St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 4, 1898

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When he found the field By ene emaeall “Want Ad” Te him revealed - -—_— =_— -— -— = -— =— — -— -— — 31. LOU IS POST-DI FORTY-FOUR PAGES. SPATL VOL. 50. NO. 18. SUNDAY MORNING—ST. LOUIS—SEPTEMBER 4, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. A drurnmer ine “WentAd”") Found euch blise 3 ) Thet in a month tie looked like thie. THE MAHDI'S HOR = FS ROUTED LD BY BRITONS OMOURMAN Loss of Ang‘!o-Egyptian Army Reported to Be About 300 Killed and Wounded. —___—_— THE KHALIFA’S ARMY RETREAT- ING, PURSUED BY GEN. KIROHENER’# OAVALRY. BATTLE LASTED OVER AN HOUR. Official Advices From the Soudan Received at Cairo Sunday _ Mor.ing. 7 CAIRO, Sept. 4—2 a. m.—The following Gispatch, dated yesterday (Saturdey), hes just been received from Nasri: < “Early this morning the Dervishes made a most determined astack upon the Anglo- Egyptian forces, but after an hour’s hard fighting we drove them off. “At 8:30 a. m a general advance was omered upon Omdurman and gain we were received With @ determined attack upon our right, but the Dervishes were once more repulsed with a heavy loss. “The army under fhe, personal command of t Khalifa, was, totally dispersed by noon’ At 2 o'clock this ‘afternoon our forces’ advanced egain and occupled Om- durman. The Khalifa fled during the fore- moon and is now being closely pursued by Our cavalry. “It is impossible now to give a complete list of the casualties. The British loss is estimated at about one hundred, the Eeyp- tian loss is probably two hundred. Kar] Neufeld was rescued unharmed.”’ Neufeld fell into the hands of the Mah- di’s followers, in the neighborhood of Don- gola, in the late spring or early summer of 1887. NEUFELD’S ADVENTURES. He was the last European male captive of tmportance remaining in the power of the Dervishes, While a prisoner at hartoun a BE Re bo of powder arose fy the Soudan, and Neufeld's knowledge of chemistry was browght Into requisition for its manufacture. \It appears that he collected saltpeter and (made the explosive, but the same narrative that gives this information describes Ipim as still in fet- ters and carrying tron; rings on bot eet. His next clever explol was subsequent to the death of the Mahdi and under the rule of the Khalifa, Neufeld decorated the tomb of the Mahdi, whose dome the Brit- ish gunboat had just partially demolished and did the work so effectually that, ac- cording to Father Ross{gnoll, who escaped from Khartoum in 18%,\ the widows of the prophet were ‘‘quite totched.” After that he becamé a mechanic and still, according to Father Rossignoll, ‘‘tried all sorts of invention@and took the great- est trouble to construct a machine for making coins.’’ REPORTS IN LONDON. LONDON, Sept. 8:—A report which lacks confirmation is current here this evening. that the Anglo-~Egyptian forces have cap- tured Khartoum: 2 British War Office iat noon to-day recéived a dispatch from Nazri-on-the-Nile saying that a gunboat (had returned there, and had reported that there were no casualties among the Anglo- Egyptian forces, that the right bank of the river had been completely c!eared of all forts, that the forts on Tuli Island, op- posite Omdurman, had been demolished, and that the guns had been captured. The dispatch also sald the howltzer prac- tice of the Biwadars force wam excellent. Later the War Office received another Gispatch from Gen. Sir Herbeftt Kitchener by way of Nagzri. It was not dated und read as follows: A dispatch to the Observer dated Nasri Island, Sept. 3, says: — “Omdurman has been occupted after a battle in which only g#light resistance was offered by the Dervishes. The Khalifa, A el Catoren? . geommae Foust RABY ARMED SN O}D OOuCOn) —cararee ' . ; off SCENE OF OPERATIONS. Valley of the Nile, howing Omdurman, the Stronghold of the Dervizhes, and Khartoum on the opposite bank of the river, who had re-entered the town, fled as the invaders entered. Our entire force is now encamped in the desert west of the town. The Dervish loss was heavy.” KIRCHENER’S REPORT. “Owing to the wet weather the lines have been-broken and telegraphic communication hag been interrupted. I am sending this to Nazri to be forwarded, “The march has been very favorable. Practically none have fallen out of the ranks or been inyalided. “During the two days we have driven inf the Dervish cavalry and small parties, af- ter slight resistance. From Jobe! Reyan we marched to Wad E! Obeid, thence to Sayal, and thence to Surarat, This