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Established 1850. - Incorporated 1888. I
J. H. ESTILU President. (
MISS WINNIE DAVIS DEAD.
DEATH ends her long illness at
NAH RAGAN SETT PIER.
A Relapse In Her Condition Toole
Place Saturday Night and She ;
Gradually Grew Weaker Cntll
Yesterday at Noon Whc*n Lite
Spent Itself—Her Improved Con
dition Previous to Her Relapse
Had Increased Hope of Her Recov
ery Mrs. Davis a Constant Watch
er at Her Daughter's Bedside, and
I* Now Bowed With Sorrow, Hut
Showing Great Fortitude.
Narragansett Pier, R. 1., Sept. 18.—Miss
Winnie Davis, daughter ot Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, died at noon to-day at the Rock- |
Ingham Hotel, to which place she came
as a guest in the early part of the pier's
social season.
She had been ill for several weeks, and
a fortnight ago her ailment was diagnosed
as malaria gastritis.
At times her condition became very se
rious, so that consultations of physicians
were deemed necessary, but frequent ral
lies gave renewed hope that she would ul
timately recover.
During the past week especially was her
condition considered favorable, and it was
thought that her removal from the hotel
would be possible in a few days, as the
hotel had closed for the season, leaving
the patient and attendants practically
alone in the house.
Last night, however, a relapse in Miss
Davis’ condition was noticed, and through
out the night she lost strength percepti
bly. This morning the physician said
that the end was not far off, and at noon
death came to end the suffering, which
ui times had been intense.
Mrs. Davis had watched unremittingly
at her daughter’s bedside, and she is now
bowed with sorrow. Mrs. Davis is hold
ing up with great calmness In her afflic
tion, and no fears are at present enter
tained of her health yielding to the
strain.
Winnie Davis, the “Daughter of the
Confederacy,"“was born in the Confeder
ate executive mansion at Richmond, Va.,
in 1863. She was educated principally at
home, owing to the trouble surrounding
her father and the publicity which at
tended all movements of the Davis family.
Miss Davis attained her .maturity at
Beauvoir, Miss. Here she assisted her
mother in various ways and took her
p ace in the many social functions of the
place. She was her father’s constant com
panion.
She assisted him in all his work and
much of the information which was re
quired by Mr. Davis in his writings was
secured for him by his daughter. Her
strong character was marked from youth.
She was engaged to marry a Mr. Wil
kerson of Syracuse, N. Y„ but shortly af
ter her father’s death the engagement was
broken off. While no public explanation
of the rupture was given out, It is well
known that it was for the purpose of
maintaining her father’s name.
She received the name “Daughter of the
Confederacy” In 1886, when her father
made his famous trip through the South.
Mr. Davis being unable to appear, Miss
Winnie was brought before the thousands
ai the different points along the route and
introduced as the Daughter of the Con
federacy.
HER LAST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC,
She YY’ns n Guest of Honor at the
Confederate Reunion at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 18.—Miss Winnie
Davis appeared in public for the last time,
it is believed, in this city, July 21. The
occasion was the parade of ex-Confeder
ates, who held their annual reunion in At
lanta.
Miss Davis was a guest of honor and oc
cupied a carriage with Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson and Miss Caro Lewis Gordon, a
daughter of Gen. Gordon.
The procession started under an auspic
ious sky, but before proceeding a heavy
storm came up and the rain, which fell
in torrents, drenched the occupants of the
carriages In line before the tops could be
placed.
DAUGHTER OP TIIE CONFEDERACY,
Jefferson Davis Christened His Child
AY title Passing; Through Mncon.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 18.—The files of the
T> legraph show that it was here in May,
ISS6, that Jefferson Davis christened Miss
Winnie the “Daughter of the Confeder
a He was passing through here with
Mrs. Davis, Miss Winnie and Miss Howell
Cobb on their way to Athens. Walking
out on the platform and putting his arms
around .Miss Winnie the Confederate chief
lain said to the thousands of people: “This
1: ’ niy daughter, the child of the Confed
eracy. She was born the last year of the
" :ir , aa d she exults in the fact that she
bus born in the Southern Confederacy.”
gen. held declines.
He Will Not Accept Appointment on
A\nr Inquiry Committee.
Dedham, Mass., Sept. 18.—Gen Stephen
-'T Meld, who was offered a position on
th* war investigating commission by Pres-
McKinley, has decided not to accept
It. ,
I have nothing to say about the Trcs
" t a request for nap to go on the cotn
except that I have decided not to
1 ! 1 It. My business affairs prevent my
' B the necessary time to devote to
“ h of the commission."
