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THE RED CLOUD CITIEF.
PEACE NS1XTYJ)AVS
(PHILIPPINE QUESTION TO
BE CONSIDERED.
American CmnniUnlnn Inntrurted to Da
tnantl the Inlmiil of liiun Srcrrtnry
Hay l'.tpcctl to Colotir.tto thu Sltulng
Thaiilnctvlnc Jtty.
Waihisoton', Sept. H. President
McKlnley proposes to instruct our
peace commissioners to demnnd the
cession of the Islnni of Luzon from
llm Spanish commissioners ut Purls,
leaving the rest of thu Philippines to
Spain, with guarantees against their
ullcnntlon without our consent ntitl for
their goad government and for com
mercial privileges to America. This
is tli substanca of thu rough draft of
tlio instructions prepared by Secretary
Day iindjr the President's direction,
for submission at tlio regular cabinet
meeting to-day, nil the absentee hav
ing boon telegraphed to return because
of the Importance of tin final decision
of thu Philippine, question. Secretary
Day, who will not cn.l bin service lit
tlio State department until Thnsday,
had hai a long conference with the
President over the Philippine lust rue
UoriH.
The peace commissioners will as
semble hero Wednesday nnd will sail
Saturday in the Campania, except,
possibly, Senator Gray, who may not
will until next Tuesday.
In form, the instructions will leavo
much to the discretion of the commis
sioner!!, but in fact, the commissioners
will simply carry out the purpose of
the President, who intrusts to them
his shure of the treaty-making power
for the oseasion, ami will be In con
stant communication with them after
they get to work at Parts. In gen
eral, It may ba said that the Prest
dent's representatives in the making
of the treaty of Parte will be instruct
ed to confine, and will cotiilno. the de
liberations to one question reserved in
the peace protocol for settlement, de
scribed by Secretary Day as "the con
trol, disposition and government o
the Philippines."
Tlio United States will claim the
island of Luzon, with the understand
ing that the remaining islands of the
archipelago will go back under Span
ish sovereignty nominally, with the
proviso that Spain shall mrtlntain for
them a civilized, stable government:
and with the further irrevocable un
derstanding thai the islnndb cannot bo
nold or ceded to any otlter country,
nor any part of them, without the com
plete and cordial approval of tlw
United States.
GUAM IX TIM LADRONKS.
Under tho protocol the United States"
must select tlie particular Island in tho
Ladroncs to be ceded by tlie treaty, to
gether with "Porto Klco and other
Spanish islands in the West Indies, to
the United States," but this involves
no disputation, for our representatives
will simply announce that tho United
States has selected, as has been de
cided by President McKlnley, the
island of Guam, which we have already
solzcd and occupied.
If Sunor Sagasta Instructs his com
missioners to rah.o extraneous ques
tions, such as that of the Cuban debt,
the American commibsloners will de
cline to consider them, and insist upon
nu early disposition of tho only issue
they will recognize aa open for settle
ment. It is not likely that tlie question of
American claims for property de
stroyed in Cuba will be brought up by
our commissioners for settlement
under tho treaty, and Congress will
have to mako provision for sifting and
satisfying such claims on our own ac
count since Spain Is notoriously un
able to meet such demands.
It seems strange that there should
bo so much npprehenulon, even among
public men, as to the subject to be con
sidered by tho treaty makers at Paris
when it iswell undorstoc-d hero tint
only one question remains to be settled
there, all tho others hnving been
settled by Secretary Day In the proto
col, which ha so cleverly compelled
Spain to accept. There is, therefore,
no ground for the apprehension that
the proceedings of the commissioners
at Taris will bo protracted beyond a
month or six weeks. They will begin,
under the protocol, by tha first of Oc
tober, and Secretary Day expects to
tiring tho treaty homo biforc thu first
of December, and probably by Nov em
ber 1., so that it may ba celebrated orj
Thanksgiving day.
TO PERMIT NO LONG DP. LAY.
The Spanish commissioners will be
treated with proper courtesy and con
tddcration, but their procrastinating
methods will not be permitted to delay
tho negotiations unreasonably. It is
certa'ln that they will accept whatever
the United State:! government pro
poses as to the Philippines after a
certain nmouut of protest and palaver,
and as soon as possible they will bo
given tho Prci'.denfs ultimatum and
held firmly to an early acceptance of
Its terms.