morning we reached Egina, a mile and a half south of Kerrerl, six miles from Omdurman. “The mounted camel corps, with a horse battery, pushed forward to Khorshamba, whereupon the entire Dervish force issued from Omdurman, and were clearly visible. I estimated his force at at least 35,000 men. “They advanced at 11 o’clock a. m. as If" to attack us, to meet which I disposed of our force in a good, open position, with a clear field of fire. The Khalifas force had halted three miles southwest of our position and is now there, at 5 p. m. “Early this morning, according to or- ders, the gunboats advanced, towing a how- itzer battery and barges in support of the Arabs on the right bank. The howitzers took up a position opposite Omdurman and the gunboats bombarded the forts. They have not returned, but their fire has par- tially demolished the dome over the Mahfi's tomb, *‘All well.”* RIVER BOAT*BLOWN UP. Four Men Mcet Death in Removing Mines Near New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. &%—TYhe Gov- ernment steamboat John I. Metgs was to- Gay destroyed by an explosion at St. PhU'p. She had aboard Lieut. Jervey anc a par .y engaged in removing torpedoes ad tn the Mississipp! River during the beginning of the war. Lieut. Jervey had a@ narrow es- cape. The killed are: Capt. Starr, commander of the boat. Gergt. John Newman, of the engineers. Pat Carlos. Ralph Rogers. Those wovnded were Fritz Kerch and D. B. Reddy. THRASHED A SUSPECT. — Missouri Farmers Inflict Frightful Punishment on Thomas Palmer. Special to the Post-Dispatch COLUMBIA, Mo., S& pt. 3. -~Repeated | thefts near Brown's Stat’on, eight miles} north of Columbia, have driven the pe pe of that vicinity to heroc methods of pun- | ishment. Thomas Pa'mer is belleved to have been implicated in several robberies and bears a bad reputation in that nelgh- borhood Last night a party of farmers caught Palmer near Brown's S'ation and dragg'ng him Into the wi0ds tn ashed him with hickory swi'ches until he was b'eed ing in a hurdred places and rend red al-) most insensible. He waa released wit) a | threat of death if he repeated his offense. | The identity of his assailants known. - HEAT-STRICKEN CITIES, } Eighty-Four Dead and 100 Prostrated Fecord of the hiat in old New York amv = Sun beat relentiessly on to. sweltering city a!) day long. Ng} fol ‘ or a git ai ?i* towed almost like day and deativs fron th. heat Were reported at intervals in the’ va-i-! ous city hospitals, Polloe headquarters aid the ® office. A cold wave, @ccom- | og by showers and thundersiorms | | % The | in New | York; Three Dead, Six Critically | Ill in Chicago. : NEW YORK. Sept. 3—Eighty-four ds! and over 100 brostrationg in one day Is MICAGO, Il... ally ill and ms is the theat reeord Sept. 3.—~Three dead, elx thirteen additional pros- | for to-day. It ie tive days, on every | one of which the mercury Nas been over mercury to-day reached 93. Those who died to-day from the heat are Will- lam Ahrbeck, a bookkeeper; » Frank | Schultz, a catpenter, and an unidentified | man whose dead body was found on Har- rigon street bridge. ’ was the hottest PUSHING MILES TO THE REAR, The War Department Sits Down on Proposed Parade. THERE WILL BE NO GRAND REVIEW IN NEW YORK. THE GENERAL EXPECTS HIS TROOPS TO BE GIVEN A RECEPTION. A CLASH MAY OCCUR WITH WAR DEPARTMENT. — The Conqueror of Porto Rico Is Ex- pected to Reach New York Tues- day or Wednesday With His Staff. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 3.—A clash between Gen. Miles and the War Depart ment may come the day he arrives from Porto Rico. He cabled that he would like to see his men receive that reception their deeds warranted. This meant he wanted thern paraded. If the department’s plans are carried out there will be no opportunity for a demon- stration of any kind, except the parade of the two New York Cavalry Troops en route to their armories. “The War De- partment Hes absolutely no knowledge that Gen. Miles contemplates a review of troops upon reaching New York,” said Adjt.