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eigFith year
smoke a ‘Bill Arp ’ walers New Brand
SHERMfiN IS HOT,
. • A
Says War Officials Who are
to Blame
SHOULD BE HANGED.
Sherman is an Uncle of Gen,
Miles.
£ Washington, t>. C. Sept, 3.
Ex Secretary John Sherman
i« quoted us having said in a lo
cal interview : ’‘The man at the
head of the great governmental
department must hold himself ,
responsible (or the acts of his * (
subordinates. If he is not com-
petent to manage his depart
ment so as to see to it that the
C t - men under him perform their
duties properly he is aot fit for
the position.”
Mr. Sherman, commenting
upon the report that a War De
partment official has been inca
pable at times through i n toxica-j
tion, said, according to this in
terviewer: "If it is true that one
soldier has died because a respon
•ible officer was drunk, that offi
cer should be cashiered—no, he
should be—” Mr. Sherman filled
the blank with a gesture that
described the gallows.
Mr. Sherman is apparently
confident that 'w ,
is his niece’s husband, will force e
»general investigation of the u
War Department, and especially g
in regard to the management at
Siatiago. a
President McKinley does not u
want any further investigation p
of the charges made against the t
War Department by Gen Miles v
or iaaobody else before the Col- c
gressional elections. c
Threats against Miles are less g
common at the war department. *
President McKinley is probably j
responsible for the caution said •>
to havg been waiting for Gen. (
Bhafter when he landed today,
in the shape of an official tele
gram advising him not to talk
for publication about any matter
in. controversy respecting the
Santiago compaign,
Gen. Miles will probably find
a message waiting for him when
be lands at Montauk Point re
questing him not to talk on this
vital topic until lie sees President
McKinley. Gen. Miles is are
publican, and even though he
mav be considered a presidential
candidate by his- friends and
therefore in some sense a rival
both of President McKinley and
Secretary Alger, who can only
be cured of the president! 1
fever by death, he is expected
to yield to counsels.
lhe representatives in the
houso and senate have had too
many appointments in the array
to be harsh in an investigation.
MOHROCGO’S sultan ill
Pure lack Dknikd Information
•And thk Truth ib Suppressed.
Tangier, Morocco, »ept 3.—The
latest anxiety prevails among
* e Moore regarding the health of
«e reigning sultan o f Morocco
1h« gravest rumors are in cir
*®l*tioi», but, the populance is de
information, and the
1* ‘pie believe the government is
•oppressing the truth.
THE ROME HI STLERCOMMERCI AL
ROME GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING SbJCMBER. 4. |B9S.
' INHUMANITY
Charged Against SJiqbod
Hilbbard
OE THE NINTH NEW YORK
Insolence And Cowardice Two
of The Counts.
Chattanooga, Tenn , Sept.' 3.
—Dr. G. A. Baxter, of this city
has preferred charges against
Dr. Hubbird, surgeon of
the Nipth York, of conduct un
j becoming an officer and a gen
tleman. the charges growing out
of the recent incident connected
with the treatment of Sergeant
Frank, of the Ninth New York,
who was recently fatally injured
by falling under a freight car a
the Central depot
The correspondence and cer
tificates below contain facts rel
ative to the matter.
Following are the charges :
Major General J. C. Breckin
ridge, Commanding Camp
Thomas—Sir hereby charge
Samuel D. Hubbard. Major Sur
geon, Ninth New fcork Volun
teer infantry : , >
1. With conduct unbecoming
rffaV, u ift''V«i'9 , l.d.{i gentleman, in
on Aug. 23, io»o, . ,/mooga
ence of numerous persons, .
unprovoksd by me, he used in- t
solent, insulting and malevolent q
language to said G. A. Baxter ; a
and to Dr. Cooper HoHzclaw,
unprovoked by him, insulting
language concerning the conn- ?