Officially and formally, the negotia
tions will bo fres to end in any way,
Imt actually and practically, they will
be free to end only In one waythat
foreordained by tho United States gov
eminent.
ANOTHER "SPANISH VICTORY."
', 'Five IiMiirciit VaiteU Sunk ami Hun-
;,
tlreil llellxveil to llavo Terltlied."
Madhid, Sept. J . Captain Aunon,
minister of marine, has received an
Important dispatch from tho Philip
pines describing a conflict between tho
Spanish gunboats nnd an insurgent
flotilla, In which tho former success
fully prevented nn Insurgent landing
in tho VisayaB. According to the (lis
p itch tho insurgents had live vessels,
till of which were sunk. Tho Span
iards had no lost but tho telegram as
serts that hundreds of the insurgents
are believed to have perished.
GARRISON DUTY IN CUBA,
The Seventh A mi)- Corps Will Acrotnpnn.v
tlie ItcKitlnr.
Washington, Sept. 1 1. The war de
partment Is given over to the consider
ation of thu question of the occupation
of Cuba. It Is reported that a tenta
tive decision has been reached to
divide the island Into three military
departments, forming a division with
one of tho major generals of the reg
ular army In command, thu selection
to be made from Generals Mcrrltt,
llrookc and Wade. It Is proposed that
three military departments, with head
quarters at Havana, Santa Clara and
Santiago respectively, shall bo com
manded by Major General l'itzhugh
Lee, llrigadtcr General .lames 11.
Wilson and Major General Law
ton, tho latter of whom Is nl ready
lu command at Santiago. Garrisons
will be located at various points
throughout the Island, where Spanish
garrisons have previously been main
tained. General Miles and General
Corbln haus already been lu consulta
tion regarding the number of troops
which shall bo sent to Cuba and tho
regiments which It will lu advisable
to designate. It in probable that all
the troops of thu regular army not In
eluded lu the recent order which sends
them back to their garrisons cast of
the Missouri rler, and Including tlio
Twentieth, Twelfth and Twenty-second
Infantry, whoso posts are west of
that line, will see service In Cuba and
Porto Itleo during tho coming winter.
These latter named regiments arc to
be removed ns soon as practicable
from Montauk Point to camps to be
selected in the gulf states, and to bo
retained there until the close of the
rnlny seusyn in Cuba makes it safe to
send them Into garrisons on tlw
island.
It was decided to-day to appoint a
board of officers, headed by General
Schwan, and including nn officer of
the medical, quartoriuiistcr and en
gineer corps, to select sites for camps
in tlie Southern states. This board
will leave Washington at once, and
Immediately upon receipt of their re
port troips will be sent South. Pull
decision has nut jet been readied re
specting the volunteer regiments
which are to be sent into service in
tlie Antilles. The opinion still holds
that a largo majority of tho Seventh
corps, commandsd by Fitzhugh Lee,
will accompany the regulars to Cuba
and Porto Itleo. The present inten
tion is to garrison Cuba with from
.10,000 to 0,r,(io men and to plnee from
10,000 to l'J.000 In Porto Klco.
CUBANS' PRAYER FOR RELIEF,
Doilnru the Ilrul llrunt nf War lln,
I'hIIcii Upon TIiMji.
Wahiinoton, Sept. 14. SenorTomas
Estrada Pnlmahas just received n com
munication from the representative of
tho Cuban revolutionary government,
who-secretly has been In Havana since
the beginning of the war. The letter
Is as follows:
"We arc, ns It were, between two
fires. We must keep peaco because
the United States and Spain nre no
longer engaged in active strife, and we
must enduro all tlie atrocities, cruel
ties and barbarism imposed upon us
by tho Spaniards, worse now than be
fore the signing of peaco measures,
because they realise that they must
soon leave our island, and they desire
to hcari all the vengeance upon us that
is in their power to do.
"Chno-i reigns lu Havana. The pub
lic service has lu nearly all depart
ments been practically abandoned, and
the employes, thus being thrown out
of their positions, take the moro from
us. What Is trua of the civil authori
ties is doubly true of tho soldiers. Thu
industrial public is completely para
lyzed. All animals, all horses, have
been taken away to meet tha demands
of the Spanish army. There is noth
ing for tho luborlug people, tho poorer
classes, tho large majority of whom
nrc Cubans, to do.
