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TO RETURN SEPT. 9

District Volunteers Leave CampWikoff Next Thursday.

ALMOSTUM1M0DSWISH TO GO HOME

Will Go by Boat From Montaukto Jersey City.

THE DOCTOR GIVES WAY

'MONTAUK, N. Y.,August, 31, 1898.

To the Evening Star,Washington, D. C.:

The general condition of the regi¬ment is more satisfactory than Ithought it would be at this time.Slight recurrences of malarial feverare obstacles to the return ofstrength, and when we add to feverthe weakness and a considerable per¬centage of homesickness, it is not

surprising that many of the men

appear discouraged. As soon as pos¬sible I propose to satisfy myself as to

the true condition of affairs, and will,I confidently believe, be able to an¬

nounce the day when we shall beready to leave Camp Wikoff forWashington.

GEO. H. HARRIES.

Special From * Staff Correspondent.CAMP WIKOFF, Montauk Point, N. T..

September 1..The 1st District of ColumbiaRegiment will leave here one week fromtoday and will be in Washington FridayHoming, September 11, at !) o'clock.This plan was decided upon this morning.

The relief committees visited Colonel Har¬ries at the detention camp this morning.The committees represented that althoughthe health conditions at the camp are allthat can be desired, the boys are so anx¬

ious to get home that they would be great¬ly benefited if allowed to have their way.The desire for home is practically unani¬

mous. Yesterday afternoon the men of the>1 and 3d Battalions were drawn up in lineand Major O'Brien asked all men whowanted to leave for home as soon as pos¬sible to step forward two paces. Everyor.e stepi»ed to t'ne front, officers and alLThe sentiment for home is equally strongin the 1st Battalion. Dr. Johnson, thoughstill believing Camp Wikoff is the best placefor the health of the men, has given wayto the strong sentiment among them tobe home, and says homesickness may dothem more harm than the sea air will dothem good. He Joined In the recommen¬dation that they may go home.The plan is for the regiment to leave

hero Thursday. September 8, at 10 o'clock,going aboard a sound steamer at Montauk.They will go down Long Island sound toJtrsey City, where they will be served a

supper in the depot and go on board sleep¬ing cars. They will have a breakfast ofoysters, to be provided by the relief com¬mittees, In Philadelphia Friday morning,and at 9 o'clock they will be due In Wash¬ington.The announcement that the regiment

*.'ould go home at the end of one week wasWelcome news throughout the camp. TheIiien were too weak to show great enthusi-esm over anything. Their good feelingwas added to by the announcement thatthey w.»uld be paid off next Monday orTuesday.Capt. Sidney R. Jacobs, Company M, will

join his company hire. He was taken illIn Tampa, and the company was there¬after under the command of Lieut. Shaw inCuba. Lieut. Shaw will not be Tiltevedfrom his present duty, and Capt. Jacobswill probably be made acting quartermas¬ter of the regiment.

It is expected the relief committees willlcavi here this evening. One member rep¬resenting the committees will probably re¬main here to act in case of any emergency.

KERN'.DISTRICT MEN I\ BOSTON.

Improvement In Tlifflne Confined Intlie iloxpitaU.

Special Plsnatch to T^:e Kventnic Stsr.BOSTON, Mass., September 1..There is

no great change in the condition of theDistrict >>f Columbia soldiers who are con¬fined in the local hospitals.Tb..mas H. Herbert and Wliliam T. Nel¬

son are still on the dangerous list at theCity Hospital. Herbert is improving to aslight degree, while the condition of NelsonIs also thought to be a little better. Butboth of these men are still very 111, andevery effi>rt is b»mg made to save theirlives. Upward B. WaJdron, Charles T. Da-v.son. Joseph R Draney. Ferdinand Kim¬ball and Isaac Singleton still continue atthe City Hospital. They are improving, butit will he some time before any of tliem cango to their homes.James W. Marbury. who has been con¬

fined at the Massachusetts General Hospi¬tal. has been able to go to his home, whileEaward L. Edwards, who was brought tothe same institution, is now able to sil up.

BONDS SF.ST OUT.

The Number Sent lo Subscribers toDale .%UK relenten KiT.-VMI.

The total numler of bond subscriptionstent out up to date is lt57.3«)0. The sub¬scriptions are being ftrw.ir^ed in the orderof their nu-nber. The i-mccnt of inscrip¬tions forwarded to date is S77.7iXt.30ll.The official unr>cun< t ment was made to-

Cay that t'le Interest on the 4 per cent. ..lids iue October 1 will he antieipated.The jupon.; wir be J>hid off September 10<>" presentation. ;'n.l the interest checks onthe registered tx^nds will be sent out about£<pTember ->. for imn.tdlale payment. The

rly payments are due to the largeaxaount of money in the treasury.

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<111\KM-: "ACTORS" EXCI.VOEU.A Stop I*nt to the latest Scheme for

<*ettii«K Into ThtM Country.SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. September 1..

The Secretary of the Treasury has orderedCollector of the Port Jacobson to exclude*11 Chinese who wish to enter this countryen the pretext that they are "actors" orti.- cnanics for the Omaha, exposition.Many of the Chinese who have been per¬

mitted to land on these grounds havebroken their contracts with the UnitedStates and with the exposition managers,by deserting the exposition and taking uptheir residences in different parts of thecountry.

lOLD TIMERS ALL OUT

The Eastern Branch Marshes AK.e WithGunners Today.

