The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
March 3, 1899

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(ffacfk TQImiE XXX WICHITA, KAXSaJS: FEIDAX MOBOTiSG, 3AKCH 3, 1S99 XHMSEK92 laxm C$ A' s i AIV' Beef Court Testimony Devel oped Yesterday. WITNESS WALTERS5 TALE Of Transport Woes, Aggra vated by Canned Roast IS FLATLY CONTRADICTED By His Superior Officer, who Makes Walters a Sorehead Facts iu the "Injectius' Case. TTashlngion, March 2. There were sev e Interesting developments in the betf urt of inquiry today. It -was field day f r the volunteer arm of the service, the waiting room being filled all day -with rremoers of the various volunteer regi ments which served la Cuba and Porto K ;o. The first of these, Clarence "Wal- rs, "f the First volunteer engineers, tcld u. sensational story of hardship and inha ran ty suffered during Ws serviee, de :,tag th& canned roast beef in harsner terms than have ever before been an -.to that much-discussed article. lAter .he day Lieutenant Sewell, United S it(s army, 'who -was major of the ol--nt.er battalion in -which "Walters serv 1, contradicted his story completely, say j s there was no canned roast beef aboard t .e transport -which took the command t PTto Rico. Further than that .he said, ....ers had come to him after landing G-d jiked to be discharged, so as to ac i.n a position as newspaper correspon wt, and on being questioned said that h had been well treated Vv-hile in the str .e and had no complaint to make. An important development -was the denial of t .e story by one ames Faxnan, and also u'tr.buted to Dr. Maxwell Christine of Phhadelphia, that they, had seen, beef m ted with the chemicals in an Omaha a. king house. Dr. Christine exDlalned at -what he had seen -was the sickling f corned meats, the brine being injected i-"o this meat to save several -weeks time -n the pickling vat. The question of coun e lor General Miles before the court is sf 1 in aoeyanco, some correspondence t v .ng passed between the general and t court, but both sides decline to trive c t the letters until a settlement is reach- L General Miles has not asked to be r presented by counsel, presumably be .ise that would put him in the position ct admitting himself on trial by the court, t n up to date he has declined to ad r t. On the other hand, the court does r. r. feei able, under the articles of war, t permit Major ee or any one else to --question witnesses unless he can be r i-nizd officially as counsel for the de f "o It -was stated that this matter .--ly will be settled tomorrow. The s expects to start Tuesday or "Wed r 1-y of next week. T't court he'd a long executive session re beginning the examination of wit r s today. The testimony of Clarence rs of the First volunteer enuiners f N-w York was rather sensational. He w s apparently well educated and intel- oidentIy a man of the world, and bi testimony clearly and calmly, but i positlveness. He was asked what his Hnee with canned beef had been on -v oyage of his transport to Porto I. and replied that the first can he p v opened had worms in it and a few rt ps "after toeing opened developed such p i rid odor, that it was impossible to x it about. He ate some of it and was r- io:entIy sick. He said he had ben -n sea trips before and wis never k. The men of his company com r of the meat and the commissary e s nt refused to accept it. Some of t "i dt was given to the surgeon major, v a-ted it and said it was all rfe-hu -ergeaat commissary was compelled i opt if, but did so under protest. V 'i all fane men of his battalion were s 'hroiighout most of the vovace, as -f eating this meat. nI Davis, the recorder, ordered a p. n ad and asked witness if it was t -ime he bad used in the service. Wit- s said it bore no resemblance to the v--. i trn article. The cans he bad seen v. a, different form, keystone shaoe, color, consistency and odor of the t- were entirely different. A sec- f in was opened for inspection, with s me result. Witness did not recog- commissary sergeant of his com s George Taylor of 5 SPine street, N x "i irk, sines made lieutenant. V reaching Porto Rico he was sick f week, as a result of the vorase. u gtvtn some medicine and told v j.i be all right m a little while. he got supplies from the Red i -d bought milk and eggs from the r practically subsisting himself t h s stay 00 the island. At last -a s of hfe company were folly as v and from the same cause. w .ym sick before you went aboard iort?" asked Colonel Gillespie. N s'l T it sort of life had yetx led before g it the serviceT" -.m'1 say that I have bees a diaat. I man." and there was a seneral aroznd the room. Colonel GiUesnie 1 and chanced the form of his i-n. 1': mean that. What business were T btore entering the servicer -v is a the newspaper business. i.n Herbertj O. Hicks, of comoanv "i i