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FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE. Ji ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , ] 873. O3IAIIA , TUESDAY MORNING , AUGUST 1 , 1899 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY .FIVE CENTS. PLAGUE AT 1IATON Thirty-Seven Owes of Y Bepoited at Soldiers' ' Home. SEVEN DEATHS OCCUR AMONG INMATES Disease is Probably Introduced by a Soldier Recently from Onba. EFFORT MADE TO CONTROL OUTBREAK Cordon it Drawn Around the Affected Locality by Health Officers. GARRISON AT FORT MONROE IS REMOVED Soldier * Will He Trnnnferreil to More .Northern ( luartcr * , lint Operation * nt Norfolk : \nvy Vnril Arc .Not Ileontlniicil. WASHINGTON , July 31. The latest offi cial advices received up to 8 o'clock tonight Bhow a total of thlrty-oovcn cases and seven deaths at the Soldiers' home at Hampton , Va. One new case occurred at thp home today. Thus far the disease has been con j fined to the homo , but nil surrounding towns 1 are oxcltcd and vigorous quarantine Is be ing maintained Dr. Wasdln of the Marine Hospital service Is In charge of affairs at Hampton nnd Is working In co-operation j with the local beards of health. He has ' { strengthened the cordon about the town -of j Phoebus , which he reports Is In very bad sanitary condition. The fact that only one new case nppc-ired today Is encouraging to the officials here , who are taking every incasuro to prevent a spread of the disease. They fepl that the fact that the affected locality is In the hands of the government and under ono management will be of great value In dealing with the scourge and en- nblo better results to bo obtained than where epidemics break out in commercial places. Already a number of Inquiries have been received by Dr. Wyman from quaran- tlno officers throughout the United States asking whether they shall Impose a maritime quarantine against Norfolk. He has replied that there appears to be no necessity for fcuch restriction In the case of either Nor folk or Newport News. Dr. Wasdln's official report of his examin ation of tbo existing conditions at the Sol diers' home reached Dr. Wyman today. It Is dated yesterday nnd notes the fact that the doctor has seen all the cases of suspected diseases at the homo. He sums up the his tory of the contagion as follows : "Early In July an 'old soldier" entered the liomo for a short rest and soon afterward appeared at the dispensary , where he In formed the physician In charge that he was but recently from Santiago via transport tea a northern poit ; thence he started for Ma nila via San Francisco : beat his way to the Jiomo on a freight train and entered with his "baggage. " Ho complained of dumb chills and fever and was prescribed for. He mingled freely with the Inmates of the homo and a short time ago dlsappcaVed. From this aa a possible cause the outbreak occurred as follows : Preceding Friday , July 21 , there bad been -noticed nothing ot a suspicious nature. The weekly death rate was af > usual , nut .m itho 21st and 22d there became 111 during the night with severe pains , chills , high fever some eight or ten inmates , men of usually good health. These seizures , al though noted ns peculiar , had occasioned no alarm until about Thursday , July 27 , when a death occurred , the man becoming dls- itlnctly yellow some time prior to death. On or nbout the same day another one died without having attracted particular atten tion. Ho also turned oulto yellow. Autop- eles vvcro held on both by the resident pathologist. It wai then , or a little later , that the telegram was sent out asking for an expert. I found there were 3,500 In- jnates and that thirty-five had been taken ill ulnco Julv 21. Dr. Wasdln said ho withheld a positive diagnosis In his first communication be cause of the assertion of Surgeon Vlckory at the home that there had been no communi cation of the Inmates with any Cuban sol diers returned since last May or early In tin no. il * I * Correct. With the discovery of the probable origin of the Infection and the two autopsies to day there can bo no doubt , ho says , ubaut the disease bcl'ns yellow fever and con tinues : I have advised Malor Vlcker to empty the dormatorles Infected at once , putting the men prcferrably In tents. The grounds are closed. There has been a very free Inter communication between the Inmates and people of 1'hoebus , a public bouse near the grounds having been freely visited until last night. I have suggested to Dr. Fcttus to meet ono or more of the local boards of 1'hoobus and Inform them of the state of affairs and ask their co-operation In watch ing the village. These Inmates , as I under- litatnd 11. do not mingle much with people outsldo of the village. From this fact It would Boom possible to confine It In the llomo. Some data furnished by the surgeon gen- oial shows the prompt manner In which the j I authorities have taken the matter In hand , i Late Saturday night Dr. Wyman received j rv telegram from Surgeon Vlckery at the . homo asking for an expert. Dr. Wasdln i was ordered there from Norfolk at once and } I last night a dispatch came from him an- j I nouncliig the disease -wan genuine yellow j | fever. Surgeon White was sent from Wash ington to take charge of marlno hospital af faire. Ho has had largo experience In yol- Jew fever epidemics , After u cordon had been established around the Soldiers' Homo neighboring cities were warned and advised to hunt for any Inmates of the homo Mho might be visit ing and to keep them under close Investiga tion. Dispatcher to this effect were eent Sunday to Norfolk , Portsmouth , Newport Nona and Richmond and the health officer at Washington was notified. In Norfolk a Jiouso to house Inspection Is being made. Dr. Farquhur at Portsmouth was