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<WHH IS IT? S \ "Th ''/fw “'lron Q C ‘hen ... e/Jo ' 1 down • i Juflt follow thalflqnau £?,■ p ron and you will \ • X have it and X Jr the money C too. f J The Weekly Constttu- \ X tion 1r only $1 per year. Q C Send In your word with f J your subscription. Be x X sure to spell your word X / exactly right, so the J J Judges may award the C \ prize properly. / VOL. XXXI. NO. 36. 11,199,994 THE FIGURES OF THE CROP OF 1897-98. CONSTITUTION'S GREAT CONTEST DECIDED 8¥ OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT $2500 Goes to D. P. McLaurin of Sooth Carolina, Other Prizes Go to Teros, Mass. South Carolina ansi Georgia, HE COTTON Crop Contest on the total crop for the commercial rear ISO7-0S is det ideJ. Ihe cash pi lt > I ' awa i( tto $4 )83 . 35 out of a possible SSO >.O . Mr. D. P. McLaurin, of Clio, S. C., secures | *2500.00 in one lump sum. Here is quite a comfortable amount paid toan agent who on March 31st, sent to us two subscribers Mr. Wm. Spears and Mi. Mill McColl. Ihe subscribers took an estimate eaco ana the agent took an estimate for himself for each subscriber he sent, as the rules alloxx. Mr. McLaurin missed it bad y on one <mess, but he came within three bales of the exact crop on the other. 1 Ins letter was received by 1 ~L. CONSTHIiTION iftei March 31st, the time for the first division of the contest to close, bur by a special oilei made 1 ir issue of March 28th, this first division was ext led to April 4th. So by this spot il extension of time the first prize is paid in full, 32500.0° go ( M faith and in good monex. The second prize is div ided in half by two contestants who hit an equal distance on each side of tne collect frmre Mr Baldwin M Woods, of lort Worth, Texas, sent a club of live on July 29th. He skipped about consid erably on four of his estimates, but his other came within four of the exact number. Mrs. C. J. Quinn, ot I istol, Ga. took onlv the one guess w ith her order dated August 29111. Mrs. Quinn was a visitor to Atlanta during Ile ( ,as one of th< veterans of the war. Her visit to THE CONSTITUTION at that tune is remem- bered here with pie sure and her check tor $ 375.00 will doubtless bi vc\ acceptal !<-. , . . to three parts, two of them participating in a $lO 0.00 prize, and the othei third tal<- inv its 1 art in a S 500.00 prize. Mr. Robert Boyd, of Rowell, \rk., in his order of March 29th, used one for the first ; estimate ai 1 nine for the email n five fg ires, fl s was his only shot at it and was worth <73334 M F H Hankinson, of Beech Island, S. C.Jiad two guesses, about one million apart, but one ot them . . . | tl th rd ol Siooo.oo. Mr. D. W. 'rlu . the (iriffm, (.a., agent, who ha in all tl prize tsof IHE C< )NS Till TION f 1 |i t, in with his June gu< .in the same figure’s as the last two above. The difference in the date on whs h his estimate wis hied cuts his pi ize to just half that receive Iby the others. One third of $500.00 com to him on 1 of June 29th. Arnone six of I HE CONSTITUTION’S subscribers and w irkers the sum of .$4083.65 has been divided as shown -. the report of the committee of award. The < it ,t has been carried out to the very letter. It was closed on August 51st, and the result is now announced at the earliest possible moment. Ihe figures ot the crop •■ it ou-lit to i\ a valuable lesson to all fa n s. ()ne purpose of f t size in a wav that would be remembered, the severely disastrous results of a one- op idea nd to ind 1 5 yto a con Ito [ 1 r and extra effort into <of- ten as a monev cr< n, should cotton be the most acceptable crop to the market within the farmer's reach. . • * • • , ; i- sands -. contestants. We turn now to thi S ptembt r Missing Word to hunt it down, ■ poll it right, and get the money. Ihe prize may not reach $4000.00 ; s this has done, but it can be made to do so if every subscriber and agent will go into it pi erl'z and t:w mu’ : :•••> it