greatly opposed to
the American hospital, insisting that
there was no necessity for it, as alI the
already had been attended to.
Surgeon Ames said the local medical
men Were very ready to accept medical
supplies, but wished no American In
reference with the wounded. Conse-
quently there was much suffering
which the American officers in the
name Of humanity. We're anxious to
relieve.
A party of American sailors worked
at repairing the hospital building to
The last moment, when they hauled
down their flag, the Jesuits taking
charge, n returned to their ships, the
Yankton sailing at 1 o'clock, followed
by the battleships ct 4 o'clock.
Indignant at Governors Course.
Governor S-wettenham's attitude
toward the friendly American off,
GERS assistance is greatly deplored by
many of the residents OF Kingston,
some OF them even suggesting that the
governor be petttioned to resign. His
action is construed by some as in
spired by resentment of President
Roosevelt's attitude toward Jamaican
negroes on the Panama canal. Others
ridicule the governors objection to the
landing of American sailors, armed or
not armed. The insecurity Of the city
Is evidenced by the attempt last Fri
day night by six negroes to waylay a
midshipman from the Missouri. who
drew his revolver and put his assail.
ants to flight.
Sity Ripe for PestiIence.
The streets Of the burned district
still reeked with the stnechr of decay
ing bodies. The burned ruins are IL
Illuminated only by the baleful glow of
the corpse fires lining the roadways.
Today many bodies were recovered
through the aid of vultures, which
perch in flocks on the ruins beneath
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as they are uncovered the bodies are
thrown or the funeral pyres and slow
ly consumed.
The total number Of known dead is
about $50, and it is believed there are
at least $50 persons who have not been
accounted for.
Food is coming into the city from
the country districts, out a famine is
greatly feared.
Distressing Conditions in Camps.
The filthy conditions of the camps on
the parade grounds and ace course,
where thousands of persons are hud-
died under improvised tents rooted over
n sheathed with palm leaves, causes
grave apprehension Of an outbreak of
typhoid fever.
At present there is a most urgert
need for tents for several thousand pei
sons. but the government is not sup
piled with these and is not making en-
deavors to obtain them.
Rain is now threatening and If 1t
should come it will involve untold suf-
freing on the homeless thousands.
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