Massachusetts, described the ut did not make it Quite so xsu' s lat served Walters in Porto he said It was "a slimy, string seating to the taste, withe. rn--r) and without form that coald gr. led as meat except by t h aiU- wi h which it w?as soaked. Wit- was s&own severs of the c. witl the oramissi o. bt eai nit mw he bad sees i" He z.i the ws t 1 v re t r" -wwn cans wtrjMWt saaer p.ng JJ'ra Gearse Taylor, late of the -a Ma eadmeetts, who saM he Tsras a groceryman before entering the service, said his regiment served in Porto Rico. They had very HtCe that they- could eat on the trip down. They sometimes had bacon, but no chance to cook it, and had to throw it overboard. They had cannM roast beef which they could not eat and had frequently only canned tomatoes, hardtack and coffee. Asked if he thought any sickness in his command was caused by the food the men had eat, he reo'ied: "I think It was more due to what we did not have to eat. When we got to Porto Rico there were thirty of our men so sick the; were never landed." "Was this state of underfeeding gen eral aboard the transport?" asked Colonel Davis. "Tes. sir." Colonel Davis General Miles was on board? Did you report to him? "I did not think we had any right to go over the head of our colonel. We re ported to him. I heard him speak to the commissary captain, and the captain an swered that the men were getting all they would get and probably would get a good dea less when they got on shore. That was all I ever heard of the report." His coolnel was Charles F. Woodard. Witness said there was a great deal of sickness In hi command on shore, but he had attributed it at the time to the cli mate rather than to !i food. On shore the ration was usually short, how much so he could not say. He had been a gro cer ten years and handled canned roast beef, but It was a better article than he had seen in the army. M. O. Dwyer, of the Ninth Massachusetts volunteers, said that on the trip to Cuba they had been served a fairly good brand of canned beef, muchtne same as he had seen at home. After landing at Siboney some of the canned roast beef issued to the company was absolutely spoiled when opened, but it was all iR'atable and did not satisfy the hunger nor keep up tho strength. One of his experiences with the canned roast beef was on San Juan HiB, when his mess was out of rations. He found a can of roast beef in one of tho abandoned camps of the Sixth cavalry. "I thought it was going to be a godsend to the mess, sir," said he, feelingly, "and I put it in my shirt. I was smoking a cigar at the time, but when the cigar went out I smelled something awful and when I found out what was the matter It was the can of beef in my shirt. I found the can was cracked In one corner and oh, sir, it was awful." His first experience with the refrigerator beef was on San Juan Hill, July 21. The beef was nearly all of it mouldy and most of it tainted, so that the men were sick ened by eating it. On the voyage home the men could eat but little hardtack and coffee. "Then we started home, sir," said Dwyer in conclusion, "and "when jje got to Montauk Point the Massachusetts Aid society rescued us from the commissary department." (Lieutenant Newton Putney .another Sixth Massachusetts man, followed. His story of the voyage of the Yale to Porto Rico agreed substantially with that of Lieutenant Taylor, the tomatoes being bad, the canned meat worse, ari& bacon being issued without any facilities to cook it. So far as he knew, the aen com plained to their officers but nothing came of it. On shore the men -complained of the canned roast me" but they were In the habit of kicking, and witness paid fixtle attention to it until, going Into the In terior with six men on detached duty, they took two-thrds of their meat ration in canifed roast beef and had to throw it all away. Quartermaster Sergeant H. M. Ieth ridge, of the Second New York, whose ser vice had all been in the "United States, said he had handled about 1,200 pounds of the canned roast beef for his company. Only about forty pounds of this was ever used. A large amount was condemned by a board of survey and of a large number of apparently perfect cans he had per sonally opened, about one in five was ab solutely putrid, while none of it was whole some and fit to use. Lieutenant John S. Sewell, of the reg ular army, who served as major of the First volunteer engineers, and was aboard the transport that carried Clarence Wal ters to Porto FJco, testified that there was no canned beef aboard this transport, to his knowledge. There was canned corned beef In cans such as were described by Walters as containing canned roast beef. He recollected Walters but the latter never had complained to him of the ration or of h-s treatment while in the service. On the contrary, Walters said he had been very well