-Gen. Corbin to-day, “and in fact there has been absolutely no communica- tlon between Gen. Miles and the départ- ment with reference to any plans he may have formulated. He has made no sug- gestion whatever to the effect that he in- tends to have a parade, and it Js not be- lieved at the department that he has made any such arrangements.” Gen. Corbin said orders had been sent to Porto Rico to return certain organizations to the United States These troops are now en route, and will land at New York when they will at once be sent to their respec- tive States. Troops A and C, New York Cavalry will proceed direct to their ar- mories, while the other organizations will go aboard trains at Jersey City for their respective State rendezvous. There may be method in the department's designs in this. It is recognized at the de- partment that Gen. Miles is regarded as a military man of exceptional capacity since his achievements in Cuba.and Porto Rico, and it is known that the department au- thorities would not care to see any demon- strations upon his arrival. Gen. Miles and the department are act- ing independently in this matter however and there may be a clash upon the Gen- eral’s arrival. At the department, however, every effort is made to give the impression that perfect harmony exists between the returning hero of Porto Rico and the Wash- ington officials. SHERMAN ATTACKS ALGER. Saye He Is Responsible for Camp Hor- rors and That the War Was Cause less. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 4.—Senator Sherman has egain vigorously critic sel tre eonduct of the late war, which he declares was cruel. He declared to-day that our proclamation of wer was most insulting and exasperating. He says that there was absolutely no ne- cessity of war and had he been Secretary of State there would not have been war, az it was distinctly understood by him and the Spanish Minister after several con- ferences that a treaty could be arranged by which Spain would retire from. the lisland of Cuba, as ‘the Cubans werfe then in practical possession of the island and Spain confessed it. He says that he has unquestionable authority to state that gross inefficlency was disp:ayed by per- sons in authori.y with the army and (that many soldiers were deprived of the com- forts that a government is expected to sup- ply, and that Alger is responsible. EARTHQUAKE IN. SANTIAGO. ‘earthquake shoc is not, Warren Cur Two Shocks Drive People From Their Homes to the Streets. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 3. — Two ks were felt here this af- ternoon. The first, which occurred at 2:15 o'clock, was of unusual severity, and shook every house in the city. The frightened people ran out Into the streets. The sec- ond shock, which was lighter, occurred an hour later. FULL OF BIRD SHOT. ley Was Caught in a Farmer’s Melon Patch. Spectal to the Post-Dispatch SEDALIA, Mo., Sept. 3.—Warren Curley, aged 18 years, in company with other boys, made a raid on a melon patch three miles west of the city last night. They were ap- nf#ed by the owner while in the act of carrying off a number of melons, and Cur- ley’s left arm, side and legs were filled with birdshot from a weapon fired by the trate farmer. ;-The young man’s companions prehe deserted bim, and he walked to the city. where Dr. Gresham dressed his wounds. He is at the City Hospital in a precarious condition, ad me a ed THE WEATHER FORECAST. THUNDERSTORMS—COOLER. Missouri—Continued high temperature with prospects of thunder showers and cooler weath- er In the afterpodm; southerly wiads becoming variable. iilipele—Threatening weather; shower in portbern portion; not so high; southerly winds. ; ; attention to AML ROADS TOOK THE BEST OF I. Government Gouged During Warin Shameful Manner. CAMPS LOCATED TO HELP CORPORATIONS. THEIR REPRESENTATIVES HAD VALUABLE FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES IN WASHINGTON. GEN MILES’ WARNINGS WERE OF NO EFFECT. c Key West Post Was Simply Changed to Tampa, a Point Which Was Even More Dargerous to the Health of the Troops. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 3.—If the truth ever comes out {it will show that railroads have gouged the. Government during the war in a most villainous man- ner. It will show, too, that some of the vile camps have been located and main- tained through the machinations of rail- road lobbyists, who have swarmed about the War Department since last spring. At least one railroad President is a business partner of Secretary Alger. He is H. J. Duval, President of the Flogda Centra] and Peninsular Railroad. The significance of this fact becomes al- most stupefying, when eventae in connec- tion with the establishment of the Florida camps are taken into consideration. “They are all grabbers,”’ said Col. Moore, Acting Quartermaster-General, speaking about the railroads to the correspondent of the Post-Dispatch to-day. “Tr yielded an inch in ways@@#a? would have greatly facilitated the business of the War Department and relieved the immediate ne- cessities at the camps, unless we hdve forced them