>" n d this (ten. Weld did not wish to
cist, uss the subject.
Dentil of Lewis L. Hnnpt.
Du "raster, Pa., Sept. 18.-Lewis L.
t u.pt president of the North American
- e Assurance Company of Philadelphia,
'"’ting agent of the House of Re-
Vj 1 in ,his clty ,ast HiKht. He
. year * old. During the civil war
na A associated with his brother. Brig.
V W rrnan Haupt. engineer in charge
VidowV 0 / i* Army ° r lhe Potomac. A
w and five children survive.
IJ r. Elenterio lietaureot Dead.
t;,', a f r ,’ s ; ®’*Pt. 18.—Dr. Elenterio Betancest,
e t-üban delegate in Paris, is dead.
fp)j t Jltoniitg ffcjtogi
PORTO RICAN EVACUATION.
Americana Expect to See Old Glory
Hoisted Within Three AVeeks.
San Juan, Porto Rico. Sept. 18.—The
preparations for the embarkation of tire
Spanish troops are reported to be com
plete, although the American commission
ers have not been officially advised to
that effect.
Two ships of the Compania Transatlan
tique are expected to arrive here on Sept.
26. Five vessels will be required to trans
port all the troops with their luggage, and
the field artillery and equipments. The
Porto Rican troops are to be landed near
Cadiz.
The United States commissioners have
agreed that such troops as desire to re
main here may do so, and practically ail
the volunteers and some of the regulars
whose families and interests are here will
remain. If the necessary ships were here
the island w'ould be evacuated and for
mally In our possession within three days.
The American commissioners are highly
gratified with the spirit shown by the
Spaniards. The unexpected has happened.
While it was thought postponement and
delay would be encountered, none has oc
curred. In good faith the Spanish com
missioners have met the Americans, and
arranged with them the terms of evacua
tion. Our commissioners expect to see the
American flag hoisted, and the Spanish
flag hauled down forever within three
weeks.
SPANISH COMMISSIONERS.
Official Gazette Publishes the An
nouncement of Appointments.
Madrid, Sept. 18.—The Official Gazette
publishes the announcement of the ap
pointment of Senor Montero Rios, presi
dent of the Senate; Senor Arbarzuza, Se
nor Garnlga, Gens. Cerero and Senor Vil
laurrutia as the Spanish peace commis
sioners. Senors Dußorc and Aranguan,
formerly secretaries to the Spanish lega
tion at "Washington, have been trans
ferred from St. Petersburg to Vienna.
SPAIN’S POLICY DECIDED UPON.
Spanish Commission AVIII Fight to
Rejnln the Philippines.
London, Sept. 19.—The Daily Mail’s Mad
rid correspondent says a long conference
was held between Senor Sagasta, the
premier, and Senor Montero Rtos, the
president of the Spanish peace commis
sion, to-day, which resulted in the deci
sion that the peace commission shall
strenuously defend the retention of the
Philippine Islands by Spain.
BODY BACK AT BRIDGEPORT.
Police Finally Get Possession of the
Dismembered Remains Again.
Middleboro, Mass., Sept. 18.—After much
telegraphing and telephoning, a member
of the Bridgeport police to-day gained pos
session of the woman's dismembered body
found in Yellow Mill pond and brought
here by Frank W. Perkins, who had mis
takenly identified it as that of his daughter
Grace.
The body was taken to Bridgeport to
night. Miss Perkins appears very much
unconcerned regarding the whole affair
and looks on it all as more of a Joke than
anything else.
WAS NOT GRACE THOMAS.
t
Mrs. Thomas Learns That Her
Daughter Is Well at Stamford.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 18.—Mrs. John R.
Thomas of Warrior Run, this county, re
ceived a dispatch from the chief of police
at Stamford, Conn., this afternoon, that
her daughter, Grace, was alive and well in
that city. This was a great relief to Mrs.
Thomas, who had been led to believe from
the description furnished that the woman
found murdered in a pond at Bridgeport,
Conn., was her daughter.
THE SULTAN COMPLIES.
He Grants Every Demand of the
British Ultimatum.
Candta, Island of Crete, Sept. 18.—The
Sultan has ordered Djevad Pasha, the
military commander In Crete, to accede
to the demand of the British admiral,
Noel, for disarmament, thus complying
with the whole ultimatum of the admiral.
The British military detachment to-day
occupied the entrance to the fort, and
it i3 rumored that the Ottoman troops
will be withdrawn and a British force will
occupy the town.
Among the prisoners already handed
over to Admiral Noel are two who are
credited with being Lie ringleaders in the
attack on the British camp.
FEELING MORE PACIFIC.