treated. Private Stubbeline. of the Seventy-first New York, said he had been made sick three times by eating canned roast beef and thereafter avoided it as much as he could. He was shown some of the freshly opened cans of beef on the table and said k was in a general way like what he had eeea in Cuba, but was somewhat better meat. Of the refrigerator beef nearly all that he saw was tainted. Guy P. Vistinski, of the First volunteer engineers, had been three months in Porto Rico and only ate canned roast beef once. It made him sick. There was Gne brand of canned corned beef that also made the men 111 but another brand they could eat. They only got a little of this sort. P. C. Miller of Rochester, a machinist by trade, and a private of the Eighth Ohio had had large experience with canned roast beef while campod on Cuba. His testimony was clearer and more assured than that of most of the enlisted men. About one-third of the canned beef was tit for use and the rest condemned. One half the refrigerated beef had to be buried and of the rest very little could be said to b good. The men were hungry and ate it. Dr. "iaxwell Chrjtetine of Philadelphia, the witness who was supposed to have seen the chemical preparation of meat fc the packing bouse of Swift Cou, in Omaha, tes tin M that while -n Omaha last year he had been through "ie s;augner house of tfce Swift firm a "id had seen a man with a canula on the --"id of a flexible tube shoving it into sect'oas of meat and injecting th-ra with fluid. He did not know at the :me what the fliud was. or whether the mu being treated a corned beef, pork or refrigerator bef The meat was cut in ifteen twenty p nd pieces and was r .t sides or qariers. He pad little attention 10 the matter at the time, but when the discussion over "esn ba.med beer arce. toe deemed it his duty -v ante to General MJes telling hira what hl -i?n. He d:d not sa :n his letter 1 .t was "beef wh.ch was be-ng In td ju; said tntrelj that was "meat. tie had regarded this contamnica&OB aa confidential, but it had got out and brought hits a great many letters. Among orhers as a 'eter from a man :a New Y-fc -gr..-g h irelf Went 2 and asking f rr C n kn-w Tjctw-. .i-i w r-gulir wo iT !r- j corning beef and hams, as the injection with picklmg ."fluid reduced the period of r ckL'ng the ma bv evera! weeks He (Continued on Second Page.) FLEET Of Mosquito Craft Is What Dewey Needs. STEADY OLD REGULARS Otis Wants, and They Are Being Rushed Out, Washington, arch 2. The transport Sher man, carrying the entire Third infantry of regulars and one battalion of the Seven teenth infantry, has arrived at Perim en route to Manila, with re-infor:ements. Perim is on the Egyptian side of the Red sea, just above the southern outlet, .nd is a British naval station. The Sherman should reach Manila about March 13. sine is outfooting the Grant, which precede! her by two weeks. In answer to the direct questions as to whether or not these regular troops arre intended to relieve a corresponding nu.n ber of volunteer soldiers at Manila, it was said at the war department that wnKe this probably would be the case, it was not possible yet to make a pasitive state ment. This means that if when the re inforcements arrive at Manila the con ditions are satisfactory the volunteers w'll be brought home; but if Otis shall have need for all of the combined force, then they must wait. The re-inforcements are made up of troops who are not only regu lars In the full sense of the term, but who have been through the Cuban or Porto Rican campaigns. They know what It is to be under fire; how to hunt Indians and also how to fight In tropical Jungles. With them replacing the samem number of vol unteers. General Otis will have a major! ty of regulars in his command, something the war department has earnestly desired to bring about at the earliest possible moment. The position of the American commander at Manila also will be safe guarded against the effect of a sudden and forced discharge of volunteers by the ratication of the peace treaty. Admiral Dewey is again pressing on the navy department the urgent need of ves sels of light draft as a means of commu nication among the numerous small Islands of the Philippine group. To this end the sunboat Vixen, which fieured bravely for a vessel of her light calibre at the outset of the Cuban campaignhas been ordered to be Immediately fitted out at the Norfolk navy yard for sailing for ani'a. This will take about a month, and it probably will be three or four months before she joins Dewey's fleet. Besides the Concord, which is perhaps too large to be classified as one of the small crft. the only light vessels now in the Philip pines available for running about Jiose waters are the Petrel and the Helena. The Castlne and the Princeton, however, are now speeding in that direction, but the small craft equipment there will still De inadequate. The department is anxious to afford Admiral Dewey all the assis tance possible. He has repeatedly called attention to the great importance of this work and has emphasized the fact that it is the light vessels, fit to skirmish about in the shallow waters and -to run In and ou of the harfoors where the larger ores would be useless, that he wants, rather than the heavier types. The following bulletin of casualties from General Otis at Manila was posted at the war department todas.