appointed j lo commit with the health authorities there and at the adjoining town of Berkeley and to aid In locating army refugees. Passed Assistant Wertcn linker , who has been or dered from Wilmington , N , C. , to Hampton la not an Immune , but Is Intimately ac quainted with the community and will servo on the outside of the cordon , Surgeon Vic- l < cry at the homo has been asketl to pre pare a list of boldlers who have departed within a month , with a view to tracing them. Today Dr. Wjman ordered Assistant Sur geon Von Kzdorf from New Orleans to Hampton , Parsed Assistant Surgeon Smith , mho Is on lca\t < , has been directed to return to Norfolk. Surgeon Mugruder has been or dered back from Memphis. Doth of tlioao Jiavo had largo experience In quarantine quarters. Surgeon I'ettua , in charge of the Capo Charles quarantine , has been ordered to assign his assistant , Surgeon McUnton i , to temporary charge and to remain on duty himself at Old Point the ( iiirrlNon. Orders hava been Issued by the War da- it'inuviut ; the garrison at Fort j Monroe to some point on the northern coast to bo selected by General Mcrrltt. A few officers and twenty enlisted men will be de- Ualned at Fort Monroe as a guard , fflBtJrgcon General Sternbcrg expected to go lJJJv"ort Monroe tonight , but has learned that \ ' ] > H boats will not stop there owing to the Mallow " fever at Hampton. " Surgeon General Wyman of the marlno hogpltal service had a conference " ' 1th Secre tary Alger today concerning the ycllu.v fever situation at Hampton. The secretary of war Is ex-officlo president of the board of man- agnrs of the Soldiers' Home , and as a consequence quence his orders concerning the yellow fever situation at Hampton. The secretary of war Is cx-officlo president of the board of managers of the Soldiers' home , and as a consequence his orders concerning the Homo would govern It , Secretary Algcr assured Dr. Wyman that the War department would assist In every manner possible to control the epidemic and as ox-officlo president of the Soldiers' Home he would Issue such or ders as are deemed necessary. Dr. Wyman says that It may be necessary to take many of the Inmates of the home away. Speaking of the situation General Stern- berg said today "The matter of dealing with the epidemic will bo entirely in the hands of the Marlno Hospital service , but ot course wo shall co-operate In any way possible. I shalf ask to have a yellow fever expert sent to Fortress Monroe for the protection of the army Interests. " General Stcrnborg said he had no theories to advance ns to the cause of the outbreak. General Sternberg has requested that ActIng - Ing AsslHtant Surgeon Seaton Norman be de- tailed for service at Fortress Monroe. Surgeon General Van Rev pen of the navy also declined to discuss the origin ot the outbreak. Asked If he did not think it might be due .to the presence of the old Spanish ship Rclna Mercedes at the Norfolk navy yard , ho replied emphatically In the negative. Dr. Van Ileypen also said that ho did not bellevo It would bo necessary to suspend operations at the Norfolk navy yard. The yard would , however , be quarantined. The monitors Terror and Puritan are the only navnf vessels stationed at the Norfolk yard and It Is understood that they will be removed in case their crows should appear to bo endangered. It Is also qulto well understood that In such emergency the Navy department pays little heed to quarantine > regulations and would not hesitate to send I the ships out-bound for a. northern port. GERMS ARE FROM SANTIAGO Theory In Hcwnrtl to the yellow Fever nt Ilniiiiilon Thirty Cnxca Under Trentment. NORFOLK. Va. , July 31. A message from Governor Woodfln of the Soldiers' homo at Hampton sajs that there have been three deaths from yellow fever since yesterday and that thirty cases are now under treat ment. Expert surgeons and Immune nurses are being Installed and rigid quarantine regulations are enforced. He does not think the disease will spread beyond the home. The most plauslblo theory of the Introduction of the dlscaso Is that the germs were Im ported on the transports that brought sick soldiers from Santiago. There are no cases here , at Old Point or Newport News. Every precaution has been taken by the government and local health authorities and very little uneasiness la felt. The marine hospital service today hurried a number of surgeons - to Hampton and vicinity. The official report from there to day wan thirty-five cases , four deaths and ono dying. Dr. Wasdln of the marine hospital service Is already at Hampton and Is detailed as the expert at the home. Dr. J. H. White left Washington today and will be on duty out- pldo. Dre. C. P. Wertenberker , Frank Donaldson , Farquhar , Pcttus and McCllntlc will bo distributed through Portsmouth , Phoebus , Berkley and other near-by points as occasion requires. Surgeon General Wyman has not yet decided whether ho will go to Hampton , but will do so If there Is any need of his services. The officers of the marine hospital service refuse to speculate on the genesis of the epidemic , but it Is generally believed to have originated in some of the shore dives in Phoebus , and cases are looked for there Ar rangements are already made to throw quar antine lines around any place where the dis- case shows Itself outsldo of the home. The Washington health office was notified about daylight this morning of the Hampton outbreak. The morning boat from Old Point was Inspected , but no passengers detained. The trains will also be watched. There Is a detention settlement of cottages on the east ern branch which was utilized during the recent smallpox outbreak. This is being overhauled to receive any suspects who are detected by the Washington authorities. The troops at Fort Monroe consist of three Imtteries of the Fourth artillery , together with headquarters of that regiment , all un der command of Colonel F. L. Gunther. The batteries there nro G , N and 0. 