should be done. Only .1 very few have entered that contest in the lir-l three < n Contest I v have not is yet spelli d the word 1 sed yet. We are waiting to hear from you; then we know it will be hit if you spell it right. Try your hand on it. REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF AWARD. Atlanta, Ga., September 3, 1898. HON. W. A. HEMPHILL, Busin -ss Manager Constitution. SlJ?: 'I lie Committee appointed from the stockholders of Constitution Publishing Company to decide the Cotton Crop Cont \ugust 31st, b( j. < >ted of 11,199,994 bales as shown b; retary H. G. Hes- e and certified by Messrs Latham, ' ler & Co. f New York, whose lettei accompanies this report and is made part hereof. , - , • m w 11 m < ' No one made a < *rr* ct estimate of the crop as shown by the records of estimates in the Weekly Depait ment, all of which we have caretullv examined. . 5. file prizes are awarded to the nearest to the correct estimate, according to the dates upon which tne es timates reached Lhe Constitution, as follows: FIRST AWARD xi-wuurse: D. P. McLAURIN, Clio, S. C. Estimate 11,199.99752500.00 Received April 1, 1898. First Prize, Ist Division of Contest. SEC ON D AWA R D TIE BETWEEN TWO CONTESTANTS. 1. B. M. WOODS, BOX 991, FT. WORTH, TEX. Estimate 11,199,990 $375.00 Received August i, 1898. %of Second Prize $750.00, 4th Division of Contest. 2 MRS. C. J* QUINN, PISTOL, GA. Estimate 11,199.998 $375.00 Received August 31, 1898. of Second Prize $750.00, 4th Division of Contest. THIRD AWARD T|E BETWEEN three contestants. 1 ROBERT BOYD, ROWELL, ARK. Estimate 11,199,999 $333.34 Received March 29, 1898. of Third Prize SIOOO Ist Division of Contest. 2. MRS. F. H. HANKINSON, BEACH ISLAND, S. C. Estimate 11,199,999 $333.34 Received March 31, 1898. of Third Prize SIOOO, Ist Division of Contest. 3. D. W. PERDUE, GRIFFIN, GA. Estimate 11,199.999 VIZ ■ $160.67 Received June 29, 1898. 1/3 of ihird Prize $500.00, 3d Division of Contest. T0TAL54083.35 In awarding the prizes vve were guided both by the time when the estimate was tiled and by the position it held in reference to the correct estimate according to the published terms. All of which is respectfully submitted. R. A. HEMPHILL, W. J. CAMPBELL, HENRY W. GRADY'. Certificate of Latham, Alexander & Co. LATHAM, ALEXANDER & CO., 16 & 18 Wall Street- Bankers & Cotton Commission Merchants. NEW YORK, September, 2, 1898. W. A. HEMPHILL. Business Manager, “Atlanta Constitution'’, Atlanta, Ga. )ear you ent pt ni i tl having offered large cash premiums for the nearest estimates of the total cotton crop of the United States fnrtheve ir 1807-08 ending A t list, to be awarded in accordance with figures submitted by our tirm, vye beg to advise you that the total crop was Eleven Million, One Hundred and Ninety-nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety-iour (11,199,994) bales, and upon th ' s * G. Hester. Secy., New Orleans, and the figures will be used by us as correct and published as cdtkial in our annual book of Cotton Statistics, to be issued in ALEXANDER & CO. Per Jno. C. Latham. The Atlanta Constitution. ATLANTA, G A., MONDAY, HPTEMBER 5, 18!>8. BOYNTON TBIIKS OF CHICK.'.|9SUGA Shows the Doath i te Has Been Small Since T; is Arrived at Fort ..'1 mas. HE MAKES ( SHOWING Commander Sends a .1 ■mgt.hy Paper to the Department E illy Covering the Situa vt. Washington, Au; i> t ieer<' .rv Alio-r today received the i>- '<> ot V r. -ral 11. V. Boynton, upon the :’a affair.A In the . ,i. , . The r< dated August 2hh. Tho general > iy> t' hhs :. • • ri■ t ■ <n t wore to report t.io >n :■ I; ' tor of illness, num: ■'■ vnl or ’ 'o per patient, the ;uh <p a l . >i y of attendants and '.vh> ' <h,. nu n -al : i- cers have v ■ ■ ly and with intelli;: l an. o. m-1 ■■ i .>y recommend ition in ’ ■ si if -'ill > ccrned. says : - v ■ ■ I all tim hospitals ?; the <*;. ra.i . .a. ; '.v'r: ■ notice of bls pii.rpo.se. S ...» > >n. iv "Believing the <V v. L. of this .