-: Casualties near Caloocan: irst South Dakota February 27, com pany B, Private Herman H. Belman, knee severely; company L, Sergeant Robert B. Ross, scalp, slight. Twentieth Kansas February td, com pany G. Captain David Elliott, killed. First Montana February 2S. company A. Private Alvin F. Pletner, shoulder, slight; company K, Howard L. Tann-ir, ihtzh, moderate; company M, William J. Chris ty, hand, slight. Near San Pedro Maiati: First Califor nia, February 2S, company F, Private Ar thur M. Smith ,neck, severe; company K, Harold VE. Parks, arm. sllirht. First Washington 3Iarch 1, company C, Corporal Alfred B. Reichert, shoulder. moderate; Private Herbert L. Osbome, chest, severe. Chaplain Lewis J. Iceland, First Ten nessee, died at Hello, February S$. smali- Manila, March 2, 5:30 p. m. This is the hottest day of the season, but fortunately ail is quiet inside and outside of our lines and the majority of the men were kept in the hsade. The United States trnnsoort Morgan City has arrived here. The wies of the officers and other women sassen gers were not allowed to land, the author ities considering the condition ashore to be too unsettled. New York, March 2. The United States hospital ship Relief sailed today for Ma nila. She is in command of Surseon Ma jor Bridley and will carry to General Otis for the relief of the sick and wounded at Manila, a fun cargo of medical supplies and delicacies, as well as 290 medical corps men and a number of acting assistant surgeons and hospital steward. Island of Perim (Straits of Bao-El-Man-deh). Mareh The United State trans port Sherman arrived here ymterday on her way to Manfia, The Sherman left K" York on February 3 and has on oard the Third infantry, regulars, and one battalion of the- Sekevteenth In fantry. San Francisco, March i The United States transport steamer Portland sailed today for Manila, She carries a number of recruits and a great earro of surHes for the army and navy In the Philippines. Hong Kocg. March The United States Philippine commission left here aboard the United States, steamship Bal timore for Manila. DEWEY'S COMMISSION WAITING President Xorainate Kixser IIobon for Promotion Waltoe:oa. Morrfc vie comsitji'.n of tiru.e Dewey to b-. 2.1 a.lcj 4i in ile iry ren m?de ,-:t at fhe aarv partrfKm and seat io tlr. Wae House u- tre a readmees -3fc the btB cea:it.r cm- ot Msisrai fe signed by the c t i e t"- Kit- t the .vrrtwat Val Constructor Rt?fcmn'

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i constructors. U m .no i-HLce 's naval constructors, for extraordinary hero- Lm. War: Infantry Captain T. F. Forbes, Fifth infantry, to be major First Regiment "Volunteer Engineers First Lieutenant Julius A. Schuelke," as sistant surgeon, to -be surgeon with the rank of major. Medical Department Captain E. C Car ter .assistant surgeon, to be surgeon wth the rank of major. Postmasters; California Asa Crocker, Suisun Citv. 'Colorado J. W. Ramblo. Florence. Washington. March 2. President Mc Kinley at 11:15 p. m. signed the bill cre ating the rank of admiral In. the navy. NO ACTION YET ON SCHLEY Senate Confirms a .List of Unob jected Nominations. Washington, March 2. The senate, in executive session today, took up the Samp son and Schley cases and discussed them briefly. Senator Butler moved to recon sider the name of Admiral Schley, inde pendently of other nomination.;, but it being apparent that no quorum was pres ent, the senate went into open session. The motion remains pending and win be pressed by Senator Butler at the next executive session. The greater part of the sesclon today was devoted to unob jected nomiantions. The following were confirmed: William Small, District of Columbia, to be consul at Colllngwood, Ont. H. Sullivan, of Plankington, S. D., to be register of the land office at Peavey, Alaska. Roland C Nichols, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, to be receiver of public moneys at Peavey, Alaska. Postmasters: Colorado S. M. Briggs, Durango; C. R. Ellis, Rico. V Kansas T. T. Thompson, Howard. Washington George Sinclair, Ritzville. California F. A. Egan, Angels Camp; J. P. LeLonard. Orovtlle; O. J. Lincoln, San ta Cruz. Also a number of promotions In the armv. JUDGESHIP FOR SENATOR GRAY AVho Was a Teace Commissioner and is a Gold