11 extra from Hampton. HAMPTON. Va. , July 31. This usuallv tranquil town has been In a state of fever ish excitement today since the discovery of yellow fever at the Soldiers' home. Scores of people took advantage of the first op portunity to leave the place. Last night a special train left Old Point with fully 300 guests of the hotel. Dusluess In the tovsn of Phoebus , adjoln- Ing the Soldiers' home , Is suspended. It Is difficult to obtain Information from the homo , The entrance and In fact all points from which escape Is possible are carefully guarded. Late this ftornoon a self-appointed guard of fifteen Hamotonlans with rifles wont to the home to assist In enforcing the quarantine regulations. Chesapeake & Ohio trains have discontinued their service to the city. Hampton i'oiniilrtcly Cut Oft . NDWPORT NKWS. Va. , July 31 , This city is completely cut off from Hampton , Old Point and the Soldiers' home , except by wire. Reports telephoned from the last named place today show that the yellow fever situation there Is well In band. Only one now case has developed since yesterday afternoon and no other deaths have been reported. The homo grounds are effectually quarantined and It Is not thought that the disease will unread beyond the reservation. The town of Hampton has a cordon of police guarding the approaches to tbo Soldiers' home. This city has quarantined against Hampton , as well as the home , and street car traffic between the tw-o places has been abandoned , Armed cuards will prevent any persons from the vicinity of the fever in fected district from entering the city. HoKiiltnl for VilloFeier I'litlciitn. WASHINGTON , July 31. Secretary Alger has directed that the Jcelah Simpson hospital at Fort Monroe bo turned over to the ma rine hospital eervlco If It 1s wanted. This hospital contains 1,000 beds and was fitted up for the troops stationed at Newport Newn last summer. lleta Tlietu 1'i III Contention , NIAGARA FALLS , N. V. . July 31. The lleta Them PI fraternity is holding its sixteenth annual convention here today. So far as business U concerned the meeting Is very quiet. At night a dance occupied the time. On Sunday morning the members of the fraternltv went to LewUton In a t > pecial train of the Gorge railway , | I ' FITNESS J 1 , THE HARK OF MERIT j No Political Influence Avails in the Choice of Volunteer Officers. GEN , ALGER SPEAKS IN HIS OWN DEFENSE Public In Set ItlRlit In MIMnkcii Ini- prcKRlott Hint Soldier * .Suffer Through Inelllclclicy for Which Wnr Ullluc In lo Illume. WASHINGTON , July 31. One of the last official acts of Secretary Algcr , who tomor row will relinquish hla portfolio , was to prepare a statement covering several mat ters regarding the conduct of the war which have boon the subject of criticism in the public press , particularly with reference to the appointment of staff officers In the vol unteer army. The statement follows : I am led to make the following statement on account of the many criticisms made by the public press , and especially on account of an article appearing In the London Times containing assertions which have no foun dation in truth. At the commencement of the war \\ltn Spain and for several years prior to that time the regular army consisted of only 25- 000 men with the minimum number ot offi cers prescribed by law. The situation can be partially appreciated when It Is remem bered that sixty days from the declaration ot war the strength of the army was in creased to 275,000. and everything for the equipment of this great force , Including clothing , tents , transportation , medical sjuv piles , camps and camp equipage and all that pertains to preparing an army for service had to bo manufactured , transported and distributed for use. From the statement referred to the public might be made to believe that the volunteer army was officered by men bolected through political Influence with the secretary of war by special favor and without any regard to fitness for the duties they were to perform. As la well known the volunteer force , with the exception of three regiments ot engi neers , three regiments of cavalry and ten regiments of Immune Infantry , was made up of regiments from the various states , the officers ot which were all appointed oxr cluslvcly by the governors of the respective states from which the regiments came , nnd any officer found unfitted for service was discharged and replaced by another In the same manner. The president had no voice or control In the matter. Army on Wnr Footing. The returns of the volunteer army show that in August , 1898 , there were 207.244 en listed men and 8.875 officers In those regi ments. This , with the regular army re cruited up to the war strength , made an aggregate force ot about 275,000 officers . and men. The volunteer officers appointed | by the president numbered , all told , 1,032. Of this number 441 were taken from the regular army and 591 from civil life. The scarcity of regimental officers during serv ice owing to appointments in the volunteers , special recruiting and mustering details had so reduced their number that to have taken n larger number for service with the vol unteers would have seriously Impaired the efficiency ot the regular regiments. For a little over 1,000 appointments made by the president the applications were over 35,000 , and each application was accompanied by a certificate of ability , and In most In stances of military son-Ice either In the reg ular army or a state organization , nnd not infrequently in both. These certificates showed that each ono was as well qualified for the position to which he sought