Birds Plentiful and Bin: Scores Made

When the Tide Conditions

Are Considered.

The Eastern branch marshes were altvewith shooters as soon es day broke thismorning, and as th* day wore on many re¬

cruits Joined the regiment. All the oldtimers were cut in force, and while theweather was terribly hot, they enjoyed the

sport very much. There was no tide scarce¬

ly, and while ortolan are very plentiful in

the marshes, the lack of water preventedthe birds from rising. When a Star report¬er visited John Fraas' club house at theeastern end of Benning bridge at 1 o'clocktoday thire was a great aggregation of theold-timars, including Uncle Billy Wagner,Robert Cook, Conrad Zeller, William Mur¬ray, Andrew Oullinane, George Barr, S. H.Case, Lem Mayhew, Charlie Howard, theking of pushers, as he is popularly termed;John P?yton, Campbell Carnngton, N. Jen¬sen. who is now in his seventy-fifth yearand a famous field and marsh shot, and a

number of others. Up to midday, when theshooters rested, Uncle Billy Wagner hadthe top score for ortolan, having killedfifty-three. He also got eighty-five reedbirds.He was pushed by Charlie Peyton, the

big. muscular colored man, whose eye is as

gcod for marking dead birds as his arm isfor utilizing a pole. Mr. Robert Cook was

pushed, as ie always is, by Charlie How¬ard. He killed thirteen dozen ana eightbirds. Messrs. Case and Mayhew shot to¬gether and got twenty-two dozen betweenthem. George Barr and Conrad Zeller alsodcubled up and made twenty-four dozenand two or three over. Campbell Carring-ton killed seventy-six reed birds; JohnnyPeyton had eleven dozen at noon, and Mel¬ville Church and Marion Fowler, who shottogether, h;vu about fifteen. Mr. Jensenkilled eleven dozen at the same time. Mostof the gunners will shoot this evening whenit is cooler. Considering conditions, thescores made this morning were far abovethe usual first day averages.

WILLIAM B. BAKER NOMINATED.

Choice for Congrress of Second Dis¬trict Maryland Repnhlieans.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

BALTIMORE, Md., September 1..Repre¬sentative William B. Baker was nominatedtoday by the republicans of the secondMaryland district, who met in the clubhcusie of the North Baltimore RepublicanAss-ociation, No. 315 East North avenue.

The platform adopted indorses the ad¬ministration and especially commends theconduct of the war.

Mr. Baker was placed in nomination byMr. John McFaul of Baltimore city, andreceived a unanimous vote. Prior to thenomination, the Baltimore county delega¬tion cast p. complimentary vote for State'sAttorney John T. Ensor, this action beingtaken ir accordance with an agreement,which was the ba.sis of the union of theEnsor and anti-Ensor factions in the coun¬

ty

SENDING FOR SICK KENTICKIANS.

Gov. Bradley Raises the Money Neces¬sary and Begins Work.

Special J>iHpat<-h to The Evening Star.FRANKFORT, Ky., September 1..Gov¬

ernor Bradley raised the money necessaryto pay for two hospital trains this morn¬

ing, and leaves this afternoon with tintrained nurses, ten volunteers, four sur¬

geons and three attendants to bring the sicksoldiers of the 2d Kentucky back fromChickamauga.The train for Newport News to bring the

sick and wounded Kentuckians from hos¬pitals there goes tomorrow, with a numberof nurses and surgeons. All will be broughtto Frankfort Heights, where a splendid hos¬pital has been established.The governor said yesterday he would

bring the sick back if he had to sell person-al property to get the money.

SQXADRON AT BOSTON.

EiKht War Vessels Will Be in theHarbor Tomorrow.

HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass., September 1..The United States squadron, consisting ofthe following ships, has just been sightedcoming in from sea: Detroit, Marietta,Castine, Helena, Wilmington, Topeka andMachias.They are bearing up for Provincetown,

where they will join the Massachusetts andwill make preparations to steam in squad¬ron formation into Boston harbor tomor-xow.PKOVINCETOWN, Mass., September 1..

The United States battle ship Massachu¬setts arrived here at 5 o'clock this morningand dropped anchor just inside the harborentrance.

COMMODORE PHILIP HONORED.

Cruisers at New York Fire a Sulnteto Their New Commander.

NEW YORK, September 1..At 8 o'clockthis morning, at "colors," the cruiserBrooklyn and the battle ship Indiana ;achfired a salute of eleven guns in honor ofCcmmodore Philip, the new commander ofthe squadron. He answered the salutewith seven guns.Thjre Li now lying in this harbor the bat¬

tle ships Indiana and Texas, the cruiserBrooklyn, the auxiliary cruisers Harvard,Yale and Prairie, the monitor Montauk,the navy tug Seminole and the transportsSupply and Celtic.

*<;,000 IN CASH STOLEN.