Democrat. Washington, March 2. Senator George Gray of Delaware, whose term expires March 4, has signified to the president that ho would accept a tender of appointment as United States circuit judge for the Third judicial district, comprising- the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, and his appointment has been definitely decided uptm. The nomination, however, wil not be made until after the adjournment of congress. A recent act gave an additional judge to this circuit because of the large amount of litigation therein. Senator Gray Is a Gold Demo crat and was one of the American com missioners in the recent peace treatv ne gotiation. THAT HONG KONG JUNTA Will Have the "Prisoner" Story Crammed Down Their laying Thtfont. Washington, March 2. The war depart ment officials pronounce absurd the char acteristic Filipino junta story to theeffecc that Aguinaldo has taken several hundred American soldiers prisoners and removed them to the interior. As a matter of fact General Otis bulletins have accounted for every man in the American arrayjn Ma nila and there it not on record a aingle case of mussing. Secretary Alger has brought the report to the attention of General Otis with a view to secunng the most spe cific denial. WRECK OF THE LABRADOR On the Coast of Scotland In n For; All Hands Saved. Tobermory, Scotland, March 2. Investi gation into the wreck of the British steamer Labrador, from St. John, N. B., for Liverpool, shows that she ran ashore about four miles from Skerryvore onr Wed nesday morning. Captain Er?klne. her commander, 'has eent the following dis patch to the agents of the steamer at Liverpool: "Labrador ran in Mackenzie rock in a thick fog at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. The ship was caught amidships, the seas breaking over. Hold? No. 1. 2 and 3 were soon full of water. The passengers and crew were saved in the boas. One boat load was landed at Skerryvore lichthouse. The German steamer Viking picked up the remainder. No steamer is obtainable to return for -the passenger?. If the ship te not broken up will endeavor to save the mails uhen a steamer Is obtained." The Labrador had a good passage until Sunday, when, she entered a fog bank and lost her bearings. Skerryvore light was -mistaken for Inistrahull light, on tho north of Ireland. Most of the passengers were still in bed when the steamer struck and there was much excitement; but the passengers were calmed by the assurances of tfee captain, the boats were lowered without a hitch and all on board Wt tho steamer in safety. The passengers and crew lost everything they possessed. The women and children were pot in rbe first boat and the other passengers in the sec ond boat. The crew of the Labrador took the other boats. After three and a half hours the boats met the steamer Viking, from Norway, which took them on board. Wbe- the Labrador was last seen she was settling down or stem. The passen gers of the wrecked steamer are full of praise for the Labrador? oJSccrs and crew and for the conduct of the cantata of the Vicing INDIAN TERRITORY COAL STRIKE Hundred 3icnI-'rom Pano. III.. on the Way. Kansas City. Mo., March 2. A spec-al from South McA'ester. L T.. sayi?: The coal miners strike today remain prac ucaliy unchanged. The Krebs men are out temporarily and will take a vote to decide whether or not they .shall stay 00. Whatever action they take wffl doubtless be followed b the men at Cberrvrale. Le high and Colgate mines, which are idle. Twenty-five union men went to work at Hartshorn th s morning. One hundred mea from Pans, UL. will reach here tomorrow to take the places of the ASrikers. No disturbances have been created. St Louis. March i A special to fhe Ptt?t-DisfMtch from DaBa&. Texas, says: The magnitude of the Indian Territory and Arkansas coal miners" strSfe Is alarm ing the industrial circles of Texas. Ar rangemeots are befag made to precnr coal from TUiooie and Colorado, ft fr aa nooaced here today that satisfactory f reigh! rates hare fe-en roaeeded by, Bae extending from intaote to- Texz. rynjtrr Kin-r HnS' Hias-telf. St. Loots. Mareh i Joh TV. KJag. pay master of the Missouri Pacific rafiway. .jrcmitted mjooe at at borne today by hanging himself to a rafter in the eeiiar. K'ng was a years old and had been idea- f t ied wth the MJ?er! Pacific rflroeii fr narT -Sf:n jears. Na case hs deed .s ksawr. i:r I i LEO Will Probably Recover If He Obeys His Physicians. HARDLY A MODEL PATIENT Erring on the Side of Good Spirits and Vivacity. Rome, March 2. The following bulletin was issued by the pope's physicians at 10 o'clock this morning: "The pope passed a tranquil night without pain and lept as well as usual after taking nourishment at intervals. His respiration, circulation and digestion are normal The wound has been dressed and everything l taking the most