try, people and individuals, the «
whole or any part of which was i
calculated to provoke a bleach i
of the peace ; that the above 1
snsulting language was held in
greater part over the body of an
injured soldier of the Ninth New
York Volunteer Infantry, Quar
termaster Sergeant Frank. Com
pany B, the said Frank being at
the point ot death at the time,
with one leg and one arm crush
ed by an engine, and under
profound shock ; that his lan
guage consisted of abuse,charges
of neglect and ignorance, and
1 this before he had examined the
’ patient to find out his condition
’ or had sought to give the relief
b which he accused others of with
• holding ; that his accusations
were untrue, said relief having
been offered so far as lay within
the province of modern surgeons
1 to offer under the circumstances;
1 that, in fact, so long as he re-
F mained in the yardmaster’s
1 office or until he had gone, over
3 an hour, he failed . lo take a
single step toward the relief of
e the man he accused us of neg-
lecting.
2 I accuse the said Samuel
D. Hubbard, Major Surgeon of
the Ninth New York Volunteer
Infantry, of cowardice, in the
fact that he used insolent, in
sulting and malevolent language
under cover of a squad of pro
vost guard.
3. I accuse the said Samuel
D. Hubbard, Major Surgeon of
the Ninth New York Volunteer
Infantry, of inhumanity and
contributing to the death, of a
soldier by assuming control of
said Sergeant Frank, Company
18, Ninth New York Volunteer
LACK OF PROOF
Makes Phe Ease Against Mrs.
Botkin Very
WILL HAVE TO GO FREE
umess Detectives Can Strongh- f
i on The Prosecution.
•«
San*Francisco, Cal.. 3.—
The entire fabric of evidence* Wiicb
t Chief of Police Leea, of this city
f amlDetectsve McVey, of Dover.
Del., have built up around Mrs.
Cordelia Rot kin in the attempt to
connect her with the murder ot
Mrs. Dunning and Mm. Deane,
fell to the ground when Frank G.
Gattrell and Ruymond Miller,
clerks in the Wave caudy store at
Stockton, told the police, after
haring examined the candy and
box sent to Mrs. Dunning, that
neither was bought at that store.
W. F. Kuhn, the proprietor of the
store, made a similar declaration
after having examined the exhibits
in the Chief of Police’s office.
Statements of th< bh will get at
naught probab'y all of the wo.ik
done by the police bo far as Mr's
.Batkin is conc< ined.
Sirrult neously wiffi this break,
mg down of the ca*e-comes the
discovery that the o«mdv was
pnrehaeed at the cau<|y o f
George Haas & Co., in* this jcity.
The grand jury, which started an
the can o , adjourned to meet nexi
Thursday without having token
action.
Her Letters.
Mrs. Raonf. Mrs. Botkin’s nurse
said this morning that it app,’ar
pd strange to her that Mrs, Potkin
wanted all letters in her hand w it
ing dietroyed. The nurse asserted
that Mrs. Botkin once expressed
the fear that some of her correspon
dence with Dunning would fdl in
to the hands of the police hut later
said she had no fear, as Dunning
was too smart to allow such a thing
to happen,
Detective McVey ha J an inter
view with the prisoners yesterday
and during the conversation told
her that he might have pleasure of
accompanying her across the con
tinent, whereupon she indignantly
exclaimed: ‘Time alone will fell
whether or not you will have Ihe
opportunity !”
It is said that the evidence ad
duced yesterday has made no iin
pression on the grand jury and if
no stronger case shall ne made ffit
that body will ignore the clnrge
against the woman.
Infantry,and removing him ir< in
a cot in the yardmaster’s dfice
at the Central depot in Chitta
nooga over rough pavements
and on a train to the park.
Such conduct I believe b be
prejudicial to the best interests
of the army, and not to beqii
stly borne without seekiig le
gitimate relief; and that tie in
dividual guilty thereof is unfit
for the office of honor anc trust
he holds. I, therefore, seek to
deprive him of it for th l good
of those who may hreafter
come under his control; and, if
this be not possible, to told him
up to the contempt of a decent
and law-abiding peopji. Res
pectfully submitted, G,A» Bax
. ter, M. D.
These affidavits wer substan
tiated by some affidavts of wit
r »
nesses.
IANHAM
& SONS,
SINSATIONAL W >
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