Pacific Ejprraa Company's Safe Hob-bed and \Va«on Driver Suspected.CHICAGO, September 1..A special dis¬

patch to the Times-Herald from Omahasays: Robbers secured $6,000 in cash fromthe Pacific Express Company in Omahayesterday.The money was consigned by the FirstNational Bank of Omaha to the Citizens'National Bank of St. Paul, Minn. It wasplaced In the small iron safe in the de¬livery wagon of the express company, and,in the custody of George Archibald, driver,started toward the depot.En route Archibald stopped at several

wholesale houses for other packages. Hedrove do-.vn an alley and went in for apackage of jewelry at the shipping doorof a jewelry house. When he came out the

?<5oor the safe was standing open and butone package was removed. This was theone containing 16.000 in bills.The driver reported the matter and was

at once arrested.

II1 iIm for Coaltnsr Shed..Bids have been opened in the bureau of

yards and docks for the erection of coalingsheds at New Ixjndon, irhieh will be an im¬portant naval station in the future. Theappropriation for the work amounts to$350.(100. but some firms are willing totake the contracts at less than $100,000.

THREE BATTLESHIPSBids for Construction Opened at the

Navy Department.

WERE WITHIN CONGRESSIONAL LIMIT

Only Proposals for18-Knot VesselsLikely to Be Considered.

SPEED AND COAL CAPACITY

The opening of the bids for battle shir«10, Ji and 12, which occurred today, hasbeen awaited with a great deal of interest.Much to the surprise of some students of

naval affair's, the department's plans whenthey came out simply called for duplicatesof battli ships 7, 8 and U. designed abouttwo years ago. and which themselves werereally reproductions of the Kearsarge andKentucky, of a still earlier date, with aspeed of only sixteen knots, although thestandard speed for battle ships has beenfor some time j«s; eighteen knots, andthere are a number already built makinga higher speed than that, and the Italiannavy department is about to lay downthree with a speed of twenty-one knots.

Commodore Melville's Protest.This apparent lack of progressiveners has

been the subject of considerable vigorousdiscussion, and the fact was develonedthat the ergtneer-in-chief of the navy.Aehille.had submitted a minority reporturging that the board on construction berected to reconsider the matter and to

provide plans which provide for ships .Wethorough!*- up to dale in every resoect in- ¦

ciudl.ig speed and radius of action."wh£hr»a 'aP1e °f about a month. duringthat thi chill ».°f newspapers demandedhe ti.rn, >hS S Uld be made breast of

'toard' on^ con-

nrovl.ir n«anii sIndications and

P^h8UbpmrSdhy &higher speed at d greater radius of adionand^specffica tions° u i<u 1

iiirssiCoal tarrylnK Capacity Reduced.

chTef6 utT IT1.111"' by ,he engineer-ln-

h .?y provlde<J '°r an Increase

n «pe»d and in the radius of action, never¬theless involved a reduction of the coalsupply as there was decided opposition toincreasing the size of the ships, as wouldhave been necessary to giv» the desired in-

"etase °f sPeed and radius of action with¬ered Ht?" °f the amou"t of coalearned. His plans secured the n»eessarvincrease of spac» by reducing that aMowedfor coal. A number of these plans providedfor the use of water tube toilers, l,ut asthat would have caused a change in the

n u,,U"i T,?°nfMf'rabk* chanses wer; madein the distribution of the hull weights thesePla£S »ere negatived at once.The first plans for machinery of the newhlpa also involved the use of water tubeboilers but as that had the same object/onof causin* a change of trim they we^e alsSStlrVOU on that ^round, and the plans5S£3hS"U5,'0 "" ,MU<"

action0 withm,tKreatHr Spced an'1 ra<li"s ofaction, without any decrease in the amount

Wat!"r \Ube 1)ollers wou!li be,hl7- alternative designs submitted bvthe Cramps, which are for vessels that winbe duplicates of the Russian ship thereboilers*' Pr°Vide f°r ,he use Nlclausse

< redlt to Commodore Melville.VI hile this will b» the first use (if these

h,mS ad°pted) of watpr tube boilers inbattle Ships of the United States navy it isrot their first use in an armored vessel ofthe navy, as the Monterey has had wat-rtube boilers of the Ward type ever sinceshe was built in 1MX),- where th«v l,.v

SI? recaUedC t'h,at

m"SThe6 WweaS6tSe SEESrefusal to guarantee the performance ofthe water tube boilers Thu r-ni. i

°p;eswa*.vs53ers are concerned, for being the firs. ^sel fW3ter tUbe l,0'lers in an armored ves¬sel of our navy. The actual ri-Jitf ,

ing 'he boilers put in The shipt ho^'v^f.u.e Commodore Melville, who advocatedermf)Ian,;'nd, had experiments rnade w de-termine the best boiler, all things consid--red, before it was decided which oneshould go into the Monterey.