Prance Declares Maj. Marcliand's
Expedition Unite Inofficial.
London, Sent. 19.—From Cairo and from
an entirely independent source, the Daily
Mall learns that France has assumed a
conciliatory attitude toward Great Britain,
and has declared that the expedition of
Maj. Marchand is quite unofficial.
The sirdar will offer to take Maj. March
and to Cairo, and It Is probable that the
major will accept and that Fashoda will
be occupied by Egyptian troops.
FOREIGN COUNCIL KILLED.
Chevalier M. Proskowitx Falls From
a Train at Fort Wayne.
Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 18.—Chevalier
M. Proskowitz, acting chief consul of Aus
tria-Hungary at Chicago, lost hfs life In
Fort Wayne to-night while en route to
New York. He stumbled headlong from
a train and was ground under the wheels,
both legs being crushed.
He was taken to St. Joseph Hospital and
died an hour later. He was a member of
a distinguished Hungarian family.
Admiral Montejo Suspended.
Madrid, Sept. 11—The supreme council of
war has decided to suspend Admiral Mon
tejo and Maj. Sostoa, director of the Cadiz
arsenal.
Police Captain Meakim Dead.
New York, Sept. IS.— Police Captain Wil
liam Meakin died to-night of cancer’ cf
the stomach. ,
SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY. SEPTEMBEIt 19. 189S.
FIGHT IN DREYFUS’ BEHALF.
GEN. ZURLINDEN FORMERLY' IN FA
VOR OF THE REVISION.
Story Published In Parts That the
Change in His Opinion Is Dne to
the Feelings of the Subordinates
In the YY’nr Office—Premier Brisson
Had a Tough Fight Against the
Minister of YYnr, Minister of Pub
lic Works and President Enure— V
Report That a Y'essel Has Gone to
Devil’s Island to Bring Dreyfus to
Paris.
Paris, Sept. 18.—The difficulties attend
ant upon securing a revision of the Drey
fus proceedings may be gauged from the
story now published that Gen. Zurlinden
practically offered himself by advocating
a revision of the case, and that his
change of opinion is due to the strong feel
ing which he afterwards found among his
subordinates at the war office.
According to newspaper accounts, which
are undoubtedly correct, Premier Brisson
only got his way at Saturday’s cabinet
council, though supported by eight of his
colleagues, after a tough fight against
Gen. Zurlinden and M. Tillaye, the min
ister of public works, who were warmly
supported for three hours by President
Faure himself.
The decision of the committee appoint
ed to consider the matter of the revision
will be in no way binding upon the cabinet
which will still have to decide the actual
question of revision.
It is reported, however, that a vessel
has already started for the Isle du Diable
in readiness to bring Dreyfus to Paris,
and M. Brisson and Gen. Chanolne are de
termined that nobody, however high his
position, will be sheltered.
Stirring events are regarded as Impend
ing.
Gen. Zurlinden Is credited with the belief
that there Is a Piequart mystery and it
is believed that he fully intended that Pic
quart should be prosecuted.
According to Col. Picquart’s wrtt’en
statement to the minister of justice, four
secret documents were submitted to the
court martial held in 1894 behind the backs
of Dreyfus and his counsel.
It Is reported that the government has
selected Beaubais, capital of the depart
ment of Oise, as the most suitable town
in which to hold a rehearing of the case.
GUARDING THE ARMY’S INTEREST.
Gen. Chanolne Will Resign In Case It
Is Attacked.
Paris, Sept. 18.—Le Soir says that Gen.
Chanolne, the newly appointed war min
ister, told friends that he regarded him
self as a sentinel relieving another charg
ed with watching over the army’s rights,
and intimated that as he was appointed
after the first cabinet council of Saturday,
he was not responsible for the decision
reached at the council.
He declared that should he see any at
tempt under pretext of a revision of the
Dreyfus proceedings to engage in maneu
vers against the army, he would imme
diately resign.
A majority of Paris papers approve of
the cabinet’s decision, which is looked
upon as the first definite step taken to
ward revision.
A few unimportant street demonstra
tions occurred last night.
DREYFUS WANTED REVENGE.
David Christie Murray Publishes a
Story - Regarding the Affair.
London, Sept. 19.—David Christie Mur
ray publishes to-day a long story regard
ing the Dreyfus affair.
The author vouches for the truth of the
story, but declares that he cannot dis
close the source from which he obtained
his information.
The article states in effect that Dreyfus
was engaged as a spy in the employ of a
secret department of the French army
against those suspected traffleing with
Germany and other Powers.