-.imp to afford an exv st t ind.ird l>. whi<-. to n iro. 11 hospital service, a 1 i report was •; of all de.: ths lu th < io.p arid in its ::. s pftals sine its < .bl' inont. the middle of April last. 'I .e i -111 ; ".vs a to! 11 death ol 1 ■ ’ '' ■ ' - month, when the I i\ up o'.' th eamp began. 1:> t sv< en ' • •'■ ' . iuelud reg- ulars and volunti t.y villv 7... have been jn eai.i ■ <'hlekain.i ug . park. The re'aud of buria’s '.t '.he na tional comet. r.y lows a total of 1-° volu:. ‘ • 'l l two : tl! it soldiers. Os th.- 1 ;■ i’ th . was killed by falling ‘ - Tho report t >lo ; .•! . 1.- '!>" two permanent hospital . I r ei-l ■ ai>'a"g. an*, stale u ’ 'n.-rs the exact aTi'omr ■ , ■ I■, , ■ In. ■ ■ 1 large summer ' to ■■■ . - I, receiving th- wot '. i ■ ron. th" camp. I'.a.'h p liw: > :atit room, woven wire and 1. r s and Z un- d;int bed clothin; •• "ti .. per fect, plumbing e- •’ mil J } - thing facilities ample. ■ <■ ■ ■. .Ma jor "Carter lias secured a herd of cows and has arr ngena : w ; i 'p us. Bring them without expense to the government. lie has sutlle -it in. ney from !' ■ li->- =.t.i! fund to buy whatever is wanted in t:i • way of milk, .1 othei <1 I! • been at this hospital full supple s of lee, milk, commissary stores an.I d- 11.-aci* .s. such as the sick ought to have, ..nJ the fund has enabled han to buy all that has boon needed in tho way of canned and pot ted goods, soups, elam juice, -.'.go, malt' d m.lk, eggs, koumiss, jollies, preserve. . r*- - ishes, ginger, oil, apollinari.s and claret. The entire hospital is furntshe.l with di.- tilled water and th' ice used is made Iro n distil'i-d water. Hospital Sewerage Excillenr. The S' werag.. or the lu. pl'al is excellent, and contrary to persistent as. . r.ions, non’ of the sewerage i-as ever drained into th* < liickaniaug.i river or approached It al any point. .'la.i-r Carter his t corps of doctors whic.i It*" reg >r*ls ani’fy *u.tie.. a. to care for all t *■ ;■ i: :iiin :he li*>< >;t il, and report s t hem -r, .■ ■ j : .i . tlCi-mt in th" p* rformam e of th* ir duties. Taking up tie S ri*. erg hospital, in charge of Major Goft'en. Get.- tal Boynton shows that it Is one of the most complete tield 1? . j i:.iever a. according to vet erans of the last war. Zsll the tenls ar l -' i io. ly Hoofed, and present only 1 >ur men ar*' in a tent, and in addition to the tents, '.'aero are nine 1; rm- board pavilions. Every tent and par.lion h is wov* n wire mattress's, i .*n I. d "ads ai’al Lair mat tree es. Th- ti arc sp c i *lr t cooks Jive cold storage rooms for delicacies, s para.c rerrigi'iutic s fur each row of teats an.l eve ry proper measure ol sanitation is observed wi h respect to the sink . J'urth ■■:, tli* r■- port says; "The n noje place is most . nr* fully poll t' d dally, and th ■ whol. 11 jiitnent, within . vitho and it® tents, is m the most perfect order. “Since tht bllstiinent of this hospital ev< ■ -' ng a ked : pi.es of < very kind h i b. * n promptly fur nished. Sixteen to twenty-four barrels of distilled water ar, pi : hi .s.-d daily, and pi ilents get nothing but detailed water tn drink. From three to tiv* tons of ice ar* used daily. Thr* ■■ hundi.-d gallons of milk are punch.ise*l daily, and l.’,*> gallons fur nished by the Red <'ro-s Sm'lety. “All motley iiceessan for the purchase of d of al suitable to the tick has be at fut ti.s' ind by order of G*m * ral Sternberg Soon after the hospital was established, be :«•!• egr.ipJh* d as follows to the surgeon in eh.irim: "'Do not fail to p ■ ar* everything nec essary for th*' comfort of the sick. A; ply to nt" for xi'litional female nursi'S and for money to buy dt lieacle s wh< n requit td.’ ■■ \ o.i r< till Inquiry developed he fact t!i*it al! va ■i ' i ot inedicai tppli u - qttired or asked for were furnisiieil both from Washington .'ind medical headquar ters at tli. camp with the greatest pr.'inpt- Crematocy Used Daily. It Is stated. In addition, that all the hos pital refuse is burnt in a cretn itory, and according to Major Gri’hn. all hut 1.000 ] a tlents, now sick in the entire camp, could be safely moved now. The diseases are more of a typhoid-malaria eharm'ter than tj phold fever strictly, th' death rate being very low. only about S per cent of tho worst eases. 'Plie first division fieL.l hospital in charge of .Major Drake is floored with planed lumber, ami it is as clean as Is possible, bainir scrubbed with carbolic acid and treated with bichloride of mercury every other day. All the patients are on cots, and never have been on the ground for any length of time. None of the pa tients’ allowance per man for delicacies has been used, as it was not needed. Officers Not Heartless. “So far from believing, as a result of my observations, that m*''l «'al ollb *rs have 1,1-m heartless or neiXbrnnl. 1 believe that these .oilicers ami th*' hospital attendants as a Whole, have exert'd themselves to dis charge their duties faithfully. It would seem as if t tis were .-iitliciently shown by the fact, that they haw worked unceasing ly until a quarter of the whole force lias itself b on stricken l>> disease resulting from their exhausting labors. SEHH COfiDEMNS GflfSP WYKOFF Assistant Surgeon General of the United States Army Warns the Government. PREDICTS BIG DEATH BATE Says Germs of Typhoid Eevar Cannot Be Killed Because .Montauk Lacks Proper Drainage. New York. August 30,-Ten soldiers dl.-d at Camp Wikoff today. They were: CHRLES E. CHAPIN. Second M tssa elm.":'.:. *ll 4 1“ an isolated tent, dl.tg n‘l JlEl’i 1 "iSl'-EELER, Eighth infantry. "i rpHY, Z".l cavalry, acute ■uraemia. . i X KNOWN SOLDIER, acute uramela. WILLIAM H. NEWCOJIB, Twenty-Hrst i*. 1111 r v ivl>.l *>i *1 if f * ver. 'jnllN th TL' >1 PHARD, Eighth Ohio, pi rnieious ma .. r i ■ , EARL IM MlZl'Eit. Eighth Ohio, typhoid ''VICTOR E. JOHN, Third Infantry, dys'.ntery. I'i* .1 in tho detention hospital: W. E. MARSHALL. First. Illinois. sport Ilerlln: PRIVATE WALDRON, company A, First Illinois, typhoid fever. 'll,, frac, ports li'-rli i. San Marcos and Specialist arriv'd at Camp Wikoff today. <• i lying soldiers from Cuba, and landed tb'-rn. 'J’he I!. Ilin has .‘■X6 men of the First Illinois infantry. Cf whom 160 were sick. Ger,. : il Bates and staff were also on the Berlin. Tl e San Marcos had *'A~ men on board, ii'i. it-four of wnorn were sick. The Specialist carried Ils artillerymen, ' nly two of them being sick. Camp Wikoff is to be investigated. Wheeler Orders Investigation. General A’l or lered < leneraJ Adclb rt Aines, cihief of staff of General Kent’s siaff, to conduct an Investigation. ll e is :.lv*>i almost autocratic powers. Gen eral W f ■■■ ler lias ordered him to get at the bottom i'“ -11 the things which 'have been cornpla''led of. The subjects General Ames is to luw '.irate are: Why Is th" general condition of the camp so poo: way do conditions that prevail *x- , ‘ s; j* u *.ii, ’bl ■; why troop- -.•*« sent to t'he camp before it was ready to r< - c- vc them; why, since there was but one railroad leading into the camp, boats were not u 1 to ' y men and provis ions from N* w York city, why neeip.-d nurses w* re not ordered, or if they were ordered, why they were not distributed; tviiy tli* hosi'itals are crowded; why trans ports were allowed to lie in the harbor without supplies and relief being sent, out to them? There is dissatisfaction In tfhe camp ot the Rotigii Riders, 'L'h'.-y are not satlstied witn Lie terms of their muster out. They wanted to 1* ■ treated as ar" the rem.'dn*l*T , , th volunt. ers. The rt gulars, oftlet i s and men, are also dissatisfied and want to be sent back to garrison posts and sta tions at once. * . Pi McKh y 1 an:; *n:~.y awaited. An effort will be made to g' t t v president to s-met.on changes wliicii . Ven Secretary Alger was not asked to make. Dr. Senn thinks that within it month ev ery person iffering from typhoid fev r i . into th ■ imp will htv e recovered o- i-ave died, and by file I me the eondi u'ons b Jin to’ look as if : •> y had Improved, there v. ill come the period "1' greatest dan r Tai; precautions taken an- almost useless, a. cording "* Dr. Senn. He says: "in justice to ti"' camp, 1 want to say tn limos, none of the s ckuess tmong the a;* to tl‘" pf's-u' time ami none . , ~ . . • . " 'l I . I , e past. si. km ss *.