to do so.” Investigation will prove that these rail- road men—the Washington representatives of the Pennsylvania Rallroad, the Chesa- peake & Ohio Railroad, the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad and the Long Island Rail- road—have had more than suggestions to offer regarding the location of the camps, by which locatton their companies have benefited through securing immense trans- portation contrects. When Key West was sélected as a rendezvous no one objected, as Havana was supposed to be the objec- tive point of the army. Later Gen. Miles |. advised delay anda urged the removal of the troops to a healthier camp. The railroads at once brought powerful influences. to bear to keep them there. To the great astonishment of most people and certainly of the officers and men then at Key West camp it was announced that the base of operations would be shifted to Tampa. To Tampa and its.heat the army was sent in cattle and immigrant cars. The railroads had promised to furnish first- class transportation. Not even cold drink- ing water was furnished, and all troop trains were made subordinate even to freight trains. Tampa became unhealthy and Fernandina wgs selected. This meant more money for the railroads. Fernandina was bad and back to Tampa the troops were sent. Thus it continued. The Plants, and Alger’s business partner, had the ear and conscience of the depart- ment and worked both to their profit. The camp at Miami is one of the worst scandals. It is in the Southern extremity of Florida, on the border of the everglades., In the winter the locality is fairly healthy: during the rest of the year it is highly malarious and unsuitable. “I have reason to know,” says a well- informed man, “‘that a representative of the East Coast Railway was asked—nay dc- manded—of Secretary Alger the establish- ment of a camp in order that our line may be benefited.”’ And the camp was ordered. Troops camped at Mobile in a fairly healthy loca tion were ordered to Miami. Sickness broke out at once. Not a man wae sent to Cuba from Miami! Camp, but the sickness neces- sitated Its abandonment. W. A. Turk, general passenger agent, and J. M. Culp, traffic manager of the South- western Railway, have been as often scen in the War Department a8 any clerk. Even Frank Thomson, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, an@ the personal friend of President McKinley, interested himself in the establishment of the Mid- dletown Camp. All the sites suggested for camps were inspected by army officers be- fore it was given out that they had been selected. came principally from the railroad officials, however, was admitted by a high officer in the War Department to-day. that the department the suggestions from railroad men, as they best under- stood the locations in which the _ prob- lem of transportation could be most easily that | golved. No information as to what has been paid the railroads is obtainable in the War De- partment. The increased net earnings of a few of the roads up to June W throw some light on the subject, h@wever. The comparison is with the first six months of last year and shows that the increase runs from $22,269 in the case of the Nash-— ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis to $1,298,385 | by the Baltimore & Ohlo. MISS DAVIS IMPROVED, ee S She Is Still Very Il! and the Heat Ex- hausts Her Strength. NARRAGANSETT PIER, R. L, Sept. 2.— The condition of Miss Winnie Davis, daugn- ter of Jefferson Davis, who has been sert- ously {ll here for some ‘Ume, was some- what improved to-day. Miss Davia passed a very uncomfortabie night and did not HIS RUSE DIU NOT SUCCEED, Scheme*of an Old Man to Coax His Wife Home. PRETENDED TO HAVE ~ COMMITTED SUICIDE. BUT HE WAS ONLY HIDING UN- DER THE PORCH OF HIS HCUSE. NEIGHBORS SEARCHED '~-sE QR SEVERAL DAYS. 7 When He Finally Came Out His Wife Had Returned to Her Rela- tives, Much to His . Chagrin. Special to the Post-Dispatch. KEWANEE, Ill, Sept. 3—A mystery which has puzzfed all Henry County for the last three days was cleared up to-day when Henry Gould crept from Ginder his front porch and with profane language drove cu- rious neighbors off his premises. Gould is a wealthy old man who has had great diffi- culty agreeing with his wife, who finally left home and the city, but after she had gone the old man sadly missed her and wrote letters to her, addressing them in care of relatives, for he could not ascertain her whereabouts. He finally became morose and sullen because of his inability to find her and refused to have anything to