and to which ho was appointed as'It would he pos sible for men In civil life in this country. Of the number appointed there were , for Instance , twenty-six major generals , of whom nineteen were taken from the regular army and seven from civil life. Of these seven all but ono were graduates of West Point Military academy and all had dis tinguished themselves in command during the civil war. Of brigadier generals there were 102 appointed , sixty-six from the regu lar army and thirty-six from civil life. Those from civil life had all seen service during the civil war or on our western frontier and all had proven themselves competent to command. Al jer MuUcH Few Appointment * . It has been stated and repeated many times that the secretary of war made these appointments , when the truth Is that very few were made im his recommendation , al though ho caused the entlro list with the recommendations to bo complied and placed before the president for his selection. I would bo only too glad to have had the honor to have made these appointments. No better. n& more loyal or more patriotic set of men as a whole ever served their coun try and their appointments were a credit not only to the appointing power , but to the country they served. There were excep tions , but that could not have been foreseen. In every walk of life men are found who cannot carry out satisfactorily the work they have undertaken. There were three regiments of cavalry , the officers of which were appointed by the j secretary of war. Colonel Leonard Wood , ' now a brigadier general nnd commanding j the departments of Santiago and Puerto I Principe , was ono of these. Colonel Grigsby and Colonel Torrey. both good officers , were the others. Three regiments of engineers , the colonel of which were nil graduates of the military academy , and not only the offi cers , but the enlisted men , were selected with a view to their special fitness , and In most instances on the recommendations of the colonels themselves , and all proved themselves most efficient. There were also ten regiments of im mune Infantry of whoso colonels eight were graduates of tbo military academy who were delected for special fitness to command , and In the short tlmo these regiments were in service developed remarkable proficiency. ' .Money I * Properly Kxpcnilfil. Criticisms as to the amounts and methods of expenditures which could Imply the wrong or careless use of money were alto made by the London Times. This charge is false. So far us the conduct of the service was con cerned , no person with any knowledge of the facts can ever charge , truthfully , and no onu can ever show that a dollar was mis appropriated , stolen or embezzled out of the hundreds of millions of dollars that were expended. The records are an open book and I will be Kind to have them rigidly ex amined and ask my successor to open those accounts to the country whenever properly called for In order that the entlro truth may be known. It. A. ALGER , Secretary of War. HOOT TAICUS TII15 AV.Ul J'OIITFOMO. Genernl Yield * Olllee to III * Sneec * or mill ItetnriiN to 'MlrhlKiin. WASHINGTON. July 31. Mr. Root has notified Secretary Alcer that ho will be In Washington and ready to assume control of the War department at 11 o'clock to. morrow. General Alser will leave at H45 ; for Michigan. SERIOUS LOSS TO THE CROPS bet ere Hnln , Hull anil Wlml Htorm Vli'lnlty of Alierilecn , South DnUotn. MINNEAPOLIS , July 31. A special from Aberedeen , S. D. , says : Severe rain hal and windstorms , traveling south and east visited various places hereabouts Sunday evening between 8 and 9 o'clock. Ipswich Roscoe and Hoemer report curious loss to the crops by wind and hall. At Ashton the storm -was of the nature of a tornado and , besides Injury to crops wrecked the warehouse of Whalen'a elc vator , tore the roof off McCrctien'i ) - warehouse house and moved the railroad tracks six feet , rrederltk report * aonio ball south o there , with a heavy wind and rain , that lodged growing crops. Windmills , grana ries and other llht farm structures were. destroyed In a largo scope of country be tween Houghton and Columbia. Halt de stroyed hundreds ot acres of crops , whllo the wind toro down the telegraph poles and demolished light buildings , Its path being two miles wide. SHAMROCK IS READY TO SAIL Ilont I'repnreil for tlic Voynite Acroan the Atlantic Which llc- Todiij. ( Copyright , 1S99. by Press .Publishing Co ) GREENOCK , July 31. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) All prepara tions are complete for the Shamrock's voyage - ago acrosi the Atlantic. The boat was lowed this evening from hero to Gourock bay , where It lies alongside Valkyrlo till to morrow , when the voyage bcclns , No change has been made in the Captaincy , the prin cipal skipper being Archie Hogarth , aa- elated by Wrlnge. The Droccss of strength ening for the voyage iias been thoroughly carried out. A upeclal mast , somewhat over eighty feet long , of the bent Oregon pine , las been used. The Interior IK gutted of Its luxurious fittings , oil stoves for cooking have been fixed , .hammocks swung and fresh water tanks shipped , Upton requisitioned Grornock grocers to supply the necessary storm The yacht's irpsonco excltce the greatest excitement , Fife coming from near hero nnd Llpton also being regarded aa a local man since ho was In Glasgow. The other day , during the dismantling process , Llpton was shown a cartoon drawn by a local artist three years ago , entitled "Tho Valkyrie Getting Fair Play , " depleting Dunraven's yacht In the race with Defender surrounded by numbers or high-decked excursion ( cursion steamers , completely blanketed. Ho seemed amueed with the humor of the sketch and asked the loan of it in order to have It copied , remarking at