regular course. His temperature is 3T.5 centigrade, puke 72 and respiration 22. The pope passed a good night. He took a little soup and brandy a: midnight and then fell asleep. The fever increased somewhat during the night, but Dr. Lap pom vsays this Is usually the .case after such an operation as the patient under went on-yesterday, and that sleep will do the most to restore strength. Dr. Mazonni dressed the part operated upon, this morn ing. The pope's condition at 2:50 p. m. today was proiiounced satisfactory. The cicatri zation of the wound had commenced, the patient was much better and there was no fever. A large number of additional in quiries and telegrams were received today at the Vatican from sovereigns and others In all parts of the world, expressing sym pathy with his holiness. The pope was in excellent spirits today. When the doctors proposed applying the clinical thermom eter his holiness said that there was no need to do so, as he could himself Teel that the fever had disappeared, just as he could feel the high temperature prior' fo the operation. Tne pontiff would not allow the wound to be swn up, so the doctors had to be content with drawing the ends together with a plaster. After the wound had been dre3ed, chatting quietly with Dr. Mazonni, the pope smilingly said: "I want you to cure me without any pain, and in two days." The surgeon replied In the same spirit: "Your holiness must not expect me to perform miracles." The pope, for the present, will partake only of liquid nourishment, such ae soup, raw eggs and watered wine. The doctors positively deny that there 13 any dysen tery or danger of blood poisoning. They are confident of restoring the health of the pontiff. Dr. Mazonni today said to a high personage at the Vatican, who asked for confidential information on the subject, that If the pope recovered, as he fully ex pected, there was no reason why he should not live for another ten years, so great la his vitality. 9:30 p. m. The pope was very cheerful all day long, and In an Interested way asked '.he doctors from time to tlm what they thought of his condition. They re assured him. There has, however, been a slight Increase in hi temperature, to which the doctors attach importance, al though hoping It is merely due to the nour- 1 ishment he has taken. Dr. Lappool will I remain In attendance at the Vatican to night. Rome. March 3. 1 a. m. The latest news from the Vatican ta thnt the pope's tem perature at midnight had fallen several points. It appears that his disinclination to observe the directions of the physician is an obstacle in the way of rapid recov ery. He has confidence In his own strength 1 and does not readily acquiesce in their ad vice not to move. During the afternoon he Insisted upon leaving his bed without assistance and also read several telegrams. The rise in hte temperature, which had given some anxiety, was probably caused In part In this way. The doctors exclude everybody from his apartments except his personal attendants. Prof. Mazonni re mained in readiness during the evening to proceed to the Vatican if needed, but up to 11 o'clock he had not been called and at that hour he did not expect to go until daybreak. The pope said during the day: "It I a miracle of God that I am still aMve; for He wishes to spare His church a terrible crisis at the present moment." At a o'clock in the afternoon the doctors made a prolonged visit, lasting more than an hour, which caused some uneasiness, but on leaving they gave reassuring re ports. Prof. Mazonni saying there wa3 not the last far the bronchial tuba or lung? would be a ff etd. The pope's nephews also visited him in the course of the after noon and left h!s chamber much pleased at his progress Despite these optimistic reports, grave doubts are entertained as the Issue of bis illness. H!s holiness, it Kems. displaying great Interest in the matter, has asked the doctors as to the best way of prei-erving the cyst, explaining that he intended, when he should have recovered, to dissect it for parBores of study. Although the condition of the pontiff was not considered grave. Cardinal Ledochow ski. the prefect of the coogregattea of the propaganda, consulted yesterday with Car dinal Cregaha, dean of the Sacred Col lege, camorkmgo of the Holy Romas ehttreh and prefect of the coBgregados of ceremonial, aad Cardinal Mertei. vice chaaeeHor of the Holy Roman chorea and arst e&rdtaal deaeen. who. coajoactloa I with Cardinal imochowslcI. according to the apfe-tottc oonstf tottoa, aswam the gov ernment of the csoreh'ta cki!