His zeal, so the story goes, led him to
become the victim of revenge on the part
of Col. Henry, Comte Esterhazy and Col.
du Paty do Clam, who themselves were
concerned in treasonable practices.
SAVANNAH IIOY KILLED.
Pilvate Gibbons' Body on n Hnllrond
Track at Knoxville.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 18.—-A Savannah
boy. Private Joe Gibbons of Company K,
First Georgia Regiment, was killed this
morning by a train on the Knoxville and
Ohio Railroad.
Gibbons' body was found by the side of
the track. The left arm was cut off, and
the head was badly bruised.
Foul play Is feared, as Gibbons enjoyed
the reputation of being a temperate man
and good soldier.
His sister has been advised of his death.
She is in Philadelphia, and the remains
are being held for Instructions from her.
CHARGES AGAINST SERGT. JOHNSON
Cnpts. Miller and Shelley Prefer
Them nt Santiago.
Santiago, Cuba, Sept. 18, 12:30 p. m.—
Y'esterday charges were preferred by Capt.
Miller of the Second Immune Regiment
and Capt. Shelley of the Fifth lmmunes
against Sergt. Josh W. Johnson of the
Third Regiment for alleged maligning and
libeling the officers and soldiers of their
respective regiments in an article publish
ed in the Atlanta Constitution on Aug. 2.
Two Death* at Sternberg Hospital.
Chlckamauga National Park, Sept. 18.—
There were two deaths at Sternberg hos
pital within the twenty-four hours from
noon to-day. There were no deaths at
Letter hospital.
S’e Hope for Mr. Ilnynrd’* Recovery.
Dedham, Mass.. Sept. IB.e-The condition
of Thomas F. Bayard to-day was about
the same as yesterday. The attending
i physicians give no hope of recovery.
SORROW UNITES FATHERLAND.
Emperor Eloquently Evprc**e* Hl*
Thank* for III* Peoples’ Sympathy.
Vienna, Sept. 18.—A rescript of the Em
peror to Count von Thun Hohenstein,
president of the Austrian council of minis
ters, was published to-day, expressing in
eloquent and pathetic language the Em
peror’s thanks for the expressions of na
tional sympathy with him in his great
bereavement.
In the course of the rescript, tils majesty
says: “The murdering hand, the Instru
ment of frenzied fanaticism aiming at the
destruction of existing social order, which
was raised against the noblest of women
in blind and purposeless hate, struck a
heart which knew no hate and beat only
for good.
“Amid the unmeasured griefs by which
I and my house are stricken, and In the
presence of the unheard of deed which
has sent a shudder through the whole civ
ilized world, the voice of ’my beloved peo
ple first brings balm to my heart in affect
ing unison with the resound of universal
lamentation for our immeasurable loss,
like a faithful echo of all that moves my
own soul.
“From my deeply sorrowing heart I
thank all lor this new pledge of devoted
sympathy. If the festive peals which
should have greeted this year must remain
dumb there yet remains to me the mem
ory of innumerable proofs of loyalty and
deep sympathy, the most precious gift
which could have been bestowed upon me.
“Our common grief weaves anew and
intimate bond between the throne and the
fatherland.”
Another Imperial rescript founds anew
order, and medals of St. Elizabeth, in
memory of the deceased, will be conferred
upon women and girls meriting distinction
in the various avocations of life or in spe
cial religious, humanitarian and philan
tropic works.
The Emperor Is Invested with the sole
right of conferring the order, which com
prises three grades, with a grand cross for
the first, and second class bearing an en
ameled picture of St. Elizabeth of Thu
ringia.
The first recipent of the order was
Countess Szapary, who has received an
autograph letter from the Emperor con
ferring upon her the grand cross of the
order in recognition of her devoted servi
ces to the dead Empress in her last hours.
ASSASSIN’S CHIEFS IN NEW YORK.
Lurcheni’* Hnml Came to Till* Conn
try Two Y'enr* Ago.
London, Sept. 19.—The Dally Tele
graph’s Bt. Petersburg currespondent says
he has ascertained that I.uccheni, the as
sassin of the Austrian Empress, belong
ed to a gang of anarchists who went from
Europe to the United States two years
ago, and who had for their object the as
sassination of crowned heads.
The correspondent says It is also known
that chiefs of the band are still In New;
York.
Proposes International Action.
Rome, Sept. 18.—The government has pro
posed to the powers that international ac
tion be taken against anarchists.
ALGER’S SOUTHERN TRIP.
He r* Now En Rente to Lexington
From Detroit.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 18.—After a week’s
vacation at his home, Secretary Alger left
to-night on his inspection tour of South
ern camps and hospitals. He was accom
panied by his aide, Maj. Hopkins.