the eamo time that there would be no blanketing this time , with the American government arranging to have the course kept clear by gunboats. Ho looks for a fair show in reality nnd Is con fident of the result. The crew never fall to speak with enthusiasm of the boat's quali ties , Baying It turns as on a iplvot. A Glas gow syndicate Intends chartering a steam jncht in September to take 200 ( Scottish yachtsmen across to sec the race. CROWD IN MME. DREYFUS' PATH Honte from Her ( liinrtt-r * < o linn. hnnd'N Prlnnn In Impeded hy Cnrloiin Spectator * . RBNNES , July 31. Already the crowds that gather about the homo of Mme. Drey fus and the prison where her husband Is confined , as ehe passes from ono to the other have become so augmented as to demand - mand a material Increase In the force guard ing the route. Gendarmes have been placed at close Intervals along the entlro distance from the Rue De Chattllon , where Mmc. Dreyfus resides , to the prison In the Rue Du Hamcl. Strict orders have been issued to prevent persons passing from the Rue Du Hamel to the prison precincts. This has resulted in a number of conflicts between the people and the gendarmes , none of which have , however , been serious. JAMINEZ COMES > .MNXOPOWJJL ; . - * * * - Y * /x" nevolntlon lit IIlii Fttvor Salil to Hnve Ueen Dott-rinlncil 'Upon in Santo CAPE HAYTIBN , Haytl. July 31. From a dispatch just received from a reliable source It la learned that a revolution will be pro claimed tomorrow or the day after tomor row In the republic of San Domingo , In favor of Don Juan Isidor Jamlnez. According to this dispatch the entlro western portion of the republic has declared In favor of Ja mlnez , and he IB the only candidate for the presidency throughout the real of the coun try. DEWEY SAILS FROM TRIESTE Admiral GOON Anhore While Olympla Tnkcn on Conl Preparatory to the Journey. TRIESTE , July 31. Admiral Dewcy spent the day at the Hotel De La Vllle , while his flagship was being coaled. He expects to salt tomorrow afternoon. Ml A 1,1 , HOlMi FOR ,11 U.S. MAYIIUICK. Home Secretary Ili-fiiHcn to Interfere Appeal ot American ( invermncnt. LONDON. July 31. In the House of Com mons today Mr. Michael Davis , nationalist , asked what action the government of the United States bad taken In behalf of Mrs. Maybrlck , the American woman now under going sentence of Imprisonment for life after having been convicted of poisoning her husband ; whether petitions had been received from public bodies and persons In America , and If the secretary of state for home affairs. Sir Matthew White Ridley , would present papers to the house with the government's replies ? The homo secretary answered the questions , saying representa tions had been made In favor of Mrs. May- brick by the American government thrnugh the United States ambassador here , Mr. Jo seph H , Choato , and that numerous repre sentations had been maJe by prlvntrj Indi viduals. But. bo added. It would be con trary to practice to prasoit papers dealing with the exercise of the royal prerogative. AiiKlo-Venezneliui Ilounilnry. PARIS , July 31. At today's session of the Anglo-Venezuelan boundary arbitration com mission M. Mallet-Provost continued his presentation of the Venezuelan case. Daron Russell of Klllowcn , lord chief justice of England , suggested the advisability of M. Mallet-Provost curtailing his argument , but Mr. Melville W , Fuller , chief Justice of the United States supreme court , intervened In favor of the speaker. The court -will con tinue Its sitting tomorrow. Dlnnn HlKimlM "All Well. " ST. JOHNS , N."F. , July 31. The Peary re lief steamer Dland passed out the 'Itraits of Belo ] Isle on her way north last Tuesday. H signaled off Battle Harbor , Labrador , "All well , " Judging from the reports of shipping from northern Labrador , the Diana will meet heavy ice packs In the vicinity of tbo Green land coast and this will probably delay Its return considerably , Situation IN I.eHN Strnlneil , PRETORIA , South Africa , July 31 The political situation continues to grow clearer The government Is waiting for a dispatch relative to the commission of Inquiry. The volksraad has held a secret season for the purpose of discussing President Kruger's proposal to eliminate tbo question of relig ious disabilities from the constitution. Cii n nil ii'ii S > iniintliy Mlth HutliiiiilerH. OTTAWA , Ont , , July 31. The House of Commons has adopted a resolution express ing Canada's sympathy with the Outlandcm of the Transvaal. fet eminent llllln Ire Itejeeteil , BRUSSELS , July 31. The parliamentary committee of fifteen has rejected all the government electoral bills which bad been reforrel to it. PRAISE FROM MEIRLEJODS Acting Secretary of War Wires Warm Greeting to First Nebraska. ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO THEIR VALOR IllRh Commendation to ihc Men Who llntc Won Glory on the Illooily riehln til thp Tnr Avrny Pnclflc. WASHINGTON , July 31.