-■ been alm >st •nl re ly l.nilted i■’ fevers contracted m d(»utL lb’* Ueath rate would hav<‘ been n u<’ » more Lilin now haU tile nu n rennr.n- H, ‘ l ’rhe change of climate lessened the es- .[ S of ■he fevers and impr<n ed the < on -iiiion <>f the rm n. iV a eoinsequence, lhe ou’v <iekm ss which uan be attributed to Hus camp is dysentery or lessor troubles, which may have been caused by the. change ot diet or water. , ‘- ; o far none of the fever lias been Indig enous to the camp, but if the men remain t'e v will certainly l>e attack*.l with ty | f e ver. This will be due to the germs which they will get hi the water. For a time tills camp will be a healthy one, but p. ;1 f. *.v weeks tho typhoid fever germs from lhe sinks an.l cess pools, now scat- Sl , thickly ibant, will permeate tho , *r:li and *■ ititanu cite th" water supply. "To inak’' this place healthy we should h'lV" a ,;ystein of drainage which wool.l , irrv aw iv all these germs, but to build , u <t ]{ would <_•< t t 1.11 ge sum, owing to th., extent of the camp.’ Government Will Hear from. Him. Dr Senn was ask'd if ho had brought his views to the attention of tho surgeon general at Washington. “1 have not <1 me so in regard to Camp Wikoff,’’ slid he. "My protests in regard *o other camps have passed unheeded. In r-g.ird to Camp W ikoff 1 have written an eml ody ing all my ii< ws, which will b*' printed in a. medical journal. The artl , I js over my . na: tire and will be re ported to th.- authorities at Washington, 1 cm sure , “Then I will be asked about and will em phasize my opinions. I wan-L you to re iterate tli.it unless tlhis camp is cleared ou within ;X we* ks it will lx- the wo.-t inf. el.-.1 pin." in t'he United States. The , b, ■ rmeated with typhoid fever ,n,| an epidemic will follow. It will be V..1,. than it has be'en at any time in ' '|i t ., that camp. I want to say t > ri i i u tn* .1 th.- Washington authorities I,',.for*' !!.■ ~.:.1i‘-rs w. r. sent there of tho danger which would re ult from massing ere. I told t bent t'hat tta w-iier snim'■■ v *.-' itu itfliei'-nt. There were rot ent 1 the use of river w.t-’-’ w uld result in typhoid fever. My w. nt mill'. -1 'L result was .’h,,\n ‘ wh. /i I no- in I’nrto Rleo with w'mt 1 t*> -‘Vthitas Lid as Chicka mauga was this pi.ice will soon be tar worse. , “Within tin* w. *k. all the dis, is. e*>n tr.K’lvil in Cub.i will be .\l'»r th.it th* re will be no siekte -s in this , amp ex cept what is imli ■ to i l>ut the death rat" will be vast It gi''a t. r :hui it is now. rDhc* m»'u with sidtiu >s wiH <lu> from the typhoid fever which will inevit ably follow. “Unless this camp is broken up within six w"-ks 1 predict that it v ill be instead of a. ‘recuperation eamp. a 'horror * inip.’ worthy to rank with tile infamous pest holes of the civil war.” GENERAL JHIIiES SCORES IRE WAR DEPARTMENT Kansas City, Mo., August 29.—The Star this afternoon prints a three-column exclusive dispatch from Mr. J. D. Whelplcy, its special correspondent, who La.s just returned from Porto Rico, bearing upon the Miles-Alger controversy. Mr. Whelpley takes occasion to deny the statement that his recently published In terview in Porto Rico with General Miles, wherein the latter was quoted as cast ing reflections upon the war department, was not genuine, and In support of the statements already made by it. The Star prints inter'-. :ir.g telegrams that pass ed between the war department and Genorals Mlles and Shafter on the points at issue. “Doubt Is expressed by some,’’ says Mr. Whelplcy, “as to whether General Mlles ever said these things 1 credit him with. Others biggest he may have said them in confidence which was betrayeil. I fv- ' confident,'' continues the correspondent, "General Mlles will stand by the Interview rof-rred to. "My talk with him was not conflden tial. I went to Idm as a newspaper re porter, for the avowed and express purpose of securing an Interview. There was no reservation from publication in the conversation. Thfs Is proved by his re fusal to answer some questions which he would have answ.