GEN, GOMEZ HAS RESIGNED,
Anirrlcn'a Dnnilnlcu lu Cuba Causril lu
kiirgrnt ClilrfSj Wltliilnmal.
Santiaoo, Sept. H. An uncontra
dicted report was received by General
Lawton last night that General Maxi
mo Gome, tho insurgent commander-in-chief,
has tendered his resignation
of the command of the Cuban army to
the Cubiti government at Caniaguey,
and that it has been accepted.
Gomez, it appears, has beon protest
ing against the Cuban government's
yielding the control of tho affairs of
the island to tho Americans. His ex
planation for resigning was ills disap
proval of "passivq submission to con
ditions tending to tho practical retire
ment of the Cuban republic, as such,
and the establishing of the absolute
dominion of tho United Stntes."
NOT THROUGH WITH TURKEY.
America "Wilt Not Accept llix HulUn'n
Iteptirfltttluii of Armenian Outrage
Co.vflTXsTixorr.K, Sept. 1 1. Tho
United fctatcs. It Is aunounccd. has re
plied to a recent note of tho Turkish
government, declining to accept
Turkey's repudiation of the responsi
bility for Atnirlcnn loviaj during tlw
Armenian troubles.
They Want Their Iloy.
St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 14. Five hun
dred women went through a drench
ing rain to tin Commercial club yes
terday afternoon to attend the meet
in'g held lu the interest of having thn
Fourth regiment Missouri volunteers
mustered out. Thoy were tho moth
ers, wives, sisters and sweethearts of
tho soldiers who want to como home.
Resolutions were adopted appealing to
President McKlnley for the speedy
mustering vitv.of thu regiment Copies
will be sent 'to the governor, secretary
of war ami the congressmen and sena
tors of Missouri, who are asked to act
promptly.
WHY HE KILLED THE EMPRESS
I.ulclnl Snya n Series of Such Crime, Will
CntKo tlie Mighty to Tromttlr.
Gk.vkva, Sept. 1 1. Lulginl, the as
sassin of thu Empress of Austria, In
the course of a second examin
ation us to his history and the motives
for the crime ho said lie had never
known his father or mother, lie was
brought up ut Parma. Italy, In a char
ity school and at thu age of 10 was
thrown on tho streets without re
sources. He worked us an unskilled
laborer until ho was W. Then he
served in the Italian army Hires years
and a half.
On leaving his regiment he was em
ployed ns tlio valet do chambre to tho
Prince of Aragon for three months. At
this time anarchistic Ideas began to
possess his mind and, to uso bin own
words, "prevented me from remaining
in servitude." In thu course of a Ufo
of ndventure, ho happened to be
at lludapcst in 1801. There for tho
first timu ho saw Empress Etl.abelh.
He was miserable nnd weak, nnd ap
plied to the Italian consul to be re
turned to Italy. Tho consul sent him
to Flume. His description of Ids sub
sequent wanderings was vague. He
said he seldom, If ever obtained work.
While staying at Liustanch he saw a
tile outside a shop, purchased it with
no conceived purposj and mado a
ilumsy wooden handle for It.
In prison he lias boasted of his
rriine, and has addressed a letter to a
Milan newspaper, expressing u fear
lest ho bo mistaken by Professor Cn bar
Lo mbroso for a degenerate. Dilattnu
in this communication upon the
objects of militant anarchism, he
wrote:
"Above all. it is tlio great who must
bo struck. Not onlv sovereigns and
their ministers will ij reached by tho
comrades, but all who make mcii mis
erable on earth."
He says he was not impelled by mis
cry to kill the empress, as such a
course would have been Idiotic, but he
committed thu deed in order that such
crimes following one upon the. other,
might cause all who impoverish the
populace to tremble nnd shiver. The
document concludes with this declara
tion: "I am an anarchist by conviction. "
Thu imposing demount ration of sym
pathy organized by the federal coun
cil commenced at noon yesterday. The
approaches to thu Hotel Ucau-iiivage
were guarded by gendarmes.
MAINE" ELECTION.
tlcpulilliani Carry tho Htato liy About
tl 1,000 1'lur.tllty.