-Speclal ( Tele- gram. ) The following telegram was sent to 3olonol Mulford by Acting Secretary Melklo- John under date of July 30 : "Allow me to congratulate yea and the officers and men of the galltnt Pint Ne braska upon once more being In t'le ' bud ot their birth , whose line their valor has planted In the far off Philippines and whoso blood has rendered sacred the soil on vhlch Ihey fought and wherein their comrades Ho burled. The record of the regiment In camp and on the battlefield will ever lie proud' ' pages In the history of Nebraska and the United States and -will bo known to every one who has occasion to scan the map of the v > orld. " To Vote on Sluntpr Ont. General Shatter has been Instructed by the War Department to permit volunteer regi ments returning from the Philippines to bal lot upon the question whether they elect to bo mustered out In San Francisco or not , but In no case to retain their arms after muster out. In view of these Instructions the First Nebraska will Indicate by vote where they Otslie ti. b > . mustered out of : he service of the United States. Acting Sccretarj Mulitlcjohn , when asked If the First Ncbrajka could be mustered out In transit , said : "I do not see how that could be done. The department would not permit It In the case of the Oregon regiment , and I do not see how we could make any difference In the First Nebraska , no matter how much I would like to benefit the boys tvlio made Nebraska world-wide by their valor. Gen eral Shaffer has been Instructed to do everything possible for the First Nebraska , and It was through advices 'from the War department that the committee of citizens from Lincoln were permitted to accompany the government tug to the Hancock and present the addresses prepared. " When asked what difference of pay would be made should the Nebraska troops de cide to ibo mustered out at Lincoln or Omaha , Secretary Melklcjohn stated It would bo about $100 ipor man under that of being mustered out In San Francisco. Klllplnon Arc Ilclcnuctl. The appeal taken on behalf of Filipinos pines now In San Francisco against the ruling of Commissioner North of the Im migration bureau was sustained this mornIng - Ing by Commissioner Powderly. Before notifying Commissioner North to allow the landing of the fifteen Filipinos who were brought to America for exposition purposes at the Greater America Exposition Powderfy called upon Acting Secretary Mclklejohu of the War department to say whethco or not after the close of the exposition the War department would guarantee that the FHIplnos would not become a charge on the tmtnlgratlon. bureau. Secretary. Mclklejohn , said that department would'assume thefe- sponslblllty for their care In event they were not able to secure work , and this closed the matter. Powderly later wired North to permit the Filipinos to land , although technically they have been off the transport for days and have been subsisted by the steamship company , Commissioner Powderry stated that If the management of the exposition had prepared the Immigration bureau for the coming of these Filipinos he would have been able to have had the natives In Omaha by this time. The Chinese exclusion law Is held to operate against Filipinos In a modified degree and they will be deported from this country after ono year unless other conditions obtain In their behalf. MrlUlcjolm Wnnt * n Guaranty. Acting Secretary Melklelohn tonight ernt a telegram to President Miller of the Greater America Exposition asking for a guaranty that the Filipinos now In San Francisco be taken care of by the exposition after their service with the exposition. Mr. Melklojohn stated that he had given his personal pledge that the Flllnlnoswould not become a charge on the Immigration bureau In order to permit them to leave San Francisco and he now wanted some assurance from the ex position people that they would not bo charged up to the War department or him self. self.W. W. M. Sawyer of the Treasury depart ment leaves tomorrow for South Omaha to look over the furniture In the public buildIng - Ing at that place. It was anticipated In the treasury office that the building would bo turned over to the Postofflcc department on Saturday. This Is ono of the first build ings to bo completed and planned under President McKinlcv's administration and It Is said In the sunervlslng architect's offlco that the building Is ono of the best ever designed. An order was issued today establishing free delivery service at Huron , S. D. This service was discontinued at Huron In ISOD , but at the urgent request of citizens of that place It Is to be re-established. The First National bank of Lincoln was today approved as reserve aeent for the Jones National bank of Seward , Neb ; also the National nank of Commerce of Kan sas City , for the Commercial National hank of Fremont , Neb. Oscar Oberg was today appointed postmas ter at Mead , Carbon county , Wyoming. .SAM : OK TIIIJ CANS IRAKIS Dlnputi-cl Territory Will Ilr OfTrrnl to tin' Pnlillc In Forty-Acre Trnetx. WASHINGTON , July 31. Secretary Hitchcock - cock has announced that the sale of the Cass Lake lands In Minnesota will begin November 1 next. Commissioner Hermann's first recommendation had been for October 16 and It was so announced , but the latter date U deemed wisest. The lands will bo offered In forty-acre tracts , except In case of fractions contalnlne either more or less than forty acres , 'which will be gold entire - tire , and In no event will any tract be sold for less than Us appraised value. The residue ot these lands remaining unsold after the public offerlnc will thereafter be subject to private sale , C'uliiiii Hi'ftureen Are Ilomeiilc'k. WASHINGTON , July 31. Senor Quesada had a conference with Assistant Secretary Melklejohn today regarding the 4,000 Cuban refugees at Tampa and Key West , who de sire to return to Cuba , These people came to the United States during the Cuban re bellion seeking safety and employment. Senor Quesada wants to arrange for their return on a government vessel If possible. Suit llnterril for I'rlze Moiif > . WASHINGTON , July 31. Hear Admiral William T. Sampson today filed In the Buprome court of the District of Columbia a suit In his own behalf and also In bebal of the officers and enlisted men of the ships of the North Atlantic ntatlon who took part In the naval engagement off Santiago and the subsequent captures for CONDITION OF THE WEATHER : - \ > rec st fwr Nebraska Thrcntonliiff ; Variable Winds Temiierntnre nt Ontnhn ? r lrnln > t llniir. Deir. Hour. ICK. ft n. tn. . . . . . 117 1 p. m. . . . . . 