Col. Gardiner of the Thirty-first Michi
gan will Join the secretary on Wednesday
at Lexington and go with him to inspect
his regiment at Knoxville.
The camps to be Inspected are at Fort
Thomas, Lexington, Knoxville, Chlcka
mauga, Anniston, Ala., probably Hunts
ville, Jacksonville and Charleston.
Secretary Alger expects to reach Wash
ington a week from next Wednesday.
At Cincinnati the secretary will be join
ed by Surgeon General George M. Stern
berg and Quartermaster General M. P.
Ludington, who will accompany him on
his trip of Inspection.
VESUVIUS’ ERUPTION MENACING.
Stream* of Lava Are Snrending In
Every Direction.
Naples, Sept. 18.—A state of gloomy ap
prehension prevails among the population
regarding the eruption of Vesuvius, which
is hourly becoming more active and men
acing. Streams of lava are spreading In
every direction. The most threatening of
these flows through the Vedrino valley,
which Is almost filled.
The observatory, which originally stood
at a hlgiu of 610 metres, Is now only 27
metres above the sea level, owing to the
sinking of the ground.
Seven new craters have formed around
the central one, anti this has not tended to
diminish the fears formerly felt, which
were based upon the eruption of stones and
scoriae similar to that which occurred in
1872.
PRISONERS AT SANTIAGO.
Gen. Lawton Report* Only Eight Siek
Spaniard* Now There.
Washington, Sept. 13.—Gen. Lawton re
ports to the war department to-night that
all but eight Spanish prisoners have been
shipped from Santiago to Spain.
Following is the text of Gen. Lawton’s
dispatch: “All Spanish prisoners have
been shipped, except eight; one at Bara.
coa, seven at Guantanamo; sick yellow
fever.”
Guard* Arrive nt Yokohama.
Yokohama, Sept. 18.—Advices from Seoul
cay that nine Americans, nine .British, five
Germans, five Frenchmen and two Rus
sians, who xvore engaged at Shanghai as
imperial guards, have arrived there.
Still From Sait Francisco.
San Francisco, Sept. 18.—The United
States steamship Bennington sailed for
Honolulu to-day, and the transport Con
dor, loaded with supplies for the United
States forces, sailed for Manila.
Four American* Die at Ponce,
Washington, Sept. 18.—In dispatches to
the war department to-night, Maj. Gen.
Brooke reports four deaths among the
American troops at Ponce, Porto Rico.
CHAT FROM CUBA’S CAPITAL
HUMORS OF GEN. WADE’S ILLNESS
ABSOLUTELY DENIED.
American Cnmnii**loncr* to Take
Quarter* nt Trocha Hotel—S|>nnt*l>
Coin in l*nlnn consider* Form of
Evacuation, Y\ lilcli May Not He
Completed Ilefore February—Offi
cial Statement Place* lOIMHMi
Troop* in the Inland—A Play Plc
tnrlng Drayfu* a* a Victim of Con
spiracy Incites Frenchmen to Dis
order, and They Land In Jail.
Blanco Prohibits the Future Pro
duction of the Play.
Havana, Sept. 18, evening.—Rumors that
have been put in circulation to the effect
that Gen. Wade, president of the Ameri
can Evacuation Commission, Is ill with
yellow fever, may be denied absolutely.
Gen. Wade la looking the picture of
health. He breakfasted this morning with
his staff at the Louvre restaurant.
To-morrow the commissioners and thetr
entire stuffs will remove to the Trocha
Hotel, at Vedado, which has been put in
excellent sanitary condition. The general
health aboard the steamer Resolute is
good.
An official meeting of the Spanish Com
mission of Evacuation was held last night
to consider the form of evacuation by the
Spanish troops, and with the object of ac
quainting the American commission with
the exact number and positions of the
Spanish soldiers and the best method of
embarking them.
This afternoon there were sent on board
the Resolute sealed documents supposed
to contain a statement of the results of
last night’s conference. It Is understood
that It Is proposed to start the evacuation
from east to west, embarking the troops
at the ports of Glbara, Nuevitas, Cienfue
gos and Havana.
The official statement of the number of
Spanish soldiers in the island Is said
place the aggregate at 100,000, and It Is
understood that It Is proposed that the
men shall carry with them thetr arms,
ammunition, material and equipments.
It is estimated that the end of February
will have come before the evacuation of
the Island is completed, as the soldiers
must embark tn Spanish vessels. It Is
suggested that this will ire an advantage
to both countries, the United States hav
ing an opportunity to acclimatize Its men
during the winter months, as It Is pro
posed that the American government shall
land troops to occupy each post simulta
neously with its evacuation, not leaving
any post unguarded at any time.