PoitTi.ANH, Me., Sept. 14 The state
election resulted in tlio success of the
full Republican ticket. Returns at
midnight from 101 towns nut of till in
dicate Governor Powers' plurality at
about '.'1,000, a Republican loss of VI
per cent and a Democratic loss of ft
per cent. The lower branch of tho
legislature will probably bland 133
Republicans to eighteen Democrats, a
gain of twelve for tho latter. Tlio
scuate, however, will remain un
changed, being, ns lu former years,
solidly Republican.
Tlio state elected a solid Republican
delegation to congress. Tho result of
tho stiff tight of MeKlntiey against
Speaker Reed was hardly apparent
until latrr returns catno in, when it
was teen how well tho Democratic
candidate ran. A decrease of nearly
4,000 for the speaker of the house de
noted a decided lack of interest on thr
part of his constituents.
AUSTRIA AGAINST ITALIANS,
Six Death! In n Wot In Trlcate Hum
berl'a Kmliaitr (limnlecl In VIciiiik.
London, Sept. 1 . Dispatches from
Vienna say the entire Austrian-Hungarian
empire is infuriated against
the Italians, ns u result of tho assas
sination of the Empress Elizabeth, and
that violent anti-Italian demonstra
tions have taken place at Trieste,
where tho Italians and natives have
been fighting in tlie streets with sticks
and stones, sometimes using revolvers.
Six deaths are reported to have oc
curred there, and tho troops were
culled out to suppress tho disturbances.
At Orutz an Italian peddler has been
lynched, nnd at Vienna fully 1,500
Italians employed upon the municipal
works have been summarily dismissed
iu order to nvort a popular revolt.
Tho Italian embassy at Vienna is
guarded by a strong body of Infantry.
AGREES TOTHeTrOTOCOL.
Adopted br the NpsnUli Senate Slnrni)
Scene lu the Cortci.
Madiui), Sept. li. The Senate at
yesterday's noon session definitely
adopted tho llispaiio-Aincriean pro.
tocol.
Tho session of the senate was stormy.
Count d'Almcuas, challenged to give
tho names of tho genurals who ho re
cently said ought to bo disgraced, re
plied: "Very well, as you wish it, I will.
The generals to whom 1 referred are.
General Wej ler, General lilanco and
General Prlnio do Rivera. I also in
clude in tho same category Admiral
Cervera." This announcement led to
uu extraordinary scene of tumult,
Our Port Open to Hpiln.
Washington, Sept. 10. The restrio
'.ions imposed by thu government us u
result of the war which Interfere
with the free passage of vessels- be
tween Spain and her possessions and
tho United States nro to be removed.
B tepheni Ml.c Ills l'nitor a Chaplain,
Jkffkkhon Ciiv, Mo., Sept. H.
Governor Stephens has appointed the
Rev. J. C. Given of this city chaplain
of tlo Sixth Mlssou ri regiment, jico A.
II. llarues of Sednlia resigned. The
Rov. Given has Ltcn the governor's
pastor for several voars.
To lliitUI the I'stxo-P.tza u.l Station,
San Fiiancipco, Sept. II. Henley,
Tibetts ,t Co., of this city wero award
ed tho contract for the construction of
Hie coaling station at Pago-Pago hai'
bor yesterday. Their bid was 511'.'..
bOO.
IMJiFmUTmCCLOUI)
MI3S NEVINS HAS AN CXTnA
onDINAHY EXPCHIUNCE.
tlitltnon Hunt 1.200 Vert In tho Air, mill
KulMly Shu Surged to the Iturtli, Hit
Tclopnt In tho fold of tlie lliiye
HI1U line
Louis Letter,!
lvl n7 ISS A,,lt,rci1 '"V
B-vl IUH It'll 1,-UU H'll
tangled iu the
wrecltngo of nn ex
ploded imllnuu. She
? wuci not killed. Sho
wnB not even ren
dered unronycimn.
jalv' f No other woman
i K-zl cvcr fo11 from hUCl1
( J r , , ,. , , Uv0ll
to tell her Brnsa-
tlons. It Is not likely that any other
woman over will duplicate) her experi
ence. MIfh NpvIiih han lived nil her llfn
in South St. Louis, Mo. A few days ago
slio read an ndvcrtlacment for a young
lady to make balloon nscomdons and
parnehuto Icnps. Sho tuiawercd It.