7S ( I n. in (17 a 11. in SU 7 n. in 117 II 1 > . m SI ! N n. in OS ( | i. m St : I ) n. m OS n p. in SI Id n. in tll > 0 p. in Si ! 11 n. in 71 7 p. in. . . . . HI 11 ! in 711 H p. in 711 U p. in 77 prize money. The suit Is similar to that eecntly entered by Admiral Uowey In the sarno court. Secretnry l.onn to Take n Vncntlon. WASHINGTON , July SO. Sccrctary Long expects to leave the city tomorrow for a vacation of some weeks In New England. Assistant Secretary Allen , who returned to he city today from his cruise along the At- antlc ccast , will have charge of affairs dur- DK Secretary Long's absence. Secretary lay will leave Washington tomorrow for a vacation In New England. Protocol * of Vrliltrntloii. WASHINGTON , July 31. Secretary Hay ia i received a cablegram from Amba < wtdnr White , president of the American delega- Ion lo The Hague peace conference , stat- ng that sixteen of the powers represented lave signed the protocols of the arbltra- Ion and mediation treaties. Included In ho list arc France , England and Russia. Vntloiml Dcllolt for .Inly. WASHINGTON , July 31 The monthly statement of the government receipts and expenditures , which will be. Issued tomor row , will show a deficit for July of r.tiotit ; S,158,000 , which Is slightly In excess of the estimate made by the officials one mouth ago. GLACIERS ANDRARE BIRDS _ llnrrlmnn Pnrty Tlrlngx llouir liitcr- Information AlniKit , SEATTLE , Wash. , July 31. When the steamer George W. Elder , which carried the rlarrlman eclentlflc party to Alaska , ar rived here yesterday It resembled a floating curiosity shop , stocked with everything Alaskan from a totem polo flvo feet through and sixty feet high to the minutest Infect. Dr. 0. Hart Merrlam , chief of the United States Biological survey , said : "Tho principal result of the voyage of the Harrlman party to the north was the cole - e < : tlon of much valuable data regarding the distribution of animals and birds In the far north. Several Important discoveries were made. "On Hall Island and St. Matthew1 Island , 'or example , wo found and collected many specimens of what Is called the 'Arctic snow flake , ' a most exquisite bird rcoembllng the snow bunting. It Is almost snow white , about the size of a robin and Is of the buntIng - Ing faintly. Heretofore the bird has been regarded ns very rare and In the National museum at Washington there are but a few poor specimens , nut on both the Inlands mentioned v o found the bird In great abundance and made complete collections of U and Ita nests and egge. "Horajalsft we 'found the Lapland Iong-A spur , a northern song Bird , albo Very * ra'rc , In abundance. Another discovery was a yel low lomlng mouse , never found elsewhere and of which the National museum bad but ono poor specimen. Wo secured many more and studied Its lui'bltfi. "William E. Hitter , president of the Cali fornia Academy of Science and professor of zoology In the University of California , made a valuable collection of Invertebrates , many ofwhich may prove entirely new. " Henry Gannett , chief of the United States Coast and Geodetic survey , devoted himself to a study of the. glaciers of Alaska , many of which had never been mapped or named. Ono of his discoveries Is that the glaciers of Alaska are gradually retreating , due , ho thinks , to climatic chances. Columbia glacier , discovered and named by the Hnrrl- man party , Is situated on Prince William sound. Hubbard glacier , aluo discovered by the Harrlman party. Is larger than Mulr glacier and has a frontage of over flvo miles on Yakutat bay. Many new fjords , bays and Inlets were discovered , mapped and named by Mr. Gannett. Dr. George n. Grinnell , editor of Forest and Stream , a.id : "Tho most Interesting Incident of the roy- age to my mind .was at Dogoslof Island , a great breeding .place for sea birds In north ern waters. They nest there on the cliffs In countless numbers. Ono Interesting fact In regard to the fishing Industry I learned while In Alaska and that Is that the salmon In the streams of the territory are being rapidly exterminated. Some steps for the preservation of this fish should bo taken before - fore It Is too late. " n. E. Fournow , director of the New York State College of Forestry , made extensive itsearch Into the tlmtwr resources of Alaska , with results not flattering to that territory. Ha says that the timber re sources of the territory havn been greatly overestimated and that In reality the forests of Alaska will have little commercial value for years to come. "I was disappointed In not finding In Alaska many trees that I had supposed grew there. The botanists of the oxpcdlton found few botanlcally Interesting speclc . " KANSAS CITY PARTY IS LOST Ilnnil of nxplorrrn Ilrllciril to Hnve Perlnheil In the Senreh for null- her I'oreniw In Ilrarll. KANSAS CITY , Mo. . July 31. A party of explorers , headed by two Kansas City men ! , Weldon E. Williamson and Marcus C. KJrk , and also by Alfred Greenfield of Mapleton , Kan. , which left this city In March , 1888 , and have not been heard fem since Juno , 1898 , Is now believed to have been extermi nated by a hostile tribe of Indians In the western part of Brazil , whither It went In eearch of great rubber forests In the Intcrett of Kansas City capital. Secretary Hay of the State department has notified the United States consul In Ducnos Ayres , Rio Janeiro and other South American capitals lo make an Immediate and thorough investigation and leport all facts at once. T. B. Price of this city , who furnished the financial hacking for the expe dition , has sent Frank Greenfield , brother of ono of the lost men , to make search. While Mr. Price Is not yet willing to be llevo that tbo members of the party have perished , ho Is very anxious about them. A letter received here today from Mrs. Bdwln R. Overman of SalUbury , N