IleMliciiH for I.arger Ship,.The design of battle ships proposed by

the Cramps is about a thousand tons largerthan the original government plans, and

am,°""tavt0 What WOUId have been the cas>had the hulls of battle ships 7, 8 and 0 beenlengthened about fifteen feet. Had thi-been done thera would have been no diffl-

with_ water'tube boilers for a speed SfeighTally put^rn! 8 Plan3 aS th^ were a«i-.iThe Vn,on lr.on w'orks submitted alterna-

P'a"« a's0 for eighteen knot's bylengthening the hulls and putting in addltional toilers of the water tub" type.The result of the bidding1 for thp ponstruction of the three big battle shiralseminently satisfactory to the Navy Depart

m the face of the hidsn Fs^that the government Is going to secure verymuch more in the matter of power andspeed than was expected; that the cost isgoing to be less than was paid mnnnriiJrhatytheYhe ,'ndlana c,as3: and. fina y"that the department will be able to at¬tribute the work among the three big buildlng concerns, a method of constructionthat always redounds to the advantage o"the government. 8e ol

Opening; the Dlds.The bids were opened shortly after noon

in the presence of a number of representa¬tives of shipbuilding firms, bureau chiefsand other men connected with the depart¬ment. Acting Secretary Allen sat at thohead of the table on which the bids weredisposed, with Judge Advocate GeneralLemly on his left. The latter whs X-^h the duty of reading^the propo^^which had been previously opened indstamped by Chief Clerk PeuWd

fn-Chjer Melville anfHlchborn were seated on the left withtheir aids, Constructor' Taylor and PaJtAssistant Engineer McFarlund

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Surrounding the table were the repre¬sentatives of the shipbuilding concernsamong them being President Henry ^"tiof the Union iron works of San FraiclscoPresident Orcutt of the Newport >}Shipbuilding Company, John Dialogue ofCamden, Messrs. Chas. Cramp. McCammnnand Williams of Cramps, EdWaTdH^ofthe Bath works. Superintendent Wilson and

Naval Architect Cheesbarougii of the Spar¬row Point works and Constructor Wood¬ward, from Newport Newa.

Bids In Three CHmmii.The bids were made la t iree classes, the

first being under the- -plans prepared bythe Navy Department calling for ships ofabout 11,500 tons, with a speed of sixteenknots. The other classes were under plansprepared by the bidders themselves, insome cases on additional plans prepared bythe engineering bureau, but not Includedin the original specifications sent out tobidders.The bids were opened In the following

order: J. H. Dialogue & Co. of Camden,N. J., one ship In thirty-three months, un¬der class 1, for the sum of $2,8-10,00(1.Newport News Shipbuilding Company.

Or.e ship under class 1 in thirty-onemonths, for the sum of $2,580,000; one shipunder class 2, with a speed of seventeenknots, In thirty-two mor.ths, $2,<B0,000.One ship of about 12,850 tons, with a

speed of 18 knots, in thirty-two months,for the sum of S2.S50.000,Wm. Cramp Shipbuilding Company of

Philadelphia.One ship under clas? 1, Intwenty-nine months, for $2,050,000; twoships of the same class for $2,4125,000 each;one ship under class 2, with a speed of 17knots. In thirty-two months, with a ton¬nage of 11.500. for $2,725,000, or two of thesame for $2,700,<!00 each: one ship of 12,150tons and a speed of 18 knots, in thirty-twomonths, for $2,885,000, or two of the samefor $2,870,000 each.Union iron works of San Francisco.One

ship under class 1. for $2,074,000, in thirty-one months: one ship under class 2, with aspeed of 17 knots, for $2,725,000, in thirty-one months; one 12,200 tons, 18-knot ship,in thirty-three months, for $2,890,000.

Blda Within the Limit.A careful examination of these bids

sho-ws that the prices asked for the vesselsplanned on the department designs averageslightly less than the price to be paid forthe Illinois class, although these ships are

Improvements in some respects. It alsoappears that the bids are within the limitof cost fixed by Corgress, even where thebuilders propose to make them of 18 krotsspeed, or much better ships than calledfor by the depirtment.

It is expeetcd tliat the only bids consid¬ered.therewith,will be for the 18-knot ships.In this case the Newport News Company Isthe lowest bidder, but it bids for only one

ship. The highest bid is that of the Unioniron works, but the act of Congress al¬lows the department to make an allowanceof not to exceed 4 per cent in favor of Pa¬cific coast bidders, so that brings their bidwithin line Cramp Comes In betweenthem, and consequently thai three ships are

likely to be distributed geographically inthat order. In the care of the 18-knot shipsboth Cramp and the Union works submit¬ting similar plans, these being practicallythe department plans lengthened about 10feet in order to get In the extra horsepower.The Newport News design for the 18-

knot vessel is original with them. If itshould not be satisfactory to the depart¬ment thi n Cramp would probably get twoof the ships. The bids huve been takenunder advisement by the official*.

HAWAIIAN LAW IN FORCE.

The Stamp Aet Will Sot Reach HiimI-iicsh Men In Honolulu.

A ruling that persons engaged in businessIn Honolulu afTccttd by internal revenue

laws must omoly v-ith the'Hawaiian lawsnow in force is laid down in a letter senttcday by Commissioner^oC Internal Rev¬enue Scott, in rjsporse to an "individual In¬

quiry. Commissioner t»cott .says:"Vou are infoimed that while the Joint

resolution of Congress approved July 7,1808, provided for the annexation of theHawaiian Islands and extended the sov¬

ereignty of the Cnited St.-ttes thereto, thelaws of this country htve not yet been ex¬tended to that jurisuxtlon, and the internalrevenue la jps of the United States are notpresent in i'orce there. It is understoodthat the laws heretofore prevailing In theseislands now govern and that therefore itwill be necessary for you' to comply withthe requirements of the same. It is sup¬posed lhat the internal levenue laws of theUnited States and the regulations thereunder will ultimately obtain in the Ha¬waiian Islands."

TO RECRLIT THE REGULARS.