-r I had this not been so. There was no hint of confidence. “Ln this instance, however, no question of veracity need arise. General Mil*-s, even If he so deslretL could not conceal the proof of all tie sttld. ft is written in the records of the war department and it onlv needs a clearing away of in consequent matter to tell the story clearly and tn full.” The Star’s article says: “That General Miles was In command of the entire army when In Washington is, of course, evident. That he did not resign this supreme command when ho went to Tampa, and that ft was he who was treating with the Cubans for co operation in Cuba Is shown by the numerous telegrams exchanged with General Garcia. The war department, recognized Mlles as chief when h" was tn Tampa, for June 12th a telegram was rent to him from Washington which begins: ’Fol lowing extract of telegram from Admiral Sampson to secretary of navy Is re | pvated for youtf information,’ etc. Hiles Was Always in Full Command. "When General Shafter went to Cuba and General Milos returned to Wash ington the latter did not resign his control of tho situation, but, on the contrary, i Rept In as close touch as possible by wire with the movements of Shafter’s command. “on the Fourth of July General Shafter sent tho following dispatch to Wash- I Jngton, addressed to the adjutant general: “ ‘Headquarters Fifth Army Corps, in camp near Santiago de Cuba, July 4. There seems to be no reasonable doubt but that General Faudo succeeded In en tering Santiago last night with hi "j I*-s puts a different aspect rs, i :!1 - - ; i- tain ourselves, it would be at the cost of very consi<l*"':ible figl.il:* and lo: " 'General Lawton reports that General Garcia, who was t > b ck the entrance of pan io, lnf< rmed him at 10 o’clock last night that Band© had passed in on C< bra ; road. Lawton says h< cannot compel Genera G place lh!s men in any position where they will have to fight, and that if we j Intend to reduce Santiago, we will have to depend alone upon our own troops, . and that we will require twice the number we now have. “ 'I sent a message to Admir:*.l Sampson, asking If be proposed entering ,ho har bor, ■ as to give us bls assistance. i since the d'-structlrm of the Spanish fleet, but docs n*t htmscif tl. nk the flrot should - try t> go into the harbor of Santiago. This, under t e circumstances, is not I very encouraging. ' ‘Havt 1 . exp< ctlng pa. and Dut nd brl ' from Camp Alger, but only a small number of recruits have appeared so far. It we have to go to try and reduce the town, now that the fleet is destroyed, which was stated to be the chief object of the expedition, there must be no delay In get ting a. large body of troops h* re. “ 'The, town is in a terrible condition as to food and people are starving, as i stated by foreign consuls thfs morning, but the troops can fight and have a large quantity of rice, but no other supplies. There will be nothing done here until tho Bth, and I suppose I can put them off a little longer to enable the people to got out. Country here Is destitute of food or growing crops except n:angoee. “ ‘Men are In good spirits, though it is hard to tell how long tho latt*". - will continue. “ ‘I am sorry to say I am no better, and In addition to my weakness, cannot be out on account of a slight attack of gout, but hope to bo better soon, i.ieu- I tenant Miley had an interview with consuls this morning and his report, will bo 1 telegraphed immediately. I do not send this In cipher, as time is precious. “ 'Si I \FTER, Major General.