do with his neighbors, preferring to live alone in this large and handsome residence. Tuesday of this week it was noticed that Gould was not around home, and several people commented upon it, but not until Wednesday evening was it feared that something was wrong Several men finally decided to investigate, and breaking in the door found the house entirely deserted. Upon the table was found an empty bot- tle of laudanum anda short note signed by Gould, saying that he had decided to end his life and left his property to his wife. The news soon spread and a great crowd was on the lawn in a few minutes. The yard and gutbuildings were searched and the well and cistern were dragged, but no body could be found, and with each hour the mystery as to where the remains were grew. The wife of Gould was summoned, but she could not explain where the body was. Thursday and Friday passed and a thor- ough search of all parts of the city was made, but without results and the opinion ‘began to prevail that he had taken a train and killed himself out of town. Curious crowds were on the lawn most of the time, and to the amazement of the bystanders, shortly after 12 o’clock to-day, they saw Gould crawl out from under his front porch, dirty and covered with per- spiration. With an oath, he flourished his cane and ordered the people out of his yard and then going into the house, locked the door. ; He was seen to-night by a Post-Dispatch representative and stated that he had hid- den himself so he could get his wife back home, as he thought when she believed he had suicided she would return, so he had left a note, and after providing himeetf with plenty of food and dtink, had crawled under the porch, where he had lived for five days. He was much disappointed that his wife was not in the house, she having gone back to her relatives. CAPITAL MOURNS FOR EWING. All the State Expresses Sorrow Over Death of the Well Beloved Editor. Special to the Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 38.—Prompt- ly at 12 o’clock to-day the Tribune .Print- ing Company’s office and plant closed and the mourning which draped the doors of the establishment silently echoed the sad news of the death of its President, Mr. arrival of his lifeless body. The platform at the depot was thronged with people to That the suggestions as to sites | He added | naturally gave first | came | meet the body, which on arrival was t@ken in charge by Undertaker J. F. and an escort from Capital City Lodge No. 67. A. O. U. W., and conveyed to the resi- dence of his mother, Mrs. E. B. Ewing, No. 512 East Main street, where the funeral will take place at 10 o'clock tq-morrow morning. PANDO IN NEW YORK Spanish General Will Arrange ¢o Send Prisoners Home. NPW YORK, Sept. 3.—~Among the pas- sengers on board the Ward line steamer Phitadelphia which arrived to-night at Quarantine are Gen, Luls N. Pando, ia 6 commander of the Spanish forces at Man- zanillo, end Mrs. Pando. The Philad. l- phia left Havana Wednesday mornng It is understood that Gen. Pando has come to New York to conclude arrangements that have been meking for transport to convey the Spanish soldiers from Havana to Spain. FRANK DELANEY FOUND DEAD. §t. Louis Traveling Man Dies Sud- denly in Peoria. Special to the Post-Dispatch PEORIA, UL, Sept. ..—Frank Delaney, a traveling man for the Drummond Tobacco Co. of St was found dead in his rooms in the Godel block this afternoon He had beere with the firm for a numbe hy Loults. years. He was laat seen alive iaet nigpt rest much. The intense heat is exhausting . His death is believed to be due to a conrdl- her strength The thermometer to-day registered 93 in fhe «* +e, icon of heat’and dissipation. Deluney was unmarrie Henry Watkins Ewing, and announced the » Heinrichs | rasta ee PRESIDENT WIKINLEY VISITS THE. MEN WHO BATTLED AT SANTIA “Please Get Us Out of ‘= = 7 This and Send Us Hon Was the Plea of the Stricken Heroes in the Hospitals at Camp Wikoff. Kind Words for the Sick and an Address Conveying the Nation’s Thanks to the Soldiers Who Stood in Line Before Him. SHAFTER WAS TO0 ILL TO RISE AND GREET HIM. The President Got Out of His Car- riage to Shake Hands With Gol. - Roosevelt and Paid Particu- lar Attenticn to the Wants of All the Soldiers. * Special to the Post-Dispatch. CAMP WIKOPF, Sept. 3—The President and Vice-President of the United States and the Secr r Wikot at 'tontauk Point Norday, Cie -day. The opinion of the President and Vice-Presi- dent after being jn Camp Wikoff a little less than five hours is told above. Several hyndred sick