Mustered Out Volunteer* Will HeGiven a Chmiee to EnlUt.

In order to keep the regular army up toIts maximum strength of #1,000 men theWar Dep-rtment has ordered the establish¬ment of recruiting stations at all the statecamps where volunteers are to be mus¬tered out, with a view of giving the menan opportunity to re-enlist in the regularservice. The time which the men haveserved in the volunteer service will be al¬lowed them as part of the continuous ser¬

vice in the regular branch. It is estimatedthat the regular army is some 4,000 or 5,000below the maximum allowed by the billwhich provided for the Increase of the reg¬ular army when the war began.The deficiency Is due to deaths from

wounds or sickness and to the fact thatn tny of the regulars have decided to takeadvantage of the privilege of securing theirdischarge at the close of war. Althoughthe men enlisted for three years, it waswith the condition that they would nothave to serve after the termination of hos¬tilities unless they chose to do so. It Iswith a view of meeting these contingenciesthat the department is taking steps to se¬cure the re-enllsiment of the men of thevolunteer array who are to be mustered out.The great value of this material is recog¬nized by the authorities, and the volunteerswill be given every preference In the fu¬ture recruitment of the regular establish¬ment.

1'erxonul Mention.Mr. Charles L. ".line of Chicago is payingvisit to his father, ex-District Commis-

sionsr I.. G. Hine, at his residence In thiscity.Mr. Lawrence Bateman oI 34 G street has

gone to Stafford Court House, Va., wherehe will spend two wteks hunting and fish¬ing.Dr. A. D. Weakley has jone to the Adi-

rondacks and will return September 10.Dr. J. H. Bryan has returned to the city.J. W. Bayne, major and brigade surgeon.United States Volunteers, who has been

stationed at Loiter HospKal, Chickumauga,Ga., has returned to thla city. At presenthe has charge of the sick soldiers on theincoming trains and sees-that they are pro¬vided with proper hospital accommodations.Mr. Carroll Beale, who has been so ill

with malarial fever, is now convalescing.

WeMt Point App«iuCadet appointments at <£e United Slates

Military Academy wtfre> announced at theWar Department today' as follows:Charles T. Pettlt, ijlnefi, Tex.; WjnV C,-

Hascall, Dover, N. H^; Hj B. McKeon (al¬ternate). Manchester, N. H5.; Titos. N. Glm-perling, Dayton, Ohio; Marion W. Howze,Springfield, Ala.; W. L. Myer, Flora, lnd.

I.ooklne After Tennessee'* Claim.Representative Gaines ol Tennessee was

at ths War Depart ntent,today settling tipthe state's claims for th? equipment of itsquota In the volunteer Army. The claimshad been incorrectly certified. A reccrtlo¬cation has been ordered sKd payment to thestate will be mads sb^n/V

Amount of Dr. ximnenn'u Ball.The Fairfax, Va., authorities have fixed

ball in the suns of (1.100 in the case of Sur¬geon Duncan of the 22d Kansas, under in¬dictment charged with grave desecration.Counsel hope to secure their client's releaseIn a few days.

SHAFTERATMONTAUKArrives With His Staff on the Trans¬

port Mexico.

HE REPORTS NO SICKNESS ON BOARD

Gen. Wheeler Orders Salute ofFifteen Guns to Be Fired.

(1EN. CORBIN ADVISED

.

NEW YORK, September 1..The trans¬port Mexico, with Gen. Shatter on board,was sighted off Monteuk Point at 6:40 a.m.

today and an hour later dropped anchor InFort Pond bay.Others on the transport are the members

of his staff, including Lieut. Cols. E. J. Mc-Clernmd, B. F. Pope and G. McC. Derby,Majors R^ert H. Noble, John Miley and S.W. GrosbWk, Capts. J. E. Gllmore and E.H. PlummerAs soon as Gen. "Wheeler was notified of

Gen. Shafter's arrival, he ordered a saluteof fifteen guns to be fired, and Troops M.E. C. H and K of the 2d Regular Cavalrywere detailed to escort Gen. Shatter intocamp when he should land.As soon as the Mexico came into Fort

Pond bay and dropped anchor, Dr. Ma-ffruder, the quarantine officer, put out Inliis boat to inspect her.

Telegram From Sliafter.Adjutant General Corbin received a tele¬

gram this morning from General Shatter,commanding the r>th Army Corps, datel atMontauk, N. J., September, 1898, as fol¬lows:"Just arrived at Montauk Point, with

headquarters and one company, 1st In¬fantry. No sickness on board. Am on

steamer Mexico, one of ships captured inSantiago harbor, an excellent transport."(Signed) SHAFTER."By his presence there he supersedes Gen¬

eral Wheeler in command of Camp Wlkoff.

The Sick on the Shinnecock.NEW YORK, September 1..The ambu¬

lance ship Shinnecock, with 271 sick sol¬diers on board, arrived here today fromMontauk Point. Only about twenty of themen are well enough to be granted fur¬loughs.

GOLD, SILVER AND PAPEK.

Coinage l»j- the Mint and Circulationof Bank. Notes.