At the Tacon theater last night there
was produced a play based upon the, Drey
fua trial, in which Dreyfus was portrayed
throughout as an Innocent victim of con
spiracy in the French army. From the
start the sympathy of the audience for
Dreyfus was plainly manifested. Four
Frenchmen, one of whom Is supposed to
have been an officer of the French gun
boat Fulton, now lying in the harher,
occupied a box in the first tier. All cf
them carried boatswain’s whistles and at
the first Insinuation against the honesty
of the trial they began to blow the whis
tles and to loudly hiss the players. A
scene of Indescribable tumult followed,
the entire audience rising in defense of
Dreyfus.
The Frenchmen were forcibly ejected
and the performance was continued with
out further Interruption. One of the
Frenchmen, who was thought to be an
officer of the Fulton, refused to give his
name at the station house to which the
party was taken after being ejected from
the theater, and was locked up over night.
Gen. Blanco has prohibited the future
production of the play In Havana.
A difference of opinion between Cubans
and Spanish officers in a prominent cafe
here this morning resulted In an exchange
of abusive language and a free fight. The
disturbance was promptly quelled by the
police, and the ring leaders were arrested.
The disqrder Is said to have been provok
ed by the Cubans.
This afternoon a secret meeting of the
officers of the Spanish warships now in
port was held at the admiral’s palace. The
object of the meeting Is supposed to have
been the consideration of the question of
returning to Spain—which vessels and
what portion of the armament should be
taken and which left.
MASONS ARRIVE AT CINCINNATI.
Supreme Connell, Thirty-Second De
gree, to Convene To-morrow.
Cincinnati, Sept. 18.—There were many
arrivals to-day for the biennial session of
the supreme council of Thirty-second De
gree Scottish Rite Masons of the Northern
Jurisdiction of the United States. Al
though the supreme council does not con
vene till Tuesday, the visitors were well
entertained by local Masohs to-day, and
the entertainment committee has an elab
orate programme for to-morrow, as well
as for other days of the week.
On Wednesday and Thursday the Thir
ty-third, or honorary degree, will be con
ferred.
SICKNESS INCREASING.
Gen. Lnvrton’* Health Bulletin of the
Condition* nt Santiago.
Washington, Sept. 18.—Slcknesa among
the troops of Gen. Lawton’s command at
Santiago is increasing. Nearly one-sixth
of the force is now on the sick list, al
though the number of deaths is not great.
Gen. Lawton’s bulletin of the health
condition of the American forces at San
tiago received at the war department to
night is as follows: Sept. 18.—Sick, 1,222;
fever. 841; new cases, 92; returned to duty,
304. The deaths Sept. 16 and 16 number
seven.
Scaling Award* Paid.
Victoria, British Columbia, Sept. IS.—
Word was received from Ottawa to-day
that checks had lieen issued to the indi
vidual beneficiaries under tho sealing
award. The total amount Is'l4oo,lßß’dam
ages and 8172,968 Interest,
Cutter Grant nt Seattle.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 18.—The revenue
cutter Grant, which went up into Alas
kan waters In a fruitless search for a
Spanish privateer, has arrived here from
Sitka.
A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
Committee of Flftrcn to Investigate
1 1 n Establishment.
Winona, Minn., Sept. 18.—Prof. Charles
ile Garomo of Cornell University, the re
tiring president of the National Council
of Education, to-day announced the com
mittee of fifteen authorized at the meet
ing of the council in Washington on July
7, "to Investigate the whole subject of the
establishment of a national university,
and to report to the council at its next
meeting."
President William R. Harper of the Uni
versity of Chicago is named as chairman
of the committee; President William A.
Alderman of the University of North Car
olina, l)r. Murray of Washington, agent
of the Peabody and Slater funds, and
President William L. Wilson of the Wash
ington and Lee University are among the
members.
The project for a national university has
been so vigorously pushed of late that the
council thought the time had come for an
authoritative investigation of the subject
and the presentation to the country of a
report that would lie Influential in shap
ing public and legislative opinion. The
committee Is a very s;tong one and thor
oughly representative, both as to the vari
ous educational Interests of the country
and of the several sections. It Is not ap
pointed to Indorse or oppose any particu
lar plan for a national university, and
will take up the subject In a thoroughly
unbiased and scientific manner.
The meetings of the committee will prob.
ably be held In Washington.
DEATH OF CAPT. CAPKON.
He Was n Floridian anil Fought Be
for Santiago.