Everything was arranged, and she was
to make ascents with Aeronaut Cowan,
nnd descended hanging to a parachute.
Sunday before last the accident oc
curred which tried and proved her
nerve ns the nerve of no woman wan
ever tried and proved before. With thu
expectation of Rolng up 10.000 feet tho
big SO-foot hot air balloon was over
charged. When It wns released It idiot
up as If discharged fiom a huge inor
tnr. Almost In u twinkling It was up
1,200 feet. Miss Kevins told the story
an she lay on her hack on a eot In the
dressing room of thu Electric Park pa
vilion. "We wero sailing toward thu
sky. I had Just looked down at the
great crowd of people In the park nnd
waved my hnnd nt them, and had turn
ed my head for a look ncroso tho Amer-
St
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iH
cmw
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MISS KEVINS' ASTOUNDING DE SCENT.
lean bottom toward St, Louis, when I
felt a severe Jnr occasioned by tho Ritd
den Blackening of the balloon's flight.
I could feci thnt wo were descending.
There wns a rush of air upwards a3 wo
began to shoot downward.
'"Sho has exploded!' shouted the
professor. 'Cut!'
"I looked for my 'cut-away' rope
which hnd been hanging within raay
reach o! my band. It had been borne
out beyond my rqach by tho oproadlns
of tho parachute, caused by tho descent
of tho balloon. I folt tho balloon light
en, and looked over where Professor
Cowan had been. Ho was gone. I Saw
him tilting his parachute and working
out from under the balloon, which now
was nothing but u great expanse o
flapping canvas. I was alone. I Uncvj
I wns better off alone, becauso there
was that much less weight on the bal
loon, nnd its descent would not be so
rapid, but nn nwful feeling of loneli
ness took possession of inc. I looked
down for nn instant on tho crowd, and
my thoughts took n fantastic turn. It
seemed to me I was doomed to remain
always suspended there, to see peopla
go and come nnd not bo able to speak
to them or they to me, to hunger nnd
thirst and not bo ablo to reach the fooa
and drink which 1 could neo down be
low. Then my mind catno hack to the
tcniblo reality. Tho exress of dnngci;
Bccmcd to bring an awful (aim to mo.
I clutched tho handles of my parachute
and closed niy eyes. I thought I wn3
go'.ug to be killed, but the thought did
not terrorizo me. It mndc no distinct
Impression on me. It did not oeem to
be nnytlilng In which I was particular
ly interested or concerned. Still I found
myself wondering If I could fcnl tin
shock of the contact with the earth und
whether I would ho disfigured. At
limes I felt the canvas about me. Again
I could feel that I swung clear and
knew that but for my hold on the para
chute bar I would drop straight to earth
like a thing of lead. The canvas sweat
around mo once more. I wns wonder
ing how much longer it would bo when
I heard a now sound. It was tho crack
ing nnd rustling of heavy foliage. I
felt a shock to my back. Thero wns
moro crunching of small branches, thn
canvnr, caught with a jerk, nnd I struck
tho ground. It seemed to mo tho do
scont had been mndo very quickly,
Thero was still several thicknesses of
the canvas about mo. Palntnes3 catno
ovfr me. I was sick. I thought I
would lose consciousness and wondered
If I would cur wako ud in this world.
Tho world Fccmctl to fade away nnd
then 1 heard voices raised iu excite
ment. " "I am hero,' I cried wildly. 'Cut mo
out
"They began to cut. I feared they
would cut me, nnd pressed my hand
ngalnut thn canvas to show thorn where
1 wan. They took me out. Tho fresh
air revived me. Thn sight of tho trees
nnd IIoIiIr exh'lnratcd me. I wanted
to r.ct up nnd walk, t felt llltu I could
run and bound. Hut they told mo I
was hurt, nnd thoy carried mo down
here and Inld me In tho dressing-room.
I wan sleeping a moment ago nnd
dreaming. I dreamed I wan falling
again. I Rtarted up with n cry. Tho
rensatlon wan worse than tho worst
nlr.htninie."
SHAFTEIVS UinTHPLACE.