soldiers, who have been in camp several weeks, had something to say of much more importance to the people of the United States. The inspection had ended. Those who @ac- companied Mr. McKinley had entered the fine parlor cars in which they traveled. The President bareheaded, stood on the steps of one of the cars. To him and around him crowded several hundred sol- diers. It was enough to look at these sol- diers to see that many of them were ill. The President was shaking hands with thgm. Not as a soldier to the Commander- in-Chief of the army and navy, but.as one American to another, as man to man. It was their last chance to tel] the President what they most desired. And they seized the opportunity. SEND US HOME, MR. PRESIDENT. Every man who took the President’s hand in his, every soldier, said earnestly: “Can’t you send ue home, Mr. President?” or *“‘Won’t you try to get us away from here, Mr. President?” or “Please hurry us out of this, Mr. President.” In earnest, they were terribly in earnest. A colored trooper said in quivering voice: “I’ve been six years in the service, Mr. President, and I’m a mighty sick man. Won't you send us away from here, plcase, sir? Send us back to the post.”’ The President djd not anewer the soldjers. He turned from them to Gen. Whecler and Col. John Jacob Astor and shook hands with them. “‘Good-by,” sald he. “Good-by,” exclaimed Fighting Joe Wheeler, “and remember, sir, I'm ready to go to Cuba again to-day.” “I’m sure you Are,” answered Mr. Mc- Kinley, heartily. He entered the car; the train started: As the President went through the hos- pitals, Secretary Alger was present. “You are getting everything that you want, are you not men?’ asked Secretary Alger. There was a chorus of assents from a dozen men. “You see, Mr. President,”’ continued the Secretary, “they say they want for nothing.” “I see,’’ said the President, ¢imply. When the President reached the annex to the general] hospital, where the Sisters of Mercy are in charge, he shook hands with each of them. Sister Mariana, who Is at the head of the sisters, was presented to the President by Col. Forwood. — “You have done a noble work here, Madam,” said the President, “and the ha- _tion owes you a debt of gratitude. Mrs. Hugo Lang, a nurse, who followed the President through every ward, stopped him at the entrance to one of the wards in the annex and said: DYING IN 1HE GRASS. “Mr. President, do you notice that there are a great many vacant beds here?’ “Yes,”’ said the President. “Well, sir,” continued Mrs. Lang, “I want you to know that there are men lying ‘out In the grass in the regimental\ camp dying, and no one will bring them in here.” | Mrs. Lang seemed full of emotion, almost |hysterical. The President glanced inquir- ‘ingly at Col. Forwood and then at Secre- tary Alger. Col. Forwood explained that the nurae had been hysterical all the morn- ing. Perhaps-the suffering she witnessed |} had made ber so. | With the President were Vice-President ' Hobart, Sex retary of War Alger, Aitorney- General Griggs, Senator R offleld Proctor. of Vermont; Brigad.er General Fagan, ,Commissary of the Army; Brigedier Gen- eral Luddingtoll, Quartermaster of the Army: Col. Henry He@ie r and Secretaries to the President Porter and Cortelyou. The ladies of the party were Mra. Alger and Miss Hecker, a daughter of Col Heckes. (ion. Wheeler, his stag? end nearly every , officer of prominence in the camp met the | President at the station except Gen. Shaft- er, who is still tn detention. and Gen. | Young, who fell and broke his arm last After greetings and introductions night. on the railway platform the President took Gen. Wheeler's erm and went to @ car- | rage. Col, | Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, of the Rough was among a group of horeemen neirby, Mr. McKYnley saw him and got ou; of the carriege to speak to him. Col, Roosevelt hastily diemounted and tusaied with @ gauatiet for 15 seconds so that un- gioved he might shake handa. The column of carriages wound up a hill escorted by the Third Cavairy Regiment and the mounted band of the Sixth Cav- jairy. The party pause’ « ~ quent om the , Se Ng nd - o-0-—-0--0—0—-0—-0--0—_0—0-—-0-0-—# THEIR OPINIONS. “I was very much pleased to m the heroes of Santiago and to . serve their splendid spirit. Wha saw of the care of the sick In t hospitals and those in charge of t noble women engaged in this wor Was especially gratifying to me.” President McKinley, efter inspectli Camp Wykoff. “I am not an army officer am have not a full experience in judgipy; camps and camp systems. But * seemed to me that Caimp Wikoff © admirably adapted for army pur- poses at this time es a camp for re- cuperation and hospital service. “I am most agreeably surprised by the facilities I found, particularly in the Hospital Service.’’