The monthly report of the director of the

mint, issued today, shows the total coinageat the mints of the United States in Au¬gust as follows: Gold, $9,344,200; silver,

$2,350,000: minor coins, $103,786; total coin¬age, ?1 1,857,980.The statement of the controller of the

.currency. Issued today, shows the totalcirculation of national bank notes on Sep¬tember 1 to have been $227,178,(115, an in¬crease for the month of $4X1,745 and a de¬crease for the year of $3,329,900.The circulation based on United States

bends was $190,775,704, an increase for themonth of ?1,083,019 and a decrease for theyear of $9,013,022.The circulation secured by lawful money

amounted to $30,402,911, decrease for themonth of $(>01,273 and increase for the yearof $5,050,303. The United States registeredbond deposits were as follows: To securecirculating notes, $220,490.l(io, and to se¬cure public deposits, $40.880,(MSG.

GOVEK.VMEJiT FINANCES.

HeceiittN and l: v pcnii I Hi res for theMonth of AukiikI.

The monthly comparative statement ofreceipts and expenditures of the govern¬ment was issued by the Treasury Depart¬ment today. The total receipts for Augustwere $il,782.707.79, and the total expendi¬tures were $50,2©',717.80. These figurescompare with last August, respectively,$19,023,014.97 and $33,588,047.41. The receiptsfor August, 1898, were: From customs, $1G,-249,(!99: internal revenue, $24,015,934.08; mis¬cellaneous. $1,517,073.81. The expendituresfor that month were as follows: Civil andmiscellaneous, $7,i82,3l4.74; war, $20,103,-235.94; navy, $6,380,277.49; Indians. $700,084.-20; pensions, $13,084,735.14; interest, $3,o7S,-070.30.

Hecent \aval Order*.Capt. C. D. Sigsbee has been detached

from command of the St. Paul and orderedto command the battle ship Texas.Prof. M. II. M. Paul has been detached

from the naval observatory, Washington,D. C., and ordered to the naval observa¬tory, Mare Island, Cal.Lieut. C. B. Brittain, from the Badger to

the Naval Academy.Lieut. W. C. P. Muir, from the Detroit to

the Naval Academy.Lieut. H. L. Tremaine, retired, from the

New York navy yard and home.Lieut. Commander A. P. Osborne has

been ordered to this city for examinationfor promotion.Lieut. J. J. Igoe, from the Celtic and

home.

Return of Col. Allen.Col. Allen of the Signal Corps, who was

at Santiago, and aftjrward at Ponce, sailedfor home yesterday. He is in poor health,having had a long siege of hard work inconnection with the establishment of mili¬tary telegraphs In Cuba and Porto Rico.

.(.en. C. F. Hoe Renlnnai.

By direction of the President, the Secre¬tary of War today accepted the resignationof Brig. Gen. Charles F. Roe, United StatesVolunteers, to take effect on his arrival athis home. Gen. Roe is a prominent officerof the National Guard of New Vork, andhas, since his entry into the volunteerarmy, served at Chlckamauga.

(ieu. Miles to Sail Today.General Miles has telegraphed to the War

Department from Ponce, Porto Rico, thathe will sail today on the Oakland for theUnited States.

Secretary of Porto Rico CoinmiKxiou.By direction of the President, Lieut. Col.

Edward Hunter, assistant Judge advocategeneral, is detailed as secretary and re¬corder of the commission appointed on thepart of the United States to arrange withthe Spanish commissioners for the evacua¬tion by Spain of Porto Rico and the adja¬cent Islands, and will report to the UnitedStates commissioners for duty accordingly.

Lieut. Southerlantl Here.

^.ieut. W. H. H. Southerland, command¬ing the Eagle, which did such good servicein Cuban waters, is at 192S N street, onleave of absence.

Manatee Won the Kaagemore Stake.LONDON, September 1..At the last day's

racing of the Derby September meeting to¬day the Lorillard-Beresford stables' baygelding Mar-atee won the Rangemore stakefor two-year-olds. Seven horses ran; dis¬tance, five furlongs straight.

GEN. MILES' SUPPORTERS

Alleged Significance of Ex-Secretary Sher¬man's Criticisms.

Efforts of the Administration DirectedToward I'thcikIbk & Scandal

if Possible.

It Is believed that the strongest efforts ofthe administration will be directed towardpreventing a situation developing which.will compel a court-martial or a court ofinquiry affecting the conduct of the war.The first Impute', of irritation which foundexpression more or less openly at the de¬partment after the publications concerningGen. Miles' telat'.cns with the departmenthas now rect-ivefi a check, and a purpose isshown in high qvarters to brush the w*holematter aside if possible so as to avoid any¬thing like a sri.i:dal or an unseemly con¬tention.The question of what Gen. Miles' inten¬tions may be, however, still agitates the

department officials.Slitrnmn'n Friendship for Miles.

A suggestion was made today,1 as possiblyindicating a fixed purpose on the part offriends of Gen. Miles to "have it out" nowwKh the Secretary of War, that the veryvigorous criticism of the treatment of sol¬diers by the War Department in the mat¬ter of supplies and hospital attention,which has been passed by ex-SecretaryJohn Sherman, was influenced by a cham¬pionship of the cause of Gin. Miles bv Mr.Sherman. It was intimated in tht<= con¬nection in the gossip of the departmentctrridors, that as Mrs. Mils is a niece ofMr. Sherman, ar.d Mr. Sherman has alwaysbeen a staunch friend of Geo. Miles, thedrteimined and unreserved criticism n-ighthave been uttered with a knowledge onthe part of Mr. Sherman that an issue isto be made by Gen. Miles, and pressed to aconclusion. From this it was argued thatGen. Miles had a delibsrite purpose toforce an investigation md that he hadpowerful supporters behind him urging himto such a course.