Major General Shaftcr wan always
patriotic. Ho wns horn In one of tho
pioneer homes nt Galcshtirg, Mich. His
home was built of roitish hewn logs
and wan clttiatcd In a grovo of beau
tiful trees, which fringed tho edgo of
'a fininll prairie. A Hhort dlRtnnco
down the load stood tho country
cehoolhoufc. It was placed In the
center of tho tllatt lot for greater con
venience, slure Ihoac early homes con
tained numerous children, who nnut
face tho pialiie winds of winter, ns
well as binve tho hot sun of midsum
mer, to learn Pi read, write nnd spoil.
"Little, nnd low, mid brown," waB tho
schoulhoiir.o, one story, with three
t-ninll pnued windows at Its sides, Its
gable end facing tho road, with win
dows on either side tho door In front.
The sides of tho lloor, nlong which tho
scats wero placed, wero elevated bo
high that ficqucntly In snowy weath
er a scholar failed In climbing tho
r..scent. Often a dinner pall hung on
Its null beneath tlio tlewlc becamo de
tached, and pall, pickles and doughnuts
rolled to tho center, to the extreme om
liairnEameut of tho owner. At tho nco
ft
of 14 General Shaftcr wna thin and
spate, wore blue Jeans and went bare
footed, ns did nil tlioao pioneer chil
dren In dimmer time, with feet well
dusted with tho dark prairie uoll. For
Bomo misdemeanor tho gentle, brown
eyed teacher hnd bid him stand on
tho floor and to remain after school
to settlo the matter. When echool
closed und tho children filed past him,
lie turned and Joined their ranks. On
reaching tho door with wave of hand
ho shouted, "Hall Columbia I" and hat
letst), with hanilB nnd feet faat flying,
gallantly took the road home.
Tho gcncral'n father, "Undo Hugh,"
as he was funilllnrly called, went from
Vermont to settle In the then western
wlliU of Michigan, and tho latchstrinf
GI2N. SHAKTKR'S DIUTIIPLACH.
was nlwayfl out to all who desirnd t
accept his hospltnllty.
Jrl.h Italia.
At a meeting of a trading society In
my neighborhood not long ago a man
Bald, "I n:n only a poor working farm
er, and 'tin with the greatest difficulty
I can mnko thn two ends of tho cndlo
meet." A parson nt C at tho end
ot a sornion on gnico said, "And, my
brethren, if there remains ono spark ot
grace, water It, water it." Ho had
evidently been lu tho habit of compar
ing graco to a tender plant. A friend
of mine pointed out a houso to me, say
ing, "Gur doctor lives there, ho died
yesterday." 1 came upon tho most per
fect specimen In Kssox of all tho
counties whoro some years ago I had
to meet a stranger. After some con
versation I suggested, deferentially,
"You are Irish, I think?" Ho beamed
and raid, "Yes, slrr, I'm OirlHh, but I
wasn't Lorn In mo natuv conthreo."
Coricapondcnco London Spectator.
":iPW
A TUMULT IN THE CORTES.
Wojler Accnar tho (lortrnment of In
competencr.
MAuntn, Sept. 0. Tlio chamber hat
followed tho senate In discussing thn
lato war behind closed doors. Tlil.i
action has eauso.l tho greatest sensa-
Hon.
Immediately after tho meeting, So
nor Salincron, tho Republican leader,
moved that an investigation bo tnadu
into tho responsibility of Senor Sa
gasta'n government lu connection with
tho declaration of war, tho negotia
tions for peace and the violation of
tho constitution by thu tuspension of
tho guarantees.
The premier, Senor Sagasta, quickly
asked that thu dellberatiouu ba con
ducted behind closed doors, nnd thn
president pronouncsd favorably nu
tho request. Thereupon tho Repub
licans vehemently protested and, amid
an Indescribable confusion, thn door
keepers cleared tho galleries of spec
tators, tho deputies In tho meantime
shouting tiproiirously,
The sonnlii session also was a stormy
one, Gonerals Weyler, Domingueis,
Azoarrnga, Polnvleja and Rivera at
tending. General Weyler reminded tho senatn
of how Count D'Altnenas had greeted
the returning soldiers, Ignoring tho
olllecrs. Ho declared thnt this was r
reflection upon the officers' clllcleney.
"Tho mistakes made lu Cuba nro not
to bo blamed upon the army," ho fiald
"but upon the polltlclnnu at the head
of the government."