—Vice- President Hobart, after inspecting ‘ the camp. ‘ O—-O- 0—0—-0-_0—_- 0-00 0 00-0 march anc the President looked out on ¢’ cape water Cound on either side and wi ened on the levela and hill tops by t tents of 18,00 men laid out in geometr lines. M’KINLEY MEtCTs SHAFTER. Mr. McKinley drove » Gen. Shafte tent in the detention camp. The Genera who was flushed and weak from a mf! case of malarial fever, was in ful] unifor sitting in a chair at the door of the ter He tried to rise, but Mr. McKinley gai “Stay where you are General. You're « titled to rest.” . The President congratulated Gen. Shaft« on the Santiago campaign and after a fe. minutes’ rest proceeded to the genera) hos pital. The soldiers recently arrived on transports and detained in the detention section of the camp lined up trregularly on each side the road and cheered. Mr. Me- Kinley took his straw hat then and scaroe- ly more than put it on for more than 4 minute or two at a time during the ré- mainder of his progress through ee camp. Mise Wheeler, a daughter of the 9 happened to be in the first row of the pital tents, and ghe showed the Pres, through her division. Gen. Wheeler We nounced in each ward: dent has come to see you,” or “Soldiers, the President of the United States.” Same of the soldiers slept on unconscious, some listlessly raised upon their elbows, others feebly clapped their hands. Mr. McKinley gently shook hands with many, and at every cot he paused an instant, and If he saw thé sick man looking at him he bowed in a direct and personal ways AMONG THE SICK MEN. In the second ward the President entered, and Sergt. John A. Alexander, Company D, First Ill‘nolm who has a fever, was rather startled to hear Gen. Wheeler anonunce the President. The Sergeant half raised up on his cot. Mr. McKinley, attracted by the movement, took Alexander's hand, I hope that you are getting better.”’ “Thank you, I think I shall get well.” “Do you wish for anything?’ inquired Gen. Wheeler. “No, I have everything good for me, I guess,”’ Alexander replied wearily; “but I wish I were home.” “I hope that we may soon get you there,” said Mr. McKinley. He had many such bits of talk with the men, and seemed to be in no hurry. He almost outwore the patience of all his party by his slow going through ward after ward, When seemingly all the wards had been gone through, and the President was about to get into a carriage, Attorney-General Griggs detained him. ' “Miss Wheeler has told me,” said h “of a Lieut. Brado who is in a tent bac here by himself, and he Is in a dying con dition. He has asked about your coming shal] see him.” “Certainly. Let us go to him,” Mr. Me- Kinley said, The others of the party discreely fre- mained outside the tent. The President reappeared with the nurse a minute or two later. His eyes were moist and downcam, As it was inconvenient to go back to the doors of the long tents, Mr. McKiney went through the framework ai. the ends of the tent and jumped down. The general hos- floors from the ground increased with eajct ward. At ward F the jump was neariy six feet. Mr. MeKiniey took i. Victe President Hobart, who ts a bulky man, hesitated. “I balk here Can't go over this hurdle.” he said. Neither would Secretery Alger, who had taken all the jumps until Gen. Wheeler eprang tightly now. But day was ho. Mr. McKiniey down. The The perspiration streamed from his face, A giass of apollinarts Wae offered to hm, sut he declined to drink, saying that he wae too wartn. THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH. He proceeded to the infantry plain as is called. The men the Ninth Mastachte setts, the First Iilinois, the Eighth Onhfe, the Thirteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-sec- ond and Tenth Regular lofantry were as sembied without arms. About 4@) men stood in close order. Gen. Wheeler eatd: “The Preaident of our great country hae come here to erect the soldiers that marched so gallantly up San Juan hii on July 1. He comes here to express the #a- tion's thanks to these brave arn. t wish to tel sin ge ago = "resident sent ™e vo Wee ay camp he enjoined 9 “Boys, the Presi. , and said:* “I am sorry to see @u so” dite, and Miss Wheeler has promised that youd pital is on a slope and the height of the wore a black frock coat with a walst-OOu, j _ —— *