■Washington, Sept. 18.—Capt. Allyn Cap
ron, First Artillery, died at his home near
Fort Myer, Va,, to-day.
Capt. Capron was one of the best-known
officers In the regular army. He had de
voted himself particularly to the artillery
brunch of the service, having been an hon
or graduate of the artillery school in 1873,
and was regarded as an authority on ar
tillery tactics.
When Gen. Shatter’s corps went to San
tiago. Capt. Capron accompanied It, and
his battery did notably fine work in the
battle of Santiago. During the first day’s
fight before the city Capt. Capron's son,
Capt. Allyn K. Capron, of the Rough
Riders, was killed. The death of his son
prayed upon the father’s mind, but he
never swerved for an Instant from his
duty during the terrible days that follow
ed.
The seeds of disease were sown In his
system during the Cuban campaign and
he relumed to his home In Fort Meyer,
only to be stricken down with typhoid
fever. His death oogjjjrgd about li o’clock
to-day."
Capt. Capron was born In Florida and
entered the military academy as a cadet
in 18ii3. After graduation, he was made
a second lieutenant of the First Artillery
on June 17, ISO 7, and was an officer of that
regiment until his death. He was com
missioned os captain Dec. 4. 1888.
It Is probable that Capt. Capron will be
buried In Arlington National cemetery,
but no definite arrangements for his fu
neral have yet been made.
BKFOHT WAS UNTRUE.
Humor That Georgians Attacked Ne
groes Without Foundation.
Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 18.
—A sensational report was circulated last
night and this morning charging the First
Georgia Regiment with having made an
attack upon the North Carolina negro reg
iment. An official Investigation to-day re
sulted In the finding that no attack was
made and no one was killed, nor Injured,
as reported.
The foundation for the report was the
fact that several drunken soldiers who
chanced to pass near the North Carolina
camp yesterday afternoon fired their pis
tols, and the negroes believed this to be u
challenge for a fight.
THE MICHIGAN AT NEW YORK.
She Arrives With Twenty-Nine Pas
sengers In Good Condition.
New York, Sept. 18.—The United States
transport Michigan arrived this morning
from Santiago, from which port she sail
ed on Sept. 11. The Michigan brought
twenty-nine passengers, among whom Is
Capt. E. Primlles of the Cuban army. All
were well on board anil the transport was
In good sanitary condition. She anchored
off Liberty Island, awaiting Instructions
from the quartermaster's department.
The United States transport Chester ar
rived this morning from Montauk.
The United Stales steamer Iris arrived
thin morning and anchored off Tomtiklns
vllle.
A TRACK OUTLAWED.
League Representative* Rlnek-Ilst n
Denver lllcycle Track,
Denver, Cos., Sept. 18.—W. I. Doty, the
Western representative of tho League of
American Wheeletncn, aneunced to-night
that all persons in any way connected
with the race meeting held here to-iluy
wiil lie suspended from the privileges of
the league, and that the track owned by
Messrs. Harris and Bauman, where the
races were held, will'be outlawed.
Mr. Doty is determined to enforce the
rules of the league against Sunday racing.
PREPARING FOR MR. ALGER.
He Will Inspect Cnmp Poland on
Wednesday.
Knoxville, Tenn.; Sept. 18.—Orders were
issued to-night directing tho regiment to
prepare Its camp for an Inspection next
Wednesday, by Secretary of War Alger,
wo will be here at that time. He will
come from the Lexington, Ky., camp.
Comiranles H, D and L. of the First
Georgia, fast night tendered a banquet to
the corresponding companies of the Thirty
first Michigan Regiment.
Cession of Delngoa Hay.
Berlin, Sept. 18.—The Vossich© Zeltung
declares liiat under the Anglo-German
agreement Delagoa Bay was ceded to
Great Britain commercially and not politi
cally.
Will Ilreuk Caini> Wednesday.
Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 18.—The Second
Georgia Regiment will break camp Wed
nesday morning. It will parade In At
\ lanta.
I DAILY, *lO A YEAR.
•J S CENTS A COPY,
t WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK tl A TEAM
MISSISSIPPI’S YELLOW FEVER.
TWO SUFFERERS IN THE JUMPER
FAMILY AT OXFORD.
A Suspect Ncnr Raymond. Where tkfl
Fever Wns Epidemic I*nst Year.
All Suspects Released nt Jackson,
and Manley Slinyvs Symp
toms of Rlaek Vomit —Many Refn
geca Leaving Jackson—lnspector
Gant Declares There Is No Fever
nt Water Valley—Mississippi Board
of Health Still Maintains th
Strictest tluaruntlne Against Jew
Orleans,
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 18.—A telegram wan
received to-day from Inspector Gant at
Oxford as follows; "Have decided there
are two east’s in the Jumper family hens.