Tho latter, ho declared, wero re
(.pontilblo for not sending supplies to
the armies In Cuba and Porto Rico,
and, Indeed, for completely abandon- '
lug them.
Count D'Altnenas, replying to Gen
eral Weyler's stricture, said: "I ad
dressed my greetings to thnso who
have been martyrs for their country
to tlio Spanish soldiers, becauso thoy
deserved such greetings. I did not ad
dress tho generals, for thoy nhowod
themselves lucapablu of leading sol
diers to battle or of showing them
how to fall worthily on tlu field."
Marshal Prlmo Uu Riveras shouted;
"That is not true," und Geuoral Woy
ler and others joined In tho protest.
Count D'AlmeniiH, addressing General
Riveras, replied: "I am not afraid of
Mich cries, or of epaulets, or of thu
decorations that will have to bo torn
off the breasts of several ofiicor.s. Tim
snshcsof somn generals should bo torn
oil and put around their necks." A
great uproar ensued.
General PolavleJ.i, former captain
general of tho Phlllpplno islands, hat
issued a manifesto in which ho aayn
that, while ho was nover a palitiolan,
ho "cannot any longer hearken to thn
borrows of my country without pro
testing." Tlio general, assjrtlng that ho lt.ii
received numerous calls to place him
self at tho head of a neutral party,
said: "Tho parties which havo hith
erto gavcrncd Spain nro rotten, am)
tho principal causo of the country'
troubles."
Therefore, according to Ocnoral Po
lnvleja, political reorganization is ab
solutely necessary, "aa is also the
truth concerning our finances, so that
the stato'.s creditors may know thu
measures Spain has proposed in ordnr
to meet her engagements." In con
clusion, tho general advocates "thn
decentralization of thu government;
without, however, impairing national
uulty." i
General Corrca, minister of war, has
prohibited tlio publication of Gsnora
Polavleji's manifesto.
MORE TROOPS FOR HONOLULU.
Adjutant Omiornl Corbln Hart HanalUr,
Ojrrlion VTII1 Its Innreaicd.
Washington, Sept. 0. Adjutant
General Corbln announced this morn
ing that the United Statu forces in
tho Philippines would sot bo incroa;d
at present. Tho general said: "Wo
shall inirfQNO our forces in Hawaiian
islamic. General Mcrrinra'a orders
wero when ho left San Francisco to
investigate cloudy the soil, woter,
eta, and mako n proper plan to gar
rison troops in considerable uurabnn
in caso an emergency should aris-.
Honolulu is nn excellent strategic
point, and as e'ery military critlo
agrees, will prove valuable as a b&nn
of operations should the occasion nr!so
at Manila in tho near future thnt
would demand a consideraUld addition
to our forces. Aguiunldo and his fol
lowers will In time becomo reconciled
to tho conditions that confront' them,
finding that wo Intend to deal fairly
with him, and tho insurgent chief will
probably settle down to a moro peace
fill attitude.'
LfHUNG IS OUT.
IIj It Till Viillow Jacket for tho Hrf
onil Time Too 1'rlenJljr to Hum!.
PituiNfl, Sept. 0, LI Hung Cimn.j
has been dismissed from power. It I
presumed it was done in accdrdanen
with the demand, which, it was ru
mored, the llrltish minister hero, Sir
Claude M. MaoDouald, was instructed
to mako on account of tho alleged gen
eral partiality of the great Chinaman
to Russia, culminating lu Great Brit
ain being deprived of the contract for
tho Ptikln Hankow railroad by glvlug
the RtiflSM-Chiueba bank financial cou.
trol of tho rood. -
amy WUl Not Serve.
Wasiii.voton, Sept. 0. Tho fifth
member of he Spanish-Amcrioau peaen
commission has not yet heen soleutcd.
It is practically certain 1.0 iv that Sen
ator Georgo Gray, of Delaware, will
not servo us a member of the com
mission. Mieriimn hI thn White Uoatis
Washington, Sept. 0. Tho first tU-
Itor to sea tho President ypaterday wat
John Sherman, w ho camo' before IU
o'clock. Ho vemaliie.l some time tihat-
tlng with Mr. McKlnley. The ox-stso-
retary looked unusually wel..irl
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