C. , a sister of Mr. Williamson , gives her bellcl that the men have been killed. Mrs. Wil liamson , who went lo Brazil a year ago to hunt for her husband , has returned to this country and now believes him dead , as docs ; Mrs. Kirk , who Is now In Chicago with her parents , 1,1-uUlatlon In HOIIHII of Coinmonii , . LONDON. July 31 The IrUh agricultural and Instruction bill pasaed Its second read ing In the House ot Commons tcday The aalce of food and drugj bill was adopted , WELCOME TO HEROES San Francisco Pays Tribute to the Brats Bojs from Nebraska , FIRST REGIMENT IS WARMLY RECEIVED Entire Oily Dons Holiday Attire in Honor of Roturncd Warriors , MEN MARCH PROUDLY THROUGH STREETS Greeted with Deafening Cheers and a Bedlam of Other Noises. TATTERED BATTLE FLAG IS PROMINENT It * gliiietit ; < ; < ) cn Into Comfortable Ciiini > nt Prenlillo Woiinilrit Are J > OIIK | Well , nnprolnlly Ainonff the ThurMon Itlllci. SAN FRANCISCO. Cat. , July 31. ( Special Telegram. ) The Nebraska regiment took up .he march from the Hancock to the camp at the Presidio at exactly 9:30 : thU morning. The event was greeted with such an out- louring ot people and with such n collection of noises as were never before produced In the city. All along the line of inarch from Lho ship to the camp people jammed the stiectN and yelled themselves hoarso. Kvcry whistle In the city was turned loose , firearms were discharged , and hardware stores were ransacked for noise-making instruments. Business was susoendcd and clerks and factory hands were turned loose to swell the noisy and enthusiastic throng. The parade was headed by the chief of police and a do- tall , the chief wharfinger and other officials. Following came the regimental officers of the First Nebraska , mounted. They were accompanied by Governor Poynter and Gen eral Dairy , the latter in full regimentals. The state colors were carried by n. regular soldier from the Presidio , who rode in the rear of the colonel. Following came the band , proudly playlnpr lively airs to which the Nebraska soldiers kept stop. Mnreh Ttltlt Firm Step. It wag no straggled body of diseased and abused men , but showed up company after company of the splendid specimens ot man hood from the prairie state , walking with firm nnd elastic stop through the city that was doing them so much honor , and with apparent prldo of the country for which they had so lately been offering freely their life's blood. Behind the marching companies came the six regular army ambulances conveying oil the soldiers who bad felt themselves unabta to take up tbo four-mllo march on the hard pavements to the camp. About forty of the men availed themselves-of the privilege to ride. ride.Next Next to the amhuhnco corps came the band and Utah battery , aictall of regular cavalry and a batte.'y of artillery , the rear being brought up by a detail of policemen and a detail of firamon with apparatus. The i-olsc of the reception along the march was such ns to almost deafen the Nebraska visitors , nnd it was always the loudest when the tattered battlcfiags ot the Nebraska regiment appeared In sight. The returning regiment got a taste of a royal western wel come and a sample of thi reception that Is to meet them at home. Knthuslasm reigns not only in camp , but all over tbo city today. The Nebraskans are well rested this evening after their march to the now camp nnd the subsequent work of unpacking the boxes. The camp is nicely located right adjoining the Prewldo park and boulevard. Along the latter a cable car line also runs. Comfortable Tent * . The enlisted men are furnished fifteen-fool round Slbley tents , -with about eight men to each. There In a steve In each tent and all have solid board floors , Tjullt several Inches above the ground level. The offi cers have 8x10 square wall tents , also with board floors. The mess housrc nro the features of the camp. Kuch company has a substantial frame building , 20x60 feet in sire , with permanent tables and seats built In. The kltchon Is divided off from the dining room. Bach Is furnished with a six-hole range , bollora and kettles of all kinds. Everything Is brand now , The men eay the camp Is the bc t they have ever had , and that the rations bore are very fine. For dinner today the No- braskana were the guests of the Oregon regiment , each company being dined by the corresponding letter company of the Oro- gcnlans. This friendly act wan highly ap preciated after the long march. During the dinner hour the women of San Francisco pinned a handsome bouquet to each Ne braska tent. Tonight the men of the regiment had a free Invitation to attend ono of the locj | thcatcre , and leave of absence was granted to the brave men from each company for thin purpose. The returned warriors di vided with the show the attention of the audience. The sick men of the regiment are all sent to the general hospital which IH nearby , and no regimental hospital will bo estab lished. hli-U All Dolnir Well , The nick men are all doing well , while the wounded men who remain with their companies mostly look stronger than the men who escaped without wounds. The Thurston Hides look especially fine. They liavp three nick men , F. A. Itced and II. A. Hennett on the hospital ship nellof and A. W. Whlttakcr , who Is In the hospital here. None are serious , None of the wounded of this company will bo permanently crippled and the ame may bo euld of nearly every man now with the regiment who was touched by a Filipino bullet. Contain Herpolshclmcr of Company I ) , who was recovering from a wound and sickness , came over In the In diana ten days ago , but reported for duty today. The men have signed the pay roll and expect to get the two months' pay due to morrow. TliUwill como handy , as raout of them are out of money. Since tba lail