* Miles’s Reasons for Going to Cuba. "It was this situation which determined G.-nei-il Mlles to go to Cuba. Tbe ! day he sailed with re-enforcements, July 7th, he sent tho following *ll spat* I: ‘torn Washington: “ ‘General Shatter, Santiago—Take every precaution against surprise and look out that the enemy does not turn yot:r right flank and * me. !n ou the lit of ■ your communi.’aliens. Re-enforcements are belli ; sent. .rd as rapidly as pos- * Bible, but you will have to bo the judge of I ntll i re-enforcements . tn reach you, MILE■- *1 General * "General Miles sailed for Cuba. On July llt.h, at noon, h<- reported Lis .- .ii’o ar rival to the war ilepartm'-nt. and at once at-stimod * * arg.* : ?*i:ii.. : ■ t'. .<;■ - t ary *>f war. All of the subs'-qm nt business of the surr-rul'-r w, -ti ' i 'is hands, as shown by the fact that ;he war department commuT- .1 ■ .th . a di rect not mentioning General Shaft ir's name In tin ' '■ lowlt ! is an example: ‘Washington, D. C., July 13, 1898. Major General M I rend, r by granting parole to otlie-rs nd men, th- oflieers ri s s :li Ir r* I arms. The offi ers and men. after parole, will be i-crmltted to r<-:urn A- 11 »' ; tUnited s' If not acc ! assault would fail. Consult with Sampson and pur.-uv such course «... to tli. as sault as you jointly agree upon. Matters should b-.- settled promptly. ” 'R. A. AIXSEIR, Secretary of War.' "This dlspa ’ Shafter was entirely ignored In the faco of this a General Corbin, sent a dlspa ■ ' Milee did not < om< to Cuba t< I oral Miles refers to as ‘sei ret.’ for ho says 'he did not know it had been -a-nt. not ; being notified from Washii tor nd Gcner; M i thorized Shafter to appoint peaco commit >ners, re- port th it all wa *■■ he Insti ted him as to “July 15th, General Shafter wired General Mlles that the surrender v.as rot as i complete as was thought, and said: “ ‘Please do not go away with the re-enforcements, as I may yet n I ‘ *em ’ “Milos promptly reported by wire from Balquirl that the ht* 1 r com plete.' and th*' Spaniards ‘must surrender. "On July 16th Shafter wired Mlles that surrender was finally complete, and General -Mlles replied tlhrough Adjutant General tlllmoro a> fod'ow "‘The commanding general is very much gi to h ler la complete He directs th it you teh gr iph ai of if dltlon of your command daily.’ “General Miles then reported the condition of affairs to tho secretary war, with whom he had been In conferen’C. In ono of his tei.-grams to Ali.e Alger says: . , “ ‘As soon as Santiago falls the troops must all be put In camp is emi. 'rt.ib.e Continued on Second Page. i MILES INFORMS WAR DEPARTMENT OF HIS DEPARTURE FOR WASHINGTON Washington. September 1.-Tho war department makes public the following | dispatch from General Mlles: “Ponce, September 1, 1898.— Secretary of war, Washington. Twelve thousand 1 troops will be left In Porto Rico, and nearly 4,600 infantry, cat Iry a::*l artillery i sail for New York. Those troops sail on tho Obdam, Concho, Chester, Alamo, Mississippi and Manitoba. “The division Is under command of Major General M .'.s.m, with Brigadier Generals Schwan, Haines and Garretson. All these oflieers have tak -n part In different engagements and are entitled to much creilit, and 1 bespeak tot th- :n i consideration on their return home. The cavalry and artillery leave most J of tlheir horses and all of their field transportation In Porto Rico. 1 sail on Ob- [ dam today. MILES, Major General, Commanding.’’ < The Senfence ) f roil TAB I y September Contest J X 1R r f “The whole equndron y J then Bet out to hunt * C down ’ ” J 1 r Fill in the word and y 1 sen<l IV right in with your C HUbHcrlptlon. P Only fl.oo per year for k y The Weekly Constitu- / C tion. The mining word X costs you nothing and y idaj' pay you a good C round sum. f PRICE FIVE CENTS