.-«-<«DIRECT FROM PORTO RK O.

The .Whitney ilriugx Two Soldiers inShackles.

NEW ORLEANS, September 1..TheUnited States transport Whitney reachedthe city today with about forty soldiersand civilians, who came direct from PortoRico. The Whitney also brought heavilyshackled two prisoners, one of them beingPrivate Alexander Laduke of the 2d Wis¬consin Regiment, who killed Private Thos.Stafford in Ponce, and who was tried bycourt-martial and sentenced to the peni¬tentiary for life.The other prisoner is Henry Apter, acivilian, who is charged with robbery. Thecommands represented by the returningsoldiers are the l»th Infantry. 3d Artillery.1st Pennsylvania Artillery. 20lst New Yorkand the 1st Regiment, New York Cavalry.ANOTHER ALASKA GOLD STRIKK.

Hundred of Miners Heading for theNew Elderndo.

VICTORIA, B. C., September J..Thesteamer Horsa brings the report fromAlaska of a gold strike en the Hootaliquariver. D. L. Lawney of San Francisco saysthe strike ran from $20 to |40 per day tothe man.Bed rock had not yet been reached. Hun¬

dreds of people have built narrow-guagecarts, on which they put l.ouo pounds ofprovisions, and are heading for the newEldorado. New finds are also reportedfrom the Stickeen. From the AtUn fieldsnews comes that several men are takingout $23 to $40 apiece.

ACTING AS A TRUST.Western Itullronds Accuse and WillProsecute Express Companies.CHICAGO. September 1..The Illinois

Manufacturers' Association is said by itssecretary, J. M. Glenn, to be collecting evi¬dence against several of the leading ex¬press companies with the view of establish¬ing that those carriers are acting as atrust in violation of the act to protect tradeand commerce against unlawful restraintsand monopolies.The testimony Is to be laid before the

United States district attorney. Accordingto Secretary Glena, the express companieshave declined to enter into competition tocarry express matter over certain lines ofthe railways, ar.d because the privilege wasnot given to one company upon its ownterms the other companies have attemptedto make it impossible for any express mat¬ter to be carried over those lines.

COCOA NI TS NOT GOLD.

Solomon Island Treasure SeekersSought the Latter, but Got the FormerSAN FRANCISCO, September 1..The

schooner Sophia Sutherland, which lefthere eighteen months ago with a party oftreasure seekers for the Solomon Islands,has returned with a cargo of cocoanuts.The men were deceived by the projector

of the enterprise, L. P. Sorenson, who wasput ashore on the island. The others sailedfor Samoa, four of them dying of fever.Captain McLean has a poor opinion of theSolomon Islands, but says the outlook fortrade in Samoa is good, as the people arebeginning to raise cocoa. The political sit¬uation In Samoa was strained when thevessel left, as the death of King Malietoawas expected.

HONEST MAN TURNS THIEF.Lost His Place on Account of Dull

Trade In Chlcavo.CHICAGO, September 1..A robber enter¬

ed the saloon of Joseph Keane, at 14 Statestreet, and poking a revolver under thenose of Ward Fish, manager of the place,demanded the contents of the cash drawer.Fish showed fight and was shot twice. Hiswounds will prove fatal.The robber ran from the place, but was

captured. He was identified as JamesCaldwell, who, up to two weeks ago, wasin the employ of a large wholesale drughouse in this city. He was discharged unaccount of dull trade and turned highway¬man, because, as he expressed it, "I couldnot get work and my family had to live."He confessed to several robberies commit¬ted within the last two weeks.

WINNIE DAVIS DYING.

She Was Operated on Recently forAppcudlcitis.

ATLANTA, Ga., September 1..A tele¬gram was received in this city today fromNarragansett Pier, stating that Miss Win¬nie Davis, who was recently operated onfor appendicitis, is dying.

Repatriated Spaniards' Arirval.CORUNNA. Spain, September 1..The

Spanish transport Isle de Panay, from San¬tiago dc Cuba about August 16. has ar¬rived here with a detachment of the sur¬rendered Spanish troops on board. Therewere seventeen deaths on board the steadi¬er during the voyage.

LEFT FOR CANTONPresidential Party Started From

Cleveland Early This Morning.

NOT TO RETURN TO CINCINNATI

Peace Negotiations Will PreventPresence at G. A. R. Reunion.

the visit to montauk:

CLEVELAND. Ohio, September 1..Presi¬dent McKlnley ard party left Cleveland forCanton this morning on a special train onthe Cleveland Terminal and Valley rail¬way. A small crowd cf neighl>ors andfriends assembled to see the party off.