Can you send someone to take charge?
Wire me at Water Valley.”
Inspector Haralson has been ordered to
Oxford to take charge. Inspector Dunn
goes to Wlnoqa.
Dr. Price of Raymond reports that ho
has a patient four miles southwest of that
oity who Is suspiciously ill. Dr. Purnell
will leave on a special engine to-morrow
morning to diagnose the case. The pa
tient lives about a mile from the county
farm, where there -were eight cases of yel
low fever during the epidemlo last year.
The Investigation of the suspicious case*
In Jackson continues and all suspects so
far have been discharged. The patient,
Manley, is resting easy to-night, but show*
symptoms of black vomit. Each north
bound train from the city carries a coach
load of refugees.
The Evening News has suspended publi
cation.
Dr. Murray declares that there Is no
yellow fever at Ponotoe.
Inspector Gant Investlgatd Water Val
ley to-day and wires that there is no fe
ver In the place and that the person who
originally reported It should be prosecut
ed. *
No report has been received from Or
wood, Taylor’s station, or Waterford .o
ilay. The Infection In Lafayette county
has about run Its course and most of tho
patients are convalescent.
Surgeon Carter of the marine hospital
service asks the board of health to per
mit Mlsslsslppians who have been in New
Orleans only a few days to return to tho
state without restriction provided they
have not been In any infected pert of iho
city. The board refused to grant the re
quest. The general situation throughout
Mississippi seems reassuring.
NEW ORLEANS’ PATIENT.
Authorities Unable to Trace tho
Source of Infection.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 18.—The one
case of yellow fever reported here was
Mallory Kennedy, a son of Dr. T. 8. Ken
nedy, a grandson ot Secretary Mallory of
the Confederate navy, and a nephew of
Senator Mallory, who recently returned
from Virginia.
The source of Infection cannot be traced.
Drs. Murray and Carter of the marine
hospital service, telegraphed to the board*
ot health of adjoining states asking that
citizens of those states who have, only
been in the city a few days be allowed to
return home as a sanitary measure.
SICKNESS AT CAMP MEADE.
Chief Siirsrenn Girard Having P
tli-nta Removed lo City Hospital.
Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa., Sept. 18.
—Fifteen typhoid fever cases were shipped
from the Second division hospital this
evening to the Charity Hospital, Norris
town, in a special car. The patients were
from the Two Hundred and First and Two
Hundred and Second New York, Fourth
Missouri, First Rhode Island and Second
West Virginia regiments.
Chief Surgeon Girard believes the sick
do better In city hospitals than In tent*
and has arranged to ship more away to
morrow to hospitals In Pittsburg and Phil
adelphia. There are 175 patients in th*
general hospitals suffering from fever and
rheumatism, and they will be taken away
as rapidly as they can be moved.
Corpl. Samuel Crager, Company H, Sec
ond Tennessee, died qf congestive chills at
the regimental dispensary, after a brief
Illness.
Detailed reports have been received by
Col. Girard from the various regimental
surgeons on the health of their regiments.
They report very few malarial cases, and
In the regiments where this malady has
been greatest, it Is on the decrease. Most
of the cases of typhoid and malaria have
been brought here from the camps In’the
South and Camp Black, New York. The
oomp has become so widely scattered that
the scores of army teams have been forced
to work eighteen hours a day. The tong
hours are telling on the health of the
teamsters, and Cid. Howard has asked the
war department for seventy-five additional
teams. He was advised to-day that fifteen
four-mule teams and ten 2-horse team*
would be forwarded Immediately.
OMAHA’S EXPOSITION.
A Sham Hnltle ly Indian* to Taka
Place NVednesilay.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 18.—The total attend
ance at the exposition last week was 110,.
943. Rain reduced the average. The grand
total is now nearly a million and a half.
A notable event of this week is booked
for Tuesday, when fifteen or more United
State* senators will pay an official visit
in accordance with a Senate resolution. A
banquet will be tendered the distinguished
guests. ,
On Wednesday a sham battle between
500 Indians In paint and feathers, com
manded by Geronlmo, the Apache chief,
will be a feature. This okl warrior re
ceived an ovation upon hi* appearance
yesterday.
Two Killed In a Fall.
Chamonix, Sept. 18.—An Englishman
named Blnns and a guide, who accompa
nied him. while making the descent of the
Aiguille do Charmose, fell, and both were
killed.
Ordered to Georgia.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 18.—The war
department to-day ordered Battery D,
First Artillery, stationed here to Georgia,