- of tho pope's death. KIPLING DECIDEDLY BETTER His Children A'ot Nearly so III as Pirt Reported. New York. March 1 That Radyard Kipling's coodttioa has tmprovwl very greatly during the past twenty-four hoars in evidenced by rh fact that hot one baJ tecln was ported during today. That was of a very itisfactory nature, aad it was aaaosmced toncgat that no farther haOt tin weM he f orthcamiag uatX tomorrow afteraooo. The baDena iroaosl at th Hotel GsaoMe ax 2 o'eioek thsa amer aooa wa.: 3Ir. Xlpmag has made mtisfactory i progrofe. He has a alight fsrer. hart in comfOitahle. chwuch waaic a4 r orwti ie tkisg alar In rbe aAected portfoa of th msgis." Another nxfeeatloe that -2j patieat 1 ctlBg aiong wl- ie that -oalgnt he asked to i ihoira the ae-crs-jaj-en, asd eeird BULLETIN Or 5TIje Bidjita Salhj cSaglt Wichita, Friday, March 3, 1899 "Weather Ier Wichita Today: Fair; cooler; northerly "winds IMPORTANT NEWS OF TODAY- Pages. 1. Hot Beef Court Sensations Hot Times Comics for Filipinos Ppe Leo Is Getting: Better .Cecil Rhodes on .ExpBsiea S. HeHse Passes an Aatl-Trast Bill Havens Bill Oat of Conference 3. Wichita livestock Markets House Votes Money fir Shows Soldiers in a Hallway Wreck 5. Death Beat the Lavs Oklahoma Can be a State 6. Sir. Brltton wants Damages Interest la Xew City Court 8. Winter's Horror at Sea Tanderbllt-Kalr Wedding to be greatly pleased and affected ax th interest In his Illness shown by tho American people. Mr. K'pHas peat a comfortoJble night. He flepi for eon hours and rested -well and again thla morning' he -njoyod an hour or two of sleep. In thU way ho has m a great measure recuperated Ms strength and rh promises are very "bright for,hte speedy recovery. According to the latest report Kipling" two kittle daughters are not seriously ill. as was at first thought. The elder. Jo sephine, a child of 6, is being cared for at the home of Miss DeForest. a friend of Mrs. Kipling, and tonight Miss DoForest said that the little one was doing "very nicely, indeed." This was after Dr. Jane- way had visitvd the child, with whom bo spent a considerable time. She te snffer Ing from pneumonia and it Is not known whether ehe is absolutely out of danger. Tse younger of Mr. Kipling's daughters, Elsie, a child of X. wjs said tonight by Mr. Doubleday to be suit ering from noth ing more serious than a aovore attack f bronchitis, and he said it is hoped that the physicians would be able to aave her from pneumonia. At S39 o'clock Mr. DoubJeday earn down from the Klptlng apartment aad ald that the patient was making rapid Improvement. "Dr. Jaaow&y w4H not come back to the hotel tonight. said Mr. Doabloday. "Tneor is no reason Why he should. Mr. Kipbag making mch pro gress that Dr. Janeway's continued pres ence is unnecessary." At a late hour tonight Mr. Doableaay announced that Josephine Kipling was ou of danger and Mr. Kipling resting easy. KUNKEL IS ACQUITTED At Lawrence of the Charce pf Poi-t- oitin II in Ulrc. Lawrence, Kan., March 2. The Jury in the case of J. J. Kunkel, charged with poisoning his wife, today returned a ver dict of not guilty, and Kunkel was re leased. The ease has been or trial for ten days. Kunkel. who Is a tailor, was accused of using poon to aceampttsh the deaths of his urst and second wives aad of hi step-daughter, and also of bemg re sponsible for th death of his toree-year-old crippled son aad Jiff father-in-law. The specific charge on which be was tried was that of the murder of his second wif in September. WW. At out time the com munity was arrayed against him to a unit, but his rcnt trial found him more in favor. Kunkel. accompaaisd by his faugh. tr and .listers of both his dOcaaAe wives. was in the court room today when the ver dict was rendered. He received it without a tremor of nervoasness. MOUNEAUX IS ARRAIGNED Xcst Tueidaj 1 .-rtathe Iaj- For P!eadinr. New Tork. March i. Roland B. Mou- I neaux. Indict'd on the charge of murd-r in the first degree for th killing of Mrs. Katherlne J. Adams, by sending poison to Harry Cornish, was arraigned today. The court room was packed wbn Moii aeaux took a position beam his coon!. Messrs. Weeks and Battle. Mr. Wastes asked that time should hi gives to th defeat before pleading, aad sogceateu about a wfc District Attorney GanHaer prote r-ted. but was overrule by Iteeordar GotT. who set next Tueaay as th day for pleading. Tho proroedmim h eom-t only consumed shoot six mhratos. After a colfcxnsy betwB Mr. Weeks ami Coio nei Gardiner, regardm a poaeifctt motion to exasn'ne into the rowrt of fhe graad jury. Moilaeaox wae led oat of th conn room. He shook hands Jth sane of h5s mends In too rear at th court room aad appeared to b prfe-t!y at ease. MARTIN MAH0N HIDES AWAY And Payne Moore Trial Iu Post poned tu March i7. New Tork. March i On account of the continued absence of Martla Malum, 'he complaining witness, toe trial of Mrs. Payne Strahaa Xoor for 8ecd iMhhws by the badger same was today adoaraod to March S. Assistant :trW Attorn? Mclntyre said all the resoorc of th detective force of the my wooid he ea&eg into remmntlon to itod Mr. Ma boa. Th court reduced Mrs. Mjotc toa.1 from vjm to KANSAS MURDER MYSTEflY John ;itbert'M Kamtlyf ordered .Vear Ciy Ccater. aad lie Kimloz. Cay Ctr. Xaa Isrcl i-w. tarrfbl murder -was discovreii rats afiTaooa m AthelfftMt township, this csuerry Win a alghhor orova Joha QUben bga homo 1 he was to gad Mm 04Ibrt sad 1 her foor chmfaaa Tmrdwod The hey vu 3 ream od ami th girt X, ana T years. reepectlveiy Th fasaily had sot ti'-s foaad locked ami the hrmfcaait tout,:,.