It has l>een supposed that the Presidentmight return to Ohio next week to attendth» G. A. R. reunion at Cincinnati, but Itwas definitely announced that his officialduties In connection with the p. ace negotia¬tions will prevent him from so doingThe members of the peace commission are

Sue In Paris to m.et the Spanish commis¬sioners the first of October, it will be nec¬essary for them to leave, therefore, aboutSeptember 15. and hence tl.er; is only ashort time between now and then for themto arrange their own affairs for their j»ro-tracted absence, and to confer with tinPresident regarding the negotiations andthe many perplexing questions which areexpected to arise befor- the final treaty ofpeace is agreed to and signed.So far as could be learned today, thePresident docs not contemplate any ch ing?In the plans announced heretofore coveringhis movements for the balance of the pres¬ent we?k. He expects now to be at Mon¬tauk Point on Saturday next.

Prlvnte Informal ion He-re.Reliable private lr,formation Is to the ef¬

fect that President McKlnley and partywill arrive in New York city early tomor¬row morning and spend the day there,going to Montauk Point in the ev< ning.Exactly how he will si>end the day in NewYork city is not stattd. but it is understoodthat he desires to avoid public attention asmuch as possible.Secretary Alger will leave here on the

congressional limited of the Pennsylvaniaroad tomorrow itfierr.oon and will meet thePresident at Camp Wlkoff Saturday morn¬ing. The President and the Secretary ofWar will levote the entire day of Satur¬day to an inspection of the camp, and Inaccordance with the wish of the formerthere will be no review of troops or mili¬tary ceremonies of ar.y kind. SecretaryAlger will return to Washington Sundayafternoon, and It is possible that the Presi¬dent may do the same, but there is no cer¬tainty on that point.

CUKVKKA MAI 4 OME IIKHE.

Will Confer About Return of SpunlaliPrisovert.

Admiral Cervera and the other Spanishnaval officers at Annapolis and the Spanishsailors at Portsmcuth, N. H., are tu bereturned to Spain at the expense of theSpanish government. That was the con¬dition their release was agreed upon bythis government without parole or otherrestriction. Admiral Cervera U chargedwith the arrangements for transportationof the prisoners. It Is prot>ahle he willvisit this city before his departure to thankthe authorities for the Courtesies extendedhim and his countrjmen durii.g their en¬forced sojourn In this countr}. They willall go home together, and It is understoodthat CapL Eulate of ll-t» Ill-fated Yiscayahas gone to New York to charter the twoSpanish steamships now there for theirtransportation Ail the prisoners are re¬ported to be in good physical condition,thanks to tne excellent care taken of tlieinby this government. On the arrival of theparty at Southampton they will Ik- met bythe Spanish llyii.g squadron and escortedto Cadiz. Tnis squauron. all that remainsof the Spanish navy, consists of the Al-phonza Xlll, Buei.os Ayres and the Cityof Cadiz. Admiral Zanasa is now in Com¬mand of the fleet, but he will be succeededin command on the trip from Southamptonto Cadiz by Admiral Cervera. who is ofhigher rank.

SLOW SOITH C AROLINA HETIKNS.

Totnl Vote in the I'rlmnrln May NotBe Over iW.IHHl.

COLUMBIA. S. C., September 1.-Prob¬ably two-tiilrds of »he vote of the demo¬cratic primary held yesterday has come In.but it has be^n slow work getting returns.The tot*l vote will not be much over Wl.oo".Of this 44..T31 has been accounted for anddistributed thus:Gov. Bllerbee. KMO; Archer. 712: Feath-

crstone, lo.("il; Sehumart. 4.'..4.'; ex-Repre-sentatlve Tillman, tl,105; Watson. 4,51*4;Whitman. 24<i. It now seems beyond ques¬tion that Gov. Elierl.ee and Mr. Feather-stone, the one standing for the dispensarysystem and the other for prohibition, willhave to make a Eeccnd race. Feathcrstonowill abide the r?sult of the primary.In the third district Representative Lat¬

imer has !>e«n renominated. In the fourthdistrict Representative Wilson is also as¬sured of reiomlration.Representative Stiait has undoubtedly

been beaten lr. this district, and there Isevery indication that Attorney GeneralBarber and Mr. Finley will make the sec¬ond race.In the sixth district It is nip and tuck be¬

tween Representative Norton and Mr. Kl-lerbee. a brother of the governor.In the seventh district the vote is Repre¬

sentative Stokes. 2,'££t; Brantley, 1,555.

IMA MOM) THIEF CAI O HT.

Hoguii Butler ltu**ell ApprehendedThrough a Woman's Klrateay.

CHICAGO, August 31..Through the pres¬ence of mind and the act of Mrs. S. F.Logan, wife of a prominent board of tradeoperator, the police have been enabled toarrest Ernest Russell, who is said to b«wanted lr. Cincinnati, Kansas City, Mil¬waukee and other cities to answer thecharge of stealing diamonds.Russell is charged by the police with hav¬

ing made It a practice to securing employ¬ment as butler in the houses of wealthy-people, and after gaining the confidence ofhis employers rob them of their valuablesand disappear. Russell called on Mrs. Lo¬gan as an applicant for a butler's position.Mrs. Logan having heard that he waswanted by the police, contrived to havehim wait while she telephoned the policedepartment of his presence at her house.As Russell was leaving he was arrestedby two detectives, who were sent in re¬sponse to the telephone message.

Colston Hall, Eaaland. Destroyed.BRISTOL. Eng., September 1..Fire-hero

today gutted several warehouses and otherbuildings. Including the great Colston Hall,where the trades union congress had baenholding its sessions, and which containeda magnificent organ. The loss la estimat¬ed at $750,000.