- voldlrrs 31 nt Thirst Ofin. Washmsctoa. Marra 1 Th tuatmimi wtarh Sismtor Hasamrsmgh ofle to he army rworsaaamO bCI sv a hi- a cssae a part of that v xstt -z afttrrs r KIit 'om r tog avMrn n -j maxJ. fr rta,.-r:g gaR f-irthr sad probmfts v ofaar pr- oo ewlliMC uea fosnf it. ng 3- ouae! er a- n! as s-.rj pn?. j jKftw Tow w!ii x 'j Hn' Trnoi. 1 ii!iun rtservxtiocu. CECIL Rhodes Says America Is His Kind of People, EXPANSION IN THE BLOOD Duty to Spread the "White Man's Government," SEES A GREATEST AMERICA Hoanded Only by Csada and tho South Pole AVhy Canada Will Xever be Aunexeil. (Copyright im. y tho Associated Press.) Alexandria, 9839. Mareh 2. Cecil Rkodt who. In th tym of most. Esj.tsi BMii, is the Incarmutoa of nH--nlte:,c poHey. hoida views ooacorateg the future of th United Statos vn mora mr-rach-lag than moat AhmkIokji imoeriaJlsa have braoched. Mr. RheJas. la coaver satioa with a rrteur of the Ao dated Pre on hoard the stenmor H-tprf-mtrs. oa tho Mediterranean, Vy which be came to IDoroo ht th tatrst or tho Cap to Cairo railroad, aad telegram n. a eaatnry th United States woaki ru.va advanced the work began la th evacua tion of Calm, nattt It control at of American bemfepher xoeot Cmswda Tne stmstanc of the cooverAUJoa Ttpro duced: Mr R4mi1a mintrniiT irntri ttnm '.i rtn KW already doa la Cu and pre dieted that R woeid he carried on- la the PhiHpptaes. The United States, h vn. skiered oao of tho nattoas bn. sou pl for eolonJzatfcm. and reaeatoaly ax-;tm-ed: "too. are takteg to it tfke mothers milk, apparently with th greatest de Maht" He isxttred -with great wtermt what were th argument of the opwoaonU Of lmoriaslHm la th Uaftl States ami orna mented that they usamed to be animated by !BhMMe. "ft is the daty of oivUlxed nation to take eharg of th barbarians and give thm a white maa'a govera meat." he said. The United States Is on of the great powa sad cannot evupe this doty." He did not twmWe that tho United State would ever wfchtfraw U aMCaorfty from Ctsba, aad thoaght th maMser m which Spain aad hoaa evicted fram her eolnsae and th UaiMd States had taken podsossioa was mJtt fcasiae like. (AmOrlea's actio hi cotiwi cntspg Bpala for th PMIIsBiiiw attract? him "I -weald have bamalaa the SpsmtarH land made them pay a war hcdaainity wa his comment. He declared that th United States ou. I never witadratr 'row the PhlKwmc V cans It wa their duty to give these peo ple a strong and good government, r M he helKrv that when they haa Iwsnin. to realbM th results of their work thr American would d-lde to stiamlorr tfce policy. They might rnmtw for a Umo oxer th xpen. buc that wowVl he a mere "flea-h" to a aatioa rh. Why not amsadoa sort oi th expense f she pension list, which rems no aoroaMoaabty Isrsje. If erooony was rifry. ISven if a large navy m-wrr t oallt, the Unhed State could wi atf rd t far as th faam of rrcv-aing r- 4a ataag. mftt ari'i a- wmt. TCnft'and .ifl tho UnitM H ate tnr .;.l maintained h-rtr pr-i ,r krtant;r r. whka wi rarrl-ay aJBanc. comWnari-n .f pw" -nnr thn To gorti r .kmW. rv 'itod State wot orgar r a staff r.f .1 Sal ot!Via, but they w a.,-l 6n that "-ksy a thy would ontt i- s new :i To fh 1 .tftfsttor 9f tn ntl-imprt&t lots ha Philippine w iid be r the br-gint.re of 'i'.nis-' he sa.-l Tbe jr mar- nr.u- t the sea t bt a-ni-rn "r1hr 3 J' '.xM up T territory s ra em ut prac'ti ar all pr-fnf by th 'itui'. Th mate w -k tn- I iv 1 at w 1 h to syrn foa'h Aw u Ti I jirohabiy x-x.n -wMh M-xt a'' Coatrsi Ativrteaa stt t--o tiu- t the aa:irfi t xtb Am-i a, ui"( x hold afl ri "-antry ta tt y Thes t u katr m mn; -dl xMncrn. ssmrts j" t -ti'.y larbaia orn-sovertm-r.'-t4 It w il your du'y to gt h-m th writ? nan' govern ment M x'' hi wU yita-ssd, h-it a nation m- itfid utos mm ska a.- 1 hj Hi 4wJ n mar h rJ r -y -T hu tm. oa-'bwi-l ',t o' ii rpir 1 spates. The PhJppJcs j i t -if T' J -am j to -i. Wt;- I frVv r jooth xm j tr Hr. .i t v.-r rrsr- 1 ret-''' l!'- Moturi arm a. A4 I Ida -nwr, t VaA4 1 pT.si iCaaad. V"A I S e. tlxitvf r r-f wm no r.i WUUUi.ilr-'i Asacrvraa it- T the t-si4 J atissnm mi ist.n y tm fe tes a if tn BU "S(T y t tx 1 ge r (year ilu 'he wo i v. A -ady yi r rf. To i MgrwUj- e -mtrtM 1 gre them oS rrrai-1' Tar s-V.,4 yo boc1 T ai i f,r ht-x-i rtt Psaitpt-a fsfi- 1- sjsarm rtt r r yw-j- Tt wk 'l tm art ta f KoVSd tho ilall lllmvir 9t Lmls. 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